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I'll start this entry with a confession.
Late last week I stole my wife's dinner.
She'd cooked up a beef casserole in the slow-cooker and had a bowl of it before heading across to Kuta for some shopping. I ate later, and, assuming she had had her fill, after putting aside some for the kids' lunch the next day, I ate the rest of it.
I won't repeat the exchange of text messages as Sam drove home from Kuta, though let's just say her first message noted she'd bought some bread for soaking up the beef sauce… and it was all kinda downhill from there.
As it turned out, I did Sam a huge favour. The beef was bad and it gave me a bout of food poisoning worse than anything I have experienced since India. It laid me out, emptied me out and nothing, not even water, stayed down.
So what's one to do in a situation like that? Head to the beach for a night I say. So Saturday morning off we headed to one of Bali's best strips of sand, Balangan Beach.
Balangan is one of Bali's lesser known beaches, but it is all the better for it. It's basically the next beach of any size between what used to be known as Dreamland (now fittingly referred to as "New Kuta") and the Ayana Resort (and Jimbaran after it). The beach is down a steep staircase (easy to climb when not carrying two wet children) and an assortment of warungs and cheap homestay/shacks are set up along the eastern end of the beach. Slightly to the west of centre is a temple and after that there is nothing — just sand.
At hightide there is some good swimming to be had — though bear in mind, as a surf beach, you'll need to keep a close eye on any rugrats. At low tide a rocky base breaks the surface, making much of it crummy for swimming but ideal for pond watching, shell collecting and of course, as the tide drops, dam-building — my favourite.
And let me state unequivocally: The biggest threat to the Three Gorges Dam is not silt build-up but rather the arrival of a 50-metre tall two-year-old boy who just "wants to help".
If you start building lots of dams — or sand castles — you'll note another of Balangan's special features. The grains of sand are, by and large, perfectly spherical. They immediately brought couscous to mind, and I've never ever seen sand quite like it.
The sun sets more or less directly offshore and the vista is spectacular.
So down on the beach, the basic procedure is surf, swim, sand castle- or dam-build and eat and drink to your heart's content, then take in the sunset and get ready to repeat the procedure the next day.
Accommodation basically falls into two categories — cheap and basic backpacker digs down on the beach and more flashpacker-midrange stuff up above the beach on the cliff.
As for us it was just a one nighter and as I had a stolen dodgy beef to make up for, we decided to splurge and opted for the decidedly salubrious La Joya (The Jewel).
Set on an undulating plot, the bulk of the accommodation is spacious freestanding bungalows (some with outdoor bathroom), each with their own little fenced-in garden (great for containing kids!) and lawn. A larger two-storey building has more hotel-style rooms along with a very large private villa with its own pool. Two infinity swimming pools and a spacious restaurant fill out the property.
Gardens are simply gorgeous. Lovingly tended and with a glorious mix of colours, you find your way though them via a network of lawn pathways with the occassional subtle signage helping to point you in the right direction. Lots of shade.
Our room, a Deluxe Bungalow (Room #14 1,501,830 rp inc tax, service but before KITAS discount), certainly wasn't cheap. The bungalow was quite spacious, easily fitting a double bed and a daybed (which we used as the kids' bed) and came with separate toilet and shower rooms. Airy and bright, with a slight Moorish tone and excellent lighting through the evening, it was a room I could comfortably spend a few days in (ed: I could take a few weeks. Just in case you were wondering about a birthday pressie).
Double-width glass doors opened out onto our private yard with terrace seating. It was comfortably, but not totally, private.
It wasn't all perfect though. One of the soft terrace seats had two nail heads sticking out (a hazard for the kids) so we asked for it to be replaced. We ended up with upright chairs from the restaurant, which were not the most comfortable to lounge around in. The glass doors, once locked, could easily be forced open from outside — both Samantha and myself broke in this way when we forgot our keys, so it's difficult to say whether this is a plus or a minus. Lastly, while La Joya has some of the best water pressure I've experienced anywhere in Asia, the taps were fitted backwards (or the water pipes connected wrong or something) so when I turned on the cold water in the basin, I got scalding hot. Not good. And while it was a bonus for us, the lack of TV may bother some (it should be clear on the web site this is the case, we think).
But overall these were fairly minor things. The room was stylish and comfortable, clean and very well looked after (save the terrace chair), the air-con was cool enough to freeze Walt Disney and the kids loved their little zone.
The restaurant overlooks one of the pools and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Western food is excellent and competitively priced for the standard, while the Indonesian fare isn't so great and struck us as overpriced. The muzak was just awful. For the first time in my life I got up and asked restaurant staff if they could change the music (we were the only ones in the restaurant at the time — maybe the muzak was why!).
My crusted tuna salad (sliced rare tuna with julienne mango, in lime coriander with mixed lettuce finished with orange zest black vinegar) would, at 65,000 rp, certainly break a backpacker budget, but for this standard of resort, the price was more than reasonable. There are cheaper places to eat, both down the road and on the beach itself, so you don't feel trapped with a lack of other options. Service was prompt, polite and very friendly. We found the mostly female staff to be exceedingly helpful and friendly with our kids — so much so we'd recommend this place for families on that strength alone.
However, a couple of things should be noted by those travelling with children, starting with the very prominent rat poison traps positioned by the two main entrances to the restaurant. With bright red arrows indicating their position and holes just big enough for a childs arm, these are an accident waiting to happen (unless there is no bait there during the day?). They should, at least, be obscured or better positioned, so while still obvious to a rat they are less so to a three-year old. Also around the restaurant we saw plugs hanging out of sockets and a junction box sitting beside a water feature. Neither outright dangerous, and not an issue for adults, but for kids, this kind of thing can really be better done.
Now a word on internet. I think it is outrageous that any property, anywhere in the world, charging over $100 a night charges a surcharge for WiFi access. If you can't supply WiFi for free, then don't offer it.
La Joya offers WiFi access, at a surcharge of 100,000 rp for 24 hours. I think it is an unacceptable charge, but we were told of the price upfront over the telephone, and we decided to grin and bear it. When we went in the early afternoon to ask about sorting out our access, we were told that only the manager could connect us, and she was down in Kuta "for a couple of hours". Throughout the afternoon I wandered back to reception asking after WiFi, but the manager still wasn't back. In the end it wasn't till evening, after our dinner, that I returned to reception and managed to get the manager to hook us in.
At no stage was I offered an "Oh, I'm sorry for the inconvenience" by the manager — even though she was sitting across the pathway from me. I didn't need — nor want — a grovelling apology, but I think it's a pretty base level of service to apologise to a guest when they've been inconvenienced for the last eight hours. And though I was only in the resort for another perhaps 18 hours, half of those sleeping, they still charged me for the full 24 hours internet access.
Two things spring to mind concerning this. Firstly, train your staff to connect a guest to the router. Secondly, if you don't see the inconveniencing of a guest for eight hours to be worthy of an apology or at least the gesture of a nominal discount, then I think you're in the wrong trade.
And this brings me to my final thoughts on La Joya, centred on the staff. We found the local staff to be absolutely exceptional. They were terrific with our kids, they arranged a babysitter for us at very short notice, and we left feeling there was nothing we could have asked of them that they wouldn't have helped us with. On the other hand we found the foreign staff — namely the manager and owner — to be, well, the mirror image of their staff. That on checkout, as they both stood in the office across from reception, neither felt the need to stroll the five metres across and enquire as to whether we enjoyed our stay, really left me scratching my head.
The hotel's custom is almost all French (the receptionist said 97% French, then Portuguese) and we're not French, so maybe that was the problem. Or perhaps it was that we brought kids, or that we asked for a KITAS discount. Perhaps they were both just having a really bad couple of days. Who knows?
