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Rubeus Hagrid es un personaje ficticio en la serie de libros Harry Potter escrita por J. K. Rowling. Hagrid aparece por primera vez en Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal como un semigigante  que es el guardián de las llaves y los terrenos de Hogwarts, el escenario principal de las primeras seis novelas. En Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban, Hagrid es promovido a profesor de Cuidado de Criaturas Mágicas, y más tarde se convierte en un miembro de la Orden del Fénix.

Desarrollo del personaje
Hagrid está entre los personajes que Rowling dice que creó "el primer día". Ella explicó la fuente de su nombre como "otra vieja palabra inglesa, que significa — si tú fueras 'hagrid' — es una palabra dialectal — tendrías una mala noche. 'Hagrid' es un enorme bebedor — tiene muchas malas noches". En su artículo "Harry's Fame" ("La fama de Harry"), Rosemary Goring nota que el Bosque de Dean es una influencia en la obra de Rowling, y Hagrid es el único personaje que está "directamente extraído del Bosque de Dean". Ella también nota que Hagrid físicamente es "el modelo del capítulo galés de Hells Angels, que abatiría contra la ciudad y acapararía el bar, 'enormes montañas de cuero y pelo'".

El personaje de Hagrid y las conversaciones entre él, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley y Hermione Granger en su cabaña son expositivos a lo largo de la serie, debido al hecho de que el trío frecuentemente descubría cosas sobre Albus Dumbledore y Hogwarts hablando con Hagrid, ya que él tiene el hábito de decir cosas de más. También fue uno de los primeros personajes en implicar que la idea de pensar en magos como de "sangre pura" y "mestizos o hijos de muggles" es un concepto anticuado.

Rowling dijo en una entrevista que Hagrid estaba en la casa de Gryffindor durante su tiempo como estudiante. Cuando se hace dueño de una acromántula, él es expulsado de Hogwarts ya que se cree que su mascota es el "monstruo de Slytherin". Sin embargo, persuadido por Dumbledore (que en esa época era profesor de transformaciones), el director Armando Dippet acuerda entrenar a Hagrid como guardabosques, permitiéndole al muchacho permanecer en Hogwarts. Para el momento en que Harry asiste a Hogwarts, Hagrid es también el guardián de las llaves y los terrenos: lo anterior, de acuerdo con Rowling, significa "que te dejará entrar y salir de Hogwarts". Parte de su trabajo incluye llevar a los alumnos de primer año a través del río en botes, en su llegada inicial a Hogwarts.

Al discutir la muerte de sus personajes en sus libros, Rowling dijo que siempre supo que ella estaba "trabajando hacia el punto donde Hagrid cargaba a Harry vivo —pero supuestamente muerto— fuera del bosque". Ella dijo que había planeado desde muy temprano que Harry caminaría a su muerte acompañado por los 'fantasmas', y que "eso es lo que siempre mantuvo a Hagrid a salvo". Ella dijo que "Hagrid había sido alguien natural para matar en algunos aspectos", pero que la imagen mental de ese momento —un enorme Hagrid paternal cargando al flácido Harry en sus brazos— era tan fuerte que decidió su destino. También le gustaba la idea circular de Hagrid tanto llevando a Harry al mundo, y luego trayéndolo de vuelta de la muerte.

Apariciones

Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal
Rubeus Hagrid es introducido en el primer capítulo de la primera novela. Luego de la muerte de James y Lily Potter, Dumbledore le confía a Hagrid el rescate del bebé Harry de la casa de sus padres luego de haber sido asesinados por lord Voldemort. Cuando Minerva McGonagall expresa su preocupación sobre el hecho que era Hagrid quien llevaría a Harry a la casa de los Dursley, Dumbledore dice que a Hagrid le confiaría su vida, un hecho que se demuestra varias veces durante la serie, ya que Dumbledore frecuentemente le pide llevar a cabo trabajos secretos. Diez años más tarde, se le pide llevar la piedra filosofal de Gringotts a Hogwarts, y él le proporciona al perro de tres cabezas Fluffy para que la cuide. Dumbledore también le da el trabajo de localizar a Harry, ayudándolo a orientarse en el mundo mágico y comprar sus cosas para la escuela. Hagrid es el primer miembro del personal de Hogwarts en ser presentado a Harry antes de comenzar a asistir a la escuela. Hagrid más tarde se hace amigo de Ron y Hermione también. Más tarde en el libro, una persona encapuchada (Quirinus Quirrell disfrazado) le da a él un huevo de dragón a cambio de detalles sobre Fluffy. Hagrid sin querer le dice a Harry, Ron y Hermione que la manera de superar a Fluffy es tocar música, para lo cual ellos usan la flauta que Hagrid mismo esculpió para Harry, lo que les permite seguir persiguiendo al supuesto ladrón. Los tres también ayudan a Hagrid luego de que el huevo de dragón eclosiona, ayudándolo a mudar al bebé dragón, Norbert, que es llevado a vivir en un santuario de dragones en Rumania, donde el hermano mayor de Ron, Charlie Weasley, trabaja.

Harry Potter y la cámara secreta
Los lectores descubren por primera vez por qué Hagrid fue expulsado de Hogwarts en la segunda novela. Se revela que Hagrid era un estudiante en Hogwarts al mismo tiempo que Tom Marvolo Riddle, el mago que más tarde se convertiría en lord Voldemort. Hagrid fue expulsado durante su tercer año, luego de ser atrapado en compañía de Aragog, una peligrosa acromántula: este crimen ya serio parecía peor de lo que era, debido a la creencia de que la acromántula era "el monstruo de Slytherin", y que Hagrid la había liberado de la Cámara de los Secretos y, voluntaria o involuntariamente, le permitió atacar y petrificar (y en un caso, matar) a otros estudiantes. Aragog escapa al Bosque Prohibido e inicia una colonia de acromántulas. La creencia de la culpabilidad de Hagrid fue fomentada por Tom Riddle, el verdadero criminal, que había estado usando al verdadero monstruo (un basilisco) para atacar a los estudiantes, y que había culpado a Hagrid para evitar que la escuela sea cerrada, ya que él no quería regresar al orfanato. Durante los eventos del segundo libro, el basilisco es liberado nuevamente y Hagrid es enviado a la prisión de Azkaban, ya que se cree nuevamente que es el responsable de los ataques. Sin embargo, antes de ser arrestado, Hagrid le dice a Harry y Ron que debían "seguir a las arañas", así podrían conocer a Aragog y descubrir la identidad del verdadero monstruo. Luego de que Harry derrota al basilisco, se revela que Ginny Weasley estaba actuando bajo la influencia del diario de Tom Riddle, y Hagrid es liberado de prisión.

Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban
Luego de la renuncia de Silvanus Kettleburn, quien, de acuerdo con Dumbledore, quería poder aprovechar en la intimidad los miembros que le quedan, Hagrid es asignado para enseñar la asignatura de Cuidado de Criaturas Mágicas en la tercera novela. A él también se le permite hacer magia nuevamente ya que su nombre ha sido limpiado luego de los eventos del libro anterior. Durante su primera clase, en la que presenta a los hipogrifos a los alumnos de tercer año, una de las criaturas, Buckbeak, ataca a Draco Malfoy luego de que el chico insulta al animal. Aunque Dumbledore logra probar la inocencia de Hagrid, el Ministerio de Magia condena a Buckbeak a muerte. Así, las clases de Hagrid se hacen extremadamente aburridas, y Harry, Ron y Hermione pasan un tiempo buscando información que ayudaría a Hagrid en la defensa de Buckbeak. Cerca del final del libro Hermione y Harry usan un giratiempo para salvar a Buckbeak de la muerte y a Sirius Black del beso del Dementor.

Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego

En la cuarta novela se revela que Hagrid es un semi-gigante, siendo su madre la giganta Fridwulfa, que dejó a su padre mago cuando Hagrid era un bebé. Ya que los gigantes tienen reputación de ser brutales, y una vez fueron aliados de Voldemort, Hagrid mantiene su estatus de sangre en secreto y le permite a la gente imaginar otras razones de su enorme tamaño (como haberse tragado una botella de poción crecehuesos cuando era joven). El linaje de Hagrid es expuesto en El Profeta por Rita Skeeter, quien lo representa como peligroso (debido a su fascinación por las criaturas agresivas) e incompetente. Hagrid se ve gravemente afectado por esto e intenta renunciar a su puesto como profesor, aunque Dumbledore no acepta esta renuncia. Durante la novela, Hagrid se enamora de Olympe Maxime —otra bruja semigiganta y directora de la escuela de magia francesa Beauxbatons—. Hagrid también es una de las muy pocas personas que, desde el principio, cree en la palabra de Harry de que él no puso su nombre en el cáliz de fuego para entrar en el Torneo de los Tres Magos. Más tarde en el libro, Alastor Moody (en realidad Barty Crouch, Jr. disfrazado de él) sugiere que Hagrid debería mostrarle a Harry que la primera prueba del Torneo involucraría dragones. Hagrid también proporciona escregutos de cola explosiva para la tercera prueba.

Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix
Hagrid está ausente durante la primera parte de la quinta novela. El personaje más tarde le revela a Harry, Ron y Hermione que él y Madame Maxime viajaron a través de Europa juntos en una misión de la Orden, planeando encontrar gigantes y convencerlos de unirse a Dumbledore; sin embargo, los mortífagos también encuentran a los gigantes y logran llevarlos al lado de Voldemort. Hagrid es atacado por gigantes durante la misión, y salvado por Maxime. Hagrid y Maxime finalmente regresan debido a la exasperación de Maxime con Grawp, el medio hermano de Hagrid a quien él había encontrado y estaba intentando llevarlo a casa con él. Grawp, que quería quedarse con los gigantes, lastimó a Hagrid gravemente. Hagrid le presenta a su medio hermano a Harry y Hermione, y les pide que cuiden de él luego de que él se vaya de Hogwarts. La suprema inquisidora de Hogwarts Dolores Umbridge supervisa las clases de todos los miembros del personal de Hogwarts, entre ellas las de Hagrid, y busca una excusa para despedirlo, ya que Hagrid es cercano a Dumbledore. Cerca del final del libro, Umbridge y otros oficiales del Ministerio intentan arrestar a Hagrid. El último logra escapar, pero la profesora McGonagall resulta herida tratando de defenderlo. Finalmente, con Dumbledore de vuelta como director, Hagrid regresa a Hogwarts.

Harry Potter y el misterio del príncipe
En la sexta novela, Harry, Ron y Hermione ya no estudian Cuidado de Criaturas Mágicas, y Hagrid está tanto enojado como decepcionado de ellos durante la primera parte del libro, pero pronto se da cuenta de que no es porque no les agrade. Más tarde en la novela, Aragog muere, y Hagrid arriesga su vida para recuperar el cuerpo de la acromántula para darle un merecido funeral. Luego del funeral, él y Horace Slughorn toman demasiado whisky de fuego, y Harry toma ventaja de esta situación (bajo la influencia de la poción felix felicis, también conocida como "suerte líquida") para recuperar un cierto recuerdo de Slughorn. Cerca del final del libro, los mortífagos atacan Hogwarts y la cabaña de Hogwarts es incendiada ya que él trata de enfrentarlos. Durante el funeral de Dumbledore, se ve a Hagrid cargando el cuerpo del director.

Harry Potter y las reliquias de la Muerte
En la séptima novela, Hagrid es parte de la delegación de la Orden del Fénix asignada para mudar a Harry desde el número cuatro de Privet Drive hasta la Madriguera protegida con magia. Hagrid lleva a Harry en la moto voladora de Sirius Black, pero el plan sale mal cuando la delegación de la Orden es emboscada por mortífagos. La pareja apenas llega a la Madriguera luego de ser atacados por Voldemort mismo. Luego de asistir a la recepción de la boda de Bill Weasley y Fleur Delacour, Hagrid no aparece nuevamente hasta cerca del final del libro, donde se revela que había huido a las montañas luego de que el régimen mortífago de Hogwarts se enterara de que celebraba reuniones apoyando a Harry Potter en su cabaña.

Durante la batalla culminante, Hagrid intenta defender a los hijos carnívoros de Aragog, que han sido expulsados del Bosque Prohibido por los mortífagos y ahora están atacando tanto a los defensores de Hogwarts como a los mortífagos indiscriminadamente, pero él es llevado a la fuerza por una manada de ellas. Más tarde él aparece, cautivo en el campo de los mortífagos, cuando Harry se sacrifica ante Voldemort. Hagrid es forzado a llevar a Harry en brazos de vuelta a la escuela, sin darse cuenta de que Harry estaba vivo aún, y en el camino acusa a los centauros de no ayudar lo suficiente. Los centauros luego se unen a la batalla y Hagrid toma parte en la segunda mitad de la batalla, derribando a su enemigo principal entre los mortífagos, el verdugo de criaturas mágicas Walden Macnair.

De acuerdo con Rowling, la escena en el último libro en la cual se ve a Hagrid cargando el cuerpo aparentemente muerto de Harry es muy significativa ya que "Hagrid lleva a Harry desde la casa de los Dursley. Él lo introduce al mundo mágico [...] Él era algo así como su protector y su guía [...] Y ahora yo quería que Hagrid sea el que lleve a Harry fuera del bosque". Rowling también comentó que Hagrid nunca estuvo en peligro de muerte, ya que ella "siempre tuvo esa imagen en [su] cabeza del enorme y gigantesco Hagrid atravesando el bosque llorando con Harry en sus brazos".

Epílogo
Diecinueve años después de la derrota de Voldemort, Hagrid aún está en Hogwarts aunque no está claro en qué facultad (tendría 87 años en este momento), e invita al hijo de Harry Albus a su cabaña a tomar el té, justo como había hecho una vez con Harry mismo, significando que Harry y Hagrid siguen siendo cercanos. Durante una entrevista en 2007, cuando le preguntaron si Hagrid se casó, Rowling respondió que Hagrid tuvo una relación con una giganta pero no funcionó.

Interpretación en el cine

El actor escocés Robbie Coltrane ha interpretado a Hagrid en todas las adaptaciones cinematográficas de las novelas de Harry Potter. Rowling tuvo a Coltrane en mente para el papel desde el principio y cuando le preguntaron quién estaba en la cima de su lista, ella respondió "RobbieColtraneparaHagrid" todo en un suspiro rápido. Coltrane ha comentado que ser parte de las películas de Harry Potter es "una cosa fantástica en la que participar". Rowling le dio a Coltrane algunos antecedentes de Hagrid. Ella también dijo que "Robbie es perfecto para Hagrid porque Hagrid es un personaje adorable, bastante agradable, bastante cómico [...] pero también tiene una cierta tenacidad [...] y yo pienso que Robbie lo hace perfectamente".

El exfutbolista inglés de rugby union Martin Bayfield ha interpretado a Hagrid como un doble de riesgo en las tomas lejanas debido a su gran altura para enfatizar la altura de Hagrid. Bayfield también apareció como un Hagrid adolescente en Harry Potter y la cámara secreta.

Caracterización

Apariencia
En La piedra filosofal, se menciona que Hagrid es dos veces más alto que un hombre normal y al menos cinco veces más ancho, pero en la película, él es representado como de 2,60 m, y en libros posteriores se dice que es tres veces más ancho. Siendo un semigigante, él es menos vulnerable a los embrujos y hechizos que los humanos. En La Orden del Fénix, cuando Umbridge y algunos otros magos van a despedirlo de Hogwarts, él los enfrenta. Ellos tratan de aturdirlo, pero los hechizos sólo le rebotan ya que heredó la resistencia a la magia de los gigantes. Hagrid también muestra esta capacidad cerca del final de El misterio del príncipe, resistiendo los poderosos maleficios de un mortífago. Algunas pociones tampoco tienen efecto en él, como la poción multijugos, que está diseñada sólo para que la usen los humanos.

Personalidad
Hagrid tiene una personalidad amigable y compasiva y llora fácilmente, como se ve en la primera escena de todas, cuando deja a Harry en la puerta de los Dursley en La piedra filosofal. Él es muy leal a sus pares, en especial a Dumbledore, a quien se refiere como el mago más grande de todos múltiples veces. Como se ve por primera vez en La piedra filosofal, se enoja extremadamente en cualquier momento que alguien insulta a Dumbledore cerca de él (un error cometido por Vernon Dursley, que llamó a Dumbledore un "chiflado viejo tonto"). Él también es muy leal a Harry, sufriendo varias veces durante la serie debido a su lealtad, y teniendo que esconderse dos veces para evadir la prisión. Rowling dice que "Hagrid siempre supuso ser esta fuerza casi elemental. Él es como el rey de la selva, o el Hombre verde. Él es esta persona semi-salvaje que vive al borde del bosque".

Capacidades y habilidades mágicas
Luego de ser expulsado de Hogwarts, el Ministerio de Magia rompió la varita de roble de Hagrid y le prohibió hacer magia. Hagrid guarda los trozos de su varita en un paraguas rosa, y hace pequeños hechizos de vez en cuando; sin embargo, técnicamente se le prohibió hacer magia hasta el tercer libro, y ya que no es un mago completamente calificado, él "siempre será un poco inepto" comparado con otros magos adultos, pero "en ocasiones sorprende a todos, él incluido, logrando magia más imponente". También tiene habilidades mágicas que heredó de sus sangre de gigante. Por ejemplo, en La Orden del Fénix, varios de los encantamientos aturdidores que le lanzan los oficiales del Ministerio simplemente le rebotan.

Familia

Grawp

Grawp es el medio hermano gigante de Hagrid. Grawp y Hagrid nacieron de la misma madre, la giganta Fridwulfa. Grawp mide alrededor de cinco metros de altura, lo que Hagrid dice que es poco para un gigante. Sus nudillos son del tamaño de una pelota de críquet (alrededor 225 mm de circunferencia). Los otros gigantes acosaban a Grawp, y este es un factor en la decisión de Hagrid de traerlo al Bosque Prohibido. Grande y tonto, él sólo sabe algunas palabras y sus modales son salvajes e impredecibles.

Al principio, Grawp se muestra indiferente a los intentos de su hermano por civilizarlo, prefiriendo pasar su tiempo derribando árboles. Luego de que Hagrid deja Hogwarts para evitar ser encarcelado, él deja a Grawp en cuidado de Harry, Ron y Hermione. Para su sorpresa, cuando ellos se ven atrapados en el bosque durante un enfrentamiento con la población local de centauros, Grawp inadvertidamente logra desviar la atención de las criaturas de Harry y Hermione en la búsqueda de Hagrid, a quien él se refiere como 'Jagi'.

