By Julia Rose Antea
Aries (March 21-April 19): You will sit down to write many Owl Gazette articles, but develop writer�s block. Visiting the Arcade is a good idea to cure the slump. The best way for you to earn points today is the Five Monthly Challenges.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): Be very aware of the rules, breaking them is in your near future. The best way to earn points today is to write poems.
Gemini (May 21-June 21): Check the Announcements on the Bulletin Board and make sure they�re posted in your Common Room. The best way to earn points today is to create dolls.
Cancer (June 22-July 22): Join a new club, your future is bright there. You will make a new friend from a different house by playing games in the Bulletin Board. The best way to earn points today is to write stories.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Be careful talking to staff members, you may let something slip out that you will regret. The Great Hall Chat Room will serve you well. The best way to earn points today is by creating signatures.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Join an RP with someone who isn�t in your clique. SPAM is going to be very fun for you. The best way to earn points today is the Five Monthly Challenges.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Pay close attention to the people who you are talking with. Be careful not to hurt their feelings unintentionally or intentionally. The best way to earn points today is to write stories.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Get ahead and decide which classes you wish to take next term. Get all of the supplies in your locker and then relax. The best way for you to earn points today is writing House Magazine Articles.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Compliment someone in a different house on the Bulletin Board, Art Club, or Writing/Poetry Club. The best way to earn points today is to write poems.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Do something for your house today that you don�t see getting done. The best way for you to earn points today is writing Owl Gazette Articles
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don�t leave your Common Room today, if you look on the Bulletin Board you may get really ticked off. The best way to earn points today is the Five Monthly Challenges.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Look around the castle and you will have good fortune for a week. If you don�t, you may misplace your wand. The best way to earn points today is by creating images.
By Lamp
We here in Hufflepuff are really excited to participate in this year�s Summer Club. Many people have been giving it props on the previous years, and we a psyched to try it out for ourselves. We�re already positive that it�s going to be a hit and that it�s going to rock as loud Camp Rock, so we can hardly wait to take part in the Summer Club. Questions have been floating around the HCR about what the layout is going to look like, how they are going to present the information, how many points each activity is going to be worth, and perhaps the most important�what activities are going to be offered??!! That question has been driving me insane for weeks! I guess it�ll have to rid me of all my sanity, while we wait out these last few weeks until the grand opening of the Summer Club!
By Maya Parker
The first of the Cleansweep series, this model (released in 1926) cornered as did no other broom before it. Within a year of its release the Cleansweep One dominated the racing-broom market, having been designed specifically for sporting use .
Credit to Harry Potter Lexicon
By Julia Rose Antea
Hufflepuff has been racking their brains to try and remember all of their old games. They have been very successful with that and now have a couple pages of really awesome games to play. There is a common trait in the Games Section of Hufflepuff. There is pretty much only one game that the rules are followed for�SPAM. Every other topic ends up as SPAM. The �Be Random Game� is especially spammed. It�s the same story for �Capitals,� �Keep Two, Toss One,� and �RoRU.� It has proved impossible to play the games how they were meant to be played, so we just embrace the spam! BE THE SPAM!!!
By John Chang
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cup of Sugar
1/2 cup of Margarine or butter
2/3 cup of Evaporated milk
1 Jar (7 oz.) of marshmallow cream
2 cup of Semi sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup of Chopped walnuts
1 tea spoon of Vanilla
Directions:
Line 9 inch square or 13x9 inch pan with foil so that foil extends over sides of pan; butter foil. In large saucepan, combine sugar, margarine and evaporated milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add marshmallow cream and chocolate chips; blend until smooth. Stir in walnuts and vanilla. Pour into buttered, foil-lined pan. Cool to room temperature. Score fudge into 36-48 squares. Refrigerate until firm. Remove fudge from pan by lifting foil; remove foil from sides of fudge. Using large knife, cut through scored lines. Store in refrigerator. Makes 36-48 squares.
Source: Fudge-Recipes.net
By Desk
Shopping for school supplies is really important. When prefects checker lockers at the beginning of the year, they make sure that the supplies needed for the classes you signed up for are in your locker. A lot of people who signed up for classes last term didn�t ever even get to take them, because they didn�t get the necessary materials. Diagon Alley is one of the best places to shop for school supplies. It has so many stores in stock of the materials needed.
By Maya Parker
(the Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot)
Native to Tibet, this tall (up to 15 feet) white-furred humanoid creature may be related to the troll (unlike giants, the yeti fears fire), but as it will attempt to attack and eat any human (or just about anything else, for that matter) that it meets, no witch or wizard has had an opportunity to study a living yeti at close range. Ironically, however, Tibet is one of the most persistent offenders of Clause 73 of the International Code of Wizarding Secrecy due to the number of yeti sightings by Muggles, to the point that a permanent International Task Force is stationed in Tibet to help control the situation.
