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Catching Up With Brian K Vaughan & His New Comic Book SAGA
One of the most surprising announcements at this year's San Diego Comic-Con was that Brian K. Vaughan was returning to monthly comics in 2012 with Saga, a new SF/fantasy series featuring art by Fiona Staples. And…that's pretty much all we know about it.
Vaughan, who's proven damn good at keeping spoilers under wraps for Y: The Last Man, Runaways and his other books, proved equally tight-lipped as we attempted to extract information about his new project from him during an interview to generate some pre-solicitation buzz for the book. What we did get from him are some thoughts on why he's returning to monthly comics, what it's like working with Staples, why he went with Image, and the many, many, many recent comics he's read and enjoyed. From Vaughan's enthusiasm, it sounds like this is going to be a comics Saga to be reckoned with…Photo Credit: Kevin Knight,
CreativeSpacesBlog.comNewsarama: Brian, tell us something about Saga. Going by the material released so far, I can tell...there's a family. And it's in a SF/fantasy universe. And there's someone with ram's horns. Also, there should be a lot of big stuff happening on a large scale, if Dictionary.com's definition of "saga" hasn't lied to me. Anything new you can add that that assessment?
Brian K. Vaughan: It's also got boobs! Shiny robot boobs.
The series won't launch until next year, so right now, I just want to put the book on people's radars without giving away too much. I can say that it's a story about what it's like to start a family during a time of perpetual war, so it's both very personal and very political, but it's also got spaceships and dragons and the aforementioned robot boobs, so it hopefully won't be entirely boring and self-indulgent.
And the artwork is just so damn good. The color stuff that Fiona Staples has been doing is seriously like nothing I've ever seen in a comic. Killer letters and design work from Steven Finch, too. I'm excited to share pages with everyone, maybe when we're closer to soliciting our double-sized first issue. 44 pages of new worlds, new characters and new ideas.
Nrama: Why do you want to do this as a regular series as opposed to a series of GNs?
Vaughan: I just really missed monthly comics. I don't think anything connects with an audience as deeply as a long-form serialized drama, and much as I love television, I've always found a good ongoing comics series to be much more immersive. I'm thrilled Fiona was up for the challenge, too. Bring on the deadlines.Nrama: What led to your coming up with this concept? Did you and Fiona come up with it together, or was this an idea you initially had that she developed? What's your collaborative process like? Saga Promo Sketch Vaughan: I'd been thinking about this imaginary universe for a weirdly long time, but I never thought I'd tell a story set there. But then I became a father, and this whole epic story just racked into focus.
It was tough to find the perfect collaborator, but Steve Niles eventually recommended Fiona Staples from their book Mystery Society, and I knew she was perfect the second I saw her pages. Fiona and I talked on the phone about our influences and what our dream ongoing series might be like, and we clicked right away.
I sent her a sort of mini bible for the universe, and she immediately started sending back these amazing sketches that radically changed and always improved things. It's been a great partnership so far, Fiona's an ideal co-creator.
Nrama: You said this book was inspired in part by your having kids. Now, I don't want to get into your personal life too deeply, but this interested me because...well, you wrote Runaways which had a bit of a negative attitude toward parents, and you mentioned a few times that was fueled by your anti-authority attitude, just as Ex Machina was fueled by your cynicism toward politics.
So what I'm curious about is – how has having children, and consequently becoming an authority figure, but also a protector and provider, affected the perspective of your storytelling?
Vaughan: When I wrote Runaways, I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.
Seriously, having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it's for the better on both counts, but I guess we'll see.
Nrama: Even when you've had fantastic elements in your previous work, there was always a sense of internal logic to them – for example, the Staff of One in Runaways being unable to do the same spell twice. So I'm curious as to what type of research you've had to do for a story like Saga, if you're looking into, say, speculative scientific journals, or historical politics, or mythology or what.
Vaughan: Sorry, lovers of factoids, but I have done exactly zero hours of research for this book. It's just my meager life experience plus some crazy make-em-ups. But I'm also a huge nerd, so you can you can count on there being an obsessive amount of internal logic to all the wacky imaginary stuff.
Nrama: So I'm most curious about what drew you to a large-scale SF/fantasy story. Without necessarily talking influences, what are some of your favorite SF/fantasy stories and authors, and what do you feel is the fundamental appeal of these types of stories?Vaughan: Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of Star Wars. I love that movie unreservedly, but I also wish that some of the people who complain and obsess about every alteration George Lucas makes to those movies would maybe just create their own universes instead, like Lucas did after he got tired of re-watching all those Flash Gordon serials.
"Science fantasy" has always been a great genre for telling spectacular escapist adventures, but I hope we can do something a little different with Saga.
Nrama: So there's a lot of companies who would want to publish your new book. Image is a place where, to be blunt, you're putting it all on the line –it's hardcore creator-owned, with a lot of the promotion and success of the book squarely on you. But along with you, it's managed to attract and maintain creators like Robert Kirkman, Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer and Scott Snyder and maintain their presence even as they've achieved more mainstream success. What do you feel draws creators to this company?
Vaughan: Well, I came to Image because those guys are there, so maybe this is all just some giant pyramid scheme? I don't know, any company that can publish books as diverse as Red Wing, Invincible and Orc Stain is okay by me.
I'm at Image because of how cool Eric Stephenson and Robert Kirkman have been to Fiona and me, and how supportive I've seen them be to other creators like Near Death's Jay Faerber, who's been yelling at me to try something truly independent and creator-owned with Image for years. I'm nervous, but excited, too.
Nrama: For that matter, you're obviously passionate about creator-owned work, and while you've talked about this in the past, I figure it never hurts to remind readers what it means to you to do your own characters, and for fans to support this type of work.
Vaughan: Actually, I don't think people should support work just because it's creator owned. There are some pretty shitty creator-owned books out there. That said, I do think writers and artists tend to do their best work on creator-owned books because nothing is as creatively, emotionally, and – surprisingly – financially rewarding as working on characters that you helped bring into this world.
But I also think Mike Costa's Cobra is one of the best comics being published today, and a licensed book about evil toys from my childhood is pretty much the opposite of creator owned, so I'm not a fundamentalist. Good work is rare, so support it wherever you find it.
Nrama: What all in comics right now are you enjoying – specific books, creators, reprints, etc.?Vaughan: So many great books right now, beyond the Image guys I already sucked up to. I think Julia Wertz is awesome, I was crazy about Drinking at the Movies. Chester Brown's Paying For It was astounding.
Love the updated Dark Horse Presents, especially new Concrete. Dave McKean's Celluloid was pretty hot. Ignition City was Warren Ellis at his very best. Mark Waid is destroying on Daredevil with Rivera and Martin, same with Bendis and Maleev on Moon Knight.
Spaceman from Azzarello and Risso looks like my dream comic. Can't wait for more Tomasi and Gleason and that little shit Damian on Batman & Robin. Still loving Locke & Key, Northlanders, The Boys, Kick-Ass, Scalped. Neonomicon!
I thought Acme Novelty Library #19 was the best comic of all time until I read #20. I'm forgetting so many.
Nrama: For that matter, what's your take on the current state of comics and what would you like to see more of in the industry?
Vaughan: Seems like the industry is in huge trouble, but the medium is in great shape. It actually feels a lot like it did when I broke into comics fifteen years ago, when the market was contracting but the artform was really starting to expand again. Times will be hard for the average creator and retailer, so whatever you do, don't be average.
What would I like to see more of? I guess it would be cool if Neil Gaiman came back to monthly comics for a year or two, but he's certainly not my bitch, so I'll happily settle for more young creators making more new things.
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Brian K. Vaughan's Saga with Fiona Staples begins at Image in 2012.


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RV park and campground owners and operators are urged to register now for the 2nd World RV Conference with the event nearing capacity and the registration deadline approaching.
