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Is the United States about to make a breakthrough on illegal immigration, one of its most emotional and intractable controversies?
Congress and President Barack Obama plan to tackle the issue as early as next month. Some lawmakers have begun floating legislative proposals. Many activists across the ideological spectrum — immigrant advocates from Chula Vista to New York City, tea party members from Oceanside to Miami and business leaders from San Diego to Washington, D.C. — rank immigration overhaul as second in priority only to the "fiscal cliff" and related economic concerns.
If Washington succeeds, it would manage a feat not seen in nearly three decades.
The key is to solve this thorniest of questions: What should the government do with the roughly 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States?
Options include granting a pathway to citizenship, giving limited residency status to some or all of them, and boosting deportation efforts.
Any residency allowance for unauthorized immigrants likely would be paired with greater border security and worksite enforcement. But that aspect is also being disputed: Some legislators believe the U.S.-Mexico border has become well fortified in recent years — triple fencing between San Diego and Tijuana, drones flying over the Rio Grande area and more Border Patrol agents everywhere — but others said much still needs to be done.
"It is hard to overestimate the stakes on this issue," said John Skrentny, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California San Diego.
"First, it obviously matters greatly to the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S.," he added. "Second, reform is a crucial part of America's political future because Latinos care about immigration reform, and Latinos are a rapidly growing part of the electorate. Third, members of Congress continually attach other issues to any reform bill. This means that reform is going to affect policy that matters a great deal to other stakeholders."
The White House and Congress seem to agree that the time has come for a legislative breakthrough on the issue. After Latinos resoundingly backed Obama in last month's presidential election, Republicans and Democrats have pledged to end the standoff.
This will be the first attempt at a thorough update of U.S. immigration laws since 1986, when President Ronald Reagan approved a sweeping amnesty that has since benefited 3 million unauthorized immigrants. That package also included border- and workplace-security measures that have been widely denounced as inadequate or poorly enforced.
This time around, experts said Congress most likely will approve pieces of legislation separately over months or even years. Proposals that could receive early attention include the DREAM Act, which would provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship — through college or the military — for those brought here illegally as children.
Democrats favor a comprehensive plan that includes a citizenship process for unauthorized immigrants, certain provisions for heightened border security, improvements in visa processes and other changes to the overall system.
Republicans emphasize the need to bolster border security and intensify other enforcement programs first. They also prefer a more selective approach to immigration reform, such as increasing the number of visas for immigrants with advanced degrees in math and science.
"The political will to tackle the tougher questions of immigration will depend on whether politicians and parties believe they can make electoral gains, or avoid electoral losses, by addressing them," said Rosco Williamson, associate professor of political science at Point Loma Nazarene University. "It would also be huge to whichever political party is able to demonstrate it is willing to tackle issues important to the growing Latino demographic, but also avoids caricaturing immigration as 'the Latino issue,'"
Here are key points almost guaranteed to be part of any immigration debate in Washington:
Unauthorized immigrants
By far the largest elephant in the room has been the 11 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States. Many of them own homes, work, started families and have been in the country for more than a decade.
Since the November elections, several high-profile GOP members have called for a legalization program but have found it difficult to garner support from conservatives.
"There should not be an amnesty in any form whatsoever for the folks who are here illegally, period," said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine. "They need to get in the back of the line, behind those who are trying to come over legally."
Any legalization program should not be as widely available as the 1986 amnesty, said Jim Dorcy, retired senior special agent for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service, which became part of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003.
He favors limited allowances such as the DREAM Act and measures designed specifically for industries desperately needing more workers, such as agriculture and engineering.
"An amnesty, once given, is kind of a future promise that the government will do it again," he said. "I think that happened last time more than anything. It's a signal that we are soft on illegal immigration."
Democrats said this is the right time to create a pathway to citizenship for the unauthorized, fostering assimilation and civic participation.
"The ideal would be to have a bill that encompasses as many people as possible," said Mariaelena Hinacapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center in Los Angeles. "If we have an immigration reform bill that only benefits 30 percent of the people, then it doesn't really address the issue."
Angela Kelley, vice president of immigration policy and advocacy for the Center for American Progress, said any proposal that includes legality without citizenship for the unauthorized population is a "non-starter" because it would create a group of second-class people.
To encourage responsibility and discourage fraud, immigration advocates said, a legalization program should include background checks, payment of certain fees and other requirements. They also said it should eliminate the need for specialized immigration programs by incorporating labors in various industries and young people who might qualify for the DREAM Act.
Border security
Democrats and Republicans alike stress the importance of border security, but disagree on what level of security is sufficient.
Republicans are skeptical of any plan that pairs security with avenues for legal residency. During the Reagan era, Dorcy said, there was little follow-through on security measures that were supposed to accompany amnesty. At the time, even some Border Patrol agents were pulled from their regular duties to help process amnesty applications.
"Border security is first. Without that, no immigration reform works," Hunter said. "I'm not going to vote for anything else until the national-security aspect of border enforcement is taken care of."
Some immigration analysts said border enforcement is the best it has ever been. The Department of Homeland Security has released figures that show record-high deportations and record-low apprehensions along the country's northern and southern borders. And migration experts said the number of unauthorized immigrants entering the United States is now about the same as those leaving, creating a "net zero" effect.
That ratio is not good enough, Hunter said, especially because he believes the weak U.S. economy has been more of a deterrent to migrants than enforcement by the Border Patrol or Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Other Republicans call for the U.S.-Mexico border to be "sealed" by further bolstering border-security staffing, introducing better sensors and related technology and stiffening penalties, including prison time, for unauthorized immigrants.
Democrats counter that nearly every immigration law passed since the amnesty legislation in the late 1980s has addressed security. They also said the number of border officers has reached an all-time high, that more employers than ever use the E-Verify program to check workers' legal status and that authorities are conducting an unprecedented number of I-9 workplace immigration audits.
Worksite enforcement
This is one of the most complicated areas of enforcement. It pits security hawks — who support workplace raids and want all employers to screen workers using E-Verify and other means — against people who say businesses already do the best they can to vet applicants and follow employment laws.
Over the years, some industries such as agriculture and meatpacking have pushed back against requirements they felt would push them to become de facto immigration officers. Leaders of these industries said it is difficult to get enough U.S. legal residents to apply for these jobs.
Despite past discord, the issue of worksite enforcement may generate little debate when Congress takes up immigration reform next year. Republicans are angling to make E-Verify mandatory for all businesses, and Democrats may accept that trade-off in exchange for gaining GOP backing for giving unauthorized immigrants already in the U.S. a path to permanent residency.
Legal immigration
Comprehensive immigration reform could include new measures dealing with visas, guest workers and other permitted immigration to the United States.
The STEM Jobs Act, which passed the Republican-controlled House but is not expected to get a vote in the Democratic-led Senate, is being seen as a harbinger of what's to come. The legislation would allow more international students graduating from U.S. colleges with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to stay in this country.
It also would end the diversity lottery visa system, also called the green-card lottery, which allots a certain number of visas for applicants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
The White House opposes the STEM Jobs Act, saying it does not want to see individual bills introduced when a larger immigration package is in the works.
Hunter, the congressman from Alpine, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, prefer to break down the immigration issue into smaller bites. Issa believes reform should start with provisions more likely to find bipartisan agreement — including how to make the U.S. more economically competitive partly by educating the best and brightest immigrants and then keeping them in the nation, said his spokesman, Frederick Hill.


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| Cheren
チェレン Cheren
|"A Leader Who Seeks the Right Path"
Artwork from Black 2 and White 2
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Nuvema Town
|Trainer class
| Pokémon TrainerBWB2W2
Gym LeaderB2W2
| Black and White
Black 2 and White 2
|Leader of
|Aspertia Gym
|Basic Badge
|Specializes in
|Normal typesB2W2
|Game animation debut
|Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer
|English voice actor
|Jason Griffith
|Japanese voice actor
|Ryōhei Kimura
|Anime debut
|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!
|English voice actor
|Todd Haberkorn
|Japanese voice actor
|Takuya Eguchi
Cheren (Japanese: チェレン Cheren) is a rival character in Pokémon Black and White, and a Gym Leader of Aspertia City's Gym, known officially as the Aspertia Gym in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. He specializes in Normal-type Pokémon. He gives the Basic Badge to Trainers who defeat him.
