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eXtremeDB 5.0 also adds support for nullable data types, or the ability to set data types to the special value NULL. This provides flexibility in representing missing or inapplicable information in query results. eXtremeDB's NULL value support extends to both its SQL and native C/C++, Java, and .NET application programming interfaces (APIs).
For the community of developers using eXtremeDB with the Java and .NET languages, version 5.0 adds features including .NET and Java class generators. eXtremeDB's database schema compiler, mcocomp, can now process database definition language (DDL) files (database schemas) written in the DBMS's native language, and output code defining the equivalent .java and .cs classes. This is described as "a boon" when adding Java or .NET front-ends to existing eXtremeDB databases that are defined in the native DDL.


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Suriname's jungle may appeal to the adventurer in you, but even if it doesn't, this hot, humid destination is full of enough mystery and beauty to keep you enthralled as you sweat through your safari hat.
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Getting in to Suriname can be tricky. Most visas are one-time use only, so once you're in, you can't leave until you're ready to be gone for good. Flights into Suriname from North America come from Miami, if you're coming from Europe your flight will depart from Suriname's former colonizer, the Netherlands.
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Angels - 102 010 000 001 - 5 16 0Hell of a game and a tough one to lose. If this had been an all-or-nothing game for both sides, this 5:19 battle -- the see-saw battle of the first five innings and the many missed opportunities for both teams after that -- would be on a short list of classic DS games.
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Beckett had neither stuff nor control (5-9-4-4-6, 106), throwing 30 pitches in the first inning and 70 through the first three frames. He escaped the first down only 1-0, despite allowing a single, double and two walks. The Angels stranded eight runners in the first four innings.
With two outs in the second, Saunders walked Jed Lowrie, gave up a single to Jason Varitek and walked Coco Crisp. Jacoby Ellsbury popped the ball into short center. Howie Kendrick tracked it, took a peek at Torii Hunter coming in from center and backed off. The ball fell between them and Ellsbury was credited with the first three-run single in post-season history!
(That was not the only blunder made by the Angels. Torii Hunter was gunned down trying to stretch a single into a double to start the ninth inning. Jason Bay fired the ball in from the left field line to Dustin Pedroia. FY whirled around to make a quick tag, was surprised to see that Hunter wasn't there and had to actually wait a beat or two to make the easy tag on the headfirst-sliding Hunter!)
Mike Napoli hit a two-run home run in the third and a solo dong in the fifth as LA took a 4-3 lead. Boston came right back to tie in their half on doubles by Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis.
After the fifth, the Boston bats went AWOL. Their next hit would not come until the tenth inning. And it was at that time, against Francisco Rodriguez, that Boston had their best chance at a seies-clinching walkoff. After Dustin Pedroia (now 0-for-13 in the series) struck out, David Ortiz worked a seven-pitch walk. Yook singled to center and after Frod fanned Jason Bay, Mike Lowell also drew a seven-pitch pass. With Alex Cora running for Lowell, Lowrie smoked a pitch to right, but it was hit right at Gary Matthews for the final out. The Sox made Frod work, though, throwing 33 pitches in his one inning of work.
The Angels scored the winning run off Javier Lopez when Napoli opened the 12th with a ground ball single to left. He was bunted to second and scored on Erick Aybar's bloop hit to short center. Ortiz walked to start the bottom of the 12th, but Yook (F8) Bay (K looking) and Cora (5-3) could not move him along.
I look at all the chicken scratchings on my scorecard -- completely full at 12 innings -- and realize I could blab on for quite awhile, taking you through the six shutout innings tossed by the MDC-Jeemer-Masterson-Bot quartet and a bunch of other stuff.
And if I had punished my mind and ears with TBS sound, I could (judging from the game thread) offer plenty of pro-Angels BS from Chip Caray and Buck Martinez. A very blatant example came in the top of the seventh when Caray was doing a promo about possible Monday games and said that "hopefully" this series would go to a Game 4. He quickly qualified that statement with an "if you're an Angels fan" addendum.
The thought of relying on Daisuke Matsuzaka in a Game 5 in Anaheim on Wednesday is a bit scary, so let's hope Jon Lester is sharp on Monday night.
Also: The White Sox beat the Rays 5-3 and staved off elimination for another day. The Phillies beat the Brewers 6-2 and will begin the NLCS against the Dodgers on Thursday.
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Joe Saunders (3.41, 128 ERA+) / Josh Beckett (4.03, 114 ERA+)
Back at Fenway Park -- where they went 56-25 this year -- the Red Sox go for their third consecutive ALDS sweep over the hapless Angels.
Los Angeles has a slight advantage when it comes to tonight's starters. Saunders led the Angels in Adjusted ERA and finished the regular season with 15 straight scoreless innings. In 2008, he put up Quality Starts in each of his three outings against the Red Sox: 18.2 IP, 18 H, 9 BB, 6 K, 3.38.
Past history says that Beckett "deserved" the ball in Game 1, but based on this year's performance, he's slotted in his rightful place as the 3rd starter. Beckett faced Los Angeles twice in July (13.1-20-2-14, 7.42). P.S.: After pictures of Beckett dragging his suitcase out of Fenway with his right arm last week were published, SoSH had some alternate theories of why Beckett was held back.
Against Saunders: Pedroia has the best average (7-for-18, .389), while Coco Crisp is 5-for-17, with four doubles and a home run. ... Against Beckett: Mrs. Garrett wears him out (.471 average, 1.291 OPS).
Note: If the Red Sox win tonight, Beckett could start ALCS 1 on Friday on normal rest. However, that would give both Lester and Matsuzaka nine days of rest before Games 2 and 3.
Before Boston:
Phillies (2)/Brewers (1) at 1Dodgers sweep Cubs: There will be no 1918 rematch.
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Hatcher, Bourjos, Shut Out, Hits – It's Been Quite an Eventful Angels Week!
