Here is my Precious taking a nap. She is the cutest Puppy in the whole world. She drive us nuts but she is a good Puppy. MY PUPPY.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
My Precious taking a nap
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Senate votes to overturn military gay ban
In a landmark for gay rights, the Senate on Saturday voted to let gays serve openly in the military, giving President Barack Obama the chance to fulfill a campaign promise and repeal the 17-year policy known as "don't ask, don't tell."
Obama was expected to sign it next week, although the change wouldn't take immediate effect. The legislation says the president and his top military advisers must certify that lifting the ban won't hurt troops' fighting ability. After that, there's a 60-day waiting period for the military.
"It is time to close this chapter in our history," Obama said in a statement after a test vote cleared the way for final action. "It is time to recognize that sacrifice, valor and integrity are no more defined by sexual orientation than they are by race or gender, religion or creed."
The Senate vote was 65-31. The House had passed an identical version of the bill, 250-175, on Wednesday.
Repeal would mean that, for the first time in American history, gays would be openly accepted by the military and could acknowledge their sexual orientation without fear of being kicked out.
More than 13,500 service members have been dismissed under the 1993 law.
Rounding up a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate was a historic victory for Obama, who made repeal a campaign promise in 2008. It also was a political triumph for congressional Democrats who struggled in the final hours of the postelection session to overcome GOP objections on several legislative priorities before Republicans regain control of the House in January.
"As Barry Goldwater said, 'You don't have to be straight to shoot straight,'" said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., referring to the late GOP senator from Arizona.
Sen. John McCain, Obama's GOP rival in 2008, led the opposition. The Arizona Republican acknowledged he didn't have the votes to stop the bill and he blamed elite liberals with no military experience for pushing their social agenda on troops during wartime.
"They will do what is asked of them," McCain said of service members. "But don't think there won't be a great cost."
In the end, six GOP senators broke with their party on the procedural vote to let the bill move ahead and swung behind repeal after a recent Pentagon study concluded the ban could be lifted without hurting the ability of troops to fight. On the final vote for passage, eight Republicans joined the majority Democrats.
Advocacy groups who lobbied hard for repeal hailed the vote as a significant step forward in gay rights. The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network called the issue the "defining civil rights initiative of this decade."
Supporters of repeal filled the visitor seats overlooking the Senate floor, ready to protest had the bill failed.
"This has been a long fought battle, but this failed and discriminatory law will now be history," said Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign.
The Pentagon study found that two-thirds of service members didn't think changing the law would have much of an effect. But of those who did predict negative consequences, a majority were assigned to combat arms units. Nearly 60 percent of the Marine Corps and Army combat units, such as infantry and special operations, said in the survey they thought repealing the law would hurt their units' ability to fight.
The Pentagon's uniformed chiefs are divided on whether this resistance might pose serious problems.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos has said he thinks lifting the ban during wartime could cost lives.
"I don't want to lose any Marines to the distraction," he told reporters this week. "I don't want to have any Marines that I'm visiting at Bethesda (Naval Medical Center) with no legs be the result of any type of distraction."
Adm. Mike Mullen and Marine Gen. James Cartwright, the chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, respectively, have said the fear of disruption is overblown. They note the Pentagon's finding that 92 percent of troops who believe they have served with a gay person saw no effect on their units' morale or effectiveness. Among Marines in combat roles who said they have served alongside a gay person, 84 percent said there was no impact.
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Online:
Pentagon study: http://tinyurl.com/23lxc49
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: http://www.sldn.org/
Information on the bill, H.R. 2965, can be found at http://thomas.loc.gov
Monday, December 13, 2010
Today's Quote
"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends." - Abraham Lincoln
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Today's Quote
"Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them." - Bill Russell
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Monday, November 29, 2010
WikiLeaks claims next target is 'big US bank'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed a fresh "megaleak" will target a major US bank "early next year," according to an interview published Monday.
Speaking to Forbes magazine, Assange said that he was ready to unleash tens of thousands of documents that could "take down a bank or two."
Comparing the documents to the emails that exposed Enron's dealings amid its collapse, the controversial Australian said an existing "big US bank" was the subject of a pending data dump.
Asked about any future leaks, he said: "Yes. We have one related to a bank coming up, that?s a megaleak. It's not as big a scale as the Iraq material, but it?s either tens or hundreds of thousands of documents depending on how you define it."
