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With the high school football playoffs just a week away, the Man Hillbillies and the Logan Wildcats hope to soon make some noise.
Man High School (8-1) rose to a fourth-place tie with Moorefield (8-1) in this week's Class A state computer ratings which were released on Tuesday afternoon by the WVSSAC. The Billies won 24-14 at Tug Valley last week and hope to close out the regular season with nine straight wins and a win at home over Van on Friday night.
Logan High School (6-3) is tied for 15th place in the state in this week's Class AAA ratings with Hampshire (6-3). Logan needs a win on Friday night at home over Scott to advance to the post-season.
In this week's Class A ratings, Weirton Madonna (9-0) is No. 1 with 11.33 points. St. Marys (9-0) is second with 10.89 points. Valley Fayette (9-0) is third, while Man and Moorefield are locked up at No. 4. Sixth-place belongs to Clay-Battelle (8-0).
Greenbrier West (9-1) is seventh in Single-A, while Wahama (8-1) is eighth, Williamstown (7-2) ninth and Meadow Bridge (8-2) 10th. East Hardy (7-2) is 11th, Clarksburg Notre Dame (6-3) 12th, Tucker County (6-3) 13th and Doddridge County (7-2) 14th. Bishop Donahue (6-3) 15th and Magnolia (5-4) are tied for 15th.
If the season ended today, Man would host either Tucker County or Notre Dame in a first-round playoff game.
In this week's Class AAA state rankings, Huntington (9-0) remains No. 1 with 16.67 points. Martinsburg (9-1) is second with 15.00 points. Capital (8-1) is third, Point Pleasant (9-0) fourth and George Washington (8-1) fifth. University (9-1) is sixth, Wheeling Park (8-1) seventh, Cabell Midland (7-2) eighth, Oak Hill (7-2) ninth and Morgantown (8-2) 10th.
Washington High School (6-3) is 11th, South Charleston (7-3) 12th, Spring Valley (6-3) 13th and Lewis County (7-2) is 14th, while Logan and Hampshire are tied for 15th.
If the season ended today, Logan would travel to either Martinsburg or Huntington for a first-round 3A playoff game.
In the Class AA ratings this week, Bluefield (8-1) overtook Wayne (9-0) for the No. 1 spot. The two teams were tied for first last week and play each other, ironically, on Friday night at Bluefield's Mitchell Stadium in the statewide game of the week. The Beavers have 12.56 ratings points to Wayne's 12.44. The Pioneers are the two-time defending state champs.
Third is Bridgeport (8-1), while Summers County (9-1) is fourth and Wyoming East (8-1) fifth. Fairmont (7-2) is sixth, Sissonville (8-1) seventh, Frankfort (7-2) eighth, Mingo Central (7-2) ninth and the Keyser Golden Tornado (6-3) 10th. Nicholas County (7-2) is 11th, Ritchie County (6-3) 12th, Roane County (6-3) 13th, Robert C. Byrd (6-3) 14th, Philip Barbour (6-4) 15th and Ravenswood (5-4) 16th.
No. 17 Lincoln (5-4) and No. 18 Chapmanville (5-5) are both on the outside looking in. The Tigers finished their season last week with a 64-36 loss at Wayne.
The top 16 teams in each class qualify for the playoffs which begin Nov. 15 across the state.
If the season ended today, Mingo Central would go to Frankfort for a first-round game.


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Lab Test Results: Units of Measurement
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Lab test results usually contain some type of unit of measurement. The units provide a way to report results so that they can be compared. Usually, but not always, the same test is reported in the same units no matter which lab did the test. Units of measurement that may be used for lab test results include:
- Femtoliters.
- Grams (g).
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- Milligrams (mg).
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- Milliosmoles per kilogram of water (mOsm/kg water).
- Milliunits per gram (mU/g).
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- Nanograms per liter (ng/L).
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- Nanomoles (nmol).
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Catapult Corporation Launching Employee-Chosen Charitable-Giving Program
Just barely two-thirds of a year old, Catapult Corporation is shifting its focus outward rather than inward. The company announced last week that it would be instituting a monthly charitable-giving initiative. It would also be putting the decision-making regarding that philanthropy in the hands of its valued employees.
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Still very much in its infancy, Catapult Corporation, an online publishing company that markets the world's top talent in a committed effort to bring genuine value to the world, is already outshining the rest of corporate America in one regard: charitable giving. Last week, the company announced that it would be giving its employees carte blanche in choosing a monthly recipient of corporate philanthropic funds.
According to a recent âœThe Chronicle of Philanthropyâ article, âœDonations to United Ways Dropped Last Year.â When inflation is factored in, that fundraising declined 1.2 percent over 2009 totals. Corporate giving to the organization fared even worse, plummeting 1.4 percent. United Way Worldwideâs spokesperson blames the sputtering economy for this situation. And because the recession has to fewer employees in the workplace, employee contributions are also trending downward.
Catapult Corporation out of Duluth, Ga., is positioning itself to break these trends. Launched fewer than nine months ago, the company came out of a corporate meeting last week and announced that it was going to start not only emphasizing corporate giving, but also encouraging its employees to be part of that philanthropic philosophy by allowing them to choose to whom the monthâs corporate charitable funds would be donated.
