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Hypnotherapy can Help you with Insomnia and Sleep disorders
There are many reasons for the onset of insomnia which is again, in the form of a habit however lack of sleep can reap devastating effects for those who suffer. Hypnotherapy guides people in learning how to relax mentally and physically. It also enables the ability to learn how to deal with daily stresses and strains of everyday life/circumstances so that when they do go to sleep they can receive the full benefit of their sleep period. Depending on the issues contributing to the problem a few sessions may be required.
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text: Sure, ergonomic designs are sometimes more whacky rather than useful, but I reckon the Kinesis Freestyle Solo falls into the latter category. Apparently it's the first Mac keyboard that allows you to fully separate it into halves. Why'd you want to do that? To adjust the keys into a wrist-friendly, RSI-reducing position, that's why. There're two accessories— the Incline lets you adjust the angle into a tented shape, and the VIP adds in palm supports and more angular adjustments. It's also got a bunch of hotkeys, and double-wide command keys for easier typing. Available now for US$99, US$40 each for the add-ons. [Press release]

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Sure, David Wright looks ridiculous with that over-sized soup bowl on his head but there's an upside. The second he comes on screen wearing that thing it becomes impossible to think about how bad the Mets are this season.
Instead, the brain is working furiously trying to figure out if Wright looks more like Dark Helmet from "Spaceballs," one of the bad guys from Super Mario Brothers, a five-year-old boy playing dress-up in his father's closet or the Great Gazoo from "The Flintstones." Keith Hernandez was feeling that last reference on Tuesday night, and it was clear he was using Wright's helmet as a way to escape from yet another on-field disaster.
The little kid image was the one with the most resonance on Tuesday night. Wright really looked like a kid who was so desperate to get on the field with the big kids that he'd wear whatever equipment was nearby in order to make it happen. He's so eager to play, in fact, that he can't hear that everyone else in and around the game is laughing at him every time the helmet falls down over his eyes in mid-swing. That never happened to Wright, of course, but it looked like it was going to happen every time he came to the plate which brought some much needed laughter in a season of tears.
These helmets are going to be mandatory in the minor leagues next season, with the next natural step being a graduation to the big leagues. That's got to scare the dickens out of bobblehead doll manufacturers, because what's the point of casting something out of plastic when you'll never capture the likeness of the real thing. If they want to mount a protest, they'd be smart to circulate pictures of Wright (and Luis Castillo for that matter) at the next meeting of the Players Association.
Safety never takes a holiday, but neither does vanity. There are plenty of players around the league that would rather run the risk of getting smacked in the head than wearing something as silly-looking as that helmet. Wright, lucky boy that he is, got to do both.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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Apple has appeared on Interbrand's Best Global Brands ranking since 2000, when the ranking debuted. In 2000, Apple ranked number 36 and had a brand value of $6.6 billion. Today, Apple's brand value is $98.3 billion – almost 15 times the amount of its brand value in 2000. Apple's meteoric rise in brand value can be attributed to the way it has created a seamless omnichannel experience for customers. By keeping consumers at the center of everything it does, Apple is able to anticipate what they want next and break new ground in terms of both design and performance. With 72 million Macs in use and record-breaking sales of both the iPhone and iPad, Apple has made history by unseating Coca-Cola and becoming Interbrand's most valuable global brand of 2013.Picture: AFP


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Oddball wrote: From what I read a micro (depending on who you ask) is not good for long descents.
Oddball wrote:Have also read about adjusting the bars, which in my many descents have never done.
Oddball wrote: I still have to feed rope to my rack and is the primary way I control speed.
Oddball wrote:So the main question is using my hyperbars am I actually adjusting the first 2 bars by the way I feed rope in?
Oddball wrote:And if i'm not planning on descending 200 ft a min where heat could become an issue, why do i need a long rack instead of my mirco?
Oddball » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:49 am
For this drop I do not use the hyperbar because my full body weight is not put onto the rope and tends to be difficult to descend at all (and the decent is only around 15 foot.)
yvonnedroms wrote:Another option for descending a 15-foot slope (or a longer one, as long as it's angled, and not vertical) is to use 2 bars plus the hyperbar on a microrack. You'll find it works very smoothly. Make sure no part of the slope is fully vertical, though, or you may not have enough friction in that case.
