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Customer service, design, layout of property. Busload of highschool kids sports team staying beside and above me were quite rowdy, but hotel staff was able to quiet them after about an hour.
Rustic feel
The location in Athens is great, and the value for the money is superb. And best of all - this hotel is PET FRIENDLY! Parking is a bit cramped when the hotel gets busy (like the 6 wedding weekend we witnessed).
Great room. Dinner in restaurant was delicious!
Staff was great. Two outlets in the room didn't work. Coffee maker but no coffee in room
The staff were wonderful, very concerned that wehad an enjoyable stay. We were having car trouble and they were willing to extend our stay for the same rate, same room. Fortunately, we did not have to extend our stay but would have been happy to do so. Would have enjoyed an indoor pool. Also the onsite restaurant was closed for lunch on Saturday, but that was the only time we really needed to take advantage of the lovely cafe. This was Thanksgiving weekend and UGA was not at home, so the hotel was very slow. We understand.
1 hour late check out allowed Carpet smelled like chemicals used to clean up animal waste. I stayed on 2nd floor which is to be no pets. Saw people 2 doors down taking their small dog outside. I saw them coming out of the room on the 2nd floor.
Really close to downtown Athens Right across the street from housing projects but there was a security guard in the parking lot all night long
Our friendly desk clerk, Baranda, was very helpful and found a room for us that would do and honored the rate that was quoted on Booking.com. SHE took care of us and next time I will just call direct when I need a room. Proximity to UGA was great and the breakfast was fine. When we showed up we didn't have a reservation. I had my receipt and booking number from BOOKING.com but they didn't have a room for us. Not sure who dropped what file. I will call the hotel directly from now on.
Location to UGA. I was horrified when i got into bed to find bed bugs. I tooks photos and the front desk came up to my room to confirm them. They put me in a handicap room next to the elevator and that was so noisy I only slept 4 hours. With the bed bugs and then the noisy room, that was the worst stay overnight I have had - and I have travelled to many countries and cities and many hotel rooms. That was my worst experience ever.
Lots of parking and close to downtown.
The hotel is walking distance to downtown Athens and UGA. Clean room, friendly staff, decent breakfast.
Location Lication Location everything good!
Staff was very friendly and informative. Room service was fast and tasty. Location is great and super convenient to downtown / college campus area. Bed pillows were not comfortable and sheets did not have the crisp made bed with perfect edges appearance. Not the most comfortable bed either.
Hotel was very clean comfortable and nice! Breakfast was little cold.
Location Service was awful. When I asked for an extra ice bucket, they told us we could get it ourselves at the bar. They then gave us the wrong room and we walked in on a naked woman. Turns out they comped the woman in the room for a free night and didn't even apologize to us. Never again.
We specifically requested a high floor with a view and were placed on the second floor overlooking the AC units. The hotel was loud at all hours of the night. The bed was uncomfortable despite being "adjustable", which didn't change anything. Also we woke up to charges on our credit card for parking at $10 a night that was not disclosed to us upon reservation nor check in.
Rooms were very clean and crisp. Staff was very friendly and professional.
Nice, affordable room. everything seemed pretty clean, Comfy beds and good A/C, quick access to downtown Athens. Super friendly and pleasant staff. Their building a new building in front of the old. The old building is definitely dated and there are signs of some odd refurbishments over the years. (light-switch plates cut in half to accommodate new wall etc.)
Great location. I was dropped off by my daughter so I didn't have a car for the night. Construction required me to walk about 150 yards down a dark, public street to get to my room.
Pretty much nothing. This place is gross. I wasn't expecting a 4 star hotel, but wow, I was really disappointed. It did seem like it was partially under reconstruction, but it looked like exterior work. They need to bulldoze the place and build a new one. I've stayed at Best Westerns before, and they were alright, but I'm never taking a chance on one again. This place is just gross all around. The room smelled dank and musty. The neon light above the sink was shorting out, and was like a disco strobe-light when I turned it on. So I wasn't able to use the mirror above the sink. When I arrived, the bathmat was on the floor in front of the bath, and it was wet, and dirty. I think when they cleaned the room, they forgot to finish the bathroom.
i paid $400 for 3 nights to take my girlfriend to athens,ga for her birthday. when we arrived there were 4 busses of school kids in town for an event so for the 1st and 2nd day we had kids running up and down the halls most of the time. we also got a room right by an elevator so we got to hear people getting on and off that all night. every morinng they would start cleaning around 8:30-9am so we couldnt even sleep in. the last morning we were there was a sunday morning and even tho we tried to call the day before to ask for a late check out,they said we had to call the morning of. to me that defeats the purpose of getting a late check out bc you still have to wake up and call. anyways we woke up and called and asked for a late check out only to find out that they had so many new people checking into this hotel on a sunday night that werent allowed to get one, even when we told them it was my girlfriend's birthday. ill NEVER stay at this hotel ever again. this was supposed to be a 3 star hotel and ive stay at hotels that were half the cost and they were alot more quiet and pleasant to stay at than this place. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME
Breakfast was good Room smelled of paint. shower nob came off in hand when turned
Bugs all over the place and the guy at the desk was almost unspeakably rude. I'd rather sleep in my car.
Cleanliness and value Location
staff was very helpful
Suited our needs for a place to sleep the night we were in town. Close to restaurants and gas stations. Rooms interior was dated.
Friendly staff. Great location. Horrible a/c (too loud). Rusted out fridge. The room was non smoking but smelled strongly of cigarette smoke covered in air freshener. Gross carpet
Bed and hot shower $160 for 1 night
Clean rooms Need to fix the tub draining
Great value and easy ride in access. Clean, good breakfast and parking by room door.
My car was broken in to and the man at the front desk was no help and didn't even care
location water orange all through shower. worn in. it was a football weekend so everything sells out at a premium.
F&B was great. Local beers on tap! Rusty was awesome. Engaged all of the guests he walked by. N/A
Very clean and modern. Staff gave us free parking and drink vouchers when our room wasn't ready on time. Walking distance to anything important in Athens. For the price, there should be a microwave and mini-fridge in the room.
Good Breakfast, assortment of options well done.
The manager Holly was extremely nice and very helpful. The room was very nice the beds were soft the shower was excellent. The tv was great pillows were nice. Plenty of time to check out with a 12pm check out time. The coffe in the room wasn't the best.
It was a place to shower and sleep. Free breakfast. Staff was not courteous. They acted annoyed and put off in my interactions with them. The parking lot is way too small for the number of spaces. There is a noisy business next door. They were usually out of coffee. The vending machine only accepted $1 bills and then, eventually, wouldn't even take those. The fitness room is not well equipped. The matress in my room sloped to one side.
Great hotel for a football weekend. Clean room and nice location with good selection of restaurants. Breakfast was average...nothing to write home about. Biscuits were a little dry and hard.
The staff great you with smiles and are more than happy to help make your stay pleasant with suggestions of activities, restaurants and sights to see. An older hotel that is clean and maintained. We feel we got a great value for our money.
Jerrod at the front desk was extremely helpful . He went out if his way to make sure things were taken care of. I was having trouble printing boarding passes and he stepped right in and got it done. Great personality!
The room size was great, sitting area separate from sleeping area. The bathe room very big, lots of towels and great water pressure in the shower. The sheets had stains on them. The pillows were very very small. The room had a funny smell, they should consider cleaning the vents.
