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These teams are always a major threat, threatening both Tyranitar and Hippowdon. With rain up, Water-type attacks are boosted by 50%, as well as increasing Thunder and Hurricane's accuracies to 100%, which certainly helps as they are both 120 Base Power attacks. It also gives Pokémon with Dry Skin and Rain Dish abilities an extra form of recovery, as well as offering Steel-, Bug-, Ice- and Grass-types support due to a 50% damage reduction from Fire-type attacks. The rain also doubles the Speed of Pokémon with the Swift Swim ability. Due to the large threat Drizzle teams were in the metagame, a ban on having Pokémon with both the Drizzle and Swift Swim abilities on the same team was put in place. Nevertheless, Drizzle teams still have a large number of hard hitting abusers and should never to be taken lightly. It is always a must to have at least one or two Pokémon in your sandstorm team to keep Pokémon that are commonly used on a rain team in check. Most rain teams consist of special attackers with Water- and Electric-types as their main STAB and hence all have similar checks: Pokémon with a good Special Defense and Pokémon with a resistance or immunity to Water-type moves. Such supporters include: Ferrothorn, Gastrodon, Chansey, Blissey, Tentacruel, Jellicent, Celebi, Latias, Latios, and Rotom-W.
Politoed has made a great impact on today's metagame with its newly bestowed Dream World ability, Drizzle. Whilst the impact it has on the metagame is largely due to the vast number and sheer power of the rain abusers, Politoed is definitely no slacker itself. Its decent bulk and its base 90 Special Attack allows it to run a variety of sets, from a defensive set to a hard hitting Choice Specs set, thanks to the 50% power boost to Water-type moves provided by the rain, or even a revenge killer with Choice Scarf. All in all, Politoed is a major threat to sandstorm teams with both Tyranitar and Hippowdon being weak to Water-type moves. Special walls such as Jellicent, Chansey, Ferrothorn, Tentacruel and Gastrodon are always good to have on your sandstorm team to keep Politoed in check. Defensive Politoed sets hate being hit with status, especially poison or burn, as they wear it down faster. Choice sets require good prediction, but getting in on the right move can force Politoed out. Entry hazard support is welcome, limiting the number of times Politoed can switch in to your Tyranitar or Hippowdon. It is also worth noting that Pursuit Tyranitar can also deal with weakened Politoed if it comes in safely, preventing it from switching back in and setting up rain again and turning the tide of the battle in your favour.
Starmie has been OU in every Generation to date, and for a good reason too. Despite not receiving any significant improvements this Generation, Starmie still boasts its blistering 115 Base Speed, which allows Starmie to outspeed every unboosted Pokémon in the OU tier except Deoxys-S, as well as having a decent 100 Base Special Attack and access to high powered moves such as Hydro Pump and Thunder, meaning it is able to abuse Rain to its fullest. Sand teams will not appreciate a rain boosted Hydro Pump, a 100% accurate Thunder nor a powerful Ice Beam, so it is essential to have a Starmie check somewhere on your team. Chansey and Blissey have always been its top counters since they were introduced and they still do a great job against it in this Generation. However, the 5th Generation has given us a Water-type sweeper's worst enemies: Ferrothorn and Storm Drain Gastrodon, the former being able to tank any hits and OHKO Starmie with Power Whip and the latter being immune to both Water- and Electric-type attacks. Both of these work well on any sandstorm team. If you lack at one of these four Pokémon, it is of high importance that you keep sandstorm up to maintain Excadrill's Sand Rush, or have a reliable Choice Scarf revenge killer that can reliably take care of the starfish. Starmie's downfall has always been its common weaknesses and rather average bulk, meaning that it will not last too long on the field if you play intelligently.
Even with its high attacking prowess, it is also worth noting that Starmie can also serve as a great support Pokémon to a Rain team, with access to Rapid Spin, its ability to beat the most common spinblockers in the metagame, the move Recover and its ability Natural Cure. If you see a Starmie on the opposing team, you may wish to be a bit conservative with setting up entry hazards until the Starmie is significantly weakened. Due to Starmie's Psychic weakness, Tyranitar is one of the best checks to Starmie, as it can OHKO with Crunch, or Pursuit if it switches out, but should be used as last resort due to how important Tyranitar is to a sandstorm team.
With a great Electric / Flying typing that provides resistances to a number of common types and an awesome movepool, combined with a fantastic 125 Base Special Attack, a good 115 Base Attack and a very good base 111 speed that allows it to outspeed significant Pokémon such as Gengar, Latias, Latios and Terrakion, Thundurus is definitely a major threat to any kind of team – this includes sandstorm teams. It has 2 main sets: a supportive set and a Nasty Plot sweeper. The former set aids a team immensely with priority Thunder Wave crippling opposing sweepers and Taunt aiding in breaking stall, and the latter set is one of most dangerous sweepers in the metagame. It doesn't gain too much from rain, but it goes get the ability to use a 100% accurate Thunder, and it doesn't have to worry too much about being outpaced by Excadrill and Chlorophyll Pokémon. Between Thunderbolt, Hidden Power Ice, Focus Blast, Hammer Arm and Grass Knot, almost nothing can safely switch into Thundurus without taking severe damage. It can setup on a lot of commonly used defensive Pokémon such as Chansey and Ferrothorn. Its one true counter is Unaware Quagsire. Gastrodon also does a good job of checking Thundurus, but both of them fall to a Grass Knot. The most reliable way to take it down is by revenge killing or exploiting its Stealth Rock weakness. This means that like Starmie, it is essential to have your weather up in order to let Excadrill take care of it, or have a reliable Choice Scarf Pokémon that can KO it. Bringing in your Tyranitar or Hippowdon against it is NOT advisable as Focus Blast and Hammer Arm can OHKO Tyranitar, and HP Ice or Grass Knot can severely threaten Hippowdon, allowing your opponent to gain the upper hand in terms of weather.
Despite having the exact same stats as Thundurus, this Pokémon is largely considered as inferior to Thundurus. However, there is one thing that Tornadus has that Thundurus would kill for: access to Hurricane, a 120 Base Power Flying-type move. Its shaky accuracy is not an issue, as it is boosted to 100% accuracy with rain up, meaning that it is a lot easier to use. Tornadus are usually seen with the Choice Specs set (Hurricane, Focus Blast, Hidden Power [Ice] or Grass Knot, U Turn) or mixed, since it has quite a nice set of physical attacks to use with its 115 Base Attack. Although it is not as threatening to Sand teams as Thundurus and Starmie are, Tornadus do always pack Focus Blast, Hammer Arm or Grass Knot much like Thundurus does, making you think twice about sending in your Tyranitar or Hippowdon against it. The best Pokémon to use against it are Pokémon with a good Special Defense Jirachi and Chansey or Blissey at full health. Common Electric-type Pokémon like Rotom-W and Thundurus can also check Tornadus fairly well. Bulky Water-types such as Tentacruel and Jellicent do fairly well against it, as it doesn't have the powerful STAB Thunderbolt or Thunder that makes Thundurus much more threatening. If you can keep sandstorm on the field, Hurricane's accuracy drops to 70%, and if you can keep Stealth Rock up, Tornadus loses 25% of its health every time it switches in, which will make Tornadus a lot less threatening.