Hosted by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), the 2nd World RV Conference will take place Jan. 17-20 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel in Tampa, Fla.
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Geographers figured out which U.S. counties are the most greedy, gluttonous and slothful.
Which parts of America are most doomed for a fiery afterlife? Back in 2009, geographers from Kansas State University mapped it out, using clever proxies for greed, sloth, gluttony, lust, jealousy, et al. Below, a look how their maps turned out:
Greed was calculated by comparing average incomes with the total number of inhabitants living beneath the poverty line.
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What is Kawasaki Syndrome?
What causes Kawasaki Syndrome?
Who gets Kawasaki Syndrome?
How does Kawasaki Syndrome cause disease?
What are the common findings?
How is Kawasaki Syndrome diagnosed?
How is Kawasaki Syndrome treated?
What are the complications?
How can Kawasaki Syndrome be prevented?
What research is being done?
Links to additional information
Marsha Anderson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
Children's Hospital and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
Mary P. Glode, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado<
Kawasaki Syndrome is an illness that occurs in young children between the ages of
6 months and 12 years, with the average age being from 1 to 2 years. The illness
was originally described in Japan in 1967 by a pediatrician named Dr. Tomsaku Kawasaki.
He called the illness "Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome" because the disease involved
the skin, the mucus membranes (i.e., lips, tongue, mouth, and eyes), and often the
swollen lymph nodes in the neck.
The illness was first described in the United States in the early 1970s, and several
thousand cases are reported each year to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The
disease involves inflammation of the eyes, the lips, the throat, and the skin. It
also causes inflammation of the blood vessels within the body. The inflammation
of the blood vessels can particularly affect the coronary arteries, resulting in
weakening of the artery wall and formation of coronary artery aneurysms.
The cause of Kawasaki Syndrome remains unknown despite research to identify the
cause. The illness appears to be an inflammatory/infectious disease since it involves
a high fever and a rash, and it occurs suddenly in otherwise healthy children. Blood
tests show a high white blood cell count, and other laboratory tests that measure
inflammation also are elevated, suggesting either a bacterial infection or a bacterial
toxin. Some experts feel that a virus or other infectious agent may cause the disease.
This disease occurs in otherwise healthy children and most often strikes children
between the ages of one and two years. It can occur in children of any ethnicity;
however, there is a higher incidence of this disease in children of Asian ancestry,
whether or not they live in the United States or in Asia. Hispanic children and
African-American children have a higher incidence of this disease than Caucasian
children. The reason for these differences is not known at the present time.
Currently, it is believed that the symptoms of this disease are caused primarily
by the body's inflammatory response to the unknown agent that causes Kawasaki Syndrome.
The damage to the coronary arteries that may occur could be the result of some direct
action by the microorganism or the toxin, or it may be due to the body's immune
response to whatever causes Kawasaki Syndrome.
Usually, the illness begins abruptly, with the onset of a high fever. In untreated
cases, the average duration of the fever is 10 days, much longer than is usually
seen in a viral infection. Within a day or two of the fever, the child develops
red, "bloodshot" eyes and red, cracked lips. A parent may notice a swollen lymph
node in the neck.
The child also develops a blotchy, flat rash over the body. The rash may be very
red and intense in the diaper area. The palms and the soles become bright red, and
the hands and the feet may be swollen. Often, the child is very irritable and difficult
to console. Vomiting and diarrhea also can occur; however, they are less common
than the fever, the rash, the red eyes, the red lips, and irritability. Fourteen
to 21 days after the start of the illness, parents may notice peeling of the hands
and the feet.
Since the cause of Kawasaki Syndrome is not known, there is no blood test that proves
that the patient has Kawasaki Syndrome. It is a clinical diagnosis, and the doctor
must try to prove that the patient does not have any other condition that would
require other therapy. There are many other causes of a rash and a fever in children;
therefore, the diagnosis of Kawasaki Syndrome can be very difficult. Viral infections
(including measles) can mimic this disease, as can reactions to antibiotics and
other medications.
An allergic reaction to a medication can produce both a fever and a rash. Certain
bacterial infections, such as scarlet fever and toxic shock syndrome, also can mimic
Kawasaki Syndrome. The diagnosis of Kawasaki Syndrome should be considered when
the clinical findings are present, the blood tests suggest significant inflammation,
and no other cause of the findings can be found. A pediatric infectious disease
specialist and a pediatric cardiologist should evaluate children who are suspected
of having Kawasaki Syndrome.
Although the cause of this disease is not known, an effective treatment is available.
IVIG (intravenous gamma globulin) reduces the signs of inflammation in the body
and reduces the risk of development of coronary artery aneurysms. Before IVIG was
used for this disease, the risk of development of coronary artery aneurysms was
approximately 20%.
If IVIG is given within the first 10 days of the onset of Kawasaki Syndrome, this
risk has now been reduced to between 2% and 4%. High dose aspirin also is used initially
to reduce inflammation. Low dose aspirin is used in the later stages of the disease
to prevent any clots from developing in inflamed blood vessels.
In most children who are treated with IVIG, there are no complications. The fever
and the rash disappear, and the child returns to normal within one to two weeks.
Peeling of the fingers and the toes occurs in children whether or not they are treated
with IVIG. If a child develops coronary artery aneurysms, he/she will need to be
followed by a pediatric cardiologist, and may require long-term aspirin therapy
or other cardiac medications.
Since this is a relatively new disease, long-term follow-up on children (from 30
to 50 years) is not yet available. The short-term follow-up suggests that children
who recover from Kawasaki Syndrome and who have no cardiac abnormalities remain
healthy, active children.
Kawasaki Syndrome cannot be prevented. If a cause of the disease is identified,
it may be possible to develop a vaccine.
Research on Kawasaki Syndrome is being conducted in the United States, in Japan,
and in many other countries around the world. Kawasaki Syndrome has been reported
from all continents. Hundreds of thousands of cases have occurred in children in
Japan. Research focuses on the possible cause of Kawasaki Syndrome, and on new therapies
for children who do not respond to IVIG.
There are numerous Web sites that can be found by searching under "Mucocutaneous
Lymph Node Syndrome" and under "Kawasaki Syndrome" or "Kawasaki Disease."
Bradley, DJ, Glode, MP. Kawasaki disease: the mystery continues. West J Med 1998;168:23-9.
Taubert, KA, Shulman, ST. Kawasaki disease. American Family Physician 1999;59,11:3093-3102.
About the Author
Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Disease
Specialist at the Children's Hospital and University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center in Denver, Colorado.
Dr. Glode is an international expert on Kawasaki Disease. She is a Professor of
Pediatrics and Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital
and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.
Copyright 2012 Marsha Anderson, M.D., All Rights Reserved
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I received this product to review so sooo very long ago. I've really been putting it through the ringer before I did my review. I wanted to be able to deliver a solid review to y'all. And so bam – here we go. Another BB Creme. Just about every brand that considers themselves to be somethin' have come out with a BB Creme. Quite frankly, I'm over it. But if there is one to be excited about, it's this one. And for one main reason…
The shade selection is brown girl-friendly! Finally, right? Brown girls everywhere have been hesitant about jumping on the BB Creme bandwagon because come on – most brands seem to neglect shades for those of us with darker hues. I realize that BB Creams weren't created with those with dark brown skin in mind so I don't take too much offense to it. But since it has become relatively popular here in the States, it was only a matter of time before a brand that produces products for brown folx would come out with a BB Cream. And so Iman's Skin Tone Evener BB Crème SPF 15 was born.
First, let's rap about what this product SAYS it's supposed to do:
- EVENS with Skin Tone Evener Complex enriched with Acai, Licorice and Grape Seed
- PROTECTS with SPF 15 & antioxidants.
