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The Arctic Resource Rush is On
As the Arctic's sea ice melts, energy and mining companies are moving into previously inaccessible regions to tap the abundant riches that lie beneath the permafrost and the ocean floor. The potential environmental impacts are troubling.
by ed struzik
In spring, the shores of the Arctic Ocean in Canada's Northwest Territories are buried deep in snow and ice, seemingly devoid of all life and resources. But not far under the surface, in the relatively shallow permafrost, lies what could be one of the largest sources of energy ever discovered, a slushy mix of water, ice, and natural gas known as methane hydrates. These days, Arctic geologists are scrambling to find methods to tap into this abundant store of energy.
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A geologist at a site near the Beaufort Sea, where exploratory drilling is taking place for methane hydrates, a potentially enormous source of natural gas.
Gas hydrates — lattice-like ice structures that trap large quantities of methane, the major component of natural gas — are just one of a trove of natural resources in and around the Arctic Ocean. Vast reserves of oil, natural gas, and minerals also lie beneath the frozen sea and land. For centuries, these riches lay out of reach. Indeed, as recently as five years ago, few companies dreamed of investing in the Canadian Arctic because there was no safe and economical way of extracting these resources and shipping them out. In an area nine times as large as California, there was — and is — only one highway, a third of it gravel, which goes to the Arctic Ocean. There is no seaport and no railway.
All that, however, is about to change, as a fast-moving confluence of events is turning the Canadian Arctic — and some northerly regions of Russia and other Arctic nations — into the next Klondike: Just as the Arctic's summer sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate, soon opening up the fabled Northwest Passage and other shipping lanes, the booming global economy has created a soaring demand for natural resources, sending prices sky-high. The wealth that has lain untapped beneath the Arctic is now rapidly being opened for exploration.
Soon, not only will ships be steaming across the top of the world, shaving 7,000 kilometers off a Europe-to-Asia voyage that now takes them through the Panama Canal — these vessels will also be able to penetrate previously inaccessible expanses of the Arctic to explore for, extract, and transport natural resources.
These developments will have profound environmental, economic, and global security impacts. Unlike Antarctica, where exploitation of minerals has been indefinitely banned under the Antarctic Treaty System, the Arctic is ripe for exploitation. And the environmental implications of this resource rush are sobering, with fleets of ships and oil tankers moving through a pristine marine environment and legions of workers on land drilling and digging for all manner of mineral wealth.
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A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker on the Arctic Ocean. Neighboring countries are making conflicting territorial claims as the resource scramble intensifies.
"It's only a matter of time before a single tramp steamer takes a run through the Northwest Passage," says Michael Byers, who holds the Canada Research Chair in International Law and Politics at the University of British Columbia. "Our ability to stop that ship or clean up if it runs aground and spills its load is severely lacking. We have the longest coastline in the world in a region that is covered by ice for most of the year, and we don't even have an all-weather icebreaker."
With so much money at stake, the Arctic has become a hotbed of territorial disputes as the surrounding countries spar for control of resources. In a report issued earlier this year, two of the European Union's top foreign policy officials warned of the looming international struggle over this energy rich region. The Bush administration, however, is more sanguine, arguing that existing maritime treaties and regular meetings of the five major nations bordering the Arctic Ocean — Canada, Russia, the United States, Norway, and Denmark — will ensure the Arctic's peaceful and responsible development.
This focus on the Far North comes as a result of the stunningly swift disappearance of ice in the Arctic Ocean. Scientists estimate that summer sea ice has declined by about 50 percent since the 1950s. Last year, summer sea ice extent reached a record low, and thick, multi-year sea ice now covers less than 30 percent of the ocean, down from more than 50 percent in the mid-1980s. Experts who once believed that the Arctic Ocean would not be largely free of summer ice until mid-to-late century now concede that the ice could be gone within a decade.
As a result, in nearly every corner of this icy world, resource companies are investing heavily. Energy and mining firms have announced a $17 billion Arctic exploration agreement with Russia. Exxon's Canadian subsidiary, Imperial, has formed a consortium to construct a $16 billion pipeline to send Arctic natural gas to southern Canada and the United States. Last summer, Exxon spent nearly $600 million for the rights to explore a tiny lease in the Beaufort Sea, and this year BP paid $1.2 billion to explore in the same region. French mega-uranium miner Areva, which is one of 40 companies looking for uranium in Nunavut, Canada's new Inuit territory, is considering developing a huge mine. Theirs is just one of 200 development and exploration proposals the once-neglected territory is grappling with these days.
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An increasingly common sight in the Arctic Ocean: open water. Soon, the ocean will be ice-free in summer, opening the way for development.
On Canada's Baffin Island — a huge mountain of snow and ice that is home to less than 10,000 people, mainly Inuit — plans are underway to develop a $4.6 billion iron mine and railroad. At Bathurst Inlet in the central Arctic, the Inuit themselves are contemplating construction of a seaport and a new 160 mile-long highway that would open up the Slave Geological Province, widely regarded as the richest untapped mineral deposit in the world. The road also would service three existing diamond mines, with more to come.
Recently, along the shores of the Beaufort Sea in Canada's western Arctic, I got a sense of both the magnitude of these resources and the forbidding terrain that has so far kept them locked up. With the springtime temperature at -35 F (-37 C), I watched as scientists from the Geological Survey of Canada tapped into methane hydrates buried under the permafrost not far from the frozen shoreline. The gas rose quickly in the well before being capped by technicians.
Although methane hydrates are found deep in marine shelves worldwide, the biggest and most accessible reserves lie in the Arctic's relatively shallow permafrost zones and on the Arctic Ocean's continental shelf. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that there may be more untapped energy stored in gas hydrates than in all of the conventional oil, gas, and coal reserves in the world.
Cognizant of the wealth at stake, many countries, including the U.S. and those in the European Union, are continuing to deny Canada's long-standing claim of sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, through which most of these resources would be transported. They insist that the passage is, like the Suez Canal, an international strait.
Competing claims over Arctic territory are escalating. In 2002, Denmark planted a territorial flag on Hans Island, a tiny, treeless chunk of rock off the coast of Ellesmere Island, only to have Canada later send its own mission to reclaim the island. In the Beaufort Sea, the U.S. is in a dispute with Canada over the maritime boundary off the coast of Alaska and the Yukon, where billions of barrels of oil could potentially be found. Last summer, the Russians used a submersible to plant a flag on the ocean floor at the North Pole, claiming 460,000 square miles — an area nearly the size of Germany, France, and Italy combined. Much of that seabed already has been claimed by other Arctic countries.
Sovereignty, however, is not the only challenge that Canada faces in the Arctic. The environmental threats, on land and sea, are huge. Both the road that the Inuit want to build and the uranium mine that Areva is contemplating will be situated in the calving grounds of two huge caribou herds. Ships sailing through the Northwest Passage may also disrupt bowhead, beluga, and narwhal migrations. And today only a small portion of the biologically important areas bordering the Arctic Ocean are protected in parks or reserves.
But the biggest threat may well come from the captain of a single-hulled, crude oil tanker who tries to save time and fuel by taking a shortcut through the Northwest Passage. If that ship runs aground or is crushed by melting ice spilling out of the High Arctic, it could make the two-year, $2 billion clean-up of the Exxon Valdez look like a kitchen spill.