Catapult Corporation founder explains, âœAccording to the dictionary, catapult means to thrust or move quickly or suddenly, and our aim is to live up to that name by making a global impact right out of the starting gate.â He goes on to add, âœFrom here on out, the Catapult Corporation plans to make monthly, unannounced donations to a charitable organization. The determination of that recipient will be the people who make this company run â" our valued employees.â
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Sač is a large metal or ceramic lid like a shallow bell with which bread dough or meat to be baked are covered, and over which ashes and live coals are placed. Restaurants all over the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Greece and Turkey have adopted this traditional style of cooking, which allows the meat, fish and vegetables to remain juicy, and the potatoes to take on the taste of the meat. It is used also for cooking bread and traditional food as burek and pizza.
In Bulgaria, the word сач or сачѐ (sach/sache) refers to a flat clay plate, which is heated to a high temperature, and placed on the table, where thin slices of vegetables and meat are cooked on it. Fat is not used, and it is not covered. In the region of the Rhodopes typically more meat is used.
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BEIJING (AP) South Korea's Cha Dong-min has won the men's over 80-kilogram class in taekwondo, bringing the fourth gold to his country in its native sport.
Cha fell behind when Alexandros Nikolaidis of Greece nailed him in Saturday's final with a head kick 15 seconds into the bout. But he came back with a body kick and a head shot of his own to take back the lead, and added another point to go 4-3 leading into the third round.
Nikolaidis then evened it at 4-4 with a body kick, but Cha scored with just 18 seconds left to claim the gold.
Winning the bronzes were Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov, who won when Cuba's Angel Matos was ruled the loser for taking too much injury time, and Nigeria's Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije.
Taekwondo awards two bronze medals in each weight class.
Mexico takes women's taekwondo gold
Mexico's Maria del Rosario Espinoza won the gold medal in the women's over 67-kilogram class of taekwondo.
Espinoza, the 2007 world champion, easily defeated Norway's Nina Solheim on points after going ahead in the first round and never falling behind. The final score was 4-1.
Winning bronze were Britain's Sarah Stevenson, who defeated Egypt's Noha Abd Rabo 5-1, and Brazil's Natalia Falavigna, who outscored Sweden's Karolina Kedzierska 5-2.
Men's semifinal results
Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greece, def. Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije, Nigeria, 3-2.
Cha Dongmin, South Korea, def. Angel Valodia Matos, Cuba, 1-0. Repechage Semifinal
Arman Chilmanov, Kazakhstan, def. Abdelkader Zrouri, Morocco, Withdrawal, 1:28, 1.
Akmal Irgashev, Uzbekistan, def. Kristopher Moitland, Costa Rica, 6-5. Bronze Medal Final 1
Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije, Nigeria, def. Akmal Irgashev, Uzbekistan, 4-3. Bronze Medal Final 2
Arman Chilmanov, Kazakhstan, def. Angel Valodia Matos, Cuba, Disqualification, 1:02, 2. Gold Medal
Cha Dongmin, South Korea, def. Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greece, 5-4.
Women's semifinal results
Nina Solheim, Norway, def. Natalia Falavigna, Brazil, 2-2.
Maria del Rosario Espinoza, Mexico, def. Sarah Stevenson, Britain, 4-1. Repechage Semifinals
Noha Abd Rabo, Egypt, def. Chew Chan Che, Malaysia, 5-1.
Karolina Kedzierska, Sweden, def. Khaoula Ben Hamza, Tunisia, 5-4. Bronze Medal Final 2
Sarah Stevenson, Britain, def. Noha Abd Rabo, Egypt, 5-1. Bronze Medal Final 1
Natalia Falavigna, Brazil, def. Karolina Kedzierska, Sweden, 5-2. Gold Medal
Maria del Rosario Espinoza, Mexico, def. Nina Solheim, Norway, 3-1.