- HYDRATES with Kokum, Almond, Aloe and Vitamins A, E and C
- COMPLIMENTS your skin tone with a hint of color in 5 perfect-match shades
Decent and and achievable claims, I'll say. I do like that this one is paraben-free and the hydrating properties are great for those of us with dry skin. Consistency-wise, this one seems to be a bit thicker and not as watery as some BB Creams that I've tried. In fact, it leaned more on the tinted moisturizer side than anything.
There are 6 shades to choose from – Sand Light, Sand Medium, Clay Medium, Clay Medium Deep, Earth Medium and Earth Deep. I was Earth Medium and it seemed to be a decent match.
Perfect? Not really because I noted a bit of redness when it was on my skin.
-I love the shade ranges.
-It has a lightweight feel to it.
-It's fragrance-free.
-Application is simple as I found it smooth enough to apply all over using my fingers.
-The price point is a bit UP there considering it's a drugstore BB cream. It retails around $19.99.
-It didn't seem to last that long on me. Within hours it seemed to have dissipated a bit. A powder on topped seemed to help it last a bit longer.
-May be difficult to find. Your best bet is to order online at Target.com.
In this pic I have the BB Creme on just the left side of my face.
The BB Creme added a bit more color to my face but I don't know…does it look a little TOO warm? Also, my dark spots didn't cover up as much as I would have liked them to…
But does it work well in a pinch? Yuuuup. I have this BB Creme tucked away in my travel bag and find that this baby plus a powder is perfect for daytime and nighttime wear. So yes, I'm a fan!
The Beauty BasicsPrice: Between $18-$20
Availability: Target.com and ImanCosmetics.com.
Do I Recommend?: Yep! Especially for my gals who've been looking for BB Creams for their complexions. Chances are if you are a brown girl, one of these shades will fit you beautifully.
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The life of the world is nothing but a game and a diversion. The abode of the hereafter-that is truly Life if they only knew. (Surat al-'Ankabut, 64)
He Who created death and life to test which of you is best in action. He is the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving. (Surat al-Mulk, 2)As the verse above explains, Allah placed man temporarily in this world to test him. He tests us with what we experience in life; He creates this life in order that believers may be distinguished from the non-believers, and by which they may be purified of evil, and worthy of the reward of Paradise. In other words, the world is merely a testing-ground where we can earn the good pleasure of Allah.
You who believe! Heed Allah and let each self look to what it has sent forward for Tomorrow. Heed Allah. Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat al-Hashr, 18)
They say, "There is nothing but our existence in the world. We die and we live and nothing destroys us except for time." They have no knowledge of that. They are only conjecturing. (Surat al-Jathiyya, 24)
On the day We gather them together-when it will seem if they had tarried no more than an hour of a single day... (Surah Yunus, 45)
On the Day the Last Hour arrives, the evildoers will swear they have not even tarried for an hour. That is the extent to which they are deceived. (Surat ar-Rum, 55)
On the Day when those who were disbelievers are exposed to the Fire: "You dissipated the good things you had in your worldly life and enjoyed yourself in it. So today you are being repaid with the punishment of humiliation for being arrogant in the earth without any right and for being deviators." (Surat al-Ahqaf, 20)
A wise man is the one who calls himself to account (and refrains from doing evil deeds) and does noble deeds to benefit him after death; and the foolish person is the one who subdues himself to his temptations and desires and seeks from Allah the fulfilment of his vain desires. (Tirmidhi)
As for those who do not expect to meet Us and are content with the life of the world and at rest in it, and those who are heedless of Our Signs, their shelter will be the Fire because of what they earned. (Surah Yunus, 7-8)
Do they not see that they are tried once or twice in every year? But still they do not turn back. They do not pay heed. (Surat at-Tawba, 126)
If anyone desires to cultivate the hereafter, We will increase him in his cultivation. If anyone desires to cultivate the world, We will give him some of it but he will have no share in the hereafter. (Surat ash-Shura, 20)
In His verses, Allah urges people to desire the hereafter, since it is better and longer lasting. (Surah Ta Ha, 131)
There is good news for them in the life of the world and in the hereafter... (Surah Yunus, 64)
|Recent researches reveal that it is impossible for the bent ape skeleton fit for quadripedal stride to evolve into upright human skeleton fit for bipedal stride.
Lord Solly Zuckerman is one of the most famous and respected scientists in the United Kingdom. For years, he studied the fossil record and conducted many detailed investigations. He was elevated to the peerage for his contributions to science. Zuckerman is an evolutionist. Therefore, his comments on evolution can not be regarded as ignorant or prejudiced. After years of research on the fossils included in the human evolution scenario however, he reached the conclusion that there is no truth to the family tree in that is put forward.
Zuckerman also advanced an interesting concept of the "spectrum of the sciences", ranging from those he considered scientific to those he considered unscientific. According to Zuckerman's spectrum, the most "scientific"-that is, depending on concrete data-fields are chemistry and physics. After them come the biological sciences and then the social sciences. At the far end of the spectrum, which is the part considered to be most "unscientific", are "extra-sensory perception"-concepts such as telepathy and the "sixth sense"-and finally "human evolution". Zuckerman explains his reasoning as follows:
We then move right off the register of objective truth into those fields of presumed biological science, like extrasensory perception or the interpretation of man's fossil history, where to the faithful anything is possible - and where the ardent believer is sometimes able to believe several contradictory things at the same time.1
Robert Locke, the editor of Discovering Archeology, an important publication on the origins of man, writes in that journal, "The search for human ancestors gives more heat than light", quoting the confession of the famous evolutionist paleoantropologist Tim White:
We're all frustrated by "all the questions we haven't been able to answer."2
Locke's article reviews the impasse of the theory of evolution on the origins of man and the groundlessness of the propaganda spread about this subject:
Perhaps no area of science is more contentious than the search for human origins. Elite paleontologists disagree over even the most basic outlines of the human family tree. New branches grow amid great fanfare, only to wither and die in the face of new fossil finds.3
The same fact was also recently accepted by Henry Gee, the editor of the well-known journal Nature. In his book In Search of Deep Time, published in 1999, Gee points out that all the evidence for human evolution "between about 10 and 5 million years ago-several thousand generations of living creatures-can be fitted into a small box." He concludes that conventional theories of the origin and development of human beings are "a completely human invention created after the fact, shaped to accord with human prejudices" and adds:
To take a line of fossils and claim that they represent a lineage is not a scientific hypothesis that can be tested, but an assertion that carries the same validity as bedtime story-amusing, perhaps even instructive, but not scientific.4
What, then, is the reason that make so many scientists so tenacious about this dogma? Why have they been trying so hard to keep their theory alive, at the cost of having to admit countless conflicts and discarding the evidence they have found?
The only answer is their being afraid of the fact they will have to face in case of abandoning the theory of evolution. The fact they will have to face when they abandon evolution is that man has been created by God. However, considering the presuppositions they have and the materialistic philosophy they believe in, creation is an unacceptable concept for evolutionists.
For this reason, they deceive themselves, as well as the world, by using the media with which they co-operate. If they cannot find the necessary fossils, they "fabricate" them either in the form of imaginary pictures or fictitious models and try to give the impression that there indeed exist fossils verifying evolution. A part of mass media who share their materialistic point of view also try to deceive the public and instil the story of evolution in people's subconscious.
No matter how hard they try, the truth is evident: Man has come into existence not through an evolutionary process but by having been created by God. Therefore, he is responsible to Him.
1 Solly Zuckerman, Beyond The Ivory Tower, New York: Toplinger Publications, 1970, p. 19.
2 Robert Locke, "Family Fights", Discovering Archaeology, July/August 1999, p. 36-39.
3 Ibid.
4 Henry Gee, In Search of Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life, New York, The Free Press, 1999, p. 126-127.
