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Happy Monday Everyone! Today I've a lot floating around in my head, so rambling ahoy!
On Raiding – Valithria HM had our number last night. We got close! (98%) But couldn't quite shore it up. About the time our portal team got everything together, the rest of the raid was pittering down, not that I can blame them; I do believe the non-portal portion of the encounter is very tedious. We pushed her for our full Sunday raid night, which in hindsight perhaps was a mistake. But it was hard to be so damn close and not keep going…and I think most people were of the same mind set.
Personally, I did terrible. I can't quite put my finger on why, but I think I was too concerned about the raid. I am capable of running around 24-26k HPS…and last night averaged only about 12k. I need to shut off my leader, must save everyone, instincts and just heal the damn dragon. If I didn't need to worry about the health of those taking the portals with me I would just turn GRID off completely for the encounter.
We were definitely close. If we had gotten a tad more time on another raid night this week, I think we would have gotten it but we are out of time this week if we want a LK kill. This is the first week that we've not gotten our target HM boss down, but I have no doubts that we will be well on our way and will get it done this coming week. After reading some…I'm thinking about sending a 5th healer into the portals. Hmmmm.
On Alts – So mini-me (aka Elentari) hit 52. I didn't really play her a ton, because I wound up playing some of my level 80 alts, which was also fun! However, I learned a very important lesson regarding LFD. There are just some zones you do not PuG. Like Suken Temple, for example. I must admit that I got into one late Friday evening…and I was a bit tired, and maybe a little cranky, which in itself might have been just fine. However, the poor tank had never done the zone before…and the first two pulls took us somewhere in the vicinity of 15 minutes. I politely bowed out. And honestly just told the group that I didn't have the patience for the zone tonight, and that I was cranky and felt I would just make the group miserable. I felt a bit bad about it…but by the end of the zone I'm quite certain I would have been snappy and turned into one of those people that I hate in the LFD system.
I had some fun with both my shaman and my paladin in ICC. My shaman is now over 1100 haste, I'm so proud! However, I think the thing I am more proud of is a VoA 10 that I did with my shaman. Why? Well, you see we were having trouble finding tanks so I told the other healer (who also has a tank), that I might could solo heal it, but I wasn't sure. And you know what? I sure did solo heal that sucker. Both the ice and fire guy. On my little shaman who could. The healer that I'm the least comfortable with, and it was a lot of fun and between the two bosses, I didn't lose a single person! While that may not seem like a bit deal for some (and I never would have questioned being able to solo heal it on my druid), my shaman isn't sporting the best gear out there!
I received a compliment on my healing from someone who never passes them out which made me feel pretty good =)
On Failing as a Moonkin – So, my progression 10 man (that runs one night a week) is now 10/12 HM. For whatever reason, Putricide is giving us fits. Although to be fair, we've spent maybe 3 hours on him over two raids. We've seen phase 3, but for some reason couldn't get there on Saturday. Anyhow, I digress. So in my progression 10 man, we decided that I would moonkin on DBS while our paladin and priest healed it, so that I could knock the adds back, a'la our 25 man strategy.
Last week when I did it, I did OK, but I had been pretty lax about keeping up with my moonkin gear. Not snagging up off-spec pieces where perhaps I should have, and I realized that I was still sporting 2 pieces of 232 T9. I felt that I really needed to get myself together and felt a little embarrassed that I had been a little lax, and so I purchased my 2 T10 set, and made some adjustments to my gear. I need some ring and trinket upgrades…but I can finally stop using my hit trinket from Naxx 10. Although, I'm fairly certain that I'm just going to replace it with my heroic Abacus until I can get my hands on a spyglass.
Anyhow, I digress again. So I got my moonkin gear in order. And while I do good damage staring down a target dummy, I really don't moonkin much, so felt I should get some practice in. And so I DPS'd a ToC 10…and while I wasn't killing the meters, I did respectably well. I certainly left feeling more confident in my abilities as a moon chicken. I also did a VoA 10, with Brade's warlock, and I managed to pass him as well. (And believe me when I tell you he's competitive!). However, I could be doing better. So, I have decided that I am going to try to run at least one raid during the week as a moonkin, to work on improving my performance so that I am more comfortable wearing my feathers.
On Druid Changes In Cataclysm – They've made another announcement regarding another resto change in Cataclysm. That is to say that they will be increasing the cooldown on Wild Growth again. Really? Ugh. And the comment that was made by Ghostcrawler was terribly contradictory. He indicated that they could just make the spell so expensive that you really had to think about using it, as opposed to just utilizing it off of cooldown. Um…well, isn't the whole reason that you are making all of these changes so that healers have to "think" more? Anyhow…
Just something else to tuck away into the "let's see how it goes" file. Man that file is getting pretty damn full.
On Reading – I am still chugging through that JD Robb "In Death" series. I'm somewhere around book 12, I think. They are still pretty much like crack, and hard to put down, but I'm really enjoying them so that is good! I've put off the newest Dresden Files book, much to Brade's chagrin, because I've not wanted to switch pace. However, the new Sookie book comes out here in a week or so, and I'm not quite sure if I'll want to stop and get my Sookie fix in! Of course, if I do that, I may as well get my Dresden fix in as well. Ahhhhh! So many books, so little time!
And Now This Message Will Self Destruct! But not really! Any musings about your weekend happenings that you'd like to share?!


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What follows are extracts from the book titled "Rebutting the Myths"
Here is an online link to the website where it is still available LINK HERE
Rebutting the Myths, produced by office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs using the most up-to-date statistical data available, seeks to banish some of the shocking and absurd prejudices which exist about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Passing judgement about a person because of the colour of their skin makes a mockery of the Australian idiom of "a fair go for all".
However, in the 1990s many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to experience discrimination and prejudice on a daily basis. This discrimination impacts dramatically on all aspects of their lives, including education, employment, self esteem and personal happiness.
I reject absolutely the view that Australians are inherently prejudiced. However, many are products of an education system which perpetuated discrimination through policy and textbooks. This will be addressed in schools as Governments give effect to the National Reconciliation and Schooling Strategy.
Tackling prejudice and discrimination in the wider community is a key aspect of the work of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, which was established in 1991 with the unanimous support of the Federal Parliament.
I urge all who read this booklet to copy it and distribute it freely, to do all that they can to combat prejudice against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to make their own personal commitment to the process of reconciliation.
Robert Tickner
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Aboriginal Reconciliation
· By comparison with non-Aboriginal people, a large proportion of Aboriginal people do not drink alcohol at all and, in some Aboriginal communities, alcohol consumption has been banned by the residents.
· Up to 35% of Aboriginal men do not drink alcohol compared with 12% of non-Aboriginal men.
· 40% to 80% of Aboriginal women do not drink alcohol compared with 19% to 25% of non-Aboriginal women.
In the Northern Territory, it has been estimated that 75% of Aboriginal people do not drink alcohol at all.
Research published in 1991 by Associate Professor Wayne Hall and Dr Randolph Spargo found no evidence of truth in the "fire water theory" which maintains that Aboriginal people are biologically less able to handle alcohol.
This is not to deny the obvious problems caused by the abuse of alcohol by the comparatively higher proportion of Aboriginal problem drinkers.
Aboriginal Alcohol Use. and Related Problems, Expert Working Group Report to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in
Custody (1991).
Aboriginal unemployment rates vary from community to community. Overall, unemployment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is approximately four times the national average. The more remote an Aboriginal community, the higher its unemployment rate is likely to be. This reflects low labour market opportunities. Other factors contributing to this high level of unemployment are past limited educational opportunities and lingering prejudice among non-Aboriginal employers.
Unemployed Aboriginal people, like other unemployed Australians, are entitled to Job Search or New Start Allowances, at the same rates as other Australians.
Yet, a huge number of them prefer to work for that entitlement. In more than 185 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across the country, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have chosen to forego those entitlements in order to work part-time on Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) programs for which they receive the equivalent of Job Search/New Start. Approximately 20,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are presently involved in CDEP projects. Almost 40 per cent are women. CDEP communities undertake a range of community development projects including building maintenance, construction and repair of community infrastructure and management of projects which generate community income.
An estimated 11,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are on waiting lists to join the CDEP Scheme.
Over the next three years, it is planned that 60 new communities will join the CDEP scheme, thereby creating places for approximately 4,000 of those presently on waiting lists.
