Marlon Brando is the only actor to have starred in two of the top 10 films on the American Film Institute's "100 Greatest Movies list. Those films were The Godfather (1972) which ranked Number 3,  On the Waterfront (1954) which ranked Number 8.

In the Viking's pre-season opener Saturday, which saw the Minnesota Vikings defeat the Arizona Cardinals 23-6, Brock Lesnar received a standing ovation from the crowd for his first official NFL tackle. Brock played nose tackle for the fourth quarter of the game. 

Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking.... 
One blonde says to the other, "Which do you think is farther.... Florida or theMoon?"

The other blonde turns and says, "Helloooooooooooo, can you see Florida?"
thanks Geri

AMSTERDAM — Justice officials investigating the murder of three Dutch Hells Angels have charged fellow members of the motorbike club with being part of a criminal organisation.

This is the first time an entire Hells Angels chapter, rather than individual members, has been officially linked to organised crime in the Netherlands.

Newspaper De Volkskrant said police are trying to establish if the suspects in the Nomads chapter in Oirsbeek worked with other Dutch Hells Angel clubs to trade in drugs, and whether the link extended to the Caribbean Brothers, a Curacao-based club in the Dutch Antilles with ties to the Nomads.

Arash Miresmaeili, a favorite in the under-66 kilogram class, reported overweight and was disqualified before his Sunday bout against Israel's Ehud Vaks.

The IJF set up a commission to investigate whether Miresmaeili deliberately missed weight, but concluded he had no intention of avoiding competing against the Israeli. Since the IJF has no rule for penalizing overweight athletes, it decided Thursday not to take action against him.

Iranian athletes have refused to meet Israeli competitors before. After Miresmaeili was disqualified, Iran's president and the speaker of its parliament both praised the judoka for his "brave decision."
FLFLHTC: Let me go on record stating this sounds like a chicken-shit decision to me.

From the 'I see wasting money knows no international boundaries' files
Officials in Chilliwack, British Columbia, are considering fining landlords $7,650 if they fail to notice marijuana growing on their property. Some landlords are unhappy with the proposed bylaw, saying it is unfair to penalize them for their renters' illegal actions, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday. Chilliwack police have been shutting down about two marijuana growing operations a week, but that is hardly a dent in the province's $5 billion industry. 
Terry Smith of the Lower Mainland Municipal Association said landlords already have an incentive not to rent to marijuana growing operation. "If you have a grow-op in one of your rented homes, it may cost you $30,000 or $40,000 to return that to some sort of habitable condition," he said. 

Associated Press STURGIS, S.D. - Even though the band .38 Special was stiffed for $17,500, its members offered to play for free at the Sturgis Music Festival, which was canceled early in last week's motorcycle rally, band manager Ross Schilling said.

The festival was run by Sturgis 2004 LLC, a company that included Kickstand Productions promoters Erica Hansen of Las Vegas and investor Ron Rose of Ohio, the Rapid City Journal reported Tuesday.

Rose canceled the Aug. 10 show four hours before it was to start after what he called lackluster ticket sales for shows the previous two days. Not much was said until Wednesday, when Hansen canceled the rest of the festival, leaving ticketholders wondering how to get refunds.

Rose said Sturgis 2004 LLC was bankrupt. He blamed poor ticket sales and bad management.

Schilling said .38 Special offered to play for free rather than disappoint fans. "They owed us thousands and thousands of dollars, and the band said, 'With or without the money, we might as well just play,'" he said.

Published in the Home News Tribune 8/17/04 By KEN SERRANO STAFF WRITER 
The New Jersey chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club appears to be growing as its rivals, the Pagans, are staging a comeback, authorities said yesterday.

And those two facts, investigators say, add up to this: a future clash in an ongoing turf war.

Fear of violence prompted the cancellation of Sunday's 15th Annual All Harley Summer Festival at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. The owners of Raceway Park, heeding the advice of law-enforcement officials, canceled the event a little over a week before its scheduled date.

At a similar motorcycle event July 11 in Atco, the Pagans showed up looking for the Hells Angels, who did not attend. Once they saw the Hells Angels weren't there, they left, authorities said.

"The Pagans are reclaiming their old turf," said Capt. Thomas Alexander, head of the New Jersey State Police Intelligence Bureau and an expert on outlaw bikers.

The Pagans and the Hells Angels have been locked in a blood feud along the East Coast. Until recently, New Jersey and neighboring states were considered by the Pagans to be their domain, gang experts said.

The Hells Angels New Jersey chapter sprang up more than two years ago and the members numbered only two or three. Their membership has grown to around 10, Alexander said.

Tensions came to a head in February 2002 when the Pagans stormed the Hells Angels' Hellraisers Ball in Long Island in retaliation for the defection of some Pagans over to the Hells Angels, authorities said.

The Pagans have kept a low profile since, Alexander said.

But the landscape is shifting once again.

Pagans coming off probation, coming out of retirement or newcomers are filling the void, he said.

The two groups faced off in May in South Philadelphia, but the police broke it up. 

This is the second year a motorcycle event at Raceway Park has been canceled because of feared violence between the two groups.