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Metal Coaters, Houston, TX, unveiled a new website at www.metalcoaters.com that includes frequently asked questions (and the answers to those questions) about coil coating. The company operates Metal Coaters manufacturing plants in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Marietta, GA, and Jackson, MS, and Metal Prep plants in Houston and in Memphis, TN.
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Denver Broncos TV broadcast against Dallas Cowboys fumbled by Comcast
Comcast's fumble meant frustration for some 120,000 Broncos fans in Colorado Sunday.
Maybe if it hadn't been during a nail-biter of a game. Maybe if it had been only for a second… But Comcast's bad signal during the Oct. 6 telecast of the Denver Broncos v. Dallas Cowboys game resulted in a scrambled, digitally distorted mess of colors on the screen. The official explanation, according to Comcast: "It was a hardware failure with the router control card."
Some 120,000 football viewers were denied the pleasure of watching a close game near the end of the second half. A Comcast spokesperson said Monday, "Unfortunately, we had an equipment failure that impacted approximately 120k customers in parts of the north metro Denver area (Boulder, Thornton, Arvada, Commerce City) for about an hour during the game. Fortunately, the services were restored for the last few minutes of the game."
Outrage erupted on social media, with anger directed toward the cable company. Perhaps the best Twitter commentary came from KUSA's Kyle Clark. "Worst jobs today: 1) Cowboys Defensive Coordinator 2) Comcast phone support operator #BroncosChat." And, perhaps surprisingly considering the local competition: "Please don't call & yell at the fine folks at @CBSDenver. The #Comcast issue isn't their fault. #BroncosChat"
Meanwhile fans alternately searched for vintage transistor radios, scoured their neighborhoods for anyone with DISH and dialed Comcast, only to hear "due to a high volume of calls…"
The Nielsen overnight ratings show this was the most-watched game of the season on any network. The average was an 18.6 rating and 34 share in metered markets.
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In 2004, Kevin Rose set out to transform the way people read news. The result, Digg, mixes blogging, online syndication, social networking, and "crowdsourcing"--which combines the knowledge and opinions of many individuals--to create an online newspaper of stories selected by the masses. The principles behind Digg are simple. Users can submit stories; if other users like a story, they can "digg," or praise, it; if not, they can "bury," or condemn, it. A new visitor sees a ceaseless scroll of stories accompanied by a flurry of comments. Digg's straightforward rules have made it hugely popular: less than three years after its launch, more than 17 million users visit the site each month. But with success, Digg has also attracted controversy. Some observers decry the inanity of the site's top stories, and even habitual users admit that the comments are mostly puerile. Rose, who acts as the site's chief architect, must increasingly weigh the anarchic free speech that characterized Digg's early days against a more responsible approach to publishing that protects intellectual property and other institutional interests.
TR: Digg is a testament to collective wisdom--but I wonder if at any point you've felt embarrassed, either by the top stories or by the comments about the stories.
Kevin Rose: Not really. Every single day I find something that's really interesting that I wouldn't have found on a traditional news outlet, an interesting nugget of information that happens to surface on an unknown blog
or a website that I haven't heard of before. I think if you go on
CNN.com or MSNBC.com, you're going to find the news that you're used to reading. When you come to Digg, you never know what you're going to get.
TR: What about the common criticism of Digg, that what tends to be "dugg" is often superficial? Are the most popular stories on Digg really the best stories?
KR: As we speak, right now, the top three stories on Digg are do-it-yourself lucid dreaming, an update about the Apple iPhone, and why a former official of the Reagan administration thinks that President Bush should be tried as a war criminal. We get a mixture of all types of news on our front page.
TR: Stories appear and disappear on Digg's main pages with tremendous speed. Does Digg move too quickly for most people to usefully understand what's there?
KR: We try to make sure there isn't too much information flowing through the system. We are constantly tweaking our promotion algorithm to make sure that it doesn't become overwhelming. As we grow, we also have to continue to raise the bar required for stories to get promoted to the front page. One of the things that I'm really focused on is improving the experience that's off the front page. Already you can get recommendations from friends; soon the system will start recommending stories that you might have missed or that you might find interesting, based on what you've dugg in the past.
TR: You had a small scandal recently, when you published the encryption key that protects high-definition video discs (HD-DVD). First, under industry pressure, you took down the post; then, under pressure from your users, you put it back. What is your policy on censorship?
KR: We sort of take everything on a case-by-case basis. Things that are very clear violations of our terms of service come off the site; we don't allow pornography or pirated software, for instance. But when it's in one of the gray areas, it gets tricky.
TR: I'm curious about your feelings about the power of the Digg community. Do you think it can be controlled or directed?
KR: It resists being directed, that's for sure. It was very clear when the HD-DVD story broke, and then again, during the aftermath. I was watching the Digg community saying, "You can't censor us; this is free speech." The home page reflected those comments, and there was really nothing that we could do. We just built the platform. It's really up to the users to determine what they want to see on the front page.
TR: You're saying that even if you wanted to, you couldn't control what appears on Digg--except by removing a story ex post facto.
KR: Yeah. Behind the scenes, what you don't see is that we have these servers that are just going crazy. I mean, you have thousands and thousands of people digging stories and submitting stories and commenting and posting--and we can't write code that would keep up with that. The HD-DVD business was absolutely fascinating. I sat there, and I was kind of in shock and spellbound at the same time. It was quite the evening.