En El misterio del príncipe, Grawp es trasladado a las montañas, donde aparentemente está progresando mucho más. Él también asiste al funeral de Dumbledore, mucho más civilizado y calmado que antes, vestido formalmente. También parece entender las emociones, al menos hasta cierto punto, ya que le da palmadas a Hagrid en la cabeza para consolarlo, haciendo que su silla se hunda en el suelo. Según Hagrid, también ha mejorado hablando, e incluso es capaz de entablar una conversación.

En Las reliquias de la Muerte, Grawp, Hagrid y Fang se esconden luego de que Hagrid hace una fiesta de apoyo a Harry Potter y se da a entender que Grawp los ayudó a todos a escapar. Él es el único gigante que lucha contra los mortífagos en la Batalla de Hogwarts, probablemente en un intento de proteger a Hagrid, así como frecuentemente dice su nombre mientras lucha contra los seguidores del Innombrable. Grawp participa en la celebración luego la derrota de Voldemort (aunque desde una ventana, ya que es demasiado grande para caber en la sala), y los estudiantes de Hogwarts le muestran su agradecimiento lanzando comida a su boca sonriente.

En la adaptación cinematográfica del quinto libro Grawp está generado por computadora usando un nuevo proceso de "captura de alma" de Image Metrics. Andrew Whitehead pasó 18 meses trabajando en el personaje para la película. La voz de Grawp fue prestada por Tony Maudsley.

Padres
En El cáliz de fuego se revela la verdad sobre los padres de Hagrid: su padre, que nunca es nombrado en la historia, se casó con una giganta, Fridwulfa. Fridwulfa dejó a Rubeus al cuidado de su padre luego de su nacimiento; de acuerdo con Hagrid, ella no era muy maternal. Más tarde dio a luz a Grawp. Ella murió mucho tiempo antes de que Hagrid regresara con los gigantes en La Orden del Fénix. Hagrid describe a su padre como "hombre muy pequeño" a quien podía agarrar con una mano y subirlo al aparador cuando tenía seis años. Hagrid claramente sentía mucho afecto por él; en El prisionero de Azkaban, él dice que la muerte de su padre cuando Hagrid estaba en su tercer año en Hogwarts fue uno de sus recuerdos más tristes.

Mascotas
Hagrid tiene y ha tenido una gran variedad de mascotas, entre ellas algunas que la comunidad mágica considera imposibles de domesticar. Ellos no siempre están equivocados. Rowling dijo que Hagrid tiene poco interés en domar criaturas mágicas debido a la falta de un desafío, aunque tiene un perro enorme pero cobarde, un gran danés llamado Fang. El amor de Hagrid por las criaturas mágicas peligrosas es central en la trama de varios libros de la serie.

Aragog

Aragog era una acromántula —una enorme araña pensante con la capacidad de hablar— que hacía un único sonido de chasquido cuando se movía en busca de presas. Hagrid lo crio de un huevo como un estudiante de Hogwarts, guardándolo dentro de un armario. En su tercer año en Hogwarts, Hagrid fue atrapado hablándole a Aragog en el calabozo por Tom Riddle, que alegó que Aragog era el "monstruo de Slytherin", y que Hagrid había abierto la Cámara de los Secretos. De hecho, Riddle fue quien había abierto la Cámara, y el monstruo era en realidad un basilisco.

Luego de que Hagrid fue expulsado, Aragog vivió en el Bosque Prohibido. Hagrid le encontró una pareja, Mosag, con quien Aragog tuvo una colonia entera de acromántulas. Él estuvo agradecido a Hagrid por toda su vida, y evitaba que sus hijos carnívoros lo ataquen cuando iba de visita. Sin embargo, él no extendió esta cortesía a otras criaturas y personas; él le permitió a sus hijos atacar a Harry, Ron y Fang cuando lo encontraron en la película La cámara secreta. Hagrid los condujo hasta Aragog dándole un consejo oculto, "seguir a las arañas". Fue Aragog el que le dijo a Harry y Ron que él no era el monstruo de Slytherin, sino otra criatura, que al contrario de Aragog, nació en el castillo, y la cual las arañas le temen tanto que nunca hablan de ella ni dicen su nombre, a pesar de las numerosas indagaciones de Hagrid. Aunque Aragog le permitió a sus hijos atacar a Harry, Ron y Fang, fueron salvados en el último minuto por el auto volador de Arthur Weasley, que se había perdido en el bosque meses antes. Aragog permaneció en el Bosque Prohibido por el resto de su vida, pero finalmente murió de vejez en El misterio del príncipe. Hagrid recuperó el cuerpo de Aragog del bosque, así podría darle un merecido funeral temiendo que sus hijos se coman su cuerpo. Desde ese momento en adelante, la colonia de arañas era la única parte del Bosque Prohibido a la que Hagrid no podía entrar a salvo.

Los hijos de Aragog regresan en Las reliquias de la Muerte durante la Batalla de Hogwarts; habiendo sidos expulsados del bosque, ellos comenzaron a atacar a los mortífagos y los habitantes de Hogwarts indiscriminadamente. El amor de Hagrid por las arañas lo puso en peligro a él y a los demás ya que él trató de protegerlas; las arañas le agradecieron a Hagrid capturándolo y llevándolo a Voldemort.

La voz de Aragog fue prestada por Julian Glover en la adaptación cinematográfica de Harry Potter y la cámara secreta.

Buckbeak

Buckbeak, junto con otros once hipogrifos, es introducido durante una de las clases de Cuidado de Criaturas Mágicas de Hagrid. Hagrid explica que los hipogrifos son criaturas muy tranquilas, poderosas y orgullosas, pero son pensantes y requieren respeto. Harry se acerca a Buckbeak con éxito, quien le permite montarlo alrededor del cercado.

Draco Malfoy, en un arrogante intento de destacarse ante su enemigo escolar, tratando de acercarse a Buckbeak también. Se hace obvio que Draco no escucha ni le interesan las advertencias de Hagrid sobre la sensibilidad de los hipogrifos, ya que hace comentarios despectivos sobre de Buckbeak. Rápidamente enojado, Buckbeak rasguña el brazo de Draco con sus garras. Pretendiendo estar mucho más herido de lo que en realidad está, Draco persuade a su padre, Lucius Malfoy, para que use su poder político para sentenciar a Buckbeak a muerte. Las numerosas apelaciones de Hagrid fallan, y los miembros de la Comisión para las Criaturas Peligrosas van a Hogwarts para ejecutar a Buckbeak. Usando un giratiempo, Hermione y Harry liberan a Buckbeak y rescatan a Sirius Black de la torre en la que él está cautivo antes de ser entregado a los Dementores. Sirius escapa con Buckbeak y vuela a salvo. Durante la mayoría del cuarto año de Harry, Sirius y Buckbeak se esconden en una cueva en las montañas encima de Hogsmeade. Luego de esto, ellos se mudan al número doce de Grimmauld Place, después de lo cual Buckbeak se queda en la antigua habitación de la madre de Sirius. Cuando Kreacher quiere apartar a Sirius brevemente, él hiere a Buckbeak.

En El misterio del príncipe, Harry hereda a Buckbeak, y le permite a Hagrid cuidarlo de nuevo. Para evadir las sospechas del Ministerio de Magia, se le da el alias Witherwings. Siendo una criatura intensamente leal, Buckbeak ahuyenta a Severus Snape de Harry con sus garras cerca del final del libro. Buckbeak también aparece en la Batalla de Hogwarts al final de Las reliquias de la Muerte liderando a los thestrals de Hogwarts contra los gigantes de Voldemort.

Fang

Fang es un enorme Mastín (interpretado en las películas por un Mastín Napolitano) que, aparte de su gran tamaño, parece ser un perro totalmente ordinario. Mientras la apariencia de Fang es intimidante, él es, según Hagrid, "un cobarde". Revoltoso y adorable con las personas que conoce, parece disfrutar lamiendo a Harry, Ron o Hermione en la cara y las orejas.

En La piedra filosofal él acompaña a Harry, Hagrid, Neville, Draco y Hermione al Bosque Prohibido para buscar a un unicornio herido. En el siguiente libro, La cámara secreta, Harry y Ron llevan a Fang al bosque donde él está muerto de miedo tanto por Aragog, la enorme acromántula, como por el auto volador del señor Weasley. En El misterio del príncipe, un mortífago incendia la cabaña de Hagrid mientras Fang está adentro; Hagrid entra a la cabaña en llamas, carga a Fang sobre su hombro, y lo lleva a salvo. En Las reliquias de la Muerte, Fang y Hagrid participan en la Batalla de Hogwarts; aunque la participación exacta de Fang no está clara. Él es visto por última vez escapando luego de que un jarrón roto lo asusta. Se implica que Fang sobrevive, ya que no se ve a Hagrid lamentándose por él en ningún momento. No se sabe si Fang sigue vivo cuando los hijos de Harry van a Hogwarts.