But overall I left really feeling that they felt they didn't need our custom — and that is a shame as I would have liked to have said I'd return here, but I probably won't.
We'll be returning to Balangan in a couple more weeks to check out a few of the other more backpacker and flashpacker orientated gigs in detail. But if La Joya sounds like your kettle of fish, you can reach them here:
La Joya
Jalan Uluwatu Pantai Balangan, Bali
Tel: +62 361 7450501
Mob: +62 818 565 839


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I rode the 161 all winter and had the best time. I have snowboarded for about 15 years but splitboarding in the backcountry is a totally different thing that opens up a whole new world of possibilities.
The Mojo is the only split I ever tried so I don't know how it compares to others. What I liked about it is that it came with the whole kit and set up instructions to have your gear ready to hit the backcountry in no time. The skins are very good and offer impressive traction. The switching system from ski to board is very efficient and simple although it takes a little practice and time to efficiently and rapidly do all the manipulations - fellow skiers always take a fraction of the time.
The board itself is good, but I would not say outstanding. I think it is a little bit too narrow esp. for deep fluffy powder in not so angled slopes which I ride do a lot due to the high level of avalanche risks in the area where I live - Kazakhstan. Overall the board rides particularly well in not so deep powder, corn snow or older snow, including slush. The construction of the board is made for the lightest possible so the risks of damaging the top layer / delamination is relatively high. The board is pretty stiff and responsive. It is true that with all the gear mounted on the board, including the skins, the whole thing gets a bit heavy but I did not find that it slowed my movements or ascents at all since the whole thing just glides on the ground as opposed, for exemple walking or snowshoeing where you have to raise your legs to make steps.
What I do not like about this board is that some screws and bolts sometimes become loose and if you don't regularly check the gear you can lose some parts (happened to me). Also, if you are not carefull while moving around with the ski/skins set up, you can hit the little hook parts of the skis at the very front and back of the skis and that really damages them quickly - If they end up completely breaking then it would be quite disastrous. As mentioned earlier, I think the board is a bit too narrow and limits its versatily in regards to snow conditions.
Overall, this is an excellent option for guys like me who are not immensely rich and have limited split board knowledge since putting the gear together is super easy and fast. In this regards, guys that are impatient or lazy will love this all inclusive and ready to go formula.
Don't forget to skin up with the clips on the outside.
Get a splitboard!
A few years ago I snowshoed a day in the backcountry with skiers. It was such a slog I vowed never to repeat the outing. Well, I repeated the outing this year and bought a Mojo 161 the next week, truly vowing not to snowshoe again.
I've been out 5 times with the Mojo so far and have bagged three different peaks with mostly powder conditions - the board handles very nicely in deep powder, way better than my Custom.
Don't look back, get a splitty...the experience is awesome and I'm usually ready at transitions before my skiing partners (mostly because I'm on a mission to be fast).
Be careful of the topsheets when you are skinning! If you cross skis at all you will likely damage the very sensitive sheet. I'm not sure this is entirely avoidable - I have a few decent scrapes on the sheet - but caution and practice should prevail as the skis are wide and following a real ski track makes the fat splitty planks want to push in toward each other.
I also second the comment regarding the straps on Burton bindings: they will fall out given a chance during transitions or in ski mode. For this reason I always connect the straps when I step out of the bindings, especially if I have to boot pack with the skis attached to my pack.
Mojo 161
I have three months on the Mojo 161 and so far so good. The ride is smooth and transition is easy after you find a system. If you're still slogging in slowshoes, make the investment and never give a skier a reason to complain.
I have found that when I switch between my Burton Custom and the Mojo, it takes a few turns to get used to the added weight of the Mojo. It may be the lightest split on the market, but it's still pretty darn heavy. Make no mistake, a split WILL ride differently than your resort board. Less snap, less responsive, more like driving a F-350 than a Porsche. But when the Mojo gets going in the pow, watch out! It's got serious powder power!
Final note: Out of the box, I had a problem with my skins not being sticky enough. Wrote a letter to Voile and they sent me a new, extra-sticky pair, no questions asked. Great customer service.
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The good:
I just got my new 166 mojo this season. It is awesome! I rode a much older voile splitboard for 7 years and finally retired it. They have been much improved. Weight, quality of the board, pucks and plates, ease of configuration. The board comes with all you need but bindings and boots. I currently use the flow m-11 bindings and like the quick release for avalanche considerations. Cheat sheets are a must. Skinning on this light machine is simple and smooth.
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There is a lot of hardware on these things. I suggest using a more permanent substance to hold the screws/etc in place once you get it dialed. Otherwise, check it a few times during a day of riding and every morning before you head back out. You do NOT want to lose a pin or have your setup falling apart way out in the backcountry. I suggest some spare parts: pins, screws, etc.
Well worth the price if you want a great powder board that is capable of getting you back into the untouched. Highly recommended!
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Great board, had to cut skins.
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Rode the Mojo 166 all last season and in spite of the upside down snow year we had it was a lot fun.
The Mojo is likely the lightest splitter on the market due to it's cap construction, BUT its also a candidate for unrepairable top sheet damage due to it's cap construction. So longevity may be a problem. Particularly if it delams.
The Voile's are also by far the most affordable option, being priced lower than any other splitter out there (and most others don't come with the all the parts!) This and Voile's service is known to be really good.
Overall a great entry point for someone wanting to get into splitting without going the DIY route.
Hello! I would like to know if the offer...
Hello! I would like to know if the offer for this splitboard already includes the skins, tracks, pucks and the rest of hardwear. Thanks in advance.
Yes! It comes with everything!!
I am 5'7" 155lbs. I ride a 157 board. I...
I am 5'7" 155lbs. I ride a 157 board. I really like the feel of the 157 in the powder. What board size would you recommend? The 154 or 161.
Get the 161... Don't even think about the 154... The extra length will help in all things, float, crud, and more traction while skinning.... Several of my buddies are your height and ride Venture 162's and love them...
thinkin bout investing in a split. currently...
thinkin bout investing in a split. currently ridin custom X 156, weigh 68kg/170cm tall(short), love the pow. should i be angling for the 161 or the 154 ?? also, whats the deal with this cap construction/de-lam malarky...anything to worry about ??
The Voile's de-lam all the time... They do stand behind their product though and their warranty policy is top notch.... I would buy a Prior or Venture though... They are the two best companies who produce Splits.... I'm on my second Prior Backcountry and it's the bomb.... Especially with the hybrid rocker!!!!!
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I'm 5'5" and 130 and live in Utah. ...
I'm 5'5" and 130 and live in Utah. Intermediate to advanced rider, and a backcountry dabbler--but trying to ride more backcountry. What size split board would I get? My regular board is somewhere around a 153.
I would recommend around a 160. You'll appreciate the float in deeper powder and stability in variable conditions and steeps. It's only 3 inches longer than your 153.
How does the split board transition times...
How does the split board transition times compare to using a snowshoe set-up or to ski-touirng?
Granted these are for powder in the backcountry, but how does it perform on spring crust or those long piste runs back to the carpark?
I really want to stop carrying my board on my back!
"I really want to stop carrying my board on my back!"
That's exactly why you should by a splitty and don't worry about the transition times. There are tons of guys using this board in the sierra where the seasons go 6 months long and the conditions range from powder to (particularly in the spring) icy in the am to corn in the pm. So yeah, guys (and girls!) are riding these things and traveling on them in all conditions.
