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An international representative swore in Robert Morales as the union's newly elected president Tuesday. Taking over the role after former president Dave Green for the job, Morales says he's thankful for the membership having his back.
"I want to be a voice for our membership, I feel it's important that we voice the concerns of our membership to the voices above," Morales said.
Being an auto worker is in his blood. Morales is a second-generation employee at the Lordstown Metal Center plant, following in the footsteps of his father who started his career there in the late 1960s.
To keep the local union strong, Morales plans to help boost its presence in the community.
It's been anything but a smooth ride for General Motors in recent years. The 2008 recession, layoffs in Lordstown and a bankruptcy were all tough hurdles for the valley workers.
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Anyway, Ralph Lauren is the official outfitter for the volunteers and I believe the tournament. On Friday I received my marshaling gear in the mail, it is some bad ass stuff. Obviously, more photos of the gear are on the way. Well played Ralph, well played…
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Quiet City is premiering a new piece of mine, You'll Just Have to Take My Word for It, this Friday at the Secret Theatre. It's a data-driven, polytempic work about storytelling and car crashes. I am really psyched to have Luke Swartz and Steve Cohen on electric guitars and Steven Leffue on tenor sax.
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that's it really - just on stands - 1 had a softbox, the other 2 were bare
the advantage is flexibility, I can quickly move to many locations in the shoot, giving them loads of options...
keep thinking I need Rangers - but to be honest, I've never had a shoot where I couldn't achieve what we needed with 3 speedlites... sure it'll happen sooner or later !
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The sun newspaper have provided a photographer to re-stage their wedding for them. Not the greatest photos but at least they are better that the first ones.
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The Sun, a national company with hundreds of pro-photographers reshoots a set of terrible wedding photos and produces three bland photos here.
Photo 1 - with a backdrop of a crumbling wall and an over-exposed dress.
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Whatever media company produced that pile of garbage needs to take a good look in The Mirror ( excuse the pun )
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What Can I Substitute for Condensed Chicken Soup?
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Q: I have a number of recipes (many passed down from my mother) that rely on a can of condensed chicken soup, but the last time I picked up a can, I checked the label and YIKES! The ingredient list was huge and included all sorts of things I couldn't pronounce.
Heard of a homemade version of this or know of a workable substitute?
Sent by Kate
Editor: Kate, yes — it is very easy and simple to substitute something homemade for a can of soup. In this case, try our quick recipe for cream of chicken soup:
• D.I.Y. Cream of Chicken Condensed Soup
It's basically just a white sauce made with chicken broth — easy and very, very quick!
Readers, any other advice for Kate?
Related: Is There an Alternative to Canned Cream Soups?
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I hate those cans of condensed soup. Who wants to clutter up their pantry with all the different types, and the sodium count is ridiculous (especially for those of us with high blood pressure).
I use an even simpler version than the recipe you listed here - and healthier too. It uses pantry ingredients you can keep on hand and you can customize the flavors by adding various herbs and flavorings.
Here's the base:
1 1/4 cups low sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder
Mix the cornstarch into the chicken broth, then add the dry milk powder. Add whatever flavorings you like to approximate the condensed soup you are subbing.
This mix avoids the fat from using butter and cream, and the sodium from using bouillion cubes.
You can see how I used it for a King Ranch Chicken casserole here - http://www.dontforgetdelicious.com/2009/king-ranch-chicken-casserole/
I use the same DIY recipe mention in the original post but I add one thing: actual chicken. Note: I don't buy chicken especially for the soup, but if I have any lying around (either "fresh" leftovers or the canned variety) I will add it to the soup and pop it in the blender for a minute or two. So delicious!!
This is another recipe that sounds really yummy:
My suggestion is to make a roux - equal parts flour and butter. Cook the roux until pale tan, add chicken stock or whatever liquid you wish and boil to thicken. Taste and season.
Being lactose intolerant, I've often used the Kitchn's D.I.Y. Cream of Chicken Condensed Soup as a substitute, using Lactaid milk. It's quick, easy and I don't have to worry about how many pills I need to take in order to eat the dish I'm making! I agree with vmorgs on adding chicken; the added little chicken bits make it even more yummy!
As far as I know, the original use of condensed soups in recipes such as casseroles in the mid-20th Century derives from older French recipes that call for bechamels (aka the "white sauce" this post refers to). I've heard that those condensed "soups" were never actually intended to be soup at all, but simply a bechamel shortcut.
This strikes me as odd, since bechamels are incredibly simple to make. Roux liquid (traditionally milk) = bechamel. Exactly as phoxx describes above.
I also go with the roux. I had to learn how, because condensed soup is non-existent in Lima, Peru. Now that I know how easy it is - and actually more flavorful AND healthier to boot! - I'll never go back.
OK - can someone link to a roux recipe that works for them? I'm really curious about this. Thanks!!
My basic roux is 2 Tbsp. flour cooked into 2 Tbsp. butter. Add 1 cup liquid, whisking to combine. Bring to a bubble, so that it thickens. It gets thicker as it stands, as with most sauces. This ratio makes a gravy like consistency. If you are looking for something thicker like a condensed soup, just use more flour and butter per cup--it will take a little trial and error to get the consistency you are looking for. I'd probably do 5-6 Tbsp each of flour and butter to 1 cup to get that thick, gloppy consistency of a condensed soup. You can always thin it out if it is too thick, but it isn't easy to thicken once you add the liquid--it is sort of like a hair cut--it's always easy to take a little more off than it is to put more on!
This basic recipe can be doubled/tripled/quadrupled, etc.
Does this help?
Thank you so much for this substitute-I've seen so many recipes for "cream of ___ soup" and they are not readily available here in Greece-when they are, they're very expensive. Not to mention-totally agree w/above reader on high sodium & long list of ingredients! Prefer my own!
As for the "roux" sounds very similar to what my Mom made growing up - and she'd keep a small container in the fridge of this browned flour to use in various recipes (I assume instead of cornstartch? but will have to ask her now!). Thanks again!


