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Wireless, cross-device, photo syncing in 2017
I've been meaning for a long time now, to share what I'm doing in regards to synchronizing photos across all of my devices. I originally posted back in 2014 how I was doing it, and again in 2015 with updates as technology changed. In 2016, my photo synchronization strategy changed once again, but I never got around to writing a post on it. So here I am, in 2017, sharing what's changed. As is usually the case with these posts - it's hefty. So get yourself your favorite beverage and snack!
What's changed?
Before we get into the nitty-gritty details, lets take a look at what i've changed first.
From a sync perspective, I've stopped using iCloud. It was a huge pain to deal with when trying to manage my photos in Lightroom. Exporting them from iCloud Photo Library, into Lightroom, tweaking them etc, and then re-importing the photos back into iCloud was extremely tedious and time consuming. Because of this, I found that I hardly ever actually migrated photos and it made it really hard to go back and find photos over time. Remember, this was early to mid 2016 - so iOS and macOS Photo apps were not as smart as they currently are now.
Ultimately, I setup a Google Photos library on my Google account. I then synced my entire Lightroom library into Google Photos. This worked amazingly well. The iOS Google Photos app would automatically upload my new photos in the background, and they'd sync down to my computers into my Lightroom library folder - ready for me to just perform "add missing files" in Lightroom. Any changes I made to the photos were immediately synced to all devices, because the library and photo lived in the synchronized Google Photos folder. The setup for this is explained in detail further below.
The biggest thing however is that I've stopped using Lightroom for photo organization. That does not however mean that my current solution wouldn't work with Lightroom. I was using Lightroom when I changed my syncing solution, and it worked without a problem. I just found that Google did such an amazing job with searching images, that I no longer needed to spend so much time organizing them myself. I now let Google Photos handle all of my organization needs. I explain this in more detail below.
The biggest gain from this change, for me, is that now my photos are synced across all devices, even those that are not Apple. We have an Android device in the house, and a couple Windows machines. All of which have my photos synced to. My wife has the Google Photos app installed on her iPhone and iPad, connected to my account. So her photos now sync into my Google Photos library (and at one point my Lightroom library). With virtually no management on my end, I'm syncing photos from 2 completely different Apple accounts, into a single consolidated family photo library. That's a big win for me.
Moving to Google Photos
When moving to Google Photos, there are a couple different routes you can take. It depends on what your end goals are.
The free solution
If you are not currently using any app, like Aperture or Lightroom, to manage your photos then setting up Google Photos is easy. You just install the Google Photos iOS or Android app, and configure it to automatically back up your photos. On iOS, it looks like this:
When you turn on Back up & sync, Google Photos on iOS will automatically back up your photos for you to the Google Photos service. Google Photos gives you unlimited photo uploads for pictures that are 16 megapixels or less. All of the current iPhones on the market take photos at less than 16 megapixels, so you can use the service for free with no limits. Google Photos will also let you store unlimited 1080p videos as well. Since some iPhones on the market can record 4K video, you would want to choose whether or not you want to record in 1080p so you can sync them for free, or record them in 4K and upload until you run out of storage space, which is 15gb on the free account.
If you go this route, all you have to do is install and sign in to your Google Photos account on all of your phones and tablets. Then you can access the photos from the Google Photos website on your computer.
The integrated Desktop solution
If you are using an app to organize your photos, or are wanting to start using one, then you'll want to get this photos synchronized to your desktop computer. This is extremely easy to do, at the cost of paying a monthly subscription to Google Drive. I currently pay $10 per month, for 1 terabyte of storage. Once you've done that, you can go to your Google Photos settings, from the website, and turn on Google Drive.
Once you have turned on Google Drive support in your Photos settings, you can install the Google Drive app on your macOS or Windows computer. Once it is installed, it will automatically sync all of your photos from Google Photos to your computer. Here you can see that my original Lightroom based organization is still intact, even though these photos exist now in Google Photos.
Since I stopped managing photos myself, any new photo I add to Google Photos gets put under the Google Photos folder, within a folder indicating the year the photo was created. This is why you see Google Photos\2010, and Google Photos\Digital Photos\10s\2010. Google will at least organize your photos by year for you automatically, if you choose not to use any software to manually handle this.
With this, you now have every photo you take, regardless if it's an iOS or Android device, synchronized to your desktop computer. From there, you can open Lightroom, select the Google Photos directory and have it import all new Photos for you. Once they're imported, any changes made to the photos, (including their file location as long as it's someplace under the Google Photos folder) will be synced to all of your devices automatically.
Leaving Lightroom
So now that we've talked about my synchronization solution, let me spend a couple minutes explaining why I moved away from Lightroom all together for my organizational needs.
The biggest reason is time. I don't have much of it, and I have to set aside a block of time to organize several hundred, or a thousand, photos every couple of weeks. My organization routine typically included moving the photos into sub-folders representing the activity that took place, tagging every photo and confirming facial recognition. This usually took a minimum of two hours for me.
Enter Google Photos. They do most of this for me. The only exception is that they organize the photos under a single folder, representing the year. Where-as I would break the photos up under a year, by month. Here you can see Google Photos organization of the photos since I stopped doing it myself, for 2017.
They organize them in a single directory for the entire year. When I used to organize them in Lightroom, I organized them by year, month and activity as seen here.
I now just use Windows Explorer to move specific sets of Photos into sub-folders if I need to. Any photo that is stored within a sub-folder of the year, will let Google Photos create an album for it. For instance, in my example photo above, I have a folder called eating at Islands Burgers. Google turned that into an album for me, so when I search for Islands Burgers in Google Photos (regardless if it's the mobile app or website) their auto-complete will know what you mean and present it as an option.
This to me is pretty awesome. My custom organization strategies can be persisted across all of my devices using Google Photos this way. So why pay for Lightroom for organizing? Just organize them in Windows Explorer if you want. If I were to select the Eating at Islands Burgers album suggested to me, I would be presented with the album (represented as a folder on my computer) as shown below.
Now, Lightroom does some other things - such as tagging your photos. Unfortunately Google Photos doesn't read your tags or support custom tagging of photos. Here's the crazy thing though. They scan the photos for content and automatically associate tags for you. From my experience with it, it does a far better job of it than I ever did. For example, I can search for all photos of Batman - and get back comic books and clothes. None of these photos were tagged by me in Lightroom. Even the blanket in the photo has batman in it!
Another example is searching for "Zoo", which presented me with photos both my wife and I had taken at the various zoos we've been two. It also included two different albums we had created with photos from different occasions.
I've searched for Nintendo controllers, Monitors, 2006 Scion Xb, Chihuahua and have been given every photo containing these items. It is amazing when you experience it for the first time. Once I used it enough to see how accurate and thorough Google Photos tags stuff, I stopped worrying about tagging things myself.
Lightroom supports facial recognition, and so does Google Photos. Google Photos does an amazing job of it though. I synced photos of our newborn daughter and assigned her a face in Google Photos. From that point forward, as we take pictures of her it automatically assigns her face to the photos. Even though she's now 3 years old and looks completely different from the 1 hour old baby I first uploaded a picture of, Google Photos has kept up and figured it out. Since Google Photos handles this, I stopped using this feature in Lightroom.