Experts all agree that Canada is not prepared to handle such a disaster. With no Arctic seaport, no roads, virtually no Arctic naval capability, and very few airports from which to stage a recovery and cleanup, the government would be hard-pressed to mount an effective response. Gary Sergy — an Environment Canada expert who helped pioneer oil spill cleanup technology in the Arctic — questions the ability of anyone to effectively deal with an Exxon Valdez-like disaster in the Canadian Arctic, where the huge Beaufort Gyre is constantly spiraling, pushing enormous volumes of ice and water through dozens of channels in the archipelago.
"How would you get a cleanup crew on site with no port or airstrip?" asked Sergy. " We just don't have the infrastructure. It all boils down to a logistical nightmare."
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It's a terrible shame that we're on the verge of destroying this pristine wilderness.
There seems to be nothing to stop the power of oil companies... Exxon still hasn't been made to account for the Valdez disaster almost 10 years ago.
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Fair Trade
on 10 Jul 2008
But perhaps oil exploration can be made safe?
Posted by
Jonathan Talbot
on 10 Jul 2008
I'm concerned about upsetting this Arctic environment, but what happens to the rest of the world when all this methane is burned as fuel? It seems like a crazy race to accelerate global warming as quickly as possible.
Posted by Dan Hebert on 11 Jul 2008
Where in Hell have you guys been? This has been
on the front burner for resources and the issue of
the positive feed back of Methyl Hydrates for years
re: climate change.
The albedo impact of an arctic oil spill is hardly
new much less it's longer living impact on fisheries
and wildlife.
Has every one been asleep? or is this a
kindergarden talk to those recently born and
Posted by Bindlepete on 13 Jul 2008
Thanks for writing about this important, urgent
issue. I'm from Oceana, the marine conservation
non-profit, and we are working to protect the
Arctic http://www.protectthearctic.org/ from the
resource rush you eloquently discuss here. Please
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Posted by Emily from Oceana on 16 Jul 2008
Ed Struzik has written an important article. i wonder what he thinks about my idea of polar cities for survivors of global warming in year 2500, if it comes to that? Ed?
Posted by
Danny Bloom
on 18 Jul 2008
The artic by nature does not belong to anyone. It suprises me that well known countries are so naive to think it belongs to them because they live up in the north. Dubious i say..The earth is for everyone to share.. we all have only one mother and we share her resources it does not belong to anyone period.
Posted by Vanan on 24 Jul 2008
The only way to save the earth is to unify hearts, minds, talents, and resources to do what is needed. We are all of those things, let's do it!
Posted by Marianne on 26 Jan 2009
The environmental threats, on land and sea, are huge. Both the road that the Inuit want to build and the uranium mine that Areva is contemplating will be situated in the calving grounds of two huge caribou herds
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, will be published by John Wiley and Sons in March 2009.
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For all of the impressive songsmiths penning grand lyrics and melodies inspired by our fair Minnesota, there are nearly as many embarrassing clunkers doing our state no justice whatsoever. Maybe Michelle Bachmann likes 'em, but we sure don't. Here are the ten most atrocious songs ever concocted about Minnesota. --Reed Fischer
10. "Wasting Time" - Kid Rock
This rap-country nightmare unfolding to the tune of (no joke) Guns 'N Roses' "Paradise City" is more disturbing than a Dario Argento film. The lyrics here -- like most of his songs, really -- paint Kid Rock to be a drunken, drug-addled pimp who's leading a life of supposed leisure, sleeping in dumpsters and getting high with kings, or something like that. At one point, Mr. Rock proclaims "But I got more time than Morris Day" -- a ham-fisted reference to one of the hardest-working men to ever grace a stage. Everyone has the same 24 hours to work with, dude. A better use of Rock's extra time on his hands would've been to improve this song far beyond the gargantuan suckfest that it is. --Pat O'Brien
9. "It Can't Happen Here" - The Mothers of Invention
Otherwise known as, "The Muppets Do Free Jazz," this song from Frank Zappa's debut album sounds just a little more than dated, now 45 years removed from its release. Of course, the reference to our fair state -- "Who could imagine that they would freak out in Minnesota?" -- clearly singles us out for the perceived mundanity of the Midwest. This is perhaps understandable given all of our deeply suppressed murderous tendencies. (Then again, the Manson murders happened just a few years after "It Can't Happen Here" was released, so there's that too.) But what's worst about this song is that its artiness comes off like a '50s B-movie, an ample reminder of who Zappa's core constituency has always been, "Joe's Garage" and all: jam band fans who know they really ought to like Captain Beefheart, but can't commit. --Jeff Gage
8. "The Fans" - Alabama
When bands start to wane, many of them enter an incessant pandering phase and essentially rewrite the same song ad nauseum in an attempt to keep the life support from getting unplugged. For the most part, Alabama can be commended for not doing that. Until "The Fans." The comical disconnect between the lyrics about places they've visited over the years and the crawling tempo, ideal for making out with your better half, is jarring at best, creepily unsettling at worst. "Played the fair in Minnesota, I wish we could have played one more, " sings Randy Owen. Odd, since it seems like they play the Grandstand every year. With material this bad, we're not sure anyone cares if they just roll on through our state without so much as tapping the brakes. --Pat O'Brien
7. "Outta Town Shit" - Ghostface Killah
Ghostface Killah is one of the greatest storytellers in hip-hop history. From the tear-jerker childhood poverty recollections of "All That I Got Is You" to the post-traumatic shellshock of "Walk Around." So it's not his fault that More Fish standout "Outta Town Shit" takes a turn for the goofy at the end. In fact, his verse about a run of dice-game good luck interrupted by guns-drawn mayhem is another example of his "did you just see that" intensity pulling you collar-first into the story with him. But then the tacked-on fake newscast at the end shoves you right back out: Ghost placed that verse in the general confines of Minnesota, but the anchor helpfully clarifies exactly where the confrontation happened: downtown Minnesota. Oh yeah, that neighborhood -- one of the toughest in the entire state of Minneapolis. --Nate Patrin
6. "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" - Weird Al Yankovic
Even comedic treasures like Weird Al Yankovic screw up sometimes. Though we know he has an affinity for our state and its many landmarks, Al didn't need to devote nearly seven dreary minutes to a song about voyaging to see a twine ball in Darwin, Minnesota. Set to mimic an equally annoying song by Harry "Cats in the Cradle" Chapin called "30,000 Pounds of Bananas," this is a bore of a tale -- with some suspiciously long vowels -- that weighs down an otherwise stellar soundtrack to his feature film, UHF. Stupid! You're so stupid! --Reed Fischer
5. "Baking Soda in Minnesota" - Andre Nickatina
There are so many things wrong with "Baking Soda In Minnesota," but, for the purposes of this list, let's just focus on the weak, out-of-rhythm chorus repeated throughout this tepid track. "We got baking soda, all the way down in Minnesota. We got baking soda, down in Minnesota" is bad enough to prompt a little Arm & Hammer-style beatdown. But for an MC out of San Francisco, how exactly is Minnesota down from where he's at? Geography obviously isn't Andre Nickatina's thing, but neither is rhyming, which is a crucial mistake for any MC -- which explains why he hasn't made any major waves in the rap game. Rhyming soda with 'Sota is about as cool as chillin' on the 12th floor of a Marriott, Andre. --Erik Thompson