I probably should not let my mood rise and fall based on the results of the latest Angels game. That way lies a certain sort of madness I suppose…or perhaps just strong fanaticism. But darned if I wasn't more than a little mopey after last weekend's debacle. And, now that the Angels have won two in a row with strong bats making an appearance, darned if I'm not grinning from ear to ear…of course the fact that we're leaving for San Diego tomorrow morning to catch the Angels/Padres series might have something to do with my mood as well. But before we embark on what I hope will be a nice long streak of giddy making wins, there is a little unpleasant business this blogger should attend to:
Bye Mickey Hatcher
The Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher Tuesday evening and, I have to admit, I'm pleased. Oh, not for the reasons you might think. This isn't another 'Dancing in the streets, Ding Dong the Hatch is Gone' Angels blog post. I was never particularly in the 'Fire Hatcher, he's the bane of our existence' camp. Look, since 2010 the Angels offense has been dismal to put it kindly and Angels fans readily place the blame on Hatcher. But the thing is, before the 2010 season the Angels offense was pretty darned good for a few years there, at least from a batting average and overall effectiveness standpoint if not from a frightening power standpoint. I vividly remember a few games late in the 2009 season where the entire Angels starting lineup was batting at or over .300. Crazy good! And if we're going to blame Mickey Hatcher for the bad times, doesn't it only stand to reason that we credit him for the good times? I mean, it's not as if either apex of the pendulum was a brief moment in time such that one might characterize it as a fluke.
But, here we are in May 2012 and while the offense had shown brief flashes of teasing hope heading into Tuesday, it still looked like the third season in a row of wildly swinging but otherwise quiet bats. And I don't think it's a coincidence that the Angels lack of recent championships occurred simultaneously with the lack of offense. Do I think this is Hatcher's fault? No. I don't think he "ruins" swings or there would be no way to explain the seasons before 2010. And ultimately whatever the hitting coach is or is not doing, whatever the team's strategy and hitting philosophy, the burden is on the players to get in the batter's box and make contact with the ball.
But I also think it's clear that Hatcher wasn't equipped to fix the current situation or we would have seen strong signs of a breakthrough long before now. Over the weekend against the Rangers you could see how much the team has internalized the situation as they started to noticeably despair the moment the Rangers pulled ahead. When a problem gets this convoluted and existing personnel can't solve it, it's time to bring in fresh ideas and a new point of view, not because existing staff are to blame for causing the problem or aren't good at their job under normal circumstances but specifically because they are no longer an effective fit for the job under the current circumstances. On the one hand, I'm sorry to see Hatcher go. He's a good guy who cares a lot about the team and the team in turn owes him thanks for the good years. But on the other hand I am pleased that Jerry Dipoto recognized the severity of the offense problem and didn't let the team flounder for another full season without trying something radical. Do I think this solves the Angels problems? I certainly hope so!! But bringing in a fresh point of view is never a guarantee of good results.
Regardless, the Angels offense sure looked good Tuesday and positively exciting on Wednesday to the joy and relief of Halos fans everywhere. Now, a lot of fans are already cheering on new hitting coach Jim Eppard, freshly promoted from AAA Salt Lake City, and congratulating him on our seemingly revitalized bats. But, seriously people, that's just plain silly. However good Eppard may eventually be for the team, no one walks off the plane and magically turns two plus seasons of weak offense around in less than 24 hours. It could be a sort of placebo effect, relief over someone finally making a radical move to help, just one of those inexplicable things or even some delayed positive result of Hatcher's influence, though that would be sad considering the situation. Whatever the reason, hitting is contagious and I sincerely hope that Eppard's fresh presence, methods and point of view are able to help coax this initial hitting outbreak into a full blown virulent offensive epidemic…or, you know, just not stand in the way while it happens of its own accord because, sometimes, that is the most effective thing a leader can do.
Keep it going guys! Interleague is nigh and you know what that traditionally means for the Angels!
Have You See This Centerfielder?
Wednesday was Peter Bourjos bobble head night but somehow I really think that Bourjos would have preferred to be in the lineup than the subject of the evening's promotional giveaway. I know I would have preferred it. Not to take anything away from Vernon Wells' two great defensive plays on Monday or his hits this evening, but I would still also really like to see Bourjos and Mike Trout in the same outfield and the same lineup – an outfield with quicker, better defense every time, not just sometimes. And to add insult to injury, not only was Bourjos not in the lineup for the 14th time in the last 18 games, but he was handing out his own bobble heads at the front gate. Oh, I'm sure meeting and shaking hands with Bourjos was a very nice thing for the fans, but really? They had him handing out bobbleheads at the front gate? What's next? 'Hey, Petey, while you're not doing anything would you mind taking over for the bat boy for a few innings?'
Yes, Bourjos started off the season in a hitting slump like, oh gee, I don't know, most of the rest of the team. But he alone has not been given the chance to work his way through said slump with playing time. Surely they can find better use for a kid who was on the short list for a Gold Glove in his first full season in the majors than occasional pinch running duties. Why wouldn't we want to make every effort to allow he and Mike Trout to grow together into one dynamite outfield duo? Of course, as I finish this post it looks like he's in the lineup today – yay! – so maybe this is the sign of better things to come?
Monday Night's Shutout by the A's
As you can probably tell from the photos, we were there. It was about as pleasant as you might imagine.
The Good – Hey it was a night at the ballpark and our friend scored her mother's company seats so we were sitting pretty in the Diamond Club right behind home plate for free. That part wasn't just good, it was downright giddy making.
The Bad – We were shut out. 5 – 0. By a division rival. I don't think any more details are really necessary.
Still, there were signs of hope that I think were the logical precursor to the last few nights' offensive productivity. Namely that the Angels were hitting the ball – right at the A's for an out in many cases, but there was still some solid contact going on and a few cases of robbery by an excellent play. There was also less wild swinging. Albert Puljos in particular looked more comfortable and, up until the very last at bat where he swung at one so high and one so low that Vladdy would have been saying 'Really?', had good discipline and good contact…just at people and robbed in one case. Looking at him Monday I felt we would be seeing more of the old Albert later this week and, indeed, we have. Keep it going! I am rooting for you!!
And here are a few more random game photos just for kicks. No on to the today's White Sox game, the Padres and, hopefully, a lot more winning! Go Angels!!


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12 ounces rigatoni (about 5 cups)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch-long by ½-inch-wide strips
¼ cup coarsely chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chicken broth
8 cups (about 8 ounces) coarsely chopped Swiss chard leaves
1 tablespoon butter
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper, or to taste
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Garnish (optional): freshly ground pepper
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat; add salt, then the rigatoni.