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Categories > Books > Harry Potter > Heart of the Warrior Book VI
Chapter 17: Flying High0 Reviews
TMNT 2003/Harry Potter Crossover. Sequel to Books I through V. With enemies coming from all directions, Harry Potter will need all the help he can get.
Most of the Hogwarts students looked out into the Quidditch field with anticipation on the last weekend of October. The weather outside was nice and clear, along with being rather warm for this time of the year. It was the perfect conditions for the first Quidditch game of the year, the latest battle between the Gryffindor and Slytherin houses. Both teams had been rumored to be preparing hard to gain momentum in the first match, to set the tone for the rest of the Quidditch season off to a good start.
Harry looked out towards the Quidditch field, confident that his team was one of the best ever to play at Hogwarts, but also knew that being overconfident may cost them the Quidditch mach. As hard as the Slytherin team was training, Harry could not discount the possibility that the Gryffindor team might have been training just as hard, as they most certainly wanted their first victory in Quidditch over Slytherin in quite some time.
Harry turned to the other members of the Slytherin Quidditch team, all of whom wore equally focused looks on their face.
"I'm going to be brief and let our playing do the talking, but let me just say one thing," said Harry after what seemed like an eternity of silence. "During practice, you all worked hard and improved a fair bit. That improvement kept up throughout all of the practices and today, we are going to play against Gryffindor. This is a pivotal game, but by playing as hard as we practiced, the victory should be in our grasp. So let's just go out there and show all of Hogwarts what the Slytherin Quidditch Team is made of."
Without another word, Harry made his way out towards the field, as the other six members of the Slytherin Quidditch Team followed him out. A short time later, the Gryffindor team made their way out to the field, as the crowd intensity was at a fever pitch.
"Welcome to the first Quidditch Match of the season and what a way to start off with yet another battle between Gryffindor and Slytherin," announced Hailey, who was on commentary, replacing the former commentary Lee Jordan who had finished his seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
During tryouts for that position, Hailey had been the best of all those who tried out, even through she never really intended to try out in the first place. The truth was that all the other people who tried out for commentary were not at all very good. The reserve and regular Hufflepuff Quidditch teams had been playing a simulated game to try out the hopeful commentators and all the bad commentary had gotten on Hailey's nerves, so mostly out of boredom she had decided to provide her commentary for the game, while playing Quidditch. While done mostly for her own amusement, it appeared that she had impressed Madam Hooch and Professor McGonagall enough to gain the job to commentate when she wasn't playing as the Seeker of the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team, with rotating commentators from the others who had tried out and had been the best of that rather shoddy group. Granted, it didn't pay all that much, but the trauma that it saved on Hailey's eardrums would be well worth it.
"For eleven years, the Gryffindor team has come up empty against the Slytherin team, but today they are looking to turn their fortunes around," announced Hailey in a boisterous voice, as she looked around at the crowd, along with Professor McGonagall looming over her shoulder closely, to maintain tradition. "The Gryffindor team is composed of mostly new players, with veteran Chaser Katie Bell leading the team. Rounding out the chasers are new recruits Demelza Robins and Amanda Stampson. The beaters are Ritchie Coote and Jimmy Peakes, who have the task of living up to the reputation of the infamous Weasley Twins, who were star beaters of the Gryffindor team for years upon end, many considering them to be the greatest pair of Beaters ever to grace Hogwarts in centuries. The only other returning player is keeper Ron Weasley, who had a bit of trouble in the only other game he played last year due to what many feel is confidence issues, but obviously has overcome them after what was said to be a perfect tryout for Keeper. The seeker is Cormac McLaggen, who had tried out for Keeper but was unable to beat Ron Weasley's performance. To shut him up, Captain Bell put him in the cursed Gryffindor seeker slot which has a higher turnover rate than the Defense Against the Dark Arts position because let's face it, Gryffindor needs a good seeker about as badly as Snape needs to wash his hair."
"POTTER!" yelled McGonagall in a warning voice.
"Right and on the other end of the fence, we have the Slytherin Quidditch Team, who have won the Quidditch Cup for the past eleven years," continued Hailey. "Lead by their star Seeker, Captain Harry Potter, who has quite the lovely and charming younger sister I might add, the Slytherin team has a solid lineup that worked well in the only game they played against the Gryffindor team last year. Their trio of Chasers are Ginny Weasley, Victoria Knox, and Isabelle Martinez are nicely complicated by Keeper Blaise Zabini. Rounded out the team are the beaters, Jack Maff and Rob Turner. There isn't really too much to say about this team, other than their teamwork may very well be on par with many professional teams but it looks like Madam Hooch and both teams are ready to start the game."
"Captains, shake hands!" declared Madam Hooch and seconds later, Katie and Harry did so, before Madam Hooch blew the whistle and the balls went up into the air, along with fifteen broomsticks.
"And we are off and Victoria Knox is not wasting any time, as she swipes the Quaffle, before she makes a quick dash towards the Gryffindor goal posts and she positions to shoot but Coote is over and blasts a Bludger towards her, which causes her to drop the Quaffle to dodge it," said Hailey as she craned her neck upwards. "The Quaffle bounces high into the air and Ginny Weasley and Katie Bell both make a mad dash towards the Quaffle and Ginny grabs it, before spiraling around and shooting it in. Can she make it?"
The Quaffle just barely missed its destination, landing right in between Ron's fingers, who then promptly threw it back into the game. The ball bounced into the air, with several of the Chasers making a mad dash.
"It's really anyone's Quaffle, but Bell manages to grab it past Chasers Weasley and Martinez, and here comes the Bludger ready to decapitate her but Bell manages to avoid contact by dodging the demon Bludger but Turner is on the other end, and shoots a Bludger but Katie swerves underneath it and she shoots towards the Slytherin goals and….she scores the first goal of the game as it narrowly slipped through Keeper Zabini's fingers and into the center goal!" exclaimed Hailey as the Quaffle bounced back into the center field. "The score is now ten-zero, in favor of Gryffindor, who now have a psychological advantage over the Slytherin team now that they've scored the first goal of the game."
Harry hovered over the game, searching for the snitch, as McLaggen seemed rather bored as he circled the field, not bothering to look for the Snitch on his own, but rather to copy Harry. From below, he watched the Quaffle get passed around for a bit, with the Quaffle eventually in the possession of the new Gryffindor Chaser, Demelza Robins.
"Now, Gryffindor looks ready to widen the gap in scoring, but the Slytherin Beaters are in position on either side of Chaser Demelza Robins, with Bludgers and they swing their bats, causing the Bludgers to blast at Robins on either side," remarked Hailey. "The Quaffle slips out of her grasp as she avoids a Bludger sandwich, right into the grasp of Ginny, who eventually shoots forward, ducking a Bludger, and passes right to Isabelle, back to Victoria, who fakes a pass to Ginny, before she passes it back to Isabelle and she shoots it and Ron Weasley reaches forward and once again manages to show off his noticeable improvement by blocking the Quaffle and throws it back into play!"
"Pathetic!" grumbled McLaggen as he flew around. "He almost let that one get through, he got lucky if I would have blocked it in a second."
"That's not as pathetic as the fact that the snitch is hovering right over your head and you haven't noticed," muttered Harry, but only loud enough for McLaggen to hear it and spin around.
"I don't see any Snitch…" muttered McLaggen but Harry, who had really seen the Snitch on the ground had shot straight to the ground quickly.
"The Quaffle is now in the possession of Ginny…wait a minute, it looks like Harry has seen the Snitch and McLaggen has fallen for perhaps the most obvious ploy in the Seeker playbook!" announced Hailey. "The Slytherin Seeker speeds to the ground but the Gryffindor Beaters are in position and with Bludgers on either side and they smack them towards Harry."
Harry dodged out of the way of the first Bludger but the second Bludger crashed right into his right shoulder and the Snitch had disappeared. That was the least of Harry's worries, as his shoulder hurt like hell and he would not have been surprised if it had been separated on impact.
"The Gryffindor Beaters have sent a Bludger straight at Harry's right arm, the arm that he normally catches the Snitch with I might add," said Hailey, who sounded a bit worried at her brother's injury, but tried to maintain her composure. "He's hurt but the game goes on from above and Ginny drops the Quaffle when she sees that Harry has been injured, which the Quaffle is now in the position of Katie Bell, who manages to shoot it from halfway across the field! Can Zabini block it…yes he can and he throws the Quaffle back into play, right to Chaser Isabelle Martinez."
Harry was towards the ground, his arm crooked from where the Bludger hit it.
"Harry!" yelled Ginny in a horrified voice. "Your arm…"
"I know," replied Harry through gritted teeth, who seemed to be biting his tongue as well to avoid yelling out in agony.
"We need a timeout!" yelled Ginny.
"No we don't!" replied Harry. "Stick with the plan, I'll be fine, it's just my shoulder."
The Gryffindor side of the crowd cheered as new Chaser Amanda Stampson managed to shoot a goal past Zabini.
"Slytherin might want to get it together as they are now down two goals as Stampson just shot a goal through," announced Hailey. "The Slytherin team dynamic might be a bit off now, since Ginny is more worried about Harry's injury than playing this game. As admirable as that is, the Slytherin team is suffering for it, as Katie now has the Quaffle, with Isabelle just missing it. She passes it to Amanda, who just barely avoids getting plowed with a Quaffle before she bounces it right to Demelza who fakes throwing it through the goals, causing Zabini to swerve over and she passes it back to Amanda who manages to shoot it towards the goal posts and Gryffindor manages to score yet another goal Gryffindor now leads thirty to zero, as Slytherin continues to fall behind."
"Okay, Ginny, I'm fine, really," muttered Harry as he got up, holding his arm at a crooked angle. "We are already down by three goals and I need all three of you Chasers, along with both Beaters in position to do the maneuver we tried yesterday in practice. Tell the others of the plan, we are closing the gap."
Ginny nodded reluctantly before flying upwards and Harry managed to also fly upwards to continue his pursuit for the Snitch.