4. "The Replacements" - Art Brut
The Replacements picked up a little deserved cred around this time last year with the release of the documentary Color Me Impressed. More than anything else, it demonstrated how Minneapolis' dearest rock 'n' roll band captured the hearts of fans -- oftentimes on a first impression. A more auspicious tribute came two years earlier on the third album by British pop punk group Art Brut. "The Replacements" celebrates the discovery of our favorite band, but it's a little unclear whether the 'Mats are being mocked or not. "I hope I've finally found a band that's not going to let me down," sings Eddie Argos, who must have not discovered Don't Tell a Soul yet. One thing that's for sure is that he'd already discovered Falco before he heard the Replacements. The Replacements have always been a band you had to work your ass off to love. Their records are hard to find, and magnificently unpredictable. The irony of "The Replacements" is that a band that chose to call itself Art Brut's tribute to the all-to-memorable 'Mats is a piece of rote, packaged garbage. --Dave Hoenack
3. "God Bless the USA" - Lee Greenwood
While the nation needed plenty of help healing after the horrific events of 9/11, the saccharine, over-the-top flag-waving of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" seemed to go a bit too far in forever linking itself with that fateful day. While the sentiments are a clear rallying cry to a country deep in mourning, with enough time and distance, the lyrics themselves now sound as jingoistic and impetuous as "Mission Accomplished." And having to sit through this song during countless baseball games in the year following the tragedy was a bit much. Give us our sterling National Anthem or "God Bless America," and save this overly sentimental number (with its unoriginal "From the lakes of Minnesota" line) for the honky-tonk bars and karaoke clubs. --Erik Thompson
2. "Twin Cities" - Everything But the Girl
Stray dogs? Local farmers? Where the fuck were they staying? My dog and I have been given a ticket for playing fetch off leash in our local park, and the closest I come to a farmer on a weekday is the family that drops off CSA boxes at the café next door. And what touring band stays somewhere that they run into stray dogs and local farmers? It's nice that pop duo Everything But the Girl found the experience inspirational, but their booking agent must hate them. Maybe this is why they never toured again. Still, there's a sweet sentiment at the center of "Twin Cities," even if it makes no specific geographic reference, except to prove they learned the names. After all, you know somebody didn't spend a lot of time here when they describe our hometown as "pretty as an ocean in the night" and you know that anybody who sees the Twin Cities as a symbol of humanity's potential harmony didn't ask a Minneapolitan for directions to anywhere within the borders of our neighbor to the east. --Dave Hoenack
1. "Outshined" - Soundgarden
No doubt, grunge alums everywhere will be up in arms over the inclusion of this song. But seriously, we all know why this song is here. After all, what the hell is "I'm looking California, but feeling Minnesota" even supposed to mean? Actually, we'll tell you what it means: it means two decades of dealing with a serious inferiority complex and a lifetime of Kevin Garnett jokes -- not to mention a movie that no one would ever admit to seeing without an ulterior motive. Of course, this is also Soundgarden, which means some hilariously sludgy riffing and oh-so-parody-worthy vocals from one of grunge's true masters of mush-mouthed hysterics, Chris Cornell. So yeah, take that, jerks! --Jeff Gage
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Journal of Nanoparticle Research
, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp 75-88
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A model for supersonic and hypersonic impactors for nanoparticles
- Omid AboualiAffiliated withDepartment of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University
- , Goodarz AhmadiAffiliated withDepartment of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University Email author
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In this study the performance of supersonic and hypersonic impactors for collection efficiency of nanoparticles (in the size range of 2–100 nm) under various operating conditions is analyzed. Axisymmetric forms of the compressible Navier–Stokes and energy equations are solved and the airflow and thermal condition in the impactor are evaluated. A Lagrangian particle trajectory analysis procedure is used and the deposition rates of different size particles under various operating conditions are studied. For dilute particle concentrations, the assumption of one-way interaction is used and the effect of particles on gas flow field is ignored. The importance of drag, lift and Brownian forces on particle motions in supersonic impactors is discussed. Sensitivity of the simulation results to the use of different assumptions for the Cunningham correction coefficient is studied. It is shown that accurate evaluation of the gas mean free path and the Cunningham correction factor is important for accurate simulation of nano-particle transport and deposition in supersonic/hypersonic impactors. The computer simulation results are compared favorably with the available experimental data.
Keywordsaerosols aerodynamics hypersonic impactor particle deposition modeling and simulation supersonic impactor
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- A model for supersonic and hypersonic impactors for nanoparticles
- Journal
Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Volume 7, Issue 1 , pp 75-88
- Cover Date
- 2005-02
- 10.1007/s11051-004-7910-3
- Print ISSN
- 1388-0764
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- aerosols
- aerodynamics
- hypersonic impactor
- particle deposition
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- Omid Abouali (1) (2)
- Goodarz Ahmadi (1)
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- 1. Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5725, USA
- 2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran


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Set over multiple floors, every nook and cranny of this café in Chinatown is regularly packed with crowds of youngsters after a bargain bite. Katsu curry with a crisp-crumbed, fried pork cutlet is a regular crowd-pleaser, as are donburi dishes such as sweet, salty braised beef and onion.
If you're still not full after one of these, the staff will give you extra rice for free. And you won't incur any extra cost for service either as Tokyo Diner has a traditionally Japanese no-tipping policy. Instead you're simply asked to come again – and bring your friends.
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10 years ago I used to study around the corner and treat myself to Tokyo Diner when I was rich. This USED to be a nice place to go to. I went there yesterday and I was shoked by the repelling quality of the food and the rudeness of the staff! When a young girl (with a date) asked if she could have something replaced on the menu the waitress loudly laughed at her??! she was still stupidly laughing at this when I left 10 minutes later.. Of course the girl was too shy to do the reasonable thing which would be to walk out with a gesture. On top of this ridiculous behaviour the sashimi salmon that came with my lunch special was barely eatable! It stank of fish and I suspect wasn't proper sashimi meat! I had to leave most of it because I almost gagged eating it!! I went to Japan and realise that raw fish doesn't taste the same here but this is absolutely outrageous! There are plenty great, professional Japanese restaurants to go to in the area so keep your money! I feel sorry for all the unsuspecting tourists who flock into this fraud. Pathetic staff and frankly if anyone should visit this place it's the food standards agency for hygiene!!!
