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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Summary
We don't get much of a warm up here: we're right in the thick of all the drama from the get go.
Hermione, Ron, Harry, and their families are all in danger as Lord Voldemort gains power, and there's an additional wrinkle: Harry's about to turn seventeen, which means the magical protections he's enjoyed at his aunt and uncle's house are going bye-bye.
So, the first big adventure of the movie involves the Order of the Phoenix trying to get Harry transported to the Weasleys' house safely. Unfortunately, Voldemort's crew has been tipped off that the transfer is happening, and so they're waiting for Harry and his friends when they fly away from the Dursley home.
There are casualties: Hedwig and Mad-Eye. Oh, and George loses an ear. So, the movie is already off to a roaring start.
Think we're going to get a break from all the violence and sadness at Fleur and Bill's wedding? Guess again. The Ministry of Magic falls to the Death Eaters during the festivities, which means all the magical protections around that event are broken…which means everyone has to run away as Voldemort's crowd arrives looking for Harry.
Hermione, luckily, has been preparing for the worst case, best case, and everything in between ('cause she's Hermione), and so she manages to get Ron, Harry, and herself out of the wedding unscathed (and with a magic bag containing most of their stuff to help with the journey ahead).
So, the kids are safe, but they have no idea what to do next—they just know they need to stay out of sight while they look for these things called Horcruxes, which are objects housing little bits of Voldemort's soul. If they find all those Horcruxes and then kill Voldemort, then maybe life will return to normal for everyone (well, everyone but the Death Eaters).
Step #1 is finding the real version of the locket/Horcrux that Harry and Dumbledore thought they had found at the end of the last movie—but was a fake. Harry and his friends know that some guy named RAB switched out the real locket with a fake one, but they don't know:
1.	Who RAB is
2.	Whether RAB managed to destroy the locket, and…
3.	…if he didn't, where the locket is now.
That's a lot of uncertainty, right? Anyway, when the kids are hiding at 12 Grimmauld Place (headquarters of the Order, and family home of Harry's godfather, Sirius), Harry answers the first question: RAB is Regulus Black, Sirius's brother.
Harry and the others interrogate 12 Grimmauld's resident house elf, Kreacher, to find out more about Regulus and the locket. Turns out, a dude named Mundungus (who's in the Order, but not really the most honorable guy) stole the locket and sold it to—wait for it—Dolores Umbridge.
Yes, that Dolores Umbridge: the horrible, no good, saccharine-tongued-but-also-really-sadistic former teacher and headmaster at Hogwarts from the fifth movie. We're sure Harry and his friends would have been happy never to see her again, but now they have to find her and steal her jewelry.
Since she's pure evil, it's no surprise that Dolores has been allowed to stay on at the Ministry of Magic under Death Eater/Voldemort's leadership. So, Harry, Hermione, and Ron concoct a way to disguise themselves, get into the Ministry, and rip the locket right off of Umbridge's neck. They have some trouble getting out of the Ministry after all those shenanigans, but the bottom line is they accomplish their mission: They have the locket.
Now they have a new problem, though: How do they destroy the locket? They know that the sword of Gryffindor would do the trick, but it's missing. So they are forced to travel around with this evil little dark object until they figure it out.
Unfortunately, this whole ordeal (plus the evil influence of the locket on everyone's moods) leads to a whole boatload of tensions between Harry and his friends. Ron, in particular, is getting really frustrated with how slowly "Project Destroy Voldemort" is going. And he takes it out on Harry, since Harry has kind of been in charge of the whole Horcrux thing.
Things get so bad that Ron leaves the group for a while. Hermione and Harry are devastated, obviously, and the mission doesn't really get much further in Ron's absence.
In fact, it almost has a huge setback: Harry and Hermione almost get killed when they visit Godric's Hollow (Harry's birthplace, Dumbledore's childhood home, and the hometown of a magical historian named Bathilda Bagshot) in search of answers. The upside: Harry gets to visit his parents' grave and they do locate Bathilda. They're hoping that she will have some insights that will be helpful to their whole Horcrux mission.
The downside: turns out that Bathilda is Voldemort's snake disguised in the old woman's corpse. (Yes, that is just as gross as it sounds.) Luckily, they escape. But barely.
Then, one night, things take a much more positive turn. A silver doe appears in the woods while Harry is keeping watch—someone's Patronus—and Harry follows her. Right to the sword of Gryffindor, which is hidden beneath the icy surface of a pond.
When Harry goes in to retrieve the sword, though, there's a little hiccup: the Horcrux (which he's wearing around his neck) tries to strangle him in protest, since it senses the presence of an object that can destroy it. Luckily, Ron is (miracle of miracles!) nearby and saves Harry and the sword from the pond.
Once everyone is back on dry land, Ron destroys the Horcrux with the sword, and the team reunites. (Hermione takes a while to forgive Ron for leaving, though.)
Meanwhile, as all that drama has been unfolding, Hermione has been reading a book that Dumbledore left her in his will, and it has a symbol that keeps popping up. They first saw it at Bill and Fleur's wedding on a necklace that Luna's father, Xenophilius, was wearing, and then it showed up again on a grave in the cemetery at Godric's Hollow. They're pretty sure it must be significant, so the gang decides to go visit the Lovegoods to find out more about the symbol and its meaning.
As with the trip to Godric's Hollow, there is good news…and bad news. We'll start with the good stuff: Xenophilius gives kids get the full scoop about the symbol. Turns out, it represents something called the Deathly Hallows.
The what? Well, we'll give you the (kind of) short version of the "Tale of the Three Brothers" (which is where the Hallows legend got started). According to that story, there are three magical objects floating around the world that, when held together, can make someone the master of death: an invisibility cloak (hmm, where have we seen one of those?), a resurrection stone, and a powerful wand that can beat all others.
Oh, yeah, we should probably mention something right about now: Harry can see into Voldemort's thoughts again, and so he knows that the Dark Lord has actually been looking for a super powerful/legendary wand. Is it the wand mentioned in the tale? Well, we don't know for sure yet, but it's totally possible.
Anyway, that story gives Harry, Hermione, and Ron lots of stuff to think about, in terms of Voldemort's motivations and, perhaps, how to beat him. After all, being master of death seems like it could be more than a little helpful, if the Hallows are legit, right?
So, now for the bad news: The Death Eaters have taken Luna, and when Harry shows up to talk Hallows, Xenophilius decides to alert the Death Eaters in the hopes of arranging an exchange. Harry and his friends manage to escape before the Death Eaters get them, though.
Phew, right? Wrong.
Once escaping, they run straight into a gang of "Snatchers," who apparently go around rounding up people who have been running from the Ministry. Hermione stuns Harry with a spell that disguises his face, but the snatchers are still wise to the fact that they might have Harry Potter.
So, they take the kids to Malfoy Manor, which seems to be Death Eater headquarters these days. Once there, it's pretty much chaos: Bellatrix (remember her?) is all fixated on the fact that the kids have the sword of Gryffindor (which is supposed to be in her vault) and tortures Hermione for more information, and the boys discover Luna and Ollivander in the cellar where they are imprisoned.
In desperation, Harry tries to summon help using a shard of magical mirror that appears to have another face (Dumbledore's?) in it, and suddenly Dobby appears—he can evade all the magical protections on the place, you see. So, through Dobby's help, the kids and Ollivander all manage to get out. Sadly, though, Dobby dies through his efforts.
The kids bury Dobby where they end up (a beach) and prepare for the next stage of the adventure. Oh, and Voldemort sneaks into Dumbledore's grave and steals the wand he was buried with. It seems Dumbledore may have had that super powerful wand…and now Voldemort does. What could go wrong?
And how soon until we can watch the next and final movie?
We're hearing some spooky noises. (Yup; sounds like a Harry Potter movie to us.)
We're also seeing somebody's eyes—just the eyes. Who is this?
It's a guy who's talking about dark/scary times, which fits the musical cues to a T.
Apparently he's talking to all his citizens, and he's swearing to protect them from dark forces.
There are lots of reporters taking pictures. Ah—he must be the Minister of Magic.
Now we're with Hermione, who's looking at a newspaper. The news is looking pretty grim. An article about the murder of a Muggle family catches her eye in particular.
Oh, look, it's the Dursleys (you know, Harry's aunt and uncle). As Harry peeks out a window at them, it looks like the Dursleys are packing up to leave their home. Apparently, they aren't safe there anymore? Oh dear.
Now we're back with Hermione, who's casting an "Obliviate" spell. We see Hermione drain out of the family photos. Goodness, why is she erasing herself from her parents' lives?
We're getting a little whiplash from all this cutting back and forth: Now we're back with Harry, who's watching the Dursleys leave.
Yikes, now we're back with Hermione, who's just left home and is walking away down the middle of the street while dramatic music plays. Cue the credits.
Now we cut to dark, smoky figures streaming through the dark.
Snape is storming through the halls of some kind of house and walks right into a meeting with Voldemort. There's a victim/prisoner suspended above the table.
Snape starts telling Voldemort about someone will be "transported." We're assuming that someone is Harry.
Ah, yes, it is, and there are conflicting reports on this front: they've also gotten intel that contradicts Snape's.
Oh, and there's a guy named Pius there who's supposedly a politician. Voldemort says he will be useful. We're guessing he's inside the Ministry.
Bellatrix offers to be the one to kill Harry during the transport, but Voldemort says he has to do it. But he needs a new wand first.
Voldemort taunts Lucius Malfoy by considering taking his wand. Instead of doing that, though, he breaks it.
Then Voldemort decides it's time to torture the prisoner above the table, who is apparently a former Muggle Studies professor at Hogwarts. (This seems to be the only reason Voldemort despises her.)
Voldemort kills her (as she begs her supposed friend Snape for her life), and then lets his snake eat her.
Then we cut to a shot of Dumbledore falling off the tower to his death, which happened in the last film. Really? Did we need to revisit that?
Now we see Harry looking into a bit of shattered mirror. Wait, is that Dumbledore looking back? How can that be?
No time to ponder that, though. Harry is all packed up and ready to leave the Dursleys' house forever.
He hears people outside, and it turns out to be a whole crew from the Order.