"And now Harry looks to be fighting through his injury, as he rejoins the game along with Chaser Ginny Weasley, obviously wanting to maintain Slytherin's winning streak in Quidditch over Gryffindor," declared Hailey. "And sure enough, Ginny manages to spiral underneath a Bludger, before she takes the Quaffle after Zabini throws it back into the game after blocking Katie Bell's attempt for a goal. Ginny makes her way towards the Gryffindor Goal Posts but Gryffindor Beater Peakes is in position and he prepares to blast the Bludger towards Ginny but she aims to pass it towards Isabelle Martinez. No wait it's a fake out but Peaks saw that one coming and turns but Ginny darts forward and pass to Victoria Knox, no wait that's a fake out as well, but this time Peakes falls for that one and Ginny aims towards the goal posts and Ron Weasley dives for the Quaffle but it passes his grasp and right through the hoop, to give Slytherin it's first goal. Gryffindor is still up thirty to ten, but at least Slytherin is finally on the board!"
"Look at that, Weasley, you let your sister get that one past to, that's why I should be the Keeper!" bellowed McLaggen.
"McLaggen is critiquing the performance of the other players when he should be looking for the Snitch, perhaps a fatal flaw but just maybe this is some strategy to lure the Slytherin team into a false sense of security. Nevertheless it is lost to me!" announced Hailey. "Meanwhile Ron is distracted by the Seeker's loud mouth antics, and it's effecting the play of the other team, and Isabelle slips a goal in the confusion, closing the gap between Gryffindor and Slytherin even further!"
"Look at that, Weasley, you fouled up again, and where were you two when she had the Quaffle!" yelled McLaggen as he turned his attention to Coote and Peaks as the Quaffle bounced around, with Gryffindor gaining possession of the Quaffle but not for long.
"Turner smashes a Bludger towards Amanda's broomstick, causing the Quaffle to slip out of her hands and Ginny has the Quaffle, and she passes it over to Isabelle who manages to backwards shoot it past the Keeper who is now yelling back at McLaggen!" announced Hailey.
"Why don't you go and look for the Snitch, instead of distracting me!" snapped Ron angrily, as Katie called a timeout, halting play.
"McLaggen, you are way out of line, and very lucky that you got on the team in the first place," said Katie. "If I feel there is a problem, I will handle it, I am the Captain…"
"Not a very good one, because it's obvious you didn't see my talent as Keeper over this oaf!" yelled McLaggen back. "Plus, I don't know what you're worrying about. Potter's got a broken arm, he isn't going to get to the Snitch any time soon."
"Harry Potter with a broken arm is a better Seeker than most are with two arms, so I am ordering you to get out there and play!" shouted Katie.
"Fine, if you want to lose…" muttered McLaggen as he flew as far away from Ron as possible to attempt to search for the Snitch.
"Bell orders McLaggen to stop pestering the other players and look for the Snitch, while most likely wishing that a trained monkey was the seeker, as it would be a better choice that McLaggen," said Hailey.
"Potter, please keep your opinions to yourself and call the action!" ordered McGonagall.
"Sorry Professor, but I just call them as I see them," answered Hailey before nodding her head. "Anyway, back to the game, as they are now resuming play, with Isabelle having possession of the Quaffle but not for long as a Bludger comes her way but she manages to avoid that and remains in possession of the Quaffle as Jack Maff dodges to the side, to hammer a Bludger towards the Beaters to block them from accessing the other Bludger, allowing Isabelle to swerve to the side, before passing it to Victoria, who manages to shot it but Ron, now that he isn't being distracted, manages to block it, before throwing it back into play but Ginny swerves in front of Katie as she tried to gain possession of the Quaffle. Here come the Beaters and there goes the Quaffle as it gets passed off to Isabelle who manages to pass it off to Victoria who swerves to the left, before shooting it towards the right hoop. Ron darts over but it is too late, as Slytherin scores and now pushes ahead to a forty to thirty lead after a rather shaky beginning!"
Harry looked around for the Snitch and after intense searching; he saw it hovering just a few feet above him. Adjusting his broomstick, Harry went right for the Snitch, but McLaggen seemed to have noticed his attempt at the Snitch and adjusted his course to tail Harry, who was just a bit away from the Snitch but unfortunately just before Harry could grab the Snitch, Demelza swerved in front of him, causing Harry to come to a quick stop just before he would have grabbed the Snitch.
"Demelza manages to save the day for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, as her actions allowed the Snitch to disappear and now once again, it's anyone's Quidditch Match, but Ginny has the Quaffle but this time Gryffindor Beater Ritchie Coote is in perfect position and the Bludger is hit at a precise angle to knock the Quaffle out of Ginny's hands and Katie swerves in, before she passes it to Amanda but Rob Turner fires a Bludger towards her," said Hailey quickly, in an attempt to keep up with all the action. "The Quaffle is passed in a hurry back towards Katie but Ginny manages to sneak in and grab the Quaffle for herself and she throws it as hard as she can. It goes through no way Ron blocks it in the nick of time!"
The Gryffindor supporters cheered loudly as the Slytherin end let out a collective sigh, as they really thought Ginny was going to score a goal. Normally quick thinking and Ron Weasley didn't go together but that time it did and that particular combination just managed to prevent Ginny from scoring the goal.
"The Quaffle is back into play as Demelza passes the Quaffle to Katie, who aims it towards the hoop, but Zabini catches it before it could go through before he bounces it right back and Ginny swoops in another attempt to score a goal and she aims but a Bludger aimed by Peakes causes that goal to not quite pan out as planned," said Hailey. "Nice recovery by Isabelle, who aims and shoots, before scoring another goal for Slytherin which bumps the score up to fifty to thirty in favor of the Slytherins!"
The Snitch hovered a bit off to the left from Harry's current position. Shutting the pain of his injured shoulder out of his mind, Harry blasted up in the air like a cork coming out of the bottle but McLaggen was right on his tail. With one completely healthy arm, Harry swerved slightly to the right to attempt to shake his pursuer off but the Snitch had once again vanished from view. Harry cradled his right arm, before he craned his neck upwards to view for the Snitch.
"Once again the Golden Snitch eludes the Slytherin Seeker, but so much is happening that we can't dwell on that for too long as Katie swerves to the right, allowing her room to pass the Quaffle to Demelza who passes it to Amanda and she dodges a Bludger, before she passes it back to Demelza who is in position!" yelled Hailey as she looked around wildly, as the action was fast and furious. "She shoots the Quaffle but Zabini manages to quickly fly over and catch it for an expert block and now the Quaffle is back into play, with Victoria gaining the Quaffle and flies towards the Gryffindor goal posts but her course is redirected by a Bludger. The Quaffle slips from her grip but Ginny spirals around and manages to gain possession of the Quaffle on the rebound and she dodges the second Bludger fired by Coote, along with an attempt from Demelza to gain possession of the Quaffle before she aims and shoots. Ron Weasley reaches forward but the Quaffle passes through his arms and passes right through the center goal hoop as well, which bumps the score up to Slytherin pushing themselves ahead Gryffindor sixty to thirty!"
The match continued with mostly the Quaffle changing possession several times without anyone coming close to scoring a goal.
"Ginny has the Quaffle, but a Bludger moves her way and knocks her backwards slightly, with the Quaffle taking the majority of the impact!" announced Hailey. "The Quaffle slips out of her hands but Victoria swoops in to catch the Quaffle before the Gryffindor Team Chasers could gain possession of it. Passing to Isabelle who swerves around before passing it back to Ginny, as she spins around, avoiding an attempt by Coote to disarm her before shooting but this time Ron Weasley blocks his sister's shot and throws it back into the mix, where Katie Bell gains possession of the Quaffle and she throws it to Demelza! No, Isabelle swoops in and takes it from underneath her nose! Taking aim, she throws it towards the hoop and Ron Weasley manages to block another attempted goal!"
The Quaffle made its way back into play as Amanda made it towards the Slytherin goal side but a Bludger sailed right towards her, knocking the Quaffle out of her hands and enabling Ginny to gain possession of the Quaffle.
"Ginny has the Quaffle, she shoots the Quaffle, it spins wildly through the air, nearly taking out Beater Jack Maff in the process and right through the left side hoop to push Slytherin further in the lead, with a seventy to forty advantage!" announced Hailey loudly. "And now the Quaffle is in the possession of…HARRY HAS SEEN THE SNITCH!"
Sure enough Harry darted forward towards the Golden Snitch. The Boy-Who-Lived flew towards his goal on pure adrenaline and McLaggen had pushed himself behind Harry with all of his might.
"Harry is just inches away from grabbing the Golden Snitch. He reaches forward with his good arm and THAT NO GOOD BASTARD JUST NEARLY PULLED HARRY'S BROOMSTICK OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM!" yelled Hailey who had sprang up in indignation as McLaggen had managed to grab the end of Harry's broomstick and nearly yanked it out from underneath him with all of his might. Harry lurched to the side and had to grab onto the broomstick, resisting the urge to "inadvertently" elbow McLaggen right in the face.
"Miss Potter, I'm going to remind you to mind your language, it's very unbecoming of a young lady," replied McGonagall in a stern voice. "What would your mother say about this?"
"I've heard worse from her but that's another story as it appears that Madam Hooch has called a foul on the Gryffindor team and they will receive one penalty shot, which is apparently going to be taken by Ginny Weasley, as McLaggen is being chastised by Captain Katie Bell for his conduct," said Hailey, the irritation in her voice rather evident. "After this foul, Ginny aims the Quaffle but she appears a bit shaken up. She makes an attempt at it, but the Quaffle doesn't even make it far enough for Ron to even bother to block it."
"Resume play!" shouted Madam Hooch and the Quaffle went back up into the air.
"Amanda takes advantage of the confusion by grabbing to the Quaffle, as Demelza swoops into position and the Quaffle is passed to her, and then Katie has the Quaffle and darts forward," remarked Hailey. "Two Bludgers come her way from the Slytherin Beaters but she drops down slightly to avoid them before she aims the Quaffle. No wait, that was a fake out and she passes it back to Demelza, who then passes it to Amanda, who passes it back to Katie, who throws the Quaffle forward. Zabini has his hands on the ball, no wait he fumbles it slightly, enough for it to slip out of his grip and Gryffindor score for the first time in nearly a half of an hour, closing the gap to seventy to forty, still in favor of Slytherin!"
Harry moved up slightly out of the way, in an attempt to get a fix on the Snitch's location, managing to catch Demelza Robins nearly scoring yet another goal but it was blocked at the last possible second. After a couple of minutes of intense searching, Harry spotted the Golden Snitch, which hovered slightly above McLaggen's head, with a brilliant inspiration hitting Harry.
