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I know how to get Rims name out there, they should put out a PR about overrated minority football quarter backs.
Opps, did I say that????
Good, but you never know when a boulder will break loose lol
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Rock Singer Robert Palmer Dies at Age 54
Robert Palmer's music videos were some of the most memorable of the 1980s.
LONDON (AP) - Rock singer Robert Palmer, known for his sharp suits and hits including "Addicted to Love," died Friday in Paris of a heart attack, his manager said. He was 54.
Palmer was on a two-day break in Paris following a television recording session in Britain, his manager Mick Carter said from the French capital.
In the 1980s, Palmer became a superstar with singles which also included "Simply Irresistible" - accompanied by slick videos featuring the smartly dressed Palmer with a back-up band of attractive women, all in black outfits and glossy makeup.
A side project, Power Station, formed in 1985 with John Taylor and Andy Taylor of '80s supergroup Duran Duran, scored three U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Communication" and "Get it On."
The son of a British naval officer, Palmer was a member of several British rock bands before he hit the big time as a solo artist.
He had lived in Switzerland for the past 16 years.
Known for his GQ sense of style, Palmer was named best dressed male artist by Rolling Stone in 1990.
The "Addicted to Love" video, with its miniskirted models strumming guitars as Palmer sang, became one of MTV's most-played clips, and sparked protests from some feminists.
"I'm not going to attach inappropriate significance to it because at the time it meant nothing. It's just happened to become an iconic look," Palmer once said of the video.
He had his first hit album and single, "Sneakin' Sally through the Alley," in 1974.
In his 20s, Palmer worked with a number of small-time bands including Dada, Vinegar Joe, and the Alan Bown Band, occasionally appearing in opening acts for big draw including The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
Palmer once confessed that he was not attracted to the excesses of rock 'n' roll stardom.
"I loved the music, but the excesses of rock 'n' roll never really appealed to me at all," he said. "I couldn't see the point of getting up in front of a lot of people when you weren't in control of your wits."
He was noted for dressing up and being somewhat restrained.
"I don't want to be heavy," he said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
"I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and a positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it."
09/26/03 08:10 EDT
ZZ, What is a RIMJOB????
Could you explain to me in detail?
"( or NVC or RIMJOB or whatever )"
This is what my wife's company been up to NVEI/RIM it your turn now!
published 09/20/2003
"Inventive" certainly describes Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc., one of the new crop of glycobiology companies. Founded in 2001 on technology developed at MIT, the privately held company is perfecting a high throughput method for the precise chemical characterization of complex sugars – both linear and branched. The Cambridge, MA firm's technology involves breaking up these huge molecules into smaller fragments with specific enzymes, sorting the bits with high-pressure liquid chromatography and then characterizing the individual units within each piece by mass spectroscopy and NMR. With the help of sophisticated computer algorithms that can simulate the massive number of theoretical sequences that might belong to the complex sugar being investigated, and an iterative experimental process that systematically eliminates the possibilities, Momenta's technology is capable of deriving the full sequence of the original complex.
According to chairman and CEO Alan Crane, "Momenta's technology has three components: proprietary enzymes, equivalent to restriction enzymes, that chop sugars in very specific places; improvements on existing analytical technology (both MS and NMR), which have been adapted for use with sugars; and bioinformatics." Moreover, the technology requires very small amounts of starting material and can even be used to analyze a mixture of different polysaccharides.
The company's enzymes, all licensed from MIT, are absolutely critical for determining structure. The collection contains naturally occurring enzymes (such as heparin-degrading enzymes isolated from bacteria) as well as about 120 mutant enzymes with altered specificities that degrade polysaccharides at different places, explained Ganesh Venkataraman, Momenta's VP of technology. The firm also has various enzymes that attach or remove side groups on the sugar molecules as well as transferases that it can use to build sugars, he added.
"Our technology allows us to sequence a sugar of any length, which used to be impossible." For instance, using older methods, the time and labor needed to sequence even a hexasaccharide would be enough to constitute a graduate thesis, Venkataraman said. "Now, it takes 15 minutes."
Unidentified heparin chain. Image courtesy Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc.
That's good, because complex sugars can be much larger. Momenta has sequenced both deca- and dodeca-saccharides. And here, the possible combinations are staggering: 255 million for the 10-unit sugar and more than 12 billion for the 12-unit sugar. Why is this so? Because not only are there a number of different ways for monosaccharides – the basic building blocks of carbohydrates – to link to form disaccharides, but also as the chains continue to elongate the complexity increases enormously, introducing differential modifications, side chains, branches or the addition of sulfate groups, for instance.
With such a powerful technology, Momenta ought to be able to build a nice business for itself through a series of carefully crafted, product-focused partnerships. But the company wants more: It also intends to develop its own drugs – new therapeutics as well as enhanced versions of existing products. Armed with the ability to sequence complex sugars, company scientists will also be able to analyse how specific sequences and changes in structure affect the properties of drugs.
