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Defining feminism the right way – Work of a Shero!Nov 29, 2018
As we look around the present state of the society, it is very confusing to decide what the general status is. There is so much of change, transformation and metamorphosis happening right now that it is hard to put all this into any single box. In the process, many important transformations that are needed in today's world get diverted due to miscommunications. For example, words such as 'feminism' are freely used and sometimes it gets misinterpreted and the whole movement towards equality of genders gets misdirected.
H.S.Sreemathi is a scholar in women's studies who addressed the issue of miscommunication with respect to an important aspect of societal change – gender equality. She has published a dictionary that deals exclusively with words related to feminism.
The 'Feminist Dictionary' is not a conventional dictionary that just offers plain definitions and pronunciations. This dictionary delves into the real meaning of various words with respect to feminism. For instance, the word 'city' is a commonly used one and is used to refer to an urban dwelling space.
However, when viewed with a gender-based magnifying glass, the word has different meanings and intricate nuances that get ignored in day-to-day life. Sreemathi notes that 'city' was a word coined with a patriarchal mindset and has undertones of meanings that convey that men are supposed to work outside their homes while women are supposed to take care of household chores.
These are small things that people usually don't take notice of. Yet, it is such common stuff that paves the way for the development of regressive mindsets. Such things make it even more difficult for women to break the shackles of inequality. According to Sreemathi, another such word that has gender-based meaning is 'technology'. Sreemathi says that technology was advocated by many women as it empowers their kind. In a way, it gives control to women to make their own decisions. However, the real issue is that the people who control technology must be progressive. Therefore, technology can be either helpful to achieving equality or not based on who is controlling it. One example of such an empowering technology is the use of contraceptives that opens a lot of doors for women who have suffered in a patriarchal and judgemental society.
The highlight of the dictionary published by Sreemathi is that it is Kannada which is a widely spoken Indian language. While there have been many such dictionaries in English, this is a first in Kannada. Being a retired professor from Kannada University in Hampi, Sreemathi says that she took up this task to create a good understanding of feminism in the country.
She notes that knowledge relating to women's studies is very less in India, especially when it comes to finding material in regional languages. So, her book is a step in the right direction to solve this problem.
Feminism has seen a lot of change in the last few decades. Today, many women are able to choose their professions and have a career. Women are able to take care of the household as well as take on responsibilities in their professions. While it may seem like they have it all, there still is something missing. There is a constant pressure that women are still fighting. It is this pressure that people like Sreemathi are trying to wipe away by making sure that the constructs of the society are friendly towards women and are not biased. Sreemathi notes that the backlash that many women are facing with respect to the #metoo movement is a clear indicator that men are still feeling threatened and a lot more needs to be done to achieve true equality.


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President Trump is the best president in my lifetime.
President Trump is the best president in my lifetime.
What is the actual justification for that statement? I mean for Israel, sure. But White America?
He has essentially functioned as a honey pot for people like us, drawing us out into the open because we thought we had an advocate. Instead when we thought we could fight in the streets against the genocide, antifa etc, we were met with the worst censorship seen. Everything I used to follow has been deplatformed on Trump's watch. He keeps the rubes interested by signaling against the MSM and maybe antifa from time to time, whilst his justice department throws innocent White men in jail (AIM, Charlottesville etc). He hasn't delivered on any campaign promise that didn't overlap with the interests of the Red Sea pedestrians. We got nothing out of this, and we've lost access to so many platforms.
From the minute he announced his campaign we were screwed. It would have been better that Jeb! Or someone else won the nomination so the nose people wouldn't conveniently have organized the resentful White voters into a nice bloc to be obliterated. And to make matters worse, when he loses the GOP will say it's because the xenophobic sentiment he stoked "doesn't work"!
This should have been obvious all along for a New York billionaire with a Jewish daughter. Instead people thought they found their White messiah. What they really got was far worse.
Trump has done not one thing for his base. In fact things have gotten worse. The only people that
have benefited from have been jews and antifa. Trump is useless.
Im so tired of all the winning. Some of these people are criminals but lets make a deal to have them stay
It's about time a Federal law against cruelty to animals was enacted.
"Cruelty to animals is now a federal crime under a new law signed by President Trump on Monday.
The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT) is a bipartisan initiative that bans the intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impalement or other serious harm to "living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians."
The law also bans "animal crush videos," meaning any photograph, motion picture film, video or digital recording or electronic image that depicts animal cruelty.
The penalty for violating the law can include a fine, a prison term of up to seven years or both."
Aside from an ever increasing number of mortals who have willfully chosen to worship Satan and his minions, our battle has always been against the powers and principalities operating surreptitiously throughout this twisted world.
Jared Kushner is building the president a Mexico border wall
Move over Mideast peace Deal of the Century. Jared Kushners got a new job overseeing construction of President Donald Trumps Mexico border wall.
Trump wants to see progress on the wall as he enters this years re-election campaign, so he has tapped his White House senior adviser and son-in-law to make it happen, The Washington Post reported, citing unnamed current and former administration officials.
That is an excellent new law.
The last movie I saw in the movie theater was "Orphan" in 2009 and it depicted the injuring of a bird by a little boy, then the little girl who was the orphan who had been adopted into the family picked up a heavy stone or brick and SMASHED the bird dead. If I had known about that scene beforehand I wouldn't have gone to see the movie.
I hope this outlaws torture of frogs in middle school. My science class teacher required all students to cut open frogs and drop adrenaline on it heart, just to watch its heart beat faster. He showed the class a video of how its to be done. I was the only student in my class who refused to cut open a living frog.
