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In the summer of 1983, the National Research Council placed a help wanted ad in newspapers across Canada. NRC was looking for six people to develop experiments, perform public awareness activities, and undertake what would probably be the most exciting voyage of their lives – a journey into space.
More than 4,300 applications poured into the NRC from students, poets, journalists, engineers and scientists of all stripes, each wanting the chance to become a Canadian astronaut.
|Another great Canadian contribution to space travel - the Canadarm.
Canada's enthusiasm paid off when NASA was about to expand its Space program with projects like the International Space Station. Looking for international partners for this next phase of space exploration, NASA chose to continue its long history of successful space collaborations with Canada. In 1982, Canada was informally invited to consider participating in the Space Station program and send a Canadian on a shuttle mission as a payload specialist.
When NRC placed its help wanted ad in Canadian newspapers, it sparked widespread media and public attention. Amid an overwhelming flurry of applications, NRC eventually selected six people for its new Canadian Astronaut Program Office in 1983: Marc Garneau, Bjarni Tryggvason, Steve MacLean, Ken Money, Roberta Bondar and Robert Thirsk.
A payload specialist is not an astronaut as we know them, but rather someone specially trained to fly and carry out experiments in Space. NRC developed two experiments to be carried out by the first Canadian payload specialist in Space: testing the NRC-invented Space Vision System for guiding the Canadarm, and studying Space adaptation syndrome – the condition that causes nausea and fatigue in astronauts when they first enter Space.
Before the new NRC employees even began their training in 1984, NASA surprised NRC by asking for a Canadian to fly on a mission well ahead of schedule. Timetables were thrown out the window and all efforts focused on getting the astronauts ready as quickly as possible. They underwent training that included lectures in astronomy, earth physics and space medicine, as well as physical testing of how they adapted to unusual motions, zero gravity, and high altitude flight. All the while, the astronauts made public appearances to satisfy the country's curiosity about space.
Marc Garneau was selected to be the first Canadian in Space. He would perform experiments on Space adaptation syndrome, the Space Vision System, how certain materials react to space exposure, a sun photometer, and recording a strange glow coming from the shuttle.
|NRC's original Canadian Space Team. Back row (from l-r): Bjarni Tryggvason, Robert Thirsk, Roberta Bondar, Steve MacLean. Front row: Ken Money and Marc Garneau.
Upon his return, Garneau was praised as a trail-blazer and hero and was compared to Canada's earliest explorers. He participated in a cross-country tour to address the media frenzy and promote Space science in Canada.
When the Challenger accident of January 1985 put a hold on the space shuttle flight schedule, Canadians used the opportunity to develop their space program further – working on the Space Vision System, planning experiments that would be conducted in space, developing technology to be used on future flights, and preparing their astronauts to become full-fledged mission specialists.
|Space shuttle launch
In 1989, the Canadian Astronaut Program "spun off" from NRC to form the core of the Canadian Space Agency. However, NRC continues to play an active research and development role in the program and the technology used in Space today, like the Canadarm 2 on the International Space Station.
Today, Canadians are full-fledged members of the international astronaut corps, contributing to the evolution of space programs and technology both in Canada and the world. To date, eight Canadian astronauts have flown on 11 shuttle flights.
The Canadian Space Agency's current team of six astronauts still includes three of the original NRC team – Steve MacLean, Bjarni Tryggvason and Robert Thirsk – who all continue to reap the rewards of answering a help wanted ad more than 20 years ago.


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There is still plenty of time to sign up to join your neighbors for the Mayor's Citywide Spring Cleanup, to be held Saturday, April 21. Call 311 to sign up your community group by Friday, April 20. One caveat—brooms and bags are in short supply, so sign up soon and reserve your equipment. Above: the Banner Neighborhoods football team got a visit from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake for their hard work over the years cleaning up the streets and square around the Patterson Park Branch of the Pratt Library.
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Update, 6:25 p.m. July 20, more obituary information.
Save Mount Diablo is mourning the recent passing of a founder of the preservation organization, Art Bonwell of Concord.
Bonwell died on Saturday, July 14, according to a post on the Save Mount Diablo website.
He found himself appointed chairman of a Sierra Club subcommittee more than four decades ago and took on the task. "I didn't think Mount Diablo was getting enough attention," he said. The organization was founded Dec. 7, 1971.
His ally in the effort was the late Mary Bowerman, a researcher on the plants of the devil mountain. "I was the organizer and she was the inspiration," Bonwell says in a SMD video. Together they oversaw the preservation of open space and the development of a comprehensive series of trails.
SMD has scheduled a celebration of Bonwell's life at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, in the Mitchell Canyon Staging Area of Mount Diablo State Park on the Clayton side.
Bonwell was born April 28, 1927 in Dana, Ind., a town of 700. When he returned to Dana in 1987 to care for his elderly mother, he was elected to the town council in 1988 and served as the town council's President for several years before returning to California in 1993, according to a Save Mount Diablo news release.
Contributions in Mr. Bonwell's name can be made to:
Concord Historical Society, PO Box 404, Concord CA 94522
Save Mount Diablo, 1901 Olympic Blvd., Suite 320, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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Between his junior and senior years in high school Bonwell worked for Western Union. From April 1945 to 1948 he served in the U.S. Navy as an electronics technician. After graduating from Purdue University with a B.S.E.E. in 1951 he went to work for a Dupont ordinance works built at the start of World War II in Dana. In 1956, he transferred to the Organic Chemicals Dept. and moved to California to help build and operate the Dupont-Antioch Works where he was a Process Control Engineer, while living in Concord. He retired in 1982 at age 55 but had already begun the equivalent of a second career, in conservation.
Bonwell was active in both the Contra Costa Park Council and in the Sierra Club. In 1969 he became Chairman of the Central Contra Costa County Conservation Committee of the Sierra Club's S.F. Bay Chapter. Botanist Mary Bowerman was also a member and repeatedly brought attention to increasing threats to Mount Diablo and that the State was doing little to protect it or to enlarge the small State Park there. Art suggested that they organize a group to work specifically on Mt. Diablo issues. In 1971 Art and Mary co-founded Save Mount Diablo, which he considered the most important work of his life.
