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Our website provides information and a live 'stream' from our radio station. Our developer which is no longer with us created a page to show song title, name of artist currently being played, and time it was played on a page called 'Recently Played. This page showed 24 hours of information.
Our radio station's studio computer puts the song title, artist name and time, into an xml file and placed in a folder on our server. A script then reads the info and places the info on our Recently Played page.
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A connection with a local family prompted J.J. Watt to alter his signature sack celebration Sunday.
After the Houston Texans star brought down Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Chad Henne during the fourth quarter of a 43-37 overtime win, Watt mimed the motion of moving a wheelchair. He did it in honor of Willa, Aaron and Peter Berry, three children who were orphaned in July 2011, when a head-on collision killed their parents.
Willa, who was then 6, was severely injured in the accident. Aaron, then 8, and Peter, then 9, were paralyzed from the waist down. Watt has developed a close relationship with the Houston-area children.
"I was eating dinner at their house on Friday night," Watt said, via the Houston Chronicle. "They said they're going to be watching the game. They said give us a signal. I said OK, when I get a sack, I'll do the wheelchair."
Watt and the children came up with the idea for the sack celebration while playing a game of wheelchair basketball last week. When Watt got his opportunity, he didn't disappoint.
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FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss a charge that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning aided the enemy by giving reams of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
It is the most serious charge Manning faces, punishable by up to life in prison without parole. Col. Denise Lind, the judge in Manning's court-martial, denied defense motions to acquit him of that charge and a computer fraud charge.
The defense had cited a lack of prosecution evidence.
Lind found that the government had presented some evidence to support both charges.
Manning showed no reaction to the rulings, sitting forward in his chair and appearing to listen intently, as he has throughout the trial.
More than two dozen of his supporters also sat quietly in the courtroom, some wearing T-shirts reading, simply, "truth."
"We're disappointed," Jeff Paterson, a board member of the Bradley Manning Support Network, said outside the courtroom. "However, we're very hopeful" that Manning eventually will be found innocent of the charges, he said.
The trial is moving toward closing arguments, possibly next week.
To convict Manning, prosecutors must prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt; they had to meet a less stringent standard in convincing Lind that the charges should stand.
To convict him of aiding the enemy, the government must prove Manning gave WikiLeaks intelligence with "evil intent" and "actual knowledge" that what he leaked would be seen by al-Qaida members. Prosecutors produced evidence that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden obtained digital copies of some of the leaked documents WikiLeaks published. Lind said prosecutors also produced evidence that Manning knew from his training and other military documents, that "it must be presumed foreign adversaries will view" anything posted on the WikiLeaks website.
The government also charged Manning with espionage and theft.
Manning has said he leaked the material to provoke public discussion about what he considered wrongdoing by American troops and diplomats. The material included video of a 2007 U.S. Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed 11 men, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver. A military investigation concluded the troops reasonably mistook the photography equipment for weapons.
Paterson and other critics said the judge's refusal to drop the charges is a blow to whistleblowers.
"The government is equating all leakers with traitors and they're not," Boston College Law School professor Mary-Rose Papandrea said in a written statement. "There are very important differences between those who send information to the enemy with the intent of aiding the enemy and those people who release information to the public with the intent of informing the public debate. It's time for our legal system to draw some clear distinctions between these two categories."
Amnesty International called the charge of aiding the enemy "ludicrous" and said it should be withdrawn.
Lind also heard oral arguments Thursday on defense motions to acquit Manning of five theft counts.
Manning is charged with 22 counts. He has pleaded guilty to reduced versions of nine espionage and computer fraud counts, essentially admitting violations of less-serious military laws, and to a military infraction prohibiting wrongful storage of classified information. He faces up to 20 years in prison for those offenses. Prosecutors accepted one of those pleas, involving a computer fraud charge, but are still trying to convict him of the original charges on the other counts.
Manning chose to be tried by a judge, rather than a jury.
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Charles Norris (1779-1858) settled in Tenby in 1805. He produced topographical books illustrated with his drawings and etchings, notably Etchings of Tenby 1812. His numerous drawings are an important record of the medieval buildings of Pembrokeshire. John Linnell, the father-in-law of Samuel Palmer and patron of William Blake, is best known for his pastoral landscapes. As a young man he supported himself by painting portraits but aimed to make these: 'Like nature and like the person as seen at their best.'


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A huge crowd packed a Surrey Sikh temple Sunday to pay respect to Tara Singh Hayer — the only journalist ever murdered in Canada.
Hayer was gunned down Nov. 18, 1998 in his Guildford garage after writing critically of violent extremists and agreeing to be a witness in the Air India bombing case.
His Liberal MLA son Dave Hayer said Sunday the family is still pained by the fact that no one has ever been charged in the murder of his father, who was in a wheelchair after an earlier assassination attempt.
"It is a sad day when we have to still go back and remember after 14 years that there still hasn't been any closure in my dad's case," Hayer said at the Brookside Gurdwara.
Hayer said details about the murder have emerged through related court cases, the media and at the inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing.
Police have information linking the murder to the Babbar Khalsa terrorist group, which was also behind the bombing.
"My father was a man who didn't really look after himself and his family. He was always looking after the community and society," Hayer said. "He always said if you believe in something, you have to stand up for it, even if it means risking your own life."
Hayer's sister Rupinder Bains, who continues to run her father's community newspaper, the Indo-Canadian Times, with relatives, said the anniversary is a difficult day.
"For our family, it is very very frustrating. Every year we keep hearing 'OK something is going to be done, don't give up hope,' " she said.
"We always remember him day and night. But this time of year is the hardest for the family."
Surrey RCMP Insp. Gary Begg said Tara Hayer was a symbol of freedom of the press.
"As we gather here today, 14 years after his death, it is incumbent on us all that we embody and preserve the freedom that Tara Singh Hayer ultimately died for — a free and independent press that is open and accessible to all people," Begg said.
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China is a big, vast country ripe for the smartphone market with its growing economy and access to new technology. So it's with keen interest that we focus on how well Windows Phone performs there over the next few months.
According to some leaked internal roadmaps for China Telecom, the nation's 3rd largest carrier, Windows Phone is a big hit with the folks who oversee operations. Reportedly they are planning on getting the Nokia Lumia 719c as well as the Samsung Minuet sometime this summer, augmenting the Lumia 610c and 800c which are already on sale.
For those who don't remember, the Lumia 719c is a device that so far has not yet been announced and bares a slight resemblance to the Lumia 710. Instead of physical keys though the 719c has capacitive buttons and what looks to be the same 3.7" screen and 5MP camera. Likewise, the Samsung Minuet is thought to be a variant of the recently announced Omnia M line, making both of these devices low to mid range offerings.
Finally, though the ZTE Mimosa (aka Orbit) is not listed on the roadmap it reportedly is still planned and should be released soon as well.
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One and a half years. That's how long it's been since Edward Cullen had banished himself and his family from Bella Swan's life, from Forks, from the one place they truly felt at home. A lot can change in that small amount of time, and it becomes painfully apparent to the Cullen's when they come face to face with the girl they left behind, only she's not the same girl anymore. In an effort to protect herself from the pain of her past, she has become more confident, self assured and fierce. She's a fighter now and their fate, along with many others now rests in her hands. Will she save them or punish them for past grievances?
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I couldn't believe I was here; standing in the middle of the forest, surrounded by vampires from both my past and my present. I had tried to leave the vampires of my past behind by finding solitude in the company of the vampires of my present. That had proven impossible because I was confronted by my past again and again, through my thoughts and memories and the few times I had come into contact with them physically. These memories were always taunting, always reminding me of what had been and what could have been.
Yet, this time, I was protecting the people who had betrayed me, and betraying the people who had protected me and loved me like a daughter, friend and lover.
"Isabella." The voice of my present called endearingly to me, letting me know that it wasn't too late to turn around and go back, that they still loved me and would continue protecting and caring for me.
But how could I go to him when he was threatening both the only link to my past and the people for whom I still begrudgingly cared. He was going to destroy them along with what was left of my heart if I stepped back to his side of the field. How could I destroy myself, when everything I had been taught over the years meant nothing but self-preservation in the end?
They taught me to fight, to protect and to escape. I always knew whom it was I was fighting, whom I was protecting and, when I was outnumbered, I knew how and to whom I should run. Only this time, I didn't know. I didn't know whom I was supposed to fight, whom I was supposed to protect and to whose arms I was supposed to be running to.
"Bella, please." The voice of my past echoed across the snow-filled clearing.
