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- This article is about the character from the Diamond & Pearl series. For the English voice actor credited as Ed Paul, see Ted Lewis.
- "Shinji" redirects here. For the character of the day that appeared in The Legend of Thunder!, see Shinji (Johto).
| Paul
シンジ Shinji
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|Eye color
|Hair color
|Veilstone City
|Reggie (brother)
|Trainer class
|Anime debut
|Two Degrees of Separation
|English voice actor
|Julián Rebolledo
|Japanese voice actor
|Kiyotaka Furushima
Paul (Japanese: シンジ Shinji) is a rival of Ash in the anime. He is from Veilstone City in Sinnoh. He was first seen at the end of Two Degrees of Separation, though his full introduction was in When Pokémon Worlds Collide!. He is Ash's first and main Diamond & Pearl series rival.
Template:Spoiler At the beginning it was assumed that Paul was a Trainer just starting out. However this was proven false in Top-Down Training where he revealed that he had already traveled through Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn, participating in their respective Leagues but didn't win anything before returning to Sinnoh. In A Pyramiding Rage!, it was revealed that Kanto was the very first region he traveled through.
A Pyramiding Rage! revealed much about Paul's motivation as a Pokémon Trainer and more about his character. When Reggie was a roaming Pokémon Trainer, he had lost to Brandon. Reggie's loss to Brandon is what caused Paul to be so adamant about strength in battle. This single loss is also what caused Paul to become the callous person he was, and that was because of how his brother handled the loss. Instead of bearing the shame of his loss to Brandon, Reggie moved on with his life and put the loss behind him. Paul found this to be unacceptable, and he became disappointed of his brother. He challenged Brandon to a full battle in hopes that he would be able to do what his brother never could. However, Paul lost to Brandon without being able to knock out any of Brandon's Pokémon. Brandon says that this loss was because Paul was unable to control his emotions.
Following Reggie's suggestion in A Pyramiding Rage!, Paul battled Ash in a full battle in Pedal to the Mettle! and Evolving Strategies!. Here, he shows his true colors in battle and, despite Ash's Chimchar evolving into Monferno and three of Ash's Pokémon using the Counter Shield strategy, Paul won the match easily with only at a loss of two Pokémon overall, where one defeated half of Ash's team nearly single-handedly. He had his Pokémon use a broad variety of strategies, which he kept up his sleeve until this battle, such as tempting Ash to send his Staraptor up against his Torterra so he could attack it with Stone Edge, Electabuzz using Light Screen to aid its comrades, using his Ursaring against Ash's Pikachu so as to activate its Guts ability, and his Magmortar using Rock Tomb to protect itself against Water-type attacks. As a result, his strategy of completely overwhelming and outsmarting Ash with his more powerful Pokémon team succeeded.
In Double-Time Battle Training!, it was revealed that Paul had earned the Mine Badge from Canalave Gym and, by doing so, had collected the eight badges he required to enter the Sinnoh League.
Paul reappeared in Fighting Ire with Fire!, encountering Ash for the first time since their full battle. He also met his admirer Barry for the first time; however, Paul wasn't impressed by him and refused his offer for a battle, suggesting he battle Ash instead. He later watched the battle between Ash's Monferno and Barry's Empoleon and when Pikachu, Piplup and Empoleon were nearly crushed by one of Team Rocket's damaged mechas, he saved the three with the help of his Electabuzz. He then witnessed Monferno evolving into Infernape, who then saved Electabuzz and the other Pokémon from getting crushed. Paul was impressed by Infernape, and gained a little respect for Ash at how well he had raised it. When asked by Ash if they could have another full battle, Paul confirmed they would in the Sinnoh League, and that Reggie was looking forward to seeing it.
In An Old Family Blend!, he was shown in the stadium along with all the other competitors. In League Unleashed!, he passed the preliminary round. In Casting a Paul on Barry!, with his superior tactics and the superior power of his Pokémon, he defeated Barry in the third round. His next battle was against his rival Ash in Familiarity Breeds Strategy!, continuing into A Real Rival Rouser! and Battling a Thaw in Relations!. After a fierce battle, Paul was finally defeated, and he and Ash parted on good terms, Ash having earned Paul's respect. It also seems Paul may have decided to change somewhat, as when Electivire is defeated, he thanks it for a job well done, something that, up until that point, Paul never did, even if his Pokémon won. Afterwards, Paul states that his next intention is to return to Snowpoint City and re-challenge Brandon. He briefly appears in The Semi-Final Frontier!, seeing Ash lose to Tobias.
Paul makes a cameo appearance during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions, where he is seen visiting a ruin with statues of Dialga and Palkia.
Personality and training
Paul's only concern in his Pokémon is of their strength in battle. He strongly dislikes weak Pokémon and has a habit of releasing them if they do not meet his high expectations. To this effect, Paul always checks new captures with his Pokédex to learn what moves they know and trains the Pokémon he keeps harshly to make them strong. He feels that bonding with Pokémon would only turn them into slackers. He also has a habit of scolding his Pokémon for losing to opponents he feels they could have beaten, and this was a recurring trait when he owned Chimchar. As a person, he is very callous at times and even brutal, especially in battle and as a result, he has been shown to display very little emotion other than an occasional rough smile.
Sometimes, he gives some of his Pokémon to his brother, Reggie, for temporary training and caretaking, as revealed in Lost Leader Strategy!. Paul also disagrees with his brother for giving up on being a Pokémon Trainer after failing to get the Brave Symbol. He feels his brother's approach and view on this to be wrong. Reggie cares about his brother and ultimately loves him as brother but has no illusions about Paul's character. He openly admits sadly that Paul has always had a cruel streak.
Paul has been shown to have a certain degree of athleticism. In Different Strokes for Different Blokes, he and Chimchar were seen to be able to downwardly scale a cliff of a waterfall near Bewilder Forest by swinging and leaping from rocks and branches. This could indicate that Paul physically trains himself and not just his Pokémon.
Paul feels that Ash is a weak Trainer and can easily bring on Ash's anger by stating it. Ash's very different attitude towards being friends with Pokémon also provides much fuel to their rivalry. Out of all the rivals that Ash has, Paul seems to be the most harsh towards him and his Pokémon. Despite that, Paul barely recognizes their rivalry and Ash as a Trainer and ignores Ash's speeches about loving his Pokémon. Ash on the other hand has a hatred of Paul that flares up at Paul's indifference to his Pokémon. However Ash accepts that Paul is a strong Trainer but considers himself on the same par as him. Paul's first hint of respect for Ash was in A Pyramiding Rage! when he was very surprised to hear that Ash had beaten Brandon in a Pokémon battle.
Although Paul finds most of Ash's Pokémon weak (the ones he has actually met), he has shown a particular interest in his Pikachu, as shown in A Gruff Act To Follow!, after Pikachu used Thunderbolt on Roark's Cranidos. Paul is also angered by how Ash "contradicts" himself by criticizing Paul's training methods and then uses similar ones, such as entering the Wallace Cup, despite Ash's motivations being clearly different than Paul's.
Paul appears to feel indifference to Dawn, showing that he didn't even bother to remember her name in A Gruff Act to Follow. However he talks to her about Ash in Familiarity Breeds Strategy!. Paul confesses his main problem with Ash... his talk about bringing out a Pokémon's inner strength and how any Pokémon has the potential to be strong reminds him a lot of Reggie. Paul shows mild respect as well as distaste towards Brock, probably because Brock supports Ash's view on Pokémon. Paul does show respect for his elders, such as Professor Rowan, Cynthia, Nurse Joy and Brandon. However it should be noted that keeping with his views of strong Pokémon and strong trainers that he only respects actual trainers with strong Pokémon i.e. While he respects Professor Rowan and Nurse Joy for their wisdom and positions, he only respects Cynthia and Brandon for their abilities as trainers. He is shown to have no respect for Gym Leaders who he feels are weak. While he was shown to respect Roark who he judged to be in the end a worthy opponent, he was openly rude and mean to Maylene who he was able to defeat with relative ease, only requiring 2 Pokémon (his Honchkrow and Magmar) against her 3 (Maylene's Meditite, Machoke and Lucario).
Paul was impressed by Infernape, and gained a little (little more, if one is to say his first display of respect was hearing that Ash beat the entire Battle Frontier) respect for Ash at how well he had raised it. When asked by Ash if they could have another full battle, Paul confirmed they would in the Sinnoh League and that Reggie was looking forward to seeing it.
