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AURORA, Colo., June 05, 2014 – Ocugen, Inc. and the University of Colorado today announced exclusive license agreements that allow for Ocugen to continue developing two drug candidates for the treatment for ophthalmology indications, and that one of the assets, OCU100, recombinant lens epithelium derived growth factor 1-326 (LEDGF1-326), received orphan-drug status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a rare eye disease.
"Orphan drug designation from the FDA's Office of Orphan Products Development is a significant milestone that will allow Ocugen to accelerate the clinical development of OCU100, which has the potential to be the first approved therapeutic for retinitis pigmentosa," said Shankar Musunuri, PhD, MBA, founder and chairman of the Ocugen Board of Directors.
Ocugen scientific founder and board member Uday Kompella, PhD, a professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ophthalmology and Bioengineering at CU's Anschutz Medical Campus, is the inventor of OCU100. Ocugen licensed all assets related to LEDGF, including LEDGF1-326 and OCU200, an anti-angiogenic tumstatin fusion protein, to be developed for treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from the University of Colorado in March.
Retinitis pigmentosa is a rare eye disease caused by inherited gene mutations that lead to retinal degeneration affecting approximately 100,000 people in the United States, according to the Foundation Fighting Blindness. People with RP experience a gradual decline in their vision because photoreceptor cells in the retina die. It is a progressive disorder, and most people with RP are legally blind by age 40. There is no FDA approved therapeutic for RP.
"OCU100 has shown the potential as a promising therapeutic agent for treating retinitis pigmentosa by reducing protein aggregation and associated cellular stresses, which are known to contribute to this condition," said Dr. Kompella. "With impressive preclinical data, we look forward to progressing with a phase 1 study for safety and tolerability in patients sometime in 2015."
Dr. Kompella said a variety of mutations, including P23H mutation in rhodopsin, a critical protein in the retina that is responsible for vision, have been linked to the development of RP. P23H rhodopsin is known to form large clusters or aggregates within retinal cells, leading to cellular stress and ultimately cell death. OCU100 with its ability to rescue retinal cells from protein aggregation and associated stresses, has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of RP.
About Orphan Drug Designation
FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) grants orphan designation for novel drugs or biologics that treat a rare disease or condition affecting fewer than 200,000 patients in the U.S. Orphan designation qualifies the sponsor of the drug for various development incentives of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) including seven-year period of U.S. marketing exclusivity, tax credits for qualified clinical testing, waiver of prescription drug user fee for marketing application, and ability to apply for grants. The OOPD also works on rare disease issues with the medical and research communities, professional organizations, academia, governmental agencies, industry, and rare disease patient groups.
About Ocugen, Inc.
Ocugen is advancing novel biologicals discovered based on endogenous proteins with well understood biology at the molecular, cellular, and whole animal level to treat eye diseases. The therapeutic proteins in the pipeline are derived from cell survival factors such as lens epithelium derived growth factor (LEDGF) and anti-angiogenic proteins such as tumstatin. The intellectual property covers a variety of related protein constructs including fusion proteins with superior activity.
About the University of Colorado
The University of Colorado is a premier public research university with four campuses: the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Some 57,591 students are pursuing academic degrees at CU. Academic prestige is marked by the university's five Nobel laureates, eight MacArthur "genius" Fellows, 18 alumni astronauts and 19 Rhodes Scholars. For more information about the entire CU system, and to access campus resources, go to www.cu.edu.
Media Contact:
David Connolly
617.374.8800 ext 108
University of Colorado Contact:
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And in this volume alone there are over 325 card and close to 70 coin effects, routines, ideas, and over 110 other effects with: bills, bottles, boxes, candles, cardcases, business cards, keys, matchboxes, rings, roses, rubber bands, Scrabble tiles, silks, spoons, balls, shoelaces, thimbles, wallets, gambling demos, sugar packet, book tests, chain loops - and more. (Most of them easy to do!) And over 100 sleights taught within the routines. Plus Lorayne Storms, Editorials, Ellipses(...) and Out To Lunch columns.
The card items include: An Ace of a Routine, Best Lie Detector, Connect Four, Quick And Direct, Spectator Guesses Better, Expert Full Deck Overhand, Fabulous Change, Royal Poker Deal, Three Before, Three Proofs, Collector's Addition, Heavy Breather, Lightning Aces, Memory Man, My Second Keeper, Amazing Commute, Daredevil's Match, 'Killer' Poker-Deal Demo, Perfect Match, Cheek Turner, Heat, Houdini's Hand, Many Faces of a Woman, Twister, Variations And Additions, and on and on.
The Coin items include: Essence of the Coin, Coin In Bottle, Swirl Assembly and Backfire, The Magic Coin, Coin Explosion, Bottle Piggy Bank, The Ambitious Coin, Bounce-Back Sleeving, Curious, Watch It!, Sweet Ten, Cointrol, None-Ahead Matrix, Off On A Bender, Wow!, Copper/Silver Triple Play, No-Table Coins Across, Numismatic Nightmare, Coin-Roll Vanish, More Direct Than Ever, Cent From Hell, and on and on.

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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Oh, mummy: What you can learn under the wrappings
Q. What does paleopathologist Frank Ruhli do that doubtless you don't, unless you're fascinated with dead people or their remains? –T. Garrett
A. In spite of his training as a pathologist, he followed his childhood infatuation with Egyptian culture to write his M.D. thesis on mummies, says Amy Barth in Discover magazine. Invited to Cairo to analyze CT scans of King Tut, he says he could hardly sleep at night anticipating possibly finding out if the king had been murdered and thus helping rewrite history.
Ruhli currently directs the Swiss Mummy Project at the University of Zurich, using his skills in advanced imaging to perform autopsies on the long-dead and to help investigate the death of famous mummies from Egyptian pharaohs to Otzi the Iceman.
By examining these ancient skeletons, he tries to gain clues about how certain modern diseases evolved. "Being alone in a room with a naked, unwrapped mummy is a touching experience," he says, even if he's just working on a disembodied head. But he doesn't like the mummies to be pictured in magazines since there's no way someone who died 3,000 years ago can give informed consent. "I treat the mummy like a patient, as if some sort of human spirit remains," Ruhli explains.
Q. Could the Red Sea have parted its waters as described in the Bible, allowing the Israelites to pass across the previously flooded area? –G. Bush
A. For a fascinating natural explanation of the Biblical event, geophysicists Doran Nof and Nathan Paldor argue that a storm of even moderate strength, with winds of at least 40mph, could move the waters of the Red Sea separating Egypt and the Sinai in such a way that the sea level would drop by as much as eight feet, says Randy Cerveny in Weather's Greatest Mysteries Solved! Such a large drop is possible because the Gulf of Suez is a long, narrow, and relatively shallow body of water.
Now add to this "wind setdown" theory the possibility of a rare tidal situation. According to the Defense Mapping Agency of the U.S., normal tides in the Gulf of Suez average about 40 centimeters (16 inches), but with strong winds can go to eight or nine feet in the Bay of Suez.
"Aha!" exclaims Cerveny: "That would suggest a combination of both wind and tides might produce major sea level changes for parts of the region."
Nof and Paldor give probabilities for a 10-14 hour sustained wind of 40mph as once every 1,000-3,000 years, and for sea-level-reducing tides of 10-18 feet as once every 75 years.
"Consequently," argues Cerveny, "the combined probability of an extreme tide and sustained wind event is once every 150,000 years, making such a combination of sufficient rarity, I believe, to almost warrant the term 'miraculous.'"
