Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

[Martin Baxter]

Wonder who'll be cast, Mr Worf...

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> I'll wait for the made for tv movie. It's already leaning in that
> direction.
>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.examiner.com/x-19726-Celebrity-Property-Examiner~y2010m7d7-Celebrity-Scandal-Man-sues-NBA-celebrity-athlete-LeBron-James-for-rights-to-claim-he-is-his-father
>>
>> TMZ says the lawsuit filed June 7 against LeBron James and his mother is
>> explosive -- and sports fans agree.
>>
>> In it, 55-year-old Leicester Bryce Stovell claims he met Lebron's mother
>> Gloria in a D.C. area bar in 1984.
>>
>> At that time, Stovell claims he had unprotected sex with her -- not
>> following a relationship but on the very night they met.
>> According to the celebrity look alike wannabe dad, she and he parted
>> company when he later found out she was 15-years-old at the time of their
>> tryst.
>>
>> OOPS.
>>
>> In case you are wondering, he was a youthful 29 (or creepy old dude
>> praying on a teen who had conned her way into an adult nightclub [while most
>> likely carrying a fake ID], depending on your attitude).
>>
>> According to the documents he filed recently in a federal court --
>> Lebron's mom Gloria has spent the rest of her life shielding LeBron and the
>> rest of the general public from the truth about his origins.
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
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>
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-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

[Martin Baxter]

rave... it took the guy this long to figure out that he MIGHT be the
babydaddy?

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
>
> http://www.examiner.com/x-19726-Celebrity-Property-Examiner~y2010m7d7-Celebrity-Scandal-Man-sues-NBA-celebrity-athlete-LeBron-James-for-rights-to-claim-he-is-his-father
>
> TMZ says the lawsuit filed June 7 against LeBron James and his mother is
> explosive -- and sports fans agree.
>
> In it, 55-year-old Leicester Bryce Stovell claims he met Lebron's mother
> Gloria in a D.C. area bar in 1984.
>
> At that time, Stovell claims he had unprotected sex with her -- not
> following a relationship but on the very night they met.
> According to the celebrity look alike wannabe dad, she and he parted
> company when he later found out she was 15-years-old at the time of their
> tryst.
>
> OOPS.
>
> In case you are wondering, he was a youthful 29 (or creepy old dude praying
> on a teen who had conned her way into an adult nightclub [while most likely
> carrying a fake ID], depending on your attitude).
>
> According to the documents he filed recently in a federal court -- Lebron's
> mom Gloria has spent the rest of her life shielding LeBron and the rest of
> the general public from the truth about his origins.
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Now This is Worth the Hype!

[Martin Baxter]

Bad enough for the governing body to have to revamp the officiating system
for the =next World Cup.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Good point, forgot about that. The officiating was pretty bad I hear...
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "B Smith" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 7:58:38 PM
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Now This is Worth the Hype!
>
>
>
>   Ghana had a real shot and bad no call kept them out of the semifinals.
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith
> Johnson  wrote:
> >
> > It's always struck me how provincial and insular we Americans are. We
> call winners of the NBA, NFL, and MLB championships "world" champions,
> although the only contestants are American, some of the sports aren't even
> followed worldwide, and there's no guarantee our best could beat teams from
> other countries consistently in say, baseball. What hubris! We argue about
> LeBron James and the significance of a move in a league that's contained in
> just our states. But this--this is truly big news! Although too bad no
> African country could hoist the trophy, though from what I'm hearing, it may
> be a few years before that might happen...
> >
> >
> > *
> >
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/07/11/world.cup.final.spain.thenetherlands/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> > (CNN) -- Spain won the World Cup for the first time as an extra-time goal
> from Andres Iniesta gave them a last-gasp 1-0 victory over the Netherlands
> in the final at Soccer City on Sunday night.
> >
> > A game littered with no less than 13 yellow cards and one red was settled
> by a moment of magic by the Barcelona midfielder after being played in by
> substitute Cesc Fabregas.
> >
> > His 116th-minute strike was the goal all Spaniards were waiting for and
> spared both sides the agony of deciding the new world champions by
> penalties.
> >
> > The goal came after the Dutch had been reduced to 10 men, after John
> Heitinga was shown the red card in the second half of extra time by referee
> Howard Webb for a foul on Iniesta.
> >
> > "It's incredible," Iniesta told gathered media in a post-match press
> conference.
> >
> > "What a joy especially when you see how we won it. There aren't the words
> to describe what I am feeling. After my goal, I thought about my family and
> all the people who I love. But the victory is the fruit of a lot of work,"
> an emotional Iniesta told reporters.
> >
> > Spain coach Vincente del Bosque was happy with his side's victory: "Today
> is a reward for beautiful football. Everyone in the dressing room is
> ecstatic," he said.
> >
>
>   
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

[Mr. Worf]

Jaden as young Lebron.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> Wonder who'll be cast, Mr Worf...
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I'll wait for the made for tv movie. It's already leaning in that
>> direction.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.examiner.com/x-19726-Celebrity-Property-Examiner~y2010m7d7-Celebrity-Scandal-Man-sues-NBA-celebrity-athlete-LeBron-James-for-rights-to-claim-he-is-his-father
>>>
>>> TMZ says the lawsuit filed June 7 against LeBron James and his mother is
>>> explosive -- and sports fans agree.
>>>
>>> In it, 55-year-old Leicester Bryce Stovell claims he met Lebron's mother
>>> Gloria in a D.C. area bar in 1984.
>>>
>>> At that time, Stovell claims he had unprotected sex with her -- not
>>> following a relationship but on the very night they met.
>>> According to the celebrity look alike wannabe dad, she and he parted
>>> company when he later found out she was 15-years-old at the time of their
>>> tryst.
>>>
>>> OOPS.
>>>
>>> In case you are wondering, he was a youthful 29 (or creepy old dude
>>> praying on a teen who had conned her way into an adult nightclub [while most
>>> likely carrying a fake ID], depending on your attitude).
>>>
>>> According to the documents he filed recently in a federal court --
>>> Lebron's mom Gloria has spent the rest of her life shielding LeBron and the
>>> rest of the general public from the truth about his origins.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
>>>
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo!
>>> Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 




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Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] Spoiler--Anyone notice the inaccuracy in the Predators trailer?

[Martin Baxter]

Reboot, Angela. All of the previous rules are probably out the window.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:07 PM, angelababycat wrote:

>
>
> Per usual, I saw Predators early Friday afternoon (in a theater with 100
> guys and maybe 6 other chics--I should have dressed nicer, LOL!).
>
> Anyway,there's really not much to discuss about this installment--if you're
> a Predators follower, you'll just go see it and then move on with your life.
> But one thing that really, really irritated me: the movie trailer includes a
> clip in which the Brody character has the 3-red-dot lights from a dozen
> Predator gus on him, suggesting that at some point he and the crew will be
> up against 12+ Predators at once. But in the actual movie, that same sence
> shows only ONE such site light on the center of his chest. And accordingly
> the ensuing fight is with one Predator. Plus, it's revealed earlier in the
> movie that Predators only hunt in groups of 3 anyway. So I feel mislead
> about the scale of the confrontation we were going to see in the movie.
> Maybe that's one reason the 2nd half of the movie was so flat. We were all
> led to expect a huge battle--even if we don't remember exactly why--that
> never happens.
>
> Never underestimate people with photographic memories.
>
> Angela
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Wonder Woman International pictures

[Martin Baxter]

I suddenly find myself on the Katie Holmes for WW Fan List, that sitch
portrayed ignored.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Wonder Woman International pictures Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest -
> 25 image entries
> [image: Wonder Woman 
> International]
>
> *Contest Directions:*  America's darling Wonder Woman will be turning 70
> next year, so DC Comics (the creators of Wonder Woman) gave her a new 
> look,
> reasoning that "no woman would wear the same outfit for 70 years". However,
> the "new" Wonder Woman caused a lot of anger among the fans of the beloved
> comics character. According to many fans, the Wonder Woman's new costume
> shows the American submission to the evils of globalization, the costume
> lost the American red, white and blue, and became anti-American. One of the
> bloggers said "We've just lost a part of our culture. Wonder Woman is no
> longer American..."
> * The new version of Wonder Woman released by DC Comics caused a lot of
> anger, for being non-American. But it's only fair that every nation should
> get their own Wonder Woman who protects the nation by dodging bullets with
> her bracelets, fighting terrorists, and bringing bad guys to justice. Take
> any country and design its own version of Wonder Woman - German Wonder
> Woman, Russian Wonder Woman, Canadian Wonder Woman, etc. *
> [ browse best gallery 
> pictures]
>  [ browse
> this contest gallery in high 
> resolution]
>  Tag funny pix
> wonder 
> woman 
> international
> Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 , 4th place: $1
> Started: 7/6/2010 11:15:00 AM, Ended: 7/9/2010 5:00:00 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *25 Contest Pictures*Page 
> 1
> 2
> 3-
>  View
> All
>
>
>
> [image: Lasso of Truth 
> pictures]
> *Lasso of Truth
> *
> picture  by
> AZRainman
>
> *Wonder Woman at 
> home
> * [image: Wonder Woman at home 
> pictures]
>
> picture by
> funkwood
>
> *Italian Wonder 
> Woman
> *[image: Italian Wonder Woman 
> pictures]
>Please view full
> picture by
> rwpike
>
> *Geisha Power
> *[image: Geisha Power 
> pictures]
>source 
> picture  by
> SidKain
>  [image:
> wood]
>
> *I-Wonder Woman
> *[image: I-Wonder Woman 
> pictures]
>Source
> I-Raq,I-Ran,I-Whatever,I-Wonder
>
> picture  by
> ChipMcFarlane
>
> *WONDER KIM 
> *[image:
> WONDER KIM 
> pictures]
>SOURCE 
>
>
> picture  by
> StephenJClifford
>
> *Spanish Wonder 
> Woman
> *[image:

Re: [scifinoir2] What is the most anticipated trailer ,comic book or item at Comic Con?

[Martin Baxter]

George, all the buzz I'm hearing is for Scott Pilgrim.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:11 AM, George Arterberry <
brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> Just asking
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

[Martin Baxter]

DEFINITELY not an urban setting. At any given moment, 50,000 people tying to
take to the skies=at least 100 crashes.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> There is that little town in Florida that is small plane friendly. I think
> John Travolta owns a house there. Taking off from the street wouldn't be
> illegal there. I could see that working in some areas or more rural areas
> but not in a urban setting.
>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/09/ridiculous-looking-f.html
>>>
>>> Next year, those of you with a sport pilot license and $194,000 to burn
>>> will be able to buy an honest-to-Doc-Brown flying car. Take-off requires a
>>> mere 1/3 of a mile runway, which Popular Science says means you could use
>>> your street as an airstrip—but I suspect that may be illegal.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Tesla May Get Some Company: The Supercar Goes Electric

[Martin Baxter]

I'm impressed.