Save Mount Diablo has helped expand protected lands on Mount Diablo from just one park of 6,788 acres in 1971 to more than forty parks and preserves totaling 110,000 acres in 2012. Bowerman was recognized for providing Save Mount Diablo's early vision but it was Bonwell's organizational skills which created the organization and aided in its growth to more than 8,000 supporters today. Art served Save Mount Diablo in many roles over the last forty-one years including as its President, Vice-President, member of the Executive and Land Committees, as well as the first webmaster. At the time of his death he was a Board Member Emeritus and continued to serve on the organization's Land Committee. While serving Save Mount Diablo, such well known areas of Mount Diablo as Mitchell, Back and Donner Canyons were preserved, as well as North Peak, Pine Ridge and Canyon, and the Blackhills.
In 1971, Bonwell founded the Diablo Wheelman bicycle club, which organized rides and trips, many of them more than 500 miles, throughout northern California and Oregon. It eventually grew to 450 members.
Art was closely associated with the Concord Historical Society, where he served as a member of the Board of Directors from 1996 until 2009. He edited the Society's newsletter, changing its name from Newsletter to Concord Historian in 1998. He updated and expanded the Society's web site. He also began the oral history interviews, recruited the interviewers, arranged the transcriptions and loaded them on to CHS computers for easy access.
Bonwell was a taciturn mid-westerner, both gregarious and fiercely independent. He was continuously doing whatever was needed from carpentry to lobbying elected officials in Sacramento. He actively campaigned for legislators such as Senator John Nejedly, Assemblyman-Senator Dan Boatwright, County Supervisors-Assemblymen-Senators Tom Torlakson and Mark De Saulnier, and County Supervisor-Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla.
During Bonwell's tenure on the Dana, Indiana town council from 1988 to 1993 and as council president, the town got a new well, sidewalks, and playground equipment. He was always helping others to pursue their passion, and better their lives. He helped several bicyclists become accomplished racers, and mentored several other young adults and teenagers. He never hesitated to offer his physical labor to make others' pursuits a possibility.
During his life Art received many awards including a State of California Golden Bear Award, the 1996 Chevron Times-Mirror Magazine National Conservation Award, in 1999 Save Mount Diablo's first Mountain Star Award, and in 2000 Diablo Magazine's Threads of Hope Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Bonwell is survived by his sister Jane Bonwell of Indianapolis, Ind.


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Australia's tiny symbol of hope: How Charlie the pug survived catastrophic bushfires which left half his body burned
Wrapped in a bandage after suffering 50 per cent burns to his body, it is not surprising Charlie the five-year-old pug looks somewhat doleful.
But the adorable dog has become the latest symbol of hope from the devastation wreaked by the Australian bushfires after miraculously surviving the inferno.
When he was rescued by police close to his owners' devastated home in Dunalley, south west Tasmania, at first no-one expected him to pull through.
The house had been reduced to cinders and ashes and the pair's other pets, a cat and another dog, perished in the inferno which destroyed 125 homes - 65 per cent of the town's residential properties.
Charlie was rushed to the Tasmanian Animal Hospital where veterinary surgeons performed several hours of surgery to remove large patches of burnt skin.
He will now have to stay at the hospital for up to two months and, against all odds, the surgeon who treated him says he is 'positive' about his chances of making a full recovery.
A spokesman for the animal hospital said: 'His owners came here looking for any of their pets and when they realised Charlie had survived they burst into tears.
'Obviously they are devastated they lost their other animals, never mind their home, but they've been coming in twice a day, every morning and afternoon, from the refuge centre where they are staying to check he is all right.
'He's a battler, a survivor. We're all so happy he is still alive. We didn't think he'd pull through but he has.'
Dr Gareth Stephenson who operated on Charlie, removing his burnt fur and skin, said: 'He's certainly sore at the moment but he's a beautiful dog, he's got some character.
'It's pretty incredible he has survived what must have been a terrifying ordeal.
'A police convoy brought him in on Tuesday night and he was in a pretty bad way.
'We had to remove three big areas of skin, each around ten to 15 centimetres in diameter, that were the most affected.
'We then took skin from adjacent areas and grafted it onto the burnt patches.
'It does leave a big hole so we have had to cover up the wounds.
'There is a massive risk of infection so he's taking a lot of antibiotics.
'He'll need his dressings changed every day and I'm very positive about his chances of recovery.'
More than 20,000 hectares of land and 120 homes were destroyed in the fires.
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The Harrison County High School wrestling team showed marked improvement last weekend and went 4-1 overall in the Nelson County Duals on Saturday, tying for the best mark of the day in the six-team tournament.
An upbeat Russ Riegel liked what he saw on Saturday, especially from his inexperienced charges.
The Harrison County High School basketball Thorobreds and Fillies will have plenty of opportunities to improve over the next few weeks of 2008.
The Breds earned their first victory of the season last Friday night as they got off to a blazing start and knocked off homestanding Nicholas County, 76-47.
Senior forward Ryan Puckett hit three first quarter three-pointers to get the Breds out of the starting gate quickly and led Harrison County with a career-high 24 points. The win improved the Breds' record to 1-3.
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2006 HCHS graduate Brooke Faulkner has returned to the basketball court after sitting out a transfer year and has played well in her two games at Austin Peay State University. She was cleared to play last week and has played in two of APSU's games.
Faulkner transferred to APSU after playing one year at Western Kentucky University. She will have three years of varsity eligibility remaining for the Governors after being granted an injury red shirt year by the NCAA.
A dismal first quarter offensive showing proved to be the undoing of the Harrison County Fillies on Monday night in Paris. Homestanding Bourbon County took advantage of ice cold shooting by the Fillies and mounted a 9-2 lead after the first eight minutes of play.
It didn't get much better for the Fillies in the second quarter and they trailed going to the locker room, 19-11.
