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Interesting suggestion. I wonder whether officials of the various
governments who would be implementing these strategies are doing such
things, or they just listening to the "experts"?
It would be rare in science for such outsider review to exist. We did
have oversight of our research when I worked for Los Alamos National
Laboratory. This oversight was essential because peer review was
impossible due to the classified nature of the work. It was a very closed
community. But it seems that in matters of such global and economic
importance such oversight would be warranted.
And, of course, those outsiders who would be involved in the review would
be paid for their services, just like the insiders.
On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Don
Winterstein wrote:
> "What would turn me from skeptic to believer?" I asked myself. Simple: Give all the raw climate data to scientists in a related geoscience field and get them to process and interpret the data so as to see whether there's an interpretation that shows effects from greenhouse gases to be relatively mild. If they can't do it, and they conclude that GHG release is indeed a serious problem, I'd be well on my way to believing.
> The ideal people to undertake such a study already exist in large numbers: the thousands of oil company geophysicists and geologists. Requirements: they would need: familiarity with scientific research methods, meaning they should have PhDs;
> to have recorded, processed and/or interpreted real Earth data;
> a minimum of 7 years' geoscience experience;
> to come highly recommended for their scientific accomplishments;
> experience with modeling geoscience data;
> familarity with the data of historical geology;
> an eagerness to participate in such project;
> support from government or oil company;
> no possibility of getting post-project grant money to further their climate research for at least 3 years;
> to have no history of trying to alarm people about impending disasters from GHG.
> You will say, "These people will tend to be biased against finding a hazard from GHG!" Exactly. That's the kind of bias needed to counter the prevailing biases. As scientists they will be no more likely (and possibly less so) to cheat with the data than the climate scientists we're all familiar with--those who prosper by persuading people to give them money, where alarmism is a most effective method of persuasion.
> Major oil companies worldwide would likely be more than willing to provide and support some of their best researchers for such a project.
> Before world governments traumatize their economies by requiring huge cuts in GHG emissions, it would seem imperative to invest five years or so in a project of this sort. Best of all, it could remove my skepticism. : )
> Don
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> To: Iain Strachan<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
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> It's true that few people would like to see the planet destroyed for human habitation. (There'll always be some.)
> However, I recall instances where certain ardent supporters of AGW seemed to want to attribute adverse weather phenomena to AGW, and I've sensed their disappointment when, for example, large portions of this country (if not the whole thing) were cooler than usual for much of this year. That is, there seems to be a desire among some to point to actual weather conditions as "proof" that the models are on track. Support for AGW predictions would surely go up if people could actually feel the world getting warmer instead of cooler, etc.
> So I suspect not a few ardent AGW supporters would like to see dramatic bad effects of GW. Then they'd be able to rub their skeptical friends' noses in them.
> As a former Earth scientist I remain skeptical about the significance of the "A" in AGW. The hacked/whistle-blown emails increase my skepticism. Apart from them, my skepticism has two primary sources: (1) Earth is extremely complicated and messy, very difficult to predict in any detail, and the data are often messy. I get that from my experience as a scientist. (2) The issue has been and still is extremely political, and many of the scientists involved are obviously political. I simply don't trust scientists who have obvious political motives connected to their field of investigation.
> My experience with some national lab scientists leads me to predict how this email investigation will turn out: The email authors will be busy concocting stories to "explain" their comments, they'll get buy-in from all their friends, everything will turn out to have been as innocent as newly fallen snow. That's how things work in the real world. --That is, unless they get an adversary involved who's really feisty, smart and tough. What are the chances?
> Don
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> To: John Walley<mailto:email@example.com>
> Cc: Rich Blinne<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> ; AmericanScientificAffiliation<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [asa] Phil Jones Stepping Down..
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:01 AM, John Walley <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> wrote:
> This doesn't address the comments of manipulating the peer review process and all the incriminating comments in the code.
> I am sure the faithful will find solace in it but judging from the fallout so far, I would say that most of the public are not buying this.
> How many more times is it necessary to say this? NO-ONE finds "solace" in the thought that the planet is going to rack and ruin!!! What a ridiculous suggestion! I found solace in your original post, because on reading it hastily I thought that maybe there was some hope AGW wasn't true. But when I saw through it the whole thing began to have an unpleasant smell. When I saw that it was most likely the result of cherry picking the juicy bits by taking them out of context it didn't seem to offer so much false hope.
> Iain
> I would say its been a bad week for AGW.
> John
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> Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 7:17:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [asa] Phil Jones Stepping Down..
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM, John Walley <email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote:
> Climate scientist at center of e-mail controversy to step down
> By Juliet Eilperin
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:45 PM
> A scientist who is one of the central figures in the controversy over hacked e-mails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit announced Tuesday that he is stepping down while the university investigates the incident.
> Climate skeptics have seized on several e-mails from Phil Jones, director of the university's Climatic Research Unit, to other researchers as evidence that prominent scientists have sought to silence their voice in the debate over global warming. The e-mails were pirated and posted online last month.
> "What is most important is that CRU continues its world leading research with as little interruption and diversion as possible," Jones said in a statement. "After a good deal of consideration I have decided that the best way to achieve this is by stepping aside from the Director's role during the course of the independent review and am grateful to the University for agreeing to this. The Review process will have my full support."
> East Anglia's Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Acton said he had "accepted Professor Jones's offer to stand aside during this period. It is an important step to ensure that CRU can continue to operate normally and the independent review can conduct its work into the allegations."
> Action added the university will disclose details of the probe, including who will head it and how long it will last "within days."
> Marc Morano, who edits the climate skeptic blog, ClimateDepot.com, welcomed the news with an e-mail stating, "One Down: ClimateGate Scientist Phil Jones to temporarily step down... 'pending investigation into allegations that he overstated case for man-made climate change.'"
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> From the UEA:
> CRU Update 1 December
> Professor Phil Jones has today announced that he will stand aside as Director of the Climatic Research Unit until the completion of an independent Review resulting from allegations following the hacking and publication of emails from the Unit.
> Professor Jones said: "What is most important is that CRU continues its world leading research with as little interruption and diversion as possible. After a good deal of consideration I have decided that the best way to achieve this is by stepping aside from the Director's role during the course of the independent review and am grateful to the University for agreeing to this. The Review process will have my full support."
> Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Acton said: "I have accepted Professor Jones's offer to stand aside during this period. It is an important step to ensure that CRU can continue to operate normally and the independent review can conduct its work into the allegations.
> �We will announce details of the Independent Review, including its terms of reference, timescale and the chair, within days. I am delighted that Professor Peter Liss, FRS, CBE, will become acting director.�
> The University of East Anglia has previously released the following press release and statements from Prof Trevor Davies, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Prof Phil Jones, head of the Climatic Research Unit, and from CRU.
> CRU climate data already �over 95%� available
> Over 95% of the CRU climate data set concerning land surface temperatures has been accessible to climate researchers, sceptics and the public for several years the University of East Anglia has confirmed.
> �It is well known within the scientific community and particularly those who are sceptical of climate change that over 95% of the raw station data has been accessible through the Global Historical Climatology Network for several years. We are quite clearly not hiding information which seems to be the speculation on some blogs and by some media commentators,� commented the University�s Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research Enterprise and Engagement Professor Trevor Davies.
