October 9, 2008 - Thursday
"famous" people fom Delaware
Current mood: awake
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
A
John Andrews (1746–1813), minister and academic
[edit] B
Phineas Banning (1830–1885), businessman and general
Alice M. Batchelder (born 1944), attorney and jurist
Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born 1942), Delaware's U.S. Senator (1972-present) and the 2008 Democratic candidate for Vice President
Sheena Benton (born 1982), Miss Delaware USA 2005
Valerie Bertinelli (born 1960), actress; born in Claymont
Cedella Booker (Born 1926-2008), Mother of late the reggae singer Bob Marley, Born in Jamaica; Lived in Delaware from 196?-76
Nicole Bosso (born 1986), Miss Delaware USA 2007
Charles Brandt, former chief deputy attorney general of Delaware and author
Dennis Brockenborough, trombone player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Colin Burns, (born 1982), professional soccer player in Sweden, plays for Ljungskile SK; born in Newark, Delaware
William Sharp Bush (17??–1812), U.S. Marine Corps officer during War of 1812; born in Wilmington
[edit] C
Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), lawyer, rancher, judge, politician; born in Milton
Joe Carnahan (born 1969), film director; born in Delaware
Matthew Michael Carnahan, screenwriter
John W. Causey (1841–1908), farmer and politician; born in Milford
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (born 1918), professor of business history at Harvard Business School; born in Guyencourt
Anne Rogers Clark (1929–2006), dog breeder and trainer
John M. Clayton (1796–1856), former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State
Ashley Coleman (born 1981), Miss Teen USA 1999
Joseph P. Comegys (1813–1893), lawyer and politician from Dover
Charles "Tarzan" Cooper (1907–1980), professional basketball player
Thomas Cooper (1764–1829) lawyer and politician, former U.S. Representative from Delaware
R. Crumb (born 1943), artist and illustrator; lived in Milford
Elisha D. Cullen (1799–1862), lawyer and politician, former U. S. Representative from Delaware
[edit] D
Jessica Darlin (born 1976), former porn star; born in Wilmington
Delino DeShields (born 1969), former Major League Baseball player; born in Seaford
Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809), Continental Congressman from Delaware
Dave Douglas, professional golfer in the 1940s and 1950s
Victor Marie du Pont (1767–1827), member of the Delaware General Assembly
Charles I. du Pont (1797–1869), manufacturer and politician
Sara Dylan (born 1939), first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan; born in Wilmington
[edit] E
Mark Eaton (born 1977), professional ice hockey player; born in Wilmington
General Richard H. Ellis (1919–1989), commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command; born in Laurel
Raúl Esparza (born 1970), actor; born in Wilmington
Oliver Evans (1755–1819), inventor; born in Newport
[edit] F
* Jennifer Fitzgerald (born Huffman, on March 22, 1979)
Wayne Franklin (born 1974), professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
[edit] G
Thomas Garrett (1789–1871), abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad
Commodore John P. Gillis (1803–1873), officer in the United States Navy; born in Wilmington
Joseph (Joey) Graham (born 1982), professional basketball player; born in Wilmington
Dallas Green (born 1934), former pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball; born in Newport
[edit] H
Willard Hall (1780–1875), lawyer, politician, served inDelaware General Assembly; from Wilmington
Orien Harris (born 1983), professional football player; born in Newark
Walt Hazzard (born 1942), college, Olympic and professional basketball player; college basketball coach; born in Wilmington
Henry Heimlich (born 1920), physician, invented the Heimlich Maneuver; born in Wilmington
Anthony Higgins (1840–1912), lawyer, Civil War veteran, U.S. Senator from Delaware
General Thomas Holcomb (1879–1965), 17th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps; born in New Castle
Cisco Houston (1918–1961), folk singer closely associated with Woody Guthrie; born in Wilmington
John Hunn (1818–1894), farmer and abolitionist; from Odessa
Doug Hutchison (born 1960), actor; born in Dover
[edit] J
Kensey Johns, Jr. (1791–1857), U.S. Representative from Delaware
Eldridge R. Johnson (1867–1945), co-created the Victor Talking Machine Company, born in Wilmington
Commodore Jacob Jones (1768–1850), officer in the U.S. Navy; born near Smyrna
[edit] K
Dyre Kearney (died 1791), lawyer, delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress; from Dover
Pat Kenney (born 1968), professional wrestler (stage name: Simon Diamond); born in Wilmington
Patrick Kerr (born 1956), television actor; born in Wilmington
[edit] L
Isaac Lea (1792–1886), conchologist, geologist, business man; born in Wilmington
Leach, Ethel Pennewill Brown (1878-1959), artist
Judith LeClair (born 1958), bassoonist (New York Philharmonic), of faculty of Juilliard School; from Newark
John Bernard "Hans" Lobert (1881–1968), Major League Baseball player,, coach, manager and scout; born in Wilmington
