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Working Productively with the Media
Media visibility helps educate the public about the success of Humboldt State University. It expands the university's name recognition, reinforces student recruitment and retention, boosts fundraising and maintains public awareness of HSU's many accomplishments. Media coverage shows our internal and external stakeholders what our state-supported institution is doing for its students, their families, the North Coast and California as a whole.
Timely and open communication is more than an end in itself. It is a strategic function, vitally important to HSU's growth and well-being. A positive relationship with the media makes is highly valuable.
Moreover, the public has a right to know the University's policies, plans, programs and activities.
Who is in charge?
The official spokesperson of Humboldt State University is Frank Whitlatch, the Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications, (707) 826-5105. He is responsible for communicating, or finding an appropriate campus officer to communicate, University positions on issues of general, campus-wide impact or significance. He deals with matters that are potentially controversial or sensitive. It is paramount that he be provided advance notice of significant situations — with appropriate background, written material and other information — to enable him to represent the University effectively and accurately, while minimizing negative reaction. Advance notice to Marketing and Communications also enables the University to speak with one voice, which the public expects. (The Department of Athletics is responsible for publicizing sports programs; the media contact is Assistant Athletic Director of Communications, Andrew Goetz at (707) 826-3631 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
When should I get in touch with Marketing & Communications?
Humboldt State administrators, faculty and staff are asked to notify the Senior News and Information Officer, at 707-826-5105, when:
• You are contacted by a news reporter about campus policy or a campus-wide issue
• You can offer an expert opinion on current affairs
• You or another administrator, faculty member, student or staffer have won a major award
• You have completed a research project and want to announce the results
• You use innovative teaching techniques that would be helpful to outside educational institutions
• You need to arrange media conferences.
Also, see our Interview Tips for working with the news media.
How do we manage event coverage?
Campus groups should publicize their events only when they are open to the public, or at least to the news media. News releases are intended to spur media coverage or public attendance. On some occasions, events will not be open to the public for reasons of limited space, safety, or a need to conduct an event privately. In those instances, private invitations should be issued.
When you submit an event notice for posting on Humboldt State Now, the University's online news source, allow at least two weeks before the event date. If there is a registration deadline, submit your item three weeks beforehand.
Marketing & Communications reserves the right to edit all event notices. Maximum length for event notices is 100-150 words.
What is our policy concerning access?
HSU welcomes reporters and photographers on campus the same way it welcomes the public. In general, news media representatives do not need permission to enter the campus or take exterior still or video photographs for news purposes. It is HSU policy to be as helpful as possible to the media. However, that does not constitute a right to indiscriminate access. Students, staff and faculty have a right to privacy and neither reporters nor the public are allowed to disrupt classroom instruction or other educational functions.
If a reporter approaches you in person with an impromptu question, feel free to refer him/her to the New & Information office at (707) 826-3390 to set up an appointment with you at a mutually convenient time. Don't feel obligated to answer questions on-the-fly when you haven't had time to prepare.
News media must obtain prior permission from Marketing & Communications to enter classrooms, medical facilities and teaching laboratories. Permission usually will be granted, as long as access does not disrupt university functions or jeopardize safety. Residence halls are closed to the news media unless reporters make prior arrangements with the Housing Office. Any requests you receive to videotape specific campus activities or functions should be referred to Marketing & Communications. All requests for commercial, non-news photography, filmmaking or videotaping should be referred for review to Marketing & Communications.
The news media should not be allowed to infringe on the privacy of students, parents, administrators, faculty or staff. There are occasions when information will not be made public for valid legal, regulatory or privacy reasons. For example, no statements will be made to the media concerning a legal matter, or a potentially actionable legal matter, until CSU's Office of General Counsel, or HSU's Office of Risk Management & Safety Services, has been consulted. Any statement concerning legal matters must receive prior review for its legal (as distinct from public relations) implications.
Whom should I contact about alumni news and events?
Tiana Arriaga, Outreach Coordinator, at (707) 826-5107
Christy Khattab, Director of Alumni Relations, at (707) 826-5467
What is HSU media policy in an emergency?
When a campus emergency occurs, media access will be controlled by special procedures set forth separately in HSU's emergency operations policy.
What is HSU's obituary policy?
The deaths of current and former employees may be posted on Humboldt State Now upon submission by a colleague or family member. Make the submission when the date, time, and location of the funeral or memorial service are set, and include that information in the announcement. A few sentences of biographical information should be provided, including the department with which the deceased was affiliated. Obituaries are limited to 150 words. The news and information office is not staffed to gather obituaries and is not responsible for reporting them. Notification must be provided through a submission to Humboldt State Now.
Note: these guidelines apply to professional, commercial media outlets, and also to The Lumberjack student newspaper and campus radio. However, students expect and have a right to greater personal access to those in charge of University programs.


