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This Drapion is a Poison/Dark-type Pokémon owned by Celosia.
Drapion grabbed Squishy when it was trying to escape. It later battled against Ash's Pikachu and Sawyer's Sawyer's Grovyle. Drapion used Toxic but Pikachu cancelled the attack with Thunderbolt and was hit by Grovyle's Leaf Storm, releasing Squishy. After it stood back up, Celosia ordered it to use Sludge Bomb, but Ash ordered Pikachu to use Thunderbolt to intercept, creating an explosion when the attacks collided. Drapion was later used again, assaulting Pin Missile on the heroes and on Squishy. Team Flare's Skorupi and Houndour used Dark Pulse while Drapion used Cross Poison, colliding with the attacks of the heroes' Pokémon.[1]
Drapion was also used to intimidate the heroes by using Sludge Bomb, after Bryony and Celosia went to search for Z-1 inside Terminus Cave. The heroes, wanting to protect Squishy, sent their Pokémon to attack. Ash had Noibat use Supersonic on Drapion, distracting it and having Noibat tackle it. Drapion used Cross Poison on Ash's Greninja, who dodged the attack. After Team Rocket took Squishy, Drapion used Sludge Bomb to attack them. However, like the other grunts and their Pokémon, Drapion was defeated by Squishy's Land's Wrath in its hound form.[2]
While the chaos broke out in Lumiose City, Celosia and Drapion faced Alain and Ash. Since Celosia required Ash to be sent to the director, she had Drapion use Confuse Ray on him and Pikachu. Both Ash and Pikachu fell unconscious, allowing the grunts to send them to Prism Tower.[3] Celosia's Drapion attacked Team Rocket with Sludge Bomb. Jessie's Gourgeist and James' Inkay retaliated with Seed Bomb and Psybeam, but was countered by Drapion's second Sludge Bomb.[4] Celosia teamed up with Mable and had Drapion use Sludge Bomb, along with Weavile's Ice Beam. However, Jessie's Wobbuffet reflected the attacks back with Mirror Coat, which hit Weavile and Drapion. Soon after, Celosia, Mable and their Pokémon were captured in James' net.[5]


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You can get stone or ceramic tile for your bathroom floor. At the same time, the type of glass you choose can enhance your bathroom's appearance. We supply at discounted prices a large range of bathroom taps including modern taps and traditional taps. The only things that will restrain your fantasy are the sense of moderation, financial abilities and dimensions of the bathroom.
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This cleanser is really good at deeply cleansing your skin and getting out all the dirt and grime from makeup that tends to usually clog your pores. I remove all my makeup and on a clean and slightly damp face I use my Clarisonic (you can also use your hands) massage for about 30-60 seconds and then rinse thoroughly. I use this product both morning and evenings and I don't find it drying out my face. It has salicylic acid which is one of the main ingredients to effectively reduce acne breakouts. It also has a really nice and refreshing orange scent which is great in the mornings cause it wakes you up.
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Having enjoyed his renaissance with all of the series' girls, it's time for Junichi to take a back seat for Amagami SS+'s finale so that the real star of the show can take to the stage - that being his sister Miya Tachibana, of course.
That said, this particular episode is a chance to enjoy all of the show's leading ladies one final time, in the form of a good, old-fashioned hot springs episode. With a lavish new hot spring complex opening nearby and sporting a special offer to visiting females, it's no surprise to find girls aplenty visiting.
What a hot springs resort it is too, with baths specially formulated to make your boobs bigger (I wonder if that bath is ever open to men?), a sauna for youthful rejuvenation and even a bath fashioned after ramen for... well, for people who want to bathe in their favourite foodstuff, I guess. The rest of the episode writes itself really as a love letter to the female breast and the ever-present desire of their owners (in anime land at least) to make them bigger. It's utterly, utterly daft even by Amagami SS' standards, but hey - what else did you expect from this episode?
So comes to a close this romantic comedy sequel series which pretty much proves exactly why most shows of this ilk end before any of its relationships become concrete or serious in any way - because it can be bloody boring to watch. Okay, certain elements of each story arc were quite fun and it was enjoyable to revisit the particulars of some of the girls, but shorn of the "will they, won't they" drama of the original series Amagami SS+ struggled to manufacture any drama, tension or concern with the framework of its stories of otherwise perfectly happy couples. Without those worries, there was ultimately very little to allow this series to stand out of the crowd - no kissing the back of a girl's knee, no girls turning into miso soup and so on - and as a result this was an utterly forgettable outing that serves as nothing other than entirely ephemeral entertainment. Mind you, were we expecting anything else from the series?
Friday, 30 March 2012
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< Back to Theatre
Il Turco In Italia
Come and experience southern Italian laughter and sunshine at The Royal Opera with Rossini's gem of a comedy. The handsome Turk Selim arrives in Naples, searching for his beloved Zaida, but soon falls for bored housewife Fiorilla, to the despair of her elderly husband Don Geronio. Meanwhile local ladies man Don Narciso wants to win Fiorilla back, while poet Prosdocimo sees all the increasing confusion as great material for his next play.
Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's hilarious production, here conducted by acclaimed Rossinian Evelino Pido, pays tribute to the style of Italian films of the 1960's (think La dolce vita). The cast of great singing actors includes Aleksandra Kurzak as glamourpuss Fiorilla, comic genius Alessandro Corbelli as Don Geronio, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Selim, the dashing Turk of the title, Thomas Allen as Prosdocimo and Barry Banks as Don Narciso. This saucy opera is designed to amuse from opening downbeat to upbeat finale. Its sparkling score includes some of Rossini's most brilliant ensembles and wittiest duets to make this revival pure entertainment and fun.
Show Information
Monday, 27th April 2015
Monday, 27th April 2015
3 hours
Venue Information
Royal Opera House
Bow Street
Map | Seating Plan
(3 mins) The Opera House is off Covent Garden piazza, which is visible from the tube station exit. There is a revolving door entrance at the piazza.


