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Luis Octavio
Update on Luis OctavioLuis Octavio is 53 years old, he is married with two children, and he lives with his wife and children in Chillanes canton, Bolívar province. He belongs to the Balacelo communal bank, made up of 10 members. Luis Octavio works in farming, sowing corn, beans, peas and palm hearts.
He is asking for a loan to buy the supplies needed for farming such as 2 quintals of urea, 1 quintal of manure, and fertilizers. With this loan, he will be able to buy the supplies needed to obtain good crops and therefore get better profits. He buys the required products in Chillanes canton every fortnight.
His dream is to increase the bean crops, which would give him better profits and give his young children an education. The challenges which he faces are that the roads are in a bad condition, loss of crops due to poor weather and health problems.
In his free time, he likes relaxing, spending time with his children and he likes listening to carnival music.
Luis Octavio se dedica a la agricultura a la siembra de maíz, fréjol ,arveja y palmitos.
Solicita el crédito para comprar insumos necesarios para la agricultura como son urea 2qq, abono 1qq y fertilizantes.
Con la ayuda del crédito podrá comprar los insumos requeridos para tener buenas cosechas y asi obtendra mayores ingresos.
Las compras de los productos necesarios las realiza frecuentemente en el Cantón Chillanes cada quince días.
El sueño es incrementar las cosechas de frejol lo cual le permitira tener mejores ingresos y dar la educación a sus hijos pequeños.
Los desafíos a los que se enfrenta son a las vías en mal estado perdida de las cosechas por el mal clima y problemas de salud.
En el tiempo libre le gusta descansar, pasar más tiempo junto a sus hijos y le gusta escuchar la música del Carnaval.
Previous Loan DetailsLuis Octavio C. Y., 52, is married living with his wife and children in Chillanes canton, Bolívar province. He has four children. The JESUS DEL GRAN PODER communal bank is located in San Ramón which is in Chillanes canton, 35 minutes from the Chillanes office. The members of this communal ba... More from Luis Octavio's previous loan »
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About Cooperativa San JoseThis loan is administered by Cooperativa San Jose, a 45,000-member credit union located high in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador's poorest province, Bolivar. They offer a unique loan called "Ventanillas Rurales" [Window to the Countryside], which uses a group guarantee but is an individual loan with a savings component, mostly to rural borrowers. Due to low savings rates and a history of macroeconomic instability, many traditional loans in Ecuador demand interest rates that are prohibitively high for some borrowers. There is also a high incidence of extortionist black-market lending in Ecuador. CSJ helps mitigate these problems by providing a less onerous and more appropriate option. Join CSJ's Lending Team!
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Andrew: Yeah. That's what we talked about. This week we're just going to try one chapter – Chapter 13 – The Muggleborn Registration Commission. We feel like there's a lot to talk about this chapter and the next week following it, so next week might be one chapter, too. I don't know. Heck! We could be going until summer! I hope not, but...
[Andrew, Eric, and Laura laugh]
Andrew: Not weekly, anyway.
Eric: Well, we'll see.
Andrew: All right, well let's just jump right into it. I mean, this is the chapter where Harry, Ron and Hermione infiltrate the Ministry and Harry goes into Umbridge's office and searches for the locket, of course to no avail and they actually do end up getting the locket in one of the coolest scenes so far in this book., and probably one of my favorite scenes in the book as a whole.
Matt: Mhm.
Eric: Totally agree. So they've actually infiltrated the Ministry in the previous chapter but they're just stepping off of the elevator in the beginning of the chapter when Umbridge recognizes Hermione who is Mafalda Hopkirk. So Harry steps off the elevator and Umbridge gets on the elevator and Harry is confronted with Pius – by Pius Thicknesse who is under the Imperius Curse. Do we know who Imperiused Pius? Is that Voldemort, like, directly Imperiused him because this is the Minister of Magic?
Andrew: Presumably it would be Voldemort.
Mikey: No, no, I believe in the beginning it was....
Matt: It was Draco, wasn't it?
Mikey: Yeah.
Laura: Yeah. They stated that someone was supposed to do that at the beginning. I don't remember who.
Mikey: Oh. I thought it was Yaxley because we were introduced to Yaxley in the very beginning of the book and I believe Voldemort talks to Yaxley about what's the progress with the Ministry.
Eric: Oh.
Mikey: Things like – "we have Thickness under our control."
Andrew: Oh, right. Yeah.
Mikey: So I believe it's Yaxley, especially considering, you know, that would be great to build this character up because he's kind of new in the seventh book and he's the one that did this.
Eric: Yeah. Yeah.
Mikey: I don't know. That's just what I remember from reading, guys.
Eric: Yaxley's making a bang. Yaxley's is making a bang. I was just thinking in that scene it would be funny if Harry turned to him and said, you know, "I'm Harry Potter" and just watch him flip out, but...
Mikey: [laughs] No, actually, actually - again, like honestly, I want to see, you know, who's Harry impersonating. Rancor – what's his name?
Matt: Runcorn?
Andrew: Runcorn, yeah.
Mikey: Runcorn? And he's like this high up Death Eater person...
Eric: Yeah.
Mikey: I would love for Harry – when Harry and Ron are in the elevator with Arthur – it'd just be like, "Arthur, it's me, Harry, and this is Ron!" and just be like totally see Arthur Weasley just flip out and be like, "What are you doing here?" It'd be amazing, because like, you know?
Andrew: Yeah.
Mikey: Harry feels bad the entire time in that entire scene.
Eric: Yeah, I agree. That's what Jo's so good at writing, though, is these scenes, you know? Like you really have to admire Jo for writing this just how she did because it's like you almost want to reach out to the characters you're seeing in peril. You know? Like Arthur Weasley getting intimidated and stuff – it's just - I like how it all plays out.
Mikey: No, I agree with you. It's one of these – this book is, like I think I stated a long time ago – this book is one of those things where I was mad at it throughout the entire reading. Because it was like, I wanted them to do something and they weren't doing it, or they weren't – I was like talking to the book and obviously, you know, it's not going to respond because it's a book!
Eric: Did the book talk back?
Mikey: [laughs] I think it might've talked back at one point. It might've been a dream or no sleep or something.
Eric: Half asleep while reading it, yeah. That does it sometimes. Yeah, right before Harry goes into Umbridge's office there's that group of wizards and witches that are folding papers – the Ministry pamphlets with a flower strangling another flower on it.
Andrew: Yeah.
Eric: What'd you guys think of that pure-blood pamphlet maniac crap?
Andrew: I thought – it sort of reminded me of like – sort of a telemarketer's office or something where they're all just grouped together and doing the same thing over and over again.
