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Now that football season is over, No. 1 overall ESPN 150 prospect Robert Nkemdiche (Loganville, Ga./Grayson) says he is averaging about 30 minutes per game playing basketball for his school, while also working with a personal trainer on power lifting and speed drills. A couple of schools still hoping to sign the five-star prospect spent time during the last two weeks trying to bond with the 6-foot-4, 272-pound senior.
First up was LSU, with the Tigers' defensive line coach making the trip to see Nkemdiche last week.
"I spent time with Coach Brick (Haley), and we went out to eat," Nkemdiche said. "He also came to watch me practice basketball. He tells me to go where my heart goes, and he feels he has the tools to help me get to the next level. Honestly, I like LSU a lot. He says that he could help me develop the tools to get to the NFL. He says if I come in there and work, I will be perfectly fine and play as a freshman. I plan to give them an official visit."
Nkemdiche, who says he wants to be a nine-technique coming off the edge in college, was visited by Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart on Thursday.
"Kirby Smart came by basketball practice and watched me train," Nkemdiche said. "He talked to me about things Alabama could do with me and the versatility I bring to the table. Alabama is a historic place, man. They're a great program that always has an awesome defense, and that is what I do. They are a good school, but I do not know if I am going to take a visit there or not."
Ole Miss is a program that has been mentioned as possible a front-runner for Nkemdiche ever since he decommitted from Clemson. Two assistants were at his school Friday to take in his basketball game.
"Coach (Wesley) McGriff and Coach (Chris) Kiffin spoke to me about coming in and being a cornerstone player that can do great things with my brother," Nkemdiche said. "They want me to help them keep building on the rise that they have been on."
With his brother Denzel already enrolled at Ole Miss and his mother, Beverly, expressing her hope of her sons playing together, speculation is that the Rebels are the clear-cut favorite to land the elite pass-rusher.
"I would not necessarily say Ole Miss is the team to beat," Nkemdiche said. "They are a good program that is in the running. They are in the top three or four, but I do not want to say too much, because I am not sure yet. They are in the top two or three."
Denzel sent local and national media into a frenzy on Nov. 24 when he said on camera that Robert told him he would be committing in two weeks. Although Denzel did not say which school his younger brother would be selecting, some assumed it would be to join him in Oxford. Two weeks later, Nkemdiche has yet to make any such announcement.
"I didn't give him grief about that," Nkemdiche said. "Denzel likes to say things when he is happy. I said, 'The media will make people change the way they look at you. And they are going to make it a big deal and bigger than it really is.' I told him to straight up, 'Just ignore the media.' "
Nkemdiche added that Clemson should not be counted out just yet, either.
"Coach (Marion) Hobby spoke to me two weeks ago about keeping them in there and staying in touch," Nkemdiche said. "They are in there."
With the quiet period giving way to the dead period at midnight, Nkemdiche likely will begin his official visits during the week following the Under Armour All-America Game on Jan. 4. He said two will go to LSU and Oregon, while he is unsure if he will take one to Alabama, Clemson or Ole Miss.
"I would say that Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Ole Miss are my top four," Nkemdiche said. "When I make my decision, I want to be sure this time. I might make my decision in January; it just depends on how I feel."


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Automakers used to battle over horsepower. Now it's miles a gallon. In December, Ford declared that its new 2010 Fusion Hybrid would be the most fuel-efficient midsize car, with 41 miles a gallon in the city (and 36 m.p.g. on the highway). On Monday, Toyota revealed that the new 2010 Prius four-door compact would get 50.
The combined E.P.A. estimated fuel efficiency breaks down to 50 miles a gallon
on the highway in the city and 49 in the city on the highway, for a combined gas mileage of 50. That's an improvement over the current Prius, which gets 46 combined.
Toyota said a larger, more powerful 1.8-liter 4-cylinder engine, producing 98 horsepower, actually helps improve highway mileage. "By making more torque, the new engine can run at lower average r.p.m. on the highway," Toyota said in a news release. Net horsepower from the gas-electric hybrid system is 134. "When operating at lower r.p.m., the new engine uses less fuel. Mileage is especially improved in cold-start conditions and at higher speeds."
An electric water pump and a new exhaust gas recirculation system also contribute to the engine's increased efficiency. Other improvements include: a lighter transaxle, which reduces torque losses by as much as 20 percent over the previous model, and a new cooling system for the inverter, which converts direct current to alternating current.
The 2010 Toyota Prius will go on sale this spring. Bob Carter, vice president and general manager of Toyota Motor Sales, told The Detroit News that the company expected "to sell about 100,000 units in 2009 and 180,000 during the first calendar year."

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NASHVILLE (October 19, 2017) — It's the biggest night in Christian and Gospel Music, and you can catch it all as Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) hosts the 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards from Nashville Sunday, October 22nd, at 9 p.m. Eastern / 8 p.m. Central.
Hosted by award-winning singer-songwriter Kari Jobe and Gospel Music powerhouse Tasha Cobbs Leonard, TBN's exclusive broadcast of the Dove Awards will include memorable performances from award-winning artists and groups like Hillsong Worship, Casting Crowns, CeCe Winans, Reba McEntire, Hezekiah Walker, Danny Gokey, MercyMe, Micah Tyler, Travis Greene, Zach Williams, and more.
Among the presenters for this captivating night of music will be a host of popular singers, songwriters, artists, and Christian leaders, including Chris Tomlin, for KING & COUNTRY, Matt Maher, Beth Moore, Dr. Bobby Jones, Chonda Pierce, Jaci Velasquez, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Montell Jordan, Trace Adkins, John Gray, Tye Tribbett, and others.
Each year the GMA Dove Awards celebrate the contributions of singers, songwriters, recording artists, and other professionals from throughout Christian and Gospel music. Top nominated artists this year include Zach Williams, Lauren Daigle, Kirk Franklin, NEEDTOBREATHE, and many others.
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Pain expert Dr. Scott Fishman answers questions about end of life pain:
Q: What is "breakthrough" pain and how do you control it?
A: Breakthrough pain comes hard and fast. It can be an instantaneous intensifying of all-over dull pain, or it may come as a localized sharp stab or fiery sensation.
It can summon someone out of a deep sleep or freeze him mid-motion like a vicious bolt out of the blue. Its unpredictability and severity make an immediate antidote imperative. Guarding against the possibility of breakthrough pain should be a part of any prescription for end-of-life pain.
Speed is of the essence in devising a weapon for breakthrough pain. Traditionally, the fastest treatment has been doses of potent opioids (such as morphine) administered through an intravenous tube into a blood vessel heading for the brain. A remarkably effective way to do this is called patient-controlled analgesia device (PCA).
A PCA device lets the patient control the flow of pain medication and is especially effective against breakthrough pain. It is regularly used by patients recovering from surgery and can also be used by someone at home with a terminal illness.
Recently, drug manufacturers have devised a fast, noninvasive method for stopping breakthrough pain. The product is called Actiq, and it looks like a cone-shaped lollipop - though the FDA and the manufacturer don't want it to be referred to as a lollipop because it is not supposed to be sucked. Nonetheless, it is really a sweetened lozenge on a stick that is packed with high-powered fentanyl. Fentanyl travels through the mucosa tissue on the inside of the mouth.
This is an exceptionally clever and speedy delivery system to the bloodstream and brain. The Actiq has only to be rubbed on the inside of the cheek to rush opioids to the brain. It travels faster than any pill and is just about as fast as an intravenous injection of morphine. Patients say that they can feel relief from breakthrough pain within five minutes of putting the device in their mouth.


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Welcome to Fridays 5 this week I'm featuring Sci-Fi junkie turned author Ej Fisch. Say hello everybody.
EJ Fisch is a long-time fan of the science fiction genre. She'll readily admit that she has a vivid imagination, which can be both a blessing and a curse. She has been writing as a hobby since junior high and has completed two novels during her late high school and college years.
When she's not busy working toward her degree in information technology, she enjoys listening to music, working on concept art, playing video games, and spending time with her animals. She currently resides in southern Oregon with her family.
1.) When did first get serious about writing?