Mad Eye takes control and tells Harry the plan: They're all going to take Polyjuice Potion so they all look like Harry. This way, when they transport Harry, the enemies waiting for them won't be able to tell who's who. Pretty smart, if you ask us.
Harry objects, since it puts all of his friends in danger. However, he has to give in to group pressure, and they all change.
The real Harry gets in the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike, and they all take off, flying up through the clouds.
Bad news, though: the Death Eaters were waiting for them.
Harry desperately tries to fend off the attackers and Hagrid speeds him away.
But Hedwig gets hit with a killing curse. RIP.
But there's no time to worry about that, either.
Suddenly, Harry's scar is throbbing and Voldemort is there. Without trying/meaning to, he raises his arm with his wand and it connects with Voldemort's. Both wands are casting spells, and Harry's somehow overpowers Voldemort's.
Despite all that—and the malfunctioning of the bike—Harry and Hagrid manage to land safely at the Burrow.
More bad news, though: No one else is back yet.
Oh wait—here's someone. It's someone who looks like Harry with his ear ripped off. Lupin is carrying him.
Lupin brings the boy into the house and then interrogates Harry to make sure it's him.
Lupin says that they have been betrayed, since Voldemort knew Harry was being moved that night.
Then Kingsley arrives, then Ron. Kingsley asks how Voldemort knew to chase the real Harry, and Harry says it was the fact that Hedwig was protecting him.
Now Mr. Weasley and Fred are back. They're looking for George—who, it turns out, is the boy missing an ear.
They find George convalescing, and Fred leans by his brother. George starts cracking jokes—which is probably a good sign, right? Not that we find anything particularly funny right now.
Bill arrives soon after this, and then Tonks.
Bill announces that Mad Eye is dead. Mundungus, a thief who was paired with Mad Eye during the transport, Disapparated when Voldemort arrived. Everyone is obviously pretty devastated.
Harry is trying to sleep, but he's having some bad dreams—understandable, of course, after everything.
Apparently abandoning the whole idea of sleep, he gets up and walks around. And then out of the house. Wait, where does he think he's going? Doesn't he know how unsafe "out of the house" is for him by now?
Ron chases him out and asks just what he's doing. Harry says he doesn't want anyone else dying for him.
Ron tries to reason with him, saying he doesn't think Harry should go without him and Hermione.
Harry ends up agreeing to come back in to the Burrow for now (after all, a wedding is about to take place) and Ron ponders where the Horcruxes are.
Harry is looking at the newspaper, and Rita Skeeter has written an article about Dumbledore. Rita is a nasty and dishonest piece of work, so the article is bound to make Harry angry.
Luckily, he gets a good distraction right at that moment: Ginny comes in and asks Harry to zip her up. Then she kisses him. Dumbledore who?
Outside, Mr. Weasley is putting up a tent for this wedding.
The Minister of Magic arrives. Hey, that's the guy we saw blathering to reporters at the beginning.
He's there to talk to Harry—and, more to the point, read Dumbledore's will.
As it turns out, Dumbledore left stuff to Ron, Hermione, and Harry.
The kids seem pleased with their gifts…but puzzled. Hermione got a book of old stories, Ron got Dumbledore's Deluminator (which turns lights on and off), and Harry got a couple of things, including the first Snitch he caught in a Quidditch match.
One of the other gifts makes perfect sense, though: Dumbledore left the sword of Gryffindor to Harry.
As you may recall, the sword can destroy Horcruxes, so Harry definitely knows why Dumbledore wanted to leave it to him.
Unfortunately, the Minister of Magic doesn't think the sword was Dumbledore's to give…and besides, the sword is missing.
Scene 10
Ah, it seems that the wedding we've been building up to is Bill and Fleur's. It looks like it's a lot fun.
At the wedding, Harry chats with Luna and her dad, and then he goes to talk to a dude named Elphias Doge, Dumbledore's friend. Doge just wrote an article about Dumbledore.
Harry and Doge talk about Rita Skeeter's recent work on Dumbledore. Turns out, it's not just an article she's been cooking up. She's done a book as well.
Ron's Auntie Muriel is listening in on their conversation and chimes in as well.
Through the chat, Harry learns a few things about Dumbledore that he hadn't known before. Auntie Muriel is shocked by how little Harry seems to know about Dumbledore. As is Harry, actually.
Then, Harry and others see a glow in the distance, and a Patronus arrives. Perhaps it's a message of good wishes for the happy couple?
No such luck. The Patronus announces that the ministry has fallen and "they" are coming. We're not exactly sure who "they" are, but probably no one/nothing good.
Sure enough, Death Eaters arrive shortly thereafter, and Hermione, Ron, and Harry Disapparate together to a busy city street.
Hermione, it seems, has prepared for a possible quick departure by packing up a magic bag that's way bigger on the inside than it appears (kind of like a Tardis). That girl really is always three steps ahead, isn't she?
As they walk through the crowded streets of London, she pulls out clothes for them to change into.
The kids are in a diner discussing what to do next. Suddenly, a couple of Death Eaters walk in and attack them. They manage to stun them, but it's a bad sign. How in the world did these dudes find them?
Hermione wipes the Death Eaters' memories and they get out of there.
They head to Grimmauld Place, the headquarters of the Order. They're hoping they'll be safe there.
Harry's having more nightmares. Or are they nightmares? They seem to be nasty memories of Voldemort's, so maybe he's back inside Voldemort's thoughts again?
Luckily, he wakes up before we have to see too much of Voldemort's bad behavior.
He goes upstairs and explores one of the rooms.
He finds a book by a woman that he, Elphias, and Ron's aunt were discussing at the wedding: Bathilda Bagshot.
It turns out that the room belongs to Regulus Arcturus Black. R.A.B. Hey, those were the initials of the dude who stole the Horcrux at the end of the last movie. Well, at least that mystery is solved.
Harry shares his discovery with the others. While they are pondering what it means, they hear a noise and realize they aren't alone in the house: Kreacher the house elf is there. They quiz him about the whereabouts of the real locket/Horcrux.
Kreacher says that Mundungus (remember? The thief that was partnered with Moody and then abandoned him?) took it. Harry orders Kreacher to find him.
Now suddenly we're on the Hogwarts Express, which is taking the students who aren't Harry, Hermione, and Ron going back to school.
It's a good thing that Harry and his friends decided to take a powder this year: some Death Eater types board the train to look for our favorite lightning-bolt-scarred wizard.
Then we cut around to a few different things:
•	We see that dude Pius has become Minister of Magic, and the Daily Prophet is now reporting that Harry is Undesirable Number One. It's official: Voldemort is in charge of the Ministry.
•	In what appears to be a London alleyway, we see Mundungus trying to hide.
•	Back at Grimmauld place, Harry is contemplating the Snitch Dumbledore gave to him.
Looks like the camera is going to stick with what's happening to Harry for now. As he's pondering, a commotion starts up downstairs. Kreacher and Dobby are working to wrestle Mundungus through the door.
Turns out, Dolores Umbridge bought the locket from Mundungus. How in the world are Harry and the gang going to get it back from her?
Whew, we're in luck: Harry, Hermione, and Ron seem to have a plan. They're going to break into the Ministry of Magic and steal it back.
Simple, right? Wait, no—it sounds a) really dangerous and b) basically impossible.
The plan involves knocking out a few Ministry employees, stealing their hair, and then making/using Polyjuice Potion to turn themselves into these folks so they can get in the Ministry undetected.
The first steps go off according to plan, though, so Harry, Ron, and Hermione end up in disguise and ready to enter the Ministry.
So far, so good—they're in. But they have to interact with people as the folks they're impersonating, which is kinda difficult…since they have no idea who these people are, other than the fact they work at the Ministry.
Eventually, they all have to split up, and Harry (as "Albert Runcorn") goes exploring, and Hermione actually gets pulled away to do something with Umbridge.
Harry manages to find Umbridge's office—and sees Mad Eye's eye in the door.
He then plants a diversion and gets into the office to look around. He doesn't see the locket anywhere. However, he finds files on his friends and Dumbledore.
Harry and Ron then find each other again, and they go to find Hermione, who's in the basement.
When they get there, they find that Umbridge is actually wearing the Horcrux. That's both lucky and unlucky. Again, how are they going to get it?
We should probably mention what Hermione and Umbridge are doing in the basement: They're actually in a courtroom, and a woman named Mary Cattermole, the wife of the dude Ron is impersonating, is on trial, apparently for maybe not having enough wizard blood or something like that.
Harry manages to attack Umbridge and get the Horcrux from Umbridge. The kids—with Mary in tow—escape from the courtroom.
By this point, the Polyjuice Potion has worn off, and it doesn't take long for people to realize the kids are intruders. They rush to get out of the Ministry.
They make it out, but one of the men pursuing them was holding on to them when they tried to leave…
When they land, something brutal has happened to Ron. It seems that when Hermione was trying to Disapparate and that dude was holding on to them, something called Splinching happened. He's got some really nasty looking wounds on his body.
And in other bad news, now they can't go back to Grimmauld place. You see, Hermione had tried to Apparate there first, before she realized that she had brought an enemy along, and that means the dude now has access to Grimmauld.
Time for some good news, though: Hermione can heal Ron's wounds pretty quickly with something called Dittany. They're all still pretty shaken up, but at least Ron will live.
Now the kids are trying to destroy the Horcrux/locket, but it's not working. Apparently, Voldemort protected this bit of his soul very well.
They finally give up, and Harry decides he has to wear the Horcrux to keep it safe until they find a way to get rid of it.
Ron is getting pretty exasperated, and wonders aloud why Dumbledore didn't bother to tell Harry how to destroy these Horcruxes, if they're so important to defeating Voldemort.
Later, as Harry is sitting alone, it looks like goes back in Voldemort's mind again.
Hermione notices and tells him that he should stop it.
Harry ignores the comment and tells her what he saw. Voldemort is looking for something, and he's been tracking a wand maker to get it.
Harry is being really grumpy, and Hermione tells him to take the locket off.
Apparently, that makes him feel lots better. The locket seems to cast a cloud over the person who's wearing it. And really, we'd expect nothing less from something that Voldemort created.
Hermione suggests that they take turns wearing it, and Harry agrees.
At night, Hermione goes poking around the area around their camp while Ron is listening to the radio. Meanwhile, Harry is checking out what his friends at Hogwarts are doing using the Marauder's Map.
As she's exploring, Hermione encounters some shady-looking guys. They can't see Hermione, though, because of the enchantments she has placed around their camp.
One of the guys seems to be able to smell her, but he can't see her.