text: Recipes Using Pantry Ingredients Spring-Clean Your Pantry the Tasty Way by Nicole Perry 3/05/13 4 Reactions 15 Shares Print 5 6 2 2 0 If you're an adventurous eater, chances are your pantry is filled to the brim with a collection of unusual spices, oils, and sauces. Make the most of your well-stocked cupboard by cooking your way through recipes that utilize everything from fish sauce to tahini, and even sultry za'atar. Dry Mustard Powder What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piquant dry mustard powder rounds out flavors in cheesy baked goods amongst other applications. Make use of your mustard powder stash: Herbed Gruyère cheese straws Ham and cheese soufflés Steak with miso mustard butter sauce Gruyère gougères 1 / 11 Miso What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miso , like many other fermented products, adds savory depth to dishes aplenty. 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Drain your bottle of fish sauce in these applications: Garlicky arugula pasta Baked Thai chicken wontons Shrimp, cilantro, and rice noodle stir-fry Southeast Asian tomato salad Sesame steak salad with Asian pear Asian noodle salad with flank steak Spicy mango, cucumber, and watermelon salad Photo: Susannah Chen 4 / 11 Tahini What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Creamy tahini adds nutty flavor to all manner of dips and soups, whether you choose to make your own or snap up a store-bought jar of the sesame paste. Use up your tahini supply in: Spicy chipotle hummus Middle-Eastern spiced carrot soup with crispy chickpeas and tahini Spicy hummus Red pepper hummus Spicy black bean hummus 6 / 11 Za'atar What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Add a dash of Middle-Eastern flavor to dishes like sweet potato soup and roasted chickpeas with a hefty pinch of za'atar , a tangy spice blend typically comprised of oregano, sesame seeds, sumac, and thyme. Add za'atar zip to: Roasted chickpeas with cumin and za'atar Sweet potato soup with za'atar oil Spiced carrot soup with chickpeas and tahini 6 / 11 Sun-Dried Tomatoes What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Savory and sweet, sun-dried tomatoes perk up everything from spicy hummus to a layered Mediterranean dip that rivals its 7-layer brethren. Get your tomato fix — even out of season — with these recipes: Mediterranean layered dip Smoked mozzarella spread Spicy chipotle hummus 7 / 11 Mirin What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mirin , sweet Japanese rice wine, is a go-to ingredient in many Asian dishes like soy-glazed salmon and sesame steak salad. Mirin-imbued recipes that'll make you swoon: Soy ginger chicken wings Sesame steak salad with Asian pear Vegan red lentil pâté Soy glazed salmon 8 / 11 Chipotles in Adobo Sauce What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spicy, smoky chipotle peppers in adobo sauce add oomph to salsas, dips, and barbecue black beans (and more). 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10 U.S. Code § 6955 - Midshipmen: allotment upon redistricting of Congressional Districts
If as a result of redistricting a State the domicile of a midshipman, or a nominee, nominated by a Representative falls within a congressional district other than that from which he was nominated, he is charged to the district in which his domicile so falls. For this purpose, the number of midshipmen otherwise authorized for that district is increased to include him. However, the number as so increased is reduced by one if he fails to become a midshipman or when he is finally separated from the Naval Academy.
Source(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 430.)
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|July 7, 1943, ch. 193, 57 Stat. 383.
The word "domicile" is substituted for the words "place of residence" to conform to the long-standing interpretation of this section (see also opinions of the Judge Advocate General of the Army R. 29, 83; J.A.G. 351.11, Feb. 10, 1925). The words "a congressional district other than that from which he was nominated" are substituted for the word "another". The words "were appointed with respect to", "of the former district", "as additional numbers", "at such academy for the Representative", "temporarily", and "in attendance at either academy under an appointment from such former district" are omitted as surplusage. The words "the district in which his domicile so falls" are substituted for the words "of the latter district". The words "to include him" are substituted for 34 U.S.C. 1032–1 (18 words before proviso). The words "However, the number as so increased" are substituted for 34 U.S.C. 1032–1 (1st 13 words of proviso). The words "if he fails to become a midshipman" are inserted for clarity.
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2009 album from the veteran Metal band led by guitarist Chris Impellitteri. Wicked Maiden re-unites Impellitteri with long time lead vocalist and writing collaborator Rob Rock. Impellitteri have built a strong fan base throughout the world selling over 1 million records. Wicked Maiden is Impellitteri\'s Metal masterpiece. The band challenged the boundaries of conventional Metal by utilizing music theory, technique, innovation, technology, and creative story telling. The result is an intense guitar driven metal album that will satisfy the appetite of any true Metal fan. Wicked Maiden features memorable guitar riffs, fast shredding guitar solos, amazing screaming vocals, exciting lyrical content, and a mean heavy rhythm section.
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Train enthusiasts can get a firsthand look at operating model train exhibits and displays during an open house of RealRaIl this Saturday.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 20, at the organization's new location, 6804-6806 14th St. W., Bradenton, June 20. It formerly was open on Main Street Lakewood Ranch.
Attendees can get useful tips for building their own home layout or just enjoy watching the trains run.
Admission is $2 for those 13 and older. Children under 12 are free and must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information. Visit www.RealRail.org or call 321-5847.
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Removal of Colin Hirts and John Macholc from Ribble Valley Council
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viable core strategy in the time permitted and their subsequent failure to defend any planning applications or appeals, we
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By SHERRY VAN ARSDALL
A local Corvette club will help veterans with their second such fundraiser in May.
In June of 1953 the first Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Mich. It was a hit, even with its expensive $3,498 price tag.
And its fans have been in love with the car ever since. This year Corvette is celebrating its 60 birthday and with that bragging rights — no other American made car has ever had as long a production run.
Fifty-eight Corvette clubs in Indiana and Michigan alone testify to its continued popularity. Locally, The Elkhart Vette Set meets monthly "to promote the spirit of friendship, sportsmanship, and fun through mutual appreciation of their cars; careful and skillful driving; safety on and off the highway; good rapport with the public and maintain high moral standards at all times."
That translates into dinner drives, rallies, parades, car shows, autocross and speed events.
The latter is the club's main event. Over the Labor Day Weekend at the Tire Rack in South Bend, Corvette owners from across the country show up to race in 21 low speed events.
"We race one car at a time around a series of pylons. It's a timed event," said club member Stan Delagrange. "I think about 40 to 50 Corvettes compete."
And while club members love all things Corvette, it certainly isn't their only focus. Over the years the Elkhart Vette Set has donated to the New Paris and Bristol food pantries and recently to the Center for Healing and Hope in Goshen.
