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BAT-GOBBLING urban SPIDER QUEENS swell to ENORMOUS SIZE
I once caught one of those Huntsman which grow rather big and took it outside to release it
on the wall. I slid the glass off the wall and before I could step back, two magpies swooped in and one got the prize. They were onto me before I knew what happened...
NSW to build federated ID management rig for staff, punters
Been through this
Have worked with one of the consultancies (the one with a Q in it) on an IDM project in the past in my old job. We did all the hardware, software (DSEE, IDM 8.1) in house & they wrote the business rules in an exquisitely painful XML language called "Xpress". The system worked great at first until some politics got in the way and certain changes to the system made that caused it to do some weird things which I will not go into. As no planning was put into supporting the platform with a budget like other production systems the bugs were left in and I ended up supporting the system on my own from then until I resigned. My greatest technical success and my worst career decision to not fight harder for a support contract from the upper management.
To this day, the funky IDM still does its thing, the DSEE is still serving UNIX logins and the move to Microsoft AD stalled where it was when I left. In the right hands, a sensible budget, the DSEE is a fantastic solution and IDM a great product provided you don't have a committee of 20 on it & have people skilled up enough to understand its inner workings when it starts cranking out duplicate accounts or deletes the CEO's because they went on holidays etc...
VMware builds product executables on 50 Mac Minis
It Works!
I am running a setup like this. A 16gb Mac Mini Server runs ESXi and thunderbolt ethernet is used for
iSCSI to run a HP-N54L hosting FreeNAS. I use ZFS for the iSCSI target and run all my VM's on it.
Works great and does not use too much electricity...
Telstra 'snot boxes' challenge Turnbull's FTTN plan
So lucky...
We got our NBN order in before the election. We are now totally on an FTTH connection for voice & data. The install of the termination was done to 10 townhouses in our block but so far we seem to be the only ones taking up. Prior we had ADSL2+ costing $130 a month plus a telstra phone & line rental
for about another $40 a month. This is now a single account for $95 a month including voice & data.
We run a VOIP phone with the old number migrated across. The old ADSL was lucky to get 5mbps
out of an advertised "up to" 24mbps. Our new FTTH gets 70/30mbps during peak periods and
about 90/35mbps offpeak out of an advertised 100/40mbps. The equipment installed included
the terminator outside. When they turned up to do the internal setup, they wanted to go right
through the wall where our TV was on the other side. Instead we requested the link to go upstairs
in our home office. There was an issue with cable length associated with this, as it is Single Mode
fibre, But they worked it out and an ONT fibre to ether box and a little UPS plugged into the mains
to keep it up. The cost of this equipment I was told was about $2500 including installation
but it only cost me $50 setup fee via the ISP who arranged the NBN guys to turn up. Excellent
There are downsides to this. We still need a UPS to keep the gigabit switch and
the phone up, as we drive the VOIP off that. The switch we use hangs up sometimes and has
to be restarted or it will not keep VOIP registration going. The ISP we use is non interventionist
and resells bandwidth from big suppliers so tech support depends your own initiative. But the
service is excellent and we are planning to launch a set of small enterprises on it eventually.
I want to play with VMs
ESXi on Mac Mini server 16Gb
I am going to get a Mac Mini server, upgrade to 16GB and run ESXi on it for about 4 VM's.
We are a home shop, so power constraints are my biggest concern. The Mini will only ever
draw 80 watts maximum, so that is within my power allocation with the other computers.
I want to use ESXi as there are benefits down the track if I need to grow the infrastructure more.
Our home systems are all Mac, but as I work in the UNIX realm, need a couple of Linux
and Solaris VM's to work with. The ESX image needs a couple of tweaks to work with the
Mini, but there are images out there already pretweaked - google it!
Party like it's 1999: CDE Unix desktop REBORN
long time user.
I was using CDE on Solaris SPARC until January this year, when my Sun workstation was finally
replaced by an iMac with Lion on it. I used to always get comments from various co-workers that I was actually a dinosaur, but consultants were always impressed by my ability to navigate, admin and modify CDE to do
my bidding and look the way I liked...... Now the iMac gets a lot of comment - I am apparently not a dinosaur
anymore but a clueless hipster with aspirations toward wearing black and making everyone else jealous with
the very shiny 27" screen.....
Australia Network tender shut down
No to the Murdoch Empire
I am glad this happened. Regardless of the leaks,
Murdoch does not deserve to represent my country given his
endorsement of Right Wing media politics. I do not want such an organisation responsible
for the message that is sent out to Asia and the region. Such affairs require a fit and proper person,
not an all consuming mogul empire looking for more ways to skin a buck.
Unique imagery of Shuttle docked to ISS released
shuttle should stay up there
That looks fantastic. Why don't they keep a shuttle up there, for extra space, additional booster thrust for orbital adjustments and an escape/safety pod for emergencies?
Haven for life found in Mars' Syrtis Major region
Martian jewels
Hydrated silica deposits from steam and water vents? I bags staking a claim on the first Martian Opal field.
Monty launches frantic 'save MySQL' web campaign
Let's just save Sun first
I'm a big user customer of Solaris. I would have to say that I have a career made out of it. I am quite interested in seeing Oracle save Sun as the technology stack Sun has collected over the years is just to good to break out and sell off or obsolete in parts - so that will tell you where my viewpoint will come from.
When Sun bought Mysql, there was a lot of upset in the Open Source community, but I did not see Monty complaining about the payout at that point. I am certain that Sun and the representatives for the Mysql company would have had arduous negotiations prior to the sellout of the IP and branding.
I do not recall at any point reading that the Mysql reps argued about what Sun could/could not
do with Mysql after they bought it, otherwise we would already have seen several lawsuits
for breach of contract or whatever the legal jargon is for when you do a deal and then break
the terms and conditions of that deal. Now I suppose there had to have been a "cooling off"
period prior to the Mysql buyout by Sun and I suppose that has passed.
So that basically leaves Monty with is $1.5b or whatever it was and Sun got something it
probably could have just licensed for a lot less.
Now it is all a moot point. Sun is now in the hands of a bigger fish. Oracle bought Sun,
not a bunch of components. Mysql is a brand but it is also basically just another part of the Sun
product suite now, just like any Sun product that was acquired from another party. The Sun guys I spoke to love Mysql and have suggested that it will remain under a GPL style agreement but I do not know how far that will go.
I think it is unlikely Oracle will rename Mysql in the short term - Sun I believe would have. We would probably see (under an existent Sun) something like "Sun JES 7.5 Application Database Layer 5.1.4" or similar brain numbing nomenclature. Oracle will probably maintain the Mysql
name for a bit and then I reckon it will become something else, perhaps "Oracle Application Services Database" just like they have used Apache to do "Oracle Application Server" and the like.
Monty has a fork. He knows what he can do with it. But he took money for his product
and has to live with that fact. I reckon he's just sorry he didn't ask for more......
The Fail is for Monty - I don't feel sorry for him. I am annoyed that Oracle just have not been given full permission to acquire Sun already so I can stop watching people panic everytime
the hold up is mentioned in the media.
Les Paul dies at 94
A good time to mention
Gibson is now owned by the evil Henry Juszkiewicz. He ruined some big deals in the
music tech industry. Have a look on the web for what Gibson did to Oberheim, Opcode
and a poor person by the name of Lynx Crowe.