Staff were very helpful. No pillowcases on any of the pillows when I checked in, staff gave them to me. The TV wasn't working and had to have staff help with that...they indicated there were numerous people with the same issues...the cable isn't good there. Room smelled funny...had to air it out. Lobby was old and kinda crummy.
I liked being able to leave. The defining characteristic of our stay was that our room smelled really, really bad. Luckily we were only there to sleep. Every time I would wake up even briefly in the night I was reminded that we were staying in a really foul smelling place. The odor was overpowering. We noticed it immediately when we walked into the room and almost went to request another room but we had things to do and knew we would only be spending a few hours there and that all we would be doing was sleeping.
Clean bathroom, easy check in, plenty of free parking Smoky smell in corridors, uninspiring breakfast, inflexible check out time
My suite was so nice! Queen bed, recliner, desk, extra seating, decent sized flat screen, DVD player, kitchenette with full sized microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, dishes and utensils, etc. My only complaint isn't on the hotel itself, but a group decided the lobby was a good place to congregate one night and they were very loud (which is a problem at many hotels...what is with these people that wander around hotels at night? Common courtesy, people!). Also, the room above me was apparently rented out to a herd of elephants. I was on the first floor though, so I recommend getting a room on the top floor if possible. Then I'm sure your stay will be perfect.
Wonderfully comfortable room, super kitchen setup worked great for eating in since we were trying to save a buck. Front desk is not manned continually so initial check-in was a little slow.
The facility was very nice. The amenities in the hotel and the room were great. The kitchen was the nicest one I have seen in any similar hotel. The staff was friendly and helpful.
The hotel is either new or newly remodeled. The rooms were spacious with a large desk and a very comfortable bed. The kitchennette was small but clean, and the bathroom was clean as well.
My husband and I spent one day at this Hotel, we got a room with a small kitchen, it was very clean. Bed was very comfortable, and staff was very nice. I would recommend this location for any couple, single or families. ;)
Clean and functional extended stay hotel. Room was very roomy with fridge, small cook top, and microwave.
My wife and I had the most comfortable stay at this hotel. The staff were all very pleasent and most helpful. Facilities and amenities were exellent. We will gladly stay at Candlewood Suites Athens again.
From the moment of our arrival, we were very impressed with the Candlewood Suites. It is located a bit west of downtown, but not far from the Georgia Mall. The only decent hotels near downtown and the UGA campus tend to be very pricey, but you can have an excellent quality room at an affordable rate for a ten-minute ride on Atlanta Highway. The staff, facilities, and rooms are top quality. We can live without a pool or a fancy restaurant, so we'll pocket the savings from staying at Candlewood and use it to have a nice dinner downtown when we're back in Athens.
The air conditioning did not work in the first room they gave me, so had to change rooms. In the second one I was greeted by a rather large roach. No, don't think I'll stay there again.
I stayed at the Candlewood for two nights and it was definitely somewhere that I would stay again. The room was huge and very clean. The staff at the front desk was incredibly helpful. We had a great time staying here and if I ever get back to Athens, I'll be staying there again.
At arrival the key given to us was for someone else's room. We had to wait for a while until they figure out what happened without an apology. We were given a room with a queen bed, our reservation said king.
Found this relatively new, clean, comfortable hotel for a reunion trip. While it's outside town on highway to Atlanta, well worth the extra few minutes to get there.
Bathroom tub a little dirty
Location staff Rooms were a bit boring no color ,Charged extra for parking And no word of this till Check-In
Fairly clean, not noisy, good location if visiting UGA Some disorganization with staff. Place needs a coat of paint and some other tlc
Location,cleanliness nice staff Thin walls to hall allowed us to hear every screeching teen guest staying for a conference run down the hall to their rooms Being startled from a deep sleep several times always great fun


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This midi pencil dress by Shona Joy takes a classic silhouette resulting in a stunning dress appropriate for a range of events. The demure midi length, halter high neckline and the structured, form-fitting silhouette flatters a variety of body types.
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Portland police officers from Central Precinct and from Youth Services were responding to a call of a suspicious vehicle Wednesday afternoon near Wilson High School when an officer was shot. Police say officers got into a confrontation with a man. Witnesses say they heard officers tell the man to get his hands out of his pockets, then there were 4 or 5 gunshots. The officer was hit in the hand or arm and was taken to OHSU. He will survive. The suspect was shot and killed.
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Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built
Witness seven extraordinary men doing what Americans do best: building new businesses. These entrepreneurs broke old rules and made their own, mastering the future by shaping it. They overcame seemingly impossible obstacles to achieve enormous success and, in the process, played a role in the creation of the modern world.
Masterfully combining his understanding of business and American history, Harvard Business School professor Richard S. Tedlow illuminates the professional and personal lives of these nineteenth- and twentieth-century titans, men with penetrating insight whose need to fulfill their destiny outweighed their fear of failure:
Each of these men traveled his own special road to preeminence, a road determined by the complex interactions of his character, his company, and his times. Tedlow critically explores each visionary with compassion and wit, and in so doing sheds new light on issues of urgent importance in the business world today: How do you get a business going? How do you grow it from a one-man show to an institution? How do you develop a value proposition so compelling that your customers can't do without you? How do you maintain your perspective as you rise above your peers? What is the personal price of exceptional business achievement? When is it time to step aside?
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Monica Lewinsky in Pop Culture
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After a 10-year hiatus, Monica Lewinksy is back. Now 40, the former White House intern and Bill Clinton lover has written a piece in Vanity Fair reflecting on her experience. She wrote: "It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress." But let's be honest. Monica will never leave the public consciousness, and whether or not she was fairly treated following the affair, she captured a place in American history. Let's take a look at her pop culture legacy.
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Some of the classifications of CVD include:
- Coronary heart disease (CHD) and coronary artery disease (CAD) – disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart that may lead to:
- Cerebrovascular disease – disease of the blood vessels supplying the brain that may lead to:
- Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) or "mini strokes"
- Strokes
- Peripheral vascular disease – disease of blood vessels supplying the arms and legs that can lead to:
- Claudication – obstructed blood flow in arteries, causing pain
- Gangrene – death of tissues in legs due to poor circulation
- Aneurysms
Other types of disease can also affect the heart and/or blood vessels. These are described in more detail in the Heart Disease and Vasculitis articles and include:
- Congenital heart disease – resulting from malformation of the heart structure during development (includes some valvular diseases)
- Valvular disease – defects in the structure or function of a heart valve; may be either congenital or acquired
- Cardiomyopathy – weakening of the heart muscle
- Myocarditis – inflammation or infection of the heart muscle
- Vasculitis – inflammation of blood vessels
- Blood clots that develop in the veins (thrombosis) and that detach and go to other organs (embolism)
- Atrial fibrillation – quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications
The World Health Organization estimates that cardiovascular diseases represent 30% of all global deaths. Over 80% of deaths from CVD occur in low- and middle-income countries, where there is increased exposure to risk factors and less access to preventive measures and adequate health care. As the leading cause of death worldwide, cardiovascular disease is a focus of international interest.


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After more than 50 years in action, Carolinas HealthCare System's International Medical Outreach Program continues its work abroad. Over the next week, the Program will be in Belize to support and celebrate the birth of a cardiology program. Follow Deborah Neffa Creech as she writes about the experience.
Bags are packed, and we are headed southbound for another memorable trip to Belize City, Belize.
A consortium of more than a dozen supporters from Charlotte – cardiologists, surgeons, echo techs, scrub nurses, perfusionists, anesthesiologists and the International Medical Outreach team – will fly more than 1,300 miles to celebrate the birth of a cardiology program, three years in the making. And counting.