"We've had a number of fundraisers over the years," Delagrange said. "But this is the first year we've decided to help out with Vettes for Vets."
In cooperation with the Star City and Lafayette Corvette clubs of Lafayette, the local club is working to raise money and donations of personal care products for the Indiana Veterans' Home in West Lafayette.
"They need cotton balls, cotton swabs, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, shower caps and shoes, soap, shower get, cologne, perfume, nail polish and nail polish remover," Delagrange said. "All of donations and money will go directly to support the veteran's needs."
Then on May 4, rain or shine, Corvette owners will take to their cars and head to the Tippecanoe County Amphitheater, 4447 Ind. 43 North (Exit 178 off of I-65). From there they will line up and head a half a mile down the road to the Veteran's Home where they will drop off their contributions.
Then club members will open their car hoods and doors and let veteran's see the vehicles up close. Club members will be treated to a tour of the facility.
"It's a good cause to give back to the Vets," Delagrange said. "And it's a good club event for us."
Corvette owners, even if they are not a member of a club, can participate in the Second Annual Vettes for Vets event.
To donate, email email@example.com or call (574) 361-3832. Donations can also be accepted at the group's month meeting. The Vette Set meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Monday of every month in the downstairs level of the Goshen Public Library.
The Elkhart County Vette Set, founded in 1967 is a member of the National Council of Corvette Clubs.


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In a fight of two top featherweights, Ricardo Lamas and Erik Koch will open up the next UFC on Fox main card on January 26.
Ricardo Lamas plans to bully his way to a title shot in 2012!!!
Fresh off his slick arm-triangle choke win over Cub Swanson which earned him submission-of-the-night honors at UFC on Fox 1, Ricardo Lamas was awarded his brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by trainers Daniel Valverde and Cesar Carneiro. Photo: Esther Lin for MMAFighting.com HT: Tatame
Ricardo Lamas Flying Knee KO at WEC 47
The month of March started off with a bang this weekend as WEC 47 delivered on multiple levels. Not only did it provide fans with a lot of talking points in terms of the bantamweight title picture,...
WEC 47: Dominick Cruz vs. Brian Bowles predictions from the BloodyElbow.com staff.
In our first preview of this weekend's action, WEC 47 will be our main focus as the event will be headlined by an intriguing bantamweight championship showdown between Dominick Cruz (14-1, 4-1 WEC)...
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Iowa Shows Republicans Are Determined to Beat Obama
It's been a mixed week for Mitt Romney's campaign. On one hand, Romney won Iowa, but on the other, he was endorsed by John McCain.
Until the first actual votes were cast Tuesday night, it appeared as if some elements of the Republican Party were becoming the mirror image of a liberal mob.
The wild swings -- at least in the polls -- from one populist right-winger to another suggested that some Republicans were determined to change the meaning of "conservative" from "normal person who wants to protect what's best in mainstream America" to "perpetually indignant, restless carper against everything, obsessed with symbolic issues, determined to punish the country for its impurities."
Some Republicans, we were led to believe, would only be satisfied with angry denunciations of Obama as a Kenyan colonialist and demands for Barack Obama's birth certificate -- without ever spending five minutes of calm contemplation to see that he had already produced it.
And if there's anyplace for a zealot to shine, it's in a caucus state like Iowa.
But Romney won -- in a razor-close finish with another plausible candidate, Rick Santorum.
The reason the Iowa caucuses rarely produce the party's eventual nominee is not because Iowans are wacky white Christians, as some in the media have claimed, but because caucuses are ridiculous ways to choose a presidential candidate. It is a process that empowers the pushy and loud, much like a Manhattan co-op board meeting, but, unfortunately, not like anything envisioned by our founding fathers.
Instead of arguing for hours in public with partisans in order to cast a ballot, voters are supposed to put on their shoes, fight off the Black Panthers on the way to their precincts, vote in private and go home.
So the fact that the Iowa caucuses avoided giving the gold to Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul or some other sure-to-lose candidate shows that Republicans are dead serious about beating Obama this fall. Even in Iowa, the only Republican with a chance of doing that won.
Conservatives are naturally suspicious of any candidate deemed "electable" on the grounds that the mainstream media always anoint the most liberal Republican, preferably pro-choice, as the "electable" one. And then that guy goes on to lose.
But just because liberals misuse the word doesn't mean there is no such thing as "electable."
Michele Bachmann was not electable as president because she is only a congresswoman, which is why she has now dropped out.
Newt Gingrich is not electable for many reasons including that he, too, was only a congressman; he took $1.6 million from Freddie Mac (his latest excuse is that he got only $35,000 of that money and the rest went to "overhead" -- there's a great fiscal manager); he cut a global warming commercial with Nancy Pelosi; and because he cheated on, not one, but two wives.
Ron Paul is not electable as president for several reasons, including that he is only a congressman, is bad on illegal immigration, favors drug legalization and is off the charts on foreign policy.
(But it would serve the rest of the world right to have Paul running the show for a term or two. Then they'd find out what it's like to be entirely on their own, protecting their own sea and air lanes, digging themselves out of their own earthquakes, getting invaded and nuked by hostile powers, having their computers hacked by terrorists and buying oil from the new Islamic caliphate. After eight years of President Paul, it would be generations before we'd hear a peep of anti-American sentiment again.)
Rick Perry is not electable as president for three reasons: First, he seems too much like Bush; second, he gave illegal immigrants in-state tuition; and, third, uh, oops ... I can't remember the third reason.
As a two-time senator from a light-blue state, Rick Santorum is not as obviously unelectable as the rest. But don't leap too fast, Republicans. Remember how Rick Perry broke your heart.