Despite all the other Rotom forms falling out of OU after losing their Ghost typing in this Generation, Rotom's Wash form remains a top tier Pokémon. With its Water/Electric typing, combined with its ability Levitate which gives it an immunity to Ground-type moves, giving it only one weakness: Grass-type moves. Rotom-W is an example of a Pokémon that can fully abuse rain, as both of its STAB attacks are boosted by the rain – Hydro Pump gets 50% more power, and Thunder because 100% accurate. It is a top threat to sandstorm teams as its STABs and very good allows it to take a few hits and threaten common sandstorm team members like Landorus, Excadrill, Hippowdon and Tyranitar. It can also run Choice sets with Trick, allowing it to not only get some surprise KOs but to also cripple defensive Pokémon. Defensive sets are even harder to take down, as it can use Will-o-Wisp to cripple your physical sweepers and use Pain Split to gain health when needed. Your best bets at stopping Rotom-W are your generic special walls: Ferrothorn, Chansey, Blissey and Gastrodon, as well as Celebi, Latias, Latios and Virizion. They all wouldn't appreciate getting hit with Will-o-Wisp or Tricked a Choice item though. Another way to wear it down is by way of status (Toxic or burn) as Rotom-W's only reliable way of recovery is Pain Split.
Despite having poor defences and an average Attack stat, Toxicroak fits perfectly on any rain team, offering resistances to common attacking types such as Fighting, Bug, Grass and Rock, as well as being able to absorb the Toxic Spikes that would otherwise plague rain teams. Its main selling point is its ability, Dry Skin, which restores Toxicroak's HP when it is hit with Water-type attacks, and grants an extra 6.25% HP recovery every turn in rain, allowing it to setup on Pokémon that would normally trouble Rain teams such as Ferrothorn, Chansey, Blissey, Tentacruel and Virizion. Toxicroak is usually seen with a Swords Dance set or Bulk Up set, which utilises Substitute to block status such as paralysis and burn and uses Drain Punch and Sucker Punch for decent coverage, recovery and priority. It is typically beaten by generic physical walls such as Gliscor, Slowbro and Hippowdon, as they can all take a hit or two and threaten to KO it with Earthquake or Psychic, or Roar it out. Other commonly used Pokémon that can beat Toxicroak are Jellicent, Bold Reuniclus and Roar Latias. Some Toxicroak run Ice Punch to surprise incoming Gliscor and Dragon-types, but since it is incompatible with Drain Punch, you can presume it has it if you see that it has something other than Drain Punch, like Brick Break or Cross Chop. Though it is not a good idea to bring in your Tyranitar against it, having sandstorm up severely dents its ability to setup with ease and allows you to deal with it better.
Previously forgotten in the past after all the hype over the new Pokémon from Black and White, Calm Mind Jirachi makes its way back into competitive play with permanent rain reducing damage from Fire attacks as well as being able to fire off a 100% accurate Thunder, with Serene Grace giving making Thunder have a 60% chance to paralyze, and a rain-boosted Water Pulse, with Serene Grace giving it a 40% chance to confuse. The set aims to use Serene Grace to its fullest with the infamous "parafusion" combination as well as, like Toxicroak, allowing it to setup with ease on Pokémon that normally trouble rain teams, such as Ferrothorn, who struggles to break Jirachi's Substitute and Chansey and Blissey, due to its 101 HP Substitutes; and lastly, lure out counters to its normal Physical, such as Gliscor, Jellicent and Skarmory, only to hit them with a boosted Water Pulse or Thunder. Though becoming common now, Calm Mind Jirachi is definitely a threat to unprepared sandstorm teams and it must never be given the opportunity to setup. The three best Pokémon to use against Calm Mind Jirachi are Storm Drain Gastrodon, Nasty Plot or Perish Song Celebi and Unaware Quagsire. Specially Defensive Tyranitar can brush off its attacks with ease but it cannot do much back without Earthquake, which is rare on Specially Defensive variants, and Hippowdon with all its bulk can take a +1 or +2 Water Pulse if at good health and Roar it away or Earthquake for the 2HKO.
Drought Teams
The cornerstone of any sun team, Ninetales looks extremely outclassed when compared to other weather inducers. As all the other weather inducers, bar Abomasnow, have a severe type advantage over it, the questions arises as to whether it can really have an impact on the weather war or not. The answer is yes. In the hands of a good player, a sun team is a devastating force to be reckoned with. Stealth Rock is essential when playing against sun teams, because Ninetales will take 25% damage on every switch-in, aiding you greatly in the weather war. Ninetales has a few notable sets, namely the Calm Mind set, the Specially Defensive set and the Nasty Plot set. While they can't really do too much damage off of that 83 Base Special Attack stat, Will-O-Wisp can burn Tyranitar and Hippowdon, cutting their attack and crippling them badly. Even with access to Energy Ball, Tyranitar with the Special Defense boost from the sand can wall it and threaten to OHKO with Stone Edge. Hypnosis can be an annoyance if it hits, putting one of your Pokémon to sleep. Faster versions of Ninetales can outspeed Excadrill and OHKO with a sun-boosted Flamethrower, so it's not a good idea to keep Excadrill in against Ninetales.
Heatran is typically used as a Stealth Rock supporter. However, it also has great offensive capabilities, especially in a sun team, where sun raises the power of its Fire-type attacks by 50% and weakens Water-type attacks by 50%. The main aim of a sun team with Heatran is to lure a Fire-type attack aimed at a Pokémon such as Venusaur (or a similar Chlorophyll Grass type user) and get the Flash Fire boost for Heatran. You're really not going to enjoy a sun-boosted, STAB, Flash Fire boosted Fire type move from a massive Base 130 Special Attack. Heatran isn't too hard for a Sand team to handle as long as Sandstorm is up. It can cause a problem for Tyranitar if Tyranitar switches into Earth Power but it doesn't really have any way of boosting its Special Attack to create havoc. Tyranitar can normally handle any variation of Heatran as long as it doesn't take repeated hits from Earth Power. Specially Defensive Hippowdon can threaten to OHKO it with Earthquake and can use Slack Off to heal any damage taken. Sandstorm teams can utilise their own Heatran to take a Choice- locked Fire attack and threaten the opposing Heatran with Earth Power. Gastrodon can also walk all over any Heatran without Hidden Power Grass.
