text: content Balding Updated: 08/26/2004 ABSTRACTS Unique preclinical characteristics of GG745, a potent dual inhibitor of 5AR. Bramson HN, Hermann D, Batchelor KW, et al.J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1997 Sep; 282(3):1496-502.Selective inhibition of type 2 5alpha-reductase has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results are reported of treatment with a potent inhibitor of both 5alpha-reductase isozymes, GG745, in rats, dogs and men. In the rat, GG745 has a similar effect on DHT-driven prostatic growth as finasteride, another dual 5alpha-reductase inhibitor in this species. However, GG745 appears to be more potent in the rat, a result that likely reflects the greater inherent potency and terminal half-life of GG745 (14 hr) compared with that of finasteride (1 hr). These pharmacokinetic differences are also maintained in the dog (65 and 4 hr for GG745 and finasteride, respectively). From these results, the literature, and in vitro studies, we estimated doses of GG745 likely to prove efficacious in reducing DHT levels in man. These estimated values were predictive of single-dose effects of GG745 in man. Results from single-dose evaluations in man indicate that GG745 has a terminal half-life of approximately 240 hr, and single doses of >10 mg decreased DHT levels significantly more than did single 5-mg doses of finasteride. These data support the hypothesis that a molecule (GG745) that effectively inhibits both 5alpha-reductases will lower serum DHT levels significantly more than a molecule that inhibits only a single 5alpha-reductase isozyme (e.g., finasteride, a selective inhibitor of the type 2 enzyme in man) The effects of finasteride on scalp skin and serum androgen levels in men with androgenetic alopecia.Drake L, Hordinsky M, Fiedler V, et al.J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999 Oct; 41(4):550-4.BACKGROUND: Data suggest that androgenetic alopecia is a process dependent on dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and type 2 5alpha-reductase. Finasteride is a type 2 5alpha-reductase inhibitor that has been shown to slow further hair loss and improve hair growth in men with androgenetic alopecia. OBJECTIVE: We attempted to determine the effect of finasteride on scalp skin and serum androgens. METHODS: Men with androgenetic alopecia (N = 249) underwent scalp biopsies before and after receiving 0.01, 0.05, 0.2, 1, or 5 mg daily of finasteride or placebo for 42 days. RESULTS: Scalp skin DHT levels declined significantly by 13.0% with placebo and by 14.9%, 61.6%, 56. 5%, 64.1%, and 69.4% with 0.01, 0.05, 0.2, 1, and 5 mg doses of finasteride, respectively. Serum DHT levels declined significantly (P Sulfasalazine for alopecia areata.Ellis CN, Brown MF, Voorhees JJ.J Am Acad Dermatol. 2002 Apr; 46(4):541-4.Sulfasalazine is used as a therapy for various autoimmune conditions, including psoriasis; its effectiveness is presumed to be the result of its immunomodulatory effects. We have treated patients with severe alopecia areata with sulfasalazine as part of our dermatology practice and have noticed cosmetically acceptable regrowth in 23% of patients in whom a response could be determined. In view of its good safety profile, sulfasalazine may be considered for systemic treatment of severe alopecia areata The Finasteride Male Pattern Hair Loss Study Group. Long-term (5-year) multinational experience with finasteride 1 mg in the treatment of men with androgenetic alopecia.FMPHLSG. Eur J Dermatol. 2002; 12(1):38-49.


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Concord-Carlisle is hosting a great group of soccer teams for a great cause.
The seventh annual Kicks for Cancer tournament takes place Saturday, featuring five boys' games and one girls' contest. Concord-Carlisle boys coach Ray Pavlic founded the event in 2007 after Lois Wells, mother of Patriots assistant coach Steve Wells, died of cancer.

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Edwin Haapala,Chief Director
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The department provides for an on-call, 24 hour around the clock maintenance employee and supervisor. In the event a water or sewer emergency has taken place at your residence or business, a water and sewer department employee and/or supervisor will respond to your location and assist in evaluating the problem. During regular business working hours Monday - Friday,( Fall/Winter- November 4, 2013- April 25, 2014 7:30 am to 4:00 pm), (Spring/Summer- May 5, 2014 - September 26, 2014 7:00 am to 3:30 pm) please call 248-451-4780 for the Maintenance Department.
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The Water & Sewer Billing Division Billing Division staff has relocated from the Treasury Department to 2400 Haggerty Rd located inside the W/S Department Headquarters.
** All customer payments shall continue to be paid at the Treasury Department counter. **
The West Bloomfield Water and Sewer Department believes in providing quality water and sewer service to its residential and business customers, whereby utility infrastructure is maintained through accountable and efficient operation, maintenance and management practices in an attempt to preserve water and sewer rates as low as possible.
Under administration of the Township Supervisor the Water and Sewer Department is comprised of a total of (19) employees, which includes (11) Field Maintenance, (3) Billing Anaylysts, (1) Billing Supervisor, (1) Office Coordinator, (1) Field Supervisor, (2) Superintendents, and (1) Director. The department maintains and operates over 300 miles of sanitary sewer mains, (23) sanitary sewer lift stations, 375 miles of water mains and (7) township entry point pressure reducing vaults for control of incoming Detroit water. The department operates on an annual budget of approximately $24 Million dollars, of which approximately 70% is paid to Detroit for wholesale water purchases and Oakland County for sewer services.


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It's got lambdas, it's flawlessly interoperable with Java and it's also a cinch to learn for Java devs. So what's the catch?
Some said it couldn't be done. Others said it shouldn't. But this developer is actively scaling out a future for Java in the iOS. Here's his story.
Featuring a host of luminaries from open tech and the Javasphere, JAX London is back with a bang - don't miss out on our limited offer to save on Blind Bird tickets!
Last year, 91% of all web exploits used Java, while 99% of all mobile malware targeted Android devices.
The Java Classloader is a part of the Java Runtime Environment that dynamically loads Java classes into the Java Virtual Machine. However there are some various ways in which…
Google's OS makes appearances on TVs, cameras and cars – and hybridizes with Windows 8 desktops.
We've rounded up some pretty canny people from the sector to forecast their expectations for Java in 2014 and resolutions, for the months ahead, as well as personal highs…
Bad news for Android as U.S. appeals court indicates a retrial for Oracle is on the cards.
Finns get their hands on first 450 devices running Sailfish OS, an Android app-running port of MeeGo.
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JAXenter meets Niklas Therning, founder of RoboVM, an open source project which allows Java developers to easily port their Android apps to iOS.
The mobile games industry offers a fascinating case study into how users feel about in-app purchases – and how much cash they can rake in.
Google engineers warn devs to avoid JCA after "random" number generator produces duplicates.
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5 Big Bets Made By This Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund
Meena is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
JAT Capital was founded by John Thaler in 2007 after leaving the private equity firm Shumway. Thaler graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in economics and worked five years for the private equity firm Shumway, focusing on technology, media and telecom - he now runs a strategy with a focus on these industries. His firm, JAT Capital, is a long/short equity hedge fund based in New York City. In reviewing the firm's most recent 13F - which is a filing with the SEC that reveals the majority of a hedge fund's publicly owned securities - we have identified JAT's top five stocks:
Liberty Media (NASDAQ: STRZA) is JAT's top stock pick as of 3Q 2012, accounting for over 7.9% of the firm's total 13F portfolio. The media company was a new addition to JAT's portfolio and is up over 50% during the last 12 months. With plans to spin off Starz Entertainment, Liberty should be able to better focus its operations, where the Starz spin-off will now allow Liberty to focus on Sirius and Barnes & Noble. Liberty invested some $200 million in Barnes & Noble for preferred stock that can be converted into 12 million shares.
Although the book retail business has been in decline, Barnes & Noble's e-reader has been showing solid growth and is 2nd in the e-book market behind the Kindle. Liberty Media is still in its pursuit to acquire more than 50% of Sirius, where its Sirius investment should benefit from the satellite radio company's niche and dominant position in the auto industry, where demand for autos is expected to be up in 2013.
From a valuation standpoint, Liberty is very much on the cheap side when compared to media giants Comcast and Time Warner - both trading at 18x earnings - compared to Liberty's 8x. Billionaire Warren Buffett is the top fund owner of Liberty among those we follow with over 5 million shares (check out Warren Buffett's top picks).
Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) is JAT's second largest 13F holding, making up nearly 7.4% of the firm's 13F portfolio. Expedia is up 100% over the last twelve months and continues to be one of the top online travel companies. After spinning off TripAdvisor in 2011, Expedia has been spending more on marketing and advertising, but despite the higher spending, the online travel site still has a robust balance sheet with $2.3 billion in cash and only $1.3 billion in debt. The internet company also operates the Hotels.com site. Expedia is one of the leaders in the travel industry trading in line with in the industry at 25x earnings - compared to major peers Priceline (25x) and Ctrip (28x).
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), after becoming a new addition to JAT's portfolio, makes up the firm's 3rd largest and 5.8% of its 13F portfolio. Revenues are expected to see modest growth of 1 to 3% in 2013 and 2014, with longer-term growth to be driven by an accelerated build-out of its 4G network. Sprint has seen some big changes over the past couple months, including the $21 billion investment by Softbank and now the planned acquisition of the remaining shares of Clearwire.
Part of the Softbank investment, around $8 billion, will go toward further spectrum acquisitions. Recent news also suggests that Sprint might be breaking into the pay-as-you go industry, which is just one of its initiatives.
Even after the 80% run up in the stock over the last six months, Sprint still trades at a fraction - $18 billion market cap - compared to major peers AT&T ($200 billion) and Verizon ($125 billion). Although the top two wireless companies AT&T and Verizon pay robust dividend yields - in excess of 4.6% - Sprint is much cheaper from a valuation standpoint. Sprint trades with a P/S of 0.5x compared to AT&T (1.5x) and Verizon (1x). Billionaire David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital did sell off 60% of his Sprint shares last quarter (see David Einhorn's latest picks).
Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) is a computer services company connecting businesses and customers through data centers. JAT has Equinix as its fourth largest 13F holding and it is worth 5.7% of the firm's 13F portfolio. To help meet the growing demand for data center usage, Equinix has been expanding globally. The data center company trades at a high P/E at 92x, but compared to Rackspace Hosting (106x), it is right in line. With a 27% long-term expected earnings growth rate, the company is not necessarily a screaming value pick, but does present decent growth prospects. These prospects include its key service that allows customers to increase the efficiency of their IT infrastructure. John Paulson upped his stake over 100% last quarter (check out John Paulson's top picks).
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), the massive social network, was JAT's 5th largest 13F holding following a 300% increase in shares during 3Q 2012. The social network is down 25% since its summer-2012 IPO, but still trades at a P/E above 250x. Facebook hopes to continue building on its advertising platform and has a solid balance sheet with over $10 billion in cash and no debt. Assuming Facebook can capitalize on mobile monetization it should have no problem meeting its 30% 5-year expected EPS growth rate. In early 2012, Facebook saw the so-called "crossover point" - where more users accessed the social network via mobile versus computer.
To recap: We believe that JAT has made some interesting bets on satellite radio and the book business via its Liberty investment. Other big bets include an expected rebound in the travel industry - with Expedia - and a new bet on Sprint.
This article is written by Marshall Hargrave and edited by Jake Mann. Insider Monkey's Editor-in-Chief is Meena Krishnamsetty. They don't own shares in any of the stocks mentioned in this article.
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Applies to: Office 365 for enterprises
Topic Last Modified: 2011-11-23
To deploy Unified Messaging (UM) in the cloud using the Exchange Control Panel, you need to:
Gather the information you'll need to set up UM.
Set up UM.
UM-enable users.
To set up UM, first make sure your telephone system is set up to connect securely to public IP networks. Use a session border controller (SBC) to increase the security of the connection. Here's how: Integrate UM with a Telephone System.
Then, gather the following information about your physical telephone system:
The telephone system type: Telephone extension (Telex), E.164, or SIP URI
The length of extensions
The main operator extension
The public switched telephone network (PSTN) trunk access number
For UM dial plans that support Telex and E.164 systems only, you need the FQDN of the system that's going to route your telephone calls to UM. This system can be an IP PBX or a SBC that connects to a PBX and IP gateway.
If you want to set up caller ID and allow users to call out, you also need the following information:
The number formats for outgoing in-country/region and international calls
The number formats for caller ID on incoming calls
Dial codes
When you set up UM, you are specifying how UM connects to your telephone system and how your telephone system connects with UM.
Create a UM dial plan for your telephone system Use the information you've gathered to create and configure a new UM dial plan that works with your telephone system. Here's how:
Create a connection between UM and your telephone system If your new UM dial plan is a Telex or E.164 dial plan, create a UM IP gateway and hunt group to connect UM and your telephone system:
Create and then configure a new UM IP gateway to connect your dial plan to your physical telephone system. Here's how:
Configure your telephone system to forward calls to and accept calls from the new UM IP gateway. (Your telephone system can be a PBX, IP PBX, SBC, or VoIP gateway.) Here's how: Forward Calls from Your Physical Telephone Device to UM
If you selected a UM dial plan when you created your UM IP gateway, a hunt group should have been created for you. Open the Details page of your new UM dial plan, scroll down to UM Hunt Groups, and verify that a hunt group listed. If there isn't one, create one for your UM dial plan and UM IP gateway. Here's how: Create a New UM Hunt Group
After the communication between UM and your telephone system is working, you're ready to enable UM for the user mailboxes that use the extensions covered by the UM dial plan and UM mailbox policies. First, you set the policies to apply to these user mailboxes, and then you enable UM on the user mailboxes.
Create or edit UM mailbox policies for user mailboxes UM automatically creates a default UM mailbox policy when you create a UM dial plan. To set the policies you want to apply to your UM-enabled users, you can edit the default UM mailbox policy or create a new one. Here's how:
Enable UM for a User Mailbox Enable UM on the mailboxes for the users who will be using UM.
Verify that UM is Working Run a few tests to check that UM is set up and working.
UM has the following additional features that aren't required to have a working unified messaging system but can enhance the functionality and manageability of your UM deployment:
Manage Outdialing You can control what numbers callers in your UM system can dial. This can help you manage long-distance charges. You control outdialing in UM with dialing rules.
Set Up and Manage a Unified Messaging Auto Attendant You can set up UM auto attendants to automatically answer calls to your organization and allow callers to select their own options using the keys on their telephone.
Run Reports about Unified Messaging Calls UM reports help you identify audio quality issues with your UM deployment, and get data on the calls UM is handling in your organization.


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The HERO 3 skeleton housing from GoPro protects your expensive camera from dust and dirt. It comes with a skeleton housing, skeleton backdoor, a quick-release buckle and a long thumbscrew. This camera housing skeleton has open slots on the sides for plugging in cooling, charging or live-feed video cables. Its compatible with HERO 3 cameras only. This camera guard is scratch resistant and flexible. No batteries required.
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Regular grammar
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In theoretical computer science and formal language theory, a regular grammar is a formal grammar that describes a regular language.
Strictly regular grammars[edit]
A right regular grammar (also called right linear grammar) is a formal grammar (N, Σ, P, S) such that all the production rules in P are of one of the following forms:
- B → a - where B is a non-terminal in N and a is a terminal in Σ
- B → aC - where B and C are in N and a is in Σ
- B → ε - where B is in N and ε denotes the empty string, i.e. the string of length 0.
In a left regular grammar (also called left linear grammar), all rules obey the forms
- A → a - where A is a non-terminal in N and a is a terminal in Σ
- A → Ba - where A and B are in N and a is in Σ
- A → ε - where A is in N and ε is the empty string.
An example of a right regular grammar G with N = {S, A}, Σ = {a, b, c}, P consists of the following rules
- S → aS
- S → bA
- A → ε
- A → cA
and S is the start symbol. This grammar describes the same language as the regular expression a*bc*, viz. the set of all strings consisting of arbitrary many "a"s, followed by a single "b", followed by arbitrary many "c"s.
A somewhat longer but more explicit right regular grammar G for the same regular expression is given by N = {S, A, B, C}, Σ = {a, b, c}, where P consists of the following rules:
- A → aA
- B → bC
- C → ε
- C → cC
…where each uppercase letter corresponds to phrases starting at the next position in the regular expression.
As an example from the area of programming languages, the set of all strings denoting a floating point number can be described by a right regular grammar G with N = {S, A,B,C,D,E,F}, Σ = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,+,-,.,e}, where S is the start symbol, and P consists of the following rules:
S → +A A → 0A B → 0C C → 0C D → +E E → 0F F → 0F S → -A A → 1A B → 1C C → 1C D → -E E → 1F F → 1F S → A A → 2A B → 2C C → 2C D → E E → 2F F → 2F A → 3A B → 3C C → 3C E → 3F F → 3F A → 4A B → 4C C → 4C E → 4F F → 4F A → 5A B → 5C C → 5C E → 5F F → 5F A → 6A B → 6C C → 6C E → 6F F → 6F A → 7A B → 7C C → 7C E → 7F F → 7F A → 8A B → 8C C → 8C E → 8F F → 8F A → 9A B → 9C C → 9C E → 9F F → 9F A → .B C → eD F → ε A → B C → ε
A regular grammar is a left or right regular grammar.
Some textbooks and articles disallow empty production rules, and assume that the empty string is not present in languages.
Extended regular grammars[edit]
An extended right regular grammar is one in which all rules obey one of
- B → a - where B is a non-terminal in N and a is a terminal in Σ
- A → wB - where A and B are in N and w is in Σ*
- A → ε - where A is in N and ε is the empty string.
Some authors call this type of grammar a right regular grammar (or right linear grammar) and the type above a strictly right regular grammar (or strictly right linear grammar).
An extended left regular grammar is one in which all rules obey one of
- A → a - where A is a non-terminal in N and a is a terminal in Σ
- A → Bw - where A and B are in N and w is in Σ*
- A → ε - where A is in N and ε is the empty string.
Expressive power[edit]
There is a direct one-to-one correspondence between the rules of a (strictly) left regular grammar and those of a nondeterministic finite automaton, such that the grammar generates exactly the language the automaton accepts. Hence, the left regular grammars generate exactly all regular languages. The right regular grammars describe the reverses of all such languages, that is, exactly the regular languages as well.
Every strict right regular grammar is extended right regular, while every extended right regular grammar can be made strict by inserting new nonterminals, such that the result generates the same language; hence, extended right regular grammars generate the regular languages as well. Analogously, so do the extended left regular grammars.
If empty productions are disallowed, only all regular languages that do not include the empty string can be generated.
The pumping lemma for regular languages describes an essential property of all regular languages. Informally, it says that all sufficiently long words in a regular language may be pumped — that is, have a middle section of the word repeated an arbitrary number of times — to produce a new word which also lies within the same language. Referring to the above floating-point syntax example, in the derivation of a floating-point number longer than 7 characters,[1] one non-terminal symbol must occur twice; hence one of the rules "A → 0A", "C → 0C", ..., "F → 9F" must have been applied; repeating that rule over and over again instead of just once always results in a valid floating-point number.[2]
Mixing left and right regular rules[edit]
If mixing of left-regular and right-regular rules is allowed, we still have a linear grammar, but not necessarily a regular one. What is more, such a grammar need not generate a regular language: all linear grammars can be easily brought into this form, and hence, such grammars can generate exactly all linear languages, including nonregular ones.
