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Is it just me or has Chandler Burr been MIA this year? I've only seen 3 or 4 quickie posts by him in the NYT blogs.
A good short piece. Interesting to think part of the origin of the "blue" term is men's favorite color. Best of all, I thought there was a great description of the beginning of the aquatic family, which I haven't seen so well and convincingly made before.
I always think of Blue scents being big in the 90s and early 00s. I don't see them as being that much more prominent or numerous than the "black" ones.
I can't wait till "blue's" are out of style. Yes they do serve their purpose quite effectively, but I personally find them extremely boring and uninspired
Very interesting - thanks for the link! :beer:
I can't wear any blue frags. Something about my skin chemistry has them turn sour on me.
The writer forgot to mention the part about how God is punishing us by allowing perfumery at large to be taken over by this odious trend. Spare us, Lord.
At the risk of censure, as "he" was not really a perfumer, I want to mention Etiquette Bleue... LOL! It's all marketing hype about the "English" mistress, who was actually an Irish countess...or not even his mistress at all.
Good article, StylinLA. I just got my DH into wearing Tommy Bahama and it's...bright blue.
Interesting article.
I went through the basenotes directory and for fragrances that had color as part of their name, I determined the quantity each for masculine, feminine and unisex. I could present all the data here (does anyone want that?), but I will point out a few things, some obvious, some not:
(1) Fragrances with Blue or Black in their names are more frequently masculine than unisex or feminine. But feminines are well-represented for both.
(2) Pink, Red, Purple, White and Yellow are most frequently feminines.
(3) Green is most frequently unisex (though nearly evenly distributed).
(4) Compare Blue and Black (sorry I can't get this to line up properly):
Masculine Feminine Shared
Blue 70 56 9
Black 62 45 36
A few observations:
(a) the ratio of masculines to feminines for blues and blacks are not far apart (1.25:1 and 1.38:1)
(b) the lack of unisex representation for blue is surprising.
I realize that the directory is not infallible, but it is a starting place to work from.
Good job, scentsitivity! :beer:
Even D&G Light Blue crosses the aisle in the men's direction rather easily - and the name helps.
It really seems like marketing is getting more and more "by the book" on fragrance names.
I've tried some of these blue scents and they go nowhere fast on me.
Of all of them, the Acqua di Parma series has the most interesting ideas. I'd be OK with the blue thing if there were more like that out there.
Still curious about the new Chanel, too. . .
Where's the New West pic?
For me the most interesting piece of information was the point about how molecules that had been used for things like laundry detergent came to be used for "fine" fragrances. Of course, I heard this from LT first, though I'm not sure if he stated it so explicitly.
Just as mentioned before on this thread, I think that fragrance industry is actually marked by the rise of "non-blue", namely a return to stronger, less ozonic-watery notes, in male frags
i thought we're all about black now. bulgari black, polo double black, black orchid...
CAn`t help to remind myself a great pictures of Picasso, from his blue period - with self-evident names like Askette or Poor people on sea beach...


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Hot Off The Streets Volume 6: The Love Connection
My latest DJ mix tape draws inspiration from the theme of love and how it's treated in Hip Hop, R&B and Neo Soul. It features several established artists, plus a few up and comers. I call it Hot Off The Streets Volume 6 because it's filled with loads of newer tracks. You can feel free to call it The Love Connection. Most of these tracks aren't obscure per se. You just may not have heard them yet. But sooner or later, you probably will. The Love Connection has songs by Janelle Monae, Sergio Mendez, J Cole, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Buddy Love Project, Pharrell Williams, a new Earth, Wind & Fire joint and guest shots by artists like Q-Tip, Will.i.am, Black Thought, Erykah Badu, Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
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One of my blog readers emailed PETA in relation to my post on them below. She then forwarded me their automatic response, which is an exact copy of the excerpt copied and pasted by another reader who commented on my original PETA post. We both felt this subject is important enough to make their response public. Here's my reader's original email to PETA:
Dear PETA,
As a vegetarian who tries to eat organic, free-range and environmentally conscious, I think the fair treatment of animals is vital. I therefore find your cause an honorable one.
I am however, disgusted by your campaigns. Comparing the slaughter of animals to the holocaust is not only insensitive, but sickening.
The worst is your current 'Boyfriend went Vegan'.
Your aim is clearly to shock to get attention, but you have chosen the lowest common denominator for your approach.
How is this message, filled with abuse and distortion, supposed to inspire people to educate themselves to act for the fair treatment of animals?
Perhaps my reaction - any reaction at all - is what you are seeking. You have underestimated what your campaigns will do to the credibility of your cause.
I think you need to seriously reconsider your approach if your goal is to do something positive for the future of this planet.
And here's PETA's automatic response. Please note that the only thing I've edited from their email response is removing any links they provided within. I guess PETA feels it's a good opportunistic technique to provide an automatic response peppered with more links to their sites/campaigns that don't actually have anything to do with the email being sent to them, or the questions directed to them. I refuse to give their thoughtless and insensitive campaigns anymore publicity than I need to for the purpose of critique, so I have removed all their self-serving links. But I've indicated where such links originally appeared in the email:
Dear friend,
Thank you for contacting PETA about our BWVAKTBOOM website and videos [link].
We often do "shocking" things to get the word out about animal abuse. PETA's job is to draw attention to animal suffering, and we have found that provocative tactics yield more attention than the facts alone, which, in today's tabloid media, aren't enough to attract interest. We use all available opportunities to reach millions of people with powerful messages, and we often take a humorous approach to educating people about serious issues. Making people laugh is a great way to open them up to receiving more somber information. The situation is critical for billions of animals who are suffering on factory farms and in slaughterhouses, and our goal is to make the public think. Sometimes this requires tactics, such as naked marches and colorful ad campaigns, that some people find outrageous or offensive. We welcome discussion about—and even criticism of—our ads and campaigns because we know that getting people talking is the first step in raising awareness.
We have found—and your message confirms—that people do pay more attention to our racier actions. Judging by the spike in visits to our websites generated by BWVAKTBOOM, this tactic is working, and more people than ever before are learning and thinking about going vegan. Billboards, print ads, and TV and radio airtime can cost millions of dollars, so PETA tries hard to think creatively about how to bring the animals' message to the public. Our website and videos get the word out on the airwaves and in the public eye in ways that no amount of money spent on traditional advertising methods ever could.
As an organization staffed largely by feminist women, we would not do something that we felt exacerbated the very serious problems that women face. We abhor domestic violence and work to educate the public about how animal abusers often move on to human victims [link]. However, BWVAKTBOOM is not about domestic violence—it's a public service announcement–style, tongue-in-cheek "warning" about the side effects of vegans' healthy sex lives! We believe that no topic is taboo—including the benefits one reaps with a vegan in the bedroom.
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There are many things that are clear from this response. Firstly, they don't actually bother to read the valid criticism directed at them, nor do they care to. This rather glibe and self-promotional response is basically typical of their approach in their campaigns: 'hey look at me, are you looking, I want some attention!' I had to laugh at the mention of 'feminist women' too, considering most of their campaigns work against feminism and the basic principle of treating women like human beings. Did it ever occur to them to focus on animals in their campaigns rather than abusing women and Holocaust victims?
Most importantly however, the main message I got from this response is how little they care that they are hurting people. But you know what, there are people who do care, me being one of them. And there are many of us out there who won't sit silently, accepting the kind of crap they dish out regularly. Thank you so much to Sara for sending them an email and for forwarding it to me. We need more people like you!