ATSIC Annual Report 1990-91, pp 20-25.
1992-93 Budget Related Paper No 7: Social Justice for Indigenous Australians 1992-93. AGPS, Canberra 1992, pp 35, 36, 37.
The annual Commonwealth budget for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) in 1992-93 was approximately $788 million.
Expenditure on the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme and on Aboriginal housing and essential infrastructure programs accounts for approximately 60% of this budget. It should be noted that CDEP is largely offset against Job Search and New Start allowances which would otherwise be payable by the Department of Social Security.
· From its budget, ATSIC provides an enormous range of services including:
· support for medical services;
· water supply, electricity supply, sewerage, road funding, airstrip construction and maintenance, and other major capital works in Aboriginal communities;
· provision of housing;
· support for Aboriginal economic development initiatives;
· support for broadcasting;
· management training for Aboriginal organisations;
· support for recreation initiatives;
· substance abuse programs and other health initiatives;
· and initiatives for young people.
ATSIC's involvement in many policy areas arises out of concerns which have not been addressed in the past by the responsible Commonwealth, State and local government authorities. In addition, Aboriginal people are entitled to receive assistance from Government equity programs as are all other disadvantaged Australians.
ATSIC Annual Report 1990-91.
There are few, if any, areas of public administration which are subject to more stringent accountability requirements than Aboriginal affairs.
In addition to the usual processes of public accountability which apply to all public sector spending -- Senate Estimates, scrutiny by the Auditor-General and relevant Parliamentary Committees, and public scrutiny through the media -- spending by ATSIC is also subject to scrutiny by an Office of Evaluation and Audit (OEA). The OEA reports to the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and the Chairperson of ATSIC on all accountability issues relevant to the Commission's operations.
The Senate Estimates Committee, conducting a detailed examination of expenditure by ATSIC in 1992, commended the Commission on its performance.
One of the first decisions of ATSIC's Commissioners was that Aboriginal organisations which failed to acquit g rants satisfactorily would not receive further funding except in exceptional circumstances.
Some 3000 grants are acquitted each year. ATSIC now produces a budget related paper each August which is circulated by the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. It provides detail of every dollar of Commonwealth expenditure in Aboriginal Affairs.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, Division 8 and especially Sections 75-78, ATSIC Annual Report 1990-91,
1992-93 Budget Related Paper No 7: Social Justice for Indigenous Australians 1992-93. AGPS, Canberra 1992.
Aboriginal people are the most marginalised, economically and socially disadvantaged group in Australian society.
They do not receive higher social security benefits than other Australians.
In relation to special entitlements as individuals, there are only two areas in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have access to special benefits.
In the area of education , only 30% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 16 to 17 years and only 7% of young people aged 18 to 20 years, are participating in education or formal training. This compares with national rates of 75%, and 40% respectively. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have access to ABSTUDY allowances from DEET. This has made a major contribution to improving the extent and quality of education for Aboriginal youth.
Other figures show only 50% of Aboriginal children have access to pre-school education compared with more than 90% of children in the wider community.
ABSTUDY is means-tested. Students on the full rate of ABSTUDY receive the same as students on full AUSTUDY (some 52,000 students were assisted in 1991-92). Special tutorial assistance is available to Aboriginal tertiary and secondary students under the Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme (ATAS) (some 30,000 students were assisted in 1991-92).
The availability of ABSTUDY and ATAS recognises the continuing effects on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of the denial of educational opportunities throughout much of Australia's history. These programs also reflect government concern about continuing disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their access to education. These special initiatives are supported by both the Federal Government and Opposition.
In the area of housing, only 26% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander families own their own home compared with 70% of all Australian families.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on low incomes have access to strictly means-tested concessional home loans from ATSIC. 'Interest on these loans starts at between 5% and 10% p.a. and increases by 0.5% p.a. until it reaches 1% below the Commonwealth Savings Bank housing loan interest rate. These rates are comparable with interest rates currently offered by public lending institutions.
However, the number of such loans is very limited and only about 359 Aboriginal families Australia-wide, assessed against strict eligibility criteria, took out such loans in 1991-92. All loan recipients pay between 20% and 30% of their gross income in loan repayments. Some 97 per cent of borrowers meet their monthly repayments.
There are also two cases where Aboriginal people had access to specialist services, ie Aboriginal legal and medical services. A separate section of this booklet deals with these services (pp. 10-11).
ATSIC Annual Report 1990-91, pp 29-32.
1992-93 Budget Related Paper No 7: Social Justice for Indigenous Australians 1992-93. AGPS, Canberra 1992, pp44, 45.
Specialised medical and legal service organisations provide the most accessible and appropriate services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in two areas of chronic disadvantage. These organisations provide services which are, in the main, taken for granted by non-Aboriginal Australians.
Aboriginal Medical Services
· Life expectancy among Aboriginal women is up to 15 years less than for Australian women generally; life expectancy for Aboriginal men is up to 22 years less than for Australian men generally.
· More than one in ten Aboriginal people suffer from diabetes.
· Aboriginal infant mortality is still more than 2 times higher than that for other Australian children.
· The incidence of trachoma among Aboriginal children, although decreasing, is still around 20 times higher than for other Australians.
While the situation in some of these areas continues to worsen, improvements in other areas are often attributable to the work of Aboriginal medical services.
· Between 1968 and 1986, the Aboriginal infant mortality rate in the Northern Territory fell from 88 per 1000 live births to 34 per 1000.
· Between 1971 and 1984, the Aboriginal infant mortality rate in Western Australia fell by 66%.
· Hospital attendance rates fell by 50% in Western Australia between 1974 and 1984.
Aboriginal Legal Services
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody found massive over-representation of Aboriginal people at every stage of the criminal justice process, an over-representation which cannot be explained by any innate "criminality' among Aboriginal people.
· During the month of August 1988, 28.6 % of all detentions in police cells across Australia were Aboriginal people.
· The rate at which Aboriginal people are imprisoned is presently 29 times higher than that of other Australians.
· In Western Australia, the imprisonment rate for young Aboriginal men is more than 60 times the rate for non-Aboriginal men.
Aboriginal Legal Services enable Aboriginal people to obtain access to appropriate legal advice and representation -- a right expected by other Australians.
A National Aboriginal Health Strategy, Report of the National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party (March
Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, April 1991),
In the Northern Territory , the majority of the land owned by Aboriginal people is economically marginal and consists of former Aboriginal reserves or desert and semi-desert country.
Former reserves account for most of the land held by Aboriginal people under New South Wales land rights legislation. The only land available for claim in New South Wales is unalienated Crown land which is not required for an "essential public purpose".
Under Queensland legislation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people obtain freehold title to existing reserves held previously under deeds of grant in trust. Claimable land will be set out in schedules to the legislation from time to time and claims to this land will be strictly limited and restricted.
In South Australia , the two major areas of land returned to Aboriginal ownership--the Pitjantjatjara lands and the Maralinga lands-- are in remote arid/ desert regions.
In Western Australia , Aboriginal people hold land, predominantly in more remote areas of the State, under 99 or 50 year leases.
Efforts by the previous Labor Government of Tasmania and by the Labor Government of Victoria to introduce land rights legislation were frustrated by those States' Upper Houses.
As is the case with any private land, Aboriginal landowners are generally entitled to refuse entry or to specify the conditions upon which entry will be permitted.
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recognised that the dispossession of Aboriginal people has continued to very recent times and made strong recommendations for addressing the land needs of Aboriginal people. These recommendations have been accepted by all mainland State and Territory Governments, both Labor and non-Labor.
Relevant Commonwealth and State legislation.
Response by Governments to the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Volume 3, March 1992.
Any major development proposal must satisfy certain criteria under State and/or Commonwealth legislation. Depending on the individual proposal, these criteria may include assessment on Aboriginal heritage, environmental and/or national heritage grounds.
Since 1984 when legislation was passed by the Federal Parliament to protect Aboriginal heritage:
· 94 applications have been lodged under the Commonwealth's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984;
· there have been two declarations under the Act relating to the protection of objects of significance to Aboriginal people;
· there have been three temporary declarations relating to Aboriginal sites;
· there has been one declaration for the protection of a site for a period of 20 years; and
· the legislation has never been used to stop a mining project.