Been there three times in total, and it got worse every time I went. First time was fine, nothing much going on. The food was OK, but not too terrible. Definitely too small for such a price. Second time was fine at the beginning, I asked for the free bigger portion and it was slightly bigger, but still not worth the price that they are charging. It was around 9 o'clock and there was not many customer to be honest, but the staff just shove in the bill on our table after we finished, as if she wants us to go immediately, and it did not feel nice. Third time was the horrible dinning experience I ever had in my whole life, and that causes me never visiting that place ever again! We were asked to sit at a joint table, but we saw there was another empty table at the corner and asked if we could sit there. A male staff said NO strictly. We were stun and was like OK and just sat down. later when we ordered, my friend asked if it was OK to not put onion and peppers in, the male staff again said NO strictly again, and did not even ask if we wanted any drinks. And when the food finally came, that male staff stared at us as if he had put something in the food and laughed when we ate it. He also did not say thank you when we paid. and also, in my opinion, he was really racist. So unless you want to be mistreated and charged for expensive food that only tastes OK (assuming nothing 'extra' would be put in), I would suggest to avoid this place. I have been to so many japanese restaurant, and this is by far the worst one. I have always had positive image that japanese are all nice and kinda, and clearly they are not one of them.
It may have nice staff, but this is quite possibly the worst "Japanese" food I've ever encountered. If you know and love Japanese food, avoid avoid avoid.
If you value your health, avoid. Questionable kitchen practices, frequent admonitions from the authorities regarding health and safety. Raw fish and perishable foods badly stored in conditions prone to vermin. You may see the odd cockroach on the stairs. Manager is more often than not absent and takes no part in daily running of the establishment. Tokyo Diner has a high turnaround of low-paid, untrained staff. some of whom work without NI numbers or suitable visas.
I have worked in a few of London's Japanese restaurants and this is by far the worst. Do not be fooled by all the stickers in the window, the decor or its popularity. Tokyo Diner is only after your money
This place is a little gem and one of my favourite restaurants in London. Food is delicious, staff very nice and polite, and there is a cozy Japanese atmosphere . No wonder it's always packed with Asian people! They have a good selection of sushi ,veg and meat dishes and things like a complimentary cup of tea, makes me feel welcomed at every visit. Definitely a great value for money and absolute respect for their no-tuna policy!


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Dr. Wyatt: Ah, Agent Booth is it? Yes, Gordon. Gordon Wyatt. (extends his hand to Booth but instead of his hand Booth pulls out a piece of paper from his back pocket)
Booth: Great. You the shrink?
Dr. Wyatt: Shrink, yes, meaning psychiatrist.
Booth: That's great, Doc. How's about you just sign my piece of paper here and I'll get back to work, right?
Dr. Wyatt: Certainly. (Booth hands him a pen) No, no, I have a pen. Do you mind if I ask what exactly it was that you did?
Booth: Yeah, I shot a truck.
Dr. Wyatt: Ah, full of terrorists no doubt or plutonium or fleeing felons, was it?
Booth: Nah, it was an ice cream truck.
Dr. Wyatt: You have a good reason for firing on it?
Booth: Yeah, the music, it was bothering me.
Dr. Wyatt: Ah.
Booth: Yeah, there was a speaker in the clown's mouth? Yeah, I just pulled out my gun, you know, bum-bum-bum. It was gone.
Dr. Wyatt: (folding the paper without signing it) So, the FBI sent you to me because you shot a clown?
Booth: Not a real clown.
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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina Part 3, Chapter 21 Summary
- Petritsky comes in to their shared cottage, and tells Vronsky that their colonel is expecting him.
- Vronsky asks why music is playing.
- Petritsky tells him that Serpukhovskoy has arrived (that's the childhood friend of his who has just gotten two promotions and a decoration). Having decided to sacrifice his ambition for his love for Anna, Vronsky no longer feels any sort of jealousy. In fact, he's looking forward to catching up with his old friend.
- Debauchery ensues at the party for Serpukhovskoy. Particularly notable is a keg—yes, a keg—of vodka.
- Vronsky and Serpukhovskoy have a conversation that turns to ambition versus women. Serpukhovskoy argues that Russia needs men like Vronsky (i.e., men of independent means who are harder to buy off, as opposed to agitators like the communists) and that women are the primary obstacles to men advancing in their career. Marriage, Serpukhovskoy argues, is the only answer.
- According to Vronsky, Serpukhovskoy has simply never been in love.
- Serpukhovskoy says that's possible, but tells Vronsky to remember that women are more materialistic than men, and that men tend to view love as something vast and abstract.
- A footman comes up with Betsy's note. As soon as he reads it, Vronsky promptly says he has a headache and must go home.


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Lets not forget, Garcia was merely a "tune up" for Mayweather, because the unlawful criminal act of Lamont Peterson taking steroids (he was blood doping actually) was the only reason Khan lost a fight, heaven forbid that!
Look man, Khan has been matched carefully and precisely his whole career under GB, Garcia was not supposed to be a risky fight for Khan, this was an un-inspiring former Golden Gloves winner who went life and death with Ashley Theopane and beat a shot Erik Morales for a gifted World Title, Khan was supposed to care of him with ease, en route to Floyd Mayweather or Tim Bradley
Did I say he was? he knocked Khan out didn't he? He's still a very big threat to Khan (as he proved), and that's the point. Yet I still believe Khan wants that rematch and would jump at the opportunity. I never said Khan's list of opponents is outstanding, but do I believe he would duck anyone? No. He would fight Mayweather, he would fight Pacquiao. You can call it stupidity or bravery, doesn't matter. Lucky for him, goldenboy will match him carefully.
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For the second consecutive week, the Navasota High School girl's varsity basketball team won the championship of a tournament and did it in almost the same fashion.
Last week, The Rattlers had 5 big wins en route to championship game. Navasota had to come from double digits down against Bay City to capture a 40-38 win.
This week, the Big Blue had 3 blow out wins to advance to the championship game against the host Moulton Bobkats. And if the script was almost the same, Navasota had to come from down 10 points in the fourth quarter to secure a 40-34 win.
On Thursday, the Big Blue defeated Chireno 49-35. On Friday, the Rattlers beat Somerville 53-33 and Hempstead 62-20.
The championship game on Saturday evening was played before a near capacity crowd. There were 7 ties and 5 lead changes in the first half that saw Moulton hold a 21-20 halftime lead. The Bobkats got hot in the third quarter connecting on 5 of 8 shots from the field to take a 34-24 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Rattlers were able to hold the home team scoreless in the final period as they chipped away at the Bobkats. Navasota took the lead for good on a Molly Love jumper with 1:33 remaining and then connected on 3 of 4 free throws and a rebound put back by Tootie Banks to close out the game.
Tootie Banks was selected Most Valuable Player of the tournament while both Harley White and Molly Love were selected to the all tournament team.
The win extends the Rattlers win streak to 13 games as they improve to 15-2 overall.
Navasota will take few days off to prepare for final exams before getting back in action this Friday when they host undefeated Stafford. The junior varsity game is at 2:00 followed by the varsity at 3:15.