It reminded me of the love I once had for him, his brothers and sisters, his mother and father. It reminded me of all that was shared and learned between us when we had first met and I felt plain and ignorant next to him in all his eternal glory. Yet he had bewitched me mind, body and soul and I him, even if it was only for a short time.
The way he said my name, the way he was begging me to go to him, to choose him, had me reeling… had me thinking over the words that had tortured me day and night when he left me.
Had it all been a lie?
Had he loved me as truly and deeply as he had proclaimed months ago?
Did his family feel the same sadness and depression that I once felt over the loss of each other's company?
As the voices and instincts inside me warred with themselves, knowing that the fate of half the people in this clearing depended upon my choice, I could only sob and clutch my head in my hands as a new voice inside of me asked, "Which is your future? The past that left, or the loving present?"
In that one sentence, everything became clear and the voices in my head stopped arguing. My instincts were now pulling me in one direction. All of them in agreement with whom I should fight, with whom I should protect and to who's arm I would be running to after this was all over.
"I'm sorry."
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Born in the Todd
Herbie Laughton is standing on a rocky outcrop on the edge of the Todd River, almost in line with the Alice Springs Hospital. This is the place where at the age of twenty eight, his mother showed him he was born.
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"This is where I was born in the Todd River, here."
Herbie Laughton is standing on a rocky outcrop on the edge of the Todd River, almost in line with the Alice Springs Hospital. This is the place where at the age of twenty eight, his mother showed him he was born.
"I asked her, 'I wasn't born in the hospital?'"
"'No,' she said, 'you weren't born in the hospital you were born down here. Your hospital's down here in the Todd River.'"
The son of a Russian miner called Simon Reif and a local Aboriginal woman, Herbie Laughton was born on the 7th of February, 1927. He was taken from his mother as a toddler and sent to the Jay Creek settlement, 48 kilometres west of Alice Springs. After a few years the Jay Creek settlement was abandoned due to lack of water. As a five year old he walked with a group of people back into Alice Springs to the Telegraph Station.
Herbie grew up at the Telegraph Station on the banks of the Todd River along with many other kids who were separated from their parents according to the government policy of removing children of mixed heritage. It wasn't until many years later that he made contact with his mother.
"She didn't show me this site until I was close on twenty eight years of age. Because she wasn't here, she was down in Port Augusta and I couldn't get to know her because I was working on the roads. When she came back I asked her a lot of questions," says Herbie.
While growing up at the Telegraph Station, Herbie spent a lot of time by the Todd River, playing on the rocks and in the hills behind the dry river bed. Herbie stayed at the Telegraph Station until the age of fifteen when he left to work on stations around the Northern Territory. But his days at the 'Old Bungalow' are still strong in his mind.
"We used to get this river sand and carry it in our shirt and climb up to that slippery rock and spill the sand on the rock. We got a sheet of iron and we'd come down that slippery rock that fast and we used to come down and flop into the water!"
It was on the banks of the Todd River that Herbie penned one of his songs, 'Old Bungalow Days' about life at the Telegraph Station. The tree that he wrote the song under still stands today, right next to the large 'slippery rock' the kids used to slide down.
"I don't know what made me come down here with my guitar. I just shut my eyes and all of a sudden I could hear this breeze blowing through the trees and I imagined kids splashing around in the water and I could hear my name being called."
Herbie Laughton made his name as a well known country singer, writing songs such as 'My Desert Rose' and 'Ghan to Alice.' His song writing career began at an early age when country singer Tex Morton visited the Bungalow and played for the children. At the age of ten, Herbie was inspired by the music. The history of Central Australia would become one of the main themes of his music.


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Hate to say I told ya so, but remember when I was the "only idiot buying Facebook?" (Cody Willard: Why I'm the Idiot Buying Facebook) back when it was below $20 a share?
I do. I remember all that displaced hate and anger (Bring on the Facebook hate).
In fact, I made a steak dinner bet with the best value investor I know, Robert Marcin, back when $FB Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB was at $18 a share or so, that $FB would hit $100 before it hit single digits. It was a rather outrageous bet at the time, but I had my money where my mouth was anyway as I made the stock the largest position in the my portfolio and even loaded up on long-dated call options while it was down at those levels.
Marcin brought up our bet today, though he noted it's still a long way to $100 for Facebook — "$FB knocks cover off with 63% revenue growth! Thats the number investors are paying for. Kudos to cody for his call on the stock! A long way to go til they reach his $100 target in our wager, but its a great qtr for the $FB. I still believe stock is very expensive, with a mkt cap around $160 billion and sales around $11 billion annual run rate."
Marcin is right about how impressive $FB's topline growth was once again. And he's also right that $FB ain't cheap any more, like I'd argued it had been at $20.
Yesterday, I answered a Marketwatch reader question about what to expect in Facebook's earnings this way, "Remember that I own FB for the next few years, not for this quarter. Feet to fire, I'd guess the company beats top and bottom line and that usage and revenue per user is up above estimates too. Not sure what will be the catalyst for tomorrow's FB action though — remember that time it was sold off after a good quarterly report because of teen usage concerns? Anyway, I'm holding my FB steady."
The single most impressive part of Facebook's rather impressive quarterly report last night was this nugget, "Overall ad impressions declined 8% Y/Y while price per ad increased 92% Y/Y due to the mix shift from Desktop Right Rail towards News Feed ads on mobile and desktop."
Mobile usage is leading the way for Facebook — and they're also able to charge even more on mobile, despite Google and other companies having to charge less on mobile than on desktop ads.
As I've noted repeatedly in the quarters since I loaded up on Facebook, I've sold all my $FB call options but with today's pop, Facebook common stock, is once again my largest position. I'm probably going to look to trim a few Facebook shares here above $60 a share, locking in a triple, and reducing a little bit of my exposure to Facebook here. It'll still be a top-3 largest position in my portfolio though.
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch, posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com, which is not affiliated with MarketWatch, and is the largest shareholder in Scutify's parent company, Wall Street All-Stars. At time of publication, Cody was net long Google and Facebook. Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter.com/codywillard.


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Guess who just got back today
AN: This story is co-written with Jaquelyne, and was an entry into the HG Live Journal Fic-a-fest.
I'm posting this tonight, as a kinda of a celebration. I've just finished the final version of This Means War! Part 8 - it weighs in at an astronomical 113 pages - over 33000 words. It's going out to my beta's at the moment (Jaq's already got back to me)
This story itself is teeth rotting fluff. It has three parts, and is the first in a trilogy of stories. A lot of this was actually written pre-TMW! And needed Jaq to drag it out and put into shape.
The second part is already written, and the third is about 45% done, so it hasn't been interfering with anything else.
Harry James Potter took a long drink of his Pina-Colada and sighed happily. He stretched out on his sun bed to gaze happily at the beach before him. His eyes surveyed the scene with a casual ease, seeing everything, checking for threats. Seeing none, he touched his sunglasses and admired a scantily clad lady as she walked past.
He could tell that she was checking him out, his muscled form had attracted plenty of attention on his holiday, especially when combined with his bright green eyes and unruly hair that begged for someone to come and tame it. He didn't care though; he wasn't in the mood for a casual relationship. If he was to be honest, his first. Apart from a brief thing with Cho that had been more about mutual comfort than passion, and he had never had a full relationship.
Voldemort had been defeated at the end of Harry's sixth year. The prophecy had come true, and Harry had done what he had been born to do. Win.
As the Dark Lord had fallen, so too had all the loyal Death Eaters; the Dark Mark ensuring that they were as loyal in death as they had been in life.
There had been a sense of disbelief amongst the members of the Order of the Phoenix, as they realised they had won, and they had all looked on in awe as Harry had approached them.
"I need some time to myself," he half whispered. "I'll be back for school next year." And with that, the 'Boy Who Lived', the 'Man Who Defeated Voldemort' vanished.
The Order had been shocked, but with the shift in power and the knowledge that Harry was the most powerful wizard alive, they accepted his wishes and didn't try to find him.
That of course didn't stop his friends, as they were not yet full Order members, but without a clue as to where he was, they had nothing to go on. Owls came back with their message undelivered.
Harry appeared a second later on the hill outside Godric's Hollow and kneeled in the dirt, in front of his parent's grave. Sirius Black was buried next to them, as he had revealed in his last will and testament.
"What do I do now?" Harry asked them softly. "I've done what I was born for, what else is there? I've got nothing to live for, I've pretty much sacrificed everything, and now I'm lost."