Aboriginal law restricts detailed knowledge of sacred sites to particular people who are responsible for particular sites. Knowledge of sacred sites is, by definition, not public knowledge.
Aboriginal people's spiritual and religious beliefs should be accorded the same respect as the beliefs of any other Australians.
The spiritual beliefs of Aboriginal people are often subject to public ridicule in a manner which would never be tolerated if it were directed at the spiritual beliefs of non-Aboriginal Australians.
Central Land Council Annual Report 1990-91.
Our Land, Our Life: Aboriginal land rights in the Northern Territory, Central and Northern Land Councils, 1991. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cwth).
One of the silliest yet most persistent myths about the entitlements of Aboriginal people is that they can purchase a motor vehicle and the government will meet the costs. There are many variations on this theme.
In some cases, it is said that Aboriginal families receive a car without the need for any contribution at all toward its cost. False .
In other cases, it is said that Aboriginal people need only pay the first one or two payments under a hire purchase agreement and that "the government" will meet the remaining costs. False .
In yet another variation, Aboriginal children are alleged to receive a free bicycle each -- usually described as "shiny" or "new" -- at government expense. Wrong again!
If an Aboriginal person has a car or an Aboriginal child has a bicycle, the chances are it was bought with cash or on credit.
Aboriginal people are subject to the same laws and entitled to no more (and no less) credit than any other Australian. There is no government program or policy which involves the distribution of motor vehicles or bicycles (or any other comparable consumer good) free of charge to Aboriginal people.
The continued currency of this myth owes much to continued ignorance, prejudice and ill-will toward Aboriginal people. It certainly owes nothing to a respect for the truth.

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Woohoo! Today was my 365th run! I wrote about it on my blog...
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In it for the long run..
"It's not who wins the workout..."
Woohoo! Today was my 365th run! I wrote about it on my blog...
modified to make it a link.
Congratulations Kathy. That is awesome.
Have you qualified for Boston? I want to interview you!
Message me!
Congrats on getting into the Nike Women's Marathon too!
So does that mean you wont be heading to the 1/2 at Hampton beach again this year? I just remembered you were there when I looked at your profile pic again because I was probably about 20 feet away from you when that picture was taken - standing on the corner waiting for the start.
I wont be there - just wondering. I just signed up for Baystate marathon in Lowell on 10/17.
Jeff - I may be there as a cheering section, but not as a runner. That's so funny that you were close by! Next time!


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The Hypnocube was a great project and I am very happy with it. It is amazing to just turn on and watch it! But I was never able to figure out how to program it to my own custom animations. I have not used that programming language before, and it is quite complex! Then I stumbled across this great tutorial on Instructables where it is shown how to create a project that connects to Twitter and changes color based on the "mood" that it found. The main hardware is an arduino, a shield to connect to wifi, an RGB LED, and a frosted acrylic container. This seemed like a great project, but I decided that I would use it for gmail notifications and other ideas instead. Based on this tutorial here at Adafruit I already knew how to turn on and off the LED to accomplish this using a Rasbperry Pi. And instead of building my own acrylic box I bought this one from Amazon. It came clear, so I also bought some 400 grit sandpaper. By rubbing the sandpaper in a circular path, the box soon had that "frosted" look. The instructables project was where I got the idea on how to frost the acrylic. He was frosting the sheets of acrylic before he made the box, which would have been easier to do I am sure. The tight corners made it difficult to get it totally frosted in some places. But the advantage of my box is that it doesn't have the glue in the corners. And since it was cheap I am happy with the route that I took. And after spending some time sanding I got all of the hard to get spots enough that it doesn't show.
The Raspberry Pi has enough pins to individually control 7 normal LEDs. So for my project that means two RGB LED's and one more regular LED. I put the two RGB LEDs side by side then added two more white LEDs on either side to form a diamond shape. Both white LEDs are controlled together, so they are both on or both off. However since the Raspberry Pi only has one PWM pin, I would only be able to get full values of each of the color. So for example RED would be on, while GREEN and BLUE were off. Or RED and GREEN were on, but BLUE was off. Or all three were on. But I would not be able to get a mixture of those, like RED being at 40% and GREEN at 90% and BLUE at 20%. However there is some software that makes that possible. It basically turns the full values on and off really fast to simulate PWM. The link for that code is here on GitHub. So now I will be able to make any mixture of those RGB values. It works great and is very simple to use.
The next issue was the fact that my Adafruit breadboard wires are really short and that would look pretty terrible to have them all lose. And the LED box would have to be really close to the Raspberry Pi. Then I thought about a regular network cable and did some research on the type of wire was used in them. Turns out it is very similar to the breadboard wires. So I ask on the Raspberry Pi forum if it would work to use a network cable instead of the short breadboard wires and was told that it should work just fine. Voltage drop was the only issue mentioned as a possible problem, but after measuring it, I can say that there was no voltage drop. A regular Cat5 network cable has 8 wires. And I would be using all of them. The six pins of the RGB LEDs and the one pin for the two white LEDs would use 7 wires. That left the 8th wire to be used for ground. I used a mini breadboard to handle the resistors and the connection to the Raspberry Pi and it works better than I thought it might! So now the LED box can be a few feet away from the Raspberry Pi.
After assembling everything in the box came the time for writing the code. I started with the example from Adafruit, but changed it to suit my LED setup. So now every 5 minutes the script check to see if there is an email, and if so it flashes red and white for about 30 seconds. Another script that I worked on was to get it to fade between the three main colors. That takes about a minute to make a full cycle through the colors and looks pretty amazing.
All of this was fun and awesome, but it had to be run from the command line. I decided to fix that. There is a great tutorial that explains how to install Lighttpd (A lightweight webserver) and PHP here. I just ignored the parts about MySQL as I do not need that right now. Once that was all setup and configured I wrote a simple basic webpage with a button for each of the main colors. I also added a button to turn it all off, and another to fade through all the colors – it calls the script that fades the colors . I accomplished this through a PHP page that executes the correct shell script. So now from any web enabled device that is connected to our wifi network, anyone can turn on the LED box easily and simply.
Below are some pictures showing how the box looks when lit different colors (no these are not just photoshopped to "show" the different colors) and the last one shows the wiring nightmare underneath!
And here is a quick screenshot of the web interface to control the LED box…
Anyone have any other ideas for the LED light box?


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This article lists the general events of the 1996–1997 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which have been witnessed by the majority of the students and teachers. It leaves out those events which are only known to Harry Potter and the people close to him.
The staff at Hogwarts during the 1996–1997 school year were as follows:
- Headmaster/Headmistress: Professor Albus Dumbledore, temporarily replaced by Professor Minerva McGonagall.[citation needed]
- Head of Slytherin House and Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher: Professor Severus Snape.[citation needed]
- Head of Ravenclaw House and Charms teacher: Professor Filius Flitwick.[citation needed]
- Head of Hufflepuff House and Herbology teacher: Professor Pomona Sprout.[citation needed]
- Head of Gryffindor House Deputy Headmistress and Transfiguration teacher: Professor Minerva McGonagall.[citation needed]
- Divination teachers: Professor Sybill Trelawney and Professor Firenze.[citation needed]
- Muggle Studies teacher: Professor Charity Burbage.[citation needed]
- Potions master: Professor Horace Slughorn.[citation needed]
- Ancient Runes teacher: Professor Bathsheda Babbling.[citation needed]
- Astronomy teacher: Professor Aurora Sinistra.[citation needed]
- Arithmancy teacher: Professor Septima Vector.[citation needed]
- Care of Magical Creatures teacher: Professor Rubeus Hagrid. (Also Gamekeeper.)[citation needed]
- History of Magic teacher: Professor Cuthbert Binns.[citation needed]
Known school leaversEdit
- Cho Chang[citation needed]
- Cormac McLaggen[citation needed]
- Katie Bell[citation needed]
- Marietta Edgecombe[citation needed]
Well-known eventsEdit
The following are events which occurred at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during this school year, that the average Hogwarts student knew about.
