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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Corn growers in the nation's midsection have been busy making up for lost time in getting their corn crop in the ground, after having to endure a wet spring that slowed seasonal planting to its slowest rate in decades.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its weekly crop progress update released Monday that 71 percent of the corn crop in key grain states had been sown as of Sunday. That's up from just 28 percent a week earlier, and it brought the figure closer in line to the 79 percent average that had planted by this point of the season over the previous five years.
Huge strides are being made in Iowa, the nation's leading corn producing state, where 71 percent of the state's corn crop is in the ground. That's more than quadruple what had been planted just a week earlier. Three-quarters of Illinois corn crop is sown, as is 70 percent of the crop in Missouri, Kansas and Minnesota.
At this time last year, nearly all of the corn crop - 95 percent - had been planted. A warm early spring allowed farmers to get their tractors into the fields weeks ahead schedule.
Such favorable conditions have been anything but the case this season for central Illinois' John Olsson, among so many Midwest growers who until the past week had been bogged down by an especially soggy spring.
A year since he already had his 700 acres of corn and 600 acres of soybeans both in the ground by this time, persistent rains since last month have kept him largely idled until last week, when he finally - perhaps impatiently - was able to fire up the tractors and start planting, even if the soil remained wetter than he'd like. As of Tuesday, he figures, he's got all but 200 of his 700 acres of corn seeded.
"I don't think we've ever been this late with the corn," the 51-year-old farmer of nearly three decades said Tuesday, a day after rain soaked his land near New Berlin yet again. "Every day, you just try to find a field you can go work in. You wait for it to dry out for days, then it turns around to rain like this."
Still, he trumpeted, "we got more done in the past five days than in the previous five weeks. It eventually will get planted, just not as early as we should to take advantage of the yield potential."
When it comes to planting corn, time can be of the essence in determining how the crop fares. While May often is considered the ideal month for sowing corn, each day the planting is delayed makes it likelier the yields will suffer, all the while slowing efforts to get the soybeans planted.
"We haven't planted in dry conditions (this month) yet," Olsson said. "Everything we've done is in fields that were marginal at best. With some you just grit your teeth and go through."
Not surprisingly, the amount of the fledgling corn to emerge has languished. Some 19 percent of the corn plants in most mid-America states have sprouted, less than half the pace - 46 percent - over the previous half decade. At this time last year, the USDA said, 73 percent of the nation's soybean crop had broken through the soil.
Roughly a quarter of the nation's soybean crop is in the ground, down from 71 percent this time last year and the five-year average of 42 percent.


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The vote of censure promoted by AgustÃ* Benedito already has 7,278 signatures, and man himself has celebrated the pace of collection is "above initial expectations".
"There are 15 collection points, we will add Tarragona and I hope that next Friday we will have 50 collection points. Among these points is Montilivi, where we will be next Saturday 23. So, the collection machinery for the whole territory will be performing to the best, "commented Benedito, who hopes to reach 18,000 signatures.
Regarding the controversy regarding the divergent criteria on the collection period, Benedito has been convinced that the board "will change the criteria again" and will agree to let them submit their signatures on October 2. "I am sure they will extend it. On October 2 we will go to the club to present signatures and they will accept it", explained the former candidate, who has argued that, in cases where there may be uncertainty in the criterion, "we must seek to favor the participation ".
In the event that Barça did not agree to change the collection deadline again, he warned, the dispute could end up in the Superior Court of Sport (TAD) or in the administrative dispute. "Are they nervous? I think they are worried," said Benedito, in relation to the position of a board that hopes to resign "before November 1".
Benedito also highlighted a change in the attitude of the fans in a situation like this: "Before there were screams and clapping against Núñez and Gaspart, now there is an incredible change: after two great matches in the stadium against Espanyol and Juve, people, after encouraging us a lot, has come to give us a lot of support."

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The intensity of the gardening year is winding down. Once the harvest slows or stops, many people turn their attention elsewhere. However, you're not done yet. You need to plant cover crops to protect the soil and keep it active. After all, Mother Nature likes to keep herself covered up. Cover crops are a great way to increase organic matter in your soil. In order to plant cover crops, you need to clean up what has finished in the beds. I prefer to think of it as harvesting the biomass from the spent crops for compost material. Your garden gets cleaned up, compost built, and cover crops planted.
There are many choices for cover crops-crimson clover, hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas, and cereal rye are some of them. If you are tilling everything in the spring, which crop you plant now might not be so important. (It is, actually, if you are planning fertility, but I'm dealing with timing in this post.) If you are managing your garden with hand tools, your crop choice makes all the difference. Knowing what crop will be in each bed next year determines what should be planted this fall.
Think of what time you need each bed ready to plant next year. Some crops can be planted "as soon as the soil can be worked", which I translate as early March here in Zone 7. Other crops need to be planted only after the last spring frost (about April 26 around here). Then there are the crops that would be planted between those two times. Planning ahead now, you can put in cover crops that will be ready to harvest when the bed needs to be ready for that next crop. Make a map of your garden, showing each bed with the crops for the whole year. What you plant now will be the first crop listed in each bed on your 2013 map (and the last crop in each bed on your 2012 map.)
Thinking of those crops that you will plant the earliest in the spring, peas, lettuce and onion sets come to mind. In those spots, it is best if the previous crop has winterkilled. In that case, the winterkilled cover crop has to have put on all its growth in the fall, meaning it needs to have been planted around the end of August or early September (in Zone 7). I have to admit, I'm a little behind on that myself, and plan to put in some oilseed radish this week. Another choice might be oats. If you want to actually harvest oat seed, it needs to be planted in the spring. The radishes–oilseed, fodder or Daikon–can be harvested for your table for roasting or fermenting until about January 1. Most likely, in Zone 7 and colder, they will die back in January, but if we have a mild winter, like the last one, these crops may need a little help to return to the soil in February. In that case, cut the oats or hoe to chop the radishes and leave everything in place. If you miss your window of opportunity for planting and want to do good things for the soil, plus have it ready for the next crop on March 1, mulch that space with leaves. Pull them off a couple weeks before you want to plant the early spring crop to allow the soil to warm up.
Austrian winter peas is my crop of choice to precede things that I will plant in early April. It is too short to pull out on March 1, but has put on some growth and made the soil quite nice by April 1, when I normally plant my potatoes. I put the biomass from the winter peas in the compost. It is also the legume that can be planted the latest in the fall and still make a good crop. Planted in early September, it will grow a lot in the fall and maybe even flower. If that happens, it will most likely winterkill. Planting it in October insures that it will be a nice green cover through the winter.
The legumes are easy to pull out or cut if you need the bed sooner than expected, and the soil is wonderful and ready to plant in, with minimal preparation. Other legume choices, besides winter peas, are crimson clover and hairy vetch. I might plant those things in the beds that I will plant a main crop in about the end of April, after the last expected frost. For any of these cover crops, it is to your advantage to leave them growing until they are flowering. At that point they have put on their most growth in biomass, both above and below the ground. In addition, the flowers provide nectar to the honeybees and other beneficial insects. The clovers and vetches do best if they are planted in September or early October here in Zone 7. If you are running late with your fall planting, you can go ahead and put them in and see what happens, but know that an early frost or harsh winter might set them back.
So far, the choices I've mentioned are legumes. The real soil builders are the carbon crops, particularly cereal rye. You are going to get the most biomass from the roots with cereal rye, sometimes referred to as winter rye. This is different than ryegrass. What you want looks like wheat seed, not grass seed. If you talk to gardeners with tillers who have planted rye, they will tell you that it is important to till it in early because of the mass of roots that need to be churned up to decompose. If you are managing your garden with a tiller, that is good advice. If you wait past mid-March, the rye will be so thick, above and below the ground, the tiller would have a hard go of it. With hand tools, however, we are gardening smarter, not harder. I consider rye to be an important soil building and compost crop, so I'm not in a hurry to take it out. I want it to express itself as much as possible. If I let it express itself all the way to seed, it will be mid-June before the bed is ready for the next crop. At that point, I will have rye seed to eat or plant again in the fall (after I thresh it out), and straw for compost building. The plant will be finished, and even though you will see stubble in the bed after the crop is cut, you will be able to easily transplant into it or run a hoe through it to make furrows for the seeds of the next crop. Leave the stubble there and it will slowly compost back into the soil. Removing the stubble would be unnecessary work. If you were growing wheat to eat, which I highly recommend even if it is a small amount, you would manage it the same way.