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The Harrison County Middle School basketball teams notched victories over Paris and East Jessamine last week and both lost to Scott County Middle.
On Wednesday, the eighth grade Colts blew open a close game in the second half and beat Paris Middle School 40-28. The Colts led by two at halftime and blitzed the Hounds by a 27-17 margin in the second stanza for the easy win.
Slowly but surely, the Harrison County Thorobreds basketball team is showing signs of progress. It might be in small increments, and it might not be happening as quickly as head coach Mike Reitz would like, but sooner or later, this team will come together and start winning some games.
On Tuesday night in the Breds home opener, the visiting Scott High Eagles utilized full court and half court pressure to pull away in the second and third quarters to defeat the Breds 76-49.
The Harrison County High School wrestling season got off to a good start last Wednesday with a convincing 51-21 win over host Dixie Heights in a dual match.
Harrison County got off to a shaky start and trailed 21-0 after losing its first four matches of the meet, but didn't lose another match on the way to a team victory.
Harrison County captain Cody Ward righted the ship for Harrison County, pinning his opponent in 1:03 of the first round.
For the second year in a row, and third time since 2000, a local high school football official has been given the honor of calling the last high school football game of the season.
On Friday afternoon, Joseph Ammerman will be the line judge in the Class AAA State Championship Game between Louisville Central and Breathitt County. That game is set to kickoff at 3 p.m.
The Harrison County High School wrestling team gets its season underway this Saturday competing in the North Oldham Duals in Oldham County. Harrison County will compete against the hosts, along with four teams out of Louisville–Jeffersontown, Iroquois, Manual and Fairdale.
Harrison County has 11 lettermen returning on its varsity roster, including six who participated in last year's KHSAA State Championships in Frankfort.
Long-range marksmanship by host Grant County doomed Harrison County on Tuesday night in the regular season opener for both boys varsity teams.
Cody Kinman came off the bench for the Braves and torched the Thorobreds for five three-pointers as Grant County out-shot Harrison County from beyond the three-point arc 8-1, on their way to a 65-56 win.
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They say the lightning strike happened about 10 p.m. Wednesday and damaged the electrical system at the Goshen-Lempster Cooperative School.
WMUR-TV reports the fire department told school administrators it was not safe for students to return to the building until crews could assess damage.
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Unlike what happened in the past, even during the period preceding the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3, the same source merely cite other organs of the press, as in the case of Reuters in recent days. All this to say that, at least for now, seems to be still hurried overreach on the features of the Samsung Galaxy S4, although its SamMobile has shown some ways skeptical regarding a possible launch on April 1.


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Because its symptoms are somewhat subjective and don't have a clear known cause, fibromyalgia is often misdiagnosed as another disease. Although it is becoming more widely accepted in medical circles, there are some doctors and researchers who do not consider fibromyalgia a real disease.
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Chapter Fifty
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It had taken two weeks for Harry's plan concerning Godric's Hollow to reach the point where residents were moving in and Amelia appeared. During that time several things had gone on back at school. Snape's potions classes were shriveling down to nothing but Ron and Slytherins, but other happy events occurred, including Hermione's birthday celebration.
"Happy Birthday Hermione!!" cried the entire student study club. They'd staged it during that so more students could attend than they could've if it had been held in the Gryffindor common room - and most of those being tutored had chosen to attend.
Hermione had never had a celebration half so large. Heck! The biggest birthday party she'd had til that point had ten people attend. This was nearer to three-quarters of the school!
It was a might overwhelming for the girl, to be honest.
Party streamers and ribbons hung about, with brightly colored balloons and other decorations. Harry had brought back his House Elves to help out, and the food and decorations were both magnificent. Tables were laden with all kinds of succulent dishes, and the guests could hardly wait for the birthday girl to be ushered forward so they could begin the birthday feast.
Fare at mealtimes had become rather simple since the Prophet disaster, as the elves Dumbledore had sent out to steal papers had mostly not come back since, leaving the castle terribly understaffed.
Garbage was accumulating in the Hogwarts corridors as they no longer had sufficient House Elves to deal with everything - and Albus had insisted that certain amounts of spying could not be neglected (and that they never serve fried chicken again).
So the magnificent feast prepared was, sad to say, of far more interest to most attending this party than the birthday girl. For that matter, the birthday girl herself had been eating that much plainer food same as they on Normal Days, so it was of considerable interest to her as well.
After that, they immediately went on to her opening presents before they went out to the lawn to play games. Hermione was practically intimidated by the high stack, an entire long table had been covered by gifts, so the wise people running the party started some games going on in the background while, in the foreground, people would take up their presents, present them to Hermione who would open them and thank the giver, then repeat.
Harry naturally went first, having had to cast a featherweight charm on his package as it looked like he was giving her a complete encyclopedia set.
Opening the wrapping paper revealed what looked to be an encyclopedia set.
"Thanks. What is it?" Hermione gave a puzzled gaze to her fiance, trying hard NOT to tell him how impersonal a gift of books could be. Sometimes his growing up with the Dursleys had left the most unfortunate gaps in his social graces.
The boy smiled as he answered, "It's the Vandergeist Collection, all fourteen books he wrote, not including Basics of Brewing which you already have a copy of. So fifteen in total."
"HARRY!!!" she squealed joyously, launching herself at him in a hug.
"Is it true that Potions Mastery is often achieved by book five?" Luna turned her head from second in line to inquire of him, proving that she didn't know everything about their world.
"Uh huh," Harry agreed, still holding and hugging a giddy Hermione."And the standard thought is 'what could you want more than your mastery grade?' So most shops don't carry the remainder of the collection. You won't believe what I had to go through to get copies of books six through fifteen. In the end I had to have them reprinted."
What he did not say was since there was little enough point in setting type on an old-style printing press without printing multiple copies (hand-copied would be better, and cheaper, if you'd wanted only one. But the printer refused to do that) so Harry had purchased a thousand copies each of the entire set.
