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Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao will make his return to the Octagon on Dec. 20 against Canadian Mitch Gagnon in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway. It will be quite the step up in competition for Gagnon, who will see an even more motivated and angry Barao on fight night.
A vengeful Barao is looking to make a statement to the mixed martial arts world after he was thoroughly outclassed, and finished, by current champion T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 173. Things went from bad to worse when Barao fainted on the day of weigh-ins prior to his rematch with Dillashaw just three months later. Now, the Brazilian must regroup and channel his frustration towards Gagnon, who is 4-1 in the UFC.
"My preparation is going great," Barao told Sherdog.com's Gleidson Venga. "I train three times a day and hope to give 100 percent so that everybody will keep talking about the fight. I hope they'll enjoy it."
Barao, the former pound-for-pound king of the 135-pound weight class, fell from grace just as he was beginning to establish a dominant legacy in the Octagon. The 27-year-old was riding a 16-fight win streak prior to his UFC debut. Barao was thrust into the spotlight with little to no experience fighting in a top promotion—he only fought twice in the WEC—but was a force in his native country of Brazil.
The Nova Uniao team member's striking is a spectacle to watch. Similar to his teammate, Jose Aldo, Barao mixes up his punches well with deceptive spinning back kicks and crippling leg kicks. He's also got the killer instict; when he smells blood in the water, it's lights out for his opponents. For a 5'6″ bantamweight, Barao's reach is an impressive 70 inches.
His competitors are normally goaded into a stand-up exchange, partly because of his reach, which Barao uses to dictate the pace of the fight, but also because of his elite takedown defense. Prior to his bout with Dillashaw, Barao had stuffed 17 of 17 takedowns coming his way for a whopping 96 percent takedown defense percentage.
Barao's reign at the top of the 135-pound division was short but sweet. After winning the interim title, in Dominick Cruz's absence against Urijah Faber, Barao went on to defend the strap three times, including once more vs. Faber. His run included finishes of Michael McDonald, Eddie Wineland and Faber.
Like every human, even a top-level UFC fighter can experience a sudden downfall. While not the most marketable or talkative fighter, Barao was part of the new wave of Brazilian mixed martial artists. Along with former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos and Aldo, Barao was the last of his young countrymen to win a title, and nearly the last one to lose it.
Aldo is the last one left standing, with Barao forced to answer the questions that followed his UFC 177 weigh-in debacle, which cost him an immediate chance of putting the memory of a one-sided title defense loss behind him.
Four months is the amount of time between his missed opportunity and a chance at silencing critics on UFC Fight Night. The man he is up against, Gagnon, has only lost once in the Octagon, which came against bantamweight contender Bryan Caraway in his UFC debut. Since the loss, Gagnon has went on to steamroll his way through the division, with all three of his finishes coming in the first round.
The 30-year-old, who began his MMA career six years ago, sports solid wrestling and jiu-jitsu skills—he's a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu—but also displays great power in his hands. A funny fact about Gagnon: he has only fought in his native country of Canada because of his visa issues. The Canadian will be traveling to hostile territory this winter when he heads south of the equator to Barueri, Brazil, to tangle with Barao.
Gagnon presents a unique challenge to Barao. He is the first southpaw fighter Barao has faced in the UFC. This can potentially alter Barao's game plan for a couple of reasons; one, because he will need to be wary of the well-timed straight left and, two, because of the left head kick. Don't let his three submission wins fool you; Gagnon is a more-than-capable striker.
He dropped Walel Watson, via a left hook, before securing an easy rear-naked choke. Note: Gagnon has rarely, if at all, fought in the southpaw stance in the UFC but has prior to his time with the promotion.
Like Barao, Gagnon possesses excellent takedown defense and striking defense. Make no mistake about it, when the two battle in Brazil, it's going to be a stand-up affair. With the pair boasting takedown defensive percentages upwards of 85 percent, it's unlikely this fight will go to the ground.
Barao is a black belt in BJJ and has only been taken down once in his WEC/UFC career. Gagnon was neutralized by the grappler Caraway back in July 2012, but outside of his debut, he has shown great activity while on his back.
"I definitely think I can (submit Barao)," Gagnon told MMAFighting's Guilherme Cruz. "I will put the pressure on him and if he makes any mistake, I'll definitely [be] getting a submission."
If the pressure is on any fighter in this tussle, it's Barao. Figuratively speaking, if he was to lose this bout against a 15th-ranked bantamweight contender, Barao's collapse would rival that of the 2004 New York Yankees. One would start to question his desire, motive to fight and overall work ethic. Thankfully, it's not Dec. 20 yet.
A win for Gagnon could rocket him into the top 10 of the bantamweight division, or at least have him teetering on the outside of it. Gagnon has a skill set that can cause problems for the former champion. He has also performed well against fighters who have a 70-inch reach or greater, but he has yet to face anyone who is as fast and as technically sound as Barao.
Barao is now in a logjam atop the bantamweight ladder, with Cruz set to fight for the title next year and Raphael Assuncao waiting for his shot. Assuncao defeated Dillashaw previously at UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields. With a renewed focus and a noticeable mean streak, it's up to Barao to put away this would-be challenger and assert himself back in the mix.
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Former PRIDE champ and UFC veteran Wanderlei Silva is less than thrilled after being handed a lifetime ban by the Nevada State Athletic Commission Tuesday, and he isn't shy about saying so.
The Axe Murderer was issued a precedent-setting lifetime ban by the commission, per Luke Thomas of MMA Fighting, after refusing a random drug test issued back in May.
In an interview with Brazilian media outlet Combate, Silva went on a tirade blasting the decision, noting some inconsistencies in recent rulings made by the NSAC (translation per Guilherme Cruz MMA Fighting).
The punishment they gave (Sonnen) was unfair. We don't know what's behind this commission because at the same hearing they punished Sonnen they cleared (Vitor Belfort) who tested positive for high levels of testosterone in February, to fight for the title in December. Both had a history. The same case. One is banned, the other one is cleared to fight. … We have to know who's regulating this commission, who controls it, because it looks like a circus. They do what they want, and where are we going to complain about it?
