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This is loaded ammunition.
Caliber: .458 SOCOM
Weight: 140 gr
Bullet: ARX
Velocity: 2460 fps
Energy: 1882 ft. lbs.
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The standards that I am looking are a minimum of 12 inches of penetration and a maximum of 18 inches through professional ballistic gelatin. Through both four layers of denim and through bare gelatin and finding ammo that does that properly hasn't been that easy. But I have found some good performers.
And from the .380 the most recent and outstanding performer I have found is Lehigh's .380 Xtreme Penetrator. A unique design that, its basically a solid copper bullet with a flat face and these flutes cut into the nose that help harness the rotational energy of the bullet and spray damage outwards and it was a really outstanding performer. A lot of people have asked, "Why don't you test it for the 9mm?" Well because I know it is going to over penetrate. Lehigh's own marketing says how much it'll penetrate. They named it "Xtreme Penetrator" for a reason cause it's an extreme penetrator. If you really want to see a 9mm test of it, TNOutdoors9 just published one, here you can get it by clicking on the link up here and you'll see how the 9mm one does.
But since doing that test, I have been flooded with requests to do the PolyCase ARX Inceptor in both .380 and 9mm. And a lot of the interest has been driven because it seems like this is a similar type of bullet. It's got, when you look at the nose here, it's got similar flutes cut out of it. That's where the similarity kind of ends for me, though because the more I look into it, the more I see that these really aren't quite like the Lehigh at all. Yes, they have these flute and they are meant to harness the radial energy, but the Lehigh is a solid copper bullet, this isn't copper it is a very, very lightweight copper polymer blend. Second of all, the Lehigh is a flat faced bullet, this has a round face on it. So it's different and it seems like it will perform differently.
My questions is, whether this is a substitute for the Xtreme Penetrator or not is kind of irrelevant. My question is: what do these actually do? Will this super lightweight, I mean 56 grains, think about how light that is, that is lighter than some 22 LR bullets this is only 56 grains, almost half the weight; a little over half the weight of the Lehigh which is 90 grains in .380. And in 9mm its only, I think, 74 grains. So it is a very lightweight bullet, made of a new material, it's a solid material, it's not frangible. It's not a hollow point. It doesn't expand. What will it do? Hey, the best way I know is to go to the range and test it and find out.
(Fires four shots of PolyCase .380 ARX Ammo)
OK, the way it worked out, I took two shots through the denim and two shots through the bare gel. You're looking at the bullets through the bare gel and they're looking pretty good. One of them came in at 11 inches, which does not meet the 12 inches I am looking for, but the other one did. It came in at 12 and one quarter, and what's interesting: look at the initial damage tracks, which I usually don't focus on that much. But it's worthy of looking at there's some pretty substantial damage all the way through about 7 to 8 inches. And, what happens in the first 3 or 4 inches like with most hollow points it's not that big of a deal, but when you start doing widespread damage around 7 or 8 inches, that starts to get more impressive. So I'm surprised. These little PolyCase's from the .380 for such a lightweight bullet they did pretty well. The denim bullets, they actually went as far or slightly further. We had 12 inches and 12 and a half inches of penetration, which is excellent. The initial damage track looks great. You know, this fluted nose that they have is supposed to create damage by spreading the tissue or the flesh or the gel or whatever out in a radial fashion, throwing it outward by the force of the RPMs. Which is fine but both of the bare bullets and one of the denim bullets look like they turned around completely backwards. Well if that happens, that nose isn't working at all if the bullet is traveling backwards the blunt base is what is impacting gel. So, I think what we are seeing here, we may see some, in the initial track we may see some of that radial damage. After that it appears that it is pretty much down to tumbling, which is not bad. A tumbling bullet is an effective bullet. It crushes a lot more tissue than a bullet that just goes straight forward.
(Fires four shots of PolyCase 9mm ARX Ammo)
This looks really, really good. Look what they did here. Ok, first of all, the initial damage tracks, they did some damage. They definitely shredded a lot of gel. We're going to go into that more in detail here in a minute. But just look at where the bullets ended up. In bare they went to 14 inches and 14 and three quarters inches. Through denim they went a little further 15 and three quarters and 16. So those penetration figures are ideal. Those are perfect those are exactly what you want to see a bullet doing.
The damage you see in the initial damage track looks like good hollow point-style damage up to about 10 inches. There's a notable damage track. It doesn't really settle down until about 10 inches or a little there after. As to how it did that damage, I am not necessarily sure because these are not like the Lehigh Xtreme Penetrators. They didn't stay nose forward. They didn't continue causing radial dispersion and creating a larger damage cavity by spreading the flesh out. It looks like they tumbled early on. They, many of them if not all of them, ended up facing backwards. There is nothing wrong with that. That's fine as long as they do a lot of good damage and they end up deep and doing damage deep. But there is something that concerns me a little bit, and I didn't know how this was going to work out. This is a 74 grain bullet. Very lightweight for caliber. Usually a .380 is at least 90 grains. This is 74. Kind of half way between a .22 and 380 and what can happen in 22's, sometimes they just don't go where you told them to. Sometimes they veer off course. This happens with lightweight bullets. They don't have to hit anything to change direction they just veer off course, for whatever hydrodynamic reason. And it looks like we had that happen a little a bit here too. You can see on this damage track that they bullet was headed straight and then it curved up a bit and ended up a coupe of inches off of where the shot had been placed. And we know and we preach constantly, "shot placement is king." But it is kind of important the bullet has to go where you placed it. If it just arbitrarily, because it is lightweight, it arbitrarily just veers off course that's not a good thing. Unless you know, your aim wasn't all that good, then the bullet actually veered on course. But I am going to presume that your aim was good. And so, this kind of thing bothers me a little. It wasn't bad, it wasn't a lot of variation. It just gives me a little bit of concern. That said, overall this is pretty impressive.
Recovered PolyCase ARX bullets look perfect. I mean they look like they haven't even been fired. If you're a reloader, with these you could reload these and fire them again. There's not much to be seen. They don't deform, they don't expand. Nothing changes about them. They're a solid constructed bullet they stayed solid even through the denim which is great.
Overall I gotta say the performance was very good. It was much better from the 9mm but the .380 was also good. I am surprised and impress with how well they did considering how incredibly light they are.
The Performance in .380. I think the Lehigh is a much better choice, if it feeds properly in your gun. Some people, a few people when it first came out were reporting feeding errors. But, I just, I like the idea of a heavier bullet. I like the idea of the sharper, the flat face on there. A Heavier bullet stays on course better. It has more momentum. As you can see in the gel it kinda veered of course sometimes. So, then the lighter bullet was going maybe 12 inches, the heavier bullet went up to 19 inches. So, if I was going to choose between these two I was going to say, first of all, I think this is a decent choice. It didn't get 12 inches in all four bullets but it did hit 12 inches in three of the four and the fourth one was 11 inches and that's from the little pistol. If you are using it from a bigger pistol like the Glock 42 for example, that has almost a half inch more barrel. I bet you this would've hit 12 inches every time with that. So I think this is a decent choice. I have no problem with it other than to say that I just think that if it was me and my choice, I would use the heavier bullet. More momentum and I like the idea in the Lehigh that it kept that large wound channel going further. That, it seemed to me that it did more damage deep than we got with the PolyCase. The PolyCase did a lot of damage early on but then it really settled down and it didn't penetrate quite as far. So I think it is a decent choice, but I don't know that I would prefer over my current top choice. However, in the Ammo Quest when I was looking for the top performing round, I think this might make it into the winner's circle. It wouldn't necessarily be my winner; you know I still might prefer conventional hollow point for the larger weight and the bigger diameter. But, this would make it up into the winner's circle. It's a good round.
When we get to the 9mm, yes it is very light and I am a little worried about that. But the observed damage was fantastic, the penetration was superb. They tumble. They appear to be engineered to tumble on purpose, and that was really the big difference between how I saw the Lehigh performance and the PolyCase performance. The Lehigh, in what I tested they seemed to fly truer, longer. And the front face of the bullet would keep cutting into the gel or into the flesh longer. Whereas the PolyCase it seems that it only really does that for the first 6 inches or so and then it starts tumbling there after. There aint nothing wrong with a bullet that tumbles, a solid FMJ that tumbles, that is going to bring the overall penetration down and it is going to increase the wound cavity diameter. And that seems to be exactly what we observed here. You would be hard pressed to find a solid bullet in 9mm, an FMJ, a flat nose FMJ, a Lehigh Xtreme Penetrator, any of those that don't over penetrate grossly. These didn't. These penetrated perfectly. So I'm really impressed with these. I know their design is to make it lightweight in general. I have a preference for heavier bullets. If you're the type who likes light bullets, light fast bullets, I think this is a fantastic option. And if you're the type who likes bullets that penetrate between 12 and 18 inches this also a great option. It really did well. I have nothing negative to say about it. I think it's a good choice. I'm really impressed with what PolyCase has done here and I look forward to trying them in more calibers and seeing how they perform.
