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|Shawn Thornton on D&C: 'I think everybody wants [fighting] in the game'
|12.04.13 at 9:49 am ET
Bruins forward Shawn Thornton joined Dennis & Callahan on Wednesday for his weekly discussion, as the B's prepare for a Thursday night game in Montreal against the Canadiens.
Thornton said players who join the Bruins should know how heated this rivalry can be before stepping onto the ice.
"You are expected to, but it probably took a game or three for me to actually really understand it," he said. "Now I fully embrace it."
Added Thornton: "You just get an appreciation for the deep-rooted history of hatred for each other. Being in that building and then coming into our building, there's an energy level that you don't really know about until you're involved in it. I'm excited for our new guys to actually get a taste of it here."
Despite the nastiness that sometimes has surrounded the rivalry, Thornton said he feels comfortable mingling with the locals while in the city.
"They're very knowledgeable fans up there. They're very passionate, obviously," he said. "For the most part, they're hockey fans. Even if they don't like us, there might be some chirping and stuff, but no [more than that]."
There has been a movement to curtail fighting in hockey, but Thornton said he does not believe it will be banned from the game while he is playing.
"I think they want it in the game. I think everybody wants it in the game," Thornton said. "But they're kind of at a stage now with all the [concussion] stuff going on that the league's been put in a position that they have to cover their own [butts] about it. I think that's the biggest reason that you feel this sort of push towards I guess it being phased out a little. But I think it's more about covering their own [butts] than anything else."
|Shawn Thornton on D&C: Tuukka Rask 'unbelievable' vs. Rangers
|11.20.13 at 11:44 am ET
Bruins forward Shawn Thornton joined Dennis & Callahan on Wednesday morning to discuss the team's recent hot streak.
That streak includes a 2-1 win over the Rangers on the road Tuesday night. Thornton tallied the game's first goal, his third of the season. He also scored against the Blue Jackets last Thursday. Despite the offensive outburst, he still recognizes his role as the team enforcer.
'That's still my job, first and foremost,' Thornton said. '[I've been] a little lucky the last few games, but I've still got my real job.'
Linemate Daniel Paille scored a shorthanded, game-winning goal in the second period.
'After Paille scored that goal, it kind of gave us a little bit of a lift, and you tend to get pumped up when you see the grinders pop one shorthanded,' Thornton said.
In the last five games, the fourth line — Thornton, Paille and Gregory Campbell — has a combined four goals, three assists and 19 shots.
'I always joke with the media that it doesn't matter who's on my line, we're always the fourth line,' Thornton said. 'I remember a few years ago, when [Blake] Wheeler was here, I got bumped up to play with [David] Krejci and Wheeler, but everyone just talked about how Wheeler and Krejci got demoted to the fourth line. It doesn't matter who it is, if I'm on it, it's still the fourth line.'
While Thornton and Paille provided the offensive fireworks in Tuesday's victory, goalie Tuukka Rask shut down the Rangers. He allowed just one goal, and recorded 43 saves.
'Every time we play against those guys he's unbelievable,' Thornton said. 'I think he just really enjoys the challenge of facing Henrik Lundqvist. He earned it last night, he was unbelievable.'
Despite Thornton's solid play of late, coach Claude Julien opted to make him a healthy scratch for the Bruins' 4-1 win over the Hurricanes on Monday.
'I don't like sitting out, obviously, no one likes being the guy that's the odd man out,' Thornton said. 'He told me that it wasn't because of my play, that I've been playing pretty well, it's just [Jordan] Caron was coming up on sitting out 10 games straight, I think, and he wanted to get him in. And Carolina didn't really have an enforcer threat, so it was as good a time as any to try to get him back in the game.'
To hear the interview, go to the Dennis & Callahan audio on demand page. For more Bruins news, go to the team page at weei.com/bruins.
|Shawn Thornton a healthy scratch vs. Hurricanes
|11.18.13 at 7:08 pm ET
Shawn Thornton was a healthy scratch for Monday night's game against the Hurricanes, allowing Jordan Caron to get into the lineup for the first time in nine games.
Thornton was a healthy scratch once last season (March 2 against the Lightning), but had yet to sit this season. The fourth line of Gregory Campbell between Daniel Paille and Thornton had been intact for the first 19 games of the season.
For more on the Bruins, visit weei.com/bruins.
|Shawn Thornton on D&C: 'We're working our [butts] off, but we're not working that smart'
|11.06.13 at 10:29 am ET
Bruins forward Shawn Thornton joined Dennis & Callahan on Wednesday to discuss the team's shootout loss to the Stars on Tuesday, and their recent slump.
Dallas knocked off Boston, 3-2, at TD Garden thanks to the shootout heroics of a pair of former Bruins, Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley. Seguin scored the first shootout goal, and Peverley ensured the victory with the second, as the pair played Boston for the first time since being traded from the Bruins this summer.
'Losing sucks, period, right now, but we didn't put too much stock into the fact that [Peverley] and [Seguin] were on the other sideline, it was just the Dallas Stars,' Thornton said.
Seguin and Peverley were shipped to the Stars in exchange for Loui Eriksson and three Dallas prospects on July 4. Seguin has thrived in the new environment, scoring six goals and assisting on nine in the Stars' first 15 games, while Peverley has chipped in with two goals and five assists.
'[Seguin] played pretty hard last night. He's at center, so when he was on the wing with us he had to win a lot of those war battles in our zone, and I think he'd probably say the same thing, I think he's more suited to use his speed in their system up the middle,' Thornton said.
The crucial play in Tuesday's game came with Boston leading 2-1 with less than three minutes remaining in the game. Stars forward Vernon Fiddler streaked unabated to the goal on a breakaway, and Bruins defender Dennis Seidenberg opted to hook Fiddler and bring him to the ground. The violation lead to a penalty shot, which Fiddler buried to tie the score at two and send the game into overtime.
'I know [Seidenberg] was coming on the ice and tried his best to get there and do what he could to negate a goal and unfortunately there was a penalty shot called,' Thornton said. 'But that's just one play that ended up in a goal, the whole game doesn't come down to that. '¦ I think there's a lot of stuff that went wrong during that game that we're going to have to work on.'
The Bruins entered Tuesday's bout with Dallas desperate for a win after losing three of their last four games. The overtime loss dropped them to a tie for four place in the Atlantic Division with Montreal.
'Sometimes it's not the effort maybe, but the way we're working, too,' Thornton said. 'I can speak for our line I guess that we're working our [butts] off, but we're not working that smart, we're not reading off of each other properly. It's almost like you get frustrated and you want to do too much, and that's counterproductive sometimes.'
To hear the interview, go to the Dennis & Callahan audio on demand page. For more Bruins news, visit the team page at weei.com/bruins.
|Bruins review: Good week for Reilly Smith, Shawn Thornton's hands
|10.20.13 at 6:00 am ET
Reviewing the week that was in Bruins land.
Welcome to a new thing we're going to do here each Sunday on the Big Bad Blog. As the name and italicized words suggest, it will take a look back at the week for the Bruins, who's playing well, who isn't and what's going on in Providence.
The Bruins won two of three this week and stand third in the Atlantic Division with 10 points, two behind the Red Wings and Maple Leafs. Both Detroit and Toronto have played nine games to Boston's seven, however.
Red Wings beat Bruins, 3-2, on 10/14 (recap)
Bruins beat Panthers, 3-2, on 10/17 (recap)
Tim Thomas told his side of the story, putting some blame on the Bruins
David Krejci said that nobody knew what was going on with Thomas two years ago
We tried to make sense of all that
Tuukka Rask shut out the Lightning on 10/19 (recap)
Carl Soderberg returned to the lineup
Reilly Smith: Though he wasn't even a sidebar when the Bruins swing their trade with the Stars, Smith was a player Peter Chiarelli specifically wanted, and the 22-year-old has shown why. Smith has gone from competing for a third-line job to playing on the second-line and power play. His first goal as a Bruin was the game-winner Thursday against Thomas, and he had the primary assist on the team's third goal Saturday with a nice pass to Patrice Bergeron. Only issue thus far: He passes too much.
Carl Soderberg: Soderberg made his season debut Saturday and looked good. He skated well and showed what could be top-six skill. The question is whether Jordan Caron will sit for long.
Shawn Thornton's hands: After fighting in three of the first four games of the season, Thornton kept his gloves on this week. He nearly scored in Thursday's win over the Panthers off a nice pass from Paille in front, but was stopped by Thomas.
Daniel Paille: The Merlot Line got its first goal of the season Thursday thanks to Paille. Thornton got the second on Saturday.
The Bruins' penalty kill: The Bruins were a perfect 5-for-5 on the PK for the week.
Brad Marchand: A potential 30-goal-scorer, Marchand spent the entire week on the third line as he tries to get out of his season-opening funk. He was particularly bad Thursday against the Panthers, turning lots of pucks over in what's been an ugly trend this season. Perhaps Soderberg's presence on the third line will help him, as the line produced a goal Saturday.
Zdeno Chara: Two 5-on-5 goals were scored this week that could have been prevented by Chara. Pavel Datsyuk went around him to set up Henrik Zetterberg's goal Monday, while Chara couldn't get the puck out in front prior to Jesse Winchester's goal.
Jarome Iginla's goal total: Notice the phrasing there, as plain old "Jarome Iginla" wouldn't be accurate. Iginla was good in all zones Saturday and provided the screen in front on Adam McQuaid's second-period goal, but seven games without is a goal is something few saw coming from the future Hall-of-Famer.