The interview was conducted in early November, before Sunday's publication of around a quarter of a million leaked United States embassy cables from WikiLeaks that have caused consternation in Washington and capitals around the world.
Assange said the bank leak would "give a true and representative insight into how banks behave at the executive level in a way that will stimulate investigations and reforms, I presume.
"Usually when you get leaks at this level, it's about one particular case or one particular violation."
Amid the economic crisis a handful of "too big to fail" US banks have come under scrutiny for their dealings, particularly with mortgaged-backed securities that helped fuel the meltdown.
Executives from Goldman Sachs and the now-defunct Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns have been hauled before Congress to explain their bank's actions.
Assange mentioned Goldman Sachs by name in the interview, but did not confirm the Wall Street giant will be the target of the leak.
Goldman has recently agreed a 550 million dollar settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle fraud charges.
Facing allegations of defrauding investors, the storied investment bank admitted it had made a "mistake" and given "incomplete" information to clients.
Assange said that "about 50 percent" of the documents that the nonprofit organization holds relate to the corporate world.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Paul the predicting octopus dies
Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year’s World Cup, died Tuesday.
Paul had reached octopus old age of 2 1/2 years and died in his tank on Tuesday morning in an aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen, spokeswoman Ariane Vieregge said.
Paul seemed to be in good shape when he was checked late Monday, but he did not make it through the night. He died of natural causes, Vieregge added.
“We had all naturally grown very fond of him and he will be sorely missed,” Sea Life manager Stefan Porwoll said in a statement.
The aquarium has not yet decided how best to commemorate their most famous resident, he said.
“We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds, and erect a modest permanent shrine,” Porwoll said.
After rising to global prominence during the World Cup in South Africa in June and July, Paul retired from the predictions business after the final between Spain and the Netherlands—the result of which he also forecast correctly—and returned to his prime role of making children happy.
The blogosphere erupted in sympathy for Paul, although some saw him more as a tasty morsel than a departed friend. “Will they cook him Galician-style? I wonder how much a plate of Paul with a beer must cost,” wrote Jordi, alluding to the popularity of octopus as a dish in the northwest Galicia region and much of Spain.
Others were more philosophical on hearing of Paul’s death.
“For the next month I will go to class dressed in mourning, wrapped in a black suit and with my gaze lost in the horizon, as this calamitous event deserves no less,” wrote ‘relojero’ which means watchmaker. Another blogger, Pedro, saw a sinister hand at work. “An autopsy should be carried out, it’s certain some betting office killed him.”
In July, the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen said Paul was stepping “back from the official oracle business.
“He won’t give any more oracle predictions—neither in football, nor in politics, lifestyle or economy,” said spokeswoman Tanja Munzig. “Paul will get back to his former job, namely making children laugh.”
Paul correctly tipped the outcome of all seven of Germany’s games. He made his predictions by opening the lid of one of two clear plastic boxes, each containing a mussel and bearing a team flag.
After his World Cup soothsaying skills were revealed, the English-born Paul was appointed as an ambassador to England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup. He had English roots, having been hatched at Weymouth Sea Life Center on England’s south coast in 2008.
Imitators sprang up all over the world, including Mani the Parakeet in Singapore and Lorenzo the Parrot in Hannover, Germany.
The latest was a saltwater crocodile named Dirty Harry, who predicted Spain’s World Cup final win and called the result of Australia’s general election by snatching a chicken carcass dangling beneath a caricature of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
“El Pulpo Paul” became so popular in Spain that the northwestern Spanish town of O Carballino tried to borrow him and made him an “honorary friend.”
In response to hundreds of requests to bring Paul to Spain, the Madrid Zoo asked Sea Life if it would be willing to make a deal to bring him in as a tribute to the Spanish football team’s victory, either temporarily or for good. But the German aquarium turned down that offer, too.