After that little incident, Hermione and the others decide to move their camp.
For some reason, Ron seems to be growing super resentful of Harry and his relationship with Hermione.
Uh oh—this whole Horcrux quest seems to be really testing everyone's patience and friendships.
On a more positive front, Hermione has had a realization about the sword of Gryffindor and why it destroys Horcruxes: it absorbed venom from the basilisk that Harry killed back in the Chamber of Secrets.
She shares her discovery with Harry, who is, like Hermione, pretty excited to have more knowledge about what destroys Horcruxes, and why.
When Ron joins in on the convo, though, he isn't excited or happy. He's really unhappy, actually. He and Harry start arguing about the whole quest for Horcruxes, and Ron seems to blame Harry for the lack of progress they've up to that point.
Harry, obviously, finds that all pretty hurtful and infuriating.
In the end, Ron decides to leave, and he asks Hermione if she's coming.
She doesn't want to, and Ron basically accuses her and Harry of being an item.
He leaves. Hermione tries to run after him, but he's gone.
Hermione and Harry know they have to keep moving to avoid being detected, but they're both super bummed out and reluctant to leave in case Ron comes back.
He doesn't, though, so they pack up and move along.
One night, Harry invites Hermione to dance to try to cheer her up. They both have the locket off, and that does seem to brighten their spirits a bit.
Well, until the dance is done, and then Hermione goes back to being depressed, and so does Harry.
Harry is lying in bed, staring at the Snitch, and then he seems to realize something.
He puts the Snitch on his mouth, and suddenly writing appears on it. It says: "I OPEN AT THE CLOSE."
You see, Snitches have something called "flesh" memories, and so it only responded to Harry's mouth—because when Harry first caught it, he actually almost swallowed it.
He shares the news with Hermione, who says she's found something, too: A symbol drawn into the book the Dumbledore left her. It's the same symbol that Luna's dad was wearing at Fleur and Bill's wedding.
Not that they know what the symbol means, but perhaps it's important, since it keeps popping up.
Harry says that he wants to go to Godric's Hollow, and Hermione agrees.
And so here they are in Godric's Hollow. This is where Harry was born, and (as Harry learned at Bill and Fleur's wedding) it's where Dumbledore grew up. And where his parents were killed. Basically, it's really important,
It appears that they've arrived in the village on Christmas Eve.
They're right by the churchyard, and Harry realizes that his parents are probably buried in there. So, they go in to take a look.
Hermione checks out some headstones, and finds one with the name "Igotus Peverell" and a symbol on it. Hey, that's the same symbol that she saw in the book/that Luna's dad was wearing.
She tries to get Harry's attention to tell him, but he's not paying attention. He's found his parents' graves.
Hermione joins him and conjures a wreath for the gravesite, and they comfort each other.
Then, they realize someone is watching them. A woman. Yikes, this is making us nervous.
The woman walks away, but Harry thinks he recognizes her. Apparently, it's Bathilda Bagshot. Hermione isn't keen on following her, but Harry thinks she might have the sword of Gryffindor. Which they really need if they want to destroy the Horcrux.
As they follow the woman, they walk by Harry's old house, where his parents were murdered. They pause to look at it.
Suddenly, the woman who had been walking away from them comes up beside them. Harry asks if she is Bathilda.
She says nothing, but Harry seems to take her stare as a yes.
They go to her house.
A photograph catches Harry's eye, and he tries to ask Bathilda about it…but she's still nonresponsive. In fact, she has yet to speak at all.
Bathilda goes upstairs, and Harry decides to follow her.
Meanwhile, Hermione looks around. She finds a copy of Rita Skeeter's book.
Upstairs, Bathilda has noticed the locket around Harry's neck. She seems very interested in it. Which doesn't seem like a good sign to us.
Finally, she starts talking to Harry, but in Parseltongue. Again, not a good sign. But Harry doesn't seem to notice.
As Harry continues to look around, suddenly Bathilda transforms into Voldemort's snake.
They start struggling. Hermione hears the commotion from below and comes up to try to help.
Nagini captures Harry briefly, but he escapes, and then Hermione and Harry manage to stun the snake.
She's not down for the count yet, though: She attacks once more, and Harry and Hermione have to escape out the window.
Harry and Hermione go to someplace called the Forest of Dean to regroup/recover.
They discuss that picture that Harry had been asking "Bathilda" about in the house. Hermione has figured out that the guy in the photo is someone called Grindelwald.
Harry explains why he was interested: It seems that he'd seen Grindelwald in that vision about Voldemort's search for a wand maker.
In other wand-related news, Harry's wand is broken—it got broken when they left Godric's Hollow. Hermione has only just now broken the news to Harry.
Harry is obviously devastated, but he tells Hermione to go inside while he keeps watch with her wand.
While he's on duty, a doe Patronus appears. Even though it strikes us as a little dangerous to leave camp and go following a Patronus cast by an unknown figure, Harry does just that.
The silver doe takes him to an icy pond and then disappears below the surface.
When Harry peers through the ice to see where the doe has gone, he sees the sword of Gryffindor at the bottom of the pond. Well, isn't that lucky.
Harry cracks the ice, removes his clothes, and goes in after it.
But wait, he didn't take everything off: He still as the locket on. And the locket does not want Harry going anywhere near the sword of Gryffindor. It starts to strangle him.
Harry tries to get back to the surface, but he's stuck under ice.
We see someone arrive above, and that person saves Harry and gets the sword.
It's Ron to the rescue.
And who cast the Patronus that led Harry to the sword in the first place? As it turns out, it wasn't Ron. There are lots of unanswered questions about how this little miraculous find came about.
Anyway, no time to ponder all that: it's Horcrux destruction time.
Harry thinks that Ron has to be the one to destroy the Horcrux. He's reluctant, but Harry insists.
Harry tells the locket to open using Parseltongue, and this horrifying black mass comes out and starts taunting Ron. Ron is paralyzed at first, but he eventually gets up the strength to destroy it. Thank goodness.
Ron and Harry go back to the camp, and Hermione isn't exactly pleased to see Ron—she's still pretty mad at him for leaving in the first place. She even has to hide being pleased when Ron shows her the destroyed Horcrux.
Then, Ron explains how he found them—by using Dumbledore's Deluminator. Hmm, it's like Dumbledore knew they'd be separated and Ron would have to find his way back. That Dumbledore really was pretty smart, wasn't he?
Later that night, Harry and Ron chat, and Ron gives Harry an extra wand he stole off a Snatcher when he was away. (Oh, and Snatchers are people who round up wizards fleeing from the Ministry—which, as you remember, is now Voldemort-controlled.)
Hermione comes in and says that she wants to go talk to Luna's dad. You know, the one who was wearing the symbol? Hermione came across it yet again and is now fully convinced it's important.
So, off they go to the Lovegoods' house.
They arrive at Luna's dad's house, and things seem…off.
Xenophilius looks super disheveled, and he's not happy to see them. They ask where Luna is, and he doesn't seem to know but says she'll "be along."
Once they are inside, Xenophilius asks what Harry needs from them.
Harry explains they want to know more about the symbol he wears around, and he replies that it's the sign of something called the Deathly Hallows.
He asks if the kids if they are familiar with the story of the three brothers. Ron and Hermione say yes, but Harry isn't.
So, Hermione pulls out her book and starts reading the story of three brothers.
As the story goes, the brothers met Death one day after cheating him (by avoiding an accidental drowning).
As a "reward" for their feat, Death gave them three gifts (one to each brother): a powerful wand, a stone that brought the dead back to life, and an invisibility cloak.
Unfortunately, the brothers who received the wand and the stone actually destroyed their lives by using them and died young. However, the brother who had the invisibility cloak lived a long and happy life.
After Hermione has finished reading the story Xenophilius explains how this all relates to the symbol. It seems that the symbol encompasses the stone, the wand, and the cloak that each of the brothers had in the story.
According to legend, those three "hallows" together make you the "Master of Death."
It's an interesting yarn, but we have to say, Xenophilius is acting super weird and even nervous. And the fact that he doesn't want Harry to leave seems pretty suspicious.
He even says something weird about Harry being his only hope. Wait, what does that mean?
We don't have to wait too very long to find out: It seems that Death Eaters kidnapped Luna, and now Xenophilius has summoned Voldemort's gang to come get Harry. He's hoping that some kind of exchange can happen.
Luckily, though, Harry and the gang are able to get out of the house before the Death Eaters can capture them.
Downside: They Apparate right into a gang of Snatchers. Well, that was bad luck.
Hermione stuns Harry with some kind of curse to change his appearance, presumably so the Snatchers don't realize he's Harry Potter.
Oh, yikes, Greyback the werewolf is with the Snatchers—that's not a good sign.
And in a double bit of bad news: The head Snatcher seems to realize who Harry is when he spots his scar, and so they take Harry directly to Voldemort's crew. Things are not looking good.
Bellatrix gets Draco Malfoy (Harry's old classmate) in to examine Harry and confirm it's him. Draco looks carefully, but is reluctant to say anything.
Then Bellatrix sees one of the Snatchers with the sword of Gryffindor. And she is not happy. In fact, she's pretty enraged.
She has the boys thrown in the cellar so she can have a talk with Hermione.
Down in the cellar, the boys find Luna and Ollivander (the wand maker) imprisoned as well.
Up above, Bellatrix is trying to torture Hermione to find out how she and her friends got the sword, since it's supposed to be in her vault at Gringotts.
Down in the cellar, Harry looks into that jagged little bit of broken mirror, where an eye sometimes appears (remember? The eye that looks like Dumbledore's?), and begs for help. Suddenly, Dobby appears.
Harry asks Dobby to Apparate Luna and Ollivander out of the cell.
Then, Wormtail comes back, and they stun him. Harry and Ron creep upstairs to rescue Hermione.
Bella is interrogating a goblin from Gringotts about how the sword of Gryffindor ended up with Harry and his pals. Hermione is in rough shape on the floor.
When the boys appear, Bella returns to Hermione and puts a knife to her throat to prevent them from trying to attack.
Bella tells Malfoy to call Voldemort. However, in the middle of all this, Dobby drops a chandelier on them, which thwarts that plan.
Harry, Hermione, and Dobby start to Disapparate, but not before Bellatrix throws a knife at them.
Unfortunately, when they Apparate on a beach, they discover that the knife hit Dobby. He dies, and they bury him.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Voldemort is robbing Dumbledore's tomb. He's there to get Dumbledore's wand…which we're guessing he believes is that super powerful wand from "The Tale of the Three Brothers."
Yikes. That's not a good development.