Eric: Yeah.
Andrew: I don't know if Jo's trying to draw another parallel to something within the government or – yeah, I don't know.
Eric: Just the idea that they were magicking pamphlets together – what would they use to magick pamphlets because pamphlets can be made quite easily by just folding paper. But they were like magically waving their wands and - I know it's a moot point, but...
Andrew: See, I don't see the point in doing that because they have paper folders. I used to use one in the job I used to work at. You put like a stack of papers in and then it like folds it three ways and it comes out like a toaster. You can just stick it in the envelope.
Eric: Oh, that's cool.
Eric: Where do you get one of those Andrew?
Mikey: Yeah, but see the problem is...
Andrew: OfficeMax? [hits the "Easy" button] Actually, Staples.
Mikey: I prefer Staples. That's what I was going to say.
Mikey: I prefer Staples, my friend.
Eric: Right.
Mikey: But - it's one of those things, though. Even if they do have paper-folders, Andrew, this is a wizarding world. We've seen them turn down jeans and t-shirts as daily wear to wear cloaks. So obviously going to Staples ("That was easy!") and getting a paper folder – they're probably just going to use their wand because it's free.
Mikey: So...
Eric: They can't be bothered. They can't be bothered, Andrew. Plus, the Ministry needs to create jobs.
Andrew: Yeah, it's true.
Mikey: Yeah. Economy – good for the economy.
Matt: About the picture with the red rose being strangled by a green weed, being mean and evil-like - do you guys see that as, kind of, propaganda?
Laura: Oh, yeah.
Andrew: Yeah, sort of.
Eric: It's propaganda. Oh, yeah.
Eric: I think Umbridge drew it, too.
Laura: It's propaganda though.
Eric: Yeah and Umbridge drew it, too. Umbridge could have been responsible for that drawing, actually. That's what, I think, Jo hinted at. Because she said when Harry took a look at that, he didn't know who drew it, but the scars on the back of his hand tingled again as they had previously.
Matt: I thought it was a good comparison, too, because you know, roses are represented as the most beautiful, most prestigious flowers of the group...
Matt: And that would represent like, Purebloods. I thought that was nice.
Andrew: Yeah, that's a really good point.
Mikey: Yeah, but I think it's also the fact that seeing a room of them folding it also lies in line with the pamphlet of what the Ministry has done previously about how to protect them and everything like that. I remember it was Half-Blood Prince and Harry was like, "I received a pamphlet form the Ministry," and Dumbledore asks, "What did you think of it?" and he says, "It was pretty useless."
[Eric laughs]
Mikey: That's kind of what I think we're seeing - that these are pretty useless because they're propaganda and we see them as propaganda because that's what the Ministry does because they're kind of useless already.
Andrew: So, the eye...
Eric: The eye! Nailed to the door. Or, you know, attached to the door. Guys, this is – this is sick. This is sick.
Andrew: It's one of those classic Umbridge moments that I really was missing from Order of the Phoenix. Because like I've said so many times before, Order of the Phoenix gave me so much anger because of Umbridge. And that – you see Mad-Eye's eye just framed up there like a trophy prize. It's – I mean, it's being used, but it's still disgusting and wrong.
Matt: Well, it confirms that...
Laura: Yeah.
Matt: It confirms the fact that we know what happened – who got to Mad-Eye's body first, too.
Andrew: That's – oh yeah. Good point.
Mikey: But I think the – what the biggest question that came up to me when I read this was where did Mad-Eye get that magical eye, then? If it's so unique that they're taking it versus just creating their own...
Eric: Or getting their own, yeah.
Mikey: Where did he get this magical eye? Where did it come from?
Andrew: But I think Umbridge wanted it to just – I'm sure she was happy that Mad-Eye died, so – and I mean, they realized there was a use for it.
Matt: I'm sure she was there, too. She probably took it when they were examining his body.
Mikey: Yeah. Considering she takes the locket, too.
Matt: Yeah. She's just taking stuff.
Eric: Yeah, she gets out and about a lot. [laughs]
Eric: Umbridge gets around.
Matt: She goes to yard sales and everything.
[laughs] Hey, for all you guys know, she could have gotten that eye at a yard sale. But realistically, yeah, that just confirms that the Ministry got to Mad-Eye's body. How unfortunate!
Eric: Yeah. So, I don' know. If Harry walks in – when Harry walks in to her office and he sees that her office is pretty much the same as it was when it was at Hogwarts - I can't wait to see that in the movie...
Andrew: That's so funny, yeah.
Andrew: Because the whole time I was reading that scene, I was like, "Okay, time to bring the plates back out of the prop room."
Eric: [laughs] Yeah.
Andrew: Because that's...
Eric: Time to get another photo shoot of the cats and everything.
Andrew: Right. Well, hopefully – I mean, I'm sure they're happy about that because now they know what to do for her office at the Ministry: same exact thing.
Matt: It's easy, too, because it's almost exactly like it was in the fifth story, so they really don't have to change anything.
Andrew: Right. Exactly.
Eric: It's interesting...
Mikey: Yeah, I actually kind of freaked out re-reading it. Because after I had seen the movie with all those cats now, versus just like – when I was envisioning before when I read the fifth book, now when I read it, I was like, "Oh my gosh, there are all these cats on the walls." And I just started hearing the meows.
Matt: I know. It's so surreal.
Mikey: And it's so creepy! It's like "Meeeeow! Meow!"
Mikey: Scratching. Ahhh, sorry, I'm freaking out!
[Eric makes "meow" noise]
Laura: I still just think of the cat plates they had in the bathrooms of the premiere party.
Andrew: I know.
Laura: And - oh my god.
Andrew: They would meow and stuff. That was really funny.
Eric: I wish I was there.
Matt: Yeah. So do I.
Andrew: Such a nice touch.
Mikey: Yeah, I didn't go so...
Andrew: Not to have some inside talk even more, but another amazing thing about that after party is that they had an indoor area and there were portraits on the walls, but they were like plasma T.V. screens with portrait borders around them.
Andrew: And it was moving wizards and stuff – it was so cool.
Laura: Yeah, that whole thing was pretty sweet. I have to say...
Andrew: Yeah, it was. Sucks you guys weren't there! [laughs]
Matt: Well, I'm glad you guys had fun.
Mikey: Yeah, I'm glad you guys had a lot of fun.
Matt: Yeah, jerk.
Andrew: Well, Laura's the one who took a picture with Rupert.
Laura: I did! It's on my Facebook.
Andrew: That was very exciting. I'm glad you did that.
Eric: So, as if...