A.) I started trying to develop characters and write structured stories during late junior high and early high school, and I really started putting effort into creating novel-length stories during my later high school years. But back then, I was just writing for fun and had no intention of publishing. I finally decided to publish in March of 2014 and I think that has partially changed the way I write. It's more than just a hobby now; there's a purpose behind it.
2.) What is the hardest part for you about writing?
A.) Probably planning. While immeasurably useful, I tend to find outlining extremely boring (unless I have nothing better to do). But if I don't have my scenes planned out, I often end up getting stuck and have to pause in the middle of the story while I figure out how to fix my problems. Sometimes that's not such a bad thing - regardless of how well you plan ahead, you're not going to have every single detail nailed down. Sometimes you need a little bit of freedom to just "wing it" every so often. But I often spend more time trying to plan in the middle of the story than actually writing, and it ends up taking longer than it needs to.
Both of my sci fi novels, Dakiti: Ziva Payvan Book 1 and Nexus: Ziva Payvan Book 2, are available in paperback and Kindle formats through Amazon
3.) How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?
A.) It was mind-boggling. And it still is. For me in particular, it was kind of scary because I'd never planned on publishing and I'd always been very picky about who I allowed to read my stuff. When you publish, you're basically throwing yourself out there and you're at the mercy of your readers. You're letting them inside your head. I'm still at a point where I look at the reviews on Amazon and Goodreads and can't comprehend that there are actually people out there (all over the world, for that matter) who are reading - and enjoying - my books. In the days leading up to the publication of my first novel, there were definitely some moments when I second-guessed myself and wondered if I really wanted to do this, because once it was done, there was obviously no turning back. I sometimes still can't believe that all those stories and characters that were locked up inside my head are now out there for the whole world to see, but I don't regret publishing at all. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made.
4.) What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?
A.) I've always hated this question because it's kind of a chicken-and-egg scenario. Characters obviously need a story in order to function, but the story needs characters too. I think when it comes down to it, I have to go with characters. A lot of the time, well-written characters are what bring me back to a story, especially when I'm dealing with a series. They start to seem like old friends, and they're what make the story meaningful. You can have a book with a super interesting premise, but if the characters are flat, you're not going to care what happens to them and thus you won't care about the plot. Characters are lot more fun to write than plot, too. I feel like they don't require quite as much planning, because they partially evolve on their own and you end up just kind of writing what comes naturally.
5.) What is a typical day like in your world?
A.) Wake up. Mess around on the computer for a bit. Maybe get a little writing or editing done. Go to whatever classes I have that day. Write down plot notes instead of lecture notes. Go to the gym. Brainstorm while working out (prime brainstorming time!). Clean up and go get lunch. Read or write while eating lunch. Go to other classes. Write more plot notes, if able. Come home. Write all evening instead of doing homework. Feel anxious about not doing homework. Write some more anyway. Regret nothing. Go to bed. Lie awake thinking about characters and plot points. Record voice memos with phone since I've taught Siri to pronounce all my characters' names. Finally fall asleep. Repeat.
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The history of Madison Square Garden is not lost on Gennady Golovkin. For the middleweight champion from Kazakhstan, it has long been a desired destination.
Well, he's finally arrived.
On Saturday, Golovkin defends his WBA and IBO middleweight titles against Gabriel Rosado as part of a card that features three world title fights inside the Garden's Theater. In the other two title fights, WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido defends against Mikey Garcia, and WBO junior lightweight champ Roman "Rocky" Martinez defends against Juan Carlos Burgos. The card will be televised live by HBO.
On the undercard, Long Beach light heavyweight Seanie Monaghan fights Roger Cantrell in an eight-round bout.
While three title fights are a novelty, the real attraction just may be the hard-hitting Golovkin, who is 24-0 with 21 knockouts. He is a 2004 Olympic silver medalist, beating USA's Andre Dirrell in the semifinals (Dirrell won the bronze and is currently a top-ranked super middleweight), and a 2003 amateur world champion.
"Golovkin looks like maybe he's the best middleweight in the world," said Top Rank's Bob Arum, promoter of Saturday's card. "He's a tremendous puncher, he has good ring generalship. This is a very interesting fight. Rosado is on a real tear, he's been beating everybody. This fight is going to be a war."
Rosado, who campaigns primarily at junior middleweight, has won seven straight fights. When he was offered a catch-weight fight against Golovkin, he turned it down, insisting he wanted to fight the champion at his best. Golovkin is expecting nothing less from his opponent.
"Rosado is a big man, he's strong," said Golovkin. "I think it's a difficult fight for us. Not an easy fight. This is boxing. It's a great fight. I'm very excited to be fighting at Madison Square Garden. I'm prepared for anything Gabriel brings to the fight."
If Golovkin handles Rosado, there are significant middleweight title unification matches against the likes of Sergio Martinez and Peter Quillin awaiting him.
"Ever since he was an amateur in Kazahkstan, he's wanted to fight in Madison Square Garden," said Golovkin's manager, Tom Loeffler. "So for him to realize that dream and get his second fight on HBO, that's a tremendous accomplishment. He trained in Big Bear at high altitude for the last two months, he's had a lot of sparring, he's ready for this. This is a big moment in his career. He's ready for any middleweight in the world."
This marks Golovkin's second bout in the United States. Last September he made his HBO debut by knocking out Grzegorz Proksa at Turning Stone Casino in upstate Verona. That may be five hours away from the City by car, but this fight is essentially on another planet in terms of exposure and significance.
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Boston began the 8th inning with four hits but with a scoreless game, and couldn't produce any runs before Miley was pulled out at the bottom of the inning when he walked the leadoff hitter.
Junichi Tazawa took over and retired the three batters he faced. Angels' starter C.J. Wilson took the game until the 9th inning, when he was replaced by Joe Smith. Smith retired the side, and Koji Uehara replaced Tazawa in the bottom of the 9th. Koji retired the first two hitters he faced, but then surrendered a home run to Mike Trout to give the Angels the win.
8th time in #RedSox history they lost a game giving up 1 run on 2 or fewer hits. Last was 1998 vs. Mets.
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) July 18, 2015
A few notes:
Dustin Pedroia was activated today.
Brian Johnson is scheduled to make his Major League debut on Monday.
Do you think Rick Porcello can carry the momentum from his last start? Has Miley redeemed himself from a pathetic beginning in the season? Leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter at @RedSoxLife and once you're there, follow me at @iamjorgecamargo. Jorge Camargo 7/18/2015 01:45:00 AM Tweet
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Kristen's daughter Riley was born with a vascular anomaly called CLOVES Syndrome (Congenital, Lipomatous Overgrowth, Vascular malformations, Epidermal nevi and Scoliosis/Skeletal/Spinal anomalies). Boston Children's Hospital has done tremendous research on the condition, but due to its rareness Riley's family often face unique challenges. In the following blog Kristen talks about the day-to-day trials and triumphs involved in raising a medically fragile child.
Becoming a parent is an act of love and faith that no amount of planning can ever really prepare you for. And once you begin raising your child, the changes you go through as a person are profound. Raising a child with a rare disease is even more life altering.
You experience all the love, hope and joy, but it's mixed with almost constant anxiety, stress and strained financial budgets. It requires focus, discipline and intense endurance, but it's also rewarding and empowering. That's why I call it marathon parenting.
Marathon parenting can be hard to adjust to. (I always saw myself as more of a short-distance walker.) But sometimes life throws you into a race without giving you time to train; you just need to rise to the challenge.
I became a marathon parent early, before my daughter Riley was even born. At 18 weeks gestation, she was diagnosed with a lymphatic malformation in her chest and armpit. Our doctor had no experience with this type of vascular anomaly, so we did some research to find the person who could best help our baby. The search led us to Dr. Steven Fishman at Boston Children's Vascular Anomalies Center.
Under the care of Dr. Fishman and his amazing team, Riley had the malformation and overgrowth removed at just 3 months old. Unfortunately the lesions continued to grow in and on the outside of her body. The Vascular Anomalies Center team did a great job caring for Riley, but weren't fully sure what was causing the new malformations. (CLOVES was so rare it hadn't been identified by doctors yet.) As she grew she needed more surgeries and medical interventions. At just 9 years old, Riley has had 16 surgeries, 32 MRIs and countless hospital visits.
