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There was a lot of talk Wednesday about a very small creature that's indigenous to Bay County.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission held a public hearing to discuss classifying the Panama City crayfish as threatened.
The Panama City crayfish is just one of 50 different crayfish species. You normally find them in ditches. Wednesday night they were at the center of a heated debate in Panama City.
"What has led to this process is a petition from the public to upgrade the Panama City crayfish to a threatened species."
Right now the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has classified the Panama City crayfish as a species of special concern.
They're protected, but no one has ever been charged for taking them. The FWC's new management plan is calling for the Panama City crayfish to be upgrade to a threatened species. The proposed plan would protect these areas shown in this sketch of Bay County.
"If this goes through, you will not be able to take it as bait for fishing in the future."
Violators could face misdemeanor charges
Stan Kirkland, spokesman for FWC, said, "The number one goal, we hope to stabilize the population, grow it, and take it where we can get it off the protected species list."
Opponents say that's a waste of time.
Frasier Bingham, an environmental consultant, said, "There are 10 different species here, and there's only one that they're truly interested in, and the adults are hard to tell apart."
The management plan will most likely remain just a draft until summer 2007.
Members from the city of Panama City, Lynn Haven, Callaway, Gulf Power, and the St. Joe Company have all helped developed this plan.
Panama City crayfish were first labeled as a species of special concern in 1987.


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U.K. Chancellor Osborne 'Needs to Show More Flexibility'
U.K. Chancellor George Osborne soon may be forced to pay attention to the increasing calls for him to slow his current deficit-reduction drive and to spark much needed growth amid concerns that data later this week may show the country has entered a triple-dip recession.
At the start of last week, the International Monetary Fund joined in the calls for Mr Osborne and others who could afford it to slow down the pace of austerity measures. At the end of the week, Fitch Ratings followed up on its earlier warning and took its red pen to the U.K. cutting its credit rating to AA+ from AAA, questioning the country's ability to generate much-needed growth.
In an interview with Dow Jones, a managing director at one of the world's largest fund managers also voiced his concern over the current path the Chancellor is following and suggested that Mr Osborne takes heed of the current concerns being voiced.
"The prime objective is getting U.K. growth back on a sustainable footing. Chancellor Osborne needs to be a little bit more flexible and to be seen backing the growth horse – both Treasury and Central Bank share the goal of sustainable growth," said Ian Winship, Head of Sterling Bonds and manager of the BlackRock Absolute Return Bond Fund.
"Once this particular battle is won the Bank of England can then focus on reeling in inflation," he said.
As of December 31, 2012, BlackRock's assets under management total $3.792 trillion across equity, fixed income, cash management, alternative investment, real estate and advisory strategies.
Mr. Osborne on Friday indicated he was prepared to reject IMF advice to slow his austerity program, setting the scene for a battle with the fund that was once a key backer of his ambitious plan to correct the country's public finances. While he has so far refused to stray from his path, he may have to heed the advice of investors if markets turn.
Continued faith in the haven appeal of U.K. government bonds has ensured the government continues to borrow at extremely low rates despite a poor economic backdrop but the confidence could be tested if the debt pile isn't trimmed.
While Mr Winship may question the market the true value of a triple-A rating – "for a country (it) is no longer a Holy Grail, the reality is that the triple-A universe is getting smaller" – he notes that political considerations, especially the next election, may well come under increased consideration.
"The political clock will be ticking loudly in Osborne's ear – he has done well to hold the 'prudent fiscal' line but he will be encouraged to be more flexible. With the elections in mind, he may have to consider the pros and cons of communicating a switch to Plan B in order to make positive and sustainable growth more achievable."
Commenting on the fixed-income markets, BlackRock's Winship believes interest rates are anchored at current levels by the excess liquidity provided by central banks, that the 10-year U.K. government bond will trade in a 1.50% to 2.0% range and to take advantage of this range " you need to be disciplined, active and focused."
The Office for National Statistics will release the first estimate of U.K. 1Q GDP on Thursday with the very real possibility that the data will show that economic activity has contracted for a second quarter in a row, pushing the country back into recession.
Recessions are defined in the U.K. as two successive quarters of a contraction in economic activity.

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Nov 06
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keeley57 says:
Hi, is my mare waxing up ready to foal? Any info much appreciated
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equi says:
Doesnt look like it to me.
Is she proven pregnant or do you just think she might be?
She's proven pregnant had a internal perhaps 2 months ago, I was unsure whether she could wax up with only having a little bag because she's not full at all! And she's a maiden so may trick us x
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If she has waxed up you havent got long. Has the muscle around the base of her tail gone flabby? Has her lady bit got longer? Is this your first foal? Keep us posted. xx
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WinnieBu says:
I'd say no too, Sorry. My Winnie is a surprise pregnancy as I bought her not knowing she was in foal, but he boobs are fuller than your mare, but still not waxed up. it would be funny if they foaled at the same time, do you have any foal names picked out?
Yeaaa I got my mare not knowing she was infoal too! Really excited she's gone flabby round her tail yeahh, so just waiting for her bag to get bigger and wax then, she's changed in personality to.. She's turned very protective of her space food, back end etc she also tried to kick me the other day when I went to feel her bag? Should I carry on touching it to get her used to it or leave her alone? Noo not really thought about names need to see it first I think xx
when the milk is literally dripping out of your mare, birthing is imminent. I bought Roobee as a riding horse and she gave me a surprise foal too. I knew nothing about broodmares, foaling or looking after mare and foal. Learnt as i went along really. JJ ( the foal) is a year old now and with his new mum. xx
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Just to upset things my mare had 2 foals the last one 3 years ago I am informed and she is still producing milk and had mastitis which vet sorted, lovely job stripping a horse twice a day but she did not seem to mind. Now doing her best to get pregnant again, no male horse safe, hopefully the stuff I ordered will do the job of getting her mind on other things.
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If you are a dedicated Hasher and like to plan things well ahead of time: We received an invitation to the Africa Hash in 2013. It will be held in Accra, Ghana, by the Accra Hash on 7-9 June 2013. The Venue is Cape Coast.
On a budget? No problem! An arrangement with Cape Coast University will be made to use their dormitory facilities, so low-cost accommodation is assured.
The registration fee is USD 250.
Please see the December 2012 Africa Hash 2013 Flyer or the Accra Hash website for more information. The Registration Form is to be mailed to the Accra Hash directly, just as any questions should be addressed to the Accra Hash directly.


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Momma Dee has something special in store for "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" fans when the finale airs on August 18. This also happens to be the same day she will release her new single, "I Deserve." According to a press release received on Monday, the "LAHHATL" star will be hosting a single release party and fans of the show are invited.
The Sutra Lounge in Atlanta will be hosting the single release party and doors open at 7 p.m. Momma Dee will be performing her new single live with a band. Then when the finale of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" begins at 8 p.m., guests will be treated to a showing of the episode right there in the club.
Cameras will be on hand and the event will be filmed. Those who attend can expect to have a great time since Momma Dee knows how to entertain.
Season 3 of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" has been a huge success. The drama was high this season and Momma Dee was featured often. She's never been more popular than now and with her new music career, fans can expect to see much more of Lil' Scrappy's mom.
Whether you're able to make it to Momma Dee's single release party or not, be sure to tune in for the "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" finale on Monday night at 8/7 central. Momma Dee's single, "I Deserve" will be debuted during that episode and at the same time it will be available for download on iTunes. If you love what you hear, be sure to support Momma Dee's music.
What do you think of Momma Dee releasing the new single "I Deserve" during the "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" finale? Do you love it? Hate it? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.


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If you know someone who was killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, then you might be interested in the National Reading of the Names.
Yesterday, Jan Scruggs, President and Founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, announced that on Memorial Day Weekend the VVMF will honor Iraq and Afghanistan veterans by reading aloud the names of the 6,785 American service men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On May 24th, Vietnam Veterans, family and friends will read the names of the 6,785 American service men and women during a ceremony on the National Mall.
Some of those names are the names of people from the Brockport area.
Among the names to be read will be Nicholas J. Reid, Jason Johnston, Bruce Kevin Clark, Philip Dykeman, Jason D. Hasenauer, Nekl B. Allen, and David Travis Friedrich. All of whom have connections to Brockport.
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to designate the Brockport Post Office as the Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Reid Post Office Building. The Senate still needs to pass the legislation.
Nicholas J. Reid was born in Brockport, and graduated from Brockport High School before enlisting in the Army in 2004.
Reid was assigned to the 53rd Ordnance Company. During his second deployment to Afghanistan, Reid was mortally wounded by an improvised explosive device on December 9, 2012.