Andrew: I was too afraid to do that. But anyway...
Eric: So as if the shockingness - as if the chapter couldn't get any more shocking, Harry unsuccessfully searches for the locket unsucessfully in her office. And ell, actually guys, do you want to talk about that decoy detonator? Because my favorite line in the chapter comes just as Harry's exiting Umbridge's office.
Eric: Can we jump to the favorites segment here quickly?
Andrew: I guess so, yeah.
Mikey: Yeah.
Eric: Well, my favorite line in this chapter - they're discussing the diversion that Harry created with the decoy detonator and they say, "I bet it sneaked up here from Experimental Charms. They're so careless. Remember that poisonous duck?" [laughs].
[Andrew laughs]
Mikey: You know, I agree. Because it's one of those things where it also shows how lax and ridiculous the...
Eric: The office life is.
Mikey: ...Ministry has gotten.
Eric: "Remember that poisonous duck that was up here?" "Yeah, those silly Experimental Charms people."
Mikey: Poisonous Duck. [laughs]
Eric: Yeah, so the Ministry is sticking Dementors on the Muggle-borns.
Matt: They are?
Andrew: Which was very sad, but at the same time.
Andrew: It was definitely the coolest scene. Should we jump to that now?
Matt: Yeah.
Mikey: Well actually, there's something I put in there that sort of goes along with what Eric was saying - before we get down to the bottom of the elevator, guys.
Andrew: Okay.
Mikey: Eric brought up the exploding decoy and we know that's from the twins. Then, Harry and Ron are in the elevator and Arthur Weasley shows up. And Arthur tells Ron, not knowing it's Ron, how to stop to the rain in Yaxley's office.
Mikey: My question is how does Arthur Weasley know exactly the spell? Do you think it's the Order of The Phoenix making rain clouds in the offices?
Eric: Oh no, no, no...
Matt: I think, if anything, it's Fred and George's stuff.
Eric: No, he said he knew that spell because it worked for the other guy that had rain in his office.
Mikey: Yeah, but that just seems way too convenient - that seems way too convenient that he happens to know it off the top of his head. I think there is something along there, where they're tossing rain cloud frisbees or something and making rain clouds in all the offices of the Death Eaters.
Matt: It's very Fred and George-ish though.
Laura: Yeah.
Mikey: Yeah, that's what - I agree.
Matt: Like what they did in Movie 5 with the swamp in the Great Hall, or wherever it was.
Eric: That's true...
Mikey: Swamp in the hallway.
Eric: Just because how close they're watching Arthur Weasley, it just seems unlikely he'd be involved in it, but it is very pranksterish.
Matt: I don't think he is involved. I think it's...
Mikey: Yeah. I guess I can see it not being Arthur but I think Arthur knows exactly who's doing it and what's going on. I can really see it being a Fred and George thing where they snuck in and go, "Dad, just let these go," and him doing it nonchalantly and they just go to where they need to go. Because that's just amazing - come on, a rain cloud!
Eric: What stuns me is that the raining offices floored Ron. I mean, he - when Hermione was mentioning suggestions, you know, Finite Incantatem or just Impervius and all that stuff - these are all spells that Ron had learned at Hogwarts for years and he was just completely unable to grasp the concept. He was fiddling in his pockets for a quill to write down the spells. And Ron is just completely stumped by this raining office when Hermione told him the spells to use and he just seems really incompetent.
Matt: Well, we know Ron's reaction time isn't as quick as the rest of them; he doesn't very quick reactions.
Laura: No, he doesn't.
Mikey: Yeah, but it's also one of those things where – what was it? Who was it? Yaxley? Again Yaxley said, "Fix the office and I might go easier on your wife."
Mikey: And again, Ron's like, "I need to do this because I don't want an innocent person to, you know, be killed."
Andrew: Right.
Eric: Right. He's getting freaked out.
Mikey: So one, Ron is under pressure and stuff like that. I think you guys picked on Ron a little too much, because I like him. [laughs]
Eric: [sings] "Under pressure..."
Mikey: No, it's one of those things - yeah. [sings] "Under pressure..." But no, it's one of things where Ron definitely is put under pressure and I think Harry, even Hermione, has problems under pressure. We see that coming up in a second and I'll bring it up again. But Harry is the only one who does really well under pressure.
Eric: "Fire!" "But there's no wood!" "Are you a witch or not?" [laughs]
Mikey: [laughs] Well no, it's also the same thing as like – again, there are Dementors all around and Hermione can't cast a Patronus. It's the only spell she's ever had problems with.
Mikey: Still, it's like you're under pressure. I work better under pressure, but I don't know about you guys.
Eric: Speaking of Nazi parallels, there's a really good line in here when Jo is illustrating that Umbridge's Patronus is keeping the Dementors' cold effects from reaching the prosecutors. And it's a line that says that "morbid feeling," that "dismal existence was for the accused not the accusers."
Matt: Right, well that's in the next chapter, isn't it?
Eric: No.
Mikey: No, that's in this chapter.
Matt: Are you sure?
Eric: That's in this chapter because they're in the chamber.
Andrew: So we're there now.
Mikey: Yeah. So, we're going, now we're moving down.
Mikey: Arthur Weasley just told Ron how to get - and we're going down into - Harry puts on the Invisibility Cloak.
Andrew: Oh.
Eric: And Percy Weasley is on the elevator, he gets off the elevator - oh, and Arthur tells off Harry.
Mikey: Yeah, Arthur tells off Harry and Harry puts on the Invisibility Cloak and boom! They're down in the courtrooms. That's where we're at.
Andrew: I was very surprised by Arthur Weasley's attitude there because I don't think that's – I think that's the first we've really seen him act like that. Of course, he's not – he doesn't know it's Harry but still, I was kind of surprised by how mean he was.
Eric: Pleasantly surprised though.
Mikey: I wasn't though. They're not pushovers. You know what I mean?
Andrew: Yeah, I know.
Eric: Mikey.
Mikey: They're family and – what?
Eric: It's - he's been hanging around Undesirable Number One too much. You know?
Andrew: Ah, yes.
Mikey: Yeah. That's what it is.
Andrew: Those were cool names.
Matt: Now is that me or is that title just...
Eric: It's the coolest title in the world.
Matt: ...kind of, uncreative.
Andrew: I like it.
Matt: I don't like it at all.
Eric: Who has not – see, I want to start a Wizard Rock band. I've been thinking about it for a long time and I'm going to call it – before someone else does – I want to call myself Undesirable Number One because it means...
Andrew: Well...
Eric: Because it's just another nickname for Harry Potter but it's – I don't think it's taken. So...