Transition time vs. skiers...a bit slower. Practice speeds it up though and if you just get to the transition area a minute before your skier friend you'll mititgate the difference anyway. It's minor..unless you're out trying to keep up with some rando racers, you'll be fine.
I've yet to meet a splitter who would ever go back to snow shoes unless it's a coolie straight up without any approach, even then, most will skin the apron and switch to boots.
I broke the cable that holds the pin to...
I broke the cable that holds the pin to my bindings. Anyway I can buy this separately? Can I buy any spare parts seperatly?
Spare parts are available at:
spare parts at voile, like Cory said, but you don't need to buy that piece, just tie a loop of shock-cord around the pin and girth hitch to your binding. The cables suck anyway. Shockcord should be inspected from time to time, but it holds up a long time and is a cheap easy fix.
Will the new Fuse from Spark R&D fit right...
Will the new Fuse from Spark R&D fit right onto what is included in the 895 price? If not, what addition kits will I need?
Yes, you'll actually have left over pieces that you won't need with the fuse. This includes the slider plates and pins.
are bindings included with the 895...
are bindings included with the 895 price?
No, bindings are sold separate. This includes board, skins and hardware (hooks, tracks, pucks, and touring heels).
Could I use my Ride bindings from my solid board? They're about 5 years old.
You can use your ride (or any other bindings) with this splitboard. They come with slider pucks and plates. These are plates that you attach your standard bindings to which then slide on and off of the board to allow you to switch from ride mode to tour and back. The way to go is with the Spark R&D fuse or ignitions. Check out splitboard.com for lots more info.
Yes mte3312653... I have some super old Ride clickers that I have used on past split boards. You can basically connect any snowboard binding to the plates that are included with the mojo. Good luck and pray for snow!
careful using Burton bindings since the toe strap can fallout when switching from touring to boarding mode
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It's known loosely as "nodding disease" and almost every family in the village we've come to see in Pader District has at least one child suffering from it.
Nine year old Vicky Ayaa began showing symptoms on the day we arrived.
The disease gets its name from its most noticeable symptom. The young girl appears to be nodding off. Her eyes begin to close and her head drifts downwards as if she's falling asleep, yet she's not tired and doesn't want to lose focus.
Every few seconds her head jolts upwards and her startled gaze is upon us, then the eyelids become heavy and she fades again.
Over time, Vicky will likely get much worse, falling down and injuring herself, losing cognitive ability and experiencing stunted growth.
School often becomes too difficult for many children with nodding disease and they drop out. Indeed many of them die young.
They can fall into cooking fires when losing consciousness. Drown during a seizure. Die of opportunistic infections that strike the malnourished. Or they may simply be abandoned by their families.
"Within the communities some of the parents have thrown their children onto the streets," says Dr. Emmanuel Tenywa, the World Health Organization's team leader in the area. "They say they are tired. For how long will they be looking after these children? If you have seen these cases in their homes, you would cry when you look at them."
When Vicky recovers from the nodding bout, she's able to fetch water, but she must be watched closely.
Her mother weeps behind a nearby tree, distraught because she has only two children, and now, both of them have the condition.
William Oyet, a government health officer in the district, says this family's case is typical. "It can start anywhere, and the whole people in the village are worried because any time, any day, your kid will start nodding."
Experts from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have been trying to find the cause of this condition. So far they've come up empty-handed.
Dr. Scott Dowell, from the CDC's Division of Disease Detection & Emergency Response, led an investigation in the area. He says they're not only baffled by the cause of the disease. They can't determine why it only preys on children. "It really is very tightly clustered between five and 15 years of age," he says. "In the study we did in northern Uganda 93% of kids were in that age window and I don't know why that is."
Throughout the village, some parents of the children are desperate.
As cruel as it seems, one mother keeps her son, David Okot, tied at the ankle with a rope so he can't wander off.
David first showed symptoms of nodding disease in 2003. He's 15 years old now, but looks much younger. He spends most of his days, angry and confused, tethered to a post on his family's hut.
Since he became afflicted with the condition, David has developed a mental disability. He hasn't spoken clearly for two years. Some villagers are frightened by him and consider him dangerous.
And these dangers, and fears, are in evidence almost everywhere you turn in the village.
William Oyet, the local health official, shows us two more children who appear to be about six or seven years old. "Monica is 13 years old and when you look she has stunted growth and cannot go to school, cannot do anything."
The other child wears only a pair of faded shorts. His face and distended belly are covered in saliva. "He's 11 years old," says Oyet. "When you see the syndrome it has affected the growth. He cannot do much. The head, the saliva is all over the body and he's really malnourished."
Indeed many of the affected children are malnourished because eating food seems to spark bouts of nodding and sometimes seizures. Epilepsy drugs have been used to control the episodes, but they do not cure the condition, for which the key question is: what's causing it?
"I wish we knew. It's really frustrating," says the CDC's Dowell. "We know now from the most recent investigation that it is a brain disease. There's clearly something wrong with the brains of these kids who have it. We've documented by MRI scans that the brains have some atrophy and by EEG that the brain waves are abnormal. In fact some of the kids with nodding have almost continuous seizure activity although they appear fairly normal."
But the elusive question remains. "We understand the path of physiology of nodding but we still don't know what causes it," says Dowell.
The WHO's Dr. Emmanuel Tenywa says there are other clues. For example, he says all the affected children have onchocerciasis, a parasitic condition that can cause blindness.
"I think that gives us a bit of a starting point," says Tenywa. "But the whole issue is now if you are infected with onchocerciasis, how does it cross the brain barrier to go into the brain, and what damage does it exactly do? These are the things which we are trying to understand."
But onchocerciasis is common in many African countries, so why doesn't nodding disease appear elsewhere? So far it's only been found in small pockets of northern Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania, but the number of cases is growing. That's raising fears that it could spread to more areas, sparking a greater sense of urgency in the health community.
But for the people in this village in northern Uganda, the sense of urgency couldn't be any greater. To them it's not a medical mystery. It's a blight that's picking off their children, one by one.


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Re: Scholastic site
I think we normally consider it full canon, but can you give me an example of something you have in mind? (BTW, you may want to consider another archive; this page is getting rather long again.) ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:37, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
- That sounds like great info, absolutely! Could you send me a link to where it says all that? Just one to the bit about the vampires will be fine, I can find my way to the rest from there. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:43, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
- "Door-unlocking spell" isn't capitalised. Haven't checked the other yet, but the words need to be capitalised for it not to be conjecture. The vampire stuff is still fine, though. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:49, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
- If Scholastic's site is the only official reference for that naming, I'd say, yes, we should go back to Rennervate. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:53, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, there may be some mistakes, but I think we can still safely consider the general info canon. ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:02, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
- If Scholastic's site is the only official reference for that naming, I'd say, yes, we should go back to Rennervate. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:53, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
- "Door-unlocking spell" isn't capitalised. Haven't checked the other yet, but the words need to be capitalised for it not to be conjecture. The vampire stuff is still fine, though. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:49, February 5, 2013 (UTC)
|Order of Merlin (First Class)
|The Order of Merlin is awarded to you by ProfessorTofty for having over three-thousand edits on the Harry Potter Wiki.
You were sorta inching toward it, but you're finally there. Nice job! ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:48, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
- Hey, congrats. You got it. Now there's only one left ;-) (for 10.000 edits huhuhuh) !!! XDDD Harry granger Talk contribs 12:10, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
I will add sources from now on. Sorry if I have not before.
Sincerely, Ethan.