Former three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen was set to face Silva at UFC 175 in July, but once his old rival was removed from the card after his drug testing fiasco, The American Gangster was paired with Vitor Belfort, per Matt Erickson of MMA Junkie.
However, Sonnen was then subsequently removed from the annual Fourth of July weekend pay-per-view event after failing a drug test for anti-estrogenic drugs, per Brett Okamoto of ESPN.com.
After the results of a second drug test revealed that Sonnen had used performance-enhancing drugs such as EPO and human growth hormones, Sonnen was eventually issued a two-year ban by the NSAC, per Matt Parrino of UFC.com.
Although Belfort tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone in February, the NSAC still granted the Brazilian slugger a conditional license to fight UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman at UFC 181, per Tristen Critchfield of Sherdog.
That championship matchup was postponed after Weidman suffered a broken hand in training (h/t Ariel Helwani).
While it may be inconsequential either way, was the NSAC's punishment of Silva far too harsh or necessary to send a statement to other fighters that the last thing they want to do is refuse a drug test?
John Heinis is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He is also the MMA editor for eDraft.com.
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Robbie Lawler looks back at his top-five best knockouts
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Alistair Overeem avoided a three-fight losing streak at UFC 169 in February when he pounded on Frank Mir for 15 minutes en route to a unanimous-decision victory. As "The Reem" looks to get back in the title conversation in the heavyweight division and pick up some momentum, his Fight Night 50 opponent, Ben Rothwell, is an ideal adversary.
Overeem came into the UFC with much fanfare and finished Brock Lesnar in the first round of his UFC debut at UFC 141 in December 2011. He earned a title shot with then-champ Junior dos Santos, but it never came to fruition, due to a positive drug test for Overeem ahead of their planned May 2012 fight.
He served a nine-month suspension handed down by the NSAC and returned with back-to-back knockout losses to Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva and Travis Browne.
Overeem gassed out in the third round of the Bigfoot fight, and the giant pulverized him when he dropped his hands.
Against Browne, Overeem nearly finished the fight with a barrage of punches and knees to the body, landing shots that were very close to putting Browne away. The Hawaiian somehow endured the punishment and knocked out Overeem with a front kick after Overeem had zapped himself of all energy trying to finish Browne earlier in the fight.
Overeem has lost some big fights, and he needs to rack up a few wins before he can fight the best heavyweights in the division. His win over Mir set him on the right path, but he's going to have to beat back some of the guys from the middle of the pack. Enter Ben Rothwell.
The Kenosha, Wisconsin, native is coming off a win over Brandon Vera last August at UFC 164. Rothwell received a therapeutic-use exemption from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services and was on TRT for the Vera fight.
When he tested positive for elevated testosterone levels, the commission opted to give him a warning, while the UFC suspended him for nine months.
The fact that he wasn't punished by the commission means his win wasn't overturned. He's alternated wins and losses since his UFC debut against Cain Velasquez in October 2009. Both Rothwell and Overeem have won and lost half of their UFC fights.
Rothwell needs to prove a few things in his fight against Overeem. The first thing he needs is a second win in a row to show he is more than just a "win one, lose one" heavyweight on the roster.
The next thing we need to see is whether Rothwell can fight off of TRT. We've seen mixed results when fighters stop taking steroids, and that will be a factor when Rothwell and Overeem throw down at Foxwoods.
Rothwell is going to move forward and try to knock out Overeem, and he doesn't have the best cardio. Overeem will have a clear striking advantage, and as long as he doesn't punch himself out, he should be able to pick apart Rothwell. He came in pretty lean for the Mir fight, relatively speaking, and he was landing hard shots until the very end of the fight.
It might finally be time for Overeem to go on a run in the UFC that sees him challenge for the title. He's got to get past Rothwell if he wants title-eliminator fights, and Big Ben is undoubtedly going to be looking to be the latest heavyweight to send Overeem careening toward the canvas.
It's a great fight between two hard-hitting heavyweights, and it is the perfect opportunity for Overeem to showcase his skills against a formidable foe.
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Alexis Davis is a walking study on the dynamic contrasts that exist in combat sports.
Outside of the cage, the Ontario native falls on the quieter side of the spotlight, nearly to the point of the shy variety. She is quick to produce a smile and the ever-polite wave, as she takes in those elements that move at a rapid pace around her. It's not that Davis can't keep up with the speed her career is moving at, but more along the lines she's learned the value of observation.
Yet, once the cage door closes, she's as gritty as they come. The California transplant has a career littered with rock em' sock em' affairs, and on those nights—like her action-packed tilt with Sarah Kaufman back in 2012—Davis has no trouble donning the crimson mask of battle, just as she is equally comfortable with handing them out to her opposition.
Davis simply loves to scrap. There is something that comes alive inside of her when the conflict begins, and she has no problem leaving the trash-talking and Twitter beefs for those are perhaps better suited.
The 29-year-old knows it is what happens inside the Octagon that matters, and her efficiency inside the cage has allowed her to climb the ranks of the women's bantamweight division. Davis' tenacity has earned her three consecutive victories under the UFC banner, and that run has brought her to the doorstep of the biggest opportunity of her career in a showdown with superstar Ronda Rousey.
At UFC 175 this Saturday night in Las Vegas, she will attempt to dethrone the reigning queen of the 135-pound fold and take her shot at being the first person to derail the rocket-fueled trajectory of the former Olympic judoka turned MMA phenom. So far no one has even come close, but all things are said to have their moment, and Davis believes hers will come on Saturday night.
A shot at championship gold is an opportunity years in the making, but Davis still feels like she's just getting started.
"It does feel like a long time coming, but at the same time it doesn't," Davis told Bleacher Report. "I've put in a lot of work to get where I am, but how many people can say they have been in the UFC for a year and earned a title shot? This will be my fourth fight for the UFC and I'm already fighting for the title.
"This has all been kind of surreal. When I first started in a small town of Four Corners, Ontario, Canada—most people don't even know where that is—to living in California and fighting for a world title. It has just been crazy, and you almost have to pinch yourself sometimes."
While the women's bantamweight division is still relatively new to the UFC stage, the fighters involved have wasted no time in making it a weight class to watch. In addition to Rousey's dominance, a handful of competitors have consistently engaged in high-caliber bouts that have kept stride with—and in some cases eclipsed—their male counterparts on various fight cards.
