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Kaspersky Publishes (Then Deletes) Article Claiming 'If You're Doing Nothing Wrong, You Have Nothing To Hide'
from the wait,-what? deptKaspersky Lab, the internet security/anti-virus company published a somewhat bizarre article a little while ago, entitled "Why we should not be afraid of being watched while online." The text is no longer there, because it's been replaced by:
The content of this article was actually a draft of the column by an independent author. It was published accidentally, and Kaspersky Lab do apologize for misunderstanding.At least at the time I'm writing this, you can still see the full text via Google's cache, though that may go away soon. The really ridiculous part is actually the final paragraph. The main part of the article lists out five areas where there are benefits to sharing your info (more on that in a second) and then it comes to this ridiculous conclusion:
Author's views do not reflect the official position of Kaspersky Lab on the subject of privacy
Apart from these five reasons, there are many more why you shouldn't be paranoid and try to conceal your location while online. Remember if you're doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide. There is almost to zero chance that you would be of interest to any secret service on the planet. The only nuisance to you will be advertisement robots – and there are more effective tools against them than online anonymity.The whole "doing nothing wrong, got nothing to hide" argument is so stupid and so widely debunked that anyone uttering that phrase automatically loses pretty much all credibility. Similarly, the "there's almost no chance that you would be of interest" to any intelligence service is similarly stupid. First of all, that's only true until it's not true, and then it's a bit too late. And even if 99% of people aren't of interest, shouldn't we be concerned about the 1% of people whose rights and privacy are abused? As the supposed quote from Cardinal Richelieu goes: "give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." There's always a way to twist purely innocent things into looking nefarious if you want to. We should all be concerned about the power to abuse someone's privacy.
Eugene Kaspersky has distanced himself from the article, stating that "privacy is a precious thing that people should protect no matter what. Sometimes the columnists don't reflect our opinion." Still, the fact that it was published (even if accidentally) on the Kaspersky website is bizarre.
As for the main part of the article, it's actually not that crazy, but whoever wrote it gets the exact wrong lesson out of his or her own writing. The article highlights five areas where it is, in fact, potentially useful to share some information -- such as doing local searches or being able to track your route. And, indeed, these are useful cases in which people very frequently find the value of sharing some information (such as location) with a third party service, in exchange for some benefit.
But the key issue here, which is totally ignored by that final paragraph, is that these decisions -- including the benefits and costs -- should be transparent, clear and optional. When an individual makes the decision to share information in such a manner, it should be their decision, well aware of what they're sharing, why and what benefits there are with it. The concern that most people have is how these things are done in a sneaky fashion, with no transparency, and often for little or no benefit. To put a blanket "eh, don't worry about it" because of some usefulness in some cases and then ignoring the abuses by saying "eh, probably won't happen to you because no one's that interested in you" is ignorant in the extreme.
Either way, it seems flat out ridiculous that an internet security company would publish an article. I could see it as a silly Slate pitch or something, but on a security company's website? As Aral Balkan joked, next on Kaspersky's website, perhaps we'll see an article on "viruses aren't that bad... why can't we all just get along?"
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Warner Named OVC Golfer of the Week
Nashville, Tenn. – Senior Andrew Warner was named Ohio Valley Conference Men's Golfer of the Week. Warner finished third individually and helped Tennessee State to a second place finish at the Alabama State Fall Classic in Prattville, Ala.
Warner carded five birdies during the opening weekend to the 2013-14 season. The Hendersonville native shot an even-par, 72 during the final round after scoring a 3-over, 75 a day earlier. Warner drained a 35-foot putt for a birdie on the par-3, 13th to highlight play on day one. On Monday, the senior used an 8-iron off the box from 170-yards out on the par-4, 7th to within 3-feet to set up a tap in birdie. The senior finished found 21 fairways and hit 25 greens over the weekend.
This is the third OVC Golfer of the Week honor for Warner. He was named twice during his freshman season, once on October 27, 2010 and again on March 23, 2011. The second award was shared with former Tiger Richard Gill. Warner's selection was the ninth all-time for the Tigers and the first since James Stepp was named for his play at the Alabama State Fall Classic last year.
TSU will return to action on Sept. 28-29 when the participate in the National Black College Hall of Fame Tournament in Atlanta, Ga.

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Lars Ulrich on the Future of Metallica: 'We'll Always Make Another Record'
At this point, the members of Metallica are probably very accustomed to being asked the status of their next disc. Their last release was 2008's 'Death Magnetic' and fans are clearly hungry for new Metallica music. Not to fear though, drummer Lars Ulrich explains that writing new material has always been part of their game plan.
"We'll always make another record," said Ulrich in a recent interview with The National. "We're certainly not avoiding making another record." He continued, explaining, "We've been fiddling around a little bit when we have a week here, a week there, but we realized the other day that this movie will take up realistically the next four or five months. But I hope we will get to another record when this movie is over."
Ulrich also talked about the band's longevity and what the band means to him. "Somewhere along the line we learnt to get along and somewhere along the line we learnt we'd rather be in Metallica than not be in Metallica," Ulrich shared. "I think we have tremendous respect for whatever it is Metallica means. I've never known anything else."
Ulrich wrapped things up, explaining, "This is the only band I've ever been in, since I was 17. So ultimately, you want it to survive, and you figure out what works, what doesn't work, and what's best for the band." He concluded, "Somewhere along, you just figure it out and you pray you have more good days than not."
Members of Metallica have revealed in past interviews that they've already written plenty of new material for their next offering, including more riffs than they know what to do with. The band is reportedly anticipating a release date in 2015.


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Expansion: Peter Chang readies for Richmond
America's most sought-after Chinese chef is moving forward on a plan to open a restaurant near Richmond in the Short Pump area.
"We've already started construction," says Gen Lee, business partner to Chang, who says the location is near the Walmart, what Richmond.com describes as the former site of a restaurant called Rainbow Buffet.
After a tantalizing stint in Albemarle Square, Chang wowed palates by opening Peter Chang's China Grill on Barracks Road last March. Lee estimates that the Richmond-area opening will occur in about five weeks.Read more on: peter chang
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NancyDrew January 4th, 2012 | 7:39pm
Is he leaving Charlottesville ?
NancyDrew January 4th, 2012 | 7:42pm
Oh, just noted the headline - Expansion -so glad to know he'll still be here.
gaslog January 9th, 2012 | 11:04am
Awesome. Short Pump is a real classy place. Strip malls and McMansions. Yeee Haaaw...


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Today's post is brought to you by one of our SAT teachers who recently took the SAT. We periodically send our teachers into the actual test to make sure we have the most current info on the test, the proctoring, and the experience so we can share that with those we're helping to prepare for it. While all of our teachers have taken the SAT in high school and have done many practice tests either at home or proctored in our office, the experience of going to a testing center always reminds us of what students actually go through. - Editor
BACKGROUND: Trust me, you won't remember anything!
In the past, I've been embarrassed a few times by students who ask me about my own SAT scores and how I studied. The truth is that I don't remember studying at all. I procrastinated opening my ten-dollar Barron's book until the week before the test, and then I decided to register for a later administration instead of cramming in just a few days. I wouldn't have taken it that day at all if my mother hadn't insisted that it would be good practice. But I got lucky: when my scores came back, I discovered that I had surpassed my goal and didn't need to test again. I suppose I should've done it anyway, just to try to improve, but at seventeen, I didn't think that way. Needless to say, this isn't a strategy I like to encourage, so I've tried to keep that story to myself. But perhaps because I wasn't all that nervous, I find that I don't remember the day of the SAT very well, even though it was only seven years ago. All I can recall is the vague feeling that it wasn't as bad as it was hyped up to be, and also that Stuyvesant (where I took it) was way too big. Despite almost two years of teaching the test, as I was stuffing a graphing calculator and a few blunt pencils into my purse at the ungodly hour of 7am this Saturday, I found myself unsure what to expect.