Q. How did medical science discover that Viagra might serve as a connubial wonder drug? –R. Dole
A. Nothing complicated. Reportedly when the drug was being tested as a heart medicine, researchers noted a curious thing: At the end of the trial, all the female subjects had returned the leftover pills but the males hadn't, says Len Fisher in How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life. When the men were questioned about this, Viagra's wonder drug status was born.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Almost a year ago I posted all of Graham Townsend's 1960s LPs on Rodeo Records' Banff label and those transfers proved themselves exceptionally popular. Although Graham recorded for many labels over the course of his astounding career, he remained associated with Rodeo Records his entire life. In fact, both his very first (Fiddling To Fortune, 1958) and last (Still Going Strong, 1997) studio albums were released by the company.
One of my personal favourites of all of Townsend's albums is this 1987 collection of tunes, "Graham Townsend's House Party" (Rodeo RLP 8015). Although the liner notes claim "In this recording you are blessed with an actual taping of a real live 'house party' (no studio, no canned sound effects)", the back cover also states that the recording was made at "NRS Productions, Rd #2, Waterbury, Vt.", so I believe this session was done in a studio, albeit a relaxed and informal one. Accompanying Graham are many of the same crew from he and Eleanor's 1981 "Live at Barre, Vermont" album; both seem to have been produced during the Townsend's appearances on behalf of Vermont's Northeast Fiddler's Association. However the recording came to be, it's a blessing that it did, as here are preserved sixteen great tunes played exquisitely by Graham with as good a backup band as he ever had, in excellent sound quality to boot! To me, this album epitomizes what good fiddle music is all about, where technical mastery meets incredible feel and melodic inventiveness. Enjoy!
Graham guests on a 1993 episode of "Jubilee Years" here. Graham's first appearance on Don Messer's Jubilee is shown and he discusses the Messer show and his career.
1. Snowflake Breakdown
2. Lamplighter's Hornpipe
3. Parkdale Jig
4. Georgiana Moon
5. Lonesome Indian
6. Portland Fancy
7. Diamond Lil
8. Black & White Rag
9. Away Back
10. Billy In The Low Ground
11. Skipper's Fancy
12. Lisa Lynn
13. Argonaut Two-Step
14. St. Lawrence Jig
15. Kitchen Reel
16. Blackberry Blossom
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Updated: Saturday Is Danica Day At Bristol Motor Speedway
Update: The race is over, Elliott Sadler is the winner and Danica was lapped before halfway. Typical ESPN race with tight camera shots, in-car cameras live and full-screen replays under green. Most of the actual racing was missed on TV. Marty Smith appeared pre-race in the Infield Pit Studio and shook up both Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty by disagreeing with them on almost everything. That was priceless. Happy to have your post-race comments on this post.
She was 26th on the SPEED chart, no one picks her to win the race and the 19 year-old girl in the field has more than twice her short-track experience, but Danica Patrick is once again going to be the TV focus on Saturday.
SPEED has Patrick in the Nationwide Series qualifying show at 10:30AM. Rick Allen, Phil Parsons and Jeff Hammond will have plenty of time to talk about Patrick's well-funded team challenging the Bristol high banks with lots of crew but very little driver experience. Qualifying at this track is a moment that can humble any driver at any time. It should be interesting as it is only hours before the race.
ESPN then has an entire hour of NASCAR Countdown at 1PM to explore Patrick's attempt to last in a field of hungry Nationwide Series regulars and five Sprint Cup Series cross-over drivers. After her recent run of avoiding the media, it should be fun to hear Patrick's pre-race comments.
Analysts Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty have been a little testy with each other this year down in the Infield Pit Studio. It may well be that the producers have asked them to spice things up a little bit. Having Patrick racing at a track like Bristol may give these two ESPN personalities a little more fuel for their personal fire.
The Go Daddy media hype machine has also been in high gear this week announcing that Patrick will head to Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway for his Prelude to the Dream charity race. The media release explains that Patrick's previous experience racing on dirt was in a go-kart at the age of 14. Keep an eye on whether this topic makes it into the pre-race show.
Allen Bestwick has kept a level head, but Dale Jarrett has been squarely on the Danica bandwagon for some time now. Andy Petree joins those two as the live race coverage starts on ESPN at 2PM. While the pit reporters are limited in their contributions at a noisy track like BMS, ESPN will have all four of the regulars on hand and ready to cover the action. It could make for some interesting post-accident interviews.
As usual, we will be hosting a live stream of conversation on Twitter starting with the pre-race show. To locate our stream, just type #TDP1 into the search box on the Twitter page and it will appear. To have your comments in the stream, just add #TDP1 to the end of your tweets.
If you have not already come over, stop talking yourself out of it. We now have almost every driver, TV personality, team, track and NASCAR reporter actively involved in social media. The live stream is easy, free and if I can figure it out you can too.
My Twitter account is twitter.com/thedalyplanet. Click on who I follow to start building your own list of NASCAR personalities, tracks and teams. If you have a question about starting on Twitter, post it here and we will answer it.
Thanks again for helping the NASCAR community grow the social media presence on Twitter. Fans are a huge force in change and your voice and comments are heard loud and clear.
If you have any Danica Patrick comments on the TV coverage, please feel free to leave them below. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
19 comments:
- AncientRacer said...
I get up way early: far too early for a weekday; would never do it on a weekday, unless not a workday because I am going fishing before racing comes on.
Danica has not been on TV yet, but already, IMO, the coverage is … is ....
Hmmm … Could Danica be the new Digger?
- March 17, 2012 at 4:37 AM
- MortonGroveDon said...
Personally, I think we really need a new channel. We could call it DUMB (Danica's United Media Barrage). They could package it with the OWN (Only Waltrip Network). There'd be no need for all these silly discussions over in car camera time, or how much commercial time is used over show ing a race. I think the 3 biggest reasons to watch Nascar really need our support in these trying times.
- March 17, 2012 at 9:03 AM
- OSBORNK said...
I'm more and more convinced that the Danica lovefest is more by the media than the average race fan.
I live about 50 miles from Bristol and my daughter lives down I-81 just beyond Bristol. I drove to her house yesterday afternoon expecting the usual heavy race week traffic. It was not there. The traffic was just slightly higher than a normal Friday and the hugh number of RVs heading to Bristol was just a trickle. The local TV stations are not showing the usual crowds on newscasts as they have in the past. The weather forecast is for very warm weather with a moderate chance of rain showers. I suspect the attendance will be lower than expected.
- March 17, 2012 at 9:51 AM
- tommy1946 said...
MortonGroveDon - rah - rah!!! Couldn't have said better myself!
- March 17, 2012 at 10:30 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Bob Dillner interviewed Danica after poor qualifying effort. She said "I don't know" about what happened. Pretty profound statement.
- March 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
The Danica coverage has one positive, it forces ESPN to show some racing outside the top 10. I watch her in-car camera on RaceBuddy to watch the mid-pack drivers and racing instead of staring at the running order crawl all afternoon.
I thought the past two weeks of coverage on ESPN have been disappointing. (FOX has been better imo) I've given up on Dale Jarrett, he's a complete bore and headmaster of political correctness. I only hear the life in his voice after Allen Bestwick reads a basketball promo and they talk about the games they watched last night. I still don't think Andy Petree really cares about the Nationwide series. He only seems to obsess over the Cup drivers and RCR. This season Allen has not had the chemistry with Andy and Dale as he had with Wally and Benny on NBC. What a booth it would be if Benny was still here.
RaceBuddy exposes how overproduced the ESPN coverage is. I like how RaceBuddy allows me to watch the race like I'm a fan in the stands and feel the energy of the race without the ESPN stamp. ESPN takes the event and makes it fit inside the ESPN box. The announcers are forced to analyze the 'athletes' more than ever this season with more stick and ball comparisons. The ESPN fixed storylines are so constrictive, viewers can hardly learn about the reality of the drivers and teams outside the top 10. I still don't get the iPod shuffle bumper music.
Hopefully things start getting better today.
- March 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- diane said...
Danica is looking more and more miserable. I think she thought it would be easier than this. I think she was believing her own PR. Its not an easy transition to this type of racing. It will be interesting to see if she does poorly will she run away from doing interviews again.