Harry stayed there, on his knees, before he finally fell asleep, and started to dream.
"What do you mean nothing to live for?" a voice demanded.
"Sirius?" Harry gasped, before leaping up and hugging him.
"For a bit," the ex-convict agreed. "People upstairs felt that you deserved someone to set you straight, as a small part of a thank you for everything you've done."
"You're dead?" Harry asked, a little disappointed.
"Yep," Sirius agreed. "But, I've found your parents, and they are so proud of you its unreal. They've been watching you all your life, and hated everything you've been through, and are amazed at what you have become. James has all sorts of plans for the Dursley's when they arrive in the afterlife. I wouldn't be surprised if, after we get through with the lot of them, they become the first family in history to request a change of address downstairs."
Harry laughed at that.
"Anyway," Sirius continued. "It was agreed that I'd be the one to come down and knock some sense in to your thick head."
"Harry," Sirius said, sitting down against his own tombstone. "You seem to think that you have nothing left to live for."
Harry nodded in agreement.
"You've got it completely wrong. You've got everything to live for. Harry, you're the most famous person in the wizarding world now, and with Voldie gone, you're gonna have every eligible witch in the world at your feet. It's time for Harry 'I fight the Dark Lord' Potter to retire, and be replaced by Harry 'I'm gonna have some fun' Potter.
"Besides, think of all the pranks you can play now. Think of what you can do to Snape. Harry, you've got to go back to school next year and take up our mantle. Show that you are a Marauders son."
"But," Harry started.
"No buts, Harry. You've won, you've done it, now it's time to move on and be Harry."
"Be Harry?"
"Yes, be yourself. Be irritable, be happy, be mad, be what ever you want, just be because you can, and not because you have a Dark Lord staring down your back."
"I'm not sure I know how to be myself," the green-eyed wizard admitted quietly.
"You've got the rest of the summer, take yourself to some where far away, and find yourself. Oh, and no feeling guilty. Yes, people died, a lot of them, me included. And while I would love to still be on earth, it's great up there. Prongs, Lil's and I are creating havoc." Sirius's smile suddenly turned a little evil. "You know, if you listen really carefully at night, when the wind is in the right direction, you can hear Voldemort's screams of pain. They don't accept failure downstairs, and Voldie failed big time."
Harry actually managed a smile for the first time.
"I'm serious, Harry. You've done everything that has been asked of you, now it's time for you to have some fun with your life. Remember us Harry, but remember that we all love you, we are proud of you and we will always be watching after you."
Harry smiled slowly and hugged his godfather.
"You can be everything and anything you want now. If you want to be an Auror, you can be. Personally, I think you should be a professional Quidditch player. What ever, you've got enough money now to retire and spend the rest of your life loafing on a beach. It doesn't matter; all you have to do is be happy."
"What about the prophecy, being the Minister for Magic?"
"The prophecy has done what it was designed for, it's defeated Voldie, and the rest is up to you. If you want to be a Ministry man, you can be, if not, don't. You've paid any dues anyone could ask of you, Harry, now it's time to live your own life."
"I miss you," Harry whispered.
"I know, I miss you too. But, we're never really gone."
Harry nodded slowly, a tear dripping down his face. "Will I ever see you again?"
Sirius grinned. "That all depends on the quality of the pranks."
Harry laughed softly.
"I've got to go now, Harry. Remember to enjoy yourself, and make Snape's life a living-hell."
"Bye, Sirius."
"Bye, Harry."
Harry opened his eyes, and smiled. For the first time in ages he felt good about himself. "I'm free," he yelled into the early morning light, and promptly vanished.
Which left Harry having the first proper holiday of his lifetime, on a small beach in Hawaii. A small charm kept him invisible from owls, and he spent the entire time relaxing and sunbathing.
He idly glanced at his watch and froze. The digital numbers in the corner clearly stated what day and month it was. "Oh, bugger," he muttered to himself. He quickly calculated the time differences, and swore again. He remembered last looking at his watch a week ago, and reminding himself that he had to get back to school in a weeks time. He had then promptly forgotten and went for a refreshing swim.
He was due at Hogwarts, for the start of the new term, in five minutes. He thought quickly, most of his supplies from last year would still be there, so he should be ok for the first few days, till the weekend when he could get down to Diagon Alley. With a wave of his hand, he made all of his belongings vanish from the hut he had been staying in, and took a deep breath.
"Ok, as I can't Apparate to Hogwarts, I hope this works."
Ginny Weasley sat in front of a dresser in her room in the Burrow, examining herself critically.
She moved her hands to her hair, lifting the heavy mass and twisting it up, trying to see what she would look like with shorter hair. With an audible sigh, she released it, and smiled slightly as it dropped down to mid-back.
Her hair was, without doubt, her favourite feature. Flame red, with the ability to match her mood.
Her eyes were pretty good as well, she decided, clear and a deep brown that seemed to attract attention, not all of it warranted.
Her nose was cute, and she had a nice smile. In all, she was happy with her features, feeling blessed that her freckles were more of a highlight than a blemish.
She stood, and felt part of her good mood evaporate. No matter how she posed, she couldn't hide the fact that she was built like a boy. While Lavender Brown had grown udders, she was cursed with boobs that barely needed a bra, a thin body, and straight legs.
"How the hell are you going to get Harry to notice you when he comes back, when you look like this?" She asked the mirror softly.
The mirror, wisely, decided that this was one time when answering would not be a good idea.
Ginny took a deep breath, and then slowly smiled at herself. "Ok Gin," she said, her voice growing in strength. "You may not have the equipment that certain witches like to display for the world, but damn it, you can use what you've got. You've waited this long, and now Voldemort is dead; there is nothing to stand in your way. You're his friend, you know he's attracted to girls like you - Cho was small as well, so that's not a problem. You just have to make sure you're in the right place when he gets back."
She adamantly refused to even contemplate the idea that he wouldn't be back - he was too strong for that, even if he didn't think so himself. She was quite prepared for him to be upset still, and was willing to help him anyway. Besides, not even Harry Potter could remain miserable through a good snog.
With that final thought, she giggled to herself, and pulled on a t-shirt.
"Hi Guys," Ginny said, as she wandered into the kitchen. As normal, Ron and Hermione were sitting next to each other, patently ignoring the fact that both of them wanted to jump the other. It was one of the most impressive displays of denial Ginny had every seen.
"Ginny," Ron nodded, while Hermione smiled at her.
The red-haired girl sat down at the table and took a deep breath. "When Harry gets back, I'm going to ask him out," she said bluntly. Several years of being his friend, being in the Defence Association, and fighting in the final battle had eliminated a lot of her shyness.
Hermione tilted her head, and looked piercingly at her. Slowly, the bushy-haired witch smiled and nodded.
"You're doing what?" Ron demanded.
"Going to ask Harry out," Ginny sighed, having expected Ron's over-protectiveness of her. None of her boyfriends had ever been good enough for him, not that she had really had that many, just Michael and Dean.
Ron took a deep breath.
"Look, Harry is your best friend," Ginny interrupted. "If you can't trust him, who can you trust? I'm more than old enough to date, to kiss, to do what ever."
"What?" Ron asked, looking completely lost.
Ginny frowned, looking at him as if he was insane. "Your over-protectiveness of me, it's time you stopped it. I want a proper boyfriend, and I want Harry."
Ron bit back what he was going to say first, took a deep breath, and tried a second track. "Ginny, I love you. You're my only sister, and the closest sibling out of all of them. But I'm not sure I want you dating Harry."
Ginny opened her mouth to protest, but was stopped as Ron forcefully held up his hand.
"You are more than old enough to look out for yourself these days, you more than proved that during the battle. If you want to date, I won't stand in your way anymore, I'll even be nice to Dean.
"I haven't been the best friend to Harry I could have been. I've been jealous of him, not stood by him, even came close to hating him. Yet during the battle, he stepped in front of that Cruciatus curse Malfoy Senior cast at me, and he took it.
"I realised then just who Harry Potter is, what it means to be him. I was envious, but I'm not anymore. He has lost nearly everything, and me? Charlie got a broken arm and Percy was knocked unconscious. My whole family survived the war - the war that killed his parents and his godfather."
Ginny and Hermione were both looking at Ron in shock; never had they heard him speak like this before.
"So, I am going to be the very best friend I can be, for the rest of my life. I am going to be there for Harry every step of the way, as a loyal friend should be. I am going to ignore the crap that comes from other people, jealous, because I am Harry's best friend.
