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Finally some fun with HTML Help! This little project demonstrates that you can do more with HTML Help than online help... The screenshots above shows the demo album, implemented using Microsoft's HTML Help. In just one CHM file, you can distribute a complete photo album with your photos.
When I bought my first digital camera in 1999, I needed a decent way to distribute my photos in an album like manner. With this electronic photo album you yourself can easily construct your own album using your own photos and give the album to your family and friends. Anyone running Windows and Internet Explorer 4 (or later) can easily view it. The album in the source code download contains all the logic, just add water, eh, photos.
The demo album is composed of photos that I shot during TechEd 2001 (Barcelona), my 2001 vacation trip in South Africa and some pictures from an "I-am-not-in-my-right-state-of-mind" website of mine (webknuffels.nl).
This article is mostly about how you can use the album with your own photos and not how the album is technically constructed. If you're interested, take a look at the internals of the album in the HTML pages and in the .js files. I can be persuaded to do an article about the technical part... Some of the technical features:
Microsoft HTML Help is the successor to WinHelp and is used for Windows Help systems since Internet Explorer 4 and Windows 2000. The HTML Help files typically use the .CHM extension and consists of several HTML files, JPG/GIF images and scripts. A CHM file is actually like a complete website compressed into one file: 'CHM' is short for 'Compiled HTML' . Additionally, with a table of contents, index and full text search, a complete help system is created.
Using the HTML Help compiler (see later) from the Microsoft's HTML Help workshop, the album's files are compiled into a single .CHM file. This album in particular uses 4 HTML files, several GIFs and the photo JPGs to make up the album.chm. We're not going to use the HTML Help contents, index and full text search tab with the HTML Help photo album.
To compile the files into the .CHM file, you'll need to install Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop, which contains the compiler. Download the workshop using the link above and install it.
// Define the photos. aPhotos = new Array( //"Filename", "Caption", "yourphoto1.jpg", "Title of photo 1", "yourphoto2.jpg", "Title of photo 2", "yourphoto3.jpg", "Title of photo 3" // NO COMMA at the last entry! }
"yourphoto1.jpg", "Title of photo 1",
Compiled file=victorsdemoalbum.chm
Compiled file=vacation2001.chm
Victor's demo photo album"
[WINDOWS] main="Victor's demo photo album",,,,,,,,,,,0x0,[16,0,717,560],0x0,0x0,,0,0,0,0
[WINDOWS] main="Vacation 2001",,,,,,,,,,,0x0,[16,0,717,560],0x0,0x0,,0,0,0,0
These are the files in the album:
encode.bat is just an easy calling mechanism for encoding the scripts (HTML and .JS files) in the album using the Microsoft Script Encoder SRCENC.EXE. Now only Internet Explorer (actually: the Microsoft Scripting Engines) can decode and understand the scripting. It's a convenient method to protect the album from tampering: the scripts are no longer human readable!
The idea is to encode the scripts just before you compile the files into the .CHM (step 6 above).
Now why did I add the two 'V's to the script encoder's filename? Because encoding is pretty irreversible and you better do the encoding process on a copy of the album folder! When you've copied the album, remove the double 'V's from the encoder's filename and execute encode.bat to encode the album's files. Then perform step 6 of "Creating your own album".
Example from an encoded photos.js:
//**Start Encode**#@~^OwcAAA==@#@&@#@&Jz,Ktb/,Wk^+~mKxOCbx/,CV^PY4n~w4WDWdPCU9P^ laOkKxd~K0@#@&&JPOtbd,wCMYbmE^lM~l^4;:c@#@&@#@&zz,j+DPY4n~w4WDW~Nr.mOWMz@#@&/P4 !:4UCbVjk.nhtGDWkSW1lDrW PxJatGOK/FZT6F*zrI@#@&kHNrEhjbynn4GYK/JG1lYrG P~P,xrw4KYK/cZ!Xf!ZzEi@#@&&&krDTrxmV?b"nn4WDWdSG^mYrW ~P,'E24WYGd8!+cX{+%&ri@#@& @#@&zJ~?Y~Y4+~ObYV~W6PY4n~l^4!:@#@&d)^4;::rY^+~x,J.r^DW.Bk~9+hKPmV4!:rI@#@&@#@& zJP9n6kx~Y4+Pa4GYK/c@#@&lK4KYG/,xP +A~zDDCzv@#@&zJEwksxm:+r~,EZmwOkKxES@#@&JZT ...
This package is published under the Artistic license.
26 jan 2002 - Initial publication 20 feb 2002 - added light src download (with only two photos) and added usage license. 07 nov 2002 - Removed the dead HtmlHelp workshop exe link and clarified some things.
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Posted By Dan Caristo On Nov 9 2009 @ 9:26 pm In Anaheim Ducks | No Comments
After fifteen games, the Ducks are 6-7-2 and are lately have been improving each game. The off season aquisition of Saku Koivu has not lived up to expectations as of yet, but the feisty center has a while for that to change. Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf seem to be in mid-season form, and are carrying this team on their backs.
Helping them out is goaltender Jonas Hiller. He's 6-5-1 with a 2.76 GAA and and .919 save percentage. The twenty seven year old has secured the number one position in Anaheim, and does not look as if he intends on giving it up anytime soon. So where does that leave JS Giguere? He has had four starts, finished three of them and has a 3.64 GAA coupled with a save percentage of .895. Not even close to the worth of his six million dollar cap hit for the next two seasons.
With Hiller in the number one spot, and youngster Justin Pogge waiting for his shot, what should the Ducks do with Giguere? First option is a trade, but as I said earlier, that cap hit will be tough to move. The only team who may be desperate for a goalie would be the Carolina Hurricanes, who lost Cam Ward for at least a month with a severe cut in the leg/groin area. The problem is that Carolina doesn't have the cap space to aquire Giguere, assuming they are interested, and would have to move salary towards Anaheim's way. It would seem like a bit of a stretch, especiall for a bottom five team looking to replace their star goalie for a month or two. The next option, and one that the Ducks should seriously consider, is a buyout. It would be an ugly move by management, but a necessary one in my opinion. They have to get him off the books and move on from that nightmare of a contract. Giguere gave the Ducks their first and only Stanley Cup, and they should forever be greatful for that, but the time has come to cut ties with him.
With Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu, and Scott Niedermayer, most likely retiring after the season, this is the last chance in a while that the Ducks will have the opportunity to make a move in the playoffs, and getting rid of that contract can land a key player to help them achieve that goal.
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Piling Up Those Bucks For College
Saving for college is getting a lot easier. A new breed of state-sponsored savings plans offers parents and grandparents big tax breaks while they build up assets to meet future education bills. Unlike the states' earlier prepaid tuition schemes, these savings programs, called Section 529 plans after the tax code section authorizing them, provide cash for any college. And nearly every state's plan is open to residents of other states, so savers have a wide range of choices.
Indeed, the major problem facing savers these days may be variety. Each state wants to tweak its version. Investment options, fees, and sweeteners for in-state savers create a range of choices. So parents and grandparents still face some tough challenges in deciding whether to invest in a 529 plan and, if so, which one to buy.
States first started helping parents panicked by the cost of college by offering prepaid tuition plans in the mid-1980s. But the newer savings plans are rapidly pushing prepaid tuition schemes aside. "With a strong stock market and slower tuition increases, the investment plans provide a better return," notes Joseph Hurley, a Pittsford (N.Y.) accountant whose Web site, www.savingforcollege.com, tracks and evaluates both types of plans. They're also more straightforward: Savers set up an account for a child, or beneficiary, and fund the account with aftertax dollars. Earnings aren't assessed for federal tax until the beneficiary withdraws funds. If the funds are spent on tuition or other college expenses, the earnings are taxed at the child's federal tax rate--zero to 15%, most likely, vs. 28% to 39.6% for the parent or grandparent.
To boost the plans' appeal, many states offer enticements to their own residents. New York taxpayers can deduct from their state income up to $5,000 in contributions ($10,000 for a couple) to New York's plan, run by the insurance and mutual-fund giant TIAA-CREF. Louisiana and Minnesota will match up to 15% of a resident's contributions, based on the saver's income. Connecticut's plan, also run by TIAA, promises to exempt withdrawals from state tax. New Jersey's state-administered plan exempts earnings from state tax and gives beneficiaries who attend in-state colleges a $500 freshman scholarship.
But some big states, such as California and Massachusetts, don't offer residents any special rewards. And almost every state limits its sweeteners to its own plan. For instance, a New Yorker who signs up for Massachusetts' plan, run by Fidelity Investments, cannot deduct contributions against New York's taxes.