After a fierce battle in the Sinnoh League Tournament, Paul was finally defeated and he and Ash parted on good terms, Ash having earned Paul's respect. It also seems Paul may have decided to change somewhat, as when Electivire is defeated, he thanks it for a job well done, something that, up until that point, Paul never did, even if his Pokémon won. Afterwards, Paul states that his next intention is to return to Snowpoint City and re-challenge Brandon.
As a result of Paul's selective team creation, his active team is composed of Pokémon that he deems to be powerful. Whilst the captures of Ursaring and Gliscor were shown in Different Strokes for Different Blokes and Riding the Winds of Change! respectively, and Ninjask's was revealed in a flashback during Glory Blaze!, his team has for the most part been captured off-screen. Several other Pokémon in his possession were captured on screen but later released.
This listing is of Paul's Pokémon as of the most recent Japanese episode and the ones used for the last full battle against Ash:
On hand
Electivire was the first of Paul's revealed Pokémon. Paul used it as an Elekid during his first appearance in When Pokémon Worlds Collide! in a battle against Ash and his Pikachu.
In Smells Like Team Spirit!, Elekid evolved into Electabuzz during a tag battle where it was fighting alongside Ash's Chimchar. It reappeared as an Electivire in Casting a Paul on Barry!, having evolved off screen at a prior point. It was used by Paul to battle Barry and Ash in his league matches. It was the last Pokémon used against Ash in the three part battle.
|Two Degrees of Separation!
|Voice actors
|Kenta Miyake
|Bill Rogers
| Paul's Aggron first appeared as a Lairon in A Pyramiding Rage!, where it fought against Brandon's Regice. Despite having a significant type advantage, it lost in a matter of seconds after only managing to use Iron Defense; Regice froze it solid with Ice Beam and then knocked it out with a single Zap Cannon.
In Familiarity Breeds Strategy! it was shown that Lairon had evolved into an Aggron and battled against Ash's Pikachu in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It managed to give Pikachu problems, but was eventually defeated by Ash's Infernape. It was the first Pokémon used by Paul in the Conference. It was one of the two Pokémon used by Paul to uncover Ash's strategy, the other being Gastrodon.
Aggron's known moves are Iron Defense, Metal Claw, Metal Sound, Flash Cannon and Double-Edge, and its ability is Rock Head.
|A Pyramiding Rage!
|Voice actors
|Kenta Miyake
|Billy Beach
| Paul's Gastrodon first made its appearance in Familiarity Breeds Strategy!. It battled against Ash's Staraptor where it proved to be a tough opponent, even using Muddy Water as a Counter Shield. However, it was beaten by Ash's Buizel after Ash recalled Staraptor. It was the second Pokémon used by Paul. It was one of the two Pokémon used by Paul to uncover Ash's strategy, the other being Aggron.
Gastrodon's known moves are Muddy Water, Body Slam, Water Pulse, and Ice Beam.
|Familiarity Breeds Strategy!
|Voice actors
|Tom Wayland
| Paul's Drapion first made its appearance in Familiarity Breeds Strategy!, where it battled against Ash's Buizel. Despite Buizel's efforts, using his Counter Shield, Drapion was able to defeat him in A Real Rival Rouser! with a combination of Pin Missile and Toxic Spikes. Drapion next battled Ash's Staraptor. It managed to dodge all of Staraptor's moves and used Pin Missile which threw Staraptor to the ground and caused it to get knocked out by Toxic Spikes.
It then went up against Ash's Torterra, who felt the effect of Toxic Spikes upon being release from its Poké Ball. Torterra did manage to plant a few hits on Drapion but it regained the upper-hand after using Poison Fang. Torterra tried to recover with its Synthesis but was knocked out after being hit by Pin Missile. Paul then recalled Drapion after its third victory.
Later, Drapion was used to battle Ash's Gliscor. Unlike before, Gliscor proved too quick for Drapion to keep up with and it managed to attack with Giga Impact before Drapion could make a move. Still it put up a fight with Pin Missile. In the end, it was knocked out after being burned from Gliscor's Fire Fang in Battling a Thaw in Relations!. It was the third Pokémon called out by Paul in the battle, and the only one that was recalled by him during the entire battle.
Drapion's known moves are Pin Missile, Cross Poison, Toxic Spikes, and Poison Fang.
|Familiarity Breeds Strategy!
|Voice actors
|Unshō Ishizuka
|Unshō Ishizuka
| Paul's Ninjask was caught shortly before Paul met Chimchar, as shown in a flashback in Glory Blaze!.
In A Real Rival Rouser!, it was revealed that Paul still had Ninjask, and Paul chose it to battle against Ash's Gliscor. It fought hard against Gliscor but was eventually defeated after a hard battle with Infernape. It was the fourth Pokémon used by Paul.
Ninjask's known moves are Agility, Fury Cutter, and Giga Drain, and its Ability is Speed Boost.
|Glory Blaze!
|Voice actors
|Billy Beach
| Froslass was used by Paul in his second full battle against Ash in the Lily of the Valley Conference where she went up against Ash's Pikachu. Using Hail, Froslass was able to cause damage to Pikachu, restrict his Thunderbolt and allow herself to hide. Eventually, Pikachu was able to get the upper hand and defeated Froslass with Iron Tail and Volt Tackle. She was the fifth Pokémon used by Paul in the battle.
Froslass's known moves are Hail, Ice Shard and Ice Beam, and her Ability is Snow Cloak.
|A Real Rival Rouser!
|Voice actors
|Satsuki Yukino
|Bella Hudson
With Reggie
In Veilstone City, Reggie told Ash that Paul's "other Pokémon are here too" which may include his reserves. In Glory Blaze!, Paul mentions that he wanted Chimchar to become the most powerful out of all his Template:Type2 Pokémon. This could mean he has other Template:Type2 Pokémon besides Magmortar.
Torterra is Paul's strongest Pokémon and his starter as well. It made its first appearance in Top-Down Training! where it was used in a battle against Cynthia's Garchomp.
Torterra helped Ash's Grotle cope with its lack of speed after evolution.
|Top-Down Training!
|Voice actors
|Unshō Ishizuka
|Billy Beach
Paul caught Ursaring in Different Strokes for Different Blokes with the help of his Chimchar. Ursaring was seen several times since, often battling with Chimchar.
|Different Strokes for Different Blokes
|Voice actors
|Unshō Ishizuka
|Unshō Ishizuka
Honchkrow's first official appearance was in Top-Down Training!, as a Murkrow, where Paul used it in battle against Cynthia's Garchomp. It evolved off-screen between Riding the Winds of Change! and Lost Leader Strategy!.
|Top-Down Training!
|Voice actors
|Shin'ichirō Miki
|Bill Rogers
| Weavile made its first appearance in Top-Down Training!. It was used in a battle against Cynthia's Garchomp. Despite having a type-advantage, Weavile lost easily to Garchomp. It was also revealed in this episode that Paul caught Weavile while journeying through Hoenn, Johto and Kanto.
It was not seen again until Riding the Winds of Change! where Paul used it and Electabuzz to capture Gliscor, and again until Aiding the Enemy, where it was seen training with Torterra. It appeared again in Pedal to the Mettle!, where it was one of the battlers in Ash and Paul's full battle. It lost to Ash's Staraptor, despite the type-advantage.
It appeared again in Battling a Thaw in Relations! at Reggie's house, where it, along with Paul's Torterra, Ursaring and Honchkrow, was unhappy to find out Paul had lost.
Weavile's known moves are Blizzard, Ice Beam, Ice Shard, Swords Dance and Metal Claw.
|Top-Down Training!
|Voice actors
|Chinami Nishimura
|Bill Rogers
Paul chose Magmortar to replace his Chimchar after he released it. It first debuted in Lost Leader Strategy! as a Magmar where it appeared in a flashback. It made its first real appearance in Aiding the Enemy!, sleeping with Paul's other Pokémon.
Magmar's evolution was revealed in Pedal to the Mettle! when Paul chose Magmortar to battle Ash's Pikachu.
|Lost Leader Strategy!
|Voice actors
|Yuji Ueda
|Bill Rogers
| Gliscor first appeared in Riding the Winds of Change! where it had become trapped in a city after being blown there by a violent windstorm. Gliscor's attempts at using sonar to navigate out of the city were blocked by the tall buildings, and only served to attract more Gligar and the Pokémon soon formed a pack. Seeing as it was a powerful Pokémon, Paul battled Gliscor with his Electabuzz and Weavile and captured it.
