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New World Wide Web sites are popping up with stunning speed; commercial online services such as CompuServe, Prodigy, and America Online continue growing; and "surfing the Net" has developed into a catchphrase of almost annoying proportions. It probably stands to reason, therefore, that somewhere, someone is doing a study of Internet addiction. Viktor Brenner, a doctoral psychology student at the State University of New York, Buffalo, is conducting what he calls the first online survey of the psychological effects of Internet use and abuse "in hopes of identifying what it means to be 'addicted to the Net.'" Brenner, who works at the Marquette University Counseling Center, which is across the street from Marquette's computer building, tells The Scientist that he had heard "some second-hand stuff" from resident assistants and others about students spending excessive amounts of time in the computer lab. His curiosity aroused, he searched for information about Internet addiction, but found nothing. Thus was born the survey, which uses respondents' backgrounds, amount of time spent online, and answers to various true/false statements ("I have used the Net to make myself feel better when I was down. I have shared a deep, dark secret with a person on the Net") to try to determine what constitutes Internet addiction. The survey is accessible via the Web (http://www.mu.edu/dept/ccenter/intro_srv.html) and is based on Brenner's clinical knowledge of drug and alcohol addiction. "I realize it's not a particularly representative study, but I figured some data is better than no data," says Brenner, whose doctoral dissertation is on an unrelated topic. "I've already gotten more [responses] than I thought I would." It is still too early to analyze the survey responses, but Brenner says his goal is "to get some baseline data," then offer the survey to a broader audience to get a more representative response.
The Women in Science section of the New York Academy of Sciences last week celebrated Women's History Month by honoring a trio of distinguished women scientists representing medicine, education, and industry. Scheduled to speak about their careers and accomplishments were Anna Marie Skalka, a molecular biologist and the director of the Institute for Cancer Research at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia; Vera Kistiakowski, a particle physicist and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Edith Marie Flanigen, a structural chemist who recently retired from Union Carbide Corp. in Tarrytown, N.Y. The three scientists' accomplishments are varied: Skalka has contributed much to the molecular biology of viruses, including fundamental work on the protease enzyme of HIV; Kistiakowski has studied elementary particle physics; and Flanigen did ground-breaking work on the structural chemistry of zeolite catalysts, crystalline molecular sieves, and crystal growth. In addition to discussing their accomplishments and failures, the three planned to address how they balance their careers and family lives. Skalka, who tells The Scientist that she wears two hats as a scientist and an administrator, says the special difficulties that women scientists face are "only in perception. The kinds of challenges that I face are the perceptions, I guess, on the part of some people that women have a more difficult time, because of responsibilities, than men, but I think that's really a perception. Family responsibilities are responsibilities that are shared." Women entering the sciences, Skalka comments, "need to know that they should think hard about what it is they like to do. They should pursue opportunities that will allow them to do that, and not attempt to plan too far in advance. I think in these days that's difficult and maybe foolish, because times change." March 1996 is the 15th anniversary of Women's History Month in New York.
|MNEMONIC MAN: Alexander Volokh
The School of Medicine and Medical Center at the University of California, Davis, has named cardiologist and former professor Erich H. Loewy to fill its newly endowed chair of bioethics. The 68-year-old Loewy tells The Scientist that "medicine is a social task, and medical ethics is a social task," and that both can be tied to a well-publicized current issue: "Especially in this country, to me our first ethical concern would be to craft some sort of equitable health-care system for all of our people. What we have now is not a system, it's chaos." Loewy's mission is to establish "a full-fledged bioethics program" of teaching medical students, consulting with researchers and hospital medical staff, and providing public service. He hopes that by teaching ethics to med students, UC-Davis can keep them "sensitized" to their patients. Loewy says he will go on rounds with residents and encourage them to discuss "troublesome ethical questions" they may have. "It's a very important thing to think about. It isn't peripheral," he insists. "Those questions can be very, very painful to the residents and the attending physicians. These end-of-life issues can really cause a lot of pain. In being able talk about it, it not only helps the problem itself, it also helps the human being confronted with the problem." A native of Austria, Loewy and his family fled the country before World War II, escaping the Nazis. He trained as a physician and cardiologist at the State University of New York, Syracuse, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, then practiced medicine for almost 20 years before switching to biomedical ethics in 1984. He has taught at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria and the University of Illinois, Chicago; edited various publications; and consulted for several organizations. "It's been shown that as residents go through training, they become less and less sensitive to ethical issues," Loewy says. "I think that trend can be reversed."
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ATLANTA - The Braves sent left-handed pitcher Chuck James to the minors for the third time Friday and recalled reliever Phil Stockman from Triple-A Richmond.
James (2-3) was demoted to Richmond after getting tagged in a 5-0 loss at Philadelphia. He surrendered three homers, walked five without striking out anyone, and gave up all five runs. His ERA rose to 8.22 in five starts.
James started the year in the minors while rehabbing from a shoulder injury, and has been sent back twice to Richmond since then. He was an 11-game winner for the Braves each of the last two years.
Stockman, a native of Australia, was 1-0 with two saves and an 0.77 ERA in 14 games for Richmond.
Isringhausen lost to Cardinals' DL
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals put struggling closer Jason Isringhausen, who has an 8.00 ERA and six blown saves, on the 15-day disabled list on Friday because of a cut on his pitching hand.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported last weekend that Isringhausen hurt his right hand striking a television set in frustration in manager Tony La Russa's office.
Isringhausen was 32-for-34 in save opportunities last year, a season after he missed the team's World Series run because of hip surgery.
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ARLINGTON, Texas - Houston's Shawn Chacon set a major league record by making his ninth consecutive start without a decision to begin the season.
Chacon lasted just 31/3 innings against the Texas Rangers on Friday night. He left with the Astros trailing 8-2 after giving up a three-run homer to Josh Hamilton in the fourth.
But Houston rallied with five runs in the fifth and another run in the sixth to tie it and get Chacon off the hook.
There have been three streaks of 10 consecutive no-decisions.
for pitchers since 1956, but none were at the start of a season. The 10-game streaks belong John D'Acquisto and Randy Lerch in 1977 and Dick Stigman from 1965-66.
Stigman held the previous record for no-decisions to start a season, with eight in 1965.
Three of the six hits allowed by Chacon were homers, two by Hamilton and another by Jarrod Saltalamacchia. He walked four with no strikeouts.
