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I think for the first time since I was 8, I completely forgot about the game being on tonight! So, of course it was a high scoring(for an Allstar game) affair....drat.... So, I hear this game mattered, is that true?

Scientists attempt to clone woolly mammoth By Charles Arthur, Technology Editor 16 July 2003 Scientists hoping to clone prehistoric woolly mammoths are preparing their first frozen DNA samples in a bid to revive the species. The specimens of bone marrow, muscle and skin were unearthed last August in the Siberian tundra where they had been preserved in ice for thousands of years. Researchers at the Gifu Science and Technology Centre and Kinki University want to use the genetic material in the cells to clone a woolly mammoth, according to Akira Irytani, a scientist at Kinki University in western Japan. First they must determine whether the five specimens airlifted from Russia are really from mammoths. If so, they must decide whether the DNA locked inside is well enough preserved to self-replicate. After that, it could take several years to actually produce an animal. "There are many different problems to overcome," the Gifu Centre's Hideyoshi Ichibashi said. "I think we can move ahead only one step at a time." The idea of cloning mammoths from specimens discovered in permafrost holds a perennial fascination for scientists since cloning of adult mammals was shown to be feasible with Dolly the sheep in 1996. But in 1999 Alexei Tikhonov, chairman of the Mammoth Committee of the Russian Academy of Science, who took part in an expedition that uncovered one of the animals buried in the permafrost, said he and his colleagues on the scientific committee were not preparing to clone the mammal. "You have to have a living cell for cloning, and not a single cell can survive in the permafrost," he said then. Dr Irytani said the idea was to develop the cloning technology on extinct animals to aid in the preservation of endangered species. So far, six mammoths have been discovered and partially or completely unearthed from the permafrost, which is as hard as concrete and has to be broken up with jackhammers. Kinki University scientists, with veterinary experts from Kagoshima University in southern Japan, have searched for mammoth DNA samples since 1997 in Siberia. The techniques used include ground-penetrating radar, which can detect the size and shape of buried objects. So far, no cells bearing cloning-quality DNA have been found. The initial plan called for finding mammoth sperm cells, which could be used to inseminate a modern day elephant and create a mammoth-elephant hybrid. But no sperm cells have been found, and other samples retrieved during previous excavations, including legs buried under permafrost, have turned out to be left unusable by time and climate changes. Dr Irytani was more hopeful about their samples, estimated at 20,000 years old, saying they had been well preserved in the ground at about -20C (-4F). Mammoths died out about 13,000 years ago because humans hunted them to extinction. One plan to revive mammoths would not use cloning, but the more straightforward technique of artificial insemination of any intact sperm into African elephants, the mammoths' closest living relative http://news.independent.co.uk/world/scienc...sp?story=424757

Hilary Clinton...."Of course I am running for President in 2004, that's why I became a senator!"

kinuta, I know what you mean! The image the Casablanca disc is just amazing! Sell the old one to pay for the new edition! I see I still have the 50th ann. VHS edition as well! Bastards keep getting my money for the same film! Haven't seen the Unforgiven on dvd, but the Singin' in the Rain 2 disc set is well worth getting! I did resist getting the first dvd because it seemed kind of skimpy on features, but the vhs we had, had pretty crappy sound...the singing was fine, but they had done something to the non-singing audio and it was terrible!!! Sounded like they were inside a large can. The video is as good in color as that Casablanca looks in B&W(well, almost!) Tons of extras, including 2 documentaries, feature length audio commentary with Debbie, Donald, Cyd, Stanley Donan, Comden and Green, and others(Damn, never listened to it!) and my favorite extras(That I have seen) was the excepts of the Arthur Freed/Nacio Brown songs from the original films! Very cool! So, in other words, when you get the chance, spend the 20 bucks at >deep discount dvd< to get it, they ship for free as well!

