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Agriculture advocates and commodity groups reacted quickly following the White House's submission of three Free Trade Agreements to Congress on Monday. If passed, government officials say, the deals – with Colombia, Panama and South Korea - will mean a substantial increase in the export of U.S. agriculture products.
For more, see here and Trade agreements finally reach Congress.
"When they're approved, these agreements will clear the way for new American exports around the world," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday morning. "(This will) create jobs and provide new income opportunities for (U.S.) agricultural producers, the small businesses that will assist in the export of those agricultural products, and rural communities from whence they come.
"American agriculture will benefit to the extent of $2.3 billion in additional exports. That will support nearly 20,000 jobs" in the United States.
Among those happy with the FTA news are:
- The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW).
"The U.S. wheat industry strongly supports these bilateral agreements as critical steps toward competing on a level playing field in the global wheat market, and now urges Congress to pass them as quickly as possible," reads a joint statement. "The Colombia agreement, in particular, is vital to the wheat industry's efforts to maintain market share in what has traditionally been the largest market for U.S. wheat in South America.
"Under trade agreements with Canada and Argentina, wheat from these origins enters Colombia duty free while U.S. wheat faces a 10 percent tariff. Colombian buyers want to import U.S. wheat, but they do not want to pay the extra cost associated with the tariff. U.S. wheat sales to Colombia have dropped 20 percent since June alone, a rate of loss that is likely to grow now that an FTA between Canada and Colombia is in place. In fact, USW estimates that U.S. wheat growers could lose at least $100 million in sales in this competitive market every year."
- The National Cotton Council.
"National Cotton Council members consistently have expressed support for Congressional approval of the Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of Colombia, which was signed in November 2006," says an NCC statement. "The U.S. cotton industry has increased exports of cotton and cotton products under the provisions of the Andean Trade Preference and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). However, approval of the FTA will enhance U.S. competitiveness and benefit farmers and manufacturers by removing the tariffs which are currently applied to U.S. products entering Colombia.
"Colombia is an important export market for U.S. raw cotton. In 2010, the United States exported more than 230,000 bales of raw cotton to Colombia with an estimated value of $100 million. With an 80 percent market share, the United States is the primary supplier of imported cotton to the Colombian market. With the FTA in place, the United States is well positioned to capture a significant portion of growth in Colombia's demand for cotton fiber.
"In addition, both Colombia and the United States benefit from significant two-way trade in cotton textile products. In 2010, textile exports in predominantly-cotton products from the United States to Colombia totaled $56 million. During that same year, the United States imported $165 million in predominantly-cotton textile products from Colombia. Under the provisions of the ATPDEA, Colombian apparel products, containing U.S. components, enter the United States duty-free. However, the failure to approve the FTA in a timely manner and the uncertainty associated with the need to extend the ATPDEA while the Administration and Congress consider the FTA, has disrupted trade and caused U.S. exporters of cotton yarn and fabric to lose business to Asian sources."
- The American Farm Bureau Federation.
"America's farmers and ranchers have much at stake and the fact these three agreements are moving forward is very good news for our economy," reads an AFBF statement.
"Now that the (Obama) administration has done its part, it's up to Congress to expedite this matter. It is vital that this process move forward to ensure the agreements will be put in place as soon as possible so we can restore a level playing field for U.S. exports to these three nations. Without these agreements, over the last four years, Korea, Colombia and Panama have opened their doors to our competitors. A further delay will provide more benefits to our competitors at the expense of our economy.
"Combined, the three FTAs represent nearly $2.5 billion in new agriculture exports and would create the economic growth that could generate support for up to 22,500 U.S. jobs. These gains will only be realized if the three agreements are passed by Congress and implemented."
- The American Soybean Association.
"The trade agreements combined represent nearly $3 billion of additional agriculture exports to these trading partners. Soybean farmers look forward to increased exports of soybeans and soy products, and domestically produced livestock and poultry that consume soy.
"'But these export gains can only be realized by passage and implementation of the three trade agreements. After nearly a five-year delay, we have experienced firsthand the loss of U.S. market share to competitors in those markets,' said ASA President Alan Kemper, a soybean producer from Lafayette, Ind. 'We urge Congress and the White House to work together to take full advantage of the economic boost that these FTAs provide the American economy.'"
- The National Sorghum Producers.
"We are extremely pleased to see President Obama send these long-standing free trade agreements to Congress for approval," said NSP Chairman Terry Swanson of Walsh, Colo. "Currently, 40 percent of all U.S. sorghum enters the export market. Passage of these agreements will create market access and open the door to new opportunities for U.S. sorghum producers.
"The passage of these agreements is expected to generate more than $2 billion annually to U.S. farm exports and support nearly 20,000 American jobs, which is a promising benefit to farmers and ranchers and the U.S. economy."
- Iowa Corn Growers Association.
"'As we wait for Congress to act, U.S. corn farmers are losing important market share in other countries," said Kevin Ross, a farmer from Minden, Iowa and the current President of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. 'The pending free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama represent important export market opportunities and with our current economy, this is crucial to our competitive edge.'
"Korea is currently the third largest corn market and has the potential to be an important market for ethanol co-products, dried distillers grains. Colombia has traditionally been one of our top 10 export markets, but is currently importing corn from U.S. competitors because of the current import duty preference. Panama is one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America with corn exports peaking in 2008 and dropping more than 20 percent since that time."
There is at least one notable opponent of the FTAs.
Roger Johnson, President of the National Farmers Union, said the pending FTAs are akin to "the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Both of those agreements have worsened the U.S. trade deficit, because the U.S. does not compete on a level playing field with other nations. America adheres to higher labor and environmental standards than other nations, so U.S. companies incur costs that companies in other nations do not.
"Labor and environmental standards, currency manipulation, and food security are protections that are absolutely essential in any trade agreement to ensure that a nation is able to protect itself and compete on a level playing field. In particular, South Korea has manipulated its currency twice in the past. Mexico devalued the peso shortly after the signing of NAFTA, wiping out all trade gains that the U.S. would have gotten otherwise. History is very likely to repeat itself without currency manipulation protections.
"Colombia has one of the worst labor records in the world, routinely committing violence against those who attempt to organize workers. In 2010, 51 union members were killed in Colombia. We should not reward the Colombian labor record by entering into a trade agreement with them.
"Agriculture has been one of the few sectors of the U.S. trade economy that consistently has a trade surplus. Since 1990, agriculture has had a positive trade balance every year. With countries that the U.S. has a trade agreement with, U.S. agriculture has a net trade deficit in seven of the past eight years."


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Mojang had it right when they made the cookie the first stackable food item in the game. Nobody can eat just one cookie, especially not if you make them in batches of 8. But we plan to make them in batches by the dozens. Get your inventory slots ready.
It used to be hard to get cookies in Minecraft. Now it's a lot easier to make Minecraft cookies, and our way doesn't even require you to farm cocoa beans, plus you end up with edible cookies instead of the on-screen variety. Mix up some cookie dough (or buy some premade). Roll it out and use these 5 stainless steel cutters to make iconic Minecraft shapes. The set comes with cutters shaped like a pickaxe, a sword, a player, a cookie, and a Creeper. Aaaaiiiee! Creeper? Guess that's just the way the cookie crumblesssssss.
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Magma Pizza in Princeton, New Jersey, Using Lava Rocks to Cook Pies
You've heard of wood-oven and coal-oven pizza, but now there's lava-rock-oven pizza. In Princeton, New Jersey, next to the Sam's Club there, is a pizzeria using an oven filled with lava rock, in an attempt to achieve superhot, even cooking temps. New Jersey Monthly has the deets on Magma Pizza:
Order a slice, and you'll get a strange oval shaped thin crusted pizza. Try it, and you'll realize [owner Gabe Mahayni] may just have found the secret. The pizza is light from the grill, no grease or drip, just great flavor so each bite leaves you wanting more. The pies are round, and compellingly fresh as well. The calzones, and everything else is constructed before your eyes, and ready in a flash.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A small passenger plane crashed at Belgium's Charleroi airport on Saturday, killing five people and closing the international hub used by Ryanair for six hours just as thousands of people were due to go away on holiday.