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Tomasz Czechowicz (ur. 28 czerwca 1970) – polski biznesmen, inwestor private equity. Jest założycielem MCI Capital SA, jednej z najdynamiczniej rozwijających się grup typu growth/private equity w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej. Sprawuje także funkcje w organach nadzorczych różnorodnych przedsiębiorstw w całej Europie. Czechowicz koordynuje grupę funduszy inwestycyjnych aktywną w Polsce oraz regionie Polsce oraz Europie ze szczegółnym uwzględnieniem Europy środkowej. Wspierają one w większości firmy technologiczne oraz opierające swój biznes na usługach internetowych.

Edukacja
Czechowicz jest absolwentem Politechniki Wrocławskiej, Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu oraz programu Executive MBA Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie i University of Minnesota.

Przedsięwzięcia biznesowe
Pierwsze działania biznesowe Czechowicz podejmował już w wieku kilkunastu lat – programował i produkował akcesoria komputerowe, które następnie sprzedawał na giełdzie, najpierw we Wrocławiu, a później także w Warszawie. Gdy przeniósł się do Wrocławia na studia, zaczął importować używane oraz nowe komputery do Polski – głównie marki Commodore 64. W ten sposób stał się jednym z najlepszych europejskich klientów firmy.

W 1990 roku Tomasz Czechowicz, Janusz Krasnopolski oraz Tomasz Gomułkiewicz założyli razem JTT Computer S. A. Spółka kontynuowała importowanie komputerów marki Commodore, a w 1997 roku zawarła umowę z Intelem oraz Microsoftem, co pozwoliło JTT na produkcję swoich własnych komputerów marki ADAX.

Czechowicz był prezesem spółki do roku 1998. Podczas tych ośmiu lat zmienił firmę w centrum wytwarzania i dystrybucji komputerów będące liderem w Europie Środkowej, które wygenerowało przychód na poziomie ponad 100 milionów dolarów. W wywiadzie z 2006 roku Tomasz Czechowicz powiedział, że doświadczenie, które wyniósł z JTT Computer S. A. było istotne zarówno dla niego, jak i dla jego przyszłych planów biznesowych, zaś w rozmowie z 2013 roku przyznał, że prowadzenie tej firmy było jednym z większych wyzwań biznesowych w jego życiu, które świetnie go przygotowało na następne przedsięwzięcia.

Po opuszczeniu JTT Computer S.A., w 1999 roku Czechowicz założył MCI Group, jedną z wiodących grup typu private equity w Polsce oraz w Europie. Od tej pory jest również jej partnerem zarządzającym.

MCI Capital ASI SA to fundusz private equity z kapitałami własnymi na poziomie 395 mln euro (stan na 31.12.21). Strategia MCI skupiona jest na inwestycjach w obszarze ekspansji i wykupów ("expansion and buyout") w gospodarce cyfrowej. Preferowana wielkość inwestycji to 25–100 mln euro w pojedynczy projekt inwestycyjny. MCI posiada obecnie udziały w trzynastu spółkach portfelowych i zgodnie ze strategią inwestycyjną planuje realizować 2-3 nowe inwestycje rocznie.

Do najważniejszych zrealizowanych do tej pory inwestycji MCI należy m.in. IZettle (wykup spółki przez PayPal za 2 mld USD udziałów od udziałowców, w tym MCI), RemoteMyApp (sprzedaż udziałów na rzecz Intel Corporation), ATMan (sprzedaż udziałów na rzecz wehikułu inwestycyjnego Goldmans Sachs), WP.pl (sprzedaż całego pakietu akcji przez Orange do Grupy O2, która odsprzedała część swoich udziałów funduszowi MCI, debiut na Giełdzie Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie – rekordowa kapitalizacja 800 mln euro), Invia (rekapitalizacja platformy e-travel z funduszem venture capital, sprzedaż do Rockaway Group za 327 mln zł), Dotcard – sprzedaż jednego z polskich liderów rynku e-płatności za 315 mln zł do inwestora strategicznego Nexi Group/Nets, Netrisk – wdrożenie strategii "buy&build" w celu zbudowania wiodącego lidera ubezpieczeniowego w Europie – rekapitalizacja z funduszem TA Associates.

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 Jeden z dziesięciu najbardziej wpływowych ludzi w europejskim internecie – tytuł przyznany przez Business Week w 2000 r.
 Global Leader for Tomorrow – tytuł przyznany przez Światowe Forum Ekonomiczne w Davos w 2001 r. za "wyjątkowe wyczucie rynku, profesjonalizm, wizję oraz efektywność biznesową"
 The TOP Manager of Year 2007 – tytuł przyznany przez TOP MANAGEMENT i angel.me w ramach programu "The Entrepeneur Awards of The Year", za udane wdrożenie strategii rozwoju MCI Group
 Wektor 2013 – nagroda przyznawana przez Pracodawców Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej wyjątkowym ludziom ze świata kultury, nauki, biznesu oraz mediów w Polsce
 Top Polski Menedżer Roku 2015 – nagroda przyznana przez polską edycję Businessweek Bloomberg za skuteczne zarządzanie, sukcesy, wytrwałość, innowacje, oraz rywalizowanie z innymi firmami nie tylko na rodzimym rynku, ale i zagranicznym
 Lista 100 najbogatszych Polaków według Magazynu Forbes – Tomasz Czechowicz pojawił się na niej kilka razy, np. w 2011 (82. miejsce), 2014, 2015 i 2016 (64. miejsce)
 Lista 100 najbogatszych Polaków według Magazynu Wprost – Tomasz Czechowicz pojawił się na niej kilka razy, np. w 2014 (78. miejsce), 2015 (46. miejsce), 2016 (66. miejsce) oraz 2017 (89. miejsce)
 CEE Mergers & Acquisitions Award w kategorii "Professional" – nagroda przyznana 23 marca 2017 r. przez jury CEE M&A za dedykację, wyjątkowe wyniki oraz najlepszą obsługę klienta w regionach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, Europy Południowo-Wschodniej oraz Europy Północno-Wschodniej
 Nominowany oraz laureat nagród, zarówno jako on sam, jak i z ramienia MCI, w wielu kategoriach PE Diamonds – przyznawana przez Polskie Stowarzyszenie Inwestorów Kapitałowych, członka Invest Europe
 Kapitalista Roku miesięcznika Forbes 2020

Zainteresowania
Czechowicz jest zapalonym triatlonistą. Ma na swoim koncie m.in. ukończone zawody na dystansie pełnego IronMan'a: Gdynia 2021, Barcelona 2019, Emilia-Romania 2020, Panama City Beach (Floryda) 2020.

Wielokrotnie startował także w maratonach (ponad 50 razy), m.in. w Nowym Jorku (5 razy), Warszawie (5 razy), Miami (2 razy) oraz Berlinie, Londynie, Chicago, Paryżu, Tokio, Bejrucie oraz Stambule. Brał również udział w ultramaratonie "Rzeźnik" w Bieszczadach (80 km).