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About the Manufacturer:
PolyCase Ammunition was founded on the idea of incorporating polymers into the components of ammunition. As their name suggests, their flagship product is polymer-cased ammo that weights significantly less than brass or nickel-cased rounds. PolyCase's currently available Inceptor line includes their self-defense ARX round, Firefly Tracer round and a standard Round Nose Point. All of PolyCase's projectiles are injection molded from a copper-polymer mix and are lighter than comparable lead rounds.
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By David Barron
Roland S. Martin has been a man in a hurry ever since his days as a communications student at Yates High School, extending through his work as a newspaper and radio journalist in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Chicago and a six-year stint with CNN, always in pursuit of a daily TV platform to call his own.
That platform arrives this week with the television debut of "News One Now," a one-hour simulcast on the TV One cable network of the final hour of Martin's three-hour morning radio show on the Radio One radio network and NewsOne.com. Martin's radio show begins at 6 a.m., and the TV broadcast kicks in at 8 a.m.
TV One, whose motto is "Where Black Life Unfolds," describes Martin's show as the first morning show to focus on news regarding politics, entertainment and culture from "an explicitly African-American perspective." (TV One airs on Comcast 173/684, DirecTV 328 and U-verse 157.)
Martin, 44, describes it as the platform he's been looking for since he was a kid growing up in Houston's Clinton Park neighborhood.
"I have known what my skill set is and what my talent is and that I can host my own show," he said. "The key is that in whatever you do, you do not get enamored with the largeness of the company on your business card. Focus on the opportunities.
"If CNN wasn't going to give me a shot at a daily show, I was going to go where the opportunity was."
He got the chance from TV One, where he had hosted a weekend show, "Washington Watch with Roland Martin," for four years, and negotiated the deal for a daily show after CNN did not renew his contract earlier this year.
"This is a growing network that will turn 10 years old in January, and I have been involved with the network for nine of those 10 years," he said.
"Having the show on television, radio and online allows me to set the agenda, as opposed to being called to appear and having somebody else set the agenda, decide the conversation and select the other guests. I now get to do that."
Martin said he worked on several pilot shows at CNN, where his duties included some weekend news specials and a stint guest-hosting Campbell Brown's weeknight show in 2009. He had hoped to land a spot hosting a weekend show on CNN but turned to TV One when his pilots for CNN were not picked up.
After receiving prominent air time during the 2008 election, his appearances were reduced in 2012, and he was suspended from the network for sending what CNN described as offensive tweets during the Super Bowl regarding an underwear ad featuring soccer star David Beckham.
"I knew that when Jeff Zucker took over (as president of CNN Worldwide) that he was going to make changes, and I didn't think my deal was going to get renewed," he said. "That's OK. I had six years there and had some great times. But I wanted a five-days-a-week show."
Martin said his show will "allow us to have a different conversation" from the morning shows on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. While those shows focus on national politics Tuesday, he said "News One Now" will focus on mayoral races in Houston, Atlanta and Detroit.
He also will focus on entertainment (he spent part of the weekend in Los Angeles, interviewing actors in the film "The Best Man Holiday," and sports, with an appearance during his debut week by NBA analyst Charles Barkley. Another weekly segment will feature comedians trading one-liners about topics of the week.
"This is a chance for us to show the breadth and depth of black America," he said. "When was the last time you saw a black economist talking on television? Other than Colin Powell, when was the last time you saw a black general talking about the military? We can showcase that talent."
Martin said he will rise at about 4:30 a.m. EST every day for the show. That could be a problem on Friday mornings, given his obsessive love for the Thursday night television show "Scandal." He sent 57 tweets during last week's hour-long episode.
"What I'm doing now is exactly what was focused on preparing on 30 years ago at Yates," he said. "People tell me all the time they miss me on CNN, but the bottom line is that you've got to take y our shot, and you go where the shot is. James Brown said it himself: Don't hand me nothing. Open the door, and I'll get it myself."

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Chicken with Potato Stuffing
Meet the Cook: This is a great Sunday meal or "company dish" - as long as you're prepared with second helpings! My husband and I have two sons...3 and almost 1. We live in the country. He is a large-animal veterinarian; I give music lessons. -Carla Kreider, Quarryville, Pennsylvania
Total TimePrep: 45 min. Bake: 2-1/4 hours
Makes8 servings
- 6 medium red potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 pound Italian sausage links
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 teaspoons dried parsley flakes, divided
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 2-3/4 teaspoons dried thyme, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 roasting chicken (7 to 7-1/2 pounds)
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 cup water
- Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until almost tender; drain and set aside. Cook the sausage in boiling water for 10 minutes; drain. Halve each sausage lengthwise, then cut into 1/2-in. pieces.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook and stir potatoes, sausage and onion in butter until sausage is browned and onion is tender. Add 2 teaspoons parsley, salt, rosemary, 3/4 teaspoon thyme and pepper.
- Stuff the chicken with the potato mixture. Place the remaining stuffing in a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish; cover and refrigerate until ready to bake.
- Place chicken in a roasting pan breast side up; brush with oil and sprinkle with remaining parsley and thyme. Add water to pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 2-1/4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in stuffing reads 165° and a thermometer inserted in the thigh reads 180°.
- Bake stuffing in the baking dish for 45 minutes or until heated through and lightly browned. Remove chicken from oven; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before removing stuffing and carving. Skim fat and thicken pan drippings for gravy if desired. Serve with chicken and stuffing.


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It's not that you grew up outside of Birmingham, roughly two and half hours from where I lived and grew up in Mississippi. I mean, it practically makes us neighbors (of a sort), but there's more.
It's not that you have helped to disprove the theory that everyone who roots for or loves the University of Alabama wasn't held enough as a child. I mean, we are rivals (of a sort - Hail State), but there's more.
It's not that you're a gifted and articulate speaker. I mean, your smile and laugh alone can alone instill quiet (of a sort) and disarm some of your detractors, but there's more.
It's that there is a genuine warmth in your words that comes across on the printed page.
It's that when I met you, you had such a welcoming and honest spirit that it put my inner fanboy at ease. You treated me as a friend, and not someone who just happens to read your blog. And you were that way with every person that came up to you.
It's that there is such heart, such passion, and such intelligence behind everything you do. Yes, even the camping out in a tent bit.
It's that what you write shakes me from a complacency in my faith that I may have settled in to, and causes me to live a life that - well, lives out in word and deed that which I claim to believe.
It's that you have taught me so much. I imagine that the years I struggled with my faith, questioning it all while shaking an angry fist at the sky, would have been better had I known I was not as alone as I felt I was.
It's that you have taught me so much. I imagine that the years I struggled with my faith, questioning it all while shaking an angry fist at the sky, would have been better had I known I was not as alone as I felt I was.
It's that you invite the marginalized, the ignored, and the cast out to the table and say "Tell me - tell us - your story." It's the 21st century equivalent of foot washing, showing honor to many that the church would prefer to silence.
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LOVE reading about biblical womanhood!
It's that every time my kid sees your photo on my laptop, he says "Daddy, it's your friend Wachel!" As he grows older, reading your words will help him to know that everyone, regardless of gender, race, socioeconomic standing, or sexual orientation, is a beautiful child of God and can and does deserve respect. It will help him know that mom and dad aren't the only people of faith who think and act that way, despite what mainstream Christian culture might show him.
Some may say you're mocking. I say you're not afraid to investigate. A faith that does not hold up under scrutiny is not a faith I want to take part in. Besides, you are fierce to defend our faith to those who would detract it, and yet comfortable enough in your beliefs to question some of what is said MUST be done.
(Plus, the God we serve has to have a bit of snark in Him. After all, we do. Since we are made in His image, God must love sarcasm. Trust the theology of the quick wit.)
Rachel Held Evans. It's been an honor to get to know you as a person and not just as an online presence. I am humbled by your even knowing my name. You, my friend, are a true woman of valor. Eschet chayil!
And "Roll Tide."