TR: Digg watchers say that 100 users are responsible for more than half the stories on the site's home page, a phenomenon that creates the potential for abuse. How do you know when someone is gaming Digg? And what can the company do to stop them?
KR: The system knows. Our main job is to evolve the platform so that it promotes to the front page news and videos that have a diverse crowd of people digging them. We have to make sure that when a story does make the front page, it was actually chosen by individuals who wanted to see it on the front page--and not spammers trying to promote their own stories.
Have you heard that media companies are ambivalent about the traffic Digg sends them? It's hard to sell it to advertisers, because it's unpredictable, and the quality of the audience isn't measurable.
I think that's probably true. But I find it a little hard to think of Digg as a source of traffic; it was designed as just a way for people to share things with their friends. Also, this trend is much bigger than us. If a story is popular, it's going to spread. We often see a chain reaction occur: a story will hit Del.icio.us, and then it's on Digg, and then it's on Boing Boing.
TR: To date, Digg has been a haven for science and technology geeks. Can you imagine a day when Digg will truly be a general-interest site?
KR: Definitely. Politics is one of our most popular sections and will soon overtake technology. We started off with a large tech base; we were 100 percent technology for the first year, so that's our roots. But we're quickly expanding beyond that.
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"The Complain App isn't just for bitching" Noam Gordon, the entrepreneur behind the Android application tells TDG. He's hopeful that by sharing the information through back proper channels big businesses will be able to respond and complainers will be able to make a difference.
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The depth of the Complain app can stretch from a bad experience at your local McDonald's to recurring problems with any top airline. Even Android users can complain Gordon says. He gives the example about bloatware. Gordon would love to see more Android users complaining to t the OEM's, carriers and even Google about bloatware and anything else that makes Android anything but pleasurable.
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This past Christmas brought a devilish prank to Moon's front yard Nativity display.
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For the past month, she's wondered if baby Jesus would ever be back and who took him in the first place.
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Whether you're looking for things to see at the Natural History Museum, exploring the Horniman Museum, or taking a trip of discovery at the Science Museum, there are a host of top museums in London for families. Most London museums offer activities for kids and things to do for children and almost all are free to enter. Take your pick of the top family-friendly museums in London.
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Downey uses super dad powers to comfort boy who wanted to see Iron Man, not actor
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When Iron Man super-fan Jaxson Denno discovered he was not meeting the super hero, but rather the actor who portrayed him, the 1½-year-old was super sad.
But our readers were touched as Iron Man 3 star Robert Downey Jr. met up with the child and tried to stem Jaxson's disappointment in meeting the actor, and not the fantasy man in the suit. See the story here.
Downey, 48, was visiting Sunderland and Shelburne Falls, two towns in Massachusetts, this week to shoot his latest film, The Judge, and was not wearing his Iron Man suit when he met up with Jaxson and his mother.
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I stumbled across this article yesterday where Eurogamer listed some upcoming games that they feel will push the boundaries of, or re-define genres altogether... and I was only a little surprised to see Maia's name listed right alongside titles like Watch Dogs, Tearaway and Fortnite.
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I did a little happy dance this morning in my kitchen!
When I exhibited at Surtex this last May, I was lucky enough to get to meet with one of the wonderful folks from Urban Smart. And they licensed 6 of my designs to include on these super cool journals!! The journals are printed on Rock Paper, which is an ultra environmentally friendly paper that's made utilizing lime stone. And the paper is both water and tear resistant. I'm a total journal junkie and when you write on this paper, your pen just glides along. I simply fell in love with them and have been so excited about having a few of my designs featured on these really great products.
Drum roll please....I'm super excited to get to tell you the Urban Smart journals are available for sale on Amazon, so go take a peek if you have a second.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Exciting news - NEW journals from Urban Smart on Amazon.com!
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Love all the designs!
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By Eric Laprade
Sixteen years ago, my high school music teacher told me I had to wake up at 5:30 am every day for two weeks in the summer and drive more than an hour to attend South Shore Conservatory's Summer Music Festival (SMF). At the time I didn't even know where Hingham was! Sixteen years later, not only have I been a student at the festival, but also the SMF tuba instructor, chamber music coach, conductor, and I now serve as SMF Music Director. Over these 16 years, I've lived in three different states, taught for five years in the Randolph Public Schools, earned two college degrees, and am about to finish a third. The one consistent part of every summer, and the thing I look forward to every summer, is Summer Music Festival. In retrospect, I'm glad I listened to Mr. Watson.
Summer Music Festival changed my life. This statement isn't cliché, it is a fact. It inspired me to pursue a career in music. Some of my closest friends and most important mentors are from Summer Music Festival; I consider them family. Each year, SMF challenges me to be a better musician, a better teacher, and a better human being. There is nothing better.
For me, there are three things that truly define the Summer Music Festival experience. First and foremost, the people. Collaborative music-making is a human art. What makes the experience so special is the opportunity to create art, in the moment, with other people who share the same passion and excitement for music-making. What we create is greater than any one of us individually. Each year, SMF attracts approximately 100 students from over 35 different Southeastern-Massachusetts schools. These students exude talent, tenacity, dedication, and enthusiasm. What they accomplish during the festival is nothing short of incredible. Along the same lines, SMF maintains a faculty of 14 world-class musician-educators; many are alumni of the festival. They are first-rate artists and master educators and empower students to reach goals beyond what they perceive as attainable. The SMF family, for over 40 summers, has created a culture of musical excellence and a legacy of music making of the highest caliber
Second, is that how and why we make music at Summer Musical Festival is unique. "Every child is an artist." At Summer Music Festival, every student is a creative artist. In an education system dominated by standardized testing and a right vs. wrong mentality, the SMF environment empowers students to think and act creatively, to ask questions, to take risks, and to be themselves.
