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The Beach (2000)
Plot Summary
Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled.
From 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) To 2/2/2000 is 3245 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 9/21/1974 ( premiere US TV series "The Big Blue Marble" ) is 3245 days
From 11/18/1996 ( premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 2/2/2000 is 1171 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 1/16/1969 ( premiere US TV series "The Queen and I" ) is 1171 days
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The Beach (2000)
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USA 2 February 2000 (premiere)
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The Beach (2000)
Full Cast & Crew
Leonardo DiCaprio ... Richard
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The Big Blue Marble (TV Series)
Columbia and Alabama (1974)
Release Info
USA 21 September 1974
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The Big Blue Marble (1974–1983)
Columbia and Alabama
Family Episode aired 21 September 1974
Season 1 Episode 1
Release Date: 21 September 1974 (USA)
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The Time Machine (1960)
You ask many questions.
That is the only way man has learned and developed. I wish to learn. I want to learn about your civilization. Do you have books?
Books? Yes, we have books.
Wonderful! I can learn about you from books. They'll tell me what I want to know. Could I see the books? Yes, they do tell me all about you. What have you done?
From 8/17/1960 ( premiere US film "The Time Machine" ) To 2/2/2000 ( premiere US film "The Beach" ) is 14413 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA ) To 4/19/2005 is 14413 days
From 8/17/1960 ( the Soviet Union trial of the United States Central Intelligence Agency pilot Gary Powers begins in Moscow Russia Soviet Union ) To 2/2/2000 ( premiere US film "The Beach" ) is 14413 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA ) To 4/19/2005 is 14413 days
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-04-20/news/0504200216_1_bush-impersonators-documents
Chicago Tribune
Bush celebrates Lincoln with call for world liberty
Appearance caps museum opening gala
April 20, 2005 By Mark Silva, Tribune national correspondent. Tribune staff reporters Ray Long, Christi Parsons and Erika Slife contributed to this report.
SPRINGFIELD — Using the dedication of the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum as a backdrop, President Bush Tuesday likened his own push to spread liberty around the globe to the 16th president's struggle to emancipate slaves during the Civil War.
"Do the promises of the Declaration apply beyond the culture that produced it?" Bush asked a crowd of thousands gathered outside the grand showcase for the state's most revered resident.
"Are some, because of birth or background, destined to live in tyranny--or do all, regardless of birth or background, deserve to live in freedom? Americans have no right or calling to impose our own form of government on others. Yet, American interests and values are both served by standing for liberty in every part of the world."
Bush's speech capped a day of testimonials to the legacy of Lincoln and an extended weekend of gala events marking the opening of a $145 million complex steeped in controversy yet seen as a magnet to both elevate this city's stature and fill its hotel rooms and restaurants with tourists.
Bush, who considers Lincoln his favorite president and keeps a bust of him in the Oval Office, was joined on the dais by a range of Illinois political luminaries of both parties--among them Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Plano, Illinois' two Democratic senators, Minority Whip Dick Durbin and Barack Obama, and Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar was also among those on the stage. But former Republican Gov. George Ryan, who was instrumental in securing the bulk of the funding for the museum and an adjacent library, watched from the third row of the audience. Ryan, currently awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, was accused by critics during his tenure of trying to use the project as a patronage dumping ground.
"The project was delayed and mired in controversy," said Blagojevich. "This is not a shrine. Neither is it a mausoleum. In these galleries, you will meet Lincoln living."
Bush, his wife Laura and the others assembled outside the yellow-stone museum, erected along with a research library and paid for with a mix of state, local and federal funding as well as private contributions.
It houses 40,000 square feet of permanent exhibits, 6 miles of shelving and 12,000 documents, including the world's largest collection of Lincoln documents. The museum has also proved a lightning rod for some Lincoln scholars who complain it distorts the historical record to make it more tourist-friendly.
Dozens of Lincoln impersonators--most wearing strapped-on beards, black stovepipe hats and long black coats--joined a crowd that included many local officials who worked for years to bring the museum and library to fruition. "God gave me a nice mole where I needed it," impersonator Lon Pressnall said, "and the beard comes naturally."
Amy Patterson, 18, from nearby Dawson, took the morning off from school with permission to arrive early and photograph the crowds and gleaming new buildings.
"It's exciting to be here and be a part of it," she said, "because it's part of history."
