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Monday, February 15, 2010
Indian Intelligence Agencies or Dumbos??
Citizens want to know what went wrong this time? What is the weak, unconvincing alibi for such a monumental intelligence failure? Who needs post-mortems and excuses? The stupidest part of our response is that we always step up security at the very location that has been devastated by a bomb, instead of anticipating and preparing for the next attack - an attack which is inevitable, given what soft targets we have reduced ourselves to. What is the point of beefing up security at the German Bakery after the deed is done and the place has been reduced to rubble?
What is the point of bringing in David Headley ( same guy who roamed the length and breadth of India freely till the Americans caught him!) each time there is a crisis? Why keep retracing his recces if nothing emerges from those trips? If our cops knew Headley's plans as they now claim, why couldn't they prevent the attack? Whether Headley stayed at Surya Hotel behind the bakery etc etc is a matter of zero interest in the context of what happened.Turning the Osho Ashram and Chabad House into fortresses now, also has little relevance. As for Chid's banning press interviews with the injured, it is such an obvious sham. What will it achieve? It is the right of journos to have access to the survivors struggling for their lives in city hospitals and file reports. How does that impact investigations? Chidambaram is nonchalantly saying it is not possible to check every student and every back packer. True. But it is definitely possible to follow leads provided by foreign agencies and take some preventive action. All our government posturing is reserved for 'later' - all explanations are given post-attack. All those amazing theories surface after the tragedy. Our ministers routinely pass the buck and trot out pathetic excuses for their own failure. Let me quote Chids again: " There is no intelligence failure, but please remember this is not an overt attack by gunmen. This is an insidious bomb that had been planted by what appears to be a backpack. It is practically impossible to check each backpack..."
This is our Home Minister talking !
In that case, why not abandon all efforts to enforce security at airports, hotels and other sensitive locations?? Why bother? Why not just sit on our butts and wait for the next attack since the government has all but thrown up its hands and conceded its helplessness in the matter?
Dumbos performing in the Jumbo Circus display higher levels of intelligence. Shame!
61 comments:
- R@kHe$h said...
wow..u are bang on shobhaji...i was waiting for someone to spk the truth..and here u are..unlike rajdeep or barkha s**king upto these actors and politicians...we need moreppl like u..pls start a news channel...
- February 15, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- Maria said...
Yes, yes, yes. Why don't they get their act together?
- February 15, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- mitusingh said...
dear shobha de
thanks a lot for giving out your mind on pune blast and that too in ur usual (hard to digest) style. I was looking fwd to such a write up from u and in times like these ...we have to and we must !! speak out. The people holding those higher offices need to be held accountable. I completely agree with you when you address our intelligence agencies as dumbos..!! they surely are just that. i was so shocked myself to read the statement of Chidambram sahab tht it was not an intelligence failure and that New Delhi was AWARE OF IT???????????????? WTF!!! If they were aware of it..then was he interested in watching a diwali fireworks??? that he and his so called intelligent asses kept sitting on their asses and did nothing about it!! and on top of everything he now has guts to tell the nation that it was not an intelligence failure??????? wtf!! do these people think that Indian citizens are morons and they can give us any stupid statement and we will buy it?? damn sometimes i really feel sorry for letting go like this, but somewhere deep inside ..such attacks on my India and loss of innocent lives hits too bad....
- February 15, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Unknown said...
"It is the right of journos to have access to the survivors struggling for their lives in city hospitals and file reports. How does that impact investigations?"
Let us suppose that one or more of the survivors could provide some clues that could lead the investigative agencies to the attackers. Should those be immediately broadcast on television and printed in newspapers so that the attackers could be alerted and aided in making good their escape?
BTW, SRK spoke out in support of Pakistani cricketers playing in the IPL. How many of the players were or are likely to be involved in terrorist activity in the future, according to you, simply on account of the fact that they are citizens of Pakistan?
- February 15, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Din0410 said...
Mr. Sharukh Khan we want you to tell Pakistan now " Stop Killing Innocent Indians" Why are you and your supporters are not coming openly now on all channels now ? Where are you hiding ?
- February 15, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- Nikhil V said...
Terrorism cannot be defeated by the government or the police alone. The responsibility to be alert before an attack and the ability to give measured response after an attack depends on the preparedness of the society as a whole. India is not prepared to fight terrorism because Indians are complacent and reactionary.
- February 15, 2010 at 2:52 PM
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- February 15, 2010 at 3:40 PM
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- February 15, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- HU said...
Nice article!! Thumbs up!!!
Yes, we need to snub trivial issues like MNIK, and should start looking at how our hard-earned tax money is being utilized by the Government.
It's high time that Government concentrates on issues like creating employment, developing products and technologies in-house through more research and development, strengthening our State and National security. However, as you mentioned these ministers are coming up with weird and lame excuses to justify the intelligence/security failure. It's a treat to watch them handle trivial issues like MNIK leaving aside issues like economy, security and development.
And SRK, fyi, LET has plans to attack other cities in India with the help from our good neighbour's government agency, ISI. They have even coined a name for this project: 'Project Karachi'. Does it ring any bells? Where have you disappeared all of a sudden? Please appear on TV shows and please share your views on what diplomacy needs to be practised against our 'good neighbour' to avoid the forthcoming attacks from LET and ISI.
- February 15, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Anil Anuragi said...
This is wot i like about your writing. At the end of the day Truth is truth!!
- February 15, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Ameya AB said...
How do you manage to write in the way almost every commoner thinks? Great!
- February 15, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- Djoh said...
What a pity to read again and again this kind of articles.
US and other developed countries have infiltrated the terrorist groups, they listen to everybody's phone conversation, they have records for all the citizens and those records are there for the past XX years.
What do you expect from a country which is developing fast - yet counts so many poor and uneducated people.
There are bombs blasting every so and so in Assam, a place where the Indian growth does not apply.
This time, Pune has been targeted, as a developed place (which still has its count of poors).
Nothing at all could have been done, and arguing that Chidambaram or the Gov is useless won't change it.
Cops are still getting their salary from bakshish they can manage to get, they still are illiterate and not trained properly.
This is the origin of the problem, and blaming Pakistan won't change anything to that either.
For your information, the terrorists are not Pakistanese - a terrorist doesn't belong to any country, their goal is to create anarchy and make the peace process between india and pak fails.
Stopping the discussions give them the success they are expecting after the blast.
Blast which could not have been avoided - with the cops education level, it doesn't matter if the Indian Intelligence Agency works hard or not.
As a matter of fact, I've been to the German Bakery many times. I've seen the cops recently around that place, supposedly to check whatever was happening and whatever people was coming. But with such a low budget, it was in fact two fat guys sitting on a chair all day long, checking nothing but some way to increase their salary - and who could blame them ?
They would only complain about the PM the way you do, about the government...
- February 15, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- Unrestricted_Gate said...
A bit harsh this time Shobhaa. Written from the heart. But, the real problem is not the Intel. agencies. Its the no. of intelligent people that work in the Police forces and the extreme narrow minded agenda of the politicians who with their grade z security don't have to worry about bomb blasts.
- February 15, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Balvinder Balli said...