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text: Camping – 30 Seconds or Less Erik Miller 2 Comments I have all kinds of friends that have every gadget known to man for camping. Hell, they even have home made gadgets of their own just waiting for a patent. Answer guys for camping. I take a different approach to camping. When I go camping, it is usually without any preparation and often without; what others might call necessities, like utensils or fire starting material. I have a 12 year old tent (works great), fishing gear (poles and hooks), sleeping bags (usually with broken zippers), first aid (tape & glue), food (jerky, water, and doughnuts), and then I toss in a couple of things to do like a kayak or a Frisbee. Done, lets go!Camping-Kayaking I know you're probably thinking; "You forgot a couple of things." "Yes, you're right I did." I don't care, i'm camping to enjoy nature and the people with me. There is also great opportunity to stretch yourself and anyone brave enough to go camping this way. The idea is, that when I am unprepared for an activity, we have to improvise a solution. Here is an easy example: My boys and I are out camping and we have heated up some chili. The problem is we don't have any utensils or bowls. So, I ask my boys: "What are we going to do?" "Fingers Dad." "We can do better, what else?" "We have crackers!" "That works! Great job." Small Man Making Fire There are many flavors of camping; extreme from cliffs, state parks, back packing, and primitive camping just to name a few. There is nothing like camping to bring out the inner beast, to remind you that you are a natural warrior, and that you're at the top of the food chain. So, I challenge you: the next time you go camping, forget a couple of things and challenge yourself to figure it out. You don't need Sudoku to stay sharp, you need practice. When I was discussing this with friends, many arguments came up about why someone "needs" this gadget or that tool to be safe or to make the experience fun. My answer to all of them is: "The less you need to be happy, the happier you will be." Give it some thought, what do you actually need? My best experiences have more to do with discomfort and friends than any gadget or tool or toy. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInGooglePinterestPocketEmailMoreStumbleUponTumblrPrintReddit 2 Responses Lee Rudd 08/22/2012 I don't need to purposely forget things. Just got back from camping and forgot my sandals (twice). Just went with out. Also, a family member had a run of bad luck with her car. First was a flat tire. No big deal since she had a spare. Then we found her oil pan was cracked and had drained all oil out of her car. She couldn't afford a mechanic and my stuff is all at home. Solution: Duct tape, a block of plastic and bailing twine. Sealed up the leak good enough to get home. Then found a piece of metal, got some epoxy and fixed the hole. Duct tape – Free Plastic block – Free Bailing Twine – Free Epoxy – $5 Oil – $45 Vrs Cost of tow – $120 New oil pan – $250 Log in to Reply Erik Miller 08/27/2012 Lee, That is exactly what I'm talking about. Nice save. I just want my kids to be able to do that better than I can. I hate the idea that a good time is dependent on having the right gadget always at hand. Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Connect with:


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His birthday tea was anything he wanted - he chose Tizer and a Pot Noodle
Aww it looks like he had a fantastic birthday.
What flavour pot noodle?
Excellent choice.
OK, so what is tizer, and what are pot noodles? (The pot noodles sound like you are talking about ramen)?


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Even with Sands, these dyes are considered proprietary in some cases, and they will not tell you the structure. They will only supply a suggested solvent and a curve of the spectrum.
In any case, don't take ANY dyes containing Selenium. They are too toxic for home use and need industrial quality equipment for safe handling. Sands sent me one for a test, and it remains in their safe packing material in a refrigerator dedicated to chemicals. Paul Gilman saw the dye, knew what it was and told me to never use it due to its toxicity.


text: Meta Battle Subway PokeBase - Pokemon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat Is there a way to start a battle with Darmanitan-Z? 0 votes Without losing any HP, not including Entry Hazards. forms asked Aug 1, 2012 by JirachiCelebiMew retagged Aug 29, 2012 Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 2 Answers 1 vote Best answer Well, it is possible with hacking. Other than that, no. See here. answered Aug 2, 2012 by Mewderator selected Aug 23, 2012 by &Psychic x Thanks, Mew! commented Aug 4, 2012 by JirachiCelebiMew Please log in or register to add a comment. 2 votes Nope.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Outside that entry hazards thing (Spikes and Stealth Rock) you listed there isn't. answered Aug 1, 2012 by trachy Forgot i asked this. Thanks Trachy! commented Aug 4, 2012 by JirachiCelebiMew Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions How do you get Darmanitan-Z? Is there a way to forfeit a Poke'mon battle (In-Game)? Why wont Darmanitan I battle change forms? Is there a way to change Rotom's form in Platinum? Is there anyway to change meloettas form back during battle? Is there some way I can actually see Genesect's High-Speed Flight Form in X and Y? Why Is Darmanitan-Z In Limbo? When meloetta is pirouette form, does it change back to aria forme automatically after the battle? Useful Meta Posts How to change your username How to add a user avatar Why was my post hidden? The points system Question etiquette Flags vs Downvotes Anime FAQ


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I am looking for good reading references of styling data grids for web. Not necessarily the technical details (how to do it), but more guiding principles (what to do). Something like the Apple's Human Interface Guidelines, but for web and more specifically for data grids.
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I agree with Sam - grid based design is grid based design, regardless of where it's implemented (web page, desktop app, billboard, newspaper). That said, a search for "grid based web design" returned the following:
I glanced through these and they seemed to include all the information that I expected to see.
I don't think datagrids on the web (that is, inside web apps) are that different from desktop apps. It's all about being functional.
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04 October 2013 18:05 [Source: ICIS news]
LONDON (ICIS)--European acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) producers are offering initial reductions of €20-30/tonne for October business following the €92/tonne drop in the feedstock styrene monomer (SM) October contract.
One producer said it has offered €20/tonne reductions to its customers, retaining some of the cost pass-through of the SM decrease to strengthen margins.
"We are going in to the market with minus €20/tonne. What I have seen so far is that others [producers] are following, some are going with a bit more, up to 40 euros [per tonne reduction]."
A second producer has finalised some early settlements at reductions of €35-45/tonne.
A third producer is discussing its October business on a case-by-case basis with its customers. It is looking to implement some increases in October based on higher September feedstock costs, and said it has already achieved some increases of €60-70/tonne. However, business done towards the end of the month had concluded at smaller increases of €20-30/tonne. Its November prices will be reflective of the October raw material movements, the producer said.
Buyers are pushing for larger reductions than producers' initial offers, wanting to take advantage of the larger-than-expected fall in SM, and the likely decrease in the acrylonitrile (ACN) October contract.
