Men in Black 3
Smith returns in Men in Black 3. Agent J (Smith) goes back in time to 1969 to prevent Agent K, played by Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin, from being killed by a Boglodite named Boris the Animal. When speaking of his idea to cast someone else as a young K:
You know, what was exciting to me, also, about doing this is how risky and dangerous and almost foolish it was to try to make Men In Black and introduce a new actor to play the, you know…
After Earth
Smith and his son Jayden star in After Earth, a sci-fi action film about a father and son crash landing on an abandoned, post-human Earth. A major theme is Will Smith’s character’s ability to completely mask his fear from the creatures they were fighting before they crashed on Earth.
That’s what I wanted the metaphor of this movie to be. A father having to watch as his son makes mistakes in the world, and in an extreme place of life or death. It is the excruciating parental pain of having to let your kids go, and you just have to hope that the lessons you’ve instilled will kick in at the right time.
Seven Pounds
Smith appears alongside Rosario Dawson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper, Octavia Spencer and Woody Harrelson in Seven Pounds. The film is about a man (Smith) who wants to atone for the deaths of seven people in a car crash, including his fiancee, as a result of texting and driving.
Usually with the films that I make there are ideas that I connect to, but lately I’ve been dealing with the bittersweet in life because it feels more natural. You don’t ever get it really the way you want in life. That really fascinates me. As an actor, there are certain parts of a character that you create, and you train yourself to have those reactions and then it becomes hard to stop them when the role is over. You have to retrain yourself. My character in this film is like hot grits. You know you can’t shake them off and when you do, it hurts.
Hancock
Columbia Pictures presents Hancock, starring Will Smith as a drunken, amnesiac superhero. It centers around him trying to change his bad image. In the process, he meets another person with superhero powers, who is paired with him, and they are the last of their kind.
There’s a natural narcotic my brain must pump, because negativity doesn’t last. It’s strange to play a guy like Hancock, who can’t find something to feel good about. That’s the opposite of who I am
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Cause of death: HIV
Janet and Robyn Asimov reveal that Asimov’s death was caused by complications related to HIV. Asimov’s doctors had pushed the author to remain quiet about having contracted the illness from a blood transfusion during bypass surgery.
Isaac Azimov dies at 72
Asimov dies at age 72 at New York University Hospital. At this time the cause of death is heart and kidney failure according to his brother Stanley. In 2004 Janet and Robyn Asimov reveal that Asimov’s death was caused by complications related to HIV. Asimov’s doctors had pushed the author to remain quiet about having contracted the illness from a blood transfusion during bypass surgery. Janet Asimov says of the discovery before a surgery:
The surgery was cancelled, and the doctors told us not to reveal Isaac’s HIV. I argued with the doctors privately about this secrecy, but they prevailed, even after Isaac died.
I, Robot
The sci-fi thriller starring Will Smith is released. Based on the short stories of Isaac Asimov’s collection of the same name, the plot revolves around a murder, and the Three Laws of Robotics.
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Crater named
The International Astronomical Union names a crater on Mars after Asimov. According to the IAU:
For a crater on Mars to be named after a person, it must have a diameter greater than or equal to 60 kilometers (about 37 miles). The IAU rule for naming craters of diameters 60 km and larger on Mars are that they are to be named for persons deceased at least 3 years who contributed to the study or Mars or writers who contributed “to the lore of Mars
Posthumously honored by Congress
Asimov is given posthumous honors by Congress in the form of HR 1055. HR 1055 creates a National Robotics Week, designated the second week of April, in celebration of Asimov’s life-long accomplishments in popularizing Robotics.
Whereas the second week in April each year is designated as `National Robotics Week’, recognizing the accomplishments of Isaac Asimov, who immigrated to America, taught science, wrote science books for children and adults, first used the term robotics, developed the Three Laws of Robotics, and died in April 1992.
Rush Revere and the First Patriots
L
imbaugh releases Rush Revere and the First Patriots. It is the second installment in the time-traveling history series for children. This one centers around the times leading up to the American Revolution.
