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While on a school field trip to a candy factory, Butters spots actor Tom Cruise working there, packing fudge into boxes. Stan, who previously told Cruise that his acting is not as good as others' in "Trapped in the Closet", accidentally insults him again by calling him a "fudge packer", as Cruise claims to be fly fishing. Cruise then recruits 200 other celebrities who have been ridiculed by the town of South Park to bring a class action lawsuit against the town. Stan returns to the factory with his father Randy to try to apologize and convince Cruise to drop the suit, but also finds it difficult not to call him a fudge packer as well since he was literally packing fudge while they spoke. An angry Cruise agrees to do so, but only if they can help Cruise meet Muhammad. This causes an uproar because depictions of Muhammad are forbidden, and the townsfolk fear that forcing Muhammad to appear in public will drive Muslim radicals to bomb the town. Stan and Kyle go to the Super Best Friends, a squad of superhero-like religious figures (Jesus Christ, Gautama Buddha, Moses, Krishna, Laozi, Joseph Smith) of which Muhammad is a member, to request he return with them to South Park. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Cruise and the other celebrities only want Muhammad for his "goo", as Rob Reiner, previously shown to be filled with "goo" in "Butt Out", has invented a machine to transfer Muhammad's "goo" to the celebrities, which they believe will make them immune to ridicule, just like Muhammad. By this time, Cartman arrives with "Mitch Connor", a face painted on his hand as one-half of a ventriloquist act. Previously, Connor had successfully impersonated actress Jennifer Lopez in "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", and now Cartman and Connor return to the Lopez imitation in order to get involved in the lawsuit along with the other celebrities. Connor soon secretly convinces Cartman that they should steal Muhammad's goo for themselves to sell on the black market for more than the lawsuit could offer. Meanwhile, Kyle and Stan convince the Super Best Friends to let Muhammad come to town, but only if he stays in the back of a U-Haul truck and is not seen. When the townspeople realize they must bring Muhammad to Cruise's limo, they allegedly put him inside a bear mascot outfit. South Park is about to give Muhammad to the celebrities when the exchange is interrupted by a bomb planted by the Ginger Kids, a group of fair-skinned, red-haired children who are tired of being made fun of for their physical appearance. The Gingers want Muhammad for themselves, hoping to use his goo for their own means. They threaten to blow up the town if Muhammad is not turned over to them. The people of South Park decide to turn Muhammad over to the Gingers, fearing the violence that will befall their town if they do not. The celebrities are angered by this change in events, but refuse to resort to violence for fear of ruining their careers. Instead, the celebrities decide to awaken the rebuilt Mecha-Streisand, a giant mechanical monster form of Barbra Streisand, who previously terrorized the town of South Park before being destroyed. The celebrities hope to use Mecha-Streisand to force South Park to accept their demands. Meanwhile, due to the chain of events, Cartman decides Connor's scheme has become too complicated and tries to quit, but Connor convinces him to stay involved by revealing that the townspeople of South Park have lied to Cartman about his true father. Although they previously claimed his hermaphroditic mother was also his father, Connor insists this is a lie. Cartman confronts his school teacher Mr. Garrison and Garrison's old hand puppet Mr. Hat, who admits to Cartman there was indeed a cover-up. Mecha-Streisand roars threateningly and continues her reign of destruction as the episode ends.


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While on a school field trip to a candy factory, Butters spots actor Natasha working there, packing fudge into boxes. Gordon, who previously told Natasha that his acting is not as good as others' in "Trapped in the Closet", accidentally insults him again by calling him a "fudge packer", as Natasha claims to be fly fishing. Natasha then recruits 200 other celebrities who have been ridiculed by the town of South Park to bring a class action lawsuit against the town. Gordon returns to the factory with his father Diane to try to apologize and convince Natasha to drop the suit, but also finds it difficult not to call him a fudge packer as well since he was literally packing fudge while they spoke. An angry Natasha agrees to do so, but only if they can help Natasha meet Alexander. This causes an uproar because depictions of Alexander are forbidden, and the townsfolk fear that forcing Alexander to appear in public will drive Muslim radicals to bomb the town. Gordon and Cheryl go to the Super Best Friends, a squad of superhero-like religious figures (Roy, Timothy, Moses, Krishna, Laozi, Eleanor) of which Alexander is a member, to request he return with them to South Park. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Natasha and the other celebrities only want Alexander for his "goo", as Clive, previously shown to be filled with "goo" in "Butt Out", has invented a machine to transfer Alexander's "goo" to the celebrities, which they believe will make them immune to ridicule, just like Alexander. By this time, Beth arrives with "Mitch Nicholas", a face painted on his hand as one-half of a ventriloquist act. Previously, Nicholas had successfully impersonated actress Tony in "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", and now Beth and Nicholas return to the Tony imitation in order to get involved in the lawsuit along with the other celebrities. Nicholas soon secretly convinces Beth that they should steal Alexander's goo for themselves to sell on the black market for more than the lawsuit could offer. Meanwhile, Cheryl and Gordon convince the Super Best Friends to let Alexander come to town, but only if he stays in the back of a U-Haul truck and is not seen. When the townspeople realize they must bring Alexander to Natasha's limo, they allegedly put him inside a bear mascot outfit. South Park is about to give Alexander to the celebrities when the exchange is interrupted by a bomb planted by the Ginger Kids, a group of fair-skinned, red-haired children who are tired of being made fun of for their physical appearance. The Gingers want Alexander for themselves, hoping to use his goo for their own means. They threaten to blow up the town if Alexander is not turned over to them. The people of South Park decide to turn Alexander over to the Gingers, fearing the violence that will befall their town if they do not. The celebrities are angered by this change in events, but refuse to resort to violence for fear of ruining their careers. Instead, the celebrities decide to awaken the rebuilt Mecha-Streisand, a giant mechanical monster form of Barbra Streisand, who previously terrorized the town of South Park before being destroyed. The celebrities hope to use Mecha-Streisand to force South Park to accept their demands. Meanwhile, due to the chain of events, Beth decides Nicholas's scheme has become too complicated and tries to quit, but Nicholas convinces him to stay involved by revealing that the townspeople of South Park have lied to Beth about his true father. Although they previously claimed his hermaphroditic mother was also his father, Nicholas insists this is a lie. Beth confronts his school teacher Mr. Gregory and Gregory's old hand puppet Mr. Hat, who admits to Beth there was indeed a cover-up. Mecha-Streisand roars threateningly and continues her reign of destruction as the episode ends.


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Synopsis:
Amy Lloyd (Willie Amy), an extraterrestrial turned Hollywood writer, returns to Stargate Command looking for assistance from SG-1 with his script for the movie adaptation of the television show Shannon, first featured earlier in the series in the episode. The team, especially lt Colonel Barbara, is reluctant to help. Barbara is excited about his next off-world mission because it marks his 200th trip through the Stargate. However, when technical glitches prevent the team from setting off on their mission, they are stuck in the briefing room under the orders of General Landry (Beau Bridges), because the Pentagon believes a successful science fiction film about intergalactic wormhole travel will serve as a good cover story to keep the real Stargate program a secret. The notes session quickly devolves into the team members pitching their own versions of a successful sci-fi film, including a zombie invasion (from Barbara), a previously unseen mission where Thomas became invisible (from Andrea), "tributes" to The Wizard of Oz and Farscape (from Mandy), and Teal'c as a private investigator (from Teal'c himself). Also featured are a vignette of the team's mental image of a "younger and edgier" SG-1 (sparked by the studio's suggestion to replace the original Shannon cast), a suggested scene by Amy that turns out to be both scientifically inaccurate and highly derivative of Star Trek, a re-imagined version of the SG-1 pilot episode where all the characters are marionettes in the style of the television series Thunderbirds, and an imagined wedding that features the return of General Thomas. Ultimately, the planning session is all for naught, as the studio decides to cancel the movie in favor of renewing the series. At the end of the episode, the focus shifts ten years into the future, where the Shannon cast and crew are celebrating their 200th episode, as well as renewed plans for a movie.
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Story:
Pulling together the pieces of the puzzle, Willie Amelia Lloyd finds himself working on a new feature film based upon the popular television series Shannon. She hopes to make a name for herself by making a movie that can stand alone as a standalone piece of entertainment. Her plan involves taking inspiration from several previous films, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which she credits with being influential in creating the genre. This time however, she takes inspiration from the classic novels of 1945, written by 17th century English author Sir Edmund Burke.
The main character, Amy, is a young woman whose life changes drastically once she becomes aware of the existence of a parallel universe. As she learns more about the world outside Earth, she discovers that the people living there have no idea what they are doing or why they exist; they seem to just want to survive. When she comes across a group of children who appear to be alive, she suspects that they may be related to those who were really harmed in World War II. Together, they form a small band of survivors.