Where I need the benefits of the cereal rye, but want to get the next crop in before mid-June, I'll cut the rye at pollen shed, which is about May 7 here. That's when it is flowering, which is the point of the most biomass. If it is cut earlier, the plants will grow back, trying to get to that seed stage. When it is shedding pollen, it is already thinking about going to seed. The roots, however, will be a mass that will be hard to get my garden fork into, let alone turn over. Of course, I'm not going to turn it over anyway. I cut the rye with my sickle and let that biomass lie there for two weeks to settle. Then I transplant into it, using a sturdy trowel or a soil knife for the job. In this case, the roots are on their way to decay, but there is still a lot there, so you wouldn't be able to just hoe a row for seeds. This is a good system for transplanting things like tomatoes, peppers, and squash–crops that would benefit from the natural mulch that is just there—you haven't had to haul anything! If the rye was cut May 7, transplanting wouldn't take place until May 21.
You can see how all this works in the garden in my DVD Cover Crops and Compost Crops IN Your Garden. I'll be at the Mother Earth News Fair this weekend at Seven Springs in Pennsylvania. Come to my presentations–Plan a Sustainable Vegetable Garden, Sustainable No-till Gardening, GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Sustainable Mini-farming and Solar Food Drying. Between my talks you can catch me at the Homeplace Earth booth. See you there!


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I've never seen the Boston Public Library Courtyard, it underwent a face change years ago, so I made a point to see it before checking out the Farmer's Market and meeting Bill West. The courtyard is a perfect place to grab a bite or eat the lunch you brought.
After a stroll through Copley Square, I headed to the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) to meet fellow blogger, Bill West, for the first time. A quick run through the building indicated he wasn't there yet, so I chatted with a few people I knew, and shot a number of photos.
Bill arrived, and even though the building was packed, because it was open to the public for free. Everything was beautifully organized for the visitors, including a separate place for children to learn about genealogy. As I was chatting with Josh Taylor, Bill appeared. So, of course, after a quick intro, I took a photo of the two. I gave Bill a tour of the building, and suggested he have his free consult with David Allen Lambert, and he did. After that, we went took our lunch to Copley Square. We talked non-stop and had a good time. I walked him back to NEHGS, then I decided to do my thing.
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NEHGS didn't need an extra body there, and since I'm a frequent visitor, I decided to leave. This was the first time I went to NEHGS and didn't do any research! One of the employees told me the following week, they had over 350 visitors! I left very early and headed to the Boston Public Gardens. That was a first in over 30 years. Boy, was I amazed at the flowers. Those of you who know about my flower blog, you must know, I was in heaven.
Since the weather was super, I then walked to King's Chapel Burying Ground. I had been there several times, and more recently in the winter. I knew my ancestor, Roger Clap was buried there, but I wasn't able to locate the stone. On Friday, the Church was open, and I asked if there was a list of burials. Yes there was, and I got a map, but even with that, I couldn't locate it. I took a number of photos. In the evening, I was looking at my shots, and low and behold, there was the stone for Roger Clap!!
I ended my wonderful day, seeing five huge rigs with the equipment for the Keith Urban concert that evening. I really wanted to stay, but it was out of the question.
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Was the first Anglican Church in New England.
After the American Revolution, it became the first Unitarian Church in America in 1785.
The pulpit is the oldest in the United States still in use on its original site. It is called a wine glass pulpit.
King's Chapel was the first church in America to use an organ.
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Abbott sues U.S. over women's health funding
In his latest legal action against the federal government, Attorney General Greg Abbott Friday filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Obama administration from ending federal funding of a key Texas health program for low-income women.
The lawsuit alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services decision, made after Texas excluded clinics affiliated with abortion providers from the Medicaid program, is capricious and interferes with the state's ability to promote women's health.
"Surely a Women's Health Program that withholds taxpayer subsidies from Planned Parenthood does more to 'promote the objectives of Medicaid' than a state in which the Women's Health Program does not exist at all," Abbott wrote in the suit.
The suit was filed a day after the director of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services formally informed the state it will phase out the Medicaid Women's Health program. The agency's director said Texas' decision to deny Planned Parenthood from participating left it no other choice.
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The program provides family planning and preventive-care services such as cancer and sexually transmitted disease screenings to 130,000 Texas women annually. The federal government provides 90 percent of the funding, the state 10 percent.
CMS/HHS officials said they don't talk about pending litigation but Friday released a statement reiterating that "patients, not state government officials, should be able to choose the doctors and other health-care providers best for them and their families."
It noted that the Bush administration turned down Texas' same request in 2005, when legislators first approved the law. The state delayed enactment until March 14 of this year.
The suit drew predictable partisan responses. Gov. Rick Perry released a statement applauding Abbott's "swift action to defend our state's laws and our ability to carry out the will of Texans." And Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, called it "one of those so-called frivolous lawsuits."
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Legal and political observers said the suit's chance of prevailing hinges on the exact conditions that courts rule the federal government can impose on the funding it provides. They noted there's a long history of courts finding the federal government can make rules for the funding, though they've also warned it can go too far.
Cal Jillson, a Southern Methodist University political scientist, said the Obama administration's demand is not capricious and that Abbott's suit's appears to be a losing battle.
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"The law by which the federal government has transferred funds to help with women's health issues gives women the choice of providers they use," said Jillson. "It doesn't give states the right to select among providers those that women may choose. That's the key issue."
But Seth Chandler, a University of Houston health law professor, called the suit "a reasonable demand that courts clarify the meaning of the Medicaid provision used to justify the complete funding cutoff."
Chandler noted that a district court's 2011 temporary injunction nullifying an Indiana law that sought to cut off Medicaid funding to abortion providers is not a definitive precedent. The case, very similar to the Texas conflict, is awaiting a ruling by a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Protecting his flank?
Political observers said the suit's most lasting impact may be to Abbott's political aspirations.
"I think this is just one more step in Greg Abbott's 2014 gubernatorial campaign," said Mark Jones, a Rice University political scientist. "By doing this, he keeps himself from being flanked on the right by Perry as well as burnishes his conservative credentials with the party base."
Texas now has 18 lawsuits pending against the federal government. They include challenges to the health-care reform law's requirement that employers provide contraception in health benefits; to the Voting Rights Act requirement that redistricting be approved by the federal government; and to the Environmental Protection Agency's cross-state air pollution rule.


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| Brock
タケシ Takeshi
|"The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer!"
Art from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Pewter City
|Flint (father), Lola (mother), Forrest (younger brother), 8 other siblings (all anime only)
|Trainer class
| Gym LeaderRBYFRLGGSCHGSSPE
Pokémon Breeder*
Pokémon TrainerB2W2
| Red, Blue, and Yellow
Gold, Silver, and Crystal
FireRed and LeafGreen
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Black 2 and White 2
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Stadium, Stadium 2, Masters
|Leader of
|Pewter Gym
|Boulder Badge
|Specializes in
|Rock types
|Game animation debut
|Pokémon Origins
|English voice actor
| Johnny Yong Bosch (Origins)
Tom Bauer (Masters)
|Japanese voice actor
| Tomokazu Sugita (Origins)
Kōsuke Toriumi (Masters)
|Anime counterpart
|Counterpart debut
|Showdown in Pewter City
Brock (Japanese: タケシ Takeshi) is the Gym Leader of Pewter City's Gym, known officially as the Pewter Gym. He gives the Boulder Badge to Trainers who defeat him in battle. He specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.