For instance, the grammar G with N = {S, A}, Σ = {a, b}, P with start symbol S and rules
- S → aA
- A → Sb
- S → ε
generates , the paradigmatic non-regular linear language.
See also[edit]
- Regular expression, a compact notation for regular grammars
- Regular tree grammar, a generalization from strings to trees
- Prefix grammar
- Chomsky hierarchy
- Perrin, Dominique (1990), "Finite Automata", in Leeuwen, Jan van, Formal Models and Semantics, Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science B, Elsevier, pp. 1–58
- Pin, Jean-Éric (Oct 2012). Mathematical Foundations of Automata Theory., chapter III


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Monitoring Risk & Health Behaviors
Overview of the Current Definition of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
Donald L. Weaver, MD; University of Vermont
The definition of DCIS has evolved over time. The term carcinoma in situ was coined in the 1930s when pathologists established that intraductal carcinoma existed, but it was a subtype of typical, invasive carcinoma. From the 1950s to the 1970s, this thinking evolved significantly, as pathologists became better able to distinguish pure DCIS. In the 1970s, electron microscopy demonstrated that DCIS has cytoplasmic extensions through gaps in the basement membrane. This observation created controversy and confusion with respect to defining a non-invasive form of breast cancer. In the late 1970s to early 1980s, lower grade, noncomedo forms of DCIS were widely recognized. In the 1980s, DCIS was established as a distinct clinical-pathological entity and it was determined that not all DCIS needed to be treated by mastectomy. The single most important scientific advance for detecting DCIS was the introduction of mammography, which provided physicians the ability to identify calcifications indicative of lesions within the breast tissue that might represent cancer.
Only certain cells within the duct, known as progenitor cells, proliferate and differentiate into normal luminal and basal epithelial cells. It is not clear whether cancer arises only from the undifferentiated progenitor cells or may also arise from partially or fully differentiated epithelial cells.
The defining features of DCIS include:
- Malignant cytologic features (monomorphic or pleomorphic);
- Involvement of two duct cross-sections and/or the sum of the duct diameters involved in the lesion greater than 2 mm;
- All malignant cells must be confined to the basement membrane inside the duct;
- Single cells or angular clusters must not be present outside specialized stroma of the lobule; and
DCIS can be graded as low (good prognosis; well differentiated) to high (poor prognosis; poorly differentiated) based on the nuclear grade and amount of necrosis. Because low-grade DCIS and atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) have similar cytology and genetic abnormalities, volume helps distinguish the two. In high-grade DCIS where architecture may be complex, the absence of the basal myoepithelial layer indicates invasion.
Because of the change in definitions and perception, it is difficult to retrospectively examine DCIS in historical medical records. Additionally, grading schemes differ, margin status may be recorded variably or not at all, and volume documentation is poor. Even when slides are examined, differences in diagnostic sampling may lead to incorrect assessment of the extent, grade, and margin status of DCIS. Data are heterogeneous and of variable quality, and even with the introduction of College of American Pathologist (CAP) checklists, this trend may continue in the future.
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KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia -- World champion Martin Fourcade of France claimed the World Cup biathlon overall title after winning the men's pursuit race, while Darya Domracheva of Belarus won the women's race to take the discipline overall title.
Fourcade missed one target and completed the 12.5-kilometre course in 34 minutes, 47.1 seconds. Arnd Peiffer of Germany, who also missed one target and had a penalty lap, was 19.6 seconds behind for second. Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway missed twice and finished another 15.1 seconds behind.
World pursuit champion Domracheva missed two targets early in the race but kept her concentration in the last shooting round to come from behind and claim her fifth victory this season. She completed the 10-kilometre race in 32 minutes, 44.5 seconds.
Defending overall champion Kaisa Makarainen was 24.8 seconds behind for second. Vita Semerenko of Ukraine was another 7.3 seconds behind for third.
The women's World Cup overall leader Magdalena Neuner of Germany, who won the sprint race on Friday and would have clinched her third overall title with a victory in pursuit, missed five targets and finished fourth, 54.2 seconds behind her main rival Domracheva.
Fourcade, who won Friday's sprint race, was leading the race before Peiffer overtook him with quick shooting on the second range. The Frenchman then missed his last target on the next shooting range and was 17.8 second behind Peiffer after completing the penalty lap. But Fourcade turned the race his way after the German missed at the last shooting and fell 23.8 second behind.
Right after crossing the finish line, Fourcade unfastened his skies and lifted them over his head in celebration.
It was the Frenchman's eighth victory of the season, including three gold finishes at the world championships last week.
With one race left in the season, Fourcade leads the overall standings with 1090 points. Svendsen is second, 98 points behind.
Fourcade is only the second Frenchman to win the overall title since the World Cup was launched in the 1977-78 season. Rafael Poiree won his fourth title in 2004.
Fourcade also won the pursuit overall title over Svendsen.
Domracheva was 28.5 seconds behind race leader Neuner after missing a target on the second range. But the German star missed twice on each of the two shooting ranges in standing position to drop out of contention. Domracheva was never challenged after the final shooting and finished the race with the Belarus national flag in her hand.
Domracheva tops the pursuit standings after all eight races with 392 points. Neuner finishes the season second, 20 points behind.
With one race left, Neuner leads the overall standings with 1196 points. Domracheva is second, 43 points behind.
Mass-start races will wrap up the season-closing event on Sunday.


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Definition of Virgil in English:
VirgilLine breaks: Vir¦gil
Pronunciation: /ˈvəːdʒɪl /
(also Vergil)
( 70-19 bc), Roman poet; Latin name Publius Vergilius Maro. He wrote three major works: the Eclogues, ten pastoral poems, blending traditional themes of Greek bucolic poetry with contemporary political and literary themes; the Georgics, a didactic poem on farming; and the Aeneid (see Aeneid).
Virgilian (also Vergilian)
- More example sentences
- There are Virgilian similes in Spenser, Virgilian motifs in Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece and Milton's Paradise Lost.
- In the first, Virgilian, part of the digression, Aristaeus complains to his mother, the river-goddess Cyrene, that his bees are lost and his estate ruined.
- She cites a familiar Virgilian tag, but her favoured literary models are more humble.
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"For the record: I have never quoted fans without permission" please someone else with the spoons to do it call Aja out on this, I'm too afraid of her and not up for it but this is blatantly untrue, and one of my friends was use w/o notice OR permission in one of Aja's articles. Said friend was…
I understand that this must have been very hard for your friend and I get that, but realistically, when you post something in a public sphere then you have to accept that you may be linked to/discussed. Prime time news quotes stuff that's on public blogs/Twitters all the time! This is not unique to Aja. If it was a locked Livejournal entry, obviously that would be incredibly different. But if anyone can wander upon it by accident, through reblogs or through tags, then a journalist linking to it should not be completely unexpected.
Anyone who wants their content to remain completely private should not be posting on Tumblr. There is no way to lock that content down or protect it.
please back off and don't contact me again. I'm already changing my URL. I cannot deal with this.
This is an EXCELLENT example of the nature of public social media and the inability to delete content. The minute someone reblogged the original post, it doesn't matter how many times the username is changed or the original entry deleted. It won't go away; the post will remain, as will the responses to it. Regardless of the original posters feelings on the matter, responses can continue, because people may never see the original post, just the reblogs.
It's the nature of social media. Anyone can reply to a public Tumblr post, even people who disagree with you.
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Strong winds and severe weather causing damage all over Northeast Ohio.
The storm knocked out power to as many as 48,000 customers. Crews worked throughout the night, but a few isolated outages remain.
As of 9:15 a.m. Monday, following counties were most affected by the outages:
Ashtabula 666
Columbiana 397
Cuyahoga 2,716
Erie 540
Lake 286
Lorain 561
Portage 77
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Paramore fans will get to experience the band performing tracks from their upcoming self-titled album the day before it's released. The group has just announced that they'll be participating in a live streaming event on MTV.com on Monday at 5 p.m. ET.
Titled Paramore: Live from MTV , the show will feature a live performance as well as a Q&A Twitter session with fans. You can submit your questions for the broadcast by tweeting @MTVNews and using the hashtag #AskParamore.
In other Paramore news, the band has now posted streams of all four sides of the double-disc vinyl version their new album on the band's YouTube channel. Here's the track list:
Side A
"Fast in My Car"
"Grow Up"
Side B :
"Moving On"
"Ain't It Fun,"
"Part II"
"Last Hope"
Side C :
"Still into You"
"Interlude: Holiday"
"Hate to See Your Heart Break"
Side D :
"(One of Those) Crazy Girls"
"Interlude: I'm Not Angry Anymore"
"Be Alone"
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I always loved when Scooby Doo joined forces with people on TV – Laurel and Hardy, The Globetrotters, and Sonny and Cher to name just a few. And now in a new straight to DVD movie Scooby will be working with the wrestlers of the WWE.
"Warner Bros. is teaming up with the wrestling company on a new "Scooby-Doo" that will involve a mystery at WrestleMania. No, seriously. Here's the plot: When Shaggy and Scooby win tickets to WrestleMania, the entire gang travels in the Mystery Machine to WWE City to attend the epic event. However, when a mysterious ghostly bear appears and threatens to ruin the show, Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred work with WWE Superstars to solve the case."
"Listen, we're not naive enough to believe that any childhood favorites will reach the big screen without being wholly pillaged in the name of corporate tie-ins, branding and advertising (please see "The Smurfs"). But WrestleMania? Do kids even watch that anymore? As far as we can tell, it's mostly older meatheads who tune in to see the soap opera theatrics in the "sport" that is more about making speeches these days then actual wrestling. Maybe Scooby and the gang will solve the mystery of why anybody even watches it anymore."
"In case you are one of the few that care, Triple H, John Cena, Kane, The Miz, Brodus Clay, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, AJ, and WWE chairman/CEO Vince McMahon (obviously) are lending their voices to this, and appropriately, it will be dumped straight to VOD, DVD and Blu-ray."