Finally, the environment defines the SMF experience. South Shore Conservatory's Hingham campus is truly the Tanglewood of the east. Every summer, I get just as excited as I drive up the driveway. The facilities at the SSC Hingham campus, with its outdoor state-of-the-art amphitheater, are second to none. The opportunity to create music in such a beautiful environment, surrounded by nature, is transformative to our music-making.
Summer Music Festival 2017 runs July 6-21, 2017. We have programs for woodwind, brass, and percussion students in elementary school through college. The festival features concert band, jazz ensemble, chamber music and opportunities. Interested students should visit www.sscmusic.org/smf or www.facebook.com/sscsmf for more information.


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Editor's Note: The recent flurry of news reports about aspirin use reducing the risk of preeclampsia has left us head-scratching (though certainly appreciative of the awareness being raised for the issue). Low-dose aspirin has been used by some providers for decades, research has never strongly supported its use, and the ACOG guidelines which came out five months ago recommended it for high-risk women. Meaning, this isn't really new news. In light of that, one of our most well-read articles is worth re-reading to understand how medical research makes it into mainstream media.
When preeclampsia studies are reported in the news, there's rarely enough background to evaluate, from the news article alone, how important the research is, or how strong the findings are, or how likely they are to lead to some sort of improvement in care or treatment of preeclampsia. That's just a consequence of the way news reporting happens these days; preeclampsia is hard to explain, column inches are scarce, and science reporting divisions have largely been cut from media staff.
When a new bit of research is published in the media, it's an announcement that some new research was published and then put into an attention-getting wrapper. And that's all. The way science is handled in the media has become so predictable that it's been the subject of parody lately.
So it's best to be a bit leery of media coverage of this condition, if you're trying to learn true things about preeclampsia. Take, as an example, the widespread coverage in October 2010 of an interesting paper published in the journal Nature.
The Guardian, a UK newspaper, reported it as the discovery of "the root cause" of preeclampsia.
A medical news aggregator, MedPage Today, picked up the story, and got more specific and more cautious.
We had a lively discussion on the Preeclampsia Foundation's Community Forums.
The British National Health Service responded with a thorough discussion.
And we asked the PF's Medical Board to weigh in (anonymously).
It's almost stunning to realize that all of these conversations and reports are about the same scientific paper.
The advantage to the coverage from the NHS or the Preeclampsia Foundation lies largely in their ability to tap experts - actual authorities in preeclampsia - and to use background information about the disease to illustrate the current state of the research and how this new information fits into the greater context of what is already known about hypertensive pregnancy disease. They're also both willing to say that they don't know things - which, since there are a lot of unknown things about these conditions, is very likely to be the best possible answer to some questions.
Our goal is to illustrate the current state of the research, put it into context, explain the statistics, and bring in principal investigators and science writers in this area to comment on their research and interests in the disease.
This process works best if you, the reader, ask us a bunch of questions, partly because that way we can figure out what we forgot to explain well, and partly because many of our readers are very well-informed and will know the answer to your question before we can respond. Having an in-depth discussion with other people over how good an explanation is, and finding the weak spots, gives you the best reason to trust the research of all. You know, then, the extent of the explanatory power of the claims made by the researchers. The crucial point is that the research is only trustable if peer review agrees that the study and argument are sound and that it provides a novel explanation of the phenomena it studies - and even then, it might be wrong. Newton had a great explanation of how gravity worked that covered a bunch of phenomena better than anyone else had before him, and then Einstein came along. Some stuff we believe now about preeclampsia is also bound to be wrong.
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Another photo from my scrapbook of unknowns. Always hoping for a genealogically connected angel to swoop down and help identify some of these pictures!
What I know about the pictures is pretty obvious from what can be seen on the back of the card. The boys are apparently Edward Joseph and Charles Hambright and the photo was taken by J.E. Sonnenberg in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, but I don't know what these boys are to my family. Relatives? Friends?
Now this scrapbook was from a member of my Quirk line and my family is all from the Hazleton area of eastern Pennsylvania and this photo was from Allegheny City in western Pennsylvania. I do know that there was at least one family member that moved to the Pittsburgh/Allegheny area from this side of the family. Perhaps there were more? Did my ancestors move from the Pittsburgh area and then to eastern Pennsylvania? Possibly, but most likely these relatives moved from eastern to western PA.
I may need to do some research on Joseph and Charles Hambright. Perhaps they lived close to my Lee relatives. Always neat to realize that there may be other ways to get through brick walls...and maybe, if I'm very lucky, I may find out who Edward Joseph and Charles Hambright are to my family!


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This is merely a rules question and an exercise in legality rather than a question of whether or not this should be allowed in game. You have ruled previously, that, despite the wording in the UP, healing that has the flaw self only buys down the recovery time as well as the time it takes to use it when you purchase the action extra. In the same paragraph where it says the recipient of the healing must take a full round to recover after being healed, you also state that healing can only be used once per round regardless.
