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...always given the Potter books a pass on the lack of gay characters because, especially at first, they were intended for little kids. But particularly with the appearance of the long, violent later books, Rowling allowed her witches and wizards to grow up, to get zits and begin romances, to kill and die. It seemed odd that not even a minor student character at Hogwarts was gay, especially since Rowling was so p.c. about inventing magical creatures of different races and species, incomes, national origins and developmental abilities. In a typical passage, Blaise Zabini is described as a "tall black...
...situation was worsened by a relatively wet winter in 2004-05, which let trees and scrub grow densely, followed by extremely dry weather since, which turned the vegetation to still more fuel. In fact, this past year has seen the worst drought in Los Angeles' recorded history. Adding to the tinder were those Santa Ana winds, which strike regularly in the autumn but rarely with the power of the past week. "They usually come in small, medium and large," says Bill Patzert, a climatologist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "These were Godzilla winds...
...long-term forecast isn't any better. Few scientists expect dry areas like the Southwest to do anything but grow dryer still. The past several years have been among the dryest on record in the West, leaving the Colorado River - which supplies water to 30 million people - at its lowest level in 85 years of measurements. If the mountain snowpack that stores much of the water used by the West were to melt because of higher temperatures, all the reservoirs in the world might not be enough to keep the region wet. Even if the effects of climate change turn...
...gave Louis Vuitton a real push here ten years ago with a car rally from Dalian to Beijing. Tonight, the brand you are promoting is Fendi. Can Fendi grow really big in China...
...Even more importantly, because of Rowling, a generation of children will now grow up with a broader—and less negative—awareness of homosexuality. That schoolyard snipe, “You’re so gay!” now has new, Dumbledorian meaning. Facebook groups are already popping up: “If Gay Marriage is Good Enough for Dumbledore, it’s Good Enough for America.” And Rowling has very likely given a new degree of hope and comfort to thousands of sexually confused and isolated young adults who thought that...