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U2 to release new music on Black Friday
U2 fans will be able to spend their Thanksgiving weekends listening to new music from the Irish rockers.
Bono and company are reportedly set to release an exclusive ten-inch vinyl on November 29th as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday event.
According to the Record Store Day website, the disc will include U2's brand new song "Ordinary Love," which was written for the upcoming film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. A snippet of the track made its debut earlier this month in a trailer for new movie starring Idris Elba.
The Ordinary Love vinyl - which also features a U2 song titled "Breathe" - will reportedly be pressed as a limited edition run of only 10,000 copies. Fans can find out where to get their own at RecordStoreDay.com.
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text: The Patriots have had 12 consecutive winning seasons, dating back to their 2001 season. The Cowboys, as we all know, hold the all-time NFL record for the most consecutive winning seasons, at twenty. The Patriots are still a far ways off, but it's not far-fetched to picture them making it twenty consecutive such seasons as well. But I think Tom Brady's replacement QB may experience a losing season. Anyone think New England may make it 20 straight consecutive winning seasons? I hope they don't.

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Toshiba has announced a notebook that features playback of 3D content in the Blu-ray 3D format - the dynabook TX/98MBL which will be available at the end of July in the Japan market.
The dynabook TX/98MBL features a 15.6-inch wide LCD display with LED backlighting and 120Hz. It employs WinDVD BD for Toshiba to play back content in the Blu-ray 3D format and Nvidia 3D Vision software and hardware to deliver a rich 3D experience.
The new 3D notebook also adopts Nvidia's latest GeForce GTS 350M graphics card with 1GB video RAM dedicated to graphics processing.
A pair of wireless 3D active shutter glasses will be bundled with the dynabook TX/98MBL.
For other hardware components, the notebook is equipped with Intel's Core i7-740QM processor and 640GB hard disk drive.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Did you know?
More than 174 names of colonial-era travellers are recorded on the walls of the Heerenlogement Cave.
The Heerenlogement Cave (Dutch for 'the master's lodging house') lies a few kilometres inland from Lambert's Bay, on South Africa's West Coast.
Dubbed 'the Holiday Inn of the 1600s', the Heerenlogement Cave has a fresh water spring, good grazing on the slopes outside and can be easily guarded. From the mouth of this famous cave, you can see across the rooibos (South African tea) farms and down to the coast.
The first to use this 'hotel' were the indigenous San (also known as Bushmen) and Khoi peoples. They later guided European hunters, explorers, traders and prospectors to the overnight enclave.
The explorer Olaf Bergh stayed over on his journey north to familiarise himself with the Cape West Coast. The Simon van der Stel party spent some nights here en route to the copper fields of Namaqualand. The famous road builder and engineer Andrew Geddes Bain also rested here.
Just more than a century after the first colonial 'guests' arrived at the Heerenlogement, the jauntiest traveller of them all – Francois le Vaillant – pitched up in full sail. In his hat he wore a large ostrich feather, he had his infamously scheming Chacma baboon called Kees by his side, and in his wake came a large retinue of Khoi and no fewer than three wagons.
They stayed there for a week, fattening their trek oxen and dining on dassies (rock rabbits or hyraxes) before wandering north to the Orange River in search of specimens and thrilling adventures. If you stroll around inside the Heerenlogement, you will find the name Vailant (sic), dated 1783, etched into the stone. You will also find other celebrated names alongside his. This cave contains some of the oldest colonial graffiti found anywhere in South Africa.
Once you're inside the shallow cave, look up and you will see a 300-year-old tree bulging through a cleft in the rock roof – and it's still growing strong…
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Graafwater Tourism
Tel: +27 (0) 27 422 1108
Lambert's Bay Tourism
Tel: +27 (0) 27 432 1000
How to get here
Head north from Cape Town on the N7 to the hamlet of Trawal (226km from Cape Town). After passing Trawal, turn left at the sign for the Heerenlogement. After about 20km on dirt, you will reach the cave. Coming from Lambert's Bay, head inland to Graafwater for 31km and go north at Graafwater for about 20km and you will find the cave.
Best time to visit
Visiting the Heerenlogement is not weather-dependent, and you can go any time of the year.
Around the area
Clanwilliam and the Cederberg are close; the blooms (seasonal) of Nieuwoudtville are just to the north; a slow, back-roads drive through local villages is always a treat.
Tours to do
Check with Lambert's Bay Tourism for available tours and guides; many visitors come up with Cape Town-based tour operators who know the area, its attractions and its history.
What will it cost
There is no charge. Just pick up your litter and close the gate when you leave.
Length of stay
This is a one-hour visit, unless you plan to picnic there, which many do.
What to pack
It's a day-drive from Cape Town, so pack drinks, extra water, sunblock, your camera, map, local guide book, and lunch.
Where to stay
Lambert's Bay, Doring Bay or Strandfontein would all be options for places to stay. You're in lighthouse country here, so be prepared for atmospheric sunsets and great sunrises all with a lighthouse in frame.
What to eat
On the West Coast, seafood in the form of crayfish and linefish are your best bets. At Lambert's Bay, hunt down some authentic fish & chips.
What's happening
Check the West Coast websites for festival dates and, if you like colour and fiesta, time your visit to coincide with happenings like the Crayfish Festival in Lambert's Bay.
Best buys
Organic foods, jams, handicrafts, handmade paper - all from the various Lambert's Bay stores.