By the time Riley was 5, Boston Children's researchers had identified CLOVES as a specific syndrome, and she was diagnosed with it. It's a progressive and very rare condition, affecting less than 100 people worldwide. Once Riley had a diagnosis I immediately starting searching for other people who were living with CLOVES so I could figure out what to expect. My searches turned up a few articles in medical journal articles, but little else. What I really wanted was to connect with other families dealing with what we were, but there were none.
It was disheartening, but as I was learning, marathon parents can't let hurdles ruin their race. I began collecting and sharing information and stories about our lives online, and soon other CLOVES families joined us. Since launching in 2009, our CLOVES Syndrome Community has grown by leaps and bounds.
Even though I am not naturally built to be a marathon parent I have learned a lot from my life with Riley, which I wanted to share with other marathon parents.
Educate yourself — We are constantly learning more about CLOVES from Riley's doctors, other parents and providers. We ask questions, follow-up questions and more questions. If you don't understand medical terms your doctor uses or you read online, ask someone to explain it differently. I'm a visual learner, so I often ask to see pictures of imaging, or ask Riley's doctors to draw pictures for me, which really helps me understand specific concepts or issues.
Educate others — Trying to explain what CLOVES is tough because it's so complex. Sitting down and creating an actual description of the disease can keep you from having to always repeat yourself. Depending on your child's age, it may help to make a kid-friendly version of your description for your child to share with classmates. Help her find words or pictures she understands and can be used to describe the condition. Riley talks about the "lumps and bumps" that CLOVES has created on her body, making it easier for her friends to understand what she's going through.
Celebrate often — In our family we try really hard to find the positive in everyday life, even when it's challenging. It's important for our mental well-being, but it also teaches our children resilience. And when there's not a medical or personal achievement to celebrate, we make one up, like beach trips on warm winter days, or throwing an ice cream party for breakfast, just for fun. Sometimes there isn't an obvious silver lining to cling to, so you have to try and create your own.
Don't forget to care for yourself — Raising a medically fragile child means you have a lot less time to spend on yourself. Staying on top of Riley's medical needs is hard, and I often look tired or get a little flustered. But to really care for her, I need to be rested and feel good about myself, which is why I try to make time for things like sleep, a hot bath, getting some sun, reading and other non-CLOVES related activities.
Connect with others — Building an online community for CLOVES families has allowed them to interact with others facing the same challenges, share information and offer support. Because of those connections Riley went from feeling like the only girl in the world with CLOVES to having several friends with the condition. What's more, because of our CLOVES Syndrome Community connections, Boston Children's researchers recently found new participants to take part in studies they are doing on the condition, which could benefit us all one day.
What the future holds for Riley and our family is anyone's guess. What we do know is that we will continue to find joy in our time together, focus on the positive and continue to parent our daughter, who just so happens to have a rare disease. CLOVES syndrome is a big part of her life, but it doesn't define her. She's so much more than a medical condition.
The name Riley means "courage" and she certainly has lived up to the name. She's one of the strongest, bravest, most resilient people I've met. I may be a marathon parent, but it's only so I can keep up with my amazing marathon child.


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NASA needs a backup plan for getting astronauts to space, given additional delays on the horizon for new commercial crew capsules.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office made the recommendation Wednesday. It's the top suggestion in the GAO's latest report on the SpaceX and Boeing crew capsules under development.
Both companies have been shooting for test flights by the end of this year. But the GAO says further delays are likely. If postponements keep mounting, the GAO fears there could be a gap in U.S. access to the International Space Station.
With its last shuttle flight seven years ago this month, NASA has been paying Russia to ferry U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station. But that contract is up at the end of 2019.
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Oracle is bringing international design thinking to Perth residential living. Created by award-winning architects DMG Australia, it was conceived to be both an iconic presence on the skyline and a harmonious enhancement at street level.
The striking tower, encased in sheer curtains of glass and topped with its soaring flight of blade elements, has been designed to deliver controlled natural light to virtually every internal space, exploiting its intelligent northern aspect.
The tower is stepped back from the podium structure at its base, which creates a welcoming, human-scale environment at ground level. Retail spaces and podium apartments will further activate the streetscape and connect Oracle with its local neighbourhood.


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Sunday, September 30, 2012
September 30
On September 30, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam, spanning the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada. Begun in 1931, the gravity-arch dam curves upstream to direct water pressure against the canyon walls. Through 1936, 21,000 men built the structure (5,000 at any one time); 107 were killed. Workers turned a sleepy Las Vegas into today's Sin City. Intended to prevent flooding and provide irrigation and hydroelectric power for California, Nevada and Arizona, the dam is 660 feet thick at its base, 70 stories high, made from more than 6.6 million tons of concrete, and generates 4 billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric power annually. Lake Mead behind it is one of the world's largest man-made lakes. Congress saw fit to rename the dam after a much-reviled Herbert Hoover in 1947.
September 30
Animated sitcom "The Flintstones" premiered on September 30, 1960, on ABC-TV and ran through April 1966. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, working-class Stone Age individuals lived quasi-modern lives, using technology powered by animals that frequently broke the "fourth wall" to complain to viewers about their jobs. Trade rag Variety called the show "A Pen and Ink Disaster," but it became wildly popular and was the first animated series nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Comedy Series). It was blatantly modeled after Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners": Fred Flintstone as Ralph Cramden, neighbor Barney Rubble as Ed Norton (Art Carney's character), Wilma and Betty as their wives. Gleason threatened to sue but did not want to be known as "the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air."
Saturday, September 29, 2012
September 29
"Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be." September 29 is the birthdate of immortal Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, whose picaresque masterpiece, Don Quixote (two parts, 1605 and 1615), is a foundational work of Western literature, considered the first modern European novel. The chivalric adventures of Quixote and sidekick Sancho Panza, though farcical on the surface, explore the nature of reality (and sanity), the serious theme of deception, and the truth of our own lives by forcing us to question the principles and structure of his own narration. Pictured: Picasso's celebrated 1955 sketch of Quixote riding Rocinante, with Sancho and the windmills, which marked the 350th anniversary of part one of Quixote.
Friday, September 28, 2012
September 28
"When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer." So recalled Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Sir Alexander Fleming, who was working with staphylococci when he saw, in one culture, that this bacteria had surrounded and destroyed a fungus contamination. The resulting mold (of the Penicillium genus) killed other disease-causing bacteria. In 1929 he named the "mould juice" it released "penicillin." He gave up efforts to refine his discovery in the 1930s, but Oxford researchers Howard Florey and Ernst Chain (with whom Fleming later shared a Nobel Prize) succeeded in mass-producing it early in World War II. Today, many bacteria are now resistant to the world's first "wonder drug."
Thursday, September 27, 2012
September 27
On September 27, 1066, William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the bay of the River Somme in Northern France to begin the Norman Conquest of England. As Duke of Normandy, William became a contender for the English throne held by his childless relative Edward the Confessor, succeeded by King Harold. William decisively defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings (October 14), southeast of London, and was crowned King on Christmas Day. He then began transforming England by seizing lands of the elite, introducing the use of French (forever altering Old English), abolishing slaveholding, and consolidating his power through taxation via the Domesday Book (1085). Pictured: detail of the Bayeux Tapestry (1070-79), showing Harold the King is killed ("Harold Rex Interfectus Est").
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
September 26
September 26 is the birthdate of Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot, considered one of the most important poets in English of the 20th century. Born in St. Louis, he moved to England in 1914 at age 25 and became a British subject in 1927. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) marked the beginning of Eliot's career as a highly influential poet; it is viewed as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement. Several major poems of the English language followed, including "The Waste Land" (1922), "The Hollow Men" (1925), "Ash Wednesday" (1930) and "Four Quartets" (1945) as well as seven plays. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Prufrock's angst-filled monologue expressed the longing and regret of one of the most significant voices in modern poetry. Pictured: a famous line from "Prufrock."
