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| Different Strokes for Different Blokes
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Different Strokes for Different Blokes (Japanese: 迷いの森!シンジふたたび!! Bewilder Forest! Shinji Returns!!) is the sixth episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 472nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 26, 2006 and in the United States on June 12, 2007.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
When Ash runs into his new rival Paul, Ash wants a rematch—and a chance to show off his new Turtwig! The battle takes an unexpected turn when Turtwig disobeys Ash's orders, and is then accidentally kidnapped by Team Rocket during their latest attempt to grab Pikachu. Naturally our heroes thwart Team Rocket's plans, but Ash and Paul are knocked off a cliff in the process. Ash tells Dawn and Brock to meet him on the other side of the surrounding forest. He's ready to team up Paul to get out of the woods together, but Paul isn't interested and walks away.
Ash soon discovers that the forest is full of Stantler, and he keeps getting lost in the illusions created by their antlers. On the bright side, he and Turtwig have a chance to spend some time together reconciling their differences. Eventually they find their friends again, along with the inevitable swam of Beedrill. If that wasn't enough, our heroes are then chased out of the forest by a grouchy Ursaring. Of all people, it's Paul who comes to the rescue and catches Ursaring in the process.
Now Paul and Ash are free to finish their interrupted battle. Ash and Turtwig show off their new and improved teamwork, but even that just isn't enough to beat Paul and his Chimchar. Paul walks away, smug in his victory, and now Ash is more determined than ever to beat him the next time they meet!
The episode begins in the middle of a forest on a peaceful day, with Ash and his friends preparing for a delicious meal cooked by Brock. While Dawn is laying plates on the table, Aipom happily picks tasty oranges from the trees above. Dawn below, Piplup calls up to Aipom, wanting an orange himself. Aipom sticks her tongue out at the young Pokémon however, and jumps up and down. But while doing so, she gets too excited and bangs her head on a branch above her and drops the orange out of her tail hand in shock and into the mouth of a hungry Piplup. Aipom drops down to the ground and starts to shout at Piplup for eating her orange, but Piplup doesn't seem interested. Turtwig then runs over and tries to break up the argument between the Pokémon, but is quickly slapped away by Aipom and Piplup who doesn't want someone interfering in their quarrel. Aipom decides to take the fight to another level, and fires off a Swift attack at Piplup, who responds with a Bubble Beam attack. The two attacks collide and explode, which bring Ash and Dawn's attention to the squabble.
The two continue their fight, but Ash, Dawn and Brock run over and Ash demands that they stop. Just then, Turtwig, angry at being slapped away before, jumps into the fray but is smacked again by Aipom's Focus Punch attack and Piplup's Peck. Not impressed by this, Turtwig lets out a roar and attacks both Pokémon with a furious Razor Leaf attack. At this, both Piplup and Aipom stop bickering as Turtwig stands proudly between them. Ash thanks his Pokémon for breaking them up, and Turtwig bites onto his head affectionately. Ash laughs, and tries to shake Turtwig off, but is stopped when a voice from behind him calls out. Turning around, Ash is shocked to see the Trainer he had not long ago battled, Paul. The young Trainer nods, and then smirks at Ash's reaction.
The two exchange taunts, and Ash is again shocked to hear that Paul is also heading for the nearby Gym. Paul then asks if that Turtwig is his, and Ash says that he caught it recently. Paul smirks, not looking impressed. Ash becomes angry at Paul's arrogance, and demands a Pokémon battle from him. Paul agrees, pulling a Poké Ball from his belt and calls out his Chimchar. Dawn seems worried, as Chimchar is a Fire type, while Turtwig is a Grass type. Ash doesn't care about type however, saying that he'll prove his Pokémon can withstand a type disadvantage. After some battle preparations, Dawn and Brock along with their Pokémon sit down on a nearby log to watch the battle. Paul wonders if Ash will back out now, but Ash isn't about to back down and starts the battle off by ordering a Tackle.
Turtwig runs towards Chimchar, who jumps up on Paul's command and stops right in front of Turtwig before using a Scratch attack. Ash is shocked at the fire monkey's speed, but dismisses it and tells Turtwig to use Razor Leaf. Turtwig does so, but Chimchar somersaults backwards to avoid the attack which impresses Dawn. Paul then orders Chimchar to use Ember, which Ash tells his Pokémon to avoid. However, Turtwig just stands there and takes the attack, and is sent flying back. Ash asks what's wrong with Turtwig, wondering why his Pokémon didn't dodge any of the attacks it told it to. Turtwig only shakes its head however, and Ash continues to look confused. Noticing the sun, Ash has an idea and tells Turtwig to use Synthesis. Dawn wonders what this does, and Brock explains that Turtwig is healing itself using the power of sunlight.
Paul isn't impressed, and tells Chimchar to use Flame Wheel. His Pokémon does so, leaping up before using the flames in its mouth to surround its whole body in fire and making a blazing wheel. Turtwig again makes no effort to try to avoid the attack, and is engulfed by fire. Chimchar jumps back after smashing into the injured Grass Pokémon, and Ash asks Turtwig if it can continue. Ash tells his Pokémon to attack again, but is stopped by a net fired from the sky. Ash and everyone else looks up to see Team Rocket's balloon and Jessie, James and Meowth leering down at them. The three start to recite their motto, and just as they are about to say their names, Paul calls out 'Ember'. The two repeat the name, then stop in surprise, wondering who spoke during their motto. Suddenly realizing 'Ember' is an attack, they begin to panic. Chimchar then uses an Ember attack as ordered, and Jessie, James and Meowth dance around in pain in their balloon as they are burnt.
After the flames die out, James wonders who Paul is, before Ash tells them to give his Turtwig back. Jessie wonders what he's talking about, and the three look down and are shocked to find that instead of grabbing Pikachu they got Turtwig instead. Paul says that he has no idea who they are, and Jessie demands that James tell him. James then sends out Carnivine, eager to silence the arrogant young Trainer. Carnivine isn't too interested in a battle however, and happily chomps down on James' head before James tells it to use Bullet Seed. Happy at its fill, Carnivine jumps up and fires off the attack as told. Ash tells Paul to get out of the way, but Paul refuses to move and orders Chimchar to use Ember to deflect the attack. Chimchar does so, and Ash tells Turtwig to use Razor Leaf to break out of the net. Ash runs and grabs the falling Turtwig, then tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt to get rid of Team Rocket. The electric attack hits the balloon, causing it to explode and Team Rocket blasting off again.
The force of the explosion however sends Ash, Paul and Chimchar over the edge of the cliff they were fighting on. Paul remains focused as they fall however, landing on a protruding tree and then jumping down from branch to branch. While Paul does this however, Ash continues to fall, grabbing hold of Turtwig and landing head first into the pool of water below. Brock and Dawn call down to Ash, asking if he's okay, and Ash waves his arms around, telling them that he is and for them not to worry. Ash hears a sound behind him, and looks over to see Paul calling Chimchar back into its Poké Ball. The young Trainer than starts to walk into the forest, with Ash calling to him to no avail. Ash decides to try to take the opportunity to befriend Paul, but Paul makes it clear that he has no intention of being nice to, or cooperating with Ash. He then continues to walk, and Ash tries to follow.
Elsewhere, Dawn is asking Brock how they can find Ash again. Brock checks inside his Pokémon handbook, which contains a map of the surrounding area. Brock reads out the forest name, and Dawn looks worried as she's heard of it somewhere before... and it wasn't good. Back with Ash, we find him and Turtwig walking alone, with Paul gone off by himself. Ash looks around, wondering where the exit to this forest is. At that, a Stantler pops its head of some nearby bushes and stares hard at him while Ash checks the Pokémon on his Pokédex. After the Pokédex scan is complete, Ash smiles at Stantler, but is shocked to see its antlers light up.
The light glowing from them entrances Ash and Turtwig, and before he knows it, Ash finds himself in a huge empty field. Deciding to keep on walking to try to get out, Ash walks forwards but soon finds himself right back at the pond that he and Turtwig fell into before Paul walked off by himself. Ash stares at the pool of water in shock, wondering how he could have come back here. He and Turtwig then walk back into the forest, only to be stopped by the Stantler again, who repeats what appears to be a Hypnosis attack which fools people into seeing things which aren't there.
This time, Ash and Turtwig are tricked into thinking that they are in the middle of a hot and vast desert. After some thinking, Ash realizes what is going on: The desert isn't real, and if he keeps on walking, he'll just be tricked again and end up right back where he started. The only way to get out of it will be for pain to snap him out, and so Ash tells Turtwig to bite his head. Turtwig does so, and the pain rips Ash out of the delusion and back into the forest. Ash soon finds that maybe it was safe in the illusion desert, as not one, but many Stantler appear and use their Hypnosis attack on Ash at the same time. This time Ash finds himself flying through the air happily with Turtwig by his side. In reality, Ash and Turtwig are flailing around the floor in deluded joy. Watching all of this is Paul, who isn't impressed by Ash being so easily manipulated by the Pokémon.
Paul then calls out his Chimchar, and orders it to use Ember on the Stantler surrounding Ash. The fire balls fly overhead, and the Stantler run off in fear leaving Ash to slowly come out of his fantasy world. Ash is about to thank Paul for saving him, struggling as he didn't think Paul would have bothered after all the arguments the two had had recently. Just then however, one of the Stantler appears and stares angrily at Paul for just attacking it. Paul isn't impressed, and tells his Chimchar to use Flame Wheel. Chimchar does so, rolling into a flaming ball and slamming hard into Stantler and knocking it back. As the Pokémon screams in pain, Paul throws a Poké Ball and catches it. Ash thanks Paul for helping him, but Paul doesn't appear interested as he examines the Poké Ball containing Stantler. The young boy then throws the Poké Ball into the air and releases Stantler. Ash asks why he released it, and Paul tells him that it was too weak for his needs.