- March 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- Rainy2228 said...
From the aerial shots.....THEY HAVE SOOOOOO MANY EMPTY SEATS!!!!!...Brian(The Brainless) France, are you taking notice to the fact that you media sensation, Dumica, is NOT putting butts in the seats at the VENUE that ALWAYS sold out....????...Conservatively, theres not even a half-filled house for a Saturday race, and I do NOT think it's due to March Madness nor the price of gas....it IS the product...sad....just sad...
- March 17, 2012 at 2:07 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
The first 100 laps had great coverage (and minimal Danica!) Just 100 laps of watching the race develop. I love the camera positioned in turn four.
This 100 laps segment, not so good. Dale uhhh.. Jarrett is out of it, to the point that Allen had to call down to Rusty for commentary.
- March 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
Allen Bestwick calling the finish at the wrong lap was the highlight of the last 100 laps. Funny (and embarassing) mistake. But the rest of the coverage wasn't as strong as the beginning. The lack of wrecks threw them off. Since half the field is just riding around with the goal of a top 15, this series is tough to cover right now. Hopefully their stories are told and the series expectations can be raised.
*Hopefully someone finds Kenny Wallace by 4:30PM. His problems were ignored by ESPN.
- March 17, 2012 at 4:09 PM
- James said...
If we ever wondered if the Planateers were really the voice of the NASCAR fan the attendance at this afternoons NWS proved that they are not too far off with their comments and "personal feelings". The Bruton Smith/Brian France show was very poorly attended. They should both be ashamed of what they have made of the "COLOSIUM"!!
Danica, she came home with all the fenders on and shows improvement every time she races. Keep in mind, other open wheel drivers with better records have NOT done as well as she has. Give her a chance to really get it. I think she realizes how difficult this is going to be and I am driving to Eldora to watch her run on dirt.
- March 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM
- Jonathan said...
I enjoyed the race. Im not a fan of twitter at all its a mess if you ask me so maybe being focused on broadcast the whole race makes it more fun. Yeah we miss alot of racing but I think they did a good job I was on the edge of my seat screaming plenty of times and thats a good thing... Espn did a good job and the empty seats??? Its the nationwide Series and do you not know that place holds 160,000??? The place seemed have a lot of fans i say more than half filled and thats over 60,000 fans. Heck theres NFL that struggle to fill 50,000 seat stadiums and thats on a Sunday so the France family is just fine! JD I still wish you would reconsider and do the old school comments for us old school fsns. :)
- March 17, 2012 at 5:38 PM
- Jonathan said...
LOL i need to read my stuff before I post.... lol I missed some words but hey I put down 8 beers :) you get my drift though
- March 17, 2012 at 5:39 PM
- Charlie Spencer said...
I may return to Bristol next spring, if the Cup race has as much elbow room tomorrow as the N'wide did.
I don't watch pre-race shows, but I thought the Danica coverage during the race was consistent with other drivers not on the lead lap. She was shown as the leaders went by her, and that was about it. On the other hand, while coverage of her was consistent with that of other lap-down drivers, they're all not getting appropriate attention.
I don't recall hearing any mention of 'start and parks', or follow-ups on a couple of cars that went to the garage.
- March 17, 2012 at 6:52 PM
- Bill Hicks said...
Do they (the tv networks) get a bonus from th sponsors when they show their car all the time?
- March 17, 2012 at 7:04 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Bill, they do not. TV commercials, paid elements and in-car cams are agreed to in advance.
NASCAR makes sure that the TV partners cannot work any side deals with teams or sponsors.
- March 17, 2012 at 7:25 PM
- Fed UP said...
I don't watch the pre-shows anymore. Its a waste of time.
I try to tune in just before they go racing, and I've become fairly adapt at doing other things while listening to the race.
IMO, I prefer the old bristol where the drivers had to do some moving in order to get ahead..this bristol, eh..not so much.
Probably won't watch the cup race tomorrow either....if Nationwide with its "rookie" drivers can't make it exciting, I don't think that cup can.
Enjoy your race tomorrow, fellow planeteers...I'm going to go out and enjoy the sunshine and work in the yard.
- March 17, 2012 at 9:48 PM
- Brian said...
Did anyone else notice it appeared ESPN was using a "GoPro" camera in victory lane? I'm talking about the one that was on the end of the long arm camera. When they first showed it I thought it was hooked onto a RC Helicopter or something, but I could clearly see the "arm" in the shadows later in the interview.
- March 17, 2012 at 10:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
I thought that Mike Joy and Durrell were unsufferable. I give the network credit for not focusing on Danica during the race because she didn't deserve it. She was first lapped at the 50 lap mark (25 miles).Most Nascar drivers always impress me because of their public speaking abilities. Not Danica. Her answers and comments are often jaw dropping. I always get the impression from her comments that she's never been in a race car before.There were a ton of Cup cars in the NNS race with Junior running mid-pack for much of the race. It forced the cameras to at least check in on him occaisonally allowing us to see what else was going on. On Sunday, I'll wait for the green flag to drop before turning on my TV.
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This is a homework assignment and I am stuck and I have researched every book I know that talks about loops.
I am required to print the loop at every 25th loop up to 500, i.e. 1-25th, 26-75th, 100th, 125th, etc.
I guess another way of stating my problem is that I want to sum up the toss results for every 25 loop iterations up to 500. Can someone please explain how I can do this? Right now my code is printing all 500 loops.
package coin; import java.util.Random; public class Coin { public static void main(String[] args) { int heads =0, tails =0, tossResult, total; double tailsPercent, headsPercent; Random coinTossing = new Random(); System.out.println("Number of tosses\t\tNo. of Heads\\ % \t\tNo. of Tails\\ %"); for (int i = 1; i <= 50; i++) { tossResult = coinTossing.nextInt(2); if (tossResult == 0) { heads++; } else { tails++; } total = heads + tails; headsPercent = ((double)(heads)/total)*100; tailsPercent = ((double)(tails)/total)*100; System.out.printf("\t%d\t\t\t\t%d %.1f\t\t%d %.1f", total, heads, headsPercent, tails, tailsPercent); System.out.println(); } } }
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Hi all.
Managed to find a link which talks about type erasure. Or more specifically, it talks a bit about how you can avoid type erasure in generics. According to the link, a generic type can be known at runtime during some situations. Does anyone have a thought on this text? Does this mean that if you do something like this you are actually avoiding using type erasure?
Do not know how much this actually matters, I am just curious . The link:ArrayList<String> alist = new ArrayList<String>() {};
Using TypeTokens to retrieve generic parameters - JQuantLib
Take care,
I confess I didnt read it very carefully, so if I have missed something or missunderstood it then that is why, lol.
Lol, just realized I forgot to give the thread a better title. Sorry about that.


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- 2 2 2 Kumato Tomato, chopped
- 1 1 1 Avocado, chopped
- 3 sprigs 3 sprigs 3 sprigs Cilantro, lightly chopped
- 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil, (a light drizzle)
- 1/2 tsp 1/2 tsp 1/2 tsp Salt and Pepper, to taste
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- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Lightly toss again to ensure all are equally seasoned.
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A summer movie event that has literally been a decade in the making, Avengers: Infinity War is the new capstone of Marvel Studios' ambitious master plan to bring the majority of their comic book heroes to cinematic life-not in separate, stand-alone films, but rather in an intricate web of interlocking narratives, each of which features various plot points and isolated moments (some buried within or after the closing credits) that have laid the groundwork for the events depicted here. From a purely narrative standpoint, it has to be admired for its sheer audacity and sense of assuredness in recreating the kind of intricate, multi-modal, long-form storytelling that comic books have been utilizing for decades; a wrong step at any point could have brought the whole thing down, as we witnessed last summer with Universal's "Dark Universe" non-starter The Mummy (2017) and, to a lesser extent, rival DC's fitfully successful, but mostly disappointing attempt to do the same thing with its stable of comic book characters. Nineteen films over 10 years-and while not all of them have been great and a few have even been not that good, as a whole they have maintained a general sense of consistent quality and entertainment value that is impressive in its own right.