- 1 In the games
- 1.1 Fame Checker
- 1.2 Pokémon
- 1.2.1 Pokémon Red and Blue
- 1.2.2 Pokémon Yellow
- 1.2.3 Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- 1.2.4 Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
- 1.2.5 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
- 1.2.6 Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
- 1.2.7 Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
- 1.2.8 Pokémon Stadium
- 1.2.9 Pokémon Stadium 2
- 1.3 Quotes
- 2 Artwork
- 3 In the anime
- 4 In the manga
- 4.1 In the Ash & Pikachu manga
- 4.2 In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- 4.3 In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
- 4.4 In the movie manga adaptations
- 4.5 In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- 4.6 In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga
- 4.7 In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
- 4.8 In the Pokémon Zensho manga
- 5 In the TCG
- 6 In the TFG
- 7 Trivia
- 8 Names
- 9 Notes
- 10 External links
In the games
Brock appears in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen as the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym, which is the first Gym that the player challenges on their journey. He is one of the few truly serious professional Pokémon Trainers in the Pewter City area, and many people respect and admire him. He is quite proud of his rock-hard willpower, and uses Rock-type Pokémon to complement this. He rarely laughs or drops his serious demeanor, but when he does, he finds it hard to stop. In his free time, he likes to dig for Fossils in Mt. Moon. In addition to the Boulder Badge, Brock gives out TM34 (Bide) in Red, Blue, and Yellow, TM39 (Rock Tomb) in FireRed and LeafGreen, and TM01 (Headbutt) in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
In Yellow, Brock mentions that he is training to become a Pokémon Breeder, despite breeding not being present in the game. This is a reference to the goals of his anime counterpart.
Three years later, in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, Brock remains the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym, which can be challenged at any point during the player's travels through Kanto. He is surprised to hear that the player is from the Johto region, and happily accepts their challenge. While he doesn't give out a TM in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, he gives out TM80 (Rock Slide) in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, after all 16 Badges have been obtained, Brock can be found in Diglett's Cave near Pewter City on any day between noon and 3 PM, and will offer his Pokégear number if spoken to. If he is called on Saturday nights, he will be up for a rematch at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. After his Pokégear number has been obtained, he will reappear in Diglett's Cave every day between 5 PM and 8 PM, and the player can have a photograph taken with him there. If he is spoken to in Diglett's Cave on a Saturday, he will offer to trade a Rhyhorn that knows Thunder Fang for a Bonsly.
In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Brock appears alongside the other Gym Leaders of Kanto as an opponent in the Kanto Leaders Tournament at the Pokémon World Tournament. He also participates alongside the Gym Leaders of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova in the World Leaders Tournament, and other Rock-type experts in the Rock Type Expert Tournament.
In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it is revealed that he obsessed with girls.
Fame Checker
This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Brock in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Pewter City - Sign
- What does this person do?
- "Pewter City Pokémon Gym
- Leader: Brock
- The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer!"
- Pewter Gym - Brock
- Favorite kind of Pokémon?
- "My rock-hard willpower is evident in even my Pokémon.
- My Pokémon are all rock hard and have true-grit determination.
- That's right - my Pokémon are all the Rock type!"
- Pewter City - Young Man
- What is this person like?
- "There aren't many serious Pokémon Trainers here.
- They're all like Bug Catchers, you know, just hobbyists.
- But Pewter Gym's Brock isn't like that, not one bit."
- Route 4 - Boy
- What is this person like?
- "Brock is cool. He's not just tough.
- People like and respect him.
- I want to become a Gym Leader like him."
- Mt. Moon - Man
- What does this person do?
- "Hi. I'm excavating for fossils here under Mt. Moon.
- Sometimes, Brock of Pewter Gym lends me a hand."
- Pewter Museum - Pokémon Journal
- What is this person like?
- "Brock rarely laughs, but is said to be unable to stop if he starts."
- Message from Brock
- From: Brock
- To: <player>
- "In this big world of ours, there must be many tough Trainers.
- Let's both keep training and making ourselves stronger!"
Pokémon Red and Blue
Pokémon Yellow
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gym battle
Traded to the player
|Player's Pokémon
|Traded Pokémon
| English
| Japanese
| English
| Japanese
|Diglett's Cave
|Rhyhorn ♀*
|Passho Berry
|Lightning Rod
|Brock ♂
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Pokémon World Tournament
Brock uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Brock will always lead with his signature Pokémon, Onix.
Kanto Leaders Tournament
Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Gym battle
Pokémon Stadium
Round 1
Round 2
Pokémon Stadium 2
Round 1
Round 2
Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
- Before battle
- "I'm Brock! I'm Pewter's Gym Leader! I believe in rock hard defense and determination! That's why my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Do you still want to challenge me? Fine then! Show me your best!"
- Being defeated
- "I took you for granted. As proof of your victory, here's the BoulderBadge!"
- "That's an official Pokémon League Badge! Its bearer's Pokémon become more powerful! The technique Flash can now be used any timeRB/anytimeY!"
- After being defeated
- "Wait! Take this with you!"
- "A TM contains a technique that can be taught to Pokémon! A TM is good only once! So when you use one to teach a new technique, pick the Pokémon carefully! TM34 contains Bide! Your Pokémon will absorb damage in battle then pay it back double!"
- "There are all kinds of trainers in the world! You appear to be very gifted as a Pokémon trainer! Go to the Gym in Cerulean and test your abilities!"RB
- "There are all kinds of trainers in the world! Some raise Pokémon for fights. Some see them as pets. I'm in training to become a Pokémon breeder. If you take your Pokémon training seriously, go visit the Gym in Cerulean and test your abilities!"Y
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- Before battle
- "Wow, it's not often that we get a challenger from Johto. I'm Brock, the Pewter Gym Leader. I'm an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. My Pokémon are impervious to most physical attacks. You'll have a hard time inflicting any damage. Come on!"
- Being defeated
- "Your Pokémon's powerful attacks overcame my rock-hard defense... You're stronger than I expected... Go ahead--take this Badge."
- After battle
- "<Player>, thanks. I enjoyed battling you, even though I am a bit upset. That BoulderBadge will make your Pokémon even more powerful."
- "The world is huge. There are still many strong trainers like you. Just wait and see. I'm going to become a lot stronger too."
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
- Before battle
- "So, you're here. I'm Brock. I'm Pewter's Gym Leader. My rock-hard willpower is evident even in my Pokémon. My Pokémon are all rock hard, and have true-grit determination. That's right - my Pokémon are all the Rock type! Fuhaha! You're going to challenge me knowing that you'll lose? That's the Trainer's honor that compels you to challenge me. Fine, then! Show me your best!"
- Being defeated
- "I took you for granted, and so I lost. As proof of your victory, I confer on you this...the official Pokémon League BoulderBadge."
- "Just having the Boulder Badge makes your Pokémon more powerful. It also enables the use of the move Flash outside of battle. Of course, a Pokémon must know the move Flash to use it."
- After being defeated
- "Wait! Take this with you."
- "A TM, Technical Machine, contains a technique for Pokémon. Using a TM teaches the move it contains to a Pokémon. A TM is only good for one use. So, when you use one, pick the Pokémon carefully. Anyways... TM39 contains Rock Tomb. It hurls boulders at the foe and lowers its speed."
- "There are all kind of Trainers in this huge world of ours. You appear to be very gifted as a Pokémon Trainer. So let me make a suggestion. Go to the Gym in Cerulean and test your abilities."
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
- Before battle
- "Wow, it's not often that we get a challenger from Johto. I'm Brock, the Pewter Gym Leader. I'm an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. My Pokémon are impervious to most physical attacks. You'll have a hard time inflicting any damage. Come on!"
- During battle
- "Ow ow ow ow ow..."
- After sending out last Pokémon
- "Ah ha ha! It itches! It itches!"
- Being defeated
- "Looks like you're the stronger one..."
- After being defeated
- "Your Pokémon's powerful attacks overcame my rock-hard resistance... You're stronger than I expected... Go ahead—take this Badge."
- "I really enjoyed the battle with you, <player>! I'll give you the move Rock Slide, too. It can sometimes cause your foe to flinch."
- "The world is huge. There are still many strong Trainers like you. Just wait and see. I'm going to become a lot stronger, too."
- Pokégear Registering (Diglett's Cave)
- "Small spaces surrounded by rocks make you feel peaceful, don't you agree? By the way, do you want to exchange numbers?"