Adam Byrd wrote:Oddball » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:49 am
For this drop I do not use the hyperbar because my full body weight is not put onto the rope and tends to be difficult to descend at all (and the decent is only around 15 foot.)
To negotiate a 15' slope, consider a Munter hitch on a pear-shaped 'biner or another device with less friction like a Figure 8. An arm rappel might also suffice on low angle terrain.
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Thanks for the input but 20 feet from the drop I was talking about is the 250ft pit.... So while i am in my gear may as well use it. although I do know another cave that may be useful for an arm reppel or Munter hitch (war eagle)...
thanks for the input
Chads93GT wrote:You can do 800' on a micro rack. It was done two weeks ago in west Virginia. However. Not recommended.
Claff wrote:Oddball wrote:
Are you referring to the entrance drop in War Eagle? If so, I would strongly recommend you do not use a Munter Hitch or arm rappel. I don't recall the exact distance, but there's somewhere around 130ft of free hanging vertical after the flowstone slope. If it's some nuisance drop I don't know, please disregard.
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Milky Way cupcakes are the first cupcakes that I have made which feature two layers of frosting. Like Milky Way bars, Milky Way cupcakes are topped with a layer of luscious, chewy caramel and a layer of creamy milk chocolate. Does double frosting equal double pleasure? You bet!
The cake part of the Milky Way cupcakes is a chocolate malt cupcake with homemade chocolate malt nougat mixed into the batter. If you don't have the time to make homemade chocolate malt nougat, you can leave it out and the Milky Way cupcakes will still be superstars (stars in the Milky Way galaxy, of course). I opted to make the Milky Way cupcakes as minis so that the cake to topping ratio would be closer to the nougat to topping ratio in an actual Milky Way bar. This worked really well, but if you prefer, you could certainly make them as full-sized cupcakes.
Why Milky Way Cupcakes?
Remember when we raised over $3000 for FilterPure? Wasn't that awesome?! Well, as part of that fundraiser, I had said that anyone who donated over $200 would get a custom cupcake flavor designed especially for them. Jonathan (not my husband – another Jonathan) donated $200 and gave the custom cupcake as a birthday gift to his sister, Sarah. People with the name Jonathan are the best! Sarah said that she'd love a Milky Way cupcake. The only Milky Way cupcakes she'd ever seen just had crushed Milky Way bars on top of a basic cake – lame-o! I hope she enjoys these. Happy Birthday, Sarah!
One last thing about Sarah: when I was emailing with her, I learned that she lives in London and is good friends with my cousin. Isn't it such a crazy small world? Maybe she'll bake these Milky Way cupcakes and share them with him and his family. I've never had a chance to bake him cupcakes so this would be a funny first way for him to try one of my creations. Sarah, if you do this, I must see a photo of the Milky Way cupcakes with my baby cousin Alice!
Milky Way Cupcake Recipe
For the chocolate malt cupcake, I used a modification of David Lebovitz's devil's food cake recipe. Here is the recipe with my modifications.
Milky Way Cupcakes
- 9 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 C cake flour not self-rising
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 C unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 1/2 C sugar
- 1 C malted milk powder plain malt flavor - not chocolate
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 C cream soda If you do not have cream soda, you could use coffee or water.
- 1/2 C milk
- 2 C crumbled chocolate malt nougat optional
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix cocoa powder, cake flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
- In another medium-sized bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, and malt until smooth and creamy.
- Add the eggs to the wet mixture one at a time until fully incorporated.
- In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, mix together the cream soda and milk.
- Stir half of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, then add the soda and milk. Finally, stir in the other half of the dry ingredients.
- Fold in the nougat.
- Divide batter evenly between 48 mini cupcake liners (you could also use 24 regular cupcake liners).
- Bake at 350 F for 15 minutes (it would be about 30 minutes for full-sized cupcakes). The cupcakes should bounce back when lightly touched.
Caramel Recipe
Not all caramel recipes are alike. My favorite caramel recipe is the one that I used on my Southern caramel cupcakes. That one is harder (a little bit crunchy) than this one and has more of a pure sugar flavor. I also really enjoy my earthy, salty miso caramel. That caramel is on the other end of the moisture spectrum; not only does it not crunch, it drips (in a leaky faucet way, not an oozey, gooey way).