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
September 25
September 25 is the birthdate of William Faulkner, author of novels and short stories, many of which are set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County in his native Mississippi. From the early 1920s he wrote 13 novels, including The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930) and Light in August (1932). He also wrote screenplays, including those for "To Have and Have Not" (1944) and "The Big Sleep" (1946). He was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature for unique contributions to the modern novel, in which he made frequent use of "stream of consciousness" and highly complex, often grotesque plot lines. Faulker's Absalom, Absalom! (pictured, 1936) contains the "longest sentence in literature," at 1,288 words, beginning with the words "He sounds just like father" (Chapter 6).
Monday, September 24, 2012
September 24
September 24 is the birthdate of F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of novels and short stories chronicling the flamboyant "Jazz Age" (a term he coined in Tales of the Jazz Age, 1922), the "anything goes" era following World War I. He grew up acutely conscious of wealth and privilege and his family's exclusion from the social elite. His greatest novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), which fell short of his earlier novels' commercial success, describes the arc of a wealthy bootlegger obsessed with the unobtainable. Fitzgerald conveys a sweeping sense of dreams, hopes and youthful awe inspired by the promise of America, and also the betrayal, corruption and dark loss hidden within that promise. Pictured: First edition of Gatsby with scarce dust jacket, auctioned in 2009 for the astounding price of $180,000.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
September 23
On September 23, 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition (formally the Corps of Discovery Expedition) returned to St. Louis after two and a half years, having gathered information about the northwestern region of the Louisiana Purchase between the Mississippi and the Pacific, and laying claim to the Oregon Territory. Its objectives were to map the uncharted continent and study flora, fauna and resources to be exploited economically. President Jefferson also placed special importance on showing U.S. dominance over Native Americans along the Missouri River. Pictured: one of many "Indian Peace Medals" carried by Lewis and Clark, intended to establish U.S. sovereignty over indigenous inhabitants. It is actually two silver plates held within a silver ring; the U.S. Mint could not yet strike solid, heavy medals.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
September 22
September 22 is the birthdate of English scientist Michael Faraday. The son of a blacksmith, he had little formal education but is considered one of history's most influential minds, in both chemistry and physics. His research in the 1820s using an iron ring, insulated wire and a direct electric current established the concept of the electromagnetic field. Thereafter, he invented electromagnetic rotary devices that formed the foundation of electric motor technology. Largely because of Faraday, electricity became viable for use in technology. Albert Einstein kept a picture of Faraday on his study wall, alongside those of Isaac Newton and Faraday's protégé, James Clerk Maxwell. Pictured: Six lectures Faraday wrote for young minds on gravitation, cohesion, chemical affinity, heat, magnetism and electricity (1859).
Friday, September 21, 2012
September 21
September 21 is the birthdate of Charles "Chuck" Jones, animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer and director of animated films, including Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for Warner Bros. He directed many classic, short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and other Warner characters. He helped create Bugs Bunny cartoons starting in the late 1930s, and in 1948 Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner sprang from his imagination. Jones' 1957 classic, "What's Opera, Doc?" placed Bugs and Elmer in a parody of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (running less than seven minutes); it was later selected for preservation in the National Film Registry, the first cartoon short to receive that honor.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
September 20
On September 20, 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain to find a western sea route to the Spice Islands (Indonesia), commanding five ships and 270 men. He sailed to West Africa, then the South American coast, seeking a strait leading to the Pacific. In October 1520, he discovered a treacherous passage near the tip of South America, which took him 38 days to navigate. He wept with joy when ocean was sighted at the far end. His fleet navigated that ocean in 99 days, crossing waters so strangely calm that it was named "Pacific," from the Latin "pacificus" ("tranquil"). Magellan was killed in the Philippines, but one of his ships, the Victoria, became the first to circumnavigate the globe (1522), having sailed 42,000 miles. Pictured: the Victoria, from a 1590 map.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
September 19
On September 19, 1946, the first Cannes International Film Festival ("Le Festival de Cannes") kicked off in the south of France. It was conceived in 1939 in response to fascist interference by Italy and Germany with a film festival in Venice. Movies screened included "The Lost Week-End" (directed by Billy Wilder), "Notorious" (Alfred Hitchcock), "La Belle et La Bête" (Jean Cocteau), "Gilda" (Charles Vidor) and "Brief Encounter" (David Lean). It has become the world's most prestigious and publicized film festival, now held in May, mainly to showcase and promote European films. Since the early 1950s, however, when Brigitte Bardot posed at Cannes in a bikini (pictured, 1953), the Festival has largely embodied sex, cinema, red carpets, palm trees, intrusive paparazzi and celebrity parties.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
September 18
September 18 is the birthday of English author and literary polymath Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr. Johnson, who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. He was the subject of the single most famous biography in English literature, James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791), in which he was portrayed as a complex, heroic figure who won moral wisdom through constant struggle with despair. In 1755 Johnson published his monumental Dictionary of the English Language, one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship, which had strong influence on the English we speak today. It was the standard dictionary in Britain until the Oxford English Dictionary was completed in the 1890s.
Monday, September 17, 2012
September 17
150 years ago: On September 17, 1862, a turning point occurred in American history with the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, at Antietam Creek. It was the first major Civil War battle fought on Union soil and the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Union Army Maj. Gen. George McClellan stopped the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee on its march into the North. By sundown, savage and bloody combat resulted in nearly 23,000 combined casualties among the 100,000 soldiers engaged, including almost 4,000 dead. Lee's retreat provided President Lincoln with the circumstance he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, thereby redefining the Civil War – and the nation. Pictured: Union burial crew at Antietam by Alexander Gardner.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
September 16
On September 16, 1908, William Durant, head of Buick Motor Company, incorporated General Motors in New Jersey. He had made a fortune making horse-drawn carriages, and ironically he hated noisy, smelly and dangerous automobiles. Unlike Ford, GM bought 11 other automakers including Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Oakland (Pontiac), to sell many different cars to many people. Durant was forced out of the company, started Chevrolet, then was forced out of GM again. He spent his last years bankrupt, managing a bowling alley in Flint, MI. GM led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker. Pictured: GM Parade of Products, Lansing, MI, 1927.
September 16
On September 16, 1880, the Cornell Daily Sun was founded by students at Cornell University. It is the oldest, continuously independent college daily newspaper in the United States, published as a tabloid on weekdays when the university is in session, staffed entirely by students except for some production and business positions. It is independent of the university and operates from its own building in Ithaca, NY. Sun alumni include Frank E. Gannett, founder of the Gannett Company; Oscar G. Mayer, Jr., executive of Oscar Mayer company; Dick Schaap, sports writer and broadcaster; Kurt Vonnegut, novelist and satirist; and E. B. White, columnist and novelist. Pictured: special edition during student activism, April 1969.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
September 15
September 15 is the birthdate of Agatha Christie, British author of 66 detective novels, most of which involve the investigations of Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Her books have sold roughly four billion copies; she is one of the most widely published and translated authors ever. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), featured Poirot and launched her career. Like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with Sherlock Holmes, Christie became increasingly weary of her own detective, calling him "insufferable" and "an ego-centric creep." She killed him off in the novel Curtain, published in 1975 but written during World War II. Poirot is the only fictional character to have been given an obituary in The New York Times (appearing on the front page).