The P-Bruins lost both of their games this week. Malcolm Subban allowed four goals in a 5-2 loss to Springfield Friday night, while Niklas Svedberg gave up four of his own on Saturday in a 5-4 loss to Manchester. Matt Fraser had a goal in each game, while the rest of the scoring came from Craig Cunningham, Seth Griffith, Justin Florek and Kevan Miller.
Fraser, who scored more goals in the AHL than anybody over the past two seasons, is tied with Nick Johnson for the team lead with three goals through six games this season. Ryan Spooner has two goals and three assists for five points but has a minus-2 rating.
|Shawn Thornton on D&C: 'Guys are built not to take a night off'
|10.09.13 at 10:21 am ET
Bruins forward Shawn Thornton joined Dennis & Callahan on Wednesday morning and discussed the heartbreak of last season's Stanley Cup finals, the optimism he has for this year and his relationship with Red Sox players.
Boston began the regular season 2-0 with a pair of victories at home last week. The Bruins beat the Lightning 3-1 last Thursday, then the Red Wings 4-1 last Saturday.
'It's only been two games, but you can tell the personalities in the room, that guys are built not to take a night off,' Thornton said. 'We might not be at our best every night, but I think that guys get in there wanting to show up and play every night. That might sound like it's easy to do and you should do it, but not everyone's built like that. But I think that the guys we brought in, and the guys who were already here, and the guys we kept are definitely built that way.'
Looking back at last season's Cup finals, the Bruins blew a 2-1 lead with just over a minute remaining in the third period of Game 6 vs. the Blackhawks on June 24, a loss that still stings for Thornton.
'No, it'll never be over,' Thornton said when asked when the hangover from the postseason ends. 'I'll be thinking about it for years to come, but it's more of a motivator than a hangover, you get that close and it stings.'
Less than three months removed from its gut-wrenching loss to Chicago, Boston made significant changes to its lineup. Forwards Tyler Seguin and Nathan Horton are gone, replaced by former Penguin Jerome Iginla and former Star Loui Eriksson, while youngsters Reilly Smith — acquired via trade from Dallas along with Erikkson this offseason — and Jordan Caron have taken on elevated roles.
'We've got a group of guys that have been around for seven or eight years, and we know how important that is to make people feel welcome. So, coming into our room, you'd probably have to ask them, but I'd like to think that it's a fairly easy transition, you come in with open arms,' said Thornton.
The NHL implemented a new rule regarding fighting this season. Any player who removes his helmet before the start of a fight will receive a two-minute penalty in addition to the five-minute penalty for fighting.
'I'm not a fan, I'm really not,' said Thornton, Boston's enforcer. 'Obviously I'm a little biased, but it's seven minutes for fighting now if a guy has a visor because everyone's going to take their helmet off. And I think when you take the helmet off you take away from the player safety that everyone's preaching, so I think it's counterproductive.'
The Red Sox beat the Rays on Tuesday night and moved on to the ALCS where they'll face either the Tigers or Athletics.
'We're big supporters of the Sox, pretty much any local sports team I guess,' Thornton said. 'You get to meet a lot of those guys when you're out and about in town so there's a lot of crossover, they support us, we support them. I've been here for seven years, kind of turned me from a Jays fan to a Sox fans, I'm not going to lie.'
To hear the interview, go to the Dennis & Callahan audio on demand page. For more Bruins news, visit the team page at weei.com/bruins.
|Shawn Thornton wants to play 'another year or two at least' with Bruins after this season
|08.28.13 at 2:19 pm ET
Bruins forward Shawn Thornton, who is entering the last year of a two-year, $2.2 million deal, said Wednesday that he does not plan on retiring after the season and would like to play "another year or two at least" with the Bruins.
This comes as little surprise, as Thornton said earlier this month at his annual Putts & Punches for Parkinson's tournament that he wants another contract. Thornton noted Wednesday that prior to signing with the Bruins before the 2007-08 season, he had played on one-year deals and wouldn't have a problem going back to them at this contract's expiration.
"I've got this year. I'm going to worry this year," Thornton told WEEI.com. "Hopefully it works out and obviously I'd like to play another year or two at least, and preferably with the Bruins, but that stuff's kind of out of my hands."
Thornton, 36, spent time in the Toronto, Chicago and Anaheim organizations before settling in with the Bruins, where he has become a regular at the NHL level. His best season came in 2010-11, when he had 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points, all of which were career highs. He has led the Bruins in penalty minutes in each of the last four seasons.
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Sam was the second actor to play Quentin Kelly on Grace Under Fire. He started the role 1996.
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Published: Friday, July 22, 2005 at 9:04 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 22, 2005 at 10:44 a.m.
The issue: Terrebonne health unit expansion.
We suggest: More space is needed.
The Terrebonne Parish health unit is overdue for an overhaul.
The 20-year-old building is cramped, and the configuration is such that it doesn't lend itself to the types of services the center is supposed to provide.
Health officials have plans to expand the Polk Street building so that they can better serve the people seek medical care there.
Thanks to frugal spending and close oversight of its budget, health-unit officials have managed to set aside $690,000. The money is earmarked for the revamp, which would double the building's size and make the unit compliant with the Health Insurance and Portability Act, or HIPPA.
The problem is they don't have enough money to do the necessary work or any idea where they will get it.
Preliminary estimates are that the work will cost $900,000 with additional undetermined amounts for mechanical renovations that are to be included.
Parish and state coffers likely won't provide the money, and officials say it's hard to find grants geared toward health-unit spending.
That presents a quandary that must be dealt with sooner rather than later.
But it's also true that the expansion is long overdue. The building only had 15 workers when it was built. It now has 33. The population the unit serves has also ballooned, making the need for a larger, more up dated space even more crucial.
True, the upgrade is costlier than expected.
That only means that officials should determine exactly how much the project would cost and where the money will come from before crews start work.
It doesn't mean that the revamp shouldn't be considered.
After all, the need exists.
And much of the money, about two-thirds of it, is already in the bank.
We must simply find a way to come up with the rest of the cash needed to help bring the antiquated center up to level Terrebonne's residents deserve.
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Outcast of the Islands (1952)
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|Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert Morley, Wendy Hiller, Kerima
|Carol Reed
|Joseph Conrad, William Fairchild
Description: Partially filmed on location in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Outcast of the Islands is a reasonably faithful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel. Trevor Howard plays a degenerate British expatriate who wanders aimlessly around a Malayan island. Most of the film involves the search for Howard by those on whom he's turned his back. None of the characters is particularly likable; even Howard loses audience sympathy for his plight by betraying one of his closest friends (Ralph Richardson), a ship's captain who'd raised Howard from boyhood. The unrelenting pessimism of Outcast of the Islands was such that the American distributors felt the need to ease the characters' pain by editing the picture down from 102 minutes to 94.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Released: Feb 01st, 2007
Running Time: 152
Director: Joe Gallant
Companies: VCA Pictures, Black Mirror Productions, Vca Pictures,Black Mirror Productions
Cast: The Menace, Lefty Wotan DeSade, Kimberly Kane, Tommy Pistol, Marc Vivian, Simone (I), Luke Warme, Michael T White, Brian Surewood, Lord Divad, Dino Bravo, Guy Gonzales, Mallory Knots, Johnny Irons, Tatiana Stone, Donna White, Wren, Annatomic Waste, Michelle Aston, Trina Michaels, Nillson, Liz the Lez, Zeta, Veronica Jett, Rick Savage, Erika Kole, Nick Zedd, Kenny (I)
Critical Rating: AAAA 1/2
Genre: Feature
Billing this strange trip into a not-too-far-off-future Big Apple "A Psychepolitical Porn Meditation," writer/director/editor/scorer Joe Gallant unfurls something akin to a cross-pollination of the works of David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky and Jim Powers.
The storyline - if you can call it that - basically revolves around a sexual underground in the "Former United States of America" which produces porn meant to counteract that being disseminated by the Orwellian corporate government. The latter, you see, is loaded with subliminal advertising that at once funds the bureaucracy and allows it to control the populace.
Sure, one would expect nothing less obtuse and antiestablishment from Gallant, the most beatnik of porn directors there is. But somehow this movie gels in a way his previous ones (or at least those this reviewer has seen) haven't. It's a compelling concept, and one with a fresh skew on the terrifying current state of the world.
What's more, it's got some pretty hot sex in it, including Performer of the Year nominee Kimberly Kane's very first anal scene, as well as one between Veronica Jett and Tommy Pistol that just wails. Jett also serves as one quarter of a great fourway in the Mojave Desert, the other three quarters consisting of Trina Michaels, Brian Surewood and Dino Bravo.
Not everybody digs porn they can think to, we know, but for those who do, it doesn't get much more stimulating (mentally and physically, of course) than this.
Pre-noms: Best Videography (Gallant), Best Editing (Gallant), Best Music (Gallant), Best Anal Scene (Jett & Pistol), Best Group Scene (Jett, Michaels, Surewood & Bravo), Best Actress (Kane), Best Supporting Actor (Surewood), Best Director - Video (Gallant), Best Video Feature.
Retailing: Gallant enthusiasts and/or those jonesing to see Kane do anal.