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DALLAS (Reuters Breakingviews) - Exxon Mobil shareholders have finally won a long-sought climate-change victory. Over 60 percent of them backed a move that forces the $340 billion oil giant to ramp up global-warming disclosure, up from under 40 percent in a similar attempt last year. Exxon already embraces the debate more than most. But shareholders want the company to be more forthcoming. Holdout industry peers will have to follow or risk investor ire.
Chief Executive Darren Woods, who took the helm at the beginning of the year, wrote in his first blog post about the importance of managing the risks of climate change. On several occasions Woods has talked about how Exxon does business in an environment in which, under the 2015 Paris accord, nearly 200 countries including China and India have agreed to reduce their carbon emissions.
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Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Woods was vague on Exxon's plans to comply. It's not the first time a U.S. company has gotten such a directive from shareholders – it happened at Occidental Petroleum earlier this month, for example – and greater disclosure is more common at European energy groups. Still, Exxon is the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas company and it sets the standard. Others in the sector should consider themselves on notice.
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From the moment Alice took her first steps into this mystical world, a land of hearts, stars and pink puff clouds tumbled towards her like magical tsunami!
In front of her eyes, blue, pink and orange fireworks triumphantly lit up the land like the burning sun. Her eyes squinted as the beautiful colours turned into dust!
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The rainbow that lay before her shone multicoloured, as a tree of gold shimmered and glistened in the distance! Sparkles and glitters enveloped the land as if to make it safe!
Behind the marsh mellow men, skipping and prancing around, cute little unicorns were neighing and trotting. A scent of popcorn flittered and wafted along the pathway.
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Amanda Harris
Well done Chloe
I really enjoyed all the colours and smells. can anywhere be that colourful? I wonder what is going to happen in this place… keep writing!
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Emma Mansfield
What vivid descriptions, you really bring this magical land to life! I love the idea of wandering down a pathway that smells of popcorn! Who is Alice, how did she get to this place? What happens next? Well done and keep writing.


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GITEGA March 11th (ABP) – The wife of the President of the Republic of Burundi, Ms. Denise Nkurunziza, enhanced the ceremonies of the International Women's Day (IWD), which was celebrated at the national level at the Ingoma stadium of the Gitega provincial headquarters (center), the political capital of Burundi.
Under the theme "Women at the Center of Innovative Social Protection Programs," those ceremonies took place in an atmosphere of joy, in the presence of several persons in authority and with a predominance of women from different sectors of national life.
Before the beginning of the festivities, the first lady of the country first went to the Bank of the Republic of Burundi in Gitega where she paid contributions to the 2020 elections amounting to 78,783,900 BIF on behalf of women leaders.
The ceremonies of the day were marked by a long parade performed by women from different sectors of national life as well as men from certain services.
In her speech, the Chairperson of the National Women's Forum (FNF) and Minister of Education, Technical and Professional Training, Ms. Janvière Ndirahisha, recommended the implementation of various innovative programs for the improvement of feminine conditions. In particular, she called for a higher representativeness of women in decision-making bodies such as Justice, the Directorates-General and Directorates of the public and parastatal sector, as well as in banks and financial institutions. As part of preparations for the upcoming elections, Ms. Ndirahisha advocated for women to be placed at the top of the lists of candidates of elective institutions.
In turn, the resident coordinator of the United Nations in Burundi, Ms. Jennet Kem, pledged to continue expanding social protection programs for sustainable development and protection.
In his speech, the Minister of Human Rights, Social Affairs and Gender, Mr. Martin Nivyabandi, said that social protection is one of the concerns of the government that has already initiated several programs and projects related to it. He cited the establishment of the National Social Protection Commission, the Social Protection Support Fund, the Social Networking Support Project, the National Local Solidarity Program, and the promotion of women's production and loan cooperatives.
In her speech, Ms. Nkurunziza commended the achievements in favor of social advancement and encouraged all actors to move forward. She called on those in the formal and informal sectors to plan the benefits of their workers by encouraging them to join community health insurance schemes and insurance companies. She also recommended the promotion of community solidarity gestures and assistance to vulnerable groups. The first lady called on all women to give priority to the development of their families and to effectively fulfill their maternal, conjugal and professional responsibilities.
The ceremonies were also marked by the awards handover. The leaders of the National Women's Forum awarded the dignitaries, including the wife of the Head of State and the Minister of Human Rights, and other people who are demarcated for the promotion of women's rights.
The wife of the Head of State and the Minister of Human Rights delivered certificates of merit and awards to 11 women and girls as well as one man, who recorded performances in their respective services and in improving the living conditions of poor groups. They also performed a rite of liberation of the pigeons as a symbol of peace.


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Hello everyone!
It's been 2 weeks since I decided to document and share my fitness journey with all of you. These past weeks went pretty well overall. I Didn't go as much as I wanted to the gym, but hey, sometimes unexpected or events will prevent us from doing what you would like to do. It helps that I walk every day to catch my train and bus. Most day I do my 10 000 steps as per my Fitbit watch.
Something I am proud of though, not once I have gone to buy a coffee or treats, I didn't drink any alcohol and we cut substantially the restaurant outing. I have lost the pounds I've gained from the holidays and I am feeling pretty good overall.
I've kept going with the 2 mins walk, 2 mins run, but already increased the speed. I was usually doing only 20 mins of cardio and now doing over 40 mins! Since I had knee issues in the past, I may do this one more week and then increase the running.