Avengers: Infinity War, of course, will be most enjoyable for those who have faithfully followed the ups and downs of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe," although it has enough of its own stand-alone popcorn pleasures to please even those who don't know (or can't remember) whether Thor's brother Loki is an outright villain or a conflicted case of tragically misdirected anger, or how Iron Man's artificial intelligence computer became its own physical entity, or why there is so much lingering bad blood between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, or whatever happened to that super-archer played by Jeremy Renner. Basically, all you need to know is that there is a disparate collection of superheroes known as the Avengers that have fought together in two previous movies (2012's The Avengers and 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron) and have since mostly gone their separate ways, but now find themselves faced with their most dangerous nemesis: athe hulking, squared-jawed, purple-skinned interstellar behemoth Thanos (Josh Brolin) who is trying to assemble all of the so-called Infinity Stones, which if ever brought together would give him nearly unlimited power.
And what does Thanos want to do with all that power? He wants to wipe out half of all living things in the universe as a means of saving the universe from itself, similar to Ultron's desire to destroy humankind in the previous Avengers movie. The Ultron plot carried a somewhat more introspective vibe since Ultron was a bastard Frankenstein's monster of Tony Stark's own creation, while Thanos is the ultimate external villain, literally emerging from the depths of the cosmos to wreak havoc on all of existence to satisfy his own deranged sense of right and wrong. It is refreshing, in this regard, that he isn't after something as boring as world (or universe) domination, and the destruction of half of all living things is an intriguing escalation of the typical superhero-movie plot in which the heroes must save the world from certain annhiliation. The stakes are so high this time around that they border on the abstract, and there is a danger there that is compelling.
There is, not surprisingly, a lot of familiarity built into the story, which is a constituent part of the MCU's sense of pleasure-that delicate dance between the new and the old, the surprising and the familiar. We've been with some of these characters for a long time now: Billionaire industrialist-playboy-turned-iron-suited-crusader Tony Stark / Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) kicked things off in Jon Favreau's Iron Man back in 2008, followed quickly by films centered around Norse demigod Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and unfrozen super-soldier Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans). They have already had their ups and down in the previous Avengers movies along with Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner/Hulk, as well as in Captain America: Civil War (2016), which essentially played as a third Avengers entry. However, we haven't seen them interact to a significant degree with some of the newer characters, including Benedict Cumberbatch's supernatural Doctor Strange, Tom Holland's gawky Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and Chadwick Boseman's African king T'Challa/Black Panther. A number of the secondary characters, such as Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson / Falcon, Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, Don Cheadle's James Rhodes / War Machine, and Scarlett Johansson Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow also show up, along with the whole cast of The Guardians of the Galaxy, which threatens to push the overstuffed movie to its breaking point.
Yet, the script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (veterans of four previous Marvel movies, including all three Captain America entries) manages to keep everything fairly well balanced, juggling all of the superheroes and their subplots while also giving significant screen time to Brolin's Thanos, who, as noted earlier, is not your typical super-villain even though he certainly looks and, at times, acts like one. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo, who previously helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Civil War and therefore are quite familiar with the terrain both narrative and aesthetic, keep the proceedings lively and moving at a brisk clip, which makes the two-and-a-half-hour running time feel relatively brisk. Given that it is already well known that this is the first installment of a two-part narrative, it shouldn't come as much surprise that the story moves into dark territory, dangling us on a cliff-hanger of an ending that is surprisingly daring in its willingness to see the movie's central threat to its logical conclusion. There is no doubt that much will be set right in part two, but one of the things that makes Infinity War stand out from its predecessors is the undeniable sense that, at least for some characters (and actors), this is their swan song and that some things must come to an end.
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|IT in Education Technological Series: Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Chinese Language Literacy (with Classroom Observation)
|Organising Division
|Education Infrastructure Division
|First Issue Date and Time
|2019/09/16 09:18
|Latest Issue Date and Time
|2019/10/16 15:44
|Participant Group
|All principals and teachers in secondary schools (Priority will be given to Chinese Language teachers.)
|This event aims to enhance the learning and teaching effectiveness of Chinese Language and Literature through the use of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies.
|Programme Description
1. Introduction to the concepts and expected outcomes with the use of VR technologies in the teaching of Chinese writing;
2. Classroom observation; and
3. Questions and answers.
Please download EduVenture®VR app, VR teaching package(s) and VR teaching kit(s) in Chinese Language at the Project Website (http://www.jc-vr-chinese.hk/) or the Project Resources Library (https://www.jc-vr-chinese.hk/index.php/edu-vr-download-info/) before the course commencement.
|Language Medium
|Cantonese Supplemented with English
|CPD Elements for Principal
|CPD Elements for Teacher
|Content Area
|Information Technology in Education (V)
|Attendance required for successful completion
|100 % Training & development data will be revealed in Teacher's Personal Profile in e-Services Portal (for e-Services Teacher account holders only) upon successful completion.
|Paper evaluation
1. Prior application via Training Calendar System (TCS) is required and walk-ins will not be entertained.
2. Heads of schools are requested to endorse the online application by the closing date. Nominations will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis whereas considerations will also be given to allow more schools to participate.
3. Applicants and the respective school heads will be notified the application status through TCS 7 days before the event start date under normal circumstances. Successful applicants should attend the confirmed event and bring along the confirmation mail when attending the course.
4. The accepted applicants who cannot attend the course are required to inform the ITE Section via email (firstname.lastname@example.com) at least 3 working days before the event date in order to arrange substitution.
5. Rejected applicants and the respective school heads will also be notified through the TCS 3 days before the respective event commencement under normal circumstances.
6. To help keep a more accurate attendance record, participants are required to sign-in & sign-out on registration list. Being late or leaving early for more than 30 minutes will not be granted any CPD hours.
7. No parking space is available at the venue.
8. Special Arrangements for Bad Weather
a. Course/Activity in the morning session will be cancelled when Black Rainstorm Warning Signal or Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above is issued or stays in effect at or after 6:30 am.
b. Course/Activity in the afternoon session will be resumed when Black Rainstorm Warning Signal or Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above is cancelled at or before 11:30 am. Otherwise, the Course/Activity is declared to be cancelled.
9. Details of IT in Education Professional Development Programmes for teachers can be accessed at the IT in Education Section's website:


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This post is from Mercedes for whom Chetan is an inspiring icon.
The Tri-Star is back where it belongs– on top. The Indian luxury market has seen a rising demand for luxury-on-the-road; and who better to fulfil this need than the iconic Brand? This year saw a slew of launches with the GL-Class, A-Class, the E-Class, the B-Class diesel and of course the G63 AMG. These new vehicles are young, dynamic and technologically advanced and have caught the fancy of the entire nation.
This has been a great year for the Brand and the 'Dream Car' portfolio that has worked so well for the Indian consumer.
The 'Dream Car' portfolio has ushered in not only new models but a new attitude. Mercedes-Benz has decided that 2013 will be the year of the offensive and their four-pronged strategy reflects the Company's core ethos– bring in new products and optimise existing ones; expand dealer network; invest more in areas like coaching and training customers; and provide services such as financing, leasing, insurance and maintenance of products.
Everything is in growth mode for Mercedes-Benz. New models, new dealerships and new financial services. With the market opening up and new customers aspiring for the Star, the dream is becoming a reality for more and more consumers looking for luxury, safety and performance.