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Discussion in 'Mechanic and Repair' started by JRS Landscaping, Jan 28, 2014.
yes i believe that is it...it was in my case on a go cart I had to fix...
Rob is trouble shooting this engine one of the best techs here on lawnsite
This site is. Where we all can share info and who knows you could be right
Just because we disagree don't make us right.
restrorob... I removed the o ring like you said and re-seated it without it. It was originally seated all the way with the o ring on. so ruled that out. I'm really at a loss might just think its best to toss a new carb on it? I think some internal passage in the carb is gummed up? Are there any internal passages drilled in the carb body that can be clogged??
There are internal passages, I don't know how you are cleaning but...... A can of Walmart "SuperTech" brand carb & choke cleaner with the little straw shot through ALL ports and passages watching for it to exit other ports/passages followed with compressed air should yield a clean open carb.....
I say "SuperTech" because I KNOW it will cut varnish and dissolve gum unlike Gumout and some other brands that are nothing more than mineral spirits in a spray can (JUNK)......
Short of buying a new carb, Since it idles fine I'd buy a set of JET DRILLS and drill the main one size larger and see how it does. I've had to do this on a few brand new Honda clone engines after a new carb didn't solve the high speed surge.....
Funny you say that. I used gum out with compressed air. ill try again with the super tech.
Are you sure the fuel solenoid is working ok? I'm not familiar with that particular carb, but I had a case where the nylon? tip that was molded/pressed on the sol. pintle was loose on the pintle. The unit ran fine at low-mid speed, but would act up intermittently at high speeds. I had cleaned the carb, etc. and checked the operation of the solenoid, pintle was free, no gunk buildup. The only way I discovered it was when I blew solvent/ air into the solenoid to clean around the pintle, I saw the tip move. It never came completely off, just moved up a bit. Apparently the fuel flow at speed was enough to dislodge the tip and restrict/ shut off the fuel!
Anyways, check the solenoid and passages!
If the carburetor still doesn't work correctly, you may have to take it to someone who has an "Ultra-sonic" cleaning machine. This machine uses carb cleaner and ultrasonic vibrations to get the very small passageways clean when traditional methods fail.
I should add : You can usually hold the solenoid pintle in the retracted position by jamming a toothpick in it. Or remove the sol. and use a metric bolt to plug the carb.
Gave up going to buy a new carb tomorrow . Restro quick question to pick your brain, I Looked up the carb in the diagrams and there is an "A" and "B". Any clue on the difference? #11 in link. Thanks again!
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The support level of 1.2930 temporarily stopped the downward trend. Four days price consolidation above was a signal for the corrective movement upwards.
The price is finding the first support at 1.2930, the next one is at 1.2850. The price is finding the first resistance at 1.3000, the next one is at 1.3070.
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Photographer's Note
This is my second portrait of the donkeys from Miranda do Douro. We can recognize them because of the white spots around the eyes and the long hair. We can find several donkeys from Miranda in the Complex of Salt Ponds from Samouco, situated on the southern bank of the Vasco da Gama Bridge, right opposite to Lisbon.
This was once an area where salt was largely collected. Now, this activity has practically disappeared in this area, but since the 90's of the 20th century, when the bridge was built, a Foundation has been created to keep a Nature Reserve here, where some salt ponds are still kept and the many birds species who come to find food in these wet lands are protected and studied. Several donkeys from Miranda can also be found here, like these ones.
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Didi (61016) 2014-07-26 20:41
Bonjour Ana
L'oreille de l'âne est bien cadrée, cet animal est à l'écoute de tout tes secrets :)
Bon cadrage
Good morning my friend
nice and lovely capture of those
sweet donkeys they look so natural
looking towards the phtographer
I liked it a lot
welldone my friend
have a pleasant Sunday
Mesut09 (884) 2014-07-26 22:28
Hello my friend.. they are so sweet:) give my greetings to donkey friends:))
jemaflor (108570) 2014-07-26 23:40
Hi Ana,
another good double donkeys portraits, well managed, taken at the good moment to have the attitude for these animals, light and colors with this blue sky are pleasant.
jjcordier (79297) 2014-07-26 23:47
Il est à l'écoute! Bon cadrage rapproché de ce couple d'ânes.
berek (50508) 2014-07-27 0:02
Hi Ana
So cute . Clera picture ver succesfully framing.
Have a nice Sunday
burak erek
dta (86616) 2014-07-27 0:49
Ola Ana ,
I like thes animals , too . I find them funny and sympathetic . excellent capture here , with a perfect framing (especially the long ear in teh corner) and a very good light management (it was not so easy) .
holmertz (64616) 2014-07-27 1:20
Hello Ana,
This is a charming double portrait of these donkeys. I like the colours and the obvious softness of their fur and I also like the green plant that the nearest one is chewing on. Its mouth and ear form a fine diagonal.
Kind regards,
Cricri (133272) 2014-07-27 9:08
Hola Ana
très jolie celle ci aussi, tant pour le cadrage avec son oreille qui semble d'une longueur immense :-), bonne lumière et couleurs
Beau dimanche
mesutilgim (98560) 2014-07-27 13:59
Hello Ana,
What a beautiful double portrait !
Very good layout.
TFS and best regards
eldancer1 (36343) 2014-07-28 9:57
They are so cute! As you know we have a lot of those wild donkeys in Southern Nevada. I like the tight cropping. Good pov and sharp details. Well done, tfs.
Silvio1953 (162272) 2014-07-28 11:46
Ciao Ana, fun double portrait, lovely composition, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
emka (114805) 2014-07-28 14:09
Hello Ana, How lovely are these donkeys. Cute shot. So sweet picture.I like it very much.
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Sergiom (96725) 2014-07-29 6:06
Bonjour Ana,
On dirait bien que tu t'es faites deux nouvelles copines. En tout cas elles t'ont laissé approcher de très près. Le cadrage est excellent avec ce ciel tout bleu en arrière plan.
abmdsudi (63605) 2014-07-29 9:35
Hi Ana
Awww this is great, love the look on that faces of the cute fellas and the shot is as good as you could ask for. Timely triggered with beautiful eye connection, expression and composition. Couldn't have been taken better, a delightful but touching too. Congrats
Best regards
stego (24132) 2014-07-31 7:37
Olá Ana. Muito giro! Bela foto! Capturaste muito bem esses bichos com ar simpático. A compo é muito equilibrada e "dinâmica", quase do tipo que se espera de aqruitetura e paisagem e não de "retrato". Abç.