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Penn State Hockey: Nittany Lions Head Into Home Opener At Solid 2-2
Penn State hockey finds itself at 2-2 on the year following a 6-3 loss on the road to Minnesota on Sunday night.
While the Nittany Lions' most recent game might suggest otherwise, Penn State finds itself entering its home opening series against AIC in pretty good shape after a tough two weeks on the road.
To catch you up to speed, consider this.
Penn State lost by a goal in the season opener to a Clarkson team that would shutout Michigan the very next night. The following evening the Nittany Lions made the short drive farther north to face St Lawrence and win with relative ease. The same St Lawrence team that would travel to North Dakota this past weekend and fall 2-1 in the opening night of the series.
Then it was on to Minnesota. For perspective Penn State has only won on the big sheet of ice once prior, and had only beaten the Gophers four times through 17 attempts.
Friday night the Nittany Lions won with relative ease 3-1, picking up a crucial early season victory. Sunday afternoon the hosts responded with a two-goal first period and eased their way to that final 6-3 margin.
So what to make of it?
The opening four games were about what you could expect considering the opponents. Penn State looked capable, but not without its flaws and the Nittany Lions at the end of the day, managed a road split against a team it rarely beats, let alone on the road. Penn State has gotten early scoring from Denis Smirnov and Andrew Sturtz while Peyton Jones has made more than his fair share of big saves in goal.
Moving forward the challenge will be what it always has been: consistency. That and getting healthy contributions from injured freshman Evan Barratt and potentially injured (was scratched twice this weekend) Kevin Kerr will be key in the immediate future.
The good news for Penn State is that after a tough road trip to start the season the Nittany Lions will play their next six at home. Then it will be seven of nine on the road before the final third of the year starting in early January after nearly an entire month off.
But that is a long time for now, and right now the Nittany Lions are preparing for a banner raising this Thursday. And after the first two weeks of the season, they ought to feel pretty good about where they've been, and where they stand right now.
Ben Jones covers Penn State football and basketball for StateCollege.com. He's on Twitter as @Ben_Jones88.
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Well I did on Saturday, and let me tell you that for a person with a bad back that is a killer. I had to work the VC all day, and one of the brown shirts decided the rolling chair with a back didn't look professional enough. Ugh! I got to the point where I had to lie down on one of the benches for folks to view the bird feeders just to get some relief. Not the best thing for a visitors center host to be doing when someone arrives…
Anyway, I made sure to go in on Sunday and talk to Janice, the volunteer coordinator, about it. She agreed that I could roll out the chair with a back on the days I work there, and roll it back at night. Apparently a stool with a back is being ordered, but who knows when that will arrive.
We're finding lots of turtles digging holes and laying their eggs on the refuge. Sorry to say, most of these nests get dug up and the eggs eaten by raccoons and skunks overnight. It's uncanny how they find those nests. I guess they sniff them out.
It's also surprising that any turtles actually hatch, but I guess enough do. At a couple of the destroyed nests there were dozens of Northern Crescent butterflies feasting on the moisture and minerals that were left in the empty eggshells. It's that natural circle of life again.
I've had the last two days off, and have been busy with various chores. Yesterday I had to go to town to get some more birdseed. Those purple finches and goldfinches are really eating up a storm at the Hard Rock Bird Café.
Then last evening, Emma brought me a present. You know she's always on guard for marauders.
After ten thousand tries, she finally caught a chipmunk. I was sorry its life ended. I suppose if I didn't feed the birds, this wouldn't have happened. Seems everything in life has consequences.
Today, I had to drive into Detroit Lakes to get my extend-a-stay propane tank filled, and next door was the Lakes Processing store. I've often driven past this place the last two summers, but not being a jerky eater I never stopped in.
I asked the lady at the propane place about it and she said they had good meat there. So, I stopped in. My oldest son, Daniel, and his wife Crystal, will be visiting over the July 4th weekend. My daughter, Robyn, and two grandgirls, Avery and Phoebe, will be staying with me as well. That amount of visitors calls for lots of food!
I was hoping to find some smoked pork chops to use for one meal while they all are here. There was a very helpful young man inside, and he helped me to choose a smoked pork loin that I can slice for chops, and also recommended the butter garlic chicken bratwurst links. If they taste as good as they look, I'll be stopping by here again. I do like to support local businesses as opposed to the mass marketing of Wal Mart type places. I've got my fingers crossed.
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WEST HARWICH — Wayne H. Hodgson, 59, died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
WEST HARWICH — Wayne H. Hodgson, 59, died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
Mr. Hodgson was born in Fall River and was raised and educated in Swansea. He graduated from Joseph Case High School and received his Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in 1971. He went on to receive his master's in special education from Bridgewater State College in 1974.
Before taking a teaching position at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, he worked at the Cardinal Cushing School in Hanover, The Gifford School in Weston, The Reece School in New York City, The Riverview School in East Sandwich, and as the interim director of studies at the F.L. Chamberlain School in Middleboro. Wayne started teaching at Cape Tech in 2000 in the special needs department, and coached track and field as well.
Wayne also worked at the Hyannis Sportscard Inc. store in Hyannis for the past several years. He loved sports, especially track and field, and attended several pre-Olympic qualifying meets. He had also planned trips this summer to several pro baseball parks throughout the United States.
Wayne was a loving brother, teacher and friend to all he met and will be dearly missed by many.
He is survived by a sister, Sandra E. Hodgson of Loxahatchee, Fla., three nieces; two nephews; eight grandnieces and grandnephews; and the many students he touched with his kindness and direction through the years.
A Celebration of Life service will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 1, at the Coutinho-Boisse Funeral Home, 678 Main St., Harwich Center. Visiting hours will begin at 3 p.m. Monday.
In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to the Cape Cod Tech Scholarship Fund to be established in Wayne's memory.
For more information, directions, personal guest book, or to light a candle in memory, log onto www.cbfuneralhome.com.