The last thing that Lightroom is good at is editing the actual photos. Google Photos has some basic tools, like crop, rotate etc. It even has a few filters you can apply. It's not the powerhouse that Lightroom is though, so if you find yourself editing photos often, you'll still want to keep doing that in Lightroom. This is something I hardly ever did, so it was just one less reason for me to keep paying for Lightroom.
Even though Google Photos can automatically do a lot of what you have to do manually in Lightroom, there isn't anything stopping you from continuing to use Lightroom.
Google Photos Assistant
Google Photos has a feature called the Assistant which will automatically take photos you've uploaded and turn them into albums, collages, home movies and animated gifs. It's really awesome. For example, it took a series of photos over the course of two weeks of my son and organized them into an album and collage for me called Highlights of Oliver
Selecting the Highlights of Oliver tile opened up the collage so that I can vew around 20 photos of him over a span of two weeks. Photos taken by both myself and my wife, which is really a nice touch.
Google Assistant on Android
The last thing that's neat, if you are on an Android device that supports the Google Assistant, is that the Google Assistant will search your photos too. Here I asked the Assistant to find photos from a park, and it knew not to just do a Google search of park pictures. Instead, it searched my personal photo collection and find some photos. If I touched the Google Photos button, it would open the app and give me a wider selection of images to look through.
Wrapping up
I've used this system for over a year now and love it. It has simplified the way I do photo synchronization and management across all of my devices, and my wifes devices.


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Ford has operated the plant in Swaythling, England, for more than 40 years, the BBC reported.
Production costs in Turkey are "significantly lower," Ford said, explaining the plant closure that will eliminate more than 500 British jobs.
"It's quite an eerie feeling. It's all very quiet. It's like a ghost town in there now," said Mark Radcliffe, adding he was "Southampton born and bred" and has worked at the Ford plant for nine years.
Radcliffe said he will begin working at a Ford engine plant in Bridgend, Wales, but others are out of work and feel betrayed, the BBC said.
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He said the Swaythling plant had been "earmarked for closure" for 15 years.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — The attorney general of Arkansas said Saturday he supports allowing same-sex couples to wed, but will continue defending his state's 2004 ban on gay marriage in court because he believes it is his duty to do so.
Arkansas voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, but that ban and others across the U.S. are facing legal challenges. Attorneys general in several states have grappled with how to respond.
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel became the first statewide official in his southern state to back same-sex marriage.
"I want to tell you I do support marriage equality and I do believe Arkansans should have the right to be equal in the eyes of the law," McDaniel said, speaking at the Associated Press Managing Editors convention.
The top attorneys in at least five states have declined to defend same-sex marriage bans against lawsuits filed by gay couples. Opponents of gay marriage have accused those attorneys general of shirking their responsibilities to uphold the laws of their states.
McDaniel said he didn't believe attorneys general should allow their personal views to influence whether they defend a state law.
"I'm going to zealously defend our constitution, but at the same time I think it's important to let people where I stand on the matter," McDaniel told the AP after his speech.
Seventeen states allow gay marriage, and federal judges have struck down bans in Michigan, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia. An Arkansas judge is expected to rule by Friday in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' ban.
McDaniel announced his support for gay marriage after criticizing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for telling his state counterparts in February they weren't obligated to defend laws in their states banning same-sex marriage if the laws discriminate in a way forbidden by the Constitution.
McDaniel, a Democrat, had voiced support for civil unions when he ran for the elected position of attorney general in 2006, but said then he believed marriage was between a man and a woman. He said during a question and answer session with editors that there wasn't any single incident that changed his mind about gay marriage.
"It's become more and more difficult for me to accept the idea of anyone being treated as a second class citizen," McDaniel said.
McDaniel said after his speech that he had considered backing marriage equality when he briefly ran for Arkansas governor last year. He dropped out of the race after admitting to an inappropriate relationship with an attorney.
The head of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, praised McDaniel for his comments.
"Today Attorney General McDaniel adds his voice to an ever-growing chorus of Americans from across the country that are standing up for the right of all couples to marry — and there is no turning back that tide," HRC President Chad Griffin said in a statement released by the group.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech softball team tried to put up a fight against the highly ranked University of Tennessee, but fell to the Lady Vols, 12-3, in five innings. The Lady Vols, currently ranked third or fifth in the country depending on the poll, held the Golden Eagles to seven hits in the contest.
Sophomore Hannah Eldridge had a standout performance blasting a home run in the fourth and driving home Tech's second run in the fifth.
Tech's big hits came from Eldridge and senior Melody Christian. Though few, the contacts were meaningful ones as the sophomore, Eldridge, blasted a shot over the left field line at one of the most storied stadiums in the country, Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Eldridge's second contact drove in Tech's run after Christian connected for a single up the middle.
The Lady Vols scored three runs in the second inning against senior Claudia Harke (4-5). Tennessee's Cheyanne Tarango homered as the first batter in the second inning after battling back from a full count. Immediately following the four-base hit, the Lady Vols collected a triple, and two singles to take a 3-0 lead. Tennessee would score again in the third, but the Golden Eagles finally lit up the scoreboard in the fourth.
Eldridge blasted her home run, but the Lady Vols countered with two runs in the fourth. Tech responded in the fifth with two runs to cut Tennessee's lead in half, thanks to the swift bats of Angi Sakamoto, Eldridge, and Christian. Sakamoto singled to first base, followed by Christian's single. Eldridge sent a line drive up the middle for her second RBI of the day, sending Sakamoto home. Christian would then score on a passed ball.
With the threat of the Golden Eagles on the brink, the Lady Vols scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game 12-3.
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The IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook report, also said India is among the economies that may require more tightening to address inflation pressure.
"In India, growth in fiscal year 2013 is expected to be around 3.75 per cent, with strong agriculture production offset by lacklustre activity in manufacturing and services, and monetary tightening adversely affecting domestic demand," the IMF said.
"For fiscal year 2014, growth is projected to accelerate somewhat to 5 per cent, helped by an easing of supply bottlenecks and strengthening of exports," according to the report released on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank meetings.
In terms of GDP at factor cost, India's growth is estimated to be 5 per cent in fiscal year 2012, at 4.25 per cent in 2013 and at about 5 per cent in 2014, it noted in the latest report. In 2012, India's growth rate was 3.2 per cent, while in 2011 it was 6.3 per cent.
According to the IMF report, in India and Brazil, infrastructure and regulatory bottlenecks slowed output supply in the face of still-strong domestic demand. As a result, external pressures have grown in these economies, it said.
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The now-familiar MacBook Air hasn't seen a design overhaul in several generations, and the small update to the 13-inch and 11-inch models released in April 2014 does nothing to change that.
The current MacBook Air models differ from the 2013 versions in that the base model uses a 1.4GHz Intel Core i5, an upgrade from the previous 1.3GHz processor. More significantly, the 11.6-inch MacBook Air now starts at $899 (from $999) in the US and at £749 (from £849) in the UK, while the 13.3-inch version now drops to $999 (from $1,099) in the US and to £849 (from £949) in the UK. List prices in Australia are AU$1,099 for the 11-inch and AU$1,199 for the 13-inch model.