Monday, January 20, 2014 (save the date!) marks the day that Belize's largest public tertiary care hospital, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), will begin offering a complete "suite" of cardiology services to the majority of Belizean patients.
A long-awaited moment is now only a few days away, and we could not be happier to share this exciting accomplishment with the staff at KHMH and the people of Belize.
Now, a little bit about Belize…
It is a country on the northeastern coast of Central America and neighbor to Guatemala and Mexico. Formerly British Honduras, Belize is the only country in the area that has dubbed English its official language, although Kriol (Belizean Creole) and Spanish are commonly spoken.
More than 320,000 Belizeans inhabit the country, known for its rich biodiversity and a coastline facing the Caribbean Sea. With an average year-round temperature of 84°F and breathtaking islands, it is easy to see why tourism is one of the country's largest economic drivers.
But what make Belize a truly unique place are the visionary, hard-working natives who set their minds to meeting a goal, and meet the goal they do.
Meet Adrian Coye, chief of cardiothoracic surgery and medical services director at the KHMH. His infectious vision to create a heart healthier Belize has helped the country achieve medical milestones that, as recently as 2010, were considered practically impossible.
With nearly a quarter of mortalities each year in Belize attributable to cardiovascular disease, heart care seemed an obvious solution. But without as much as an echocardiograph machine (a common tool used for diagnosis of heart disease) or a trained cardiac team at the KHMH, Dr. Coye's goal of practicing heart surgeries were far from reach.
That is, until he met Dr. Francis Robicsek, vice president of Charlotte's International Medical Outreach Program. In partnership with Carolinas HealthCare System and the Heineman Foundation of Charlotte, the KHMH has spent the past three years preparing to offer its medically underserved patients a second chance at a healthy heart.
Today, the KHMH is well on its way to offering a sustainable cardiology program equipped to diagnose and treat patients who cannot afford to pay private-hospital rates or travel to neighboring countries for similar services.
Thanks to the vision and dedication of one Belizean, a second chance of life is possible for a country.
Deborah is a member of the communications team for International Medical Outreach, part of Carolinas HealthCare System.


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Michael Jace charged with wife's murder as Biola University grieves loss of 'kind' counsellor
The Shield Actor Michael Jace has been formally charged with the murder of his wife, April, a financial aid counsellor at Biola University.
The private Christian university has been mourning the tragic death of the much loved staff member, shot dead at the family home in LA on Monday.
Jace, 51, played Detective Julien Lowe in FX show, The Shield, and had appeared in several movies, including Forrest Gump and Planet of the Apes.
He had been married to April, his second wife, for 10 years and their two children were at home at the time of the shooting. They have been taken into care.
Jace faces 50 years to life in prison if convicted. The motive remains unclear.
People have been leaving tributes to April on Biola University's website:
Michele McArtgur:
Our family is truly heartbroken for April's family. I was working with April on a special circumstance for financial aid for my daughter who will be attending Biola in the fall. April was a pleasure and very personable and thorough. May the God of the Bible comfort her family...and the Holy Spirit convict her husband. Sweet Jesus..we know you are holding her now. Thank you for your salvation.
Michele B:
Simply heart breaking. April was so kind to my son who is incoming this Fall. My condolences to the Biola family. May the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you to comfort you all in this difficult time. Praying for her precious children. May God have mercy on her husband.
Cori M:
I am in disbelief! I got to know April last semester when she helped me navigate through finaid red tape. Daily I used to see her and talk with her about my finaid and other things. She commented, once, on my hair saying, "I think I've been workin' with you a really long time to know when you change your hair color." This little comment shows her diligence in her work and clear attention to detail. I felt very cared by April. Her joyful personality always lightened the mood in the office, even when she was reporting bad news with my account. I wouldn't have been able to stay at Biola and graduate this spring semester if it wasn't for April's vast knowledge of Biola's system and her motivating encouragement for me to continue trying, even when I was staring in the face of hopelessness. May The Lord comfort and provide for her family during this time of loss.
Anna Campos:
I didn't know April personally, but last year she greatly helped our family with her professional knowledge of explaining the options for student loans. My daughter attends Biola because a person like April genuinely cared with hope in faith that God would make a way for Ashley to attend her second year. April's kindness, attitude and help will be greatly appreciated always. Thank you April, you will be missed. May this tragic accident some how, some way bring glory to God to help other women who need to know the saving grace of our Lord Jesus.
April had been a counsellor at Biola's Financial Aid Office since March 2013. In a statement, the La Mirada-based university expressed its "deep sadness" over her death.
"We are obviously shocked and saddened by this terrible news, to lose a wonderful colleague, mother and friend," said Biola president Barry H Corey.
"The Biola family will stand with this precious family and the employees who are grieving today, and my prayer is that the God of all comfort will be our refuge and peace."
Geoff Marsh, senior director of Financial Aid at Biola, paid tribute to his colleague.
"April's radiant personality brought great energy to the Financial Aid Office," he said.
"Her love for helping students and families and her great work ethic earned the respect and love of her coworkers. Her smiling face and helpful spirit will be missed by all."


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The AITP annual membership meeting was held on the evening of Saturday, November 6. Attendees were given a verbal report from the board of directors and committee chairpersons. They were also given a copy of the annual report, which contains written reports from the board of directors and committee chairs. The excellent booklet was edited by Diana Shelton of the Honolulu Chapter. Log-in to the Annual Report page to read it. Attendees were informed that the association's financial year will end in the black. Professional and student memberships are above the projected estimates, especially student memberships. More partnerships have been established in 2004 and the list is continuing to grow. The association was able to vote on-line for the board of directors and the executive council for the first time this year. The AITP Web portal continues to be a factor in AITP's growth. The volume of hits it is receiving is increasing due to the news blast and up-to-date communications. The 2005 board of directors was introduced, and each director vowed to make 2005 an even more positive year than 2004. The meeting ended on a high note of appreciation when AITP President Sam Luke presented Presidential Special Achievement and Service Awards to members for their years of hard work and dedication to the AITP.
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The Broncos never expend a first-round draft choice on a back, preferring to shop the NFL's discount racks. They've had a different leading rusher in five of the last six seasons and traded two of them. Yet they never fail to move the ball on the ground. In Shanahan's 10 seasons in Denver, the Broncos have ranked in the top 10 in rushing nine times, leading the NFL in 1996 and finishing second in 1998 and 2003 and third in 2000.
Plug in a back and the Broncos will continue to pound away, right?
"I think that's a big misconception," says offensive tackle Matt Lepsis, a nine-year veteran. "I think we have great running backs and we have since I've been here, and we also have a good system. So that combination really helps in having a good running game."
If there's greatness in these backs — and who had ever heard of Reuben Droughns and Mike Anderson and Olandis Gary and Terrell Davis before they burst to prominence? — it stems from a running style demanded by Shanahan.
"You only get one cut — they stress that here," says Anderson, currently the starting tailback in a backfield filled with contenders. "You make a decision, and you go full-speed with it."
Anderson, who turns 32 next month, missed all of last season with torn groin muscles suffered in the final preseason game. He rushed for 1,487 yards and was named NFL rookie of the year in 2000, but the Broncos subsequently moved him to fullback. In 2004, they penciled him in to replace Clinton Portis, traded to the Washington Redskins for cornerback Champ Bailey.