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Logona's Henna Color Care Shampoo also contains a natural care system and color-enhancing extracts for color intensity and to give your hair vibrant shine, bounce, and softness. Logona's Henna Color Care Shampoo is recommended for daily use. BDIH and NaTrue certified natural cosmetics No synthetic preservatives, fragrances or colors 100% naturally fragranced with essential oils Dermatologically tested Standards and QualityManufacturing personal care products without synthetic preservatives requires especially careful handling of both raw materials and finished products, as the slightest contamination can ruin an entire production run. Logona utilizes GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), the pharmaceutical industry's production standard, to guide their manufacturing processes. Logona also continuously improves their products' quality to keep current with advances in manufacturing and ingredient standards. However, no advance in product quality comes at the cost of Logona's steadfast commitment to environmental responsibility. Logona's foremost goal is to make quality personal care products with minimal impact on the planet and its resources. CertificationsLogona's raw materials are of the highest quality and, whenever possible, of certified organic origin. In addition, nearly all of Logona's products are certified by BDHI and NaTrue, two independent certification standards that award their seal to products that comply with the strictest natural standards. Plant ExtractsChamomile from Egypt, rosemary from France, linden blossom from Croatia, horsetail from Portugal – Logona's Research & Development team analyzes plants from all over the world to determine the best resources for their products. And, because production methods play an equally important role in the quality of a plant extract, Logona produces many of their own extracts. By utilizing a mixture of bio-ethanol, water and glycerin (standard extracts are usually made using only ethanol and water) Logona slowly and gently releases the active plant ingredients. The addition of glycerin and Logona's six to eight hour extraction process allows them to capture more of the active plant ingredients than with a standard ethanol and water mixture. With few exceptions, the plants Logona sources for their extracts are certified organic. And, most of Logona's plant extracts are from classic medicinal plants, making them extremely effective. About LogonaDuring the 1970's, Europe experienced a wave of environmental consciousness and activism. Organic agriculture, renewable energy and environmental responsibility became the watchwords of the movement. In 1975, a group of inspired and like-minded friends opened a shop, Lorien Goods, in Hanover, Germany. Their shop featured the few products available at the time that fit the values of the new, green movement. 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In addition to rigorous ingredient standards, Logona also meets or exceeds industry sustainability standards for minimizing resource consumption during manufacturing and for minimal and recyclable packaging for their finished products. Today, Logona, together with Sante, serves as a leading manufacturer of natural personal care products throughout Europe and is currently expanding into the North American marketplace.


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On New Year's Day we made a new friend with a creative mind, Chris Pandolfi! After sending a "Happy New Years" video message to Sharpie, we quickly sent a thank you to him for taking the time to post such a creative, unique video on our 'lil 'ol Facebook wall!
Watch the 'Happy New Year' message:
Here's some more info. on Chris:
With a background in music and film, Pandolfi has spent the past few years working mainly as a musician/composer but also holds interests in TV and advertising creating conceptual video ads and music. Chris currently plays with the bluegrass band, The Infamous Stringdusters. The 'Dusters have recently been nominated for their first-ever Grammy for the instrumental "Magic #9" off the band's third album, Things That Fly in the Best Country Instrumental Performance category. Follow the band on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
BIG thanks again for the video message, Chris and Happy New Year to you too! Best of luck to the band at the Grammy's!


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It's easy to say you've been there and done that sometimes. I've heard it my whole life and usually just smirk and nod in relative disbelief to the everyday blown out of proportion story. On this occasion however, around 30 local New England shop employees have a story to brag about that was very real, and very once in a lifetime. Burton hosted a hand picked group of local riders to visit Stowe for a couple days and receive a bit of pampering compliments of the man himself; Jake Burton. A coach bus arrived at the Burton flagship store in Burlington, VT and chauffeured everyone to Jake's house just a stones throw from Stowe for an event called Hard Workin Easy Livin. They were greeted by Jake at the front door and invited in for a catered dinner from Fresh Market, set free in Jakes basement to skate through the legendary underground tunnel, play a round of indoor soccer or simply just hang out with Jake and talk shop. It was the ultimate slumber party with all the trimmings. The following morning everyone woke up to a catered breakfast and a ride to Stowe for a free day of shredding with Jake and Yale Cousino… or the opportunity to drag me along as photo bitch to glorify your shredding in all it's glamour. In true New England fashion the day on the hill started out in the pouring rain forcing everyone to ride in ponchos. As the gods would have it however, the rain turned to snow and all who left early gave us the mountain to ourselves; an empty paradise in the fluff. Not a bad way to spend your weekend. "Yeah, I rode with Jake…"
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5 Things You Should Know
Black and White 2 Version is the revamped 'sequel' of sorts, with a handful of exciting new additions to the Pokemon formula. The game takes place in the same region as the original Black and White, but plenty has changed! New older Pokemon have emerged to make a an appearance, previous main characters of the original game have also grown up. New areas have appeared, and some older ones have changed drastically. Take a peek at 5 things you need to know about the newest Pokemon version.
Things have changed:
Pokémon Black and White Versions 2 takes place two years after the events of the original Black & White. Specific areas have changed, such as Challenger's Cave no longer being accessible. Route 4 has completed its construction in various ways. The southwest of the Unova region has new locations, such as Aspertia City, Floccesy Town, and Virbank City.
Black and White 2 is compatible with different versions of Pokemon. Previous versions including Pokemon Black and White and Pokémon Dream Radar can interact with Pokemon Black and White 2. Transferring Pokemon from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon Platinum, and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is possible using the Poké Transfer. The games are also compatible with Dream World.
New Pokemon:
The Unova Pokedex has received an upgrade and now features a total of 301 Pokemon, which contains Pokemon from every previous generation. The starter Pokemon within Black and White 2 remain the same from the previous version, Grass Type Snivy, Fire-type Tepig, and Water-type Oshawott. To see the version exclusive Pokemon, click here
New Trainers:
Pokemon Black and White 2 contains 2 new starter characters, Nate and Rosa, along with a new rival Hugh. Previous main characters also make an appearance, but their roles has changed. Bianca has become an assistant to Professor Juniper, Cheren now is a leader of his own Normal-type Gym. Team Plasma also makes their return, but have splintered into two groups with different goals.
New Features:
Black and White 2 includes a few new features, such as the Hidden Grotto, Unova Link, and Medals. The Hidden Grotto allows for capturing Pokemon with a hidden ability. Unova link allows player to connect between Black and White 2, change the game's difficulty, and pull data from the previous game, Black and White. An achievement feature, called Medals.
A few comparisons to the previous version of Pokemon Black and White:
- Pokemon Black and White contains more new, original Pokemon than any other versions, while Black and White 2 contains many more *Pokemon from previous generations.
- Pokemon Black and White 2 contains more version exclusive Pokemon than the previous version.
- Roxie, Cheren and Marlon. All other gym leaders from the previous version reappear, except for Cilan, Chili, Cress and Lenora.
- Alder has stepped down from the Champion position, with Iris taking his place.
- Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus get new forms, called their Therian forms, which can be altered using the Reflecting Mirror.
- Every gym in Black and White 2 is redesigned, with new puzzles and new music.
- All trainers in the game now their own sprite animations, not just a handful of specific trainers.
- Swarms, or mass outbreaks, make their return in Black and White 2. Swams change every day at midnight.