- 1 In the games
- 1.1 Role
- 1.2 Pokémon
- 1.2.1 Pokémon Black and White
- 1.2.2 Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
- 22.214.171.124 Gym battle
- 22.214.171.124 Second battle
- 22.214.171.124 Tag partner (first)
- 18.104.22.168 Tag partner (second)
- 184.108.40.206 Pokémon World Tournament
- 220.127.116.11 Memory Link (one time only)
- 1.3 Quotes
- 1.4 National Gymquirer
- 2 Artwork
- 3 In the anime
- 4 In the manga
- 5 In the TCG
- 6 Trivia
- 7 Names
In the games
Cheren is a childhood friend of the player who, like the player, lives in the starting town of Nuvema Town. While he holds a greater knowledge in Pokémon than his friends and tends to offer the player advice during the course of their journey, his comments are often witty and intellectual. He also misunderstands Bianca's humor often, to her dismay. Whilst Professor Juniper describes him as being very honest, she also remarks that he can be 'a little difficult'; his impatience in particular is often seen throughout the earlier stages of his journey. He is also described as being quite judgmental by Alder.
In keeping with the theme of truth and ideals often seen in Black and White, Cheren represents those who pursue ideals—more precisely, as N pointed out in Chargestone Cave, the ideal of strength. His goal is to become the Champion and always strives to become stronger, yet the first time that Alder asked him why he strives to become stronger, he was quite unsure of his reasons. He then starts to ponder to himself how to do so—something that Alder said he used to do with his partner Pokémon as well—and what exactly it means to be strong. Alder also remarked that Cheren is a lot like Marshal.
Like the player and Bianca, Cheren receives a starter Pokémon as a gift from Professor Juniper at the start of the game. He always chooses the starter with a type advantage over the player's starter. The player will encounter and battle him several times throughout the game. After the main storyline, Cheren can be found inside Victory Road where he can be battled once a day.
In Black 2 and White 2, Cheren is the new Normal-type Gym Leader in Aspertia City, the player's hometown. He gives away the Basic Badge, replacing Lenora. Trainers who defeat Cheren will receive the Basic Badge, along with TM83 (Work Up). Outside of battle, Cheren works as a teacher at the Aspertia Trainer School, and according to Lass Serena in the Aspertia Gym, she was taught by him.
Cheren appears numerous times throughout the game, such as in Driftveil and Opelucid City, as well as Route 21. He gives the player and Hugh advice and guidance on the current situation, such as the freezing of Opelucid City, where Drayden learns of Cheren's ascension to the position of Aspertia Gym Leader.
He can be called on the Xtransceiver to give the player advice on types and Abilities.
Pokémon Black and White
- For all of Cheren's teams in Pokémon Black and White, see here
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Gym battle
Easy Mode/Normal Mode
Challenge Mode
Second battle
Tag partner (first)
Tag partner (second)
Pokémon World Tournament
Cheren uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles.
Driftveil Tournament
Unova Leaders Tournament
Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
Memory Link (one time only)
If the player chose OshawottBW:
Pokémon Black and White
At Nuvema Town
- After first move
- "I've finally become a Trainer... Everything starts from here!"
- After defeat
- "Ah! So that's a Pokémon battle!"
- After losing
- "I made a strange blunder in my first battle, but this feeling I have... I'm finally a Trainer. But first, we'd better go apologize to your mother about this messed-up room."
- After winning
- "This feeling... Finally, I'm a Trainer. On top of that, we'd better go apologize to your mother about this room."
- After first move
- "Moves that never miss and moves that can attack first... There sure are a lot of different moves."
- Sending out last Pokémon
- "It's important to choose which item your Pokémon holds..."
- After defeat
- "I see! Losing to you means that I still have a lot to learn."
At Route 3
- After first move
- "Ugh! You choose a good move, as usual."'
- Last Pokémon with low health:
- "With my knowledge, I can bring out the strength of my Pokémon!"
- After defeat:
- "Why do you keep beating me? We have the same number of Gym Badges. We should be equals in strength..."
At Route 4
- After first move
- "You seem to understand the importance of the first attack very well."
- Last Pokémon low on health
- "If I can bring out the power of my Pokémon, I can still pull this off and win."
- After defeat
- "Impressive. But why can't I win?!"
At Route 5
- After first move
- "I see. I'm surprised you chose that move."
- Last Pokémon low on health
- "Mind you... It's not over yet!"
- After defeat
- "Well! You are strong, as usual!"
- After first move
- "Your strength... And my strength... Right. Let's test them."
- Sending out last Pokémon
- "Can you be strong even if you lose? Is winning everything?"
- After defeat
- "Pokémon battles are fun. But what is it to be truly strong?"
At Route 10
- After first move
- "I will use everything that I've learned on this journey!"
- Sending out last Pokémon
- "My Pokémon and I will put all our energy into this battle!"
- After defeat
- "Thank you. You are really great."
At Victory Road
- After first move
- "I know all my strengths and weaknesses now. Soon, I will also know all yours!"
- Sending out last Pokémon
- "It's not over yet. My Pokémon are with me!"
- Last Pokémon on low health
- "I believe in my Pokémon's strength, so I don't lose my calm."
- After defeat
- "Thank you! I saw what was missing in me."
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
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At Aspertia Gym
- Entering the Gym:
- "You must be a challenger! Welcome to Aspertia City's Pokémon Gym. I'm Cheren, the Gym Leader! Hm? Well, maybe I'd better say that I just became the Gym Leader! More importantly, we need to prepare before welcoming you to the Gym."
- "We have a challenger You two, take your places!"
- "If you can defeat these two, then I'll be your opponent!"
- Before battle:
- "Just as this is your first Gym challenge, this is my first Pokémon battle as a Gym Leader! Let's both do our best and have a battle we can be proud of!"
- During battle (the first non-KO HP loss):
- "To have chosen that move... I see! You'll be a powerful opponent!"
- After sending out last Pokémon:
- "As a Gym Leader, I aim to be a wall for you to overcome!"
- When defeated:
- "This! This is what a real Pokémon battle is!"
- After being defeated:
- "That battle has made me feel really glad you were my first challenger as a Gym Leader… I give you this in honor of the strength you and your Pokémon showed!"
- "Here is your first Gym Badge, the Basic Badge! This is an important milestone! With this Badge, Pokémon up to Lv. 20 will obey you, including traded Pokémon."
- "And I want you to take this! TM83 can teach your Pokémon the move Work Up! When you use Work Up while battling, it raises the user's Attack and Sp. Atk. By the way, TMs can be used as many times as you want!"
- "In the Unova region, there are eight Pokémon Gyms and eight Gym Badges! If you're a Trainer, you could collect all of them! That will make it easier to fill the pages of the Pokédex as well! Yes, two years ago, Pokédex in hand, I left on a journey with my friends."
- Leaving the Gym:
- "Bianca! It's been two years, hasn't it?"
- "I thought it would be a good idea to register each other in the Xtransceiver!"
- "Now, you can communicate with me from your Xtransceiver."
- Xtransceiver conversation:
- "Professor Juniper, it's been a long time. I'm glad you're doing so well. The Gym Leader position is very tough… If I had my usual partners…"
- Afrer the conversation:
- "Bianca makes a good point. I'll tell you what I know about Pokémon Abilities and Pokémon type matchups.
- Meeting Hugh:
- "You look like a tough Trainer. Understood. Please come into my Pokémon Gym!"
- Before the dark grass:
- "<Player>! Wait!"
- "Come with me, you two."
- "See the dark tall grass here? It's rare, but sometimes two Pokémon pop out at the same time. Also, the Pokémon that hide in dark grass are slightly stronger. So be careful if you walk through."