Gliscor appeared again in Chim - Charred! where it was used to battle Ash's Gligar. It won the battle easily, crushing Gligar's neck by using a very strong Guillotine. It made a brief appearance in Aiding the Enemy alongside with other Paul's Pokémon out of the Pokémon Center while the Team Rocket trio took care of Paul's Torterra. Gliscor has not been seen since.
Gliscor's known moves are X-Scissor, Sandstorm, Knock Off, and Guillotine.
|Riding the Winds of Change!
|Voice actors
|Yuji Ueda
|Marc Thompson
| Paul's Hariyama has only appeared in A Pyramiding Rage!. It fought against Brandon's Regirock, with Paul bringing it out to utilise its type advantage. It appeared to be very powerful, managing to block Regirock's otherwise deadly Stone Edge with its hands and strike with multiple Arm Thrusts. However, it was caught at close range, stunned with Shock Wave and flattened by a strong Focus Punch.
Hariyama's known moves are Arm Thrust and Force Palm.
|A Pyramiding Rage!
|Voice actors
|Unshō Ishizuka
|Bill Rogers
| Paul's Nidoking has only appeared in A Pyramiding Rage!. He fought against Brandon's Registeel. Nidoking also proved to be powerful, surprising even Brandon with his ability to recover so quickly from a Flash Cannon to the face. It hit Registeel directly with all of his attacks, but the Drill Pokémon didn't manage to cause much damage to the Iron Pokémon and was defeated with a powerful Iron Head.
Nidoking's known moves are Earth Power, Double Kick, and Thunderbolt.
|A Pyramiding Rage!
|Voice actors
|Katsuyuki Konishi
|Katsuyuki Konishi
It is implied that Paul has caught and released many more Pokémon than what has been shown on-screen.
| Paul caught three Starly in When Pokémon Worlds Collide!. Two of them were released as soon as he checked them on his Pokédex.
Starly's known moves were Tackle and Sand-Attack.
|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!
|Voice actors
|Kiyotaka Furushima
|Sarah Natochenny
| Paul caught three Starly in When Pokémon Worlds Collide!. Two of them were released as soon as he checked them on his Pokédex. The final Starly was kept due to its knowledge of Aerial Ace and used against Ash's Starly in their first battle. Despite Paul's Starly winning, Paul decided it was not up to his standards and so it was released after the battle.
Starly's known moves were Aerial Ace and Double Team.
|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!
|Voice actors
|Kiyotaka Furushima
|Sarah Natochenny
|Paul caught Stantler in Different Strokes for Different Blokes, but released it as soon as he checked it on his Pokédex, due to the fact that its only move was Tackle.
|Different Strokes for Different Blokes
|Voice actors
|Katsuyuki Konishi
|Katsuyuki Konishi
When Paul first saw Chimchar, it was being chased by a group of Zangoose. Paul was impressed with it and added it to his regular team. However, this first impression did not match up to Chimchar's normal abilities and so Paul regularly criticized it for being weak. After losing to Cynthia's Garchomp in Top-Down Training, Paul realized that Chimchar was not fulfilling his expectations. This culminated in the tag battle tournament arc where he was forced to battle alongside Ash. During a battle against a Zangoose and a Metagross, Chimchar was too scared to make any attack when caught in Zangoose's claws. After the battle, Paul released Chimchar in front of Ash, who then invited it to join him.
|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!
|Voice actors
|Megumi Hayashibara
|Bill Rogers
Given away
| Paul caught Azumarill for his battle with Roark in Shapes of Things to Come, attempting to use the type advantage over the Template:Type2 Pokémon. However, Roark's Geodude had little trouble in defeating the Water Pokémon, deflecting Hydro Pump with Hidden Power and knocking it out with Rollout. Paul cursed Azumarill's weakness and went on to win the battle with Elekid and Chimchar.
After such a loss, Paul gave Azumarill away to a little boy during A Gruff Act to Follow, claiming it had no potential to improve and there was no point wasting his time on it. This infuriated Ash and set their rivalry in stone.
Azumarill's known moves are Hydro Pump and Water Gun.
|Shapes of Things to Come
|Voice actors
|Tomoko Kawakami
|Kayzie Rogers
Known badges obtained
Sinnoh League
- Coal Badge (Shapes of Things to Come!)
- Cobble Badge (prior to Lost Leader Strategy!)
- Relic Badge (prior to Aiding the Enemy)
- Icicle Badge (prior to Pedal to the Mettle!)
- Three Unknown Badges* (prior to Double-Time Battle Training!)
- Mine Badge (prior to Double-Time Battle Training!)
It can be assumed, if not confirmed, that Paul also has at least eight badges each from Kanto, Johto and Hoenn, as he has entered all three of their league conferences.
Pokémon League
Paul has competed in the following Pokémon League competitions:
- Ever Grande Conference (off-screen)
- Indigo League Conference (off-screen)
- Silver Conference (off-screen)
- Lily of the Valley Conference (Top 8)
Pokémon competitions
- Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition (Champion - with Ash) (Smells Like Team Spirit!)
- PokéRinger (Runner-up) (Pursuing a Lofty Goal!)
Voice actors
- Paul was first revealed to the fandom through a CoroCoro scan that showed him alongside Ash and Dawn commanding a Chimchar. However, his name and role was not revealed until the following week and so he received the fan name "Nugai" (a pun derived from "new guy") during that time.
- Three of Ash's Pokémon have evolved while battling against Paul: Turtwig into Grotle, Staravia into Staraptor, and Chimchar into Monferno. Both Turtwig and Staravia evolved while battling Honchkrow.
- Paul is the first regular rival seen capturing a Pokémon on screen.
- Paul has been defeated onscreen three times, and each time three of his Pokémon debuted.
- Paul shares his Japanese name with that of Lake Verity.
- Paul has three Pokémon in common with Ash's original rival, Gary Oak: Electivire, Nidoking and Magmar.
- Paul has used a Pokémon of every type except for the Template:Type2 and the Template:Type2.
|シンジ Shinji
|Possibly from 真珠 shinju (pearl), a reference to Pokémon Pearl. Could also be named after 宮崎慎二 Shinji Miyazaki.
|English, French,
German, and Latin America
|Possibly from pearl.
|Spanish adaptation of Paul.
|진철 Jincheol
|Possibly from 진주 jinju (pearl).
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|真司 Zhēnsī
|From the name 真司 Shinji. Also similar to 真珠 zhēnzhū (pearl).
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|真司 Jānsī
|Same as Mandarin name.
Related articles
|Paul's Pokémon
|On hand:
|At home:
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|Trainers in PokéRinger competitions
|This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Dir/scr: Manjeet Singh. India. 2012. 78mins
An artfully made counterbalance to mainstream Bollywood, Manjeet Singh's neorealist style drama is an elegantly shot and vibrantly colourful film that while slight in dramatic structure is shot with real style and marks him out as a director to watch.
Manjeet Singh always keeps things visually arresting.
The film, which screened at Toronto and the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, eschews the song-and-dance traditions that define so much of Indian cinema, and with its focus on young children trying to break out of their tough Mumbai life it offers classic observational drama though driven by a real visual style.
The film focuses on young Ruhui (Rahui Bairagi) and his younger friend balloon-seller Arbaaz (Arbaaz khan) as they roam the Mumbai slums, getting into various forms of trouble. At the heart of the story is Ruhui's troubled relationship with his drunken father, but though that is the dramatic spine of the film, where Mumbai's King really succeeds is in detailing the boys' low-key adventures – stealing candy, playing in water or following two girls, one in a lovely yellow dress – as they meander through the city.
At times the thin story is too meandering, but Manjeet Singh always keeps things visually arresting – with the bright and cheerful balloons a stark contrast to the surroundings. Much of the story is set during Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival devoted to Lord Ganesh, the Hindu deity beloved as the remover of obstacles.
Rahul's troubled childhood catches up with him on the Mumbai beach as he tries to deal with his brutal father while also protecting his stepmother and young brother, but his actions only incur further wrath from his father. The children are all non-professional actors, and while this shows when the pace slows to more dialogue-driven scenes their sheer zest and clear camaraderie is what helps keep the film fresh and engaging.
Production company/sales: Cinemanjeet Creations, firstname.lastname@example.com
Producer: Manjeet Singh
Cinematography: Siddharth Kay
Editor: Tinni Mitra
Music: Mathias Duplessy
Main cast: Rahui Bairagi, Arbaaz Khan, Salman Khan

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima capped a remarkable season with a convincing victory that sealed their first J.League crown and ensured they become just the third founding member of the league to reach the FIFA Club World Cup.