The cursing of Katie BellEdit
Whilst on a trip to Hogsmeade, Katie Bell accidentally touched a cursed opal necklace and became very ill.[1] She was sent away from school for a while to be cured at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
It was known by a few that Katie was actually put under the Imperius Curse, by Madam Rosmerta, innkeeper of the Three Broomsticks, who had also been put under the Imperius Curse. She was ordered to give the then-packaged necklace to Albus Dumbledore, but in an argument with her friend Leanne the package tore open and Katie was cursed.[citation needed]
The Slug ClubEdit
Horace Slughorn created a group of his favourite students to get together during this year. They were informally known as the Slug Club.[citation needed]
First meeting at Hogwarts ExpressEdit
On the train from Platform Nine and Three Quarters, some students were invited to join the Slug Club for the first time in Horace Slughorn's compartment. They were all chosen due to impressive family connections, except for Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly, who got in on their own merits. Food and drink was provided for the club on the train, and it was there that Slughorn decided who was good enough to remain in the club. Marcus Belby and Neville Longbottom were deemed unworthy.[citation needed]
Regular meetingsEdit
Throughout the term, many club meetings were held. These mainly consisted of the so-called "lucky" students sitting around and eating Slughorn's expensive food and drink. Harry Potter never attended these meetings, due to a combination of detentions, lessons with Albus Dumbledore, and a lack of interest.[citation needed]
Christmas PartyEdit
In 1996, the Slug Club hosted a Christmas Party. Members were allowed to invite a guest of their choice. Horace Slughorn also invited other well-known members of the wizarding community who were also once members of the club. These included a pair of vampires.
- Note: This was the only Slug Club meeting Harry attended, albeit because Professor Slughorn told Hermione to check Harry's schedule to assure he could attend.[citation needed]
The following is a list of known members of the 1996–1997 Slug Club and the reason for their having gained entry.[2]
- Blaise Zabini — His mother is a beautiful witch who has been married and widowed at least seven times and has thus inherited a great deal of gold from her former husbands.[citation needed]
- Cormac McLaggen — Uncle Tiberius is well connected within the Ministry of Magic.[citation needed]
- Flora and Hestia Carrow — unknown.[citation needed]
- Ginny Weasley — talented in casting the Bat-Bogey Hex.[citation needed]
- Harry Potter — the 'Chosen One'.[citation needed]
- Hermione Granger — the top student in her class.[citation needed]
- Melinda Bobbin — family owns a large chain of apothecaries.[citation needed]
Quidditch CupEdit
The Gryffindor Quidditch team, captained by Harry Potter won the house Quidditch Cup this year. A lot of this was due to Ron Weasley's extraordinary performance as Keeper—albeit because he thought Harry had slipped some Felix Felicis into his pumpkin juice at breakfast that day—and the return of Katie Bell as Chaser. Gryffindor won the last match against Ravenclaw 450–140. Ginny Weasley played seeker in this match because Harry was in detention.[citation needed]
Final standingsEdit
- Gryffindor[citation needed]
- Ravenclaw (-20)[citation needed]
- Hufflepuff (-400)[citation needed]
- Slytherin (-410)[citation needed]
The Death Eaters' attackEdit
Some Death Eaters, including Alecto and Amycus Carrow and the werewolf known as Fenrir Greyback stole into the school using a Vanishing Cabinet set up in the Room of Requirement by Draco Malfoy. They promptly set the Dark Mark over the school, and began defending themselves against members of the Order of the Phoenix and of Dumbledore's Army.[citation needed]
Dumbledore's deathEdit
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore died upon being struck by Severus Snape's Avada Kedavra curse.[3] His body is jetted off into the air and lands on the grass near the castle, where students were able to see it.[citation needed]
Snape's flightEditSeverus Snape, along with Draco Malfoy and the other Death Eaters fled the school after fighting against members of Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix. They did not gain control over the school, and it was soon revealed that Snape was (seemingly) a Death Eater and that he was the one responsible for the killing of Albus Dumbledore. He performed the Killing Curse curse that killed him.[citation needed]
Battles and injuriesEdit
Due to the Order of the Phoenix's good defence of the school, and the contribution of Dumbledore's Army, not a single Hogwarts student sustained serious injury. Neville Longbottom and Charms Professor Filius Flitwick sustained minor injuries in the battle. One Death Eater died however, and Bill Weasley was bitten by Fenrir Greyback, who was not in werewolf form at the time. So, Bill never became a werewolf. He instead sustained some horrible scars on his face.[citation needed]
Dumbledore's funeralEdit
On the last day of the school year, all Hogwarts students attended Albus Dumbledore's burial and funeral. Many other guests were there, mainly witches and wizards from Hogsmeade and the Ministry of Magic. All students were sad on this grave day.[citation needed]
Amorous relationshipsEdit
Many "boyfriend/girlfriend" relationships occurred during the 1996–1997 school year. The known ones were as follows:
- Ginny Weasley and Dean Thomas: this relationship failed due to Dean's supposed overprotectiveness of Ginny.[citation needed]
- Ron Weasley and Lavender Brown: this relationship started when Ron helped Gryffindor to win the Quidditch match against Slytherin, it also jeopardised Ron's friendship with Hermione Granger.[citation needed]
- Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley: these two had liked each other for a long time before going out. However, Harry ended the relationship shortly after Dumbledore's funeral because he wanted to protect Ginny.[citation needed]
See alsoEdit
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 1996
- 1997
- 1991–1992 school year
- 1992–1993 school year
- 1993–1994 school year
- 1994–1995 school year
- 1995–1996 school year
- 1997–1998 school year
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12, Silver and Opals.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 7, The Slug Club.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 27, The Lightning Struck Tower.


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Ever wonder why it is that so many shootings take place when the shooters are armed heavily enough to take on the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, yet thankfully end a lot sooner than the shooter intended?
Those of us in Realville understand that it's because someone else with a gun shows up.
The citizens of LaLa Land must believe it's due to divine intervention.
You see, in LLL, Sen. Diane Feinstein believes a renewed automatic assault gun ban is the answer. President Obama signs the bill and "poof," problem solved.
In Realville, we understand that it's not about the guns or the "poof." It's about personal responsibility. And crazy people should be held responsible, as well as everybody else.
The Newtown shooter was not crazy. He was evil. Dressing up like Rambo and walking into a police station is crazy. He walked into a safe haven for children and played the devil until he heard sirens.
Thank God he was sane enough to understand what that meant.
If we could only get everyone else to understand that, then perhaps we could all agree that the only way to lessen the amount of time from when a shooting begins and when it ends is to have another gun show up sooner.
If guns are restricted, so should free speech
I am appalled by the Newtown tragedy and pray that such events could be avoided.
Even as a dedicated gun owner, I am resigned to seeing "liberals" managing to institute what they consider "reasonable" restraints on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
They will be implemented, even with evidence showing that many cities and countries with the most limitations on firearms experience some of the highest crime rates.
However, if such restraints are instituted, I insist that we also consider some "reasonable" constraints on the First Amendment.
Violent movies flood out of Hollywood that glorify those who kill and maim. Video "games" compete to see which can show the most "blood and guts," allowing young people to spend hours trying to "kill" as many members of some group as they can.
Of course, those who create these items are heavily invested in the liberal agenda, so constraints on their income will be heavily resisted.
Even mainstream media should have "reasonable" constraint that would help reduce the likelihood of similar tragedies occurring. Simply prohibit the media from showing the name(s) or pictures of the perpetrators, not allowing these nuts to have the publicity (and in their minds, the fame) their perverted minds desire.
The First Amendment is no more, nor less, sacred than the Second.
Less talk about guns, more talk about God
Heather Siemienkewicz's letter (Dec. 21) is exactly correct on the cause of the Newtown massacre.
God's word has no authority any more in America. We are not a Christian nation. When we removed God from our society, we created a disaster. We replaced God's word with evil such as socialism, liberalism and other things rooted in hate and greed.
Every year, thousands of young African American men are murdered by gunfire, but most Americans care nothing about them. God does care and he is infuriated that this nation does not care about human life, as it once did. Do you people care?
According to Jesus, it is the rage, anger and hate in your hearts that causes murder. When we return this nation to God, we will understand this and violence will subside enormously. When John 3:3 becomes important and is understood by people, we will see a return to the America that God once blessed but is now cursing.
Homeland security includes protecting our schools
Due to the latest incident in Newtown, a new gun control bill is sure to come up for a vote in Washington. Once again, the country is split in half on how we should proceed - those who feel no additional gun controls are necessary and those who believe additional gun controls are required. I feel that most of the bill will deal with assault weapons and large clips.