Fluffy

Fluffy es un enorme perro de tres cabezas proporcionado por Hagrid para cuidar la puerta trampa que llevaba a la cámara subterránea donde la piedra filosofal estuvo escondida hasta el final de La piedra filosofal. La única manera conocida de superar a Fluffy es haciendo que se quede dormido tocando música. Fluffy está basado en Cerbero, el perro de tres cabezas de la mitología griega que vigila las puertas del hades. Como con Fluffy, Cerbero se quedaba dormido con la música tocada por Orfeo.

En La piedra filosofal, Harry, Ron, Hermione y Neville accidentalmente entran en donde está Fluffy al esconderse de Peeves, que intentaba entregarlos al celador Argus Filch, que los estaba buscando. En Halloween, Harry y Ron ven a Snape entrando a la cámara de Fluffy, y teniendo un pronunciado rengueo por los siguientes días. Harry también lo escucha diciéndole "¿Cómo se supone que uno pueda vigilar a tres cabezas al mismo tiempo?" a Filch. Sin embargo, más tarde se revela que él siguió al en aquel momento profesor de Defensa contra las Artes Oscuras Quirinus Quirrell hacia la cámara. Mientras Fluffy está vigilando la piedra filosofal, el profesor Quirrell penetra las defensas de Fluffy tocando un arpa, con el propósito de acceder a la puerta trampa, mientras Harry usa una flauta que Hagrid le había dado.

A J. K. Rowling se le preguntó en una entrevista qué le pasó a Fluffy luego de que ya no era necesario para proteger la piedra. Ella respondió que Fluffy fue soltado en el Bosque Prohibido.

Norbert

Norbert es un ridgeback noruego que Hagrid adquirió como un huevo de un misterioso extraño encapuchado en Cabeza de Puerco, que resultó ser el profesor Quirrell. Hagrid ayuda al dragón a salir del huevo. Norbert se hace muy peligroso y mucho más grande en las semanas siguientes. Norbert muerde la mano de Ron, causando que requiera tratamiento médico debido al veneno en sus colmillos. Harry, Ron y Hermione finalmente convence a Hagrid de enviar al dragón con el hermano mayor de Ron, Charlie, que está estudiando dragones en Rumania. En Las reliquias de la Muerte, Charlie le revela a Hagrid que "Norbert" es en realidad hembra y que habría que renombrarlo a Norberta. Charlie agrega que los ridgeback noruegos hembra "son mucho más feroces...", lo que explicaba la mordida de Norbert y su peligroso comportamiento como un bebé.

Recepción
El sitio web IGN colocó a Hagrid como su decimotercer mejor personaje de Harry Potter, diciendo que Hagrid se había convertido en un sustituto para la audiencia y que la corta escena en la película Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego donde él recuerda momentos memorables con Harry, Ron y Hermione les dio un "recuerdo muy querido". Joe Utichi de IGN colocó a Hagrid como su séptimo personaje de Harry Potter favorito.

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Hagrid ha aparecido en varias parodias de Harry Potter animadas y no animadas. Apareció en la comedia de sketches estadounidense Saturday Night Live, interpretado por Horatio Sanz, en el mismo episodio en el que Lindsay Lohan interpretó a Hermione. En el show Big Impression de Alistair McGowan, Hagrid apareció en un sketch llamado "Louis Potter and the Philosopher's Scone" ("Louis Potter y el scone filosofal"), en donde fue interpretado por el propio Robbie Coltrane. Hagrid también es parodiado en Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan (Harry Potter y el orinal secreto de Azerbaiyán), una historia publicada por Comic Relief en 2003, y fue interpretado por Ronnie Corbett. En las parodias de Potter Puppet Pals de Neil Cicierega, Hagrid apareció en el episodio "Ron's Disease" ("La enfermedad de Ron"), en el que Harry usa la fuerza de Hagrid para curar a Ron de una enfermedad, así como para vencer a Hermione y Snape, y para descubrir la identidad de Dumbledore como un "androide gay". Hagrid también aparece en la parodia teatral Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice (Harry Potter y la voz desagradable), interactuando con Draco Malfoy y un dementor. En un episodio de la segunda serie de Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, Tracey Ullman parodia a Rowling como una mandona muy interesada en mantener sus creaciones con derechos de autor, que cree que un trabajador vagabundo está personificando a Hagrid.

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Last Wednesday, Public Health celebrated the opening of its new facility in downtown Orangeville, for the Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health units.
The new facility, which is located at 180 Broadway, was designed specifically with the needs of Orangeville and Dufferin residents in mind.
"We've always had facilities in Orangeville, and we have always had a presence here," said Chuck Ferguson, Manager of Corporate Communications at WDGPH. "The building we were in on didn't suit our services because we couldn't run all of our programs out of it."
The building was also rented, which meant that WDGPH couldn't make changes to it to increase their capabilities of running programs or to address accessibility issues for clients.
"This new facility has modern clinics and adequate teaching spaces to handle the diverse work of public health for generations to come," explained Dr. Nicola Mercer, Medical Officer of Health and CEO. "The building is also accessible for persons with disabilities and families with young children and strollers."
The plans to provide new buildings both in Orangeville as well as Guelph have been in the works for around 7 years. The process included looking at all areas within the municipality to figure out what would be the most accessible to clients.
"It was more cost effective for us to build because we're building a public health facility, not just an office building," said Mr. Ferguson. "We have clinic areas, dental clinics, negative pressure rooms, and backup generators. It's a specialized facility, not just a place to move from one office building to another."
The negative pressure rooms were included to provide Public Health with the ability to do emergency vaccinations and provide testing and treatment for infectious like tuberculosis or other airborne infections.
He added that unfortunately, Public Health is often the invisible partner in the healthcare system, which is why a centralized location is so important.
"We all know our hospitals and doctors offices, but we don't all know about what Public Health does," he said.
"Public Health is an essential part of the local healthcare system, and this is going to give us a public space and a face on the Public Health options available for the public."
Dr. Mercer echoed those thoughts, explaining that the role Public Health plays in communities is an integral part of healthcare.
"Public Health has an essential role in the local healthcare system promoting health, preventing disease and injury, and responding to health emergencies in the community," said Dr. Mercer.
Along with providing the previously listed medical services, the new facility also provides space for teaching, classrooms for programs on breastfeeding and working with new moms, kitchens for teaching about food safety and food handling and more.
"It's definitely a more functional building that will be able to provide more services," said Mr. Ferguson.
"It's a modern, state of the art Public Health facility that is designed to serve Dufferin County for generations to come. Public Health has always been present in the community and will continue to have a critical role in the community.
"This new facility just ensures that we're able to get the services that are necessary to the public."
For more information about clinics, programs, and services, visit www.wdgpublichealth.ca or call 1-800-265-7293.
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Report Offers Up-to-Date Look at Essentials of Citywide Afterschool Systems
Nina Sonenberg
New York City (July 14) — More than a decade after a handful of U.S. cities pioneered efforts to get more children involved in high-quality afterschool by coordinating scattered programs and agencies, a new report captures lessons and best practices from cities nationwide building these "afterschool systems."
The new report from The Wallace Foundation, Growing Together, Learning Together: What Cities Have Discovered About Afterschool Systems, has been at least 12 years in the making. It offers insights from many cities, including 14 that have worked with The Wallace Foundation since 2003, and draws from more than 40 publications on the topic published since 2008.
One city leading the way is St. Paul, Minnesota. Its Sprockets effort, a collaboration of community organizations, the City of St. Paul, and St. Paul Public Schools, links more than 90 organizations and reaches more than 20,000 young people.
"I am proud of Sprockets' network and the partnerships it reflects," said St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, speaking yesterday at an event in his city to discuss what's working in afterschool coordination. "The high level of coordination around out-of-school-time learning is enabling more children to reach their full potential and contribute to the social and economic well-being of the entire community."
St. Paul is one of nine cities that have been working with Wallace since 2012 to advance afterschool systems; the others are Baltimore, Denver, Fort Worth, Grand Rapids, Jacksonville, Louisville, Nashville, and Philadelphia. They joined the first five cities funded through the initiative, beginning in 2003: Boston, Chicago, New York City, Providence and Washington, D.C. Examples drawn from their experiences fill the report, offering valuable insights to other cities that want to coordinate afterschool efforts communitywide to ensure that more low-income children are served by high-quality programs.
"We know that high-quality afterschool can offer children a range of benefits," said Nancy Devine, director of Learning and Enrichment at The Wallace Foundation. "Research points to improved school attendance and better attitudes, behavior and performance. But these opportunities are too often limited to high-income families. The cities that have been building afterschool systems understand that working together can help expand access to programs for children who really need more high-quality opportunities."
A 2010 RAND Corporation report examining the system-building efforts of the first five cities concluded "that organizations across cities could work together toward increasing access, quality, data-based decision making, and sustainability" (Hours of Opportunity, Vol 1). Even more significantly, such coordination can succeed in increasing access to programs and spur efforts to improve their quality. As of 2013, according to a Wallace-funded survey, at least 77 of the 275 largest U.S. cities had put in place one or more strategies to coordinate their afterschool programs. (fhi360: Is Citywide Afterschool Coordination Going Nationwide?)
Demand for afterschool is high. According to 2014 data from the national America After 3pm survey, an estimated 10.2 million children participate in afterschool programs—but another 19.4 million would participate if a program were available to them.
A growing number of cities are building afterschool systems to understand and meet local demand. Growing Together, Learning Together identifies four key elements of such systems:
Strong leadership from major players. A committed mayor or county executive provides critical support for this citywide effort, especially in the early stages of getting a system off the ground. One insight of the new report, however, is that all mayors eventually step down and the system can lose its champion. This is one reason why cities have benefitted from distributing "ownership" of the system. New York City convened a series of working groups consisting of providers, funders, advocates and academics to accomplish this; Fort Worth formed a new nonprofit organization to oversee its system; Nashville benefitted from a strong partnership with the public library, which offered a home to the system before the mayor's term ended.
Coordination that fits local context. Centralized coordination is the essence of an afterschool system – the way cities knit together disparate programs, raising overall quality and access. Experience shows that there are many ways to coordinate the system, and cities benefit from considering all options at the outset and again if needs change or conditions shift. The wide range of options is suggested by a 2012 report, in which the national nonprofit Every Hour Counts surveyed 212 afterschool intermediaries, finding that 56 were local nonprofits, 37 were multi-service nonprofits (including historic social service agencies like the YMCA), five were state networks, and 16 were local foundations. Fifty were classified as "other," suggesting even greater variation.
Effective use of data. Data is the oil that makes the gears of an afterschool system move smoothly. Program providers, city agencies, schools, funders, families and young people all need up-to-date, accurate information to make sound decisions. Examples from the report of how cities use data include:
Mapping helped New York City see which zip codes showed the greatest need for afterschool services and allocate funding accordingly;
Surveys showed Providence that parents worried about sending young children to programs where older youth might be present;
Police data helped Grand Rapids show that juvenile offenses dropped by 25 percent when the community increased the number of afterschool programs (establishing a correlation, albeit not a causal link).
To organize data on a large scale, many cities invest in Management Information Systems (MIS); the report includes key factors to consider.
A comprehensive approach to quality. Recognizing that children benefit only from afterschool that is high quality, many cities prioritize raising quality as a primary goal of the system. Growing Together, Learning Together offers a research-based definition of afterschool quality and offers cities a sense of what the process of intentionally lifting quality involves, including setting standards, winning approval of the standards from key players in the system, deciding how high-stakes to make assessments, training and coaching providers and assessors, and even how much money quality improvement efforts might cost.
While much progress has been made toward expanding access to high-quality afterschool programming, the report notes where further improvements are needed and the challenges still facing these cities, including ways to ensure the work survives over the long haul. The 2013 survey found that only 22 percent of cities who identify themselves as "system builders" have all three key components needed for a sustainable system.
The report concludes with a look at areas of emerging interest, such as the link between afterschool and social-emotional learning and between afterschool and collective impact efforts in education.
The release of Growing Together, Learning Together followed a half-day convening on the latest information on afterschool system-building, hosted by the American Youth Policy Forum and YouthPrise in St. Paul, Minn., with Mayor Coleman offering welcoming remarks and reflections.
The report and an accompanying infographic can be downloaded for free at wallacefoundation.org.
The Wallace Foundation is an independent, national foundation dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children in American cities by providing more opportunities to learn, both in and out of school. The Foundation maintains an online library of lessons at www.wallacefoundation.org about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at improving: the quality of the principals who lead our schools; efforts to expand the effective use of additional learning time during the summer and the regular school day or year; and the access to and equitable distribution of quality arts learning and after-school programs.