I know that some of my readers find me raising these topics a bit uncomfortable and confronting, preferring that I didn't blog about them at all and stick to 'lighter' posts. That's not me though. I blog about 'light' and beautiful things, but I also blog about 'serious' and confronting things. These uncomfortable things are part of life too. And the thing is, I've gotten to a stage in my life where I realise more and more how responsibility lies in our own hands when it comes to fighting prejudice, abuse and injustice. Things won't magically change on their own. So if anyone finds these types of posts offensive, I do sincerely apologise, but I'm not going to change the content of this blog. I do hope though that raising these types of topics does ignite some sort of fire within people to view the world differently and seek change.


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My team:
Ev: 4 hp/252 atk/ 252 spd
item: life orb
moveset: fake out/ drain punch/ u-turn/ hi jump kick (i use the two fight moves for diferent things)
Ev:4 hp/ 252 sp.atk/252 spd
item: expert belt
moveset: surf/ flametrower/ dark pulse/ dragon pulse (i had many problens with draco meteor, so i prefer dragon pulse)
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moveset: waterfall/ dragon dance/ earthquake/ ice fang
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I start with mienshao using fake out and after using drain punch or hi jump kick (depending of the enemie) or using u-turn on a psichc type and trading for my hydreigon, then using dark pulse. I use my gyarados when i need.
Someone have any idea of what should I trade? I already tried many teams, and this one was the one who gets more far, but I can´t even reach at Ingo.
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Ukrainian aviakontserna "Antonov" in 2016 will not produce a single aircraft. The representative of the company Andrey Khaustov explained by the fact that Ukraine and Russia are now actually severed and the relationship and termination of cooperation in the aircraft industry was forced to curtail production.
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Best Buy Said to Probe Dunn Relationship With Employee
Best Buy Co.'s (BBY) board investigation of former Chief Executive Officer Brian Dunn's personal conduct centers on an inappropriate relationship with a female employee, according to a person familiar with the matter.
People close to Best Buy were concerned that Dunn's behavior was threatening the company, said the person, who asked not to be named because the matter is private. The Star Tribune in Minneapolis reported on the nature of the investigation earlier, citing a person familiar with the situation.
Best Buy announced Dunn's resignation earlier this week, saying that the change was part of a "mutual agreement" that new leadership was needed. The company later said that a board committee was probing Dunn's "personal conduct, unrelated to the company's operations or financial control."
The investigation is continuing and Best Buy has no additional comment, Ron Hutcheson, a Best Buy spokesman who works for Hill & Knowlton Strategies in Washington, said today in an e-mailed statement.
"The board's findings will be made public and appropriate action will be taken if warranted," Hutcheson said.
Dunn didn't immediately reply to a message left for him today at Richfield, Minnesota-based Best Buy's executive offices.
Best Buy rose 1.3 percent to $22.24 at the close in New York. The shares have fallen 4.8 percent this year.
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Director Kathy J. Higgins Victor will oversee the board's global CEO search, the company said.
Dunn's resignation has hurt employee morale and makes the company's turnaround more difficult, former Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson said.
"When that happens at the top, it shakes the whole organization," Anderson, 62, said today in a telephone interview. "To really do great work, people have to believe in what they are doing and be inspired. You've got to establish and sustain a trust with the people who are touching your customers. This is pretty devastating to that."
Best Buy probably will look outside of the organization for its new CEO after the loss of sales to Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. requires Best Buy to figure out how to survive, Anderson said.
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U.S. online sales reached $202 billion last year and may climb 62 percent to $327 billion in 2016, according to Forrester Research Inc. (FORR) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At that level, online commerce would account for 9 percent of total retail sales, up from 7 percent in 2011.
"You adapt to where the customer is going," Anderson said. "They've got to find a CEO with the enthusiasm for that kind of change and vision."
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The IgNobel Awards are the humorous counterpart to the Nobel Prizes; each year the most bizarre (but real!) research is awarded the dubious honor of an 'IgNobel.'
"The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology," said Marc Abrahams, editor of the science humor magazine "Annals of Improbable Research," which sponsors the awards with the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association and Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students.
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— ORNITHOLOGY – Ivan Schwab of the University of California Davis, and the late Philip R.A. May of the University of California Los Angeles, for explaining why woodpeckers do not get headaches.
— NUTRITION – Wasmia Al-Houty of Kuwait University and Faten Al-Mussalam of the Kuwait Environment Public Authority, for showing that dung beetles are finicky eaters.
— PEACE – Howard Stapleton of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, for inventing a teen-ager repellent — a device that makes a high-pitched noise that is annoying to teen-agers but inaudible to most adults; and for later using the technology to make cellphone ringtones that teenagers can hear but not their teachers.
— ACOUSTICS – D. Lynn Halpern, Randolph Blake and James Hillenbrand of Chicago's Northwestern University for a 1986 experiment aimed at discovering why the sound of fingernails scraping on a blackboard is so irritating.
— MEDICINE – Francis Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the team of Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan and Arie Oliven of Bnai Zion Medical Center in Haifa, Israel who both published studies entitled "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage."
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Reading other mothers' blogs, I am feeling all of my 62 years and every strand of my silver hair. Although I might feel more comfortable with these eloquent younger women, I belong to their mothers' generation and might symbolize for them their mothers' mistakes. I was born the day after the atom bomb was tested in 1945; I am six months too old to be a baby boomer. Most of my contemporaries didn't stay home with their kids, didn't have 4 children, and pitied me for my domestic imprisonment.
On Frog and Toad Are Still Friends, Beck published two brilliant posts about discipline. I was surprised by how much stricter some of the moms who commented seem to be. My oldest daughter, 34, , speculated that her generation believed more in discipline than their parents did, because so many of their parents worked long hours and used permissiveness to assuage their guilt about their unavailability to their kids. Do you think she has a point? Or does the economic necessity of entrusting children to group or nanny care at younger ages demand better behavior than parents who stay at home would expect or tolerate?
My four daughters were not model children. I was better at stimulation and creativity than boundaries and discipline. They were excellent students when they showed up in school. In retrospect, I permitted an overly permissive ad hoc home schooling option for the easily bored who could cough convincingly. They did not speak to their grandparents, teachers, any other adults the way they were allowed to speak to their parents. I often heard about my charming, delightful daughters.
Reading some of the comments, I got nervous that today's moms would not have let their kids play with my kids. My kids were allowed to express their feelings endlessly. They rarely picked up their toys and their rooms were unspeakable. Chronically late, they often needed to be driven to school that was close enough to walk to. Household chores were not their strong points. No doubt I was rebelling against the strict, guilt-inducing discipline of my Catholic childhood. I transferred my first daughter to another public school because her teacher said "for shame" to her on the second day of kindergarten.
I was not permissive about violence. I always stopped my oldest daughter from hitting her younger sister. She was only 2; I didn't punish her. But I made a big deal of encouraging her to express her anger in words. "Use words not hitting to tell Michelle how you feel." Anne dictated stories and drew pictures to express how she felt about her sister. The books were simple affairs. I folded construction paper, used a hole puncher on the fold, and tied the sheets together with string. I kept them, and everyone still loves to read them. I always took away the toy used as a weapon. By the time Anne was 4 and Michelle was 2, they usually could play happily with blocks without mayhem.
Punishment would not have taught Anne a lifelong way of handling her anger; it would have just made her more rebellious. I hurt my back when she was 3 and could not play with her as usual. "Draw me a picture of the dummy mommy with the bad back," she instructed. She then took a pencil and stabbed that picture countless times. I was appalled, but it helped her. Anne had almost perfect recall of her dreams from the time she was 2. Their violence was a revelation. "Daddy went under the train last night because I didn't like his noise. Then I went to live with Ellen." "But Ellen sometimes yells at her children," I pointed out. "Then she will have to go under the train too," Anne said matter of factly. Now Ann works for a world peace organization.