The major issue I have with any gun control bill will be the amount of assault weapons already in the hands of lawful, as well as unlawful, folks. Who will be responsible for those weapons? Will they be grandfathered in?
The guns used in this latest case were owned by the perpetrator's mother, who passed a background check and was approved for gun ownership, just like adults do every year in millions of homes today. So what is the main goal of the federal government, since assault weapons gun controls would not have stopped this incident?
In my opinion, the important issue is protecting our children, which can only occur on the school yards. So why doesn't the federal government step in and fix the problem using homeland security funding?
Why Obama wants to go over fiscal cliff
As we have all been repeatedly warned, on Jan. 1, the United States will go over a "fiscal cliff."
This will effectively take billions out of our already weak economy and send us back into recession.
To understand President Obama's desire to go over the cliff in January, we must look at what is on the table that he wants in comparison to what the cliff will bring him, along with what else will fall within his reach after our fall.
The first thing this administration has said it wants in a deal to avoid the cliff is to let the taxes on the rich and small businesses increase, but to extend the tax cuts for the middle class along with unemployment benefits.
Next he wants the debt ceiling to be raised this coming March without debate or any scrutiny. The president has indicated a need for another stimulus package for the economy and Obama (along with scores of fellow Democrats) have also made claim that any failure to avert the cliff will fall directly into Republicans' laps.
His fraudulent claims of fighting for the middle class have never resulted in anything more than a funnel perpetually draining power into his eager hands.
We watch paralyzed as Obama's usurpation of power gives birth to a new aristocracy for our country.


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For my Mother's birthday, I thought I would share a few thoughts about her. I know she is pretty maligned by some, praised by others, and many more just do not know what to be in relation to her. Therefore, I thought I would talk about her with that title, Mother.
The above photo came to me in 2010. This photo was given to my Great Grandmother, Lillian Coley Jonas Bowcutt (1898-1987), probably not long after it was taken. I am guessing before 1960. From my understanding, it hung on the wall of my Great Grandmother in Richmond, Cache, Utah until she had to move in with her daughter, Lillian Jonas Talbot (1930-2009), in Layton, Davis, Utah the mid 1980's. It still has its original heavy paper frame and original glass. I took the picture out of the frame to scan it and imagined that it was the photographer who placed it there in the late 1950's, or more likely, one of my grandparents. I can imagine the photo carefully located on Great Grandma's wall and the love that swelled in her breast as she viewed my Mother and my Uncle Doug. I am sure the scores of other grandchildren hung on the same wall, but these were grandchildren that also lived in Richmond and paid regular visits so there was a personal love as well as that motherly love.
When Great Grandma Lillian moved to Layton, all her photo albums and pictures went with her. When she passed away in 1987, they fell into the possession of her daughter, Lillian. It was almost 20 years later when I knocked on the door and wanted to see photographs. I found the goldmine when she pulled out these albums. I scanned the photo above in 2006, but after Aunt Lillian passed away in 2009, the family thought to give me this actual photograph.
A copy of this same photograph hung in my Grandmother's house in Paul, Minidoka, Idaho. It sat on a cedar chest in one of the bedrooms. I do not know what happened to that photo when my Grandmother died, but I have this image in my mind of that photo being in my Grandparent's possession from the late 1950's as well. Tended, loved, and on the wall overlooking the family as they grew through the years. I know I probably romanticize it as any child does to ignore the pain of their childhood for the faults and inadequacies of their parents. I know my mother romanticizes her childhood and the relationship with her parents. I see in this picture a happy smirk and a couple of contented children. What did my Grandparent's see in their children? What did my Great Grandmother see in this picture? I will not likely know while I am alive.
As I now have a child of my own and feel great love in the features and form of the child, not to mention the personality, I know how I feel looking at pictures of my daughter. I assume my Grandparents felt the same for their children. I look at this photo with new eyes, especially where I can sense so many similar features between my daughter Aliza and her Grandmother Sandy (and even a few with her Grand Uncle Doug).
Here is another picture of Mom and Uncle Doug outside their home in Richmond. Again, I see two cold, but happy, kids playing in the snow outside the home my Grandpa Jonas lovingly built for the family in the late 1940's.
Here is another photo of Doug and Mom outside the Richmond home near the front sidewalk.
This photo does not look quite so happy. Mom looks like she is in the same sweater as she was in the first picture above. My Mom had a pretty mangled right-handed ring finger that had not been removed by this point. I imagine she is holding her right hand to hide the the bandages and injury to that finger. That seems to expand my sympathy for her and the somber look she has on her face. No three- year-old should have that type of injury and then keep a mangled finger for 5 years when it finally has to be removed due to doctor negligence and improper care. I think she would have lost it anyway, but the doctor certainly sped things up.
How did my Grandparents view this little girl who was injured? I am sure they loved her dearly. I remember one time after asking my Grandma how she felt about my Mom as a little girl and she referred to her as "her little darling girl." I am sure it was with heartbreak that this little darling girl now had to live with the pain of a lawnmower almost removing a finger. I am sure a sigh of relief that only one finger was lost rather than all of them.
Here is another picture. This was also taken in 1957, the same year that Mom would suffer the severe trauma to her finger. She still has it in full glory at this point. This picture was from the Andra Reunion which I believe was held in Preston, Franklin, Idaho.
Again, I feel for the family. I sense a contented nature in this picture. Grandpa did not have his life increasingly taken over by alcohol by this point. He looks like a good healthy, strong man. I love the classic late 1950's clothing they all sport. Doug's ironed shorts, the patterns in Grandma's pants, the shirt Grandpa wears with the sleeves rolled, and the one piece jumper Mom wears with its pattern.
Here is a picture of Mom playing with some friends. This picture was taken or developed in August 1958, at least that is what the side of the photograph said. Classic wallpaper, carpet, and clothes of the late 1950's. I especially love the Crayola crayons box on the table. I wonder where these other two ladies are now and what their impressions of the photo and others are?
Last picture of the childhood of my Mom. This one is probably my favorite.
This photo is also classic of the time with its painted colors. This is obviously a couple of years later, probably even into the 1960's. Too bad it is slightly blurred, but at least I have it. Oddly enough, the same photo appeared in black in white just this year with this accompanying side shot.
A happy child lovingly tended to and cared for. The years fly by until we hit about 1966. The family's time in Richmond was slowly drawing to a close.
Although by this time a younger sibling, Jackie, has joined the children. Here is another picture from about 1968, probably shortly before the move to Burley, Cassia, Idaho. Sally (1955-2010) was Mom's best friend growing up. Dee is Mom's first cousin.
The family moved to Burley in 1968 when Grandpa secured work on the construction of the new Del Monte plant. I know Mom was not at all excited about the move. At this point, I think I will leave Mom's time in Idaho for another time. But I have at least documented some of her life from 1954 through 1968. One last picture of Mom and me around 1980.
Happy Birthday Mom.


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Chase Field Tour
When we were in Arizona in February, we headed downtown for a tour of…
…Chase Field [formerly Bank One Ballpark ("The Bob")]: home of the 2011 All-Star Game.
Just inside the gate (but still outside of the stadium), our guide showed us a display case holding the 2001 World Series trophy and a bunch of cool memorabilia from the Diamondback's championship 2001 season:
And next to the case, Tim posed with his third baseball Mickey Mouse:
Compared to Dick, my uber-cool tour guide at Target Field, our tour guide was a dictator. He snapped at anyone (including me) who walked even five feet away from the group. Therefore, my first panorama of the day (of section 132) was from way across the concourse:
We received a special treat that day: they were laying the grass for the 2011 playing field:
Our tour started out by section 132 (3B side), and headed clockwise around the field level concourse toward the RF foul corner. Our tour guide told us a lot of stuff, but I didn't really retain much. So…lets just look at some pictures of this fairly interesting looking ballpark.
Here is a closer panoramic view of Chase Field section 132:
One thing I do remember is that Chase Field is used for motocross and monster truck shows each January. They bring in tons of dirt to make all of the jumps and it totally destroys the field from the previous season. Therefore, the Diamondbacks get all new grass every season.
