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Torn to Shreds. Ving Rhames plays a deputy who must fight for his life and help defend the town of Lake Victoria and its several visiting partiers from awakened, blood-thirsty piranhas in Piranha 3D. |
I take back everything I ever said about 3D being a useless gimmick. Nude, girl-on-girl, underwater ballet might still be possible without it, but it wouldn't be the same.
With Piranha 3D, director Alexandre Aja takes the guilty pleasure 1977 original and puts it on steroids in this gloriously gratuitous, completely trashy ode to its exploitive Roger Corman roots.
You know what you're in for in the opening scene, which finds Richard Dreyfuss fishing on peaceful Lake Victoria, drinking Amity beer (the name of the town in Jaws) and singing "Show Me the Way to Go Home." It's literally the final moments of Matt Hooper when a minor earthquake opens a rift to a prehistoric subterranean lake that's been isolated for eons. Soon Hooper is minced to death by blood-thirsty, Cenozoic, flesh-eating piranha.
Of course, the nearby town of Lake Victoria is in the midst of Spring Break revelries, and the beaches are packed with drunk, horny, party-goers engaging in wet T-shirt contests and nude water sports, while under the watchful eye of Sheriff Julie Forester (Elizabeth Shue) and her deputy Fallon (Ving Rhames).
Her son Jake (Steven R. McQueen, yep, that's Steve McQueen's grandson) is approached by Derrick Jones (Jerry O'Connell), a sleazy, Joe Francis-type who's filming a Girls Gone Wild knock-off on a yacht with two gorgeous strippers (the mind boggling Kelly Brook and porn star Riley Steele). He wants to enlist Jake as a location scout and won't take no for an answer.
Jake is playing aloof to his friend Kelly (Jessica Szohr), the girl he actually pines for, so he decides to take the job to make her jealous; despite the fact his mother has tasked him with babysitting his younger brother and sister. Jake bribes the kids into staying home, while he enjoys a little life on the wild side.
Of course they don't, and everything goes to bloody, topless, gore-soaked Hell.
Piranha 3D is raunchy, cheesy, totally predictable schlock. And I loved just about every frame of it.
It actually represents a stark tonal shift for director Alexandre Aja. His previous films (High Tension and his brutal re-make of The Hills Have Eyes) saw the Frenchman bring the uncompromising intensity of the new wave of French horror to American shores, crafting two films that were intense and unapologetically violent, while showcasing a knack for some truly unique kills.
Here he jettisons his usual tone of dark, genuine dread and just amps up the B-rate fun with joyously ridiculous levels of nudity and gore. Aja flings everything at the screen from hordes of questionable CG maneaters and hot girls jumping on trampolines to Jerry O'Connell's mangled penis with shameless abandon and an admirable disregard for anything resembling good taste, all in glorious 3D.
I've seen tons of films that pushed the envelope in this regard but never like this. Piranha 3D is audacious. I'm honestly surprised at what they got away with while keeping an R-rating.
Performances are just what you'd expect. Everyone knows what kind of movie they are making, and they embrace it with tongues planted firmly in cheeks (some Human Centipede foreshadowing for you). But even if they were terrible, that would have been just about the only criticism I could have leveled at this alarmingly entertaining exploitation blast.
I'm even reconsidering my stance on 3D televisions now.
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I liked Friday a lot better the first time I saw it.
While not exactly the same, much of the Ice Cube-produced, Bow Wow-starring Lottery Ticket reads like a tired, re-tread of the 1995 F. Gary Gray stoner comedy -- minus the weed and much of the talent.
Bow Wow is Kevin, a footwear obsessed kid living with his grandmother (Loretta Devine) and trying to do right in the projects of Atlanta.
The film's opening sequence introduces us to the neighborhood's denizens, while he's on his way to work at a local shoe store (indeed, Nike probably provided half the film's production budget in product placement alone).
There's Kevin's best friend Benny (Chris Tucker stand-in, Brandon T. Jackson) and his almost girlfriend Staci (Naturi Naughton) as well as Debo-replacement, Lorenzo (Gbenga Akinnagbe), a newly released ex-con who strikes fear in everyone. Then there's Mr. Washington (Cube), a hermit prize fighter who likes to say "Protect yourself at all times."
Anyway, Kevin plays his grandmother's lottery numbers for her and decides to buy a ticket himself, using the numbers from a fortune cookie. Naturally, he wins $370 million. The catch? The lottery commission is closed over the Fourth of July weekend, so Kevin has to figure out a way to survive in the 'hood once his loud-mouth gammy blabs about the ticket, which he can't cash in for three more days. Smart.
I'll say this, Bow Wow isn't bad. He's obviously aiming for a Will Smith trajectory, though my advice to him would be drop the name. If the Fresh Prince and The Rock can do it, so can you, Bow Wow.
Other than that, the Lottery Ticket is a wash of clichéd dialogue, stereotypical characterizations and unfunny attitude that wants to coast on the re-hashed "neighborhood comedy/drama" tropes of better films such as Friday and, to a degree, Do The Right Thing. There is a nice message under it all about friendship, self reliance and integrity, but it gets buried by shopworn banalities, predictable plotting and half-assed performances.
I could forgive it if there were any laughs to be had, but the whole affair reeks of generic exercise without any ambitions toward individuality (and the other films in this column are chock full of that). Terry Crews, as Kevin's bodyguard, seemed like the only actor involved who got close to making some of the comedic elements connect on sheer timing alone, but he's on his own in a wilderness of shallow writing and Charlie Murphy.
It's been a sad summer for comedy in 2010 (aside from The Other Guys), and Lottery Ticket winds up being another casualty. It did inspire me to buy some Powerball numbers after the show, though.
Attached at the Hip
I guess at some point writer/director/producer Tom Six decided that if he wanted to see a movie about a mad scientist who conjoins three unfortunate people into one continuous digestive tract done right, he'd probably have to do it himself.
Not many horror movies get under my skin anymore, but with The Human Centipede, Six not only got under my skin, he made me want to crawl right out of it. There's really no other way to say this: The Human Centipede is depraved.
And, yes, that is a wondrous thing.
Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie) are two annoying American tourists in Germany who wind up stranded in the woods when their car blows a tire.
Rain-soaked and cold, they find themselves on the doorstep of a famous surgeon, Dr. Heiter (the incredibly creepy Dieter Laser), who takes them in.
Heiter made his fortune in separating conjoined twins, but an insane compulsion and his hatred of people is pushing his research in the opposite direction, and now Lindsay and Jenny are to become his latest subjects.
After drugging his victims and confining them in his basement lab, the doctor reveals his twisted plan: slicing the ligaments in their knees and sewing them together, anus-to-mouth, with a third poor soul, Katsuro (Akihiro Kitamura) into one, shared digestive system, which he dubs The Human Centipede.
And if you have the stomach for it (no pun intended), the results will send shivers up your spine. You will cringe. You will flinch. And you will probably wonder what the hell is wrong with Tom Six -- and Germans.
Much of the revulsion is psychological and -- though there is no shortage of gag-worthy make up work going on -- Six spends as much time letting the implications of his twisted story sink in as he does dwelling on the Conenbergian body horror aspects of the Centipede.