Mine is Evil Bill, since Henry Juszkiewicz can't be properly seen in a mirror, or photographed.
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Win7 reinstallation (on same PC) advice - SAVE SETTINGS, rules, etc.
What I need: to reinstall Windows 7 Ultimate on the same PC, using the same hardware. There are many good reasons, so we'll just call it 'maintenance'.
Previous experience: I have never reinstalled Win7 on the same computer / I have installed Win7 from scratch over XP twice / I have installed XP over XP (and previous versions going back to DOS ) 100's of times.
What scares me: I have never successfully retained or recaptured Outlook rules, e-mail settings, e-mail structure, internet (DSL) settings, network settings, scheduled tasks, Outlook (Office 2010) events (reminders), general tweaks etc. on any of my REinstalls. Because I run multiple home-based businesses I have 11 e-mail accounts and (at last count) something like 97 rules for routing e-mails in Outlook.
What I need: I REALLY would like to find a way to capture and save as many of these settings as possible to reduce the time needed to get back up and running on the new install. Windows backup and restore or some 3rd party utility? What would you suggest??
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Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit & Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
There is a tool from Microsoft called " USMT " it is a command driven tool. It backs up your settings , along with your files like network drives and network printers.
User State Migration Tool (USMT) Technical Reference
Added: You could also do is Install Windows setup the way you like it and capture an image . Sysprep .
Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer
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|12 Mar 2013
I would not use Easy Transfer to migrate your files as it reimports AppData settings that are also a corruption path into a fresh new install. Better to start fresh with new settings than risk that and defeat your purpose.
Therefore many of the steps you need to take are the same as for getting a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.
Others may be able to specify better the specific Outlook items you need transferred. If not I find these on reinstalls easily by googling the question. You'll learn exactly which files to back up externally, whether and how they're exported and reimported.
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"Therefore many of the steps you need to take are the same as for getting a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. "
wow- that's quite a comprehensive tutorial! I'll read through it a few times and see if I can make this happen this weekend. My problem is that I don't have the luxury of reinstalling programs slowly - I pretty much need 90% of them to fully functional all the time.
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We have endured ridiculously low speeds for over three years at just over a hundred dollars a month. The Cable service is acceptable and I have no complaints regarding that side of the service package. What I consider Bogus is that for the entire time we have lived in the people's republic of Searcy, White County Cable has repeatedly claimed someone here was downloading (aka pirating) movies. We have changed passwords; endured having our files searched (presumably for the "stolen" movies) and cooperated in every way we could.
I have five kids and a grandchild and we have searched tablets, phones and laptops countless times trying to determine who is downloading what.... With no luck. And no surcease of accusations from the local monopoly.
So, in an effort to find out what neighbor (mostly Harding students) was hacking our Wi-Fi and downloading movies and music my wife and I had never before heard of, I bought a series of programs to track Wi-Fi usage. Wire Shark found nobody. Who's on My Wi-Fi program caught nobody. I was convinced I was dealing with a hacker.
I have a web site designing business and (for obvious reasons) do very little of my work at home; that said, five days ago when White County Cable informed us that they were sending another tech (number 20-something) out to reset the modem and If the downloading continued we would have our service discontinued and possibly be prosecuted, my ire spiked. I was at work when the young man came and treated my wife and children like a den of thieves.
My wife, after politely suffering nearly fifteen minutes of pedantic condescension, began to inquire after how things get downloaded…. That's when the interesting part came to light. It turns out that, according to White County Cable, streaming video is downloading; saving pics in any way (including reposting to Facebook) is downloading; listening to audiobooks, using the homeschool site (in any way), video chatting (sorry Skype you are at fault too it seems) is all downloading.
Now, the Tech did say that "some" of this downloading is allowed, but that "keeping" anything on any computer in the house is illegal. So: if I allow a webisode to buffer so that I don't have to watch it in thirty second increments, I am breaking a law? And anything contained in your cashe files would be evidence of this crime?
I believe my household has paid very well for the most pitiful service imaginable (top speed for the package is 3 mbs but average speed is 7 kbs and multiple techs have told me getting 10 is "really good"). One person in this house can use the internet at any given time or you spend the entire time resetting the modem. I am baffled by the duration, and intensity of what I now know to be ridiculous accusations of Pirating.
Lastly, I would like to advise anyone moving to Searcy to consider this: Almost no other ISPs can serve you here! World Of Warcraft requires a commercial account (I am wondering how that isn't pirating at this point) if you want any decent refresh rate. My family is left with considering U-verse ($120 a month for intermittent satellite service) and wishing I knew we have been (and have catered to other) pirates for as long as we have had internet!
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The first panel of the morning featured three LGBT advocates from around the world—Masha Gessen of Russia, Dane Lewis of Jamaica, and Alice Nkom of Cameroon—and the following discussion included HRC President Chad Griffin, Elliot Management Corporation founder Paul Singer, and Third Point LLC founder Dan Loeb. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, gave opening remarks and Fareed Zakaria of CNN and TIME moderated the conversation.
Sorenson remarked that while the LGBT community has made significant strides in the United States, "There remains more to do, especially for those of us aiming to be global business leaders, in hospitality and any other sector." He continued, "I am encouraged to see a growing peer group of American business heavy-hitters in industries ranging from manufacturing to tech now taking part in substantive discussion on LGBT rights. CEOs—not just diversity officers—need to be engaged on these issues, and to promote further dialogue and education among their executives."
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The Amazing Spider-Man is a Physical Pinball Table designed by Ed Krynski with art by Gordon Morison. it was developed by Gottlieb and released in 1980.The pinball itself is named after the character and long-running comic book series, and is the second table featuring a licensed Marvel Comics character from Gottliebnote . The backglass and playfield are festooned with Spider-Man's Rogues Gallery and major supporting characters, including the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, The Kingpin, and Mary Jane Watson. The bottom of the playfield features three flippers (one left, two right), while a fourth flipper sits in the middle-left of the table. While there isn't a goal beyond racking up a high score, the fast-paced gameplay and enticing art makes this a pleasure, though the generic sound effects are a minor disappointment.This pinball was the first of Gottlieb's System 80 design; over 7,600 units of this pinball were made, and it became Gottlieb's best-selling game of 1980. Stan Lee owned one of the earliest production models and kept it in his office for over twenty years, until finally auctioning it off as part of his Stan Lee Collection in 2003. Many of the original tables are still operational today, a testament to the System 80 architecture, and it remains sought after by both pinball restoration hobbyists and collectors of comic book memorabilia.
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- A practitioner's journal on household energy, stoves and poverty reduction.
Livelihoods in the urban biomass sector - realities and threats
by Hannah Isaac
Issue: 49
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Whether it be wood, charcoal or simply branches, leaves and twigs, traditional biomass fuel remains the most
important source of household energy for more than two billion people in today's world.
Associated with the mass consumption of these biomass resources are concerns about environment and health, and much research has been carried out to identify and measure impacts such as deforestation from unsustainable wood and charcoal production, and smoke-related illnesses that can occur when biomass fuel is used in poorly ventilated kitchens.
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Get a sneak peek at Encores! presentation of the superhero musical It's a Bird…It's a Plane…It's Superman. See stars Edward Watts, Jenny Powers and Alli Mauzey introduce the Man of Steel to the swinging '60s.