But the Veyron still owns the better part of me.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Tesla May Get Some Company: The Supercar Goes Electric
>
> *CHARGE!* SLS AMG E-Cell has an electric motor powering each of the
> wheels. More Photos 
> »
>  By LAWRENCE ULRICH Published: July 8, 2010
>
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> INTRODUCED in New York in 1954, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL was a stunningly
> advanced machine, the first production car to trade a carburetor for fuel
> injection.
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>  11, 2010)
>
>   Now, with the SLS AMG echoing the style of that original gullwing sports
> car, Mercedes may produce an electric version that could give the company
> environmental bragging rights. Mercedes is testing the prototype SLS AMG
> E-Cell, in which the standard model’s 563-horsepower gasoline V-8 has been
> replaced with four electric motors, one powering each wheel, that spool up
> 535 horsepower and 649 pound-feet of peak torque.
>
> Mercedes estimates a 0-to-60 time of four seconds flat for the electric
> SLS, just a few tenths slower than the gasoline version. Power is stored in
> a liquid-cooled 
> lithium-ion
> battery; brakes capture energy and return it to the battery.
>
> Ola Kallenius, chairman of Mercedes’s AMG high-performance division, said
> the company was considering a small production run for the SLS E-Cell.
>
> At a recent presentation for the car in Norway, a retired Formula 
> Oneracer,
>  David Coulthard, tested the E-Cell on an airstrip and public roads.
> His drive and commentary were documented on Web video. “My first experience
> of an electric 
> car,”
> Mr. Coulthard said, emerging from the E-Cell with a grin. “You will not
> believe the performance.”
>
> The E-Cell, along with cars like the new S400 hybrid sedan, shows Mercedes
> shifting more of its renowned technical resources toward increasing fuel
> economy and developing alternative propulsion systems. Mercedes, which has
> paid more than $300 million in federal fines since 1983 for falling short of
> fuel-economy standards — thanks largely to its fuel-sucking AMG models — has
> vowed to improve mileage and avoid the fines.
>
> Mercedes has not disclosed a potential price, driving range or top speed
> for the E-Cell, though the basics are easily surmised: it is likely to cost
> more than the gas model, with much less range and a lower top speed —
> perhaps 120 miles per hour instead of 197.
>
> Audi may beat Mercedes to market: its E-tron, with an estimated 313
> horsepower and a driving range beyond 150 miles, goes on sale in about two
> years. For now, the $110,000 Tesla Roadster remains the market’s only
> high-

Re: [scifinoir2] Monster wrestling

[Martin Baxter]

Give them an hour to notice.

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> I'm hoping that it catches on and ends up on syfy.
>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Tracy Curtis wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I hope to get to one of these soon.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Last week or so there was a post where I mentioned the monster wrestling
>>> matches. Now the monster battles are on tour. Check them out here:
>>> http://www.kaiju.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Consumer Group Sniffs Congresswoman's Open Wi-Fi

[Martin Baxter]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Martin Baxter 
Date: Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Subject: Consumer Group Sniffs Congresswoman's Open Wi-Fi
To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com


Holy hacking, Batman!

===

Consumer Group Sniffs Congresswoman’s Open Wi-Fi

   - By David Kravets
[image:
   Email Author] 
   - July 9, 2010  |
   - 1:37 pm  |
   - Categories:
Surveillance,
   privacy 
   -

 We’re
not sure what’s more humorous: That California Rep. Jane Harman, the ranking
member of the House Intelligence Committee, maintains two unencrypted Wi-Fi
networks at her residence, or that a consumer group sniffed her unsecured
traffic in a bid to convince lawmakers to hold hearings about Google.

A representative for Consumer
Watchdog—
a group largely funded by legal fees, the Rose Foundation, Streisand
Foundation, Tides Foundation and others — parked outside Harman’s and other
lawmakers’ Washington-area residences to determine whether they had
unsecured Wi-Fi networks that might have been sniffed by Google as part of
the internet giant’s Street View and Google Maps program.

The group wants the House Energy and Commerce Committee, of which Harman is
also a member, to haul Google executives before it, so they can publicly
explain why, for three years, Google was downloading data packets from
unencrypted Wi-Fi networks in neighborhoods in dozens of countries. Google
has repeatedly said it didn’t realize it was storing snippets of payload
data on unsecured Wi-Fi networks, until German privacy authorities began
questioning what data Google was collecting.


More at:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/congresswoman-wifi-sniffed/


-- 
"Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."

(About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

[George Arterberry]

I'm from DC and was in college in 84 and want to know the name of this "bar". 





From: Martin Baxter 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 1:13:53 PM
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

  
rave... it took the guy this long to figure out that he MIGHT be the babydaddy?


On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:

  
>http://www.examiner.com/x-19726-Celebrity-Property-Examiner%7Ey2010m7d7-Celebrity-Scandal-Man-sues-NBA-celebrity-athlete-LeBron-James-for-rights-to-claim-he-is-his-father
>
>
>TMZ says the lawsuit filed June 7 against LeBron James and his mother is 
>explosive -- and sports fans agree.
>
>In it, 55-year-old Leicester Bryce Stovell claims he met Lebron's mother 
>Gloria 
>in a D.C. area bar in 1984.
>
>At that time, Stovell claims he had unprotected sex with her -- not following 
>a 
>relationship but on the very night they met.
>According to the celebrity look alike wannabe dad, she and he parted company 
>when he later found out she was 15-years-old at the time of their tryst. 
>
>
>OOPS.
>
>In case you are wondering, he was a youthful 29 (or creepy old dude praying on 
>a 
>teen who had conned her way into an adult nightclub [while most likely 
>carrying 
>a fake ID], depending on your attitude).
>
>According to the documents he filed recently in a federal court -- Lebron's 
>mom 
>Gloria has spent the rest of her life shielding LeBron and the rest of the 
>general public from the truth about his origins.
>
>


-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell 
wrote 
the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik




  

Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

[Tracy Curtis]

How is it that he can sue them for never mentioning him?  I noticed that he
waited until LJ became too old to receive back child support.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:50 AM, George Arterberry <
brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> I'm from DC and was in college in 84 and want to know the name of this
> "bar".
>
>  --
> *From:* Martin Baxter 
> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Mon, July 12, 2010 1:13:53 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama
>
>
>
> rave... it took the guy this long to figure out that he MIGHT be the
> babydaddy?
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Kelwyn  com
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.examiner.com/x-19726-Celebrity-Property-Examiner%7Ey2010m7d7-Celebrity-Scandal-Man-sues-NBA-celebrity-athlete-LeBron-James-for-rights-to-claim-he-is-his-father
>>
>>
>> TMZ says the lawsuit filed June 7 against LeBron James and his mother is
>> explosive -- and sports fans agree.
>>
>> In it, 55-year-old Leicester Bryce Stovell claims he met Lebron's mother
>> Gloria in a D.C. area bar in 1984.
>>
>> At that time, Stovell claims he had unprotected sex with her -- not
>> following a relationship but on the very night they met.
>> According to the celebrity look alike wannabe dad, she and he parted
>> company when he later found out she was 15-years-old at the time of their
>> tryst.
>>
>> OOPS.
>>
>> In case you are wondering, he was a youthful 29 (or creepy old dude
>> praying on a teen who had conned her way into an adult nightclub [while most
>> likely carrying a fake ID], depending on your attitude).
>>
>> According to the documents he filed recently in a federal court --
>> Lebron's mom Gloria has spent the rest of her life shielding LeBron and the
>> rest of the general public from the truth about his origins.
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube. com/watch? 
> v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>  
>

[scifinoir2] James Mink Story

[Kelwyn]

This morning I saw this movie "Captive Heart: the James Mink Story" starring 
Lou Gossett, Kate Nelligan, Michael Jai White and Ruby Dee.  It is an amazing 
mind screw about how twisted is slavery and its legacy.

An escaped slave, James Mink runs away to Canada where he becomes a wealthy and 
influential man.  He marries a white woman, has a bi-racial child and, because 
he doesn't want to sully his daughter by having her marry a black man he offers 
a huge dowry to any respectable white man who will marry her.  

He finds one but the man turns out to be a vicious slave trader who gang rapes 
his daughter before selling her into slavery back in the American south. 

Posing as his wife's slave, Mink eventually rescues his daughter, several other 
slaves and the black man, a slave, she has fallen in love with.

Mink's actions to save his daughter are bold and heroic but since was his 
self-hate and knuckleheadism that led to his daughter's servitude in the first 
place I am deeply conflicted about adding him to 
http://theworldebon.blogspot.com

Re: [scifinoir2] James Mink Story

[Tracy Curtis]

Is this movie airing again?

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> This morning I saw this movie "Captive Heart: the James Mink Story"
> starring Lou Gossett, Kate Nelligan, Michael Jai White and Ruby Dee. It is
> an amazing mind screw about how twisted is slavery and its legacy.
>
> An escaped slave, James Mink runs away to Canada where he becomes a wealthy
> and influential man. He marries a white woman, has a bi-racial child and,
> because he doesn't want to sully his daughter by having her marry a black
> man he offers a huge dowry to any respectable white man who will marry her.
>
> He finds one but the man turns out to be a vicious slave trader who gang
> rapes his daughter before selling her into slavery back in the American
> south.
>
> Posing as his wife's slave, Mink eventually rescues his daughter, several
> other slaves and the black man, a slave, she has fallen in love with.
>
> Mink's actions to save his daughter are bold and heroic but since was his
> self-hate and knuckleheadism that led to his daughter's servitude in the
> first place I am deeply conflicted about adding him to
> http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
>
>  
>

Re: [scifinoir2] James Mink Story

[Martin Baxter]

Don't think I'd add him, rave. You don't get props for bringing trauma on
those you care for in my book. And I'm seconding Tracy on her question.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> This morning I saw this movie "Captive Heart: the James Mink Story"
> starring Lou Gossett, Kate Nelligan, Michael Jai White and Ruby Dee. It is
> an amazing mind screw about how twisted is slavery and its legacy.
>
> An escaped slave, James Mink runs away to Canada where he becomes a wealthy
> and influential man. He marries a white woman, has a bi-racial child and,
> because he doesn't want to sully his daughter by having her marry a black
> man he offers a huge dowry to any respectable white man who will marry her.
>
> He finds one but the man turns out to be a vicious slave trader who gang
> rapes his daughter before selling her into slavery back in the American
> south.
>
> Posing as his wife's slave, Mink eventually rescues his daughter, several
> other slaves and the black man, a slave, she has fallen in love with.
>
> Mink's actions to save his daughter are bold and heroic but since was his
> self-hate and knuckleheadism that led to his daughter's servitude in the
> first place I am deeply conflicted about adding him to
> http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama

[Martin Baxter]

There is that too, Tracy, conveniently not noticing until the statute of
limitations was past. And I don't grasp the grounds of his suit, unless he's
simply hoping that he draws the Dumbest Jury Pool Ever when this case comes
up.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Tracy Curtis  wrote:

