text:
From Space Science Theory Group
Research Scientist, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Dr. Bessho received his Ph.D. in Science from Nagoya University, Japan, in 2001. His thesis was "Production of Ultrarelativistic Electrons by an Oblique Magnetosonic Shock Wave", which was a study of electron acceleration by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. His research interests are in a method of PIC simulation, particle acceleration in a shock wave, nonlinear wave theory, magnetic reconnection, and space plasmas.
Peter Paul Professor, Department of Physics and the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire. Professor Bhattacharjee received his Ph.D. at Princeton University (1981) in theoretical plasma physics from the Department of Astrophysical Sciences. He and his students and postdoctoral colleagues have authored over 200 publications with broad applications to laboratory (including fusion), space and astrophysical plasmas. He has taught previously at Columbia University (1984-93) in the Department of Applied Physics, and at the University of Iowa (1993-2003) in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. At the University of Iowa, he received the James Van Allen Natural Sciences Fellowship (1996), the Faculty Scholar Award (1997-2000), and the Michael J. Brody Award (2003). He has served as Associate Editor of the Geophysical Research Letters and the Physics of Plasmas, as Founding Chair of the Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics of the American Physical Society, and on various prize and fellowship committees. He is presently Chair of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society and Senior Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1993, and a Fellow of the American Association of Advancement of Science in 2000. Professor Bhattacharjee's research interests include: magnetic reconnection, turbulence and singularity formation, kinetic theory, free-electron lasers, and complex (or dusty) plasmas. He is presently the Director of CICART (Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence), a collaborative center with Dartmouth College, supported by the Department of Energy.
Dr. Sofiane Bourouaine, research Scientist, Physics Department and the Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. He received his Ph.D. from Goettingen University, Germany in 2009. He worked as a researcher at Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research between years 2006-2012. His main interests are plasma turbulence, heating of solar corona and solar wind. He has also worked on Mathematical Physics, e.g., on non-commutative space and Moyal Algebra applied to Quantum Physics.
Professor Chandran received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1997. His research is in the areas of theoretical plasma physics and theoretical astrophysics, particularly problems at the interface between these two fields. His main interests are plasma turbulence, the role of turbulence in the solar corona and other astrophysical settings, and the evolution of baryonic matter in clusters of galaxies. He has also worked on cosmic-ray propagation, particle acceleration at shocks, and the origin of astrophysical magnetic fields. His research program is supported by grants from NASA, NSF, and DOE, and offers research opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.
Research Assistant Professor, Physics Department and the Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire.
Li-Jen Chen received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Washington with a theoretical dissertation on electrostatic solitary waves in collisionless plasmas. She conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Iowa on the subjects of magnetospheric substorms, electrostatic solitary waves, and dispersive Alfven waves and their interaction with auroral electrons. She joined the Space Plasma Theory Group in December, 2005, and began to study magnetic reconnection. Her main interest in magnetic reconnection includes particle acceleration and structures of the diffusion region that affect the energy conversion rate and energy partition. In addition to reconnection, her current research interests include dynamics of electrostatic structures and how they influence plasma bulk properties at current layers, propagation of dispersive Alfven waves and field line resonances. She takes an approach that integrates theories, plasma simulations and laboratory experiments with space observations to address un-answered questions in her research areas of interest.
Fatima Ebrahimi
Fatima Ebrahimi's Personal Page
Research Assistant Professor, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire
Fatima Ebrahimi received her PhD in Plasma Physics at the University of Wisconsin--Madison in 2003. Her thesis project was nonlinear computation of AC helicity injection in the reversed field pinch, a laboratory fusion plasma experiment . After receiving her PhD, she was a research associate and then a research scientist with the Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas (CMSO) at the university of Wisconsin--Madison. Her main research experience, stretching over the last ten years, is within the field of computational nonlinear magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD). She also does linear and quasilinear analytical theory to better understand, interpret, verify and validate the complex nonlinear MHD computational results. Momentum transport from current-driven reconnection and flow-driven magnetorotational instability with application to both fusion and astrophysical plasmas has been her primary research activity in the last couple of years. In the summer 2009, she joined the Space Science Center at the University of New Hampshire. Over the years, she has been closely collaborating with the fusion plasma experimentalist at the University of Wisconsin. In 2009 she also started modeling and simulating two astrophysically-relevant experiments, Plasma Dynamo and Couette Flow experiments newly funded by NSF.
Research Professor, Physics Department and the Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space. Prior to joining UNH in 1984, Dr. Forbes worked as a research fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and before that he held a postdoctoral appointment at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He has also worked as a visiting scientist at the Meudon Observatory in France, the Isaac Newton Institute of Cambridge University in England, and the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the Royal Astronomical Society (UK), the American Geophysical Union, the European Geophysical Society, and the International Astronomical Union. Dr. Forbes' research interests are primarily in the areas of magnetic reconnection, coronal mass ejections, and solar flares. He is co-author with E.R. Priest of "Magnetic Reconnection - MHD Theory and Applications" published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Forbes has authored, or co-authored, over 100 articles, and he currently serves as associate editor for the journals "Solar Physics" and "Journal of Geophysical Research".
Research Scientist, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Will recently joined Prof. Bhattacharjee's group in the Space Science Center after receiving his Ph.D. in Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009. His thesis advisor was Prof. Miklos Porkolab and his thesis consisted of experimental observation and identification of plasma instabilities arising during reconnection in the Versatile Toroidal Facility at MIT.
Research Scientist, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Yasong Ge obtained his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. During this time he worked on terrestrial and Jovian substorm dynamics. After finishing his Ph.D., he moved to the University of New Hampshire and joined the Space Plasma theory group in Feburary 2009. Presently he is working with Prof. Raeder on the global MHD simulation of terrestrial substorms.
Assistant Professor, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Kai Germaschewski received his Ph.D. in Computational Plasma Physics from the University of Duesseldorf, Germany in 2001. His advisor was Rainer Grauer and his thesis is titled "Pulse propagation in media with anistroptic dispersion". After working one year as a post-doc at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany he joined Amitava Bhattacharjee's Center for Magnetic Reconnection Studies (CMRS) at the University of Iowa in 2002, working on Hall-MHD simulation codes employing Adaptive Mesh Refinement. He moved together with the group to the University of New Hampshire in summer 2003.
His research aims to gain a better understanding of fast reconnection processes in two-fluid systems, applicable to laboratory as well as space plasmas. The focus of his work is on sophisticated, high performance, massively parallel numerical methods, in particular block-structured adaptive mesh refinement to efficiently resolve a large range of spatial scales and implicit Newton-Krylov-Schwarz based methods to overcomestability limitations present in explicit numerical schemes.
Research Scientist. Matthew Gilson received his B.S. in Applied Physics at Grove City College in 2007. His main research interests include solar and terrestrial plasmas and computational physics. His current research focus is on calculating the position and energy flux of the proton aurora using OpenGGCM.
Professor Emeritus, Physics Department and the Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire.
Office phone: 603-862-3869. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Research Interests: Dynamics of the solar atmosphere and solar wind, waves in plasmas.
The Sun's atmosphere exhibits a wide range of complex dynamic phenomena. At any instant of time there are about one million high-speed jets of gas, called spicules, on the Sun. There is a continual outflow, called the solar wind, of solar plasma into interplanetary space. The region just below the Sun's visible surface is filled with sound waves. The solar corona and the underlying chromosphere are constantly in motion. And there are frequent impulsive releases of energy, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The solar atmosphere contains complex configurations of magnetic field which are also in a constant state of agitation. The magnetic and kinetic energy in the Sun's atmosphere is continually being converted into heat. The corona is heated to several million Kelvins, and some of this thermal energy enables the solar wind to be accelerated to high speeds and escape the Sun's gravity. The chromosphere and spicules are also heated to more modest temperatures. But the details of these processes are not understood.
Our research is concerned with developing theoretical models for the sources of momentum and energy that are required to explain the observed motions and heating. We have emphasized the roles of waves, which transport both momentum and energy and can therefore accelerate and heat the solar plasma. Understanding the physics of waves in the solar atmosphere is challenging. The waves propagate in a very structured medium, and they undergo complicated nonlinear interactions leading to shock formation, instabilities, and turbulence.
Our program has been supported by grants from NASA and the NSF . Hollweg has also been involved with experimental programs on the SOHO mission.
Hollweg was awarded the 1992 James Arthur Prize for Solar Physics by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and in 2002 he was elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union "for outstanding research on topics throughout the corona and solar wind and for consistently clear elucidation of the fundamental physical processes involved". He officially retired in 2006, but still maintains an office at UNH and continues his research projects and collaborations.
Research Scientist, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Yi-Min completed his Ph.D. in plasma physics at the University of Maryland in 2004. After that he joined the Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He joined the Space Science Center in 2008. His research interests include MHD and shear flow stability, magnetic reconnection, and current sheet formation.
Research Professor, Physics Department and the Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Professor Isenberg received his S.B. in Physics from MIT in 1971, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1976. Following postdoc appointments at the University of Arizona and UCSD, he joined the Theory Group in the Space Science Center at UNH in 1981 to work on the acceleration of the solar wind. His current research interests still include solar wind heating and acceleration, as well as theoretical modeling of solar prominance eruptions, kinetic wave-particle interactions, and the dynamics of interstellar pickup ions.
Professor, Space Science Center and Dept. of Physics, University of New Hampshire. Prof. Lee received his PhD. from the University of Chicago (1971) in theoretical space plasma physics. He is the author of over 150 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has served as associate editor of JGR-Space Physics and Reviews of Geophysics, and on numerous NASA, National Research Council and NSF panels and committees. He was a long time coinvestigator in the NASA sun earth connection theory program. He is a coinvestigator or associate scientist on three spacecraft experiments: CELIAS/SOHO, PLASTIC/STEREO AND IBEX. In 1998, he was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Professor Lee's research interests are focused on the transport and acceleration of energetic particles in the heliosphere and include the process of diffusive shock acceleration, plasma instabilities, and the solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays.
Research Scientist, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Wenhui Li received his PhD in space physics from University of New Hampshire in 2007. His advisor was Jimmy Raeder and his thesis is titled "Solar wind entry into the magnetosphere under northward IMF conditions". He focuses on studying the solar wind effects on the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere using OpenGGCM-CTIM and in-situ data from space.
Research Scientist, Physics Department and the Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire.
Research Scientist, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire
Jean C. Perez obtained his Ph.D. in Plasma Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. His doctoral research focused on theoretical and numerical modeling of shear flows and drift waves in two university-sized plasma experiments: the Helimak at UT-Austin and the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA. After his Ph.D., he became a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During this time he worked on the structure of strongly magnetized, steadily driven, homogeneous Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence by means of numerical simulations on massively parallel computers. In the fall of 2009, he joined the Space Science Center at the University of New Hampshire as a Research Scientist, to continue working on more realistic numerical simulations of inhomogeneous imbalanced MHD turbulence in the solar wind driven by non-WKB reflections of Alfven waves, associated to the non-uniform solar wind background plasma.
Associate Professor, Research interests: Space physics, space weather solar-terrestrial relationships, plasmas and magnetic fields in space, solar wind - magnetosphere - ionosphere - thermosphere coupling, geomagnetic activity, geomagnetic storms and substorms, solar induced effects on climate, large scale modeling of magnetospheres, data assimilation, cometary physics, computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods, high performance computing.
I received a B.S. in Geophysics and Applied Mathematics (a.k.a. as Diplom Geophysiker in German) from the University of Cologne (West Germany, back then) in 1985. Subsequently I joined Professor F. M. Neubauer's GIOTTO magnetometer team at the University of Cologne as a graduate student. The GIOTTO satellite was launched in July 1985 and encountered comet P/Halley in March of 1986. It was the first spacecraft ever to come close enough to a cometary nucleus to take images and it was the first and only spacecraft so far to enter the magnetic field free inner coma of a comet. A recent NASA follow-up called CONTOUR unfortunately exploded in space, so GIOTTO will keep that distinction for a while. I completed my thesis on cometary physics and received my Ph.D. in 1989. In 1990 I joined M. Ashour-Abdalla's group at UCLA to start with magnetospheric modeling. I devoleped a new magnetosphere - ionosphere model from scratch. It was the first magnetosphere model that was parallelized for the new class of message passing massive parallel machines (which was at that time a 32 node Intel IPSC860 machine with 8MB memory per node) which allowed for simulations of much larger scale than previously possible. I used the model for the first modeling studies of the distant magnetotail and the first model comparisons with Geotail in situ data. In 1999 I coupled the model with Tim Fuller-Rowell's (NOAA/SEC) CTIM model of the ionosphere - thermosphere system. It so became the first Geospace model with complete coverage from the magnetosphere to the upper atmosphere and it was used extensively for the study of geomagnetic storms. The coupled model, which is also knowm as the 'UCLA/NOAA magnetosphere - ionosphere - thermosphere model' was introduced into the Community Coordinated Modeling Center ( CCMC ) in 2001, where it is available for the science community for model runs on demand. In 2003 I accepted a joint EOS/Physics faculty position at UNH. The development of the geospace model continues and it will now become the 'OpenGGCM', which stands for 'Open Geospace General Circulation Model'. I believe that best progress in understanding geospace can be made by combining observations with modeling. Towards that end I am part of NASA's Science and Technology Mission Definition Team for a Magnetospheric Constellation ( MC ) mission, which will for the first time provide a global coverage of at least part of the magnetosphere. Leading up to MC, which will not be launched before a decade hence, is the THEMIS mission, led by V. Angelopoulos (UC Berkeley), of which I am a Co-I. Of course, combining the data from multi satellite missions optimally with global models requires the use of data assimilation techniques, which has now become an active research topic in magnetospheric modeling and which is also pursued in my group. Besides studying the magnetosphere I am also interested in understanding how the sun influences Earth's climate by modulating the cosmic ray flux and thus cloud formation.
Research Scientist. Physics Department and the Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire. Aveek Sarkar obtained his Ph.D from the University of Goettingen, Germany. During this time he worked on numerical methods and the dynamo theory. Soon after finishing his Ph.D., he moved to the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, where he worked on the solar corona and the coronal heating problem. He joined the Space Plasma theory group in March 2009 and presently he is working on solar wind and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence.
Bernard J. Vasquez Research Associate Professor, Space Science Center and Department of Physics, University of New Hamsphire and member of the UNH Solar Terrestrial Theory Group. Dr. Vasquez completed his dissertation in Astronomy entitled "Nonlinear Wave Evolution in a Dispersive Plasma: Application to Rotational Discontinuities" at the University of Maryland, College Park with Prof. K. Papadopoulos and Prof. P. Cargill in 1992. He joined UNH in 1993 as a post-doctoral researcher. Vasquez's research interest are primarily in the area of solar wind, magnetopause, magnetic clouds, waves, discontinuities, ion kinetics, reconnection, and numerical simulations. He has authored or co-authered over 20 published papers.
Daniel Verscharen's Personal Page
Research Scientist, Space Science Center of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire. Daniel Verscharen received his MSc. in Physics (German: Diplom-Physiker) from the University of Bonn in 2007. His master's thesis investigated kinetic physics of parallel shock waves in astrophysical plasmas and was supervised by Hans Fahr. In 2009, he began his doctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany under supervision of Eckart Marsch in collaboration with the Technical University Braunschweig (TUB) under supervision of Uwe Motschmann. The title of his PhD thesis is "On convected wave structures and spectral transfer in space plasmas - applications to solar corona and solar wind". He received his PhD from TUB in 2012.
In summer 2012, he joined the research group of Benjamin Chandran at the UNH Space Science Center. His work focuses on microphysical processes related to alpha particles in the solar wind. He is studying streaming instabilities, wave excitation, turbulence generation, and effects on energetic particles by means of analytical theory and hybrid simulations.