Friday, September 14, 2012
September 14
On September 14, 1982, Grace Kelly, Her Serene Highness the Princess of Monaco, died at age 52 after suffering a stroke while driving with her daughter, Stéphanie, plunging off a mountainside along the French border. She had been pulled alive from the wreckage the day before. Kelly began acting on stage in 1950 at age 20; in 1956 she left acting in movies to marry Ranier III, Prince of Monaco. While pregnant in 1956, Princess Grace was frequently photographed clutching a distinctive leather sac à dépêches (message bag), manufactured by Hermès, to shield her baby bump from paparazzi cameras. The purse became so closely associated with the fashion icon that it was known thereafter as the Kelly Bag. Today's price tag? Anywhere between $10,000 and $60,000. Each.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
September 13
On the night of September 13, 1814, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key was detained overnight aboard a British truce ship during the bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry, in the War of 1812, while arranging the release of a friend who was held prisoner. When he saw "by the dawn's early light" that the U.S. flag was still flying, he knew the Fort had not surrendered. Moved by the sight, Key began writing "The Defence of Fort McHenry" on the back of a letter (he had an English drinking tune in mind). The completed poem was published later in 1814 as "The Star-Spangled Banner." Set to music, it became our national anthem in 1931. Pictured: the original flag (15 stars, 15 stripes), made in Baltimore by Mary Pickersgill in 1813.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
September 12
On September 12, 1940, four teenage boys set out to find a dog named Robot near Montignac in southwestern France. They found the dog – and more than 2,000 dramatic paintings in the caves of Lascaux. The Late Stone Age art, painted with mineral pigments, is estimated to be more than 17,000 years old; it includes abstract figures, animals and one human figure. Equines predominate (364 images), but the most famous "room" is The Great Hall of the Bulls, where the animals appear to be in motion. The Lascaux complex was opened to the public in 1948 but closed in 1963 because of damage from human intrusion. A replica of two cave halls opened nearby in 1983. Pictured: two aurochs (bulls), extinct ancestor of domestic cattle.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
September 11
On September 11, 1609, English navigator Henry Hudson and the crew of his ship the Halve Maen (Half Moon) sailed into what is now Upper New York Bay. He was contracted by the Dutch East India Company, from Holland, to find a fabled northwest passage to Cathay. The next day, Hudson began exploring the river that now bears his name, going as far as present-day Albany, trading with native groups mainly for furs. His voyage established Dutch claims to the region and the lucrative fur trade there. He named the natives at the estuary's mouth the Manahata and never realized that what are now Manhattan and Long Island are islands. Pictured: modern replica of the tiny Halve Maen in the Hudson, prior to 09/11/2001.
Monday, September 10, 2012
September 10
On September 10, 1946, Sister Teresa, a missionary with the Sisters of Loreto, was traveling by train from Calcutta, India, to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling for her annual retreat, when she experienced what she later described as "the call within the call." She wrote, "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order. To fail would have been to break the faith." This marked the moment that Sister Teresa became Mother Teresa. Born in Albania, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu left home at age 18 and took her vows at 21. In 1948, she replaced her Loreto habit with a white cotton sari decorated with a blue border and started a new religious community to help the destitute and starving – the "poorest among the poor."
Sunday, September 9, 2012
September 9
September 9 is the birthdate of English novelist James Hilton, author of Lost Horizon (1933) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934). His inspiration for Lost Horizon and its utopian "Shangri-La" in the Himalayas was partly a Tibetan travelogue by two French priests written in the 1840s. In 1939 the book became the first "mass market" paperback published by Pocket Books (with serial number "1"). These portable paperbacks were affordable for people of modest means. The book saw more than 40 printings by the 1960s (when I read it!) and sold millions of copies. President Roosevelt called what later became Camp David in Maryland "Shangri-La." Pictured: 1939 paperback cover.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
September 8
On September 8, 1504, Michelangelo's statue of David was unveiled in a public square in Florence. David the giant-killer had long been a politically important symbol in Florence, from the time Donatello created his bronze David for the Medicis in 1440. Michelangelo's 17-foot statue (sculpted 1501-1504) represented the defense of civil liberties flourishing in the Florentine Republic, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the designs of the (now exiled) Medicis. To that end, David's eyes flash a stern, warning glare directly at Rome. The original was moved to Florence's Accademia Gallery in 1873.
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Last night our church had their annual "Hanging of the Greens" service. It is a really neat program. The sanctuary is decorated (well, it was already mostly decorated) by church memebers a bit at a time along with beautiful music. Children perform between each decoration (greenery, banners, flowers, etc...).
The girls were super pumped about singing on stage, as usual...but once the moment came, no one was really "into it." It probably had a lot to do with the fact Ganny and Papa Texarkana were in town and they wanted to spend time with them...and they wanted to get home to their new kittens...definitely in that order :o) Ha!
All three girls were super somber on stage...
Can you spot Little Pumpkin? Her daddy was standing to her left videoing her and she turned and sang right to him to entire time :o)
Sunshine...her calmest performance ever!
All smiles after we snuck out early :o)
We got so busy yesterday, we forgot to do our Advent Stocking! We did two tonight :o)
Day 4...
Day 5...
Yesterday's "Christmas Fun" was a piece of candy...a total hit, of course :o) Today's "Christmas Fun" was making Christmas tree decorations!
Have I mentioned we have a theme for this year's Christmas?
It's "Old School Christmas." Here's a little peek...
I will have to update "Sparkles" recent activities soon...she has been a very busy little elf!!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Hanging the Greens & Old School Christmas...Day 334
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Plants → Magnoliophyta → Liliopsida → Poales → Cyperaceae Juss. → Cyperus L. → Cyperus involucratus Poir.
Rhizomatous, robust, tufted perennial, herb, 1.2-1.8 m high. Fl. brown/green-brown, Dec or Feb. Black sandy clay. Edge of waterways.
Beard's Provinces: Eremaean Province, Northern Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Central Kimberley, Jarrah Forest, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions: Hamersley, Northern Jarrah Forest, Pentecost, Perth, Victoria Bonaparte P1.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Armadale, Ashburton, Dardanup, Gosnells, Joondalup, Melville, Wyndham-East Kimberley.
FloraBase is produced by the staff of the Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Publication or other use of content on this site is unauthorised unless that use conforms with the copyright statement.
Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/


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Let me be very clear: press conferences for a film with the entire cast on hand are usually a waste of time. All too often, the biggest star gets most of the questions and because it's a press conference with numerous reporters asking questions, it's hard to get into a rhythm with the talent. But every once in awhile you get lucky, and that was the case the other day with The Expendables 3 cast and director Patrick Hughes in Los Angeles. While the talent on stage almost equaled the amount of reporters in the room (I'm only slightly exaggerating), the entire event was filled with laughs, smart questions, and everyone on stage had a chance to shine, which is not terribly different from the movie they were there to promote. Like I said on Twitter, The Expendables 3 is a lot of fun and my favorite of the series due in large part to Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes and Antonio Banderas. All three are awesome and Banderas steals every scene he's in. In addition to the new cast additions, The Expendables 3 has a crazy third act that's easily the best action scene of the franchise. If you liked the first two, you'll love the third one.
During the press conference – which featured Sylvester Stallone, Gibson, Snipes, Kelsey Grammer, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Victor Ortiz, Glen Powell and Patrick Hughes – they talked about doing the stunts, future installments in the series, the Stallone vs. Gibson fight scene, Stallone's thoughts on facing Sin City 2 at the box office, why Jackie Chan wasn't in the movie, what went on between the takes, and so much more. Hit the jump to either read or listen to the press conference.
Click here to listen to the audio otherwise the full transcript is below.
Question: Can you talk about the learning curve of blending action, learning armament and weaponry, and the benefits of having Brad Martin and J.J. Perry in your corner as stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. You can start, Kellan.
KELLAN LUTZ: I think that's why we all love action movies. We all love shooting guns, and we all love learning new techniques. For myself, I'm a motocross, where every time, every new action movie, I get to learn some new trick. Working with them, and to add Dan Bradley who's the master of second unit and stunt choreography and just compiling both of them together, I think what you have with the first one was the gem of all the action. You had a lot of blood and guts. Second one, you had the humor. So what Sly has done with this third one, it's all trial and error. You don't mind, I just got done with the press tour so I learned what to say. With this third one, you have a great layering of the action with the comedy, and then with all the stunts, I mean, we're all athletic individuals. We all live an active lifestyle, so we get to push and push and push, and I think all the stunt guys with A.J. and Matt and Dan, they all know what we can do, and they push us to do even more. So it gets bigger and louder. We definitely had a lot of fun doing this one.
GLEN POWELL: It's also a little bit of a boy's club. There's like a lot of pressure to do the stunts yourself. You have to like, 'Oh, you want to double?' You're like, 'You can't go a double.' They're like, 'Oh, really? You want to double?' So there's this one stunt that J.J. does where he gets blown off a bridge, and I go, 'J.J., that was crazy!' He goes, 'No, man. That was loco.' He lifts up his shirt, and it's loco tattooed on his stomach.