Besides taxes, the 529 plans' big appeal is control: The account belongs to the donor, not the beneficiary. If the savers' daughter runs off with a motorcycle gang instead of enrolling at State, Mom and Dad can shift the account to little brother. Indeed, most states allow a change of beneficiary to any family member (even a parent), although a quirk in federal law bars transfers to cousins. If Grandma needs to reclaim her funds, she can even cash out the account herself, although the state must assess a penalty--usually 10%--on the earnings.
Grandparents get another kicker: A saver can make a single contribution of up to $50,000 to a plan without paying any gift tax. The contribution is counted against the donor's $10,000 annual gift exclusion over five years. That moves $50,000--and five years' earnings--out of the donor's estate, with no gift or estate taxes.
Are these plans for everyone? Almost. If you're saving for a preschooler or elementary-school child, 8 to 18 years of tax-free compounding is hard to beat. "For an upper-income family that won't get financial aid, the 529 is a good deal," says Raymond Loewe, president of College Money, a Marlton (N.J.) financial planning firm.
For a teenager or preteen, the choice is tougher. Once a child turns 14, he or she pays taxes at low rates--with the first $700 in investment earnings exempted from tax, and the next $26,250 taxed at 15%. Long-term, a Uniform Gift to Minors Account (UGMA) might result in less tax than a 529 plan. But you have to answer two questions: Is this child reliable? A child takes control of his or her UGMA at age 18 or 21--and many a UGMA intended for college has bought a sports car or cruise instead. Also, is your family likely to qualify for student aid?
If so, stick with Section 529. For purposes of federal financial aid, 529 plans owned by a parent are counted as the parents' assets. Parents are expected to contribute no more than 5.6% of their assets to college costs--far less than the 35% slice taken from student-owned assets. (Payments from prepaid tuition plans reduce financial aid dollar-for-dollar.) Private financial aid--scholarships and grants offered by colleges themselves--is trickier. Some private colleges have decided that 529 plans are student-owned assets.
Some investors might find that 529 plans are too conservative. Federal tax law specifies that the donor can't manage the account's investments. Plans responded by offering managed portfolios that start out aggressive--up to 80% stock when the beneficiary is a preschooler--but grow conservative, to ensure cash is available, as the student approaches college age.
It's a textbook strategy. But for parents starting late on saving, the mix offered for a 12-year-old by, say, the Maine plan run by Merrill Lynch--50% stocks, 40% bonds, and 10% money market--doesn't promise the big score needed to meet looming tuition. States and investment firms have responded by offering more choices: Merrill now offers all-stock and all-fixed-income accounts. The donor can't move funds from one account to another--but she could set up multiple accounts and direct later contributions to achieve the asset mix she prefers.
To choose among 529 plans, look first at your own state's plan to see what sweeteners it offers. Most states' tax rates are so low, however, that any breaks can be swamped by better investment returns. So you've got to compare managers (which, in some cases, are state agencies), asset allocation choices, specific mutual funds offered, and management fees--which range from 0.6% to 2%, on top of fund fees--from one state to the next.
Fans of 529 say the future is bright. States are offering accounts with smaller minimum contributions and are urging employers to set up payroll deduction plans. "We almost need to take a United Way approach to this and campaign for people to sign up," says Tim Lane, TIAA's vice-president for tuition financing. Congress is likely to lift investment restrictions and make it easier to transfer between accounts. Republicans have twice passed tax-cut bills, vetoed by President Clinton, that would have made 529 earnings totally tax-exempt--potentially a huge boon. College will always be a major financial hurdle for most families. But these new plans are moving the bar lower and lower.


text: Well this entry is actually for my husband Jason, who is the most wonderful father to our 8 month old daughter Keira. Keira's daddy deserves this so much because he is the only one supporting our family right now. At the end of 2011 we moved out to TX so we could better our lives after losing our house, as soon as we got there I found myself pregnant and unable to get a job due to a high risk pregnancy. Jason has worked so hard to support us and life just keeps throwing us curveballs. We were in a horrible hail storm while in TX that destroyed our vehicle. Then the week we brought Keira home from the hospital we had to move due to foundation problems in our rental and Jason literally had to pack up our whole house himself within 3 days. 6 months later, Jason then had to leave his job and relocate us again due to of his mother's health problems. We are now just settling back in FL near family and have found that our moving company have stolen a bunch of our belongings :( I was so thankful though, that my husband's Weber Smokey Mountain made it in one piece, he would have literally been heartbroken if it hadn't. All in all, our family has fallen on some hard times lately. Jason works over 50 hrs a week and on his down time he loves to grill and bbq. My husband is so excited about grilling and bbqing that he is the only person I know that actually takes pictures of his food. Haha. This would be a dream come true for him and for Keira and I to give to the man who does so much for us and gets so little for himself. Thank you :)


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This review is from: QNAP TS-212-US Diskless System All-in-one NAS Server with iSCSI for SOHO and Home Users
Cool looking; bright white; blue LED lights the room; was able to get it working somewhat...; backs up your information; really nice UI for managing the NAS
From my earlier review, there was a lot to the setup that was causing problems, but eventually it turned out to be HDD failure causing a lot of issues. The only con I have now is that I can't seem to run more than 2-3 services otherwise the SAMBA connection drops out.
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Good purchase. So far, it's been keeping my videos & pictures backed up, along with some school work, and hasn't failed yet. I like it, now that I found out the hard drives I installed were to blame.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Every morning between 3:30 and 4:00, Violet pads into our bedroom. She sits down near Jeff's side of the bed and the meowing begins. She reserves her special car-alarm-sounding meow for this time in the morning. She doesn't do this when Jeff's out of town. This is meant just for him.
Jeff heaves out of bed and gets her a bowl of water. The howling continues. He opens a new can of cat food and places it in a dish on the counter. Still with the howling. He turns the faucet on for a light drip for her to drink from. The howling stops for a minute or so and then starts again. He picks her up and carries her to the couch while she mashes her head into his neck, her version of a hug. Jeff returns to bed and goes back to sleep.
Every morning.
I finally wake up, long after Jeff has gone to work. I pick up Violet and smell her head, the tiny fur head that smells just like Jeff's neck.
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- KnadeleApril 13, 2011 at 12:20 PM
The two dog-monkeys that live with me often will stay under the covers long after I've showered and made coffee.
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Inline Flag Notes (Take 2)
Last week we tested a new feature that would let people add notes to their flags. We listened to your feedback and incorporated many suggestions. You can try out the new version in this thread. [more inside]
Testing Inline Flag Notes
We're testing out a new way to flag posts and comments that lets people include a note to moderators if they'd like to. It's enabled for this thread only so you can see how it might work. [more inside]
Fantastic commenters will never know they're fantastic
I'm seeing a lot of great comments on the blue lately; I mark them as favorites, of course, but sometimes I flag them as "Fantastic". However, the commenter doesn't receive this feedback. [more inside]
Another Flag Category?
Similar to fffm's pony request from January, I wonder whether it would be possible to add another flag category or two. [more inside]
Number of flags per deleted post?
I was wondering if the currently available piles of data support certain metrics... [more inside]
Wave the Flag
Is there any way for users to see which posts and comments have been flagged as 'Fantastic'? That would be nice.
Homework Filter
Do we do homework? Seems like we should be able to flag a post as such.
Mefites' Choice 2012 winners, week four
You may already have won! Click on through to meet the winsome winners of the fourth, last, final and concluding week of the Mefites' Choice Awards. [more inside]
Grammar InSpecter
How about a spelling/grammar reason to flag FPPs? [more inside]
Flag it and mov... errr.. different flag
I was reading through a thread about health care and thought how nice it would be to have a script that would put a national flag next to the user's name so I could keep track of what country they live in. Wondering if anyone out there with such skills would help make my wish come true IF it is even possible based on the information currently in user profiles.
Whoops! You've Been Flagged!
I use Metafilter on my phone a lot, and sometimes I mean to favorite a comment but I flag it by mistake, because the buttons to click on are tiny and right next to each other on the touchscreen. Oops! [more inside]
The page is still loading, please wait to flag.
The page is still loading, please wait to flag. [more inside]
Flagged as Bad/Good Deletion
I suggest that it might be useful to implement the ability to flag deleted posts as "bad deletion" (and possibly "good deletion"). This would be a harmless way for users to show their distaste at (or favor of) a deletion without starting yet another Meta thread on the subject. [more inside]
Do we need to load comments to flag something?