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Mandriva Linux 2008 Beta 1 Released
Mandriva "Cassini" includes kernel 2.6.22 and new versions of various applications, and it supports a whole bunch of new hardware. Compiz Fusion replaces Beryl.
Mandriva 2008 Beta 1 includes the following versions of major packages: Kernel 2.6.22, X.org 7.2, KDE 3.5.7 / Gnome 2.19.6, Firefox 184.108.40.206, and Open Office 2.2. 3D desktop effects are provided by the Compiz Fusion compositing manager, which now incorporates developments from Beryl.
GPL drivers are available to support a whole bunch of new hardware, including NVIDIA Geforce 8400 through 8600 graphics cards and the Intel 4965AGN WLAN chipset. This version does not include a number of proprietary components that will be available in the second beta.
The Ntfs-3g module makes NTFS partitions writable. The fact that the installation routine does not allow users to create more than 15 partitions is also new. This is due to the fact that IDE controller drivers are no longer built into the kernel but loaded as modules
A list of changes in the beta version is available on the project's website. The changes planned for the final release of the Mandriva distribution are listed on another wiki site, however, not all of them have been implemented.
The Beta 1 is available as a three CD or single DVD image as a 32 bit version for the x86 architecture only. According to the developers a mini ISO is also available. It simply installs the basic system, but users can install remaining packages from the online repositories.
Mandriva Linux 2008 Beta 1 can be downloaded from any of the mirrors. Testers are invited to provide feedback via the Bugzilla or various Mandriva forums.
Mandriva 2008 is due for release September 27: a further beta and two release candidates are planned in the interim period.
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Obama Chastises Netanyahu for not Adopting US PolicyWednesday, June 3rd, 2015
President Barack Obama used Israeli television Tuesday night to accelerate his campaign to make Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu look like an illegitimate leader
The President established his credentials for a thorough knowledge and understanding of Israel. Afar all, he said, "When I've visited Israel, when I was in Sderot, talking to families who had seen missiles crash through their living rooms; when I was with young people in Jerusalem and talking to them about the possibilities of peace, the reception was incredibly warm."
He then provided evidence that he knows and understands "the very moral imperatives that led to the founding of Israel — the belief that all of us share a basic humanity and dignity and rights that make it important for us to speak out against anti-Semitism."
So much for Theodore Herzl and Zionism.
President Obama then went to the heart of his criticism of Netanyahu's leadership in Israel, but he inadvertently exposed his administration as a wholesale failure without his questioner taking note.
Referring to the dangers of security to Israel, he noted "the incredible tumult and chaos that's taking place in the Middle East, the hope of the Arab Spring that turned into the disasters of places like Syria, the rise of ISIL, the continuing expressions of anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli settlement [sentiment] in so much of the Arab world, the rockets coming in from Gaza, the buildup of arms by Hezbollah.
And which country and which president of the same country encouraged the Arab Spring without the ability to see beyond tomorrow, because of ignorance of the Middle East? The United States and President Barack Obama.
And which country and which president encouraged Israel to exercise "restraint" and not respond "disproportionately" when Hamas and Hezbollah tried to destroy the country? Same answer.
But the heart of Obama's creed is "two states," which he stills dreams is a "solution." He blamed Prime Minister Netanyahu for "so many conditions" for "two states" "that it is not realistic to think that those conditions would be met any time in the near future."
His clincher is that since the peace process is a dead duck, Israel is to be blamed and will be deemed illegitimate:
And so the danger here is that Israel as a whole loses credibility.
Already, the international community does not believe that Israel is serious about a two-state solution.
His statements represent a huge collapse of his former promises the United States would not impose conditions on Israel. President Obama always has promised that Israel should be guaranteed security and should remain Jewish, but now he is defining what those terms mean.
Netanyahu's concerns for security are not Obama's, and therefore the Prime Minister's conditions are not "practical."
The President did not utter one word about the Palestinian Authority, not about Mahmoud Abbas' corrupt regime that he heads seven years after his term of office has expired, and not about Abbas' refusal to talk with Israel except on his own condition of "all or nothing."
President Obama used to criticize the Palestinian Authority for ditching the Oslo Accords and going to the United Nations for recognition, but he indicated in the interview last night that he might tacitly support the move.
Obama said:
But the practical consequence that I refer to — let's be very specific — if there are additional resolutions introduced in the United Nations, up until this point, we have pushed away against European efforts, for example, or other efforts because we've said, the only way this gets resolved is if the two parties work together….
Iin fact, there's no prospect of an actual peace process, if nobody believes there's a peace process, then it becomes more difficult to argue with those who are concerned about settlement construction, those who are concerned about the current situation– it's more difficult for me to say to them, be patient and wait because we have a process here — because all they need to do is to point to the statements that have been made saying there is no process.
But Obama says Israel has his back.Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu


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His name is Hunter.
It's a banner day for apologies in the financial services industry. Jiau, a consultant who was convicted of passing along information to hedge-funders, took the opportunity at her sentencing to not only apologize to family and friends, but also a very special someone. "I'm sorry I broke my promise to take care of you and be with you," she said in court. That "you" would be her golden retriever, Hunter. [Dealbreaker]


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Is Harry Potter a secret cross-dresser?
Not exactly, but Daniel Radcliffe does wear a pale, lacy bra in a new trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
In the clip, Radcliffe says in a high-pitched girl's voice, "Look away, I'm hideous." So is it really Potter himself in a brazier?
Nope. In the plot of the film, a bunch of Potter's pals take a potion to transform themselves into Potter lookalikes, so it's actually Fleur Delacour who is the bra-wearing Harry.
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Manhunt kills its way to PSN Europe today
Manhunt has released on PSN Europe, courtesy of publisher Rockstar Games. The mega-controversial kill-em-up comes with all the PS2 content intact and unedited.
Rockstar flagged up the release in a press release this morning, and reminded us of the £7.99 price-point. You can check out the game's product page on PSN here.
If you missed the game first time around, you play as James Earl Cash, a felon who is let loose in Carcer City, and must fight for his life in a sadistic game orchestrated by sick movie director Lionel Starkweather. One part stealth game, one part snuff movie, the game raised alarm in the tabloid press and among parents upon its release, but here we all are, alive and well.
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Released: Mar 01st, 2000
Running Time: 48
Directors: Jeff Hickey, Matt Zane
Company: InZane Records
Cast: Insane Clown Posse, El Duce, Coal Chamber, Matt Zane, Mark McGrath, Limp Bizkit, Nashville Pussy, Lemmy
Critical Rating: Not Yet Rated
Genre: Alternative
Essentially a softcore (even tits are blacked out) version of Zane Entertainment's Backstage Pass 1 & 2, this vid features member of well-known bands sharing stories of their favorite groupie experiences. The most entertaining of these is the segment featuring Insane Clown Posse's Violent J. (whose conversational style sounds exactly like Rob Black's) and Shaggy 2 Dope telling sex stories to an enthralled Raylene and Brittany Andrews. "Chicks don't find me attractive 'til I'm up onstage," Violent J. confides.


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New Steampunk Necklaces by asunderWatch
©2010-2016 asunder
What a talent! I'm amazed.
Love these too!so talented!the kind of jewellery i like!welldone!
good lord do i love your peices! I've bought three peices so far and they've always gotten a ton of compliments! I just need to replace the chain on one of them, but i've had it for a couple of years now And wore it a LOT!
So glad you like them! I use higher quality chains now, before I was using chain from a craft store, then I later found out that they were cheap and flimsy!!
it's okay that's how we make progress! LOL I love the piece, I'm going to replace the chain soon and wear it everywhere again ;D I can't wait for more of your work!
Oooh I love the absinthe spoon piece... I think that's what you are going for there.


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Department: Associated Students of the University of Montana Western
Position: Half-time w/full benefit package
Wage: $11.50 per hour
Union Affiliation: Montana Public Employees Association
Posting Date: July 2016
Monitor and reconcile the budgets for Student Senate, Student Activities, Campus Clubs, KDWG, and Recycling. Maintain accounts payable and receivable for all above. This includes printing and distributing purchase orders, collecting receipts from vendors, and submitting all, including credit card charges to the business office. Purchase office supplies and items necessary for activities or events when making out of town trips. Recognize senator birthdays and special events. Be available to help and direct students when needed.
Fall and spring responsibilities include: Attend Senate meetings, give a weekly report, take minutes, distribute minutes to senators and advisor, and post minutes on ASUMW webpage. Keep permanent senator attendance & voting records. Ensure all senators are meeting GPA requirements (2 times per semester). Monitor senator office hours, assignments, and committee work. Make travel arrangements for MAS/BOR, conferences, etc. Purchase supplies and equipment, and manage contracts with outside vendors. Clean offices/senate conference room and water plants on a weekly basis. Ensure overall tidiness of offices at all times. Coordinate the activities and intramurals calendars, negotiate contracts, etc. Coordinate campus marquee and train all office employees in marquee usage at the beginning of the school year. Conduct spring and fall elections with President and Vice President. Plan Senate Awards banquet: sending invitations, planning menu, and purchasing gifts/awards. Work with ASUMW Vice President to manage all campus club business. Train student staff. Supervise Safe Ride Program: hiring drivers, seeing that training has been completed, monitor hours, develop Safe Ride schedule, organize staff meetings, and attend DUI Task Force meetings to give updates on the program. Maintain office correspondence, thank you cards, etc. Coordinate ASUMW Website, with the assistance of the Vice President, ensuring that all information is updated and current.
Summer responsibilities include: Clean and re-organize the Student Senate offices and storage areas. Pay bills, pick up mail, and maintain correspondence. Assist in the planning of the Fall Welcome Fair and Welcome Week Activities with Vice President and Activities Coordinator.
High School graduate. Document Management and Leadership experience. Organizational and event planning experience. Experience with Microsoft Office Suite. Preference will be given to candidates with the following qualifications: College degree
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Review of applications will begin on July 15, 2016, however the position will remain open until filled.
The University of Montana Western, located in Dillon, Mont., is an innovative institution nestled in a scenic valley in the Rocky Mountains of south western Montana. The campus Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) for student enrolment is approximately 1,289. Montana Western has over 60 FTE faculty members, features small cases for all students and has been recognized for excellence by U.S. News and World Report. Montana Western's small size and focus on education innovation have earned it the reputation of being a place where faculty and staff chose to collegially and creatively make a difference in the education of students. Montana Western is the first and only public four-year college in the nation to use block scheduling in which students take a single class at a time. This immersion learning program facilitates increased opportunities for experiential types of learning.
The mission of the University of Montana Western is to provide innovative interdisciplinary education through experiential learning that combines theory and practice. Montana Western services citizens of all ages with its academic, community service, and lifelong-learning programs. As part of the global community, Montana Western encourages diversity, international awareness, environmental responsibility, and mastery of technology as a gateway to the world.
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The University of Montana Western is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from qualified women, minorities, veterans and people with disabilities. Qualified candidates may request veterans' or disabilities preference in accordance with state law. Reasonable accommodations are provided in the hiring process for persons with disabilities. Finalists for this position will be subject to a criminal background investigation.


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'Sky Arts' popular comedy and drama strand 'Playhouse Presents…' returns to delight customers with a one-off drama 'Marked', starring Stephen Fry and Kiefer Sutherland as you've never seen them before.
'Playhouse Presents… Marked' follows the story of James (Sutherland), a seemingly regular guy who has been ground down by the pressures of work, family, money and life. Drowning in debt, James hits crisis
point and in his desperation agrees upon an unlikely opportunity to make some easy money.
His disgruntled neighbour (Kevin McNally) asks him to do a 'hit' on a man in return for a large amount of cash. Agreeing to his demands, James arrives at the man's house and sets out to incapacitate his victim. But before he passes the point of no return, he discovers that things aren't quite as they seem. Instead of the mark, he is confronted with the last person (Fry) he expects to see.
'Marked' is written and directed by Greg Ellis and reunites Kiefer Sutherland and Stephen Fry who have both recently starred in '24: Live Another Day', the hit Sky 1 action drama. 'Playhouse Presents…' is
renowned for a number of acting, writing and directing debuts, the previous series of 30-minute drama and comedies has seen Cara Delevingne make her television acting debut alongside Sylvia Syms in
'Timeless', along with Matthew Perry who made his UK TV comedy debut in 'The Dog Thrower'.
"When Stephen and Kiefer agreed to do a Playhouse Presents…, it was like all my Christmas' rolled into one,"
adds Phil Edgar-Jones, director of Sky Arts.
"Their enthusiasm to work together is evident and it echoes our own customers' enthusiasm for amazing and inspiring drama. Sky is committed to working with the best, whether that is great actors, writers or directors, and giving them the freedom to create great work with gusto."
'Marked' was commissioned for Sky Arts by Cameron Roach, Head of Drama, Sky Entertainment. The executive producers are Gina Carter and Stephen Fry for Sprout Pictures and Jo McClellan for Sky. 'Playhouse Presents…' champions innovative productions and original writing, and underlines Sky's commitment to UK origination, as part of Sky's ongoing commitment to invest £600m in original content.