They ultimately wound up with Droughns moving from fullback and gaining 1,240 yards — after rushing for 97 yards in four prior NFL seasons. But when Droughns wanted his contract adjusted to match his new position, the Broncos allowed him to seek a trade and dispatched him to the Cleveland Browns.
Anderson, who recovered from his injury without surgery, says he never worried about regaining his position or the competition from the Broncos' bevy of backs.
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Tatum Bell, a second-round pick a year ago, is second on the depth chart. Quentin Griffin, the starter last year until he was injured and had two knee surgeries, has a tenuous grip behind Bell, trying to stave off veteran Ron Dayne. Rookie Maurice Clarett, also bothered by a groin injury, is a distinct fifth.
Saturday's 26-21 preseason victory against the San Francisco 49ers showed Anderson in good form against the 49ers' first-string defense. He gained 39 yards on five rushes and caught a 2-yard touchdown pass. Bell also ran well (11 carries for 62 yards), and Dayne, who excelled in the preseason opener against the Houston Texans, led all rushers with 87 yards on 18 carries. The Broncos ran for 266 yards on 47 attempts.
Neither Griffin, with whom the club is being cautious, nor Clarett has a preseason carry. Griffin should get a look Saturday against the Indianapolis Colts, and Clarett might play in the preseason finale against the Arizona Cardinals.
If Shanahan wanted a slogan for this packed backfield, it could be this: Depth before dishonor.
"Take a look at what happened to us last year," he says. "Mike Anderson was our starter, and he goes out before the season starts. Quentin Griffin (knee) goes down after the second game. Tatum Bell (broken finger, ribs) was out half the season. We were starting our first-team fullback (Droughns) as our tailback.
"You never know. You never have enough depth at the tailback position."
Dayne, the 1999 Heisman Trophy winner at Wisconsin, may be the difference-maker. He never found his niche with the New York Giants after they made him their first pick (11th overall) in 2000, and in 2003 he was inactive for all 16 games. He played sparingly last year. His running style might not have suited the Giants' scheme, but it fits in with the Broncos. Their rushing offense more closely resembles the one he played in when he rushed for an NCAA career record 7,125 yards.
"It's a zone scheme. Being able to make one cut and get downhill is my style and what I did before," he says. "My line at Wisconsin was way bigger than the line in New York. It was kind of funny to see that."
The Broncos' line lacks girth but relies on a core group for precision blocking. The scheme generally asks the line to create three holes and the back to pick one, often cutting back to do so.
Whoever is in the game, he will follow those instructions faithfully. Like a strict chaperone, Shanahan permits no dancing behind the line. Woe to those who tarry or try to freelance.
"The coaches are going to let you know. You're going to hear about it, constantly, until they get across what they're trying to accomplish," Anderson says. "Normally a guy might do it once or twice but then he won't do it anymore or he won't be a guy running the ball in this offense."


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Cameron Porteous makes his Pacific Opera Victoria debut in April 2014 as Production Designer for The Marriage of Figaro.
Mr. Porteous has had a prolific career in theatre and opera design, working in most major theatres across Canada as well as designing extensively for film and television. His work combines an international perspective with a distinctly personal style of theatrical design which flourished during a robust period of Canadian theatre history. He led the way in expanding our view of design beyond traditional models, embracing perspectives from beyond our borders and anticipating our modern multicultural and multi-media theatre. He continues to work in theatre, film, and television and has influenced many emerging designers through his teaching, mentoring, and creative work.
Cameron Porteous was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan and at age 15 moved with his familyt to Vancouver, where he later studied theatre at the University of British Columbia. After graduation, he worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Vancouver and subsequently became the Head Scenic Painter for the Canadian Television Network. In the 1960s, he studied at the Wimbledon School of Fine Arts in England. The European experience was to mark his work and path as a designer in Canada.
Shortly after his return to Canada, he began to collaborate with Christopher Newton, Artistic Director of the Vancouver Playhouse, and in 1972 he was appointed Head of Design. He moved with Newton to the Shaw Festival where he served as Head of Design from 1980 to 1997. Among his many Shaw Festival credits, his designs are vividly remembered for such favourites as Peter Pan, Major Barbara, Cavalcade, Caesar and Cleopatra, Cyrano de Bergerac, Saint Joan, and in 2005, Journey's End.
Across Canada, he has designed for Centre Stage (now CanStage), Tarragon Theatre, Young People's Theatre, the Royal Alexandra in Toronto, the Stratford Festival, the Grand Theatre in London, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Citadel Theatre, The Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Shea's Theatre in Buffalo New York, The Arts Club Theatre, and the Vancouver Playhouse.
These productions range from Shakespeare to Stoppard. He has also designed for operas for Vancouver Opera, the National Arts Centre, Opera Hamilton and the Canadian Opera Company.
Mr. Porteous has designed extensively for film and television, including Barrymore and Bailey's Billions. His set and costume designs for the Emmy Award-winning children's film Beethoven Lives Upstairs led him back to Prague to production design another six films in the popular Children's Composers Film Series. Mr. Porteous has filmed in Italy and Ireland, designing the Composers' Specials, Artists' Specials, and Inventors' Specials series, shot in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Quebec and Ontario for a total of 19 films for young audiences. His work for television includes the set design for the 1994 Gemini Awards and the YTV 1994-95 Youth Achievement Awards among numerous other screen projects.
Cameron Porteous' designs have been exhibited in Toronto, Vancouver and internationally at the Prague Quadrennial, as well as The Bolshoi Drama Theatre in St. Petersburg Russia.
Numerous awards include a Canadian Centennial Scholarship in London, England, and the Queen's Jubilee Medal for contributions to Canadian theatre. He served on the Canada Council's Arts Advisory Panel from 1978 to 1981. He has taught design at the University of British Columbia, the Banff School of Fine Arts and at Ryerson University.
In March 1996, Mr. Porteous was the curator for the first All Ontario Exhibition of Theatre Design and Architecture at the World Stage Festival and in 1998 was the curator for Prelude to Prague, the Canadian Exhibition for the Prague Quadrennial 1999, again at the World Stage Festival at Harbourfront.
His designs have been exhibited in a touring 40-year retrospective: Risking the Void – the Work of Cameron Porteous.
Mr. Porteous is an honorary member of the Associated Designers of Canada.
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It is one of the world's most notorious breaks, so dangerous even WA surf veteran Taj Burrow had never dared to take it on - until now.
On Friday, Burrow ventured south from his Yallingup home to ride the "wildest wave" he has seen in 18 years of professional surfing and the result has been dubbed the most dangerous surf photo ever taken.
When Burrow, 36, agreed to tackle an infamous break near Denmark known as "The Right" with big wave surfer Mark Mathews and film the results, he assumed it would never happen.
"But sure enough, two months later, we're both free, there's pretty good-looking swell, they said 'are you ready'… and I was like 'oh God, I've committed'," Burrow said yesterday.
"I was pretty scared. I'd never been there before and basically surfing those kind of waves is a totally different sport to what I do, so it was pretty intimidating."
The wave is several kilometres offshore and when conditions are right, two surfers can fit in its massive barrel.
After being towed into the take-off by a jetski, Burrow and Mathews did just that, nailing several attempts as Mathews filmed the action.
But incredible vision Burrow posted online yesterday showed them swallowed by an immense wall of water during their last ride.
Mathews surfaced with a ruptured eardrum and cut face and Burrow was "a bit banged up" but with no regrets. "You can't put a measurement on those waves," he said. "They have no back to them and it was like the whole ocean was folding on to the reef. I've never surfed anything like it.