The Huffington Post suggests that it's really for the parents and not for the kids.
What do you think: Is this movie for the parents or the kids? Is this a concept that missed its decade or will the kids be interested?
August 22nd, 2012
1:38 pm
That said, TWG I think you and I have established that we are the only two on here that dug the WWF.
August 22nd, 2012
3:24 pm
Used to love Monday Nitro but I don't know any of these but the beautiful Jon Cena. Will definitely give this to my nephews and watch with them. Scooby Doo is my fave cartoon of all time.
August 22nd, 2012
5:25 pm
I'm with Denise. I would pretend to be interested until John Cena was onscreen. Then, I would be really interested.
August 22nd, 2012
5:32 pm
My kids and I have watched all of the Scooby Doo shows. I too always loved when they added the celebrities to the stories. My kids didn't always know who the guests were- especially in the older shows. I am sure it will be entertaining to everyone regardless of being a wrestling fan or not.
August 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
My son and his friends love WWE. He may have never seen Scooby Doo, but he will love it with John Cena on it.
August 22nd, 2012
9:05 pm
I've been a fan of wrestling for almost 35 years. It is no more fake than any show or movie on Lifetime or any other thing on TV reality.
Tha being said, they have made huge efforts to make their show very PG and anything that appeals to children. They make significant efforts in schools on an anti-bullying campaign, they are involed in kids awards shows, movies, and programs. Any assupmtions you make about them are usually based on stereotypes that wrestling is the same carnival of the 1970's version that came through your town in the local VFW or armory.
Today's wrestling is so much more escapism and athleticism than anyhting else on reality TV. If you want to dismiss it, that's your call. There are worse things they could watch.
August 23rd, 2012
7:18 am
No, the handle is not from the cartoon.
I was a Bugs, Popeye (early & through WW2 vintage please for Popeye), Bullwinkle, and some Disney kid, through and through.
I never liked the jerky animation that was Hanna Barbera. It always seemed repetitive and cheap to me.
Saturday mornings, after a momentous Friday night, waking and baking with good friends to Looney Tunes, OH YEAH!
August 23rd, 2012
12:11 pm
I think this is a great way to introduce more children to WWE. It is becoming more family orientated and having children interested in it is crucial to the WWE continuing.
My husband and his Mum have been watching this for years and his younger brothers and sisters all enjoy watching it (with the exception of Brock Lesnar – the younger ones are not allowed to see him for obvious reasons).
Children as a whole love Scooby Doo, why not combine the two? WWE do a lot for children through Make a Wish Foundation and their anti-bullying campaign. It makes sense to branch out. There have been other films for children, The Chaperon with Triple H was widely successful, why not do Scooby Doo?
August 26th, 2012
4:21 am
You are an idiot! Say things about it after you watch the movie. Then you can rate it. Don't jump right to conclusions.My opinion is that joining the two is much better. At least it's better than your brain talking wacko about this movie. Scooby Doo have been creating great movies. And WWE has been more dramatic and better. So shut up!!!! If you don't like it I don't care. If I like it you don't care. So say what you will about it, but know this I'll bet that most kids will like it. So you just shut up, eat some ice-cream, take a nap and sing this song."When life gives you lemons, you've gotta make some cola and SHUT UP!"


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During the train ride before third year Harry has a close encounter with a dementor that causes him to absorb the soul fragment within him, granting both knowledge and power. Features Harry with a ...
Chapter Twenty-One
by Lionheart
Harry was carefully revising his opinions on what made for a successful Dark Lord. The two best examples he knew of, Voldemort and Dumbledore, had exhibited traits, to a greater or lesser degree, out of all four Houses.
Did they both have power? Yes. In fact, both were counted among the most powerful wizards of the age.
Did they both have knowledge? Yes, they did. Each was well acquainted with obscure or otherwise unknown bits of magic, rituals and so on, as well as less magic-oriented areas of knowledge like politics.
Both had glory, of their own sorts. Voldemort as the 'Heir of Slytherin'and Dumbledore as the 'Defeater of Grindelwald.'
They both had followers, and they both worked hard.
The difference seemed to be in the emphasis. Voldemort really liked power, and his whole focus was on gaining more of that for himself while denying it to others; while Dumbledore spent a fanatical amount of effort on hoarding knowledge the same way, so their types were still clearly evident.
If one were to contrast this with, say Gilderoy Lockhart, then one could see that while the former DADA professor had mastery of the secrets of one House sewn up, he really had accumulated an amazing degree of glory, he'd neglected the others quite badly. He knew nothing, had no personal power... although he had been working, rather successfully, on building up his fan club.
So, at most, Lockhart scored only half points on the Dark Lord contest.
Perhaps he needed another category? Because the fop really hadn't counted for much of a 'lord' of anything. A poser, yes. Annoying, yes, and influential, yes. Not much of a powerful force like your typical Dark Lord was, but still influential enough to be counted a player.
Lockhart could get people to do things, just not on the same sort of scale as one of the major players on that field like Dumbledore or Voldemort.
Yes. Harry was thinking that he really should reserve the term 'lord'for someone who had all of the basics covered - personal power, knowledge, a reputation, and the loyalty of others.
Actually, that kind of brought him up short, as he'd inherited one of the best and brightest reputations there was. His title 'Boy-Who-Lived'was one of the most far-reaching and influential out there. Even those who'd never heard of Dumbledore's defeat of Grindelwald knew about the boy who'd survived the killing curse. And, coming kind of hand in hand with that, was the fact that certain folks admired Harry enough to offer him a certain degree of loyalty.
So the Boy-Who-Lived had come into the magical world with as many basics covered as Lockhart; and the same basics, ironically.
Rather spooky, really.
Then Voldemort's soul fragment had provided the rest: the knowledge to make the most out of his personal power. Harry shuddered, actually kind of scared at that concept, thinking that he himself now scored high enough on his own personal charts to have entered the game on a big league scale.
Even if he was by far the most junior player in this three way war.
Still, he had to be grateful he had that much to call his own, as both the other major players had singled him out and individually targeted him for destruction.
Given an opportunity to strike an irreparable blow to the power of one of them (even if the man would still have plenty of power left over) Harry did not waste any time. When he left the tower with the real Trelawney they went out the nearest way that did not look immediately suspicious, and from there flew directly over to the heart of the Forbidden Forest, back to the pond with the Fairy Queen shrine.
Even as they landed, Harry felt quiet dread over the prospect of returning to the island at the center of that lake, and concluded that dread was a warning not to go back.
Come to think of it - they hadn't been invited back. Instead they'd been told to look for a potion on the outer shores of that small lake. So they did, quickly circling it together.
The clearing was just as packed as before. The trio had not been gone long and the creatures had no reason to leave, as there were just as many dangers outside the hedge as before. It would have been more efficient to split up and circle the lake with Trelawney going one way while he went the other. Doing that they could have traversed the distance in half the time. But Harry didn't dare risk it.
Dumbledore had a phoenix and their flame transport ability crossed all known wards and was undetectable by magical means. Since the bird had been used to deliver letters before, Harry could only assume that Dumbledore had put the same tracking charms on Fawkes as were used on post owls.
Harry did not have a phoenix familiar (nor, obviously, did Tom), so he could not say with any certainty what they could or could not do. So that meant he could only assume they were in very real danger of Dumbledore simply appearing at any moment wherever they were, flame-transported by Fawkes.
Since that was a danger, distance was not much of a friend. So Harry was very relieved when, after traversing three-quarters of the lake's perimeter, they found a place where the boardwalk had been rerouted to leave a clear circle right on the shore of the pond. Dead center in this clear area was a golden vial, with a note attached.
As he and Trelawney (still in her disguise as Hermione, they not having stopped to change her back - if even there was a way for normal witches to counter polyjuice before the time ran out) ran toward the bottle Harry saw that it was not the container that was gold, that was merely glass. No, it was the liquid inside that was a solid gold color.
He snatched it up, half-afraid one of the many beasts around them would beat them to it, and instantly handed it off to Trelawney, saying, "Here, drink this!"
The teacher smiled at him out of Hermione's face, and Harry had an odd moment as she acted with total trust in him, just as his real friend would've. But before this attack of conscience could cause him any regrets Trelawney had already drunk the contents of the vial.
There came a vast anticlimactic moment when nothing happened.
Harry blinked, as their only instructions had been to, 'Bring her to this pond, dose her with a potion you shall find on the shores when you return.' Already thinking that perhaps that was some remedy against the Headmaster scrying or finding her, or perhaps some potion to release her from his mental control and that they would have to take it from there, his brain kicked into gear and began planning for contingencies.
Harry's first series of letters sent on that trip where he'd taken Pettigrew to the Ministry for registration as a pet had been the opening salvos in a multi-stage process he'd planned for creating a support base and gathering supplies. Voldemort's memories had shown him how cruel the magical world could be, and so he'd begun to arrange a series of safe houses, refuges and materials stockpiles in preparation for a life on the run from muggle and magical authorities, in case that should ever prove necessary.
Only a heartbeat after having seen her drink the gold potion and had nothing happen, Harry was already plotting to go personally ram through one of those planned safe houses to completion, so he could store her there safe from the Headmaster's control, when Trelawney threw back her head and vomited forth a shaft of golden light straight up to the heavens.
Then her hair turned green, and her toes transformed into roots that began sinking themselves down in the soft ground beneath her. Harry realized, in an odd moment of introspection, that she was standing right at the center of the cleared space that the newly revised boardwalk circled around, as her limbs flung outwards and leaves sprung out from her fingertips.
Trelawney, still using Hermione's mortal face, smiled at him winningly just before her whole body morphed into a small tree, that quickly began shooting upwards as it reached for its full adult growth in seconds.