Outside the forest, Dawn explains to Brock what she had heard about the forest. Brock says that they should go in and look for Ash, regardless of the danger. Dawn agrees, and the two enter along with Pikachu and Piplup. Back inside, Ash is trying to get Turtwig to eat an apple that he picked from a tree. Turtwig coolly tries to get Ash to eat it himself, but a stomach rumble makes them both think otherwise. Ash splits the apple in half and offers a piece to Turtwig. The two sit down and relax for a short while, eating their halves of the apple while Ash talks to Turtwig about them both being friends. Turtwig nods and agrees, but their talk is disturbed by another Stantler that appears from the bushes. Ash covers his eyes quickly, and runs in the opposite direction before slamming into a tree and causing a whole swarm of Beedrill. The Beedrill start to chase him, but during the chase Ash is spotted by Brock and Dawn who wave to him happily.
They both soon notice the Beedrill and along with Ash, run for their lives. Ash is soon stopped however, when he bumps into a large Ursaring. Although this scares the Beedrill away, Ash finds himself cowering in the shadow of a very angry bear. Turtwig isn't about to let Ursaring hurt its master however, and jumps up and bites Ursaring's head as Ursaring tries to shake the young Grass-type Pokémon off. It manages to do so, but just as Ursaring is about to attack Ash himself, Turtwig launches itself and headbutts the attacking Pokémon. Ash smiles and thanks Turtwig for saving him. He then tells Pikachu to use Iron Tail and for Turtwig to use Razor Leaf.
The two Pokémon do so, and Ash compliments them on their awesome combination of attacks. This causes Ursaring to become even more frustrated. The angry Pokémon lets out an loud roar and fires a Hyper Beam into the air, before chasing Ash, Dawn, Brock and their Pokémon out of the forest as it stampedes behind them. Ash then notices Paul on the road in front of them, and they get out of the way as Paul tells Chimchar to use Flame Wheel to knock out Ursaring. Once again, Paul catches the Pokémon, and Dawn congratulates him. Ash isn't impressed however, and tells her that even though he caught it, he probably won't keep it. Paul scans the Poké Ball however, and liking what he sees, puts Ursaring's ball on his belt after concluding that the Pokémon is good enough to meet his standards. After a brief conversation, Paul says that they should have another Pokémon battle. Ash wonders what Pokémon Paul will use, and both Trainers get into their positions. Ash tells Turtwig to use Tackle, and Paul, using Chimchar, tells it to use Scratch. This time however, when Ash tells Turtwig to dodge, Turtwig does so, making Chimchar's attack miss.
Dawn is surprised at Turtwig's actions, before Ash tells Turtwig to use Razor Leaf. Turtwig does so, and Chimchar counters with Ember. Both attacks produce a stalemate however, which leads Ash to taking a much more direct approach by telling Turtwig to use Tackle. Paul remains cool however, and tells Chimchar to use Dig to dodge the attack. Chimchar digs underground, dodging Tackle and remaining safe. As everyone tries to work out where Chimchar will appear, Chimchar emerges from underground and lets loose a sneak attack at Turtwig. Ash tells Turtwig to keep calm and use Quick Attack, but Paul just responds with another Dig attack. The monkey then pops out of one after another, mocking the poor Grass Pokémon and confusing it. Chimchar sees this, and jumps out behind Turtwig again and attacks it with its claws. Ash grits his teeth, but remains confident as he tells Turtwig to use Razor Leaf on Chimchar's holes. The attack enters the holes, flushing Chimchar out as it clutches itself painfully.
Paul isn't impressed, and tells his Pokémon to use Ember. The attack is avoided however, as Ash tells Turtwig to jump into one of the holes to dodge. Ash asks Paul how that move was, but Paul just laughs and says that he's already thought of a way to deal with it. Paul tells Chimchar to use Ember on the holes to flush Turtwig out, just as Ash just did to his Pokémon. Turtwig is flung out of the hole, engulfed in flame and Dawn looks on in dismay and Brock says that the damage to Turtwig is doubled because of the type disadvantage. Ash tells Turtwig to use Synthesis to heal itself however, which annoys Paul who decides to finish off the battle quickly by ordering a Flame Wheel attack. Chimchar rolls quickly towards Turtwig, but Ash tells Turtwig to stand there. Turtwig is shocked, and wonders why its Trainer didn't tell it to dodge. Ash tells it to trust him, and at the last moment, Ash tells Turtwig to jump down the hole in front of it, which it does, avoiding the attack and catching Chimchar by surprise.
As the monkey tries to find Turtwig, Ash tells his Pokémon to use Tackle, and then to bite Chimchar. Turtwig does so, and Chimchar flails around madly trying to shake the Grass Pokémon off. Paul decides to take the battle underground, and tells Chimchar to take it and Turtwig into one of the holes with it. Ash is shocked, and Paul smiles at his reaction and tells Chimchar to use Flame Wheel. Flames burst out of the ground's holes, and both Pokémon are thrust above ground, engulfed in fire. Ash asks if Turtwig is okay, and his gutsy Pokémon manages to get back up. Ash tells Turtwig to use Tackle, and Paul tells Chimchar to use Flame Wheel. The two Pokémon collide, but when the smoke clears, Chimchar is the one left standing and Turtwig is knocked out, leaving Paul as the winner. Ash falls to his knees and apologizes to Turtwig, before thanking it for putting up such a great fight. Chimchar dances happily and Paul scolds it for doing so. Ash calls out to Paul, but Paul doesn't care about anything anyone as weak as Ash wants to say, and walks off.
Ash then stares at the departing Paul full of anger, as he realizes that the two of them will never be friends.
Major events
- Ash and his friends encounter Paul again.
- Ash's Turtwig starts to listen to Ash.
- Paul's Chimchar is revealed to know Dig.
- Paul catches a Stantler but subsequently releases it.
- Paul catches an Ursaring.
- Ash has a battle against Paul and loses, suffering his first loss to Paul.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
- Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pokémon Coordinators
- Pokémon senryū: ポケモンと うつくしくあれ コーディネーター Pokémon to utsukushiku are, Kōdinētā. "Being beautiful with Pokémon, that is a Coordinator."
- Ash's Turtwig is added to By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~.
- Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, as well as an instrumental of Advance Adventure, are used as background music.
- The dub title is a pun on the line "Different strokes for different folks" from the song Everyday People by Sly & the Family Stone.
- Ash's Turtwig and Dawn's Piplup remain outside of their Poké Balls for the entire episode.
- Dawn narrates the preview for the next episode.
- When Team Rocket blasts off in the beginning of the episode, Wobbuffet can be heard, despite him not being out of his Poké Ball.
- This is the first episode of the Diamond & Pearl series where Wobbuffet doesn't appear.
- In a scene where Ash is pushed down by Ursaring, his hair is colored the same as his skin.
- Although the Finnish dub has left move names untranslated from the English dub since Fear Factor Phony, Paul uses Finnish names of Ember and Flame Wheel in this episode, one time each.
Dub edits
In other languages
|Mandarin Chinese
|Co trenér, to styl
|Hver mand sin kampstil
|Elk kereltje zingt zoals die gebekt is!
|Kuin yö ja päivä
|European French
|Une rencontre enflammée !
|Stur wie ein Pokémon!
|מכות שונות לברנשים שונים
|Il bosco delle illusioni & Promessa di rivincita
|환상의 숲, 진철, 다시 나타나다
|Mange slag på en dag
|Dla każdego coś innego
|Duas Ações, Duas Reações!
|Cada um é para o Que Nasce!
|Lovituri Diferite pentru Indivizi Diferiți
|Каждому бойцу свой удар по лицу!
|Latin America
|¡Diferentes Estilos de Batalla, Diferentes Pokémon!
|Jugadas diferentes para chicos diferentes
|Snabbt, ge mig en bättre attack!
|ป่าวงกต! พบชินจิอีกครั้ง!
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Jacqueline Phillips works for the Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) in bush communities across the Northern Territory.
She spoke to NT Country Hour during NAIDOC week about her job, some of the challenges she faces and the changes she's noticing in her language with younger generations.
Every few weeks Jacquie works at the Maningrida Bush Courts, where she interprets in her language Burarra.
"Burarra is a big language group. It's a language really from in between Maningrida and Milingimbi and it has four or five dialects.
"In our language we have many ways of saying 'we go'. We have a word for a female and a male, or a male and a male, or a younger person and an older person, or as a group. So you have to be quite specific."
It can be tricky speaking for others, much of Jacquie's work is in the courts or at hospitals interpreting for doctors and nurses.
"It's very tough, because there's still that lack of awareness in the community of our role. A lot of people still think that we're there to help them specifically for their needs and to provide them with advice."
Another consideration in Jacquie's line of work is who she is allowed to interpret for and whether a client has the same skin group.
"It's got nothing to do with the skin, it's just a name for each individual... They have about four to six different skin groups.
"If a job request comes in and they have the same skin name, I'm not allowed to interpret, because I'm not allowed to know their business."
Jacquie is also noticing that her language is changing, little by little, with old and new versions of Burarra.
"With new Burarra, they're not using the pronunciation properly, they're dragging words, not rolling the r in lots of words.
"That's something I like about working for the Aboriginal Interpreter Service, because it got me to really acknowledge and maintain my language more.
"And that's how I am with my children now, before I used to speak to them the new version, now I speak the proper way."
The AIS is currently expanding its services to reach more communities and Jacquie hopes there might be an opportunity to expand nationally some time in the future.
"The best thing about being an interpreter is actually providing that quality communication, to break that language barrier.. and being a voice, especially for the quiet ones who want to speak up and say something."