"I'm absolutely thrilled."
The idea came from Burrow's friend and Stab Magazine owner Sam McIntosh, who wanted the best and most dangerous surf image ever taken and a new approach to water photography.
Burrow, fourth in the world standings and on a break between events, was relieved not to be injured.
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The X-Files (film)
|The X-Files
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|Directed by
|Rob Bowman
|Produced by
|Screenplay by
|Chris Carter
|Story by
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|Music by
|Mark Snow
|Ward Russell
|Edited by
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|20th Century Fox
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|121 minutes[1]
|United States
|$66 million
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|$189.2 million[2]
The X-Files (also known as The X-Files: Fight the Future) is a 1998 American science fiction thriller film directed by Rob Bowman. Chris Carter wrote the screenplay. The story is by Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the first feature film based on Carter's television series The X-Files, which revolves around fictional unsolved cases called the X-Files and the characters solving them. Five main characters from the television series appear in the film: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, John Neville, and William B. Davis reprise their respective roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, Well-Manicured Man, and the Cigarette-Smoking Man. The film was promoted with the tagline Fight the Future.
The film takes place between seasons five (episode "The End") and six (episode "The Beginning") of the television series, and is based upon the series' extraterrestrial mythology. The story follows agents Mulder and Scully, removed from their usual jobs on the X-Files, and investigating the bombing of a building and the destruction of criminal evidence. They uncover what appears to be a government conspiracy attempting to hide the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
Carter decided to make a feature film to explore the show's mythology on a wider scale, as well as appealing to non-fans. He wrote the story with Frank Spotnitz at the end of 1996 and, with a budget from 20th Century Fox, filming began in 1997, following the end of the show's fourth season. Carter assembled cast and crew from the show, as well as some other, well-known actors such as Blythe Danner and Martin Landau, to begin production on what they termed "Project Blackwood". The film was produced by Carter and Daniel Sackheim. Mark Snow continued his role as X-Files composer to create the film's score.
The film premiered on June 19, 1998, in the United States, and received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Although some enjoyed the style and effects of the film, others found the plot confusing and viewed it as little more than an extended episode of the series. A sequel, entitled I Want to Believe, was released ten years later.
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The film opens in 35,000 B.C., in what will become North Texas. Entering a cave, two cavemen hunters stumble upon a large extraterrestrial life form. One is killed by the alien; the other fights back, stabbing the alien to death, but is infected by a black oil-like substance that crawls into his skin. In 1998, in the same area, when a group of boys are digging a deep hole, a young boy named Stevie falls down the hole and finds a human skull. As he holds it, black oil seeps into his body until it reaches his head, causing his eyes to turn black. Later, four firefighters descend into the hole to rescue him, but do not come out. A team of biohazard-suited men arrives on the scene. The boy's body is brought out.
Meanwhile, FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have been assigned to other projects since the closure of the X-Files. They are helping investigate a bomb threat against a federal building in Dallas. Mulder inspects a building across the street from the supposed target and discovers the bomb in a vending machine. Special Agent in Charge Darius Michaud stays behind to disarm the bomb as Mulder and Scully evacuate the building. Unknown to the agents, Michaud makes no attempt to disarm the bomb, which detonates. The building is partially destroyed.
Returning to Washington, D.C., Mulder and Scully are chastised because, in addition to Michaud, four people were apparently still in the building during the bombing. There are scheduled separate hearings at which their job performances will be evaluated. That evening, Mulder encounters a paranoid doctor, Alvin Kurtzweil, who explains that the victims were the firefighters and boy, that they were already dead, and that the bomb was allowed to detonate in order to destroy evidence of how they died. At the hospital morgue, Scully is able to examine one of the victims, finding evidence of an alien virus.
Meanwhile, Mulder and Scully's enemy, the Cigarette Smoking Man, meets with Dr. Ben Bronschweig in Texas, where they locate one of the firefighters who contains the same alien virus, but with an alien organism residing inside the body; the Cigarette Smoking Man orders to administer a vaccine to it, but should it fail, have the body burned. Later, the alien organism gestates and kills Bronschweig, who is locked inside the area by his teammates.
Mulder and Scully travel to the crime scene in Texas. They come across a strange train hauling tanker trucks and they follow it to a large cornfield surrounding two glowing domes. They enter the domes, only to find them empty. Suddenly, grates leading to an underground area open in the floor and a swarm of bees chases the agents out into the cornfield. Black helicopters appear and begin to chase them, but they escape and head back to Washington.
After returning, Mulder unsuccessfully tries to get help from Kurtzweil, while Scully attends her performance hearing and learns that she is being transferred to Salt Lake City, Utah. Mulder is devastated to lose Scully as a partner. The two are about to share a kiss when Scully is stung by a bee which had lodged itself under her shirt collar. The sting causes Scully to quickly lose consciousness. Mulder calls for the paramedics but when an ambulance arrives, the driver shoots Mulder in the head and whisks Scully away. Waking up in hospital, Mulder is told the bullet only grazed his temple and leaves with the help of The Lone Gunmen and FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner. Mulder then meets a former adversary, the Well-Manicured Man, who gives him Scully's location in Antarctica, along with a vaccine to combat the virus that has infected her. The Well-Manicured Man then kills himself in a car bomb, before his betrayal of The Syndicate is discovered.
Mulder travels to Antarctica to save Scully, and discovers a secret underground laboratory run by the Cigarette Smoking Man. Mulder uses the vaccine to revive Scully, disrupting the stable environment of the lab and reviving the cocooned aliens. The lab is destroyed just after Mulder and Scully escape to the surface. It turns out to be part of a huge alien vessel lying dormant beneath the snow; the vessel pushes up through tons of ice and snow and travels straight up into the sky. Mulder watches the ship fly directly overhead and disappear into the distance, as Scully regains consciousness.
Some time later, Scully attends a hearing, where her testimony is ignored and the evidence covered up. The only remaining proof of their ordeal is the bee that stung Scully, collected by the Lone Gunmen. She hands it over, noting that the FBI does not currently have an investigative unit qualified to pursue the evidence at hand. Outside, Mulder is reading an article that has covered up the domes and crop field in Texas; Scully informs Mulder that she is willing to continue working with him.
At another crop outpost in Tunisia, the Cigarette Smoking Man warns Strughold that Mulder remains a threat, as he explains what Mulder has found out about the virus. He then hands him a telegram revealing that the X-files unit has been re-opened.