We've tested the new 2014 versions, and found their performance to be slightly improved. (Some have seen different results, owing to Apple using SSDs from multiple manufacturers in Airs, but our tests all fall in line with expectations from this small CPU uptick.) There's certainly no reason to upgrade if you have last year's MacBook Air. Instead, the price cut is the big news here, making this an even more viable option for midprice laptop shoppers.
While the lower price is a plus, the lack of significant performance improvement and the static physical design remind us that the Air is overdue for a more radical overhaul. Balancing out those two factors, our rating remains the same, and the remainder of this review is essentially unchanged from the 2013 version. Both the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Airs are still universally useful laptops that are largely frustration-free, but that also lack some of the latest bells and whistles (edge-to-edge glass, touchscreens, higher display resolutions) you may be looking for.
Like the 2013 Air, this model has an Intel Haswell-generation CPU, and also Intel's improved HD5000 graphics. It's still not anything like having a discrete GPU, as in the 15-inch Retina Pro, but with game services such as Steam and EA's Origin now being Mac-compatible, it may make some small inroads for OS X gaming.
The 2013 Air also added 802.11ac Wi-Fi, a new standard that will slowing working its way into wireless routers, as well as Apple's AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule hardware. If you have an 802.11n router, which is a much more likely scenario, this may not help you, but it's a nice piece of future-proofing.
Battery life remains a big selling point, and when you consider the cost of the base model has come down from $1,199 to $999 in two years, the 13-inch MacBook Air is, despite not being the newest design on the block, still one of the most universally useful laptops you can buy.
Apple MacBook Air (11-inch, 2014)
Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2014)
Lenovo Yoga 2 (13-inch)
Price as reviewed
Display size/resolution
11.6-inch 1,366 x 768 screen
13.3-inch 1,440 x 900 screen
13.3-inch 1,920 x 1,080 touch screen
1.4GHz Intel Core i5 4260U
1.4GHz Intel Core i5 4260U
1.6GHz Intel Core i5 4200
PC Memory
4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz
1,536MB (shared) Intel HD Graphics 5000
1,536MB (shared) Intel HD Graphics 5000
1,792MB (shared) Intel HD Graphics 4400
Optical drive
802.11a/c wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
802.11a/c wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
802.11b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
Operating system
OSX 10.9.3 Mavericks
OSX 10.9.3 Mavericks
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Design and features
The MacBook Air keeps the same external look as the previous couple of generations, a look that still rivals the newest ultrabooks, although some systems, such as Sony's Vaio Pro line, are getting thinner and lighter without sacrificing much in the way of productivity.
Both the 11-inch and 13-inch versions of the MacBook Air still have the same thickness, ranging from 0.11-inch to 0.68-inch. Spread over the larger footprint of the 13-inch chassis, the 13-inch version still feels satisfyingly thin.
As with previous versions, the rigid aluminum construction makes the Air feel sturdy enough to just throw it in a bag and carry it along with you without a protective case or sleeve, and it's interesting to contrast the aluminum unibody construction here with the lighter carbon fiber in the aforementioned Vaio Pro. I'd still trust the Air and its unyielding lid more in a throw-in-your-luggage field test.
The backlit keyboard and trackpad are the same as on the previous models, and the trackpad especially remains the standard by which all others are judged. Many other laptop makers have moved to larger clickpad-style touchpads, but we have yet to find a touchpad that comes close to this for multitouch gestures. The pad is again hinged at the top, allowing the entire pad to click down, and we strongly suggest going into the Preferences menu and turning on all of the tapping options for further ease of use.
It will be interesting to see how Apple's user interfaces develop in the face of both Windows 8, which tries (not always successfully) to reinvent the entire concept of working with a computer OS, and the upcoming OS X Mavericks update. For now, flicking around with three-and-four-finger gestures on the MacBook trackpad remains the most seamless way to swap between windows and applications, at least in my experience.
Unlike the 11-inch MacBook Air, the 13-inch screen is still not a 16:9 display. The screen area also lacks the edge-to-edge glass over a black bezel found in the MacBook Pro; instead the screen is, as in previous years, surrounded by a thick silver bezel.
On the positive side, the native resolution of the display is 1,440x900 pixels, which is slightly better than the 1,366x768 you find in many 13-inch laptops, although even midpriced models are quickly switching over to 1,600x900 or even 1,920x1,080, and premium systems are adding higher-than-HD displays.
While the Air screen isn't flat-matte, it's also not terribly reflective, which is a step up from the "mirror image" effect you get on some laptop screens.


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Iron-Masked Marauder
| Iron-Masked Marauder
ビシャス Vicious
Iron-Masked Marauder
|Member of
|Team Rocket
|Elite Officer
|Anime debut
|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest
|English voice actor
|Dan Green
|Japanese voice actor
|Shirō Sano
The Iron-Masked Marauder (Japanese: ビシャス Vicious) is the main antagonist of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest. He is an Elite Officer of Team Rocket.
In the movies
The Iron-Masked Marauder was first seen accosting an old Pokémon hunter for information about a Celebi he had pursued years ago. When the hunter refused to talk, he decided to show him the power of his Dark Balls by using it on a captured Tyranitar. When the corrupted Tyranitar began destroying the hunter's camp, he showed the Iron-Masked Marauder where he found the Celebi.
Using the hunter's information, the Iron-Masked Marauder set out for the forest in a large, spider-like mecha. He eventually came upon Ash, Misty, Brock, Sam, and an injured Celebi. His attempt to capture the Pokémon failed when the Team Rocket trio intervened, but they quickly offered to join him after they recognized him.
In an attempt to slow his quarry, the Iron-Masked Marauder sent out his Sneasel and Scizor to pursue the heroes while he followed in his mecha. Eventually, he discovered his Pokémon tied to a rock, at which point he laughed and noted that "those kids" were tougher than they looked. Declaring that the situation had become "interesting", the Marauder and his allies carried on, leaving his Pokémon behind.
Despite searching for the rest of the day, the Marauder failed to find Celebi. However, he quickly formulated a new plan, ambushing the group as they attempted to return to Arborville, with Jessie, James, and Meowth blocking their escape route. Destroying a few trees to distract the group, the Marauder finally managed to grab Celebi with his mecha's claws, brutally electrocuting it before capturing it in a Dark Ball. Before the villain could properly relish his victory, Ash attempted to retrieve Celebi with the help of a flock of wild Pidgey. Although the resulting struggle toppled the Marauder's mecha, he quickly reclaimed his Dark Ball by stepping on Ash's hands until the boy passed out.
Surrounded by angry wild Pokémon, the Iron-Masked Marauder decided to demonstrate the corrupted Celebi's power on them, sending it to attack the wild Pokémon and devastate the forest. Impressed by the resulting display, the Marauder ordered Celebi to absorb the surrounding debris, creating a spiked sphere that he proceeded to ride deeper into the forest. Along the way, he discovered that Jessie had been accidentally sucked into the construct, but welcomed her presence, stating that he needed her to witness Celebi's power and relay the information to their boss. With that, the Marauder had Celebi transform its construct into a nightmarish monster that began laying waste to the forest and the Lake of Life, revealing his intentions to usurp Giovanni as leader of Team Rocket and conquer the world.