"Producers are offering less than expected… [but we are] pressing to have €40/tonne reduction," a buyer said.
A second buyer said it had already achieved a €50/tonne reduction from one of its suppliers, with a third being offered a similar reduction, but this was due to higher-than-average increases in its September price, the buyer concerned said.
October price discussions continue.
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State Pecan Crop Suffers in Winds
THOMASVILLE, Ga. – Pecan grower Tom Stone was stranded at a vacation home on the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Fay waltzed across northern Florida. When he returned to southern Georgia on Sunday – even then finding some major roads blocked by downed trees and power lines – he found his well-tended orchards in shambles.
"I was devastated," the Thom-as County grower said Monday. "We've lost 50 percent of the crop. We knew we were going to get a little rain, but we didn't know we were going to get all this wind and rain together."
In preliminary assessments, the storm's high wind and torrential rain seemed to take the heaviest toll on Georgia's $128 million pecan crop, especially in southern counties along the Florida line. The storm also toppled corn stalks throughout southern Georgia.
Pecan trees were vulnerable because they're loaded with immature nuts and foliage.
"It's kind of like a sailboat with the wind blowing on the trees," said Mr. Stone, a third-generation pecan grower with 330 acres of trees. His crop insurance will help offset some of the losses, but he's also hoping the area might qualify for federal disaster assistance.
Mike Griesinger, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Peachtree City, said the rain should ease north Georgia's "exceptional" drought, noting that Atlanta has a rainfall deficit of 8 inches and Athens 15 inches over the past 12 months.
State climatologist David Stooksbury said the rain will improve stream flows and pastures and slightly raise the levels of major reservoirs including Lanier, Hartwell and Thurmond lakes, which provide drinking water.
"This is definitely what we need," he said. "It will not end the drought. It will make a dent."
Georgia's southernmost counties – Lowndes, Brooks, Grady, Thomas and Decatur – took the brunt of Fay's wind and rain Friday and Saturday.
Don Clark, Thomas County's extension service coordinator, said 17 inches to 23 inches of rain fell in the county and the wind ravaged pecan orchards.
The storm also blew some tobacco leaves off their stalks, and the moist condition make cotton plants vulnerable to a disease known as boll rot.
The forecast calls for a 50 percent to 70 percent chance of precipitation in southern Georgia through Wednesday, so it could be days before growers can return to the fields to resume harvesting what was hoped to be a $212 million corn crop.
Mr. Stone said Fay caused the greatest destruction in his pecan orchards since the loss of 190 trees during the 2004 hurricane season.
"We had a bumper crop," he said. "They were looking fine. We're disappointed that we went this far and then lost this much."
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Over the last 10 years, Crispin Porter + Bogusky has evolved from being a boutique agency -- with less than $45 million in billings -- to a giant, billing in excess of $500 million and handling such clients as Burger King, BMW Mini and Ikea. CP+B principal Alex Bogusky says, "If you can't come up with ideas, you won't survive here for long."
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Oceanside council votes to upgrade airport
OCEANSIDE - The City Council directed its staffers Wednesday to spend the next 90 days looking for money to improve the Oceanside Municipal Airport.
The council voted 4-1, with Esther Sanchez in the minority, to support Councilman Rocky Chavez's proposal to proceed with upgrading the airport off Highway 76 in the western end of the San Luis Rey River valley.
In addition to searching for funding, the council agreed to Chavez's call for the city to keep the airport open in "perpetuity" and form a committee to develop a good-neighbor policy.
"The biggest obstacle for the airport has been funding," Chavez said. "This finally puts to rest the issue of whether the airport will be here tomorrow."
The 50-acre airport has been a controversial issue in Oceanside for years, but only three advocates of the airfield attended the hearing.
The airport hearing didn't begin until around 11 p.m, because the council was discussing other issues.
Critics have complained about planes flying over homes and say the valuable property could be better used. Airport supporters said the airfield, where about 85 private planes are based, is a valuable asset to the community.
Previously, Mayor Jim Wood has opposed seeking grants to approve the airport but voted to support Chavez's proposal on Wednesday.
"I want to give you a shot to make the airport what it can be," Wood told the airport supporters. "This is your opportunity."
He said airport supporters need to help staffers find state, federal and local funding to improve the airfield.
Wood said he decided to give the airport a chance because of the results of the November council election. Chavez and Councilman Jerry Kern, both strong supporters of the airport, defeated former Councilwoman Shari Mackin and retired educator George McNeil, who were both strongly opposed by airport backers.
Wood said the airport was a major issue in the election, and voters demonstrated their support for the airport.
Airport advocates thanked the council for its decision.
"We are thrilled to get to this point," said Ben Meyers, the head of the local airport association.
Meyers and the airport supporters said they might also be able to find a way for the property to generate more money the city could use to provide services for residents.
Councilman Jack Feller suggested that the city could lease the property to an airport operator to create revenue.
But Wood said he was skeptical, because the money created by the airfield has to be used for the facility. The airport has cost the city more than $400,000 over the last several decades.