The caramel recipe that I used for the Milky Way cupcakes is not my top caramel, but it is the one and only caramel to use for Milky Way cupcakes. It is just like the caramel in Milky Way bars. It's the chewy kind of caramel that you see on every candy bar commercial – the kind that pulls like taffy if you break the bar in half. I found the recipe on Candy Bar Lab and only made one change to it, which I note below.
Caramel Recipe
- 1/3 C heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp salt The original recipe called for 1/2 tbsp. I wasn't sure if this was a typo or if it was intended to be a really salty caramel. I only put in 1/2 tsp.
- 1 C sugar
- 1/2 C corn syrup I use light corn syrup, which is not high fructose corn syrup.
- 1/2 C water
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter room temperature, cut into 1 tbsp pieces
- In a small bowl, mix the heavy cream and salt.
- In a small heavy-bottomed sauce pan on low heat, mix the sugar, corn syrup, and water with a whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Raise heat to high and boil mixture up to 315 F on a candy thermometer. Do not stir during this time. But do watch your pot VERY closely. I burnt my first batch by not paying attention. This prompted me to get a Maverick candy thermometer that beeps when the correct temperature is met. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds like the best thing ever!
- Remove from heat and swirl the pot gently. You'll notice the mixture start to darken a bit. The residual heat will bump the temperature to 320 F, the point of caramelization for sucrose.
- Drop the butter pieces into the pot and whisk vigorously until the butter is incorporated. Wear an oven mitt to protect your hands and forearms during this and the next step because the butter and cream both have water so they will cause the caramel to bubble up and release very hot steam.
- Pour in the salted cream and again whisk until blended.
- The caramel will thicken as it cools, but it should remain soft and gooey at room temperature.
- Spread onto room temperature cupcakes.


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It's no surprise that, after 59 years, Lyric Opera of Chicago knows how to throw a dazzling party. This spectacularly festive affair was a feast for the eyes as well as the palate. But for us opera goers—ogling the literati and glitterati—it was a sensational prelude to the musical feast of Otello and a promise of another magnificent season: Lyric Opera of Chicago 2013-14. Even the Lion of San Marco, the iconic symbol of Venice, was displayed in his golden splendor for the occasion. The evening was off to an exciting, enchanting, exultant start and the baton had not even been lifted.
Otello, the season's first opera, was nearly Verdi's last. Discouragement, self-doubt, and competition with Wagner dogged Verdi's progress. But, as we learned in the program notes, his librettist, Boito convinced him that he was "predestined" to interpret Othello. Today, Otello is widely regarded as one of the finest operas in the Italian repertoire—partly because it lacks Wagnerian pomp!
It also lacks Shakespeare's first act in Othello. Instead, Otello opens with the dramatic storm (complete with some somber phasing from his Requiem) of Act 2, setting us up emotionally for a highly charged evening of murder, deceit and intrigue.
What a perfect season opener! I have heard it said that Otello is so accessible, it would be a great first opera for an opera novice. I couldn't agree more. It is a perfect example of the power of operatic expression: the music communicates such powerful emotions, it almost doesn't need translation.
Moreover, the acting is so excellent—Iago is the very embodiment of evil. And, I must add, Todd Thomas, who understudied Iago's role and stepped in after Act One, was so outstanding—he just stepped on stage and became evil! When he walked on stage for the curtain call, the audience roared its approval.
Otello is so tragic. One explanation is his insecurity because he is not Venetian but a Moor. Racism is one of the elements of this conflicted drama and conceivably a factor that Iago used to manipulate Otello's self-doubt. Also, at that time, women were also considered to be promiscuous, so that could be a reason he questioned Desdemona's loyalty. Still, seeing them together so deeply in love and then her murder makes the whole ordeal more heart-rending.
Otello IS a great first opera. And it is a great season opener.
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Consider the magnificent works which follow in this sparkling season:
Opens October 15: Madama Butterfly––Puccini's tragic geisha makes the ultimate sacrifice for love.
Opens November 9: Parsifal—The sacred and profane vie for supremacy in Wagner's masterpiece.
Opens November 20: La Traviata––Paris's most alluring courtesan finally finds true love—but it's too late.