RONDA ROUSEY: I mean, J.J. was awesome in that he really tried to customize everything to us. So I mean, I come from an athletic background, and he specifically found like a bunch of Judo and Sambo specialists just for me and my fights. And not just Judo techniques for me to do. But in Judo, the person taking the fall is called the Uke, and so he brought in a lot of people that were very proper Ukes and knew how to take a good fall and made things really easy for me, personally. And then it was great just learning stuff. Like my favorite things was when we got to learn how to clear premises together. We all took turns being point. And they were like, 'Okay, this is how we do a guerrilla style. This is how you do Army style. This is Marine style.'
VICTOR ORTIZ: That's probably where I had the most problem, remember that?
POWELL: He just goes around the corner.
ORTIZ: Tactical, tactical, come on.
ROUSEY: That was part with Victor. When we had to go through a new door, we had to give command silently, and his silence is something that I haven't really seen.
ORTIZ: They say I'm a little loud, but I don't believe it.
POWELL: They called you wannabe Rambo. He'd just bust in a room and start shooting.
ROUSEY: Yeah, Dan, he was awesome, in that he would just kind of let me go. I had like the whole choreography like memorized every time. So if I can start, it's hard for me to stop because I don't hear him say stop. So he'd just let it keep rolling and let me just go through the whole thing every time. He was awesome. He was really fun to work with. I had a great time.
This is for Sly. It's been announced, first of all, it's remarkable that anybody's had three franchises in Hollywood history, and there's an Expendables 4 in the works. How long do you think this can go on, and could it ever go on and be with being Expendable?
SYLVESTER STALLONE: Whoa, whoa. After the fifth Expendables, you start wearing Dependables.
Also, you've been announced to play Scarpa, the notorious, Italian American gangster. And when you started out in the 70s, there was the Italian Anti-Defamation League. I wonder if somebody like Rocky Balboa changed the image of Italian Americans so that you can do a movie of an Italian American gangster today without any kind of protest?
STALLONE: Yeah, I think so. Basically, whatever Rocky did for positive Italian images, pizza has been keeping it going. Anyone who invented pizza can't be all bad. Unless your pepperoni is rigged with C-4, but then again, you had the Sopranos which is bigger than any mafia franchise ever. But I think it's important that it's controversial because it is a real fashion of American culture. And that's the mystique. So you just play into that. You honor it. It's like, yeah, he's bad, he's bad. As long as you have good music in the background, it's okay, like the Godfather, makes it okay.
Wesley, your fans have been waiting for your return to the screen in the action genre. What made Expendables 3 and this character, Doc, the right project to be your first one back?
WESLEY SNIPES: Well, it was a great opportunity to work with some of the best actors that I've always admired. I mean, some of them are still sitting there right now, to get up close to them and see what they're like off screen, versus what you see them on the screen and the characters that they portray. And also, a little chance to act a little crazy again. My character, Doc, is a medic, but he's been away for about eight years, and he was quite lonely. So he had to spend a lot of time talking to himself and developing his own storylines to himself and friends with himself. So he comes out cuckoo.
STALLONE: That would anybody actually.
SNIPES: Friends with myself or cuckoo?
STALLONE: Cuckoo.
Stallone and Gibson, what was it like going mano‑a‑mano in that scene and did you ever make any contact?
STALLONE: It was good. There was situations in actual sports where you two rivals get together, two people that have actually done very well in their own world, and then they say, I wonder how they would go against each other? And so when that finally happens, it becomes an event.
MEL GIBSON: King Kong versus Godzilla.
STALLONE: So contact was made, and you do get hurt. And you work on – it's freezing there. The water, you go, 'Oh my God, I'm not going to do it again.' And you have to do it again. So I've been looked forward to it, and Mel is a great actor. He's very fast, very strong. And it was great being punched by him. Thanks very much, Mel.
GIBSON: There was no actual contact. Well, it was kind of like movie sex. You don't actually do it.
STALLONE: He's a bald faced liar.
GIBSON: And you're battling arthritis, of course, but it was fun. It was fun being shot full of holes by Sly.
STALLONE: That's right. If anyone ever wants to get turned into Swiss cheese, it was Riggs.
You guys have played some of the greatest action characters in the history of action movies. If you could take one of your earlier characters and make him an Expendable, which one would be the most fun to join the group?
SNIPES: Blade.
GIBSON: The obvious one is the crazy cop from the Lethal Weapon series. I don't know. Maybe that whack job from like Conspiracy Theory. That guy.
STALLONE: I think Rambo would fit in, and then he would turn around and kill them all. That's the downside of working with him. He's a loner.
JASON STATHAM: Mine would probably be the little garden gnome I did the voice for in Gnomeo and Juliet.
DOLPH LUNDGREN: Well, I was thinking Drago because he has these big monologues. He talks a lot. He's good with words.
STALLONE: Yeah, Drago.
What really happened with Bruce Willis, and what do you think is going to happen when you get to compete with him in Sin City at the box office?
STALLONE: Oh, what had happened with Bruce Willis? Oh, things didn't work out and Harrison Ford came along, and that happens in film and casting. And it's just the way it is. It's nothing personal. It's not like it got personal, and I'm sorry it did sound that way. But it was just actors talking, and things move on. And I think Bruce Willis is a great guy, and he does fantastically entertaining films. And when he nails it, he nails it big time. What was the next part? Oh, Sin City. [Laughs] I must crush you.
You were really funny in this movie, and I like when you say age is really a state of mind. I would like to know if you agree with him and where do you see yourself in ten years?
STALLONE: Well, age is a state of old mind. It gets to a point where if you get old enough, you forget how old you are, and that's the best thing. And then you walk around kind of like in a fog. You really don't know how old you are. I think you find yourself watching Teletubbies drunk one night.
Ronda, talk about playing with the big boys, and Mel Gibson, when you first got the script, what was it like when you first read the script?
GIBSON: Wow. It was very involved. There was a lot of characters, and I didn't know how they were going to jam it all in. But somehow they managed to do it. And everybody got a fair shake, and there's a lot of people here. And so hats off to Sly for sort of enabling that to happen. When I read it, I thought, I didn't read it as I was the bad guy. In fact, I didn't even know I was the bad guy until I saw it last night.
STALLONE: You were.
GIBSON: I thought Dolph Lundgren was the bad guy. So it's a surprise to me, and I'm kind of shocked and a little offended. I wanted to be the love interest. There was no one to love really.
ROUSEY: I mean, it's definitely a very different environment that I thought I was going to be like the new kid at the school when I walk into the cafeteria and everyone's like you can't sit here! That's what I thought I was walking into. And they'll probably go, like this chick? She's not even an actress. She's not even a guy or something. I don't know what I was expecting. I was expecting the worst. And yeah, I felt like a little like the Downy Teddy bear when I actually showed up. Everybody was just so welcoming and warm. So yeah, everyone, really, I felt went out of their way to make me feel comfortable, and so I couldn't have asked for a better first project to be on. And I've always been the one shaking it down with all the guys anyway. I would have felt more uncomfortable if I were in Sex in the City 4. So I'm really happy.
Stallone, you wrote the story, and you have your character out of retirement. Have you thought about retirement at any moment and why?
STALLONE: Exactly. Why? I'm not ready to sit at home and play with my Pomeranians 12 hours a day. I'm just not ready. So I think you keep going. And remember in old vaudeville, there was a cane that snatched you off the stage? Well, I'm waiting for that. Until they just hook me, and go that's it. Actors don't want to retire. They're usually forced to retire, and that's a sad thing because you really get better as you get older. You may not remember as much dialogue. What dialogue you do remember, you're better at it. So anyway, we're just all children. We're there to perform, and when that's taken away – I've always said that the artist dies twice. And the first death is the hardest which is the career death, the creative death. The physical death is an inevitability. So I think if everyone should just keep going, and I think that's happening. I think the genre's opening up. And television is providing more alternate career or second acts in an adult actor's career.