- David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
- Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Martin Landau as Alvin Kurtzweil
- Blythe Danner as Jana Cassidy
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Conrad Strughold
- Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
- William B. Davis as Cigarette-Smoking Man
- John Neville as Well-Manicured Man
- Dean Haglund as Richard "Ringo" Langly
- Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers
- Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Ben Bronschweig
- Jason Beghe as FBI Man at Bomb Site
- Michael Shamus Wiles as Black-Haired Man
- Terry O'Quinn as Special Agent in Charge Darius Michaud
- Lucas Black as Stevie
- Gary Grubbs as Fire Captain Cooles
- Nick Lashaway as Young Fox Mulder
Conception and pre-production[edit]
|"We wanted it to be true to the TV show, for one thing. We didn't want The X-Files to become something else in the movie, just because we had a bigger budget to work with. Yet, we were also mindful that it had to be a culmination of something for the people who had been watching the show for five years, as well as an introduction of these characters and this story to people who hadn't."
|— Frank Spotnitz talking about the development of The X-Files film.[3]
After five successful seasons, Chris Carter wanted to tell the story of the series on a wider scale, which ultimately meant creating a feature film. He later explained that the main problem was to create a story for which the viewer would not need to be familiar with the show's setting and the various story arcs.[4]
Carter and Frank Spotnitz wrote major parts of the script in Hawaii over Christmas 1996. They used the same method that they had used when writing episodes and sketching out scenes for the series on 3x5 index cards. By the time the Christmas break had ended, the whole narrative for the film had been written. Upon his return from Hawaii, Carter looked for spare time to write the script. He returned to Hawaii and in ten days wrote about half of the 124-page screenplay for the film.[5]
Carter gave 90 pages of the screenplay to Fox who received it well. While not officially greenlighted, he got a budget from Fox and began to make plans as to when and where it would be filmed. Carter then enlisted Daniel Sackheim as a producer on the film. Sackheim had previously produced the pilot episode of The X-Files and directed several episodes in the first two seasons. The X-Files marked his first contribution as producer to a feature film. Carter's choice for director was Rob Bowman, who had been the series' executive producer and a director before the production base was moved from Vancouver to Los Angeles.[6]
During production, the filmmakers went to great lengths to preserve secrecy, including printing the script on red paper to prevent photocopying, and leaking disinformation to the media and giving the film the codename "Project Blackwood". The code was cracked by fans who speculated on the meaning behind it. According to Spotnitz, "Blackwood" held no particular significance.[7]
At the beginning of the pre-production phase, Carter and Bowman were busy with the television series, leaving Sackheim to work alone. Sackheim hired executive producer Lata Ryan, who had previously collaborated with Steven Spielberg for his 1993 film, Jurassic Park. Once hired, Ryan was allowed to read the script in front of the Ten Thirteen Productions staff members—but not to take it away. At this time, most of the staff members had not read the script for themselves. After Ryan accepted the offer of becoming executive producer, Chris Nowak was hired as production designer, Ward Russell as director of photography and Bill Liams as construction coordinator. According to Ryan, they had secured all key personnel six weeks before principal filming began.[8]
Writing and casting[edit]
Both Carter and Spotnitz wanted to make the film "bigger" than the series, so they decided to start and end the film at an "extreme place" and explain aspects of the story arc that the show had not. While gathering research materials, they learned that the Earth was once covered with ice and decided to open the film in Texas in 35,000 BC with human "Primitives" as the first characters to appear.[9]
The film included known actors from the show such as David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner and William B. Davis as the Cigarette Smoking Man, as well as new actors and characters to the franchise. These included Martin Landau and Blythe Danner. The signing of these actors broke with what had become tradition for The X-Files. Carter had purposely cast virtually unknown actors for the television series, to make it more believable; "As soon as you put in an actor whose face is very recognizable, you've got a situation that works against the reality of the show."[10] He saw creating the film as a chance to break this rule. He offered Glenne Headly the small role of a bartender. A fan of the show, she accepted enthusiastically.[10]
Set design[edit]
Chris Nowak was hired as production designer for the film by Daniel Sackheim. Nowak was a former architect who had worked as a professional theater set designer for eight years, before moving towards the film business as an art director. Nowak had previously worked with Sackheim on a television production, which led to Sackheim contacting him to do an interview for the selection of a production designer. According to Sackheim, Nowak was hired because he was the only one able to create a "focused vision" for the film.[11]
Nowak wanted to start the design process after talking through the story with the filmmakers so that he could formulate "a sense of the atmosphere" which they wanted to create for the film. He wanted to create a "dark, scary and oppressive environment" for the characters, especially Mulder. While familiar with the television series, Nowak decided not to review any episodes as preparation for his role in the production. Explaining this decision, he said, "I wanted the movie to be as fresh and new as possible in its design. Of course, there were some elements from the show that had to be retained."[11]
The design department found all their locations and designed sets in eight weeks, guided by input from the filmmakers. Nowak started by creating artwork for all the major sets and locations, working with the two concept artists Tim Flattery and Jim Martin. Nowak created drafts and sent them to Flattery and Martin who continued to develop them until they were complete. The complete artwork was then presented to Chris Carter, Rob Bowman, Lata Ryan and Sackheim for approval. While considering the time schedule, they made no notable changes to the artwork.[11]
Once the set concepts were approved by Carter, Bowman, Sackheim and Ryan, they were sent to the blueprint stage so that construction of the sets could begin under the supervision of construction coordinator Bill Liams. All the major sets were constructed "simultaneously" because of the schedule. However, this proved to be a challenge for the production team, because it meant they had to pay the rent on all the stages at the same time. The set construction started seven weeks before filming.[11]
|Not only could I not have directed the movie as well as Rob Bowman [...] I didn't have the time to even attempt to direct the movie as well as Rob Bowman. Rob is a very collaborative person; and I thought that working with him collaboratively was a much wiser way to approach this than to try to do it myself.
|— Carter talking about choosing a director for the film.[12]
Carter and Bowman wanted to film in as many different locations as possible to give the film a "grander" feel than had usually been achievable for the television episodes.[4][9] The tighter schedule, with only eight weeks of pre-production and 45 days of principal photography, still caused the production to have less location shooting than planned. Los Angeles ended up standing in for Dallas and London (though a shot was done in London with a double), and the ice scenes, initially envisaged for an ice field in Alaska, were moved to Whistler, British Columbia, nearby the show's regular locations in Vancouver.[13] Principal photography for the film started on June 16, 1997.[12]
The X-Files was filmed in the hiatus between the show's fourth and fifth seasons and re-shoots were conducted during the filming of the show's fifth season. Due to the demands of the film shoot on the actors' schedules, some episodes of the fifth season did not revolve around both Mulder and Scully but just one of the two lead stars.[14]
Two soundtracks, The X-Files: Original Motion Picture Score[15] and The X-Files: The Album were both released to home markets in 1998. The X-Files: The Album included a take on the original theme song by the American duo The Dust Brothers, and included a hidden track on which Chris Carter details a summary of The X-Files mythology.[16] Mark Snow, who had worked on the television series as a composer, was hired to score the film. Chris Carter wanted a "very minimal approach" to the music. He did not want much "melody" and wanted to replace it with plain "ambient atmosphere" and "sound design". Snow mixed electronic music with an 85-member orchestra to give the film a "great sense of scope and grandeur."[4]
When creating the music for the film, Snow had a couple of months to write and produce the music, composing the television series simultaneously. The film marked the first time in the history of the franchise that music was composed and recorded with the help of an orchestra, although, according to Snow, there was no significant change in the recording and writing process during the production of the film. The most substantial difference was that Snow used MIDI files to save his musical scores and pieces, which would afterward be sent to a copyist who would take it through one of their programs and eventually give it to the orchestrators.[17]
Theatrical run[edit]
The film premiered theatrically in the United States (as well as Canada) on June 19, 1998, distributed by 20th Century Fox. It closed after 14 weeks, with its widest release having been 2,650 theaters.[2]
Home media[edit]
The same year as the international theatrical release, the film was released on VHS in an Extended Cut edition.[18][19] The film made its first appearance on DVD on January 24, 2000 in Region 2 and in early 2001 in Region 1.[20][21] In 2008, producer Frank Spotnitz announced plans to release a new special edition DVD and Blu-ray edition of the movie. "We are working on packing the [re-issued] DVD and Blu-ray releases with as many extras as they will fit, including video and audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, bloopers, trailers, a new documentary, and several other cool surprises."[22] The Blu-ray version was released on December 2, 2008.[23] In addition, a novelization of the film was written by Elizabeth Hand and released on June 19, 1998.[24]
Box office[edit]
The film grossed $83,898,313 in the U.S. and $105,278,110 abroad, giving a total worldwide gross of $189,176,423.[2] In its opening weekend, showing at 2,629 theaters, it earned $30,138,758 which was 35.9% of its total gross.[2] According to Box Office Mojo, it ranked at No. 23 for all films released in the U.S. in 1998 and No. 10 for PG-13 rated films released that year.