Volcarona is one of the deadliest sun sweepers you can find. Almost all sun teams run a Pokémon with Rapid Spin to prevent Stealth Rock from ruining their common sweepers. Volcarona is one of the few Fire-type Pokémon that is actually dangerous to a sandstorm team. After a Quiver Dance, Volcarona hit Tyranitar with STAB Bug Buzz and severely dent it. Specially Defensive Hippowdon can't really do much to it, as Volcarona's unique typing makes it neutral to Earthquake. After 2 Quiver Dances, it outspeeds Jolly Excadrill in the sand and will most probably sweep your entire team. The standard Volcarona used in sun teams is one that utilises the ChestoRest strategy, healing Volcarona of any prior damage and giving it a second chance to sweep. To deal with Volcarona, it is highly recommended that you try to keep Stealth Rock in play at all times, as Stealth Rock will remove 50% of Volcarona's HP every time it switches in. Heatran can wall it long if it doesn't have Hidden Power Ground. If it does, Volcarona is sacrificing recovery through Rest, meaning that it will not stay alive for as long as it wishes to. Heatran can also Roar it away, forcing it to take more Stealth Rock damage upon switching in again. Excadrill in the sand can outspeed +1 Speed Volcarona and OHKO with Rock Slide. Tentacruel can also check it decently.
Venusaur is probably the best sun sweeper in the current metagame. Having access to Growth, which boosts both its Special Attack and Attack stat by 2 stages in the sun, allows it to become a powerful mixed attacker, and Chlorophyll doubles Venusaur's Speed, allowing it to outspeed a very large portion of the metagame. A lot of people are fans of the Special sweeper Venusaur, which uses Giga Drain, Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Sludge Bomb alongside Growth. Whilst that can tear holes in many teams and has the capability to hit Tyranitar and Hippowdon hard, it is entirely walled by Heatran. The mixed set is more dangerous, as Venusaur can use Earthquake to deal massive damage to the likes of Tyranitar and Heatran. Power Whip can also be used in place of Giga Drain for the extra power but the loss of recovery will decrease Venusaur's longevity. The mixed variant is difficult to check because it can use many different attacks. The best thing to do is to remove the sunny weather before it sets up. Choice Scarf Tyranitar can do this and outspeed and threaten it severely. Without sun, it is a much lesser threat, but with sun up the mixed variant is very difficult to deal with until you know what attacks it is running.
Sawsbuck is a physical sweeper, and with access to Chlorophyll and a Base 100 Attack stat, it can pose a lot of problems when used in a sun team. It is almost exclusively seen using a Swords Dance set, using three of Horn Leech, Jump Kick, Nature Power (which turns into Earthquake in link battles), Return, Frustration and Wild Charge. Outside of those moves, there isn't much else Sawsbuck can do. It struggles to get past the standard Physical walls such as Gliscor and Skarmory, but it seriously threatens both Tyranitar and Hippowdon, as well as many common sandstorm abusers. If you've got a solid Physical wall, then you shouldn't have a huge problem with Sawsbuck.
Darmanitan has everything it needs to be a threat on a sun team. A Sheer Force boosted STAB Flare Blitz coming off of a Base 140 Attack will demolish nearly anything that doesn't resist it. Fortunately, this offensive beast has very weak defenses. It does have a fairly nice 95 Base Speed, with which it can take advantage of a Choice Band or Choice Scarf – in fact almost every Darmanitan you'll see will probably have a Choice item. It's really had to switch into Darmanitan's Flare Blitz, even if you resist it. Heatran is immune to Flare Blitz and gets boosted by Flash Fire, but it will fall to Superpower. Slowbro does a fairly nice job, but U-Turn hurts it. Excadrill can outspeed it and KO if sandstorm is active. Most of the time, Darmanitan will kill itself through Flare Blitz recoil and Stealth Rock damage. Just try and force it to switch, and you should be alright.
Victini is fairly similar to Darmanitan. Instead of Flare Blitz, you have to take V-Create, a Base 180 power move – and in the sun, it does even more damage. Typically, Choice Band or Choice Scarf Victini are the most commonly used variants in Sun teams. Slowbro can take Flare Blitz, but a Fusion Bolt will hurt a lot. Heatran is a decent check to most Victini, as they usually lack Focus Blast. A rare Special variant can be handled by Tyranitar, so long as it avoids Focus Blast.
Conkeldurr is one of the top threats to a Sandstorm team. Its bulk, power and typing immediately spells disaster for a Sandstorm team if it's lacking some appropriate checks, especially as it can recover its health when it attacks. The main reason why this applies to Sandstorm teams is that Tyranitar, who is the most prominent Sand Stream inducer in the current metagame, and Excadrill, who is the most prominent sweeper in sandstorm teams, are both massively weak to Fighting-type moves. It can easily come in on Tyranitar and threaten to OHKO it or grab a Bulk Up boost and proceed to cause major issues. Typically, the most common ways of dealing with Physical threats is to burn them and lower their Attack to manageable levels. However, Conkeldurr's ability is Guts, which actually boosts Conkeldurr's Attack stat if it is hit with a major status condition, such as burn. However, Conkeldurr is not without his checks. Choice Specs Latios can OHKO with Draco Meteor, and both Latias and Latios can set up Calm Mind boosts if Conkeldurr lacks Payback. Reuniclus is a good check for Conkeldurr. It has impressive bulk, and it is slower than Conkeldurr, meaning that Payback will not do as much damage, and can respond with a powerful STAB Psychic. Gliscor can also a solid check. It resists Conkeldurr's STAB attacks and can take most of what Conkeldurr can throw at it, whilst breaking through Conkeldurr's defenses thanks to Taunt and Swords Dance. Skarmory can also check it efficiently using Brave Bird and Whirlwind to prevent it from setting up, but it can struggle as it does not resist Drain Punch. One of the most solid checks for Conkeldurr is Slowbro, as it is slower than Conkeldurr, like Reuniclus is, gets instant recovery, has an STAB Psychic to beat Conkeldurr with, and can switch out and recover any health it did lose thanks to Regeneration. All of the above Pokémon can work fairly well in a sandstorm team.
Terrakion is a fairly big threat to sandstorm teams. It outspeeds almost every single sandstorm abuser when unboosted, and if it uses Rock Polish, it can even outspeed Excadrill in the sand. Furthermore, it can boost its Attack to high levels with Swords Dance, allowing it to power through most of the Pokémon that are used on a sandstorm team with just its powerful STAB moves. It even gets a Special Defense boost from the sandstorm, and can even utilise a Choice Band or Choice Scarf set. It still struggles to get past Gliscor, no matter what set it is running, thanks to Gliscor's high Defense and decent typing. Reuniclus and Slowbro can both take a hit from Terrakion and respond with a powerful STAB Psychic, or a Scald in Slowbro's case. Terrakion is also weak to a lot of priority attacks; Conkeldurr can check it with Mach Punch, Scizor can check it with Bullet Punch or Azumarill could check it with Aqua Jet. Hippowdon can take a Close Combat and Earthquake for the KO, and Excadrill can outspeed and KO with Earthquake if Terrakion has not used Rock Polish, but be careful about Air Balloon.