- Black and White 2 has a new feature, Pokéstar Studios, which is located in the new area Virbank City. It functions as a movie studio and replace the Pokémon Musical function in the original Black and White.
- In Pokemon Black and White 2, trainers can participate in the new Pokémon World Tournament in Driftveil City. Players can participate single, double, triple, and rotation battles.


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Francine from Santa Fe, New Mexico asks:
I like to get rid of as many background tasks that I am not using as much as I can, so I am always going into the Task Manager. Yesterday I opened it and there were nine instances of Internet Explorer! It took me forever to shut them all down. What's up with this?
Hi Francine! Thanks for writing.
It's great that you brought this up. You are about the buh-zillionth person that has had problems with this, myself included. I'd bet my only daughter that you have Internet Explorer 8 as your browser. (If you don't, well, um, it's okay, I am not the betting type, so you don't need to take the kid. I digress.)
I had incredible performance problems when I used IE8, and every time I opened the Task Manager, there were tons of Internet Explorer instances in the background. Microsoft acknowledges that it's a problem and that it has to do with the tabs. Whatever; Microsoft never ceases to amaze me. Well, at least now there's Internet Explorer 9. It will almost definitely be an improvement over all previous versions; isn't it always?
Francine, you said that it took you forever to shut them all down (that quick?). Well, I am going to give you a way to get rid of them all at once, and give you a desktop shortcut, so that it only takes one click to do it. How cool is that?
First, you need to get to a Command Prompt because you're going to type in a command. (Note: Don't confuse this with your Run line where you can also type commands.) This is what a Command Prompt looks like:
To get to a Command Prompt in WinXP, simply click on your Start button, click on All Programs, and then go to the top of your Start Menu and find Accessories. Click on that and about half way down the menu, you'll see Command Prompt. Click on it.
To get to a Command Prompt really easily in Vista and Win7, hold down your shift key and right-click on your desktop. When your menu pops up, you will see Open Command Window Here in the list of options. Left-click on it. (Note: You can also access the Command Prompt in Vista and Win7 the same way you can in WinXP, as explained above.)
After you get to your Command Prompt option and click on it, a black box will pop up with an arrow that points to the right and a pulsing underscore. That is your Command Prompt.
Now what we are going to "kill the task" (the task being Internet Explorer) by typing this in after the Command Prompt:
taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe /T
Hit Enter.
That's it! Now all the Internet Explorer instances have been closed, thereby removing them from your task manager.
Now for the best part:
I personally do not want to have to call up a Command Prompt every time Internet Explorer has taken over my task manager, and you probably don't, either. So let's create a desktop shortcut so you can just click once and achieve the same result.
Start by right-clicking anywhere on an empty part of the desktop. Highlight New, and then click on Shortcut.
Next, in the box that pops up, type the following command (it's the same one that you typed in at the Command Prompt).
taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe /T
After you click on Next, you'll be asked to name your shortcut. I named mine KILL INTERNET EXPLORER, just to be different.
If you want an icon for your shortcut (I do), then right click on the shortcut you just made (it has some generic icon), and left-click on Properties. This box will pop up; click on Change Icon.
Now scroll through the icon box (left-to-right) until you find one that you want to use.
After you click on OK, the box with Change Icon will still be up there; click on OK.
And that's it! Now when Internet Explorer starts freezing up, or there are just too many instances of it running in the background, click on your new desktop shortcut and kill 'em all at once!
Hope this helped, Francine. And again, thanks for writing!
~ Lori Cline


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Sex dreams, especially ones involving "doing it" with a person you would never, ever want to see naked in real life, can be quite disturbing. I once had a dream about a boss who I was absolutely repulsed by. Not only was he extremely unattractive to me, but his arrogance and condescending attitude made him extra, extra unsexy. Also, he walked like Bigfoot. And when he ate, the food always ended up all over his face. Yet still, there he was in my dream, naked and on top of me in his office. And I was into it. YUCK!!
When I went into work the next day, I couldn't even look him in the eye, worried that I was somehow secretly attracted to him. (I wasn't.) Hell, even thinking about the dream right now makes me want to go brush my teeth. But I'm of the school of thought that every vivid dream, whether it involves your gross boss naked or not, deserves some examination. I had to get past being disgusted by my dream and try to understand the deeper message.
Let me give you a hint: sex dreams are rarely ever about actual sex. Sex dreams are about union, the coming together of different, conflicting parts of yourself. Because I believe that everyone in your dream represents some aspect of yourself, I've come to understand that sex with my gross boss represented the part of me that wanted to be more successful. It was around that time that I was thinking about making a big career change, and this dream was urging me to work up the courage and confidence to take charge of my career. Imagine how much better I felt when I got it and could stop worrying that I had an unconscious crush on my boss. This dream, albeit gross, helped me get my butt in gear make those career changes happen. Within a few months of that dream, I quit that job and started writing. Imagine that. It was the best/worst sex dream I ever had.
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Garland Brown, co-founder of the law firm Weiss Brown, has been selected by the American Bar Association Journal as one of "America's tech-iest lawyers." The distinction was awarded to Brown for his knowledge of technology and his ability to seamlessly blend the Microsoft and Apple platforms, a challenge rarely accomplished within the legal industry. The ABA Journal recognized Garland Brown not only for his ability to successfully enable the different software platforms to work effectively together but also for his achievement in enhancing and improving their functionality.
"While I'm both honored and humbled to be selected by the ABA for this distinction, I'm especially pleased to see the ABA Journal recognize attorneys who have made contributions in technology. Since technology plays an increasingly important role in the lives of our clients, deeply embedding technology in our law practice is naturally instinctive to us. I'm particularly proud to be on the forefront of this movement," said Brown.
Among Garland Brown's unique credentials are many years of experience working at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington as both a lead software development engineer and as a Director in Antitrust Compliance Law before practicing law at one of the world's largest law firms. His unusual combination of technology and legal knowledge later prompted Mr. Brown to partner with Scott Weiss to form a law firm devoted to business and technology law, assisting emerging technology-based companies, entrepreneurs and established businesses.
"When I decided to launch my own Internet-based legal research/regulatory intelligence company, I hired Garland. He is the IT guru for his firm and an exceptional attorney. The combination was exactly what I needed to make certain my new business venture got started on a strong footing." said Laura Carpenter, founder of BulaLaw, a legal research company.