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My little angels turn into devils on a plane
23:50 GMT, 11 April 2012
My mother used to say: 'What doesn't kill you makes you angrier.' On Good Friday I realised why she usually uttered this phrase through gritted teeth after the bank holiday car journey to visit my granny.
We'd go from Cornwall to London in an ancient Mini without seatbelts or reliable brakes. We would hurtle along the A303 with my sister and I crammed in the back alongside Barney, our huge mongrel, and the collection of hamsters and guinea pigs we seemed to transport everywhere.
The journeys took anything between six and 12 hours (and required four flasks of sweet tea).
Travel chaos: The Candy family's Easter holiday was hit by delays (posed by model)
These road trips are seared on my memory as tortuous adventures whose emotional ups-and-downs mirrored the stages of bereavement: numbness, sadness, anger and finally an exhausted acceptance of the utterly grim situation.
The destination was always worth the journey, but I swore I'd never put myself through one of those epic journeys again. And I didn't. Until I had children, that is.
While car journeys with the children are bad, flights are little better. Even if Richard Branson flew us round the world in a mink-lined private jet, the experience would still be exhausting, chaotic and smell ever so slightly of sick.
I know the drill for aeroplanes and families: that's why we usually go to Cornwall for school breaks or stay at home. I've been searched in airports while breastfeeding a baby, sat through a delayed four-hour flight covered in gallons of liquid from a leaky nappy, endured a two-hour flight comforting a vomiting child and once been shouted at by an angry, child-hating air hostess for unbuckling and rebuckling a baby seat belt.
So I know that travelling with children demands a thicker skin than singing out of tune in front of Simon Cowell.
With this in mind, last week we set off from home at 7am to catch a cheap, short flight to France for a half-term break. We'd be there by 12.30pm if all went to plan. Perhaps I should have realised what was in store for us when we put Mabel in her buggy and the tyre deflated in front of us.
Then the five-year-old ate his muffin and its paper wrapper in the car.
Maybe it's because we have four offspring, including a ten-month-old, that the journey felt a tougher test than most.
Or was it that our flight to the Continent suddenly turned into a short hop from one London airport to another, where we landed due to a 'hydraulics malfunction'.
After we'd been given a tiny bag of miniature breadsticks for lunch on the runway, we were put on a coach older than I am to drive back to the airport we first took off from to have another go in a new plane.
More from Lorraine Candy…
LORRAINE CANDY: All the balloons had gone, but who'd swallowed them – the dog or the baby
LORRAINE CANDY: How did I end up going to a party dressed as a monk in tights
LORRAINE CANDY: I'm back at work and feel as out of place as a penguin on a Caribbean beach…
LORRAINE CANDY: Is God invisible Er, let me get back to you darling
LORRAINE CANDY: Don't mention my baby or
I'll weep at my office desk
LORRAINE CANDY: Our dog's so stupid he picked up a puppy instead of his ball and ran off with it
LORRAINE CANDY: Rubber gloves, 5am showers… and Smartie sandwiches
LORRAINE CANDY: I'm right to leave Mabel to return to work, so why's my heart so bruised
Car seats weren't available for little ones, so along with the two other mums with newborns, I sat with the baby on my lap as we hurtled down a motorway.
Is this against the law, I wondered, while Mr Candy, who is relentlessly positive about any major emergencies, but gets unreasonably upset if Tesco's runs out of English mustard, initiated an ill-advised game of Guess The Animal. He misread the mood — I heard someone shout: 'Bloody gorilla!'
Children can develop halos or horns on a trip, and there's no telling which way it will go.
Mine were decently behaved until they hit a blood sugar low and began an argument of epic proportions about who was the best Moshi Monster character before making repeated visits to their favourite place on earth: the-loo-with-a-Dyson-hand-drier, a miracle of engineering in their eyes, more impressive than a jumbo jet or space travel.
'Look,' Henry said suspiciously after his third visit. 'It's dried my shoes inside and out and they've turned a different colour.'
When we finally boarded a working aircraft, five hours after the first one was supposed to leave, we were handed a cheese roll as lunch number two.
As I bit into it, the crown of my root canal broke off and fell into my lap.
I took a deep breath, Mr Candy mentally calculated the cost of replacing the tooth and baby Mabel giggled. She laughed so hard we couldn't help but laugh, too.
Lorraine Candy is editor-in-chief of Elle magazine