Is there a reason we can't flag a post without clicking in to the thread? It seems like it adds a click for no reason? Or is this an oddity of my out-of-date browser on an out-of-date OS on an out-of-date macbook?
Fly your favorite flag
If I flag a comment, I can choose one of several default options. One of the options is "fantastic comment", and the others are terrible. Why can't I choose "fantastic" when I favorite a comment? [more inside]
Ever think of making the number of flags on posts and comments visible to us? [more inside]
I'd love to know what others think is fantastic.
Pony request. Could we have a page view that would show threads and comments that have been flagged as "fantastic"? [more inside]
Flag, you're it.
Is there a way to see which comments have been flagged by other people? [more inside]
That psychedelic elephant is FANTASTIC!
The 'fantastic' flag: I know it's been called "outdated", and people have asked for it to be removed. Who cares about that! I would really like to know how many people use it, how it is used, and how the mods react to it being used. [more inside]
Flagged as *yawn*
Add another option to the flagging menu? [more inside]
Dude, where's my Favorites?
Double Didn't Die
When an FPP gets flagged as a double (or, say, a double double), how come it sometimes isn't deleted? [more inside]
"Page loading" warning prevents flagging
I'm getting a Javascript popup saying "The page is still loading, please wait to flag." while trying to flag this question. [more inside]
When to flag/not flag?
Would it be possible to get a better explanation of when to flag/not to flag a comment/post? [more inside]
Plea for a tagging flag
Improving tagging in a poorly tagged post. [more inside]
Confederate flag analogies commence...
Workplace Sensitivifilter. I seem to be in disagreement with a large number of people on whether the Japanese "rising sun" flag is inappropriate for the workplace, per a tangentially related ask.meta post. [more inside]
Flags with weight
Does the identity of a given flagger carry any weight? Or are they anonymous? [more inside]
Flag flag flag
What is the mod policy on noting when comments have been removed? [more inside]
Wrong thread
Pony request: I seem to be eternally replying to something in Recent Activity, only to find I've actually responded to the wrong thread. I'm not sure I'm entirely alone in this... [more inside]
i din-a mean-a doit
Any way to "un-flag" something? It was done totally in error...really...trigger finger slipped...
Do I need to repeat myself?
Could we add "already in the question" or something similar to the flagging options for AskMe? [more inside]
How many flags do I have?
Can we find out how many flags our posts get? [more inside]
Young and able, but indeflaggable
Love the new ajax flagging and looking forward to seeing it on the other sites. I especially like that it shows that you have flagged something, and would like to see an option to remove said flag in case of a mistake, or regretting a knee-jerk reaction.
Flag or favorite
There's a flag for "fantastic post". Is that used for anything, or have favorites replaced it?
I wasn't able to find any previous mention of this, but what if someone decides they didn't want to flag a post? Can we have a feature that lets people change their mind if they flag something? I say this after reconsidering flagging my own supposed double post.
I want a new comment flag
AskMe should be a 'the commenter didn't read the question' flag.
I would like to have the option of flagging posts "hilarious."
Flag feature | In addition to "fantastic post" I would like to have the option of flagging posts "hilarious."
Flag Reasons
this has been mentioned before, but.. i am sometimes hamfisted, and was trying to flag a post as fantastic and instead submitted a "pick a reason:" flag. all of the discussion in the previous thread was about superseding flags - but is it a lot of work to make the site simply reject the pick-a-reasons?
Pony: not-the-best-of-the-web flag
May we have a "not the best of the web" flag?
"Flag This Post" Bug
In MeTa and AskMe the flag [!] icon with each comment has a mouseover that reads "flag this post". But in MetaFilter the mouseover is really wide with the whole URL as well as "flag this post". It's really annoying when scrolling/reading. Can the blue be aligned with the other sites please?
New Flag Request
Pony request, in light of this thread -- flagging options include "noise", "derail" or "doesn't follow the guidlines" but it seems to me AskMe requires another option, kind of an opposite to "fantastic post" -- how about adding "Doesn't answer the question"?
But that would require AskMe specific flags, which might be difficult or impossible. Instead, how about an "Irrelevant" flag?
But that would require AskMe specific flags, which might be difficult or impossible. Instead, how about an "Irrelevant" flag?
Add a fantastic flag scoreboard to profiles
Idea: Add links to a person's fantastic posts/comments/answers to their profile pages, as a kind of personal scoreboard.
Been wondering how to give people "attaboys" for good commentary and answers. Why not list these accomplishments on their profile pages? I did some searches, and the idea has been proposed before, but I can't find a similar suggestion that's more recent than four years ago.
Profiles already have links to a person's posts, and if I drill down I can see which ones have been flagged as fantastic -- so why not put this front and center on the profiles?
Been wondering how to give people "attaboys" for good commentary and answers. Why not list these accomplishments on their profile pages? I did some searches, and the idea has been proposed before, but I can't find a similar suggestion that's more recent than four years ago.
Profiles already have links to a person's posts, and if I drill down I can see which ones have been flagged as fantastic -- so why not put this front and center on the profiles?
Flag It and Move On
What part of "flag it and move on" are people having trouble understanding? I'm willing to hold an extra help session for our slower learners.
Flags seem broken wiht FF 1.0.4
Flags aren't redirecting back to the thread (at least for me).
Firefox 1.0.4 (OSX)
(It's probably a simple fix, but it does mean that all those entertaining MeTa callouts and meetups that I had planned will have to wait until at least next week. You're all on notice).
Firefox 1.0.4 (OSX)
(It's probably a simple fix, but it does mean that all those entertaining MeTa callouts and meetups that I had planned will have to wait until at least next week. You're all on notice).
What is the purpose of flagging answers as "fantastic"?
I just flagged an AskMe answer as "fantastic" for the first time, and I'm curious...and then what happens? What is the purpose of this feature?
Inappropriate Flagging?
Marketing Research? Two people have flagged this thread, saying (or implying) that it goes against Metafilter policy. Forgive me for not ready the policy very closely, but I don't see what is wrong with this kind of thing. What do you folks think?
Anonymous Flags?
Are the "[!]" flags anonymous? [MI]
Pony Request: Highlight 'fantastic comment' flagged posts like AskMe's 'best answers'
It's possible for an AskMeFi poster to mark responses as best answers. It's possible for anyone to flag an answer as a fantastic comment. Why not amalgamate the two and have all the top answers in one place? Then, why not highlight all comments flagged as fantastic in AskMeFi, MetaFilter and MetaTalk the way best answers are currently highlighted in AskMeFi?
Flag Request
Why not place the [!] flag on the front page instead of having to open a thread? The Dish TV post is so bad on so many levels that I felt all icky opening it to flag it. heheh
Flagging on "Recent Comments"
Any chance we could get the "flag post" link on the my recent comments page? If it's easy that is, not really a big deal. I just spend a lot of time reading comments on there these days instead of the actual threads.
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Even after the back-to-back successes of "Zombieland" and "The Social Network," it was never quite clear if Jesse Eisenberg would be able to maintain a lasting stardom. He's an immensely talented actor, but also one who's been strongly associated with a certain kind of role, one that, like Michael Cera, risked the general public tiring of him quite quickly. But while his immediate follow-up to "The Social Network," "30 Minutes Or Less," was something of a disappointment, he's made several smart choices of late, from star-laden heist blockbuster "Now You See Me" to a dual role in "The Double," Richard Ayoade's follow-up to the acclaimed "Submarine."
And now, along with another young actress who's been making a series of interesting decisions, he's in talks for a project that might be his boldest yet, as Variety report that Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning are in discussions to join Peter Sarsgaard in the cast of "Night Moves," the latest film from acclaimed indie auteur Kelly Reichardt, the director of "Old Joy," "Wendy & Lucy" and "Meek's Cutoff."
The film revolves around three eco-terrorists plotting to blow up a dam, with Sarsgaard playing the bomb-maker, Eisenberg (who replaces Paul Dano, who was previously attached to the role) as the group's leader, and Fanning as a wealthy young woman who funds the group. Rooney Mara had been loosely linked to Fanning's role, but is presumably tied up with her participation in Terrence Malick's latest.
Anyway, it seems like a great choice for all three principals involved, and it's good to see the film coming together after a distinct lack of news of late; we're particularly intrigued to see Reichardt, who's three-for-three at this point in our eyes, tackle subject matter with more of a contemporary edge than her last picture. Filming starts in October, so this seems like a good bet for Venice and/or TIFF in 2013.