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Selection of chiffon fabric in a variety of colours. Quick delivery and free sample service.
Chiffon fabric is a light weight, plain weave that can be made from cotton, silk or synthetic materials. Although traditionally this fabric was more commonly used for evening wear, today it is used much more widely.
Design Idea - Combine chiffon with other fabrics to create sheer sections in your garments. This works particularily well on sleeves and for creating floor length over skirts.


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Using the Raspberry Pi as a smart alarm clock
Installing a Sound Card
An additional, external USB sound card is needed to play the alarm sounds, because the PWM generator ordinarily responsible for sound output is busy controlling the LED strip. Current versions of Raspbian include the kernel module used by most USB sound cards. As a consequence, you only have to modify two settings in the Alsa
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file. With root rights, change the
snd-usb-audio option from
-2 to
1 (Listing 8). Using root rights again, you should append the contents of Listing 9 to the
/etc/asound.conf file.
Listing 8
Modify Alsa Configuration
[...] #options snd-usb-audio index=-2 options snd-usb-audio index=1 [...]
Listing 9
Append to /etc/asound.conf
pcm.!default { type plug slave { pcm "hw:1,0" } } ctl.!default { type hw card 1 }
To activate the USB sound card that has now been installed as the primary audio device, reboot the Raspberry Pi with
sudo reboot. Then, you can connect simple loud speakers to the external sound card and call up
alsamixer, which allows you to regulate the playback volume (Figure 3).
The command-line tools
mpg123 or
ogg123 found in the vorbis-tools package are used to play the alarm tones on the alarm clock. Both programs were installed at the beginning of the project with the necessary build tools. The Rasp Pi alarm clock looks in
~/alarm/sound for music. Now, your DIY alarm clock is able to play music and control the lighting. The only thing missing at this point is a user interface.
Installing Services
The Rasp Pi needs a simple web-based administrative page for setting wake-up times, sounds, and lights. As a result, you must have a web server such as Apache, PHP as the script language, and MySQL as a database back end. After installing the services (Listing 10), you should call the web server either locally at http://localhost or from another computer via the IP address of the Raspberry Pi alarm clock. The simple message It works! indicates that this was successful. You should remember the root password for the database when installing the MySQL server. For security purposes, it should be different from the root password for the Linux system.
Listing 10
Install Services
$ sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql
The Rasp Pi alarm clock uses a small MySQL database to store data. After installing services, you need to install the database by copying the content of Listing 11 into the
createDB.sql file and then submitting the file to the database via the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p < createDB.sql
Listing 11
Install Database
create database alarm; use alarm; create table alarm ( id int not null auto_increment, ts timestamp, sound char(80) not null, light char(80) not null, primary key(id)); GRANT ALL ON alarm.* TO 'alarm'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'alarm'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
The SQL script creates an empty database named alarm that includes a table of the same name. Table 1 describes the structure of the database table. As a last step, the script creates one new SQL user in the database that the system will use later to access the data. The password requested when the SQL scripts are executed corresponds to the root password for the database rather than the password for the local root user.
Table 1
Database Table alarm
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Our west coast fanciers joined the Memorial Weekend fun in Pomona CA at Friday's San Gabriel Kennel Club show. The seven hoping to catch judge Jason Hoke's eye were the Golden Retriever, GCH CH Sandpiper's Let Freedom Ring, the Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless, the Boxer, GCH CH Hi Jinx This is How I Roll, the Scottish Terrier, CH Roundtown Everyday Magic Of Maryscot, the Pug, GCH CH Winsome-Nirvana-Blaque Triple Play, the French Bulldog, GCH CH LeBull's El Morocco At LeCirque, and the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Bugaboo's Picture Perfect.
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The two who did were the Whippet, Brazen, and the OES, Swagger. Brazen is AKC's Number One Whippet and Number Four Hound with three BIS and 21 Hound Groups.


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Party Earth Review A visit to Cuba Compagnie may start off like a low-key day on a tropical beach, but it never ends that way! With an unpretentious vibe and assorted crowd to match, the colorful venue opens early for those looking for... ... read full review
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A visit to Cuba Compagnie may start off like a low-key day on a tropical beach, but it never ends that way!
With an unpretentious vibe and assorted crowd to match, the colorful venue opens early for those looking for budget-friendly breakfasts near the famed Bastille. The book-style menu caters to anyone looking to add some spice to their French diet, and features stories, songs, and anecdotes of Cuba amid the descriptions of picadillo and cod fritters.
Mojitos are the main cocktail of choice – especially during €15 mojito tastings on Tuesdays from 9 to 10pm – and soon after the workday ends, the bar fills with happy groups slinging Happy Hour champagne and exotic mixed drinks beneath the framed pictures of Havana and portraits of Hemingway that dot the walls.
DJs turn up the volume in the evenings to accommodate the crowd, as stylish expats and boisterous birthday girls drop their ceviches and dance wherever there's room.
A quieter atmosphere usually prevails in the upstairs lounge, where old and newly formed dance partners can engage in spicy conversation as their stomachs settle from all that spicy food.
Bursting with color and Latin rhythms, Cuba Compagnie is an ideal spot to kick off the night – and equally great to kick off one's shoes and dance till closing.
Stylish expats, dance-happy groups of ladies, dudes with mojo, couples, birthday partiers, unpretentious groups of locals starting the night, tourists in need of something distinctly un-French to eat, mid-20s to late 30s.
DJ spins everything from Cuban beats to Marc Anthony most nights from 8pm.
Free salsa lessons on Sundays 6:30–9pm.
Full menu of Cuban and assorted Pan-American dishes, including picadillo, cod fritters, salads, and Latin desserts. Happy Hour daily 4–8pm.
Brunch noon–3pm Saturdays and Sundays.
Brunch €18, appetizers €5–€12, entrées €15–€29+. Beer €8, wine €6/glass or €14–€38+/bottle, cocktails €15.
Stylish casual: white t-shirts, jeans, colorful button-downs, crisp white slacks with room to move, flowy day dresses, shawls, heels that come off as fast as they go on.
Fridays for the biggest crowds getting spicy to the nightly DJ or Sundays to learn how to salsa.
La Cantoche Paname (40 Boulevard Beaumarchais) is a kitschy restaurant decorated in everything from Looney Tunes masks to paintings made out of candy. The themed menu is designed to imitate – though not taste like – the school lunches of yesteryear, and a decent cocktail selection and regular weekly events have made the venue popular with unpretentious locals.