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The U.S. Army has allowed women to serve in combat for about two years now, opening up new challenges for male medics who have had little training in how to treat wounded women on the battlefield.
Orlando-based Simetri has come up with a potential solution.
The company has developed a rubbery prosthetic-like overlay that includes female body parts for its male mannequins, which it first provided to the military in 2016.
"By providing a female mannequin, you get rid of the awe factor in a young kid of, 'Oh, it's a breast,'" U.S. Army Master Sgt. Erik McConnell said. "All patients need to be touched and treated the same way. If there are broken bones, I need to touch them, and we have people afraid to touch."
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the military's ban on women serving in combat roles in January 2013, an order carried out in 2016.
At the time, it was somewhat of a controversial decision, with longtime military veterans saying it would be a bad idea.
As of May, more than 600 women have joined combat units, according to a Military Times story.
"The military has been integrating females into combat roles on the front lines," McConnell said. "In previous combat arenas, we didn't have that."
A standing contract with the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command, known as RDECOM, often seeks technological methods of closing training gaps. The treatment of women on the battlefield fit that category.
Simetri landed a part of that R&D contract in 2016, sending mannequins they developed to the U.S. military as a prototype.
They behave, in some ways, as humans do.
They occasionally blink and some have chests that rise and fall, simulating a breathing patient, along with red fluid running through a vein-like system.
Some have open wounds, mimicking a soldier that has been hit by a bullet, grenade or explosive.
But up until now, all the training mannequins were equipped with male genitalia and body parts.
"They are missing those training opportunities because they are not being presented with both genders," Simetri CEO Angela Alban said. "The Army saw a need to explore whether we can improve medical outcomes for women."
The zip-on overlay, made of a rubbery prosthetic material created through the company's proprietary formula, includes a vaginal opening and a pair of breasts.
"A lot of it has to do with soldiers who don't want to expose the breasts because they are afraid of sexual harassment," he said. "The problem with that is you are now treating a person blindly."
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The vacation from volatility equity investors seemed to be so enjoying came to an abrupt end during the first week of February when stocks sold off aggressively as evidenced by an 8.5% decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow) between January 26 and February 5. During this same period the S&P 500® dropped 7.8% and NASDAQ 7.2%. When taking into account the morning lows of February 6, the Dow had declined more than 10% from its high, officially touching base in correction territory.
Creating the immediate concerns behind the broad-based selling was a rise in market interest rates and fears of higher inflation, neither of which we believe was sufficient enough to warrant this adverse market reaction.
In regard to interest rates, the 10-year Treasury yield reached 2.85% on February 2, representing a 0.45% increase from its year-end 2017 close. This, in our opinion, should not have been a great surprise to investors. As we wrote in the Transamerica 2018 Market Outlook, we felt there was a strong probability short and long term rates would increase in 2018 based on a strengthening economy, the potential for a steepening yield curve, and the Federal Reserve's recently announced balance sheet reduction program.
Inflation fears suddenly came into focus on February 2, as in the January Non-Farm Payrolls Employment report Average Hourly Earnings increased to 2.9% annually, its highest rate since 2009. Again, this should not have been any great surprise, as we believe the market has been anticipating a pickup in wage growth for at least a couple of years. Furthermore, we view this increase in wage growth as a highly favorable development.
Amid this not-so-pleasant backdrop of the market, we would like to make the following points:
- First and foremost, nothing, in our opinion, about this selloff has been fundamentally driven, as we believe the economy continues to improve and corporate earnings still look to be on a higher growth trajectory for 2018.
- In the Transamerica 2018 Market Outlook we identified a short term profit taking correction of 10% or more as the most identifiable risk to the market in 2018 and also reported, "If this were to occur, absent a material change to the macroeconomic environment or stock earnings prospects, we would view such a correction as a buying opportunity."
- In our opinion, this recent selloff likely has more to do with history and human nature than it does interest rates and inflation. The simple math is that between November 8, 2016, and January 26, 2018, the Dow and Nasdaq have risen more than 40%, and the S&P 500 more than 30%.
- Over the past 50 years the S&P 500 has averaged a correction of 8% or more once every 20 months, and it has been 24 months since the last market correction concluded in February of 2016. Given the appreciation in the markets since November of 2016, profit taking was bound to occur at some point, and the aforementioned concerns of higher interest rates and inflation may simply have been a convenient rationale for that.
- Since November of 2016 — the point at which we believe a new bull market began — gains are still strong. As of the close on February 6, the Dow was up more than 34% on a price basis, the S&P 500 up 26%, and NASDAQ up 36%. Therefore, we see the longer term market trends very much in place and well supported by macroeconomic and individual company fundamentals.
These fundamentals include:
- Upcoming first-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), which we believe could challenge or exceed 3% growth and potentially begin the strongest year of economic growth in more than a decade.
- Previously mentioned rising wage growth, which we view as being overdue and favorable for the economy.
- Rising 2018 corporate earnings estimates, which are now trending above 15% growth.
- Impacts of newly implemented Tax Reform, which will include lower individual and corporate tax rates as well as the pending repatriation of about $ 2.6 trillion of overseas cash back into the U.S. economy.
In summary, market corrections are part of long term investing, and in our opinion the key is less about precisely forecasting them or dodging them, but, under the right circumstances, to potentially take advantage of them.
About the author
Tom Wald is responsible for overseeing the investment and mutual fund product development functions and sub-adviser selection process. He also actively publicizes Transamerica's investment thought leadership and products to advisors, clients, and the media. Tom has more than 25 years of investment experience and has managed large mutual funds and sub-advised separate account portfolios. Tom holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Tulane University and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation.