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Briony McDonagh estimates that over 10 per cent of land in Georgian Britain was owned by female landowners. Assuming her sample of 250,000 acres to be representative of broader patterns and trends, McDonagh surmises that 'somewhere in excess of 3 million acres in England were owned by women in the later eighteenth century and more than 6 million acres in Great Britain as a whole' (p. 27).
50 or 60 years ago the market for organic food (as now defined) was vanishingly small, less than 0.1 per cent of the market in European countries, according to one estimate.(1) Organic farming at that time was derided by most farmers in the UK as a matter of 'muck [i.e.farmyard manure] and mystery'.
Grootplaas, a produce farm that specialises in citrus and numbers around 900 hectares in size, is the subject of Maxim Bolt's latest monograph, Zimbabwe's Migrants and South Africa's Border Farms: The Roots of Impermanence.
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To scholars of early modern Europe, Earls Colne in Essex must be one of England's best known parishes, thanks to the work undertaken in the 1960s and 1970s by the historian and anthropologist Alan Macfarlane, and following his work, the availability, firstly on microfiche and latterly online, of transcriptions of a large corpus of contemporary sources about the parish which has prompted signifi
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Food Supply, Demand and Trade: Aspects of the Economic Relationship between Town and Countryside / eds. Piet van Cruijningen, Erik Thoen
It is a prerequisite that prosperous, expanding towns need to maintain a secure and ample food supply. How towns managed this issue, drawing foodstuffs from both their immediate hinterland and from further afield, and the resultant effect upon agricultural productivity are examined in this collection of 11 papers.
War, Agriculture, and Food: Rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s / eds. Paul Brassley, Yves Segers, Leen Van Molle
When comparing European agriculture in the early 1960s with that existing before the First World War, two principal differences are evident. Firstly, the productivity of agriculture in the 1960s was considerably higher, principally as the consequence of the intensive use of modern technologies such as modern machinery, fertilisers, pesticides or hybrid seeds.
Town and Countryside in the Age of the Black Death: Essays in Honour of John Hatcher / eds. Mark Bailey, S. H. Rigby
This collection of essays forms an excellent Festschrift for Professor John Hatcher, whose eclectic range of research is displayed by the volume's division into three parts: the first explores the medieval demographic system; the second charts the changing relationship between lords and peasants; and the third highlights the fortunes of trade and industry after the Black Death.
Professor Dyer's A Country Merchant represents the development of several emerging themes in late medieval and early modern history: for one, the increasing recognition of the long 15th century, and especially the period roughly framed by the reign of Henry VII, as an important 'Age of Transition', most eloquently highlighted in his own book of that title.(1)


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He may not have a father or a villain yet, but at least Superman has his mommy.
Warner Bros. has announced that Diane Lane has been cast as Martha Kent in Zach Snyder's "Superman" reboot. The official press release from the studio only confirms that Lane will be co-starring alongside Henry Cavill, but makes no mention of any other casting.
Martha Kent, of course, is the woman who (along with her husband Jonathan) raises Superman/Clark Kent after the infant super-alien crash lands near her Kansas farm.
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Recently, it was rumored that Kevin Costner was close to signing on, and we speculated that he could be a possible fit for Jonathan. The casting of Lane sure seems to bolster that notion, as Snyder is clearly not envisioning the Kents as the elderly "Ma" and "Pa" types.
Other left field casting rumors involve Viggo Mortensen ("Lord of the Rings") allegedly playing General Zod (memorably played by Terence Stamp in "Superman II"), but that seems to be fanboy conjecture at this point.


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I can't tell if I should be happy or bored that this game is following the LTTP DNA so closely.
Damn, I wish there was a secret mod (name Link as ZELDA or something) to give the pink hair crop.Whether I think it's good that the Dark World is coming back or not I have no idea -- but I realized it doesn't matter because this game was a Day 1 purchase the moment it was announced.The Dark World was so fucking weird. The Twilight Realm was the closest we've seen since, but it makes a point to be different and "out there". I don't know about you, but I loved going from the Dark to Light worlds, you appreciate the green grass and blue water a thousand times more. The Twilight Realm on Hyrule meant scared and unaware citizens, meanwhile the Dark World meant....warped people and places.
Quote from: Sagacious-T on May 01, 2013, 10:24:24 PMI can't tell if I should be happy or bored that this game is following the LTTP DNA so closely. On the one hand, LttP 1 was an excellent game and still is one of my favorites, so more of the same can't be too bad.On the other hand, if any of the recent Zelda's have taught me anything, it's to take Aonuma's words with a grain of salt.
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/27/the-dark-world-will-return-in-zelda-a-link-between-worlds/The least surprising update.
Quote from: Aeolus on June 27, 2013, 07:11:28 PMhttp://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/27/the-dark-world-will-return-in-zelda-a-link-between-worlds/The least surprising update.This was revealed over a month ago, yeah.Nonetheless, this oddly has me more psyched than Wind Waker.
Welp, so much for being a direct sequel. They're changing the character designs and everything.


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Ranmaru possessed a dōjutsu kekkei genkai which, when activated, causes his eyes to glow red in colour. It grants him abilities such as penetrative vision as well as the ability to hinder other dōjutsu such as the Byakugan which his own dōjutsu has been likened to.

This dōjutsu grants the wielder many abilities that include penetrating vision, disruption of other dōjutsu, and unique healing through life-force energy manipulation.
With his kekkei genkai, Ranmaru has the ability to see and hear things from long distances. With this ability, Ranmaru was able penetrate the walls of his shack to view the outside world. Although the range of his kekkei genkai is similar to the range of the Byakugan, it actually has the ability to counter and negate that trait. His abilities also allow him to perform irresistible genjutsu, which can fool even the "all-seeing" Byakugan. Ranmaru's vision also lets him locate and track others by sensing chakra, picking up chakra from long distances, and noticing changes in an individual's chakra. It is also able to sense how many individuals are present.
Ranmaru's vision has heightened perception and analytical powers, similar to those of the Sharingan, meaning he can comprehend any details he sees. When first encountering Raiga, Ranmaru was able to read his thoughts to determine what was ailing him. He can also see one's life force, which he can use to predict the opponent's next move or tell if someone was alive. In addition to this, Ranmaru is able transfer part of his own life force to completely heal someone who is mostly dead.
- Ranmaru's Kekkei Genkai fits the description of the Ketsuryūgan from Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise. It is unknown, however, whether the two dōjutsu are one and the same.


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WASHINGTON D.C., April 27 (CNA) .- Pro-life leaders see the Obama administration's recent decision to hire a Planned Parenthood media specialist as an intentional move to make its abortion policies appealing to the American people.
"I'm not surprised at all," said Dr. Janice Crouse, senior fellow at the Concerned Women for America's Beverly LaHaye Institute.
Crouse told CNA on April 25 that the Obama administration is following its well-established pattern of offering positions of strong influence to abortion supporters.
"It's going to be disastrous," she said. "Here you've got someone with a definite agenda."
On April 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was hiring Tait Sye, former media director of Planned Parenthood, as its deputy assistant secretary for public affairs.
The Department of Health and Human Services has been under fire in recent months for issuing a controversial mandate that will require employers to offer health plans that cover contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs, even if doing so violates their consciences.
Sye defended the mandate amid widespread protest, calling contraception "basic health care" and saying, "It should not be left up to a boss's personal beliefs whether his employees should be allowed birth control coverage."
According to Reuters, he also chided groups such as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who opposed the 2010 health care reform law over concerns that it would provide funding for abortion. Sye accusing these groups of "launching misleading attacks," despite the fact that the law does provide for the collection of mandatory insurance premiums to fund abortions.
Crouse believes the decision to hire someone with experience in the abortion industry was intentional.
"This is someone who is very skilled at shaping public opinion," she said.
Moving into an election year, it is important for the president to have people in public relations who can make his abortion policies "palatable to the public," she explained.
Crouse said that Americans should find it "unconscionable" that the administration would put its abortion ideology before the well-being of women.
