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You voted, we counted - and here are JK Rowling's most memorable creations
Amid all the broomstick antics and wand waving and dragon slaying, the heart and soul of the success of the Harry Potter series has been the characters. From Harry himself to magical creatures like Dobby or grown-ups like Professor McGonagall, the series is packed with memorable characters, brought to life on the big screen by some of Blighty's finest. A few weeks ago we asked you to vote for your favourites. We collated and counted the results, and here are the best-loved characters in the wizarding world...
NB. This feature does contain spoilers if you haven't seen any/some of the Potter films (but no Deathly Hallows: Part 2 spoilers).
25. Hedwig The Owl
Books: All seven
Films: First seven
Played by: Gizmo, Kasper, Oops, Swoops, Oh Oh, Elmo and Bandit
Hedwig is a female snowy owl, given to Harry by Hagrid as a birthday gift on Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley. Thereafter, she appears in the books acting as a messenger and friend to Harry, even at times when all his other friends seem to have deserted him. Her home in Hogwarts' "owlery" acts as a refuge from the other students, and her death, in Deathly Hallows: Part 1, was a real loss to Harry. JK Rowling said in a webchat with The Leaky Cauldron "The loss of Hedwig represented a loss of innocence and security. She has been almost like a cuddly toy to Harry at times. Voldemort killing her marked the end of childhood. I'm sorry... I know that death upset a LOT of people!" Fun fact: even though Hedwing's a 'she', all the owls to play her were male, because the males have whiter plumage. Appalling! Owl racism AND sexism!
Trivia: The most recognisable piece of music in the Harry Potter soundtrack is officially known as 'Hedwig's Theme'.
Memorable Quote: "Twhooo"
24. Dolores Umbridge
Books: Order Of The Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Films: Order Of The Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince (voice), Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Played by: Imelda Staunton
Voldemort's pretty evil and all, but he's a mere rapscallion compared to the thoroughly grotesque Dolores Umbridge. Party apparatchik, twin-set wearer and cat person, she's unquestionably the nastiest woman ever to wear pink tweed and a nightmare teacher in every way. Sent to Hogwarts by the Ministry of Magic to counter Dumbledore and Harry's claims that Voldemort has returned, she soon tightens her grip on the school and turns it into a totalitarian state. The terrifying thing about her is the strength of her conviction in her own righteousness and her total lack of self-doubt. It's that certainty that leads her to use unforgiveable curses at will - sure that she knows better than the law - and that certainty that justifies torture in pursuit of the elusive order she's pursuing. There has never been a woman more in need of being terrorised by centaurs or imprisoned for life in Azkaban, if you ask us.
Trivia: Stephen King called Umbridge "the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter".
Memorable Quote: "You know, I really hate children."
23. Gilderoy Lockhart
Books: Chamber Of Secrets, Order Of The Phoenix
Films: Chamber Of Secrets
Played by: Kenneth Branagh
You know, we'd really like to read the job adverts that Hogwarts publishes for the Defence Against The Dark Arts teaching post. Do they actually say, "Must keep secrets. Big, dark, dangerous secrets preferred; treachery an advantage"? Because that would explain a lot. It would explain, for instance, how this vain, empty-headed blowhard managed to get what is - presumably - a prestigious post. All preening arrogance, fancy threads and far-fetched claims, Lockhart is a comic wonder and a rotten little sneak at the same time, especially as wonderfully brought to life by Kenneth Branagh, vaulting neatly over the top and swishing his hair as he goes. He provides, on our count, a good 75% of the humour in the film - not least because you can't help laughing as soon as you look at him. One question though: why on Earth did the usually wise, usually insightful Dumbledore hire him in the first place? Apparently Lockhart was the only applicant - but that hardly seems like sufficient excuse.
Trivia: Lockhart never recovered from the backfiring memory charm he suffered, and never regained his former personality. Probably just as well really.
Memorable Quote: "Harry, Harry, Harry. Can you possibly imagine a better way to serve detention, than by helping me to answer my fan mail?"
22. Nymphadora Tonks
Books: Order Of The Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Films: Order Of The Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Played by: Natalia Tena
While Natalia Tena makes for a likeable Tonks onscreen, we can't help thinking that the character remains popular more for her role in the books rather than on film. After all, she's barely in the movies, whereas in the books we learn a little more about her family (excised from the Black family and targeted by Bellatrix!), her romance (Tonks and Remus, sitting in a tree...) and her personality, acting like a cool older sister to Harry and the gang. Amid a forest of tweed-enthusiasts and robe-wearers, Tonks' colour-changing hair, ripped jeans and T-shirts (she's a fan of popular wizarding band Weird Sisters) give the series a rare edge, and that can only be a good thing. After all, even wizards have to rock out sometimes, right? And if that comes inbetween being a Metamorphmagus and taking on Death Eaters, so much the better.
Trivia: "Tonk" can mean "fool" or "idiot" but can also mean "a powerful blow". So that nicely covers both Tonks' clumsiness and comic side, and the fact that she's a fairly kick-ass witch.
Memorable Quote: "Don't call me Nymphadora!"
21. Molly Weasley
Books: All of them
Films: All of them EXCEPT Goblet Of Fire
Played by: Julie Walters
For most of the Potter series, Molly Weasley has two simple functions: providing maternal love and support to, well, just about everyone, and worrying about, well, just about everyone. While Harry has several surrogate fathers - Hagrid, Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin and Mr Weasley - he has only one surrogate mother, and that's Molly. But she also stands in that stead to seven children of her own, and Hermione, to some degree, and Tonks. Still, she's not just a mummy figure. In the final book, we get an emphatic reminder that Mrs Weasley is a considerable witch in her own right, and more than capable of bringing the hurt when called upon to do so. Just because someone is red-haired, a bit dumpy or fond of cardigans, it doesn't mean they can't kick ass. There's a valuable lesson there for us all.
Trivia: Julie Walters claimed, at the recent premiere of the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, to be planning regular Weasley family reunions, at which they'll all don their red hair and go out. We can only hope.
Memorable Quote: "Not my daughter you BITCH!"
20. Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Books: Goblet Of Fire, Order Of The Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows
Films: Goblet Of Fire, Order Of The Phoenix, Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Played by: Brendan Gleeson
He limps, he's only got one eye, he's a fully-functional paranoid and he could kindly be described as curmudgeonly. The fact that he's also one of the most powerful Aurors out there, and that even someone doing an impression of Mad-Eye is still one of the best Defence Against The Dark Arts teachers Hogwarts has ever had arguably says a lot about the competition. Says actor Brendan Gleeson, "I see him as formidable warrior who is somewhat past his best, but who is battle-hardened and can still be effective. He has learned the hard way that life can be unforgiving and is impatient of namby-pamby half-measures, particularly among the kids. He knows they must be at their best to survive. He's Mr. Tough Love with a vengeance. I don't think he was without genuine affection for them, though, He'd never admit it, of course."
Trivia: At one point Moody advised Harry against carrying his wand in his back pocket, saying that, "Better wizards than him have lost buttocks". Hey, it amused us.
Memorable Quote: "Stay in formation, everyone. Don't break ranks if one of us is killed."
19. Professor Minerva McGonagall
Books: All
Films: All EXCEPT Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Played by: Maggie Smith
Second only to Dumbledore in providing a sense of security and refuge at Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall may appear the strict disciplinarian and dry old stick, but there's life in the old girl yet. Consider, if you will, how excited she gets when she realises that Harry is a born Seeker and just what Gryffindor's Quidditch team needs, in the very first film. She's clearly enough of a sports fan to let him away with unauthorised flying, which may not be morally sound but is certainly good news for Harry. And for her protective side, consider her confrontation with the odious Professor Umbridge in Order of the Phoenix - and wait till you see her really let loose in Deathly Hallows: Part 2. In Hogwarts' darkest hour, she's the one rallying the troops and planning the war effort, and there isn't a Cuban cigar or a bulldog in sight. Trivia: Professor McGonagall was appointed Headmistress of Hogwarts after Dumbledore's death, but was ousted by Snape when Voldemort took over the Ministry of Magic. Memorable Quote: "Hogwarts is threatened! Man the boundaries, protect us! Do your duty to your school!"
18. Ginny Weasley
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Bonnie Wright
Ginny sort of sneaks up on you - which is pretty much the same effect she has on Harry. Initially, she's your typical younger sister, clamouring for attention but then fading shyly away when anyone actually gives it. She goes through hell in the Chamber of Secrets, and emerges a more formidable woman than ever. Probably in self-defence (imagine living with her older brothers for a moment) she's already a heck of a witch before she ever gets to Hogwarts, impressing even Fred and George with her "bat-bogey hexes". So she's certainly a worthy match for the Boy Who Lived, even if it does take him forever to figure that out. In the films, she has to make the first move, with Harry forever dithering about whether to hit on his best mate's sister. While she isn't onscreen much, Bonnie Wright gives Ginny just enough gumption to make an impact even among the sprawling Weasley brood.