Heiter trains them like a human dog, teaching them to crawl in unison, to bring him the paper and such. When Katsuro finally succumbs to hunger and eats (from a dog bowl, of course) the ramifications for the next two people in line are made horrifically clear as Six delights in making the audience squirm. It's not subtle, but Six relies as much on implied horror as he does stomach-churning FX work.
The (amazingly brave) actors aren't given much to do here, but they all play angry and horrified well enough. Williams and Yennie aren't particularly good, but I suppose choices are limited when it comes to a story like this, and irrelevant considering they spend a majority of the film with their faces sewn to someone's butt.
The real revelation here is Dieter Laser. The tall, cadaverous Laser has a face like a mash up of Robert Z'Dar and Boris Karloff, and the voice of a malevolent, reptilian Inquisitor. He's just about impossible to take your eyes off of and turns in a performance that puts him in the pantheon of great cinematic psychos from Hannibal Lecter to Frank Booth. Simply mesmerizing.
Clearly, The Human Centipede is directed at a breed of horror lover that revels in cinematic extremes. Unless you consider yourself one of them, all I can say is: You've been warned.
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An analysis of Department of Veterans Affairs survey data found that younger veterans - those who served in the post-9/11 war period - are better versed in their benefits. But even among those veterans, 40 percent say they have little or no understanding of their benefits.
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NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 (not to be confused with the older speculative name of GTX 465), is expected to be the company's weapon of choice to take on the lower-end of ATI Radeon HD 5800 series, and Radeon HD 5770. Based on the new 40 nm GF104 GPU, the GTX 460 will step up competition in the DirectX 11 compliant performance GPU category. The specifications so far known show that the GPU will make use of all the components available on the GF104, which include 240 CUDA cores, and will feature 768 MB of GDDR5 memory across a 192-bit wide memory interface. Apart from basic specs, the board's TDP too will be much lesser than that of the GeForce GTX 480, at 180W. It comes with the usual bunch of NVIDIA exclusive features including SLI (we expect 2-way), CUDA, PhysX, and 3D Vision Surround. It expected to launch in mid-July, just in time for summer. Source: bit-tech.net
So, Nvidia finally getting some mainstream cards out. Too bad ATI beat them to it by half a year. Based on the specs, I'm not too impressed. I think it will have about the same performance as a 5830 or 5770. And for the TDP being "much lesser", it's still pretty darn bad at 180W. Remember, on paper, the 5870 has a TDP of 188W. So even if it's priced well and performs well, you still may want to go for ATI, since it produces less heat and matches in performance.
Lolz at you guys, currently on 285 and really haven't seen a reason to upgrade, first time in years I'm considering going to the red team, Nvidia really dropped the ball on this series.
the energy consumption is about the same as nvidia's GTX260 216. still, it's way too high I think, but if the price/performance is right, watts don't matter that much (solar power ftw )
Chill, if the pricing is right, then this might be a winrar. And don't forget the legions of Nvidiots willing to give their hard earned money to support a bully.
I hope this rumor is not correct because if this card is has near equivalent performance as a GTX285 but yet consumes about the same power, that equals no improvement at all. How come Nv does not understand the term efficiency?
Most probably fake or simply wrong information IMO. 240 SP? 240 can't be divided by 32 which is the number of SP per SM on Fermi architecture. Complete redesign or simply bad info? My bet is certainly bad info. I think that someone took the GTX480 and divided its specs by 2 and claim it's 460. EDIT: Nevermind I'm right. This is what the autor of the article says in his forums: As if the rule of three could be applied everywhere...
half a year ? may was already 7 months later than ati for 5850 competetive card, well still 24% more expensive for little more performance in my country, another story that is. took them 8 months before the cards was in my country from the ati release. and well, ati have a whole lineup while nvidia has one chip, that they makes tons of powerhungry sku's off. They might sport some performance with the 465 that isnt too chabby, but noise, power and such is just an outrage! some users dont care, okey for them, but i dont see the reason when simular performing and priced cards with lower power consumtion exist. 2nd gen fermi might take ati on if they launch quickly enough, ati is on their way with refresh soon... 2900XT ->3870 much of the same arch works is in there, but it got way more efficient. This may become a good arch, we cannot know for sure, all i know is that current ones are not anything to be exceptionally proud of to own.
Chill? if the price is right? when last you seen a fair price on computer parts, 09-2010 was price gouging at its finest where motherboard, memory and graphics card appreciated in price even three months after launch, which is just plain retarded and desperate. Price performance ratio is going to suck guaranteed, why, because it's Nivdia! the way it's meant to be paid.
I doubt it'll match 285 performance cause 465 did so. I was right with my prediction that 465 was going to be closer to a 5830 than a 5850 (FarCry and Heaven aside). Now I assume 460 power will be between 5770 and 5830, this time, being closer to the latter. It's no secret by now that Nvidia is filling the gaps left by ATi.
Wait what? Why did they make a 460 and a 465 and they are BOTH competing against low end 5800s. The 465 can barely beat my old 285 and it uses more power and it has more SPs, and then this has 240 which means it will be less powerful than my 285, and it still barely uses less power. How does that work? When you reduce the transistor size from 55 to 40 nm you would expect nearly half power consumption for the same performance. How did NVIDIA manage to make Fermi so bad? But on to this card. FAIL is still to light on it. 180W to compete against the 5770 which uses 108W. Nice. Efficiency Win. Not. And seeing how the 465 goes against the 5850 and 5830, I can't see this being a winner.


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11:44am Monday 21st October 2013 in AFC Wimbledon By Tim Ashton
AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley admitted his team were not likely to challenge for promotion from League Two - but they are close.
Michael Smith's sixth goal of the season ensured the Dons returned from Morecambe on Saturday with a point from a 1-1 draw.
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Instrumental space-rock unit SubArachnoid Space returns with their ninth full-length of grooving, crashing, fx-laden psychedelia. From the opening cascade of "Lilith," with its snaky bassline beneath twisting drums and swirling guitars, the band's sound is established—ethereal and progressive and textural, moving further towards metallic heft with recent releases, but still far more trippy and acid-indebted than anything approaching metal's usual descriptors like "agonized" or "crushing."
Where SubArachnoid Space moves to the head of the space-rock pack is in the balance between the two fundamental components of that genre—as trippy as Eight Bells is, it does not forget to rock. And when it rocks, it rocks surprisingly hard, especially so now that the band is tempering their dreamy trance-inducing jams with moments of more intense riffage. To witness the balance, take closing track "Bird Songs," for example, with its driving beat and rolling bass beneath hypnotic guitar chords, all building to a stomping coda riff that's soaked in hazy harmonies that make it more psychotropic and dreamy than heavy. Balance that rock-solid ending tune against the extended squalling of "Hunter Seeker" or the calamitous "Haruspex," the album's noisiest and most experimental moment as well as one of its most intriguing…
I can't say that SubArachnoid Space is my new favorite band by any stretch, but I am impressed. Eight Bells is capable of holding my attention across its six tracks and thirty-eight minutes, a feat that many of its atmospheric peers cannot claim. Fans of the psychedelic/progressive side of things (think some of Porcupine Tree's trippier instrumental moments) and fans of the over-saturated post-rock sub-genre will find Eight Bells to be one of the style's better records of late and a welcome addition to their collection – not as challenging a release as some, nor particularly groundbreaking, but listenable and very enjoyable nonetheless.