Opens December 10: Die Fledermaus––From Johann Strauss, Jr.––the world's most sparkling operetta and a favorite of Mahler!
Opens February 1: The Barber of Seville––Who's the guy to fix your love life? Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!
Opens February 22: Rusalka––In Dvořak's fairytale. A water nymph gives up everything to be human.
Opens March 5: La Clemenza di Tito––Everyone's out to get the Emperor in Mozart's emotion-packed drama.
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Policymakers, investors and economic forecasters are hoping that a sharp slowdown in economic growth last month was only a speed bump on an already bumpy road to recovery.
Because otherwise the ride could get a whole lot rougher.
Friday's jobs numbers showed that the economy produced a meager 54,000 new jobs in May with weakness across all sectors. The data capped a week of reports pointing to a sudden, unexpected slowdown in the recovery.Story: May employment report shows pace of job growth weakening
"It is now pretty clear that the economy ran into a brick wall last month," said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics.
Prior to this week most data had been pointing to a slow but steady increase in the economy's momentum. What took the wind out of the recovery's sails so suddenly, and will the doldrums last?
On top of the list is a surge in gasoline prices that has forced consumers to tighten spending on the rest of their household budget. Job growth in the retail, leisure and hospitality industries, which had been showing healthy advances, ground to a halt last month.
Floods and deadly tornadoes shut down some businesses in the southern half of the nation last month and may have depressed the jobs count. Some analysts also pointed to a slowdown in U.S. manufacturing because of a shortage of parts as Japanese suppliers continue to rebuild after a devastating earthquake in March.
The impact of those factors should dissipate in the summer and fall. Japanese suppliers are rebuilding faster than initial estimates suggested. In the past month, oil prices have fallen from a peak of $114 a barrel to under $100. Gasoline prices are beginning to ease off too; the average pump price is down 4 percent from a peak of $3.97 a gallon just two weeks ago.
Once those forces are no longer holding back growth, many analysts believe, the economy's underlying strength will restore momentum and get the recovery and job growth back on track.
There are troubling signs, though, that the recovery faces more fundamental, long-term threats. That list begins with the failure of Congress to give the Treasury legal authority to borrow enough money to pay all the government's expenses.Story: Why jobs no longer top Washington's agenda
On Thursday, a second major credit rating agency warned Congress and the White House that if they don't agree on a way to raise the nation's borrowing limit, the U.S. government could lose its top debt rating. Such a downgrade would likely force up interest rates and raise borrowing costs, creating a headwind strong enough to increase the risk of another recession.
"We don't have a very positive outlook for job creation in the next few months," said William Dunkelberg, chief economist at the the National Federation of Independent Businesses, whose members this week reported in a monthly survey that they're cutting back on hiring plans. "The big issue for us is confidence. We don't have any confidence in the leadership that they're going to solve this problem."
The solution itself could spell trouble. At roughly $1.5 trillion, the federal budget deficit represents about 10 percent of gross domestic product. Closing that deficit too quickly, with either deep spending cuts, tax increases or both, could send the economy back into recession. Spending cuts by cash-strapped state and local governments have already eliminated nearly 450,000 jobs since September 2008.Vote: What do you think is causing the sluggish labor market?
In May, state and local governments cut 28,000 jobs, the most since November, while private businesses hired only 83,000 new workers.
Perhaps the biggest force holding back the recovery is the housing market, still mired in its deepest downturn since the Great Depression. There was no improvement in May, as home builders sat on the sidelines for the fifth spring since the housing market collapsed in late 2006.
"In every cycle we have come out of, construction has always been a major factor in the recovery, going back to the end of World War II and even back to the '30s," former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told CNBC Friday. "This is the first time when construction has not come out of this."
The collapse of the housing market has stunted job growth for several reasons. Apart from begetting jobs directly in building trades, new home construction creates related jobs in fields such as real estate sales and mortgage lending. Growth in demand for home furnishings and appliances has also been hurt.
More broadly, falling home prices are robbing American consumers of their savings and weighing on consumer confidence. Home values are in free-fall in many parts of the country as lenders struggle to unload millions of foreclosed properties by sharply cutting prices. Housing industry analysts say that the foreclosure pipeline will take several more years to clear.