Credit to Harry Potter Lexicon
By Sofa
Hufflepuff has so much pride that we are sweating it into our designer sweatpants! :) We are Hufflepuff and we are PROUD! We have so much to really be proud of. Our members are so nice and they will have you rolling on the ground laughing, within the first five minutes that you meet them. Every single Hufflepuffer (hehe) is eager to help new students; heck, they�re eager to help old students too! We welcome every person into our house with open arms and very ready to become great friends. Hufflepuff is a major asset to PAD�s Hogwarts, and after reading this article I hope everybody realizes that.
By Floor
Hufflepuff has a brand new shiny welcome committee! Everyone who has signed up to participate in the committee are itching for new students in need of�well�welcoming! So far the team consists of Kelsie McGonnagle, John Chang, Darby Queally, DJ Diggory, Emma-May, and Julia Rose Antea. So far we haven�t decided exactly on all of the details, but we are absolutely going to do an amazing job! We�ve come up with lots of great ideas, and we are well on our way to a successful year!
By Maya Parker
Look like brass binoculars, except that they are covered in all sorts of weird knobs and dials; they are occasionally sold at Quidditch matches, such as the Quidditch World Cup. They can be set to replay action, zoom, slow down play, and overlay magical words that provide commentary in purple letters.
Credit to Harry Potter Lexicon
By Table
Choosing classes is very serious business. Only five classes can be chosen at a time, so you want to make sure that if you�re planning to take many classes that you take the easiest first. Otherwise, you�d be stuck with the same five classes for the entire term. What kind of challenge is that? I can�t stress enough how important materials for classes are. So many students apply for classes, but are denied, because they don�t have to materials that are required for the classes in their locker. Classes will stick with you until End of Term, so choose carefully.
By Chair
Hufflepuff hasn�t decided on an official strategy yet, but there are many things that add to their unspoken strategy. One example is completing the Five Monthly Challenges every month. We�re going to try to have at least five people complete the challenges every month, that way we�ll have a healthy income of 2,500 points. I have also heard talk of submitting lots and lots of poems and stories to the Writing/Poetry Club. Although there are many different strategies to choose from, articles are always a sure fire hit!
By Window
We have several goals here in the brilliant and very capable house of Hufflepuff. One of them is that we are making a severe effort to perform the five monthly challenges every month. A PM reminding each student to do so has been sent out and hopefully it�ll make a difference. Also, by the time classes begin, we wish to have at least ten thousand posts in the HCR. We�re definitely doing well at achieving that goal. We already halfway there and there are still nine weeks left to reach our goal. Our last but not least goal is a certain amount of posts by the end of term. Revealing this might not be the best idea, so�I�ll let the curiosity eat you up inside!
By Julia Rose Antea
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
Directions:
Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in eggs. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir into batter. Put batter in refrigerator for 1 hour. Roll into 1 inch balls and put on baking sheets. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a criss-cross pattern. Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown. Do not over-bake.
Source: All Recipes
By John Chang
You might be feeling hungry this summer. If so try Half Moon Peanut Butter Cookies. Here is the recipe.
1 half cup granulated sugar
1 half cup packed sugar
1 half cup peanut butter
1 forth cup shortening
1 forth cup margarine or butter, softened
1 egg
1 one forth cups all purpose flour*
3 fourths teaspoon baking soda
1 half teaspoon baking powder
1 forth teaspoon salt
16 ounces of melted chocolate
Wax paper
Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, margarine and egg. Stir in remaining ingredients OTHER THAN CHOCOLATE. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Shape dough into 1/14th-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in flour. Bake until light brown, 9 to 10 minutes. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet. Dip in melted chocolate half way for each one. Next set on wax paper to dry. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
* If using self-rising flour, omit baking soda, and salt.
Source: Betty Crocker
By Kelsie Mcgonnagle
Choosing classes can always be stressful and difficult when it comes time for the school year to start, so the best advise I can give you is to have a game plan! Before the school year starts look at all the avalible classes and think about which ones you'd like to take. PAD's Hogwarts offers many classes for you take. They are as follow:
Potions, Paranormal Phenomenon, Muggle Studies, Spanish, German, Arithmancy, Defence Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic, World Wonders, Charms, Transfiguration, Mythology, Creative Writing, History of Hogwarts, Wizarding Occupations, Astronomy, Astrology, Divination, and Magical Myths.
That's alot of classes to choose from! And remember to take into account your interests. If you don't like taking notes or writing then you wouldn't like History of Magic or Creative Writing. If you don't like dealing with anything dark then don't take Defence Against the Dark Arts or Paranormal Phenomenon. If you think stars are boring I'd recomend not taking Mythology, Astronomy, Astrology, or Divination. See where I'm going with this? Also you'd probably want to write down which ones you've chosen and what corridor they're on so you don't forget. Keep the paper close by and don't loose it! Have fun choosing classes this year!