Re: Renaming
If there seems to be strong support, then I'll see about renaming. If there's only one or no response, then I would prefer to leave it as no consensus. If you have an opinion on any of them, however, you might want to weigh in as well. ProfessorTofty (talk) 03:09, February 10, 2013 (UTC)
Hi, there! I was thinking if I could ask you to give a look at the "Did You Know...?" nominations page, so that we can feature some new ones (quite frankly, the ones we have on the Main Page haven't changed in ages!) -- Seth Cooper owl post! 18:50, February 10, 2013 (UTC)
When in editing mode, there's a little toolbar with thinks like "bold", "italic", "internal link" or "redirect". The right-most button of that bar is a plus sign saying "more". When you click it, a box saying "Wikitext shortcuts" will open with some Wiki markup and Symbols. The only fractions available are the following: ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 20:18, February 10, 2013 (UTC)
RE: OoU
Thanks for the tip buddy. I'll try be sure to correct that. Catch ya later!belacreteet (talk) 23:38, February 10, 2013 (UTC)
PS I'm Belac Reteet.
RE:Limited Edition/Picture
I know, I know, that's me dressed to the nines! :)
Anyway, I do not know what may be the problem -- I downloaded the file alright, and had no problem in seeing the pictures. Try to download it again, it might've been just an error. You never know! -- Seth Cooper owl post! 00:14, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
- I have no idea of what's happening, and do not know who might help you; as I said, it worked alright for me. Sorry I can't be any more helpful. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 00:24, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, I had the same issue when I tried downloading it in Firefox. The problem is that it only downloads a portion of the file and then for some reason the download gets interrupted. When I tried downloading in Internet Explorer instead, I had the same problem, but unlike Firefox, Internet Explorer seems to be capable of recognizing the correct file-size from the start. So if it says that the download was interrupted, you can click to resume. So if you were downloading in Firefox, try downloading in Internet Explorer instead. That may just sort the issue. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:00, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
- Well, exactly, that's what happened to me too. What happened is that you're not getting the whole file. If you check the file-size of what you downloaded, I think you'll find it doesn't match the file sizes listed in that post. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:09, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Just keep an eye on the download-- if you have my experience, it's still going to be interrupted in Internet Explorer, but the trick is to just check in on it every couple of minutes or so and if it says that it was interrupted, hit resume. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:13, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
- One of my downloads just failed, even in Internet Explorer. I'm trying a different file right now. Anyway, I still have a few ideas on how to get around this problem, so I'll keep you posted. If push comes to shove, I may just take my laptop into the library where I work tomorrow and see if I can manage the download there. They have super-fast download speeds, so I may be able to get it before I get cut off, and if I can do that, then I could re-post it somewhere that would be a bit more reliable. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:28, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
- No, I still couldn't get it. The ones I've been able to successfully download so far are Environments Envisaged, Harry Potter Page to Screen, The Creative Shop Companion, The Paintings of Hogwarts & Wizard Wear and Muggle Attire. I'm going to try the others again tomorrow at the library and see if that does the trick. If not, I still have a couple of other ideas. ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:27, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
Nice detective work, that's all I am saying. ;) If you don't mind, I'll remove that link from my talk page. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 21:42, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
- No worries about the link. Normally, I tend not to add anyone I haven't personally met, but I see no harm in it, if it's just this once. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 21:55, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Lockhart and Wikia Stars
Lockhart is the one who sponsored the big Valentine's Day event in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He decorated the Great Hall and sponsored the idea of the Dwarf-delivered Valentines. Hence, I thought it would be funny, in conjunction with Valentine's Day, to make the homepage into the "Gilderoy Lockhart Wiki." And the remainder of the decorations, as well as the "Sneaky Lockhart" overlay graphic, are courtesy of Seth Cooper. As for Wikia Stars, it's a new program Wikia is doing where they highlight certain users. I don't yet know all the details myself because it's very new, but they'll be asking me some questions for an interview, and it'll help with highlighting things related to the Harry Potter Wiki, such as the upcoming chat (which, by the way, has been featured on Wikia's entertainment hub.) ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:11, February 14, 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, you can find it highlighted here. I actually finished my reading on it earlier today, so I'm good to go. But so long as you have it read before the chat, no worries, right? Like I said, it's probably better to have it somewhat fresh in your mind for the chat. ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:19, February 14, 2013 (UTC)
Pottermore and Valentine's
Many wikis, many Valentines. XDDD Have a nice Valentine, too, and thank you for the explanation. I was surprised about it when I saw that and I can't answer because I don't know how to do. Harry granger Talk contribs 21:43, February 14, 2013 (UTC)
Double posting
No problem, can happen, happened to me, too. Easy to read because you know the text already. :-)))))
Harry granger Talk contribs 21:47, February 14, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Valentine's
Thank you. Happy Valentine's Day to you too! ProfessorTofty (talk) 21:53, February 14, 2013 (UTC)
Harry Potter Limited Edition has acknowledged other such typos (i.e. Quentin Trimble), so I'd say it's just another. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 17:54, February 17, 2013 (UTC)
Gosh, what was that all about? I've deleted the blog, and if they persist I'm afraid I'll have to block them. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 15:49, February 18, 2013 (UTC)
No sweat man. Just try change as little as possible next time. I'm Belac Reteet, by the way. Catch ya later!belacreteet (talk) 00:54, February 20, 2013 (UTC)
PS You wanna get back to that Sentient Horcrux debate?
Re: Chat
Ah well. Truth be told, the only people that showed up were me, Nick and a couple of Wikia staff. So even if you had been there, it wouldn't have been much of a chat. I was thinking, perhaps we could restructure it as a forum discussion? We could post the questions in a forum post and everyone could post their responses and then we could discuss it further if people wanted to. Sorry about your laptop, but good to hear it's fixed now. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:56, February 22, 2013 (UTC)
RE: Susan Bones
In some cases, usually where the character disappears from the film series fairly early, we'll use pictures from the later video games as it's a more recent depiction of the character. (It's the same on Colin Creevey's page.) - Nick O'Demus 23:31, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
- It's really more of a long-standing editing practice than actual policy. I remember there was some discussion about it a while back, and using the most recent depiction was the general consensus, but I don't think it was ever actually formalized. So if you feel strongly about it, you could start a discussion on the talk page about changing it. - Nick O'Demus 23:44, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
Article profile pictuers from Pottermore
Are the pictuers used here from Pottermore for the article profile picture considered to be more caon that images from the films? And is it okay to change a Pottermore image back to one from the film? Professor Ambrius (talk) 21:59, February 24, 2013 (UTC)
RE:Userpage History
I don't know any way to delete just the history, apart from deleting the page itself. If you want, I can delete it for you, and then create you a new userpage with just the information you have there now. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:06, March 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Done. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:28, March 1, 2013 (UTC)
RE:Unactive User.