The long-running favorite celebrates several Broadway milestones.April 23, 2012
Get a taste of the new Tom Kitt-Brian Yorkey musical If/Then as star Idina Menzel and the cast take the stage at the Cutting Room for a special fan concert on February 13.February 14, 2014
The Country House is serving up a big helping of family drama at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this fall! Click to find out more about Donald Margulies' heartfelt and humorous new play.August 21, 2014
Sierra Boggess makes her cabaret debut at 54 Below with the new show Awakening. Learn about what inspires the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner onstage and off.August 16, 2013
Powerhouse vocalist Morgan James chats about the rare opportunity and honor of being 54 Below's resident artist, the singers that inspire her sound and why this show is her most courageous yet.June 14, 2013
Get the rock star treatment on opening night of Let It Be, a new Beatles tribute extravaganza featuring more than 40 classic songs by the Fab Four.July 25, 2013
From number crunchers to college Mormon missionaries, see which five fans The Book of Mormon star Rory O'Malley chooses to win the The Book of Mormon: The Testament of a Broadway Musical.December 21, 2012
Motown The Musical is looking for new faces to join the Broadway and national tour casts, so we hit the open call to find out what motivated these aspiring actors to audition (and before they wow the casting director, they wowed us with a preview!).September 17, 2013
Hear about the new bio-musical Beautiful from stars Jessie Mueller, Jake Epstein, Anika Larsen & Jarrod Spector and some of the real-life inspirations.November 21, 2013
Fire up the eggnog and hang up those stockings, because the Tony-nominated musical adaptation of A Christmas Story is bringing a big dose of holiday cheer to Madison Square Garden this winter. See the whole family in rehearsal!November 1, 2013
Alice Ripley makes her 54 Below debut in Ripley Reflects, in which the Tony Award winner looks back on her illustrious musical theater career in NYC. Check out Ripley in rehearsal and hear more about the one-night-only event.August 2, 2013
The electric new musical Kinky Boots is prepping for its pre-Broadway debut in Chicago, but before it goes, the cast and creative team blew the roof off the New 42nd Street Studios in this exciting preview.September 14, 2012


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The Rim candelabra, designed by Karim Rashid, reverses to be used as a vase and has traditional design forms found in ancient Turkey. Each candelabra measures 5 inches in diameter by 14 inches in height. Hand wash only.
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Based in Istanbul, Gaia & Gino offers housewares that are a thoughtful combination of arty construction and forward-thinking utility. Since 2004, its founder, Gaye Cevikel, has been petitioning the international design community (including luminaries Karim Rashid and Richie Tanaka) to create unique, organic home accessories, from dual-sided wine glasses to calligraphy-inspired bud vases. With several design awards under their belt, Gaia & Gino's products are recognized the world over and sold exclusively in cutting-edge boutiques.


text: I don't know anything about it, not having attended Pennsic, nor ever having been a Chirurgeon. I find it interesting and informative when such issues come up, but don't feel qualified to comment on them. --Maire, from the sidelines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane & Micheal Reid" <dmreid at hfx.eastlink.ca> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>; "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:27 AM Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Pennsic Chirurgeon fiasco > Greetings > Is it just me or does it appear this society needs some real core changes? > Or am I just imagining that far to much Machiavelian or Byzantine politics > seems to have been creeping into the game as of late? > I have only been around for 20 years, the promised report on the > Chirurgeon fiasco was niether the first, nor the last of the burried dead > along our wake. > But before anyone feels the need to chastise I would guess this be a topic > for another list. Of course thats one of the problems as far as I am > concerned. We all tend to bury our heads a little and let things slide, when > perhaps we should not. > Cealian Of Moray


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Your browser does not support iframes. Texas Rangers' outfielder Engel Beltre fractured his tibia. Catcher Geovany Soto tore his meniscus. First baseman Prince Fielder required neck surgery. And those are just a few examples of the Rangers' injuries woes. With starting first baseman Mitch Moreland ... More >>
Derek Holland. Matt Harrison. Martin Perez. Geovany Soto. Prince Fielder. Jurickson Profar. Engel Beltre. Three-fifths of the rotation, the starting catcher, the starting first baseman, the starting second baseman and the backup outfielder are currently not playing. This doesn't include players who ... More >>
Our 2013 Best of Dallas award winner, and Observer writer, Michael "Grubes" Gruber, is renowned for nicknaming Rangers players. In fact, if you follow him on Twitter (@tweetgrubes) like thousands of other people do, then his Diamond Tweets covering the Rangers games are largely incomprehensible with ... More >>
Photos courtesy Texas RangersNo need to place all of the blame on Nellie. There are plenty of other folks at fault for losing the World Series.No matter how hard you try to find a scapegoat, the story of the 2011 World Series doesn't have a chapter about its version of Bill Buckner, nor shoul ... More >>
Photo by Sam MertenChuck Greenberg and Texas Rangers co-chair Bob Simpson celebrate after outbidding Mark Cuban in an auction to own the clubWhether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's Merten's End: *Well, that was quick. Chuck Greenberg formed ... More >>
Is that doable? Seems like it. Although the Kansas City Royals are reportedly getting impatient with the Texas Rangers' low-ball offers. I understand the odds are against the Rangers getting Lee, who is now also talking to the Boston Red Sox. But - dream with me here a little - how would a s ... More >>
Photos by Sam MertenDamn. If Jayson Werth commands a seven-year, $126 million deal, how much is this guy worth?Prior to the beginning of baseball's winter meetings yesterday at Walt Disney World Resort, a flurry of activity resulted in big-name players dealt and fat contracts inked. Predictab ... More >>
As we mentioned yesterday, Jon Daniels is entering his fourth year as Texas Rangers general manager. He started off with a bang in year one, trading Alfonso Soriano in his first move and dealing Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez less than two weeks later. Unfortunately, he received very little in retu ... More >>
When the Texas Rangers signed Milton Bradley this offseason, I was elated; Richie Whitt, not so much. At the time, I said Bradley could be an interesting trade chip, much like Eric Gagne and Kenny Lofton were last year. And now that Bradley's having an all-star caliber season -- and another all-star ... More >>


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text: GOP To Run Ads on 'Mommy Blogs' Print article Send a Tip by Mary Chastain 30 Apr 2013 post a comment The GOP is taking a step forward by advertising on popular "mommy blogs" websites in an effort to reach the female voting bloc. USA Today reports the ads will appear on over 100 websites, including marthastewart.com and ikeafans.com. It will encourage voters to reach out to their representatives to vote for a bill that gives private sector workers the ability to choose between compensatory time and cash payment for overtime work. "Tell Rep. Kyrsten Sinema you shouldn't have to choose between work and family," reads one ad set to run in Sinema's suburban Phoenix district. "Will Rep. Collin Peterson stand up for working moms?" reads another that's slated to run in Peterson's western Minnesota district. The banner ads link to a petition site calling on lawmakers to support "more freedom for working moms." The Democrats are not expected to side with the bill because labor unions are against it. The GOP is often criticized from many on the right for its ignorance and inability to reach out to bigger voting blocs like the young people, females, and Hispanics. In 2008 and 2012, President Barack Obama secured all three. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) took the lead on the bill. She told USA Today, "I'm a mom. I have two kids," she said, "I certainly have a very clear understanding of the pulls working families have on them when it comes to juggling home-time with work-time."