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Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
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Gentrification is stalling efforts to buy historic Black school in North Carolina, lawsuit claims
They had been planning to restore the Torrence-Lytle School to its original condition to turn it into a school for African American students in the community.
The former educators were hoping their four kids could attend the school they wanted to open. But since this process has been ongoing for several years, that dream is now lost for their 18-year-old son who is graduating high school this year. The North Carolina couple concluded they were discriminated against and decided it was time to pursue legal action.
The couple is accusing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission of racial discrimination after they say officials have made it difficult to acquire the property. Last month, the Bateses filed a lawsuit alleging the commission is attempting to block them from purchasing Torrence-Lytle School by offering White buyers lower prices and not requiring them to provide architectural plans, make significant down payments or show extensive financial statements. The couple also alleges the commission hasn't returned any of their two deposits of $5,000.
Huntersville Colored School, currently known as Torrence-Lytle School, opened in 1937 and was among the schools built for Black students in the area because of segregation. The school is in Pottstown, which is a historically Black neighborhood in the town of Huntersville. The town is about 14 miles away from Charlotte and is about 80 percent White and 12 percent Black.
The Bateses had been hoping to turn the historic landmark into a school for underserved Black students since 2016. The couple currently own and operate the Successful Start Learning Center, which is an afterschool and summer program they founded in 2004.
"As Black consumers looking to purchase, we were made to meet certain contingencies that no other buyer has had to meet," Regina Bates told CNN. "We're convinced that they are not looking to have a Black school in a gentrified area, so they're doing everything in their power to try to stop this particular piece of history. They want to wash it away."
When reached by CNN, the commission declined to comment on the lawsuit, or the allegations made against them.
The commission is also accused of discriminatory real estate practices, breach of duties of good faith and fair dealing, negligence in care of historic property and the use of unfair and deceptive trade practices.
The couple is seeking damages of at least $25,000 as well as the return of the $10,000 deposit. They are also asking for Torrence-Lytle School to be granted to them for the cost of a dollar.
"Ideally, we would like to help the Bateses secure ownership of the property," Faith Fox, the attorney representing the couple told CNN. "That's the main goal and once they have it, to work with them to make sure that they are able to get a lot of the funding that was available years ago, and hopefully is still there, and it's still a resource for them to be able to restore the buildings."
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Virtual Reality Could Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Minds in Outer Space
By Max Plenke
With a few exceptions, the universe is really, really, really ridiculously dark. Traveling through it is like driving your car late at night, only there are no streetlights and the trip takes hundreds of days. It's possible that all that darkness could make astronauts feel lonely and, perhaps, unstable. Jay Buckey, a physician and onetime NASA astronaut, thinks he has the solution: virtual reality.
To test his hypothesis — that the ability to virtually escape the desolation of a Mars-bound shuttle would keep astronauts calm and happy — Buckey's team at Dartmouth College sent Oculus Rift headsets to Canadian Force Station Alert, a military outpost in Canada 500 miles from the North Pole. It's the northernmost place in the world where people live year-round.
"The more tools you can give people to maintain a good psychological state, the more successful the mission is likely to be," Buckey told Popular Science.
VR isn't just for space: Living life in a research station when it's 18 below zero in the summer months (at the South Pole, that's October through February) can get a little stark. That goes double for people who work inside a research facility, like the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station.
"I think it's tough knowing that you are staying within a 5-mile radius for four months straight," Austin Danicic, who's currently working for fleet operations running the heavy equipment at Amundsen-Scott, told Mic in an email. "Being pent up in the station is tough because if your job is in there, you literally do not have to go outside if you don't want to. Everything is right here for you."
The environment Danicic described sounds a lot like working on the International Space Station — the next potential place virtual reality could be tested for recreation, rather than the more utilitarian uses the European Space Agency was interested in a few years ago.
Buckey's headsets give the people at the Alert station the option to virtually leave base and experience two scenarios.
One is a 360-degree view of a filmed environment, like a park or a mountain, but the viewer doesn't control what happens. The other is called "Virtual Wembury," a walk on a beach in the United Kingdom that viewers can explore on their own.
Mini-vacations in more serene, familiar, Earth-like environments can distract from the cold, gray-metal, closet-sized environment they're working in. Maybe in the future, if the experiment is successful, third-party companies might create environments specific to the users. It could be an astronaut's favorite bar during a football game, or the family cabin. For the people who live and work in negative temperatures for months at a time, many just want to be somewhere with better weather.
"I would love to be able to go canoeing in the BWCA" — the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota — "for an hour a day ... [or] anywhere with a beach! Someplace with water, moisture and warmth!" Danicic wrote to Mic. "I think that would be most valuable during the 'winter' season, when people are literally stuck here from February to October with no hope of leaving — because it gets too cold to fly airplanes."


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Sport and Scarborough College are synonymous. Sports and games from an integral part of school life and as early as Year 3, pupils are guided by experienced and professional coaches on a daily basis. From a platform of a healthy lifestyle and a passion for playing sport, pupils can develop to start representing their Academic House or Scarborough College in competitive fixtures. The journey does not end there and there are plenty of Scardeburgians, past and present, representing their countries at international level.
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Pupils in Reception and Years 1 and 2 enjoy weekly swimming lessons during which we focus on water confidence, enjoyment and safety. The pupils can choose sports option during the Holiday Club sessions. From Year 3 onwards, all full school days include Games led by experienced coaches in rugby, football, hockey, netball and cricket. Pupils are encouraged to represent their Academic Houses or the school. Individual sports are encouraged and include athletics, swimming and tennis.
The Prep School benefits from the facilities at the Bramcote Sports Complex as well as all the sports facilities on the Filey Road campus. Swimming lessons are held at a swimming pool near the College and we use Deepdale playing fields daily for games and PE.
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The main sports for the girls are hockey, netball and tennis. Boys play rugby, hockey and cricket. Hockey, in particular, is very strong at Scarborough College and we are one of the top hockey schools in the North of England. Using the links with Yorkshire County Cricket and the Scarborough Cricket Club, our Cricket Centre of Excellence features opportunities to train and play with the biggest talents in the country.
We play regular sporting fixtures throughout the year, where we take on local rivals. In addition, we organise a great deal of overseas tours that include competitive fixtures against international opposition, training clinics as well as sightseeing. For more information on competitions and the schedule of fixtures, please visit the Senior School Sport calendar.
We encourage pupils to get involved in and play sports other than the main school sports. Our Yorkshire Grit programme features a wealth of sporting activities both famous and less well-known. The surfing programme, in particular, is a huge hit among the pupils and we team up with Surf England to provide Level 1 Surfing Assessments to those keen to take their skills to the next level.
With three major courses within close proximity, golf is another favourite at Scarborough College. South Cliff golf club is a mere five-minutes' walk and provides stunning views across the South Bay and North Yorkshire countryside. For both golf and surfing, we are in the process of setting up Centres of Excellence. For more information, please contact us.
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Technology is great! It has improved our lives in so many ways. It has made the world both smaller and larger by allowing us to easily build relationships with others around the globe and have access to new places and information.
It's also changed the way we work. Instead of waiting on someone to be in the office or return your call, you can reach them with a few strokes of your keyboard, clicks of a mouse or taps on a smartphone. Staying connected has never been more convenient. Enter the double-edged sword.
Although we utilize technology with the intention of speeding up a process or more quickly getting our checklist completed, there are times when we get lost in it. Have you ever found yourself floating around in the endless universe of the Internet or caught up in figuring out the newest gadget or web-based service? I have. It can be downright overwhelming to keep up with the latest invention that is supposed to help you be more productive.
Another trap we can all fall into is workaholic mode. When you have 24/7 access to your email and a cloud-based database, it's sometimes difficult to hang it up for the day and focus on the personal aspects of life. We've been conditioned to be "on" and available all the time. In my opinion, it's not healthy. There has to be time set aside for family, friends, hobbies, time off and personal tasks, otherwise life can quickly spin out of control.
While I am grateful for the opportunities technology provides, I try to keep my "connected" time in check so that my life feels more balanced and I'm performing my best while at work.


Located about 3 km from Hoi An center, Tra Que Vegetable Village is home to dozens of vegetables for the old town as well as other areas. This is a very popular tourist attraction, three famous vegetables in the village include purple basil, flagrant knotwed and coriander. Vegetables here are planted in clean process, the soil is fertilized with seaweed from the rivers. Tourists can buy tours to Tra Que vegetable village or go by motorcycle or bicycle. Here, you will experience the work of vegetable growers, hear the introduction about the vegetable fields and the process of care.
Hoi An's old town scene becomes more and more attractive in the evening, when thousands of lanterns are light up. On the first and 15th lunar month, visitors can join the dropping coloured lanterns festival on the Hoai River. The calm and quiet Hoai River suddenly bright up with hundreds of coloured lanterns. Currently, coloured lanterns are still available for sale on weekdays, so you can buy and drop down with your wishes.
After walking around the old town, you can stop at a street cafeteria for a refreshing drink. The coffee shops in Hoi An is not too wide but is decorated with nostalgic style with deep brown tone makes the space more simple but very close to everyone. When entering the restaurants, customers like to get rid of the bustling, noisy to mix into the quiet space and smell of coffee aromatic. Guests can choose the 2nd floor restaurants to view the entire landscape.
Located about 3 km from the center, Bay Mau coconut forest gives visitors feel like visiting the South of Vietnam. The coconut forest is next to 3 rivers: Hoai, Thu Bon and Hamlet river. When you come here, you will be sitting in the round boats and go inside to explore. When sitting on a round boat, tourists will be guided to make rings and wreaths from the leaves of coconut trees … For those who first go by the basket boat, can experience this unique boat by yourself.
Located about 3 km from the center, coconut forest in Bay Mau gives visitors feel like visiting the river in the South. The coconut forest is next to 3 rivers: Hoai, Thu Bon, Hamlet. When you come here, you will be sitting in the basket and go inside to explore. When sitting on a basket, tourists will be guided to make rings, the first round from the leaves of coconut water … For those who first go to the basket boat, can experience this unique boat paddle experience.
If you are a gastronomic lover, Hoi An is definitely the place to enjoy its specialties. Do not forget to eat bread Phuong, eat chicken rice and Quang style noodle soup, especially fried wonton which many tourists have choose it. In addition, on the streets along the old town also sells cakes, pancakes, baked cake and Pan-fried scrambled egg rice cake, etc.
Boat used to transport passengers on the river completely paddle by hand, not using machinery, so visitors feel the tranquil atmosphere of the old town. You will see the scenery along the river with the old houses hundred years old, the flow of bustling lives of people here. When sitting on the boat, visitors also hear stories about Hoi An and life here. This experience is even better when you take a boat in the evening. Lantern lights down the river glittering with the lights floating on the water will be hard to forget in the travelers' hearts.
Hoi An has a lot of attractions for the domestic and abroad tourist, one of them is the tailor shop, which making clothes, shoes, bags, slippers, … and you can pick up in the same day. Forbes has honored one of the "hot" shops in Hoi An by unique and professional service.
After about 4 hours, visitors can get the item that you just ordered. Hoi An's fashion style is very unique, trendy and prices range from $ 15 to $ 100 (equivalent to $ 350,000 – $ 2.2 million VND).
If you have the chance to visit Hoi An, try exploring the experience above. It will be a memorable journey for everyone. Do you want to go to Hoi An, don't you?