Trivia: According to JK Rowling, after leaving Hogwarts Ginny spent several years as a professional Quidditch player for the Holyhead Harpies, and retired to raise a family and become senior Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet.
Memorable Quote: "He's covered in blood again. Why is it he's always covered in blood?"
17. Lucius Malfoy
Books: Chamber Of Secrets, Goblet Of Fire, Order Of The Phoenix, Deathly Hallows
Films: Chamber Of Secrets, Goblet Of Fire, Order Of The Phoenix, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Played by: Jason Isaacs
Some bad guys have more fun than others. While Voldemort's all busy securing himself eternal life, and Umbridge spends her time buying more plates with kittens on, Lucius Malfoy gets to slink around being arch and snide and generally amusing. He gets the best house, the best outfits and of course the silkiest, shiniest, most thoroughly-Timotei'ed hair. Sadly for him, it all goes a bit pear-shaped as the series goes on. He is arrested after the Battle of the Department Of Mysteries and sent to Azkaban, from which he emerges a broken man and a shadow of his former self. Soon Voldemort's kicking him, Bellatrix is ignoring him and even his bullied son Draco is finally standing up to Daddy. From then, it's snivelling all the way. We can only hope he appreciates that his wife, Narcissa, has the balls to step up and lead the family while he wimpers.
Trivia: Jason Isaacs asked for his character to have long hair so he'd look different from Draco. "I wanted to look like Caprice, but in the end I looked a lot more like Vanessa Feltz."
Memorable Quote: "Let us hope that Mr Potter will always be around to save the day."
16. Draco Malfoy
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Tom Felton
Here's a walking argument for nurture vs. nature. Draco, it slowly emerges through the Potter series, is not all bad. Sure, he's an obnoxious, racist, twisted little creep with all the personal magnetism of a Boggart, but it's more the result of having the worst influences money can buy. While his mother is at least (over) protective, his father is a dreadful role-model - but even he is better than Auntie Bellatrix and the Death Eaters that his father hangs out with. It's no wonder that Draco grows into a bullying little twit; the real surprise is that underneath there's a spark of decency. It feels like Draco's attracted to the whole Death Eater / "pure blood" philosophy, but doesn't quite have the stomach for the brutality that goes with it - which is, we suppose, as much as one can hope for in this case. There is, incidentally, a faint argument that Draco ultimately saves the day, and certainly he plays an unwitting role in Voldemort's downfall - but we'd still give him a wedgie if we ever got the chance. Trivia: In JK Rowling's early drafts, Draco's surname was "Spungen" or "Spinks". Memorable Quote: "Nice face, Potter!"
15. George Weasley
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Oliver Phelps
When you think about it, George Weasley is pretty much the Van Gogh of the Harry Potter universe. He's something of an artist in his chosen field (making mischief) and he has only one ear, after being hit by a stray curse in Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Admittedly, the comparison somewhat falls down after that, since George does rather well financially (with his shop, Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes) rather than languishing in some French attic, and because Van Gogh was never great with Puking Pastilles. Ahem. Along with his twin, Fred, George provides the funny bone of the Weasley family and indeed the series, puncturing pomposity as needed and always handy with a gag. He's also a heck of a Quidditch player and a good enough wizard (outside the academic environment, at least) that he can even discomfit the unshakeable Dolores Umbridge. For that alone, he deserves the votes he got for this palce. Trivia: Appropriately enough, Fred and George Weasley were born on April 1. Memorable Quote: "He's not Fred, I am!"
14. Bellatrix Lestrange
Books: Goblet Of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows
Films: Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows 1, Deathly Hallows 2
Played by: Helena Bonham Carter
In the books, Bellatrix is stern, nasty and seriously scary. On screen, as brought to life by an off-the-leash Helena Bonham-Carter, she's as good as baddie as you could ever wish to see. Sadistic, borderline demented and hopelessly devoted to Voldemort, she is as charmingly childish as she is terrifyingly unrestrained. Revelling in torture and death, one can't help but feel that she follows Voldemort largely because he lets her indulge in her favourite hobbies. This is, let's not forget, a woman who tortured Neville Longbottom's parents into insanity, as well as torturing Neville himself and Hermione, and who killed Sirius Black and [someone else in Deathly Hallows: Part 2] out of some twisted sense of family loyalty. She's utterly, utterly evil and somehow we love her for it. "She's just like this mad child, and she's very high-octane, just utterly anarchic," says Bonham-Carter of her take on the character. "Now she's so unhinged she's just lost." Trivia: Helen McCrory was originally set to play Bellatrix, but had to drop out when she became pregnant. She was cast as Narcissa Malfoy instead. Memorable Quote: "I killed Sirius Black! I killed Sirius Black!"
13. Rubeus Hagrid
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Robbie Coltrane
He's big, he's tough, and he has the soft heart of a 10 year-old girl. Only instead of being soppy about ponies or puppies or the colour pink, Hagrid's a rollover for dragons, giant spiders, three-headed monster dogs and giant meat-eating death-horses. Hagrid is not, it's fair to say, the most discrete character, leaking secrets like a rusty sieve, nor the wisest, failing to foresee the problems that cropped up during his early tenure as Hogwarts' Professor for Care of Magical Creatures. However, he is perhaps the warmest, making no effort to hide how much he cares for his friends (and pets) and with that big sentimental streak always just under the surface. Death Eaters take note: if you're ever having trouble with Hagrid, just show him this video and he'll burst into tears, giving you a chance to run away. Trivia: While Hagrid's very fond of animals. JK Rowling says that he is allergic to cats, which may explain why he dislikes Mrs Norris. Memorable Quote: "You're a wizard, Harry!"
12. Lord Voldemort
Books: All of them (sort of) except Prisoner Of Azkaban
Films: All of them (sort of) except Prisoner Of Azkaban
Played by: Ralph Fiennes, Richard Bremmer, Ian Hart (voice), Christian Coulson, Frank Dillane, Hero Fiennes
It would be hard to argue that Voldemort is anyone's favourite character - except maybe for Bellatrix - but he's certainly one of the best. Through flashbacks and memories, we see him grow from lonely orphan to the monster he becomes, psychotic and loveless. Voldemort's obsessed with living forever - and ensuring that whatever steps he takes to do are invulnerable to interference from outside - but it's hard to see what he has to live for, since his existence seems to be either miserable or fixated on the aforementioned mission. If he'd focused his life on keeping his nose and hair, and maybe not sparking two Wizarding Wars, he might've been happier. Then again, if he had done that, we would have been deprived of one of the great villains, who announced his rebirth by ordering the death of Him From Twilight and went on to terrorise a nation. Trivia: JK Rowling wrote much of the early Potter books in the Elephant Café in Edinburgh, near Greyfriars churchyard, where there is a tombstone with the name Tom Riddle. Rowling has acknowledged that this may have inspired Voldemort's name. Memorable Quote: "Only I can live forever."
11. Fred Weasley
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: James Phelps
Why does Fred place higher than his brother George? We feel that's probably down to developments you'll see in Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The two were, after all, largely inseparable throughout their time at Hogwarts (and afterwards), and if Fred was slightly meaner than his big-hearted brother, it was only by a (red) hair. Maybe Fred gets slightly more love because he was a little more flash than George, swanning about in a dragonskin coat after his business took off, or because he revealed so much concern for his brother when George lost an ear (in Deathly Hallows: Part 1). One of the cooler characters in the Potter universe, Fred's generally pretty much at ease, whatever life throws at him, whether that's asking a girl to the Yuletide Ball or making a spectacular exit from the Umbridge-controlled school - and there's always something appealing about a character who keeps it light.
Trivia: Fred is the reason that Ron Weasley is scared of spiders. After young Ron broke Fred's toy broomstick when they were very young, Fred turned Ron's favourite teddy bear into a large spider.
Memorable Quote: "You know, George, I've always felt out futures lay outside the world of academic achievement."
10. Luna Lovegood
Books: Order Of The Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows
Films: Order Of The Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Played by: Evanna Lynch
Life would be so boring if everyone was on the same page. You need the weirdos, the kooks and the borderline barmy to spice things up - and by that measure Luna Lovegood is a veritable spice girl, bringing a touch of much-needed unconventionality to Hogwarts' halls. Merely casting spells or flying about on broomsticks is never going to get you noticed there, but wear a few pairs of radish earrings or talk about Nargles a bit and suddenly everyone thinks you're odd. Still, we're glad of Luna. She's a deeply smart and caring character, even if she does tend to show it by wafting about in silly glasses, and she has both the guts and the gall to stand beside Harry even in his darkest hours. That's to be commended - even if there's a part of us that wishes she'd worn her gigantic papier-mache lion headdress to do so. Trivia: Evanna Lynch won the part after a huge casting call, but was already penpals with JK Rowling, who called her casting "perfect". Memorable Quote: "I've never been to this part of the castle. Well, not awake. I sleepwalk, you see. That's why I wear shoes to bed."