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- Bluebeard (2012) Played by John Kilbey
- Bloody Sin (2011/I) Played by Arian Levanael
... aka "Abominations of the Third Reich" - International (English title) (DVD box title)
- Bluebeard (2009) Played by Dominique Thomas / Dominique Thomas (as Barbe Bleue)
... aka "Barbe bleue" - France (original title)
- Bluebeard (2008) Played by Michael Obadaih
- Trois contes merveilleux (2007) (TV) Played by Patrice Laffont (as Barbe Bleue)
- Le fil rouge (2006) Played by Léonard Guillain (as Barbe Bleue)
- The Piano (1993) Played by Stephen Papps
... aka "Piano Lesson" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)
- Makarony Smerti ili Oshibka Professora Bugensberga (1992) Played by Aleksey Gazarov
- Pirates Island (1991) (TV) Played by Jim Clifford
- Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1988) (TV) Played by Robert Lloyd
- Project X (1987) Played by Luke
- A kékszakállú herceg vára (1981) (TV) Played by Kolos Kováts / Kolos Kováts (as Barbe-Bleue)
- "Secret Army"
- Not According to Plan (1978) TV episode, Played by Frank Jarvis
- Heilige Jeanne (1978) (TV) Played by Erik Plooyer (as Blauwbaard)
- Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) Played by George Farina
- Sainte Jeanne (1969) (TV) Played by François Maistre (as Barbe Bleue)
- Saint Joan (1967) (TV) Played by Ted van Griethuysen
... aka "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Saint Joan (#17.2)" - USA (anthology series)
- Batman: The Movie (1966) Played by Gil Perkins
... aka "Batman and Robin" - Hong Kong (English title) (première title)
- "Monitor"
- Bartok (1964) TV episode, Played by Peter Brett
- Herzog Blaubarts Burg (1963) Played by Norman Foster
- O Improviso de Barba-Azul (1959) (TV) Played by Carlos Wallenstein
- Saint Joan (1957) Played by David Oxley (as 'Bluebeard')
- Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949) Played by Mel Blanc
- Bluebeard (1901) Played by Georges Méliès (as Barbe-bleue)
... aka "Barbe-bleue" - France (original title)
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1. The X-Files (1993– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Creator: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick
Votes: 147,467
2. Waterworld (1995)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
Writers: Peter Rader, David Twohy | Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino
Votes: 143,851 | Gross: $88.25M
3. Outbreak (1995)
R | 127 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Extreme measures are necessary to contain an epidemic of a deadly airborne virus. But how extreme, exactly?
Writers: Laurence Dworet, Robert Roy Pool | Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 90,999 | Gross: $67.82M
4. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Creator: Tom Fontana | Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 66,454
5. Monk (2002–2009)
TV-PG | 47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Adrian Monk is a brilliant San Francisco detective, whose obsessive compulsive disorder just happens to get in the way.
Creator: Andy Breckman | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Traylor Howard
Votes: 50,487
6. The West Wing (1999–2006)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama
Inside the lives of staffers in the west wing of the White House.
Creator: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer
Votes: 43,879
7. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of an indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.
Creator: Glen A. Larson | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Richard Basehart, Patricia McPherson
Votes: 21,122
8. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror
An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.
Writers: Wade Davis, Richard Maxwell, Adam Rodman | Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield
Votes: 17,386 | Gross: $19.60M
9. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. He knows that a child had been born to a ... See full summary »
Writers: Eddie Murphy, Vernon Lynch, Charlie Murphy, Michael Lucker, Chris Parker | Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 17,206 | Gross: $19.90M
10. Cry Freedom (1987)
PG | 157 min | Biography, Drama, History
South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend the black activist Steve Biko.
Writers: John Briley, Donald Woods | Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe
Votes: 9,885 | Gross: $5.90M
11. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Creator: William Blinn | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 4,707
12. Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
An anthropologist creates a fictitious lost New Guinea tribe using his family members to cover-up for his mis-use of grant moneys.
Writers: Frank Parkin, Charlie Peters | Director: Todd Holland | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Gregory Smith
Votes: 4,556 | Gross: $7.51M
13. Darling (1965)
TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Romance
A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Writers: Frederic Raphael, John Schlesinger, Joseph Janni | Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, José Luis de Vilallonga
Votes: 4,236
14. The Doctor (1991)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, extremely self centred and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, ... See full summary »
Writers: Ed Rosenbaum, Robert Caswell | Director: Randa Haines | Stars: William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin
Votes: 4,057 | Gross: $38.12M
15. A Different World (1987–1993)
60 min | Comedy
A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
Creator: Bill Cosby | Stars: Lisa Bonet, Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Darryl M. Bell
Votes: 3,981
16. Dad (1989)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Comedy
A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him ... See full summary »
Writers: William Wharton, Gary David Goldberg | Director: Gary David Goldberg | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker
Votes: 3,613 | Gross: $19.74M
17. A Dry White Season (1989)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police ... See full summary »
Writers: André P. Brink, Colin Welland, Euzhan Palcy | Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 3,581 | Gross: $3.77M
18. Dust Devil (1992)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
Writer: Richard Stanley | Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, Zakes Mokae, John Matshikiza
Votes: 3,530
19. Gross Anatomy (1989)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama
A smart first-year med student takes nothing seriously, except the pursuit of his Gross Anatomy (human dissection) lab partner. It's up to her and their teacher to find a way to convince ... See full summary »
Writers: Mark Spragg, Howard Rosenman, Alan Jay Glueckman, Stanley Isaacs, Ron Nyswaner | Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti, Todd Field
Votes: 3,076 | Gross: $11.60M
20. Body Parts (1991)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.
Writers: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Patricia Herskovic, Joyce Taylor, Eric Red, Norman Snider | Director: Eric Red | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 2,933 | Gross: $9.19M
21. The Island (1980)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In New York, the journalist Blair Maynard convinces his editor to travel to Florida to investigate the mysterious disappearance of ships in the Bermuda's Triangle area. Maynard is divorced ... See full summary »
Writer: Peter Benchley | Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass
Votes: 2,856 | Gross: $10.00M
22. Dream On (1990–1996)
30 min | Comedy
Cult adult comedy about dreamer Martin Tupper, whose life is full of colourful characters. Divorced and living with his growing teenage son, still friends with his ex-wife, and constantly ... See full summary »
Creators: David Crane, Marta Kauffman | Stars: Brian Benben, Denny Dillon, Wendie Malick, Chris Demetral
Votes: 2,238
The X-Files (1993– )
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Mulder believes a creature from an African folktale may be responsible for the disappearance of several black men in the Philadelphia area.
Creator: Chris Carter | Director: Jim Charleston | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Carl Lumbly
Votes: 1,751
24. Roots: The Next Generations (1979 TV Mini-Series)
840 min | Drama, History, War
The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.
Creator: Ernest Kinoy | Stars: Dorian Harewood, Debbi Morgan, Paul Koslo, Stan Shaw
Votes: 1,697
25. A Rage in Harlem (1991)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Crime
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A ... See full summary »
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Votes: 1,448 | Gross: $10.44M
26. The Comedians (1967)
Approved | 150 min | Drama
A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
Writer: Graham Greene | Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 1,389
27. Roar (1981)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Ravening jungle beasts assemble in flocks to invade an otherwise quiet home where they terrorize the visiting family of their keeper.
Writers: Noel Marshall, Ted Cassidy | Director: Noel Marshall | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall
Votes: 1,254 | Gross: $2.00M
28. Valerie (1986–1991)
30 min | Comedy, Family
Originally the saga of a working mom raising her three sons alone while her pilot husband is away. After star Valerie Harper left the series, her role was filled by Sandy Duncan as the boys' aunt.
Creator: Charlie Hauck | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jeremy Licht, Luis Daniel Ponce, Josh Taylor
Votes: 868
29. Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
R | 104 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.