[edit] M
John Mabry (born 1970), professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
Thomas MacDonough
Eleazer McComb
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Kevin Mench
John J. Milligan
Hugh M. Morris
[edit] N
Daniel Nathans
[edit] O
John W. O'Daniel
Montell Owens
[edit] P
William Jackson Palmer
John Patten (1746–1800), farmer and politician from Dover, former U.S. Representative
William Peery
Ryan Phillippe (born 1974), actor; born in New Castle
Teri Polo (born 1969), actress; born in Dover
Howard Pyle
[edit] R
Judge Reinhold (born 1957), actor; born in Wilmington
Eugene Reybold
Thomas Rodney
David Roselle
Cynthia Rothrock
[edit] S
Mary Ann Shadd (1823–1893), educator, newspaper publisher, abolitionist and suffragist; born in Wilmington
Chris Short
Elisabeth Shue (born 1963), actress; born in Wilmington
Melanie Sloan
Thomas Alfred Smyth
Ian Snell
Presley Spruance
Brian Steckel
Susan Stroman (born 1954), choreographer, director; born in Wilmington
James Sykes (1725–1792), lawyer, served in Delaware General Assembly and Continental Congress; from Dover
Dave Sheridan (born 1969), actor
[edit] T
Sean Patrick Thomas (born 1970), actor; born in Wilmington
Jim Thompson (born 1906), businessman; born in Greenville
George Thorogood (born 1951), blues-rock musician; from Wilmington
James Tilton (1745–1822), physician, soldier, delegate in the Continental Congress; from Dover
[edit] V
James C. Van Sice, Rear Admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard; born in Wilmington
[edit] W
Herta Ware (1917–2005), actress and political activist; born in Wilmington
Johnny Weir (born 1984), figure skater, three-time U.S. national champion; resides in Newark
Samuel Wharton (1732–1800), merchant and politician from Dover, served as a Continental Congressman from Delaware.
Kathleen Widdoes (born 1939), actress; born in Wilmington
Thomas Wynne (1627–1691), physician, Justice of Sussex County from 1687–1691
[edit] Y
Cori Yarckin (born 1982), actress and singer; born in Seaford
[edit] Z
Aleksandra Ziółkowska Boehm (born 1949), writer of Polish origin, lives in Wilmington
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Future Future Future Perfect
By Freezepop
Release date: 2007-09-25
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
October 3, 2008 - Friday i thought a fish was a new prison bitch...
October 3, 2008 - Friday
i thought a fish was a new prison bitch...
Current mood: apathetic
Category: News and Politics
OCTOBER 2, 2008
Mackerel Economics in Prison
Leads to Appreciation for Oily Fillets
Packs of Fish Catch On as Currency, Former Inmates Say; Officials Carp
By JUSTIN SCHECK
Article
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When Larry Levine helped prepare divorce papers for a client a few years ago, he got paid in mackerel. Once the case ended, he says, "I had a stack of macks."
Mr. Levine and his client were prisoners in California's Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex. Like other federal inmates around the country, they found a can of mackerel -- the "mack" in prison lingo -- was the standard currency.
Larry Levine
"It's the coin of the realm," says Mark Bailey, who paid Mr. Levine in fish. Mr. Bailey was serving a two-year tax-fraud sentence in connection with a chain of strip clubs he owned. Mr. Levine was serving a nine-year term for drug dealing. Mr. Levine says he used his macks to get his beard trimmed, his clothes pressed and his shoes shined by other prisoners. "A haircut is two macks," he says, as an expected tip for inmates who work in the prison barber shop.
There's been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, former inmates and some prison consultants say. That's when federal prisons prohibited smoking and, by default, the cigarette pack, which was the earlier gold standard.
Prisoners need a proxy for the dollar because they're not allowed to possess cash. Money they get from prison jobs (which pay a maximum of 40 cents an hour, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons) or family members goes into commissary accounts that let them buy things such as food and toiletries. After the smokes disappeared, inmates turned to other items on the commissary menu to use as currency.
Books of stamps were one easy alternative. "It was like half a book for a piece of fruit," says Tony Serra, a well-known San Francisco criminal-defense attorney who last year finished nine months in Lompoc on tax charges. Elsewhere in the West, prisoners use PowerBars or cans of tuna, says Ed Bales, a consultant who advises people who are headed to prison. But in much of the federal prison system, he says, mackerel has become the currency of choice.
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Mackerel supplier Global Source Marketing Inc. says demand from prisons has grown since 2004. In recent years, demand has switched from cans -- which wardens don't like because inmates can turn them into makeshift knives -- to plastic-and-foil pouches of mackerel fillets, says Jon Linder, a vice president at supplier Power Commissary Inc., in Bohemia, N.Y.