> The University will make all the data accessible as soon as they are released from a range of non-publication agreements. Publication will be carried out in collaboration with the Met Office Hadley Centre.
> The procedure for releasing these data, which are mainly owned by National Meteorological Services (NMSs) around the globe, is by direct contact between the permanent representatives of NMSs (in the UK the Met Office).
> �We are grateful for the necessary support of the Met Office in requesting the permissions for releasing the information but understand that responses may take several months and that some countries may refuse permission due to the economic value of the data,� continued Professor Davies.
> The remaining data, to be published when permissions are given, generally cover areas of the world where there are fewer data collection stations.
> �CRU�s full data will be published in the interests of research transparency when we have the necessary agreements. It is worth reiterating that our conclusions correlate well to those of other scientists based on the separate data sets held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS),� concluded Professor Davies.
> Statement from Professor Trevor Davies, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research
> The publication of a selection of the emails and data stolen from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has led to some questioning of the climate science research published by CRU and others. There is nothing in the stolen material which indicates that peer-reviewed publications by CRU, and others, on the nature of global warming and related climate change are not of the highest-quality of scientific investigation and interpretation. CRU�s peer-reviewed publications are consistent with, and have contributed to, the overwhelming scientific consensus that the climate is being strongly influenced by human activity. The interactions of the atmosphere, oceans, land, and ice mean that the strongly-increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere do not produce a uniform year-on-year increase in global temperature. On time-scales of 5-10 years, however, there is a broad scientific consensus that the Earth will continue to warm, with attendant changes in the climate, for the foreseeable future. It is important, for all countries, that this warming is slowed down, through substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the most dangerous impacts of climate change. Respected international research groups, using other data sets, have come to the same conclusion.
> The University of East Anglia and CRU are committed to scientific integrity, open debate and enhancing understanding. This includes a commitment to the international peer-review system upon which progress in science relies. It is this tried and tested system which has underpinned the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is through that process that we can engage in respectful and informed debate with scientists whose analyses appear not to be consistent with the current overwhelming consensus on climate change
> The publication of a selection of stolen data is the latest example of a sustained and, in some instances, a vexatious campaign which may have been designed to distract from reasoned debate about the nature of the urgent action which world governments must consider to mitigate, and adapt to, climate change. We are committed to furthering this debate despite being faced with difficult circumstances related to a criminal breach of our security systems and our concern to protect colleagues from the more extreme behaviour of some who have responded in irrational and unpleasant ways to the publication of personal information.
> There has been understandable interest in the progress and outcome of the numerous requests under information legislation for large numbers of the data series held by CRU. The University takes its responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, and the Data Protection Act 1998 very seriously and has, in all cases, handled and responded to requests in accordance with its obligations under each particular piece of legislation. Where appropriate, we have consulted with the Information Commissioners Office and have followed their advice.
> In relation to the specific requests at issue here, we have handled and responded to each request in a consistent manner in compliance with the appropriate legislation. No record has been deleted, altered, or otherwise dealt with in any fashion with the intent of preventing the disclosure of all, or any part, of the requested information. Where information has not been disclosed, we have done so in accordance with the provisions of the relevant legislation and have so informed the requester.
> The Climatic Research Unit holds many data series, provided to the Unit over a period of several decades, from a number of nationally-funded institutions and other research organisations around the world, with specific agreements made over restrictions in the dissemination of those original data. All of these individual series have been used in CRU�s analyses. It is a time-consuming process to attempt to gain approval from these organisations to release the data. Since some of them were provided decades ago, it has sometimes been necessary to track down the successors of the original organisations. It is clearly in the public interest that these data are released once we have succeeded in gaining the approval of collaborators. Some who have requested the data will have been aware of the scale of the exercise we have had to undertake. Much of these data are already available from the websites of the Global Historical Climate Data Network and the Goddard Institute for Space Science.
> Given the degree to which we collaborate with other organisations around the world, there is also an understandable interest in the computer security systems we have in place in CRU and UEA. Although we were confident that our systems were appropriate, experience has shown that determined and skilled people, who are prepared to engage in criminal activity, can sometimes hack into apparently secure systems. Highly-protected government organisations around the world have also learned this to their cost.
> We have, therefore, decided to conduct an independent review, which will address the issue of data security, an assessment of how we responded to a deluge of Freedom of Information requests, and any other relevant issues which the independent reviewer advises should be addressed.
> Statement from Professor Phil Jones, Head of the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia.
> In the frenzy of the past few days, the most vital issue is being overshadowed: we face enormous challenges ahead if we are to continue to live on this planet.
> One has to wonder if it is a coincidence that this email correspondence has been stolen and published at this time. This may be a concerted attempt to put a question mark over the science of climate change in the run-up to the Copenhagen talks.
> That the world is warming is based on a range of sources: not only temperature records but other indicators such as sea level rise, glacier retreat and less Arctic sea ice.
> Our global temperature series tallies with those of other, completely independent, groups of scientists working for NASA and the National Climate Data Center in the United States, among others. Even if you were to ignore our findings, theirs show the same results. The facts speak for themselves; there is no need for anyone to manipulate them.
> We have been bombarded by Freedom of Information requests to release the temperature data that are provided to us by meteorological services around the world via a large network of weather stations. This information is not ours to give without the permission of the meteorological services involved. We have responded to these Freedom of Information requests appropriately and with the knowledge and guidance of the Information Commissioner.
> We have stated that we hope to gain permission from each of these services to publish their data in the future and we are in the process of doing so.
> My colleagues and I accept that some of the published emails do not read well. I regret any upset or confusion caused as a result. Some were clearly written in the heat of the moment, others use colloquialisms frequently used between close colleagues.
> We are, and have always been, scrupulous in ensuring that our science publications are robust and honest.
> CRU statement
> Recently thousands of files and emails illegally obtained from a research server at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been posted on various sites on the web. The emails relate to messages received or sent by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) over the period 1996-2009.
> A selection of these emails have been taken out of context and misinterpreted as evidence that CRU has manipulated climate data to present an unrealistic picture of global warming.
> This conclusion is entirely unfounded and the evidence from CRU research is entirely consistent with independent evidence assembled by various research groups around the world.
> There is excellent agreement on the course of temperature change since 1881 between the data set that we contribute to (HadCRUT3) and two other, independent analyses of worldwide temperature measurements. There are no statistically significant differences between the warming trends in the three series since the start of the 20th century. The three independent global temperature data series have been assembled by:
> � CRU and the Met Office Hadley Centre (HadCRUT3) in the UK.
> � The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Asheville, NC, USA.
> � The Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS), part of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) in New York.
> The warming shown by the HadCRUT3 series between the averages of the two periods (1850-99 and 2001-2005) was 0.76�0.19�C, and this is corroborated by the other two data sets.
> The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 4th Assessment Report (AR4) published in 2007 concluded that the warming of the climate system was unequivocal. This conclusion was based not only on the observational temperature record, although this is the key piece of evidence, but on multiple strands of evidence. These factors include: long-term retreat of glaciers in most alpine regions of the world; reductions in the area of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) snow cover during the spring season; reductions in the length of the freeze season in many NH rivers and lakes; reduction in Arctic sea-ice extent in all seasons, but especially in the summer; increases in global average sea level since the 19th century; increases in the heat content of the ocean and warming of temperatures in the lower part of the atmosphere since the late 1950s.