Reid died of his wounds on December 13, 2012 at a U.S. Army hospital in Landsthul, Germany.
U.S. Army Specialist Jason Johnston may have been from Albion, in Orleans County. But his roots were in the Brockport area. His grandparents lived near Brockport, and when Jason was a toddler he lived in Hamlin.
Jason Johnston was killed in December 2009 by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan. Jason was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
Captain Bruce Kevin Clark, an Army nurse, was killed in Afghanistan in 2012. Clark was a native of Michigan, but he spent six years in Spencerport, where he was a volunteer firefighter. He graduated from SUNY Brockport.
Marine Corps Captain Philip Dykeman, of Brockport, was killed in Iraq's Anbar Province on June 26, 2008. Dykeman was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. Dykeman graduated from RIT and he also studied Criminal Justice at SUNY Brockport.
Army PFC. Jason D. Hasenauer, 21, of Hilton, was killed near Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2005 when his Humvee rolled over because of a roadside bomb.
Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen, from Spencerport, was killed in Wardak Province; in Afghanistan on September 12, 2009. He was an infantryman with the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. He was a graduate of Churchville-Chili High School.
Sgt. David Travis Friedrich, 26, of Hammond, N.Y. was killed in a mortar attack on a U.S. base near the Abu Ghraib prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad in September 2003.
He was assigned to B Company of the 325th Military Intelligence Battalion a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Waterbury. Friedrich studied Criminal Justice and Chemistry at SUNY Brockport, where he was co-captain of the cross-country team his senior year.
But life goes on, and it's up to us to honor Nicholas J. Reid, Jason Johnston, Bruce Kevin Clark, Philip Dykeman, Jason D. Hasenauer, Nekl B. Allen, and David Travis Friedrich
They made the ultimate sacrifice.
It doesn't take much, and there are many ways to honor the American service men and women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This isn't about supporting the war; it's about supporting the families of those service men and women.
One way is to spread the word about the National Reading of the Names.
Word of mouth can work wonders.
The families and friends of those 6,785 American service men and women have earned the right to know about the National Reading of the Names.
When you've lost a member of your family, or lost the best friend you ever had, it hurts.
It hurts so bad it's hard to breath.
Vietnam Veterans know that from personal experience, and they know that healing takes time; a lot of time.
Since The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in 1982, The VVMF has held five readings of the names of those who were killed or who are missing in Vietnam.
Hearing the name of a loved one read aloud can help tremendously with the healing process. So spread the word.
To get information on participating in the reading of the names, go to: http://www.buildthecenter.vvmf.org/signup-to-read
To make a donation in honor of our post 9/11 heroes, go to: http://www.buildthecenter.vvmf.org/post-911-heroes


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Synopsis by William Silvester
Notes and links by Michele L. Worley
and Steve Vander Ark
US hardcover edition: pages 262 - 287
UK hardcover edition: pages 191 - 208
UK paperback edition: pages 283 - 309
second week of June,
In which the students begin their exams, Hagrid lets slip how
to control Fluffy, HRH try to warn Dumbledore but he has been
summoned away. Fearful that Snape is about to make his move to
get the Philosopher's Stone, HRH decide to go after it themselves.
Under Harry's invisibility cloak they make their way to Fluffy,
put him to sleep, and go through the trapdoor, past plants,
chessmen, and potions.
Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:
In this chapter, Harry, Ron, and Hermione follow the would-be thief through
the trapdoor being guarded by Fluffy, hence the chapter title. On another
level, the three have to get past several trapped doors guarding the Stone:
the door in the flying-key room (bewitched to respond only to its key),
the door guarded by the giant chessmen, and the doors in and out of the
Potions room, which turn the room itself into a trap.
They had been given special, new quills for the exams, which had been bewitched
with an Anti-Cheating spell.
Quills can be bewitched to take dictation (OP7).
On one level, this wouldn't matter in an exam,
because either way the student would have to come up with the answers,
but in a group of students it's undesirable to permit "dictation" quills,
because students could hear each other's answers.
Quick-Quotes Quills are an interesting variation on quills that are enchanted to
take dictation, because as Rita Skeeter has demonstrated
(GF18), a Quick-Quotes Quill is
bewitched to elaborate on what is said to it, rather than simply writing down
exactly what was said. In an exam involving essay questions, such as the
Hogwarts end-of-term exams, a Quick-Quotes Quill or something similar has
obvious possibilities for cheating.
It seems quite possible that the Anti-Cheating spells used during exams, then,
are concerned with preventing students from casting further spells and charms
on the quills, rather than making the quills actually do anything.
They had practical exams as well. Professor Flitwick called them one by one into
his class to see if they could make a pineapple tap-dance across a desk.
Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuff-box - points were given
for how pretty the snuff-box was, but taken away if it had whiskers.
Snape made them all nervous, breathing down their necks while they tried to
remember how to make a Forgetfulness Potion.
Their very last exam was History of Magic. One hour of answering questions about
batty old wizards who'd invented self-stirring cauldrons and they'd be free...
...the 1637 Werewolf Code of Conduct...
...the uprising of Elfric the Eager.
Since the majority of the revolts and rebellions discussed in Binns' class
seem to have been goblin rebellions, Elfric the Eager may have been a goblin
rather than a wizard, but we do not have much information about him.
Ron...wandered down to the lake and flopped under a tree...
Could this be the "beech tree on the edge of the lake" that figures so prominently in book five, where "Snape's Worst Memory" took place?
"It's not that unusual, yeh get a lot o' funny folk in the Hog's Head -
that's one o' the pubs down in the village."
"Well - yeah - how many three-headed dogs d'yeh meet,
even around Hogwarts? So I told him, Fluffy's a piece o'
cake if yeh know how to calm him down, jus' play him a bit
o' music an' he'll go straight off ter sleep -"
In retrospect, this should've been easier to figure out than
it was. The most famous three-headed dog in Muggle legends
is Cerberus, who was also used as a guardian. The greatest
musician who ever lived - Orpheus - used just this trick to
get past him.
"I shouldn'ta told yeh that!"
And he finally says it. Once. And never again.
"What are you three doing inside?"
It was Professor McGonagall, carrying a large pile of books.
"Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago," she said
coldly. "He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic
and flew off for London at once."
"Something you have to say is more important than the
Ministry of Magic, Potter?"
Whatever Professor McGonagall had expected, it wasn't that. The
books she was carrying tumbled out of her arms but she didn't
pick them up.
"I don't know how you found out about the Stone, but rest
assured, no one can possibly steal it, it's too well
"I bet the Ministry of Magic will get a real shock when
Dumbledore turns up."
As Hagrid told Harry over the Daily Prophet on the morning
they went to Diagon Alley (PS5), Fudge
at this point in his administration has been constantly pelting
Dumbledore with owls, asking for advice. One more such owl won't
seem out of the ordinary, so Dumbledore has no reason to check
that the message is legitimate.
Moreover, at this point Dumbledore has been putting up with Fudge's
requests for help and advice for months. Even a very patient wizard
such as Dumbledore will have had enough, and won't encourage Fudge's
annoying behaviour by hurrying to London,
such as (for instance) Apparating from just
outside Hogwarts' anti-Apparition enchantments, or using the Floo network.
Quirrell/Voldemort could safely assume that Dumbledore would take
a slower route to London, that would keep him out of the way long enough
for an attempt to be made on the Stone.
He strode off in the direction of the staffroom
They are all on the ground floor at this moment. If the staffroom was on another floor, Snape would have been heading for a staircase but as far as Harry would have known, he would have been heading for an upper floor. He wouldn't have know where he was heading specifically. Logically, since Harry knows where Snape is heading, it must be on this floor.
"Enough of this nonsense! If I hear you've come anywhere near here
again, I'll take another fifty points from Gryffindor!"
Really, for what? I don't doubt that McGonagall can take points for
whatever reason she likes, since Snape could take points for
carrying a library book outside the walls of the school
(PS11), but apart from getting on
McGonagall's nerves the kids aren't doing anything but loitering
in a school hallway.
I'm never going to the Dark Side...Voldemort killed my parents, remember?
This impassioned speech from Harry is oddly prescient of the conversation Harry has with Dumbledore about facing Voldemort, in Half-Blood Prince chapter 23. Harry already at age eleven demonstrates the qualities which make him uniquely qualified to face Voldemort.
"Flitwick told me in secret that I got a hundred and twelve
per cent on his exam."
...his eyes fell on the flute Hagrid had given him for Christmas.
Harry looked at the grandfather clock by the door.