My two younger daughters were relatively peaceful creatures who were born using words not weapons. Carolyn, the baby, was babbling once her head was born. Their older sisters adored them. I attributed such harmony to the sibling bonding that occurred when Rose and Carolyn were born at home. Three and one half years apart rather than 2 years apart make a tremendous difference. Rose, my third daughter, would remind me that toddler Carolyn sometimes bit her without provocation, and Rose, a wonderful big sister, never responded in kind.
Disciplining them for verbal aggression would have been a full-time job. Their father and I were not perfect role models. When I was 7 years old and made my first confession, my sins were: disobedience, talking back to my parents, and hitting my brothers. In succeeding years, despite frequent repentance, I managed to stop hitting my brothers, but made little progress on the other two sins. We tolerated our daughters talking back to us if they were not abusive. "I hate you mommy" was acceptable if they could articulate their anger more specifically. I admit "respect" was not a word they heard frequently.
My younger daughter's daughter's college application essay gives an evaluation of my discipline style I don't deserve: "We were never spanked or severely punished when we did something Mom disapproved of. Instead, she simply told us how she felt about it. I'm sure some parents would say that my sisters and I weren't disciplined enough. However, I've noticed that when friends of mine are grounded, they often complain about their unfair parents, but I take it very seriously when Mom tells me she's disappointed in me. " She charitably left out all the times I let them behave in a way I found intolerable and then I yelled at them. Obviously it would have been better to respect my limits and save them from my harsh words.
We were strict about academics, safety, and seatbelts. Dropping out of honors classes or not taking advancement placement courses because they required too much work was never acceptable. Possibly we pressured them too much to succeed academically, but we expected them to honor their considerable intellectual gifts. We threw out our television set when our oldest was four and didn't get another for five years. We were extremely strict about TV; we had a lock on it. They could not watch TV on school nights. We rejoiced that we had the only teenagers who felt they were being bad by watching TV. There were no problems with boys, booze, or drugs. We were relatively poor, so we didn't buy them lots of clothes, toys. We encouraged their interest in world affairs, occasionally took them to peace demonstrations.
I made countless mistakes, but they all are well-educated, compassionate, dedicated women, able to own and use all their particular gifts. They have met and married wonderful men. They assure me they are going to be much stricter with their kids and make them clean up their room, vacuum, mop, clean bathrooms and go to school every single day they are not running a 103 fever. We all try not to repeat our parents' mistakes, possibly then making our grandparents' mistakes. We might only learn the truth about our parenting by watching our children parent our grandchildren. My oldest daughter is a far better mother than I was with her, but my first grandson is only 5 months old


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The Spanish Professional Football League (LFP) has agreed to a partnership deal with online gambling company bwin worth €24M ($32.5M) in the first year, according to EL PERIODICO. Bwin will replace banking group BBVA, which chose "not to renew its deal" due to the asking price. The contract is for three years with the possibility of a three-year extension. Bwin currently sponsors Real Madrid, but the contract expires at the end of the season (EL PERIODICO, 2/6). EL ECONOMISTA reported bwin "denied it will sponsor the LFP next season." Through its Twitter account the company tweeted: "bwin has not closed any deal with the Professional Football League. We do not know where these reports came from. Liga Bwin" (EL ECONOMISTA, 2/6).
Marketing and Sponsorship
The English Rugby Football League has announced that Kingstone Press Cider will become the title sponsor of the Championship and Championship One for the next two seasons. Kingstone Press Cider, the major brand of Aston Manor Cider, will also be an official partner of the England Rugby League team. The cider brand will gain exposure via in-stadia perimeter and program advertising, a TV broadcast presence on Premier Sports and on the Kingstone Press Championships website. Kingstone Press will also invest a significant amount to work with RFL and Championship clubs to promote its brand, the competitions, the sport and the England team (RFL).
German Hockey League (DEL) club Hamburg Freezers have agreed to a temporary new shirt sponsorship deal with German supermarket chain Kaufland. The company's logo will be featured on the front of the team's jerseys at three home games. In addition, Kaufland will receive ad space on two boards in camera view, on the arena's video screen as well as on sponsorship boards at the O2 World Hamburg during the three home games. The Freezers are also planning additional public relations and promotional events together with the Kaufland Group. The games are on Feb. 22 against Hannover, Feb. 24 against Dusseldorf and March 3 against Cologne (Hamburg Freezers).
Int'l sporting goods retailer INTERSPORT has become the official sports retailer for all men's and women's FIBA competitions from '13-15. In '13 and '15, that includes the Africa Championships, Americas Championships, Asia Championships, Oceania Championships and the EuroBaskets. In '14, the deal includes the Basketball World Cup in Spain and World Championship for Women in Turkey. INTERSPORT will have product licensing rights and will operate official shops for the sale of event merchandise in arenas (FIBA).
Infront Sports & Media has been appointed as official sales agent of the Consortium Stade de France, handling the marketing of hospitality packages for all events taking place at the Stade de France until June. The mandate will be carried out by Infront's French subsidiary -- Infront France SAS. As part of the agreement, Infront will offer business seats and VIP-boxes for all events held in the Stade de France, including (Infront):
- Games of the RBS Six Nations in rugby (France-Wales on Saturday and France-Scotland on March 16)
- Qualifying matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup (France-Georgia on March 22 and France-Spain on March 26)
- The final of the French League Cup (April 20)
- The final of the French Cup (May 31)
- The final of the Top 14 in rugby (June 1)
The Australian Grand Prix has named Rolex its title sponsor for the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix (Australian Grand Prix). ... The Australian Baseball Federation named ANZ bank as the official sponsor of Team Australia for the 2013 World Baseball Classic exhibition matches with the Japanese national team. The games will be played in Osaka on Feb. 23-24 (ABF). ... Brasileiro club Goiás has renewed its title sponsorship with Hospital Anis Rassi. The contract runs through December (MAQUINA DO ESPORTE, 2/5). ... The Marussia F1 team has named business software firm Sage its official partner (Marussia). ... Neptune Investment Management has been named the new sponsor of two races at England's Ascot racecourse this year. They are the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle on Feb. 16 and a £50,000 ($78,000) event for 3-year-olds on July 13 (Neptune Investment). ... Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia "will be sponsored by Vedanta's Group Company Hindustan Zinc for two years" (PTI, 2/5).


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Nominations for the Piggie Awards for MMORPGs and MMORPG Blogging, 2011
One month ago… We asked you all for nominations for the annual "Piggie" awards for MMORPGs and MMORPG blogging, as started by Larisa of the Pink Pigtail Inn.
Now, after a month of nomination madness, we've tallied up all the emails, blog posts and so on, and we're proud to present your nominees for the best of the best in 2011's MMOSphere.
MMORPG Game Elements
Best Raid Instance
- Blackwing Descent from WoW: Cataclysm
- Throne of the Four Winds from WoW: Cataclysm
- Dragon Soul from WoW: Patch 4.3
Least successful raid instance
- Firelands from WoW: Patch 4.2
- Throne of the Four Winds from WoW: Cataclysm
- Draigoch's Lair from LoTRO: Rise of Isengard.
Best small-group instance
- Well of Eternity from WoW: Patch 4.3
- The Esseles from SW:TOR
- Zul'Gurub from WoW: Patch 4.1
- End Time from WoW: Patch 4.3
- Deadmines Heroic from WoW: Cataclysm
Least successful small-group instance
- Deadmines Heroic from WoW: Cataclysm
- Halls of Origination from WoW: Cataclysm
- Blackwing Caverns from WoW: Cataclysm
- Zul'Gurub from WoW: Patch 4.1
- The Stonecore from WoW: Cataclysm
Most longed for instance
- Well of Eternity / War of the Ancients from WoW
- Dragon Soul 5-mans in general, from WoW
- End Time from WoW
Silliest gold sink
There were very few nominations for this category, and WoW in general has suffered from a severe lack of gold sinks in this expansion, so we've decided to retire this category for this year.