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Before the House of Commons, Elizabeth Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury, declined to elaborate on the amount advanced. "Our negotiating team is currently in Brussels to discuss the Brexit" Has she said, declining to comment on "speculation about a financial agreement."
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, however, should formally present the draft regulation at a meeting next Monday in Brussels with the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and European Council President Donald Tusk. In September, during a speech in Florence, the First Minister had proposed a settlement of around 20 billion euros and promised that the UK would fulfill its other commitments. The bloc had demanded details. What they should now get if you believe the carefully distilled leaks in the British press.
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Swampertforever's Trainer Profile
Trainer Level:
102.5 TP/9.75 SP/31 KOs
Match Stats:
Reaper's Token
: Attached to Nobody.
Harvester's Token
: Attached to Leavanny
Sculptor's Token
: Attached to Abomasnow
Birdkeeper's Token
: Attached to Nobody
Vs Jerichi
2 v 2
Vs Lost
Togepi Duel (Win)
Vs Swampert28
Mudkip Duel (Win)
Vs Zekrom25
Grand Melee I
(Drowzee - 9th)
Vs Deh74
Vs Marshy (redpanda15)
Vs MCXD - Pokebowl
Vs Lost (for real)
Vs BlazeVA
Vs Benjasuper
(DQ win)
Vs Tyoyo3131
Vs DaveTheFishGuy
Vs Firewater
Vs Kyro12
Vs Machamp-X
Vs Connor
Vs Kindrindra (Gym Trainer)
(DQ lose)
Vs Mane
Vs Lt. Bleu
(DQ Win)
Grand Melee III
(Garbodor - 3rd)
Vs DarkLucarioADV & Zelphon
(DQ lose)
Grand Melee IV
(Gothorita - 7th)
Grand Melee Championships
(Leavanny - 5th)
Vs Kyro12
(DQ Win)
Vs Slash
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Scrappy - Level 4 Male Feraligatr
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Ralph - Level 4 Male Rhydon
Bio Pending...
Lee - Level 3 Male Leavanny *Shiny*
Bio & Sig:
"Lucky" Lee Sewaddle. That was his nickname ever since I hatched him. He's always been a delightful little fellow, Always so .friendly and polite, he'd even try to befriend the Moltres about to burn him alive. Because of this, he is a helper 'mon by nature, willing to aid anyone who asks for it. This is his biggest flaw, however. The poor lil' bug is such a pushover. He could never really say no to anyone, even those with ill intentions. He never lost his smile though, even when forced to hurt another pokemon he'd been told to attack, forced to pilfer items for a common crook, forced to go against his own nature. I never noticed any of this, though, until one day he was told to turn on me by someone. It took me, Bella, Blue and Dikune to stop him going through with the hit, at which point he did something I never saw him do before. He cried. My upbeat little bug cried. He admitted to all his misdeeds to me, and just sat in my arms crying. I asked him how he could just keep it all bottled up like this. He showed me how. It was an attack I had never seen before, and as I closely inspected his body I could tell he had been hitting himself with it. With a bit of dream therapy courtesy of myself and 'Kune, He finally could get over the actions he had been dragged into, but he still never forgot that new attack. So we made the most of it, making it a secret attack to turn the tides on those preparing to hurt him.
Hidden Power: Rock
Attached Item: Harvester's Token
Special Attack: Binding Blade (Typeless)
Lee charges Typeless energy into his armblades and slashes the opponent, dealing Significant damage. If this attack connects, if the last attack the opponent had used was off type (not of the Pokemon's original types, for example Wooper using Ice Punch or Togepi using Nasty Plot etc), that type is considered 'Bound', meaning the opposing Pokemon cannot use attacks that require that type of energy for 3 rounds. For slightly more Energy, this attack can be sent at the opponent as a ranged attack, with the energy forming a solid-like ring of radius 2cm. Only one type of energy can be bound at a time, Normal and Typeless energy cannot be bound, and this attack can only be used 2 times a battle.
Gorugan - Level 3 Male Garbodor
Gorugan used to feel like a nobody. He was literal trash, and no-one wanted to use one of his kind unless they had to because it was in their job description. Then, one day, a trainer came along who pitied the little guy. He took Gorugan under his wing, and told him that one day, the league would notice the little guy. They trained and battled together, with varying degrees of success, but Gorugan still didnt get any respect. He was still treated like trash. Even when he sacrificed his own life, by his trainer's command, to throw a match they were so handily winning so that both trainers could reach their second Trainer Level, he was still not noticed. One day, the trainer decided that, to increase his popularity, hed enter Gorugan into a giant tournament. Gorugan was apprehensive at first, even trying to get his trainer to consider using some of his more useful pokemon. He didnt believe in himself. But his trainer was resolute. He entered Gorguan into the tournament. And it worked! People started to love him, cheer for him, they finally noticed him! In fact, against all odds, he managed to finish third! Of course, he relishes in his new found fame. But I let him do it. Hes got the limelight finally, he deserves to do whatever he wants.
Special Training: WELCOME TO THE POKEMON ANIME STYLE BATTLING LEAGUE OF GORUGAN! (XX)
Whenever Gorugan knocks out an opponents Pokémon, he restores a major amount of Energy.
Marshy - Level 3 Male Marshtomp
Bio Pending...