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While the rigatoni is cooking, heat the oil in a large nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the bell pepper, onion, and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until the bell pepper is crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
Reduce the heat to medium; stir in the chicken broth, chard, butter, and pepper; cover and cook until the chard and the bell pepper are tender, about 5 minutes.
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- "You have only ever seen me amongst the Order, or under Dumbledore's protection at Hogwarts! You don't know how most of the wizarding world sees creatures like me! When they know of my affliction, they can barely talk to me!"
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A werewolf is a human being who, upon the complete rising of the full moon, turns into a fearsome and deadly near-wolf. Werewolves can be easily distinguished from regular wolves by several small distinguishing characteristics, such as the pupils of the eyes, the snout shape, and the tufted tail. At all other times, they appear as normal humans, though will often seem to be ill as the full moon approaches.[1] This condition is caused by infection with lycanthropy, usually occurring when a human is bitten by a transformed werewolf. As defined by Hermione Granger, a werewolf differs from an Animagus in the fact that he or she does not transform by choice. With each full moon the person transforms and no longer remembers who he or she is, and would kill even their best friend given the opportunity. In spite of that, they seem to be able to recall everything they have experienced during the transformation, upon reverting to human form. There is no known cure for either the bite of a werewolf in his wolf-form or the bite of a werewolf in his human form, though the Wolfsbane potion is the only known potion that can in any way make a werewolf less dangerous by allowing him/her to keep his/her human mind during transformation.
- "I did not know, for a very long time, the identity of the werewolf who had attacked me; I even felt pity for him, thinking that he had had no control, knowing by then how it felt to transform."
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Lycanthropy is a magical illness known to be spread by saliva-blood contact; thus, a human bitten by a werewolf in wolf-form will become a werewolf themselves. This is what happened to Remus Lupin, who was bitten as a child by Fenrir Greyback in retaliation for Remus's father offending the werewolf. However, if a human is bitten by a werewolf in human-form, the victim will only acquire some lupine tendencies. Bill Weasley, for example, retained scars and a craving for very rare meat after being attacked by Greyback in his human form.[2]
Werewolves seldom have children, so Remus Lupin did not know whether or not his unborn son would inherit his condition but feared that would be the case. However, Ted Lupin ultimately proved not to be a werewolf.[3]
It seems that werewolves, when in their animal state, pose the danger of biting the nearest human being, but not animals. An example of this can be seen when Remus Lupin, having forgotten to take his potion in 1994, began to transform into wolf-form. Sirius Black instinctively changed into his Animagus dog form to launch a pre-emptive attack on Lupin whom he seemed to realise as an immediate threat to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Lupin's now werewolf mind prevented him from recognising Sirius and the three students as his friends, and so would almost certainly have hurt them without Sirius's intervention. Black, whilst in his Animagus form, was not at risk of being infected with lycanthropy due to the fact that humans are the only species known to be capable of infection.
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- —Description of Remus Lupin transforming[src]
Though they can live otherwise normal lives, on every full moon a werewolf will go through an incredibly painful transformation from a human into a wolf-like creature. They lose the ability to think in a human way, becoming highly aggressive towards humans- even those to whom they are close. Though werewolves usually only infect their victims through biting, they sometimes take it too far and kill their victims.[1]
Without any humans nearby to attack, or other animals to occupy it, the werewolf will attack itself out of frustration. This leaves many werewolves such as Remus Lupin with self-inflicted scars and premature aging from the difficult transformations.[1]
Unfortunately, there is currently no cure for lycanthropy. However, some of the worst effects can be mitigated by consuming Wolfsbane Potion, which allows a werewolf to retain his or her human mind while transformed, thus freeing him or her from the worry of harming other humans or themselves. It is a difficult potion to make. According to Lupin it tastes disgusting and sugar makes it useless.
Because werewolves only pose a danger to humans, companionship with animals whilst transformed has been known to make the experience more bearable as the werewolf has no-one to harm and will be less willing to harm him/herself.
According to Gilderoy Lockhart, the Homorphus Charm can force a werewolf back into human shape. But, since Lockhart is known to have lied many times to inflate his own reputation and implies that the charm cures werewolves, his information is highly suspect — as is the very existence of a Homorphus Charm in the first place. However, as many of Lockhart's claims are also based on the accounts of more trustworthy wizards (accomplishments he would claim for himself, following the disposal of the originating witch or wizard), there is a chance that the charm does, in fact, exist.[4] However it is likely it does not last permanently.
Contrary to what the Muggle world believes, werewolves are not affected by silver.[5]
Attitude towards werewolvesEdit
Prejudice and discriminationEdit
- "My kind don't usually breed! It will be like me, I am convinced of it — how can I forgive myself, when I knowingly risked passing on my own condition to an innocent child? And if, by some miracle, it is not like me, then it will be better off, a hundred times so, without a father of whom it must always be ashamed!"
- —Remus Lupin on his fear that he would pass lycanthropy on to his then-unborn child[src]
Werewolves are generally regarded with fear and disgust by wizarding society. People seem to think even when in human form, the werewolf may pose danger. It is not uncommon for people known to be werewolves to be shunned by society and discriminated against within the wizarding world. It is very difficult for a werewolf to get a job in the wizarding community, especially after the passing of restrictive anti-werewolf legislation by the prejudiced Dolores Umbridge in the 1990s.[6]
- "Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit."
- —Lupin to Harry about how James and his friends didn't discriminate against him[src]
As a result, many werewolves suffer poverty; Remus Lupin managed to get by with the aid of his friend James Potter[7], and later by working as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, though it is unknown how he subsisted between James' death and working as professor. He decided to resign from this position after his condition was exposed, by Severus Snape, as most parents would not want their children being around a werewolf, despite the safety precautions Remus and Albus Dumbledore took; Remus stated that it was impossible for him to even attend Hogwarts as a child if it were not for Dumbledore's kindness, as other headmasters would not want a werewolf in the school.[1]
The Ministry of Magic attempts to regulate werewolves. By 1637, there was a Werewolf Code of Conduct, and according to Newton Scamander, werewolves have been shunted between the Beast and Being divisions of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures for years. At one point, the Werewolf Registry and Werewolf Capture Unit were both in the Beast Division, while at the same time the office for Werewolf Support Services was in the Being Division. Umbridge herself incorrectly referred werewolves as half-breeds.