With this decision, she said, it is pushing the sexual revolution forward and encouraging promiscuity, which research clearly shows to have negative results.
"In the long run, it's going to hurt women," she warned.
Controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood has grown in recent months. The organization is currently the subject of a Congressional investigation due to allegations of fraud and illegal failure to report cases of sexual abuse. Such allegations have also led several states to initiate efforts to defund the organization.
But in spite of this controversy, Dr. Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life, believes that "the ties between the abortion industry and this administration grew stronger with this appointment."
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, agreed, saying that Planned Parenthood and the Department of Health and Human Services "have practically become synonymous."
"We've seen repeatedly that as soon as a state defunds Planned Parenthood, HHS steps in and threatens to take funding away from vulnerable populations," she added.
Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, noted that "Americans should be horrified" by the close relationship between the Obama administration and Planned Parenthood.
He told CNA that he's disappointed to see the administration partner with Planned Parenthood in health care issues rather than with the Catholic Church, which has a rich legacy of the caring for the sick and needy.
The decision is particularly troubling, he added, because "Planned Parenthood is a lightning rod of controversy." The allegations surrounding the organization should prohibit its top employees from holding positions of government authority, he said.
However, Scheidler explained, the administration realizes that people are not happy with its policies, such as the contraception mandate.
Planned Parenthood has a great track record with public relations and maintaining a "positive public image," he observed, so hiring someone like Sye is a huge step to "sell the American people" on the administration's proposed health care policies.
"It makes perfect sense," he said.
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Acclaimed as one of MovieMaker Magazine's "20 Can't-Miss Festivals," the Big Island Film Festival (BIFF) 2013 will take place May 23-27 at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i and The Shops at Mauna Lani. A celebration of narrative filmmaking, BIFF 2013 includes film screenings, social events, screenwriting workshop and a closing night "Best of the Fest" with a top Hawaiian music concert and movies chosen by the audience from Festival entries.
"There are hundreds of film festivals around the country," said Executive Director Leo Sears, "but how many offer the audience a resort setting like The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i? Their Plantation Estate is this incredibly beautiful lū'au area by the tennis garden. They set up a 20-foot screen and superb sound system, gourmet food stations, a beer and wine bar—all out there under the stars, surrounded by palm trees. It's just a magnificent way to spend Memorial Day Weekend."
The majority of BIFF events take place at various locations within The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i, including daytime film screenings in the air-conditioned amphitheatre, filmmaker workshops, celebrity receptions and salutes, as well as "festival films" (up to R) and Best of the Fest, at Plantation Estate. Family films (up to PG-13) are shown at The Shops at Mauna Lani Center Stage, where admission is free.
"We're not quite ready to announce the celebrities for this year yet," said Sears. Generally, one filmmaker and one actor are invited to attend BIFF, where attendees can meet and interact with them at receptions and salutes in their honor, and other social occasions. "But I can tell you that we're getting a lot of interest from stars who've heard about the Festival and want to experience the Big Island."
Past years celebrity honorees have included Hawai'i actresses Eloise Mumford (The River), Kristina Anapau ("Black Swan", "True Blood") and Sarah Wayne Callies ("The Walking Dead"), Tom Berenger, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, D.B. Sweeney, John Saxon and filmmakers Ron Osborn, Rick Stevenson, David Winning and Scott Stewart. And, such noted Hawaiian musicians as Makana, Brother Noland, John Cruz, Henry Kapono and Kohala have graced the stage.
BIFF 2013's "Golden Honu" Awards will be presented to the Best Feature and Best Short in Family, Student, Animated, Foreign, Hawaii and Audience Choice categories at a special Awards Brunch to honor the filmmakers and their works on Monday, May 27. Numerous alumni films have won awards at prestigious film festivals around the world, and achieved commercial success in the industry. One of BIFF's alumni short films, "The Buzkashi Boys" is a current Oscar nominee, and another, "The Sea is All I Know" starring Academy Award-winner Melissa Leo, was a nominee last year.
The Big Island "Talk Story" Film Festival is a celebration of narrative filmmaking. Sponsors include The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i, The Shops at Mauna Lani, County of Hawai'i, Dept. of R&D: CPEP Grant/Hawai'i Tourism Authority, Redeeming Light International, Inc. and others. For detailed information visit www.BigIslandFilmFestival.com, find them on Facebook, or 808-883-0394.
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| Bucking the Treasure Trend!
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Bucking the Treasure Trend! (Japanese: トレジャーハンター・バクとヤジロン! Treasure Hunter - Baku & Yajilon!) is the 181st episode of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and the 647th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 17, 2010, and in the United States on November 13, 2010.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
Ash and the gang are on their way to Lily Of The Valley Island and the Sinnoh League via ferry when they meet a treasure hunter named Buck, along with his Baltoy. Armed with a pirate map—and Baltoy's knack for finding hidden treasure—Buck is trying to track down a magnificent fortune. Buck asks Ash and the rest of our heroes if they will come along to help, and they excitedly agree.
Buck's map guides the treasure hunters to Dandelion Island, where they soon discover that the mysterious pictures of Pokémon on the map were actually a warning about all the Pokémon guarding the treasure! The Pokémon put up a mighty struggle, and at the same time Team Rocket, armed with a copy of the same map, are on their way to get the treasure first. Fortunately, our heroes' superior skills defeat the guardian Pokémon and send Team Rocket blasting off again.
When Buck, Ash, and the crew finally find the ruins where the treasure is located, they discover a powerful Claydol protecting it. Buck's Baltoy is too fast for the larger Pokémon, and Buck manages to catch Claydol for his own!
When the treasure is discovered, our heroes are dismayed to find that it's just some old pots instead of gold and silver. But Buck explains joyfully that he wants to become an archeology professor when he grows up, and this is exactly what he hoped the treasure would be!
And so, thanking our heroes for all their help, Buck heads off on another treasure hunt. Ash and friends resume their journey toward the Sinnoh League!
Ash and his friends are on a boat to Lily of the Valley Island for the Sinnoh League. As the group exits onto the ship deck, a ball rolls by and Dawn's Piplup chases after it. However, he ends up bumping into a Baltoy at the corner. Just as Piplup is recovering from the collision, he is overshadowed by Buck, who does not seems to be happy about the incident. Dawn ran forward and grabs Piplup and apologizes to Buck, who forgives them. Buck and the gang then exchange introduction, and Dawn takes the chance to scan Baltoy with her Pokédex.
Buck asks the group if they are going to Lily of the Valley Island for vacation but Ash replies that they're heading there for the Sinnoh League. The group is surprised when Buck reveals that he isn't too familiar with the Sinnoh League, and reveals himself as a treasure hunter.
Buck tells the group that his Baltoy has the special ability of finding hidden treasure. Team Rocket, who are working on the ship as waiters, overhears this and instantly become curious. Buck explains that this whole treasure hunting business all started when he first found a sunken ship. In a flashback, Buck is on a boat, wearing scuba gear and Baltoy begins to spin around over a spot in the ocean where it seems to have found treasures. Buck then dives down with his Mantine and finds the sunken ship. He locates the treasure chest only to find it empty.
Back to the present, Buck reveals that although there was no treasure, he did find a map, which have marks where the pirates hid their treasure. This happens to be on Dandelion Island. Dawn notes that that is where the ship is docking off next for supplies. Buck flips over the map for a close-up of Dandelion Island. The map is covered with symbols of several Pokémon such as Voltorb, Pineco, Vileplume, and Graveler. Team Rocket walked past them several times to hear what the gang were discussing. Ash and his friends try to find out connections between the Pokémon. However, there seems to be nothing in common. Buck then directs their attention to the center of the map where two Pokémon that look like the sun and the moon (Solrock and Lunatone) are depicted. After being unable to think of an answer, Buck puts the map away and asks Ash to help on his hunt. Ash agrees, noting that it will be a great training for the Sinnoh League. Dawn and Brock also agree. The ship approaches Dandelion Island and while the group is getting ready to get off, Team Rocket hatches a plan to steal the treasure.