Of that collective, Davis is certainly a member, and her three wins inside the Octagon steadily carved out her place in the title picture. Yet, in a game where self-promotion can serve to rapidly elevate a fighter's profile, Davis has been content to do the work in the belief that the biggest opportunity will materialize as the result.
Although she never shouted from the rooftops for a title shot, Davis never took her eyes off the prize at the top of the mountain.
"I've always looked to fight the best people possible because that is what I got in this for," Davis said. "That's why I got into this sport. I don't just want to fight anybody…I want to fight the best. I want to fight whoever is at the top, and I'm going to get that opportunity at UFC 175.
"I'm so excited for this fight because she is exactly the type of fighter you want to face. I want fights like the one with Sarah Kaufman where it's going to bring out the best in me, and I know this is one of those fights. I know she's going to bring it. I know she's going to be coming forward regardless."
While the matchup between Rousey and Davis will feature two high-level grapplers, Davis isn't necessarily set on the idea that the champion is a "one-trick pony." Throughout her title reign, Rousey has shown an ever-evolving striking attack and an increasing willingness to trade leather on the feet.
Those skills were certainly on display in her most recent title defense, as she scored a first-round stoppage victory over Sara McMann after she landed a vicious knee from the clinch that put her fellow Olympian on the canvas. The win over McMann was Rousey's first of the non-armbar variety, and Davis believes it is a sign of the how rapidly the champion's game is evolving.
Davis knows she has to be ready for anything on Saturday night, and she's confident she'll be ready for whatever Rousey brings.
"I almost feel like you don't know what to expect from her anymore," Davis said. "Of course everyone is always saying armbar, armbar armbar, but she's put a ton of work into her boxing and clinch work. She is coming off a knockout victory in her last fight, so it's a case of having to be ready for everything. I'm going to have to be fully prepared for this fight to go anywhere and I'm confident that I am."
Duane Finley is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. All quotes are obtained firsthand unless noted otherwise.
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Demetrious Johnson did it again on Saturday at UFC 174, leaving yet another highly ranked challenger choking on his exhaust fumes with astonishing ease.
This time it was Ali Bagautinov starting out game but ending the fight down 50-45 on all three scorecards. The 29-year-old Dagestani fighter came in undefeated in the Octagon and riding an 11-fight overall win streak, but by the end of 25 minutes with Johnson, he looked as helpless as the rest.
Dominance is becoming a habit for the UFC's 27-year-old flyweight champion. Johnson's unique brand of excellence hasn't yielded monster ratings, but so far opponents have been powerless to reckon with his blend of mobility, versatility and quickness.
Johnson has been the 125-pound titlist for less than two years, and he's already cleaned out the rest of the division's Top Five. His ability to chew up and spit out top contenders only feeds our view of the flyweight class as a work still in progress.
Depth may be an issue for the UFC's newest men's division, but a surprising number of viable contenders still lurk. Here's a look at several who could still give Johnson a run for his money in 2014.
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Given all that Dan Henderson has accomplished in his mixed martial arts career, the notion that he could ever be out of his depth inside the cage is completely counterintuitive. However, his scheduled bout with Daniel Cormier at UFC 173 seems, at least on paper, to verge on being a mismatch.
Hendo's admirers are legion, so I imagine I'll be getting a little pushback on that last point. Looking at where the 43-year-old is in his career, though, can a reasonable argument be made that he has a realistic shot against Cormier, who seems to be improving by the second?
Certainly, the former two-weight PRIDE champion always has a puncher's chance; his overhand right could disintegrate even the most robust chin. One need only go back as far as Henderson's most recent fight, against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, for evidence of how quickly he can end a contest with a single swing of his right arm.
That being said, it's all too easy to forget that Henderson had been dominated right up until the moment he almost decapitated Rua with what appeared to be desperation shot.
Operating under the weight of a three-fight losing streak, it looked like Hendo was heading for his fourth straight loss for two-and-a-half rounds, with the inevitable calls for his retirement soon to follow.
One right hand later, punctuated by a few follow-up shots, and all that came before was seemingly forgotten.
This inability to remember anything beyond the immediate past seems to be the plight of the fight fan—and sports fans generally. You are only as good as the last 10 seconds of your last fight. Everything else fades into irrelevance.
Imagining the recent version of Henderson taking on Cormier is something you might expect from the mind of a 1980's WWF booker. It looks like a squash match designed for the purpose of putting one fighter over.
Examining the pair's strengths and weaknesses, it's hard to give Hendo the edge anywhere. Even his much-celebrated durability has seemingly deteriorated. It might not be as dramatic as Chuck Liddell's plummeting punch resistance toward the end of his career, but there is no doubt that Henderson doesn't absorb the shots quite like he used to.
Despite being 35 years of age, Cormier appears to be in his prime. His evolution as a fighter is staggering.
As a former Olympic freestyle wrestler, we expected him to rely on his base and achieve a certain amount of success. What we didn't see coming was the rapid development of his striking. Cormier looks like he has been kickboxing since he was a child.
Where the ceiling is on his potential remains to be seen, but his career remains on an upward trajectory. A meeting with Jon Jones increasingly seems like an inevitability—assuming Alexander Gustafsson doesn't do his Superman routine again.
Henderson, on the contrary, surely must be close to calling time on his legendary career. If his fight with Cormier is as one-sided as expected, Dana White and the UFC may end up making the decision for him.
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn continued Wednesday evening, April 30, on Fox Sports 1.
After winning the show's first matchup between Hector Urbina and Cathal Pendred, Team Edgar earned control of the matchups and elected for one of their top dogs, light heavyweight Dan Spohn, to enter the cage to face Team Edgar's Todd Monaghan.
In his elimination fight to enter the house, Spohn defeated Tyler King via knockout in just 10 seconds, crushing his opponent with a brutal overhand right that ended the fight almost before it began.
Now, Spohn enjoys significant momentum moving forward, and his coach, UFC legend BJ Penn, said on tonight's episode that he thinks Spohn will knock out all of his opponents on his path toward winning the title of Ultimate Fighter.
Monaghan, meanwhile, faced significant adversity during his fight to enter the house.