Given Kingsley Shacklebolt's friendship with Remus Lupin and the furthering of Muggle-born and house-elf rights after 1998, it is likely that the reforms of the Ministry under Minister for Magic Shacklebolt included less prejudicial treatment of werewolves.
Due to the oppression and discrimination against werewolves by society, some people who are werewolves have in turn come to hate their oppressors and, in turn, society in general. These werewolves have organised themselves into their own society. Under Fenrir Greyback's leadership, this society works to infect as many people as possible, especially children, with the goal of one day having enough strength to take control of the wizarding community.
The werewolves under Greyback's command served Lord Voldemort in the Second Wizarding War, believing that they would have a better life under his rule, though Remus Lupin spied on them for the Order of the Phoenix[2] and the Death Eaters looked down on them; for example, they were not permitted to have the Dark Mark[3]. They were used as a threat to ensure ordinary citizens' compliance with Voldemort; for example, five-year-old Montgomery was fatally attacked by Greyback after his mother refused to cooperate with the Death Eaters.[2] Although only Greyback is explicitly mentioned as participating, werewolves under Greyback's command may have fought alongside the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.[3] They were most likely sentenced to Azkaban for life for uniting with Lord Voldemort, or killed for resisting arrest. It is unknown whether this was the only occurrence of the society, though it is implied that it was a new idea of Greyback's. Likewise, it is unknown whether all werewolves in the society were caught, or - as it was "underground"- some of the members evaded capture and continued their efforts.
Known werewolvesEdit
- Fenrir Greyback — a leader in the werewolf community and an ally of the Death Eaters, noted to be the most savage werewolf in history, incarcerated after the Second Wizarding War.
- Remus Lupin — bitten by Fenrir Greyback as a child, member of the Order of the Phoenix, killed by Antonin Dolohov during the Battle of Hogwarts.
- The Wagga Wagga Werewolf — discussed by Gilderoy Lockhart during his time as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts and in his book Wandering with Werewolves. Lockhart may have invented this individual entirely, but since he often simply took credit for others' deeds, the werewolf itself may have existed, but been defeated by someone else.
- An unidentified werewolf on Arthur Weasley's ward during his stay at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, this new werewolf was presumably befriended by Lupin.
- An anonymous author of Hairy Snout, Human Heart who penned a heartrending account on his struggle against Lycantrophy in the 1970s.
- A group of werewolves living underground, most of whom joined forces with Voldemort for a promise of a better life.[2]
Other victims of lycanthropyEdit
- Bill Weasley — attacked by Fenrir Greyback while he was in human form; Bill did not actually become a werewolf, although he did obtain some lupine tendencies (particularly a liking for rare steaks).
- Other victims at the Battle of Hogwarts - it can be assumed that there were more victims at the battle that suffered from lycanthrophy to some degree in later days. It would be similar to the effects suffered by Bill Weasley at the hands of Fenrir Greyback. Although Greyback is described as 'a grey streak,' suggesting he is in his animalistic form, during the battle and biting people that were down, it can be assumed that he was, in fact, in human form, as Remus Lupin was also in the Battle in human form.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Professor Quirinus Quirrell had the first year Defence Against the Dark Arts class copy notes about how to treat werewolf bites. Also, Professor Severus Snape assigned an essay during the 1993-1994 school year when he substituted for Lupin, although werewolves were not due to be covered until the last chapter of the third-year DADA textbook. In Snape's case, this was an attempt to expose Lupin by having one of the students work out his secret (which Hermione Granger did, although she kept the secret rather than exposing it, as Snape had intended).
- According to Draco Malfoy and Argus Filch, there are werewolves in the Forbidden Forest, though it is unclear whether this was true. It seems unlikely, as most werewolves at least tried to live as wizards while in human form, and the forest would be a highly dangerous place for them to live most of the month. Ronald Weasley also seemed to at one time believe this rumour.[8] During the detention in the Forbidden Forest, Harry Potter asked Rubeus Hagrid if it was possible that a werewolf could be killing the unicorns in the forest, but Hagrid stated that werewolves aren't fast enough.
- Tom Riddle once accused Rubeus Hagrid of raising "werewolf cubs" under his bed as a youngster, though this was possibly a lie or an exaggeration. It is unknown whether werewolves have cubs or not — Remus Lupin was worried that it might be possible to pass his affliction on his son, but Newton Scamander suggests otherwise. Since Riddle was trying to frame Hagrid, the veracity of his statement is questionable. Regarding this, Harry Potter series author J. K. Rowling stated in response to a fan question "Riddle was telling lies about Hagrid, just slandering him."[9]
- Lord Voldemort referred to werewolf offspring as cubs another time. When at the Malfoy Manor, he ridicules the Malfoys and Bellatrix about the marriage of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks, asking Draco if he will "babysit the cubs." Given his purist attitude and disdain for 'half-breeds' this is far more likely to be a derogatory insult rather than an implication that lycanthropy is inheritable.
- According to W.O.M.B.A.T., it is possible that werewolves may have a shorter snout than a true wolf. It is rumoured that if a werewolf mates at the full moon it will produce a wolf cub instead of a human baby, but given prejudice, lies, and half-truths against werewolves, this is most likely not true.
- In the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban novel, Lupin's werewolf form is noted to be only vaguely distinguishable from a true wolf, and the fact that students must be taught to distinguish them from true wolves suggests the same. In the film adaptation however, Lupin's werewolf form is still roughly human-shaped, though gruesomely stretched. His fur is a minimal coat rather than shaggy and he alternates between standing on his legs and scrambling on all fours. He also doesn't have a tail, as werewolves are explicitly mentioned to in the Order of the Phoenix book. J. K. Rowling also noted that to her, "werewolf" means An American Werewolf In London, whose werewolf is an extremely animalistic wolf-shaped beast, but that she was very pleased with the Azkaban film's imagining of the concept and appreciated the sympathy evoked by the "naked" and "pathetic" aspects of the design.