- "If you're going to challenge the next Gm, it's the Virbank Gym. These might help!"
- "Here are some for you, Hugh! Both of you, do your best! If you need anything, call me on the Xtransceiver."
- Before battle
- "I'm as thrilled as I can be to battle here against you, the first challenger I battled as a Gym Leader. I'm sure you've learned something about Pokémon during your journey. Now, I'm going to see if your bond with your Pokémon has grown stronger!"
- When defeated
- "Fantastic! You and your Pokémon have grown much stronger!"
- After being defeated
- "I made it where I am because Pokémon were by my side. Perhaps we need to think about why Pokémon help us not in terms of Pokémon and Trainers but as a relationship between living beings."
- Other Tournaments
- Before battle (first round)
- "I feel that if it's with you, this battle won't be a simple competition but a battle where I can ponder the relationship between Pokémon and their Trainers."
- Before battle (second round)
- "Do you want to show how strong you are by winning, or do you want to learn what battling really means? Pokémon battles have no meaning if you don't think why you battle. Or better said, it makes battling together with Pokémon meaningless."
- Before battle (final round)
- "Even if hurt, my Pokémon will fight for me with just one command. I think I'll value and trust your Pokémon more if you keep that fact close to your heart. What can I do for these Pokémon? What should I do? That's right! I battle with everything to find the ideal relationship between Pokémon and people!"
- When defeated
- "Thank you! I feel like I saw a little of the way toward my ideals."
- After being defeated
- "I'll keep battling many Trainers and Pokémon like this, and if I can learn what kind of person I am, it will open up my path. I'm sure this path will lead me to become the person I'm meant to be. Pokémon will always be with you and me as we go down our own paths. Our important friends, Pokémon..."
Badge Case
- Everyone has a different dream. Search for your life's purpose.
National Gymquirer
- Jingle: "Woo hoo! All right! It's 'The National Gymquirer'!"
- Page: "That's right! We collect the hottest gossip about Gym Leaders seen around town! Here is today's letter. From someone going by the name 3rdGradeGoodyGoody! Thank yooou! 'Recently, I saw Cheren making his thumb and middle finger into a circle like glasses. He said he gave up his glasses so he can focus on Pokemon battles, but maybe Cheren actually misses them' Hm... Maybe a circle is just a circle! 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"
| Official artwork from
Black and White
| Cheren's Trainer sprite from
Black and White
| Cheren's back sprite from
Black and White
| Cheren's VS sprite from
Black and White
| Cheren's Xtransceiver sprite from
Black and White
| Cheren's overworld sprite from
Black and White
| Cheren's Trainer sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| Cheren's back sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| Cheren's VS sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| Cheren's Xtransceiver sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| Cheren's overworld sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
In the anime
Cheren was mentioned in New Places... Familiar Faces! by Professor Juniper where she explained that he was a new Gym Leader located at Aspertia City. Cheren first appeared in There's a New Gym Leader in Town!. Ash and his friends met him at the Aspertia Gym, where they learned that he was also a teacher at the Trainers' School, which was located at the Gym. When Pikachu and Axew accidentally caused loud noises on the School's PA, making all the School's Pokémon run wildly around, Ash, Iris, and Cilan helped Cheren to gather them. Finally only a Shinx was left. When it was too scared to come closer, Cheren went to it, and, ignoring its Electric shocks, managed to calm it down. Afterwards, Cheren agreed to have an unofficial battle with Ash. Ash used his Oshawott, while Cheren used his Herdier. Cheren eventually won the battle, with Herdier taking Oshawott out with a super effective Thunder Fang.
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Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: voice actors for the Pokémon.
On Hand
| Herdier is Cheren's only known Pokémon. It was used to battle Ash's Oshawott, and won.
Herdier's known moves are Take Down and Thunder Fang.
|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!
At Aspertia Gym
| Cheren takes care of many Sunflora that live in the Aspertia Gym. When Pikachu and Axew accidentally caused loud noises on the school's PA, all the school's Pokémon ran wildly around, including the Sunflora. Ash, Iris, and Cilan helped Cheren to gather them.
None of Sunflora's moves are known.
|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!
| Cheren takes care of many Ducklett that live in the Aspertia Gym. When Pikachu and Axew accidentally caused loud noises on the school's PA, all the school's Pokémon ran wildly around, including the Ducklett. Ash, Iris, and Cilan helped Cheren to gather them.
Ducklett's only known move is Water Gun.
|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!
| Cheren takes care of many Minccino that live in the Aspertia Gym. When Pikachu and Axew accidentally caused loud noises on the school's PA, all the school's Pokémon ran wildly around, including the Minccino. Ash, Iris, and Cilan helped Cheren to gather them.
None of Minccino's moves are known.
|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!
|Voice actors
|Michele Knotz
| Cheren takes care of two Shinx that live in the Aspertia Gym. When Pikachu and Axew accidentally caused loud noises on the school's PA, all the school's Pokémon ran wildly around, including the Shinx. Ash, Iris, and Cilan helped Cheren to gather them.
Shinx's only known move is Discharge.
|There's a New Gym Leader in Town!
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Cheren (Adventures)
Cheren appears as a supporting character in Pokémon Adventures.
In the Be a Master!! Pokémon BW manga
Cheren is friends with both Monta and Bianca, he is very knowledgeable about Pokémon, which Monta dislikes. Anywhere Monta slips up he won't hesitate to tell him the right way. He first appears with Bianca when Monta is attempting to capture a wild Patrat and Watchog. Monta is just about to capture the Watchog which Cheren tells him that it is not the right way. He explains to Monta to remember that when two Pokémon come out at the same time, one should knock out the one they don't want before they can get the one that they do want. Cheren suddenly decides for all of them to take their Pokémon journey together, which a man on his bike overhears. He starts insult them making him and Monta angry.
He uses Tepig in a Double Battle with Monta's Snivy against a Bōsōzoku King's Braviary, it looks like they were about to lose, but they uses a combination attack which Cheren thinks of, fainting Braviary. Cheren battles Monta in PBW2 using his Tepig, Pansage and Basculin against Monta's Snivy, Panpour and Roggenrola. He starts off with a lecture about triple battles. With his great knowledge of triple battles he gives Monta a hard time, but is eventually defeated. He has traveled with Monta and Bianca from time to time.
Cheren battles Monta in PBW8 in a Single and Triple Battle. Even though the Single Battle was easier for Monta, Cheren gave him a hard time in the Triple Battle.
On hand
| Cheren's Tepig is well trained and has a type advantage over Monta's Snivy. It was first used in a Double Battle with Snivy against the Bōsōzoku King's Braviary. After Snivy tries a Vine Whip which hardly does any damage, he goes in for a fire attack which hardly does any damage too. Tepig is then sent flying with Peck. It goes in with a Fire Pledge with Grass Pledge creating the combination needed to defeat Braviary.
It battles Monta in PBW2 with Pansage and Basculin against Monta's Snivy, Panpour and Roggenrola. It starts off with an Ember on Snivy, before taking a hit for Basculin by switching places with it, not hurting it much. But seconds later, Panpour uses Surf fainting it.
Tepig reappeared as an Emboar where it fought with Monta's Reshiram, Victini and Zekrom in the Single and Triple Battle.
Emboar's known moves are Fire Pledge and Ember.
| Cheren's Pansage was first seen in a battle against Monta's Snivy, Panpour and Roggenrola with Tepig and Basculin. It gets hurt a tiny bit by Panpour's Surf, but along with Basculin is defeated by a powerful Rock Slide by Roggenrola.
None of Pansage's moves are known.
| Cheren's Basculin was first seen in a battle against Monta's Snivy, Panpour and Roggenrola with Tepig and Pansage. It is about to get hit by Snivy's Vine Whip but switches places with Tepig. It then gets hit by Panpour's Surf which does not do much damage. But along with Pansage is defeated by a powerful Rock Slide from Roggenrola, fainting it.