If you buy healing down to reaction (when taking damage), technically, each and every time you take damage (even if hit multiple times in a single round), you should heal (according to the rules and the ruling you made as regards recovery time for self heals only) much as a person with a damage aura can damage multiple people in the same round if they all strike him even though normally a damaging effect can only be used once per round.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
"You have to understand the construction first."
"Drawing, to me, is a great deal of mechanical ability. If you understand the construction of things, there's no problem in drawing. But you have to understand the construction first."
"For instance, a railroad boiler is a boiler, you know. It goes back and it comes down like this, with the firebox and so on. Once you have the basic shape those six wheels underneath are... you know, a child does that."
"Now, I have always refused to do nuts and bolts - except sometimes on those locomotives, I would do a few nuts and bolts. But reality comes from the feeling of the damn thing. If you understand the construction of the boat, and understand the man himself - who he is and what he looks like - you can get that over to the reader."
From the Noel Sickles interview in The Comics Journal #242.
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Hah! Reading Noel Sickles explain how simple drawing is once you know the construction reminds me of the old Steve Martin routine about How To Make A Million Dollars Without Paying Taxes: "First, you make a million dollars. Then, don't pay taxes on it."ReplyDelete
Thanks for another great Noel Sickles entry, Leif. I can't get enough of him.
When you read the entire interview, David, you do get the sense that it might have been fueled by a liberal amount of "liquid inspiration", which may or may not have influenced the off-handedness of such remarks as the ones quoted here.ReplyDelete
That possibility aside, I have to agree with Sickles' basic premise: too many illustrators do not have a good grounding in structural drawing and rely heavily on surface style and detail to hide that fact. I'm a firm believer that success in drawing is more about determination than talent, and drawing, drawing, drawing and understanding what you are drawing are key.
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In that interview (Comics Journal) there are a couple of pauses where drinks are being ordered.ReplyDelete


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The Department of Magical Law Enforcement is the largest department at the Ministry of Magic. Arguably the most important of the various departments, it is a combination of police and justice facilities, and is roughly the equivalent to the Home Office of Muggle Britain or the Department of Justice in the United States. All other departments are answerable to this one, with the exception of the Department of Mysteries.[2]
Office location
Level Two of the Ministry of Magic houses the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Around the corner from the access lift, and past a set of heavy oak doors, lies the Auror Headquarters: a large open area divided into small cubicles, one for each Auror. A second set of double doors and another passage lead to a dimly lit and distinctly shabby corridor. A broom cupboard sits at the left end of the corridors, and the right side has the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office: a room of almost the same size as the cupboard with two desks and overflowing filing cabinets crammed inside.
Main divisions
Auror Office
An Auror is a highly trained specialist officer who investigate crimes involving the Dark Arts and apprehend Dark Wizards. According to Minerva McGonagall, the Auror Office takes in new recruits with a minimum of 5 N.E.W.T.s (with marks no lower than 'Exceeds Expectations'). She suggests that Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Charms, and Herbology are the most appropriate for someone who aspires to be admitted to the training program. A potential recruit will also have to pass "...a series of character and aptitude tests."
Nymphadora Tonks mentions that two of the program's courses of study are "Concealment and Disguise" and "Stealth and Tracking" and that the training is hard to pass with high marks (a requirement). Aurors are the magical equivalents of Muggle counter-terrorism operatives and, during the First Wizarding War, Aurors were authorised to use the Unforgivable Curses on suspected Death Eaters; specifically, they were given the licence to kill, coerce and torture them.
Many of the Dark criminals first duel with the Aurors sent to arrest them before finally giving up their freedom. Aurors are also used to protect high-profile targets such as Harry, Hogwarts, and the Muggle Prime Minister.
Improper Use of Magic Office
This office, the Improper Use of Magic Office, punishes violations of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. This includes underage witches and wizards intentionally using magic, which suggests that this office may be in charge of the Trace, permitting them to monitor the magic used by those under the age of seventeen.
Wizengamot Administration Services
An office which undertakes administrative and clerical duties for the Wizengamot. Its function seem analogous to Muggle court registries; this would typically include maintenance of court documents, hearing dates, judges' schedules, and the administration of legal proceedings.
Other divisions
Administrative Registration Department
The Administrative Registration Department is responsible for the registration of the wizarding population. After the Fall of the Ministry of Magic, the Muggle-Born Registration Commission was created under this department.
Department of Intoxicating Substances
The Department of Intoxicating Substances is a sub-division of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and is responsible for making regulations on the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Hit Wizards
Hit Wizards comprise a team of highly trained wizards tasked with arresting dangerous criminals. The entry requirements include five O.W.L.s, one of which must be Defence Against the Dark Arts. The equivalent of a Muggle S.W.A.T. Team. Members have a personal bed reserved at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.[3] In 1993, Cornelius Fudge suggested that only Hit Wizards should attempt to capture Sirius Black, an Azkaban escapee then believed to be a highly dangerous criminal.
Investigation Department
The Investigation Department was a subdivision of the Auror Office. It centred on investigation and tracking down dark wizards.
Magical Law Enforcement Patrol
The Magical Law Enforcement Patrol (formerly the Magical Law Enforcement Squad) is tasked with general law enforcement, like with the Muggle police. In the 1920s it was headed by Bob Ogden, who led a team to Little Hangleton to arrest Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt for crimes against both Muggles and the Ministry, since the House of Gaunt had avoided previous attempts at arrest.