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At a condominium near Turtle Creek, there is a bitter, strange battle brewing between the building's homeowners' association and the domestic partner of one of the HOA's members. In January, the 3081 Gilbert Homeowners' Association felt so threatened by the man, they filed a lawsuit. The court f ... More >>
At some point, after a year-plus of hand-wringing and delays, the push for DART to offer benefits to the domestic partners of employees took on an air of inevitability. Two weeks ago, the DART board's administrative committee overwhelmingly voted to move forward with a "plus-one" plan, allowing unma ... More >>
Last year, UT Southwestern announced plans to build the Dallas Proton Treatment Center, a $225 million, state-of-the-art clinic and laboratory offering cutting-edge cancer treatment. The "proton" is a reference to the accelerator that fires positively charged particles at 112,000 miles per second. W ... More >>
A former student of Rick Halperin says she isn't buying accusations outlined in a federal lawsuit that he slept with students or secretly loved Hitler. SMU student Moumita Rahman, who graduated in 2004 and now runs her own law practice in New York focusing on immigration and political asylum, had Ha ... More >>
Update at 1:29 p.m.:Dr. Shannon's email announcing his resignation, as well as board chair Donna Branson's responses to my questions, are below. Original post: Skip over to Parkland's website and scroll through the roster of senior executives and you'll notice it hasn't been updated in a while. But ... More >>
Like I was saying, or writing, earlier this morning ...When Edwin Flores announced he wasn't going to seek re-election to the Dallas Independent School District board two weeks ago, the District 1 trustee said he'd hold off on making an endorsement. At the time, only one other candidate had annou ... More >>
Earlier this week I heard that Matt McCallister, the chef at Oak Cliff's Campo, had put in his two weeks. I tried to call the chef to confirm, but we've been playing phone tag for days. I did get in touch with a manager there, who basically told me the same thing he did when I conducted interviews f ... More >>
You won't have Chris Heinbaugh to kick around any more -- at least, not as a city official. Four years after the former WFAA reporter left journalism to go to work for Tom Leppert as his chief o' staff, Heinbaugh's outta there as of the June 8 council meeting. He explains why below, but tells Unf ... More >>
It's been close to radio silence from Renaissance Tower for several weeks as Blockbuster tries to find "strategic partners" to keep the close-to-broke video giant-at-one-time out of the bankruptcy courts. But on Friday, Bloomberg reported that Jim Keyes and Co. will announce this week that they'v ... More >>
Mark NerenhausenThe release just sent by the AT&T PAC folks announcing the sudden and surprise resignation of Mark Nerenhausen, who was named president and chief executive officer for the then-Dallas Center for the Performing Arts on December 4, 2008, doesn't say what led to the decision this ... More >>
WFMUActually, if I'm not mistaken, Six Flags's corporate offices in the DFW are in Grand Prairie on Avenue J East. But today -- which marks the amusement park's return to the New York Stock Exchange following Chapter 11 reorganization -- Six Flags announced that Al Weber Jr., its president and i ... More >>
The postman was kind enough to deliver my Blockbuster proxy materials yesterday in advance of this month's board meeting downtown. (I recently bought 100 shares -- it was either that or a pack of smokes.) CEO Jim Keyes, yet again, reminded me vote for his slate of candidates to the board of direc ... More >>
Look at it this way -- come June 24, when Blockbuster holds its annual shareholders meeting downtown, we'll be all done with this particular, and particularly ugly, chapter in the life of the "American icon." Till then, though, this latest development in Greg Meyer's attempt to snag a seat on the ... More >>
Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes at one of the prototype extreme makeovers debuted in Dallas in 2008Had a long talk with Greg Meyer last night. He's the guy who owns 645,000 shares of Blockbuster -- more than any exec at Blockbuster, save for CEO Jim Keyes, whose stock comes with the title, and more tha ... More >>
Around the time self-proclaimed shareholder activist Carl Icahn bought into Blockbuster half a decade ago, its stock was worth $10, give or take. He ultimately spent well over $300 million stocking up on shares, in large part to lead the effort that would lead to the ouster of then-CEO John Antio ... More >>
The Austin Film Society just sent word: After inducting the likes of Morgan Fairchild, Rushmore, the director of Twilight and most everyone else who's ever made a TV show or rented a movie in Texas, it's getting around to putting Mike Nesmith in the Texas Film Hall of Fame come March. Per the pre ... More >>
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SMU's athletic administration will take tackle its future by relying on the Dallas Cowboys' past--and not the recent past, but the waaaaay back past. The good past, that is. Steve Orsini will be announced this afternoon as the Mustangs' new athletic director, replacing the retiring Jim Copeland. Ors ... More >>
Why is unsuccessful politico Brenda Reyes deciding who gets minority contracts? Because Adelfa Callejo says so.


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Louis Roney: Can you go home again?
Going back home and expecting to find what one left there years ago is both puzzling and futile.
I have come home again, yes – but Thomas Wolfe was right: the home I "knew" is no longer here.
Lauridsen's music pleases at Bach Festival
A mix of choral and orchestral
On Sunday, Jan. 26, at Knowles Memorial Chapel the Bach Festival Society presented the music of still-living American composer Morten Lauridsen.
Louis Roney: Friendships for a time
The war has been over a long time. And everything connected with the war is over, no matter how much value some of us may find in what we have lost irrevocably along the way.
I must admit to indulging in the exercise of trying to stretch even longtime friendships far beyond the capacity they may be capable of — seldom a successful venture.
Louis Roney: Decisions, decisions
In being decisive we all make mistakes. We hope our mistakes are small ones, and are rectifiable. Most usually are.
Most of the people to whom most people pay the most money are the people who make most of their big decisions for them.
Louis Roney: Thoughts for a New Year
Here on the dawn of a New Year is a welcome time to get all the objectionable things (and people) out of our lives.
Let's move forward into 2014 with smiling optimism and only things and trustworthy people dear to us who inspire us with joy.
Louis Roney: Happy New Year!
Our personal clock starts the moment we are born and runs until our time is up – whenever that may be.
These days the air hot with controversy and politics takes on the semblance of actual warfare.
Louis Roney: Mr. Natale's Christmas
In the palm-edged driveway, Mr. Natale greeted the pale lad who stood there, "Well, sir, what can I do for you?"
Suddenly, Giuseppe Natale's mouth opened wide and began to sing. The words,"Che gelida manina...." came out as clear and strong as they had when he sang "La Bohème" in the great opera houses of Europe.
Louis Roney: Questions from us ignoscenti
If the omnipotent God had wanted you to be perfect, why didn't he make you that way?
If questions still linger anywhere in one's beliefs, aren't they said to be the fault of the person involved, and not of the divine process?
Louis Roney: Getting things done
I was a little kid noticing that the way to get recognized favorably in this world is to do something — not just talk about it.
Some guys measure success in terms of dollars. I concentrate on what I have managed to accomplish.
Louis Roney: Competition and character
Football is a microcosmic non-lethal representation of war, I used to think.
I learned firsthand that football builds "character" and "characters." These are two distinctly different things.
