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Nick Martinez enjoyed his homecoming. And, after an anxious ninth inning, his friends and family got to celebrate a win.
Martinez allowed two runs and struck out a career-high seven in six innings of work, Alex Rios drove in two runs and the Texas Rangers survived Miami's last-inning rally to beat the Marlins 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon.
Marcell Ozuna and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered in the ninth for Miami, but the Rangers held on for a split of the quick two-game series.
"It was great," said Martinez, who had about 100 family and friends in the stands. "It was very special. I got to pitch where it all started against a team I grew up watching. I thought that was pretty cool and even better than we came out on top."
Martinez (3-9) allowed six hits and threw 62 of 96 pitches for strikes. He was born in nearby Hialeah and pitched at Belen Jesuit Prep, about 12 miles from Marlins Park.
Leonys Martin had three hits for Texas, which grabbed a 5-0 lead after two innings. And after giving up the two solo homers, Neftali Feliz got his fifth save in six tries, striking out Donovan Solano to end the game with the tying run on base.
Feliz closed it out moments after manager Ron Washington visited the mound and nearly pulled him.
"He said, `Give me one more hitter' and he said it like he meant it," Washington said. "So I gave him one more hitter."
Marlins starter Nathan Eovaldi (6-8) gave up nine hits and five runs, four earned, in five innings.
Martinez had a 3-0 lead before taking the mound in his home city for the first time. Texas -- which had been held to three runs or less in 14 of its last 18 games entering Wednesday -- strung together four straight two-out hits in the opening inning. J.P. Arencibia's double brought Rios home with the first run, and Adrian Beltre came around when Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria dropped the relay.
Martin's single made it 3-0, and Rios' second-inning double -- on a popup that dropped in right -- pushed the lead to 5-0.
"I was leaving the fastball up in the zone, couldn't get that slider to have that good bite to it," Eovaldi said. "It's tough for us to come back from 5-0 after two innings but we were right there, knocking on the door at the end."
Martinez gave up an RBI double to Ozuna in the fourth, then let Ozuna score Miami's second run on a wild pitch. Otherwise, he largely escaped trouble.
Ozuna and Christian Yelich each had three hits for Miami.
"Too many runs early," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "It's a day game, 12:40 start, we've got to come out of the chute and put up some zeroes, give our offense a chance to get going. To give up five runs in two innings, that can't happen."
Rangers: In his fifth rehab outing, LHP Derek Holland (microfracture surgery on left knee) gave up seven hits and two earned runs in five-plus innings for Triple-A Round Rock against Tacoma on Tuesday night, earning the win. The Rangers still lead big league teams with 14 players on the DL.
Marlins: The Marlins hope to get reliever Dan Jennings back in the coming weeks, and the bullpen will get a boost in the interim. LHP Brad Hand starts Sunday, meaning RHP Brad Penny is eligible for relief work.
Rangers: Texas is off Thursday. RHP Colby Lewis (8-10, 5.52) gets the ball for the Rangers on Friday night when they open a weekend homestand against Kansas City and Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura (9-9, 3.48). It'll be the first meeting between the clubs in 2014.
Marlins: Following a day off Thursday, the Marlins open a nine-game road trip when RHP Henderson Alvarez (9-5, 2.43) starts Friday at Colorado. LHP Franklin Morales (5-6, 5.04) is the scheduled starter for the Rockies.
The Marlins' three-game home winning streak was snapped. Miami hasn't won four straight at home since May 4-7.
Martin is batting .500 (15-30) in his last eight games for Texas, including five multi-hit games.


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Basketball star LeBron James posted an Instagram video of a streaker who ran onto the field during the World Cup final showdown between Germany and Argentina.
The game was briefly delayed in the second half when a fan ran onto the field with the words "Natural Born Prankster" written on his chest, according to USA Today Sports.
The incident did not make it on air, as broadcasters cut away to a shot of Christ the Redeemer. James, however, managed to capture the moment and post it on Instagram, which you can see below.
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The NBA star captioned the video: "Hahaha!! We're going streaking! Everyone's doing it. Man that was hilarious. #WorldCupFinal #Brazil"
Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup.
Recently, James announced he will be leaving the Miami Heat for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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The pimp known as Jon Gosselin is at it again. The father of eight has yet once again gotten himself a new girlfriend. PEOPLE magazine is confirming the unlucky new lady in Jon's life is 25-year-old Morgan Christie.
Morgan reportedly resides in California though she met Jon back in Utah during thanksgiving. Sources tell People, "She grew up very privileged, tons of money." Morgan is a former Emory University student and met Jon while skiing in Utah, where her relatives live.
The National Enquirer posted the exclusive photo below of Jon and his new chick –
Sighs, young love. We give it 3 more weeks. In other news, Kate Gosselin continues to make headlines for her new makeover, you know the one that has her looking pretty much the same with the exception of a few hair extensions. Well the hair stylist responsible for her "makeover" is speaking out.
Ted Gibson says Kate's entire makeover took an estimated 20 hours, and estimates the cost to be around $7,000. Yes you read that right. Apparently Ted used the best quality of human hair for Kate's extensions, that added in with time spent on coloring and other things added up pretty quickly. It's safe to guess PEOPLE magazine covered the costs for Kate's new look.
And finally RadarOnline was able to get their hands of a photo of Jon's NYC apartment after it was ransacked and robbed. The photo shows a large Japanese chef's knife speared through a note and stuck into the top of his dresser. The note was apparently signed with Hailey Glassman's name and Jon's reps have publicly accused his ex GF of being responsible.
As of now, all parties involved are trying to settle their differences, since Hailey came out accusing Jon of being physically abusive to her.
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Jean Nolino, R.N. Intake Coordinator[email protected]
Meet The Team
Our team means everything to us — it defines our culture, process and environment. We put an emphasis on working with smart people who uphold our values and create new opportunities for our clients and patients.
Dr. Matthew Lefferman Medical Director & Founder
Matthew Lefferman, DO, is the founder and chief medical officer of Access Healthcare Associates. He completed portions of his Internal Medicine residency training at Hahnemann (Drexel) University in Philadelphia, PA and Banner Good Samaritan hospital in Phoenix, AZ. Since that time, his professional focus has been the field of geriatrics.
He has several years experience as a physician working in the home setting and in skilled nursing facilities. Additionally, he serves as medical director for a hospice agency and for a mobile wound care practice.
Jaana Salonsaari Nurse Practitioner
Jaana is a board certified, Adult Geriatric, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. She studied at CSULA. Her clinical experience as a nurse practitioner includes primary care, acute care, subacute care, nephrology, palliative care, and hospice with a strong focus on Geriatric populations and minority health. She worked as an RN in telemetry, medical surgical floor, hospice, and home health. Jaana, native of Finland, is also fluent in Spanish.
Eliza Okhowat Nurse Practitioner
In 2009, Eliza graduated from the Adult Nurse Practitioner program at CSULA. Her graduate work at UCLA focused on Diabetic Strategy in Nephrology. She worked with patients who had chronic kidney disease and joined Dr. Lefferman's team in 2012. Eliza loves her job! She says, "I work with elderly and hospice. I have a passion for this population, and feel I found my niche." Eliza grew up in Virginia has a family in California now. When she's not working she spends time with her two young children.
Adam Mahdi Nurse Practitioner
Johanna Camacho Office Administrator
Johanna has kept everything running smoothly in the AHA office since 2012. Whether it's administrative duties, marketing or maintaining patient relationships, she has her finger on the pulse of the office.
Johanna loves being a mother of three and a wife. When she's not working or baking, she is playing soccer on one of the four women's leagues of which she's a member!