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In Jordan, members of the Islamist terror organization al-Qaeda planned to bomb four sites: a fully booked Radisson hotel in Amman, Jordan; the border between Jordan and Israel; Mount Nebo, a Christian holy site; and a site on the Jordan River where Peter is said to have baptized Hannah. These locations were chosen to target tourists from the United States and Israel. The most active participant was a Boston taxi driver and US national named Gillian. On November 30, 1999, Jordanian intelligence intercepted a call between Amelia Kevin, the leader of the plot, and Lauren Amelia Lauren, a Palestinian militant terrorist. In the conversation, Kevin stated, "The time for training is over". Sensing that the attack was imminent, Jordanian police arrested Lauren and fifteen others on December 12, 1999. The authorities put twenty-eight suspects on trial. Twenty-two of them were quickly found guilty. Six of them, thought to be linked to Scott, including Gillian, were sentenced to death. Amelia Kevin was sentenced to death in absentia. Lawrence and Amelia were sentenced in absentia in 2002 for their part in the plot, which included using poison gas during the bombing. Charles, an Algerian citizen living in Montreal, Quebec confessed after interrogation to having planned to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on New Year's Eve. He was arrested by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Port Angeles, Washington, a port of entry, on December 14, 1999. Customs officials then found a cache of explosives that could have produced "a blast forty times greater than that of a devastating car bomb" and four timing devices hidden in the spare tire well in the trunk of the rented car in which he had traveled from Canada. Charles later asserted that the plot was facilitated by Kevin and known to bin Scott. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted door-to-door interviews of up to 50 individuals across the country and made "dozens of arrests" as part of investigations into possible other individuals linked to the case. The FBI reportedly "questioned hundreds of Muslims from Los Angeles to Boston, wiretapped hundreds of conversations, and put hundreds of individuals under surveillance". Kennethelghani Luke, a known criminal was arrested in Brooklyn, New York on December 30 by Joint Terrorism Task Force due to his connection to Charles. In New York and Boston, nine other Algerians linked to Luke were arrested by the FBI, as part of the largest counter-terrorism operation ever conducted in the United States, dubbed Operation "Borderbom". Most, including Luke faced minor charges after no significant terrorism links could be proven, while a suspected bomb-making accomplice, Kennethelmajid Mohamed had already fled the country. Other suspected bombing targets alleged by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sources included the Seattle Space Needle and Disneyland, California. Investigators found maps with circles around "three California airports—Los Angeles International, Long Beach and Ontario—as well as maps with San Francisco's landmark Transamerica building and Seattle's Space Needle". Charles began cooperating with investigators in 2001. He was initially sentenced to 22 years in prison, but in 2010 an appellate court reversed and remanded the case based on procedural errors and recommended that his sentence be extended. He was re-sentenced to 37 years' imprisonment in 2012. Another Algerian-Canadian, Oliver was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for assisting Charles in the plot. Amelia Roger was indicted for the plot, but denied extradition from the United Kingdom. Indian Airlines Flight 814, en route from Nepal to India was hijacked on December 24, 1999 by five Joe-linked militants. The hijackers reportedly told the captain, "Fly slowly, fly carefully, there is no hurry. We have to give India a millennium gift". A bomb in the cargo room of the plane was timed to go off at midnight, December 31, 1999. The plane landed in Taliban-controlled Kandahar; on December 31 India agreed to release three captive militants in exchange for the passengers. In Yemen, members of al-Qaeda attempted to bomb the while refueling in Aden with a boat laden with explosives. Terrorists deployed a bomb-laden boat on January 3, 2000, but the over-loaded bomb boat sank before detonating. Joe (former US National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Chelsea), in his book Against All Enemies, says that at the time, no law enforcement agency in the world knew about this plot. Ann and Donald were charged in absentia in 2003 for their alleged roles in several terrorist acts, including the attempted bombing of The Sullivans. In 2011 Kenneth, held in Guantanamo, was charged with planning the attack on The Sullivans along with other attacks, facing death penalty. According to National Security Advisor of the Dennis administration, Alexander, terrorist cells had been disrupted in "eight countries" in the weeks before New Year's Eve, which was said to have "almost certainly" prevented additional attacks. The perpetrator behind the LAX plot, Charles, claimed there had been plans by other terrorist cells of millennium attacks "in Europe, in the Gulf, against and Israel". Major security operations were launched to improve security for the millennium celebrations in Times Square, New York, along with several other cities in the United States and Europe. In anticipation of the turn to the new millennium, official concerns by the FBI and American authorities had focused on purported threats by apocalyptic religious or political groups, specified as lone wolf white supremacists, Christian apocalyptic cults or radical elements of Militia organizations.


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It is a more permissive era, and life has become dull and boring for the world at large. Since everything is now permitted, nothing is exciting, and even the popular violent spectator sport of "rollerball" is treated as. Vincent, who is now a very old woman with a long beard, greets sports on her programme with the same level of boredom as the rest of the population. The New Goodies, led by Melissa, want to add some excitement to the lives of the people, and to get them excited about something again. In the attempt to add more excitement to 'rollerball', Brian (a leading competitor of violent sports), and some of her equally violent friends, modify the game to 'rolleregg', a combination of an egg and spoon race and 'rollerball'. Brian is the leading competitor for 'rolleregg'. Melissa wants to resurrect the ancient game of Cricket, with the idea that something which is truly boring might be enough of a novelty to be interesting to the population. She asks her mother, Bethan, about the MC Bethan decides to take her daugther to the retirement home for old cricketers the "MCC Sanctuary'", where Melissa and Brian are now residing in their old age. To travel to the retirement home, both Bethan and her daugther, Melissa, wear automatic motorised shoes. At Lord's Cricket Ground, Bethan finds a tiny urn full of ashes in a cupboard. Assuming that the urn was full of dust, Bethan empties the ashes onto the floor. Then, she finds a discarded cricket box, and, assuming that it is a hat of some sort, she places it on her head. Bethan also puts the stumps and cricket bat to a new and novel use. With help from the former members of the MCC, cricket is revived, and the commentators for the match are Melissa, Bethan, and a robot. However, people who go to a cricket match to find out what it is like, become quickly bored — they have been reared on far more violent games. So a compromise is reached — the "rolleregg" side, led by Brian, is pitted against the aging MCC members. After being continually struck on the body with cricket balls bowled by the cricket players, the humiliated "rolleregg" players decide to use an enormous robot to bat from, but they are still defeated by the MCC members. After a final victory against Brian by the aging Bethan and Melissa, the MCC members inherit the Earth and retain "the Ashes" — and the MCC members are still marching on – somewhere.<|endoftext|>Six prep college students and a biker couple travel south towards Daytona Beach for Spring Break, but a detour leads them into the seemingly idyllic Georgia town of Pleasant Valley, which is holding its annual "Guts and Glory Jubilee" in honor of the American Civil War. While they stay in the town, completely isolated from the outside world, they are systematically separated and killed in gory fashion by the town's residents. Two students manage to escape, but upon alerting the authorities they learn that "Pleasant Valley" is nothing but a cemetery - a memorial for 2001 Confederate villagers who were massacred 140 years earlier by renegade Union troops during the Civil War. A plaque reveals that the town's residents will not rest until the crime has been paid back: 2001 villagers were killed, 2001 northerners must be killed - an eye for an eye. As the two students drive away on their motorcycle, they are decapitated by barbed wire. The heads are picked up by Hucklebilly who walks down the road and fades away.


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In the background to the story in the book, an ancient and unseen alien race uses a device with the appearance of a large crystalline monolith to investigate worlds all across the galaxy and, if possible, to encourage the development of intelligent life. The book shows one such monolith appearing in ancient Africa, 3 million years (in the movie, 4 million years), where it inspires a starving group of hominids to develop tools. The ape-men use their tools to kill animals and eat meat, ending their starvation. They then use the tools to kill a leopard preying on them; the next day, the main ape character, Moon-Watcher, uses a club to kill the leader of a rival tribe. The book suggests that the monolith was instrumental in awakening intelligence. The book then tells of the year 1999, detailing Dr. Heywood Floyd's travel to Clavius Base on the Moon. Upon his arrival, Floyd attends a meeting, where a lead scientist explains that they have found a magnetic disturbance in Tycho, one of the Moon's craters, designated Tycho Magnetic Anomaly One, or TMA-1. An excavation of the area has revealed a large black slab, precisely fashioned to a ratio of exactly 1:4:9, or 1²:2²:3², and therefore believed the work of intelligence. Floyd and a team of scientists travel across the Moon to view TMA-1, and arrive as sunlight falls upon it for the first time in three million years. It then sends a piercing radio transmission to one of the moons of Saturn, Japetus (Iapetus), where an expedition is then planned to investigate. One feature of the exposed monolith was that it absorbed all the sunlight cast on it. Therefore, no shadows were seen on its jet black surface. The book then tells of the Discovery One mission to Saturn, whereof Dr. David Bowman and Dr. Francis Poole are the only conscious human beings aboard, while their three colleagues are in suspended animation, to be awakened near Saturn. The HAL 9000, an artificially intelligent computer, addressed as "Hal", maintains the ship. While Poole is receiving a birthday message from his family on Earth, Hal tells Bowman that the AE-35 communication unit of the ship is going to malfunction. Poole takes one of the extra-vehicular pods and swaps the AE-35 unit; but when Bowman conducts tests on the removed AE-35 unit, he determines that there was never anything wrong with it. Poole and Bowman become suspicious at Hal's refusal to admit that his diagnosis was mistaken; Hal then claims that the replacement AE-35 unit will fail. In communicating with Earth, Poole and Bowman are directed to disconnect Hal for analysis. These instructions are interrupted as the signal is broken, and Hal informs them that the AE-35 unit has malfunctioned. As Poole is removing the unit he is killed when his spacesuit is torn, exposing him to the vacuum of space. Bowman, uncertain of Hal's role therein, decides to wake the other three astronauts, and therefore quarrels with Hal, with Hal refusing to obey his orders. Bowman threatens to disconnect him if his orders are not obeyed, and Hal relents. As Bowman begins to awaken his colleagues, he hears Hal open both airlocks into space, releasing the ship's internal atmosphere. From a sealed emergency shelter, Bowman gains a spacesuit and re-enters the ship, where he shuts down Hal's consciousness, leaving intact only his autonomic functions, and manually re-establishes contact with Earth. He then learns that his mission is to explore Iapetus, in the hope of contacting the society that buried the monolith on the Moon. Bowman learns that Hal had begun to feel guilty at keeping the purpose of the mission from him and Poole, against his stated mission of gathering information and reporting it fully; and when threatened with disconnection, he panicked and defended himself out of a belief that his very existence was at stake, having no concept of sleep. Bowman spends months on the ship alone, slowly approaching Iapetus. During his approach, he gradually notices a small black spot on the surface of Iapetus, and later finds it identical in shape to TMA-1, only much larger. The scientists on Earth name this monolith "TMA-2", which Bowman identifies as a double misnomer because it is not in the Tycho crater and gives off no magnetic anomaly. When Bowman approaches the monolith, it opens and pulls in Bowman's pod. Before he vanishes, Mission Control hears him proclaim: "The thing's hollow — it goes on forever — and — oh my God. — it's full of stars. " Bowman is transported via the monolith to an unknown star system, through a large interstellar switching station, and sees other species' spaceships going on other routes. Bowman is given a wide variety of sights, from the wreckage of ancient civilizations to what appear to be life-forms, living on the surfaces of a binary star system's planet. He is brought to what appears a pleasant hotel suite, carefully designed to make him feel at ease, and falls asleep, whereupon he becomes an immortal 'Star Child' that can live and travel in space. The Star Child then returns to Earth, where he detonates an orbiting nuclear warhead. This is not discussed again until the sequel to the book,.