Andrew: That is a really good name but I think you just blew it.
Matt: You just blew it, you've got to...
Mikey: But guys, guys! Didn't you know? Me and Eric started that band last week.
Matt: Oh.
Andrew: Oh, okay.
Eric: Yeah, yeah.
Mikey: Undesirable Number One, that's me and Eric. That's me and you right?
Eric: Yeah, totally.
Mikey: Is that what it is?
Andrew: All you've got to do is – Paul and I discussed in the interview – all you've got to do is just create a new MySpace page and boom! You have a band. You're done. So, just create the band real quick putu p a MySpace before the episode comes out.
Mikey: Yes! We should. Let's do it right now. Guys, you're listening to history in the making. Undesirable Number One is getting an e-mail at Gmail right now and a MySpace page in the next five minutes.
Eric: Mikey, if you...
Andrew: Sweet.
Eric: Could do that I'd love you forever.
Mikey: Actually I would let you do it because I'm actually looking at my bills now. I'm sorry.
Eric: That's okay, it just won't get done.
Eric: Just get that done. Okay, giving that name up for the public...
[Eric and Laura laugh]
Eric: Undesirable Number One...
Mikey: Yes.
Mikey: Make it and the just give Eric credit for the name because it's awesome.
Andrew: Okay, well let's...
Matt: Hey guys...
Andrew: Let's keep moving along here.
Matt: Can I say something?
Andrew: Sure.
Matt: About – because we kind of passed it and I really hate going back but, I think this is a pivotal – one of the pivotal points in the chapter, when Harry looks at the book by Rita Skeeter about "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore."
Eric: Oh, you're right. We missed that.
Matt: It has a picture of Dumbledore holding who I believe – isn't it Dumbledore? He says it could be Armando Dippet, but...
Eric: No, Doge.
Matt: Doge. Doge. That's it.
Eric: Dumbledore is there and he says it could be Doge he's holding.
Matt: I kind of thought it was like, Grindelwald or something.
Eric: I think – it's either talked – I don't think it would be Grindelwald in that picture though. See, it depends on what picture. But, the one in the book...
Eric: I don't know. If it's...
Andrew: What made you think it was Grindelwald?
Matt: I don't know. Because he was just holding his arm around him looking really happy and Dumbledore and him used to be really good friends.
Andrew: Well, what are you trying to say?
Mikey: Wellm it couldn't have been – couldn't it have been his brother?
Andrew: They were lovers. I don't know.
Mikey: Were they lovers?
Andrew: No they weren't.
Laura: No, they weren't.
Andrew: But Dumbledore loved him.
Eric: You know what else is funny? Rita Skeeter – it said, from the same author as "Armando Dippet" – what was it? "Moron." [laughs] Or something.
Andrew: Yeah, something like that.
Eric: "Master or Moron." It was pretty funny.
Andrew: So, let's get to the chamber now in the courtroom. Harry is there with his Invisibility Cloak, scares Hermione by saying, "I'm behind you." This – I love this scene. I think this is so cool.
Matt: Mhm.
Andrew: Umbridge is explaining that the locket belongs to her ancestors and that just sends Harry through the roof. I can't – I really cannot wait to see this scene.
Laura: Yeah. [laughs]
Andrew: Laura – what did you think about it, Laura?
Laura: I thought it was just fabulous. I mean you just – it's just another one of those Umbridge moments that you talk about where it's like, she's just flat out lying, like... [makes frustrated noise]
Laura: It's so annoying.
Andrew: So easily. So easily.
Matt: What's great about when she does these lies and stuff - she knows it's a blatant lie and she knows that she can say it and it's pretty much cannon when she says it, because no one can say anything.
Mikey: See, what I was going to say is like - this is great, you know, it's this blatant lie. But if she knew what it really was, it'd be even that much more because it was Salazar Slytherin's. It was one of the founders of Hogwarts. You know, she could say, "Oh, this is an old family heirloom but it was originally Salazar Slytherin's." That's so much more than it was like, "it's been in her family for generations" and I just find it very ironic that she's making up a story that's not even as good as the actual story behind it.
Laura: Yeah, that's true.
Matt: Well if she – if she blatantly tells everybody that it's from Slytherin, people are going to start to actually research it to see if she's a liar or not. If she goes "Selwyn"...
Andrew: Yeah. [laughs]
Matt: ...it's not as prestigious.
Mikey: No, I know. Yeah, I know, but the whole thing is though - like, the actual story behind what the locket is and what it is, is way more interesting and way more important than her made up story of "it's been in my family for years."
Andrew: Of course!
Eric: Umbridge has the locket around her neck and she is proud to wear it. But if Pius Thicknesse, if the Minister of Magic saw the locket at any point, you know, when maybe she was walking in, she showed it to the Minister: "Do you like my new locket?" Pius should've told - if Pius was under the Imperius control of Voldemort, Voldemort would've seen that locket, and he would've recognized that the locket was out of its hiding place. That's a potential...
Andrew: Yeah!
Eric: ... big plot hole that I just – I just thought of that.
Mikey: Well again we - I thought that we said that Pius wasn't Imperiused by Voldemort.
Eric: Wasn't under Voldemort. And I think that's...
Laura: Yeah, I don't think he was.
Mikey: And again, I think Voldemort was lying low still. He's basically in control because all his cronies are controlling the Ministry. But he doesn't actually need to be - I think they said, I think Arthur or...
Eric: It was Remus. It was Remus who said, "Yeah, that he doesn't have to."
Mikey: Yeah, it's Remus that says he doesn't need to because he has virtual control without having to make himself present. And if he did make himself present, then there would probably be more people that would stand against it because then it's obvious, but...
Eric: But I just thought it was - yeah. Yeah.
Mikey: But I'm pretty confident it wasn't Voldemort.
Eric: No, you're right. It's no plot hole.
Andrew: So, another thing we wanted to talk about here. So, Harry sends a curse at - what was it again?
Eric: He shuts her face.
Matt: It was Stupify.
Andrew: It was Stupify, right.
Mikey: Was it Stupify, again? Oh, geez.
Andrew: It was.
Eric: Yeah, it was Stupify.. It was Stupify.
Mikey: It's a good spell, isn't it?
Andrew: It was.
Mikey: Stupify again.
Eric: Umbridge is boom - face desk, head desk.
Andrew: Which is great, and then Hermione goes into it get the locket. One thing that Matt wanted to bring up was why does the locket not have an effect on Umbridge? Because as we know later on in the book - we'll talk about it now just because Umbridge is wearing it now - Ron felt the effects of it. It made him separate from the group. So, what was it about Umbridge that...