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Content - History
"Our reputation is as strong as our tradition. We have more than 70 years of experience behind us and an exciting future ahead of us." - Geoff Scott, former CEO Uster Technologies
To understand the past means to be prepared for the future. USTER looks back on a long-standing, successful track record of innovations.
Overview of the USTER launches from 1948 to 2010.


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Since there are no satisfactory introduction to the Teochew and Hokkien people, or the Hoklo people. We decide to create an Encyclopedia style page by ourselves.
Our government only claims the territory of Teochew and Hokkien homeland on the west coast of the Taiwan Straight, which is only a 43% of world Hoklo people. However, this introduction is about the ethnic group, including tens of millions Hoklo people oversea. If you need to know more about our country and government itself, please refer to "our country" page.
We also have a similar article "Teochew-Hokkien is an Independent Nation". But that article is translated from Mandarin and mainly comparing the difference between the Hoklo and the Chinese. The current article is written with the assumption that the readers have no or little knowledge about what Hoklo people are.
You can treat this as a superior version of Wikipedia page for Hoklo people, without hostile Chinese vandalization or time consuming but useless citations. 1
Basic Information
Hoklo is an East Asian ethnic groups native to Teochew and Hokkien regions, in the west coast of Taiwan Straight.
The Hoklo speak Hoklo language, one of the Sinic languages. The Hoklo and other Min languages diverged from all other Sinic languages in the 4th century. Therefore, the Hoklo language is very different from all other Sinic languages (including Mandarin) and completely mutually intelligible.
The Hoklo as we know today were formed in the 4th century as a result of the integration between the Austronesian speaking ancient Minyue (閩越) people 2 and the freedom-loving Han Chinese immigrants who don't want to be enslaved by the barbarians. From the 4th century to the 14th century, as the China proper torn apart by wars and tyrannic rules, the Hokkien and later Teochew region emerged and become one of the most technologically advanced and wealthy region world wide. The Choachew City, more commonly known as Zayton by Marco Polo and other foreigners, were one of the most populous and wealthy cities in the world from 11th to 14th century. Merchants from tens, if not hundreds of countries, have been visiting or residing in Zayton City.
From 15th to the World War II, the Hoklo are mostly ruled by Chinese-lead Ming Dynasty and Manchurian-lead Qing Dynasty from Beijing. Both of them imposed the tyrannical "sea ban" policies on Hoklo people. All foreign trades were illegal and oversea exploration, colonization, and trading with foreign countries became capital crimes. However, the tyrannic laws never really stopped the Hoklo people from exploration and colonization. During the time, especially during the 17th century when the Ming rule collapsed and during the century prior to the WWII when Qing rule collapse, a huge number of Hoklo people have built colonies and migrant to every coastal countries in the Southeast Asia. The Hoklo diaspora lead to the creation of two Hoklo-majority countries, Taiwan and Singapore.
After the WWII, due to the lack of a strong national identity and a Hoklo-lead country, the Hoklo have suffered greatly by most countries. Genocides against Hoklo people occurred everywhere throughout almost every Hoklo communities. Sarcastically, enemy governments used completely different reasons to justify their genocide against Hoklo people. The Hoklo were called capitalists, communists, and axis at the same time. In Taiwan, the Republic of China committed genocide against Taiwanese Hokkien because the Hokkien were "evil subjects of the Japanese emperor". 3 In the Teochew and Hokkien regions, the People's Republic of China committed genocide against the Hoklo people under the name of purging capitalists. Similar genocide occurred in Chinese supported Khmer Rouge and Viet Cong but in much larger scale in terms of percentage. Many of them have fled from the two countries and became of primary source of Hoklo French and Hoklo American. In Indonesia and Malaysia, the Sunni Muslim supported by the West have committed genocide against Hoklo people under the name of purging communists. These crimes have not yet been recognized by the West. 4 After more than 70 years of separation and lack of communication, the Hoklo communities throughout the world have diverged from each other and developed their different cultures today. However, nearly all of them are still struggling against racial discrimination in their countries, and more fundamentally, struggling with their self-identities.
Despite the racial discrimination against Hoklo people in many countries, the Hoklo remain very successful disproportionate to their population. Among 7 developed Asian countries countries without oil money (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Israel), two of them have Hoklo majorities (Taiwan and Singapore), and two of them have Cantonese majorities with significant Hoklo minorities (Hong Kong and Macau). According to 2015 Forbes Billionaire list, the richest person in Asia, and 7 or 28% of the 25 richest person in Asia are Hoklo5, despite the fact that the Hoklo are less than 2% of the Asian population.
Total: c. 82 million 6, not counting enormous number of partial Hoklo in Thailand, Philippines, and other countries.
Republic of Teochew and Hokkien: 35 million, under illegal Chinese occupation currently.
Taiwan: 17 million, about 75% of Taiwan's population, which is one of two current Hoklo majority countries.
Singapore: 1,858,497, 56% of Singapore's population, which is one of two current Hoklo majority countries.
Hainan Island and Leizhou Peninsular: 8 million.
Thailand: 7 million, to 26 million for partial Hoklo.
Malaysia: 5 million.
Indonesia: 3 million.
Philippine: 2 million, up to 23 million for mestizos (partial Hoklo).
Hong Kong: 1 million.
Myanmar: 600,000.
Southern Zhejiang: 570,000.
Cambodia: 350,000.
Vietnam: 300,000.
United States: 300,000, mostly from former French Indochina fleeing from Khmer Rouge and Viet Cong.
France: 150,000, mostly from former French Indochina fleeing from Khmer Rouge and Viet Cong.
Macau: 150,000.
Canada: 100,000.
Brunei: 56,600.
Hoklo Language, including Hokkien and Teochew dialects. Many Hoklo also use the predominant language of their country.
Mostly Hokism (Hoklo tradition religion). Also significant presence of Buddhism, Protestantism, Roman Catholic, and irreligion.
Related Ethnic Groups
Ethnically: Hainanese 7, Putian People, Foochowese, and other Min peoples.
Historically and Geographically: Hakka and Cantonese.
In Taiwan and Republic of Teochew and Hokkien, the most common names are banlam (literally "Southern Min") for Hokkien people and Teoswa (short form for "Teochew City- Swatow City") for Teochew people.
In Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, the most common name is Hokkien and Teochew. Since Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Straight Colonies (Singapore, Penang, and Malaca) are former British colonies, these names were adopted and became the most widely used English names for Hoklo people. All four words are from Hoklo language referring to the name of their hometown originally.