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package com.hazelcast.simulator.lettuce6;

import com.hazelcast.simulator.test.TestContext;
import com.hazelcast.simulator.test.annotations.InjectTestContext;
import com.hazelcast.simulator.test.annotations.InjectDriver;
import io.lettuce.core.RedisClient;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;

public abstract class LettuceTest   {

    public String name = getClass().getSimpleName();

    protected final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(getClass());

    @InjectDriver
    protected RedisClient redisClient;

    @InjectTestContext
    protected TestContext testContext;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Early dental treatment is far better than treating later in children when their developing dental issues can be diverted, the root cause can be eliminated and the possibility of further dental problems can be controlled. Dental treatment like orthodontic treatment is important to fix over-crowded teeth, crooked teeth, and other such dental concerns. This is common between the ages of 9 and 14. Some of them begin a lot prior, around the age of 7, because of their own individual needs as their mouth gradually develops and relies upon the child's physiological development and what his or her particular issues and needs are. The customary reference to get your child to see an orthodontist is when he/she is seven years old. There is a number of benefits attached to the early Orthodontic Treatment for the Child. The sooner child gets the orthodontic treatment, the higher the odds of enhancing the development of the child's jaws and other facial features and keeping away from any potential medical issues later on. With the help of braces in the early age helps move the child's bones while they are still supple and grows the jaw to make more space for their permanent teeth. Orthodontic treatment whenever done early may enable your child to stay away from other medical procedure or tooth extraction later in their life. Early Orthodontic Treatment for Youngsters likewise turns out to be more affordable, less distressing and less tedious over the long term. So if you think your child might also need the orthodontic treatment and can benefit from it, the best option is to consult a trusted & experienced orthodontist to give the appropriate treatment option to your child. Dr. Sunali's Dental Solutions has a team of qualified and expert Pediatric dentistry offering the best kids dentistry in Noida while taking care of every need of your child and providing them the optimum dental care. During the regular dental check-up, the dentists can better look up for the possibilities of the future problems and treat them at the appropriate time with the appropriate treatment. Schedule your appointment now at Dr. Sunali's Dental Solutions to secure your child's dental health.


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package BiomeMaster.populator.trees;

import BiomeMaster.object.tree.SwampTree;
import cn.nukkit.block.Block;
import cn.nukkit.block.BlockSapling;
import cn.nukkit.level.ChunkManager;
import cn.nukkit.level.generator.populator.Populator;
import cn.nukkit.math.NukkitMath;
import cn.nukkit.math.NukkitRandom;
import cn.nukkit.math.Vector3;

public class SwampTreePopulator extends Populator {
    private ChunkManager level;
    private int randomAmount;
    private int baseAmount;

    private final int type;

    public SwampTreePopulator() {
        this(BlockSapling.OAK);
    }

    public SwampTreePopulator(int type) {
        this.type = type;
    }

    public void setRandomAmount(int randomAmount) {
        this.randomAmount = randomAmount;
    }

    public void setBaseAmount(int baseAmount) {
        this.baseAmount = baseAmount;
    }

    @Override
    public void populate(ChunkManager level, int chunkX, int chunkZ, NukkitRandom random) {
        this.level = level;
        int amount = random.nextBoundedInt(this.randomAmount + 1) + this.baseAmount;
        Vector3 v = new Vector3();

        for (int i = 0; i < amount; ++i) {
            int x = NukkitMath.randomRange(random, chunkX << 4, (chunkX << 4) + 15);
            int z = NukkitMath.randomRange(random, chunkZ << 4, (chunkZ << 4) + 15);
            int y = this.getHighestWorkableBlock(x, z);
            if (y == -1) {
                continue;
            }
            new SwampTree().generate(level, random, v.setComponents(x, y, z));
        }
    }

    private int getHighestWorkableBlock(int x, int z) {
        int y;
        for (y = 127; y > 0; --y) {
            int b = this.level.getBlockIdAt(x, y, z);
            if (b == Block.DIRT || b == Block.GRASS) {
                break;
            } else if (b != Block.AIR && b != Block.SNOW_LAYER) {
                return -1;
            }
        }

        return ++y;
    }
}


Only a true friend understands your cries, knows the reasons behind your smile and supports you all through.
Stable me once I will understand, stab me twice and you will seize been my friend.
Friends are angels sent from above to guide you.


Fall is upon us and, with it, fall sports. If your kiddos are involved in athletics, you may want to know how best to protect them from dental injuries. A mouth guard is obvious, but many children play casual sports with other kids and don't wear one. Do you know how important mouth guards really are, even in pick-up sports activities?
First, did you know that over 5 million teeth are displaced from their socket due to trauma every year? This amounts to over $500 million in dental costs and $5-20,000 in dental costs for each incident over the child's lifetime. That's a great deal of money and a concurrent level of pain that could be prevented.
Football, hockey, martial arts, basketball and boxing are sports that carry the highest risk for dental injuries, but even noncontact sports carry a level of risk for facial injuries such as lacerations, tooth fracture or tooth loosening.
Your child's risk for injury to the face and/or teeth is 2 times higher without a mouth guard. That means that kids should wear a mouth guard even when they play pick-up sports at the park! IT's common that kids find mouth guards uncomfortable but consider this: without a mouth guard the risk of injury goes up and the injury that could occur will be more expensive to address. Consider mouth guards like helmets—you wouldn't let your child go biking without a helmet, right?
Never let your child play sports—whether organized or casual—without a mouth guard. Even if they protest!
Be sure the mouth guard is properly fitted.
If you aren't sure, ask us to check it out.
Buy a custom-fitted mouth guard for the best protection. They are affordable and they will provide an extra level of protection.
We want our kids to be physically active. Protecting their mouth and teeth with a properly fitted mouth guard helps to ensure their continued happiness both while playing sports and over their lifetime!
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James Ireland was the recipient of the Arts Council England, South West Residency at Spike Island in 2003. Ireland makes sculpture that combines a minimalist aesthetic with the concerns of representing landscape in art. He often uses materials that have little connection to the natural world, such as steel, plastic or glass. His increasing reputation has led him to a solo show at the Economist Plaza in London this year.
He has made two prints with us: Tree and Quartz.


Today, the California and Missouri State Quarter Coins remember the great race beginning April 8, 1860 for the Pony Express to make 1950 miles in ten days.
As the population of the Pacific Coast increased, the demand for quicker mail service became more imperative.
The scheme of importing camels and dromedaries and using them in carrying the mail and express across the plains was agitated. It was claimed that the camel, filling his internal water tank out of the Missouri river, could strike straight across the waterless wastes of New Mexico and Arizona, stopping occasionally for a meal of sage brush, and taking a drink at the Colorado river, he could trot across the Colorado desert and deliver the mail in the California coast towns fifteen days from New York.
As some of you will recollect, the camels did come to the coast in 1857, but they were not delivering mail; they were carrying freight, and were not much of a success at that. The Butterfield stage route was established in 1858. It was the longest stage line in the world. Its western terminus was San Francisco, and its eastern termini Memphis and St. Louis. It brought the eastern news in 20 days.
"An important event in the history of St. Joseph, Mo., was the starting of the 'Pony Express' on April 3, 1860. The facts and incidents connected with this ride of 2,000 miles to San Francisco form a most interesting chapter in the story of early western progress.
"In 1859 St. Joseph was the western terminus of railroad communication. Beyond the Missouri river the stage coach, the saddle horse and the ox trains were the only means of commerce and communication with the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope, across a space now traveled by a dozen vestibuled trains daily.
"In the winter of 1860 a Wall street lobby was in Washington trying to get $5,000,000 for carrying the mails one year between New York and San Francisco. The proposition was nothing more or less than an attempt to bunko the government. William H. Russell, who was then interested largely in freighting business on the plains, backed by the Secretary of War, resolved to give the lobby a cold shower bath. Russell offered to wager $200,000 that he could put on a mail line between San Francisco and St. Joseph that could make the distance, 1,950 miles, in ten days. The wager was accepted, and April 8, 1860, was fixed upon as the date for starting.
"To accomplish this service. Miller bought 300 of the fleetest horses he could find in the West, and employed 125 brave and hardy riders. These men were selected with reference to their light weight and courage. It was highly essential that the horses should be loaded as lightly as possible, because some sections of the route had to be covered at the rate of 20 miles an hour.
"The horses were stationed from 10 to 20 miles apart, and each rider was required to ride 75 miles. For each change of animals and the transfer of the United States mails two minutes were allowed. Where there were no stage stations at proper distances, tents capable of accommodating one man and two horses were provided. Indians, it was supposed, would sometimes give chase, but their cayuse ponies could make only sorry show in pursuit of Miller's thoroughbreds, many of which could make a mile in 1 minute and 50 seconds.
"All arrangements being completed for this great undertaking, a signal gun on a steamer at Sacramento proclaimed the meridian of April 8, 1860, the hour for starting. At that signal Mr. Miller's private saddle horse, Border Ruffian, with a brave rider in the saddle, bounded away toward the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. The first 20 miles were covered in 49 minutes, and this feat was repeated until the mountains were reached. The snows were deep in the mountains, and one rider was lost for several hours in a snow storm. After Salt Lake Valley had been reached, additional speed became necessary to reach St. Joseph in time. From there on, however, all went well until the Platte river was to be crossed at Jules- burg.
"The stream was swollen and running rapidly, but the horse plunged into the flood, only, however, to mire in quicksand and drown. The courier succeeded in reaching the shore with his mail bag safe and traveled ten miles on foot to reach the next relay. The journey from this point to within 60 miles of St. Joseph was made quickly and without incident. Johnny Fry, a popular rider of his day, was to make the finish. Pie had 60 miles to ride, with six horses upon which to do it. When the last courier arrived at the 60-mile post out from St. Joseph, he was one hour behind time. A heavy rain had set in and the roads were slippery.
"Fry had just 3 hours and 30 minutes, in which to win. It was the finish of the longest race and largest stake ever run in America.
"When the time for Fry's arrival was nearly up, at least 5,000 people stood upon the river bank, with eyes turned toward the woods from which the horse and its rider should emerge into the open country in the rear of Elwood, one mile from the finish.
"'Tick, tick!' went hundreds of watches. The time was nearly up. Only seven minutes remained.
" 'Hurrah !' A shout goes up from the assembled multitude. The courier comes! A noble little mare darts like an arrow from the bow and makes the run of the last mile in 1 minute and 50 seconds, landing upon the ferryboat off Francis street with five minutes and a fraction to spare.
"The story of this remarkable feat is only a scrap of history now. A few of the riders who participated in the great race are still living, and hundreds of old timers recall the scenes and incidents that marked the finish of the splendid contest against time. It was a great event in the history of St. Joseph.
The rider at the western end of the route, who reached Sacramento April 13, 1860, was accorded even a more enthusiastic reception, although no bet was pending on the time of his arrival. The news of his coming was heralded with great enthusiasm, and both houses of the Legislature adjourned to welcome him. He came in time for the regular afternoon steamboat, and the horse and the rider, with the mail bag, just as they had come into Sacramento, took passage on the boat and arrived at the wharf in San Francisco at 1 o'clock on the morning of April 14th, with the mail, just 10.5 days from St. Joe. They were met by an enthusiastic crowd with a band and torches. A procession was formed; and with music and continuous cheers they were escorted to the post office. The quickest time ever made between San Francisco and New York by overland mail via the Butterfield route was 20 days. The Pony Express shortened this time to 10 days.
The California and Missouri State Quarter Coins show with a mural representing the Pony Express.