Matt: Well, not only that, but when they put the locket on for the first time - in the next chapter though - you could feel it, an automatic heart beat. Like, wouldn't she feel that?
Andrew: Yeah, well not just that. Harry said he felt the slightest heart beat...
Mikey: Heart beat and stuff, yeah. We read both chapters in preparation for this but then we just realized that the chapter's too big.
Andrew: Yeah.
Mikey: For two chapters, but...
Andrew: So...
Mikey: Oh...
Andrew: The question is why - does anyone have any high ideas or theories why Umbridge wouldn't feel anything? Does it matter if you're wearing certain amount of clothing that's protecting you from physically...
Eric: Well she does have the ruffles, the foliage...
Andrew: Touching skin?
Eric: But...
Andrew: Her dress. No, I'm just kidding.
Eric: No, well, I think she did feel it. I don't think the locket had no effect on Umbridge. But I think, though, that Umbridge was so full of malice, generally - when she got the locket, she proceeded to - I mean that is when she proceeded to make those pamphlets and start crucifying and became the head of the Muggle-born Registration Committee. She was at a really crucial, really powerful, self-important time as part of her career at the Ministry. I just think the locket would have felt good - unusually good to wear. I think it attracted her to begin with.
Matt: Yeah.
Eric: And it just was one of those things that empowered her to do her job and have all that malice and evil. So, she might not have noticed that it was beating a heart beat, but I think it definitely affected her it made her - sort of brought out her evil and her cruelty.
Laura: Yeah, I agree. Definitely
Mikey: Yeah, I have to be with Eric, but I also think maybe - also kind of shows that - because it is part Voldemort. I know that Voldemort has a direct affect on the people that see him that are not his followers. It could also mean that she was a Death Eater and he had been in his presence before and did not seem any different. I personally think that just because how evil she was, she would definitely be one of the Death Eaters.
Matt: Well, yeah.
Mikey: And this locket would not change anything. You know?
Laura: Well...
Mikey: It's what she's been used to.
Matt: That's kind of the same as my theory, too. Although, I think since it is a Horcrux and it's part of Voldemort - I think Horcruxes kind of have soul of its own. So, I think it could actually sense if it's in danger or not. Maybe that's why it affected Ron so much because it knew what - it kind of felt that it was kind in danger in this group of peoples' hands.
Andrew: Yeah.
Matt: Whereas, if it was with Umbridge, it knew it was safe or it just could sense a comfortable...
Andrew: Oh, that's true. Yeah.
Matt: ...aura around her or something.
Mikey: Yeah. I could believe that. That's a good one.
Laura: Yeah, well I think the big point of the locket is that it brings out the worst in people. If you're a good person like Ron is and it starts to magnify all of your worst traits, you're clearly not going to be very happy.
Eric: You're very fearsome.
Laura: But if you thrive in being evil like Umbridge does, then just making her power-hungry nature that much more bad would make her happy.
Matt: That's true.
Laura: So, yeah.
Matt: That's a good theory, too.
Eric: Yeah. Well, you know what Hermione does, guys? This is - this shocked me.
Andrew: But wait a second - was there anything that showed Dumbledore - or, sorry - that Umbridge - her cruelness was exemplified?
Eric: Well, it's like...
Laura: Well, the way I think - I mean...
Eric: I'm not saying it's inhuman. I'm not saying Umbridge is being super powerful now that she has the locket. I'm just saying that the locket would have felt good to wear around - as a general vibe, like...
Matt: Mhm.
Eric: ...Umbridge would be - Umbridge would be getting this vibe to be cruel, and she's proud to have this locket that is from the Sed - or Selwyn family, or whatever, which is not true.
Andrew: Yeah.
Matt: Well granted, also...
Laura: Well, I think that it...
Matt: Oh, sorry.
Andrew: Yeah. Let Laura go.
Laura: It's okay. All right, I think that what it shows is it kind of took her whole pure - her obsession with pure-bloods to a whole new level, because in the fifth book, she didn't really say anything about Muggle-borns, did she?
Eric: No, she just hated half-breeds, like centaurs.
Andrew: No.
Laura: It was mostly about magical creatures...
Eric: Yeah, magical creatures.
Laura: And this just took it to a whole new level. And gave her the opportunity.
Eric: Totally.
Andrew: But don't you think that was Dumbledore's - or, sorry - Voldemort's doing?
Laura: Well I think that - I think that he allowed - I think he made that easier for her to do, but it also, I think, could become more acceptable for her if she had - you know, if the locket did bring out...
Eric: Yeah.
Laura: ...that kind of...
Eric: I'm with Laura.
Laura: Evil, power-hungry...
Laura: Personality of hers.
Mikey: Yeah, I can go with that. I'll buy that.
Eric: You know what's so shocking that I read, guys, is that Hermione duplicated the locket so that Umbridge didn't know it was missing. Did you guys catch that?
Laura: Mhm.
Matt: Yeah. Mhm.
Andrew: Well, of course...
Eric: But I thought...
Andrew: That's pretty important.
Eric: That's so weird. So now, not only is there a locket around Kreacher's neck, which is the false locket that R.A.B. put in the basin to replace the locket he took, but now there's actually a duplicate locket that actually has an "S," so it's almost like an exact replica of the Slytherin artifact without Voldemort's soul in it.
Matt: Uh huh.
Andrew: But that's important because if Umbridge thought it was stolen, there would have been this huge search for that locket and...
Eric: Right, but...
Andrew: ...they would have had a...
Eric: What exactly does it...
Mikey: And I'm sure Voldemort would have found out.
Eric: Matter? But what exactly does it...?
Andrew: Right.
Eric: Oh. Well...
Andrew: It matters because they don't want another reason for Death Eaters and Voldemort to come after them. Or Umbridge – like, maybe Umbridge would have been really annoyed enough to go after...
Eric: Right. Okay.
Andrew: ...Harry, Ron and Hermione to get the locket.
Eric: But at first I didn't wonder, because, I mean, after they make the big escape from the Ministry, I think - I mean, there are several moments here - and this is another point too - there are several moments - see, Mary, the wife of Redge, who they're rescuing from this trial - she's really confused because Harry is, you know, personifying the man who put her there in the first place. But they shout each other's names quite a bit when they're escaping and throwing Patronuses at the Dementors, "Harry," "Hermione," "Ron this," "Ron that," and it seems pretty obvious that it's Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger that have appeared at the Ministry. It seems like Mary would be able to piece it together, or that, you know, somebody would be able to piece it together. Wouldn't they just want to come after Harry Potter anyway for being at the Ministry? Wouldn't that just make them want to come after them anyway?