They'd offered a price break on batches of a thousand. Plus, that would be enough for a complete set of the collection to be placed in each of the four hundred homes of Godric's Hollow, plus filling out the library there, leaving enough to outfit another town of the same size should he ever get the urge (and France or someplace grant him permission), while still leaving a supply to give out as gifts without preventing them from having replacements on hand for lost or damaged books.
Harry'd already given Neville Longbottom the books one through five he'd originally brought for Hermione at a normal bookstore, just to see if the poor lad had the talent without a greasy overbearing bat hanging over his brewing.
For that matter, before giving up on finding the entire set in bookstores he'd gotten books one through five for all three of himself, Hermione and Luna, so he had two more incomplete sets to be giving out. The twins would be likely looking prospects, save that he'd already intended to give them the whole set of fifteen apiece, instead of merely the first five.
Hermione squealed in glee over the magnificent present of knowledge, then Fred and George came forward, cutting in line with some hand-copied sheets, string-bound, uneven and ragged. Their present was not even wrapped.
"Well, we know..." said twin one.
"... it doesn't look like much..." said twin two.
"... but please accept..."
"... this copy of..."
"... some of our research notes," they finished together.
"Thanks," Hermione accepted the sheaf of bound notes carefully, reading the first page to determine what it was, her eyes widening as she did so.
It was priceless.
The twins had written a 'Poor Man's Guide to Replacement Ingredients'for how to approximate more common (and less powerful) potion supplies with other, cheaper, alternates.
It had been necessary for their situation, and there were countless things that applied, in their own ways, portions of what Harry liked to call the 'Rice Principle'. Cooks were always looking for the new taste sensation. Rice wasn't it. But gourmet cooks continued to add rice to things just because it soaked up the flavor of what was next to it. Similarly, steel by itself wasn't magnetic, but exposed to magnetism it could become so. Certain subjects, without being naturally magic, could, when exposed to magic, pick up a bit of that - or at least enough to be useful as potion ingredients.
Through laborious research (and because they were very poor) the twins had worked out dozens of things that functioned like that. They worked as magic in potions, without actually being magic themselves. Most of those were just ways to 'stretch out' an ingredient they didn't have a great supply of, but a couple could stand on their own.
And, of course, they'd also written a short book on the dozens of uses of owl feathers, because the Weasleys had an owl, and so that was one of the few magical creatures the twins could go to for parts on their summer holidays, just like with the family ghoul and garden gnomes.
This was research not printed in any book. It was new knowledge, not even Vandergeist had known these things, and Hermione had the only copy in the world other than the original loose leaf notes of the twins. She gave off a tremendous squeal as she launched herself to go hug both of them at once.
It actually took quite an effort on the part of her friends for the party not to end at that point as Hermione burrowed into her new books containing all of that delicious knowledge.
As a second gift, Harry gave her a complete set of language lozenges(and the girl immediately gave away the ones she'd already taken copies of, having purchased them separately). He also gave the same to Luna, because her birthday was a fair ways off and they don't want to hold the group back as they all want to acquire the knowledge together.
So Fred and George each got an Old Norse lozenge, and would begin looking into runes in the near future. Other Gryffindors got to learn French or Latin or other languages, as they came up in line to present their gifts and got offered her spare lozenges in return.
Luna's gift came in a box, and appeared at first glance to be a massive stuffed teddy dragon that wagged its tail and could fly, even breathing out pretend flames.
However, the blonde leaned close to explain, "Hidden inside is the Cauldron of Ceridwen. It can make a potion granting wisdom and knowledge. The mixture has to be cooked a year and a day. The first three drops grants wisdom, the rest is a lethal poison. Harry and I found it when we were sifting through the treasures from the vaults. We also discovered this cauldron has been used recently, sometime within our lifetimes, and we believe Dumbledore made use of it personally as one of his many rituals to enhance his mind."
Kissing the side of Hermione's cheek to disguise the whisper, Luna explained,"We already made the mixture, and gave it a spill-proof cap and a self-stirring spoon. So for now keep it as a toy dragon so no one suspects, but in ayear and a day you'll have a potion to make you permanently smarter."
Hermione unexpectedly launched out of her chair again to squeeze Luna in one arm and her toy dragon in another, once more squealing in delight.
Several members of the present line shared looks, hoping this wasn't going to be a trend. Many felt they didn't know her well enough to accept hugs.
But, to their secret delight, she kept that response only for priceless gifts; and most of what she got was candy.
During these weeks they couldn't afford to let up on bedeviling Dumbledore, otherwise that man's HUGE capabilities would come to bear on them and they'd be the ones saying 'ouch'.
They'd gotten a few lucky sucker punches in by surprise those first couple of times and that put him on the ropes. They had to keep him there or his vastly superior skill at this game would come back to haunt them.
And keeping him there was getting slightly more difficult, as dying just didn't seem to distress him the way it once had.
It was remarkable what people could get used to.
However, to give the girl her due, Hermione had asked the brilliant question. "Do you think Snape could bring him back if he wasn't dead?"
And, the answer to that was, 'of course not. You can't bring a man back to life if he isn't dead.'
So, that gave them a whole new range of ways to bedevil Dumbledore.
Harry was continually amazed at the range of spells that the wizarding world had and never used. There was, for example, in a companion volume to the personal grooming spells he'd gotten (a book, actually, on household charms) a spell used to keep flowers fresh and stop them from wilting that, had they ever thought to apply it, would have been one of the most irreplaceably useful medical charms ever.
The spell, used on flowers, did as it advertised and kept them from wilting, which was a pretty amazing thing, once you'd thought about it. Cut flowers are dead, they just don't know it yet. Their little plant bodies take some time figuring out they've received mortal wounds, and the process of wilting is them shuffling off the mortal coil as they gradually figure that out.
That same spell applied to people (and there was no reason they couldn't)would do basically the same thing, keeping them alive in spite of having received mortal wounds. It wouldn't last forever, but long enough to get them to a hospital and do some rather substantial healing and recovery work.
On plants the spell lasted for weeks. On people, the amount of time you had to save them from mortal wounds was most often measured in minutes. So it would take one of the most hectic emergencies of all time and render it almost casual if it had anything like the same duration on animals.