Paul also had an agent and Paul’s name will live on the Greek island of Zakynthos, where a permanent sea turtle rescue center funded in part by donations generated by the famous octopus is being established.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Today's Quote
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Today's Quote
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Today's Quote
"Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate." - David Pratt
Jose Aviles
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Today's Quote
"In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs" - Francois Truffaut
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Today's Quote
"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead." - James Joyce
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Today's Quote
"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." - Benjamin Spock
Jose Aviles
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Today's Quote
"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends." - Abraham Lincoln
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Today's Quote
"Most people fail in life because they major in minor things." - Anthony Robbins
Jose Aviles
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Today's Quote
"Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming." - Myrna Loy
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Daily Quotes 9-10-10
"Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life" - Harvey MacKay
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Today's Quote 9-8-10
"We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly" - Sam Keen
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Monday, September 06, 2010
Today's Quote 9-7-10
"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world." - Brandi Snyder
Jose Aviles
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Today's Quote 9-3-10
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Robert Muller
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Today's Quote 9-2-10
"They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything." - Bil Keane
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Today's Quote 8-29-10
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Robert Muller
Jose Aviles
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Today's Quote 8-22-10
"Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again." - Alex Tan
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Today's Quote 8-21-2010
"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future." - Ronald Reagan
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Today's Quote
"Don't walk in front of me. I may not follow. Don't walk behind me. I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend." - Albert Camus
Jose Aviles
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Today's Quote
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Today's Quote 8-18-10
"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose." - Tennessee Williams
Jose Aviles
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Today's Quote
"Most people fail in life because they major in minor things." - Anthony Robbins
Jose Aviles
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Today's Quote 8-15-2010
"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul." - Saint Augustine
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
MY FATHER, MY DAD Marine Corps CPL Jose D. Aviles
Today I visited the grave site of Marine Corps CPL Jose D. Aviles AKA My Father. I found out this past Friday July 9, 2010 that on June 8, 2009 My Father passed away in a Veteran Affairs Hospital in Bronx, New York. I haven't seen and/or heard from my Dad since 2001. What makes me feel worse than anything is that in April of 2007 I moved to New York and lived less than 30 miles away from the Hospital where he spent the last minutes of his life. I feel so bad, I feel terrible and now I wonder (think)"Did I do everything in my power to find him?", "Did I exhaust all means to find him?". Those questions are going to be with me forever and I just don't have an answer to them and probably never will have one. Thanks to my awesome Wife I was able to track him down to an address in the Bronx and when I thought that I would find him I got the phone call from the Hospital to answer my questions and later told that he was gone. When I heard that it felt as if the ground was pulled from under my feet, then and only then I realized that the last time I heard his voice telling me that he witnessed the September 11 attacks in New York City was the last time that I heard his voice, that the week he spent with me in late 2000 or early 2001 was the last time that I would see him and now I would give anything to see him again. He was alone when he passed away and was buried with Military honors and a Chaplain and I wasn't there to pay him my respects. He was hardly around when I was growing up but no matter what, he was MY FATHER, MY DAD and I wish I would've seen him again. Today when I saw his name engraved in the headstone I realized that it was true that he was gone (until then I was kind of in denial). No matter what happened through our lives when I was growing up, nothing matters as far as why you wasn't around, what matters to me is that you are gone and will never forgive myself for not finding you earlier, for not doing whatever it took to find you, but above all you were and will always be MY DAD. DAD I LOVE YOU and I MISS YOU.
V/R,
Jose A. Aviles
SSG, US Army
LOVE YOU ALWAYS
Jose Aviles
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Good 4th of July
Well,
Today was a good 4th of July. Didn't do much during the day but in the afternoon my wife and I went to do a little shopping and came back home. I made myself a snow cone with Blueberry syrup and played the Nintendo Wii while my wife watched her favorite TV series on DVD (Charmed). After playing th Wii for a little while my wife and I went to eat at Olive Garden. We came back home and same routine, play Wii and watch "Charmed" (makes me feel like Charmed is more important than me). Now we are laying in the bed watching Charmed while our Puppy Precious is bothering us and walking all over the bed. Precious is bad (in a good, funny sort of way) but fun at the same time. I guess it's until tomorrow.
PS.
Precious won't be still on the bed, maybe it's time for her to go to her own bed.
Jose Aviles
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Life!!
Well here we are and nothing has changed!!! Why is that? Why is life so difficult? Why is life so complicated? Why is life......life??? I certainly don't know, I would love to know so the quest continues. It is late, real late and here I am thinking about life, thinking if I am the problem, if I am the cause of my own pain. Most of it is self-inflicted pain and some of it is not. What would have happened if nothing happened long time ago? Would I still in the same predicament? Would I still be going through the same? Who knows? All I know is that I want what I had before, I want it and I won't stop until I get it back.