The aircraft, a Cessna, had problems on takeoff and tried to return to Charleroi to make an emergency landing but crashed on the side of the runway, airport officials said.
"There was a problem on takeoff and they tried to come back, but unfortunately the plane crashed," said Melissa Milioto, an airport spokeswoman. "Five people were killed."
Firefighters sprayed water on the plane that was reduced to a wreck of twisted metal, with only the tail still visible, TV images showed.
The airport was closed immediately after the crash, which happened just before 10 a.m. (0900 GMT), and reopened at 4 p.m. after an investigation on the runway was completed.
Ryanair, which is the heaviest user of the airport, said it cancelled four departures and diverted inbound flights due to the accident that happened at the start of the Belgian school half-term holiday, when many families go abroad to ski.
Charleroi airport, also known as Brussels South Charleroi, serves as the country's second international airport after Brussels' Zaventem airport and expects to handle 140,000 passengers over the half-term holiday period.
Airport officials said the five killed were three young children, their mother and grandfather - who was also the pilot of the private aircraft - and were all Belgian nationals.
Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo offered his condolences to the family of the victims via his official Twitter account.
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IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Bob Marshall Wilderness (map) in 1964 and it now has a total of 1,062,693 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Montana and is managed by the Forest Service. The Bob Marshall Wilderness is bordered by the Great Bear Wilderness to the north and the Scapegoat Wilderness to the south.
DescriptionThe Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex Located in Northwestern Montana on both sides of the Continental Divide, this large complex includes three Wilderness areas: the Great Bear, the Scapegoat, and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Together the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex makes up an area of more than 1.5 million acres, the third largest in the lower 48 states. Grizzly bear, lynx, wolverine, deer, elk, gray wolf, moose, black bear, mountain lion, mountain goat, and mountain sheep roam about these rugged ridge tops, gently sloping alpine meadows, thickly forested river bottoms and open grass parks. Across this continuous landscape over 1700 miles of trail provide challenges and experiences to satisfy visitors with a wide range of skills. The Bob Marshall Wilderness was named for Bob Marshall, the early wilderness advocate, explorer and conservationist who promoted the development of effective and meaningful wilderness management. Designated in 1964 with the passage of the Wilderness Act, the Bob Marshall Wilderness is the oldest of the three wilderness areas composing the BMWC. It is also the largest, covering 1,063,503 acres on the Flathead (Spotted Bear Ranger District) and Lewis and Clark (Rocky Mountain Ranger District) National Forests. There are approximately 1,100 miles of system trail in this wilderness. Much of the area now comprising the Bob Marshall Wilderness was originally protected as the South Fork, Pentagon and Sun River Primitive Areas, which were established in 1931, 1933, and 1934 respectively. In 1978, additional lands were designated in the Birch Creek area. Then in 2014, additional lands were designated along the Rocky Mountain Front bringing the Bob Marshall Wilderness to its current size. The Continental Divide separates the Bob Marshall Wilderness into the Flathead and Sun River drainages, with elevations ranging from 4,000 feet to more than 9,000 feet. A huge escarpment called the Chinese Wall, is one of the most spectacular features of the landscape, averaging 1,000 feet in height and extending 22 miles. East of the Divide, the mountains of the Rocky Mountain Front rise from the plains, with elevations of 2,000 to 8,000 feet, and extend over 60 miles from north to south along the eastern edge of the Wilderness area. This wilderness area is host to the popular Wild and Scenic South Fork of the Flathead River as well as the many lakes, concentrated in the South Fork drainage, including the largest in the BMWC, Big Salmon Lake (972 acres).
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While contributing to a book chapter on high content screening I came across the problem of characterizing screen quality. In a traditional assay development scenario the Z factor (or Z') is used as one of the measures of assay performance (using the positive and negative control samples). The definition of Z' is based on a 1-D readout, which is the case with most non-high content screens. But what happens when we have to deal with 10 or 20 readouts, which can commonly occur in a high content screen?
Assuming one has identified a small set of biologically relevant phenotypic parameters (from the tens or hundreds spit out by HCA software), it makes sense that one measure the assay performance in terms of the overall biology, rather than one specific aspect of the biology. In other words, a useful performance measure should be able to take into account multiple (preferably orthogonal) readouts. In fact, in many high content screening assays, the use of the traditional Z' with a single readout leads to very low values suggesting a poor quality assay, when in fact, that is not the case if one were to consider the overall biology.
One approach that has been described in the literature is an extension of the Z', termed the multivariate Z'. The approach was first described by Kummel et al, which develops an LDA model, trained on the positive and negative wells. Each well is described by N phenotypic parameters and the assumption is that one has pre-selected these parameters to be meaningful and relevant. The key to using the model for a Z' calculation is to replace the N-dimensional values for a given well by the 1-dimensional linear projection of that well:
\(P_i = \sum_{j=1}^{D} w_j x_{ij} \)
where \(P_i\) is the 1-D projected value, \(w_j\) is the weight for the \(j\)'th pheontypic parameter and \(x_{ij}\) is the value of the \(j\)'th parameter for the \(i\)'th well.
The projected value is then used in the Z' calculation as usual. Kummel et al showed that this approach leads to better (i.e., higher) Z' values compared to the use of univariate Z'. Subsequently, Kozak & Csucs extended this approach and used a kernel method to project the N-dimensional well values in a non-linear manner. Unsurprisingly, they show a better Z' than what would be obtained via a linear projection.
And this is where I have my beef with these methods. In fact, a number of beefs:
- These methods are model based and so can suffer from over-fitting. No checks were made and if over-fitting were to occur one would obtain a falsely optimistic Z'
- These methods assert success when they perform better than a univariate Z' or when a non-linear projection does better than a linear projection. But neither comparison is a true indication that they have captured the assay performance in an absolute sense. In other words, what is the "ground truth" that one should be aiming for, when developing multivariate Z' methods? Given that the upper bound of Z' is 1.0, one can imagine developing methods that give you increasing Z' values – but does a method that gives Z' close to 1 really mean a better assay? It seems that published efforts are measured relative to other implementations and not necessarily to an actual assay quality (however that is characterized).
- While the fundamental idea of separation of positive and negative control reponses as a measure of assay performance is good, methods that are based on learning this separation are at risk of generating overly optimistic assesments of performance.
A counter-example
As an example, I looked at a recent high content siRNA screen we ran that had 104 parameters associated with it. The first figure shows the Z' calculated using each layer individually (excluding layers with abnormally low Z')
As you can see, the highest Z' is about 0.2. After removing those with no variation and members of correlated pairs I ended up with a set of 15 phenotypic parameters. If we compare the per-parameter distributions of the positive and negative control responses, we see very poor separation in all layers but one, as shown in the density plots below (the scales are all independent)
I then used these 15 parameters to build an LDA model and obtain a multivariate Z' as described by Kummel et al. Now, the multivariate Z' turns out to be 0.68, suggesting a well performing assay. I also performed MDS on the 15 parameter set to get lower dimensional (3D, 4D, 5D, 6D etc) datasets and performed the same calculation, leading to similar Z' values (0.41 – 0.58)
But in fact, from the biological point of view, the assay performance was quite poor due to poor performance of the positive control (we haven't found a good one yet). In practice then, the model based multivariate Z' (at least as described by Kummel et al can be misleading. One could argue that I had not chosen an appropriate set of phenotypic parameters – but I checkout a variety of other subsets (though not exhaustively) and I got similar Z' values.