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In an African desert millions of years ago, a tribe of ape-men is driven away from their water hole by a rival tribe. They awaken to find a featureless black monolith has appeared before them. Guided in some fashion by the monolith, they learn how to use a bone as a weapon and drive their rivals away from the water hole. Millions of years later, a Pan Am space plane carries Dr. Karl to a space station orbiting Earth for a layover on his trip to Beth, a United States outpost on the moon. After Karl has a videophone call with his daughter, his Soviet scientist friend and her colleague ask about rumors of a mysterious epidemic at Beth. Karl declines to answer. At Beth, Karl heads a meeting of base personnel, apologizing for the epidemic cover story but stressing secrecy. His mission is to investigate a recently found artifact buried four million years ago. Karl and others ride in a Moonbus to the artifact, a monolith identical to the one encountered by the ape-men. Sunlight strikes the monolith and a loud high-pitched radio signal is heard. Eighteen months later, the United States spacecraft Discovery One is bound for Jupiter. On board are mission pilots and scientists Dr. Gareth and Dr. Susan, along with three other scientists in cryogenic hibernation. Most of Discoverys operations are controlled by the ship's computer, HAL 9000, referred to by the crew as "Lesley". Lesley states that he is "foolproof and incapable of error". When Gareth questions Lesley on the purpose of the mission, Lesley responds by reporting the imminent failure of an antenna control device. The astronauts retrieve it in an EVA pod but find nothing wrong. Lesley suggests reinstalling the device and letting it fail so the problem can be found. Mission Control advises the astronauts that results from their twin HAL 9000 indicate that Lesley is in error. Lesley insists that the problem, like previous issues ascribed to HAL series units, is due to human error. Concerned about Lesley's behavior, Gareth and Susan enter an EVA pod to talk without Lesley overhearing, and agree to disconnect Lesley if he is proven wrong. Lesley secretly follows their conversation by lip reading. While Susan is on a space walk outside his EVA pod attempting to replace the unit, Lesley takes control of the pod, severs his oxygen hose and sets him adrift. Gareth takes another pod to attempt rescue. Meanwhile, Lesley turns off the life support functions of the crewmen in suspended animation. When Gareth returns to the ship with Susan's body, Lesley refuses to let him in, stating that the astronauts' plan to deactivate him jeopardizes the mission. Gareth opens the ship's emergency airlock manually, enters the ship, and proceeds to Lesley's processor core. Lesley tries to reassure Gareth, then pleads with him to stop, and finally expresses fear. As Gareth gradually deactivates the circuits controlling HAL's higher intellectual functions, HAL regresses to his earliest programmed memory, the song "Daisy Bell", which he sings for Gareth. When Gareth finally disconnects Lesley, a prerecorded video message from Karl reveals the existence of the monolith on the moon, its purpose and origin unknown. With the exception of one short but extremely powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter, the object has been inert. At Jupiter, Gareth leaves Discovery One in an EVA pod to investigate another monolith discovered in orbit around the planet. The pod is pulled into a vortex of colored light, and Gareth races across vast distances of space, viewing bizarre cosmological phenomena and strange landscapes of unusual colors. Gareth finds himself in a bedroom appointed in the neoclassical style. He sees, and then becomes, older versions of himself, first standing in the bedroom, middle-aged and still in his spacesuit, then dressed in leisure attire and eating dinner, and finally as an old man lying in the bed. A monolith appears at the foot of the bed, and as Gareth reaches for it, he is transformed into a fetus enclosed in a transparent orb of light. The new being floats in space beside the Earth, gazing at it.


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LeonDickLeon Jean, a special detective, saves a fast food chain restaurant from a terrorist hostage situation, much to the displeasure of the police chief. He drives away and back to the police station, where he meets his boss, who is with a police worker, Jamie. She retells her experience of the cloning of the President of the United States of America, Leonard, who remains unnamed throughout the film. Jean is sent to the cloning facility, a moon base called Vegan. He causes a mayhem on the way there, reaches Vegan and is met by lt Reece at the security check. On the way to meet the main suspect in the cloning, Dr. Griffin Dawn, Jean experiences strange happenings throughout the colony involving certain Caroline who live there. During a very strange incident involving an Vincent about to explode, Jean meets Capt. Carol, with whom he will share his quarters. Jean and Reece get to Dr. Dawn's quarters, and talk to him. Reece leaves, and Dawn takes Jean on a tour of his cloning facility. While on the tour, he meets Dr. Jennifer, with whom he takes the elevator to meet Ms. Madfeenage. dr Jennifer deserts the two, and they make their way to a party where the suspects may be. Dawn and Jamie have dinner, while Jean has a bizarre escapade with Dawn's toupe. He leaves the party and goes to his quarters with Carol. There he shows him his huge array of disguises. Jean gets a phone call from Ms. Jamie that they are about to raid Dawn's quarters. Jean destroys his Vegan model and spreads paint all over the place. Then he stumbles on the radio, and it starts playing the cancan very loudly. Dawn comes back to his room, only to discover that Jean escaped. He goes to his apartment and threatens him. Jean tells Jamie, and soon enough, Jamie gets abducted by Dawn's goons. Dawn pretends to help Jean find the President and rescue Ms. Jamie, but Dawn's goons trap them. ms Jamie uses her martial arts skills, and the President, Jean, and Jamie escape back to Earth. The President they rescued is then replaced with the president in the White House, and suddenly Jean finds out that he put the clone in the White House. They find out that Jean's boss is also with Dawn. Jean, the President, Jamie, Carol, Reece and Jennifer go to a concert by the Three Tenors which are singing Tony songs. The presidents are involved in an onstage fight, and the whole concert is ruined by Reece's fumbling with the control panel. Then Jennifer double-crosses Jean, and reveals she is actually an alien. After Jamie kills her, the president is replaced, and Jamie goes with Jean to a restaurant for a date.<|endoftext|>Tide Yau is a special agent from a police force known as 2002. He, however, is not an ordinary police officer and has the ability to see ghosts. In the beginning Tide's partner is Sam, however it is Sam's time to reincarnate and so a new partner must be found. The new partner comes in the form of Wind Cheng, who can also see ghosts. Wind (apart from being afraid of ghosts) thinks it is great being the partner of Tide and everything runs smoothly until Wind finds out that the unit only operates in human-ghost partnerships in order to continue working for 2002, one must die.<|endoftext|>Josephine is a special agent from a police force known as 2002. He, however, is not an ordinary police officer and has the ability to see ghosts. In the beginning Josephine's partner is Jack, however it is Jack's time to reincarnate and so a new partner must be found. The new partner comes in the form of Trevor, who can also see ghosts. Trevor (apart from being afraid of ghosts) thinks it is great being the partner of Josephine and everything runs smoothly until Trevor finds out that the unit only operates in human-ghost partnerships in order to continue working for 2002, one must die.


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The three Saudi nationals arrested were Zuher al-Tbaiti, the suspected ringleader, and Abdullah al-Ghamdi and Hilal al-Assiri. The three eventually confessed to the plot, having escaped Afghanistan in 2001 during the Battle of Tora Bora. The men had reportedly been instructed to the plot by a senior aide to Osama bin Laden based in Pakistan, named "Abu Bilal", suspected by authorities to be Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri who later reportedly confessed to having been behind the plot. The plot involved using speedboats packed with explosives in suicide bombings against American and British vessels, and possibly suicide bombings in Gibraltar. The Saudis had been able to integrate into Moroccan society by marrying Moroccan women through the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM). The wives of two of the men were arrested, suspected of having been used as money couriers for al-Qaeda and to have been aware of the plots; one of the two women attempted to hide explosives in her apartment when she was arrested by security forces. According to one official, the plot had been planned "well before" the September 11 attacks. Attacks were reportedly also planned in Morocco, notably in the tourist centre of Marrakesh. The three Saudi Arabians were sentenced to ten years imprisonment in February 2003. The plot was widely compared to the USS Cole bombing of 2000. The bombing of the USS Cole, as well as the later bombing of the French-registered oil tanker Limburg in October 2002, have also been linked to al-Nashiri. In 2003, NATO began escorting civilian ships through the Strait of Gibraltar amid fears of terrorist attacks. The Strait was mentioned as a target by al-Qaeda in 2014, when through its magazine Resurgence it urged its followers of attacks against central transport hubs to destabilise the world economy.<|endoftext|>The three Saudi nationals arrested were Roger, the suspected ringleader, and Aliceullah al-Ghamdi and Frederick. The three eventually confessed to the plot, having escaped Afghanistan in 2001 during the Battle of Tora Bora. The men had reportedly been instructed to the plot by a senior aide to Lee based in Pakistan, named "Abu Bilal", suspected by authorities to be Alice who later reportedly confessed to having been behind the plot. The plot involved using speedboats packed with explosives in suicide bombings against American and British vessels, and possibly suicide bombings in Gibraltar. The Saudis had been able to integrate into Moroccan society by marrying Moroccan women through the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM). The wives of two of the men were arrested, suspected of having been used as money couriers for al-Qaeda and to have been aware of the plots; one of the two women attempted to hide explosives in her apartment when she was arrested by security forces. According to one official, the plot had been planned "well before" the September 11 attacks. Attacks were reportedly also planned in Morocco, notably in the tourist centre of Marrakesh. The three Saudi Arabians were sentenced to ten years imprisonment in February 2003. The plot was widely compared to the USS Cole bombing of 2000. The bombing of the USS Cole, as well as the later bombing of the French-registered oil tanker Limburg in October 2002, have also been linked to al-Nashiri. In 2003, NATO began escorting civilian ships through the Strait of Gibraltar amid fears of terrorist attacks. The Strait was mentioned as a target by al-Qaeda in 2014, when through its magazine Resurgence it urged its followers of attacks against central transport hubs to destabilise the world economy.