Hidden Power: N/A
Frouffy - Level 3 Male Furfrou *Shiny, Dandy Trim*
Bio & Sig:
Frouffy despises battling. Have you seen the mess a Pokemon gets into when they battle? That would ruin his delectable dark fur! He has worked way too hard and spent way too much money on his fur coating to have it scuffed by some uncouth ruffian with no taste in grooming! Honestly, look at his coat. Is it not beautiful? I mean, just touch it. Doesn't it feel divine? It is so well kept that everyone who touches it just wants to stroke him and pet him forever, just to feel his soft, enchanting fur. The fur could be almost dangerous if it wasn't so well kept. I mean, what if he were to start shedding? Could you imagine the issues that could arise if his beautiful mesmerising fur were to go everywhere? It could be a disaster!
...I wonder if he knows how deadly his coat could be in the wrong hands...
Special Attack: Cotton Field (Normal)
For Considerable Energy, Frouffy releases a lot of magical soft fluffy cotton that covers the entire arena floor for 5 rounds. All Pokemon that are in contact with the cotton slowly find themselves drawn to it's fluffiness and will (over time) be less likely to attack. When they first come in contact with the cotton, the affected Pokemon will have a 10% chance to do nothing. However, for every round they remain in the cotton, the chance to do nothing increases by 20% (with a potential maximum at 90% if they stay in for the entire 5 rounds). The cotton's hold over a Pokemon will be broken if they ever leave contact with it, but if they return to the cotton after leaving it the cotton will restart it's effect on them (from the base chance). The cotton can be dispelled the same way other terrain spells can (through it being blown away or dispelled via move effect), and it can also be burned away without harming the Pokemon within it. Frouffy can only use this attack once per battle, because heavens forbid he lose any more of his fur!
Bella - Level 3 Female Gothitelle
Bio & Sig:
Bella, as you may know, is the youngest member of my squad. Sadly, she is also the most burdened. You see, members of the Gothita line are able to predict the future, an innate ability that usually grows stronger as they grow up. However, Bella's ability is as honed as an adult Gothitelle. Good, right? Except that she can now see peoples lifespans. She is but a young child, cursed with knowledge that would drive a fully grown adult insane. It almost did break her; she saw when her parents were about to die, but she could do nothing about it because she was too young and too weak. Her mother was a close friend of mine so I offered to adopt the poor orphaned Gothita, something else she apparently predicted considering she showed up at my door once I'd thought the idea up. However, her elation of living with me turned to horror as her precognitive abilities showed her my own lifespan. Apparently the mere act of Bella becoming my Pokemon had changed my future for the worse. I was going to die the next day. Not that I was aware of this. All I knew was that the next day I was planning to sign up for this very battling league. She tried to stop me, of course, but I just treated her begging and pleading as mere childish tantrums. I know, I'm not the most savvy person. A precog was warning me not to do something and I was going right on ahead and doing it. I'd survive for only 5 minutes in a film. But I digress.
That fateful day, I'd left Bella at home because I still thought she was 'acting up'. She wasn't doing anything I told her, instead opting to sit on my Front room floor and start chanting. As she wasn't officially my Pokemon yet I couldn't merely recall the girl to her Pokeball, as she didn't have one. So I just left her there to chant - the act that saved my life. On the way to the leagues official sign-up building, I met a friend of mine, and got so distracted talking to him that I hadn't noticed I had walked ahead of him, onto the road. It all happened so fast after that - I turned around to run back to the pavement, noticed the car coming right at me and tripped over in my haste. Then, a miracle happened. Out of nowhere, a great black wall emerged between me and the car. The driver of the car slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting the wall, and stopped just short of it, and in turn, me. As the driver got out to check if I was alright, I was looking at the wall. It was weird, you see. Within the energy, I could almost make out a shape that looked
like Bella...
Special Attack: Premonition (Psychic)
Using Major Energy, Bella sends a wall of energy into the future. If within the next 2 rounds Bella or the currently active pokemon would take Major Damage or more from an attack, the wall returns and takes the attack, absorbing all of the damage, at which point it breaks. This attack can only be used once a match, and cannot be used as part of a two or three mover. This attack exhasts Bella the same way charging up a FCHB would and Bella also loses access to Future Sight.
Magnus - Level 3 Male Magmar
Magnus is fascinated by the arcane. His dream is to become one of the strongest mages in the world, and he spends all of his time trying to adapt the attacks he has in order to create new, powerful spell. He often went to magical conferences, in which magic is showcased and taught to amateur mages, but one fateful day, that all changed.
During one of the conferences, a strange small creature declared himself to be the strongest mage in the land, something everyone in attendance laughed at. He was so small and his voice so squeaky that no-one could take him seriously, but Magnus felt both worried and curious about the person so he snuck away from the group and hid himself in a nearby closet where he could examine the person but not be seen. The small mage continued to be laughed at, so he responded by raining down dark matter upon the other mages. It was such powerful magic that it tore holes through the roof and decimated anything standing in its path. The other mages in attendance fled in fear, yet Magnus stayed hidden hoping that the persons wrath wouldnt extend to him. After a while, the small mage stopped. Magnus breathed a sigh of relief and made to sneak out the back way but he accidentally tripped over a broom, falling out of the closet and drawing the attention of the mage. Next thing Magnus knew, he had a staff pointed at his throat. However, the small mage didnt attack him. He instead told the Magby that since he was foolish enough to stay whilst the other human mages fled, he was to be spared. The mage summoned a strange blue flame, and threw it at a nearby training dummy before sending a weird burst of primordial energy at it, causing the dummy to explode. He explained that wielders of the blue flame could cause their magic to decimate even the strongest of men. He gave Magnus a strange codex, and a rod that seemed to be twice both of their sizes, explaining that if he could learn the secrets tying these two items, he too could cast the blue flame. It took Magnus a long while, but he was smart. He was a fire type as well, meaning he had primal knowledge of all fire magics. It took him many days of studying, but he soon learned how to wield the blue flame for himself:
Special Attack: Deathfire Grasp (Fire)
Using significant energy, Magnus releases a blue spectral fireball towards the opponent, which causes them to be engulfed in spiritual flames for a round. The flames deal significant damage, and cause any special attack that strikes that opponent after it that round to deal 20% more damage.