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, the books are full of complex plots and sub-plots, which often interweave and connect as the series progresses, but that are very different in themes and tone. While much of the series focuses on the continuing struggle between good and evil, between Harry, his, friends, and teachers and Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters, his menacing followers, they are also full of charming and often hilarious sub-plots involving whining ghosts that live in bathrooms, magic classes where the teachers know less than their students, spells and charms that accidentally backfire on their casters, and, of course, those darned magical creatures that Hagrid thinks are cute even as they chew on your fingers. In compiling this list I hope to have capture just a bit of the tonal changes in the series as they shift from humorous magical mishaps to tragic accidents to unexpected victories. So, without further adieu, here's my list of favorite magical mishaps, the moments that the Hogwarts folks wish they could forget about.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book 1)
In Harry's first year at Hogwarts he learns why one should never waken a sleeping three-headed dog (even if it's name is something cute like Fluffy), why dragons don't make for good pets, why its more difficult to keep track of a key with wings on it, and the importance of playing wizard's chess.
Harry's first year at Hogwarts is indeed a memorable one in which he and the other first year students learn that as much fun as there is to be had with learning magic, there's just as much danger and nothing ever goes quite as you might expect. In addition to having some less than trust-worthy teachers and uncovering a plot to resurrect the evil Lord Voldemort with the Philosopher's Stone, Harry, Ron, and Hermione also find themselves face to face with a mountain troll that managed to mysteriously enter the castle.
The end result: While Hermione mopes and cries in the girls' lavatory a wandering mountain troll is let into the castle by nefarious means and it's up to Harry and Ron to save her. unfortunately neither of them are adept wizards and their mastery of casting spells is subject to debate... so Harry attempts to tackle the hulking troll and sticks his wand up the troll's nose leaving his friends to cast a spell causing the troll's club to knock its owner unconscious.
I do hope Harry will remember to properly disinfect his wand. Troll bogeys! Ew!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book 2)
Who at some point or another didn't miss the school bus at least once and then had to figure out how to get there? Well, in the world of magic, if you miss the train to Hogwarts you'd better have a magical flying car ready... and you'd better know how to drive it.
In Harry's second year at Hogwarts, Harry and Ron are mysteriously prevented from entering Platform 9 3/4 and thus are unable to get onto the train to take them back to school, so Ron improvises and borrows his dad's magical muggle car, which just happens to be able to fit any number of passengers and it can fly. However, Ron isn't the most adept driver, and the car itself has a mind of its own...
The end result: Harry and Ron accidentally crash the car into the school's venerable Whomping Willow tree and receive detention. The car is somewhat banged up, but it survives the crash and drives off into the Dark Forest where it becomes a feral automobile, meanwhile Ron laments the fact that his wand was broken in the car crash, and Harry must deal with the conceited new Prof. Lockhart for whom he must sign autographs as a form of punishment.
And if all of that weren't bad enough, Hermione mistakenly used cat hair in a Poly Juice potion and turned herself into a feline-human hybrid and Ron's wand gets broken causing his spells to backfire on himself. Oops!
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book 3)
Who hasn't been given a textbook in school that was part of their required reading list and then realized that the book was giant volume that would take forever to finish? Well, in the world of magic, if you are given a required reading book in your Care of Magical Creatures class, you may want to have a muzzle ready... just in case the book tries to eat you.
Hagrid is lovable and loyal, no doubt, but he's also a bit of an oaf on a number of occasions. His judgment regarding wild beasts and magical creatures is sometimes lacking in discretion or awareness of danger. A good example of this can be found when Hagrid is given the chance to teach a class at Hogwarts and then decides that the Monster Book of Monsters would be a fun and educational learning tool. What was he thinking?!
The end result: The Monster Book of Monsters lives up to its name and as it turns out is just as unpredictable as the creatures in its pages. The book is basically a giant mouth that will devour everything it comes in contact with including other books or your shoes if you leave them on the floor. Ultimately, Harry and some of his friends were able to restrain their copies by binding them shut with their belts.
Also, a Hippogriff bites Draco Malfoy. Magical beasts should be treated with reverence and caution.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book 4)
Sometimes a magical mishap seems to work to your advantage, while other times it leads to comical accidents, and still other times it leads to the forces of evil itself. When someone submits Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire and entering him to compete in the Tri-Wizard Tournament without his being aware of it, Harry finds himself overwhelmed and in over his head as he faces a series of obstacles that surpass his technical skills as a young wizard, but he still manages to stay alive and rise to the challenge.
He survives a challenge in which he must outsmart (and out-fly) a dragon in order to fetch a golden egg from its nest. Another task sees him swallowing gillyweed and growing flippers on his feet and gills in order to swim in the eerie lake where the merpeople have his friends magically suspended beneath the water. And finally, he navigates his way through a potentially deadly maze only to be transported by a portkey into a graveyard where he confronts the newly resurrected Voldemort, who is given his corporeal form via Black Magicks and the spilling of Harry's own blood.
The end result: While Harry won the tournament, a Hogwarts student is killed, Voldemort returns to power, and the history of the magic folk is forever altered.
On the upside, Hermione learns the importance of liberating house elves from their magical enslavement. Viva SPEW!