>
>
> How is it that he can sue them for never mentioning him?  I noticed that he
> waited until LJ became too old to receive back child support.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:50 AM, George Arterberry <
> brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I'm from DC and was in college in 84 and want to know the name of this
>> "bar".
>>
>>  --
>> *From:* Martin Baxter 
>> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>> *Sent:* Mon, July 12, 2010 1:13:53 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] LeBron's crazy daddy drama
>>
>>
>>
>> rave... it took the guy this long to figure out that he MIGHT be the
>> babydaddy?
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Kelwyn > com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.examiner.com/x-19726-Celebrity-Property-Examiner%7Ey2010m7d7-Celebrity-Scandal-Man-sues-NBA-celebrity-athlete-LeBron-James-for-rights-to-claim-he-is-his-father
>>>
>>>
>>> TMZ says the lawsuit filed June 7 against LeBron James and his mother is
>>> explosive -- and sports fans agree.
>>>
>>> In it, 55-year-old Leicester Bryce Stovell claims he met Lebron's mother
>>> Gloria in a D.C. area bar in 1984.
>>>
>>> At that time, Stovell claims he had unprotected sex with her -- not
>>> following a relationship but on the very night they met.
>>> According to the celebrity look alike wannabe dad, she and he parted
>>> company when he later found out she was 15-years-old at the time of their
>>> tryst.
>>>
>>> OOPS.
>>>
>>> In case you are wondering, he was a youthful 29 (or creepy old dude
>>> praying on a teen who had conned her way into an adult nightclub [while most
>>> likely carrying a fake ID], depending on your attitude).
>>>
>>> According to the documents he filed recently in a federal court --
>>> Lebron's mom Gloria has spent the rest of her life shielding LeBron and the
>>> rest of the general public from the truth about his origins.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube. com/watch? 
>> v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] Re: Spoiler--Anyone notice the inaccuracy in the Predators trailer?

[B Smith]

I wonder if that scene in the trailer was a call back to Predator 2? After 
Danny Glover manages to beat his Predator something similar happened to him.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter  wrote:
>
> Reboot, Angela. All of the previous rules are probably out the window.
> 
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:07 PM, angelababycat wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Per usual, I saw Predators early Friday afternoon (in a theater with 100
> > guys and maybe 6 other chics--I should have dressed nicer, LOL!).
> >
> > Anyway,there's really not much to discuss about this installment--if you're
> > a Predators follower, you'll just go see it and then move on with your life.
> > But one thing that really, really irritated me: the movie trailer includes a
> > clip in which the Brody character has the 3-red-dot lights from a dozen
> > Predator gus on him, suggesting that at some point he and the crew will be
> > up against 12+ Predators at once. But in the actual movie, that same sence
> > shows only ONE such site light on the center of his chest. And accordingly
> > the ensuing fight is with one Predator. Plus, it's revealed earlier in the
> > movie that Predators only hunt in groups of 3 anyway. So I feel mislead
> > about the scale of the confrontation we were going to see in the movie.
> > Maybe that's one reason the 2nd half of the movie was so flat. We were all
> > led to expect a huge battle--even if we don't remember exactly why--that
> > never happens.
> >
> > Never underestimate people with photographic memories.
> >
> > Angela
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>

[scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman

[Mr. Worf]

Census discovers 157-year-old woman
 June 08, 2010 09:28:55 AM
 [image: Bookmark and Share] 
 Estimates of the size and composition of Indonesia's booming population may
remain just that despite an ongoing census, if the "discovery" of a
157-year-old woman is anything to go by.

Census officials have said they believe the woman's claims to have been born
in 1853, when Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata debuted in Venice, the Crimean
War erupted and San Francisco got its first street signs at intersections.

"There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements
and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult
to doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said.

The only person verified to have lived past 120 years of age was Frenchwoman
Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.

South Sumatran villager Turinah would be fully 25 years older than Calment
when she died, according to officials.

Even more incredible, she still works around the house and has smoked clove
cigarettes all her life, Mr Sardjono said.

"Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no
hearing problems. She speaks Dutch quite fluently," he added. Indonesia was
a Dutch colony for hundreds of years until 1945.

He said Turinah burnt all her identification documents to avoid being linked
to an alleged communist coup in 1965.

Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country with a population of
about 240 million people.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the census results will be
important for future governance.

http://www.fijilive.com/news/2010/06/08/26184.Fijilive




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

[scifinoir2] Where Are They Now - Project Greenlight Winners

[Mr. Worf]

 Where Are They Now - Project Greenlight
Winners
Posted by Jellio 
 2 
Comments

[image: PGFinal.jpg]

I'm not sure what made me think of Project
Greenlight,
recently. Was it last week's opening of the Tribeca Film
Festivalthat made me think of
the HBO competition from a few years back? Or maybe it
was the sudden reemergence of Ben Affleck, in films like State of Play, and
Extract  (which looks pretty
funny). Or maybe it was the Matt Damon
cameoduring Finding
Forrester (he does alot of those).

Oh well, whatever it was, now that I've got it in my head, I'll have to look
all over the Internet, or at least
Wikipedia,
to find out if the winners ever went on to bigger and better things.

*Season One - Stolen Summer*
[image: StolenSummerFinal.jpg]
*Description:* In its premiere season, Project Greenlight producers received
7,000 screenplays, with the top prize going to filmmaker *Pete Jones
*for Stolen
Summer , the story of a Catholic
boy who tries to convert his terminally ill Jewish friend (Wow...can you
believe it only made $134,000) The HBO behind-the-scenes series focused on
the day-to-day struggles of a director who was clearly over his head, and
the hilarious confrontations that followed.
*Cast:* Aidan Quinn, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin Pollak, Brian Dennehy
*Where Is He Now?* After Stolen Summer, Jones wrote, directed and starred in
Outing Riley , the story of a
regular Joe who comes out to his drinking buddies. The film was praised by
the Gay and Lesbian Alliance, but didn't get much traction beyond that. But
in 2005, Jones wrote Hall Pass , the
story of man whose wife gives him permission to sleep around (sounds
believable), and it was actually
purchasedby
the Farrelly Brothers. He also had a role in My
Big Fat Independent Movie , but
I'm sure he wants to forget that. He's probably hoping the Farrellys finally
decide to make Hall Pass their next Something About Mary.


*Season Two - The Battle of Shaker Heights*
[image: ShakerHeightsFinal.jpg]
*Description:* In season two, the competition was split into writing and
directing categories, presumably to foster some good fight scenes between
the directors, and writer whose work they were butchering. *Erica Beeney *won
the writing competition with The Battle of Shaker
Heights,
and *Kyle Rankin *and *Efram Potelle *were chosen to direct. As I think
back, the one thing I remember most about this season was continually
asking, "Shia who?" I don't say that anymore.
*Cast:* Shia LaBeouf, Amy Smart, Kathleen Quinlan, William Sadler
*Where Are They Now?* Kyle Rankin and Efram Potelle's production
company, Newborn
Pictures  went on to produce classics like InSex
and a web series called HellHoles,
the story of a hapless drifter who buys a new home for a dollar, only to
discover he's purchased a portal to Hell (I don't know about you, but I
think I have to see this flick). And the only thing I can find on writer Erica
Beeneyis
that she worked on some television pilots, including Ice Road
Truckers.
(Please insert "long cold rode to stardom" joke here)


*Season Three - Feast*
[image: FeastFinal.jpg]
*Description:* HBO gives up on its baby, and Bravo picks up the third and
final season. To spice things up, they focused the competition on the horror
genre, and brought on Wes Craven to add some slasher cred. The selected
screenplay, Feast  was written
by *Marcus Dunstan *and *Patrick Melton*, and the director was *John Gulager
*. If you don't remember John Gulager, he was this really soft-spoken dude,
who walked around like he was amazed that he actually won the thing. But as
it turned out, Feast was probably the most succesful of all three films.
*Cast:* Krista Allen, Balthazar Getty, Judah Friedlander, Clu Gulager
(winner's dad), Henry Rollins
*Where Are They Now?* Well it looks like Feast actually made some money,
because Live Planet made Feast Two: Sloppy
Seconds,
and Feast Three: Happy Finish. As for the winners, writers Marcus Dunstan
and Patrick Melton  continued
to do we

[scifinoir2] Consumer Reports will not recommend Apple iPhone 4

[Mr. Worf]

Consumer Reports will not recommend Apple iPhone 4

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   [image: A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue
in New York, in this June 24, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files]

A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York,
in this June 24, 2010 file photo.

Credit: Reuters/Eric Thayer/Files

SAN FRANCISCO | Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:01pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Consumer Reports said it cannot recommend Apple's
iPhone 4 to buyers after tests confirmed the device's well-publicized
reception glitches.

It added that that AT&T Inc, the exclusive mobile phone carrier for the
iPhone 4, was not necessarily the main culprit.

The influential nonprofit organization, which publishes guides on everything
from cars to TVs, said in a report released on Monday that it also tested
other phones -- including the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre -- and found none had
the signal-loss problems of Apple's latest iPhone.

The report was the latest blow to the iPhone 4, which sold 1.7 million units
in its first three days on the market but has been plagued by complaints of
poor reception. Many of the complaints involve a wraparound antenna whose
signal strength is said to be affected if touched in a certain way.

Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu said he was surprised by the stance that
Consumer Reports took on the new iPhone. Wu noted that the group's
recommendations are used as a guide by many consumers.

"Consumer reports is a respected publication. This could have an impact on
iPhone sales," Wu said.

Apple shares were down 1 percent at $257.06 on Monday afternoon on the
Nasdaq.

The company has been sued by iPhone customers in at least three complaints
related to antenna problems.

"When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side --
an easy thing, especially for lefties -- the signal can significantly
degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in
an area with a weak signal," contributor Mike Gikas said in a report on the
Consumer Reports website.

"Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple that the iPhone
4's signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty
software that 'mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given
signal strength,'" Gikas said.

Apple did not respond to a request for comment.

Gikas recommended covering the gap in the wraparound antenna with duct tape
or some other non-conductive material.

Apple has said almost any cellphone will suffer a loss of signal if held in
certain ways. It said later it had discovered a software glitch that
overstates signal strength, though it did not directly address concerns
about the antenna with that admission.

On the flip side, Consumer Reports said the iPhone scored high on other
testing grounds such as battery life, sharp display and high-quality video
camera.

However, Gikas said the signal problem was the reason the iPhone 4 would not
be classified as a "recommended" device in its smartphone ratings.

"Apple needs to come out with a permanent -- and free -- fix to the antenna
problem before we can recommend the iPhone4," said Gikas in his blog post on
ConsumerReports.org.