"Hey, McLaggen is that the Golden Snitch floating above your head?" asked Harry with a shrewd smirk that one might misinterpret that he was misleading McLaggen.
"Nice try Potter, but I'm not falling for that old trick again," replied McLaggen in a slightly pompous voice. "I'd get new material if I was…WAH!"
Harry zoomed forward in the blink of the light catching McLaggen completely off guard.
"And Harry has seen the Golden Snitch and Harry reaches forward with his good arm!" yelled Hailey, nearly leaping up in excitement at her brother's brilliant strategy, but somehow managing to maintain some semblance of professionalism. "McLaggen seems to have realized the location of the Snitch but it is too late for him as Harry has the Snitch. Slytherin beats Gryffindor for the Twelfth year in a row with a score of two hundred and twenty to forty!"
The Slytherin supporters cheered loudly and even the Gryffindor supporters applauded at Harry's courageous performance, managing to gut it out for close to forty minutes with a separated shoulder and no medical attention. The Boy-Who-Lived drop to the ground and not a moment too soon, as he collapsed to his knees in agony, with Ginny and the rest of the Slytherin team rushing towards his side as McLaggen looked very sour as the Gryffindor team shot him irritated looks for missing such an obvious catch of the Golden Snitch.
"Excellent, we won," said Harry in a strained voice, as he was on his knees, the pain in his arm nearly unbearable.
"Harry, we need to get you to the hospital wing," replied Ginny.
Harry looked at his arm, it was bent slightly awkward. The angle that the Bludger hit the arm to cause such a break would have been a one in a million fluke and from all indications it looked as Harry had the misfortune of being that rare odd. Daphne and Theodore arrived to check on Harry, with Hailey arriving shortly after, before Harry walked up to the hospital wing to get his injury tended to.
As it turned out, Harry's arm was healed by Madam Pomfrey, but she insisted that Harry spend the night to make sure he didn't have a negative reaction to the spell that she had to use to break his arm in the proper direction before she used a potion to heal the arm.
"Looks like, I'm not going to be able to teach the supplemental sixth and seventh Defense classes tonight," remarked Harry in a resigned voice, as Daphne, Theodore, Ginny, and Hailey crowded around his bed. His mother had already been by to visit, but there was a staff meeting in the early evening that she needed to attend.
"Don't worry about it, Harry," answered Daphne.
"Yeah, Daphne and I will take over the classes, I know you don't want them to fall behind," answered Theodore. "Anything specific you want us to go over?"
"I was planning more work on the Patronus Charm," said Harry.
"Good plan Harry, four people were found in their homes kissed and three of them were Aurors," replied Daphne.
"Yeah, with numbers like that, you would think that knowing a good Patronus Charm would be a prerequisite for joining the Auror department," commented Theodore, before he consulted his watch. "The classes start it about ten minutes, so we better get going."
Daphne nodded before following Theodore out of the Hospital Wing. Hailey yawned.
"I better get going too, I have to write a Potions Essay," announced Hailey. "I swear, Snape wants to kill me before I'm fifteen. Good night, Harry, Ginny."
"Night Hailey," replied Ginny and Harry in unison. Ginny was staying with Harry through the night, something that Madam Pomfrey was rather reluctant to allow, but both her and Harry together could be rather insistent. So as a result, Pomfrey had caved in to their request.
Harry reached over to read a copy of the Daily Prophet that was on the table.
"Oh no," muttered Harry in a horrified voice.
"What is it Harry?" asked Ginny.
"Eight Death Eaters, along with notorious werewolf Fenrir Greyback have escaped Azkaban Prison just this past Monday," said Harry as he read the paper for further information. "The worst part is that one second they were in the cells and the next second they were gone, without any struggle and no one walked in to spring them. The thing is Azkaban is warded against Apparation…"
"Which means someone snuck Portkeys into Azkaban," suggested Ginny.
"That's exactly what I thought as well," said Harry with a frown. "I can't be certain whether or not the Imperius Curse was used through."
Harry resisted the urge to get up and curse as he read the names of all the Death Eaters, each that his resistance group had a hand in personally placing into Azkaban.
"There are more Death Eaters into Azkaban that Voldemort had broken out, so why not break them all out?" asked Harry, more to himself than anyone else. "Greyback I can understand, because he leads most of werewolves and from what I've heard, Voldemort has been having a lot of problems with the werewolves with Greyback in Azkaban. The other eight names, I don't get, a couple of them were fairly high up in the Death Eaters, but others aren't."
Ginny shrugged, she was just as confused as Harry. Harry just sat back, rereading the entirety of the article many times; attempting to figure out a motive of those particular eight Death Eaters being sprang from Azkaban.
Harry yawned, it was getting rather late and if Ginny wasn't here with him, it would have been a very boring night.
Ron Weasley walked down the hallways to the Gryffindor Common Room in slightly good spirits. While the Quidditch game against Slytherin had been a bust, Ron had come close to achieving a corporeal patronus in the extra Defense class after a couple of weeks of intense and quite frustrating work. There were still a few struggling with the spell, but most had gotten close to corporeal or a completely corporeal patronus.
Entering the Gryffindor Common Room, one of the last people to come back from the class, Ron yawned as the Common Room seemed to be mostly empty, except for Hermione Granger, who sat towards the back of the room with a focused expression on her face, as she read a book. In a second, she noticed Ron and quickly shoved the book out of sight.
"What do you want?" asked Hermione as she narrowed her eyes dangerously.
"Nothing," replied Ron quickly. "It's just…"
"Spit it out, Weasley," said Hermione.
"It's just I'm surprised you haven't been coming to the Defense classes at night, if anyone would want to have extra practice, it would be you, wouldn't it?" asked Ron nervously.
"So you think you know me like a book Weasley, you think you can figure me out," suggested Hermione sarcastically causing Ron to cringe slightly. "Harry thought he could figure me out, thought he could shove me to the side like all his other friends, while he is the only one who gets to risk his life with his crusade against Death Eaters. He arrogantly thought that I would accept his word as gospel, thinking that he would stop me from making Bellatrix Lestrange pay! He thinks just because I nearly got killed twice against Bellatrix, I can't handle her, I'm weak and someone in need of protection!"
"Hermione, Harry doesn't think that…" started Ron but it was evident this was the wrong thing to say.
"DAMN YOU, RON, DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO THINK YOU KNOW WHAT HARRY THINKS!" yelled Hermione as she got up to her feet. "I've been his best friend or I thought he was for six years, while you spent most of your time either branding him as the epitome of evil or being jealous because of fame that Harry doesn't even want."
"Hermione, I did some stupid things in the past, but I've moved on, grew up maybe, but…" started Ron, before shaking his head.
"But what, Weasley?" demanded Hermione but Ron leaned forward before lunging for the book that Hermione was reading. Ron looked at the title.
"Magic Most Sinister?" asked Ron as he looked over the title of the book.
"GIVE THAT BACK, WEASLEY!" yelled Hermione, as she raised her wand and green sparks began to shoot up from it briefly.
"Hermione, this is a dark arts book," answered Ron in a sickened voice, as he had the misfortune to look at some of the illustrations to depicted the after effects of the spells.
"Yes," replied Hermione coldly with what appeared to be a slight red glint in her eyes for a brief second that caused Ron to step back in fear. "Is that a problem?"
"Well because they'll illegal and….they…well...you might get expelled or thrown into Azkaban if you get caught with this book," said Ron, choosing his words carefully.
"Well then I guess you won't be telling anyone," said Hermione briskly before looking at the worried look on Ron's face. "Now are you going to just stand there or am I going to have to make you move?"
"Hermione I…" started Ron but he just turned his back slowly at the deadly glare in Hermione's eyes and walked off. Hermione was the last person that he suspected would study the dark arts, breaking the rules that badly but yet the proof was staring him in the face. The murder of her parents and her near death experience had changed Hermione, perhaps even slightly warping her personality.
The rest of the weekend passed without much incident, until Monday Morning at Hogwarts. Daphne had received her copy of the Daily Prophet and had nearly spat out her morning pumpkin juice, as a horrified look at appeared on her face.
"What's up, Daphne?" asked Ginny.
"Yeah, did Voldemort strike with an attack?" asked Harry.
"Oh, I'd say he struck all right," answered Daphne with a slow nod of her head as Theodore, Ginny, and Harry leaned forward to get a better look at the paper.
Ministry of Magic Thrown into Chaos: Scrimgeour Vanishes
On the heels of the escape of eight Death Eaters and one werewolf, another scandal has rocked the Wizarding World and the Ministry of Magic in particular. Despite their best efforts to cover his disappearance up as a vacation, word has reached the Dailey Prophet that Head of the Auror Department Rufus Scrimgeour has disappeared. Scrimgeour was last seen exiting the Ministry of Magic through the Floo Network. No one has seen or heard from the Head of the Auror office since then.
Perhaps the most perplexing fact of this case is that Scrimgeour appears to have never reached his home after leaving the Ministry. Extensive magical testing on his fireplace indicated that someone had last left the Scrimgeour residence early Thursday morning, at approximately seven in the morning. This piece of evidence raises more questions than gives answers. The Floo Regulation Department insists that the Floo Network has not been tampered with but the disappearance of yet another mystery official has the fingerprints of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named all over it. The Dailey Prophet will bring you more information as it comes to place but as of press time, the Auror Department is in a state of chaos.
"Harry, I think I know why those particular eight Death Eaters were broken out of Azkaban," declared Theodore.
"That's great, Theodore, because quite frankly Ginny and I are at a loss," replied Harry.
"I just thought of something when they mentioned the Floo Network," replied Theodore. "Aberton, Rockforth, and Thaddeus, three of the Death Eaters that were broken out worked for the Floo Regulation Department in the Ministry before."
"You know, you might just be on to something," said Daphne thoughtfully. "Voldemort must have found a way to tamper with the Floo Network and kidnap people mid travel, but he needed the help of people who worked for the Floo Regulation Department to make it work."
Harry got up to his feet.
"I need to get to the Ministry right now, the entire Wizarding World might be in danger if Voldemort's found someway to abduct people in the midst of Floo travel," said Harry quickly and without another word, he activated his Portus-Amulet to take him straight to the Ministry.