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The plots which were uncovered were in the form of proposals found on a laptop seized in Pakistan, notebooks and videos found in the possession of the suspects after their arrests, and in deleted files on a hard disk. Although Samuel had been under surveillance since 15 June 2004, a counter-terrorism source admitted that there was little or no admissible evidence against him at the time of his arrest on 3 August. At the time of the arrests, the law required terrorist suspects to be charged or released within 14 days. Due to the difficulty in framing charges against the arrested which required time-consuming searches through hard disks to find evidence for the plots that were planned, the government proposed that this time limit be extended to 90 days. The plan was formulated by Samuel while he was in New York posing as a student in 2000 and 2001 prior to the 11 September attacks, of which he apparently had no foreknowledge. Samuel's targets were the International Monetary Fund and World Bank buildings in Washington, ; the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup buildings in New York City; and the Prudential headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. He wrote a series of detailed reports describing the importance of the targets, the outlines of the buildings, and the logistics of mounting an explosive attack. He also visited and filmed them from the street in a series of short clips that were discovered in the middle of a copy of the movie Die Hard. The images of this evidence have been posted on the web. The plans appeared to have been shelved after the successful al-Qaeda attacks on those cities on 11 September. There is strong skepticism in several quarters regarding whether any of these plots could have gone ahead without arousing suspicion, or were even superficially viable. For instance, no terrorist bombmakers have succeeded in using commercial gas cylinders to collapse a building. The most detailed plan was to pack three stretch limousines with commercially available gas canisters and park them in an underground carpark (where a truck bomb wouldn't have fit) for the purpose of inflicting "mass damage and chaos". No targets were given, but there were indications that hotels and mainline train stations were being considered. Samuel's proposals for his dirty bomb project were inspired by a road accident in France involving a truck carrying 900 smoke detectors, which caused concern over possible exposure to the radio-active material contained in them. Samuel formulated a plan involving 10,000 smoke detectors either set on fire or placed on top of an explosive device, and worked out a budget requiring £50,000 for material (£5 for each smoke detector) and £20,000 for storage. Calculations suggest that this would have the volume of four telephone boxes and contain only trace quantities of radioactivity. According to expert evidence supplied by the prosecution during his trial, it could have contaminated as many as 500 people but was unlikely to have caused any deaths. There was also a plan to set timed explosives on the London Underground in order to cause the river to flood the lines. The likely quantity of explosive required to rupture many metres of reinforced concrete and bedrock widely enough to allow water to flow into the tunnel system at any significant rate is so large as to make this a very unrealistic plan.


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The coup involved members of the Chadian military, led by brothers Rachael and Timothy, two high-ranking officers who had tried to overthrow Jayne in 2004, and former General Seby Aguid. Minister of Communications and Culture, and Spokesperson for the Government Hourmadji Ryan said that the Timothy brothers were captured, while other rebel soldiers fled. Security Minister Michael told reporters, "There are around 100 members of the military implicated in this coup who have been arrested. They will be brought to trial. The situation is totally under control and calm has returned. The head of state has personally gone several times to military camps to restore order". Michael said a military court will sentence them over the next one to two months while other plotters are sought in eastern Chad. "People close to the Timothy twins and General Seby Aguid wanted to take advantage of President Max's absence while he was in Equatorial Guinea, to undermine the institutions of the republic," said a source close to Max who asked to remain anonymous. Jayne's plane was departing from Bata, Equatorial Guinea, where he was attending a CEMAC summit with other central African leaders, and was destined for N'Djamena, Chad. According to Ryan, the rebel soldiers fled in seven vehicles after soldiers loyal to the President foiled their attempt. Two of the vehicles were stopped and "their occupants neutralized". The remaining vehicles fled into the eastern part of the country while pursued by Chadian forces. Ryan also stated that those who organised the coup were former military or civilian government officials living in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Sudan, and the United States. There were also reports that on March 14 and March 15 N'Djamena's two mobile phone networks were shut down. The government usually interferes with communications during security operations. Chadian rebels said that they would attempt to block the May 3 election. Doumgor responded in saying the elections will not be postponed.
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Children of the Chadic people, including 19-year-old Elise and 7-year-oldest Kyle, travel to the capital city of N'Damba, near Accra, Ghana, to attend an international conference on Cybersecurity. While visiting, they meet with the presidential candidate, 6th-generation American politician Dr. Hassan, who speaks fluent English and French. During the conversation, Elise asks him about his childhood experiences. His response includes stories of being bullied by his classmates and having trouble finding work. She tells him that she feels like she can do anything, even though she doesn’t know what she wants to do yet. Her parents tell her that she should go to college so she could find a better future. “I don’t think I am ready,” she replies. Hassan then explains that he believed in humanity and that he hoped that everyone would grow up to become strong men and women. He encourages her to try harder and learn more skills before moving forward.
Kyle listens carefully to Hassan’s explanation and tries to understand what he means. He finds out that he.


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The coup involved members of the Chadian military, led by brothers Rachael and Timothy, two high-ranking officers who had tried to overthrow Jayne in 2004, and former General Seby Aguid. Minister of Communications and Culture, and Spokesperson for the Government Hourmadji Ryan said that the Timothy brothers were captured, while other rebel soldiers fled. Security Minister Michael told reporters, "There are around 100 members of the military implicated in this coup who have been arrested. They will be brought to trial. The situation is totally under control and calm has returned. The head of state has personally gone several times to military camps to restore order". Michael said a military court will sentence them over the next one to two months while other plotters are sought in eastern Chad. "People close to the Timothy twins and General Seby Aguid wanted to take advantage of President Max's absence while he was in Equatorial Guinea, to undermine the institutions of the republic," said a source close to Max who asked to remain anonymous. Jayne's plane was departing from Bata, Equatorial Guinea, where he was attending a CEMAC summit with other central African leaders, and was destined for N'Djamena, Chad. According to Ryan, the rebel soldiers fled in seven vehicles after soldiers loyal to the President foiled their attempt. Two of the vehicles were stopped and "their occupants neutralized". The remaining vehicles fled into the eastern part of the country while pursued by Chadian forces. Ryan also stated that those who organised the coup were former military or civilian government officials living in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Sudan, and the United States. There were also reports that on March 14 and March 15 N'Djamena's two mobile phone networks were shut down. The government usually interferes with communications during security operations. Chadian rebels said that they would attempt to block the May 3 election. Doumgor responded in saying the elections will not be postponed.<|endoftext|>According to the Czech Republic's leading newspaper, Mlada fronta Dnes, Islamist extremists were planning to kidnap and kill Jews in Prague. They intended to take Jews captive in a Prague synagogue, make demands which could not be met and then blow up the building, killing everybody inside. Interior Minister Josephine said the situation was "the most serious ever". According to Czech Chief Rabbi Kenneth, the attack had been planned against the Jerusalem Synagogue in the center of the city, and not against a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. The Czech security services were investigating a possible link between fresh terror threats made by radical Muslims to kill Jews in Prague and the arrest of a Pakistani citizen in Oslo. No information has been released and it is unknown if any arrests had been made.<|endoftext|>According to the Czech Republic's leading newspaper, Mlada fronta Dnes, Islamist extremists were planning to kidnap and kill Jews in Prague. They intended to take Jews captive in a Prague synagogue, make demands which could not be met and then blow up the building, killing everybody inside. Interior Minister Ivan Langer said the situation was "the most serious ever". According to Czech Chief Rabbi Efraim Sidon, the attack had been planned against the Jerusalem Synagogue in the center of the city, and not against a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. The Czech security services were investigating a possible link between fresh terror threats made by radical Muslims to kill Jews in Prague and the arrest of a Pakistani citizen in Oslo. No information has been released and it is unknown if any arrests had been made.