(Reporting by Carolina Madrid and Gabriel
Madway;
Editing by Edwin Chan, Matthew
Lewisand
Steve Orlofsky)


-- 
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Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] James Mink Story

[Mr. Worf]

 Here's more on the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115826/

You can watch the whole movie on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41uFQRQguX0

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Tracy Curtis  wrote:

>
>
> Is this movie airing again?
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This morning I saw this movie "Captive Heart: the James Mink Story"
>> starring Lou Gossett, Kate Nelligan, Michael Jai White and Ruby Dee. It is
>> an amazing mind screw about how twisted is slavery and its legacy.
>>
>> An escaped slave, James Mink runs away to Canada where he becomes a
>> wealthy and influential man. He marries a white woman, has a bi-racial child
>> and, because he doesn't want to sully his daughter by having her marry a
>> black man he offers a huge dowry to any respectable white man who will marry
>> her.
>>
>> He finds one but the man turns out to be a vicious slave trader who gang
>> rapes his daughter before selling her into slavery back in the American
>> south.
>>
>> Posing as his wife's slave, Mink eventually rescues his daughter, several
>> other slaves and the black man, a slave, she has fallen in love with.
>>
>> Mink's actions to save his daughter are bold and heroic but since was his
>> self-hate and knuckleheadism that led to his daughter's servitude in the
>> first place I am deeply conflicted about adding him to
>> http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>
>
> 




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] James Mink Story

[Martin Baxter]

Thanks, Mr Worf. I'll hang onto this.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
>  Here's more on the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115826/
>
> You can watch the whole movie on youtube:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41uFQRQguX0
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Tracy Curtis wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Is this movie airing again?
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This morning I saw this movie "Captive Heart: the James Mink Story"
>>> starring Lou Gossett, Kate Nelligan, Michael Jai White and Ruby Dee. It is
>>> an amazing mind screw about how twisted is slavery and its legacy.
>>>
>>> An escaped slave, James Mink runs away to Canada where he becomes a
>>> wealthy and influential man. He marries a white woman, has a bi-racial child
>>> and, because he doesn't want to sully his daughter by having her marry a
>>> black man he offers a huge dowry to any respectable white man who will marry
>>> her.
>>>
>>> He finds one but the man turns out to be a vicious slave trader who gang
>>> rapes his daughter before selling her into slavery back in the American
>>> south.
>>>
>>> Posing as his wife's slave, Mink eventually rescues his daughter, several
>>> other slaves and the black man, a slave, she has fallen in love with.
>>>
>>> Mink's actions to save his daughter are bold and heroic but since was his
>>> self-hate and knuckleheadism that led to his daughter's servitude in the
>>> first place I am deeply conflicted about adding him to
>>> http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Consumer Reports will not recommend Apple iPhone 4

[Martin Baxter]

Won't stop the masses from buying, unfortunately.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Consumer Reports will not recommend Apple iPhone 4
>
>-
>- [image: Digg] Digg This
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>- [image: LinkedIn]Share on LinkedIn
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>
>Related News
>
>- Analysis: AT&T shares look cheap compared with 
> Verizon's
>Fri, Jul 9 2010
>- AT&T, Alcatel Lucent find glitch affecting iPhone 
> 4
>Wed, Jul 7 2010
>- UPDATE 3-Apple says iPhones overstate signal 
> strength
>Fri, Jul 2 2010
>- Consumers sue Apple over iPhone antenna 
> problems
>Thu, Jul 1 2010
>- Passengers sue to block UAL/Continental 
> merger
>Tue, Jun 29 2010
>
>   Related Topics
>
>- Technology » 
>- ipad » 
>- Hot Stocks » 
>- Asian Markets » 
>- Media » 
>- Regulatory News » 
>
>  [image: A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue
> in New York, in this June 24, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files]
>
> A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York,
> in this June 24, 2010 file photo.
>
> Credit: Reuters/Eric Thayer/Files
>
> SAN FRANCISCO | Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:01pm EDT
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Consumer Reports said it cannot recommend
> Apple's iPhone 4 to buyers after tests confirmed the device's
> well-publicized reception glitches.
>
> It added that that AT&T Inc, the exclusive mobile phone carrier for the
> iPhone 4, was not necessarily the main culprit.
>
> The influential nonprofit organization, which publishes guides on
> everything from cars to TVs, said in a report released on Monday that it
> also tested other phones -- including the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre -- and
> found none had the signal-loss problems of Apple's latest iPhone.
>
> The report was the latest blow to the iPhone 4, which sold 1.7 million
> units in its first three days on the market but has been plagued by
> complaints of poor reception. Many of the complaints involve a wraparound
> antenna whose signal strength is said to be affected if touched in a certain
> way.
>
> Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu said he was surprised by the stance that
> Consumer Reports took on the new iPhone. Wu noted that the group's
> recommendations are used as a guide by many consumers.
>
> "Consumer reports is a respected publication. This could have an impact on
> iPhone sales," Wu said.
>
> Apple shares were down 1 percent at $257.06 on Monday afternoon on the
> Nasdaq.
>
> The company has been sued by iPhone customers in at least three complaints
> related to antenna problems.
>
> "When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side --
> an easy thing, especially for lefties -- the signal can significantly
> degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in
> an area with a weak signal," contributor Mike Gikas said in a report on the
> Consumer Reports website.
>
> "Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple that the iPhone
> 4's signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty
> software that 'mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given
> signal strength,'" Gikas said.
>
> Apple did not respond to a request for comment.
>
> Gikas recommended covering the gap in the wraparound antenna with duct tape
> or some other non-conductive material.
>
> Apple has said almost any cellphone will suffer a loss of signal if held in
> certain ways. It said later it had discovered a software glitch that
> overstates signal strength, though it did not directly address concerns
> about the antenna with that admission.
>
> On the flip side, Consumer Reports said the iPhone scored high on other
> testing grounds such as battery life, sharp display and high-quality video
> camera.
>
> However, Gikas said the signal problem was the reason the iPhone 4 would
> not be classified as a "recommended" device in its smartphone ratings.
>
> "Apple needs to come out with a permanent -- and free -- fix to the antenna
> problem before we can recommend the iPhone4," said Gikas in his blog post on
> ConsumerReports.org.
>
> (Reporting by Carolina Madrid and Gabriel 
> Madway;
> Editing by Edwin Chan, Matthew 
> Lewisand
>  Steve Orlofsky)
>
>
> -

Re: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman

[Martin Baxter]

So... I screwed up by not smoking. That's just wrong...

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Census discovers 157-year-old woman
>  June 08, 2010 09:28:55 AM
>  [image: Bookmark and Share] 
>  Estimates of the size and composition of Indonesia's booming population
> may remain just that despite an ongoing census, if the "discovery" of a
> 157-year-old woman is anything to go by.
>
> Census officials have said they believe the woman's claims to have been
> born in 1853, when Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata debuted in Venice, the
> Crimean War erupted and San Francisco got its first street signs at
> intersections.
>
> "There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements
> and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult
> to doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said.
>
> The only person verified to have lived past 120 years of age was
> Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.
>
> South Sumatran villager Turinah would be fully 25 years older than Calment
> when she died, according to officials.
>
> Even more incredible, she still works around the house and has smoked clove
> cigarettes all her life, Mr Sardjono said.
>
> "Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no
> hearing problems. She speaks Dutch quite fluently," he added. Indonesia was
> a Dutch colony for hundreds of years until 1945.
>
> He said Turinah burnt all her identification documents to avoid being
> linked to an alleged communist coup in 1965.
>
> Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country with a population of
> about 240 million people.
>
> President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the census results will be
> important for future governance.
>
> http://www.fijilive.com/news/2010/06/08/26184.Fijilive
>
>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Spoiler--Anyone notice the inaccuracy in the Predators trailer?

[Martin Baxter]

Can't say, B. I have yet to make it to the end of that one, as I usually end
up running away screaming.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:35 PM, B Smith  wrote:

>
>
> I wonder if that scene in the trailer was a call back to Predator 2? After
> Danny Glover manages to beat his Predator something similar happened to him.
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin
> Baxter  wrote:
> >
> > Reboot, Angela. All of the previous rules are probably out the window.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:07 PM, angelababycat wrote:
>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Per usual, I saw Predators early Friday afternoon (in a theater with
> 100
> > > guys and maybe 6 other chics--I should have dressed nicer, LOL!).
> > >
> > > Anyway,there's really not much to discuss about this installment--if
> you're
> > > a Predators follower, you'll just go see it and then move on with your
> life.
> > > But one thing that really, really irritated me: the movie trailer
> includes a
> > > clip in which the Brody character has the 3-red-dot lights from a dozen
> > > Predator gus on him, suggesting that at some point he and the crew will
> be
> > > up against 12+ Predators at once. But in the actual movie, that same
> sence
> > > shows only ONE such site light on the center of his chest. And
> accordingly
> > > the ensuing fight is with one Predator. Plus, it's revealed earlier in
> the
> > > movie that Predators only hunt in groups of 3 anyway. So I feel mislead
> > > about the scale of the confrontation we were going to see in the movie.
> > > Maybe that's one reason the 2nd half of the movie was so flat. We were
> all
> > > led to expect a huge battle--even if we don't remember exactly
> why--that
> > > never happens.
> > >
> > > Never underestimate people with photographic memories.
> > >
> > > Angela
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
> hell
> > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
> >
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman

[Keith Johnson]

Are there any dating methods such as the famous Carbon-14 dating that would 
pinpoint age that's so relatively young? Typically archaelogists and scientists 
are dating things that are hundreds, thousands, even millions of years old, so 
an accuracy of a few decades isn't needed. I was wondering if something like 
C-14 dating would work on her. Of course, they'd have to remove a bit of bone 
and let it "die" to do that test, which ain't cool! Just wondered if there are 
any other dating methods that could be done if a small amount of her body 
tissue was removed and analyzed? 

- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 4:22:21 PM 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman 







Census discovers 157-year-old woman 


June 08, 2010 09:28:55 AM 
Bookmark and
 ShareEstimates of the size and composition of Indonesia's booming population 
may remain just that despite an ongoing census, if the "discovery" of a 
157-year-old woman is anything to go by. 

Census officials have said they believe the woman's claims to have been born in 
1853, when Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata debuted in Venice, the Crimean War 
erupted and San Francisco got its first street signs at intersections. 

"There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements and 
the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult to 
doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said. 

The only person verified to have lived past 120 years of age was Frenchwoman 
Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122. 

South Sumatran villager Turinah would be fully 25 years older than Calment when 
she died, according to officials. 

Even more incredible, she still works around the house and has smoked clove 
cigarettes all her life, Mr Sardjono said. 

"Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no 
hearing problems. She speaks Dutch quite fluently," he added. Indonesia was a 
Dutch colony for hundreds of years until 1945. 

He said Turinah burnt all her identification documents to avoid being linked to 
an alleged communist coup in 1965. 

Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country with a population of 
about 240 million people. 