Against Jake Heun, Monaghan was dropped early and nearly finished, but he recovered and slapped on a fight-ending armbar to salvage his chance at UFC glory.
Now these two face off inside the cage, and only one man can advance to the next round.
Here's how it went down:
There's no sense in detailing this matchup too much. It was awful.
Spohn apparently didn't want to pursue another knockout, as he rocked Monaghan early in Round 1 but proceeded to wrestle his way to a unanimous decision victory.
After his early success on the feet, Spohn barely threw another punch for the remaining nine minutes of action, electing to out-grapple and out-position his foe instead.
While Spohn said after the fight that he was happy to show off his other skills, UFC President Dana White disagreed. When previewing next week's fight, the bald-headed boss said, "It's impossible to suck as bad as the last fight did," per Dan Downes of UFC.com.
Speaking of next week's fight…
Team Penn chose Tim "The South Jersey Strangler" Williams (8-1) to face Team Edgar's Dhiego Lima (9-1).
Penn said during the episode that Williams is a "cardio machine," and he expects him to break Lima with his pressure and relentless offensive attack.
Episode Highlights:
- Combat sports legend Renzo Gracie visited Team Edgar to drop some knowledge and to inspire the UFC hopefuls. All the fighters, especially Monaghan, enjoyed learning techniques from the lauded Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout, and they all seemed impressed with his teaching style and execution. If only Monaghan had actually used what he learned in his fight…
- The show's first winner, Cathal Pendred, brought mats into the house so he and his teammates could work even when they were away from the gym. Spohn took the lead, showing them some breathing and relaxation techniques that he teaches as a third-degree black belt in Kachido Aikijitsu. The fighters struggled with Spohn's workout routine and walked away positively impacted by his lesson.
- Spohn dropped a fellow cast member in training, prompting everybody to paint him as a ferocious killer on the feet. As we saw, it didn't quite work like that during his fight with Monaghan, but the potential is certainly there.
- Monaghan, a preacher, gave a sermon to the house. While some absorbed his message, others, notably Team Penn's middleweight standout Pendred, mocked him and questioned how genuine his teachings were. Was it from the heart, or was it for TV time?
- Team Edgar's Corey Anderson asked Monaghan before the fight what he would do if he was in trouble during the fight, and Monaghan replied that this was not even a possibility. Monaghan's inability to accept his potential defeat bothered Anderson and the rest of Team Edgar, and they felt he was overconfident heading into his fight with Spohn. They were right.
Episode 4 of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn will air next Wednesday at 10 p.m. on Fox Sports 1.
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Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 13]
Summary: Apparating to Hogsmeade from his Uncle Alphard's funeral, Sirius Black is expecting to see his friends already ensconced in the Three Broomsticks. They'd promised that they'd help him send off his favourite uncle in style. But after a ridiculous prank, the Marauders are stuck in detention, leaving Sirius alone and contemplating lilies.
Will anyone else raise a glass to Alphard?
Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling and I doubt that surprises you.
Thank you to Kara (Karaley Dargen) for beta'ing this story.
Jack O'Lantern James by Gmariam
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 5]
Summary: A Halloween prank turns against James and Sirius - not once, but twice.
Take Me Far Away by Karaley Dargen
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 15]
Summary: In his school years, Remus Lupin became known as a "bookworm": Where he went, he usually went with something to read. But those weren't textbooks, as many of his fellow students originally thought – they were books of great adventures, of other worlds, that drew him in and let him forget about his worries.
But how did this boy grow to love, even to need books so much? When Remus Lupin was a child, there was little he could do; his overprotective father never let him go outside on his own, and least of all was he allowed to play with other children. But he had other friends – he had his books, to take him far away, to different places.
Until one day, a stranger arrives at the Lupins' doorstep, and he might not need his books to find a different world anymore after all.
Heart of (Red and) Gold by type-n-shadow
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 4]
Summary: Those who knew Lily Evans knew her heart of gold – the kind, innocent, and forgiving nature that was unique to her. Underneath the gold lining, her heart was as red as anyone's: full of passions and frustrated feelings; her temper just as quickly piqued as it was soothed. The brave colors of her heart would affect the lives of everyone around her, the effect continuing beyond death. Such was a Lion's Heart.
Excerpt from Volume 7: Once again, James image standing next to her, shielding her from the rain, peering into her face anxiously, appeared foremost in her thoughts.
"There's James Potter," Lily finally mentioned.
"There's a promising name," her father commented. "Isn't that the boy who's been after you for years, though? I thought you didn't like him."
"I can't believe you remember," Lily said, laughing. "But he's changed so much. He's-"
She struggled for words.
"Well, he's sort of…different, in a way – er – this is absurd! I can't even find the words to describe him."
"Sounds like a girl in love," said her mother's voice. Mr. Evans looked up brightly at his wife, who stood in the door way smiling.
"Do you really think so?" he said delightedly. He looked at Lily. "Is it true?"
Out of her depth on the subject of her own feelings, Lily sputtered,
"I-I don't know! He is smart, and talented; he is on the good side, you know; against Lord Voldemort…"
"Lily," Olivia Evans interrupted gently, coming and sitting on the corner of the bed, taking Lily's hand in her own, "I know you think all that is what we want to hear as your parents; but really, truly, all we care about is your happiness. I know you: you're a girl who follows your heart. So learn what's in your heart now that your head has done its work."
It was then that Lily realized that she could not imagine spending the rest of her life with anyone else.
The Slow Burn of Betrayal by Equinox Chick
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 6]
Summary: At school Peter Pettigrew was somebody. He was a Gryffindor, a Marauder and an Animagus. Peter Pettigrew was special. He would have died for his friends ... at school.
But what happens when he leaves the haven of Hogwarts? Peter is no longer one of four, but a man alone working at the Ministry. And with his friends caught up in life or death situations, is it any wonder that Wormtail gets overlooked.
This is the untold story of Peter's treachery.
This is Equinox Chick of Hufflepuff writing for The Untold Story Challenge in the Great Hall on the Beta Forums
Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling, and whilst I would very much like to own Sirius and Remus (although she can keep Peter), I don't.
Thank you to Lexi (Harry Rulz) for beta'ing this fic for me. It really is appreciated.