9. Dobby The Elf
Books: Chamber Of Secrets, Goblet Of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows
Films: Chamber Of Secrets, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Played by: Toby Jones
Dobby is basically the worm that turned, the little guy who finds the courage and the opportunity to stand up to his oppressors and win himself a place in the world. His life under the Malfoys must have been brutal (as he says to Harry, "Dobby is used to death threats, sir. Dobby gets them five times a day at home.") but it's a crucible that transforms him into a radical elf, one who becomes a veritable hero and a credit to his kind. He may look like E.T.'s scrawnier brother, and sound like Yoda on helium, but in his heart he's a giant. Without him, Harry would have died ten times over - maybe the series should have a different title. Dobby's death, at the end of Deathly Hallows: Part 1, is arguably the most sob-inducing moment of the series to that time, a valiant farewell fitting for a tiny, tattered warrior.
Trivia: In the Goblet Of Fire and Order Of The Phoenix films, everything important that Dobby did in the books was done by Neville Longbottom instead. Funnily enough, Neville actor Matthew Lewis was born on Dobby's fictional birthday.
Memorable Quote: "You shall not harm Harry Potter."
8. Neville Longbottom
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Matthew Lewis
The whole Harry Potter saga was kicked off because of a prophecy that Voldemort would be done in by a newborn wizarding infant. Ol' Dark Lord picked on one of the two infants that was "mixed blood" and went after Harry Potter - and the rest, as they say, is massively bestselling fiction. He could as easily have chosen to target the "pure blood" Neville Longbottom, son of two powerful Aurors and future gosh-darn hero. Overshadowed by Potter, Neville had a rocky, bullied start in life, suffering clumsiness and a spotty magical ability crippled by his own insecurities. However, he blossoms during his time at Hogwarts, winning Gryffindor the House cup in his first year, joining (and eventually leading) Dumbledore's Army, and becoming a rebel leader against the school authorities. Also, he grows up well handsome so well done him. Frankly, there's a small part of us that would almost like to have read an entire series named after this guy instead of Potter.
Trivia: Apparently Neville's family were worried that he was a "Squib" (a non-magical member of a wizarding family) but were proved wrong when his uncle dropped him out a window and he miraculously bounced. Which is one way to find out, we suppose.
Memorable Quote: "Why is it always me?"
7. Albus Dumbledore
Books: All of them
Films: All of them (including flashbacks)
Played by: Richard Harris, Michael Gambon, Toby Regbo
Like Gandalf with a sweet tooth, Albus Dumbledore is wise but also not above helping out short-arses. In his case that's 11 year-olds rather than hobbits, but the object - defeating a great and looming evil - remains the same. As wise as he is bearded, as eccentric as he is powerful and as fond of sherbert lemons as any man who ever lived, Dumbledore is a father figure and mentor to Harry - but one who isn't slow about sending him into mortal peril when the occasion calls for it. He has made a few errors of judgment in his time - his record on hiring Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers is, shall we say, patchy - but he did foresee much of what transpired. And while he may not be able to choose an Every-Flavour jelly bean without going wrong, we can hope that his faith in people will be borne out.
Trivia: 'Dumbledore' is an 18th century word for a bumblebee.
Memorable Quote: "You will find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."
6. Remus Lupin
Books: Prisoner Of Azkaban, Order Of The Phoenix, Half Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows
Films: Prisoner Of Azkaban, Order Of The Phoenix, Half Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Played by: David Thewlis
Almost the first thing that Professor Lupin does onscreen is to hand out squares of chocolate, so it's really very little wonder that he's popular. Oh sure, the chocolate's medicinal and he's just gotten rid of a terrifying Dementor, which is nice too, but our affections can always be bought with confectionary. It's really just a bonus that he turns out to be one of the most sensible and stalwart characters in the series, an ideal sort of teacher whose Defence Against The Dark Arts lessons are a rare example of that class not being a total waste of time and who brings out the best in all his students. In his later appearances, he's an upstanding member of the Order of the Phoenix, who defeated Lucius Malfoy in the Department of Mysteries and helped Harry escape to safety in Deathly Hallows: Part One. As werewolves go, he's definitely at the loveable end of the scale, between Jacob Black and Teen Wolf, rather than down with the Howling gang and Fenrir Greyback.
Trivia: David Thewlis originally auditioned to play Professor Quirrell in the first film. He lost out - but we reckon that, given he got to hang on for lots more films instead of wearing a turban and then getting done in by an 11 year-old, he's probably over it now.
Memorable Quote: "I've looked worse, believe me."
5. Sirius Black
Books: Prisoner Of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order Of The Phoenix, Deathly Hallows
Films: Prisoner Of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order Of The Phoenix, Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Played by: Gary Oldman, James Walters, Rohan Gotobed
In the absence of an actual father, Sirius Black is Harry's next best thing. Like the A-Team, he's a crack wizard sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. 12 years later, he escaped a maximum security, Dementor-guarded stockade to the wizarding world underground. After that, still wanted by the Ministry of Magic and Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters, he survived as a wizard of fortune. If you're an orphaned wizard boy, if no other godfather / dogfather can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire... Sirius Black. Er, that got away from us a little there. The point is, Sirius is a wonderfully flawed character, combining an entitled arrogance and tendency to recklessness with an immense capacity for affection - all of which he lavishes on Harry, who badly needs it. For that alone, we'd love him - but combined with his natty taste in smoking jackets, it's no wonder he's so high on the list. Trivia: Sirius is the name of the Dog Star, in the constellation Canis Major, 'the Great Dog', so his name is kind of a pun on the animal he can transform into, a dog. Memorable Quote: "What's life without a little risk?"
4. Hermione Granger
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Emma Watson
Hermione may start the films as an insufferable know-it-all, but she finishes them as an entirely sufferable, even loveable, know-it-all, someone who doesn't hide her smarts but also gives the people around her credit for intelligence as well. Her friendship with Harry and Ron rubs off Hermione's rougher edges, while age and suffering transform her into someone tactful. And, lest we forget, they wouldn't get far without her problem-solving and research abilities, not to mention her quick responses to danger (consider that hex she throws at Harry when they're chased by Snatchers in Deathly Hallows: Part 1). JK Rowling apparently gave her character an unusual name because she was afraid that children would get teased if they shared a moniker with Hogwarts' school swot. By this time, however, we're pretty sure that the name Hermione is a badge of honour rather than a cause of ridicule, because it turns out that the girl in the gang is maybe the most capable of the lot.
Trivia: Hermione is based on JK Rowling herself at that age, and is screenwriter Steve Kloves' favourite character to write.
Memorable Quote: "I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed - or worse, expelled."
3. Harry Potter
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Daniel Radcliffe, Saunders Triplets, Toby Papworth
In, perhaps, a shock decision, you have voted Harry only the third best character in the Harry Potter series. Now if Harry were a more self-centred person, he'd probably object, but since the Boy Who Lived tends to err on the side of modesty, we're guessing he'd simply confine himself to horror that he placed above so many valued friends and teachers. That's perhaps the most likeable thing about Harry: despite the attention lavished on him by the entire wizarding world, he remains more conscious of his failings than his successes, and doesn't let it all go to his head. In Daniel Radcliffe's hands, the boy wizard has grown up smart, reserved and quietly, fiercely loyal to his friends and ideals. Despite carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders and a sense of incipient doom in his heart, he's stayed determined throughout the series. For that steadfastness and courage, he'll always be our hero.
Trivia: Harry shares JK Rowling's birthday, July 31.
Memorable Quote: "EXPECTO PATRONUM!"
2. Ron Weasley
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Rupert Grint
The heart and funny bone of the central trio, Ron provides the lion's share of laughs over the course of the books - and clearly you love him for it. But there's more to him than that. His relationship with Harry is not simply one of best friends but a complex mix of love and envy. After all, while Harry envies Ron his large, loving family, Ron has to contend with his middle-child syndrome, and must contrast his own threadbare lifestyle with Harry's wealth. There's even a time when they seem to be rivals for Hermione's affection (at least in Ron's mind), and it's no wonder that there's tension there. But we love Ron because he always comes right in the end, abandoning resentment for affection and standing by both his blood family and surrogate family. And then there's what Ron's done for red-heads, completing Alyson Hannigan's work on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and becoming the very model of a ginger winner.
Trivia: Ron's name never changed from the earliest drafts of JK Rowling's books.
Memorable Quote: "Why spiders? Why couldn't it be 'Follow the butterflies'?"