None of Basculin's moves are known.
| Cheren sent out Bisharp during the Single Battle against Monta where it got defeated by his Reshiram's Fusion Flare.
None of Bisharp's moves are known.
| Cheren sent out Beartic during the Single Battle against Monta where it got defeated by his Victini's V-create.
None of Beartic's moves are known.
Cheren borrowed Serperior during his Triple Battle against Monta.
Cheren borrowed Samurott during his Triple Battle against Monta.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Cheren makes a brief appearance in the very first chapter of Pocket Monsters BW where he along with Black and Bianca go to Professor Juniper's lab to get their first Pokémon.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Cheren or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Related cards
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
|Emerging Powers
|White Collection
|BW-P Promotional cards
|Virizion Strength Deck
|Terrakion Strength Deck
|Cobalion Strength Deck
|Battle Theme Deck: Victini
|Dark Explorers
|Reshiram EX Battle Strength Deck
|Zekrom EX Battle Strength Deck
|Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus
|Hydreigon Half Deck
|Garchomp Half Deck
|Boundaries Crossed
|Freeze Bolt
|Master Deck Build Box EX
|Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck
|White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck
|Blastoise/Kyurem-EX Combo Deck
- His Japanese Leader title is 真理を 求める 者.
- Cheren, Bianca, and N are the only Trainers in Pokémon Black and White with animated battle sprites.
- Cheren is the first rival to become a Gym Leader within a generation. Blue was the player's rival in Generations I and III and was a Gym Leader in Generations II and IV.
- Cheren is the only Gym Leader who gives out a Badge previously given out by another Gym Leader in a different Gym.
- Cheren does not use any dual-type Pokémon in the Pokémon World Tournament. He shares this trait with Whitney, who is also a Normal-type Gym Leader.
|チェレン Cheren
|From черен čéren, Bulgarian for black.
|English, German, Spanish
|Same as Japanese name.
|Same as Japanese name.
|Possibly komor, Hungarian for gloomy.
|체렌 Cheren
|Same as Japanese name.
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|黑連 Hēilián*
謙煉 Qiānliàn*
|Rough transliteration of his Japanese name. Contains 黑 hēi (black).
Rough transliteration of his Japanese name. Possibly from 試煉 shìliàn (trial) or 鍛煉 duànliàn (to toughen).
|Rival characters
|Blue • Silver • Brendan/May • Wally • Barry • Cheren • Bianca • Hugh • Calem/Serena • Shauna • Tierno • Trevor • Hau • Gladion
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Cards' McClellan helps rescued dogs
Reliever lends hand to St. Louis adoption organization
By B.J. Rains / MLB.com
McClellan, who owns a 1-year-old golden retriever, is one of several Cardinals who own dogs and support Stray Rescue of St. Louis, a group that helps stray rescued dogs find good homes in the St. Louis area.
Last month, Albert Pujols and Chris Carpenter were among the players fighting over a 140-pound English mastiff that was eventually adopted by catcher Jason La Rue.
"I would have never thought that the dog we got, what she brought to me and my wife, just the love she has, just the friend she is," McClellan said. "So hopefully a lot of those dogs that haven't had such good loves can find a good home."
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, an avid animal lover, started the Animal Rescue Foundation in 1991 to help stray animals find homes, and his love for animals seems to have rubbed off on the rest of the clubhouse.
And McClellan hopes that others in the St. Louis area will join in and adopt a rescued dog both for their benefit and the dogs'.
"[Stray Rescue of St. Louis] has over 200 dogs that are currently looking for homes," McClellan said. "They only do dogs that are found on the street. The one that was in here today had a big acid burn on his side because his owners threw acid on it, and you go to pet it and it gets a little scared. It's just sad that people would do that to dogs.
"So we're just trying to get awareness out there because there are dogs that need homes. There are a lot of good dogs that are stuck in those cages that could do a lot of help to some families."
B.J. Rains is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Liberal Democrat councillors have allowed an MP accused of "appalling" sexual allegations to retain a powerful position on his local council amid internal party clashes over the handling of the case.
Mike Hancock was suspended from the party this week after the leaking of a QC's report into allegations - which he denies - of inappropriate behaviour towards a constituent with mental health issues.
The Portsmouth South MP had already resigned the parliamentary party whip last year, but was still sitting as a Lib Dem local councillor until the local group last night ruled that his suspension meant it must strip him of the party banner.
But the group, which has previously accused the party leadership of suspending Mr Hancock without due process, also made clear it had been effectively forced into the decision and allowed the MP to retain his seat on the council's cabinet.
In a statement, Portsmouth City Council's Liberal Democrat group said: "Councillor Mike Hancock no longer remains a member of the Portsmouth City Council Liberal Democrat Group because, having had his membership suspended by the party at national level, it is not possible for him to remain a member of the city council group until the suspension is lifted.
"The group acknowledges that the suspension has been imposed before the issue to which suspension relates has been properly and fairly determined through due process in the courts.
"The group decided that the Independent Councillor Mike Hancock should retain his seat on the cabinet of the city council. This was decided because Councillor Hancock is best placed to fulfil the role of cabinet member for planning, regeneration and economic development."
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg yesterday insisted he had taken immediate action after learning of "appalling" allegations levelled against the MP as he came in for criticism for failing to do anything in the three years after the party was notified of the complaints.
The Deputy Prime Minister, who is also facing criticism over the handling of separate sexual harassment allegations against Lord Rennard, said he had acted last year as soon as he heard that a civil case was being brought against his MP.
"When I was given the specific allegations at the beginning of last year I immediately asked our chief whip to investigate," he said. "As a result Mike Hancock ceased to be a Lib Dem MP.
"When those allegations were then supported by the QC's report that has come to light this week again we acted immediately and Mike Hancock has been suspended from the Lib Dems altogether."
The Deputy Prime Minister added: "The first time I was given specific allegations was when there was a notification of legal proceedings, which I was informed of at the beginning of last year.
"You can only react to things that are put to you.
"That is when I acted. I acted immediately because I was as appalled as anyone by the seriousness of these allegations."
After a Hampshire police investigation concluded there was no case to answer, Portsmouth City Council launched an inquiry into whether Mr Hancock had breached the council's code of conduct, but that has now been put on hold pending the outcome of the civil court action.
The report, carried out by Nigel Pascoe QC for the council, found "compelling" evidence of "serious and unwelcome sexual behaviour" towards a vulnerable woman constituent. She suffered a mental health disorder and had been sexually abused as a child.
Her solicitor, Harriet Wistrich, said it had taken the Lib Dem leadership three years to take action after the complaints about his conduct first came to light.
"There seems to be a pattern here of Lib Dems not dealing with the matter," Ms Wistrich told Sky News.
"My client's wish is for him to be held properly to account for his misconduct. We are exploring all avenues. It has taken us three years to reach this stage because every time she has gone down one regulatory procedure or another, there's been no investigation or no decision made.
"I think that the Lib Dems have very belatedly suspended him from party membership. The council have been appalling in not taking action earlier. He still is a councillor, they could proceed now with the allegations that he has breached their council code of conduct."


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Giuliani Confronted
By 9/11 Truthers, Lies About WTC Collapse
9/11 truthers are making headlines again today after confronting Rudy Giuliani in New York on his foreknowledge of the collapse of the twin towers. Amazingly, just weeks after saying the opposite, Giuliani now claims he had no idea the towers were going to fall.
Watch the video.
Giuliani was confronted by Infowars reporters led by 9/11 truth movement
warrior Luke Rudowski, head of the WeAreChange.org
group, and the story has since garnered national attention, appearing
on the Drudge Report early this afternoon.
"We were operating out of there when we were told that the World Trade Center was gonna collapse," Giuliani told ABC's Peter Jennings during a phone interview on 9/11. Giuliani has never identified the source of this warning, unprecedented as it is that modern steel framed buildings would collapse from fire damage for the first time in history, and it completely contradicts his assertion today that he "didn't realize the towers would collapse."
The ABC clip is included in the video below.