Santorum is not as conservative as his social-issues credentials suggest. He is more of a Catholic than a conservative, which means he's good on 60 percent of the issues, but bad on others, such as big government social programs. He'd be Ted Kennedy if he didn't believe in God.
Santorum may not be a big spender as far as professional politicians go, but he is still a professional politician. In 2005, one of his former aides described him as "a Catholic missionary who happens to be in the Senate."
The Catholic missionary was fantastic on issues like partial-birth abortion, but more like a Catholic bishop in his support for No Child Left Behind, the Medicare drug entitlement program (now costing taxpayers more than $60 billion a year), and a highway bill with a Christmas tree of earmarks, including the famous "bridge to nowhere."
Santorum cites his father's admonition to put any extra money in the poor box at church to explain his wanting to use the federal government to help the poor.
You get only one or two big issues in a presidential campaign. But in the middle of the second Great Depression, Santorum is on the campaign trail saying, "The reason I ran is 'cause I think people know there is more than just a little narrow issue called 'jobs.'"
Actually, this year, it's pretty much just jobs.
This is going to be a tough election, and a man with the presence of Rick Lazio is not the strongest candidate to send in against Obama. Santorum is more assistant-manager type than presidential material.
So it was a relief to see that when the first votes in the Republican primary were actually cast -- even in a caucus system ideal for zealots, fanatics and mobs -- reason prevailed. Romney won.
Not a professional politician, Romney has created a lot of jobs and also knows how to fire people, something heretofore untried in the federal workforce, except briefly by Reagan.
Having spent his life turning around companies in the private sector and not sitting on some Senate committee spending money, he'll get to Washington and be as shocked as the rest of us are at how taxpayer money is wasted even by conservative senators like Santorum.
Iowa shows that Republicans are still the party of normal people -- normal people who are determined to defeat Obama.
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Ann has become a RINO...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:24am.
...end of story. See ya.
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I'm sick of Coulter shilling for Willard
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:33am.
I wonder how she feels about McAmnesty (whom she loathed last time around) campaigning for her boy?
I won't be buying any of her books, although I stopped after purchasing one of her unreadable diatribes a long time ago. She's amusing on camera, but on the written page, I can only take about seven paragraphs before I'm over it. However, if she doesn't find a new topic, other than shoving Mitt Romney down our throats, I'll change channels on her too, just like I do for Allen Colmes.
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Blonde, maybe she has an eye on one of his sons...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:38am.
...I imagine they are all married by now though.
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RINO is the C-word of
Submitted by Ken Shepherd on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 1:48pm.
RINO is the C-word of conservative politics, so I think it should be used very sparingly and for guys like Lincoln Chafee, who truly was a Republican-in-name-only.
To say Ann is an "establishment Republican" would be fairer, I would argue.
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If Ann is not far enough to be a RINO then....
Submitted by vrwc13 on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 12:49pm.
...how about MR Coulter, as in Moderate Republican. Which years ago would have meant RINO.
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Ann McCoulter
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 1:01pm.
Wonder how that fits?
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I was saving this for the open thread but...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:51am.
Romney got his 25% (again, repeat from 2008).
Paul did better than Romney with 20% up from 10% in 2008.
The MAJORITY 55% (65% in 2008) voted for AnyoneButRomPaul...
So Ann, watch as real conservatives decide between Santorum and Perry.
"Scenario B is potentially very bad news for Mr. Romney. It implies that party elites are not coalescing around him. In fact, it suggests that a subgroup of party elites are so dissatisfied with Mr. Romney that they are behaving strategically in an effort to maximize their chances of denying him the nomination."
Hypothetical Scenario B: Mr. Perry was prepared to drop out of the race, but his advisers saw a credible path to victory and urged otherwise. Moreover, he received a string of phone calls, text messages and e-mails from major donors, Republican elected officials and conservative activists who expressed their support and told him that he should press on. These party elites were concerned that Mr. Romney was going to waltz to the nomination, and they were either poorly disposed toward Rick Santorum or convinced that Mr. Santorum lacked the resources to seriously challenge Mr. Romney.
and this:
Why, then, do so many conservatives say that Romney represents true conservatism?
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Perry is done
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:01pm.
Calling Tea Partiers "heartless" was his end.
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Free, you and other Tea Party folks need to get over it...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:18pm.
...worth repeating...
Free, you and other Tea Party folks need to get over it...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 9:18am.
"Perry called Tea Partiers heartless"
"Though Perry has since profusely apologized for calling conservatives "heartless" when the Texas Dream Act proved too complex for a soundbite..." from:
Rick Perry nabs Tea Party fave Sheriff Joe Arpaio endorsement
...what's it gonna take Free Stinker, this? "...the endorsement of Arpaio is one of the most sought after of two Tea Party endorsements -- the other being Sarah Palin."
So Free, if Sarah endorses Perry, will you?
PALIN: McCain found his person much sooner than I was able to find my person. No, I'm still in that process with probably 70 percent of Americans trying to decide.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2012/01/04/open-thread-romneys-razor-thin-iowa-victory#ixzz1ibK6mfXw
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With the exception of Ron
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:29pm.
With the exception of Ron Paul, or Huntsman, I will vote for the GOP nominee, whomever it is.
My preferences are in this order: Palin, DeMint, Pence, Bachmann, Cain, Santorum, Newt, Perry, then Romney.
and I still might have to vote for Paul if if he somehow got the nomination, since Obama is becoming lawless. See his latest nomination.
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Unfortunately your top three
Submitted by Ken Shepherd on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 1:34pm.
Unfortunately your top three picks elected not to run. I'd have loved to see Mike Pence run, although I think it's a huge hill to climb for a Representative to go from that seat to the presidency, which is why I think he's opted to go for the Indiana governorship to get some executive experience and more nationwide recognition before running for POTUS.