Infernape is still a devastating force to be reckoned with. Infernape's versatility is obviously its most dangerous weapon against any team. Sandstorm teams are no exceptions. Sporting a Base 104 Attack and Special Attack, it can hard to determine whether Infernape is running a Physical, Special or mixed set. It's hard to find a counter or check for the mixed version. The physical version can be taken cared of easily by Slowbro and Gliscor and the special version can be handled by Latias or a similar Pokémon that resists its STAB Fighting and Fire. Slowbro and Gastrodon work really well if it lacks Grass Knot. The mixed version can usually be handled by Slowbro, as Grass Knot is not that popular anymore. Excadrill can survive a Mach Punch at around 80% health and proceed to OHKO with Earthquake. Hippowdon can take it fairly well assuming Infernape lacks Grass Knot, and almost all bulky waters such as Suicune, Jellicent, and Vaporeon can wall it, and proceed to KO it with STAB Water-type moves.
Scrafty is not that powerful, yet it has just enough power to KO what it needs to. Its ability, Shed Skin, makes hitting it with status inflictions near useless. Its offenses are practically nothing when other commonly used Fighting-type Pokémon, but it has brilliant bulk and access to excellent set-up moves such as Dragon Dance and Bulk Up. Scrafty's movepool really limits what can check it. It cannot really be walled by Gliscor or Slowbro like other Fighting-type Pokémon can, due to it usually carrying Ice Punch and STAB Crunch. The problem that Scrafty has is that almost any Fighting-type Pokémon can come in and scare it away or just smash it with their own an STAB Fighting-type move. Without Dragon Dance, Scrafty is easily outsped due to its mediocre Base 58 Speed. Conkeldurr can easily come in at any move before it sets up too much and can set up Bulk Ups or just Drain Punch Scrafty to death. Skarmory is a good defensive check, as a +1 Drain Punch or Hi Jump Kick won't hurt it nearly as much as similar attacks from other Fighting-type Pokémon. Hippowdon can Roar Scrafty away, but it cannot really do too much damage itself.
Boasting a Base 110 Attack and a Base 115 Special Attack, and having access to boosting moves such as Nasty Plot, Sword Dance and Agility makes Lucario one of the best sweepers in the game from either side of the spectrum. Whilst its Speed is a fairly average Base 90, it has access to various priority moves, such as Extremespeed, Bullet Punch and Vacuum Wave. It can seriously threaten almost all members of a sandstorm team and leave its core in pieces if the player doesn't realize what moves the opponent is using. Nothing much can hold up well against a Swords Dance Lucario, as even Skarmory takes a hefty chunk of damage from Close Combat. The Physical version can be walled by either Gliscor or Slowbro and Reuniclus, depending on what filler move Lucario is running alongside Extremespeed, Close Combat and Swords Dance. Ice Punch will make Slowbro's life easy while Crunch will make Gliscor's life easy. Excadrill can beat an ordinary Physical version without Air Balloon since it resists Extremespeed. Gliscor can do fairly well against Nasty Plot Lucario if it lacks Hidden Power Ice, but it will take a large chunk of damage. Tentacruel and Gastrodon can do fairly well against Nasty Plot Lucario, being able to take a hit or two and try and burn it with Scald, or KO with Earth Power in Gastrodon's case. Whilst Blissey and Chansey can paralyse Lucario, making him easier to manage, it will not want to take a +2 Aura Sphere at all. Tyranitar cannot stand up to Lucario at all, and Hippowdon struggles to take a +2 Close Combat, and it seriously struggles against Nasty Plot Lucario.
Virizion is an underrated sweeper which can tear huge holes into a sandstorm team. At first it may seem like a less powerful Breloom, but with more Speed and bulk. However, Virizion can run a physical, special or mixed set, which makes it unpredictably dangerous. Calm Mind Virizion is extremely dangerous for a sandstorm team, since it can kill a lot of things that would usually feature on sandstorm teams, as well as beat common checks to Fighting types. Giga Drain beats Jellicent, Gastrodon and other bulky waters, and it also maims Hippowdon. Hidden Power Ice would lay waste to Gliscor and Landorus. Focus Blast is the powerful Fighting STAB attack that easily beats Tyranitar. What makes things worse is that Excadrill cannot OHKO without a Swords Dance boost, unless it runs Aerial Ace, which is a seriously inferior option to the other moves it gets. Physical Virizion is easily walled by Skarmory, since it lacks the raw Physical power other Fighting types do. Gliscor can also beat Physical Virizion, but mixed Virizion runs Hidden Power Ice, which ruins Gliscor. Calm Mind Virizion can struggle to get the best of Latios and Latias, but without a Psychic-type attack, they won't do too much damage back. Liquid Ooze Tentacruel is one of the best checks, as it damages Virizion when it uses Giga Drain. In return, it can burn it with Scald and slowly drain its health.
Breloom can not only threaten a sandstorm team with its powerful attacks, but it can also shut down a Pokémon with ease thanks to Spore. It gets the Poison Heal ability, and most players run Toxic Orb on it to prevent status and regain HP at the same time, which can cause a problem if you're trying to inflict a status on Breloom. Most sandstorm teams use Toxic Orb Gliscor with its Poison Heal as it cannot be put to sleep if it is poisoned, and it can otherwise put a full stop to Breloom. Other great checks to Breloom are Reuniclus, Latias, Celebi, Sigilyph, Deoxys-D, Mew, and Xatu. They're all able to resist Breloom's incredibly power Focus Punch attack and KO back with a Psychic-type move. However, all of that require an additional Pokémon to take Spore for them, except Xatu, which uses its Magic Bounce ability to bounce Breloom's Spore attack onto itself, which is a great way to stop Breloom if it lacks Toxic Orb or if Toxic Orb has not activated yet.
