North Dakota Highway Patrol New Recruits!
According to a press release from the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Eight troopers graduated from the North Dakota Law Enforcement Training Academy on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, following successful completion of a comprehensive law enforcement training program.
The newly sworn North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers began the academy on Sept. 22 and completed the 21-week accelerated training program this week. The new troopers will begin field training with assigned NDHP troopers today, Monday, February 15th, and be temporarily stationed at posts throughout the state.
Governor Doug Burgum gave the graduation address and expressed gratitude to the new troopers and their families. He noted the courage and dedication needed of those who serve in uniform and wished them well as they begin their service to the citizens of North Dakota.
Jack Black to Play Claptrap in Star-Studded Borderlands Movie
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Jack Black has been cast in “Borderlands,” Lionsgate’s movie adaptation of the popular video game. He joins an A-list ensemble that includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Black will voice the role of Claptrap, a persistently sarcastic robot that isn’t all that invested in the survival of his teammates. Eli Roth, who previously collaborated with Black and Blanchett on the 2018 family comedy “The House With a Clock in Its Walls,” is directing “Borderlands.”
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“I am so excited to reunite with Jack, this time in the recording booth,” Roth said. “Claptrap is the funniest character in the game, and Jack is perfect to bring him to the big screen.”
Josh Duhamel Replacing Armie Hammer in Shotgun Wedding
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Lionsgate has confirmed that Josh Duhamel is replacing Armie Hammer in
Shotgun Wedding, the action comedy starring Jennifer Lopez. Hammer dropped out of the project last month following social media allegations.
The studio also announced that Sonia Braga will play Lopez’s character’s mother, with Jennifer Coolidge playing Duhamel’s character’s mom.
The announcement was made by Erin Westerman, president of production for the Lionsgate Motion Pictures Group.
“We couldn’t be happier for our bride and groom of this Shotgun Wedding,” said Westerman, confirming the casting of Duhamel. “We know Josh and Jennifer will make a compelling and sexy on-screen couple and they will be fun sparring partners as their dream destination wedding erupts into a memorable nightmare.
Photo Credit: Victrex
In a step toward the production of large-scale aerospace components from thermoplastic composites, polymer solutions provider Victrex (Cleveleys, U.K.) and automation and tooling specialist Electroimpact (Mukilteo, Wash., U.S.) recently announced that they have achieved laydown speeds of 4,000 inches per minute (IPM) using Electroimpact’s automated fiber placement (AFP) technology and VICTREX AE 250 low-melt polyaryletherketone (LMPAEK) unidirectional (UD) tape.
The Electroimpact AFP processing technology has been enhanced with the deployment of a new laser heating system; VICTREX AE 250 UD tape is a high-performance thermoplastic composite prepreg tape that was designed by Victrex to have mechanical, physical and chemical resistance properties typical of the polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymer family, such as PEEK, but with a 40°C lower crystalline melting temperature, at 305°C.
Josh Duhamel is said to be in final talks to star in Shotgun Wedding opposite Jennifer Lopez.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 48-year-old Safe Haven star is now in negotiations with Lionsgate. Lopez reportedly had a say in his involvement in the film as his name was floated early on during the casting process. Shotgun Wedding is a romantic action-comedy film that follows Darcy (Lopez) and Tom (Duhamel) who gather their family for the ultimate destination wedding even as they started to get cold feet. To make things worse, everyone s lives are suddenly put in danger when the entire group is taken hostage.