Fully characterized heparin chain. Image courtesy Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc.
For instance, they've used the technology to understand the relationship between structure and activity for heparin, a complex, sulfated polysaccharide that blocks the formation of blood clots. "Then we designed a product with improved clinical properties for specific indications," Venkataraman said. (You can read the details in the following paper: Rational Design of Low-Molecular Weight Heparins With Improved In Vivo Activity. Sundaram et al.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100:651; January 21, 2003.)
In fact, the company is now developing an anti-coagulant drug candidate with superior efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetic properties.
Moreover, understanding sugars should open the door to new therapeutic approaches for treating cancer and other diseases. Because the sugar groups on cancerous cells are very different than those found on normal ones, for instance, it's possible to analyze those differences and determine the effects that those changes have on disease biology. As well, since cell surface sugars modulate the access of growth factors to the cell, engineering sugars might be a way to block multiple pathways simultaneously in cancer cells, Venkataraman said.
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Is this true?
Apparently we are to be allowed to watch TV programs that use every foul word in the English Language, but not the word, "God."
It will only take a minute to read this and see if you think you should send it out.
DR. DOBSON'S PLEA FOR ACTION
CBS will discontinue "Touched by an Angel" for using the word God in every program. You do not have to be a fan of this show but please read on.....
Madeline Murray O'Hare, an atheist, successfully managed to eliminate the use of Bible reading from public schools a few years ago.
Now her organization has been granted a Federal Hearing on the same subject by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, DC.
Their petition, Number 2493, would ultimately pave the way to stop the reading of the gospel our Lord and Savior, on the airwaves of America.
They got 287,000 signatures to back their stand! If this attempt is successful, all Sunday worship services being broadcast on the radio or by television will be stopped.
This group is also campaigning to remove all Christmas programs and Christmas carols from public schools!!
You as a Christian (or any other religious background) can help!
We are praying for at least 1 million signatures.
This would defeat their effort and show that there are many Christians alive, well and concerned about our country.
As Christians we must unite on this. Please don't take this lightly. We ignored this lady once and lost prayer in our schools and in offices across the nation.
Please stand up for your religious freedom and let your voice be heard.
Together we can make a difference in our country, maintain our Christian heritage and keep the gospel on the airwaves so the lost may come to know the Lord.
Please press "forward," and forward this to everyone that you think should read it. Now, please sign your name at the bottom.
You can only add your name after you have pressed the "Forward."
Don't delete any other names, just go to the next number and type your name and state.
Please do not sign jointly, such as Mr. &Mrs.
Each person should sign his/her own name.
Please defeat this organization and keep the right of our freedom of religion.
Sound advice from a pension attorney:
If you had bought $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would
now be worth $49.00.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00.
With Worldcom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the
stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for
the 10-cent deposit, you would have $214.00.
Based on the above, my current investment advice is to drink
heavily and recycle.
This is my new retirement program, I call it my 401-Keg program
Well, warn fung_derf that my cute stuffed animals don't like it when people pick on a softy like me.
Hey, I guess if it wasn't for me they would be out of a job.
who knows
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interesting commentary on the way the brain works
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
And speaking about Dough, ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 15) - Hundreds of people at a shopping mall fought over nearly $10,000 launched into a crowd by a real estate investor known as the ``Money Man.''
Six people were taken to hospitals and six others were treated for cuts and bruises, police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. The most serious injury was a possible broken arm, he said.
Police said at least 500 people crowded the BayWalk courtyard on Saturday for the cash giveaway. Kevin Shelton appeared on a balcony before firing $2 bills out of his ``cash cannon,'' a small silver tube.
Lashawnda Martin, a 14-old high school student, said someone lifted her to safety: ``They were trampling all over me.''
Shelton, who began doling out money two years ago, said the giveaways are his way to spark generosity. He said he didn't realize anyone had been hurt.
A mall spokeswoman said the event was being evaluated to determine if anything should have been done differently.
09/15/03 23:48 EDT
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LOL, didn't take long for you to find it!
Er a, That pic was taken on Martha's Vineyard.
Anthony standing next to me is 6' 1", NV can do the math eh eh eh
Well, since the MSFT dough is missing out of the 10q maybe not lol
Back to the drawing bard!
"iOwnSomeNVEI, if you think that past dilution was a problem..."
Where did I say its a problem? I accepted it a long time ago.
These mugs on this board thought I was nuts for thinking that a few years ago, now look, its now in the fillings.
Your too easy ;)
So you can use it on your self??? wise azz
"Just because an additional few hundred million shares are authorized doesn't mean the company will actually issue any of them!"
Im not talking about that
Im talking about from when we were at 24 mil OS till now. I guess we are neer 70,000,000 OS ?
Don't let me take you back to school Gator....
We do have funding, dilution....
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 12) - John Ritter, whose portrayal of the bumbling but lovable Jack Tripper helped make the madcap comedy series ``Three's Company' a smash hit in the 1970s, died of a heart problem after falling ill on the set of his new television sit-com. He was 54.