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George Edward Foreman (nicknamed "Big George"[1]) (born January 10, 1949) is a retired American professional boxer, former two-time World Heavyweight Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and entrepreneur. A gold medalist at the 1968 Olympics, Foreman won the World Heavyweight title with a second round knockout of then-undefeated Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica in 1973. He made two successful title defenses before losing to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974. He fought on but was unable to secure another title shot and retired following a loss to Jimmy Young in 1977 and became a Christian minister. Ten years later Foreman announced a comeback, and in November 1994, at age 45, he regained the Heavyweight Championship by knocking out Michael Moorer. He remains the oldest Heavyweight Champion in history. He retired in 1997 at the age of 48, with a final record of 76–5, including 68 knockouts.
Foreman has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO) rates Foreman as the eighth greatest heavyweight of all-time.[2] In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine.[3] The Ring ranked him as the 9th greatest puncher of all-time.[4] He was a ringside analyst for HBO's boxing coverage for twelve years, leaving in 2004.[5] Outside of boxing, he is a successful entrepreneur and is known for his promotion of the George Foreman Grill, which has sold over 100 million units worldwide.[6] In 1999 he sold the naming rights to the grill for $138 million.[7]
Early life Edit
George Foreman was born in Marshall, Texas. He grew up in the Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas, with six siblings.[8] Although reared by J.D. Foreman, whom his mother had married when George was a small child, his biological father was Leroy Moorehead. Foreman was interested in football and idolized former Cleveland Browns running back and actor Jim Brown, but gave it up for boxing. He won a gold medal in the boxing/heavyweight division at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. By his own admission in his autobiography, George was a troubled youth.
Professional career Edit
Foreman had an amateur record of 22–4, losing twice to Clay Hodges (also defeated by Max Briggs in his first ever fight). Foreman turned professional in 1969 with a three-round knockout of Donald Walheim in New York. He had a total of 13 fights that year, winning all of them (11 by knockout).
In 1970, Foreman continued his march toward the undisputed heavyweight title, winning all 12 of his bouts (11 by knockout). Among the opponents he defeated were Gregorio Peralta, whom he decisioned at Madison Square Garden although Peralta gave a very good account of himself and showed George was vulnerable to fast counter punching mixed with an assertive boxing style. But the boxing world shuddered when George Chuvalo was defeated by technical knockout (TKO) in three rounds. After this impressive win, Foreman defeated Charlie Polite in four rounds and Boone Kirkman in three.
In 1971, Foreman won seven more fights, winning all of them by knockout, including a rematch with Peralta, whom he defeated by knockout in the tenth and final round in Oakland, California, and a win over Leroy Caldwell, who was knocked out in the second round. After amassing a record of 32–0 (29 KO), Foreman was ranked as the number one challenger by the WBA and WBC.
The Sunshine Showdown vs. Joe Frazier Edit
In 1972, still undefeated, and with an impressive knockout record, Foreman was set to challenge undefeated and Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier. Despite boycotting a title elimination caused by the vacancy resulting from the championship being stripped from Muhammad Ali, Frazier had won the title from Jimmy Ellis and defended his title four times since, including a 15-round unanimous decision over the previously unbeaten Ali in 1971 after Ali had beaten Oscar Bonavena and Jerry Quarry. Despite Foreman's superior size and reach, he was not expected to beat Frazier[9] and was a 3:1 underdog going into the fight.
The Sunshine Showdown took place on January 22, 1973, in Kingston, Jamaica, with Foreman dominating the fight to win the championship by technical knockout. In HBO Boxing's first broadcast, the call made by Howard Cosell became one of the most memorable in all of sports: "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" Before the fight Frazier was 29–0 (25 KO) and Foreman was 37–0 (34 KO). Frazier was knocked down six times by Foreman within two rounds, with the three knockdowns rule being waived for this bout. After the second knockdown, Frazier's balance and mobility were impaired to the extent that he was unable to evade Foreman's combinations. Frazier managed to get to his feet for all six knockdowns, but referee Arthur Mercante eventually called an end to the one-sided bout.
Foreman was sometimes characterized by the media as an aloof and antisocial champion.[10] According to them, he always seemed to wear a sneer and was not often available to the press. Foreman would later attribute his demeanor during this time as an emulation of Sonny Liston, for whom he had been an occasional sparring partner. Foreman went on to defend his title successfully twice during his initial reign as champion. His first defense, in Tokyo, pitted him against Puerto Rican Heavyweight Champion José Roman. Roman was not regarded as a top contender and it took Foreman only 2 minutes to end the fight, one of the fastest knockouts in a Heavyweight Championship bout.
Title defense versus Ken Norton Edit
Foreman's next defense was against a much tougher opponent. In 1974, in Caracas, Venezuels, he faced the highly regarded hall-of-famer Ken Norton who was 30–2, a boxer notorious for his awkward crossed-arm boxing style with crab-like defense plus heavy punch (a style Foreman would emulate in his second comeback), who had broken the jaw of Muhammad Ali while defeating Ali on points a year earlier. Norton had a good chin, never in trouble as such against Ali in two matches. He'd nearly won the second. Although nerves were known to make his determination suspect at times against really heavy hitters. But in an astonishing display of controlled aggression and punching power, Foreman picked his moment after staying out of range of a long offense and decked Ken with more or less his first real big punch he threw near the end of the first round. Norton rose on wobbly legs but clearly wasn't recovered for round two whereby he was down three times and stopped. "Ken was awesome when he got going. I didn't want him to get into the fight," George said when interviewed years later.
George had cruised past two of the top names in the rankings. The stunning win made Foreman an impressive 40–0 with 37 knockouts.
Rumble in the Jungle Edit
Foreman's next title defense, against Muhammad Ali, was historic. During the summer of 1974, Foreman traveled to Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to defend his title against Ali. The bout was promoted as "The Rumble in the Jungle."
During training in Zaire, Foreman suffered a cut above his eye, forcing postponement of the match for a month. The injury affected Foreman's training regimen, as it meant he couldn't spar in the build-up to the fight and risk the cut being re-opened. He later commented: "That was the best thing that happened to Ali when we were in Africa—the fact that I had to get ready for the fight without being able to box."[11] Foreman would later also claim he was drugged by his trainer prior to the bout.[12] Ali used this time to tour Zaire, endearing himself to the public while taunting Foreman at every opportunity. Foreman was favored, having knocked out both Joe Frazier and Ken Norton within two rounds.
When Foreman and Ali finally met in the ring, Ali began more aggressively than expected, outscoring Foreman with superior punching speed. However, he quickly realized that this approach required him to move much more than Foreman and would cause him to tire. In the second round, Ali retreated to the ropes, shielding his head and hitting Foreman in the face at every opportunity. Foreman dug vicious body punches into Ali's sides; however, Foreman was unable to land many big punches to Ali's head. The ring ropes, being much looser than usual (Foreman would later charge that Angelo Dundee had loosened them), allowed Ali to lean back and away from Foreman's wild swings and then grab Foreman behind the head, forcing Foreman to expend much extra energy untangling himself. Ali also constantly pushed down on Foreman's neck, but was never warned about doing so. To this day, it is unclear whether Ali's pre-fight talk of using speed and movement against Foreman had been just a diversionary tactic, or whether his use of what became known as the "Rope-a-dope" tactic was an improvisation necessitated by Foreman's constant pressure.
In either case, Ali was able to occasionally counter off the ropes with blows to the face and was able to penetrate Foreman's defense. Ali continued to take heavy punishment to the body, and occasionally a hard jolt to the head. Ali would later say he was "out on his feet" twice during the bout. Eventually, Foreman began to tire and his punches became increasingly wild, losing power in the process. An increasingly confident Ali taunted Foreman throughout the bout. Late in the eighth round, Foreman was left off balance by a haymaker and Ali sprang off the ropes with a flurry to Foreman's head, punctuated by a hard right cross that landed flush on Foreman's jaw putting Foreman down for the first time in his career. He managed to regain his feet by the count of 8 but the fight was nonetheless waved off by the referee. It was Foreman's first defeat, and Muhammad Ali remains the only boxer ever to defeat him by knockout.
Foreman would later reflect that "it just wasn't my night." Though he sought one, he was unable to secure a rematch with Ali. It has been suggested in some quarters that Ali was ducking Foreman, as he had rematched Joe Frazier and Ken Norton and also fought low ranked opponents such as Chuck Wepner, Richard Dunn and Jean Pierre Coopman.[13] Ali, on the other hand, would never commit to a rematch, preferring to talk about retirement or make fights with lowly ranked fighters like Richard Dunn or Alfredo Evaneglista.