Biggest game addition/improvement
- World of Warcraft: Transmogrification
- World of Warcraft: Constant improvements to the loot system in PuG groups.
- Lord of the Rings Online: Instance Finder
Best quest
- WoW: Rhea's questline in the Badlands
- WoW: The Lilian Voss storyline in Tirisfal Glades.
- WoW: Silverpine as a whole
- WoW Patch 4.3: Fangs of the Father legendary questline
- WoW: The Day That Deathwing Came
Ugliest new piece of outfit
All submissions were from WoW.
- Death Knight Tier 12
- Hunter Tier 11
- Priest Tier 11
- Mandible of Beth'tilac
- Druid Tier 12
- Rogue Dragon Soul tier helm
Favourite non combat pet
Again, all nominations are from WoW.
- Horde/Alliance balloons.
- Mr Grubbs
- Lil XT
- Withers
- Creepy Crate
Most charming games company employee
- Blizzard's Zarhym, AKA talkingcongas on Twitter
- Bioware's Daniel Erickson
- Blizzard's Nethara AKA Sachant on Twitter
- Blizzard's Critho
- Eric of Elder Game
Best podcast
Most memorable blog post
- Accessible Fan Art; or, PONYPONYOMGPONY from Flavor Text Lore.
- Are 400 Pull Kills Good Design? Are They Fun? from Falling Leaves and Wings.
- The 20 v. 24 War from Cynwise's Battlefield Manual.
- I'm Doing It Wrong, and I'm OK With That from Jaded Alt.
- How Baby Boomers Built Warcraft from Disciplinary Action.
- Sylvanas, the Val'kyr, and the REAL master plan from Orcish Army Knife.
- On Lone Wolf and Cub, Oriental Adventures, and Pandas from Cynwise's Field Notes.
- On The Forsaken from Cynwise's Field Notes.
- Death-who? from Tusks And All.
- Getting Back on the Nightsaber from Tree Heals Go Woosh.
- Out of the mouths of, well, you know from Big Bear Butt.
- CSI: MMO from Killed in a Smiling Accident.
Most noticed blogger breakthrough
- Garrosh Hellscream of Warchief's Command Board.
- Stubborn of Sheep the Diamond.
- Apple Cider of Apple Cider Mage.
- Bravetank of Bravetank.
- Niki Casselberry of Gamer's Fridge.
- The team of bloggers over at Flavor Text Lore.
Most solid content provider
- Cynwise of Cynwise's Battlefield Manual and Cynwise's Field Notes.
- Derevka of Tales of a Priest.
- Nils of Nils' MMO Blog.
- Rohan of Blessing of Kings.
- Rades of Orcish Army Knife.
- Anne Stickney of WoW Insider's Daily Quest and Know Your Lore.
- Tobold of Tobold's MMORPG Blog.
- Gazimoff of Mana Obscura.
Best writing
- Cynwise of Cynwise's Battlefield Manual and Cynwise's Field Notes.
- Stubborn of Sheep the Diamond.
- Rades of Orcish Army Knife.
- Tzufit of Tree Heals Go Whoosh.
- Melmoth of Killed In A Smiling Accident.
- Beruthiel of Falling Leaves And Wings.
- Big Bear Butt of Big Bear Butt.
Most hugged blogger
- Oestrus of The Stories Of O.
- Vidyala of Manalicious
- Beruthiel of Falling Leaves And Wings.
- Derevka of Tales of a Priest.
- Alyzande of The Gold Queen
- Karegina of The Reluctant Raider
- Larisa of The Pink Pigtail Inn and now The Velvet Cafe
- Shintar of Priest With A Cause
News and Affairs
Biggest controversy
- The Firelands nerfs in World of Warcraft.
- Mists of Pandaria as the next WoW expansion.
- The Destruction of Theramore announced for WoW 5.0.
- The announcement of the Raid Finder in WoW.
- Top raiding guilds recieving an 8-day ban for exploiting the Raid Finder.
- Blizzard's decision to play the homophobic Corpsegrinder interview at Blizzcon.
Most Appreciated Announcement
- Transmogrification in WoW Patch 4.3
- The lack of Dungeon Finder in SWTOR
- Mike Morhaine's apology for the Corpsegrinder incident.
- Dungeon Challenge Modes in Mists of Pandaria
- The free copy of Diablo III with the WoW annual subscription.
- Battle Tags for Battle.net
- New talent tree/skills learning systems for WoW in Patch 5.0
MMORPG Company Of The Year
- Bioware.
- Turbine.
Most "Er… what?" moment in MMOs this year
- The Pet Battle System announcement at Blizzcon.
- Mists of Pandaria as the new WoW expansion.
- Pandaren as the new WoW race.
- The various Raid Finder loot rule fails.
- The difficulty or lack therof of Dragon Soul, Cataclysm's final raid.
People's Choice
People's Choice: Blog Post
- How to LFR and The Dragon's Soul: The Classiest Guide
- Are 400-pull kills good design? Are they fun?
- I'm Doing It Wrong And I'm OK With That
- Getting Back on the Nightsaber
- Why I Would Love To See Heroic Scarlet Monastery
- On Lone Wolf and Cub, Oriental Adventures, and Pandas
People's Choice: Games Company
- Bioware
- Bethseda
- Blizzard
- Turbine
We'll be revealing the winners next week! Winners will be chosen by the MMO Melting Pot staff, but we're always interested to hear what you think, and we're influenced by the community's opinion, so if you'd like to comment on the nominations, please do!
The exception, of course, is the People's Choice category – we'll be opening voting for that category on Monday, for one week!
Congratulations to all the nominees!


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I'm sure other people were doing things but not the that level.Why? It pretty much seems like something that a bunch of teams have probably done, but only NE was stupid enough to get caught for. The Pats were the only team to steal sideline signals in NFL history?
I personally think it's the opposite - people being it up too often.
Since Spygate, NE easily has the best record in the NFL. The Pats were the luckiest play in NFL history from being 19-0 and have won to two Super Bowls since it happened. Two plays from having five championships in like 11 years.
Personally, I don't think anything is hurting his legacy other than idiots on the Internet. He's playing at as high a level as ever during the regular season like 12 years later and he constantly makes small white guys look like Pro Bowlers.


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Warsoup actually started as a game being created in Construct by Thomas Mahler. Some of you might remember him as the guy who was working on 'Sein'. The first version of Warsoup was a pixel art platformer game where you ran around shooting waves of monsters and building up defenses and upgrading your weapons.
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Pope Francis' election highlights strained Vatican/Irish relations
Saint Patrick's Day 2013 was like no other for the Irish community here in Rome.
Italy spoiled the party a little with an emphatic first ever defeat of Ireland in the Six Nations rugby at Stadio Olimpico.
But many Irish supporters took the opportunity to join the thousands in St Peter's Square to see the newly-elected Pope Francis impart his blessing.
The Pope's appearance from his window in the Apostolic Palace on Sunday capped an extraordinary week in Rome, and his inauguration Mass on Tuesday will be attended by many heads of state, including the Irish president, Michael D Higgins.
However Ireland is one of the few European countries that does not have a resident ambassador to the Vatican.
This follows the controversial closure of the embassy at the Villa Spada in Rome in November 2011.
At the time, the Irish foreign minister, Eamon Gilmore of the Irish Labour Party, the junior partner in the coalition led by prime minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny, cited economic and financial reasons.
Mr Gilmore insisted it had nothing to do with the poor relations between Dublin and the Vatican over the clerical sex abuse scandals.