"And part of that, Gin, is protecting him. I am going to make sure that anyone he decides to date is not after his fame or fortune, but wants him. I want him to be happy.
"I love you," he reiterated, "but I don't know if you are right for him. And, in case you haven't noticed, you've got a boyfriend."
Ginny thought for a second. Her first reaction was to explode into a temper, till she looked into his eyes, and instead of seeing something like his standard jovialness, she saw something she hadn't seen in his eyes before. It was vaguely familiar - an iron hard determination to follow through on his words. It reminded her of the look in Harry's eyes as he had finally approached Voldemort for their last duel.
"I've never been serious about Dean, and I don't think he has been about me. We've just been together in name - I mean we've hardly done anything more than kiss the whole of last year." She said quietly.
"And as being right for Harry, I think I am. I know Harry better than anyone except for you two. I am his friend, and he is mine. Yes, I did have a crush on him, but that crush was NEVER about him being the famous Harry Potter, it was about him being Harry. I have dated Michael and Dean, as I tried to find out if what I have felt for Harry was real.
"I can assure you, that what I feel is very real."
"How do I know you won't say the same about Harry next year?" Ron asked softly, his eyes pinning his sister. "Harry is the loyal type; it's very likely that if he falls in love, it would be for life. Sure, he can be irritable and secretive at times, but deep down, where it counts, he would put up with anything for a family, and I'm not prepared for that to be used against him."
Hermione was looking on with shock at Ron. Like Ginny, she had expected her friend to go into Ginny-Protect mode. Seeing him much more concerned about Harry's emotional state suddenly made her realise that Ron had grown up - as they all had.
Ginny gulped, she hadn't expected this, and had no idea how to handle it.
"I love him," she said softly, looking her brother directly in the eye. "I always have. I've waited all these years for him, and with Voldemort gone, I finally have a chance to have a relationship with him. I don't know what Harry will be like when he gets back, I just know that he promised to be back, and he always keeps his promises.
"Last year, he was totally focused on Voldemort. He said he couldn't have a relationship because of him. Well, that's out of the way now, and I know that he is going to get a load of offers, not just from students. If I don't move now, I will lose my chance, maybe for ever."
"What if Harry is still depressed?" Hermione interjected.
"I'll get him out of it," Ginny said, with complete self-confidence. "I did it last year; I can do it this year. I just want more out of him, and I don't care how long it takes, I'm going to get it."
Ron looked thoughtful for a second. "Ok. I will always love you, Gin, but if you hurt him, I will never forgive you," Ron said, his voice hard. He stood, and walked out of the kitchen. A few seconds later, the sound of a high-pitched scream emanated from his direction, as he took out his frustration by de-gnoming the garden.
Ginny looked shell shocked.
"Not what you expected?" Hermione asked quietly.
"What are you going to do about Dean?"
"Dump him, gently," Ginny replied. "He deserves me doing it face to face."
"Where is he," Ron demanded. "He said he would be here."
"I don't know," Hermione replied. "And don't snap at me. I'm just as worried as you are."
"You saw how he was, who knows what he might have done in that state of mind."
"Ron," Hermione said sharply. "Don't even think that."
"I wouldn't bloody be thinking that if the bloody Order hadn't decided to leave him alone."
"Ron," her voice was a little more understanding now. "He'd just defeated the Dark Lord; it was his right to ask for time alone. The Order had to say yes after everything they've done to him."
Ron sighed, "I know. It's just, you know, I never really got a chance to say anything to him. To tell him I was sorry."
Hermione nodded, "I know, Ron, I know."
Ron smiled slightly, and turned his attention to the sorting. The Hat's song was almost boring compared to previous years with most of the Death Eater's children having left, and the remaining one's publicly disavowing Voldemort, the school was very close to being united once more.
The new students looked around eagerly, hoping to find Harry Potter in the crowd, and were disappointed when they saw he wasn't there. To say that Harry was a hero in the wizarding world would now be an understatement. And only his promise to be back on the first day of school had stopped the press from printing headline-grabbing lies about his heroic death.
"Well," Professor Dumbledore said cheerfully, as he stood at the head table. Everyone who knew him remarked on how much younger he looked, as the pressure of dealing with Voldemort had been removed. "Welcome to a new school year."
His welcome was met with every single voice in the school cheering their approval.
He smiled happily. "It does make a change to be standing here and not having to make a comment about Voldemort."
A second cheer went up from the students, one that some of the staff joined in on.
His next comment was interrupted as a small ball of fire suddenly appeared in the middle of the hall. It slowly grew in size, becoming a perfect sphere.
Dumbledore frowned, unsure as to what it was, and if it was from outside, then how could it pierce the wards? In a second, his genial Headmaster persona was dropped, instantly replaced by the second most powerful wizard in the world. He walked down, his wand at the ready. Professor Snape joined him a second later. Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and the other members of the D.A were there shortly afterwards. Everyone had the same thought running through their minds. "I wish Harry was here." He was their talisman, the unbeatable Boy Who Lived, who never gave up no matter what the odds were against him.
The fire seemed to burn brighter for a second, before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
A loud coughing was heard from the centre of the smoke, followed by a voice muttering. "I'm really going to have to work on this smoke problem. That'll teach me to spend too much time on the beach."
"Acclaro," Professor Dumbledore said, causing all the smoke to start to clear.
"Oh, it worked," the voice said, as it recognised the clear spell. "Thanks, Professor."
The whole school seemed to gasp at one, as the smoke cleared, to reveal Harry Potter.
The gasp was followed a second later, by the sound of female jaws hitting the ground. Hard.
In his haste to get back on time, Harry hadn't bothered to change, and as such, was still wearing the shorts he had been sunbathing in.... And nothing else.
Similar thoughts flew around the room. Fighting the Dark Lord, then taking some time off, obviously had agreed with Harry. This person in front of them, with the unruly hair and faintly visible scar was now six foot tall, but carried himself with an attitude that seemed more suited to a giant. His green eyes, once hidden behind old glasses, were now hidden behind a stylish pair of sunglasses. His sun tanned-torso spoke clearly of a summer spent pursuing sports of all description, as he was glowing with health and muscles.
The next obvious thing about Harry was that he was smiling happily, as if he was pleased to be back.
Ginny's eyes went wide, and if anyone had been looking closely, they would have seen them dilate. She licked her lips slowly, and complimented herself on her decision to dump Dean.
"Sorry I'm late, Professor."
"Quite alright, Harry. Did you have a good summer?"
"Excellent," Harry grinned. "I'd recommend Hawaii to anyone looking to get away from it all."
A small rising of an eyebrow was the only sign of the surprise that the headmaster felt.
"Potter," Snape sneered, deciding that he should put the boy down now, before his head got to big.
"Sevvie!" Harry called delightedly, and jumped straight into his Potions Professor's arms.
"What are you doing?" Snape growled.
"You didn't say that, that night; didn't it mean anything to you?"
The whole school gaped once more, and focused on the professor.
Severus Snape, spy to the Order of the Phoenix, a man who prided himself on his ability to remain cool no matter what, was flabbergasted.
"Come on, give me another kiss like you did then," Harry cajoled, his voice soft and loving.
He looked around wildly, and saw all his colleagues smirking at him, and, for the first time he could remember, blushed furiously.
Harry grinned, and without seeming to move, was out of Snape's arms and had a camera in his hands. He snapped pictures as quickly as he could, getting the Potions Professor in as many angles as possible.
"POTTER!" he roared.
"Gotcha," Harry grinned happily. "And, unless you want Tonks and Moony receiving copies of these photos, I'd sit back down."
Snape snarled, his face going red, before slowly paling. He glared at Harry and returned to his seat.
Dumbledore stood in place, his eyes twinkling merrily, suddenly realising that what ever had happened to Harry was good, and that the boy seemed determined to have fun this year.
"Err, Harry...did...you...you know, with Snape?" Ron asked, slowly. He had re-holstered his wand, as soon as Harry had appeared, and had watched in disbelief.
"Of course not, I'm as straight as they come," Harry reassured his friend happily. "But I now have pictures of our Professor blushing like a bride."
Harry didn't notice the sigh of relief that swept around the female half of the room.
"Well, I'd hug you, but you're not dressed."
Harry looked down at himself in surprise. "Damn it. This has not been my day. I completely forgot that I was due back at school today, till around ten minutes ago, and have been in a panic ever since."
With a wave of his hand, Harry seemed to blur, before reappearing in a pair of tight blue jeans and a pure white t-shirt. Brown boots appeared on his feet at the same time.