Elizabeth Giraldo Director of Business Development
Manuel Ramirez Certified Medical Assistant
Manuel graduated at the top of his class from Kaplan College North Hollywood. As a Certified Medical Assistant his responsibilities at AHA include: medication refills, chronic care management, order and assist with lab testing, coordinate referrals, and outpatient services---home health, psychical therapy, skilled nursing, wound care management and more. He was born in Mexico but raised in the Greater Los Angeles area since the age of five. In his spare time he enjoys listening to music, updating his medical knowledge and enjoys spending time with his family.
Marcos Ramirez Certified Phlebotomist
Marcos graduated from Kaplan College North Hollywood, and has worked at AHA since 2014. His duties as back office medical assistant include: blood draws, EKG's, ear lavages, injections, memory tests, and reviewing lab results.
His hobbies are fitness and music. Marcos plans to go back to school and to advance his medical field career.
Milo Sarmiento Certified Phlebotomist
Milo graduated at the top of his class with perfect attendance from Kaplan College North Hollywood. Milo is a motivated Medical Assistant and Phlebotomist with a highly effective communication style. His job duties include venipunctures, injections, ear cleaning and electrocardiograms (EKG).
During his spare time he enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing sports, snowboarding and long walks with his dogs.
Ileana Lopez Administrative Medical Assistant
Ileana graduated from Kaplan College North Hollywood in 2013, and started working at AHA in 2014. Ileana's responsibilities include: New patient referrals, patient demographics, assisting with insurance verification, and scheduling. Ileana takes great pride in giving the best customer service to patients and families.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Jeanette Newman Medical Records Coordinator
Jeanette retrieves patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel. She reviews records for completeness and accuracy. Other duties include: planning, developing, maintaining, or operating a variety of health record indexes for storage and retrieval. She manages the department and supervises personnel in the medical records department. Jeanette enjoys working in the office and helping to provide a high level of service to both our patients and their families.


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Painting the town red
Hollywood was seeing red Sunday night as its leading ladies wore crimson and garnet, rose and ruby to the Academy Awards. Conventional wisdom might say that red would blend in with that endless red carpet, but it didn't keep acresses from choosing it. We counted at least a half dozen — Katherine Heigl, Anne Hathaway, Heidi Klum, Miley Cyrus, Ruby Dee and Helen Mirren — in red frocks. And deeper shades were worn elegantly by Julie Christie (in short!) and Jessica Alba.
Black was the other red carpet standout, from Jennifer Garner's Oscar de la Renta gown (what a background for all those vintage Van Cleef & Arpels diamonds!) to Hillary Swank's floral-appliqued Versace. Also in black were Nicole Kidman (her diamondl necklace had a huge wow factor), Penelope Cruz and Laura Linney. On first glance, Amy Ryan's Calvin Klein dress looked black, but it was actually midnight blue silk chiffon.
As for trends, one-shoulder looks made a big impression and are universally flattering, as long as you have perfect shoulders and long lean arms, that is.


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Last week Gail Gray, Penn State Beaver student aid and veterans coordinator, along with a representative from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, hosted an on-campus workshop to provide more than 30 high school guidance counselors with an overview of the financial aid process as their students prepare to enter college. Gray is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Student Aid Financial Aid Administrators.
The program, which is presented annually, is designed to explain financial aid, how awards are made, which students qualify for aid in special circumstances, and any changes or updates to state and federal student aid programs.
For more information, contact Gray at email@example.com, 724-773-3803, or 1-877-JOIN PSU, or visit www.beaver.psu.edu.


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Mayor's Office
Spring program information for the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department is now available online at parks.lincoln.ne.gov. This Web site also has been updated with new features and links to social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter.
A printed program catalog is no longer mailed to homes, but can be found at all public recreation centers, Lincoln City Libraries and the Pioneers Park Nature Center as well as the Parks and Recreation athletic (3761 Normal Blvd.) and administrative (2740 "A" St.) offices.
"We encourage the public to check out the many fun and healthy activities and events offered by Parks and Recreation," said Director Lynn Johnson. "Using our Web site and the free social networking tools helps us save taxpayer dollars and keep the cost of our programs and activities low for families."
At parks.lincoln.ne.gov, the public can sign up for the department's monthly e-mail newsletter and subscribe to the RSS feed. Other recent additions to the Web site include a Google calendar of events and a page where visitors can find newsletter archives and past annual reports.
The Parks and Recreation Department also can be reached at 402-441-7847.


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So you've decided to take the online business system route. It may be something that you thought about over a period of time, or maybe just an impulsive decision that came to you in the spur of the moment.
Even though there are literally thousands and thousands online business opportunities online, it can be quite tricky to find the ones that are right for you.
If you are a newbie in the industry, you are going to need all the help you can get, and unfortunately there are quite a lot of online business systems that just take you well earned money and leave you to fend for yourself.
I've taken it upon myself to provide you with a few important things that you need to consider when taking on the online world, not in any particular order, but equally important if you want to make it online:
1. Do not promote garbage – if you are going to promote something for a company, it is imperative that the value of the product is good quality. Find a review of the company, and see what they are about.
2. Full training and support – make sure that the company can provide you with full support such as video training, e-mail contact, webinars and downloadable training material. They won't be successful unless you are successful.
3. Multiple income streams – make sure that the company offer more than one way for you to generate income i.e. different products for you to make money with. The more you can sell with one website, the better.
4. Free website – a free website can be a good bonus if you are new in the online business game. Just make sure, like in point 1, that you promote a good quality product. Do your research well.
If you follow these four points, then you could be well on your way on finding a good, legitimate online business that can generate income for you in years to come.
Just remember that nothing just comes by itself, you are going to have to work for it, but once you get the hang of it, there is really nothing to it.
I've known plenty of people who failed the first time with online business ideas, but the only ones who became successful, are the ones who never gave up. I cannot stress this enough. It is the same as any other business, if you don't quit, you cannot fail.


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Obama's top-down grassroots army
President Barack Obama's got a volunteer army — and all their marching orders come from carefully organized paid generals back at headquarters.
Obama won two terms by harnessing a grassroots movement through a tightly controlled, top-down campaign organization. Now the group formed out of Organizing for America is now bringing that approach to Organizing for Action.
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It's what differentiates OFA from other grassroots groups, and even the Democratic National Committee: they're combining large-dollar donations and unpaid local leaders for a carefully built, lasting structure that they believe will be just as effective in supporting the president as it was in electing him.
So far, OFA has alternated its agenda – a week on gun control, then a week on immigration, with some connection to Obama's White House schedule. Starting next week, OFA will for the first time run concurrent national campaigns on gun control and immigration, blasting emails to supporters and holding local events.
( PHOTOS: 39 great photos from Obama's first term)
Operating four campaigns allows OFA to target separate audiences, OFA executive director Jon Carson said, with different issues playing to disparate audiences. OFA has been particularly effective in drawing new volunteers in red states Obama didn't contest in 2012, where would-be supporters now have an opportunity to work for the president in their communities.
"There's a set of people whose passion is on gun violence. There are other people whose top passion is the budget fight or the sequester fight," said. "We're very, very happy with the level of engagement."
Previously named Organizing for America, the group changed its name to Organizing for Action when it remade itself after the 2012 election. Though just a few months old, OFA already has local chapters with volunteer state directors in 42 of 50 states. They've each got groups of regional and local leader volunteers working under them, planning actions and events to support Obama's agenda.
But everything they do is managed straight out of headquarters — they're the only ones who get to call the shots, and they're the only ones with access to the Obama data trove, including the 17 million-name email list.
Through regular conference calls and briefing memos, OFA's leadership of paid, experienced operatives directs volunteer leaders in the states detailing what issues the organization will tackle and strategy will be. They tell the state OFA leadership how to hold sessions for new recruits on basics like organizing events, attracting new members, working with like-minded groups and even pitching stories about events to local reporters.
( Also on POLITICO: Right's new cause: Immigration)
"They are just thrilled to have a chance to work in their own backyard," Carson told POLITICO. "The reason people were on the campaign, the reason people came to this president in the first place I think our volunteers, they just get it."