First comeback Edit
Foreman remained inactive during 1975. In 1976, he announced a comeback and stated his intention of securing a rematch with Ali. His first opponent was to be Ron Lyle, who had been defeated by Muhammad Ali in 1975, via 11-th round TKO. At the end of the first round, Lyle landed a hard right that sent Foreman staggering across the ring. In the second round, Foreman pounded Lyle against the ropes and might have scored a KO, but due to a timekeeping error the bell rang with a minute still remaining in the round and Lyle survived. In the third, Foreman pressed forward, with Lyle waiting to counter off the ropes. In the fourth, a brutal slugfest erupted. A cluster of power punches from Lyle sent Foreman to the canvas. When Foreman got up, Lyle staggered him again, but just as Foreman seemed finished he retaliated with a hard right to the side of the head, knocking down Lyle. Lyle beat the count, then landed another brutal combination, knocking Foreman down for the second time. Again, Foreman beat the count. Foreman said later that he had never been hit so hard in a fight and remembered looking down at the canvas and seeing blood. In the fifth round, both fighters continued to ignore defense and traded their hardest punches looking crude. Each man staggered the other and each seemed almost out on his feet. Then, as if finally tired, Lyle stopped punching and Foreman delivered a dozen unanswered blows until Lyle collapsed. Lyle remained on the canvas and was counted out giving Foreman the KO victory. The fight was named by The Ring as "The Fight Of The Year."
For his next bout, Foreman chose to face Joe Frazier in a rematch. Because of the one-sided Foreman victory in their first fight, and the fact that Frazier had taken a tremendous amount of punishment from Ali in Manila a year earlier, few expected him to win. Frazier at this point was 32–3 and Foreman was 41–1. Surprisingly, the 2nd Foreman-Frazier fight was fairly competitive for its duration, as Frazier used quick head movements to make Foreman miss with his hardest punches. Frazier's health was deteriorating at this point and was wearing a contact lens for his vision which was knocked loose during the bout. After being unable to mount a significant offense, however, Frazier was eventually floored twice by Foreman in the fifth round and the fight was stopped. Next, Foreman knocked out Scott Ledoux in three and Dino Dennis in four to finish the year.
Retirement and rebirth Edit
1977 would prove to be a life changing year for Foreman. After knocking out Pedro Agosto in four rounds at Pensacola, Florida, Foreman flew to Puerto Rico a day before the fight without giving himself time to acclimatise. His opponent was the skilled boxer Jimmy Young, who had beaten Ron Lyle and lost a very controversial decision to Muhammad Ali the previous year. Foreman fought cautiously early on, allowing Young to settle into the fight. Young constantly complained about Foreman pushing him, for which Foreman eventually had a point deducted by the referee, although Young was never warned for his persistent holding. Foreman badly hurt Young in round 7 but was unable to land a finishing blow. Foreman tired during the second half of the fight and even suffered a flash knockdown in round 12 en route to losing a decision.
Foreman became ill in his dressing room after the fight. He was suffering from exhaustion and heatstroke and believed he had a near death experience. He claimed he found himself in a hellish, frightening place of nothingness and despair. He began to plead with God to help him. He explained that he sensed God asking him to change his life and ways. After this experience, Foreman became a born-again Christian, dedicating his life for the next decade to God. Although he did not formally retire from boxing, Foreman stopped fighting, became an ordained minister of a church[14] in Houston, Texas, and devoted himself to his family and his congregation. He also opened a youth center[15] that bears his name. Foreman continues to share his conversion experience on Christian television broadcasts such as The 700 Club and the Trinity Broadcasting Network and would later joke that Young had knocked the devil out of him.
Second comeback Edit
In 1987, after 10 years away from the ring, Foreman surprised the boxing world by announcing a comeback at the age of 38. In his autobiography, he stated that his primary motive was to raise money to fund the youth center he had created. His stated ambition was to fight Mike Tyson.[16] For his first fight, he went to Sacramento, California, where he beat journeyman Steve Zouski by a knockout in four rounds. Foreman weighed 267 lb (Script error kg) for the fight and looked badly out of shape. Although many thought his decision to return to the ring was a mistake, Foreman countered that he had returned to prove that age was not a barrier to people achieving their goals (as he would say later, he wanted to show that age 40 is not a "death sentence"). He won four more bouts that year, gradually slimming down and improving his fitness. In 1988, he won nine times. Perhaps his most notable win during this period was a seventh round knockout of former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
Having always been a deliberate fighter, Foreman had not lost much mobility in the ring since his first "retirement," although he found it harder to keep his balance after throwing big punches and could no longer throw rapid combinations. He was still capable of landing heavy, single blows, however. Ironically, the late-rounds fatigue that had plagued him in the ring as a young man now seemed to be gone, and he could comfortably compete for 12 rounds. Foreman attributed this to his new, relaxed fighting style (he has spoken of how, earlier in his career, his lack of stamina came from an enormous amount of nervous tension).
By 1989, while continuing his comeback, Foreman had sold his name and face for the advertising of various products, selling everything from grills to mufflers on TV. For this purpose his public persona was reinvented and the formerly aloof, ominous Foreman had been replaced by a smiling, friendly George. He and Ali had become friends, and he followed in Ali's footsteps by making himself a celebrity outside the boundaries of boxing.
Foreman continued his string of victories, winning five more fights, the most impressive being a three-round win over Bert Cooper, who would go on to contest the Undisputed Heavyweight title against Evander Holyfield.
In 1990, Foreman met former title challenger Gerry Cooney in Atlantic City. Cooney was coming off a long period of inactivity, but was well regarded for his punching power. Cooney wobbled Foreman in the first round, but Foreman landed several powerful punches in the second round. Cooney was knocked down twice and Foreman had scored a devastating KO. Foreman went on to win four more fights that year.
Then, in 1991, Foreman was given the opportunity to challenge Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield, who was in tremendous shape at 208 pounds, for the world title in a Pay Per View boxing event. Very few boxing experts gave the 42-year-old Foreman a chance of winning. Foreman, who weighed in at 257 pounds, began the contest by marching forward, absorbing several of Holyfield's best combinations and occasionally landing a powerful swing of his own. Holyfield proved too tough and agile to knock down and was well ahead on points throughout the fight, but Foreman surprised many by lasting the full 12 rounds, losing his challenge on points. Round 7, in which Foreman knocked Holyfield off balance before being staggered by a powerful combination, was Ring Magazine's "Round of the Year."
A year later, Foreman fought journeyman Alex Stewart, who had previously been stopped in the first round by Mike Tyson. Foreman knocked down Stewart twice in the second round, but expended a lot of energy in doing so. He subsequently tired, and Stewart rebounded. By the end of the 10th and final round, Foreman's face was bloodied and swollen, but the judges awarded him a majority decision win.
In 1993, Foreman received another title shot, although this was for the vacant WBO Championship, which most fans at the time saw as a second-tier version of the "real" Heavyweight title, then being contested between Holyfield and Riddick Bowe. Foreman's opponent was Tommy Morrison, a young prospect known for his punching power. To the frustration of Foreman and the disappointment of the booing crowd, Morrison retreated throughout the fight, refusing to trade toe-to-toe,and sometimes even turned his back on Foreman. The strategy paid off, however, as he outboxed Foreman from long range. Foreman was competitive throughout the match, but after 12 rounds, Morrison won a unanimous decision. Though it seemed unlikely at the time, one more chance at the legitimate heavyweight crown was just around the corner for Foreman.
Regaining the Title Edit
In 1994, Foreman once again sought to challenge for the world championship after Michael Moorer had beaten Holyfield for the IBF and WBA titles.
Having lost his last fight against Morrison, Foreman was unranked and in no position to demand another title shot. However, his relatively high profile made a title defense against Foreman, who was 19 years older than Moorer, a lucrative prospect at seemingly little risk for champion Moorer.
Foreman's title challenge against Moorer took place on November 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Foreman wearing the same red trunks he had worn in his title loss to Ali 20 years earlier. This time, however, Foreman was a substantial underdog. For nine rounds, Moorer easily outboxed him, hitting and moving away, while Foreman chugged forward, seemingly unable to "pull the trigger" on his punches. Entering the tenth round, Foreman was trailing on all scorecards. However, Foreman launched a comeback in the tenth round and hit Moorer with a number of punches. Then a short right hand caught Moorer on the tip of his chin, gashing open his bottom lip and he collapsed to the canvas. He lay flat on his back as the referee counted him out.