- In the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, after Lupin is irritable with Harry, Mr. Weasley says that "his condition takes its toll;" later on Tonks explains that "the first night of the cycle is always the worst." This could imply- though nothing like this was mentioned in the books- that werewolves suffer symptoms other than the tranformation itself, which either directly or indirectly make them less patient and more harsh than they would normally be. What night the cycle begins with is unknown, though the full moon itself, the night after, or the new moon is most likely.
- This could also be a side affect of the "illness" described during the week leading up to the full moon.
The word werewolf is thought to derive from Old English wer (or were) and wulf. The first part, wer, translates as "man." An alternative etymology derives from Old English weri (to wear); in this case "werewolf" would indicate a warrior who wore wolf-pelts, noted for his uncontrollable battle rage, very similar to the Old Norse berserker, ber- as in "bear" the mammal, and serkr, "shirt". A third possible derivation is from warg-wolf or vargulf, a term referring to a rogue wolf which slaughtered domestic animals, but ate little of the kill.
The term lycanthropy comes from Ancient Greek lykánthropos: lýkos ("wolf") + ánthrōpos ("human"). There is also a mental illness called lycanthropy, in which a patient believes he or she is an animal and behaves accordingly. This is sometimes referred to as clinical lycanthropy, to distinguish it from its use in legends.
See alsoEdit
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Mentioned only) (Heard)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (PS1 version only) (Heard)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Appears in human form)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in human form)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
- Pottermore
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ Lupin has no trouble handling wizarding currency, and is not affected by the silver door handle at 12 Grimmauld Place.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ J.K. Rowling's Comments at Carnegie Hall
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 15 - (Aragog)
- ↑ Barnes and Noble Yahoo! Chat, available here


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Our last day afloat, traveling from Ketchikan back to Vancouver. A chill out day, packing our suitcases.
The hi-light of the day was the show called Dreams, an enchanted classic. With a little Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust, a young girl's which becomes a dream come true.
We were told that we might see Orca's, as they had been seen just ahead of us. Unfortunately, we didn't see any.
We are all backed up. Lot's of pictures, lots of stories of our own. I'll post pictures when I get back home.
Early to rise in the morning, in Vancouver, then a long flight back to Philadelphia through Chicago.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
let's get praisy link up.
the gospel is everywhere.
because it is.
God lives in the sweet and precious places, and he also can be found in the scandalous and obscene places. there is no where he is not.
john 4:13 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
so on that note, here's how this is going to work:
1) link up your blog post of your #letsgetpraisy quote. you do this by clicking on the gree mister linky thing at the bottom of this post.
*remember that you must have a bible verse that supports it...not a general story....like, this is about noah! no, go find the exact verse and stop being lazy. haha. but seriously. stop it.
you can link up 5 posts(each quote needs their own post because it will make it easier when voting). no more though. even though some of you are letsgetpraisy geniuses. only choose your best.
2) in the comments section, this is where you vote. i vote for #1003!
tell your mother, your pets, your school and your friends to vote. is this a sneaky way of spreading the Gospel, perhaps. oh! would you look at that! this pop music is like a glimpse of God's character.
except that i said it just now when i wrote that. secret's out!
every account only gets one vote, so don't cheat. no anonymous comments will count, players.
2 and 1/2) if you don't have a blog, this is a great time to make one. or hijack your friend's blog? both are great options. if you only have instagram, then you can "write in" your vote in the comments.... i.e. jaminato on instagram. kanye quote. or you can link up your instagram profile from the web. you have one...everyone does.
3) i will close the link up and voting at the end of the week. so you still have time to enter all week, until friday.
4) i will instagram the top 2 winners from this link up and whichever gets the most likes, wins the loot.
whew! i'm not a rules gal so that was hard for me to type out...
good luck and godspeed. now go get praisy.
ok click below on this green thing to add your photos.
92 comments:
Happy to have linked up. Loving you, Jami Nato.ReplyDelete
P.S. I linked up from Meet the Magnolias, but I left the comment from my personal gmail.ReplyDelete
Then I felt the need to explain all that here.
sweet! i just read John 4 this morning for devotions!ReplyDelete
yo sista -- linked up. wahooooooo.ReplyDelete
I vote for #10...which is mine, but in my defense, I really love it! :) May the force be with all of us! :)ReplyDelete
ahhhh i love this and i linked up but i accidentally linked up my blog URL instead of the post! should I change it over, because i definitely plan on doing another one, or four =) can i (or you) delete the first one? sorryReplyDelete
Yay! Just linked my post. I did all my photos in one but I'm willing to take my chances :)ReplyDelete
I'm all kind of linked... new to blogging (as in this morning). I hope I did it right!ReplyDelete
and i messed up and the link doesn't show up on the actual blog. LOL. whatever, it's there. don't be alarmed.ReplyDeleteReplies
I really love this idea... For years and years i have found God in the "cool" songs, and been accused of reaching... But God is everywhere. in movie themes, nature, love stories. Who are we to box Him in? Did i mention that i really, really love this?ReplyDelete
Ehem. Anyway.
I'm in. 4 entries in one post. I like your kanye quote. He was totally talking about the woman at the well.ReplyDelete
I vote for Top of the Page, No. 13!ReplyDelete
I'm all linked up!!ReplyDelete
My vote is for #14 =) LLOOVVIINNGG TTHHIISSS!!!!ReplyDelete
I vote for #20!ReplyDelete
I don't have a blog, but I linked up my instragram photos, since they have website profiles now! [is that cheating? whoops!]ReplyDelete
I am voting for #2 Katy Perry. very clever!ReplyDelete
I vote for #31. Duh.ReplyDelete
I vote for #20. (only because I have...well...a big butt. shh keep it on the DL)ReplyDelete
numba 34, playa. That's my vote. I hope it counts more the presidential one did.ReplyDelete
I told you I would be back with some songs! :)ReplyDelete
I'll vote once I get a chance to read each of the submissions.