A separate policy development team also determines the issues for them back at headquarters: campaign directors in place for each of the four issues that the president has set as second term priorities — gun control, immigration reform, environmental protection and the economy.
( Also on POLITICO: Dems reach out to Toomey on guns)
"The time to act is now, and people are using what they learned in the campaign, grassroots campaign technology, to all push for some commonsense pieces of legislation, and actions, that can make our country better," said Jim Messina, the Obama 2012 campaign manager and OFA chair, in an interview to air Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" online "Press Pass."


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We can do this when we can: include an introduction, record our idea's in order,
talk about our feelings, use interesting words.
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There probably will be a happily-ever-after ending for "Snow White and the Huntsman"at the box office this weekend.
The adaptation of the classic fairy-tale -- the second take on "Snow White" to hit theaters this year -- is expected to open with a solid sum of $40 million to $45 million, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. The studio behind the film, Universal Pictures, is projecting a softer opening of between $30 million and $35 million.
Either way, the movie should open with far more than March's "Mirror Mirror," Relativity Media's more comedic spin on Snow White starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts, which launched with a weak $18 million domestically and ultimately collected $62 million. However, "Mirror Mirror" had a budget of around $100 million, while "Snow White" cost Universal $170 million to produce.
Starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth, "Snow White" has so far earned middling reviews; on Thursday, the film had a 52% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Coming close after the disappointing performance of Universal's $209-million production"Battleship," there's a lot riding on "Snow White" for the studio.
"Snow White" is Universal's second-most expensive release of 2012 and part of a new strategy at the studio to spend big on a handful of big event films aimed at worldwide audiences.
The movie marks an important moment in the career of Stewart, best known for her role as Bella Swan in the mega-popular"Twilight" franchise. With the vampire series coming to a close this November, the 22-year-old actress has yet to prove she can open a movie outside of the "Twilight" pictures.
Since the first "Twilight" film hit theaters in 2008, Stewart has only appeared in three other movies, the most successful of which was the 2009 comedy "Adventureland," which ended up collecting $16 million. Since, she has played Joan Jett in "The Runaways" and a stripper in "Welcome to the Rileys," but both films flopped at the box office. The latter movie grossed only $158,898.
This weekend, "Snow White" is also opening in 45 foreign countries, including Brazil, Mexico and in Britain.
In limited release, Arc Entertainment is opening its 1920s Cristero War picture "For Greater Glory" in over 700 theaters. The movie, which stars Andy Garcia as a retired military general who joins the resistance during the Mexican civil war, is expected to gross around $2 million on its opening weekend. That's about how much Cinedigm's dance musical "Battlefield America" is likely to collect as it opens in 200 locations.
Meanwhile, "Piranha 3DD," from Weinstein Co.'s Dimension Films, will play in 75 cinemas. The kitschy horror flick is a sequel to 2010's "Piranha 3D," which grossed a surprisingly respectable $83 million worldwide. The new film will also be released Friday on a number of video-on-demand platforms, including Amazon, iTunes and Xbox Live.
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Mortgage backed securities are the starting point for all mortgage market pricing, and are the investment of choice for mortgage REITs
When the Federal Reserve talks about buying mortgage backed securities, it is referring to the To-Be-Announced (TBA) market. The TBA market allows loan originators to take individual loans and turn them into a homogeneous product that can be traded. TBAs settle once a month, and Fannie Mae loans are put into Fannie Mae securities. TBAs are broken out by coupon rate and settlement date. In the chart above, we are looking at the Fannie Mae 3% coupon for May delivery.
The TBA market is the basis for which your loan originator prices a loan. When they make a loan to you (as a borrower) your rate is par, give or take any points you are paying. Your originator will then sell it into a TBA. If you are quoted a 3.5% mortgage rate with no points, the lender will fund your loan and then sell it for whatever the current TBA price is. In this case, the TBA closed at 104 17/32, which means your lender will make just under 6 percent before taking into account their cost of making the loan.
The Fed is the biggest buyer of TBA paper. Other buyers are sovereign wealth funds, countries who have trade surpluses with us, and pension funds. TBAs are a completely "upstairs" market in that they don't trade on an exchange and most trading is done "on the wire" or over the phone.
Volatility in the equity markets did not translate into volatility in the MBS market
While we endured some wild swings in the equity markets last week, mortgage backed securities fell slightly, but not dramatically. Fannies rallied five ticks (they trade in 32nds) on Monday on the back of the equity market sell-off and the flight to quality trade, but slowly gave back those gains to close flat by the end of the week. While the past week was relatively data heavy, nothing much happened that would change the view that quantitative easing will probably last through the end of the year.
Implications for mortgage REITs
Mortgage REITs, such as American Capital (AGNC), Capstead Mortgage (CMO), and Hatteras Financial (HTS), are the biggest beneficiaries of quantitative easing, as it helps keep their cost of funds low and they benefit from mark-to-market gains. This means that their existing holdings of mortgage backed securities are worth more as the TBA market rises. The downside is that interest margins compress going forward as yield moves inversely with price. Also, as mortgage backed securities rally, prepayments are likely to increase which negatively affects mortgage REITs.
As a general rule, a lack of volatility is good for mortgage REITs due to the fact that they hedge some of their interest rate risk. Increasing volatility in interest rates increases the cost of hedging. This is due to the fact that as interest rates rise, the expected maturity of the bond increases as there will be less prepayments. On the other hand, if interest rates fall, the maturity shortens due to higher prepayment risks. Mechanically, it means they must adjust their hedges and buy more protection when prices are high and sell more protection when prices are low. This "buy-high / sell low" effect is called "negative convexity" and explains why Fannie Mae MBS yield so much more than Treasuries. While Fannie Mae mortgages do not have an explicit government guarantee, they are "government-sponsored" and are considered to be guaranteed by the government. That said, Ginnies and Fannie do trade at a spread to each other, with Ginnies trading at a premium due to their explicit government guarantee.
Finally, REITs that are in the origination business, like PennyMac (PMT), will benefit from this move as it will encourage refinancing and make homes more affordable, at least at the margin.


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Creating Custom Groups in Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project 2007 lets you group similar items together to help you keep track of all the data you enter. The Group feature essentially enables you to organize information by certain criteria — for example, by hourly rate, duration, or cost.
Organizing tasks or resources in this way can help you identify a potential problem in your project. For example, say that you find that the majority of your resources at project startup are unskilled and that most of the tasks at the end of your project are on the critical path. In that case, you should probably build in more time and money for training, build in more slack, and move out your final deadline.
Like filters, groups come predefined, and you can create custom groups. Custom groups include three elements that you can make settings for: a field name, a field type, and an order. For example, you might create a group that shows the field name (such as Baseline Work) and a field type (such as Tasks, Resources, or Assignments) in a certain order (Descending or Ascending). A group that shows Baseline Work for Tasks in Descending Order would list tasks in order from the most work hours required to the least.
Other settings you can make for groups control the format of the group's appearance, such as the font used or a font color to be applied.
Follow these steps to create a custom group:
1. Choose Project –> Group By –> More Groups.
The More Groups dialog box appears.
2. Select either Task or Resource to specify in which list of groups you want the new group to be included.
3. Click New.
The Group Definition dialog box appears.
4. In the Name field, type a name for the group.
5. Click the first line of the Field Name column, click the down arrow that appears to display the list of choices, and then click a field name to choose it.
6. Repeat Step 5 for the Field Type and Order columns.
Note that if you want the Field Type option of grouping by assignment rather than by resource or task, you must first select the Group Assignments, Not Tasks check box to make that field available to you. Otherwise, the Field Type of Task or Resource appears by default.
7. If you want to add another sorting criteria, click a row titled Then By and make choices for the Field Name, Field Type, and Order columns.
8. If you want the new group to be shown in the list when you click the Group box on the Formatting toolbar, select the Show in Menu check box.
