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1. Into the Woods -- Miscellaneous
   September 27, 2002 The Bush administration has launched an informal inquiry into potential conflicts of interest and ethical problems involving federal agencies and the companies that do business with them. In an Aug. 30 letter to attorneys and ethics officials in 19 government agencies that was obtained by Government Executive, the Office of Government Ethics asked for comments on “whether federal contractors raise conflicts of interest problems or concerns and, if so, whether such problems can be best solved by applying regulations” to the contractors. The letter ... asked the attorneys’ opinions on whether ethics rules should be included in contracts and if changes to federal purchasing regulations are necessary. Chief among the questions raised was whether having corporate employees work alongside government employees “may cause the lines between the public and private sectors to blur” and if “the public is able to distinguish between the contractors who work in [a] federal agency and federal employees.” Government contractors and agency managers are likely to react negatively to the ethics probe. One procurement executive, who asked to remain anonymous, said it was “potentially very troubling” that these discussions might reflect a desire by the administration to restrict the interactions between companies and the federal managers who write and award contracts. (Gov Exec.com)
2. North Woods
   North Woods of Colchester is destined to be Southeastern Connecticut's most desired, premier community. This Active Adult Community offers Detached Single Family Homes with easy access to Shopping, Transportation Facilities, Recreational Activities, Fine Dining, Quality Cultural Opportunities and the Connecticut shoreline. Colchester is known as: "The Right Town Between Work and Play!" Colchester is located in Eastern Connecticut, approximately 25 miles southeast of Hartford and approximately 25 miles North of the Connecticut shore. Colchester is in southeast Connecticut along the side of state route 2 and 11. Colchester is ... located at the gateway to one of the most explosive recreation areas in the Nation, which includes Foxwood Resort Casino, Mohegan Sun Resort Casino, Mystic Seaport, Mystic Aquarium and the Connecticut and Rhode Island shorelines. To the West Goodspeed Opera House, The Bushnell, The Hartford Stage along with dozens of other quality cultural and entertainment opportunities all with in a 30-minute drive.
3. Ed Wood
   Ed Wood was the screenwriter on this "torn from the headlines" gem about bad girls and fast cars. An all-female gang rides a crime wave of theft, vandalism, rape (!) and wantonness that leads to murder, prison and an illegitimate child. Jean Moorehead, Barbara Weeks, Timothy Farrell star. AKA: "Female." 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
4. Elijah Wood
   From All Movie Guide: Born January 28, 1981, Elijah Wood has grown up to be one of the most well-respected and steadily employed actors of his generation. Born in Cedar Rapids, IA, Wood modeled and did local commercials before moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1988. It was there that Wood got his first break, a small role in a Paula Abdul video. Film work almost instantly followed, with a bit part in the 1989 Back to the Future II. It was Wood's role as Aidan Quinn's son in Barry Levinson's 1990 Avalon (the third film in the Baltimore trilogy containing Diner [1982] and Tin Men [1987]) that first gave Wood attention, as the film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards. After a small part in the Richard Gere potboiler Internal Affairs (1990), Wood secured his first starring role in Paradise (1991), in which he played a young boy who brings estranged couple Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson back together.
5. Ed Wood -- Tim Burton's Ed Wood
   Tim Burton's Ed Wood is a delightfully entertaining and uniquely inspiring film about an artist in love with his medium. Never mind that the artist in question, Edward D. Wood Jr. (played with panache by Johnny Depp), is generally believed to be the worst movie director who ever lived; Burton and screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski play Wood's story mostly for laughs, but they ... have a genuine fondness and respect for Wood and his never-ending uphill struggle to put his crackpot ideas on screen. For Wood, any day in which he stood behind the camera was a good day, and if his sets were cardboard, his special effects laughable, his dialogue mind-bogglingly bizarre, and his cast a ragtag band of losers, misfits, and has-beens, none of it mattered as much as the simple fact that he was making a film. Ed loved movies with all his heart and soul, despite his lack of talent, and he surrounded himself with people who, like himself, were drawn to the life-changing magic of Hollywood and determined to be a part of it. While it would be easy (and perhaps more realistic) to show the lives of Ed and his friends as sad, Burton understands that a dream in the face of impractical circumstances is a big part of being a filmmaker, and if these characters often seem goofy, they just as often seem to feel strangely honored to be scraping by in the shadow of the Dream Factory. And the friendship between Ed and the aging Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau), in poor health and addicted to drugs, is touching in the least cloying of ways, as an old man who has been stripped of his dreams finds work with a young man whose dreams still keep him going. Plenty of films have been made about people who made it in Hollywood, but Ed Wood is the best film about the people who didn't, perhaps because Burton seems to understand that the biggest thing separating him from his subject is not talent but luck.
6. Floor Plan
   This Floor Plan won BEST FLOOR PLAN for 2004!! Beautiful view of Paseo w/ PRIME LOCATION in Arborage, and boasting Upgrades usually found in much higher priced homes: Old World flooring, Sculpted Cream Fabrica Carpet (very expensive carpet), BEAUTIFUL CROWN MOLDING, CASED-OUT DOOR WAYS--A FOYER your friends will envy FOREVER--French Doors, Granite Counter tops, Creamy Paint tones throughout, and so much more. A true gem! Do yourself a favor, see this McDREAMY HOME. $684,900
7. Simple Plan
   Based on Scott Smith's bone-chilling blockbuster 1993 novel, A Simple Plan is a bit of a departure for horror-film director Sam Raimi. Instead of flying eyeballs and dancing corpses, A Simple Plan is a taught crime thriller in the vein of Joel Coen's Academy Award-winning Fargo. Set during the white winters of Minnesota, this story tells the eerie tale of Hank and Jacob Mitchell (played by Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton) who, along with a buddy, find a downed single-engine plane buried in the snowy woods. Inside it is a decaying pilot and a bag carrying four million dollars in one-hundred-dollar bills. The men decide to hide the money until spring when the snow is melted and the plane is found. If no one notices the missing money at that time, they will split it and live a wealthy new life.
8. Ed Wood -- Bela Lugosi
   "Ed Wood" is a movie about the life of a director who is arguably the worst director of all time. This movie humorously tells of Wood's attempts to create his motion picture masterpiece. The movie ... examines the friendship between Wood and horror master Bela Lugosi. This tongue-in-cheek look at the director's life was considered by critics as one of the best movies of 1994. Available on home video.
9. Ed Wood -- Outer Space
   Broken by the film industry, and languishing in a sea of alcohol, Wood died on December 10, 1978, at age 54. In the early 1980s, Wood's films began to find an enthusiastic audience, particularly Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) and Glen or Glenda? (1953). Although Wood is often touted as the worst director ever, in truth there are directors who have consistently made far worse films.
10. Wood Products -- United States
    Koppers, with corporate headquarters and a research center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global integrated producer of carbon compounds and treated wood products. Including its joint ventures, Koppers operates 39 facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Australia, the Pacific Rim and South Africa.

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