Louis Roney: Giving thanks
During this season of thanks I find my thoughts concentrating on things without which my life would be infinitely poorer, perhaps unbearable.
I am thankful for a keenly attuned conscience that keeps my pride from getting me too far in debt to reality.
Louis Roney: That old feeling again
I'm glad that I served and I'm also glad I survived. I lost a lot of friends...who will always remain young.
Veterans Day, which used to be called Armistice Day, reminds us of the many wars in which this country has invested wealth and blood.
Bach Festival spotlights Schubert
Festival brings Miró String Quartet
Schubert's music is as entrancing in Winter Park, Fla., as in Vienna, Austria, where his genius graced the landscape for a mere 30 short years.
Louis Roney: Thicker than water
Would we be better off if society had made marriage simply a private contract between two individuals, with no wider implications?
Just as a family can produce the highest degree of pride and happiness, so can a family bring disappointment, squabbling, discord, and destruction.
Louis Roney: Spirit of the game - A true story
A library full of books is, in great part, a repository of mistakes the human race has made.
Smart dogs simply remember not to do things again which hurt them.
Louis Roney: Bemusing musings
Who is the worst president in your lifetime — in your opinion? Personally, I can think of no one worse than our present leader.
Expect President Obama to bring as many people as he can on to the U.S. citizenship rolls and expect their healthcare to be covered by you and me.
Louis Roney: Right on!
Women, sharing their lives intimately with men, are quick to identify a weak-kneed man in the White House such as we have today.
The subject of "mothers who stay home and mothers who work" is often discussed on TV these days.
Louis Roney: Speaking of speakers
When John Silber spoke, the other speakers were soon eclipsed, even forgotten.
John Silber was president of Boston University when I met him in New Smyrna at an Atlantic Center for the Arts symposium.
Review: Gabriel Preisser glows in triumph
This commentator was happy to see the large number of enthusiastic younger people in the highly appreciative crowd.
Louis Roney: How's tricks?
Life is a long series of occasional indispositions, the last of which being one from which we do not manage to recover.
Do some in this country feel that our great nation is sinking into a mire of lower standards of self-satisfaction, and is on a journey to a point of no return?
Louis Roney: Who are you?
True individuality is nearly impossible to distinguish these days.
True individuality is almost impossible to establish these days.
Review: Orlando Philharmonic
A heroic opening
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra opened at the Bob Carr Saturday, Sept. 28.
Louis Roney: Dilettantism
Don't expect too much from human interaction.
I was jolted into the world of dilettantism and reminded that human intercourse may all too often be just that and nothing more.
Louis Roney: Friends & Acquaintances
Political differences shouldn't affect your friendships.
They are dear and worthy people, despite their differences, and may take it as an insult that I don't think politically as they do.
Louis Roney: Play On!
Revenge: Is getting even - even after all?
A football coach of mine used to tell us to block or tackle a guy as hard as we could, and then help him back to his feet.
Versatile baritone scores in Winter Park concert
Gabriel Preisser brought the house down.
Florida Opera Theater's Opera In The Park Series showcased baritone Gabriel Preisser at the Winter Park Community Center.
Louis Roney: Learning to learn
What have you done in your life that's worth telling?
Do all the successes in your life add up to one big success?
Louis Roney: A smatter of chatter
Yogi Berra's gift for language and music at the Bob Carr.
In the Yankee dugout, someone would ask catcher Yogi Berra, "What time is it?" Yogi would answer, "You mean now?"
Louis Roney: A hurricane, Hodding and other friends
A ride with a Nobel Prize winner, long lost friends, and the hurricane that hit Harvard.
After Christmas, shortly before my 17th birthday, I received notice that I had won a scholarship through Harvard.
Louis Roney: Growing up & other fallacies
Children — everybody wants 'em, until they get 'em.
Having children is an iffy business, a road with lots of curves and bumps.
Louis Roney: Rustic rivals
Don't try to out-country an honest to goodness hick.
It's perilous to be modest when you're trying to "out-country" an honest-to-God hick.
Louis Roney: As long as you're up
Laziness seems to be a sign of the times.
It has often occurred to me that the world would have been much better off had some infamous people just been lazy.
Louis Roney: Whadda ya know?
The belligerent tone of international intercourse these days is upsetting.
When North Korea opens its mouth it seems to have its hand on a trigger, and one wonders what it is that the generous U.S. has done to invite warfare with North Korea.
Louis Roney: Something for Nothing
The unemployment program makes not working an appealing option.
Don't work, don't think, just exist – the government will take care of you – just vote the right way ...
Louis Roney: Thinking out loud
Today is a gift, that's why it's called the present.
The past is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift — maybe that's why we call it the present.
Louis Roney: The freedom of independence
Patriotism has taken a disturbing shift recently.
The word "good" is inseparably linked to the preservation of the race and the morality that we higher animals cherish and preserve.
Louis Roney: After all of the 'ifs'
Dealing with the 'thens' now that the 'ifs' have happened.
The column moved in the direction of predicting some dire things we might expect if we re-elected Barack Obama.
Louis Roney: The big lie
Politicians need to take more money out of your paycheck to buy the votes of those to whom they give it.
Thomas Sowell lights up when thoughts of magnitude fill his head.
Louis Roney: Snapshots
Celebrating our British independence this July 4th.
I was thinking recently of the 4th of July, that day which celebrates cutting our ties with the British Crown.
Louis Roney: Sweet as you are
Stay strange as you are, don't let a soul ever change you. Stay deranged as you are, don't let anyone rearrange you.
Aren't the differences between us the things that attract us to each other?
Louis Roney: Calling it quits
Quitting is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
The trouble with many of us in trying times is that we quit trying.
Louis Roney: Using the old bean
Lets halt dining permits until we figure out what we really want on Park Avenue.
Perhaps the City Commission could impose a 90-day freeze on all new dining permits for Park Avenue.
Louis Roney: Write to me, sing to me
Learning to write what you're thinking, and do it without fear.
There are lots of things that we human beings do that we can't write about either effectively or without embarrassment.
Louis Roney: Pledging and hedging
A promise should never be given lightly.
When I was 19 or 20, I often looked at Robert Frost as he talked with colleagues a couple of tables away in the Eliot House dining room at Harvard. I wondered what promises he had made, and whether he had managed to keep them.
Louis Roney: How come we do us like we do, do, do?
Why do we live the way we do?
The average person's day is probably made up of many habitual ingredients, starting with that first cup of coffee.
Louis Roney: The truth and other myths
I surely believe that there are "good" and "evil" people among us, for I have witnessed both good and evil in action up close.
I have witnessed both good and evil in action up close.
Louis Roney: Subway to success
Singing teacher and student relationships, I learned in my early New York days, are iffy matters indeed.
Singing teacher and student relationships, I learned in my early New York days, are iffy matters indeed.
Louis Roney: Random thoughts
There is this guy across the street from our place who is pretty zippy and he knows it.
There is this guy across the street from our place who is pretty zippy and he knows it.
Louis Roney: Virtue rewarded
Alinsky, like many other left-wingers, set out to destroy the very aspects of the U.S. Constitution that had bestowed his freedom.
Alinsky, like many other left-wingers, set out to destroy the very aspects of the U.S. Constitution that had bestowed his freedom.
Louis Roney: Bittersweet
Bitterness is something that best belongs to — well, the bitter.