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Kids' Books Gift Guide: Science Experiments for Kids & Books for Sports Fans
By Bianca Schulze, The Children's Book Review
Published: November 12, 2010
This is a book list for sports enthusiasts, young Einsteins-in-the-making, myth busters, restless minds and grown men! From Potato Chip Science to The World's Most Amazing Facts and Records, there is seriously something for everyone. And, while I would recommend most of these books to the most reluctant of readers—particularly boys—I would suggest that you don't rule these suggestions out for girls. Young girls in particular have very curious minds and very much enjoy a good hands-on experiment—there's also a beautiful and energetic baseball book which tells the inspiring story of Effa Manley.


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Happy First Anniversary, My Sassy Chef!
Posted by Ebook Software on Sunday, April 3, 2011, In : my sassy chef
Chopper-Tattoo – Top Tattoo Offer!
Posted by Ebook Software on Sunday, February 27, 2011, In : Arts & Entertainment
About Me
Don Eleazar Balboa was born in Quiapo, Manila in 1979, the second son of Eleazar Lee and Marilou Ocampo Balboa. Most of his childhood were spent in Antipolo City, Rizal. Don attended school in Assumption and then La Salle High School, graduating in 1996. From his sophomore year La Salle, he was varsity in two sports. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Council. He and Maria Lourdes married in October of 2003. He met Lourdes in the lobby of the Administration Department at the Manila Montessori College, where they both were students. In the fall of 2003, Don began began working for an entertainment company at Ortigas Center, the business district in Pasig, Manila. Writing scripts and doing events on the weekends. The Balboas have two children: Veronica Ashley and Heather Desiree. Don is of Chinese-Portugese ancestry, stands 5'11" and weighs about 170 pounds. He is brown-eyed, fair-skinned, and has thick dark brown hair.
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Revision as of 23:04, 8 July 2011
This is the guide for volunteers for the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States project. It is a draft as of July 8, 2011 and will likely be modified by volunteer input.
Return to State Agency Databases listing.
Project Scope
As established in 2007, this project seeks to locate and annotate publicly searchable databases produced by agencies of the 50 state governments plus the District of Columbia.
Interest has been expressed in creating database listings for local governments of the 50 states, commonwealths and other outlying territories of the United States. We're open to this. It would be up to an individual to step forward and create such pages. In the case of creating pages for local governments of one of the fifty states, the documents specialist for that page would need to be consulted.
Basic Responsibilities
By adopting a project page, you are agreeing to do the following:
- Check the page for broken links using http://validator.w3.org/checklink or some other method and looking for replacement URLs when needed. This should be done quarterly (around Sep 15, Dec 15, Mar 15 & Jun 15 of each year).
- Look for new databases produced by your state. There are a number of approaches to locating state databases. The databases you find ought to meet the criteria listed on the What is a Database page. When in doubt, ask Daniel Cornwall, project coordinator.
- Annotate your databases with one or two sentences that indicate what fields can be searched in a given database and what sort of information the database records have. Indicate any special technology needs (i.e. IE only, etc)
- Accept e-mail from people not comfortable with editing wikis who have additions, edits or deletions.
Getting Started
To adopt a page in this project, first send an e-mail to Daniel Cornwall, the project coordinator. Let him know whether you already are a registered user on this wiki. If you are not, a free account will be be created for you. Please also provide an e-mail address to be used for the volunteer mailing list (See below).
Once you have an account on this wiki, go to your project page and insert something like the following:
"This is an annotated list of databases produced by (Your State Here) State Agencies listed by producing agency.
If you are a registered user of this wiki, feel free to add a database to this list or fix broken links. If you're not a registered user, or are not comfortable editing wikis, you may also send an e-mail to (Your Name Here), the documents specialist for this page at (an e-mail address you're comfortable being public)." Some people like to use "At" and "Dot" in the addresses to make it harder for spammers to grab your address.
Style Guide
The ideal format for state pages with a volunteer document specialist is as follows:
- The top of the page shows the paragraph with the volunteer name, then is followed by a table of contents as in this example:
This view is accomplished by using the wiki markup language shown below:
Volunteer Forum
The official volunteer forum is the State Agency Databases Wiki mailing list via GoogleGroups. It is by invitation only and is intended for announcements and discussion of project issues including maintenance and promotion/marketing.
All new volunteers will automatically be signed up for the mailing list.
The mailing list is currently in the process of being built. Volunteers who have updated their pages since 1/1/2010 have already been added. Volunteers who have not updated their pages since then are being contacted. If they reconfirm their commitment, they will be added to the mailing list.
You might find the following resources helpful in your volunteer work here:
- Wiki Editing Help - A guide to the mechanics of writing wiki pages. If you have specific questions, contact the project coordinator or post a question to the volunteer forum (when available).
- Not Databases and/or not government, but still useful
Thank you for contributing to this effort. What else should be here?


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BARBARA ORTUTAYNEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ The IPO market is heating up. A growing economy and rising stock market are prompting more startups to go public, and investors appear hungry to invest. This week, organic mac n' cheese maker Annie's and mobile ad firm Millennial Media posted the biggest first-day gains since networking site LinkedIn debuted last May. And Facebook's highly anticipated initial public stock offering is just weeks away. After lying largely dormant for three years, the IPO market is churning again. And it's poised to get further lift. Congress is loosening restrictions in an attempt to make it easier for young companies to raise money. Still, high gas prices and stubborn unemployment rates continue to put a damper on growth, making it too early to tell whether an IPO recovery is here to stay. The willingness of more startups to open their books and court wider investment suggests that they are optimistic about their business and the broader economy. And a strong IPO market could itself drive growth, as companies loaded with fresh cash injections hire workers to expand their operations. Berkeley, Calif.-based Annie's Inc. saw shares soar 89 percent on Wednesday to close at $35.92. They rose another 5.6 percent on Thursday to finish at $37.92. The shares, originally expected to sell for $14 to $16, ended up pricing at $19 each. Baltimore-based Millennial Media Inc., which makes software that helps games makers and media companies decide what ads to push to smart phones and tablet computers, saw shares jump 92 percent from their $13 IPO price to close at $25. In total, 10 companies are expected to go public this week, the most since December 2010. It marks an enthusiastic end to a strong quarter for IPOs. There have been more IPOs in the first three months of 2012 than there have been since the 2011 second quarter, said Richard Peterson, credit analyst at S&P Capital IQ. And on average, stocks hitting the market in the past three months have gained an average of 13 percent on their first trading day, according to the IPO advisory firm Renaissance Capital. That's the best performance since 2008.
The rush has come after the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3 percent in the final three months of 2011, the best pace in a year and a half. Hiring is picking up. Earlier this month the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at its highest point since May 2008. An improving stock market helps fuel demand for IPOs, which are considered riskier investments.But the IPO market may yet peter out. There were signs of optimism at the start of 2011, but the European debt crisis and renewed economic weakness in the second half of the year froze the IPO market for months. And while more companies are going public now, they're pulling in less cash. U.S. IPOs have raised $5.5 billion so far this year, less than half of the $13 billion that newly public companies pulled in during the 2011 first quarter, according to Renaissance Capital. It's also still too early to tell whether efforts by lawmakers to make it easier for small companies to raise money through IPOs will help rev up the market. President Obama is expected to soon sign a bill that would reduce the cost of going public for companies with less than $1 billion in annual revenue. Splashy market debuts are drawing big headlines, but what matters for investors is what a company's stock does beyond the first day, said Kathleen Smith, principal at Renaissance Capital. Small investors may even lose money if they get swept up in first-day buying and end up paying much more than the price that big investors, such as hedge funds and mutual funds, got the night before. "A more thoughtful investor might wait until the frenzy is over," Smith said. LinkedIn Corp. shares, for example, more than doubled in their debut, closing up 109 percent at $94.25. But the hubbub didn't last and shares fell as low as $55.98 by November. The stock has recovered its losses, however, and closed Thursday at $102.67.
Though far from the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, much of the investor demand in the past year has centered on technology stocks like LinkedIn, especially companies engaged in mobile devices and social networking.Facebook's much-awaited IPO is expected later this spring. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company has said it anticipates raising at least $5 billion. If all goes as expected, the world's biggest online social network could be valued at as much as $100 billion. That would be the biggest Internet IPO ever. S&P's Peterson said the "Facebook factor" and gains in the broader stock market are both helping stoke investor demand for IPOs. It's also the end of the first quarter, so it's not uncommon for banks to want to get deals done before the period closes, he added.


