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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Spoilers will be present within the article.
- "For basic brews, look no further. You will need to buy and collect ingredients to brew potions from this book, so stock up on as many items as you can."
- —Advert at Flourish and Blotts[src]
Magical Drafts and Potions is a book written by Arsenius Jigger. It is currently used as a textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1] The subjects it is used for are Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts.[1] A copy of this book costs two Galleons at Flourish and Blotts.[2]
This book is one of the required textbooks for students entering their first year.[3]
During the 1995-1996 school year, Severus Snape set an essay on the properties of moonstone. Hermione Granger recommended that Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley use Magical Drafts and Potions to look up information on this essay, informing them that she had already lent her copy to Padma Patil. Unwilling to attempt to find the book in the library, Harry and Ron went to find Padma. She agreed to turn over the book if Harry assisted her with her Transfiguration homework.[4]
Known contents
The book contains many potions, including[2]:
- Antidote to Common Poisons
- Cure for Boils
- Forgetfulness Potion
- Herbicide Potion
- Sleeping Draught
- Swelling Solution
- Wideye Potion
Other topics
- Asphodel
- Dittany
- Wiggentree Bark
- The book also contains information on the properties of moonstone and how it can be used in potions[4].
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Harry Potter Limited Edition
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter Limited Edition
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pottermore
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)


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The Florida Rowing Center, established in 1985, offers sculling instruction for competitors and beginners. The center operates from mid-December to May attracting experienced and beginner scullers from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Professional coaching, first rate facilities, and a protected 1.5-mile long lake in sunny Palm Beach County make the Florida Rowing Center winter's premier sculling destination.
Masters, scholastic, elite, and recreational rowers will improve their single sculling skills on Lake Wellington through lessons with our coaches, by practicing drills, and with daily individual video critique of technique. Our coaches place a priority on a personal approach and creating a positive learning environment. Small groups allow each sculler to work closely with our staff to accomplish their goals for the session.
There is a choice of accomodations near the center. Minutes from quality beaches, an international airport, and major thoroughfares, the Florida Rowing Center is conveniently located. Read through our web site and find out more about our programs, location, coaching staff, equipment, and schedule.
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Celebration Cakes - Alexander
2 Tier 4inch and 8inch Round on a 14inch Iced Cake Board
Euro150 in Sponge Euro170 in Chocolate Biscuit Cake
(Single Tier Version Available, Cake can be made in any colour)
My celebration cakes are priced as follows, add prices together for each size you want. Chocolate Biscuit must go on bottom.
Vanilla Seed & Raspberry Sponge or Lemon Zest & Curd Sponge
Giant Cupcake Serves 20 Costs Euro80
4inch Round Serves 4 Costs Euro55
6inch Round Serves 12 Costs Euro75
8inch Round Serves 35 Costs Euro95
10inch Round Serves 60 Costs Euro110
Chocolate Biscuit with Malteser and marshmallow
4inch Round Serves 9 Costs Euro60
6inch Round Serves 20 Costs Euro85
8inch Round Serves 45 Costs Euro110
10inch Round Serves 80 Costs Euro130
Please note that personalised figures cost from Euro35 extra per figure.
Acrylic Personalised Toppers cost Euro15 extra.
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Posted on Apr 17, 2015
Earth Day Ideas for Seniors and In Home Senior Care
The weather is starting to finally warm up and we are finding more opportunities to spend our time outdoors. With the beautiful flowers beginning to bloom and the pleasant spring breezes, we can take the time to appreciate our Earth and how wonderful it truly is.
Spring is a great time to get in touch with the dirt and plant something new. Some pretty flowers around the yard will help to spruce up the home and will surely bring a smile to the faces of any visitors! Incorporating wildflowers that are naturally found in your area is also a way to attract birds and butterflies. Planting a tree is also a wonderful way to give back to the earth. Trees help to reduce greenhouse gases and also helps to clean pollution. Gardening is an ideal way to help a senior loved one to stay active and to get some fresh air.
An easy Earth Day Idea for seniors is to reuse and recycle everyday items. An old milk container can be washed out and filled with tap water to save as an emergency supply during the upcoming stormy summer months. Another way to help the earth is to use reusable canvas tote bags when carrying groceries and other purchased items home. Without having to spend an additional dime, simply reusing the paper and plastic bags from previous purchases is a simple way to recycle.
Earth Day was created to help remind us how precious our world really is. Take the time to look around for trash that gets blown around the neighborhood after windy days that usually comes with spring weather. If there is litter near the home, taking the time to pick it up instead of ignoring it is a great way to help the Earth. This will help to keep your home looking great and is beneficial for the neighborhood as well.
With the warmer weather comes fresh fruits and vegetables. The greenest way to eat produce is to buy it from local farmers markets and farm stands. Not only is the produce fresher, it is also so much better for the earth with reduced emissions from transportation that would be needed to transport from other states. It also keeps money in the community with those who take pride in growing your food. It's always a win-win for you and your community.
When the beautiful flowers and trees have been planted and the fresh veggies are served, it's time to invite those we love to join us for a delicious feast and pleasant conversation. Perhaps serving the meal outdoors is a wonderful way to really enjoy the company and warmer weather!
If you would like to learn more caring and consistent in home elderly care, along with the many benefits of professional senior care or dementia and Alzheimer's care, call Senior Helpers of Burnsville to speak to a senior care specialist today 952-892-8403! The compassionate senior care specialists at Senior Helpers can also guide you through the process of receiving the Veterans Administration Aid and Attendance Benefit if your elderly loved one is a veteran. In home senior care allows your loved one to stay in the comforts of their own home for as long as possible while receiving the level of care they need. Senior Helpers of Burnsville provides a wide range of services including Alzheimer's and dementia care, personal assistance, companionship, and so much more to all areas of Burnsville, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, St. Paul, Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville, Minnesota.