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A high school teacher and athletic coach in his native Alabama,
George Lindsey
decided in his early 20s that his destiny lay in the theater. Lindsey and his wife packed themselves off to New York, where he studied diligently at the American Theatre Wing. He spent a great deal of time losing his Southern accent, only to be forced to regain it when he found he couldn't get any work as a "Yankee." At first cast in unpleasant or sinister roles, Lindsey was forever pigeonholed as comedian when he played the one-shot role of Goober Beasley on a 1963 episode of The Andy Griffith Show, scoring a bull's-eye of hilarity with his inept celebrity impressions. When next he appeared on Griffith, he was Goober Pyle, cousin to Mayberry's resident village idiot Gomer Pyle. And when Gomer (aka
Jim Nabors
) was spun off into his own series, Lindsey became a Griffith regular. He stayed with Goober until 1971, by which time The Andy Griffith Show had evolved into the Griffith-less Mayberry RFD. He then joined the
Hee Haw
troupe, remaining with that popular syndicated TV variety series for two decades. Lindsey extended his oafish TV persona into his big-screen work, appearing in such films as
Take This Job and Shove It
Cannonball Run II.
Far wittier and more versatile than the hapless Goober, Lindsey has remained a popular attraction on the TV convention/country-western concert/rodeo circuit; he has made several singing appearances on
The Grand Ole Opry,
and for many years was a judge at the Miss USA pageant. In 1995, George Lindsey (assisted by
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and Ken Clark) published his autobiography, Goober in a Nutshell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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When I Find the Ocean
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Diane Ladd Lee Majors, Bernie Casey, and Amy Redford star in writer/producer/director Tonya S. Holly's childhood drama about a girl who leaves her loving family behind in order to overcome her fears and set her heart at peace. The year is 1965: Lily Strickland lives in Alabama with her loving mother Jenny (Redford) and her caring grandparents Thomas (Majors) and Edna (Ladd). Lily's father disappeared at sea years ago, yet his independent spirit lives on in the young girl who never lost her belief in dreams. After her husband died, Lily's mother refused to open her heart to another man. Only recently has Jenny allowed another man into her life, but Dean (Richard Tyson) has secrets that only Lily knows about. Lily may have never gotten the chance to say goodbye to her father, but now she feels him calling to her from the sea. Summoning the courage to strike out from her safe environment and seek out the answers that she cannot find at home, Lily befriends a kindly tugboat captain named Amos (Casey and sets out with her dog on the adventure of a lifetime. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Return to Mayberry
Inspired by the success of previous TV sitcom "reunion" films, Return to Mayberry debuted on April 13, 1986. Eleven of the original cast members of the classic Andy Griffith Show were reunited in this marvelous blast from the past. The plot finds former sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith, of course), returning to Mayberry, North Carolina to visit his grown son Opie (Ron Howard, taking a break from his busy directorial career), who is now an expectant father. Andy's onetime deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) is running for the sheriff's post, so Andy decides to stick around to help out. Barney thinks he's found an excellent publicity ploy when he discovers what seems to be a bigfoot-style monster roaming around the Carolina hills. Actually, he's the victim of a cruel hoax, compelling Andy once more to come to Barn's rescue. Also in the cast is George Lindsay as Goober, Jim Nabors as Gomer, Aneta Corsaut as Helen, Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou, and Howard Morris as Ernest T. Bass. Conspicuous by her absence was Frances "Aunt Bee" Bavier, who was too ill to make a comeback. The highest-rated TV movie of 1986, Return to Mayberry might have resulted in a series, but Andy Griffith decided to switch professional gears and star as an attorney in Matlock. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Cannonball Run II
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(Burt Reynolds) as J.J. McClure takes off across the country again in this rickety sequel to Cannonball Run. A sheik has offered $1,000,000 to the first driver to reach a destination in Connecticut from Redondo Beach, California, inspiring J.J. and others to go for the gold. With cameos from more name performers than any dozen films together, (Frank Sinatra and the rat pack, Telly Savalas, Susan Anton, Shirley MacLaine, Jackie Chan, Sid Caesar, Marilu Henner, Catherine Bach, etc., etc., etc.), the movie becomes a pastiche and is executed as though no rehearsals were required, or ever happened. A disparate group of people racing to get a lot of money was first successfully exploited in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, a much better film, and with just as many cameos, in fact. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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Take This Job and Shove It
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Inspired by Johnny Paycheck's song of the same name, Take This Job and Shove It is a comedy/drama of big business vs. little guys. His corporate employers put Frank Maclin in charge of a project to shape up a newly acquired brewery. It just so happens that this places him back in his Iowa hometown after ten years of being away. He soon is faced with a dilemma and he must consider both his position with the company and the interests of the blue-collar employees. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
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M*A*S*H: Temporary Duty
A temporary medical exchange sends Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and Nurse Bigelow (Enid Kent) to the 8063rd M*A*S*H unit, and surgeon Roy Dupree (George Lindsey) and nurse Lorraine Anderson (Marcia Rodd) to the 4077th. Before long, the doctors have been driven to distraction by Dupree's boorish clumsiness, and head nurse Margaret (Loretta Swit) is outraged by Lorraine's hedonistic behavior. Wonder how the 8063rd is doing? (We'll find out before the final fade-out). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Two fantasy novels by Margery Sharp were combined for in the Disney animated feature The Rescuers. The title characters are a pair of mice, Bernard and Miss Bianca. A little girl named Penny has been kidnapped by Miss Medusa. When the human law enforcement officials fail to locate the child, Bernard and Miss Bianca take over with the help of several colorful animal companions. In classic Disney tradition, the comedy element is offset by moments of genuine terror. Voices are provided by Bob Newhart (Bernard), Eva Gabor (Miss Bianca), Geraldine Page (Madame Medusa), Jim "Fibber McGee" Jordan, John McIntire, George "Goober" Lindsay, Joe Flynn (who died in 1974, not long into the four-year production), and a host of others. It scored at the box office, more than compensating for the $8 million investment and the half-decade of work it took to complete the film. In fact, The Rescuers remains one of the most popular of the Disney cartoon films produced after the death of Uncle Walt. A heavily-computerized sequel, The Rescuers Down Under, appeared in 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Treasure of Matecumbe
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This adventure chronicles two boys' search for a treasure buried somewhere in the Florida Keys during the mid 1800s. The children are assisted by three adults, who each have the their own agendas for finding the cache. The hunters are followed by a greedy gang of villains. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Charley and the Angel
Finding that he hasn't much time left to live, a man makes needed changes in his life with the help of an angel in this Disney feature. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
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Robin Hood
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Robin Hood is one of the first animated films produced by the Walt Disney Company after Walt Disney's death in 1967. For the film, the studio's animators took the Disney tradition of adding human-like animal sidekicks to established tales (Cinderella, Pinnochio) a step further by making Robin Hood's legendary characters creatures themselves. Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) is a wily fox; Maid Marian (Monica Evans) is a beautiful vixen; Little John (Phil Harris) is a burly bear; Friar Tuck (Andy Devine) is a soft-spoken badger; the Sheriff of Nottingham (Pat Buttram) is a greedy wolf; and the scheming Prince John (Peter Ustinov) is a sniveling, groveling, thumb-sucking undersized lion with a serpent sidekick named Sir Hiss (Terry Thomas). The film begins after Prince John and Sir Hiss have tricked the true King into leaving the country on a phony crusade. With the help of the Sheriff of Nottingham, they tax the life out of Nottingham's peasants, leaving them all penniless but with the courageous Robin Hood as their only hope. ~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, Rovi
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Banacek: Ten Thousand Dollars a Page