Ritter became ill Thursday while working on ABC's ``8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter,' the hit show that became the actor's big television comeback, said Susan Wilcox, his assistant of 22 years.
The cause of his death was a tear in the aorta, the result of an unrecognized flaw in his heart, said his publicist, Lisa Kasteler. He died at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday.
Ritter, a Southern California native who would have turned 55 on Wednesday, came to prominence for his role in ``Three's Company' and had appeared in more than 25 television movies, a number of films and on Broadway.
He made his successful return to sitcom acting last year with ``8 Simple Rules' last year. The show was scheduled to begin its second season Sept. 23.
At the Burbank hospital where he died, Ritter was accompanied by producers and co-workers, his wife, Amy Yasbeck, and 23-year-old son Jason, Wilcox said. He is survived by three other children.
``It's just stunning, unbelievable,' said Wilcox. ``Everybody loved John Ritter. Everybody loved working with him. ... Whatever set he was working on, he made it a very fun place.'
ABC released a statement saying: ``All of us at ABC, Touchstone Television and The Walt Disney Company are shocked and heartbroken at the terrible news of John's passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and children at this very difficult time.'
Ritter was the youngest son of Western film star and country musician Tex Ritter and actress Dorothy Fay. He graduated from Hollywood High School and earned a degree in drama from the University of Southern California.
``I was the class clown, but I was also student body president in high school,' he told The Associated Press in a 1992 interview. ``I had my serious side - I idolized Bobby Kennedy, he was my role model. But so was Jerry Lewis.'
Ritter's first steady job was his role as a minister in television's ``The Waltons' in the early 1970s.
With ``Three's Company,' starting in 1977, his career took off. His other performances included 1996's Oscar-winning movie ``Sling Blade' and a Broadway run in Neil Simon's ``The Dinner Party.' He received an Emmy and other awards for his ``Three's Company' role and was honored by the Los Angeles Music Center in June with a lifetime achievement award.
``Three's Company,' about a bachelor sharing an apartment with two attractive women, Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt, was considered racy during its run from 1977 to 1984. And Ritter worried about falling into a typecasting trap after the show ended.
``I would get scripts about 'a young swinging bachelor on the make,' and I said 'No, I've done that,'' he told the AP in the 1992 interview. ``Or they'd say, 'You're living alone and .
'
``What I was looking for in my time off was something a little bit different, a little serious, or funny in a different way.'
Ritter described his time on the show as ``an education' in quick-study acting.
``When the curtain went up, no matter how long you've studied or haven't studied at all, you had to answer to the audience. We didn't do retakes. If there was a (microphone) boom in the shot, so be it,' he said.
Ritter later starred in the television series ``Hooperman' and the early 1990s political comedy ``Hearts Afire.' He received two Emmy nominations for his PBS role as the voice of ``Clifford the Big Red Dog' on the animated series.
His TV movie appearances included ``Unnatural Causes,' Stephen King's ``It' and ``Chance of a Lifetime.'
Ritter won popularity among independent film directors in recent years and appeared in films including ``Sling Blade,' ``Tadpole' in 2002, and the new feature ``Manhood.' He appears alongside Billy Bob Thornton in the scheduled November release from Miramax ``Bad Santa.'
Ritter was married from 1977 to 1996 to Nancy Morgan, the mother of his three oldest children, Jason, Carly and Tyler. He married actress Yasbeck in 1999, the mother of Stella.
09/12/03 09:35 EDT
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I sat in my seat of the Boeing 767 waiting for everyone to hurry and stow
>>their carry-ons and grab a seat so we could start what I was sure to be a
>>long , uneventful flight home. With the huge capacity and slow moving
>>people taking their time to stuff luggage far too big for the overhead
>>and never paying much attention to holding up the growing line behind
>>them, I simply shook my head knowing that this flight was not starting
>>out very well.
>>I was anxious to get home to see my loved ones so I was focused on "my"
>>issues and just felt like standing up and yelling for some of these
>>clowns to get their act together. I knew I couldn't say a word so I just
>>thumbed thru the "Sky Mall" magazine from the seat pocket in front of me.
>>You know it's really getting rough when you resort to the over priced,
>>useless sky mall crap to break the monotony. With everyone finally
>>seated, we just sat there with the cabin door open and no one in any
>>hurry to get us going although we were well past the scheduled take off
>>time. No wonder the airline industry is in trouble I told myself. Just
>>then, the attendant came on the intercom to inform us all that we were
>>being delayed.
>>The entire plane let out a collective groan. She resumed speaking to say
>>"We are holding the aircraft for some very special people who are on
>>their way to the plane and the delay shouldn't be more than 5 minutes.