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- Hermione Granger: "I do hope they start right away, there's so much to learn, I'm particularly interested in Transfiguration, you know, turning something into something else, of course, it's supposed to be very difficult —"
- Percy Weasley: "You'll be starting small, just matches into needles and that sort of thing —"
- — Hermione Granger and Percy Weasley talk about lessons during the 1991 Start-of-Term Feast[src]
Transfiguration is a branch of magic that focuses on the alteration of the form or appearance of an object, via the alteration of the object's molecular structure.[1]. Transfiguration can be done to most (if not all) objects and, as with most forms of magic, it includes - but is hardly limited to - Transfiguration spells.
Currently, transfiguration is divided into four branches (though - whilst based on canonical information - the typology is conjectural). They are, in ascending order of difficulty: Transformation, Vanishment, Conjuration and Untransfiguration. They are described below.
This refers to any Transfiguration that deforms or alters the target in some way.
It should be noted that whilst this branch of transfiguration is the first covered in the Hogwarts curriculum (containing simple transfigurations such as Match to needle) it can also pertains to the most complex and dangerous forms of transfiguration too. For example, Petrification is a form of transformation and is very dark, complicated and powerful magic.
Transformation is divided into three sub-types, each with their own divisions and all of which overlap with one another to some degree.
Human TransfigurationEdit
Human Transfiguration refers to transformation where either the target or end-product is a human being. As well as the general Human Transfiguration spells that exists, this category houses the following type of transformation magic:
Human Transfiguration spells are taught at N.E.W.T, level in sixth and seventh years.
Switching is another sub-type of transformation magic. During switching, a physical feature from one of the two targets is switched with that of another, hence the name. It differs from a straight transformation in two ways: firstly, switching targets two objects simultaneously; secondly, the change in one of the pair is dependent on a change in the other.
It is difficult to gauge the relative difficulty of switches exactly compared to other types of transfiguration because the exact year in which they are learned is not known. However, Professor McGonagall was impressed when Hermione knew about switches as a First Year student but was disappointed in Neville for not being able to perform even simple switches by Fourth Year. Therefore, students must start learning switches in Second, Third, or (early) Fourth Year (most likely third), earlier than almost all the other branches of transfiguration save transformation.
The only known sub-group of Switching is Cross-Species Switches.
Trans-species TranformationsEdit
This is a term which refers to transformation magic that (partially or completely) changes the target organism into a new species. It includes Cross-species switches and hence has some overlap with switching magic.
Vanishment is the art of causing things to Vanish; to make things go into non-being. Vanishment is moderately difficult - learned in Fourth Year and up - and is considered one of the hardest transfigurations to be tested on in one's O.W.L. The difficulty of the Vanishment to be performed positively correlates with the complexity of the organism to be Vanished (for example, invertebrates are easier to Vanish than vertebrates).
Strangely, only one incantation is needed to Vanish any object - Evanesco , Latin for "disappear" (with the intent of the caster alone directing it), unlike conjurations (which can require a variety of complicated incantations)
Conjuration is the art of conjuring things (bringing things into being) and hence is the opposite of Vanishment. It is harder than its counter-part, being a N.E.W.T. level feat.
One should note that there are numerous restrictions (both in Law and Nature) placed on the art of Conjuration, unlike Vanishment which appears to be unrestricted. For example, something that is conjured will not last (or, "remain in being") but it is unknown whether or not something that is vanished could forever remain in non-being if left to its own devices.
Untransfiguration is the art of reversing a previous transfiguration (and is therefore considered both a transfiguration and a counter-spell). It is a mysterious branch of transfiguration not much elaborated on in the franchise, though it appears to be covered at some point in the Hogwarts syllabus (possibly at N.E.W.T. level).
Transfiguration is a very systematic, exact magical discipline, working best for the scientifically-inclined mind, and as such it is deemed very hard work (especially compared to Charms, which affords a much larger margin for personal creativity).[2]
There are a number of factors a wizard must take into account when carrying out Transfiguration spells. The intended transformation (t) is directly influenced by bodyweight (a), viciousness (v), wand power (w), concentration (c) and a fifth unknown variable (Z),[3] as described by the following mathematical formula (as taught to first-years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry):
- $ t = \frac{(w \times c)}{(v \times a)} \times \mathrm{Z}^* $
Whilst Transfiguration is an exceedingly useful branch of magic, it naturally has its own set of limitations.
The branch of Transfiguration known as transformation magic has the largest number of restriction placed upon it (both natural and legal). Firstly, even before one becomes an Animagus (both a Trans-species transformation and Human transfiguration) one is monitored closely as attempting to become such a thing is highly dangerous and even if one succeeds one must then register oneself at the Ministry of Magic (or face trial), due to the many potential uses of this kind of transfiguration in criminal activity. An Animagus is also limited by the fact that they can only transfigure into one kind of animal this way. Conversely, general Human Transfiguration is more varied in that it allows one to transform another into a plethora of different animals but, on the other hand, the object of transfiguration will then possess the intelligence of the creature they become (unlike Animagi, who retain all their mental faculties in animal form). If this is an animal of lower intelligence (which is more likely than not) then one will, by extension, be entirely dependent on the caster to untransfigure them, which could potentially cause someone to be stuck in that form forever (which is why it is not recommended to cast this type of transfiguration on oneself).
Usually, a wizard or witch attempting to perform a transfiguration spell would often find it easier to transfigure one thing into something else provided that the state it was orginally in had something in common to what it would be coverted into (i.e. a statue of a dragon turning into an actual dragon, albeit of the similar size).
Transformation is also limited by the fact that the dead cannot be revived via magic and hence one cannot "transfigure" the dead back to life, no matter how recently the death occurred. The overall mass and size of the object or entity to be transfigured into something else must also be considered, since it was stated by Hermione that it was extremely difficult to transfigure something as large as a dragon, even by a skilled transfiguration expert like McGonagall.
Conjuration is principally limited by the Five Principal Exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration. The first (and only known) of these is the restriction that one cannot conjure food (though, pre-existing food can be charmed in certain ways - such as by summoning & multiplication - and transfigured by the other branches). Similarly, Wizarding law sets legal limitations on what one is and isn't allowed to conjure[4]. Finally, even if it is both possible and legal to conjure something it will ultimately never last.[4]
Strangely, whilst there are a variety of limits placed on Conjuration, the branch referred to as Vanishment seems to be completely unrestricted (this also appears true of Untransfiguration).
- "Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned."
- —Minerva McGonagall lecturing first-years[src]
Due to the applied, precise nature of Transfiguration magic there is a large potential for it to go disastrously wrong, even for the experts. This is especially true if the practitioner is not taking things seriously and/or punching above their weight (with respect to the magic they are attempting to perform). If it is done improperly, the Transfigured object can become half-Transfigured or permanently stuck in one state (whether fully or partially Transfigured); for example, Viktor Krum once half-Transfigured himself into a shark in the Second Task of The Triwizard Tournament in 1994 (although he was not stuck in that form, so it may have been intentional).
List of known TransfigurationsEdit
- McGonagall's Animagus Transfiguration.
- Animagus transfigurations of the Marauders.
- Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew) transfigured into a rat.
- Padfoot (Sirius Black) transfigured into a black dog.
- Prongs (James Potter) transfigured into a stag.
- Rita Skeeter revealed as an unregistered Animagus.
- Hagrid tries to change Dudley into a pig, and fails.
- Testimonial of a man able to turn his wife into a yak after a Kwikspell course.
- Fat white rabbit changing into a top silk hat and back in the Magical Menagerie.
- Fred and George change Percy's badge to read 'Bighead Boy'.
- Healing requires at least an E on a student's Transfiguration O.W.L.
- After Mad-Eye Moody's death, Harry imagines that he was probably "transfigured [and] stuffed".
- Slughorn transfigured himself into an armchair.
- Cornelius Fudge transfigured a teacup into a gerbil, while trying to prove to the British Prime Minister that he was a wizard.
- Hermione trying to transfigure the mould off bread when on the run in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
- When he was alive, Nearly-Headless Nick accidentally transfigured Lady Grieve's broken tooth into a tusk.
- Gwenog Jones had a habit of turning people who disagreed with her into wood lice.
- McGonagall Transfigured the chessmen guarding the Philosopher's Stone to make them 'come alive'.
- Dumbledore may have transfigured the Slytherin banners in the Great Hall to become Gryffindor banners when he awarded Gryffindor last minute points.
- Gargoyle statues outside Dumbledore's office 'coming to life' when password is spoken.