Mackerel is hot in prisons in the U.S., but not so much anywhere else, says Mark Muntz, president of Global Source, which imports fillets of the oily, dark-fleshed fish from Asian canneries. Mr. Muntz says he's tried marketing mackerel to discount retailers. "We've even tried 99-cent stores," he says. "It never has done very well at all, regardless of the retailer, but it's very popular in the prisons."
Outstripping the Tuna
Mr. Muntz says he sold more than $1 million of mackerel for federal prison commissaries last year. It accounted for about half his commissary sales, he says, outstripping the canned tuna, crab, chicken and oysters he offers.
Unlike those more expensive delicacies, former prisoners say, the mack is a good stand-in for the greenback because each can (or pouch) costs about $1 and few -- other than weight-lifters craving protein -- want to eat it.
So inmates stash macks in lockers provided by the prison and use them to buy goods, including illicit ones such as stolen food and home-brewed "prison hooch," as well as services, such as shoeshines and cell cleaning.
Associated Press
Freshly fished mackerels.
The Bureau of Prisons views any bartering among prisoners as fishy. "We are aware that inmates attempt to trade amongst themselves items that are purchased from the commissary," says bureau spokeswoman Felicia Ponce in an email. She says guards respond by limiting the amount of goods prisoners can stockpile. Those who are caught bartering can end up in the "Special Housing Unit" -- an isolation area also known as the "hole" -- and could lose credit they get for good behavior.
For that reason -- and since communications between inmates and nonprisoners are monitored by prison officials -- current inmates can't discuss mackerel transactions without risking discipline, say several lawyers and consultants who represent incarcerated clients.
Ethan Roberts knows about mackerel discipline first hand. Mr. Roberts, who was released in 2007 after serving eight years on a methamphetamine charge at prisons including the La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas, says he got busted for various piscine transactions. "I paid gambling debts" with mackerel, he says. "One time I bought cigarettes for a friend who was in the hole."
Mr. Roberts and other ex-inmates say some prisoners make specially prepared food with items from the prison kitchen and sell it for mackerel.
"I knew a guy who would buy ingredients and use the microwaves to cook meals. Then people used mack to buy it from him," says Jonson Miller, an adjunct history professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia who spent two months in federal prison after being arrested at a protest on federal property.
Mr. Miller was released in 2003, when prisoners were getting ready for cigarettes to be phased out, and says inmates then were already moving to mackerel.
Since the Pensacola Federal Prison Camp commissary in Florida was only open one day a week, some inmates would run a "prison 7-Eleven" out of their lockers, reselling commissary items at a premium in exchange for mackerel, says Bill Bailey, who served three months last year on a computer-hacking charge. "I knew one guy who would actually pay rent to use half of another guy's locker because his locker wasn't large enough to store all his inventory," he says.
Big Haul
The Pensacola lockers, at about 4 feet high, could store plenty of macks, he says, a good thing for inmates who played poker, since a winning hand could result in a big haul. A spokeswoman for Pensacola said prison authorities discipline inmates who are caught bartering. At Lompoc, says spokeswoman Katie Shinn, guards "are not aware of such a problem with mackerel." When officials do catch inmates bartering, she says, punishments can include a loss of commissary privileges or moving to a less desirable cell.
There are other threats to the mackerel economy, says Mr. Linder, of Power Commissary. "There are shortages world-wide, in terms of the catch," he says. Combined with the weak dollar, that's led to a surging mack. Now, he says, a pouch of mackerel sells for more than $1 in most commissaries.
Another problem with mackerel is that once a prisoner's sentence is up, there's little to do with it -- the fish can't be redeemed for cash, and has little value on the outside. As a result, says Mr. Levine, prisoners approaching their release must either barter or give away their stockpiles.
That's what Mr. Levine did when he got out of prison last year. Since then, he's set up a consulting business offering advice to inmates and soon-to-be prisoners. He consults on various matters, such as how to request facility transfers and how to file grievances against wardens.
It's similar to the work he provided fellow inmates when he was in prison. But now, he says, "I get paid in American dollars."
Currently playing:
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i thought a fish was a new prison bitch...
Current mood: apathetic
Category: News and Politics
OCTOBER 2, 2008
Mackerel Economics in Prison
Leads to Appreciation for Oily Fillets
Packs of Fish Catch On as Currency, Former Inmates Say; Officials Carp
By JUSTIN SCHECK
Article
Comments
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When Larry Levine helped prepare divorce papers for a client a few years ago, he got paid in mackerel. Once the case ended, he says, "I had a stack of macks."
Mr. Levine and his client were prisoners in California's Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex. Like other federal inmates around the country, they found a can of mackerel -- the "mack" in prison lingo -- was the standard currency.