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Chicago: Pugliese Pizzas at Macello
1235 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 (map); 312-850-9870; macellochicago.com
Pizza Style: A non-descript version of thin crust
Oven Type: Wood-burning
The Skinny: Some delicious and unique toppings aren't enough to overcome significant flaws
Price: Nearly all pizzas are $13
In the food world, Puglia, the region of Italy located in the heel of the boot, is known for many things. Puglia produces most of the country's olive oil and most of Europe's pasta; it's also the primary supplier of fish to the rest of the country and is one of the largest sources of wine in the world. Puglia is not known for its pizza, but at Macello, a Pugliese restaurant in the West Loop, the pies have gotten some favorable reviews.
Physically, Macello is one of the more interesting pizzerias I've been to. The building used to be home to a slaughterhouse, hence the name of the restaurant (macello translates to slaughterhouse). The interior features a lot of heavy dark wood furniture, exposed wooden trusses and a skylight, as well as brightly painted walls and multi-colored ornaments hanging from the ceiling. And in the center of the place is a large wood-burning oven out of which come some very attractive pizzas.
The Pizza Macello, the better of the two pies I tried, comes topped with burrata, cerignola olives, and Barese sausage, along with mozzarella cheese and sauce. Other than the burrata being cold and on the chewy side, the toppings were really good. The mozzarella was nicely melted and tasted relatively fresh and the sauce, made from Cirio plum tomatoes, was light.
The cerignola olives, which come in both red and green, are particularly fruity and meaty and are not stored in a salty brine. Barese sausage, a specialty of Puglia, is traditionally made with pork and lamb along with garlic and parsley. Our server told us this version also contained beef, but it tasted mostly like pork. The flavor of the meat was fine, but it, like many components at Macello suffered from not having enough salt.
The Pizza Vegetariana comes with a medley of grilled vegetables, mozzarella, tomato sauce, extra virgin olive oil, basil, and shaved ricotta salata. It seems the vegetables change based on the season and this time the assortment included asparagus, red peppers, and olives. Again, the flavors worked well together but suffered from a lack of salt across the board. The ricotta salata, a hard, aged version of the creamy cheese, helped somewhat in that regard, but not enough.
Despite the light hand with salt, I could have stood behind these pizzas had the crust been better. They were dense and overly chewy, and also in need of salting. I did appreciate the contrast between the crunchy exterior and the chewy interior, but the chewiness far outlasted the crunchiness.
It's always good to stumble on quality toppings I haven't had before and I am now eager to try cerignola olives again soon. But it's going to have to happen somewhere other than Macello. The pizzas weren't bad, but the combination of the lack of salt, the dense and dry crust, and the carelessness that led to cold burrata being served is too much for me to overlook for a while.
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An Antiques Road Show Fantasy.
Road Show Guy: "Well, well. What have we got here?"
Jimbo: "It's a painting of Ed Sullivan, which, I believe, was painted by Elvis. See? It says 'EAP' in the lower left corner, and those are the initials of Elvis%20Presley">Elvis Aaron Presley."
Road Show Guy: "Interesting. Might I ask how much you paid for this picture?"
Jimbo: "Well, you see, I was on my way back to the airport from Eric's house, and I got lost in Maryville. I saw this guy selling really neat paintings outside a saloon called "Dip 'n Spit," and I stopped to look. Most of the paintings were on black velvet, but this one wasn't, and it caught my eye."
Road Show Guy: "Fascinating, but how much did you pay for it?"
Jimbo: "I figured it was a steal at $300, so I snapped it up."
Road Show Guy: "I can only assume that this was your first time in Tennessee, because 'EAP' stands for "Eat A Peach," which is how a local drunk named Boris-Bubba Buchanan (who came from Georgia) used to sign all his paintings. He had an Allman Brothers thing going on. You know…the 'Peach Thing.'"
Jimbo: "Yeah, it was my first time in Tennessee. I also picked up some interesting concrete things, which are out in the car. Wanna see them?"
Road Show Guy: "No, they're probably from Ed's Concrete Emporium, or whatever the hell he calls his place. They're worthless. I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but that the painting is also worth about … well, nothing."
Jimbo: "I'm really pissed. I'm goin' back to Tennessee with a couple a guys who wear lots of gold and who have lots of chest hair, and we're going to find that Boris Bubba Buchanan Guy and bust his cracker ass."
Road Show Guy: "Calm down, because I am really interested in that thing that fell on the floor when you unwrapped the painting."
Jimbo: "What thing? You mean that toilet paper roll on the ground? I wrapped the painting in toilet paper. That musta got stuck in there."
Road Show Guy: "Exactly. That's not just a toilet paper roll. That happens to be an original 'Scott's' signature roll. You can tell by the unique lines in the cardboard and the color of the paper. The dead giveaway is the small 'SS' that appears on the inside of the roll, which stands for Sammy Scott, the inventor of the first toilet paper roll."
Jimbo: "No shit?"
Road Show Guy: "Very good! 'No shit' was an inside joke among the people who worked for Sammy back then. In forty years in the antique business I have never before seen one of these. In fact, I became lightheaded when I saw it on the floor. Might I ask what you paid for it?"
Jimbo: "You mean the toilet paper roll?"
Road Show Guy: "Yes, absolutely."
Jimbo: "Beats hell out of me. Something like fifty cents."
Road Show Guy: "Do you have any idea what it is worth?"
Jimbo: "A farookin' toilet paper roll?"
Road Show Guy: "I told you, this is not just a toilet paper roll. This is a highly collectible toilet paper roll. What do you figure that an original 'Scott's Signature Roll' might be worth?"
Jimbo: "OK, I'll play along. How about three dollars?"
Road Show Guy: "How about three hundred thousand dollars?"
Jimbo: "Wow. Are you shitting me? What's the paper itself worth? I got a bunch of it right here."
Road Show Guy: "It ain't worth shit."
Jimbo: "No shit?"
Road Show Guy: "I wouldn't shit you about that."
Jimbo: "But the roll is worth three hundred grand?"
Road Show Guy: "No shit."
Jimbo: "Wow. That's some serious shit."


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Santi, a member of Xicana Moratorium Coalition, talks at the 8/7 Block Party about how we can unite and reclaim our communities by taking pride in our art and culture, and connecting community members to resources and information.
Examples of organizations that use art & culture to connect community members include: Eastside Arts Alliance, Intertribal Friendship House, and Dignidad Rebelde.
How have YOU seen art & culture used to connect community members? PLEASE COMMENT BELOW!