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I pay tribute to the Queen, while remaining convinced that we should have an elected head of state
400 veterans and thousands of school children and local residents lined the route to pay respects to the military unit
Crowds gathered to pay their respects as Elizabeth II – who joins Queen Victoria as Britain's second monarch to reach 60 years on the throne – went out for a morning of engagements
By now you should know 2012 isn't just the year of the London Olympics.
She's reigned over us now for precisely 60 years – and this one promises to be the most emotional of all
The Queen reaches 60 years on the throne today, the second-longest reign in history
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh braved the cold and snow today to attend a church service on the eve of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee anniversary
As the Diamond Jubilee approaches, we look at how Elizabeth II spends her days
Welcome to 2012... and what a year it's going to be
HAPPY New Year! As you nurse your hangover how much do you remember of 2011? Test your memories of weddings, riots and dancing celebs, with our big quiz.
PAUL NICHOLLS yesterday trained his sights on further glory for King George VI Chase recordbreaker Kauto Star - including a return to Kempton for a SIXTH victory next year.
Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding emphasised to the Queen the value of loved ones, she said in her Christmas message today.
QUITE simply, Prince Philip is THE most important person in the Queen's life – she adores him, she relies on him, she needs him.
FORMER champion jockey Richard Pitman will be getting the New Year off to a charitable start – by donating one of his kidneys to a stranger.
Paul Nicholls admits he is unsure what to expect from Kauto Stone as he drops to the minimum distance for the Sportingbet Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown tomorrow.
A special present is being gift-wrapped this Christmas for the millions of Downton Abbey fans - the show's first festive special.
CAMILLA tried on a traditional Zulu headdress today as she and Prince Charles visited a South African township.
IT may look brighter and shinier than ever... but TV has just turned 75.
It was the most anticipated dress of the century - and now the public can see it up close when it goes on display at Buckingham Palace.
Prince William and Kate Middleton gave their 10-gallon hats another outing as they launched the Calgary Stampede.
The Duke of Cambridge has suggested the experience of touring Canada and meeting its people has been the making of himself and his wife.
For some, Prince Philip is an embarrassment with a knack for ill-judged humour and gaffes that have seen him accused of racism and xenophobia.
KATE'S wedding bouquet has been left at the grave of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey.
Proud grandmother the Queen remarked today "It was amazing" after watching William wed his bride Kate.
Kate Middleton was wearing a tiara today loaned to her by Prince William's grandmother the Queen.
A PIECE of cake from the Queen Mother's wedding to stammering king George VI has sold for £744.
Master Minded has Gold Cup hero Long Run in his sights after smashing up his opposition in the John Smith's Melling Chase at Aintree.
glorious sunshine was set to make today's Grand National one of the hottest ever.
Waley-Cohen eyes historic National win
X-rays of stuttering King George VI's teeth were withdrawn from auction in Cirencester, Glos – at the Royal Family's ...
X-RAYS showing the teeth of stuttering King George VI have been withdrawn from an auction at the Royal Family's request.
It was the only "hand-me- down" dress at the Oscars... but it was the one that stole the show
Nigel Twiston-Davies yesterday gave defending title-holder Imperial Commander a ringing endorsement for his totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup defence next month - and urged punters to follow him in by backing Khyber Kim for the Champion Hurdle.
Online bookmaker 888sport has announced two special treble bets for all those cheering on the Brits at the Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Colin Firth was crowned the country's Leading Actor as The King's Speech swept the board at the Orange British Academy Film Awards.
oscar hopeful Colin Firth is stuck with the stammer he learnt for his role in smash-hit movie The King's Speech.
COLIN Firth is hoping his award-winning performance in The King's Speech will earn him an invite to the Royal Wedding.
BY GEORGE, what a turn up... as Kauto Star's fabulous run of success was ended by Long Run.
The King's Speech is a marvellous, well-crafted British film worth shouting about from the rooftops.
No Arc winner has managed to follow up with victory at the Breeders' Cup meeting – so we should be in no doubt about the task facing Workforce.


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Where is the chazal that refers to Rus and Naomi (na'ama?) as shnei preidos tovos - two good birds?
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The Talmud refers to Rut the Moabite and Naamah the Ammonite (King Shlomo's great-grandmother and wife respectively) as such at the very top of Bava Kamma 38b.


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So excited about Meet the Coopers...The Family Stone is my favorite movie of all time!
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So excited about Meet the Coopers...The Family Stone is my favorite movie of all time!
Let it snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! sung by Bing Crosby
It's tradition in our family to go get our Christmas tree in-between Thanksgiving Lunch at one grandparents house & Thanksgiving Supper at the others. We don't decorate or anything until the day...
146!!!!! :home:
This makes me so HAPPY!
You might be listening to a few christmas songs here and there to beat the Christmas Blues!
Christmas Spirit hit me this week! Just ready for November to roll around so I can REALLY start getting my Christmas butt in gear! :)
LOVE the Family Stone Ornamentmaven! I'd have to say it's my favorite movie of all time.
My 10 Favorites are:
The Family Stone
Christmas Vacation
The Santa Clause
The Polar Express
It's a Wonderful Life
Home Alone 2
Alan Menken's A Christmas Carol
How the Grinch Stole...
We decorate our back porch!
Have you ever changed the way you decorate your tree?
Breakfast Casserole
Christmas Spirit
My brother and I are both married but Santa still visits my parents house every year for us!
I always get emotional at "O Come O Come Emmanuel"
That's a tough one! I would probably say The Santa Clause.
Home alone 1 or 2?
Saw that they had Pumpkin out in our grocery store, so I will be making Pumpkin Muffins this afternoon!
Wrapped! My parents always wrapped mine in different paper too, Ornamentmaven.
Colored or white lights on your tree??
When you're ready for stores to put up the patio furniture and bring out the CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!:christmastree:
In Christmas Movies:
1. Classic
2. Tearjerker
3. Comedy
4. Must Watch every year
5. Cartoon/Animated
Mine would have to be
Good Morning everyone! Hope you all have a great Fourth of July eve! :elf1:
I love Silent Night Too, Holidayseason. We sing it acapella at our Christmas Eve service every year and it's like the Cherry on top of my Christmas Spirit!
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Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (view Academic Profile)
"There are two things that have molded me over the years. One is a parent's innate capability to love and be hopeful. The second is the realization that medicine is very humbling, especially pediatrics. It teaches you 'never' isn't always a never."
MBBS, Grant Medical College, Bombay University, India
Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI


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Works with W3C Total Cache?
Works with W3C Total Cache?
I'm using WP Super Cache and want to know if this works also. Bit worried about the lack of support replies here from the creator.
Well, I haven't tested if page caching would break the expected plugin behaviour.
Page caching cannot be used with a theme switcher plugin since for each URL there are two different versions (themes) of the page and only one version gets cached.
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Redlands Healthcare Center is one of the finest skilled nursing facilities in Redlands, California. Our recently renovated facility is located in San Bernardino County. We provide rehabilitation services and around the clock skilled care in a comfortable and friendly environment.
At Redlands Healthcare Center, our guiding principle is to provide outstanding and innovative healthcare in an environment that remembers the importance of the individual and family. Our staff of dedicated professionals embodies the values that we cherish most - a nurturing spirit and a commitment to quality.
Our friendly and caring team provides Redlands Healthcare Center residents with personalized therapeutic attention around the clock. We also pay attention to the small details to make your stay most comfortable. We welcome you to come visit and tour Redlands Healthcare Center soon.