The group is now in the forests of Dandelion Island. Eager to help, Piplup runs off ahead and tells the group to follow. However, he has only taken a few steps before an explosion occurs and he is blasted into the air. The group finds the source of the explosion to be a bunch of Voltorb. Ash then orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, which knocks the Voltorb unconscious. Ash and the group take the chance to escape.
Ash and the group rest under a tree whilst trying to catch their breaths. Piplup, still eager, runs off again only to be once more blasted into the air. This time, it is a bunch of Pineco and their explosions once more scare off the group. Buck finally realizes that the Pokémon drawn on the map are traps to prevent people from reaching the treasure. The group then come up with a way to deal with these Pokémon traps (using Water-type Pokémon against Graveler and Fire-type Pokémon against Vileplume). The group prepares to use Piplup and Ash's Infernape.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket are following the map they copied from Buck. Jessie believes that the Pokémon drawn on the map are Pokémon welcome parties, there to guide them to the treasure. On cue, the Voltorb roll out of the bushes, only to explode in Team Rocket's faces.
Ash and his friends have now reached a river. Piplup skips ahead and lands on a Vileplume. Startled, the Vileplume blasts Piplup away with Stun Spore and Piplup lands on the rocks, paralyzed. The Gloom use Acid to attack the group and Ash responds with Infernape's Flamethrower, which scares off the group of Gloom and Vileplume. Brock then feeds Piplup some medicine and the instantly-recovered Piplup is happy enough to run off again. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is attacked by the same group of Pineco that attacked Ash and his friends.
Ash and his friends reach a set of caves. Piplup says that the group should head into the left cave, but, unsure, Buck asks his Baltoy to lead the way. When Baltoy is at the opening of the right cave, it begins to spin, so the group continues on their hunt. Piplup, on the other hand, is disappointed and starts to lag behind. Meanwhile, Team Rocket comes across the group of Gloom and Vileplume, which uses Acid on them. Jessie, having had enough, responds with Seviper, who uses Poison Tail to knock a path through the Gloom and Vileplume. While the Gloom and Vileplume are still spinning, literally, from the attack, Team Rocket make their getaway.
Back in the caves, Buck uses Baltoy to help lead them through the maze of caves. However, just as they're about to continue, they see a group of Graveler rolling their way. Piplup uses Hydro Pump but is only able to knock away one of the Graveler and ends up being knocked into the air. The group try to make a run for it but the rolling Graveler knock Ash, Pikachu, Dawn, and Brock off the ledge and into the caverns. Now at the bottom of the caves, Ash and friends find a Golem. Ash quickly sends out Gible, which uses Rock Smash to scare off the Golem. Ash and friends are then at a lost as to how to find Buck and Piplup. Gible uses Draco Meteor to find Piplup, much to Dawn's distress, but the idea works and the group is reunited.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket are now stuck at the caves. Meowth picks which cave to enter, but Jessie and James aren't too confident about Meowth's choice. Meowth tries to reassure them while unknowing climbing onto the head of an Onix. Meowth realizes his mistake, but it's too late. The angry Onix sends Team Rocket blasting off in the air.
Meanwhile, Ash and his friends have made it out of the caves and now find themselves at a set of ruins. These ruins have an engraving of a gigantic Solrock and Lunatone. The Solrock and the Lunatone on Buck's map represented the paintings on the ruins. At the top of the ruins, Buck finds a set of purple and blue symbols but before the group can ponder on this further, Baltoy directs their attention to a triangular panel on the floor. Before they can figure out whether to press the panel or not, Team Rocket interrupts their thinking by arriving in their signature Meowth balloon.
After doing their motto, Team Rocket lands on the ruins and declares that they plan to steal the treasure. Meowth steps on the triangular panel and then a square region of the floor along with the symbols begin to light up. A Claydol then appears. Using her Pokédex, Dawn realizes that patterns they saw before are the same patterns that appear on Claydol. Buck notes that Claydol must be guarding the treasure. Jessie sends out her Seviper and James sends out his Carnivine to battle. Jessie orders a Poison Tail and Carnivine uses Bullet Seed. However, Claydol easily dodges the attacks and retaliates with Rapid Spin. Team Rocket is sent blasting off once more.
The angry Claydol then faces Ash and his friends. Piplup uses Bubble Beam but Claydol uses Light Screen to block and retaliates with Ice Beam. It then uses Psybeam to scare the group back down the stairs. Ash then sends out his Torterra to battle by using Leaf Storm but Claydol blocks using another Rapid Spin. Ash then orders Energy Ball but Claydol dodges once more.
Noting that Claydol evolved from Baltoy, Buck thinks that he can win and sends in Baltoy. Baltoy uses Shadow Ball, but it, too, is blocked by Claydol's Light Screen. Claydol responds with another set of Psybeam. Baltoy is able to dodge the first two but gets overconfident and ends up getting hit with the third wave. After a swift recovery, Baltoy follows up with Gyro Ball. Baltoy ends up being too fast for Claydol and is able to hit Claydol several times without retaliation as Ash and his friends cheer it on. Claydol tries to retaliate with Psybeam but Baltoy easily dodges them and continues with its Gyro Ball. Baltoy then switches for Solar Beam. Claydol blocks again with Light Screen but ends up getting confused. Baltoy finishes with another Gyro Ball, crashing Claydol into the ground and fainting it. Buck throws a Poké Ball at it, and, after a few moments, the capture is successfully completed.
A stone cabinet then rises out of the ground and its doors automatically open amidst golden light. When the light finally dims, the cabinet is revealed to be full of earthenware. Ash and his friends are rather disappointed because they thought that the treasure was supposed to contain gold and silver. However, Buck is absolutely exhilarated. After analyzing the clay, he will be able to tell which era the pottery comes from and notes that they are all museum-quality artifacts and reveals that he wants to become an archaeology professor.
The group returns to the ship, and the group say goodbye to Buck, who is going to board a different ship to go look for other treasures on Stark Mountain. He thanks Ash and his friends for their help and wishes Ash luck in the Sinnoh League. Ash and his friends' departs the port and continues toward Lily of the Valley Island.
Major events
- Ash and his friends meet Buck.
- Buck catches a Claydol.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Torterra (Ash's)
- Infernape (Ash's)
- Gible (Ash's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Baltoy (Buck's)
- Claydol (Buck's; new)
- Pineco (multiple)
- Voltorb (multiple)
- Graveler (multiple)
- Vileplume (multiple)
- Gloom (multiple)
- Golem
- Onix
- Mantine (flashback)
- Magikarp (multiple; flashback)
- Lunatone (engraving)
- Solrock (engraving)
- One of the clay artifacts discovered in this episode also appeared in Fossil Fools, over nine-and-a-half years earlier; and in Me, Myself and Time, over six years earlier.
- As of this episode, all five Stat Trainers have appeared in the anime at some point.
- Music from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and Giratina and the Sky Warrior was used in this episode.
- This episode marks the first appearance of a Pineco in the anime since Brock's evolved into Forretress in Entei at Your Own Risk, 388 episodes earlier,.
- The episode's English dub title is a reference to the phrase "buck the trend".
- The English dub of this episode aired on Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th birthday, who is the author of Treasure Island. This episode coincidentally also focused on finding a treasure on an island.
- This is the last Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl episode in which Team Rocket recites their motto.
- Jessie's Wobbuffet doesn't appear in this episode.
- In the scene where Carnivine is seen to be biting James' head, the white part above Claydol's "beak" disappears.
- When Dawn catches Piplup after Claydol uses Ice Beam on him, Dawn's hands are larger than they should be.