Even if the latest "pause" in job growth is temporary, the pace of hiring is expected to remain painfully slow. Economists are still debating why the current recovery has been so sluggish. But nearly two years after the recession ended, the rebound is far slower than past recoveries.
"This remains a horribly weak economic recovery. We're still looking at payrolls today that show 7 million fewer jobs compared to the peak of January 2008," said John Lonski, an economist at Moody's Capital Markets Group. "Until we make more progress on the jobs front, until we start to generate jobs at a rate of at least 300,000 to 350,000 per month, we're going to be disappointed with the pace of activity."
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Here's the news from Baseball America's Prospect Blog:
Reds' Lotzkar Fractures Elbow
Reds righthander Kyle Lotzkar, a 2007 supplemental first-round pick, has gone on the disabled list with a fractured elbow, which he suffered pitching for low Class A Dayton on Sunday when he had to come out during the third inning of his start in Quad Cities.
Lotzkar, 18, was the 53rd overall pick in last year's draft after shooting up draft boards when he showed a mid-90s fastball, a 78-82 mph curveball and a potentially plus changeup. This year, Lotzkar didn't join Dayton until mid-June, but his lively stuff was already showing through as he racked up 50 strikeouts and gave up only 29 hits in 37 2/3 innings over 10 starts in which he went 2-3, 3.58. He sometimes had trouble with his control, giving out 24 walks, but that was not unexpected coming from a young pitcher in his first full professional season.


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The architect of KiwiSaver, Sir Michael Cullen, has called for it to be made compulsory, with higher contribution rates, and taxed at maturity to bring down the cost of New Zealand Superannuation to future taxpayers.
In a speech to a conference in Wellington yesterday on long-term fiscal challenges, he said that as the number of people enrolled in KiwiSaver was already far higher than forecast "it is not a long step to make the scheme compulsory ... and over time gear it up to a level far closer to that planned in Australia". That scheme is funded by a payroll tax of 9 per cent of income, soon to rise to 12 per cent.
Cullen has had the Treasury model scenarios where KiwiSaver becomes compulsory from July 2016, with everyone signed up as they turn 18 and the opt-out provisions on auto-enrolment removed.
All remaining adults would be enrolled in 2020. Contribution rates would be lifted back to 4 per cent from employees and 4 per cent from employers, with the latter rising 0.5 per cent a year until reaching either 6 or 8 per cent.
Turning to how the costs to taxpayers of New Zealand Super might be reduced, while ensuring the retired continue to enjoy a guaranteed retirement income at least equivalent to today's level in terms of relativity to wages, Cullen had the Treasury model a one-off tax of either 10 or 15 per cent of the amount accumulated in a person's KiwiSaver account at age 65.
The proceeds would be put into the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, also set up by Cullen, to partially defray the cost of pensions to future taxpayers.
The tax would not be retrospective, that is, it would apply only to accumulations starting with the introduction of the compulsory scheme.
The various combinations - 6 or 8 per cent employer contributions with either a 10 or 15 per cent tax - all arrest the otherwise relentless growth in the cost of super by the 2030s. They reduce the cost by around 2 per cent of gross domestic product in 50 years' time.
An alternative, more politically problematic but delivering greater fiscal savings, would also make KiwiSaver compulsory and have the same contribution parameters. Instead of a tax upon withdrawal, it would require that half the savings be invested in an annuity.
If that yielded less than the guaranteed retirement income it would be topped up by the taxpayer.


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There are many recipes for Tater Tot Casserole, but this recipe by far in my favorite. There's nothing special about this recipe and it consists of your regular tater tot casserole ingredients, ground beef, tater tots, cream of mushroom or chicken -mushroom soup and cheddar cheese. Now I'm not going to claim that this recipe is better than your recipe, but I do add an ingredient that you won't find in in most tater tot casseroles. That ingredient is sour cream! I don't know why but I really think the sour cream makes all the difference and my family seem to like it.
Tater Tot Casserole
1 1/2 - 2 lbs. ground beef or ground turkey
1/2 - of a medium onion, diced
1 - 32 oz package froze Ore Ida crispy crowns or regular tater tots
1 - 10 oz can cream of mushroom or chicken- mushroom soup
1/2 - cup sour cream
1 - cup of milk or water
2 - cups shredded cheddar cheese
season salt, to taste
garlic salt, to taste
salt and pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef with the onions. Add the pepper, seasoning salt and garlic salt to taste. Drain off the grease.