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VIDEO: Wolves owner Glen Taylor discusses hot topic Kevin Love
Poker generally is played without a clock. NBA trades are made, always, against one.
That time element adds one more moving part to all the others in the Minnesota Timberwolves decision to trade Kevin Love, the franchise's best player since another All-Star power forward named Kevin roamed Target Center.
Call it a calendar if you like – Love can opt out of his contract 338 days from now and hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2015 – but for all practical purposes, the time intervals are tighter and more urgent than that.
- The Wolves have only 82 games to convince Love to re-sign another five seasons in Minnesota or lose him without compensation. (Note we're not counting playoff games, since Love never has appeared in one).
- Fans in the Twin Cities have only 41 home games remaining to cheer or to jeer the 6-foot-10 power forward as one of their own. (He'll be back one or two times annually after that, for accuracy's sake).
- Any team that traded for Love would be giving up assets for one season's worth of his services. Two seasons (if Love were to commit to opt-in for 2015-16) or five seasons (if he gave assurances of re-signing that the new team could trust) might entice that team to boost the assets it sends to Minnesota – as long as it avoided a Carmelo/Nuggets/Knicks transfer of talent so great that Love's new team would suffer in the exchange.
- Intermediate deadlines are already looming: The Wolves have until the end of September to move Love or open training camp with a potentially unhappy star. The league's trade deadline is in February, by which time Love and his teammates all might be sick of answering questions about his future whereabouts (and of each other).
- Potential suitors face deadlines of their own, as far as preparing for the coming season, adding Love and subtracting current players on the fly. Will Golden State up its offer to include Klay Thompson? Will Cleveland back off its resistance to including No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins? Their value can change every 24 hours.
- Flip Saunders is on the clock, too, as head coach because owner Glen Taylor wants Saunders sooner rather than later to return full time to his duties as president of basketball operations.
So time is of the essence already in Minnesota's decision to draw, hold or fold in Love trade talks.
The latest development in the saga – a closely watched one in NBA circles, what with free agency's biggest names having settled in for the summer – came courtesy of Taylor Wednesday in Las Vegas, where he took on the foregone conclusion of many league insiders and media outlets that Love definitely would be traded soon. On the contrary, the Minnesota billionaire said while sitting in on NBA TV's summer league broadcast of his team's game.
The latest on Kevin Love? Hear from the man who cuts his check, TWolves owner Glen Taylor http://t.co/eexroWIpvr pic.twitter.com/KrNOkW9KAv
— NBA.com (@NBAcom) July 17, 2014
"Our plans are he's going to stay and we're going to prepare for him and have him as part of our season this year," Taylor said. "There's a lot of speculation that he wants to go to another team and I guess my response to that is, we're going to look at anything that makes sense that would make our team better. But we're not going to just move a superb player like that without getting equal or more value back."
As Taylor sees it, Minnesota's 40-42 finish was due largely to its 6-13 record in games decided by four points or less. It outscored its opponents by 2.6 per game, an unusually fat margin in NBA history for a team missing the playoffs.
Keeping Love as the anchor of a team that has added lottery pick Zach Lavine, with the development of last year's rookies Gorgui Dieng and Shabazz Muhammad and the play of point guard Ricky Rubio and center Nikola Pekovic, is Taylor's stated vision. It's LaMarcus Aldridge changing his mind on Portland, Upper Midwest style.
Whether it's a bluff or not isn't clear. But they're all playing Beat The Clock.
"I'd like to have Kevin back and play under Flip and just see how the coaches utilize him with the other players," Taylor said. "What Kevin has said to me, he wants to win. I've said back to him, 'That's all I want too!'
"My preference is that Kevin will come to camp – and I'm sure he will – and plays with the team, with the roster we put around him. And that we win. I think he'll find out Minnesota has the same thing that he wants, and that is a chance to win and to make it to the playoffs."
What Love wants isn't clear, because he hasn't addressed it head-on. There was his springtime interviews in which he tangentially talked about his preferences. Then a highly publicized long weekend in Boston, home of the pursuing Celtics. But he bowed out of the celebrity softball game Sunday in Minneapolis during MLB All-Star festivities there.
Love, who will turn 26 on Sept. 7, hasn't issued any ultimatums. If he starts the season with Minnesota and plays hard, up to his All-Star past, fans might be won over from, or at least tire of, razzing him. Then again, if he either stonewalls the media or engages them too fully – he's a bright guy capable of acerbic responses – or worse, comes down with a "blue flu" at some point during the season, it all could become untenable and another Wolves season might be lost.
Golden State and Cleveland, rightfully, would be loath to send out Thompson or Wiggins, respectively, without the guarantee of at least two seasons of Love. Saunders would be wise not to peddle his power forward for lesser packages, but has to know that his asset – not Love per se, but one season of him – will decline with each game.
There also are voices within the Wolves who are prepared to (gasp!) lose Love for the proverbial "nothing," preferring to shed his $16.7 million from next season's salary cap over taking on contracts of mediocre players.
Right now, it's more sundial than stopwatch. But the clock be tickin', as Micheal Ray Richardson might say. Time, like Love, is fleeting.