Mikey: Yeah. Well, they're already after Harry Potter anyway.
Eric: I guess. Yeah.
Mikey: But no, I think the big thing about the locket is, again, without her knowing the locket's gone and making a fuss about it, Voldemort won't get wind that his locket has been found and the people involved with taking it and stealing it was his one big enemy. You know what I mean? If Voldemort knew he was destroying his Horcruxes, I think he would have gone out and made more. You know? There are so many more things he could have done than to prevent himself from ever destroying all the Horcruxes. Do you know what I mean?
Eric: You're right. Dolores...
Mikey: And Harry is this 96-year-old man...
Eric: Umbridge...
Mikey: Trying to kill, you know, the last seventeen of them.
Eric: You're right, and Umbridge would have been making a big fuss if her locket was...
Matt: Well...
Eric: Stolen.
Matt: Back to what the original question was, though, about how come it didn't affect her as much, was - I just thought about it - she didn't wear the locket as long as Ron did either, so that's probably why it didn't affect her as much as it did Ron.
Laura: Fair point. Yeah.
Mikey: I guess. Yeah.
Matt: Because it didn't - weren't they like out there for months?
Mikey: Yeah...
Laura: Yeah.
Mikey: But also, how long did she have the locket from what's his name? From...
Eric: Mundungus. Dung.
Mikey: ...Mundungus? Yeah. Do you know what I mean? She could have had it for months too, because they didn't think about this locket until - remember when Dumbledore died? That's like the summer before. Let's say that's like June or - and now it's like, what? It's like...
Eric: Now it's September.
Mikey: ...September maybe. So she's had it on straight for months then if he got it right away. Do you know what I mean?
Matt: Did he say he sold it right away though?
Mikey: And actually, no. Mundungus stole it before Dumbledore's death even, after freaking what's his name's death? After Sirius's...
Laura: Oh, good old what's-his-name!
Mikey: Which was like, years ago.
Eric: So all we know is that Umbridge came up to Dung while he was selling in Diagon Alley and said, "Do you have a permit to sell it here?" And he said no, he's like, you know, whatever, and she's like, "Give me that nice necklace, I want it."
Mikey: Yeah, "give me that and I'll turn a blind eye."
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Alright, Boston... No excuses, if you haven't already, get out there and tear it up!
I'm glad Minneapolis doesn't look like that yet.
You stole our snow. Give it back!
Nice one.... I thought it was going to stop last night, woke up with old man winter and his brass knuckles hitting me in the back of the head. Oh wait that might be the wee hangover.
I'm just not ready for this!! errr I hate you boston. Oh well I guess it's just time to break out the sled. This being boston though I could see things going one of two ways, either it gets warmer tomorrow and stays arround 50 until december or we get 6" on wed. all I know is it's a pain to get out of my house because I live at the end of a private road and they don't plow it.
I just bought a fresh set of tires for the Bianchi but it looks like it's time to bust out the snow bike.
Today's project is now overhauling the hubs on the beater and make sure she's ready to get me to work tonight.
Gotta go shovel now. Boston weather sux.
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I've been thinking about building up a winter/offroad bike sometime soon, now I can't wait - might have to start in on that next weekend. There's a good chance it will have a freewheel though (gasp!), at least for a little while.
thats beautiful. I wish there was a winter in the uk.
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Very beautiful from a distance, I was in Kentucky last winter for Basic Training.
Not so sure I would be so gung ho about winter biking anywhere but here. I mean I'd do it, but boy would I complain!
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I'm from Toronto where we have a beautiful white christmas most years. My parents however are British and currently living in Paris. Since we no longer have a 'house' in Toronto, we have decided to spend christmas in England (Oxfordshire), so I get to enjoy another moist bonechilling christmas where you wipe the mud off your boots, not the snow.
The plus side is we are going to Switzerland for new years so I can get some sweet ass skiing and boarding on the pistes.
Shiznaz, do you need a congenial American sidekick? I'd be more than willing to follow you along to those destinations. What do you say?
What is this. A dating service?
Yeah, this is our "rain mixed with the snow Saturday morning"... Turned into 4 inches of the white stuff, and wet and heavy at that. Sadly today worked up to the 40s, so much of it is gone. I really prefer it to be nice and cold if it's going to be snowy, now it's chilly and slushy. Anyhow, I got in a bit of riding this morning. Had to help a friend move so I didn't get to go back out though. I need to get a cog for this thing and go fixed now that winter is here. In the spring I'll build up a flipflop if the wifey lets me. :)
bostontrevor - remember that you can use a fix/fix with a freewheel. Don't buy a wheel with a hub that has one side free, it's unneccesary. You have a lot more options with a fix/fix wheel...
yeah, I regret getting flip flops on both my wheelsets.
Now that winter is here I've finally put away my more summery bike. Right now its in the unheated shed that attaches to the ride of our house. Somehow I feel bad for it leaving it there in the cold and dark though. I could bring it up to my room but I'm on the third floor and don't have too much room for it. Plus people would think I was wierd for sleeping with my bike.
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I'd mail it but with our postal service, it would evaporate before they deliver it
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This will be my sixth season of winter riding here in Madison, WI.
Second season of SS/fixed. Can't wait for that first ridiculously deep day when you get the "crazy ****er" looks.
man, if i lived in boston right now, i'd have a lot more bikes....or at least one more...a nice 5 or 6-speed roadie with fenders, DT shifters and aero levers. in addition to my two trackies and that other bike...with the derailleurs and the gears and the brakes...
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they don't plow for ***** and the roads are always super wet.
My 2 cents.
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oops my bad. I need to pay more attention whilest typing.
I can't wait to get to the east side of the country.


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This is a favorite of mine, passed down thru generations in our family. This makes a very moist and delicious cake.
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Oh... My... Goodness... I never would have DREAMED it would be so difficult to do a baby registry. I keep second guessing myself on what I need, what I dont need, what is excessive, what is too expensive. Has anyone else started this yet? Babycenter told me it was time to do it, lol. And a friend of mine mentioned that she and another friend were starting to get things organized so I figured I better get it going. I am glad that we have already purchased alot of stuff ourselves because I feel SO greedy asking for all of these things!
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I registered for some Earths Best newborn and size 1 to use right when we get home from the hospital or when we travel, but plan to transition into prefolds with covers as soon as possible. My friend gave me a HUGE stack of the orange thread ones (I think they are the smallest green mountain maybe?) to use and I registered for some bummis newborn and thirsties size 1 covers. After that, I kind of bought a variety so far (2 fuzzibinz, 2 sweet pea, and 2 rumparooz) and I only registered for Bum Genius 4.0 (they are my friends favorite). I know I should probably find one kind and stick with it, but I liked all three brands that I bought, and was able to get a pretty nice variety of gender neutral.