In the history of American unification and westward expansion, Lincoln became the first president elected from outside the original 13 colonies, a fact that the sitting president from Texas seized for a humorous jab at the Eastern establishment. "In a small way, I can relate to the rail-splitter from out West because he had a way of speaking that was not always appreciated by the newspapers back East," said Bush, whose malaprops are sometimes fodder for the media.
"A New York Times story on his first inaugural address reported that Mr. Lincoln was lucky `it was not the constitution of the English language and the laws of English grammar that he was called upon to support,'" said Bush, pausing for laughter. "I think that fellow is still writing for the Times."
But Bush also used his remarks to draw a deeper parallel between his wartime presidency and that of Lincoln's.
"Our deepest values are also served when we take our part in freedom's advance--when the chains of millions are broken and the captives are set free, because we are honored to serve the cause that gave us birth," Bush said. "... We see that example and courage today in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Georgia and Iraq."
Obama, only the third African-American elected to the Senate since Reconstruction, spoke of the humility and flaws of a Lincoln who failed at his own bid for the Senate in 1858 but two years later was elected president and preserved the union and signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, Obama said, Lincoln symbolizes "so much of who we are as a people and so much of what we aspire to be.
"It's an issue of character that speaks to us, of moral resolve," Obama said. "Lincoln was not a perfect man, nor a perfect president. By modern standards, his condemnation of slavery might be considered tentative, his Emancipation Proclamation more a military document than a clarion call for justice.
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Bush celebrates Lincoln with call for world liberty
Appearance caps museum opening gala
April 20, 2005 By Mark Silva, Tribune national correspondent. Tribune staff reporters Ray Long, Christi Parsons and Erika Slife contributed to this report.
"And yet despite these imperfections, despite his fallibility ... because of this essential humanity of his, when it came time to confront the greatest moral challenge this nation has ever faced, Lincoln did not flinch."
During his own quick tour of a few exhibits, Bush entered a tall circular hall housing a replica of the log cabin where Lincoln was raised, with a model of a 9-year-old Lincoln seated on a stump and holding a copy of Aesop's Fables in his left hand.
"This project has taken some time to complete," Hastert said. "At times along the way, some have questioned whether it would ever be finished. ... Today, I think we can all agree it was well worth the wait."
Colleen Percy and her husband, history buffs from Plainfield, found the museum worth both the wait and the three-hour drive.
"I truly believe that you don't know where you are going unless you know where you have been," she said. "It's wonderful that we had someone in politics who was honest, who really represented most of the people, kept our country together during a turbulent time ... and with his own life paid for what he truly believed in."
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The Seattle Times
Originally published April 20, 2005 at 12:00 AM Page modified April 20, 2005 at 2:00 PM
State-of-the-art Lincoln museum opens with tribute by President Bush
Opening the Abraham Lincoln library and museum, President Bush said Tuesday that its mix of showmanship and scholarship should help generations...
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Opening the Abraham Lincoln library and museum, President Bush said Tuesday that its mix of showmanship and scholarship should help generations rediscover the 16th president whose commitment to freedom for all embodies "the meaning and promise of America."
"From the lunch counter to the schoolhouse door to the Army barracks, President Lincoln has continued to hold this nation to its promises," Bush told an audience of 15,000 people — including scores of Lincoln impersonators. The dedication of the museum portion of the state-of-the-art showplace capped 25 years of effort. The $145 million Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, with 40,000 square feet of understated architecture, is designed to generate new interest in Lincoln and explain his life and legacy. The library portion opened last October.
Before the public ceremony, Bush and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., took a 20-minute private tour. With their wives, they were led through a section devoted to Lincoln's life before his presidency and one on his White House years, as well as an exhibit marking the 140th anniversary of his assassination.
The new library also offers details of the controversies surrounding Lincoln's policies. The museum presents his changing views on slavery, restrictions on free speech and the limitations of his Emancipation Proclamation.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who is the Senate's only black member, touched gingerly on the questions about Lincoln.
"Lincoln was not a perfect man, nor a perfect president," Obama said. "By modern standards, his condemnation of slavery might be considered tentative, his Emancipation Proclamation more a military document than a clarion call for justice. He wasn't immune to political considerations. His temperament could be indecisive and morose."
Museum's special effects
Some fear the museum is more about amusement than education, using gimmickry and special effects to bring Lincoln to life.
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April 19, 2005
State law changed to rename King County
With a stroke of a pen, King County officially became Martin Luther King Junior County today, as Governor Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5332 into law at the King County Courthouse. About 100 citizens, community leaders and local and state elected leaders attended the bill signing that came 19 years after the King County Council voted to rename the county to honor civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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