text:
Six More Exclusive NY Premiere Photos of Dan
Surprise! We are temporarily back in HBP New York premiere mode as I unveil six new photos that I forgot to download to our Exclusive HBP NY Premiere gallery from my second 'on duty' camera. Please forgive my oversight as on the day of viagra for women online the event itself, and because of very last minute red carpet changes, I found myself juggling two cameras plus a camcorder on a tripod. I hope you like them all, including this little beauty: Ice cream you say? Sounds wonderful! (I know, I know… there was no mention of ice cream on the carpet, but Dan's lovely expression is absolutely caption inspiring, don't you find?)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Thank you for taking the time to inform us of a situation that you believe deserves our attention. We encourage both positive and negative citizen feedback to assist us in our goal of providing the best law enforcement service possible to the citizens of our community.
Should you wish to compliment an employee who has provided you with outstanding service, please email the commendation to us by clicking here. The commendation will be forwarded to the member's supervisor for review and appropriate action.
If you have a complaint of misconduct involving a JSO employee please use the information provided below to file your complaint.
Please click here to download the Employee Complaint Procedure quick reference brochure.
F.S.S. 837.06: Whoever knowingly makes a false statement in writing with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his or her official duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
Accessibility | Site Policies | Site Map | Site Index | Employee Search | Help
Need Assistance? Call (904) 630-CITY
Dial 911 in the event of an emergency or (904) 630-0500 for a non-emergency.


text:
1 of 1
Dare to Dance 2013
Dare to Dance 2013
Chattanooga Convention Center
1 Carter Plaza, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401View on Map
(423) 756-0001
Event Info
Join us for one of Chattanooga's most fun nights out! Dare to Dance 2013 promises to be another fun and memorable event full of surprises. Based on the popular television show, Dancing With The Stars, local celebrities put on their dancing shoes and dazzle fans alongside professional dancers for this Saturday night spectacular. Chattanooga Convention Center September 14th at 7 PM - For tickets and more information visit daretodance.kidneyfoundation.com


text:
I made this according to the directions, substituting vegetable broth for chicken broth. It is very flavorful and simply delicious!
Butternut Squash Soup with Toasted Walnuts
This soup's delicious taste and creamy texture belie its simple preparation. Roasting the squash creates browned edges for a richer flavor.
Yield: 8 servings
More From Cooking Light
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 204
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 5.9g
- Saturated fat: 1.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.7g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.1g
- Protein: 7.5g
- Carbohydrate: 34.7g
- Fiber: 5.3g
- Cholesterol: 9mg
- Iron: 2mg
- Sodium: 370mg
- Calcium: 271mg
- 8 cups (1-inch) cubed peeled butternut squash (about 2 1/4 pounds)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- Cooking spray
- 4 cups warm 2% reduced-fat milk, divided
- 1 (14-ounce) can fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth, divided
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Combine squash, oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper on a foil-lined baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 45 minutes or until tender. Place half of squash, half of milk, and half of broth in a blender; process until smooth. Pour pureed mixture into a large saucepan. Repeat procedure with remaining squash, milk, and broth. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated (do not bring to a boil). Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Ladle 1 cup soup into each of 8 bowls; sprinkle each serving with 1 1/2 teaspoons nuts.
My Notes
Only you will be able to view, print, and edit this note.Add Note
Butternut Squash Soup with Toasted Walnuts Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Soups/Stews
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, 5 Ingredients or Less
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Gluten-Free, Low Cholesterol
- COOKING METHOD: Bake, Blender
- OCCASION: Autumn
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
More Recipes Like This
Butternut Squash Soup with Seared RadicchioCooking Light
Butternut Squash Soup with Spiced SeedsCooking Light
Find out what we've got cooking...
Get our Free Weekly Specials Newsletter filled with our favorite recipes, seasonal menus, and special features.
We Respect Your Privacy. Privacy Policy