>>The word came after waiting six times as long as we were promised that
>>"I" was finally going to be on my way home. Why the hoopla over "these"
>>folks? I was expecting some celebrity or sport figure to be the reason
>>for the hold up.........Just get their butts in a seat and lets hit the
>>gas I thought. The attendant came back on the speaker to announce in a
>>loud and excited voice that we were being joined by several U. S.
>>Marines returning home from Iraq!!! Just as they walked on board, the
>>entire plane erupted into applause. The men were a bit taken by surprise
>>by the 340 people cheering for them as they searched for their seats.
>>They were having their hands shook and touched by almost everyone who was
>>within an arm's distance of them as they passed down the aisle. One
>>elderly woman kissed the hand of one of the Marines as he passed by her.
>>The applause, whistles and cheering didn't stop for a long time.
>>When we were finally airborne, "I" was not the only civilian checking his
>>conscience as to the delays in "me" getting home, finding my easy chair,
>>a cold beverage and the remote in my hand. These men had done for all of
>>us and I had been complaining silently about "me" and "my" issues. I took
>>for granted the everyday freedoms I enjoy and the conveniences of the
>>American way of life I took for granted others paid the price for my
>>ability to moan and complain about a few minutes delay to "me" those
>>Heroes going home to their loved ones. I attempted to get my selfish
>>outlook back in order and minutes before we landed I suggested to the
>>attendant that she announce over the speaker a request for everyone to
>>remain in their seats until our hero's were allowed to gather their
>>things and be first off the plane. The cheers and applause continued
>>until the last Marine stepped off and we all rose to go about our too
>>often taken for granted everyday freedoms......... I felt proud of them.
>>I felt it an honor and a privilege to be among the first to welcome them
>>home and say Thank You for a job well done. I vowed that I will never
>>forget that flight nor the lesson learned. I can't say it enough, THANK
>>YOU to those Veterans and active servicemen and women who may read this
>>and a prayer for those who cannot because they are no longer with us.
>>GOD BLESS AMERICA! WELCOME HOME! AND THANKS FOR A JOB WELL DONE !!!!!
>>This is a ribbon for soldiers fighting in Iraq. Pass it on to everyone
>>and pray.
Main Entry: fro·zen
Pronunciation: 'frO-z&n
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century
1 a : treated, affected, or crusted over by freezing b : subject to long and severe cold <frozen north>
2 a : incapable of being changed, moved, or undone : FIXED; specifically : debarred by official action from movement or from change in status <frozen wages> b : not available for present use <frozen capital> c (1) : drained or incapable of emotion (2) : expressing or characterized by cold unfriendliness
- fro·zen·ly adverb
- fro·zen·ness /-z&n-(n)&s/ noun
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I got my SIL mug but its cracked at the base of the mug :(
On the bottom of the mug its says, " Do not immerse in liquid" lol
Very Important
During the next several weeks be VERY cautious about opening or launching any e-mails that refer to the World Trade Center or 9/11 in any way, regardless of who sent it. PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, "WTC" STANDS FOR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. REALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL OPEN IT RIGHT AWAY, THINKING ITS A STORY RELATING TO 9/11!
BIGGGG TROUBLE !!!! DO NOT OPEN "WTC Survivor" It is a virus that will erase your whole "C" drive. It will come to you in the form of an E-Mail from a familiar person. A friend sent it to me, but then called and warned me before I opened it. He was not so lucky and now he can't even boot up his computer!
Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would rather receive this 25 times than not at all. So, if you receive an e-mail called "WTC Survivor", do not open it. Delete it right away! This virus removes all dynamic link libraries (.dll files) from your computer.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE!
What is this all about?
Gee, the logo looks familiar....
oh, it was in my basement next to the washer machine but it said detergent instead of semiconductor.
They put SIL back in the theater that it was removed from earlier, Copley Sq. cinema.
Show no movie before its time.
I guess SIL made a great Beaujolais at the Box office.
Write off your bills
Can I get a home equity loan on my house to consolidate my bills and write them off my taxes?
Al
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 31) - Charles Bronson, the Pennsylvania coal miner who drifted into films as a villain and became a hard-faced action star, notably in the popular ''Death Wish'' vengeance movies, has died. He was 81.
Bronson died Saturday of pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife at his bedside, publicist Lori Jonas said. He had been in the hospital for weeks, Jonas said.
During the height of his career, Bronson was hugely popular in Europe; the French knew him as ''le sacre monstre'' (the sacred monster), the Italians as ''Il Brutto'' (the ugly man). In 1971, he was presented a Golden Globe as ''the most popular actor in the world.''
Like Clint Eastwood, whose spaghetti westerns won him stardom, Bronson had to make European films to prove his worth as a star. He left a featured-role career in Hollywood to play leads in films made in France, Italy and Spain. His blunt manner, powerful build and air of danger made him the most popular actor in those countries.
At age 50, he returned to Hollywood a star.
In a 1971 interview, he theorized on why the journey had taken him so long:
''Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal.''