...the moment she had landed, the plant had started to twist
snake-like tentacles around her ankles. As for Harry and Ron,
their legs had already been bound tightly in long creepers
without their noticing.
"I know what this is - it's Devil's Snare!"
"Oh, I'm so glad we know what it's called, that's a great
help," snarled Ron...
In the surviving records of the examining magistrates'
questioning of suspected witches, the confessions often
start by saying how long the person has been a witch.
But instead of using those words - "so-and-so says
that he/she has been a witch for however-many years" -
the confessions say instead how long the suspect has been
"in the snare of the devil." By the standards of
the magistrates of Salem, all three children have been
in the devil's snare ever since they started at Hogwarts!
Incidentally, one of the most notorious of the
magistrates who conducted the Salem witch trials was
a man named John Hathorne. One of his descendants was
so ashamed of this man that he inserted a 'W' into his
name to distance himself from the whole business:
the writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
"It likes the dark and the damp..."
"Oh, right!" said Hermione, and she whipped out her
wand, waved it, muttered something and sent a jet of the same
bluebell flames she had used on Snape at the plant.
...it wouldn't budge, not even when Hermione tried her Alohomora Charm.
They seized a broomstick each and kicked off into the air,
soaring into the midst of the cloud of keys. They grabbed
and snatched but the bewitched keys darted and dived so
quickly it was almost impossible to catch one.
In fact, the enchantments Flitwick has used on the keys
are quite similar to those used to create the balls used
in a Quidditch game. Apart from the obvious Flying Charms
used on the keys, they've been bewitched to avoid people,
in a kind of inversion of the enchantments placed on
Bludgers (which are attracted toward the nearest
player). Note that this is one of only two times that we specifically see Hermione fly a broomstick, the other being in pick up games of Quidditch while staying at the Burrow.
Lucky thing there were broomsticks there, actually. For that matter, lucky that the key was left in the vicinity of the door too. Might have been a better defense to simply not provide broomsticks or the key at all, flying or otherwise.
They were standing on the edge of a huge chessboard...
McGonagall's giant chessmen are unusual in that the
white pieces are playing without human direction.
However, this does not require human-level intelligence;
any Muggle computer worth its salt can do the same thing.
"Now, don't be offended or anything, but neither
of you are that good at chess -"
"Well, Harry, you take the place of that bishop, and
Hermione, you go next to him instead of that castle."
Ron is taking some steps to protect his friends, since
bishops and rooks (castles) are less likely to be
sacrificed in a game than pawns are. However, it raises
the question of why Ron didn't substitute Harry for the
king, which would have guaranteed that Harry, at least,
would not be at risk unless Ron lost the game, or
substitute one of his friends for the queen, which is
too powerful a piece to sacrifice lightly.
The exact placement of pieces is a bit confusing in the game, since the bishop and the castle are not next to each other when a chess match is set up. This error has been fixed in later editions of the book. It now reads:
"Well, Harry, you take the place of that bishop, and Hermione, you
go there instead of that castle."
"Well, Harry, you take the place of that bishop, and Hermione, you
go there instead of that castle."
"White always moves first in chess," said Ron,
peering across the board.
A white pawn had moved forward two squares.
Pawns are only allowed to do this on the first move.
I'll take one step forward...
Ron is playing the part of a knight, so he can't move just one step. Knights move in an L-pattern of two and three squares. This error is fixed in later editions of the book. It now reads:
"I make my move and she'll take me--that leaves you free to
checkmate the king, Harry!"
"I make my move and she'll take me--that leaves you free to
checkmate the king, Harry!"
He stepped forward and the white queen pounced. She struck
Ron hard around the head with her
stone arm and he crashed to the floor -
Shaking, Harry moved three spaces to the left...
Harry is playing a Bishop, and as such should only have been allowed to move diagonally.
Hermione seized a roll of paper lying next to the bottles.
"Everything we need is here on this paper."
In fact, as the essay analyzing the riddle shows, this
isn't quite true. To solve the riddle, one needs to know
where the largest and smallest bottles are, and the
text of the riddle (and of the chapter) doesn't give us
that information.
That's hardly one swallow...
Just a thought...if someone was following me into this series of traps, I might have mixed the bottles up before going on...or maybe emptied whatever was left of the correct potion onto the floor. Quirrell is not the cleverest of adversaries.
Characters introduced in this chapter:
Characters returning in this chapter:
Binns, Professor
Fat Lady, the
Flitwick, Professor
Granger, Hermione
Hagrid, Rubeus
Longbottom, Neville
Jordan, Lee
McGonagall, Minerva
Norris, Mrs.
Potter, Harry
Quirrell, Professor
(identified in the next chapter)
Snape, Severus
Weasley, Fred
Weasley, George
Weasley, Ron
Characters mentioned in this chapter:
Bloody Baron, the
Dumbledore, Albus
Dursleys, the
Elfric the Eager
Filch, Argus
Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
Pomfrey, Poppy
Shingleton, Gaspard
(referred to in History of Magic)
Sprout, Professor
(as You-Know-Who)
Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:
chambers of the Philosopher's Stone, the
the flying-key room
Charms classroom
Entrance Hall, the
Hagrid's hut
Gryffindor common room
staff room
third-floor corridor on the right-hand side, the forbidden
Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:
Forbidden Forest, the
head's office, the
Hog's Head, the
the Ministry of Magic in London
Owlery, the
Exceptional character moments:
Hermione and
Ron, who refuse to let
Harry go after the Stone alone. Note that this is after they failed
to talk Harry out of the idea, which they said was crazy.
Neville, standing up to
Harry, Ron, and Hermione when he catches them sneaking out at night.
Ron, sacrificing himself in
the chess game because that's the only way his friends can win
through to the Stone.
Ron and
Harry, assigning Hermione to
watch the staff room because she can claim to be fretting over her exam
Alohomora Charm
Anti-Cheating Spell
bluebell flames
Petrificus Totalus
(the Full Body-Bind)
(name not given) the black and purple fire-spells used on the
doors of the Potions room
Links and Resources:
Bestiary, the
squid, giant
Devil's Snare
The Limits of Magic
The Riddle of the Potions
History of Magic
House points - PS
items and devices, magical
cauldron, self-stirring
Invisibility Cloak
Philosopher's Stone, the
quill, anti-cheating
the riddle Potions
Forgetfulness Potion
Memorable lines:
"Why me?"
"It's obvious," said Ron.
"You can pretend to be waiting for Professor Flitwick, you know."
He put on a high voice, "Oh, Professor Flitwick, I'm so worried, I
think I got question fourteen b wrong..."
"Oh, shut up," said Hermione, but she agreed to go and watch out
for Snape.
"That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some
Strictly British:
(U.K. edition only)
The first few paragraphs of the chapter cover the weeks leading
up to the end-of-year exams and the exams themselves. As
the last of the exams concludes - History of Magic - the action
slows down to real-time, and the rest of the chapter takes
place on the afternoon and evening of the last day of the exams.


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Titles by Courtesy
Although the bearer of a peerage title by courtesy enjoys none of the privileges of a peer, he is addressed as such with the following exceptions:
(i) a marquess by courtesy is never accorded the formal style of 'The Most Hon'
(ii) an earl, viscount or baron by courtesy is never accorded the formal style of 'The Rt Hon', unless he also happens to be a Privy Counsellor
(iii) a peer by courtesy is not addressed as 'The' in correspondence. This is restricted to actual peers. Normally a peer by courtesy is called 'Lord …….', but if there is a special reason for a marquess or earl by courtesy to be referred to by his precise courtesy title, he is called verbally 'the Marquess of Blandford' or 'the Earl of Arundel', this being the usual colloquial form of reference. The definite article is never given to courtesy viscounts or barons.
Wives and Widows of Peers by Courtesy
Wives of peers by courtesy take the titles of Marchioness, Countess or Lady, as appropriate, but never have the formal style of 'The Most Hon' or 'The Rt Hon'. The wife of a peer by courtesy is not given the prefix 'The' in correspondence. The same rules apply to the widow of a peer by courtesy.
How to Address Peers by Courtesy and their Wives
The recommended (social) style of address is as follows:
Beginning of letter
Dear Lord/Lady Hamilton/Ronaldshay/Seymour
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Parking meter here: National Parking Systems/Smart City Solutions yesterday unveiled the type of parking meter that would be placed around the city if a highly controversial deal proceeds.