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Carson City... Virginia City... Jamaica... Presidential election reporting (Lincoln)...
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, January, 1861 Featured in this issue is an article "A Peep at Washoe" which includes coverage on silver mining, Carson City, Virginia City and much more.
Other articles include "Cast-away in Jamaica" and other additional stories and illustrations included.
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Early newspaper from Carson City...
DAILY INDEX, Carson (City), Nevada, May 4, 1881
* Wild Old West
* Rare title
Coin collectors are very familiar with this town (the capital of Nevada) for the mint which produced the famous "C.C." mint marks on gold & silver coins it produced. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its heyday during the mini
Promoting the purchase of land in the West...
WESTERN WORLD, Chicago, April, 1885 In the masthead: "A Journal of Information for Those Seeking Homes or Investments in the United States" and the focus seems to be on those interesting in settling in the West. Among the articles are land investments in: "The Mesilla Valley, N.M." "Northwestern Iowa" "Cost of Living in Florida" "Forfeited Texas P... See More
1879 Carson City, Nevada...
THE DAILY NEVADA TRIBUNE, Carson City, Nevada, November 7, 1879
* Rare Old west title
* Mining era
Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its heyday during the min... See More
Bob Fitzsimmons vs. James J. Corbett...
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, March 24, 1897
* Bob Fitzsimmons vs. James J. "Jim" Corbett
* Heavyweight boxing title
This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "FITZ AND JIM HAVE QUIET TALK", "After Taking Soft Drinks They Sit Down in a Corner", "Each Shows His Wounds", "Corbett Asks Fitz... See More
An early issue from the capital of Nevada...
THE DAILY STATE REGISTER, Carson City, Nevada, 1872 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its hayday during the mining era has various news of the day on the inside pages with ads filling pages 1... See More
From the capital of Nevada...
THE NEVADA TRIBUNE, Carson City, Nevada, 1875 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its hayday during the mining era has various news of the day on the inside pages with ads filling... See More
THE CARSON DAILY APPEAL, Carson City, Nevada, 1877 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the famous "C.C." mint marks on gold & silver coins it produced. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its heyday during the mining era has various news of the day on the inside pages with ads f... See More


Last week we had a meeting with Emil and Kathy of Colombo's Delicatessen. We're developing some hosting solutions for their web presence. Over the past year, their site has been stagnant as they've developed other aspects of their business.
It was wonderful to see how enthusiastic they are for extending the relationships and atmosphere of their deli onto the web. Of course, one of the fun things of working with someone in the food industry is getting to eat while you work. Kathy broke out some tasty items including some incredible olive oil AND the olives that make up the oil - both of which can now be bought at Colombo's in Pacifica.
Other fun came from the excitement generated by planning out a recipe wiki for Kathy, and associated publish-on-demand monetization opportunities, and from Emil breaking out some Italian music he wants to be available on the site.
Go, eat, tell them we sent you.


McCartney tells me he treasures a six-foot-tall print of a photo he has of himself and Lennon, taken by Linda during the White Album sessions. "I've got the pad and I'm writing, and he's just looking over at me, and you can see the body language and everything: These guys love each other. That picture is just so emotional for me, because I'd started to think, 'Oh, we did argue…'—yeah, we'd argue, but the upshot of it was that we really, all of us, had a pretty deep love for each other."
Does anyone here know which specific photo Paul is describing, please?
I assume it's the relevant one from here. 2nd photo in the gallery.
Thanks, Tony. Yes, I think that is probably the relevant photo.