- Pokégear Phone
- Calling the player:
- "This is Brock. Oh hey, how are you doing? There are so many different types of Pokémon in the world. As you could guess, I like Rock-type Pokémon best. They're solid and rough, and yet somewhat brittle at the same time. Once you've really gotten to know them, they're quite cute. What do you think?"
- Calling him:
- "Hello... What's up? I'm doing great! I can take a break on Saturday evenings, if you want to give me a call again then."
- On Saturdays:
- "Hello... What's up? I'm doing great! Hey, you called at just the right time! I'm free right now. Want to battle me again?"
- No: "Is that so... Well, I suppose you must have a lot of things to do yourself..."
- Yes: "All right, all right! I'm looking forward to it! I'll meet you at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City! I won't be at the Pewter Gym, all right? Don't get confused!"
- Fighting Dojo
- Before battle
- "All right! Time to fulfill our promise!"
- After being defeated
- "I've lost again... You aren't adventuring around for nothing!"
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
- Before battle (first round)
- Before battle (second round)
- "I'm Brock! I'm an expert of Rock-type Pokémon. My defense is rock hard!"
- Before battle (final round)
- "I'm Brock! I'm an expert of Rock-type Pokémon. My Pokémon are impervious to most physical attacks. You'll have a hard time inflicting any damage."
- Being defeated
- "Your Pokémon's powerful attacks overcame my rock-hard resistance... You're stronger than I expected..."
- If the player is defeated
- "The best offense is a good defense! That's my way of doing things!"
- After being defeated
- "I really enjoyed the battle with you. Still, the world is huge! I can't believe you got past my rock-hard defense."
- After winning
- "I really enjoyed the battle with you. I guess my rock-hard defense works in top-level competition as well!"
- In the lobby, after the tournament
- "Awesome... That was a really great battle. I compliment you on your victory!"
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
- Before battle
- "So, you're here. I'm Brock, Pewter City's Gym Leader. You can see just by looking at my Pokémon how rock hard my willpower is. My Pokémon are all hard as rock and have true-grit determination! That's right! My Pokémon are all Rock types! Fwahaha! You're going to challenge me even knowing that you'll lose? That's what a Trainer's honor demands! So be it! Show me your best!"
- Being defeated
- "It seems I underestimated you."
- After being defeated
- "As proof of your victory, take an official Pokémon League Badge—a Boulder Badge!"
- "With a Boulder Badge, Pokémon up to Lv. 20 from other Trainers will listen to you without question! Oh...and wait! Take this with you, too."
- "If you use a TM, or Technical Machine, you can teach your Pokémon the move within it. A TM can be used as many times as you like, so use it on any Pokémon you want. TM01 contains Headbutt. It deals damage to your opponent's Pokémon by ramming them with a head as hard as rock."
- "There are all kinds of people in this huge world of ours. Some have their Pokémon battle—some just like to raise them... I'm hard at work here to learn how to become a Pokémon Breeder, who helps raise Pokémon. You're aiming to become a strong Trainer, right? Then you should challenge all the other Gyms!"
- Celadon City
- "Hey! I didn't expect to run into you here. I'm on my way back from visiting the Celadon City Gym. Keeping in touch with other Gym Leaders is part of our duties, after all!"
- "The girls at that Gym all turned me away for some reason, though... Actually, have some Pewter Crunchies! I'd brought them as a gift to the Gym here."
- "Oh, and you're probably going to want some tea after eating them. Pewter Crunchies can make you thirsty."
- "Ah! I don't have enough left to give to that thirsty guard now..."
- "Anyway, it looks like you've been visiting the Gyms in other cities! I wish you the best!"
- Before battle (first rematch)
- "...You sure look different from when we first met! I have a request for you, since you're now the Pokémon League Champion. The truth is, Gym Leaders have the right to challenge the Champion! ...Please allow me the privilege of facing you in battle once again! Allow me to show you the true rock-hard strength of my Pokémon!"
- Before battle (subsequent rematches)
- "No matter what kind of opponent you may be, my Rock-type Pokémon will take you on! That's the promise of my rock-hard will!"
- Being defeated
- "I knew you were strong, but this..."
- After being defeated
- "I've chosen to postpone my dream of becoming a Pokémon Breeder just for a little bit longer. Right now I'm more interested in training to grow strong enough to one day face and defeat you! Please, battle me every day so I can grow even stronger!"
Pokémon Puzzle League
- Before battle
- "Hi, Ash! It's good to see you again. It looks like I will be your first official battle. I hold the Boulder Badge. If you defeat me, then I will give it to you. Have you heard anything about the Puzzle Master? I hear no one has ever defeated him. Oh well, are you ready? Let's go."
Pokémon Stadium 2
- Before battle
- "So you finally made it this far. I'm Brock. Bring it on!"
- "Have you ever seen the durability of rock Pokémon? Here goes!"
- "When it comes to rock Pokémon, I'm the best! Come on!"
- Sending out first Pokémon
- "Here! <Pokémon> is leading off!"
- Sending out a new Pokémon
- "<Pokémon>, go for it!"
- "<Pokémon> is next!"
- "<Pokémon>, it's your call!"
- "Here's your chance, <Pokémon>!"
- Recalling a Pokémon
- "Good! Come back, <Pokémon>!"
- "It's futile! Come back!"
- "That's good, <Pokémon>!"
- "Well done! <Pokémon>, come back!"
- Own Pokémon faints
- "<Pokémon>! We're done!"
- "Aack! That hurts!"
- Player's Pokémon faints
- "There! Fantastic!"
- Own Pokémon lands a critical hit
- "Good job, <Pokémon>! You rocked its weak spot!"
- Player's Pokémon lands a critical hit
- "Argh! Bad news! That landed on the weak spot!"
- Own Pokémon being hurt by a binding move
- "Arrrgh..."
- If the player is defeated
- "Looking good."
- After being defeated
- "The world is huge! I'm glad to have met you."
- "How could anyone break through my rock-hard defense..."
- "I was done in... I didn't know about that style of battling..."
- After winning
- "It's been a while since I had a battle like this."
- "Defense is crucial, after all."
- "Your Pokémon are good, too."
- "Wouldn't you agree that defense is essential?"
- If the battle ended in a draw
- "A draw? How is that possible?"
- If the player runs from the battle
- "It's not like you to run."
| Headshot from
Red and Blue
| Official artwork from
| Official artwork from
FireRed and LeafGreen
| Official artwork from
HeartGold and SoulSilver
| Artwork of Brock and his Onix
in Pokémon Masters
|Key artwork of Pokémon Masters by Ken Sugimori
In the core series
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| Sprite from
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| Sprite from
| Sprite from
Generation II
| Sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen
| Sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver
| VS sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver
| Sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| VS model from
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
| Overworld sprite from
Generation I
| Overworld sprite from
Generation II
| Overworld sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen
| Overworld sprite from
HeartGold and SoulSilver
| Overworld sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
In other games
| Portrait from
| Model from
| Sygna Suit Brock model from
| Portraits from
Stadium 2
| VS model from
| Sygna Suit VS model
from Masters
In the anime
In the main series
- Main article: Brock (anime)
In the anime, like later Gym Leaders, Brock appeared primarily as an opponent to Ash Ketchum in his debut episode; unlike later Gym Leaders, he requested to join Ash on his journey, aiming to be the world's greatest Pokémon Breeder. In doing so, Brock left the Gym in the hands of his father, Flint, who had finally revealed himself to have returned from his journey. Brock advised Ash throughout the Kanto region, then left briefly during the Orange Archipelago arc to assist Professor Ivy. He returned to Ash's side in Johto, and with brief returns to Pewter City at the end of each series, joined him for his journeys in Hoenn and Sinnoh as well; however, he now wants to become a Pokémon Doctor.
Brock mainly provides an advisory role to the other main characters of the anime, being several years older than the rest of them. His knowledge of Pokémon battles is great, causing him to often referee matches between Ash and others. Brock also fancies himself as something of a ladies' man, though each time he hits on someone he is either rejected outright; pulled away by Misty or Max; or, more recently, Poison Jabbed by his Croagunk.
In Pokémon Origins
In Pokémon Origins, Brock is the only Gym Leader to have a key role other than Giovanni. Much like his role in the games, Brock is the Gym Leader of the Pewter Gym.