Larry Levine
"It's the coin of the realm," says Mark Bailey, who paid Mr. Levine in fish. Mr. Bailey was serving a two-year tax-fraud sentence in connection with a chain of strip clubs he owned. Mr. Levine was serving a nine-year term for drug dealing. Mr. Levine says he used his macks to get his beard trimmed, his clothes pressed and his shoes shined by other prisoners. "A haircut is two macks," he says, as an expected tip for inmates who work in the prison barber shop.
There's been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, former inmates and some prison consultants say. That's when federal prisons prohibited smoking and, by default, the cigarette pack, which was the earlier gold standard.
Prisoners need a proxy for the dollar because they're not allowed to possess cash. Money they get from prison jobs (which pay a maximum of 40 cents an hour, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons) or family members goes into commissary accounts that let them buy things such as food and toiletries. After the smokes disappeared, inmates turned to other items on the commissary menu to use as currency.
Books of stamps were one easy alternative. "It was like half a book for a piece of fruit," says Tony Serra, a well-known San Francisco criminal-defense attorney who last year finished nine months in Lompoc on tax charges. Elsewhere in the West, prisoners use PowerBars or cans of tuna, says Ed Bales, a consultant who advises people who are headed to prison. But in much of the federal prison system, he says, mackerel has become the currency of choice.
Fish Stories
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For Massachusetts Fishermen, A Weighty Debate About Fair Play
Supersize Me: Whale Meat Resurfaces on Iceland Menus
In Great Britain, A Fish Culture Clash: To Eat or Release?
A Politically Incorrect Fish Makes a Comeback
Boaters Beware: Things Are Jumping On Missouri River
Mackerel supplier Global Source Marketing Inc. says demand from prisons has grown since 2004. In recent years, demand has switched from cans -- which wardens don't like because inmates can turn them into makeshift knives -- to plastic-and-foil pouches of mackerel fillets, says Jon Linder, a vice president at supplier Power Commissary Inc., in Bohemia, N.Y.
Mackerel is hot in prisons in the U.S., but not so much anywhere else, says Mark Muntz, president of Global Source, which imports fillets of the oily, dark-fleshed fish from Asian canneries. Mr. Muntz says he's tried marketing mackerel to discount retailers. "We've even tried 99-cent stores," he says. "It never has done very well at all, regardless of the retailer, but it's very popular in the prisons."
Outstripping the Tuna
Mr. Muntz says he sold more than $1 million of mackerel for federal prison commissaries last year. It accounted for about half his commissary sales, he says, outstripping the canned tuna, crab, chicken and oysters he offers.
Unlike those more expensive delicacies, former prisoners say, the mack is a good stand-in for the greenback because each can (or pouch) costs about $1 and few -- other than weight-lifters craving protein -- want to eat it.
So inmates stash macks in lockers provided by the prison and use them to buy goods, including illicit ones such as stolen food and home-brewed "prison hooch," as well as services, such as shoeshines and cell cleaning.
Associated Press
Freshly fished mackerels.
The Bureau of Prisons views any bartering among prisoners as fishy. "We are aware that inmates attempt to trade amongst themselves items that are purchased from the commissary," says bureau spokeswoman Felicia Ponce in an email. She says guards respond by limiting the amount of goods prisoners can stockpile. Those who are caught bartering can end up in the "Special Housing Unit" -- an isolation area also known as the "hole" -- and could lose credit they get for good behavior.
For that reason -- and since communications between inmates and nonprisoners are monitored by prison officials -- current inmates can't discuss mackerel transactions without risking discipline, say several lawyers and consultants who represent incarcerated clients.
Ethan Roberts knows about mackerel discipline first hand. Mr. Roberts, who was released in 2007 after serving eight years on a methamphetamine charge at prisons including the La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas, says he got busted for various piscine transactions. "I paid gambling debts" with mackerel, he says. "One time I bought cigarettes for a friend who was in the hole."
Mr. Roberts and other ex-inmates say some prisoners make specially prepared food with items from the prison kitchen and sell it for mackerel.
"I knew a guy who would buy ingredients and use the microwaves to cook meals. Then people used mack to buy it from him," says Jonson Miller, an adjunct history professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia who spent two months in federal prison after being arrested at a protest on federal property.
Mr. Miller was released in 2003, when prisoners were getting ready for cigarettes to be phased out, and says inmates then were already moving to mackerel.
Since the Pensacola Federal Prison Camp commissary in Florida was only open one day a week, some inmates would run a "prison 7-Eleven" out of their lockers, reselling commissary items at a premium in exchange for mackerel, says Bill Bailey, who served three months last year on a computer-hacking charge. "I knew one guy who would actually pay rent to use half of another guy's locker because his locker wasn't large enough to store all his inventory," he says.