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Making this candy corn is almost like magic. You won't believe how easy it is, and your trick-or-treaters will be impressed!
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2/3 cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup powdered milk
- red and yellow food coloring
- Combine sugar, butter and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low and boil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add vanilla; set aside. Combine powdered sugar, salt and powdered milk; stir into sugar mixture. Let stand about 20 minutes, or until cool enough to handle. Divide dough into 3 equal parts and place in bowls. Wearing plastic gloves, knead desired amount of yellow food coloring into one bowl of dough; knead desired amount of yellow and read into the second bowl to create orange. Leave remaining bowl uncolored. Roll each portion of dough into a long, thin rope of equal lengths. Arrange dough ropes side-by-side; press seams together using a rolling pin. Cut into triangles with a sharp knife; shape edges to resemble corn kernels. Set aside until firm; store in an airtight container.
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By Adam Minter

Wenzhou, a small coastal town 300 miles southeast of Shanghai, is home to a booming export market of cheap goods such as lighters, sex toys, eyeglass frames and fake Gucci bags.

For years, the town has been known for its ambitious entrepreneurs. In 1979, the Chinese government granted Zhang Huamei a business license, making her China's first, post-Cultural Revolution government-approved entrepreneur. She quickly became rich by using cheap labor to manufacture buttons and is known in some circles as "Capitalist Number One." Others followed her lead, quickly amassing their own fortunes.

Many Wenzhou business people then took their excess cash to the real estate market. They bought up entire floors, and sometimes blocks, of new high-rises in China's cities. In search of even higher returns, some of them turned into unregulated money lenders to other real estate investors. For a while, this system worked beautifully for the Wenzhou business class: Ever-rising skylines produced ever-rising income. But housing prices soared, and Wenzhou's entrepreneurs were among the culprits China's urban residents blamed for the inflation.

Few problems unnerve the Communist Party more than inflation. In January 2010, Beijing ordered its banks to restrict access to credit. Easy credit had allowed people in Wenzhou, and their like-minded investors across China, to finance their inflation-inducing real estate buying binges. But as Beijing tightened credit, private companies and local government officials in Wenzhou bucked the orders of the party and Central Bank and began to lend money to newly cash-strapped Wenzhou entrepreneurs at usurious rates that, reportedly, ran as high as 140 percent per annum.

In other words, some of Wenzhou's business people and government officials began moonlighting as loan sharks.

In late September, a large numbers of Wenzhou entrepreneurs either went into hiding or fled China entirely. What did they fear? According to news reports, they feared the employees and suppliers they could no longer pay -- and their loan shark creditors.

On Oct. 5, sensing a financial and social crisis, Premier Wen Jiabao visited Wenzhou and promised state-administered loans for small and medium-sized businesses struggling to obtain financing in the wake of the national credit tightening. But the Chinese public perceived this to be an official state bailout just for Wenzhou, a city filled with corrupt and irresponsible businesses and civil servants.

In the past week, the credit crisis deepened. The party's answer was to extend the bailout even further to include companies beyond Wenzhou that had also skirted the formal banking system.

To many in the Chinese public, this event symbolized a systemic government failure and a major shortcoming in Chinese society. It inspired China's microbloggers to stop tweeting about movies, pop stars and online games and express their strong populist reaction to the ever-increasing bailout of corrupt companies.

At times, Chinese microbloggers' reactions echoed populist U.S. reaction to the Wall Street bailouts.

"Socialism has advantages," wrote a microblogger named Shi Bo, on the Sina Weibo microblog. "When businessmen take speculative losses, all the people will pay for them."

But businessmen, financial commentators and economic analysts have also expressed varying degrees of disgust with the bailouts. Ma Guangyuan, a well-known financial commentator tweeted on Sina:

Who has turned our economy into one full of speculation and real estate? Who has made the whole society into a pyramid scheme which only pursues short-term quick profits …? Do you think it's right to fasten all the blame on the Wenzhou entrepreneur?

Xu Xiaonan, a professor at Shanghai's China Europe International Business School, offered a roundabout answer to Ma's question with his own tweet:

It wasn't only Wenzhou people who got rich and turned to real estate; others, in other parts of the country, did, too. Speculation is just a surface phenomenon which reflects the lack of investment opportunity and the increasing difficulties of doing business in the real economy.

Chinese mainstream media commentators have detected similarities between American and Chinese populist frustration over financial bailouts. And many of them fear that financial disruption will lead to social disruption. Thus, China's financial media have taken a serious interest in the current Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S., and some see lessons to be learned.

On Oct. 10, Yu Fenghui explicitly listed those lessons in the National Business Daily. He wrote:

We must contain the expending trend of the polarization of rich and poor; we should … pay special attention to the salaries of financial executives … If the salaries of financial executives maintain a long-term high rate without sufficient reason, public dissatisfaction will inevitably be raised.

Few state media pundits, however, have had the courage to hold party corruption responsible for the Wenzhou crisis. Shen Bin is a lone stand-out in this regard. He wrote in Shanghai's popular Oriental Morning Post:

On one side, so many criminals have gotten involved in money lending; on the other, civil servants with public trusts were deeply entangled in it. For example, in the instance of Mr. Zhou mentioned above, in which creditors worked in local judicial organs, can we trust the fairness of police in dealing with the case? Take the case of Shi Xiaojie [a Wenzhou entrepreneur with credit issues]… eighty percent of his creditors were civil servants …

Shen's solution, as outlined in the editorial, was simple: Start enforcing regulations that would prevent local government officials from moonlighting as street corner bankers. But he didn't express much confidence in the likelihood of reform.

There's considerable speculation in the Chinese press that the Wenzhou credit crisis is just the beginning of a U.S.-style credit meltdown that will spread throughout China. Xiao Yong, a writer with Hubei Daily, a state-owned paper in Wuhan, actually suggested parallels to 1930s America in an Oct. 11 editorial:

It's the same runaway economy and Wall Street greed that created the long winter night of the 'Great Depression.' If the problem that's broken out in Wenzhou cannot be handled properly, it will become the most serious danger for the Chinese economy.

Xiao reminded readers that "it's only getting worse" and listed additional provinces to which the Wenzhou-style credit crisis has expanded: Jiangsu, Fujian, Henan and Inner Mongolia.

A Sina microblogger with the handle _samuel, echoed this sense of impending doom caused by Wenzhou with this pithy observation:

The essence of the global crisis at present is this: The U.S. can't afford the greed of Wall Street, Germany can't afford the sloth of Europe, and China can't afford the corruption and degeneration of government.

Few populists, in the U.S. or China, would disagree.

(Adam Minter is the Shanghai correspondent for the World View blog. The opinions expressed are his own.)