Ministry of Magic Witch Watchers
Ministry of Magic Witch Watchers are a special Ministry force that presumably is stationed at strategical places in search of fugitive criminals.
Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office
This office regulates the use of magic on Muggle objects and confiscates those which have been illegally bewitched. One of the laws they enforce is the prohibition on magically altering a Muggle vehicle with the intent to fly it. It was headed by Arthur Weasley until his promotion in 1996.
Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects
This office was created in 1996 by Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, in response to the growing threat of Lord Voldemort and the rise of dangerous or dubious spells and products which claimed to provide protection against the Dark Arts. Arthur Weasley was promoted to head this operation. Its duties involved preventing the trade of fake and/or useless spells, potions and artefacts that appeared during the Second Wizarding War.
Known personnel
Heads of department
- Justus Pilliwickle: former department head; one of the most notable on the post
- Barty Crouch Sr.: former department head, demoted to head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation after his son's exposure as a Death Eater in 1981
- Amelia Bones: former department head, killed by Lord Voldemort in the summer of 1996
- Pius Thicknesse: former department head, subjugated by Yaxley and promoted to Minister for Magic
- Yaxley: former department head, during the Death Eaters' control of the Ministry of Magic
- Frank Longbottom: former Auror; permanently incapacitated by means of the Cruciatus Curse in 1981 or 1982
- Alice Longbottom: former Auror; permanently incapacitated by means of the Cruciatus Curse in 1981 or 1982
- Rufus Scrimgeour: former Head of the Auror Office; promoted to Minister for Magic in 1996
- John Dawlish
- Alastor Moody: Retired; deceased. Defeated by Death Eater in 1997
- Gawain Robards: Head of the Auror Office following Scrimgeour's promotion in 1996
- Proudfoot
- Savage
- Kingsley Shacklebolt: promoted to Minister for Magic following Voldemort's defeat in 1998
- Nymphadora Tonks: Deceased. Defeated by Bellatrix Lestrange in 1998
- Williamson
- Harry Potter: Head of the Auror Office from 2007
- Ron Weasley: Resigned from Auror Office and began living with his brother George Weasley at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley in 2000
Other personnel
- Bob Ogden: Head of the Magical Law Enforcement Office in the 1920s
- Dolores Umbridge: Head of the Improper Use of Magic Office sometime before 1995; Imprisoned in Azkaban for her crimes against humanity after Voldemort's defeat in 1998 which gave her a life sentence.
- Elphinstone Urquart: senior officer of the department in the 1950s; late husband of Minerva McGonagall.
- Minerva McGonagall: from 1954 to 1956, became Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Mafalda Hopkirk: works in the Improper Use of Magic Office in the 1990s; responsible for sending letters to underage wizards who use magic outside of Hogwarts.
- Perkins: worker in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office
- Arthur Weasley: Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office under Cornelius Fudge; Head of the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects under Rufus Scrimgeour
- Hermione Granger-Weasley: After working with the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, she eventually took a senior position in this department, reaching the level of Deputy Head of the Department by 2014.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real) (Mentioned only)
- Daily Prophet Newsletters (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
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OMAHA, Neb. (July 8, 2010) - ETSU junior first baseman Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) is now the college homerun king after winning the inaugural TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby at Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium on Wednesday.
The event will be aired nationwide Sunday at 1 p.m. on CBS, and the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will host an official "watch" party at Fanatics Restaurant inside the Doubletree Hotel in Johnson City. Drink and food specials will be available at the event.
"This was just an unbelievable event," said ETSU head coach Tony Skole. "The atmosphere was electric and Paul was simply outstanding. He put on quite a show for the people of Omaha. The eyes of college baseball were on him and he rose to the occasion."
Hoilman, who was pitched to by Skole, hit 12 home runs in the final round to take the title in dominating fashion over Fresno State's Jordan Ribera and Skole's nephew Matt Skole of Georgia Tech. Ribera was only able to hit one homer in the final round while Skole did not hit any. The three players were the only ones in the field to hit more than two home runs before the 10-out limit.
"It was just an unbelievable experience to able to compete at Rosenblatt Stadium," said Hoilman. "There were some unbelievable players there competing that I have met along the way and winning the event was just icing on the cake."
In the final round, Hoilman hit seven home runs in his first 11 swings before recorded five straight outs. He kept the show going however as he hit the next five balls out of the park to reach his final total of 12.
"To be able to participate in this event at Rosenblatt Stadium was so special," Skole said. "This was a grand stage and Paul was at his best. He got on a roll and hit some monster home runs. It was fun to watch. I couldn't be more proud of him and his performance."
Hoilman joins former ETSU men's basketball player Calvin Talford (Castlewood, Va.) as champion of a similar national competition. Talford won the inaugural college slam dunk competition in 1992.
The collegiate home run hitting competition featured eight of the nation's premier power hitters facing off in an elimination-style format. Competitors were selected from a pool of eligible players that have ranked among the nation's home run leaders during the 2010 college baseball season.
Hoilman, the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, set a new school record with 25 home runs on the season, and became only the fourth Buccaneer in the program's history to reach the 20 home run plateau. The 25 home runs was the fifth best nationally, as Hoilman competed against national leaders in Ribera and Dan Paolini of Sienna.
Matt Gaudet of LSU and Steven Felix of Troy were some of the other big names in the Home Run Derby.