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The Pima Community College men's basketball team (1-3, 1-0 in conference) would have an early lead in its game against Eastern Arizona College but would have to fight to maintain it.
The Aztecs defeated Eastern Arizona 99-96 to gain its first win of the season. The Aztecs went on an early 14-0 run to take a 17-6 lead but Eastern would go on a 7-0 run of its own later in the half to cut Pima's lead to 28-21. The Aztecs would lead 55-51 at halftime after Kendrick Little scored a basket before time expired.
Eastern would tie the score on three occasions before taking a 75-73 lead with 9:35 left in the game but the Aztecs responded quickly going on an 8-0 run to lead 81-75. Eastern would cut Pima's lead to two but that's as close as it would get. Up 91-89, Andres Marquez (Nogales HS) would hit a pair of free throws and would dish the ball to Murphy Gershman for two points to make it 95-89 with 46.6 seconds left. Matt O'Boyle (Sunrise Mountain HS) helped seal it with a three-point play to make it 98-89.
The Aztecs had five players score in double figures led by Gershman who finished the game with a double-double scoring 19 points with 16 rebounds and five assists. Little also had 19 points and Bryan Cervantes (Nogales HS) had 18 points and nine rebounds. Marquez had 16 points, O'Boyle finished with 14 points, and Cameron Volk (Tucson Magnet HS) had 10 points.
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Safe Deposit Box (Tin Elephant)
A quite rare, unusual, desirable tin elephant bank is our choice at this time as No. 206 in the numerical classification. This mechanical, the Safe Deposit Bank, along with the Royal Trick Elephant, are two of the real challenges in the elephant group of the mechanical banks. True, each of these tin banks would, generally speaking, have a greater appeal to a more advanced collector, however, this does not alleviate the fact that any collector, beginner or otherwise, would like to own either or both. And a challenge it is when we consider the bank under discussion and pictured herewith is the only known example to exist in a collection.
The bank shown is from the extensive Hegarty collection, and Mrs. Gertrude Hegarty was most thoughtful and helpful in permitting the writer to examine the Safe Deposit Bank thoroughly and have it photographed and so on. The bank was originally found some years ago by the late Frank Ball, and unfortunately there is no record as to the circumstances surrounding his discovery of it. This could have been of some possible help since, to the best of the writers knowledge, there is practically nothing known with respect to the background of the bank. For example, the name itself is quite unusual for a bank of this type. One would not normally associate an elephant bank of this nature with the name Safe Deposit. It just doesnt fit. Now this is not greatly important, but it does offer a curiously interesting point. We also do not know the time period of the bank in any factual area. We have no old catalog information, nor is there any information on the bank itself. In any case, in the writers opinion, based on a thorough study of the bank, it is a rather early item and of American manufacture. Part of this judgment is based on the paper labels which are on each side of the base and have the name thereon. Also, this bank is put together in similar fashion to early tin toys of similar type that were made in the United States. So until such time that factual information may come to light, we will place the bank circa 1880s and of American manufacture.
The bank shown is in very nice original condition with no repairs. The original paint is exceptionally good, particularly for a tin bank of its type. Colors are as follows: The figure of the elephant is an overall gray, and on his back he has a red blanket with gold edging. He has black ears with a white mark to the front of each ear. His tusks are white and he has white eyes with black pupils. A red mouth and black feet complete the coloring on the figure. The rectangular shape base has a slant roof-like top in red. The ends of the base are blue. On each side of the base there is a large dark blue paper label. Stenciled or printed on each is the name "Safe Deposit Bank" in decorative gold lettering. The name is legible, but somewhat worn more so on the reverse side, not pictured.
To operate the bank a coin is placed in the rounded end of the trunk. On depressing the tail, the trunk recedes (moves back), dropping the coin in the provided slot in the top of the roof-like base on which the elephant stands. The action is quite unusual, as a matter of fact unique, with the trunk in a lowered position and swinging back to deposit the coin. This method of operation adds considerable interest to the bank.
In closing it bears mention that the Safe Deposit Bank belongs considerably further up in the numerical classification. Its assigned number in the classification at this point is not vitally important. The information concerning the bank, recognition, and so on, is of importance, and that is what we have done at this time.
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Hook opted to sit out of Wales' summer tour to New Zealand in order to go under the knife, having made a surprise appearance at outside-centre against South Africa in Cardiff on June 5. After beginning his rehab, he is already eyeing the opening round of next season's Heineken Cup.
"I want to carry the momentum I built up in the second half of the season into next season now" he said. "That's the reason I decided to have the op done early and to miss the tour. If I'd gone to New Zealand, I'd only now be looking at having the op and I'd probably be talking about October or even November.
"I'll miss the first few games of the season. From what they are telling me I'm looking at the end of September before I'll be able to play which isn't so bad. I don't want to rush back unnecessarily; I'll follow their advice and make sure I've got it right before I come back. At least doing it this way I can be back, pretty fit and raring to go after missing just a few games.
"The Heineken Cup will be on us before we know it, on the second weekend of October. I'd like to be able to get a few games under my belt before then, get match fit in time for the first round and that has to be the target. But, like I said, I'm not going to rush it, or do anything stupid. I'm working closely with the physios, and when they think I'm ready and I feel ready, then that will be the right time for me."
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Prevention. There is some evidence that children who were breast-fed have fewer type I and type IV hypersensitivities. It is also thought that too restricted and "hygienic" an environment may play a role in increasing allergies. Some studies have shown that infants raised on farms tend to have fewer allergies than those raised in a more allergen-free environment.
Avoidance and Elimination. Once an allergy has developed, the best way to prevent a reaction is to prevent exposure wherever possible. In the case of food, this may mean a lifetime elimination of that substance from the diet and vigilance in watching for hidden ingredients in processed and restaurant food. For example, a spatula that has touched peanut butter cookies before touching chocolate chip cookies may be contaminated enough to provoke a reaction in a peanut-sensitive person.
In the case of insects and animals, avoidance is best. In the case of airborne pollens, such as regional weeds and grasses, limiting time outside can help but may not prevent the problem. Some people try moving to another area to avoid certain local allergens; this may not be effective since people with allergies often develop new allergies to pollens or grasses in the region to which they move.