In July 2011, Enda Kenny launched a blistering attack on the Vatican in the Irish parliament claiming the Cloyne Report into clerical sex abuse had exposed, "an attempt by the Holy See to frustrate an inquiry in a sovereign , democratic republic... as little as three years ago, not three decades ago."
The charge was rejected by an angry Vatican, which recalled its Papal Nuncio from Dublin for a time.
The Villa Spada is now the home of the Irish embassy to Italy and on Friday 15 March ambassador Pat Hennessey hosted an evening reception for St. Patrick's Day.
It was a pleasant occasion but not far beneath the surface there is still deep resentment at Eamon Gilmore's action.
This has not been assuaged by the appointment of David Cooney as a non-resident ambassador with access to the top not enjoyed by other diplomats.
Cooney, who played a key role in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement, visits the Vatican every six weeks and will be part of the Irish delegation led by President Higgins and finance minister Michael Noonan at Pope Francis's inauguration.
Enda Kenny will be in Washington for the Taoiseach's traditional St. Patrick's Day meeting with President Obama in the White House.
A senior Irish Catholic church source said:
''No one is fooled by the economic argument. This was a deliberately intended insult to the church and to the Catholic people by the Labour Party.''
Cardinal Sean Brady pressed the issue at a meeting with Mr Kenny in February.
Father Jim Downey, an Irish Augustinian priest based in Rome, speaks for many who will not go on the record:
"Some people would prefer this was forgotten about but it has not been forgotten. Everyone knows the closure was not for economic reasons. Of course it was connected to the Cloyne Report and all that. The government should be honest about it.''
Will Ireland re-open an embassy to the Holy See?
Those who read the runes of such matters say the answer is yes, and it is likely to happen before the next Irish general election.
The Irish department of foreign affairs accept that a non-resident ambassador is far from ideal. And political leaders like Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore may feel they have made their point.
The fact that the UK has expanded its embassy to the Vatican in recent years is cited by those who found the Irish decision hard to fathom, given the relatively small amount of money involved.
Other missions may be opened or expanded as a fig leaf when the time comes, a well-informed observer has said.
That said, Enda Kenny's attack on the Vatican in the Dail did reflect deep public anger, although many considered his words overblown.
A department of foreign affairs spokesperson quoted from a recent parliamentary answer by Mr Gilmore:
''The decision to close the embassy will not be reversed in the immediate term. However, in the context of the budgetary situation, I will continue to review the deployment of our diplomatic resources overseas."
It is thought a new embassy would not be shared with the embassy to Italy at the Villa Spada but rented elsewhere in Rome.


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The Sylvers
The Sylvers Consisted Of Nine Siblings
- Olympia-Ann "Olan" Sylvers (b. October 13, 1951)—Vocals
- Leon Frank Sylvers III (b. March 7, 1953)—Bass, Vocals
- Charmaine Elaine Sylvers (b. March 9, 1954)—Vocals
- James Jonathan Sylvers (b. June 8, 1955)—Keyboards, Vocals
- Edmund Theodore Sylvers (b. January 25, 1957, d. March 11, 2004)—Vocals, Percussion
- Joseph Richard "Ricky" Sylvers (b. October 13, 1958)—Guitar, Vocals
- Angelia Marie "Angie" Sylvers (b. April 11, 1960)—Vocals
- Patricia Lynn "Pat" Sylvers (b. March 25, 1961)—Additional Keyboards, Vocals
- Foster Emerson Sylvers (b. February 25, 1962)—Additional Bass, Vocals
Prior to becoming "The Sylvers", the four eldest members (Olympia, Leon, Charmaine, and James) recorded as the Little Angels.
In 1972 the sextet changed their name from the Little Angels to The Sylvers and released three albums on the MGM/Pride label, titled simply "The Sylvers," "The Sylvers 2," and "The Sylvers 3."— Released between 1972 and 1974.
The song "Fool's Paradise" was a thought-provoking song that reached 14 on the R/B charts in the autumn of 1972. The single featured Charmaine, Edmund, and Ricky as lead singers, backed by the sumptuous harmonies of Olympia, Leon, & James.
Then there was "Wish That I Could Talk To You" and during early 1973 that became the siblings' first top 10 song. The track, featuring Leon and Ricky on lead, and is considered a classic by old-school R&B fans. "Stay Away From Me" (# 33) and "Through the Love In My Heart" (# 50) followed; and album tracks such as "I'll Never Be Ashamed" and "Cry of a Dreamer" received significant airplay at R&B radio outlets.
In 1975 Foster, Angie, and Pat joined their older brothers and sisters and signed an exclusive contract with Capitol Records. Now nine members strong they topped the R/B and Billboard Hot 100 charts the two-million seller "Boogie Fever".
Those two tracks were included on the first Capitol album with Perren. It was titled "Showcase" and featured rotating lead singers on songs written by both Perren & St. Lewis, as well as Leon Sylvers. Capitol followed up "Boogie Fever" with the bubble-gum confection "Cotton Candy".
In 1976, following the recording of their next album, "Something Special" Charmaine, one of the original Little Angels, left the group. "Something Special," was the family's biggest selling LP, reaching 13 on the Billboard album charts. Produced by Perren, the LP spawned another smash million-seller, "Hot Line" (#5 on Billboard Hot 100) as well as "High School Dance" (#17 on Billboard Hot 100).
As the world's appetite for dance music waned in the early '80s, so did the Sylvers' popularity. In 1981, five members of the group (now without Edmund), recorded a new album ("Concept") for Solar Records, with Leon producing and playing bass but not performing vocally. The first single from that effort, "Come Back Lover, Come Back" (featuring a now grown-up Foster on lead) was a minor hit, reaching 63 in Billboard. "Take It to the Top" failed to chart; but both singles appear on the Solar Records retrospective box set.
In 1984, after a three year hiatus, the siblings (now six strong, with Charmaine returning) regrouped with new management (Weisner-DeMann) and a new label ( Geffen Records). The result was an unsuccessful album entitled "Bizarre." The disc wasn't heavily promoted, but spawned two minor hits: "In One Love and Out the Other" (42) and "Falling For Your Love" (#6).
The Sylvers' youngest sibling, Christopher died at age 18 on June 18, 1985. He was never part of the performing family.
Following the disappointing performance of the Geffen LP, the brothers and sisters officially disbanded in 1985. They would continue to do studio work, playing and singing background vocals for artists including Janet Jackson.
Group's Death's
Edmund Theodore Sylvers (January 25, 1957 – March 11, 2004) was the lead singer of the 1970s family group The Sylvers. Born in Memphis,Tennessee.
Sylvers was 15 years old when he started singing with the family-based musical group, and was 18 when he sang lead on the group's biggest hit, "Boogie Fever" (1975).
Sylvers died of lung cancer at age 47. He was survived by 11 sons and daughters.
Studio Albums
1972 - The Sylvers - Pride
1973 - The Sylvers II
1974 - The Sylvers III - MGM
1975 - Showcase - Capitol
1976 - Something Special
1977 - New Horizons
1978 - Forever Yours - Casablanca
1979 - Disco Fever
1981 - Concept - SOLAR
1984 - Bizarre - Geffen


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School aid cut has day in court
Advocate tells state group he's confident $240M will be restored
Published 10:22 pm, Sunday, March 10, 2013
ALBANY — An education funding advocate said he was confident New York City schools would see a planned $240 million cut restored, either as a result of a court order or legal change.
Michael Rebell, an attorney who won a $7 billion increase in state education funding as a result of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, told school board members from around the state that he was confident in his latest suit against officials. Already, a state judge in Manhattan has blocked the cut, which was announced in January after New York City education and union officials failed to agree on a system for evaluating teachers.
"The constitutional case against it is very strong," said Rebell, whose CFE suit affirmed a student's right to a "sound, basic" education through high school.