I registered to take the test at Washington Irving High School, because I grew up near it but had never been inside. Once I got there, I found myself, yet again, surrounded by kids who were way more nervous than I was. I had made a fairly transparent attempt to go incognito under a baseball cap and a sweatshirt, but I don't think the kids around me would have noticed if I were dressed like the Grim Reaper. They just sat in their seats, facing forward and sweating profusely, until the moment came to bubble our names in. Security was tougher than I remembered, even at Washington Irving, which a student had told me was the most relaxed testing center. We weren't allowed to chew gum, drink water, or eat snacks in the classroom, even during the breaks, and we had to carry our printed photo-tickets and government-issued IDs with us everywhere, even to the bathroom. A kid next to me had a simple, dollar-store-type calculator on his desk with the cover on top, and he was asked to put it under his chair during a reading section, which I thought was a little unnecessary. The main conclusion I took away from the test was that this testing is harder on the kids than we like to admit. The students around me all looked on the verge of tears and were visibly pale by the end of it. And the addition of an experimental section (a section of the SAT that the college board uses to develop future tests — one which will not be added to your score, but which is also not identified on the test) is just cruel. On my test, it took the form of a math section with material I'd only seen on 1 of the many released test I've seen (some kind of polynomial function thing); for other kids, I found out later, it was a series of reading comprehension questions which referred to earlier questions rather than to the passage itself [Editor's note: This is as yet unverified.]. The slog of the four-hour test is bad enough without the additional shock of being tested in unexpected ways on unexpected material, in my view, and anyway, just knowing that one section was experimental makes you sort of paranoid.
On the whole, though, the taking the test was easier than I remembered [Editor's note: let's not forget that the writer has been teaching the SAT for a couple of years], which I found reassuring; the questions seemed clear and direct, for the most part, and the reading passages were engaging. Some observations from the test:
- No matter how many hours-long written or oral exams you've taken in college, there is something uniquely tough about the length of the SAT. I think it has to do with the fact that you're switching subjects and have such measly breaks.
- Students didn't eat enough. I was the only one who ate anything at all during the breaks (thanks for the granola bars, mom!) and, more alarmingly, the only one who brought and drank water. Lots of kids did use the toilets, which you pretty much had to run to because they were so far from the classroom we tested in. Based on my experience, I'd advise peeing before the test and rehydrating during it, not the other way around.
- I was impressed by the alertness of the students. Nobody even seemed sleepy. I fear for when this tireless generation enters the job market. It is surprisingly easy to mis-bubble. I actually caught myself doing it three times (!) — two of them only because I was checking my work. Check your work, everyone!
- The room I tested in was freezing at first, but slowly shifted to 78-and-humid in the course of the test. I always advise students to wear layers to the test, so that they can adjust for any unexpected indoor weather, and I've never been more glad that I followed my own advice. By the end of the exam I was in a tee shirt, regretting my woolen long underwear.
- The general impression I had was that the students' nervousness was a serious handicap to them. They all seemed jumpy and unhappy, and I can't imagine producing a calm, logical essay if you felt the way they looked. Timed practice tests and going over old exams should make the test less intimidating, and being prepared to take the test more than once also helps reduce the pressure.
In conclusion, my advice for students taking the March or May tests:
– Plug in wherever you can. As always there were tons of questions where plugging in cut your work in half.
– For the essay,
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it helps to use the test booklet as scrap paper.
– If you have extra time, check your work, check your work, CHECK YOUR WORK! I must have saved myself a hundred points by re-checking, and I'm usually very neat. Something about the long-distance aspect of the test makes you sloppy.
– Also periodically check that you're bubbling in the right section or column.
– Come wearing layers and bring light snacks and a lot of water.
– Be sure to bring extra batteries for your calculator, a pencil sharpener, and at least two pencils.
– When taking practice tests at home, don't skip the essay! No matter how great a writer you are, producing a structured, logical essay in 25 minutes is a unique skill that takes practice.
– Relax, get in the zone, and try to enjoy it, no matter how stressed the other students seem. Calm minds make better decisions!
Good luck!


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Remembering Pat Cody
Last night (Thursday) we were sorry to learn that Berkeley's beloved Pat Cody, who founded Cody's Books along with her late husband Fred, had died at 5:30, with her children at her side. They have written an obituary which can be found here, and we would also like to invite any of the many people whose lives she and Fred touched to send us their memories of her for publication. -more-


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We're excited to share some baby news out of our Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes exhibit! On the morning of February 14th, one of our herpetologists discovered a northern Australian snapping turtle hatchling!
The eggs, laid by our female Australian snapping turtle on September 4, 2013, were immediately placed in an incubator behind-the-scenes for close observation. This is the first hatchling to emerge from the group!
The National Aquarium is the only Aquarium in the United States to house this turtle species. Further more, this occasion marks the first time any facility has successfully bred northern Australian snapping turtles!
Our baby currently ways about 24 grams. Adults of this species can reach up to five kilograms in size!
Our new hatchling will remain behind-the-scenes until it is large enough to safely transition onto exhibit.
Stay tuned for more updates as our team continues to monitor the remainder of our eggs!


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To create compelling pictures you need a driving idea, a theme that is going to diffuse into your pictures. Most of my works so far have been concentrated in shooting the bare food, isolating it rather than making it part of an organic context.
Treating the plated food as a sculpture, an object of beauty with its own right to shine has always attracted me but now it doesn't seem to be enough.
Lately I have posted a couple of articles where the photos somehow had more mood into them, they had a story and a context. They had more pregnancy and they were also more fun to shoot and edit.
You know when you finally get to taste that special something and you realize that there isn't going to be a way back? Probably I am at that crossroad of stylistic indecision.
Is there something brewing inside me? Hopefully so and I do hope that it is some sort of inspirational catalog from which to draw living lymph.
Books, magazines, the web are all sources that are supposed to help you in you creativity struggle and they surely help.
Adding to this creative struggle is the fact that recently I have been (self)diagnosed with a Candida overgrowth.
No news under the sun, this has been going on for 4 years at least without being able to corner it; this made me super frustrated and depressed. Names do have power!
When you know how to call the little devils inside you, you can curse them at every step of the fight and this time the battle field is the kitchen.
Taking it from the positive side, I am exploring the world of vegetarian dishes and I am loving it (probably since I have been love-struck by rice noodles).
There is though, a real positive part of this anti-Candida diet: you HAVE TO eat lots and lots of garlic, onions and cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale etc). I am a happy camper!!
Choosing a new recipe to try, just to break the routine, I had to take into account all these limitations and I knew that I could find something for me at Winnie's table.
Winnie, author of Healthy Green Kitchen, is a naturopathic doctor who soon turned into a food writer always with a keen eye to good living. It was only matter of time that her list of daily chores expanded even further to include photography.
I had a great time browsing through her blog; her recipes always seemed fresh and appealing as do her photos.
After skipping on many of her tempting desserts (peanut butter and jam scones?? oh yeah, hard to resist), I stumbled on a recipe for stuffed onions that featured quinoa as carb and so they were perfect for me.
In my interpretation of her recipe that I propose you, I have combined the quinoa with amaranth so to slightly improve in nutritional values of the dish and give a different popping texture to the stuffing.
Since I can't have peppers, I have substituted them with caramelized Brussels sprouts and fixed the spices to tie the whole together.
Roasted Onions stuffed with masala quinoa, amaranth and caramelized Brussels sprouts
- 4 medium yellow onions
- 1/2tbsp coconut oil
- 1cup shredded Brussels sprouts (roughly 6 of them)
- 2 big garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2tsp red chili flakes, optional
- 1/2tbsp coconut oil
- 1 cup chopped onions (out of the inside of the 3 up)
- 1/2tsp cumin seeds, grinded
- 1tsp powdered sage
- 1tsp garam masala
- 1/4cup amaranth
- 1/4cup quinoa
- 1tbsp chopped cilantro stems & root; reserve the leaves to decorate the dish at the end
- 1/3 cup chopped toasted walnuts and almonds
- 2-3 bay leaves
- Extra-virgin olive oil
Peel the onions and cut a little slice out of the root end so they stand up. Bring a pot of water to a boil and gently drop the onions in it. Cook them for 20 minutes until the outer layer will have softened.
After this time, drop the par-cooked onions in a bowl of cold water and let them cool down for 10 minutes or so. Do not throw away the cooking water, you will use it to cook the quinoa and amaranth.
In the meantime sauté the Brussels sprouts. While you are slicing the sprouts, heat up a medium skillet; add 1/2 tablespoon of coconut oil to it followed by the Brussels sprouts. Cook them until nice and golden brown. Add the minced garlic and the chili flakes (if using) to the pan followed by a little water. Stir for a few seconds until you start smelling the garlic; season with salt and set aside in a bowl while you proceed with the rest of the stuffing.
The onions, by now, should have cooled down enough to be handled. Cut a slice out of their top so to expose the interior; with a sharp knife cut vertically through the first two-three layer on the side of each onion and carefully take out their core. Set the shells aside.
Chop the onion cores and sauté 1 cup worth of them in the same Brussels sprouts skillet using another 1/2 tablespoon of coconut oil. Cook the onions until they will start to brown and caramelize, add then the spices, the amaranth and 3/4 cup of the onions cooking water to the skillet. Stir well, bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 15 minutes covered.