In an instant, Foreman had regained the title he had lost to Muhammad Ali two decades before. He went back to his corner and knelt in prayer as the arena erupted in cheers. With this historic victory, Foreman broke three records: he became, at age 45, the oldest fighter ever to win the World Heavyweight Championship; and, 20 years after losing his title for the first time, he broke the record for the fighter with the longest interval between his first and second world championships. The age spread of 19 years between the champion and challenger was also the largest of any heavweight boxing championship fight.
Shortly after the Moorer fight, Foreman began talking about a potential superfight against Mike Tyson (the youngest ever heavyweight champ). The WBA organization, however, demanded he fight their No. 1 challenger, who at the time was the competent but aging Tony Tucker. For reasons not clearly known, Foreman refused to fight Tucker and allowed the WBA to strip him of that belt. He then went on to fight mid-level prospect Axel Schulz of Germany in defense of his remaining IBF title. Schulz was a major underdog. Schulz jabbed strongly from long range and grew increasingly confident as the fight progressed. Foreman finished the fight with a swelling over one eye, but was awarded a controversial majority decision (two judges scored for Foreman, one called it even). The IBF ordered an immediate rematch to be held in Germany, but Foreman refused the terms and found himself stripped of his remaining title. However, Foreman continued to be recognized as the Lineal Heavyweight Champion.
In 1996, Foreman returned to Tokyo, scoring an easy win over the unrated Crawford Grimsley by a 12-round decision. In 1997, he faced contender Lou Savarese, winning a close decision in a grueling, competitive encounter. Then, yet another opportunity came Foreman's way as the WBC decided to match him against Shannon Briggs in a 1997 "eliminator bout" for the right to face WBC champion Lennox Lewis. After 12 rounds, in which Foreman consistently rocked Briggs with power punches, almost everyone at ringside saw Foreman as the clear winner.[17] Once again there was a controversial decision—but this time it went in favor of Foreman's opponent, with Briggs awarded a points win. Foreman had fought for the last time, at the age of 48.
Second retirement Edit
Foreman was gracious and philosophical in his loss to Briggs, but announced his "final" retirement shortly afterward. However, he did plan a return bout against Larry Holmes in 1999, scheduled to take place at the Houston Astrodome on pay per view. The fight was to be billed as "The Birthday Bash" due to both fighters' upcoming birthdays. Foreman was set to make $10 million and Holmes was to make $4 million, but negotiations fell through and the fight was cancelled. With a continuing affinity for the sport, Foreman became a respected boxing analyst for HBO.
Foreman said he had no plans to resume his career as a boxer, but then announced in February 2004 that he was training for one more comeback fight to demonstrate that the age of 55, like 40, is not a "death sentence." The bout, against an unspecified opponent (rumored to be the now late Trevor Berbick), never materialized (it was widely thought that Foreman's wife had been a major factor in the change of plans). Having severed his relationship with HBO to pursue other opportunities, George Foreman and the sport of boxing finally went their separate ways.
Family Edit
Foreman has 11 children, and each of his five sons is named George: George Jr., George III, George IV, George V and George VI. His four younger sons are distinguished from one another by the nicknames "Monk," "Big Wheel," "Red" and "Little Joey." Also of issue in his marriage are two daughters named Natalia and Leola. He also has three daughters from a separate relationship: Michi, Freeda and Georgetta. He also adopted a daughter, Isabella Brandie Lilja (Foreman), in 2009.
Entrepreneurship Edit
When Foreman came back from retirement he argued that his success was due to his healthy eating, which made him a perfect fit for Russell Hobbs Inc., who were looking for a spokesperson for their fat-reducing grill. The George Foreman Grill has resulted in sales of over 100 million units since it was first launched, a feat achieved in a little over 15 years. Although Foreman has never confirmed exactly how much he has earned from the endorsement, it is known that Salton Inc paid him $137 million in 1999, in order to buy out the right to use his name. Previous to that he was being paid about 40% of the profits on each grill sold (earning him $4.5 million a month in payouts at its peak) so it is estimated he has made a total of over $200 million from the endorsement, a sum that is substantially more than he earned as a boxer.[18]
Amateur accomplishments[19] Edit
- Won his first amateur fight on January 26, 1967 by a first-round knockout in the Parks Diamond Belt Tournament.
- Won the San Francisco Examiner's Golden Gloves Tournament in the Junior Division in February 1967.
- February 1967: Knocked out Thomas Cook to win the Las Vegas Golden Gloves in the Senior Division.
- February 1968: Knocked out L.C. Brown to win the San Francisco Examiner's Senior Title in San Francisco.
- March 1968: Won the National AAU Heavyweight title in Toledo, Ohio vs. Henry Crump of Philadelphia, PA in the final.
- July 1968: Sparred 5 rounds on two different occasions with former World Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston.
- September 21, 1968: Won his second decision over Otis Evans to make the U.S. boxing team for the Mexico City Olympic Games.
- Foreman had a 16-4 amateur boxing record going into the Olympics. He knocked out Russia's Ionas Chepulis to win the Olympic Games Heavyweight Gold Medal. He was trained for the Olympic Games by Robert (Pappy) Gault.
- Amateur Record: 22-4[20]
Professional boxing record Edit
76 Wins (68 knockouts, 8 decisions), 5 Losses (1 knockout, 4 decisions), 0 Draws[21] | |||||||||||||
Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes | ||||||
Loss | 76–5 | Shannon Briggs | MD | 12 | 22/11/1997 | Taj Majal Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Lost Lineal Heavyweight title. | ||||||
Win | 76–4 | Lou Savarese | SD | 12 | 26/04/1997 | Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Retained Lineal Heavyweight title. | ||||||
Win | 75–4 | Crawford Grimsley | UD | 12 | 03/11/1996 | 22x20px Tokyo Bay NK Hall, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan | Retained Lineal Heavyweight title. | ||||||
Win | 74–4 | Axel Schulz | MD | 12 | 22/04/1995 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Retained Lineal, & IBF Heavyweight titles. | ||||||
Win | 73–4 | Michael Moorer | KO | 10 (12) | 05/11/1994 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Won Lineal, WBA, & IBF Heavyweight titles. | ||||||
Loss | 72–4 | Tommy Morrison | UD | 12 | 07/06/1993 | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | For vacant WBO Heavyweight title. | ||||||
Win | 72–3 | 22x20px Pierre Coetzer | TKO | 8 (10) | 16/01/1993 | Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 71–3 | Alex Stewart | MD | 10 | 11/04/1992 | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 70–3 | Jimmy Ellis | TKO | 3 (10) | 07/12/1991 | Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Loss | 69–3 | Evander Holyfield | UD | 12 | 19/04/1991 | Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | For Lineal, WBC, WBA, & IBF Heavyweight titles. | ||||||
Win | 69–2 | Terry Anderson | KO | 1 (10) | 25/09/1990 | New London Arena, Millwall, London, England, United Kingdom | |||||||
Win | 68–2 | Ken Lakusta | KO | 3 (10) | 31/07/1990 | New London Arena, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||||||
Win | 67–2 | 22x20px Adilson Rodrigues | KO | 2 (10) | 16/06/1990 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 66–2 | Mike Jameson | TKO | 4 (10) | 17/04/1990 | Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 65–2 | Gerry Cooney | TKO | 2 (10) | 15/01/1990 | Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |||||||
Win | 64–2 | Everett Martin | UD | 10 | 20/07/1989 | Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States | |||||||
Win | 63–2 | Bert Cooper | RTD | 2 (10) | 01/06/1989 | Pride Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona, United States | |||||||
Win | 62–2 | J. B. Williamson | TKO | 5 (10) | 30/04/1989 | Moody Center, Galveston, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 61–2 | 22x20px Manoel De Almeida | TKO | 3 (10) | 16/02/1989 | Atlantis Theater, Orlando, Florida, United States | |||||||
Win | 60–2 | Mark Young | TKO | 7 (10) | 26/01/1989 | War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 59–2 | David Jaco | TKO | 1 (10) | 28/12/1988 | Casa Royal Hotel, Bakersfield, California, United States | |||||||
Win | 58–2 | 22x20px Tony Fulilangi | TKO | 2 (10) | 27/10/1988 | Civic Center, Marshall, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 57–2 | Bobby Hitz | TKO | 1 (10) | 10/09/1988 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States | |||||||
Win | 56–2 | Ladislao Mijangos | TKO | 2 (10) | 25/08/1988 | Lee Civic Center, Fort Myers, Florida, United States | |||||||
Win | 55–2 | 22x20px Carlos Hernandez | TKO | 4 (10) | 26/06/1988 | Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |||||||