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I hope to be posting a regular post about something I've been thinking about and creating a treasury on the subject on Etsy. This week's post is on one of my secret loves, vintage wicker. I would like to invite you to do the same, if you would like to share your vintage wicker treasury please leave a link below.
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The Landmark Commission membership includes all members of the
Design Review Board.
1. Call to Order
2. Commission Discussions
Topic: Redmond City Park - Certificate of Appropriateness Level II
Description: Review and make recommendation regarding proposed measures for protection and preservation of the Anderson Park wall during relocation of conduit installed under the wall
Review Materials:
Cover Memo Attachment A (General Application Packet) Attachment B (Property Photograph) Attachment C (Nomination and Designation Report) Attachment D (May 2015 COA Level II Anderson Park Couplet Conversion)
Staff Contact: Kim Dietz, 425-556-2415, email@example.com
3. Staff Report/Topics for Next Meeting
4. Adjourn
Enhanced Agenda for print (pdf)
Administrative rules govern how the Landmark Commission will conduct its business. They describe the general format for Landmark Commission meetings, usual meeting days and other administrative details. The Landmark Commission rules and procedures were approved by City Council on 11/20/12.
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Quizno's has a new product on the market: Flatbread Sammies. I just saw a commercial for them which didn't make me want to run out and try one. If you want to see it yourself, you can at the Quizno's website.
For those who don't want to go there, the commercial stars two women sitting on a park bench. One woman is lithe and tall and model beautiful. She's eating nothing. The other woman is average looking, short and mildly curvy. She's eating a Flatbread Sammie. The supermodel woman stares at the other woman and we get to hear her thoughts, which are, to paraphrase, "Look at her, she's getting so much enjoyment from that sandwich. That should be ME!" and then she flips her hair and stares some more. Finally and abruptly, she says out loud to the sandwich-eating woman, "I hate you." At this, the sandwich eating woman doesn't look upset. No, she looks amazed and gets a little wondrous smile on her face as she says, "Really?"
Now, if I thought the only message was that the sandwich looks sooooo fantastic it causes people without one to envy people with one, I wouldn't have a problem with this commercial. The fact that the non-eater is very slender and supermodel beautiful while the eater is average sized, average looking is where I come to the problem. I think I'd be equally bothered if the roles were reversed, because either send a message that one of the women feels she needs to deprive herself while the other indulges without that pressure.
After all, if someone truly and simply wants a sandwich, there's a solution: she can go BUY ONE FOR HERSELF. No jealousy or hatred required.
Don't even get me started on the wondrous, happy reaction the "normal" woman gives at learning a gorgeous woman might have any kind of envy for her.
Maybe I'm just on a kick where everything even remotely anti-fat gets on my nerves, but the sub-layer this thirty second ad really highlights what I feel is a pretty big problem when it comes to women and their self-images.
(And no, trolls, I didn't sit down and think about this ad in order to come up with this interpretation. It's fairly obvious.)


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Planning Governance - Build the Right Services
Planning is an important part of both Enterprise API Management and Integrated SOA Governance solutions that allows companies to build to plan and build to priority, modeling current and desired architectures and identifying and prioritizing candidate services. Planning solutions maximize the efficiency of investment in APIs and SOA, solidifying the role of existing platforms as foundation service providers.
I.T. has always struggled with balancing long term planning with addressing the immediate and short term needs of the business, in most cases the short term requirements take precedent over long range planning. When this is applied to enterprise architecture, organizations end up with a bunch of services that deliver minimal business value, instead of their goal of SOA.
Planning Governance allows organizations to identify potential services in a planned and managed community including enterprise architects, business analysts and portfolio managers. When utilizing planning governance, services can be proactively built to plan rather than simply reacting and building single use services. This approach reduces the risks of service deployment and facilitates Enterprise Architectural goals by avoiding chaotic service sprawl.
Planning solutions include the identification analysis and modeling of candidate APIs and services, policies, profiles, processes and information. An effective planning governance product manages an organization's API and SOA portfolios while examining existing and planned applications and determining which capabilities should be exposed as services, and where applications benefit from consuming shared services.
Effective planning solutions will typically include:
Planning solutions require integration with a wide range of existing enterprise repositories, application portfolio management, and enterprise architecture planning solutions, to harvest current and desired architectures. The output from the Planning Governance process is a set of candidate services that feed into the Lifecycle Governance process, and candidate policies feeding into the Policy Governance process.


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Rams Crowned 2010 ECAC Metro Region Softball Champions
- Junior pitcher Heather Buckshaw named Most Oustanding Player -
Mahwah, N.J. - The #3 Farmingdale State College Rams (34-11) went 4-0 in the 2010 ECAC Metro Softball Championship and defeated #2 Richard Stockton College (28-12) in the final, 2-0, to earn their first-ever ECAC Softball crown. The only other Rams team to win an ECAC Championship was the women's basketball team in 2006. Stockton defeated #1 Ramapo College earlier in the day, 6-4, to advance to the final game.
The Rams scored in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Freshman second baseman Maressa Mistretta (Shirley, N.Y./Longwood) walked to lead off the inning before she moved to second on a sacrifice. Junior shortstop Nicole Farber (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) reached on an infield error allowing Mistretta to move up to third base. Farber got caught in a run down trying to steal second base, while Mistretta stole home as the throw from Stockton to home plate was too late.
The Ospreys and Rams traded zero's on the board for the next five innings before the Rams struck for one unearned run in the top of the 7th to take a 2-0 lead. Sophomore first baseman Aubrey Walker (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) singled to left field before freshman right fielder Elizabeth Escobar (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) bunted into a fielder's choice, the Osprey's attempted to get the lead runner at second as the ball went into center field, allowing Walker to cross the plate with the game's second run.
Junior pitcher Heather Buckshaw (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) and the Rams would get the Ospreys to go down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the seventh, with two fly outs and a strikeout, to capture the 2010 ECAC Metro Softball Championship. Buckshaw was named Most Outstanding Player of the Championship. Buckshaw struck out four while scattering four hits over the complete game shutout.
For Stockton, Heather Corica pitched a complete game in the loss, she struck out four while only giving up three hits, both runs were unearned.
Rams win First-Ever ECAC Softball Championship (2nd in school history)