1. Severus Snape
Books: All of them
Films: All of them
Played by: Alan Rickman, Alec Hopkins, Ben Sharpe, Benedict Clarke
Alan Rickman was the only person other than JK Rowling to know, from the start, where this story was going. He had to, because Snape is a puzzle-box of a character, layering secrets and riddles over a heart that remains hidden until the very end. Let's face it: even the sneering, supercilious outermost layer is a delight to behold, Rickman's distinctive delivery squeezing malice out of every word. But then there's his shocking turn in Half-Blood Prince, lashing out at the one man who always had faith in him and, without wishing to drop any spoilers, it's fair to say that yet more secrets to Snape's character will be revealed in Deathly Hallows: Part 2. It's this slow revelation of unguessed-at complexity that has put the school's most bullying teacher in the top spot on this list, in a testament both to Rowling's writing and Rickman's endless capacity for snark. We can only stand in wonder, and salute their efforts.
Trivia: JK Rowling said that Dumbledore allowed Snape to bully pupils because Dumbledore believes that, "There are all sorts of lessons in life ... horrible teachers like Snape are one of them!"
Memorable Quote: "How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter. He too was exceedingly arrogant, strutting about the castle."


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Now that the freezer has been refilled I have lots of beef to choose from, so last Wednesday I fired up the grill for a piece of sirloin and some asparagus spears.
The sirloins are always of a good size (as shown by my ruler from 2nd grade) and I seasoned this one with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and soy sauce that morning.
A little olive oil, salt, and pepper were all that were needed for the asparagus.
I wanted to try to get a really good crust so I used a pretty hot fire, but one side got a little too well-done.
Fortunately the aspargus didn't meet the same fate.
Despite the slight charring the steak was still decently pink in the middle and had lots of flavor from the salt and seasonings.

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First the news.
Nothing new on Staal, except that Tortorella did allow that "he's day to day." No further explanation of what the injury is or how long he's expected to be out, or even — as he was asked — if Staal could play today if this was Game 82 and the Rangers needed it.
But "day to day" sounds a lot better than "no comment." So I'm guessing it's not a concussion deal or anything too serious.
Lundqvist, he said, is "fine" and he will make his 18th consecutive start. Same lineup tonight.
No comment on that piece of cooke Matt Cooke's vacation. He said enough people have "chimed in" on that already.
John Tortorella:
"Same lineup."
Anything new on Staal:
Is it a situation where can't play, or is it a choice?
"Can't play. … he's day to day. I'll give you that. I'm not trying to be coy."
If this were the last game of the season and they needed to win?
"He's day to day. … you're trying to work me."
On not being able to exhale during this stretch drive and winning streak, even against a non-playoff team like Florida:
"It's staring right at us, an emotional game, you win a game (in Pitt, and then get) a mid-week game, against a non-playoff team … it's staring right at us. It's been addressed. We should be able to, we need to be ready to play. That's the way this league is. Right when you think you've found a way, you get some important points on the road, the league comes back and bites you in the ass. So we can't allow that to happen. So we need to be ready, as we've been the last couple. We need a good start here against a team that's playing loose and will be a dangerous hockey club."
I asked him about the swings, where the team goes weeks where it can't score more than one or two goals, then the gates open and they score the way they've scored lately (17 in the last three games, and a 7-0 game a couple of weeks back).
"Who's to figure? Even when we were losing in February, we were generating a lot of offense and couldn't score. But it's happening at a good time for us right now. Hopefully we can continue. But again, we have to play defense first and hopefully we can keep on banging in some pucks here at key times. But who's to figure?"
Does he have a response to Cooke's suspension:
"No. Enough people have chimed in on that. You don't need mine."
On what McCabe has meant on the power play, especially in terms of opening up space for the players down low.
"Well, I think everybody knows why he's on the power play, so we're hoping he'll open up some ice there. He's not only — as we've had him more and more, he makes good plays, too. He's very good laterally, trying to get to the middle of the ice, which is important for the power play. He's done some good things there. Obviously it opens up some of the middle of the ice there, it'll open up pressure off of us from down low because teams will try to sneak out and try to block his shot."
On if it's important to clinch a playoff spot before the last game of the season to rest Lundqvist:
"I am not even thinking about that. I'm thinking about Florida, trying to win another hockey game. That's way too … that doesn't even enter my mind. Just the next game."
Nut to give Lundqvist a day off? …
"I don't even think that way. I'm thinking about tonight's game only and making sure we're ready to play and find a way to win a hockey game."
On if Lundqvist is feeling better.
"Hank? Oh, he's fine. He's fine."
On how he's changed as a coach since last season.
"I don't think it's changing as a coach. I think it's, when you're with a team, I think it's an understanding. I think I understand the players a little bit better. I think the players understand the coaching staff a little bit better. I shouldn't say you don't change. I think you need to, as a coach, when you're pushing athletes and you're trying to get across how you think the game should be played, when they start getting it you need to respect them, too. And allow them, and not always be hounding them. I think that's happened with our team. I think our team understands, has been a consistent team in understanding how we have to play, so I think you have to back off as a coach and show them that respect. And I think that always evolves when you're with a team; if you're fortunate enough to be with a team for a few years."
On the short-handed success, particularly Prust:
"He just has a knack. He's around the puck. It doesn't even look like he can get up the ice sometimes, and he ends up beating a guy. The puck tends to follow him. Our penalty killing has been pretty consistent throughout the year, but with Pruster, I don't have an answer. And it's at big times in games, also.
"We've stressed, especially the second half of the year, that we want more pressure up front. We felt at a certain time, not sure when it was exactly, but we were spending too much time in our end zone and we concentrated on getting better dumps to go pursue pucks. Whether that has something to do with it, I don't know. But Pruster just ended up around there and scoring goals short-handed.
"We've been trying to be more aggressive up ice. I know, it was some time in December, we felt we were spending too much time in our end zone and we didn't dump a puck — we had chances to dump pucks, maybe chase it down and really disrupt them. I know Schoeny had a concentration on that, as far as trying to put more pressure up ice."


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Keep reading general posts about working on Pinterest - can anyone break it down please? Thank you .
Why you want to break it down? O.o
Sorry for confusion - my response was moved here from another thread by the moderator
The thing is that I am not very well familiar with Pinterest and would appreciate if people can share their experience on using this social media platform to promote or market their websites.
Pinterest is a great way to market your business. We get great traffic from it. It is the image sharing platform. We can share many pictures of our business by making different boards. The most favourable audience on pinterest are women. Its easy to follow people on it and can make them follow us back. Here we can share a lot about our business and can easily promote it. But the thing is you need to be regular in this.
Thank you for your answer
So Pinterest is pretty much the tool if you are running bakery shop, interior design agency, wedding salon, etc? :rofl:
Exactly as these type of businesses have a lot of fresh and interesting stuff to share in visual form.
Although I don't use Pinterest, from what I have seen at other sites, you can also create a Pinterest page and a following by pinning those things that interest you. Many websites have Pinterest sharing icons.
Hi, I've made an account on Pinterest, and yes - it allows all kinds of interactions between the users.
Overall, Pinterest reminds me Tumblr for some reason :rolleyes:
However, I don't see a lot of activity there - even pins of the "popular" section have only 100-200 likes...:confused:
Pinterest is highly visual. If you have a site that uses great images, Pinterest may be very valuable to you. If you have a site that conveys its content primarily through words, it may be difficult to find an effective use for Pinterest.
See if you are talking about interactions like that we have on facebook or twitter then its not possible. We cannot have direct chat with our followers or following. But yes there is an option to invite people to like our boards to follow us. We can also invite our email contacts to follow us on pinterest. By inviting we start sharing our pins. We make people to pin our pins from our boards by inviting them.


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Beauty It List: Best Products for July
Makeup maestro Pat McGrath and hair guru Guido Palau worked their magic backstage at Christian Dior; each gleaned inspiration from Le Palace, a Parisian hot spot during the last days of disco. Bejeweled eyes with brow-high shadow, red lacquered lips, and va-va-voom tresses paid vibrant tribute to the era.
Glitter and sequins were massive trends during the disco-fueled '70s—and McGrath made good use of these elements on various models' eyes at Dior. Those flaunting the club-ready makeup wore sexily mussed locks with a few strands sticking to their foreheads for good measure—as though they'd worked up a sweat during their dance fever.
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3 May 2011
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The Flex in a Week training series consists of videos and exercises to teach experienced programmers how to program using the Flex 4.5 framework and Flash Builder 4.5. To gain the most from this series, watch the videos and complete the exercises in the order in which they are listed.
Each exercise includes associated exercise files, such as the ex1_01_solution.zip in the Exercise files section above. If you would rather download all the exercises for an entire day of the Flex in a Week series, you can find the respective project ZIP file on the Flex in a Week home page.