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book 5)
The fifth year at Hogwarts turns out to be even more dangerous and unforgettable than the previous ones as Harry and his friends must deal with the aftermath of Voldemort's resurrection and his rise to power. To make things even worse The Ministry of Magic has appointed a horrid new teacher by the name of Dolores Umbridge who abuses her power as a teacher and actually tortures students and enforces a rigid code of conformity. Naturally, there's little room for students to really learn or to have fun, so they rebel.
Professor Umbridge not only begins creating new rules by which the school becomes a place of militarized conformity and repression, but she also takes great pride in asserting that Harry is a liar. Not only is it revealed that she conspired against Harry, but she also punishes him by forcing him to repeatedly write "
I must not tell lies
" which literally cuts into Harry leaving a scar on the back of his hand. Things continue to escalate and Harry, Ron, and Hermione resort to create a secretive rebel group they dub Dumbledore's Army in order to prepare themselves for Voldemort's inevitable onslaught. Finally events climax when Umbridge discovers their group and an all-out revolt begins within the castle.
The end result: Fred and George Weasley fly through the great hall and unleash a set of magical pranks ranging from fireworks to dung bombs. And later Umbridge escorts Harry and Hermione into the Dark Forest where she is beset upon by an angry mob of centaurs who oppose her "Pure Blood" policies.
And that's not all, while storming into the Ministry of Magic on a rescue mission Harry and his pals accidentally knock of a shelf full of Time Turners causing a temporal loop for some Death Eaters.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book 6)
In Harry's sixth and essentially his last year at Hogwarts, he experiences one of the greatest losses to ever hit the wizarding world and he learns much about the strange and disturbing past of Lord Voldemort. Headmaster Dumbledore and Harry begin making excursions into the Pensieve during the school year in which Dumbledore shows Harry memories of Voldemort's childhood and the events that lead to him becoming such a powerful Dark Wizard. Dumbledore also takes Harry on a series of missions to destroy the hidden horcruxes, items in which Voldemort has concealed parts of his soul so that he might live forever, but these don't necessarily go as planned.
During one of these missions, Harry and Prof. Dumbledore must take a boat across a haunted lake within an underground cave by the sea. There they discover that the only way to reach the horcrux is for Dumbledore to drink a potion held within a basin, which causes Dumbledore to experience maddening pain, and as he begs for mercy Harry must force him to keep drinking until he can safely reach the horcrux in the basin.
The end result: Harry and Dumbledore do manage to get the horcrux, just barely, but do so only to discover that it's actually a fake horcrux. Exhausted, both physically and emotionally, they arrive back at Hogwarts where the Death Eaters have made their attack during Dumbledore's absence.
Also, Snape's (partial) true identity is finally revealed!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book 7)
After deciding that he could no longer attend Hogwarts without endangering his fellow students and knowing that he must continue the secret task of destroying the horcruxes, Harry sets out with Ron and Hermione leaving their beloved school behind. On their travels they not only come face to face with numerous dangers, but they also have time to reflect upon the nature of their friendships and exactly what it is that they are fighting to save.
While on the run, Harry and Ron are put at odds by the corrupting influence of a horcrux locket causing internal friction among the trio of friends which results in Ron storming off, leaving Harry and Hermione to complete their mission by themselves. Harry and Hermione return to Harry's birthplace in Gryffindor's Hallow and come across the tombstone marking Harry's parents graves. After visiting the cemetery they visit the home of Bathilda Bagshot where they hope to learn about Voldemort's past and perhaps information on the final horcruxes, but Bathilda isn't herself... literally! She turns out to be Voldemort's monstrous snake Nagini in disguise and she attacks Harry and Hermione who barely escape with their lives.
The end result: Harry and Hermione head off into the woods shaken and Harry later sees a patronus of a doe, which he believes may have been sent by his mother, which leads him to the Sword of Gryffindor hidden in a small lake in the forest outside of Gryffindor's Hallow. There he manages to retrieve the sword from the icy cold water, but the horcrux locket around his neck suddenly springs to life and tries to kill him. Then Ron unexpectedly emerges from the woods and saves Harry by using the sword to destroy the horcrux.
And of course, this being the final book, it concludes with the ultimate battle between good and evil as Harry and the teachers and students of Hogwarts take on the forces of Voldemort in their many forms.
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The Whomping Willow is one of my favorite Rowling creations. I loved how she made each book slightly darker than the previous one.
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As did I. The whole concept of books that eat other books and a tree that beats up anyone who tries to harm it is just priceless.
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I am "Potter'ed" out LOL!
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Already? This is only list #2. I've got three more to do.
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I was using a metaphorical joke :P
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Fail to see the metaphor, but okay. How was your vacay?
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It was a business trip and it went alright.
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Ah. Where was it?
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- "More broadly, the downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges to a degree more than we envisioned when we assigned a negative outlook to the rating on April 18, 2011.
- "Since then, we have changed our view of the difficulties in bridging the gulf between the political parties over fiscal policy, which makes us pessimistic about the capacity of Congress and the Administration to be able to leverage their agreement this week into a broader fiscal consolidation plan that stabilizes the government's debt dynamics any time soon."