Hoklo was a pejorative term originally from Hakka and Cantonese, referring to both Hokkien and Teochew. The original literal meaning of Hoklo is probably "foreigners from Fujian". "Lo" is a pejorative Cantonese or Hakka word referring to foreigners, which can also be found in Gweilo or Gwai lo ("ghost foreigners"), a pejorative Cantonese term referring to white people of European origin. Among Hoklo people, the word is at first widely adopted by Hailiokhong Hoklo to call themselves because their territories are close to Hakka and Cantonese people. During the Taiwan democratic and independence movement in 1980s, the word was also adopted by some Taiwanese Hoklo, especially by those who support Taiwan independence.
We prefer using the word Hoklo for three reasons: (1) Hoklo refers to both Teochew and Hokkien. (2) Hoklo is a term referring to the ethnic group, not the name of the historical province or prefecture. The historical and contemporary administrative boundary does not adhere to ethnic boundaries. Moreover, thousands of Chinese immigrants and bureaucrats and pouring in though our border. If we use a term originally from geographic meaning, it is easy for the Chinese to reinterpret and steal the word from us. (3) In Hoklo language, Hoklo is a loan word from Cantonese and Hakka. As far as I know, most people in Hailiokhong or Taiwan don't understand the original meaning of the word in Cantonese or Hakka, or how to write down the word in Chinese characters. Therefore it is difficult for the Chinese to reinterpret the word.
The Hoklo (Teochew and Hokkien) share the same origin as other Min Peoples. As many other ethnic groups in the world, the racial origin of Min people come from various groups.
One predominant origin of Min people are the native people from ancient Minyue Kingdom, a Iron Age kingdom in modern day Fujian (including Hokkien) and Teochew region. The racial composition of the people in the ancient Mingyue Kingdom is under debate. But many believe these people speak Austronesian languages and related to the Taiwan aboriginals, especially the low land aboriginals. This theory matches the most popular out-of-Taiwan theory of the origin of Austronesian people. However, this doesn't necessary mean the ancient Minyue people are more "Austronesian" than East Asian because modern day Austronesian (Malays, Pacific Islanders, Maori, Malagasy) are heavily mixed with various groups of native people in respective places, including Negritos and Blacks.
Another predominant origin of Min people are the Han Chinese immigrants during Eastern Jin Dynasty in the 4th century. These people are freedom-loving Han Chinese people who don't want to be ruled by the barbarians during the uprising of the 5 barbarians and seek refuge in the south. These immigrants are mostly organized in a form of educated, wealthy and militarized extended families with their servants, workers, and tenants. These immigrants are called Yiguan Nandu in Chinese history books, which means "the well dressed crossed the river and move south" literally. The family names of four of these families Tan, Lim, Ng, Teh remain the most common surnames across all Min peoples except Hainanese. However, it is hard to tell whether people with these surnames are from these powerful families due to the fact that non-Chinese tend to adopt surnames from powerful Chinese families when converted to Chinese culture. 8 Because of the history of Chinese immigration, traditionally Hoklo people have a very strong feeling of superiority towards the modern day Chinese, thinking they are either rape babies or children of people who were willing to give up their freedom and enslaved by the barbarians.
Since Hoklo people are the southernmost Min peoples, they live approximate to Tai-Kadai peoples (including Chinese-ized Cantonese) and Hmong-Mien peoples (including Chinese-ized Hakka). The interchange and mixing is always slowly ongoing throughout the history.
In Choachew, there were a huge Middle Eastern community from 12 to 14 century. These people are predominantly Persian, but also some Arabs, Christians and Jews. After the Ispah rebellion and the collapse of Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty, the Middle Easterners were assimilated and become part of Hoklo people.
Early History
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Hoklo Diaspora
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Recent History
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- The linguistic and ethnic background of Minyue people is under debate. Austronesian is the most popular theory.
- Since the Republic of China was an ally of the allies, the genocide against Taiwanese Hokkien has never been recognized as a genocide internationally. It is still called "228 incidents" by many. Even though it was a well planned genocide against Taiwanese Hokkien, especially Hokkien elites.
- Considering the US governments are still protecting Sunni Saudi Arabia even after the 9/11 attack. Probably we shouldn't feel too much surprise or anger.
- This number was 9 in the 1996 list. The decrease is mostly due to the Chinese appearance in the list. Even though 2.7% of the Chinese population is Hoklo, slightly higher than the percentage of Hoklo population in Asia, only one Hoklo (Ma Huateng) in China made into the list because many successful Hoklo businessmen were persecuted by the Chinese governments.
For example, Huang Guangyu, a Teochew businessman in retail business, who was the richest person in China from 2004 to 2008, were put into jail by the Chinese governments in 2008. Another example is Lai Changxing, a Hokkien businessman in trading business, who were the richest person in Fujian Province. He was wanted by the Chinese governments from 1999. Then he fled to Canada seeking political asylum. However, his claim was rejected by the Canadian governments eventually and he was returned to the Chinese government in 2011.
We think Lai lost his asylum case mainly because he hired a bad lawyer. His lawyer tried to claim asylum based on the fact that the Chinese don't treat criminals humanely, which was a very weak claim. However, if he could point out that the Chinese accusation lacked legal ground and completely based on racial discrimination, it would be much easier for him to win the case. Unluckily Lai was not even graduated from elementary school in communist China and can only speak Hoklo and Mandarin, it's hard for him to find someone like us to help him.
- Since SIL International, ISO, and many other sources classify Hainanese as a dialect of Hoklo Language even though they are not mutually intelligible, it's much easier for me to find accurate data including Hainanese. Thus all the population data include Hainanese population.
- Some people classify Hainanese as part of Hoklo people. Racially Hainanese have much more Tai-Kadai speaking Li people (黎族) blood and look much closer to Cantonese people. However due to cultural and language similarity many Hainanese are very friendly and integrated with Teochew and Hokkien people in Southeast Asia.
- We can find similar examples of adopting Chinese surnames in modern day Korean, Manchurian, Vietnamese, and Hakka. There are more examples in historic ethnic groups, like Tangut people and Xianbei people.