This is the very first time that deleted scenes from Casablanca have shown up, as far as I know, so excellent news indeed! Saint Vitus, you stole my thunder! I was just going to mention www.thedigitalbits.com site, a great site for dvd news. They are about to put out a book, so updates have been a bit slow of late.... Warner Brothers/Turner have some excellent 2 disc special editions coming out soon, including.... Warner's got some great news too. They're releasing The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Yankee Doodle Dandy as 2-disc special editions on 9/30, as part of their Warner Legends promotion. Each will be available separately (SRP $26.99 each), and as part of a Warner Legends box set of all three (SRP $69.92). All three films have been restored using Warner's new "Ultra Restoration" process, which begins with scanning the original Technicolor 3-strip black and white "records" at high resolution (2K). The black and white records are then combined electronically to create the color images, which are also electronically re-registered, steadied and cleaned before the final DVDs are produced. The result, in theory, is an image that looks better than the original. The Adventures of Robin Hood: Special Edition will include the film in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, along with Dolby Digital mono audio. Extras on Disc One will include audio commentary by author and film historian Rudy Behlmer, a music-only audio track showcasing the Oscar-winning score, Warner Night at the Movies 1938 (introduced by Leonard Maltin, which includes the theatrical trailer for Angels with Dirty Faces, a vintage newsreel, the original musical short subject Freddie Rich and His Orchestra and the vintage animated short Katnip Kollege) and an Errol Flynn trailer gallery with trailers for twelve of his most beloved films including Captain Blood, The Prince and the Pauper, Dodge City, The Sea Hawk, Dive Bomber and The Adventures of Robin Hood (both the 1938 version and 1942 reissue). Disc Two includes the hour-long Glorious Technicolor documentary (narrated by Angela Lansbury), the all-new 65th Anniversary documentary, Welcome to Sherwood: The Story of The Adventures of Robin Hood, the classic Looney Tunes shorts Rabbit Hood and Robin Hood Daffy, the vintage Warner Bros. short subjects Cavalcade of Archery (1945) and The Cruise of the Zaca (1952) with Errol Flynn, the Robin Hood Through the Ages featurette (on the various screen adaptations), the A Journey to Sherwood Forest featurette (with home movies and behind-the-scenes footage), outtakes, the Breakdowns of 1938 Warner Bros. Pictures blooper reel, audio of the May 11, 1938 National Radio Broadcast The Robin Hood Radio Show, audio of Erich Wolfgang Korngold piano sessions and still galleries of historical art, costume designs, scene concept drawings, cast & crew photos and publicity & poster materials. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Special Edition will also include the film in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, along with Dolby Digital mono audio. Extras on Disc One will include audio commentary by author/Bogart biographer Eric Lax, Warner Night at the Movies 1948 (introduced by Leonard Maltin, which includes the theatrical trailer for Key Largo, a vintage newsreel, the original short subject So You Want to Be a Detective, and the Looney Tunes animated short Hot Cross Bunny) along with a Humphrey Bogart trailer gallery with trailers for twelve of his most beloved films including High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep and The Treasure of Sierra Madre. Disc Two adds the feature-length 1989 documentary John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick, the all-new Discovering Treasure: The Story of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre documentary, the Looney Tunes animated short 8 Ball Bunny, audio of the scoring stage sessions for the film, audio of the April 18, 1949 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast and still galleries of storyboards, dressed set stills, cast & crew photos and publicity & poster materials. And finally, the Yankee Doodle Dandy: Special Edition will also include the film in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, along with Dolby Digital mono audio. Extras on Disc One will include audio commentary by author and film historian Rudy Behlmer, Warner Night at the Movies 1942 (introduced by Leonard Maltin, which includes the theatrical trailer for Casablanca, a vintage newsreel, the original short subject Beyond the Line of Duty, the Looney Tunes animated short Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid) as well as a James Cagney trailer gallery with trailers for seven of his most beloved films including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Footlight Parade and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Disc Two adds the James Cagney: Top of the World biographical tribute documentary (hosted by Michael J. Fox), the all-new Let Freedom Sing!: The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy production documentary, the Looney Tunes shorts Yankee Doodle Daffy and Yankee Doodle Bugs, the vintage wartime short You, John Jones starring James Cagney & Greer Garson, audio of outtakes and rehearsals, audio of the October 19, 1942 Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater Radio Show with film cast members and still galleries of sheet music, dressed set stills, scene concept drawings and publicity & poster materials. I am a little confused about the talk of All three films have been restored using Warner's new "Ultra Restoration" process, which begins with scanning the original Technicolor 3-strip black and white "records" at high resolution (2K). since only The Adventures of Robin Hood is in Technicolor, am I missing something?

Man, I didn't even hear about this! I will forever kick myself that I didn't say to hell with missing a few days more of work several years ago and stay to see Benny play in LA.....can't say he didn't have a hell of a recording legacy though!!! Even his cds from the 90's sound like a guy in his prime..... Thanks for everything Mr. Carter!