Desensitization (immunotherapy, specific immune therapy, "allergy shots") is sometimes recommended if the allergen cannot be avoided. It includes regular injections of the allergen, given in increasing doses that may "acclimatize" the body to the allergen. The shots decrease the amount of IgE antibodies in the blood and cause the body to make a protective antibody, another of the immunoglobulins, IgG.
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NIAGARA FALLS – Mayor Paul A. Dyster has rejected several of the City Council's changes to his proposed spending plan for next year – but it remains to be seen if he has enough support in the outgoing City Council to the keep the cuts from taking effect.
The mayor last week vetoed 13 of 46 budget changes adopted by the Council on Nov. 26, most notably restoring $35,000 for the salary of City Administrator Donna D. Owens and funding for a now-vacant economic development job.
In total, the mayor's actions – which also include restoring $3,000 to $5,000 stipends and wage increases to six employees – would put back about $200,000 of the roughly $250,000 trimmed late last month by lawmakers.
However, Council members still have the chance to override Dyster's vetoes.
Lawmakers will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Council Chambers to act on them. A supermajority of lawmakers – four of five – is needed to override a veto.
If the four members who voted last month to trim Owens' salary vote the same way this week, there would be enough votes to override the veto and bring Owens' salary back down to $75,000 from $110,000.
Owens was making that salary until this year, when the Council voted to cut it to $70,000 in this year's budget.
When asked about the vetoes Monday night, Dyster said he believes it should be the "mayor's prerogative" to decide who holds the position and how much the person is paid.
Dyster said that the city administrator is the only other policy-making position within his office and that the city's written job offer to Owens included the $110,000 salary, which was supported by the Council when she started the job in July 2008.
"I don't ask much of the Council" with regard to support for the executive branch, Dyster said.
The mayor said in his veto message that Owens' salary is comparable to many principals and assistant principals in the city school district, "whose responsibilities are great but certainly no greater than those of a city administrator."
The school district has 50 employees making more than $100,000 annually, Dyster said in his veto message.
Owens likely is also one of the few African-American women in the Falls to earn a six-figure salary and benefit package, Dyster said.
"In the context of our society's efforts to treat both women and minorities more fairly in the workplace," the mayor wrote, "the symbolic and practical importance of appropriate compensation in this case should not be underestimated.
The mayor also acted to restore about $98,000 in salary and benefits for the post of director of business development, a currently vacant economic development post he believes is "a critical component of the city's Economic Development Department."
Job duties include attraction of new businesses, retention of existing businesses and serving as director of the city's banking arm, which oversees business loans and grants. Funding for the job would come from the city's share of casino revenue, not from tax dollars.
The budget changes approved by the Council on Nov. 26 did nothing to substantially alter city property tax rates for next year, which would remain at a 0.03 percent increase in the residential rate and a 0.01 percent decrease in the business rate.
Council Chairman Glenn A. Choolokian on Monday night said that he does not plan to changie the way he voted on any of the budget amendments and that he was not approached by the mayor to discuss his votes on the issues.
Councilwoman Kristen M. Grandinetti said she has been approached by Dyster about the budget vetoes, but she said she has not made a decision about what she may vote to override.
Grandinetti was one of four Council members present at the Nov. 26 meeting who voted to trim Owens' salary. She also voted against cutting the funding for the economic development post.
The mayor's vetoes would also restore $25,000 for overtime in the Fire Department, $2,000 for overtime in the Department of Code Enforcement and a crew leader/welder job in the central garage with a $45,000 salary, while cutting the $30,000 welding position the Council inserted.
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Why is it that when socks are supposed to be the staple of every man's Christmas present list, they are denied the ultimate performer in hosiery? I recently saw three journalists, two of whom had witnessed the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia while the other had been the Guardian's man in New York for many years, having an incredibly heated conversation. They weren't discussing the plans for withdrawal from Afghanistan, or the potential outcome of the climate change talks in Copenhagen. Oh no – their passion was all targeted at the merits of the Gold Toe sock.
Gold Toe came to prominence during the depression of 1929, when people wanted socks that would last. The manufacturer, Great American, introduced a sock with a gold (coloured) reinforcing yarn sewn into the toe. Shoppers were impressed and today the Gold Toe brands account for more than half of men's sock sales in US department stores.
According to my friends they not only wear and wash well, but they also stay up rather than slouching down inside your shoe. You'd think such a king among socks would be prized as the ultimate Christmas present for the men in any British family. But they don't have the option – I couldn't find any retailer in Britain that stocks the Gold Toe sock, and the company does not ship outside the US.
I find it hard to get so heated about socks, but I have an equally sad Christmas wish – for Heinz No Salt Added ketchup. Not to be confused with the no-added-salt version available in the UK, the US No Salt version uses potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride. After writing countless stories about the evils of salt I have become rather fanatical about excluding it from the family diet wherever possible, and make our own salt-free bread. So why can't I get hold of No Salt ketchup? Are we such a salt dedicated nation that Heinz doesn't think we deserve it?
One American purchaser, posting on Amazon (yes, you can even buy it on Amazon in the US), says: "This can be fine for many people (used in moderation) but it is a strict no-no for people taking certain blood pressure medications, such as myself (I think many medications in the ACE-inhibitor family especially)."
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Diego Maradona has flown out of the United Arab Emirates after reportedly meeting the officials of the Dubai-based club Al Wasl with a view to becoming their new manager.
Maradona has not managed since he left the Argentina post after last summer's World Cup but spent the weekend in Dubai amid speculation that he was set to sign a two-year deal.
The 50-year-old attended a club training session last night after which the club revealed they expected to name their new manager "in the next 24 hours".
Should that be the case it does not look like the former Argentina international will be at any formal unveiling after a post on the club's official Twitter page revealed he had left the country.
"The legend, Maradona left Dubai for Spain this morning," the Twitter post read.
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Other cast members include other Double Fine standbys, like Richard Horvitz (Raz of Psychonauts), Nick Jameson (Dr. Fred of Day of the Tentacle), Cree Summer (Brutal Legend's dominatrices), and Grey DeLisle (Zaulie of Brutal Legend).
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Jeremy Guthrie's first pitch of the game drilled Derek Jeter on the left elbow.
Jeter tried to spin away from it. No such luck.
Jeter dropped his bat and trotted to first base. The benches and bullpens didn't empty. But the crowd certainly reacted.
At least this one was legit. No foul ball.
