http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/18/entertainment/et-bigpicture18
Los Angeles Times
THE BIG PICTURE
Summit hits its peak with 'Twilight'
November 18, 2008|PATRICK GOLDSTEIN
Up until now, Summit Entertainment hasn't exactly set the movie world on fire. Run by veteran sales agent Patrick Wachsberger and former Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Friedman, the new indie distributor and finance company has struggled to prove that it can compete with the studio behemoths in the marketplace. Of its five releases, only one, the mixed martial arts film "Never Back Down," was a modest success, grossing about $25 million in the U.S. The company's most recent release, the teen comedy "Sex Drive," was a bomb, making barely $8 million after opening on nearly 2,500 screens.
But Summit has an amazing ace up its sleeve -- "Twilight." If you know a teenager, I need not say more. If you don't, the sound you hear in the distance is the approaching pop culture tsunami.
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unregistered
not registered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act
Foreign Agents Registration Act
The Foreign Agents Registration Act is a United States law (22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.) passed in 1938 requiring that agents representing the interests of foreign powers be properly identified to the American public. The act was passed in response to German propaganda in the lead-up to World War II.
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The Internet Movie Database
Release dates for
Twilight (2008)
Country Date
USA 17 November 2008 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
UK 3 December 2008 (London) (premiere)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/business/media/20summit.html
The New York Times [ SEVERE PROPAGANDA ASSET OF THE BILL GATES AL QAIDA MICROSOFT GLOBAL TERRORIST NETWORK ]
For Studio, Vampire Movie Is a Cinderella Story
By BROOKS BARNES
Published: November 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Until now, tiny Summit Entertainment has been largely ignored by the major studios and looked down on by A-list agents and managers. But because of a classic bit of Hollywood bungling, the fledgling movie company finds itself sitting atop one of the biggest pop-culture phenomena of recent years.
At Monday’s premiere in Los Angeles, about 3,000 fans lined the streets around the two theaters screening the film. More than a thousand people were denied entry to the packed premiere party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motive_(law)
Motive (law)
In law, especially criminal law, a motive is the cause that moves people to induce a certain action. Motive in itself is seldom an element of any given crime; however, the legal system typically allows motive to be proven in order to make plausible the accused's reasons for committing a crime, at least when those motives may be obscure or hard to identify with.
The law technically distinguishes between motive and intent. "Intent" in criminal law is synonymous with mens rea, which means no more than the specific mental purpose to perform a deed that is forbidden by a criminal statute, or the reckless disregard of whether the law will be violated.[citation needed] "Motive" describes instead the reasons in the accused's background and station in life that are supposed to have induced the crime.
Motive is particularly important in prosecutions for homicide. First, murder is so drastic a crime that most people recoil from the thought of being able to do it; proof of motive explains why the accused did so desperate an act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_gates
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third richest person (as of 2008), and chairman of Microsoft
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transvestite
transvestite
A person who dresses and acts in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex.
someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prostitute
prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alibi
alibi
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fugitive
fugitive
Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.
a person who flees; especially : a person who flees one jurisdiction (as a state) for another in order to elude law enforcement personnel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918
Wikipedia
1918
March 5 – Soviet Russia moves its national capital from Petrograd to Moscow.
March 12 – Moscow becomes the capital of Soviet Russia.
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3. RUSSIANS MOVING CAPITAL TO MOSCOW; To Transfer All State Institutions to That City, Nizhni Novgorod... [PDF]
PETROGRAD, March 5.--Moscow is to be declared the new capital of Russia, and the Government purposes to publish a statement to this effect immediately. Petrograd will be proclaimed a free port....
March 7, 1918 - Front Page
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RUSSIANS MOVING CAPITAL TO MOSCOW; To Transfer All State Institutions to That City, Nizhni Novgorod, and Kaza.TROTZKY TALKS HOLY WARSees No Reason, He Admits,Why America Should Not Cooperate Against Germany. Holy War a Possibility.
RUSSIANS MOVING CAPITAL TO MOSCOW Inquires When Fighting Is to Stop.
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PETROGRAD, March 5.--Moscow is to be declared the new capital of Russia, and the Government purposes to publish a statement to this effect immediately. Petrograd will be proclaimed a free port.
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GIVING UP PETROGRAD
Bolsheviki to Make City "Free Port," Moscow Capital. THREE MINISTERS DEPART Will Withdraw to Urals Before Submitting to Foes, Says Trotzky. Admits Russia May Be Unable to Defend Supplies Sent by U.S. -- Is Traveling Common Road With America, He Adds -- Military Council Formed; All People Ordered Armed -- Germans Halt.
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Petrograd, Tuesday, March 5. -- Moscow is to be declared the new capital of Russia and the government proposes to publish a statement to this effect immediately. Petrograd will be proclaimed a free port.
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nature
Published online 7 September 2011 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2011.525
News: Explainer
Fukushima's reactor cores still too hot to open
Six months after the disaster that caused three meltdowns, efforts to stabilize the Japanese nuclear power plant continue.
Geoff Brumfiel
On 11 March, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Sendai in Japan, knocking out power at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. In the hours and days that followed, three of the plant's six reactors melted down, triggering a series of explosions and fires at the site. Six months later, what progress has been made to stabilize the plant, and what is yet to be done?
What is happening at the site right now?
On any given day, 2,500-3,000 workers are on site. Many are cleaning up radioactive debris scattered by the explosions. Others are installing and operating systems to decontaminate radioactive water. Still others are erecting a shroud over the Unit 1 reactor, to prevent further contamination from the meltdown spreading to the environment. Similar covers may follow at Units 2 and 3, which also melted down (see Video).
Are the reactors stable?
Not entirely, but they are much more stable than they were six months ago. After the earthquake, the three reactors operating at the time shut down, but their uranium fuel continued to decay and release heat. The systems that keep the fuel cool in an emergency stopped working, and in the first hours after the accident the fuel became so hot that it probably melted. The melting is thought to have created a mess at the bottom of the reactors and released hydrogen gas that eventually ignited, causing explosions.
RED STORM RISING [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Tom Clancy
PRINTING HISTORY
G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover edition / August 1986
Berkley mass-market edition / August 1987
Page 640
USS INDEPENDENCE
Quite a change from the last time, Toland thought. The Air Force had an E-3 Sentry operating out of Sondrestrom to protect the fleet, and four of their own E-2C Hawkeyes were also up. There was even an Army-manned ground radar just coming up on Iceland. Two Aegis cruisers were with the carriers, and a third with the amphibious force.
"You think they'll hit us first, or the 'phibs?" Admiral Jacobsen asked.
"That's a coin-toss, Admiral," Toland replied. "Depends on who gives the orders. Their navy will want to kill us first. Their army will want to kill the 'phibs."
Jacobsen crossed his arms and stared at the map display. "This close, they can come in from any direction they want."
They expected no more than fifty Backfires, but there were still plenty of older Badgers, and the fleet was only fifteen hundred miles from the Soviet bomber bases: they could come out with nearly maximum ordnance loads. To stop the Russians, the Navy had six squadrons of Tomcats, and six more of Hornets, nearly a hundred forty fighters in all. Twenty-four were aloft now, supported by tankers while the ground-attack aircraft pounded Russian positions continuously. The battleships had ended their first visit to the Keflavik area and were now in Hvalfjordur - Whale Bay - providing fire support to the Marines north of Bogarnes. The entire operation had been planned with the likelihood of a Russian air-to-surface missile attack in mind. There would be more vampires.