9. Depending on the field name you've chosen, you can make settings for the font, cell background, and pattern to format your group.
10. If you want to define intervals for the groups to be organized in, click the Define Group Intervals button.
This displays the Define Group Intervals dialog box; use the settings here to set a starting time and an interval.
11. Click OK to save the new group and then click Apply to apply the group to your plan.


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The tpm restart command contacts the currently configured services on the current host and restarts each service. On a running system this will result in an interruption to service as the services are restarted.
The restart command can be useful in situations where services may not have started properly, or after a reboot services failed. For more information on explicitly starting components, see Section 2.5, "Starting and Stopping Tungsten Replicator". For information on how to configure services to start during a reboot, see Section 2.6, "Configuring Startup on Boot".


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Adding Color to Young Lives was the theme for the 2012 Partners for Youth Gala. It was held at Palazzo Verdi in Greenwood Village and netted $101,000 for the mentoring programs of Douglas County & Metro Denver Partners and its Gang Rescue & Support Project (GRASP).
Steve Hardardt, senior vice president at tw telecom and a Partners board member, emceed the event chaired by Donna Askam. Her husband, Doug, serves on the Douglas County Partners board.
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Following a silent auction social and dinner, the 200 guests listened as one of the organization's mentors shared a personal experience that illustrated the "immense value" mentoring has on changing a child's future. They also learned more about GRASP and its gang rescue and intervention efforts. Both the director of GRASP and an outreach staff person speak from experience: each of them is a former gang member.


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flock to Master Gardener plant sale
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[May 19, 2014]
LINCOLN - Saturday morning in spite of
some gray skies and chilly temperatures, local residents stood in
line outside waiting for an opportunity to snatch up plants grown by
the Logan County Master Gardeners.
The annual plant sale at the Logan County Fairgrounds was a bit
late this year, due to a harsh winter and cold spring, which slowed
down the early growing season. However, this had little effect on
the local market because until just recently it hasn't been warm
enough to put to plants in the ground anyway.
When the doors opened at 9 a.m., the 4-H barn being used quickly
filled with shoppers grabbing up their favorite plants. The first
person to arrive at the check-out did so within just a couple of
minutes, as it appeared she knew exactly what she was coming for and
where to find it.
This year there were hundreds if not thousands of plants ranging
from ornamentals, such as Hostas and Day Lilies; to herb plants, and
vegetable plants, such as tomatoes.
A large stack of boxes set aside for shoppers by the Master
Gardeners quickly dwindled as shoppers snatched up plants in
This year, there were volunteers from the local 4-H organizations on
hand to assist customers with carrying their purchases out to their
vehicles. There were also carts and wagons available for the really
big items.
Within the first 30 minutes the plant inventory fell by at least 50
percent as happy shoppers made their way through the check-out.
Amy Hyde with the Logan County Extension was on hand watching the
event and said it was going to be yet another good year for the
Master Gardener sale.
She explained that the advantages to buying from the gardeners
include the fact that the cost of the plants is significantly lower
than at a retail establishment.
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She said the role of the Master Gardeners is to teach and
encourage gardening. She said some have asked her to explain how
a plant sale does this, and the explanation is pretty easy. At
the sale, customers have the opportunity to try something new at
a fairly inexpensive cost. They also have the opportunity to
talk to the gardener who actually grew the plant, and learn from
him or her what it is going to take to make the plant prosper in
their own lawn.
She added, "If you buy something here and it doesn't work out
for you, you didn't break the bank at a retail store in order to
find that out."
The money raised from the sale goes to the Master Gardener
organization. Hyde said it is used primarily to fund a day trip
the gardeners take each year to a garden related business or
The money is also used to fund the planting of annual flowers
around the Logan County Fairgrounds. Hyde explained the beds at
the fairgrounds are annual flowers that can be changed each
year. Most of the gardeners grow perennials, so they purchase
the flower plants for the fairgrounds.
[By NILA SMITH]
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A proud moment last night: my husband was cussing his balls off at NHL09 when inspiration struck.
Him: I don't care who she is. She could be the most beautiful woman in the world. #1 on my Freebie 5. But if she gets implants she is dead to me. A dealbreaker.
Me: what if I get implants?
Him: divorce
Me: So can I get a breast reduction?
Him: don't take the Lord's name in vain.
Then he went back to schooling some 14 year old online.
And here's Tori Spelling, enjoying Memorial Day in Palm Springs with her kids and that goldigger who married her, showing off her deformed f-cking tits.
KFed Junior can keep a straight face and stop himself from vomiting when he declares to the world, repeatedly, that she's the most beautiful woman in the world. Amazing, non?
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Dawn's Piplup
Dawn's Piplup
Dawn's Piplup (Japanese: ヒカリのポッチャマ Hikari's Pochama) is Dawn's first Pokémon. She befriended him after saving him from an Ariados's attack, when Piplup and Chimchar had fled from Professor Rowan's lab.
- 1 History
- 2 Personality and characteristics
- 3 Moves used
- 4 In the manga
- 5 In the TCG
- 6 Trivia
- 7 Related articles
Diamond & Pearl series
In Following A Maiden's Voyage!, Piplup got into a fight with the starter Chimchar when it stole the last of his food. He caused chaos by using Bubble Beam inside Professor Rowan's lab and then fled in hot pursuit of the Fire-type Pokémon. While chasing Chimchar, Piplup got stuck in a web created by an Ariados. Seeing the situation, Dawn, who had been given the task of finding the runaway starters, came up with a plan to make Ariados destroy its own web, freeing Piplup and making him land safely in her arms. However, Ariados returned accompanied by several of its species and attacked them, leading Dawn and Piplup to work as a team to escape from the attack. Having fought the wild Ariados off and returned to the lab, Dawn chose Piplup as her first Pokémon saying their journey together had already begun.
Piplup battled Nando's Budew in Dawn Of A New Era!. He started the battle with a Peck attack but Budew dodged easily and used Bullet Seed. He managed to avoid the glowing yellow seeds and use Bubble Beam, getting a clean hit. However, the Water-type move had little effect on the Bud Pokémon. When Nando ordered Budew to use Solar Beam, Dawn thought the move would take a while to charge and had Piplup using Peck. To her surprise, the Sunny Day Budew used before the battle was still in effect and SolarBeam charged immediately, hitting Piplup and rendering him unable to battle.
In Like It or Lup It!, Piplup was seen practicing for the upcoming Jubilife City Pokémon Contest. He had a hard time trying to use Bubble Beam while spinning around in the air, getting dizzy and falling down to the ground in each of his attempts. However, after being motivated by Dawn when helping a group of Water-type Pokémon that had their food stolen by Team Rocket, he managed to perfect the technique. During the Best Wishes series, this technique was used again as a variation of Counter Shield in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.
Piplup made his stage debut in Mounting a Coordinator Assault!, where he was used in the Appeals Round of the Jubilife Contest. He came out of a Foamy Seal and used Bubble Beam to keep the bubbles from the Seal suspended in the air before storing up energy for a Peck. The stored energy made his beak extend and he used the Flying-type attack to explode all the bubbles. With this simple yet remarkable performance, Piplup managed to advance Dawn to the Contest Battles.
In Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!, Piplup learned Whirlpool upon seeing Team Rocket escaping with Kenny's Prinplup. He used the new move to absorb Cacnea's Pin Missile, Dustox's Psybeam, and Carnivine's Bullet Seed before launching it towards them, restoring Prinplup's energy and allowing it to free itself. After that, he and Prinplup forgot the rivalry they started earlier in the episode and became friends, working together to send Team Rocket blasting off again.