This episode stars David Wayne as a reclusive, ill-tempered tycoon. While he doesn't suffer fools (or anyone else) very well, Wayne is devoted to his collection of valuable books. When one of his rarest volumes disappears from a supposedly impervious glass-enclosed case, troubleshooting detective Banacek (George Peppard) is called onto the case. George Lindsey, best known as Goober on The Andy Griffith Show, co-stars as the local constabulary. The Greatest Collection of Them All was the January 10, 1973, installment of the TV series Banacek. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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In this light-weight Disney family fare, Dean Jones plays Johnny Baxter, who -- along with his wife Sue (Nancy Olsen) and his two kids, Chris (Kathleen Cody) and Richard (Johnny Whitaker) -- decides to leave the New York City rat-race for the clean air and easy living of the Colorado ski country. Baxter has inherited a decaying Gothic mansion and, with the love of his family and a little bit of money, he converts the old house into a popular ski lodge. While preparing his lodge for the tourists and ski bums, Baxter has to deal with a few plumbing problems, a scheming banker (Keenan Wynn), and a grizzled old miner (Harry Morgan). In typical Disney fashion, the plot culminates in a wild, slapstick snowmobile race. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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The Aristocats was the first Disney Studios animated feature to be produced after Walt Disney's death. A wealthy woman leaves her vast fortune to her four cats: the well-bred Duchess and her kittens, Berlioz, Toulouse, and Marie. Jealous butler Edgar, eager to get his mitts on the cats' legacy, abandons the felines in the French countryside. The four lost kitties are aided in their efforts to return home by the raffish country pussycats Thomas O'Malley and Scat Cat. In keeping with a tradition launched by The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats is top-heavy with celebrity voices, including Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers, Hermione Baddeley, and the ineluctable Sterling Holloway. Assembled by the "nine old men" then in charge of animation, The Aristocats was a commercial success, essentially proving that Disney animated features could succeed without the involvement of the company's founder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Andy Griffith Show: Season 07
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Proof positive that The Andy Griffith Show had been on the air for seven seasons by the fall of 1966 was offered in the season opener, "Opie's Girlfriend," in which Opie Taylor (Ronny Howard), all of six years old when the series started, has entered the dating scene! In a related development, it is clear that Opie's dad, Mayberry sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), is very, very serious about his longtime sweetheart Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut), though wedding bells would not ring for at least another year. The basic cast lineup at this point includes Andy Griffith, Ronny Howard, Aneta Corsaut, Frances Bavieras Aunt Bee, George Lindsey as gas station attendant and erstwhile sheriff's deputy Goober Pyle, Jack Dodson as mother-dominated town clerk Howard Sprague, and Hal Smith as town drunk Otis Campbell. Also still on hand is Howard McNear as barber Floyd Lawson, but in a diminished capacity. Having suffered a serious stroke, actor McNear was unable to walk or to move his left arm. In a sweet, sentimental gesture, Andy Griffith insisted that the stricken actor remain on the series as long as he was able, seeing to it that Floyd's scenes were written so that he could remain seated and gesture only with his "good" arm. Having left the series as a regular at the end of season five, Don Knotts makes two more return appearances as Andy's former deputy in the episode "A Visit to Barney Fife" and "Barney Comes to Mayberry." This last-mentioned episode would earn Knotts another Emmy Award -- his fifth for playing the same role! Some viewers felt that The Andy Griffith Show had grown tired and predictable by the time its seventh season rolled around, with Andy Griffith's enthusiasm obviously waning. Other viewers didn't feel that way at all, as witnessed by the fact that the series closed out season seven as America's third highest-rated program. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Andy Griffith Show: Season 06
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The sixth season of The Andy Griffith Show was the first season to be filmed in color -- and the first to do without the services of longtime co-star Don Knotts, who had abandoned his Emmy-winning role of Mayberry deputy Barney Fife to pursue a film career. For a while, it looked as though star Andy Griffith would follow Knotts' lead, thereby voluntarily ending one of CBS's most popular sitcoms. At the last moment, however, Griffith opted to remain with the show, though reports still persist that he was never entirely happy with this decision. With the exception of Knotts, the series' familiar supporting cast remained intact: Ronny Howard as Opie Taylor, son of widowed sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith); Frances Bavier as the Taylors' housekeeper, Aunt Bee; Aneta Corsaut as Andy's schoolteacher sweetheart Helen Crump; Howard McNear as jittery town barber Floyd Lawson; George Lindsey as gas station attendant Goober Pyle; and Hal Smith as town drunk Otis Campbell. New to the series is Jack Burns as Andy's new deputy, the over-conscientious Warren Ferguson; and Jack Dodson as mother-dominated town clerk Howard Sprague. This season marked the first time that The Andy Griffith Show relied upon story arcs, with a single storyline spread throughout several consecutive episodes. The first of these found Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee, and Helen heading to Hollywood to oversee production of "The Sheriff Without a Gun," a film based on Andy's law career. The second arc, consuming two episodes, finds Barney Fife Don Knotts returning to Mayberry to attend his high school reunion. Ironically, these two installments proved to be the highlights of the season, and also earned Don Knotts his fourth Emmy award for his portrayal of Barney Fife! Although some aficionados feel that The Andy Griffith Show lost momentum during its post-Barney "color years," the series remained an audience favorite throughout its sixth season, ranking as America's sixth highest-rated program. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Bed of Roses
Newly married to his boss' daughter, George Maxwell (Patrick O'Neal) takes a taxi to the home of his former girlfriend, intending to end the relationship with a huge financial settlement. Alas, when George arrives at the girl's home, he finds that she has been murdered. Cab driver Sam Kirby (George Lindsey) is apparently the only person who knows that George was at the dead woman's house on the night of the death, and he figures that he should receive a great deal of money to ensure his silence. But Sam hasn't figured on the resourcefulness of George's demure wife, Mavis (Kathie Browne) -- whose gardening skills come in quite handy in the overall scheme of things. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Ensign Pulver
The crew of the USS Reluctant is at it again in this comedy sequel to Mister Roberts. The story opens toward the end of WWII as the great ship drops her cargo at various island bases. Their captain is an unbending tyrant. Young Pulver aspires to become a doctor just like his hero and mentor, the ship's physician. A terrible storm erupts and the ruthless captain is knocked overboard by a rogue wave. Brave Pulver dives over to save the commander and together the two end up stranded on a deserted island. When the captain suddenly doubles over with appendicitis it is up to Pulver to save him via a radio and the ship's doctor's instructions. Fortunately, it all comes out well in the end. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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The Twilight Zone: I Am the Night-Color Me Black
Hate hangs heavy in the air in the small midwestern town where accused murderer Jagger (Terry Becker) is sentenced to hang at sunrise. But there's a slight hitch in these plans -- though it is already mid-afternoon, the sun has failed to rise. Written by Rod Serling, this heavy-handed Twilight Zone episode may be the first filmed TV drama to make reference to the recent Kennedy assassination. Michael Constantine, Ivan Dixon, and George Lindsey ("Goober" on The Andy Griffith Show) are among the participants in "I Am the Night - Color Me Black," which made its network debut on March 27, 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Andy Griffith Show: Season 05
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With The Andy Griffith Show as hilarious and highly rated as ever during its fifth season on the air, one would never suspect that there was trouble brewing in Mayberry, NC. The source of the difficulty was Don Knotts, who had won three Emmy awards for his performance as Barney Fife, the high-strung deputy to laid-back Mayberry sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith). Although the friendship and rapport between Knotts and Griffith remained strong, Knotts was upset that he was not being groomed for his own series, as former Andy Griffith Show regular Jim Nabors had been before being spun off into Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Thus, when an offer to star in theatrical feature films came his way, Knotts jumped at it -- and, of course, this meant that his fifth season as Barney Fife would be his last. Reportedly concerned that Knotts' defection would lessen the quality of his series, star Andy Griffith himself considered voluntarily ending the show at the end of season five and looking for movie work of his own. Banking on the possibility that Griffith would change his mind, the series' writers cast about for a character that could adequately replace Don Knotts. Eventually they came up with Don Rickles, who plays the title role in the final episode of the season, "The Luck of Newton Monroe." Cast as a perennial loser who fails at every job he tries, Rickles is amusing, but the character is too insubstantial to be made a permanent Mayberry resident. Even so, "The Luck of Newton Monroe" upholds the high standards of The Andy Griffith Show, as do most of the series' fifth season episodes.