At this point add the quinoa followed by the chopped coriander stems and root. Pour a further 3/4 cup of the onion cooking water, bring to a boil once more and cook for further 15 minutes covered and on low heat.
At the end of these 15 minutes, check the seeds for doneness and season with salt. If the seeds should still be too hard, add a little more water and let them cook a little bit more. At this point you can heat up your oven to 200C/400F.
Once the seeds are ready, mix in the sautéed Brussels sprouts and the nuts tasting for seasoning. Stuff the onion shells with the mixture and place them upright in a shallow baking dish placing the leftover chopped onion cores and few bay leaves around them.
Sprinkle some salt on the chopped onions, drizzle some olive oil on top of the baking dish and roast for 30 minutes.
Let the roasted onions cool a little before sprinkling the reserved cilantro leaves and serving.


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Makin' Moves
Despite going 2-5 on their recent road trip which included a sweep at the hands of the suddenly "Moneyball" Oakland Athletics team, the Yankees still possess the best record in baseball at 59-39 and continue to sit atop the AL East, looking eight games down at the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays, and 10 1/2 games down at the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox.
A number of things have happened in Yankees Universe and the baseball world in general these past couple of days. Therefore in the spirit of old-fashioned blogging, I figured I would give some thoughts, opine on some topics, and even throw in a story or two – just for old time's sake.
Ichiro Joins the Yankees
Before Monday's series opener vs. the Mariners huge news broke via the Twitter wire: the Yankees had acquired Ichiro Suzuki from the Mariners in exchange for minor league pitchers D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar.
Just like that, Ichiro is a Yankee.
The news came as a shock to most Yankee fans, as well as me, seeing as how Ichiro spent his entire MLB career with the Mariners. Not only that, but the move was on no one's radar; nobody saw it coming. It was obviously a trade General Manager Brian Cashman kept under wraps until it became official.
The first notion that entered everyone's mind was the jersey number. Throughout his career Ichiro has always worn number 51, a number that has meant a lot to the Yankees – being that Bernie Williams wore it for 16 years in pinstripes.
To everyone's relief, Ichiro chose to take 31, respecting Williams and the jersey number. Unfortunately Dave Winfield didn't seem to take too kindly to Ichiro taking 31.
Right on, Dave.
In his first three games as a Yankee, Ichiro has collected three hits and has stolen a base. He hit eighth in the batting order in his first two games, and led off yesterday, showing his versatility in the lineup. Plug him in anywhere and he can still hit.
This was a good move for the Yankees. With Brett Gardner's season over and Raul Ibanez and Andruw Jones signed to be designated hitters and fourth outfielders, the trade makes sense. The Mariners organization is becoming tailor-made for young players and the veteran Ichiro, 38, didn't feel he fit in with them – hence why he requested the trade.
Hats off to the Mariners not only granting his wish, but commenting on how he deserves to a chance to win a title before his career ends. It's obvious Seattle isn't going anywhere this season while the Yankees, now with Ichiro's help, could potentially go very far.
After the final out was made in yesterday's 5-2 win over the M's, Ichiro waved goodbye from right field to the Mariners faithful. The fans seemed heartbroken at the thought of their golden boy for so many years leaving town.
The sight of it all made me sad. I couldn't help but remember the way I felt when Joe Torre managed his last game in October, 2007. When someone has meant so much to a franchise, I know first-hand that it's extremely difficult to see them leave.
Alex Rodriguez out 6-8 Weeks
On Tuesday night in Seattle, Alex Rodriguez was beaned on the left hand during an at-bat in the eighth inning – the third HBP in the game (Ichiro and Derek Jeter had previously been plunked). Rodriguez fell to the dirt in agonizing pain and left the game.
Afterward it became known that A-Rod has a broken hand and will miss 6-8 weeks; the Yanks are hoping to have him back by the middle of September.
Losing A-Rod is a blow, but perhaps it's better the Yankees lost him now as opposed to a time when they really needed him. For example, if this injury occurred in 2005 or 2007 when Rodriguez put the team on his back and carried it, the Yanks would be in serious trouble.
Thank God we live in the year 2012.
Because now there are several players who are capable of coming up in big spots to bring the runs home, like Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, and Robinson Cano, among others. Not to mention in '05 and '07 the Yanks were constantly battling for first place, locked in a dogfight with the Red Sox for the division.
Obviously that's not the case this year.
Although taking Rodriguez's bat out of the lineup basically takes an offensive threat and a presence out of the Yankees' arsenal, there's more than enough power to compensate for it. As far as defense is concerned, Ramiro Pena was called up to fill A-Rod's roster spot and will obviously see time at third base along with Eric Chavez and yesterday's hero, Jayson Nix.
There's also speculation the Yankees might go after Chase Headley, the Padres' third baseman, before the trade deadline on Tuesday. Headley, 28, is hitting .267 this year with 12 homers and 51 RBIs.
A-Rod looked devastated after the game; he was clearly not just in physical pain from the HBP and the fracture, but emotional pain as well. It was apparent the news of him missing more time due to another injury impacted his psyche and left him in disbelief, as evidenced by his words when he met with the press.
"It's difficult; tough break," he said, masked in a shell-shocked expression. "I never thought 'fracture' but it was. Tough blow. Tough blow."
Rivalry Renewed
The Boston Red Sox will visit Yankee Stadium for the first time this season tomorrow night, as the Bombers and BoSox get set for a three-game weekend series. The last time these teams met, the Yankees took three of four from the Sox in Beantown.
The Red Sox are coming off a losing series to the Texas Rangers while the Yanks (as it's known) just took two of three from the Mariners. Aaron Cook (2-3, 3.50) will start for Boston tomorrow night while the Yanks will counter with Phil Hughes (9-8, 4.09 ERA).
Saturday afternoon in a match-up of aces, CC Sabathia (10-3, 3.30 ERA) will toe the rubber, facing off with Jon Lester (5-8, 5.46 ERA). Finally on Sunday night, 10-game winner Hiroki Kuroda will gun for win number 11 – while Boston has not yet listed a starter for the finale.
MLB posed an excellent question a couple days ago:
Has the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry lost its luster?
Right now, I think it's almost dormant. With Bobby Valentine shooting off his big mouth about Derek Jeter over the off-season, I thought for sure the rivalry would be ignited and something would happen this year; perhaps the boiling of some bad blood.
So far, however, nothing. But I suppose it's not necessary when the Red Sox are AL East cellar dwellers and not pushing for first place at all. If Boston was in the pennant race, there might be more of a competitive element thrown into the mix.
Yet, it is clear that the days of A-Rod and Jason Varitek duking it out are long gone; Curt Schilling wanting to "make 55,000 people from New York shut up" is surely passé. It could take awhile – maybe even a number of years – before the Yankees and Red Sox go back to where they were in 2003, 2004, and even 2005.
Then again, you never know. It only takes one bean ball to start a fire.
Some Encouragement from Sandberg
As promised, I'll throw in a little story to close this one.
The last time I blogged, I wrote about my experience covering the Hudson Valley Renegades, as most readers probably know by now, the same team I interned for. I wound up covering them again last Friday after I saw "The Dark Knight Rises" (go see that movie if you haven't yet done so).
Escaping damage in the ninth inning and with some eighth inning heroics, the Renegades beat the Aberdeen Ironbirds 3-2 – the Ironbirds being a farm team of the Baltimore Orioles, for the record.
After the game I went from the press box to the clubhouse and interviewed Jared Sandberg, the Renegades' skipper, former Tampa Bay Devil Ray, and nephew of Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg.
Tampa Bay Rays' 2011 first round draft pick Taylor Guerrieri once again started, and Sandberg actually noticed that I had been there for Guerrieri's previous start.
"You were here the last time Taylor pitched (against Mahoning Valley) weren't you?" he asked me after the interview.
"Yes," I answered.
Jokingly he looked at me and asked, "Oh, so you only cover the games Taylor pitches?"
I let out a chuckle and said, "Well, we're a newsweekly with so many coverage areas, so there are a lot of games and only so many we can get to every week."
Sandberg answered, "Oh, I understand. I was just kidding. Which paper are you with again?"
The Examiner," I replied.
"Oh, I saw that article from last week!" he exclaimed. Frightened, I had no idea what he was going to say next.
"That was really well-written and very nicely done; nice spread – and the pictures came out great, too."
I thanked him and told my editor about it. He was happy Sandberg saw it and basically said, "Now the pressure's on us. He might expect great articles from now on."
Honestly though, I am having a great time covering this team. They are performing extremely well, and are in first place in their division in the New York-Penn League, ahead of the likes of the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees.