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Scotty McCreery is back this week with a new holiday album, Christmas with Scotty McCreery . It's his first release since last year's debut project, Clear as Day , which has been certified platinum. Scotty had a very limited amount of time to work on that first album due to his crazy American Idol schedule, so the Christmas album offered him the opportunity to get creative in the studio.
He says, "I had more time to kind of sink into the songs, kinda think about how I wanted to sing them."
Putting his own stamp on classics such as "O Holy Night" and "The First Noel" was a bit of a challenge for Scotty too.
Scotty describes the process saying, "Everybody's heard 'Jingle Bells' before, but how are we going to do this one different, how are we going to make it Scotty's, how are we going to make it mine."
Scotty's signature deep voice definitely allowed him to make these songs his own. He thinks fans will hear a lot of growth in his vocal style on Christmas with Scotty McCreery too.
"I still am learning a lot about myself and the artist I want to be, but I feel like I knew what I could do with my voice," Scotty explains. "Just a more unique thing, and I think we showed that on this album."
Christmas with Scotty McCreery also includes his take on "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" as a nod to Scotty's hero Elvis Presley .
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Pair arrested in Rutland street disruptionBy Brent Curtis
STAFF WRITER | January 21,2013Two men were arrested Sunday night in Rutland after police from three agencies were called to disperse a crowd that gathered over a dispute on School Street.
More than 40 people were reportedly involved in a series of heated verbal and physical confrontations in the city's southwest neighborhood, Rutland Police Sgt. John Sly said.
"A lot of people came out to watch or get involved," Sly said.
In what he described as a "convoluted sequence of events" police were initially called to 36 Meadow Street at 4:23 p.m. for a reported fight.
At the scene, Sly said police found about 10 people arguing about the theft of a cell phone and a missing hat.
Sly said police left the scene believing that the parties would stay separated. But more than three hours later they were called back when some of the same people involved in the earlier dispute moved to 79 School St. where a crowd had
The size of the gathering was so great that city police called for backup from Vermont State Police and the Rutland County Sherriff's Department as well as another shift of officers coming on duty in the city.
Police also arrested two participants — 19-year-old Tiler Cormia and Nicholas Prior, 20, both of Rutland — on charges of disorderly conduct.
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- TOMORROW'S HEADLINES TODAY: City celebrates completion of its newest mural, on West Street opposite the post office, more than $2 million in federal grants will bolster Vermont's health centers, Patrick McArdle reports on pending sale of Vermont papers.


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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Just about everyone who was alive remembers where they were when they heard the news.
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy was a student at Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C. In an interview with The Washington Post, Leahy recalled that fateful day and how he rushed back to his apartment to tell his wife, Marcelle.
Leahy and his wife watched the funeral procession from the street. He says even today when he and Marcelle pass that spot they both think of President Kennedy.
Click here to see the interview with Sen. Leahy on The Washington Post website.
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bible interpretations, christian struggles, christianity, equality, gay marriage, gay support, virginia gay laws
Hey you guys, I know it's been a while. I have been… busy.
Okay, I haven't been that busy. I've really been lazy.
But today, something big is happening in Virginia. Have you seen it?
Yup, the time has come, Commonwealth of Virginia. Let's mark the first steps for equality for all people in our state. It is that easy, isn't it?
What do you mean it's more complicated than that? Why can't men love other men, and women love other women? OH! Because you claim that marriage is between a man and woman. Who told you that?
Oh. The Bible?
Hm…. Okay. As a God-fearing woman, I believe that we should use the Bible as our life guide, our encourager, our advice-giver…. but as a book of rules in a court of law? I'm not so sure about that.
Let's speculate for a moment, shall we?
For sake of accuracy, suppose I'm a wealthy man. I also have a fifteen year old daughter who is very naughty, not very pretty, and just a pain to have around. I decide the best solution is to sell my daughter as a slave to my friend to whom I owe a favor. I see nothing wrong with this scenario – I get out of my favor, make a little money, and she's out of my hair. I know that her new master won't kill her, because the Bible forbids it. I'm not worried about her welfare – I've given her to another man who is just as wealthy as I am. In six years she'll (likely, I'm not real sure about this) be set free. By then, she'll be grown and we're all winners.
The next day, the FBI shows up at my door and arrests me. "On what charge?!" I scream, not really understanding why they are taking me away in cuffs.
"You sold your daughter into slavery and she turned you in!" the officer replies with disgust in his voice. "Get in the car."
In court, I somehow talk my lawyer into using the Bible in my defense. I've interpreted the Bible in a way that convinced me that selling my daughter was the right (and legal) thing to do. He agrees and reads this passage out loud in the court:
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. " (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)
What do you suppose the verdict of the jury is when the trial is over?
Yup. You guessed it. Guilty. The judge throws me into federal prison and I'm a goner. My daughter is set free and placed into foster care, where she'll be a Ward of The Court until she's 18.
Why didn't my Bible defense hold up in court? Because I've committed a crime – a horrible, senseless crime. I hurt the welfare of another person. I've infringed on the rights and happiness of my daughter.
Another example:
I am an 18-year-old girl who just graduated high school. I've been begging my parents for a tattoo for a year and they keep telling me when I graduate, I can get one. I'm so totally stoked.
My best friend and I go into a tattoo parlor the weekend after graduation. In my hand, I'm clutching a picture of an orange kitten with angel wings on it. Under the kitten reads "RLS" with a little heart under the initials. They are my grandmother's initials. She died a month ago and she loved orange cats.
The tattoo artist finishes my brand new tattoo on my ankle and I'm moved to tears when I see it. My grandmother will always be a part of me now. I love it so much.
In church the next morning, I'm so excited to show my Sunday School class my new tattoo. Our teacher sees it and gets a twisted look on her face. When I ask her what is wrong, she leans down and gently says to me:
"God says tattoos are a sin. And now you can never take it off. You can never repent from that."
My heart sinks. I ask her to show me where God says that and she opens her Bible to Leviticus. Not only does it confirm what she's said, but it even specifically says I can't "cut" my body for the dead, not even my own grandmother! (It also says that men can't trim their beards, which I find really funny.)
26 Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. "Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft. 27 "Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards. 28 Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.
So why can't we look at gay marriage the same way? Why should we take the Bible's affirmations on gay marriage (which are only indirect) so seriously and not the subject of selling (or owning) slaves, which the Bible says is perfectly acceptable? Will an excited 18-year-old girl go to hell for getting a memorial tattoo for her grandma on her ankle?
If I sell my daughter, I'm stealing her happiness. If we say a man can't marry a man, or a woman can't marry a woman, we are stealing their happiness. If we tell people they can't get tattoos, we are stealing their happiness. If I sell my daughter, I'm infringing on her freedom to do as she wishes. If we ban gay marriage, we are infringing on their freedom to do as they wish. If we ban tattooing, we are stealing away those peoples' freedom.
I'm failing to see a difference here.
As a dedicated Christian woman, I struggle with taking the Bible literally. I'm sure most of you do, too, but I'm also sure most of you aren't willing to go out into the streets screaming your struggles. I know how God wants me to treat other people. I know how God wants me to raise my child and be faithful to my husband and love my enemies and do good works.
I don't know how God wants me to interpret the Book – none of us do. I'm certain when the book was written, no one imagined technology and society would evolve to the place it is today. So I'm choosing to be a good, Godly person over taking the words literally.
I support gay marriage. I have no tangible reason not to. I love my gay friends (and I have quite a few) enough to stand up and say: "Yes. I support you. God commands that we love one another, and this is how I choose to love you."
I support tattoos. Although I don't have any of them, I think they are cool and I know they make people happy who have them. Rock on, tattooed folks.
I do not support slavery or selling our children. I have every tangible reason to feel this way – because it's morally and ethically wrong. And it makes you a bad person.
Does supporting tattoos make you a bad person?
How about trimming your beard?
Does supporting gay marriage make you a bad person?
No way.
It's truly a big a day in Virginia… but I can only hope that someone out there is thinking about it a little differently now.