This exercise will step you through the process of importing the individual exercise files as Flash Builder 4.5 projects. You will also learn how to use the project ZIP file for individual days as a Flash Builder 4.5 workspace.
After you import the exercise project, you will compile and run a Flex application, shown in Figure 1, and see the generated SWF and HTML wrapper files in the bin-debug directory. You will learn how to create the application and populate it with data in the upcoming exercises.
In this section you will view the default Flash Builder workspace.
Open Flash Builder.
If this is the first time you have opened Flash Builder, your environment should resemble the one shown in Figure 2. Note that the Flash Builder start page is open in the Editor view and various views surround it. These views can be opened and closed or moved within the user interface to create a custom development environment. More views may be opened by selecting them from the Window menu.
You will use these Flash Builder views and many other features throughout this series.
Each exercise ZIP file provided at the beginning of the exercises in this series includes an FXP file, which is a Flash Builder project archive. In this section you will import an FXP file into Flash Builder and compile the application to view it in a browser.
You should see that the archive contains the ex1_01_solution.fxp file.
Note the MXML comments that define sections for code placement. The headers are: Properties of the parent, Metadata, Styles, Script, Declarations, and UI Components. You will use these comments throughout the Flex in a Week training series to keep your code organized.
Note also the
Script block, which contains comments for
import statements, variables, setters and getters, helper methods, and event handlers. The
Script block is where you add your ActionScript business logic within an MXML file.
Note: The Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 directory you see here is not the program install directory. This is the default folder that Flash Builder creates in your user directory (on both Windows and Mac computers) to hold your project files.
You learned earlier that the Flash Builder 4.5 directory created in the system's user directory is the default location where your project files are created. This location is more accurately called a workspace and you can create as many workspaces in Flash Builder as you would like to keep your projects logically organized.
In this section you will download the Flex in a Week Day 1 project ZIP file and access it as a new workspace in Flash Builder 4.5.
Note: You can download project files for each day of training. Each project zip is named FiaW_DayX_ProjectArchive.zip, with the appropriate number for that day of the course.
You should see another zip file named Day1.zip as well as some video transcripts and a ReadMe text file within the project archive folder.
Flash Builder will close and re-open. You should not see any projects in the workspace.
Point to the location of the Day1.zip file in the project archive file you saved to your computer.
You should see all of the project files listed in the Projects section of the dialog (see Figure 10).
In the Package Explorer view, you should see all of the Day 1 project files imported into your workspace (see Figure 11).
In this section you will learn how to create a new Flex project in Flash Builder.
Note that you can choose if your project contains an MX + Spark, Spark only, or MX only component set. Also note that the Main application file is automatically named the same as the project name. In this case, the file is EmployeeDirectory.mxml (see Figure 15).
You should see the EmployeeDirectory project in the Package Explorer view and the EmployeeDirectory.mxml file open in the tabbed Editor view on the right (see Figure 16).
In this exercise you learned how to import projects, compile an application, use a provided workspace and create a new project in Flash Builder 4.5. In the next excercise you will use Flash Builder to create the application user interface for a fictitious company's Employee Portal.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license, pertaining to the examples of code included within this work are available at Adobe.


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Hi all,
I hate asking such a vague question but I'm really stuck. I did not build this site and am struggling to figure it out.
I have a page with thumbnails you can click to spring a lightbox which is capable of having a gif animate within it. (That first one pink ad should animate when you lightbox it)
I have another page that uploads the animated gif but it will not allow the animation to play. (The loaded orange ad "3 new..." should be animating)
I cannot figure out what the issue with that second page is. I just want the animations on the gif to play.Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
I'm not sure if this helps much, but if you include the image in the page without piping it through the sample.php script, then it works as expected.Ergo, something in this script is causing it to break.
Can you post the contents of sample.php?
Pullo, thanks a ton for looking at it. I'm realizing looking back at my post how bad it was. I started posted thinking it was one thing, then switched my thinking mid-post. A bit cornfusing, but you get it.
Anyway, here is the code:
//$path = "http://images.templatemonster.com/screenshots/".$_GET["nm"]; //---Sample String for other's site data
$string = $_GET['text'];
$jpeg = fopen($path,"r");
while (!feof($jpeg)) {
$data .= fread($jpeg, 8192);
define(MAX_WIDTH, $mwidth);
define(MAX_HEIGHT, $mheight);
$img = null;
$img = @imagecreatefromstring($data);
if ($img) {
# Get image size and scale ratio
$width = imagesx($img);
$height = imagesy($img);
$scale = min(MAX_WIDTH/$width, MAX_HEIGHT/$height);
# If the image is larger than the max shrink it
if ($scale < 1) {
$new_width = floor($scale*$width);
$new_height = floor($scale*$height);
# Create a new temporary image
$tmp_img = imagecreatetruecolor($new_width, $new_height);
$bgColor = imagecolorallocate($tmp_img, 255,25,255);
imagefill($tmp_img , 0,0 , $bgColor);
# Copy and resize old image into new image
imagecopyresampled($tmp_img, $img, 0, 0, 0, 0,
$new_width, $new_height, $width, $height);
$img = $tmp_img;
# Create error image if necessary
if (!$img) {
$img = imagecreate(MAX_WIDTH, MAX_HEIGHT);
$c = imagecolorallocate($img,70,70,70);
# Display the image
header( "Content-type: image/jpeg");
$orange = imagecolorallocate($img, 220, 210, 60);
$px = (imagesx($img) - 7.5 * strlen($string)) / 2;
imagestring($img, 3, $px, 9, $string, $orange);
No problem
What happens if you change:
header( "Content-type: image/jpeg");
header('Content-Type: image/gif');
at the end of the file?
I was wondering the same thing but it seemed to have no affect.
I made this change as well
// imagejpeg($img);
i deleted the gif and uploaded it again in the admin panel.still does not animate.
I'v ejust been doing some Googling and it seems that manipulating gifs in this way, does tend to destroy the animation.
So, let's come at it from a different angle.What do you want your PHP script to do?
yeah, i found the same thing just now googling around. i downsized the animation in fireworks so it still works, then uploaded it but it still was not animating.
My goals is to have that page function just like it is.ANDhave the gifs animate.
obviously something has to change with the page to get the animation but hopefully that change will only be in the code/scripting. if i have to have the page a bit different, then so be it.
actually the ideal would be what i just wrote AND be able to play videos too. but that might be a second discussion.
Yeah, but you're piping the images through the sample.php script before displaying them on your page.What should sample,php actually do?Should it check the size of the images and resize them if necessary?
Yup One thing at a time.


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While the coaches and committe put together the Section 1 tournament seeds together, I'm going to be hosting a twitter chat beginning at 10 a.m.
Anything softball related is on the table including the seeds.
So join me at 10 a.m on twitter and you all know my handle. Either click on the conversation to the right… or click on my handle here: LoHudSoftball


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Experiencing the trauma of spinal surgery inspired Melksham woman Stephanie Jones to help others by taking on a gruelling London-to-Paris cycle ride.
The 24-year-old former George Ward pupil severely damaged her back when she fell from a horse in 2008. She joined 23 other fundraisers for the long-distance challenge last weekend, to raise money for the Spinal Injuries Association.
She said: "It was all really, really good, everyone got on very well, and I got to know the most inspirational people I have ever met.
"The camaraderie with everybody was really great. You have three days with nowhere else to go so you all have to get along, and we all made friends."
Last year the PR manager, who now lives in London, completed the London Marathon, raising more than £2,000 for the charity.
She has been supported in her fundraising by Melksham firm Bearings Plus, and said: "I found it much harder to train for this because I work full-time in the city so taking my bike everywhere was more difficult, but I managed to do a few long weekend rides. Before the ride we had collected £35,000, but we hope to rach £45,000 by the end of June.
"After my operation I was all right, but it was good just to know the SIA was there for my family, as they went through a hell of a lot more than I did."
Miss Jones grew up in Melksham, where her parents still live. Her surgery involved inserting titanium into her spine to support the damaged areas, enabling her to leave hospital after only 15 days.
She is moving to Australia next month, and will take her bike and carry on cycling for charity.