Age: 156 to 150 million years old
"O My Lord, You have granted power to me on Earth and taught me the true meaning of events. O Originator of the heavens and Earth, You are my Friend in this world and the next. So take me as a Muslim at my death, and join me to the people who are righteous." (Surah Yusuf, 101)
He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again—do you see any gaps? Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted! (Surat al-Mulk, 3-4)
Say: "Am I to take anyone other than Allah as my protector, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and Earth, He Who feeds and is not fed?" Say: "I am commanded to be the first of the Muslims" and "Do not be among the idolaters." (Surat al-An'am, 14)
Their Messengers said: "Is there any doubt about Allah, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and Earth? He summons you to forgive you for your wrong actions and to defer you until a specified time." They said: "You are nothing but human beings like ourselves who want to debar us from what our fathers worshipped; so bring us a clear authority." (Surah Ibrahim, 10)
The distribution of Atlas of Creation to many institutions in France... There is not a single intermediate fossil... If saying, "I am against Darwinism" can get one fired from a university, then we can't speak of science... Is Darwin responsible for all the modern wars in the world?... Atlas of Creation had an "atomic bomb effect."... Fearing an idea only makes that idea stronger... Darwin was the person who influenced Hitler... Today, we have hundreds of fossils dating back to millions of years, which have not gone through the slightest change... How many volumes will there be?... Creationists in the United States do not have as strong a structure as is believed...
One of the major reasons why people feel a profound sense of attachment for life and cast religion aside is the assumption that life is eternal. Forgetting that death is likely to put an end to this life at any moment, man simply believes that he can enjoy a perfect and happy life. Yet, he evidently deceives himself. The world is a temporary place specially created by Allah to test man. That is why it is inherently flawed and far from satisfying man's endless needs and desires. Every attraction existing in the world eventually wears out, becomes corrupt, decays and finally disappears. This is the never-changing reality of life. This book explains this essential nature of life and leads man to ponder the real place to which he belongs, namely the Hereafter.


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Father's Day is rapidly approaching, and that means we are on the search for that perfect gift. Dad's are always thought of as being so 'practical' and 'simple' however they are the most complex person to shop for. You need a gift that screams simplicity but intricate enough to where he will get the most use of the gift itself-something 'outside the box', but yet up-to-date and modern. Well look no further below we have selected our favorites that will make shopping for that important man in your life so effortless.
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For the man on the go IGO's portable and rechargeable Power Trip backup battery pack provides his iPhone, BlackBerry, tablet, and other mobile devices with a full day of talk time, web browsing, camera use, and more without the need for wall outlets or a stationary power source. For an added bolt of juice IGO's new Lightning Car Charger 2.4A delivers the quickest, most powerful charge on the market to date, providing an unprecedented 2.4 Amps/5 Volts of power, and is one of the few chargers compatible with all Apple Lighting products.
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iGO has been a leader in the mobile accessories industry since 1995, and offers premium power solutions for laptop computers and electronic mobile devices for that individual that is constantly 'on the go'. The products enhance the possibility of living life fully charged. iGO's universal chargers, batteries, and audio accessories offer revolutionary support and performance that elevates the mobile consumer experience across all pursuits and passions. iGO is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona with offices in Los Angeles, the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong.
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We love Christmas music at the North Pole. We listen to it all year long!
There are so many kinds of Christmas music!
There are great hymns and carols. There are Blues and Rock n' Roll Christmas songs (Elvis the Elf loves to sing those while making blue suede shoes!).
There is even Hip-Hop and Wrap music! Oops, I meant to say Rap music. The elves like to sing Wrap music when they are wrapping presents. Ho! Ho! Ho!
But, the elves like the silly Christmas songs the best! They think it is really funny that someone wants a hippopotamus for Christmas!
Mrs. Claus likes this silly song the best. She says it is a good song for too many people at Christmas! 🙂
Merry Christmas!
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P.S. Do silly Christmas songs make you just go nuts at Christmas? (You can leave a message for me. Or, scroll down to see what others have written!)


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Might as well get this started with some week 2 matchups. I'm in a Yahoo fantasy league that is not a points per receptions league and have a pair of decisions to make:
Tight End
Owen Daniels vs. Tennessee
Jared Cook at Atlanta
I drafted Daniels to serve as my TE1, and he had a solid performance in week 1. Cook ended up on the waiver wire despite his monster week 1 performance and I scooped him up. Pundits suggest that Cook is primed to breakout in the Rams offense. Daniels is what is he is - he's solid during weeks that he scores a TD but he usually doesn't seem to haul in more than 50 or 60 yards receiving each week. Right now I'm leaning toward Cook.
RB/WR Swing Slot
Lamar Miller at Indianapolis
Eric Decker at New York Giants
Mike Williams vs. New Orleans
T.Y. Hilton vs. Miami
I started Miller in this spot in week 1, and he did nothing. Plus for some reason the Dolphins aren't giving him a full workload yet. Both Decker and Hilton also did nothing in week 1. Mike Williams hauled in a TD with 52 yards receiving. I'm leaning on giving Miller another shot, but I'd also like to hear some opinions (if any).


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Paula Abdul gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
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Earlier this week, it was reported that Madonna was spending $5 million of her own money on her Billboard Awards performance. As we saw last night, the money was for the tech – several Madonna holograms appeared alongside the "real" Madonna before bursting into digital confetti and…well…that's Madonna, she's always trying to try something new. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
The Billboard Music Awards are happening tonight. These awards don't really matter so, really, if you're watching, it's because of the performances. Taylor Swift is opening the show. Madonna is performing with Maluma. Read Full Intro
Thank you, Paula Abdul
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I want you to join me in being thankful for what Paula gave us last night. I want you to be thankful that someone came to give us the fun. To give us some pure joy. To remind us that these nights, they are for entertainment, for OUR entertainment. They tell you they want to celebrate their achievements, but they're incapable of celebrating them without an audience. Full Story
Weird stripe, faces that don't move, hot Brit host
This is, so far, what the US version of The X Factor is for me. The judges and the host are featured on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter. First thing I fixated on was that weird blonde stripe that seems to be running up Simon Cowell's head. Is it bad lighting? Why didn't they fix it? This is making me crazy. Full Story
Better find her a boyfriend
Simon Cowell has confirmed exclusively to Nikki Finke that Paula Abdul and Cheryl Cole are his choices to fill the remaining two spots on the US version of X Factor launching in the Fall. Both are currently negotiating their contracts. They've been trying to make Cheryl Cole happen for a long time now. Full Story
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Page Six is reporting that Jessica Simpson's pimp father Joe has been campaigning on behalf of his daughter to replace Paula Abdul's vacated seat at the judge's table on American Idol. Full Story
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Earlier this week, Paula Abdul made headlines for an interview with Ladies Home Journal during which she allegedly admitted, finally, to being addicted to prescription pills for chronic back pain and had to detox in rehab – revealing she could have killed herself the withdrawal sucked so hard. Needless to say, it came as no surprise. Full Story
Worst Grammy Hair: Paula Abdul
She could qualify for worst everything actually but we'll spread the hate around and focus, for now, on the 6 story apartment building attached to her head – a flagrant violation of the laws of proportion, if such a thing exists. And if it doesn't, it should. The problem is that the updo is the same size as her face, and since she's only, like, 5 feet tall, it's also almost the same size as her body. Full Story
Please Don't Take Her Pills Away!
When reality can no longer be counted on on reality tv, thank Xenu for a babbling fool like Paula Abdul. She's always good for unscripted drama. Unscripted drama is the smutty best. Big news this morning – last night on American Idol, the contestants performed twice. Due to a tight timeline, judging only happened after all competitors had delivered their first songs. Full Story
What's On Your Head?