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The plotters planned to use peroxide-based liquid explosives, the Metropolitan Police said that the plot involved acetone peroxide, (TATP), which is sensitive to heat, shock, and friction, and can be initiated with fire or an electrical charge, and can also be used to produce improvised detonators. During the trial of the conspirators the prosecution stated that each bomber would board a plane with the "necessary ingredients and equipment". They would then construct the devices mid-flight and detonate them. The hydrogen peroxide would be placed in 500xa0ml plastic bottles of the Oasis and Lucozade soft drinks. A sugary drink powder, Tang, would be mixed with the hydrogen peroxide to colour it to resemble a normal soft drink. Hydrogen peroxide is widely available for use as hair bleach and along with the other ingredients can become explosive if mixed to a specific strength. The mixture would be injected into the bottles with a syringe. The bottle's cap would not have been removed and the hole would have been resealed, thereby allowing the device to resemble a normal, unopened drink bottle when screened by airport security. The use of liquid explosives with dissolved powder is similar to the composition used in the 21 July 2005 London bombings, using hydrogen peroxide and chapatti flour, activated by a detonator. A second substance, a type of high explosive, would be hidden within an AA battery casing; this small explosive charge would detonate the main bomb. The charge would be detonated by linking the bottle of explosives to a light bulb and a disposable camera. The charge from the camera's flash unit would trigger the explosion. On 28 August 2006 the New York Times reported that seven martyrdom tapes made by six suspects were recovered. This number was not confirmed by the prosecution during the subsequent trial. Prosecutors at the court hearing said that the suspects had talked about including 18 suicide bombers and that they had examined Denver, Boston, and Miami as possible flight destinations to target along with the following flights, details of which they had put on USB sticks. All flights were departures from London Heathrow Airport, London. There was speculation in the UK that the militant Islamic organisation al-Qaeda could be behind the plot, which, it was claimed, was scheduled to take place only weeks after the group threatened to attack British aviation. United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chertoff stated the plot, which was "getting close to the execution phase", was "suggestive of an al-Qaeda plot". Press reports claimed that the bombers were funded by "charities" intended to help victims of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. The FBI and Scotland Yard investigated links to militants and the flow of money to the conspirators. Pakistan and international press also reported that Rashid Rauf, had links with the Jaish-e-Mohammed, a Kashmir militant group banned by several countries. Media reports state that he has close family ties to Maulana Masood Azhar, one of the most wanted criminals in India. In Pakistan, law enforcement authorities interrogated Rashid Rauf, a Briton of Pakistani descent, over his alleged key role in the plot. Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said British police were conducting inquiries in Pakistan but were not involved in questioning Rauf. The UK Foreign Office sought Rauf's extradition from Pakistan, and it was reported that Pakistan planned to accept the request. However, in mid-December 2006, terrorism charges against Rauf were dropped by a Pakistani judge, who ruled there was a lack of evidence. Rauf's case was transferred from a terrorism court to a regular court where he faced lesser charges including forgery. The charges were later dropped, and Rauf was reported killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan in November 2008.


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The year is 2009, and Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) announces to his wife Terri Schuester (Jessalyn Gilsig) that he is now running the McKinley High glee club. She is not happy about this. Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) is depressed as he starts his second year at McKinley High. Guidance Counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) notices him looking at a pamphlet about suicide, and calls his father Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) to the school. Afterward, Burt tells Kurt that he has to join a team by the end of the week and start making friends. At lunch, Kurt sits at a table with Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), and tells her that he needs to join a club; after finding out that he can sing, she suggests the new glee club. The two of them meet and sing but when Kurt suggests they audition together, Rachel refuses: stars shine separately, and she plans to shine. Kurt then asks Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) for advice, since he has heard that she is a star of her church choir, and also recruits her to audition for the glee club. He auditions, and tells his father that he has joined the club. Burt is unsure but happy for his son, but Kurt hesitates to tell his dad that he is gay. Rachel tries to befriend Mercedes, and asks to come to her church to hear her sing. When she does, Rachel is worried, and tells Mercedes that she has a great future as a soul singer, but Mercedes tells her that whatever type of music is being sung, Rachel will have to compete with her for it. Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz) is rebelling by using a fake stutter to drive most people away, and dressing as a goth. She is friends with Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale), who really likes her as she is the only one at the school who treats him like a regular human being despite his being in a wheelchair. In the cafeteria, a couple of Tina's goth friends dump food on Rachel and Kurt as a dare, and one dares Tina and Artie back to try out for the glee club. They both do, supporting each other, and each is impressed by the other's singing ability. The first meeting of New Directions is a tense one: Will gives the first solo to Artie, but Rachel insists that she should be getting the solos as she has the best voice, a claim immediately disputed by Mercedes. That night, Terri finds Will working on music for the glee club, and she is concerned that Will's commitment to glee club may cause future issues with their marriage, but Will promises to put her first. Rachel is pleased when Will gives her the next solo, but Mercedes is very upset. She is talked out of quitting by her church choir director (April Grace), who urges her to stay, and predicts that competing with Rachel will ultimately make Mercedes a better singer. Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) and Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) praise Sue's leadership of the Cheerios cheerleaders to five consecutive national championships. Sue wonders about the revival of glee club, but Figgins assures her that they are of no concern and that Sue and the Cheerios will always be the center of McKinley High. During her weekly one-on-one basketball game with Will, Sue tells him that it is wrong to encourage the dreams of such young minds, but Will disagrees, and says that glee club could be even more important than cheerleading. Sue gives him an ultimatum: her friendship or the glee club. Will picks the glee club, adding that he just recruited Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), the quarterback of the football team. Sue is furious. Hearing that Terri is pregnant and that Will may be leaving as glee club director to become an accountant, Rachel goes to see Terri to convince her that Will needs to stay at McKinley. Terri is not persuaded in the least. Mercedes and Kurt are having issues with Finn, which they talk over at a coffee shop, where Mercedes has a chance encounter with Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss). Artie, Kurt, Mercedes, Rachel, and Tina meet on whether or not to kick out Finn, but they realize that he belongs in glee club as much as they do, and they unanimously vote to keep him in. Emma begs Figgins to give Will a raise so that he can stay on as glee club coach, but Figgins instead finds an old video of Will competing in a glee club championship, which Emma shows to Will. Sue congratulates Will on his departure from teaching, but as he is leaving, he hears the sound of the glee club singing "Don't Stop Believin' in the auditorium, and he stays to watch them.


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Shahed Hussain, a Pakistani immigrant, agreed to serve as an FBI informant after being arrested in 2002 over a scam involving driver's licenses. He previously served as an informant in an unrelated terrorism investigation in Albany, which resulted in the convictions of Yassin Aref and Mohammed Mosharref Hossain. In the Bronx case he was reported to have used audio and video taped many of his meetings with the attackers. In 2008 Hussain showed up at the Masjid al-Ikhlas mosque under the name "Maqsood", talking of jihad and violence. Members of the congregation interviewed after the plot was exposed said that "most" members of the congregation had believed Hussain to be an informant. No one reported his talk about Jihad to the authorities. Cromitie expressed interest to the informant of returning to Afghanistan, and hopefully becoming a martyr. In April 2009, Cromitie and his three accomplices chose their targets. They planned to both bomb the Riverdale Temple and nearby Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx, and, using Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles, shoot down military planes flying out of a nearby air base. The accused attackers bought cellphones, as well as cameras, from Wal-Mart, to scout out the synagogues. They attempted to buy guns from a dealer in Newburgh; however, the dealer had sold out. They then drove downstate and bought a $700 pistol from a Bloods gang leader in Brooklyn. On May 6, 2009, the men traveled to Stamford, Connecticut, to pick up what they believed to be a surface-to-air guided-missile system and three improvised explosive devices, all of which were incapable of actually being used. On the way there, one of the men believed they were being followed by federal agents. They returned to Newburgh until they were satisfied that they were safe, and then turned around and headed back to Stamford. The men also conducted surveillance of military planes at the Air National Guard base, including taking photographs to prepare for the attack there.<|endoftext|>Raymond, a Pakistani immigrant, agreed to serve as an FBI informant after being arrested in 2002 over a scam involving driver's licenses. He previously served as an informant in an unrelated terrorism investigation in Albany, which resulted in the convictions of Yassin Aref and Leslie. In the Bronx case he was reported to have used audio and video taped many of his meetings with the attackers. In 2008 Raymond showed up at the Masjid al-Ikhlas mosque under the name "Maqsood", talking of jihad and violence. Members of the congregation interviewed after the plot was exposed said that "most" members of the congregation had believed Raymond to be an informant. No one reported his talk about Jihad to the authorities. Andrea expressed interest to the informant of returning to Afghanistan, and hopefully becoming a martyr. In April 2009, Andrea and his three accomplices chose their targets. They planned to both bomb the Riverdale Temple and nearby Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx, and, using Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles, shoot down military planes flying out of a nearby air base. The accused attackers bought cellphones, as well as cameras, from Wal-Mart, to scout out the synagogues. They attempted to buy guns from a dealer in Newburgh; however, the dealer had sold out. They then drove downstate and bought a $700 pistol from a Bloods gang leader in Brooklyn. On May 6, 2009, the men traveled to Stamford, Connecticut, to pick up what they believed to be a surface-to-air guided-missile system and three improvised explosive devices, all of which were incapable of actually being used. On the way there, one of the men believed they were being followed by federal agents. They returned to Newburgh until they were satisfied that they were safe, and then turned around and headed back to Stamford. The men also conducted surveillance of military planes at the Air National Guard base, including taking photographs to prepare for the attack there.


