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This must be the one picture that gets me smiling the most -- Blessed Pope John Paul II and the luckiest kid in the world !

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This diverse ethnic mix can turn a 10-minute walk across town into what seems like a hop from one country to another.

"An autonomous area is an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or freedom from an external authority."

"Every human being has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold and express opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
   

- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In the last few years, governments across Southeast Asia are following China's authoritarian censorship of the digital world to keep political dissent in check.

"In Burma, political unrest can be silenced by cutting off the country from the Internet."

"In Thailand, website moderators can face decades in jail for a posted comment they did not even write, if the government deems it injurious to the monarchy."

I'd say managing your time well is a good rule to live by.

So live. And don't be late.

"I believe that your wand imbibed some of the power and qualities of Voldemort's wand that night, which is to say that it contained a little of Voldemort himself. So your wand recognized him when he pursued you, recognized a man who was both kin and mortal enemy, and it regurgitated some of his own magic against him, magic much more powerful than anything Lucius's wand had ever performed. Your wand now contained the power of your enormous courage and of Voldemort's own deadly skill: What chance did that poor stick of Lucius Malfoy's stand?"

imbibe (v) absorb sth, especially information

mortal (j) lasting until death, [mortal enemies]

regurgitate (v) bring sth back again after consuming

regurgitation (n)

"Harry sat quite still, staring at his feet, allowing his mind and his memory to relax in the aftermath of the pain. . ."

"Ron  did  up  the  fastening  of  his  own  cloak,  watching  Harry

thoughtfully. "

"The elf surveyed Harry out of his vast, orblike eyes."

"A blank silence greeted Hermione’s words. She looked around at all

the faces upturned to her, rather disconcerted. "

"Umbridge  looked  at  him  coldly;  his  smile  faltered."

"The Forbidden Forest was teeming with the kind of creatures  most  likely  to  get  Hagrid  the  sack."

"Malfoy looked as though Christmas had come a month early; Hermione, on the other hand, had turned scarlet with suppressed rage. "