Paula Abdul showed up at Lisa Kline last night and… well… see for yourselves. Can you identify the species on her head? Photos from Wenn.com Full Story
Trainwreck at the Superbowl?
This HAS to happen. It HAS to. TV Guide columnist, the brilliant Michael Ausiello, is reporting that Paula Abdul will perform at the Superbowl. And that it will be LIVE. Apparently Paula cut a new song with fellow judge Randy Jackson and has been rehearsing a new video. Even though it's been years since Paula's been anything but a judge on American Idol, even though on American Idol she can barely string together a sentence, even though she's loopy as sh*t… Paula Abdul, in front of millions and millions of people, on US television's biggest night, will take the stage. Full Story


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The last few weeks, I've been showing a simple USB HID device constructed with a Microchip PIC 18F2550. The entire project is downloadable here.
Last time, I talked about how your PIC code has to describe itself to the host PC using descriptors. There was one important descriptor I didn't mention though. At the very end of usb_descriptors.c is the HID class descriptor. The main purpose of this descriptor is to define the "reports" the device can send. Here's what Wikipedia has to say:
The USB HID class requires that every device describes how it will communicate with the host device in order to accurately predict and define all current and future human interface devices. During enumeration the device describes how its reports are to be structured so that the host device can properly prepare to receive this information.
The host periodically polls the device's interrupt IN endpoint during operation. When the device has data to send it forms a report and sends it as a reply to the poll token. Common devices such as keyboards and mice send reports that are well-defined by manufacturers such as Microsoft. When a vendor makes a custom USB HID class device, the reports formed by the device need to match the report description given during enumeration and the driver installed on the host system. In this way it is possible for the USB HID class to be extremely flexible.
The basic idea is that the HID device describes what it can send. That includes the amount of data and the expected range. For example, a three-button mouse might have a button item that can range from 0 to 7 (a bit for each possible switch).
There are some confusing terms used for these descriptors, but it is really simple once you get the code words in your mind. There are also some tools and documents that can help at http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/. The HID Descriptor tool on that page gives you a simple interface that can create the HID descriptor (it is a Windows program, but it runs under Wine).
For a simple device like this, however, it is easy to just define a usage page (meaning the type of device, like a mouse) and the associated reports.
Here's the code for the test device:
//Class specific descriptor - HID ROM struct{BYTE report[HID_RPT01_SIZE];}hid_rpt01={ { 0x06, 0x00, 0xFF, // Usage Page = 0xFF00 // (Vendor Defined Page 1) 0x09, 0x01, // Usage (Vendor Usage 1) 0xA1, 0x01, // Collection (Application) 0x19, 0x00, // Usage Minimum (0) 0x29, 0xFF, // Usage Maximum (FF) 0x15, 0x00, // Logical Minimum // (data bytes in the report may have minimum value = 0x00) 0x25, 0xFF, // Logical Maximum // (data bytes in the report may have maximum value // = 0x00FF = unsigned 255) 0x75, 0x08, // Report Size: 8-bit field size 0x95, 0x40, // Report Count: Make sixty-four 8-bit fields // (the next time the parser hits an // "Input", "Output", or "Feature" item) 0x81, 0x00, // Input (Data, Array, Abs): // Instantiates input packet fields based on the above // report size, count, logical min/max, and usage. 0x19, 0x00, // Usage Minimum 0x29, 0xFF, // Usage Maximum // any byte 0x91, 0x00, // Output (Data, Array, Abs): // Instantiates output packet fields. // Uses same report size and count as "Input" fields, // since nothing new/different was specified to the parser // since the "Input" item. 0xC0} // End Collection };
The second byte in the pairs above are the actual "arguments" for the specific field. For example, 0x19 is the "usage minimum" (the minimum value reported) and the value is 0. You'll notice that when you set things like counts and minimums, they don't do anything until you hit an input or an output "feature" (an 0x81 or 0x91). If you have several features (like the input and output above) with the same attributes, you don't have to set them twice.
The usage range and the logical range allows you to have raw data and engineering units in a report. The physical or usage range is the actual value in the units of interest (for a pointing device, for example, this might be in units of 1/1000 of an inch. The logical units are what the device actually sends, for example 00 to 0xFF. Either unit may have a sign bit.
In this case, the data is just a 64-byte (maximum) buffer of bytes (value 00 to 0xFF). So that's easy enough.
Earlier, I mentioned how a three button mouse might behave. A mouse report actually does look like this (in C):
struct { unsigned_byte buttons; byte x; byte y; };
If you want to see a step-by-step breakdown of how that would translate into a descriptor, check out Frank's Website.
Next time, I'll show you the actual code that makes the device work and then we'll wrap up with looking at some host code that talks to this simple device.


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New Hampshire ice climber fair after Crawford Notch fall
Eric Scoville falls at Frankenstein Cliffs
The condition of a New Hampshire ice climber who fell in Crawford Notch State Park in Hart's Location has been upgraded to fair.
The Department of Fish and Game says 55-year-old Eric Scoville was listed in critical condition after he was transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon following the Saturday afternoon fall.
Officials say Scoville, of New Boston, fell about 70 feet while climbing alone and un-roped at Frankenstein Cliffs.
Other climbers assessed Scoville's injuries, called for emergency response and carried him in a litter about a half mile to a parking area where he was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in North Conway from where he was flown to Dartmouth Hitchcock.
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|Room of Requirement
|Location information
Seventh Floor Corridor, Left Corridor, Hogwarts Castle, Scotland, Great Britain
- "It is a room that a person can only enter when they have real need of it. Sometimes it is there, and sometimes it is not, but when it appears, it is always equipped for the seeker's needs"
- —Dobby explaining to Harry Potter the abilities of the Room of Requirement[src]
The Room of Requirement, also known as the Come and Go Room[1], is a secret room within Hogwarts Castle, that only appears when a person is in great need of it. The room is thought to have some degree of sentience, because it transforms itself into whatever the witch or wizard needs it to be at that moment in time, although there are some limitations. For example, it cannot create food, as that is one of the five Principal Exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration. It is believed that the room is Unplottable, as it does not appear on the Marauder's Map, nor do its occupants, although this could simply be because James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew never found the room.
The room is located on the seventh floor in the left corridor of the Hogwarts castle and has a hidden entrance opposite the tapestry depicting the attempt of Barnabas the Barmy to teach trolls ballet. The way to open the room is to walk past it three times thinking about what you need, and the door will appear.
- "It's a proper hideout, as long as one of us stays in here, they can't get at us, the door won't open. It's all down to Neville. He really gets this room. You've got to ask it for exactly what you need—like, "I don't want any Carrow supporters to be able to get in—and it'll do it for you! You've just got to make sure you close the loopholes! Neville's the man!"
- —Seamus explaining the Room of Requirement[src]
It is advised that the users of this room be very specific about what they are looking for, as it has been shown that other people can enter the room and see what the occupant is doing if they know how the room is being used. The Inquisitorial Squad found the hideout of the D.A. in 1996 by knowing that the D.A. was in the room at the time. Neville Longbottom used this knowledge to create his hideout, as he specifically asked that the hideout be made unavailable to those who supported Alecto and Amycus Carrow.
History of useEdit
Dumbledore's mentionEdit
- "...I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamberpots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon - or when the seeker has an exceptionally full bladder."
- —Albus Dumbledore[src]
The first mention Harry Potter heard of this room was in 1994, when Albus Dumbledore told Igor Karkaroff of his discovery of a room full of chamber pots when he needed to go to the toilet. However, he was unable to find the room again later like many of those who stumble across the room.
Dumbledore's ArmyEdit
- Dobby: "Dobby knows the perfect place, sir! Dobby heard tell of it from the other house-elves when he came to Hogwarts, sir. It is known by us as the Come and Go Room, sir, or else as the Room of Requirement!"