Marauders to the End- Year One by armagod679
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 46]
Summary: This is the story of the rat, the stag, the werewolf, and the dog. They met by fate and were bound by a secret. Hopes, fears, love, tears, great and small, Marauders all. Their years at Hogwarts will always live on in infamy, although so many people say different things. Here is the frivolous first year of the tale of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.
You Want To Make A Memory? by Potter
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 1183]
Summary: Chapter Ninety Six is posted!
This is the story of four boys. This is the story of a boy from a family he wants to escape from. This is the story of a boy who is from a family he loves deeply, but lacks the gift of a best friend. This is the story of a boy who has been living with a curse his entire life, fighting to overcome it. This is the story of a boy who wishes to show people what he can do. This is the story of how these four boys came to know each other, of how they became friends. This is the story of their unbreakable bond, of a bond that could survive any test, any trial. This is a story that will ultimately end in tragedy.
Nominated for a 2007 and 2009 Quicksilver Quill Award - Best Marauder's Era Featured Mugglenet Fanfiction, October 2011
Looks by whomovedmyquil
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 7]
Summary: Inspiration can come from the most unlikely of sources.
A late-night chat with Sirius leads James to confront a hidden insecurity, and may just give him the push he needs to grow up.
Everything Happens for a Reason by MerrryD
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 31]
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Every student plans on making their final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the most memorable one ever. Eight in particular want to make those minutes really count. Except, they each have a different idea of how to go about doing it.
James Potter would like to waltz into Lily Evans's life and throw it completely off course. Julie McGuire didn't exactly plan on rescuing Remus Lupin, but now that she has, why not just go with it? Marlene McKinnon should have know what she got herself into when she kissed Sirius Black the first time, but that boy has a way of knocking her senseless. Emmeline Vance had planned to just sit back and watch it all happen, until Roxanna Louchester, her ex-friend, barged in and turned everything upside down.
Suddenly they've gone from only wanting the most memorable year, to achieving it. It's a year of love and lust. It's a year of tears and fights. It's a year of finding yourself. It's a year of learning to lose. It's a year that none of them are likely to forget.
The Beginning of the End by Radcliffefan07
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 4]
Summary: October 31st, 1981. That was the night that Sirius Black lost everything. James and Lily were dead, and Harry's fate, undermined, and Sirius wanted only one thing: revenge against the traitor that took it all from him.
This is my take on Sirius and his reaction the night the Potters were killed.
Cain and Abel by Sainyn Swiftfoot
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 6]
The Marauder's Map - A Beginning by Karaley Dargen
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 6]
Summary: On a lazy Saturday afternoon in their fifth year, two of the Marauders are staying inside talking – while the other two are outside and get an idea. Why not make a map of Hogwarts? It would certainly make their nightly wanderings easier, and who knows what could be done with a piece of parchment...
This is Karaley Dargen of Gryffindor writing for the final in the MWPP class on the beta boards.
Thank you for your time, Professor by Equinox Chick
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 29]
Summary: It is April 1976, and Minerva McGonagall sits in her office, arranging biscuits on a plate. She knows she faces a stormy afternoon because today is the day she has to advise her four most troublesome students on their future. They call themselves the Marauders; they think they want the same thing, but Minerva knows that the differences between them will not work in everyone's favour. And so, she steels herself for a very difficult day.
This is Equinox Chick submitting her final for the MWPP class.
Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling, but I doubt that shocks you.
This story is very much a prequel to The Lions of Gryffindor, but either can be read without knowledge of the other.
In shock at the nomination for a 2009 QSQ award.
The Fog Will Cast a Certain Shade by electronicquillster
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 8]
Summary: Sequel to 'The Watch Unwinds Until It Stops.'
The Black brothers' lives continue to unfold in unexpected directions. For Regulus, his final year at Hogwarts will bring many difficult decisions about life, friends, family, love, and the war that is going on behind the scenes.
More Lives Than One by dashdott
Rated: 6th-7th Years [Reviews - 4]
Summary: "For he who lives more lives than one: More deaths than one must die." - Oscar Wilde
Follow the Marauders in their 6th year--a tale of the complications of friendship, the crippling effects of fear, and the power of love. This is what JKR didn't tell you.
I Solemnly Swear by Mila Zakharov
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 3]
Summary: The course of true love never did run smooth. James' infatuation with Lily is driving him–and his friends–insane! Peter accuses the fiery redhead of being cold-hearted, Remus suggests growing-up and Sirius won't stop bickering with Tabitha while coming up with plans that turn out for worse! Add to that romantic tribulations of their own, lycanthropy and the imminent rise of the dark arts and you ought to find more than just a bit of mischief and mayhem.
Follow Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs through their last two years at Hogwarts, were merlin-knows what they will get up to! Ragging hormones, danger, grief and love are one of the few things they'll face and, of course, let's not forget about pranks. After all, that's why the girls at Hogwarts sigh, the teachers swear and Dumbledore just chuckles.
CHAPTER THREE IN THE QUEUE, Excerpt:
"As I was saying," Lily continued, "Professor Goone...well, he hasn't moved for the last twenty minutes, not even with all this noise."
Peter breathed in, heavily. "You don't think he's dead, do you?"
"Shouldn't we...I don't know, try to wake him up?" she suggested, ignoring Peter's remark.
"Are you mad?" exclaimed Sirius. "Why would you do that? He's having a jolly good time sleeping; we're having a jolly good time talking. Everybody wins."
Lily didn't even spare a glance at Sirius; instead she kept her eyes focussed on Remus. "So, what do you think?" she asked him.
Remus shrugged. "I'm not sure–wouldn't he feel embarrassed that we caught him sleeping in class if we wake him up?"
"Right," said Sirius. "We'd hurt his feelings!"
Friendship Will Endure by ginnygirl16
Rated: 3rd-5th Years [Reviews - 4]
Summary: James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Known throughout their later school years as the Marauders. Notorious for pranking even the most proper professors and popular students. Friends until the end.
But when a conflict arises during third year, will the boys be able to put aside their feelings and remain friends?
This is the events that followed the Gryffindor Quidditch try-outs of 1973.
This is ginnygirl16 from Slytherin writing my final for the MWPP: The Truth Revealed class.