> CRU has also been involved in reconstructions of temperature (primarily for the Northern Hemisphere) from proxy data (non-instrumental sources such as tree rings, ice cores, corals and documentary records). Similar temperature reconstructions have been developed by numerous other groups around the world. The level of uncertainty in this indirect evidence for temperature change is much greater than for the picture of temperature change shown by the instrumental data. But different reconstructions of temperature change over a longer period, produced by different researchers using different methods, show essentially the same picture of highly unusual warmth across the NH during the 20th century. The principal conclusion from these studies (summarized in IPCC AR4) is that the second half of the 20th century was very likely (90% probable) warmer than any other 50-year period in the last 500 years and likely (66% probable) the warmest in the past 1300 years.
> One particular, illegally obtained, email relates to the preparation of a figure for the WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 1999. This email referred to a �trick� of adding recent instrumental data to the end of temperature reconstructions that were based on proxy data. The requirement for the WMO Statement was for up-to-date evidence showing how temperatures may have changed over the last 1000 years. To produce temperature series that were completely up-to-date (i.e. through to 1999) it was necessary to combine the temperature reconstructions with the instrumental record, because the temperature reconstructions from proxy data ended many years earlier whereas the instrumental record is updated every month. The use of the word �trick� was not intended to imply any deception.
> Phil Jones comments further: �One of the three temperature reconstructions was based entirely on a particular set of tree-ring data that shows a strong correlation with temperature from the 19th century through to the mid-20th century, but does not show a realistic trend of temperature after 1960. This is well known and is called the �decline� or �divergence�. The use of the term �hiding the decline� was in an email written in haste. CRU has not sought to hide the decline. Indeed, CRU has published a number of articles that both illustrate, and discuss the implications of, this recent tree-ring decline, including the article that is listed in the legend of the WMO Statement figure. It is because of this trend in these tree-ring data that we know does not represent temperature change that I only show this series up to 1960 in the WMO Statement.�
> The �decline� in this set of tree-ring data should not be taken to mean that there is any problem with the instrumental temperature data. As for the tree-ring decline, various manifestations of this phenomenon have been discussed by numerous authors, and its implications are clearly signposted in Chapter 6 of the IPCC AR4 report.
> Included here is a copy of the figure used in the WMO statement, together with an alternative version where the climate reconstructions and the instrumental temperatures are shown separately.
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Topic: Questions about diminished chords
I just want to confirm some things I think I know about diminished chords.
This week my guitar teacher told me that the form of a diminished chord is 1-b3-b5. However, on a sheet given to me a while back by a different guitar teacher it says the form is 1-b3-5-b7. I think the first one is right and the second one is actually a m7 form, not diminished at all (a typo on the sheet). Am I right?
Assuming 1-b3-b5 is the right answer, it seems to me that since the 3 is flat, this is a minor form to start with, so would it be accurate to say that this can be called a minor dimininshed form also (mdim)?
When I asked my guitar teacher the second question above, he said YES. Further, he said there is a form which looks like: 1-3-b5. He called this "half diminished". I had never heard of that before. Have you?
To me, a sensible convention would be to say the following:
- 1-3-b5 = diminished
- 1-b3-b5 = minor diminished
Is that legitimate?
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March 31, 2011 -- Parents worry a lot about vaccine risks and side effects, and most of them are questioning doctors about those concerns.
A recent WebMD survey of parents found that:
- About two-thirds search online for information about the vaccines recommended for their children.
- Nearly 70% say they're looking for news about potential vaccine risks, and for news of benefits that might offset those risks.
- 66% said they had either questioned or refused vaccines.
"There is an overwhelming amount of health information available. How to tell what information is reliable and accurate can be a challenge," says WebMD Medical Editor Louise Chang, MD, an internal medicine specialist and mother of two young children.
Most respondents, 77%, intend to vaccinate their children according to the recommended schedule, although some will refuse all vaccines altogether, and many more will follow an "alternate" vaccine schedule.
WebMD conducted the survey in late February and early March to gain insight into parents' attitudes toward vaccines, particularly in light of the recent news that a study linking vaccines to autism is being called a fraud and the ongoing whooping cough epidemic.
Which Vaccines Parents Refuse Most
The survey shows that deep concerns remain among parents regarding vaccines.
Topping the list of vaccines that parents refuse are the HPV (human papillomavirus) and chickenpox (varicella) vaccines. For each vaccine, 6% of parents say they won't give it to their kids.
The HPV vaccine protects against certain strains of HPV, which is sexually transmitted. It's recommended for girls ages 9 to 26 to help prevent cervical cancer. One of the two HPV vaccines is also recommended for boys ages 9 to 18 to help prevent genital warts.
In WebMD's survey, safety concerns were parents' top reason for their kids not getting vaccinated against HPV.
Safety also topped the list of reasons why parents say their kids won't get the chickenpox vaccine. Among those who refused the chickenpox vaccine, 21% said they were worried about its safety.
"Some parents may not consider chickenpox to be very serious. But it's important to know that chickenpox can have serious complications including skin infection and scarring, pneumonia, brain damage, and death," Chang says.
For similar reasons, 4% of respondents said their kids hadn't gotten the pneumococcal vaccine; 3% for the hepatitis A, meningitis, and rotavirus vaccines; 2% for the hepatitis B, Hib, and measles-mumps-rubella vaccine; and 1% for the polio and diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough vaccines.
Safety wasn't the only concern. Some parents cited "religious or philosophical reasons" for not getting one or more vaccines. For instance, among those parents whose kids hadn't been vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella (the MMR vaccine), 23% said they oppose vaccines for religious/philosophical reasons.
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The survey suggests that while parents are actively seeking out information, they aren't making health decisions based solely on what they find online. When asked about important influences on their choices about childhood vaccination, 88% say their doctor's advice is somewhat or very important.
"Having a good relationship and dialogue with your child's health care provider can help guide you through the [vaccine] information you've found, and can give you a chance to voice concerns and ask questions," Chang says.
Because of the nature of the WebMD survey, which asked questions of WebMD users, participants tended to be savvy about finding health information. But they aren't always willing to change their opinions based on what they find.
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The Korean Customs Service just got six new employees: a set of Labrador Retrievers cloned from a top drug-sniffing dog. Soon, they'll be rooting out heroin smugglers, and getting a good whiff of your dirty laundry.
The canine six-pack, each named "Toppy" (short for "Tomorrow's Puppy"), were cloned from a Canadian sniffer named Chaser. Three of the dogs have reported for duty at Incheon International Airport, and the rest have been placed at customs offices in South Korean cities.
So why use clones, in lieu of dogs specially bred to sniff drugs? Customs spokesman Park Jeong-Heon said the clones simply proved superior:
They showed better performances in detecting illegal drugs during the training than other naturally-born sniffer dogs that we have.
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Dwight Freeney, who spent the first 10 seasons of his career as a defensive end in a 4-3 front, is in his first year as a linebacker in Indy's 3-4. He's also in the final year of his contract.