I don't think there's a need. The fact that she doesn't edit implies that she left the wiki, and if she wants to return, we'd welcome her gladly (unless, of course, she wants the account blocked by request, but that's another story). -- Seth Cooper owl post! 15:39, March 3, 2013 (UTC)
RE:The Floo Network
I haven't. And I hadn't noticed it neither. I went for a look, but there doesn't seem to be anything to unlock there. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 20:19, March 3, 2013 (UTC)
- I know, the same happened to me. Perhaps it's a glitch? Or perhaps something they want to put there in the near future? (Hopefully it's the last!) -- Seth Cooper owl post! 20:29, March 3, 2013 (UTC)
Great mysteries are flying
Seems as if nobody looks here. Harry granger Talk contribs 23:00, March 3, 2013 (UTC)
Although you forgot to sign I saw that this cake came from you. Thank you! ;-) Harry granger Talk contribs 23:10, March 3, 2013 (UTC)
- BTW: Tomorrow Seth Cooper has birthday. Harry granger Talk contribs 23:12, March 3, 2013 (UTC)
- Nice idea to not sign and let me think it's from all but I "caught" you. XDDD
Harry granger Talk contribs 14:09, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
- Nice idea to not sign and let me think it's from all but I "caught" you. XDDD
Hi, I contacted Mira84. You can do it here or on the Community-Wiki. I hope the best for you. Harry granger Talk contribs 08:13, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
- When you want so switch you must answer with yes or what do you mean? Sorry because of your signature. It's not hard to see it's impossible to see. I think you get in trouble with using an invisible signature. Harry granger Talk contribs 13:12, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
- Excuse me, now I'm pretty clueless. I unfortunately know nothing about these things, because I got my email set up well by my cousin. Maybe do Mira84 or ProfessorTofty know something about this. It is pretty difficult if you need a confirmation for a second email from the first and cannot use the first one. I am really at my wits' end now, so sorry. Harry granger Talk contribs 20:58, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
I would like to make user's favoriet class is Defens Against the Dark Arts userbox but I have no idea how you go about creating userboxes. Can you help? Professor Ambrius (talk) 19:53, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
I'm Belac Reteet. I know there is already an immortality category page. But that is for things that have to do with immortality. The Immortals category page is for creatures who are immortal, so it's existence is perfectly justifiable. Catch ya later!belacreteet (talk) 00:42, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
Okay, good point. But as ghosts are existing in sentient being, doesn't it count as them living a new life? Catch ya later!
PS I'm Belac Reteet.belacreteet (talk) 00:53, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
I'm Belac Reteet. That's a good question. Since ghosts are born in the irrepreble form of what they looked like when they died in their previous lives, I don't think that should affect their current status. Catch ya later!belacreteet (talk) 01:03, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Active Talk Pages
Thanks for the heads-up. I've made a start on working through some of them, and I'll have a look at more tomorrow. Honestly, I don't really think it's all that many, given the size and scope of this wiki, but it is good to keep discussion going where possible. Anyway, you may want to have a look at the one's I've done so far, just to make sure there isn't anything else that needs to be said. Should be in the recent history. ProfessorTofty (talk) 05:00, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
Immortals II
Hey buddy, I'm Belac Reteet. Just wanted to ask you if at this point I would have your support in calling ghost immortal. That Professor Tofty is what you might call my mortal adversary on this wiki. Catch ya later!belacreteet (talk) 02:43, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
Hey Hunnie Bunn! I'm Belac Reteet. No hard feelings about ghosts, but I may need your help. I lost yet another debate with Professor Tofty and Nick O'Demus regarding the living dead, but that's over and done with. The problem is; I decided to do something against which Prof. Tofty can't argue by making a category page for mortals. But he deleted it. I don't have proof yet, but I know he did it. He's hated my guts ever since that falling out we had over category additions. The only problem is; I've done nothing illegal, and therfore have a case to argue. If you could vouch for me, I'd really apreciate it. Catch ya later!belacreteet (talk) 17:54, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
Oh, never mind. Could you tell me who did it?belacreteet (talk) 17:55, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
Oh well. Thanks anyway. I'll just ask around.belacreteet (talk) 18:03, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
PS Could you vouch for me though? I'd like to have back up ready from other users I know (not Professor Tofty obviously. But I might take my chances with Nick O'Demus; if he didn't do it that is.).
Oh, okay. I'll have to revise a couple messages, but no sweat.belacreteet (talk) 18:23, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
Oh, by the way. Are you going to side with Proffesor Tofty on this. Because I know him well enough to not fall for this. I mean, seriously. My categories to big to exist. I don't really by it.belacreteet (talk) 19:02, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks man! I really appreciate it!belacreteet (talk) 19:07, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
RE:Original Research
As far as using a character's start date at Hogwarts to determine birth year, that's not original research so much as basic math. It's stated several times that first years start at Hogwarts at age 11. To my knowledge, there has never been a stated exception to this. Tracing back, this gives TWO possible years of birth. For example, anyone who started in 1991 like Harry would have to have been born between September 1979 and August 1980. Since the source for their age comes from within the canon, it qualifies as a valid reference (although this would still only apply to characters known to have attended Hogwarts). However, those characters should not have the "Year births" categories added unless the age could positively be narrowed down to at least one of the two years.
The main issue in the Living Dead discussion was in using information from outside the Harry Potter canon and applying it to their "in-universe" versions. While in other fiction and folklore, eternal life and/or undeath may often be associated with vampires, it has not yet stated to be the case for Rowling's versions of them. Now, it's possible this may change if new information is released in the future (possibly through Pottermore), but until then we should stick with what is currently in the HP canon.
As far as the page merges, I'd have to take a closer look at them and any discussion that may have occurred before I could give you an answer on that. I'll try to get to them later on. - Nick O'Demus 00:02, March 11, 2013 (UTC)
New template
I like the general idea, but I'm not really fond of the phrasing, which some could take the wrong way. Perhaps it would be better to go with something more like the standard warning templates, something like:
Thank you for editing at the Harry Potter Wiki. We ask that, when editing, you remember that the actions of other users should not be taken personally, unless they have specifically directed a personal attack against you. Over time, the Harry Potter Wiki has developed many policies and we all try our best to make sure that the quality of the wiki remains within those policies. Therefore, if your edit was reverted or otherwise changed, or someone disagrees with your position, it might be best to take a moment to relax and remember that editing is made with the goal of maintaining the best encyclopedia possible. If you still have any concerns, you may bring them to The Wizengamot, but please respect the decision of the community.
We might also consider linking to Wikipedia:Staying_cool_when_the_editing_gets_hot. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:26, March 12, 2013 (UTC)
- Okay, sounds good. Keep me posted. P.S.: If you have a few minutes, could you take some time to vote on the Quote of the Week? I've been working on it, and I'd like to get some more people to vote. All you have to do is vote yes on those you think would make a good choice and no for those that you don't feel are good choices. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:40, March 12, 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for making the template, which I've now categorised. Hopefully we don't have to use it too much. And thank you also for voting the Quotes of the Week. I went ahead and corrected the vote totals-- sorry, I should have mentioned that. When you make your vote, you add or subtract one from the total listed in the header. As for the song, I wasn't familiar with it, but it quite nice. And that's neat that one of your friend's relations is the lead singer. This here is one of the tunes I find most relaxing. ProfessorTofty (talk) 06:04, March 12, 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, after I read about your "relaxing songs" I was curious and heard them both. I like them both. The Prof.s is very meditative. This song I could hear for hours, days, weeks, but the other I like, too. Harry granger Talk contribs 16:24, March 12, 2013 (UTC)
- "To Zanarkand" and "Rikku's Theme" from the same game I also find both quite soothing. Speaking of music, I had an idea-- how about including some relaxing music within the template? I was thinking maybe "Harry in Winter," which is both relaxing and sort of goes with the whole "chill out" theme. It wouldn't play automatically or anything (since that irritates some people), but it would be like the other song samples, where they could choose to play it. Oh, and about the template, I made a small tweak-- just a slight adjustment in wording regarding the Wikipedia link. ProfessorTofty (talk) 16:53, March 12, 2013 (UTC)
- I think you may have missed it in the last message, and forgive me if you didn't, but what did you think of the idea of adding music to the template? ProfessorTofty (talk) 18:20, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
- Coding should work just fine. I went ahead and added it just now-- take a look and let me know what you think. ProfessorTofty (talk) 18:27, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Template and film
Glad you liked it. And, sure, I've seen all the films, more than once. ProfessorTofty (talk) 18:39, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
- I thought it was nice. Sometimes the films can't always show everything that's in a book, but they present a different aspect to the character. In the books, it was really more about Lupin and James, but here we saw something different. There was a lot of good stuff in the Prisoner of Azkaban film, though some not-so-good stuff as well. For example, I wasn't a big fan of the scene when Lupin is transforming into the werewolf and Sirius Black is grabbing him and he's like "this flesh is only flesh." He's a werewolf-- Sirius would know that grabbing him and shaking him isn't going to accomplish anything and that's not what he needs to be doing at that moment. ProfessorTofty (talk) 18:55, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
- That is true-- the scene does make more sense when you consider the fact that Lupin was unhinged. That's interesting about the interview there. I'm definitely curious to find out more about Lupin-- judging by the poll on the homepage, it looks like a lot of other people are too. Seems to me we're due for some new Pottermore material soon. ProfessorTofty (talk) 20:10, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
- Your estimate sounds good to me. It has been a while since the last one and the new content from the books and Rowling is the main thing that keeps people coming back currently, so I imagine they'll want to have more out soon. ProfessorTofty (talk) 20:26, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
- That is true-- the scene does make more sense when you consider the fact that Lupin was unhinged. That's interesting about the interview there. I'm definitely curious to find out more about Lupin-- judging by the poll on the homepage, it looks like a lot of other people are too. Seems to me we're due for some new Pottermore material soon. ProfessorTofty (talk) 20:10, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Pottermore
That's so fantastic! Thank you for the heads-up! ProfessorTofty (talk) 18:56, March 14, 2013 (UTC)
Rubeus Hagrid's cabin
Hi, Hunnie Bunn! I have a question. I saw your change to the page. It was once called "Hagrid's hut", then called "Rubeus Hagrid's cabin" because of Pottermore. Now you call it again "Hagrid's Hut, but the Pottermore source is standing already there. Has Pottermore really changed the name back to "Hagrid's Hut"? Harry granger Talk contribs 17:35, March 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Oh, that's interesting. Perhaps the article should then be renamed again to this "new / old" name with capitalized "Hut". Harry granger Talk contribs 19:00, March 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Renaming: Perhaps a special Professor can help.