Morning Tea with Sirius by mudbloodproud
Rated: 1st-2nd Years [Reviews - 6]
Summary: After facing ten Death Eaters alone, where else would a man go but to his best friend? However, instead of the man, he got the wife. Better for him? Maybe...
How do you comfort your husband's best friend when he has come close to death? Over a cup of tea, of course.
I do not own anything you recognise. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling. I am just thankful to be able to escape to her world for a little while.


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was in Napoli. I hadn't eaten since breakfast and it was now about 6pm, and I had spent the day in the sun in Pompeii. There were two very similar pizzas on the menu, with the exception that one had ham, and one did not. That being the only difference, the two pizzas were the same price. I ordered the one without ham, because I do not eat meat. By the time the pizza arrived, I was starving! Unfortunately, the chef had put ham on the pizza! Either he didn't understand, or he thought he was being nice. The pizza was very good anyway, if not a little burnt.
The second was in a small town, near Casino, about one hour north of napoli, two hours south of rome. A friend ordered it so it came in a box and didn't look gourmet by any standards, but was the best pizza I have ever eaten!
I had some pizza in Pisa and Rome also, both of which were decent. In Rome you pay per 100grams.


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5-6 p.m.: Cherri Bomb (rock band)
6-6:30 p.m.: FVHS Vocal Music (singing group)
6:30-8:30 p.m.: PopDudes ('80s rock)
8:30-9 p.m.: Virtuosos Russian Music Academy
9-11 p.m.: The Dairy Kings (rock band)
7 a.m.-3 p.m.: Fountain Valley Classic Car and Truck Show
7:30-10:30 a.m.: Kiwanis Club pancake breakfast at the car show
11 a.m.: Summerfest opens
11 a.m.-noon: Slater (rock band)
Noon-1 p.m.: The Paralyzers (rock band)
1-1:30 p.m.: Virtuosos Russian Music Academy
1:30-3:30 p.m. Thank U Drive Thru (rock band)
3:30-4 p.m.: Dippin' Dots eating contest
4-6 p.m.: David and Devine (pop soul)
6-6:30 p.m.: South Coast Fencing Center (demonstration)
6:30-8:30 p.m.: USAU2 (U2 cover band)
8:30-9 p.m.: Prius raffle and a performance by the Virtuosos Russian Music Academy
9 p.m.: Fireworks display (see map for best places to watch the display)
9:10-10 p.m.: Un D Vided (rock band)
10-11 p.m.: False Puppet (rock band)
Noon-6 p.m.: Dog Day Afternoon
Noon-2 p.m.: Rebel Souls (Southern rock)
2-2:30 p.m.: Ms. Senior California Pageant "Silver Girls"
2:30-4:30 p.m.: Abbey Road (Beatles covers)
4:30-5 p.m.: Musical Youth Artists' Repertory Theater
5-6 p.m.: Sabrina Lentini (singer-songwriter)
6-7 p.m.: Dog show parade
7-9 p.m.: Boneyard (classic rock)
Now in its fifth year, Fountain Valley's Summerfest is an older, wiser and busier version of its former self.
The now-annual summer tradition started out as a small car show. Not only has the car show outgrown its old post on Slater Avenue, but the celebration is practically bursting at the seams of the community's sports park, where it has been held since it began.
The annual festivities of Summerfest are a chance for residents of the largely suburban area to coalesce – a rarity for a place with no downtown or central meeting place, said Matt Taylor, chairman of the event's committee.
"Some people think it's just another place for a carnival to park and set up, but it's really much more of a community event," he said. "By the end of the weekend, you realize you see so many people that you don't get to see from week to week."
Summerfest is run by a committee of city employees and volunteers who start planning for the June event as early as September. Come January, the committee begins planning full force and meets twice a month in May and June. Members of the committee each have a different area they help to plan, such as the beer and wine garden, security and marketing.
Related: 5 Questions With ... Deanna Lonergan on what it takes to help plan Summerfest
The event, at the Fountain Valley Sports Park at Brookhurst Street and Heil Avenue, brings in $86,000 for other community events, such as Summer Concerts in the Park or the tree-lighting ceremony in December, though the costs of Summerfest absorb about $65,000 of the revenue.
The car show is the only event run by the Fountain Valley Community Foundation, which raises $10,000 for other foundation events and services throughout the year, such as disabled dances and scholarships, said Mark Nix, community services manager for the city.
Summerfest is also a way for nonprofit organizations throughout the city to raise money. Typically, nonprofits bring in a collective $30,000 over the course of the weekend through food booths and raffle ticket sales, Nix said.
This year, the highlight of the carnival will be a fireworks display. It's the Summerfest committee's way of celebrating the event's fifth anniversary.
The show starts at 9 p.m. Saturday, and the fireworks can best be viewed at the Sports Park on fields B and C. The committee paid $10,000 for the seven-to eight-minute fireworks show. It will be free for anyone at Summerfest. Parking should be available in the parking lots at the Fountain Valley Sports Park, but there is overflow space on Brookhurst if needed.
At 5 tonight, the fun begins with Preview Night, which features $1 rides and gourmet food trucks instead of volunteer food booths. Food trucks include BACON MANia, Dogzilla, Longboards Ice Cream and the Flip Truck. Preview Night goes until 10 p.m.
On Friday, the food booths will open and sell items such as barbecue and dessert items such as Dippin' Dots, which also will be consumed in high volume during Saturday afternoon's Dippin' Dots eating contest.
Saturday is the heart of Summerfest, starting at 7 a.m. when the classic cars and trucks begin rolling in.
The car show attracts classic and vintage cars to the soccer fields of the Recreation Center and Sports Park – plus car-themed vendors and the Mayor's Cup, which will be awarded to the car that Mayor Mark McCurdy likes the most.
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• Summit Elevation: 3,344 ft
• Longest trail: 4.5 miles
• 5 Peaks
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Okemo Mountain is home to long, wide, swooping trails that are meticulously groomed – a beginner and intermediate skier's dream. Given its choice green and blue runs, Okemo is an excellent family mountain with stress-free beginner and intermediate areas – which are serviced in the Jackson Gore area. If you're looking for something different or more challenging, Okemo has got that as well. Home to five terrain parks, including a superpipe, Okemo has a strong following of snowboarders and park skiers. Along with having an incredible terrain park, a few trails are dedicated solely to moguls for you mogul enthusiasts.