Win | 54–2 | Frank Lux | TKO | 3 (10) | 21/05/1988 | Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, Alaska, United States | |||||||
Win | 53–2 | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | TKO | 7 (10) | 19/03/1988 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 52–2 | Guido Trane | TKO | 5 (10) | 05/02/1988 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 51–2 | Tom Trimm | KO | 1 (10) | 23/01/1988 | Sheraton Twin Towers, Orlando, Florida, United States | |||||||
Win | 50–2 | Rocky Sekorski | TKO | 3 (10) | 18/12/1987 | Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 49–2 | Tim Anderson | TKO | 4 (10) | 21/11/1987 | Sports Complex, Orlando, Florida, United States | |||||||
Win | 48–2 | Bobby Crabtree | TKO | 6 (10) | 15/09/1987 | Springfield, Missouri, United States | |||||||
Win | 47–2 | Charles Hostetter | KO | 3 (10) | 09/07/1987 | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California, United States | |||||||
Win | 46–2 | Steve Zouski | TKO | 4 (10) | 09/03/1987 | Arco Arena, Sacramento, California, United States | |||||||
Loss | 45–2 | Jimmy Young | UD | 12 | 17/03/1977 | 22x20px Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1977 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. | ||||||
Win | 45–1 | 22x20px Pedro Agosto | TKO | 4 (10) | 22/01/1977 | Civic Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida, United States | |||||||
Win | 44–1 | John Dino Denis | TKO | 4 (10) | 15/10/1976 | Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida, United States | |||||||
Win | 43–1 | Scott LeDoux | TKO | 3 (10) | 14/08/1976 | Utica Memorial Auditorium, Utica, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 42–1 | Joe Frazier | TKO | 5 (12) | 15/06/1976 | Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, United States | Retained NABF Heavyweight title. | ||||||
Win | 41–1 | Ron Lyle | KO | 5 (12) | 24/01/1976 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Won vacant NABF Heavyweight title. 1976 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. | ||||||
Loss | 40–1 | Muhammad Ali | KO | 8 (15) | 30/10/1974 | 22x20px Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, Zaire | Lost The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. 1974 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. | ||||||
Win | 40–0 | Ken Norton | TKO | 2 (15) | 26/03/1974 | 22x20px El Poliedro, Caracas, Venezuela | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. | ||||||
Win | 39–0 | 22x20px Jose Roman | KO | 1 (15) | 01/09/1973 | 22x20px Nihon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan | Retained The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. | ||||||
Win | 38–0 | Joe Frazier | TKO | 2 (15) | 22/01/1973 | 22x20px National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | Won The Ring, WBC & WBA World Heavyweight titles. 1973 Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine. | ||||||
Win | 37–0 | Terry Sorrell | KO | 2 (10) | 10/10/1972 | Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | |||||||
Win | 36–0 | Miguel Angel Paez | KO | 2 (10) | 11/05/1972 | Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, United States | Won Pan American Heavyweight title. | ||||||
Win | 35–0 | Ted Gullick | KO | 2 (10) | 10/04/1972 | Forum, Inglewood, California, United States | |||||||
Win | 34–0 | Clarence Boone | KO | 2 (10) | 07/03/1972 | Beaumont, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 33–0 | Joe Murphy Goodwin | KO | 2 (10) | 29/02/1972 | Austin, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 32–0 | 22x20px Luis Faustino Pires | TKO | 5 (10) | 29/10/1971 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 31–0 | Ollie Wilson | KO | 2 (10) | 07/10/1971 | Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 30–0 | Leroy Caldwell | KO | 2 (10) | 21/09/1971 | Beaumont, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 29–0 | Vic Scott | KO | 1 (10) | 14/09/1971 | El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 28–0 | Gregorio Peralta | TKO | 10 (15) | 10/05/1971 | Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, United States | Won vacant NABF Heavyweight title. | ||||||
Win | 27–0 | 22x20px Stamford Harris | KO | 2 (10) | 03/04/1971 | Playboy Club Hotel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States | |||||||
Win | 26–0 | Charlie Boston | KO | 1 (10) | 08/02/1971 | Auditorium, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | |||||||
Win | 25–0 | Mel Turnbow | TKO | 1 (10) | 18/12/1970 | Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, Washington, United States | |||||||
Win | 24–0 | Boone Kirkman | TKO | 2 (10) | 18/11/1970 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 23–0 | Lou Bailey | TKO | 3 (10) | 03/11/1970 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | |||||||
Win | 22–0 | George Chuvalo | TKO | 3 (10) | 04/08/1970 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 21–0 | Roger Russell | KO | 1 (10) | 20/07/1970 | Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |||||||
Win | 20–0 | George Johnson | TKO | 7 (10) | 16/05/1970 | Forum, Inglewood, California, United States | |||||||
Win | 19–0 | Aaron Eastling | TKO | 4 (10) | 29/04/1970 | Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States | |||||||
Win | 18–0 | James J. Woody | TKO | 3 (10) | 17/04/1970 | Felt Forum, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 17–0 | Rufus Brassell | TKO | 1 (10) | 31/03/1970 | Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 16–0 | Gregorio Peralta | UD | 10 | 16/02/1970 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 15–0 | Jack O'Halloran | KO | 5 (10) | 26/01/1970 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 14–0 | Charley Polite | KO | 4 (10) | 06/01/1970 | Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 13–0 | Gary Hobo Wiler | TKO | 1 (10) | 18/12/1969 | Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, United States | |||||||
Win | 12–0 | Levi Forte | UD | 10 | 16/12/1969 | Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |||||||
Win | 11–0 | Bob Hazelton | TKO | 1 (6) | 06/12/1969 | International Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||
Win | 10–0 | Max Martinez | KO | 2 (10) | 18/11/1969 | Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 9–0 | 22x20px Leo Peterson | KO | 4 (8) | 05/11/1969 | Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States | |||||||
Win | 8–0 | 22x20px Roberto Davila | UD | 8 | 31/10/1969 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 7–0 | Vernon Clay | TKO | 2 (6) | 07/10/1969 | Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 6–0 | Roy Wallace | KO | 2 (6) | 23/09/1969 | Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 5–0 | Johnny Carroll | KO | 1 (8) | 18/09/1969 | Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, United States | |||||||
Win | 4–0 | Chuck Wepner | TKO | 3 (10) | 18/08/1969 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | |||||||
Win | 3–0 | Sylvester Dullaire | TKO | 1 (6) | 14/07/1969 | Rosecroft Raceway, Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States | |||||||
Win | 2–0 | Fred Askew | KO | 1 (6) | 01/07/1969 | Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||
Win | 1–0 | Don Waldheim | TKO | 3 (6) | 23/06/1969 | Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States | Foreman's professional debut. |
See also Edit
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- List of heavyweight boxing champions
- List of WBC world champions
- Notable boxing families
- George Foreman Grill
References Edit
- ↑ George Foreman at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ |title=ibroresearch.com BroResearch.com, accessed 2011-11-12.
- ↑ About.com: Boxing article, accessed September 13, 2012.
- ↑ About.com: Boxing article, accessed September 13, 2012.
- ↑ "George Foreman Leaves HBO Sports After Twelve Great Years". PR Newswire. December 4, 2003. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/George+Foreman+Leaves+HBO+Sports+After+Twelve+Great+Years%3B+Former...-a0110913673. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
- ↑ History of the George Foreman Grill, georgeforemancooking.com, accessed January 21, 2012.
- ↑ Millionaire High School Dropouts Page 2 of 2, by Helen Coster, for Forbes.com, January 30, 2010.
- ↑ "George Foreman's Guide to Life: How to Get Up off the Canvas When Life Knocks You Down", 2002
- ↑ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=561&more=1
- ↑ http://www.yuddy.com/celebrity/george-foreman/bio
- ↑ CNNSI Video Vault, on SportsIllustrated.com, story date December 15, 1975.
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2878507
- ↑ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=7566&more=1
- ↑ George Foreman's church, GeorgeForeman.com
- ↑ George Foreman Youth Center, Houston, Texas, at GeorgeForeman.com
- ↑ Mike Tyson HTML at Coxscorner
- ↑ "After controversial loss to Shannon Briggs, George Foreman says he'll retire from boxing". Jet. 1997. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. http://archive.is/RQTo.
- ↑ George Foreman Grill, Business Week.com article, date accessed 2011-11-03.
- ↑ http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=3907
- ↑ [http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/George_Foreman Amateur Accomplishments, boxrec.com, first accessed 2011-04-20.]