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Hello! I am excited to be back today to share with you my next layout for The Scrapbook Diaries. Besides having an AMAZING online store , they also sell Designer Kits and have a very inspiring blog. There is no Design Team as such, but the owner invites designers from around the world to create projects that ALWAYS includes a video/stepxstep tutorial and essentially create their own "Designer Kit".
There are no subscriptions to anything. You just visit the store here and choose what page kit you would like. With each kit you get the tutorial as I mentioned, as well as enough materials to create TWO layouts. You can choose from different options such as the full kit that will include EVERYTHING or a couple of other options that include less items in case you already have some of the things included.
So here is the layout I created this month.
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On Feb 15th I dropped the price of my technothriller novel, The List, from $2.99 to 99 cents on Kindle and Nook.
As of 2/15/2011 7:30pm, The List had sold 592 copies sold on Kindle in February. That had earned me about $1200.
Here were the Amazon rankings prior to changing the price:
#1,078 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#13 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery & Thrillers > Police Procedurals
#14 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Police Procedurals
#57 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Action & Adventure
Now, a little over eleven and half days into the experiment, The List has cracked the Top 100 overall bestsellers on Kindle.
Here are the new numbers:
#78 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#2 in Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Police Procedurals
#2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery & Thrillers > Police Procedurals
#8 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Action & Adventure
At $2.99, I was earning $2.03 per download. And I was selling an average of 43 ebooks a day.
At 99 cents, I only earn 35 cents per download. I'm now selling 533 sales a day.
At $2.99, I made $87 a day.
At 99 cents, I'm now making $187 a day.
Now, the automatic reaction to this might be, "Wow, cheap prices = more money! I've got to lower the price of all my ebooks to 99 cents!"
But that assumption is incorrect.
My horror ebook, Trapped, which is currently ranked at #325 on Amazon, has sold 3640 copies this month. It is priced at $2.99, and I earn $2 per copy sold.
On Trapped, I'm earning $276 a day, selling 138 copies daily. For it to earn that at 99 cents, I'd have to sell 6 times as many copies, or 828.
Maybe I could, if it climbed high enough into the Top 100. Certainly the best selling ebooks are hitting higher numbers than that. But that's going after the two birds in the bush, when I'm pretty happy with the one currently in my hand.
The List, originally ranked at #1100, was a better gamble.
So what about my other titles? I have a few novels that are ranked higher than The List was. Should I drop their prices to 99 cents and see what happens?
Prior to this price change, I was selling 534 books a day of 14 other fiction titles, not including The List.
Currently, I'm selling 539 a day.
So my belief that a bestselling ebook improves the sales of backlist titles doesn't seem to have much merit.
Which means, based on the data I've accumulated, it might be a wise move to lower the prices on some of my other ebook novels. By guesstimate, if I have novels ranked over #1000, it stands to reason that I should drop them from $2.99 to 99 cents. But for novels ranked lower that #1000, it is too big a gamble, so I should leave those at $2.99.
My novel Shot of Tequila is my poorest selling ebook novel, currently ranked at #2523, and having sold 453 copies this month at $2.99 each.
I have just lowered the price on it to 99 cents.
I have no idea if sales will take off like they did with The List, or if Tequila can crack the Top 100. It might. It might not.
But I'll keep Tequila at 99 cents for two weeks and see what happens. Tequila is currently earning me $33 a day, averaging 16.5 copies daily.
In order to match that, I'll have to sell about 100 a day at 99 cents.
I'll start keeping track once the new price goes live.
It should be interesting to see what happens.
Even more interesting is a dilemma I haven't had to face yet. The List is currently in the Top 100 at 99 cents.
So when, if ever, should I switch the price back to $2.99?
Added: At 5:30pm Shot of Tequila was lowered to 99 cents on Amazon. Its rank is #1405, and I sold 483 copies so far in February.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
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Don't yawn at your own movie
This is a monumental task when your movie is called Love Happens costarring Jennifer Aniston.
I can't stop bitching about it.
That title.
It's the laziness that's so insulting.
Like – we can't be bothered to come up with an original script with original characters and an original story and even an original title because… well… why should we when the MiniVan doesn't require it?
Perhaps this is why Aaron Eckhart is yawning.
This is Aaron at LAX yesterday catching a ride out, presumably to start promoting Love Happens due out on September 18. Jennifer Aniston is making the rounds too. More clichés on the way.
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The other afternoon I found myself standing next to a lovely young woman. She wore a flowing ankle-length skirt and an expression of pure contentment. Her languid movements and placid countenance reflected the soul of a person who has transcended the pressures of daily life and found a space where time has no meaning.
I wanted to kick her in the shins.