Writer: James Glickenhaus | Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Jan Broberg, Elizabeth Johnson, Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus, Darlanne Fluegel
Votes: 784
30. Secret Agent (1964–1966)
49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two years after the original "Danger Man" series concluded, it was revamped and retconned. The series returned in a longer format. (1 hour/episode instead of 30 minutes). John Drake was now... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Earl Cameron, Zia Mohyeddin
Votes: 732
Oz (1997–2003)
Escape from Oz
TV-MA | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the Season Two finale, Wittlesey is transferred to general population and replaced by Karl Metzger, a Nazi. Mack and another Aryan try to escape through Busmalis and Rebadow's hole. Hill... See full summary »
Creator: Tom Fontana | Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 588
Oz (1997–2003)
Animal Farm
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cyril O'Reily, Ryan's brother, is imprisoned and falls under Schillinger's control. Ryan tries to get him away into Em City, but Cyril winds up in the hole. El Cid tells Alvarez there's only way he can 'stay in the game.'
Creator: Tom Fontana | Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno
Votes: 494
33. The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
R | 100 min | Comedy
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted ... See full summary »
Writers: Peter Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Kevin Billington | Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Peter Cook, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Vanessa Howard
Votes: 432
34. A Caribbean Mystery (1983 TV Movie)
92 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.
Writers: Agatha Christie, Sue Grafton, Steve Humphrey | Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Helen Hayes, Barnard Hughes, Jameson Parker, Season Hubley
Votes: 385
The West Wing (1999–2006)
In This White House
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
After a Republican commentator trounces Sam on television, President Bartlett decides to hire her over the objections of the staff. Josh and Toby mediate a conference between U.S. drug ... See full summary »
Creator: Aaron Sorkin | Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney
Votes: 385
36. Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995–2000)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Multicultural versions of many of your favorite fairy tales. Such as "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Three Little Pigs".
Stars: Robert Guillaume, Liz Torres, Edward James Olmos, Amy Hill
Votes: 368
Monk (2002–2009)
Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A woman is murdered during the San Francisco marathon and Monk suspects her married lover. But he was running the race, and his tracking chip says he never left.
Creator: Andy Breckman | Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine
Votes: 360
38. 'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
When Harold, a young white man, learns that his alcoholic, handicapped father is returning home, his frustration turns into racist viciousness against the two black men who work for the family.
Writer: Athol Fugard | Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Matthew Broderick, John Kani, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 238
39. Fragment of Fear (1970)
GP | 94 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
Reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
Writers: John Bingham, Paul Dehn | Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Flora Robson
Votes: 225
40. Parker Kane (1990 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A cop turned investigator investigates a friend's death and uncovers a plot involving illegal toxic waste dumping.
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov | Director: Steve Perry | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Marisa Tomei, Drew Snyder, Richard Zobel
Votes: 201
41. Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (1994 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
Writers: Dennis Byrd, Michael D'Orso, John Miglis | Director: Michael Dinner | Stars: Peter Berg, Kathryn Morris, Wolfgang Bodison, Johann Carlo
Votes: 156
42. The River Niger (1976)
R | 105 min | Drama
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But ... See full summary »
Writer: Joseph A. Walker | Director: Krishna Shah | Stars: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman
Votes: 143
43. One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
True story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball.
Writers: Ron LeFlore, Stanford Whitmore | Director: William A. Graham | Stars: LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair, Paul Benjamin, James Luisi
Votes: 115
Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Goliath: Part 1
TV-PG | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Wilton Knight's estranged son Garthe has returned from Africa where he had been sentenced to three lifetime imprisonments. Together with his mother Elizabeth (Wilton's fourth wife) he ... See full summary »
Creator: Glen A. Larson | Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Rebecca Holden, Barbara Rush
Votes: 109
Law & Order (1990–2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A chiropractor accused of being a bookmaker is charged with killing the father of a professional baseball player over his son's gambling debts. However, Stone and Kincade soon suspect during the trial that the son is hiding something.
Creator: Dick Wolf | Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 78
46. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
"Armchair Theatre" is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Votes: 76
47. Dilemma (II) (1962)
89 min | Drama
Around 1960, Englishman Toby Hood comes to Johannesburg in order to run a publishing company. He is open minded, and befriends people with different social ranks. The harsh realities of society force him to make a choice as to friendships.
Writers: Henning Carlsen, Nadine Gordimer | Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Ivan Jackson, Evelyn Frank, Marijke Mann, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 51
Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Murder at Sea
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this double episode, after a ship's purser is murdered, Starsky and Hutch pose as onboard entertainment directors Hack & Zack to unravel a mystery involving cocaine, the syndicate, and a... See full summary »
Creator: William Blinn | Director: George McCowan | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 47
49. Percy & Thunder (1993 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A retired boxer and his protege enter the big time.
Writer: Art Washington | Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Mick E. Jones, Ron Shipp, James Earl Jones, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 42
Secret Agent (1964–1966)
The Galloping Major
51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Drake is sent to Africa to protect the prime minister, who is in the midst of an election campaign. It is suspected that the opposition leader is planning to overthrow the government but Drake finds out that it is much more complicated.
Writer: David Stone | Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, William Marshall, Errol John, Earl Cameron
Votes: 32


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|Traded as
|Denver, Colorado, USA 2010
|Bradley J. Pyatt
Cory Gregory
|Denver, Colorado, United States
Key people
|Bradley J. Pyatt
(Chairman of Board & CEO)
Richard Estella
(President, Board of Directors)
Cory Gregory
(EVP Social Media & Brand)
James Greenwell
(Chief Operating Officer)
Brian Cavanaugh
(SVP of Retail & Brand Strategy)
Brent Baker
(EVP International Business)
Derek West
(SVP of Food, Drug, Mass)
|The Athlete's Company
|MusclePharm Official Website
MusclePharm Corporation is an American nutritional supplement company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. MusclePharm is sold in over 120 countries and available in over 45,000 global retail outlets.
- 1 History
- 2 Operations
- 3 Clinical studies
- 4 Community
- 5 Awards and recognition
- 6 Controversy and Legal Issues
- 7 References
- 8 External links
MusclePharm Corporation was incorporated on August 4, 2006. On February 18, 2010, the company acquired Muscle Pharm, LLC, and as a result, MusclePharm became a wholly owned subsidiary.[1]
In January 2014, MusclePharm acquired BioZone Pharmaceuticals, which included its facility in Richmond, California.[2] This acquisition included BioZone's QuSomes, HyperSorb and EquaSome technologies, as well as various lines of products including the Arnold Schwarzenegger series in 2013. The acquisition was finalized in late 2013.
MusclePharm Corp. announced plans to buy back $5 million of all common stock in December 2013.[3] Repurchases under MusclePharm's new program will be made in open market or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other relevant factors. This share repurchase plan does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and it may be suspended at any time at the Company's discretion.
