"It's hard deciding how many items should go in each jar and adding it all up, you have to have exactly the right amount, " he explained.

BBC: J Patterson

Unidentified Girl: When you're reading "Harry Potter, " it's kind of like it's your own special little world, and then you realize there are all these people, like, showing up to buy the first copy and you realize that it's everyone else's special world, too, and it's kind of--it's just weird to be, like, part of something so big when it feels like it's just yours.

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"Now that you're here, it's really up to all of us, " Lennartz tells the freshmen.

CNN: SHARE THIS

It's all pretty basic, and besides the bubble that slides up from the bottom when you respond to a message there's really not much eye candy here.

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You add it all up, and I think the housing market's going to continue to struggle for the remainder of 2008 and probably well into 2009.

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As I say, there is loads of carbon footprint info all over the web - read, digest, calculate and then of course it's up to you to decide what to do about it.

BBC: PortableApps

That's hardly stock Android, as you all know, but it is nice to see that you can set up the device with no additional widgets or in-your-face skinnings. (Sprint does bundle its so-called Sprint ID packs, but you can disable these easily enough.) Other than that, Sprint is quickest to emphasize Google Wallet as the biggest software draw.

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That's why it is so important for me to open up these doors, to have you guys come from all over the country to sit in the same chairs that kings and queens and ambassadors and senators have sat in, right?

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I'd have to build up a little bit and all that lot, but you know, it's like, and here's one I really want to go for: caretaker, cleaner job, maintenance, and all that.

BBC: Programme transcript