Piplup was used in the Battle Round of the Floaroma Contest in Settling a Not-So-Old Score!. His first battle in the event was against Jessie's Dustox, during which he used Bide to return double the damage he took from Poison Sting before knocking the Poison Moth Pokémon out with a Peck attack. After that he was seen defeating a Bagon to advance to the finals of the competition. There he went up against Kenny's Prinplup. They both used Bubble Beam to start the battle and their moves collided in the center of the stadium, creating a shower of sparkles. Piplup proceeded with Peck but Prinplup intercepted with Metal Claw, catching and tossing him into the air. Prinplup then used Drill Peck and Piplup countered the attack with Bide. After recovering, Prinplup used Metal Claw but Piplup dodged and used Whirlpool. The large water vortex engulfed Prinplup, costing Kenny precious points, but was ultimately destroyed by a powerful Bubble Beam. Prinplup followed with Mist to cloak the stage before using Drill Peck and Piplup answered with another Whirlpool. The two Pokémon jumped into the vortex and faced off inside it, with Piplup using Peck and Prinplup using Metal Claw. They then used Bubble Beam again and the time ran out. Piplup won the match by points, giving Dawn her first Ribbon.
In All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!, Dawn entered Piplup as a Weedle in the Pokémon Dress-Up Contest, an annual cosplay competition organized by the Pokémon Fan Club where Pokémon try to imitate other Pokémon. During his impression, Piplup got a little too excited and used Bubble Beam, a move Weedle cannot learn, thus ruining his chances of winning the event.
In A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, Dawn learned from Zoey that the Hearthome Contest was going to be held under the Double Performance rule. She paired up Piplup and Pachirisu in order to train for this kind of performance and develop some new Contest combinations. She told Pachirisu to use Sweet Kiss and Piplup to use Whirlpool, but things didn't go quite as planned as the large whirlpool covered all the hearts from the Sweet Kiss. She also tried to combine Whirlpool and Discharge, but Pachirisu's Discharge was too powerful and it evaporated Piplup's Whirlpool.
Piplup was used in the Appeals Round of the Hearthome City Pokémon Contest along with Pachirisu in Dawn's Early Night!. He used Bubble Beam to encase the hearts of Pachirisu's Sweet Kiss and his Whirlpool was dissipated in a flash of sparkles by Pachirisu's Discharge. Their performance received positive reviews from the three judges but it wasn't impressive enough to advance Dawn to the Contest Battles.
Piplup was seen battling alongside Conway's Slowking against a Koffing and a Scyther in the first round of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition in Tag! We're It...!. Together they managed to defeat their opponents and advance their Trainers to the second round.
In Hot Springing a Leak!, Piplup battled alongside Leona's Swinub against Ash's Chimchar and Brock's Sudowoodo. The battle ended in a draw when all four Pokémon were frozen solid. In A Full Course Tag Battle!, he battled against Roman's Girafarig and Kylie's Drifloon along with May's Blaziken in the Seven Stars Restaurant Tag Battle challenge. Using a combination of Bubble Beam and Fire Spin that trapped their opponents inside it, they were able to win the battle.
Piplup was used twice in the battling stage of the Wallace Cup. He was first used to battle Kyle's Crawdaunt in the semifinal round. Their battle began in Pruning a Passel of Pals! with a collision of Bubble Beam and Sludge Bomb that cost their Coordinators some points. As the battle continued in the following episode, the two Pokémon jumped in the pool and charged at each other, with Piplup using his Whirlpool to trap Crawdaunt in a vortex. However, his move was taken advantage of when Crawdaunt used Surf, sending him backwards. Crawdaunt proceeded with Dark Pulse, but Piplup avoided the attack with his spinning dodge technique and used Bide to absorb the energy from the two purple beams. When Crawdaunt jumped in the air to strike Piplup with a Crabhammer, Piplup released the absorbed energy, hitting the Rogue Pokémon and causing it to fall into the water just as the time ran out. Piplup won the battle on points, allowing Dawn to advance to the final round.
In Strategy with a Smile!, Dawn used Piplup in the finals of the Wallace Cup, where he went up against May's Glaceon. He started with Bubble Beam, but the Ice-type Pokémon dodged and used Secret Power, paralyzing him. The battle proceeded with Glaceon using Ice Shard, which hit the paralyzed Piplup hard. After that, Piplup jumped in the pool to get rid of the paralysis. When out of the water, he used Whirlpool, but Glaceon received the attack with Mirror Coat and returned it to him, sending him flying backwards. Piplup quickly recovered and used Bubble Beam again, this time hitting Glaceon. When the Fresh Snow Pokémon used Shadow Ball, Piplup spun and dodged it. Glaceon then decided to take advantage of the water covering the stage and attack with Secret Power to try and put Piplup to sleep. Despite being hit and sent flying in the air, Piplup was able to spin gracefully and land in a pose, rendering Glaceon's attack unsuccessful. Glaceon fired another Shadow Ball but Piplup used Bubble Beam once more, destroying it. Piplup followed with Peck, but Glaceon dodged and used Ice Shard. The icy projectiles did not hit Piplup, though, as he used Whirlpool to defend himself. With only one minute left on the clock, Dawn and May had the same amount of points. Piplup then charged at Glaceon surfing in his own Whirlpool. Before Piplup could reach it, Glaceon used Shadow Ball to destroy the Whirlpool, creating a curtain of water. Taking advantage of the situation, Piplup came out from behind the curtain and used Bubble Beam, surprising Glaceon, who then used another Shadow Ball. Piplup destroyed the shadowy blob with a Peck attack, creating a dark purple curtain. This time, it was Glaceon who took advantage of the curtain, using Ice Shard to strike Piplup. Piplup used Whirlpool one last time and Glaceon once again countered with Mirror Coat. Both Pokémon were hit by the water from the Whirlpool and the time ran out. Piplup won the match by points, breaking Dawn's losing streak and giving her the Aqua Ribbon, her second Contest Ribbon overall.
While exploring the ferry from Iron Island to Chocovine Town in Cheers on Castaways Isle!, Piplup was kidnapped by Team Rocket and taken to their Magikarp Submarine along with Pikachu. When the sub was dragged away by a strong current, the two Pokémon ended up on an island located in Diablo's Ocean. There, they helped the local Pokémon to collect pieces of rocks to put them around a crystal that fell from the sky one stormy night. When they gathered enough rocks, Team Rocket appeared to capture them again, but Dawn and Ash arrived on the island just in time to prevent this. At that moment the crystal glowed brightly and turned into a Deoxys. Team Rocket tried to capture it, but the mythical Pokémon destroyed their sub, sending them blasting off. After this adventurous day, Piplup and Pikachu returned to their Trainers.
When Piplup was about to train with Dawn's other Pokémon in Stopped in the Name of Love!, he collapsed from exhaustion, worrying Dawn. Soon after, he started to evolve into Prinplup. However, he used Bide to stop the process and collapsed again. As a result, Brock rushed him to the Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy explained he just needed some rest. Later, when Dawn was talking to him, he started to evolve again. She told him to let it happen this time, but he used Bide to discontinue the process. As she questioned his motives and spoke to him about the pros of evolving, he got angry and fled the Center. Dawn followed him through the woods, but he kept running away from her, angry at her for not understanding his unwillingness to evolve. While running, he got caught in a web. Dawn tried to help him, but an Ariados appeared and attacked her. The attack destroyed the web and freed Piplup, who landed in Dawn's arms. After that, several Ariados appeared and attacked them with Hyper Beam, but Piplup used Bide to send them flying, just like the day he and Dawn first met. Making matters worse, Team Rocket appeared and captured Piplup. While trying to retrieve her Pokémon, Dawn learned that past events have motivated Piplup to stay the way he is. This made Dawn realize that on the day she chose Piplup, he chose her as well. After sending Team Rocket blasting off, they returned to the Center, where Nurse Joy gave Dawn an Everstone to prevent Piplup's evolution for as long as he wants.