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This past week I watched The Blind Side. Despite my resistance to watching it and my usual dislike for Sandra Bullock movies, this was a good story and a movie worth watching.
The story of Michael Ohr's life is told from being removed from his drug-addicted mother, placed in foster homes, couch surfing, road wandering, being taken in by the wealthy Tuohy's, to getting a full scholarship to play football at Ol' Miss, and being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens.
A tear-jerking story, filled with status-quo shattering moments, it proved to me that we don't even know what we are looking for to exemplify as superior personality traits.
After a steady stream of heroic feats by Michael Ohr, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Collins Tuohy, and Mrs. Boswell, the film closes by focusing on the need for more athletic scholarships for poor black boys. Now I am not against athletic scholarships for poor black boys, but it is not what made Michael Ohr's life so remarkable. What the film did an excellent job portraying even if they didn't recognize it was beautiful humanity.
For Michael Ohr is was his ability to resist the drugs and violence that was at his beckoning call his entire life. His ability to remain a sweet, caring, and sensitive young man, despite the enormous pressure to become a callous thug.
For Leigh Anne Tuohy, it was her courage to take a chance on this closed-off young man, her willingness to be hurt, and more so her willingness to believe in and commit to this young man. It was her bravery to tell her socialite friends they were bigots and choose truth over the comfort of social conformity.
For Collins it was taking the chance to become the target of ridicule and being outcast by her high school friends for publicly displaying her acceptance and feelings of kinship for Michael (much like her mother's dilemma).
It was all of these personal choices to be vulnerable, to be compassionate instead of fearful, and to act in line with truth instead of blending in with the herd that made this a compelling story with a happy ending.
Consider the story of two Michaels, Ohr and Vick. Both come from the projects, both are talented football players. Michael Vick chose to utilize his luck in life to get involved in a major dog-fighting operation, which displays inferior moral aptitude. It shows an orientation towards violence, power, and greed. Michael Ohr's story to my knowledge is absent of such displays, and does feature traits of hope, generosity, and sensitivity.
My point here is that attitude and personality are what makes this a remarkable story. In classical Chinese philosophy it is said that there are two kinds of luck-the first is what happens to you, the second is what you do with it. This second kind of luck is referring to personality. You win the lottery, congratulations, what do you do with it? Buy a mansion, expensive jewelry and cars? Well, that's your prerogative, but I will congratulate the person who finds a more virtuous application of her good fortune.
Don't take this point of "two kinds of luck" to think that I support the concept that poor people today just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, because that's bull. I am an advocate and pursuer of social and economic justice. (Consider the juxtaposition of Mr. Tuohy's wealth coming from owning over 80 fast-food chain restaurants, which pay people minimum wage and sell people disease-causing foods, often concentrated in poor neighborhoods) Nonetheless, character is always important.
This movie, The Blind Side, also unknowingly depicted the flaws of our education system quite well. Michael Ohr had been passed along the public education system until he was accepted into a Christian Academy, most presumably for his athletic promise. Here, Mrs. Boswell became Ohr's academic champion, looking for ways to engage this young man, but still within the confines of a very traditional curriculum. The things he demonstrated that he understood were just floating facts, disconnected from any relevant experience. Going to college was portrayed primarily as a means to play football, not a place to enrich one's self in any deep way. It was going to be a party, full of girls and games.
Even when asked if he wants to play football, Ohr replies, "well, I think I am pretty good at it." Hopefully since then he has discovered what his passions truly are, perhaps football is one of them and perhaps not.
In the end, this incredibly rich story full of heroes and iconoclasts was summarized as a story about football saving a poor black boy's life. I guess The Blind Side, has its own blind side.
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Please join me in congratulating Petar on his promotion to Senior Technology Specialist. Petar's contributions to the Helpdesk, his troubleshooting skills, development of the student consultant staff, and dedication to excellent service make this promotion very well deserved. Since our vacant position remains frozen, Petar will shift a portion of his time to working with Brian Foley in the support of public computers, computing labs, and classrooms. Petar will continue to be an active member of the Helpdesk. Congratulations Petar!


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Photographer Devin Yalkin points an unflinching eye to the underground world of illegal fight nights, capturing their raw intensity. These "Friday Night Throwdowns" happen in secret locations and venues all over New York City. In Yalkin's series The Old One Two, this hidden world is revealed through intimate, black and white photographs with a Film Noir flavor to them. This powerful series gets you up close and personal to the fighters and the erupting crowd cheering them on. The compositions in this series can be as hazy and chaotic as the fight itself, capturing the true atmosphere of these fight nights. You can see the unrefined aggressiveness and brutality between the fighters, but also feel the excitement and energy from the audience.
Devin Yalkin allows us to take place of the spectator, seeing every bead of sweat and drop of blood on the skin of the fighters. The high tension and motion happening during these Friday Night Throwdown's can be felt in each photograph. It is as if we are standing next to each eccentric character; the screaming fan, the eager fighter, or the elusive woman in lingerie whose role is somewhat unknown. All of the individuals shown in Yalkin's series seem to come from all walks of life, having only the love of the fight connecting them.
Make sure to check out Devin Yalin's new strange and beautiful series Abductions, which captures ominous scenes of which we cannot place, mysterious and alluring.
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You know that bill I wrote about yesterday? Its part of a slew of radical Christian bills that Representative Sally Kern is trying to get through OK legislature. Who is this woman?
A hate filled, backwards bitch.
Listen to this.
Listen to all of it.
Fuck you, Kern. And fuck all of you 'Christians' that let this shit spread in the name of your god.
Edit-- Some people have better humor about this than I.
Edit again-- OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT A FUCKING BITCH:
In an exclusive interview with News9.com Kern (R-Oklahoma City) admits it is her voice on the recording and stands by her comments. She said she's just stating the facts on what she believes.
"Shame on the person who didn't have the courage to come and say, 'I'm going to tape you and put it out on YouTube,'" she said.