'White Oak', a dry, dispassionate corner of his mind remarked as he watched the transformation. 'The oldest of all Greek oracles, the shrine at Dodona, consisted of a holy oak. Though it never eclipsed the oracle at Delphi, many notable magical artifacts were constructed out of timber spirited away from Dodona - most notably the Argo, ship used by Jason and the Argonauts.'
"Your Queen was most generous to her," Firenze, the centaur who had helped him in his first year stepped up beside Harry.
'By turning her into a tree?' Harry thought. But he stifled that and aimed for a more diplomatic reaction to this unexpected company. "Well... Dumbledore ought to have a harder time kidnapping her now."
"This is really amazing!" Hermione's voice came from behind him. Harry spun around to see Hermione and Luna were there, just coming out from under invisibility and offering him smiles.
"Your future self offered us a pair of Time Turners and told us to spin back, that we didn't want to miss this - You were right." Hermione told him.
"Anyone want to clue me in? I seem to have missed the significance of this," Harry told them right back, earning a few startled glances.
It was Luna who answered. "You'd find out in a moment, when Sybil stepped forth from her new tree. Our Divination teacher is now a dryad, transformed by order of the Queen."
Hermione nodded happily, eyes still on the swiftly growing pure-white barked oak. "Yes! Do you recall what the Queen said to us? That adding extra of an element to an already living thing is one of the most terrifying, dreadful, and yet beautiful things possible in magic, and usually only seen in nymphs? Well, a dryad is a wood-nymph, infused with extra of the Earth element, just like naiads are especially strong with Water. I looked it up back at Hogwarts."
Firenze was nodding. "Oak, a symbol for strength and endurance. Truly she is blessed by your Queen."
Luna smiled, her own eyes still on the steadily growing tree. "A dryad's life is inextricably bound to her peculiar tree, and it is impossible for her to truly be destroyed so long as it, any tree descended from it, or any of its seeds, still exists." She turned an otherworldly gaze on Harry for a brief instant. "Even so, her tree represents her only weakness, so most dryads are careful to keep its identity a secret."
Harry blinked several times as he was fed information outside both Riddle's experience and his own, and he now understood how privileged he was being to watch this particular tree take form. Already plans for defending it had begun taking shape in his mind.
A sudden shower of acorns covered them as the tree bloomed and fruited in under a second, sending down a rain of seeds. Thousands of fairies acting under orders of the Queen, rushed forward to scoop up armfuls of them and sped on glowing wings off into the depths of the Forbidden Forest to hide in out of the way pockets and corners.
It would be impossible for even the most skilled and knowledgeable mage in the world to track them all, or find out where they had hidden every seed.
Harry frowned, almost petulantly, knowing there was no need for his rapidly burgeoning dryad defense plans now that she had so many seeds hidden all over. "Still, she's a tree."
The centaur now spared him a short glance. "A dryad can leave her state to become mortal at any time, all she must do is choose to do so. But once lost her immortality is gone forever. This is no prison that holds her bound, but a rare privilege not to be seen again for many lifetimes. The birth of a new dryad is as scarce an event as the birth of a new phoenix, instead of the rebirth of an old one."
"There are many similarities," Luna softly nodded. "If the physical body of a phoenix is destroyed it is instantly reborn from its ashes. Should the body of a dryad be destroyed, she is reborn out of her tree. And within the woods that bear her home, a dryad is as adroit and agile as any unicorn, making her almost impossible to catch unless she chooses to be caught. This, plus her immortality, places her forever beyond the Headmaster's control. Trelawney is now truly free."
After the shower of golden acorns, Trelawney stepped forth as a dryad- and she still looked, barring certain features like green hair, identical to the mortal form of Hermione.
Harry blushed. "Oops," he apologized. "I guess we could have waited for the polyjuice to wear off before doing this."
The true Hermione smirked. "All of the Headmaster's damage and meddling of her was removed, but the potions you gave her will never wear off. They were part of her when she changed, and not included in the Queen's removal program (which was aimed at the harm done her by the Headmaster), so they are now part of her forever."
"I hope you don't mind her sharing your appearance," Harry apologized.
"No," Luna smiled. "Her appearance is not the problem. It is the fact that you didn't let the Unctuous Unction wear off before you changed her."
"HARRY!" The world's newest dryad flung herself on the boy, covering him in hugs and kisses.
It was now unlikely that Dumbledore would ever find out what happened to his now-former Divination teacher, much less get her back. And even if he did find out her fate, she now possessed multiple layers of defense around her - she was in the hedged area around the shrine, so automatically powerful magics prevented creatures of darkness or those of ill will from penetrating that far. Yet even should his phoenix transport him past those wards she still possessed other defenses.
A dryad was far from helpless. She was not as unbeatable in her terrain as a naiad, but still possessed potent abilities if pressed. A dryad's senses of her surroundings were uncanny; and being virtually impossible to hit if she was dodging and immune to mind control as a fairy creature made her distinctly hard to catch, even should the Headmaster find her. But having satyrs in the woods made it so any nymph at all was engaged in a never ending game of hide and seek, so she'd get PLENTY of practice evading unwanted notice, and satyrs had some pretty potent abilities of their own for finding hidden girls. So it was safe to say that soon she'd become expert at using those natural abilities of hers, and catching her would be almost as hard as finding her, and both would be almost impossible if she did want to be found.
Frankly most nymphs only got caught when they got bored, and it would be a couple of centuries before Trelawney had to fear that. Then, having so many of her seeds hidden throughout the forest by the fairies also made it so she did not have to fear death, so most threats and traps were useless.
Not being able to either kill or control her left any potential enslaver of the new nymph extremely few options. And, as they quickly discovered, Sybil had kept her magical core through this transformation. Since her body, too, had been removed and replaced by a fey one, doubtless for that to happen the Queen had to have done something much like the teens had received, with her human magic core moved to and merged with her spirit.
That made her possibly the only dryad in the world able to cast spells as any witch could, and made her harder still to catch or control.
Harry, frankly, had to admit this defense of the oracle was better than any he might've arranged. His powers were all spells and tricks well known to the Dark Ravenclaw, even if Albus was as yet unappraised of the fact that Harry could use them. But this... turning her into a dryad was not something the Headmaster could just expect. It came out of left field and crossed enough boundaries of magic as to have been completely unpredictable.
The unknown or unknowable were the most difficult things to counter, and Dumbledore no longer had an oracle feeding him advice about secrets he could not pry into any other way. That left him to rely on mortal methods, and the only mortals to witness this were... not exactly mortal anymore. So long as the trio never spoke of this at Hogwarts or spoke of it to any human the secret should stay secret forever.
Well, forever might be pushing it, but a long time at any rate. Heck, as fast as Dumbledore knew most things, Harry'd settle for a couple of weeks - long enough to get Fawkes out from under his control; and without a phoenix to transport him past the defensive magic inherent in the hedge, Dumbledore ought to be all but helpless in any attempts to approach or regain her.
He'd still try to employ agents, of course. But the magic of this sanctuary denied access to any who would harm those already within, and well-meaning harm was still harm. So anyone acting on his orders ought to be hedged out, even if they did not know their actions would ultimately be used to harm her.
He'd still try to use proxies, because that was how he did most of his work, but tricking unknowing agents this deep into deadly dangerous woods so they could innocently stumble in here, past all the guardians, and do something that would be an advantage to him would be a difficult machination, which is not to say he wouldn't try, only that it would be a while before he'd succeed.
Actually, put in those terms, Harry himself would probably be the first patsy he'd try, as that was exactly the sort of thing the Headmaster had been using him for until now, and Albus wasn't aware that situation had changed.
Harry could even play along with that, and mysteriously fail those missions, to delay Dumbledore using any other agents if nothing else.
Harry noted his own future self had spun back with the rest of them, and the newly minted dryad's attention had slipped to the older him. Since the group of future selves was about to launch into a big discussion centering around the Queen's note, present Harry slipped away. He'd hear all of it later, right now he had errands to go take care of to make that meeting even possible.
First item on the agenda was to obtain some time turners, and that meant a trip to the Department of Mysteries.
Fortunately for him, Voldemort had worked there, and even if they'd changed the locks on the doors, so to speak, that intimate a familiarity with the place gave him an innate advantage in penetrating their defenses.
The early morning hour also helped him there. Having just rushed Trelawney to the woods, it was not long after they'd first entered her tower, and that was only an hour or so past dawn.
Luna was correct in stating that most shops in Diagon Alley didn't open until well after breakfast. That was not an aberration, among wizards it was a well established trend. They loved their comforts and convenience, and having to get up early for an early morning rush was uncomfortable- especially when your customer base was made up of self-indulgent slug-abeds who'd lay in until a comfortable hour, and thus not give you that early morning rush to get up for in the first place.
Businesses suited themselves to their customers, and the high-pressure, fast-paced world of muggles did not exist for wizards (a big part of why they found muggleborns so annoying - "You want it this afternoon? What?Are you crazy? I've got a tea-time appointment with friends!").
If you wanted something non-standard, that didn't come off the shelves, and put it on rush order, you'd get it back in a week... maybe. Muggles would have a comparable service done for you in under an hour, tops.
But that well established trend suited Harry's purposes as well, as guards on the Ministry at this hour would be few, and most napping at their stations as there was nothing for them to do. Thus, security would be light, if not non-existent aside from wards. And Voldemort's memories would get him past virtually any ward in existence.
He could hardly have killed his chosen victims otherwise. The first reaction of any magical folks when in danger was to layer their homes in magical wards to keep out any invaders, much like this sanctuary intended to do.
And, well, if you hunted people who liked to play clam you had to be able to get through those shells. You didn't get to any of your prey otherwise.
Without that skill he'd have been known as "The Great Wannabe", as in"Yes, he'd wanted to kill a great many people, but he never managed it."