Brock is first seen in File 1: Red, watching a Pokémon battle between Red and Blue. After Red is defeated, Brock talks to Red and teaches him about the basics of Pokémon battling and training.
Later, Red discovers that Brock is the Gym Leader of Pewter City and goes to challenge Brock to earn his first Badge. There, they have a Gym battle in which Brock teaches Red about type matchups and strategy. Brock is shown to have many Pokémon, and selects Geodude and Onix when Red confirms that he has no Badges. This implies that all Gym Leaders have Pokémon of varying strengths in reserve in order to keep each challenge a fair fight. After a tough battle, Red eventually defeats Brock by using all of his Pokémon to slowly weaken Brock's Onix until it falls. Having lost the battle, Brock awards Red with the Boulder Badge and TM34 (Bide).
Unlike most other characters in Pokémon Origins, whose designs were based on their Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen designs, Brock's design is more akin to his Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver design.
This article is missing information on this character's Japanese voice actor and English voice actor.
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Geodude was the first Pokémon Brock used in his Gym battle against Red. It nearly defeated Red's Charmander, forcing him to switch out for his Nidoran♂, who was able to defeat Geodude with a Double Kick.
|File 1: Red
Onix was the second Pokémon Brock used during his Gym battle against Red. It manage to defeat Red's Nidoran♂, Spearow, Rattata, and Metapod. With the help of Metapod's String Shot reducing its speed, Onix was later defeated by Red's Charmander.
|File 1: Red
|Voice actors
|Keith Silverstein
Voice actors
In the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
Brock appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer, where he joined Scottie and Rosa in a journey across Pasio. In a forest, the trio came across Erika, a Beauty, and a Lass; and battled their Vileplume, Lotad, and Whimsicott, respectively. His Onix was ensnared in Whimsicott's Leech Seed, but Rosa's Snivy managed to free it. Afterwards, Brock healed Snivy with a Potion after it was injured by Lotad's Energy Ball. Brock's group soon came out victorious, after which Erika joined them on their journey.
Onix is Brock's only known Pokémon. Alongside Scottie's Pikachu and Rosa's Snivy, it battled Erika's Vileplume, as well as a Beauty's Lotad and a Lass's Whimsicott. Whimsicott ensnared Onix with its Leech Seed, but Snivy freed it with Leaf Storm.
|Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
Voice actors
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
- Main article: Brock (anime)
Brock appears in Ash & Pikachu, a manga based on the Pokémon anime. Like in the anime, he is a traveling companion of Ash alongside Misty.
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Brock (anime)
As The Electric Tale of Pikachu is based on the Pokémon anime, Brock is a commonly recurring character, although he does not appear in every chapter and he does not travel with Ash and Misty constantly.
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
Brock, along with Ash and Misty, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of Magical Pokémon Journey. In the bonus chapters, Brock and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the anime) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of Poké Balls).
In the movie manga adaptations
As Brock has appeared in every movie prior to the Best Wishes series, he has appeared in every manga adaptation of it. His team in the manga adaptations are the same as in the films.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Aside from being a Gym Leader, Brock also works as a security guard at the Pewter Museum of Science.
Red, Green & Blue chapter
Brock debuts in Onix Is On!, though he is mentioned earlier by Blue in Wanted: Pikachu!, who described him as being bored by no one being able to defeat him, or even get past the preliminaries. To gain access to Brock, a Trainer must win several rounds of battles against special Trainers of the Gym, and all of those battles are watched by him from a special room.
Brock is a brave Trainer, and he assists Erika and Misty in their battles against Team Rocket. He also gave Yellow a Graveler after the good Gym Leaders of Kanto battled Agatha's mind-controlling Gastly. However, he is also shown to be quick to anger and restless in his search for a good battle, and when discovering that Red's Pika, the only remaining Pokémon of his, was disobedient, deemed his wins "dumb luck" and sought for a finisher attack instantly. However, when the boy begins to gain his Pokémon's trust, it chooses to fight for him and defeats his Onix.
Yellow chapter
After Blaine figured out that Red must have been at Mt. Moon before going missing, Brock volunteered to search there, since Mt. Moon is closest to Pewter City. He then found a cast of Red frozen in ice there and contacted Blaine. Before all of the information could be exchanged, he found out that Pewter City was under attack by a group of Bruno's Machop that was searching for Brock's Boulder Badge, and he left to protect it.
Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter
A few years later, he, along with Erika and Misty, traveled to Johto for the Gym Leader Tournament at the Indigo Plateau, where he faced off against the expert of the newly discovered Steel-type, Jasmine. He lost the match and later fought against Team Rocket on the Magnet Train.
This listing is of Brock's Pokémon in Pokémon Adventures.
On hand
Brock owns six Geodude, nicknamed Geoone, Geotwo, Geothree, and so on. One of them appeared in Onix Is On! watching the battles with his Trainer. The other five first appeared in Putting It On The Line...Against Arcanine. They often grasp each others' wrists in order to circle around Brock to protect him. During the Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter, they used their Magnitude to stop the Magnet Train. However, the impact sent it off course, causing it to almost crash before it was saved by Red's Snorlax.
|Onix Is On!
Onix is arguably Brock's most powerful Pokémon and is apparently well known for its speed, which causes shock waves when it moves. Onix was first used in battle against Red's Pika. Despite the type advantage, Onix was defeated by the small Electric type after it came to fight for Red of its own will. Three years later, Onix was sent out by Brock to use as a bridge when a bridge in the Tohjo Falls went out while Brock, Erika and Misty were heading to Johto, during which Misty is joined by Suicune. However, it itself collapsed when they were all attacked by a large group of Zubat, Golbat and Crobat. Once the group finally made it to the Indigo Plateau, Brock used Onix in his battle with Jasmine. It lost to Jasmine's Steelix, which he initially mistook as an Onix of a different variety due to its rock covering used to hide the fact that it was a new, undiscovered species at the time.
|Onix Is On!
| Brock met Kabutops when it was a Kabuto in the Pewter Museum of Science during the Elite Four's invasion of Kanto, and received and later evolved it for protecting it during the ordeal. It knows many ancient attacks and is a very powerful member of Brock's team; it was able to easily hold its own against Jasmine's Amphy, nearly winning him the match despite the type disadvantage.
Kabutops's only known move is Ancient Power, and its Ability is Battle Armor.
|Striking Golduck
Given away
| Brock's Graveler was first seen as he watched Red battle the Trainers in the Pewter Gym. Later on, Brock gave him to Yellow, who named him Gravvy. He has since evolved it into a Golem.
Graveler's known moves are Mega Punch, Rock Throw, Take Down, and Defense Curl, and his Ability is Sturdy.
|Onix Is On!
In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga
Brock appeared as a silhouette in JBA5 alongside his Onix and the other Kanto Gym Leaders.
This is a listing of Brock's known Pokémon in the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga:
Onix is Brock's only known Pokémon. It only appeared as a silhouette.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Brock debuted in Take Out The Rival Onix!!. Before Red arrived in Pewter City, Green got there and took Brock on. However, Brock was brutally strong as he managed to knock Green and his Charmander back into a window. The impact caused him to tell Red about Brock's strength. Despite Green's advice, Red decided to go to the Gym anyway. Red noticed Brock's collection of Pokémon he had caught over the years and one of them turned out to be Clefairy's cousin, Pikachu. Brock then came and Red had his first Gym battle with him. Red used Clefairy while Brock used Onix. Clefairy managed to defeat Onix by having it chase its own tail, earning Red the Boulder Badge.
Brock reappeared in Clefairy, Form Teacher Of Class 1P!! in a form of a cameo. He was seen wearing his outfit from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
On hand
Onix is Brock's signature Pokémon. Onix is frequently used in Brock's Gym battles.
|Bring Down the Powerful Opponent Onix!!
| Brock is shown with a large Pokémon collection at the Pewter Gym. Many of them are not identifiable as currently known Pokémon.
None of their move's are known.
|Bring Down the Powerful Opponent Onix!!