- 'Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret'.
- Harry considered using Switching Spells to change a dragon's teeth into wine-gums.
- Cedric Transfigures a rock into a Labrador retriever to distract the Swedish Short-Snout.
- Harry wished to become an Animagus in order to breathe water as a goldfish or as a frog.
- Krum's partial Transfiguration into a shark.
- Crouch having been Transfigured into a bone.
- Lupin studying for Transfiguration O.W.L.
- Snape Transfigures McGonagall's fire into a black serpent.
- McGonagall turned Snape's black snake to smoke and then transformed the smoke to daggers.
- McGonagall transfigures dozens of desks and suits of armour to help defend Hogwarts.
- Percy Weasley transfigured Pius Thicknesse into some form of a sea urchin during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Transfiguration spellsEdit
- Arrow-shooting spell: Shoots arrows from the wand tip
- Avifors Spell: Transforms small objects or statues into birds
- Bird-Conjuring Charm: Conjures birds from the wand tip
- Beetle Buttons: Turns beetles into buttons
- Cauldron to Sieve: Turns cauldrons to sieves
- Draconifors: Turns statues or small objects into fire-breathing dragons
- Ducklifors: Turns an opponent into a duck
- Hardening Charm: Used to turn objects to stone
- Ebublio: Used to make the victim inflate and then explode into hundreds of water bubbles.
- Glass to sand shield: Transfigures glass back to sand within a certain radius
- Glisseo: Used to make objects slippery
- Guinea fowl to guinea pig: Turns guinea fowl into guinea pigs
- Incarcerous: Conjures ropes or chains at your opponent
- Incarcifors: Used to transfigure an object to capture an opponent
- Lapifors: Used to turn a small object or creature into a rabbit
- Match to needle: Turns a match into a needle
- Melofors: Used to turn an opponent's head into a pumpkin
- Mice to Snuffboxes: Turns mice into snuffboxes
- Piertotum Locomotor: Animates statues and suits of armour
- Pullus: Used to turn opponents into geese
- Rock to dog: Turns a rock into a dog
- Reparifarge: Reverses unsuccessful transfigurations
- Scribblifors: Used to turn objects into quills
- Smoke to daggers: Coalesces a horde of daggers from smoke
- Snufflifors Spell: Turns books into mice
- Steelclaw: Used to make an animal's claws bigger and made of steel
- Tentaclifors: Used to turn a person's head into a tentacle
- Vera Verto: Used to turn an animal into a water goblet
Known accomplished TransfigurersEdit
- Albus Dumbledore - Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts. Later became Headmaster.
- Minerva McGonagall - Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts. Known Animagus (takes form of a cat). Later became Headmistress.
- Horace Slughorn - Successful at human transformation. Can take the form of an armchair.
- James Potter - Successfully became an Animagus (unregistered). Took the form of a stag.
- Peter Pettigrew - Successfully became an Animagus (unregistered). Took the form of a rat.
- Sirius Black - Successfully became an Animagus (unregistered). Took the form of a large black dog (Snuffles)
- Hermione Granger - One of few students in Harry Potter's year who could perform McGonagall's tasks successfully on the first or with few attempts.
- Harry Potter - Took the subject at N.E.W.T. level.Later became an Auror.
- Ron Weasley - Also took the subject at N.E.W.T. level
- Rita Skeeter - Successfully became an Animagus (unregistered). Took the form of a beetle.
- Nymphadora Tonks - A natural Metamorphmagus, along with her son, Teddy Lupin.
- Teddy Lupin - A natural Metamorphmagus, along with his mother, Nymphadora Tonks.
- Lily Evans - Successfully transfigured a lily petal to become a fish when Slughorn found it.
- Viktor Krum - Partially transfigured himself into a shark.
- Lord Voldemort - Transfigured Dumbledore's rope of fire into a serpent, and created a silver hand for Peter Pettigrew.
Behind the scenesEdit
- As revealed in Pottermore, J. K. Rowling had originally devised this class to be called "Transfiguration/Metamorphosis".[5]
See alsoEdit
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ JKR on the difference between Transfigurations & Charms, accessed 28/7/2011
- ↑ J.K. Rowling on the nature of Transfiguration, accessed 28/7/2011
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 JK on the limitations of Conjuration, accessed 28/7/2011
- ↑ Pottermore - Hogwarts School Subjects (J.K. Rowling's thoughts)


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Love the Old School feeling of stuffed dummies and skull-faced witches.
Bet this looked really neat at night.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Love the Old School feeling of stuffed dummies and skull-faced witches.
Posted by Rot at 10:42 AM
Labels: coffin, dummies, haunted wood, old school, vampires, witches
4 comments:
- The Gill-Man said...
Y'know, I REALLY like the skeleton witch idea! I might have to put my own spin on this idea!
- February 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Rot said...
I agree. There's something truly vile about a witch with her face skin missing...or rotted off.
I'm going to give it a whirl just for the heck of it with an old Walgreens skull I have in the basement.
- February 25, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
I wish people would do that kind of thing here in lancaster....they seem very anti-halloween here.
(I'm sure people here view my house as the bad house)
- February 25, 2010 at 6:31 PM
- The Gill-Man said...
Well, Jay...keep on being the "Bad house"! Keep the spirit alive!!!!
- February 26, 2010 at 8:51 AM
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By Jill Dougherty
Al Qaeda is determined to make the fragile African nation of Mali a safe haven, and the terrorist threat from the network's affiliate in that country, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, "is spreading while we speak," a senior European official said Wednesday.
"We know the hard way that if al Qaeda fighters have a free zone they'll try to attack us all over the place," the official said. "We consider AQIM the growing, and maybe the leading, threat against us."
The official's concerns echoed worries of American national security officials. The al Qaeda affiliate has gotten increased scrutiny after the recent deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. officials have said there are signs extremists responsible for the attack were affiliated with or inspired by AQIM.
The official, who spoke to reporters in Washington, compared Mali to Afghanistan under the Taliban, describing Mali as a "failed state." The official spoke on background because of the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue.
The country is being referred to as "Sahelistan," a reference to the Arabic word used to refer to the broad swathe of land in the north of African stretching between the Atlanta Ocean and the Red Sea.
AQIM, officials say, is heavily armed thanks to drug and arms smuggling, as well as kidnappings of foreigners. Six French nationals, for example, have been kidnapped in the region.
"We in the United States are deeply concerned about the ongoing situation in Mali," Johnny Carson, assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told reporters at a briefing Wednesday in New York. "We think that Mali is an enormously complicated situation."
Pointing to AQIM as well as another associated group, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, Carson said, "Both of these groups have been responsible for the desecration of historical writings and buildings and artifacts in Timbuktu. They are responsible for trying to impose Sharia law on various parts of northern Mali. They are responsible for terrorism, for kidnapping, and for robbery. This is an issue that must be dealt with through security and military means."
In an interview with the Voice of America, Carson said many of AQIM's senior leadership and members are non-Malians, "people who have come in from the region, who have come in from Algeria, who have come in from Mauritania, who have come in from Libya and other places. This is a terrorist group and the response to that must be a security, military response."
The United States wants Mali to accept an intervention force from the Economic Community of West African States because the country is incapable of adequately countering AQIM fighters.
"The Malian military has been broken," Carson told VOA. "It is now in need of restructuring and repair and rehabilitation. It should accept the support, the camaraderie, the mentoring and the friendship of other ECOWAS states as it attempts to get itself together so that it can help address the issues of terrorism in the northern part of the country, as well as humanitarian support."
The United States, Carson told reporters in New York, "has been appalled by the destruction of many of Mali's valuable historical texts, by the destruction of mosques and historically important buildings, and by the attempt to impose extremist ideology on the communities."
"Clearly," he says, "some action must be taken but ... it should be well-planned, well-organized, well-executed and well-resourced."
Mali has asked the U.N. Security Council for a resolution that would authorize an ECOWAS-led military force to fight rebels in the northern part of the country.
The senior European official said countries concerned about Mali hope they can have a U.N. resolution in the coming weeks that would authorize military action.
"It's a question of weeks," the official said, "not months."
Asked whether the United States might launch unilateral military strikes against AQIM in Mali, the European official said, "There is such close coordination on Mali and the Sahel that I doubt there will be unilateral U.S. action."
But the official added, "We are happy the American side is investing heavily in (countering) AQIM."
Terrorists always are born, bred and brought up in no man land or no governance land. It is a challenge to world bodies & world richest to develop these barren countries with their intellectual & political resources.