In addition, during an April 19th event held at the Oklahoma City Museum and National Memorial, Giuliani said "It occurred to us all that they might ultimately collapse," in referring to the twin towers.
He was also caught in a bizarre lie when he claimed that WTC 7 collapsed in stages over a period of time when in reality it fell within just eight seconds.
Watch the video.
Though Giuliani is attempting to make a distinction of the fact that he expected the towers to fall after a period of time, this still doesn't explain who gave him the warning and why he seems to flip-flop on this issue every time he is asked about it, while wearing a strange broad grin across his face.
it also underscores the notion that the sudden implosion of the twin towers was an unnatural event and even Giuliani acknowledges this fact.
The 9/11 truth activists led by Rudowski also confronted David Rockefeller at his home as well as the CFR at their main headquarters. Reports and video footage on those events will be forthcoming.
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>Off the Beaten Path>RA Thread of the Year & Hall of Fame - Nominations
The threads are good, but I've discovered that they are mostly not as entertaining as when they occur in real time.
Yeah, you are probably right. A stroll down memory lane isn't as fun as a live performance.
Has anyone nominated this one for HOF yet? The secret to running fast.
It probably makes it on this post alone:
are you a 9 year old girl?
are you a 9 year old girl?
Runners run.
an amazing likeness
Here's a overall HOF nomination for...
What is your finish face look like
(gingrish title is part of the nomination)
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
I think memory lane is a fabulous place for a stroll, especially perusing the true classics of RA literature.
However, "thread of the year" in April... nah. I think some of this year's just SEEM amazing because they's fresh. (that said, the railroad running crimes and misdemeanors was fun)
Thank you so much for this thread! The tendon issues I've been having in my right foot kept me from running last night so I read: The time sport jester trolled RA by posting a photo of caveman footprints
That on deserved a HOF nomination, well done!
Thank you so much for this thread! The tendon issues I've been having in my right foot kept me from running last night so I read: The time sport jester trolled RA by posting a photo of caveman footprints
That on deserved a HOF nomination, well done!
I'ts really my bad for never opening sportjester threads. I missed this gem until just now:
Yes, why do you think I am wearing a tinfoil helmet? Because I think it's fashionable? Come on, man.
I've got a fever...
Okay, was it sportjester who had the thread about how his research showed that running like on ostrich or some shit was the best way to run? That was a quality thread.
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Demon of Bad Decisions
We are missing some kind of a Globbie guide to mid-run crapping.
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
Yes. I'm sure that's one of the linked ones previously.
And let's not forget "the dude we confuse with sportsjester who was a different dude".... Good ol "Richard" (he has had different derivations of this). Goes back to coolrunning days.
The weird thing is that I think (though I don't recall and have work to finish) that sportsjester... the dude that cross dresses and challenged me to race him for 100 miles on a treadmill... might actually be named Richard. But I'm pretty sure just based on writing styles, topics, and the websites associated with them, that "Richard" =/= "sportsjester"
Not to mention "uncertainty is woven into the fabric of the universe."
I'm here to help. Everybody poops.
Also, even better.
Also, Globbie's pre-race routine:
I'm here to help. Everybody poops.
Yes. Best advice ever given here.
Once "movement" is imminent, the trickiest part is finding your OBMPP (Optimal Bowel MovementPrevention Pace). Run too fast, and you hasten your body's process dangerously. Slow down too much, and your system may slow down, but then you're not getting much closer to safety. There's a real delicate balance in finding that pace that will mitigate disaster...
Options,Account, Forums
False Dichotomy.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Oh, we're just taking nominations now. This neat little thread will store all nominations until I roll out the thread of the year tournament! This will winnow out the winner. It will take 4 weeks and 64 seperate polling threads beginning in December. You won't miss it because I'll keep myself busy bumping each poll hourly.
I'm just sad I wasn't nominated! Perhaps all of my "good works" (few as they were) appeared on RWOL, vice RA.
I like the 2 recent contenders, Redbird's "train track felon" thread, and the 14 minute 5K thread. --- The 14 minute 5K thread was contrived from the start, but the train track felon thread was actual and genuine from the start, so I give a thumbs up (In Eberts honor) to the train track felon thread.
The Plan '15 → /// "Run Hard, Live Easy." ∞


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Zenaida asiatica
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Joan Gellatly
Originally a bird of desert thickets, the White-winged Dove has become a common sight in cities and towns across the southern U.S. When perched, this bird's unspotted brown upperparts and neat white crescents along the wing distinguish it from the ubiquitous Mourning Dove. In flight, those subdued crescents become flashing white stripes worthy of the bird's common name. Take a closer look and you'll see a remarkably colorful face, with bright-orange eyes and blue "eye shadow."
White-winged Doves are plump, square-tailed doves with relatively long, thin bills and small heads.
White-winged Doves are brown overall, with a dark line on the cheek. A white stripe at the edge of the folded wing becomes, as the bird takes flight, a bright flash in the middle of a dark wing. The tail is tipped in white and set off with black stripes from the gray underside. Their faces are ornately marked with a black streak on the cheek, and blue skin around the red eyes.
White-winged Doves forage on waste grain and seeds on the ground, or take to trees to eat berries. In the Sonoran Desert, they eat many saguaro cactus fruits. They often gather in huge flocks for trips between roosting and foraging areas, as well as during migration. Their long, hooting "whoo-OOO-oo, ooo-oo" calls are an increasingly common sound in the southern U.S.
Look for White-winged Doves in desert habitat in the Southwest and in cities and suburbs of Texas and the coastal Southeast. They often visit backyards, especially those with birdbaths and feeders. Individuals wander widely and irregularly across the continent after the breeding season ends.
Mourning Doves are thinner-bodied than White-winged Doves with long, tapering tails and gray-brown wings. Eurasian Collared-Doves are larger and paler overall, with a black collar across the back of the neck not the side of the neck. Eurasian Collared-Doves also have larger white patches in the tail and less contrast in the tail (with no black) than White-winged Doves. The White-tipped Dove of southern Texas lacks bold white stripes in the wing and has no dark bar on the neck. The much larger Rock Pigeon tends to be much grayer, and although its plumage is variable it usually does not show bold, isolated crescents across the wing as White-winged Doves do.
White-winged Doves often eat at elevated bird feeders. They're fond of seeds, including sunflower, milo, corn, safflower, and they may also eat berries from shrubs. White-winged Doves sometimes fly into windows when startled, so it's important to make sure your windows are bird-safe.
Look for White-winged Doves near urban areas, including in cities, in the southern U.S. They forage on the ground in small groups, perch on bird feeders, or nest in big shade trees. They're a delicate tan when perched, but in flight they become quite striking, with long white wing stripes setting off dark outer wings. In the forests and cactus deserts of the Southwest, they're often found near water in the morning and afternoon.
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Orioles unable to overcome Garcia's early struggles
HOUSTON -- Eight Orioles players and various members of the team's front office and staff visited the NASA training facility on Wednesday afternoon, getting a special tour and behind-the-scenes look at the Johnson Space Center.
Starter Freddy Garcia wasn't one of them, but the 36-year-old still saw plenty of rocket ships. Garcia was hit hard, surrendering four home runs over three-plus frames in which the Astros took to the batter's box as their own personal launching pad, evening the series by handing the Orioles an 11-7 loss at Minute Maid Park.Full Game Coverage
HOUSTON -- Eight Orioles players and various members of the team's front office and staff visited the NASA training facility on Wednesday afternoon, getting a special tour and behind-the-scenes look at the Johnson Space Center.
Starter Freddy Garcia wasn't one of them, but the 36-year-old still saw plenty of rocket ships. Garcia was hit hard, surrendering four home runs over three-plus frames in which the Astros took to the batter's box as their own personal launching pad, evening the series by handing the Orioles an 11-7 loss at Minute Maid Park.Full Game Coverage
"I don't think I made any good pitches," Garcia said of the 63-pitch outing. "I got my [butt] kicked tonight. That's part of this game. Sometimes you pitch one game you're dealing and the next game something like that happens."