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It is indeed unfortunate.
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 1:54pm.
It is indeed unfortunate. I'm down to #6 on my list, and the last of the "Conservatives"
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We Are
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 11:48am.
And we're going to try to do it with Santorum.
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Free, Ann joins her buddies...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:09pm.
...John McCain and Jimma Carter endorsing Romney.
PALIN: McCain found his person much sooner than I was able to find my person. No, I'm still in that process with probably 70 percent of Americans trying to decide.
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Ann is part of the GOP
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:18pm.
Ann is part of the GOP establishment these days. :-(
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Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 12:50pm.
From todays political landscape Newt, Perry and Paul have definite problems and an uphill battle. Pretty much leaves Santorum. Nice guy but here's his problem. He does not have a strong (gravitas) image on TV. He is fairly unknown to the public at large. And his past statements and positions will be exaggerated as he is Palinized by the media. Can he overcome the media onslaught destroying and distorting his character every day from now till election? That's one main advantage to Romney. He's already a known quantity so it's very difficult to create an alternative image.
And lets be real, we are becoming Santorum fans because he has become the last man standing not because we didn't realize he was running until now.
Am I happy with the results of this process? No. But we have to remember the real goal is the removal of obama.
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I want Cain, but in place of
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 1:25pm.
I want Cain, but in place of that I want Newt. Perry is good as governor except for his illegal views, but he aint President material. I dont like Romney as he is a Yankee liberal.
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Ann has been rolled
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 1:29pm.
Romney will ensure a second term for the Dear Ruler, and that will mean the end of America.
Vote for the American in November
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interesting summary
Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 1:37pm.
after reading various comments on conservative sights the consensus seems to be that anybody can beat President Obama except for the person that Republicans nominate to run against him.
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I was confused by her support for Christie
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 2:32pm.
but I'm not nearly so regarding Romney. I think she's looking at reality. Can Santorum win enough moderates without alienating the base to beat Obama? There's real concern about his "big-government Conservative" tag, and the light is just being shown. We'll see if he survives it.
Also, as a columnist, Ann pretty much needs to get behind someone; that's part of her role. With that in mind, taking the safe bet isn't all that foolish now that her preferred candidate has removed himself from the conversation. Can't blame her, she has a job to protect. Were she to go off the reservation and endorse someone like Cain or Bachmann, she'd lose credibility. Harsh as that may seem for those two candidates, they never stood a chance in 2012 - much of it beyond their control.
If we want the GOP in the White House, the nominee has to present the right plan. He has to be anti-Obama in virtually every way. (Sidebar: Obama's proposed slashing of the military serves two competing purposes- try to attract Paulnuts and OWS'ers, and it punches a great big hole in that vaunted foreign policy success meme generated by his supporters. Today, his foreign policy became a campaign-negative for him. The GOP nominee can now exploit that.) He has to attract a significant portion of Independents. And he has to have the right experience. I'm guessing Ann is looking at similar guidelines and believes Romney is the best path to the Oval Office. It's hard to argue on the merits with that line of thinking.
- What religion comes under greater attack in this country than Catholicism?
- Which candidate has spent his political career in DC?
- Which candidate is perceived to be hostile to the gay community?
These are all issues that will help sway Indies. Right, wrong or indifferent, we must except the reality we're given if we're ever going to change it in the future.
I don't know folks; I'm not on the Romney train, but we've heard from all those running except Santorum -for the most part. It's obvious that GOP voters are studying; looking hard at whom they want to nominate. And polls reflect moment-in-time enthusiasm. If Santorum fails the test, all that's left is Romney or Paul. And Paul is a non-starter. If Santorum falters, we'll either need to get behind Romney or concede the White House.
[Edit: Interesting piece by Tina Korbe.]
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Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 2:35pm.
Good post but this time I'm going to have to disagree with you on the point of Obama's Foreign Policy. The Media/Democrats are selling the cuts as a natural step following the victory (not success but victory) of the administration's FP - concluding we no longer need such an expensive military. They are also selling the cuts as waste reducing and trimming and that they will ultimately not reduce the strength of the military significantly.
I've already posted in the OT about signs that actions may be in motion to close Guantanamo detention center and there are several other incidents around the globe that show how the need for strengthened FP but the media would sooner cover the second coming of Reagan than to touch a story that interrupts the message of Obama's FP victory.
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Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 2:48pm.
True, but events on the ground could easily supersede media spin. For example, if Baghdad continues to spiral out of control and civil war ensues, Obama's FP victory is immediately lost. Pulling the troops out against the best advice of his generals on the ground, and the reported contemplation -or urging of his top commander to resign in protest, won't look like victory, it'll look like politics. Which, of course, we all know it to be. The media simply won't be able to beat the victory drum if the GOP nominee is talking about the blood and treasure lost to a mission terminated so close to actual victory.
Also, another uprising someplace in the middle east will make Obama's claim of focus on Asia patently absurd. Trying to make China into the enemy at the same time selling them our debt is schizophrenic. Refusal to intervene in Syria while human atrocities are being committed every day could be seen as the result of force-reductions. (it was this threat to human life that forced his hand in Libya, remember.) Sure, the reductions are scheduled for the coming decade, but bringing our troops home and out of Europe is all part of the grand plan and these could surely be seen to effect his decision-making on Syria.
I think enough people will be smart enough to read the straight news and know Obama's Progressive dream of a Peace Corps instead of a Marine Corps is foolish and dangerous. And they'll want to reverse that, media be damned.
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Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 3:04pm.
A couple of days ago I listed 16 stories going on around the world in a thread about Stephy defending Obama's FP. None of those 16 stories have had much in the way of air time in the US and they paint a very obvious picture of how the US is at the core of collapsing influence of Western nations. They range from the US fighting energy production in Canada (would intrude on $$$ sent to hostile countries), negotiating with terrorist all the way to the final push to Sharia in Bosnia 20 years later.