Of course, it's easy to complain and while I haven't worked out a rigorous alternative, the idea of describing the distance between multivariate distributions as a measure of assay performance (as opposed to learning the separation) allows us to attack the problem in a variety of ways. There is a nice discussion on StackExchange regarding this exact question. Some possibilities include
- Bhattacharya distance
- Mahalanobis distance
- Mantel test (though this is really a measure of correlation than a measure of effect size)
- The cross match test by Paul Rosenbaum (with a handy R package) – though this is more a measure of whether two distributions are different or not, rather than a distance between distributions
- An approach described by Loudin & Miettinen based on kernel density estimates and a 1-D Kolmogorov Smirnov test
It might be useful to perform a more comprehensive investigation of these methods as a way to measure assay performance


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With the popularity of her Fanny performances in the Off-Broadway solo show One Night with Fanny Brice and in Ghostlight (NYMF), Kimberly Faye Greenberg has now created an intimate new "Fanny Brice" solo show, Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice. Justin Boccitto and Michael Blevins' company, The Group Theatre Too, brings the production to Stage 72 at the Triad this March 5th at 7pm. In Fabulous Fanny Kimberly shares her extensive research not as another tribute, but to personally reveal Fanny's heart and humor, soul and song.
Along the way, you'll hear the familiar My Man, Second-Hand Rose, Rose of Washington Square, Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love, When a Women Loves A Man, Sadie Salome, and others that sparked Fanny's fame. Brian Childers, who has performed extensively with Kimberly, directs her performance; Justin Boccitto choreographs; and Jeff Biering is musical director. The creative team includes costume designer, Ryan Mattheiu Smith; creative consultant, Kimberly Rehfuss; and management, The Bohemia Group.
Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice was initially commissioned and premiered at the Riviera Shalom Club in Freehold, New Jersey. It is currently booked throughout the tri-state area, including an extended two-hour version in June for the Freeport Concert Association. The March 5th performance at Stage 72 at the Triad will mark its NYC premiere. The one-night event performs Tuesday, March 5th at 7pm at 158 W. 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023. Tickets are $15 with a two drink minimum. To order tickets visit www.stage72.com or call 1-800-838-3006. For more information, booking, video, photos and reviews, please visit www.kimberlyfayegreenberg.com.


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Officer accused of having Trayvon Martin targets
Sgt. Ron King was leading a target practice with two other officers and a civilian when he pulled out the Trayvon Martin targets on April 4, officials said.
A police officer accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired, according to several reports.
Port Canaveral, Fla. Interim Chief Executive Officer John Walsh told WFTV on Saturday that Sgt. Ron King was leading a target practice with two other officers and a civilian when he pulled out the targets April 4. Walsh says King asked the group if they wanted to use the targets, and they said no.
"It is absolutely reprehensible that a high-ranking member of the Port Canaveral Police, sworn to protect and serve Floridians, would use the image of a dead child as target practice," said Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Trayvon Martin's parents. "Such a deliberate and depraved indifference to this grieving family is unacceptable. The citizens of Port Canaveral deserve better."
George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot Trayvon, 17, on Feb. 26, 2012, in a gated Sanford, Fla. community. Trayvon's family argues the young man, who was black, was targeted and murdered. Zimmerman says he shot Trayvon in self-defense after being attacked.
For months across the country, people — fixated on Trayvon, Zimmerman and Sanford — have protested and debated about race, gun laws, and the meaning of self-defense.
Zimmerman, who faces a second-degree murder charge, is set to go on trial June 10.
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A symptom of a battery running dry is the game's inability to keep track of the time correctly (the [[error message]] '''TIME NOT SET''' may also appear on the title screen).
A symptom of a battery running dry is the game's inability to keep track of the time correctly (the [[error message]] '''TIME NOT SET''' may also appear on the title screen).
There exist two methods to replace a cartridge battery without losing the save file:
# This method requires an external battery pack and a 3V replacement battery - most often a battery holder with two AA or AAA batteries connected in series. One can solder the auxiliary battery to two terminals on the pcb. The terminals must be determined with a multimeter and following the traces on the pcb. The goal is to find two locations near the battery that have a 3V potential difference and solder the auxiliary battery pack to those terminals. After doing so, we have essentially connected two 3V batteries in parallel (the original and the auxiliary), after which we can safely swap out the cartridge battery to a new one. Remove auxiliary battery afterwards.
# This method requires a gaming device (GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance), replacement battery, and optionally an 3V battery pack - most often a battery holder with two AA or AAA batteries connected in series. First the top plate of the cartridge must be removed and the cartridge (which at this point consists of the pcb battery side up and the plastic bottom cover) inserted into the handheld device. It is unclear at which point the device loads the memory so safest is to switch the game on and click "continue" and be properly in game. Now that the game is running and the battery is exposed the game data is actually store in the memory of the device, not the cartridge, so we can simply replace the battery. After replacing battery there should not be a need to save, but just in case removing the battery changed data in the cartridge memory, it is best to overwrite the save before turning off the device. For this method it is easiest to use GameBoy Advance, because the battery is fully outside of the device and nothing needs to be done to the gaming device. Using GameBoy or GameBoy Color involves removing the back cover of the device so that the battery portion of the cartridge is fully exposed while the cartridge is inserted into the device. This often involves soldering an auxiliary battery pack onto the device's battery terminals because the battery holder is a part of the back cover that was removed to fully expose the cartridge.
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Pokémon Crystal Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスター クリスタルバージョン Pocket Monsters: Crystal Version) is the third and final Generation II core series game for Game Boy Color. It was released as a sister game to Pokémon Gold and Silver, which were released one year before. It was released in Japan on December 14, 2000, in North America on July 29, 2001, and in Europe on November 2, 2001.
It featured various fixes and some new additions, most notably the introduction of the option to play as a girl. It takes place in the region of Johto like Gold and Silver, with access to Kanto granted later in the game, with the player's starting town being New Bark Town.
The Japanese version had far more new features, all related to a mobile phone-related linking technology usable through the Pokémon Mobile System GB when connecting a Mobile Game Boy Adapter to a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance (original or SP).
- 1 Plot
- 2 Blurb
- 3 Changes from Pokémon Gold and Silver
- 4 Localization changes
- 5 Legacy
- 6 Reception
- 7 Battery life
- 8 Staff
- 9 Flyers
- 10 Music
- 11 Version history
- 12 Development cycle
- 13 Trivia
- 14 In other languages
- 15 See also
- 16 References
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
The player is called to Professor Elm's lab to run an errand. He provides the player with one of three Pokémon: Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile to help him/her get to Mr. Pokémon's house. He/She meets Kanto's own Professor Oak during the errand for Elm. Oak, convinced that the player has started his/her own Pokémon journey, gives him/her a Pokédex. On the way back, the player is attacked by a spiteful and mysterious Pokémon Trainer. Upon his/her return to New Bark Town, the player is informed that someone has broken into Professor Elm's lab and has stolen a Pokémon, the same Pokémon that the Trainer from earlier battled with (the Pokémon that the player's starter is weak against); even more so, that very same Trainer fits the description of the Pokémon thief. This Trainer will become the player's rival for the course of the game, having several conflicts with the player as to what it means to be the world's greatest Pokémon Trainer.
Team Rocket has returned with a new attitude, since the disappearance of their leader Giovanni, and once again tries to take over the world, starting with the Johto region. They begin with petty things (such as cutting off the tails of Slowpoke to sell as food for a high price) before becoming more devious, such as a plan to use radio frequencies to artificially induce evolution in some Pokémon at the Lake of Rage near Mahogany town. When the player defeats or captures the Red Gyarados rampaging in the lake, Lance will arrive and congratulate the player for his/her battling and requests that the player help him find the source of the radio signals. When the player returns to Mahogany town and enters the Souvenir Shop, he/she will find Lance and his Dragonite threatening the man in the shop. A secret door will open to the Rocket base, which was revealed by a Rocket Grunt to be an old ninja hideout. After the player defeats the Rocket Executive found in the hideout, Lance asks the player to help him knock out the Electrode powering the machine producing the radio waves.
After completing this task, Lance thanks the player and gives him/her the HM Whirlpool. After the player defeats Pryce - the leader of Mahogany Gym - Professor Elm will call the player and tell him/her about unusual broadcasts from the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City. When the player reaches Goldenrod City, it is revealed that Team Rocket has taken over the Radio Tower, their intent being to try to contact their missing leader, Giovanni, and persuade him to return to Team Rocket. Also, the Director of the Goldenrod station has been kidnapped and replaced by an impostor. After the player defeats the impostor, he will tell him/her the location of the real Director. When the player frees the real Director, he will give the player the Card Key, which opens the door on 3F of the Radio Tower and leads to the Rocket Executive currently in charge of the group. The player defeats the executive and Team Rocket officially disbands for a second time. The Director rewards the player with a Clear Bell.