He said he was heartened that Democrats who dominate the Assembly are poised on Monday to pass a budget resolution that restores the money and redirects another $308 million for schools beyond the amount proposed earlier this year by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
"Legislators have said this is like the federal sequester: this is horrendous, but this was a threat," Rebell continued. "Well, the threat didn't work, at least in New York City. Now they see the result, and they realize they're hurting kids for something that's not related to kids' needs."
The Republican-dominated coalition that controls the Senate will not restore the $240 million, according to Sen. John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican who chairs the chamber's Education Committee.
New York State Schools Boards Association President Tim Kremer said his organization, which hosted a conference over the weekend and will lobby legislators Monday, does not believe increases in teacher funding should be coupled to evaluation systems. It supports the restoration for New York City.
Last week, Cuomo said New York City should not get a "mulligan," especially because 99 percent of the state's school districts reached agreements on evaluation plans.
"This government is about accountability, and it is about performance, and deadlines are deadlines and laws are laws, and the school districts did not have the law in place and did not get the increase," Cuomo said. "We've been funding education at extravagant amounts and our children are not showing the performance that is equal to our level of spending. Let's shift focus to performance, not just to funding."
Indeed, his $136.5 billion budget proposal would increase education spending by $889 million — roughly 4 percent. Cuomo proposed that $203 million of that money would go into a "fiscal stabilization fund" that would be directed, later, outside of existing funding formulae.
Both the Assembly and Senate redirected that money through the gap elimination adjustment formula, high tax aid formula and foundation aid formula, according to Flanagan and Assemblywoman Addie Russell, a Democrat from St. Lawrence Valley.
Flanagan said the Senate would also direct $50 million back into the GEA and high tax formula. It's unclear how the changes will affect individual school districts, or how they will fit into the spending plan adopted before legislators leave at the end of next week for a break.
Flanagan cautioned school board members aching for major funding increases that the Legislature was stirring soup within the pot, but not necessarily adding to it. "The fiscal reality of the state — it's not going to happen," he said. "It's money that's already on the table."
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Collapses of structure under construction can be prevented if quality control is practiced at sites. The strength uniformity of reinforced concrete structure element cast on site depends on the level of compaction of the fresh concrete. The whole element should be checked and mapped so that localized defect can be detected and removal of formwork can be stopped if applicable. A portable and quick way to check and map the uniformity and the strength of concrete has been developed utilizing the use of pressure wave and signal processing techniques. An echo is introduced to the sample by dropping a small steel ball from a certain height from the concrete surface. The impact generates stress wave, which propagate through the concrete. The accelerometer receives the wave and changes the display from time to frequency domain. The highest observed frequency is determined as the depth frequency. The velocity is calculated as CP = 2fD. Hundreds of specimens were tested. The relationship between the strength and the velocity is correlated. From correlation equation, the strength of concrete can be estimated within 10% error (Hamid et al, 2004). The mapping process is done automatically in computer-generated program. Signal-processing techniques were used to compute the data; Fourier Transform to translate a time-series signal into frequency domain, concrete strength calculation, interpolation technique and a Graphic User Interface (GUI) to complete the mapping algorithms.
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That night was the first time Harry had dreamed since the battle. He was running through a forest. Someone was following him, about to catch him. Faster and faster Harry ran, but his follower just increased his speed as Harry did. Harry turned to look back, and tripped. His follower had caught him. Harry glimpsed his attacker's face: His eyes were red and looked uncannily like a snake's. His face was as pale as a ghost. He grinned triumphantly, and laughed a high pitched, cold laugh–
With a start Harry woke up, sweating and panting, and looked around frantically. Gradually his breathing slowed and he lay down again. He had been stupid to think that a couple of nights nightmare free meant that he had rid himself of the dreams for good. After a while it became clear to him that he wasn't going to fall asleep again, so he got up, grabbed his cloak, and tiptoed out of the room, careful not to wake a snoring Ron.
The sun had barely risen by the time Harry made his way out of the Burrow's kitchen door and towards Padfoot, who was eagerly awaiting him with his tail wagging furiously. Harry dug his wand out of his pocket and conjured a red rubber ball and threw it, and Padfoot bounded out after it. It felt good to engage in such a simple activity, allowing Harry's brain to keep from mulling over the battle.
He had been out there for about an hour when the screen door slammed. Harry looked around and saw Ginny walking towards him, fully dressed and carrying a cup of tea. She stopped when she saw Harry, but then continued on and sat down between him and Padfoot, who was panting with his tongue hanging out.
"Hey," she said quietly.
"Hey," said Harry, just as quietly. He turned to look at her, and inhaled the flowery perfume that he loved. She was smiling slightly and watching Padfoot as he panted in the grass beside her.
"He's cute," she said. "What did you name him?"
"Padfoot," said Harry. "'Cause he looks like Sirius did in his Animagus form– "
"I know," said Ginny, striking Harry silent. She sighed, and patted Padfoot absentmindedly.
"Why are you out here so early?" Harry asked, cursing himself and his awkwardness.
"Couldn't sleep," she shrugged. "You?"
"Same," said Harry.
The silence between them was thick, like mud, and Harry stared at the Burrow as if it would somehow provide him with the right words to say. Even the kiss when Harry was in the hospital wing hadn't broken the awkwardness between them; the bad memories of the past year and when Harry had broken their relationship off. The brief time that Harry and Ginny had been together had been some of the happiest months of Harry's life, but after he had broken it off with Ginny, they had never been as close. Harry hoped that he and Ginny could put this behind them and regain the relationship they had once shared.
"Ginny, look," he said, trying to ignore his dry throat and the awkwardness that seemed to blow in the wind. "I'm really sorry about all of last year, and leaving you, and everything..."
Beside him she stiffened and stopped patting Padfoot, who let out an indignant bark.
"You're too damn noble," said Ginny, after she had resumed patting Padfoot. Harry looked at her, confused. "Of course you had to take off and save the Wizarding world. Of course. I don't blame you for that." She paused, and looked at the Burrow, but Harry could tell that she wasn't really seeing it. "Last year was hard, Harry. You have no idea... I mean, you and Ron and Hermione escaped Voldemort and got captured and tortured and starved yourselves and everything, but you don't know what it was like at Hogwarts. We saw three different Death Eaters everyday! We lived with them! They targeted me because some stupid Slytherin told them that I used to be your girlfriend! You stopped that by killing Voldemort. We could still be there, if it wasn't for you. I don't blame you. It's just hard." She stopped, almost as if she was astonished at herself for laying her heart out on the table. But Harry was sure she had known what she had been doing, for Ginny looked at him expectantly, and he at her.
Before they knew what they were doing, they leaned into each other over Padfoot. He was looking at her face and her lips, and she at his. Their faces were barely an inch apart now, and their lips met. He was kissing her with a vigor, and she responded with enthusiasm.
Then the door of the Burrow banged open.
"Oi!" shouted Ron. He had come running outside and had a look of absolute fury on his face. "You!" he said, and pulled his wand out. "Get your hands off my sister! You said that you'd leave her alone!"
"Now listen here!" said Ginny furiously, and scrambled upright to her feet. "Harry left me so that I would be safe! So that Voldemort wouldn't target me! And now Voldemort's dead, so you can stop sticking your filthy nose into my business, and let me figure it out!"
"I know what's best for my sister!" Ron shouted! "So it's up to me to help you when you don't know what's good for you!"
"Oh, that's rich, Ronald," snarled Ginny, and she pulled her wand out as well. "Hermione has been pining over you for years and you haven't noticed her until this year! How do you know what's good for me if you don't know what's good for yourself? For the friend that you've known for years!"
"Don't. You. Go. There," hissed Ron, trying to push past Ginny so he could turn his wand on Harry.