- Week: How should it be? A week with going to work. The weather was half and half. Work was half and half. But I have my hobbies and they give me pleasure. Work was o. k., but the weather makes me a headache. But all in all it's o.k. How was your week? Harry granger Talk contribs 19:16, March 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Sure, but could you link me to the page in question where it calls it this? ProfessorTofty (talk) 20:42, March 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Hmm, I'm not sure of this one. It seems like it's just being used as a heading, more than anything. Down at the bottom it says "HAGRID'S WOODEN HOUSE." What do you think? ProfessorTofty (talk) 20:50, March 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Could be, but that line was from the first book. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:10, March 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I'll go ahead and make the move now. ProfessorTofty (talk) 03:45, March 17, 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, I guess I sort of forgot about that feature and nobody else had mentioned it before now. Since you have one ready for Dumbledore, sure we can go ahead and do him next. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:59, March 18, 2013 (UTC)
PlayStation Home and Pottermore Hint
Yeah, I do have PlayStation Home-- everyone who has a PlayStaton 3 and an account on the PlayStation Network can get access to it for free, though I haven't used it in a long time. This might just lure me back to it. And, no, I hadn't yet seen that particular article on the Insider, so I hadn't seen that bit about "the coming weeks." That's neat that it should be released soon.
Oh, I made a minor edit to your Archives section above, just correcting "2012" to "2013" on the second one. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:14, March 19, 2013 (UTC)
It's because the DVD does not use a specific wand design for the wand: the first and second try (the wands that you do not get to keep) are always featured as the generic yellow wand (this one) and your third try is always the dark one with the clear handle (this one), regardless of what the wand is. So, conceivably, any of those wands (beechwood and dragon heartstring, ebony and unicorn hair and Holly and phoenix tail feather) could be represented by any of those images -- the DVD does not assign each a specific look. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 21:10, March 19, 2013 (UTC)
Philosopher's Stone and Hagrid
Say, you had asked me a little while back about the thing with Lupin and Lily in the third film, and I wanted to bounce something off of you. I was re-reading Philosopher's Stone (you might have seen some of my edits regarding it) and I'm afraid that in doing so, I lost a bit of respect for Hagrid. It has to do with the whole dragon thing and what happened with Harry, Hermione and Neville. When you get down to it, what happened with Harry and Hermione was only because they were trying to do Hagrid a favour and with Neville it's even worse because he just got dragged into the whole thing, trying to help Harry & Hermione. Everything went down the way it did because Hagrid had an illegal dragon. Okay, so maybe he didn't want to go to Dumbledore, but it seems to me he could have done a lot more for them, especially Neville. Harry, Hermione and Neville get caught and up until the end of the school year, they're treated as the scum of the earth, and the only contact that we hear of with them having with Hagrid is when they come with him that night to do their detentions. And Neville is paired up with stinkin' Draco Malfoy to get scared out of his wits. Sheesh. Now maybe this is Rowling showing us again that even those characters that we find likeable have their human flaws, but this was really disappointing on Hagrid's part if you ask me. ProfessorTofty (talk) 04:42, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
- Agreed about the whole "Muggle" thing-- Hagrid really should have watched his words there. And I guess what I was thinking was that even if he wasn't willing to turn himself in, there were ways that he could have made things easier for them-- be it a kind word, inviting them over to his cabin more often, or otherwise helping them. ProfessorTofty (talk) 21:07, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
Death Eaters Renaming
I was wondering if you could take a moment to weigh in on the possible renaming of Death Eaters-- personally, I'm against it, but I'd like to get some other thoughts first. ProfessorTofty (talk) 00:43, March 25, 2013 (UTC)
Linking of wikis
Hi, Hunnie Bunn! It's a while ago when you had thought about linking of the Harry Potter Wiki to Potterpedia Wiki or Potter Dictionary Wiki and I was not sure if this is allowed because of the same language. I now had another question on the Community Wiki and then asked for this, too. Perhaps you are interested in the answer. The answer came from the admin, who offered his help, before a request is made. Harry granger Talk contribs 20:08, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
Hey there Hunnie Bunn; I'm Belac Reteet. I know you haven't seen me for a long time, but I was wondering if you could help me with something. I'm trying to open a profile for my brother, but every time I finish the process; it says "sorry, we are unable to register your account at this time" or something like that. Is there a problem with the internet right now? Any way; call me back. Catch ya later!belacreteet (talk) 16:16, April 9, 2013 (UTC)
RPG site
I'm the owner of the site. This is the home page: http://darktimesawait.forumotion.com/forum If you read the banner, I made that banner it says: "Therefore, we are closing the site" Please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Colex7 (talk • contribs).
- You wrote:
- (Please use the same font as the rest of the page; using a different font for a specific part makes it look like an advertising scheme (and indeed, that was how it read as well).)
- I don't understand how every time I edit it ther'es always a contradiction to it. It's an advertisement, that's why it's there, what do you mean scheme? I'm getting frustrated now. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Colex7 (talk • contribs).