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Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam
Saints Sergius and Herman settled on the island of Valaam in 1329. The brethren gathered by them spread the light of Orthodoxy in this frontier land. The Karelian people began to regard Christianity with renewed suspicion, with its authority in the fourteenth century being undermined by the Swedes, who sought to spread Catholicism by means of the sword.
Sts Sergius and Herman died about the year 1353. They are also commemorated on September 11 (the translation of their holy relics).


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Tight Finish Against NYU
NEW YORK—A mixed day of competition out on the strip saw the Yale women's fencing team finish with a 2-3 record at the NYU Invitational, held at the Coles Sports Center in New York on Jan. 25.
With the Bulldogs facing five teams during the daylong round-robin, the NYU Invitational proved to be a tough competition. In the past three years of the tournament, Yale has registered a 1-4 record at the tournament, so Saturday's performance improves on past results and will help prepare the fencers for future matches in the season.
The day started with a tough match-up against Notre Dame, which the Fighting Irish won in a 19-8 result. The string of difficult opponents continued in the Bulldogs' next match, against Northwestern. The Wildcats seized a 20-7 victory.
But Yale turned its fortunes around in the next two rounds, capturing wins against Wayne State and hosts NYU. Against Wayne State, the Bulldogs won in convincing 20-7 fashion, including a strong 8-1 performance by the saber squad. NYU, meanwhile, pushed the Bulldogs to the very end and Yale clinched the round in a close 14-13 verdict.
In the final round of the day, Yale fell to Ohio State 18-9. Saturday's results marked a stronger performance than last year's result, when the Bulldogs' sole victory at the NYU Invitational came against Wayne State.
Next weekend the Bulldogs will host bouts against Drew and Vassar at home on Feb. 1. The Ivy League Championships will take place the following weekend, hosted by Brown on Feb. 8-9 in Providence, R.I.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Fares are going up for riders of Washington's Metro transit system.
Starting on Sunday fares will increase an average of 3 percent or about 10 cents per trip. Metro says short trips of 3 miles or less will increase from $1.70 to $1.75 during off-peak times and from $2.10 to $2.15 during rush hour.
Riders who take a Metro bus will pay a fare of $1.75 whether they use cash or a SmarTrip card. Today, fares are $1.60 for SmarTrip and $1.80 cash. Express bus fares will increase from $3.65 to $4.00.
Parking rates will also increase by 10 cents at all Metro-operated facilities. Parking rates at some Metro-operated facilities in Prince George's County will go...
The L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it will face a $36-million operating budget shortfall in 2016 that will grow if fares are not raised. Above, a Metro bus near Culver City in 2012.


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December 18 – Christmas Stockings
Did you have one? Where did you hang it? What did you get in it? Do you have any Christmas stockings used by your ancestors?
Growing up, we always has a Christmas Stocking to hang on Christmas Eve. Since there were nine of us and we had no fireplace, we got creative and hung them from any hook, handle, or doorknob we could find in the living room. I do remember one year or two we had a cardboard fireplace to hang out stockings on. Our stockings were the typical red plush with a white cuff. I don't remember their having names on them but there must have been some way to keep track of whose was whose.
Our stockings usually had an orange or tangerine, un-shelled nuts, candy cane, and some ribbon or other hard candy that usually got stuck in the bottom.
My children's stockings were more elaborate since I made them and they had a special pocket on the outside for a special tiny treasure. Their stockings were filled in a similar manner but there were some additional small gifts. Socks, nylons, perfume, small silly toys etc.
My grandchildren's stockings are like their mother's with the addition of embroidered names. In our house everyone gets a stocking: parents, kids, dogs, and cats! Grandma too.


text: Click to viewHere's a gorgeous detail from Michael Whelan's cover art for Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Odyssey Two. It has everything, the giant blue baby head, the spaceship, the sillhouette of Jupiter, and that sexy, sexy obelisk. The folks over at LibraryThing are having a discussion of their favorite science fiction book covers, and it's introduced me to some amazing classic - and recent - cover art that I hadn't seen before. Click through to see a few of the other great LibraryThing recommendations, including an Asimov cover by Ralph McQuarrie. There's way more great suggestions over at the link. [LibraryThing]


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Cats Giving High-Fives Will Make Everyone's Day [VIDEO]
It's a holiday weekend -- a time to relax and unwind.
What better way to cut out the stress than by watching these cats give high-fives? The worries you have will just melt away like the pounds after you hit the gym next week (you are hitting the gym next week, right?).
Anyway, just sit back and take in these purr-fectly delightful clips.
Okay, enough kitten around. We mean it this time.


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Pump audits have already created tangible results for customers of all descriptions.
Everything from water supply companies to industries have cut their energy consumption by 40 to 60% - and their new pumps pay for themselves in very little time.
One example is the water supply company in the city of Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Here, three of the company's facilities have been extensively refurbished with new Grundfos pumps, generating savings of more than EUR 180,000 a year. Given the impressive result, further refurbishment is planned.