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ERIC CLAPTON & THE LADY IN THE BALCONY
Nov 18, 2021 | LATEST ON ER
The Lady in the Balcony was born from the pandemic and concerts Clapton was forced to cancel at London's Royal Albert Hall. So he brought three of his key band members – bassist Nathan East, drummer Steve Gadd and keyboardist Chris Stainton – to Cowdray House to run through a set of 17 songs. The result is a sequel of sorts to Clapton's diamond-certified 1992 Unplugged session, albeit with him playing electric guitar on three of the tunes here.
And it's arguably even better. While Unplugged was revelatory, it was still mannered as a broadcast show. This session has the easy feel of four friends sitting around playing music together, aware of but able to ignore the cameras and recording gear. The broad smiles and satisfied nods are genuine as they impress each other with instrumental nuances and subtleties, and Tears in Heaven is so lovingly rendered that Clapton is moved to put his right hand to his heart. And a buoyant Believe in Life, the love song from 2001's Reptile, gives the album its title as Clapton dedicates it to his wife, Melia, who peeks in from an upstairs window.
Also among the abundance of highlights: a one-two tribute to the late Peter Green with Black Magic Woman and a beautiful Man of the World; a vibey new arrangement of the J.J. Cale classic After Midnight; a waltz through River of Tears; and a Layla that stakes a tempo middle ground between the original and the Unplugged version as Clapton references the signature riff during his solo.
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Hammond, Quinn Excel at Adrian Awards
Lou Hammond & Associates, winning 11 Golds and one Platinum Award, and Quinn & Co. Public Relations, with seven Golds, three Platinum Awards and "Best of Show," were the top PR performers at the annual Adrian Awards banquet Jan. 28 of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Assn. International.
More than 900 industry executives and their advertising and PR firms attended the formal affair at the Marriott Marquis, New York.
Hammond, New York, won the most Gold Awards and also took a Platinum Award for its work for the American Queen Steamboat Co.
Quinn & Co., New York, earned seven Golds and three Platinums and the "Best of Show" award for its work for Denihan Hospitality Group/Affinia Hotels for its "Affinia Hotels Tender Loving Comfort" Campaign. In addition to Affinia, Quinn won Platinum honors for its work for El Al Israel Airlines. The firm took home 18 honors at the event.
Hammond had a total of 22 wins including eight Silver and two Bronze. It has received more awards annually over the past 12 years than any other entrant in the PR category.
Other multiple winners of Golds included Weber Shandwick, seven; Allison + Partners, seven; Nancy J. Friedman PR, seven, and M. Silver Assocs., six.
Platinum PR Winners Listed
The Platinum PR firm winners, which are chosen from the Gold winners also included:
MMGY Global PR, for The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel.
Allison + Partners for Best Western International.
Zapwater Communications for "Downsize Fitness."
McNeil Wilson Communications for Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau.
Hilton Hotels & Resorts.
Wagstaff Worldwide for Kelly Liken
M. Silver Assocs. for New York State's Division of Tourism, I Love New York.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies for Red Roof Inn.
Weber Shandwick for Royal Caribbean International.
Redpoint Marketing PR for Simon Pearce.
A list of winners is at hsmai.org.
Quinn & Co.
Lou Hammond & Assocs.
M Silver & Assocs.
Feiertag, Dow Honored
Howard Feiertag, faculty member, Virginia Tech, was given the Winthrop W. Grice Award for lifetime PR excellence and Roger J. Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Assn., was given the Albert E. Koehl Award for advertising and marketing.
Feiertag has been in hospitality and education for 53 years and is noted for his knowledge of convention bureau management; food and beverage; hotel operations; meetings and convention management; sales and marketing and tour and travel, said Robert Gilbert, president and CEO of HSMAI.
More than 1,200 entries were received for the annual awards which are also given in advertising and digital marketing.


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WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Niesen Funicular: The longest stairway in the world
(WorldKings.org) The service stairway for the Niesenbahn funicular is the longest stairway, with 11,674 steps and a height of 1,669 m (5,476 ft). The stairs are usually employee-only, but there is a public run called "Niesenlauf" once a year.
The Niesen Funicular is a funicular railway in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It links a lower terminus, in the village of Mülenen and adjacent to Mülenen station on the Lötschberg railway line, with an upper terminus at the summit of the Niesen. The line is owned and operated by the Niesenbahn AG.
Construction of the line commenced in 1906, and it opened in 1910. The line operates from late April to mid-November, with cars operating every 30 minutes between 08:00 and 17:00. A 15-minute interval service is provided at busy periods, and evening services are operated on some days.
The line comprises two sections, with an interchange station at Schwandegg. The service stairway for the Niesenbahn funicular is the longest stairway, with 11,674 steps and a height of 1,669 m (5,476 ft). The stairs are usually employee-only, but there is a public run called "Niesenlauf" once a year.
Niesen is known as the "Swiss Pyramid" and rises to 7749 feet (2362m) above the village of Mülenen near Spiez in the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss Alps. At the top there is a 360° viewing platform with stunning views of majestic peaks, including the big 3 – the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau – as well as the Jura Mountains, and the Lakes Thun and Brienz. There is a paved path with 12 signed stations exploring the legends, history, art, geology, and the flora and fauna of the region. There is a little mountain village for the children to play where they can also haul rocks and grind grains to their heart's delight.
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Writing a screenplay is a large undertaking. In not much more than 100 pages, a screenwriter must clearly and succinctly present a coherent and gripping story, complete with rich characters and interesting dialogue and action, all while following standard screenplay format.
Get a feel for how they work.
Screenplays are not stand-alone pieces of literary material. When you are writing a screenplay, you are writing a movie. Before you begin writing your first screenplay, you should get an idea of how words translate from the page to the screen. To help you accomplish this, read screenplays of some of your favorite movies, or find screenplays of movies you are less familiar with, and read and watch simultaneously or back-to-back.
A simple web search will point you to some online script databases, but you want to be sure that what you are reading are the movies' actual screenplays and not simply transcripts. The more scripts you read, the better you will be at picking out which are authentic, but a good starting place is on the library page at johnaugust.com, where screenwriter John August has posted multiple versions of the scripts for his movies Big Fish, Go, The Nines, and others.
You will notice that all scripts share a common format. This is industry standard. You are welcome to mimic the format on your own, but there is no need to: word processors like Final Draft, Celtx, Movie Magic Screenwriter, and others are specially made for screenwriting, and have the format built in. Let them do the heavy formatting lifting so you are free to focus on your story.
Now that you know what a screenplay looks and feels like, you need an idea for your movie. Pick something you are passionate about. You will be spending a lot of time with whatever story you choose, and you will most likely have to fight through highs and lows. You don't want to lose steam.
Two tools writers use to help organize thoughts, and to accomplish and express this are treatments and outlines. A treatment is essentially a prose-version of your story, from beginning to end. Unlike a treatment, an outline is not typically done in paragraph form, and instead tells the story either through lists or bullet points. An outline can be more or less detailed than a treatment, depending on its purpose.
If you are struggling with synthesizing your story, there are numerous books you can consult that may help you through the process. One favorite is Blake Snyder's Save the Cat!
Once you have the major beats of your story down, you may choose to get even more detailed and do a scene-by-scene breakdown of what the movie will look like. For some, this takes the form of another outline. Some writers choose to do this on a chalkboard or on notecards, with one card for every scene.
Now, it is time to write.
There is no set way that a screenwriter writes a screenplay; everyone is different.
Some novice writers write after work every day for a year to complete a screenplay; other full time writers may be able to finish a draft working every waking hour until it's done. Professional feature deals often will allow for a 12 week writing period for the first draft.
But each writer is different. Take as long as you need, especially for your first screenplay. Write at lunch, when you first wake up, in the middle of the night, or all of the above. Open your laptop at cafés, your iPad on airplanes, or your notebook in bed. Just be sure you leave time to rewrite. Because as the cliché goes, writing is rewriting.