- Harry: "Why?"
- Dobby: "Because it is a room that a person can only enter when they have real need of it. Sometimes it is there, and sometimes it is not, but when it appears, it is always equipped for the seeker's needs. Dobby has used it, sir, when Winky has been very drunk; he has hidden her in the Room of Requirement and he has found antidotes to Butterbeer there, and a nice elf-sized bed to settle her on while she sleeps it off, sir… and Dobby knows Mr Filch has found extra cleaning materials there when he has run short, sir, and -"
- Harry: "And if you really needed a bathroom, would it fill itself with chamber pots?"
- Dobby: "Dobby expects so, sir. It is a most amazing room, sir."
- — Dobby telling Harry Potter about the Room of Requirement[src]
In 1995, Harry Potter asked Dobby if he knew of a place where Dumbledore's Army could safely meet. Dobby told Harry of what the house-elves called the "Come and Go Room" or "Room of Requirement", which he had used to treat Winky after she had gotten drunk on Butterbeer, as the room filled with antidotes to butterbeer and an elf-sized bed for Winky to sleep off her inebriation. He also said that Argus Filch had found extra cleaning supplies in the room. During the first D.A. meeting, Fred and George Weasley revealed that it had once taken the form of a broom cupboard which they had used to hide from Filch.
- Hermione: "It's also known as the Come and Go Room. The Room of Requirement only appears when a person has real need of it and is always equipped for the seeker's needs."
- Ron: "So say you really needed the toilet..."
- Hermione: "Charming Ronald. But yes that is the general idea."
- — Hermione describing the Room of Requirement[src]
Harry and Dumbledore's Army used the room as their headquarters and practice area. Among the items provided by the room for the D.A. were Dark Detectors and shelves of helpful books such as A Compendium of Common Cures, The Dark Arts Outsmarted, Self-Defensive Spellwork, and Jinxes for the Jinxed. They were eventually discovered by the Inquisitorial Squad.
Second Wizarding WarEdit
During the 1997–1998 school year, Neville Longbottom and several other students used the room as a hideout to escape the wrath of the new Death Eater professors, the Carrows. The problem was the lack of food, as it was one of the exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration. So the hideout adapted by adding an eighth passage into Hogsmeade, connected to the Hog's Head pub, whose owner, Aberforth provided food. Also, this advantage allowed members of the Order of the Phoenix to enter the school to help fight off Lord Voldemort's attack, without setting off the Caterwauling Charm on the village.
Room of Hidden ThingsEdit
- "I virtually lived in the Room of Hidden Things all last year, I know how to get in."
- —Draco Malfoy to Harry Potter[src]
After Tom Riddle resurfaced as Lord Voldemort and had his second request of becoming Hogwarts' Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher denied by Dumbledore, Voldemort managed to sneak Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem into the room, as a means to hide one of his Horcruxes. Unlike the others, he did not have time to set up many powerful spells to protect it due to time constraints, but believed that he was the only one who knows of the room's existence, and that nobody would look for it.
Harry used the room in his sixth year to hide the Half-Blood Prince's copy of Advanced Potion Making. He found that many other students had used the room to hide a multitude of other objects, including the Vanishing Cabinet. Inside the cabinet in which he hid the book, Harry found a cage that contained the skeleton of something that had five legs.
Also in Harry's sixth year, Professor Trelawney attempted to use the room to hide her sherry bottles, but Draco Malfoy threw her out. Draco was using the room to repair the Vanishing Cabinet so he could smuggle Death Eaters into the castle via a matching Vanishing Cabinet in Borgin and Burkes. They did in fact use the room to penetrate the castle in 1997.
The Room of Hidden Things became inaccessible whenever the Room of Requirement was used for another purpose. As a result, during the Battle of Hogwarts, when the room was being used to provide passage to Hogsmeade and as a sanctuary, it had to be vacated of all people and "reset" before the Room of Hidden Things could once again be accessed.
The Room of Hidden Things may have had a special protection that prevented a Summoning Charm being used in it,[2] meaning students had to physically find what it was they were looking for. This was the case when Hermione attempted to summon Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, but failed, although this may be because the diadem was a Horcrux. She, Ron and Harry had to go searching for it instead. However, this protection may have been placed by Voldemort specifically for the diadem, as he took similar precautions for his locket horcrux. Tom Riddle believes that he, and only he, is the only person that ever discovered the deepest secret in Hogwarts. He never expected Harry to discover this chamber. Additionally, even House-Elves cannot Apparate into the room, meaning they have to know what to ask the room to become into in order to access it.
Skirmish in the Room of RequirementEdit
Later that same year, during the Battle of Hogwarts, it was used as an evacuation route to move the students away from the dangers that followed. Later, Harry realised that Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, was hidden in the Room of Hidden Things, as he has seen it in his sixth year while hiding his Potions book and had even picked it up without realising what it was.
As noted above, as long as the room was being used to maintain the passage to Hogwarts, the Room of Hidden Things couldn't be accessed. Harry, Hermione, and Ron cleared the room and accessed the Room of Hidden Things, where they were ambushed by Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. Crabbe let loose cursed fire that destroyed the Horcrux and many other objects, killing himself in the process. The entire room was turned into a sea of flames, and Ron wondered if the Room of Hidden Things could be accessed again due to the possibility of it being destroyed.
Harry Potter saw many things that other students had hidden in the room, including:
- Broken and damaged furniture, perhaps hidden to hide mishandled magic
- Thousands and thousands of books
- Flying catapults
- Fanged Frisbees
- Chipped bottles of congealed potions
- Corked bottles whose contents still shimmered evilly
- What looked like dragon eggshells
- Several rusting swords
- A heavy, bloodstained axe
- An enormous stuffed troll
- The broken Vanishing Cabinet that Graham Montague had gotten shoved in by Fred and George Weasley while attempting to take points away from Gryffindor during the 1995-1996 school year. Later repaired by Draco Malfoy.
- Hats, jewels, and cloaks
- A cage with a 5 Legger skeleton
- The lost diadem of Ravenclaw, made into a Horcrux
- The Half-Blood Prince's copy of Advanced Potion-Making
- A chipped old bust of an ugly warlock
- A few, heavy broomsticks
- A record turntable that "skipped"
- Human-sized chess pieces from one of the Philosopher's Stone's obstacles.
- A banjo
- A set of dominoes
- A statue of the first Headmaster of Hogwarts
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a mirror appeared. Whether it was the Mirror of Erised is unknown, but the Mirror of Erised did live there once.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Cornish Pixies were in the Room of Hidden Things.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 the cabinet that contained a Boggart can be seen. Also, the Flying Ford Anglia is used to make a bridge. Additionally, a panda is burned by the fiendfyre.
Behind the scenesEdit
- In the fifth film, Neville Longbottom found the Room of Requirement, since Dobby was cut from the film.
- In the sixth film, Harry and Ginny had their first kiss in the Room of Hidden Things, instead of the Gryffindor common room.
- In the eighth film, Gregory Goyle casts the Fiendfyre curse in the Room of Hidden Things, killing himself in the process, since Vincent Crabbe was cut from the two-part film. Also, Blaise Zabini is present at the fight. However Gregory Goyle is killed by grabbing a loose chair and falling into the fiendfyre unlike Vincent Crabbe.
- In the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game, the Room of Requirement can be found on the sixth floor, even though in one of the scenes in the game Harry says the room is on the seventh floor. In the fifth game, fifth film, and all the books, the room is on the seventh floor. Presumably this is because the first floor in Europe is called the second floor in the USA.
- The Room of Requirement is the main location of the Nintendo DS version of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, despite being introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- In the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone video game, the Room of Requirement is possibly mentioned by Albus Dumbledore, who was walking around the castle and found a room full of Chocolate Frogs. On another day, however, the room was filled with Fire Crabs.