I'm looking forward to covering more of their games and I'm anxious to see how they are going to finish. When I interned for them in 2010, they ended at 39-36, missing the playoffs. At 24-13 right now, it looks as if they will indeed eclipse their 2010 record and go who knows where.
Hopefully to a League title.


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Road Trip Hyderabad to Ananthagiri hills, Gangapur,Akkalkot, Pandharpur, Solapur, Tuljapur and Naldurg fort
abhinay1189 posted a topic in HyderabadThis is a Family trip to holy places in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Route taken We have taken the Hyderabad-->Vikarabad road and reached Ananthagiri hills. Ananthagiri hills, Vikarabad: There is a view point at Ananthagiri hills. To reach their take the road opposite to Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple. Maps : https://goo.gl/maps/JLedSZQSgpS2 View point is very good. No crowd as it was weekday. Their is ample parking space available. People are littering this place. You can enjoy cool breeze, see the nearby mountain and a far away lake from here. Spent around 1 hour here and continued our journey. Gangapur, Karanataka: We have taken Tandur--Sedam road. Road is good but their are lot of speed breakers. Sedam to Kalaburagi road is very good. Take ring road in Kalaburagi and left exit after High court complex and enter Kalaburagi - Afzalpur road. It is state highway 22. Ganagapur is 35 Kilometers away from here. We reached Gangapur and taken Darshan of Lord Dattatreya. Maps https://goo.gl/maps/nSmqQa1LjuR2 Shreekshetra Ganagapur, One of the most famous Dattatreya Peethas, is associated with Shri Narasimha Saraswati Swami, an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. It stands on the bank of the river Bhima. We left for a visit to Sangam- Audambar (Fig / Kalpavriksha) Tree on the banks of River Bhima. This place is around 5KM from the main temple. It is said that Narasimha Saraswati's presence is felt at this place in Nirguna Rupa and so, many people sit there and read the Guru Chirtra. Akkalkot, Maharashtra: We continued our journey and reached Akkalkot via Afzalpur. The road is pretty bad shape after Afzalpur. Road widening is going on in entire stretch. Maps https://goo.gl/maps/vmK89LVPQ8m We reached Akkalkot and visited Swami Samarth ( Vatavruksh)Temple. Pandharpur, Maharashtra: Post Darshan we took Akkalkot-- Solapur road. Solapur to Pandharpur road is very good. It is Pune highway. At Mohol we need to take diversion to reach Pandharpur. It is 75kms away from Solapur. Visited Vitthal Mandir and Iskcon Krishna temples. The Pandharpur temple was built in the middle of the thirteenth century by King Visnuvardhana of the Hoysala dynasty. Solapur, Maharashtra: Next day morning started our journey towards Solapur. Visited Shri Siddheshwar Temple in Solapur. This temple is in middle of lake and we can see a bhuikot fort beside the temple. Google maps https://goo.gl/maps/qnf3WzsrMFn Tuljapur, Maharashtra: Visited Tulja bhavani temple in Tuljapur which is 46kms from Solapur.This temple is dedicated to the goddess Bhavani. It is considered as one of the 51 Shakti pithas. Google maps https://goo.gl/maps/giW6iXHUMvw Naldurg fort, Maharashtra: We continued our journey and reached Naldurg fort which is 35kms from Tuljapur on Pune-Hyderabad highway. The Naldurg fort is the biggest land fort in Maharashtra. It has 3 km long fortification wall and 114 bastions. 'PaniMahal' is the most attractive monument on this fort. It gives amazing view from inside of this 'PaniMahal', when water from 'Bori' river flows down from the top of this 'PaniMahal'. This view can be enjoyed more at the end of the monsoons. Presently the water was little less. Google maps link https://goo.gl/maps/XJjbogMnW3A2 We started our journey back to hyderabad via Omerga, Humanbad and Zaheerabad route. Due to road work there were lot of diversions.Better to avoid this route in night. The total distance covered in 2 days is 900kms. Note: Fuel price in Maharashtra is slightly higher compared to Telangana and Karnataka.


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I have drank Belgian beers before, and even had a Chimay before in a bar once, but this was the first time I had drank one with 1) the intent to write about it in this blog, so I wanted to be very observant about the beer and my experience drinking it, and 2) was not in a smoke filled bar, or with my brother telling me what to think about the beer. So here goes…
First thing I noticed was it set me back over 13 bones for a 27oz bottle. I usually don't pay that much for beer, and perhaps that is why I haven't enjoyed it as much; cheap beer=bad taste. Seems to be a correlation. Next I noticed that there was a wire cage around a cork that had to be pulled from the bottle. I thought when I bought it that it was like the top of Grolsch that had a stopper and a latch. Nope it was a cork something like champaign, but not plastic, a real cork! Finally, I noticed that it is 9% Alcohol by Volume (ABV), so I expected it to be a harsh beer that kind of stung as I swallowed it, something like a 5.5% ice brew, thankfully this wasn't the case.
I was interested to read on the label that Chimay is brewed by Trappast munks in some mountain monistary in Bavaria. Pretty cool setting for a brewery. When I popped the cork I was expecting a dull thud type sound, because I have been told that american production beers add a lot of carbination to their product to get the fizz they want, thus I thought since they didn't add carbination that it would be kind of whimpy and mellow. Much to my surprise the cork came out with a POP that would rival that of a good bottle of Dom without the obligatory splooge of foam. That was a pleasant surprise that raised my anticipation of what else this beer would do to me.
Next, I poured the beer into a glass, and I have been told that you are supposed to allow the beer to splash down on the bottom of the glass and form a good head so it can allow the beer to breathe and allow gasses to escape, adding to its flavor. I did this, but I over shot the mark and the foam was rising quickly, so I did what any other person who payed $13 for a bottle of beer, I leaned over and put my lips to the foam and sucked it in so as not to loose one precious drop onto the counter. That bit of foam let me know I was in for a great taste experience. It blew my mind that it could be so flavorful and have such a huge nose just from sucking down a little foam. I was excited!
I also noticed when I poured it its rich chocolatey color, like a nut brown ale. It was actually a very pretty beer, and the contrast from the brown beer and the creamy colored foam looked like a good color palate for a rustic hunting lodge. The nose on this stuff it unlike any beer I have ever experienced. A flowery smell of caramel and hopps was unlike any drink I had smelled before! Very fragrant and it added to the enjoyment of this beer greatly. It really was an experience for all the senses. Then I took my first taste and WOW. It started out hoppy like a good bitter beer, but then turned sweet with a touch of the caramel I could smell, and finished smooth and mellow. Not at all what I was expecting for a beer with 9% alcohol.
I was a little apprehensive to buy, let alone open a 27 ounce beer, because I figured I would let a bunch of it go to waste. Not this time, I easily finished it and would have happily opened a second if I had one. This beer was very easy to drink, and got easier as it warmed and the flavors really became full bodied.
The conclusion–Try it! This was easily one of the best beers I have ever tasted and I think it will become an oft ordered beer for me when I am on the road, and to be enjoyed here in the house too. Let me know what you think!


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Life Skills (Learning League)
These are all the lessons that appear in the Life Skills section of the Pokémon Learning League website. Quinn appears in all of these lessons.
- 1 Life Skills
- 1.1 Teamwork
- 1.2 I Messages
- 1.3 Expressing Emotions
- 1.4 Media Part 1: Forms of Media
- 1.5 Media Part 2: Fact or Opinion
- 1.6 Win Win Solutions
- 1.7 Bullying
- 1.8 Making Friends
- 1.9 Food Pyramid
- 1.10 Appreciating Differences
- 1.11 Problem Solving
- 1.12 Goal Setting
- 1.13 Peer Pressure
- 1.14 Managing Stress
- 1.15 Nutrition Labels
- 1.16 Helping a School or Community Problem
- 1.17 Good Sportsmanship
- 1.18 Self Esteem
- 1.19 Homework Skills
- 1.20 Dealing with Anger
- 1.21 Exercise
- 1.22 Giving Back
- 1.23 Listening Skills
- 1.24 Online Safety
- 1.25 Self-Control
- 1.26 Cyberbullying
- 1.27 Manners
- 1.28 Episodes that appear in other sections
- 1.29 Episodes that are coming soon
Life Skills
Ash and May were in a Multi Battle and they badly lost. As they argue about the battle, Team Rocket spy on them and formulate a plan to steal their Pokémon by forming battle partnerships with Ash and May separately, with Jessie (in disguise) teaming up with May, and James (also in disguise) teaming up with Ash. Max has a bad feeling about this, which later materializes as Team Rocket's plan has worked and they end up with both Pikachu and Skitty. Ash and May continue to argue, so Max calls Quinn and they learn about teamwork.
Characters that appear in this episode are:
This episode bears some similarities to the anime episode The Bicker the Better.