Hiroshima were just one point ahead of Vegalta Sendai going into the penultimate round, but a 4-1 win over Cerezo Osaka in front of 32,724 spectators at Hiroshima Big Arch, combined with Sendai's 1-0 loss to Albirex Niigata, ensured the title was sealed with a match to spare. FIFA.com takes a look back at a thrilling 2012 J.League season.
The champion
Hiroshima had one hand on the trophy when they clinched the first stage of the two-stage J.League back in 1994, but were ultimately defeated in the championship decider. As a result, this season's triumph marked the end of the club's long silverware drought in the top flight. Hiroshima have enjoyed mixed fortunes in recent years, including relegation to the second division in 2002 and 2007, but since bouncing straight back to J1 in 2008, Hiroshima have become more consistent and finished no lower than seventh on the table. Up front, Japan international Hisato Sato has led a reliable attack, while fellow international goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa has been the rock on which the defensive structure has been built.
Sanfrecce and Vegalta were locked in a gripping fight at the top of the table throughout the season. Hiroshima seemed to have gained the upper hand by picking up a draw and then a crucial 2-1 victory in their head-to-head matches, but stumbled toward the end of the season. A 2-1 loss to Kashiwa Reysol in Round 29 was followed by a 1-1 draw with Gamba Osaka. A 2-0 defeat to third-place Urawa Reds in Round 32 meant Hiroshima held a one-point advantage over Sendai with two rounds remaining.
Yet Sanfrecce kept the faith, and their appetite for goals was evident as they produced a sparkling performance to wrap up the title against Cerezo. Midfielder Yojiro Takahagi opened the scoring in the 17th minute, and midfielder Toshihiro Aoyama, another product of Hiroshima's acclaimed youth academy, doubled the lead three minutes later. A penalty just before half-time was calmly converted by Sato to extend the lead to 3-0. Coach Hajime Moriyasu's half-time message was to keep attacking, and Sanfrecce put the game out of reach by scoring a fourth goal five minutes into the second half. Osaka pulled a goal back in the 61st minute, but the result was never in doubt. Sendai's defeat by Niigata left Hiroshima four points clear at the top of the table with one game to play, and the title race was over.
The result also meant that Hiroshima joined Urawa (2007) and Gamba (2008) as the only members of the ten J.League founding teams to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.
The surprise
Gamba were widely tipped to be a strong contender for the title. However, the 2008 Asian champions made a terrible start to the season under new Brazilian coach Jose Carlos Serrao, losing five straight games in the J.League and Asian Champions League. The defence has leaked goals even after the arrival of Japan international Yasuyuki Konno, and veteran midfielder Yasuhito Endo has often been the lone source of inspiration in a struggling side. With one game remaining, Gamba are mired in the relegation zone.
Previous champions Urawa, Nagoya Grampus and Kashiwa have also fallen short of expectations. By contrast, Vegalta have had a season to remember. Based in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami disaster in March 2011, they finished a respectable fourth last year and will end this season as runner-up. Under coach Makoto Teguramori, Vegalta stayed in the hunt for the trophy until the penultimate round.
Player to watch
Left-footed forward Hisato Sato has been an integral part of the Hiroshima side since joining from Sendai in 2005. A product of the JEF United Ichihara academy, Sato is known to have an eye for goal and is an unabashed fan of former Italian forward Filippo Inzaghi. He scored a penalty in Sanfrecce's 4-1 win over Cerezo that wrapped up the 2012 J.League title.
The numbers
4 — Known for their attacking edge, Hiroshima scored four or more goals in six games this season, including the title-decider against Osaka.
The quote
"When I realised the title was ours, my mind went blank. But I'm just really delighted. We've been through some tough patches, but today we got our reward. I'm so happy that I was born and raised in Hiroshima and could play football for Sanfrecce." Sanfrecce midfielder Koji Morisaki


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- The boot partition options during install were difficult to decipher, and I ended up using the older more reliable deep menu to configure my partitions
- The delete key doesn't work by default in Nautilus, and to enable it required a gconf configuration change (more of a Gnome3 thing, but still related)
- Multiple monitor support is terrible, I've had to revert to using the most basic default setup and can't change which monitor is the primary (I've searched the threads on this): this causes unrecoverable errors that no amount of reboots, shutdowns, or log outs will resolve
- Multiple times I've had my computer shut down on me with no warning or cause given, both while I'm in the middle of using it as well as when I'm not around
Since I was introduced to *nix years and years ago I fell in love, teaching myself admin stuff, CLI operations, differences between the various distributions and DEs etc. It was glorious. I felt so empowered by my choice of OS and I could accomplish things so fast with built-in utilities, or if it wasn't built in I could build it or quickly get it.
Then one summer I was too busy exploring and just having fun, and life happened so I didn't devote as much time as I liked to upkeep. Now I have some time again, and when I return to my comfort zone I find that it has all been ripped apart and reassembled like Frankenstein's monster: it's still made from the components of Linux, all the DEs and Debian that I knew, but put together in a horrific semblance of the originals. Nothing works quite right, but most of it works passably; some things are simply unusable.
The ability to tweak, maintain, automate, and share your OS makes it intimately personal. These are all great things (but not all of them) that I feel are being constrained in the current design.
I want to love it. I want to be able to brag to my friends "hey, look what I can do!" or "look at this awesome feature of my OS!". Unfortunately, I feel like a complete newbie fumbling around where I used to feel like a poweruser. What happened?


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TriMas Corp. today (July 20) announced that its Cequent Performance Products manufacturing plant in Goshen, Ind., has passed the one millionth-hour mark without having an injury that resulted in a lost work day.
This accomplishment represents validation of a program that was started five years ago to improve process flow and linkage in manufacturing operations, while focusing on safety, according to a news release. In addition to reducing lost-time accidents, it has also increased the company's productivity and decreased costs.
Cequent's Goshen facility produces and markets a wide array of trailer products and accessories for the original equipment manufacturer, wholesaler-distributor and retail markets. In particular, the plant fabricates trailer hitches, a process that entails a great deal of metalworking operations using saws, presses, drills, along with cut-off and welding equipment.
Five years ago, the plant increased its focus on improving the facility's workflow and opted to place employees in a cell manufacturing environment, instead of having all the processes spread out around the plant floor. Machine and assembly operations were organized into linked cell centers, where material travel distances were greatly reduced and visibility was increased. These changes resulted in improvements in safety and ergonomics, reduced material handling and waste, and decreased cycle times for faster customer shipments.
"This accomplishment is primarily the result of the combined efforts of all of the employees at the Goshen facility," said Steve Helser, Cequent Performance Products' director of manufacturing. "The employees' commitment to continual improvement in safety and productivity is a key element to our success. While we are pleased with this accomplishment, you can never rest. As soon as you think you have done the best you can, you find there are always more improvements to be made. Our goal is to be the fastest, leanest, broadest product line producer for our customers."


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
The American Square
TheAmericanSquare.org is a new, Ning-based social network designed to encourage civil, cross-partisan discussion about important political issues. Our parent organization, AmericaSpeaks, is a well-established nonprofit that aims to give citizens a greater voice in the policies that affect them. At AmericaSpeaks, we've already honed the art of bringing together Americans from all different demographics, geographies, and political ideologies to find shared priorities and make tough choices through rational dialogue--even if they disagree. With TheAmericanSquare, we will be expanding into the online sphere, encouraging civil, informed dialogue on policy and politics among people with many different political views.
http://www.govloop.com/ - This gives you a good example of simple branding on a Ning page. We don't like the colors, but we like how the design creates a consistent theme within the Ning framework. We also like the logo off to one side with a graphic on the right side.
http://www.welovebirds.org/ - Here's an example of a Ning site that does something completely different and quite pretty. If you want to go out on a limb and design something fancier than a simple header, logo, and graphic, please be our guest--here's some inspiration.
Our parent organization's web site, http://americaspeaks.org , gives you a sense of the color palate we'd like to work with.
We are working within the framework of Ning, a platform that allows users to build their own social networking sites. For TheAmericanSquare, we're looking for a custom banner with a new logo and image, custom colors, customized navigation items, custom column-section headings, and a custom background. The site should invite Americans from all political backgrounds to join the online community, read blog posts, and participate in discussions about policy and politics.