Mienshao is mostly used as a Fake Out lead. It's frail, fast and powerful and has access to a great ability, Regeneration. Normally it is only seen using the same set, which uses Fake Out, Hi Jump Kick, U-turn and Hidden Power Ice with a Life Orb. It has the access to Sword Dance, although it is rarely seen. But in a lead position it will almost 90% of the time have the above mentioned set. Hi Jump Kick will hurt most of your sand team. But in truth, Mienshao is one of the easier Pokémon to check. Excadrill can come in on anything but Hi Jump Kick to OHKO it with a powerful STAB Earthquake. Gliscor can't handle the standard variant because of Hidden Power Ice, but without Hidden Power, Gliscor is a great check. Slowbro beats Mienshao easily, but U-turn will hurt a bit. Arguably the greatest counter to Mienshao would be Jellicent, as it is immune to Hi Jump Kick and Fake Out, resists both U-turn and Hidden Power Ice, and it can burn with Scald and Recover any damage. Hippowdon handles Mienshao well, as it struggles to do much damage to it, whereas Hippowdon can respond with Earthquake.
Machamp is a very annoying Pokémon to deal with. Thanks to No Guard, Dynamicpunch is always going to hit and cause confusion. Only Ghost types can avoid this, and they can check Machamp fairly well thanks to Payback not being entirely reliable. It has a variety of coverage moves including Ice Punch, Stone Edge, Bullet Punch, and the aforementioned Payback. Gliscor deals well with variants lacking Ice Punch. Reuniclus and Slowbro can shut Machamp down completely, with Reuniclus beating it with a powerful Psychic, and Slowbro either burning with Scald or hitting with Psychic.
Other Threats
Scizor: Scizor usually come in two variants, Swords Dance or Choice Band. Choice Band Scizor is deadly, as nothing is immune to U-turn, which can give Scizor the upper hand as it can switch straight out to a check. Swords Dance Scizor can easily sweep a sandstorm team without an appropriate check. Scizor has one major problem – a 4x weakness to Fire-type moves. Pokémon such as Heatran and Infernape can easily check Scizor and force him to switch, but they have to watch out for Superpower from Choice Band Scizor. Steel types such as Skarmory and Magnezone can also come out on STAB Bullet Punch and Bug Bite and effectively set up on Scizor as well. Skarmory can Whirlwind Scizor away while not taking too much damage, and Magnezone can trap Scizor and kill it with Hidden Power Fire. Gyarados resists pretty much anything Scizor does, and it can Roar or Dragon Tail it away, or just set-up a Dragon Dance. Hippowdon can Roar Scizor away if it tries to set up a Swords Dance.
Excadrill: Excadrill is one of the greatest assets to a sandstorm team, but it's also the most threatening thing to be matched up against. With its Sand Rush ability, it can outspeed almost every Pokémon in the metagame, including most of a sandstorm team. With access to moves such as Earthquake, Swords Dance, X-Scissor, Rock Slide, and Brick Break, it is able to come in and sweep entire teams that are not prepared for its destructive force. Gliscor is a solid counter, being able to switch in to any of its moves and hitting back hard with Earthquake. Fighting-type Pokémon such as Conkeldurr and Infernape can threaten Excadrill with Mach Punch, while Skarmory can effectively take many of Excadrill's attacks and easily Whirlwind him away.
Teambuilding Tips
Building a sandstorm team is pretty easy. You want to start with a Pokémon that has the Sand Stream ability; Tyranitar or Hippowdon are your only two choices. Tyranitar has great defenses, but its Special Defense stands out more than its Defense due to Sandstorm raising its Special Defense by 50. Hippowdon's strong point is its Physical bulk, which consists of an awesome 118 Base Defense and a very good 108 Base HP. It depends on what you need your support to do for your team: Tyranitar can check Latios, Latias and Reuniclus; Hippowdon can check Excadrill and other tough Physical sweepers. Both Tyranitar and Hippowdon are able to set up Stealth Rock. You could even run both Tyranitar and Hippowdon on your team if you wanted to.
There are essentially three offensive Pokémon that benefit from the sandstorm. They are Excadrill, Landorus, and Terrakion. A good sandstorm team would have one or two of these offensive Pokémon, as having too many would just weaken your team even more against Water-types and rain teams. Excadrill is typically used to take advantage of Sand Rush, which doubles its Speed in the sandstorm. This makes Excadrill an excellent sweeper with Swords Dance and STAB Earthquake. Excadrill can also use Rapid Spin to support your team if your team is weak against entry hazards. Excadrill is basically an excellent sweeper, spinner, and revenge killer for a sandstorm team. Landorus hits like a truck without any boost required, thanks to Sand Force raising the power of its Ground- and Rock-type moves by 30% in the sandstorm. Unlike Excadrill, this guy gets access to a much stronger Rock-type move (Stone Edge) and is not walled by Gliscor, thanks to Hidden Power Ice, though Landorus is not as fast as Excadrill. It does have access to Rock Polish to make up for that though. Terrakion is another great sweeper in the sandstorm, with great defenses along with a 50% increase of Special Defense thanks to sandstorm. Unlike Landorus, Terrakion takes advantage of its Fighting-type and Rock-type, which allows it to get STAB on two powerful moves, Close Combat and Stone Edge, which have great neutral coverage between them. It is faster than Landorus but slower than Excadrill, but it can boost its Speed with Rock Polish, making it even faster than Excadrill. All three of these offensive threats get access to Swords Dance, making them even more dangerous.
With Tyranitar or Hippowdon and Excadrill, Terrakion or Landorus being the chosen cores of your sandstorm team, you will need to cover your team's weaknesses, and make sure you can stop common threats and provide good offensive synergy as well. Many sandstorm abusers are weak to Water-type moves, and this means we have to choose some Pokémon that can take Water-type moves from the likes of Rotom-W and Starmie. Pokémon like Celebi or Gastrodon are great choices to stop Water-types. Celebi has Natural Cure, allowing it to hurl off a burn and defeat Rotom-W or Jellicent, and it also resists Grass- and Fighting-type moves, common weaknesses amongst sandstorm teams. Gastrodon gets the ability Storm Drain, which allows it to take any Water-type attacks and raise its Special Attack while also being immune to Electric-type attacks, so it's able to beat threats such as Starmie and Thundurus.
Having more than one way of stopping Water-type threats is great for the team. You can support your team with Stealth Rock by letting your sandstorm supporter (Tyranitar or Hippowdon) set it up. If you wish to have a Spikes supporter, you can use Skarmory, Ferrothorn, Forretress or Deoxys-D. They're all great options. Dragon-type moves hurt almost every Pokémon that isn't a Steel-type, so having a Steel-type Pokémon would really benefit your sandstorm team. Steel-types are immune to sandstorm damage as well. Jirachi is a Steel-type that can be used to support your team with Wish and to check Gengar, which could cause problems to a common sandstorm team with its Shadow Ball and Focus Blast combo. Blissey and Chansey are also great Wish supporters, and they can provide paralysis support as well as Heal Bell support. Blissey, Chansey and Specially Defensive Jirachi are both able to take on special attacking Water-types as well, making them excellent supporting Pokémon on a sandstorm team.