The 2010 TD AMERITRADE College Home Run Derby also featured National Baseball Hall of Fame member Mike Schmidt and 2010 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Andre Dawson. Schmidt and Dawson served as honorary hitting coaches for Derby participants.


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The Houston Dynamo defeated their Mexican rivals Pachuca to open SuperLiga group play Thursday night, as a Joseph Ngwenya brace held off the Tuzos 2-1.
The rivalry got off to a flying start, as Pachuca forward Dario Cvitanich had not one, but three quality chances in the first half, including two in opening 15 minutes of the game. In the sixth minute, Cvitanich was one-on-one with Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall, but Hall stoned Cvitanich. In the 14th minute, Cvitanich had an opportunity from just inside the top of the box but dragged his effort just wide.
Houston, on the other hand, capitalized on its first opportunity to score. In the 19th minute, Mike Chabala blasted a shot toward goal with his left foot. The effort deflected off forward Brian Ching and the ball flew in the direction of Ngwenya, who hit the ball first-time from about 18 yards out to beat Pachuca goalkeeper Miguel Calero.
The Dynamo defense played too close to the fire much of the night, yielding several quality chances to their Mexican rivals to close out the first half, but the Tuzos were unable to convert. In the 25th minute, Ryan Cochrane failed to clear a ball, and Franco Arizala drove in on goal with the ball. Again, Hall stood tall and stoned Arizala one-on-one.
Houston's defense finally got burned in the 51st minute. Jose Francisco Torres and Damian Manso played a perfect give-and-go. Manso received the ball on the edge of the six-yard box and ripped a shot that slipped underneath Hall to knot the score at 1-1.
In the 61st minute, Houston looked like it had regained the lead, but Brian Ching was flagged for offside, nullifying a goal. Danny Cruz took a Dynamo free kick just outside the penalty area and Calero did well to save the blast. Ching pounced on the rebound and finished, but the linesman had signaled for offside - a decision replays revealed to be suspect.
Late in the match, Ngwenya and Calero had to be separated when the Pachuca goalkeeper took offense to Ngwenya's late attempt at a ball Calero had collected. As Ngwenya attempted to apologize, Calero pushed him aside. The Dynamo player, though, got his revenge on Calero in the 85th minute. A Corey Ashe free kick found Ngwenya at the near post, and his header beat Calero to put Houston up 2-1.
Pachuca battled back late again through defender Daniel Arreola, who collected a ball from 30 yards out and ripped an effort that looked destined for the corner of the net. Hall, though, parried the ball over the crossbar, and the final whistle blew minutes later.
With the victory, Houston moves to first place in the group with three points, pending the finish of the match between Chivas USA and Puebla. On Sunday, Robertson Stadium will host a doubleheader, as Houston will take on Chivas USA in the first game at 7 p.m., with Pachuca and Puebla squaring off at 9:30 p.m.
Pachuca (0-1-0) vs. Houston Dynamo (1-0-0)
July 15, 2010 -- Robertson Stadium
SuperLiga -- Group A
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Joseph Ngwenya 1 (unassisted) 19
PAC -- Damian Manso 1 (Jose Francisco Torres 1) 51
HOU -- Joseph Ngwenya 2 (Corey Ashe 1) 85
Pachuca -- Miguel Calero, Paul Aguilar, Javier Munoz Mustafa, Carlos Rodriguez, Daniel
Arreola, Raul Martinez, Jose
Francisco Torres, Braulio Luna (Edy Brambila 46), Damian Manso, Dario Cvitanich
(Luis Montes 66), Franco Arizala (Herculez Gomez 57).
Substitutes Not Used: Rodolfo Cota, Marco Perez, Juan Rojas, Marco Vidal.
Houston Dynamo -- Tally Hall, Andrew Hainault, Ryan
Cochrane, Eddie Robinson (Bobby Boswell 46), Mike Chabala, Danny Cruz
(Brian Mullan 70), Richard Mulrooney (Adrian Serioux 70), Lovel Palmer,
Brad Davis (Corey Ashe 56), Brian Ching, Joseph Ngwenya.
Substitutes Not Used: Tyler Deric, Dominic Oduro, Cam Weaver.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Danny Cruz (caution; Reckless Foul) 16
PAC -- Carlos Rodriguez (caution; Reckless Tackle) 48
HOU -- Joseph Ngwenya (caution; Reckless Tackle) 61
PAC -- Paul Aguilar (caution; Tactical Foul) 84
Referee: Jeffrey Solis (CRC)
Referee's Assistants: Marvin Ramirez (CRC); Octavio Jara (CRC)
4th official: Jasen Anno (USA)
Attendance: 10,400
Weather: Sunny-and-91-degrees
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Located five miles north of Kanab, Utah, Angel Canyon, home of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and about 1,600 homeless animals, has been known for thousands of years as a sacred place to the people who lived here. It continues to this day to be a very unique and extraordinary place.
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When you arrive in the canyon, you immediately feel the peace and tranquility of a place where so many ancient peoples have gathered in centuries past, and where today, so many animals are loved and heal from their hard life journeys. The Sanctuary is home to dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, horses, pigs, goats, mules, sheep, burros and wildlife.
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The animals come to this sanctuary in the canyon from far and wide. Some are ill, some have been neglected or abused, and all are homeless. But once they're at our animal safe haven, at what is so much more than a no-kill animal shelter, they receive everything they need, physically, emotionally and psychologically, to thrive and find good homes.