The following day, S&P acknowleged in writing a USD$2 trillion error in its calculations, saying the error "had no impact on the rating decision" and:"In taking a longer term horizon of 10 years, the U.S. net general government debt level with the current assumptions would be $20.1 trillion (85% of 2021 GDP). With the original assumptions, the ...


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I was looking for eye makeup removal for Lancome waterproof Definicils mascara to replace Lancome Bi-Facial removal. After reading reviews here, I bought it in Target under $5.00, but unfortunately, it did not work well. It removes OK the regular mascara, while stinging my eyes little bit. However it did nothing for my Lancome waterproof. I have not tried it with other waterproof mascaras, so I'm not sure how it will work. But if you use Lancome waterproofs, then don't waste your money on this cheap stuff. I also tried Sonia Kashuk eye makeup removal to take off Lancome waterproof- not impressed either, it left some mascara on. I won't repurchase.
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The seasonal music will end at first frost
They're out in force by mid-August, when the fireflies — our early-summer regulars — have pretty much faded away. Now cicadas, crickets and katydids are singing their hearts out and rubbing their wings day and night. There's no mistaking their great numbers or the urgency in their sounds.
Maybe we're lucky these vast armies of insects that sound from trees and bushes are the size they are. But even if they were much bigger, their concentration would be the same: mating and propagating for survival of the species — and they still wouldn't "see" us.
Why not? Because, as one scientist-admirer of the bugs put it: "They don't have enough time to do what they have to get done. Just a few weeks to mature, to mate, to survive, to lay eggs. And then it's over in a few weeks."
For the record, cicadas are in action mostly during the day, while crickets and katydids serenade at night. (One easy way to remember this is that it happens in alphabetical order: cicadas come first, so daytime for them; crickets and katydids follow, so night's their time. Further, katydids often start a few weeks after crickets, just as they follow them alphabetically.)
The males make all the noise. Females listen, make their choices and respond. Then it's eggs, nymphs and next summer's new cicadas, crickets and katydids.
Male cicadas have been compared to percussionists: thin membranes in their thoraxes vibrate and air sacs amplify that sound — sometimes for blocks.
In contrast, crickets and katydids are fiddlers, making their music with file and scrape mechanisms on their wings, in a process called stridulation. Cricket chirp repetitions are directly related to temperature: the hotter the faster; the cooler the slower.
There's so much more about these three fascinating invertebrates, such as the variety of sounds produced among different groups of them and the "periodical" variety of cicada — unlike the "annuals," they emerge only every 17 years. (Mark your calendar for 2020.)
For now, the best thing to do might be to enjoy the songs and root the noisy guys on so these great summer sounds will always be with us. The first serious frost ends their season - and our music.


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The move comes after the rape allegations levelled against him by a married woman
Former Rajasthan Minister of State for Dairy and Rural Industries Babu Lal Nagar was suspended from the Congress party over rape allegations levelled against him by a married woman, sources said Tuesday.
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Scientists have assumed that only one form of frontalin would be made by elephants, but by merely changing the ratios of frontalin's enantiomer composition, "you're actually changing the message signals, and you end up having a signal that is essentially different," Greenwood added. "It's not just a single message."
The research team analyzed secretion samples from six male elephants and found that the pheromone is first detectable in the late teens, with the quantity secreted rising about 15-fold over a 25-year life span. Young males secreted significantly more of the "plus" frontalin than "minus," but the ratios became almost equal as the elephant matured, especially between ages 31 and 43.
Musth periods get longer as the males age, according to the study, and, importantly, the enantiomeric composition of the frontalin secreted is almost equal in the middle part of a musth episode, a period of prime signaling by male elephants. In contrast, at the end of the physiologically exhausting musth episode, the ratio becomes more varied so that at the end of musth, the ratio is askewed toward the minus enantiomer, allowing other males and females to detect the ending of musth.
The team then tested the effect the various enantiomer ratios had on the elephants. They examined ovulating or "follicular" females, and females that were either pregnant or in a non-reproductive "luteal" phase. They also tested young and old males. It found that low concentrations of frontalin, represented when the enantiomer ratio is more "plus" than "minus," was of mild interest to both young and old males, but when the ratio became balanced - equal amounts of plus and minus frontalin - males of all ages, as well as luteal-phase and pregnant females, were repulsed. Only ovulating females were attracted.
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Trying to sort out college football while wondering if Doyel scares small children sporting that dead beaver on his head ...• Just wondering if Bill Self accepts that crazy/sick/monster money from Oklahoma State, what it does to the football side.
While $3 million is the new $2 million, college football has only one $4 million man in Alabama's Nick Saban. Does Oklahoma State's impending offer possibly cross sports and raise the bar for everyone. I'm told that hoops coaches around the country are hoping Self takes the money from OSU for obvious reasons. It would help everyone.• Oregon offensive coordinator Chip Kelly added this nugget on how hard it is to evaluate talent: "All of us have only three weeks in December and three weeks in January (actually parts of November and February too for in-person contact). It's such a restrictive calendar, how are you evaluating someone that you're going to invest $150,000 in (in scholarship money) when all you have is bad high school film."
• Fresno's Pat Hill wasn't as upset as I thought when I called. Kansas State recently pulled out of a game to host the Bulldogs in September. It's almost unheard of do something like that less than six months until the beginning of the season. It was a heck of a message K-State coach Ron Prince was sending his players: We aren't good enough to beat a third-place team from the WAC in our own stadium.