First Lady takes business workshop to Mahdia
First Lady, Sandra Granger, yesterday, took her Self Reliance and Success in Business workshop to a group of businesswomen in Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight), who were eager to capitalise on the opportunity to learn skills to advance their small businesses, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
Massive damage as power poles collapse
Massive damage as power poles collapse: Three electricity poles fell on Church Street in the Bourda area yesterday, causing massive damage and inconvenience.
Moraikobai latest beneficiary under President's B's programme
The village of Moraikobai, situated up the Mahaicony River, Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five), yesterday, became the latest beneficiary under President David Granger's Five B's or 'Boats, Buses, Bicycles plus Breakfast and Books' Programme, which is aimed at ensuring that every child has access to and stays in school.
Riled up over expired product
Riled up over expired product: City Constables were on Friday called to calm a riled crowd after a customer who purchased a product from Annie's Variety Store in the Acme Building on Regent Street and found that it was expired was unsuccessful in getting the proprietor to exchange it or refund her.
Taking the plunge
Taking the plunge: Several children diving into a trench in Enterprise, East Coast Demerara yesterday for a swim. (Photo by Keno George)
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More lights… More lights being installed along Carifesta Avenue as Thursday's deadline approaches. (Photo by Keno George)
Not wet weather work…
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
BMW S1000RR: UK prices announced
BMW Motorrad have announced pricing for the S1000RR in the UK. The standard model costs 'an extremely competitive' £10,950 (including 15% VAT) OTR, while the 'Sport' specification model is priced at £12,235 OTR. The S1000RR Sport comes factory fitted with Sports ABS, Dynamic Traction Control and Gearshift Assist.
Customers who buy the standard model can also choose to have individual extras fitted to their bike. These are Race ABS (£785), Race ABS + Dynamic Traction Control (£1,199), Gear Shift Assist (£299), Anti-theft Alarm (£172) and BMW Motorrad Motorsport colour scheme (£390).
'In the UK, we have worked very hard to launch the S1000RR into the competitive supersport sector at a realistic and affordable price. The standard model offers excellent value for money [and] with the introduction of the higher specification Sport variant, we can offer supersports customers a simple choice of specifications that will also significantly benefit the bike's residual values,' says Ian Furse, BMW Motorrad's national sales manager in the UK.
To quickly recap, the BMW S1000RR weighs 183kg dry and 206.5kg in road trim. The bike's inline-four makes 193 horsepower at 13,000rpm and 112Nm of torque at 9,750rpm. The S1000RR's engine features high-speed, ultra-strong valve drive with individual cam followers and titanium valves, following the example of BMW's Formula 1 engines.
The S1000RR has four riding modes, which the rider can select with the push of a button. These modes have been designed to optimise the bike's performance on wet surfaces, regular roads, race tracks with sports tyres, and race tracks with slicks. BMW claim the S1000RR is the only supersport machine to offer Race ABS, DTC Dynamic Traction Control and engine management modes in combination. Also, the bike's unique 'Gearshift Assistant' enables riders to 'speed shift' up through the gears without using the clutch and with no interruption in torque or pulling power.
UK buyers can book their bikes now, deliveries will start in January 2010.
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- hardboiled said...
Now that... is nice!!! At long last BMW have brought out a bike that looks like it means business!
- 20 September, 2009
Nice i think i'll order the sports model and i'll have to order yet another set of leathers.
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Daredevils: How Monster Energy Forecast the Rise of a Fringe Sport to a Billion-Dollar Tune
For marketers in sports and entertainment, one of the best strategies to capture core consumers is to identify a hot trend before its audience and value is formally established.
Monster Energy is a prime example of this. The brand capitalized on an emerging sport in the late 1990s, when it began to sponsor athletes in the then little known sport converting daredevils and alternative crowds across the U.S.: motocross. They were guided to the world of motocross by Mark Hall, who became the president of Hansen's (Monster Energy's parent company) in 1997. At the time, the company was struggling to grow as a soda and sparkling juice brand with under $20M in revenue. Today, Hansen's is generating over $2B in annual revenues and is one of the biggest success stories in beverage history, largely resulting from their ability to capture a massive audience in sports outside the mainstream. With that in mind, let's go back to the beginning….
When Hall launched Monster, Red Bull energy was its largest competitor, with a massive market in Europe and a strong launch in the U.S. In order to compete, Hall needed to reach a rising tide of potential energy drink consumers by differentiating his product—associating it with sports perceived to be counter-culture. Monster Energy could have taken on any number of identities. But through aggressive branding and sponsorship, it shaped itself into a public reception as more rebellious and anti-establishment than Red Bull.
According to Jason Belzer, Forbes contributor, "No one tactic that companies and organizations use to reach consumers has undergone more transformation than sponsorship." He argues that sponsorship has changed from a novelty, when only the largest companies could afford national airtime sponsorship, to more accessible options on TV and the Internet. As a result, growing companies like Monster Energy can localize ads specific to their demographic. In other words, sponsorship—dollar for dollar—is arguably the most important tool for sports and entertainment in the $100B world of advertising.
Hall understood a crucial tenet of successful branding: that lifestyle marketing was essential to creating a consumer connection to his core audience—young, blue-collar males. Hall was able to reach them through motocross, an extreme sport with a fervent but not yet mobilized fan base. Here, Hall saw an opportunity for growth, as the X-games, which debuted in 1995, were beginning to bring these sports to large audiences on live national TV. First-time viewers watched in awe as riders like Travis Pastrana performed jaw-dropping double back-flips off of giant dirt mounds, getting over 75 feet of air. The sport was dangerous; its stunning feats soon earned respect. Hall decided to focus strictly on the sponsorship of these athletes over expensive media buys. He went to the X-games with $25K in cash.
Monster's early foray into motocross and other extreme sports was a tremendous success; it landed them a massive and loyal fan base while these events were becoming nationally recognized mega sports. In an industry like beverage, where a majority of new brands fail, they were able to prevail. Today, Monster is deeply rooted in an action sports culture that has become mainstream, with billions of dollars in annual consumer spending. This venture allowed Monster to get into the ring with Red Bull and establish national distributors like Pepsi, Coke and DPSG.
So what's the next big sport? With $102M in advertising dollars spent in 2012, mainstream exposure to endurance sports like marathons, triathlons, and 5ks is growing. Also reaching a broader audience is a rising tide of adventure racing sports such as The Spartan, Ultra-Trail, and timed trials such as CrossFit. Last year, 1.5 million Americans participated in the three largest obstacle companies (Tough Mudder, Spartan Race, and Warrior Dash). If you are leading a brand chasing today's next big sports market, look out for the rapidly developing strength of endurance sports and opportunities to get behind them.
Looking for Data in All the Wrong Places: Mining Twitter for Consumer Purchasing Intent
Emerging research on the political implications of social media suggests that, when it comes to forecasting election results, Twitter hype matters more than tweet type. Social scientists at Indiana University looked to Twitter as an alternative to traditional polling, combing the site for election-related posts from the run-up to the 2010 congressional races. They found that candidates with higher raw shares of Twitter mentions won by roughly the same margin of votes, regardless of whether the tweet reflected positively or negatively on the candidate. Remarkably, for hopeful politicians in competitive races, even negative press was good press on Twitter.
Studies on Internet buzz and consumption suggest that the predictive power of tweet frequency also applies to market outcomes. For example, in one 2010 HP Labs study, analysts found that the rate at which people Tweeted about new movies correlated to real box-office revenues. Furthermore, these Twitter-based predictions systematically outperformed in accuracy those of the Hollywood Stock Exchange, the industry's classic gold standard of information markets.
But, do negative tweets contribute to positive buzz for consumer products in the same way they do for politicians? Findings on the relationship between tweet sentiment and consumer purchasing behavior are less clear-cut. A 2011 study on Twitter mood and stock market trends found that, while the general positive or negative sentiment of tweets contributed little to forecast accuracy, the relative "calmness" of Twitter users did correlate to daily fluctuations in the closing values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Thus, while the emotional polarity of tweets did not make much difference, other dimensions of tweet sentiment were still relevant.
For brands seeking to attract and retain consumers on Twitter, proactive interaction, rather than passive buzz, seems to matter as well. A review of tweets from consumer electronics brands found that UK shoppers exposed to brand tweets were 65% more likely than the average Internet user to add products to their carts on those companies' websites. Overall, Twitter users are 50% more likely to purchase from brands they follow.
Ultimately, determining the optimal balance between tweet quantity and quality will depend on the answer to a more complex question: what comes first, the consumer or the Tweet? Are box-office hits well-tweeted because they are already well-liked? Or, does the mere exposure effect—by which familiarity breeds favorites—make Twitter a real determinant of purchase intent? When the platform is flooded with an average of 58 million tweets per day, Twitter presents tricky terrain for those hoping to make a lasting impression on potential fans, followers, and consumers. But, as the findings above suggest, mining the Twittersphere for hints of socialized consumption can provide insights for the architects of social media campaigns.