Highlights this year include "The Education of Ernest T. Bass," in which Mayberry's resident rock-throwing village idiot (played by frequent Griffith Show director Howard Morris) decides to re-enroll in the fifth grade -- and promptly falls for Andy Taylor's sweetheart, schoolteacher Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut); "Barney's Bloodhound," wherein Barney purchases a phlegmatic "police dog" in his efforts to capture a desperate criminal; "Barney's Uniform," pitting the hapless deputy against a boorish bully (played by perennial sitcom guest star Allan Melvin); "Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor," in which Andy considers taking an out-of-town job, obliging Barney to try out a number of unworthy candidates for deputy; "Goober Takes a Car Apart," built around the talents of George Lindsey as Goober Pyle, Gomer's cousin and erstwhile replacement on the series; and "The Case of the Punch in the Nose," illustrating the perils of not letting sleeping dogs lie. Rumors of imminent cancellation notwithstanding, The Andy Griffith Show continued to be a viewer magnet, ending its fifth season as America's fourth most popular series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Return of Verge Likens
Alfred Hitchcock inaugurated the tenth and final season of his popular TV suspense anthology by moving from CBS to NBC -- only three years after switching from NBC to CBS. Season ten's initial offering stars a young Dennis Hopper as farm boy Verge Likens, whose father has been killed in a barroom brawl by corrupt political boss Riley McGrath (Robert Emhardt). After McGrath managed to get off scot-free, Verge completely disappeared from view, but not before vowing to avenge his dad. As time passes, everyone forgets all about Verge, including McGrath, who calmly enters his favorite barbershop one day to get a shave. It just so happens that the barber has hired a new assistant: a young fellow by the name of Verge Likens. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Jar
Pat Buttram (he was Mr. Haney on Green Acres) brings a macabre twist to his standard country-bumpkin characterization in this bone-chilling episode. Visiting a traveling carnival, farmer Charlie Hill (Buttram) is fascinated by one of the exhibits: a huge jar, filled with water and mysterious floating objects. Convinced that the jar possesses magical qualities, Charlie purchases the object and brings it home, putting it on display for his friends and neighbors -- who are equally fascinated, even mesmerized, by the jar's eerie "properties." All of this brouhaha annoys Charlie's promiscuous young wife, Thedy Sue (Collin Wilcox), who plans to expose the jar as a fake and humiliate Charlie in public just before running off with her current boyfriend. James Bridges earned an Emmy nomination for his adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story The Jar, which also boasts an appropriately eerie minimalist musical score by frequent Alfred Hitchcock collaborator Bernard Herrmann. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Submarine Sunk Here
The Seaview accidentally runs into a derelict mine field and is sent to the bottom. The sub has no power and no chance of making repairs, and is too deep for any rescue effort -- except for her own deep submersible diving bell, which is in New London being repaired. While Nelson (Richard Basehart) and Crane (David Hedison) do their best to hold things together aboard, while waiting for help, Lt. Cmdr. Morton (Bob Dowdell) and CPO Curly Jones (Henry Kulky) try desperately to get the bell working and reach the sub. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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The Andy Griffith Show [TV Series]
The pilot for the long-running CBS sitcom The Andy Griffith Show was seen on February 15, 1960, as an episode of The Danny Thomas Show, "Danny Meets Andy Griffith." As originally conceived, Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) was not only the sheriff of the sleepy North Carolina town of Mayberry, but he was also the mayor, justice of the peace, and newspaper editor. Child actor Ronny Howard (who, as Ron Howard, would in adulthood enjoy a spectacularly successful career as a film director) was seen in the pilot as the widowed Andy's son Opie, but Frances Bavier played an entirely different role than she would in the actual series, while Frank Cady rather than Hal Smith was cast as town drunk Otis Campbell. While there would be changes in concept and casting, the laid-back character of Andy Taylor "clicked" with TV audiences, ensuring that The Andy Griffith Show would join the Monday night CBS lineup come October 3, 1960. Introduced as regulars during season one were of course Andy Griffith, Ronny Howard, and Frances Bavier (now as Aunt Bee, housekeeper for Andy and Opie Taylor), with the significant and salutary addition of Don Knotts as Andy's tightly wound deputy Barney Fife. The rapport between Andy and Barney contributed mightily to the series' success during its shakedown season, with nominal leading character Andy often voluntarily taking a back seat to Barney's overzealous antics. Subsequent additions to the cast included Jim Nabors as bucolic gas station attendant Gomer Pyle (later spun off into his own series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.); George Lindsey as Gomer's cousin, Goober Pyle; Howard McNear as dithery barber Floyd Lawson; and Hal Smith as the aforementioned Otis Campbell. Taking advantage of Andy Taylor's widower status, the series' writers tried to pair the character off with a number of eligible young ladies, beginning in the first season with Elinor Donahue as drugstore sales clerk Ellie Walker. But only when Aneta Corsaut joined the cast as Opie's schoolteacher Helen Crump did Andy find the "right" girl. Indeed, Andy and Helen would become engaged during the series' final season. Conversely, Barney Fife had but one steady girlfriend, Thelma Lou, played by Betty Lynn.