In 2013 MusclePharm Corporation completed a $12 million registered direct offering of its Series D Convertible Preferred Stock.[4] The Frost Group, LLC, headed by Miami entrepreneur, billionaire, Phillip Frost, was the lead investor in the offering and elected to increase its previously announced investment in the offering to a total of $2.9 million.[5]
In September 2014, MusclePharm entered into a revolving credit facility with Amarillo National Bank for $8 million.[6]
By the end of 2014, MusclePharm reported a $67 million net revenue earning. Net sales in the fourth-quarter alone were in excess of $32 million.[7]
In August 2015 it was reported that MusclePharm had earned a record $50.5 Million by the end of second quarter 2015, which is an 8% increase compared to 2014.[8] They also announced their plans to restructure in order to save an excess of $20 million on an annual basis starting in 2016.[9]
MusclePharm is a publicly traded company sold as ticker symbol MSLP. As of July 2014, MusclePharm has nearly 12 million shares outstanding. Some of the largest shareholders include: Phillip Frost, Wynfield Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and CEO & founder Bradley J Pyatt.[10]
MusclePharm's revenues are likely to exceed $165 million with an earnings per share of around $0.41 - $0.51 per diluted share for 2014[11]
In 2015, MusclePharm announced their plans to expand their Board of Directors to seven seats. During this announcement, they also revealed their governance structure will separate the Chairman and CEO roles by the end of 2015.[12][13]
In June 2015, it was announced that developer of Body For Life fitness and nutrition program, Bill Phillips, would join MusclePharm's team as the Strategic Adviser and Chief Editor.[14] It was also announced that health and wellness expert, Ryan Drexler, would join MusclePharms board of directors.[15]
Since their launch in 2010, MusclePharm has partnered with several companies, which have contributed to their success.
MusclePharm certifies that all of their supplements are free of banned substances such as anabolic steroids. Every product and every batch from MusclePharm is tested and certified by Informed Choice before being sold in the market.[16]
MusclePharm Corporation pairs with Ugam to provide Brand Intelligence solution to help protect its margins, brand reputation and channel relationships.[17]
In 2015, MusclePharm signed a supply agreement with Capstone Nutrition to purchase 19.9% of INI, INI Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("INI"), and the parent company of Capstone, on a fully diluted basis. This agreement allows MusclePharm to have access to Capstone's development and manufacturing services in lieu with other benefits. Capstone is one of the largest pure-play developers and manufacturers in the nutrition industry.[18]
In April 2015, United World Wrestling announced the launch of a two-year partnership with MusclePharm. MusclePharm products will be exclusively provided to athletes affiliated with the UWW community.[19] Following the partnership with the United World Wrestling, the Cleveland Cavaliers announced their partnership with MusclePharm to act as their presenting partner during their "Fourth Quarter Combat Crunch Time", using their Combat Crunch protein bar.[20]
In April 2015, Musclepharm announced a partnership with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Gladiators (Arena Football League), the Lake Erie Monsters (American Hockey League) and the Canton Charge (Cavs NBA D-League affiliate).[21]
In June 2015, MusclePharm launched a multi-year partnership with City Football Group, supporting Manchester City Football Club, Melbourne City Football Club, New York City Football Club, and Yokohama F. Marinos.[22][23]
Branded products[edit]
MusclePharm Hybrid series was launched in 2008 with key products Assault, Combat Protein, and launched MusclePharm Core Series in 2011. This series of products help reenergize athletes safely by with ingredients such as amino acids, glutamine, BCAA's,CLA Core and fish oil.
In February 2012, MusclePharm launched a new product line called "MMA Elite" in partnership with the UFC sponsor MMA Elite.[24] [25][26]
In September 2013 the company partnered with Eurpac Sports Products to sell their new Arnold Schwarzenegger Series.[27] Arnold Schwarzenegger made an appearance with MusclePharm at Muscle Beach in Los Angeles, California for the launch. The products include: Iron Whey, Iron Mass, Iron Pump, Iron Pack, Iron Stack, Iron Dream, and Iron Cre3.[28]
In November 2013 MusclePharm teamed with Walgreens to create an innovative brand specifically made for women. As part of the deal, FitMiss was stocked in 7,000 Walgreens stores nationwide. The products include FitMiss Delight, FitMiss Tone, FitMiss Burn, and Ready-to-Drink FitMiss Delight.
In March 2014, Worldwide Apparel, LLC began a licensing agreement with MusclePharm Apparel.
In September 2014, MusclePharm launched CocoProtein Sports Drink at the Mr. Olympia 2014 Expo in Las Vegas. This product will begin going on sale in October 2014.[29] MusclePharm also launched, Combat Crunch, a branded protein bar.[30]
In February 2014, MusclePharm announced that they'd launch two new energy drinks in April 2015. A preview for the new beverages were made at the Arnold Sports Festival, held in Columbus Ohio. MusclePharm also previewed a new nutrition bar called, the Arnold Schwarzenegger Muscle Bar at the festival.[31] The muscle bar became available for purchase in April 2015.[32] Energy Sport™ and Energy Sport Zero™ became available at select retailers in April 2015. Both energy drinks include MusclePharm's patented ingredient Carnosyn® Beta-Alanine.[33]
In March 2015, MusclePharm introduced a new product line called the Hardcore Series. This series includes a pre-workout, post-workout, and energy boost beverages.[34]
Musclepharm released a Black Label Series exclusively at GNC stores in April 2015 including a Combat Black Weight Gainer, Assault Black, Amino1 Black, and Creatine Black.[35]
In June 2015, MusclePharm launched a new website that focuses on their products science, granting, and full transparency behind the companies initiatives. The new website provides consumers access to research and information about MusclePharm's products and their competitors.[36]
Clinical studies[edit]
MusclePharm products have been tested and certified by various labs in the United States to ensure their product is safe and meets FDA regulations.[citation needed]
In 2010, former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Roscoe M. Moore, Jr., became the Chief Scientific Director at MusclePharm Corporation. Before MusclePharm, Moore worked with the FDA and United States Public Health Service.[37]
MusclePharm went on the record in 2012, stating that they have never used DMAA (1,2-dimethylamylamine) in any of their products.[38]
The United States Sports Academy did a clinical trial on MusclePharm's Assault and found that the product is effective in helping athletes gain strength, endurance, energy, and other healthy, important qualities to help them compete.[39] The Nutrition Research Journal went on the record saying that Assault is safe and effective pre-workout for recreationally active men.[40] The trial with the USSA completed in January 2012.[41][42]
In 2013, the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) and MusclePharm teamed up to offer unrestricted educational grants for those interested in conducting product-specific randomized clinical trials. Up to $40,000 in funding was available for this initiative.[43]
A 2014 study published in Nutrition Journal reported the results of a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study, which demonstrated that MusclePharm's Amino1, a recovery and hydration supplement, enhanced rehydration more effectively than water and Gatorade.[citation needed]
"The study showed that consuming both the amino acids and the electrolytes which are in the Amino1 product enhanced rehydration compared to water or Gatorade. The latter primarily containing sugars and electrolytes," MusclePharm Research Director Jordan Moon said. "As anticipated, water, Gatorade and Amino1 all rehydrated the subjects. However, Amino1 allowed the subjects to rehydrate faster and more efficiently. In the near future, more clinical data will be available that will show the recovery benefits athletes receive when taking Amino1."