Disruptive Collaboration: A Very Merry Unconference To You
The purpose of the Opportunity Collaboration, which organizes business retreats for nonprofit leaders around the world, is uniquely social: to gather together nonprofit leaders in person for four days of active, ego-less discussion in the hope that an ensemble of doers can spark the cross-fertilization of powerful ideas that results in real change in the fight against poverty. And yet, while they maintain a thoughtful social media presence during 51 weeks of the year, the organization has deliberately excluded social media from its retreat experience.
The result on behalf of the leadership of Opportunity Collaboration is surprising: they are smart, outgoing, and have worked with hundreds of leaders in the field to make their business retreat truly worthwhile. They, like the participants of their un-conference*, as they call it, know that social media is necessary to mobilize people remotely or otherwise beyond daily immediate impact. They have harnessed its power, and have an active presence on Facebook and Twitter. Why then, are people who are clearly so thoughtfully engaged on social media and deeply collaborative by nature, making the choice to actively eschew social media from their time together during the week of the un-conference?
First, it's useful to know that the Opportunity Collaboration is not your traditional gathering of like-minded individuals from a similar sector. A business retreat for thought leaders fighting poverty, it is financed solely by Delegate registrations. The entire purpose of the program is driven by the Delegates, and thus responds to them—a narrowed focus that is both empowering and limited.
Those who have traveled the conference circuit themselves may be surprised to hear that, at the Opportunity Collaboration, there are no deliberately exclusive aspects to the conference's programming—closed-door dinners or panels that limit attendance. Rather, the event is tailored to the 350 Delegates in attendance, with over 124 policy sessions and a relationship-building program that allows for networking even in advance of arrival day. The retreat, in this sense, is driven by the intimate relationships fostered between delegates. The more the institutionally-cultivated intimacy fosters this close network, these many tangled and productive opportunities for frenzied collaboration over the four-day period, the more it tightens them, making them useful to participants—and impenetrable to those outside the exclusive party. It enables while it limits.
Part of forgoing social media is logistical: this year's "un-conference" is being held in Ixtapa, Mexico, where internet access has historically been unreliable—although improving. Topher Wilkins, the Chief Executive Officer of Opportunity Collaboration, acknowledges this trade-off as a self-conscious branding decision taking full account of both costs and benefits, saying they've limited themselves only to the poverty solvers who become Delegates and lost touch with would-be worthy scholars not within that immediate group. Furthermore, the Opportunity Collaboration sells the retreat as a useful time to unplug and engage in conversations without social media they believe can be distracting. "Our brand is built around a high-end, high-touch model to convening, connecting and creating greater opportunities to collaborate amongst our core group of constituents," wrote Topher in an email. "Because we've never emphasized the quantity of people we influence, but rather the quality of interactions amongst our relatively small but immensely powerful and influential network, I believe we've lost very little in not allowing social media more deeply into our un-conference."
These losses are minimized by existing infrastructure at the conference that facilitates information-sharing among Delegates, each of whom has a personal mailbox on site. Twice a day, time is formally left unscheduled so Delegates can pursue private business meetings with each other without fear of missing out on some of the weekend's programming. The functions of social media are replicated through these systems—the traditional mail and systematized meeting spaces on which the networks built.
Only those not included at the conference really lose out—but they may engage with the big ideas the Opportunity Collaboration fosters once the Delegates leave the four-day retreat from connectivity and rewire, reboot, and disseminate the big ideas they've developed.
Topher concluded his email to us with a powerful image illuminating the difference between interactions that occur on the internet, and those that occur in person. "While social media can provide the spark," he said, "our physical, human-to-human interactions fuel the flame." We agree—but, here, we think it's useful to return to an earlier point: the Opportunity Collaboration may not be immediately concerned with quantity of people reached, but once the flame is strengthened, the fire that catches quickest can burn brightest.
*What won't you find at an un-conference? According to Opportunity Collaboration's website: "Plenary Lectures; Talkers, Not Doers, Business Cards & Briefcases; Auditorium Seating; Hidden Expenses; Kitschy Swag; Institutional Egos or Filibusters; Death by PowerPoint."
- The way you use social media should reflect your brand. We think social media could be usefully leveraged during the Opportunity Collaboration retreat, but we do think Topher is right on point in being brand-conscious. What do your social media presence say about your brand's personality and your company's core values?
- What is the value of social media, apart from connecting people on a scale unprecedented prior to the internet? It helps gather people with like interests who might not otherwise meet. It provides a score of other services. How can they be replicated in its absence?
- Finally, we want to borrow a question from Topher. When we asked how social media integration would occur at the Opportunity Collaboration, how it would differ from that at other (un)conferences, Topher aptly queried, "Not sure really…is there such a thing as un-social media?" What do you think?
Switching to Consulting Career: What Can You Do About Yourself?
Coming from another career, switching to consulting can raise a whole set of problems. The external seem evident—dealing with case studies, knowing the right firms, etc—but internal factors cannot be underestimated. Purnima Travedi, a former architect with an MBA and Masters of Finance from Hult International Business College, boiled down these internal factors into five digestible "Obstacles," during a speech (well, more of a discussion, given the energetic audience participation) at her alma mater's Consulting Club.
"Where do you start?" she asked the room of aspiring consultants, "be your own consultant." That is, think of your life as your case study; define your current station in life as an SCQ: situation, where are you in life right now; complication, what obstacles do you face; question, where do you go from here? Analyzing your internal processes as a consultant is a clever bit of method acting, and Purnima sold the room of Hult students on the concept through an involved debate.
Within the same "be your own consultant" mindset, Purnima hit her next major point: Figure out where you fit in the world. With the same SCQ approach, the Hult students engaged themselves in the thought exercise and determined what industry best suited their situation, talents, personality, and passion.
But the golden insight of the night—and a lesson worthwhile to just about everybody—was to simply stop trying too hard. To overcome Purnima's fourth major obstacle, "Networking," she suggested the tried-and-true approach of relaxing and simply being a good, friendly person. When you meet someone to network, don't just sell yourself. Have a conversation, loosen up, tell a couple of jokes. "Become a nicer person," she said, "stop selling so hard." It is a lot easier to forge a relationship based on genuine understanding than an impersonal pitch.
Truthfully, there is no magic wand that one can wave to solve these problems. To solve problems this personal, deeply personal solutions are required.
But it can also be said that the root of all these obstacles is a need for flexibility and sharp adaptation to both external forces and internal roadblocks. If step one, as Purnima says, is to embody consulting, inside and out, then the Hult Consulting Club now has a leg up on the competition. And if you want to get on their level, too, check out Purnima's entire presentation on slideshare
Leveraging Social Data for Brands: refine+focus CEO, Zachary Braiker speaks with CIO
Community managers have a lot of different backgrounds and skillets, but many of us share an interest in word choice. When representing a brand on social, searching for the words that create opportunities for engagement is not always easy due to the sheer amount of real-time data being generated.
Cold-EEZE, a cold remedy maker is one such client which we have helped break through the clutter by giving community managers the right tools to find people who are tweeting about cough and cold symptoms and helping them "Get Well Sooner". By doing so, the company engages people at times when they are not only considering its category of products the most, but are likely to grateful for a brand that is listening.
Our CEO, Zachary Braiker was recently interviewed by CIO and spoke about the effectiveness of using simple tools such as Twitter's native Search API for uncovering social data and fostering these types of genuine interactions. You can read the full article here.
What is Reverse Engineering?
Reverse engineering. The term smacks of clandestine military operations, gleeful scientists in white coats, reversible programming. And indeed, the beauty of the reverse engineer is her ability to appropriate such images, his talent at moving from completion to the start. Simply put, reverse engineering is taking something apart to figure out how it works, in order then to duplicate it or make it somehow better. But at refine+focus we see reverse engineering as a mindset, a way of moving forward. We analyze desired outcomes and devise strategies to get you there. We use the knowledge of the past to bring us forward towards the future. William Blake wrote, "Without contraries is no progression," and though we're not sure what he would have thought of the modern world, the internet, and social media, we are happy to take our cues from a poet.
Here's reverse engineering and some examples of how it really works:
Jerry cans: During the Second World War Allied forces found that German cars had superiorly designed gasoline cans. Working backwards from captured models, they created these better cans themselves. In homage, of a sort, they christened them "Jerry cans."