Don Knotts left the series at the outset of its sixth season (the show switched from black-and-white to color at the same time); it was explained that Barney had accepted a deputy position in Raleigh, permitting Knotts to make a handful of memorable return guest appearances. Barney was briefly replaced by Deputy Warren Ferguson, played by Jack Burns; later on, Goober Pyle became Andy's unofficial deputy. The post-Don Knotts episodes brought forth several other new recurring characters: Jack Dodson as town clerk Howard Sprague, Paul Hartman as handyman Emmet Clark, and Hope Summers as Aunt Bee's best friend, Clara. During the Emmy-winning series' eighth season, Andy Griffith decided to leave the show. At this point, Ken Berry was added to the cast as widowed farmer and later town councilman Sam Jones, with Buddy Foster as Sam's son Mike and Arlene Golonka as Sam's girlfriend, Millie Hutchins. After the final telecast of The Andy Griffith Show on September 16, 1968, the series continued for three additional seasons under the title Mayberry RFD, with Ken Berry taking over as star and with most of the familiar Andy Griffith Show supporting characters still in attendance. One of the most consistently popular sitcoms of all time, The Andy Griffith Show lasted 249 half-hour episodes, and also spawned the high-rated 1986 TV movie Return to Mayberry. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Scooby, our 8 year old black male domestic short hair feline was posing in a mature and confident way one afternoon on a chair backrest. His pose renders a handsome mature looking cat that arrays confidence and feline sexiness. Scooby 'Scoobers' lives in Clayton with his food & litter providers, along with his twin sister, Compton (Who is as striking as Scooby). The photographer (me) was going camera crazy for a while, and caught this outstanding picture of the family pet. Scooby is the cat version of Fabio....or to some, Johhny Depp...or Trent Reznor.
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Snyman joins Blitzbokke
Cheetahs outside back Philip Snyman has signed a two-year contract with the Springbok Sevens and will play for the Blitzbokke until 2014.
Robert Ebersohn (Cheetahs centre and captain) as well as Warren Whiteley (Golden Lions, loose forward) also joined the Blitzbokke at their base camp in Stellenbosch and will be available for selection for the next four HSBC Sevens World Series tournaments in Dubai, Port Elizabeth, Wellington and Las Vegas.
Snyman (seven tournaments) and Ebersohn (11 tournaments) have both represented the Springbok Sevens before their decision to concentrate on Currie Cup and Super Rugby. This is Whiteley's first call-up to the Blitzbokke.
The two Free State players add a wealth of experience to the Blitzbokke squad, which was further bolstered by the addition of Cheetahs scrum-half Kevin Luiters,Western Province U21 winger Tshepo Manaka and Sharks U21 centre Piet Lindeque.
The six players joined the rest of the Springbok Sevens training squad who all reported for duty again earlier this week for the first time since returning from the Gold Coast Sevens, where the team finished third after losing only one of their six matches.
Injuries to Springbok Sevens stalwart Cecil Afrika (knee) and Tshotsho Mbovane (fractured finger) has prompted the Blitzbokke management to call-up extra cover, hence the addition of Cheetahs livewire scrumhalf Luiters, speedy left wing Manaka and Lindeque.


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COMMUNITY Support Officers (CSOs) have been given greater legal powers to help make the Isle of Wight streets safer.
Under the national Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS), CSOs, employed by the Isle of Wight Council, can now carry out a range of additional tasks.
These include the authority to stop people cycling on footpaths, ordering people to hand over alcohol in areas where drinking is banned, the confiscation of alcohol from under-18s and the power to get under-16s to surrender tobacco.
CSOs are also allowed to issue £30 fixed penalty notices to anyone who cycles on a footpath, ask for people's names and addresses and direct traffic and the flow of pedestrians at licensed events.
Cllr Roger Mazillius, Isle of Wight Council's cabinet member for community safety, said: "Anything the Isle of Wight Council can do to help make the Island safer and further support the police is welcome.
"The CSAS allows council officers to work more closely with the police on clamping down on anti-social behaviour. It is another good example of a partnership working."
According to the CSAS website, the initiative was made possible through the Police Reform Act 2002. It allows organisations that provide community safety and security to gain Hampshire Constabulary accreditation.
Extended police family inspector Julie Rawson said: "The additional powers given to CSOs will enable anti-social behaviour to be tackled more effectively and will strengthen the Isle of Wight Council's partnership with Hampshire Constabulary."
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i like the sound of the anti-social stuff but is riding a bike on the footpath rather than being mown down on the roads really a 30 quid offence? bit of a soft target i reckon. will the CSOs be brave enough to challenge gangs of drunken youths or will they hang around footpaths pouncing on those cyclists simply trying to preserve their lives and return home safely to their loved ones? not a bad idea but apply common sense please.
by Anita Harris
3rd September 2012, at 19:37:39
Good news
by John Heelan
3rd September 2012, at 16:17:08
Will they be Council employees or subcontracted to a private company like G4S? Will they carry Phot-ID warrant cards issued by Hants and IW Constabulary and be obliged to show them if requested?
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G'day, mates! Are you ready for another drama-filled season of The Real World? You know the drill: seven strangers are picked to live in a house. But this time everything will be turned upside down, literally, when this batch of Real Worlders lands Down Under in Sydney, Australia!
This is the true story of seven strangers, picked to live in a house and have their lives taped, and find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting REAL. The Real World!
The idyllic island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands brings seven people together, where the Caribbean culture of scuba diving, boating and dancing in the streets during the Carnival parade is met with big time drama.
For its 16th season, The Real World headed for Austin--and a heaping helping of Texas-sized drama. With the usual blend of very different roommates--from a fraternity guy to a military vet to a self-described "wild child"--tension inevitably arises, as does romance. As the season progresses, an unexpected relationship between two castmates takes a shocking, life-changing turn. In the midst of all this, the roomies must plunge headlong into Austin's vibrant live music scene to learn to shoot, edit and direct their own documentary on the South by Southwest Music Festival.
This is the true story of eight strangers, picked to live in a house and have their lives taped, and find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting REAL. The Real World!
Blue skies. Beautiful bodies. Glamorous parties. Famous faces. Hollywood has it all. Every year, thousands of strangers move to Hollywood in search of making their dreams come true.
The new Real World cast invades Cancun, Mexico for the experience of a lifetime. A world of temptation awaits as friendships will be made and broken and relationships will be tested.
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Coney Island. Prospect Park. Trendy bars full of hipsters. Brooklyn, NY, has got it all. And The Real World is about to touch down and shake the borough up by throwing eight - yes, eight - strangers in a house together in one of the hippest neighborhoods in the world.
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Exploration for uranium began in 1956, resulting in the discovery of a number of deposits in the Aïr region of north-central Niger. There are currently two uranium production centres, one near Arlit processing ore from the Ariege, Arlette, Tamou and Taza deposits and operated by Société des Mines de l'Aïr (Somaïr), and the other at Akouta processing ore from the Akouta and Akola deposits and operated by Compagnie Minière d'Akouta (Cominak). Niger's participation in the producing companies is 36.6% in Somaïr, and 31% in Cominak. Both companies continue to carry out exploratory drilling. In 2005-2006, a number of Canadian and Chinese companies were reported to be interested in obtaining exploration concessions in Niger.