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Chamber of 17 Mummies Discovered in Egypt's Minya
(Reuters: Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
At least 17 mummies were discovered during excavation work in the Upper Egyptian city of El-Minya, announced Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities.
The 17 mummies were found eight meters below ground in a burial site. Along with the mummies, several antiquities were also discovered, including papyrus and animal coffins.
Excavation work had started in the area after a team of Cairo University students detected the existence of a burial site in 2016.
The burial site where the mummies were found is believed to date back to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. The Late Period ran from 664 BC until 332 BC.
At a news conference, Antiquities Minister Khaled Al-Anani said that 2017 has continued to be a "historic year" for discoveries in Ancient Egypt. A 3,700-year-old burial chamber was discovered less than a week ago in Egypt's Dahshur and is one of many discoveries in recent weeks.
The Minister said that recent discoveries would bring tourists back to the country, which has been struggling to attract foreigners since the January 25 revolution in 2011.
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The signature projects of Cross River State government, the Bakassi Deep Seaport and the 260km Calabar-Katsina-Ala Superhighway have continued to attract interest from foreign investors.
In his presentation, Professor Moses Okonkwo said 23rd Metalurgical has the necessary expertise and funds to undertake the construction of both the deep seaport and the superhighway. According to him The partnership marks the beginning of the realisation of Governor Ayade's signature projects.
The Group also indicated interest in the Tinapa Business Resort and free healthcare services including surgeries, as part of its humanitarian programs.Responding, Cross River governor, Prof Ben Ayade welcomed their proposal while urging the team to ensure that they leave the state, nation and indeed Africa better than they met it.
The governor observed that having been a victim of International politics and economy, it behooves on the nation to see the strength of its currency as the strength that will wet the appetite of investors to come in and invest."If Africa must rise and become the continent that can be self sufficient, it does not necessarily require that Africa has to close her doors but must do International trade, add value to her local currency on her own terms."He argued that the deep seaport, when completed, "will cater for not just West and Central Africa, but entire Africa, providing an alternative gateway into the country which is ideal for security and strategic purposes.
His words: "Our choice for the deep seaport is focused on capturing the market, it goes beyond trading and survival but a modern seaport that will be a shipping hub with hope to be a real anchor for grand mother vessels."Ayade who said President Muhammadu Buhari has given full backing to the project, also disclosed that steering committees have also been inaugurated at the state and federal levels for a smooth take off of the project.


Hello there and welcome to the 2015 Emmys Liveblog, brought to you be Weekend. We will be following along with you as the awards for achievement in television are handed out and we will provide you with opinions, perhaps a gif or two and some fascinating witticisms.
I, Greg Gottfried, will be joined by Weekend writers and connoisseurs of television; Holly Hays, Jesse Pasternack and Brody Miller.