Throughout the adventure, the player will also come across Suicune, a legendary Pokémon that traverses Johto after the player awakens the three legendary beasts from their sleep at the Burned Tower. Unlike Raikou and Entei, Suicune takes notice of the player; similarly, Eusine shows interest in Suicune, having sought it for ten years and finally catching a glimpse of it thanks to the player. As Eusine challenges the player to a battle near Cianwood City, it becomes clear that Eusine wants to earn Suicune's respect so that he can find out what it is that it looks after. However, it is when the player is entrusted with the Clear Bell that the Wise Trio allow them to enter the Tin Tower, where Suicune has arrived to put them to the test. Later in the story, after the player has proven their ability to touch the souls of Pokémon by catching all three of the legendary beasts, Ho-Oh returns to the Tin Tower after 150 years of testing humans from afar.
As in all previous games, the main goal of the player is to defeat all the Gym Leaders of Johto, win all eight Badges, and take on the Elite Four and the current Pokémon League Champion. Afterward, the player will be able to travel to the region of Kanto and take on the Kanto Gym Leaders for their Badges. After winning all eight Badges, Professor Oak will give the player permission to go to Mt. Silver and face the protagonist from Generation I, Red.
|Spoilers end here.
The latest in the Gold & Silver series!
Travel back to the world of Johto as the Gold & Silver series continues with brand new features! Whether you're reading the fresh descriptions in your Pokédex, using the unique sort function to organize your Pokémon in new ways, watching the all-new battle animations, or discovering another way to capture Suicune, you'll need all of your Poké-skills to master Pokémon Crystal on your Game Boy Color!
- Unlock the mysteries of the Unown! All-new puzzles and rewards await you in the Ruins of Alph!
- Fight through the Battle Tower, a challenging tournament featuring Johto's best trainers!
- For the first time, play as a male or female trainer!
- Trade with Gold, Silver, Red, Blue, and Yellow versions to catch 'em all!
- Compatible with Pokémon Stadium 2 for the Nintendo 64!
Changes from Pokémon Gold and Silver
Aesthetic changes
- A female player character, Kris, was introduced, marking the first time players could choose the gender of their character. The choice is purely aesthetic and does not affect gameplay.
- When entering a new area, its name appears on-screen for a brief time. This would become standard for the rest of the series.
- The Ice Path was redesigned with an ice-like appearance. Some of its puzzles were also changed.
- The Burned Tower was redesigned on the exterior and interior. The outside was altered to look more liked a burned building rather than a short one (see the Burned Tower page for more information).
- Lance's room at the Indigo Plateau was redesigned to have a draconic appearance, with the statues in the room being replaced with Dratini statues.
- Raikou, Entei, and Suicune have their own special battle music when the player encounters them in the wild, making Crystal the first game to sport special legendary Pokémon battle music.
- The Dragon's Den was subtly altered; now the Dragon Shrine is open, and some Headbutt trees were added to the back of the Shrine.
- The Goldenrod Department Store had a roof area added.
- More work was done on Pokémon sprites:
- Pokémon sprites now play a short animation upon entering the fight and a longer one when the Pokémon's profile is viewed, a feature that would not be seen again until Pokémon Emerald. In this game, only the front sprites are animated.
- While most of the Pokémon retain their sprites from either Gold or Silver, certain Pokémon, such as Houndoom and Croconaw, were given new ones. This includes some Pokémon who had identical sprites in both original versions, like Sneasel and Suicune. The W Unown was redesigned, its new design was used in all future games.
- A few Pokémon, such as Spinarak, Magnemite and Sneasel, were recolored to more closely match their official artwork.
- Several of the Pokémon that were redrawn gained new back sprites.
- The user interface used during Game Link Cable trades was redesigned. Gold and Silver used a simple black on white trading interface that was identical to the one used in the Generation I games, mainly to retain compatibility with older Game Boy systems. In Crystal, the menus were revamped with full color on a black background, a design which better suits the capabilities of the Game Boy Color.
- A fountain was added to the center of the pond in the National Park.
- The inside of Mt. Mortar was changed.
- Certain Trainers have their dialogue changed.
Location changes
- Extra grass was added to the route west of Violet City, and in this grass, Growlithe can be caught, allowing players to acquire a Fire-type Pokémon much earlier than in other versions (assuming they did not choose Cyndaquil), and making a large difference in the availability of Fire-types for areas like the Azalea Gym and the Sprout Tower, where Fire-types are super-effective.
- Just like in the Japanese Pokémon Blue and all releases of Pokémon Yellow, changes were made to available wild Pokémon:
- On one hand, several Pokémon that were exclusive to Gold or Silver are available in the wild, like Gligar and Skarmory. On the other hand, some species that were available in both Gold and Silver are a no-show this time around, like the Mareep family.
- Sneasel appears in the Ice Path, whereas in Gold and Silver, it did not appear until reaching Mt. Silver.
- Magmar no longer appears in the Burned Tower, instead appearing exclusively in Mt. Silver.
- Some of the wild Pokémon that appear in Kanto were altered.
- Some Trainers were repositioned on the map.
- Several new Trainers were added. Some one of them can only be battled when certain conditions are met (example: Pokéfan Jaime on Route 39 who can only be battled at night) . Some of them won't approach the player themselves, and, when spoken to, won't play the "encounter" music before engaging in battle.
- A Battle Tower, the first in the series, was added to the north of Route 40.
Gameplay changes
- Ho-Oh cannot be caught until Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are all caught.
- Changes were made to the Ruins of Alph. This included more common Unown, as well as a new subplot—completing enough puzzles allows the player to read a secret message left behind by the Unown. It suggests that the Unown were left behind by the ancient civilization that constructed the Ruins of Alph, and that the statues that line the interior were made by those people.
- Previously, Trainers who called on the cell phone all said the same phrase, with only the names of the Pokémon they reference changing. Trainers are now given distinct personalities (one talks about shopping, another about grooming), and call for reasons other than battling, such as giving the player items, or informing them of a rare Pokémon appearing (Wade gives the player Berries, Alan gives them a Fire Stone, etc.).
- The Buena's Password radio show was added, which players can listen to on their Pokégear and receive points in order to redeem prizes.
- The new rooftop area of the Goldenrod Department Store has occasional sales, which the player is informed about if Camper Todd's number is registered in the Pokégear.
- The function to reset the clock in non-Japanese and non-Korean versions of Gold and Silver remains, although it is now more difficult to access.
- On the title screen, the player must first hold the ↓, SELECT, and B buttons.
- While holding SELECT, they must release ↓ and B.
- Still holding SELECT, they must now hold ← and ↑.
- Finally, the player must release SELECT.
- Kurt can now make multiple Balls from same colored Apricorns simultaneously.
- The Day-Care Man now gives the player an Odd Egg.
- Some Pokémon have changed level-up movesets, however, all but one of them have only one change.
- Some bugs with the battle mechanics were fixed; however, the game performs a check when it detects a Link battle to use the older and buggy mechanics in order to maintain compatibility with Pokémon Gold and Silver. This occurs even between linked players of Pokémon Crystal games.
- Likewise, the game also performs a check that partially converts Kris into Ethan at the Cable Club and Time Capsule rooms, even if all the players using the Cable Club rooms are specifically playing Pokémon Crystal.
Storyline changes
- Suicune, instead of being a side legendary Pokémon, has a prominent role in the game's storyline. Awakening the Legendary Beasts is now a prerequisite for challenging Morty. After this, the player will constantly find Suicune in various locations throughout Johto. After receiving a Clear Bell (where in Gold and Silver, the Rainbow or Silver Wing would be obtained instead), the player will have a chance to battle and capture it in the Tin Tower, and it will not run away.
- A new character, Eusine, is added to the game. He is searching for Suicune as well, and will battle the player in Cianwood City to earn its respect.