Critical response[edit]
The film received generally positive reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 64% of 69 listed film critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 6.1 out of 10.[25]
Roger Ebert gave a positive review of the film with three out of four stars, saying, "As pure movie, The X-Files more or less works. As a story, it needs a sequel, a prequel, and Cliff Notes."[27] Joyce Millman of Salon was more equivocal, writing, "... You really can't treat The X-Files as a movie because it isn't one. It's a two-hour episode of the show," and said it was far from the "most satisfying" of X-Files releases.[28] San Francisco Chronicle reviewer Bob Graham was positive towards the film, calling "David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson [...] enormously sympathetic heroes."[19] Michael O'Sullivan, a reviewer from The Washington Post called the film, "stylish, scary, sardonically funny and at times just plain gross."[29]
Los Angeles Times reviewer Kenneth Turan felt that it was difficult to make sense of the film, saying that it relied too heavily on the series' mythology.[30] Lisa Alspector wrote that "Only two scenes in this spin-off are worth the time of followers of the TV series."[31] Variety reviewer Todd McCarthy remarked, "As it is, the pic serves up set-pieces and a measure of scope that are beyond TV size but remain rather underwhelming by feature standards."[32] Janet Maslin of The New York Times responded negatively towards the film, complaining that it was uneventful and scorning the "hush-hush atmosphere" surrounding the production.[33]
The X-Files has spawned one sequel, a 2008 film entitled The X-Files: I Want to Believe released six years after the series ended. The film performed modestly at the box office[34] and received a less positive response than the first film.[35] In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chris Carter announced that if I Want to Believe proved successful, he would propose that a third movie go back to the television series' mythology and focus on the alien invasion foretold within the series, due to occur in December 2012.[36] No third movie appeared; instead, the TV series was revived in 2016.
See also[edit]
- ^ "THE X-FILES (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 7, 1998. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "The X-Files (1998)", Box Office Mojo, IMDb.com, Inc, retrieved April 3, 2010
- ^ Duncan 1998, p. 4.
- ^ a b c Carter, Chris, Spotnitz, Frank, Bowman, Rob, Duchovny, David, Anderson, Gillian, Pileggi, Mitch, Sackheim, Daniel, Paris, David, Lombardi, Paul, Epstein, John, McLaglen, Josh, Beck, Mat, Wash, John and Snow, Mark (1998). The Making of The X-Files Movie (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment.
- ^ Duncan 1998, pp. 4-5.
- ^ Duncan 1998, pp. 5-6.
- ^ Duncan 1998, pp. 10-11.
- ^ Duncan 1998, p 11.
- ^ a b Carter, Chris and Bowman, Rob (1998). Audio commentary for The X-Files (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment.
- ^ a b Duncan 1998, p. 18.
- ^ a b c d Duncan 1998, p. 7.
- ^ a b Duncan 1998, p. 6.
- ^ Green, Chris (Spring 2010). "Case Study: Fred Baron" (PDF). Produced by. Producers Guild of America: 15.
- ^ Carter, Chris, Gilligan, Vince, Shiban, John, Haglund, Dean, Manners, Kim, Bowman, Rob, Spotnitz, Frank, Cartwright, Veronica, Rabwin, Paul, Rogers, Mimi and Goodwin, R.W. "Bob" (1998). The Truth Behind Season 5 (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment.
- ^ Love, Brett, "X-Files (Score)", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, "X-Files (Original Soundtrack)", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ Goldwasser, Dan (May 27, 2008), "The S Files", Soundtrack.net, SoundtrackNet, LLC, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ "The X-Files: Fight the Future Blu-ray review at High Def Digest".
- ^ a b Graham, Bob (October 16, 1998), "Conspiracy Marks the Spot The X-Files proves an intriguing thrill", San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Communications, Inc, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ "DV-Delicious", SFX, Future plc, January 2000
- ^ Stark, Jeff (January 16, 2001). "The X-Files: Fight the Future". Salon. Salon Media Group. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ^ "Producer: Fox Plotting to Bring X-Files Movies to Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. July 7, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ^ "The X-Files: Fight The Future - Blu-ray". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ The X-Files: Fight The Future. HarperEntertainment. ISBN 0061050679.
- ^ "The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)", Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster, Inc, archived from the original on September 2, 2009, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ "X' hits the spot". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (June 19, 1998), "The X-Files", Chicago Sun Times, Sun-Times Media Group, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ Millmann, Joyce (1998), "I want to believe", Salon, Salon Media Group, archived from the original on May 7, 2010, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ O'Sullivan, Michael (June 19, 1998), "'X'-tra, 'X'-tra! See All About It!", The Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ Turan, Kenneth (June 19, 1998), "The X-Files", Los Angeles Times, Tribune Company, retrieved September 29, 2009[dead link]
- ^ Alspector, Lisa (1998), "The X-Files", Chicago Reader, Creative Loafing, Inc, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (June 19, 1998), "The X-Files", Variety, Reed Business Information, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ "The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)", Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster, Inc, retrieved April 6, 2010[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The X-Files: I Want to Believe". The Numbers. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ "The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)", Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster, Inc, retrieved September 29, 2009
- ^ Clark Collis (April 18, 2008), "'X-Files' creator Chris Carter wants to believe in a third film featuring Mulder and Scully", Entertainment Weekly, Time Inc, retrieved July 27, 2009
- Duncan, Jody (1998). The Making of The X-Files Movie. New York, US: HarperPrism. ISBN 0-06-107316-4.
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Belgrade (AFP) Dec 09, 2012
Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall in the Balkans, that seriously affected traffic throughout the region, claimed a second victim on Sunday as a man died from cold in northern Serbia.
The victim was found dead near his home in the village of Ravni Topolovac in northeastern Serbia, emergency services said.
The first victim was a 60-year-old man who froze to death in his home in the northern town of Novi Sad on Saturday.
Snow, accompanied by strong wind paralysed northern Serbia and provoked chaos in road traffic, while the army and police were helping emergency services.
"More than 660 people, including 30 children, who were trapped in their vehicles due to snow, were rescued on Serbia's roads," head of the national emergency services department Predrag Maric said.
The highway towards Hungary was blocked for several hours while vehicles were stuck in an 11-kilometre (seven-mile) queue, he added.
A woman gave birth in a truck as she could not reach a hospital in the northern town of Zrenjanin and named the baby girl Snezana (Snow White), Beta news agency reported.
In neighbouring Montenegro several villages in the northern part of the country were cut off and without electricity. The snow was up to 70 centimetres (27 inches) high in this mountainous region.
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Sun Feb 10, 2013, 06:42 PM
MannyGoldstein (34,589 posts)
The Night James Brown Saved Boston, Without Drones
On April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated:
The next day, riots broke out in over 100 cities:
James Brown was scheduled to give a concert at the Boston Garden that night. This scared the hell out of Boston Mayor Kevin White, he said "Hell no, we've got to stop it! All those angry black folks in one place? That's just asking for a riot!"