text:
my friend is having a religious themed fancy dress 18th so I'm going to go as The Green Man (pagan and druid I believe). so yeah, I did all this yesterday. Step one complete! (phew)~
just got to do some make-up trials and figure out how to stick fabric leaves to my face….. I've got plenty of time to do that till next saturday right?
Tagged as: #personal #art #fancy dress #wip #the green man #my art


text:
Rotting Fruit Is A Scientifically Proven Aphrodisiac
Many a ladies' man has claimed to know for sure that some item—green M&Ms, Spanish fly, arugula—is a powerful aphrodisiac, but none of these things have ever actually been proven effective. Until now. Scientists have recently discovered something that's guaranteed to work...on fruit flies. Grrrr—and, even worse, the… »


text:
2014 NCS Youth and Adult Program Registration
If you haven't already, please read the Registration Overview page for helpful information on registering for our programs. Once you are ready to register, click the appropriate link below and follow the instructions. If you have sailed with NCS before, you will already have an account set up within the system and may use your login information. If you've forgotten your login information, you may either use the "Access Your Online Account" page or contact the NCS office at 508.228.6600. If this is the first time you are sailing with NCS, or if you haven't sailed with us since 2010, you will need to create a login during the registration process.
We look forward to seeing you and your young sailors out on the water!
Important Reminders: An NCS membership is required to participate in the NCS programs and you will be prompted to purchase one during the online registration process. Any account found incomplete and without a current NCS membership may be at risk of losing their placement in the 2014 season. Also, if an account is found incomplete, NCS will add the lowest level of NCS membership ($75) to their account and charge the billing information on file. CLICK HERE to see a list of the 2014 available programs. When a program fills it will display as filled, but a waitlist will be activated. There is a nonrefundable waitlist fee of $10, which is considered a charitable contribution to NCS, to help cover administrative costs. You may CLICK HERE to view a list of the programs that have currently moved to a waitlist. Anyone with an outstanding balance from 2013 must have their final payment made in full before registering for the 2014 season. If you are found to have registered for a program, but still have a balance due you will risk being removed from the program. Visit www.nantucketraceweek.org and www.operahousecup.org to learn about Nantucket Race Week!


text:
Lyndsay Faye
Adult Fiction FAYE
Summary: In Dust and Shadow Sherlock Holmes hunts down Jack the Ripper with impeccably accurate historical detail, rooting the Whitechapel investigation in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and clinical psychology. This astonishing debut explores the terrifying prospect of hunting down one of the world's first serial killers without the advantage of modern forensics or profiling. Sherlock's desire to stop the killer who is terrifying the East End of London is unwavering from the start, and in an effort to do so he hires an "unfortuate" known as Mary Ann Monk, the friend of a fellow streetwalker who was one of the Ripper's earliest victims. However, when Holmes himself is wounded in Whitechapel attempting to catch the villain, and a series of articles in the popular press question his role in the crimes, he must use all his resources in a desperate race to find the man known as "The Knife" before it is too late. Penned as a pastiche by the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson, Dust and Shadow recalls the ideals evinced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved and world-renowned characters, while testing the limits of their strength in a fight to protect the women of London, Scotland Yard, and the peace of the city itself.
Question about returns, requests or other account details?
Add a Comment
|Submission Guidelines
Find this title in the Library Catalog
Sherlock Holmes
Private investigator
John Watson


text:
And Wednesday evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entitled "S.C. Lawmakers Back 'I Believe' Plates" (RealPlayer required).
Posted at 11:25 PM by Howard Bashman
All three judges on the three-judge panel are credited as authors of the opinion of the court, except to the extent that one of the judges has dissented in part. The dissenting opinion of Circuit Judge Diana Gribbon Motz begins, "With respect, I dissent from the majority's decision to reverse, as unreasonably lenient, Abu Ali's sentence of thirty years' imprisonment followed by thirty years' supervised release."
Posted at 04:27 PM by Howard Bashman
And The Associated Press reports that "Va. court upholds women's college move to coed."
You can access today's ruling of the Supreme Court of Virginia at this link.
Posted at 04:02 PM by Howard Bashman
And The Associated Press provides a report headlined "Court: Vt. ruling stands in lesbian custody case" that begins, "Virginia's highest court ruled Friday that the state must enforce a Vermont court order awarding child-visitation rights to a mother's former lesbian partner. The Virginia Supreme Court rejected Lisa Miller's claim that a lower court improperly ignored a Virginia law and a state constitutional amendment that prohibit same-sex unions and the recognition of such arrangements from other states."
You can access today's ruling of the Supreme Court of Virginia in Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins at this link.
Posted at 03:42 PM by Howard Bashman
Today's edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail contains an article headlined "Appeal judges in Black case pepper lawyers with tough questions" that begins, "Under other circumstances Conrad Black would probably relish meeting Judge Richard Posner. Judge Posner, 69, has been on the Seventh Circuit Appeal Court in Chicago for nearly 30 years and he is considered one of the top legal minds in the United States. He's best known for his free-market approach to analyzing the law and he has written more than 30 books and 300 articles on topics ranging from sex and pornography to aging, health care, AIDS, politics, literature and medieval Iceland. He writes more legal opinions annually than any other appellate judge in the United States, teaches at the University of Chicago and has a blog with a Nobel-prize-winning economist (his latest post discussed the merits of paying children to go to school)."
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that "Conrad Black's attorneys face tough grilling."
The Toronto Star reports that "Court hears Black appeal; Hearing one of Conrad Black's last chances to topple fraud convictions."
And The Associated Press reports that "Black's attorneys tell court his trial wasn't fair."
If you'd like to hear Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner tangle with attorney Andrew L. Frey -- and frankly who wouldn't -- you can download the audio of yesterday's oral argument via this link (13.7MB mp3 audio file).
Posted at 03:30 PM by Howard Bashman
And, in other news that I previously reported in this post, an article is headlined "Chief justice: High court's schedule to intensify."
Posted at 03:11 PM by Howard Bashman
And The Associated Press reports that "Bonds pleads not guilty to charges of lying to grand jury."
Posted at 02:54 PM by Howard Bashman
Although my hotel room in Pittsburgh is far less palatial than at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, the view out of my hotel room window in Pittsburgh is one any baseball fan would love. I'm looking out onto the Roberto Clemente Bridge across the Allegheny River, and from my room I can see the left field stands inside PNC Park. The view is somewhat similar to that depicted in this photograph (although because tonight's baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Arizona Diamondbacks won't start until 7:05 p.m., the bridge currently remains open to motor vehicles).
In any event, I'm looking forward to seeing tonight's game from inside PNC Park, and I should have an excellent view from section 116 behind home plate.
Posted at 02:50 PM by Howard Bashman
Chief Justice Roberts's prepared remarks apparently will focus on President Abraham Lincoln, whom the Chief Justice described as one of the best jury lawyers in Illinois. In 1849, Lincoln made his one and only U.S. Supreme Court oral argument. The case was Lewis v. Lewis, 48 U.S. 776.
The Chief next posed a series of six multiple choice questions. He began by asking what statement is inscribed on the East Pediment of the Supreme Court building. The second question asked the audience which Chief Justices are depicted on the West Pediment. The next multiple choice question -- and the first that a plurality of the audience answered correctly, was which two Justices are depicted on the Court's bronze doors. The next question was who was the last Supreme Court justice who didn't attend law school. The answer was Justice Byrnes. Next, the Chief Justice asked how many Justices were born outside of the United States. The answer given as correct was six. And the final question was which Justice appears on the $10,000 bill. Because the audience indicated its votes by applause, the Chief Justice's remarks were interrupted by applause eighteen times.
Posted at 11:15 AM by Howard Bashman
And today's edition of The Tampa Tribune contains articles headlined "Adult Movie Producer Found Guilty In Obscenity Trial" and "Standards Of Obscenity Are Murky."
Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman
As I previously noted in this post, last Sunday Justice Scalia delivered a keynote address to members of Agudath Israel of America. You can access the audio of his complete remarks via this link. And you can view photographs of Justice Scalia's appearance at the event at this link (via "Religion Clause").
Update at 9:38 a.m.: One panelist -- not Justice Scalia -- makes a joke about declaring U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy an enemy combatant. Justice Scalia's introductory remarks were unremarkable. We shall see if he signs any books before departing.
Update at 9:48 a.m.: Did Justice Scalia just mistakenly say that Carter became President after Reagan? Perhaps. He then asked his co-panelists, "Who became President next?" Happily, no one answered "Ford."
Update at 9:53 a.m.: With seven minutes left in the program, I am confident in declaring Miguel Estrada the panelist with the best sense of humor.
Update at 10:15 a.m.: A few books were signed (including mine).
Posted at 07:45 AM by Howard Bashman