When Ash and his friends arrived to try and save Celebi, the Iron-Masked Marauder directed the corrupted Pokémon's attacks against them. Ash, Pikachu, and Sam were narrowly saved from one blast by the arrival of Suicune, prompting the Marauder to send out his Tyranitar to try and defeat it. Although the corrupted Armor Pokémon was beaten by Suicune and Brock's Onix, the Marauder remained confident as he sent Celebi to destroy them. He watched Celebi trap and torture Suicune with dark energy, but consequently missed Ash, Pikachu, and Sam's infiltration of the construct. When the electric torture paused due to Celebi fighting the Dark Ball's control, the Marauder attempted to keep Celebi on his side, reminding it that the heroes were its enemies. Ultimately, Ash and Sam's pleas won out and Celebi snapped out of its trance, destroying the Marauder's Dark Ball and knocking him into the lake when the construct collapsed.
The Iron-Masked Marauder made one final attempt to capture Celebi after its recovery, bursting out of the Lake of Life when the Pokémon flew over his hiding place. He attempted to escape with his jetpack, but Ash and Pikachu managed to grab onto his leg. While trying to kick Ash off, the Marauder was electrocuted by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, destroying his jetpack and sending all three of them plummeting. Celebi saved Ash and Pikachu with its powers, but the Marauder was left to fall into the forest. Although he survived his fall, his mask was knocked off and his remaining Dark Balls were missing.
He was last seen being tied up by a collection of forest Pokémon and berated by Diana's grandmother. It is likely that he was arrested afterwards.
He briefly reappeared in a montage in The Rise of Darkrai, which chronicled the preceding nine movies.
The Iron-Masked Marauder is a villain with absolutely no redeeming qualities. He is shown to be a malicious psychopath and also a megalomaniac, dishonest, ruthless, cruel, and egocentric person. He values his own life above that of others, whether out of cowardice or selfishness, and has no qualms about harming others, be it humans or Pokémon, for the sake of reaching his own goals.
He is also shown to be ambitious — although he makes pretense of capturing the Mythical Pokémon Celebi to present it to Giovanni, his true intentions are to use its power to overthrow his boss and rule Team Rocket himself. To achieve his aims, he will gladly sacrifice everything and anything, including his allies and his own Pokémon. This would prove his undoing, as abandoning his Pokémon left him helpless against the angry Pokémon of the forest when he was finally defeated at the end of the movie.
The Iron-Masked Marauder is skilled at hand-to-hand combat, but does not have the best balance. His primary advantages are his Dark Balls. He also uses a jetpack concealed under his cloak, and a large, four-legged mecha for transport. The mecha can generate a dark barrier to protect it from attacks, and is armed with a pair of strong tentacles tipped with jagged claws which can electrify themselves.
Not much is known about his origins. However, he has quite a reputation within Team Rocket, as Jessie, James, and Meowth were all able to recognize him and immediately started kowtowing shamelessly. He seems to have a great deal of dislike for his boss, but will gladly use the help of other Team Rocket members to achieve his goals, as shown when he sided with the Team Rocket trio for the purpose of helping him carry out his plans and spreading the word about his newfound power.
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| The Iron-Masked Marauder sent his Scizor after Ash and his friends. It battled against Ash's Bayleef. Like all of the Marauder's Pokémon, Scizor was caught with a Dark Ball, having its power charged to the highest level. Despite this, Bayleef was able to defeat Scizor with a Razor Leaf-Vine Whip combo. Later, after the Marauder was unmasked, Scizor was seen disappearing into the Ilex Forest along with Sneasel, freed from the Marauder's control.
Scizor's known moves are Double Team and Quick Attack.
|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest
|Voice actors
|Katsuyuki Konishi
|Eric Stuart
| The Marauder's Sneasel was first seen during his interrogation of the old Pokémon Hunter, where it freed a Tyranitar for the Marauder to capture with a Dark Ball. It was later deployed to go after Ash and his friends, battling Sam's Charmeleon. Despite its Dark Ball-enhanced power, it was defeated by Charmeleon's Headbutt. After the Marauder's final defeat, Sneasel was apparently freed from his control, and it was last seen disappearing into the Ilex Forest along with Scizor.
Sneasel's only known move is Slash.
|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest
|Voice actors
|Yumi Touma
|Kayzie Rogers
| The Marauder caught a Tyranitar at the Pokémon Hunter's camp in order to demonstrate the powers of his Dark Ball and force the Hunter to reveal the place where he had seen Celebi. It was originally rather timid – possibly due to its captivity – but the Dark Ball's influence transformed it into a violent monstrosity that lay waste to whatever its new Trainer commanded it to.
The Marauder sent his new Tyranitar to attack Ash and his friends, who were carrying Celebi, but they got away when James's Weezing used its Smokescreen to distract the Marauder. It was later sent against Suicune in order to weaken it so the Marauder could capture it. Brock used his Onix to battle Tyranitar, but the powered-up Armor Pokémon was too strong for Brock's Rock Snake Pokémon. Suicune, however, was able to defeat Tyranitar with a powerful Bubble Beam, and Onix used the last of its strength to slam it into the Lake of Life. Later, after the Marauder was defeated, the freed Tyranitar was seen swimming through the lake and disappearing into the mist, sinking Team Rocket's raft on the way.
Tyranitar's only known move is Hyper Beam.
|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest
The Marauder's ultimate goal was to capture and corrupt a Celebi to use for his schemes. After searching for a long time and gaining the assistance of the Team Rocket trio, he finally managed to capture it with his Dark Ball, turning it into a mindless engine of destruction. The Marauder used Celebi to create a huge monster out of debris in the forest, planning to destroy Giovanni and take over Team Rocket, eventually achieving conquest of the entire world by using Celebi's powers.
However, Ash and Sammy managed to infiltrate the construct and negate Celebi's brainwashing by reminding it of their shared memories. This destroyed Celebi's Dark Ball, freeing it, and causing the huge "twig-monster", as James called it, to collapse into the lake. After the Celebi from the future and the past had saved this Celebi from dying, the Marauder comes out of the lake, grabs Celebi and attempts to fly away with his rocket pack, but Ash grabbed his feet and had his Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, destroying the rocket pack and freeing Celebi from Marauder's grip.
|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest
|Voice actors
|Kazuko Sugiyama
|Kazuko Sugiyama
|Ken Sugimori's design of Iron-Masked Marauder
Voice actors
In the manga
In the movie adaptations
The Iron-Masked Marauder appeared in Celebi: a Timeless Encounter.
| The Iron-Masked Marauder caught a Tyranitar at a Pokémon Hunter's camp.
None of Tyranitar's moves are known.
|Celebi: a Timeless Encounter
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Iron-Masked Marauder 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
|Rocket's Scizor
|Best of Game
|P Promotional cards
|Rocket's Sneasel
|Best of Game
|P Promotional cards
|Rocket's Tyranitar
|Pokémon VS
- According to voice actor Shirō Sano, the Japanese name Vicious comes from Sid Vicious, the late bass player of the English punk rock band, Sex Pistols.