Despite the icy rap East Coast skiing seems to get, Okemo seems to be a head above the rest. Snowmaking is offered on 96% of the trails, and according to Skiing Magazine, the mountain ranks Top 3 in the East for snowmaking quality and #1 in the East for grooming. As a result, Okemo tends to be extremely family oriented, with the majority of the crowds on the groomed trails.
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How many spaces follow a period according to APA guidelines?
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APA's Publication Manual (6th edition) includes information on punctuation and style, including the number of spaces after a period.
In specific, section 4.01 (p. 87-88) of the Manual covers "Spacing After Punctuation Marks."
For periods, APA prescribes three different scenarios...
- One space after periods that separate parts of a reference citation
- One space after periods that are initials in a personal name
- Two spaces after periods that are at the end of a sentence
- WHY does APA ask you to do this?: "Spacing twice after punctuation marks at the end of a sentence aids readers of draft manuscripts" (p. 88).
When following APA's instructions, please realize that it is no longer common to ask for double spacing after a period at the end of a sentence. Most grammar and style guides will tell you to include only one space after that period.
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The Box Room, a fascinating interactive gallery features Reading Museum Service's loan collection. Situated in the town hall, a fine example of Victorian Gothic architecture.
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In the 15th century, the leading families of Florence decided they needed a strong person in charge to lead them against the growing threat of rival cities. They chose Cosimo de Medici, a wealthy banker, to take control of the government. Cosimo maintained the appearance of republican government, but he appointed his relatives and people he could control to important positions. When Cosimo died in 1464, his son and grandson continued his policies. The Medici maintained control by exiling people who disagreed with them and encouraging other Italian cities to form alliances with Florence.
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Diablo Cody has signed on to write and produce an adaptation of the "Sweet Valley High" book series for Universal. Mason Novick, Adam Siegel and Marc Platt are also producing.
According to Variety, Universal agreed to a deal with Cody and her manager Novick, outbidding Fox for the project. Universal is in talks to acquire the film rights to the book series created by Francine Pascal and published by Random House.
The "Sweet Valley" novels followed the lives of identical twins with dissimilar personalities -- the sensitive and practical Elizabeth and the flighty and boy-crazy Jessica -- in the fictional town of Sweet Valley. There were more than 150 books in the series between 1983 and 2003 and a TV series with 88 episodes between 1994 and 1997.
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The next morning, Anita Webb called her son to remind him to file a police report for the stolen bike. His phone rang and rang. She didn't bother leaving a message, figuring the movers already had arrived. They had. It's possible they heard the phone ringing. As they approached his house, they noticed a note stuck to his front door.
"Please do not enter," it warned. "Call 911 for an ambulance. Thank you."
When her son failed answer the phone for more than an hour, Anita Webb began to panic. Finally, she let the answering machine pick up. "Gary, make sure you file a police report," she said. Before she could finish, the machine beeped and an unfamiliar voice began to speak: "Are you calling about the man who lives here?"
It is normally the policy of the Sacramento County Coroner's office not to answer the telephone at the scene of a death, but apparently the phrase "police report" startled the coroner into breaking that rule. At some point early that morning, Gary Webb had committed suicide.
The coroners found his body in a pool of blood on his bed, his hands still gripping his father's 38-caliber pistol. On his nightstand were his Social
Security card apparently intended to make it easier for his body to be identified a cremation card and a suicide note, the contents of which have never been revealed by his family. The house was filled with packed boxes. Only his turntable, DVD player and TV were unpacked.
In the hours before he shot himself in the head, Webb had listened to his favorite album, Ian Hunter Live, and had watched his favorite movie, the Sergio Leone spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. In a trash can was a poster Webb had saved from his first journalism job with the Kentucky Post. The poster was an open letter to readers from Vance Trimble, Webb's first editor. Decades earlier, Webb had clipped it from the pages of the paper. Although he had always admired its message, something about it must have been too much to bear in his final moments. Trimble had written that, unlike some newspapers, the Post would never kill a story under pressure from powerful interests. "There should be no fetters on reporters, nor must they tamper with the truth, but give light so the people will find their own way," his letter stated.
That morning, Sue Webb was at home in Folsom, just minutes away from Carmichael, when her cell phone started ringing. She was about to walk out the door to bring her fourteen-year-old daughter, Christine, to school. Because Sue was running late for a business meeting in Stockton, she didn't answer. But when she recognized the number of the caller as Kurt, her ex-husband's brother, she began to worry.
"I was standing in the bathroom, and when I saw that number, I knew something had happened," she says. "I kept saying, 'No, this is not happening, this is not happening.' I was afraid to pick up the phone."
Thoughts raced through her mind. Two days earlier, Webb had taken Christine to a doctor's appointment. At the doctor's office, there was a copy of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham, which Webb had loved reading to her years earlier. He jokingly asked her if she wanted him to read it aloud to her. When he dropped Christine off at Sue's house later that day, Christine said her father made a special point of walking up to the door to kiss her goodbye. "He told her to be good to her mom," Sue says. "And he handed her some little bottles of perfume and said, 'I love you.' When she asked him if he wanted to come in, he said no."
Sue put her daughter in the car and drove a few blocks to the entrance of the middle-class neighborhood of tract houses where she lives on a wooded hillside on the outskirts of town. "I couldn't stand it anymore, because the phone kept ringing," she says. "It was Anita, and she was just sobbing. And I said, 'Is he gone?' and she said, 'Yes.' And I just pulled off the road and started crying and said, 'Christine, your daddy's dead.' We had to get out of the car, and we sat on the grass together and just started crying. I don't even know how long we sat there."
A woman driving by pulled over and asked what was wrong. Sue gave her the number of the health-care company where she worked as a sales agent. She asked the woman to call and let them no she wouldn't be able to keep her appointments that day. Then she called her twenty-year-old son, Ian, and Eric, her sixteen-year-old, who was already at school, to tell them to meet her and Christine at Anita's house. "I had to tell them on the phone what had happened because they wouldn't let me hang up," she says.