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The Good Wife Review: Alicia and Cary FTW!Carla Day at .
After some very disappointing episodes and storylines in The Good Wife season 4, "Red Team, Blue Team" brought real stakes, conflict and fire back to the show.
Rather than settling a case, the firm's client, Thief, decided they wanted a mock trial first. Often when a series does such a thing, the internal antics get in the way and it ends up either ridiculous or boring. But here this "fake" trial had higher intensity than a real trial has ever had on the drama.
Will and Diane faced off against Alicia and Cary. It was about time for Cary to get some quality screen time this season. Alicia and Cary work incredibly well together, even better than the named partners. And they had an added incentive to beat their bosses.
The bankruptcy story came to an abrupt ending, but the ramifications of the shift from near financial ruin to overflowing coffers made up for it. With Chum Hum now signed as a client, Lockhart/Gardner secured its financial viability ... for now.
The downside being that the equity partners no longer wanted to share the profits with the fourth years that were offered partnerships when the firm desperately needed their money. Ouch! They had every reason to feel betrayed. The sound of Florrick, Agos and Associates had a nice ring to it.
Alicia and Cary would always have tried their hardest to win their case, but their feelings of betrayal made it personal. They didn't hold back and argued FDA manipulation, they marketed to anorexics, settled a previous case and even asked the CEO if he would let his own daughter drink Thief. It was game on!
There was a reason that a settlement was on the table in the first place and the fourth years proved it. It's a good thing the real opposing counsel didn't see the mock trial or they would have demanded a trial.
Alicia and Cary outmaneuvered their opponents in the mock trial, but not at the firm. The fourth years plan to scare the partners into action worked, but didn't have the intended outcome. Instead of all of them getting their partnerships, it was offered to only one: Alicia.
The dream of Florrick, Agos and Associates was now just a dream. Alicia was honorable in her reaction by mentioning it to Cary before taking it. Not that she had to follow his advice, but it was the right thing to do. Alicia is not the bad guy in all this and given his reaction outside the partner's meeting it doesn't look like he will hold it against her. Now that she has a seat at the partner's table, she will have influence that can help him.
The mock trial and partnership battle were both brutal and pitted Alicia and Will on opposite sides. The anger built up and exploded with a kiss. They kissed! I've never been a fan of Alicia reuniting with Peter, but I also haven't wanted her to get back together with Will ... until now.
That was some passionate heat in that moment. More than Alicia has recently shown with Peter. She's just been using him when she wants a release from either her mother, her career or her obligations. Both Will and Alicia definitely are not over each other. What will come next?
While the firm was dealing with their clients and issues, Eli was trying to protect his career with the help of the odd, yet brilliant, Elsbeth. When she first was introduced, I found her to be annoying to watch, until she proved that her methods work. Her distracting demeanor works in her favor. Plus, you can't beat the back and forth between Eli and Elsbeth. They crack me up.
When Eli decided to wear a wire to bring down Jordan, I was shocked. Even though Eli doesn't care for the guy, his arrest would still hurt Peter; plus Eli's not the type to do that, right? Instead, Elsbeth and Eli pulled a fast one on Josh. They used the wire to get proof that Josh altered the wire tap request. Well done!
Now, will that be the end of the Justice Department's case against Eli? I doubt Josh will be fast to give up on it, especially after being outwitted by Elsbeth. As much as I hated this storyline initially, if it keeps her around, I'm all for it.
Do you want to see Alicia and Will rekindle their romance? Do you think Cary will turn against Alicia now? Are you enjoying Elsbeth? Rate the episode and leave a comment!
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Checking In On… the WCCPosted by rtmsf on December 1st, 2009
Michael Vernetti is the RTC correspondent for the West Coast Conference.
- Gonzaga 5-1
- Portland 5-1
- San Diego 5-2
- Saint Mary's 3-1
- Santa Clara 3-3
- Pepperdine 3-4
- Loyola-Marymount 2-5
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Zags, Pilots, Toreros Notch Tournament Wins to Lead WCC Teams
It has been a tournament-heavy pre-season for the WCC, and it was in venues ranging from Maui to Anchorage to Anaheim that the early-season leaders made their marks. Gonzaga led the charge by winning the venerable Maui Invitational with victories over Colorado (76-72), Wisconsin (74-61) and Cincinnati (61-59) in a hard-fought tournament championship in overtime on Thanksgiving eve. The Zags had padded their resume with early home wins over Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne and Mississippi Valley State, and put the college hoops world on notice that 2009-10 is not a rebuilding year by taking second-ranked Michigan State to the wire in a 75-71 loss in East Lansing, MI on Nov. 17.
In battling Michigan State evenly and winning in Maui, Gonzaga answered the question of how it would replace departed front-line stars Austin Daye and Josh Heytvelt. Seven-foot redshirt sophomore Robert Sacre moved commandingly into the post position for the Zags with an eye-opening performance against Michigan State – 17 points in 19 minutes of play limited by foul trouble. In case no one noticed that, they certainly took note of Sacre's front-line counterpart Elias Harris, who notched 17 points of his own against Michigan State in the first big-game college appearance for the 20-year-old freshman forward who has logged considerable time internationally with the German national team. Harris has emerged as the early star of Mark Few's collection of international players, which includes Sacre, freshmen Kelly Olynk and Manny Arop from Canada and Bol Kong, also from Canada by way of Sudan.