Slater's textile mills: At 10, in 1778, Samuel Slater was working in a cotton mill in England. By 21 he knew just as much as anyone in the country about the mechanics of textiles. In 1789, he jumped ship for New York, after memorizing the plans for the miraculous machines, and brought the industrial revolution to America, rebuilding the secret machines there. By the time he died he was master of 13 spinning mills and even had a town named after him: Slatersville, RI.
V2 Rockets: V2 Rockets were the first man-made objects to make it to outer-space, and the first long range ballistic missiles. During the beginning of World War II they were used by the Germans to target London. After the war, when British and American forces got hold of the missiles, they reverse engineered them for their own purposes, beginning the space race.
The Rosetta Stone: Created in Memphis in 196 BCE, rediscovered in 1799 by a French soldier during the construction of a fort, the stone has the same short text repeated in three different languages. After the ancient Greek was translated, it was short work to decipher the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, which allowed us access to a hitherto forgotten tongue. The term Rosetta Stone is now often used as a marker for the key to new areas of knowledge.
Calculus: Evaluating integrals, perhaps a high school or college student's worst nightmare, is a practice in reverse engineering. To evaluate, the student needs to find the antiderivative of the integrand—in other words, the function that, when you take the derivative of it, becomes the integrand. It's a reverse engineering process, starting from the end and working backwards.
The Fisher Space Pen Company: Legend has it that, during the space race, Soviet and American astronauts needed special writing utensils to write in space. The legend goes that the Americans spent boatloads of money on developing such a product, while the Soviets just used pencils. In reality, while pencils were used, their graphite dust and point shards can be dangerous in zero gravity. The Fisher Space Pen Company received no money from NASA, or even outright encouragement, but developed a product that they later convinced NASA to try. The need came first, and then the product answer.
How can reverse engineering help your company? What's a new way for you to move forward? At refine+focus, we're committed to all the ways of helping you succeed. Tell us where you want to go. It's our business to get you there.


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Come join us for a great way to celebrate the start of fall, by joining this bicycle tour of Colorado's Wine Country. The 25-mile ride through the vineyards of the Western Slope (on paved roads with a few hills) gives cyclists an opportunity to pass by the area's wineries, as well as acres of fruit orchards. The event is located in the Grand Valley and is held prior to the Colorado Mountain Winefest "Festival in the Park" with over 50 of the state's winery's available for your tasting. Congratulations to our Women riders who make up over 60% of our participants!!!
Start & Finish at Peach Bowl Park (take exit 42 off I-70 and go south less than a mile to 5th and Elberta). The ride begins between the hours of 7-8 am (start at your leisure during this time frame). FREE SHOWERS WILL BE AVAILABLE at the pool in the park (you bring towels, soap, etc). The "Festival in the Park" (Riverbend Park) is only 5 blocks (less than 1 mile) from the start/finish and a shuttle bus will be available from Peach Bowl Park. The ride begins between the hours of 7-8 am (start at your leisure during this time frame). Tour participants receive a colorful T-shirt featuring the artwork of Buffalo Kaplinski, course map, welcome packet, and a refreshing post-ride pasta salad brunch, all for only $40.


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Story by David L. Hudson
Tommy and Terry Lane continue to make their names in the boxing game by carrying out the tradition of their famous father, Mills, by promoting high-quality boxing shows. This Friday they are promoting a card in their hometown Reno, Nevada, televised by ESPN2 that features an intriguing main event between former Contender participant Jesse Brinkley against the charismatic and talented Curtis Stevens.
"We are very excited about this show," said Tommy. "This is a fight we wanted to put together for a while. Curtis has a big personality and is an exciting fighter. When we had the opportunity, we went for it and it should be a great fight. It is on ESPN for the country to see. We hope the country will see the talents of Jesse." The brothers signed Brinkley in 2008 to their growing stable of fighters.
The card also features an up-and-coming, undefeated prospect named Brandon Gonzalez out of Sacramento, who the brothers just signed to a promotional deal. "He is one of the most talented young fighters we have seen in a long time," said Tommy. "We have big plans for him and there is a good chance that he'll also appear in the TV opener."
The brothers – both in their 20s – complement each other very well. Terry, the older of the two, handles the matchmaking and dealing with the state athletic commissioners. Tommy handles much of the business dealings.
Given their age, one might think that could be a disadvantage in sport as demanding and cutthroat as boxing can be at times. "Our youth has presented some challenges," acknowledges Terry. "In the very beginning we had to work harder to be taken seriously. But, our youth has also been an advantage, as we've kind of been a fresh air in boxing and been able to use it to our advantage."
The two brothers came to boxing naturally, as they grew up in Reno, Nevada, where their father had a distinguished legal and boxing career. Mills Lane was one of the sport's all-time great referees and then he stepped out into promoting after he hung up the bow tie. An unfortunate stroke ended his promotional career in 2002.
But, in 2005, his young sons decided to follow in their father's footsteps and run the company founded by their father - "Let's Get It On Promotions." http://www.letsgetitonboxing.com/ The two really enjoy working together as brothers. "It works very well," Terry says. "A lot of people warned us about working with family but Tommy and I grew up around boxing and we love it equally. It is a pleasure to work with him on a daily basis."
The two share their father's and grandfather's work ethic. Mills Lane used to say "get your ears back and get after it." The two brothers embody that same attitude and try to outwork everybody else.
"Our goal as a company is to be the best boxing promotional company in the world," Tommy said. "It is going to take some time to get there but we really want to help bring boxing back to mainstream popularity. We think it can be done by applying honest practices and ethical standards."
The two recognize that mixed martial arts has garnered the attention of younger fans. The Lane brothers have even promoted shows that featured MMA bouts alongside boxing bouts. "Our long-term goal is to use MMA and put on both types of fights in order to reintroduce young people to boxing," said Terry. "But our main business is boxing."
Their father attended his sons' first show back in 2007 and they hope he can attend a show in the near future. They are working on a three-day event that will commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the most famous fight in Reno – and one of the most famous fights in boxing history – on July 4, 1910, when Jack Johnson successfully defended his heavyweight title against former champion James Jeffries. "We hope our father can attend that show. It was one of the most important fights in boxing history and we want to honor it."
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— David L. Hudson Jr. is the author of Combat Sports: An Encyclopedia of Wrestling, Fighting and Mixed Martial Arts and the co-author of Boxing's Most Wanted.
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- Tanny and Fins BEAT down the Texans QB Tannehill sets an NFL completion record at 25 in a row as the Fins whip the Texans 44-26
- Dan Campbell replaces Philbin TE coach Dan Campbell is named interim head coach after Joe Philbin is let go
- Fins lose preseason game to Panthers 31-30 However, the Dolphin starters were dominate and took a 14-0 lead before they were pulled
- S Delmas lost for season Louis Delmas tore is ACL in practice with the Panthers
Forget the offense. Miami's fate depends on the defense.
After a better than expected 3-0 start to the season, the Dolphins have stumbled through two consecutive ugly losses. I've heard a lot of Dolfans wail about the failures of every phase of the offense with the offensive line getting what seems like the most criticism. Meanwhile the defensive failures, while mentioned somewhat, seem like an afterthought.
I'm particularly surprised about the focus on the offensive line because in the offseason I saw a lot of discussion about how the offensive line was going to be average at best, if not bad. There were question marks about losing Jake Long and replacing him with Jonathan Martin.
There were concerns about Louis/Jerry being the right guard. Free agent acquisition Tyson Clabo at least seemed like he would be an adequate fill in at right tackle, but apparently Atlanta did a better job of recognizing his better days were behind him than Miami was.
There's been a lot of focus on the passing game,from the number of sacks surrendered, failure to fully utilize Mike Wallace, to the play calling. Tannehill's completion rate is 62.6, 13th in the league. QBR is 85.5, 14th in the league.
The rushing game has been a bigger disappointment – 28th in the league. Most significantly, Miami is in the middle of the pack in scoring at 16 points/game. Is that any more impressive when you weigh in they've faced the following scoring defenses: Saints (4th), Colts (5th), Browns (9th), Ravens (14th), Falcons (21st)?
With all the change on the offense coupled with a still relatively young QB, I for one expected issues and for the team to struggle. Truth be told, I think the offense has far exceeded my expectations for the most part. Although I will note I had hoped that Miami would be more dedicated to Lamar Miller and the inconsistent performance is a little maddening.
More importantly, I knew if this team was going to be successful they needed the defense to lead the way and carry the team. The defense was supposed to be the strength of this team based on a deep DL coupled with the #3 pick Dion Jordan, free agent linebackers Philip Wheeler and Dannell Ellerbe, and FA CB Brent Grimes coupled with draft picks Jamar Taylor and Will Davis.