His early life gave no indication of his later fame. He was born Charles Bunchinsky on Nov. 3, 1921 - not 1922, as studio biographies claimed - in Ehrenfeld, Pa. He was the 11th of 15 children of a coal miner and his wife, both Lithuanian immigrants.
Young Charles learned the art of survival in the tough district of Scooptown, ''where you had nothing to lose because you lost it already.'' The Bunchinskys lived crowded in a shack, the children wearing hand-me-downs from older siblings. At the age of 6, Charles was embarrassed to attend school in his sister's dress.
Charles' father died when he was 10, and at 16 Charles followed his brothers into the mines. He was paid $1 per ton of coal and volunteered for perilous jobs because the pay was better. Like other toughs in Scooptown, he raised some hell and landed in jail for assault and robbery.
He might have stayed in the mines for the rest of his life except for World War II.
Drafted in 1943, he served with the Air Force in the Pacific, reportedly as a tail gunner on a B29. Having seen the outside world, he vowed not to return to the squalor of Scooptown.
He was attracted to acting not, he claimed, because of any artistic urge; he was impressed by the money movie stars could earn. He joined the Philadelphia Play and Players Troupe, painting scenery and acting a few minor roles.
At the Pasadena Playhouse school, Bronson improved his diction, supporting himself by selling Christmas cards and toys on street corners. Studio scouts saw him at the Playhouse and he was cast as a gob in the 1951 service comedy ''You're in the Navy Now'' starring Gary Cooper.
As Charles Buchinsky or Buchinski, he played supporting roles in ''Red Skies of Montana,'' ''The Marrying Kind,'' ''Pat and Mike'' (in which he fell victim to Katharine Hepburn's judo), ''The House of Wax,'' ''Jubal'' and other films. In 1954 he changed his last name, fearing reaction in the McCarthy era to Russian-sounding names.
Bronson's first starring role came in 1958 with an eight-day exploitation film, ''Machine Gun Kelly.'' He also appeared in two brief TV series, ''Man with a Camera'' (1958) and ''The Travels of Jamie McPheeters'' (1963).
His status grew with impressive performances in ''The Magnificent Seven,'' ''The Great Escape,'' ''The Battle of the Bulge,'' ''The Sandpiper'' and ''The Dirty Dozen.'' But real stardom eluded him, his rough-hewn face and brusque manner not fitting the Hollywood tradition for leading men.
Alain Delon, like many French, had admired ''Machine Gun Kelly,'' and he invited Bronson to co-star with him in a British-French film, ''Adieu, L'Ami'' (''Farewell, Friend''). It made Bronson a European favorite.
Among his films abroad was a hit spaghetti western, ''Once Upon a Time in the West.'' Finally Hollywood took notice.
Among his starring films: ''The Valachi Papers,'' ''Chato's Land,'' ''The Mechanic,'' ''Valdez,'' ''The Stone Killer,'' ''Mr. Majestyk,'' ''Breakout,'' ''Hard Times,'' ''Breakout Pass,'' ''White Buffalo,'' ''Telefon,'' ''Love and Bullets,'' ''Death Hunt,'' ''Assassination,'' ''Messenger of Death.''
The titles indicate the nature of the films: lots of action, shooting, dead bodies. They were made on medium-size budgets, but Bronson was earning $1 million a picture before it was fashionable.
His most controversial film came in 1974 with ''Death Wish.'' As an affluent, liberal architect, Bronson's life is shattered when young thugs kill his wife and rape his daughter. He vows to rid the city of such vermin, and his executions brought cheers from crime-weary audiences.
The character's vigilantism brought widespread criticism, but ''Death Wish'' became one of the big moneymakers of the year. The controversy accelerated when Bernard Goetz shot youths he thought were threatening him in a New York subway.
Bronson made three more ''Death Wish'' films, and in 1987 he defended them:
''I think they provide satisfaction for people who are victimized by crime and look in vain for authorities to protect them. But I don't think people try to imitate that kind of thing.''
Bronson could be as taciturn in interviews as he appeared on the screen. He remained aloof from the Hollywood scene, once observing, ''I have lots of friends and yet I don't have any.''
His first marriage was to Harriet Tendler, whom he met when both were fledgling actors in Philadelphia. They had two children before divorcing.
In 1966 Bronson fell in love with the lovely blonde British actress Jill Ireland, who happened to be married to British actor David McCallum. Bronson reportedly told McCallum bluntly: ''I'm going to marry your wife.''
The McCallums were divorced in 1967, and Bronson and Ireland married the following year. She co-starred in several of his films.
The Bronsons lived in a grand Bel Air mansion with seven children: two by his previous marriage, three by hers and two of their own. They also spent time in a colonial farmhouse on 260 acres in West Windsor, Vt.
Ireland lost a breast to cancer in 1984. She became a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society and wrote a bestselling book, ''Life Wish.'' She followed with ''Life Lines,'' in which she told of her struggle to rescue her 27-year-old son, Jason McCallum Bronson, from drug addiction. He died of an overdose in 1989, and she died of cancer a year later.