Jose Aviles
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, June 23, 2010
GEN McChrystal scoop goes viral before Rolling Stone publishes
On Tuesday morning, Rolling Stone's explosive profile of Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal dominated the news cycle. McChrystal's dismissive remarks about President Obama and some senior White House figures are still leading the New York Times and Washington Post websites — and buzzing around Twitter and the blogosphere — at this writing. Politico even published the entire article online. But for many hours, one place you couldn't read about the Rolling Stone piece was on Rolling Stone's own website.
Magazine spokesman Mark Neschis told Yahoo! News that Rolling Stone generally does not put entire national affairs stories online, instead running them only in the print magazine. (One recent exception was Tim Dickinson's investigative piece this month on the BP oil spill.)
While a magazine understandably wants to reap the financial benefits of having a major, deeply reported story only available on the newsstand, the idea of holding breaking news for print doesn't easily mesh with the demands of the 24/7 online news cycle. Not to mention, with McChrystal summoned to the White House to discuss his comments made in front of reporter Michael Hastings, the public is going to want to know what he actually said.
Still, it's not as if Rolling Stone didn't want to generate buzz, as Neschis explained: "I gave an advancer to the AP."
The Associated Press got things going Monday afternoon, in a short piece about McChrystal's frustration with U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, but didn't go into all the gory details that would later surface.
NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell quickly tweeted: "Rolling Stone quotes Gen McChrystal says Amb(ret Gen) Eikenberry 'betrayed' him with leaked memo last yr doubting Karzai story is out fri."
Clearly, competitors can't wait until Friday to pick up a copy, especially when McChrystal has already been summoned to the White House. Neschis said that other news organizations requested a copy, and published more details from the magazine article. However, Neschis said that he did not provide a copy to Politico or to Time magazine's political writer Mark Halperin — but both published the entire story Tuesday.
Still, with the story published on Politico and elsewhere, the genie was out of the bottle. MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski read straight from the text of the article while Rolling Stone Executive Editor Eric Bates sat at the table for an interview. (Rolling Stone itself took a few more hours after the MSNBC broadcast to break down and post the piece on its own site.)
Bates, in the "Morning Joe" interview, said that the magazine had fact-checked the piece over the previous week and that there were no objections from McChrystal before publication. Considering that McChrystal has already apologized, presumably he won't later claim he was quoted out of context.
As to how Hastings got such caustic remarks out of McChrystal, Bates explained that Hastings got "really unprecedented access" with the general and his staff.
"We reported this story over the course of several months," Bates said. "We were with him on a trip in Europe that wound up getting extended because of the volcano in Iceland. So our reporter was kind of trapped with him for about two weeks in Paris and traveling from Paris to Berlin. They couldn't fly, so they had to take a bus. So we really spent a lot of time with him and really got to look behind the curtain, and hear how he and his men, top men, talk among themselves on their own."
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Lee DeWyze is new `American Idol'
LOS ANGELES – The new "American Idol" is Lee DeWyze, a paint store clerk who overcame his shyness and prevailed over soulful Crystal Bowersox in the singing contest's ninth season.
Host Ryan Seacrest said on Wednesday's finale that the 24-year-old DeWyze of Mount Prospect, Ill., edged Bowersox, also 24, of Toledo, Ohio, in viewer votes cast after Tuesday's performance show.
Although Bowersox drew higher marks from the judges for her performance this week, the panel had reaffirmed its respect for DeWyze's talent and his character — and the audience agreed. He'll release a single, "Beautiful Day."
Wednesday's finale also marked the departure of judge Simon Cowell, walking down memory lane through film clips, a parody song by Dane Clark and the return of ex-judge Paula Abdul.
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
What can I do?
Well what can I do? It doesn't matter what I do it always seems that I'm doing it wrong. Just when I think that I'm doing good, in just 5 minutes I messed everything up. Damn if I do, damn if I don't. I just know that I have done everything in my power to do everything that I thought I was supposed to do. I LOVE her with everything I've got to offer and it just seems that is not good enough. I will never be able to be the Man that I'm supposed to be, I have tried to do everything that I can to shoe that I have changed and that I am willing to do anything to make it work. What can I do? What can I say? It is a loose-loose situation for me.
Jose Aviles
Friday, April 09, 2010
What a life!!!