"Better?" he asked Ron cheerfully.
His only response was a deep hug from his best friend.
Harry was released, only to be hugged by a crying Hermione. "We are going to talk later," she sniffed, trying to look mad at him.
"Of course, wait till I tell you what happened this summer."
Hermione smiled at him, "It is good to see you."
"Anyway," Harry disengaged himself smoothly. He shot an impish grin at Ginny, before continuing, "I do seem to have interrupted the speech, and I'm guessing that by the rumbling of Ron's stomach, a lot of people would be much happier if we all sat down and let our illustrious leader finished his words of wisdom."
Dumbledore laughed softly, and nodded. The rest of the D.A. members smiled wildly, and decided to welcome back Harry in person as soon as they could.
"Well," an extremely happy professor continued, as everyone once more took their places. "A few more notices. The Forbidden Forest is still that, forbidden." He tried very hard to ignore Harry's smirk at that. "I have decided that, for the first time in Hogwarts History, the school club, known as the D.A. will be taught as a full subject, and will concentrate on the practical aspects of Defence, while the Defence Against Dark Arts will continue as normal, to be a mainly theory based subject."
Gasps of shock echoed around the hall, for the fourth time that evening. All of the students now knew about the D.A. because the press had made much about how the students, led by Harry, had been key figures in the final battle. The remaining members, those who hadn't graduated, let out a sudden cheer.
"Whoa," Harry's voice easily rose above the cheers; a silent Sonorous charm took care of that. "Quiet!" The D.A members instantly stopped cheering, and looked at Harry. "Thanks," he grinned, before turning to his headmaster. "Who's going to be teaching it?"
Dumbledore's expression instantly put Harry on his guard. The twinkling blue eyes were now so bright, the boy was positive they could have turned the lights out and the room would have kept its brightness.
"You have got to be kidding me," Harry demanded. "Are you insane?"
Some of the students, even though they knew how close the two of them were, gasped as Harry queried his headmaster.
Snape was the second person to realise what Dumbledore meant, and his groan echoed around the hall as he put his head in his hands. This had not been a good day - even though it had started so well, what with Harry still missing.
"I assure you, I am in complete control of my facilities," Dumbledore replied, grinning widely.
"No, you're bonkers." Harry replied.
"Well?" Dumbledore asked.
Harry thought about it for a second, and then nodded once.
"Thank you," the headmaster smiled. He faced the rest of the school once more, who were now looking confused. "I see no need to change the structure of the D.A, after it has done so well. The teacher for the new D.A. class will be..." he paused for a second, and hid a full-blown laugh, as the student body seemed to lean in. "Harry Potter."
The D.A. members were the first to react, cheering loudly, while Hermione looked stunned. "Not in the history of Hogwarts," she mumbled to herself. Ron and Ginny didn't care, they were cheering with the rest of the students.
After the noise had died down, he continued, "You will find sign-up sheets in your common rooms. Now, a few final words before we eat. Swizzlepop, canary creams, red monkeys." The professor sat down as the food appeared.
Harry dug into the food lustily; he was starving after transporting himself half way around the world.
Opposite him, Ron and Hermione started to argue again, over Ron's eating habits.
Harry turned and caught Ginny's attention, raising an eyebrow, indicating his arguing friends next to him.
"All summer," Ginny mouthed back, instantly understanding where he was coming from.
Harry looked down mournfully at his food, and sighed. He banged his hands loudly on the table. "No more," he said loudly. "I've had enough."
Ron, Hermione, and the others close by turned and stared at Harry, expecting an explosion of bad temper like the previous few years. What they got instead was something none of them would ever forget.
Harry jumped to his feet and stood on the table. The whole school, teachers included, were now silent, watching him.
"Does anyone here, in any year above the third, not know that Ron and Hermione have feelings for each other?" he asked, his voice rose to carry across the four tables.
Complete silence was his only reply.
Harry strode down the Gryffindor table to the end, dancing a little to avoid stepping on any plates. At the bottom, he jumped, landing on the Hufflepuff table. He walked up that, stopped in front of a student. "Susan, what do you think of them two?"
"That they are in love with each other," the quiet red haired girl replied with a smile.
"Thank you," he cried happily. With a magically enhanced leap, he somersaulted backwards, landing on the Ravenclaw table. "Luna, what do you think?"
The blonde girl looked up at him and smiled slowly. "That they are meant for each other," she said loudly, with complete conviction.
Harry raised her hand and kissed it gallantly. "Luna my dear, I adore you." He looked down the Ravenclaw table; "I do hope that no one is calling you names anymore." The threat was unmistakable in his voice.
With a Ravenclaw backing him up, he jumped again, landing on the Slytherin table. The table was noticeable for its absence of Draco Malfoy, who was suffering from a bad case of Death, his punishment for his eager support of Voldemort.
He strolled up the table, and decided to take a huge gamble. "Pansy, Queen of Slytherin," he cried in a loud voice, going on one knee in front of her. "Please, pass on your wisdom to us poor peasants. What do you think they should do?"
Pansy looked at him closely, her bright blue eyes meeting his, before she slowly smiled. "I could like you when you act like this, Potter," she said quietly, so that only her table heard. "I think they should kiss each other and stop this infernal arguing that's driving the rest of us insane."
"Thanks," Harry whispered, before he jumped over her head, and approached the Professors table. Snape was not looking amused, so Harry shot the professor a look that reminded him of the blackmail material the boy held. "Professor Dumbledore!" Harry called.
"Yes, Harry?" Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling wildly.
"You always have words for this sort of occasion, please don't disappoint me now."
Dumbledore climbed to his feet. "I think that when times look dark, the light of love can lead the way forward."
Harry grinned at him, "Perfect." The green-eyed wizard walked back over to the Gryffindor table. He stood at the front, looking down at his housemates, before finding the one person other than himself that had the best insight in to Ron and Hermione. "Ginny," he began taking her hand in his. "They are our best friends. What words do you have for Ron and Hermione?"
"That they should stop denying their feelings and let the rest of us have some bloody peace."
Harry winked at her before glancing at the rest of the table. "Do you agree, Gryffindor?"
The roar of approval was deafening.
Harry finally turned to his two friends, both of whom were shooting daggers at him, while blushing furiously. Next to them, Ginny was killing herself with laughter.
"Now, we have the entire school requesting that you two get together and that you do it now. So, here's the deal. Ron, Hermione loves you, has for years. Hermione, Ron feels the same way. Now, you can either kiss each other, or I'll take you to the Room of Requirement and lock you in 'till you give in."
Ron and Hermione looked at each other and found the same thing in each other's eyes. Slowly, they leaned in and kissed each other.
The cheer that roared through Hogwarts was louder than when one of the Houses won the cup.
Harry grinned at his two best friends, who were no longer paying attention as six years of hormones were released.
As the feast ended, and with Hermione and Ron still making up for lost time, Harry decided to take care of the new first years. He jumped to his feet, "Gryffindor First Years, follow me."
Harry strode off confidently, fully expecting them to follow. And follow they did.
He took them through the corridors, pointing out some of the more esoteric aspects of the school, till they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady. It was only then that Harry realised he had no clue what the password was. He grinned at the younger students, and to their awe created a small fire circle in front of him. "Ginny," he said into it. A second later, the stunned face of Ginny Weasley appeared in it. "What's the password?" Harry asked.
He could see that she had a few thousand questions for him, but bit her tongue and replied with only, "Voldemort."
Harry smiled his thanks, and his approval of the password, and dropped the circle. "Voldemort," he said to the Fat Lady.
She smiled back at him. "It's good to see you again, Harry. In you go."
Harry entered first; the first years following close behind him.
"Welcome to the Gryffindor common room. Your dorms are up there, and you'll find that your trunks will be next to your beds. If you have any problems, the prefects will be happy to help you out, and if they can't, try me as a last resort. I might not be a prefect, but I can normally sort things out."
Having seen him talk to the headmaster as an equal, and as they knew he defeated Voldemort, they could truly believe this.
"Now, any questions?"
Just about every hand went up as one.
Harry laughed under his breath. "Yes, I am Harry Potter, yes I did fight Voldie, and yes I have been away all summer on a very nice holiday. Any questions that aren't covered by that?"
Most of the hands went down.
"You," Harry pointed to one of them. "What's your name and question?"
"Maggie Bell," the blonde haired girl started.
"Katie's sister?" Harry asked.
"Yes," the girl blushed a little.
"How is she?"