This attack can only be used at the start of a 3 mover.
Azair - Level 3 Male Noctowl
Bio & Sig:
The owl. It is a noble species, demanding respect with an unspoken air of authority. No wonder then, why the lawmages of New Prahv trained them as familiars, ready to bring justice to all whether they wanted it or not. Each owl familiar is trained from birth in the art of control, to prevent a crime that wasn't even thought up yet is to keep order. Once fully trained, each owl is given to a rookie lawmage to support their patrols. After undergoing a months worth of paperwork and endless meetings about meetings, I was allowed to bring in my own owl to be trained; Azair, my Hoothoot. It took some time, but after several more months Azair was able to use one of the best control spells in the precinct.
Special Attack: Render Silent (Psychic)
Azair stares at the opponent for 4 seconds, unblinking, giving off waves of psychic energy from his eyes. While Azair maintains direct eye contact with his opponent during this time, the opposing pokemon is unable to use attacks that require use of their mouth (even if they are already midway through said attack). Due to even more rules given by the Senate, Azair may only use Render Silent once a match, and must spend Considerable psychic energy to perform the attack.
Whimsy - Level 3 Male Abomasnow *Shiny*
Bio & Sig:
When you think Ice Type, you think cold, unforgiving and brutal. None of these things describe Whimsy. He is the softest and most friendly Snover I know, and he seems to radiate this aura that can bring even the most angry person down to a calm level. I don't really know how he does it, but I believe it's due to something affecting the cold exuded from his Icy body. For some reason it doesn't actually make you cold. It just... calms you down. Exhausts you even...
Hidden Power: Ground
Attached Item: Sculptor's Token
Special Training: Hypsnowsis (Ice/Grass)
Ice Attacks that Whimsy learns that are capable of freezing the opponent no longer freeze. Instead, after being infused with Grass energy, they send the foe to sleep. No really, hear me out.
The chance of Sleep being afflicted is about half the freeze chance of the attack - for example, Mist wouldn't send them to sleep, Ice Beam has a small chance to send them to sleep, Icy wind even smaller (considering it is just a weak Blizzard it could probably freeze), Sheer Cold would have a pretty high chance but not certainly, etc. To balance this, All Ice attacks he uses now cost 1.2x more energy, with the extra half being taken from his Grass energy pool. This does not make his Ice attacks dual-typed for the sake of super/not very-effectiveness, the normal Ice type effectiveness scale is used. (For example, the Ice attacks are still resisted by Water types).
Blue - Level 3 Male Simipour
Bio Pending...
Dikune - Level 3 Male Hypno
Bio Pending...
Souda - Level 3 Male Bunnelby
From a young age, Souda was bullied for being a weak little nerdy Bunnelby. He was skittish and frail, and all around an easy target. He ended up having to change everything about himself and become a macho, tough punk just to fit in. He even started to fight dirty, just so he could survive the bullies. My poor little guy
Special Attack: Undermine (Rock)
Using Significant Rock Energy, Bunnelby creates a giant fist shaped rock made out of energy directly above his opponent, and slams it down into them. This does good damage if the opponent is on the ground, but if the opponent is airborne, they get slammed directly into the ground below them, taking significant damage instead. Either way, opponents hit by this attack will find it harder to become or remain airborne for a while. Souda loses access to Smack Down.
Athena - Level 3 Female Smeargle
Bio & Sig:
Like her namesake, Athene had always been known for her high intellect. She was a quick study, capable of learning faster than
other Smeargle ever could. But she was also very arrogant and frequently looked down upon those with less intelligence than her. One day, Athene grew bored of her tribe's "idiotic ways" and set off into the night in search of smarter company - a quest that led her around the entirety of Sinnoh. Every so often, she'd stop and set up ties with people and pokemon she deemed "worthy" of her acquaintance, but then break them when she considered them not smart enough.
This came to a head one day when she found herself in Lake Acquity, face to face with Uxie, the bringer of Knowledge. She struck up a friendship with the pixie, becoming her student so that she may learn all she could from the legendary. But after a while it became apparent that Uxie disliked Athene's attitude, so one day the legendary refused to continue teaching Athene. The Smeargle was angered by this, calling Uxie a sham and a fool and outright cursing her to her face. So Uxie simply gave Athene what she wanted: Knowledge. All the knowledge in the world. Every. last. bit.
Athene's mind broke that day. She couldn't handle knowing all that the legendary knew, being a mere mortal and all. She learned everything every pokemon knew and her mind confused itself as it tried to organise this newfound information. Her senses, her reactions, everything about her became jumbled as she thought like everything and everyone at once. She was a shell of her former self who quickly became shunned and mocked as a madwoman...
I found her like this one day, alone, rambling to herself. I took her home with me and took care of her as she tried to fix her unstable mind. She couldn't, such is the wrath of an angered legendary, but sooner or later she learned to block out some of the voices in her head and focus on battling. However, what she focused on changed from day to day...