text:
But someone contacted me sometime in the past month -- either through email or the Bear with Us comment board, I can't remember which -- about how the Bears' kick coverage appears to be missing Brendon Ayanbadejo. Is there a difference?
Special teams coordinator Dave Toub: "Brendon, not only was he good on kickoff coverage, he was also good on punt coverage. Jamar is the same. He's playing a lot of the same positions that he played, we're asking him to do a lot of the same things, and Jamar is doing a nice job for us. Jamar is just as good a cover guy as far as getting down the field and making plays on kickoff and punt. But the area he needs to work on, he'll be the first to tell you, is in the return game as far as being in the proper position all the time to make the blocks."
Losing Ayanbadejo shouldn't be that big a deal, since special teams are pretty fluid throughout the NFL. The Bears' core through 2005 and 2006 included Ayanbadejo, Adrian Peterson, Cameron Worrell and Israel Idonije. (At least, those were the four names mentioned most by Colts special teamers during Super Bowl week and those were the four guys who frequently headed the "kickoff hit chart" in the Halas Hall auditorium.)
The Bears lost Worrell after 2006 and Ayanbadejo last off-season. Peterson had a reduced role toward the end of 2007 because he was the starting running back after Cedric Benson went down. Idonije has a reduced role this season because of his insertion into the defensive tackle rotation. What's the hardest part of coaching with this level of fluidity?
Toub: "The hardest part is dealing with injuries game day because there are only 45 guys that are up. If a starter got hurt, a corner got hurt, that means a corner that would be a four-phase player on special teams is now a starter on defense. I have to find a guy that's never practiced and basically a guy that's kind of an unknown, you have to coach him up on the sideline during the game. It's the game-time adjustments that are the toughest thing for us."
So the Bears have their replacement in line for Ayanbadejo, but what about Idonije? He's listed as 6 feet, 6 inches and 297 pounds and can get down the field in a hurry. How do you replace that?
Wolfe: You can't really replace a guy like that because of the havoc he was able to cause, but what you can do as a team is just get a bunch of guys that are fast and a bunch of guys that swarm to the ball.
Toub: "Izzy, he's put on about 15-20 pounds, so that's probably the main reason why you haven't seen him on kickoff. He's playing defensive tackle right now, so that's kind of a different body that you have."
Despite the fluidity on special teams and lack of a perennial Pro Bowler, the unit has scored just as many touchdowns through seven games as they did last year. And that's one more than through seven games in 2006. It's just they've done it a bit differently than they did the past two seasons. What's the bigger reason, opponents changing their approach because of Devin Hester or the Bears altering their scheme assuming teams wouldn't kick to Hester?
Toub: It's not so much that we changed our scheme. Teams are scheming against us a little bit, that's part of it. We've got some different guys, some young players, that's part of it. The amount of touches that Devin has gotten, that's part of it.
Wolfe: "Having Devin sitting back there changes a lot because a lot of people don't want Devin to get the ball, so that changes a lot of things as far as field position. As far as going out there and blocking kicks, that's something that has to do with coach Toub's ability to spot weaknesses and exploit them. That's something we try to do more than last year."
Finally, Wolfe is a highly successful college running back who's making his way in the NFL on special teams. Sounds a little like Peterson. Did he learn anything from Peterson?
"Me and Adrian are different in size and different in speed and things like that," Wolfe said. "The things that I use for my advantage on special teams, I just use my speed because I'm faster than everybody, more agile than anybody. Instead of letting people get their hands on me, I just make it hard for anybody to get close to me because with me being a smaller guy, if someone gets their hands on me, it may be harder for me to get off as opposed to a guy who's bigger and has longer arms."


text:
This recipe was a big hit with both my husband and kids. The best part was sopping up all that wonderful sauce with the bread. Use the best and freshest ingredients you can get and afford because it will go a long way in this dish. I did use a budget friendly Pinot Grigio and it worked fine. However, the idea is to serve the rest of the wine with the dish. So, if you were making this for company, a high quality wine would be better. I've made this several times and everyone liked it.
Meatballs in White Wine Sauce with Rustic Bread
Meatballs in White Wine Sauce with Rustic Bread gives new life to an ingredient staple--lean ground beef. These meatballs are pumped with flavor with the addtion of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, ricotta cheese, and sundried tomatoes--and then simmered in white wine.
Yield: Serves 6 (serving size: 4 meatballs, wine sauce, and 1 slice bread)
More From Health
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 380
- Fat: 18.7g
- Saturated fat: 7.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 8.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.1g
- Protein: 27g
- Carbohydrate: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Cholesterol: 98mg
- Iron: 3mg
- Sodium: 646mg
- Calcium: 230mg
- 1 pound 90% lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 egg
- 10 sundried tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- All-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 5 sundried tomatoes, halved
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 cup white wine (such as Pinot Grigio)
- 4 baguette slices
- Combine ground beef, ricotta cheese, egg, finely chopped sundried tomatoes, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix well with hands. Roll mixture into shape of golf balls, wetting hands if necessary; flatten slightly. Lightly dredge meatballs in flour; shake off excess. In large frying pan, heat olive oil over high heat. Add halved sundried tomatoes; stir 1 minute. Add meatballs; fry until golden (34 minutes per side). When flipping meatballs over, add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add wine; bring to boil. Reduce to simmer; cook until sauce is thickened (57 minutes). To serve, place 4 meatballs in a bowl with sauce and 1 baguette slice.
My Notes
Only you will be able to view, print, and edit this note.Add Note
Meatballs in White Wine Sauce with Rustic Bread Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Family
- CUISINE: Italian
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Beef
- PUBLICATION: Health
More Recipes Like This
Smoky Meatballs in Serrano Ham-Tomato SauceCooking Light
Find out what we've got cooking...
Get our Free Weekly Specials Newsletter filled with our favorite recipes, seasonal menus, and special features.
We Respect Your Privacy. Privacy Policy


text:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday made a holiday appeal to Iran to return a retired FBI agent and two other Americans being held in the country.
Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent, disappeared during a business trip to Iran's Kish Island in March 2007. The United States believes the private investigator and father of seven was abducted and is being held in Iran. Levinson's case was a topic in recent negotiations between U.S. and Iran aimed at addressing Iran's nuclear program and improving diplomatic ties.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday that Obama specifically raised Levinson's case as well as those of U.S. citizens Saeed Abedini and Amir Hekmati, who currently are detained in Iran, during a telephone conversation earlier in the fall with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Abedini is a pastor from Boise, Idaho; Hekmati is a former U.S. Marine whose family lives in Michigan.
"It is our view that all of these Americans should have the opportunity to come home," Earnest told reporters traveling with Obama in Los Angeles.
"The US government has made a respectful request of the Iranian regime during this holiday season to consider on humanitarian grounds releasing these three Americans, or at least releasing the two Americans we know are detained and locating the whereabouts of the third, Mr. Levinson."
A written statement the White House released before Earnest spoke said the U.S. remained committed to finding and bringing home Levinson, who is from Coral Springs, Fla.
"We respectfully ask the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to assist us in securing Mr. Levinson's health, welfare, and safe return," the statement said.