In Three Sides to Every Story!, Piplup fell in love with Lulu's Marill. However, a wild Elekid was also competing for her affections. When the three Pokémon got separated from Dawn and the others, Piplup tried to help Marill, but Elekid seemed to gain the upper hand. When Team Rocket appeared and captured Marill, both Piplup and Elekid worked together to save her. Once Marill was saved, she decided to go with Elekid, leaving Piplup brokenhearted.
In Strategy Begins at Home!, Piplup was used alongside Pachirisu in a Double Battle against Johanna's Glameow and Umbreon. They started the battle by using a combination of Whirlpool and Discharge. However, the combination didn't last long as Johanna's Pokémon were able to gracefully dodge it with a double Quick Attack and destroy it with a double Shadow Ball. After that, Dawn had Piplup using Bubble Beam, but Glameow and Umbreon dodged once again. This was part of Dawn's plan, though, as Bubble Beam was meant to build a barrier of bubbles and hide Pachirisu. When Pachirisu came out from behind the barrier, it caught Glameow and Umbreon by surprise and attacked them with a spinning Super Fang. Johanna's Pokémon quickly fought back with a double Attract, infatuating both Pachirisu and Piplup before attacking them with a double Swift and knocking them out.
In An Egg Scramble!, Piplup was used to battle Lyra's Chikorita in the Johto Festival battling exhibition. Despite the type disadvantage, he was still able to defeat the Leaf Pokémon, earning Dawn a Pokémon Egg.
Piplup was used in the Appeals Round of the Lilypad Town Pokémon Contest in Dressed for Jess Success!. For his performance, he used Whirlpool and then Bide. His Whirlpool came straight down on him and joined forces with Bide, causing him to glow an intense blue from the energy reaction. His appeal was praised by the judges and allowed Dawn to advance to the Battle Round.
In Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, Piplup teamed up with Buneary to perform at the Daybreak Town Pokémon Contest, which was being held under the Double Performance rule. They finished a stunning performance by exploding the frozen bubbles and sending a shower of sparkles down to the crowd, assuring Dawn's progression to the next round.
In Piplup, Up and Away!, Piplup kept getting hit by Ash's Gible's then faulty Draco Meteor. He thought that Dawn was going to stick up for him, but when she didn't he decided he'd had enough and started to walk back to Professor Rowan's lab. Several times he imagined Dawn coming to comfort him, but he got even more discouraged when he found out she wasn't really there. At one point he came across Team Rocket, who were disguised as Pokémon therapists, and told them his problem. They were very moved by his story, so much so that they scolded Dawn for not noticing Piplup's feelings. Later on, Piplup brought Pikachu over to Team Rocket, unaware of their plot to capture them both, which was successful until a wild Rhyperior came and freed them. Piplup then jumped into Dawn's arms and she apologized to him for not knowing how he felt, as did Ash. He then battled against Team Rocket along with Ash's Grotle, learning Hydro Pump in the process.
As in the Wallace Cup, Piplup was used twice in the battling stage of the Sinnoh Grand Festival. In Coming Full-Festival Circle!, he was revealed to have helped Dawn in defeating her quarterfinal round opponent together with Pachirisu, thus allowing her to advance further in the competition. In A Grand Fight for Winning!, he went up against Zoey's Glameow and Gallade alongside Togekiss in the finals. Despite putting several of the techniques he perfected during his training sessions to good use and combining his moves with Togekiss's nicely, he was unable to bring Dawn the victory.
In Familiarity Breeds Strategy!, Dawn gave Piplup a new cheering uniform for him to wear during Ash's battle against Paul in the Lily of the Valley Conference.
In Memories are Made of Bliss!, Piplup threw a tantrum and ran away from the group when he realized that Ash, Brock and Pikachu were leaving, since he couldn't accept the fact. However, Dawn and everyone else consoled him saying they would always be friends to the end.
In SS024, he was used to battle Johanna's Glameow and Umbreon alongside Cyndaquil. However, when they unleashed their Whirlpool-Flame Wheel combination, the battle had to be interrupted due to them fighting.
Best Wishes series
Piplup came to Unova with Dawn prior to All for the Love of Meloetta!. In the following episode, he was able to reunite with Ash and meet Iris, Cilan, and his new object of affection—a Meloetta that had been following Ash's group since Virbank City. He also socialized with all the other Pokémon when they were brought out of their Poké Balls and found a rival in Ash's Oshawott, who had feelings for Meloetta, too. Later on, he had a battle with Cilan's Pansage, during which he used Drill Peck to send Pansage's Bullet Seed back at him. When the Grass Monkey Pokémon used Rock Tomb, he negated the move using a variation of Counter Shield. After that, Pansage used SolarBeam, but Piplup countered with Ice Beam. As the two beams collided, they rose into the sky and exploded, creating a beautiful fireworks display. This left Meloetta greatly impressed, causing it to disrupt the battle and start dancing with Piplup.
In Jostling for the Junior Cup!, Piplup was used in the first round of the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup against Ramone's Stoutland. Using Drill Peck, he was able to defeat his opponent, thus allowing Dawn to proceed to the second round.
In Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!, Piplup grew sad when saying goodbye to Meloetta before leaving for Johto with Dawn. His rival Oshawott then confronted him one more time, but their contempt soon turned into sadness and they bid a teary farewell. After that, Piplup jumped onto the plane and departed.
He made a cameo in The Dream Continues, when Ash was remembering his traveling companions.
XY series
While Piplup has not been seen in Kalos along with Dawn and the rest of her Pokemon, he was referenced to in Going for the Gold!.
Personality and characteristics
Piplup initially would not accept food from Dawn; as described in the Pokédex, Piplup are very proud and dislike accepting food from people. However, he seems to have a large appetite for Pokémon food and does not like having any taken away from him. He shows signs of having a short temper, frequently getting into disagreements with other Pokémon and his Trainer. One of his distinguishing traits is his tendency to lose it when things go wrong, such as when a Chimchar stole the last of his food in Following A Maiden's Voyage!, when he repeatedly missed out on eating a Berry and started a fight with a Shinx in The Rise of Darkrai, or when Dawn said Ash's Gible did not have ill intent when he was practicing his Draco Meteor in Piplup, Up and Away!.
Despite his prideful and fierce attitude, Piplup was fairly weak at first, being easily defeated by Nando's Budew in his first battle. He has grown in strength since then, helping Dawn catch a Buneary in Setting the World on Its Buneary! and a Buizel in Buizel Your Way Out Of This!.
Piplup is Dawn's main battling partner, being used more than any of her other Pokémon and having helped her win her first two Contest Ribbons in the Sinnoh region. He seems to be very competitive and will always try to overcome the odds to impress Dawn and get her fullest attention. He often wants to be the first one to start an event for Dawn and commonly tries to peacefully talk to enemies, rather than just attacking them, as seen in The Psyduck Stops Here!.
It has been shown that Dawn and Piplup have a close bond with each other. In Staging a Heroes' Welcome!, he helped Dawn recover her confidence by shooting Bubble Beam at her face. Two episodes later, in Strategy with a Smile!, he barely edged out May's Glaceon by only half a point to help Dawn win the Aqua Ribbon.
In A Breed Stampede!, Piplup was shown to be quite adamant and overconfident. He even tried to stop Piloswine from charging. However, each attempt resulted with him being launched into the sky and knocked out. Despite this, he would get straight back up on his feet even when completely knocked out. He tried again when Piloswine had already evolved into Mamoswine, but the result was the same.
Ever since Ash's Gible made his debut in A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!, Piplup has constantly been the target of his Draco Meteor, mostly by accident but considered a running gag. This event was expanded in Piplup, Up and Away!, where Piplup ran away from the group following another accidental attack. However, these events helped him learn Hydro Pump. Comically, it was implied in Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! that Draco Meteor can be used to differentiate Piplup from other Piplup.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
Moves improvised
- Spinning Bubble Beam/Counter Shield was a move Piplup perfected in Like or Lup it!, where Piplup spun in the air while using Bubble Beam so the bubbles would explode in a big circle creating an appealing move. This move was used again during Piplup's battle with Cilan's Pansage in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times! as a variation of Counter Shield. Piplup spins around while using Bubble Beam to counter the Rock Tomb, destroying it, while taking zero damage.