- Due to a mistranslation before the movie's release, it was mistakenly thought for a time that he was the future son of Jessie and James.
- On the Netflix website, their summary of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest still mentions this.
- In the film novelization, he is simply referred to as "Iron Mask".
- In the book Pokémon Hall of Fame, he is referred to as "Iron Mask Marauder".
- The Iron-Masked Marauder is currently the only movie antagonist to be a member of a villainous team at the time of his movie, as Annie and Oakley were only members of Team Rocket in the dub, and Butler had already been dismissed from Team Magma.
- The Iron-Masked Marauder is the first Trainer in the anime to have caught a Mythical Pokémon.
In other languages
|비셔스 Vicious
|Transliteration of his Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|比夏斯 Bǐxiàsī
|Transliteration of his Japanese name
| Jernmasken fra Ban
Marodøren i jernmasken*
| Literally "The Iron Mask from Ban", possible referencing Azkaban, a jail in the Harry Potter universe.
Literally "The Marauder in the Iron Mask"
| Öinen rautanaama
Rautanaamioinen Ryöväri*
| Literally "Nightly Iron Face"
Literally "Iron Masked Robber"
|Literally "The Iron Mask Hunter"
|Brazilian Portuguese
|Saqueador da Máscara de Ferro
|Marauder of the Iron Mask
|European Portuguese
|O Ladrão da Máscara de Ferro
|The Thief of the Iron Mask
|From English name
|บิชาส Vicious
|Transliteration of his Japanese name
|Members of Team Rocket
| Giovanni (anime • Adventures • Pocket Monsters)
| Archer • Ariana • Petrel • Proton
| Trios:
| Jessie, James, & Meowth (JJM)
Koga, Lt. Surge, & Sabrina (Triad*)
Ken, Al, & Harry (TRET)*
Carr, Sird*, & Orm (T3B*)
|Butch & Cassidy*• Attila & Hun* • Annie & Oakley*
| Others:
| Executives • Scientists • Grunts • Rocket Brothers • Gideon • Dr. Fuji*
Domino* • Iron-Masked Marauder* • Dr. Namba* • Sebastian*
Rocket Scout* • Wendy* • Tyson* • Jubei* • Viper* • Christopher*
Matori* • Pierce* • Dr. Zager* • Gozu* • Miyamoto* • Mondo*
Kaede* • Blaine*
|This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Top 14 Orange
Noriega quits Wallabies for Racing
ESPN Staff
July 10, 2012
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The Wallabies have suffered a blow with the news that their scrum coach Pat Noriega has quit to take up a post with Racing Metro in the Top 14 Orange.
Noriega played 25 Tests for Argentina and 24 for Australia and has helped strengthen the Wallabies' scrum in recent years - an area of their game that has traditionally believed to be weak. Noriega will now work alongside former team-mate Gonzalo Quesada at Racing with Pierre Berbizier the club's general manger.
"I've learnt a lot working with one of the best coaches in the world in Robbie Deans," said Noriega. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to put everything that I have learned off him into practice."
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans will now have to find a new scrums specialist with Noriega being in the role since 2009. Deans praised his former coach saying: "I don't think I've met a person more passionate about scrums. I have no doubt he will be a success in this next chapter of his life."
In related news, Stade Francais have announced the capture of Fijian winger Waisea Nayacalevu from Australian club side the Melbourne Unicorns. He has impressed on the Sevens circuit and recently scored two tries in three Tests for the XV side.
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Whew! Boy its been a long time since my last blog.......After Chistmas i was so worn out from Crocheting i just had to give it a break. So, now i'm back with a big project on my hook that I cant wait to get completed! Its the Lacy Swing Top from the August 2007 Issue of Crochet Today. I've had my eye on this one for quite a while and i'm pleased to announce that I've gotten started!
So, now on to the yarn......
I chose the exact same color and yarn the model is made in.
- Red Heart Lustersheen in Tea Leaf
- Size E Boye crochet hook
So for now, i'll leave you with a pic of the first completed square for the front. Check back soon for the completed project!!!


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AppNexus SVP of product management Ari Paparo is out and two other senior executives appear close to leaving the NewYork-based ad-technology company.
One is VP of sales Lauren Nemeth.
A source close to AppNexus tells us she plays a "huge role" at the company.
But we've learned that she is actively interviewing for a job at a competitor, and may follow Paparo out the door.
Separately, an AppNexus competitor tells us that it is interviewing one of AppNexus's other senior sales VPs.
AppNexus is a "real-time bidding platform." It's a place where ad buyers, ad sellers, and lots of middlemen like data providers and ad networks meet and move massive amounts of money and ad inventory.
With one founder, Brian O'Kelley, who made his name as CTO of a startup that sold to Yahoo for hundreds of millions of dollars, and another, Michael Rubenstein, who built Google's ad exchange, AppNexus was supposed to be "one of New York's greatest startup success stories."
Is it still?
An industry source and close observer of AppNexus tells us: "The executive turnover is worse than that—more on the way!"
"O'Kelley's challenging management style coupled with four years of vesting and questionable strategic options are to blame. Apparently the churn of rank-and-file employees is brutal too."
In addition to dealing with executive turnover, AppNexus has also had to deal with a less-than-ideal fundraising environment this year.
This summer, we reported that AppNexus was seeking to raise money at an $800 million valuation, but was having trouble finding takers.
Since, we've spoken to sources close to these talks and have learned more detail.
In the spring, AppNexus was approached by late stage investors seeking to put money into what is widely described as one of New York's more successful ad-tech companies.
Sources close to AppNexus insist the company has plenty of cash, and only reluctantly agreed to enter into deal talks—thanks mostly to the promise of a rich valuation.
But after these late-stage investors called around the industry and took a closer look at AppNexus's business, they came back with valuations much lower than they had originally suggested. AppNexus balked and talks ceased.
AppNexus has also had some uptime issues over the past year, competitors whisper and sources close to the company confirm.
Naturally, people close to the company are very bullish about its prospects.
One told us AppNexus has grown from 150 employees at the beginning of this year to 350. This source says revenues, which we estimate be ~$50 million, are up 3X year-over-year.
An AppNexus investor tells us: "I am confident they are one of the most important companies in ad tech and are likely to be one of the biggest tech companies built in NYC."
Paparo told us he is also optimistic about AppNexus.
Paparo, who says he left the company because a recent re-org removed his role within it, told us over the phone: "The business is booming. There's nothing wrong with the fundamentals."
So why are people leaving?
"It's not easy working at a very-fast-growth company," he says. "When I started I was employee No. 70, it's now No. 350."
"I think they are going to be hugely successful."
AppNexus president Michael Rubenstein declined to comment on this post.


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General Information About Universal Technical Institute of Massachusetts Inc
We are Universal Technical Institute, Inc., a nationwide provider of technical education training for students seeking careers as professional automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle and marine technicians. Through our campus-based school system, Universal Technical Institute, Inc. offers specialized technical education programs under the banner of several well-known brands, including Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Motorcycle Mechanics Institute and Marine Mechanics Institute (MMI) and NASCAR Technical Institute (NTI).