So, to try it out they dropped Dumbledore into a pit trap where the bottom was spiked with broken off chicken bones pointed upwards, and as he was dying in agony they applied the charm to him to keep him alive and stable.
It worked, placing the man in a near-death state that was neither fully alive nor dead, somehow hovering in stasis with his body processes frozen. His wounds did not bleed, his heart did not beat, nor did he breathe, but he was still dimly aware of his surroundings in a dreamlike state.
Seeing as how the man showed no detectable lifesigns, Harry immediately sent him off to one of those muggle places that offers to freeze the body on death so you can be revived upon the discovery of the cure for whatever ails you - only he only signed up Dumbledore for having his head and balls frozen, so those people whipped out the circular saw and knives and chopped him up.
Harry was tempted to leave him there until Hermione pointed out the man would die whenever the spell ran out regardless of whether he was chopped up or frozen or just left to lie out in the middle of a field somewhere. He'd taken mortal wounds, and the moment that charm expired they'd kill him.
So, to entertain the old man while he died Harry went in and stole the man's head back again and enchanted it as a Quidditch ball - a bludger to be precise, shrinking it to size and covering it in an outer layer of iron so it would look right. Then, because it was a terrible thing to do to anyone, he did the same for the man's balls and replaced the bludgers in the school set with them.
Oliver Wood used to have the Gryffindor Quidditch team out three times a week to practice, and they mostly continued on that schedule, forcing other teams to practice at the same pace. Also Fred and George were among the best beaters to ever play. They smacked those bludgers around so hard and often with those clubs of theirs that it was amazing and dismaying to others.
But the other teams still sought hard to match them.
Dumbledore might not be fully alive or able to move in that state, but by the look on his face he could certainly feel more wounds as they were acquired. So having his head and groin repeatedly smacked around with bats gave him a whole new definition of pain and suffering during those practice meets.
So Harry started an unofficial Quidditch tournament at school. Anyone could play, forming new teams as they liked, and the prize was new brooms for everyone on their team, going to whoever won the most games against the other pick-up teams over the next month.
Suddenly those Quidditch balls were getting smacked around like never before as those students figured out whoever PLAYED the most games was liable to Win the most games. So they had them running day and night!
Soon every Quidditch fanatic was out there trying to play, because nearly every witch or wizard could use a brand new broom.
Harry excused himself, saying as the sponsor he really ought not to play. Plus, he put a time limit of thirty minutes on each game so more players could get out there and take their chances on the field; but also so no team would get exhausted by having too long a turn, and so everyone could stay fresh in rotation. Also, because the games were shorter, students who had free periods could get out there and play during the school day.
Between all the eager new players those balls were, literally, getting bashed about at all hours of the day and night. The schedule was full aweek in advance, with plenty of people eager to fill up in case of a cancellation.
As an interesting side effect, because the Snitch was rarely found in those short games, the Chasers, Keepers and Beaters suddenly became far more important to the games, and those players had a chance to be highlighted.
That was, quite frankly, to the good for everyone.
"The dragon itself is far from worthless," Luna explained as the Fey Trio all went down to the lake side, holding hands with each other, a stuffed dragon in her own arms, while Harry cuddled one as well. "They are a special toy called Cuddle Companions, magic plush animals that when cuddled, those holding the matching animals in the set also feel the love, and vice versa. A nice way to stay in contact even though we sleep in different dormitories."
Indeed, all three could already feel this was so. But it was nice to have an explanation to go with those feelings.
"Splendid!" Hermione, who had never felt such affection before, could hardly bear to put the animal down.
Nor were the others unaffected. Harry himself was practically giddy. He'd had less love in his life than either of the girls, and was soaking it up like a dry sponge.
Luna giggled.
Hermione cleared her throat. "Well, seeing as it's my birthday I thought a few other people should receive gifts. So right about now Remus Lupin ought to be receiving an anonymous letter, one containing an article cut out of a French newspaper detailing Sirius' trial and subsequent release, finding him innocent of all charges, wrongfully imprisoned, and granting political asylum. It ought to be interesting to see what his reaction is."
While agreeing that would be interesting, the other two set down their chests and got out their brooms and began flying lessons for Hermione, using her brand new training broom Harry had bought for her much earlier.
It was now time for her to learn how to use it properly, and they chose the lake side because the Quidditch pitch was jammed full, and would be for the rest of the month, at least.
Unfortunately Ron, who naturally had created his own pick-up team for the unofficial Quidditch tournament, while waiting for his turn on the field saw what they were up to, flying low over the water to get Hermione used to being on a stable broom. So the brat flew over and had to say mean things about how slow she was, and how much better on a broom he was, until the trio were near to calling the whole thing off because of the problems Ron was creating from his complete and utter lack of tact.
Hermione, however, to all of their surprises eventually lost her temper and then summoned the brat's broom right out from under him, landing the jerk (who'd been showing off doing loops) head first in the water, then following that up with freezing charms.
After the temperamental redhead went off to the hospital wing to get his frostbite seen to, the bookworm began flying around with whole new confidence and made astounding progress on her broom.
Remus Lupin stared at a letter, face aghast and unable to believe his poor unfortunate eyes as the article dangled limply from off his fingers.
It was early afternoon and already the man popped open the top of abottle of firewhiskey. He had three in his room, and the werewolf honestly expected he'd go through them all drowning his misery over this.
After all those oaths the Headmaster made him swear, to find out this...
The tender man wept; then proceeded to get very, very drunk.
While Dumbledore was indisposed was a perfect time to work deviltry on him.
Most of the Muggleborns in the castle had not been in on the joke, and so had tried to assure those who'd asked them that movies were not real, and you could not trust what you'd seen in them.
However, all that came to a screeching halt when a certain very familiar old style ambulance pulled up in front of Hogwarts, sirens blaring, parking right on the front steps to disgorge three adult muggles (one man and two women) wearing very familiar jumpsuits and carrying nuclear accelerators on their backs.