text:
Fab Flash: PETA Names Worst-Dressed Celebrities of 2008
by POPSUGAR Fashion 63 Reactions 5 Shares Print
PETA announced today that Aretha Franklin is "queen" of their annual worst-dressed list.
The online poll, which scolds those who "drape themselves" in fur, leather, and exotic skins, also named Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria, Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, and Marilyn Manson as top offenders.
Here's what PETA had to say about Aretha and the runners-up — do you agree?
- Aretha Franklin: How 'bout some R-E-S-P-E-C-T for animals? Aretha, when you waddled into the Grammys in yet another vulgar fur, you looked as if you were going to perform "I Am the Walrus" by the Beatles. You might be a queen, but you don't know jack about compassion.
- Marilyn Manson: Always draped in leather from head to toe, Manson has enough skeletons in his closet to fill a pet cemetery. As if wearing dead animals isn't foul enough, Manson says that he wears his cow-skin pants 24/7— only peeling the smelly things off to have sex. That alone should be enough to tarnish leather's dated sex appeal. Manson might only be the shock rocker's stage name, but his wardrobe is a real-life tale of blood and guts.
- Eva Longoria: Eva Longoria is short on compassion. In her trashy furs, she looks like the streetwalker of Wisteria Lane. Eva is one "desperate housewife" in need of a quickie divorce — from her stylist.
- Lindsay Lohan: I Know Who Killed Me isn't just the title of Lindsay Lohan's latest bomb, it's the cry of the animals snuffed out so that this "mean girl" can pose in their pelts. Lindsay, there's no road to recovery for the foxes who are anally electrocuted so that you can look skanky.
- Kate Moss: Nothing completes the transition from supermodel to super tramp like a fur coat. If Kate could see clearly through those bleary eyes, maybe she'd clear her closet of those furs.
- Kylie Minogue: What does Kylie Minogue have in common with her python purse? They are both cold blooded. Come on Kylie, it's not cool to clutch an accessory made by nailing snakes to a tree and skinning them alive.
To see what PETA had to say about Eva, Lindsay, Kate, and Kylie, read more
Read More Peta's Worst Dressed ListAnti-furAretha FranklinFashion FlashPETAFurKylie MinogueKate MossEva LongoriaLindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Eva Longoria
Kate Moss
Kylie Minogue
Debek929 6 years
Without running the risk of offending anyone..even the out of touch idiots..here goes. Anyone who wears fur ought to be subjected to the same tortures that the OWNER of that fur endured for the sake of some elitist,vain,spoiled,stupid,uncompassionate,ignorant,way too rich south-bound end of a north bound jack-ass!It is my most fervent hope that some day all designers will do the right thing and stop using fur in their creations and that the industry goes broke!
plumeriders 6 years
it's funny that so many of you say PETA is projecting harsh opinions on celebrities and you say this is wrong - well, isn't that what you're all doing on this forum - projecting your opinions about which celebrities you like & dislike, which celebrities' fashion you like & dislike? I've read many, many comments on this website about how much members HATE certain celebrities and their fashion. hypocritical, isn't it to say you have the right to do it, but PETA doesn't??! also, maybe 100 years ago, eating meat was humane, but farming has become a big money-making business, and factory farming is a harsh reality. if you can watch the video Earthlings, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, and still decide to "use" animals in your day to day life, well, I'm happier not knowing you... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1282796533661048967
GossipAngela 6 years
I dont wear fur because I think people would tacky and I wouldnt want the image of a dead animal on my mind when i am wearing the coat. With this being said, PETA needs to stop bullying celebrities. Look at their comment to the celebs, personal attacks and immature accusations. I agree with some of the comments above saying that PETA has an alternative motive other than saving the animals. Any one who wants to be a compassionate human being would never insult their own species in order to save another. PETA say that eating meat and wearing fur is specist; I think that bullying human being is specist!
Bettyesque 6 years
Down with PETA...
chellybean 6 years
chellybean 6 years
I condone any movement that involved killing as many snakes as possible!
HipMom 6 years
Ok, I don't think this was supposed to be a debate about whether we should be vegan, lacto-vegetarians, omnivores, or whatever - that's a personal decision and unless we all agree to disagree there's no end to it. I prsonally think that while I, too, don't agree with wearing fur, they are being overly harsh and displaying less class than those they criticize. I also think that if the proposed alternative to leather is plastic or other synthetic material (since cotton, linen and silk won't work well for winter boots), well that may be better for animals but it's overall bad for the environment, which involves everyone and everything, not one or two species. Also, I just have to say this: the level of hypocrisy in this country is truly staggering to me. Everybody plays the PC card all the time, with the gay rights, and the support for unmarried couples, and the gender and race equality; but really, there's no respect. People are always b****ing and criticizing other people's body shape, religion/spiritual beliefs, politics, and everything else. Why can't people be more respectful of everyone and just grow up and accept that we are all different and that everyone has a right to lead their life they way they please, have their own beliefs and gain or lose weight without asking permission to anyone or having to answer to anyone! A little gossip can be fun, but it stops being fun when people start being more serious in their criticism and accusations and start being so harsh. PETA is definitely not alone in that, they got the idea that it was ok from what magasines and people on the internet, tv and real life do every day. *steps off soap box*
rafaela-losardo 6 years
I'm glad that the REAL vegetarians don't agree with PETA's stupid comments... I have lots of vegetarians friends and they don't like Peta ways either, I have a lot of respect for their belief and the way that they also respect mine...
kphmitten 6 years
Ugh, PETA is over the top. I'm a vegetarian and I love animals, rescuing and fostering out of my own pocket, but PETA really doesn't get it. There actions are far too extreme - yes, pointing out trashy fur wearing celebs is definitely not their worst deed, but when they go and purposely stain furs, well that's just dumb - the person wearing the fur will just get a new one and the stained fur will go in a landfill making that death even more cruel than it was to begin with. And to whoever said that we've been eating meat forever and its the right thing - wow, you are horribly misled. We actually originated from herbivores, just look at our teeth structure. Our teeth are made for grinding, not ripping. Compare our canines to a dog or cat - we weren't designed to go out, capture an animal and rip flesh. Technology has allowed us to hunt animals. While I don't mean to make anyone a vegetarian (its a personal choice, even when I have kids I'm going to raise them to eat both and they can make the choice), but I just hate when people get their facts wrong and say we're designed to eat meat because originally we were not.
cnyc1a 6 years
I don't have a problem with Fur but what I do have a problem with is how Tacky PETA is. People have the right to make choices good and bad but it's not their responsibility to attack people's personal lives or exploit. Instead garnering more attention to the celebrities why not send a letter and encourage those to educate themselves. In all honesty the point gets tuned out and all one focuses on the celebrity and not the cause
foxie 6 years
AK, if you are the type of person who pays to have animals needlessly tortured and abused, you are an EFFED UP PERSON, and *no,* you do NOT deserve to be treated nicely.
AKirstin 6 years
Riiiggghhht, PETA, because making fun of Aretha Franklin's *weigh* is SO compassionate. Or are they saying that the only people who deserve compassion are people like them??
redgreta 6 years
PETA - get a life you freaking losers. How about HUMANS as a crusade and not some stupid animal? You are wasting your time. We will always eat and wear animals. Direct you hard work for a good cause like working for HUMAN rights and the sick political culture we are living in. Our country is falling apart and YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT ARETHA IS WEARING?
foxie 6 years
Nah, meat's not unhealthy... that's why the first thing recommended to cancer patients or other people with serious illnesses much of the time is to pursue a veggie diet. It's also so healthy that it's been linked to miscarriage and clogged arteries. There's a way to eat meat in a safe way (small amounts), but most people don't do that. Most people scarf it down. Eat meat if you want to (what a cute hamburger quip you have there. Mature), but there's just no denying that a veggie diet is ideal for health, nature, and animals alike.
bcastaneda 6 years
FYI meat eating (particularly eating *cooked* meat) has, through evolution, become a very necessary part of our survival and health- our bones and teeth have evolved and adapted to eating cooked meat and food. Not to say that you can't be healthy without eating meat (you most certainly can) but it also goes to say that it's kind of ridiculous to claim that meat is unhealthy or that everyone should stop eating it. And you know, I'm not even the biggest meat eater, I just don't appreciate when people are very adamant about how I live my life when it doesn't really effect them personally. Also I buy organic meat a lot (DELICIOUS) since I go to Fairway, so I guess it helps my conscience, but to be completely honest I really don't think about it. Oh well. I think I'm going to go get a hamburger.
foxie 6 years
@ Mister- Uh, PETA is an ANIMAL rights organization. Sweatshops are not their AOR. And who said you can ONLY care about humans? Do you also think we should give up other causes, like the environment? @ Lola, what a lovely attitude to have about a cause you support. Thank goodness you weren't around during the civil rights struggle; you wouldn't have been much help, I'm afraid.
LolaSvelt 6 years
I hate fur, but when will PETA realise that they will never stop everyone from wearing fur. It just won't happen.
joey-beans 6 years
NEWS FLASH: animals that are used for livestock are treated just as cruelly, AND if you ever saw what happens in a slaughter house they dont skin the cows and neatly place their skins in boxes and ship them off to chanel. Leather is not a by product and neither is fur. I hate when people make a distiction between the two. Face it, fur is just a more graphic, visual indication that this was an animal as opposed to a green leather jacket for example. PETA's tactics really disgust me. And yes, why don't we approach human sweatshops with the same vigor ??
MisterPinkNoTip 6 years
I'm a vegetarian (for health reasons), and PETA repulses me. Why is there such an outcry about fur (which I agree is a horrible industry. Again, I have a problem with the industry, not the actual wearing of fur, but I would never say anything to somone wearing fur). What I DO have a problem with is clothing made in sweatshops (dealing with this issue is a lot harder than just not wearing leather). I wonder if PETA people even take this into consideration. What ever happened to caring about human rights?
velvet-summer 6 years
awareness is a beautiful and powerful thing, if done in the right manner. educated people intellectually, making someone like me think twice about the things I eat and wear, is much more effective, then the impression I'm left with...PETA a hostile juvenile approach to a beautiful cause...If people have morals and animals don't, then why does PETA treat people like animals?
foxie 6 years
This is hilarious. If you're going to commit the ultimate fashion crime - supporting the skinning (ALIVE), electrocuting, beating, mistreating, and torture of cats, dogs, raccoons, minks, rabbits, and foxes - you really have no right to complain that people have something to say about it. ONLY BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS AND UGLY PEOPLE WEAR FUR.
marimiau 6 years
with God involved or not, for the science, we are what we are today because of the meat. Let me explain: millions of years ago, our ancestors developed their brain capacity by eating the proteins in the meat! Without meat, I don't say we would be like monkeys now, but our development would be slowly.
javsmav 6 years
iRose: so obviously god created us to not eat meat and eating meat is a symbol of our sin. Every time you eat that hamburger you are taking a bite of the forbidden fruit. Why wouldn't you want to go back to the way god wanted you to live? There are also a lot of things in the old testament that Christians don't do anymore, because Jesus' death brought new life. **that's just my argument for Christians who think it's their god-given right to eat meat (I was probably the lone vegetarian at my small Christian college). If you want to eat meat, fine, but don't say it's because god wants you too.
tmmkitten 6 years
PETA isn't my cup of tea. i don't wear fur, try not to wear or use products with leather or other animal testing involved. and i give my money to people who i know will use it to really help animals, like my local humane society or aspca. scare tactics and humiliation turn me off. even if everything they were doing was 100% cruelty free, i don't agree with forcing people to change. people will see the light when they want to, and forcing bloody pictures in children and adult's faces only detracts from a good cause. i don't believe i can take away people's personal decisions. i can only educate and hope people do what they believe is right. i think PETA tries to take away people's right to choose by how they portray animal rights activists and how they treat humans.
the-kid 6 years
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food." Also a true story.
Jenny86 6 years