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Spring Workout Playlist
Written on March 4, 2011 at 10:21 am , by Karla Walsh
I'm typing this with fingers crossed that I'm not jinxing the nice weather, but it's certainly beginning to feel a bit more like spring in our neighborhood! To celebrate, we created our "Spring Into Fitness" 2011 playlist. It's packed with the best new tunes and a timely classic or two to power you through your outdoor exercise (or indoor until the weather cooperates in your area)!
Simply play these songs in order—they're organized based on proper pacing for a warm-up, workout and cooldown—for a killer 30-minute pop and R&B soundtrack. Even the titles are motivating:
"Pretty Girl Rock," Keri Hilson
"Rolling in the Deep," Adele
"More," Usher
"Higher (Ultimate High Radio Mix)," Taio Cruz
"Blow," Ke$ha
"Yeah 3x," Chris Brown
"Change of Seasons," Sweet Thing
"The Show Goes On," Lupe Fiasco
"Keep Your Head Up," Andy Grammer
What song reminds you of spring?
Categories: Motivation, Workouts | Tags: Music, Playlist, workout music, workout playlist
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this is my goku tell me what you think
YueSiFu- I would love to see Goku (from dragon ball and dragon ball-z) but the image didnt appear, Maybe you need to resize it?
Nope, Aardman needs to approve images when people are on moderation. ; )
New drawing of chicken
Sniper chicken with a bubble gun LOL!
wow thats great!!!
wow some good drawings guys, youve all been busy
Thats great!
thanks clayfighter
w&g rocket
Sorry Conty- I had to remove that picture as it wasn't appropriate for the forums
Nice rocket.
Sorry Conty!
Well, I didnt think it was innapropriate! it was art- and she was'nt showing any rude bpdy features, but I suppose Ellie's word is final
hummm i did post it a few months ago on the same thread as a work in progress, and asked if it was ok, so i dont know what happened there then. as it was ok to post last month??, everyone agreed its just art and not in bad taste, but never mind i understand
tbf Ellie has a duty of care towards us and if she deems it inappropriate, then it's inappropriate
These are all such good drawings!
thought id have a go at doing a acrylic painting today, only took about 35 mins and its of my all time hero Pablo Picasso
meh, just me messing with adobe illustrator
A Peach Faced Lovebird I drew!
please tell me how I could improve, ideas, suggestions, if you liked it etc.
Aw, so cute! It looks so realistic and awesome!
Thankyou Ajmole!
A Mysterious Cat I drew!
please tell me how I could improve, ideas, suggestions, if you liked it etc
mmmm mysterious.......
That looks good Clay Fighter.
Thanks Ursut and Mmasonghi Studios!
Epic awesome. : D
Christmas Turtle!
super clay fighter
Aw, I love the Santa hat!
awesome turtle!
Great work guy's....like the festive santas hat Clay Fighter
Here's a festive picture I did for Aardmag last year
This is the cover I did for this years Festive Aardmag front cover.. but Sebs (http://www.62westwallabystreet.co.uk/) is have a bit of trouble with his work load I think! but I'm sure normal service should be back soon!!
They're amazing Cavor! How time flies, I can't believe its been a year since you drew that, I can remember it like it was yesterday!
Well Done!
I love your Picture
Hi,I am new Member
hi every one i'm dogman you probably know me from whitepool , female gromit and gromit xmas i created thoe pictures and soon youll see my new one its called wallace and gromits big mobile girly manicure van. - ha,ha,ha
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on something. My question is if i want to draw good cartoons do i need to stop copying comics and draw from life. I ask this as i worry i will never be able to draw from my imagination and will have only learnt to copy comics. Also if I need to start drawing from life where do i start what should i do?
Crackers can be so dry!!....with out cheeese!!
great drawing cavor! wish i could draw like that!
Me too tiptopgolfy!! .......my secret is I usually do several sketchy drawings then pick the best one, next I stick the best sketch on my light box and over trace with a fine ink pen
oh clever!!
cavor can you please do a tutorial on how you draw your wallace?
I have saw one in the wallace and gromit annual but its not as good as yours
I will see what i can do
Hi tiptopgolfy
Done a bit of a tutorial...... sorry for the bleached out colours cheap web came.
Start your sketch using a 3or4B pencil (nice and soft) make all your lines faint,
first Lay down some construction lines,build your drawing up in a measured fashion around your constrution lines.
If you have a lightbox transfer your sketch to it then trace using a fine tipped ink pen, the ink drawing then can be scanned into a computer for colouring and finishing
Hope the video helps
Great video Cavor!
Did not see this................ but I have answered you questions
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Looking sunburned and wearing a hospital bracelet around one wrist, Clinton McLaughlin appeared Tuesday in a Saskatoon courtroom where he was accused of kidnapping and assaulting a Saskatoon woman.
McLaughlin sat slumped in the Saskatoon provincial court prisoner's box with his head in his hands, pulling at his hair as the charges were read: aggravated assault, kidnapping, unlawful confinement and breaching earlier release conditions.
He was arrested Monday around 1 a.m. after a weekend-long manhunt. McLaughlin is alleged to have kidnapped a woman on the city's eastside on Friday around 4 p.m.
After a frantic search in the ensuing days, the woman escaped and was found by civilians walking alongside the side of Highway 16. Hours later, police found and arrested McLaughlin near the town of Clavet, where he was lying on Highway 16.
Both McLaughlin and the woman were taken to hospital for treatment and examination. Both went without food or water during the 56-hour span.
The identity of the woman, and her relationship to McLaughlin, became subject to a publication ban on Tuesday.
This is not the first charge McLaughlin has faced.
The 36-year-old from Bradwell was freed on $2,500 bail and placed on electric monitoring after he was charged in January with confining another woman and assaulting her with a coat hanger. His conditions included no-contact orders with, among others, the victim in that case.
According to court documents obtained by The StarPhoenix, McLaughlin was charged Jan. 28 with common assault against a woman, assault with a weapon (a coat hanger), unlawful confinement, and uttering a death threat.
He was released March 26, on multiple conditions. They included electronic monitoring, having no weapons except for a box cutter for work, and submitting to a warrantless search on demand. He was set to return to court June 16 to face those charges.
He is now scheduled to appear June 11 in Saskatoon on the charges stemming from this past weekend's alleged abduction.