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Giorgio Maone wrote:However I can change the code to use the brackets only with IPv6 addresses in next dev build, maybe it will help.
Done in latest development build.
Giorgio Maone wrote:However I can change the code to use the brackets only with IPv6 addresses in next dev build, maybe it will help.
Giorgio Maone wrote:ammdispose wrote:May be you can include an option to specify possible WAN IPs as comma separated list of network/netmask (which gets included in LOCAL).
That's a good idea, indeed.
dinoex wrote:When no HTTP-server is running on the WAN-IP, noscript 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 does not
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GµårÐïåñ wrote:A) Does this external ip detection using GoDaddy go through the svchost or through the browser's internal core? Meaning piggy backing on the already allowed traffic of the browser through the firewall.
GµårÐïåñ wrote:B) If inside the browser, then I am fine, since that is configured using the Browser rules configuration, but if using svchost (OS level), then there is a 100% chance its being blocked, how will that adversely affect NoScript's ability to properly function and secure if it can't obtain the external ip? and furthermore is there a specific ip for your server (even if hosted by godaddy) that I can specifically open for NoScript usages only whilst blocking the rest of the ranges.
Giorgio Maone wrote:The external IP detection does not "use GoDadday". It uses my own dedicated servers (3 at this moment, load balanced through a DNS round robin) which respond to https://secure.informaction.com/ipecho
A GoDaddy server is contacted by Firefox to validate the SSL certificate of secure.informaction.com, like it does for any certificate released by GoDaddy's CA.
This means that both the requests (the primary one to secure.informaction.com and the secondary SSL validating one to oscp.godaddy.com) are made by Firefox and are subject to the same (likely less restrictive) rules of any other web browser request.
As I said above, those requests are unlikely to be blocked (otherwise your browser would probably be disfunctional and you couldn't install any XPI from the noscript.net direct links).
You can easily verify whether this feature is working by opening NoScript Options|Advanced|ABE and checking the detected IP on the top right.
Anyway the secure.informaction.com IPs (which are not hosted by GoDaddy, see above) are 18.104.22.168, 126.96.36.199 and 126.96.36.199.
Giorgio Maone wrote:dinoex wrote:When no HTTP-server is running on the WAN-IP, noscript 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 does not
handle this well, it forces the browser to use 100% CPU load.
I tested both with a non-routable IP and with a reachable IP which had no service on port 80, and they're working just fine.
These are fairly common setups, especially if you've got a modem instead of the router, so if they were problematic I should have tons of reports, not just yours.
Is there anything else I should know about your configuration?
Did you try Standard Diagnostic to exclude an extensions conflict?
Could you use a packet sniffer or (easier) the HttpFox add-on for Firefox in order to check whether fast-repeating requests are made by NoScript in your setup?
Arne wrote:It may be a firefox bug, but noscript certainly triggers it
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Over-the-top rhetoric is nothing new in liberal circles; yet lately the tenor has been uglier than usual. Shrill cries from the mainstream press and pundits label traditionalists as "rubes," or "pale, male and stale," while their minions, dutifully guzzling the Kool-Aid, are trolling conservative websites shrieking about class, ethnic and gender warfare.
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My research interests include the analysis, development, and application of sparse signal reconstruction algorithms for distorted and compressively sampled image and video signals which share common support bases. In particular, I am interested in the development of convex relaxations for the recovery of jointly sparse signals, such as the color spaces in images and the temporally dependent frames in video signals. News UpdatesFebruary 8, 2013: I will be joining the Multimedia Group of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories on March 1st, 2013. August 15, 2012: Talk motivating and describing the WSPGL1 algorithm is now available from here. June 4, 2012: The WSPGL1 code is now available for download. [code page] Invited Talks"Beyond $\ell_1$ minimization for sparse signal recovery," Alberta - BC Meeting on Applied Harmonic Analysis, Vancouver, BC, August 2012. [pdf] "Weighted $\ell_1$ minimization: support recovery guarantees and an iterative algorithm," Applied Harmonic Analysis and Multiscale Computing (AHAMC), Edmonton, Alberta, July 2011. [pdf] "Weighted $\ell_1$ minimization: Stability, robustness, and some implications," Banff Workshop on Sparse and Low Rank Approximation, Banff - Alberta, March 2011. [pdf] "Recovery of Compressively Sampled Signals Using Partial Support Information," Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting, Vancouver - BC, December 2010. [pdf]
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A brief but fierce storm tore through Airdrie and surrounding areas at about 3 p.m. on Aug. 14.
Rain, hail and winds gusted up to about 100 kilometres per hour, flooding intersections, causing delays for drivers and knocking out power.
Approximately 27,000 customers in Airdrie, Crossfield, Irricana, Beiseker and parts of Rocky View and Mountain View counties were without power for roughly an hour, according to Mona Bartsoff, FortisAlberta spokesperson.
�It was big,� said Bartsoff. �The trouble was on (AltaLink�s) transmission system. There was a trip on the line.�
Fortis crews worked cooperatively with AltaLink to restore power first to CrossIron Mills mall at around 4:15 p.m., then Airdrie and surrounding areas.
Bartsoff said the power company was flooded with calls during the widespread power outage, which extended into parts of Calgary.
The entire city of Airdrie was without power for about an hour, and the City was forced to shut down Genesis Place, according to Lynda Phelan, Airdrie�s team lead of corporate communications.
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Sirens wailed around the city as Airdrie fire crews responded to 16 incidents, including seven alarm investigations, four motor-vehicle collisions, people trapped in three elevators, one carbon monoxide and one flooding-related call, between 2:30 p.m. and 4:10 p.m., according to a press release.
Phelan added all of Airdrie�s streetlights were out, with drivers using four-way-stop rules.
�Some of the major intersections were temporarily flooded,� said Phelan. �That was due to the volume of water that goes into the sewer system, which cleared about half-an-hour after the storm.�
Calls from residents lit up the City�s switchboards and workers were sent to replace a manhole cover on Big Hill Springs Drive that was missing after the storm.
The City maintained auxiliary power through a backup generator, said Phelan.
The Calgary International Airport�s weather reporting station showed temperatures dropped from 23�C to 11�C in the span of an hour. There were unconfirmed media reports of a tornado touching down in the Balzac area.
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Austin city leaders said they are investigating the claim that White Lodging is not paying agreed-upon wages for workers on the site. Prevailing wages serve as a minimum wage for government contract work.
White Lodging agreed to the wage terms in exchange for $3.8 million in city fee waivers.
The Workers Defense Project and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers point to an email from a high-ranking official within the construction company saying "there is no prevailing wage scale for this project."
"We knew that there weren't prevailing wages on the project," Greg Casar with the Workers Defense Project said. "This just proved that they knew it too."