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We who make our daily way through the wild and wooly figurative "west" of the United States often wonder if our across the pond cousins to the east in Great Britain are really as mild mannered and well behaved as they seem on the surface. Yes, their street beat policemen are famously unarmed and you rarely hear about rampant crime shaking England the way it does America, especially the more outrageous activity like high school shootings and the like. But how then to explain the glut of British police and detective shows, many of which have crossed the Atlantic to considerable acclaim stateside? One of the longer running series in this genre is the David Jason starrer A Touch of Frost, whose 14th season has just been released on DVD. (It should be noted that this season, like many in British television, is rather short by U.S. standards--only three episodes. In fact, my youngest son saw that fact on the back of the DVD case and quoted a favorite line of his from a Simpsons episode--"We'll now be presenting all seven episodes of one of the most popular British television shows of all time.").
A Touch of Frost follows the adventures of Detective Inspector William (AKA Jack) Frost, a crusty elder who's been there, done that, and doesn't suffer fools (or his superiors) gladly. Jason brings an aura of authority and jaded experience to the role, while injecting it with some none too subtle, but often quite funny, humor, especially in his interactions with his superior officer, Superintendent Mullett (Bruce Alexander). Frost is a cop who wears his emotions (frequently anger) on his shirtsleeves, and isn't afraid to rub virtually everyone with whom he comes into contact the wrong way. Jason evinces all of this with aplomb, if a bit too much volume at times.
If the character of Frost and the performance of Jason are the drawing cards of the series, unfortunately the mysteries themselves are often lackluster in these three episodes, with at least some of the villains being telegraphed from virtually the first moment. "Dead End" partners Frost with a long ago nemesis (played by Cherie Lungi) who had questioned Frost's behavior in a showdown where another policeman lost several fingers of one hand. As in most Frost outings, we get two unrelated crimes which ping pong back and forth in short segments. The main crime here is the kidnapping of a recently released bus driver who had run into several pedestrians and killed them, which is somehow (maybe) wrapped up with a rampant teenage gang. A frankly bizarre secondary crime involves a murdered clown who may have been done in by a woman with coulrophobia (that's fear of Bozo for you uninitiated).
"In the Public Interest" is the weakest of the trio of episodes, with an apparently pagan inspired murder (which magically, if historically inaccurately, transforms into a "Satanic" one) of three kids found buried on hallowed ground in what appears to be a ritual formation. Frost has to battle against Mullett's impending divisional meeting on this one, as well as a publicity hungry author whose motives may not be entirely pure. The best of this bunch is the final outing, "Mind Games," which mixes the murder of a motivational speaker with a very compelling story of a supposed child murderer who has been paroled and is now undergoing terrorizing by the townspeople where the murdered kids once lived. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the hapless man is an innocent victim himself, which makes Frost's insistence on the guy's guilt for about half the episode the only false note in what is otherwise a neat little portrayal of the literally and figuratively incestuous nature of English village life.
These are nicely filmed and well staged productions, with several quite elaborate shots for your basic television production. I was consistently impressed with some directorial flourishes, including several fairly complex tracking shots that took in various moving objects and/or characters as the camera wended its way through various locales. Jason is always fun to watch and the supporting cast is uniformly marvelous. The series is finally wrapping up after almost two decades on the air, so it may be a bit unfair to find too much fault with it. I just wish the actual mysteries were a bit more compelling, but maybe those tamped down British really are well behaved and this is the best (worst?) they could come up with.
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David Baxter: Day & Age Bio David Baxter is a lifer. Journeyman guitarist, award winning songwriter and producer, he has been writing, performing and producing music since childhood. His first gig was conducting the Kindergarten Rhythm Band at a PTA meeting. He has been a professional since 1975, receiving his first break as a member of legendary Toronto band David Wilcox and the Teddy Bears. He was married to singer Sherry Kean with whom he shared considerable success, (and a JUNO award) in the 1980's. He collaborates still with country singer Lori Yates, a partnership that dates back to 1990. He has produced 3 albums for peerless Canadian songwriter Bob Snider. Other productions include records with Yates, Justin Rutledge, Northern Pikes, Treasa Levasseur, The Undesirables, Penny Lang, Michael Laderoute, and a number of others. He won a Juno with Kean, and had seen Juno nominations for Snider and Rutledge albums. He tours as guitarist with Yates, Rutledge and Levasseur. His guitar can be heard weekly on the soundtrack to CTV series, Degrassi: the Next Generation, and on many records as a sideman. Day & Age is, however, Baxter's debut album as a singer. In a career of working with great voices, he had always left that job to the experts. "I was politely encouraged to stick to the guitar," says Baxter, "but I always wrote songs, as a collaborator." He and Yates saw a translation of one of their songs reach #1 in Quebec, and a Kean co-write was named country song of the year by the CMPA. "Besides music, the one thing I've spent a lifetime doing is trying to get a relationship right. Day & Age is a collection of songs about that. About two years ago, my mother passed away, and I suffered a very painful breakup. In the aftermath, I put together my studio, Knob & Tube, found a great old Martin guitar, and I was writing simple, broken-hearted country songs. I love those traditional forms. They're so trustworthy. Ranging from 2 months to 20 years old, these songs seemed to hang together as a group" says Baxter. "I set out to make a Willie Nelson record, basically, but had to make do with the singer I had. It's a sad record, but it's true." The album is all-acoustic, which may surprise some who are familiar with Baxter's signature electric guitar style. "It's how I play and sing at home," he says. The band on Day & Age consists of Baxter, Justin Ruteldge, Treasa Levasseur, and Creaking Tree String Quartet bassist Brian Kobayakawa, live off the floor. "We recorded very quickly. We didn't even wear headphones. I added a few overdubs later, but only a few." Guests include Ron Sexsmith, Lori Yates, Catherine MacLellan, Jenn Grant, Paul Reddick, Old Man Luedecke, Burke Carroll, and Soozi Schlanger, of Swamperella. "It wasn't easy to finally step up to the mic, but these are my friends, and I'd worked with all of them already", says Baxter. "It was a very supportive environment for a " new" singer." Day & Age was produced and engineered by Baxter at Knob & Tube in Toronto, and mixed by long-time friend Harvey Goldberg, chief audio engineer at Late Show with David Letterman, at the Meat Locker in New York. Peter Moore of the E Room in Toronto handled the mastering. The album features cover art by Bob Snider. Day & Age will be released in January 2009 with tour dates to be announced.