"Err, fine. What I wanted to know is, is Professor Snape really as bad as people say?"
Harry smiled at her. "Worse," he said cheerfully. "But let's make a deal. Every time he does something mean to you, I'll play a prank on him. Then we'll measure how long it takes for him to realise the correlation."
The new students all laughed together, till a shocked voice interrupted him, "Harry!"
"Erm," Harry smirked at them. "I meant to say that Snape is a fine professor who will cause you no problems at all." He followed his statement with a wink, one that the entranced students all grinned at.
"Ok, off to bed the lot of you. You'll get your timetables at breakfast tomorrow. Sleep well."
"'Night, Harry," they chorused, and then vanished into their dorms, all chattering about how cool Harry was.
"Now then," Harry said with a smile, moving over to the corner where Ron, Hermione, and a smattering of sixth and seventh years were sitting "Ron, can I borrow Hermione for a second?"
"Sure," Ron agreed, ignoring the displeased look his brand new girlfriend was shooting at him for treating her like a piece of property.
Harry smirked, and reached out and grabbed the bushy haired girl's hand. With a quick tug, he pulled her into his arms, bent her over backwards, and kissed her as hard as he could.
There was complete silence in the group as they watched. Ron was stunned, literally gaping at the two of them, unable to comprehend what was happening.
Ginny gaped along with the rest of the old D.A. members. She could hardly believe what she was seeing, or the feeling of devastation that was coursing through her at seeing Harry kiss someone she knew he loved in one way or another.
Harry broke the kiss, and then smiled at the girl. "Thank God for that!"
"What was that?" Ron croaked.
"The most passionless kiss that could ever be exchanged by two non-blood related people."
Ron blinked, and felt his temper trying to explode.
"Huh?" Only the fact that every other time he'd exploded with Harry in the past, he'd been proven wrong stopped him now.
"I had to know," Harry explained simply. "I had to make sure that there was nothing between us. There's always been this tension between the three of us, maybe Hermione and I might find our love for each other was more than merely platonic, and it's been holding all three of us back. As you can tell from earlier, I think you'll be great together, but we all had to know that there wasn't going to be anything between us. Well, now, I can state, without a doubt, that I love Hermione as the closest thing to a sister I will ever have, and as my best friend."
Ron looked to his girlfriend, who nodded slowly, then smiled at her boyfriend.
"You could have done it another way," Ron said slowly, a smile starting to form. "One that wouldn't have given me a heart attack."
Harry grinned, "I figured that doing it in front of you would mean that you didn't hear about it from someone else, and you'd be able to understand."
"Is this a sign of maturity?" Ron asked suddenly sounding scared.
"I think so," Harry agreed with a smirk.
"Well," Ron said. "I better put a stop to that instantly." He grabbed his girlfriend and repeated Harry's movements; only this time the passion was almost visible as the two kissed.
As they finally broke, Harry said dryly, "I'm glad you stopped there, seeing that's my sister you were mauling.
"Harry," Hermione said quietly. "What the hell happened to you over the summer?" The very fact that she swore was notable in itself.
It was a question that Ginny wanted answered as well. The rush of relief that had shot through her when Harry had explained that he thought of Hermione as a sister had been intense, and now she wanted to know how he had changed so much. For the better. She was having trouble keeping focused on his words, as she kept imagining her legs being wrapped around his hard waist. It didn't help that she was sat next to Dean, who had been oblivious, as he sat next to his soon-to-be-ex girlfriend.
Harry removed his sunglasses for the first time, and looked his adopted sister directly in the eye.
"My freedom," he replied simply. "With Voldie and the Death Eaters dead, which, by the way, sounds like a cool name for a band, I thought I had nothing left to live for.
"I've been concentrating on that for so long, that I didn't know what to do with myself. After I Apparated from the battlefield, I went directly to my parents and Sirius graves, and fell asleep. I had a dream about Sirius, and he told me that far from having nothing to live for, I have everything to live for. I'm young, rich, okay looking and have paid any debt that society might want from me.
"He told me that the prophecy was done with, that I had my own life to live, and I can do what ever I want with it. When I woke up, I felt better than I had in years, so I Apparated to Hawaii. I spent the rest of the summer relaxing on the beach, playing with my magic and sorting out whom Harry Potter really is.
"I decided that I was not going to let this opportunity go to waste, and that I was not going to spend the rest of my life sulking, or worse, moping, and I was going to enjoy what ever it is that I end up doing. Be that professional Quidditch, international play-wizard, or Minister for Magic."
All of Harry's friends had huge smiles on their faces, as they realised that there biggest fear - that Harry might become so down heartened and disillusioned that he would either kill himself, or worse, become a second Voldemort, had been vanquished instantly.
"Mr Potter," The stern voice of Professor McGonagall interrupted them. "The headmaster would like to talk to you."
Harry smiled at her, and absently waved his hand in front of himself. A circle of flames appeared in front of him. "Albus Dumbledore," Harry stated, and a second later, the surprised face of the Hogwarts Headmaster was in front of him. "Professor McGonagall said you wanted to talk to me, Sir?"
The ancient headmaster's eyes twinkled merrily. "Perhaps I was a little to literal in my request. I was wondering if you'd join me for supper, I have a few questions."
"Of course sir, I'll be right down."
With a casual wave of his hand, the fire vanished, and Harry jumped to his feet. He flashed his friends a grin, then followed his head of house out of the common room and down to the headmaster's office.
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Another year is behind us and as we ring in 2011, we're thinking of ways to make this year greener, brighter, and better for our families and yours. So we asked some of our favorite green bloggers and sustainable designers to share their 2011 New Year's resolutions including gDiapers' Kim Graham-Nye, Petit Eco KIDS' Flavia Fazzini, the designers behind Little Sapling Toys, among others. They're looking to the new year as an opprotunity to do more crafting, eat more sustainably, simply slow down, and more. Read on for the details of these smart and sustainable resolutions and then make a few of your own.
1. Kim Graham-Nye (Co-founder, gDiapers)
2. Beth Shea (Founder, Petite Planet and Senior Editor, Inhabitots)
3. Jill Fehrenbacher Founder & Editor-in-chief, Inhabitots & Inhabitat)
4. Flavia Fazzini (Designer, illustrator, Founder of Petit Eco KIDS)
5. Laura Ray (Designer, Pogoshop)
6. Joe & Amy Sharp (Designers, Little Alouette)
7. Nick and Kimber Christensen (Designers, Little Sapling Toys)
8. Erin Freuchtel (Designer, Imagination Kids)
9. Mari Richards (Founder, Small for Big)
Beth Shea – Petite Planet & Inhabitots
Living in the one of the rainiest cities in the country makes it difficult to get outside with the kids on a regular basis. So, one of my New Year's resolutions is to get craftier as a mom. I plan on doing more green crafts made out of household objects with my kids. My three year-old is also a yogi in training, and I plan on keeping the emphasis on good, old-fashioned exercise, game playing, and learning how to play a 'real' musical instrument instead of plugging my kids into simulations and video games. As a family, we are also going to try to go fully vegan, as I have been doing for the past several months, and we'll also be avoiding all genetically modified foods in addition to only eating organic fruits and vegetables!
Jill Fehrenbacher – Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Inhabitots & Inhabitat
This year I'm making the same resolutions that I did last year (I made some progress last year, but not as much as I would like). I'm resolving to unplug and detach from the laptop and phone more and spend more time "unwired", outdoors in fresh air, engaged in face to face play, activities and conversation with my family. The convenience of cellphones and laptops make them addictive and dangerously time-sucking for me – it is all too easy to whittle away precious hours in googling or reading twitter feeds. I'm resolving to spend at least an hour outside everyday with my son, even in cold weather, because fresh air and activity is so important for kids (and adults). I'm resolving to do more hands-on creative activities with my family this year – less writing on the laptop – and more baking, constructing, cooking, gardening and drawing. My son is just getting to the age where he can participate in activities like this and I firmly believe that "making things" is such an important development activity for young and old alike. It's a great learning tool for my son, and it revives me as well. So I resolve that 2011 will be the year of of the great unplugging!
Kim Graham-Nye – gDiapers
There is so much value in face-to-face conversations! And yet I know that extensive air travel leaves a nastily large footprint on our earth and skies. So in 2011 I plan to travel smarter, to really think about the conversations that have to happen face to face versus those that can happen via Skype. That's on the work front. On the home front I would like to incorporate more local and seasonal foods into my and my family's diet. The Pacific Northwest is literally just ripe for the picking!