While it is agreed that the police and intellingence agencies react to a stuation rather than taking proactive measures by beating the ground when the snake has passed but at the same time no amount of intelligence or security arrangements will work unless we citizens wake up to the threat lurking around us constantly. In most of the bomb blasts that happened in the recent past, incuding the one at Pune, the unidentified baggage, contaning the explosive device, was handled by common citizens triggering the blasts. In case any unidentified object is seen lying somewhere,the people present there should immediately move away from that place and alert the experts without handling the object themselves.
- February 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- Theyoginme said...
Shobhaa I was at the German Bakery several times last year and given the number of foreign tourists in that shack of a place (a cool shack!), it would have been smart of the owners to employee at least a token metal detector, and checking of bags at the entrance. This is common sense and doesnt require "intelligence" from the gov't. At the same time you are absolutely correct - it is the job of the authorities to have ensured such a public and obvious place to have been asked to or provided some protection. But the lack of intelligence is not just with the govt, its a systemic problem and part of the chalta hai mentality in the people of India.
- February 15, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- supriya said...
shobha ji...what i feel is..these guys don't have the balls to take any actions. They can just serve their asses..!! bloody assholes...!
I really pray for the victims and their families!
- February 15, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Mukesh Bhatia said...
This is absolute pathetic of our govt. It seems v r a total failure on intelligence front & a mess @ security front. Now a "Common Stupid Man" of The Wednesday fame feels like reacting or perhaps retaliating.
- February 15, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Tramp said...
Perfecto! Hope our 'non-terrorist' Khan reads this blog.Somebody please post the link to him.Oh but wait he may not give out a statement against the Pakistani terrorists since it may affect the sales of his 'My name is Khan' tickets in Pakistan.He will go to any level for cheap publicity to sell his movies.And talking about our govt and intel agencies, after every blast we hear that these high and mighty folks 'had information' about the bomb threat prior to blast.It happens EVERY single time.Then why dont they do something to stop them damn it!!It is really frustrating to hear them say cockily that they had prior information about the blast.Brilliant post Shobaa De.Thank you very much.
- February 15, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Cool4u said...
Well! while most people would agree with u on what u say, I must share my opinion, which is somewhat different. Well, Ma'am, agreed we had prior information of impending strike in the vicinity of Osho Ashram. So? What would u expect, gun toting security personnel standing guard outside German Bakery and frightening all customers away. And for how long? The int report is already six months old. And if they did stand guard, another target could have been chosen. After all German bakery was not the only joint being frequented by foreigners, there are scores of them in Koregaon Park. Yes, the Pakis, if it was them, (probably yes) chose their timing well. They attacked when the police were busy guarding multiplexes. But then, wasn't that required as well? Should we just let the Sena goons have free citizens dancing to their tune all the time.
My point is simple, a generic input about impending terror strike in a city is not enough to prevent terrorist strikes altogether. Look at Iraq, where the marines are using Guns, tanks, heptrs, aircraft and what have you............. and with the intelligence reports from CIA. Have they been able to prevent all attacks on US citizens? Yes they have done it in US, but it's only a matter of time before Al Qaeda strikes again. They almost did, a few weeks back.
Our Govt is vigilant so this is the first terror strike since 26/11. However there is always room for improvement. As they say, sky is the limit. Ordinary citizens have some responsibility as well. Are we vigilant enough ourselves? I leave u to answer that yourself.
- February 15, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- Crazy Blogger said...
"Chidambaram is nonchalantly saying it is not possible to check every student and every back packer."
That is NOT AT ALL a good excuse
- February 15, 2010 at 8:20 PM
- BHAVISH SHILA PATEL said...
yes...that is fact,we all know...but where is solution? Every one talking and questioning.According to Chidambaram it is not possible to check every student and every back packer.Its fact...so why do we always blame to Government? but the issue is...what should be do? so come with solution and solution is not come from individual.So Just think ...
- February 15, 2010 at 8:37 PM
- Vaudeville of Exhilaration said...
Every bit of ur write up is undoubtedly veracious. We all are upset with the incapability of our system to prevent such macabre blasts. people say pen is a writer's biggest weapon.we all write about de dirty politics and stuffs dat bother us but it's high time we do something beyond jus penning down wat we like n wat we dont and we need pioneers like u to do something substantial.
Last but not the least we want a good and effective polititians and not the mere public speakers.
- February 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Unknown said...
it is very irresponsible of a journo like you to talk abt this like every emotionally charged Indian.. PC was handed over a completely decrepit ministry.. you cant change the whole sysem in a day.. i am sure he is working hard to change the system.. remembr the year 2007 and 2008 when every month there used to be a bomb blast.. we r far better right now.. and please dont act like the Thackeray's.. every pakistani is not a terrorist.. there might b many, but please dont generalise.. please act like a RESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST for god's sake..
- February 15, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Pooja Rathore said...
Dear ma de,
someone i know lost her best friend in the pune blast very sad innocent lives lost for no fault of theirs. last year we did not have any terrorist attacks our home minister said it was our good luck i think this year the home minister wil say it is our bad luck they rely on luck not on self we pay such huge taxes, they are ready to pay big money after death due to attacks why not use the same money before for security, you are right they are not very serious about terrorism or they dont know how to handle the issue especially when they knew the places of target, what more intelligence they need with this intelligence they have failed we cant hope much from them.
I think instead of home minister going to pakistan why not send SRK for talks hopefully his positive belief (good neighbours) may put pakistan in action , you rightly pointed that such large number of police force was employed for SRK movie why not for our security bcoz he is Khan and we are nobody .
prevention is better than cure is the affirmation our homeminister should practice.
you have put the truth as it is , your blog is very informative and one can get the right perspective your judgement excellent.
- February 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM
- Unknown said...
The affair that lasted 32 years ended last night. On Valentine's Eve. Dad broke the news out to me when I returned home with mom.
Blast at German Bakery.
I went — okaay???
Like many things, this too sunk in late. I woke up feeling empty. Numb. Angry. Confused. Directionless.
They killed my city. The only single constant that I was in love with all these years.
I want to pass by the wreckage. To take it in. But then I know, I'll always take South Main henceforth. I am not strong enough.
I am almost in tears as I write this. I knew about the affair. That I was going around. Even before I saw 'I heart NY'.
Pensioner's Paradise. Oxford of the East. Mumbai's poor cousin. Laidback. One of the safest cities in the country. All the adjectives possible. None of them given by Punekars. They've always been heaped by the ones who've visited and gone back enamored.
Well not really.
Deepak was back to posting comments on homosexuality. Taran on movies, SRK, MNIK. And these are the people who've stayed … no lived … an important part of their lives in Pune. Does it mean nothing to them? Or is it just me?
The true Puneites will bitch about it amongst themselves. But they'll stand up if some outsider takes it on.
I can never forget this and go on with my life as if nothing happened.
I have been biased. But then that's just me. Or is it?
I love(!) someone more for their flaws than their qualities. And no. I will not list the flaws here. There are too many.
This is an Obituary. Coz I know, I'll never feel the same again. It's dented. Broken. Irreparable. Irreplaceable.