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Sanctified as a crusader, vilified as a traitor, Edward Snowden is living in purgatory. He sits, as of this writing, in a Moscow airport transit lounge, a man without a country.
Snowden should have the courage to come home, to fight in court, under the law. He has damaged his cause by fleeing to China, then to Russia. Why seek refuge in bastions of repression? Why contemplate asylum in Ecuador, a country with one of the worst records on free speech and free press in the Western Hemisphere? Why does he act like a spy on the run from a country he betrayed? He does his cause no good by hiding. If he stood trial, as Daniel Ellsberg did after leaking the Pentagon Papers, he could try to justify his disclosure of national-security secrets. He conceivably might even win, if only a moral victory.
You may think Snowden stands accused of espionage. He isn't. The charge is leaking secrets - different from espionage, and more defensible, as a matter of fact and of law. Real spies go to prison forever. He is looking at 10 years.
The law under which he is charged has an ignoble history. The United States started its first nationwide domestic surveillance programs under the Espionage Act of 1917, rounding up radicals, wiretapping conversations, opening mail. The act made possession of information that could harm the U.S. punishable by death; imprisonment awaited anyone who would "utter, print, write publish" disloyal ideas.
There were 1,055 people convicted under the Espionage Act during and after World War I. Not one was actually a spy. Most were political dissidents who spoke against the war. Their crimes were words, not deeds.
Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the American Socialist Party, was indicted for speaking out against the law. He had won close to 1 million votes running against President Woodrow Wilson in 1912, but he would conduct his next campaign from prison.
"I believe in the right of free speech, in war as well as in peace," Debs argued at his trial. "If the Espionage Law finally stands, then the Constitution of the United States is dead." The prosecutor, Edwin Wertz of the Justice Department, called Debs a threat to society. His words had inflamed American minds. If he went free, then "a man could go into a crowded theater . . . and yell 'fire' when there was no fire." Debs got 10 years. A unanimous Supreme Court upheld the sentence (presidentially commuted two and a half years later). Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that Debs and the Socialists had used "words that may have all the effect of force." They created "a clear and present danger" to the nation.
Snowden, if he went to court, could claim that the theater really is on fire. He could argue that the American national- security system is broken. His case is surely an exemplar: How does a high school dropout, no matter his level of information- technology wizardry, gain access to deep secrets of state? Even in this day and age, a thoughtful judge might echo Justice Potter Stewart on the subject of government secrecy. Stewart ruled with a Supreme Court majority that the government couldn't stop the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers, a secret history of the Vietnam War, in 1971.
He wrote that "the only effective restraint upon Executive policy and power . . . may lie in an informed and enlightened citizenry - in an informed and critical public opinion which alone can here protect the values of democratic government." He continued: "When everything is classified, then nothing is classified, and the system becomes one to be disregarded by the cynical or the careless, and to be manipulated by those intent on self-protection or self-promotion." One might argue that the Wikileaker-in-chief Julian Assange fits into that last category, by virtue of his conduct over the past year. Most of what Wikileaks leaked was interesting and informative. Much of it wasn't even classified as secret. Very little was a real threat to American national security.
Assange has strayed into realms of self-protection since then. He sought refuge in the London embassy of the government of Ecuador to fight extradition on a charge of sexual assault lodged in Sweden. Snowden clearly seems to have fallen into his sway. That isn't a healthy influence.
Snowden has now made a formal request for political asylum in Ecuador, which has new laws that give the government the power to decide whether information published by the press is truthful. President Rafael Correa has prosecuted journalists who criticized him with criminal charges.
This is no country for the cause Snowden has espoused. He had a fight-or-flight moment. He fled. I don't think he is a traitor. But I do think he may be a coward.
When Ellsberg put the Pentagon Papers into the hands of a reporter he trusted, he fully expected to go to prison for the rest of his life. (He didn't. President Richard Nixon's Plumbers broke into his psychiatrist's office looking for dirt. Case dismissed.) Ellsberg had the courage to fight the government face to face. That is how dissenters win.
Tim Weiner, a former national security correspondent for the New York Times, is the author, most recently, of "Enemies: A History of the FBI."
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Liberty and Freedom in Grids/
I like odd grids. How's that for a catchy opening at a cocktail party? Probably not too good. Nevertheless, complicated and unexpected grids are wonderful. One of my favorite examples is the structure for the book, The World of Franklin and Jefferson, created for the exhibition of the same name. United States Information Agency and the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration proposed the exhibition with funding from IBM. The exhibit toured New York, Paris, Warsaw, London, Mexico City, Chicago, and Los Angeles and was one of the last major works completed by the Eames Office. The accompanying book's structure is, let's be honest, bizarre. There are almost no margins. The italic captions have their own column in the center of the page. The images seem to invade the text like wild animals. Clearly, there is a structure under here I do not understand. But I love it. It's a world of wackadoodle grids. Now, that's a good title for a new design book.


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Marlins sign Furcal to one-year deal to play second
MIAMI -- A second major piece to the Marlins' offseason plan is now in place, as the team announced the signing of Rafael Furcal on Friday night.
A three-time All-Star shortstop, Furcal is being asked to switch to second base.
MIAMI -- A second major piece to the Marlins' offseason plan is now in place, as the team announced the signing of Rafael Furcal on Friday night.
A three-time All-Star shortstop, Furcal is being asked to switch to second base.
The deal for the 36-year-old is for one year. Financial terms were not announced, but a source confirmed Furcal will make $3 million, plus incentives.
There is some risk to the signing because Furcal missed all of 2013 due to Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.
Considering his track record and years of big league success, the Marlins are comfortable that Furcal will be a big acquisition.
The veteran became a key part of the Cardinals' World Series championship team in 2011. He last appeared in the big leagues in 2012, when he played in 121 games for St. Louis.
The Furcal announcement comes hours after the Marlins made it official that they signed former Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia to a three-year contract.
Like Saltalamacchia, Furcal has been part of a World Series winner.
Furcal broke in with the Braves in 2000, and he went on to be the National League Rookie of the Year. In 2006, he signed as a free agent with the Dodgers, and he was dealt to St. Louis during the 2011 season.
With Adeiny Hechavarria at shortstop, the Marlins are asking Furcal to move to second base, a position he last played in the big leagues with the Braves in 2004. That year, he saw action in just one game at second. Two years earlier, he played in just four games at the position.
A switch-hitter, Furcal has a career .281 batting average with a .346 on-base percentage. Furcal is a candidate to lead off for Miami, which ranked last in the Majors in runs scored and home runs last season.
Among active players, Furcal ranks 17th in runs scored with 2000, and he is sixth in stolen bases with 314.
The arrival of Furcal means the Marlins will either use Donovan Solano in a utility role or move him to third base.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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When Christmas peace is a hope alone ...
As we Christians in the West work our way this week through the Christmas leftovers and the remaining days of the season, perhaps we can spare a moment and a prayer for Christians in other parts of the world, the Christians of Iraq and 50 Christian families in Bethlehem about to lose their homes to an Israeli "security" expansion.