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To diagnose heart disease, visualization experts recommend a simpler approach
by Harvard University
Professor Hanspeter Pfister and Michelle Borkin, at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, have developed a new visualization tool to improve the accuracy of clinical attempts to diagnose heart disease. Credit: Eliza Grinnell / Harvard SEAS
A team of computer scientists, physicists, and physicians at Harvard have developed a simple yet powerful method of visualizing human arteries that may result in more accurate diagnoses of atherosclerosis and heart disease.
The prototype tool, called "HemoVis," creates a 2D diagram of arteries that performs better than the traditional 3D, rainbow-colored model. In a clinical setting, the tool has been shown to increase diagnostic accuracy from 39% to 91%.
Presented today at the IEEE Information Visualization Conference (InfoVis 2011), the new visualization method offers insight to clinicians, imaging specialists, engineers, and others in a wide range of fields who need to explore and evaluate complex, branching structures.
"Our goal was to design a visual representation of the data that was as accurate and efficient for patient diagnosis as possible," says lead author Michelle Borkin, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). "What we found is that the prettiest, most popular visualization is not always the most effective."
HemoVis takes data from patient-specific blood flow simulations, combined with traditional imaging data, and visually displays a tree diagram of the arteries with areas of disease highlighted to assist in diagnosis.
Tools for artery visualization in both clinical and research settings commonly use 3D models that portray the shape and spatial arrangement of vessels of interest. These complex tools require users to rotate the models to get a complete perspective of spatial orientation.
By contrast, the new visualization requires no such rotation or interaction. The tool utilizes 2D, circumference-adjusted cylindrical cross sections arranged in tree diagrams.
Though this visualization method may seem less high-tech, the team demonstrated through quantitative evaluation with medical experts that the 2D model is actually more accurate and efficient for patient diagnosis.
With the new visualization, an arterial system that would previously have been reconstructed in 3-D (left) is instead deconstructed and shown with each branch separated from the main vessel. Arteries are then represented as 2-D branches (right) whose dimensions are proportional to the circumference and length of the corresponding artery. Branching points and relationships between branches are also displayed. Credit: Michelle Borkin
"In the 3D case, the more complex and branched the arteries were, the longer it took to complete the patient diagnosis, and the lower the accuracy was," Borkin reflects. "In the 2D representation, it didn't matter how many branches we had or how complex they were—we got consistently fast, accurate results. We weren't expecting that."
Tree diagrams are hardly new, as evolutionary biologists will attest, but scientists in many fields are using them to solve a range of very modern and complex problems. In fact, Borkin applied her own experience in astronomy and physics to transform the concept of visualization for SEAS' Multiscale Hemodynamics research group. In prior work, she had used a very similar type of tree diagram to determine the structure of nebulae in outer space.
"With the consultation and cooperation of clinicians, we were able to draw on fairly well known visualization techniques and principles from computer science to solve a practical clinical problem," says Hanspeter Pfister, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at SEAS.
Borkin, Pfister, and their colleagues relied on the input of physicians and others with clinical or laboratory imaging experience throughout the process. Through extensive surveys and interviews, they identified the most popular options for display, accurate layout, and coloring of these arterial projections.
Doctors initially showed some resistance when asked about the benefits of an alternative color scheme, citing familiarity, chromatic vibrancy, and aesthetic appeal in support of the rainbow scheme that is currently most common in scientific visual representations.
However, Borkin drew on well supported research that is less well known outside the visualization community:
Rainbow color schemes are very common in scientific visualizations, despite the well documented fact that the coloring is not well attuned to the human visual system. Researchers at Harvard have shown that a gradient from black to red is more effective for diagnosing heart disease in visualizations of arteries. Credit: Michelle Borkin
"For years, visualization, computer science, and psychology researchers have identified that color is critical for conveying the value of data, but that the rainbow coloring is not well-attuned to the human visual system."
Accordingly, HemoVis departs from the traditional practice of rainbow color-coding in favor of a graded single-color scheme (red to black) that can represent placement along a continuum.
In tests, diagnostic accuracy, as measured by the proportion of diseased areas identified, increased dramatically with the new color scheme.
Widespread adoption of visual representations like those in HemoVis could have the effect of not only optimizing tasks that are critical for doctors, but also changing long-entrenched mindsets and making scientists "think twice" about their assumptions in data visualization, Borkin says.
"This approach to visualization design and validation is broadly applicable in medicine, engineering, and science," notes Pfister. "We hope that people will use this process as a template for transforming their own visualizations."
Borkin and Pfister acknowledged that while HemoVis represents an important step forward, traditional 3D artery models still play a role, particularly in providing a spatially intuitive tool for surgical planning.
With this in mind, the next steps for this research include further development and optimization of the 2D tool and investigation into how it might complement, rather than replace, its 3D counterpart.
A paper about the work being presented today will be published later this year in the journal IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
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About Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Hormone Therapy
What is the purpose of the WHI study on combination hormone therapy?
Why were the women in the WHI estrogen plus progestin study told to stop study pills at this time?
What were the main findings in the WHI study on estrogen plus progestin?
What are the increased risks for women taking estrogen plus progestin?
What are the reduced risks for women taking estrogen plus progestin?
What are the conclusions from these findings?
What were the actual hormones that women in the estrogen plus progestin study were taking?
When did the increased risk of breast cancer become apparent for women taking estrogen plus progestin compared to women taking placebo pills?
Do you have recommendations about other hormone alternatives (lower-dose estrogens, micronized progesterone, natural hormones)?
I am taking prescription hormones, what should I do?
Does this new information apply to Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMS) or phytoestrogens?
How does all of this new information affect my decision to use HRT for relief from hot flashes, sleep problems and mood swings?
Questions and Answers About Estrogen-Alone Therapy
Q. What is the purpose of the WHI study on combination hormone therapy?
A. The long-term studies in the WHI were initiated because over the years a number of research studies presented a complicated picture of the risks and benefits of hormone therapy, and its continued use for prevention of cardiovascular diseases was controversial. This situation led the NIH to conduct a large clinical trial of the risks and benefits of hormone therapy. The WHI set out to examine the long-term effect of estrogen plus progestin on the prevention of heart disease and hip fractures, while monitoring for possible increases in risk for breast and colon cancer. The estrogen plus progestin regimen was given to women who have a uterus since progestin is known to protect against endometrial cancer, a known effect of unopposed estrogen. A separate study of estrogen alone in women who had a hysterectomy was also begun.
Q. Why were the women in the WHI estrogen-plus-progestin study told to stop study pills in July 2002?
A. When it reviewed the study data in May 2002, the WHI Data and Safety Monitoring Board saw an increased risk of breast cancer in women taking estrogen plus progestin. The Board also saw that the previously identified risks for heart attacks, strokes and blood clots to the lungs and legs had persisted. Therefore, in the judgment of the Board, the overall risks outweighed the benefits of taking estrogen plus progestin.
Q. What were the main findings in the WHI study on estrogen-plus-progestin?
A. The main findings show that compared to women taking placebo pills:
The number of women who developed breast cancer was higher in women taking estrogen plus progestin.
The numbers of women who developed heart attacks, strokes, or blood clots in the lungs and legs were higher in women taking estrogen plus progestin.
The numbers of women who had hip and other fractures or colorectal cancer were lower in women taking estrogen plus progestin.
There were no differences in the number of women who had endometrial cancer (cancer of the lining of the uterus) or in the number of deaths.
Q. What are the increased risks for women taking estrogen-plus-progestin?
A. For every 10,000 women taking estrogen plus progestin pills:
38 developed breast cancer each year compared to 30 breast cancers for every 10,000 women taking placebo pills each year.
37 had a heart attack compared to 30 out of every 10,000 women taking placebo pills.
29 had a stroke each year, compared to 21 out of every 10,000 women taking placebo pills.
34 had blood clots in the lungs or legs, compared to 16 women out of every 10,000 women taking placebo pills.
Q. What are the reduced risks for women taking estrogen-plus-progestin?
10 had a hip fracture each year, compared to 15 out of every 10,000 women taking placebo pills each year.
10 developed colon cancer each year, compared to 16 out of every 10,000 women taking placebo pills.
Q. What are the conclusions from these findings?
A. The main conclusions are:
The estrogen plus progestin combination studied in WHI does not prevent heart disease.
For women taking this estrogen plus progestin combination, the risks (increased breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots in the lungs and legs) outweigh the benefits (fewer hip fractures and colon cancers).
Q. What were the actual hormones that women in the estrogen-plus-progestin study were taking?
A. Women who were randomized to receive active hormones were taking conjugated equine estrogens 0.625 mg each day and medroxyprogesterone acetate 2.5 mg each day.
This is the most commonly prescribed postmenopausal hormone therapy in the United States for women who have a uterus (used each day by more than six million women).
Q. When did the increased risk of breast cancer become apparent for women taking estrogen-plus-progestin compared to women taking placebo pills?
A. There was no difference in the development of breast cancer during the first 4 years between women taking estrogen plus progestin and those taking placebo pills. After that time, the numbers began to increase. After an average of 5.2 years, there was an increased risk of breast cancer in women taking estrogen plus progestin compared to those taking placebo pills.
Q. Do you have recommendations about other hormone alternatives (lower-dose estrogens, micronized progesterone, natural hormones)?
A. We cannot make specific recommendations about other hormone medications, such as different estrogens or progestins. We also cannot make recommendations about hormones women take in lower dosages or in different ways, such as patches instead of pills.
Futher, without scientific clinical trial data, one cannot assume that alternative estrogen plus progestin treatments are any safer than those studied in WHI.
Q. I am taking prescription hormones, what should I do?
A. We recommend that you talk with your health care provider about your individual health risk profile and the hormones you are currently taking. The FDA's advice on hormone therapy should be considered.
Q. Does this information apply to Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMS) or phytoestrogens?
A. These preparations were not studied in the WHI Hormone Program, and therefore, we cannot make any conclusions about the risks or benefits of SERMs, such as raloxifene (Evista®) or tamoxifen (Nolvadex®) or phytoestrogens.
Q. How does this information affect my decision to use HT for relief from hot flashes, sleep problems and mood swings?
A. The WHI and the observational studies on the risk of ovarian cancer were long-term studies which were not meant to address the shorter-term use of HT. Thus, the information from these studies should be used by women considering use of HT for longer than 3 or 4 years.
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Telling statistic: One of Henderson's strengths is his mid-post, back-to-the-basket game. But he made just 34.5 percent of his shots this season 3-10 feet from the basket.
Season review: The book on Henderson has always been that he needs to improve his 3-point range to become a complete NBA shooting guard. Henderson took more 3s this season (136) than in any of his previous five seasons, but his percentage (33.1 percent) didn't improve.
Henderson started the season as a reserve, playing behind Lance Stephenson. He returned to the starting lineup when Stephenson was injured and never gave up the spot. Henderson is a tri-captain on this team and widely respected by his teammates. Clifford praised him for playing through hip and quadriceps injuries late in the season after the Hornet were eliminated from the playoff race.
Henderson's $6 million player option for next season is an interesting decision. Will he forfeit that sure thing to pursue a long-term deal in unrestricted free-agency in July? And would the Hornets pursue him if he does void the final season on his current deal?


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Q: Limit Python process memory usage I have a system with 16GB of memory. I run a python script for some data mining application and the process takes up the entire 16GB. I want to limit the python process to take up only a limited amount of memory.
Is it possible to do this? If yes, how?
Update:
The application retrieves hotel review data from a huge database and tries to build graphs among hotels and users for some analysis. The data structure to hold the data goes beyond 16GB.

A: You have an application which has a data structure that appears to require 16GB+ of RAM, right? If so, then limiting its RAM will cause the application to fail, will it not?
Is there a reason all of this data needs to be in RAM all at once? Likely, the application could be redesigned to take up less than 16GB of RAM at a time.  For example, searching all file contents of all files on a computer does not require having all files open in RAM all at once, but only one at a time.
My point is that "limiting the RAM usage" isn't likely to be solvable any way other than redesigning the application.

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Ok, I have to admit I'm taking a short-cut here and sharing a post I did on the dog blog I started several months ago (and sadly won't have time for as this one takes over). I'm sure that most of the folks who follow this blog don't really know me, and many will undoubtedly wonder what would possess me to venture out on this journey alone. A little personal history might be enlightening. Keep in mind this was written in May of 2011, well before I knew I would embark on my journey in a 35' Winnebago!
First and foremost, I'm single Mom to a beautiful, spirited, kindhearted, talented, vivacious, amazing 18 year old daughter- Elissa Louise Probasco. She truly is MY dream come true, and first on my list when I count my blessings. Kudos to her Dad, Jeff, for helping me raise her right!
I'm daughter to wonderful parents. Amongst the many things I learned from them were diligence and doing my share. I learned how to keep my "nose to the grindstone", and work hard for what I believe in. I learned empathy, equality, and fairness, and to stand up for what is right. I learned that none of us is perfect, and never will be. I learned that strength… comes from within.
I'm the only sister to four really, really great brothers. I would not trade a single moment of growing up with you guys! Some of the very best and most carefree days of my life were spent tromping around the woods, skiing down the mountains, hiking up the hills and beaches, and "tearin' it up" behind the Natique with you! The memories are vivid. They are treasures I carry with me always.
My career has been an amazing ride and has brought me so many blessings I couldn't begin to list them. My portrait business has given me the opportunity to connect with a huge list of wonderful clients, most of whom I can easily call friends. I am proud and honored to know that my portraits will always be enjoyed and treasured in their homes. Speaking and teaching across the country, and a few other places around the world, has afforded me many amazing yet simple pleasures… seeing places I otherwise would not have seen, meeting and connecting with LOTS of new friends, and sharing something I still, after all these years, have passion for.
It's true what they say; nothing is more constant than change. And I'm rolling with it!! Here's the part a lot of you, even some of you who really do know me, don't know… As Elissa nears graduation and prepares to spread her wings, I am preparing to do the same. I'm ready for the next adventure in my life. Actually, I've been taking steps in this direction for a few years now, but the time is drawing near. Here's the catch… I'm not exactly sure what that adventure will be, or where it will take me. Yes, there are times when the controlled, vision/goal oriented girl in me feels a little unnerved stepping down the path without a precise destination, but the adventurous, gypsy-free spirit in me is longing for it and has already packed her bags. Those of you who know me, know there is no shortage of passion and drive. No shortage of ideas either, some of them already in the works. Stay tuned! It could be a thrilling ride! 🙂 One thing is for sure. My camera will not be left behind!
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We're pretty good at laughing at ourselves around here.
Proud Mom to a daughter who is beautiful, inside and out.