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CemLS #29972 - Fair Oaks Cemetery District
CemLS: #29972 - Available
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Cemetery Info
Fair Oaks Cemetery was founded on October 21, 1902, on 1/2 acre of land in Fair Oaks, CA . The cemetery facilities now cover 12 acres, and we perform approximately 200 burials each year.
The Fair Oaks Cemetery is a Public Cemetery District, providing burial for all qualifying district residents and their families.
Our prices are considerably less than private cemeteries because our operating budget is subsidized by property taxes paid by district residents/property owners, yet we are able to provide most comparable services as private cemeteries.
We take great pride in our park like setting, with gently sloping hills, oak trees, and plants and shrubs. With the chirping of birds and gentle breezes, Fair Oaks Cemetery provides a serene and calm atmosphere for visiting loved ones in their final place of rest.


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"I was born ready!"
That was Lieutenant Flipshot's boastful, cocky catchphrase throughout the NA cartoon. Along with Captain Hydron, Flipshot is the co-pilot and first mate of the Starship Eternia and is the comedic foil to the usually more stoic Captain Hydron.
While his partner is more water-centric, Flipshot is an aerial character with his jetpack. His action feature is also aerial--he flips into enemies. Even his international name, Icarus is an aerial reference.


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Robert Wills Naves (1916-1944) was the grandson of William Henry Wills (1869- 1943) making him a second cousin to all grandchildren of John Albert Wills and Elizabeth Bissonnette. Robert Wills Naves was born in New Hampshire and lived most of his life in that state. Somehow a little famfily photo album got passed to my mother who carefully wrote across the album "papa's brother's family". Here are some of those photos. Robert Wills Naves is the little boy.
|Father and Mother of Robert Wills Naves
|Robert with his Uncle Fred, probably at Hampton Beach, NH.
|Robert Wills Naves as an infant
This little boy grew up to be an artist who volunteered in the United States Army Air Force during World War II, serving with Merrill's Marauders in Indochina and dying there in an accident.
Here is some information about his career as an artist who painted murals and theater screens throughout New England in small town theaters. The following paragraphs are from the Randolph Vt Herald Newspaper a few years ago:
Robert Naves: A professional artist who was employed by several scenic studios in New Hampshire including Crystal Art Studio, Wood Studio, and Monadnock Studio, Robert Naves traveled throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. His specialty was painting stage curtains for theatres, which he would paint in his studio and then ship to the client.
Theatre curtains by Naves are in Vermont in the town halls of Glover, Putney, Brookfield, Wheelock, Concord and Williamstown
Theatre curtains by Naves are in Vermont in the town halls of Glover, Putney, Brookfield, Wheelock, Concord and Williamstown
When volunteers cleared out Brookfield's Old Town Hall, among the prizes found were two hand-painted theater curtains in the stage area. Now these treasures will be conserved as part of the Vermont Painted Theater Curtain Project.
Melanie LaRocque and Jill Wheatley of Brookfield are organizing volunteers to assist textile conservator (and new part-time Brookfield resident) Michele Pagan in handling and sewing the curtains at the Pond Village Church April 14-16. If necessary, conservation work on the curtains will continue the following week, April 19-21. If you would like to help with this project, call Melanie LaRocque (276-3322) or Michele Pagan (276-3562).
One of the curtains found in the Town Hall is an ethereal view of the floating bridge; the other is an advertising curtain documenting the emerging relationship between local business sponsors and the arts by the turn of last century. Both of Brookfield's curtains were painted by Robert Naves, a professional artist and salesman who painted many curtains. In the early 1940s, Naves joined the Flying Tigers (and designed their logo) and went to China, where he died in 1944.
Each Town Hall curtain will cost approximately $3,000 to conserve, and the Brookfield Community Project will use funds raised by the benefit concert last September to contribute $500 per curtain for that effort. The rest of the funding has been raised by the Painted Theater Curtain Project, which is part of the Vermont Museum & Gallery Alliance, and has received $150,000 from the "Save America's Treasures" grant program towards the cost of preserving Vermont's 120 curtains.
The curtains, found in town halls, grange halls, theaters and opera houses, were painted between 1880-1930. Their romantic, historical or documentary nature reflects a time when people in even the most rural towns endorsed the concept that entertainment should not only delight but also instruct.
Other sponsors of the Painted Theater Curtain Project include the National Endowment for the Arts, the Windham Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation and the Walter Cerf Fund.
Here are two examples of his theatre curtains:
Here's another link Historic Hillsborough, New Hampshire and Antiques Journal
|Robert lived in this house in New Hampshire
The house was called the Leavitt-Garland House
History of the Leavitt-Garland House
Robert W. Naves, married and living in Hampton, NH often worked in a studio in the back of his house. One day in February 1941, while Robert was in the studio the structure caught on fire and Robert suffered severe burns. When he finally recovered from his burns, he volunteered to serve in World War II. While serving in Indochina, he was killed in an accident and buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The town of Hampton honored him by naming a street NAVES ROAD. You can read more about Robert Wills Naves here. While serving, he continued to use his artistic talent ....