Bronson is survived by his wife, Kim, six children and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be private.
court-ordered chemotherapy
(August 29) - A 12-year-old boy remains in hiding with his mother while authorities in Utah battle to have him returned to undergo court-ordered chemotherapy to treat what they say is deadly bone cancer.
Daren and Barbara Jensen fled Utah with their son, Parker, on Aug. 8, after the state ordered that the cancer-stricken boy be placed in state custody so that he can receive chemotherapy.
On Aug. 15, Utah prosecutors filed kidnapping charges against the couple. Daren Jensen was arrested Aug. 16 in Idaho, where he is now fighting extradition to Utah. The whereabouts of Parker and his mother are unknown.
The story began three months ago, when Parker was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a deadly form of bone cancer. Doctors at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City said Parker needs chemotherapy, and that he has only a 5 percent chance of survival without it. A Salt Lake City court agreed, and ordered the parents to have the boy undergo the treatment.
But the boy's family disagreed. They question the accuracy of the test that led to his cancer diagnosis, said Parker's uncle, Tracy Jensen.
"Ewing's sarcoma normally appears in the bone, but Parker's was a tumor in the mouth," Jensen said. "The hospital wanted chemotherapy right away. But we wanted a second opinion. They wouldn't let us get one, and before you knew it, my brother and his family were on the run."
Rick Jaffe, the family lawyer, contends that life-and-death decisions, such as whether to undergo chemotherapy, should be made by a child's parents, not the state. The parents did allow Parker to undergo surgery to have the tumor removed, but they do not believe he needs chemotherapy at this point.
"There is no scientific evidence whatsoever that you need chemotherapy for this particular kind of basically mild cancer," Jaffe said. "All the evidence really relates to this full-blown bone involvement where you have very sick kids."
He said that the hospital and the state have interfered with the parents getting an objective second opinion to see if their belief that Parker has the mild form of the cancer is confirmed.
"They have the best intentions for Parker and want to figure out the exact treatment for this," Tracy Jensen said. "They want to sit down in an environment where they can talk about this. This is a very rare form of Ewing's sarcoma, which has manifested itself in the soft tissue in the mouth and they say it's a bone disease."
The Jensens have located a pediatric oncologist who will treat and evaluate Parker, Jaffe said.
"The problem is, we can't bring him to him, because as soon as we show up, the mother will be arrested and the child hauled off by force to Utah," the lawyer said.
He also said Parker appears healthy.
"I'm not a doctor, but he looks healthy. He looks normal," Jaffe said. "He doesn't look sick and he doesn't look like any cancer patient I have ever seen. He looks like a great normal kid with a normal energy level for a 12-year-old boy."
State Says It Wants to Protect Parker
The Utah Attorney General's Office says it is concerned about Parker's welfare, and that the state has every right to step in to protect a child.
"We are very concerned with the health of this young boy and the surrounding issues of state power vs. parental responsibility," the office said in a statement. "Parents have a natural and fundamental right to direct the medical care of their child — but if in making that decision they place the child's very life in substantial danger, the Supreme Court has determined that the State has an obligation to step in. In other words, a child has a fundamental right, independent of a parent's wishes, to live."
Tracy Jensen says the family fears that Parker will only get worse, and may even die, if he is subjected to chemotherapy.
"Chemotherapy is a horrible and painful thing to deal with, especially for a child," he said. "It may also leave him sterile and stunt his growth. We want other options. And we fear it will take him to the brink of death, and we don't want that, especially when there is no evidence that his cancer is what the doctors say it is."
Parents Barred From Hospital
The legal charges against the parents have complicated the issue, Jaffe said. If his mother tries to bring Parker to any hospital, she will be arrested, he said.
"They [the parents] are fugitives from the law and they will be handcuffed, and Parker will be taken back to Utah and undergo chemotherapy," Jaffe said.
The family would like Parker to take genetic and blood tests, Tracy Jensen said. They do not want to rush and have chemotherapy if there is no evidence the cancer is still there.
Jaffe says the best solution for everyone would be for the police to drop the charges and allow the family to return to Utah so that Parker could undergo other tests at another hospital.
Crazy carp have invaded Missouri's rivers.
ST. LOUIS (Aug. 28) - Crazy carp have invaded Missouri's rivers. Two species of nonnative carp have been jumping into boats, injuring occupants and damaging the watercraft.
A state fisheries biologist motoring near Columbia had a filling knocked out of his tooth by a high-flying fish that struck him on the side of the head. Another state biologist in the St. Charles area was seriously hurt when he was hit by a giant carp.
Brian Todd of the Missouri Department of Conservation said the big head carp and silver carp were brought to private fish hatcheries from Asia by the aquaculture industry. They were intended to eat excess algae and waste in aquaculture ponds - which grow fish for food as well as bait and tropical fish. But they escaped in floodwaters in 1993, 1995 and 2002.