Flavia Fazzini – Petit Eco KIDS
I have just finished reading "Legacy" by David Suzuki and there couldn't have been a better time for me to read this book. It has made me think about what my legacy will be for my kids and inspired me to keep reducing our family's eco footprint and striving for a sustainable lifestyle. We have just moved to a new house (the first time we have an outdoor area) so 2011 for us is going to be all about gardening, growing some of our food and composting. I am also planning to start volunteering together with my daughter in our local community garden, something that I am very excited about. We are already very good recyclers but next year I would like to focus on reducing and repurposing more. And of course, continue to enjoy as much time in nature as possible!
Laura Ray – Pogoshop
My New Year's resolution is to slow down. Don't shovel the snow. Stop and watch it fall. Don't hurry down that path. Sit on the ground and really see the life I'm tromping across. Listen. Savor. Look. Let nature work it's magic.
Joe & Amy Sharp – Little Alouette
Little Alouette is keen on making even more green changes in 2011! We love our new partnership with a local urban vermacomposting farm One20 Farm for sawdust donations. Little Alouette will teach more workshops in 2011 about recycling and art for kiddos! Our new website will have a parent resource page with LOADS of great info and community for parents of the wee ones who LOVE Little Alouette and natural toys.
Nick and Kimber Christensen – Little Sapling Toys
In 2011 our family will be focusing on purchasing a house. This is such a weighty choice not only for personal finances and relationships, but
environmental and social responsibility as well. The greenest house is one that is already built, so we'll be looking for a used home that fits
the needs of our family and home based business. We are also thrilled to be be able to more fully live the three R's once we own our own home.
Reduce: A location where we can walk, bike and use public transit; the simple home fixes that are on every top ten list for efficiency; growing
our own food and eating less of processed foods; line drying clothes and diapers.
Reuse: Using sources such as ReStore to set up our home, office and wood shop; reusable napkins, straws, grocery bags, produce bags, etc.
Recycle: Compost; a convenient and thought out recycling system; design and decorate with heavy use of thrift and antique stores.
Erin Freuchtel – Imagination Kids
As I look back at the last year and over my craft room I noticed an overwhelming trend. I happen to have numerous half done projects or worse yet piles of supplies without any crafting started at all. So my New Year's resolution is one of crafting and handmade gift giving. I am resolving to make time to finish or make at least significant strides with one project each week that I have already started or bought supplies for. As a mom of two small children and the primary designer and woodworker of Imagination Kids Toys often times I find myself running short on time and typically one of the activities that falls by the wayside is my creative outlet of crafting. I cannot wait to get crafting again and maybe even bring a bit of organization back to my craft room! So here's to much crafting time in 2011!
Mari Richards – Small for Big
I used to be a little leary of big New Year's Resolutions, I find them extra hard to carry out – it seems we all like to fail them together! But I do make big goals for myself as a parent around my daughter's birthday – the first week of January. So suddenly I'm making resolutions! The big goal this year is to make more meals together as a family. I've been eating allergy-free organic foods for years, and I try to do the same for our kiddo. But my husband lags behind a bit and it leaves me with a bitter taste in my mouth (Hehe, get it? Bitter taste? Food? I kill myself.). So finding allergy-free meals that everyone will eat has been a mental roadblock for some time now. This year I'm determined to clear it.


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It's been 53 days since the last Sabres game.
The Kings beat the Devils last night in Game One of the Stanley Cup Final. There is no game tonite. No hockey, whatsoever. All that being said, today is a good day to dust off an old time capsule and watch a clip of the NHL's Canadian TV debut.
A few observations:
- How about those windswept players?
- Grainy video or not, that Stanley Cup doesn't look like it's aged one day – truly a timeless trophy.
- Frank "Sleke?" That's almost as bad as a "Sabers" typo.
- "Sleke" is among many other big time names: Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Hartland Molson, Terry Sawchuk, and lots more crammed into just 1:37.
American viewers would see hockey in their living rooms for the first time in 1956; CBS would showcase a game on Saturday afternoons. But it wasn't long before the NHL and NHLPA screwed it up. From Wikipedia:
According to Sports Illustrated, the NHL dropped CBS because the NHL owners didn't want the fledgling Players' Association to gain a financial cut of the TV deal. This was despite the fact that CBS was at least at one point, getting better ratings than NBC's NBA package from around the same period, especially in cities with NHL, minor-league, or major college (division 1 level) hockey clubs.
How about that? The NHL was lost to American TV viewers in 1960, and didn't return until the '66 playoffs on NBC. That Cup is timeless, but it would seem that "blackouts" are as well.
NHL vs. the NHLPA. Blackouts. Some things never change.
Still, it's the good ol' hockey game, which transcends time and the bickering of business. And we have at least 3 more games before the next Cup is engraved.
I hope you enjoyed the clip.
Go Sabres.
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This cool, casual-looking bunch of people are the new/old faces of what could be the most expensive "Star Wars" movie ever made. And maybe the most controversial, at least as far as the casting couch is concerned.
Among the 30-years later cast of "Star Wars: Episode VII": Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, along with Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (RD-D2) and Peter Mayhew, who donned the "walking carpet" to play Chewbacca.
Shooting will start in a couple of weeks, writer/director/producer J.J. Abrams, pictured above, said in a presser that came with the glam black-and-white cast shot. Even John Williams is coming back as music composer for the Disney-owned /quotes/zigman/245568/delayed /quotes/nls/dis DIS Lucasfilm flick, scheduled to open worldwide on Dec. 18, 2015.
"It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again," Abrams said in a statement to press.
There are no details on roles so far. But outside of Andy Serkis and Adam Driver ("Girls"), those "brilliant new performers" are not household names. Forbes and others say the newbies will get fame, but not a huge chunk of the estimated $175 million to $200 million of the film's cost.
And there was plenty of carping about the new lineup, which may be a throwback to the '70s in more ways than one. Vanity Fair called it a disappointing rehash of old standards.
"Only one woman, newcomer Daisy Ridley, is in the new lineup. By our count, that's eleven principals who are men and only two who are women. And there are only two non-white people, both men, on the list. Couldn't they have done better?" asked Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson.
He pointed out that Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in two of the original three movies, was nowhere to be found on that casting-couch shot.
"So why so stringently follow the terrible rules of our own culture, where minorities and women are systematically marginalized in favor of white male hero after white male hero?" Lawson wrote.
He wasn't alone. Tweeters also had their say:
And as for those unknowns being allowed to rub shoulders with Hans Solo, Luke and Leia? Harrumph. And as for who wasn't invited back…
— Barbara Kollmeyer writes for MarketWatch. Follow her @bkollmeyer
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Bowser vs. Peach: Real-Life Mario Kart Exists!
Bowser vs. Peach: Real-Life Mario Kart Exists!
The living room battles of Mario Karting moved to the real world in Austin, TX, during South by Southwest this year. To promote its new Platinum motor oil, Pennzoil teamed up with Nintendo to create a real-world go-kart inspired by the upcoming Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. OK, so it didn't have the banana peels flying, the shrink rays, and the pushing of other karts off the track (bumping karts gets you thrown off the track), but the dream of the race was there, complete with appearances from Mario and Luigi themselves.
The companies created a track outside the Palmer Events Center in Austin, just off the beaten path from the main SXSW Interactive festivities. Racers lined up in karts outfitted with GoPro cameras to get each racer's perspective as they navigated the course. Large sticker icons with images representing Pennzoil oil and Mario Kart were placed around the track. The object is for each racer to drive one wheel over the stickers, which are hooked up to RIFD technology. Scanning five of those stickers along the course without driving over one of the red shells (which are really easy to avoid) will give you a zooming power boost that lasts about five seconds.
I played as Bowser, who is assigned the kart at the end of the lineup. Because the karts go just about as slow as Baby Mario in the video game, I was never able to move my ranking up past the other contestants, even after earning the speed boosts. Would I wait in line for hours to experience this incarnation of Mario Kart? Not likely. The Game of Thrones Oculus Rift experience was much more of an immersive entertainment-meets-reality adventure. But if the features Jason Torchinsky of Jalopnik imagined for Nintendo and Pennzoil were actually implemented, like projections of shells, it would be one amazing take on a classic video game.
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First Toys "R" Us getting ready to liquidate, and now that other famous pre-crisis retail LBO, Claire's Stores, the tween fashion accessories mecca where "legions of preteens got their ears pierced", is preparing to file for Chapter 11 in the coming weeks, Bloomberg reported.