Bitterness is something that best belongs to — well, the bitter, who are willing to settle for attitudes that produce nothing good for either the sender or the receiver.


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It's finally happened. After months of reading the tea leaves, we have the first clear indication that all is not entirely well in the land of Big Oil in the form of the merger between Halliburton and Baker Hughes. There are lots of stories right now about the Houston-based companies -- the second ... More >>
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Some homeless Houston cats and dogs will be finding new homes in Colorado, thanks to the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care and the Rescued Pets Movement. "There is a high demand for pets in Colorado, and Houston has the supply," according to a BARC press release. "RPM has set a goal to transpor ... More >>
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Parking rules are inane.
As if the clusterfuck of multi-jurisdictional litigation involving wife-beater and alleged flight-attendant-choker Michael "I Did Not Give That Woman Anal Herpes" is not crazy enough, the former TV-ad icon is seeking to dismiss his bankruptcy filing in a Miami federal court. Avid Brown-watchers wi ... More >>
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Popular mystery writer reads from new novel
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Hiding info? Blame the temp
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After walking the halls for a year, David Anderson is learning to renavigate his way around Signal Mountain Middle-High School — this time in a motorized chair.
Anderson, a sophomore, dived into a shallow pool on Aug. 22, breaking two of his vertebrae and leaving him without the use of his legs and core muscles and with limited mobility in his arms and hands. Until November, he was in therapy at the Shepherd Center, a specialty hospital in Atlanta for patients recovering from spinal cord and brain injuries, but he returned to school Tuesday for a special assembly.
"I was really looking forward to seeing all my friends," the 16-year-old said.
Allyson Wills, a recreational therapist from Shepherd, gave a presentation to the high school student body about neuromuscular injuries, and what, specifically, Anderson can and cannot do.
"He didn't have a brain injury, he had a physical injury, so don't treat him any differently than you did before," she said. "His chair is now his body, so don't just come up and push buttons on it."
The presentation came during an assembly that Principal Tom McCullough organized to honor the memory of Zach Taylor, a Signal Mountain student who died on July 24 in an alcohol-related car accident.
"Today is the time and place to talk about choices and consequences in life, and how the results of those are not always thought through. ... Zach Taylor made a choice to drink and drive and not wear a seat belt ... through his death, I believe we can learn to make better choices," McCullough said, choking up.
Although Anderson didn't address the crowd directly Tuesday morning, he said he plans to in the future.
"I have a bunch of youth groups to talk to. I want to start small and get bigger," he said. "Be careful and make your choices wise. I used to be reckless and crazy. Not anymore."
Anderson, who will continue his therapy at Chattanooga's Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation three days a week, will start back to classes after the winter break. After his accident, he could only shrug his shoulders, he said, but he lowly has regained some movement in his hands and arms.
He first saw some of his friends at a football game two weeks ago and said some of them didn't know what to say to him. He said he appreciated Wills' information session.
"They can ask me anything. Nothing offends me," he said.
As for the future?
"Oh, I'm going to walk again, no doubt in my mind."
Kelli Gauthier covers K-12 education in Hamilton County for the Times Free Press. She started at the paper as an intern in 2006, crisscrossing the region writing feature stories from Pikeville, Tenn., to Lafayette, Ga. She also covered crime and courts before taking over the education beat in 2007. A native of Frederick, Md., Kelli came south to attend Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, where she earned a bachelor's degree in print journalism. Before newspapers, ...


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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Offwill never listen
Digging: Bobby Barnett - Little Wounds
Album Rating: 2.5cold beat sounds like the severnaya bunker complex from goldeneye 007 when the alarm goes off
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffThat level rules, when all those dudes with the black suits and glasses come in duel wielding klobbs
Album Rating: 3.5This is okay.
Some things on this are horrible though, like R. Kelly.
Album Rating: 3.5nice review, btw. pos'd
Album Rating: 3.0GOOD ALBUM
Album Rating: 3.0sin city has the best hook but ugh that rest of the song
pure ass
Album Rating: 3.5I hope Khris Humphries doesn't like good music.
Album Rating: 3.5GOOD would have been GOD but they decided to add more ohs
Album Rating: 3.51 New God Flow 4.8/5
2 Mercy 4.7/5
3 The Morning 4.4/5
4 To The World 4.0/5
5 Higher 4.0/5
6 Sin City 3.9/5
7 Cold 3.9/5
8 The One 3.5/5
9 Clique 3.5/5
10 Creepers 2.3/5
11 Bliss 2.0/5
12 I Don't Like 1/5 Bad ass beat but happens to have the worst mc'ing of all time. :-/
Album Rating: 3.5Underrated because the production and Pusha are awesome
Big Sean is laughable though
Digging: Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Album Rating: 3.5To The World I think is my favorite track here, it's close with Cold though
Album Rating: 3.0clique is cool to the world is cool sin city could have been gr8 idkidc bout the rest
Album Rating: 3.5Is your chicks not thirsty or something?
Album Rating: 3.0best part of this album is like the first 15 secs of clique
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffFirst song rules hard, I guess I'm downloading
sin city is probably the best
the john legend song is good too (although that may be sin city lol)
Digging: Futures - 21st Century Chimney Sweep
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffFirst time hearing R Kelly, he sounds gr8
You've never heard "i believe i can fly"?
To the WOOOOOO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-ORLD.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffI've heard the chorus and parodies and stuff
2nd song is kind of annoying, third song is lol, not sure if lol in a good or bad way yet
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Devon Murray
Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the second instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. The story follows Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a deadly monster that petrifies the school's pupils. The film stars
Daniel Radcliffe
as Harry Potter, alongside
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. It is the sequel to
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
and is followed by
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
It was released on 15 November 2002 in the UK and North America. The film was very well received at the box office, making $879 million USD worldwide and is the 24th highest-grossing film of all time. The seventh highest grossing film in the Harry Potter series. It was nominated for three BAFTA Film Awards in 2003.
Production for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets began on 19 November 2001, just three days after the widespread release of the first Harry Potter film. Shooting first took place in Surrey, England, at Number Four Privet Drive, Little Whinging, of the Dursleys' home. It was shot on location on the Isle of Man and in several places in Great Britain; Leavesden Film Studios in London made several scenes for Hogwarts. Mr. Weasley's car was created from a Ford Anglia. Other locations were shot in England, including a Hogwarts Express set in King's Cross railway station Platform 9¾. The famous cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral were used as the setting for Hogwart's School. Filming finished in the summer of 2002.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets premiered in the UK on 3 November 2002 and in the United States and Canada on 14 November 2002 before its widespread release on 15 November, one year after the Philosopher's Stone. The film broke multiple records upon its opening. In the U.S. and Canada the film opened to an $88.4 million opening weekend at 3,682 cinemas, the third largest opening at the time, behind Spider-Man and the film's predecessor
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
. In the United Kingdom the film broke all opening records that were previously held by
The Philosopher's Stone
. It made £18.9 million during its opening including previews and £10.9 million excluding previews. It went on to make £54.8 million in the UK, the fifth biggest tally of all time in the region at the time.
The film made a total of $879 million worldwide, which made it the fifth highest-grossing film ever at the time. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2002 worldwide behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and the fourth higheset-grossing film in the U.S. and Canada that year with $261 million behind Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. However, it was the number one film of the year at the non-American box office making $617 million compared to The Two Towers' $584.5 million.