Big Haul
The Pensacola lockers, at about 4 feet high, could store plenty of macks, he says, a good thing for inmates who played poker, since a winning hand could result in a big haul. A spokeswoman for Pensacola said prison authorities discipline inmates who are caught bartering. At Lompoc, says spokeswoman Katie Shinn, guards "are not aware of such a problem with mackerel." When officials do catch inmates bartering, she says, punishments can include a loss of commissary privileges or moving to a less desirable cell.
There are other threats to the mackerel economy, says Mr. Linder, of Power Commissary. "There are shortages world-wide, in terms of the catch," he says. Combined with the weak dollar, that's led to a surging mack. Now, he says, a pouch of mackerel sells for more than $1 in most commissaries.
Another problem with mackerel is that once a prisoner's sentence is up, there's little to do with it -- the fish can't be redeemed for cash, and has little value on the outside. As a result, says Mr. Levine, prisoners approaching their release must either barter or give away their stockpiles.
That's what Mr. Levine did when he got out of prison last year. Since then, he's set up a consulting business offering advice to inmates and soon-to-be prisoners. He consults on various matters, such as how to request facility transfers and how to file grievances against wardens.
It's similar to the work he provided fellow inmates when he was in prison. But now, he says, "I get paid in American dollars."
Currently playing:
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
October 3, 2008 - Friday Watchmen movie
October 3, 2008 - Friday
Watchmen movie
Current mood: chipper
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Sneak peek at the upcoming 'Watchmen' film
By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer 4 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES — Who watched some of "Watchmen"?
Select members of the press. That's who.
Director Zack Snyder previewed and discussed three scenes from his upcoming graphic novel adaptation Wednesday. The film is based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' award-winning graphic novel of the same name about a group of subversive superheroes in hiding.
Snyder, who directed "300," said the movie was originally slated to be set in modern times and explained how he slowly persuaded studio Warner Bros. to stay true to the graphic novel's alternate 1985 setting, where Richard Nixon remains president and outlaws superheroes.
"I was like, 'What if we just set it back a little further, like 1990?'" said Snyder. "And then we just said that 1985 is cooler because then it would be more of a period movie. That was how, for me anyway, I got as much of the graphic novel back in."
Snyder began the preview — spoiler alert! — with the first 12 minutes of the film. The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is watching TV when a shadowy figure breaks into his apartment, attacking and eventually throwing him through a window to a bloody death below.
The opening credit montage detailed the early history of "Watchmen" characters from the 1930s to the 1970s. The montage featured the original Minutemen characters including Silhouette (Apollonia Vanova), who was killed alongside her girlfriend in the 1940s.
Next, Snyder showed a sequence detailing the origin of Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), which began with the blue superhero standing on Mars recalling his love affair with a fellow physicist and the experiment that transformed him into a matter-bending superbeing.
The final scene previewed focused on the second incarnations of Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) breaking into a prison to rescue fellow superhero Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) immediately after the duo had sex in Nite Owl's ship.
"Watchmen" is scheduled to tick into movie theaters March 6, 2009, but the film's release could be in jeopardy because of a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Twentieth Century Fox, which claims to have the rights to distribute a film based on the graphic novel.
"We're just working on the movie," Snyder said of the lawsuit. "I'm not a lawyer, so it's hard for me to comment on that. I probably shouldn't, I guess. We've just been forging ahead. If they wanted to come and stop us, I guess they would, but they haven't yet."
Snyder was also adamant that since no more "Watchmen" source material exists from the graphic novel, a sequel or prequel to his "Watchman" — currently clocking in at a beefy 2-hour-and-43-minute running time — could never be created. At least not one he'd direct.
"There can't be a sequel," said Snyder when asked about rumored sequel clauses in actors' contracts. "There won't be prequel. Not with me involved in it, anyway. They might be able to find someone to do it, but it won't be me. That's crazy talk."
Currently reading:
Watchmen
By Alan Moore
Watchmen movie
Current mood: chipper
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Sneak peek at the upcoming 'Watchmen' film
By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer 4 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES — Who watched some of "Watchmen"?
Select members of the press. That's who.
Director Zack Snyder previewed and discussed three scenes from his upcoming graphic novel adaptation Wednesday. The film is based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' award-winning graphic novel of the same name about a group of subversive superheroes in hiding.
Snyder, who directed "300," said the movie was originally slated to be set in modern times and explained how he slowly persuaded studio Warner Bros. to stay true to the graphic novel's alternate 1985 setting, where Richard Nixon remains president and outlaws superheroes.
"I was like, 'What if we just set it back a little further, like 1990?'" said Snyder. "And then we just said that 1985 is cooler because then it would be more of a period movie. That was how, for me anyway, I got as much of the graphic novel back in."