This is for Kelsey and, my man, here, Terry. First of all, when I heard you were cast, I'm like, what is he going to do in this shoot-up movie? But your role was perfect. How much fun did you have doing that, and then, Terry, you get shot, and you're in the hospital the whole movie!?
TERRY CREWS: There's a very good reason.
SNIPES: It's the Expendables, man! Somebody got to get shot.
CREWS: Well, I got kind of pissy which is kind of nuts. There should be a movie about the guy who did the scheduling for the movie. He got shot first because everybody's schedules was so crazy. I have to say, I was so happy that I was able to even be here, to be honest with you. And the privilege and honor to get to work with Wesley – and I've got to say this right now – I was in this movie because Wesley did not do the first two. And when I first saw Wesley on set, I said, 'Man, I've been holding this spot for you.' And let me tell you, all is right with the world now, that he is in the Expendables franchise. I know Kelsey as a director, from Everybody Hates Chris, and he's one of the biggest stars of our generation. And Sly has followed us all, obviously.
STALLONE: You should tell the story about literally, how close you came to being expendable. Literally, he was going to die. He's dead, and I can see him sitting there moping. Walking around the lobby knowing that in an hour, I'm going to shoot him. No. It's a done deal. And I walk by, and he's acting like Death Row. It's some lethal injection. Please, I don't want to go! So I said, well, what do you think? I don't know. Thumbs up. Thumbs down. Went through the window, and he's sitting there like all depressed. And he goes, 'I can come back,' and I say, 'What do you think?' 'Let's shoot him.' 'Where do you want to shoot him?' 'Kidney.' Okay. He can survive that, and one in the leg. He's not big legs. He can survive this.' I'm serious. I came out, and you put down your croissant, finished your coffee. And I go, 'All right. Today, you survive.'
CREWS: I swear to God. It was one of the best days of my life. I was in the lobby, sweating. He's right. I was sitting there like, 'I'm going to die! I'm going to die! The black guy dies!' It's one of the best – I called my agent. I called my mother, wife, and I was like, I get to live. I get to move on for 17 more.
GIBSON: Terry said, I live!! And it was Thursday, he was sitting in the lobby, and he was like, 3, 2, 1. Thumbs up! He was done. For the past year, he was out. He was in the script. He was pretty itchy there for a while, and I didn't even know he was in trouble. Because I was just like shooting at a mark. I didn't know what I was doing. I found out I was shooting holes in him.
KELSEY GRAMMER: I know at first there was a surprise that Kelsey Grammer was going to be on this ride, but I'm tougher than a lot of people think. If you know anything about my personal life, you'd realize that. Hands down. However. I think we've explored an interesting part of the story to tell. And we had a nice relationship. I love working with Sly. It was a presumptive joy to do that. I had a great time. We fleshed out Bonaparte to a point where I think, you know, I hope he comes back, and maybe he can kick some ass next time because I'm ready to. I'm working out. I'm punching people on the street just to see if I can do it. All those punch videos you've been seeing, that's me.
I heard that Jackie Chan was invited, but he couldn't work in the movie. Is that a new role for him? Also maybe in the future we could see more Asian stars?
STALLONE: Yeah, absolutely. Jackie was on, but literally it became a scheduling problem. When Terry said there should be a movie about the person who schedules the movie, people were coming in for seriously, three days, four days. It was critical timing. Everything stopped for them. Then we would shift the movie and just do their part, and then go back and film again. And then Harrison would come in, and then everything was about Harrison. And Jackie is so busy in his regular life. He has so many businesses, and he's so loved over and China and in such demand, that he literally couldn't cut those three days, four days. And we'll get him next time. Don't worry. He's a good friend.
We've come to expect a lot of action in these films, but there was a lot more words in this one. And especially for Sly and Mel, the scene where Mel's backstory is revealed, I thought that was one of the finest in there. Sly, did you write all that on your own? Mel, did you stay on script?
STALLONE: I just wrote a guideline, and then Mel came up with the idea – well, you explain.
GIBSON: Yeah. I kind of worked on the script a little at night and came in kind of hammered out. And I handed the pages to Sly and Patrick. They looked at it, and said, yeah, it's cool. And it was just a theme of somebody who was subcontracted by his government and then thrown under the bus. A real person.
STALLONE: So it had a reality to it which is what Mel was trying to say. And I think what gave it some heart is he was actually saying something that had some truth, and it was valid. And he was committed to it. And I don't believe he saw himself as the bad guy which is the key to the whole thing. And then you bring in the aspect of Cain and Abel, and two of the best friends that could become the worst of enemies because usually when you love something that much, you can also hate it even more because of that schism, that break-up. And he just killed it. In the van, I had some dialogue back and forth with him, and the more he did the scene, the more I realized I shouldn't speak. You know what I mean? So I just let him roll. And he was convincing himself, he was convincing me, convincing the audience that, what did you do today, Barney? Who did you kill? Who did you blow up? What makes you holier than thou? So it was great.
In the era of sensitivity to gun violence, does that change how you make a good old action film?
STALLONE: First of all, there's no blood. And ours is so over the top, that it isn't something that you would expect people to repeat. But I know exactly what you mean. It's a very sensitive thing, and we were unfortunately, we experienced that on the second one. I really don't know the answer because it's part of a mythology, but it's also becoming part of a reality that is – I don't know. I really don't know what the answer is. We just try to make it so it looks as though it's a fantasy. It isn't real. Sometimes I think movies can get so real, then you can say, oh, I can do that. There's not a lot of people who can do what the Expendables can do.
This is for Mr. Stallone. You and Mr. Harrison Ford kind of had your big career moments start right around the same time and sustained over the years. What had your relationship been like throughout your careers and what it was like to recruit him into this franchise and your experience sharing Hollywood war stories with him?
STALLONE: Oh God. I go back with Harrison back in, '77 at Columbus Circle. Both us were wondering how long this was going to last. And Harrison is a very insulated, very intelligent, and funny, very funny, very witty, dry humored. And when you tap into that, it's great. So when he got over there, and once we opened up – and he also worked on this character. He wanted to make it very personal. These are the kind of guys that you just don't say, here are the lines. Do it or else. Really? No. He worked on it, so I would say, we were on a – I don't know if we were ever going to work together, but this thing became very, very close. And I was just actually talking to him about his leg the other day, and I said, better you than me. He was great. Anyway, we were having a great old time. And Harrison is special, very unique, and he can bring a lot to a scene with minimal effort. Very good.
This is for Mr. Gibson. I'm a huge fan of your work behind the camera and as an actor. Do you have any plans to direct anything in the future or tease what you have coming up?
GIBSON: Primarily, I think the most fun you can have standing up is directing a film, I think. And it's my primary want, that's my gift, I think, as a director. So I'm going to pursue that. I've got a few irons in the fire. It doesn't pay to talk too much about it because industrialist espionage rife, say anything, somebody swipes the idea. That's a good idea. We should do that. It ends up on TV or something. But that's okay too. I'll direct TV. It's great. TV's getting amazing. So I definitely have my sights set on that and will do, yes.
The cast is full of martial artists, boxers, and fighters. Do you ever get a chance to spar between takes and who wins?
ORTIZ: Oh, absolutely. It's a funny story, right? So I do my research before I arrive in Bulgaria and see if I can find a boxing gym, you know. Ronda had found one. I found one. The one that we trained at was huge. When I walked in, I go, Ronda, you've got to see this gym. And the MMA mats, three boxing rings. It was huge. So now she and I make this a daily thing. And when I'm not there, she's there. When she's not there, I'm there. And her work ethic was just insane and mine as well. So one day, we decided to go, and she's like, 'Would you like to do some stand up with me?' I said, 'You know what? I would love to, but you take it down. That's a different game. I can't really defend myself down there. But bring it.' So she goes, 'all right.' So when I fight I'm a south paw, lefty, so now I'm tricking her. I'm kind of getting her frustrated. And she says – she's looking at me like she was not frustrated. I do this little step once. And she goes for it. I do it again. But on the second one, I don't know what she did, I end up on my back in like a second. I don't know she shifted the weight, but I'm on my back in like an arm bar thing. And I'm like, 'Whoa, whoa. Stop, stop. Stop the arm bar, I need it!