Harry broke into a house of someone he knew worked at the Ministry and used their floo to access the employee-only floo entrance to the Ministry building, bypassing most intruder wards and detections, just to save time.
Yes, he could've broken through the front entrance, but why bother?More especially, why bother when this other route was so much easier? The man hadn't even bothered to lock the front door!
He'd have to thank Arthur Weasley for that sometime. Yes, they had very nice wards over the house in times of danger, but during these peaceful years you could walk in and steal his children, if you wanted.
Not that Harry had any such inclination, nor did he think that would change.
Having effectively bypassed most of the protections over the Ministry itself it was time to go on to the Department of Mysteries.
Harry was lowering himself on a zip-line into a cell in moments.
"Hi! My name is Harry Potter, and I'm here to rescue you!"
The woman he saw was old, aged before her years by inhumane treatment and harsh abuse, worse even than his was. Simple wards over these cells to prevent use of wand magic made a fifty foot vertical shaft one of the most effective forms of confinement in existence. Just drop down the food and water, and lower a rope ladder when you wanted someone out. If they didn't climb up on their own, send someone down to fetch them - and make sure to add punishments for your inconvenience on top of what they were suffering.
The floor magically absorbed wastes, and that was that, nearly impenetrable cells by wizarding standards. Of course, muggles would teach themselves rock climbing by sheer trial and error, and be out of there in months, tops. But they probably had slickening charms on the walls to prevent that. Magic was their answer to everything, after all.
Therefore, the muggle rappelling gear. Dropping those rope ladders down would trigger alarms he didn't feel like dealing with. But, some conjured muggle currency and a bribe to a muggle to open his shop early, and he had some top of the line equipment for search and rescue belaying and rappelling.
The cynical, hardened old woman looked up at him with weary eyes. "Aren't you a little young to be rescuing damsels?"
He gave her an infectious grin. "You started in on the hero business younger than I did, Alice Lovegood. I only intentionally began saving people at eleven years old. Your granddaughter sends her regards. In fact I was going to ask your permission to marry her, but do you mind if we get out of here first?"
"Just get me to a chess set, or a mirror, and you'll have my blessing"the woman stated solemnly.
"Luckily I came prepared," Harry set out both objects.
Alice chose the mirror, stepping through like it was a portal and arriving on the other side as she'd always been pictured in those books, about seven years old, long golden hair, and an old-fashioned dress. The newly invigorated girl waved to him, then stepped off a side of the reflection into Wonderland.
No point in his running off and hiding her. She knew her own way.
Harry had read those books in a school library when he was a kid. He knew that Alice had passed tests in Wonderland to become a queen there, called Queen Alice by the native inhabitants. She would be fine there, and had more powers to draw on than he probably realized.
Harry began ascending his rope.
Author's Notes:
Yes, in the book, 'Through the Looking Glass' sequel to the more famous'Alice in Wonderland' Alice becomes a queen of Wonderland. And while you can bet the natives there will be right ticked off at her treatment by wizards out here, don't expect that to become the focus of this story.
And yes, I subjected you to more of the magical creature lore of Fablehaven. But I honestly prefer learning facts about how things work than exploring the depths of inner feelings of creatures like Snape, like Rowling would subject us to.
Shakespeare was famous for never having a villain (well, he did have ONE) without redeeming, human qualities. But he still never tried to tell us they were anything other than VILLAINS!
Think of it like a bank account. Every good deed deposits money, while every cruel one withdraws it. Whether you have a positive or negative balance is all about whether you made more deposits than withdrawals. And even a few very big deposits aren't going to counter a constant string of withdrawals taken out over a much longer period of time.
So if you count saving a life and destroying one as equal, not necessarily killing a person, just destroying their life, then grant Snape full credit for all those times Rowling said he did something good, he'd still be so far into the minus ranges that you couldn't find him without digging apit, from all of those lives he's ruined, both as a TERRIBLE teacher, AND a Death Eater!
Cost for benefit, Snape is an extremely poor investment. And a villain.


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Megadeth 's traveling Gigantour festival returns this summer, and the band is taking some metal heavyweights along with them. In addition to a headlining set by Megadeth, the event will feature performances by Device , Newsted , Black Label Society , HELLYEAH , and Death Division .
"This year's power-packed lineup is probably the best Gigantour yet, and we've had some pretty massive Gigantours over the years," said Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine . "Gigantour 2013 brings four of my favorite bands…there are going to be fans from Ozzy [ Osbourne ] to Disturbed to Pantera to Metallica and everything that's metal in-between! Don't miss the metal festival of the summer!"
The North American trek kicks off on July 3 at Meadowbrook in Gilford, NH, and will make stops in Chicago, Dallas, Denver and New York, among other cities. Pre-sale tickets for the concerts will be available at Gigantour.com on May 9. Remaining tickets will be available the next day.
Here are the tour dates:
7/3 -- Gilford, NH, Meadowbrook
7/5 -- Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena
7/6 -- Canadaigua, NY, Marvin Sands PAC
7/8 -- Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/9 -- Chicago, IL, Allstate Arena
7/10 -- Youngstown, OH, Covelli Center
7/12 -- Dallas, TX, TBA
7/13 -- Lubbock, TX, Lonestar Amphitheatre
7/14 -- Corpus Christi, TX, Concrete Street Amphitheatre
7/16 -- Oklahoma City, OK, Zoo Amphitheatre
7/18 -- Bloomington, IL, US Cellular Coliseum
7/19 -- Milwaukee, WI, Eagles Ballroom
7/20 -- Cadott, WI, Chippewa Valley Music Festival
7/22 -- Winnipeg, MB, MTS Center
7/23 -- Regina, SK, Brandt Centre
7/25 -- Calgary, AB, Stampede Corral
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- peter lindsay
- Newcastle
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Physics Teacher,
This conversation is closed.
An Alternative Form of Gun Control
Ammunition control. Pass a law that makes it illegal to keep ammunition in a house unless it's in a gun. Ammunition would be kept in a safe at the gun store or shooting range and only brought out when it is to be loaded into a gun. A special permit would allow the posession of unloaded ammo for hunting purposes but unused ammo must be returned to a storage facility. I see several advantages to this system.
1) Doesn't impinge the right to bare arms for protection.
2) An individual who tries to stockpile ammo by going to get it loaded several times in a week would attract attention.
3) If police search a residence or vehicle looking for drugs etc they could seize any unloaded ammo they find effectively disarming criminals.
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Perhaps in view of recent events I should re-post this discussion. Perhaps Ted management could re-open it.
Jul 27 2012: The current administration in the US have already addressed this as a form of weapons control. For about three years it was very hard to get ammo as it was being bought up prior to the government making it illegal to have XXX amount. The government is still attempting to "control" guns. It is written in the Obamacare program that doctors must ask each patient in every visit if they own a weapon and where it is stored.
One of the major objectives of conquering a country is gun control. It is widely acknowledged that only the honest citizen would comply so what exactly would be accomplished? Shooting would still occur? These acts are not being accomplished by either sane or honest people. What would happen if the criminals knew no resistance or danger awaited them if they broke into a home. No argument there ... more break ins, more violance in the robberies.
I am not arguing either for or against ... but what is the problem with honest citizens owning a registered weapon.
I cannot understand the gun control argument. Hunting rifles and handguns that are legally purchased and registered pose no danger to the general population.
The obvious answer is to enforce the existing laws.
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Jul 27 2012: Howdy Peter
Well that is a new way of looking at it. I also have to agree with Pat on the only the law abiding will be effected. I am an avid shooter and law abiding citizen and ave been known to use 1000 t 1500 rounds in a day of shooting that is spread over many different calibers of firearms. I believe that the over 2000 gun laws in this country are enough maybe they should just enforce the ones we have and that could solve a lot of the problems. Again that's just my thought on it.
Jul 27 2012: Hi Dean
I assume you are using your ammo either on a range or hunting. My concept allows for storage of your ammo in a safe on the range of your choice. If you are shooting recreationally on private property then you get a hunting permit, buy ammo for the day, use as much as you like and surrender the rest at the end of the day. The point being if you are a criminal and buy ammo for the day the police will see a pattern. You buy ammo followed but a crime spree. If you are buying ammo and using it legitamately the police might ask you what the ammo is for but as long as there is no asociation with you buying ammo and crimes occuring they have no reason to hassle you. In AUS we have recreational fishing permits that last 24 hours. I can see recreational shooting working the same way. You go to the shop to get ammo and a permit for that day, but the ammo becomes illegal for you to keep when the permit expires.
pat gilbert 100+Jul 27 2012: Being a physics teacher you have to appreciate the scientific method. The solution is to find the real cause of the problem otherwise you not only will not solve the problem you will get the aforementioned unintended consequences and almost always get the reverse of the intended effect.
There is a correlation between the use of psychotropic drugs and the incidents. Of course there were psychopaths before these drugs but the incident of these crimes correlates with increased prescriptions being given for these drugs. They were a factor at Virginia Tech and Columbine et.al.
Jul 27 2012: Yes sir my only problem with the range thing is the nearest one to me is 55 miles one way. I kind of live in the country here in texas. I think your idea is aleast a different angle at the problem but I'm afraid that most of the police could poor piss out of a boot if you worte the instructions on the bottom. I do know that with over 2000 gun laws still on the books in this country they should be able to do better. I also would be afraid our trustworthy goverment would take the ammo records determine how many firearms a person has and that is where there arises a problem. We don't think the goverment has a right or need to know what we have. If there were some way to keep them away from keeping this info it would meet with more support
Jul 27 2012: I think that it is a really interesting idea! I do wonder though, would this inadvertently lead to more gun ownership? If people wished to have more firepower, the only way they could get it was through owning more guns. I think it is a really cool idea though. I could see many people opposing it as a clever way to "remove the second amendment," but I think it is a fresh outlook on the issue.