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The most prestigious cycling race in the world, the Tour de France, will celebrate 100 years of racing when it finishes on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Sunday and, as always, le grande boucle (roughly translated as the "big loop" for the circular path the race takes around France) has been three weeks full of exciting racing, spectacular scenery, and superhuman athletic performance. A new book, Tour de France 100: the definitive history of the world's greatest race gives a fine overview of the history and spectacle of this incredible event. There are several more titles in the KPL collection that celebrate and document the race, Tour de France, tour de force: a visual history of the world's greatest bicycle race and Slaying the badger: Greg Lemond, Bernard Hinault, and the greatest Tour de France are both excellent. But these books do little to explain the tricky circumstance that the race now finds itself in. The Tour has always, for its entire 100 year history, had foul play, doping, and other forms of cheating associated with it. But with this past year's spectacular confession from Lance Armstrong that he used drugs and banned methods to win all seven of his Tour victories and an unheard of wave of confessions or outings of professional cyclists from the "Armstrong Era" has lifted the veil on how these guys could race at top speed for three weeks around an entire country with such unnatural strength. And now every spectacular performance (in particular this year's domination by the current race leader Chris Froome) or incredible comeback is called into question and we, the fans and journalists alike, have no reference points for what is physically possible on "pane e acqua" (bread and water) alone in cycling. While the latest generation of professional racing cyclist talks of a change that has taken place in the sport – more ethical teams, more and better PED testing, a biological passport that tracks blood levels throughout the year – the problem is that the sport has been claiming the birth of a new, clean, era for several decades now but then each decade brings a new string of doping scandals and so skepticism (or outright abandonment on the part of Germany where the media has boycotted the race and there is no longer television or journalistic coverage) about the cleanliness of the sport abounds. But despite all of the controversy, the lies, and the falls from grace, the roads of France during July continue to be filled with literally millions of fans waiting to get a glimpse of the riders as they fly past and the unparalleled beauty and drama of this great sporting event continues into its second century.
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Filling the Gap: AMOLED and LCD from 2010 to 2012by Joshua Ho on 7/26/2014 6:00 AM EST
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kazuha - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkDid not know LG G3 had such a terrible contrast. I witnessed that in the store also, with the screen looking too cold and low contrast compared to competition from HTC, Samsung and even the LG G2. Wonder if it's a consequence of 4K panels just not being up to par yet. If so, seems like an odd inclusion, because the display also has negative draw backs in terms of power draw and battery life.
Not sure which phone to get now. Was planning to wait for the Google Nexus 6, but if it's based on the LG G3 with the same display, I would rather not actually. Maybe buy a used HTC One M8, although I hate the fact that even with a much smaller screen, it is just as tall as the LG G3. I found the G3 just a bit too tall, to swipe down the top menu without changing grip, and I have average male hands. Reply
mmrezaie - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkyes and it's not just numbers. I saw them side by side. I couldn't tell the resolution difference but g2 had far better colors. and we all know interface on both sucks ;-). Reply
Solandri - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkOne thing I've noticed with the LG displays (notably my Nexus 5) is that the blacks brighten up even if you're slightly off the central axis. By the time you're at 85 degrees (looking at it almost on edge), a black LG screen is almost as bright as a white screen. Since most colorimeters measure at close to 90 degrees from the screen, the real-life contrast ratio when you're using the phone at about 60 or 45 degrees is actually much worse than measured.
That was the biggest shock to me coming from AMOLED. I tried using the same alarm clock app I used on my previous AMOLED phone, and I couldn't sleep. The phone was on the night stand facing up, but the mostly-black display was shining brightly like a lamp into my eyes. I'm back in the AMOLED camp for my next phone. Black should be black - always. Reply
fokka - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linki've been similarly disappointed going from an amoled nexus one to my current sensation xe with lcd display. the display is bigger (4,3 vs. 3,7"), has a higher resolution (960x540 vs 800x480) and an rgb matrix instead of pentile, but contrast and especially viewing angles are a clear step back from the old amoled screen. Reply
djw39 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkWhy would there be an expectation that the Nexus 6 will have the same display as the G3? Nexus 5 does not have the same display as G2. Reply
crispbp04 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkg3 has a 1440p panel not a 4k panel. Reply
fokka - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkoh, i overlooked your comment... Reply
tuxRoller - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkWhile not impossible, I'd be amazed if google went with lg for a third year in a row.
What's more, it wouldn't surprise me if the N6 was delayed so they could use the armv8 chips. That's something their engineers really need to be focusing on. Reply
Impulses - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkThen there's the whole Android Silver thing... End of this year is gonna be interesting for the future of Android phones, even tho I've got little interest in upgrading my Nexus 5 right now. Reply
tuxRoller - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkMe too. My N5 is plenty fast enough and battery life is good. Even the camera has become far better over the course of updates.
The latest rumor indicates the new nexus will be a Motorola. Again, possible, but my bet is either Sony or htc. LG seems extremely unlikely. Reply
scy1192 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkDefinitely worry more about the sharpening effect than the contrast and colors. LG needs to fix that ASAP, and I say that as a G3 owner. My only complaint about the phone. Reply
fokka - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkthe g3 has a 1440p display, not 4k/uhd. your points are still valid though. Reply
Rocket321 - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkAfter reading reviews of the G3,i bought a pair of G2's for me and my wife (they can be had for less than $300 new/off contract if you shop around for. Considering the G2 essentially matches the spring 2014 flagship specs but is selling at "last year" prices makes it the best buy currently (imo). Reply
solnyshok - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkbut has limited storage. I am considering getting one with 32GB soon. Those are more like $400 (EUR300 here in old europe). But, then, I must wait for August/September announcements to see what's coming ofr iOS/Nexus/SG-Note. And, surprisingly, Sony Z3 Compact looks interesting, though a bit on a small side (less than 5") Reply
josemiguelcastillo - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkAs far as I can tell you, the default contrast profile the phone uses makes everything a bit washed out. BUT you can control and configure as you please in "Settings > Accesibility > Color Adjustment".
Once calibrated the screen looks gorgeous. Try it on a demo unit and you'll see how good it looks in real life Reply
Hrel - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkI'd get the LG G2, or equivalent Nexus 5. Great phone. Reply
solnyshok - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkwait! there is LG G3 Stylus coming soon with 6" screen Reply
djw39 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkHow was Apple doing? Were iPhone 4/4s displays much better calibrated than those of Android phones at the time? Reply
name99 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkIt's just one datapoint, but I still have my iPhone 1, bought a week or so after Apple released them). I use it like a transistor radio, as an audiobook player that I can use without headphones.
- The battery is still going strong. Pretty damn amazing. Especially considering there was one unfortunate dropping in the sink two years ago (saved through rapidly pulling it out, application of paper towels then hair dryer, then three days in a tupperware container with dried rice to suck out any remaining moisture).
- The thing feels slow as all hell when switching from one app to another. Within an app, speed is OK, but app switching is tough --- I guess 128M RAM means a LOT of constantly hitting flash, and it's not the fastest CPU in there. It's also running iOS 3, and I expect that every version of iOS adds some features that shift the speed-memory tradeoff to use a little more RAM for a little more speed.
- the display looks to me as good as the day I bought it. Brightness, contrast, color accuracy all fine. No noticeable problems with viewing at an angle. It's not retina, of course, so there is the inevitable fuzziness that implies, but nothing as noticeable as what is being described in the article. The LED backlighting, the diffuser, and the actual LCD all seem to have survived 7 years so far just fine.
I had an iPhone 4 till about a month ago, and the story there is much the same (in that there were no problems at all with it). That's retina of course, and running iOS7.
Again, feels slow compared to my iPhone 5, but not the unbearable slowness of the iPhone1. I gave it to a friend in a developing country and he seems very happy with it, even compared against the various no-name brand super cheap Android clones that his friends have. Reply
dylan522p - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkSince the iPhone 4 they haven't advanced much. I mean they got it right with the 4 so they don't need much improvement. Reply
name99 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkThis is a silly statement. As I said, the 4 feels substantially slower than the 5. WiFi is not nearly as fast as I'd like. Hell, the 4 doesn't even have LTE. The fingerprint recognition in the 5S works very well for me. I suspect there is a grand future ahead of the sensor core that is the M7 chip.
etc etc etc Reply
Streamlined - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkHe meant the display was pretty much all sorted out on the iphone 4. Reply
name99 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkFair enough. But I'm not sure it's correct.
Contrast is still a problem for all iOS devices. Obviously OLED solves that, but (so far) at the expense of greater power usage (unless you try very hard to use black everywhere) and, apparently, the screen degrading over time.
Beyond that there are the invisible improvements that are possible (most notably the power saving business where you only communicate with the screen when the image changes, not routinely every 60th of a second).
Also I expect that, at SOME point, someone will add in a fourth phosphor so as to give us a wider gamut than what we have today.
