Tomorrow (Thursday, April 19th) I will be on YIM from 12 pm pacific time until 2:30 pm. The purpose of this chat will be to talk about the HP books, whether or not you think Harry was ever abused by the Dursleys (tying into the special Child Abuse Awareness podcast), and any messages you have to abuse victims or any stories you'd like to share about personal experiences. My YIM username is miscard7, and if you're interested in chatting with me please put the message 'Here for harmony chat' next to your username so I know who to contact. If there are a lot I'll have to limit the length of each chat, and I'll 'call' you over the PC as soon as I can. Please remember that I will be recording each chat session, and I hope that I get to talk to a lot of you tomorrow! :)

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I just received 2 new Order of the Phoenix promo pictures. Just click the link below to see them. Big thanks to Warner Bros. for sending them over.

http://harmonypodcast.com/gallery/index.php

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I wasn't supposed to be around today, but I just received a new promo picture from Warner Bros. that ran in todays Newsweek magazine and wanted to put it up so you guys could see it. I'm putting a preview sized picture here, just click the picture to go to the gallery to see the full sized version. Big thanks to Warner Bros. for sending it over.

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"Because it shouldn't hurt to be a child..."

As most of you know, I'm doing a special podcast this month on preventing child abuse, and I just wanted to post some things I've come across on the net. The stories I've read and statistics I've seen are truly heartbreaking.

*Four children die every day in the United States from child abuse; the equivalent of a Boeing 727 filled with kids, crashing each month; or a school bus full of children crashing every 18 days. (www.childhelp.org)

*According to Childhelp USA®, surveys have shown that, although the majority of Americans polled believe that everyone should play a role in stopping child abuse, many people also admit to witnessing child abuse and doing nothing about it.

*The four main types of abuse are 1) Physical, 2) Neglect, 3) Emotional, & 4) Sexual.

*There are more than two million reported cases of physical abuse or neglect in the United States each year (National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect). The National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse in the United States indicates that approximately 2,000 children per year diie of child abuse and/or neglect. Canadian authorities estimate that the incidence of child abuse and neglect in Canada parallels that of the United States. At least one in three girls (Russell, 1984) and one in seven boys (Finkelhor, 1985) are sexually abused by the time they reach the age of 18. In the vast majority of cases, sexual abusers are known to their victims. More than half of all sexual abuse occurs within the family. Offenders come from all economic, ethnic, racial, and educational backgrounds and religious traditions. They may be respected members of the community, church or synagogue.

*When children are exposed to abuse, they learn to protect themselves by: denial, withdrawal, approval-seeking, turning off their feelings, by acting out, and by self-blame. Using these coping mechanisms in childhood has long-term consequences, which can include: lack of trust, a fear of change and resultant difficulty in adjusting, difficulty knowing or showing one's own feelings, being easily stressed and acting on that by abusing substances, food, and one's own body, and feelings of low self-esteem and self-worth. (http://www.wingsoffiresurvivors.com/surviving.htm)

*Because survivors of childhood abuse have learned that they cannot protect themselves and that abuse is normal, their life choices often bring about a repeat of the pattern and experience of being abused. It is not unusual for survivors to put themselves in dangerous situations. They often become rape victims, and often choose abusing partners. Although some victims go on to become abusers, this is not necessarily the case.
(http://www.wingsoffiresurvivors.com/surviving.htm)

If you, or someone you know is being abused, please call either 1-800-4ACHILD or 1-800-WEPREVENT and report it. You may just save a child's life...or even your own.

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Yup, it's that time again. Please cast your vote on Podcast Alley for Harmony Podcast. For the month of March., we were ranked #28. Thanks so much for voting, and hopefully this month we'll stay up in the ranks again :)


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Warner Bros. sent some more promo pictures from Order of the Phoenix today, some you've probably seen, others seem to be new. I've also added some new HHR manips and fanart to the gallery as well so check them out if you get the chance:

http://harmonypodcast.com/gallery/index.php

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Scholastic released the full cover of Book 7 today on their website. If you'd like to see it, click the link below:

http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/hallows/index.htm

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In this episode of Harmony Podcast, Misti discusses fandom news, poses a question and plays the voicemail answers, gives fanfic recommendations, and of course there are songs, birthdays, and Gwen's news segment :)

~I do not own Harry Potter and all the characters associated with the books. Harry Potter is trademarked and copyrighted by JK Rowling, Warner Bros., Scholastic, and Bloomsbury. I am in no way making money off of this podcast and I don't intend to do so in the future.~


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Today Scholastic announced on it's website- http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter - that the U.S. edition of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series will be a total of 784 pages and will be printed on recycled paper.

And from another press release that was released by Scholastic on March 14th:

"The countdown begins April 17 when we roll out the first of the 7 biggest questions relating to J.K. Rowling’s last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We will be asking fans to visit the Shrieking Shack to vote for their favorite answer to these questions, as well as the Discussion Chamber message boards, where they’ll have the chance to discuss the questions with fellow fans.

But that’s not all! Look for daily polls, downloadables, printables and more coming this April and a Knight Bus touring your way this summer! And it’s all right here on http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter- keep checking back for more!

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I do not own Harry Potter and all the characters associated with the books. Harry Potter is trademarked and copyrighted by Joanne Kathleen Rowling, Warner Bros., Scholastic Books, and Bloomsbury Publishing. No copyright infringement intended. I am in no way making money off of this podcast and I don't intend to do so in the future. Please, do not duplicate anything from this website without credit and consent. These podcasts and videocasts has been brought to you by Misti, news by Gwen, transcripts done by Lisa. Copyright © Harmony Podcast 2005-2006