"Hey, anybody see a ghost?" Harry walked in the front doors to demand, a brainy Hermione and eccentric Luna both behind him, all disguised as muggle parapsychologists turned ghostbusters.
Hogwarts specters saw them, froze in sputtering terror for a heartbeat, then flew screaming from the scene, scattering in every direction.
Professor McGonagall looked up from where she was presiding over lunch in the Great Hall to see screaming ghosts phase through the walls in hundreds and all start gibbering at her at once, drowning each other out in their mutual terror and making the point impossible to understand...
... until a very distinct sound effect was heard, then an unmistakable stream of light sprang forth from the doors, catching Peeves around his ghostly waist and holding him fast.
The rest of the Hogwarts specters scattered, panicked, in all directions.
It had actually taken a bit of work to adapt the exorcism spells in that book that had fallen out of the headmaster's window to match the appropriate sounds and visual effects, but Harry managed it with aplomb as he held the stream on Peeves while Hermione calmly slid a trap under him.
Seeing the ENTIRE Great Hall staring at them in varying degrees of shock and horror, Harry caught McGonagall's eyes and stated calmly, "Don't mind us, Ma'am. We're exterminators. Someone reported that you've got a nasty infestation of spooks, specters, and creeps that go 'bump' in the night. It's all been paid for. So sit back and enjoy your meal while we take care of this."
The fork fell from McGonagall's nerveless fingers as she gaped open-mouthed at the trio of apparent muggles in their all-too-familiar uniforms.
Peeves winked out, sucked into the 'trap' (actually a disguised portal to the other side - no need to worry about storage that way), and the ghostbusting trio went off deeper into the castle, hunting more panicky specters.
Nobody would ever again believe the muggleborns stating that those movies weren't real. Even the muggleborns themselves began to doubt it.
The spirits of Hogwarts would suffer a terrible afternoon and evening, losing many of their number, before McGonagall recovered herself enough to track down the ghostbusters and tell them their services were not needed, that the ghosts were welcome, even needed at the castle.
Of course, by that time they'd lost several dozen of them and the remainder had either fled the castle or would be terrified, trembling in corners for years, even centuries after that, basically crippling that spy ring forever.
And, before they went, the ghostbusters insisted that McGonagall, in her capacity as Deputy Headmistress, sign off on some paperwork, telling her they had to have the forms filled out that the job was completed so they could collect payment from their benefactor. And McGonagall, just like everybody in that type of situation, didn't read a thing as she'd signed the forms, just eager to get the disruptive muggles to leave the castle.
So she had no IDEA the kind of permissions she'd granted to the trio!
Back in the Forbidden Forest the chain keeping Fawkes bound dissolved, link by link, one link a day over a period of thirteen days while the kids was busy having a party for Hermione, busting ghosts, building the town and getting residents to move there.
On the day before Harry's conversation with the head of the DMLE Fawkes sprang free.
That was a joyous day.
And the first thing Fawkes did upon being freed, before going off to the phoenix version of a holiday home for the next three or four centuries, was to introduce the one who'd bound him for so long to the inside of an inferno, firebird style, flame-transporting Dumbledore into an active volcano right after Snape had successfully tracked down his pieces, reassembled the still-living body, and successfully revived him.
The bird then flamed back and caused massive destruction in the laboratory, burning up tools and supplies and virtually everything that wasn't utterly and completely fireproof (which, rather unfortunately, included the chests that contained their horcruxes - as Dumbledore had sought hard to make those and the soul anchoring amulets they contained completely invulnerable).
Snape burned down to ash, priceless stockpiles of valuable ingredients got incinerated, glassware and ironware melted down to slag, and finally the roof of that chamber collapsed, crushing most of what remained down to powder; save for those nearly invulnerable chests and the horcruxes they contained.
As a final insult, Fawkes flamed out and reappeared with a bundimun, a patch of greenish fungus with eyes skilled at creeping under floorboards to infest wizarding houses, dropping the slimy, acidic creature right into the box where Albus kept his spare hairs - which immediately dissolved to feed the ooze.
After all, phoenixes were good and noble and light creatures... but they're also very, very, very nasty when they're angry at you. One look at the basilisk should show that much.
Crawling out of the volcano (after all, he'd been through the fireproofing ritual himself, and knew a bubblehead charm to avoid choking to death on poisonous fumes), Dumbledore could, without fear of contradiction, state that his phoenix had somehow gotten free.
Author's Notes:
In my reality, Peeves was a ghost who'd learned how to manipulate objects on the material plane. I prefer that to Rowling's stupid assertion that he had never been alive.
So he was perfectly vulnerable to being sent to the Other Side. And, though I know I did not mention it in-text, they had great reason to do so, as Peeves was allowed so much leniency... why? Well, in this story it was for the same reasons as Snape - he was too useful to Dumbledore, who allowed him to get away with anything in exchange for services rendered.
So exorcising Peeves just cost Albus one of his most useful agents.


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Made this tonight with a few modifications. Roasted the leeks/fennel until browned. Add extra stock, a cup of skim milk, and a tbsp of butter. Used a homemade veggie stock. This was really delicious!
Potato-Fennel Soup
You could use celeriac, turnips, or parsnips, but fennel is one of my favorites.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 cup soup and 1 teaspoon sour cream)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 169
- Calories from fat: 14%
- Fat: 2.6g
- Saturated fat: 1.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.7g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.3g
- Protein: 3.5g
- Carbohydrate: 34.1g
- Fiber: 2.7g
- Cholesterol: 6mg
- Iron: 2.6mg
- Sodium: 431mg
- Calcium: 49mg
- 1 (1/2-pound) fennel bulb with stalks
- 2 baking potatoes, quartered (about 2 pounds)
- 1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine
- 2 cups chopped leek (about 3 large)
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (14 1/2-ounce) can vegetable broth
- 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 8 teaspoons low-fat sour cream
- Trim tough outer leaves from fennel; mince feathery fronds to measure 2 tablespoons. Remove and discard stalks. Cut fennel bulb in half lengthwise; discard core. Chop bulb to measure 1 cup.