PETA sucks! If people want to wear fur, so be it! It's their decision. They're rude and invasive. I honestly love wearing fur. Well, they belong to my mom, but still. Also, there's nothing more comfortable and warm like a shatoosh scarf for winter. PETA, kiss my a**!
iRose 6 years
I eat meat as is sanctioned in the bible, where God clothed Adam and Eve in fur when he kicked them out of Eden. Got a problem with people eating meat and wearing fur PETA? Take it up with God.
GlowingMoon 6 years
Animal testing in the medical field can be VERY cruel as well. I don't see PETA going after the biomedical and medical industries. Oh wait, PETA members benefit from modern medicine, so that's okay. When Pamela Anderson contracted hepatitus, did she seek treatment from a herbalist or a M.D.?? PETA is NOT about animal rights. They're just bullies.
gauzemodeofeve 6 years
I agree that not all vegans and vegetarians are following a fad, but you have to admit there has been a boom (even if for a good reason) in veganism. Maybe it has something to do my living in new york, but all I see are these moronic people calling themselves vegans but not actually knowing what it means. I mean, with books like "Skinny Bitch", you can't deny it. Again, not all are doing it for fashionable reasons. Some have good intentions. It's like this boom in interest in our environment. I've been an environmentalist for years and I'm glad to see people actually caring to make small changes, and it's good when you see the industry slightly changing it's ways. I only hope people will keep on that track and it won't be forgotten in a year. And there are local farms that treat animals properly. That's where I buy my meat from. I think as long as they are treated with care, then it's ok for my to eat it. I respect Vegetarians with good hearts but Peta gives you a bad rap. Besides, there have been articles about Peta killing the animals you see in those videos on their websites. For them to treat animals badly just to prove their point is ridiculous.
CollegeGirl 6 years
I don't agree with PETA on anything, but I would never wear fur. There is just entirely too much cruelty involved with that industry.
hottpink 6 years
javsmav and pandacn, I agree with you totally! I'm sorry but if you become a vegan or veggie for "fad" reasons then that's just ridiculous! I have been a vegetarian for 9 years and I became one because of MY BELIEFS and MORALS, not because someone said it was cool.
rafaela-losardo 6 years
They are ridiculous....these comments are something that a 12 year old would create to get some attention, PETA has a pretty trashy campaign and I hope they shut the fuck up before they really get in to trouble...or they could just keep talking, start to collect lawsuits and then shut the doors for sure! =D
DaniCalifornia 6 years
"Aretha, when you waddled into the Grammys in yet another vulgar fur, you looked as if you were going to perform "I Am the Walrus" by the Beatles." I'm sorry but...oh my god. That's hilarious. I feel bad for her, but still... I don't wear fur, or leather, but I do eat meat. We need to eat, but we don't need to wear animals to look good. And I know vegetarians get their protein somehow, but it must be hard without meat. I would never, ever wear fur. I used to have a leather jacket, but I don't wear it anymore. I decided it was just as wrong as wearing fur. I agree though with all the PETA statements made above. They might be a little harsh, but they're all true.
the-kid 6 years
Heifer whines could be human cries Closer comes the screaming knife This beautiful creature must die This beautiful creature must die A death for no reason And death for no reason is murder True story.
Secretista 6 years
Eat me PETA. EATTTTT ME!--Sorry, that was rude. If it's already made and it's already there and it's affordable, I'm gunna buy-it, wear-it, and eat-it. Animals were put on Earth to serve us, NOTT to be miss treated, but to serve us. Putting humans on the same level as Animals is kind of insulting to man kind! Oh, and I don't like people or organizations that take stands by being rude. We need to start treating each other right before we trickle the favor down. :]
pandacn 6 years
javsmav, you took the words out of my mouth! How could anyone argue that being vegan is a fad? it's something so personal and it's not exactly a decision that can be made instaneously, not liking buying the "It" bag. It takes a lot of careful lifestyle planning and consideration, especially if you have a significant other, and discussion of ramifications and sacrifices of being a vegan. It's not easy, which is why the people who are are truly dedicated; they're the least likely people to follow "fads" and just give it up when it becomes "so last year." Also, it's hardly fair to say vegans shouldn't take advantage of modern medicine. The use of animals in labs are highly regulated. I come from a family and close knit group of scientific researchers and when they use mice for spinal cord injury, they treat them extremely well (maybe not for ethical reasons, but because laboratory animals are very, very expensive...nonetheless, the motive doesn't affect the end result). And speaking for myself, at least, I'm not against eating animals per se. Maybe it's the natural order of things, part of the food chain, part of evolution, I'm not a biologist. But what I am against is the treatment of animals in the procurement of meat. The cruelty exhibited against a purportedly "lesser species" is inhumane and along with health reasons that it's just better for your body to stick with plant sources for nutrition (See "The China Study"), that is why I'm a vegan. If one day, the meat industry can treat animals like they're not worthless, maybe I won't be so against eating meat. I would still personally never eat meat and it doesn't really taste that great either, but that's just a personal choice.
marimiau 6 years
I think that PETA may have a good cause, but the way they work is not OK. Everyone have the right to wear anything, they can't humiliate the celebrities that use leather or fur... And I think that this thing of "Don't wear fur" is relative. Wear fur is bad when you kill an animal only for it and by cruel ways. But when animals are killed in a more "acceptable" way (yeah, I know that's difficult, but they don't need to torture the animals) and people utilize their meat, their fur and everything else, It's not a big thing! People are horrified by the industry of fur by the way they treat the animals, not by the murder itself. If they give to the animals good treatment when alive and when they'll need to kill them, use painless and quickly ways, I think the society will accept the use of fur.
javsmav 6 years
I don't know how I feel about PETA, I'm just putting it this out there: http://www.animalrightsmalta.com/killsanimals.html I don't know the facts, but it looks like the organization who established the peta kills animals website has an ulterior motive. I also think it's ridiculous to call veganism and vegetarianism a fad. And just because humans have eaten meat for years, doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do. One of the things that differentiates humans from other animals is morality--which you can disagree with if you want, but while I think it is morally wrong for a human to kill, it's not morally wrong for a wild animal to kill. I'm sure a crocodile never experiences guilt, but I'd be skeptical if someone here denied they've never felt guilty over something. There are feelings that humans have that animals don't, but one thing we share is the ability to feel pain. I definitely don't agree with PETA on everything (they'd probably disagree with that last paragraph because it's speciest) and I've bought leather shoes in a moment of weakness and sometimes I eat cheese at a party, but the meat, leather, and fur industries are NOT pretty. The more I learn about them, the more horrified I become.
bbkf 6 years
bbkf 6 years
bbkf 6 years
Here is there own records: http://www.petakillsanimals.com/downloads/PetaKillsAnimals.pdf
nyaradzom2001 6 years
caryatid 6 years
p.s. this website looks like where the 97% statistic came from. i do have to say, the form letter they have posted from PETA on there is pretty damning. http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
caryatid 6 years
p.s. this website looks like where the 97% statistic came from. i do have to say, the form letter they have posted from PETA on there is pretty damning.http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
cottonpoots 6 years
I'm not too shocked Manson's part of the fur-wearing clique.
Lovely_1 6 years
I am on the fence with this one...
caryatid 6 years
yeah, being catty and rude is not a way to get people interested in your cause. i don't like fur, but no way i'd align myself with peta.
RaggedAnn 6 years
Bbkf - Source? I'd be interested in finding more out about that, if you have the link anywhere. :)
GlowingMoon 6 years
I don't appreciate them projecting THEIR misguided views on others. They may choose not to wear leather or fur, but don't disprespect those of us who do. We're entitled to our choice, too. Also, aside from diet and the fashion industry, animals are used in laboratories in the medical field. Hasn't every PETA member (or their family members) benefited from modern medicine such immunizations, medications, etc? Unless PETA exempt themselves from modern medicine (which I highly doubt), they need to shut the hell up about animal rights, as they're hypocrites. They're creating a market for animal suffering as much as we are. :oy:
GlowingMoon 6 years
I don't appreciate them projecting THEIR misguided views on others.They may choose not to wear leather or fur, but don't disprespect those of us who do. We're entitled to our choice, too.Also, aside from diet and the fashion industry, animals are used in laboratories in the medical field. Hasn't every PETA member (or their family members) benefited from modern medicine such immunizations, medications, etc? Unless PETA exempt themselves from modern medicine (which I highly doubt), they need to shut the hell up about animal rights, as they're hypocrites. They're creating a market for animal suffering as much as we are. :oy:
Greentea1203 6 years
I hate PETA. I agree, they definitely act like bullying school kids. Why don't they just talk about good, positive things instead of just name calling and offending people?
adrilenee 6 years
I'm a vegetarian even and I wouldn't associate with PETA, they need to find a new approach to their campaign.. Ridiculous, they are acting like school kids
bbkf 6 years
PETA killed over 97 percent of the animals in its care in 2006.I have no respect for them.
bbkf 6 years
PETA killed over 97 percent of the animals in its care in 2006. I have no respect for them.
gauzemodeofeve 6 years
I kinda gotta agree with Bcastaneda!Although a lot of my friends are vegan or vegetarian (which I pretty much think is just a "cool fad" anyways) I think people should have the right to eat and dress as they please. Personally, I have no problem eating meat as long as I know the animals were treated fairly through their life. I mean, I'm sure the gators don't care how their prey feels. I also have an occasional leather item, but if I can get a version that isn't real leather, I'm gonna go for it! I feel like if we can all make some SMALL contributions then it leads to a better world. But no one should be forced to or be called a bad person for it! Besides, no one can really be vegan! I mean come on, even photography film (hello peta photographers) are made from gelatin- ie, they come from cow hooves!!!!!
gauzemodeofeve 6 years
I kinda gotta agree with Bcastaneda! Although a lot of my friends are vegan or vegetarian (which I pretty much think is just a "cool fad" anyways) I think people should have the right to eat and dress as they please. Personally, I have no problem eating meat as long as I know the animals were treated fairly through their life. I mean, I'm sure the gators don't care how their prey feels. I also have an occasional leather item, but if I can get a version that isn't real leather, I'm gonna go for it! I feel like if we can all make some SMALL contributions then it leads to a better world. But no one should be forced to or be called a bad person for it! Besides, no one can really be vegan! I mean come on, even photography film (hello peta photographers) are made from gelatin- ie, they come from cow hooves!!!!!
ur_momm 6 years
i think just the idea of "putting your things in a dead cow" should put you off lol. Peta just goes overboard to really get attention. and obviously it's working. Fur is gross, and i think you're pretty gross is you are buying and wearing fur.
ur_momm 6 years
i think just the idea of "putting your things in a dead cow" should put you off lol. Peta just goes overboard to really get attention. and obviously it's working. Fur is gross, and i think you're pretty gross is you are buying and wearing fur.
demonkitty18 6 years
how anyone can wear fur and not feel any guilt at all is just beyond me.
psychobabble 6 years
I couldn't agree more bcastaneda, that's my philosophy. I eat my fair share of meat so I don't feel guilty wearing leather. Fur however is a different story, I don't wear it.
bcastaneda 6 years
Sorry if this offends anyone, but PETA really annoys me to no end. Yes, I love leather and will continue to have accessories in its particularly buttery versions. I also eat beef and chicken and seafood and sometimes pork. I think it's kind of ridiculous to expect everyone to become vegan and not eat meat or use leather-which has been used for what seems like forever. I understand fur (I'm not a big fan of unneccessarily killing little animals for nothing other than their fur) but if somebody is going to eat a cow, I'm not going to feel super bad for putting my things in one.
aimeeb 6 years
Aretha always makes me cringe!
Shopaholichunny 6 years
Geeze. Peta is way HARSH. But I like what they said about Eva Longoria. ;) haha
Link Love
- Their "uncomfortable" designer uniforms are causing injuries — Racked
- These are the Vera Bradley bags you never saw coming — HuffPost Style
- If you're a fashion girl, you'll be rocking out to this artist soon — The Cut
- There's never been a shoe silhouette so versatile — InStyle
- If these sweaters are any indication, you might not need to layer this Fall — Lucky
- Is $90 too much for a little black tee? — Fashionista
- It's time to weed through your heaping denim collection — Who What Wear
- The dos and don'ts of flea-market shopping — Domaine Home
- Is this the hardest Spring shade to pull off? — The Fashion Spot