Apul, O.G. Predictive Model Development for Adsorption of Organic Contaminants by Carbon Nanotubes. Clemson University, August 2014, Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson, SC.
Apul, O.G. Municipal Sludge Minimization: Evaluation of Ultrasonic and Acidic Pretreatment Methods and Their Subsequent Effects on Anaerobic Digestion. Middle East Technical University, February 2009, M.S. Thesis, Ankara, Turkey.
Apul, O.G., Karanfil, T., Yoshimura, C. Adsorption of Organic Contaminant by Carbonaceous Adsorbents: Engineered and Natural Applications. December 2016, Academy of co-Creative Education of Environment and Energy Science Forum, San Diego, CA.
Apul, O.G. Carbon Nanomaterials for Innovations in Drinking Water Treatment, February 2019, Stony Brook University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Seminar, Stony Brook, NY.
Apul, O.G. Carbon-based Nanomaterials for Innovations in Drinking Water Treatment, March 2018, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Seminar, Gainesville, FL.
Apul, O.G. Adsorption of Organic Compounds by Carbon Nanomaterials: Exploring Intermolecular Interactions to Advance in Water Treatment Technologies. November 2017, University of Massachusetts Amherst Environmental Engineering Seminar, Amherst, MA.
Apul, O.G., Pruitt, E., Dahlen, P., Westerhoff, P. Nanoparticle-Augmented Microwave Remediation of Soils, January 2018, Chevron HHSRG Year-End Meeting, Houston, TX.
Apul, O.G., Zeng, C., Delgado, A., Westerhoff, P., Dahlen, P. Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Surfactant and Oxidant Enhanced Bioremediation, January 2018, Chevron HHSRG Year-End Meeting, Houston, TX.
Apul, O.G., Reid, T., Westerhoff, P. Experimental Investigation of 2-Methylisoborneol (MIB) and Geosmin Removal by Powdered Activated Carbon for Spartanburg Regional Joint Water System, September 2016, ASU Regional Water Quality Workshop, Tempe, AZ.
Apul, O.G., Predictive model development for adsorption of organic contaminants by carbon nanotubes. Environmental Engineering Seminar at Arizona State University, February 2015, Tempe, AZ.
Apul, O.G. Turkey's Water Perspective, American Water Works Association Annual Conference, June 2012, Dallas, TX.
Apul, O.G. Evaluation of Acidic and Ultrasonic Sludge Pretreatment Methods .Environmental Engineering Seminar at Middle East Technical University, April 2008, Ankara, Turkey.
Khalid, A., Ateia, M., Karanfil, T., Pagsuyoin, S., Bello, D., Apul, O. Adsorption of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol by Carbon-based Adsorbents. American Chemical Society 256th National Meeting and Exhibition, August 2018, Boston, MA (Oral Presentation).
Atkinson, A., Apul, O., Garcia-Segura, S., Westerhoff, P. Implementation of Nanobubble-Based Technologies in Water Treatment. American Chemical Society 256th National Meeting and Exhibition, August 2018, Boston, MA (Oral Presentation).
Barrios, A., Kidd, J., Apul, O.G., Westerhoff, P., Perreault, F. Comparison of Graphene Oxide Impregnated with Ionic or Nano Silver for Bromide Removal from Surface Waters. American Chemical Society 256th National Meeting and Exhibition, August 2018, Boston, MA (Oral Presentation).
Ashani, H., Khalid, A., Apul, O.G., Sinha, S., Westerhoff, P. Removal of Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) from Arizona Groundwater by Carbonaceous Nanomaterials. Arizona Water 91st Annual Conference. May 2018. Phoenix, AZ (Oral Presentation).
Dooley, K., Belanger, N., Gannon, O., Giles, R., Barrington, L., Apul, O.G. Sanitation Solutions for Housing Units of an Orphanage in Les Cayes, Haiti. University of Massachusetts Lowell, Student Symposium. May 2018. Lowell, MA (Poster Presentation).
Waters. Cabot Corporation, Student Material Research Symposium. May 2018. Billerica, MA (Poster Presentation).
Khalid, A., Rowles, L.S., Apul, O.G., Saleh, N. Readily Deployable Electrospun Polymer/Nanocomposite Cartridge for Lead Removal from Drinking Water Distribution Pipelines. University of Massachusetts Lowell, Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition. December 2017. Lowell, MA (Poster Presentation/Best Poster Acc. to Crowd Voting).
Pruitt, E., Apul, O.G., Dahlen, P., Westerhoff, P., Kamath, R., Kong, K. Nano-augmented microwave irradiation of soils containing heavy and long-chain petroleum-hydrocarbons. Pan American Congress of Nanotechnology Fundamentals and Applications to Shape the Future. November 2017. Guaruja, SP, Brazil (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Adsorption of synthetic organic compounds by carbon nanomaterials. Plastics Engineering Presentation at University of Massachusetts Lowell. December 2017. Lowell, MA (Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Innovations in Drinking Water Treatment Technologies: Nanoscale Solutions to Macroscale Problems. 2017-2018 Faculty Symposium at University of Massachusetts Lowell. November 2017. Lowell, MA (90-Second Flash Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Innovations in Drinking Water Treatment Technologies. Industry Advisory Board Meeting, September 2017. Lowell, MA (Short Introductory Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Delgado, A., Miranda, E., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Westerhoff, P., Sihota, N, Kamath, R., Sra,K., McMillen, S. Enhancing the biodegradation of heavy-hydrocarbons in soil. Chevron Mid-Year Meeting, August 2017, Project Meeting, Houston, TX (Oral Presentation).
Pruitt, E., Apul, O.G., Dahlen, P., Westerhoff, P., Kamath, R., Kong, K. Additive augmented, ex-situ microwave treatment for remediation of soils containing heavy hydrocarbons. Chevron Mid-Year Meeting, August 2017, Project Meeting, Houston, TX (Oral Presentation).
Kidd, J., Barrios, A., Apul, O.G., Perreault, F., Westerhoff, P. Silver impregnated graphene oxide removes bromide from surface waters. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Environmental Nanotechnology. June 2017. Stowe, VT (Poster Presentation & Oral Presentation in Gordon Research Seminar Series).
Barrios, A.C., Kidd, J., Apul, O.G., Westerhoff, P., and Perreault, F. Silver impregnated graphene oxide for bromide removal from surface water: ionic silver versus nano-silver. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Environmental Nanotechnology. June 2017. Stowe, VT (Poster Presentation).
Linard, E., Apul, O.G., Karanfil, T., van den Hurk, P., Klaine, S. Application of a bioavailability index to assess fish exposure to carbon nanomaterial-adsorbed PAHs. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Environmental Nanotechnology. June 2017. Stowe, VT (Poster Presentation).
Delgado, A.G., Apul, O.G., Chen, T., Yavuz, B.M., Rittmann, B.E., Westerhoff, P., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. Lifting the weight off crude oils: Potentials and limitations of combined chemical oxidation and biodegradation. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference, June 2017, Ann Arbor, MI (Poster Presentation).
Barrios, A.C., Kidd, J., Apul, O.G., Westerhoff, P., and Perreault, F. Silver impregnated graphene oxide for bromide removal from surface water: ionic silver versus nano-silver. May 2017. Arizona Water 90th Annual Conference. Phoenix, AZ (Oral Presentation).
Barrios, A.C., Kidd, J., Apul, O.G., Westerhoff, P., and Perreault, F. Silver impregnated graphene oxide for bromide removal from surface water: ionic silver versus nano-silver. May 2017. Houston, TX, NEWT 2nd Annual Site Visit. Houston, TX (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Nano-Environment Interconnections: Applications and Implications of Nano in Natural and Built Environments. October 2016, Translating Graduate Nano-Experience to an Academic Career: Integrating Social Aspects in Engineering Education through Active Learning Workshop. Austin TX (Flash Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G., von Reitzenstein, N.H., Ladner, D., Hristovski, K., Westerhoff, P. Development of Novel Non-Woven Fabrics by co-Spinning of Superfine Powdered Activated Carbon and Polystyrene. American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exhibition, August 2016, Philadelphia, PA (Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Alam, F., Mouti, A., Arrowsmith, S., Dahlen, P., Delgado, P., Westerhoff, P., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Kamath, R. and McMillen, S. Enhancing the Biodegradation of Heavy Hydrocarbons in Soil. Chevron Mid-Year Meeting, August 2016, Project Meeting at Rice University, Houston, TX.
von Reitzenstein, N.H., Apul, O.G., Hristovski, K., Westerhoff, P. Engineering Polymer-Supported Nanomaterial Networks for Water Treatment via Electrospinning. AZ Water 89th Annual Conference, May 2016, Tempe, AZ (Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Westerhoff, P. and Sihota, N. Heavy Hydrocarbon Soil Remediation Group: Summary of Results for Surf-Ox Team. Chevron End-of-Year Meeting, November 2015, Project Meeting at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Apul, O.G., Westerhoff, P., Sihota, N. and Zuo, Y. Evaluation of oxidant/surfactant/solvent cocktails for washing soils containing heavy hydrocarbons. Excavation and off-site management. Chevron Mid-Year Technology Deployment Meeting, May 2015, Miami, FL.
Fischer, N., Apul, O.G., Hristovski, Westerhoff, P. and Nowack, K. In situ regeneration of granular activated carbon saturated with natural organic matter and micropollutants. American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Quality Technology Conference (WQTC), November 2015, Salt Lake City, UT (Poster Presentation).
Kidd, J.M., Apul, O.G., Hanigan, D., Hristovski, K. Reed, R., Herckes, P. and Westerhoff, P. Comparison of the material properties of eight unique nanoparticles using nano-metrological functional assays. Fourth Annual Conference, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization, November 2015, Portland, OR (Poster Presentation).
Partlan, E., Davis, K., Ren, Y., Apul, O.G., Mefford, O.T., Karanfil, T. and Ladner, D.A. Effects of Bead Milling on Activated Carbon Characteristics: Trends in Superfine PAC. American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Quality Technology Conference (WQTC), November 2015, Salt Lake City, UT (Oral Presentation).
Delgado, A.G., Kamath, R., Apul, O.G., Chen, T., Rittmann, B., Westerhoff, B. and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. Chemical oxidants application for remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons. LAPI-ITB Workshop, August 2015, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia (Oral Presentation).
Delgado, A.G., Kamath, R., Apul, O.G., Westerhoff, B. and Krajmalnik-Brown, R. Surfactant-enhanced remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons. LAPI-ITB Workshop, August 2015, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia (Oral Presentation).
Westerhoff, P., Apul, O.G. and Sihota, N. Evaluation of oxidant/surfactant/solvent cocktails for washing soils containing heavy hydrocarbons. Chevron Annual Meeting, January 2015, San Ramon, CA (Oral Presentation).
Partlan E., Ren, Y., Apul, O.G., Karanfil, T., and Ladner, D.A. Variations of superfine activated carbon produced by bead milling for trace organic contaminant adsorption, American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Quality Technology Conference (WQTC), November 2014, New Orleans, LA (Poster presentation).
Apul, O.G., Zhou, Y. and Karanfil, T. Adsorption of halogenated aliphatic contaminants by graphene nanosheets. American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exhibition, August 2014, San Francisco, CA (Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G. and Karanfil, T. Adsorption of synthetic organic contaminants by carbonaceous nanomaterials. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 50th Anniversary Conference, July 2013, Golden, CO (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G. and Karanfil, T. Evaluation of carbonaceous nanoadsorbents for adsorption of synthetic organic contaminants. Gordon Research Conference: Environmental Nanotechnology, June 2013, Stowe, VT (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G. and Karanfil, T. Evaluation of alternative carbon adsorbents for water treatment: A comparison of activated carbon, carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets. 23rd Annual South Carolina Environmental Conference, March 2013, Myrtle Beach, SC (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G. and Karanfil, T. Quantitative structure-adsorbability relationships for the adsorption of organic chemicals by carbon nanotubes. NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, December 2012. Arlington, VA (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G. and Karanfil, T. Predictive model development for adsorption of synthetic organic contaminants by carbon nanotubes. American Water Works Association Annual Conference, June 2012, Dallas, TX (Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Rieck, J.R. and Karanfil, T. QSAR & LSER model development for adsorption of organic contaminants by carbon nanotubes. 243rd Annual American Chemical Society Meeting & Expo, March 2012, San Diego, CA (Poster Presentation).
Wang, Q., Apul, O.G., Xuan, P., Luo, F., Rieck, J.R. and Karanfil, T. Statistical analysis in 3D QSPR model development for organic compounds adsorption onto CNTs. 243rd Annual American Chemical Society Meeting & Expo, March 2012, San Diego, CA (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Rieck, J.R. and Karanfil T. A predictive model development for adsorption of organic contaminants by carbon nanotubes. Symposium/Workshop: Carbons for Energy Applications, March 2012, Stone Mountain, GA (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Rieck, J.R. and Karanfil T. Treating drinking water with carbon nanotubes: comparison of two modeling approaches. 22nd Annual South Carolina Environmental Conference, March 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC (Poster Presentation).
Apul, O.G., Rieck, J.R. and Karanfil T. Adsorption of organic contaminants by carbon nanotubes. 21st Annual South Carolina Environmental Conference, March 2011, Myrtle Beach, SC (Poster Presentation).
Zorba G.T., Atalar I., Apul O.G. and Sanin F. D. Enhancement of sludge reduction and methane production rates using different pretreatment methods applied prior to small scale laboratory anaerobic digesters. WEF Conference Residuals and Biosolids. May 2010, Savannah, GA (Poster Presentation).
Apul O.G. and Sanin F.D. Examination of sludge minimization potential and associated costs by ultrasonic pretreatment. 8th National Environmental Engineering Congress. November 2009, Antalya, Turkey (Oral Presentation).
Apul O. G., Dogan I. and Sanin F. D. Can capillary suction time be an indicator for sludge disintegration? IWA Specialist Conference Sustainable Management of Water and Wastewater Sludges. August 2009, Harbin, China (Oral Presentation).
Apul, O.G. and Sanin, F.D. Minimization of sludge by ultrasonic pretreatment. 6th Symposium of Environmental Pollution Priorities in Turkey. May 2009, Gebze, Turkey (Oral Presentation).
Koksoy G.T., Dogan I., Apul O.G. and Sanin F. D. Effect of digester F/M ratio on gas production of ultrasonically treated sludge. International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress and Exhibition. September 2008, Vienna, Austria (Oral Presentation).
Apul O.G., Doğan I., Köksoy G.T. and Sanin F.D. Effects of chemical and thermo-chemical pretreatment methods of sludge on anaerobic digestion. 7th National Environmental Engineering Congress. October 2007, Izmir, Turkey (Oral Presentation).