"What can you say? It irritates me. (But) it worked out good for us," Hill said.
Thanks to a chance meeting with Greg Schiano at a Nike event, Hill started to find a replacement. A cable network getting involved and Fresno found Rutgers to replace K-State, in what will be one of the better early-season non-conference games. K-State picked up Montana State, an automatic W, to replace Fresno. Prince might be feeling some pressure to produce after sinking to 5-7 last season and lost the AD who hired him. Tim Weiser recently went to the Big 12 as a deputy commissioner.
Hill is used to such schedule shenanigans. His program long ago became too good for most I-A powers to play in non-conference games -- on the road or at home. Fresno is 12-14 against BCS-conference teams this decade but that's only half the point. Hill's anyone-anytime-anywhere philosophy means the Bulldogs have played an average of 3.25 BCS-conference schools each season since 2000.
Coming off a 9-4 season with 16 starters returning, Fresno arguably has the best chance of any non-BCS program to make it to a BCS bowl. The schedule gives them a chance. The season kicks off on Labor Day night at Rutgers. Wisconsin comes to Fresno on Sept. 13 before the Bulldogs visit UCLA on Sept. 27.
Hill has done himself no favors by battling some of the teams for which his team is supposed to roll over. USC had to fight to wire to win 50-42 in 2005 at the Coliseum. Fresno started 8-0 in 2001 beating Colorado, Oregon State and Wisconsin. Since 2004, Kansas State has lost twice to Fresno, including last season's 45-29 thrashing.
"If we were playing a real weak schedule, it would be a lot easier," said Hill who is entering his 12th season. "That's our niche, though. Not many West Coast teams are going home-and-home with us, and we're not going to play a bunch of I-AA games."
It's a Catch-22. Hill would have a better chance of going undefeated if he played an easier schedule, but that would make it harder to get a high BCS ranking. Playing a tough schedule gets the Bulldogs attention and a ranking, if they win. That's a big if.
Playing a weak schedule worked for WAC rival Hawaii last season. The difference was the Warriors at least were ranked going in (No. 23 preseason in AP).
"Lose and we just fall off the map," Hill said. "We just hate it."• Notre Dame recently issued a tersely-worded e-mail to media covering the Irish. It basically warns media to stay away from recruits while they're on campus. Fair enough. Interviewing or photographing recruits while they are on campus can land a program in NCAA hot water.
Where ND stepped over the line is this passage: " ... any attempt by you or your staff members to contact ... any prospective student-athlete while they are in the South Bend area for the purpose of visiting our campus may be cause for sanctions ..."
Let's see, would that include a certain publicity-hound quarterback who called his own press conference "in the South Bend area" (College Football Hall of Fame, actually) to announce his commitment? We're talking about Jimmy Clausen who sought the attention two years ago, coming to the press conference with an ESPN camera crew in tow.
ND has overstepped its authority with that last passage. On campus, we understand the concerns. Other than that, we can call recruits, we can call their parents, we can drive to their houses to interview them. We can talk to them when they come to campus -- just not on campus. Remember, these are recruits, public figures, not the property of Notre Dame.
If the school wants to keep us from interviewing the Jimmy Clausens of the world, tell the Jimmy Clausens to stop seeking the limelight.• The play calling will stay in the family but Steve Spurrier is ready to delegate duties. http://www.charleston.net/news/2008
• A former big-time recruit at San Diego State is facing murder charges.
• What kind of country club was being run at Michigan previous to Rich Rodriguez? Part of the reason given by offensive lineman Justin Boren for leaving the team is that linemen had to run to the line out of the huddle.


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The asymmetric median tree — A new model for building consensus trees
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Inferring the consensus of a set of different evolutionary trees for a given species set is a well-studied problem, for which several different models have been proposed. In this paper, we propose a new optimization problem for consensus tree construction, which we call the asymmetric median tree, or AMT. Our main theoretical result is the equivalence between the asymmetric median tree problem on k trees and the maximum independent set (MIS) problem on k-colored graphs. Although the problem is NP-hard for three or more trees, we have polynomial time algorithms to construct the AMT for two trees and an approximation algorithm for three or more trees. We define a measure of phylogenetic resolution and show that our algorithms (both exact and approximate) produce consensus trees that on every input are at least as resolved as the standard models (strict consensus and majority tree) in use. Finally, we show that the AMT combines desirable features of many of the standard consensus tree models in use.
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- Title
- The asymmetric median tree — A new model for building consensus trees
- Book Title
- Combinatorial Pattern Matching
- Book Subtitle
- 7th Annual Symposium, CPM 96 Laguna Beach, California, June 10–12, 1996 Proceedings
- Pages
- pp 234-252
- Copyright
- 1996
- 10.1007/3-540-61258-0_18
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- 978-3-540-61258-2
- Online ISBN
- 978-3-540-68390-2
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Series Volume
- 1075
- Series ISSN
- 0302-9743
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag
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- Editors
- Authors
- Cynthia Phillips (1) (2)
- Tandy J. Warnow (1) (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- 2. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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