Dub edits
In other languages
|Mandarin Chinese
|Aarre kiikarissa!
|European French
|La chasse au trésor de Cornil !
|Auf Schatzsuche
|Pemburu Harta Karun - Buck dan Baltoy!
|La caccia al tesoro!
|보물사냥꾼 맥과 오뚝군
|Bucks rare skattefunn!
|Poszukiwanie skarbów!
|Descobrindo um Tesouro
|A Caça ao Tesouro!
|Latin America
|¡En Contra del Tesoro!
|¡Unidos en la búsqueda del tesoro!
|Hänga på skatt-trenden!
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Nathan DeWalt walking away with a smile
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Walking into Clune Arena at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Wednesday night, the atmosphere is one of an NCAA Final Four playoff tournament game.
The entryway is jammed with parents, friends and fans decked out in team gear, sporting giant foam fingers and clanging cow bells. Groups of men are playing a game of musical one-upmanship, singing the Navy (or Marines) fight song, which echoes quite loudly throughout the cavernous hall.
A woman in a pirate costume, complete with hook, feathered cap and a plastic parrot on her shoulder runs by yelling "Go Joe! Go Navy!" while sounding an air-horn.
This, however, is no collegiate championship title game. This is the bronze medal match in wheelchair basketball at the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte.
Before a crowd of a few hundred spectators, the Marines and the Navy/Coast Guard battled for a bronze medal.
The Marines won by a score of 49 to 18, and advanced to the gold medal round against Army.
The night was bittersweet for retired Master at Arms Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan DeWalt, who is one of four Team Captains for the Navy/Coast Guard team, and participating in his final Warrior Games.
"This game was a win-win situation for us," DeWalt said. "We may have lost the game, but we're still bronze medalists, and that's amazing. As a team, we're walking away with our heads held high."
DeWalt enlisted in the Navy following graduation from high school and, after completing his training, was stationed at the Naval Weapons Station in Earle, N.J.
On July 11, 2008, DeWalt was struck by a vehicle while riding his motorcycle. The accident severed his spinal cord and rendered him paralyzed from the chest down. When he regained consciousness at the Jersey Shore Medical Center two and a half weeks later, he immediately came to terms with his injury.
"Something inside me said 'It's not over'," DeWalt said. "That's when I decided to pick myself up, kick it into gear, and move on with my life. I never really looked back."
At that point, DeWalt decided that there would be no obstacles to his complete rehabilitation.
"There was never a day when I cried, I was never depressed," he said. "I just decided I was going to push around in my chair, just like I could walk."
After three months of intensive in-patient rehabilitation, DeWalt was discharged from the hospital. It was at this point, he says, he decided to take up sports.
The next logical step was competing in the Warrior Games.
"The Warrior Games opened my eyes to what adaptive sports can be. Without these Games, I don't know what I'd be doing right now. This event has presented me with so many opportunities."
In addition to the wheelchair basketball competition, DeWalt also participated in the shooting competition, where he finished seventh overall in the 10 meter air rifle (prone).
"In my eyes, that's pretty exceptional," he said, "considering I just picked up the air rifle for the first time last week!"
DeWalt, who enjoys the camaraderie of the wheelchair basketball team, isn't surprised that they were able to secure a bronze medal at this year's event.
"About 75 percent of our team is made up of players who have participated in the Warrior Games in the past," DeWalt said. "We have some really good shooters, and I think we're a pretty well rounded team."
DeWalt says the team sports can be quite challenging, as the members are only able to practice together at a handful of training camps throughout the year. In addition, because the team is comprised of both active duty and retired service members who are located throughout the U.S., it is difficult to schedule the training camps to accommodate everyone's schedule.
"Even though we have these challenges," he said, "the camaraderie this team has is amazing. The bottom line is, after the closing ceremonies, we're going to leave here as a family, and you really can't ask for much more than that."
DeWalt has been competing in the Warrior Games since its inaugural year. He qualified last year for the 2012 Paratriathlon World Championships which, he says, will preclude him from participating in future Warrior Games.
This does not mean that DeWalt will be slowing down, however. His future plans include participating in the Paratriathlon National Championships later this month in Austin, Texas, with the goal of qualifying for 2013 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in London.
DeWalt has more than just sporting competitions in his future. In September, he will wed fiancée Erica Cepko at a destination wedding in Bora Bora.
"This is her (Cepko's) first experience in the wounded warrior setting," DeWalt said. "It's made a huge impact on her, and it sure means a lot to me for her to be here, supporting me."
In addition to the fans, friends and family filling the stands at tonight's game, additional support for the warriors came in the form of Heisman Trophy winner – and bobsled Olympian – Herschel Walker.
Walker, who congratulated the Navy/Coast Guard team on their bronze-medal win, and thanked the members for their service to our country, said he once contemplated joining the military.
"To tell you guys the truth, I flipped a coin," Walker said. "I couldn't decide whether I wanted to go to college and play football, or join the military, so I just flipped a coin. That's how I made the decision."
"Guess you made the right one!" a team member laughingly told the three-time All-American running back.
As for DeWalt, he says he feels like he made the right decision as well.
"I started considering myself an athlete at my very first Warrior Games," DeWalt said. "Truthfully, I couldn't be more thankful for the way my life has turned out. Just being alive is such a blessing."
Even though his participation in his final Warrior Games has come to an end, DeWalt is walking away with a smile on his face.
"I'm leaving the Warrior Games with one last medal," he said. "I couldn't have asked for anything more than that."
For more from the 2013 Warrior Games presented by Deloitte, visit teamusa.org/warriorgames/.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Scottie Bibb is a freelance contributor for USParalympics.org. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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One Week Later–I
In the past week, long talks with distressed Republicans. They will be blue until after Thanksgiving I suppose, or Christmas. The past few days various sayings, quotes and phrases returned again and again, unprompted, to my mind. "You can't cry in your beer." An old Irish saying which means, of course, that you can't just be sad. "Don't mourn, organize." Joe Hill, leader of the Wobblies. Again, don't indulge your feelings, try to understand what happened and realize what you have, which is where you're starting.
In connection with that, the conversation between two Democrats. The first to her close friend, a longtime activist: "Congratulations, you worked so hard, you won, now you don't have to worry!" The activist was startled: "Do you realize Romney got almost 59 million votes?" That's a lot of people, he said. It is. Bad campaign, poor national candidate, could never quite reach seriousness and make the conservative argument, and yet: 59 million votes. That ain't nothin'.
"Although I too have tried to be a philosopher, happiness kept breaking through." That was from Michael Oakeshott. Don't get grim and grumble, we're all lucky to be alive, and if you are a Republican who happens to find meaning in struggle then good, you've got a big struggle on your hands. "When circumstances change, I change. What do you do, Sir?" This is attributed to John Maynard Keynes, that clever man. Sometimes you have to see the reality around you and make changes to accommodate it. "Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right." That was the great Liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, moralist, longtime foil of Disraeli. As Republicans look at their party, its meaning, and what needs to be changed, they must keep Gladstone in mind.
Finally, and I'm not quite sure why, the name of a book I never read, a novel, kept going through my mind. "How to Make an American Quilt." You take what pieces of cloth are nearby and at hand, you cut them into squares. They're all different sizes, fabrics, colors. You stitch them together and at the end you've got something beautiful and useful, an American art form made of different and disparate pieces woven into a whole.
As I write I remember a small but perhaps meaningful historical fact. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Karol Woytilwa, who would become Pope John Paul II, all had mothers who took in sewing. When they were young, all three future statesmen saw their mothers stitching together things that had come apart or never been joined. All three children went on to make history by joining together things that had been ripped apart, such as the East and the West.
Lots of women took in sewing in those days, of course. But to see your mother engaged in something so constructive, every day, bringing things together and making them new again—what children see stays in their minds. Anyway, it's quilt-making time for the GOP.
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