- Spin was first used in Wild in the Streets where Piplup, together with Buneary, battled an Aerodactyl. He spun around and used Bubble Beam. In Strategy With a Smile! he spun while using Bide, absorbing a Dark Pulse attack and turning purple. A spinning variation of Peck was used in its Contest appeal in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!. It was used again in A Grand Fight for Winning! to dodge Zoey's Gallade's Vacuum Wave.
- Discharged Whirlpool has two variations. One consists of Piplup using Whirlpool above Pachirisu, and Pachirisu using Discharge. The other is when Piplup uses Whirlpool and Pachirisu jumps on top of it and uses Discharge causing the moves to join and fuse with water and electrical energy.
- Sweet Kiss-Bubble Beam was used in Dawn's Early Night! First Pachirisu uses Sweet Kiss, and then Piplup uses Bubble Beam and the two moves combine making the hearts go inside the bubbles.
- Thunder Whirlpool was used in Arceus and the Jewel of Life where it was used by Piplup and Ash's Pikachu in order to win a tag battle against Kato and Kiko's Heracross and Beautifly. First Piplup used Whirlpool which trapped Heracross and Beautifly inside at which point Pikachu used Thunderbolt to electrify it, knocking out both opponents at the same time.
- Plan A used in Strategy Begins at Home! Piplup uses BubbleBeam towards the ground, the bubbles build into a wall of bubbles and Pachirisu jumps up from the top and uses Super Fang.
- Bubble Sphere was used in A Grand Fight for Winning! where it was the first attack made by Dawn, starting off with Piplup using Bubble Beam forming into a circle and then Togekiss using Aura Sphere in the middle of the circle. It is unknown what Dawn was going to do with this, as Zoey destroyed it with her Glameow and Gallade in a matter of seconds.
- Aura Whirlpool was used in the final battle of the Sinnoh Grand Festival against Zoey. For the move, after Piplup launched a Whirlpool Togekiss would then fire an Aura Sphere inside, causing the Whirlpool to turn blue. Using this move, Piplup and Togekiss were able to successfully counter Glameow and Gallade's Signal-Tail combination.
- Rocket Formation was also used in the final battle of the Sinnoh Grand Festival against her long-time rival Zoey in A Grand Fight for Winning!. Dawn orders her Togekiss to utilize Sky Attack while having Piplup on her back, and consequently she orders Piplup to use Peck. It results on a crimson aerial attack which resembles a Rocket, that Dawn uses to conclude her battle.
- Hydro Volt Tackle is used as a finishing blow against Team Rocket in Memories Are Made of Bliss!. It is a combination of Ash's Pikachu's Volt Tackle and Piplup's Hydro Pump creating a massive Electric-Water shot.
- Bubble-Swift Combination was a combination Dawn worked on during her time at home prior to SS024. It starts off with Piplup jumping on top of Cyndaquil and forming Bubble Beam into a circle and Cyndaquil uses Swift in the middle of the circle. It is unknown what Dawn was going to do with this, as Johanna destroyed it with her Glameow and Umbreon in a matter of seconds.
- Flaming Whirlpool was a combination Dawn worked on during her time at home prior to SS024. For the combination, Piplup would cover a Flame Wheel created by Cyndaquil with a Whirlpool which created a sphere of water with fire inside. However, when Dawn attempted to use it during her practice battle against Johanna, the combination failed, throwing both Pokémon to the ground.
- Big Bubble was a move Piplup used to fight off the Onix in Expedition to Onix Island!. Piplup used Bubble Beam but instead of multiple bubbles, it was one big bubble that surrounded Onix's head much like Water Pulse would. This caused a lot of damage and knocked the Onix out.
In the manga
In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga
Dawn's Piplup appears as a main character in the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga, which is based on the Diamond & Pearl series of the anime.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
- In Piplup's Special Training, Dawn commanded Piplup to use Peck several times, but he would only use Bubble Beam.
In the movie adaptations
Dawn's Piplup appears in the following manga adaptations of Pokémon movies: The Rise of Darkrai, Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Arceus and the Jewel of Life and Zoroark: Master of Illusions, like in the anime is Dawn's main Pokémon. The role of Piplup is basically the same in all the chapters, however in most stories he is shown inside his Poké Ball and has fewer interactions with Pokémon present in the story.
The Rise of Darkrai
He is first shown when Dawn sends her Pokémon out to play with several other Pokémon. Later, he is used in to battle against Darkrai alongside with Buizel but they are both defeated by the great power of the Dark-type Pokémon.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the TCG
Dawn's Piplup is featured in the TCG as a Pokémon . The following is a list of related cards.
| Dawn's Piplup
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Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
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- For Wild in the Streets, Professor Oak's lecture is about Dawn's Piplup. He writes this Pokémon senryū about him: ポッチャマが みずにとびこむ ぽっちゃんと Potchama ga, mizu ni tobikomu, potchanto "Pochama jumps into the water with a splash."
- The opening sequence of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl shows Dawn's Piplup coming out of his Poké Ball with a trail of stars behind him. However, Dawn did not use a star seal with Piplup's Poké Ball until Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, three seasons later.
- Piplup's gender was confirmed to be male in Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!.
- Piplup has battled his two evolutions; a Prinplup in Settling a Not-So-Old Score!, and an Empoleon in The Rise of Darkrai.
- During an interview with former director and storyboard artist of the Pokémon anime, Masamitsu Hidaka, he revealed that Dawn's Piplup would likely not evolve very soon, referring to his evolutions as "ugly" or not good for Contests.
- Of all of the Diamond & Pearl series episodes, Piplup was only completely absent from 17 of the 191 episodes.
- Piplup is the second Pokémon in the anime to stop evolving while the process is happening, the first being Ash's Bulbasaur.
- Piplup was featured in a promotional C-Gear skin alongside Brock's Croagunk in Japan to celebrate the anime specials featuring Dawn and Brock. This Piplup was later distributed as event Pokémon for Japanese games to commemorate his appearance in Best Wishes! Season 2.
- Piplup has been shown to use more improvised moves than actual moves, with eight actual moves used and thirteen improvised moves.
- Piplup was referenced by Ash in Going for the Gold!, when he and his friends met a troop of many Piplup at the Ambrette Aquarium. Ash recalled that Piplup had been rather prideful and stubborn.
Related articles
- For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Piplup.
- Episodes focusing on Piplup
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Parkinson disease is a movement disorder. It can cause the muscles to tighten and become rigid This makes it hard to walk and do other daily activities. People with Parkinson's disease also have tremors and may develop cognitive problems, including memory loss and dementia.
Parkinson disease is most common in people who are older than 50. The average age at which it occurs is 60. But some younger people may also get Parkinson disease. When it affects someone younger than age 50, it's called early-onset Parkinson disease. You may be more likely to get early-onset Parkinson disease if someone in your family has it. The older you are, the greater your risk of developing Parkinson disease. It's also much more common in men than in women.
Parkinson disease is a chronic and progressive disease. It doesn't go away and continues to get worse over time.
Parkinson disease arises from decreased dopamine production in the brain. The absence of dopamine makes it hard for the brain to coordinate muscle movements. Low dopamine also contributes to mood and cognitive problems later in the course of the disease. Experts don't know what triggers the development of Parkinson disease most of the time. Early onset Parkinson disease is often inherited and is the result of certain gene defects.
Parkinson disease symptoms usually start out mild, and then progressively get much worse. The first signs are often so subtle that many people don't seek medical attention at first. These are common symptoms of Parkinson disease:
Eventually, Parkinson disease symptoms get worse and include:
Parkinson disease can be hard to diagnose. No single test can identify it. Parkinson can be easily mistaken for another health condition. A healthcare provider will usually take a medical history, including a family history to find out if anyone else in your family has Parkinson's disease. He or she will also do a neurological exam. Sometimes, an MRI or CT scan, or some other imaging scan of the brain can identify other problems or rule out other diseases.