So what happens next year?
"Well I mean you never know what's going to happen," Freeney told Erik Kuselias of Pro Football Talk. "While I'm here my thoughts are really just being here and doing the best I can for this organization. At the end of the year they'll decide what they want to do and I'll decide what I want to do and hopefully I'm here."
If he's there, or anywhere, he hopes that it won't entail Thursday games, even though every team is now playing one short-week game per season.
"I really do believe that the body needs a break," Freeney said. "And 16 games are hard enough but now you cut that week short. Some guys really just can't even run on Wednesday and if it wasn't just for an amazing job the trainers do and what ever forces you're calling in to get yourself playing on Thursday, it's amazing, but to be honest it's not good for your body."
Regardless of the days of the week on which the games are played, Freeney has a specific number in mind for the balance of his career.
"I think 15 is a great number," Freeney said. "It just really depends on how the body feels. And I really do take it one year at a time."
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|2013-02-26, 13:03
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Well, in my case, rather then wondering about Tsukune's survival, since despite the current situation being a lot more serious, I think that, just like Tsukune "survived" the Ghoul incident, from the first season, he's going to "survive" his current body "degeneration" into a "second Alucard".
The thing, that I'm more wondering about... are going to be the consequences of his little stunt of defeating Gyokuro in a one on one fight, which are... in my opinion, are going to be a lot more serious then the situation, from the first season, where apart from two chapters of "lusting" after Moka's blood, and needing to constantly wear the Holy Lock to retain his sanity - the Ghoul incident, from the first season, hadn't had any other "negative" consequences.
Like I said, this time, I believe the consequences of the current incident, are going to be a lot more serious, and I think that they might bring some changes to Tsukune's future life - for example, and that's probably the least serious option, is the possibility that Tsukune is going to have some issues in retaining his human appearance, since Alucard's blood is trying to change him, into something ... a lot worse looking, and it might take some time, before Tsukune manages to "completely" recover from this... state.
At worst, Tsukune is going to be forced to continue living in a form, that would be quite similar to how Inner Moka looks like - in other words, silver colored hair, permanent vampire eyes, and visible fangs, if Tsukune would show his teeth - in other words, that Tsukune would permanently loose his "human" appearance, due to the current incident.
Of course, there is a possibility of something in between those two "states", occurring as well...
And, why this would be a "negative" result... it's pretty simple, it would prevent Tsukune from living in the human world, due to the " quite obviously visible ayashi traits" that Tsukune could have, in his "regular" form.
Naturally, this is only my speculation, but I think it's quite probable for something like that to occur (I would rate the chance, of this occurring, in the manga, at about 90%) since, currently Alucard's blood is trying to change Tsukune's body into something that resembles Alucard, and I doubt ... all of those "physical changes" that are currently occurring, within Tsukune's body, are going to be "fully reversible", once Tsukune is brought back, into a less dangerous state for his body and sanity.
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If I have to guess the change that will stay are ,Silver hair ,vampire eyes(like you already say) and maybe a mark like thing.
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Furthermore, I think that she doesn't have a place in the more serious plot line, considering she was never really able to defend herself willingly and always required Tsukune's intervention to call out Ura to do the dirty work. I could envisage her becoming something of a burden. Ultimately, I think Omote's role of protecting Ura until a suitable time has been achieved, which maybe the writer will imply to have been Akasha's intention all along.
The one thing I would like to see though from the next few chapters is:
Kokoa - After stepping out of the shadow of her sisters, it would be good to see her character develop and take a more active leading support role. She's deserving of it after going toe to toe with Kahlua which is no mean feat given she was always terrified of her previously. Despite being a little younger, I think Kokoa would be able to defeat the other members of the Newspaper club, now that shes removed her self imposed "limiter/seal". I think she'd probably be able to make life difficult for Haiji and Gin as well, though beating them might be a little out of her reach.
The ultimate heartwarmer would be for Moka to make a beeline for Kokoa after the fighting is finished, to tell Kokoa that she doesn't need to prove herself anymore. Given that Kokoa only ever wanted to stand equal with her sisters, this would mean the world to her, especially coming from Moka.
I get the impression that the bond between Moka and Kokoa is far stronger than it's implied to be, more so than with the other two sisters. I think there will be some kind of reconcilliation between Kokoa and Kahlua, but it won't be as important as that between her and Moka.
I also get the impression that Kokoa is far more fond of Akasha than Gyokuro, and wouldn't care too much about disowning Gyokuro for ordering Kahlua to kill her without a second thought. Somehow, I could just see an out there plot twist of Kokoa being a second daughter of Akasha coming true.....
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She had her time to shine in chapters 57/58 and I somewhat doubt she'll get a single appearance like that again. She's lucky she even got that with being a side character behind the other girls. My money is on the let's group together to defeat it like how that lesson was driven home in the durian hunt chapter...
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Next chapter might be a scenario where Ikeda skips the Island and has Tsukune wake up on a hospital bed and either indirectly/directly recap things that happened while Tsukune was out of it. That or he'll probably finish up the other side's side of the story and then end the arc with a "you'll never catch me because I'm the masked man" and the masked man escapes saying he has a bigger organization he works with. These predicty.ions are based on boring shonen plotlines so don't take them too seriously.
The first scenario is pretty random as far as what evidence I used from the manga which I haven't been using any. Its just a common way of making things shorter to get out of long arcs and release info relatively slow while making the plot move fast.
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I feel like if Ikeda was cutting it short he would've ended it around the time he had Ura out of the seal for a day. Now of all times or near now seems kind of awkward especially with Miu Fairytale being around.
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|2013-02-26, 21:28
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Not to mention, the plot of the eggs planted in the yuki onna vilage, Miyabi's plan... and probably a few other plot points that haven't been resolved yet... and might need a separate arc to do that.
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|2013-02-26, 21:50
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And if you really want an antagonist to be at Alucard's level, the Masked King can always ... in someway, take possession of the Rosario, somewhere during Tsukune's thrid year, using it to "reawaken" Alucard and the protagonists would need to face the Masked King and a fully awakened Alucard, near the final event of this manga, before both of them, manage to eradicate the entire R+V world.
In other words, as long as Alucard exists, and it's doubtful that he is going to be killed, in the current arc, he can always be reused as a threat / antagonist, that the protagonists would eventually need to face - and at that time, they won't have the help of the Dark Lords, or the Rosario (Alucard control device) to resolve this matter.
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And Alucard's blood isn't especially different, since ... if you don't have the assistance of the two dark lords (which, is pretty much, the only thing that allowed Tsukune to survive so far...) or you're body doesn't have some natural predisposition to adapt to this blood (like Moka and Akasha), in time ... it would definitely cause you to become "another Alucard"...
So, considering the fact that the Masked King's apparent objective is to take over the world, I doubt that absorbing Alucard is a good idea for him, since considering the properties that Alucard's body and blood have, I think that the author would need to use some, pretty extreme plot twist to explain how someone:
1. could survive this process
2. keep his sanity, more or less, intact .... after the "absorption" ends
Based upon, everything that I said, I think that a scenario like that, has a pretty low chance of actually occurring in the manga.