I am single again. On Valentines. And it does not feel good.
- February 15, 2010 at 9:35 PM
- Nirbhay said...
@Shobha & Bloggers,
Please do not do Paki bashing like Sena for they are good neighbours.And if you do that, our SRK will get upset.
You know what happens if he gets upset.He will call his Moma "Sonia".Suddenly all India is after Paki bashers as
a) They are good neighbours
b) SRK understands their agenda than acting.
c) We really like what Pakis do to us.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- goodway said...
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- February 15, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Jyostna said...
I wldn't throw mud on the Intelligence Agencies, as it the responsibility of the higher authorities to give a nod to proceed. Our folks are so busy promoting/dramatizing SRK's movie that they hardly cld care a damn abt this voilence. Do the Senas think that Pune is not part of Maharastra..wherez all the fuss thatz been happening for the past week.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:06 PM
- curtainz_fire said...
blah blah blah..Gone are the days when one used to say it was all unexpected and now its all expected though these brain washed fellas have been so effectual in their nasty plans. What is the most crucial thing missing here is we are running out of using 'ONE WORD'..You could just imagine that if this would have all happened in US then how they would have dealt and retaliated. Government should make a priority list to deal with as there have been enough issues cooking up in our country.period.
I completely agree with you about calling intelligence agencies as dumbos. We got tactful minds but lacking of enough strive.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:30 PM
- Unknown said...
What ever you wrote is very true.
It is on each and every Indian's mind, but can never be told/expressed.
Very true our Netas commit the same mistake of 'Bolting the stable after the horse has fled'.
There is no preventive action/plan on board.
We all depend on personalities like you to write/speak the truth, but do you'll? or is it only to suit your own whims and fancy? to hit out at one another.
I do not agree with some of your blog dost, that you are firey,fierce and speak the truth.
If it was true, then you would not spare your own people by calling a spade a spade.
Why do you fight shy and treat them with woollen gloves.
They are as bad, or even worse off, than these terrorists, as they beat up and destroy their own/our Country men and property.
Yes they terrorise the weak and break/damage property, which cannot fight/hit back.
Our forces cannot contain the known terrorists, that they see every day. How do you expect them to
aprehend these mf's who have no God. They are not HUMAN, as they snuff out innocent lives in such a ghastly manner. I am sure even SATAN will not want them in HELL.
I understand that this is your space, but I am sure you will not scowl like the big B, who gets offended when brick bats are thrown at him. It is all in the game.
- February 16, 2010 at 12:19 AM
- Bertie said...
Dear Ms. De,
For the first time I have liked an article by you.
I wonder what made you stick your neck out and canvass for the same Party during the elections... (overtly, if that is any solace)
Think once!!
- February 16, 2010 at 12:51 AM
- Latha said...
SRK is an artist. And artists need everybody's support to survive & cannot afford to have enemity with anyone.
Whereas your MNS & Shiv Sena are sooooo concerned about Marathi manoos ? Where are they ? What are they doing ? The tigers don't even meaou now ? Have they become voiceless suddenly ? Have they done anything for the manoos they are so defending vociferously ?
Having said that let's hope that the security people will install metal detectors in Nashik & other soft targets. It is not the police but specially trained anti-terror sqaud that should be posted when there is prior warnings. Citizens also have a role to play in being alert. Let us inform every uneducated person like waiters who have no access to media to inform the police if they find an unidentified article instead of meddling with it themselves.
Kaafi khoon beh chuka hai. Ab aur nahi.
- February 16, 2010 at 1:33 AM
- Another Kiran In NYC said...
Someone needs to slip truth serum into Chidambaram's saambar!
All that emphatic mundu flapping while absolving security agencies under his command, works only for Rajnikant movies. After Rajni flaps his mundu, atleast he does take on the bad guys AND THEY DONT RETURN! Idher pe, Chidambaram is going home to enjoy his payasam until the next blast. Until then his orders for the security apparatus probably is, "look for gunmen actually shooting in an overt attack because only that is actionable intelligence".
- February 16, 2010 at 2:10 AM
- Unknown said...
Our leaders should have taken stock of the situation & beefed up the necessary security post 26\11.All this buck passing only goes on to prove sheer irresponsibility.How many more lives before anyone takes heed ?
- February 16, 2010 at 6:16 AM
- RAJ47 said...
Hi Shobhaa,
It is indeed sad that the terrorists have been successful yet again.
But we must understand certain aspects which I feel are being missed out.
Everyone can't distinguish RDX especially after it is blown off. It does need real experts who are professionally extremely qualified.
The intelligence received from external intelligence agencies is always generic i.e. no time, date or place is mentioned. Have any arrests been made on their intelligence till date? NO! NEVER!! It is always easy to say we did warn you. Even with the mightiest of intelligence infrastructure the US could not predict 9/11. That is so much for their efficiency.
We all as good citizens should be extra vigilant at public places knowing our extra keen neighbor and our lack luster government. I am sure all of us would have felt extremely humiliated if all persons coming to German Bakery or Osho Ashram or Chabad House were frisked and our backpacks checked for more than a month or till the explosive was found. The owners of these places themselves would have objected to such a check.
Not permitting journalists to interview the survivors is done if the police suspect one of them to be the culprit.
Are we ready to pay extra taxes to pay the police/intelligence agencies so that they can run more efficiently than Western nations?
Can we support/force the government to teach Pakistan a lesson, once and for all?
Does our government have the courage or resources to occupy Pakistan as US did Afghanistan?
Does anyone of us have a really intelligent plan to sort out this neighborly menace?
- February 16, 2010 at 7:21 AM
- RAJ47 said...
Please read this too!!!
- February 16, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- goodluck said...
You have supported indirectly sainik's grievances or agenda behind violent attacks. Thus these terrorists may have some grievances and agenda. Thats why dont try to support one type of violence because it makes others to justify there violence. Why blame Chidambaram when the problem is so complicated? Instead of playing the blamegame everytime, do something positive. Why make fun of sambar and mundu showing regional intolerance? It seems all of you are taking this incident just to bash the government which tried to bring some order to the society? It shows a degree of immaturity and childishness.
- February 16, 2010 at 8:00 AM
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- February 16, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- goodluck said...
The only silver lining is that this MNIK is rejected by the masses. I am sick of SRK's arrogance and the way SRK and KJO try to influence the entire media into giving their movie undeserving praise at the cost of good movies.The nexus these so called critics have with this duo is clearly exposed once again. They may be thanking SS for making their film draw the initial crowds and now they may be thinking of some other controversy.
- February 16, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- Unknown said...
mz de, ever stop to wonder why events occur when they do? what led to the police being deployed at theatres on this weekend? why was the focus on IPL and pak-indo talks and not the info the americans gave us? terrorism is always planned in such detail that the obvious connections appear innocent. "ghar ka bhedhi lanka dhaaye". and also, where were the man(h)oos? instead of saving their state from other indians, why don't they save their state from homegrown terrorists and cross-border attackers? the headleys, ranas, the kasabs will never succeed if they did not have willing helpers in our country. so, shame to fellow indians who are instrumental in actually killing their own countrymen. it was not a foreign hand that compiled the bomb, placed the bag in the bakery. it was also not a foreign hand that docked the boat at the Gateway. it was also not a foreign hand that opened the doors at the taj to let the monsters in. stand up and be counted as cowards, my brave, so-called indians!! and hats off to Chids and Krishna for bleating about advisory to students in australia and threatening that govt. what about an advisory to indians living in india? "Indians advised against living in India until the Indian Govt re-assures us that Indians are safe in this country" or "Indians advised against baked goods, public transport, places of worship till Indian Govt apologises and starts departments devoted to safeguarding Indians". what to do?