To view the general format of the site, please visit http://americasquare.ning.com/ and log on using the following email address and password:
email: socialmedia[at]americaspeaks[dot]org
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On the default Ning layout, navigation items are above the header. We would prefer a design with navigation items below the header.
If the winning designer has code skills, we would like to make an additional contract with the winner to make the CSS code for the site design. This is preferred, but not required. CSS code would be produced under a separate contract outside of 99designs (more money!!).
On the banner on the top of the page, we'd like to see a logo and a graphic representing the concept of the site--both set against a solid color background. The logo should use red, white, and blue, preferably taking after the AmericaSpeaks logo and the Our Budget, Our Economy logo (see attachments). It should read "TheAmericanSquare" and should include the tagline "A place for civil, informed dialogue on policy & politics."
In terms of imagery, we're looking for a graphic inspired by (a) a Town Square where lots of different people gather to catch up (but scaled to a national level!) and/or (b) the idea of many people speaking with each other, collectively representing the many voices of America and/or (c) something completely different--we'd love to see where your creativity takes you!
Really, we're looking for a good logo, good imagery, and a good web site design--thus the higher payment for a single web page ;) Plus, as mentioned above, if your design wins and you can also produce the CSS, we'd like to pay you more for the code.
We would like to be able to extract a logo from the design. We'll be judging designs based on the logo, the graphic, and how they look within the Ning layout. Again, you can preview the layout at americasquare.ning.com (you'll need the login info socialmedia(at)americaspeaks[dot]org and p-word 99designs).
Ideally, this will be a calm-looking logo appealing to people from many different political ideologies. We're looking for something unprovocative, but fun and engaging. Careful of deep red predominating over blue or vice versa--we want to appeal to people from many political ideologies.
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Chronicle Books, only the sweetest publisher, like, on the planet, has launched a pretty freaking awesome promotion called Happy Haul-idays. The 411? By posting a wish-list of Chronicle Books valued at up to $500 that I'd like to "haul" in, I get automatically entered into a drawing to win said list. And--awesome overload--if I win, a CakeSpy reader who comments on this post will win the list, too!
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A teenager charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of aggravated murder and other charges.
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) ? A teenager charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of aggravated murder and other charges.
T.J. Lane, now 18, also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated murder and a single count of felonious assault.
Prosecutors agreed to drop the possibility of the death penalty, and Lane likely will be sentenced to life in prison. Sentencing was set for March 19.
Dressed in a green open-collared shirt with close-cropped hair, Lane answered "yes" or "yes, your honor" to questions from the judge about the plea agreement.
Prosecutors say Lane fired 10 shots at students in a cafeteria at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. He was there waiting for a bus to another school.
Lane, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, was prosecuted as an adult. His appearance in a Geauga County courtroom came one day before the anniversary of the deadly shootings.
Both the defense and the prosecution had sought court-ordered psychiatric testing for Lane to determine if he would be competent to stand trial.
Before the case went to adult court last year, a juvenile court judge ruled that Lane was mentally competent despite evidence he suffers from hallucinations, psychosis and fantasies. He withdrew his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday.
Investigators say he admitted shooting at students but said he didn't know why he did it. Prosecutors say Lane took a .22-caliber pistol and a knife to the school on Feb. 27, 2012, and fired 10 shots at a group of students in the cafeteria.
Lane attended an alternative school for students who haven't done well in traditional schools. He was at Chardon waiting for a bus.


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FTVLive has become a must read for anyone that works or wants to work in TV News. We tell it to you straight with an edge, along with some humor (well at least we find it humorous) and don't pander to TV executives like many of the other so called insider websites.
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in April of 2015, Jones was named one of the most important media Reporters in America by Mediaite.
Jones is the Editor and Founder of FTVLive.com, he also is a major contributor to the TV websites newsblues, tvspy and tvnewser, although he is not paid or rarely credited for his work on those sites.
Scott does all his work on Apple products. His desktop computer is a 27" iMac Retina Display, his laptop is a MacBook Air and he uses the Apple iPad and iPad Mini to stay connected to the news. He stays in contact using the iPhone.
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Hotel du Vin, St Andrews
Cosy hotel with great views and super staff
The breakers rolled in from the North Sea with the surf kissed by sparking, Spring sunshine. The view from the breakfast room was stunning.
What a contrast from the day before where the wind howled and the driving rain made it must unpleasant.
That, however, did not prevent concierge Alistair venturing out to help us with our luggage after we failed to find a car park space, a consistent problem, we understand, for guests arriving at this centrally located hotel.
There is free parking out front and at the rear but spaces are like gold dust until after 5pm. Metered parking is nearby and expensive but this is St Andrews, home of golf and home to a leading university.
Saturday was also wedding day and the traffic congestion was severe. Even the one-way system failed to cope.
However, back to the hotel and Alistair helped check us in and provided useful info about almost everything we needed to know.
Other staff could not have been more helpful including heating a ready meal for our grand-daughter and presenting it to us in proper crockery and cutlery.
The bistro lunch was appreciated and the breakfast range the following day was substantial with neat touches, orange juice in small, milk bottle-type containers and fruit in similar.
The breakfast omelette was particularly tasty however the bacon on my traditional Scottish lacked flavour and was, sadly, overdone and cold. The rest, including the black pudding and Cumberland sausage, was appreciated.
The view, however, was a bonus as was our spacious booth-type table, ideal for an agitated toddler.
The well-appointed rooms are cosy and extremely comfortable and the bathroom spacious. The shower was piping hot water and the fluffy towels were great as was the Wi-Fi. It was easy to access and swift.
Heating controls in the room were easy to operate and the room boasted a superb coffee machine as well as a kettle. One drawback for those who don't like filter coffee, there was no alternative but there was plenty of tea bags and there was fresh milk in the fringe, none of those annoying sachets.
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You may access any of the three portals from the library's main Ovid subscription page. To find evidence-based practice, visit the "Ovid Nursing Database." The succeeding screen displays a basic search function; select "Limits (expand)" from below the search box to see limiters ("All Fields") commonly associated with EBSCO. At this screen, you can activate limits or select "Evidence-Based Healthcare" from the point-of-care column. Select other limiters, as needed.
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Online tutorial for paleography of Scottish Documents
Another amazing Website for help with genealogical research is the Scottish Handwriting.com. As the site states, "Welcome to Scottish Handwriting.com, the website offering online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The emphasis of the website is on practical help to improve the palaeographical skills, rather than on the academic study of Scottish handwriting." (Spelling in original).
There are three different tutorials offered. The site indicates that there might be more to come, but parts of the Website do not appear to have been updated for a while.
The site states that "The primary purpose of this site is to provide online tuition in palaeography (reading old handwriting) in the context of early modern Scottish historical documents. It is aimed mainly at those whose research involves reading Scottish historical records written in the period 1500-1750,although some assistance is given with 19th century writing too."
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Ex-officer guilty on all charges
HOLLIDAYSBURG – As his wife sobbed in the arms of a friend, former Altoona police officer Duane "D.J." Eichenlaub stood stoically, hands clasped behind his back, while a jury on Thursday afternoon pronounced him guilty of aggravated assault, obstruction of justice and other offenses stemming from a brawl at Pellegrine's Lounge 32 months ago.
The jury's decision brought to an end a lengthy investigation that Deputy Attorney General Christopher Jones said was a black mark on law enforcement. But, he said, the public could take comfort in the knowledge that while Eichenlaub and other Altoona officers attempted to cover up the Pellegrine's bar encounter, agencies, such as the Attorney General's Office and the Pennsylvania State Police, are available to investigate such incidents.
Early in Eichenlaub's three-day trial, state police Cpl. Joseph Cigich said he was able to turn to a statewide investigative grand jury to get to the facts of the brawl that rumor had involved two city police officers.
Altoona police officer, Jack Kuhn III, who investigated the incident, did not mention the officers, Eichenlaub and Eric R. Kriner, in his initial report, and other city police officers told Cigich they knew nothing about what occurred. Kuhn resigned from the force in November 2010.
Eichenlaub, police charged, was infuriated in the early morning of Memorial Day 2010, when he was told his wife, Adrienne, had been improperly touched by another bar patron, Herman "Bo" Lardieri.
Police said Eichenlaub tracked Lardieri to the men's room and began to beat him. Kriner followed and punched Lardieri.