Snyder began the preview — spoiler alert! — with the first 12 minutes of the film. The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is watching TV when a shadowy figure breaks into his apartment, attacking and eventually throwing him through a window to a bloody death below.
The opening credit montage detailed the early history of "Watchmen" characters from the 1930s to the 1970s. The montage featured the original Minutemen characters including Silhouette (Apollonia Vanova), who was killed alongside her girlfriend in the 1940s.
Next, Snyder showed a sequence detailing the origin of Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), which began with the blue superhero standing on Mars recalling his love affair with a fellow physicist and the experiment that transformed him into a matter-bending superbeing.
The final scene previewed focused on the second incarnations of Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) breaking into a prison to rescue fellow superhero Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) immediately after the duo had sex in Nite Owl's ship.
"Watchmen" is scheduled to tick into movie theaters March 6, 2009, but the film's release could be in jeopardy because of a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Twentieth Century Fox, which claims to have the rights to distribute a film based on the graphic novel.
"We're just working on the movie," Snyder said of the lawsuit. "I'm not a lawyer, so it's hard for me to comment on that. I probably shouldn't, I guess. We've just been forging ahead. If they wanted to come and stop us, I guess they would, but they haven't yet."
Snyder was also adamant that since no more "Watchmen" source material exists from the graphic novel, a sequel or prequel to his "Watchman" — currently clocking in at a beefy 2-hour-and-43-minute running time — could never be created. At least not one he'd direct.
"There can't be a sequel," said Snyder when asked about rumored sequel clauses in actors' contracts. "There won't be prequel. Not with me involved in it, anyway. They might be able to find someone to do it, but it won't be me. That's crazy talk."
Currently reading:
Watchmen
By Alan Moore
September 30, 2008 - Tuesday palin again...
September 30, 2008 - Tuesday
palin again...
Current mood: blah
Category: News and Politics
September 24, 2008 | Issue 44•39
Point
Gov. Palin Has No Foreign Policy Experience, Refuses To Acknowledge Global Warming, And Supports The War In Iraq
By Roger Hobaugh, Concerned Citizen
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There may be no better word to describe John McCain's vice presidential pick than "ridiculous."
After months of criticizing Sen. Obama for his inexperience with foreign policy, McCain has chosen quite possibly the least experienced woman in politics to serve as his second-in-command. How little experience does Palin have, you ask? She was a part-time mayor of a tiny Alaska town and then governor of one of the least populous states in the union for less than two years. Palin has never met with any foreign leaders of any kind—in fact, she only applied for a U.S. passport last year!
In this time of international turmoil, how could McCain, a man who would become the oldest candidate ever elected, select a novice like Palin knowing she would be one heartbeat away from having to step into the presidency and protect our nation? The mere notion that Palin is even remotely equipped to manage the ongoing war on terror is an out-and-out fantasy dreamt up by the Republican party to disguise why they really selected her: to attract female and evangelical voters in a desperate attempt to win the election at any cost—even if it means sacrificing our nation's security.
McCain has chosen for his running mate a woman who is so set in the past that she supports abstinence-only education despite its failure among her own children; a woman who claims she is not convinced that global warming is a serious issue. Palin has time and again supported needless and ecologically destructive drilling in Alaska's wildlife reserves—drilling that McCain himself is ardently opposed to—yet offers no plan for the very real and proven threat of climate change, despite the danger it poses to her home state.
Perhaps the most frightening prospect of putting Palin in the White House is her continued support of the failing war in Iraq—a war she called "a task that is from God." Electing Sarah Palin and John McCain in November will no doubt prolong this costly and unwinnable conflict, which every day claims the lives of more American troops and sinks our country further into debt.
Palin is not a bold new choice for America. I have no doubt she will provide the same type of irresponsible and flat-out dangerous leadership we've seen from President Bush for the past eight years. That is, if she provides any leadership at all.
Counterpoint
Please Keep Your Voice Down, My Poor Retarded Child Is Sleeping
By Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential Nominee
Shhhh!
Could you please stop tearing apart my record so loudly? I just put my special needs child down for a nap. You remember my poor, Down syndrome baby, don't you? The developmentally disabled child I carried to term despite knowing that he had special needs? The child who would be helpless without my constant care and attention? Well, he's just nodded off, and if you continue to provide such damning evidence of my inexperience in both foreign and domestic policy, you'll wake him.
You wouldn't want him to start crying, would you?
It's very rude of you to keep pointing out the myriad reasons I am unfit to be the governor of Alaska, much less vice president of the United States of America, when you know my Down syndrome–afflicted son is trying to get some much-needed rest. If you wanted to question my qualifications as a leader, you should have thought of that sooner, like, say, before I gave birth to a retarded child who would probably starve to death if I weren't so selflessly and courageously dedicated to him.