Alexander to connoisseur, "See you at church!" Chris A, "Mac is just junk, plain and simple, gonna get a pc, a real computer...and Bessie is overrated to boot!" :rsmile:

It's not just Burt!

Son's message in a bottle arrives--5 years after death July 11, 2003 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--Almost five years to the day after Roger Clay died in a motorcycle accident, his parents got one last message from him--a sun-scorched note he had stuffed into a bottle as a child and set adrift in 1984. A man found the bottle in a St. Petersburg canal on the Fourth of July and returned it this week to Clay's mother. "I dread this time of year every year. It's the worst," Lisa Ferguson told the St. Petersburg Times for Thursday's editions. ''But now I have something wonderful to think about." Clay died July 10, 1998, nine days after his 21st birthday. He had been 7 years old and on vacation when he tossed the tape-sealed Pepsi bottle into the Gulf of Mexico from a pier in Clearwater, just north of St. Petersburg. ''To whoever finds this letter please write me a letter and let me know,'' the note said in shaky pencil. The note included his address in Fairfield, Ohio, and the date: Dec. 27, 1984. When the bottle turned up behind Don Smith's home on Tampa Bay, on the opposite side of the Pinellas County peninsula, Smith set out to find the boy. With the Times' help, he learned of Clay's death. Smith said he was determined to find the parents. ''Imagine what that message would mean to them,'' he said. Ferguson was tracked down on vacation in Seminole, a St. Petersburg suburb. ''Here I am, trying to escape Roger's death, and he reaches out and gives me this message, this gift,'' she said. Clay's father, Roger K. Clay, said he had forgotten all about the bottle. ''It's kind of hard to put into words, all the emotions that brings back,'' he said. ''I told Lisa, it was like he was trying to remind us he was still with us.'' http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nw...nws-mess11.html

Alexander, you are right...on this point at least, and just the first part! Back in the day,Hollywood had to be creative to get around not showing hot sweaty, sexy folk nekked. Dialog, implying action that will happen later is more often than not sexier than just throwing two unclothed people into bed...The way Garbo and John Gilbert kiss, caress, and look at each other in Flesh and the Devil is just amazing, them being nude on top of that would have added nothing IMO....Implied violence/gore works the same way. A film like The Body Snatcher from 1945 with Boris Karloff as a grave robber, is so creepy, just from his discriptions! Alexander, perhaps you are not so far off with your second point, if only hollywood as an exercise would try to make a few films with the same rules of post 1934 Films, it would be interesting to see how writers/directors of today would find ways to make watchable films....

What about Mr. Breen?

Glad to see that there are some classic film fans on this here board! Y'all might want to check out the book, Hollywood's Golden Year, 1939...By Ted Sennett. It came out in 1989, but they still have some used copies at Amazon. isbn 0312033613.... Some of the films that IMO are worth checking out(Or seeing again) if you haven't already are Love Affair(the Original) Midnight with Claudette Colbert, 2 very good Cagney films, the Roaring Twenties, and Each Dawn I Die..the First 2 Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films Adventures of Sherlock, and the Hounds of the Baskervilles, 2 Garson Kanin films, The Great Man Votes(With John Barrymore) and the very funny Bachelor Mother with Ginger Rogers and David Niven..The all female cast film The Women (It's not just for gay folks! ) Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, etc, etc, etc! I'm sure the list is not to everyone's taste, but that year was just crazy. Bette Davis starred in Dark Victory and Old Maid, and I know there have been other pretty darn good films from that year that I have come across that are not mentioned in this book, nor that I remember at this time....

I always thought it was a crime that the scene in Mata Hari that Garbo wore this diaphanous nightgown in was cut by Hays, and never has shown up in any version I have seen, just this still photo! Well, can't seem to get the photo to upload, so will just do it this way! Photo from the book Hollywood Portraits: Classic scene stills, 1929-1941 isbn 086124432x

Damn!!!! last lines....The timing raised eyebrows. "It's kind of peculiar. He wrecked on Friday the 13th and 19 years later he started talking on Friday the 13th," Jerry Wallis said.

Sorry to chime in without a recommendation, but it was funny to see on the general music discussion page the headline.... Jul 8 2003, 09:53 AM In: Good turntable for $10...