Here is a panoramic view from the infield side of section 136:
And another from the outfield side of section 136:
Looking across the field toward RF, we could see the party area where the famous Chase Field swimming pool is located:
Here is Chase Field's odd looking outfield wall in CF, which reminds me a lot of Miller Park:
Our group stopped to chat behind section 137, so I snapped this picture of the concourse:
And then I got a closer panoramic view of the Chase Field infield and the work crew laying the new grass:
I already showed the view from section 137. Well, its hard to tell, but this is an ever so slightly different panoramic view from section 137:
How about one from section 140 too? Here it is:
While we walked the LF concourse, we passed this cool picture of the 2001 world series trophy:
Hey, another (slightly different) shot from section 140:
The bullpens looked interesting because they had removed most of the outfield wall that usually contains them in the outfield corners. Here are a couple shots of the LF bullpen:
Keeping going…we passed by section 141…
…and then we stopped at section 144 to chat about the stadium:
…and here is another, almost identical, panorama from section 144:
As our guide told us about the ballpark, Tim took it all in (the ballpark, not the guide's stories):
Not sure what it is, but they were dropping it down from the roof in the LF corner:
Behind section 144, there is an all you can eat picnic pavilion:
Here is a view toward the RF corner bullpen…that was part of the staging area for the grass project:
This picture looks a lot like the section 144 shots, but it is a bit further toward CF…or even the RF side of CF, but I'm not sure what the section is called:
When you fly into Phoenix, you fly right by downtown and you can see Chase Field if you're on the left side of the plane (at least that is what side it was on for me). You can see those same airplanes from inside Chase Field:
Here is another panorama as we crossed the concourse in CF:
And another at the "hinge" in the wall at RCF:
In that last one, you can see a rock wall in the bottom left of the panorama, my mom and Tim stood in a little corner spot and looked down toward that area…
…it was the Chase Field swimming pool:
The pool is essentially like a party suite. A group can rent it out for a game.
I replaced my mom and Tim in that corner spot and took some more pictures of the grass laying operation…
…and these lights that help the grass grow:
Next, we made our way across the RF concourse toward foul territory. On the way, I got this panoramic view of Chase Field from section 102:
Those pictures of the swimming pool (from the "corner spot") were taken at the close end of that section of seats hanging out over CF to the right side of that last picture.
Before hoping into an elevator in foul territory, I took this shot of the concourse in the RF foul corner:
We headed up to the suite level. Here is the suite level hallway:
Compared to Safeco Field, Citizens Bank Park, and Target Field (the only fields where I have spent time in the suites), this sweet was really small and unimpressive. Small, cramped suite. Small seating area outside of the suite.
Here is the first of several panoramas I took of Chase Field from suite 23:
Unlike the suites, the scoreboard / jumbotron at Chase Field is really big and impressive:
Here is a shot of the RF corner from the suite:
Notice a couple things in RF: (i) the area is called "UptoWn" because Justin Upton is the D-Backs rightfielder, (ii) the "Arizona Baseball Club" restaurant is on the second level and its open to all fans, and (iii) the only number the Diamondbacks have retired (other than Jackie Robinson's universally retired no. 42) is Luis Gonzalez's no. 20. I'm not Diamondbacks aficionado but doesn't it seem like Randy Johnson did as much (or more) for the Diamondbacks as Luis Gonzalez? Maybe his number hasn't been retired yet because he just retired from baseball in 2009.
Anyway, this patched together view of Friday's Front Row shows that there is a kids play area in the upper deck, complete with a batting cage:
Here are some random shots of the seats behind home plate…
…, the yellow arrow is pointing to what I figure is the umpire tunnel.
Next, we headed down into the bowels of Chase Field. Here are some shots of the things we saw in the tunnel:
Top left: directional signage;
Top middle: Baxter's jeep;
Top right: MLB and league signs painted on the wall;
Bottom left: entering the Visitor's Clubhouse; and
Bottom right: a little motorcycle…Baxter's??
Let's head into the visitors clubhouse:
The green door in the picture above to the left is a players-only lounge…no reporters.
Here is a closer look at the player lockers…
…complete with lockable cabinets so your teammates or stadium staff don't steal your stuff during the game!
We didn't get to go into the Diamondbacks' clubhouse (standard protocol for stadium tours) because the players keep their stuff in their year round and they don't want tour participants disrupting the clubhouse. We did, however, get to watch a 5 minute video tour of the Diamondbacks' clubhouse, it's a great looking clubhouse…blows the visitor's clubhouse out of the water.
Next, we snaked through some more tunnels and hallways and out toward the field through this walkway:
Our destination was the "dugout suite":
The dugout suite is available for groups to rent. Its pretty cool. It shares a wall with the 3B dugout. There is a sign to warm people not to bug the players during the game:
Here is a view from the dugout suite into the 3B dugout:
And back-to-back-to-back, here are three panoramas of Chase Field from the dugout suite:
Next, we headed back up to the field level concourse and we were right where we started, in the concourse by the Team Store…
And there you go, that was our tour of Chase Field. If you're in Arizona, be sure to stop by for a tour because (while this blog entry showed it in pictures) the tour guide offered a lot of inside info about the team and the stadium.
One last parting comment. Our guide asked if there were any questions a couple times. Tim (I think) was the only person who had any questions. One of his questions was "why did the Diamondbacks change colors?" Recall, they used to be a really ugly purple and other accent colors combo. Apparently, the color change was "suggested" (strongly) by MLB because the Rockies complained about another team being so close to them geographically and also having purple as a primary color. At the end of he day, I think they made the right choice. The current Diamondbacks colors are much better than the original colors.


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We contacted Mustangs Plus for a new single-speed wiper motor to replacethe worn-out motor in a '65 coupe. Although the procedures here cover'65-'66, the wiper motor in '67-'70 Mustangs is also located under thedash, so replacement is similar. On '71-'73 models, the wiper motor wasmounted on the engine-compartment side of the firewall, making thereplacement much more accessible.
If you never drive your classic steed in the rain, it might not make adifference to you if the wiper motor works or not. But this daily-driven'65 coupe is a car that won't melt in the raindrops, so when the motorgave up and left the wipers like this, it was time to crawl underneaththe dash to replace it.


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How much weight loss is a concern?
Your body weight can regularly fluctuate, but the persistent, unintentional loss of more than 5% of your weight over 6 to 12 months is usually a cause for concern. Losing this much weight can be a sign of malnutrition, where a person's diet doesn't contain the right amount of nutrients.
You should pay particular attention if you experience other symptoms, such as:
- tiredness
- loss of appetite
- a change in your toilet habits
- an increase in illnesses or infections
Other common causes of unexpected weight loss
Unintentional weight loss does not always have an identifiable underlying cause but, in addition to the causes already mentioned, it's often the result of:
- depression
- an overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism), or over-treating an underactive thyroid
- cancer
Less common causes of unexpected weight loss
Less frequently, unexpected weight loss may be the result of:
- the side effects of certain medications
- alcohol misuse or drug misuse
- heart, kidney, lung or liver disease
- a problem with the glands that secrete hormones – such as Addison's disease or undiagnosed diabetes
- a long-term inflammatory condition, such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus
- dental problems – such as losing teeth, having new orthodontics, or mouth ulcers
- a condition that causes dysphagia (swallowing problems)
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- a bacterial, viral or parasitic infection, such as persistent gastroenteritis, tuberculosis (TB) or HIV and AIDS
- dementia – people with dementia may be unable to communicate their eating needs


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The swim and dive teams continue to be one of our most popular summer programs! The coaching staff is comprised of highly skilled and trained aquatics professionals who combine hard work, fun, and sportsmanship to create a team environment that nurtures our swimmers and keeps them coming back year after year. Georgetown competes in the WISC (Washtenaw Interclub Swim Conference) group that focuses on teaching kids about competitive swimming while preserving the fun that goes along with this great sport.
Teams practice five days a week and workout groups are established by age and ability. Placement in our swimming groups is determined by the swimmer's skill in the four competitive strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Each group emphasizes a different level of skill development. A good measure of your child's readiness for the team is if he/she can swim one length of the pool unassisted. Beginning divers will learn the basic hurdle and approach as well as a variety of dives, and experienced divers will be encouraged to reach their full potential.
