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Hundreds watched Friday as a crane lifted a muddy package from a hole in the courthouse lawn: a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere buried to celebrate Oklahoma’s 50 years of statehood.
The wrapped car — a gold-and-white two-door hardtop — appeared brown and red as it came out of the hole.
The car spent the last half-century covered in three layers of protective material and encased in a 12-by-20-foot concrete vault, supposedly tough enough to withstand a nuclear attack.
Excavators found water halfway up on the car’s fenders and evidence that water could have been to the top of the vault at one point, said Art Couch, who is heading up the unearthing project.
The first news of the water crushed event organizers, with some wiping away tears as heavy rain fell.
«It was very disappointing,» said event producer Kelly McElroy. «I think we probably anticipated there would be some water; after 50 years you don’t know what you’re going to get.
The car was placed on a flatbed truck so it could be unwrapped, spruced up and officially unveiled Friday evening at the Tulsa Convention Center. Spectators packed the streets to glimpse its journey.
Whether the car will start was unknown. Those who gathered to watch it being pulled out of the ground did not seem to care.
Also buried with it were 10 gallons of gasoline — in case internal combustion engines became obsolete by 2007 — a case of beer, and the contents of a typical woman’s handbag placed in the glove compartment: 14 bobby pins, a bottle of tranquilizers, a lipstick, a pack of gum, tissues, a pack of cigarettes, matches and $2.43.
There was also a spool of microfilm that recorded the entries of a contest to determine who would win the car: the person who guessed the closest of what Tulsa’s population would be in 2007 — 382,457 — would win.
That person, or his or her heirs, will get the car and a $100 savings account, worth about $1,200 today with interest.
Sources:
PR Inside:
http://www.pr-inside.com/us-state-s-centennial-excavators-find-r154320.htm
MSNBC.com:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19249855/
His mother and attorney were in tears as they announced the decision . Wilson served over 2 years of 10-year sentence for oral sex with underage teen.
Monroe County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wilson also amended Wilson’s felony conviction to a misdemeanor without the requirement that he register as a sex offender.
Attorney B.J. Bernstein, begged “enough” as she appealed to a judge Wednesday to free him from prison, arguing that his 10-year prison sentence and inclusion on the state’s sex offender registry is grossly disproportionate and violates the Constitution.
Hey, you got a problem with how “The Sopranos” wound up? Take it up with Christopher, if you dare.“I think it’s a great ending. It’s a good way to go out,” said Michael Imperioli, who played Tony’s nephew, until he got whacked this season.
Imperioli and fellow cast members told reporters they were pleased with the finale as they walked the red carpet at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Sunday.All nine, including Arthur Nascarella (the construction company honcho Carlo), were out of character, technically speaking. But it was sometimes hard on Sunday to see where television left off and reality set in. Gandolfini and Imperioli, both in sunglasses, looked every bit the silent gangsters. They let the rest of the ensemble do the talking, and Gandolfini was first of the gang to retreat from the late-afternoon crush and disappear inside Hard Rock Live — where dinner capped off with a chocolate-bullet-riddled cake awaited.
The characteristically shy James Gandolfini, who played New Jersey mob boss Tony, was mum on his thoughts on the ending. He sported a beard and sunglasses and was sweating in the muggy South Florida weather as he smiled and waved to the large crowd of fans that gathered for his send-off.
Lorraine Bracco’s character, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, didn’t appear in the series finale. Melfi abruptly terminated Tony’s therapy in last week’s episode.
Dip Set Byrdgang member Stack Bundles was killed early Monday morning (June 11) in his hometown of Far Rockaway in the New York City borough of Queens.
He was shot outside of his home.
It has not yet been confirmed how exactly it happened but according to DJ Envy when Stack Bundles was returning to his home in Far Rockway Queens early this morning he was gunned down while entering the apartment building. Envy also reported that Stack was seen at New York nightclub Stereo as late as 4:30 a.m. on Monday.