- February 16, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- HU said...
A weak Home Minister, who believes that 'good luck' can save our country from terrorism. In one of the shows aired on NDTV sometime during 26/11 anniversary, he was questioned about how can we put diplomatic pressure on Pakistan by a guy who happened to be present at the Taj hotel during the 26/11 attack. Chidambaram's befitting reply was 'You tell me what to do?' Good!! Keep it up!!! Enjoy some more sambars and idlis and then come up with some weak and irresponsible replies. At least don't make yourselves a laughing stock by making such statements publicly. Go, get a break and watch some Rajni movie and better hand over this responsibility to someone else from your coalition who can manage it well.
- February 16, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- Pallavi said...
Being a Punekar now(after marriage),I feel very insecure.But once we as students always wanted a job in Pune and loved the city...now its like, oh my god we were better at our small cities(small earnings and small requirements).Here we are already half dead with the rising traffic pollution and crowd. And now weekends at multiplexes and malls will be accompanied with the fear of a bags,bombs,guns,kasabs and dont know what else .God we dont want this..innocent countrymen who had nothing to do with religion and caste politics are dead .Who is our real culprit?
- February 16, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- A D N A N said...
good ..seems u have more information than RAW !
- February 16, 2010 at 12:42 PM
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- February 16, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- iravatee अरुंधती kulkarni said...
Abysmal failure on government's part, that's for sure! Who cares how you beef up the security after the bird has flown the cage!! Shame on all those self-absorbed, self-promoting people like SRK, Chief Minister, Home Minister, Thackareys etc. Chidambaram's white-washing and lame excuses don't fool a common citizen anymore!!
- Arundhati
Sing, Dance, Meditate, Celebrate!
- February 16, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Unknown said...
Please don't assume! :)
- February 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Ravi Patel said...
How much has much of our compromised media and the human rights mafia and ofcourse politicians played a part in emboldening the islamist scums of the earth to spread their wings far and wide and carry out terrorist acts almost at will? Our security agencies do not have to deal only with the threat of Islamist terrorists but also an effective fifth column in the form of a significant section of the media, human rights gangs and politicians like lallo, mullahlayam,digvijay,antuilay,karat,yechuri and many many more. An ungratefiul nation which keeps these dregs of humanity in business has very little justification to complain about terrorism. It is not too late. One can make a start by,in one's own little way boycotting these treacherous parasites. For a start make that pakistan a " a good neighbour" creature, Shah Rukh Khan an example by taking a vow never to see any of his movies ever again.Develope some backbone and start acting now before it is too late otherwise we should stop complaining.
- February 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Harish said...
there is no explanation for an abysmal failure of state machinery that could be satisfactory.
headly headed where... ate where and slept where and with whom is none of our concern. What concerns us is the preemptive action... we always rise *after* the occasion.
Also, did they need lord shiva's teesri aankh to understand that foreign establishments are attacked?
And thank you the sena! your goondagardi and dadagiri over MNIK only gave this shameless government to hide their inefficiency and lacuna under the pretext of MNIK by saying " Ohh All bandobast was for MNIK... no police left for gunning down terrorists."
huh! am angry. very angry.
- February 16, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- Neha said...
Is there just nothing we can do??? Why are we electing such b****** and giving our country to them??? Ms De, can't you bring this up on the national stage...we have MNIK and all that drama...but nothing for a cause that we should be doing something about!!! Please take it on national television...we WANT our dear leaders to please stand up and answer!
- February 16, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Neha said...
Is there just nothing we can do??? Why are we electing such b****** and giving our country to them??? Ms De, can't you bring this up on the national stage...we have MNIK and all that drama...but nothing for a cause that we should be doing something about!!! Please take it on national television...we WANT our dear leaders to please stand up and answer!
- February 16, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Neha said...
And yes, I have taken your words with Chid's remarks and posted them on FB status msg.....high time that our status messages spread some message! I hope you won't mind.
- February 16, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- adrija said...
and we say 'we are proud to be indians.'
are we???
- February 16, 2010 at 8:03 PM
- Raefah said...
Chid: Sambar or payasam end of the day, whether it is not an intelligence failure or the state's implementation or 'screening back pack' failure. innocent people died; a mere Rs 5 Lakh compensation was paid to the families; Naxals are pushing from other side of he fence! On top of it, Telengana is still burning. Here is a suggestion, Chid... Why not share the intelligence with soft targets so that they can hire few private security personnel at least to protect the innocents and their businesses, if not, people at least will stay alert around that soft targets. Did any employee of the bakery know about the soft target? I guess, NO !!! Chid.. you start packing your back pack when Madame Soniaji packs you next as a Governor for some state !!!
- February 17, 2010 at 2:04 AM
- Bala said...
Everytime there is attack it is set sequence of events that follow
1. Immediate panic in the neighbourhood of attack
2. Heavy security in the area and at important locations
3. Center saying that intelligenece provided to state
4. State refusing that specific intelligenece was available
5. Media and journos like Shobhaa De going gung-ho over the issue for few days
6. Usual blame on Pak based terrorists
7. People including me commenting on this article and forgetting later
What we need is break this repeated cycle and think rationally
1. Is there awareness and sensitivity among general public about security. Can general public be more vigilant wherever possible.
2. There is obvious support from locals, there needs to be serious discussions on how general public can report any suspicious activities going around
3. All the big places needs to put security systems in place.
I think there are lot of things government needs to do and I feel that government is doing possibly everything it can but media need to ask tough questions not just in the week of incidence but they have to keep it asking everyday. Just like the way MNIK, SRK and Shiv Sena issue was battled out by media, media needs to highlight terror issue as well.
I think just shouting against government won't help. We need to be part of solution and not just the part of question
- February 17, 2010 at 5:51 AM
Ma'am, am sharing this poem i wrote on aman ki asha:
Aman Ka Tamaasha
Aman ki aasha, ka liye bataasha,
Sarhad paar chale hum, liye ek naya tamaasha.
Laut kar dekha, to sarhad par khoon laga tha,
Khoon nahin bhai, yeh ketchup hi hoga,
Jo kisi fauji ne is paar phenka hoga.
Wireless par aatankwaadiyo ki dhamki sunaai di,
Dhamki nahin bhai, yeh gaane ki farmaaish hi hogi,
Jo sarhad paar, chaai ke tapri se kisi ne guzaarish ki hogi.
TV on kiya to dekha: ek bazaar mein bumb phat gaya,
Bumb nahin bhai, yeh mehez chund pataakhe honge,
Jo us paar se kisi ne Idd ka jawaab Diwali se diya hoga.