Other results in the study prove that the amino acids in Amino1 help muscles recover from exercise, as well as prevent muscle breakdown during exercise, making Amino1 an ideal product for athletes.[44]
In July 2015, it was announced that MusclePharm would join the Council for Responsible Nutrition's voting membership roster. [45]
Some of the world's top athletes from: MLB, NFL, UFC, MMA, USA Wrestling, PGA Tour and other sports professionals have endorsed MusclePharm's efforts to provide the top sports nutrition products. Celebrities and other public figures have also vocalized their support of MusclePharm.
MusclePharm partnered with NFL San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl quarterback, Colin Kaepernick as a brand representative in 2013. Kaepernick's advertisements appeared on several radio, television, and social media channels.[46]
In March 2014, MusclePharm signed a deal with USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling in the United States, as its exclusive official nutrition supplement provider. This endorsement debuted at the 2014 World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling in March 2014.[47]
In July 2014, Tiger Woods became one of MusclePharm's most well-known endorsers. MusclePharm logo will appear on Woods' golf bag for the upcoming season.[48] Woods also used a MusclePharm branded water bottle in his first PGA Tour start of 2015 for the Waste Management Phoenix Open, held January 29 through February 1, 2015.[49]
In August 2014, NFL first-round draft pick Johnny Manziel became an endorser for MusclePharm.
Some of their brand ambassadors include:
American football[edit]
- Tiger Woods[52]
- Xempt Player Series[53]
Mixed martial arts[edit]
- Anderson Silva[55]
- Jon Jones
- Clay Guida
- Benson Henderson
- Lyoto Machida (MMA & UFC fighter; former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)[56]
- Donald Cerrone
- Jake Shields [57]
- Patrick Barry[58]
- Cheick Kongo
- Rashad Evans
- Frankie Edgar
- Michael Bisping
- Jose Aldo
- Ahmed El-Deeb
- Anthony Pettis
- Urijah Faber
- Dominick Cruz
- Carlos Condit
- Tyron Woodley
- Matt Brown
- Jake Ellenberger
- Junior dos Santos
- Travis Browne
- Phil Davis
- Jim Miller
- Edson Barboza
- Jeremy Stevens
- Cub Swanson
- Robbie Lawler[59]
- Luke Rockhold[59]
- Paige VanZant[59]
Fitness and bodybuilding[edit]
- Chady Dun
- Ahmed El-Deeb
- Obi Obadike[61]
- Jen Selter
Awards and recognition[edit]
MusclePharm has been nominated for and received several highly esteemed awards in the sports nutrition industry.
Since 2009, they have won 14 BodyBuilding.com awards. MusclePharm's former EVP of Marketing, Jeremy DeLuca, is the brother of the Bodybuilding.com CEO Ryan DeLuca.[62][63]
In 2009, they won New Brand of the Year from BodyBuilding.com. Bodybuilding.com is an American online retailer of over 9,900 sports supplements and nutritional products.
In 2010, they were nominated for five of BodyBuilding.com supplement awards.[64] They won Supplement Company of the Month in October 2010.[65]
In 2011, MusclePharm was nominated for fourteen supplement awards from BodyBuilding.com. They won Breakout Brand of the Year, New Supplement of the Year for their product, Assault, and Best Packaging of the Year.[66]
In 2011, MusclePharm was named No. 1 Supplement Brand by Stck3d. Rankings were based on "quality, price, results, availability and overall greatness," according to the website.[67]
In 2012, they won Brand of the Year, Pre-Workout of the Year, and Packaging of the Year from BodyBuilding.com. They were nominated for 18 awards from them that year.[68]
In 2012, Muscle Insider, Canada's top bodybuilding magazine, nominated MusclePharm for Brand of the Year, Fat Burner of the Year (Shred Matrix), Pre-Workout Supplement of the Year (Assault), and Best Tasting Pre-Workout Supplement of the Year (Assault) Canadian Supplement Awards, where fans decide what are the top supplements in Canada.[69]
In 2013, MusclePharm received the Top Vendor award from GNC.
In 2013 MusclePharm's Assault was named the best pre-workout product by fitness magazine Premio Revista Suplementacao. The magazine also named MusclePharm as the best supplement brand.[70] MusclePharm Assault was also the recipient of a Top 30 Award from Corpo Perfeito, the largest online provider of nutritional supplements in Brazil.
Corpo Perfeito also honored the company for its sales performance.
Controversy and Legal Issues[edit]
MusclePharm has faced several legal issues related to its stock, intellectual property infringement, misleading customers, and accounting and disclosure violations.
In May 2012, Marina Ventures sought to force MusclePharm's sale of 21 million shares of common stock. Inter-Mountain Capital sued MusclePharm for alleged failure to sell, seeking damages of $4 million.[71] In the same month, John's Lone Star Distribution alleged in a suit that MusclePharm entered into illegal price discrimination contracts with a Lone Star competitor with the intention of removing Lone Star from the market.[72]
In 2011, Environmental Research Center (ERC) filed a notice of intent to start litigation against over 200 nutrition and supplement companies, including MusclePharm, alleging violations of California Proposition 65.[73] In February 2012, ThermoLife claimed in a lawsuit that MusclePharm infringed ThermoLife's patent on amino acid compounds including creatine nitrate.[74]
In September 2011, it was reported that MusclePharm's executive vice president, Leonard Armenta, had resigned after accusations from the MMA fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson that there was a spy in his camp in the lead up to UFC 135. Jackson accused his opponent Jon Jones of having a spy at his training camp in Denver, Colorado, in the buildup to the bout. In an interview with ESPN's SportsCenter, Jackson said MusclePharm released an employee named "Leonard" and accused him of acting as a spy for Jones.[75][76]
In March 2012, NSF International notified the public that a MusclePharm product improperly bore the "NSF Certified for Sport" mark.[77] In December 2013, NSF launched a lawsuit against MusclePharm[78] and declared that MusclePharm is not authorized to use any NSF certification marks, to claim that any of its products are certified by NSF or to claim that they have been manufactured in an NSF GMP certified or registered facility.[79]
In September 2012, The Tawnsaura Group sued MusclePharm for patent infringement.[80]
In October 2012, MusclePharm discontinued use of BEAST Sports' trademarks including "Beast" and "Beast Mode" after MusclePharm's unauthorized use.[81]
MusclePharm was sued in a California federal court in late January 2015, for misleading customers about the amount of protein their products contain.[82]
In September 2015, MusclePharm was charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with infractions related to a number of accounting and disclosure violations. The investigation found that MusclePharm failed to report, or grossly misrepresented, approximately $500,000 in benefits paid to three current or former executives and chairmen The SEC also discovered that MusclePharm issued stock without a registration statement when it entered into numerous transactions with third parties that agreed in exchange for company shares to pay cash to MusclePharm vendors. MusclePharm owed vendors approximately $1.1 million in outstanding invoices and was short on funds to pay them. [83]
On May 11 2016, protein supplement maker Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals sued MusclePharm for artificially inflating the level of protein in its Arnold Schwarzenegger Series Iron Mass product - claiming MusclePharm lied to consumers about the amount of actual protein in the product, violating federal competition and state consumer protection laws.[84]
Later in May 2016 MusclePharm was sued by Capstone Nutrition for breach of contract. Capstone alleges that MusclePharm has breached the parties' manufacturing contract and is seeking $65 million in damages.[85]
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