When she arrived at Anita's house, Ian was sitting on the front lawn, tears streaming down his face. "The police had already left," she says. "I told him not to go inside." A block away from the house was a bench with a view of a duck pond. The tranquil scene seemed surreal, dreamlike, frozen in time.
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Rear-View Camera InstallInstalling a rear-view backup monitor
Have you ever tried to hook up to a trailer without someone spotting for you? If you avoided scratching your paint or dinging the hitch, consider yourself a talented estimator of distance. For the rest of us, though, a rear-view camera can make this task and others much easier.
In recent years, proximity sensors that beep when you back up too close to an obstacle have become a popular factory option on SUVs and other large vehicles. Problem is, the device doesn't tell you what's back there, and only some indicate just how close you are to hitting something or, even worse, someone. A rear-view camera is actually a better alternative. Not only does it let you see what might be blocking your rearward path, but also can serve as a security measure for spotting intruders lurking behind your vehicle and a safety measure to help avoid hitting a child or animal.
In some cases the rear-view camera is mounted at the top edge of the roof, so it has a bird's eye view of any objects behind the rear bumper. On this particular vehicle, though, the owner didn't want to drill into the sheetmetal, so we opted for putting Hind Sight color CCD bullet-type camera in the plastic bumper cover. Actually, you can install the camera in just about any location you wish, and use the angled controller rings to aim it in the desired direction. (In fact, we once saw an owner of a sport compact who had eight-yes, eight-cameras installed at various locations, with a spit-screen setup on a large monitor.
You probably don't need anything that elaborate (or voyeuristic) on your truck or SUV, however. The housing for the 3.5-inch screen included with Vizualogic's Hind Sight Backup Monitor System fits right over the support for the rear-view mirror within easy sight of the driver without impeding forward visibility. We should note that the monitor required a bit of adjustment when fitting it into the plastic housing. You may need to elongate or widen the screw holes with a drill bit or reamer, but not so much that they are bigger than the washers for screws.
Normally the camera comes on when the gearshift lever is in reverse (by linking the system to the wiring backup lights), but the vehicle's owner requested a manual override switch as well (not a bad idea for the security aspect already mentioned). That step required drilling a hole in the dash for the switch (not included, but readily available at most electronics supply stores). We also had to install a diode in the wiring harness to prevent the manual switch from activating the circuit for the backup lights. The diode is a small, in-line electrical component that acts like a check valve for current, keeping it from flowing in more than one direction.
The professional installer also recommended zip-tying the conduit about every six inches so it stays secure, and also scraping paint off the metal where the system is grounded. Once it's properly installed and you're able to spot things behind you, you'll probably wonder how you ever survived without it.
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Earth Hour is today, Saturday, March 23rd, and the city will be observing the hour between 8:30pm and 9:30pm tonight. The city will turn off the lights at several facilities across the city, including City Hall, and the Seattle Center will observe the hour as well: the large neon sign atop KeyArena and the Pacific Science Center arches will go dark for the hour.
According to Mayor Mike McGinn: "Earth Hour is a good reminder about the little things that everyone can do to help fight climate change."
Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia, in 2006. What happens during Earth Hour? People across the globe turn off non-essential lights for an hour to raise awareness about climate change. The annual event has grown to hundreds of millions of people in 152 countries who turn off their lights for an hour.
In other parts of the city, Seattle City Light will turn off the historic City Light sign at the South Service Center, and the Office of Arts & Culture is partnering with the Seattle Art Museum to turn off Hammering Man.
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The 2013 Ripe Awards Honor Local Culinary MastersPhoenix New Times… at the Phoenix Art Museum while hungry, well-dressed foodies enjoy flavorful plates at the 2013 Ripe Awards. Five famous culinary artists from the greater area of Phoenix were honored at the event, where they displayed their small yet decadent dishes.5 Valley chefs earn kudos at inaugural Ripe AwardsPhoenix Business Journal (blog)
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To solve this, a neutral format, readable by any operating systems was developed: UDF (Universal Disk Format). To make use of it, disc burning software also implemented the format and it is now present on the supported list of most such applications.
One of the utilities especially designed to work with this file system is Nero InCD. It was developed specifically in order to erase and format CDs and DVDs. It can even be configured to auto-format blank discs upon insertion.
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The setup process you are required to go through does not take very long, as it does not come bundled with any offers from third-party products. After wrapping it up, you come face to face with a pretty well-organized layout. The interface is comprised of a few buttons, a navigation panel and a few others which enable you to view various information.
In addition to that, extensive Help contents are incorporated, thus making sure that all types of users can handle Nero InCD, regardless of their previous experience.
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As stated above, this utility can help individuals in erasing information from rewritable discs, as well as format them, without deploying a lot of effort. In addition to that you should also know that you can verify CDs and DVDs and display drive information.
A handy feature of this software is its ability to read optical discs created with the SecurDisc technology which has specific protection properties. The only requirement is that a compatible optical drive is connected to the system.
Nero InCD supports all CD and DVD formats in existence, but you should note that regular, write-only discs (CD-R or DVD-R) cannot be reformatted nor erased. For those purposes, you still have to resort to using CD-RW and DVD-RW / DVD+RW / DVD-RAM discs.
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Since it is very easy to use, with a clean interface that provides quick access to all the features, this application is suitable for all users, advanced and less experienced alike. Without any complex configurations and thanks to the ability to use several UDF file systems, Nero InCD is one of the best tools in its category. Moreover, the computer's performance is not going to be affected in a significant fashion, and all tasks are completed in a pretty decent amount of time.
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With a little yarn, some candy canes and lots of creativity, you can make your very own candy cane reindeer!…
Candy Cane Sugar Scrub
Make a fun sugar scrub to give as a gift to a teacher, female relative, or your mom!
Candy Cane Soap Bars
These adorable little bars of soap would make perfect gifts for teachers, friends and family. An ideal gift for teens…
Candy Cane Doodles
These cookies are a variation of the simple yet classic snicker-doodle. It's cookie that won't disappoint: easy, festive, and delicious.
Candy Cane Mice
These sweet little felt mice will hold all your candy canes and keep them safe.
Pom Pom Christmas Ornaments
Soft and plushy these ornaments are fun to make. There are also instructions for making other candy cane ornaments!


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