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External links Edit
- http://www.biggeorge.com/main/index.php Official website
- George Foreman - IBHOF Biography
- George Foreman's Amateur Boxing Record
- Official Site of the George Foreman Grill
- StartupStudio - Interview with George Foreman about his entrepreneurial success
- George Foreman at TV.com
- George Foreman at TVLand.com
- George Foreman Quotes


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Task force declared finished as draft plan advances for public review
Written by Becky Johnson- Jackson law enforcement navigates new age of police video
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Some members of the Jackson County Transportation Task Force feel like the list of road projects bearing their name has not properly been vetted, despite the work of the task force being declared finished.
"I think the task force has satisfied their charge in creating a comprehensive transportation plan," said Ryan Sherby, community transportation coordinator with the Southwestern Regional Commission.
After a stint before the public for comment later this month, Sherby anticipates shipping the plan along to the county commissioners for approval and then sending it up the chain to guide road building priorities by the N.C. Department of Transportation. At this point, Sherby doesn't intend the task force will ever formally vote on the plan — even though the plan will bear their name and they will be credited with creating it.
"This isn't a real rigid process," Sherby said.
Some task force members were surprised to learn, however, that their work is done. At their most recent meeting, they were never told it would be their last. They also weren't told that the plan — essentially a list of future road projects — was in its final form and being sent on to county commissioners for a stamp of approval without the task force formally endorsing it.
"From my standpoint, there was no integrity or forthrightness about what was happening at that last meeting," said Susan Leveille, a member of the task force and of the Smart Roads coalition. "We were being rushed."
After more than year of poring over growth and traffic projections, the task force spent the past five months coming up with a list of new road projects that would make travel safer and faster.
Rather than vetting the list through discussion, however, task force members were asked to rank each project on a scale of 1 to 5. Task force members were asked to go around the table and verbally call out their score for each project, a process repeated 17 times for each road project on the list. The numbers for each project were tallied to decide which stayed on the list. Only one came off.
Sherby called it a "consensus building exercise." The format for the meeting came as a surprise, however.
"We knew that we were going to be making some choices," Leveille said. "But we had no idea what the procedure was going to be. We had no idea there would be a facilitator that was railroading us through this. I expected some thoughtful discussion."
For some on the task force, the recent episode is indicative of the entire process.
"The task force was not in the driver's seat," said Jeanette Evans, another member of the Smart Roads coalition. "It felt steamrolled."
Another source of confusion is exactly what the rankings were supposed to reflect.
"That's a good question," said Don Selzer, a task force member appointed by the county commissioners. "My understanding was that it was a vote to put certain options before the public — not necessarily ones we recommended but these are the options available."
However, the rankings are apparently being viewed as an endorsement of the road projects on the list by the task force, since there is no plan to bring the list back to the task force for a vote. That is upsetting to Leveille, since she gave a high ranking to the Southern Loop, a controversial bypass around the commercial district of N.C. 107. Leveille is against the project and would have scored it much lower if she understood it was somehow a final vote. But she gave it a high ranking simply because she thought it merited additional discussion.
Sherby said the plan rests with county commissioners now, along with elected town leaders, and it will be their call whether the list goes back to the task force to formally sign off on the plan.
"If the county commissioners want the task force to do that then we will," Sherby said.
That may be something the commissioners ask for, said County Commissioner William Shelton.
"There is always the possibility the commissioners would have some more questions of the task force before it goes to final approval," said Shelton, who is on the task force.
Shelton is among those who were surprised that the plan is supposedly complete and the task force wouldn't be meeting again. Shelton thinks the laundry list of road projects should be assigned a more thoughtful ranking than its current form.
Selzer is also uncomfortable with the lack of finality the last meeting had. He doesn't think the plan as is can be touted as something the task force has endorsed.
"I would like to see a final list and say 'yes or no, this is what we want,'" Selzer said. Selzer said he is "not terribly satisfied" with the process the task force used to create a plan.


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In re K.O., Juvenile } APPEALED FROM:
} Chittenden Family Court
} DOCKET NO. 341-6-04 Cnjv
Trial Judge: Brian J. Grearson
In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:
Father appeals the termination of his parental rights with respect to his son, K.O. We affirm.
Mother and father were unmarried and not living together at the time of K.O.=s birth in June 1998. K.O. lived with his mother until the Department for Children and Families intervened. The Department first became involved with the family in July 2002 and filed a petition in June 2004 alleging that K.O. and his step-siblings were in need of care and supervision. In July 2004, K.O. and two of his step-siblings were placed with his maternal grandmother. After mother acknowledged that the children were in need of care and supervision, a disposition hearing was held in December 2004. The disposition report adopted by the court called for a concurrent case plan of three-to-six months for reunification with mother or termination of parental rights in the event mother failed to show significant progress with the case plan. Father was unavailable because of his incarceration and was not considered as a placement option. The plan for services for father upon his release was prefaced by the requirement that he make himself available to be introduced to his son. The first step in the plan required father to meet with the Department to discuss an arrangement for such an introduction.
In May 2005, the case plan changed to adoption because of mother=s failure to comply with services. Father remained incarcerated and had not contacted the Department regarding a plan for introduction to K.O. In September 2005, the Department filed a petition to terminate mother and father=s parental rights. A hearing on the petition was held in July 2006, at which time mother relinquished her parental rights. Although still incarcerated, father participated in the termination hearing and sought a disposition that would enable him to see K.O. and get to know the child. Following the hearing, the family court granted the Department=s petition, concluding that there had been a substantial change of material circumstances and that termination of father=s parental rights was in K.O.=s best interests in light of the criteria set forth 33 V.S.A. ' 5540.
On appeal, father argues that the family court=s termination order cannot stand because the Department failed to present evidence on whether future father-child contact would be in K.O.=s best interests, and because the court failed to make findings on this issue, which was critical in determining what disposition option was most appropriate. We find no basis for overturning the family court=s order. When the family court is presented with a termination petition and finds changed circumstances, Ait is required by statute to weigh the best-interest-of-the-child factors contained in 33 V.S.A. ' 5540 to determine whether termination of parental rights is warranted.@ In re T.T., 2005 VT 30, & 5, 178 Vt. 496 (mem.). In this case, the family court examined each of the statutory factors, including the most significant oneCwhether father would be able to resume his parental duties within a reasonable period of timeCand determined that termination of parental rights was in K.O.=s best interest. In making this determination, the court found that (1) father had been incarcerated during much of K.O.=s life; (2) father had made little or no effort to contact his son, and had not played any meaningful role in his son=s life; (3) father had seen his eight-year-old son on only a few occasions years ago and did not know him; (4) father=s minimum release date was June 2007 and his maximum release date was March 2016; (5) father=s behavior in prison had led to numerous disciplinary proceedings against him; (6) father had never exercised his parental duties before his incarceration and had made no effort to contact the Department regarding a plan for introduction to his son; and (7) K.O.=s physical, emotional, and educational growth had thrived since being placed with his maternal grandmother and step-siblings in July 2004.
As the court concluded, these findings demonstrate that father played no role in the child=s life and would be unable to resume parental duties within a reasonable period of time. Indeed, father essentially concedes these points. Because consideration of the statutory criteria amply support the Department=s termination petition, the family court acted well within its discretion in granting the petition. Nothing in our statutory law compelled the court to make findings regarding the potential for beneficial noncustodial contact between father and K.O. at some point in the future. See id. & 7 (A[O]nce the family court applies the criteria in ' 5540 and determines that the child=s best interests warrant giving the State custody of the child without limitation as to adoption, the court need not revisit the permanency hearing options contained in 33 V.S.A. ' 5531(d) and explain why it is choosing termination of parental rights over other options enumerated therein.@).
John A. Dooley, Associate Justice
Marilyn S. Skoglund, Associate Justice
Brian L. Burgess, Associate Justice


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text: U.S. News Georgia: SisterLove Marks 20 YearsJuly 28, 2009 SisterLove, an Atlanta-based nonprofit focusing on HIV/AIDS and reproductive issues for women, particularly women of color, celebrated its 20th anniversary on Saturday with a special program at Spelman College. At that time, Diallo worked at a feminist health center in Atlanta, while volunteering for AID Atlanta, now one of Georgia's largest and oldest AIDS service organizations. AID Atlanta was beginning to receive more calls from women, and the organization "wanted to know what their response should be," she said. When the women's center cut their AIDS program, Diallo and several other women formed SisterLove. Today, women represent about 25 percent of HIV/AIDS cases in Georgia, and 84 percent of these female cases are black, Diallo said. Atlanta Journal-Constitution 07.25.2009; Shelia M. Poole This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.