Re: Chat
Sure, anytime we have a chance. I had hoped to catch you on last night, but you had apparently already signed off for the night. Anyway, if I happen to see you, editing, then I'll send you a message, or vice versa, and we can hop on. ProfessorTofty (talk) 13:01, April 14, 2013 (UTC)
- I'm on the chat now if you're still around. ProfessorTofty (talk) 23:41, April 14, 2013 (UTC)
Because of a "Thank you for helping" you got INFINITELY BANNED by Pottermore? What's going on there? There are rumours in the German Pottermore that some users abuse the "Report this"-button for getting users of other houses banned for increase their own opportunities on the house cup. I don't know if this is true. But that is all very ridiculous. I've yet added you as friend. But I don't understand this. BTW, your quote on your user page is missing the end brackets. Harry granger Talk contribs 21:55, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, it's a pity you didn't get it again. But you know: There are also nice Slytherins and you are one of them and now you know more of this common room, I think. :-) Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin - 3 common rooms, only missing Ravenclaw. How many users can say they know so many common rooms. That's interesting that you also in English and French Pottermore sites have read these rumours. Looks as if it would be true. BTW: Are you a French-Canadian? Harry granger Talk contribs 22:04, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
- Oh that's very interesting. All four common rooms, House Cup for you! Sorry for your father, but he left you the knowledge of the French language. I had French on school and I am also in the French Harry Potter Wiki. That's very interesting. Harry granger Talk contribs 22:15, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
- No, you should not think this way. It's not your fault that you were banned - not for this - and it's not your "fault" that you were sorted into Slytherin. No one knows which answers belong to which house or if it changes from time to time, also a possibility. It's either luck or it's pity. And - BTW - we Badgers know how to fight, let's wait and see who is the winner at the end. :P :D Harry granger Talk contribs 22:28, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
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Hunnie Bunn, you put a wonderful quote on your user page. It's really great and so true, wonderful. Harry granger Talk contribs 23:08, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
Inspiration quotes blog
While the sentiment is nice, I don't think an exception can really be made in this case, and so I had no choice to delete the blog according to the blog policy. If you want to share a quote or few on your userpage, that's fine (and I know that you do have one on there), though. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:09, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Harry Potter films
Are you able to make purchases online? ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:25, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
- Hmm. Usually, if something is rare in stores, then my fallback is to purchase it online. Do you have any big box retailers that you might try? Are there any Best Buys in your area? What about any major bookstores like a Barnes & Noble or anything like that? Sometimes those sell DVDs as well. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:30, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
- You're welcome. The only other thing I can think of is that they have cards you can buy in stores now that work sort of like credit cards, except you actually load money onto them at the time, and then you can use them just for a one-use thing or as-needed online. If you're considering the option of buying online, that might be something that could work to, or just to get set up, and then get a Paypal account. It might be worth considering, though I imagine you might have to talk to your parents about it. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:39, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
- P.P.S.: You could also scout second-hand stores, though I don't know if any of the Harry Potter films are very common there. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:40, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
- You're welcome. The only other thing I can think of is that they have cards you can buy in stores now that work sort of like credit cards, except you actually load money onto them at the time, and then you can use them just for a one-use thing or as-needed online. If you're considering the option of buying online, that might be something that could work to, or just to get set up, and then get a Paypal account. It might be worth considering, though I imagine you might have to talk to your parents about it. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:39, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
It depends. It's not canon by itself, but it can have canon material (provided it is properly referenced, of course). Why do you ask? -- Seth Cooper owl post! 22:59, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
- If it's unsourced, then no, it wouldn't be appropriate. But, the Switching Spell page already gives a similar explanation, taken from Goblet of Fire: swapping a dragon's fangs for wine-gums. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:41, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
- I'd stick with the dragon example, as it is the only explicitly given in canon. And, no, the game does not provide any additional information about the match to needle spell: at some point in the game, if you enter the Transfiguration classroom, McGonagall will be lecturing a class on that spell, and will dock you house points for interrupting her class. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 18:19, April 18, 2013 (UTC)
Would you like to split with me in changing the remainder of those pages that have the "Wonderbook" template to "Wonderbookold"? If we each take half, we should be able to get it done quickly. I could do A-M and you N-Z. ProfessorTofty (talk) 21:25, April 18, 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks! And all done. Nice work! ProfessorTofty (talk) 23:06, April 18, 2013 (UTC)
Because as he was the one who devised the Potion Riddle in the Underground Chambers, he would have been the one to pen the poem with the clues. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 00:57, April 21, 2013 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind if I moved the discussion to Harry Potter's talk page. MinorStoop 13:17, April 21, 2013 (UTC)
I actually got the picture of a fan website if that's what you wanted to know :0 Slovestigers (talk) Slovestigers
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LISBON, Maine (AP) - A high school freshman has won this year's Moxie Festival logo contest for her drawing based on the theme, "Moxie: A Maine Tradition."
Lisbon High School student Kristen Butler received a $100 check and a 2013 Moxie Festival t-shirt of her winning entry.
Her logo shows a deer with its antlers forming the word "Moxie" and Maine-themed ornaments - a lighthouse, a lobster, a pine tree, a moose and a can of Moxie - dangling from the antlers.
This year's festival takes place from July 12-14 in Lisbon. The annual event started in 1982 to pay homage to the unusual beverage that was concocted by a Mainer in the 1870s.
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Police say they have found out who caused thousands of dollars worth of vandalism at one Eastern Carolina high school last month.
Greenville police say one of the J.H. Rose vandals is a 12-year-old, while the other is 20 years old.
Deshay Jenkins was arrested Thursday afternoon on Village Drive.
The two are accused of the July 22nd damage to the high school where dozens of windows were broken out, classrooms ransacked and fire extinguishers emptied. Total damage was more than $10,000.
The 12 year old surrendered to police and has been released to his parents.
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It's a bizarre list of items on a police report that two teens damaged after breaking into a local high school. Now police have released the video.
The two were caught on a surveillance camera during the break-in at J.H. Rose High School in Greenville early Saturday causing more than $10,000 in damage.
Authorities say the two broke some 50 windows in the school, sprayed fire extinguishers and splashed hot sauce in one classroom. The principal says practice CPR mannequins were damaged along with a model skeleton.
In all, 12 classrooms were ransacked and the culprits were in the high school for about an hour.
Police say the two, who were still on the run Wednesday, used a rock or brick to smash through a door.
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WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu gown to the inauguration balls. The ruby-colored dress was a follow-up to the white gown Wu made for her four years ago when she was new to Washington, the pomp and circumstance, and the fashion press.
She now emerged in velvet and chiffon as a bona fide trendsetter.
"I can't believe it. It's crazy," said Wu, reached at his Manhattan studio. "To have done it once was already the experience of my life. To have a second time is tremendous."
President Barack Obama also struck a similar style chord to his first-term inaugural balls: He wore a white tie with his tuxedo.
The red halter dress was the only one Wu, who went from fashion insider to household name on this night in 2009, submitted for Mrs. Obama's consideration. He collaborated with jeweler Kimberly McDonald on the jeweled neckline. "For this occasion, it had to be real diamonds," Wu said.
He said he felt the dress showed how he has grown up as a designer — and how Mrs. Obama's style has evolved to be even more confident.
The first family headed out to inaugural festivities earlier Monday with Mrs. Obama leading a coordinated fashion parade in a navy-silk, checkered-patterned coat and dress by Thom Browne that were inspired by a menswear necktie.
The outfit was specifically designed for Mrs. Obama, but Browne said he wasn't 100 percent sure she was going to wear it until she came out with it on at the inauguration. "I am proud and humbled," he said.
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Obama wore a blue tie with his white shirt, dark suit and overcoat. Malia Obama had on a plum-colored J. Crew coat with the hemline of an electric-blue dress peeking out and a burgundy-colored scarf, and her younger sister, Sasha, had on a Kate Spade coat and dress in a similar purple shade.
Simon Collins, dean of the school of fashion at Parsons the New School for Design in New York, said the Obamas dressed in their typical fashion: one that shows pride in their appearance.