``This could be an indefinite problem,'' Todd said. ``They are safe to eat, but ecologically they could damage the mussel population and are competing with native fish for food. We are going to hear more and more over the next few years about the problems these fish are causing, especially injuries to boaters and anglers.''
Todd said the carp have been spotted in many of Missouri's rivers, including throughout the Missouri River.
``The sound of a propeller under water makes these fish go crazy,'' Todd said. ``The fish don't jump if you're sitting there without the motor on, but the higher the RPMs, the greater the noise, the higher these fish jump.''
08/28/03 11:39 EDT
TOO HOT FOR ARIZONA CONVICTS
It's even hotter than usual in Phoenix, the Associated Press reports:
About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the
Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their
government-issued pink boxer shorts.
On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their
bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week
before. Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their
chests and dripped down to their pink socks.
"It feels like you are in a furnace," said James Zanzo't, an inmate who has
lived in the tents for 1 1/2 years. "It's inhumane."
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago
started making his prisoners wear pink, is not sympathetic. He said Wednesday that
he told the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are living in
tents and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths. "
KIND OF PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE DOESN'T IT?
U.S. District Court Judge William Young made the following statement in sentencing "shoe bomber" Richard Reid to prison. It is noteworthy, and deserves to be remembered far longer than he predicts. I commend it to you and to anyone you might wish to forward it to.
January 30, 2003 United States vs. Reid. Judge Young: Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.
On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General.
On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutive with the other. That's 80 years.
On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of $2 million.
The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.
The Court imposes upon you the $800 special assessment.
The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further.
This is the sentence that is provided for by our statues. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence. Let me explain this to you.
We are not afraid of any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is all too much war talk here. And I say that to everyone with the utmost respect.
Here in this court , where we deal with individuals as individuals, and care for individuals as individuals, as human beings we reach out for justice, you are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier gives you far too much stature. Whether it is the officers of government who do it or your attorney who does it, or that happens to be your view, you are a terrorist.
And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted murders.
In a very real sense Trooper Santigo had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and where the TV crews were and he said you're no big deal. You're no big deal.
What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today? I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you. But as I search this entire record it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose.
Here, in this society, the very winds carry freedom. They carry it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that everyone can see, truly see that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely.
It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed appeals, will go on in their, their representation of you before other judges. We are about it. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden, pay any price, to preserve our freedoms.
Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. Day after tomorrow it will be forgotten. But this, however, will long endure. Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American people will gather to see that justice,individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done.
The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged, and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. You know it always will.
Custody Officer. Stand him down.
How much of this Judge's comments did you hear on our TV sets?
I just ordered myself a lighted SIL mug :)
I look forward to drinking champagne from it at the Oscars.
I propose that NV/Rim Have a vote for the most loyal shareholder, that really believed in SIL and did not sell 1 share, to accompany them to the Oscars to receive an award for best documentary.
I saw a billboard today on the way to the hospital that said,
"Smile, you will increase you face value" :)
Al
Carroll Shelby Partners With Ford Motor
Company to Develop Performance Products
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carroll Shelby International, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board: CSBI - News), announced today that Carroll Shelby, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has once again partnered with the Ford Motor Company to offer his expertise to Ford Performance Group in a project to jointly develop specialty niche performance products.
Like the performance oriented Shelby Fords developed in collaboration more than 40 years ago, Ford's upcoming lineup of Shelby-influenced performance cars will offer discerning enthusiasts and consumers everything they've come to expect from a Shelby vehicle -- higher performance, better handling and unique, dynamic designs.
"Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working with several manufacturers in the development of some great automobiles," says Shelby. "But my energy and passion for performance products has always been at its peak when it involved a Ford Motor Company vehicle. I couldn't be more proud to have another opportunity to recreate history."
In the 1960s Carroll Shelby and Ford worked together on both racing and production vehicle programs, from the original Ford-powered Shelby Cobra to the Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 racing cars and the Shelby GT350 and GT500 Mustangs that kick-started the pony car craze. It was a decade of performance punctuated by Ford muscle and Shelby's engineering prowess.
Carroll Shelby, still a dominant force in the automotive industry at age 80, has recently been serving as a senior technical advisor to Ford's team developing the new Ford GT supercar, providing design and engineering support.
About Carroll Shelby International, Inc.
Carroll Shelby International, Inc. is the parent company of Shelby Automobiles and Carroll Shelby Licensing.
Shelby Automobiles Inc. is manufacturing high performance Shelby vehicles under the guidance of the legendary Carroll Shelby and will be involved in prototype manufacturing, design and engineering projects; and plans to increase production and availability of these Shelby products through an expanded dealer network and direct sales under a license agreement with Carroll Shelby Licensing Inc. For more information, call 702/325-4851 or visit the company's web site at www.shelbyautos.com.