Pakistani genie is out of the bottle. Yes it is true, al Qaeda are spreading through out the poverty stricken, illiterate Muslim countries. We need to stop them. We can afford another Pakistan in African continent.
sorry for type I meant to say "We can't afford another Pakistan in African continent." One Pakistan is enough.
Time for a good culling.
Most of the People who have posted have spiritual and/or soul issues that need attending too as a matter of urgency. Most of you are incapable of living in a peaceful loving society where people live in harmony, you bunch sound like violent violent adreneline junkies
Unless you can prove that souls or sprits exist I suggest you seek immediate psychiatric help. They have medication than can help you.
Before 9/11 and drone warfare, Al-Queda and groups like it(Red Brigade, IRA etc) could setup shop in a given country where the government was either supportive(Quadfi's Libya, East Germany) or at least indifferent if not friendly(Afghanistan). There they could train plan and look for opportunities. Pre 9/11 we were hobbled by a foreign policy where we wanted everyone to like us, and didn't want to seem like a 'bully' and would only strike in the event of an overt act. The attack on the USS Cole, the bombing of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. And even then, the attack would be a one-off, unsustained effort. If we missed, too bad, also we'd be using cruise missiles at $1.5Million per shot(expensive) and at the end of the day not very precise(Yes, it could fly through the window we wanted, but couldn't confirm if anyone was inside)
Post 9/11, after seeing what happens when we let a hostile ideology more intent on attacking us rather than improving the lives of those around them fester unchecked. The gloves came off. We get chatter(radio intercepts, tapped phone calls, emails, informants, youtube videos) from someone in the boondocks of an enemy state, or even a friendly one, their name goes on the kill list.
Enter the MQ1 Predator and its successor the MQ9 Reaper drones. Remotely piloted armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles at $100,000 per shot, a bargain compared to the Tomahawk. So instead of 6-12 $1.5Million Tomahawks launched from a $1Billion nuclear sub you have 1 $100,000 Hellfire fired from a $40Million Reaper.
The economics of assassinating(or the current euphemism 'targeted killing) our enemies changed RADICALLY.
lol atlanta ocean
Didnt Barry want us to think that he killed Al Queda
The African Union must act – Al Q cannot be allowed to set up a base there and complete freedom.
Oh goody – another continent we can hemorrhage money we don't have
arms we don't need
and young bodies into.
All we gotta' do is stir up a little fear back here @ home.
Raytheon, General Dynamics, Kalashnikov, Colt, Haliburton, Sikorsky, KBR, Inc etc
all send their regards and sincere thanks.
al qaeda...like ALL terrorist organizations MUST be stopped. They should be hunted down like the crazy, wild animals they are ! Prehaps bounties of high $$$ values would be a good incentive especially among the poverty areas where they seem to prey on for support and recruits !
The $5,000 bounty we are offering in places like Yemen and Pakistan has lead to us blowing up hundreds of innocent civilians. Why? Because it's very easy for someone to say the guy down the street is a terrorist and we call in the drone strikes. As bad as that is the bigger point is who is funding the terrorist? We are the ones creating instability in these countries in order to extend U.S. hegemony. Read Zbigniew Brzezinski Grand Chessboard if you get a chance. If you don't believe me google Qumu and Libyan ambassador killed. Ask yourself why we let this go but kept guys like Adnan Latif. The government does some dumb things but they aren't this dumb.
Terrorists use those civilians as human shield because of sheep like you.
Muslim countries with masses of illiterate, fundamentalists, are better off with their dictators. Qaddafi, Assad, Saddam, Arafat, Mubarak, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, Joseph Kony were the right people their countries.
Holy cow, could someone please proofread this monstrosity before it gets posted? "The Atlanta Ocean" "the north of African" "...determined to make the fragile African nation of Mali and safe haven..."
Has cnn just become a propaganda machine for war? First we have "Syrian Danny" then that completely bogus report on civilian deaths from drone strikes now this bulls***. Who overthrew Qadaffi? Where did those Libyan "rebels" come from and who armed them? Maybe just maybe if we quit partnering with violent groups to overthrow governments those same violent groups wouldn't be growing in strength. Here's a prediction that Stevie Wonder could see coming... If the "rebels" in Syria overthrow Assad there will be stories about how "terrorists" are threatening saudia arabia or some other country in the middle east. Romney is all for this bs just like Obama so don't think it is going to stop if you elect a warmonger that goes by a different name. It's a hustle for more war and cnn, msnbc, fox, new york times and everyone else in the corporate press are banging the drums of war. Read the foreign press and alternative media if you want an idea about what's going own. Our press died many years ago.
Very good posting, NoConfusion. You nailed it!
are you trying to look me nitwit? I never said that.
Indeed I did say that!
No I did not!
Yes I did.
No I did not, nope nope nope.
Yes I did. Yes yes yes.
okay my friend I did it, now go back to training camp.
I don't care about Al Qaeda anywhere else besides the US. When they show up here I'll start caring about them here. We can't afford to care about them anywhere else.
They have shown up here. Several times. Least of which was when they knocked down the trade center and killed all those folks in New York. Not caring about them is how this sort of stuff happens. Wise up.
Al Qaeda has never shown up here in the USA, because "al Qaeda" does not exist. It's merely an intelligence nom de plume, a nickname given to whoever is in the crosshairs of our intelligence agency. It literally means "the Cell", as in whichever cell they happen to be currently discussing. The perpetrators of the 9-11 attacks were the Egyptian and Saudi coordinated chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, not "al Qaeda".
We should put any nation on notice that if you harbor Al Qaeda you put yourself at risk of having us attck them on your territory.
The USA did show the world after 9-11, We bombed and occupied Afghanistan. We still use drones on Terrorists groups everyday. They have not messed up with China or any country in Asia-Pacific as yet. And, I hope they don't mess up with those Asia-Pacific countries. Those Asians will have no mercy in war, and they will win.
extremism is most easily germinated in areas of poor education.
That does for religion as well.
Good job F'ing-up the very first sentence, CNN. Skipped Writing School the day they taught writing, eh?
Ha Ha-Thanks jeepkennedy, I needed to hear something funny but true!
More evidence that our foreign policy is at the nadir under Mahdi Obama. Al Qaeda is just one of hundreds, perhaps thousands of violent, fundamentalist Islamic groups. And so the match is being lit to the fuse of WWIII. But then, with Obama in office, we don't NEED to be attacked by a foreign enemy – he's already here...
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that our president is muslim. He is not. He's an atheist who celebrates christian and buddhist holiday traditions.
i could not understand the first sentence of this article. nice writing CNN. Again
It's the Al Quaeda model:
1) Step one, create chaos and instability
2) Make people fear for their safety. Cause businesses to fail, fracture an already weakened economy.
3) Once people are in fear long enough, they will accept any form of government that provides safety and restores an environment similar to what they had before. Even if that means accepting the people causing the chaos.
4) Install a muslim government with sharia law
So they use fear and intimidation to install their own form of government.
The first 3 points are identical to the GOP system.
The fourth is different only in which religion they'd used. Ban abortions, teach Intelligent Design. It's all the same.
No One expects the Spanish Inquisition.
I do not understand why the Imams have allowed the Muslims to scatter the profane acts they have committed in response to the sacred....
looks like the nuke for the middle east will need to be bigger than anticpated
Why was was my comment about how this mess was caused by the Libya intervention not posted CNN? All these other racist trailer park sub human, neanderthal tape worm pigs have posted 20 times the same ignorant irrelevant garbage, yet you did not post my comment?
call the waaambulance
hmmmm... wasn't this the obvious outcome? ... isn't the best place for such activity a destabilized region? hmmmm? ... Seems like this "arab spring" movements happened specifically for this reason... oh and not to mention that most of the overthrown leaders were saying it was al Qaeda doing it? Hmmm.. so who is al Qaeda really working for? Wake up America! Wake up Muslim world! Your both being played by the same party.
Let me guess your smarter than every government on the planet? You have all the answers LOL!
Funny, Obama was just taking victory laps a couple of weeks ago, assuring everyone he had defeated Al Qaeda.
al qaeda is not an "organization" that can be defeated by military action.
it is as foolish as the "war on terror"
Drones. Limit the spread of Islamic imperialism with drones. They should be there now.
Should we pay them?