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the census results will be 
important for future governance. 

http://www.fijilive.com/news/2010/06/08/26184.Fijilive 




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 

[scifinoir2] Marvel Dumps Norton as Banner for "Avengers" Flick

[Keith Johnson]

They need to quit worrying about "name" actors and just get an actor who looks 
and can play the part. Eric Bana was way too buff and handsome for Banner. 
Norton was probably closer, but his almost Shakespearean intensity was a bit 
too much for the skinny, unsure, milksop that is Bruce Banner. I think Phoenix 
would come off too much like a crazed mad scientist than the "puny Banner" we 
need. Cast the net far and wide to find the right man, and notoriety be hanged! 
That's the damn problem with H'Wood all the time. 

Someone who looks the part, for example, would be Jon Cryer, the whiny brother 
on "Two and A Half Men". Not saying he *should* do it, but that's the *look* 
you need for Banner-someone who looks soft and weak, as if he's never seen the 
sun or the inside of a gym. 

 
- Original Message - 
From: "Daryle Lockhart"  

So now I'm hearing they're talking seriously to Joaquin Phoenix. Which is both 
awesome and frightening at the same time to me. 

* 




On Jul 12, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Cinque B wrote: 



Marvel: Norton Won't Return As Hulk For 'Avengers'; Norton's Rep Responds 


Source: Access Hollywood Sun Jul 11, 2010, 8:15 pm EDT 







Edward Norton won't be reprising his role as the Incredible Hulk in 2012's "The 
Avengers," a Marvel rep confirmed to Access Hollywood on Sunday. 

Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige explained the decision in a 
statement to HitFix . 

VIEW THE PHOTOS: Edward Norton 

"We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title 
role of Bruce Banner in 'The Avengers,'" Feige told the site. "Our decision is 
definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead rooted in the need 
for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other 
talented cast members. 'The Avengers' demands players who thrive working as 
part of an ensemble, as evidenced by Robert, Chris H, Chris E, Sam, Scarlett, 
and all of our talented casts. We are looking to announce a name actor who 
fulfills these requirements, and is passionate about the iconic role in the 
coming weeks." 

The actors referred to in the statement include current Marvel stars Robert 
Downey Jr. (" Iron Man "), Chris Hemsworth ("Thor), Chris Evans ("Captain 
America: The First Avenger"), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Scarlett Johansson 
(" Iron Man 2's" Black Widow), who are expected to reprise their superhero 
roles in team-up film "The Avengers." 

VIEW THE PHOTOS: Scenes From ‘ The Incredible Hulk ’ 

A rep for Norton responded to the statement to Hitfix on Sunday, calling it 
"purposefully misleading" and claiming that his client had been in discussions 
to return to the role. 

"This offensive statement from Kevin Feige at Marvel is a purposefully 
misleading, inappropriate attempt to paint our client in a negative light," the 
rep told the site. "Here are the facts: two months ago, Kevin called me and 
said he wanted Edward to reprise the role of Bruce Banner in 'The Avengers.' He 
told me it would be his fantasy to bring Edward on stage with the rest of the 
cast at [Comic-Con] and make it the event of the convention. When I said that 
Edward was definitely open to this idea, Kevin was very excited and we agreed 
that Edward should meet with [director] Joss Whedon to discuss the project. 
Edward and Joss had a very good meeting (confirmed by Feige to me) at which 
Edward said he was enthusiastic at the prospect of being a part of the ensemble 
cast." 

However, the rep further claimed, the talks fell apart last week. 

VIEW THE PHOTOS: Fan Candy : Superheroes, Sci-Fi & Beyond ! 

"Marvel subsequently made him a financial offer to be in the film and both 
sides started negotiating in good faith," he told Hitfix. "This past Wednesday, 
after several weeks of civil, uncontentious discussions, but before we had come 
to terms on a deal, a representative from Marvel called to say they had decided 
to go in another direction with the part. This seemed to us to be a financial 
decision but, whatever the case, it is completely their prerogative, and we 
accepted their decision with no hard feelings... We know a lot of fans have 
voiced their public disappointment with this result, but this is no excuse for 
Feige's mean spirited, accusatory comments. Counter to what Kevin implies here, 
Edward was looking forward to the opportunity to work with Joss and the other 
actors in the Avengers cast, many of whom are personal friends of his. Feige's 
statement is unprofessional, disingenuous and clearly defamatory. Mr. Norton 
talent, tireless work ethic and professional integrity deserve more respect, 
and so do Marvel's fans." 

Norton played the role of Bruce Banner and his alter-ego, the Incredible Hulk , 
in 2008's " The Incredible Hulk ," a reboot/follow-up to 2003's "The Hulk ," 
which starred Eric Bana in the title role. Reports of a feud between the ac

Re: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman

[Mr. Worf]

Good question.

I think that they will try and figure out her age if and when she is gone.
She has to be pretty old though, her daughter is 108!

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Are there any dating methods such as the famous Carbon-14 dating that would
> pinpoint age that's so relatively young? Typically archaelogists and
> scientists are dating things that are hundreds, thousands, even millions of
> years old, so an accuracy of a few decades isn't needed. I was wondering if
> something like C-14 dating would work on her. Of course, they'd have to
> remove a bit of bone and let it "die" to do that test, which ain't cool!
> Just wondered if there are any other dating methods that could be done if a
> small amount of her body tissue was removed and analyzed?
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mr. Worf" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 4:22:21 PM
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman
>
>
>
> Census discovers 157-year-old woman
>  June 08, 2010 09:28:55 AM
>  [image: Bookmark and Share] 
>  Estimates of the size and composition of Indonesia's booming population
> may remain just that despite an ongoing census, if the "discovery" of a
> 157-year-old woman is anything to go by.
>
> Census officials have said they believe the woman's claims to have been
> born in 1853, when Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata debuted in Venice, the
> Crimean War erupted and San Francisco got its first street signs at
> intersections.
>
> "There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements
> and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult
> to doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said.
>
> The only person verified to have lived past 120 years of age was
> Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.
>
> South Sumatran villager Turinah would be fully 25 years older than Calment
> when she died, according to officials.
>
> Even more incredible, she still works around the house and has smoked clove
> cigarettes all her life, Mr Sardjono said.
>
> "Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no
> hearing problems. She speaks Dutch quite fluently," he added. Indonesia was
> a Dutch colony for hundreds of years until 1945.
>
> He said Turinah burnt all her identification documents to avoid being
> linked to an alleged communist coup in 1965.
>
> Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country with a population of
> about 240 million people.
>
> President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the census results will be
> important for future governance.
>
> http://www.fijilive.com/news/2010/06/08/26184.Fijilive
>
>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>
>
> 
>



-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman

[Keith Johnson]

Yeah, I'm not offhand aware of a method to determine the age of living tissue 
like that, and certainly nothing that's so granular as to detect the really 
short lifespan of a human being. It'd be hard, I imagine, for any test like 
C-14 to tell if she was 100, 120, or 157. I wonder if there are any other 
things that can be measured, such as some kind of buildup of chemicals in the 
body. Maybe there's a hormone or compound in the local environment that's built 
up in her body over the years, and they can estimate age by how much of that 
substance is stored in her celss? Or is there some type of brain scan to chart 
neurons or something (maybe we form more links in the neurons with age, and 
they can estimate how long her brain's been active)? Unfortunately all the 
dating methods I'm aware of work on dead things, only pinpoint age to within 
decades or centuries, or require analyzing things like ice cores. 

Any biologists/biochemists/doctors on the list?! 


- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:05:50 PM 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman 






Good question. 

I think that they will try and figure out her age if and when she is gone. She 
has to be pretty old though, her daughter is 108! 


On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 






Are there any dating methods such as the famous Carbon-14 dating that would 
pinpoint age that's so relatively young? Typically archaelogists and scientists 
are dating things that are hundreds, thousands, even millions of years old, so 
an accuracy of a few decades isn't needed. I was wondering if something like 
C-14 dating would work on her. Of course, they'd have to remove a bit of bone 
and let it "die" to do that test, which ain't cool! Just wondered if there are 
any other dating methods that could be done if a small amount of her body 
tissue was removed and analyzed? 




- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 4:22:21 PM 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Census discovers 157-year-old woman 










Census discovers 157-year-old woman 


June 08, 2010 09:28:55 AM 
Bookmark and
 ShareEstimates of the size and composition of Indonesia's booming population 
may remain just that despite an ongoing census, if the "discovery" of a 
157-year-old woman is anything to go by. 

Census officials have said they believe the woman's claims to have been born in 
1853, when Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata debuted in Venice, the Crimean War 
erupted and San Francisco got its first street signs at intersections. 

"There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements and 
the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult to 
doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said. 

The only person verified to have lived past 120 years of age was Frenchwoman 
Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122. 

South Sumatran villager Turinah would be fully 25 years older than Calment when 
she died, according to officials. 

Even more incredible, she still works around the house and has smoked clove 
cigarettes all her life, Mr Sardjono said. 

"Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no 
hearing problems. She speaks Dutch quite fluently," he added. Indonesia was a 
Dutch colony for hundreds of years until 1945. 

He said Turinah burnt all her identification documents to avoid being linked to 
an alleged communist coup in 1965. 

Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country with a population of 
about 240 million people. 

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the census results will be 
important for future governance. 

http://www.fijilive.com/news/2010/06/08/26184.Fijilive 




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 









-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 

Re: [scifinoir2] Marvel Dumps Norton as Banner for "Avengers" Flick

[Mr. Worf]