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Great Bull Run events entail serious risk of injury to humans and animals. Antagonized bulls—each weighing as much as 1,700 pounds—barrel down a track after a mass of fleeing runners, many of whom have been drinking alcohol. Predictably, past Great Bull Run events have resulted in serious injuries: in Virginia, two participants were taken to the hospital with concussions; in Georgia, one participant broke his pelvis in three places. Unlike human participants, the bulls cannot choose to sit out the Great Bull Run.
This past November Lake Elsinore, California refused to allow the event within their city limits because of such serious risks to public safety.
Help the Animal Legal Defense Fund stop this public display of animal cruelty by taking the pledge today!


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It is year-end, December 31, 2010.
While everyone at Google enjoys the holidays, someone is still working late at night to gear up for Honeycomb.
Who could it be?
Notice the cleaning bucket that hard-working little Android is using. Yes, it is covered with those distinctive Erlenmeyer flasks that Google Labs was so fond of using.
This predated the closure of Google Labs by nearly a year.
Cleaning up for Honeycomb by Evoreto UG (haftungsbeschränkt):
Our 3D Android is based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
This is no official ad and neither related nor endorsed by Google.
Music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The sun cutting through the leaves, crisp mountain air around you, and no traffic ahead on a beautiful road in the Swiss Alps. All at nearly 150 miles an hour.
Yep, this Zytek V8-powered Osella sports racer at the St. Ursanne Hillclimb sure seems like the ultimate Sunday drive. That or as close as you can get to engaging hyperdrive in a four-wheeled motor vehicle.
Now, some could make the case that the perfect Sunday drive is take at a more relaxed pace, in something a bit more comfortable. Say, a Lamborghini Miura, but then again, that doesn't always end well.
(Hat tip to 190E30!)


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Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee is arguably facing his most critical week in his 16 year tenure.
His Caps sit at 15-17-1, 11th place in the Eastern Conference and 23rd overall in the NHL, with the trade deadline just one week away on April 3rd at 3pm.
It is waters they have not chartered since 2006-07 and a team that won four straight Southeast Division titles from 2008 to 2011 with 94, 108, 121, and 107 points, respectively, and had 92 points and finished eighth in the East last season, is currently moving towards a location often called "No Man's Land."
No Man's Land is a spot in the NHL where you aren't good enough to contend for the Stanley Cup, likely won't make the playoffs, but also aren't bad enough to land one of the top three spots in the draft. It is a position where it is very difficult to get better quickly, just ask the Calgary Flames or the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have been the President and Vice President of No Man's Land in the NHL the last several years. Those teams, who have rabid and demanding fan bases, have recently routinely gone with the mind set that they are only a player or two away from the playoffs or contending in them. Both have been reluctant to take a critical step back in order to possibly move two or three steps forward (that might finally be changing in Calgary this spring, but is it too late?).
The Capitals were headed to No Man's Land once before, in the days of Jaromir Jagr, but owner Ted Leonsis and McPhee went the "blow it up" route and started over. For the most part, especially from a business standpoint, they had success and it landed them Alexander Oveckhin, who is worth the price of admission on most nights, all by himself. It is important to note that hockey is first and foremost a business to many owners. So the bottom line is vital. Thus the push to just get into the playoffs can often be the difference between being in the red or black. The bottom line can drive an approach that constantly looks at the short term solution instead of the bigger picture.
This is a danger I see for the Caps right now. They are a team that has an incredible home sellout streak of 169 games and the marketable product in Ovechkin. But everyone knows in the Baltimore/DC area that winning is your most marketable item. This region demands a winner and when a club can't consistently do that, the fan base erodes exponentially (see the Baltimore Orioles for 14 years). So owner Ted Leonsis surely is leery of what the impacts of a losing season or missing the playoffs would do to his club that generates full building after full building these days. So it can be a risk to have a losing season.
Clearly the Caps would love to make a run and reach the postseason this year but after last night's loss to New York Islanders, they are seven points out of first place in the Southeast Division and four points behind the Rangers for eighth place overall in the Eastern Conference. With no Western Conference matchups, it is very difficult to make up ground. To reach the post season, the Capitals will likely need to go 11-4 or something along those lines. Is that really doable with this team, one that is finally healthy and still couldn't beat John Tavares and company, at home, in a very important game?
That is a question that McPhee needs to ask himself because the way I see it right now he has three options over the next week:
1. Stand pat and do nothing
2. Become a buyer and try to make the post season
3. Sell off some assets ensuring a post season miss but put yourself in position to snag one of the elite players in what appears to be a draft with some impact players at the top.
In option one it will be difficult to make the postseason and the Caps likely end up 9th or 10th in the East. They would have low odds to win the new draft lottery to pick first overall and probably would draft around the 10th to 14th spot in New Jersey in June. In addition, unless they sign Mike Ribeiro, they likely lose him to unrestricted free agency after the season.
In the second choice, McPhee would really need to add an impact player to get this team to go 11-4 down the stretch. It would have to be a top line winger and to do that they have to give something up, likely their first round pick this year or perhaps one of their recent first round picks (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Filip Forsberg, or Tom Wilson). It is a mortgage the future type of move that might get them in the postseason but likely doesn't put them in a real position to contend for the Stanley Cup given what the Pittsburgh Penguins roster looks like now after acquiring Brenden Morrow and Doug Murray. Making the playoffs would help the bottom line but would the price be too great? Then they'd still have the issue of trying to sign Ribeiro along with the asset they acquired at the deadline. The Caps currently have only $15M of salary cap space for 2013-14 with just 15 players under contract. Two top six forwards would eat up much of that and McPhee still has to sign defensemen Karl Alzner who is a restricted free agent, as well as some other players. Sure the competitor in me would like to give it a shot but depending on what you have to give up this season for a top six forward asset, doesn't appear to make a lot of sense.
Therefore, option three seems to be the smart move. Signing Ribeiro is going to be awfully tough to do and with number 9 at 33 years old and wanting a five year deal, it just doesn't seem like a wise option on his terms. Remember Michal Nylander? That signing in 2007 arguably cost McPhee the salary cap space he needed in 2009 to shore up a Washington defense that was likely the biggest thing holding them back from beating the Penguins in 2009 and going on to win the Stanley Cup. So why hamstring yourself with a big contract to an aging player and risk that scenario all over again when you are planning on contending again?
But if you can get a number one draft pick or more this year for Ribeiro, then you should deal him. Sure you will definitely miss the playoffs but you also now have two first round picks and could package them to possibly move up to number one, two, or three and get one of Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon, or Jonathan Drouin. Jones, according to my sources, is the best player in the draft and NHL ready now. He very likely will be a number one defensemen on a team in the NHL in a couple of years. He's a team changer. Snag him and you suddenly have options to possibly move some of your other defensemen, like Mike Green, who you are paying $6M a season now.
In addition to Ribeiro or Green, there are other guys on this roster that teams might be interested in such as Marcus Johansson or Joel Ward or one of the three goalies (Braden Holtby, Michal Neuvirth, or Philip Grubauer) at the trade deadline.
What McPhee and his staff need to do is work to the Baltimore Ravens model of "Right Player, Right Price." You have to know the value you place on every player on your team and in the league and make moves accordingly. Washington's pro scouts will really need to be doing their jobs well and feeding the GM the info he requires to make some hard decisions. If you do it right you don't overpay for your own guys and can end up with better players at or below that price (see the Ravens getting Elvis Dumervil, Chris Canty, and Marcus Spears for the same overall amount the Cleveland Browns paid for Paul Kruger).
McPhee has made some very smart decisions on players before, such as Semyon Varlamov, who he traded for a 1st and 2nd round pick. The 1st rounder is now Forsberg while the Capitals haven't taken any hit at all in the goaltending department. Sergei Fedorov for Theo Ruth was another blue ribbon deal by the GM that made the Caps a legit Stanley Cup contender for two straight springs. But he's also had some not so good decisions (re-signing an aging Tom Poti for two years, the four year deal for Jeff Schultz, and the two years given to an aging Roman Hamrlik). Those contracts have impacted Washington's salary cap while not yielding quality results on the ice.
With Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich, and John Carlson having long term deals clearly they are the guys for McPhee to build around going forward. Everyone else should be up grabs. It is Asset Management 101 at this point for Washington. They need to do what they can to transform a team that was one of the best in the league from 2008 to 2010, but has steadily declined, back into a Cup contender.