Political and security conditions in Iraq, already in sorry shape, have plummeted dramatically since the departure of the last of U.S. combat forces on Dec. 18. Even the biggest of Iraq pessimists must be surprised at how quickly the always shaky political jury-rigging that is contemporary Iraq is unraveling. The Obama administration has been under attack by Republicans because of the U.S. withdrawal, which resulted after negotiations for extending the presence of a U.S. force broke down, but one can only imagine the storm of criticism he would have endured had he allowed U.S. troops to remain in Iraq stripped of their immunity and subject to Iraqi prosecution, the sticking point that U.S. and Iraqis could not get past.
There will be many victims if a renewed civil conflict begins in earnest in Iraq, but the nation's ancient Christian community appears to already reside on the casualty list. Most have already fled; many among those who remain live in fear for their livelihoods and their lives.
After an abrupt resurgence of violence and with tensions rising between Sunni and Shi'ite communities in Iraq, the nation's Christian leaders essentially canceled Christmas this year. Christians were already keeping a low profile; churches did not allow exterior Christmas decorations for instance. But after new bomb attacks in Baghdad and attacks on Christian businesses and individuals in communities once considered reasonably secure in northern Iraq, church leaders canceled midnight Mass and other traditional Christmas observances in the interest of safety.
"Kirkuk's Christians will not hold Christmas celebrations but will mark this occasion in church masses and pray for security and stability in Iraq," Archbishop Sako told Alsumarianews.
"Instable security in Iraq in general and Kirkuk in particular, the continuous targeting of Christians in Mosul, incidents of Badinan of Kurdistan in addition to other situations in Iraq led Christians to cancel Christmas celebrations," he told a local source.
Meanwhile Christians in the Holy Land are dealing with a continuing crisis of their own as they fall under increasing pressure from Israeli expansion. In the little town of Bethlehem, this week for instance, 50 Christian families in Beit Jala on the West Bank face losing their land and homes as Israel completes the separation wall across the district of Bethlehem. Their plight was noted by U.K. Archbishop Vicent Nichols during his Homily for Midnight Mass at Westminster Cathedral, excerpted below:
Tonight, as we ponder this sacred birth, we are also to reflect on the duty that goes with this gift, this privilege of faith. Our faith in God, our awareness of God's unfailing love, brings with it responsibility and obligation. There is, with faith, an accompanying question: 'What am I to do?'
Three things.
We are to see clearly the reality of the world around us. As we look at the real circumstances of Christ's birth so too we look with fresh eyes on the anxieties and insecurity which touch many peoples' lives. We are to be freshly attentive to the needs of those who, like Jesus himself, are displaced and in discomfort. We are to see more clearly all those things which disfigure our world, the presence of the sins of greed and arrogance, of self-centred ambition and manipulation of others, of the brutal lack of respect for human life in all its vulnerability. While recognising how complex moral dilemmas can become, we are to name these things for what they are. We too live 'in a land of deep shadow.'
That shadow falls particularly heavily on the town of Bethlehem tonight. At this moment the people of the parish of Beit Jala prepare for their legal battle to protect their land and homes from further expropriation by Israel. Over 50 families face losing their land and their homes as action is taken to complete the separation/security wall across the territory of the district of Bethlehem. We pray for them tonight.
Then, secondly, we are to look with fresh wonder at those closest to us, seeing again their goodness and their loyalty, their readiness to forgive and their desire to care for us. In offering our 'yes' to the Lord, we are to respond together with kindness and forgiveness, with generosity and compassion to those in need. Together we become, day by day, an instrument of Christ's continuing mission in our world, even to imitating his self-sacrificing love for others. In the words of St Paul we are to be a people with 'no ambition except to do good.'
St Paul also points to the third aspect of our task. He tells us that hope is the key. We live in a world in which the prospects for the future, in the terms the world can offer, are distinctly shaky. Yet we find an unshakable hope in our Saviour. As we celebrate his birth we remember that he is to come again. And it is this coming that gives us our enduring hope. St Paul tells us that we can only fulfil the duties of faith if we are a people who 'are waiting in hope for the blessings which will come with the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus.'
The birth of Christ shows us that the narrative of life offered by the world, an account of human life which does not see beyond the confines of the created world, is only half the story. This birth shines a light into our world which dissolves those boundaries and opens up new and startling horizons, going beyond the vision of earthly eyes and confirming as true the hope that comes with faith: hope in eternal life and in a final destiny of fulfilment for all things, hope in one who has overcome every limitation, even death itself.
Tonight let us renew that gift of faith. Let us celebrate its joy, its comfort and its challenge. Let us be ready to play our part in word and deed. As we celebrate the loving response of Mary to God's invitation, let us ask her to encourage us always to offer our 'yes' and, staying close to her Son, confidently put our faith into practice each day.
Then indeed this will be a happy and a blessed Christmas. And I can wish you no more than that.


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ASTORIA, Ore. — We often hear about the rescuer. The brave act of the hero who dangles at the end of a helicopter cable to retrieve the imperiled hiker stranded on a ledge, or the boat driver who mans the helm for six hours in 20-foot swells to tow a stranded fishing vessel through the storm to the safety of a harbor. Such bravery in the face of danger deserves recognition and will always make for a good story.
There are thousands of Coast Guard men and women who work daily to make the actions of these rescuers possible; to turn potential lifesaving opportunities into real life situations that mean the difference between life and death. During times like these, the lives at stake are not only those of the victims, but those of the heroic rescuers who come to their aid. Coast Guardsmen miles away and hours, weeks and years before have worked to ensure reliable equipment, adequate training and well maintained boats and helicopters. Some of these men and women do this while training to fill the role of the rescuer, taking on a number or roles and responsibilities within our service.
One such Coast Guardsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Rashad Gipson, aviation maintenance technician (AMT) at Sector Columbia River's Air Station Astoria, Ore., works to ensure that all three Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters at the unit are ready to respond when the search-and-rescue alarm goes off. His commitment to the Coast Guard began shortly after he got his associates degree and found himself less than satisfied in several different workplaces.
"After two years of college I worked several different jobs doing a variety of things," Gipson explained. "I worked jobs in construction, reception and did some tutoring, but I found myself wanting more from my job."
Gipson's father, a retired Marine Captain, suggested Gipson look at what the Coast Guard had to offer. Gipson did some research, spoke to his local recruiter and decided to enlist.
"The Coast Guard provides the stability and value I was looking for in my work," stated Gipson. "My daily responsibilities have meaning. I contribute to the Coast Guard's missions, the most important of which is to save lives. What can be more important than that?" he smiled.
Gipson graduated from the required two-month basic training at Cape May, N. J., and was sent to serve on Cutter Tahoma, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter out of Portsmouth, N. H. During his two years there, he worked as a Fireman, an entry-level machinery technician who works to maintain the various mechanical components aboard a cutter, including the ship's engines.
"I learned a lot and gained valuable experience aboard the Tahoma," Gipson said. "I came to realize that performing mechanical work appeals to me. Welding and metal work, for example, are skills that translate into daily life and can be useful at home or in a career outside the Coast Guard someday. Though I knew I wanted to continue mechanical work, I wanted to see what sort of challenges I would face on the aviation side of the Coast Guard. I worked hard to enter and complete the Airman Program at Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., went to school to get trained in my current field and now work as an AMT here in Astoria."