- Slice quartered potatoes into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chopped fennel bulb, potatoes, and leek, and cook 3 minutes. Add water, salt, and broth, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Remove 2 cups of soup from pan. Place in a blender; process until smooth. Return pureéd mixture to pan, and stir in fennel fronds, parsley, and pepper. Spoon into bowls; top with sour cream.
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- COURSE: Soups/Stews
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American, Mediterranean
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Blender
- OCCASION: Autumn, Winter, Christmas, New Year's, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving
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TURNER COUNTY, GA (WALB) - Turner County investigators believe they know who killed a Worth County man and dumped his body near a field of Roby Reeves Road. "As a result of their investigation murder warrants have been issued for Nathan Emmanuel Holley of Ashburn," said Captain Steve Wood.
58-year-old Tommy Wayne Giles was found there just before Saturday afternoon. "We have no motive for this case, but we do know the two individuals have been acquaintances," said Wood.
Deputies say Holley was in a red 2000 GMC Sierra pick-up truck when he dumped the body. "The landowner who farms that area was out earlier in the day and had seen the red truck," said Wood.
And they believe he is still driving that truck. "Georgia tag number AMG 7577, there is a deer head sticker on the back glass. Written under the deer head sticker says size matters," said Wood.
Deputies are not releasing how Giles was killed. Or why they think Holley is the killer. They only say that he is armed and dangerous. "He is a deer hunter, and he does have weapons. We are not sure what caliber or type, but he does have weapons," said Wood.
And is why they say it is important they get Holley into custody quickly. "He is 34 years of age, 5'11", 200 pounds, with a tattoo of a sword and a rose on his right upper arm. With reddish brown hair and red goatee," said Wood.
They say if you see him you should call authorities immediately. If you have any information on the case, call the Turner County Sheriff Office at 229-567-2401. Deputies are offering a $500 reward for any information that leads to an arrest.
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[QUOTE=Jet_Engine1;3769155]On the flip side of this issue in regards to the poilitical, there are the municipal officials all over the country who deride and despise the "civil Servants" of their communities - Cops and Firefighters. The SEIU wants Cops and firefighters to make the same $$$ and pensions as janitors and parks employees, and I've heard City and County commissioners here in Florida express the opinion that they don't NEED Fire Departments....that it would be "cheaper to just rebuild the houses that burn down rather than have a Fire Department."
Of course, the simple response from Firefighters, "Okay, but do you want [B]YOUR [/B]children and [B]YOUR[/B] families in those houses?" usually shuts them up.
Point being, Police and especially Fire Departments are constantly defending their budgets from cuts while being expected to do more with less. Our department is currently a good deal below minimum staffing, with more cuts to come, and no, we do NOT have an "irresponsible pension". My department has a pension which every member pays 19.4% into every paycheck and currently the fund is at a healthy 90% funded - and thats with a 10 year timeframe in order to just get vested.
I know fire departments all over the country are under attack for their irresponsible pensions (California, Northeast, Miami-Dade), but are also getting budgets cut and employees laid off, but are still expected to do everything from the mundane to the incredibly dangerous while politicians from both sides tell us and the public how greedy and lazy we are....its a tough place to be in, and those arseholes don't help.[/QUOTE]
We are in a recession. Companies and families who aren't public employees are doing more with less resources, employees and pay. That's the reality of a recession. Tax revenue falls and that means the public sector has to do with less also.
Stop making it so personal. I make less money, my health care costs have gone up and the amount I can put in my pension goes down when the economy isn't doing as well. I don't view this as anybody trying to get me, I view it as the reality that in a down economy my labor is worth less money.
At the end of the day we can afford what we can afford and the fact is municipalities, cities and states are going broke because their citizens can't afford tax increases when their income is going down.
Supply and demand matters even in the world of Public Unions. Less money means either you take less or less of you do more or you do something else.
We need fire and police but again how much of it depends on more than need, it depends on what we can afford and clearly in the current environment we can afford less than we could when things were great.
Everyone in the private sector who has a self directed pension had their retirenment payout reduced. The public sector is asking those same people to make up the difference in their pensions so they don't take less down the line.


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This workshop will serve as a mentoring opportunity for academically-bound postdoctoral students/researchers/fellows in the sciences.
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Last week it looked like Nnamdi Asomugha was going to settle on either the San Francisco 49ers or New Orleans Saints relatively soon. A week later, not much has changed and the cornerback everyone wanted a few years ago is still on the depressed market. But despite teams like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings needing cornerbacks and secondary help, Asomugha has definitively whittled his destinations for the 2013 season down to the Bay Area and the Bayou.
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This recipe was great - used linguine vs. angel hair (it's what I had on hand). Also put butter, tarragon in pan to melt, added garlic & lemon juice. Made for a great light meal!
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 347
- Fat: 5.1g
- Saturated fat: 1g
- Protein: 32.9g
- Carbohydrate: 39.8g
- Cholesterol: 66mg
- Iron: 2.9mg
- Sodium: 193mg
- Calories from fat: 14%
- Fiber: 2.4g
- Calcium: 25mg
- 4 (4-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- Butter-flavored cooking spray
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- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups cooked angel hair (about 8 ounces uncooked pasta)
- Place a large nonstick skillet over medium- high heat until hot. Coat both sides of chicken with cooking spray. Cook chicken 5 minutes on each side or until done.
- Combine spread and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl.
- Place chicken on a serving platter; top evenly with spread mixture. Serve immediately over pasta.
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Royal Caribbean International's Explorer of the Seas will sail its very first Europe season in summer 2015. The cruise line's Adventure of the Seas, which was originally announced to homeport at Southampton, U.K., is being exchanged for Explorer of the Seas, which will take over three- to 16-night, roundtrip itineraries from late-April through Sept. 2015.