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As part of Fred Perry's 60th Anniversary celebrations, which kicked off in August last year and runs until August 2013, the brand has teamed up with Dover Street Market in London to launch a limited collection of shirts designed by a handful of London's most creative talent. In addition, sixty international names from various industries have been invited to customize a shirt each to be auctioned in 2013. We caught up with Fred Perry's MD John Flynn to shed light on the two-part project.
How did the idea of the celebratory FP60 project come about?
The task we originally set ourselves was to simply produce a perfect replica of the original Fred Perry shirt designed in 1952. But after a conversation with the team at Dover Street Market, who suggested certain designers might be interested to get involved, we started to develop a collaboration-based plan instead. Before long, we had brought aboard ten suitable designers. Many more came forward – and not only from the fashion field. We then realised we could reach sixty, which matches the actual number of the anniversary.
How did you go about selecting the participating collaborators?
For the wider international project – which saw creative types from different industries customizing a shirt each – we set out to select individuals who reflected our music heritage somehow, or at least had an appreciation of it. It was also important that they would be able to design something very special with what is a rather simple item, the polo shirt.
So far, 25 shirts have been revealed. How would you describe the first instalment?
As we expected, the result of the project is very diverse, since those involved come from different industries including music, retail, advertising and the art world. The interpretations vary a lot; it's not a parade of fashion, but a creative melange by the likes of Bradley Wiggins, Damon Albarn, Raf Simons, Neville Brody, Walter van Beirendonck, Inez & Vinoodh, BEAMS, Eko Nugroho, Jamie Reid, Exactitudes, The Specials and Peter Jensen. The remaining shirts will be launched at I.T Beijing Market in March and Dover Street Ginza in April. Later in the year, the pieces will be auctioned with all proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
In addition to the charity collection, Dover Street Market invited a crop of British designers to design ten Fred Perry shirts each – what characterise this initiative?
Dover Street Market approached some of the UK's most creative talent : Giles, Simone Rocha, Christopher Raeburn and JW Anderson. The designers all came up with some very beautiful and curious interpretations. Simone Rocha's version, for instance, centers on transparency but still has a definite form, while Christopher Raeburn surprised us all by turning his shirts into a stuffed animal.
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Preppers to share skills at convention
WHERE: 5345 Big Tyler Road, Cross Lanes
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- While most of the state will be thawing and/or drying out by this weekend from the latest natural disaster to befall the state, local survivalists or "preppers" will meet in Cross Lanes on Saturday to mix, mingle and share thoughts about being ready for the next catastrophe.
Bob Keller is one of the sponsors of Saturday's Prep-Con 2012. The 45-year-old engineer and former West Virginia State University professor-turned-shopkeeper and survival guru will give a talk on solar applications for the prepper.
Other talks during the conference include "7 Essentials of Disaster Preparedness" by Crisis Response International Director Chuck Reber and a keynote address by Steve Nolan, publisher of SurvivalWeek and The Beacon.
Keller, a Charleston native, owns and operates Keller's Survival Store, a small, out-of-the-way shop near the very end of Washington Street West, where most of the business fronts have given way to houses and yards. His store sells a little bit of everything.
"We started this thing as a pawnshop and survival store," he said. "But the pawn business got to be a headache, and we just quit that."
A few odds and ends from that business remain -- mostly used DVDs that Keller was quick to point out are at rock-bottom prices. He needs to get rid of them to free up floor space for more of his prepper stock.
The survival business, he said, has been good.
Along with racks of camouflage clothing, he has military-style MREs (meals ready to eat), an extensive collection of knives, gas masks and a selection of books.
Some of it, he acknowledges, is probably more useful than others. Not everybody needs a crossbow or a sword -- even if both seem to be in fashion on NBC's post-apocalyptic drama "Revolution."
What people are interested in, he said, is usually broken down by how they think they'll handle a crisis.
"It comes down to whether you want to stay or go," he said.
Different kinds of emergencies call for different approaches.
Keller asked, "What would you do if you had 10 minutes to get out of your house and never come back? What would you take?"
Along with supplies, Keller offers advice.
"If you need to be on the move, you should have a bag you can just throw in the car and go."
This is called a "bug out bag."
The standard bug out bag, Keller said, includes things like 72 hours worth of food and water, a tent, a first-aid kit and the means to make fire, but Keller recommends adding things that are irreplaceable.
"Digitize your photos," he said. "Back up your family pictures and important documents on a thumb drive. That's a lot easier than stuffing your car with photo albums."
However, leaving a home is probably not what most of his customers mean to do.
He said, "About two-thirds of people I see want to stay in their homes. The other third has a remote location in mind -- a farm or property, something elsewhere they can get to."
For most of those people, Keller recommends incorporating solar technology. On the basic level, that could mean using solar-powered lanterns and radios, which Keller said he sells a lot of, but he's really a proponent of solar generators.
Keller, who taught mechanical engineering at WVSU for 10 years, mounts solar panels onto a rolling base slightly longer than a riding lawn mower. The panels are connected to a converter then to a battery with a monitor.
With just one of these panels, Keller said, he could get enough power to run a refrigerator, four lights and a television. In the summer, the generator could be used to power fans or an air conditioner. In the winter, heaters could be plugged into it.
"You can get one of these for about $700," he said. "Considering the loss of what's in your fridge or freezer, it pays for itself."
Keller added that he's working on smaller versions that could be used for oxygen machines or other medical equipment.
Any generator, he pointed out, has its pros and cons. Solar energy, naturally, relies on the presence of sunlight.
"But it's also silent," Keller said. "If you fire up a diesel generator, everybody knows whether you have power or not. With a solar generator, nobody knows except you."
That might be beneficial if a particular disaster lingered, he added, or if power stayed down throughout an area for an indeterminate time.
A certain amount of paranoia is part of the prepper community, but Keller said his customers aren't much concerned about the zombie apocalypse or the winding down of the Mayan calendar. They're not waiting for doomsday so much as reading what they see and looking ahead toward some kind of breakdown.
"Personally, I think we're all watching things," he said. "And there's a lot to be concerned about."
He said you don't have to be a devoted Fox News viewer to see there's a lot of instability. In fact, much of the state got a taste of that this past summer.
On June 29, a powerful derecho tore through the region, upended trees, shredded power lines and left hundreds of thousands without power during a miserable heat wave that lingered for weeks.
"In June, I think we saw how fragile our infrastructure was."
Keller said there's been an uptick in sales since that disaster, but it's not necessarily the people some might think.
"The prepper community is kind of secretive," he acknowledged. "But a lot of that has to do with how they think they're perceived as nuts."
Keller doesn't think they're crazy. They're just people with plenty of reasons to be nervous.
"It's about 50-50 men and women," he said. "I get people in here all ages, all socioeconomic backgrounds. I've got lawyers and garbage truck drivers. I've got retirees. I've got housewives."
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The New Castle County Police Mobile Enforcement Team arrested a Dover man Tuesday after a traffic stop led to drug charges.
Happy anniversary to the Smyrna High School class of 1970
Starry nights prevailed this week where I live. It�s not always the case. If you look forward to looking up at the stars, patience is the lesson to keep you looking. Even with a special event such the recent lunar eclipse; if clouds got in the way,...
The US Postal Service is announcing the 2015 holiday mailing and shipping deadlines for domestic, international and military services.
The Dover Police Department was awarded the ConnectedCOPS Social Media Leadership Award at the Social Media, the Internet and Law Enforcement Conference.
The Young Survival Coalition Tour de Pink bicycle ride will be held at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 9, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 10 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, 1131 N. DuPont Highway.
Dave Granlund cartoon on the House speaker.
Upon her father's return home from serving in Southeast Asia, a soldier's daughter just can't wait any longer to see her dad.
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