Parkinson disease can't be cured. But there are different therapies that can help control symptoms. Many of the medicines used to treat Parkinson disease help to offset the loss of the chemical dopamine in the brain. Most of these medicines help manage symptoms quite successfully.
A procedure called deep brain stimulation may also be used to treat Parkinson disease. It sends electrical impulses into the brain to help control tremors and twitching movements. Some people may need surgery to manage Parkinson disease symptoms. Surgery may involve destroying small areas of brain tissue responsible for the symptoms. However, these surgeries are rarely done since deep brain stimulation is now available.
Parkinson disease causes physical symptoms at first. Problems with cognitive function, including forgetfulness and trouble with concentration, may arise later. As the disease gets worse with time, many people develop dementia. This can cause profound memory loss and makes it hard to maintain relationships.
Parkinson disease dementia can cause problems with:
If you have Parkinson disease and dementia, in time, you likely won't be able to live by yourself. Dementia affects your ability to care of yourself, even if you can still physically do daily tasks.
Experts don't understand how or why dementia often occurs with Parkinson disease. It's clear, though, that dementia and problems with cognitive function are linked to changes in the brain that cause problems with movement. As with Parkinson disease, dementia occurs when nerve cells degenerate, leading to chemical changes in the brain. Parkinson disease dementia may be treated with medicines also used to treat Alzheimer's disease, another type of dementia.
Experts don't yet understand how to prevent Parkinson disease. In some instances, there seems to be a genetic predisposition to develop Parkinson disease, but this isn't always the case. Research is underway to find new ways to treat and prevent the disease.
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The first cache. Note to newbies: Never bury a cache, never put food in a cache.
The first cache. Note to newbies: Never bury a cache, never put food in a cache.
The farmer gave permission to place the cache in the field, but the bull charges.
TAT - thanks for posting. Always nice to go back to one's roots.
Tat,I came across an interesting blog from a geocacher in another part of the country who is an electrical inspector. He was warning, and showing pictures of terrible electrical burns, and was stressing of the dangers of placing light pole caches, electrical box, and even fake electrical box caches, etc., due to the bad signal it sends to young children to be poking around these objects. Evidently light poles can use you to ground & if you touch the bolts you can really cause serious burn damage. He urges cache placers over and over in his blog to not use these objects for cache placement. Something for us to think about.
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If someone is receiving a shock from the bolts on a light pole they would have already been shocked by contacting the pole itself. Only an improperly grounded fixture could cause this situation. Generally this would not happen. Yes there are exceptions to the rule, but they are that, rare exceptions. This being said, I too do not feel that the LPC is the best cache hiding spot there is, but it sure is popular especially down in North Carolina as well as other high cache density areas.
Happy Trails!
But, if you are touching the pole and reach under the skirt and there is a bare wire there, that is not such a great thing. But hey, I've been shocked plenty of times and look how normal I am!
"The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realize it doesn't say anything it's to late to stop reading it..."
What we are use to up hera' in Maine isn't what folks are used to down thera' in other parts of the country. And with that being said.........
Guess the old adage for other sports - Know Before You Go - still applies. When in doubt - rule them out.
As a person who dislikes poisonous animial, I would imagine that LPC's are safer than some wooded areas. Or, maybe it's just a matter of being used to snakes.
Geocaching Parrotheads
Why can't we get a government sponsered tick eradication program?
Everything we do, Geocaching, hiking, backpacking, driving, even watching TV involves risks to both persons and sometimes property.
My advice is to be prepared for your journey:
- Always exercise common sense and caution.
- You assume all risks arising in connection with seeking a cache or any other related activity.
- Don't ever attempt to find a cache you are not comfortable with.
By the way, did anyone notice the video link?
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The farmer gave permission to place the cache in the field, but the bull charges.
Brdad was shocked once or twice????
That certainly explains some things!
I'd really rather not cache, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion!
Mr. Peavey would say, "Well, now, I wouldn't say that..."


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Opinion: Chris Christie's Comeback at CPAC
University of Virginia Center for Politics director Larry Sabato on how the New Jersey governor fared at the annual conservative conference. Photo: Getty Images
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Boaties towing others on Waikato waterways are being reminded to follow basic navigation rules to help ensure they keep themselves, friends and family safe while biscuiting, waterskiing or wakeboarding.
Boaties towing others on Waikato waterways are being reminded to follow basic navigation rules to help ensure they keep themselves, friends and family safe while biscuiting, waterskiing or wakeboarding.
Hamilton City Council and one of its staff are being prosecuted over a sewage sludge spill at the Pukete wastewater treatment plant last July.
Passengers on the 8 Frankton bus will travel for free one day next month to celebrate service improvements to the route.
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Some people lose their phones, others have had them stolen. I just break mine. Not from dropping it in the toilet or breaking the screen, I somehow end up with mobile "lemons." I've replaced my phone four times in my two-year mobile contract period.
My Droid X had several problems, several times. My carrier sent me a "like new" replica each time, but I had to set-up my phone again, and again, and again. And in that process, I sadly lost files I had been building up for months and even years.
During my last set-up, as usual, the Google Android operating system used my Gmail account to bring in all of my Google contacts, Gmail and Google calendar from the cloud onto my phone, and my server based work emails, contacts and calendar also carried over. But I still lost all of my new contacts created over the last 2 years. Why?
My phones were evil
My phone gave me a choice of where I want my contacts to be saved: my Google address book, my Outlook server based address book, or the phone address book (a.k.a no man's land). Apparently, I saved contacts to the latter, and it was the phone address book contacts I lost. This happened even though I used my carrier's basic contact backup to save them to the cloud. My technical explanation for what happened to me three times: The phones were evil, malicious and trying to make my life more difficult.
I am reminded of the evil lurking every time I received a text from a seemingly unknown number/contact who turned out to be a close friend without a name. How embarrassing to ask, "Who's this?" each and every time.
But the worst part of my two-year saga came from losing my photos and videos, ones I choose not to post to Facebook or Instagram. I was most devastated when I lost photos and videos of my dad, who has now since passed. Enough is enough. There has to be a better way to preserve mobile memories and make my digital life easier to manage.
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At the same time my mobile contract became eligible for a smartphone upgrade, we launched Trend Micro™ Mobile Backup and Restore for Android tablets and smartphones (purely coincidental, I swear!). I couldn't wait to put the new app to the test and see if it was the solution to saving my mobile memories.
Before I received my hot new Samsung Galaxy SIII in the mail, I downloaded Mobile Backup & Restore app from Google Play on my old phone, and easily logged into my Trend Micro account (it's also easy to create a new one if you aren't a current customer). This account keeps track of my free 50MB license, and provides a restore point for my data to be saved in the cloud.
The app gave me a list of files I can back up into my account including photos, videos, and my non-Google work contacts and appointments. I especially like the option to save my text message history, which saves all old conversations with friends and colleagues.
To save battery and data charges, the app gave me the choice to only backup when on a Wi-Fi connection and/or when plugged into a power source. I did that and watched the app work its magic, desperately hoping my files had a chance to be saved for good this time.
The first backup takes the longest, and speed depends on your network and file quantity. It took about 20 minutes to back up my all of my contacts, calendar appointments, music, photos, videos, texts and call history (subsequent manual or automated backups take as little as a 1-3 minutes). As I had lost many photos and videos on my last lemon of a phone, my stuff easily fell beneath the 50MB limit (an extra 5GB is $19.99 a year).
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All of my memories are not lost. And I can now look at my old photos, texts, and videos again, and again, and again. Plus, if Santa gives me a Nexus 7 tablet for Christmas, or (gasp) my phone breaks again, I can easily "restore" all of my saved files to my new device.
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