- In the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire video game, the Room of Requirement is possibly mentioned by Albus Dumbledore, who was walking around the castle and found a room full of a fine collection of chamber pots. He said that he wanted to find it again.
- In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, in the Room of Hidden Things can been seen several objects from previous movies, such as:
- Some chess pieces from the giant Wizard's Chess Set from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- The Chinese lanterns used in Horace Slughorn's Christmas party in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- Several flasks containing seeds and dried fruits from the Potions Classroom.
- An Astrolabe-shaped object seen in Dumbledore's office.
- The gramophone used in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Professor McGonagall when introducing the students to the Yule Ball, constantly skipping a disc.
- Possibly the Mirror of Erised
- Several glass stands seen in Remus Lupin's office in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
- Several trophies from the Trophy Room.
- In the books, it is stated that to enter the room, a person must walk by the wall three times for the door to appear. In the film, Neville Longbottom walks by the wall only once when he finds the room.
- There is contradictory evidence as to Dumbledore's knowledge of the Room. Though he states to Karkaroff in Goblet of Fire that he only found the room once and did not know its true purpose, Pottermore reveals that Dumbledore found the Mirror of Erised in the Room. However, it is possible that he was being facetious, as saying he later found the Room's true purpose would ruin the point of bringing it up in the first place (that he didn't know all the castle's secrets).
- In the original script for the film adaption of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ginny claims to have been shown the Room of Requirement in her first year by Fred and George.[3] This cannot be considered canon, however, as Fred and George did not know of the nature of the room themselves until the Dumbledore's Army meetings in Ginny's fourth year.
- It is unknown if the Room of Requirement can still be accessed, as the Room of Hidden Things was heavily damaged by Crabbe's Fiendfyre sealing itself once Harry, Hermione, Ron, Draco and Goyle were out.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Possible mention, not named)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned, not named)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance) (First identified as Room of Requirement)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (DS and IPhone versions only).
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Battle of Hogwarts
- ↑ Half-Blood Prince script on the Internet Movie Script Database (archived here)


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Due to tough economic times and restructuring, sadly, the Queer Lounge will not have a physical "lounge" in 2011 in Park City during Sundance and Slamdance. Instead, Queer Lounge will be producing some of our signature events, including a film party for the Sundance midnight film, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same and the Sundance short film, AWOL, and our annual, Homos away from Home event. We will also be supporting and referring audiences to other LGBT events and films at the Festivals.
Our staff and volunteers will continue to do our best to support the visibility and awareness of LGBT-inclusive films and produce educational and professional networking events for the LGBT film community.
To all the filmmakers with LGBT-inclusive selections at Sundance and Slamdance: Congratulations. By making it into the top film festivals in the country, you have the power to influence. We're here for you, and thank you for all your good work.
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Stevens Institute of Technology Selected to Provide Systems Engineering Master's Program
Hoboken, N.J. – Stevens Institute of Technology today announced it was selected by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to provide an onsite Systems Engineering (SE) master's degree program to selected high-performing engineers, beginning in May 2012. SAIC made the selection after a six-month competitive process.
The SE master's program is designed to increase the systems engineering capabilities and skills of key employees and to equip them to more effectively address enterprise systems challenges, especially for large systems engineering and integration programs.
"This opportunity allows Stevens to demonstrate the quality of our Systems Engineering program and present our knowledge and leadership in systems engineering to grow the skill sets of SAIC engineers," said Michael Pennotti, director of systems programs in Stevens' School of Systems & Enterprises (SSE).
"We are looking forward to helping SAIC employees learn a critical competency – navigating and managing complex systems and enterprises," added Shobi Sivadasan, director of graduate academic operations for SSE.
A key feature of the program will be the opportunity for students who have completed five core courses to either continue with a general systems engineering curriculum or choose a concentration area which aligns directly to their business area. The four concentration options are Software Engineering, Systems Security, Enterprise Systems, and Logistics and Supply Chain Analysis. SAIC executives see the program as an excellent technical learning opportunity for their top engineers.
Stevens will deliver the program at SAIC facilities in McLean, Va., with live webcast to other company locations using Stevens WebCampus infrastructure. Upon completion of the program, participating SAIC employees will be awarded a master's degree from Stevens.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University™, lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master's, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,350 undergraduate and 3,600 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/news.


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Jck Dvy Presents Lo-F! - The Book
Jck Dvy is at the forefront of a reaction against the over-produced pop artists of today, harkening back to raw, spirited rock n' roll of the Stooges, Lou Reed, and Led Zeppelin. Her rise into the role of solo artist grew out of a period of artistic stagnation, coupled with the birth of her first child and the imperative to bring to light the new, raw sound playing in her head. This is the booklet that goes along with this amazing music release, full of pix, lyrics and a look into the creative mind of Jck Dvy.


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Famous Last Words: BP's Inside Game
In a rare display of emotion, Obama ranted for 20 straight minutes. The target of his anger wasn't BP but the press. He fumed that he was being unfairly portrayed as being remote and indifferent to the mounting crisis in the Gulf. "Hell, this isn't our mess," Obama railed.
Yes Obama, it is your mess. You are the President. You wanted the job and now you have it and a big part of that job, indeed the largest, is to make sure this country is running efficiently and smoothly and safely. Even as you came into office it was known that the Minerals Management Service, supposedly the protector of America's interests with regards to oil exploitation, was corrupt, lazy, and failing to enforce the existing safety regulations. Your first job, before that bible was even cold, should have been to start firing the governmental incompetents and replacing them with men and women who understood that they were not working for benefit of the oil companies (who dopnated so generously to your campaign), but the people of the United States.
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Maryland Assembly approves income tax hikes
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday gave final approval to a budget package that raises income taxes for some and splits teacher pension costs with local governments.
The House voted 77-60 on the measure raising taxes on single filers who make more than $100,000 and joint filers who make more than $150,000. That move ended a special session called by Gov. Martin O'Malley to avoid about $500 million in budget cuts. The Senate approved the measure Tuesday.
Delegates voted 86-51 for a separate bill to split teacher pension costs over four years and raise taxes on tobacco other than cigarettes.
The special session was needed because the General Assembly failed to pass the package during its regular 90-day session that ended last month.
"Unfortunately, we didn't get it done in a 90-day period of time, but I think everybody understood that we had to come back and do what we believed was in the best interest of the citizens of Maryland -- something that we worked on for a 90-day period of time," House Speaker Michael Busch, D-Anne Arundel, said.
Debate lasted more than two hours with loud and occasionally heated opposition from Republicans that prompted Busch to ask lawmakers to talk in a volume conducive to speaking indoors.
Democrats said the package was needed to avoid painful cuts to education, health and public safety.
"I support this legislation and I urge the body to do so as well, because it allows us to be fiscally responsible while still funding our shared priorities," Delegate Anne Kaiser said.
But Republicans said the so-called "doomsday" budget that went into place at the end of the regular session when the revenue package failed was a more responsible way to balance the budget, because it avoided tax increases they say will hurt business development and job growth.
"If that's doomsday, my friends, we need more of it -- and soon," said Delegate Herb McMillan, R-Anne Arundel.
Lawmakers are working to reduce an ongoing budget deficit of about $1.1 billion by about half. They plan to address the other half next year.
O'Malley, a Democrat, emphasized that the special session was needed to protect education, to keep college tuition affordable and preserve public safety.
"There were a lot of unpopular votes cast in the course of these last six years, but they're the right votes in order to keep our state moving forward," O'Malley told reporters after the session concluded.
The budget reconciliation measure will shift part of the teacher pension costs to local governments over a four-year period. The state now pays for all of the teacher pension costs.