I agree, They need an Ed Begley Jr. type actor. Basically someone that does
not have that strong physical look and more like a doctor. I don't think
John Cryer would be able to pull off the transformation scenes.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> They need to quit worrying about "name" actors and just get an actor who
> looks and can play the part. Eric Bana was way too buff and handsome for
> Banner. Norton was probably closer, but his almost Shakespearean intensity
> was a bit too much for the skinny, unsure, milksop that is Bruce Banner. I
> think Phoenix would come off too much like a crazed mad scientist than the
> "puny Banner" we need.  Cast the net far and wide to find the right man, and
> notoriety be hanged! That's the damn problem with H'Wood all the time.
>
> Someone who looks the part, for example, would be Jon Cryer, the whiny
> brother on "Two and A Half Men". Not saying he *should* do it, but that's
> the *look* you need for Banner-someone who looks soft and weak, as if he's
> never seen the sun or the inside of a gym.
>
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Daryle Lockhart" 
>
> So  now I'm hearing they're talking  seriously  to  Joaquin Phoenix. Which
>  is both  awesome and frightening at the same time to me.
>
> *
>
> On Jul 12, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Cinque B wrote:
>
> Marvel: Norton Won't Return As Hulk For 'Avengers'; Norton's Rep Responds
>  Source: Access 
> Hollywood Sun
> Jul 11, 2010, 8:15 pm EDT
>
>
> Edward Norton  won't
> be reprising his role as the Incredible 
> Hulkin 2012's "The Avengers," 
> a Marvel rep confirmed to
> * Access Hollywood * on Sunday.
>
> Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige explained the decision
> in a statement to 
> *HitFix*
> .
>
> VIEW THE PHOTOS: Edward 
> Norton
>
> "We have made the decision to not bring Ed 
> Nortonback to portray 
> the title role of Bruce Banner in 'The Avengers,'" Feige
> told the site. "Our decision is definitely not one based on monetary
> factors, but instead rooted in the need for an actor who embodies the
> creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members. 'The
> Avengers' demands players who thrive working as part of an ensemble, as
> evidenced by Robert, Chris H, Chris E, Sam, Scarlett, and all of our
> talented casts. We are looking to announce a name actor who fulfills these
> requirements, and is passionate about the iconic role in the coming weeks."
>
> The actors referred to in the statement include current Marvel stars Robert
> Downey Jr.  (" Iron
> Man  "), Chris Hemsworth
> ("Thor), Chris 
> Evans("Captain America: 
> The First Avenger"), Samuel
> L. Jackson  (Nick
> Fury), Scarlett 
> Johansson(" Iron
> Man  2's" Black Widow),
> who are expected to reprise their superhero roles in team-up film "The
> Avengers."
>
> VIEW THE PHOTOS: Scenes From ‘
> The
> Incredible Hulk  ’
>
> A rep for Norton responded to the statement to Hitfix on Sunday, calling it
> "purposefully misleading" and claiming that his client had been in
> discussions to return to the role.
>
> "This offensive statement from Kevin Feige at Marvel is a purposefully
> misleading, inappropriate attempt to paint our client in a negative light,"
> the rep told the site. "Here are the facts: two months ago, Kevin called me
> and said he wanted Edward to reprise the role of Bruce Banner in 'The
> Avengers.' He told me it would be his fantasy to bring Edward on stage with
> the rest of the cast at [Comic-Con] and make it the event of the convention.
> When I said that Edward was definitely open to this idea, Kevin was very
> excited and we agreed that Edward should meet with [director] Joss Whedon to
> discuss the project. Edward and Joss had a very good meeting (confirmed by
> Feige to me) at which Edward said he was enthusiastic at the prospect of
> being a part of the ensemble cast."
>
> However, the rep further claimed, the talks fell apart last week.
>
> VIEW THE PHOTOS: Fan Candy : Superheroes, Sci-Fi & Beyond 
> !

Re: [scifinoir2] Marvel Dumps Norton as Banner for "Avengers" Flick

[Keith Johnson]

I've never seen Cryer do drama, just offered up his physical characteristics. 
Then again, Bill Bixby was a handsome man who wasn't physically frail, but he 
was an effective David Banner because of his acting ability. He wasn't the 
weakling of Banner in the comics, but he was a very soft-spoken, gentle soul 
who worked very well as Banner in the series. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 6:15:17 PM 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Marvel Dumps Norton as Banner for "Avengers" Flick 






I agree, They need an Ed Begley Jr. type actor. Basically someone that does not 
have that strong physical look and more like a doctor. I don't think John Cryer 
would be able to pull off the transformation scenes. 


On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 






They need to quit worrying about "name" actors and just get an actor who looks 
and can play the part. Eric Bana was way too buff and handsome for Banner. 
Norton was probably closer, but his almost Shakespearean intensity was a bit 
too much for the skinny, unsure, milksop that is Bruce Banner. I think Phoenix 
would come off too much like a crazed mad scientist than the "puny Banner" we 
need. Cast the net far and wide to find the right man, and notoriety be hanged! 
That's the damn problem with H'Wood all the time. 

Someone who looks the part, for example, would be Jon Cryer, the whiny brother 
on "Two and A Half Men". Not saying he *should* do it, but that's the *look* 
you need for Banner-someone who looks soft and weak, as if he's never seen the 
sun or the inside of a gym. 

 
- Original Message - 
From: "Daryle Lockhart" < dar...@darylelockhart.com > 

So now I'm hearing they're talking seriously to Joaquin Phoenix. Which is both 
awesome and frightening at the same time to me. 

* 




On Jul 12, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Cinque B wrote: 



Marvel: Norton Won't Return As Hulk For 'Avengers'; Norton's Rep Responds 


Source: Access Hollywood Sun Jul 11, 2010, 8:15 pm EDT 







Edward Norton won't be reprising his role as the Incredible Hulk in 2012's "The 
Avengers," a Marvel rep confirmed to Access Hollywood on Sunday. 

Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige explained the decision in a 
statement to HitFix . 

VIEW THE PHOTOS: Edward Norton 

"We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title 
role of Bruce Banner in 'The Avengers,'" Feige told the site. "Our decision is 
definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead rooted in the need 
for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other 
talented cast members. 'The Avengers' demands players who thrive working as 
part of an ensemble, as evidenced by Robert, Chris H, Chris E, Sam, Scarlett, 
and all of our talented casts. We are looking to announce a name actor who 
fulfills these requirements, and is passionate about the iconic role in the 
coming weeks." 

The actors referred to in the statement include current Marvel stars Robert 
Downey Jr. (" Iron Man "), Chris Hemsworth ("Thor), Chris Evans ("Captain 
America: The First Avenger"), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Scarlett Johansson 
(" Iron Man 2's" Black Widow), who are expected to reprise their superhero 
roles in team-up film "The Avengers." 

VIEW THE PHOTOS: Scenes From ‘ The Incredible Hulk ’ 

A rep for Norton responded to the statement to Hitfix on Sunday, calling it 
"purposefully misleading" and claiming that his client had been in discussions 
to return to the role. 

"This offensive statement from Kevin Feige at Marvel is a purposefully 
misleading, inappropriate attempt to paint our client in a negative light," the 
rep told the site. "Here are the facts: two months ago, Kevin called me and 
said he wanted Edward to reprise the role of Bruce Banner in 'The Avengers.' He 
told me it would be his fantasy to bring Edward on stage with the rest of the 
cast at [Comic-Con] and make it the event of the convention. When I said that 
Edward was definitely open to this idea, Kevin was very excited and we agreed 
that Edward should meet with [director] Joss Whedon to discuss the project. 
Edward and Joss had a very good meeting (confirmed by Feige to me) at which 
Edward said he was enthusiastic at the prospect of being a part of the ensemble 
cast." 

However, the rep further claimed, the talks fell apart last week. 

VIEW THE PHOTOS: Fan Candy : Superheroes, Sci-Fi & Beyond ! 

"Marvel subsequently made him a financial offer to be in the film and both 
sides started negotiating in good faith," he told Hitfix. "This past Wednesday, 
after several weeks of civil, uncontentious discussions, but before we had come 
to terms on a deal, a representative from Marvel called to say they had decided 
to go in another direction with the part. This seemed to us to be a

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Consumer Group Sniffs Congresswoman's Open Wi-Fi

[Mr. Worf]

Some of these politicians are just stupid, but she probably didn't have
anything to do with setting up the network.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Martin Baxter 
> Date: Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM
> Subject: Consumer Group Sniffs Congresswoman's Open Wi-Fi
> To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com
>
>
> Holy hacking, Batman!
>
> ===
>
> Consumer Group Sniffs Congresswoman’s Open Wi-Fi
>
>- By David Kravets 
> [image:
>Email Author] 
>- July 9, 2010  |
>- 1:37 pm  |
>- Categories: 
> Surveillance,
>privacy 
>-
>
>  We’re
> not sure what’s more humorous: That California Rep. Jane Harman, the ranking
> member of the House Intelligence Committee, maintains two unencrypted Wi-Fi
> networks at her residence, or that a consumer group sniffed her unsecured
> traffic in a bid to convince lawmakers to hold hearings about Google.
>
> A representative for Consumer 
> Watchdog—
>  a group largely funded by legal fees, the Rose Foundation, Streisand
> Foundation, Tides Foundation and others — parked outside Harman’s and other
> lawmakers’ Washington-area residences to determine whether they had
> unsecured Wi-Fi networks that might have been sniffed by Google as part of
> the internet giant’s Street View and Google Maps program.
>
> The group wants the House Energy and Commerce Committee, of which Harman is
> also a member, to haul Google executives before it, so they can publicly
> explain why, for three years, Google was downloading data packets from
> unencrypted Wi-Fi networks in neighborhoods in dozens of countries. Google
> has repeatedly said it didn’t realize it was storing snippets of payload
> data on unsecured Wi-Fi networks, until German privacy authorities began
> questioning what data Google was collecting.
>
>
> More at:
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/congresswoman-wifi-sniffed/
>
>
> --
> "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
>
> (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
> is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 




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Re: [scifinoir2] Flying Car approved by FAA

[Mr. Worf]

That's very true. I live near the flight path and if you combine all of that
plus careless drivers and we will have issues. I'm just hoping that they use
the new satellite based system to help out with takeoffs and landings. (have
you heard about that yet? They just installed it here.)

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> DEFINITELY not an urban setting. At any given moment, 50,000 people tying
> to take to the skies=at least 100 crashes.
>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> There is that little town in Florida that is small plane friendly. I think
>> John Travolta owns a house there. Taking off from the street wouldn't be
>> illegal there. I could see that working in some areas or more rural areas
>> but not in a urban setting.
>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>>>


 http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/09/ridiculous-looking-f.html

 Next year, those of you with a sport pilot license and $194,000 to burn
 will be able to buy an honest-to-Doc-Brown flying car. Take-off requires a
 mere 1/3 of a mile runway, which Popular Science says means you could use
 your street as an airstrip—but I suspect that may be illegal.


>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] Tesla May Get Some Company: The Supercar Goes Electric

[Mr. Worf]

Porchea and Ferrari are both working on one as well. Although I think
Ferrari will probably do a hybrid first.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> I'm impressed.
>
> But the Veyron still owns the better part of me.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Tesla May Get Some Company: The Supercar Goes Electric
>>
>> *CHARGE!* SLS AMG E-Cell has an electric motor powering each of the
>> wheels. More Photos 
>> »
>>  By LAWRENCE ULRICH Published: July 8, 2010
>>
>>- 
>> Facebook
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>>- Sign In to 
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>>   -
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> INTRODUCED in New York in 1954, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL was a stunningly
>> advanced machine, the first production car to trade a carburetor for fuel
>> injection.
>>   Multimedia
>>   Slide Show
>> 
>>  2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS 
>> AMG
>>   Related
>>
>>-  Behind the Wheel | 2011 Mercedes-Benz Sls Amg: Winging It One More
>>
>> Time(July
>>  11, 2010)
>>
>>   Now, with the SLS AMG echoing the style of that original gullwing
>> sports car, Mercedes may produce an electric version that could give the
>> company environmental bragging rights. Mercedes is testing the prototype SLS
>> AMG E-Cell, in which the standard model’s 563-horsepower gasoline V-8 has
>> been replaced with four electric motors, one powering each wheel, that spool
>> up 535 horsepower and 649 pound-feet of peak torque.
>>
>> Mercedes estimates a 0-to-60 time of four seconds flat for the electric
>> SLS, just a few tenths slower than the gasoline version. Power is stored in
>> a liquid-cooled 
>> lithium-ion
>> battery; brakes capture energy and return it to the battery.
>>
>> Ola Kallenius, chairman of Mercedes’s AMG high-performance division, said
>> the company was considering a small production run for the SLS E-Cell.
>>
>> At a recent presentation for the car in Norway, a retired Formula 
>> Oneracer,
>>  David Coulthard, tested the E-Cell on an airstrip and public roads.
>> His drive and commentary were documented on Web video. “My first experience
>> of an electric 
>> car,”
>> Mr. Coulthard said, emerging from the E-Cell with a grin. “You will not
>> believe the performance.”
>>
>> The E-Cell, along with cars like the new S400 hybrid sedan, shows Mercedes
>> shifting more of its renowned technical resources toward increasing fuel
>> economy and developing alternative propulsion systems. Mercedes, which has
>> paid more than $300 million in federal fines since 1983 for falling short of
>> fuel-economy standards — thanks largely to its fuel-sucking AMG models — has
>> vowed to improve mileage and avoid the fines.
>>
>> Mercedes has not disclosed a potential price, driving range or top speed
>> for the E-Cell, though the basics are easily surmised: it is likely to cost
>> more than the gas model, with much less range and a lower top speed —
>>

[scifinoir2] Nolan won't replace Ledger as Joker in 'Batman 3'

[brent wodehouse]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2012336593_apusfilmbatmansequel.html?prmid=head_main

Nolan won't replace Ledger as Joker in 'Batman 3'

Batman is returning, but he won't have the Joker to contend with next time.

