Jenjie

they are kids books, they are ridiculously long. and I wouldn't want them to film the entire book because it'd be way too long. LOTR was just about at the apex of comfort. you'd definitely have to have intervals in the HP film because I could see it being at least 6 hours long if they tried to include everything.

Harry Potter fans have been left upset by news that the wizard sport Quidditch won't be in the next film. There's just too much in the 800-page book of the Order of the Phoenix film to squeeze into the film, so bosses had to drop Quidditch. Producers of the film say if they put everything from the book in the film it would be seven hours long. The move means we won't see Ron Weasley in goal for Gryffindor, or hear the crowd chanting "Weasley is our king". A spokesperson for Warner Brothers, who make the Potter films, said that there's no way to get eveything in the books into the film. They added that the film has to take the story forward, and the films are Harry's story. As exciting and interesting as Ron's Quidditch success is, there just isn't room for that as well. Filming is currently still taking place on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, with the film expected in cinemas in July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5290000/newsid_5298200/5298294.stm

bet her sister-in-law is thrilled :dozey:

An architect of Iraqi descent has said he was forced to remove a T-shirt that bore the words "We will not be silent" before boarding a flight at New York. Raed Jarrar said security officials warned him his clothing was offensive after he checked in for a JetBlue flight to California on 12 August. Mr Jarrar said he was shocked such an action could be taken in the US. US transport officials are conducting an inquiry after a complaint from the US Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. JetBlue said it was also investigating the incident but a spokeswoman said: "We're not clear exactly what happened." 'Authoritarian regimes' Mr Jarrar's black cotton T-shirt bore the slogan in both Arabic and English. He said he had cleared security at John F Kennedy airport for a flight back to his home in California when he was approached by two men who wanted to check his ID and boarding pass. Mr Jarrar said he was told a number of passengers had complained about his T-shirt - apparently concerned at what the Arabic phrase meant - and asked him to remove it. He refused, arguing that the slogan was not offensive and citing his constitutional rights to free expression. Mr Jarrar later told a New York radio station: "I grew up and spent all my life living under authoritarian regimes and I know that these things happen. "But I'm shocked that they happened to me here, in the US." After a difficult exchange with airline staff, Mr Jarrar was persuaded to wear another T-shirt bought for him at the airport shop. "We Will Not Be Silent" is a slogan adopted by opponents of the war in Iraq and other conflicts in the Middle East. It is said to derive from the White Rose dissident group which opposed Nazi rule in Germany http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5297822.stm?ls

Police are hunting a gang of children who filmed themselves throwing a bike onto rail tracks in Greater Manchester, before posting the clip on a website. Three teenagers were seen throwing a bike over the top of a railway bridge onto tracks at Westhoughton in Bolton. The film, taken on a mobile phone, was posted on the internet site Youtube.com - where people share home videos - but has now been removed. British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Detectives have described it as an "outrageous incident" that could easily have ended in tragedy. 'Very worrying' Ch Insp Graham Bamford said: "It is a very worrying development, throwing a bicycle over the top of a railway parapet. "I'm worried that there are children involved, children filming this, and problems with perhaps copycatting. "I am very worried about this and I'm very shocked as well. "I'm going all-out to catch these people and hopefully put them in front of magistrates." Officers say the youths were putting their own lives at risk as well as the lives of passengers and railway workers travelling on the trains, and that an object the size of a bicycle could have derailed a train with tragic consequences. The managers of the Youtube.com website have not commented on the bike clip being posted on their site but the footage is no longer accessible and a note on the webpage says the video has been removed by the person who posted it on the site. Police are hunting a gang of children who filmed themselves throwing a bike onto rail tracks in Greater Manchester, before posting the clip on a website. Three teenagers were seen throwing a bike over the top of a railway bridge onto tracks at Westhoughton in Bolton. The film, taken on a mobile phone, was posted on the internet site Youtube.com - where people share home videos - but has now been removed. British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Detectives have described it as an "outrageous incident" that could easily have ended in tragedy. 'Very worrying' Ch Insp Graham Bamford said: "It is a very worrying development, throwing a bicycle over the top of a railway parapet. "I'm worried that there are children involved, children filming this, and problems with perhaps copycatting. "I am very worried about this and I'm very shocked as well. "I'm going all-out to catch these people and hopefully put them in front of magistrates." Officers say the youths were putting their own lives at risk as well as the lives of passengers and railway workers travelling on the trains, and that an object the size of a bicycle could have derailed a train with tragic consequences. The managers of the Youtube.com website have not commented on the bike clip being posted on their site but the footage is no longer accessible and a note on the webpage says the video has been removed by the person who posted it on the site. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5298544.stm