Nafrat ke trishool nahin phenkne humein,
Magar pyaar ke mantar bhi nahin japne hain.
Us paar saare aakhir apne hi to hain.
Din mein dekha to kya hua,
Aman ke khwaab aakhir sapne hi to hai!
Is Gantantra divas par aao us paar haath milaaye hum,
Haath kat bhi jaaye to kya hua, haath to badhaaye hum!
Saath phir sur milaaye hum,
Desh mein log bhookhe mare to kya,
Aao Kasab ko biryaani khilaaye hum!
Aman ke geet behro ko sunaaye hum,
Pyaar ki paribhaasha anpadho ko sikhaaye hum.
Apni har aah ko, aman ki aag mein aao sekein hum.
Gaate, muskruaate agle haamle ki, aao raah dekhein hum.
- Prakash Gowda, Vadodara, Gujarat
- February 17, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Nikesh Rathi said...
the criticism might be fair in its own right, but i think ofter "good works" done by them get unnoticed because when the work fine, then "nothing happens" ... let us at least give them some credit for this.
- February 17, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Theyoginme said...
Its interesting to see most blame the govt - its the govt OF the people, BY the people and FOR the PEOPLE.. You people need to stand UP and take the responsibility first for electing morons into the govt and NOT standing up when you see BS. Perhaps when you have transformed will you see the people you elect transform. You are part of the problem and not the solution !!!!
- February 17, 2010 at 8:27 PM
- Latha said...
Wah wah ! wah wah Prakashji, you are not only a poet but you also seem to have a keen sense of humour. Your name suggests that you are a Kannadiga (like Deve Gowda). It's amazing that you are so proficient in our Rashtra Bhasha.
Of course, we south Indians can talk & write Hindi.
Looking forward to more such poems.
- February 17, 2010 at 11:57 PM
- shailysahay said...
It's true..how hopelessly inefficient our intel agencies are..I have absolutely no idea what our IB is upto!
WHY - shailysahay.blogspot.com
- February 18, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- Jessie said...
Best hotels provide rooms available in double beds, single beds and suits.
Cartagena in Colombia
- April 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- archit jain said...
Shoba if u have more inteeliigence then people who r on job why don't you go and give them training .Its very easy to comment to blogs and magazine ,go to field and do somenthing.....
- February 13, 2012 at 10:54 PM


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|Polyjuice Potion
|Potion information
Allows a human drinker to temporarily assume the form of another person
|Side effects
Attempts to transform into animals or part-humans will not reverse automatically
Before addition of final ingredient:
After addition of final ingredient:
|Brewing time
One month
|Difficulty level
|Known ingredients
- "Immediately, his insides started writhing as though he'd just swallowed live snakes -- doubled up, he wondered whether he was going to be sick -- then a burning sensation spread rapidly form his stomach to the very ends of his fingers and toes -- next, bringing him gasping to all fours, came to a horrible melting feeling, as the skin all over his body bubbled like hot wax -- and before their eyes, his hands began to grow, the fingers thickened, the knuckles were bulging like bolts -- his shoulders stretched painfully and a prickling on his forehead told him that his hair was creeping down toward his eyebrows -- his robes ripped as his chest expanded like a barrel bursting its hoops -- his feet were agony in shoes four sizes too small --"
- —Description of the feeling of drinking Polyjuice Potion from the point of view of Harry Potter turning into Gregory Goyle[src]
Polyjuice Potion is a very complicated potion that allows the drinker to assume the form of someone else. While it can account for both age and gender, Polyjuice Potion cannot be used for a human to take an animal form or for a half-breed to assume human form.
Noticeably, the Polyjuice Potion was used many times in the events leading up to, and during, the Second Wizarding War (and possibly the First Wizarding War, although there are no documented instances of it). The potion also played a crucial role in Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in their second and fifth year. It was also used in Draco Malfoy's plot to smuggle Death Eaters into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1997, in the Battle of the Seven Potters, and in Harry, Ron and Hermione's Infiltration of the Ministry of Magic and their break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank in 1998.
Polyjuice Potion is among the products sold by the Apothecarium of Horace E. F. Slughorn.
Independent of its actual brewing process, the Polyjuice Potion requires a good deal of preparation prior to making it. For example, the lacewing flies must be stewed for twenty-one days prior to making the potion, and only fluxweed picked at the full moon is acceptable. The total process takes approximately one month to complete.
Part 1Edit
- Add three measures of fluxweed to the cauldron (must be picked on a full moon).
- Add two bundles of knotgrass to the cauldron.
- Stir three times, clockwise.
- Wave your wand then let potion brew for eighty minutes (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require sixty-eight, and a copper one only sixty.)
- Add four leeches to the cauldron.
- Add two scoops of lacewing flies to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add two measures of the crushed lacewings to the cauldron.
- Heat for thirty seconds on a low heat.
- Wave your wand to complete this stage of the potion.
Part 2Edit
Anytime after brewing the first stage above, make the following additions:
- Add three measures of boomslang skin to the cauldron.
- Add one measure of bicorn horn to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add one measure of the crushed horn to the cauldron.
- Heat for twenty seconds at a high temperature.
- Wave your wand then let potion brew for twenty-four hours (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require 1224 minutes, and a copper one only eighteen hours.)
- Add one additional scoop of lacewings to the cauldron.
- Stir three times, anti-clockwise.
- Split potion into multiple doses, if desired, then add the pieces of the person you wish to become.
- Wave your wand to complete the potion.[1]
- ""Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry," said Hermione, before catching sight of Ron's raised eyebrows, blushing slightly, and saying, "Oh, you know what I mean – Goyle's potion looked like bogies.""
- —Before Hermione Granger took on Harry's appearance for the Battle of the Seven Potters[src]
A piece of the person who is to be imitated — usually hair — is needed for the transformation. Before this final ingredient is added, Polyjuice looks like thick, dark mud that bubbles slowly. When the piece of the person to be imitated is added, however, the potion changes colour; it seems to react according to the nature of the person to be imitated, once even described as the 'essence' of the person.[2] Good-hearted people result in more attractive colours and tastes, while mean people cause the opposite effect. Harry Potter's was a pure golden colour[3], whereas Gregory Goyle's tasted like "overcooked cabbage"[2] and "looked like bogies"[3], Bellatrix Lestrange's tasted "disgusting, worse than Gurdyroots" and Mafalda Hopkirk's was a pleasant heliotrope colour[3]. It is likely that the taste differs from potion to potion.
- Mad-Eye Moody: "For those of you who haven't taken Polyjuice Potion before, fair warning. It tastes like goblin piss."
- Fred: "Have a lot of experience with that, do you, Mad-Eye? ...Just trying to defuse the tension."