But yeah, with retina we solved the problems that were so obvious they were visible to anyone with even slight technical background. The remaining improvements are all much more subtle. (Unless, of course, someone comes up with a 3D screen that's both actually useful and doesn't suck to look at!) Reply
mkozakewich - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkThe iPhone 4's screen was still greyish. The iPhone 4S looks mostly good, but was a fairly standard display. It was the iPhone 5 that gave us nearly the full sRGB gamut, and the 5S just improved on that. Reply
tipoo - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkWhile that's true in retrospect, the 4 was possibly comparably the furthest ahead of the competition when it launched. Reply
akdj - Friday, August 08, 2014 - linkYep. The '4' was a game changer. And it's only gotten better. Along with the iPad 3-->4 with the HiDPI display and the guts to run it. The iPhone 4 was a grand slam. I love my 5s as my personal and Note3 as my business line. Doesn't matter which I'm looking at. SP3, rMBP an iPhone 5s or the latest Super AMOLED. Today's HiDPI movement ...including in the living room with 4k, IMHO it's a significantly better 'leap' forward than the CES 12-13 3D craze. Good riddance Reply
mkozakewich - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkThere have been reports on those screens. I'm not sure about iPhone 3G, but 3GS had a screen with fairly good viewing angles but had a horrible washed-out look. iPhone 4 had better colour and contrast, but was still greyish 4S was pretty good, sort of par for the course at the time, when compared to other screens. It was the iPhone 5 that really brought the "Full sRGB coverage!" and the 5s only improved on that a little. Like, 100% coverage instead of 98%. Reply
Fujikoma - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkIt would have been interesting to see how displays, that were tested during 2010-2012, would compare to the same tests being run on them after 2-4 years of use. To see how time affects brightness and such. I would think that there would be a usage metering device to measure against, to compare multiple units of the more popular of phones. Reply
jabber - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkYeah the Nexus 4 screen is pretty washed out at times but I do prefer it to the overblown Samsung types. I see folks coming up with screen profiles for their rooted Nexus 4's that make the icons and UI look great but then you look at a picture of a human face and they look like they have severe radiation burns.That's the acid test really for any profile...flesh tones.
I don't know why contrast/saturation etc. has to be locked out of a standard phone setup. Why can't it be access without having to root it? Reply
mkozakewich - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkYou can put it into movie mode, and that should change it to an sRGB standard across the whole phone. It all depends on taste. Reply
jabber - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkI beg your pardon? Please explain a little more? Reply
SentinelBorg - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkSamsung phones since the S2 have different color modes you can choose from. The movie/video/cinema/whatever mode is usually the one closest to sRGB. No need to root it. Reply
plonk420 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkstill waiting for oLED monitors, considering SED is dead... : / Reply
extide - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkWhat do you mean waiting for OLED? OLED has been around for a while, I mean.. this article... Reply
Alexey291 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkI still find it funny that anand is trying so hard to push display accuracy.
Except for the 3.5 anon-geeks commenting on this website nobody cares. People like pretty colours not "perfect colour accuracy" on a 4.3" (or even 5" - either way the size is tiny). Nobody ever ran the sammy displays in movie mode. Everyone who knows how - turns on Dynamic instantly because its simply prettier to look at.
But yeah rgb colours or whatever. They matter or something. Reply
jwcalla - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkI agree that color accuracy is of no consequence to me (and probably most others) on a smartphone. I don't even necessarily consider it a positive benefit which is why I find these articles here somewhat mystifying. Reply
name99 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkAccuracy matters if you use multiple devices in your life. For example it was very clear to me (and I'm not an artist or a color snob) that the contacts photos on my iPhone 1 looked different from the contacts photos on my iMac 2007. (Of course these were the same photos, being shared through iTunes.) It's not a big deal, but these are things you see every day, and it's irritating that the one you see seems redder than the other one you see.
Obviously it's less of an issue for a movie you see once and never again, but it's something noticeable for things you see every day, and humans are probably more attuned to precise details of faces than anything else.
FWIW Apple seems to have got this right now (at least it's no longer so bad that I notice it every day even without trying). I assume that's a combination of newer HW (both the iMac and the iPhone have been upgraded) and perhaps some behind-the-scenes SW upgrades. Reply
Alexey291 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkI tend to (personally - so not implying that its the same for literally everyone) find that I generally get used to the worst screens given time.
Aside from all my other gadgets (some of which have really good screens both amoled and IPS) I currently own a chromebook HP14 - yes the one with a godawful TN panel.
Honestly its been some months and these days I don't even notice. And I use the said chromebook a lot. But yeah its a case of YMMV for sure :) Reply
Streamlined - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkIt matters if you ever intend to print your camera photos. Imagine "fixing" a picture of the sunset to print the phot and it's either too saturated or to pale because your crappy phone was off base. Reply
JoshHo - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkFor the most part, color calibration matters any time content is shared. For example, you could buy something that looks fine on your display, but the color is horrible in person. Similarly, with inaccurate displays you just don't know if other people will see the photo the way it appears on the phone.
There is reason and logic behind display accuracy, and it certainly isn't a niche feature for a select few. There are use cases that apply to everyone. Samsung is probably doing the right thing by including a calibrated cinema/movie mode and the dynamic/standard modes depending upon personal preference.
I hope this helps with understanding why display accuracy matters. Reply
Impulses - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkYeah, photography is the one big reason it matters in phones IMO, and not because I'd print straight from phone or wanna edit content on my phone... Trivial yet very practical endeavors like buying stuff online or even sharing stuff requires some degree of accuracy.
I was renting a tux for a wedding where I was best man and the bride wanted my tie/handkerchief to match the bridesmaid's... I ended up bringing my camera for something that should've been wholly unnecessary (taking a handful of pictures of neck tie colors) because between my phone's camera and display I'd have little control over what she'd end up seeing...
Even then I had no control over her own display but I know they have a recent iPad so... Figured that'd be close enough. Reply
Alexey291 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkYeah except you see there's a simple issue of - you take the photos with a camera on a phone. You expect them to be piss poor. (Sorry for the lingua but its true - there's not a single smartphone out there that actually takes good quality photos compared to a dedicated camera). Some phones are better than others but the tiny lens simply ruins colours and light.
If you actually cared about how people would perceive your photos you would take them through a photo editor on a computer with a decent screen (and use a dedicated camera for god's sake). Most never bother. But even if one does the point is still moot because most people have their screens/monitors/phones all configured differently. Despite this one single website's (yours) crusade for standardisation :)
But I don't exactly expect you to stop posting these reviews. Though I do find this blast from the past a little odd considering how many reviews you have pending currently :P Reply
Streamlined - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkThis isn't 2002 anymore. The best camera is the one you got and for most people that is their phone. And if people really wanted quality pictures only from a dedicated camera than someone forgot to tell Nokia, Apple and Samsung. Reply
jwcalla - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkThe point still stands though. The color accuracy of the display is hardly relevant when dealing with photos taken from a smartphone camera. In that case the weakest link in the color accuracy chain is, by far, the camera. Reply
AnnonymousCoward - Monday, July 28, 2014 - link"Weakest link" arguments often don't make sense. Inaccuracies are additive. A good display is always beneficial. Furthermore, don't you think websites you visit on your phone have pictures taken with DSLRs? Reply
Alexey291 - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkyou'll find that good pictures you see on your FB/G+ stream ARE in fact taken from a dedicated camera, usually with a stand and separate flash (if need be) as well.
And then there's the stuff people with smartphones take. Which might as well be viewed on tiny smartphone screens - at least there it MAY look passable. Reply
mkozakewich - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - link"If you actually cared about how people would perceive your photos you would take them through a photo editor on a computer with a decent screen..."
That's the whole point! If your phone is a computer with a decent screen, you can edit your photos.
Your argument is generally that today's phones don't make good production environments. The fix for that is to identify why, and improve them. Better apps, better screens, better processors, better interfacing (keyboards/mice), and then there's no reason you can't just edit photos on it.
If I were editing photos, I'd prefer to look at them on an iPhone 5 (or better, an iPad Air) than on my current computer screen. Reply
Alexey291 - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkWell they don't make good production (for photography at least) environments because the camera is bad.
Very little can be done to fix that due to lens size in the smartphone. The screen is just a small factor in the equation. Reply
bill5 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkyeah i dunno, the color accuracy thing just seems like another big phone media way to bash samsung/praise apple Reply
akdj - Saturday, August 09, 2014 - linkSo apparently you've. It read the past year's worth of Samsung and Apple reviews? The measurements of AMOLED in 13/14 vs 11/12? I'm not sure you're actually comprehending the actual article. At all Reply
akdj - Saturday, August 09, 2014 - linkThat was supposed to be 'you've NOT read the...'
Spell correction. Sweet Reply
Impulses - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkAnand didn't even write this article... :p And phones are increasingly used for more and more things where accuracy can matter, dunno why you'd want to give manufacturers a pass on it, specially with phones being most people's primary camera. Reply
Alexey291 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkI meant anand as in anandtech collectively. But yeah I'll be clearer on that in the future :P (if I remember to be :P)
Generally its not a matter of giving a pass its a matter of "meh who cares".
As for photography people mentioned above. Whenever I walk around on my hiking trips I am always torn between extra weight + space that a decent camera would require vs terrible quality that phone cameras provide.