White Lodging released a statement saying it's "committed to achieving the goals related to the prevailing wage issue."
"Not only are we adhering to the agreement, we are exceeding the prevailing wage targets average by at least 15 percent," the statement said.
The Workers Defense Project and IBEW are now calling on city leaders to hold up its end of the bargain by taking back the $3.8 million in fee waivers already granted.
"The city's check and balance system needs to be thoroughly examined and reformed so that developers that come seeking tax breaks have to prove that they are complying with their end of the deal," Casar said.
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You wouldn't trust Dave Wheeliebin with a secret, would you?
FFS, he's like a retarded kid, falling over himself to blab to the meeja about any negotiations between Liverpool & Martinez.
What if Martinez decides not to take the job now? The next person Liverpool talk with is going to know they weren't the first choice. I'm just as livid at the Liverpool owners for not insisting on Martinez gagging himself until he'd made the decision. At best they've been naive in thinking Martinez wouldn't blab to the wi*an wa*ker.
And even if Martinez does decide to take the job, Wheelibin's already stolen Liverpool's privilege to announce it.
Anfield is like an Ealing comedy these days, and even two-bit, sh*tty clubs in two-bit, sh*tty towns like wi*an are trumping them.
Genuine question. Given all that's going on at the moment is there anyone actually in charge of transfer dealings?
The way things are shaping up at the moment the usual suspects are going to be doing a lot of their business early this year. That could have an impact further down the line.
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Christ knows. It's not ideal, is it. But then, you wouldn't trust Dalglish with another £50m to blow would you?
The cold, hard truth is that you've got Citeh who've spent the GDP of a small country and will likely spend close to another £100m this closed season. Man U are also looking like spending big again, going toe to toe for Hazard and picking up Kagawa. Then there's Chelski, also chasing Hazard (and will go for a similar player if they miss out) and bidding £35m for Hulk. There's even a chance that tight-Arsenal might dip into their pockets and invest in some players.
Liverpool are already well behind these 3 and need major investment to compete. There's talk of a new manager having a kitty of just £30m. That would buy one striker in the '8 out of 10' bracket (unless the same clown who paid £35m for Carroll is let loose again, in which case we'd probably pay that for Darren Bent)
Yet the Liverpool heirarchy are demanding a minimum result of CL football?
It's completely unrealistic. I'd wager my house that 3 of the top 4 will be City, Man U and Chelski. So that means competing with Arsenal, Spurs (who may go backwards next year if Modric and/or Bale leave) and probably at least one other who 'do a Newcastle'. I wouldn't back Liverpool.
Luis Suarez has accused the Football Association of finding him guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra"without a single shred of proof", as well as suggesting that "they had to get rid of a Liverpool player"
Suarez was banned for eight games when an independent panel found that he had called Evra "negro" on seven occasions during a Premier League fixture at Anfield on October 15. The panel also found Suarez to be an "unreliable" witness in its 115-page report.
Now Suarez has claimed that he is blameless in the controversy, and has accused the FA's independent panel of finding him guilty without any proof.
"The suspension, I suppose, you could call strange and unbelievable," Suarez told Russia Today. "Without a single shred of proof, they suspended me.
"I accepted it without saying anything obviously because they could have made it longer and it would have just made the whole thing continue, but my conscience is completely calm, and so is that of the club and my family.
"There was not a single convincing proof that I had done any of the things they accused me of doing. I am very calm about all of it. I have played all my childhood and everyone knows that in Uruguay there is a huge black population.
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He told this to 'Russia Today'?
Perhaps Livepool should expect a bid from Anzhi Makhachkala this summer...
good assessment saint snow. my thoughts entirely.
This season, Liverpool finished 18 points off Champions League qualification.Given that they dropped an unbelievable 21 points at Anfield, and drew just one match away from home, it is entirely possible that they can achieve their goal come next May. Restore the home form, convert a few away defeats into draws, and it's achievable. Top 3 as you say, with Arsenal probably nibbling away, but I don't think Liverpool will be too far adrift. Don't write them off just yet!
I don't think Liverpool will be anywhere near as bad next year, to get near nexts years top 4 they just have to have improve their home form.
Agreed. Thing is, all of the clubs above them, including Spurs, will be improving their squads, so the gap will be difficult to bridge.
BTW, I've already factored in Modric going, which is a racing certainty.
Well Liverpool will certainly improve - no doubt about that. Top 6 certainly.
Apart from the Mancs no one has a gimme for a Top 4 finish.
Will Newcastle be able to continue their form or was this season a flash in the pan?
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Flash in the pan would seem to be the answer, they punched well above their seeming weight this time gone.
Although a settled team can play well if they all gell together, it all depends I suppose on whether too much meddling happens in the close season.
Liverpool are reportedly in talks with experienced Dutch coach Louis van Gaal with a view to appointing him as sporting director.
The often volatile coach has been spending the summer at his house near Albufeira in the Algarve, and the Telegraph understands that Ian Ayre, Liverpool's managing director, flew out to meet him last week.
Van Gaal is used to be in sole charge of a club, but Liverpool are seemingly attempting to lure him into a different role – that of the much derided position in England, 'director of football'.
Looks like Hazard is going to the Chavs. Yet to be confirmed.
Well they'll certainly give Shiteh a run for their money.
Mind you, saying that, United may get the last laugh if they can get Kagawa. I can't see Modric going there.
Yep. And as I said earlier, there's going to be a lot of early business done this summer.


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White hand bags made of leather are great with black. Other colors such as red, blue, magenta or bags with strong colours are complementary with black clothes. When wearing shoes, a pair of higher heeled shoes with straps to knee degree is appropriate for short dresses. Brief skirts with this kind of footwear prominently emphasize the look of ladies. Nonetheless, ladies with considerable height should consider whether or not it is suitable to wear higher heels because it might improve their height to an irregular height. The exact same color black shoes are not uncomplimentary with black dresses. In addition, white is also highly suitable for this type of clothes.
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I believe you may have an original letter written by Benjamin Lippencott to his sister Amelia, dated 1 October 1849. If so, it may be very useful for the historical research I am doing for the California State Capitol Museum. Please contact me via email at ethomsen at parks.ca.gov or by phone at 916-324-0333. I look forward to hearing from you!
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Thank you for your article on Mrs. Romero at Millview School. The one thing that should have been mentioned was that Mrs. Romero was really bullied and forced into resigning. The school board wipes it's hands of everything when it says she resigned, so they can't do anything about it. That is so wrong. Everyone knows that a resignation is better than a firing, so I'm positive Mrs. Romero felt she had no choice at all rather than to resign. Everyone in the Millview community knows this firing is so wrong, except Mr. Chavez and the principal. They should do the right thing for everyone and ask her to take her job back.