Jul 27 2012: I'm working on the assumption that the vast majority who have a gun for protection probably only have one gun and the ammo in it, so the second ammendment is taken out of the arguement as they are unaffected. Even if they buy a secand gun I think two guns with a total of 20 rounds of ammo in the house is still an improvement over one gun with 200 rounds in a box under the bed.
Jul 27 2012: At least this way you retain your ability to defend your property. I can't see many circumstances where you would need to reload to repel a property invasion. If you retain a gun purely for self defence you shouldn't go through much ammo. People who go through a lot of ammunition would attract the attention of the police who would be able to seize any stockpiled ammo.
I think the strength of this is that it has no real effect on the law abiding as they probably only have the ammunition in their gun if its for self defence. Many people may keep a loaded pistol in their bedside table but how many keep a case of ammo under their bed? Probably only the non-law abiding.
Jul 27 2012: Ok, but the only ones it is going to harder on is the honest people.
As I recall you said that you don't have this problem because you don't have any borders.
That is not the case in the U.S.
The bigger problem that doesn't get much air play is the complicity of psychotropic drugs with these violent attacks. Although anecdotal my cousin has been on Lithium for years when he quits taking his meds he get scary and literally has to go to the rubber room. This is bigger factor with the recent tragedy in Co than guns.
Jul 27 2012: I fully agree that this would not stop the rampage of a mentally ill lone gunman. I see its effect as mainly making it harder for career criminals to maintain an arsenal as every time the police search person, property or vehicle the seize any loose ammunition they find. As to the honest people, how many of them really need more bullets than those loaded into their gun? I would assume most firearms in the US are rarely if ever fired.
Regarding borders, you would have to search vehicles coming in from Mexico, but if they're in the US you can seize their ammo. I can see ammo smuggling becoming a concern though.


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By Ryan Black
For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATHENS — Justin Scott-Wesley knew he wasn't ready when he arrived at Georgia.
Stepping foot on campus last year with plenty of speed but minimal football acumen, the wide receiver was happy to take a redshirt in 2011 and use the time to refine his skills. The Camilla native had a standout showing at the annual G-Day game last spring, hauling in three receptions for 46 yards.
That spring success has yet to translate this fall, however. Scott-Wesley has only one catch for 43 yards. He also hasn't appeared in a game since Georgia's 48-3 win over Vanderbilt on Sept 22.
But after Marlon Brown suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury last weekend, Scott-Wesley believes his time to shine is finally at hand.
"I would hope so," he said following Monday's practice. "I'm just going out and working like I've always been working. (Wide receivers) Coach (Tony) Ball tells us all the time, 'You're one play away from being a starter. You're one play away from being on the field.' It's the same focus I've taken since Day 1."
Even going into games when he knew he was unlikely to play, Scott-Wesley said he watched film and made sure he was prepared. If he had been asked to do the same last season, he admits he would have been in over his head. While he has track-star speed, he had none of the complementary techniques necessary for a Division I receiver. After a year of preparation, Scott-Wesley felt this fall held big things.
That's been far from the case, though.
"To me, it's just been a challenge," he said. "Sometimes it gets frustrating when you feel like you can contribute, but that's football. It's a game of life and sometimes things don't go your way. You just have to wait, pray to God to keep you grounded and just let things pan out."
Fellow receiver Rantavious Wooten vouched for Scott-Wesley, giving the redshirt freshman a seal of approval. Wooten has seen him catch deep balls, take hits over the middle in practice and doing anything else asked of him, including blocking.
Now he just has to prove it on Saturdays.
"I feel like he can do everything," Wooten said. "That's what we practice for each and every day, so when stuff like this happens, somebody is ready. He doesn't have a lot of experience, but his time is now."
Receiver Taylor Bradberry finds himself in a similar situation. Rarely on the field this season, the fifth-year senior has bounced between the travel squad and the scout team while battling a nagging right thumb injury. He took part in his first game of the year last Saturday, but did not collect a catch.
Despite his lack of playing time, Bradberry said he would be ready if called upon.
"You're put in certain situations at certain times," he said. "When people rely on you, you just have to do your best and get the job done."
As for Brown, Wooten said he is doing well considering the circumstances. Wooten said "you wouldn't know" his roommate tore his ACL if it hadn't been widely reported.
"He hasn't changed anything," Wooten said. "He's the same Marlon. You would never know the difference."
Malcolm Mitchell could only marvel at how well Brown has dealt with the news his career at Georgia was over.
"When I walked in his room and saw the smile on his face I was like, 'He must not know something is wrong with him,'" Mitchell said.
Now, Mitchell said, Bulldogs' receivers have to honor Brown with their play the remainder of the season.
"(Injured teammates) wouldn't want us to go out there and not focus on what we need to do and mess up because we've got them on the back of our minds, thinking of them being hurt, missing them out there on the field," Mitchell said. "You've got to play for them and with them in mind."
Starting right guard Chris Burnette sat out Monday's practice with a left shoulder injury suffered during the second quarter of Saturday's Ole Miss game. A left shoulder injury also prevented outside linebacker Chase Vasser from taking part in practice. … Mitchell said the coaching staff hasn't mentioned anything to him about returning to play defense. "I wouldn't be surprised," he said. "But I really don't know." … Quarterback Aaron Murray was named SEC co-offensive player of the week after his performance Saturday, when the junior completed 21 of 28 attempts for 384 yards and four touchdowns.
November 6th, 2012
9:16 am
November 6th, 2012
9:17 am
November 6th, 2012
9:20 am
Time for the PUPS to setup and prove they are really BullDawgs!
Get well Marlon Brown! God Speed! We'll see you on Sundays real soon!
November 6th, 2012
9:24 am
I don't care how fast a kid is… Does he know the plays inside-and out? Can he consistently make blocks on DBs and Safeties? If he can, then he'll help us; if he can't, then he'll hurt us. But I'm pulling for them all just the same! Sic 'em, Dawgs!
November 6th, 2012
9:33 am
It's is great to have young men with character representing UGA. Character can carry a person further in life than football tallent. I am proud to be a UGA grad and know that all of our receivers along with the total will step it up a notch and do what is necessary to get the job done. One game at a time is all I ask GO DAWGS!!!!!
November 6th, 2012
9:35 am
Really hate it for Marlon. DGD
November 6th, 2012
9:35 am
reload and GATA.
November 6th, 2012
9:37 am
Well i don't have any confidence in any of these backup wr's…….they are all kind of mediocre. I think like said before….open up the competion for marlon browns job……lets see what branden smith…corey moore and JHC can do
November 6th, 2012
9:40 am
Well if Joe doesn't have confidence in them, we should just kick their mediocre asses off the team.
November 6th, 2012
10:00 am
I think JSW will surprise. Look at Jordan Jenkins and Garrison Smith. They had to wait their turn but they are stepping up big time. I doubt JSW can't catch passes, he is probably down the depth chart because he isn't as good a blocker as someone else or something like that. It could be that he is just as good as say Rantavious Wooten but because Wooten has more experience he is playing ahead of Scott-Wesley.
We will see come Saturday because he will get time on the field. It's up to him to make the most of it.
November 6th, 2012
10:01 am
I believe the shock of Bennett being lost in the middle of the week on the last play of scrimmage played a huge role in the loss of focus and loss to South Carolina. Hopefully, our Dawgs can shake off this sad event quicker and having a full week, be prepared for the most hated Auburn.
I like the idea of using Rome in a wide out spot some, and how about JHC? He did great as a receiver last year in High School. Maybe, he could be used some. It would only be fair if Grantham had to give up one of his players a little, after Coach Turtle had to give up Mitchell so much.
November 6th, 2012
10:08 am
It is time for this guy to play. I can't understand why Mark Rict keep guys with speed like this on the bench. This guy should be returing punts and kick off for us. Once again Rict shelter these guys to long and that why they don't be ready for compettition. Every game we should have thrown him a deep route pass, just to let the defense know how fast he is.
November 6th, 2012
10:10 am
@ bahits…..I agree with you a 100%…….Also i don't see us scoring 37 points against auburn…not on the road and not without brown….in the three road games we played…we have trailed in all three…and i see us doing the same sat….which will be dangerous because auburn will be hungry for a win…..The only game we have played four quarters was the vandy game…..not playing ball till the second half is going to come back to bite us and soon im afraid
November 6th, 2012
10:11 am
@joey….thanks for agreeing with me..lol
November 6th, 2012
10:18 am
@chrismike…..jsw is on the bench….because he cant block….he is not quick…only has straight line speed…..typical track guy….doesn't run routes well….does that sum it up for you?
November 6th, 2012
10:19 am
I wonder if the Ga Southern game will be televised by someone other than pay per view?
November 6th, 2012
10:27 am
"in honor"
Please. the guy's not dead.
November 6th, 2012
10:28 am
Jeezesus H. Criminey joe jemkins. The world is not exploding and the sun will come up tomorrow. Why don't you just stick a gun in your mouth and end it all? Bennett, King and Brown were a notch above the rest. Being so they got their right to shine this year. There is not a big disparity from them to the rest of the receiving corp. Bennet and Brown are DGD and if they could they would be playing. They can't end of story. This scenario is opportunity. Opportunity for some of the young guns to step and and be known. You duty as a fan is to have the confidence that they will. Either get the confidence or STFU
November 6th, 2012
10:41 am
The MBs were Monster Blockers. They cleared the field for Gurley and Marshal to have really long runs. Can the other receivers step up and knock the snot out of the defenses. Make the defenses fear and have their heads on a swivel. Hit them every play and make them worry about where the block is coming from? Make the Defense hate them? The MBs were tough and physical blockers.
Can the other receiver/blockers step up?