It is amazing how much we have to suffer in this life. One think that is doing the right thing and apparently one is not. Going above and beyond of what one think is expected it is not enough. What is easier? What is one to do? What can be done? Nobody really knows the answer, no one is perfect, no one and what makes it harder is LIFE. If both individuals are pulling the same direction there is no problems, but if they are pulling opposite directions that's where complications start. How do you fix it? How do you make it better? How can everyone get alone? That is the mystery........... That's the unknown.
Jose A. Aviles
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, March 24, 2010
My 3rd Anniversary
Today is my 3rd Wedding Anniversary with my AWESOME wife. She means the world to me, she is everything in my life. I know she has my back and will always have my back. She is my friend, my confidant, my lover, she is everything that a man would want in it's life. Today marks the 3rd year from the day that we said "I DO" and will continue to "DO" forever. Sometimes I might act like I take her for granted but I don't, I know I have the best of the best and I try to cherish her every time I get a chance. I love to spoil her and I will continue to do just that because she deserves that and more. She deserves the best and one day I know that I will give her the world or I'll die trying.
Love You
V/R,
Mr. Jose A. Aviles
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, March 22, 2010
Health Care Bill
What is going to happen with this new health care bill? Nobody knows what's going to happen, nobody knows where this will end up? I don't think that this is going to be good. I can see a lot of debates ahead, lot of debates.
V/R,
Mr. Jose A. Aviles
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, January 26, 2010
'Avatar' tops box office again; eyes 'Titanic' record
Science-fiction epic "Avatar" was poised to sink "Titanic" as the highest-grossing movie of all time after topping the North American box office for a sixth consecutive week, figures showed Monday.
Director James Cameron's groundbreaking 3-D film harvested another 34.9 million dollars at the weekend, raising its overall North American gross to 551.7 million and pushing its international earnings to almost 1.838 billion, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winning "Titanic" remains the highest-grossing film of all time with 1.843 billion dollars.
But that mark was likely to fall sometime on Monday, Exhibitor Relations analyst Jeff Bock told AFP.
"I would say it's almost certain to beat 'Titanic' today once the international numbers are taken into account," Bock said.
"Avatar" is closing in on "Titanic's" North America record of 600.8 million dollars. It is now in second place, having surpassed the 533.3 million dollar mark set by 2008 Batman sequel "The Dark Knight.
Post-apocalyptic thriller "Legion," starring Dennis Quaid, opened this weekend in second place with 17.5 million dollars.
Denzel Washington's "Book of Eli," an action movie also set in a post-apocalyptic world took in 15.7 million dollars for third place and 60.7 million for its two-week run.
Dwayne Johnson comedy "The Tooth Fairy" opened in fourth place with 14 million dollars.
"Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson's latest film, "The Lovely Bones", an adaptation of Alice Sebold's acclaimed 2002 novel about a murdered schoolgirl who from the afterlife helps her family catch her killer, made 8.4 million dollars for fifth place.
In sixth place was "Sherlock Holmes" with 6.6 million dollars. Director Guy Ritchie's high-octane take on the adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary London detective, played by Robert Downey Junior, has taken 191 million dollars in five weeks.
Seventh place went to family film "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" with another 6.4 million dollars, pushing its take to 204 million in five weeks.
In eighth spot was "Extraordinary Measures," starring Harrison Ford as a scientist helping Brendan Fraser find a cure for his childrens' rare genetic disease. It scored a disappointing debut with six million dollars.
Love triangle comedy "It's Complicated," starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, dropped to ninth place, taking 5.8 million dollars.
Hong Kong film legend Jackie Chan weighed in at tenth place with his slapstick comedy "The Spy Next Door," which took 4.6 million dollars.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Nicklaus: 2010 to be big year in majors for Tiger
Tiger Woods is four majors behind the record set by Jack Nicklaus going into a year in which three majors will be held on Woods' favorite courses — Augusta National, Pebble Beach and St. Andrews.
"If Tiger is going to pass my record, this is a big year for him in that regard," Nicklaus said Friday.
Woods has never missed a Masters or a U.S. Open since 1995.
"I don't know the answer what he's going to do and what he's going to play. He's the only one who can answer that," Nicklaus, who won 18 majors in his career, said during a conference call ahead of his 70th birthday on Jan. 21. "Certainly, this year with where the majors are ... he basically owns all three places.
"If he doesn't play this year, the chore will be a little tougher."
Woods has won 14 majors, with half of them coming at those three courses. He has won the Masters four times (the most recent in 2005), the British Open twice at St. Andrews by a combined 13 shots, and the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by a record 15 shots.
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