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Family Tree Maker 2008 is ready for future, built with Microsoft technology
Family Tree Maker 2008 was released
A few weeks ago when I installed Family Tree Maker 2008 RC1, imagine my surprise when I discovered that it was built with the same frameworks that I use at work. I can run the software and understand how it is composed at the same time. I find myself thinking, this is the Shell, and these are Workspaces and the SmartParts.
The following CAB terms are useful for this discussion:
- Shell – the main window of the application that contains menus, toolbars, and Workspaces
- Workspace – a user interface container that holds SmartParts
- SmartPart – a section of the user interface devoted to a specific task
- Module – a deployable unit of code that can contain SmartParts or business logic; the Shell loads one or more Modules
Some of the benefits of building an application with CAB/SCSF are:
- Separation of Concerns – one team can build the Shell and many teams or developers can simultaneously build the business logic and SmartParts and later put them together. Also developers can focus on their strengths which results in more productive software development.
- Modularity – user interface components and business logic can be packaged is a deployable unit called a Module. To extend the software, just add another Module.
- Extensibility – there are many extensibility points built into CAB/SCSF besides the Module which allow better evolution of software over time.
Because the Shell is loosely coupled (connected) to its contents (SmartParts) and SmartParts are loosely coupled to each other, then the software is built to evolve with less development cost and less chance of breaking existing code.
What this means for those who use Family Tree Maker is that the software has been refreshed and will continue its long life. In fact, I am hopeful that the development team can deliver many enhancements in the future because of their decision to build on these frameworks provided by Microsoft.
I am also excited with the prospect of having genealogy software that I can customize. Besides the extensibility features built into CABSCSF, Family Tree Maker also has a Plugins menu which indicates that they plan to offer extensibility through additional companies or maybe a plugin community.
In Family Tree Maker 2008 RC1, there are no Plugins listed.
I am awaiting news from The Generations Network about guidelines for Plugin development. I will share them as I am able.
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It didn't take Manitoba Moose boss Randy Carlyle long to establish the ground rules for his team's next AHL playoff series.
You'll recall how, in the days leading up Manitoba's first-round set against St. John's, Carlyle compared the Maple Leafs' chippy style of play to a pack of rats.
Sure enough, the theme held true, as the Moose took advantage of the Leafs' lack of discipline to take the series in five games.
Yesterday, as he prepared for Round 2 against the Rochester Americans, Carlyle was talking about dogs.
As in, underdogs.
This time, though, he was talking about his team. If you missed it the first time, he was more than happy to repeat it.
In fact, if you listened to Carlyle long enough, you would have sworn the Americans were the second coming of the Canadiens, late-1970s vintage.
"We were fortunate enough to get by St. John's, and now we take on the best team in the league," Carlyle was saying. "Obviously those are going to be difficult games. Their record is not something they accomplished by smoke and mirrors. They've done a heck of a job. They've got a great hockey club."
A minute later, Carlyle was talking about the confidence the Moose gained by dismantling St. John's -- but only for a nanosecond. Soon, he was reminding everyone how good Rochester is.
"We can't reflect back on the last series, because it's history," he said. "The next big step for our hockey club is to play the Rochester Americans, who are the best team in the league. We have to make sure we are at the top of our game in all aspects to have a chance to compete with them."
So, coach, exactly how good are these guys?
"The best team in the league," Carlyle said, completing the three-peat. "112 points. Four solid lines. The goaltender of the year. Do you want me to continue?"
Sure, why not? You're on a roll.
"They've got everything. I guess you could call it the full meal deal. It's unique to have a hockey club that's been able to perform at the level which they've been able to perform at.
"You don't look at them and say they're a bunch of superstars, but they've got superstar-type stats. They're well-coached, they're well-disciplined, and they're strong in every area. They can really make you pay."
Geez, maybe the Moose shouldn't have bothered getting on the plane this morning. I mean, they're obviously going to get killed in Games 1 and 2, tomorrow and Friday.
Of course, you know what's really going on here.
Carlyle is simply employing one of the oldest tricks in the book when it comes to playoff mind games: make the other team sound as good as you can before the series, then make them look as bad as you can during it.
Maybe you catch them by surprise. Maybe it takes some of the pressure off your team.
Or maybe it's just a waste of time.
Because the players weren't even buying into the coach's shtick yesterday.
"I don't think we are an underdog," Moose forward Ryan Kesler said. "We're pretty evenly matched. We beat them twice, they beat us twice, and the times they beat us were close games."
Over to goalie Wade Flaherty, who shrugged off the underdog label the way he shrugged off every St. John's scoring chance the other night.
"I don't really know. I guess you can say that," Flaherty began, sounding a little less convincing than Carlyle. "Everybody starts (playoffs) with a clean slate. I don't really look at us as underdogs or them as favourites."
This one's obviously going to be a tougher sell than the rat tag was for the Leafs.


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AROUND 2000 hardy souls have turned out to support an inaugural winter carnival which was launched to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of the wild land campaigner John Muir.
Spectators wrapped up against the elements to watch 450 entrants take part in the John Muir Winter Carnival in his home town of Dunbar, East Lothian.
The occasion at Foxlake Adventures centre saw a gruelling cross country event, followed by a wakeboarding session and Cyclocross race around the Hedderwick Hill woodland.
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The lake then became the focal point, with an open water winter swim, and the enthralling coastal rowing team drag race.
Local gyms then went head to head with series of Strongman competitions before the day's big finish - the wakeboarding big air competition.
The crowd's enthusiasm took organiser James Barbour by surprise, as the event served to defy the chilling weather.
"This was a hugely-successful event," he said. "We attracted much more people than we thought and the car parks were absolutely bursting at the seams.
"Some may question the wisdom of holding such a large outdoor event at this time of year, but the spirit of it all is to encourage people to get out and about, whatever the weather.
"Conditions might not have been ideal, but we received a lot of positive feedback from visitors, many of whom were delighted that we held such an event at this time of year." Muir was born in Dunbar in 1838, before moving to the United States eleven years later.
Following years of activism, Muir became synonymous with American wildlife preservation and was largely responsible for the establishment of the Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.
This year represents the 100th anniversary of his death in December 1914.
Mr Barbour added: "We hope the carnival will go a long way in highlighting the life and the work of John Muir, whose name is relatively unknown among Scots.