The defeat -- the Orioles' fifth in their last 15 games -- saw the Astros hit six home runs, their most since Aug. 9, 2006, against the Pirates, with three of those coming within Garcia's first 34 pitches. The righty, fresh off a dominant eight scoreless innings on Thursday, struggled from the get-go, with Houston going deep twice in the first inning. Jason Castro sent the first-pitch of his at-bat into the seats for a two-run homer, and one out later, Carlos Pena added a two-run shot of his own.
Garcia allowed a one-out solo shot to Marwin Gonzalez in the second, and after pitching out of two-out trouble in the third, Matt Dominguez's homer to left field in the fourth chased him from the game. The four homers were a season high for Garcia and tied the most he's allowed in his 15-year career.
"All the things he had working for him last time he didn't have," manager Buck Showalter said of Garcia, who was charged with six earned runs. "He elevated [the fastball], didn't have some depth to it, that offspeed pitch didn't have it. A team like this, any team for that matter, you make those mistakes you are going to pay."
Garcia, who took his first loss in four starts, exited without recording an out in favor of right-hander Steve Johnson, but the homers kept coming for Houston. After a pair of strikeouts, Johnson, who felt discomfort in his left oblique while warming up, surrendered a solo shot to Jose Altuve and J.D. Martinez followed, sending a ball into the left-center-field concourse to also score Castro.
"Sometimes it gets better the more loose it gets, but it was bothering me a little bit," Johnson said of his oblique, which will be reexamined on Thursday. "[I] had trouble getting over my front side and really locating the outside pitch on the corner. [I] was able to kind of gut it out as best as I could and try to just kind of save the bullpen a little bit."
Johnson, who had a right lat strain sideline him this spring and take him out of the running to make the Opening Day roster, iced the area and was hopeful it would improve overnight.
"Really, when I need to finish the pitch and get out in front and locate that pitch, I was leaving a lot of balls arm-side," Johnson said. "It was frustrating. I was getting behind and leaving a lot of balls up and they hit them. I feel it a little bit [now], but hopefully I can come back tomorrow and it will be a lot better -- but I have no idea."
Showalter said Johnson, who exited after 2 1/3 innings, would have come out of the game at the same point even without the issue, and lefty Troy Patton became the third consecutive O's pitcher to give up runs with a pair in the seventh.
"Troy pitched well for us last year and seems like every time I think he's ready to get in that groove, he takes a step back," Showalter said. "It's one step forward and another step back. Going to try to trust his track record and hope he gets it going."
The Orioles' offense, stagnant for most of the night, got it going late in the game to make things interesting. They scored a trio of runs in the seventh, their first offense since the first inning, to pull the score within five. After starter Dallas Keuchel left after allowing a run on five hits and a pair of walks, the O's jumped on reliever Paul Clemens. Steve Pearce beat out an infield single and scored on Alexi Casilla's triple. Nate McLouth, who scored in the first, followed with a sacrifice fly to plate Casilla. Shortstop J.J. Hardy turned loose on a 2-2 pitch for his 13th homer of the year, picking up his second RBI of the night in the process.
The O's scored another pair on Matt Wieters' eighth-inning homer off Travis Blackley and kept threatening from there. Danny Valencia and Casilla worked walks and McLouth's one-out single loaded the bases and prompted Astros manager Bo Porter to insert Hector Ambriz. Manny Machado responded with an RBI single into left field, closing the gap to four and bringing the tying run to the plate in Hardy. However, the shortstop couldn't come through for a third hit, grounding into an inning-ending double play instead.
"That's what you call good old-fashioned American League baseball," Porter said. "I tell you what, that's a good ballclub they have over there. To battle the way they battled after getting down early, that's a credit to their guys and Buck Showalter and his staff."
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Really Good
Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
I purchased this for my wife. She really enjoys her music, so after reading the reviews on multiple units, I dicided to get this KMC 3. When it arrived, the packaging was the best - a special container made just for the KMC - I am keeping for travel purpose. My wife was not keen on the size because she was use to the Big Jawbone. But, after she listened to the sound, she was very happy and I became happy
Pros: The Sound produced was everything the other reviewers said - A big sound with clearness
Cons: The KMC 3 size is not small which prevents it from being really portable.


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The Royal Clowncil has decided to make a drastic move with the push of one button to crown a pawn to become the next queen of City Ball.
Suspense was hanging in the room as the public awaited the verdict but all barking dogs were muzzled and City Ball went as quiet as it has ever been.
We know who let the dogs out but we'll probably never know who held the leashes and the muzzles, at least not publicly.
One can simply connect the dots between the eerie silence caused by absentee ballots that were cast in private, and the lone panther who advised to move the pawn to the front of the chessboard, but that would be speculation and that's not how Savannah conducts business.
No Sir, Savannah adheres to its very own Moonshine Law and doors are either always open, ajar but never locked. No Sir that would be against the wishes of our AG.
It may seem like a strange move to some but in essence there is a meaning to it when you look at it from a pure chess perspective.
The previous queen was being attacked from multiple flanks and even though she was protected by a horse, a rook and a pawn, the queen's moves were limited to two, neither one of which seemed to ultimately lead to a clear win.
In such a scenario, it is in the best interest of the shaker and mover to sacrifice the queen in exchange for a fast move by an unsuspected pawn.
The three stooges, disguised as horse, rook and pawn will now protect their lonely pawn so that at the end of the board, the pawn can receive a beautiful tiara and play the role of new queen on the board.
Everybody is happy and all will be advised shortly to send jewels in lieu of engraved glasses which can now be bought and sold at a deep discount on E-Bay or at the Dollar Store near you.
What is very interesting in all of this is that Clowncil did not need mediation in this conflict. After all, the pot to be distributed was not big enough to argue about and sometimes laying down your cards ends up being cheaper than bluffing in the wind.
Now we are waiting what the new deck of cards will do for Savannah and whether our pawn will move in the right direction or whether the leash and muzzle holder will pull the strings and this ends up being nothing more than a rerun of the Muppet Show.
I don't know about you, but I hate reruns and I am in dire need of a new pilot program for next season on the Cartoon network or Channel 8.
The tension among viewers has never been higher and we all sit on the edge of our seats.
Will busboy get a plastic boat to play with in the bathtub?
Will the horse get "paint by numbers" kit next to the rooming house?
Will the rook get to play ball in 2015?
Or will the pawn revitalize the local drugstore?
Stay tuned for our next episode. To be continued, not to be confused with "to be shelved".


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—About 200,000 young illegal immigrants in Colorado may qualify for an exemption under a federal program that provides temporary relief and work permits for immigrants who entered the country as children.
Immigrants from Mexico, Eastern Europe, Honduras, Colombia and Guatemala attended meetings in Grand Junction recently to learn about the program.
According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel ( http://tinyurl.com/b8mf7lp), many young people waited until after the election to see if the federal program would continue.
If accepted, immigrants in the two-year program will not be deported and could be eligible to work legally, but it would leave them no path to residency or citizenship.
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It's obvious how to highlight the current line:
"highlight_line": false,
However, is there a way to underline the current line?
I don't believe underline is possible in vanilla Sublime at all.
You could underline it with a plugin. You just need to code the plugin to create a region with the correct setup.
I underline stuff in a number of my plugins.
Thanks guys. @face, I figured you would have something in your quiver that addresses this! I'll start poking around.
If you have in trouble, I can probably point you in the right direction.
Does anyone have a plugin they would be willing to share that does this, either underline, or outline, similar to the examples by facelessuser?
With regards to word-wrapped lines, it would be nice to only underline / outline whichever horizontal line the cursor is at. The default of highlight line can be visually confusing when dealing with word-wrapped lines.