Actually, he'll probably be sleeping for a while, so maybe it would be best if you came back later. Perhaps this afternoon, or in a couple of months. It's just that he gets so tired having to struggle with even the simplest tasks that you and I take for granted. Because my special needs son has Down syndrome, you see. My child has Down syndrome. And, as the mother of a baby with Down syndrome, I would appreciate it if you stopped bringing up my nonexistent energy plan while he sleeps there, like an angel.
My beautiful, special needs angel.
I assure you, I have every intention of responding to your claims. Sarah Palin does not run from a challenge. Like the challenge of raising a child with Down syndrome. That's what I've been doing for five months now, and let me tell you, it is hard work. But I wouldn't trade a moment of it for anything in the world, not even for more time to respond to the gaping holes you've just punched in my candidacy. Did I mention he has Down syndrome?
Now, if you'll please back away quietly without saying anything else—especially about my recent comments regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and how they illustrate my complete lack of even a basic understanding of our economy—I'll forget this whole thing ever happened.
And so will my vote-stealing retard baby.
this is of course a satirical site, so this had never happened, but it struck home a little. palin is claiming competence cos she has a mentally retarded baby. well dig this big crux; my estranged step-sister has a baby with downs as well. charlie has progressed well, but it does not make her a better person. she still is a lying, cheating, stealing, substance abusing (in the past) trap and i don't trust her in my sight, let alone with the economy. although palin has never struck my mother, i feel the same way about her. i don't care about her religion, her hockey mom-ness, whatever. i just don't think she is qualified and has a vein of evil running through her. the motherload if you will. i feel mccain had chosen her for her looks and faith, a trophy wife, marching down the aisle to the misbegotten strains of heart's "barracuda" and i hope american signs one hell of a prenup.
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By Atreyu
Release date: 2007-01-23
palin again...
Current mood: blah
Category: News and Politics
September 24, 2008 | Issue 44•39
Point
Gov. Palin Has No Foreign Policy Experience, Refuses To Acknowledge Global Warming, And Supports The War In Iraq
By Roger Hobaugh, Concerned Citizen
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There may be no better word to describe John McCain's vice presidential pick than "ridiculous."
After months of criticizing Sen. Obama for his inexperience with foreign policy, McCain has chosen quite possibly the least experienced woman in politics to serve as his second-in-command. How little experience does Palin have, you ask? She was a part-time mayor of a tiny Alaska town and then governor of one of the least populous states in the union for less than two years. Palin has never met with any foreign leaders of any kind—in fact, she only applied for a U.S. passport last year!
In this time of international turmoil, how could McCain, a man who would become the oldest candidate ever elected, select a novice like Palin knowing she would be one heartbeat away from having to step into the presidency and protect our nation? The mere notion that Palin is even remotely equipped to manage the ongoing war on terror is an out-and-out fantasy dreamt up by the Republican party to disguise why they really selected her: to attract female and evangelical voters in a desperate attempt to win the election at any cost—even if it means sacrificing our nation's security.
McCain has chosen for his running mate a woman who is so set in the past that she supports abstinence-only education despite its failure among her own children; a woman who claims she is not convinced that global warming is a serious issue. Palin has time and again supported needless and ecologically destructive drilling in Alaska's wildlife reserves—drilling that McCain himself is ardently opposed to—yet offers no plan for the very real and proven threat of climate change, despite the danger it poses to her home state.
Perhaps the most frightening prospect of putting Palin in the White House is her continued support of the failing war in Iraq—a war she called "a task that is from God." Electing Sarah Palin and John McCain in November will no doubt prolong this costly and unwinnable conflict, which every day claims the lives of more American troops and sinks our country further into debt.
Palin is not a bold new choice for America. I have no doubt she will provide the same type of irresponsible and flat-out dangerous leadership we've seen from President Bush for the past eight years. That is, if she provides any leadership at all.
Counterpoint
Please Keep Your Voice Down, My Poor Retarded Child Is Sleeping
By Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential Nominee
Shhhh!
Could you please stop tearing apart my record so loudly? I just put my special needs child down for a nap. You remember my poor, Down syndrome baby, don't you? The developmentally disabled child I carried to term despite knowing that he had special needs? The child who would be helpless without my constant care and attention? Well, he's just nodded off, and if you continue to provide such damning evidence of my inexperience in both foreign and domestic policy, you'll wake him.
You wouldn't want him to start crying, would you?
It's very rude of you to keep pointing out the myriad reasons I am unfit to be the governor of Alaska, much less vice president of the United States of America, when you know my Down syndrome–afflicted son is trying to get some much-needed rest. If you wanted to question my qualifications as a leader, you should have thought of that sooner, like, say, before I gave birth to a retarded child who would probably starve to death if I weren't so selflessly and courageously dedicated to him.