I see so many stories of life in the jungle and there are lessons to be learned also. Here at La Selva there are many kinds of trails and the ones that have some concrete to walk above the wet and muddy rainforest floor are very nice.
Often there are vines to step over or crawl under, but it all makes for an authentic experience. I love that they don't cut and slash things away just because they're on the path. It all has a purpose and being a biological field station, it is much valued by those studying it.
I love the visual picture of a caring and sharing attitude that this scene displays.
Not only was the vine allowed to survive, grow, and travel straight across the concrete path, but to keep it from being stepped on a metal "bridge" was made so you can walk over it without walking on it.
Oh my! If only we could go through life by walking over and around people and not on them. Too often our words trample somebody's soul and leave scars and wounds that even time do not completely heal. You have some of those scars, I have some of those scars. They seem to grow and have a life of their own, molding and shaping who we are, rather than who we were created to be.
Maybe somebody told you in school that your clothes were raggy. To dress that wound you continually shop for clothes that look good. Your closet is full of things that rarely get worn ... and maybe rarely get found in the size of today's closets.
Maybe somebody called you names and teased you and made you afraid that you would be hurt. Now, you sometimes twist what people say thinking they mean something else - thinking you are still being called names, but in a more deceptive manner. They aren't attacking you, but your perception causes you to attack yourself because that wound never healed.
Maybe you grew up with violence in your household and any time something doesn't go your way, you get that surging, boiling anger coming forth that you had to bury as a child because you were too small to stand up for yourself. Now as an adult you don't take anything from anybody. You're always ready for a fight and although your heart truly wants peace in the midst of your family, you seem to explode before you get a choice to be calm.
Oh, if only somebody had built a bridge over us while we were growing up, so we could've been protected from all those who trampled over us in the process. Remember "My Fair Lady?" Where Professor Henry Higgins turns an English street flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady? We all want to be transformed into something more beautiful.
Some people can look back and think of a person or people who gave them some comfort or protection as they were growing up. Maybe a teacher, a neighbor, a friend's mom, or even grandparents. It's amazing how much of an effect you can have on a life by taking time to nuture a bit, to comfort, to encourage, to sprinkle with affection and approval now and then.
Somebody took the time to "lift up" this vine and tie it till it grew solid and could hold itself up. You could be a piece of rope to somebody's life. One that lifts them up above the destruction of those they will surely encounter who trample everything in their path.
You can show them they have value and purpose and implant within them a knowing that they are loved and cared for by a Mighty God.
It doesn't mean you stand there holding them up. You tie a piece of rope around them (a Scripture from God's Word) and encourage them. Don't participate in listening to the 100th rehearsal of their problems. Nobody gets beyond their problems if they're going to plop themselves down in the muck and mire of their life. God says He will use all for our good (Romans 8:28), so no matter what we're experiencing we can trust in Him to know better and to seek refuge in Him till the storms are over.
If we choose to sink into the misery and give the devil glory for his work in our lives by rambling on about all the evil he's sending your way ... well, we surely do sink. It can take us to our own private place of Hell on earth if we dwell on the circumstances and not on the hope given to us. Like a gift, we have to reach out and accept it. God's grace is sufficient.
Sometimes just telling somebody they can do it is enough to give them the courage to step out. A few words they can tuck away in a corner of their mind that makes them believe that there is somebody (with flesh) who believes in them. Something to hold on to that enables them to move forward. One step at a time out of the mire they want to be rid of.
I find that at times, just a smile lights up somebody's face from gloom to bloom. Have you noticed that smiles are few these days? You can really brighten up the world just by smiling. And you'll reap health benefits for sowing those smiles.
Smiling produces hormones that make you feel better even if you're forcing yourself to do it. Studies have shown that the immune system instantly weakens when you frown and put on a tragic face. When you smile your immune system and your entire body perks up. There are various pressure points in your face that affect your entire system when you flex certain facial muscles.
So, start a new exercise program today. Smile! All day, every day! You will be amazed at how it makes you feel when you get used to it. It's okay to just smile at yourself.


For its 18th annual regional tasting event, Vital Communities gathers dozens of Upper Valley farmers and food artisans in the Hartford High School gymnasium. Wake up with java from Upper Valley Coffee Roasters (with or without fresh local cream!), then sample cheeses from Spring Brook Farm, goat's milk gelato from Sweet Doe Dairy and yogurt by Norwich Farm Creamery, along with health-giving liquids from JUEL Juice + Smoothies, baked goods, breads, catered dishes and other handcrafted eats.
Flavors of the Valley: Sunday, April 7, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Hartford High School, White River Junction. $10-35. Info, 291-9100, vitalcommunities.org/flavors.
Sparkling Wine Weekend: The winemakers at Lincoln Peak Vineyard show off two new "fresh fizzy" pétillant natural wines, plus five still vintages. Saturday, April 6, and Sunday, April 7, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven. Tastings, $7. Info, 388-7368, lincolnpeakvineyard.com.
Lion Turtle Tea x CO Cellars: Bao & Before Sunrise: Cellar visitors pair steamed buns and spring rolls from Burlington's forthcoming teahouse with a fresh new sparkling ferment from ZAFA Wines. Saturday, April 6, 6-10 p.m., CO Cellars, Burlington. Cost of food and drink. Info, cocellarsvt.com.
Sugar Shack: Misery Loves Co. celebrates the tapping of the trees with an after-work feast of maple-infused small plates, larger plates and desserts. Wednesday, April 3, happy hour snacks, 3-5 p.m. ; dinner, 5-9 p.m., Misery Loves Co., Winooski. $65. Reservations. Info, 497-3989, miserylovescovt.com.
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Following Jill's retirement from management, Suffolk Summer Theatres Ltd has been established in order to ensure the future stability and security of the Summer Theatre Seasons. They aim to continue the long tradition of repertory theatre in Southwold and Aldeburgh, entertaining holidaymakers in both towns with a broad mixture of comedies, thrillers and family drama.
The perfect seaside experience! See the website for all details on performances, times and prices and to book your tickets now!


The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.
The demolitions should be complete by the end of the year.
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A budget that is balanced, stable and stays within five-year budget projections.
Building on the already robust growth in job opportunities for Iowans.
Strengthening the state's education system through predictable, stable funding with a modest increase in state financial support.
Enhancing readiness of Iowans for success in the 21st-century world by improving the availability of computer education in grades kindergarten through 12; emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; and increasing the proportion of Iowans who have post-high school education and skills training.
Continuing to shrink state government while increasing its efficiency through smart management.
Enhancing and expanding initiatives to improve water quality.
Reducing the growing number of deaths on the state's roads in part by cracking down on distracted driving due to cellphones and other mobile devices.
Accomplishing major progress in each of these areas is achievable in 2017 and 2018 in part because for the first time since Branstad reclaimed the governor's chair, Republicans control both houses of the Legislature.
• $13.5 billion in private-sector capital investment has been attracted to Iowa leading to robust job growth.
• The Hawkeye State has among the nation's soundest budgeting approaches. It has been ranked near the top of the 50 states in terms of its management prowess.
• The cash reserve and economic emergency accounts are in good shape.
• Iowa is a national leader in renewable energy use with 35 percent of its electricity being generated from wind and on course for that percentage to reach more than 40 percent by 2020.
The progress that has been made with Branstad at the helm has set the stage for even greater achievements. Iowa is well-positioned to address the areas the governor has set as priorities because he and his team have been innovative and skillful managers of the state government.
After 22 years as governor, Branstad is about to move from the domestic scene to serving our nation internationally as the U.S. ambassador to China. His talents will make a huge contribution as America strives to improve its relationship with the world's most populous nation and second-largest economy. Fortunately, the state's top job will be in excellent hands when Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds succeeds him.
The Times-Republican applauds Branstad for his hard work and commends him for the vision shown in his address. He is not only Iowa's — and America's — longest-serving governor but also one of its best. The governor has challenged the state's lawmakers — indeed implored all Iowans — to work innovatively so that the future of the Hawkeye State will be splendid. His tenure has helped make that possible.


HB 5 engine is NOT a part of the delivery, but can be added specially ordered!
The high-quality marble machine with its 8 constantly moving marbles evokes universal amazement!
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HB5 motor is NOT part of the delivery but can be ordered additionally!
Now also available as a kit.