Given away
Pikachu ♂
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Brock appears in PZ02 as the first Gym Leader that Satoshi battled. Initially, Satoshi's Charmander was losing against Brock's Onix, but eventually, the small Fire-type managed to defeat Onix by chopping off its horn, winning Satoshi his first Badge.
In the TCG
Brock has an eponymous Theme Deck in the Gym Heroes expansion. Its Japanese counterpart is based on the Pewter Gym.
|Brock and the Boulder Badge
|Brock and the Boulder Badge
|Brock feeds his Onix
| Artwork from the
Nivi City Gym Theme Deck
|Brock wears a "Rocky" Onix shirt
|Brock gets frustrated with Blaine's quizzes
|Brock's updated VS art
Brock has an eponymous Theme Deck in the Gym Heroes expansion. All cards mentioning or featuring Brock or his Pokémon in the Pokémon TCG are listed below.
| Brock's Pokémon
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
| English
| Japanese
|Brock's Rhydon
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Golem
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Onix
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Rhyhorn
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Sandslash
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Zubat
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Geodude
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Golbat
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Graveler
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Lickitung
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Geodude
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Mankey
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Mankey
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Unnumbered Promotional cards
|Brock's Onix
|Gym Heroes
|Challenge from the Darkness
|Unnumbered Promotional cards
|Brock's Rhyhorn
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Sandshrew
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Sandshrew
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Vulpix
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Nivi City Gym
|Brock's Zubat
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Ninetales
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Dugtrio
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Graveler
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Primeape
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Sandslash
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Vulpix
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Diglett
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Geodude
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Omastar
|Pokémon VS
|Brock's Kabutops
|Pokémon VS
|Brock's Crobat
|Theater Limited VS Pack
|Brock's Forretress
|Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Aura's Lucario
|Brock's Marshtomp
|Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy
|Brock's Mudkip
|ADV-P Promotional cards
|Movie Commemoration Random Pack
| English
| Japanese
|Gym Heroes
|Nivi City Gym
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Training Method
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Pewter City Gym
|T [St]
|Gym Heroes
|Leaders' Stadium
|Brock's Protection
|Gym Challenge
|Leaders' Stadium
|Blaine's Quiz #3
|Gym Challenge
|Challenge from the Darkness
|Brock's Grit
|Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary
|Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary
|Team Up
|Tag Bolt
|Team Up
|Tag Bolt
|Hidden Fates
|Brock of Pewter City Gym Trainer Battle Deck
|Brock's Pewter City Gym
|Hidden Fates
|Brock of Pewter City Gym Trainer Battle Deck
|Brock's Training
|Hidden Fates
|Brock of Pewter City Gym Trainer Battle Deck
In the TFG
Brock appears as a rare Trainer figure in the launch set, Next Quest, of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game.
- In Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen, all of Brock's Pokémon are part Ground-type as well as part Rock-type.
- Despite being a Rock-type expert, none of Brock's Pokémon in Generation I know any Rock-type moves, only knowing Normal-type moves. This was changed in FireRed and LeafGreen.
- In Generation I, Brock's Onix knows Bind at levels 12 and 14, despite Onix not learning the move until level 15.
- Brock is one of two Gym Leaders not to give the player a TM of his specialty type, the other being Falkner. This is only true in Generation I, however, as in FireRed and LeafGreen, Brock's chosen TM changed from TM34 (Bide) to TM39 (Rock Tomb).
- During his Gym battle in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock uses a Rhyhorn with the Ability Sturdy, even though Rhyhorn cannot normally have that Ability.
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock trades the player a Rhyhorn knowing Thunder Fang (an Egg Move) in exchange for a Bonsly. This may be a reference to his anime counterpart, who is a Pokémon Breeder and once owned a Bonsly.
- As seen in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock's Trainer ID number is 06845.
- Out of all of Brock's Pokémon in the core series games, only three do not suffer from a double weakness to Grass: Rampardos, Aerodactyl and Tyranitar.
- In the Pokémon Stadium series, Brock has been shown with several non-Rock-type Pokémon that his anime counterpart would later come to own, namely Golbat in Stadium's Round 2 fight, Forretress in Stadium 2's Round 1 fight, and Steelix in Stadium 2's Round 2 fight.
- Brock shares his French name (Pierre) with Steven, the Champion of the Hoenn region.
- According to Ken Sugimori, Brock wasn't originally planned to be the first Gym Leader in Red and Blue.[1]
|タケシ Takeshi
|From 竹 take (bamboo), 岳 take (mountain peak), and 武し takeshi (brave)
|English, Italian, Spanish
|From rock
|From pierre, stone
|From rock
|웅 Ung
|From 웅 (雄) ung, "manly" or "heroic"
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|小剛 / 小刚 Xiǎo Gāng
|From 剛 / 刚 gāng / gōng (tough; firm) and possibly 首藤剛志 Takeshi Shudō
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|小剛 Síu Gōng
|Brok (Pokémon Pocket Monsters only)
|Similar to English name
|Брок Brok
|Transcription of English name
|ทาเคชิ Takeshi
|Transliteration of Japanese name
|Transliteration of Japanese name
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The new Clone Wars movie, which opened this week and sits in third place at the box office, was planned to lead into a new Star Wars animated series. The opinion of the movie -- an unusually low opening weekend and unusually low critical reviews (19% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) -- suggests younger fans are amused, while older fans and fanatics are not.
Sci-fi blog IO9.com is running the top 5 things they want to see. The first comment from member "Pickens" brings up Boba:
I want Kid Boba + Armor at the very least. I don't know when Boba Fett gets at least something that resembles Mandalorian armor, but if it happens at the same time as the Clone Wars, I'd love for them to work it in there somehow. No more Boba Fett sans the armor though; that's kid's just annoying.
IO9.com also had a well-commented story in January about the confirmation of Boba Fett. Commenter "extracrispy" highlights a common opinion we've had on our message boards:
Am I the only person who thinks this is a terrible idea? The reason Boba Fett was so effin cool was because there was a mystery about him... you could make up your own stories as you were playing with the action figure. The back story that Lucas introduced in the prequels seemed forced and really killed the Fett mystique for me.
Let's hope they remember Boba Fett's mystique.
Related, back in January, Boba Fett was confirmed by Rick McCallum to be in a new live-action Star Wars TV series, which is separate from a new animated series.
(Correction: This story was originally published with the suggestion that the new Clone Wars movie would lead into the live-action TV series. This is incorrect. Thanks goes out to the commenter below for pointing out the error.)


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PLANO, Texas & CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), the world's highest attended motion picture exhibitor, is pleased to announce that they, with the help from their partners at National CineMedia (NCM), will broadcast the 12-12-12 Concert in over 200 Cinemark, Century and Tinseltown theatres across the U.S. The presentation will be projected live on December 12, starting at 7:30pm eastern standard time. The admission price will be equal to that of a child's ticket price in each theatre and all proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
"The 12-12-12 Concert is a great cause," states Tim Warner, president and chief executive officer of Cinemark Holdings, Inc. "Cinemark is honored to be partnering with NCM in the broadcasting of this special concert event in our theatres. We will be donating the proceeds from ticket sales to assist families and individuals living in the regions that were impacted by this terrible storm."
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In abandoning the traditional arsenal he honed for decades to start throwing a knuckleball this spring, Orioles minor leaguer Eddie Gamboa gave his career over to a fickle and foreign pitch that frustrates both hitters and the pitchers who throw it.
Gamboa had been a reliable, strike-throwing right-hander who spent parts of four seasons in Double-A. On Wednesday night, he'll take his knuckleball to Triple-A, one step closer to becoming the latest in a line of major league pitchers including R.A. Dickey and Tim Wakefield to have that pitch breathe new life into his career.
"It's good for now because I'm still in the minor leagues, and for me, the dream is to make it," Gamboa said last week. "However you make it, whether it's your conventional stuff or if it's the knuckleball, the goal is to make it. It's been a dream of mine since I was three years old, and now I'm 28 and it's still my dream. You're either close or you're not, but the goal is to make it."
Gamboa, who made four appearances for Triple-A Norfolk as a traditional pitcher last season, makes his first start for the Tides as a knuckleballer Wednesday at Gwinnett.