text:
Next, you'll be asked to connect with Twitter. Rest assured, we will never send a tweet from your account
without your permission.
We will send you an email with an invite soon.
RT @MissyBuchanan: @RobinRoberts Loved the interview with Charlie Gibson about Pat Conroy's new book.
See what's Trending Now for @JaniceNeely
Follow @JaniceNeely on Twitter


text:
Grow the adoption of analytics with just in time learning solutions
IBM business analytics adoption services provide expertly-designed learning tools and resources to help you take full advantage of IBM Business Analytics software helping you make better and more informed business decisions. There are a variety of learning options available to organizations which will help grow the adoption of analytics in the business with improved skills and increasing self-service.
Help users become proficient with business analytics software and promote wider user adoption among large or distributed user bases with an economical Enterprise Learning License (ELL).
Get more training to more users with our range of flexible delivery options designed to suit your needs, budget and audience, including private and customized courses.
For more information about our Adoption services for business analytics, please contact a representative.
Easy ways to get your answers
- Email – email@example.com
More from IBM Business Analytics
Drive top-line growth and outperform the competition with the complete range of IBM Business Analytics software solutions:
Related Links
Join the conversation
Connect with us


text:
What is the background on UM-Ann Arbor "Going Google"?
Following a comprehensive assessment of the current state of computing on the three University of Michigan campuses, the Ann Arbor campus initiated a project to improve the U-M "collaboration environment".
Endeavors between campus units, with other universities, and with the private sector increasingly rely on collaboration tools to facilitate communication and support the sharing of information anytime, any place, and with anyone in the world via the internet.
U-M Ann Arbor chose Google in January 2011 to provide U-M students, faculty, and staff with a wide variety of tools to improve collaboration, to reduce redundancy and cost inefficiencies.
Where are we with "Going Google" at UM-Dearborn?
Our campus delayed adoption pending our own assessment of email and calendar functionality, the potential gains in collaboration capacity, and cost implications. Functionality and cost analysis related to the potential change to Google has been completed. ITS team members have conducted focus groups with early adopters of Google, and have also attended sessions that review the Ann Arbor users migration and working experience with Google.
Follow up meetings are underway with academic and staff leadership on the Dearborn campus to confirm "Going Google".
Here are resources to help you learn more.