Somaïr has been producing uranium from open-pit operations since 1970, while Cominak has carried out underground mining since 1978. The two companies have current production capabilities of 1 500 and 2 300 tU/yr, respectively. Niger's production peaked at 3 245 tU in 2004 before declining to 3 093 tU in 2005. Low productivity has hampered its competitiveness, despite rising uranium prices. Niger is the world's sixth largest producer of uranium, accounting for 7.4% of global output.
The 2005 Red Book features further radical revisions to Niger's uranium resources, compared with the previous edition. RAR recoverable at up to US$ 80/kgU now stand at 180 466 tU, compared with a figure of 102 227 tU in the 2003 book, whilst IR, in the same cost bracket, now show as 44 993 tU recoverable as against 125 377 tU. PR, also in the same cost bracket, are now put at 14 508 tU compared with 9 534 tU, whilst PR at US$ 80-130 amount to 10 100 tU, against zero in the previous edition. Overall, Niger's uranium resources (up to US$ 130/kgU) now total just over 250 000 tU, compared with around 237 000 tU in the 2003 book.


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I'm always one to make lists to help improve my quality of life and continue to learn and grow, but I tend to not finish the lists or I get bored with them. Or sometimes I just forget about them. I came across the Day Zero project and I wanted to make my own list of 101 things to accomplish in 1001 days. The tasks I chose are very doable, and very specific which ensures a better chance of me actually completing them. I showed my list to Derek and he was very excited and wanted to help me complete everything, so I'm excited to challenge myself for the next 1001 days. For those of you who aren't familiar with this challenge, here's the lowdown.
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks/goals/challenges in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and represent "stretching."
Why 1001 Days?
It's all about a realistic deadline. 1001 days (about 2.75 years) allows you several seasons to complete tasks, which is better for organizing and timing things like overseas trips or outdoor activities.
Start Date: August 1, 2012
End Date: April 29, 2015
Goals Complete: 8/101
Goals in Progress: 14/101
Last Updated: February 5, 2013
Crossed out marks a completed item
Italics marks a partially completed or in-progress item
I've also broken my list into categories to 1. help me find them to cross them off, and 2. to be able to focus on certain areas of my life that need it. So without further ado, here is my list!
Business | Blog | Grown-up Stuff
1. Apply for an LLC
2. Have our apartment published in a high profile blog or magazine
3. Work for one of my dream design firms
4. Buy a new car [10/12 I bought a 2013 Mazda CX5 and I just love it!]
5. Complete the 30×30 Remix Challenge
6. Write a regular column for a local magazine or blog
7. Backup my laptop once a month (3/33)
8. Put $10 into savings for every task completed
9. Invest in a nice piece of furniture
10. Update all of our photo frames with more current/memorable photos
11. Develop a chore chart and stick to it
12. Pay off my credit card
13. Write a tour post for each city I've spent a lot of time in (0/7)
All Things Intellectual
14. Subscribe to a magazine and actually read it cover to cover
15. Buy a piece of local art
16. Read every Jane Austen novel (0/6)
17. Learn calligraphy
18. Read 20 new books (0/20)
19. Watch 10 classic films I haven't already seen (0/10)
20. Purchase 5 really good design related books (2/5) [1-Design*Sponge, 2-Young House Love]
21. Watch The Wizzard of Oz sync'd with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon [8/4/12.. it was pretty neat, not mind blowing or anything]
22. Attend The Nutcracker every Christmas (0/3)
23. Become fluent in Spanish
24. Read 5 autobiographies/biographies of people I find interesting (0/5)
25. Sign up for a creative class at the local college
26. Restock my vintage stamp collection every season (4/11)
27. Watch the Oscar-winning Best Pictures of the past 20 years (6/20) [Slumdog Millionaire, Chicago, A Beautiful Mind, American Beauty, Titanic, Forrest Gump]
28. Feel 100% comfortable using a DSLR camera (without having to ask Derek for help)
Paying it Forward
29. Pare down my wardrobe and donate things I never wear
30. Pay the bill for someone behind me in the drive through line
31. Adopt/rescue a puppy
32. Help build a house with Habitat for Humanity
33. Leave an inspirational note in a library book
34. Volunteer to help people pass the NCIDQ every Spring/Fall (3/5)
35. Donate $10 to a charity for every item I do not complete
36. Volunteer to be on the Fiesta flower making team one year
37. Leave a $20 tip on a meal that cost less than $10
38. Leave a secret in a Post Secret book at a bookstore
Friends + Family
39. Host a dinner party
40. Buy my parents an Apple computer [Christmas 2012]
41. Send out Christmas Cards every year (0/3)
42. Make a new friend [Hey Angelica!!]
43. Send a fun unexpected package to a friend
44. Have a spa day with my mom
45. Play a board game at The Friendly Spot every month (1/33) [8/1/12 - Creationary]
46. Sign up for Ballroom dancing
47. Go thrifting in Kerrville, TX
48. Go camping
49. Take a hike
50. Go on a picnic
51. Marry my best friend [engaged 11-11-11, married 12-12-12]
52. Make a dress using my sewing machine
53. Attend the Round Top Antique Fair
54. Learn to drive a standard transmission
55. Create my own Dear Photograph, moment
56. Teach Derek how to ski
57. Go to a San Antonio Missions game
58. Pick out and take home a real Christmas tree
59. Go to the racetrack and bet on a horse
60. Have an all night tennis tournament
61. Visit New York City
62. Visit Marfa, TX
63. Take Derek to my Alma Mater
64. Visit Italy and throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain [Honeymoon 2012]
65. Take Derek to a Tech football home game + tailgate
66. Visit 3 states I've never been to before (0/3)
67.Go on a spontaneous weekend getaway
68. Apply for a US passport [arrived 8/3/12]
69. Go on an Alaskan cruise
70. Go wine tasting in the Hill Country
71. Fly first class
For the Body, Mind & Soul
72. Drink 8 glasses of water a day for a week on four separate occasions (0/4)
73. Go to Bikram yoga 3 times a week until the wedding (4/19)
74. Start and keep a once sentence daily journal
75. Run a 5k
76. Sketch something every week (3/114)
77. Swap out my beach cruiser hybrid for a a road bike
78. Find out my blood type
79. Complete the "French Women Don't Get Fat" Leek Soup detox
80. Complete the Bikram 60 day challenge
81. Buy flowers for myself once a month (0/33)
82. Complete RCIA
83. Stay in bed for one entire day
84. Take a detox bath once a month (1/33)
85. Send a postcard to Post Secret
86. Go on a long walk through the neighborhood after dinner once a week (6/143)
87. Wear red lipstick at least once a month (3/33)
88. Find a church we both love
89. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
Food, Inc.