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Time to try for #2!!
Bum Genius 3.0 and 4.0 are the core of my stash. I am not a prefold girl... just couldn't get the hang of it. I also have grobaby, fuzzibunz, rumparooz, happy heiney...and others.... so, not so much on sticking with one. I like the thirsties pocket diapers too, so have a few of those.
Also, we traveled with grobaby and the biodegradable liners and that worked great! And they really do biodegrade, bc I pulled a few boxes out of attic from DS and they already started :(.
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I love the fall: the crispness in the air, the changing color of the leaves, and all the traditions that our family holds dear. One of my absolute favorite things that we do each and every year is going on our annual search for the perfect Halloween pumpkin — a quest we take very seriously.
We don't just grab one of the pumpkins from the gigantic boxes in front of the supermarket. No, we go straight to the source. We make the trek to the gorgeous town of Half Moon Bay in Northern California for the Arata Pumpkin Farm, which has offered pumpkins since 1932. And it's not just picking out the perfect pumpkin that draws us here; it's also the hay play structures, the corn maze, and the search for the mysterious Minotaur — yes, a Minotaur!
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Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga were among those who gathered today in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the impact of climate change in the country and on the African continent.
Nations could not in the end reach consensus on the high profile issue of whether a group of gases, currently controlled under the international climate agreement, might be better controlled and phased-down under the ozone treaty.
Government officials from 60 countries have met in Nairobi to talk about environmental law and how it can enable a transition to a green economy.
Speaking at a press conference in Barcelona, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer reiterated that Copenhagen must result in a strong international climate change deal.
More than 400 climate change negotiators, business leaders and environmental activists will travel together on board the Climate Express train to Copenhagen in a call for world leaders to agree a fair, ambitious and binding deal to address climate change when they meet at the UN climate summit in Denmark.
Nearly one month before the climate talks in Copenhagen begin, a crucial event to reach out to the eighty-five per cent of humanity who follow a religion has kicked off in London's Windsor Castle.
Accelerating the contribution of a treaty to protect the ozone layer towards meeting the climate change challenge will take place at the 21st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in the Red Sea resort of Port Ghalib, Egypt, from 4-8 November.
Argentina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Nepal and Sri Lanka join the UN-REDD Programme
Launched by UNEP, the International Union of Railways (UIC) and the global conservation organization WWF, the Train to Copenhagen will roll across the globe through the vast wilds of Russian Siberia and into Europe as part of the UN Seal the Deal! campaign.
As just over one month remains before nations converge in Copenhagen to 'seal the deal' on a new climate change agreement, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has laid out his four benchmarks for success at the negotiations in the Danish capital.
Ways of triggering multi-billion dollar, low carbon technology investments in developing economies are outlined in a new report today.
Experts indicate that investments of around US$500 billion a year will be needed to assist developing countries adapt to climate change while powering low carbon growth.
She is one of Disney's most popular cartoon characters. Created by J.M. Barrie, the Scottish author best remembered for creating Peter Pan, Tinker Bell the well-loved fairy is reaching new heights with her new designation of "Honorary Ambassador of Green" to help promote environmental awareness in children.
Africa will neither accept replacement of the Kyoto Protocol, nor its merger with any new agreement, say African climate change negotiators meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the last African major preparatory gathering, before the UN Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen in December.
Global insurers controlling assets worth trillions of US dollars have joined with the world's leading academics in a United Nations-backed survey putting the industry's approach to sustainability and climate risks under forensic examination.
A far more sophisticated approach needs to be taken when developing biofuels as an environmentally-friendly energy option a new report concludes.
President Mwai Kibaki reminded the parliamentarians that they have legitimacy to enact policies and laws to safeguard a safe, healthy and sustainable natural environment that serves the need of humanity as a whole.
A 'Blue Carbon' fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments keen to combat climate change.
The world's oceans, seas and marine ecosystems, such as seagrass, salt marshes and coastal wetlands, are daily absorbing and removing large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. They are a crucial - and perhaps overlooked - natural ally in strategies to combat climate change.
A new global initiative to accelerate the uptake of low energy light bulbs and efficient lighting systems was launched today by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The International Union of Railways (UIC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the global conservation organization WWF today launched the symbolic one-month and nearly 9,000 kilometre-long train journey from Kyoto to Copenhagen to document the impacts of climate change and raise awareness of low-carbon transport solutions.
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I am going to be opening a business bank account soon after running my small business transactions out of my personal accounts last two years. I have two employees (who I have paid by cash for the last year) who will want to be paid direct deposit if possible. Can I do this with a business checking account or is that only if I set up with a payroll company?
I don't want to employ a payroll company but I do distribute 1099s at year end and pay my own business taxes.
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Bravo School Of Art: Look In The Mirror - 4 Weeks (Ages 6 - 8)
- When Ongoing until Saturday, November 2, 2013
- Sunday 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
- Where Bravo School of Art, 2690 Historic Decatur Rd Studio 206, San Diego Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Arts, Lectures & Classes
- Cost $81 - $93
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Your child will explore proportions of the face through the study of self portrait. The fundamentals of art such as line, light, color, value, hue, texture, composition, space, and design will be introduced.
Each class will be accompanied by classical music and a lesson in art history where great works of art will be discussed. Artwork of Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, Modigliani and more will be reviewed.
Student artists will bring their box of art supplies to create in a free-spirited environment. Upon registration, you will be given a list of art supplies for your budding artist for use in the classroom and at home.
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Saturdays, Oct 12 - Nov 2 8 - 9:30am
Cost: $81 Bravo member / $93 non-member
Location: Bravo School of Art: 2690 Historic Decatur Rd, Studio 206 San Diego, CA 92106 Google Map.


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Volume 43, Issue 6, September 2005
The "Eye" in Physics43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033508View Description Hide Description
Designing Projectile Motion Problems43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033509View Description Hide Description
Nuclear Reactors and WMDs43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033510View Description Hide Description
Power Generation: Nuclear, Oil, Coal43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033511View Description Hide Description
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Class Participation on Trial43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033512View Description Hide Description
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Inertia and Acceleration43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033513View Description Hide Description
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Graphical Representations of Kinematical Concepts: A Comparison of Teaching Strategies43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033514View Description Hide Description
Student difficulties with kinematics concepts and their representations by linear graphs are well known. Several specific learning difficulties have been identified and reported, mainly from studies at the introductory university physics level.1–4 In this paper we investigate the effectiveness of active learning strategies versus traditional instruction on the development of student understanding of kinematical concepts, and their graphical representations, by high school students. We also examine the retention of acquired kinematic concepts and whether it might be affected by subsequent (traditional) instruction.