I only hope that US doesn't do anything. I am tired of spending my US tax dollars fighting other people's wars. If AQIM defeat the country and take it over, who cares as long as they aren't coming directly after us. The US needs to work on establishing proper policies and balancing its own needs, instead of pretending to be the world's police. We should have no comment on how they want to manage their art work, historical monuments, or anything else that is ultimately the responsibility of that government.
I agree with you. Americans don't want to spend money in these countries for wars. But now, we have to realize that our American govt has been highjacked by the Muslim Brotherhood, clearly using our power and military might to gain their advantage in the world. It won't be about Middle East culture in the Middle East. It will be about Islam for the world. And for that, we need to ask ourselves if we're even fighting on the right side.
Honestly, Obama was only trying to defeat them so they wouldn't threaten US citizens and the US has nothing to do with this situation unless the UN gets involved in an more inner stance.
Russia one day allies with Africa.
Why are they concerned and or surprised? They did this when they assasinated Gaddafi rip
Obama has great foreign policy plans....NOT!
i suppose it is useless to ask you how the american president has any bearing on mali.
If you had been following the news even a little bit, you would have known that the US/NATO intervention in Libya is what led to the instability in Mali. Fighters from the Libya war went into Mali and took over the Northern part and a series of events spiraled Mali into chaos. Now Mali a once moderate Muslim nation has been largely overtaken by hardline Islamists who are chopping of hands and adhering to other sharia laws.
Yeah, because Romney would just insult them until they attacked first.
anthropologically, much of africa would still be tribal if not for european imperialism dumping them into the modern age and weaponry.
One addition. When you push a country that isn't ready to handle the responsibilities of democracy, democracy the result can only be disasterous. Countries need to develop at their own pace and choice. Other countries, including the US, needs to take their nose out of their business and stop trying to tell them how to live.
Afterall, how well did that work for every other country we did it to. Not one worked, not one.
Not only that, but the democracy our government has been promoting overseas is a democracy for the minority. It's not a republic, not a majority rules. It's a specific mindset of liberal democracy that gives power to the very extremists we all oppose by virtue of their minority status in a the view of democracy our govt has given them! (Seeing this firsthand as a person who lives overseas).
When has the US government ever cared about what the majority of American's want or need. It's all party line in the exceutive, legislative and judicial sections. Except maybe not congress; they would actually need to do SOMETHING to fit that description.
@jim111506 which is your group KKK, skinheads, aryanbrother, trailer park trash? Please be honest.
@jim111506 ask your mother, sister, or your girlfriend if you have one how many black men have they been with? Like the saying goes once you go black you don't go back ask your friend Sarah Palin who dated former NBA player Glen Rice.
all your examples have apparently gone back. not much of a testamonial.
Imperialistic Europeans, back in the 1950s and 60s it was vogue to think that all men were created equal and that black Africa could govern itself. Time has amply demonstrated the error of that theory. Please come back and subjugate us so that we may have stability and prosperity like you. We apologize for questioning your superiority.
it is long past time for these countries to take responsibility for themselves.
The Obama policies are working well, I see.
Maybe if the U.S. and NATO didn't support the Libyan Rebel forces (who were supported by Al' Qaeda and islamic radicals) this wouldn't be as bad. Not to mention supporting the Free Syrian Army, also backed by Al'Qaeda and other forgien islamic groups.
Muslims love Al Qaeda. They will do all the killing of their Muslims. Therefore, we Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Sikkhism, Hindus, and others do not have to do the dirty jobs anyway. Look at Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq today. And, keep Factories in China, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand busy by making all kind of weapons for them.
looks like someone is retared I'm a musli and i hate al quada what ever there name is. its not because of the stupid movie. al quada is not a muslim gang!
If all Muslims love AQIM, then all Christians love the Salem witchcraft trials.
All over a mohammed movie, right?
Propaganda to keep Africa under the boots of its global oppressors and show them who the master is.
Good posting, Darlene. Thank you.
If that is the case, shouldn't it be the White Man that is leading this instead of AQIM. Afterall, isn't it always the White Man that oppresses the Black Man? That's what I always heear in rap music, BET, and Black Comedians.
Oh please, you don't listen to rap or watch BET. You people have delusions of grandeur. It's not 1950. Imperialism is dead. Europe's economic future is on life support. So much for being "superior" lol. You're living in the past just like the Muslims are living in the 14th century. Asia and Africa are the future.
Im thinking that I want to take a cruise on the "Atlanta" ocean for the "Sprang" break.
I see that the right-wing thugs in Washington are at it again, trying their best to scare the American people over this so-called "threat" in North Africa from Al Qaeda. Unfortunately, the people will be dumb enough to fall for it! The people need to be better educated so that jerks like Barack Obama and Mitt Romney couldn't get elected to the White House!!!
The so-called George Patton is going to explain the workings of the so-called religion of islame.
Come on G boy, tell us all about your bad day with the camels and the goats.
Tell us about being an idiot Pakistani piece of camel dung.
Send in the drones!
Such is to be expected from a someone like you with your obvious small mind, Badly-Bent. You sound like another Tea Partier with your right-wing lynch-mob mentality. Are you one by any chance?
We should have droned your goat mother.
Oh god the drones
That is so ironic since that is exactly where China has been developing infrastructure, ports and commodities. Well, I guess we better setup Africom and focus militarily on Northern Africa to protect Americans. U.S. foreign policy?- wage war in any nation at any time in search of terrorists, or freedom fighters, depending on whether a U.S. puppet is in charge or not.
The failed idiotic whack a mole policy Bush left us with can only be reduced by MAJOR changes in a 60 year old wrong foreign policy-little hope for that .lobbyists will not allow it.
After reading all these posts, no wonder the world's nations are at each other's throats all the time. What a bunch of sick people who can't agree on anything with each other. Everyone thinks they have the answer and won't listen to anyone else.
You need better proof reader...first sentence needs to be cleaned up....
Al Qaeda is determined to make the fragile African nation of Mali and safe haven ...
Amen, but a qualification – CNN needs a seven-year old because they read things aloud, and anyone within earshot would realize the mistake.
Glad to see others letting CNN know what a poor job they do in putting words together.
The Arabs are mad at us? i just don't get it.Maybe its the military bases we have all over their world.Even Pre-911.
Would we as Americans not freak out if say the Chinese,Arabs,Russians,North Koreans or anyone else had a military base in America?
Think people
Well posted, Huh? The problem here is that most people let the government do their thinking for them and therefor cannot make competent dicisions when they vote. We need to change our priorities in a very bad way!
You write just like the pakitani piece of camel dung calling himself George Patton.
If this were a Star Wars film, the stormtroopers would be red, white, and blue.
But hey, i always rooted for the Galactic Empire.
I'm more worried about the Sinaloa Cartel's influence in Chicago, than I am of Al Qaeda. You don't need to look overseas for the real issues.
You ever think they are paying huge bribes to our govt to look the other way ?
And we are helping Saudi-backed AlQaeda and Salafi "freedom fighters" take down the non-religious government in Syria.
How dumb is that?
Our intelligence community runs Al Qaeda. Just as the Council on Foreign Relations has said, "they are working for us, we must support them."
Any article trying to evoke fear by saying we are threatened by Al Qaeda, is an act of propaganda.
Al Qaeda can't simultaneously be our greatest ally in Syria and our biggest bogeyman everywhere else.
The American people are being manipulated by this fear-mongering brought to you courtesy CNN.
9 times out of 10 the news is never reported accurately. You have a point–the media is not helping these issues. Being currently deployed to Afghanistan, looking at the news every day makes us (troops) feel like there is a wedge being put in between us and the American public. I see a Vietnam, Part 2, on the not-so-distant horizon. We continually fail to learn from our past.
@ I wipe my @ss with Old Glory
What is so "good" about this? You must be mentally retarded; that is the only excuse for your ignorance. Hopefully you don't reside in the same country that I have devoted my life to serving. If so, I hope you are indiscriminately hunted down, thrown in jail, and repeatedly raped by the biggest inmate there. There is no room in this world for people like you. You should be hunted down and exterminated because you're a disease to all of humanity.
Obama has lost "his" was in Afghanistan and now he's injecting US Soldiers (our sons and daughters) into Africa's problems in an effort to become their saviour. Maybe he can go be their President because he sure isn't wanted here.
"broad swathe of land in the north of AFRICAN stretching between the ATLANTA Ocean and the Red Sea..."
Wow. Lol. Where did this fool get educated? This is the kind of fine writing we expect from the highly educated and intellectual writers of CNN. LOL!