Special Training: Curse of Knowledge (XX)
When Athene first enters battle, the ref randomly chooses one other pokemon, from either player's squad (to be declared before orders). For the rest of the battle, Athene learns everything that Pokemon knows, and thus can use any attack that Pokemon learns through any method. The chosen Pokemon cannot be changed at all, and Athene retains the Normal type Reduction of Energy. Also, she's forgotten the move Sketch.
Saul - Level 3 Male Golett
Bio Pending...
Ryder - Level 3 Male Escavalier *shiny*
Gather round, children, and I will tell you the tale of when my lovable little thief Ryder accidentally stole a Princess.
One day, Ryder was making his way through a dense forest when he happened upon a campsite seemingly in the middle of nowhere. He entered the campsite with the intent to pilfer as much as he could but instead came face to face with a very cross Spewpa. He prepared for an earful when suddenly the camp was beset by a swarm of angry Scolipede! They trampled the site to the ground yet luckily Ryder managed to flee, dragging the Spewpa with him. What followed was a wacky yet adorable adventure in which the pair of bugs grew to know each other. Ryder was surprised to learn that his unplanned travel partner was actually a Princess of a colony of Scatterbug that lived at the very centre of the forest. Shed fled the colony since she didnt want to take the mantle of Queen. More Scolibandits attacked them, but they managed to fend them off. During the tussle, they learned that the Scolipede were trying to kidnap the princess to take her back to be wed to the king of another colony, a Beautifly known for his rage and reign of terror. Fearing for her safety, Spewpa asked Ryder to accompany her back to her home in the centre of the woods a job he begrudgingly accepted. As they travelled, Ryder grew to like the snarky, stubborn princess. He defended her as much as he could from the dangerous Pokemon that lived deeper in the forest until they finally managed to arrive at the colony. It was here, when Ryder let his guard down, where Spewpa was kidnapped. Ryder tracked down the Beautifly king, and found him forcing the princess down the aisle. He interrupted the wedding, battling the king but he was too weak and was struck aside. As he was about to be slain, the princess, who was watching the battle, started to glow and evolved into a beautiful Vivillon. The glow interrupted the king, and he was run through by Ryders horn when his back was turned. Ryder tried to stand afterwards, but he was too weak and ended up being carried by Vivillon back to the colony of Scatterbug. She thanked him for his bravery, and asked him to stay and be her prince. But Ryder couldnt stay. It wasnt in his blood to stay in one place. So instead the Vivillon blessed him, as thanks for helping her in her journey. Now, whenever he was in danger, the Vivillons blessing would grant him the strength and the courage to fight on
Special Training: Bold Transformation (Bug)
When Karrablast takes damage that would bring him to below half his total health, he automatically spends decent bug energy to encase himself in a magical cocoon, forcing the round to end early. At the beginning of the following round, he hatches from the cocoon, donning a set of butterfly wings made entirely out of energy. The wings are purely cosmetic, and cannot be used for flight, but whilst Karrablast dons these wings, he is treated as if he was buffed by a Dragon Dance. He is faster and his attacks are stronger but they cost slightly more energy. If he is switched out, the wings will fade and he loses this boost. He can only gain this boost once per battle.
Differ - Level 3 Male Hitmontop
Bio Pending...
Elphaba - Level 3 Female Dratini:
This Dratini is a prize for ranking first or second in the Winter 2014-2015 Grand Melee. It does not count toward squad limits.
Stealthy donated this Dratini to me since he has no need for squads.
Special Training: Screw Gravity
Dratini is unhindered by the effects of Gravity, Smack Down, or other such moves that would force it to be unable to properly fly for an extended period of time.
Perrier - Level 3 Male Swanna
Bio Pending...
Kian - Level 2 Male Frogadier
Bio Pending...
Aster - Level 1 Male Fenniken
Bio Pending...
Ice Bear - Level 1 Male Cubchoo
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Spike - Level 1 Male Axew
Bio Pending...
Grant - Level 1 Male Chespin
Bio Pending...
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TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Engineer Certificate
This training course is designed for engineers and consultants involved in any part of the functional safety life cycle in the oil & gas, chemical and processing industries.
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The Functional Safety Engineer course is held over 4 days with the exam on the final day.
Lunch and refreshments are provided. Class size is limited to ensure that all students get the best quality training possible.
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The course is delivered by PANTAC System Control's technical director, Paul Van Dyk. Paul has over 20 years experience in safety systems, is a Functional Safety Expert (TÜV Rheinland, # 215/13) and Energy Safe Type B, gas safety advanced accredited. Paul also holds a US Patent for continuous on-line Safety Integrity Level calculation methods.
Course agenda
Day 1
– Overview of the TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Engineering Program
– Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems
– International Safety Standards
– Regulations and Enforcement
– Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
– Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
– Introduction to SIL Determination Methods
Day 2
– Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
– Semi-Quantitative SIL Method
– Methodology Examples of use Conclusions
– Safety Requirement Specification (SRS)
c/w Scope Template for Guidance and use.
– Afternoon Exercise and Quiz
Day 3
– SIL Verification
IEC-61508 and 61511 Methods
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
Human Error
– Management of Functional Safety
Role of individuals
Plan for verification, assessments, auditing and validation.
Procedures for evaluating performance after SIF is installed
– Design
Day 4
Knowledge and comprehension of PANTAC System Control's training course material will be verified by a proficiency examination consisting of 100 multiple choice questions, and 5 multi-part working problems.