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LAPD Police Union Blasts Rule Limiting Cops' Use Of Tasers
The union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department cops on Wednesday decried a U.S. district court ruling that severely limits officers' use of Tasers to subdue suspects.
The decision, states the Los Angeles Police Protective League, "has us scratching our heads in disbelief." The U.S. Ninth Circuit court of appeals ruled that "unless an officer is actually under physical attack, he/she cannot use a Taser to subdue a suspect," the LAPPL states. "And, for good measure, these starry-eyed jurists, who probably have never been in a physical fight in their lives, opined that police officers should not fear irrational suspects defying officer commands as long as the suspect stays 15 feet from the officer."
Needless to say, the union is feeling hamstrung by the ruling, which observers say will open the door to lawsuits by suspects who have been Tasered by cops. Amnesty International reports that, between 2001 and 2008, 334 people have died as a result of the strong, electrical pulses from Tasers.
The court case involves the 2005 stop of a then 21-year-old named Carl Bryan in Colorado. The man was wearing only boxer shorts and tennis shoes and was swearing at himself for forgetting to fasten his seatbelt when he exited his car during a traffic stop. Police said he ignored orders to stay in the car.
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And, at a distance of 15 feet or more, he took a step toward a cop (Bryan denies it) and was subsequently Tasered. The suspect fell on his face and suffered broken teeth as a result. He was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, but charges were dropped. The Ninth Circuit court's decision affirms his right to sue.
"As every street cop knows, any suspect within 15 feet who is actively resisting verbal commands is a threat to officer safety," the union states. " ... Inhibiting officers from using the Taser option puts them, suspects and innocent bystanders in greater danger."
The LAPPL opines that the only good thing about the ruling is that Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who it says had another ruling overturned as a result of "fabricated facts," was involved and might provide fodder for another U.S. Supreme Court overruling.
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What's on, At the library, Senior activities, and Let's eat in the Toledo area.
Road will be closed to all traffic between Patchen and Cresceus roads July 25-Aug. 26.
Entrepreneur of the Year honors go to ProMedica's John Pigott, Randy Oostra.
No injuries after problem in engine room of Jet Express.
28-year-old Heather Bogle was found dead in the trunk of her car in April of 2015.
View The Blade's interactive crime map.
District has 13 months to raise its share of funds.
Lee Naus was killed in 1999.
Catawba Island could use an overhaul.
Sandusky County Courthouse undergoing a major renovation.


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Our Fortune-Telling Ball Predicts 2015 Vikes' Season
The full NFL schedules were released this week, and a lot of experts are going to have a lot of things to say about what these schedules mean for their teams. On behalf of the shall we say non-diehards, I feel like that ubiquitous prediction-telling 8 ball on my desk at work has about as good a shot at making the correct calls as the experts.
NCAA Championship Tale: #1 Wisconsin Badgers Vs. #1 Duke Blue Devils
Two No. 1 seeds battle for the national title. Here is a look at the matchup between the Wisconsin Badgers and Duke Blue Devils.
Final Four Tale: #1 Wisconsin Vs. #1 Kentucky
The Final Four features very few surprises this season, with three number one seeds making it into the final weekend of the 2015 NCAA College Basketball Tournament.
Final Four Tale: #1 Duke Vs. #7 Michigan State
In 1999, Tom Izzo took the Michigan State Spartans to the Final Four for the first time on his watch, and they met Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils.
Elite Eight Tale: #1 Wisconsin Vs. #2 Arizona
It is rematch time. Last year, the Wisconsin Badgers and Arizona Wildcats met in the Elite Eight and Wisconsin walked away with a 64-63 overtime win.
Elite Eight Tale: #1 Kentucky Vs. #3 Notre Dame
Coming into the Sweet 16, West Virginia showed confidence that they could be the team that finally knocked off the Kentucky Wildcats.


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Forest by TitusLunterWatch
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This is an image I made as a tribute, and practice, to Magic the Gathering. To be more specific the Return to Ravnica set. More to follow
This is an image I made as a tribute, and practice, to Magic the Gathering. To be more specific the Return to Ravnica set. More to follow
Just amazing!!!
I love this looks like a magic school or university :0
woah, isn't a gothic style castle?
wow~ awesome+_+!!
Great work
It's so beautiful!
Fantastic, can't stop staring
peaceful and magical !
Really cool!
I wish this were a real place.
It reminds me of Arendelle from Frozen.
It reminds me of Arendelle from Frozen.
Amazing work really like the mood
The road/path system looks so modern, almost futuristic in how clean and precise it is. It's a tantalizing contrast to how much nature is being utilized and incorporated in this structure. There's a harmony here that I think humanity needs to aim for.
Nicely done!
many many congrats! u have a very special gift there...to touch our minds with your paintings..and this is not something that anyone can achieve
Calling that a gift is an insult.
He, and many artists like him, worked hard every day to be able to do this.
He, and many artists like him, worked hard every day to be able to do this.
It IS a gift nonetheless. Not all people have a latent talent. Nature is quite unfair. Working merely reveals it.
A gift without hard work means nothing...ofcourse he and all of them, work hard to reach this level. However for someone that has no talent in this field, like me for example, no matter how much I might work, I'll never achieve this level.
I still do not find my comment insulting
I still do not find my comment insulting
I can't even..... I can't.... I...I.. *U* BOOTIFUL one day I wanna draw just like you
Amazing, just amazing!..
I guess that's what would Paris look like with more trees and some real parks and better gardens.
is this available to purchase for my book firstname.lastname@example.com
amazing! lovely lighting and composition.
just.. how.. did. you!! ohmygosh! I can't imagine the time this piece took
Cool design!
This reminds me "La forêt d'Iscambe" a french novel by Christian Charrière. I often dream that forest covers the ruins of our cities.
Thats on a par with the artwork on the cards, awesome :')
Looks like a fairytale castle, beautiful
Your art is just breathtaking... Thank You!
awesome detail! And I like the romantic lighting
i don't know why but i feel like i was in this picture.. walk around..
Jesus. This is amazing. Very beautiful. Looks like it could be put into a game design somewhere. o__o You are good.
wow dude this is incredible the number of favs is not surprising lol
awesome mood...
wonderful as always!
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Sorry if this have been asked before, I tried searching.
Take a look at http://timmi.pointclark.net/, see the menu with Hjem/Arkiv/om etc, what I would like to do is make a submenu under it.
When I write a new page, say a child of Musikk (music), the Music in main menu will be active and the child will become visible.
I don't know if I'm clear about what i want :)
No Javascript, I want to do it in PHP if anything.


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PARK CITY, Utah -- For months, Bode Miller has been mum about his future in skiing.
Will he try to race at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics?
Will he return to the World Cup circuit this year?
One of the sport's biggest stars -- and enigmas -- will hold a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday to answer those questions, and it appears that he will say "Yes" to both.
Miller broke away from the U.S. Ski Team in 2007 to train and race on his own. But it was via a media advisory issued by that group Tuesday, touting a "U.S. Ski Team Press Conference," that word came of Miller's upcoming appearance. Sasha Rearick, the men's U.S. Alpine Ski Team head coach, also will participate in Thursday's news conference.
The office of Miller's agent, Lowell Taub, directed all inquiries Tuesday to the U.S. Ski Team.
"The U.S. Ski Team is excited to participate in a joint announcement with Bode Miller, where he will make known what he has decided about his plans for the upcoming season," U.S. Ski Team vice president of communications Tom Kelly said in a telephone interview.
Kelly would not confirm whether Miller will announce a return to the team and to competition.
Miller's plans have been in doubt since the end of the last World Cup season, when he skipped the final four stops to spend time with his daughter and said he was considering retirement.
He is a two-time World Cup overall champion and won two silver medals at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. But Miller made more headlines for his late-night partying than his skiing at the 2006 Turin Olympics, where he did not win a medal.
If Miller does want to compete at the Vancouver Games, he needs to qualify for the team by racing in World Cup events, Kelly said.


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I'm trying to make a custom, irregular frame for a google maps iframe. You can see my results so far here:
(please forgive the sloppy markup) The only way I could think up of doing this was by having 1 div with the frame overlapping the div with the map like this

Unfortunately, if i do this i'm no longer able to interact with the map. I tried a slightly different method suggested in another thread ( http://www.cssbakery.com/2010/11/css-cookie-cutter-revisited.html ) but i get the same results Any suggestions? thanks everyone


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Reunion Weekend June 3-5, 2016
Eligible student may use a combination of Endicott grants, GI Bill and a matching grant from Veterans Affairs to attend the Van Loan School of Graduate & Professional Studies at no cost.
The Army ROTC program at Endicott is designed to enhance a student's college education by integrating into the curriculum leadership and management theory with leadership practicum modules. Through coursework and in-class practical experience, students will develop decision-making, team-building, and time-management skills—leadership qualities that are essential to success in any field, including corporate or research careers.