If modern civilization isn't nurtured in Africa, then the people of Africa will share the same fate as the Middle East. We all know these violent fundamentalist groups flourish in environments of poverty and lack of education.
Are they going to attack us with their sticks and grass huts?
Country's are stupid enough, to allow the Arabs, Pakistani people, Iranian people, to come into our country's and live, while calling us every dirty name in the book. They are fools. They run around and kill people, who had nothing to do with that stupid video. I didn't even bother to look at it. Send all of those barbarians back to their own country's. Get our people out of their country's and, keep them out. Why in the hell do they come to our county's for anyway?
In Afghanistan, those evil disgusting monsters, have been beheading children. Get our people out of there. Let them go on, and kill each other off. They fight and kill each other. Tribe against tribe, Muslim against Muslim.
That's a stupid and bigoted comment. There's millions of Arab-Americans, Pakistani-Americans, Iranian-Americans, etc and they are patriotic law-abiding citizens. They are horrified by what goes on overseas, and thousands serve in the US armed forces to help stop it. Why do you hate your fellow Americans?
Don't forget Americans are killing each other to, we are no different from the other countries we put down.
To the Idiots on this blog, like America is such a great country always putting down another country, but can't see their own faults and yes I always vote democrat. I'm not a party hopper, oh I vote for President Obama in 2008 and now I'm voting for Mrs. Mitt Romney you are confused. Run Obama Run.
LEADERS: L.K. Advani/ Ashok Singhal/ Bala Saheb Devaras/ Bal Thackeray/ A.B. Vajpayee/ Savarkar/ Baikunnth Lal Sharma "Prem"/ Balraj Madhok/ The Shankaracharya of Puri, Niranjan Dev Theerth/ Rama Gopalan/ Variyar – Vishwan Hindu Parishad/ Dharmalinga Nadar/ Cho Ramaswamy
LOL! Why don't just post these words, "I'm a fidiot"? If you did, you would actually have credibility.
these rats need to flushed out and droned.
All the above named organistions are natioinalist to core except shivsena headed by Thackreys who think Mumbai is their acquired prpety. All other organisations take Hindu line of thinking as so called secular leaders of other partes take a stand inimical to Hindu religion
"It is no secret that Hitler and his Nazi cronies sought inspiration from Indian extremist groups including the branding of his Nazi Party by adopting the Swastika, a traditionally Hindu symbol and representation of Hindu god Ganesha, as its marketing tool. The thesis being that like the Norwegian massacre the Jewish holocaust orchestrated by Hitler was inspired by the inherently violent cult of Indian Hindus and the manifesto of its then extremist/terrorist groups still in existence today. These groups are now the successors to and carrying out the vision of Al Qaeda all over the world albeit in a clandestine manner."
Shame on these double faced hindu brahmin indians HQed out of new Delhi. git rid of 'em


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An insider tipped us off that the satellite provider is launching the elusive Nomad tomorrow. The device grabs content off your DirectTV DVR, transcodes it, and makes it available for download to your mobile device or PC.
According to the tipster, the Nomad will store 100 hours of HD and 200 hours of SD programming. Additional space can be added via the device's USB port. Programming available on PPV, 3D, or On Demand are not available for transfer to the Nomad.
Programs pushed to the device are available for download to a PC, iOS device, or Android device for 30 days. Those devices will need to have a DIRECTV app installed on them. It seems that there will be no streaming capability. This is not the SlingBox competitor people were hoping for.
The Nomad is not available for lease and will cost customers $149.99 plus 9.99 for shipping. DIRECTV customers must have a DVR with HD DVR mode HR2X and above, and have a hard wired internet connection for the device. If you disconnect the Nomad from your account, all the content on it is erased.
Thanks tipster [DIRECTV]


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Nearly half of financial services executives who responded to a global survey expressed concern about their national economies, but 70% said they were confident in their country's economic growth prospects.
Robert Half Financial Services surveyed 1,100 finance directors, chief financial officers and chief operations officers in Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S., and interviewed senior industry executives for its report, "Navigating Change in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape."
Although 80% of respondents said they were confident about their firm's growth potential, many still had concerns when they looked within their firms:
—41% of executives were most worried about business costs, 37% about profitability and 23% about increasing regulatory issues
—88% of respondents said managing regulatory change had proved challenging
—66% foresaw a continuation of heavier workloads due to regulatory changes, and 35% anticipated spending related to financial regulations to keep rising
—33% said they were working with interim or project professionals to address compliance demands, and 23% planned to add full-time staff
—89% of executives said they had faced challenges in hiring employees with requisite skills, and 83% were worried about their ability to keep top performers on board
—68% of respondents said integrated governance, risk and compliance programs had been effective for their businesses.
"Executives must balance compliance demands in equal measure with profitability goals," Neil Owen, Robert Half's global practice director, said in a statement.
"The firms best positioned to succeed are those that are staffed with financial professionals who take a proactive stance to managing regulatory compliance and develop long-term strategies that address shifting business priorities."
Check out Brokers Willing to Pay Up for Fiduciary Standard: SIFMA


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2 men plead not guilty in alleged $430,000 theft of used cooking oil in Mass., RI, sold in NH
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) � Two Rhode Island brothers have pleaded not guilty in an alleged scheme to steal $430,000 worth of used cooking oil from hundreds of restaurants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Andrew and Bruce Jeremiah, of Cranston, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Thursday in federal court in Providence to charges of conspiracy to transport stolen goods and interstate transportation of stolen property.
The brothers were charged last month with overseeing the alleged scheme.
Prosecutors say they directed another man, Anthony Simone Sr., to drive a truck to the restaurants between midnight and 6 a.m. and pump used cooking oil into a tank inside the truck. Later, they would sell it to a New Hampshire business that uses it for animal feed and biofuel.
Simone has pleaded not guilty.


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2012 Photo of the Year Week Two Result
By Erin Greene on 16/11/12 at 10:00 pm
The ITU World Triathlon San Diego marked the first time an ITU race was held in modern triathlon's birthplace since its creation in 1974. The event also doubled as a U.S. qualifier for London, giving the race even more significance. The Pacific coast served as the perfect backdrop to capture the emotion and beauty that went along with the day.
In this week's Photo of the Year competition, Manny Huerta (USA) received an overwhelming one third (33.56%) of the votes. On that day in San Diego, Huerta punched his ticket to London as the second-fastest American to finish in the top-9. While celebrating his first Olympic berth, Huerta's tense, exerted body perfectly communicates the sheer exuberance of a lifelong dream realized.
Here's what photographer Larry Rosa had to say about the winning photo.
This is the first ITU race I've shot; I usually do Ironman races so I'm not as familiar with the athletes. When I saw this athletes reaction to a ninth place finish I knew it was something more, something really special. I really tried to capture the full extent of his emotions, he was absolutely euphoric. It was an amazing feeling to be there watching.
Camera: Canon Mark IV
Lens: 300mm, f4
Exposure: ASA 400 , 1/3200sec
The shot of Aurélien Raphael seemingly in flight as he takes off for the bike was the second-most popular photo with one quarter (24.9%) of the votes. Aurélien appears to be weightless in this agile transition from running to cycle, showing his masterful technical skills.
Final Result
Find more details about this event - 2012 ITU World Triathlon San Diego


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The faces of Feathers. Photo from Feathers Facebook page.
Last New Year's Eve, when I picked Your Clothes Will Wear Themselves by Magatha Trysty as the fourth best CD of 2012, it wasn't just a case of hometown boosterism. I really was blown away by the Chicago-based band's energy, imagination, and the way husband and wife Christopher David and Catherine Louise weave their vocals together. In a recent email, David seemed pretty sure Magatha Trysty's upcoming new release will be better than Clothes.
Magatha Trysty will be headlining a roster of five acts tomorrow night at Ultra Lounge on Milwaukee Avenue. Jack Rabbit, The Middle City Sound, rap/rock band Hero Monster Zero, and hip hop duo 8090, are also on the bill. Admission is $7, the music starts at 9:00 PM. Here's the official video for "Saturday Dress" from Your Clothes Will Wear Themselves.
Jokes4Miles, the charitable organization created by comedian-writer Len Austrevich, continues to explore ways to aid young people afflicted with cancer, as a legacy to Austrevich's son Miles, who passed away after a lengthy battle with the disease last December. Filming for a documentary and promotional video is taking place tomorrow and Sunday at the new Jokes4Miles headquarters, and several volunteers, including actors, dressers, grips, and assistants, are needed. Further information is available online.