I Messages
Ash and Quinn are talking to each other over the PokéPilot, when suddenly Max and May get into a particularly nasty argument over Skitty tearing up one of Max's books, and they exchange mean words to each other. Quinn recalls having similar arguments with his older sister, and, using the PokéPilot, he plays back some parts of the argument, and points out what Max and May could have said to one another without sounding mean to each other, and how the conflict could have been resolved with "I messages".
Characters that appear in this episode are:
- Ash
- Max
- May
- Ash's Pikachu
- May's Skitty
- May's Munchlax (flashback)
Expressing Emotions
May and Max are getting ready for an upcoming Pokémon Contest, as there will be many new Trainers and Coordinators there. All of a sudden, a frightened Ralts shows up and hides behind May. Its Trainer, a young girl, follows it and meets May and Max. The girl introduces herself as Vanessa and says that she's a new Trainer and she's having trouble with her Ralts. Max mentions that he's worked with a Ralts once before. Vanessa is impressed and says that she can't keep it from running away, getting frustrated or even from crying. Max mentions that Ralts are capable of copying the emotions of people. Vanessa wants to know how she could get Ralts to copy good emotions. Max suggest that they contact Quinn. They explain the situation to Quinn, and he suggests that in addition to telling how they feel, they also must show how they feel in a constructive empathetic manner.
Characters that appear in this episode are:
- May
- Max
- May's Combusken
- Vanessa
- Ralts (Vanessa's)
This episode is one of the very few Learning League episodes that has its own character of the day. It should also be noted that the character model for Vanessa is often used in many Learning League episodes as an extra.
It's also notable that emotional expressions used in the examples are represented by anime emotions (anger crosses, sweatdrops, etc.)
Media Part 1: Forms of Media
Ash and his friends, along with Squirtle and Forretress are at a Pokémon Center. They decide to call Professor Oak to ask some questions and to check on Ash's Pokémon. When they call him, the group discovers that DJ Mary is with him. They ask if they're going to air another Pokétalk show, but find out that Trainers are now watching a new show instead of training their Pokémon, or tuning into Pokétalk. The new show in question is called "The New Pokémon Training Show", and it asks the viewers to send their Pokémon in for "special training". Oak has a hunch that they're obviously up to no good. A clip of this training show is shown to the group, which stars a "Red Trainer" and a "Blue Trainer" that have scarves over their faces, and a very badly disguised "Pikachu" as proof that their training techniques work. Ash's Pikachu obviously doesn't buy it, and neither does anyone else. Professor Oak and DJ Mary say they'll try to find out more about the show and hang up. Ash decides to get to the bottom of it, but wonders how this show is affecting how people behave. They call Quinn and learn about the different forms of the media and how to be aware of their messages. Will the Trainers of Goldenrod City get the message and learn the truth of the Trainer show?
Characters that appear in this episode are:
- Ash
- May
- Brock
- Max
- Ash's Pikachu
- May's Squirtle
- Brock's Forretress
- Professor Oak
- DJ Mary
- "Red Trainer"
- "Blue Trainer"
- "Pikachu "
Just like most episodes in the anime, the hosts of the dubious TV show is none other then Team Rocket, whose disguises are easy enough for the viewer to figure out, but just enough to fool the characters. Apparently, Team Rocket not only devised a TV show, but also managed to put their message into all forms of media: magazines, posters, websites, video games, even coming up with a snack food and theme song associated with their show.
Unlike most episodes of the Learning League, this one ends on a cliffhanger, which is resolved in Media Part 2: Fact or Opinion.
This episode also refers to the Pokétalk show as a TV show, even though it's actually a radio show.
This episode also appears in the Language Arts section.
Media Part 2: Fact or Opinion
The episode begins where the first part left off. Ash and his friends had come up with the idea of broadcasting their own message asking who are the Trainers behind the masks, but right when the identities of the Trainers are about to be revealed, their message abruptly ends. Part 2 begins with The New Pokémon Trainers show still airing in Goldenrod. With the show cutting to a commercial advertising Puff Snacks, our heroes are not so happy with the new show, because not only are their messages questionable, but everyone is too busy watching the show to battle anymore. They wonder if the messages being portrayed by the show are fact or merely opinion, so they contact Quinn to learn more about this.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- Ash Ketchum
- May
- Brock
- Max
- Ash's Pikachu
- May's Squirtle
- Brock's Forretress
- "Red Trainer"
- "Blue Trainer"
- "Pikachu"
- James's Cacnea
- Igglybuff
- Eevee
- Venonat
- Butterfree
- Bulbasaur
- Wooper
- DJ Mary (voice only)
- Professor Oak (voice only)
It's revealed that the Trainers are in fact Team Rocket, and just like in the anime, they get blasted off by Pikachu's Thunderbolt. The episode ends with The Pokétalk radio show back on the air and Oak reciting a poem about the media:
"In time of information, when everything is a click away, you can always be a master, if you listen closely to what they say"
This episode also appears in the Language Arts section.
Win Win Solutions
Ash and May, along with Phanpy and Squirtle, are in a city. May spots a large jewel necklace in the window of the shop. May adores it while Ash doesn't particularly care for it at all. Ash wants to get going while May wants to look at the jewel for a little while longer. They both get into an argument over what to do next. They both realize that they won't be able to do anything if they keep arguing, so they call Quinn. He then teaches how to compromise so both sides win.
Characters that appear in this episode are
Ash and Pikachu are walking through the woods when all of a sudden, Pikachu steps on Meowth's tail by accident. Ash wonders why Meowth is all alone sulking by himself. Meowth explains that Jessie and James were being mean to him, taking away his noodles from him and calling him a "blabbering furballed runt". He's reminded of the time when another Meowth ignored him for being a freak. He exclaims that he has no friends, everybody picks on him and nobody cares. Ash decides to help him by calling up Quinn and explaining Meowth's situation. He teaches them how to recognize bullying behavior and how to deal with it.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- Ash
- Ash's Pikachu
- Meowth
- Jessie
- James
- Noodle Seller (not named and no speaking part)
This episode starts off with a message that if you are threatened by a bully, get help from an adult immediately, and a disclaimer saying that this episode isn't an intervention program, that it's only used to provide helpful tips on how to recognize bullying behavior and dealing with it.
During the episode, Ash mentions Harley when he talks about strength in numbers.
It is also the only episode to give credit to one of the members of the Learning League Advisory Board.
The noodle seller's character model is used extensively as an extra in various episodes.
Making Friends
Brock is in the park with a lot of people. He is trying to make friends with them, but is not doing a very good job, as he is hiding behind bushes and is yelling "Hello" to them. He ends up being completely ignored by everyone. He calls Quinn to talk about his problem, and learns how to make friends with others.
Characters that appear in this episode are
Food Pyramid
Ash is training hard with Pikachu, he decides to stop training for a bit to rest and get something to eat. He chooses a donut, but Brock wonders if he could have something better that could help his training. Ash doesn't understand what the food he eats has to do with how he trains. They call up Quinn to ask him about it. They catch him just finishing his lunch, he has a bottle of water with him. He tells Ash and Brock about his newest project: The Food Pyramid.
Characters that appear in this episode are
It's interesting to note that they have pictures of a hamburger, hotdog and a can of tuna in the Meat and Beans group, as it is a constant source of debate over whether Pokémon are eaten in the Pokémon World.
This episode also appears in the Science section.
Appreciating Differences
May and Ash are at a Contest Hall. Ash can't want for it to start, while May is feeling a bit glum. Ash asks her what's wrong, May explains that there's a Trainer telling everyone that the younger Trainers, including May, are babies who can't do well at Contests and shouldn't even try. Ash tries to console her, but May is starting to believe she isn't good enough to compete. Ash concludes that the Trainer is the one with the problem. They call Quinn to talk about appreciating differences and how judging people based on stereotypes is wrong.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- Ash
- May
- Ash's Pikachu
- May's Skitty
- various extras, including the discriminating Trainer
- Larvitar
- Doduo
- Jigglypuff
- Castform
- Blaziken
The model used for the discriminating Trainer is nearly the same as May's father Norman.