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I'm in need of some help. I'm trying to make a double header background, with one image floating over the other. Like this:
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Okay, so that illustration sucked. Well, here's the case: The first image is a repeated pattern with width=100%. The second image is a welcome text with auto align on both left and right side - to keep it centered.
I'm no expert at CSS, so I was hoping someone would know any tricks to deal with this problem.
Thanks in advance.
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F.B.I. Inaction Blurred Picture Before Sept. 11
Published: May 27, 2002
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On Aug. 16, an instructor at a Minneapolis flight school called the F.B.I. to report his suspicions about Mr. Moussaoui. The next day, Mr. Moussaoui was arrested on immigration charges. Two days later, F.B.I. agents in Minnesota asked Washington to obtain a special warrant to search his laptop computer, but the request was repeatedly resisted by F.B.I. headquarters.
Other signs came and went, seemingly without being fitted into the growing file on Al Qaeda. For example, in the summer of 2001, Mr. Bush's national security team was told about the extensive F.B.I. debriefings of Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian arrested in December 1999 at the Canadian border by a Customs Service agent in what became known as the millennium bombing plot. Mr. Ressam provided a firsthand account of his training in Afghanistan and his plan to detonate a bomb at Los Angeles International Airport.
''Ressam gave us a template for an Al Qaeda operation in the United States,'' a senior law enforcement official said. ''But because it was prevented, because the bomb didn't go off, it didn't set off the alarms like it should have.''
The F.B.I. clearinghouse for Al Qaeda intelligence was the bin Laden and radical fundamentalist units in its counterterrorism division. The units had complete access to the Phoenix memorandum, the Moussaoui case and the Ressam debriefings. But the agents assigned to these units did not understand the broader meaning of the signs, senior law enforcement officials acknowledge.
''No one was looking at any overall picture,'' one of the former officials said. ''It's hard, scruffy, dirty work to do these analytical things. You get a lot of criticism within the bureaucracy if you send up a paper that someone feels won't carry the day.''
The bureau's reluctance to press new applications for national security search warrants stemmed, some officials believe, from an incident late in the Clinton administration.
In the fall of 2000, the seven judges on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington summoned Attorney General Janet Reno to their secure courtroom. The judges, in a letter signed by Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth, had complained to her of a serious breach. Misleading affidavits had been submitted to the court, which approves warrants to eavesdrop on people suspected of being foreign agents or international terrorists. At the meeting, Ms. Reno agreed that the problem was serious, the officials said.
All of the flawed affidavits had been submitted by Michael Resnick, the F.B.I. supervisor in charge of coordinating the surveillance operations related to Hamas, the militant Palestinian group. The judges said they would no longer accept applications from Mr. Resnick.
In response, the F.B.I. director at the time, Louis J. Freeh, ordered a broader review of the eavesdropping applications -- including those related to Al Qaeda. That review, the officials said, turned up disturbing signs that Al Qaeda applications were also flawed.
For Mr. Resnick, who had been a rising star in the bureau, the complaint from the judges and especially their refusal to have him appear before them again was a blow to his career that angered some of his colleagues. Ms. Reno turned over the complaint to the department's Office of Professional Responsibility, which is still investigating Mr. Resnick.
Intelligence officials said the event resulted in making the bureau far less aggressive in seeking information on terrorists. Other officials said the Resnick case prompted bureau officials to adopt a play-it-safe approach that meant submitting fewer applications and declining to submit any that could be questioned.
Several former and current officials said the F.B.I. legal counsel's office may have been correct, based on what was known at the time, in deciding not to apply for a warrant to search Mr. Moussaoui's computer. The office was not given any evidence that Mr. Moussaoui was acting on behalf of a foreign power, a requirement of the law. But the officials said it appeared that the bureau had not stirred itself to fill that gap.
Ms. Rowley complained in emphatic language in her memorandum that an official at headquarters was determined to thwart the field office's efforts to obtain a surveillance warrant from the court to examine Mr. Moussaoui's computer. She charged that the supervisory agent, to make the application not viable, had played down information obtained from French intelligence sources about Mr. Moussaoui's links to foreign terrorist organizations.
Excerpts from the text of the memorandum that were posted on the Time Web site this weekend show Ms. Rowley pleading with Mr. Mueller to be careful not to continue to say that the bureau did not have any information that could have helped prevent the Sept. 11 attacks.
She said that the headquarters supervisory agent had perceived that pressing the application for the warrant was an unnecessary career risk. Although she did not name the official, Senators Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania have identified David Frasca, who was in the unit that was assigned to monitor Islamic radical terrorists, as responsible.
A spokesman said the F.B.I. would not comment on Mr. Frasca's role or on Ms. Rowley's memorandum.
''I have deep concerns that a delicate and subtle shading/skewing of facts by you and others at the highest levels of F.B.I. management has occurred and is occurring,'' Ms. Rowley wrote. ''The term 'cover-up' would be too strong a characterization, which is why I am attempting to carefully (and perhaps overlaboriously) choose my words here.''
She added that she believed certain facts ''have up to now, been omitted, downplayed, glossed over and/or mischaracterized in an effort to avoid or minimize personal and/or institutional embarrassment on the part of the F.B.I. and/or perhaps even for improper political reasons.''
The issue was whether the information from the French security services identified Mr. Moussaoui as someone with radical Islamic ideas, as headquarters officials contended, or described links to specific groups, as the Minnesota office believed.
''That would have been the clincher,'' said one senior government official familiar with the intelligence court. ''The mention of groups would have gotten the bureau the warrant that Minneapolis wanted.''
Ms. Rowley also wrote that the supervisor threw up roadblocks to a search warrant in the Moussaoui case even after Sept. 11. as a defensive reaction to how his earlier unwillingness would now appear.