Pleased To Meet Me. According to a Doctor Who Facebook post, David Tennant, who portrayed the 10th generation Doctor, will be joining forces with current generation Doctor, Matt Smith, for the sci-fi show's 50th Anniversary Special. Actress Billie Piper, who played Rose Tyler, is also slated to appear. The post received 67, 475 'Likes.'
It will be a double bill of melodic rock and roll when The Smithereens open for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers during a series of concerts across the USA this summer. Chicago isn't on the tour, but The Smithereens will be performing at the Wells Street Art Fair on June 8th.
Feathers, a synth band that creates hypnotic songs featuring Anastasia Dimou on lead vocals, are touring in support of their debut release, If All Now Here. They recently played SXSW, and are coming to Lincoln Hall, along with UK singer-keyboards player Little Boots, on May 8th. A video for "Soft" by Feathers can be viewed on the Fader music site. Little Boots has a new release, Nocturnes, due in May.
All In All, You Can Have Your Own Brick At The Hall. If you've ever dreamed of seeing your name on display amidst some of the biggest stars in rock history. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has a deal for you. For $350, you can have your name, as part of a 4-line message, etched into a brick destined to be installed in the plaza in front of the museum. Less expensive versions are available for $300 and $195. The brick will also feature the Hall's logo.


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SOMERSWORTH -- On Monday May 1st, local residents had their 1st chance to see the tri-city area's newest state-of-the-art
medical facility at 7 Works Way in Somersworth, when the providers and staff of Salmon Falls Family Healthcare and Little Steps Early Learning Center held their Grand Opening Celebration.
Guests were treated to a tour of the environmentally-responsible facility, light refreshments and plenty of information about the practice and daycare. Several of the providers were available to answer questions.
Several of the providers were present and available to answer questions. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Claire Menard, and her medical assistant, Jenn, kept the kids busy with a fitness challenge, a scavenger hunt, and story time with Doc McStuffins herself!
Salmon Falls Family Healthcare has 10 providers and is now accepting new patients. Complete provider bios can be found at SalmonFallsMD.com.
Little Steps Early Learning Center, located downstairs from Salmon Falls, is now enrolling. Additional information is available at LittleStepsNH.com.
If you missed out on the opportunity to check out the new location and get your questions answered, feel free to stop by to speak with our front office staff, or visit SalmonFallsMD.com.


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Efficacy of the Association Mechanical Prophylaxis + Anticoagulant Prophylaxis on Venous Thromboembolism Incidence in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (CIREA2)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00740987
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 25, 2008
Last Update Posted : February 11, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|No High Risk of Hemorrhage
|Device: Intermittent pneumatic compression of the lower limbs
|Phase 3
Background: Venous thromboembolism is a leading cause of morbi-mortality for patients hospitalized in intensive medical care units. Nevertheless, few studies evaluating prophylactic methods exist. Data from these studies demonstrate however that unfractionated heparin and low molecular weight heparin are effective to reduce the incident rate of asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the lower limbs by 50 % compared to the absence of prophylaxis. Rate of asymptomatic DVT remains about 15 %. Mechanical devices such as elastic stockings (ES) or intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC), devoid of bleeding risk, can be associated with heparins, with good efficacy in some specific clinical settings. The effect of combined treatment use has never been evaluated rigorously in intensive medical care units.
To compare the association IPC+ ES + anticoagulant prophylaxis to anticoagulant prophylaxis alone in patients without high bleeding risk and hospitalized in medical intensive care units on symptomatic or asymptomatic venous thromboembolism incidence, evaluated systematically at day 6.
Design: Multicentre open-label randomized parallel-group trial with blinded evaluation of outcomes, and an inclusion period of 24 month. Brest CIC (Centre d'Investigations cliniques, research center) coordinates this multicentre trial.
The primary endpoint is a combined criterion (blindly evaluated) between day 1 and day 6:
1) Non fatal symptomatic venous thromboembolic event (objectively confirmed) between day 1 and day 6, 2) death due to a pulmonary embolism between day 1 and day 6, and 3) asymptomatic DVT detected by ultrasonography systematically done at day 6.
Patients number:
Assuming a DVT frequency of 10 % in the control group (anticoagulant prophylaxis alone), we calculated that 1436 patients will be required for the study to have 80% power to detect a 40 % reduction in the relative risk with a two-sided alpha level of 5%. Because of about 20 % deaths in the first days, we decide to increase the number at 1580 subjects.
Statistical analysis:
Efficacy analysis is performed on an 'intention-to-treat' basis. The frequencies of the combined primary outcome at day 6 are compared between groups using an exact one-sided Fischer test. Adjustment for stratification variables used Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test. Relative risk and absolute risk reduction are computed with their 95% CIs. A logistic regression model is used to take into account potential imbalance in baseline characteristics.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|621 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Associated With Elastic Stockings and Anticoagulant Prophylaxis Versus Anticoagulant Prophylaxis Alone on Venous Thromboembolism Incidence in ICU Patients Without High Risk of Bleeding
|Study Start Date :
|October 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2015
No Intervention: 1
No Intermittent pneumatic compression of the lower limbs during hospitalisation in reanimation unit
Experimental: 2
Intermittent pneumatic compression of the lower limbs during hospitalisation in reanimation unit
Device: Intermittent pneumatic compression of the lower limbs
No Intermittent pneumatic compression of the lower limbs during hospitalisation in reanimation unit
- combined criterion evaluated at day 6 ± 2 days after randomization: symptomatic venous thromboembolic event, non fatal, objectively confirmed, Death related to PE, Asymptomatic DVT of the lower limbs detected by CUS on day 6. [ Time Frame: 6 +/- 2 days ]
- Symptomatic thromboembolic events occurred between day 6 and day 90, and total mortality evaluated at 1 month and 3 months. [ Time Frame: 6 days to 3 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age > 18 Years,
- Admission in intensive medical care unit
- No high risk for hemorrhage in CIREA 2
- Written informed consent given by the patient or relative.
High risk for hemorrhage is defined by:
- symptomatic bleeding or organic lesions likely to bleed,
- hemophilic diseases,
- haemostatic abnormalities: platelet count < 50 000/mm 3, APTT > 2 N, prothrombin time < 40%,
- recent intra-cerebral hemorrhage,
- severe anemia (Hemoglobin < 7 g/dl) due to a bleeding or unexplained.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 years,
- Patient refusal,
- Admission in intensive care unit ≥ 36 hours
- Admission in intensive care unit likely for < 72 hours
- A "do not resuscitate" order
- IPC contra-indication: Recent DVT (< 3 month), severe lower limbs arteriopathy (III and IV), any arterial graft of the legs, a wound in the lower limb related either to a vascular disease (ulcer) or a trauma.
- High risk for hemorrhage
- Patient who needs a curative anticoagulant treatment (DVT, PE, PE suspicion, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome…).
- Patients with anticoagulant prophylaxis contra-indication
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00740987
|CHU d'Angers
|Angers, France, 49000
|CH d'Angoulême
|Angoulême, France, 16000
|HIA Clermont-Tonnerre
|Brest, France, 29 200
|Medical Intensive Care Unit
|Brest, France
|CH de Corbeil Essonne
|Corbeil Essonne, France, 91100
|CHU de Dijon
|Dijon, France, 21000
|Medical Intensive Care Unit
|Lille, France
|CH Montauban
|Montauban, France, 82013
|CH de Morlaix
|Morlaix, France, 29672
|Medical Intensive Care Unit
|Paris, France
|CHU de Poitiers
|Poitiers, France, 86000
|CH de Quimper
|Quimper, France, 29000
|CH de St Malo
|Saint Malo, France, 35403
|CHU de Tours
|Tours, France, 37000
|CH Monaco
|Monaco, Monaco
|Study Director:
|Karine LACUT, MD
|CHU Brest France, Univ Brest, EA 3878
|Responsible Party:
|University Hospital, Brest
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 25, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 11, 2015
|Last Verified:
|December 2014
Mechanical device
Intermittent pneumatic compression
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
Intensive care unit
Venous Thromboembolism
Pathologic Processes
Embolism and Thrombosis
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases


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Bacon Broccoli Rice Bowl is a keeper!
I love to cook. I love my CSA (community supported agriculture). As The Purple Cook I'll share with you how our family uses the food we got from our CSA and other local sources. The blog will share recipes, storage tips, and stories of what happens to that food from pick up to kitchen clean up. A CSA can be fun, adventurous, and surprising. Follow me on twitter at @PurpleCookBlog