Ginny laughed a manic laugh, and then she said, "Have you ever considered that this is your so called 'best mate'? Or that he's the one who got us out of that hell we were living in? And he's the one who is going to hurt your 'precious, sweet, weak sister'! Get your facts right, Ronald. If Harry isn't good enough for me, well, according to you, nobody is going to be good enough for me!" She pocketed her wand and shoved Ron to the ground, and then entered the house, the door slamming behind her.
Ron got to his feet unsteadily and turned to face Harry with a scowl on his face, who had also risen.
"Ron – " he said, but Ron held up his and Harry fell silent.
"I don't want to hear it. But if I ever find out that you've left her again, or hurt her in any way, I'll curse you all the way to next year. You got that?"
Harry nodded, and Ron turned back to the house, also slamming the door behind him.
It was Hermione who broke the news to him.
"Harry," she said gently, just as he had pushed his breakfast plate away, "Remus and Tonks's funerals are today."
Harry froze as his stomach lurched and wished he hadn't eaten so much for breakfast.
"Andromeda only owled us yesterday afternoon, and we forgot to mention it to you," said Mrs. Weasley by way of explanation.
Harry nodded sadly.
"Harry," said Hermione again, this time even more gently, and he looked up startled. What could be worse than a funeral? "They're holding the funeral at Godric's Hollow. Apparently in Remus's will it said that he wanted to be buried with your dad."
Everyone seated around the table looked up quickly to gauge Harry's reaction. It seemed as if no one had forgotten the scene of Voldemort's burial.
He merely gave a quick nod and said, "When is it to be held?"
"In about an hour, so we should get ready," said Hermione. She gave Harry another concerned look. "Are you sure that you're all right, Harry? You've been quiet."
"I'm fine," said Harry quickly. He wasn't sure that any of the Weasleys other than Ron had known that he and Ginny had previously dated, but he couldn't get the fight out of his head. Throughout the whole meal Ron and Ginny hadn't spoken a single word to each other.
So an hour later the Weasley family and Harry and Hermione Apparated to a point just beyond the neighborhood of Godric's Hollow in order to not be seen by Muggles. They walked past Harry's demolished house, the others pausing to read the plaque but Harry determinedly not looking at it, and to the graveyard, which was already full of members of the Order and Aurors alike; most likely colleagues of Tonks.
A woman holding a baby stood alone among the graves. Once in awhile people would go up to her, and Harry was startled to recognize the woman whose house he had stayed in after his removal from Privet Drive the last summer. The group slowly made their way up to Andromeda Tonks, whose face was pale and deeply lined as if she had aged over twenty years in the past year alone. But Harry remembered it was not only a daughter and son-in-law that she had lost, but her husband as well.
He reached her first. "I'm so sorry, Mrs. Tonks."
She turned to face him, and he wondered if she remembered that when he had first met her he had accused her of being her sister, Bellatrix. A sad smile graced her lips and she said, "It isn't your fault, Mr. Potter. From what Molly tells me you tend to take the weight of the world upon your shoulders." Harry stood there stunned as Molly Weasley stepped forward and the two women embraced.
"And this can't be Ted!" Molly exclaimed, referring to the baby in Andromeda's arms.
"Yes, this is Teddy," said Andromeda vacantly, before she burst into tears and allowed herself to be pulled into another hug by Molly.
"There there, dear," Molly soothed as Andromeda tried to pull herself together. Molly took Teddy out of Andromeda's arms and cooed at him while Andromeda wiped her eyes and turned to Harry.
"Harry, this is your godson," she said in a shaky voice. Harry stared at her. After all that had happened, it had completely slipped his mind that Remus had made him Teddy's godfather, and he wondered with a jolt if this simple act of forgetting was a sign that he was the complete wrong person for the job.
"Oh, that's right!" exclaimed Molly with delight. She turned to Harry, who was standing behind her and said, "Here, Harry. Hold him."
Harry stared at her with no small amount of trepidation, and then at Teddy, who was sleeping peacefully in Molly's arms. Reluctantly he held his hands out, and Molly passed the baby to him with instructions to support the head.
Teddy couldn't have been more than a month old. However as he shifted arms his eyes blinked open and he started to wail, and Harry bounced him up and down, unsure of what to do. Molly and Andromeda beamed at him. After a few minutes Teddy began to calm down. Harry felt oddly relieved.
Teddy blinked at him and Harry nearly dropped the kid in shock when he screwed his face up and his hair turned black and his eyes green. Andromeda merely chortled and said, "He does that to anyone he likes, Mr. Potter. Think of it as a compliment." She sighed forlornly. "It seems that Remus and Nymphadora knew what they were doing when they named you his godfather. I must admit that I was against the idea. Too reckless. Though it looks like you've shaped up just fine." She sniffed and they stood there for a couple more minutes, until the people who had congregated in the graveyard started to take their seats in the rows of chairs that had been set up.
Harry quickly passed Teddy back to his grandmother and took a seat next to Ginny, who was also beaming at him. "He's a little sweetheart, isn't he?" she whispered, and Harry nodded and allowed himself a brief smile, before he turned his attention back to the front where the two coffins were. After a while a man stood up to speak, and with a pang Harry realized that it was the same man who had presided over Dumbledore's funeral and Bill and Fleur's wedding.
He didn't really pay attention to the words that the man was saying, but from what Harry did hear didn't seem to do justice to the lives that Lupin and Tonks had led. There were many tears surrounding them, but Harry did not cry. He could feel himself breaking inside but he did not cry. He felt as if he had already said his goodbye when he had used the Resurrection Stone. After a while the man stopped speaking and Kingsley stood up, and Harry looked at him and gave him his full attention.
Kingsley spoke of the love that Lupin and Tonks had found even in times of trouble and prejudice, their sacrifice in the hopes of creating a better world to live in, and the son that they had left behind. Then Kingsley sat down, and the caskets were lowered into the ground. It was then that the screams and wails of Teddy could be heard.
Harry stayed in his seat for a while before he rose and made his way throughout the graveyard, searching for his parent's graves. No one intercepted him as he made his way through the stones; it was as if they knew what he was doing and didn't want to interrupt him in his grief.
Even though Harry had been to the graveyard once before it took him awhile to find the graves, as his visit had been almost six months before and in the dark. When he at last located the brilliant marble with the words JAMES POTTER and LILY POTTER engraved into it, he was surprised to see that there were already flowers at the base of the stone. He guessed that someone had taken advantage of the funeral to visit the Potters. Harry pulled his own wand out and moved it in a circular motion and a bouquet of lilies fell into his hands, and he carefully placed them next to the other flowers, which were daffodils.
Then he stood and made his way out of the graveyard. Hermione and Ginny were waiting for him at the gate. "Are you okay, Harry?" asked Hermione anxiously.
"Yeah," said Harry.
Hermione looked at him in concern, and then said, "Well anyway. Mrs. Weasley is looking for you." Harry nodded and followed her and Ginny to where Molly was talking with Minerva McGonagall and Kingsley Shacklebolt.
"You were looking for me?" he asked.
"Oh, yes dear, of course," she said. "Kingsley and Minerva wanted to talk to you."
Harry turned his gaze to the witch and wizard standing before him, who were both scrutinizing him as if they'd never seen his face before.
Professor McGonagall broke the silence first. "We've made some changes with the following year," she said. Harry raised his eyebrows. "After a meeting with the school board, it has been decided that all students in fourth year or above will retake this past year over the summer in a three-month course. First through third year will just have to retake the year again."
"Sorry, Professor, but why is it so important that I know?" asked Harry. It seemed a little ridiculous to pull him aside just to tell him the change in school plans, even if he was Harry Potter. Kingsley chose to answer this time.