But Boston Councilman Tom Atkins said "Hell yes! Not only should we let the concert go on, we should televise it to all of Boston as a tribute to Dr. King. That's how we increase the peace!"
White said "Damned good idea!", then he and Atkins ran it by Brown who said "Sure! Give me the damn money!"
So the concert went forward, live and on the teevee. Brown did an amazing job of entertaining, tributing, and staring down would-be troublemakers.
And somehow, without droning anyone into Freedom Mist, Boston went peaceful. No riots.
And that's how we increase the peace, my friends.
The whole story's available on video, free if you have Amazon Prime:
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Response to MannyGoldstein (Original post)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 06:56 PM
Warpy (94,906 posts)
1. I was still in the south then
and I worked an awful shift, 7 PM to 3 AM, so that I could manage school. When I got out of work at 3 AM, there wasn't an intact plate glass window in the downtown area. I'd had the foresight to dress completely outside the company dress code, so the one gang I encountered just flashed me a peace sign and yelled "Hiya, hippie!"
Nothing got torched, there was just window smashing and minimal looting. I'm always amazed by how polite they were in that town considering what they'd been through during the lunch counter sit ins.
Boston, however, would have been nothing but ashes had not James Brown been a hero. People were still talking about him that night many years later.
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Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:11 PM
MannyGoldstein (34,589 posts)
2. It was years before I moved here, and I had no idea
Until I saw the video last night.
Crazy stuff. Good crazy, though.
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Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:14 PM
frazzled (14,841 posts)
3. More impressive was Petey Greene in D.C. (with apologies to the great James Brown)
The film Talk to Me is based on the life of Washington, D.C., radio announcer Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. The smart-talking ex-convict is now regarded as one of the first shock jocks.
But Greene was much more than an entertainer: He was also a social activist who offered cutting commentary on race, poverty, power and politics and whose voice calmed angry and despairing residents of the nation's capital after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Kasi Lemmons directed Talk to Me, which stars Don Cheadle as the outspoken Greene, who spent more than a decade on air at WOL-AM. Chiwetel Ejiofor co-stars as Dewey Hughes, the station's straight-laced program director, who is Greene's business partner and, ultimately, friend.
The film culminates in this crazy DJ literally talking down the people of Washington D.C. from riots after the assassination. Here's a trailer; rent or stream it if you never saw it:
PS: I don't know what this conversation has to do with the current drone issue. Honestly.
Response to MannyGoldstein (Original post)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:31 PM
ewagner (18,036 posts)
4. I never knew this
Response to MannyGoldstein (Original post)
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 08:41 PM
babylonsister (154,367 posts)
5. "droning people into freedom mist..."
Too bad you had to get your pound of flesh off of a great story on its own merits. You sullied it.
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Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:18 PM
Summer Hathaway (2,770 posts)
6. Precisely.
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Mon Feb 11, 2013, 02:11 AM
hibbing (5,175 posts)
7. wow
Thanks for posting this, I had never even heard about this or let alone seen it.


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"No, Beckham did not leave a trail of glory wherever he trod, but he triumphed nonetheless," writes Paul Gardner in the New York Sun. Beckham did his job last Saturday. He brought 66,237 people to Giants Stadium and made three assists, but the Galaxy lost. And it's clear that Beckham may not be enough to steer the Galaxy into the playoffs. Says Gardner, "MLS faces the likelihood that, during the final climactic three weeks of its season in November, Beckham will be the great absentee."
Gardner reports on Beckham's press conference performance -- "The conference floated
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he's named one of his sons Brooklyn, and any doubts vanish yet again." -- and his appearance in West Harlem, where Beckham "gave a cozy little soccer clinic for young players from the FC Harlem
soccer club."
"The Beckham charisma needs no explaining," Gardner writes. "Here's a superstar with no sign of superiority or swagger who convinces you, very quickly, that he's still a human
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Beck, Guero (* * * out of four) With the Dust Brothers on board again, Beck buffs might expect a replay of 1996's Odelay. Guero does exhume that playful milestone, plus every other signpost on Beck Hansen's long journey through the sonic wilderness. Guero isn't so much fresh turf as a scrapbook of his earlier excursions: We hear the folk troubadour of Mutations, the funk jester of Midnite Vultures, the heartbreak kid from Sea Change. They coalesce in a kinetic hopscotch of ideas and designs as a revitalized Beck revisits rock, R&B, bossa nova, blues, country, electronica, hip-hop and loads of Latin rhythms. His cut-and-paste adventurism yields songs bursting with energy and unpredictability. Lyrically, he remains enigmatic, surreal and just plain vague. The tone is darker, wise without the wisecracks, with all the levity and edginess pumped into the grooves to make a hopping, happening hodgepodge. —Edna Gundersen
Beanie Sigel, The B. Coming (* * ½) The crucial street credibility that can make or break a hip-hop star didn't stop curbside for Sigel. The Philadelphia rapper, still shooting his mouth off about the wondrous underworld of weapons, is serving a year-long sentence on federal gun charges. He managed to complete this album, shoot five videos and finish filming State Property 2 while on trial last fall. His real-life drama undoubtedly will do more to help than hamper sales, and Sigel seems intent on priming that pump in tunes that celebrate guns, drugs and various activities that judges tend to frown upon. Still, his emcee skills and potent rhymes are undeniable, and he has spiced the proceedings with sultry female voices, electric guitars and enough rhythmic mayhem to keep the jailhouse rocking. —Gundersen
112, Pleasure and Pain (* * *) One of the sturdiest vocal groups in the business, 112 can veer from the breathless bad-boy funk of If I Hit to the torchy anguish of What the Hell Do You Want without missing a beat. But these singers' strong suit is still the well-pressed romantic ballad. On the standout track, the plaintive What If, their creamy voices pour out tension and regret without allowing for drippy excess. Such moments make this fifth album a pleasure for anyone who likes pop-soul smooth but not static. —Elysa Gardner
Nashville Star: 2005 Finalists (* ½) In its third season, country music's American Idol knock-off, Nashville Star, seems to be getting a lot of negative buzz. This cast album, made up of full versions of the 10 finalists' encapsulated first-episode performances, goes a long way toward explaining why. The songs aren't the problem — if you heard the original versions back-to-back on the radio, you might postpone signing up for XM or Sirius. But the singers sound both clueless and lifeless — you could call it karaOkie, if you wanted to be slightly impolite about it. So bet on Australian belter Tamika Tyler or Jason Meadows (whose Workin' Man Blues throws off a few sparks) to win, take a pass on the album and be thankful that you won't be hearing from second-round loser Christy McDonald, whose excruciating vibrato on Long Black Train makes for almost as terrifying a ride as the hellbound journey described in the lyrics. —Ken Barnes (Related audio: Hear a clip of Nashville Star's Casey Simpson)
Billy Dean, Let Them Be Little (* * ½) On his self-financed return trip to the charts, this '90s country hitmaker mixes bouncy, banjo-driven numbers, among them a remake of John Denver's Thank God I'm a Country Boy, with reflective ballads about key life moments. Those songs include the title track, Dean's first top-10 single in nine years, and Slow Motion, which takes place in the span of time that a bride walks down the aisle. Dean also remakes two early hits, adding a layer of comfortable familiarity that fits right in with the rest of the disc. —Brian Mansfield