Gee, they kinda do look related in those two shots! Gee, and so does Vijay, huh?

3. Roland Kirk. "Our Love Is Here To Stay" (from Introducing Roland Kirk, Argo). Kirk, manzello; William Burton, piano; Don Garrett, bass; Sonny Brown, drums. The instrument sounded like a soprano saxophone. I don't know if it was Steve Lacy or a guy I read about who plays about three or four instruments. He projected a lot of feeling. At first, the rhythm section wasn't quite together. In spite of that, he was saying what he had to say right along. Through him, I think maybe I could learn to like this sound. He had a lot of control, and a soprano sax is a very hard instrument to play, especially trying to keep it in tune. I don't really know if it was a soprano, but I liked it - his part. If it wasn't a soprano, it was an oboe. For the soloist, two stars. No, he was better than that. Let me add one. Three stars. so, soprano, oboe????

Errant drive finds sand trap Teen flips SUV while `doing doughnuts' on course By ERIC HANSON Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Special to the Chronicle A 2002 Ford Explorer rests on its roof on the sixth hole of the Cinco Ranch golf course Thursday morning. The driver, a 17-year-old boy, has been charged with felony criminal mischief. Police estimate damage to the course at $15,000. The par-5 sixth hole at the Golf Club at Cinco Ranch is 532 yards long, with water on the left and a fairway bunker on the right. But on Thursday, an inverted Ford Explorer created a new obstacle across the front of the green. "We actually had a few ladies who hit their approach shots over the car," said Karl Ludeke, general manager of the course. The upside-down sport utility vehicle was a temporary hazard that a handful of golfers had to overcome Thursday before it was uprighted and towed away. Ludeke said a 17-year-old boy drove the Ford onto the course and made several tight circles on the green before one of the wheels slipped over the lip of the bunker and the vehicle flipped over. The teen, Parker Allen Dial, of 22000 Wickfield, was charged with felony criminal mischief, said Sgt. James Owen of the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable's office. It was the third time in recent weeks that someone has decided to, literally, drive the fairways of the course, which is crossed by the Fort Bend-Harris county line near Katy. "Usually it happens when school gets out or at spring break," Ludeke said. Thursday's vandalism occurred a few minutes after midnight. When employees arrived for work in the pre-dawn hours, they found at the clubhouse a note from the teen's father explaining what happened. Course employees called police and at about the same time officers arrived, the man and his son also showed up, Ludeke said. "The police told me that the boy was mad and just wanted to tear some (stuff) up," Ludeke said. Sgt. Jason McDaniel of the constable's office said the teen did about $15,000 worth of damage. Vandals, he said, often operate in a group but in this instance it was just one person. "Usually when they do something like that it's with their buddies," McDaniel said. Course maintenance crews planted new sod on the damaged right side of the green, moved the pin to the left, and the hole was open for play all day, Ludeke said. Although a few golfers tried to hit over the 2002 Explorer, most of the players simply picked up their balls when they got near the green and walked over to the next tee box. "So they were only able to play 17 and a half holes," Ludeke added. He said the course's maintenance staff will not know for several days whether the entire green needs to be replaced. "Our main goal is to get in shape for play this weekend and early next week so that we can assess whether we need to completely rebuild the green or resurface just half of it," Ludeke said. People often do not realize how much work and money goes into the growth and care of the grass of a golf course, he said. "It's frustrating," Ludeke said. "Now we got a kid doing doughnuts on it and just destroying it and not even realizing what he is doing." http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1979868

I am only mentioning this of course because Aric likes her so, but if one watches this film, towards the end of the movie, she is wearing a fairly sheer nightgown...and when she storms out of the room, you can see her butt cheeks! I happened to have taped the movie when I noticed this fact, ran the tape back, adjusted the brightness on the screen, and wondered aloud how that got past the censors! Fiddled some more with the contrast....

Well, he is smiling all the way to several banks!

Gee, they kinda do look related in those two shots!

It may have been a problem because of being signed in on ebay, and that link would be different than if I searched for you...just a thought...here is the linky dink.... http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?View...5&since=-1&rd=1

Pryan, glad it arrived!!!!!

That's only logical, since one can already get a life sentence for spitting on a police agent: Man gets life in prison for spitting (cnn.com) I was going to say that was waaaaay too harsh, but then saw that one of his past convictions was for wife beating...so he is reaping what he sowed....