- The chain of events to obtain the Rising Badge is altered. Where previously, it involved a trip to the Dragon's Den to retrieve the Dragon Fang, it now involves entering the Dragon Shrine within the Den. There, Clair's grandfather and leader of the dragon-user clan quizzes the player on their style of battling. Clair arrives and still refuses to hand over her Badge after the player passes. In response, her grandfather threatens to tell her cousin, Lance, of whom Clair is terrified. If all the questions are answered correctly, the player will receive a Dratini that knows ExtremeSpeed upon returning and speaking with Clair's grandfather.
Pokémon not found in Crystal
These Pokémon must be traded from the other games of Generation I and II, as they cannot be found in Pokémon Crystal.
Note that "G" indicates a Pokémon that can be caught in the Japanese Green, and thus in the Western Blue as well.
Localization changes
The localized releases of Crystal, while improving on the mechanics of Pokémon Gold and Silver, did not reprise a number of newer features that the Japanese version had received:
- In the Japanese version, Celebi may be caught at Ilex Forest after completing a short side-mission. A special event requiring the Pokémon Mobile System GB allowed players to obtain the GS Ball. This item, given by a nurse at the Pokémon Communication Center in Goldenrod City, may be taken to Kurt in Azalea Town to investigate. After a day passes, Kurt gives back the GS Ball to the player and asks him/her to check the restless Ilex Forest. Taking the GS Ball to the shrine at Ilex Forest summons a level 30 Celebi to battle. Despite the fact that the GS Ball was unavailable overseas without cheating or hacking, the event was translated and adapted to the regular Pokémon Center in Goldenrod City of the Western releases of Crystal, indicating that it was intended for the localizations to include the event, but was later scrapped.
- Goldenrod City's Pokémon Center was replaced by a much larger building, the aforementioned Pokémon Communication Center. The localizations reverted it to the Pokémon Center of Pokémon Gold and Silver while changing some of the NPCs to match those in the Pokémon Communication Center.
- Players could link to trade or battle through the use of the Mobile Game Boy Adapter and the previously mentioned Pokémon Mobile System GB.
- Players could leave a Pokémon and a request for the Pokémon species that it be traded for at the Pokémon Communication Center's Trade Corner. A player could also view Pokémon up for trade from other players, and trade with them. This is similar to the current Global Trade System of the Generation IV and later games.
- The Pokémon News Machine at the Pokémon Communication Center updated over the Pokémon Mobile System GB. Pokémon News was compiled from the saved game data of players across Japan, allowing players to read about other players' adventures.
- The Day-Care Man at the Pokémon Day Care on Route 34 gave an Egg Ticket which, when taken to the Trade Corner at the Pokémon Communication Center, could be traded for an Odd Egg which carried a rare Shiny Baby Pokémon knowing Dizzy Punch. In the localizations, the Day-Care Man instead gives away the Odd Egg himself.
While Gold and Silver introduced the majority of Generation II's contributions to the game mechanics, Crystal also featured several additions to the franchise that continue into the future. First, Crystal introduced the option to play as a female character. The game also featured the first Move Tutor of the series, as well as the first Battle Tower. This was the first game to include animated sprites for Pokémon, though this only applied to front sprites (back sprites remained still as they did in previous games). This feature was absent in later games until it was reintroduced in Pokémon Emerald, after which it became standard. Back sprites did not become fully animated until Pokémon Platinum, which also added animations for important Trainers such as Gym Leaders. In Pokémon Black and White, sprites remain animated throughout the battle; before these games, Pokémon Crystal was the only game that had more than two frames per animation.
Even though Pokémon Gold and Silver were the first games to use legendary Pokémon (specifically Ho-Oh and Lugia) as game mascots, it was Crystal that incorporated them into the plot for the first time. The story additions involving the legendary beasts (most prominently Suicune), Ho-Oh and Unown were unprecedented, since up until then no Pokémon had been referenced in the dialogue on more than one occasion. This was also evident in the fact that the legendary beasts received a unique battle theme, and in that the plot climax was no longer limited to thwarting Team Rocket, instead culminating in the battle against Suicune at Tin Tower. Later generations focus on their game mascots as part of the plot involving the villainous team of the respective region (with the only exception being the remade versions; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen follow Pokémon Red and Green's footsteps, and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are similar to Crystal in keeping the two stories separated).
The Japanese version of Crystal notably introduced the ability to link to a wireless connection and interact with other characters (via cell phone). The Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter also enabled this ability in Generation III (albeit to a far lesser extent, due to the Wireless Adapter's limited range), and the Wi-Fi capabilities of the Nintendo DS completely optimized the concept in Generation IV games. The GS Ball event was the first time where an event Pokémon (in this case Celebi) could be caught in-game as opposed to being directly downloaded to the cartridge; this went on to be the case for several such Pokémon in subsequent generations.
Pokémon Crystal received good reviews, although they were not quite as positive as those of Pokémon Gold and Silver. Like Pokémon Yellow before it, and subsequently Pokémon Emerald, it was criticized for being too similar to its sister games, with IGN commenting, "there's not much in this edition that makes it a 'must buy' for folks who already own a copy or two of the previous editions".[4] IGN still gave the game an "Outstanding" rating of 9/10.[5] The game received an average score of near 80% from GameRankings,[6] about 10% lower than Pokémon Gold and Silver.[7]
Battery life
Copies of the Generation II games typically lose the ability to save in a shorter timeframe than copies of the Generation I games due to the battery storing both saved game and real-time clock data, causing it to drain quicker. The battery is replaceable with another one of the same kind, a CR2025, or a CR2032, which is slightly thicker and lasts longer; doing so will delete the current save file in case it hasn't been erased already by the discharge of the battery.
A symptom of a battery running dry is the game's inability to keep track of the time correctly (the error message TIME NOT SET may also appear on the title screen).
There exist two methods to replace a cartridge battery without losing the save file:
- This method requires an external battery pack and a 3V replacement battery - most often a battery holder with two AA or AAA batteries connected in series. One can solder the auxiliary battery to two terminals on the pcb. The terminals must be determined with a multimeter and following the traces on the pcb. The goal is to find two locations near the battery that have a 3V potential difference and solder the auxiliary battery pack to those terminals. After doing so, we have essentially connected two 3V batteries in parallel (the original and the auxiliary), after which we can safely swap out the cartridge battery to a new one. Remove auxiliary battery afterwards.
- This method requires a gaming device (GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance), replacement battery, and optionally an 3V battery pack - most often a battery holder with two AA or AAA batteries connected in series. First the top plate of the cartridge must be removed and the cartridge (which at this point consists of the pcb battery side up and the plastic bottom cover) inserted into the handheld device. It is unclear at which point the device loads the memory so safest is to switch the game on and click "continue" and be properly in game. Now that the game is running and the battery is exposed the game data is actually store in the memory of the device, not the cartridge, so we can simply replace the battery. After replacing battery there should not be a need to save, but just in case removing the battery changed data in the cartridge memory, it is best to overwrite the save before turning off the device. For this method it is easiest to use GameBoy Advance, because the battery is fully outside of the device and nothing needs to be done to the gaming device. Using GameBoy or GameBoy Color involves removing the back cover of the device so that the battery portion of the cartridge is fully exposed while the cartridge is inserted into the device. This often involves soldering an auxiliary battery pack onto the device's battery terminals because the battery holder is a part of the back cover that was removed to fully expose the cartridge.
- Main article: Staff of Pokémon Crystal
Dated October 31, 2000 (source)
Most of the game's music comes from Pokémon Gold and Silver, which have not had any sort of official soundtrack release of the games' original tracks. The closest approximation to such a release is Disc 3 of Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection, which is based on the GB Sounds item and the Pokémon Past Archive radio program of HeartGold and SoulSilver that is meant to emulate the style of chiptunes. However, not all of the old-style music is available on the CD. Additionally, Discs 1 and 2 of the aforementioned soundtrack contain remixes of the music originating from Pokémon Gold and Silver (and Crystal). Moreover, several tracks that are exclusive to Japanese Crystal have not received official releases.