Actually, he'll probably be sleeping for a while, so maybe it would be best if you came back later. Perhaps this afternoon, or in a couple of months. It's just that he gets so tired having to struggle with even the simplest tasks that you and I take for granted. Because my special needs son has Down syndrome, you see. My child has Down syndrome. And, as the mother of a baby with Down syndrome, I would appreciate it if you stopped bringing up my nonexistent energy plan while he sleeps there, like an angel.
My beautiful, special needs angel.
I assure you, I have every intention of responding to your claims. Sarah Palin does not run from a challenge. Like the challenge of raising a child with Down syndrome. That's what I've been doing for five months now, and let me tell you, it is hard work. But I wouldn't trade a moment of it for anything in the world, not even for more time to respond to the gaping holes you've just punched in my candidacy. Did I mention he has Down syndrome?
Now, if you'll please back away quietly without saying anything else—especially about my recent comments regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and how they illustrate my complete lack of even a basic understanding of our economy—I'll forget this whole thing ever happened.
And so will my vote-stealing retard baby.
this is of course a satirical site, so this had never happened, but it struck home a little. palin is claiming competence cos she has a mentally retarded baby. well dig this big crux; my estranged step-sister has a baby with downs as well. charlie has progressed well, but it does not make her a better person. she still is a lying, cheating, stealing, substance abusing (in the past) trap and i don't trust her in my sight, let alone with the economy. although palin has never struck my mother, i feel the same way about her. i don't care about her religion, her hockey mom-ness, whatever. i just don't think she is qualified and has a vein of evil running through her. the motherload if you will. i feel mccain had chosen her for her looks and faith, a trophy wife, marching down the aisle to the misbegotten strains of heart's "barracuda" and i hope american signs one hell of a prenup.
Currently listening:
The Best Of Atreyu
By Atreyu
Release date: 2007-01-23
September 28, 2008 - Sunday is that the ozzy roast?
September 28, 2008 - Sunday
is that the ozzy roast?
Current mood: amused
Category: Food and Restaurants
Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.
The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning.
She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.
Currently watching:
Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy
Release date: 2002-07-16
is that the ozzy roast?
Current mood: amused
Category: Food and Restaurants
Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.
The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning.
She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.
Currently watching:
Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy
Release date: 2002-07-16
September 27, 2008 - Saturday so how much for a sara palin chew toy
September 27, 2008 - Saturday
so how much for a sara palin chew toy?
Current mood: froggy
Category: News and Politics
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A pet food company has come up with a novel way of gauging the public mood ahead of the New Zealand's general election -- which political leader would you like to see fed to the dogs?
Masterpet has made rubber chew toys for dogs with likenesses to the two politicians vying to run the country after the November 8 election, website http:/www.stuff.co.nz has reported.
Masterpet said it will publish sales of the Helen Clark and John Key toys as an informal "dog tucker poll." Whoever sells the most could be in trouble come election night.
"Early data in our reverse poll suggests a preference for (Prime Minister) Helen Clark," Masterpet North Island sales manager Peter Couchman told
Currently playing:
Super Mario All Stars
so how much for a sara palin chew toy?
Current mood: froggy
Category: News and Politics
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A pet food company has come up with a novel way of gauging the public mood ahead of the New Zealand's general election -- which political leader would you like to see fed to the dogs?
Masterpet has made rubber chew toys for dogs with likenesses to the two politicians vying to run the country after the November 8 election, website http:/www.stuff.co.nz has reported.
Masterpet said it will publish sales of the Helen Clark and John Key toys as an informal "dog tucker poll." Whoever sells the most could be in trouble come election night.
"Early data in our reverse poll suggests a preference for (Prime Minister) Helen Clark," Masterpet North Island sales manager Peter Couchman told
Currently playing:
Super Mario All Stars
September 27, 2008 - Saturday more snapfish responses, methinks they are not listening
September 27, 2008 - Saturday
more snapfish responses, methinks they are not listening
Current mood: froggy
Category: Web, HTML, Tech
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this did not resolve my problem as i have previously stated, i do not know this woman
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Release date: 2008-06-17
more snapfish responses, methinks they are not listening
Current mood: froggy
Category: Web, HTML, Tech
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this did not resolve my problem as i have previously stated, i do not know this woman
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We certainly regret any inconvenience.
Please note that this might have occurred due to some technical error, we request you to delete those albums from your account. Here is how to remove an album from your Snapfish account. After visiting
http://www.snapfish.com and logging in to your account, look for the 'edit album' button in the grey toolbar on the right side of the page.
Click on this button and then click on the 'remove albums' link.
You will be taken to a page that displays all of the albums in your photo library. To one side of each album you will see a box. Click the box next to the album that you want to delete; a small check mark will appear in the box. After you have selected all of the albums you want to delete, click the button at the top of the page labeled "remove these albums"
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