ROUSEY: That wasn't exactly how it happened. No, no, no. I said I wanted to do clinching drills. And so the whole idea was I, as a grappler always wanted to close distance, and him as a striker is always trying to maintain distance. So him being a south paw, I'm like, oh, this will be great. We should train this. And so he's like trying to get away from me, and I'm trying to close distance and grab him. So that's pretty much all we were doing for a while. And he's like, you know what? I want you to throw me. He was like, I don't think you could throw me if you wanted to.
ORTIZ: Boy, was I wrong.
ROUSEY: He didn't trick me into anything.
ORTIZ: I thought I tricked her.
ROUSEY: No, no, no. I needed you to take a certain step in a certain direction. I had to convince him that that step was a good idea. So I misdirected him into thinking he was doing something smart. And I ended up on the ground. So he learned something that day.
ORTIZ: I didn't learn anything because after that, I was like, nope.
ROUSEY: So I was training, and I was bringing in training partners. I had to fight around New Year's. So I was rolling around. I was doing stuff with my training partners. We were doing some grappling. I'm already like on the ground. And Victor's like, 'Hey, hey. I know a move. I should show you a move.' So then I'm like, 'You're going to show me a grappling move?' I'm like okay. So he said, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stay right there.' So I'm like, okay. So I'm laying, my head's this way. He lays down next to me. His head's the other way, and he looks at me and goes, '69.' Which was Victor's tagline the entire movie. Whenever there was an uncomfortable moment, if he was ever nervous, I remember the first day, we were in the talk room with everybody. And it was really nerve‑wracking. We're the new guys. And any time there was a moment of silence, Victor would just go, '69?'
PATRICK HUGHES: I remember the first thing we shot with Rhonda, I actually got beaten up. And it's scheduling, Stallone touched on earlier. That scene in the bar, we went back there ten times because we didn't have all the actors together at once because that's the scheduling nightmare. And unfortunately, Ronda's first time ever on camera was the scene with Sly, at a bar, and she's really super nervous. And obviously, I could tell as the director, I went up and spoke to her, and I said, 'Well, what do you do before a big fight?' And she says, 'Well, I like to spar in my room. I get that nervous energy out.' And I said, 'Well, so you need to hit something? Let's find something to hit.' And she said, 'But I want to hit you.' I was like, 'Put your arms up.' And I'm thinking, Rhonda's just going to do this. And I put my hands up, and she goes, wham! Next day, I was getting dressed, and my kids were there at the time. And my seven year old daughter said, 'What's that? And I had this huge black mark. I had a broken rib. And I said, 'I got beaten up by an actress.'
ROUSEY: He didn't have a broken rib. I didn't hit anything hard.
HUGHES: I was like, action!
This would be for Wesley, Mel, Sly, Kelsey, and Harrison, but also Antonio, but who was completely new to the group that you didn't really know before and didn't have a relationship with? And anybody can answer that, and what was that like? Was it somebody that you had always admired and wanted to work with?
GRAMMER: Oh, I've always wanted to work with Sly. I didn't know when it would happen, but I'd see him at some party or a mutual friend's kid's birthday party or something. And I'd think, well, gosh. I wish I could find a way I could find a way to work with this fella. And we have a good mutual friend named John Herzfeld. So we're in the same movie together with John directed. But when I actually kind of went after this in a way. I called John and said, 'You know, can you get in touch with Sly and say I'd like to be in that next Expendables?' And something worked out. My agent became a bit of a pest, and when I flew into Bulgaria, I had to get out of Transformers for a week. But Michael Bay was great about that, and I flew in. And like he said, they just organized four days for that character of Bonaparte. And then I had the best time with them. And it was a revelation to me in terms of just how smart and how improvisatorial Sly can be as well. And generous with his time and generous with his acting. Except maybe might change the camera angle a little bit to make me look shorter. But I just had the best time with him. And what happened was, I discovered this real sense of fondness for the man, and I figured that had to be who they were. This Bonaparte character in relationship to what Sly was doing. That they had a history and a kindness and a love for one another and that was reflected in the scenes. And I just had the best time ever. And Wesley and I have known each other for years off and on, never worked together. Still haven't. And I think he's fantastic. So I was thrilled to be in this film with all these extraordinary actors, but mostly, I was just so happy to work with Sly. And to find out how fantastic he really is. And I've been impressed ever since. And I hope we do something again together.
STALLONE: Yeah, even if you were in the business, I remember the first time you came out. And I get in an elevator, and there's Paul Newman, and you're not prepared for it. You think you're prepared for it, and it's like, whoo. And I think I wonder if they feel the same way about us, and then I'm sure they do. Like in the first time I walked in the room and there was John Wayne. I'll never forget this. And I'm going to rent the tuxedo, this baby blue – still have the picture of it – big stupid bow tie, and it was for the People's Choice Awards. And I see this man, big guy, coming towards me. And he walks over and he goes, 'Hello, my name is John Wayne. And I want to welcome you to the business.' And I went, 'God damn.' But that gives you an idea of the class of the guy. Usually people stand in four corners, and everybody's looking away. I hope he doesn't talk to me. I don't know what to say. Actors, as a rule, tend to be shy. They're not demonstrative people. They really aren't. The same with comics. And so I felt it was great working with these guys because I know what they're going through. Kellan's got a little more experience, but the rest of them are fairly new. And so you're sensitive to that, and I could feel their enthusiasm and nervousness. And Ronda, I wanted Ronda from Jump Street. I knew she was going to be a star. I just knew it. She just has it, and her nervousness worked for her because she's so good, you never knew she was nervous. But it gave her the kind of energy. Plus, these guys, these are all one of the kind. We're not coming this way again. To find a guy like Terry and Randy Couture, world champions. If you seriously have a real bouillabaisse of talent here. And it's great to be in the kitchen mixing it up.


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I've been thinking lately about how much of my job revolves around finding new things rather than coming up with new ideas. It's entertaining, but it makes me nostalgic for the old days when I was married and we were so broke that — well, just take my word for it. We were sooo broke. My husband was low on the totem pole in the Navy, and libraries saved my sanity and gave me a sanctuary from a very bad marriage. But more than that, they were playgrounds for my brain. All I did was read and wonder and do amateur research and go on a 10 year self-education journey. I read indiscriminately, widely and innocently. Classics, bodice rippers, history, biographies — it was one big cultural mash-up, just like my desk and mood board. I want to get that fervor back and reclaim my beginner's mind. Before Barnes and Noble, I used to hit the library once a month and have an afternoon binge on all the new magazines. Now I just buy them, and it's not as much fun. I want to learn with some of the same hunger I used to have then, even though "that was in another country, and besides the wench is dead." I can't go back to my original blank-slate state, so it's an extra challenge to find ways to rekindle that passion for knowledge, innovation, fresh ideas. I stumbled across an interesting blog entry today about Overcoming Creative Block and it gave me some notions to try out. One of the things I want to do is leave the office to walk around streets I usually drive by and take photos. Every day I pass an abandoned store that seems to have some taxidermied animals in the window draped in glitter cloth. Is it a mirage or some weird tableau?! I need to get out of the car and find out, and I need to do more reading outside my comfort zone like I used to do. Because the more you pack into your brain, the greater chance that one of those serendipitous leaps of the imagination will occur, with your mind connecting the dots on its own while you sleep or daydream or wander around. I'm going to put myself back in a school for one — re-educating Nikki.
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I think that's a great idea. It's never too late to learn. Learning is a lifelong experience and I hope I never stop learning. Good luck in your endeavors.
It's awesome that you have identified that your inner diva is calling for learning. I find learning new things brings me to a place of childlike curiosity. I look forward to reading about all that you discover.
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I look at that stuffed beaver when I leave hot yoga, and it never fails to make me laugh out loud. I love the quirks of Upper King, and-for that matter-the quirks that exist everywhere if only we take the time to open our eyes and see beyond our chutes and ladders myopia. Miss you.