Pour the ground beef mixture into the bottom on a 13 x 9 inch baking pan that has been lightly sprayed with non stick spray.
In a separate medium bowl mix together the soup, sour cream and milk.
Pour the soup mixture over on top of the ground beef layer spread evenly to cover the meat mixture. Top with tater tots and sprinkle the shredded cheese over the entire casserole.
Bake at 350 degrees uncovered for 30 minutes or until the casserole is bubbly and cheese is completely melted.
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|Mending Charm
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Mends broken objects
- "The Mending Charm will repair broken objects with a flick of the wand. Accidents do happen, so it is essential to know how to mend our errors."
- —An excerpt from the entry in Book of Spells.[src]
The Mending Charm[1], also known as the Repairing Charm[2] (incantation: Reparo) was a charm that could be used to seamlessly repair a broken object.
Casting and effectsEdit
The Mending Charm was effective at repairing most materials.[2] However, damage caused by certain rare, powerful curses was impossible to undo.[2]
The charm was suitable for use only on inanimate objects.[2] Use on living beings was entirely proscribed.[2] Serious scarring could result if it were cast on a person or animal in an attempt to heal wounds.[2]
While a properly cast Mending Charm was generally enough to fix an object, it seems less experienced casters might not succeed in returning liquids to broken containers.[3]
This charm does not seem to work on objects of powerful and complex magic, such as Vanishing Cabinets and wands. Draco Malfoy proved the former by having spent almost an entire school year to repair the damaged cabinet through other means, due to the complexity of the magical passage. For snapped wands, although this charm can repair the physical form, the magical capacity would be damaged beyond repair, causing the wand in question to fall apart once again; the sole exception goes to the Elder Wand, due to the strength.
This charm was invented by Orabella Nuttley, an employee of the Improper Use of Magic Office in the British Ministry of Magic, in or before 1754. She used her charm to repair the Colosseum after it had been accidentally destroyed. Thereafter, it became famous; this instance was recorded in Book of Spells, by Miranda Goshawk.[2]
There are various textbooks containing instructions for this spell, including The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1[1], although there is still a spellbook designated entirely to the teaching of this charm[4]. Due to its being a level one spell, it is likely taught in the first year.
- Albus Dumbledore[5]
- Bob Ogden[6]
- Harry Potter[7]
- Hermione Granger[8]
- Orabella Nuttley (Invented the spell)[2]
- Rubeus Hagrid (Failed)[7]
- Seamus Finnigan (Probably)[3]
- Associate of Garrick Ollivander
There is a similar spell, Oculus Reparo, which is used to repair eyeglasses; its history and relation to this spell apart from the etymology and effects are unknown[9].
Latin reparo meaning "to renew" or "repair".[10]
Behind the scenesEdit
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Harry Potter: Spells
- Pottermore (First identified as Mending Charm)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pottermore
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- ↑ Dictionary and Grammar Aid, University of Notre Dame, accessed 3-18-2008.
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Found this from Chiff&Fipple "Non- uilleannforum"
"Hello there,
Here I have a nice Gaita Gallega en Do. This is a Basadre set and the reason why I am selling it is because I already have too many pipes and I am not really using them at all. The sound is great!! The Puntero (chanter) DOES play 1 octave and a half. It only has one Drone which is the roncon (bass one) If you are interested, send me an email in here or in my personal email address at: docarrete(AT) gmail (dot) com
Here are two videos of me playing the set. The 1st one, I was in a hurry because the camera only had about 1 minute of space left, and that is why it was so fast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlid0-Ft ... re=related
The 2nd one, is a slower song in which you will be able to tell how the chanter can play in the second octave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyrd2kL8 ... annel_page
I am asking $650 USD OBO. To be honest, I am not sure how much they are worth, however, I know that Basadre was a good pipe maker!!!
diego Carrete
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Wilbraham, Massachusetts
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Wilbraham is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1763 and was previously called Springfield. It can be found in Hampden county and is a part of the Springfield registry of deed district. For more information, contact the county at 240 Springfield St., Wilbraham 01095. On the attached map, Wilbraham is shown as 18 in Hampden county.
For information about the state of Massachusetts see Massachusetts Family History Research.