The Associated Press


LOS ANGELES - Batman is returning, but he won't have the Joker to contend
with next time.

Director Christopher Nolan says he will not bring back the Joker, the
villain played so maniacally in "The Dark Knight" by the late Heath Ledger
that the role earned him an Academy Award a year after his death.

Nolan would not disclose what villain or villains might take on Batman in
the next film, due out July 20, 2012, the same weekend that brought the
record-breaking $158.4 million debut of "The Dark Knight" in 2008.

"For me, Heath was the definitive Joker," Nolan said in an interview to
promote "Inception," his sci-fi thriller opening Friday. "It wouldn't feel
appropriate to readdress that character."

Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in January 2008.
His death stoked fan interest in "The Dark Knight," which topped $1
billion at the box office worldwide.

With his supporting-actor win, Ledger became only the second performer
ever to earn an Oscar posthumously.

The next "Batman" film will be the third in the current Warner Bros.
incarnation of the franchise, which stars Christian Bale as the vigilante
superhero.

[scifinoir2] Tiny Satellites for Big Science

[brent wodehouse]

http://www.physorg.com/news198173326.html

Tiny Satellites for Big Science

July 12, 2010 

by Prachi Patel

The shrinking technology of cell phones, laptops and cameras are now
leading to palm-sized satellites. Easy to build and affordable, these
small satellites offer a new way to conduct astrobiology research. They
also could change the way we explore the universe.


When it comes to laptop computers and cell phones, bigger isn’t better.
The same logic applies to satellites: the bulkier the satellite, the more
time it takes to design and build, and the more expensive it is to put
into orbit.

Researchers are now taking advantage of the electronics technologies
that have made personal gizmos compact and affordable to make satellites
that weigh and cost a fraction of their predecessors. These pocket- and
backpack-sized satellites are changing the way astrobiology research is
done.

Conventional satellites used for communications, navigation or research
can be as large as a school bus and weigh between 100 and 500 kilograms.
Universities, companies and NASA are now building small satellites that
weigh less than one kilogram (picosatellites) or up to 10 kilograms
(nanosatellites).

These small satellites can be considered miniature versions of full-size
counterparts. They contain the same components - battery, orbital control
and positioning systems, radio communication systems, and analytical
instruments - except everything is smaller, less expensive and sometimes
less complicated.

“That’s the beauty of this technology,” says Orlando Santos, an
astrobiologist at NASA Ames Research Center. “We can make these things
small and still get meaningful science out of them.”

The Rise of the Cube

Two decades ago, Bob Twiggs and his students at Stanford University
developed the first picosatellite the size of a Klondike ice cream bar.
The Aerospace Corporation launched these picosatellites as part of a
mission to demonstrate the feasibility of building little satellites that
communicate with each other.

Twiggs then worked on CubeSat, a 10-centimeter cube. “I got a 4-inch
beanie baby box and tacked on some solar cells to see how many would fit
on the surface,” Twiggs says. “I had enough voltage for what I needed so I
decided that would be the size.”

Jordi Puig-Suari at California Polytechnic State University built a
deployment mechanism called the poly picosatellite orbital deployer, or
P-POD, that could pack up to three CubeSats. One of these is typically the
satellite bus, the brains of the satellite containing positioning and
radio equipment, while the other cubes carry the scientific experiments.
In 2004, the researchers sent the first three-cube nanosatellite into
orbit.

Six years later, CubeSats have become the world-wide standard for small
satellites. They are being used for everything from environmental sensing
and fundamental biology research to testing new space flight systems.

Over 60 universities and high schools are part of the CubeSat Project
based at Cal Poly. The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Air Force
have programs that funds CubeSats for atmospheric and space weather
research. Aerospace companies such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing have also
built and flown CubeSats.

Kentucky-based NanoRacks LLC provides a platform to take CubeSat
experiments as cargo aboard the Space Shuttles to the International Space
Station for periods of 30 or 60 days, after which they bring the cubes
back.

The goal of NASA’s new CubeSat Launch Initiative is to radically open up
the flight opportunities for nanosatellites. This Initiative should also
make it easier for universities to compete for launch access on NASA
launch vehicles.

There are probably between 35 and 40 small satellites orbiting the Earth
right now, of which about a quarter might still be working, says Twiggs,
now a professor at Morehead State University’s Space Science Center in
Kentucky.

Cutting Costs

The biggest advantage of nano- and pico-satellites is that they are a
bargain. Most of the cost saving comes at the launch stage. Unlike
conventional satellites, they don’t need a dedicated launch vehicle where
they are the primary payload. “They’re so small they can hitch a ride on
somebody else’s rocket,” Santos says. NASA’s nanosatellite missions cost
two million a piece as opposed to the tens of millions needed for a
conventional satellite.

Their affordability also comes from being built with off-the-shelf
electronic circuit chips such as microprocessors and radio frequency
transmitters and receivers. These are the same components that are inside
smart phones, hand-held Global Positioning System units, and digital
cameras.

In fact, the miniaturization of electronics has been the driving force
behind small satellite technology, making it affordable, says Twiggs.
“Electronics today are much more power-efficient than electronics of the
past; that helps us,” he says. “Ten or fifteen years ago we couldn’t have
found the components for the 

[scifinoir2] Feature Version of Robert Heinlein's "Have Space Suit, Will Travel"

[brent wodehouse]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021311.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Jupiter 9 'Travels' to sci fi

Indie to develop tome with Gotham Group

By DAVE MCNARY


Harry Kloor's Jupiter 9 Prods. is developing a feature version of Robert
Heinlein's "Have Space Suit, Will Travel" with Gotham Group's Ellen
Goldsmith-Vein and Peter McHugh attached as producers.

Kloor, who founded Jupiter 9 to promote science literacy, obtained film
rights after presenting a finished script to the Heinlein estate.

"I was inspired to become a scientist and science fiction writer in part
by reading the works of grand master Robert Heinlein," Kloor said.

"Have Space Suit, Will Travel" was originally serialized in 1958 in
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and published later that year in
hardcover by Scribner's. Set in 2040, "Space Suit" tells the story of a
teenager who loses a contest for a free trip to the Moon, but wins a
broken-down space suit -- which contains properties that lead to
humanity's first contact with aliens.

Kloor's credits include writing for such TV series as "Star Trek:
Voyager," the animated series "Godzilla" and the syndie drama "Earth:
Final Conflict," and the upcoming animated feature "Quantum Quest: A
Cassini Space Odyssey," which will be released in large-format theaters in
the fall. "Quantum Quest" interweaves animated sequences rendered by
Digimax with space imagery captured from seven ongoing space missions.

Gotham Group was a producer on "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and is in
preproduction on "Abduction," starring Taylor Lautner and directed by John
Singleton.

Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcn...@variety.com

[scifinoir2] [Far, Far Away Off Topic] Is 2010 New York City, America's "Summer of Ass"?

[brent wodehouse]

:-)

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/07/is_2010_new_yor.php

Badonkadonk

Is 2010 New York City, America's "Summer of Ass"?

By Foster Kamer

Mon., Jul. 12 2010


The times, they change. The ebb and flow of the universe is simply
something to be gerneally understood as such, and nothing more. For every
action, there's an equal reaction. And for every physics law, there's a
metaphysical plane to apply it to that generally shows its face when you
look at it from the right direction at a certain point. Like this one.
>From behind. In other words:

In 2009, New York City, and the rest of America had the Summer of Death.

In 2010, New York City, and the rest of America has the Summer of Ass.

Because 2009 was the Summer, when, like, every celebrity died! And that's
sad. So America must be rewarded with something. The revitalized
popularity emerging for big derrieres -- an easily-achievable physical
feat, one may argue -- is, of course, society's natural karmic award for
bearing the pain of all those dead celebrities last year.

The New York Daily News didn't note this in their piece of the Summer of
Ass -- which, by the way, Runnin' Scared Dot Com would like to officially
get behind (heh) in a big way (heh, that's another big ass joke, right
there) -- but after much looking, and looking, and looking, and talking to
impressively-assed celebrities like Kim Kardashian, they think they've
unlocked the secret of the reemergence of the ample back-asset
[http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2010/07/12/2010-07-12_rearing_to_go_big_butts_are_summer_2010s_hottest_trend.html?page=1#ixzz0tTz6zgoG]:

'Gone are the days of being ashamed of a wider bottom, with America
becoming more diverse amid shifting standards, according to Stylesight
trend analyst Sharon Graubard. "I think it's about the diversity of our
population and more accepted beauty, and a wider range of accepted
beauty," Graubard explains.'

Realize what a win-win situation this is for everyone:

* The Big-Bottomed: Pleased.
* The "Ass Men": Pleased.
* The Workout Industry: Pleased.
* The Food Industry: Pleased.
* The Ass-Accentuating Denim Industry: Pleased.
* Pat Kiernan: Pleased
[http://www.patspapers.com/story_stack/item/everybody_likes_big_butts/].

Of all of society's ills, will the large-ass trend work to heal any of
them? Only time will tell. In the mean time, there's certainly one
marginalized group that may -- nay, must -- see something good yielded by
all of this:

* The "Booty Jam" Nostalgists.
Lest you not understand what a "Booty Jam" is, all you need to know is: It
is a song created for hyper-utilization by those with, um, big asses. And
hopefully, these songs will come back, because they are amazing.
Certainly, you can have your Sir Mix-A-Lot, you may have your "Apple
Bottom Jeans" and your Nelly, but ah, you don't know anything about Luke,
69 Boyz, and 2 Live Crew's heyday, until you experience it. Like this.