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Luc, I tried refraining from answer your first attempt at citing discontent. I was able to ignore you, but now your being plain silly. My mother use to say, "If you cant say anything good about something, then at least don't say anything bad." I think you have failed on both accounts. I don't know what is in you heart or what your purpose was in posting the original message but I don't think it was for any good. -Freeman Luc Leblanc VE2DWE wrote: >On 15 Apr 2005 at 16:57, Gould Smith wrote: > > > >>Luc, >> >>No it is not OK >> >>Do not put AMSAT Area Coordinator in your signature unless you are >>conducting AMSAT Area Coordinator business. >> >>I will not waste my time having semantic arguments with you. >> >> >Please adhere > > >>to the policy or take the consequences. >> >>Gould >>WA4SXM >> >> > > >Is this is an BOD decision or an own selfish argument? should all the >AMSAT-NA members refrain to put their AMSAT membership number in >their signature too? I try to follow your own logic here not semantic >but plain simple logic. > >Is this the next step will be to censor the membership opinions? Are >YOU inviting all the membership with different opinions to leave? >Could be you are living in a totalitarian country should i called it >AMERIKA to censor how we should sign our post? > >If you have nothing more to answer than semantic arguments you >probably should step down... This way you will not loose your >time...and our's > > >Luc VE2DWE >AMSAT# 33583 > >A simple demoKratic AMSAT member... >---- >Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to email@example.com ---- Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to firstname.lastname@example.com
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Investigators encountered the reptiles at a house on Milford Road
Editor's Note: This story originally contained an incorrect address.
New Hanover County Sheriff's deputies started out looking for marijuana plants Thursday night and ended up finding about 80 snakes, a tortoise and a caiman, a crocodile-like creature.
Investigators encountered the reptiles at 4805 Milford Road in the Kings Grant neighborhood, said Cpl. J.L. Augst, a sheriff's office spokesman.
Augst said possessing the reptiles is not against the law, but the manner in which they are housed and kept is regulated.
"It is our belief that they are not being kept in compliance with the statute," Augst said. "We're removing the reptiles from the home."
John Adam Kamm, 31, is charged with maintaining a dwelling for controlled substances, felony possession of marijuana and manufacturing drugs. Kamm and Laura Luke, 44, were also charged with numerous counts of mishandling reptiles, but deputies were still trying to figure out how many were in the house as of Friday night, which would dictate the number of charges.
Per Article 55 of the N.C. General Statutes, venomous reptiles, constricting snakes and crocodilians must be kept in escape-proof, sturdy enclosures with an operable lock. For venomous reptiles and constricting snakes, the enclosure must be labeled with the scientific name, common name, number of specimens and the owner's identifying information.
The snakes were kept in plastic containers; a roomful of mice and rats was being used to feed them.
Employees from the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher were deputized by the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. Zoological Society to handle the reptiles. The venomous snakes will be sent to the Museum of Natural Sciences, and the constrictors and caimans will go to the Zoological Society.
Some of the snakes were kept in the containers where they lived for transport because they were too dangerous for wildlife employees to handle.
Kamm is being held on a $100,000 unsecured bond, and Luke is being held on a $50,000 unsecured bond.
The New Hanover County District Attorney's Office and N.C. Wildlife were also involved in the seizure.
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Neutrogena is easily found at nearly every mass market store, from Target to CVS and even the mini-mart in my Shell Gas Station. I love that you can buy a Multi-Pack from Amazon.com, making you more likely to actually apply that 1 ounce!
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Oonaka archaeological park is an officially-designated historical site. This ruin was found by archaeology-fanatic junior high students in 1962.
Several pit dwellings were built in the site to recreate an ancient(300B.C.-400A.C.) village.
You can even enter the pits to experience what it was like to live in pit dwellings.
Beside the ruin is Hyogo prefectural museum of archaeology. It is about 15-minute walk from the nearest station, JR Tsuchiyama, to the site.
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.


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• The NFL is tired of players celebrating inappropriately after successful plays and scoring plays, and its officials have evidently been charged with controlling this increasing "menace." Section 3 of the league's rule book outlines the behavior that will be penalized, under the banner of Unsportsmanlike Conduct:
"Sack dances, home run swing, incredible hulk; spiking the ball; spinning the ball; throwing or shoving the ball; pointing; pointing the ball; verbal taunting; military salute; standing over an opponent [prolonged and with provocation]; or dancing."
These moves are also verboten:
"Throat slash; machine-gun salute; sexually suggestive gestures; prolonged gyrations; or stomping on a team logo."
The updated rule book actually came out before the 2012 season, but as officials are making the rounds to NFL training camps to explain new rules and changes in emphasis like they do every year, they're telling players that they'll be watching celebratory behavior more closely.
Some players, like receiver Steve Smith of the Carolina Panthers, are working on alterations to their celebrations. Smith considers the ball spin to be his signature move, and he said on Monday that when it comes to avoiding penalties, "We're working it out."
It's easy to understand why the NFL is trying to legislate as much violence out of the game as possible, but the limitation of expression seems archaic at best. Football is an emotional game, played under pressurized conditions, and any victory over the inherent difficulties involved will lead to a reaction. "No Fun League," indeed.
• Analyst Mike Mayock of the NFL Network, one of the most highly-respected tape mavens in the business, said yesterday on the NFL Network that St. Louis Rams rookie receiver Tavon Austin might be "the most explosive player I've ever seen in my life."
"He's almost impossible to cover in short spaces," Mayock said of the former West Virginia star, who the Rams traded up to take with the eighth overall pick. "So the ways you can use [him] are basically only constrained by the imagination of your offensive coordinator."
Austin has the potential to present the kind of matchup nightmares one rarely sees, because he's just about impossible to catch when he's free in the open field. For the Rams' offense to jump it up a few notches and quarterback Sam Bradford to finally realize his potential, Austin will have to play a big role.
"Clearly there's a lot you can do with him,'' Rams coach Jeff Fisher said of Austin soon after he was drafted. "He'll start off as that slot receiver, but it doesn't end there. There's a lot of different things you can do with him. He can stretch the field. The 4.28 [speed] is real. That itself creates some problems. He's got excellent hands. He's quick out of the break. He understands and likes football. He's going to be really fun to watch."
• Speaking of NFC West rookies, one scout recently told Arizona Cardinals broadcaster Ron Wolfley that defensive back Tyrann Mathieu is "pound-for-pound, the best player on the field." One offensive coach told Wolfley that Mathieu was going to "change the team."
There's no question about Mathieu's raw football ability -- like Austin, Mathieu is a rare athlete who can upend a lot of gameplans if he's used correctly. But Mathieu lasted until the third round of the 2013 draft because he's got a long and complicated history of off-field behavior. He was booted off the LSU team before the 2012 season after failing multiple drug tests. But he was able to put himself back in the minds of NFL personnel people when he showed up at the 2013 scouting combine and amazed with a workout that proved to be one of the best that week.
"I didn't have everything together back in college," Mathieu said at the combine. "I had everything together as far as football, but when it came to my social life, my personal life, I didn't have everything intact. I didn't have my emotions intact. Spiritually, I wasn't intact. Once you take football away, you are able to work on the person. These last six months, that is all I had was Tyrann the person. I attacked the person, I attacked my issues. I think that is why I am here at the combine ... Back when I was the Honey Badger, I didn't have everything intact. Going forward, I am going to focus on being Tyrann Mathieu, and that is the person I want to control right now."


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Answers to those challenges have not come easily.
Vehicle dwelling became a hot topic more than two years ago, particularly in the College Terrace and Ventura neighborhoods. Palo Alto city staff crafted an ordinance to ban the practice, but vehicle dwellers and supporters pleaded with city leaders to find an alternative to a ban, and they formed an alliance to study options.
On Nov. 20, the City Council's Policy and Services Committee voted 3-1 to recommend the council approve a six-month pilot program to engage churches, businesses, not-for-profit institutions and Stanford-based organizations in hosting up to three vehicles with dwellers on their lots. The program would be modeled on the Homeless Car Camping Program in Eugene, Ore. Registered vehicle dwellers use parking spots at designated churches and businesses. The city would explore using city-owned parking lots as possible hosting sites for vehicle dwellers, an option council members previously rejected.