Republicans argued that the shift will simply lead to even more tax increases at the local level.
"This is without a doubt a tax-me-now and tax-me-later plan," said Republican Delegate Richard Impallaria, of Baltimore County.
But Democrats say Maryland is one of the only states where the state pays the entire cost of teacher pensions, which they believe has grown to become unsustainable in recent years. Supporters of the pension split point out that the state nearly pays as much in teacher pension costs as it invests in higher education.
Tobacco tax increases would jump from 15 percent of wholesale to 70 percent on "little cigars." Taxes on smokeless tobacco such as snuff would rise from 15 percent to 30 percent. There would be no change on premium cigars.
The tax increases will affect roughly 14 percent of the state's top taxpayers:
--Single filers who make between $100,001 and $125,000 a year in taxable income and joint filers who earn between $150,001 and $175,000 a year would see their state income tax rate rise from 4.75 percent to 5 percent.
--Rates for single filers who make between $125,001 and $150,000 a year in taxable income would see their rate rise from 4.75 percent to 5.25 percent. The 5.25 percent rate would apply to joint filers who make between $175,001 and $225,000 a year.
--Rates would rise from 5 percent to 5.5 percent for singles who make between $150,001 and $250,000 annually in taxable income and joint filers who make $225,001 and $300,000 a year.
--Single and joint filers who make more than $250,000 a year would pay 5.75 percent.
The tax increases would raise an estimated $264 million in fiscal year 2013. It drops down to about $210 million in the fiscal year after that because the tax is retroactive in fiscal year 2013, spanning a year and a half.
State analysts estimate the tax increase on a joint filer with two children and $175,000 in taxable income would pay about $254 more in state and local taxes.
The General Assembly moved fast during the special session, which began on Monday.
O'Malley confirmed that another special session will be held this year to take up proposals to expand gambling.
Busch had blamed senators for the failure of a budget deal last month, saying they were too focused on approving gambling measures in the session's final days. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, D-Calvert, has denied that, saying there were big disagreements between the House and Senate on the tax package.


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Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
We have been growing at a steady rate the last several years, and we're looking for a new associate veterinarian.
Located in quickly growing city of McDonough, we are only 25 minutes from midtown Atlanta. The area has great shopping, dining and cultural attractions, including the Georgia Aquarium.
We are a full service veterinary practice including orthopedic and soft tissue surgery, digital x-ray imaging, cold laser therapy, and complete dental services. We also use a fully computerized electronic medical record and the AVImark practice management software. We offer patient wellness plans and extensive modern client communications.
The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, a great work ethic and a focus on customer service and quality care. All candidates who are willing to work with us to meet practice goals regardless of experience or interests are welcome. Due to an urgent relocation of an existing DVM we are looking for someone as soon as possible. 2019 graduates will also be considered and our plan had been to bring on another associate before we became short handed. Georgia DVM license required.
We are open 7 days a week. Our schedule is very flexible and we will work together to create a schedule of approximately 40 hours per week that works for all of our doctors. After hours emergencies are handled by the local emergency clinic. In our current schedule all doctors receive at least one regular weekday off each week and regular weekends off.
Salary is based on experience and abilities. Position offers health insurance, paid CE, liability insurance, and license/dues. Salary is paid on a ProSal basis. A base salary plus a commission for production in excess of your base salary.
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Comedian Rusty Rutherford has made it through some crazy gigs. Once he and a friend agreed to perform between two sets of a rock band. "It was a semi-biker crowd," the Albuquerque comic says by phone. "I went onstage and had my 10 minutes, started off slow—the audience just wasn't feeling it—progressively just started bombing and getting heckled." Rutherford says one really drunk woman at the bar was interrupting the most.
"And she was this big biker chick," he says, "and she kept yelling stuff at me." He went into the crowd, as he often does, to talk more intimately to audience members. The woman got in his face and demanded he leave. "For a split second I thought, Wait, does she actually work here?" he says. "Am I really getting thrown out?"
When he realized the bartender didn't know the woman, Rutherford asked the rock band's drummer to play a beat. Rutherford began to freestyle an insulting, silly rap about the drunken woman, making her angrier. "The whole time I was kind of thinking in the back of my head, I hope she punches me," the small-framed Rutherford says. "It'll be so funny if she just lays me out. I want it to happen." When the rap was finished, he says the crowd went wild, and the drunken lady left, embarrassed. "It ended up being the best thing that could happen."
This is the "anything goes" vibe of the Third Thursdays Comedy Contest, a stand-up comedy night Rutherford has hosted monthly, in venues around Albuquerque, since 2007. At each event, he does a short set to kick off the night and then 10 other comics take turns performing. The audience votes to determine the night's best three, and Rutherford invites these comics back the following month. He also schedules seven new performers. "That way it keeps it fresh," he says, "but we still get at least those three strong comics."
"The whole time I was kind of thinking in the back of my head, I hope she punches me."
Rusty Rutherford
Rutherford says that the stand-up scene in Albuquerque is taking off. "We have a really tight community that people like myself and Sarah Kennedy and Matt Peterson have all worked on making happen." Instead of being judgmental or jealous of each other, local comedians support each other. They get together outside of performances and brainstorm about increasing audiences. "We all have different viewpoints, different takes," Rutherford says. "We all have different strengths and weaknesses, you know, that's why it's awesome."
The reason he performs stand-up keeps changing, he says. He started to make people laugh. He didn't do political or social jokes. "Since then I've kind of evolved into trying to make people think as well," he says, "or trying to take stuff that pisses me off about society, or stuff I think needs to be changed or talked about or discussed that isn't, and using comedy as a vein for it." He says he still tells stupid jokes and isn't preachy, but now comedy for him is much more than just making the audience giggle.
Next up, Rutherford hosts the Third Thursdays Comedy Contest Anniversary Show, celebrating more than 30 previous bouts. The goal of the night is to stir up laughter and be provocative, and the performers have already been vetted for maximum audience enjoyment. They are the winners of all the Third Thursdays of the past year, so they're guaranteed to have chops. Sarah Kennedy, Matt Peterson, Curt Fletcher and Mike Long are a few of the featured acts. Regular followers of the city's stand-up scene or newbies who want to see what's so funny would be wise to check out Rutherford and gang. But fair warning: Only heckle if you're willing to get rapped about.


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Greg Norman trashed Tiger Woods earlier this week, claiming Rory McIlroy intimidates him and his time has passed.
Tiger, always reserved in the media, refused to step into the fray and fire back.
But Charles Barkley wishes Tiger would come out of his shell and mix it up with Norman.
Here's what he told a radio hosts Waddle and Silvy in Chicago yesterday (via Big Lead Sports):
I would like for him to just blast Greg Norman … That situation gave everybody a chance to dump on you, and [Tiger] still tried to take the high road. I'm not a high road guy. I want him to come out and really blast Greg Norman. I wish he would go ballistic on Greg … I wish I could put some of my blackness in him … like toughness … [I've been] arrested eight times for fighting … just because I'm Charles Barkley, you can't disrespect me … you just can't say anything to me anytime you want to …
Any way you slice it, equating blackness and violence is offensive. But the underlying message — that Tiger should be more open in the media because people feel free to take shots at him since they know he won't respond — is one shared by a lot of golf fans.
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Following the tragedies of September 11th, the Ad Council and Austin-based ad agency GSD&M sought to celebrate the ideals that keep this country strong by highlighting the nation's extraordinary diversity. Showing people of all ages, races and religions stating, "I am an American," the ads helped the country to unite in the wake of the terrorist attacks. On the air just ten days after the tragedies, the ads conclude with the American motto, E Pluribus Unum, or "Out of Many, One." The response to these PSAs received by the Ad Council from Americans all over the world was unprecedented.