Another man, 59-year-old Earl P. Eshelman, was also in the men's room. He testified that when he saw Eichenlaub and Kriner on their knees beating Lardieri, who was in a fetal position, he attempted to pull Eichenlaub off Lardieri. Eichenlaub turned and repeatedly punched Eshelman in the face, causing "serious bodily injury" to the older man's eyes and brain.
Eichenlaub, through his attorney Lawrence J. Rosen of Harrisburg, contended Eshelman grabbed Eichenlaub around the neck, causing the officer to fear for his life, and he responded with punches – an act of self-defense.
The defense also denied there was a cover-up, but after six hours of deliberation by a jury Thursday, Eichenlaub was found guilty of aggravated and simple assault of Eshelman, simple assault of Lardieri, simple assault by mutual combat of Lardieri and conspiracy to hinder a police investigation, tampering with public records and obstruction of the administration of law.
Emotion ripped through the courtroom as the verdict was read. A former military police officer, Eichenlaub stood at rest, but his wife cried. A male who was with Eichenlaub uttered disbelief and an obscenity. Someone said, "Oh, my God."
As Mrs. Eichenlaub cried, tears also welled in the eyes of a female juror as she left the courtroom. She nodded in the affirmative when asked if the decision was "tough."
Jurors did not want to discuss the case.
Jones told the jurors in the hallway what they did "was the right decision."
Blair County Judge Timothy M. Sullivan said he will sentence Eichenlaub on April 29.
That sentence could be substantial, according to the deputy attorney general.
The standard-range minimum sentence for aggravated assault with serious bodily injury runs from 36 to 54 months. More jail time could be added for the obstruction of justice charges and the assault of Lardieri.
Rosen did not want to comment on the sentence, noting it is in the hands of the judge.
The jury asked three questions during deliberations, including one that requested the judge repeat the definition of aggravated assault.
Prosecution and defense attorneys discussed the law during their closing arguments.
Jones told the jurors that the defense argument of self-defense was not appropriate if the jury found that Eshelman had intervened in the brawl between the off-duty officers and Lardieri because he believed Lardieri was in danger of being hurt.
The jury asked the judge if the right to self-defense could be justified if it was found that Eshelman used a "life-threatening maneuver" [a neck hold] to pull Eichenlaub off Lardieri.
Sullivan re-read the definition of self-defense, and the jurors within minutes returned with their verdicts.
Rosen said the jury's self-defense question gave him hope that a not guilty verdict was possible, but it turned out not to be the case.
Rosen concluded his remarks after trial by calling Eichenlaub "a good man, a good man."
Eshelman was present for the verdict, sitting with family members. He said the verdict made him feel a lot better.
He said he suffered serious injuries when he tried to help Lardieri. He said he sees a "brain specialist" at UPMC and still is suffering from injuries to his eyes. He said he will soon need an operation.
In summarizing the case, Jones said he believed the jury took all of the evidence into consideration.
"I've tried a lot of criminal cases. This was the most difficult case," he said.
He said he never has spent an hour closing to the jury as he did in the Eichenlaub trial, but he thought it was necessary to explain the legal concepts of self-defense and aggravated assault in detail.
Jones, talking about the cover-up by Eichenlaub, Kriner and the other officers, said, "You don't try to cover up unless you think you did something wrong."
The case came down to credibility, who the jury believed, he said.
Kriner already entered guilty pleas to hindering prosecution and simple assault of Lardieri. He will be sentenced in March.
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For me this is a design of such accuracy of economy it separates one of the elements of a chronograph or 'complication' beautifully. We are talking about a watch, I see many products that start with their function and then elements are added to this 'framework' to attract different elements of the market to maximize sales. So perhaps gold might be added to attract the 'gift market' a white dial perhaps for countries with a lot of sun, made waterproof for the 'outdoor practical market', diamonds,
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These are my favourite and I've never owned one... I am such a fool... I'd love one but they are going a bit mad price wise...
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Posted: Mon 10 Jan 2011, 07:43
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Subject description: Mathematic Software: Information and Links
is a very comprehensive mathematical package. It can run from commandline, in a browser based interface (notebook) or also as a multi user server over the web.
Sage browser based notebook (note the typesetting)
Sage has a very ambitious goal:
Create a viable alternative to the MA's
The MA's are Mathematica, Maple, Matlab and Magma - so this is quite an undertaking!
The philosophy of Sage is "to build the car" and not to reinvent the wheel, so it is build from many - over 100 - existing open source packages. Amongst those are some really high profile packages like Maxima and R. Everything is tied together in a a common build environment, and glued together by a python (numpy, scipy, matplotlib and lots of native sage code) layer which provides a unified interface to all the packages.
Don't reinvent the wheel. (Image created by Martin Albrecht.)
In that respect, Sage is its own meta distribution, because it ships with most of its dependencies and a complete development environment (including mercurial version control - warning: compilers in puppy devx.sfs are still required dependencies, as well as fortran compiler installed). Although the big size of the package - sources are currently around 380 MB - I think Sage is the most interesting open source math project, due to the following reasons:
Comprehensive capabilities, lots of mature projects "under the hood"
Notebook web interface
You can use sage from servers running on the web
Dependencies included
Good community and project managment
Good documentation, Tutorials
Active support lists and forums
Runs on wide variaty of hardware, from desktop to supercomputer
Multiuser server mode
It has a vision
it makes development and results free and transparent in a true scientific spirit
this is opposed to closed source witchcraft results
I have built sage sfs packages earlier, but I stopped it. The reasons are that the release cycle of sage is rather fast, and with the multitude of different puppy branches (Ubuntu, T2, Slackware) it is impossible to maintain a "one fits all" build.
Instead I have made a series of puppy derivatives (
Sage Live CD
) on a Lucid 5.11 base (actually shinobars excellent Quickset edition). This might not be bleeding edge, but it provides me a stable base to build on. This Live CD has been the official Live CD for the sage project since spring 2010.
Latest Sage Live CD derivative: Lite version with preconfigured multiuser server
For all other puppies I recommend to build sage from source (on a physical disk like /mnt/home) - despite the size it is one of the easiest systems to build I came across. This gives the additional bonus that sage libraries like linear algebra are built optimized for your processor. Once you have it working it is always possible to upgrade sage from inside to the latest version.
My current developement interests and activities are:
Making Sage Live CD images
"Sage on Windows"
Making small versions of Sage - "Sage Lite" - just application, no developement.
Building small sage virtual machines on a puppy base (e.g. to use it on windows machines)
Building preconfigured server versions - this involves multiuser and network stuff in puppy.
Sage homepage
Puppy derivatives:
Thread on murga-linux about Sage Live CD
Sage Live CD Project Homepage
Question and answer forum:
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Posted: Sun 16 Jan 2011, 05:55
Post subject: sage with reduced size
Subject description: stripped down bloat - sage lithe
I built a stripped down
sage binary version (-60% size vs original binaries)
Download sl-511-46-a1.sfs (218 MB):
Java RE (for 3d plotting)
Right now the sfs was tested on Puppy 5.11. Sadly it won't work in the new Puppy 5.2, I am not sure why.
I have also built a
Pupplet iso:
400 MB (includes Java for 3D plotting).
I like Sage, but it always bogged me that it is so big. I settled with the fact that it is a Python program, and every larger python project seems to have this bloated feeling. And, every sage is a complete developer version - with the complete sources. The functionality is deeply dependend to have the python code available, because it needs the source for traceback (the error messages you get when you type wrong commands) and also "doctests" - the self testing capabilities of the package.
The current sage 4.6.1 had over 1.9 GB unpacked. After inspecting the code I noticed, that huge parts of the code where there in 2 or even 3 different directory trees. I learned that this is the way it is built, it would be possible to avoid this but this would mean a rewrite of the sage build scripts - a task nobody seems to be very keen of. Beside that, the ability that every sage ships with immediate developement ability is seen as a core feature of the package. I disagree here, I think a smaller "User-Binary" and an additional DEV package is the better approach.
Compiling sage is pretty straightforward in any puppy (gfortran is needed and Tcltk recommended for some functionality). So
this are my steps for building and stripping.
Just to add: R-plotting works in this package, I installed Rcmdr from within without problems.
sage -sh
install.packages("Rcmdr", dependencies=TRUE)
Having built with
export SAGE_MATPLOTLIB_GUI="yes"
also allows standard use of python packages, so
sage -sh
from pylab import *
produces the plot.