November 6th, 2012
10:44 am
November 6th, 2012
10:47 am
Does UGA need to run 4 and 5 WR sets against Auburn? If not, where is the concern. I think King, Mitchell and Conley are a pretty good starting 3. Going 4 wide, they just need to put Rome in the slot. I also think that they should put the RBs in motion out of the back field. The depth isn't what it was at the start of the year, but Mitchell was added after Bennett, so they are really only one man down. Brandon Smith could also see some action, but with as poor as he has covered this year, I think the coaching staff wants him to focus soley on getting better on D
November 6th, 2012
10:50 am
Life is about opportunities….TAKE THEM when they arise. Just ask folks like Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady? Just to name a couple in the NFL
November 6th, 2012
11:03 am
I would make Brandon Smith fair catch punts because he can't cover sh*t on D.
November 6th, 2012
11:04 am
JSW is as smooth as a babies bottom.. He can flat out glide into the ball… I think he scores this weekend….
November 6th, 2012
11:12 am
I don't think it is time to panic unless we lose another WR, DT, or DB. All the cliches apply. Play the hand dealt you. Go Dawgs and go vote.
November 6th, 2012
11:15 am
You didn't know BobDawg?
JSW isn't quick, can't block, and can't run routes.
That's the gospel according to Joe Jenkins.
Makes one wonder how JSW is still on the squad, being that he has no skills . . .
November 6th, 2012
11:16 am
Being reported Abry Jones career is done too with his ankle injury.
November 6th, 2012
11:22 am
Well that is sweet
November 6th, 2012
11:23 am
Thank you for the thrills this year Marlon. I hope to see you play on Sundays once this is all behind you. Good Dog! Woof!! Woof!!
November 6th, 2012
11:25 am
Northside Dawg.
The GA Southern game will be on WSB-TV next Saturday.
November 6th, 2012
11:26 am
That's what my bumber sticker says…..
Now let's make it happen today and on Dec 1st Dawg fans!!!!!
November 6th, 2012
11:30 am
"I would make Brandon Smith fair catch punts because he can't cover sh*t on D."
He has struggled some but if you watched the game on Saturday he had his best game in coverage. He's been a sure tackler as well. I'm not sure how having him fair catch punts will help the team.
November 6th, 2012
11:33 am
DawgFaithful…it was sarcasm about punt returns. As far as Brandon's body work on D he has not been that great in covereage. He did have a good game Saturday, however. Better late than never.
November 6th, 2012
11:33 am
"@chrismike…..jsw is on the bench….because he cant block….he is not quick…only has straight line speed…..typical track guy….doesn't run routes well….does that sum it up for you?"
Hey Jackass,
He's on the bench because he's young and WR was our deepest position. The kid is only 19 years old. There's only so much room for people to play. Do you really claim to know WTF you're talking about or do you just like to get on here and make outlandish statements that you know aren't true just to get a rise out of people?
Either way you sound like a dumbass.
November 6th, 2012
11:35 am
DawgFaithful….as fast as Brandon is and his playing experience I thought he would be a "lock down" cover guy. He does miss a lot of covereges and tackles. Still love this team just talking football.
November 6th, 2012
11:37 am
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November 6th, 2012
11:37 am
Hate to hear the story about Marlon and I hope and pray he gets better and opportunities in football come to him in his future and if not, be extremely successful in whatever endeavor he chosen.
Thanks to him for chosing Georgia and it's been great to see him perform and I'm convinced he will be if given a chance a top flight receiver at the next level.
I'm glad to hear Scott-Wesley wants to step up and give his best. The opportunity to demonstrate what you are truley capable of is at hand, as it will take everyone to be extremely focused and the intensity must match what Auburn will bring to even win or stay even.
Georgia if you lay an egg like it happened at South Carolina, you will lose any respect that you may have gained and once again, Georgia, the players, coaches and fans will be seen as second rate in football!
I hope you win at Auburn and get the opportunity to play in such an important game as the SEC Championship game. Go Dogs and beat Auburn and Alabama or LSU in the SEC Championship game- unlike some, I'm convinced this could happen.
If Georgia wins saturday then I encourage Coach Richt to set aside time to bring in as many of the 1980 Championship team and review what it took for Georgia to be beat Notre Dame. To review the effort the team put in to beat Notre Dame will apply now,even though it's a different time and circumstance. You will see the defense play over it's head and the offense match point for point with N.D. until the very end. It was one of the most exciting Championship game, I have ever seen, bar none!
We can't live in the past but we can learn from the past! Alabama is the best team, but my recollection Notre Dame was the pick to win that game?
Thanks guys for such a good season.
November 6th, 2012
11:52 am
Let me put the Auburn game into perspective…. CMR and CMB very much dislike Brian VanGordor. Actually they can't stand him or his caterpillar that lives above his lip. They feel like he bolted on them after he swore he would stay…. which resulted in the hiring of Sweet Willie Martinez that cost the Dawgs a MNC.
Look for Bobo and CMR to actually try and run up a score on a team this week. As a matter of fact that is the game-plan.
Auburn 10
That kind of performance will get the entire staff fired at Auburn… exactly what the UGA staff wishes.
November 6th, 2012
11:58 am
Blake Tibbs was the only WR in last years class and he is being red shirted. UGA thought they had Corderello Patterson, who is going to be a high draft choice if he turns pro this year, but he signed with Tennessee. Conley is good – played more last year because Malcolm Brown was injured. He just needs reps.
November 6th, 2012
12:01 pm
@UGA Insider- Why would UGA want Auburn's coaching staff fired? If they got fired, there is a good chance that their replacements would be better. I do hope that the DAWGS light up the Tigers and play sound football the rest of the year, but let's Hope that the only Change happens today at the polls.
November 6th, 2012
12:15 pm
Thanks for the insight, Insider. That sure makes sense.
November 6th, 2012
12:17 pm
Agree Munchie…with all the hype of Smith coming outta high school..and being a 4 yr starter…you just dont see the consistency each week from him. He should be the overall best DB on the squad, but personally think Swann and Commings are getting more done at this point in their careers. However, I still support my players and team.
November 6th, 2012
12:29 pm
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November 6th, 2012
10:01 am
I believe the shock of Bennett being lost in the middle of the week on the last play of scrimmage played a huge role in the loss of focus and loss to South Carolina. Hopefully, our Dawgs can shake off this sad event quicker and having a full week, be prepared for the most hated Auburn.
I like the idea of using Rome in a wide out spot some, and how about JHC? He did great as a receiver last year in High School. Maybe, he could be used some. It would only be fair if Grantham had to give up one of his players a little, after Coach Turtle had to give up Mitchell so much.
I like the idea of each point..
Go DAWGS!
November 6th, 2012
12:45 pm
Best wishes to MB, DGD!
Justin Scott-Wesley, love your attitude. Now live it! Stay out of trouble, and keep praticing hard. I think you'll end up being a good WR and an excellent deep ball threat. Be ready.
Dawgs, Don't sleep on Allbums they beat SC last year. They are playing at home and are hungry for a win. This has nothing to do with records or rankings. This is hate!! They hate us, from BVG to the second string punt returner…This will be a war, and will be 4 qtrs of battle. Lose this game and none of the other wins matter. GATA from first play to last. Get a lead and expand it. Run it up. Don't let them get a yard or a shimmer of hope. You still have a chance to play for a Crystal ball. Lose this game, or even let it be close and then there's no hope at all. GATA…GATA and last GATA!! Go Dawgs!!
November 6th, 2012
12:47 pm
don't have to be able to zig and zag alot when you can fly. Ever seen a guy named Herschell Walker run?
November 6th, 2012
12:50 pm
I'm with Chris Mike. It seems that even in blowout games, players like Scott-Wesley don't get playing time. UGA tends to reduce the playbook and quit playing when they get a big lead instead of seeing it as an opportunity to build depth. Look at Zander for example. The FB position has been like a lineman's position. But Zander comes in and it's clear that he's your guy. He's been on the bench for years. If Murray went down ….. ? Richt throws away theses chances to know and develop the team.
November 6th, 2012
12:53 pm
Losing Bennett was a blow but not a knockout. However, now they lose Brown and they're still pretty strong at receiver but cannot afford to lose another one, especially a starter. Any more losses to the receiver corps makes the dawgs rely on inexperienced players and more on the running game as well. TE's will have to step up in place of these losses to help out receivers that will be playing more since the corps has been depleated by injuries. I'm afraid these losses will eventually take their toll as the season winds down. The remaining healthy receivers will have more snaps and that'll wear them down physically. A tired and thinning receiving corps isn't what you want if the dawgs can get to Atl and face an AL team that looks unbeatable. These losses really do hurt the dawgs.
November 6th, 2012
1:03 pm
Georgia is blessed with a lot of talent. We have redshirted guys like Moreno, and not played TBs that went on to be Pro-bowlers, so we certainly have had great talent on the bench before. I have always been high on this group of receivers, and none more so than JSW. We have only seen him a little, but what I have seen has really impressed me. Fantastic speed, good size, and he seems to catch the ball well. JSW could be another great Dawg. Now is the time to step up.
November 6th, 2012
1:06 pm
Props to my brother truedawg…
November 6th, 2012
1:09 pm
Tough break Marlon, and get well soon. Dawg Nation appreciates your stellar efforts this year.
Good luck to all those vying to replace Marlon and carry the team forward.
2012 Bulldogs will prevail!
Go DAWGS! Sic 'Em! Woof, Woof, Woof!


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Every time I see this video I just have to laugh!
The first one I am unsure if its fixed or not. I know for a fact that I wouldn't sit in a chair that started to spin round and push me down a mountain! Those guys just sat there in the chair and let it push them!
The second one I think the kids were pushing their luck! If I was one of those people drinking that lemonade when the curtain fell down, I think I would have first thrown up and then I don't know. Lets just say they'd have needed to run!