Version history
Only one version was released.
|Initial release (English version only)
Development cycle
- Main article: Pokémon Crystal beta
- Although Game Freak released a game called Pokémon X for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013, the tentative title for a game similar to the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal with planned support to connect to a mobile phone and set for an April 2000 release was also Pocket Monsters X (ポケットモンスターX), according to multiple sources such as an Asahi Shimbun news article from December 1999.[9] The game was postponed until 2001 due to the planned release of the Game Boy Advance.[10] The article mentions an adapter for linking a Game Boy to a mobile phone, with the datacenter server used for the feature being hosted by Kyocera in Kyoto.
- The Japanese logo shown at Nintendo Space World 2000 was originally similar to the one from Gold and Silver.[11] Additionally, the previous referred source also shows an early design for the PokéCom Club rooms.
- People buying a Game Boy Color during the release of this game were given the option of buying a Game Boy Advance that came with Pokémon Crystal in the package.
- During battles, Japanese midline horizontal ellipses ("⋯") are used in the English versions instead of regular ellipses ("…") due to an oversight.
- The game's opening shows several Unown communicating with Suicune over radio waves, alerting it to the Ruins of Alph. Oddly, this is not part of the game's story, with the Ruins of Alph sidequest being independent of the plot involving Suicune. That said, the Unown are referenced by the Wise Trio as having a cooperative bond with Suicune.
- In the Japanese version, a researcher at the Ruins of Alph claims that the Pokémon Communication Center in Goldenrod City influences the Unown. His unused English text is: According to my research... Those mysterious patterns appeared when the Pokécom Center was built. It must mean that radio waves have some sort of a link...
- Additionally, there is an unused static title screen in the game's data that shows an A-shaped Unown instead of Suicune. It also does not reboot the game automatically after the title screen's music stops.
- The Japanese Super Game Boy border of Pokémon Gold (labeled Pocket Monsters Gold Version) is unused in all releases of Pokémon Crystal. The equivalent border from the Japanese Pokémon Silver (labeled Pocket Monsters Silver Version) is not present.
- This is the last localized core series game to use the slogan Gotta catch 'em all!.
- The Japanese version has an emblem of Suicune's crest on the back of the Game Pak's circuit board.
In other languages
See also
- ↑ Pokémon.co.jp
- ↑ Nintendo of America - Nintendo Unveils New Jewel With Pokémon Crystal (archive)
- ↑ Pokémon.com (UK)
- ↑ IGN: Pokemon Crystal Version Review (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ IGN: Pokemon Crystal Version (Pokemon Crystal) (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ Pokemon Crystal Version for Game Boy Color - GameRankings (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ Pokemon Gold Version for Game Boy Color (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 What ROMs do we use? (Page 1) / Game Boy / Cross‐gen / Skeetendo
- ↑ ネット最前線:ニュース
- ↑ ポケモン情報サイト「palette」過去ログ38 - ポケパレ!
- ↑ ポケットモンスタークリスタル(仮称)
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Opt-In Mobile Marketing Strategy: 6 Tips for Success
By Susan J. Campbell
As consumers, we are constantly on the go with a mobile device of some kind in our hand providing directions, connection with a colleague or access to the data we need to close the big deal. The same device guides our social lives as we've come to rely on smart devices to manage our activities, content and connections. For brands, this provides the perfect opportunity to develop an Opt-In Mobile Marketing Strategy.
A recent blog by Mihai Vlad of Alcatel-Lucent's Optism unit entitled, Thinking Human: Six Steps for Building a Successful Opt-In Mobile Marketing Strategy, highlights the opportunity that exists with the proliferation of the mobile phone as the must-have device. By developing an Opt-In Mobile Marketing Strategy, mobile operators, marketers and their brands can ask permission before engaging with consumers. In doing so, it provides unprecedented access to the consumer's attention and the opportunity to build trust.
Permission-Based Mobile Marketing Strategies Hold Value for Advertisers, Operators and Consumers
By Beecher Tuttle
The influx of smartphones, tablets and next-generation networks has created a number of new ways for brands and marketing agencies to reach consumers. Unfortunately, many of today's mobile marketing techniques fail to engage consumers, who often find the advertisements to be bothersome, intrusive and unrelated to their interests.
One innovative and effective way to bridge this gap is a strategy called permission-based mobile marketing, a targeted advertising technique that changes the marketing paradigm by creating a dialogue with consumers, rather than an invasive, one-sided monologue.
The basic premise of permission-based mobile marketing is rather simple: users opt-in and give their consent for brands to send them targeted, preference-based marketing materials for products and services that they are interested in. If executed properly, a permission-based mobile marketing strategy can create value for brands, agencies, consumers and mobile network operators.


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Wyoming Could See $20 Million From Lottery In First Year
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Lottery Board estimates that the first year of the state's lottery system will bring in about $20 million from ticket sales.
The board on Friday reviewed a preliminary budget that considered the figure, which was based on estimates the lottery industry provided to the Wyoming Legislature. The law that legalized the lottery in Wyoming requires 50 percent of ticket sales be returned in winnings.
According to an Associated Press report, the board still must adopt a budget, hire staff, including a CEO, find office space and decide whether Wyoming's lottery should be part of a multi-state system. The bill that legalized a lottery passed this spring and took effect July 1.
Wyoming is expected to begin its lottery in February.


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Event: 100m
Height: 5-3.25
Weight: 127
PR: 100m - 10.90 (2008); 200m- 22.27 (2005)
Born: Sept. 11, 1983 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Current Residence: Miami, Fla.
High School: Rochester High School (Pa.) '01
College: University of Miami '04
Coach: Amy Deem
Agent: Ray Flynn
Club: Nike
Career Highlights: 2005 World
Outdoor 100m champion; two-time World Outdoor 4X100m relay gold medalist ('05,
'07); 2007 World
Outdoor silver medalist; 2004
Olympic 100m silver medalist; 2006 World Indoor silver medalist; 2004 NCAA 100m
champion; 2003 Pan Am 100m and 4x100m relay gold medalist; 2002 World Junior
gold medalist 100m, silver in 4x100 relay; 2002 U.S. Junior 100m champion
Williams captured the final spot on the Olympic Team for the women's 100m with her third-place finish (10.90) at the 2008 Olympic Trials…Williams brought home the silver medal in the women's 100m at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships. It initially looked as though she may have won her second world title in the women's 100 after getting off to an outstanding start and leading the field at halfway. In the latter portion of the race, five women - Williams, Jamaica's Veronica Campbell, Carmelita Jeter, Torri Edwards and Belgium's Kim Gevaert - crossed the line virtually simultaneously. But the gold was down to rivals Williams and Campbell, with Williams appearing to have won when seen with the naked eye...After stellar 2005 campaign, Williams' 2006 season was plagued by injury...Williams has earned a reputation as the top championship sprinter in the world. The then-21-year-old Williams won her first Olympic medal grabbing silver in the 100m at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in a brilliant and poised run. She followed up that performance by winning the 2005 world title, only her second victory of the season... Ironically, she was third at both the 2004 Olympic Trials and 2005 USA Championships...Williams had family members in Athens, due almost entirely to a total of nearly $20,000 raised by the public to help pay for the trips...the cost of her father's trip, including six dialysis treatments he required while in Athens, were covered fully by a $10,000 contribution from a family friend Tim Wiebe on the college scene she won the 2004 NCAA title at the time a world leader in the 100mWilliams finished 3rd in the 100m at the Olympic Trials, beating out Gail Devers for the final Olympic position by .01 second...the 2003 Pan American Games Gold Medalist in the 100m and 4x100m holds her HS records for the 100, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay...does community outreach as a part of USATF's "Be A Champion," program…named 2006 Visa Humanitarian of the Year... She volunteers at Arcola Lakes Elementary School in Miami, Florida, assisting a class of deaf students who are teaching her sign language and set up a scholarship fund to assist emerging female athletes in their quest for academic and athletic excellence…graduated from Miami in 3 and a half years, delivering her commencement speech on Dec. 16, 2004... Media and PR inquiries for Williams are handled by Dynamic Elements: 719-351-4189. Her official web site is www.laurynwilliams.net
2009: 5th at World Champs
(11.01)...3rd in 100m, 6th in 200m
at USA Outdoor Champs (10.96w, 22.74w)…5th at Nike Prefontaine Classic
(11.12w)…1st in 200m (22.34WL) and 5th in 100m (10.94w) at Reebok Grand Prix...2nd
at Luzern (11.23)...best
of 11.01 and 22.34.