"In April, there will be an even greater celebration of the man, with the opening of the John Muir Way - a trail which will run from Dunbar to Helensburgh.
"The trail will showcase the types of things John Muir stood for and will hopefully be seen as another West Highland Way."


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That's the first line of dialogue Pat (Patricia Clarkson) has in Married Life, and it boils down the way she looks at love to a single, jagged word. She's all
Married Life isn't the type of movie that fits comfortably under one of those stock genre headings at Blockbuster. There are elements of suspense -- complete with an unanswered telephone and a frantic drive interrupted by a couple of smarmy cops -- along with a smirkingly dark sense of humor, a sincere peek into what makes friendships and marriages tick, and even a bit of noir. The movie balances these very different tones effortlessly, using them more for color than anything else. Married Life is more intrigued by these characters and how they interact than by genre conventions or standard issue plot machinations, and the core of the plot is strikingly lean and uncomplicated.
Married Life isn't unrelentingly lobbing out plot twists, driven by quadruple-betrayals or waist-deep stacks of dead bodies, but it's clever and sharply written enough to still be compelling, and there's a certain elegance to its simplicity. It certainly helps that the movie is propelled by such an outstanding cast. Patricia Clarkson and Chris Cooper are as reliable as ever. I particularly appreciate the fact that Married Life doesn't take the easy way out by drawing Pat as some sort of nagging shrew, and Cooper manages to be sympathetic even though he is hatching a scheme to knock off his wife and slip a ring on his mistress' finger. The movie never flails its arms around in judgment, and kind of like that scene in Psycho where Marion Crane's car suddenly stops sinking in the swamp and you can practically hear Norman Bates' heart skip a beat, I'm not really sure if I actually wanted Harry to go through with the murder and get away with it or not. To my eyes, at least, that uncertainty is exactly what Married Life is aiming for. Pierce Brosnan really won me over in The Matador, and he too evokes a mixed reaction, equal parts underhanded, sleazy, and exceptionally charming. Of the four leads, Kay is the most thinly drawn, but I get the impression that that's the point. She's meant to be quietly intriguing, and in the same way that Harry and Richard both turn to her to fill in the gaps in their lives, that deliberate ambiguity makes it easier for the audience to doll Kay up as some sort of hopelessly perfect paragon too. Not only is
Married Life is a character piece, really, yanking off the covers and peering down at what people keep hidden even from those closest to them. That's why the ending will either be completely satisfying or a total and utter letdown, depending on your perspective. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll have to be annoyingly vague, but I had a very clear, distinct picture in my head of what Married Life was building up to, but the story veered away in an entirely different direction. It's not the complex, plot twist-peppered finale I had bubbling around in my head, grabbing all of the hints and clues scattered throughout the movie and snowballing into something cacklingly devious, but what writer/director Ira Sachs comes up with feels so much more deserved and natural. I'm not sure it's the ending I wanted, but it is the one I needed.
Part of what intrigued me the most about Married Life is how hard it is to pin down. It doesn't fit cleanly and neatly into any one genre. It's a period piece that doesn't feel tethered to any particular time and place. In his audio commentary, Ira Sachs spouts off a long list of the films and directors that inspired him, but Married Life doesn't feel like a pastiche of other movies. Married Life draws so much from the past but feels like something I haven't seen before. Smart, mature, thoughtful, funny, charming, and even a bit suspenseful, Married Life is another rewarding discovery on Blu-ray, and I continue to be impressed that Sony is making such an effort to release even their smaller films day-and-date on the format. Highly Recommended.
Video: Married Life looks gorgeous in high definition. Reference-quality eye candy it's not, exactly -- Peter Deming's cinematography rolls back the clock to better match the 1940s setting, and the image boasts a deliberately grainy texture and isn't as dazzlingly crisp as most day-and-date releases -- but that retro-leaning aesthetic perfectly complements the tone of the film. Married Life is reasonably sharp and brimming with fine detail, and its palette is warm and beautifully saturated throughout. The quality never wavers, even in its most dimly-lit moments. The only flaw of any sort that I was able to spot is some infrequent and very light ringing around some edges.
Married Life is presented at its theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and has been encoded with AVC.
Audio: The 24-bit Dolby TrueHD soundtrack is first-rate as well. Married Life may be driven by its dialogue, but the sound design sports an extremely strong sense
A second lossless soundtrack is offered in French, alongside subtitle streams in English (traditional and SDH), French, and Arabic. French subtitles are also optionally offered for the disc's audio commentary.
Extras: Married Life features three alternate endings, each of which is presented in standard definition and letterboxed. They each open the same way, flashing forward to a wedding twenty years down the road. The first is a bleak, depressing coda that racks up quite a body count and offers an explanation for Richard's running narration throughout the film. The second runs with the same general idea but draws to a much-too-subdued close, and the third and final ending makes some nips and tucks to end on a sunnier, more cheerful note. These three endings run twenty minutes in total.
Director Ira Sachs chimes in with optional commentary for these alternate endings, running through how a film can be a completely different beast during editing than it is on the written page, noting that the first of the alternate endings is more faithful to the original novel, how one reveal was swiped from Judgment at Nuremburg, and noting that he doesn't frown on test screenings the way many directors do. Sachs explains why these endings really don't work,
Sachs also offers running commentary for the film proper. Much of the conversation swirls around his approach as a director -- letting the actors act, basically, trying to capture as much spontaneity and as many of the cast's unique flourishes as possible -- as well as the touchstones he turned to for Married Life. It's a bit funny to hear him drop the name of another director every minute and a half -- Cassavetes, Bogdanovich, Powell, Preminger, Aldrich, Hitchcock, Welles, Antonioni, and Truffaut, just to rattle off a few -- but it's all part of Sach's infectious passion for filmmaking, and it's that enthusiasm that makes the commentary such an engaging listen. Other topics of conversation include the mix of a still-contemporary story against a nearly 60 year old backdrop, deliberately keeping the exact time and setting somewhat unclear, how he drew from a novel written in the '50s by a British spy, and his own thoughts about the nature of marriage. Production design, the brilliant score, and Peter Deming's noir-inspired cinematography are touched upon as well.
Somewhat surprisingly, that's really it for the extras, which are otherwise limited to a handful of high-def trailers. This is a BD-Live enabled disc, but as of this writing, that feature hasn't been enabled.