Soap, Colors, Holes, and Much More43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033515View Description Hide Description
A number of interesting and engaging activities dealing with soap films have appeared in the physics teaching literature.1 In this paper we describe a simple activity that demonstrates some important and intriguing aspects of the physics of thin fluid films.
Energy Flow for a Variable-Gap Capacitor43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033516View Description Hide Description
When capacitor plates are separated, the capacitor'selectrostatic energy either increases or decreases, depending upon whether the charge or the voltage is held constant. For the constant-voltage case, an interesting puzzle can be posed to students: How is it possible that an external agent does positive work on the capacitor while at the same time the capacitor's stored energy decreases? An energy flow diagram, as suggested by Art Hobson's TPT article,1 helps to visualize the movements of energy among different parts of the system. What Richard Feynman calls a "surprising factor of one-half" in the expression for the force between capacitor plates confronts students with an additional puzzle to decipher.2
Kinesthetic Transverse Wave Demonstration43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033517View Description Hide Description
This is a variation on the String and Sticky Tape demonstration "The Wave Game," suggested by Ron Edge.1 A group of students stand side by side, each one holding a card chest high with both hands. The teacher cues the first student to begin raising and lowering his card. When he starts lowering his card, the next student begins to raise his. As succeeding students move their cards up and down, a wave such as that shown in the figure is produced. To facilitate the process, students' motions were synchronized with the ticks of a metronome (without such synchronization it was nearly impossible to generate a satisfactory wave). Our waves typically had a frequency of about 1 Hz and a wavelength of around 3 m. We videotaped the activity so that the students could analyze the motions. The (17-year-old) students had not received any prior instruction regarding wave motion and did not know beforehand the nature of the exercise they were about to carry out. During the activity they were asked what a transverse wave is. Most of them quickly realized, without teacher input, that while the wave propagated horizontally, the only motion of the transmitting medium (them) was vertical. They located the equilibrium points of the oscillations, the crests and troughs of the waves, and identified the wavelength. The teacher defined for them the period of the oscillations of the motion of a card to be the total time for one cycle. The students measured this time and then several asserted that it was the same as the wave period. Knowing the length of the waves and the number of waves per second, the next step can easily be to find the wave speed.
A Simple, Inexpensive Chamber for Growing Snow Crystals in the Classroom43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033518View Description Hide Description
The creation of artificial snow crystals for scientific study usually requires patience, hard work, and fairly elaborate and expensive equipment that almost always includes a cold room. Here we describe an inexpensive and easy-to-build apparatus that can produce artificial snow crystals in the classroom. The apparatus, which can operate as both a diffusion and cloud chamber, was developed in Japan in 1996 and has been in use in schools there for several years, where it has also been reported on in scientific journals, the newspapers, and television.1,2 The apparatus allows students and teachers to actually watch snow crystals grow. While it has been demonstrated in the United States,3 we are not aware that it has seen much use here.
The Anharmonic Rotating Wheel43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033519View Description Hide Description
This paper describes the oscillatory motion of a mass suspended vertically at the end of a string that is attached to the axle of a wheel. The analysis of the motion is similar to that employed in the study of the Maxwell wheel.1 The time dependence of the displacement of the mass is determined using a PASCO motion sensor and compared with theoretical predictions. The moment of inertia of the wheel and the frictional torque acting on it are determined by fitting the theoreticalfunction to the experimental data.
Coefficient of Restitution Measurements for Sport Balls: An Investigative Approach43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033520View Description Hide Description
Studies of collisions in the introductory laboratory often use carts moving on air tracks or along dynamics tracks. As an alternative, students in our laboratories study collisions through experiments that determine coefficients of restitution ε's of balls used in sport. Since ε's are crucial to the outcome of many sporting events, such activities provide students with a "real-world" context for studying collisions. In the process of investigation and analysis, students learn about inelastic collisions,energy transfer, and elasticity of materials.
Magnetic Field Viewing Cards43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033521View Description Hide Description
For some years now laminated cards containing a green, magnetically sensitive film have been available from science education suppliers. When held near a magnet, these cards appear dark green in regions where the field is perpendicular to the card and light green where the field is parallel to the card. The cards can be used to explore the magnetic field near a variety of magnets as well as near wire loops. In this paper we describe how to make these cards and how we have used them in our physics classrooms and labs.
Toy Blocks and Rotational Physics43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033522View Description Hide Description
Have you ever observed a child playing with toy blocks? A favorite game is to build towers and then make them topple like falling trees. To the eye of a trained physicist this should immediately look like an example of the physics of "falling chimneys," when tall structures bend and break in mid-air while falling to the ground. The game played with toy blocks can actually reproduce well what is usually seen in photographs of falling towers, such as the one that appeared on the cover of the September 1976 issue of The Physics Teacher.1 In this paper we describe how we performed and analyzed these simple but interesting experiments with toy blocks.
An Alternative Approach to "Measuring Horsepower and Torque Curves of a Car"43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033523View Description Hide Description
The article in the September 2003 issue of TPT by John Ross Buschert of Goshen College entitled "Measuring Horsepower and Torque Curves of a Car" was excellent.1 I attained similar results using existing automobile test data. Automobile performance tests done by magazines such as Road & Track are a treasure trove of good-quality physics data. Performance tests often contain all the data needed to replicate Professor Buschert's analysis of the power and torque output of automobile engines.
Adding Resistances and Capacitances in Introductory Electricity43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033524View Description Hide Description
All introductory physics textbooks, with or without calculus, cover the addition of both resistances and capacitances in series and in parallel as discrete summations. However, none includes problems that involve continuous versions of resistors in parallel or capacitors in series. This paper introduces a method for solving the continuous problems that is logical, straightforward, and within the mathematical preparation of students at the introductory level.
Moving Sources: Doppler Beats and Mach Cones43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033525View Description Hide Description
This paper describes two experiments involving moving sources. The first one is a class activity for observing beats in a Doppler setup; the second one describes how to observe the transition from "subsonic" to "supersonic" waves in a ripple tank.
Modern Electronics for the General Student43(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2033526View Description Hide Description
I have spent a fair proportion of my teaching career working with nonscience college students, showing them something of my world and connecting with their own experiences. One unusual course I developed is Modern Electronics, an alternative to the typical courses offered these students. In the hope that other teachers of introductory physics want to try this approach, I will share my motivations and some of the details of this course.