2008: 4th at Olympic Games (11.03)…3rd at Olympic Trials in 100m (10.90), 4th in 200m (22.21w)...6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (11.21)…4th at Reebok Grand Prix (11.13)…2nd at Zurich (22.68)...2nd at adidas Track Classic (11.15)...ranked #5 in the world (#1 U.S.) at 100m and #10 in the world (#6 U.S.) at 200m by T&FN...bests of 10.90 and 22.59.
2007: World Outdoor runner-up (11.01)...World Outdoor 4x100m gold medalist (41.98)...USA Outdoor 100m runner-up (11.16)…4th at Reebok Grand Prix (11.11)...3rd at Paris (11.25)…4th in 100m, 1st in 200m at Rethimno (11.12, 22.70)…2nd in 200m at Madrid (23.14)...ranked #7 in the world (#5 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 11.01.
2006: USA 100m Outdoor runner-up (11.17)...World Indoor silver medalist (7.01)...USA Indoor runner-up (7.11)...5th at Reebok Grand Prix (11.44)...7th at Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis (11.23)...5th at Athens Super Grand Prix (11.39)...4th at Athletissima (11.13)...ranked #7 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 11.13.
2005: World Outdoor 100m (10.93) champion... World Outdoor 4X100m relay gold medalist (41.78, anchor)3rd at the USA Outdoor (11.29)...1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (11.16)...2nd in 200m at adidas Track Classic (22.27)...2nd at Lausanne (10.91)2nd in 100m at Zurich (10.88PR)...ranked #3 in world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 10.93.
2004: Silver medalist (10.96PR) at Olympic Games...3rd at Olympic Trials 100m (11.10)...NCAA Champion in 100m (10.97)...dnf in 4x100m relay at Olympic Games...1st in 100m (11.01) and 200m (22.46) at Miami Gatorade Invitational...1st in 100m at Penn Relays (11.10)...1st at NCAA Regionals (11.16)...3rd at Brussels (11.16)...ranked #4 in the world at the 100m (#1 U.S.) and at 200m (#10 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 10.96.
2003: 7th in 100m at U.S. Outdoor Championships (11.21)...BIG EAST Outdoor Champion in the 100m (11.62)...BIG EAST Outdoor Championship runner-up in the 200m (23.30)...3rd in the 100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (11.31)...ran first leg of the 4x100m relay that finished 7th (44.01) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and was 2nd (44.06) in the NCAA East Regional...ran first leg of the 4x100m relay that won the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (44.58)...was a member of the 4x100m relay team that set a Miami school record (43.96) at the Florida Relays, which they later matched in the prelims of the NCAA Outdoor Championships...BIG EAST Indoor Champion in the 60m (7.31)...4th in the 60m (7.29) at the NCAA Indoor Championships...runner-up in the 200m (23.99) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships...set Miami school records for the 55m (6.82), the 60m (7.22), and the 200m (23.53) during the indoor season.
2002: Won a gold medal in the 100m (11.33) with a school record time at the World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica and won a silver medal as a member of the 4x100-meter relay...U.S. Outdoor Junior Champion in the 100m (11.42)... 6th in the 100m (11.63) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships marking the best NCAA finish by a Miami Hurricane in the event in school-history...BIG EAST Outdoor Champion in the 100m (11.40) Runner-up at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the 200m (23.71)7th (7.39) at the NCAA Indoor Championships was named the BIG EAST Most Outstanding Track Performer at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships after recording victories in the 60m (7.38) and 200m (23.91)set Miami school records in the 55m (6.85) and 60m (7.32) during the indoor season...ranked 9th in the U.S. in the 100m by T&FN.
2001: High school state champion in 100 and 200m dashes her junior and senior year...High school state champion her senior year in 4x100m relay...set school records in the 100, 200 and 4x100m events...named to All-American and All-State teams junior year for the 100 and 200-meter sprint


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Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The site is also available in several languages.
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Mr Hamelin is heard as recitalist throughout the United States and his native Canada, as well as in Europe, Australia and the Far East. Recently Mr Hamelin was presented with a rarely bestowed lifetime achievement prize by the German Record Critics' Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik). He has recorded some fifty CDs for Hyperion, including concertos by Alkan, Bernstein, Bolcom, Henselt, Korngold, Joseph Marx, Reger, Rubinstein and Scharwenka, and works for solo piano by (among others) Albéniz, Alkan, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Medtner, Reger and Schumann. His long-awaited recording of his own Études in all the minor keys was triumphantly received.
Marc-André Hamelin was honoured to be made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003 and a Chevalier de l'Ordre du Québec in 2004; he is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada. He makes his home in Boston.


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The number of federal workers and retirees who were delinquent on their income taxes jumped 11.5% in 2011 from the year before, according to data released by the Internal Revenue Service on Friday.
Roughly 312,000 workers and retirees owed a total of $3.5 billion in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2011. That's up from the 279,000 employees who owed $3.4 billion in 2010.
The overall delinquency rate for the 9.8 million government employees looked at in the data also inched higher, to 3.2% in 2011 from 2.9% in 2010 — but that's still lower than the 8.2% delinquency rate for general population, the IRS points out.
Not surprisingly, the Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, was the goody-goody among executive departments, scoring the lowest delinquency rate: 1.1%. The Department of Housing and Urban Development had the highest delinquency rate at 4.4%. Among lawmakers, Senate workers were more compliant than House workers, with 3.3% and 3.7% delinquency rates, respectively.
The details are being released just as federal workers, including IRS employees, are preparing to deal with furloughs resulting from federal spending cuts that kicked in this month. But surely, the tax bills owed by federal workers pale in comparison with the amounts owed by celebrity tax cheats.


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first off wrote: if you go to espn right now there is a vid with hollinger talking about how he is one of the most over-rated guys IN THE LEAGUE!
Overrated by guys that don't have a f*cking clue about bball. Like Hollinjerk.
Nah, really, I think most GMs that really know what they do (arguably, not many) would love to add Jackson to a contender roster (which would put him in a perfect spot, as he no longer would have to carry the team, something he clearly can't do), but it probably won't happen due to his extension.


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Pollocksville couple weds
April Brittany Philyaw of Comfort and Kevin Lee Aycock of Pollocksville were united in marriage at 3:30 p.m. November 9, 2013, at Comfort Christian Church in Comfort. The Rev. Randy Tallman performed the ceremony.
Escorted by her father, the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Philyaw of Comfort. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Philyaw of Comfort and the late Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Davenport of Dover.
A graduate of East Carolina University with a Master of Science degree in Nursing, she is employed by Coastal Carolina Health Care as a Care Manager.
The groom is the son of Ms. Yvonne Aycock and the late Mr. Melvin Aycock, Jr. of Pollocksville. He is the grandson of Ms. Agnes Toler of Pollocksville, the late Mr. Silas Toler, Sr. of New Bern, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Aycock, Sr. of Pollocksville.
A graduate of North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering, he is employed by NAVAIR Cherry Point as a Materials Engineer.
Christie Hardy of New Bern, friend of the bride, served as maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Candace Andrews of Trenton, Rachel Shivar of Pollocksville, Ashton Martin of Winterville, Jami Taylor and Jade Taylor, both of Pink Hill.
Flower girl was the bride�s cousin Riley Pike of Trenton.
Larry Meadows of Pollocksville, family friend, served as best man.
Groomsmen were Roy King of Maysville, Michael Riggs, John Bender, Asa Oliver, all of Pollocksville, and Dennis Lee of Yadkinville.
Ring Bearer was the bride�s cousin Bryson Pike of Trenton.