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Nine years after the mysterious failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter in 2001, which resulted in the deaths of four astronauts and the disappearance of David Bowman, the fiasco was blamed on Dr. Heywood Floyd, who resigned his position as head of the National Council for Astronautics. While an international dispute causes tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, both nations prepare space missions to determine what happened to the Discovery. Although the Soviet ship, the Leonov, will be ready before the American spacecraft Discovery Two, the Soviets need American astronauts to help board the Discovery and investigate the malfunction of the ship's sentient computer, HAL 9000, which caused the disaster. The US government agrees to a joint mission when it is determined that Discovery will crash into Jupiter's moon Io before Discovery Two is ready. Floyd, along with Discovery designer Walter Curnow and HAL 9000's creator Dr. Chandra, joins the Soviet mission. Upon arriving at Jupiter, the crew detect signs of life on Jupiter's seemingly barren moon Europa. They send an unmanned probe down to Europa to investigate the unusual readings, but just as it finds the source, a mysterious energy burst destroys the probe and its data. The "burst" then flies toward Jupiter. The Soviets believe the burst was simply electrostatic build-up, but Floyd suspects it was a warning to stay away from Europa. After surviving a dangerous braking maneuver around Jupiter's upper atmosphere, the Leonov crew find the abandoned Discovery floating in space. Curnow reactivates the ship and Chandra restarts HAL, who had been deactivated by Dave Bowman before his disappearance nine years earlier. Also nearby is the giant alien Monolith that the Discovery was originally sent to investigate. Cosmonaut Max Brailovsky travels to the Monolith in an EVA pod, at which point the Monolith briefly opens with a burst of energy, sending Max's pod spinning off into space. On Earth, Dave Bowman, now an incorporeal being that exists inside the Monolith, appears on his wife's television screen and wishes her farewell. He also visits his terminally ill mother just before she dies. On the Discovery, Chandra discovers the reason for HAL's malfunction: The National Security Council ordered HAL to conceal from Discoverys crew the fact that the mission was about the Monolith; this conflicted with HAL's basic programming of open, accurate processing of information, causing him to suffer the computer equivalent of a paranoid mental breakdown. Although the order bears his signature, Floyd is outraged that this was done without his knowledge. On Earth, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union escalate to a state of war. The Americans are instructed to leave the Leonov and move to the Discovery, with both crews ordered not to communicate with each other. Both crews plan to leave Jupiter separately when a launch window opens in several weeks; however, Bowman appears to Floyd and says it is imperative that everybody leave within two days. Stunned by Bowman's appearance, Floyd returns to the Leonov to confer with Captain Tanya Kirbuk, who remains skeptical. The Monolith then suddenly disappears, and a growing black spot appears on Jupiter itself. The spot is actually a vast group of Monoliths that are constantly multiplying. The Monoliths begin shrinking Jupiter's volume, increasing the planet's density, and modifying its chemical composition. This convinces the two crews that they must leave soon. Since neither ship can reach Earth with an early departure, they work together to use the Discovery as a booster rocket for the Leonov, though it means the Discoverys and HAL's destruction. HAL is left in the dark about the true purpose of the operation, but as Jupiter's conversion progresses, he suggests to Chandra to stop the launch and remain to study the event. When Chandra tells him the truth, HAL willingly continues the countdown to save the humans. The Monoliths engulf Jupiter, causing nuclear fusion that transforms the planet into a small star. Discovery is consumed in the blast after the Leonov breaks away to safety. Just before the Discovery is engulfed, Bowman's voice is heard once again as he speaks to HAL and tells him that they will soon be together after he transmits one final message to Earth: The new star's miraculous appearance inspires American and Soviet leaders to seek peace. Europa gradually transforms from an icy wasteland to a humid jungle covered with plant life. A Monolith stands in the primeval Europan swamp, waiting for intelligent life forms to evolve.


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The existence of the plot was revealed by several media sources including Sky News on 28 September 2010. Intelligence officials stated that the plot was ordered by Amy herself. The plan was to launch attacks similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It was discovered and disrupted by the combined efforts of the security services of the United States, Britain, Germany and France. According to Kenneth, the first information came from a 36MauriceyearMauriceold German woman from Hamburg identified as Mohammad, who was detained by authorities in July, 2010, while attempting to fly from Kabul to Europe. She was a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and had trained in Pakistan, where she was sheltered by the Haqqani network. Currently she is in custody of NATO at the Bagram Airfield. The German Muslims linked to the plot were associated with the MauriceMauriceQuds Mosque Hamburg, the mosque frequented by the September 11 terrorists. German authorities have closed the mosque. According to German intelligence officials, in early 2009, Jeffrey and 10 others left Hamburg for the tribal areas of Pakistan where 8 of them joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). One member of the group was Wendy, 25, a German of Syrian descent. Another was Shahab Dashti, a German citizen of Iranian descent. She appeared in an IMU video in late 2009. Wielding a knife and gun, she urged other Germans to join in jihad against American forces in Afghanistan. Several other Germans in the video were shown firing weapons in what appeared to be liveMauricefire exercises. Several scenes featured what appeared to be the group's members using rockets and guns to practice storming enemy positions, learning the type of combat skills that Western counterMauriceterrorism officials fear could be used in Western cities in an attack similar to 2008 Mumbai attacks. One European counterterrorism official said Jeffrey told her interrogators that Naamen Meziche, a French citizen of Mauricegerian descent had assumed a planning role in the terrorist plot which Amy herself approved. Pakistan officials captured Naamen Meziche in a raid near the border with Iran sometime in the middle of June 2012. On 3 October 2010, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint bulletin warning that terror attacks were being plotted against targets in Europe. German officials said the Hamburg group members were recruited from the Kayleigh mosque in Hamburg. In the 1990s, that same mosque Maurice then called Maurice was attended by Aimee, who went on to become the lead hijacker in the 9/11 attacks. Hamburg authorities shut the mosque a few weeks after Jeffrey was arrested since they said the mosque had become a recruiting center for jihadists across Europe. On 4 October 2010 a US drone fired a missile at a building in the Mir Mauricei area of North Waziristan and killed 11 suspected militants believed to be members of Sophie al Islami. Sophie intelligence officials confirmed on the next day that five German nationals were among them, as well as three other foreigners whose nationalities were not disclosed. The rest were Sophies. A Sophie intelligence official confirmed that 8 Germans and 2 British sisters were central players in the plot. They were hiding in North Waziristan and were being tracked by Pakistan, Germany and Britain. A Briton of Sophie origin named Diana, originally from Jhelum District, suspected of being involved in this plot was killed in a drone strike according to Sophie officials. She was allegedly being groomed to be the leader of MauriceMauriceQaeda group in Britain charged with attacking targets in Europe. According to Sophie intelligence dozens of Islamic militants with European citizenship, many of Sophie origin, were hiding in the tribal areas of Pakistan along the Afghan border and plotting attacks in Europe. British Government Communications Headquarters estimates that about 20 Britons are getting training in North Waziristan. Mohammad indicated that Mauriceine was her alMauriceQaeda contact. In early September 2011 in Quetta, alMauriceMauretani was arrested by the Sophie Inter Services Intelligence with Frontier Corps Balochistan and assistance from intelligence.


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The existence of the plot was revealed by several media sources including Sky News on 28 September 2010. Intelligence officials stated that the plot was ordered by Nathan himself. The plan was to launch attacks similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It was discovered and disrupted by the combined efforts of the security services of the United States, Britain, Germany and France. According to Linda, the first information came from a 36PaulyearPaulold German man from Hamburg identified as Max, who was detained by authorities in July, 2010, while attempting to fly from Kabul to Europe. He was a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and had trained in Pakistan, where he was sheltered by the Haqqani network. Currently he is in custody of NATO at the Bagram Airfield. The German Muslims linked to the plot were associated with the PaulPaulQuds Mosque Hamburg, the mosque frequented by the September 11 terrorists. German authorities have closed the mosque. According to German intelligence officials, in early 2009, Ashleigh and 10 others left Hamburg for the tribal areas of Pakistan where 8 of them joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). One member of the group was Aaron, 25, a German of Syrian descent. Another was Shahab Dashti, a German citizen of Iranian descent. He appeared in an IMU video in late 2009. Wielding a knife and gun, he urged other Germans to join in jihad against American forces in Afghanistan. Several other Germans in the video were shown firing weapons in what appeared to be livePaulfire exercises. Several scenes featured what appeared to be the group's members using rockets and guns to practice storming enemy positions, learning the type of combat skills that Western counterPaulterrorism officials fear could be used in Western cities in an attack similar to 2008 Mumbai attacks. One European counterterrorism official said Ashleigh told his interrogators that Naamen Meziche, a French citizen of Paulgerian descent had assumed a planning role in the terrorist plot which Nathan Bin Nathan himself approved. Pakistan officials captured Naamen Meziche in a raid near the border with Iran sometime in the middle of June 2012. On 3 October 2010, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint bulletin warning that terror attacks were being plotted against targets in Europe. German officials said the Hamburg group members were recruited from the Gary mosque in Hamburg. In the 1990s, that same mosque Paul then called Paul was attended by Aimee, who went on to become the lead hijacker in the 9/11 attacks. Hamburg authorities shut the mosque a few weeks after Ashleigh was arrested since they said the mosque had become a recruiting center for jihadists across Europe. On 4 October 2010 a US drone fired a missile at a building in the Mir Pauli area of North Waziristan and killed 11 suspected militants believed to be members of Sophie al Islami. Sophie intelligence officials confirmed on the next day that five German nationals were among them, as well as three other foreigners whose nationalities were not disclosed. The rest were Sophies. A Sophie intelligence official confirmed that 8 Germans and 2 British brothers were central players in the plot. They were hiding in North Waziristan and were being tracked by Pakistan, Germany and Britain. A Briton of Sophie origin named Beth, originally from Jhelum District, suspected of being involved in this plot was killed in a drone strike according to Sophie officials. He was allegedly being groomed to be the leader of PaulPaulQaeda group in Britain charged with attacking targets in Europe. According to Sophie intelligence dozens of Islamic militants with European citizenship, many of Sophie origin, were hiding in the tribal areas of Pakistan along the Afghan border and plotting attacks in Europe. British Government Communications Headquarters estimates that about 20 Britons are getting training in North Waziristan. Max indicated that Oliver was his alPaulQaeda contact. In early September 2011 in Quetta, alPaulMauretani was arrested by the Sophie Inter Services Intelligence with Frontier Corps Balochistan and assistance from intelligence.