- — Alastor Moody and Fred Weasley before the Battle of the Seven Potters[src]
The effects of a single dose last anywhere from ten minutes to twelve hours, depending on how well the potion has been brewed.[4]
If a person dies while under Polyjuice Potion, as Mrs. Crouch did, then they will retain the form of whoever they have transformed into, rather than reverting back to their original shape.[5]
Polyjuice can be used by a person to transform into someone of the opposite gender.[3] It appears to adapt to account for the age of the person being turned into, as well as any injuries they have acquired, as Barty Crouch, Jr. needed a magical eye and wooden leg when he used the potion to turn into Alastor Moody.[5] In addition, congenital conditions of the person will apparently be replicated, as Hermione Granger required spectacles to see clearly after turning into Harry Potter.[3]
The potion is complicated and can go awry. For example, when Hermione brewed Polyjuice in her second year, she intended to take the form of Millicent Bulstrode, but she mistook a cat's hair for Millicent's. The resulting potion caused Hermione to partially transform into a cat. As the Polyjuice Potion cannot be used to successfully transform into an animal, Hermione's change did not reverse after an hour. She went to the hospital wing and did not recover until after the winter holidays.[2]
- Remus Lupin: "I'm sorry Harry, but I had to check. We've been betrayed. Voldemort knew that you were being moved tonight and the only people who could have told him were directly involved in the plan. You might have been an impostor."
- Rubeus Hagrid: "So why aren't you checkin' me?"
- Remus Lupin: "You're half-giant, Hagrid. The Polyjuice Potion is designed for human use only."
- — Remus Lupin while checking Harry Potter after the Battle of the Seven Potters[src]
Known usesEdit
Search for the Heir of SlytherinEdit
- Harry: "Look at his family. The whole lot of them have been in Slytherin, he's always boasting about it. They could easily be Slytherin's descendants… But how do we prove it?"
- Hermione: "There might be a way. Of course, it would be difficult. And dangerous, very dangerous. We'd be breaking about fifty school rules, I expect… What we'd need to do is to get inside the Slytherin common room and ask Malfoy a few questions without him realising it's us."
- Harry: "But that's impossible."
- Hermione: "No, it's not. All we'd need would be some Polyjuice Potion..."
- — Harry, Hermione and Ron planning[src]
In their second year, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger came to suspect that Draco Malfoy was the Heir of Slytherin. To investigate this, Hermione suggested the use of Polyjuice Potion to enable them to take on the form of Slytherin students and question Malfoy. Masterminding the effort, Hermione obtained the advanced potion's recipe (by getting Professor Lockhart to sign a note authorizing her to borrow the book Moste Potente Potions from the library's Restricted Section), pilfered two of the rarer ingredients from Snape's cupboards, and undertook the complex and lengthy brewing of the base Polyjuice Potion. She also directed how the trio were to acquire the final ingredients - hair from their targets - as well as clothing to complete the disguise. Ultimately, however, though Harry and Ron successfully assumed the appearances of Goyle and Crabbe respectively, Hermione's own attempt to take on the guise of Millicent Bulstrode went awry when Hermione used a cat hair that she had mistaken for Millicent's.[2]
Barty Crouch Jr.Edit
When Barty Crouch Jr. was sent to Azkaban for life by his father, his mother requested that her husband allow her to switch places to save their son. The switch was made with Mrs. Crouch and Barty Jr. each taking a dose of Polyjuice Potion with each other's hair. Mrs. Crouch was careful in drinking her remaining of the potion, until she died, so she could keep the prisoners fooled by maintaining her false appearance.
- Seamus Finnigan: "What's that he's drinking, do you suppose?"
- Harry Potter: "I don't know, but I don't think it's pumpkin juice."
- — Harry and Seamus when they see Crouch drinking from the hip flask.[src]
Between September of 1994 and June of 1995, Barty Crouch Jr. used Polyjuice Potion to take on the appearance of Alastor Moody, Hogwarts' new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, in order to enter Harry Potter into the Triwizard Tournament as part of Lord Voldemort's plot to return to power. Throughout the year, Crouch stole the potion's ingredients from Severus Snape's cupboards, leading Snape to suspect that Harry himself was behind the theft; he drank the potion periodically from Alastor Moody's hip flask, to prevent suspicions. Later that year, when Crouch cornered Harry, he forgot to take the potion in excitement (ran out in the film version), and was eventually exposed.
Plot against DumbledoreEdit
After Horace Slughorn showed a cauldron of the Polyjuice Potion to his first N.E.W.T. Potions class, Draco Malfoy stole some, and forced Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe to use it continuously throughout the 1996–1997 school year. They would stand watch outside the Room of Requirement disguised as young girls, while Malfoy repaired a Vanishing Cabinet inside, as part of his assignment to assassinate Albus Dumbledore and let Death Eaters into Hogwarts. Draco also imperioused Madam Rosemerta and Katie Bell so that they would help kill Dumbledore.
Battle of the Seven PottersEdit
- "Fourteen of us won't be flying to Tonks's parents. There will be seven Harry Potters moving through the skies tonight, each of them with a companion, each pair heading for a different safe house."
- —Alastor Moody on the plan to move Harry to safety in 1997[src]
The Order of the Phoenix made use of Polyjuice in 1997 in order to safely remove Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive before his seventeenth birthday. Six people — Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Fred and George Weasley, and Mundungus Fletcher — impersonated Harry in order to act as diversions when they were ambushed by Death Eaters despite Harry's initial protests. Soon after, Harry himself used it to disguise himself as "Barny Weasley" at Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding.[3]
Infiltration of the Ministry and Gringotts Break-inEditThe trio used Polyjuice that they stole from Moody to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic to search for Salazar Slytherin's Locket in September of 1997. Harry, Ron and Hermione disguised themselves as Albert Runcorn, Reginald Cattermole, and Mafalda Hopkirk, respectively.
The following year, Hermione used the remaining Polyjuice Potion again as part of the trio's plan to break in to Gringotts in order to retrieve Helga Hufflepuff's Cup from the Lestrange Vault. Using a strand of Bellatrix Lestrange's hair that had fallen on her sweater while Bellatrix interrogated her at Malfoy Manor, Hermione assumed her form.[3] However, there wasn't enough, so Ron had to simply use cosmetic design to disguise himself. The effects of the potion were washed away by the Thief's Downfall at the bank.
The lack of suspicion in anyone in all these incidents leads one to the understanding that Polyjuice Potion is very uncommon. Granted, Severus Snape knew someone was stealing the ingredients from his cupboards and suspected Harry Potter, but that is more indicative of Snape's eagerness to blame Harry for anything than any actual guilt.