90. Take a cooking class
91. Try 50 new recipes (10/50) [8/4/12 - 3 layer chocolate cake, 8/15/12 - Garlic Chicken Parmesan, 8/17/12 - Strawberry Lemonade, 12/24/12 - zuchini fries, 12/24/12 - zuchini pizza logs, 12/24/12 - mini grilled cheese sandwiches, 12/24/12 - pizza poppers, 2/3/13 - pretzel dogs, mac & cheese muffins, cocoa crispy footballs]
92. Make homemade jam
93. Eat vegetarian for a week on 5 separate occasions (0/5)
94. Try 20 new foods (1/20) [mamón on 7/30/12]
95. Start an herb garden
96. Bake a loaf of bread
97. Go fruit picking and make something with my loot
98. Go an entire month without fast food, on 3 separate occasions (0/3)
99. Give up sodas for 1 month on three separate occasions (1/3)
100. Try 15 new beers (5/15)
101. Pack my lunch every day for a week, on 10 different occasions (0/10)
I'll update everyone with my progress occasionally, or if it warrants a funny story, but for the most part you can see my progress by clicking the 101 in 1001 tab under our header. If you'd like to join in on the fun and make a list of your own you can link up to it in the comments below.


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Viktor Bout, the poster boy for international arms trafficking, is back in the news.
Last week, Bout's legal defense team submitted an appellate brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It claims Bout was wrongly convicted of five counts to commit conspiracy and terrorism. It asks for his 25-year prison sentence to be overturned, based on a list of complaints he has repeated before.
So what's the news here?
Ironically, Bout's appeal helps us better understand specific weaknesses in the U.S. approach for containing the world's worst arms traffickers -- those that intentionally enable terrorists, perpetrators of atrocity and U.N. sanctions-busting.
So thanks are due to Viktor Bout for highlighting, through the thematic headings of his own appeal, some useful tips for combating illicit arms trafficking.
Contractual Relations with the United States. Bout asserts that the United States was lax in its pursuit of him for international arms trafficking activities because his planes were being used during the Iraq war by both U.S. private security firms, such as Halliburton, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
These alleged mistakes, if true, could be in danger of being repeated. Thinking it has tackled Bout's network by cutting off its top leader, the U.S. appears to have slacked off from oversight of American companies simultaneously serving U.S. national security operations and international weapons dealers.
As demonstrated in my August 2012 report, "Viktor Bout's Gunrunning Successors: A Lethal Game of Catch Me if You Can," two of Viktor Bout's former associates, Sergei Denisenko and Andrey Kosolapov, reportedly recently circumvented U.S. law by attempting to acquire aircraft and maintenance services from U.S. entities for illicit trafficking in Africa. This operation allegedly included U.S. licensed pilots based as far afield as Alaska and Uganda, a U.S. pilot training academy in Minnesota, and a U.S. aviation leasing and aircraft servicing company with offices in Ventura, California and Bangor, Maine.
Significantly, the same U.S. aviation company implicated in that global arms network is currently contracted for U.S. national security operations. And even as these U.S. security operations are underway in Africa in the very place where the Russian traffickers determined to ply their illicit trade, no one has been held accountable.
So recommendation number one is: Given there is a grave risk of blowback, the U.S. needs to quickly act against any form of illegal collusion between its private contractors running U.S. covert operations and outlawed arms traffickers.
Bout is Placed On Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. Once the U.S. put Bout on its official sanctions list, it became illegal for any U.S. entity to do business with him. Nonetheless, as the Bout appeal brief alleges, his companies were able to obtain U.S. Defense Department contracts.
Currently, Sergei Denisenko is on this same SDN List, which is publicly available on the U.S. Department of Treasury web site. And yet, Denisenko's companies reportedly recently contracted the American entities listed above, one of which, again, is a U.S. Defense Department contractor.
Interrelated recommendations are: The U.S. Department of Defense should strengthen regimes to vet, alert and oversee sanctions compliance by its own contractors. The U.S. Department of Treasury should investigate potential violations, since it has administrative oversight of the SDN list through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Congressional Investigation. Thanks go to Bout for illuminating the role that the U.S. Congress can play to support transparency. Bout claims that in 2004, when a major newspaper reported on the use of his planes by U.S. government subcontractors, the very next day, the Deputy Secretary of State and of Defense both were called before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It took seven more months, but ultimately the deputy secretary of defense appears to have admitted such use by government subcontractors.
Where is Congressional oversight now when it's needed? A U.S. defense contractor, pilots, and a U.S. flight training school recently were allegedly co-opted by Bout associates looking to disguise their illicit operations behind the cover of U.S. legitimacy.
Recommendation three: At the very least, a Congressional hearing should be called to examine the failure of American oversight over U.S. defense contractors. A more forward-looking approach would require examination of the loopholes that permitted a transnational criminal outfit to use U.S. assets counter to U.S. law, U.S. national security interests, and UN sanctions.
My bi-partisan dream team would include Senators Dianne Feinstein (D. California) and Susan Collins (R. Maine) on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Congressman Ed Royce (R. California) and Congressman Eliot Engel (D. New York) on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Get Viktor Bout! Bout's defense claims U.S. law enforcement relentlessly pursued him after a New Republic article embarrassed the U.S. government for its complicity with Bout and a scapegoat was needed.
I would be pleasantly surprised to learn that the 2006 New Republic article I co-wrote with Doug Farah had prompted U.S. law enforcement efforts against Bout.
I would derive more satisfaction if U.S. law enforcement pursued to its fullest extent the collaborators involved in the arms trafficking pipeline that aimed to enable atrocities and U.N. sanctions-busting illuminated in my August 2012 report. The Mauritius government is the only country to my knowledge that has launched an official investigation.


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What is Yoshon?
In Judaism, Yashan (old [grain]) is a concept within kashrut (the Jewish dietary regulations), based on the Biblical requirement not to eat any Chadash— grain of the new year (or products made from it) prior to the annual Omer offering on 16th Nisan.
In classical Rabbinic Judaism, this requirement was considered restricted to the five classical grains of Judaism – wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye; any of these grains that are too young to pass the requirement (and products made from them) are referred to in Judaism as Chadash, meaning "new [grain]." Additionally, the Rabbinic interpretation requires grain to have taken root prior to the omer offering for it to become permitted; therefore, grains planted after Passover could only be consumed the following year.
Following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E., the omer offering was no longer offered. Since this time, the new grain becomes permissible following the date on which the offering was brought in ancient times.
The applicability of the Chadash rules to grain grown outside the Land of Israel is a subject of debate among halachic authorities. The majority of medieval Jewish scholars (e.g. Maimonides, the Rif, and the Rosh) forbade its consumption. The later codifiers of Jewish law for Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewry followed suit, both Rabbi Moses Isserles and Rabbi Joseph Caro declaring the stringent position. A radically novel lenient approach was presented by Rabbi Yoel Sirkis who felt it is permissible if the grain originally belonged to a non-Jew. Additionally, the manner in which various foods have historically been available has meant that Jewish populations would need to risk starvation to pursue stringent compliance with this aspect of Kashrut. These two factors led to a situation in which observation of the Yoshon regulation was relatively limited until very recently (at least in the Ashkenazic community).
In modern times, particularly in developed nations, food is much more readily available than it historically had been, and grain is in sufficient abundance that orthodox Jews have become more interested in following Yoshon requirements. Modern packaging practices, which in some nations involve the stamping of production dates on every package, often allow individuals to determine whether food is definitely Yoshon; packaging organizations sometimes add kashrut information to the packaging, and sometimes include in this information whether the product is known to be Yoshon.