A torrid five-start stretch with Double-A Bowie that included Gamboa carrying a no-hitter into the eighth inning June 23 and throwing a no-hitter in a seven-inning game June 30 aganst Harrisburg solidified that his knuckleball had progressed to the point where the Orioles thought he was ready for a new challenge.
Though Harrisburg exacted some revenge on Friday — scoring four runs against him on three hits and three walks in six innings — the no-hitter late last month signified Gamboa's biggest triumph with the knuckleball. In addition to increasing the frequency he threw the pitch to around 75 percent, Gamboa remained committed to the knuckleball in hitter's counts, when he previously would have reverted back to his traditional stuff.
The knuckleball's break and trajectory is unpredictable, but Gamboa is able to manipulate its break by varying his arm-speed and arm angle. When he throws the pitch harder from a low three-quarters arm slot, it moves horizontally like a slider. When he slows his delivery down and throws over the top, it has more vertical break.
The pitch speed varies from 65-79 mph, giving batters plenty of different looks throughout the game. Gamboa also occasionally utilizes his traditional arsenal — an 88-90 mph fastball, a mid-80s slider, and a high 70s changeup.
"It's still nice to know you've got 90 [mph] in the tank when you need it out there, but he still sees the benefits of getting one out on one pitch as opposed to throwing three or four [pitches] in a count," Bowie pitching coach Blaine Beatty said.
As Gamboa continues to dedicate himself to the pitch — he threw his latest bullpen session with Hall of Famer Phil Niekro on Monday in Gwinnett — he has worked on creating a steady release point with both his knuckleball and conventional pitches. The timing differences between a slow, dancing knuckleball and a fastball are enough to keep hitters off balance, but the ability to disguise both from the same delivery won't allow hitters to time him at all.
"It's an obvious thing when I'm throwing a knuckleball, and when I'm throwing my conventional stuff," said Gamboa, who went 4-6 with a 3.64 ERA in 16 starts for the Baysox this season. "I'm trying to bridge that together so that it can kind of mix in and look as close as it can to the same, to make it look identical."
Said Beatty: "I think he's starting to see the benefits of what the pitch can do for him. That's a big adjustment going from thinking you've got good enough stuff to think you can play [in] at least Triple-A, and then say, 'Hey, I'm going to be a knuckleball pitcher.' But he's done well with it, I'm proud of him, and the payoff is starting a little bit."
With his promotion to Norfolk, Gamboa, a 21st-round pick out of UC-Davis in the 2008, is now in a spot where simply being lined up to pitch on a day the Orioles need a starting pitcher could result in his big league debut. But with a weapon as fickle as the knuckleball, he knows his development will be spotted with moments of frustration and ineffectiveness.
"It's something I'm still playing with," he said. "Right now, I feel like I have good control of it. It's just the command — command meaning within the strike zone, throwing it low and away, up and in. Right now, I'm doing a better job of throwing it for a strike. But the command the guys who have been great at it — the Dickeys, the Wakefields — they lived and died with it, and I'm not there yet.
"It's all just a matter of getting more and more comfortable with it, knowing when I can throw it for a strike, knowing how to play off the plate," he said. "But the more I throw it, the more I'm going to get comfortable with it."
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The Creation Of The Universe
The Religion of the Ignorant
To Be a "Fine" Man!
"Be smart!" "That wouldn't have happened if you had used your head!"
You must have heard those words countless times during your life: especially during childhood, when you said or did something your elders didn't agree with or didn't want you to do again.
For someone who utters these words, being a fine person is more important than anything. That means adhering to the understanding, culture, attitudes and lifestyle generally accepted by the great majority in society, and conforming to a certain system of values, models and rules deemed acceptable. This is adopted and implemented in society. It's difficult to initiate any debate on where these models and rules originated and whether they're correct. Their inconsistencies cannot be questioned easily, because to question values adopted by the majority risks contradicting masses of people and becoming the target of their hostile reactions.
This structure, whose rightness is so firmly believed in, is not peculiar to certain societies alone. The system is practiced in the East as well as in the West, and maintains itself in widely different cultures as a particular system of beliefs and values with its own prohibitions, sanctions and recommendations—just like a religion.
The concepts of Ignorantism are directly opposed to being a Muslim, believing in Allah, having proper moral values, and even being human. This religion definitely leaves no room for the behavior and moral values described by Allah in the Qur'an. Indeed, the religion of the ignorant emerges and grows wherever people do not live by the moral values of the Qur'an. People who are admired and regarded as prominent have learned this religion very well, and implement all its rules.
It's useful to emphasize the basic moral values recommended in the Qur'an that totally conflict with the corrupt logic of Ignorantism. It is revealed in the Qur'an that all people have a responsibility to Allah. A human being is therefore charged with pleasing Allah alone, and must not seek others' approval. A believer who lives by the moral values of the Qur'an thinks and lives according to these verses:
Is Allah not enough for His servant? Yet they try to scare you with others apart from Him. (Surat az-Zumar, 36) … your Lord is a sufficient guide and helper. (Surat al-Furqan, 31)
A believer's entire life is directed towards being able to please Allah. This is the core of religion. It is revealed in the Qur'an that the characteristic of this true religion that has come down to the present day from the Prophet Abraham (as), is the dedication of all one's life to Allah:
They fulfill their vows and fear a Day whose evil will spread far and wide. They give food, despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans and captives: "We feed you only out of desire for the Face of Allah. We do not want any repayment from you or any thanks. Truly We fear from our Lord a glowering, calamitous Day."(Surat al-Insan, 7-10)
Holding Allah's approval as the fundamental objective in life doubtless alters one's relationships with others. As set out above, a person has no mutual responsibility towards others. However, Allah has revealed in the Qur'an how other people should be treated, and responsibility to Allah ensures that others must be treated in the most compassionate, the most merciful, the most just, the most correct and the most honest way. This perspective of believers is described in these terms:
They fulfill their vows and fear a Day whose evil will spread far and wide. They give food, despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans and captives: "We feed you only out of desire for the Face of Allah. We do not want any repayment from you or any thanks. Truly We fear from our Lord a glowering, calamitous Day." (Surat al-Insan, 7-10)
As can be seen from these verses, believers expect nothing from other people, which detachment endows them with a very strong and healthy character. The believer treats everyone correctly under all circumstances, and thus fulfils Allah's commandments. He neither hopes for other people's approval nor fears their criticism. Indeed, in the Qur'an Allah has described believers as not fearing "the blame of any censurer" (Surat al-Ma'ida, 54). Therefore, a believer's character and attitude never change in the face of events and other people's approval. He never becomes arrogant because of any rank or station given him, nor ever despairs in the face of difficulties. This stable character of believers frequently draws attention, and their attitudes remain the same when they obtain great wealth or power, as well as in the face of difficulty and poverty. The believer knows that every blessing he enjoys of wealth, power, or rank; or every difficulty he encounters such as condemnation and attack by others, exile, suffering poverty, and imprisonment—all these come from Allah, and all these are trials to test him and teach him.
In contrast, the religion of ignorance is the religion of people who cannot appreciate Allah, who strive to earn other people's approval rather than the pleasure of Allah and who hope for the life of this world rather than the life of the Hereafter. In this superstitious religion people assume that they are responsible towards one another. Pleasing others, earning other people's appreciation, and having "status" in society are the most important goals in life. In contrast to believers, adherents of Ignorantism change their attitudes and characters in the face of events and other people. To put it another way, the Religion of the Ignorant is relative and circumstantial. It requires different behavior in the face of different circumstances. In this false religion, the concepts of sincerity and naturalness have no place. According to this perverted belief, everyone needs to exhibit different behavior according to the individual's gender, age and status in society.
Women must conform to the roles set out for them, as do men and children. A student must behave according to the rules of Ignorantism which impinge on students. Similar rules apply to civil servants, doctors, teachers and laborers. Adherents of the religion of the ignorant acquire their identity from the status they possess in society, and behave in the light of the requirements of that identity. In the case of believers, on the other hand, their faith shapes their identity and, as already stated, society's attitude towards their status has no effect on that identity.