List of Polyjuice transformationsEdit
|Disguised individual
|Assumed identity
|Barty Crouch Jr.
|Mrs. Crouch
|To switch places with his mother.
|Mrs. Crouch
|Barty Crouch Jr.
|To switch places with her son.
|Harry Potter
|Gregory Goyle
|The potion tasted like "overcooked cabbage" to Harry[2] and looked like "bogies", according to Hermione[3].
|To get into the Slytherin common room to spy on Draco Malfoy.
|Ron Weasley
|Vincent Crabbe
|The potion was the colour of murky brown. Tasted like bogies.
|To get into the Slytherin common room to spy on Draco Malfoy.
|Hermione Granger
|Humanoid cat
|It turned a sick sort of yellow.[2]
|To get into the Slytherin common room to spy on Draco Malfoy, but the hair sample Hermione obtained belonged to Millicent Bulstrode's cat instead of Millicent Bulstrode herself.
|Barty Crouch Jr.
|Alastor Moody
|To infiltrate Hogwarts.
|Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle
|Numerous disguises
|To keep lookout for Draco Malfoy while he worked on fixing the vanishing cabinet inside the Room of Requirement.
|Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Mundungus Fletcher, Fleur Delacour, Fred Weasley and George Weasley
|Harry Potter
|27 July, 1997
|The potion was a "clear, bright gold" in colour and appeared "much tastier" than both Crabbe's and Goyle's[3].
|To transport Harry Potter safely from 4 Privet Drive to The Burrow.
|Harry Potter
|A red-haired Muggle boy
|1 August, 1997
|As a disguise at the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour[3].
|Harry Potter
|Albert Runcorn
|2 September, 1997[3]
|To get in the Ministry of Magic without the use of an invisibility cloak.
|Hermione Granger
|Mafalda Hopkirk
|2 September, 1997
|The potion was a "pleasant heliotrope colour"[3].
|To get in the Ministry of Magic without the use of an invisibility cloak.
|Ron Weasley
|Reginald Cattermole
|2 September, 1997[3]
|To get in the Ministry of Magic without the use of an invisibility cloak.
|Hermione Granger
|Muggle woman
|December 24th, 1997[3]
|To safely navigate Godric's Hollow.
|Harry Potter
|Muggle man
|December 24th, 1997[3]
|To safely navigate Godric's Hollow.
|Hermione Granger
|Bellatrix Lestrange
|May 1st, 1998
|The potion tasted "disgusting, worse than Gurdyroots"[3].
|Used to access the Lestranges' vault in Gringotts.
Behind the scenesEdit
- The various adaptations of the series add multiple ingredients not present in the canonical potion recipe, such as Sal Ammoniac, Mercury and Mars, cherries and even urine.
- In the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Polyjuice Potion does not cause the drinker's voice to change as well as their appearance. This was most likely done to avoid confusing the audience due to the change in appearance. However, Barty Crouch Jr.'s voice does change to Moody's in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film). However, it is possible he could have just been imitating Moody's voice or there was no need to make this change since the fake Moody was not exposed as Crouch Jr. until the end of the film. It does say, however, in the Chamber of Secrets book, that Harry, Ron and Hermione's voices changed after taking it. It also seemed like it was very painful when Crouch changed back.
- The name "Polyjuice" probably comes from the Greek poly, meaning "many". This is supported by the fact that in the Spanish translations, it is called "multijugos," literally "multi juice."
- In the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game adaptations of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Draco Malfoy uses the potion to turn into Ron to trick Harry into following him into a trap while trying to find Sirius Black.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Polyjuice Potion is used to turn into any playable character you have unlocked (e.g. if you needed to get into the Slytherin Common Room, you could use Polyjuice to turn into Voldemort, Marcus Flint, or any other Slytherin). It cannot use the potion until the player has completed the third level of The Chamber Of Secrets, "Crabbe and Goyle." Ingredients to make the potion include hair, two cherries, and a green apple. The potion is found rarely throughout the main-story line, but is often found in and around Hogwarts and in Bonus Levels. You know it is a Polyjuice Cauldron because they are the only potion's cauldron that is gold. Outside of Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions is one that you do not have to make. This cauldron is here so that the player can test out characters that they have created and/or purchased.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, before the Battle of the Seven Potters, Alastor Moody warns the people taking the potion that it tastes like, "goblin piss".
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry and Hermione do not disguise themselves with Polyjuice Potion for their trip to Godric's Hollow on 24 December, 1997.
- In the films, Polyjuice Potion does not appear to have a different taste depending on the person they are changing into, as they are all depicted as tasting disgusting.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry does not use the Polyjuice Potion to change into a red haired Muggle boy for Bill and Fleur's wedding, he stays himself.
- Considering its difficulty of brewing and overall rareness of its ingredients, Polyjuice Potion is used and mention quite a few times. The Trio uses it numerous times, particularly in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as do members of the Order of the Phoenix. By the end of the series, almost every single main or supporting character has used it at least once.
- While previous evidence seemed to suggest that the effects of a single dose last for an hour or longer if a larger dose is used, Pottermore indicates that the length of the effect is based entirely on the quality of brewing, ranging anywhere from ten minutes to twelve hours.[4]
- Primum ens Melissae is created during the process of brewing this potion.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ron comments "I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo" after transforming into Harry and observing his bare chest, suggesting that the Polyjuice Potion is capable of replicating cosmetic changes made to a person's body. It is possible, however, that Ron was simply being facetious.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes
- Pottermore
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Pottermore
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pottermore - New from J. K. Rowling - Chapter 12, Moment 2 - Polyjuice Potion
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ Deathly Hallows, Chapter 5
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


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Six students from De Montfort University won first prize in the Off The Map challenge when they turned maps of seventeenth century London into a detailed 3D world.
The challenge was sponsored by German videogame company Crytek (and therefore used the company's proprietary Cryengine) and was run in conjunction with the British Library and video game culture project GameCity.
Pudding Lane Productions offered a fly-through of seventeenth century London and, although unpopulated, is packed with references to human activity—laundry on lines, market stalls and so on. The overall impression is of a space somewhere between Assassin's Creed and Fable.
Following the development of the environment on the team's blog you can see some of the gaps between what data was deemed noteworthy or worth recording in the seventeenth century and the level of detail we now expect in maps and other infographics. For example, the team struggled to pinpoint the exact location on Pudding Lane of the bakery where the Great Fire of London is thought to have originated and so just ended up placing it halfway along.
"Some of these vistas would not look at all out-of-place as special effects in a Hollywood studio production," said curator of cartographic materials at the British Library, Tom Harper. "The haze effect lying over the city is brilliant, and great attention has been given to key features of London Bridge, the wooden structure of Queenshithe on the river, even the glittering window casements.
"I'm really pleased that the Pudding Lane team was able to repurpose some of the maps from the British Library's amazing map collection—a storehouse of virtual worlds—in such a considered way."
According to GameCity's Iain Simons, "The Pudding Lane team's entry was brilliant, using historic artifacts and cutting-edge technology to help show both in a new light. Videogaming is a massive part of our culture and the arts and entertainment sector, so this kind of technology and know-how is moving very much into the mainstream."


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Dos and don'ts when supporting those with diabetes
- Don't offer unsolicited advice about what a person should eat or other aspects of his or her diabetes management. You may mean well, but giving advice about someone's personal choices, especially when it hasn't been requested, isn't very nice. In addition, many of the popularly held beliefs about diabetes, such as "you should just stop eating sugar," are out of date or just plain wrong.
- Do realize and appreciate that managing diabetes is hard work. Diabetes management is a full-time job that people with diabetes didn't apply for, don't want and can't quit. It involves thinking about what, when and how much to eat, while also factoring in exercise, medication, stress, blood-sugar monitoring and so much more.
- Don't tell horror stories about your family member, friend or any other person with diabetes. Diabetes is scary enough, and stories like these aren't reassuring. Besides, we now know that with good management, many people with diabetes can live long, healthy and happy lives.