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Hepatitis C: An In-Depth Guide
Information on street drugs
Drug patterns fluctuate considerably across Canada. The popularity of certain drugs and even how drugs are taken varies over time in terms of preference, supply, quality and geography. The following table outlines some drugs that are or have been popular as well as some of the ways in which these drugs have been taken. Local public health units and harm reduction organizations may have early warning systems for drug trends and the I-Track series of studies can provide a macro-level look at drug use in Canada.
How it is usually taken
White powder
Snorted; injected; smoked; swallowed; inserted/ absorbed
Stimulant – rush of alertness, increased sex drive, feelings of importance, confidence, and energy lasting 30–40 minutes
Some of the risks with these drugs come from the drugs themselves (like overdose and addiction), while other risks come from the way the drug is used (injected, snorted or smoked), and still others by the way people look at drug use (stigma and legal issues)
Rock form of cocaine
Smoked; injected
Stimulant – same as cocaine, but lasts 2–20 minutes
White or brown powder
Injected; smoked; snorted; swallowed; inhaled
Depressant – general well-being; rush of pleasure and gratification; reduced hunger and sex drive; strong painkiller (including physical/emotional pain)
Pills, tablets
Injected; swallowed
Depressant – painkiller
Morphine, Hydro- morphone, Dilaudid
Liquid; pills; supposit- ories
Injected; swallowed; inserted/ absorbed
Depressant – painkiller
Crystal Meth
Rock or crystal; powder
Smoked; injected; swallowed; snorted; inserted/ absorbed
Stimulant – rush of energy; restlessness; feeling excited or agitated
Physiological Risks
The street-drug industry is not regulated and drug dealers and drug production operations have full control over the potency of their chemicals. Many drugs are cut with other substances to add bulk or change the high. Drug analysis has shown street drugs to be cut with products like dish detergent, ground glass, more potent drugs (PCP, LSD), rat poison or baking soda. Crack is often cut with crystal meth. Without knowing the purity of a drug, it may be difficult to gauge how much drug to take to reach the desired high. This can lead to accidental overdose.
A person's tolerance may be low after taking a break from drug use, either voluntarily, while in jail, or while in drug treatment, or when trying a new drug for the first time. Also, a new dealer or other source might mix the product differently. In cases like this, testing the drug in smaller doses to measure its effect before doing a full hit can reduce the chances of overdose.
Poly-drug use is common amongst many drug users—either because they are looking for specific effects from the drugs or the drugs have been cut with other substances. The health risk is that overdose is easier when different drugs are used at the same time; the majority of cases where drug users overdose report two or more drugs in their systems. This may happen because the drugs have different effects (uppers vs. downers) and last for different amounts of time in the body. For example, people who died of cocaine overdose often have also been drinking alcohol. Also taking heroin with another drug (like benzodiazepines, alcohol or crack) leads to more overdoses than using one of those drugs alone.
Signs of Overdose
Drugs may have different signs or symptoms of overdose depending on whether they are stimulants (uppers) or depressants (downers). Having one or two of the symptoms below can be dangerous, and more than two is a major warning sign that overdose is imminent. Overdose does not mean the person will die, as long as they access medical care quickly. For example, naloxone is a drug that can be used to counteract heroin or morphine overdose.
|Signs of Overdose
|Stimulant Overdose (uppers like cocaine and crack)
|Depressant Overdose (downers like heroin, oxycontin and morphine)
There are two types of drug dependence or addiction: physical and psycological. Physical dependence occurs when a drug changes chemicals in the brain or body so that a person's body cannot function without the drug. Psychological dependence is a desire for the feelings the drug induces, like boosting confidence or masking emotional pain. Any one drug can cause neither, either or both types of dependence. For example, alcohol dependence can be psychological because it makes a person feel uninhibited, relaxed and free, and it can cause physical dependence because stopping can lead to intense withdrawal symptoms in the body, like the shakes and tremors.
Mental Health
Drug use can sometimes cause changes to mental health. Often, these changes can be temporary side effects of the drugs themselves, like the paranoia sometimes associated with cannabis use. Drug use can also sometimes bring underlying mental health concerns to the surface and cause disorders like anxiety, depression or schizophrenia. People may require help and support to deal with their mental health concerns.
Risks associated with how drugs are taken
The way a drug is taken can create its own set of risks.
- Ingestion – Ingestion is often the safest way to take drugs, though gastrointestinal side effects are possible.
- Insertion – Inserting drugs in the anus or vagina can irritate the mucosal lining, which makes a person more susceptible to STIs and HIV, and possibly Hep C during sex.
- Snorting – Snorting drugs can lead to Hep C (through reusing someone else's equipment), erosion of nasal passages, runny or drippy nose, nosebleeds and lung irritation.
- Smoking – Smoking drugs introduces toxins to the lungs and can cause coughs, emphysema, and cancers, but is generally less risky than injection. Broken or homemade crack pipes can cause burns, splits or cuts on lips and inside the mouth, and lead to Hep C (through reusing someone else's equipment).
- Injection – Risks associated with injection include blood-borne diseases like HIV and Hep C (from reusing someone else's equipment), skin infections and abscesses, vein damage, heart valve infections (endocarditis), chalk lung, blood clots, cotton fever and track marks.
Social Risks
Drug use has an impact beyond getting high and can affect the relationship a person has with family, friends and community. Drug use is a stigmatized behaviour and can alienate people from their families. Disposing of drug equipment in public places is a public nuisance that can expose people in the community to possible needlestick injuries. Drug possession and drug trafficking are criminal offences and are a leading charge associated with incarcerations today. Incarceration itself comes with a number of possible risks, including lowered employment potential, less access to healthcare, increased isolation and disconnection from community, and exposure to the violence that occurs in prisons. Balancing these risks with the benefits of getting high is a serious challenge for drug users, especially when drug use is a normalized part of their social circle, they are dependent on a substance or if they use drugs as a means to cope with other challenges in their lives. Often stigma is based more in people's negative perceptions of drug users and less in their actual behaviour.