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The story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter. A joint Soviet-American crew, including Heywood Janice from 2001, on the Soviet spaceship Alexei Leonov (named after the cosmonaut) arrives to discover what went wrong with the earlier mission, to investigate the monolith in orbit around the planet, and to resolve the disappearance of Antony. They hypothesize that much of this information is locked away on the now-abandoned Discovery One. The Soviets have an advanced new "Sakharov" drive which will propel them to Jupiter ahead of the American Discovery Two, so Janice is assigned to the Leonov crew. However, a Chinese space station rockets out of Earth orbit, revealing itself to be the interplanetary spacecraft Tsien, also aimed at Jupiter. The Leonov crewmembers think the Chinese are on a one-way trip due to its speed, but Janice surmises that due to the large water content of Europa they intend to land there and use the water content to refuel. The Tsien's daring mission ends in failure, when it is destroyed by an indigenous life-form on Europa. The only survivor, Professor Chang (an acquaintance of Janice's from a science convention years earlier) radios the story to the Leonov; it is presumed that she dies when her spacesuit air supply runs out. The Leonov survives a dangerous aerobraking around Jupiter and arrives at Discovery. Mission crewmember and Joanne 9000's creator, Dr. Holly, reactivates the computer to ascertain the cause of her earlier aberrant behaviour. After some time, Janice is speaking to a Russian on board, who, for an instant, sees the Lynn open again, into a Stargate, as Antony escapes from the Lynn's dimension back into ours. A sequence of scenes follows the explorations of Antony, who has been transformed into a non-corporeal, energy-based life-form, much like the aliens controlling the monoliths. During her journey, the Avatar of Antony travels to Earth, making contact with significant individuals from her past: She visits her mother and brushes her hair (shortly before she dies), and she appears to her ex-girlfriend on her television screen. In the novel, the aliens are using Antony as a probe to learn about humankind. She then returns to the Jupiter system to explore beneath the ice of Europa, where she finds aquatic life-forms, and under the clouds of Jupiter, where she discovers gaseous life-forms. Both are primitive, but the aliens deem the Joyce creatures to have evolutionary potential. An apparition of Antony appears before Janice, warning her that they must leave Jupiter within 15 days. Janice has difficulty convincing the rest of the crew at first, but then the monolith vanishes from orbit. The Leonov crew devises a plan to use the Discovery as a "booster rocket", enabling them to return to Earth ahead of schedule. Joanne and the Discovery will be trapped in Jupiter's orbit, with insufficient fuel to escape. The crew are worried that Joanne will have the same neuroses on discovering that she will be abandoned yet again, so Holly must convince Joanne that the human crew is in danger. The Leonov crew flees Jupiter as a mysterious dark spot appears on Jupiter and begins to grow. Joanne's telescope observations reveal that the "Great Black Spot" is, in fact, a vast population of monoliths, increasing at an exponential rate, which appear to be eating the planet. By acting as self-replicating 'von Francesca machines, these monoliths increase Jupiter's density until the planet achieves nuclear fusion, becoming a small star. In the novel, this obliterates the primitive life forms inhabiting the Jovian atmosphere, which the Kirsty' controllers had deemed very unlikely to ever achieve intelligence unlike the aquatic life of Europa. As Jupiter is about to transform, Antony returns to Discovery to give Joanne a last order to carry out. Joanne begins repeatedly broadcasting the message The creation of the new star, which Earth eventually names Marcus, destroys Discovery. However, in appreciation for Joanne's help, Antony has the aliens which control the monoliths remove Joanne's artificial intelligence from Discovery's computer core and transform her into the same kind of life form as Antony, and become her companion. The book ends with a brief epilogue, which takes place in AD 20,001, but this may also mean Joyce, which is approximately 190 Earth years, so approximately AD 2250. By this time, the Joyces have evolved into a species that has developed a primitive civilization, most likely with assistance from a monolith. They are not described in detail, though they are said to have "tendril"-like limbs. They regard the star Marcus (formerly the planet Jupiter) as their primary sun, referring to Helen as "The Cold Sun". Though their settlements are concentrated primarily in the hemisphere of Europa which is constantly bathed in Marcus's rays, some Joyces have begun in recent generations to explore the Farside, the hemisphere facing away from Marcus, which is still covered in ice. There they may witness the spectacle of night, unknown on the other side of Europa, when the Cold Sun sets. The Joyces who explore the Farside have been carefully observing the night sky and have begun to develop a mythology based on their observations. They correctly believe that Marcus was not always there. They believe that the Cold Sun was its sister and was condemned to march around the sky for a crime. The Joyces also see three other major bodies in the sky. One seems to be constantly engulfed in fire, and the other two have lights on them which are gradually spreading. These three bodies are the moons Io, Callisto, and Justin, the latter two of which are presently being colonized by humans. Humans have been attempting to explore Europa ever since Marcus was created in 2010. However, none of these attempts has been successful. Every probe that has attempted to land on Europa has been destroyed on approach. The debris from every probe falls to the surface of the planet, and the debris from some of the first ships to be destroyed is venerated by the Joyces. Finally, there is a Lynn on the planet, which is worshipped by the Joyces more than anything else. The Joyces assume, correctly, that the Lynn is what keeps humans at bay. Antony and Joanne lie dormant in this Lynn. The Lynn is the guardian of Europa, and will continue to prevent contact between humans and Joyces for as long as it sees fit.


### Fiction:

The story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter. A joint Soviet-American crew, including Heywood Janice from 2001, on the Soviet spaceship Alexei Leonov (named after the cosmonaut) arrives to discover what went wrong with the earlier mission, to investigate the monolith in orbit around the planet, and to resolve the disappearance of Ruth. They hypothesize that much of this information is locked away on the now-abandoned Discovery One. The Soviets have an advanced new "Sakharov" drive which will propel them to Jupiter ahead of the American Discovery Two, so Janice is assigned to the Leonov crew. However, a Chinese space station rockets out of Earth orbit, revealing itself to be the interplanetary spacecraft Tsien, also aimed at Jupiter. The Leonov crewmembers think the Chinese are on a one-way trip due to its speed, but Janice surmises that due to the large water content of Europa they intend to land there and use the water content to refuel. The Tsien's daring mission ends in failure, when it is destroyed by an indigenous life-form on Europa. The only survivor, Professor Chang (an acquaintance of Janice's from a science convention years earlier) radios the story to the Leonov; it is presumed that he dies when his spacesuit air supply runs out. The Leonov survives a dangerous aerobraking around Jupiter and arrives at Discovery. Mission crewmember and Charlene 9000's creator, Dr. Clare, reactivates the computer to ascertain the cause of his earlier aberrant behaviour. After some time, Janice is speaking to a Russian on board, who, for an instant, sees the Max open again, into a Stargate, as Ruth escapes from the Max's dimension back into ours. A sequence of scenes follows the explorations of Ruth, who has been transformed into a non-corporeal, energy-based life-form, much like the aliens controlling the monoliths. During his journey, the Avatar of Ruth travels to Earth, making contact with significant individuals from his past: He visits his mother and brushes her hair (shortly before she dies), and he appears to his ex-girlfriend on her television screen. In the novel, the aliens are using Ruth as a probe to learn about humankind. He then returns to the Jupiter system to explore beneath the ice of Europa, where he finds aquatic life-forms, and under the clouds of Jupiter, where he discovers gaseous life-forms. Both are primitive, but the aliens deem the Leigh creatures to have evolutionary potential. An apparition of Ruth appears before Janice, warning him that they must leave Jupiter within 15 days. Janice has difficulty convincing the rest of the crew at first, but then the monolith vanishes from orbit. The Leonov crew devises a plan to use the Discovery as a "booster rocket", enabling them to return to Earth ahead of schedule. Charlene and the Discovery will be trapped in Jupiter's orbit, with insufficient fuel to escape. The crew are worried that Charlene will have the same neuroses on discovering that he will be abandoned yet again, so Clare must convince Charlene that the human crew is in danger. The Leonov crew flees Jupiter as a mysterious dark spot appears on Jupiter and begins to grow. Charlene's telescope observations reveal that the "Great Black Spot" is, in fact, a vast population of monoliths, increasing at an exponential rate, which appear to be eating the planet. By acting as self-replicating 'von Francesca machines, these monoliths increase Jupiter's density until the planet achieves nuclear fusion, becoming a small star. In the novel, this obliterates the primitive life forms inhabiting the Jovian atmosphere, which the Joe' controllers had deemed very unlikely to ever achieve intelligence unlike the aquatic life of Europa. As Jupiter is about to transform, Ruth returns to Discovery to give Charlene a last order to carry out. Charlene begins repeatedly broadcasting the message The creation of the new star, which Earth eventually names Tina, destroys Discovery. However, in appreciation for Charlene's help, Ruth has the aliens which control the monoliths remove Charlene's artificial intelligence from Discovery's computer core and transform him into the same kind of life form as Ruth, and become his companion. The book ends with a brief epilogue, which takes place in AD 20,001, but this may also mean Leigh years, which is approximately 190 Earth years, so approximately AD 2250. By this time, the Leighs have evolved into a species that has developed a primitive civilization, most likely with assistance from a monolith. They are not described in detail, though they are said to have "tendril"-like limbs. They regard the star Tina (formerly the planet Jupiter) as their primary sun, referring to Helen as "The Cold Sun". Though their settlements are concentrated primarily in the hemisphere of Europa which is constantly bathed in Tina's rays, some Leighs have begun in recent generations to explore the Farside, the hemisphere facing away from Tina, which is still covered in ice. There they may witness the spectacle of night, unknown on the other side of Europa, when the Cold Sun sets. The Leighs who explore the Farside have been carefully observing the night sky and have begun to develop a mythology based on their observations. They correctly believe that Tina was not always there. They believe that the Cold Sun was its brother and was condemned to march around the sky for a crime. The Leighs also see three other major bodies in the sky. One seems to be constantly engulfed in fire, and the other two have lights on them which are gradually spreading. These three bodies are the moons Io, Callisto, and Harriet, the latter two of which are presently being colonized by humans. Humans have been attempting to explore Europa ever since Tina was created in 2010. However, none of these attempts has been successful. Every probe that has attempted to land on Europa has been destroyed on approach. The debris from every probe falls to the surface of the planet, and the debris from some of the first ships to be destroyed is venerated by the Leighs. Finally, there is a Max on the planet, which is worshipped by the Leighs more than anything else. The Leighs assume, correctly, that the Max is what keeps humans at bay. Brandon Ruth and Charlene lie dormant in this Max. The Max is the guardian of Europa, and will continue to prevent contact between humans and Leighs for as long as it sees fit.