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Sometimes you only need an instant to watch two people interact to understand that their connection is incredible. Nicki and Andrew had that- and we could see it from the moment they arrived. The two of them could not stop looking at each other, laughing, touching, agreeing on everything, and trusting one another completely. It was awesome. Andrew and Nicki met online a few years ago and Andrew has since become a partner to Nicki and a father to Nicki's son, Ethan. The three of them made a remarkable team and I've got no doubt that their marriage will only make them more solid.
The couple got married on September 21st, the official first day of fall and it was really the first weekend that felt like fall; something in the air had changed, the sky looked different, the trees were turning. What an incredible time to get married, in the moments between Summer and Autumn, when after months of care free fun in the sun, late nights, and non-stop activity one begins to look forward to the quiet, crisp, and nurturing time of the year, looks forward to spending cozy nights with loved ones, and is no longer interested in missing out out on anything. This seasonal transition seems much like the transition into marriage, and I can guarantee that Nicki, Andrew, and Ethan are having a lovely fall.
The theme of Nicki and Andrew's wedding was trees, with a fantastic birch bark cake, and tables identified by different regional species. The couple took a lot of photos among the trees, with their bridal party clad in cowboy boots and holding adorable yellow bouquets. The ceremony was very sweet, with a memorable "knot-tying" ritual where Nicki tied a special knot in Andrew's tie. The cocktail hour and reception were wonderfully celebratory and personal. After the parent dances, Andrew got out his guitar and sang a song with his bride to their son, Ethan. This was a huge crowd pleaser and the two of them sounded really great together, which was hardly a surprise to anyone. The couple then did their cut into their Birch cake and guests helped themselves to s'mores on the deck for dessert. It really was a perfect fall wedding, we loved having Nicki and Andrew and their family and friends here at The Farm.


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One of the most wonderful opportunities that work in children orphanage can give you is the chance to share your love and skills with poor orphaned children. Many volunteers have deemed the work life changing. By offering attention and love to children, you are making a real difference in the life of a young person. Whether you have a background in childcare or simply enjoy sharing love with kids, a smile can offer something meaningful to the life of kids deprived of love and care.
As a volunteer, you can help care for children in orphanages. Children are an integral part of all societies around the world and providing adequate care for them is an important part of everyday life. As an international volunteer this type of placement provides an opportunity for active hands-on work as well as a unique cultural exchange opportunity. Many orphanages are community initiated and operated by local community members. Often government support and staff are minimal; therefore the institutions are not provided with the necessary resources to optimize the children's care. The orphanages rely upon volunteers to support their long-term sustainable initiatives through simple tasks and creative energy. Sharing your time with the children, you will be offering them the family love which they have not been privileged with, you will be presenting to them a reason to live as normal as you and us.
You may be assisting with daily routines helping cook and feed the children, playing with them, and devising games for their leisure after school and on weekends. Through all that you do, the individual attention and love that you give the children will last in their memories for a lifetime. The single most important factor in the development of young children is relationships with caring adults. Whether you have a background in childcare or simply enjoy caring for young children, a smile or hug can be a meaningful and long-term contribution.
In addition, the dialogue and interaction with local staff provides a rare opportunity for you to share ideas with them and build morale. The most important attributes needed for these placements are an open heart and a love for spending time with children. In some placements you will quickly pick up on the daily routine while in others you may need to be more creative in coming up with ideas.
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Drug dealer negotiating with cartel.
A drug dealer conducts a negotiation with a colleague.
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Eduardo is being interrogated by his crime boss who thinks he snitched. This scene must contain some...
A tough criminal has a challenging conversation with his adversary.
Street kid telling his girlfriend he stopped dealing drugs.
Sultry criminal threatens a detective and warns him to stay out of her organization.
A criminal lies his way out of a confession and gives the detective nothing.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
Antiscia and contra-antiscia are symmetrical arrangements around the cardinal axis (or Aries point). Observed for at least two thousand years, these planetary statements are simple to use, easy to find, and a powerful addition to any astrologer's toolbox. Favored by Symmetrical (Uranian) astrologers and used by Hellenistic, Persian, Medieval, and Western tropical astrologers in the know, planets and points in antiscia indicate connection and undeniable expression in the world. They are also valuable for charts with no known birth time.
In this multimedia presentation we will note their potency through charts of artists, musicians, athletes, politicians, actors, and astrologers. We will see the value of tracking antiscional transits to natal placements and experience their impact in connections across the axis via synastry contacts.
Kate Petty's lifelong love for astrology has led her to practice a number of different systems including Symmetrical (Uranian), Hellenistic, Early Medieval, Indian, and Visual astrology. Her most recent focus combines Symmetrical and Traditional techniques, keeping an eye on mundane physical realities. Through her website she publishes a list of monthly antiscia and articles on current events, and provides one-to-one online mentorship. She's a former President/Vice-President of the Washington State Astrological Association. Outside astrology, Kate volunteers providing emotional support to women living in prison and is a professional visual artist. Her website can be found at: www.ambientastrology.com
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- Mac®-based attendees: Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer
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Piano Black and glare
Piano Black and glare
TheAustin | 01. februar 2013
I've heard about glare problems with the Obeche gloss, I can only assume that the piano black would be the same, if not worse...Just one of several reasons I'm thrilled with the matte Obeche.
jat | 01. februar 2013
I haven't had any issue at all with the piano black trim. The only time I had a glare problem was late in the afternoon, when the sun coming through the back window reflected off the center display right onto my eyes -- I had to hold my hand up to block it until the angle changed slightly.
noel.smyth | 01. februar 2013
no issues here
Superliner | 01. februar 2013
Of course not, if there are any problems they are certainly not new. There have / have not been glare problems in cars since there have been cars. Still grinning with the Tesla Grin here!


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