Because whatever the screen colours - the camera that takes the photos is still shit. And besides the primary camera if any of those dumb stats are to be believed is the front one. You know... the 2mp selfie cam :/ Reply
Streamlined - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkGood point. Some people are always making excuses for mediocrity. Reply
Alexey291 - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkPeople above are making excuses for poor quality (of a phone camera) and you're going to pick on me prefering BETTER LOOKING colours to low contrast and washed out crap that "perfect colour representation" offers.
Welp Reply
Streamlined - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkBecause over saturated colors is to cameras what Beats headphones are to audio. Poor quality. Those crappy phone screens will lead to printing crappy photos. And if you think EVERY SMARTPHONE is poor quality than you are insane. Reply
Alexey291 - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkSo oversaturated colours on a screen will changed how you take a shot on your 2.1mp selfie cam? Really? Even your 8 (or 13) mp camera on the back still holds a tiny lens and never catches any colour or light. And then you look at your screen on your phone and shrug because whatever you have taken looks ok on a small screen. And will look like shit on a big one.
As for "all smartphones have crap cameras". Sorry to break it to you. But they do.
Do all smartphones have crap screens? Nope. Some have ugly "perfect rgb colours" and some have pretty overblown contrasts and colour ranges.
And if you print your smartphone photos I have nothing but pity for your wasted cash.
That's pretty much all there's to it. Reply
HangFire - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkObjective testing is necessary because certain ardent brand fans accept and believe whatever they hear about their phone and cannot believe they can be inferior in any respect. I once tried to explain the pixel density on my M7 far exceeded the, um, other phone in question and was met with complete denial. D'oh it's a 1080p display. At least links articles like this can be emailed after the conversation for the coup de grace. Reply
sonci - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkWhat's the point of this review, my Galaxy S died a long time ago,
anyway since I got my iPhone I stopped looking for smartphones, Reply
mkozakewich - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkSorry! You should email them with your newest model, and they'll hop right to reviewing it. I'm sure if they knew your Galaxy S died, they wouldn't have bothered writing you this personalized review. Reply
kokono - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkI still have an Athlon64 X2, system with nForce chipset, still going strong,
it would be nice to see some new tests.. Reply
Orenj - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkHaving just retired my Rezound for an Xperia Z1 Compact (another 4.3" 720p--yay for phones that actually fit in your pocket!), I can vouch for the fact that the Rezound had a great display; the z1c, while generally good, is noticeably less accurate in color at brighter settings. Unfortunately, neither is bright enough to be usable outside in the sun here in Tucson... still waiting for fast color e-ink. Oh yeah, and the Rezound had atrocious battery life even when new; the z1c is a dream in comparison. Reply
scy1192 - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkUpgraded from the Rezound to the LG G3. With all the poo-pooing the display got I was worried it would be worse than my Rezound, but I'm glad that it turned out to be better all-around. It really did have a great display for the time. Reply
HangFire - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkThank you for filling in the gaps, and yes some of us do care, maybe I'm just one of the 3.5 that do. Also I never realized HTC released a "Thunderbolt 2" (aka Rezound) wow it's a good thing they gave it more than one name. By November 2011 no one wanted anything to do with anything called Thunderbolt! I recall my original Tbolt had what seemed to be a very nice display, but could not compare to my better half's AMOLED in sunlight. That didn't bother me too much, but the battery life and lack of a modern Android O/S sure did. I wonder how it compares to the Rezound et al, but it's all academic now, at least my M7 rocks! Reply
SunLord - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkUnless these are basically never used phones wouldn't it be kinda pointless to test the screen on an Amoled display due to how they wear out after a few years? Reply
mkozakewich - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkNow that they're testing this, they can do an "after three years" test on models like the S3 or iPhone 5.
I agree the tests on the older phones don't mean as much, but then, people aren't going out and buying them all that much, either. It's still important historical data about the progress of these technologies. Reply
Icehawk - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkWhat was the point of this in 2014? Reply
HangFire - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkThe industry keeps telling us they're getting better, but it isn't always so. Reply
AnnonymousCoward - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkThanks for doing this review, so I can actually compare my current phone with the latest. Reply
Peichen - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - linkEarly Android phones are crap. Poor display, cheap build, laggy and small battery. The only thing keeping it afloat is the huge marketing budget.
Android phone from the Spring 2013 cycle on are much better and closer to iPhone in general quality. Screens are on par with iPhone except color calibration. Build quality on some models improved a lot with better parts. Lag still there but mitigated with fast SOC. Battery life are on par except the phone have to be big to accommodate the big battery.
Mand - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - linkWere the Samsung phones actively used since they first got into your hands? Or are these phones that were sitting idle since 2010 and 2012?
I ask because OLED still has significant lifetime issues, where the individual color channels will decay at different rates based on usage and how bright they're being driven. If these are phones that have been running their displays actively for years, then it's not a fair comparison to new phones, regardless of model.
In other words, be careful about generalizing the Galaxy S's AMOLED performance compared to the Galaxy S4 or S5 based on this data. If age has degraded the S's performance, measuring it now doesn't give an accurate assessment of the quality of the display. Reply
JoshHo - Saturday, August 09, 2014 - linkActually, if anything the calibration should've improved over time. While I'm unsure of how the GS5 and newer generation panels will age (we don't have data on whether there's aging compensation), the Galaxy S and S2 were shipped with incredibly blue white points. They should approach ~6504k as they age because blue subpixels are the fastest to degrade. Reply


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I have a thing for flatbreads of any name and nationality – pita, roti, pizza, naan or chapati – you name it and I'll happily eat it. Or make a sandwich out of it and then eat it.
Flatbreads are easy to make, but life gets busy. I grab them ready-made at my local international foods market or the grocery store. Naan are dependably available where I shop so I've been keeping them on hand lately.
You don't have to use your own homemade mango chutney to make this simple sandwich; as our friend Ina Garten would say,"storebought is fine"…but once you see how little is involved in the recipe you might be tempted to make a batch.
The first time I made this chutney I was in a big, bad hurry and I didn't read the recipe correctly. So I went on my merry way and caramelized the sugar before adding all the ingredients. It turned out to be one of those delicious mistakes.
I think of chutney as a gateway preserve for those with the itch to "put something up", minus the need to fuss around with sterilizing jars, lids and giant pots full of boiling sugary fruit taking up every burner on the stove .
It keeps for forever in the fridge (Okay, maybe not forever. One year. A long time.) and it can be used in glazes, marinades, salad dressings or just as the delicious condiment it is.
When I first made this chutney, I was in a hurry and misread the instructions. Instead of boiling sugar and water together, I cooked the sugar alone until it caramelized and then added the rest of the ingredients. My goof turned out to be a delicious one - I loved the deep color and flavor of the chutney. So I pass my recipe foible onto you.
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons nigella seeds (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 firm mangoes (about 2 pounds), peeled , pitted and chopped
- 3 crushed garlic cloves
- 1/3 cup peeled, grated fresh ginger
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 moist dates, pitted and chopped
- Fine sea salt, to taste
- Heat the sugar in a heavy, medium saucepan, whisking over medium heat until dissolved and beginning to turn the color of butterscotch. Add the water - it will sputter so stand back.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the mango is very soft and the chutney has thickened, about 30 minutes. Taste and season little by little with up to 1/2 teaspoon salt to taste. The flavor should get brighter, not salty.Makes about 2 cups.
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"It's tough. It will get tougher. There will be changes," the county's Presiding Judge Marsha Slough said.
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County judges discussed the court system on Thursday at West Valley Superior Court during a forum titled "State of the Courts - Impact on San Bernardino County." The Western San Bernardino County Bar Association put on the event.
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"Isn't this a depressing topic?" joked Davis, a civil judge at West Valley Superior Court.
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The California court system has had $1.14 billion in court cuts in the 2009-10 to 2012-13 fiscal years, said Stephen Nash, San Bernardino County Superior Court executive officer
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Despite the reductions in Needles, Slough said she wants to maintain a court presence in that area.
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Scott Miller managed to raise £10,000, at just the age of 11, by tap-dancing on Winchester's busy streets so he could go to Tring Park School – a performing arts centre.
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The group – made up of Matt Hill, Chris Sparkes, both 17, and 18-year-old Joao Carolino – hope to raise £500 for the children's charity.
Scott added: "We have set a target of £500 but even if we don't raise that we're still happy to raise any money we can."
Mr Miller will start his final year at Tring Park in September and hopes to become a teacher and choreographer. It's a far cry from his younger years spent at the Wykeham Arms which his dad Peter, 68, and mum Kate, 62, used to run.
His parents have since retired to Devizes but said they are incredibly thankful to the people of Winchester for helping their son.
"It's unbelievable really," Peter said. "I'd never have thought this would happen. What's incredible about it is they taught themselves this and only in the last two months. Thanks to Winchester for helping him seven years ago."
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