"I think the city needs to get some skin in the game," said former Councilman John Barton. "If you want to ask the churches and the nonprofits and the businesses to step up, why isn't the city stepping up? I think the city needs to show the way on how to help those who need temporary help."
Buena Vista Mobile Home Park
Whether the city can retain 400 low-income residents was a question some people raised after learning that the 86-year-old Buena Vista Mobile Home Park could close next year.
Property owners the Jisser family decided it's time to sell the roughly 4.5-acre site, and San Mateo developer Prometheus wants to get a zoning change to build 180 high-end apartments for tech workers. The changeover would eliminate 117 low-income housing units from the city's roster, with no replacements.
Mobile-home owners will receive compensation for their dwellings and relocation expenses if they cannot be moved, but advocates say Buena Vista residents would be forced out of Palo Alto altogether and that isn't acceptable.
But closing the mobile-home park suits some nearby Barron Park residents just fine. They say Buena Vista is an eyesore and they want it razed. Other neighborhood residents said that not saving the mobile-home park or finding alternative housing within the city, would run counter to the city's comprehensive plan and say much about the commitment or lack thereof toward inclusiveness and diversity.
Neighborhoods surrounding downtown Palo Alto continued to wrestle with spillover parking from businesses and their employees this year.
On July 17, Professorville neighborhood residents lost their bid for a parking-permit program after the City Council voted to reject a staff proposal. Council members said they would seek more permanent solutions to the dilemma. The parking-permit program did not include the Downtown North neighborhood, which is also clogged with parked cars.
In November, the council agreed to initiate two major studies: One would look at downtown's capacity for new development and another focuses on garages and potentially building new parking facilities. The council also directed staff to consider zoning revisions to reduce parking problems resulting from new development, adding bike-parking stations and shorter-term solutions such as loading zones around residential areas.
In December, the council put a one-year moratorium on a zoning exemption that lowered the parking requirements for new downtown developments. But they were split on whether the moratorium should apply to two projects currently going through the planning process, which are located at 135 Hamilton Ave. and 636 Waverley St.
Council members will revisit that discussion in the coming year. But residents living in Professorville, University South and Downtown North said their neighborhoods are already at or near saturation.
"Downtown is going to fill up like a bathtub full of water and there won't be anywhere to put the new cars," said Downtown North resident Sally Ann Rudd.
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Good news arrived this year for two neighborhood retail-development projects, which have been hanging fire for years.
After seven years, Alma Plaza has been rebuilt. Miki's Farm Fresh Market opened in October, offering organic and specialty foods at lower prices than most other specialty markets and a larger space than its predecessor, Albertson's.
After two contentious years and 15 hearings, the project was approved to include 37 homes, 15 below-market-rate apartments, a small park and a community room.
The redevelopment of Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center also hit a few snags, including a lawsuit in 2008 to give residents a say in what went on the property, as specified in the land tract's covenants. Developer Sand Hill Property Company settled the case in 2009 and agreed to retain the historic Eichler retail structures, find a grocery store and reduce the number of homes to be built to 10. East Coast grocer The Fresh Market signed a contract in February of this year and will inhabit the renovated space previously occupied by Albertson's.
Renovation began in September. That meant the end of the popular food-truck gatherings, Edgewood Eats, which were organized by Crescent Park resident Susie Hwang as a way to keep the site from becoming completely derelict and to rally the community around the plaza.
Residents were excited when the project finally got under way, but feelings soon soured after one of two Eichlers was dismantled and hauled away. Residents who originally had filed suit to keep the structures cried foul. The building was to be dismantled and moved, then reconstructed. But developer John Tze said most of the building's structure was too rotten to save.
Building community
Two initiatives designed to improve a sense of community took root in 2012. Mayor Yiaway Yeh introduced the Mayor's Challenge, a series of community gatherings around events. The first athletic event on March 25 was a table-tennis (ping-pong) challenge, followed in June by "A Day in the Park," which featured bocce ball, yoga and youth tennis at Mitchell and Rinconada parks.
The last in the series, a bicycle challenge, took place in October, along with the Bike Palo Alto event.
"Overall, the Mayor's Challenge saw over 1,000 people from around the Palo Alto community, including participants and volunteers take part," Yeh said.
In September, he introduced a neighborhood-grants proposal to strengthen a sense of connectedness. City leaders endorsed the program, which would fund block parties, neighborhood-watch programs and other projects. The council directed staff to design a program in the coming months.
"A game of ping pong is great for one day's worth of getting together and trying something out, but it's not enough to really recommit, rekindle or re-spark a lot of that sense of neighborliness," Yeh said.
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Overflow shelter for homeless opens
By Rita Price and Dean Narciso
About 15 women spent the night in the building at 511 Industrial Mile Rd., which used to be a church and before that a fitness club.
Shelter officials say they've worked hard to arrange for shuttle services, more-frequent COTA runs, special-duty township police patrols, national-level background checks for clients, and other measures aimed at keeping the neighborhood safe.
"I think the concerns that were brought up by the community have been addressed and will continue to be monitored," said Franklin Township Trustee Tim Guyton.
The first clients arrived about 7:30 tonight and were checked for weapons with an electronic security wand before being directed to the large room of beds, freshly painted walls, coffee and a flat-screen television. Lights were turned out at 10 p.m.
Guyton said the YMCA of Central Ohio, which operates the shelter through an agreement with the Community Shelter Board, will keep up its public meetings with area residents and business owners to discuss any problems.
"If issues should arise, that's where they can be brought up and, hopefully, where they can be addressed," Guyton said.
The opening of the 190-bed winter overflow shelter had been delayed for nearly two months amid legal, zoning, building- and fire-code battles.
Creative Child Care Inc. lost its requests last month for a restraining order and injunction to halt the opening, but it still has a lawsuit pending. A tall chain-link fence has been installed between the properties.
Michelle Heritage, the executive director of the Community Shelter Board, said the community negotiations haven't made everyone happy. But the winter weather and crowded conditions at existing shelters were creating a critical situation.
New brass sprinkler heads shone from the ceiling's plumbing tonight, in compliance with fire-code demands. And those needing extra bedding were furnished with new fleece blankets.
"It's great. I'd give it a 10," said Stacey Brown, 38, who arrived alone in Columbus on Dec. 21 after being unable to find work in Jacksonville, Fla. She's been seeking warehouse work since.
Another woman staying at the shelter tonight was Anita Taylor, of Lubbock, Texas, who has been in Columbus for two months to visit her ill father at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center.
"It's just a warm, clean place," she said of the shelter. "It's just a blessing. But there's a lot of people still out there on the street."
Heritage said occupancy, which tops out at 130 beds for men and 60 for women, probably will ramp up in the coming days.
Shelter residents are to arrive between 7 and 8 p.m., after the day care's 6 p.m. closing. They will begin leaving around 5 a.m. and should be out by 6 a.m., when the day care opens. The shelter is not open during the day.
Homeless adults are supposed to call a central access number to request a shelter bed. They are given day passes for the Central Ohio Transit Authority and can use nearby bus stops to meet the shelter shuttle.
Heritage said the evening shuttle pickup site is the COTA stop at W. Broad Street and Wilson Road. In the mornings, when shelter residents leave, the shuttle is available to take the men and women to any of three COTA stops: at Industrial Mile and Georgesville Road.; at W. Broad Street and Viotis Drive; or at W. Broad and Wilson.
"We worked with COTA to say, 'What are reasonable stops that buses could run often?' " Heritage said.
She said six churches throughout the city have agreed to serve as "warming stations" for the homeless during the day, sometimes serving meals. Heritage said that shelter residents aren't expected to remain in the area during the day.
"Our experience in the past has been that people do not stay and hang around the overflow shelter," Heritage said. "They go lots of different places. They go to work, to friends' houses. They are citizens."
Taylor, who has construction experience in Texas, said she will remain in town "if I can find work."
And as for those who object to the shelter's location, she said: "They don't know what they'r e talking about until they've walked in my shoes. It may be their turn tomorrow."
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