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Special Thanks to Hybridwing for the new artwork!!!
Don't know anything about Tex Murphy? HERE's a great summary, with much thanks to Rena!
Tex Murphy - Project Fedora pledges to take part in "Kicking it Forward!"
The Final 24 Hours! - Mini Update
Ummm... WOW! 24 hours to go and we're nearly at the 130% goal! KUDOS to everyone! Well, we've heard the people - and if we exceed the 130% mark - there will be expanded gameplay, more recognizable actors... and maybe even a musical number. You guys are the best!!! The next 24 hours should be rather exciting!!!
Tex & Chris - Together Again!
Everyone who has already pledged $75 or more is automatically entered into the drawing to win "Tex Memorabilia."
For anyone who has pledged under $75, if you upgrade your pledge by $15 before "Tex Murphy - Project Fedora" Kickstarter campaign ends- you will be enrolled in the drawing.
Winners will be drawn on Sunday, June 17 and contacted through Kickstarter
Check out what you can win here.
Stretch Goal Summary!
Exceed Funding by 10%: Additional story (including puzzles, gameplay, locations and characters).
Exceed Funding by 20%: Port the game to additional platforms, provide Text translations for French, Italian, German, Spanish (English will already be included). Finally, more recognizable actors.
Exceed Funding by 30%: Another expansion of the story (including puzzles, gameplay, locations and characters), ingame golf game, and Live Orchestra for the games' music.
Case Closed - A Hero Saved!
Breaking News! Have we found Tex's Kidnapper?
Luscious Luci Love
Big Jim Slade
The Malevolent 7
Got PayPal? We do!
Visit the Big Finish Site for PayPal options!
The Amazing Mutant League & the Big Finish Manifesto!
You guys did it!!! - Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!
Also, Chris discusses some Stretch Goals for the campaign.
This... was amazing.
VOTE for the official "Project Fedora" lighter!
Vote on SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GZGXWDD
Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bigfinishgames
VOTE for the official "Project Fedora" shot glass.
Vote on SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DHDBLCC
Or on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bigfinishgames
UPDATE #18 - EVIL CLOWN THRWARTED! (and other business)
UPDATE #17 - Barry Corbin's "Tex-timonial"
UPDATE #16 - New San Francisco Voice
UPDATE #15 - Archie Ellis to the Rescue!
Archie Ellis comes out of hiding to help in the search for Tex Murphy!
UPDATE #12 - Tex has been KIDNAPPED!
The Kidnapper demands that the "Tex Murphy - Project Fedora" Kickstarter get 4500 backers by June 6... or else.
VOTE for the official "Project Fedora" shirt!
Vote at www.facebook.com/bigfinishgames ("Like" the one you...like in the Photo Album section)
Vote for them on Survey Monkey...
"Project Fedora" will continue the amazing adventures of Tex Murphy, the down-on-his-luck P.I. in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. This long-awaited game will be the sixth in the adventure series, which includes the award-winning games Under a Killing Moon, The Pandora Directive and Overseer.
Project Fedora will reunite creators Chris Jones and Aaron Conners and feature their trademarks of rich interactive storytelling and immersive gameplay. The new game will incorporate the very best of the classic Tex Murphy elements - sci-fi, film noir, witty dialogue, great characters, beautifully integrated FMV, and a deep, engaging story - but it will also enhance the experience of the former games with stunning new graphics, a sleek new interface, and other updates.
The detective-style gameplay takes place in a fully 3D world where you search for clues, solve puzzles, investigate crimes, and question witnesses and suspects. While the gameplay will be fun and challenging, you'll never get stuck with the free, built-in hint system.
One of Project Fedora's most exciting features is how the game and story can unfold in different ways. As you play, your actions and choices will change events, leading to new story elements and gameplay. This "narrative pathing" not only allows you to customize your experience, it will provide unique replayability, as the game will have at least three or more story paths leading to multiple endings.
Long-time Tex fans may be curious if the new storyline will pick up where Overseer (and its infamous cliffhanger) left off. The short answer is YES, but this game will be just as enjoyable for people who have never played the earlier games. While we can't give too many details yet, just be prepared for an incredible opening sequence!
Project Fedora promises to be the best Tex Murphy adventure ever - even better than the last three Tex Murphy games (Under a Killing Moon, The Pandora Directive, Overseer), which were met with critical acclaim, won "Adventure Game of the Year" awards, and are consistently ranked as some of the best adventure games of all time. (Check out the reviews below!)
9.0 - Outstanding
"...has weathered the test of time as one of the best detective games to this day."
"...a fantastically-plotted mystery with great characters and classic Tex Murphy humor."
Final Grade: A
"If you're a veteran of adventure games, you owe it to yourself to play this classic. If you're new to them, this game will help make you an addict..."
Final Grade: A
"The extraordinary plot, combined with witty and professional acting, challenging puzzles, and immersive graphics result in another great adventure game from the Tex Murphy series."
For more information about Tex Murphy, to see fan-made "Tex-timonials", or find links to more reviews, check out Big Finish Games on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, or visit http://www.bigfinishgames.com/
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Tea partiers still want ACA gutted
You go through a whole government shutdown so you can kill Obamacare dead, and all you get is a little more due diligence before people can get their subsidies?
Tea party groups are furious over the prospect that Congress is drifting toward a government funding-debt ceiling deal that might just take the usual one or two tepid dings out of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, just like Congress has in previous fights.
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The whole point of urging Republicans to use the continuing resolution and debt ceiling bills as leverage, in their view, was to force a real shutdown of Obamacare, not just settle for one or two minor concessions. But in the deal that appeared to be coming together in the Senate Monday, only two Obamacare provisions were on the table: a measure to verify the incomes of everyone who applies for subsidies, and a one-year delay of a tax to help insurers that cover a lot of sick people.
( Understanding Obamacare: POLITICO's guide to the Affordable Care Act)
If Obamacare was a piñata, that would be like walking away after you've lightly whacked the tail a couple of times. Tea party groups were hoping to keep smashing it until it broke.
"This fight is a fight worth having so that millions of Americans can get relief from Obamacare," said Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots. "This fight is not worth having on issues that are smaller than that."
The tea party universe is not monolithic, and as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans seem to be willing to settle for minor Obamacare concessions, some groups say it's time to take what they can get and live to fight another day.
But the tea party faithful who are urging House Republicans to fight on are passionate and include groups like Martin's Tea Party Patriots, one of the leading tea party groups, and FreedomWorks, which has organized Obamacare protests since Congress was first debating it in 2009. They're both urging House Republicans to stand firm against any Senate deal if it doesn't slow down Obamacare in a fundamental way, like delaying the individual mandate for a year.
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
"We've pushed very, very, very hard, and we're doing that because we understand that this law is having very real effects on millions of Americans right now," said Martin. "If they walk away from the current situation without securing any real, meaningful relief from Obamacare, we're going to be very upset with them."
Adam Brandon, executive vice president of FreedomWorks, said the Senate talks were one of the main topics of conversation at a meeting of the group's activists in Atlanta this weekend.
"The grassroots are tired of these little technical tweaks. They want to start over," said Brandon. He said any deal that doesn't include, at a minimum, a delay of the individual mandate will have a hard time passing the House, because "the House guys are feeling the pressure."
Brandon said the activists were especially cynical about an earlier Senate proposal to delay the law's tax on medical devices, saying it would have been yet another example of interest groups with skilled lobbyists getting a break from Obamacare while regular people can't. But that proposal appeared to have dropped out of the emerging Senate deal by Monday night.
( Also on POLITICO: Full health care policy coverage)
Even some tea party leaders, however, say the Obamacare protest has probably gone as far as it can go — since it has failed, so far, to peel away any of the red-state Senate Democrats the anti-Obamacare forces needed on their side.
"I would take progress, knowing that we can fix some of the problems," said Sal Russo, co-founder and chief strategist of the Tea Party Express. "I mean, we're not going to be happy, but most of the tea party people, we fought the good fight."
Russo's background is different from other tea party leaders — he's a veteran Republican strategist who has worked on campaigns dating back to Ronald Reagan's days in California politics. Russo said he had always called for Republicans to use the spending bill as the vehicle for broader Obamacare changes because he thought they could get a few red-state Senate Democrats to side with them — like Mark Begich of Alaska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, and Kay Hagan of North Carolina, all of whom are up for re-election next year.
( Also on POLITICO: Sarah Palin: Barack Obama flirts with impeachment)
That effort has clearly failed, Russo said, and even though everything depends on the final details of a Senate deal, "that might be as far as we can get, given that we didn't move those Senate votes that we have to move."
Other groups are fully aware that the shutdown and debt limit crises have taken the focus away from their efforts to highlight Obamacare's problems. So they'll be happy to get past the crises and turn the spotlight back to the health care law, especially now that the law's centerpiece is a federal health insurance website that breaks down all the time.
"We think overturning Obamacare is a long-term, grind-it-out effort, and we're committed to doing that," said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity. When comedians like Jon Stewart are mocking the "incompetence" of the Obamacare website, Phillips said, "you've got a problem, and it's been overshadowed. Let's get back to shining a light on that."


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Boards & Commissions
Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission Agenda
Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission
Notice is hereby given that the Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission will hold a meeting on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. in the County-City Building, 555 S. 10th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, in Room 210 on the 2nd Floor. For more information, please contact the Lincoln City/Lancaster County Planning Department at 402-441-7491.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
- Approval of meeting record of May 23, 2013.
- Certificate of Appropriateness for work at 1526 K Street (former Woodman/Assurity Building) in the Capitol Environs District.
- Certificate of Appropriateness for work in the Goodhue Boulevard right-of-way, west side, between F and G Streets, in the Capitol Environs District.
- Continued from 5/23 meeting, discussion of placement osigns in public ROW, miscellaneous "public realm" items.
- Miscellaneous, staff report


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Good Samaritan Veterinary Hospital
- Where
- 14100 E 14th St, San Leandro , CA
- Call
- (510) 969-0087
- Tags
- Pets, Veterinarians
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We offer a free initial exam to first time clients!
Come get to know our caring and competent doctors and staff.
We know how special your pet is!
Good Samaritan is a full service companion animal hospital. Our services and facilities are designed to assist in:
-Routine preventative care for young healthy pets
-Early detection and treatment of disease as your pet ages
-Complete medical and surgical care as necessary during his or her lifetime.
Our Doctors and staff genuinely care about each patient and are happy to make the extra effort to be sure that your questions are answered and that your pet gets the care that he/she deserves.


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I absolutely love rhinos and had lots of fun with this tutorial. In case you are curious this is an Indian Rhinoceros. These guys tend to have a single horn instead of two. Get your materials ready for this one!
DragoArt members upload artwork and drawing tutorials! They are also allowed to leave comments on tutorials, profiles, etc. Many more features, as well; it's way better than just being a boring guest! Register Now!


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Thomas Wagner
Product Manager - Ellipsometry & Surface Science
Dr. Thomas Wagner studied physics at the University of Karlsruhe and received his PhD at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid-State Physics on "Optical Spectroscopy on Langmuir-Blodgett Layers". 1993 he joined LOT-Oriel, now LOT-QuantumDesign.
Seeking a distributor?
If you are looking to partner with an experienced sales and service company to distribute your systems or components please contact Jürgen Schlütter.


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In 1974, when Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj's spiritual ministry came to an end,
the task of carrying on his mission was passed to Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj.
He was head of Science of Spirituality/Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission for fifteen years,
from 1974 to 1989, and was president of the World Fellowships of Religions and the
World Unity of Man Society. In 1983, the Colombian Parliament honoured him with
its Medal of Congress.
He maintained we are spirit and function in the world through a mind and body. To
realize our full potential, we need to develop spiritually without neglecting our
physical health or intellectual growth.
Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj's life was a testimony of his message of positive
mysticism, pursuing spiritual development while living in the mainstream. Alongside
his spiritual practices, as a young man he took an active part in athletics, college
debates, and literary activities. Having entered government service in 1942, he
retired as deputy secretary of the government of India after thirty-seven years
of distinguished service.
His work as a poet rose directly from his spiritual life, and during his lifetime
he was regarded as the greatest living mystic poet in the Urdu language. He won
four awards from the Urdu Academy for his collections of poetry.
Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj was imbued with love for all creation. Divine love
was his hallmark and was reflected in his every word and action. As he said in one
of his verses:
What does it matter if I'm called a man;
In truth, I am the very soul of love.
The entire earth is my home,
And the universe my country.
We at Darshan Academy are honoured that the schools are named after this great spiritual
Master whose life was dedicated to spreading the message of peace, love and human