Java is needed for 3D plotting (included in the iso)
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Barbie's 'Dolls of the World' Spark Debate Over Cultural Stereotypes
By: Kacy Capobres
One is wearing a Chilean huaso, a knee-length black skirt with a ruffled blouse and red vest. Another is decked out in full Argentinean tango attire, with a ruffled blue dress and black lace shawl. A third has long black hair and wears a long pink dress filled with lace. And she's holding a Chihuahua.
The dolls are part of the legendary Barbie line and they are being relaunched as part of an effort by Mattel, the makers of Barbie, to appeal to a new, more diverse generation of doll enthusiasts.
The "Dolls of the World Collection" – initially launched 30 years ago but now making a comeback – is trying to represent a variety of countries to the Barbie consumer, including many from Latin America.
"Girls enjoy exploring the world and learning about different cultures through play," Sara Rosales, a Mattel spokeswoman, told Fox News Latino. "The Barbie brand understands the significance of introducing new cultures to girls in a relatable way."
According to Rosales, the company conducted research to create dolls "that celebrates both the country's heritage and culture."
"The Dolls of the World collection features the native fashions, while celebrating the cultures and diversity represented within each country in a way that will appeal to Barbie fans of all ages."
But the campaign has provoked backlash among some advocates for promoting tired stereotypes.
"It would be nice to see some contemporary images from these countries," Felix Sanchez, chairman and co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, told Fox News Latino. "These images seem very dated and seem to have been created for a different time."
With the new collection showcasing Barbies from countries – including Spain, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil – the Mexico doll, in particular, has caused a bit of a stir.
On the Barbie collector website, the doll is described as having the facial sculpt of a "new Hispanic" and a skin tone that is "LA tan."
Dressed in a pink ruffled dress for a "fabulous" fiesta, the Mexico Barbie is accompanied by her "Chihuahua friend" and a bright-pink passport.
Journalist Laura Martínez told Fox News Latino she didn't see the inherent stereotypes in the doll as offensives, necessarily.
Girls can "play with your Barbie Mexicana," Martinez wrote out on her website, but "don't even think of calling her indocumentada."
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Mighty Disruption
Any undead creature struck in combat must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 21) or be destroyed. A weapon of mighty disruption must be a bludgeoning weapon. (If this property is rolled for a piercing or slashing weapon, reroll.)
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Good news. Finally, 10 years after other states began to permit online voter registration, you can register to vote on the Internet in California. The online registration form is now live.
It took a lot of hard work to reach this milestone, and this represents real progress for the state.
It's especially a big deal for California counties, which administer elections. They were the main reason it took until 2012 to do something that was technically feasible more than a decade ago.
But hold the champagne. The wait for online voter registration was so long that its value seems diminished.
The real frontier for the state should not be a simple online form. It should be registration on social media.
There are huge advantages to allowing people to submit registration forms via social media. For one thing, social media services such as Facebook are the way most people spend time online. Young people, who register and vote in relatively low numbers, use social media in high numbers (though not as high as we sometimes think).
More importantly, registration on social media would be social. We could see when our friends register. And new research suggests that making registration social would encourage registration.
Recently, scientists from Facebook and the University of California at San Diego found that social media can have a measurable effect on voter turnout.
In an experiment conducted on Facebook on election day in November 2010, voters on Facebook received a variety of different messages: urging them to get out the vote; a link to local polling place; an option to click an "I Voted" button with a counter of Facebook members who had voted; and pictures of the Facebook user's friends who had reported voting.
The experiment found that showing friends who had voted produced more votes. Essentially, if you knew your friends were voting, it would encourage you to.
It stands to reason that voter registration might work the same way.
There's no legal bar to doing things this way. Voter registration is not a private record; it's a public document. And people often fill out registration forms in public places. So why not do it on social media?
Let's hope it doesn't take as long to get there as it did to get to online registration.


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Thanks Christer. I don't think of phylogenetic hypotheses in terms of 'right' or 'wrong,' or true or false, since valid testing is virtually never performed. I was only curious to ascertain the extent to which irrationality was minimized in the derivation of the conclusions. You answered my question, for which I'm grateful. Kirk At 05:14 AM 4/21/2008, you wrote: >Dear all, > >A response to Kirk Fitzhugh's recent comment (repeated below): > >The studies by Sjölin et al (2005) and Envall et al. (2006) both analyzed a >combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic information, and they gave >strong support for Naididae being phylogenetically nested within >Tubificidae. The morphological data available were not included and have >so far not been analyzed in combination with the gene data. However, as >previous morphological studies (by necessity based on a very limited number >of characters) also have suggested this position of Naididae, we feel >confident enough about our conclusion that the complex Tubificidae/Naididae >needs a new definition/classification. > >Of course, if Kirk or anyone else thinks that our conclusion is wrong, one >is free to continue regarding the two families as two taxa of the same >rank. The essence of our recent communication (ICZN rules ) is merely that >all former tubificids should now be regarded as members of the Naididae >WHENEVER these two names are regarded as synonyms. > >Christer > > >------Kirk's message------ > >In looking at the references in this paper, it appears that placement of the >Naididae in the Tubificidae is determined on the basis of analyses using >separate data sets. I was curious if anyone has combined all data and looked >at the results. This would be required to provide a new definition of the >Naididae. > >Kirk > > >-----Original Message----- >From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu >[mailto:annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff Read >Sent: den 15 april 2008 05:36 >To: annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu >Subject: [Annelida] Tubificoid Naididae > >FYI > >Zootaxa open access letter. > > >ICZN rules - a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata) >CHRISTER ERSEUS (Sweden), MARK J. WETZEL (USA) & LENA GUSTAVSSON >(Sweden) >Zootaxa 1744: 66-68 (9 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 28 references > >http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01744p068.pdf > >Summary. Morphological and molecular characters support that the former >clitellate family Naididae Ehrenberg, 1828 is nested within another >family, Tubificidae Vejdovský, 1876. To avoid paraphyly of the latter, >it has been suggested that the two should be regarded as a single taxon. >A recent decision by the International Commission of Zoological >Nomenclature [2007; opinion 2167 (Case 3305)] ruled against a proposed >reversal of the nomenclatural priority of Naididae over Tubificidae, >with the consequence that all former tubificids should now be regarded >as members of the Naididae whenever these two names are regarded as >synonyms. The paper is a plea to clitellate researchers to conform to >this ruling. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Annelida mailing list >Post: Annelida from net.bio.net >Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida >Resources: http://www.annelida.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >Annelida mailing list >Post: Annelida from net.bio.net >Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida >Resources: http://www.annelida.net


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At ARC, we are dedicated to minimizing the impact our operations have on the environment. We understand responsible management is an integral part of strong corporate citizenship, and we approach it strategically and progressively. We continuously aim to exceed regulation through the implementation of proactive and innovative projects. Here are some examples of how ARC is working to protect our land, water and air.
Eco-Efficiency Program
ARC's Eco-Efficiency Program, launched in 2009, focuses on funding energy efficiency projects and emerging technologies throughout ARC's operations. This includes projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, reduce fuel and electricity consumption, and utilize waste products while maintaining reliability and maximizing production.
An independent budget and distinct project parameters have been set for the program. Eligible projects must be measurable and economically feasible. Since the program began in 2009, 32 projects have been completed and an estimated 25,000 tonnes of CO2 per year of total reductions has been achieved.
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ARC has developed the process of frac-water recycling to treat and recycle water used in the production of tight gas reserves. ARC jointly developed this technology with Amperage Energy, and in 2009 was the first operator to successfully apply water recycling to fracturing operations in northeastern British Columbia. The result of the process has been a decreased demand on the local water supply, and a reduced need for transportation and disposal of flow-back water.
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ARC's Redwater Soil Treatment Facility was constructed in 2008 to treat hydrocarbon contaminated soil. The process uses turning of the soil piles, aeration, fertilizers and nutrients to facilitate the biodegradation of the hydrocarbons. As a result of the treatment previously contaminated soil may be returned to the original site or to another formerly contaminated site, saving the soil from being disposed of in a landfill.
The facility has the capacity to treat 30,000 tonnes of soil (equivalent to 20,000 m³), which is enough to cover one football field with nearly four meters of soil. To-date, the facility has treated over 45,000 tonnes of soil that would have otherwise gone to the landfill.


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Liz Blatchford Shares Her Shortcuts to Long Course Success
Australian-based British triathlete Liz Blatchford has under-promised and over-delivered in her first full year in the world of IRONMAN.
by Ian Heppenstall
Liz Blatchford was part of the entourage of Olympic distance athletes who made the move to long distance racing over the last 15 months. Spurned by the British Olympic selectors, Blatchford will probably add them to her Christmas card list after a sensational first year in IRONMAN in which she is arguably the best rookie of 2013. Her year was highlighted with a podium placing at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona.