The film's reviews were generally positive and it currently holds an 83% "Certified Fresh" approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes (the fourth most favourably reviewed Harry Potter film on the site) and a score of 63 out of 100 at Metacritic representing "generally favourable reviews" (the least favourably reviewed Harry Potter film on the site). Roger Ebert called The Chamber of Secrets "a phenomenal film" and gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, especially praising the set design. Entertainment Weekly commended the film for being better and darker than its predecessor: "And among the things this Harry Potter does very well indeed is deepen the darker, more frightening atmosphere for audiences. This is as it should be: Harry's story is supposed to get darker". Richard Roeper praised the directing and the films faithfulness to the book, saying: "Chris Columbus, the director, does a real wonderful job of being faithful to the story but also taking it into a cinematic era". Variety also said the film was excessively long, but praised it for being darker and more dramatic, saying that its confidence and intermittent flair to give it a life of its own apart of the books was something
The Philosopher's Stone
never achieved. A. O. Scott from The New York Times said: "instead of feeling stirred you may feel battered and worn down, but not, in the end, too terribly disappointed".
Peter Travers from The Rolling Stone condemned the film for being over-long and too faithful to the book: "Once again, director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours". Kenneth Turan from The Los Angeles Times called the film a cliché which is "deja vu all over again, it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production – pro or con – you'll likely think of this one".
Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe
has said that "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is his favorite book.
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Preparing for a visit from Uncle Vernon Dursley's boss, the Dursleys send Harry to his room. Harry finds Dobby the house elf, who warns against returning to Hogwarts. When Harry refuses, Dobby causes havoc in the house and frames Harry for ruining Vernon's meeting. Vernon locks Harry in his room to prevent his return to Hogwarts. Ron, Fred, and George Weasley arrive in their flying car to rescue Harry and take him to The Burrow, their home. Harry meets Ron's younger sister, Ginny, who is about to begin at Hogwarts and has a crush on Harry. Harry also meets Ron's father, Arthur Weasley; he had met Mrs. Weasley the previous year. Harry and the Weasleys travel to Diagon Alley by Floo Powder. While shopping, Harry meets Gilderoy Lockhart, a famous wizard and author, and later Draco Malfoy and his father, Lucius, who praise Voldemort and deride Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys.
At King's Cross Station, though the rest of the Weasleys reach Platform 9 3/4 without trouble, Harry and Ron find the magical barrier blocked; as a result, they miss the Hogwarts Express. Harry and Ron take the flying car and reach Hogwarts, but accidentally land in the school's Whomping Willow. Ron's wand is broken and the car behaves erratically, ejecting the boys and driving itself into the Forbidden Forest. When Harry and Ron enter Hogwarts they are seen by Snape, who scolds them for flying the car to Hogwarts and nearly expels them. Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore arrive and McGonagall defends the boys and tells them they will receive detention only.
Shortly after the start of term, Harry begins hearing an ominous, icy, cold voice coming from inside the walls, starting in his detention with Lockhart. Harry, Ron and Hermione find the message "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware" written in blood across a wall and discover that caretaker Argus Filch's cat has been petrified. Legend has it that the Chamber of Secrets can only be opened by the Heir of Slytherin; it is said to be the home of a creature that will only obey the Heir. Harry suspects the Heir is Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart, hired to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, offers a dueling club. At the meeting Draco conjures a snake that Harry discovers he can talk to. Hermione explains that he is a Parselmouth like Salazar Slytherin, a connection that causes the school to believe Harry is his Heir. The three brew Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as Malfoy's friends Crabbe and Goyle, and interrogate Malfoy, but learn that he is not the Heir.
In a bathroom Harry finds a book with nothing written in it that belonged to someone named Tom Marvolo Riddle. Through the enchanted book Harry sees events that happened fifty years ago when Tom was a student. Tom's memories incriminate Hagrid as the Heir.
Over the course of the school year, Colin Creevey, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Hermione and even the Gryffindor ghost Sir Nicholas are found petrified, and Tom Riddle's diary goes missing. Harry and Ron decide to see Hagrid, but before they can speak to him Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy arrive. While Ron and Harry hide, the visitors tell Hagrid they are suspending Dumbledore as headmaster and arresting Hagrid under suspicion of having opened the Chamber. Before Hagrid is taken away he tells Ron and Harry to follow the spiders into the Forbidden Forest for the truth. They do so and meet Aragog, a giant spider thought to have killed a student fifty years ago. Aragog reveals that he is not the monster who killed the student and that Hagrid is innocent. Aragog's sons and daughters attack Harry and Ron, but the flying car rescues them.
Harry and Ron learn from a piece of paper in Hermione's hand that the monster is a basilisk and overhear the teachers saying that Ginny has been taken into the Chamber. Lockhart is sent to find the Chamber and save Ginny, but tries to escape until Harry and Ron catch him. It turns out Lockhart's past is false; he used memory-erasing charms on witches and wizards to take credit for their accomplishments. The three find the chamber entrance in Moaning Myrtle's (the girl who died the first time the Chamber opened) bathroom and enter to find a giant snake skin. Lockhart tries stopping Harry and Ron using a memory charm, but it backfires. Lockhart loses his memory and part of the Chamber caves in, separating Harry from the others. Harry finds Ginny and Tom Riddle appears, explaining that he is a memory preserved in the diary. Riddle tells Harry that he is taking over Ginny's soul so that he may regain power. Harry learns that Riddle is Slytherin's Heir and is Lord Voldemort in his teenage form. Riddle sends the basilisk to kill Harry but Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes, attacks the basilisk's eyes. Fawkes gives Harry the Sorting Hat, in which appears the Sword of Godric Gryffindor. Harry impales the basilisk in the roof of its mouth, killing it. However a fang stabs his arm.
Harry destroys Voldemort/Riddle by piercing the diary with the fang. Ginny regains consciousness and finds Harry dying, but Fawkes heals Harry's wound with his tears. Dumbledore is returned to the school and Hagrid is released from Azkaban. Dumbledore assuages Harry's concerns of his worthiness to belong to Gryffindor House by pointing out that only a true member could have summoned Godric's sword. Learning that Lucius gave the diary to Ginny and that Dobby serves the Malfoys, Harry tricks Lucius into freeing him from servitude. Everyone who has been petrified is restored. At the year end's feast, Hagrid is welcomed back by a roaring applause.
In a post-credits scene, a new Gilderoy Lockhart book is on display at Flourish & Blotts, entitled "WHO AM I?" and depicting an amnesiac, confused Lockhart in a straitjacket.
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Hugh Grant was originally cast as Gilderoy Lockhart but was forced to withdraw at the last moment because of scheduling conflicts.
Zoë Wanamaker
does not appear in this film as Hogwarts' flying instructor, Madam Hooch, as
found the salary unsatisfying. Her character was written out by giving Hooch's speaking lines to McGonagall and other characters.
Christian Coulson
landed the role as Tom Riddle, even though he was 23 and exceeded the 15-17 age group set for auditions.
Fourteen Ford Anglias were destroyed to create the scene where Harry and Ron crash into the Whomping Willow.
During the shoot, the part of Dobby was played by a ball on a stick (he was added digitally later, of course).
The train station interior used in the film is King's Cross in North London, whereas the exterior shot is actually St. Pancras. The two stations are adjacent to one another, but not the same building. This was done because the architecture of St. Pancras is much more visually appealing.
Filming began three days after the release of
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The set for Flourish and Blotts is a redress of the set that served as Olivander's Wand Shop in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
To get a sense of how nasty his character should be,
Jason Isaacs
had to go back and watch
Tom Felton's
performance in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
A cinema manager in Stavanger, Norway reported that the film was making his younger patrons ill. Evidently many children who had overindulged on sweets and popcorn were throwing up when Ron begins vomiting giant slugs. "It is not a particularly fun task for our employees to have to wash away the sick," he said.
Some of the portraits in Hogwarts are actually faces of production designer Stuart Craig and executive producer Mark Radcliffe.
A gag from the book is rendered incomprehensible in the film, due to lack of information. While chatting with the Grangers at the bookshop, Mr. Weasley says, "I understand that other Muggles are afraid of you." This is because they are dentists.
A story circulated that
Emma Watson
broke her left wrist during filming and that you can just see a little bit of the cast under her sleeve in some scenes, but it turned out to be false.
The tapestries hanging in the Gryffindor Common Room are copies of the "Lady and the Unicorn" series, a set of 16th century tapestries that are now displayed in the Cluny Museum in Paris.
The Weasleys' car registration number is 7990 TD.
All four of director Chris Columbus's children appear in this movie. Eleanor Columbus plays Susan Bones (also plays her in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Brendan Columbus plays a boy in study hall, Violet Columbus plays the little girl with flowers, and Isabella Columbus plays the little girl in the bookstore.
In the UK, this became the first movie to achieve a million DVD sales in its first weekend.
Nurses were drafted into the production when an outbreak of head lice occurred among the young cast.
Tickets for the film went on sale in Britain more than a month before the film was due to open.
The Weasley's car is a Ford Anglia. This is actually the same color and model car that author J.K. Rowling and her best friend from school used to ride around in when they were younger. She used the car for the book, and later the movie, out of her fond memories driving in it.
The salute that Snape and Lockhart, and Harry and Draco, make during their Dueling Club session, is a modified version of the salute made in fencing.
Through advance ticket sales at Odeon cinemas, the film generated more than £1 million (roughly 200,000 tickets) before its release in the UK. An additional £8 million was generated through preview showings at UK cinemas (both Odeon and non-Odeon).
Kate Duchêne, who plays Miss Hardbroom on the TV series The Worst Witch was reportedly offered a role in the movie but supposedly declined.
On an episode of Have I Got News for You broadcast around this film's release, the panelists discuss an article claiming that the Russian President (later Premier) Vladimir Putin was deeply disturbed and offended that Dobby the House elf seemed to have been created in his image. There is an undeniable resemblance either way.
Full-size models replaced the actors in scenes where their characters have been petrified.
In order to create a realistic image of the floating set of needles (knitting in The Burrow), one of the crew coerced his mother to let them film her for several hours as she did her own knitting.
Due to schedule conflicts, John Williams was not able to deliver a fully elaborated score. Composer-arranger William Ross was hired to adapt Williams' material to complete the film's score and was subsequently conducting the orchestra during the recording sessions.
The film earned over $88 million in the US on its opening weekend, which at the time placed it third in the all-time biggest opening behind Spider-Man and
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Robbie Coltrane
had to turn down a part in The West Wing to reprise his role as Hagrid.
Richard Harris
died a few weeks before the film's release.
Daniel Radcliffe
was initially only offered £125,000 (approximately US $181,500) for this film. The actors' union, Equity, stepped in and negotiated new terms which increased his salary to roughly £2,000,000 (US $3,000,000).
Many Harry Potter fans went to see Scooby-Doo just to see a trailer for this film.
The title used by the crew to disguise the shoot (and printed on the clapper boards) was "Incident on 57th Street", the title of a 1973
Bruce Springsteen
Young Hagrid is played by Martin Bayfield, who stands in for
Robbie Coltrane
as his height double in all the Potter films. His voice is dubbed by
, for the sake of consistency.
Shirley Henderson
, who played Moaning Myrtle, is the oldest actress (age 37) to portray a Hogwarts student.
When Hagrid is escorting Harry out of Knockturn Alley, and again when Lockhart turns to show his other profile to the photographer, hardcover editions of Harry Potter books can be seen on the shelves.
The second of eight movies based on the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling.
According to Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, Moaning Myrtle was a member of Ravenclaw House.
The opal necklace, which plays an important role in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, can briefly be glimpsed inside a display case in Borgin and Burkes' shop in Knockturn Alley when Harry first enters.
During production,
Emma Watson
frequently brought her pet hamster Millie on set. Unfortunately, Millie passed away shortly after shooting began. The set department for the film created a specially-made hamster coffin, complete with velvet lining and the name "Millie" engraved on the top. "I don't think a hamster has ever had a better send-off."
Jude Law was deemed too young to play Gilderoy Lockhart.
During the Quidditch Match, some of the music used while Harry and Draco chase the Golden Snitch was used during the speeder chase scene in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. John Williams did both scores.
In a bit of foreshadowing that is only seen in the movie version, Lucius Malfoy takes one book out of Ginny Weasley's cauldron, but drops two back in.
Although the subplot which involved Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater (when Ginny discovered them kissing and promised not to tell anybody) was cut, whilst Nearly Headless Nick is on his way to the Great Hall, he does say: "Hello Percy, Ms Clearwater," to the couple as they walk out.
When Hagrid charges into Dumbledore's office to defend Harry, he is carrying a dead rooster in his hands. This is in reference to a scene in the book (cut from the movie) where Hagrid finds all the roosters dead. The sound of a cock-crow is fatal to a basilisk.
The script originally said that Hermione would hug Harry and Ron in the final scene. As the then 11-year-old
Emma Watson
was embarrassed about having to hug the boys in front of the entire cast, Chris Columbus allowed her to change the scene so that Hermione just hugs Harry then starts to hug Ron but the two get embarrassed and resolve to only shake hands.
also stated in a recent interview that she kept letting
Daniel Radcliffe
go too quickly, so the film was "frozen" for a few seconds to make the hug look like it lasted longer than it actually did. Her hesitation with Ron is also taken by fans as a precursor to the relationship that will develop between the two characters.
When Lucius Malfoy tries to curse Harry at the end, he mutters,"Avada..." As mentioned in the 4th book, this is the beginning of an Unforgivable Curse named Avada Kedavra, or the killing curse.
Foreign language translations had to change Tom Marvolo Riddle's name so that an appropriate anagram could be formed from "I am Lord Voldemort." In Spanish, his name became "Tom Sorvolo Ryddle," which transforms into "Soy Lord Voldemort." In French, his name is "Tom Elvis Jedusor," which becomes "Je suis Voldemort." In Dutch, his name is "Marten Asmodom Vilijn" which is an anagram for "Mijn naam is Voldemort". In Turkish the name is "Tom Marvoldo Riddle" which makes up "Adim Lord Voldemort". In Brazilian Portuguese the name is "Tom Servolo Riddle" which makes up "Eis Lord Voldemort". In danish, his name is "Romeo G. Detlev Jr." which makes up "Jeg er Voldemort".
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