Problem Solving
May and Max are ready to give Munchlax a rest at the Pokémon Center after a long battle, and a good thing to considering that it's so cold outside, which is unusual considering the time of year. They find out at the Pokémon Center that a freak blizzard has hit the normally warm area, causing problems for the local Bellsprout population, who are much more used to a warm habitat. May and Max decide to help them out, but are unsure of where to start. They decide to call Quinn, who tries to teach them the six steps to a solution, but Siara also has a problem, with an explosive outcome.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- May
- Max
- Nurse Joy
- Siara (voice only)
- May's Squirtle
- May's Combusken
- Bellsprout
Goal Setting
May has just healed her Pokémon at the Pokémon Center and is just about to leave when Nurse Joy tells her about a hot air balloon race near Saffron City in the coming week. May wants to enter with a Skitty balloon, and Max agrees to help out. The only catch is that she has no idea where to begin, in fact, she doesn't even know what a hot air balloon caption is called. She calls up Quinn for help on how to set goals using the SMART system.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- May
- Nurse Joy
- Max
- May's Skitty
- Hot Air Balloon rider (unnamed and non speaking)
Not surprisingly, Team Rocket enters the Contest, but don't actually appear themselves, only their balloon.
Peer Pressure
May is preparing Eevee for another Contest, she tells Eevee not to be discouraged about not being an evolved form, like the Espeon they saw earlier. An Umbreon shows up and May is suddenly not feeling so good about entering with just an Eevee. She wonders if she could get it to evolve into one of its many forms. Eevee doesn't seem to agree with this, but May feels like everyone else has an evolved Eevee while May doesn't. She even considers not competing in the Contest, even though they've worked so hard. She calls Quinn and learns about peer pressure, both the bad and the good kinds.
Characters that appear in this episode are
May's Eevee would eventually evolve into a Glaceon.
Managing Stress
May is preparing for a Contest, this time with Beautifly, as she has decided to use its Silver Wind in a unique way, but she isn't sure if she's practiced enough. Ash and Max try to make her feel better, but May is reminded of the time Beautifly lost to a Milotic. She begins to panic over the Contest. Ash and Max try to distract her, but their attempts were unsuccessful. It turns out that there is a Trainer that has entered with a Milotic. May freaks out and snaps at Ash and Max. Ash decides to contact Quinn, who gives tips on stress management.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- May
- Max
- Ash
- May's Beautifly
- Ash's Pikachu
- Milotic
- Nurse Joy (example)
- Misty (example)
- Tracey (example)
- Brock (example)
- Announcer
- Diglett (Max's imagination)
Nurse Joy, Misty, Tracey and Brock only appear in this episode as examples of them coping with stress in some way.
Nutrition Labels
Ash and his friends are having a picnic at the beach before heading to the next town for another battle. After Pikachu accidentally kicks sand into Skitty's face, May decides that she needs more space. Brock joins her to train Ludicolo. While they train, Max and Ash decide to eat the food they brought with them on the picnic, unbeknownst to them, Team Rocket is planning on stealing their food. Using an air puffer, they blow sand into the faces of Ash, Max and Pikachu. While they were blinded, they swipe the picnic basket and run off, with Max trying to chase them, but they get away. May and Brock hear the commotion and wonder what's going on. Max explains that Team Rocket stole all the best food, or at least the food that tasted the best. Brock explains that ingredients are what makes food good. They call up Quinn, who explains to them about nutrition labels on food packages.
Characters that appear in this episode are
As with the Food Pyramid episode, many of the food items used as examples have meat in them.
This episode also appears in the Science section.
Helping a School or Community Problem
Ash and May are heading towards a beautiful lake that they've heard about, which is populated by Goldeen. When they finally get there, they find that the shoreline is full of trash. People are becoming careless with their garbage. Even Team Rocket is leaving their garbage behind. Ash and May try to tell them to pick up their trash, but they don't listen to them. Ash thinks about leaving, but May wants to do something about it. Ash agrees with her and calls up Quinn, who teaches them the steps on how to fix a big problem through the acronym CHANGE.
Characters that appear in this episode are
Characters used in the Try section are Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, Brawly, Norman, Misty and Professor Oak.
Good Sportsmanship
May is competing in a Pokémon Contest with her Eevee against a Trainer named Jessandra, who is really Jessie in disguise, with her Seviper. Seviper uses a Poison Tail attack, which generates cheers from the crowd. May decides to launch a counterattack, while James and Meowth plan on disrupting her. James orders Cacnea to use Pin Missile, which hits Eevee from behind. May asks her Pokémon what's wrong, Eevee isn't too hurt but is feeling a bit saddened. James's deed hasn't gone un-noticed though: Nurse Joy and an extra in the audience notices it as well. While Seviper attacks with another Poison Tail, Jessandra begins to gloat. Max tells May to not to listen to her and to focus on the match. Eevee gets its confidence back and tries to attack. However, Cacnea shoots another Pin Missile from the sidelines, knocking Eevee off balance again. Jessandra insults May, and Meowth joins in. Round one is over with Jessandra as the winner, which causes her to gloat even more. May thinks about telling the judges that it's Jessandra's fault and that she should be disqualified for teasing her. Max reasons that even if she's a bad sport, doesn't mean that May should be one as well. However, May is too worked up about Jessandra to listen. Max calls Quinn up and he explains good sportsmanship to May and Max.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- May
- May's Eevee
- Max
- "Jessandra"
- James
- Meowth
- Jessie's Seviper
- James's Cacnea
- Lilian Meridian
- Extra (nameless)
- Regina (hand?)
- Rapidash (Regina's)
This episode is notable in that it's the only one that actually has Pokémon battling in a real competition. It also may be the only time where Jessie won a Contest against a main character, even though she cheated. Naturally, Lilian is told of Jessandra's cheating by Nurse Joy and the extra, and the Ribbon goes to a Rapidash owned by Regina. James admits to using Cacnea, and Jessie yells at him; at some point, James grabs onto her clothing, revealing themselves to be Team Rocket.
Lilian's model is somewhat off, since her hair is pointing downward instead of sideways, and her mole is missing.
Self Esteem
Ash, May and Max are heading towards Pallet Town. Ash and May are psyched because they're going to have a Double Battle, and Ash hopes that Professor Oak is able to see him perform. May adds that even if he wasn't there, at least all the new Trainers can watch him. Max wants to meet him to talk about what it takes to be a great Pokémon Trainer, and hopes he didn't forget anything. May says that his memory is like a book, which gives him an idea to write a book about the experiences of Pokémon training, and of his adventures with Ash. Ash decides to use Pikachu for the battle, while May chooses Eevee. They prepare for the battle while Max writes what happens. Later on, it's revealed that both of them were sorely beaten. Max is saddened by the loss — so much so that he isn't able to write about it any longer, he even considers to change the ending. However, Ash and May don't seem to mind the loss: Ash just likes to battle while May got some great ideas for her next Contests. Max wonders how he could feel good even after a defeat like that. Ash mentions that there were times when a loss would bum them out, but then they realized that it shouldn't get them down. They call Quinn up to explain things better. He then teaches the group about Self Esteem.
Characters that appear in this episode are
Homework Skills
The episode starts off with Roxanne telling everyone how proud she is of how everyone is working in her Future Trainer's Workshop. She's also especially proud of Max, who didn't miss a single question on the test on Pokémon native to Hoenn. As a reward, there's a traveling Pokémon battle Team coming and the whole class are the special guests at the battle. This gets the class very excited. Later on, Max is at a drinking fountain with one of his classmates, Max is excited and talks about how they could study how Trainers train. However, his classmate wonders how he could be a Pokémon Trainer when he does poorly on his tests. Max suggests that they should talk to some real Trainers and coordinators, since that's the best way he can study. He then mentions that his sister and his friend are Trainers. A little while later, May and Ash are training with Pikachu and Squirtle. Max and his friend talk about how much preparation is done before the actual battle or Contest can begin. May and Ash meet them and Max introduces his classmate as Brent. They ask him what he knows so far, and tells them that he knows he has a long way to go. Ash and May have to continue training, so Ash suggests they call Quinn. Max follows Ash's advice and call Quinn up. Quinn shows them the new wheels for his skateboard that Siara made. He proceeds to ride his skateboard and ends up crashing into a wall. Luckily he's wearing a helmet, so he can practice all he wants. Brent explains his problem, and Quinn gives some tips on how to study effectively.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- Roxanne
- Max
- Ash
- May
- Ash's Pikachu
- May's Squirtle
- Ash's Donphan (Picture)
- Ash's Sceptile (Picture)
- Professor Oak (Max's imagination)
- Brent
- Dragonite (Max's recollection)
- Dustox (Max's recollection)
- Charmander (Max's recollection)
- Hitmontop (Brent's recollection)
- Marill (Flashcard)
Much like Vanessa from the episode "Expressing Emotions", Brent is another Character of the Day exclusive to the Pokémon Learning League. His character model is also used as an extra in various episodes as well.
Many of the homework examples used in the episodes are related to Pokémon, such as lists of Starter Pokémon or Water-type Pokémon.