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Will just have to wait and see, how things are going to continue developing.
I just hope that we are getting close to the end of the current arc, since... even if it had quite a lot of important information, I don't want to spend another year, before this arc is going to be resolved - especially, since we are slowly getting closer to the barrier of a two year long arc, since the current "invasion - rescue Moka" arc, started somewhere around chapter 43, and currently we are waiting for chapter 61 to be released - that's already about 20 months (I added two, because we had a one time, where we had to wait one additional month, for the next chapter + the chapter 59, which was separated into two parts) that we have spent in the current arc.
In other words 4 more chapters, without resolving the plot of this arc, and Ikeda is going to reach the two year barrier, when it comes to the length of the current arc ...
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Nice new chapter is already out ^^ so it looks like next 2chapters will be the conclusion to this fight mostly...30minutes to impact and gyokuro in her new state.... I guess all they have to do is to take the rosary from her and shes dead...as she's sitting inside alucards mouth tentacle...she isnt eaten becouse of that rosary but when its gone shes gona disappear soon xD
so we saw that akashas dream was like outer mokas (maybe the personality of oputer is in reality akashas) so a human world with monsters coexisting.... gyokuro mostly was jelous that akasha took everything from her and now she wants to destroy everything she had
Kaluha...well it appears she lost an arm and no idea if it will grow back later on...strange but the more I look at it...it looks like kaluha might die at the end...but I kinda hope they will save her and she turns good... anwyay everyone is alive and reunited and preparing for the final battle with the boss moster on this level (it looks like some RPG game :P we got a team of fighters and mages...and a BOSS monster)
and it was funny how Hakuto was moving on his wheelchair in flash speed XD even moka was like "WTF how XD"
nice chapter...but felt kinda short and empty...not much is happening but its another preparation chapter for the next fight
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Hum, terrible chapter, all the tension was killed with this shonen like development. "Everyone is alive and healed, no one die, now let's fight together and defeat the enemy" bla, bla, bla...even naruto is less predictable, at least people actually dies there.....not to mention Tsukine's, "I am breaking"----->everyone shows up---->"Oh, i am fine now, let's fight!", LOL.
I like R+V but i totally hate this childish development.
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Impending world destruction, this sure feels like a final arc, despite the talks about the true boss of fairy tale.
I mean what's left after that? Masked King attempting "Double World Destruction Z" ?
Anyway, for me the series has lost its inital appeal long ago. Sadly, it's become run of the mill shonen fantasy action and I can have that on a weekly basis. I liked it much more when it was supernatural slice-of-life harem comedy with occasional plot arcs that didn't take forever and when the series wasn't "de-ecchi'fied". The only thing that has gotten better to me is the art, the rest is just not what I started reading R+V for.
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Brussels, 5 July 2010
Commission identifies barriers hampering more efficient and fairer retail services in Europe
The Commission has today adopted a report that identifies key issues potentially hampering more efficient and fairer retail services within the Internal Market and is now launching a public consultation on the report to determine future policy priorities in this domain. Reduced accessibility to basic retail services, scarce information on retail offers beyond local markets, slow growth of e-commerce, potentially abusive contractual practices throughout the retail supply chain, lack of transparency on quality labels, unsatisfactory functioning of the retail service labour markets as well as very different approaches to environmentally friendly retail services across the EU have been identified as key issues potentially hampering the retail sector. The deadline for consultation responses is 10 September 2010. The responses will feed into measures that the Commission will propose in the autumn as part of the Single Market Act.
The Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier said: "Retail services employ nearly 18 million people in the European economy. We can create more economic growth by taking away difficulties that retail services face. That's why I am now consulting widely on this report, and on that basis, I will bring forward concrete proposals in the autumn."
Retail services cover all the places or platforms from where we, as consumers, buy our food and non-food products: from local stores to hypermarkets or online stores.
Based on a novel systemic market monitoring approach, the report and associated staff working paper adopted today analyse the dynamics of the European retail sector via its linkages to hundreds of thousands of suppliers and to the final consumer market and the resulting economic, social and environmental impacts. On this basis, the report pinpoints a series of issues that may prevent the EU retail sector from realising its full potential. Issues identified are:
The Commission now invites all interested parties to provide their views on this new systemic approach to Internal Market policy-making and on the identified problems that should be given priority in the Commission's policy response. Responses to the report should be provided to the Commission by the 10 September 2010.
Measures to address these key issues will be presented with the forthcoming Single Market Act foreseen for autumn 2010.
Given their importance in the EU economy (4.2% of EU GDP, employing 17.5 million individuals and representing 20% of European SMEs), the contribution of retail services to the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the EU is significant. The retail sector also offers job opportunities especially for young people, women and people with lower skills or qualifications. Its role as an engine for jobs is particularly important in these times of crisis. The operations of the retail sector also have major impacts on the environment as the sector is a major user of logistics and transport services, as well as energy and is a major producer of waste.
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Louisiana man in custody battle goes on shooting rampage, kills 4 and injures 3, police say
RACELAND, La. – A man embroiled in a custody fight with his ex-wife attacked his former in-laws, his onetime boss at a hospital that fired him and his current wife in a rampage that spanned two parishes in Louisiana, leaving three dead before killing himself, authorities said.
All three survivors remained hospitalized Friday, two of them in critical condition, Brennan Matherne, a spokesman for the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, said in an e-mail.
"We are still investigating motive and trying to piece together the sequence of events along with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office," he wrote.
Ben Freeman, 38, first attacked his former in-laws with a shotgun in Lafourche Parish about 45 miles southwest of New Orleans, wounding parish Councilman Louis Phillip Gouaux and Gouaux's daughter Andrea. Both were in critical condition after surgery early Friday in New Orleans, Matherne wrote. Gouaux's wife, Susan, was dead when deputies arrived, Matherne said earlier.
Louis Gouaux called 911 around 6:40 p.m. Thursday from his home in Lockport, telling dispatchers he had been shot in the throat, The Courier newspaper in Houma reported. Freeman was divorced from Gouaux's daughter Jeanne; their community property settlement and declaration was filed in July.
Jeanne Gouaux had filed several protective orders against Freeman, who had pleaded guilty to harassment charges and was allowed only supervised visits with their four children, said Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre. The last protective order expired less than a month ago, he said.
"Clearly, there has been a very difficult and complicated divorce/custody issue going on," Webre said during a news conference late Thursday.
About 20 minutes after the first shootings, Freeman arrived at the home of Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital administrator Milton Bourgeois in nearby Raceland, about 8 miles from Lockport. Bourgeois was shot and killed at close range; his wife, Ann, was shot in the leg and was listed in stable condition at a hospital, Matherne said.
Freeman had worked at the hospital as a registered nurse before he was fired in 2011, Webre said. Webre could not say why Freeman was fired but said police had been called there previously after Freeman damaged a room. Freeman told officers he would seek mental help, Webre said.
Freeman also had worked at two other hospitals, which along with St. Anne had been placed on lockdown for a time on Thursday.
Ben Freeman was found dead around 10:45 p.m. along U.S. Highway 90 near Bayou Blue. He had shot himself in the head.
His current wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, was found dead in the couple's home in a neighborhood of quaint middle-class, ranch-style houses in Houma, the Terrebonne Parish seat. Matherne said it was not immediately known how she died.
At the home, a man who did not give his name demanded that an Associated Press reporter leave his sister's property.
She had only recently married Freeman, but she and her son Josh -- of elementary school age -- had lived there for years, said Glenn Cradeur, who has owned his house, two down from hers, for 28 years. He said he believed the boy was not home when his mother was killed.
"Denise was nice," Cradeur said.
Cradeur said he saw no signs of trouble until about two weeks ago, when he saw police vehicles outside the home, responding to what he believed was a domestic dispute.
He returned from a visit to out-of-town relatives to find police cars and emergency vehicles outside the house, and stunned neighbors gathered nearby.
"It's shocking, and it's sad," he said.


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Monetary gifts, personal loans or financial support in the form of room, board or other expenses from the student's parents, other relatives, a significant other or friends demonstrates that the student lacks independence and is financially dependent upon others. In such cases, the student is NOT considered independent.
The documents you need will depend on whether you are establishing initial residency or submitting a request for residency reclassification and whether you are considered a dependent or independent student. Documentary evidence with dates that evidence the 12 month qualifying period will be required for all residency requests.For initial classification two forms of identification dated at least 2 forms of approved identification, issued at least 12 months prior to the beginning of the term for which residency is sought. Refer to this list of IDs approved as Documentary Evidence (page 10).
The evidentiary requirement for residency reclassification goes beyond that for initial classification, because the student has previously been determined to be an out-of-state resident. For residency reclassification the student, or his or her parent if a dependent student, must present documentation substantiating residency in the state of Florida for the purpose of marinating bona fide domicile, rather than for the purpose of maintaining temporary residence incident to enrollment at an institution of higher education. Refer to these examples of evidence that may
substantiate bona fide domicile
(page 12).
Non-parent family members who have legal guardianship of a student who is not yet 18, and/or have claimed the student on federal income taxes for the past three years, may be used as claimant on the initial residency classification form or the request for residency reclassification application.
If the non-parent family member does not meet these criteria, he or she cannot be considered a claim to residency. Students who do not meet the criteria to be considered independent for residency purposes will be considered residents of the state in which their parent or legal guardian are considered residents.
It is important to note that living or attending school in Florida is not tantamount to establishing legal residence for tuition purposes. The applicant or claimant must still present acceptable proof of legal Florida residency prior to the start of the semester to be assessed in-state fees.
To be considered a "Florida Resident for tuition purposes" you must prove through official and/or legal documents that you or the claimant have established bona fide domicile in the state of Florida at least 12 months prior to the start of the term for which you seek in-state status.
No. Living near the state of Florida does not grant the student residency for tuition purposes or provide any discounted rate of tuition.
However, active duty military personnel and their dependents stationed within 50 miles of the Florida border may claim residency based on the official military orders. Official documentation is subject to evaluation and verification.
A signed letter from the employer, on letterhead, must provide proof of permanent full-time employment in Florida, for at least 30 hours a week for at least 12 months prior to the first day of classes for the term which residency is sought. If the claimant held more than one job during this time frame, a letter from each employer will be accepted for review. Additionally, paycheck or other payroll reports demonstrating the sufficient number of hours and the sufficient 12-month time period may be submitted for review.
Remember, a letter of employment may only serve as one form of Florida ID. Additional documentation will be required to substantiate the residency claim.
If an applicant qualifies for a statutory residency exception or qualification, then appropriate documentation must be submitted to evidence entitlement to that exception or qualification. Such evidence is generally specific to the type of residency exception or qualification being claimed by the applicant.If an applicant does not qualify for a statutory residency exception or qualification and is not an "All-Florida" student, they will have to submit documentation that they (or a parent or legal guardian if a dependent) has been a Florida resident for at least 12 months prior to the first day of classes for which the student is enrolling. At least two of the following documents must be submitted, with dates that evidence the 12-month qualifying period. At least one of the documents must be from the First Tier. As some evidence is more persuasive than others, more than two may be requested. No single piece of documentation will be considered conclusive. Additionally, there must be an absence of information that contradicts the applicant's claim of residency.First Tier (at least one of the two documents submitted must be from this list)
Second Tier (may be used in conjunction with one document from First Tier)
Unacceptable Documents (may not be used)
The evidentiary requirement for reclassification goes beyond that for an initial classification, because these individuals have previously been determined to be out-of-state residents. An individual who is initially classified as a nonresident for tuition purposes may become eligible for reclassification as a resident for tuition purposes only if that individual, or his or her parent if that individual is a dependent child, supports permanent residency in this state for 12 consecutive months. The individual, or his or her parent if that individual is a dependent child, must present documentation that substantiates residency in this state for the purpose of maintaining a bona fide domicile, rather than for the purpose of maintaining a mere temporary residence or abode incident to enrollment in an institution of higher education. Therefore, the burden of proof is on the student to show: (1) residency in Florida for the requisite 12-month period; and (2) residency in the state was not merely temporary or incident to enrolling in a college or university located in Florida. Documentation for meeting the first requirement of reclassification is the same as for initial classification. Additional evidence or documentation may be required for meeting the second requirement of reclassification. Examples of evidence that may substantiate residency in this state for the purpose of maintaining a bona fide domicile may include:


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Did the Shutdown Even Matter?Posted: November 19, 2013 Filed under: Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Chris Van Hollen, Democratic, John Boehner, Patty Murray, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Senate 2 Comments
Sarah Mimms writes: When budget negotiations began last month, Democrats felt confident that public opinion surrounding the government shutdown would force Republicans to the table, eager to prove their party could compromise.
But today, there's little sense of urgency on a budget deal. With less than four weeks to go before the conference committee's deadline, the public focus has shifted to the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act and pressure on Republicans has subsided.
"The shutdown is history. We are moving forward to try to get the next thing done," William Allison, a spokesman for House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, said last week.
Asked whether Ryan and others feel pressure to get something done because of the shutdown, Allison was blunt: "Nah," he said.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., a member of the conference committee, said the idea that Republicans may be feeling more at ease about the budget deadline now that concerns about the Affordable Care Act have taken center stage lined up with how many Democrats read the situation.
"Our perception is that they don't want to move forward on the budget, jobs, and the economy because they just want to play politics on health care," he said Monday.
Though talks between cochairs Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., are ongoing, it is becoming clear that Republicans are growing less concerned about reaching an agreement ahead of the Dec. 13 deadline, potentially putting Congress on a path toward another last-minute deal to keep the government functioning. The current continuing resolution expires Jan. 15.
As Allison put it, "If we don't do anything, the government doesn't shut down, there's not a second sequester that hits, there's not a debt limit, so if we fail to reach an agreement by December 13, the world keeps spinning and everything's fine."
Still, some say the expectations remain. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., another member of the conference committee, said Monday that he wasn't so sure that pressure on Republicans was lessening. "I thought there was always pressure to do something before the 13th of December, irrespective of what happened in the intervening time. I still feel the pressure is on all of us to do something before December 13th."
Asked if he thought there'd be a deal, Clyburn was less confident. "I don't know. This is the third time around for me. Didn't work too well the first two times. Let's hope the third time's the charm," he said.
Democrats say they are open to certain spending cuts in exchange for revenue hikes, potentially in the form of closing tax loopholes that the party outlined last week. But Republicans are insistent that changes to the tax code should be left out of the budget negotiations—they prefer to tackle them in a tax-reform package—and have thus far shown little openness to revenue hikes of any kind.
"A budget agreement won't happen if Democrats continue to insist on more tax hikes for American families and employers, which will cost us more jobs and hurt our economy," House Speaker John Boehner said Friday. "Chairman Ryan, Senator [Mitch] McConnell, myself have all been clear: The president got his tax hike in January."
Even if budget negotiators were to reach an agreement by Dec. 13, it would not be binding. Congress would still have to write and pass a series of appropriations bills to fund the government. And with just one week's worth of legislative days in January before the current CR expires on the 15th, that's asking a lot.
As a result, Appropriations Committee Chairs Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., in the Senate and Harold Rogers, R-Ky., in the House have asked budget negotiators to send them a topline budget figure as early as Friday, in order to allow their committees time to prepare appropriations bills for fiscal 2014. But few believe the conference committee will hit that goal.
Van Hollen said he sees little sign of progress in the private negotiations between Murray and Ryan, or in the broader discussions with the other members of the committee. He put the chances of the committee coming to a deal by the Dec. 13 deadline at "50-50."
"There are ongoing discussions, but we are very far away from anything that could even be considered progress…. I see no evidence of progress," he said last week.
Still, nobody is gunning for another shutdown, either. With both parties still miles apart on long-term spending goals, Senate Minority Leader McConnell and others have begun discussions about how to keep the government open past Jan. 15 in the event that the budget conference committee fails to reach a deal.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., who is involved in those discussions, warned that the meetings were not necessarily a sign that Senate Republicans expect the conference committee—of which she is also a member—to fail.
"I think it just shows you that we want solutions and we want to make sure that the government's not shut down again," Ayotte said.
This article appears in the November 19, 2013, edition of NJ Daily as Obamacare Troubles Ease Pressure on Budget Deal.
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- "Having already revolutionised the teaching of Defence Against the Dark Arts, Dolores Umbridge will, as High Inquisitor, have powers to address the seriously falling standards at Hogwarts School"
- —Minister Cornelius Fudge, Daily Prophet[src]
The Hogwarts High Inquisitor was a position at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was a teacher appointed by the Ministry of Magic to make sure that unsatisfactory teachers were removed from Hogwarts and to ensure that any Educational Decrees set by the Ministry were followed. The High Inquisitor's position was formed under Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three.
Creation of the post
- "Things at Hogwarts are far worse than I feared. Cornelius will want to take immediate action."
- —Umbridge before the implementation of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three[src]
Dolores Umbridge was the first and only known High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. She was appointed, after the Ministry of Magic believed that headmaster Albus Dumbledore was slipping in keeping order and preventing "lies" being spread about Lord Voldemort returning. In truth, the position only came to be due to Minister Fudge being paranoid of Dumbledore attempting to take over the Ministry, and assigned Umbridge to keep an eye on the situation.
Certain people, such as parents of students, were supportive of this post, as they feared that Dumbledore's eccentric decisions may have had a negative impact on the students and were glad that the Ministry was keeping an eye on the situation; however, Lucius Malfoy, who gave an interview of his support of the post's creation under pretence of caring for the school's future, was in truth desiring for this action to discredit Dumbledore. Other people, such as Griselda Marchbanks and Tiberius Ogden, were outraged by this post's formation, as they supported Dumbledore and knew full well that the High Inquisitor was nothing more than an excuse for Fudge to usurp control over Hogwarts from the headmaster. As a result, they themselves were discredited by Fudge and the Daily Prophet.
Inspecting teachers
As High Inquisitor, Umbridge lurked in the corners of many classes taking notes on her clipboard and asking teachers and students questions. She was disliked by most of the teachers at Hogwarts, especially Minerva McGonagall, who was especially curt and rude to her at times. Severus Snape also answered her prying questions rather haughtily during his inspection. Despite McGonagall and Snape's apathetic and cold treatment of her, Umbridge could not deny that they were good teachers and knew their subjects, and thus they were not sacked.
Sybill Trelawney, on the other hand, was not as lucky. After a series of poor performances in Umbridge's inspections, were she was unable to answer a series of questions, she was put on probation and then fired from the post of Divination teacher. It was clear that Umbridge saw her as something of a fraud.
Rubeus Hagrid's inspections went no better, as after he barely excused himself for his long-term absence, Umbridge's prejudice for half-breeds led her to be biassed against Hagrid's first inspection, acting as though she could not understand his language while asking extremely offensive questions to students, and then placed him under probation as well; this led Hagrid's subsequent performances to falter, as he was distracted by her continued presence, and eventually he was ousted from his position as Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
Umbridge seemed certain that she would achieve a dismissal, and attempted to accelerate the process by being present in both Trelawney's and Hagrid's classes. She proceeded to distract them with difficult questions and peer pressure, thus unfairly giving them no opening for improvement that contradicts the purpose of a probation. In the end both teachers failed their final evaluation at the end of the probationary period and were subsequently sacked.
While Trelawney's dismissal became something of a spectacle, with her crying in anguish in the Great Hall and her luggage thrown unceremoniously, Hagrid's was more discreet but violent, with Umbridge bringing in Aurors to deal with him, only for him to escape. The former was witnessed by pretty much the entire school, while the latter was by the Astronomy O.W.L. examinees. As Dumbledore was still headmaster when Trelawney was removed, he allowed her to remain in Hogwarts as a resident, as the High Inquisitor had no authority to remove fired teachers from the grounds; Hagrid, on the other hand, was forced to flee after a brief but violent struggle.
Appointment to Headmistress
After Dumbledore's Army, a secret Defence Against the Dark Arts group started by Harry Potter and his friends, was discovered and Albus Dumbledore forced to leave the school by taking blame for the group's activities, Umbridge was appointed to the position of Headmistress and had even further control over the events at Hogwarts.
However, the castle's inhabitants were not very helpful to her during her regime; she spent her first afternoon as Headmistress running around the castle trying to stop the mayhem caused by Fred and George Weasley's fireworks, with little assistance from the rest of the Hogwarts staff, such as the teachers preferring to see her struggle with trying to remove a Portable Swamp left by the Weasley twins when any of them could have removed it in a heartbeat and Minerva McGonagall even going so far as to give Peeves help with unscrewing a chandelier.
End of the High Inquisitor's reign
- "You filthy half-breeds! You have been given the right to stay here by Cornelius Fudge!"
- —Dolores Umbridge[src]
After catching Harry trying to contact 12 Grimmauld Place by the Floo Network, Umbridge would have used the Cruciatus Curse on Harry had it not been for Hermione Granger coming up with a plan to lure Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest by making her think that there was a weapon built by Dumbledore's Army in there; she had earlier placed Severus Snape on probation for being unhelpful in interrogating Harry, to which he showed little care. They were soon surrounded by centaurs, but with the help of Grawp, Harry and Hermione escaped. Umbridge, however, was not so lucky and was carried away by the Centaurs after calling them "filthy half-breeds" and "animals". She was later rescued by Albus Dumbledore but was left severely traumatised by the event.
After the skirmish in the forest and the Ministry being forced to accept that Voldemort had returned, Educational Decree Number 23 was abolished, along with the position of High Inquisitor. Umbridge was subsequently removed from Hogwarts and the position was never used again. The two teachers she dismissed, Trelawney and Hagrid, were able to return to their posts as well, rendering all of Umbridge's evaluations and dismissals null and void, while her "Inquisitorial Squad" was disbanded.
Umbridge's departure from the school became a spectacle, as while she tried to leave undetected, Peeves caught sight of her and assaulted her with a combination of a chalk-filled sock and Minerva McGonagall's walking stick, with the students cheering this on and the teachers barely trying to calm them down.
The Inquisitorial Squad
The Inquisitorial Squad was a select group of students who served under the High Inquisitor and were given the power to take away and grant house points. They were chosen by the High Inquisitor due to their support of the Ministry. They wore small silver badges with an "I" on it to show membership. All known members belonged to the house of Slytherin and were known enemies of Harry Potter and his friends, and they appear to be abusive towards their power, as Draco docked many points from people he disliked simply for that very reason.
Known members
- Millicent Bulstrode
- Vincent Crabbe
- Gregory Goyle
- Draco Malfoy
- Graham Montague
- Pansy Parkinson
- Cassius Warrington
- A sixth year girl


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Bail for teen in crash that killed 5 set at $3.5M
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A rural Nevada judge set bail at $3.5 million on Monday for a California teenager jailed in Las Vegas on felony drunk driving charges in a weekend crash that killed five family members on an interstate northeast of Las Vegas.
Jean Ervin Soriano, 18, told Moapa Justice of the Peace Ruth Kolhoss that he used to live in California, but now lives in St. George, Utah, and has no ties to Nevada, prosecutor Brian Rutledge said.
Soriano didn't name the California city, and said he couldn't remember his exact current address. He told the judge he had been arrested before, Rutledge said.
The judge set an April 10 arraignment date in Moapa and told Soriano he will be represented by a public defender, court clerk Deanne Hartson said. He could face eight to 20 years in years in state prison if convicted of seven felony charges of driving under the influence causing death or substantial bodily harm.
Soriano was hospitalized for several hours after the 2:53 a.m. Saturday crash on Interstate 15 about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, and taken to the Clark County jail, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
An arrest report made public Monday said he told the arresting trooper he had "too many" beers before the crash. NHP Trooper Loy Hixson said several beer bottles were found in the 1999 Dodge Durango he admitted driving.
The five people killed — three men, a woman and a girl from Los Angeles, Lynwood and Norwalk, Calif. — were in a Chevrolet Astro van that was hit from behind by a Dodge Durango driven by Soriano. Troopers said most of the passengers in the van were thrown from the vehicle as it overturned in the desert.
The dead were identified as Genaro Fernandez, 41, of Norwalk; Raudel Fernandez-Avila, 49, and Belen Fernandez, 53, both of Lynwood; and Angela Sandoval, 13, and Leonardo Fernandez-Avila, 45, both of Los Angeles.
Family members told KABC-TV in Los Angeles that the three men were brothers who were returning from visiting their ailing father in Denver.
Soriano and a 23-year-old passenger in his SUV and two other people in the van also were injured in the crash.
A 15-year-old boy and 40-year-old woman who were in the van were upgraded Sunday from critical to serious condition with non-life-threatening injuries at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, the NHP said.
The unnamed passenger from Soriano's vehicle was treated at UMC and released.
A truck driver told investigators that he saw Soriano and his passenger walk away from the crash, then return before rescue crews arrived.
Rutledge said results of a blood-alcohol test on Soriano were pending.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Cybersecurity Summary:
OSC is regularly externally audited for alignment with the NIST SP 800-53 and ISO27002 security standards. Details of this security framework are available here. OSC can also handle export controlled / ITAR projects for no additional costs, via oversight by the OSU Office of Research Compliance.
Specific Policy Documents:
OSC-1, OSC Data Lifecycle Management Policy - Data storage space is a limited resource, and in an effort to keep the resource available to the largest amount of active users, the following policy and accompanying procedures and resources have been developed to reduce system management overhead and the impact on other users of OSC systems.
OSC-2, OSC Media Inventory Management - The purpose of this policy and accompanying procedures and resources is to help ensure the protection of the media containing the data from accidental or intentional unauthorized access, damage, alteration or disclosure while preserving the ability of authorized users to access and use the data.
OSC-3, OSC Information Security Framework - This policy and its supporting sub-policies provide a foundation for the security of OSC information technology systems. The requirements put forth in this policy and its supporting sub-policies are designed to ensure that due diligence is exercised in the protection of information, systems and services. This policy describes fundamental practices of information security that are to be applied by OSC to ensure that protective measures are implemented and maintained.
OSC-4, OSC Malicious Code Security - This policy is to implement and operate a malicious code security program. The program should help to ensure that adequate protective measures are in place against introduction of malicious code into OSC information systems and that computer system users are able to maintain a high degree of malicious code awareness.
OSC-5, OSC Remote Access Security - This policy is to establish practices wherever a remote access capability is provided to OSC systems so that inherent vulnerabilities in such services may be compensated.
OSC-6, OSC Security Education and Awareness - This policy requires OSC to provide information technology security education and awareness to employees, contractors, temporary personnel and other agents of OSC who use and administer computer and telecommunications systems.
OSC-7, OSC Security Incident Response - This policy defines adequate security response for identified security incidents.
OSC-8, OSC Password PIN Security - We have implemented a new password change policy. This portion of our policies page is currently under construction. The Password PIN Security policy is dated, but established minimum requirements regarding the proper selection, use and management of passwords and personal identification numbers (PINs); references in this policy to passwords also apply to PINs, except where explicitly noted.
OSC-9, OSC Portable Security Computing - This policy addresses information technology (IT) security concerns with portable computing devices and provides direction for their use, management and control. This policy includes security concerns with the physical device itself, as well as its applications and data.
OSC-10, OSC Security Notifications - This OSC policy identifies the methods used to inform users of their duty, limitations on use, legal requirements and personal privacy expectations associated with the use of OSC and university computers, networks or telecommunications systems.
OSC-11, OSC User Management Policy - This policy establishes the information and qualifications required to establish an account to use OSC resources. This policy will also define the basic levels of support that users of OSC IT environments can expect.
OSC-12, OSC Intrusion Prevention and Detection - The purpose of this state policy is to establish an intrusion prevention and detection capability that is designed to prevent, monitor and identify system intrusions or misuse.
OSC-13, OSC IT Business Continuity Planning - This document provides guidance in the development and implementation of a comprehensive information technology business continuity plan that, in the event of a business disruption, will help enable the continuation of critical processes and the delivery of essential services at an acceptable level.
OSC-14, OSC Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management - Virtual Machines at OSC are a resource that must be maintained and protected. This document provides guidance in the hosting and maintaining of all systems and virtual environment infrastructure that require support from a limited resource. The following policy and accompanying procedures and resources have been developed to reduce system management overhead and the impact on other users of OSC systems.