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Ukraine claims upper hand against rebels in east
DONETSK, Ukraine -- After days of street battles and weeks of shelling, Ukrainian troops made a significant push Wednesday into rebel-held territory, claiming control over a large part of the separatist stronghold of Luhansk and nearly encircling Donetsk, the largest rebel-held city.
The advance of the Ukrainian army against pro-Russian separatists comes as the civilian death toll is mounting from sustained artillery strikes and rebel cities are slipping into a humanitarian disaster. At least 52 deaths were reported Wednesday, along with 64 wounded - and due to the dangers of the war zone in eastern Ukraine, no deaths were reported from Luhansk, meaning the actual toll could be even higher.
Ukrainian troops have been trying for weeks to drive the rebels out of Luhansk and cut off Donetsk, a city of 1 million that has shrunk by a third as frightened residents fled. In the last few days, several neighborhoods in Donetsk have been hit with sustained artillery fire and fighting on the city's outskirts has become more intense.
The death toll mounted quickly on Wednesday. In the Donetsk region, 43 locals were killed and 42 wounded in less than two days, including in two deadly artillery attacks Wednesday afternoon in the capital of Donetsk, local authorities said. In addition, nine troops died and 22 were wounded in fighting in a town outside Donetsk.
Luhansk city authorities reported running battles between the two sides. By early evening, government forces took control of "significant parts" of Luhansk, an eastern city just 12 miles from the Russian border, said Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security Council.
A Ukrainian SU-25 plane was also shot down near Luhansk, Lysenko told TV station 112 late Wednesday. He said the location of the pilot was still unknown.
Hard-hit Luhansk has been without electricity, running water or phone connections for 18 days due to the fighting. Russia has sent a massive aid convoy to help residents there but it is still stuck at the border, not yet approved by Kiev because its proposed route lies through rebel-held territory.
Ukraine has accused Russia of arming and supporting the separatists, a charge Russia denies. Ukraine and the West fear the massive aid convoy -- over 200 trucks -- will be used in some way to help the separatist militia.
In a sign that the impasse over the aid convoy could be nearing resolution, however, an official with the international Red Cross in Geneva told the Reuters news agency on Thursday that a team from the NGO had "visited Luhansk (on Wednesday) to check the roads and establish contacts for the delivery of the convoy, having received security guarantees for the mission."
ICRC spokesman Ewan Watson told Reuters "last-minute decisions from the Ukrainian side have delayed the process," but he was hopeful the convoy could roll onto Ukrainian soil "shortly."
Donetsk, meanwhile, has come under daily shelling attacks from all sides. On Wednesday morning, rockets slammed into residential areas, including the Donetsk suburb of Makiivka. More rockets hit in the afternoon.
"I was with my grandmother in the bathroom, because there is a bearing wall in there," said Anna Zyukova, 22. "And then all of sudden, bam-bam."
Many Donetsk residents have been taking refuge in improvised bomb shelters in the basements of apartment building. Residents in Makiivka huddled in groups near one such shelter Wednesday, chatting and listening as rockets flew in and out several miles away.
At a rebel camp closer to the fighting, a rebel commander who identified himself only as "Chaika" -- Russian for seagull -- said he was at a loss to explain why army shells were hitting apartments.
"We purposely don't take up positions where people live," he said -- a claim that Ukrainian officials have repeatedly dismissed.
An Associated Press reporter saw the aftermath of one artillery attack in central Donetsk on Wednesday evening. Windows were blown out in several apartment blocks, and the shells left craters on the ground.
The Donetsk mayor's office reported that nine people died and 13 were wounded in artillery attacks in two neighborhoods earlier in the day.
As the government sought to retake a major railroad and a highway that leads to Russia, nine troops were killed and 22 wounded overnight in Ilovaysk, a town east of Donetsk, said Lysenko, the government spokesman. Fighting continued there Wednesday even though government forces had gained control of the town, he said.
Among those killed in Ilovaysk was a Ukrainian-American known by the nom de guerre of "Franko," said Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the interior minister. He said Franko was an American citizen with a military background who had been living in eastern Ukraine for 10 years and who had obtained Ukrainian citizenship before joining the army.
The Kiev government is also pursuing diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict, which the United Nations says has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced over 340,000. The fighting began in mid-April, a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel this weekend in Kiev before meeting next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
Reuters quoted the speaker of Russia's parliament as saying Thursday that the meeting in Minsk would be "one of the stages on the way toward de-escalation of this conflict."
In Moscow on Wednesday, protesters scaled one of the city's famed Stalin-era skyscrapers and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine. They also attached a blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag to the top of the 580-foot building.
While Moscow police detained four suspects and charged them with vandalism, a crime punishable with up to three years in prison, Poroshenko welcomed the flag-hoisting over the skyscraper in a video message, calling it a "symbolic" gesture.
He then urged Ukrainians all over the world to fly Ukrainian flags at their homes in celebration of the country's Independence Day holiday on Sunday.


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Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. Being convinced that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent, the Council of Europe promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe.
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Earlier this year, the children at our Las Palmas Children's Village in the Dominican Republic prepared a special program for their church. Samilin Lori, the Administrator, sent us the following report and photos.
The Young Peoples Society leadership for 2011 is made up of young people with an adult counselor, Mrs. Samilín. This committee met to see what they could do to get the children and young people to read the Bible in a way that would be interesting for them.
They developed a program which would involve all the children and young people in actively reading and studying the Bible.
The program consists in following the annual Bible reading plan that is included with the youth daily devotional book (morning watch book). In order to interest the children and young people, we prepared a good promotional program ahead of time.
We created four groups for the whole church, called Action Groups. Each group has its leaders, a name that identifies it, a color, a motto and aim.
They earn points for various aspects of the program of the Young Peoples Society, such as:
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The Bible year was divided into four quarterly sections. For the first quarter, the final program was a weekend devoted to the Sanctuary theme.
Each group was given a portion of the Sanctuary materials so that they could present it in an attractive and dynamic manner. The groups had to develop the Sanctuary implements/equipment and memorize part of the message that contains the truth about the Sanctuary.
We invited Christian singing artists who gave a special touch to the activity, and each action group presented the portion which they had been assigned.
It was a joy to see how the kids learned portions of the Bible on the Sanctuary theme. This was a marvelous experience for the kids, and they felt even closer to God. During the entire year, the Young Peoples Society has presented precious programs during which the children and young people have developed their talents for Christ.
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2008 is over. It's peak, for me, was obviously the 27th of December, the day of my marriage. Being a married man is... not that different. I have a ring on my finger now, and that's a difference, but the really nice thing about being married is actually living with Paula, something that could happen without the ring :-) Anyway, the wedding went really well (and I even did something I wasn't expecting, and acted like a crying baby for a couple of minutes), and our honeymoon was excelent. Now that I'm back to "real life", working again, there are things that change. Living with Paula is awesome, but the adaptation has quite a few funny episodes. For instance, who gets to control the waking alarm and choose at what time it should be set to fire up, in which side of the bed is its place, or - most importantly - if it will wake us up by playing CD (my choice) or radio (Paula's choice). Or, for that matter, what CD should we be listening to at this very moment: I just had to change CDs! O:-) Oh, and where will we get space to store those tons of excelent books Paula have? She argues that we should use the space reserved to my tons of excelent CDs, but that's obviously not the right answer :-D
Another news from me is that I have now, as a birthday/Yule gift from her, a Stylophone. It's a cute little musical instrument, and a quite addictive one. I wonder how much time will it take to "suddenly disappear", as I tend to play it quite annoyingly for hours. Don't worry, I only plan to release stylophone-played tracks that were previously approved by her :-)
2008 was an intense year for Merankorii: two albums released ("A Viagem" and "Split") and participation in a few compilations: "Anti-Nuclear Music Compilation", "Killing In The Name of Reverend Murder ...Is Our Business (Vol. 1)", "Evocation", "The World Of All Evil" and "Okkulth Magick I". In this year I kept the "one track per month" iniciative, meaning that each month I published one new mp3 of Merankorii into the wild. One real interesting thing about this experiment is that, even if all my music is licensed with a Creative Commons license, there are a few Merankorii fans that, while liking the music enough to want to listen to them, don't actually want to pay for it. Thus, I'm pleased to make them happy by releasing one track per month. It's great to have the feedback I got from this: both from people telling me "thanks" for the iniciative, and from those telling me "hey, when is this month's track? Will I have to wait for the last day of the month to get it?" :-) 2009 will surely bring you more Merankorii news: I can tell you that Merankorii's 7th album is going to be released really soon now!
Speaking of music, and because people tend to do lists every time an year ends, here's my "top 10 2008 albums" list, that exclude everything with the hand of Merankorii or Noori Records. Here is it (without any relevance to the order, they're ordered by "when did I buy it"):
- Caprice - Kywitt ! Kywitt !
- ThanatoSchizO - Zoom Code
- Edo Notarloberti - Silent Prayers
- V/A - Fairy World IV
- Ashram - Ashram (2008's re-edition)
- Les Fragments de la Nuit - Musique du Crépuscule
- Sol Invictus - Lex Talionis (2008's re-edition)
- Marilyn Manson - The Early Years, Volume 2
- Cranes - Cranes
- V/A - La Nuit des Feés 2
Actually, this is the best time to revise my list of "best from 2007":
- Dismal - Miele Dal Salice
- Antimatter - Leaving Eden
- Tenhi - Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006
- V/A - Fairy World 3
- Ambience - As Dez Esperas
- Corde Oblique - Volontà d'Arte
- Knox Om Pax - Laudanum
- (r) - In Pink
- V/A - La Nuit des Feés
- Sol Invictus - The Killing Tide (re-edition box)
I guess someday I'll take some time and do the same for 2006... But not today.