You are more optimistic than I that any candidate will be able to penetrate the wall of silence. Even if they do they will be immediately asked what they would do and their plan will be ridiculed across the media dials.
I don't feel defeated but I just don't feel this is a place to attack to freely. The attacking point, IMHO, will be the media narrative and not the Obama failure. It will be necessary to put the media on defense rather than attacking Obama directly. By attacking Obama you allow the media to stay on offense and most of the public will never realize there is more to the story than a partisan attack and the media's response of : 'the warmonger has no plan and would just make things worse'.
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Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 3:19pm.
I understand your pint of view. And yeah, I'm probably cautiously optimistic at this point. What I'm counting on is the fact that once we choose our nominee, he'll monopolize the conversation from our side. It's a general election so while the media will try to tear him down, they won't be able to silence him. Nor will they be able to silence the millions of dollars of advertisement that will highlight Obama's record.
I'm counting on more focus as we winnow these candidates. It'll also create a more unified voice while right now, there's a lot of necessary (and unnecessary) infighting during the primary process.
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Obama's Victory
Submitted by Agnostic on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 1:02pm.
We can hope. A lot will ride on how well the media can sell Obama's FP 'Victory' to the public. If enough people are skeptical then there will be substantial evidence to kill peoples opinion.
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If Santorum fails the test,
Submitted by vrwc13 on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 4:14pm.
If Santorum fails the test, all that's left is Romney or Paul. And Paul is a non-starter. If Santorum falters, we'll either need to get behind Romney or concede the White House.
I think you are oversimplifying the answer. It should not be either Romney (20%) or Paul (10%), but someone whom the other 70% would support.
Let's not throw it all away because our perennial 20/10%'rs run every time. Let's choose a real representative, even if they are not in yet.
The process does not say we have to pick now from the top three from Iowa. Even those from Iowa would tell you that.
We still have 49 to 56 more states to hear from and a convention.
Way to early to concede (or celebrate as some would from the Iowa results). We are in round one of 12.
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~I really hope you're right
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 4:11pm.
because I've got a baaaaaad feeling about Romney.
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"a baaaaaad feeling about Romney..."
Submitted by vrwc13 on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 5:04pm.
...which may be right if this guy is correct:
Watch Gingrich expand on this in the debates. I can hear it now: "Mitt, you ran against Ted Kennedy for the Senate. Along the way to losing, you said you were better on gay rights than Ted Kennedy. You said that, like Ted Kennedy, you were fervently pro-choice. Like Ted Kennedy, you said you were never for Ronald Reagan — and added that in the Reagan years you weren't a Republican, but an independent. After you got elected governor while announcing you were a progressive, you worked with Ted Kennedy to pass RomneyCare — which then became the model for ObamaCare. And like Ted Kennedy, your health plan funded abortions." - Robert Shrum
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Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 5:21pm.
The only difference between Obama and Romney is that Obama doesn't pretend to be a Republican.
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Tapas on Portland Place
Finding a table for 2 on a weekend night at Iberica is normally a rare event having tried numerous times before. However being a January night and still a reasonably recent post-festivities weekend perhaps meant that all Londoners were not yet out to play in full, providing us with this opportunity to book just 5 minutes ahead.
We were seated on the 1st floor which is architectured like a mezzanine gallery overlooking the ground floor and our table by the balustrades certainly afforded a full vista point. We ordered swiftly and recalled that the black rice and the asparagus, as well as the burger tapas were the ones we favoured from last time. We accompanied this with a glass of Shiraz as we are accustomed not to trusting Spanish wines that much, though there are some excellent ones of course. Service as mentioned in other reviews, is somewhat haphazard at times and it seems they have a friendly but slightly disorganised manner in their delivery, however all is not lost and it gets there as it were, be it with some spillage.
Its not a cheap evening either at Iberica, as one gradually realises after having frequented a number of tapas venues, that its not wholly always the pricing to be of blame of course, but often just the tapas format being one that lends itself to a little over eating without realising it until its too late!
Iberica is a hearty and good venue to tapas at however, and certainly one that I would return to again.


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==In Popular Culture==
==In Popular Culture==
Draco Malfoy is a favorite in the fannon world. In fanfiction, he is often seen wearing leather pants. One of the most popular parings in fanfiction is the "Drarry" pairing
Draco Malfoy is a favorite in the fannon world. In fanfiction, he is often seen wearing leather pants. One of the most popular parings in fanfiction is the "Drarry" pairinghomosexual Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter. One of the most popular authors is "Maya""Underwater light, Drop Dead Gorgeous," and "Quality of Mercy" remain favorites of the genre.
Another popular paring is "Dramione" which is
Another popular paring is "Dramione" which is relationship with Draco and Hermione Granger. This is arguably one of the most popular fannon heterosexual pairings. Popular Dramione stories are "We'll Always Have Paris", Adamo Fidelitas", others.
==Additional Canon==
==Additional Canon==
Revision as of 17:06, 8 May 2013
Draco Malfoy is the son of Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the same year as Harry Potter; an enmity immediately grew between the two and remained throughout their time at Hogwarts.
Character Development
Draco Malfoy is a very complex character. He is introduced as a stuck up with superior attitude due to his pure-blood status. Like his father, he feels that only pure-bloods are worthy of belonging to the wizarding world and that Muggle-borns are a disgrace to the wizarding world. Throughout the first five books he maintains his arrogant attitude and teases and bullies Harry and his friends, including Ron, regarding his family's lack of money, Hermione, regarding her blood status, and Neville, regarding his lack of magical talent, among others.