Thanks for hosting this!
this is my favorite thing.ReplyDelete
i am feeling seriously challenged here. thought i linked up, but don;t know where the numbers are coming from or where to find them.ReplyDelete
I vote for #37 Love this guy!!!ReplyDelete
So yup, I guess I'll vote for myself...#33. Loving all these entries though!ReplyDelete
I vote Number 46!!!!ReplyDelete
I also vote 46 because that is my wife and she is smart.ReplyDelete
#37 all the way. hilARious.ReplyDelete
I Hope that its cool that my comment doesn't relate to this post at all- found your blog this morning and then started reading, and reading a few other posts. So touched by your blog and nearly cried in one of your videos- my parents went through what you and your husband did and fought through it, its 10 years since it all happened I am so grateful for their fight because it taught me that my husband and I can beat anything, it made me fearless in love, it made me love twice as hard. My parents are loved by so many because their real, honest, they make God first and they make everyone family.. Reading your blog was like getting to read what my mom and dad both must have felt, and it makes me so happy to see another couple fight for their family.. GOd bless xxxReplyDelete
jami nato, you are fantastic. love witnessing from afar how God uses you, your story, your wit, etc.ReplyDelete
I vote #51 and I'm not ashamed of it ;-) Also, I love this. And you.ReplyDelete
I vote for #52 with the same shamelessness of #51!ReplyDelete
It's true - - we must never quit: on our God, His word, His commandments, His calling for us... it's all too legit to quit.
I'm voting #51. Cause Ashley@5oh is my home girl, yo! ;PReplyDelete
Voting for #53 because it is my real-life friend, Dana. LOL!ReplyDelete
Voting for #55! Love the Taylor Swift song and this blog is so well written. It touched my heart, made me cry& smile!ReplyDelete
#55 get my vote, love the people behind the blogReplyDelete
#51, 5 oh wifey! Hilarious.ReplyDelete
Tough choice but #34! Nice work, karabobara!ReplyDelete
I like #55 : )ReplyDelete
#37 is SHEER Brilliance! Just sayin.ReplyDelete
I vote for 50Wifey! #51ReplyDelete
I vote for Lindsy's #64!ReplyDelete
#3 If number three doesn't win then it's the end of the world as we know it. <- Also would make a good #letsgetpraisyReplyDeleteReplies
You are the bomb!!Delete
Ok so. Confession. I linked my Instagram instead of my blog. We have a visa appointment in Israel on Sunday and if/when they google us....I'm pretty sure a picture of the Jerusalem market with a quote about Jesus might set us back. Womp womp. But I couldn't pass up on the fun! #67 yo!ReplyDelete
17! ( and/or # 38 or #63) :)ReplyDelete
17 final answer.
I vote for #51 ... t-swifty rules!ReplyDelete
This link up is INCREDIBLE. Wow!ReplyDelete
I'm voting for #69!
#37 WAHOOOOOO!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I vote for # 70!ReplyDelete
I vote for #69!!!ReplyDelete
I vote for #51!!ReplyDelete
Number three. #noshameReplyDelete
#3 is the funniest thing I've seen since Antwon Dodson! #3 #3 #3!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I vote #3!ReplyDelete
I vote for my sister #3ReplyDelete
my vote is for #3!ReplyDelete
I vote for my fabulous cousin #3.ReplyDelete
I vote for my fabulous cousin #3. :)ReplyDelete
I vote for #3! I had to google Jochebed and then check out some genealogies. That's pretty great.ReplyDelete
Number 3!! :)ReplyDelete
I am voting for Blair #3!ReplyDelete
I vote #3 !!!!ReplyDelete
gotta vote for my gal blair and #3 :)ReplyDelete
ooops. i missed the deadline.ReplyDelete
but hey, i have overdue fines at the library too, so haters gonna hate.
and, playas gonna play.
so i'm trying to sneak mine in.........{go #72!}
and i guess i'm voting for myself?
which is probably an automatic disqualifier.
like i said, oooops.
- AnonymousSaturday, November 24, 2012
I hope my vote still counts!! I wanna vote for #3!!! Goodness, the hilarity!ReplyDelete
~ @swedestjen
Number 3!!!ReplyDelete
okay so i know this is over but last night as i'm brushing my kids teeth i thought of this ... so i'm the last entry. but i didn't do it to win anyway! I did it because Vanilla Ice and Paul are one and the same! Ha.ReplyDelete


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It is no wonder that COVID-19 related cases overwhelmed New York hospitals. It is not a result of any shortage of money for new hospitals. New York law forbids adding a new hospital unless you have been favored by bureaucrats with a certificate of need. Government bureaucrats restrict the quantity of hospital beds much the way they used taxi medallions to limit the number of taxis on the streets of New York City. As Mercatus Center explains,
Certificate-of-need (CON) laws require healthcare providers to obtain permission before they open or expand their practices or purchase certain devices or new technologies. Applicants must prove that the community needs the new or expanded service, and existing providers are invited to challenge would-be competitors' applications. CON laws have persisted in spite of mounting evidence from health economists, regulatory economists, and antitrust lawyers showing that these laws fail to achieve their intended goals.
As reported in April 2017 edition of Reason, a baby born in LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia, died after Virginia bureaucrats used the commonwealths certificate of need law to prevent the facility from having a high-tech neo-natal intensive care unit.
Today would be a good day to check if such a law applies where you live, and to tell your State lawmakers to repeal it if one does.
Photoshopped fake for the purpose of satire. Download full size. This is how Trump supporters picture their president.
Text from the biography of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Dr. Fauci was appointed director of NIAID in 1984. (...)
Listen to Dr. Fauci, not to Trump. One lengthy list of President Trumps lies about the novel coronavirus can be found at The Atlantic. If you are still a Trump supporter, now is the time to wake up and shut off your crazy switch. If you dont like the Democrats, check out the other candidates. Dont be surprised if the Republocrats in State legislatures prevent third parties from being named on the ballots. Campaign workers have to go around and collect signatures, which is illegal now.
This story is rapidly evolving. Any Dr. Fauci video we feature would quickly become outdated. One way to get up to date with straight talk from Dr. Fauci is to use the Youtube filter. Go to https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Dr.+Fauci and activate the filter, selecting Today.
Excuse for a police state.
Always remember that the virus outbreak is no excuse for violating peoples rights.