One's ethical and personal identity is automatically instilled in those raised in a society of the Religion of the Ignorant, and they immediately begin to practice the rules of that false religion. The way to obtain a place and be superior in such a society is to adopt such attitudes and behavior.
The following chapters shall examine the character, behavior and modes of speech taught to people according to their circumstances—their surroundings, age, social and cultural situations and gender, their personal preferences and psychologies. You will see that these are far removed from the ideal forms of behavior and personal and ethical structure described in the Qur'an. In this way, it will be made plain how satan's ignorant superstitious religion dominates those people who live far removed from Islam, at all periods of their lives.
Being a Man According to the Religion of the Ignorant
Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview on Kanal 35 (Izmir) (January 18, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: The religion of ignorance exists among people. For instance they say, "He is the type of man deserving to be a man." His behavior is extremely affected, his speech, gestures and attitudes are like those of an actor. Their affectedness is of a humiliating nature. Their speech is artificial, their language is artificial, that is to say they are insincere. There are hundreds of such gestures, hundreds of styles. For instance someone comes up and behaves artificially, saying, "We have been waiting for you for so long. Where have you been all this time?" However, a person may well express his love and longing perfectly sincerely. What is the point in being so artificial? This is the religion of the ignorant. That is what I am talking about.
Affectation exhausts a person. Being natural is very beautiful, sincerity is beautiful. Loving sincerely and using sincere expressions is very beautiful. That is why Allah says, I take refuge in Allah from the cursed satan, "My sincere servants will be saved." If one asks a Muslim to choose between the pleasure sincerity gives and the repulsiveness of affectedness, even in the absence of a provision in the Qur'an on the subject, he will immediately choose naturalness. That is because a natural person is very beautiful. You cannot even compare a natural woman to an affected one. An affected woman looks very repulsive.


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With the onset of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Egypt's explosive political crisis—which this week saw pitched street battles and dozens killed—has settled down to a slightly less volatile simmer. In what has become a recurring daily tableau, supporters and opponents of deposed President Mohamed Morsi continue to hold noisy rallies in different corners of Cairo—each claiming to represent the legitimate will of the Egyptian people and each viewing the other side as a threat to the future of Egyptian democracy.
Meanwhile the military-backed transitional government that replaced Morsi July 3 continues to plow forward without him or his Muslim Brotherhood as interim President Adly Mansour began assembling his cabinet.
Friday—the start of the weekend in the Muslim world—tends to be weekly highpoint for Egyptian protest action. But this Friday, July 12, was the first protest Friday since the start of Ramadan—when devout Muslims abstain from any sort of consumption (eating, drinking or smoking) from dawn to dusk each day. Ramadan at any time of the year is already a punishing endurance test and that will only be harder for the next several years as the month moves through the heart of the summer. The Islamic calendar shifts about 11 days earlier each year compared to the Gregorian calendar.
How is it affecting the events unfolding on Cairo's streets?
In August 2011, a protest push against the post-Mubarak rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ran straight into the Ramadan wall. The protesters—who were seeking a quick transition to civilian rule—suffered from internal divisions and a failure to rekindle the energy of the original Egyptian revolution that had forced out entrenched dictator Hosni Mubarak in just 18 days in February. Within a few days of the start of Ramadan, the protesters had packed up their tents in Tahrir Square and gone home.
Among supporters of the new regime, there's a hope that a month of fasting under the July sun will sap the determination of the Brotherhood's defiant supporters. However, Ramadan also tends to push this already nocturnal megacity even further onto a nighttime schedule. So there's a chance that instead of dampening the violent passions of the protesters, it will merely allow Cairenes from rival camps to sleep through the daytime heat and begin attacking each other after midnight.
But so far the Brotherhood has proven able to keep up strong numbers for their open-ended public sit-in outside the Rabaa Adaweya mosque in the northeast Cairo district of Nasr City. They have organized mass communal sunset meals; the homilies to devotion and sacrifice that define this holy period now are tinged with messages touting the larger political battle. Following the communal noon prayers on July 10, a speaker on stage attempted to rally his dehydrated charges. "I know it's Ramadan. I know your hardships are many. But be patient brothers, stand your ground and cling to each other," he told them. "We're not going home. Nobody is going home!"
On July 12, Islamist preacher Safwat Hegazy—in an incendiary sermon—vowed that the Brotherhood cadres would never abandon their cause, promising their willingness to "die as martyrs" in order to return Morsi to the presidential palace. Hegazy warned that the military—which ousted Morsi by force following several days of unprecedented protests against his rule—would eventually bow to the Brotherhood's street pressure, "whether they want to or not."
The Brotherhood—already outraged by what they label a blatant coup against a democratically elected president—has been further embittered by what they claim are growing after-the-fact signs that Morsi was set up to fail by other factions within the Egyptian establishment. International media reports have noted that a chronic gasoline shortage seemed to improve almost immediately after Morsi was pushed out by the military. Similarly the past week has seen a dramatic return to duty by a number of uniformed police officers who spent most of the past two years shirking their responsibilities.
The Brotherhood also seems keen to take the debate over Morsi's legitimacy to the international stage. This week, the group's open-ended sit-in unveiled a number of banners in English with slogans such as "People power vs Military Might." Several European governments have already labeled Morsi's ouster as illegitimate while the Obama Administration has struggled to stay publicly non-committal. On Friday, both the German and U.S. governments publicly called for the release of Morsi—who has been detained in an undisclosed located since the night of July 3 when the military made its move.
As the crisis has dragged on, Mansour has repeatedly stated that he wanted the venerable Islamist organization to rejoin the Egyptian political family and play a role in his transitional government. But those olive branches have been combined with an accelerated crackdown on the Brotherhood's leadership ranks. Earlier this week, arrest warrants were issued for a host of senior Brotherhood leaders, including Hegazy and Supreme Guide Mohammed Badea.
However, it seems unlikely that authorities will be able to arrest Badea or any of the other targeted leaders without serious bloodshed. Many of the group's leaders are believed to be taking shelter in or near the Rabaa Adaweya mosque–essentially untouchable in the midst of tens of thousands of their followers.
Khalil is a Cairo-based journalist and author of Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation.


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The State Approving Agency website: http://www.floridavets.org/saa/saa.asp.
Transferring Credits
Degree-seeking students who wish to translate military service school credits into college credits may do so by submitting a SMART (Sailor/Marine), AARTS (Army), or Coast Guard transcript to the Office of Enrollment Services. More information on obtaining a SMART transcript can be found at smart.cnet.navy.mil. For information on obtaining an AARTS transcript go to aarts.army.mil. For information on obtaining a Coast Guard transcript go to www.uscg.mil/hq/cgi/forms.html
Military Tuition Assistance
- Register for courses at FKCC
- Complete the "Application for Tuition Assistance" through the appropriate education office; include schedule with your application
- If approved, the Education Office will give you a "Tuition Assistance Authorization" which you will bring to FKCC's Business Services office
- The student shall be liable for any fees not covered by the tuition assistance program, whether partial assistance have been provided or none
Dantes (DSST) and CLEP
Test Registration fees are $25. Exam fees are waived for:
- Active Duty Military members (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserve Component)
- Spouses and Civilian Employees of the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Coast Guard (Active and Reserve)
- DoD Acquisition Workforce Personnel taking select exams.
For more information about testing, contact an FKCC Testing Coordinator at (305) 809-3196.
Military Contract for a Degree
Students currently on active military duty may "contract for a degree" through the Service Members Opportunity Colleges at Florida Keys Community College. The Director of Enrollment Services will assist the service person in contracting for the degree. The contract will specify the course of study to be pursued and appropriate learning options. The College will continue to guide the service person's educational planning should it become necessary for the student to enroll in another institution. The service person will be permitted to transfer in reverse appropriate credits earned at other institutions. The service person must complete a minimum of 25% of the required work at FKCC. The appropriate degree or certificate will be awarded upon successful fulfillment of the contract.
Military Education Offices
The following are phone numbers for the Education Office's of the Florida Keys:
Coast Guard, Dan Rogers – (305) 292-8712
Navy, Jeffrey Fishman – (305) 293-2075
Airforce – Contact your Commanding Officer


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Last updated Feb 4, 2019