When asked what sets the firm apart, Garland Brown attributes its success to the use of "practical legal guidance, with a healthy dose of technology and business smarts."


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It's 1935, and things are hot. England is in the midst of a summer heat wave. Hitler-helmed Germany is rattling its pre-war saber. And the pampered Tallis girls—Cecilia and Briony—both have a thing for the housekeeper's son.
Not that this is common knowledge. Briony is all of 13, and any crush that she has on Robbie, the strapping doctor-to-be who's working as a gardener on the Tallis estate, goes unrequited, even unnoticed. Lithe, angular and pouty, the 23-year-old Cecilia also finds Robbie attractive, though she's reluctant to admit it even to herself. After all, Cecilia is part of the British aristocracy and Robbie—well, his ancestors probably cleaned out her ancestors' chamber pots. So Cecilia makes it a point to treat Robbie shabbily, ignoring him when she can and snapping at him when she can't.
Then, on an especially hot, muggy day, everything comes to a head. After a verbal dust-up with Cecilia, Robbie writes a letter of apology and gives it to Briony for her to give to her sister. The younger sister reads it, of course, and that wouldn't have been so bad if Robbie hadn't put the wrong letter in the envelope. As it is, what Briony and Cecilia—and eventually even Mom and other adults—read is a crude, graphic statement of what Robbie would like to sexually do to Cecilia.
Cecilia takes to this novel method of courtship, and the two decide to get "better acquainted" in the family library.
Briony is confused, appalled, titillated and jealous all at once. So when a 15-year-old cousin named Lola is apparently raped on the Tallis estate that night, Briony points the finger at Robbie—whom she now believes, or wants to believe, is a "sex maniac."
Enter the police. A prison sentence. And the war. Nothing will ever again be the same for Robbie or the Tallis girls.
Positive Elements
Let's not sugarcoat this: Briony does a very bad thing. By lying to authorities after convincing herself she saw something she didn't, the 13-year-old sends an innocent man to prison. But as she grows older, Briony tries to make amends. She forsakes college and instead works as a wartime nurse, treating horribly injured soldiers, comforting some as they die. She writes to her sister and asks for a reunion, hoping she can—and here's where the film's title comes from—atone for her sins. Though viewers should question whether her final efforts at reconciliation are enough, Briony at least comes to realize that she has some serious atoning to do.
Cecilia, who starts out snooty and carnal and not all that likable, turns into a tragic, principled heroine when Robbie goes to prison. Convinced of his innocence, she writes to him every day and refuses to go along with her family when they wash their hands of him.
Robbie and Cecilia's love affair begins with dirty words and secret sex. And while that prevented me from longing for their reunion in the way the filmmakers obviously wanted me to, it doesn't prevent the couple from gradually "growing up" in the face of adversity. Cecilia pleads with Robbie to "come back to me." Robbie tops that with a promise to "find you, love you, marry you and live without shame."
Robbie dives into a river to save Briony—after she foolishly jumps in to give him the opportunity to "prove" that he loves her.
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When we first see Briony, she's typing the script for a play underneath a picture of a praying woman. Years later, when she becomes a nurse, she works at a Catholic hospital and is supervised by a strict nun. She later attends a wedding in a church where the priest says marriage was, in part, intended to be an antidote to wanton "fornication."
On the beaches of Dunkirk, France, the camera swoops in on a clutch of soldiers singing a hymn.
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"Love is all very well," 13-year-old Briony says, describing the moral point of the play she's writing, "but you must be sensible." Ah, if only the characters in Atonement had paid heed. This film isn't as much about love as it is about lust and sex—what they are, what they can lead to and how they can destroy people's lives.
Cecilia slinks about in backless dresses and a one-piece bathing suit with suggestive cut-outs. To retrieve part of a broken vase, she strips to her slip and dives into a fountain. When she reemerges, the camera doesn't shy away from the translucent and clinging fabric.
Robbie's lusty love letter, meanwhile, includes the word "c--t" in its description of its writer's oral sex fantasy.
And then there's the rendezvous in the library, where Robbie and Cecilia have sex while pressed up against a set of bookcases. We see kissing, caressing and hands darting into forbidden places (she undoes his pants)—along with explicit sexual motions. We hear groans and heavy breathing.
"What's wonderful, I think, and what I thought at the time was very clever, is not showing anything," Keira Knightley, who plays Cecilia, told the British conglomerate Orange. "You don't see anything and yet I do believe that it's 10 times more erotic than most love scenes where you see absolutely everything."
Chocolate tycoon Paul Marshall, meanwhile, takes a fancy to Lola. He slithers into a conversation that the teenager is having with her younger brothers, and he offers the girl one of his patented candy bars.
"You have to bite it," he tells Lola with a leer.
Lola appears to be both flattered and frightened by Paul's advances, and the movie insinuates the relationship quickly takes a rough turn. When Briony finds her crying, Lola claims its because her brothers rubbed her wrist raw—but a later conversation suggests it wasn't the brothers who did it. Paul also claims that it was the brothers who scratched his face.
[Spoiler Warning] We ultimately see Paul having sex with Lola. (His bare bottom is briefly exposed in the light of a flashlight.) It's obviously statutory rape, but the film doesn't detail whether Lola wants him to do it or not. Paul and Lola get married four or five years later.
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When war breaks out, Robbie is caught up in it. Lost in France with two fellow Brits, he stumbles across a killing field where dozens of school-age children lie dead after being shot. Bullet holes mar their foreheads and cheeks. Robbie himself suffers from a festering wound on his chest that he tries to press together with his fingers.
The beach at Dunkirk, the place from which he and the rest of the British army are to be taken back to England, is the very picture of chaos. Because horses aren't on the evacuation list, they're being shot—point-blank in the forehead: We hear the gun blasts, see the smoke curling from the barrel and watch as the horses fall to the beach. Two soldiers tumble down the beach, locked in a rolling brawl.
Briony, too, sees plenty of carnage in the hospital where she works. One soldier is missing an arm. Another has mountains of stitches running the length of his spine. Another suffers from full-body burns. When she loosens the bandages on a patient's head, we see that part of his skull has been blown away, exposing his brain.
Robbie's mother hammers the hood of a police car with a pole as he is being carted off to prison. Water kills a group of people when it floods a subway tunnel.