The rapper first began attracting major attention as a member of DJ Clue’s Desert Storm family. His work on freestyles alongside more established MCs, such as then-camp members Fabolous and Joe Budden, let the scene know immediately he could hold his own weight.
This cool offering from Sci Fi Channel is first-rate entertainment.
ICE SPIDERS, an original film about over-sized spiders stalking prey at a ski resort. Vitale took time to discuss that new chiller, speaks about some of this year’s recent efforts and also gave iF an exclusive sneak peek at more new original programs that we can look forward to.
Ismail Kadare is customarily hailed as Albania’s greatest writer. This is probably true, but since few other writers from that isolated nation are even known to the rest of the world, it’s not all that much of a compliment.
Since few readers and even fewer critics know Albanian, we know Kadare through his translators. And the word indeed has to be doubly plural here since David Bellos has translated into English the novella and two stories that make up “Agamemnon’s Daughter” not from the original Albanian but from translations into French by two different hands.
The magnificent achievement of all three parts of “Agamemnon’s Daughter” is to evoke so much in the way of myth and historical inevitability and still leave the reader more than ever convinced of the unquenchable resilience of the human spirit.
Auriga is a northern constellation. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and counts as one of the 88 modern constellations. Its brightest star is Capella, which is associated with the mythological she-goat Amalthea. The three stars ε Aurigae, ζ Aurigae and η Aurigae are called Haedi (the Kids).
Auriga is often shown seated and holding a young goat in his arms, represented by the small thin triangle of stars along the right side of the pentangle. These stars are known as “The Kids”. The star at the tip of this triangle is e (epsilon) Aurigae, a huge star 2,000 light years away which, every 27 years, is eclipsed by something even huger — eclipsed for two full years. What it is that blocks this star is a deep mystery.
The brightest star in Auriga is “Capella”. Part of the reason it’s so bright is because it’s pretty close, 45 light years away. That makes it a little less than half the distance to the Hyades cluster. In fact, it is moving in space at the same speed in the same direction as the Hyades, and may be an “outlier” of that group. Another reason it’s so bright is that it is really two stars orbiting one another, too close for us to see in the telescope. Capella is an important star for navigation because it’s among the brightest stars in the sky, and because it’s so far north that you can see it nearly all year round.
The first man to appear on the cover of vogue was Richard Tiffany Gere
Born: 31 August 1949
Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe
Height: 5′ 10″
Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor.
He first became famous during the 1980s, after appearing in several successful
Hollywood films, including An Officer and a Gentleman, and has since retained
his status as a leading man. During the 1990s and 2000s, he starred in several
well-received films, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, and Chicago for which he won a
Golden Globe award as Best Actor.
Gere’s first major acting role was in the original London stage version of Grease in 1973. He began appearing in Hollywood films in the mid 1970s, co-starring in the thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), and playing the leading role in director Terrence Malick’s well-reviewed 1978 film, Days of Heaven. His acting career took off in 1980, with the successful film American Gigolo, followed by the popular romantic drama An Officer and a Gentleman, which had grossed over $100 million in 1982. Subsequently, he was the first man ever to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine.
Gere was married to supermodel Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995. In 2002 he married actress Carey Lowell. They have a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, who was born in 2000, and is named after Gere’s father. They live in Pound Ridge, New York.
Few actors have had such a topsy-turvy ride as Richard Gere. Not many have suffered such depressing doldrums, and almost none have achieved such giddying heights. Somehow - by his looks, his grace, his charisma, his roles? - Gere became that most rare of commodities, a bona fide Hollywood sex symbol.
Richard Gere Trivia
Attended the University of Massachusetts. Dropped out to pursue acting.
Is the second of five children born to Homer and Doris Gere
People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. [1999]
Graduated from North Syracuse Central High School. [1967]
Was a member of the student council, gymnastics team, lacrosse team, and ski team.
Won a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he majored in philosophy; he dropped out in 1969 to pursue acting.
Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1977″ in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 29. [1977]
Sources:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/…
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000152/bio