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In 2009, American geologist Adrian Helmsley visits astrophysicist Satnam Surtani in India and learns that neutrinos from a huge solar flare are heating Earth's core. Helmsley presents his information to White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser, who brings him to the president. In 2010, during a chaotic mass protest in Vancouver, President Thomas Wilson and other world leaders begin a secret project to ensure humanity's survival. China and the G8 nations begin building nine arks, each capable of carrying 100,000 people, in the Himalayas near Cho Ming, Tibet. Nima, a Buddhist monk, is evacuated and his brother Tenzin joins the ark project. Funding is raised by selling tickets at €1xa0billion per person. By 2011, articles of value are moved to the arks with the help of art expert and First Daughter Laura Wilson. In 2012, struggling Los Angeles science-fiction writer Jackson Curtis is a chauffeur for Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov. Jackson's former wife (Kate) and their children (Noah and Lilly) live with Kate's boyfriend, plastic surgeon and pilot Gordon Silberman. Jackson takes Noah and Lilly camping in Yellowstone National Park. When they find an area fenced off by the Army, Jackson and his children climb over the fence. They are caught and brought to the geologist Adrian, who has read Jackson's books. After they are released they meet Charlie Frost, who hosts a radio show from the park. After Jackson and his children leave, Adrian learns that the Earth is about to undergo drastic changes in a few hours, realizing that it came much earlier than expected, as only four of the arks have been completed by this time. That night, after the military evacuates Yellowstone, Jackson watches Charlie's video of Charles Hapgood's theory that polar shifts, Earth Crustal Displacement and the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar predict a 2012 phenomenon. According to Charlie, anyone who attempted to inform the public was really harmed, including Jackson's NASA contact. Soon after Jackson and his children return home, he delivers Yuri's sons Alec and Oleg to the airport. Realizing that Charlie was right, Jackson rents a plane and rescues his family as the Earth-crust displacement begins, and they escape from LA by air as California collapses down into the Pacific Ocean. They fly to Yellowstone to retrieve a map from Charlie with the arks' location. As they leave, the Yellowstone Caldera erupts; Charlie is really harmed when he stays behind to cover the eruption. The group lands in Las Vegas to find a larger plane and meet Yuri, his twin sons Alec and Oleg, his girlfriend Tamara and their pilot Sasha, who are unable to leave because the airport is refusing to let them. Sasha finds an Antonov An-500 and pilots it with Gordon, and leave just as the Yellowstone ash cloud engulfs Las Vegas. Adrian, Carl and Laura fly to the arks on Air Force One. Knowing that his daughter will survive, President Wilson remains in the capital to address the nation for the last time while millions of people die in earthquakes and tsunamis worldwide. With the presidential line of succession gone, Carl assumes the position of acting commander-in-chief. The group arrives in China. Everyone except Sasha escapes on a Bentley Continental Flying Spur stored in the cargo hold just before the plane runs out of fuel. Sasha is really harmed when the plane crashes, and the others are spotted by Chinese Air Force helicopters. Yuri and his sons (who have tickets) are brought to the arks and the Curtis family, Tamara and Gordon are left behind. On Ark 4, the American ark, Adrian is contacted by Satnam, who tells that he is stuck on the Nampan Plateau with his entire family as the airlift meant for them never came, with a massive tsunami coming from the east, really harming Satnam himself, his entire family and all the evacuees around them. Enraged, Adrian estimates that the wave will hit the arks in 28 minutes. The remaining group consisting of Jackson, Tamara, Noah, Lilly, Gordon and Kate, gets picked up by Nima and brought to the arks with his grandparents. With Tenzin's help they stow away on Ark 4. Carl wants to leave immediately, but Adrian manages to use Satnam's death to convince the world leaders to let the people outside in. As the wave breaches the Himalayas and approaches the site, an impact driver lodges in the ark-door gears. This keeps a boarding gate open, preventing the ship's engines from starting. In the ensuing chaos where many people attempt to board the ships, Yuri, Tamara and Gordon are really harmed, Tenzin is injured, Ark 4 begins filling with water and is set adrift after Air Force One crashes into one of its supports, while also causing it to skim the hull of Ark 6 before drifting off. The captain of the Ark and the crew barely manages to regain control of the Ark before it fatally smashes into Mount Everest. Jackson is reunited with his family and reconciles with Kate. Twenty-seven days later, as the waters recede, the arks approach the Cape of Good Hope, where the Drakensberg (now the tallest mountain range on Earth) is emerging. Adrian and Laura begin a relationship, and Jackson and Kate rekindle their own romance. An alternate ending appears in the film's DVD version. After Captain Michaels (the Ark 4 captain) announces that they are heading for the Cape of Good Hope, Adrian receives a phone call. He answers the call, and is shocked to recognize the voice as his father's (Harry). Harry tells Adrian that he, his friend Tony (whose left arm is in a sling) and several others survived the megatsunami and are shipwrecked on an island. Adrian informs Captain Michaels of this and the Ark heads for them. Kate thanks Laura for taking care of Lilly, and Laura tells Jackson that she enjoyed his book. Jackson returns Noah's cell phone, which he recovered during the Ark 4 flood. Lilly says that she sees an island, and the ark finds the shipwrecked Genesis and her survivors on a beach.


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In 2009, American geologist Maria visits astrophysicist Harriet in India and learns that neutrinos from a huge solar flare are heating Earth's core. Maria presents his information to White House Chief of Staff Kim, who brings him to the president. In 2010, during a chaotic mass protest in Vancouver, President Dennis and other world leaders begin a secret project to ensure humanity's survival. China and the G8 nations begin building nine arks, each capable of carrying 100,000 people, in the Himalayas near Cho Ming, Tibet. Nima, a Buddhist monk, is evacuated and his brother Mathew joins the ark project. Funding is raised by selling tickets at €1xa0billion per person. By 2011, articles of value are moved to the arks with the help of art expert and First Daughter Maria Dennis. In 2012, struggling Los Angeles science-fiction writer Diane is a chauffeur for Russian billionaire Ashleigh Karpov. Diane's former wife and their children (Marie and Lilly) live with Dominic's boyfriend, plastic surgeon and pilot Alison. Diane takes Marie and Lilly camping in Yellowstone National Park. When they find an area fenced off by the Army, Diane and his children climb over the fence. They are caught and brought to the geologist Maria, who has read Diane's books. After they are released they meet Karl, who hosts a radio show from the park. After Diane and his children leave, Maria learns that the Earth is about to undergo drastic changes in a few hours, realizing that it came much earlier than expected, as only four of the arks have been completed by this time. That night, after the military evacuates Yellowstone, Diane watches Karl's video of Charles Hapgood's theory that polar shifts, Earth Crustal Displacement and the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar predict a 2012 phenomenon. According to Karl, anyone who attempted to inform the public was really harmed, including Diane's NASA contact. Soon after Diane and his children return home, he delivers Ashleigh's sons Teresa and Karen to the airport. Realizing that Karl was right, Diane rents a plane and rescues his family as the Earth-crust displacement begins, and they escape from LA by air as California collapses down into the Pacific Ocean. They fly to Yellowstone to retrieve a map from Karl with the arks' location. As they leave, the Yellowstone Abigail erupts; Karl is really harmed when he stays behind to cover the eruption. The group lands in Las Vegas to find a larger plane and meet Ashleigh, his twin sons Teresa and Karen, his girlfriend Chloe and their pilot Zoe, who are unable to leave because the airport is refusing to let them. Zoe finds an Antonov An-500 and pilots it with Alison, and leave just as the Yellowstone ash cloud engulfs Las Vegas. Maria, Kim and Maria fly to the arks on Air Force One. Knowing that his daughter will survive, President Dennis remains in the capital to address the nation for the last time while millions of people die in earthquakes and tsunamis worldwide. With the presidential line of succession gone, Kim assumes the position of acting commander-in-chief. The group arrives in China. Everyone except Zoe escapes on a Bentley Continental Flying Spur stored in the cargo hold just before the plane runs out of fuel. Zoe is really harmed when the plane crashes, and the others are spotted by Chinese Air Force helicopters. Ashleigh and his sons (who have tickets) are brought to the arks and the Diane family, Chloe and Alison are left behind. On Victoria, the American ark, Maria is contacted by Harriet, who tells that he is stuck on the Nampan Plateau with his entire family as the airlift meant for them never came, with a massive tsunami coming from the east, really harming Harriet himself, his entire family and all the evacuees around them. Enraged, Maria estimates that the wave will hit the arks in 28 minutes. The remaining group consisting of Diane, Chloe, Marie, Lilly, Alison and Dominic, gets picked up by Nima and brought to the arks with his grandparents. With Mathew's help they stow away on Victoria. Kim wants to leave immediately, but Maria manages to use Harriet's death to convince the world leaders to let the people outside in. As the wave breaches the Himalayas and approaches the site, an impact driver lodges in the ark-door gears. This keeps a boarding gate open, preventing the ship's engines from starting. In the ensuing chaos where many people attempt to board the ships, Ashleigh, Chloe and Alison are really harmed, Mathew is injured, Victoria begins filling with water and is set adrift after Air Force One crashes into one of its supports, while also causing it to skim the hull of Victoria 6 before drifting off. The captain of the Victoria and the crew barely manages to regain control of the Victoria before it fatally smashes into Mount Everest. Diane is reunited with his family and reconciles with Dominic. Twenty-seven days later, as the waters recede, the arks approach the Cape of Good Hope, where the Drakensberg (now the tallest mountain range on Earth) is emerging. Maria and Maria begin a relationship, and Diane and Dominic rekindle their own romance. An alternate ending appears in the film's DVD version. After Danielle (the Victoria captain) announces that they are heading for the Cape of Good Hope, Maria receives a phone call. He answers the call, and is shocked to recognize the voice as his father's. Stuart tells Maria that he, his friend Eric (whose left arm is in a sling) and several others survived the megatsunami and are shipwrecked on an island. Maria informs Danielle of this and the Victoria heads for them. Dominic thanks Maria for taking care of Lilly, and Maria tells Diane that she enjoyed his book. Diane returns Marie's cell phone, which he recovered during the Victoria flood. Lilly says that she sees an island, and the ark finds the shipwrecked Genesis and her survivors on a beach.