Carroll Shelby Licensing Inc., founded in 1988, is the exclusive holder of automotive manufacturer and entrepreneur Carroll Shelby's trademarks and vehicle design rights, which include some of the world's most famous muscle cars and high-performance vehicles, including the car that brought home to the U.S. it's first and only FIA World Manufacturers Championship in 1965, the famous Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. It also holds trademark rights for Shelby-branded apparel, accessories and collectibles.
For additional information about the company or licensing opportunities, call (310) 914-1843, or fax (310) 914-1853 or write to Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc., 11150 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1050, Los Angeles, CA 90064 or visit www.carrollshelby.com.
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including,without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward- looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
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Shelby in the NEWS - USA Today and CNN Money
Excerpts from recent News Articles:
From USA Today 8/15/03 (Click Here for entire article)
Auto legend Shelby to work with Ford again
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor will partner again with automotive legend Carroll Shelby to build high-performance vehicles, 40 years after the two first joined forces to create cars like the highly collectable Shelby Mustang.
The 500-horsepower Ford GT will feature a supercharged 5.4-liter V-8 engine and a price tag of roughly $130,000. The car is modeled after the Ford GT racers that finished in the top three positions at the 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans in 1966.
"This is a bigger deal for Ford than it is for Carroll Shelby," said Jim Cox, owner of the Branson Collector Car Auction in Branson, Mo. "Anything with the Shelby name on it is going to attract attention."
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From CNN Money 8/18/03 (Click Here for entire article)
Performance legend rejoins Ford Carroll Shelby, creator of '60s Shelby Mustangs,
will work with Ford's Performance Group.
August 18, 2003: 5:15 PM EDT By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN/Money Staff Writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Performance guru Carroll Shelby and Ford Motor Co. say they're ready to do it again. Shelby, a former race car driver who became the driving force behind a series of highly collectible muscle cars and sports cars, will be offering his expertise to Ford's performance group.
Carroll Shelby at LeMans in 1967 with the Ford GT40. Ford and Shelby first worked together over 40 years ago, a partnership that created the high-powered Shelby Mustangs coveted today by muscle car collectors. Shelby already has acted as a consultant on the Ford GT, a supercar that will go on sale next year. Shelby, who turned 80 earlier this year, was a senior technical advisor to the Ford team that created the GT.
The upcoming Ford GT The first 2005 Ford GT -- only three 2004 GTs will be produced -- sold at Christie's auto auction at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California Sunday for $557,500. It had been expected to bring up to $180,000. The car will be built, to the buyer's specifications, in late 2004. Ford first hired Shelby in 1965 to help with the GT40 racecar it was designing. That car was the inspiration for the new Ford GT. The original GT won the 24-hour LeMans race in France 4 times from 1966 to 1969 and won the World Sports Car Championships in 1966 and '67.
An AC Cobra racing at Sebring in 1964.
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CONTACT
11150 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 1050
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1817 USA
310-914-1843
jluft@shelbylicensing.com
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You need to buy a snow blower instead of using that small shovel.
IMHO
Words of wisdom from the wisdomless
Just got back from seeing SIL here in Cambridge MA, (Boston).
SIL is having a great turn out especially yesterday when Bruce Brown was at the first showing.
When NV Entertainment was shining on the screen I yelled out "NEW Visual Entertainment!" I heard a few people giggle like they knew I was a fellow investor.
The water was cool
The babes were hot
The guys were funny
The waves were high
The kids were cute
The Hydrofoil surfboards were amazing.
Oh, and I bought an extra ticket = to over 27 shares of NVEI to put in a frame.
***** 5 out of 5 stars
Al
Pengy, do you know if they are going to show the old SIL trailer on TV? I don't think that the one they are running now gets you pumped. I think it would be poor judgment to just use the current one. Could it be a copyright thing?
Al
Dana Brown will here be in Cambridge, MA today at the first showing of SIL
Kendall Sq. cinema
"Iown. Oh my! LOL! This type of joke is what happens to one who is invested in NV to long. LOL!"
Well, as a share holder in NVEI, I figured If die at the current share price, I would probably be buried in debet (6 feet of unpaid statements)
Al
They must be making a fortune off that move running so long.
Huh, they pulled SIL from one of the theaters from my aria, the one at Copley Sq. I was going to have people from MIT go there to see it. oh well, maybe it will be at different ones in the aria.
You got to see this review of SIL lol
http://www.screenit.com/movies/2003/step_into_liquid.html
FRIGHTENING SCENES
It's possible that some of the scenes featuring gargantuan waves and/or some serious looking wipe out footage might be unsettling and/or suspenseful to some viewers.
There's talk of great white sharks at a surfing spot, but we never see any.
You got to see this review of SIL lol
http://www.screenit.com/movies/2003/step_into_liquid.html
FRIGHTENING SCENES
It's possible that some of the scenes featuring gargantuan waves and/or some serious looking wipe out footage might be unsettling and/or suspenseful to some viewers.
There's talk of great white sharks at a surfing spot, but we never see any.