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After nine years of promoting literacy across Mattoon, the student led Mattoon Middle School Reading Committee admits that the quest to find the right book continues to prompt spirited and lengthy debates. This year's title selected for Ready to Read Across Mattoon is Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The selection was officially announced Wednesday afternoon during an assembly at Mattoon Middle School.
The author describes the premise of the book Found on her official website http://haddixbooks.com/home.html: "Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, "You are one of the missing." The second one says, "Beware! They're coming back to get you. Jonah, Chip, and Jonah's sister, Katherine, are plunged into a mystery that involves the FBI, a vast smuggling operation, an airplane that appeared out of nowhere -- and people who seem to appear and disappear at will. The kids discover they are caught in a battle between two opposing forces that want very different things for Jonah and Chip's lives."
The reading committee comprised of 39 students, a couple of community members and teachers and advised by MMS librarian Anieta Trame, reads a plethora of books and discusses those books during meetings throughout Fridays in the fall. The titles are then kept or tossed off the list.
Some students assumed they were attending the final meeting and a title would be selected but that wasn't the case.
"It took two different meetings to pick Found," said Brianna Eller, eighth grade reading committee member.Nicolas Helms, sixth-grade reading committee member, loved the debate surrounding the book "Found." The avid reader, who is completing his first year as an MMS reading committee member, said the discussions about books especially the books Found and other Read Across Mattoon contenders "The Boy Who Dared and Mailbox became very involved.
"I would do this again," said Helms who is looking forward already to serving as a seventh-grader. It is fun to see people get so heated about different books they like. I am the only one in my family who reads so I can't talk about books with anyone. But this is awesome. These people in the reading committee are really passionate about books."
During the discussions, the length of Found and its genre prompted some concern from some committee members.
"This year we picked a longer book pages wise," said Eller. "We usually pick a book that is not so thick because we don't want students in different reading levels to be intimidated."
The adult committee members believed adults would be able to finish the book but they weren't sure students would finish.
"In the beginning, it drags on but it picks up," said Helms.
He was not concerned that students wouldn't read it because they are already reading it.
"If you look at the library where Haddix books are at, you will not see any copies of the books because the books are always gone," said Helms.
For those students who have already read Found, Trame recommends they continue on with the series by reading the second and third books titled Sent and Sabotaged. She encourages adult readers who enjoy Found to do the same.
Another potential hurdle is Found is the first science fiction book the committee selected. The reading committee knows the MMS student population devours science fiction however they understand adult readers aren't always apt to pick up a science fiction book. The idea is to promote reading not repel readers.
Trame explains that although Found is considered science fiction, it reads like a fiction book. The reader really doesn't realize they are reading a science fiction book until the final chapters.
"I think it will appeal to adults even though it is science fiction," said Eller. "It also has mystery in there. Our adults in our community trust us to be able to pick the right book for them."
Although Found is the book that will be the focal point of Read Across Mattoon, the students wanted to share some of the other titles that they read.
Taylor Warf, seventh-grader, said one of the more unique titles the committee discussed was All Shook Up, by Shelley Pearsall.
"It's about a boy who goes to live with his dad and his dad is an Elvis impersonator," Warf explained. "The boy is embarrassed and he doesn't want anyone to find out. The dad's girlfriend has a daughter who goes to the same school so the boy tries to get her not to tell anybody."
Helms recommended Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
"It's set during World War II," Helms explained. "This boy imagines the war as a younger boy would believe it is all glory and fame and being a hero. He sees that it is not that great. It is awful."
However, Kate Gosnell, seventh-grader added Boy Who Dared had something to say about religion. "I didn't enjoy it because it said something (bad) about my religion," Gosnell said.
Trame is very proud of the work the committee does each year and the emphasis they place on promoting literacy. She recalls when she started Ready to Read Across Mattoon nine years ago, that it was only supposed to last one year but the groundswell of enthusiasm and support from both the district and the community propelled it forward year after year.
"We passed out 100 books in the community that first year and now we pass out 1,000 books," said Trame. "We would pass out more but we only have funding for that many."
In the programs early years, there was no blueprint.
By accidents we did a lot of things right, Trame said. "One of them was involving community volunteers that were instrumental in growing the program. They brought a great deal of enthusiasm and support to the table. Two individuals Trame credited were Bonnie Eades and Belinda Hendrix. Hendrix a retired teacher continues to volunteer.
Trame also thanked Dalena Hall for scheduling the presentations throughout Mattoon where the students have the opportunity to discuss Ready to Read Across Mattoon and distribute copies of the books.
"We already have 18 commitments beginning with the Mattoon school board meeting in January," said Trame.The books will be distributed throughout the community at various businesses and at the January school board meeting.
Trame appreciates the financial support each year from organizations, individuals and from grants. It is not paid for through school district funds.
Anyone interested in supporting the program may contact Trame at 238-5850.
"I am concerned about funding of this program because of economic issues," she said. "Many grants have been cut and that leaves us without funding."
Trame said everyone wants to read it's just a matter of finding the right book and it is especially challenging to find students the right books.
"A goal of the reading committee is to not just to get students to read one book but encourage them to buy into reading and read more books," said Trame.
Pictured from left to right are Nicolas Helms, Kate Gosnell, Brianna Eller and Taylor Warf.
by Jamie Willis, MMS Art MMS was recently awarded an EIU Jaenike Access to the Arts Grant. Administered by The Tarble Arts Center, this grant was started by Vaughan and Ruth Jaenike of Charleston. These competitive grants are designed to bring the arts to the people of east central IL. 23 outstanding MMS student artists were chosen to work with EIU sculptor professor, Jeff Boshart, to understand the process of completing an outdoor public sculpture from the beginning models to the final steel sculpture. These 23 7th and 8th graders arrive promptly around 7 a.m. to begin work with Jeff at 7:30. Students have measured and graphed the courtyard area where it will be installed, solved unique problems with balsa wood and role played entering these small sculptures in a competitive bid to receive a commission by a client. The student sculptors sketched ideas based on the work of American sculptor, David Smith, and his Cubi Series for the final design competition. These sketches were crafted in balsa to scale (3/4"= 1'). On Sat. Dec. 4 the students will enter the sculpture studio at EIU to execute these ideas in 4? box steel. Parent volunteers, Catherine and Mark Phillips (Ameren) will assist in helping Jeff teach students to weld, fabricate, and clean steel. Steel and other materials were donated by Jeff Boshart and Roger Willis of Ameren. On Dec. 13, WCIA will film a session for broadcast on their 5 p.m. segment, "Kids to Know" on Dec. 14. WEIU is also scheduled to interview Jeff and the student sculpture team on 12/4 at EIU. Students will design the graphics for the invitations for the dedication of the sculpture in the courtyard. This date is currently not scheduled. Vaughan and Ruth Jaenike will hopefully be in attendance as our students and resident sculptor present this to our MMS community.
The 5th Grade Beginning Band members from Riddle and Williams Schools have been busy as they prepared for their Winter Concert held on Saturday, December 11 at Riddle Elementary School. Students performed Marching Together, The Bermuda Triangle, In the Calm of the Starry Sky, and Christmas Medley.Assistant Principal Chris Bough offered, "A big thank you to all band students, their families, and Mrs. Ferguson the band director. The band sounded wonderful."
Yes, that's right. The kindergarten students are learning important math skills by playing educational games provided to us by our math program, Everyday Mathematics. We love how this series lets us have a lot of fun while we learn to identify numbers and count. This program also helps the children learn how to problem solve and create solutions by using manipulatives as tools. We are learning numbers, counting, patterns, shapes, money, and much, much more. We are even learning how to create our own number stories. One of our favorite things to do is create graphs based on all kinds of information. We have done graphs about birthdays, apples, and our favorite colors. We can sort and graph the colors of M&M's and Skittles. We love to eat them when we are done! Yum yum! The kindergarten students are also learning how to estimate amounts of objects. The more we practice the better we get. We are also learning how to take surveys of information using tally marks and come up with a total. Have fun at home with numbers too! Count objects while you drive in the car. Estimate how many things are in a bag from the grocery store. Make a pattern with your vegetables. You can even write number stories about things that happen around the house. Be creative and have fun with math!
Hard work pays off for student-athletes of Mattoon Middle as a month of practice dribbling, shooting, and passing finally resulted in a 48-17 victory as several Wildcats of Mattoon Middle School recently competed in a Special Olympics basketball game against Effingham on December 6th at Wildcat Gym. The Wildcats look to travel to Effingham as a part of the home and home exchange for the teams and hope to have more games scheduled over the next 2 months. From there, the team hopes to compete in March at the Special Olympics State Tournament in Normal, IL. The team would like to extend huge thanks the Mattoon Police Benevolent Society for purchasing their uniforms.
Former Mattoon High School student, Taylor Wagner visited Williams Elementary on Dec. 22nd for our Holiday Assembly. Taylor is now a student at Belmont University in Nashville, Tn. and was home for holiday break when she greeted our 700 students and 100 staff members with a holiday song, an original song entitled, "Neverland", and sang the cover song of Justin Bieber's "Baby" for our Holiday Assembly. At the closing of our assembly, Taylor joined our students and staff by singing, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" while students shared the school motto of, "Together We Can" with Taylor. We would like to thank Taylor for the sharing of her talents with our students and staff!
On Thursday, December 16th over 115 Williams Elementary 2nd Graders transported an audience of over 300 people to Christmas on Candy Cane Lane. "During this delightful holiday musical by John Jacobson and Allan Billingsley, there is a dispute as to what color candy canes are better...the red or the green," said Williams music teacher Jessica Closson. "Through catchy dialogue and toe tapping tunes, everyone learned that we are all special and wonderful, it doesn't matter if you are red or green." The second graders took the stage dressed as candy canes, elves, soldiers, scarf dancers, and trees with special appearances from Santa, Mrs. Claus, and even Rudolph! Closson offered words of praise to her students, "Way to go second graders on an amazing start to a wonderful holiday season!"
Illinois, along with 39 other states, recently adopted the Common Core Standards for English, Language Arts and Math. The Standards were developed by elementary, middle, and high school teachers in an effort to align college and career readiness skills. The purpose of these Standards is to prepare our children for a global world and continue opportunities for learning and growth. The Standards will replace the current Illinois Learning Standards in 2014. The implementation of the new standards will be a gradual process. Over the course of the next three years, Mattoon teachers will learn how to incorporate the Standards in their instruction. The state of Illinois is continuing to look at changes to the existing testing process (ISAT/PSAE) with efforts to make changes as early as 2014. For additional information, please refer to: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/common_core/default.htm or contact Tim Condron, Curriculum Director, at 238-8883 or your child's school.
It was a very special Christmas in room 404 this year. Profits that were made in screen printing were used to buy Christmas gifts for the less fortunate children in Mattoon. Almost $1400 was spent to lift the spirits of those kids. It turns out that by joining in on this even, the spirits of the Graphic Arts II High School students and their instructor were lifted as well! Shopping and wrapping presents for these kids was an outstanding experience that made Christmas more tangible for us all and it was the best way to start out the Christmas season!
Jan. 03: School ResumesJan. 07: Report Cards Home (except MHS)Jan. 14: Dismiss 2 1/2 hrs earlyJan. 17: Martin Luther King - NO SCHOOL
Feb. 04: End of 3rd 5-Week Progress PeriodFeb. 11: 3rd 5-Week Progress Reports HomeFeb. 18: Dismiss 2½ hrs early – Teacher In-serviceFeb. 21: Presidents' Day – No SchoolFeb 28-Mar 11: Illinois State Achievement Testing (ISAT)
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Lake Land College has scheduled a Financial Aid Night for Mattoon High School beginning at 6:30 p.m. Jan 5 in Webb Hall 081 at Lake Land College.
At the event, Lake Land's Financial Aid staff will present information on the 2011-2012 application process, including information on state, federal, institutional and local financial aid programs. Parents, high school seniors or anyone planning to attend Lake Land or any two or four year college during the 2011-2012 school year are encouraged to attend.
"We will provide information about scholarships and grants that are available," said Danielle Downs, advisor for Lake Land College financial aid and veteran services. "We will also walk them through the steps of filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid."
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text: Deal: Valentine Package at the 1908 Ridgeway House How to redeem Call Keith or Gayla to book. EXPIRED Contact us: 479-253-6618 E-mail this business » Go to website » Physical Address: 1908 Ridgeway House Bed & Breakfast 28 Ridgeway Eureka Springs, AR 72632 Ozarks Region Get Directions Calculate Trip 1908 Ridgeway House Bed & Breakfast (15 other Deals) Price: $390 - $590 Expiration Date: 2/15/2014 Package at a Glance Two nights in Weymouth Room with complimentary full breakfast each morning. Two 1-hour massages. $50.00 dinner voucher. Box of candy & a rose for your sweetheart. Package Description Two nights in the Weymouth Room.Full breakfast each morning.Homemade evening desserts each night.Two 1-hour massages.$50.00 dinner voucher good a large selection of our finer restaurants.A box of candy and a Valentine rose for your sweetheart.$390.00 plus tax on room only.Can upgrade to Newport (add $20.00 to package). Can upgrade to Nantucket (add $40 to package). Can upgrade to Hideaway Suite with breakfast served in your room (add $100 to package). The Fine Print Price is without tax, tax on room only. The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism does not endorse any property on this site. Information is supplied by individual property owners; we make no guarantee, explicit or implied, that the posted information is accurate. We do not confirm or warranty any listings. Confirmation is the sole responsibility of the renting or purchasing party. Owners are solely responsible for the accuracy of their listings and information.