text:
Categories > Books > Harry Potter > All Thanks To Hermione Granger
New Beginnings5 Reviews
the boat ride and sorting
Please enjoy and review.
Chapter 4: New Beginnings
Harry's eyes widened as the boat he was in gave him his first sight of Hogwarts. It was beautiful set against such a bright star filled night sky. This would be his home for the next seven years and he wasn't planning on complaining about that. He heard a gasp behind him and turned to see Daphne staring with awe at the castle. He learned on the train that she grew up in the magical world, but her home was more along the lines of modern muggle housing. An ancient magical castle would be as amazing a sight to her as it would a muggleborn.
He sighed in annoyance as the redheaded boy who'd joined their boat complained about being hungry, again. He could see Hermione roll her eyes as the redhead grumbled. He smirked and Hermione caught his look and gave him a questioning look. His grin widened and he slid his foot past hers and twisted his foot around quickly, sliding a foot out from under the complaining boy. With a yelp and flailing arms the boy fell into the lake, splashing Daphne who quickly kicked Harry in the shin.
"Ah! What was that for?" Harry asked with a frown as he rubbed his shin.
"For getting me wet you prat" Daphne stated bluntly while looking disdainfully at the flailing and splashing redhead in the water.
"He got you wet not me," Harry said with a grin.
Daphne just sent him a knowing look before her eyes widened in surprise.
A large tentacle had suddenly risen out of the water holding a now screaming red headed boy. It lifted him clear of the water while he flailed his arms, beating at the tentacle, and kicked his legs.
"Get it off me! It's gonna eat me! Get it off I don't wana die!" The redhead screamed as he continued to fight against the tentacle.
Harry was laughing loudly and Hermione was trying to hold back a smirk as she knew he was safe and making a fool of himself. Harry just thought it was funny. Daphne was looking a little wary of the tentacle, but enjoying the show.
"It's 'kay mistah weasley! It's jus' tha Gian' Squid! He's har'less , jus' puttin ya back in tha boat," Hagrid boomed from his boat.
True to Hagrid's claim, the squid quickly placed the now identified Mister Weasley into the boat he'd fallen out of. Harry was still laughing and Hermione had let loose a few giggles. Daphne had scooted forward in the boat, as far away from the soaked boy as she could get.
Harry laughed until the boats docked near Hogwarts. He stuck with Hermione and Daphne, but to their dismay the redheaded boy seemed to follow close to them. They walked up the steps where Hagrid banged on a large door. A black haired middle aged woman opened it and stepped out. She had a stern look about her that made Harry wish his Uncle would have an encounter with her. She could probably cow the fat bastard and that would be a glorious sight.
"Here they are Professa McGonnagal. A bit wet, but fine." Hagrid said with a chuckle.
She 'hmmmed' before waving her wand at a few first years, including the redheaded boy, and they were all suddenly dry. She looked around and nodded.
"I am Professor McGonnagal. The Transfiguration teacher and head of Gryffindor house. You'll follow me to a room where you will wait to be sorted in front of the student body in the Great Hall. Once sorted you will go to the table of the house you were placed in and wait for the sorting to be finished. When it is finished the Welcoming Feast will begin. Now come along." McGonnagal stated as she turned and began walking.
The intimidated first years quickly followed the woman. They were led to a small room off the side of the Great Hall and told to wait as she'd walked through the door and into the great hall.
Whispers broke out immediately among the first years. They were whispering about what houses they thought they'd get into and how they would get sorted. The redhead who Harry had knocked into the water gave his opinion quite loudly.
"We have to fight a troll. My brothers told me so." He said loudly with a look that said he liked having what he thought was knowledge over others.
Many of the first years quickly paled at that, but Hermione rolled her eyes and Harry laughed loudly.
"What are you laughing at?" Weasley asked with a glare.
"You ya idiot." Harry said with a grin.
Hermione and Daphne both smacked his arms causing him to frown at both. He looked back at Weasley and grinned at his flushed cheeks and angry glare.
"Do you really think parents would send their untrained children to this school if we had to fight something like a troll to get sorted? Fully trained witches and wizards have been killed by trolls before you idiot, what chance would we have? I can't believe you'd be that gullible." Harry said with a chuckle.
Weasley flushed redder and turned away muttering how Harry would be put in Slytherin where he belonged, though he had no idea who the Harry actually was. Harry laughed softly at that, he'd never go into that house, he'd end up killing Malfoy if he did and that would just be hard to get out of.
Hermione leaned close to him and whispered "Harry you're making a bad first impression with the other first years. Remember how ours was, do you want that with everyone in our year?"
Harry frowned looking uncomfortable with his suddenly tensed shoulders and shrugged while muttering "Whatever."
Before Hermione could reply again Professor McGonnagal returned and ushered the first years out the door to stand in a corner. She then walked around them to in front of the Staff table and pulled a stool with an old hat forward. She then stood back and to the surprise of the first years it began to sing.
Harry tuned it out after the first few lines. He stared around the Hall surprised at the small number. According to what he read almost every magical child from the United Kingdom went to this school, but the total number was below what most muggle Secondary Schools had. There were less than a thousand people in the school as a whole from what he could see. His eyes were wide as he realized how vastly outnumbered the magical world was by the muggle world. He was so caught up with his thoughts about the magical population that he missed the end of the song and the first few names called by Professor McGonnagal. He snapped back to attention when he heard Hermione called.
"Hermione Granger" McGonnagal called out.
Hermione wandered over to the stool and threw the hat on. She frowned as the hat simply hummed.
Your mind has too many years for your body
Hermione's eyes widened and she let out a soft gasp as she heard the hat. She didn't even think about someone being able to get into her mind. She'd created a spell to completely protect her mind from all forms of attack. The hat shouldn't be able to get in.
I can't get in my dear, at least not all the way in. That is amazingly crafty spell work. I can simply tell your mind has too many years for the body it's housed in. The spell work of that spell alone shows you are very much a daughter of Ravenclaw.
NO! I have to go to Gryffindor.
Why so my dear?
It's where Harry is going to go.
Harry Potter? Isn't it a bit presumptuous to think he'll go there?
NO! I know he will. Now put me there or so help me I'll feed you to that three headed dog of Hagrid's!
How the bloody hell do you know about that?
It doesn't matter, now sort me.
Not much of a job for me when you sort yourself. The hat sounded distinctly annoyed as it said this.
Whatever now get it on with it.
To those who had been watching it had been a surprising ten minutes until the Hat finally sighed and shouted "Gryffindor!"
Hermione smiled and went to the clapping table. She sat down so that there was a spare seat next to her. Daphne was up next and she was curious if she'd end up in Slytherin.
"Daphne Greengrass"
Daphne sighed and walked up to the stool and put the hat on while sitting down. Hermione noticed many of the Slytherins and a few older students in the other houses watched her with great intensity. She was surprised that even the staff seemed to be watching the girl's sorting carefully.
'What's up with Daphne? I never noticed any of this the time before.' Hermione thought to herself, but then frowned, 'I didn't even know she existed for most of the last time. I wonder what the big deal about her is.'
"Slytherin!" the Hat shouted.
The entire Slytherin table seemed to swallow as one and the students in the other houses who'd been watching her intensely all seemed to sigh in relief.
'What the hell?' Harry thought to himself, as he too had noticed the reactions. Not many others noticed it, but it was an odd reaction to have to a first year.
Harry watched as the student continued to be sorted. When Malfoy was called he heard Weasley spit out "Dirty Slytherin" just before the Hat yelled Slytherin. He chuckled and watched the arrogant blond stride to the Slytherin table, but sit as far away from Daphne as he could.
When his name was called it caused more of a reaction than Daphne's. Ignoring the whispers and the craning necks he sat on the stool and put the hat on his head.
Another one with too many years I see.
Harry's eyes widened at the voice, but recognizing it as the hat he relaxed.
What do you mean too many years?
Ah I see now. Never mind my boy. Now, you're much easier to read than the other so lets get you sorted right.
Anywhere but Slytherin.
What is it with the first years wanting to control their sorting this year? It's my job not yours!
That's fine, but I'm not going to Slytherin. I wont be able to deal with their attitudes.
You know they aren't all blood purists.
Of course I know that, but the ones who aren't are in the minority.
True my boy. You have an intelligent but underused mind. You'll do well in Ravenclaw.
"Ravenclaw!" The Hat shouted.
Harry removed the hat and looked around at the oddly silent Great Hall. Suddenly the Ravenclaw table started cheering and clapping. He grinned and walked over, sitting next to a pretty Indian girl that had been sorted just before him. They introduced themselves and watched the rest of the sorting, then the feast started.
Hermione was in a state of mild shock. Harry hadn't gone to Gryffindor. It changed his house. If she had listened to the hat she'd be in the same house as Harry. 'Damnit why do I have to always think I know everything!' She shouted in her mind while tightly gripping the fork in her hand.
'First year was hell for me in Gryffindor. Why didn't I listen to the hat? Damnit!'
Hermione turned and looked towards the Ravenclaw table. She stared at Harry smiling and talking with Padma. 'Damnit, bitch he's mine!' She thought and then shook her head. 'Gotta stop that.'
She turned back to her food and then looked up and gasped. Daphne was staring right at her with that same strange intense stare. Her blue eyes seemed to stare into her soul and it was a creepy feeling. The brunette blushed as the stare made her feel exposed, which she couldn't explain. She looked back down and started eating.
Harry sighed as he followed the Ravenclaw Prefect to the Ravenclaw tower. They approached the entrance and the Prefects turned to the group.
"This is the portrait entrance to our common room. It's different than the other houses in that we don't use a password. The portrait will ask you to solve a logic riddle or puzzle to get in. If you can't solve it you'll have to wait for another Ravenclaw. Now we'll let the first years answer this first one of the year. It's tradition and Professor Flitwick will give twenty points to whoever first answers it." The prefect stated as she stood aside so the portrait could give it's riddle or puzzle.
The portrait smiled at the first years before giving it's puzzle.
"Ten gnomes are about to be executed. Although they don't like the idea, they are each selfless and want to do anything (even by sacrificing themselves) in order to help their fellow gnomes. They are told what will happen to them: They will each be lined up single file, so that they are each facing the gnome in front of them. Each of them will be given a red or a white hat on their head, and from the back of the line (the gnome who can see everyone else) they will ask him to state his hat color, 'red' or 'white.' If he can state it correctly (he cannot see his own hat, only those in front of him), he is allowed to live. Knowing what is going to happen to them, they are allowed to devise a strategy beforehand. How many people can they guarantee to save, and what strategy will ensure this?
There are NOT necessarily five reds and five whites!"
The first years all began thinking over it and frowning with concentration. Harry went through it in his head, figuring it out. His eyes widened as he figured out the answer and chuckled as he realized the hat was right, he had underused intelligence and was good at solving puzzles. 'Damn Dursleys.'
"I've got it." He said, surprising many of the older students who were still working on it themselves.
"Well give your answer." The prefect said with a grin.
"They can guarantee all except one to be saved. The first gnome has no information, and must definitely guess his color, so cannot be guaranteed his life. But, if he states 'red' if there are an odd number of red hatted gnomes in front of him, and 'white' if there are an even number of red hatted gnomes in front of him, then everyone else can be saved. For example, if he says 'red,' then that means there are 1,3,5,7 or 9 red gnomes in front of him. The gnome directly in front of him sees either that same number of reds, or one less (an even number). If he sees one less then that means he is a red, and if the number is the same then he is white. Everyone else can listen to this going on and count the number (odd or even) of reds in front of him, and compare it to the data the gnome behind him gives." Harry finished feeling oddly smug.
Eyes widened all around, but the portrait grinned and said "Correct" before swinging open.
The group of Ravenclaws congratulated Harry and they all entered the common room. Harry looked around at the large circular room. There were blue hangings all around and fat arm chairs that looked very comfortable filled the room. The ceiling was domed and painted with beautiful stars and a statue of Rowena herself graced the room.
"Now first years Follow us." The female Prefect said motioning to herself and her male counterpart.
"Guys with me." The male prefect said and went towards the left side of the room while the girls went to the right.
Harry followed the prefect to a door made to look like the rest of the circular wall of the common room. He pressed into the right side of the door and it slid left revealing two spiral stairways, one leading up and one leading down.
"Now there's only so much room so to make more for the way the Ravenclaws are dormed we have two sets. Downstairs is the first to third years. The first years are at the lowest rooms and the third years at the highest. Same for the upstairs. Fourth years are at the top and seventh years are just around the corner of the turn. Now you'll be dormed with only one person. I hear that the other houses just group the whole year together, but it is easier for us to study and much roomier if we simply have one roommate. You'll find your names outside one of the doors at the bottom along with that of your roommate. Get some rest, classes start tomorrow." The prefect finished before walking up the spiral staircase and to his room.
Harry followed the other three first year boys, Terry boot, Anthony Goldstein, and Michael Corner. They got to the bottom two doors and Harry found his and Anthony's names on the very last door. They stared at each other for a moment before Harry shrugged and opened the door. He smiled at the sight.
It was fairly roomy. It was split into three sections. The one they were in was about fifteen feet across and square. It held a few of the same large arm chairs the common room did and had two desks, one against the left wall and one against the right wall, both with cushioned arm chairs. There was a window right across from the door facing out towards something he couldn't make out at night. On the left and right sides of the room there were archways that were three feet wide and the top of the arch was six inches below ceiling. Past these Archways were small rooms. A comfy looking twin sized four poster bed, A decently sized set of book shelves, and a small wardrobe next to his trunk. The small rooms were about five feet wide and seven feet long.
"This is bloody awesome." Anthony said with a laugh.
"No kidding." Harry replied with a true sense of happiness, so far everything had been a great deal better than life with the Dursleys.
"Well I'm setting up my room, Goodnight." Anthony said as he rushed into his room on the right.
"Yeah, Goodnight." Harry replied as he entered the one on the left.
"Well lets get things sorted" Harry said to himself as he opened his trunk and began to pull out the books.


text:
Author Tim Haasnoot – Published Tim Haasnoot (2003) – ISBN 0-9751293-0-9
Has an index covering climbs by grade. good descriptions and location information and some good topo's of the routes. Covers a wide range of areas in the Hunter region.
Crags covered by this Guide
No crags listed for this guidebook.


text:
& Deals
& Celebrations
or Login
Join FREE
Log In
Bloggers Adam and Joanne Gallagher from Inspired Taste creates a Salted Caramel Candies recipe that makes homemade caramels extra special with a touch of salt.
©2013 General Mills, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This information will only be used to send an email to your friend(s) and will not be saved. Please read our Privacy Policy.
When cooking sugar, never leave the kitchen and ensure everything you need for the recipe has been prepared in advance.
When cutting caramels, be sure to use a sharp long knife. These caramels are on the harder side, so they may occasionally crack. This is okay.
Store individually wrapped caramels in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
To easily clean the saucepan that was used to make the caramel, fill with water and heat to boiling. Use a spatula or spoon to scrape the bottom and sides of the pan.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal Bars
Caramel Tortilla Pie
Chocolate-Caramel Crumb Cupcakes
Delicate Pear Cake with Caramel Sauce
Ooey Gooey Candy and Chocolate Bars
Candy Bar Cookie Pops


text:
What is SpamCop?
SpamCop works exactly like the credit reporting agencies, and since most people understand how that works;
Read at least one of these following entries prior to posting your query, complaint, rant, whatever. Failure to note the basic concepts may result in getting an answer that you'd probably rather not see/read!
|Lo-Fi Version
|Time is now: 30th September 2014 - 04:54 PM