Dealing with Anger
Ash and May are going to a park for a picnic, they hear something in the bushes. It turns out to be Team Rocket, who are quarreling with each other. Jessie fell into a hole and is covered in dirt and twigs. She yells at Meowth for not digging the hole where she wanted it. Meowth is angry because neither Jessie or James rarely do any work and are terrible at catching Pokémon. As they squabble among each other, Ash and May agree to never fight like that, but they want to know more about how to deal with anger. They call Quinn up who explains to them how to deal with anger in a healthy way. After they're done talking. May and Ash decide to leave, but then decide to talk to Team Rocket on how they can deal with their anger.
Characters that appear in this episode are
Ash and Brock are watching a Trainer and his Machop preform a DynamicPunch. Both of them are impressed by its intensity, by how much muscle it has and by its Karate Chop. Ash looks up Machop in the Pokédex, which mentions how much it trains to master all kinds of martial arts, and its unbelievable strength. Ash wishes that he were that strong, so Brock suggests that he should build up his muscles as well. So Ash decides to run for a bit to build them up. Brock then suggests that he should have something against his muscle, so Ash does some push-ups and slips. Brock mentions that he has to do more than that. So they decide to call Quinn up to see if he has any advice on how to exercise properly.
Characters that appear in this episode are
This episode is the first episode that has Ash and Brock in their Diamond and Pearl clothing.
When proteins are talked about during the lesson, they have soybeans and tofu as the examples.
This episode also appears in the Science section.
Giving Back
Ash and friends are walking when a girl with a sack full of dolls passes by. As she is walking, she is blissfully unaware that the dolls are falling out of her sack. They call for her, but she only notices when Pikachu calls. She explains that the dolls are for a toy drive at the local children's hospital. The girl introduces herself as Lainea. She explains that her sister is currently staying at the hospital and that her favorite Pokémon is Pikachu. They meet the nurse and she introduces them to her. They wonder what they can do to help, so they call about Quinn and learn about volunteering and giving back to the community.
Characters that appear in this episode are:
- Ash
- Dawn
- Brock
- Laniea
- Nurse
- Ash's Pikachu
- Ash's Staravia
- Ash's Aipom
- Ash's Turtwig
- Dawn's Piplup
- Dawn's Buneary
- Dawn's Pachirisu
- Dawn's Buizel
- Brock's Sudowoodo
- Brock's Croagunk
- Brock's Happiny
The dolls that Lainea has are of Pikachu, Wobbuffet, Munchlax, Eevee, and Phanpy.
PUSA supports the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, at the end of the episode, it offers a link to their website.
Listening Skills
Ash and Dawn have chosen a good spot to rest in the middle of the woods at night. As they sit, Ash listens to the Hoothoot calling, Dawn would also love to listen, but she's far too busy thinking about her Contests. Ash decides to teach Dawn a thing or two about Pokémon training. As Ash starts talking about what it takes to be a great Trainer (Putting your Pokémon first, ensuring their happiness comes above winning competitions, etc.) Dawn is increasingly becoming distracted by thoughts about Contests. Ash becomes a little annoyed that Dawn isn't paying attention, so Dawn apologizes. So Ash decides to listen to Dawn's goals. As Dawn shows Ash her mother's Ribbon, it seems like Ash is also getting distracted by the Hoothoot. They realize that they are good listeners, just not to each other. So they call Quinn up and learn about listening skills.
Characters that appear in this episode are
This lesson also appears in the Language Arts section.
Online Safety
Ash, Dawn and Brock are preparing for another Pokémon Contest. They meet Zoey, who has her laptop open. Zoey introduces the group to a Coordinator message board. Brock mentions that they saw posters about the website. Dawn gets excited and introduces herself on the message board. She immediately gets contacted by a poster by the username of "CoolGirlTrainer", who asks if they could meet and hang out before the Contest, the poster also asks where and when she'll be there and what Pokémon Dawn will bring. They ask Zoey who "CoolGirlTrainer" is, Zoey isn't really sure who she is, but she mentions that she apparently contacts a lot of coordinators, including Zoey herself, but she hasn't replied back yet. Dawn automatically assumes that she's just a fellow coordinator who they've probably met before. Zoey mentions that nobody really know who this poster really is. Ash also isn't so sure about trusting this person, but Dawn quickly dismisses the thought and continues to chat with "CoolGirlTrainer". Ash, Zoey and Brock call Quinn and learn about how to be safe on the Internet.
Characters that appear in this episode are
- Ash Ketchum
- Dawn
- Brock
- Zoey
- Ash's Pikachu
- Ash's Staravia
- Dawn's Piplup
- Dawn's Buneary
- Zoey's Glameow
- Zoey's Shellos
- "CoolGirlTrainer"
- Various Trainers
- Kricketune
- Luxray
- Cherrim
- Chatot
During the lesson, Dawn makes plans to meet with "CoolGirlTrainer", Zoey tries to explain what they've just learned to Dawn, but she interrupts her to say she's going to meet her anyway. When Ash, Brock and Zoey finally meet up with Dawn, she explains that both Piplup and Buneary have gone missing. It turns out that Team Rocket caught both of them. They then reveal that they are in fact "CoolGirlTrainer" and that they decide to catch the Pokémon of other Coordinators who have fallen for the trap. As they escape in their balloon, Ash calls Staravia and Zoey calls Shellos. Shellos uses Blizzard while Staravia snatches Buneary and Piplup away. Once the two are safe, Pikachu Thunderbolts them and they blast off. Dawn apologizes for not listening to them earlier and Zoey explains that Coordinators must look out for one another and their Pokémon.
At one point, Quinn types his name into a search engine, which results in information about skateboarding tricks.
This episode is noteworthy because it's the first episode that features a character that's considered a rival.
This episode is also listed in the Language Arts section.
Ash, Brock and Pikachu have arrived at a Pokémon Trainer Fair. Ash is very excited because he's been looking forward to it for months. He immediately grabs Brock and goes rushing in. Ash cuts in front of a few people that are standing in line for a certain event. Brock tries to remind Ash to control himself, but he doesn't hear him and he goes over to a booth for Flying-type Pokémon techniques. While trying to get in front, he accidentally shoves a few people. Brock reminds him to get a hold of himself, which at this point, Ash realizes this and tries to calm down, but just can't. Since they have some time to wait, they decide to call Quinn and learn about the various ways of self-control.
Characters that appear in this episode are
During the lesson, Ash see Team Rocket playing a ring toss game. The sight of them at the fair makes Ash angry, but they aren't doing anything bad at the moment. At another point of the lesson, Brock sees a Munchlax eating five sticks of cotton candy at once and gets frustrated at the sight, since he knows that Pokémon need better nutrition then that.
Ash's friends and Dawn's friend/rival, Zoey, are preparing for a Pokémon Contest. Zoey has some new ideas for moves they can try out on her laptop. Meanwhile, hiding in the bushes, Team Rocket is conspiring to capture Zoey's Glameow for the boss. James wants to grab it then and there, but Jessie adds that she's got all her friends and is too confident at the moment, and that they should wait until her guard is down to strike. As they spy on her, they notice that she's working on her laptop. When she sees Zoey's email address, Jessie finds the perfect way to get at her: spam her inbox with emails claiming how worthless she is and similar "bogus" messages on the coordinator message board. Then when she loses the Contest, she should give her Glameow to a more worthy coordinator: herself! Later on, Zoey is getting very frustrated because she keeps getting nasty emails from someone she doesn't know. She tries to ignore them, but they keep on coming. Ash decides to help by calling Quinn and learn about cyberbullying and how to deal with it.
Characters that appear in this episode are:
Zoey reports the emails to Officer Jenny who manages to trace the domain name back to Team Rocket. They eventually get Team Rocket banned from checking their email and get found out. As they escape in their balloon, Pikachu thunderbolts them, causing Meowth to drop their laptop, breaking it.
Much like the episode Bullying, this episode starts off with a warning that states that you must tell a trusted adult if you or someone you know is the target of a bully.
There's a Trainer parade that's about to begin and Ash and his friends found a wonderful spot to see everything. Suddenly, a disguised Team Rocket show up and intentionally block their view of the parade. They try telling them to move, but they ignore their requests, so they decide to move to another spot. While there isn't any rule against it, they felt that what they did was pretty rude. Suddenly some other people bump into them and they get jostled about. They call Quinn and learn about manners and how they are applied to everyday life.
Characters that appear in this episode are:
- Ash
- Dawn
- Brock
- Ash's Pikachu
- Dawn's Piplup
- Jessie
- James
- Meowth
- Announcer (?)