Dont let the coronavirus outbreak distract your attention away from the human rights violations that government officials in China are committing against the Uygher Muslims. Just a reminder.
Hand sanitizer
Check out Reason explaining how federal regulations suppress the supply of hand sanitizer. Even if you support the federal and state restrictions on booze, remember that the distilleries could produce hand sanitizer for health care professionals, and the other hand sanitizer factories would then be able to supply retailers.
Testing for COVID-19
As reported in the Washington Post, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) shipped faulty test kits. Meanwhile, many companies stood ready to supply quality test kits, but federal regulations prevented them.
The War on Walkers
Imagine finishing a 16-hour shift at the hand sanitizer factory, and as you are walking home, starving, you detour to the fast food place. The lobby is closed, but the drive-up window is still open. They refuse to serve you because you dont have a car, and therefore you dont matter. Expect more discrimination against walkers as restaurants offer take-out only. Thats what you get for trying to reduce your carbon footprint instead of supporting the auto and oil industries. Motorists are entitled to their love affair with their automobiles, but that does not entitle them to force other people into a shotgun wedding.
Persons who dont matter
You can file on line for unemployment, but the library is closed. You can go later, but then its too late. The bureaucrats will send the $1,200 bonus to last years bank account. Many people closed out their bank account since then. Youll be able to file on line, but the library is closed. Persons without internet just dont matter to bureaucrats. Since post offices are still open, they could make a paper form available to mail in, but why should they want to do that for persons who dont matter? It is bad enough that they will be mailing out checks at the rate of 5,000,000 a week instead of paying everybody now. Folks who have that nasty habit of signing their names in ink on the back of a check and cashing the check, just dont matter anymore to bureaucrats. Youll just have to wait. Thats what you get for not entering into a contract with an internet service provider.
Have you ever noticed that the auto insurance companies are not complaining about all the profit they will make because there will be fewer car crashes in April 2020 compared with April 2019? Expect some politicians to welcome the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to take more money from struggling families and give it to big businesses, such as airlines and oil companies. Libertarian candidates, do check and see how your opponent votes on such things.
Just because the bureaucrats sent you some money doesnt mean you should object any less to corporate welfare. Tell the U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative who represent (or misrepresent) you, to end corporate welfare.
The right way to teach health care
You would start the day after high school, moving into a dormitory at the hospital, and you would mop floors to pay for your room, board and tuition until you have an entry-level skill, such as nurses aide or emergency medical technician (E.M.T.). Then you would do that job and continue living in the dormitory, taking more courses until you have gone as far as you are personally capable. There are already some standard promotions, such as going from licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.) to registered nurse (R.N.) and from there to advanced registered nurse practitioner (A.R.N.P.) or from E.M.T. to paramedic. Build the ladder from mopping floors to doctor. If you graduate medical school and become a doctor, you would have no student debt. Many a major league baseball star got his start in the minor leagues, living with a host family while riding in a beat up yellow bus.
The right way to stockpile
Have you ever noticed that stocking up is prudent, stockpiling is bad and hoarding is terrible, but they all mean the same thing?
Even a pre-storm rush puts a strain on a retail system designed for just-in-time delivery. Often, a factory has a production line with a worker stacking cartons on a pallet. When the pallet is complete, a forklift driver removes it to a waiting trailer. It goes that day, to the distribution center of a retail chain, and they unload it, count it, sign for it and then load the cartons onto trailers bound for their stores. Sometimes, a production line will run for a few hours, and the product is brought to a warehouse where workers pick from it to fill orders for two weeks. The cost of setting up the production line is balanced against the need to produce a variety of stock-keeping units (SKUs) while maintaining a minimum of inventory. It is up to you and me to maintain stockpiles for emergencies.
Under normal conditions, somebody could buy a tractor trailer load of hand sanitizer or toilet paper without putting a dent in availability. The factory would simply make more, to keep the supply pipeline filled. It is unfortunate that somebody who would invest a handsome sum on such a gamble would be punished for it when a disaster strikes.
In a way, we were quite lucky with this disaster. The factories are running, the power is on and the stores are open. The next disaster, there may be no warning, and whatever you have in your home, that is it.
Some people had all summer to stockpile toilet paper and hand sanitizer, and instead they spent the money taking trips to the beach. Other people never had a spare dime in their budget, due to rising rents, caused by zoning restrictions that prevent the construction of an abundance of new housing.
If you are saving for college or retirement, spend some of the money on emergency supplies from normal retail channels. If you lose your job, you can eat the canned food. The welfare office wont ask about how well you are stocked. As the expiration dates approach, either use it up or donate it to your local food pantry.
If you are stocking up on pasta, buy spaghetti, which is much more compact than pasta in other forms. If subsequent customers have to settle for elbow macaroni or shells for tonights dinner, theyll live.
The U.S. Postal Service
Big shots at the U.S. Postal Service are crying for a bail-out. There is a better way.
First of all, eliminate all discounts. If it costs me 55 cents to mail a letter, it should cost everybody 55 cents. No more 5-cent discount just for using a postage meter. That discount is a result of their intense hatred toward stamp collectors.
Youll see that hatred when you send a package, if you try to pay the postage with stamps. You may wind up doing battle with a trigger-happy window clerk who just cant understand that stamps are valid for paying postage.
First, you need to know how much postage is required. Then you need to buy stamps totaling that much. Then you need to affix the stamps. Then you can mail it. Right?
Guess what: Once you say you will send it for that price and take your eyes away to count the money, they consider themselves entitled to issue a postage meter tape. Sometimes theyll even ask you for twice as much money, the total of the stamps you are buying plus the postage meter tape the pothole is about to affix to the package. You may have to snatch the mailpiece away and observe, No matter how much you hate stamp collectors, I still have a right to use stamps as postage.
Imagine a poll worker automatically giving his or her favorite partys ballot to undeclared voters without asking which partys ballot the voter wanted.
Dont blame the window clerk if the post office doesnt have any $5 stamps. The window clerk isnt the pothole. The local postmaster isnt the pothole. The potholes are at 475 LEnfant Plaza S.W. in Washington, D.C., and they didnt send any $5 stamps because they hate stamp collectors.