"Well, Harry, if you're half as powerful as Molly says you are, then it would extremely ridiculous for you to complete a complete year at Hogwarts. The course work would be simply too easy for you. And I must say, if the school board hadn't come up with the change I would have suggested it."
Harry idly wondered if he should feel perturbed that Molly was telling people about his new found abilities, but then he brushed the thought aside. After all, he did trust Kingsley and Professor McGonagall. He knew that Mrs. Weasley wouldn't tell anyone that didn't need to know.
"You and your fellow seventh years can complete their N.E.W.T.s during the summer, Potter," said Professor McGonagall. "But I must confess that I am curious. Would you care to demonstrate your abilities?" Harry gave her a rueful smile as he once again lifted his wand and the silver stag flew out of it. "Impressive," said Professor McGonagall at last. "It usually takes years of training before wizards can do a corporeal patronus, much less one that was produced nonverbally."
"That was an extraordinary piece of magic, Mr. Potter," said a new voice who had come up behind him. Harry turned around to see the man who had spoken. He was of the same build as Kingsley, with brown hair and a beard that was streaked with gray, and wore a friendly smile.
"Gawain!" exclaimed Kingsley. He turned to Harry. "Harry, I'd like to introduce you to a friend and colleague of mine and the head of the Auror office, Gawain Robards. Gawain, as I'm sure you already know, this is Harry Potter."
"I did know that bit of information," laughed Robards as he stuck his hand out for Harry to shake. He seemed like the friendly and likeable sort, although Harry didn't like the mention of his fame. "Now Mr. Potter, Kingsley told me that you might be interested in becoming an Auror. Does the career path still appeal to you?"
"Er..." said Harry, caught by surprise, but Gawain merely laughed again and said,
"Well, I'd be rather impressed if you had made your career decision already. But I would like you to know that the Auror office would be open to you at all times, as it would be to your friends Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley. But I would highly encourage you to attend this summer program at Hogwarts to get the needed N.E.W.T.s so you can qualify. Just send me an owl once you've made your decision."
"Thank you, sir," said Harry earnestly as he shook Robard's hand again. "It means a lot to me."
"Think nothing of it," laughed Gawain. He tipped his hat at the three of them and said, "Nice to be seeing all of you. But I really must be going. Don't forget to owl me your decision, Mr. Potter!"
Harry waited until he was out of sight before he turned back to Kingsley and Professor McGonagall. "Is he always like that?" he asked weakly.
Kingsley chortled. "I'm afraid so, Harry. But you couldn't find a man who knew more about the dark arts and defensive spells then he does. He's the perfect man for the job, even if he doesn't seem like the likely type."
Harry wasn't quite sure if he liked Gawain Robard's persona, but as the man was most likely going to be his new boss, he would just have to get used to it.
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Campground Description: Paradise Point State Park is owned and operated by the State of Washington. This 88 acre RV camping and tent camping campground offers 79 camping sites and 6180 feet of shoreline on the East Fork of the Lewis River. The park isn't named Paradise Point by chance - it really is a little slice of paradise. The only distraction at this park is Interstate 5, located just a few yards to the west of the park. When selecting a camp site, try to get one of the wooded camping sites on the east side of the campground. Open year round. Reservations are strongly recommended during the summer months.
Number of Sites: 79
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Waste Water Dump Station: Yes
Directions: Interstate 5 southbound from Olympia - Follow I-5 south to exit 16 (NW Lacenter Road exit). At the bottom of the off-ramp turn left. Drive 225 yards to NW Paradise Park Road. Turn left and follow for 0.8 miles to the park entrance. Interstate 5 northbound from Vancouver - Follow I-5 north to exit 16 (NW Lacenter Road exit). At the bottom of the off-ramp turn right. Drive 60 yards to NW Paradise Park Road. Turn left and follow for 0.8 miles to the park entrance.
Fishing: At the park fishermen can try their luck on the East Fork of the Lewis River. The main Lewis River joins the East Fork approximately 1/2 mile west of the campground. Another 1/2 mile later it joins the Columbia River and a large area of small islands. A boat launch is available at the campground. Seasonally, Salmon, Steelhead and Trout can be found on the Lewis River. Inquire locally.
Astronomy Opportunities: Few due to the abundance of trees. There is a clearing on the south end of the campground that is suitable for astronomy. The exact location for computerized telescopes is 45.8635° N, 122.70396° W.
Nearby Golfing: In Woodland 4 miles north on I-5.Lewis River Golf Course 3209 Lewis River Road Woodland, WA 98674 360-225-8254 Lewis River Golf Course
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WD Qiuying ZHU CHN 11 35.61
2 Diane SZMIETT CAN 10 38.17
3 Min-Jeong KWAK KOR 9 38.83
4 Kristine MUSADEMBA USA 8 40.80
5 Amanda DOBBS USA 7 46.73
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6 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 6 48.83
7 Alena LEONOVA RUS 5 50.79
8 Bingwa GENG CHN 4 51.09
9 Miki ANDO JPN 3 56.11
10 Akiko SUZUKI JPN 2 57.97
11 Mirai NAGASU USA 1 58.76
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Good luck to everyone!
Anyone know what happened to Zhu? I liked her and thought she had potential.
Go ladies
I hope Mirai will do good and get her first medal, it would surely boost her confidence for the next coming competitions..
Anyone know her planned jump layout?Any 2A/3T?I wonder if she will try to put back a 3S again..
Hope everyone does well and most especially I hope to see some good skating, better than the Sps please.
Diane from Canada's on the ice, or off now, wearing a nice black & white outfit. Sorry I totally missed her skate, I honestly had to make a bathroom break.
-2 deductions, so she must've fallen twice in the fs. Better luck next time, Diane.
Kwak from China skated to Caprice Bohemian by Rachmaniov, had a fall on both 3L & one 3F, but good comeback with the 2A/2T and 3T/2T, and variation on back spiral into 2A. Nice performance, but rather slow, ends with a smile.
Diane's program totally boring.
Kristine from the USA skated to Africa Fantasy & something else? Fall out on opening triple jump, 1A/2T, beautiful 3S and 3S/2S?, hand down on 3F, and I'm sorry I can't remember the rest, think she did a 2A, oh yeah she fell on the three turns into 3R. So many jumps in the FS that it's hard to keep track. Btw, beautiful bright red/pink dress.
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We've got a new Oyster Pop Quiz on the pages and let us introduce today's magical guest: Sampa The Great! What a ledge! She's a mad rapper, poet and singer-songwriter with a sharp sound thanks to her Zambian heritage and experimental beats. We asked her a couple of hard hitting questions after she blew us away at Laneway and, since her Fire Sign Tour starts in June, we thought we'd try to school you in on her excellence.
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Is there anywhere you'd rather be?
Would you rather be on a beach somewhere? I'd rather be in Botswana right now with my mum and dad.
Did you watch The O.C. when you were growing up?
Well that's that question is out of the way. Let's give you a good one, what did you dream about last?
What was the last dream I had? I think it was all food. Has to be. Gotta be. I think it was over burritos and we actually did go get burritos so that dream was fulfilled real quick.
Last question, when's the last time you gave yourself a pat on the back?
I don't do that much, I should be doing that. A long time ago. Let me just do that real quick now. Dope. Thank you, guys.
Photography: Ryan Kenny
Photographic Assistant: Justin Vague
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APC PowerChute Business Edition Agent - Default Username & PasswordPosted by technick.85
Found this useful tip regarding APC PowerChute Business Edition Agent. When it comes to a default admin password: There is none! If you need to reset your username/password, you'll have to reinstall the suite on your server/workstation/whatever. In the process, I ended upgrading from v8 to v9 using the free 5 node edition found here:
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APC PowerChute Business Edition Agent
Default Username and Password
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