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When the Utah defensive meeting began last Monday, Utes defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham wrote the number "361" on the board and the date of Sept. 27, 1975.
"Does anyone know the significance of this number?" Whittingham asked.
"A handful of kids knew it," he said Sunday, the day after Utah shut out Brigham Young, 3-0, ending the Cougars streak of scoring in 361 consecutive games.
Whittingham told his team, "Make of this what you will. It's your decision." And he didn't mention it again the rest of the week. Even Saturday, in the snow and wind of LaVell Edwards Stadium, when both teams struggled to move the ball, Whittingham said nothing.
"It's kind of like a pitcher throwing a no-hitter," he said.
The last time Brigham Young failed to score, dinosaurs roamed the earth. No? Well, then, dinosaurs roamed the sideline. On the last day that BYU was shut out, Bear Bryant's Alabama beat Vanderbilt, 40-7, Woody Hayes' Ohio State beat North Carolina, 32-7, and John McKay's USC beat Purdue, 19-6. In fact, Frank Kush's Arizona State beat BYU, 20-0 -- in a Western Athletic Conference game. That was three years before the Sun Devils joined the Pac-10.
"When you sit and think about it, it is phenomenal," Whittingham said. "A streak that goes that long is a record like Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak. Did I think we were going to break it? If ever we had a chance, this would be the game. They're struggling on offense. We got a day that was far from ideal. Add to that the fact that we had an outright (Mountain West Conference) title on the line. All those factors gave us a decent shot."
A perfect storm, if you will, although not literally. Flurries blew through for a quarter, and gusts of 15 to 20 miles per hour dropped the wind chill into single digits. And obviously, judging by the score, the conditions were tough on both teams. Still, what the Utah defense did was extraordinary.
The Utes limited the Cougars to 156 total yards. Utah allowed BYU to cross midfield once in the first half, and the Cougars got as far as the Ute 33. BYU kicker Matt Payne missed a 51-yard field goal in the waning seconds of the second quarter. The Cougars didn't cross into Utah territory again until midway through the fourth quarter, and that lasted one play. From the Utah 44, a bad snap resulted in a fumble and a 12-yard loss. BYU never challenged again.
Utah finished the season 9-2, and will go to the Liberty Bowl, most likely to play Southern Mississippi. It is quite a triumph for new coach Urban Meyer. One of the first decisions Meyer made was to retain Whittingham as defensive coordinator. Days before that, Whittingham interviewed at BYU to take the same job there. He didn't get an offer. "I'm not sure I would have accepted it," Whittingham said. "I'm very happy here. It worked out for the best."
So Close, But So Far Away
Ohio State lost, and will pass the chip on its shoulder to LSU, which takes over the unenviable position of being the team left out. The Tigers, 10-1, barring upsets, will be left out of the national championship game being held in their very own state. LSU stumbled in part because of a weak nonconference schedule.
Tiger fans are quick to point out that LSU played teams such as Louisiana-Monroe
and I-AA Western Illinois because of a late cancellation by Marshall and the move of a game against Troy State to another year. That's a good explanation, but it doesn't change the fact that LSU's schedule is weaker than USC's schedule.
If Southern California loses to Oregon State, LSU should be the team to move into second. The Tigers' defense would present a challenge to the Sooners. Giving coach Nick Saban a month to develop a plan to stop any offense is worth seeing. LSU limited Ole Miss, the best offense in the SEC, to one offensive touchdown and 227 total yards in the Tigers' 17-14 victory.
Though LSU entered the season with its most pressing questions on defense, that side of the ball is the reason the Tigers are ranked third. In the fourth quarter, said defensive tackle Chad Lavalais, who should pair up with Tommie Harris of Oklahoma in the middle of any All-American defensive line, "I kind of thought, 'I hope (we) throw another interception so we can go out there and stop them again.' Put the game on our shoulders. It's been that way. It's been on our shoulders all season."
That's not entirely true. The offense has scored more than 30 points seven times. But against LSU's two highest ranked opponents, No. 7 Georgia (17-10) and Ole Miss, Lavalais may have a point. The Rebels harassed quarterback Matt Mauck into the worst Saturday of his season. The junior completed 16-of-29 passes for 189 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.
The Tigers wanted to establish the pass on first down, but Mauck never settled down. Of the 10 first-down passes he threw, three were picked off (the first one returned for a touchdown) and Mauck incurred grounding penalties on two others.
"I think early on we were fearful and anxious and that made us play tentative on offense," Saban said. "There were times we didn't block well or didn't block the right people. We didn't throw well. It wasn't a good day on that side of the ball. ... The thing that Matt did a fantastic job on tonight was that he never got frustrated. He has a tendency to press because he is so competitive."
That's when Mauck's background as a minor-league baseball player pays off. He didn't get rattled, and made some big scrambles of his own to keep drives alive. LSU found a way to hang on to this victory, as it did against Georgia. That's what defense will do for you, even if it's field goal defense. Georgia kicker Billy Bennett, usually automatic, missed three field goals at LSU. Ole Miss kicker Jonathan Nichols, 23-of-24 this season, missed two against the Tigers on Saturday.
There's nothing wrong with being lucky, either. Ohio State used that and a great defense to get to the final weekend of the season.
"Sometimes it helps to have the ball bounce in your direction," Saban said. "But how you can compete can make it that way."
Clearing Up The Bowl Picture
No offense to Miami, but the entire bowl picture will be a whole lot clearer if Pittsburgh beats the Hurricanes Saturday night at Heinz Field. If the Panthers win the game, they'll win a share (at least) of their first Big East championship and the conference's automatic BCS bid. Despite a 52-31 loss to likely co-champ West Virginia, Pittsburgh will be significantly higher in the BCS rating than the Mountaineers.
No offense to Pittsburgh, but if the Panthers get the automatic bid, the Fiesta Bowl doesn't want them. Pittsburgh will play in the Orange Bowl, because the Fiesta Bowl also runs the Insight Bowl, and the Panthers have played in Phoenix two of the last three seasons. If Pittsburgh goes to the Orange Bowl, it almost certainly will play ACC champion Florida State.
However, if Miami beats Pittsburgh, it's safe to assume that the Orange Bowl will pick the Hurricanes, and that's when the BCS games start to get sticky. Miami and Florida State have played once this season, and will play next season on Labor Day night. The BCS has a policy of discouraging rematches.
All of which leaves the Fiesta Bowl with a tough decision. Let's assume that Oklahoma and USC play in the Sugar Bowl. The Fiesta, which gets the first at-large pick, will select either the SEC champion or Texas. The Rose Bowl, with the next pick, likely will take the team that the Fiesta doesn't.
The Orange, with the next pick, must designate which of the ACC or Big East champions it will take. The Orange takes Miami. Now, the Fiesta must choose from among Florida State, Ohio State or Tennessee. If the Fiesta doesn't take Florida State, the Seminoles will automatically play in Miami.
A year ago, the Orange ignored what the Rose wanted and selected Iowa to play USC. The Rose, which wanted to match the co-Big Ten champion Hawkeyes against co-Pac-10 champion Washington State, got Oklahoma instead. The precedent is there for a bowl to look out for itself instead of the common good. However, matchups are one thing. Rematches are another.
"We would probably look at a Miami-Florida rematch because they don't play each other every year," Orange Bowl executive director Keith Tribble said. "In the case of Miami and Florida State, they would (be playing) three games in one year."
The Orange Bowl will only get the chance to choose Florida if Tennessee loses at Kentucky, which is a long shot. Then, of course, Florida would need to win the SEC title game. If Miami wins, the Orange Bowl won't select Tennessee, because that would also create a rematch. That leaves Ohio State as the most likely opponent for the Hurricanes.
Sounds Of Silence
On the day after Auburn's emotional 28-23 victory over Alabama, the coach of the bowl-bound Tigers still had not been fired. If that sentence sounds illogical, do not adjust your computer.
The Auburn message boards and fan web sites swung solidly behind Tommy Tuberville, where they lined up alongside logic and reason, both of which question why there's even a discussion of Tuberville's job status.
Yet by early Sunday afternoon, Tuberville had not received as much as a congratulatory phone call from anyone in the Auburn hierarchy.
"I haven't heard anything from anybody," Tuberville said. "Not anything."
He thought for a second.
"My wife said we played pretty good," Tuberville continued. "That counts for something."
Tuberville said last week that he would meet with Auburn president Dr. William Walker early this week. However, on Sunday he said that no meeting had been scheduled. In his case, the status quo is good news. The Tigers, who finished 7-5, likely will head to the Music City Bowl.
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One reason that rumors of Notre Dame joining a conference refuse to die is that the BCS commissioners have decided that Notre Dame will not be a signatory to the next contract. In other words, Notre Dame's status will be like any other independent. The commissioners' rationale is that no school in a conference makes more than about $4 million for getting a BCS bid now (the conference members split the rest of the payout). Notre Dame keeps the entire $13-plus million in the current deal. In the next one, the Irish likely will receive what a conference gets for sending a second team ($4.5 million in the current deal). ... Tommy Bowden's Clemson Tigers embarrassed archrival South Carolina, 63-17, which in turn embarrassed all the Tiger boosters who called for Bowden's ouster. A young Clemson team found its footing over the last three weeks, winning decisive victories over Florida State, Duke and the Gamecocks. ... Northwestern's 37-20 defeat of Illinois qualified the 6-6 Wildcats for the Motor City Bowl, which assures that Miami (Ohio) won't play there. The RedHawks beat the Wildcats, 44-14, this season. Miami appears headed for the GMAC Bowl, most likely against another 11-1 team, TCU. ... Boston College's upset of Virginia Tech gave the Eagles a 7-5 record and assured the Big East of having five teams with winning records. That means that Notre Dame, even if it wins at Stanford and at Syracuse to finish the season at 6-6, won't be able to go to a bowl game.
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