Crude or Profane Language
Briony suggests to Lola that the c-word is the most horrible, awful word in the English language. Even today, in our profanity-hardened society, it's one of the few words that still has the power to shock. And Atonement use it to full effect. The word itself is never spoken. But its inclusion in the note which we see being typed and then read by multiple people keeps it in the forefront of our minds for nearly half the film.
Elsewhere there are 10-plus f-words (mostly in one obscenity-laden rant by one of Robbie's war comrades) and one s-word. God's name is abused a couple of times; Jesus' another three times. The British profanities "b-llocks," "b-gger" and "bloody" also rise to the surface.
Drug and Alcohol Content
If you believe the movies, almost everyone smoked in the 1930s. Cecilia is rarely seen without a cigarette in her mouth or hand. Robbie smokes, too, rolling his own cigs. Dinner parties are filled with cigarette smoke and flowing booze. And in Dunkirk, Robbie and his mates launch a quest for something to drink—water or otherwise. We see several inebriated soldiers. An old lady takes a few pills to apparently help her calm down before a television interview.
Other Negative Elements
"Yes," Briony tells the police. "I saw him. I saw him with my own eyes." Only, of course, she didn't.
It is this lie that sits at the heart of Atonement. With those words, the girl cripples the futures of Cecilia, Robbie and, to some extent, herself.
So in a way, Atonement is a little like a sexed-up morality tale, in that it reveals how much every move we make can cause seismic shivers to rattle the future. Cecilia, Robbie and Briony walk step-by-step into bleakness and bitterness, paving their own way with their cumulative actions. Lust begets anger begets lust begets indiscretion begets lust that finally begets a misshapen, mottled lie that threatens to destroy them all.
The result, beyond moral considerations, is that we don't necessarily care that much about Cecilia and Robbie after they're torn apart by the big bad world and the little bad sister. These are watercolor characterizations—pretty but strangely distant and soulless.
Contributing is the fact that beyond Briony's youthful and selfish lie, Atonement doesn't condemn the others' misbegotten behavior, and it even celebrates some of their missteps. The tome-entangled tryst, for instance, is deemed to have sprung from the "clarity of passion." And though Cecilia and Robbie's relationship consists only of a couple of tart exchanges, a lustful letter and that one breathless wrangle in the library, it's apparently enough to birth a lifelong romance. It's as if the movie is saying that lust plus sex plus raunchy writing equals true love.
Reviewers are all atwitter over Atonement. And they do have some reason. It's a well-crafted thinking-man's movie that audiences can mull over well after the credits roll. But it's also a sexually charged, often crass period piece far removed from, say, Keira Knightley's Oscar-nominated work in Pride & Prejudice. It's an adolescent fantasy, unduly romantic and forbidden, where lust masquerades as love and unfulfilled passion is the characters' highest calling.
A postscript: Because Briony is our window to Robbie and Cecilia's world—and because she can't be considered a reliable witness—Cecilia and Robbie's relationship is full of all the "romance" and heartbreakingly unrequited love that a young teenage girl might possibly conjure in her darkened bedroom. Were Cecilia and Robbie meant to be together? Maybe. Maybe not. But in Briony's eyes—too young and inexperienced to know what real love is—their relationship becomes passionate and pure and altogether perfect. No matter that it's shallow and altogether sexual.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:19 pm
Post subject: Why Napolean Harris???
Everyone knew you would get the 7th pick but why Harris? I didnt even think Harris was that good and dont you guys already have 2 big young aggresive guys in EJ Henderson and Dontrarious Thomas?? I dont understand why Napolean was the guy the Vikings brought in. Am i missing something or are you viking fans just as confused as i am?
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:32 pm
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I'm questioning this trade as well.
Harris is good and all, but Minnesota should have gotten at the very least an additional third round pick over what they got.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:33 pm
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We're as confused as you are...
We needed a veteran linebacker, not another young linebacker. EJ Henderson and Dontarrious Thomas aren't even really established in the game yet and could use a veteran linebacker to teach them the ropes.
We needed more of a CB/S than anything...
And now we have the same holes (CB/S/K/DT) and added a new one (WR)...
Good job McCombs...You screwed the team even more than usual...
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I think a big reason that this was made known, probably by the Vikings, is that they think if people know what the minimum deal for Moss is, the bidding may start driving it up. However I don't think that will happen. But I bet you that is what McCombs was thinking. And Harris is there to replace Claiborne.
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Hi, everyone. My name is ditchdigger.
Hi ditchdigger
Hi. I just wanted to talk to you guys, because I know how you're feeling. I know what it is like to feel like you have been robbed of something by an NFL owner.
I know because I'm a Browns fan. I grew up with The Drive. The Fumble. The Move. The Ravens Super Bowl win. I know a bit about disappointment, too.
I came here, though, to give you a message of hope.
Here it is:
At least he didn't move the team.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:32 am
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This is true... I am a Browns fan too... You guys are probably wondering why the swarm of Browns fans... But I am going to post a trade proposition in a new Post... please read it and tell me what you think...
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:40 pm
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confused ... is an understatement
atleast we should have traded for one of their corners along with their #7
but N.Harris someone needs to have their head checked because this has to be the most stupid move ever ..................................
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:21 pm
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Confused are we, yes.
Is it as bad as a few of us are making it seem, no.
The Napoleon part of it was stupid, but what other defensive player were we gonna get? The #1 draft pick was really the only part Red needed (bastard) and I think it'll all work out OK. Although I'd prefer someone that would've made sense, to call it a worthless trade or a screwed-us-over trade is untrue.
Now we have more confusion in the linebacker situation.
Now we DEFINATELY will sign one of the wide recievers. We're under the MINIMUM of spending, so we have to sign one or TWO big players - one of them must be a wide reciever.
We use one of the draft picks to get a defensive lineman (whether DT or end we could use either), and I don't know what they're gonna do with the #7 pick. Something in my mind says Derrick Johnson - like they've scrapped hope on their young linebackers, and are going to try to do it with Harris, Johnson, and Claiborne. However, I'm not in charge nor do I have any better idea of what's going on than anyone else. I'm just saying it's not as bad as you're making it seem.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:37 pm
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I came here, though, to give you a message of hope.
Here it is:
At least he didn't move the team.
not yet you mean
With there First pick in the 2005 NFL Draft the Minnesota Vikings take Mike Williams, U.S.C.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:08 pm
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I really thought that if the Vikes traded with the Raiders then they would land P. Buchanon? What happened?
I'm a Lions fan so I'm glad to see Moss leave, if it's true. I just now fear what you could do with that available cap space.
Sing a WR in FA like Muhammed, Bruce, Burress, Coles, Gardner, Booker, etc. and draft a WR high in Edwards or Williams.
This could work out in the long run for you....which really ticks me off.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:11 pm
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Why does that tick you off? We are supposed to make moves that will HELP us.... even if it is long term? Just like the Lions are supposed to do right ???
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I came here, though, to give you a message of hope.
Here it is:
At least he didn't move the team.
not yet you mean
He's selling the team... there's no way he could as it'd need to be passed at the owners meaning, but at the owners meeting they're going to pass the sale of the team... so there's no way Red would move it. Nice to you wank off though.
T0wer, did you read what he said?
The Vikings could sign a big play WR and then just use the draft pick to get better, meaning the trade improved the Vikings. That's why it ticked him off.
"This could work out in the long run for you....which really ticks me off."
He's not a Vikings fan... he wants the Lions to win, and with such, have easier opponents - meaning he wanted Moss to get less than what he's worth/not have the Vikings improve with the trade.
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I do think raiders got the better end of the deal and personly im happy with it but u say LB isnt a need for the vikes off course it is vikings have arguable the worst LB corp in the nfl in my opinion
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I don't see why everyone is so upset with this trade. What did we win with Moss? Nothing. The fact is this trade will heal the Vikings because we just traded our cancer. With most of the good defensive players franchised, we needed to do something to help our D. Getting Harris helps, not to mention the #7 pick. There are plenty of good recievers in free agency, my preferance would be Burress, and there are 2 studs that at least one should be there at 7. Moss is a hell of a player - when he wants to be, and he will probably have a big year next year just to spite us, but F him. I, along with many Vikings, was sick of his antics and his attitude. If the Vikings have a good rest of the offseason, it is not unlikely they will play in Detroit twice next year.
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Red the retard does it again. That man needs a good beating. Seroisuly, get Daunte and like Wiggins to f him up
Ahem, now that I got that out of my sytem
I am confused, its very puzzling as to why the trade was made, never should have been done. You could have gotten more for Randy Moss if you just waited or looked harder.
Again, nice job Red
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char·y (châr)
adj. char·i·er, char·i·est
1. Very cautious; wary: was chary of the risks involved.
2. Not giving or expending freely; sparing: was chary of compliments.
[Middle English chari, careful, sorrowful, from Old English cearig, sorrowful, from cearu, sorrow; see care.]
chari·ly adv.
chari·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
it's one of my favorite words lately, I'm not chary of it.


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And by "exactly," I mean "theoretically," because:
With that caveat, figuring out Leo's theoretical heritage combo involves first determining Mom's and Dad's percentages. Three of my husband's grandparents came from Germany and one from Hungary, so we'll estimate him at 75 percent German and 25 percent Hungarian. I'll go back to my great-grandparents' origins: I'm half German, a quarter Lebanese (the source for my last name), and one-eighth each English and Irish.
I just divided each of our percentages, added up the common German heritage, and came up with these numbers for Leo (I generated the pie chart online using Kids Zone):
He's pretty typical as far as American ancestry: In the 2000 census, German was the heritage most often claimed by Americans and by his fellow Cincinnatians. He also shares in the second- and fourth-most-commonly reported ancestries: Irish and English, respectively.
Download the Census Bureau's Ancestry: 2000 report as a PDF here.
What's your theoretical heritage combo?
Update: Apparently you can order a t-shirt boasting your ancestry pie chart from MeonaTee.com. Great idea! (Thanks to Megan Smolenyak for mentioning.)


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An in-depth look at Rasmussen and vintage Democratic whine
posted at 4:49 pm on January 3, 2010 by Karl
Ed Morrissey and DRJ have both covered the Politico's indulgence of lefty whining about inconvenient polling:
Democrats are turning their fire on Scott Rasmussen, the prolific independent pollster whose surveys on elections, President Obama's popularity and a host of other issues are surfacing in the media with increasing frequency.
The pointed attacks reflect a hardening conventional wisdom among prominent liberal bloggers and many Democrats that Rasmussen Reports polls are, at best, the result of a flawed polling model and, at worst, designed to undermine Democratic politicians and the party's national agenda.
Notably, the weakest quotes in the piece are from actual pollsters. The Politico's Alex Isenstadt talked to Pollster.com's Mark Blumenthal and Charles Franklin, both of whom observed only that Rasmussen's polling is less favorable for Democrats and is used frequently by Republicans. This is not surprising, as both have addressed the topic at length in the face of the ongoing lefty whining about Rasmussen.
In December 2009, Mark Blumenthal charted the "house effects" of the pollsters charted by Pollster.com in a post about Rasmussen's results. Blumenthal identified at least three possible reasons why Rasmussen tends to show Obama with lower approval and higher disapproval than most (but not all) pollsters: (1) sampling likely voters; (2) giving them four possible answers (strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove); and (3) the robo-calling method. While Blumenthal thinks the robo-calling is a minor factor, Democratic polling firm PPP uses the same method to reach registered voters and also tends to show lower approval for Pres. Obama. Thus, this part of the Politico story is not surprising, either:
"The way he does polls is that he's more likely to get high-energy voters," said Tom Jensen, a pollster for the North Carolina-based Democratic firm Public Policy Polling. "I think Rasmussen favors Republicans this year, but I don't think he inherently favors Republicans."
Blumenthal's charts show similarly large "house effects" that inflate Obama's approval number (CBS/NYT, Ispos/McClatchy, CNN and ABC/WaPo) and deflate his disapproval (CBS/NYT, Pew). His colleague Charles Franklin produced charts for each pollster that make the same point in a slightly different way.
These charts demonstrate one of the common righty responses to the Politico story — that the establishment media never does stories about the Right's complaints against polls like CBS/NYT, ABC/WaPo and CNN. The charts also underscore the degree to which the Politico story appears to have been written simply to advance a lefty narrative. After all, this story could easily have been written to advance the narrative that "lefty bloggers complain about Rasmussen, but pollsters the Politico interviewed do not back their complaints."
Note: I previously addressed lefty complaints about Rasmussen's polling on ObamaCare, finding them wanting.
Update: Lefty blogger Nate Silver (because he knows better) adds a new spin — Rasmussen may not be biased, but news outlets that cite Rasmussen too much may be biased. Yet during the 2008 campaign, Silver rated Rasmussen one of the most accurate pollsters.
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The Brevard College men's soccer team wraps up a two-match road swing when they travel to battle Winthrop at Eagle Field in Rock Hill, S.C. Thursday at 7 p.m.
• The Tornados fell to USC-Aiken, 1-0, in a tightly contested matchup on Tuesday evening in Aiken, S.C. The Pacers netted the lone goal in the 35th minute off the foot of Jason King. However, BC was relentless on offense after firing 16 shots. The Tornados were shutout for the first time on the young season.
• BC matched its win total from last season (two) with the victory on Saturday against King.
• BC is 2-0 at home this season compared to 0-2 on the road. The Tornados are in a stretch of four games in seven days.
• Winthrop is undefeated this season with a 4-0-1 record. The Eagles have won three 2-1 decisions and walloped Stetson, 5-2, on Sunday at the Mercer Classic. Three Eagles have netted a pair of goals while goalkeeper Guilherme Avelar boasts a 0.96 goals against average.
• This marks the sixth consecutive season that the squads have met. The last two matches have been played as exhibitions, but the Eagles have won three straight (2008-10). Winthrop has allowed only one goal during its three-match win streak against the Tornados.
• Heath Turner, Alec Goettl, Paulo Silva and Ryan McPhillips are the only Tornados to start every match this season. Silva (nine) and McPhillips (seven) sit first and third on the squad, respectively, in shots taken. Turner leads the South Atlantic Conference with 22 saves.
• The Tornados have been outshot 35-22 in the first half this season, but owns the second half advantage, 26-20.
• BC head coach and Athletic Director Juan Mascaro enters his seventh season at the helm for the Tornados.
• Brevard was tabbed to finish 12th in the 2013 preseason coaches' poll in the South Atlantic Conference while nationally-ranked No. 12 Wingate earned the top spot.


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Following a lower opening on Wednesday, stocks advanced during the morning hitting their highs around noon. But then, renewed worries over the possible breakup of the euro zone and lower U.S. retail sales drove stocks lower. Only a late rally saved the Dow industrials from a triple-digit loss.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 12,496, off 77 points, the S&P 500 fell 9 points to 1,315, and the Nasdaq was off 24 points at 2,819. Volume contracted as the NYSE traded 703 million shares and the Nasdaq crossed 437 million. Decliners were ahead of advancers on both exchanges by about 2-to-1.
We often use the term "broad market decline." That means that stocks of almost every class, large cap to small cap, as well as industry sectors, are heading south. I watch many sector charts and indices daily to see if any are breaking opposite to the major trend, looking for an early indication of a turn. Currently, I see none.
The chart of the S&P 600 SmallCap Index is an example of a group of stocks that could not be more different in size and makeup than its cousin the S&P 500. And yet its pattern is almost identical to the large-cap index.
Note the almost perfect head-and-shoulders top with a high at 471 and a neckline at 439. The minimum target for this formation is 407, and Wednesday's close under its 200-day moving average, along with a new sell signal from the stochastic, confirm that the index is headed lower.
Conclusion: Wednesday's failure to follow through with a back-to-back rally in the major indices offers more evidence of a very weak market. And its sensitivity to headline news should make every bull run for the hills.
Greek elections this weekend with a probable standoff due to the scores of political parties, more talk of deterioration in the Italian bond markets, and the Federal Reserve's policy statement, which comes next week, provide enough uncertainty to keep the bears happy.
Today's Trading Landscape
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End of term presents?
Has anyone voted in the poll yet on the right hand side of the page?
I'd be especially interested to hear from anyone who voted for £40 or more!!!
I'm guessing that most of you spend under £5 and that the majority give something home made?
I remember in the 70's my mother always used to buy my Head at primary school a bottle of Youth Dew perfume every term, she was an exceptionally good teacher who gave me free extra maths tuition though!
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Trending Now: Bobcats officially change named to Hornets
More than 400 former NFL players have filed a lawsuit against the league claiming they were illegally supplied with risky painkillers to cover up their injuries, which have led to medical complications.
The NFL owners didn't vote to expand the playoffs in time for the 2014 season, and the topic will be discussed in the fall.
The Vikings have signed 1st round picks LB Anthony Barr and QB Teddy Bridgewater.
The "Charlotte Bobcats" officially changed their name to the "Charlotte Hornets."
11 year old Lucy Li became the youngest competitor to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open.


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|25th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1959
#1 LSU 7 (Final: 11-0-0)
#12 Clemson 0 (Final: 8-3-0)
Clemson head coach Frank Howard was fully prepared and motivated to knock LSU from its pedestal - as were most of the South Carolina contingent on the chilly, overcast New Year's Day, 1959.
"They (the press) keep telling us we're not worth a darn,'' the tobacco-chewing coach of the 11th-ranked Clemson Tigers drawled. "I don't know, maybe we're not. But you keep telling a feller that long enough and it begins to get under his hide.''
It was, however, the quick-silver LSU Tigers that put in the early bid for points, driving to the Clemson 22-yard line late in the first quarter before a fumble thwarted the march. When Clemson couldn't move the ball, Charlie Horne dropped back to punt. He got a bad snap and under a strong rush by Max Fugler, hooked the ball straight up and out-of-bounds for a minus two-yard punt at the 29-yard line.
LSU inched to the 12, but came up empty again when quarterback Warren Rabb missed on four straight passes, including one on a fourth-down fake field goal.
Later in the second period, Rabb ignited another drive, running for 33 yards but breaking his hand on the tackle. "I didn't know it was broken until I came out before the half,'' he explained. "I think it got hit with a helmet.'' Rabb continued to pilot the drive, completing a 24-yard pass to end Mickey Mangham and guiding the Tigers to the 1. J. W. Brodnax crashed into the end zone but fumbled. Doug Cline recovered for the Clemson touchback. "I thought it was over,'' Brodnax said with insistence afterward.
LSU had muffed three scoring opportunities in the first half, and lost its quarterback in the process, changing the game plan.
"I was glad, in a way, the first half ended the way it did . . . I felt certain they thought they had us,'' Dietzel said.
That's what it seemed in the third quarter when Clemson, which posed no serious threat in the opening half, pounded its way to the LSU 20 - where George Usry was hit by Red Hendrix and fumbled.
Fighting off every Clemson thrust, George Strange recovered for LSU on the play.
Tommy Davis boomed a 52-yard punt, and when Clemson failed to move again, it appeared the two sets of Tigers were settling down into trench warfare. A reserve center, Paul Snyder, was in during this series. As it happened, when Clemson tried to punt, Synder's snap went awry and bounced off the leg of kicker Doug Cline. LSU tackle Duane Leopard fell on the loose ball at the Clemson 11.
On third and nine, Billy Cannon took a pitch-out, rolled to his right, and shot a pass to Mangham, who was clear in the end zone. The play was not run as diagrammed. "I didn't throw it, the Lord did,'' Cannon said later. "I looked for (halfback) Johnny Robinson, and they had him covered. . . . then I spied Mickey and let go . . . I wasn't sure it would get to him until he grabbed it . . . It went off with a prayer.''
With time becoming critical, quarterback Harvey White started a drive from the Clemson 17 and whipped his unit to within sight of the goal line. Dietzel sent in his rested Chinese Bandits, the third-string unit of over-achievers that had sparked the Tigers throughout the season.
At the 25 the Chinese Bandits threw up one of their patented stands. Gaining one yard in three plays, White flipped a screen pass to Usry, who appeared to have running room. The left halfback started to run before he had complete possession and dropped the ball. Howard was certain Usry "would have gone all the way,'' had the pass been complete. "It was the perfect play,'' he added. "All the downfield blockers were in position to clear the road to the goal.''
Howard admitted his strategy didn't work out the way he figured and said, in his opinion, Strange, not Cannon, deserved the MVP award, dismissing the Tiger halfback's touchdown pass, his PAT, his 51 yards rushing out of LSU's total of 114, and being in on several key tackles. "We figured we could drive Strange back 10 yards a crack - and planned our offense to run right at him,'' Howard said. "But, as it turned out, he was the toughest man on the field.''
Because he was, LSU finally won a Sugar Bowl game - and in the process became the first national champion to do so since 1940.Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.


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Our SeaWorld San Diego Water Taxi Sets Sail
Paradise Point has long been the closest hotel to SeaWorld San Diego, but this summer, we're taking it one step further and putting you directly on the world-famous park's doorstep.
Well, actually, we're putting you at a VIP back entrance exclusively for resort guests (you don't mind, do you?). Our brand new SeaWorld water taxi is up and running for the summer, making at least 12 trips between our San Diego hotel and the theme park daily. The taxi leaves from the Paradise Point marina roughly every half hour with tickets at $9 for adults and $5 for children.
Fast-forward a 10-minute picturesque ride across Mission Bay and you'll already be inside SeaWorld, enjoying their new summer 2011 attractions like Turtle Reef, the new "One Ocean" Shamu show, and nightly fireworks. Everyone else will still be waiting in line to pay for parking, hunting for a spot, hiking in to the entrance, and then waiting in line some more for their park tickets; not the best way to spend your precious San Diego vacation time.
So grab the family, hop aboard, and enjoy a truly scenic route to one of San Diego's most popular attractions. After all, it's only fitting to travel to and from the country's biggest maritime theme park by taking to the water yourself.
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Alicia Keys Tours the City of Lights
Making the rounds to promote her new album, "Girl on Fire," Alicia Keys performed on the Vivement Dimanche Talk Show in Paris, France on Tuesday (November 13).
The "Falling" singer looked fresh in a sleeveles orange, white, and black dress with pointy heels as she sang and played the piano for the audience. Later, she was spotted arriving at the NRJ Radio Studio where she greeted fans in a black coat, matching scarf, and camouflage pants
Recently, the 31-year-old crooner spoke to Complex about her new album. She says of the record's style, "It's not a departure. It's growth. I love the way that I've been able to go deeper into my lyrics and my songwriting and go to a place I was too afraid to access before."
Earlier, in an open letter on her website, Alicia explained her feelings, sharing, "Before making this record, in some ways I felt like a lion locked in a cage. I felt like a girl misunderstood that no one really knew. I felt like it was time to stop making excuses for any part of my life that I wanted to change. Once I made that choice I became a girl on fire, the lion broke free!"


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Liev Schreiber hit up the Ray Donovan premiere.
Kate Beckinsale is still filming her new movie in London.
Kaley Cuoco avoids showing off everything with a carefully wrapped arm.
Kelsey Grammer waves to no one with his wife and youngest daughter.
Keira Knightley shows off the latest fashion. Shirts that resemble Ergo colors.
A suddenly very old looking Leonardo DiCaprio with Kevin Connolly last night at the Kings game.
Joe Jonas was also there.
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Bob Weir 'unable to perform in any capacity' until mid-June
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The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir is taking some unexplained time off. A post on his TRI Studios Facebook page and Further's website says that "due to unforeseen circumstances," Bob is "unable to perform in any capacity for the next several weeks."
As a result, Further has dropped out of the lineup for next week's BottleRock festival in Napa Valley, California, and Bob's weekly web series "Weir Here" is going on a short hiatus.
However, Weir is expected to be back in action next month. The post says he hasn't cancelled his solo concerts scheduled for the end of June, and he expects to resume his "Weir Here" webcasts in "mid to late June." In addition, Further still anticipates kicking off their summer tour in Brooklyn, New York on July 11th as planned.
The announcement follows Weir's stage collapse last Thursday. During a Further show in Port Chester, New York Bob suddenly fell to the floor mid-song. After being helped to his feet, Bob finished the song seated in a chair. The entire band then left the stage, but Weir didn't return with them to resume the show. Two days later Further played in Atlantic City, New Jersey -- with Weir -- and RollingStone.com says Bob gave an energetic performance in what seemed to be an attempt to prove that he was fine.
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FAU Stadium Gets a Bowl Game
Palm Beach County will be hosting a college bowl game.
Beginning next year, three football conferences will compete to appear in the Boca Raton Bowl, a post-season college football game. The game will be played at FAU's football stadium in Boca Raton and the folks at the school couldn't be happier.
The interim president of Florida Atlantic University says it's a great opportunity for the college, the city of Boca and Palm Beach County. Dennis Crudele is hoping that the game, which will be played sometime in December, before Christmas, is the only bowl game on at the time, so it can showcase nationally the stadium.
ESPN or ESPN 2 will air the game.
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