We talked to Blatchford just before she packed up the bikini and surfboard for a well-earned holiday in Bali.
Ironman.com: What were your expectations coming into 2013?
Liz Blatchford: I didn't put too many expectations on myself. At the beginning of the year I was more focused on IRONMAN 70.3 and aiming to race the world championship and give myself the best chance to have a great race there. I knew from the half-distance races I did at the end of 2012 what I could do. As far as IRONMAN, at the beginning of the year I was just looking at completing one at some stage.
What's been the biggest change you have had to make coming from Olympic distance racing?
There was not a lot of change going to IRONMAN 70.3. ITU and Olympic distance athletes do a lot of training and it was no more up to IRONMAN 70.3. The step up to IRONMAN was different. It meant far more hours on the bike and something had to give for that. For me I swim a little less than I used to.
Obviously, in terms of racing, there are huge differences. In IRONMAN you have to be more patient. There are a lot of factors that can come into it and can catch up with you. You have to pay a lot of attention to hydration and nutrition. You have to watch your pacing. You can't afford to let emotion come into IRONMAN racing. In shorter racing you are just on the hammer the whole race.
What has been the hardest thing to change?
I am still trying to gain strength on the bike. That is the main thing that has not come so easily. It has got better, but it is something I still need work on, especially the final 50 km on the bike.
What's been the most enjoyable difference?
To be honest, the success has been enjoyable. I did a lot of years of ITU and, while I had some success, the (big results) were a little bit few and far between. This season I definitely had some of the bigger results of my career. I was thinking "Wow, I am living the dream here"—doing what I love and to cap it off with good results was fantastic. I didn't even have Kona on my radar, so to go there and get on the podium in my first year is fantastic, more than I could have dreamed of a year ago.
Give us a glimpse into your experience on The Big Island.
It was my first time on The Big Island. We got there a month before the race, but that was due mostly to the flooding in Boulder where I was training. It gave me plenty of time to experience the course and all the conditions, so I felt really prepared when race time came. If I had come in late, I would have felt under-prepared, but this worked out really well.
There is real mystique surrounding Kona and all those stories that you must have heard. Were you overwhelmed at all?
Yes definitely! From the moment I got off the plane and felt that heat and humidity, I knew it was very real. Even driving from the airport, I was excited to be driving along the Queen K, turning down Palani—all these names I have heard about. The first week training over the course was definitely awe-inspiring. It was good to arrive early and get that out of the way and not have to deal with it on the week of the race.
How did it compare to other races you've done?
Compared with the two IRONMAN races I had done previously, I enjoyed it more because there were a lot more people around. I enjoy the stimulation of having people around me when I am racing and therefore the time seemed to go faster. I just had such a fantastic day that I didn't have any real low points that I experienced in my other two IRONMAN races. It sounds crazy, but I just had one of those days that I felt great throughout.
What were you thinking about running down Ali'i Drive to the finish?
A lot of things. I definitely took a quick second to reflect on my whole career. While I am new to IRONMAN, I have been in triathlon for a long time and it was the realization that this was the biggest result of my career. There were also some thoughts that I better get over that finish line and not fall over! Yvonne (Van Vlerken) was not that far behind me. And then there was a mass of emotion with all those people cheering for you. It was incredible. It is the biggest highlight of my triathlon career to date and an experience I will never forget.
What have you enjoyed most about the change to endurance training and racing?
I enjoy long rides. This summer in Boulder meant training a lot of hours in the mountains and I really enjoyed that. It is also quite social out there all day on your bike with friends. Pretty amazing job when you are taking in beautiful places and at the same time testing your body.
It's time to get you feet up, but have you had a look at what's ahead in 2014 for Liz Blatchford?
I've had a little look but not made any final decisions. I am looking at an early season IRONMAN. Melbourne is on the radar, or possibly Los Cabos, which would be another chance to experience the heat like Kona. But I have not made any decisions. Kona is obviously my major goal.
So the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship will take a back seat to Hawaii?
Yes definitely. I probably will not even race IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship next year. I raced the IRONMAN at Mont-Tremblant this year and I don't think it suits me very well where it is placed, five weeks from Kona, I am best to just focus on Kona.
And now you are looking forward to a couple of weeks off in Bali before you are back and in to it.
I wish you hadn't said that back into it bit! It's exciting to be going on holiday and enjoy some surfing and forget about training for a few weeks.
Liz Blatchford Fast Facts
Born: Wilmslow (near Manchester)
Lives: Brought up in Perth, WA but now lives Gold Coast and Boulder
Status: Married to Glen Murray (of Korupt TV)
Dog: Buttons (Jack Russell x Fox Terrier)
2013 Results:
Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship
Huskission Long Course
Ko Samui ITU Long Course
Ironman 70.3 Busselton
Ironman Cairns
Ironman Mont-Tremblant
Hy-Vee Triathlon
Ironman World Championship


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- There was a time not so long ago when Ohio State's defense was one of the most feared, effective and efficient units in the country.
For this season's second-ranked Buckeyes to contend for a Big Ten, let alone a national title, coach Urban Meyer knows his defenders have to harken back to the not-so-distant past.
"One thing about Ohio State defense, for a decade they were about as good a defense as there was in America," Meyer said. "The last two years, it hasn't been that way. So I'm anxious to get it back there to the Ohio State level."
The defense was just good enough to get it through an undefeated season in 2012.
It provided the Big Ten defensive player of the year in lineman John Simon and always seemed to come up with a big play when needed.
No one thought it was a bad defense, but the numbers weren't very good: 360 yards and 23 points a game, including surrendering 512 yards to California, 481 to Indiana and 403 to UAB.
When they host Buffalo on Saturday, the Buckeyes are seeking improvement despite missing eight starters (including suspended starting cornerback Bradley Roby) on that side of the ball.
There's a lot to accomplish.
"Right now we still have a chip on our shoulder," said All-Big Ten linebacker Ryan Shazier, one of only three holdover starters. "Some people don't feel like we are worthy to be where we are right now (in the rankings). We're fighting for championships in November right now.
"We plan on being the best in the Big Ten."
The new first-teamers include four sophomores and several juniors who have little experience in a big-game spotlight. So there's a lot to prove -- even to the coach.
"The jury is certainly out," Meyer said. "I'm very comfortable with who they are as people and the way they practice. However, there's nothing to gauge it upon other than practice. So how (do) they operate in a game? I'm really excited.
"I'm very confident."
Acclaimed sophomores Adolphus Washington and Noah Spence get the call at the ends, with Michael Bennett at tackle and Joel Hale edging out Tommy Schutt at noseguard.
The linebackers alongside Shazier are Curtis Grant in the middle and Joshua Perry on the strong side.
"There's a lot of guys in that front seven that we have high expectations for," co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Luke Fickell said. "But until they do it in front of 107,000 people, we're still going to sit here a little anxious to see what they can do. We really have liked what we've seen so far, and the upside is incredible."
Meyer said he's concerned about the depth and quality at linebacker, a spot that he calls a concern on the cusp of the new season.
The secondary includes rock-solid safeties C.J. Barnett and Christian Bryant, with Armani Reeves and Doran Grant at the corners.
"Our intent would be to be better than last year," cornerbacks and special-teams coach Kerry Coombs said. "We've got a lot of young players who are going to play really, really hard."
Beyond just beating Buffalo, the defense has set some lofty goals in the opener.
"We probably want to just leave a great impression on the world," Barnett said. "We want to be one of the best defenses in the country, so hopefully we can make strides toward that goal in this game."
The names have changed, but the staff's second year with even the young players means the defense can do more things.
"I think we're going to be a faster defense and hopefully more aggressive as we grow in our scheme. And we'll have more pressure packages," Meyer said. "Last year we started the season as kind of a bend-but-don't-break defense where it seemed we were always on heels. That's not the kind of defense that anyone wants."
Every team is optimistic before the games begin. But the Buckeyes' defenders feel they are almost entitled to something better.
"Last year we had to work through some guys having doubts," Bennett said of the flux that came with a new staff. "But this year everyone's bought in, everyone's more excited and you can see that light at the end of the season that if we do everything right it's not just 12-0 it's ... big things can happen."
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Fenty Beauty Holiday collection drops Friday Oct 13th
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