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Mr. Coate:
Charles Moss was a former confederate soldier who died at Sam Hardeman's place in Matagorda County, Texas in August 1876. I found reference to your class preparing a book (The Saga of Caney Creek) that included information taken from about 100 letters of the Hardeman family. Are these letters available in a library somewhere?
Charles Moss was my great grandfather. I am trying to find out if there is any information in the Hardeman letters relating to the death of Charles Moss.
Orphaned at seven years of age, Charles Moss enlisted in the confederate army in June 1861 when he was 18 and was caputured at the Battle of Rappahannock in November 1863. I have found information in a congressional committee report that he killed a black man near New Iberia, Louisiana in a dispute over the gathering of pecans and that he tried to kill a former union soldier who was trying to organize Republican voters in Opelousas, Louisiana in October 1868. The congressional report includes information from a New Iberia newspaper in July 1874 that the Petite Anse vigilence committee gave him twenty four hours to leave the area forever and that he did.
Given his violent times, I am wondering if his death in 1876 at the Hardeman place in Matagorda County, Texas involved more than the limited information that I now have. Any information on the location of the Hardeman letters would be appreciated.
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About 19 people a minute become new victims of identity theft, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.
ID theft is the fastest-growing crime in the United States, according to authorities. About 10 million people a year find themselves in trouble involving their identity.
One complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission sums up the frustration that victims face when their identity is stolen:
"I first was notified that someone had used my Social Security number for their taxes in February 2004. I also found out that this person opened a checking account, cable and utility accounts, and a cell phone account in my name. I'm still trying to clear up everything and just received my income tax refund after waiting four to five months. Trying to work and get all this cleared up is very stressful."
Los Angeles and New York City recorded the highest number of complaints in 2005, according to FTC documents.
In many cases, thieves who take your personal data have a job where they have access to the information. Other sources include bribing someone who has the access, stealing the data from a computer or even a laptop, stealing mail, wallets or bank records, searching trash and one of the most recent trends: phishing.
Phishing is when a fraudulent company or person steals your information from you by posing as a legitimate company that has a problem with your account. The request for your information usually comes in an e-mail or phone request.
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ECTACO English German Talking Partner Dictionary for Windows 2.2.13
Talking Partner Dictionary for Windows provides bidirectional word translation and synthesis of speech.
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The Manor of Bellerive is a 4-star hotel and gastronomic restaurant open all year, surrounded by a magnificent property of almost 4 hectares boarding the Dordogne River. The Manor is strategically located at the centre of the region so that you can visit all the whole Périgord. In a restful and calm property, you can enjoy the swimming-pool, tennis, sauna and Turkish baths. Every room is unique and very romantic with view on the Dordogne River or on the park.
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Bergerac Airport at 36 Km away.
In order to quit the airport, head right (Roumanières). Go straight forward, turn left, turn right and then immediately turn left (Route d'Agen). Take the N21 at your right. At the traffic circle, 2nd exit D660. Keep on D703. Cross Lalinde, keep Sarlat la Canéda direction. At Le Buisson de Cadouin, head towards Sarlat. The Manor is on your left after the exit sign at the end of the village. - By train
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Culture, culture, culture
...time to focus
Today's Rasmussesn poll shows something interesting. First, the horse-race number has Obama at 50% and McCain at 45%. But that's not what's interesting. Read this:
Among voters who consider economic issues to be the most important voting issue, Obama leads 65% to 31%. Among all other voters, McCain leads 60% to 36%...
So what other issues might people think are important enough to base their vote on this November? Or what other issues are people pre-disposed to care about when it comes to the differences between the candidates? In a nutshell, cultural and character related issues. And thus far in this campaign, cultural issues have pretty much been invisible. And it's telling on the GOP in the polls.
How many of those folks who are supporting Obama because they feel the economy is the "most important thing" know where he stands on salient social issues like abortion and gay marriage? How many know he voted against (multiple times) mandating medical care for infants that survive an abortion procedure? How many know he opposes state marriage amendments (like those that have passed in over 30 states) that define marriage as what it has been since before our country existed - "one man and one woman"?. How many know his positions on the Second Amendment?
The point is that, in any campaign, you want to fight on ground that is favorable to you. And, no matter what McCain may say, no matter what proposals he may offer to "fix" the economy, there is no way on God's green Earth that the media is going to let him gain traction on that issue....and the voters are not disposed to believe the guy who's a member of the "in" party. So you pivot to the issues that they ARE predisposed to agree with you on.
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Shtaggle 1.2.1
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009With the encouragement of a large German following, and news of the inclusion of Shtaggle on the next MACup magazine cover CD, I present version 1.2.1…
It isn't as functional as the Intel version (the transport progress bar doesn't work properly.) but it does the task it is required to do - tag sh..music.
For those that don't know, Shtaggle is a music tagging app for OS X, with help from the last.fm community. It also gets lyrics (from lyricwiki.org).
In this version there is also support for Spotify, though limited, and better integration with Last.FM's web services - including syncronising your tags from last.fm back to your library, so they match up in both places (no tags are deleted, only appended).
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Your Child's Autism is Not a Theory!
TV3 Ireland AM recently interviewed an autism "expert," a clinical psychologist, Tony Humphreys, who made a comment about autism, saying the disorder is "a theory." So now your kid's a theory. How about that? Chalk this up to another misunderstanding into which a naïve, clinical psychologist fell! Will these professionals ever learn that parents of children with autism are a prickly bunch? Understandably, parents are outraged at his comments. It is hard enough living with a child with autism, fighting for that child's rights to treatment and education, and bankrupting the family for the child's treatment. What's impossible to then bear is for some so-called expert to come along and deny your child's debilitating condition by calling it a theory!
It also doesn't help that this psychologist's case dredges up the "lack of love" angle as a cause of autism (which reminds us all of the Detached Father Theory and finally, the sophisticated Assortative Mating Theory). Despite this debacle, which was sufficiently controversial that the Irish Examiner actually pulled the article, a couple of points do need to be made.
Autism is definitely real; however, the causes of autism are not yet well known. Much good research is being conducted and many theories as to the causes of autism are being researched. Unfortunately, we do not yet know how to measure autism biologically. We can neither count blood cells nor measure proteins to determine whether or not a child has autism. The diagnoses are always behavioral, which is not adequate, but that's all we currently have. One day, though, we will actually know the causes of autism. In the same way we know "fever" is a symptom of underlying disease rather than a diagnosis on its own, autism may similarly be a symptom of one or more conditions.
For parents of children with autism, this difference may be no more than semantics, despite the fact that researchers will be gratified after years of research. The term autism may eventually come to describe a group of symptoms, but when your child needs help, does it really matter? Let the Irish Examiner experience be a cautionary tale for the next autism expert who wades into autism's very deep waters.
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