Draco greatly develops in book six into more than simply a spoiled brat, after he is given the task of killing Albus Dumbledore. He spends most of his sixth year attempting to carry out his task in fear of Voldemort, when in truth his heart isn't truly in it. When he finally corners Dumbledore atop the Astronomy Tower, he is unable to kill him, and even lowers his wand in the end.
After that event, even though the Malfoys remain aligned with Voldemort, Draco does not cease to be hesitant and frightened and never displays any truly evil characteristics, except for purposes of self-preservation.
By the end of the series, Draco is never completely evil or wholly good; while he and Harry are no longer enemies, their relationship remains strained at best.
First Book
In the first book, Harry first meets Draco in Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions while he is being measured for a custom robe. In that meeting, Harry finds that he does not like him very much.[1]. They meet again on the train to Hogwarts where Draco warns Harry of associating himself with people like Ron Weasley and Rubeus Hagrid, and offers Harry his friendship, which Harry immediately rejects.[2]. He was Sorted into Slytherin House after the Sorting Hat had barely touched his head.[3]
Draco quickly becomes a favourite of Potions master, Professor Snape.[4] As the year goes on, Harry and Draco cross paths in class and meals, and Draco takes every opportunity to tease and insult Harry and his friends and attempts to get them in trouble. One such instance is when he steals Neville Longbottom's Remembrall and provokes Harry into trying to take it back, breaking the rules by flying on his own in the process. Draco's plan backfires when Harry, instead of getting in trouble, becomes the new Gryffindor House Seeker. He then challenges Harry to a wizard's duel at midnight in the Trophy Room, but instead of turning up, he informs the caretaker, Argus Filch, that Harry and his friends are out of bed after hours, in hopes of getting them expelled. This, again, does not work.[5] Later on in the year, Draco finds out that Rubeus Hagrid is keeping a dragon in his hut, and that Harry and his friends are attempting to smuggle it out of the castle.[6] In an attempt to catch them in the act, he is also caught out of bed after dark by Professor McGonagall, which costs his house 50 points and gets him sent to detention with Harry, Hermione, and Neville Longbottom. During said detention in the Forbidden Forest, after attempting to scare Neville by sneaking up behind him and startling him, he is paired up with Harry to search for an injured unicorn. After they encounter a creature drinking the unicorn's blood, Draco runs away in fright.[7]
Second Book
In the second book, Draco is seen versing Harry in Quidditch matches and duels. Draco seems to have got the position of Seeker on the Slytherin Quidditch Team after his father bought the entire team top of the range Nimbus 2001 broomsticks. Draco is first seen at the bookstore, The Leaky Cauldron, in Diagon Alley. Draco also appears in a few classes and meals.
We get to see more of how Draco interacts with his friends when Harry and Ron take Polyjuice Potion to turn themselves into Crabbe and Goyle as they believed that Draco was the one behind the attacks. Draco was not the heir of Slytherin however.
Third Book
Draco is first seen when he talks to Harry about Sirius Black, and how if someone had done what Sirius supposedly did to Harry's parents to Draco's parents, then Draco wouldn't even be bothering with school. He, instead, would be out hunting down the man who was responsible for his parents' deaths.
During the first day in Care of Magical Creatures class, Draco makes a scene by complaining loudly about the books and the fact that Hagrid was teaching. During this class, Draco fails to listen and insults Buckbeak the hippogriff and his injured when Buckbeak slashes his arm with his talon. Draco, makes a show of rolling around and claiming he is dying. After his father finds out about his injury, he gets the ministry to hold a hearing on Buckbeak, who is then sentenced to death.
Draco is later seen getting slapped in the face by Hermione Granger. (The film however, shows a punch)
Fourth Book
Draco is seen primarily in classes and meals. He is first mentioned at the Quidditch World Cup where he and his father are guests of the Minister of Magic. He is later seen when Krum and the rest of the Durmstrangs sit at the Slytherin table, and Harry and Ron are jealous to see Malfoy talking to Krum. Throughout the Triwizard Championship, Draco is mentioned to be supporting Diggory (the REAL Hogwarts champion) and Krum.
Fifth Book
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Draco and Pansy become Slytherin house Prefects.
After a Quidditch match between Slytherin and Gryffindor, Draco insults the Weasley family, thus getting himself attacked by Fred, George and Harry. After the attack, Draco gets the twins and Harry banned from the Quidditch team.[8]
He joins the Inquisitorial Squad set up by Dolores Umbridge. Draco is insturmental in the revealing of Dumbledore's Army who practices in the room of requirement. [9]
When the members of the D.A flee, Draco earns Slytherin fifty house points for capturing Harry and several other students who he helps hold at wand point in Umbridge's office while she questions each of the DA members in turn.
He later tries to get revenge of Harry Potter after his Father is sent to Azkaban when the minister finds him in the ministry with Voldemort.
Sixth Book
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Draco Malfoy is given a task by Lord Voldemort. The task is to murder Albus Dumbledore. Draco was given the Dark Mark sometime between the fifth and sixth book. We do not see him get the mark, but we see the mark towards the end of the sixth book.
Voldemort gave Draco the task of killing Dumbledore as a form of punishment because Lucius failed to retrieve the prophecy from the Department of Mysteries at the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Draco is seen much more in Half-Blood Prince than in any of the other books. Draco spends a lot of his time in the Room of Requirement, fixing a vanishing cabinet. Once the cabinet is fixed, Death Eaters, including Draco's aunt Bellatrix Lestrange, are brought through the cabinet by means of its twin in Borgin and Burkes' in Knockturn Alley. Draco, after cornering Dumbledore in the astronomy tower, is poised to kill Dumbledore, but is ultimately unable to do it. Draco cannot kill Dumbledore because he was clearly disturbed by the task he was given. Dumbledore even tells Draco not to kill him because Draco is no murderer.