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The EuroTech Postdoc Programme
The EuroTechPostdoc Programme provides international research and career development opportunities for 80 high potential doctoral graduates. It is one of the first cross-country fellowship programmes co-funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.
The programme bundles access to the research expertise and infrastructures across all EuroTech Universities and offers entrepreneurship and cross-border mobility opportunities for fellows in the academic and non-academic sector.
"What is unique about the EuroTechPostdoc Programme is that it will give young researchers access to our four universities' high-tech eco-systems. Through the Alliance, we collaborate with one another to ensure that excellent research leads to excellent innovation", said Jan Mengelers, President of the EuroTech Universities Alliance, at the Alliance's 2017 High Level Event in Brussels.
The first call for applications of the EuroTechPostdoc Programme opened in November 2017; a second call will be launched in autumn 2018. Doctoral graduates can apply within one of the five interdisciplinary focus areas of the EuroTech Universities Alliance:
- Health & Bio Engineering
- Smart & Urban Mobility
- Data Science & Engineering
- High Performance Computing
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation


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Apartment Cipresso 5 people consists of living room with kitchenette fully equipped (pots, pans, small oven, dishes, kettle and toaster), 1 double bedroom, 1 bedroom with French bed, double sofa bed in the living area. Our sofa beds are provided with memory foam mattress top for a better rest. The apartment has a private garden in front with table, chairs and sun umbrella. USB wall socket available. TV with Italian and foreign channels. Linen included for all rooms.
Only NO SMOKING apartments.
Rates include:
- electricity, water, gas consumptions
- parking
- linen and courtesey set
- cleaning and linen change every 7 days'stay
- wifi
Rates do not include:
- tourist-tax (Euro 1,50 per person per day in low season and € 2,50 in high season. Children from 0 to 11 years are not subject to payment).
- breakfast (for those who wish to enjoy our famous breakfast buffet the rate is Euro 9.50 per person per day; children 6-10 years Euro 6,00).
- laundromat available on site (token Euro 3.00 each).
- daily maid service bookable on line at Euro 30 per day with bath towels changing included.


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Aren't you glad for all the poet's who dipped their quills into the quiet 'poet-tude' of middle day or middle night to find the poem waiting to be brought to light?!
The above poem was penned in 1787.
One's very skin can ache with weight of what does not exist
Though it laughs in the wind that washes white and amethyst
And sometimes just the thought of seeing you for the first time
Provokes the pulse of poets scavenging the air for rhyme
Ah, just the possibility of you keeps one awake
Where you are nothing more as yet, than longing's nameless ache
Peering into a lake that mirrors days and dreams gone by
Which cannot be appeased by these; a smile, a tear, a sigh
Strange suffering, this ecstasy of yen-anointed cast
Where poetry must ever be the phoenix born of Past
Thus, sometimes just the thought of seeing you for the first time
Sends poet-pulses racing as they chase the air for rhyme
The heart is far too small to hold the seasons as they fly
Where we are all first-timers learning the art of good-bye
And all of us are taken by surprise, it seems to me
...by the holding-on-letting-go composing poetry
© Janet Martin
The boys I babysit are having their after-lunch TV-time and suddenly the quiet kitchen seems itchin' for poetry;-)
Oops, a basket-ball just bounced/thudded into the kitchen!
I think the hour of poet-tude is over.