Clay Whittington of Wilmington served as pianist and vocalist. Wedding director was Anna Craft of Comfort. Register and Program attendant was Breana Southard of Trenton.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the New Bern Golf and Country Club in New Bern. The couple took a Hawaiian honeymoon to the islands of Maui, Hawaii, and Oahu. They now reside in Pollocksville.
On September 29, a wedding shower for the couple was given by the women of Lee�s Chapel United Methodist Church at Country Dreams Bed and Breakfast in Pollocksville.
On October 6, a wedding shower for the couple was held at Comfort Christian Church in Comfort, hosted by the women of Comfort Christian Church.
On October 27, a shower for the bride was hosted by Christie Hardy, maid of honor, at her home in New Bern.
On November 8, a bridesmaids� luncheon was given at the Peach House in Kinston by Lorraine Moore and Ava Gray, aunts of the bride, and Candace Andrews. A rehearsal dinner was hosted in the evening by the parents of the bride and groom at Comfort Christian Church.


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The typical dense, freezing fog that hangs low in the valleys this time of year in southern Oregon gave runners a perfectly timed reprieve. A cold, but sunny morning greeted the entrants of this year's Frostbite Returns 10K and 5K races. The courses, that run on the rural roads on the outskirts of Talent, OR, are far from forgiving. Only the first mile (and last) of the out and back routes can be construed as flat. The bulk of the ten kilometer course undulates like the ocean in a tempest; leaving most runners gasping for the frozen air that surrounds them.
J.J. Moses (in yellow) strides across the last quarter mile, catching air as he goes, to win the 10K.
In the men's 10K race, J.J. Moses took the lead from the start and never looked back. J.J. galloped away from both the nearest 10K and 5K runners with ease winning in 34:15. Elliot Jantzer ran with the chase group until the turnaround and then blazed back to finish second overall in 36:04. A tight trio of runners followed suit consisting of Eric Poole, Chris Rennaker and Ian Torrence. At the finish line Rennaker and Torrence fought, with teeth gnashing, for a third place tie in 37:40. Poole finished fifth three seconds behind. Jeremy Eisen was sixth in 38:52 and Joe Griffin brought in seventh in 39:40.
In the women's 10K race Dorsey Dobry was crowned the ladies' winner in 42:18. Maggie Donovan followed in 43:37. Laura Raber was third woman in the 10K, across in 53:59. Kierra Huggins finished fourth in 44:28.
Battling a head cold, John Leuthold started conservatively and worked his way through the pack to win the 5K race in 18:18. With this being John's first win of 2009; inquiring minds want to know if he will continue on to break his "ten wins in a year streak?" Guy Hawkason ran hard to stay in stride with Leuthold. Guy finished second in 18:20. Todd Ragsdale, returning to the racing circuit since injuring his knee in November, took third in 18:23.
John Leuthold (5K winner), Todd Raggsdale and Chris Redfeldt celebrate after a well run 5K.
In the women's 5K, Suzanne Ray took the win in 21:12. Jane Podolski finished second in 22:17. Melanie Neilitz rounded out the top three in 22:59. A special kudos to RVR Thursday Night Ladies Group Run leader Maria Clementi who finished the 5K in 23:39.
Congratulations to race director Krista Peterson for a job well done and to the rest of the Southern Oregon Runners' volunteers that helped the 160+ runners cover the course. Full results will be posted here soon.
A Good Group Assembled. (Standing left to right; Torrence, Eisen, Leuthold, Moses, Scott, Lela and Camden Stemple. Kneeling l to r; Brian, Poole. Lying; Rennaker.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Frostbite Returns!
Posted by Rogue Valley Runners at 1:22 PM
2 comments:
- Rennaker said...
You are a wordsmith and a scholar and it was my privilege to run along side you and EP during "The bulk of the ten kilometer course ungulates like the ocean in a tempest"
A great first race of the year!
Good work everyone!
- Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:38:00 PM
- WynnMan said...
nice work out there everyone. Although cold, from the pictures it looks quite tropical out there compared to -37 here in the Upper Midwest. half-marathon this weekend, and projected -3 for the start. Cooler than a polar bear's toe nails.
Congratulations on the fine year RVR 2008!
take it sleazy,
- Monday, January 19, 2009 4:52:00 PM
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Brokaw's Bad Memory or Historical Revisionism? Claims GOP Was Thrown Out of House After '95 Shutdown
NBC's Tom Brokaw was invited on Thursday's Today show to discuss a wide
range of topics ranging from the Supreme Court ruling on the Westboro
church to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal polling results and in
discussing the poll Brokaw warned Republicans risked political peril if
there was another government shutdown. The former Nightly News anchor
actually claimed that after the 1995 shutdown the GOP was "turned out" of
the House "not too long after that." However that historic budget fight
wasn't as politically lethal as Brokaw made it out to viewers, as the
Republicans maintained control of the House until 2006.
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The following is the relevant exchange between Vieira and Brokaw about the most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll as it was aired on the March 3 Today show:
MEREDITH VIEIRA: You know there is another debate brewing in D.C., this one over the federal budget yesterday. The, the President signed a resolution funding the government for two more weeks, but essentially America is living paycheck-to-paycheck. And now Vice President Biden has been assigned the task of trying to bring the parties together to deal with this crisis. What can we expect him to do?
TOM BROKAW: Well it's a delicate game. You know, the Republicans remember what happened when they were swept in 1994, then shut down the government and were turned out not too long after that.
At this point Vieira should've interrupted the venerable Brokaw to
remind him that not only did the Republicans maintain control of the
House until 2006, but that between 1994 and 1996 the GOP lost a meager
four seats. So much for the myth that the shutdown was some sort of
catastrophic political failure.
After that bit of hazy recollection Brokaw went on to insist Boehner didn't want a repeat of the 1995 shutdown, as he and Vieira, using results from the poll, depicted a budget fight full of minefields for the GOP and none for the Democrats.
BROKAW: John Boehner doesn't want that to happen, but he has to deal with the Tea Party people on his right. He has to deal with his traditionalists in the middle. And he has to deal with Vice President Biden. At the end of the day, this is a political game as much as it is a financial game. And the Vice President would like to be seen as the guy who kept the government open or if he can't, to be able to blame the Republicans. That's what we'll see play out here in the next couple of weeks.
VIEIRA: Yeah in our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll we asked Americans where they think the government should be focusing its attention. Top priority, according to those polled, job creation and economic growth. Not budget cutting. So does that suggest that the government is out of touch with the people?
BROKAW: Well, the core group, however - the Republicans who are in the House and their constituents who got them there, especially in the Tea Party group - they, in this poll, said that the deficit is the most important thing. When you move into the largest block of American voters that there are, the independents, they put jobs in front. They want to get back to jobs. And the Democrats, who were polled as well, would put jobs on top. So that's another tricky piece for the Republicans who are in the House. And we're all getting lined up for 2012, you know. And so this will play out into the coming months on the campaign trail as well.
- Geoffrey Dickens is the Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here


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Nick Sherman: Wood Type in the Digital Age
This evening, I was able to attend an inspirational talk titled Wood Type in the Digital Age by Nick Sherman at the Type Directors Club in New York City where he shared his obsessions with typography and wood type along with some adventures it has taken him on. He later discussed the history, creation, classification and preservation of wood type and its place in the digital space. Nick will be speaking about Wood Type in the Digital Age again at the 2nd annual Wayzgoose, held at the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum on Saturday, November 5th.
Becoming obsessed with wood type from the 1969 book, American Wood Type: 1828–1900 by Rob Roy Kelly, Nick Sherman created his own wood type inspired typeface for a school project titled the Intercut Wood Type Project. Having a deep interest not only in wood type, but also the classification of type, Nick began his career working for myfonts.com where he designed, organized and curated their collection. He is currently on the advisory board for the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, working on the revitalization of the The Dale Guild Type Foundry and working at the Font Bureau as a Graphic Designer. He also runs a highly recommend blog, Woodtyper. If you have any interest in wood type, it is worth catching Nick speak at the Wayzgoose 2010.