Early on during our 3-0 run the defense did exactly that – from terrorizing Browns QB Weeden, getting big plays against the Colts when it mattered, to sealing the win against the Falcons with an INT. But injuries to Soliai, Wake, and Patterson have hampered the unit. While losing to the high flying Saints is understandable, following that up with a loss to a significantly weakened Ravens team causes concern.
So while it's understandable for Miami's offense to be middle of the pack statistically, Miami's defensive ranking is disappointing and needs to be corrected for this team to continue to have a winning record and shot at the playoffs.
- 26th in ypg (393.0)
- 25th in passing ypg
- 18th in ypp (5.6)
- 10th in 3rd down % (36)
- 16th in fumbles
- 11th in INT
- 14th in sacks
- 15th in QBR (83.9)
- 16th in points/game (23.4)
- 18th in rush per carry (4.0)
As Miami enjoys their bye week and begin the reasonable portion of their schedule, I want to remind Dolfans that while the offense is what's glitzy and exciting, don't overlook how important the defense is to the continued success of the team. Hopefully Wake and Patterson can return for the important division game against the Bills.
Surprisingly successful rookie QB EJ Manuel is out with an injured knee. Hopefully Miami's front seven can find a way to terrorize whoever starts for the Bills while also holding the running game in check. A good performance for the defense means better field position and less pressure on Tannehill to carry the team.
After the Bills come the Patriots, who in the next two weeks have to face the Saints in Foxboro and the surprisingly good Jets in NY. Miami could easily be playing for the division lead in game 7. To get there, they need the defense to step up it's game.
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Genre: Drama
Rated: R
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora
Zehetner, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Noah Segan,
Meagan Good, Emilie De Ravin, Richard Roundtree,
Lukas Haas
Released by: Focus Features
High School
Takes a Refresher Course in "Brick"
Duncan Birmingham
his ex-girlfriend turns up dead, hardened outsider Brendan
Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) goes private dick and plunges
into a seedy underworld to unravel the mystery and find
her killer. Of course, this is all between classes at
his sunny Southern California high school.
feature debut for writer/director Rian Johnson, "Brick"
won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at
the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, but unlike so many underwhelming
festivals exports, the buzz here is warranted. Johnson
transposes the milieu of 30s film noir to modern day high
school. Instead of going to pains to make his teenage
characters speak in the most up-to-the-minute slang, Johnson
writes them throwback dialogue seemingly lifted out of
Dashiell Hammett's oeuvre. In opening scenes, the
film feels a bit gimmicky, but instead of wearing thin,
the noir angle proves a fresh and astute lens with which
to view the pecking orders and double-crosses of a modern
high school, which in turn provides a wonderful setting
for an updating of this neglected genre.
flexed his dramatic chops in last year's indie "Skin,"
Gordon-Levitt carries the lone wolf role well and delivers
his anachronistic lingo with aplomb. With the help of
his friend The Brain (Matt O'Leary), Brendan must
shake down a high school cast of drama club femme fatales,
varsity jock thugs and unreliable potheads. The "brick"
of the title refers to a brick of heroin that may have
played a part in his ex's death. Brendan's
search eventually leads him to a slippery, club-footed
drug dealer named The Pin and a sweetly naïve mother
who interrupts "business" to serve apple juice
and snacks. As The Pin, Lukas Haas is wonderfully creepy
in the kind of role Peter Lorre would have played.
plot is frustratingly confusing with countless minor characters
and many red herrings, but so were the best film noirs.
He doesn't mimic the famous film style or go for
camp but instead gives a stylish and fun mash-up that
lends a much-needed shot of adrenalin to both the noir
and teen genres. "Brick" is gritty treat for
anyone who relishes classic film noir or high school,
or both.
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Suppose you have a symmetric real 3x3 Matrix $S$ and an orthogonal matrix $O$ such that $O$ commutes with $S$, i.e. $OS = SO$. Suppose that $O$ is a nontrivial rotation about an axis in direction of $n \in \mathbb{R}^3$, i.e. $On = n$ and $O \neq \mathrm{id}$.
Is it true that $n$ must be an eigenvector of $S$? If so, how to prove it?
If it is not true, are there slight modifications of the suppositions which make it true?
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College Hockey:U.S. Toppled by Belarus At World Juniors
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The U.S. National Junior Team suffered its first loss at the 2005 World Junior Championship on Wednesday night, 5-3 to Belarus. After previously defeating Switzerland and Russia, the Americans stand at 2-1-0 for the tournament.
Goaltender Dzmitry Milchakou turned away 39 shots as Belarus earned its first-ever World Junior Championship win over the United States.
The U.S. is set to face the Czech Republic (2-1-0) Thursday night. A U.S. win in that game would secure the top seed in Group B and would send the U.S. directly to the semifinal round.
While still in striking distance at 2-1 following the first period, Team USA surrendered three goals in the second period. Belarus started the scoring binge with a sharp-angle shot past Boston College's Cory Schneider just 2:10 in. Schneider exited in favor of Michigan's Al Montoya after the score, but Belarus converted on its next shot for the 4-1 lead.
Eleven minutes later, Belarus player of the game Andrei Kastsitsyn turned a U.S. turnover into the largest lead of the game at 14:16.
After surrendering five goals in the first 34 minutes of play, the U.S. trailed 5-1 before launching a late comeback attempt.
With under a minute remaining in the second and Belarus in the box for interference, North Dakota's Drew Stafford took a nicely-placed pass from Patrick O'Sullivan and fired it in. Michigan's Mike Brown opened the third period with a shot to the far corner at 2:11 to bring the U.S. within two.
A tight-checking U.S. team held Belarus scoreless for the remainder, but could not muster any further offense. U.S. coach Scott Sandelin said his team will build off the late effort.
"I think what we take from this game is the way we played in the third period. We need to bring that focus, and that level of passion tomorrow to beat a very good Czech team," Sandelin said. "I know our guys are up to it. … We'll need to be a very good team to beat a very good team."
In other tournament action Wednesday, the Czech Republic skated to a 5-2 win over Switzerland in Grand Forks. In games at Thief River Falls, Minn., Finland scored four unanswered goals to overcome Sweden, 5-4, and Slovakia blanked Germany, 5-0.
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Building SOA apps with Java EE 5 Web Services
By carlasblog on Sep 07, 2006
A rough cut version of Mark Hansen's new book is now available. This book, "SOA Integration Using Java EE 5 Web Services", is the first detailed guide to building SOA applications with the new Java EE 5 Web Services APIs. Instructions for how to download and configure the sample code with GlassFish appear in Appendix B "Software Configuration Guide". Mark is a content developer for Project GlassFish and he has contributed much of the documentation on web services implementation in GlassFish.


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Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
Eva Cassidy (guitar, vocals)
Songbird (Blix Street Records 1045)
Eva Cassidy (guitar, vocals),
Lenny "The Ringer" Williams (piano).
Composed by Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert and Johnny Mercer.
Recorded: Blues Alley, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2, 1996
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
A ballad performance such as this one sounds magical, as if the singer is casting a secret spell of enchantment on the audience. But behind Eva Cassidy's magic is her mastery of the microtonal nuances, the nudges between the notes, the hesitations and anticipations in pitch and rhythm, the continuations and disjunctions in her melodic line . . . in short, the attention to small details that make possible the larger-than-life performance on the stage. The end result sounds natural and unaffected, a straight connectivity between the inner spirit and voice, but this very sense of ease is part of the marvelous construction.
If you didn't listen carefully here, you might be tempted to write off the "Cassidy sensation"—which resulted in the sale of eight million CDs following the singer's death at age 33—as a response to the sad story of the singer's abbreviated life rather than as a measure of her artistry. But don't be mistaken, Cassidy was a huge talent, whose obscurity during her lifetime was almost as much a tragedy as her early death. This song has been sung so often that only a visionary of the highest order could bring back a springtime freshness to these yellowing leaves of fall. Yet listen to Cassidy, her voice and guitar lines locking together in a perfect embrace, and you will think this music had just been created anew on the stage of Blues Alley in this now deservedly famous performance.
Reviewer: Ted Gioia
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Marilyn Monroe will always be a legend in pop culture, with her beauty, charm, and charisma that has fascinated so many people around the world. One person who played a big part in her iconography was Andy Warhol, a legend in his own right. Warhol painted eight portraits of Monroe, each in a different light, and one of them will be offered next month at Christie's New York auction house.