Let me tell you just a little bit about this, without giving it away. The focal point is the Boston Tea Party, but there’s much more than that. Rush Revere and Liberty time travel back with some students to meet Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry, Sam Adams — and, in one of my favorite parts of the book, Rush Revere gets into an argument with King George III
Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims
Limbaugh releases Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims. It is a time-travel history book for young people about a substitute history teacher and his time-traveling horse Liberty visiting the Pilgrims and learning about what it took to get to the Americas.
So in Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims, we have brought to life our loving character from Two If By Tea, Rush Revere. We’ve given him a horse. We’ve given him a talking horse! Liberty talks. Liberty has the ability to time travel. So in this book, Rush Revere and Liberty will go to the Mayflower and talk to the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower as they’re sailing to what will become America.
Timothy Ferriss born in East Hampton, NY
Timothy Ferriss is born in East Hampton, NY to Donald and Frances Ferriss. He is born six weeks premature and given a 10% chance of living.
I survive instead and grow so fat that I can’t roll onto my stomach. A muscular imbalance of the eyes makes me look in opposite directions, and my mother refers to me as “tuna fish.” So far, so good.
In 1983 he nearly fails kindergarten because he refuses to learn the alphabet.
My teacher refuses to explain why I should learn it, opting instead for “I’m the teacher–that’s why.” I tell her that’s stupid and ask her to leave me alone so I can focus on drawing sharks. She sends me to the “bad table” instead and makes me eat a bar of soap. Disdain for authority begins.
The 4-Hour Chef
Ferriss releases The 4-Hour Chef. It is marketed as the way to learn anything. The key concepts are failure points and margin of safety. It is the 3rd book in the 4-Hour series.
Here it is [The 4-Hour Chef] who currently have two books in Amazon’s, Most Highlighted Books of All Time top-10 list Suzanne Collins of The Hunger Games and me. Crazy but true. Many, many months ago, The 4-Hour Body was #1 for months. I would love to add The 4-Hour Chef to that top-10 list. That list, which reflects readers’ feeling after buying, is much more important to me than the bestseller lists, which can be gamed.
See, I Told You So
Limbaugh releases See, I Told You So. The book is a detailed collection of his observations and analysis of modern liberals.
The founders knew they were bestowing upon us only an ingenious political system of checks and balances, limited government, and a legacy of human and civil rights. It would be up to future generations to make it all work.
The Way Things Ought To Be
Limbaugh releases The Way Things Ought To Be.
The USA is the greatest nation, not because Americans are inherently superior but because its government was founded on principles which seek to allow maximum individual achievement.
The 4-Hour Body
Ferriss releases The 4-Hour Body. It is about testing protocols to maximize results for body tweaks. The primary take-away that Ferriss suggests is that of the minimum effective dose:
The minimum effective dose (MED) is defined simply: the smallest dose that will produce a desired outcome.
The 4-Hour Workweek
Ferriss releases The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. The book is about defining what a person wants out of life, and then building an income around that.
Founds Shaolin Wahnam
Sifu Wong founds the Shaolin Wahnam School of kung fu and qigong. The school is named after his two most influential teachers Sifu Lai Chin Wah and Sifu Ho Fatt Nam. He states that the aim for founding the school is:
[to transmit] genuine Shaolin Kungfu, Shaolin Chi Kung and Shaolin philosophy.
Sukhavati: The Western Paradise
Sifu Wong publishes Sukhavati: The Western Paradise. This book is entirely about Buddhism, Amitabha Buddha and the sutras concerning Amitabha’s Western Paradise. It includes many mantras, sutras and other practices for the express purpose of going to Western Paradise after death.
Although this method is simple, one must not be mistaken that it is necessarily easy — although it is actually easier than most other methods of spiritual cultivation.
The Complete Book of Chinese Medicine
Sifu Wong publishes The Complete Book of Chinese Medicine. It covers the differences between Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine, the history of Chinese Medicine, and a brief overview of the principles of diagnosis and treatment.
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also love of humanity. – Hippocrates