The overall passing criteria is 75%.
Participants that:
1) Complete the training course.
2) Pass the proficiency examination.
3) Meet the eligibility criteria.
Are eligible to receive a TÜV Rheinland – Functional Safety Engineer certificate.
Additional Student Information
Course material and exam are in English.
Course hours are typically 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM with coffee and lunch breaks.
Time for evening review of the day's lecture material and exercise assignments is highly recommended.
Students should be present throughout the entire 3 days of lectures in order to be eligible for the exam on the 4th day.
All documentation required for the course will be in the Training Manual provided.
Each student should bring a calculator to class and to the exam. The only engineering functions needed are exponents.
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Currency exchange in Spanish is called "divisas". Currency exchanges are called "casas de cambio". "Compra" is the buying price (the number of Mexican pesos they give you for a unit of your currency) and "venta" is the selling price (how many pesos you have to give them per unit of your currency). Needless to say in pesos, the compra is always a lower number than the venta.


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I am happy that Jim Stergios and the Pioneer Institute agree with me that kids need to know more history. Unfortunately, they remain rigidly wedded to the idea that we need yet more standardized tests with top/down, mind-numbing �rubrics.� I wish Mr. Stergios would join me in asking the state to increase the history requirement for high school graduation. How simple. How inexpensive. How much better for students.
Mr. Stergios prefers to present the Pioneer Institute as an apolitical research group, and proudly cites the modicum of balance found in its panel discussions. I beg to differ.
The Pioneer Institute is no ivory tower. It�s a conservative think tank that attempts to influence and shape public policy, particularly in the area of education. That�s fine. In fact, I commend institute members for believing they have ideas that matter and for having the commitment to advocate for their beliefs.
Mr. Stergios feels it was unjust of me to infer that the Pioneer Institute was being disingenuous and coy about why it wants a history MCAS, and he responded with a speculative insinuation about my methods as a teacher. Be that as it may, readers can Google the Pioneer Institute and decide for themselves if this group has an agenda. There is a fulsome record to examine.
Finally, I�d like to join Mr. Stergios in applauding the Telegram & Gazette for its courage in offering a truly open public forum on education issues. It�s practically alone in the media in this respect.


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I've had flowers on my plant for about 2 weeks now, but no veggies. I looked online to see what was going on. I just love the internet! I found that if there are no veggies then your female flowers aren't getting pollinated by the male flowers. (The flowers are on my balcony at the apartment, so there aren't any bees to pollinate) The website recommended taking a q-tip and rubbing the male flower then rubbing the pollen on the female flower. Well all my flowers looked the same so I was like how do you tell female from male. This morning I went out to "pollinate" my flowers and this is what I found.
This is my new flower. All of my flowers have looked like the one below, so this is my first female :) Sorry it's a little blurry. See the inside how there are 4 little stems.
Online it kept showing the female with the 4 stems like above, but I wasn't seeing those on mine. I thought oh maybe it's under the pollen or something. This one just has a single fat stem covered by pollen. The website also said look for the swelling under the flower for the "ovary" part and I have that too!
See that bulge behind the flower. WOOHOO!!!! I should have a little vegetable soon. Then I will be able to tell if this is my squash or zucchini plant haha.


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Four Groups Submit Bids for Defense EHR Modernization Contract
November 3, 2014 in News
Four groups of health IT vendors and technology companies have submitted bids to compete for the Department of Defense's $11 billion Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract, FierceEMR reports (Dvorak, FierceEMR, 10/31).
In February 2013, DOD and Department of Veterans Affairs officials announced plans to halt a joint integrated electronic health record, or iEHR system, and instead focus on making their current EHR systems more interoperable.
In August, DOD issued a final solicitation for bids for the DHMSM contract.
As part of the project, DOD will replace the:
- Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application, or AHLTA;
- Composite Health Care System; and
- Various EHR components, including AHLTA-Theater (iHealthBeat, 8/27).
The final day to submit proposals was Oct. 31 (Request for Proposals, 10/24).
A team of DOD civilians, military personnel and subject matter and procurement experts will evaluate the proposals (iHealthBeat, 8/27).
In March, then-VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers that VA planned to submit an advanced version of its EHR system as part of the competitive bidding process to replace DOD's current system (iHealthBeat, 4/29).
However, VA spokesperson Genevieve Billia last week said, "VA never planned to formally bid in DOD's acquisition" (Brewin, "Health IT Update," NextGov, 10/30).
Latest DOD EHR Contract Bids
The groups that submitted bids for the contract include:
- A partnership between IBM and EHR vendor Epic;
- A team that includes Computer Sciences Corp., a defense contractor and systems integrator, Hewlett Packard, a computer services firm, and EHR developer Allscripts;
- A team that includes EHR vendor Cerner, Leidos — a government systems integrator — and Accenture Federal; and
- A group that includes PricewaterhouseCoopers, General Dynamics Information Technology, DSS and MedSphere (Carr, InformationWeek, 10/31).
According to NextGov's "Health IT Update," DSS and Medsphere both offer EHRs based on VA's VistA software ("Health IT Update," NextGov, 10/30). However, the VistA software under the PwC team would be a commercial version that follows standards developed by the Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance and incorporates best practices from other commercial versions.
Dan Garrett of PwC, said the commercial VistA software is "a better fit than anything else that's commercially available," as it is designed for the DOD market.
DOD officials say they plan to make a decision on the contract by July 2015 (InformationWeek, 10/31).
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