[scifinoir2] Upgraded to 21st Century TV and Now Wonder

[Bosco Bosco]

So last week after noticing I hadn't actually used my home phone in more than 7 
months, I decided to ditch it. I upgraded my ATT Uverse package and now have 
actual pay programing which is costing me less than the previous package.

I was unfamiliar with the encore and starz end of the cable spectrum as I have 
never had premium channels before. They have western, action, mystery and other 
genre channels that are none to shabby. I have to wonder why they don't have a 
sci-fi or speculative fiction channel. It seems a natural. Surely there is 
bandwidth and programming available? Or am I missing something?

Bosco


  

[scifinoir2] Wide-eyed Beauty Seyfried to star in 'I'm.mortal'

[brent wodehouse]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021636.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Posted: Mon., Jul. 12, 2010

Seyfried to star in 'I'm.mortal'

New Regency sci-fi pic to be distributed by Fox

By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK


Amanda Seyfried is seeking immortality, starring in New Regency's sci-fi
action thriller, "I'm.mortal," from writer-director Andrew Niccol.
Twentieth Century Fox will distribute the film, which also has romance
elements.

"I'm.mortal" centers on a society in which aging stops at 25 -- meaning
that every role will be played by actors in their mid-20s.

New Regency picked up the high-priority project this spring. Niccol is
expected to begin lensing this year.

Eric Newman and Marc Abraham are producing via their Strike Entertainment.
Strike's Kristel Laiblin is exec producing.

Time is the currency in the world of "I'm.mortal," where citizens must buy
and bank time when their aging gene turns off at age 25. The rich can live
forever, but those who run out of time are engineered to die automatically.

When a rebel from the ghetto is falsely accused of murdering a wealthy man
for his time, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful, rich hostage
(Seyfried).

Seyfried stars in Warner Bros.' upcoming "Red Riding Hood," from director
Catherine Hardwicke. She was last in theaters with "Letters to Juliet,"
"Dear John" and "Mamma Mia!"The male lead hasn't yet been cast.

"It's a strange casting process. Even for a small role like a priest or a
pawnbroker, where you would normally cast a 75-year-old character actor, I
have to find a 75-year-old character actor in a 25-year old body," Niccol
told Daily Variety.

Niccol's previous directing/writing credits include "Gattaca" and "Lord of
War." He also wrote "The Truman Show."

"I'm.mortal" isn't the only sci-fi film project broaching the subject of a
future where people don't age.

A remake of "Logan's Run" has been in the works for more than a decade at
Warner Bros., with Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman producing. That film
focuses on a man trying to escape a mandatory death sentence on his 30th
birthday.

Seyfried is repped by Innovative Artists.



Contact Pamela McClintock at pamela.mcclint...@variety.com.

Re: [scifinoir2] Wide-eyed Beauty Seyfried to star in 'I'm.mortal'

[Mr. Worf]

They have been developing Logan's Run for 10 years? What the hell are they
doing? Waiting for monkeys with typewriters to develop the script?

This movie sounds like an interesting movie idea. I will check it out.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:40 PM, brent wodehouse <
brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote:

> http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021636.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
>
> Posted: Mon., Jul. 12, 2010
>
> Seyfried to star in 'I'm.mortal'
>
> New Regency sci-fi pic to be distributed by Fox
>
> By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
>
>
> Amanda Seyfried is seeking immortality, starring in New Regency's sci-fi
> action thriller, "I'm.mortal," from writer-director Andrew Niccol.
> Twentieth Century Fox will distribute the film, which also has romance
> elements.
>
> "I'm.mortal" centers on a society in which aging stops at 25 -- meaning
> that every role will be played by actors in their mid-20s.
>
> New Regency picked up the high-priority project this spring. Niccol is
> expected to begin lensing this year.
>
> Eric Newman and Marc Abraham are producing via their Strike Entertainment.
> Strike's Kristel Laiblin is exec producing.
>
> Time is the currency in the world of "I'm.mortal," where citizens must buy
> and bank time when their aging gene turns off at age 25. The rich can live
> forever, but those who run out of time are engineered to die automatically.
>
> When a rebel from the ghetto is falsely accused of murdering a wealthy man
> for his time, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful, rich hostage
> (Seyfried).
>
> Seyfried stars in Warner Bros.' upcoming "Red Riding Hood," from director
> Catherine Hardwicke. She was last in theaters with "Letters to Juliet,"
> "Dear John" and "Mamma Mia!"The male lead hasn't yet been cast.
>
> "It's a strange casting process. Even for a small role like a priest or a
> pawnbroker, where you would normally cast a 75-year-old character actor, I
> have to find a 75-year-old character actor in a 25-year old body," Niccol
> told Daily Variety.
>
> Niccol's previous directing/writing credits include "Gattaca" and "Lord of
> War." He also wrote "The Truman Show."
>
> "I'm.mortal" isn't the only sci-fi film project broaching the subject of a
> future where people don't age.
>
> A remake of "Logan's Run" has been in the works for more than a decade at
> Warner Bros., with Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman producing. That film
> focuses on a man trying to escape a mandatory death sentence on his 30th
> birthday.
>
> Seyfried is repped by Innovative Artists.
>
>
>
> Contact Pamela McClintock at pamela.mcclint...@variety.com.
>
>
>
> 
>
> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
>
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> Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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Re: [scifinoir2] Upgraded to 21st Century TV and Now Wonder

[Mr. Worf]

Do you have the discovery channels? Viascum has been trimming back their
offerings as of late from what they offer to their competition.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Bosco Bosco  wrote:

> So last week after noticing I hadn't actually used my home phone in more
> than 7 months, I decided to ditch it. I upgraded my ATT Uverse package and
> now have actual pay programing which is costing me less than the previous
> package.
>
> I was unfamiliar with the encore and starz end of the cable spectrum as I
> have never had premium channels before. They have western, action, mystery
> and other genre channels that are none to shabby. I have to wonder why they
> don't have a sci-fi or speculative fiction channel. It seems a natural.
> Surely there is bandwidth and programming available? Or am I missing
> something?
>
> Bosco
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo!
> Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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[scifinoir2] ATT may also lose AMC

[Mr. Worf]

I just caught a commercial on AMC stating that ATT may lose AMC as well.
Looks like they are trying to pull all of the good channels from ATT.

Re: [scifinoir2] [Far, Far Away Off Topic] Is 2010 New York City, America's "Summer of Ass"?

[Keith Johnson]

Although this is kinda tongue-in-cheek, I find it interesting that the 
"acceptance" of ample posteriors is still presented as rooted in non-Black 
women: Kim Kardassian, Jennifer Lopez, Ice-T's wife??? 
It's always made me equal parts amused and frustrated that a feature that has 
long been the norm of Black women only gained traction in this manner. When 
Jennifer Lopez was being touted for her butt, it was as if they'd never been 
seen before, yet just about every black woman I know has a more curvy one than 
the average non-black woman. To me and other blacks, this was no big deal at 
all. The one expert quoted mentions that Brazilian models' butts are helping 
make it more acceptable, but I wonder how often those Brazilian ladies 
acknowledge that those round behinds come from their African heritage? It 
reminds me of how the term "A Bo Derek" came to represent corn rows, even 
though they've been used by black women for untold centuries. My wife recalls 
back in the day, wearing her hair in corn rows and some white girl saying, "Oh, 
so you decided to get a 'Bo Derek' too?!" My wife quickly set her straight on 
the history of that decidedly ancient hairstyle! 

I guess it's a constant reminder of how the "Mainstream" can ignore what they 
want, elevate what they want, and even make those who should be proud ashamed 
of themselves. Serena Williams' statement that her slim sister Venus is built 
like a "model" makes me wince, as, where I come from, Brothers would go for 
Serena's body over Venus' any day of the week! Back in the day, a Sister built 
like that was the envy of all the women and knew it! 

- Original Message - 
From: "brent wodehouse"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:29:29 PM 
Subject: [scifinoir2] [Far, Far Away Off Topic] Is 2010 New York City, 
America's "Summer of Ass"? 






:-) 
 
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/07/is_2010_new_yor.php 

Badonkadonk 

Is 2010 New York City, America's "Summer of Ass"? 

By Foster Kamer 

Mon., Jul. 12 2010 

The times, they change. The ebb and flow of the universe is simply 
something to be gerneally understood as such, and nothing more. For every 
action, there's an equal reaction. And for every physics law, there's a 
metaphysical plane to apply it to that generally shows its face when you 
look at it from the right direction at a certain point. Like this one. 
>From behind. In other words: 

In 2009, New York City, and the rest of America had the Summer of Death. 

In 2010, New York City, and the rest of America has the Summer of Ass. 

Because 2009 was the Summer, when, like, every celebrity died! And that's 
sad. So America must be rewarded with something. The revitalized 
popularity emerging for big derrieres -- an easily-achievable physical 
feat, one may argue -- is, of course, society's natural karmic award for 
bearing the pain of all those dead celebrities last year. 

The New York Daily News didn't note this in their piece of the Summer of 
Ass -- which, by the way, Runnin' Scared Dot Com would like to officially 
get behind (heh) in a big way (heh, that's another big ass joke, right 
there) -- but after much looking, and looking, and looking, and talking to 
impressively-assed celebrities like Kim Kardashian, they think they've 
unlocked the secret of the reemergence of the ample back-asset 
[ 
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2010/07/12/2010-07-12_rearing_to_go_big_butts_are_summer_2010s_hottest_trend.html?page=1#ixzz0tTz6zgoG
 ]: 

'Gone are the days of being ashamed of a wider bottom, with America 
becoming more diverse amid shifting standards, according to Stylesight 
trend analyst Sharon Graubard. "I think it's about the diversity of our 
population and more accepted beauty, and a wider range of accepted 
beauty," Graubard explains.' 

Realize what a win-win situation this is for everyone: 

* The Big-Bottomed: Pleased. 
* The "Ass Men": Pleased. 
* The Workout Industry: Pleased. 
* The Food Industry: Pleased. 
* The Ass-Accentuating Denim Industry: Pleased. 
* Pat Kiernan: Pleased 
[ http://www.patspapers.com/story_stack/item/everybody_likes_big_butts/ ]. 

Of all of society's ills, will the large-ass trend work to heal any of 
them? Only time will tell. In the mean time, there's certainly one 
marginalized group that may -- nay, must -- see something good yielded by 
all of this: 

* The "Booty Jam" Nostalgists. 
Lest you not understand what a "Booty Jam" is, all you need to know is: It 
is a song created for hyper-utilization by those with, um, big asses. And 
hopefully, these songs will come back, because they are amazing. 
Certainly, you can have your Sir Mix-A-Lot, you may have your "Apple 
Bottom Jeans" and your Nelly, but ah, you don't know anything about Luke, 
69 Boyz, and 2 Live Crew's heyday, until you experience it. Like this.