Conclusion: Married Life grabs an armful of different genres off the shelf -- romance, dark comedy, melodrama, noir, and suspense -- and deftly juggles them all. Sharply written and perfectly cast, Married Life never once leans on its period setting as a gimmick or whips out random plot twists just to keep the audience off-guard. Its characters are bright, complex, and at least somewhat richly drawn, not just scuffed pawns shuffled around the board because that's what's spelled out in the script. Married Life is a movie worth discovering on Blu-ray, especially considering how wonderful this high definition presentation looks and sounds. The only downside is the lean set of extras, but an above-average commentary and an intriguing look into how drastically a movie can be reshaped during editing help set this Blu-ray disc apart from the rest of the lot. Highly Recommended.


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"Bye Mum!" I called. My mum always has that sad look on her face right before I step through to the platform. My father looked proud and wished me luck. This year was different than all the others, though.
This year Petunia hadn't been dragged along to wave goodbye to me. She was engaged! I'm sure Vernon was a nice man, but he was quite obnoxious and a bit of a show off. That wasn't the biggest difference though. This year, Severus didn't stand beside me. He didn't grip my hand as we sprinted towards the brick wall. He didn't whisper, "Trust me Lily. They won't miss you as much as you think they will." He didn't blow a kiss to Pentunia like he did two years ago, which made me giggle until I was in tears.
I had other things to think about though.
The train blew it's whistle and I stepped on. Crumpled inside my hand was the letter announcing my accomplishment in becoming Head Girl of Gryffindor and where to report once I was on the train. I longed to see my friends, but I wasn't going to jeopardize my position by being selfishly late.
I quickened my pace as I went to the Heads compartment where we were to direct prefects and such. I needed to be there first, or at least around the time the Head Boy was to arrive.
Luckily the compartment was empty, and I slipped in, hiding my trunk under the seat. The room seemed warmer than usual, perhaps it was because the summer had been particularly cold.
It hadn't been awful- that was a lie. It had been horrible. I focused most of my time inside, avoiding any reason to cross paths with Severus. With that, all of my homework had been finished in the first two weeks, leaving literally nothing to do but gain extra practice in the magical arts. As my birthday had already come, I was allowed to do magic freely. Well, I was freed by the law, but not by my mum. She didn't want to see or hear any magic, which raised my suspicions that Petunia was trying (and being sucessful) to convince my mother of me being a freak. It only took her seven years.
Not only that, but Dad had seen how bored I was. Instead of offering to take me out to do a round of Muggle golf or pick out a few records at the music store, he invited his boss's son to lunch one Saturday. Charlie was very boring, flat and hard-headed. We hung out often, much against my wishes, but I had to be nice though, for his dad was my daddy's boss. Besides, I was a witch, and I wasn't going to date a muggle.
"Do you have to leave?" Charlie had asked on the day before. He pushed back my hair and I swatted his hand away.
"Yup," I replied flatly. Even James Potter was more tolerable than the many meetings I had with Charlie.
"Where is it you go again?" he clearly hadn't taken the hint and gave me a hug. I pulled away quickly.
"Miss Carlton's School for Girls," I recited.
"I've never heard of it," he whispered in my ear, kissing my jaw. I sighed.
"That's 'coz it's for the insane," I said in my craziest voice.
Sitting in the Hogwarts Express, I smiled at what I'd said to Charlie. I didn't regret it a single bit. I picked at a spider bite on my arm and had just began to plan out my fabulous year when I heard an obnoxious knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I called.
"Three guesses who!" I rolled my eyes as he opened the door. Potter.
"Hey you can't be in here yet-" I was cut off by what I saw. Potter's Head Boy badge.
I buried my face in my hands. Of course.
"Looks like we'll be spending plenty of time together this year," he taunted, smirking.
"Wow, all summer I was dreaming of the moment when I was granted my wish of being forced to speak to James Potter more than once a week- civilly. And now it's come true!" I said sarcastically.
"I know you missed me, Evans. Don't pretend like you didn't dream about this," he replied. "This" apparently meant him modeling a new sweater set and trousers.
"If you mean your ill-fitted trousers than no, actually, that's not what I missed about you."
"Oh? Then please tell me what it is you missed about me."
I grinned, pulled out my wand, and sent a jelly-legs jinx at him. He fell to the floor and I leaned over him.
"That's what I missed about you Potter. Doing that to you."
Potter swore and whispered the counter-curse.
"Very funny, Evans. But I hardly think you-"
We were interrupted by the first batch of Gryffindor prefects to arrive. They were four fifth years, all looking very excited.
"Sit down," I told them. "We'll begin in a moment."
I looked at James and mouthed, "We'll finish this later."
The remaining prefects showed up and I began to conduct the meeting, explaining duties and other things they had to do.
James took over for a few moments, and I searched the crowd. I spotted one of my best friends- Fo- who grinned at me.
As the meeting came to a dull close, we dismissed all of the prefects and gathered up our own things to go find our friends in their compartment.
Fo had stayed behind and hugged me.
"How was your summer?"
"Dull and uneventful," I sighed.
"That's because I wasn't around to liven things up!" James said behind us.
"Shut up James."
Fo looked at the two of us and began to laugh. I rolled my eyes and Fo helped me with my trunk as we began to walk.
"Did we get our own compartment?" I asked, ignoring the shooting pain in my shoulder from the trunk.
"Something like that," she said hesitantly.
We entered the compartment and I was greeted by my two friends and the other three marauders.
"Hey dudes!" James pushed past me and Fo and said hello to his friends.
I ignored the fact that I had to deal with the boys for the rest of the ride, and hugged my friends.
"Hey girl!" Caroline screeched, hugging me. Emma did the same, and we all laughed, admiring the clothes each other was wearing.
Emma is my all time best friend. She's feisty, temperamental but hilarious. I think she's very pretty, with her dark, shoulder length, hair and teeny blue eyes. As for beauty, though, nothing compares to Fo.
Fo, she is our shy friend. She's very smart and her ambition is to become a professor, but she is the most beautiful of all of us. Like Emma, she has dark hair. It's curly and waist length, but she has the biggest most beautiful eyes to match and a smile that always lights up a room- and a certain Marauder's face. Too bad she has only had one boyfriend- ever.
Boyfriends aren't a problem for Caroline, though. It's no secret that the blonde haired, green eyed Gryffindor has hooked up with almost every single guy in our year, including one Marauder.
"So," Emma began, grinning. "Who hooked up over the summer?"
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