The company, which was LBOed by Apollo in 2007, is set to hand over equity control from Apollo to key creditors including Elliott Capital and Monarch, with Bloomberg noting that Venor and Diameter Capital Partners are also involved. The move should help ease the $2 billion debt load at Claire's, although just like with Toys, it may merely be delaying the inevitable liquidation (it took Toys less than 6 months to go from Chapter 11 to 7).
That said, Claire's bankruptcy is hardly a surprise: the mall anchor retailer was prominently featured in our November piece, "A Look At America's Retail Apocalypse In Charts" in which we highlighted the firm for its massive debt load and upcoming debt maturities. Sure enough, Bloomberg does the same:
The current debt load is more than 10 times a key measure of its annual earnings, the result of its 2007 leveraged buyout by Apollo. More than $1.4 billion of its debt matures next year, and more immediate pressure comes from a $60 million interest payment that's due March 13.
And since the company no longer hopes to continue as a going concern, it is guaranteed that it will filed Chapter 11 within the 30 day grace period following the March 13 coupon payment which will not be made.
Meanwhile, score another slam dunk victory for Apollo, a firm that leads the league tables in the number of "LBO-to-Default" transformations. When Apollo paid $3.1 billion to acquire Claire's from the family of founder Rowland Schaefer in 2007, it then began expanding rapidly, adding on even more debt. It added about 350 stores between 2010 and 2013, with more than 2,700 globally by the time it filed plans that year to go public, according to a company document.
But, as Bloomberg notes, the chain struggled to remain profitable after the Apollo buyout, and Claire's withdrew its initial public offering registration in early 2017. And, about a year later, appropriately enough it is filing for bankruptcy.
Finally, while the company's bankruptcy was a long foregone conclusion, a key outstanding question is what will happen to the cash flow of all those malls where Claire's is an anchor client. According to Claire's 10K, its stores in North America are located primarily in shopping malls and average approximately 1,000 square feet of selling space. It has 1,600 stores in North America, which means 1,600 malls are about to see their cash flow drop that much more, which begs the question: is the "go long the malls" trade, which briefly became cool among the counter-contrarian crowd, already over, and is time to resume shorting the CMBX BBB-.
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The markets took a beating, and Treasury yields jumped, after the Federal Reserve stood by its strategy of paring back its bond buying later this year.
Today's Markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sold off by 105 points, or 0.7%, to 14898, the S&P 500 dropped 9.6 points, or 0.58%, to 1643 and the Nasdaq Composite slid 13.8 points, or 0.38%, to 3600.
The broad S&P 500 managed to snap a four-day slump on Tuesday, but then ended up right back in the red on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Dow added a sixth day to its slump. The focus was on the Federal Reserve on the day.
Members of the Fed's policy-setting board were locked in a debate over when the central bank should begin paring back its massive bond-buying program at the last FOMC meeting, minutes released Wednesday revealed.
The minutes said "almost all" FOMC members agreed the Fed should begin reducing its purchases of bonds later this year, and conclude QE by the middle of 2014. However, one member said the central bank should signal it will begin cutting its purchases in the "near future." Broadly speaking, the FOMC said the economy was expanding at a "modest" pace in the first half of the year, but worried about excessively light inflation.
Also on the economic front, the National Association of Realtors said sales of existing, single-family homes jumped 6.5% in July from the month prior to an annualized rate of 5.39 million units, handily topping expectations of a 5.15-million rate. The reading was the highest since November 2009. This comes as the recovery in the housing market heats up, and provides a boost to the broader economy.
Indeed, Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) followed Home Depot (NYSE:HD) in reporting better-than-expected quarterly results on the back of the burgeoning rebound. All wasn't positive in corporate news, however. Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS) revealed disappointing quarterly results and Target (NYSE:TGT) posted mixed mixed results and warned that its full-year profits will come in at the low end of the range.
Elsewhere, oil fell 70 cents, or 0.67%, to $104.432 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline rose 0.06% to $2.929 a gallon. In metals, gold slumped $7.70, or 0.55%, to $1,365 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.4% to 2777, the English FTSE 100 dipped 0.61% to 6414 and the German DAX slumped 0.19% to 8284.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 rose 0.21% to 13424 and the Chinese Hang Seng slid 0.69% to 21817.


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Thursday, September 6, 2012
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The University of Texas at Arlington is teaming with the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven and Argonne national laboratories to develop a universal version of PanDA, a workload management system built to process huge volumes of data from experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.
The new project will bolster science and engineering research that relies on "big data," a priority recently promoted by The White House. The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research has awarded a combined $1.7 million to Brookhaven and UT Arlington to fund the PanDA work over the next three years.
"PanDA has been an extremely useful piece of software. We could not have found the Higgs without it," said Kaushik De, a physics professor and director of UT Arlington's Center of Excellence for High Energy Physics. "It's been used by thousands of physicists around the world. We thought, 'Wouldn't it be nice if we repackaged it so others could use it too?' So, we proposed generalizing PanDA as a meta-application."
UT Arlington and Brookhaven developed PanDA for use by the ATLAS collaboration, a particle physics experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. ATLAS includes 3,000 physicists from UT Arlington and more than 170 other institutions, 40 of which are in the U.S. In July, it was one of the groups that made headlines by announcing the discovery of a new particle that scientists said could be the Higgs boson, also known as the "God particle."
The computing hardware associated with ATLAS is located at 100 computing centers around the world that manage more than 50 petabytes, or 50 million gigabytes, of data. PanDA links the computing centers and allows scientists to efficiently analyze the tens of millions of particle collisions taking place at the Large Hadron Collider each day. In addition to De's work developing PanDA, UT Arlington is home to the ATLAS Southwest Tier 2 grid computing center.
"The collaboration between UT Arlington and Brookhaven National Laboratory was established a long time ago and it is a very successful story," said Alexei Klimentov, Physics Applications Software Group Leader at Brookhaven. "We are physicists, and we developed this software to be used by a high-energy physics experiment. But very soon we realized that it could be used in other areas, such as astro-particle physics, biomedicine and others."
As an example of the possible applications, officials at the Alpha-Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, are considering adopting PanDA software, De said. AMS is an International Space Station experiment looking for dark matter in the universe.
In March, the Obama administration announced the "Big Data Research and Development Initiative," a $200 million investment in tools to handle huge volumes of digital data needed to spur science and engineering discoveries. At that announcement, White House officials highlighted the Energy Department's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research as key to that ongoing effort.
PanDA – which was created with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy's Office of High Energy Physics – was cited as an example of successful technology already in place.
Klimentov is the principal investigator on the new computing grants. De and Gergely Zaruba, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at UT Arlington, are co-principal investigators for UT Arlington's portion, which totals $704,488. The grant to Brookhaven will total $997,000 over three years. Other key scientists include: Alexandre Vaniachine, of Argonne National Lab; and Torre Wenaus, Dantog Yu and Sergei Panitkin, all of Brookhaven.
Klimentov said one of the major challenges of the new project would be to extend the grid-based PanDA system to a cloud-computing platform. He and De agree that work on the project would undoubtedly improve the capacity of the current PanDA system as its used by ATLAS.
The "big data" project is an example of innovation under way at UT Arlington, a comprehensive research institution of nearly 33,500 students in the heart of North Texas. Visit www.uta.edu to learn more.
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DENVER (AP) — Republican election officials who promised to root out voter fraud so far are finding little evidence of a widespread problem.
State officials in key presidential battleground states have found just a tiny fraction of the illegal voters they initially suspected.
Searches of voter lists in crucial swing states from Colorado and Florida have yielded numbers of ineligible voters that amount to less than one-tenth of 1 percent of all registered voters in either state.
Democrats argue that the searches waste time and, worse, could disenfranchise eligible voters who are swept up in the checks.
Republicans contend that voting fraud is no small affair, even if there are few cases, especially when some elections are decided by hundreds of votes.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Live Nation Global Touring has confirmed that the remainder of the Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball performances have been canceled because of an injury, including the March 2 date the Bryce Jordan Center.
After tests this morning (Feb. 14), it has been determined that Lady Gaga has a labral tear of the right hip. She will need surgery to repair the problem, followed by strict down time to recover.
Tickets purchased with a credit card have been refunded and the credit should be appearing on statement in three to five business days. Any tickets purchased with cash, check or Lion's Cash need to be returned to the Bryce Jordan Center, and a University Check will be issued to the original purchaser. The Bryce Jordan Center Box Office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Tickets may also be mailed to:
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