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AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. The border violence has added a dangerous new dimension to a conflict that is pulling Syria's neighbors deeper into what already resembles a proxy war.
Turkey's Parliament began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies. Turkey has had a similar measure in place for years for northern Iraq, where its big guns and jets periodically attack Kurdish militants.
Still, there is a distinction between the prospect of retaliatory strikes by Turkey, most likely in the form of more artillery barrages and possibly even air strikes in the border region, and any decision to send troops into the Syrian maelstrom. Turkish leaders are acutely aware of the risks of open-ended intervention, especially without the support of an international coalition; observers do not expect robust action from the United States ahead of the presidential vote next month.
Iran's support for the Syrian regime, a counter to backing for the opposition from Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other countries, has raised worries about increasing sectarianism and the spread of the conflict.
The cross-border tensions escalated on Wednesday after a shell fired from inside Syria landed on a home in the Turkish village of Akcakale, killing a woman, her three daughters and another woman, and wounding at least 10 others, according to Turkish media. The Syrian mortar shell damaged the door and walls of a house in Akcakale, while shrapnel drilled holes and shattered windows of neighboring houses and shops. Some residents of Akcakale abandoned their homes close to the border and spent the night on the streets. Others gathered outside the local mayor's office, afraid to return to their homes as the dull thud of distant artillery fire rumbled across the town.
The village on the Syrian side had been the focus of recent fighting between Syrian forces and rebels who eventually dislodged them; regime troops have continued to lob shells at the area from a distance.
Turkish response was prompt. It fired salvos of artillery rounds deep inside Syria. The NATO military alliance, of which Turkey is a member, met at an emergency session in Brussels, condemned the attack on Turkey and demanded "the immediate cessation of such aggressive acts against an ally." It also urged the Syrian regime to "put an end to flagrant violations of international law."
Yalcin Akdogan, a legislator and adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said "military targets" were shelled as a deterrent.
"The process that will follow from now will depend on Syria's position," he said.
Another aide to the prime minister said Turkey has no intention of declaring war on Syria but that the bill being debated in Parliament on Thursday was intended to warn Syria. He spoke on condition of anonymity because civil servants are not allowed to speak to journalists without prior authorization.
Police on Thursday fired tear gas to disperse a group of anti-war activists who tried to march to Parliament while the bill was being debated, according to Turkey's Dogan news agency.
Mustafa Guclu, a witness in Akcakale, said the Turkish military fired five rounds of artillery "after midnight" and another round around 5 a.m. on Thursday.
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi, meanwhile, offered his "sincerest condolences on behalf of the Syrian government to the family of the deceased and the Turkish people."
He appeared to be trying to reduce tensions, although he said Turkey must do more to control its borders and "prevent militants and terrorists from sneaking across."
The Turkish retaliatory shelling and steps to authorize possible military intervention is the latest in a series of events that have sharply escalated tensions between the former allies.
In June, Turkey reinforced its border with anti-aircraft missiles and threatened to target any approaching Syrian military elements after Syrian forces brought down a Turkish jet, killing its two pilots. Turkey said the plane was in international airspace, countering Syrian claims that it was in Syrian airspace.
Syrian rebel groups have been using Turkish territory as a base for their operations against the troops of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes since the start of the war in Syria last year.
Turkish legislators were debating behind closed doors a bill that would authorize the government to send troops to Syria or for warplanes to strike Syrian targets whenever it deems it necessary. A vote on the authorization, which would be valid for one year, is expected later on Thursday.
Turkey's main opposition party, which opposes any military action in Syria, accused the government of trying to take Turkey to war and criticized the secret debate.
"This nation will send its children to war, but does not know why it is sending its children to war," said opposition legislator Muharrem Ince, before legislators voted to hold the session behind closed doors.
The government-proposed bill accuses Syria of carrying out "aggressive acts toward our country's territory" and says "these acts have continued despite our warnings and diplomatic initiatives."
If approved it would allow the government to determine "the scope, extent, and time" of any possible intervention.
There is concern in Turkey that the Syrian chaos could have a destabilizing effect on Turkey's own communities; some observers have attributed a sharp rise in violence by Kurdish rebels in Turkey to militant efforts to take advantage of the regional uncertainty.
Turkey is still loath to go it alone in Syria, and is anxious for any intervention to have the legitimacy conferred by a U.N. resolution or the involvement of a broad group of allies. Turkey is mindful in part of inconclusive ground missions, mostly in the 1990s, against Kurdish guerrillas based in northern Iraq, as well as the bitter lessons of being seen as an occupying power that are associated with the U.S.-led invasion in Iraq. Reaching deeper into history, Turkey is aware of Mideast sensibilities over Ottoman rule over much of the region.
Turks have already grown weary of the burden of involvement in the Syrian conflict, which includes the hosting of 90,000 Syrian refugees in camps along the border. So Ankara is likely to act with some degree of restraint unless it suffers more casualties from Syrian fire in the days ahead. However, approval of the parliamentary bill could open the way to more retaliatory flare-ups along the border, similar to the periodic air and artillery strikes that Turkey has carried out for years against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.
On a visit to Pakistan on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his government's concern over the escalation of tensions.
Lavrov, speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, said Syria has assured Russia, an ally, that such an incident will not happen again.
"It is of great concern for us," Lavrov said. "This situation is deteriorating with every coming day."
Germany's foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said NATO members agree on the need for solidarity but also prudence in reacting to events on the Turkish-Syrian border.
Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press writers Christopher Torchia in Istanbul, Elizabeth Kennedy in Beirut and Nahal Toosi in Islamabad contributed.


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- Bruins' Tim Thomas says he opposes "out of control" government growth
- The team president expressed disappointment at Thomas' decision
- Thomas is an NHL all star who led Boston to the Stanley Cup championship last year
Opposed to what he called the "out of control" growth of the federal government, Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas declined an invitation to join his teammates at the White House on Monday.
The award-winning Thomas, who last year led the Bruins to the Stanley Cup championship emblematic of National Hockey League supremacy, was one of three players missing when President Barack Obama met with the team to offer congratulations.
According to a story on the team's website, www.bostonbruins.com, Thomas "opted out" of the White House visit. One of the other missing players was injured, and the third now plays for another team, according to the website story.
A statement by the 37-year-old Thomas posted Monday on the team website said he opposed the "out of control" growth of the federal government that threatened "the rights, liberties, and property of the people."
"This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the federal government," the statement said. "Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL."
The statement ended by saying: "This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic." It concluded with the initials "TT."
Thomas is an NHL all star who last season won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goalie and the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
A separate statement by Bruins team president Cam Neely, a former star player for the team, expressed disappointment at the decision by Thomas.
Calling the invitation from Obama an honor, Neely said it was a "great day and a perfect way to cap our team's achievement from last season."
"It was a day that none of us will soon forget," Neely's statement said. "We are disappointed that Tim chose not to join us, and his views certainly do not reflect those of the (Bruins owner Jeremy) Jacobs family or the Bruins organization. This will be the last public comment from the Bruins organization on this subject."
Others who took part in the White House visit described it as a special occasion.
"It's hard to describe because you use the same words over and over again," head coach Claude Julien said, according to the team website. "Honor is at the top of the list, privilege is another one -- humbling. You can go on and on about this. It's unbelievable.
Captain Zdeno Chara, a native of the Slovak Republic, said the chance to meet Obama and hear him mention Chara's name was "a great feeling."
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In remarks to the team and a large group of obvious Bruin supporters gathered for the occasion, including Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, Obama joked about the team's playoff beards -- a tradition from not shaving throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs -- and Chara's 6-foot-9 frame that makes him the league's tallest players.


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