Snape arrives, and after seeing that Draco cannot complete the task assigned to Draco by the Dark Lord, he carries out the murder. Snape is forced to kill Dumbledore because Snape made an Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa Malfoy (Draco's mother) to carry out the task assigned to Draco if Draco should not be able to go through with it.
If Snape had not killed Dumbledore, he would have died himself.
Seventh Book
Draco is rarely seen. We first see him in his home, Malfoy Manor, where Lord Voldemort has set up his headquarters. Draco and his parents (Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy) are clearly disturbed to have the Dark Lord in their home, but are unable to do anything about it. Draco witnesses the murder of his Muggle Studies teacher at Hogwarts, Charity Burbage, and the torture of Hermione Granger. Under the capture of Harry, Ron and Hermione at Malfoy Manor his is also asked of his afther to identify Harry, but seems reluctant. In the following fight his wand is won by Harry. Draco is also present in the Battle of Hogwarts where he neither fights with the Death Eaters nor with the Hogwarts students and teachers and villagers. Draco primarily gets in the way of Harry (Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle almost ruin Harry's chances of survival after Crabbe casts fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement and is ultimately killed himself) by constantly being saved from first fiendfyre and then Death Eaters who are trying to kill him. Draco's last appearance is in the epilogue, in which he is seen with receding hair and more prominent features than in his teenage years. He exchanges a curt nod with Harry. Draco had gone to Platform 9 3/4 with his wife, Astoria), and his eleven year old son, Scorpius. Scorpius is described as being a spitting image of an eleven year old Draco.
Portrayals Within Films
Draco Malfoy is portrayed in all eight the films by Tom Felton.
Outward Appearance
Draco is described as being very pale with silver-blonde hair and cold, grey eyes. Harry also describes Draco as having a face that only a mother could love. Draco's features are very pointed, and they are only enunciated with old age. He is described as having a gray tinge and large bags under his eyes in Half-Blood Prince from the stress he feels due to his Death Eater mission. Also in Half-Blood Prince, Draco gets a Dark Mark tattooed onto his left forearm. In the epilogue, he is described as having a receding hair line.
Draco holds himself in high regard. As a pure-blood wizard, he has a superior attitude and thinks he is better then half-bloods and muggle borns. Under all that though, it can be argued that Draco is full of fear. We never really find out if Draco agreed with the death eaters or not. It is believed that he accepted his mission to kill Dumbledore out of fear not respect, or sense of duty.
Draco is the ring leader of his class in the Slytherin house. He is mainly seen with Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle and Pansy Parkinson. He is hated by most of the other students in Hogwarts. He is a favored student of Snape as are all of the Slytherins.
Magical Accomplishments and Skills
Draco Malfoy is a reasonable Seeker on the Slytherin Quidditch Team. When his aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange, teaches him Occlumency, Draco is sufficiently good to keep Snape (who is skilled in that area) out of his mind.
In Chamber of Secrets, Draco brags about the Nimbus 2001 broomsticks that Lucius Malfoy (Draco's father) buys for Draco and the whole Slytherin quidditch team as a bribe to get Draco on the team as seeker. In Half-Blood Prince, it is said that Draco has a hand of glory that he uses on the night Dumbledore is killed so that he may smuggle Death Eaters from the Room of Requirement to the Astronomy Tower. After disarming Dumbledore, Draco becomes the owner of the Elder Wand. However, no one knows this and Draco never finds out.
Draco is the son of Narcissa Malfoy and Lucius Malfoy. Bellatrix Lestrange and Andromeda Tonks are his aunts on his mother's side. At the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Draco is revealed to have a son named Scorpius. Also it is revealed that he married a Astoria Greengrass, younger sister of Daphne Greengrass.
Sirius Black and Nymphadora Tonks are cousins of Draco Malfoy.
Many fans did not like Draco. However after Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when fanfiction became popular, many more fans came to like the character. After the movies, many more people fell for Tom Felton and thus became fans of Draco Malfoy. J.K. Rowling however said that many people were failing to remember that Tom Felton was NOT Draco Malfoy. (She was of course meaning that he was only portraying Draco.)
In Popular Culture
Draco Malfoy is a favorite in the fannon world. In fanfiction, he is often seen wearing leather pants. One of the most popular parings in fanfiction is the "Drarry" pairing, a homosexual relationship between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter. One of the most popular authors is "Maya", whose "Underwater light, Drop Dead Gorgeous," and "Quality of Mercy" fanfics remain favorites of the genre.
Another popular paring is "Dramione" which is relationship with Draco and Hermione Granger. This is arguably one of the most popular fannon heterosexual pairings. Popular Dramione stories are "We'll Always Have Paris", and Adamo Fidelitas", among others.
Additional Canon
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, PS 5
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, PS 6
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, PS 7
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, PS 8
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, PS 9
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, PS 14
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, PS 15
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, OotP 19
- ↑ J. K. Rowling, OotP 27


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2012 was full of great moments in country music and fortunately the Mayans were wrong and we're all still around for 2013!
I guess this will be the year of Taylor and her lucky number 13! (not that the past several years haven't been great for her too..) She was part of the celebration in Times Square for NYE and she's getting ready for her big Red Tour to start in March!
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Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber on Tuesday imposed a moratorium on the death penalty for the remainder of his term, saying he's morally opposed to capital punishment and has longregretted allowing two men to be executed in the 1990s.Kitzhaber's decision gives a temporary reprieve to a twice-convicted murderer who was scheduled to die by lethal injection in two weeks, along with 36 others on death row. It makesOregon the fifth state to halt executions since 2007.
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