As much as Sacre and Harris elicited oohs and aahs, it was the Zags' veteran trio of guards Matt Bouldin, Steven Gray and Demetri Goodson that led them. Bouldin has emerged in his senior year as the indispensible hub through which all things offensive pass for Gonzaga. An intimidating 6-5 guard, Bouldin stage manages the entire offensive show, plus contributes double-figure scoring from both outside and inside. He can spot up for a three-point jumper or take his man off the dribble. Gray, who has struck many observers as a marvelously talented but under-performing member of the Zags offensive show, evidently decided that his junior year was the time to answer the nay-sayers. He has been virtually unstoppable, moving constantly without the ball and receiving Bouldin's pinpoint passes anywhere from beyond the arc to under the basket. His jump shot is as sweet as ever, but he is infinitely more aggressive and confident this year. If opponents somehow limit Bouldin and Gray, Goodson might steal the show as he did in the Zags' impressive win over the fearsome Cincinnati Bearcats in Maui. On a night when Bouldin was struggling on 1-7 shooting and totaled only 6 points, Goodson made key baskets in clutch time to rack up 12 points. Bouldin and Gray shared the MVP trophy in Maui, but Goodson was an unsung hero.


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Can Taxes On The Middle Class Ever Be Raised? Can Entitlements Ever Be Reformed?
Ross Douthat wrote a smart blog post basically asking those questions, and, apropos of the deal that prevented us going over the fiscal cliff, concluded, basically, "no." Democrats may believe that they are the responsible party, who would be willing to do both if push came to shove, but, in Douthat's view, this is as much fantasy as the Republican view that all would be well if we simply cut unspecified unnecessary spending.
But here's the thing. The Obama Administration both raised taxes on the middle class and instituted serious entitlement reforms in its first term. As Chief Justice Roberts made clear to the electorate, the mandate in Obamacare is a tax (that's why it's constitutional), and it's a tax that overwhelmingly hits the non-wealthy. Plus there are a variety of other taxes embedded in Obamacare that skew more toward higher-income individuals, but still hit much lower than the $400,000 threshold. And, as the Romney/Ryan campaign made clear to the electorate, Obamacare also mandated reduced payments to Medicare providers, using the savings to pay for expanded coverage for the uninsured. You may not like those taxes or those cuts – and you may not believe they will be maintained. But they were passed. And President Obama won reelection handily nonetheless.
The fiscal cliff was not a test of Democratic ability to raise tax rates on the middle class, because the Democrats went into the negotiation saying they didn't want to raise tax rates on the middle class. If we had gone over the fiscal cliff, taxes would have spiked across the board and spending would have been slashed. The Democrats would then have proposed a bill restoring spending and cutting taxes on earners below $250,000. And the Republicans would have countered with a bill restoring only defense spending and cutting taxes for everybody. And we'd then have had a negotiation about whether restoring all that domestic spending was worth compromising on taxes, with the clock ticking as the market demanded some solution to the sudden austerity. Is it so obvious that we would have wound up in a different place than we are now?
There is clearly substantial opposition within both the Democratic and Republican parties to raising income tax rates on anyone but the wealthy. Within the Democratic coalition there's debate about who constitutes the wealthy; within the Republican coalition, a majority opposes raises tax rates on anybody. But we're still talking about income tax rates. If we now move to tax reform, that leaves open the possibility of loophole-closing tax reform that raises revenue without raising rates. And it leaves open the possibility of new consumption taxes (a VAT, or a carbon tax, or a series of smaller Pigovian taxes). For that matter, the expiration of the payroll tax holiday was a tax hike on the middle class that just passed with bipartisan support. These kinds of taxes aren't going to be popular. But they are not the same as raising income tax rates. The real question remains whether Republicans would be willing to consider additional revenue as part of a tax reform package.
As for entitlement spending, my view for a long time has been that a prerequisite for tackling it is putting Medicare on a budget, the way it is in Canada. Congressman Paul Ryan has advocated doing precisely this for Medicare as part of his privatization scheme; indeed, the only way in which his privatization scheme can be demonstrated to save money is that it imposes such savings by fiat. And Ryan just voted for the fiscal cliff deal. The most persuasive reason, from my perspective, why he might have done so, rather than side with Cantor and Rubio and other Republican legislators who preferred to keep their hands clean of tax increases, is that he wants to be part of the negotiation over entitlements, on the inside and not the outside. He's not likely to get privatization (President Obama ran on opposition to voucherizing Medicare), but if he actually wants to focus on controlling costs, it seems to me he's bought himself a seat at the table. Now we'll see whether the Obama Administration wants to take another bite of that particular apple, in the context of the "grand bargain" that President Obama seems eager to get.
I'm not saying I'm an optimist about the prospects for either tax or entitlement reform. But I don't think the negotiations over the fiscal cliff specifically offer grounds for outright pessimism either. The situation is pretty much the same as it's been for some time: our system as currently constituted can't pass anything without wasting a huge amount of time, driving up to the brink of crisis, and generating massive uncertainty about policy outcomes, all of which can't be good for the economy. But the endgame of the fiscal cliff negotiations looks pretty good to me. President Obama got his rate hike, and now we know what tax rates are going to be going forward. Additional revenues are going to have to come from tax reform. Good. And on we lurch to the next inevitable crisis.


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