Gipson is known at Sector Columbia River as more than a skilled AMT, but someone who motivates others.
"Rashad is a motivated technical mechanic on the hangar deck with a endless drive to see maintenance to completion, said Petty Officer 1st Class Christian Salinas, a lead AMT at Air Station Astoria. "On weekend duty days it is always reassuring to know he is part of my duty section; that any aircraft discrepancies will be met with one of our best trouble shooters. Gipson ensures that all possible solutions have been exhausted. He is currently working to become flight mechanic qualified, and his enthusiasm has become infectious to the other members who are waiting in line to work on the same qualifications."
A flight mechanic is the person aboard a Coast Guard helicopter who, among many other navigational and mechanical responsibilities, runs the hoist. The hoist controls the cable that lowers equipment and people to the helicopter. When the Coast Guard is called to rescue fishermen from a sinking ship on a dark and stormy night 75 miles from shore, the flight mechanic lowers the rescue swimmer to the distressed vessel, all the while relaying aircraft commands to the helicopter pilot who is not able to see the bobbing vessel, the water around it, the rescue swimmer, or the victim.
Gipson, among countless other jobs at the Air Station, is well on his way to becoming a flight mechanic.
"Just like any other job in the Coast Guard," Gipson elaborated. "AMTs have a wide variety of primary responsibilities. Flexibility is crucial. We must be able to transition from one set of mechanical problems to another at a moment's notice, to rapidly transition from one mechanical system to another with acute attention to detail. Focus and flexibility are key, as is the ability to remain calm. Right now I am looking forward to completing my qualifications as a flight mechanic so I can spend more time flying and see more action outside the hangar-to get up in the air and save some lives."
Gipson's work ethic and drive keep him going, but his conduct, character and attitude are every bit as integral to his success at the Air Station.
"Rashad Gipson is 100% genuine," said Chief Petty Officer Paul Whittle, head AMT at the Air Station. "He is open to learn or share knowledge from or with anyone who is willing and he maintains the highest level of integrity. He is always a positive influence on the hangar deck. Coming in to work in the morning, we could be faced with a large stack of work to do. He always is glass-half-full."
"Gipson worked for me as an Airman in Cape Cod before I transferred here," said Senior Chief Petty Officer Joseph Adams, Lead Engineering Chief at the Air Station. "He was, and continues to be a hard worker with an infectious positive attitude. I'm impressed by how quickly he picked up maintenance techniques and how he became the number one Spindle Technician in the shop. He is level-headed, well-liked, and a positive influence for the entire hangar."
Gipson attributes to his father not only his decision to join the Coast Guard, but with the success he's found within the organization.
"My father has always been and continues to be a positive influence in my life," noted Gipson. "I will do my best to follow his example and live up to his legacy. If I become half the man he is, I will be good to go."
Gipson's character and work ethic lend not only to his success as an Aviation Maintenance Technician, but to the success of Sector Columbia River's Air Station Astoria and the Coast Guard as a whole.
The Coast Guard is made up of many people like Gipson. Some will eventually find themselves performing heroic acts of valor on dark and stormy nights, but most will achieve heroism unseen and unknown in a mundane work environment.
Today in an office, an engine room, a hangar deck, a galley, a paint locker, a boathouse, under a sink, in a watchtower, a command center and behind a front desk, work thousands of Coast Guard heroes, always ready to respond.


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Need more J & less K (Dramas that Is...)
Most of the new dramas on here most likely end up being K-Dramas, but not that many J-Dramas in comparison...
We need more J-Dramas, because some people don't care for K-Dramas...
Personally I look forward to new J-Dramas but I haven't seen a new J-Drama on here in ages... they almost always end up being in Korean...
We need more J-Dramas!
Someone told me to get a life, but I haven't found one on eBay yet...
I agree! Although I like K-dramas, i think most of us would love to see more j-dramas and maybe even T-Dramas. The J-dramas we have here are mostly horror, how about you guys add some romance once in awhile?
In total agreement with you here...
I wonder, is there some reason why there's hardly any Jdramas available on here? I'd love to see some recent or even classic Jdramas, as I enjoy them much more than Kdramas. There's good Kdramas, but some of the series are so long and drawn out, they are hard to get through. I prefer the format of Jdramas, with the 9-11 episodes a series, instead of 15-20 for Kdramas.
Would love to know if there's going to be anymore Jdramas anytime soon.
in general, i would like to bring back the old crunchyroll where you get to see all asian dramas and movies
i hate to love him, but i do!!!!!!!!!!
yeah me too..j-dramas = funnier
Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. -Billie Joe Armstrong
yeah sick of too many typical Kdramas.
yeah i love jdramas...most dramas that i watch are jdramas....i am currently watching mioka love it!!!
Anime, Jdrama,Jmovie, Jsongs, Manga!!!!!
Nah, I prefer K-Dramas over J-Dramas. I guess you guys just need to look for other websites that offer J-Dramas since CR aren't uploading any at all. (And some ppl don't care much for J-dramas!)
I'm just saying ...
I mustanottagottalotta sleep last night.
mmmmmmmmmmmm.................. what to do????
Actually getting J-dramas are more expensive than K-dramas. That's what I red on newspaper in Japan about Crunchyroll.
I wonder why Japanese companies don't sell J-dramas cheaper if they want their dramas to get more popular.
I think It's their loss.
yeah i also agree...i mostly watch japanese dramas than k dramas
Anime, Jdrama,Jmovie, Jsongs, Manga!!!!!
kdrama is good...most the casts hv look...great ost...strong script...interesting plot..but love (romance) still must hav in their plot...
and this last 2 years..kdrama show a lot of improvement...
plus the fansub for kdrama so active...almost 100% of kdrama already subbed by them..so more opportunity for us to watch it..
kdrama also using idol (singer/band group) as one of their cast..so it attract fan to watch it...
but...jdrama hv their own strength...variety of genre..from the most heavy drama till the funnier one...
the acting skill from the casts is no doubt..likely they born to the role they played...
unfortunately we lack of fansub for jdrama...from 20 dramas that aired in 1 season...around 10-12 just hv been subbed..
jdrama hv best drama...but they so underrated...
as much as im enjoying watching kdrama recently...jdrama still no.1 for me....
pray4Gaza, pray4MH17, pray4MH370
Just K-DRAMA!!
I agree, I couldn't find any good J-dramas to watch so I just ended up watching Korean Dramas they're awesome but J-dramas always end up being pure gold. Example: Hana Kimi, Atashinchi no Danshi, Nobuta wo Produce, Mei-chan no Shitsuji, HYD, etc. I hate how so many j-dramas star great idols but have boring plots and genres. Whats with all the law, work, detective, and war dramas. They aren't really for young people...
Happy or not i still have to smile...
yeah, I wish they had J-dramas like Sapuri (oohhh that was a great drama).
K dramas are okay too but you know, variety is the spice of life. I second the bid for the old crunchy roll. Maybe they will come back but in a different version, like "springroll" or something.


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