Sure its a risk from a marketing standpoint, but the fans in this area recognize when you are going in the right direction and will have the patience to endure a reshaping of the roster, especially if they believe it will eventually lead to Washington's first Stanley Cup. So it's a low risk play and if the moves are done right and there is a championship in the next few years or so, then you have people locked into your team long term (see the Philadelphia Flyers, who still sell out despite not winning a Cup since 1975).
So this is a huge week for McPhee and one he has three roads he can possibly take. They aren't easy decisions and only he and his staff really know what options are going to be available to him in return for his current assets.
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One recommendation. If you're on your way to hades, by either handbasket or the regular route, don't forget your MP3 player and your shades. The eternal shrieks of the damned get sort of grating after a while, like an alarm clock left running by a vacationing neighbor, and the hell fire can get kind of bright. Especially if you're hung over.
Ah yes, I've been tagged. I hope this isn't the payment the red-horned guy was promising me for my work. You can't ever count on him paying his invoices as agreed.
The Rules
1.) Post the rules first.
2.) If you are tagged you have to tell your faithful blogging public 8 random facts about yourself in a post on your blog. It can be habits, an idea, facts, or just um… stuff.
3.) At the end of your post, choose eight other bloggers you'd like to know something about and tag them.
4.) Leave a comment telling them you've tagged them and that they will need to read your post on your blog.
5.) Bend the rules as convenient. (My special addition!)
The Things You Can't Prove Are Lies
I. I've been published at least twice under different pseudonyms. But before you think back on the articles you've recently in major publications, it's only fair I tell you that once was for an underground high school newspaper and the other was for a slightly more high brow (i.e. pretentious) college literature magazine. I still have both.
II. I started seriously enjoying writing in a high school English class. Fed up with all the essay writing, in irritation I wrote a very antagonistic paper as one of my assignments. The plan was to make reading the assignment as much of a pain as it was to write it. As many of my plans do, it backfired; the teacher loved it and started treating me as though I were literary elite. Being the obnoxious bastard I am, I found that the prospect of writing angry for good grades a win-win proposition. I was brimming with pointless teen angst. I aced the class and was put in the advanced class the following year.
In college, to keep it interesting, I made a point of writing my papers in support of whatever view point I thought my professor disagreed with the most or in favor or anything patently absurd. Somehow my textual nettles continued to be well received. And I got pretty good at supporting the unsupportable. (I should have been lawyer!) I was very Swiftian. (Not to be confused with "Swift Boat".) Of course, I didn't know it at the time, I was just being sadistic.
III. My crowning achievement in art of the chafing word was contributing three pieces of poetry/prose to the college literary magazine under an ridiculous pseudonym. The incredibly obnoxious ditties made it in and I had the pleasure of hearing one of the editors angrily discussing their inappropriateness. Ah, good times. 🙂
IV. I've been in a small (four seater!) plane when all the electronics went out. In the clouds. I participated in an emergency line of site landing that involved a tight spiral down through a small hole in low cloud cover. Once down, the problem was diagnosed (pilot error), and we got back on and flew the rest of the way to our destination. Same plane, maybe an hour later. Several people still claim to have the "Oh Shit" email I sent them from my Crackberry while I was in the air. Sadly, I don't.
V. I started smoking cigars with a friend on the Oregon coast in the middle of the night. We'd leave campus after in the evening after classes and arrive well into the night. On the way we'd stop at the "Mecca of Convenience" and pick up some firewood for a bonfire and whatever cigars they had at the counter. They were horrible in the way you would expect a convenience store cigars to be, but an essential part of the evening. (A better cigar probably wouldn't have burned worth a damn on those gusty nights.) As was the "flaming manhood", but that's a story for another day.
VI. I've worn a kilt on numerous occasions, but I'm not going to prove it. That will disappoint at least one occasional reader of this blog, as he wants to submit it for Photoshoping on Fark. But I can tell you that I looked dead-sexy. Especially back when I had long hair. Don't worry, you would agree. (Even if it required adjustments in your blood-alcohol levels.)
VII. I'd much rather be rich than famous. If I suddenly disappear, you'll know I got my wish. Either that, or I was crushed under a collapsing stack of cigar humidors.
VIII. I won my wife over with my dance moves. Quit laughing, it's true. She'll vouch for it. A friend of mine (and at the time, co-worker) from Nigeria and I were really kicking some ass on the floor of a Malaysian dance club when we were approached by my now wife and her friend. The dancing continued well into the early hours of the morning. And again a few weeks later. The rest is very colorful history.
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Association football
- For the American sport, see American football. For other sports known as football, see Football
Association football is a sport, played between two teams. In some countries, such as the United Kingdom, it is called football, but in other countries, such as the United States and Canada, it is called soccer. In Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and Japan, both words are often used.
Each team has 11 players on the field. One of these players is the goalkeeper, and the other ten are known as "outfield players." The game is played by kicking a ball into the opponent's goal. A match has 90 minutes of play, with a break of 15 minutes in the middle. The break in the middle is called half-time.
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There are many competitions for football, for both football clubs and countries. Football clubs usually play other teams in their own country, with a few exceptions. Cardiff City F.C. and Swansea City F.C from Wales for example, play in the English leagues and in the English FA Cup.
Groups such as UEFA and FIFA organise international competitions between clubs and countries. Clubs play in competitions such as UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League, and countries play for the World Cup or a continental trophy such as the UEFA European Football Championship.
The FIFA World Cup takes place every four years between national teams, and is the world's most popular sporting event, even more popular than the Olympic Games.[1] In football, there are two main types of competitions. In a "league", all of the teams play the same number of games, but in a "cup", teams leave the competition when they lose, until the last two teams play each other to decide the winner.
Who plays football
Football is the world's most popular sport. It is played in more countries than any other game. In fact, FIFA (the Federation Internationale de Football Association) has more members than the United Nations. It is played by both males and females.
In Europe, the main competitions to compete to be the best in Europe are the Champions League for the top teams from the top leagues in each country in Europe. Then there is UEFA Europa League which is for the next best teams from each member of the UEFA.
The most successful club in the world is Rangers F.C. from Scotland, who have won more major titles than any other team in the world. They have won the country's league 51 times[2] which is a world record.[3] Other successful clubs are FC Barcelona and Real Madrid from Spain, or Manchester United F.C. from England.
- Players may not use their hands or arms (handball), except the goalkeeper, who may use them within his own penalty area (penalty areas are in front of both goals).
- Players may not trip or push each other (a foul).
- Players may not hold each other or stop other players from getting to the ball (obstruction).
- Players who commit bad fouls get shown a yellow card. Players who commit really bad fouls, or get shown two yellow cards in the same game, get shown a red card. Players who get shown a red card get sent off the field and cannot finish playing the game. In some competitions (like the Premier League in England) you miss the next game (suspended) if you get a red card, or pick up 5 yellow cards during the season.
- The ball is out of play if it crosses the boundaries.
- If a player kicks the ball out of play at the side of the field, the other team gets to throw the ball back into play (a throw in).
- If a player kicks the ball out of play at their end of the field, the other team kicks the ball back into play from the corner (a corner kick);
- If a player kicks the ball out of play at the other end of the field, the other team kicks the ball back into play from directly in front of the goal (a goal kick);
- The offside rule means that there have to be at least two defenders between the attacker and the defenders' goal when the attacker's teammate passes the ball to him/her. One of the two defenders often is the goalkeeper.
- When a player scores he is not allowed to jump into the crowd. If he does he will get a yellow card. The same applies to lifting their shirt in celebration.
- Players must not abuse referees in any way (verbally or physically).
Related pages
- List of national football teams
- List of Argentine football teams
- List of Austrian football teams
- List of Brazilian football teams
- List of Dutch football teams
- List of English football teams
- List of French football teams
- List of German football teams
- List of Indian football teams
- List of Italian football teams
- List of Japanese football teams
- List of Portuguese football teams
- List of Russian football teams
- List of Scottish football teams
- List of Spanish football teams
- List of association football clubs in Sweden
- List of United States soccer teams
- List of Welsh football teams
- ↑ World's most watched TV sports events: 2006
- ↑ "Total Number of Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 November 2006. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kamprec.html#tnc.
- ↑ "Glasgow Rangers - 100 Trophies". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 October 2001. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rangers-100trophies.html.


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