- Do offer to join your loved one in making healthy lifestyle changes. Not having to be alone in efforts to change, like starting an exercise program, can be powerful and helpful. After all, healthy lifestyle changes can benefit everyone!
- Don't react negatively if a person checks his or her blood glucose or gives him or herself an insulin injection in front of you. Checking blood sugar levels and taking medications are things a person with diabetes must do to manage diabetes well. If he or she has to hide while doing so, it's that much harder.
- Do ask how you might be helpful. If you want to be supportive, there may be lots of little things you can do that might be appreciated. Please just ask first.
- Don't offer thoughtless reassurances. Don't say things like "Hey it could be worse; you could have cancer." This won't make the person with diabetes feel better. And the implicit message seems to be that diabetes is no big deal. However, it is.
- Do be supportive of a person's efforts at self-care. You can help by supporting a person's attempts at setting up an environment for success, such as by keeping healthy foods available. Please honor a person's decision to decline a particular food, even when you really want him or her to try it. You're most helpful when you aren't being a source of unnecessary temptation.
- Don't peek at or comment on a person's blood glucose numbers without asking him or her first. These numbers are private unless the person chooses to share them. It's normal to have numbers that are sometimes too low or too high. Your unsolicited comments about these numbers can add to feelings of disappointment, frustration and anger a person with diabetes might already feel.
- Do offer your love and encouragement. As a person works hard to manage diabetes successfully, sometimes just knowing that you care can be very helpful and motivating.
Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diabetes-etiquette/MY02440/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=housecall&pubDate=05/15/2013


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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- The fourth-ranked Blue Devil women's soccer allowed a late goal on Sunday afternoon at third-ranked Virginia and dropped a 1-0 decision in ACC action at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va.
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"I think we competed really hard," commented Duke head coach Robbie Church. "I am very proud of the girls. This was a tough environment to play and Virginia is a very good team. I thought we played well at times, but unfortunately when we had the momentum we didn't execute in the final third, we didn't give the right ball and we didn't get in on the end of it. That inability to finish in the final third allowed us to be countered."
Redshirt junior Kim DeCesare got things started off the right way for the Blue Devils as she took away a ball just outside the box and blasted a right-footed shot that hit the post in the first minute of the match. Junior Gilda Doria added another shot before Virginia rang off four straight attempts. Doria responded with two more shots for Duke and then junior Laura Weinberg added an attempt that was blocked.
At the 27:17 mark of the first half, Virginia's Caroline Miller got behind the Blue Devil defense, drove inside the box and blasted a shot at the right corner of the net but Duke goalkeeper Tara Campbell made a great diving stop to her left to keep the score even at 0-0.
The next best opportunity for the Blue Devils came with less than three minutes left in the first half as junior Mollie Pathman was able to get some space on the left side of the box and rocketed a left-footed attempt that went off the right post and Cavalier goalkeeper Danielle DeLisle scooped it up.
At the end of the first half, Duke and Virginia were tied with seven shots each. The Blue Devils were held scoreless in the first half for only the fourth time this season.
In the second half, both teams traded shots before Blue Devil freshman Cassie Pecht sent a right-footed attempt in the 72nd minute that went just wide. Virginia responded by hitting the left post in the 80th minute off the leg of Danielle Colaprico.
The Cavaliers thought they went ahead in the 81st minute as off a corner kick, but the Blue Devils saved a shot off the line to keep the score locked at 0-0. With less than three minutes left, Duke defender Libby Jandl intercepted a Virginia pass and took the ball up field. The Cavaliers then got the ball back, Makenzy Doniak split two Duke defenders and had a one-v-one breakaway with Campbell and Doniak hit the right corner to put Virginia ahead, 1-0.
"We had the ball and played a ball that got knocked down in the midfield," said Church. "They played a ball to their forward and she just split two or three of us. We had people in position. She just split them; give her credit as she did a great job of finishing."
DeCesare added one final shot for the Blue Devils, but it went wide.
For the match, Duke outshot Virginia, 19-14, and the Blue Devils have yet to defeat the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va., during the regular season since 1996. Duke was led in shots by Doria with five, while Pecht and DeCesare added three each.
Duke was shutout for only the second time this season, including the second in ACC play (Florida State). Campbell, who is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, added five saves in goal for the Blue Devils.
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Virgin will increase staff at airports and call centres by 30 per cent this weekend to handle the complex switch in reservation systems. About 4000 Virgin staff have undergone training over the past year.
Virgin spokeswoman Danielle Keighery said on Monday that checking in for flights might be slower because of the changeover to the new IT system but the airline had measures in place to make it as smooth as possible.
The airline declined to put a figure on the ongoing cost of the more expensive Sabre system, saying only that ''there was no material difference'' to using Navitaire. It also said there would be one-off costs from implementing Sabre.
The new system will allow Virgin to better link its services to alliance partners such as Etihad and Singapore airlines, as well as making its flights more visible to travel agents around the world. The change will also result in Virgin switching its flight code from DJ to VA.
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Energy Star is probably the most widely recognized energy efficiency brand in North America. A recent study cited it as the second-most trusted consumer brand, right behind the Good Housekeeping seal. Critics of that study have objected that it was commissioned by the Good Housekeeping Research Institute, and that the sample was composed of subscribers to Good Housekeeping. If that's true, it's entirely possible that Energy Star is the most trusted consumer brand in North America.
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There are slightly more women working as pharmacists than men, and they make almost as much too.
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We were talking about this yesterday, and tmitsss reminded us of the "Dear Prudence" column that we were talking about a couple weeks ago. You remember, the Slate advice columnist Emily Yoffe got a question from a student who wondered whether it was ethical to accept a scholarship that was available only to Hispanic students when, in fact, he had recently learned that he had no Hispanic ancestors. (He was adopted and had a Hispanic surname.)
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There is one essential criteria people must meet in order to be considered Hispanic by the U.S. Census Bureau: That's what they say they are.Your say-so makes it so. And there's money in it!
You were raised by a Hispanic father and have his last name. For most of your life you identified yourself as Hispanic.So family "lore" is good enough!
On your behalf the "Hispanic" box was checked on the relevant forms. If you want to shed your Hispanic identity, of course you are free to do so. But given your last name, people will still assume that's what you are, even if you are no longer checking the appropriate boxes. This Pew Hispanic Center report shows just how squishy and variable the term "Hispanic" is. I'm confident your college is thrilled to include you in their count of Hispanic students and doesn't really want to know you may be thinking of yourself as Armenian.Your college is thrilled. You and the college, benefiting together... and who is harmed by this thrilling fantasy... this mutual stimulation to self-pleasure....? Let the frottage continue!
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Bringing Your Residential Home Performance Experience to the World of Commercial Performance
You can't manage what you don't measure—right? This assumption is what home performance contracting is based on, and almost all residential energy programs require pre- and posttesting: Test in and test out. In the world of commercial buildings, it seems like the saying is "Set it and forget it." This means that unless there is a major equipment failure or comfort problem, facility managers and building owners typically say, "It is what it is" or "It's always been that way." So can you bring your residential performance contracting experience to the commercial market? And how big is the market?
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