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View of Peninsula at Ring of Kerry (Cat. No. 527)
Oil painting on canvas of the peninsula coastline at Ring of Kerry in Ireland.
While travelling in Ireland, the landscape at Ring of Kerry in County Kerry south-western Ireland captured my personal perspective of expression, retaining my minimal impressionistic approach and obsessive fascination with clouds, sky, ocean, and the land.
Using oil paint, I painted this coastline scene on a 30 inch x 40 inch canvas. The painting is signed and dated on the back of the canvas (2016).


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Title: A process of internationalization and foreign market entry mode selection in service industry 'Case study of Via SMS Group Company'
Level: Final assignment for Master Degree in Business Administration
Authors: Olegs Semasko, Aluko Abolade
Supervisor: Pär Vilhelmson
Date: 2012 May
AIM: The aim of this study is to investigate the causes that stimulate service companies to cross boundaries of its home country and open new subsidiaries in other countries. In addition we also examine what type of foreign market entry mode the service company selects when it enters another market. The topic of market entry strategy is of current interest among researchers and has been widely discussed for a long period of time, but there is still limited number of studies about the service industry. Therefore it might be interesting to look into why the companies in service industry strive to internationalize its operations and what mode of entry do they prefer in terms of choosing foreign market entering strategy.
METHOD: We used a qualitative research approach to explore the internationalization process procedure of our case company and we adopted a case study method. Both secondary (textbooks, scientific articles and the website of our case company) and primary data (interviews with two branch managers of the case company) were used in order to fulfill the purpose of this study.
CONCLUSION: Our study shows that the firm's reason of internationalization depends on the motives such as: to increase the number of clients, to improve customer loyalty and to get additional profit. We also understand that the company's executives prioritized wholly owned subsidiary entry mode among others. From our empirical findings we concluded that the firms' decision about going abroad requires a preparation and implementation of well developed strategies, in order to succeed in foreign markets and to achieve company's goals and objectives
CONTRIBUTION OF THE STUDY: Taking into consideration limited number of researches in this area for the financial service sector, this study can be perceived as valuable complement to the existing researches in this field. Moreover the companies in service industry, that have plans for entering other countries, might consider this study as useful and beneficial for them in terms of getting relevant information. Undoubtedly the research may increase awareness about new financial service products, provided by the Via SMS Group.
KEY WORDS: Globalization, process of internationalization, entry mode, short-term loan, IT platform.


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You'd think with a nine-month warning that I really shouldn't be stressing about a gift for baby on the baby's due date
and praying the baby's overdue? I didn't write that. But I've lamented over this before. I don't blame the baby for not giving me enough time. Really! I blame myself and my time management skills (which are always overdue).
So what's a procrastinator to do? Knit a seriously simple blanket that can be made the weekend before that baby makes its way out, that's what.
I designed this blanket to be the perfect baby gift and it meets all my criteria for Awesome Baby Blanket:
1. super soft and snuggly
2. machine washable (Mom-Friendly)
3. simple, mindless knitting (I can finish these blankets in just a few days of intense knitting, but it's going to be worked on everywhere: couch, car, standing in line at the post office.)
4. babies love it (Baby-Friendly)
5. wins "baby shower" every time.
The pattern is a simple stockinette square, trimmed with a nice garter-stitch border. It's a classic that really will become a child's favorite "blankie." (This is why we knit.) The pattern is a mere 100 rows, so it's easy to break up the knitting and conquer (10 rows a night, or 25 rows a night, you get the idea). I chose a chunky, super-soft acrylic yarn that knits up quickly and has a nice hand. Thanks to the the silky texture of the yarn, and the garter stitch border, this blanket has a really beautiful drape.
A last-minute project that makes procrastinators look good.
Simple Square Baby Blanket
Yarn: Lion Brand Hometown USA: (100% acrylic; 81 yds [74m]/142 g.): Monterey Lime, 4 skeins
Needles: size 13 circular needle
Gauge: 8 sts/4" in ss
Dimensions: 30″ square
Knit 7 rows in garter stitch.
Row 8: k 4, k 56, k4
Row 9: k4, p 56, k4
Rep. last two rows 42 more times (93 rows worked)
Knit 7 rows in garter stitch.
Weave in ends.


text: Assumption of The West over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico October 2, 2014Painting Leave a comment After returning from Santa Fe I went through all the pictures from previous visits, and found what may be the best "sunset from the back porch" of the lot. I prepped new board and set up a painting station in the sun room, dialed up Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars from the interwebs and got to work. This image shows the basic composition plotted out, massed in, and some basic tones and underpainting ideas. Here I've spent long enough in the sunlit clouds to necessitate a brief dabble into the mountains. The mountains are nearly tuned in for tonality, which is essential for the colors of the clouds to play against. Next I'll treat the blue/white of the sky to bring it all together. Now I can see where the sunset colored clouds need amping up and toning down, blending out and defining further. While going back into the earth and sky as tonalities refine. This is how the camera reads the finished work out in the sunroom with natural indirect evening light: the warm colors go crazy. The following images are in the living room with indirect day light: the warm colors tone down. The painting changes all day long, and this is my best indicator that I achieved what I was after. It is pretty large at 4'x3′. If E was standing behind the painting with it on the ground on end, only her head would show. Acrylic can't be blended like oils, so colors must constantly be remixed and matched- which makes for multiple opaque and semi-transparent layers. The nearer to painting, the more layers can be seen; like relaxed pointalism. Assumption of The West over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico