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Hundreds of journalists march in cities and towns of Pakistan demanding release of four jailed Al Jazeera staff.
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|Journalists in more than a dozen Pakistani cities have marched in solidarity with Al Jazeera staff jailed in Egypt by the country's military-installed government.
Hundreds responded to the call by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) for marches on Monday against the actions of the interim government in Egypt.
"Don't treat journalists like terrorists. Don't punish them like criminals. Only through respect for the media, can the Egyptian government put its case before the world," the PFUJ said.
Al Jazeera English journalists, Peter Greste, Mohammad Fahmy and Baher Mohammad have been held in prison for nearly two months after their arrest in Cairo. They face a court hearing on February 20.
Afzal Butt, the PFUJ's president, told Al Jazeera: "We were with you, we are with you and we will continue our protest in Pakistan against their illegal detention".
It was one of the biggest international protests for the release of Al Jazeera staff. Journalists in 20 cities, including Multan, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar, came out in solidarity with the jailed Al Jazeera journalists.
"As a representative body of thousands of Pakistani journalists, we express complete unity with the families of our detained colleagues Baher Mohammad, Mohammad Fahmy and Peter Greste," Butt of PFUJ said.
Mazhar Abbas, a former journalist union leader, said their commitment and conviction to the profession is only to inform people, even at the cost of their lives, he said.
"The PFUJ, since its inception in 1950, had always supported the journalists around the world who were punished in the line of duty, whether journalists jailed in Latin American countries in the 60s and 70s, or in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt. We were the first who staged a protest demonstration outside the US Consulate in Karachi, when during the war in Iraq, a rocket attack in a hotel killed and injured several journalists," Abbas said.
The Pakistan Federal union of journalists has vowed to continue its protests "if journalists are not released soon". Its federal executive council, which is meeting in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan from February 21 to 23, will also consider a call to begin a hunger strike outside the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad.
Al Jazeera English's Greste, Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have been in jail since December 29. Abdullah al-Shami, from the Arabic sister channel, was arrested in August and is in the third week of a hunger strike. They are charged with "spreading false news" and having links to "terrorist organisations".
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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man, Directed by Marc Webb
By COYLE NEAL
I went into The Amazing Spider-Man with two things in mind: the question of whether or not Martin Sheen's still got it (he does); and a sense of entitlement. And as an American I know the feeling of entitlement like the back of my hand. Frankly, after Spider-Man 3: Peter Parker pansy-walks to awful disco music, Marvel owed me a good Spiderman movie. Fortunately, they delivered. Not that it's a great movie, mind you, but it's a good solid superhero flick.
The challenge of making a Spider-Man movie is balancing expectations generated by previous media (the earlier movies and, to a lesser extent, the cartoon series), the comic books, and the appropriate amount of novelty to keep people interested and comfortable. In the past few years, this has been done well with Batman, poorly with Superman, and with mixed results with other superheros. (Yes, everyone knows the movies in the Avengers cycle were mostly decent, but remember that the Ghost Rider movies count as superhero films too…) This newest Marvel movie maintains this balance well, and contains just the right mix of elements to make a film that will be entertaining to the entire spectrum of viewers, from dedicated comic book fans to newbies in the genre.
Moreover, all the themes we've come to expect from Spider-Man are present, including the difficulties of coming-of-age, the responsibility that comes with power and knowledge, and the need to resist evil even when it seems to be unstoppable. New to this particular version is the additional theme that being weak and, um, incomplete (the lead villain is missing an arm) are no excuse for killing lots of people. [Spoiler alert] Or for turning them in to other giant lizards so you won't be lonely. Which is perhaps where the theme becomes less relevant for the real world and a hundred times more relevant for a great action movie. [End Spoiler] Overall, this movie has great sci-fi action appeal; a villain respectable for his intelligence, strength, and moustache-twirling insanity; and a generally likeable hero. Moreover, it gives due respect to previous treatments (both movies and comic books), with the occasional nod to both the Sam Raimi movies and several different storylines from the comic books.As with most versions of the Spider-Man story, the moving force behind the movie is the idea that "with great power comes great responsibility." (A line which Uncle Ben does not deliver in this version, at least not verbatim.) The idea in the old comic books was one of coming-of-age. As you enter manhood, you have the responsibility to care well for others and for society (vis-à-vis Luke 12:48). The Amazing Spider-Man takes a slightly different approach, exploring the difference between using that power for revenge and personal gain, and using it to protect those who cannot protect themselves. This theme was used in the original Spider-Man movie, albeit in a much more heavy-handed manner. Instead of voice-overs and lengthy speeches by Willem Dafoe telling us about power and its proper use, there's the much more subtle idea that actions done out of selfishness and actions done out of self-sacrifice both return a hundred fold. A selfish fight by Peter leads to personal tragedy (yes it's a spoiler, but come on, you know Uncle Ben dies…), while a prideful intellect unleashes unparalleled horrors on countless people. On the other hand, self-sacrifice also brings a huge return, and inspires others to give of themselves as well.
So, long review short: The Amazing Spider-Man is worth seeing. And the special effects do make it worth seeing in theaters, though perhaps not necessarily IMAX or 3D. Also, Dennis Leary freaking rocks.


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June 13, 2017 | Bitcoin at $10,000?
BALTIMORE – We live in an age of miracles. With some paradox and claptrap thrown in for good measure.
Over the last four years, almost all the stock market gains in the U.S. came from just five technology stocks – Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.
Those five have tripled in value since 2012. In this year alone, they have gone up, on average, 25%.
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What has the rest of the market done?
Owen Williams, via The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report editor Marc Faber, took these top five stocks out of the S&P 500. This left him with the S&P 495.
How well has it done since 2012?
Well, it's up about 25%… or about 5% a year. The Big Five, meanwhile, rose 226% – or about nine times as much.
These five companies are not priced so high because they are earning so much money. Most of the increase comes from "multiple expansion," meaning investors are willing to pay more for each dollar of earnings they produce.
And if you put them together, says Williams, and figure out the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for the group, you get an incredible 59.4 times trailing net earnings – more than twice the P/E for the S&P 495.
Then again, investors are lending money to the governments of Switzerland and Japan and paying for the privilege. And they're also paying nearly $3,000 a pop for bitcoin – a crypto "currency" they can neither see nor hold in their hands nor (generally) use to pay for groceries.
So why shouldn't they be willing to wait 60 years before their Big Five companies have earned enough to match their investment?
And what's this? Another miracle!
On Friday, the Big Five began selling off. For example, Apple fell 6% from its peak.
Surely, there is another shoe still to drop in the tech sector. We wouldn't be surprised if it had a steel toe… and went right through the floor.
Crypto Boom
In the meantime, we return to one of the wonders of our time: the aforementioned cryptocurrencies.
What your editor doesn't know about cryptocurrencies includes most of what could be known on the subject. But he is surrounded by enthusiasts.
Word came last week that one of our former analysts is on Easy Street, prompting a comment from another young analyst in the office: "Oh, man… he made it big in bitcoin. Now he's on an extended vacation in Fiji.
"This guy set up a bank of computers in our office in Buenos Aires when the government was keeping the price of electricity low. And he used them to 'mine' bitcoins. His computers solved the complex mathematical puzzles required to verify bitcoin transactions… and he got rewarded in new bitcoin in return.
"And that was when the price was in the pennies. Now we're watching the price go up by more than $100 in a single day. I mean, it's unbelievable. Did you know that just $1,000 worth of bitcoin in 2010 would be worth $90 million today?
"And bitcoin is not the only game in town. There are new initial coin offerings – or ICOs – almost every day. Basically, crypto startups are selling 'crypto-tokens' to raise money to fund their businesses – much like companies issue new stock to fund their businesses through IPOs, or initial public offerings. And not all of them are about currency or money.
"For example, there was recently an ICO for a company that allows you to rent out spare memory on your computer to people who need extra storage space. Another is trying to bring basic financial services to the 2.5 billion people around the world without bank accounts.
"And another ICO helped fund a company that allows you to get rid of all ads online and instead pay websites directly for their content. That one raised $36 million in just 30 seconds!
"There are over 800 cryptocurrencies now in existence. The one I like best is in the No. 2 position, Ethereum. It's got nothing to do with currency at all. Basically, the developers behind Ethereum have created the first decentralized 'world computer.'
"Businesses can use this decentralized computer to referee all kinds of global transactions without the need for a third party or centralized authority as arbiter.
"It's like this 'Galt's Gulch' in cyberspace – a place you can go to get away from corrupt institutions and do business without outside interference…"
Virtual Gold
"Of course, there are a lot of complete frauds, too," continued our young analyst.
"When you get a sector this hot, the shysters get in on it. These are guys who sell mining companies in a gold boom… tech companies in a tech boom… and cryptocurrencies in a cryptocurrency boom.
"Is bitcoin in a bubble now? Maybe. I certainly wouldn't be surprised to see prices crash again. But here's the important thing. People said it was a bubble when bitcoin hit $1. They said it was a bubble when it hit $100… and again when it hit $1,000.
"Over the long haul, bitcoin – or some version of it – is here to stay. And it wouldn't be surprising to see the price of bitcoin go to $5,000… or $10,000.
"Why? It's a better form of money.
"Remember, the creator of bitcoin was a big fan of the gold standard. That's what bitcoin is designed to be – virtual gold. It's why the total supply of bitcoins is capped at 21 million. It has to be in finite supply, like gold, to have value.
"It's also why you have to use lots of expensive processing power to 'mine' new coins. Unlike government fiat money, bitcoin is based on how gold was dug out of the ground at the cost to the owner of the mine.
"And if you're in Venezuela with sky-high inflation… or in China with capital controls stopping you from moving your money overseas… or in India where the feds recently banned 86% of all banknotes in circulation… or in the U.S. with another financial crisis on the horizon… and you want to protect your wealth, you need real money.
"All the government has on offer is funny money. So what do you do? If you have the right contacts, you buy gold. Or you go online and buy bitcoin.
"Then you've got this digital currency that's outside of the banking system… is immune from the next sovereign debt crisis… and goes up in value when bad stuff happens in the world.
"Of course, the authorities have already tried to outlaw… or control… cryptocurrencies. But it's hard to control these things.
"First, they're global and decentralized. So it doesn't really matter what one government does. Second, they're based on hardcore cryptography. That's why they're called cryptocurrencies. They're not something governments even fully understand."
Digital Referee
"We don't know which cryptos will emerge as the Hertz and Avis of the sector. But there is no doubt that cryptos are here to stay.
"Because when you boil it all down, the technology that powers cryptocurrencies – the 'blockchain' – is trustable computing. It's a technology that allows you to digitally referee win-win deals without the need for lawyers, central banks, financial middlemen, or government regulators.
"In fact, cryptocurrencies are an entirely new asset class. And right now, they represent just a tiny part of the financial ecosystem. But they are going to take over more and more of it.
"For example, bitcoin is more secure than any other form of money ever invented – even, you could argue, gold. Just look at what happened to the Incas, who saw all their gold looted by the Spanish. Or the British, who lost significant amounts of gold to German U-boats in World War I and World War II.
"This is the biggest change to money in probably 5,000 years… since gold was first used as money.
"You want to give your grandchild a cool present? Give him a crypto-coin. Better than a lottery ticket."
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L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca will testify at tomorrow's House Homeland Security Committee hearing on "radicalization" in the American Muslim community. The last time the sheriff was in town, he had a run-in with a committee member.
L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca testified last spring that it was the responsibility of cops – and politicians – to visit mosques and meet with Muslims to get a better understanding of Islam. But during that testimony, Congressman Mark Souder questioned Baca's support for Israel and the sheriff's relationship with a group that the Indiana Republican accused of "radical speech."
Souder said Baca had "been 10 times to the fundraisers for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which even the FBI has separated itself from." Baca snapped back, "And I'll be there 10 more times."
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A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.
When a bullet pierced his heart he was less than twenty-two years of age, and had killed twenty-one men, Indians not included.
The author feels that he is capable of writing a true and unvarnished history of "Billy the Kid," as he was personally acquainted with him, and assisted in his capture, by furnishing Sheriff Pat Garrett with three of his fighting cowboys--Jas. H. East, Lee Hall and Lon Chambers.
The facts set down in this narrative were gotten from the lips of "Billy the Kid," himself, and from such men as Pat Garrett, John W. Poe, Kip McKinnie, Charlie Wall, the Coe Brothers, Tom O'Phalliard, Henry Brown, John Middleton, Martin Chavez, and Ash Upson. All these men took an active part, for or against, the "Kid." Ash Upson had known him from childhood, and was considered one of the family, for several years, in his mother's home.
Other facts were gained from the lips of Mrs. Charlie Bowdre, who kept "Billy the Kid," hid out at her home in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, after he had killed his two guards and escaped. (Introduction by the author) (2 hr 19 min)
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History of Billy the Kid
Jason S
Good read and wonderful narration. This is the first book I've listened to from this narrator, but it certainly won't be the last.
was a really great story hope others enjoy it also
History of Billy the Kid
Paul Santo
Great book, I've seen the movies and read books on the subject but this is pretty trust worthy considering the author was so close to the action and did his homework.
Good Cowboy Biography of Billy
Charlie tells his personal account of being buds with the Kid on the Texas Panhandle and adds to his text by interviewing those that rode with and after the Outlaw.
interesting, but a very neutral portrait of a wicked ruthless evil man, " didn't count Indians in the 21 men he killed don't consider them people"
bleeding ears
Very interesting details of the shower lived outlaw. narration by the one reader was nice and his tone and pace very favorable.
great book
Good book. I didn't realize the movies were so closely related to real events in his life
Billy the kid
Good story but told in droll dull way. Good history. But poorly read.


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It was, in a word, breathtaking. And best of all, the entire thing caught on film.
While exploring the waters off the island of Tonga, in the southern Pacific, Beau Pilgrim and his friends had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with one of the largest animals on Earth. As a camera rolled, a 40-ton humpback whale emerged from the ocean's depths with tremendous speed.
Moments later, the massive animal burst from the water just meters away - an incredible show of power rarely seen from start to finish.
No one knows for sure exactly why whales breach, but some have theorized that it could be a form of communication, or simply a quick-and-easy way to rid themselves of pesky parasites on their skin. Whatever the answer may be, however, such humbling displays certainly work to deepen our appreciation for these truly magnificent beings.
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Petty Cash Reimbursements Limits
Petty cash reimbursements are authorized up to $100 per transaction. The reimbursement MUST be for the exact amount of the expense. Splitting transactions exceeding $100 or requesting reimbursement for less than the full expense is not allowed.
Instances When Petty Cash May Not be Used
Petty cash may NOT be used for:
- Payment for services performed by employees or non-employees
- Advances
- Gifts
- Personal loans and cashing personal checks
- Buying hazardous materials
- Stanford Faculty Club dues
- Social or travel club dues
- University parking permits (personal expense)
- Traffic citations
- Personal expenses
- Transactions involving students
- Interest charges
- Amounts over $100 (unless a department requests, and the Treasurer approves, a higher limit for the department)
- Expenses over 120 days old (anything older than 120 days must be reimbursed through an expense report)
- Recurring expenses (e.g. employee business-related home internet or cell phone expenses)
Protecting Petty Cash
All petty cash custodians and temporary custodians MUST complete the Petty Cash Custodian Certification requirements and the associated petty cash training before assuming responsibility for the fund.
Keep all petty cash in a locked box, and the locked box in a locked desk or cabinet. Only custodians should have access to petty cash.
Accounting Protocol for Petty Cash Transactions
Proper petty cash accounting requires custodians to obtain receipts, record expenditures and make payments only for authorized expenditures. A sales slip, cash register tape, or other receipt MUST be attached to a Received of Petty Cash form for each expenditure.
The only exception is reimbursement for mileage where a log with odometer readings, date, destination and business purpose serves in lieu of a receipt.
When a receipt is not available, the transaction must be entered in an expense report and the reason for the missing receipt must be provided during replenishment.
The petty cash fund should always balance. The total cash on hand plus the total receipts and reimbursement requests in process should equal the original amount of the petty cash fund.
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No one may approve his or her own reimbursement request. Also an individual may NOT approve expenses for anyone to whom he or she reports, either directly or indirectly.
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Though not all of the products that are being sold online are made up to the mark for everyone who purchases it. In fact most people compare and pick the products on the basis of their experiences.
It is always better to have a good grasp over the understanding of various features so that you know which products is good enough and which one is not.
In other words we can say that there are many things that people want to buy but not all of these things may be suitable for everyone who needs them. People who shop online on a frequent basis may not have such trouble like having the wrong product or other things like that.
In Australia, things like 4k tv, samsung phones, dash cam and tvs are easily available for buying online. But sometimes when people buy in a hurry or when they are not sure about the features and benefits of the product, they may buy the wrong products.
Most common buying mistakes that affect the purchases could be personal and maybe due to some of the issues that people may face.
While buying an ipad, or things from brands likeMotorola people may not understand the genuine products properly. In fact sometimes if they are choosing things from an unknown sellers, they may have to face issues like getting a damaged, low quality or a fake objects.
Another mistake is to purchase too expensive or too cheap products that are not worth it. In that way people waste time and their money and purchase things that are completely useless.
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When advertisers show us only the poor in far-away countries, are they being objectified? How should we respond?
I was watching public television a few weeks ago and they ran a feature on the Democratic Republic of Congo . DRC rarely makes the news and when it does it is usually about the ongoing complex humanitarian emergency in the east of the country, one that has persisted for over two decades and has resulted in more lives being lost than in all of World War II. I figured the program was going to be related to this, but it was about something else entirely: entrepreneurship and movie theatres. It showcased a local filmmaker, Petna Ndaliko, who is also the artistic director for Yole! Africa, the organization he founded to "empower young people to see themselves as agents capable of thinking critically and acting non-violently to shape their own realities." He hosts a film festival each year and has a vision to create a state of the art cinema in his hometown of Goma.
When was the last time you saw the words "DRC" and "artistic director" in the same sentence?
Because of that, people normally don't associate DRC, or many other countries in Africa or the rest of the developing world as places where social entrepreneurship is thriving, where people are chasing their dreams, where hope is flourishing.
That story is rarely told in the West. There are many reasons for this, including the media's focus on disasters and tragedies. The press sub-Saharan Africa gets has been reduced to about four things: genital mutilation, rape, child soldiers, and lions. That's about it.
The ubiquitous images of "the poor" seen in so many missions and charity fundraising campaigns objectify human beings for the sake of eliciting an emotional response.
But it can't all be blamed on the media. Another major factor is pornography: poverty porn.
The ubiquitous images of "the poor" seen in so many missions and charity fundraising campaigns objectify human beings for the sake of eliciting an emotional response. Yup, just like real porn. Except that its "users" are praised, not told to go join an accountability group and confess their sin.
Advertising works by eliciting an emotional response. Fundraising campaigns do the same thing in order to be effective. Here's what it looks like: We get something in our inbox from a missions organization or relief agency. We click on the message and front and center on the screen is the image of a black baby in Africa with a distended belly and flies swirling around her head, which makes us feel guilt. The guilt causes us reach for the checkbook or type in our credit card number. Now the guilt is relieved and tension reduced as a cascade of neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin is released in the brain.
Pleasure circuits in the brain light up, kind of like, again, real porn.
Now, I am not saying anything is wrong with this, it's simply how our brains work. I'm not implying a moral imperative or that we shouldn't donate, because perhaps we should. Furthermore, there is no point in going to war with our neurobiological circuitry. What I am saying is that there is degradation taking place, as it does with actual pornography. The objectified "poor" in the images are robbed of their dignity. They become objects of our compassion.
We are presented with an incomplete image, one that sustains the narrative that the economically marginalized are helpless and need us to rescue them.
Also, photos like this reinforce stereotypes by telling a skewed story about who these people living on the margins really are.
The west has been shown a single image of the developing world, and alongside that has come a single narrative (which Chimamanda Adichie talks about in her compelling Ted Talk, The Danger of the Single Story). We are presented with an incomplete image, one that sustains the narrative that the economically marginalized are helpless and need us to rescue them.
Treading that fine line between a candid pictorial representation of the inhuman conditions of poverty and the sensationalistic, one-sided narrative that these images articulate is not an easy task. And to be honest, I don't know exactly how it can be done with more integrity. The fact is, many of these organizations that use these images do really great work in some extremely difficult places, like South Sudan, where I lived and worked a few years back. I am aware that I have many more questions than answers when it comes to this issue.
The only thing I know how to do is listen to the stories of people who are from these communities, people like Petna and Chimamanda rather than levying our stereotypes and misconstrued understandings onto places and people we don't know much about.
Petna's wife, Cherie says, "It's incredible to see people…who have no sense of confidence, no sense of their own self-worth because they have only seen images of themselves that portray them as worthless.
"It's incredible to see what happens when they learn they can tell their own story and in their version of the story they can be the hero."- Cherie Ndaliko
It's incredible to see what happens when they learn they can tell their own story and in their version of the story they can be the hero."
The hero, not the helpless victim.
To see someone like that means we first have to let go of our own desire to play the role of hero, of savior, a role that poverty porn claims we can be.
Image: Yole! Africa – Peace Everyday Goma Dance Mob


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Granola bars are my life. I never knew that until just now.
It's fun to make granola bars. It's so fun, I made them on one of my recent Food Network episodes. It's so fun, I could make granola bars every week for the rest of my life. It's so fun, I'd rather make granola bars than go to Disneyland!
Of course, my not wanting to leave my house probably contributes to this somewhat.
Here's the basic recipe, but note that you can change it up however you'd like! Add different nuts, different grains, different cereals. This is the beauty of making your own granola bars: You can totally customize them according to what you like.
Let's DO this thang.
The Cast of Characters: Oats, canola oil (not pictured because I'm an airhead), butter, salt, brown sugar, honey, apple juice, molasses, vanilla, Rice Krispies, wheat germ, pecans, and almonds.
Throw some butter into a bowl…
Measure some oats, spilling them all over your countertop in the process.
Next, grab the spottiest measuring cup you can find because you're impressive that way, and measure a little bit of canola oil…
And pour in the melted buttah.
Stir it together and drizzle it into the bowl of oats…
Then just toss it around until the oats are all coated.
Sprinkle in a good teaspoon of salt. You'll be glad you did.
And pour the oats onto two rimmed baking sheets.
Shake 'em to evenly distribute them in the pans, then throw 'em into a 350 degree oven for about 15 to 20 minutes—and reach in and shake the pan two or three times while they toast.
After they're toasted, let 'em cool for a bit then throw 'em into a big bowl.
Then measure some brown sugar…
And throw it into a medium saucepan.
And drizzle in some honey, baby.
Sorry I called you honey baby. I get carried away sometimes.
I want to take a bath in this and use it as a body scrub.
Would that be weird?
Then grab a fourth-cup measure…
Ooooh. Talk about tempting fate! I like to walk on the edge. I like to walk on the wild side. I like to play with fire.
I like to worry so much about taking a photo of molasses going into a measuring cup that I almost pour too much molasses into the measuring cup.
Pour it into the saucepan with all the other goodness.
I want to publish a coffee table book filled with nothing but photos of molasses being poured.
I'm going to call the book "Molasses."
Look for it on bookshelves in the year 2079.
Finally, measure some apple juice…
Basically, I'm looking to create as sticky a substance as I can.
Stir it around over medium heat…
Let it heat until it just barely starts to bubble, then turn off the heat.
Stir in plenty of vanilla extract, then set the mixture aside for a minute.
Then chop the pecans until they're…well, not so fine. Big, crunchy chunks of almonds make the granola bars worth living for. Worth fighting for, worth DYING for! Because it's the only thing that lasts.
Wait. Sorry. That was land. Gone with the Wind. Tara. Mr. O'Hara.
Ignore me, please.
Now add the chopped pecans to the toasted oats.
Your kitchen smells really good right now, by the way.
And pour them in. This won't cause your granola bars to snap, crackle, and pop…but it will give them extra flavor and crunch.
Then grab this weird, yummy substance.
Growing up, my mom always had wheat germ in the cabinet. I'm glad we had this talk.
Stir all these crunchy, crispy dry ingredients together…
Then grab the saucepan of sweet, warm liquid…
And pour it right on in! Drizzle it slowly, though, so that you can slowly stir it the whole time.
Grab a foil-lined baking sheet (it's best if you can do this ahead of time so that it's ready when the mixture is…well, mixed.)
Get it all into a uniform layer…
Then you can spray your hands with cooking spray…
And pat it gently so that it's lightly pressed into the pan.
Speaking of which: In my haste, I completely neglected to spray the foil with cooking spray, which is an important step.
You'll find out why in a minute.
Don't be like me.
Next up, just bake it in a 325 degree oven for about 20-25 minutes until it's nice and golden brown and your kitchen smells like home.
Let it cool completely (the granola will seem soft when you first pull it out of the oven, but will crisp up as it cools) then carefully lift the foil out of the pan in one piece.
If you sprayed the foil with cooking spray, the granola should easily separate from the foil. If you did not, you'll have to do some careful peeling.
I repeat: Don't be like me. This has been a public service announcement.
Then I flipped it over so that the top was on top again…
And with a very sharp knife, I cut the granola into large strips.
Or squares! Sometimes I like the more bite-sized pieces, because then you're not committing to a whole bar.
Also, then you can eat twenty. Ha.
Yum, yum. These are really so good. And what I love about making granola bars is, you can change up the things you add: sunflower seeds, walnuts, Grape Nuts, different cereals, different grains.
You can also break them into clusters. And if, when you break them up, they don't seem quite as crazy crisp as you'd like, just pop 'em on the baking sheet and throw 'em back into the oven for five to ten minutes. Then let 'em cool and they're good to go.
And here's another thing you can do.
Then just set 'em aside on parchment (or a baking mat) till the chocolate sets.
I could go on and on, but I need to go have a granola bar for breakfast!
Here's the handy dandy printable. Makes a bunch!
Granola Bars
September 14, 2012 524
- Prep Time:
- 15 Minutes
- Difficulty:
- Easy
- Cook Time:
- 1 Hours
- Servings:
- 16 Servings
- 6 cups Rolled Oats (not Quick Oats)
- 4 Tablespoons Butter, Melted, Plus More For Greasing
- 1/4 cup Vegetable Or Canola Oil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Honey
- 1/4 cup Apple Juice
- 1/4 cup Molasses
- 3 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 1-1/2 cup Rice Krispies
- 1 cup Wheat Germ
- 1/2 cup Finely Chopped Pecans
- 1/4 cup Roughly Chopped Almonds
- 8 ounces, weight Milk Chocolate Or Chocolate Almond Bark, Melted (optional)
In a bowl, toss the oats with the canola oil, melted butter and salt. Spread the mixture out on 2 baking sheets and toast in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, shaking the pan twice and making sure they don't burn. Remove from the oven and set aside.
Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F.
In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar, honey, apple juice and molasses. Heat the mixture slowly, stirring until all combined. Stir in the vanilla.
Toss together the toasted oats, rice cereal, wheat germ, pecans and almonds. Pour in the sugar mixture, stirring as you pour. Toss to combine; it will be sticky!
Press into 1 baking sheet (thoroughly greased with butter, or line pan with foil and grease foil) and bake until golden, about 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Cut pieces with a sharp knife and remove from the pan.
Dip the cooled granola bars straight into the melted chocolate so that the top is plain and the bottom is chocolate-covered. Set on parchment until set, sticking in the fridge to hasten this along if necessary.
Yum yum!


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Prize for Saltwater Community Centre
July 2016
After more than a year in construction, my design for the brickwork at the new Saltwater Community Centre in Point Cook has finally been realised.
Officially opened in July 2016, the building received two important prizes at the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards, the Melbourne Prize and the Prize for Sustainable Architecture.
The video made by Cobie Orger was commissioned by Wyndham City Council to document my contribution to this great outcome.
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Projecting bricks form a subtle image of ripples undulating along the walls of a new community centre. My design for the brickwork is drawn from the landscape that surrounds this prizewinning building, a place where cloud shadows slide across windswept grasslands and bird-thronged wetlands.
For the inaugural community open day I ran a paper-folding workshop in which visitors created a flotilla of paper boats to sail the ripples on the walls.
Commissioned by Wyndham City Council
Located at Saltwater Community Centre, Point Cook, Victoria
Awarded the Melbourne Prize and the Prize for Sustainable Architecture at the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards
Experimental work in development
Throughout 2016 I've been developing collaborative projects that are taking my practice in new directions.
In particular, Lynne Boyd and I are experimenting with a studio-based work that merges painterly and sculptural concerns (pictured).
I'm also developing a performative project that involves emerging dancer, Ellen Davies.
And Peter Burke and I have been exploring ideas for participatory works in public space.
(with Lynne Boyd)
Acrylic on paper, self-adhesive tape
Dimensions variable
Tidings is both painterly and sculptural. Its lyrically topographic surface is made from hundreds of handpainted squares that flicker with gestural marks and glow with luscious colour.
The superscript text echoes the pageantry of Renaissance paintings, but the words come from 20th Century painter, Agnes Martin:
And then sometimes there are moments of perfection and in these moments we wonder why we ever thought life was difficult.
Exhibited in the 2015 Dirty Dozen Xmas Show, Campbell Arcade, Melbourne
Collection of the artists
Dimensions variable (overall 6x10 metres)
A temporary installation in the water beside Lorne Pier, the buoyant panel floated undulating in slow motion, gently bunching and spreading as swells rolled through. Its woven zigzag pattern echoed the rippling ocean waters extending to the horizon, while phosporescent lettering glowed ethereally across the surface at night.
Exhibited in 'Sculpture Trail' at Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2014 (March 2014)
Supported by an Arts Victoria Arts Development Project Grant


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New #310
Windows 10's Anniversary Update makes a great OS better
Which version of Windows 10 are you running now?
Of course. But in order to install on other machines I had to use the 14393.0 ISO.If you had been on the Fast ring you should have been seeing the 14393.5 build by this time.
To my surprise these updated themselves too to version 0.5. Without them being joined to the Insider program.
That's the point here.
Isn't that what ferrets do ?Whoops, didn't mean to step on yer keyboard, thar, podnuh! :)
The Threshold 2 update last year saw a predacessor two weeks before that BUT! wasn't the general releaase itself either. The gap between Insider and GRelease allows for any last minuted repairs before seeing the release go totally public for all.
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Par L'Atelier - Paris 20 juin 2012
The GSM Association (GSMA) has launched a platform which will aggregate data on the mobile communications ecosystem in the developing countries so as to help companies develop services to meet the real needs in particular markets.
Economic development experts see ensuring the availability of data on the mobile communications industry in the emerging world as an effective means of fostering innovation, and so furthering development, in those countries. Accordingly the World Bank launched in 2010 a call for projects creating mobile applications for aggregating and making freely available the development-related data which has been accumulating over the years. Now the GSMA has adopted the same principle with the launch, in conjunction with Omidyar Network, of the Mobile and Development Intelligence (MDI) project, which is intended to provide an open-access portal for mobile data. The GSMA has aggregated data from various sources including the World Bank, the United Nations and other Development organisations. "Open access to high-quality data will improve business decision-making, increase total investment from both the commercial mobile industry and the development sector and amplify economic, environmental and social impact," explained Chris Locke, Managing Director of the GSMA Development Fund.


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Africa, do I expect them to give 100% to those people in need or do I expect them to keep X amount to themselves and give whatever remaining to the people in Africa?
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We sell vehicles in two primary conditions. However, we are glad to work with you to create a vehicle that meets your needs and fits into your budget. We strive to use only original or NOS parts. Only 5% of the vehicle that you'll receive will be reproduction parts.
Restoration Project
An as-is vehicle that typically needs a lot of work. No mechanical and no cosmetic work has been performed. It comes to you with most or all of the major components so that you can do the restoration yourself.
"Motor-Pool" restoration
This is a vehicle that we have repaired to drive and look good cosmetically. Do not confuse this with a "frame-off" or "museum" restoration, we don't do those. However, you will be able to immediately start and drive it, afford it, and enjoy it. The paint won't be perfect, mechanically it won't be perfect, but it will be great for parades and reenactments. Typically this includes new tires, rebuilt (original) carburator, new battery, the engine and drivetrain has received necessary repairs and runs well, new seat cushions and backs, new paint, and whatever else is needed to make a useable vehicle. You'll be proud to sit behind the wheel of one of these.
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| Roxie
ホミカ Homika
|"Poison days, poison on the stage!"
Artwork from Black 2 and White 2
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Virbank City
|Pop Roxie (father)
|Trainer class
| Gym Leader
Pokémon Trainer
|Black 2 and White 2, Masters
|Leader of
|Virbank Gym
|Toxic Badge
|Specializes in
|English voice actor
|Brianna Knickerbocker (Masters)
|Japanese voice actor
|Chisa Suganuma (Masters)
|Anime debut
|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1
|English voice actor
|Alyson Rosenfeld
|Japanese voice actor
|Eri Kitamura
Roxie (Japanese: ホミカ Homika) is a musician who is the Gym Leader of Virbank City's Gym, known officially as the Virbank Gym. She specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. She gives the Toxic Badge to Trainers who defeat her.
- 1 In the games
- 1.1 Pokémon
- 1.2 Quotes
- 1.3 National Gymquirer
- 1.4 Sprites
- 2 In the anime
- 3 In the manga
- 4 In the TCG
- 5 Trivia
- 6 Names
- 7 Related articles
In the games
Roxie appears in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 as a Gym Leader. She is a musician who plays the bass guitar. Her Gym is a music club. Trainers who defeat Roxie will receive the Toxic Badge, along with TM09 (Venoshock).
Before the Gym battle, Roxie is seen in Virbank City outside of the Pokémon Center, arguing with her father about him becoming a movie star. He defends his wishes by commenting that Roxie balances her duties as the Virbank Gym Leader, and as a member of her rock band. He leaves, and Roxie gets angry and heads for the Gym, which the player can directly challenge.
After the Gym battle, Roxie can be seen near the port with Hugh and several of the Team Plasma Grunts. After the battle that follows, she gives the player HM01 (Cut) and then heads back to the Gym.
Roxie later makes a brief appearance after the player competes in the PWT for the first time, expressing an interest in competing in it (causing Clay to remark that word of the competition is spreading). Roxie does indeed compete in it later, along with most other Gym Leaders. In the summer, she visits Cynthia in Caitlin's villa in Undella Town.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Gym battle
Easy Mode/Normal Mode
Challenge Mode
Pokémon World Tournament
Roxie uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles and all six in Triple Battles. She will always lead with her signature Pokémon, Scolipede.
Driftveil Tournament
Unova Leaders Tournament
Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
- Upon arriving in the city
- "Get real! You're a captain already, aren't you? If that ship doesn't move, you're going to cause lots of trouble!"
- "AAAAAAH! You dim-witted...dense...dumb...daft...dippy...dorky...doltish DOOFUS! Doing double duty isn't the problem! You're causing problems for people! Keeping people from getting where they're going because of sheer selfishness is unforgivable! I've HAD it! I'm going to the Gym!"
- Before battle
- "Get ready! I'm gonna knock some sense outta ya!"
- During battle (the first non-KO HP loss)
- "I can feel your desire to win pouring out of you!"
- After sending out last Pokémon
- "It's not over yet! Time to turn this show around for a victory!"
- Being defeated
- "Wait! I was right in the middle of the chorus!"
- After being defeated
- "Sigh! What are you doing losing, Roxie?! Well…I guess that means you're strong! This stinks, but I gave it everything I had, and I feel revitalized and refreshed now! Here! Proof that you beat me!"
- "Two Badges! Now Pokémon up to Lv. 30, even Pokémon you got in trades, will realize how good you are and won't ignore your commands! Also, here! Use this TM!"
- "TM09 is Venoshock! It covers the target in a special poisonous liquid! Even better, if your target's already poisoned, it does double damage! Heh heh! It almost packs too much of a punch!"
- "Your Pokémon WANTED this win! Keep on going on like this, and do all sorts of stuff!"
- After the player is invited to Pokéstar Studios
- "You're going to Pokéstar Studios?! OH! I forgot! The old man! I have to get him back to work as captain!"
- If talked to again later
- "Using the Pokémon I like and getting through to people with the music I like is who I am! If you can do what you enjoy in the way you want, then great! Just be sure not to cause anyone any trouble!"
- Upon encountering Team Plasma
- "So, are you guys Team Plasma, then?"
- After defeating the Team Plasma Grunt
- "Split up! You, go check Route 20!"
- "If I'd lost, my precious Pokémon would've been taken! Thanks, you two! Use this!
- After defeating the Grunt on Route 20
- "I thought your movie was pretty good."
- "C'mon! Don't get down! You can keep trying while you continue on as captain! As long as you don't cause anyone trouble, I won't get mad. I don't know how the Pokéstar Studios people feel about that, though!"
- "Oh... Did you hear us? Well, it looks like everyone from Team Plasma got away... I don't feel really good about it, but at least they're gone. Oh! There was a lot of ruckus, but you can sail to Castelia City now!"
- When first met
- "Hey! You two! Haven't you got any wild and crazy Pokémon battles to show me?! Guess I'll have to enter the tournament myself and rock the audience right outta their seats!"
- Before battle (first round)
- "Get ready! I'm gonna knock some sense outta ya!"
- Before battle (second round)
- "Fight with this Pokémon that way... Use this item that way... Are you letting others decide that for you? Well, whatever, but what's important is figuring out what you want to do! Get ready! 'Cause I'm going to knock the common sense outta you and drag you into a brand new world!"
- Before battle (last round)
- "You don't do anything! What do you know?! You don't do anything! How're you gonna change?! But, I've got you covered! I'm gonna give your reason a toxic shock and open up your mind!"
- Being defeated
- "Wild! Your reason's already more toxic than mine!"
- If the player is defeated
- "Hey, c'mon! Get serious! You gotta put more out there!"
- After being defeated
- "You didn't win... I lost! I was weak and made my Pokémon feel how much losing stinks! Watch out! Next time we meet, I'm going to give you a toxic shock!"
- After winning
- "Ya can't win 'em all. It's impossible, seriously! Trying to look cool every time you mess up or fail is totally exhausting! So you just have to let it all hang out!"
- In the lobby, after the tournament
- "Congrats on taking first! Losing stinks, but still... You're a fun Pokémon Trainer to battle! I mean, c'mon! The Pokémon battling with you are all like, "We're gonna win!""
- Badge Case
- A Little Poison in Your Days, a Little Poison on the Stage
- It's kindness to say no for your friends and Pokémon, right?
National Gymquirer
- Jingle: "Woo hoo! All right! It's 'The National Gymquirer'!"
- Page: "That's right! We collect the hottest gossip about Gym Leaders seen around town! Here is today's letter. From someone going by the name RoxieForever! Thank yooou! 'This is a story about the first time I ever went to one of Roxie's shows! Many fans collapsed from the toxic power of her songs. Roxie's really a toxic shock to the system, isn't she?!' Maybe they were just too excited and fainted. Make sure to drink lots of fluids when you go to concerts! 'The National Gymquirer'! We eagerly await your letters!"
| Sprite from
Black 2 and
White 2
| Overworld sprite from
Black 2 and
White 2
| VS sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
| VS model from
| Model from
In the anime
Roxie appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Part 2. Like the games, she is a musician who plays the bass guitar. She fronts Unova's top punk rock band named "Koffing and the Toxics", with Roughneck Nicky and Guitarist Billy Jo as the other members.
She is also a powerful Gym Leader, defeating everyone who dared to challenge her with only three Pokémon even when they challenged her with six. When Ash arrived at her Gym, she was thrilled to see his Pikachu, as she too had a Pokémon originating from Kanto, Koffing, and happily accepted his challenge.
Roxie defeated five out of six of Ash's Pokémon, except for Pikachu, who knocked out Roxie's Garbodor. When she was defeated, she happily congratulated Ash as the crowd cheered for his victory, and she presented him with his eighth and final Unova Badge, the Toxic Badge.
She reappeared in a flashback in Curtain Up, Unova League!. She also made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
Roxie is brimming with confidence. She is determined to prove her strength against all challengers, with the Virbank Gym's unique rules giving the challenger the opportunity to use up to six Pokémon against Roxie's three. Her usual battle strategy is to poison her opponent's Pokémon before dealing damage with some heavy-hitting attacks. She is highly perceptive and has developed counter strategies to take out her challengers in quick succession.
Roxie proved herself to be a very capable Gym Leader, defeating five of Ash's six Pokémon despite being at a disadvantage in terms of her party. She would occasionally perform a riff on her bass during the battle, and the crowd would chant her name. Despite their status as opponents, she also preferred giving Ash a fairer chance, offering Pignite a Pecha Berry to heal its poisoning after it defeated Scolipede when she could have simply let the battle continue with Pignite weakening.
This listing is of Roxie's known Pokémon in the anime:
| Koffing was the first Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. She captured it while she was touring in Kanto, and it inspired her to assemble her rock band, "Koffing and the Toxics". When Ash, Cilan, and Iris arrived at the Gym, it was seen defeating a Trainer's Gothitelle despite the type disadvantage. During the match, it defeated Ash's Boldore and Unfezant rather easily, but was later defeated by Leavanny, who used String Shot to tie Koffing up and then hit it with Energy Ball.
Koffing's known moves are Clear Smog, Gyro Ball, Sludge Bomb, and Will-O-Wisp.
|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1
|Voice actors
|Kensuke Satō
|Bill Rogers
| Scolipede was the second Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. It quickly defeated Ash's Leavanny, but was later taken down by Pignite's powerful Fire Pledge, who had the type advantage.
Scolipede's known moves are Toxic, Rock Tomb, Sludge Bomb, and Screech.
|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1
|Voice actors
|Unshō Ishizuka
|Marc Thompson
| Garbodor was the third and last Pokémon Roxie used against Ash in their Gym battle. It defeated Ash's Pignite and Palpitoad, but was later defeated by Pikachu after getting paralyzed by his Static. It reappeared in a flashback in Certain Up, Unova League!.
Garbodor's known moves are Double Slap, Hyper Beam, Gunk Shot, and Venoshock.
|Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2
|Voice actors
|Chiaki Takahashi
|Erica Schroeder
Voice actors
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Roxie debuts in the Black 2 & White 2 chapter. She was first mentioned by students at the Aspertia City Trainers' School as a possible invite to perform at a cultural festival.
She debuts in person in New Sword Player, where Blake takes Whitley to a concert she performed at. Blake later asks Roxie to be a judge at the Autumn Choir Tournament, which she happily accepts. After the tournament ended, Roxie has her father take the winning team and their class to Castelia City.
Shortly after arriving at their destination, Roxie discovered an executive member associated with the Unova Choir Tournament. The executive revealed that a group of villains attacked him and stole his Karrablast in an attempt to "liberate" it. Angered, Roxie, Blake, Whitley, and Hugh traveled to the Castelia Sewers in order to confront the villains. After investigating the area, the group was attacked by the villains, who turn out to be Team Plasma. When Hugh sees the Team Plasma members, he flies into a rage and begins attacking them, only to fail when the Muk begin swarming after everyone, forcing the group to scatter.
The Grunts eventually back Roxie and Whitley into a corner, forcing Roxie to battle them. Roxie eventually gets overwhelmed by the number of opponents, but Whitley easily defeats the Muk by using knowledge she learned at school. With their Pokémon defeated, the Grunts retreat and throw the Pokémon they stole away. After retrieving the stolen Pokémon, Roxie and Whitley exit the Sewers and return to Whitley's class at Prime Pier. After Roxie goes on ahead to return the Karrablast to the executive, the group is approached by Hugh, who reveals to everyone about the encounter with Team Plasma at the Sewers. He also reveals that one of the girls in the class is a member of Team Plasma and presents a pendant containing a picture of N he found as proof. When Whitley comes out of hiding to stop Hugh, everyone finds her behavior strange and they begin to question if Whitley was the person Hugh was talking about. Nervous and panicking, Whitley has Foongy release its spores everywhere, causing everyone except for Hugh to fall asleep.
Roxie and the class later awaken at the Marine Tube. There, they meet Benga, another student at the Trainers' School, who reveals that he found the unconscious people and took them to a safe location alongside Marlon. Benga and Marlon reveal that Team Plasma has begun freezing several other locations across Unova with their flying ship, the Plasma Frigate. They also reveal that they plan on gathering allies to confront Team Plasma and ask Roxie and Cheren to join them.
| Whirlipede is Roxie's only known Pokémon. It was sent out to assist Roxie in finding the villains who attacked a man and stole his Karrablast. At the Castelia Sewers, Whirlipede was used to battle the Team Plasma Grunts' Muk. Due to being a Poison-type expert, Roxie managed to hold her own in battle, but was eventually overwhelmed by the number of opponents.
None of Whirlipede's moves are known.
|Angry Boy
In the Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ manga
Roxie appeared in ANL2 where she punched two Team Plasma Grunts away. Seeing the incident, Roxie wasn't convinced that Arata could take care of any Pokémon. Roxie decided to settle their score with a Pokémon battle, with Arata using the Pokémon he was able to protect from Team Plasma. During the middle of the battle, Bianca recognized Roxie as a singer and Trainer from Virbank City. Roxie confirmed her talents to Arata and doesn't sense the heart in him to become a Pokémon Trainer. After Arata protected Oshawott from a falling light pole, Oshawott was able to defeat Roxie. She then promised to Arata that she will battle him seriously next time and told him that she was the Gym Leader in the Virbank Gym.
| Koffing is Roxie's only known Pokémon. She used Koffing against Arata's Oshawott in their battle and lost.
None of Koffing's moves are known.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Roxie in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Roxie's Pokémon
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
| English
| Japanese
|Cosmic Eclipse
|Dream League
|Cosmic Eclipse
|Dream League
|Cosmic Eclipse
|Dream League
| English
| Japanese
|Cosmic Eclipse
|Dream League
|Tag All Stars
- Roxie's Japanese Leader title is ポイズンライフ ポイズンライブ!.
- Her bass is styled similarly to the Venipede evolutionary family.
- She is the first Gym Leader to appear in the anime before her debut in the games.
|ホミカ Homika
|From ホミカ homika (strychnine tree), a poisonous plant
| English, Brazilian
|From toxic and rock music
|From Strychnos nux-vomica (scientific name of strychnine tree)
|From hiedra venenosa (poison ivy)
|From Strychnos nux-vomica (scientific name of strychnine tree)
|From veleno (venom)
|보미카 Vomica
|From Strychnos nux-vomica.
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|霍米加 Huòmǐjiā
|Transcription of her Japanese name
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|霍米加 Fokmáihgā
|Transcription of her Japanese name
Related articles
|Gym Leaders of the Unova region
|Characters appearing in Pokémon Masters
|This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.


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Hello PARMA family!
The return of the PARMA Cat Series blog is finally here! We decided that we will post a cat blog on the first Friday of every month. So cheers to the first official Cat Series post!
While everyone was filling up on turkey and falling asleep during the football game, just like this plump kitty seen above, one of our A&R representatives, Brandon MacNeil (AKA the master of cat GIF's), had the opportunity to travel to the Czech Republic for the John Carollo, Carl Vollrath, and Dan Crozier recording sessions with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra over the holiday!
The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra is our Czech Republic connection and one of our many ensembles for recording our artist's. They are featured on albums such as THREE PASTELS, MISERY, THREE CENTURY SUITE, SCHUMANN | DVOŘÁK, and on much more.
On every trip to the Czech Republic for recordings, we have come across this furry fellow featured below, always greeting us on our travel.
This time around, however, even though Brandon was in the Czech Republic for almost five days, in and out of recording projects, our furry friend did not pop up. We hope that he was curled up on the lap of its human or staying warm by the fireplace while chestnuts were roasting. We're sure that we will meet again soon–we will have our eyes peeled!
Want to know more about the Czech recording session? Stay tuned for a post from Brandon in the upcoming days with a recap on his travel experience.
In the meantime, here's a PARMA and Moravian playlist to help you get by!


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This first general EDPOP conference aims to bring together European specialists in the field of popular print. This conference is one of the activities of the international network 'European Dimensions of Popular Print Culture', financed by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research).
Although popular print culture has been studied intensively since the 1960's, this was done mainly with a regional or national focus, based on the assumption that popular print in the vernacular had a limited geographical reach. Recent research has revealed however, that popular print culture had strong European characteristics and an often transnational infrastructure. In order to answer the question how European popular print culture was in the period 1450-1900, we have to discuss different starting points, approaches and methodologies. In this conference we will explore comparative and intermedial approaches, long-term publication histories of genres and titles, the benefits of databases and digital tools, the accessibility of collections, the reconstruction of production and distribution networks and the transnational dimensions of texts and images.


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Price Action Presents Trading Opportunities in Crude Oil
The fundamental picture.
On June 6, Wednesday, crude oil fundamentals remain bearish as the EIA inventory report showed a supply buildup across the board. Crude slid down to 64.28. However, it failed to take out the previous day's swing low of 64.22.
Considering that the most recent consolidation levels mark a pause from crude's decline from its May 22 highs, crude oil's price action makes us wonder if traders may have somehow overpriced the "downside," a situation that reverses the risk to the "upside" for those who are short the commodity.
At the time of writing (June 7), news broke that OPEC will be focusing on "balancing" crude output rather than lifting caps on production. Meanwhile, Venezuela has fallen a month behind in delivering crude to its customers. Both of these developments are bullish catalysts.
The technical picture, however, shows a clearer picture.
Viewing crude oil from a larger time frame, the picture looks much simpler:
Crude oil is clearly in the midst of a "technical" uptrend; current price bouncing off the trend line. Let's take this upward bias and look at the potential opportunities they might present.
The Bullish Scenario:
The June 5 low of 64.22 marks the most recent swing-low point (1) of which a break below would out the long-term uptrend into question.
Let's take the uptrend scenario and assume that crude prices are about to continue on its upward trajectory having recovered from a short-term correction.
A tactical entry point would be above the high of the most recent swing-low point, preferably a session that closed lower than its open, such as the June 6 high, placing the entry point (2) at 66.00.
If the swing-low at (1) serves as both a support level and a critical market in favor of the uptrend, then it would make sense for a trader entering at 65.96 or 66.00 would place a stop around the 64.20 level.
If a trader were looking for a short-term swing opportunity, then the nearest swing high (3) at 68.70 might serve as a reasonable exit point, as swing highs tend to serve as resistance points.
For a longer-term target, and should price break above 68.70, the second swing-high/resistance level (4) at 73.00 might serve as a second target.
Note that price must break above this level in order for its long-term uptrend to continue. Should crude fail to break above this level, then this particular price action model indicates a period of ranging movement or even a possible trend reversal.
Now let's take a look at the same chart but with a downward bias.
Tactical Downside Scenario:
If you were to take a downward bias to the markets, then you missed a reasonable trade. See the chart below.
The May 30 high marked a swing-high which, from a downside perspective would have served as a "correction." The following day confirms this, as price failed to break above the previous day's high, ending lower.
An aggressive technical entry point would have been at (1), the low of May 30, at the price point of 66.30. A stop would have been placed at that day's high point of 68.70 shown at (2).
If you're wondering why at (2), it's because the May 30 high would have been the closest resistance level before the May 22 high near 73.00. If price broke above (2), and if you were after a short-term "swing" trade, there would be no "technical" (not fundamental…but technical) basis to remain short. You would either have been stopped out, or you would have had to readjust your entry if you still interpreted the price action to signal a move lower.
Your first target would have been the supporting uptrend line (3) which at the time of this writing had already been hit. Your second target would have been the nearest support point (4) which is the April 22 swing low near 61.70.
Having missed this last entry, the next entry at the time of this writing is unclear. Crude prices moved up today signaling either an uptrend continuation or the formation of a downtrend "correction," technically speaking.
Bear in mind that fundamentals are currently driving this market given all of the geopolitical developments affecting the industry. So, pay attention to the fundamentals before deciding to follow any technical bias.
The risk of loss in the trading of stocks, options, futures, foreign exchanges, foreign equities, and bonds can be substantial and is not suitable for all investors. Trading on margin or the use of leverage is not suitable for all investors and losses exceeding your initial deposit is possible. Supporting documentation is available upon request. Trading futures, options on futures, and foreign exchanges involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Carefully consider whether trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances, knowledge, and financial resources and only risk capital should be used. Opinions, market data, and recommendations are subject to change at any time. The lower the margin used the higher the leverage and therefore increases your risk. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.


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If you're building a house or you're involved in a commercial project, you will need to find the best professionals to undertake your project. The main benefit of hiring an architect is the design component. But there is so much more to it.
An architect or designer can add value to your project. You may have a vague idea of what you want the house or building to be and what your basic requirements are. An architect will be able to broaden your dreams and help you realize your objectives for the project. Once you give them the basic requirements that you want, they will be able to flesh out your design brief into a fully detailed architectural brief. He/she would explore the relationships of the different spaces of the building and how they all connect with each other. Nowadays, land is expensive and if you're on a budget, you will have to go for a smaller plot. But an architect can ensure that you take maximum use of the space that you have available so that everything you need is included. It is also very important that you think about the environment and the impact of the building on the surrounding environment. It is not just the construction of the building that is important; you need to know how the building would function after the construction.
Good building design will plan for the future and allow you to expand on the design at a later stage. An architect will expound upon you the importance of energy efficient buildings. You can design a building so that it operates with minimum energy. It can be something that is facilitated by passive energy strategies such as day lighting and cross ventilation.With the threat to our planet and environment, it is imperative that we think about our actions and what we are doing to the environment. This is where sustainable strategies and environmentally friendly design can come in. An architect will be able to give you options on your design. They can offer insight on renovations and extensions. There can be cost cutting strategies that you can adopt to stay within your budget. You need to be careful in selecting building material to make sure that they have high performance ratings. The designers will be able to help you through the building approval process and oversee the construction. They can help you find reliable contractors and then help you through the after construction stages where post occupancy evaluation will be conducted to test the feasibility of the building.