End all pre-sort discounts and marketing mail rates, because postal workers should sort the mail, and because every piece of mail deserves a postage stamp, a legible postmark and a cancel. Junk mail will cost more to send, and with economies of scale, it will cost less to send letter mail.
Second of all, there is no sensible reason for all the different classifications of Periodical Class Mail. Was the magazine mailed by a professional society? Does it contain more than 75 percent ads? What difference does it make? It still costs the same to deliver it.
6.2 Publications of Institutions and Societies
Every piece of mail should be franked with one or more postage stamps that show the amount of money. The piece should be postmarked by postal employees, none of this U.S. POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK PERMIT NUMBER 12345 nonsense. A postmark on the envelope of a bank statement helps the customer locate the right statement.
Too much mail, especially large envelopes, arrives with uncanceled stamps, illegible postmarks or both. What is wrong with those postal workers anyway? They need to practice revenue protection. When a mailing arrives, they need to inspect it once for correct postage, then cancel the stamps, and start sorting. Too many mailpieces with proper postage have been returned to sender by idiot postal workers who were uninformed about new stamps. The 20th Universal Postal Congress imperforate souvenir sheets come to mind. There is no way to trace the problem back and hold the idiot accountable. Mail with insufficient postage should be returned by a supervisor, with a tracing number allowing blunders to be traced back to that supervisor, who can be held accountable. Once the mailing is accepted, thats it. The carrier, before leaving in the morning, can report insufficient postage and the accepting post office can be held accountable.
Self-stick stamps should have a water-soluble primer between the paper and the adhesive so collectors can soak the stamps off with water, not other chemicals.
U.S.P.S. needs to pick up the mail at the U.N. post office every afternoon at closing time, not the morning four days later, after the holiday weekend.
Every time there is a postal exam, U.S.P.S. is flooded with applicants. They are called up in descending order of their test scores. Many who get a passing grade never get called because applicants with higher scores are called first and then another test is held, leaving them like a runner on base when the inning ends. This means U.S.P.S. is paying too much for labor, which a wage freeze would solve. It also means the best and brightest minds are being put to use sorting letters instead of curing COVID-19. Its true that a lot of people who get hired dont last, particularly as carriers. Not everybody is cut out for that.
A.P.W.U. always demands more than U.S.P.S. management is willing to offer. The so-called collective bargaining agreement always goes to arbitration, a job which should be done by Congress. I say so-called because neither side agreed to it, and it is written by the arbitrators and not by the bargainers.
From https://apwu.org:
Readers are encouraged to visit the A.P.W.U. website for their side.
Congress should freeze the wages until supply meets demand. Thats only fair to the customers paying the postage, and to the applicants who need a job. In some areas, the labor market indicates higher wages than in areas of high unemployment. U.S.P.S. could help balance the market by sorting mail addressed to an area of low unemployment down to the five-digit ZIP Code, or even the carrier route, rather than the first three digits. The receiving facility where a labor shortage exists would have less work to do. The sending facility in an area of high unemployment would have more work to do.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, postal workers deserve a safe workplace and protective equipment.
Supermarkets and motels
If you work for a supermarket or motel, please pass this on to the boss. Motels are being hit hard and have vacant rooms. They need to install small washing machines. Add a microwave oven and refrigerator if it is not already in there. I say this because each supermarket employee has a unique family situation. For some, a motel room is the best option. When the worker tests positive and requires isolation, a motel room with an exterior door facing fresh air, (unlike a hotel room where the door faces a common hallway) will provide the perfect isolation. The employee, upon testing positive, will proceed to the motel and move in for two weeks. The room will need to be pre-stocked with food and other necessities. The sight of wet bed sheets hanging to dry will drive the patient to take a long walk outdoors, which is fresh air and exercise. Supermarket chains will need to make arrangements with local motels. As for the cost, the supermarkets are enjoying exceptional sales now, facing a crush of customers, and there is nothing wrong with increasing prices to reflect increased costs.
Supermarkets ought to prepare for a strong demand for money orders and stamps, as more customers will stroll into the joint to cash unemployment checks and paychecks from new jobs, before direct deposit kicks in. They cannot renew their car registration in person, so they have to mail in the payment. Starting today, when somebody cashes a check, you should ask, Do you need any money orders? This may increase if the U.S. Government starts mailing out four-figure checks and the customers are uneasy about carrying so much cash.
Businesses should also consider buying machinery similar to the farebox that accepts coins and displays the total. Folks could stock up on $1 coins at the bank and pay for their pizza delivery much more conveniently with $1 coins than with quarters; and coins are much easier to disinfect by immersion in a disinfectant than notes are.
Speed up the economic recovery.
The best way to speed up the economic recovery is for the State legislatures to wipe out all the local zoning restrictions. Immediately, there will be an abundance of new jobs in demolition and construction, and with the glut of new housing, — meeting the modern code — landlords will have to slash rents to find tenants. Folks will be able to save up for down payments and for college. Folks without cars wont have the cost of a parking lot added into their rent. Some poor, suffering billionaires will look out their bay windows and see working class people, minorities and immigrants moving in. Some real estate investors will lose everything, same as some plantation owners lost everything when the slaves were emancipated and Confederate money became worthless.
If you cannot afford to live in an affluent town, because of the zoning restrictions there, you also have no say in those restrictions, because you dont live there. That is why zoning restrictions need to be abolished at the State level.
Saying that cities and towns shouldnt have this forced upon them, is like saying slaveholders shouldnt have emancipation of slaves forced upon them.
Read more in Reason. Today would be a good day to tell your State legislators to eliminate all local zoning restrictions.
Prioritize your resources.
First, take care of yourself and the family members for whom you are responsible. This is not inconsistent with helping others out. You can volunteer at a food pantry even as you depend on it. Many charities right now need both volunteers and money to deliver supplies and services.
If you have more than you need, you can share with people who are seriously struggling; but use your head. Dont try to bail out the economy. Order a pizza if you actually want one, and tip the driver. Dont drink a pallet of beer just to provide seven minutes of work to a forklift operator at the brewery. Spend your money more wisely, building up a reserve of supplies. Spending money on home repairs provides somebody with a job, and increases your homes resale value.
If you think things are bad in your area, imagine how bad they are in Haiti.


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