Right after Monroe's death in 1962, Warhol started work on White Marilyn, which was chosen for his first solo exhibition in November of that year at the Stable Gallery in New York, and was part of gallery owner Eleanor Ward's personal collection for a long time. Warhol started experimenting with silkscreens at that time, and it was the process he used in creating photos of the late actress; he stenciled a photograph of Monroe on top of a painted background.
Warhol, who has painted portraits of other glamorous icons such as Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy has said about his series' "I don't feel I'm representing the main sex symbols of our time in some of my pictures… I just see Marilyn as another person." White Marilyn is estimated to sell between $12-$18 million. The auction will be held May 13th at Christie's New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza. (212) 636-2000.


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Eric Hosmer joined MLB Hot Stove to review his first season
Bubba Starling was named Royals top prospect Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com
Adam Foster of Project Prospect gave his Top 100 that featured five different Royals prospects to make the list.
Bubba Starling was our Royals FanChat guest this week, he answered questions on adjustments he's making, his summer workout routine and his new friends Lane and Jason.
Royals Authority's Craig Brown wrote a outstanding piece in response to the Prince Fielder trade
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Rustin Dodd wrote about the sixteen invitees to big league camp.
Minda Haas got some excellent information from Ryan LeFebvre on his next partner.
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Possession horror films are a dime a dozen these days, with of course the granddaddy of them all being The Exorcist from the 1970's to The Last Exorcism Of Emily Rose and the current 'found footage' series Paranormal Activity milking the idea for all its worth over the course of five films in only a few years. The concept itself never really tires of being a terrifying idea and a sight to behold on screen as one goes through the degenerative process of their humanity being stripped away slowly by a malevolent force.
The latest to enter the sub-genre of horror films is The Possession Of Michael King from Anchor Bay Entertainment and set for release on Blu-ray/DVD, August 26, 2014. The film stars Shane Johnson (Black Cadillac) as the titular widowed and disillusioned father who decides to make a documentary to support the idea that the supernatural does not exist, all in an effort to come to grips over the sudden death of his wife. Of course as Michael consults with priests, demonologists, necromancers and even undergoes black magic rituals, his emotional vulnerability draws an entity into his body and as a result the supernatural force begins to break down Michael's will and control, putting his sister and young daughter who live with him under extreme danger.
The Possession Of Michael King (from the producers of White Noise and The Haunting In Connecticut) is a horror film that fans are either going to really like or will really hate and there are many reasons why. On the plus end of things, the movie has a very credible performance from its lead actor in carrying the weight of the material. Shane Johnson does a tremendous job as the disbelieving father who undergoes the bone-crunching and brutal unholy transformation. His youthful but mature presence, backed up by an incredible voice that would do wonders for future characters is truly the backbone of the film.
On the other hand one could argue that the film is a carbon-copy of Paranormal Activity, as the 'found footage' format of these type of horror stories seemed to be over-cooked by now...it would be a legitimate argument. But even though Michael King (written and directed by newcomer David Jung) is not really an original idea, it definitely goes for the throat more viscerally and bloody than any of those other movies have ever attempted to do. But the movie executes this in a very aggressive and bombastic approach to an audience, which brings us to the Blu-ray's technical presentation.
The Possession Of Michael King is presented in a widescreen format with a 1.75:1 aspect ratio and the digital clarity of the picture image is nothing short of outstanding. The entire film is razor-clean, sharp and piercingly defined visually. The sound design is a story all its own, which might be a conundrum for consumers. The Blu-ray possesses a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack which is like an audible demon on its own. While the sound mode is super strong and sharp for a speaker system, the design of the movie does not make it all that pleasing to the ear, with several instances shredding and blasting a sound system in such a way that it feels like you are being attacked by the movie.
As a listener this could certainly put you off the film in a huge way, which could lead to negative feeling about the piece over all. Once you hear all the sounds play out, you might also come to the conclusion that the movie is cheaply trying to implant fear in its audience through post-production scare tactics rather than the substance and story line of the movie itself. The standard DVD within the edition contains a little less impact with its regular Dolby Digital 5.1 track, but the picture quality is understandably not as defined and softer than its HD counterpart. It's a matter of trading one for the other and it's a mixed technical bag both ways. Both the Blu-ray and the DVD are bare bones discs and come with no special features attached to the film.
The Possession Of Michael King certainly is a much edgier 'found footage' type of horror film than a fan may be used to, but ultimately it doesn't entice scares or fear genuinely, it depends far too much upon its post-production design rather than its content. While there are quite a few commendable elements to the film and the Blu-ray (i.e. Shane Johnson's performance, the picture quality), Possession is so rough around the edges that it fails to stand out on its own. Although it seems like a quality experience, viewers and consumers should tread carefully before a digital demon like this bombards the senses.


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Big Mutha Truckers 2 [August 23, 2005]
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Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue [September 9, 2005]
Taito Legends [October 25, 2005]
Taito Legends: Power-Up [May 7, 2007]
Ford Racing: Off Road [September 1, 2008]
Ultimate Board Game Collection [August 14, 2007]
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BOSTON - Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD, the chief of vascular surgery at Emory University in Atlanta and a leader in the development of minimally invasive endovascular therapies for aortic aneurysms, carotid disease and peripheral vascular disease, has been named chair of the
Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).
Chaikof will join the medical center on Aug. 1. He succeeds James Hurst, MD, who has been acting chief of the department since December 2007.
"Elliot Chaikof is a gifted surgeon and scientist who brings great leadership skills to BIDMC's already renowned surgery department," said Paul Levy, BIDMC's President and CEO. "He has a track record of bringing together the engineering and medical communities, enabling the development of clinically beneficial, cost-effective therapies that use evidence-based guidelines and practice standards in his field. That philosophy and expertise are critical in today's health care environment.
"On behalf of the board and the entire medical center, I also extend our enormous thanks to Jim Hurst, MD for his leadership of the surgery department over the past few years."
"I am proud to assume a leadership role in a hospital that has long been at the forefront of high-quality surgical care and research," said Chaikof. "When I look at the history of contributions made by members of this department, past and current, and the legacy of compassionate care at BIDMC, I feel very honored to become part of it."
"Among the important qualities Dr. Chaikof brings to BIDMC is that he is an outstanding teacher and mentor," said Stuart Rosenberg, MD, President & CEO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. "He has helped develop the careers of residents, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty engaged in efforts to provide surgical care of the highest quality as well to excel in research, innovation and discovery."
Born and raised in Toronto, Chaikof earned BA and MD degrees at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He completed a residency in general surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and while a surgical resident, received a PhD in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a focus on artificial organs and the design of biomaterials for reconstructive surgery.
Following his surgical training in Boston, he completed additional training in vascular surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine where he joined the surgical faculty, most recently holding the John E. Skandalakis Chair of Surgery at Emory University as well as chief of vascular surgery and director of the residency in vascular surgery.
He has been regularly listed by Atlanta Magazine as among Atlanta's Top Doctors and in the Castle Connolly Guide of Best Doctors in America, and has been President of the Atlanta Vascular Society.
Chaikof has been active in the development of minimally invasive endovascular therapies for treatment of aortic aneurysms, carotid disease, and peripheral arterial disease, as well as novel biologics and tissue engineered products for the cure of venous and arterial disease.
Chaikof holds secondary appointments as an adjunct professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a member of the faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He has been elected to the American Surgical Association, the College of Fellows of the Society of Vascular Surgery, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and the American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering. He has been honored with named lectureships at the University of Michigan, the University of California-San Francisco, and Harvard Medical School and is President-elect of the International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology.
Chaikof has promoted alliances of clinicians, engineers, and biologists and in the process developed molecularly engineered materials that have enabled advances in cell-based therapies, artificial organs and engineered living tissues, which define the evolving field of regenerative medicine. His laboratory has received over $20 million in federal funding for basic science investigations from the NIH and NSF, and funding from the American Heart Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
He has published over 220 publications in major surgical journals, the
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Nature, as well as in leading journals in the fields of engineering and chemistry. Nearly two-dozen patents have been issued or filed based on work in his laboratory.
His leadership of a major clinical unit and large projects that span and bring together schools of Medicine and Engineering and constituency organizations at Emory has contributed to public policy designed to improve the quality of care of the surgical patient.
Chaikof has three children and is married to Melissa Kershman Chaikof, a research analyst, who received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and MS in applied mathematics from Johns Hopkins. She worked at the MITRE Corporation when they resided in Boston. She currently serves on the Board of the Coalition of Usher Syndrome Research and has been previously active in Auditory-Verbal International, which is now part of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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