Hackers have obtained the credit card details of almost 19,000 online shoppers from telecoms giant AT&T. The US company said it had notified shoppers at its online store of the security breach, which affected people buying high-speed DSL internet items. Security was breached at the weekend, the company said, and online stores were quickly shut down in response. AT&T said it would reimburse customers for any fraudulent transactions and pay for any necessary credit services. There were no indications that fraudulent transactions had been carried out before the stolen information came to light, AT&T said. Information concerns "We recognise that there is an active market for illegally obtained personal information," said Priscilla Hill-Ardoin, the company's chief privacy officer. "We are committed to both protecting our customers' privacy and to weeding out and punishing the violators." The company said that only customers who shopped at its online store selling DSL internet equipment were affected by the breach, but other branches of its online store were closed as a precaution. It notified affected customers of the theft of their information by e-mail, by telephone and by post. AT&T is the largest telecoms provider in the US, and a key supplier of broadband DSL equipment and internet connections to the US domestic and business markets. US analyst Todd Stefan, of Setec Investigations, told the Associated Press that incidents of high-profile security fraud were on the rise. A "very large underground international community" trades in stolen personal information, especially credit card details, Mr Stefan said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5297710.stm

US broadcaster CNN has apologised after an anchorwoman's chat with a colleague was accidentally broadcast live during a speech by President George W Bush. The conversation between Kyra Phillips and another woman was clearly heard as Mr Bush talked in New Orleans to mark the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. During the chat, Ms Phillips talked about her husband and called her sister-in-law a "control freak". CNN apologised to viewers and the president, citing "audio difficulties". 'Handsome and loving' The gaffe happened when Ms Phillips' microphone remained on during a brief break from the set of the daily news programme Live From. The programme was broadcasting Mr Bush's speech live from New Orleans, but viewers also heard about 90 seconds of the anchorwoman's conversation during what has been described as a bathroom or hair and make-up break. Her comments, which were at first muffled but then became clearer, started with an apparent expletive, before turning to praise of her husband in a conversation about men. "Yeah, I'm very lucky in that regard with my husband. My husband is handsome and he is genuinely a loving, you know, no ego... you know what I'm saying," she was heard telling the other woman, whose identity is not known. "Just a really passionate, compassionate, great, great human being. And they exist. They do exist. They're hard to find... But they are out there." 'Protective' Shortly afterwards she was heard laughing, before talking about her brother. "I've got to be protective of him," she said. "He's married, three kids and his wife is just a control freak." At that point, another woman's voice is heard cutting in, telling Ms Phillips to turn off her microphone as her conversation had been on the air, and the broadcast chat ends. CNN issued a statement apologising for the error, and also apologised to the White House, Reuters news agency reported. "CNN experienced audio difficulties during the president's speech today in New Orleans," the statement said. "We apologise to our viewers and the president for the disruption." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5297958.stm

An investigation into how a copy of the long-awaited sequel to J M Barrie's children's classic Peter Pan was leaked to a newspaper in the US is under way. The book, called Peter Pan in Scarlet and written by author Geraldine McCaughrean, is due out on 5 October. But the New York Times published a summary of the plot on Tuesday. London's Great Ormond Street Hospital - which owns the copyright - and Oxford University Press said they are looking into how the manuscript was leaked. In its article, the New York Times revealed that Peter Pan in Scarlet is set in 1926 - more than 20 years after Barrie's play was first produced on the London stage. The highly-anticipated book has been shrouded in secrecy, with publishers imposing a pre-publication embargo. Great Ormond Street Hospital and Oxford University Press said that while the article contained details that only someone who had read the manuscript could know, it also had some inaccuracies. "Obviously we will be trying to find out, in conjunction with the US publisher [simon and Schuster] of Peter Pan in Scarlet, how this has happened," a joint statement said. "However, as the published article only included a few new details, plus some inaccuracies, we do not feel that the secrecy around the manuscript has been compromised. "We are delighted with the interest that publication of Peter Pan in Scarlet has generated and look forward very much to 5 October when so much more will be revealed." Worldwide search When Barrie died in 1937, he left the copyright and other intellectual property rights of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital. Royalties from the new book will be split between the author and the hospital. McCaughrean, 55, who has promised readers "high adventure, and swashbuckling danger", was chosen by the hospital to write the sequel after a worldwide search. She has previously won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year three times for re-interpreting classics such as Noah's Ark, Moby Dick and The Canterbury Tales for younger readers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5297560.stm

its all very well deciding to implement this technology, and I'm all for fining people who don't recycle properly. BUTthe councils need to get their recycling processes sorted out properly and enable people to do so without making it severely complicated & difficult. You need a degree in planning & council nonsense to be able to recycle in our area. The easy bit: We have 4 wheelie bins. Black for non-recyclable, green for garden, brown for glass & blue for paper. The black bin is emptied once a week on the same day every week. The difficult bit: The green, blue & brown bins are emptied at random points throughout the month. Never the same day, no pattern to it, and not necessarily the same number of times in the month. And they issued a calendar for each bin at the beginning of the month, which now all need recycling because they just changed the dates and issued new ones. My Grandma lives about 10/15 mins drive away. She has a different council, so her recycling consists of a black bin for non-recyclable, a green bin for garden, a huge black plastic box for cans & bottles, and a green bag for paper. They have a more logical collection system which is black bin gets collected once a week on the same day every week, and the rest gets collected on the same day but every fortnight. Cool! Except that they expect elderly people to lug a heavy plastic box, a heavy plastic bag, and 2 wheelie bins to the end of their property for collection (obviously not at the same time). I find it difficult moving Grandma's paper bag because 2 weeks worth of newspapers, plus any other paper is very heavy. She has to drag it along the floor down her driveway if there's no-one around to help her.

yup, and the point I'm making is that to catch the criminal they need as much info as possible in the first 24 hours. they won't have subject them to a long session, but found out as much as they could in a short period. in my experience, the longer you leave it before making a statement the more likely you are to forget important details.

the Traffic Centre? depends what time of day you go. if you're in as soon as it opens, then no

well, they made Old School, and are currently making Old School 2. Snakes on a Plane was at least watchable, and made loads of people in the cinema laugh. old School was a big pile of crap that we walked out of

no, thank god!!! don't think I could cope with another Christmas if that were the case

depends which month it is!! I've changed job descriptions 3 times in the last 6 months, and is hopefully changing again in the next month!!!

So's Man utd! at least they wouldn't have to worry too much about the cost of a kit change. put their shirts into a hot wash with some bleach, and they'd be sorted! :laugh3:

mmmmmmmmmmmmm!! I know. am thoroughly looking forward to the 8 months of roadworks due to start on the M60 in the next fortnight. the only way round them is through a jam-packed a-road which won't be much fun either. Yay!!!!! Retail @ Christmas combined with roadworks & traffic jams, I am going to have so much fun for the rest of this year :angry:

the people who don't know what a book is. The others are the ones who can usually be found in Starbucks, trying to ignore the kids, who want a book

could be a good colour for the away strip. hot pink with the electric blue they discarded

i'd have thought it was a sensible idea to get the roadworks done quickly. there's usually so many queues on the M25, you wouldn't want the workers trying to head off to find somewhere else to eat, they'd never be on site to work!!

i don't get to meet any of them, they're the ones heading down the retail park to Argos/JJB/ice cream van

well they'd need to, to build up a picture of what happened. they need to know what time the parent slet the kid out to play. what he was told he could do. hopefully, at 4 years old, who was in charge of him whilst he was playing. what time they last saw him etc. etc. if they want to work out exactly what happened they need statement sform anyone with anything even vaguely resembling information to the timelines

:P fair enough. :D although, I'd have thought that whatever they call home ec & stuff these days would be a real-life subject. it makes me sad every time I hear a parent in our shop say things like "what do you want another book for?"

Manchester City FC has signed up to a scheme to help it attract more gay fans and staff. The club has paid a four-figure sum to join the Diversity Champions scheme, run by gay rights group Stonewall. It is the first professional club to join the scheme, which focuses on a range of gay-friendly initiatives. The club said it wanted to send a welcoming message to gay, lesbian and bisexual supporters, be inclusive and be a progressive employer. Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill described Man City's decision as a "significant step" for English football. He said: "Manchester City should be congratulated for putting their head above the parapet and moving into the 21st century." In the next few weeks, the organisation will be looking at specific areas to target and work on with the club. Mr Summerskill said: "The work can range from looking at recruitment processes to what's already going on in the workplace, to developing marketing strategies. "It is mainly about Manchester City wanting to be an exemplary employer." Mr Summerskill said he believed that a more gay-friendly environment would attract more straight fans, as well as homosexuals, because families were more likely to attend an atmosphere free from homophobic abuse. He added: "If we help to get the club more supporters, more money and better staff, then they will have better training, better facilities, and it is all part of a virtuous circle of success." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5290534.stm

try teaching then to read, write & add up then start on the real-life subjects

Lightning delays Atlantis launch Sunday's planned launch of the US space shuttle Atlantis has been put back by a day, Nasa has announced. Officials said they wanted more time to evaluate the effects of a lightning strike on the site, and to ensure that weather conditions had improved. Atlantis is due to undertake a construction mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Its six-strong crew is taking giant new power-generating solar arrays to the space station. The mission marks only the third shuttle flight since the loss of Columbia and seven astronauts in 2003. The half-built $100bn space station must be completed before 2010, when the shuttle fleet is due to be retired. Atlantis and its astronauts are now scheduled to lift off at 1504 (1904 GMT) on Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission's main objective is to fit the P3/P4 truss, a 17-tonne segment of the station's truss backbone that includes a huge set of solar arrays and a giant rotary joint to allow them to track the Sun. The second of four sets of solar arrays, they span 240ft (73m) when fully extended. The wings will provide power for three science laboratories, two living chambers and other systems onboard the ISS. They effectively double the station's current ability to generate power from sunlight. The Atlantis crew arrived at Cape Canaveral on Thursday for final launch preparations. "There's been a lot of talk in the press lately about Nasa being back," commander Brent Jett told reporters. "But we have a saying back in Texas: 'It's time to walk the walk'." Jett will fly with pilot Chris Ferguson, flight engineer Dan Burbank, and mission specialists Joe Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, and Steve MacLean of the Canadian Space Agency. During the 11-day mission, the crew will undertake three spacewalks to complete their construction duties. Some 16 shuttle flights are needed to finish the ISS. Nasa hopes one orbiter flight can also be found to service the Hubble Space Telescope. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5284820.stm