Holidaymakers can choose among three- and eight-night Northern Europe itineraries, 11- to 16-night Mediterranean itineraries, or 10- to 14-night Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands itineraries. Adventure of the Seas will remain at San Juan, Puerto Rico, to sail seven-night Southern Caribbean cruises throughout the summer season.
Explorer of the Seas will complete an extensive, month-long drydock revitalisation before starting seasonal service and boast a wide range of new innovative features to offer guests an unforgettable onboard experience. Guests can test their surfing skills on our new Flowrider surf simulator, watch a film come to life in our magical 3-D Movie Theatre, sample cuisine from around the world in one of the many excellent onboard restaurants. There will also be all-new staterooms and luxurious suites, plus new virtual balconies that bring the outside into interior staterooms. Additional features will be unveiled at a later date.
Voyager-class Explorer of the Seas was amongst the first to pioneer many of the exclusive amenities onboard Royal Caribbean that remain unmatched by any other cruise line. The Voyager class of ships was the first to introduce the active cruise holiday and features the cruise line's iconic rock-climbing wall, a real ice-skating rink, a full-size basketball and sports court, and the Royal Promenade, an interior boulevard that runs nearly the length of the ship that is flanked by restaurants, lounges and boutiques and where spectacular parades and evening dance parties are held.
Explorer of the Seas will be joined in the U.K. by the industry's ground-breaking Quantum-class ship Anthem of the Seas at Southampton and Radiance-class Brilliance of the Seas at Harwich, England.
Explorer of the Seas will be going on sale as of 3rd April 2014.
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Explorer of the Seas will return home from its 10-day cruise two days early, after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that spiked over the weekend. New reports of illness have decreased day-over-day, and many guests are again up and about. Nevertheless, the disruptions caused by the early wave of illness means that we were unable to deliver the vacation our guests were expecting. After consultation between our medical team and representatives of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we think the right thing to do is to bring our guests home early, and use the extra time to sanitize the ship even more thoroughly. We are sorry for disappointing our guests, and we are taking several steps to compensate them for their inconvenience.
After returning to home port on Wednesday, Jan. 29, we will perform a thorough "barrier" sanitization program on the entire ship to make certain that any remaining traces of the illness are eliminated. It will be the third aggressive sanitizing procedure the ship has undertaken since we became aware of the issue, and will additionally provide a window of more than 24 hours where there are no persons aboard the ship, which is a significant help. Guests scheduled for the next cruise on Explorer of the Seas can be confident that all possible measures will have been taken to prevent further problems.
At this point, it appears that reported illnesses among guests and crew peaked during the first few days of the cruise – though, as is common with many illnesses, some additional cases are to be expected over the course of the week. Our doctors tell us symptoms are consistent with that of norovirus, but that they are awaiting the results of tests to confirm that diagnosis. Our response included flying additional medical personnel and equipment to meet the ship, and conducting additional sanitizing procedures at two of the ship's stops.
In the end, however, the number of cases was still higher than any of us want to see. We will be cooperating with authorities and conducting our own internal assessments to make sure we are doing all we can to promote the health and safety of our guests and crew.
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Royal Caribbean hasd announced that Explorer of the Seas will head to Port Canaveral in November 2014 for a winter season in the Florida port.
Explorer of the Seas will sail four and five night cruises to the Caribbean and Bahamas.
Itineraries have not yet been released and the ports of call that Explorer of the Seas will call at are still unkown. These are expected to be released in the coming weeks.
When Explorer arrives in Port Canaverla, Royal Caribbean will have 3 ships based there. She will join fleet mates Freedom of the Seas and Enchanment of the Seas.
Royal Caribbean's latest vessel, Quantum of the Seas will replace Explorer of the Seas in Bayonne, New Jersey when she makes her debut in November 2014.
The future of Explorer of the Seas after January 2014 is still unkown.
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Royal Caribbean has announced the Winter 2013-2014 itineraries for Explorer of the Seas. Explorer of the Seas will continue sailing out of Cape Liberty, New Jersey where it is home ported throughout the year.
Explorer of the Seas will begin with an 11-night Southern Caribbean cruise, departing Nov. 3, 2013, which calls at San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, Antigua and St. Kitts. Vacationers also can choose a range of nine- or 10-night itineraries that take guests to three paradisiacal Eastern Caribbean ports, plus Labadee, Royal Caribbean's private beach destination on the north coast of Haiti. Eastern Caribbean ports include San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts and Samana in the Dominican Republic.
In addition, passengers can choose to cruise on 7-night cruises to the Bahamas, with stops at Nassau, Bahamas; Port Canaveral, Fla.; and Royal Caribbean's private island CocoCay. The Dec. 22 and 29 departure will see guests celebrating Christmas and New Year's Day, respectively, at Nassau; while the Mar. 21, 2014 sailing will offer guests an eighth night at sea.
In April 2014, Explorer of the Seas will offer a pair of five-night Bermuda and nine-night Bermuda and Caribbean itineraries. The shorter sailing features an overnight at Kings Wharf, while the longer itinerary calls at Kings Wharf, St. Maarten, San Juan and Labadee.
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Royal Caribbean International has announced Explorer of the Seas' summer and autumn 2013 cruise schedule. The ships new line up, featues 30 sailings to 17 ports of call on seven itineraries. Explorer of the Seas will be sailing out of New York City to Bermuda, the Caribbean, Canada and New England from April through Oct. 2013.
From April through August 2012, Explorer of the Seas will alternate five-night Bermuda and nine-night Bermuda & Caribbean itineraries. The five-night itinerary will feature an overnight at Kings Wharf, Bermuda, while the nine-night sailing calls at Kings Wharf; St. Maarten; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Labadee, Royal Caribbean's private destination on the north coast of Haiti. From September through October, vacationers can choose a seven-night Bermuda itinerary, which features three days and two nights at Kings Wharf.
Explorer of the Seas will also offer cruisers a Canada and New England sailing to catch the arrival of autumn and the changing of the leaves. Departing Aug. 31, guests will call at Boston, Mass.; Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine; Saint John, New Brunswick; and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Explorers of the Seas' summer 2013 cruises are now open for booking.