- Girl
- various extras
- Spheal (Balloon)
- Electrode (Balloon)
- Jigglypuff (Balloon)
- Drifloon (Balloon)
At the end, an announcer proclaims that someone is going to ride on the final float as the crowned Trainer. Jessie automatically assumes it's her. In her attempt to get herself noticed, she knocks over a girl and Dawn rushes over to her and helps her up. The announcer notices this and chooses Dawn to be the crowned Trainer. Team Rocket wonder how she got chosen, and Ash just tells them that it's part of "the code".
The girl that was knocked over shares the same character model as Laniea from Giving Back.
Episodes that appear in other sections
Some episodes that are listed in this section may appear in other sections and may be taught by a different mission guide.
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Taught by Siara)
- Brainstorming (Taught by Lex)
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Hospitals throughout the state were scrambling Thursday to re-schedule surgeries and bring in substitute workers, as thousands of nurses walked off the job in a strike organized by the California Nurses Association.
Additional Coverage of Walkout
At issue is a growing dispute between the nurses' union and Sutter Health, which is seeking to have nurses pay more for their own health coverage and retirement benefits at its Bay Area hospitals. The hospital chain is also seeking to scale back the say nurses now have in in how patients are treated.
The strike involves "sympathy" walkouts at Kaiser hospitals in both Northern and Southern California as well, even though Kaiser nurses represented by CNA recently reached agreement on a new labor pact.
In Southern California, nurses targeted the Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center in Hollywood on Thursday. As many as 2,500 nurses are expected to take part in a three-day strike that ends Friday.
National Union of Healthcare workers are protesting concessions that Kaiser is seeking as part of labor talks affecting facilities in Los Angeles and San Diego. And they are counting on sympathy support from the larger California Nurses Association.
But given the timing in this economic climate, with unemployment still over 12 percent, critics wonder how much sympathy the public will have.
Sutter Hospital officials told the Sacramento Bee that their Bay Area registered nurses earn up to $136,000 annually, not counting benefits. Statewide, the paper reported, RNs make an average salary of $88,000.
Sutter says it's seeking concessions to keep the cost of patient care down. But the nurses' union says the hospital chain's profitability is up substantially and that the concessions are unnecessary.
Hospital officials say they don't believe the disruption will affect patient care. But in a time of economic distress, it leaves patients and their families questioning, who is looking out for their best interests?
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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holiday from work due to founding anniversary of our dear province...
went to Calapan City for the programs...
yellow sleeves (G2000), blue jeans (banana republic), red canvass belt (sm), white sneaks with green details (adidas), black jacket with white details (DLSU limited), silver watch (jj's)
oooops... wrong venue!
finally! at the grandstand!
vice gov bonz dolor!
gov PA umali!
from CHD!
mayor doy leachon of CALAPAN CITY!
thick patty! yum!
got this complete drug packs!
and free shirts...
my iphone got new skin! and it glitters!
happy bday OR MDO!
tomorrow: day 1 of 2 for KP training of trainors seminar at RICELAND II at calapan city...


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DoDEA is ready for a new school year, and is looking forward to making the 2019-2020 school year the best yet. The entire leadership wants to ensure parents and students have all the resources they need to succeed. This page is designed to be a one-stop shop for links to everything from school calendars to supply lists, and everything in between. If you need more information, please don't hesitate to reach out to your school's administrator, whose contact information is listed to the right. They are dedicated to making sure students at all grade levels are given the academic foundation, social and emotional skills, and counseling services necessary to be ready for college or career. The best way to ensure that happens is to make sure all students are ready to take on the new school year!
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This is your one-stop shop for all the information you need to have a great beginning to the 2020-2021 school year. Registration information is to the right, and a host of other resources are directly below. You'll find school contact information under that, then at the bottom of the page are important calendar dates for the new school year. Welcome back!
Note: Calendar based on 190 day teacher workdays including:
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Reporting date for non-administrative educator personnel
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First Semester (89 Instructional Days)
|Monday, August 26
|Begin First Quarter and First Semester
|Monday, September 2
|Labor Day: Federal Holiday
|Monday, October 14
|Columbus Day: Federal Holiday
|Thursday, October 31
|End of First Quarter (46 days of classroom instruction)
|Friday, November 1
|No school for students -- teacher work day
|Monday November 4
|Begin second quarter
|Monday, November 11
|Veterans Day: Federal Holiday observed
|Thursday, November 28
|Thanksgiving Day: Federal Holiday
|Friday, November 29
|Friday: Recess Day
|Monday, December 23
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|Wednesday, December 25
|Christmas Day: Federal Holiday
|Wednesday, January 1, 2020
|New Year's Day: Federal Holiday
|Monday, January 6
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|Monday, January 20
|Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Federal Holiday
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|End of Second Quarter and First Semester (43 days of classroom instruction)
|Friday, January 24
|No school for students -- teacher work day
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|Monday, January 27
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|Monday, February 17
|Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday): Federal Holiday
|Thursday, April 2
|End of Third Quarter (45 days of classroom instruction)
|Friday, April 3
|No school for students -- teacher work day
|Monday, April 6
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|Monday, April 13
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|Monday, May 25
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|Tuesday, June 9
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June is just about over now, but did you know that it was National Safe Driving Month? Motorola hit the road this month to educate consumers about driving safely with their Get Smarter safe driving campaign.
As part of this effort, Motorola has developed the H17txt with Motospeak Hands-Free Device. This nifty little piece of technology looks like a typical Bluetooth headset, with the added capability of reading text messages to the consumer in real time. You can even set up an autoresponse that will let the original sender know that you will respond to their message as soon as you reach your destination!
Motorola sent me an H17txt with Motospeak unit to test drive this feature. Unfortunately, the Motospeak technology is only compatible with Android and RIM devices at this time, so I was unable to take advantage of it with my iPhone. However, you can still use it as a Bluetooth headset, and this has quickly become a lifesaver for me. I'm hoping that the Motospeak application will be compatible soon, because I'd love to have that feature.
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Years ago, before the iPad even existed, there existed an unofficial Apple tablet called the Modbook that was essentially a MacBook with its keyboard gutted and a touchscreen replacement for stylus input. For reasons unknown, the Modbook returns, but this time it's more "Pro."
Given the success of the iPad and MacBook Air, common sense would say that the Modbook Pro has no reason to exist, but Modbook would like to tell you otherwise.
Aimed at graphic designers, the Modbook Pro is basically just one of the new 13.3-inch MacBook Pro notebooks with a Wacom touchscreen digitizer slapped on top to provide "512 levels of pen pressure sensitivity." Naturally, because it is a gutted MacBook Pro, it runs OS X Lion. And unfortunately, because it's a converted Pro, it comes with only a 1,280x800 resolution display, a farcry from the iPad 3's 2,048x1,536 resolution Retina display.
Full available specs for the Modbook Pro are as follows:
The Modbook Pro's configurable base system includes a 2.5GHz dual core Intel® Core™ i5 processor or 2.9GHz dual core Intel Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of RAM, a 2.5-inch SATA drive (up to 1TB HDD or up to 960GB SSD), an 8X SuperDrive® DVD burner, an Intel HD Graphics 4000 chipset, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 wireless connectivity capability, a built-in 63.5-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery and a 60W MagSafe® power adapter.
Alongside the MagSafe power port, the Modbook Pro's base system has one Gigabit Ethernet port, one FireWire® 800 port, one USB 3.0 port, one Thunderbolt™ port, one SDXC card slot and one audio line in/out.
Additionally, the stylus will also be compatible with Windows 7 via Bootcamp. We're not sure why any regular folk would pick up one of these over an iPad, Microsoft Surface or Ultrabook, but hey, if there's a market for an OS X tablet, there's a market. Clearly the old Modbook sold enough for the company to consider making another.
Pricing for the Modbook Pro is TBA with a release schedule for this fall. Any takers?
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As I drove to work this morning, I reflected on the comments shared on the post I Dwell in Possibility. The car is a tough place to write and I hurriedly got into the classroom and pulled my notebook out. I sat with the reflections during the day as they bubbled near the surface. Writing poetry is a space I needed and find comfort in as the school year unfolded. I find solace in the poetry and the unlikely moments it beckons.
in unlikely moments,
poetry beckons–
pulls me to her side–
she is a different lover–
no carnal, siren calls,
a modest, unobtrusive presence,
a compassionate companion whispers,
come hither friend–
sit, reflect–
here, realize refuge–
close your eyes
open your heart
discern an inaudible voice
ask, what moves the soul
animates a weary spirit,
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Allianz launched on Monday a series of animated videos for consumers that address annuity information and misconceptions.
"The economic downturn of 2008 caused a major shift in many people's attitudes and finances," Katie Libbe, vice president of consumer insights at Allianz Life, said in a statement. "As we discovered in the Allianz Life Reclaiming the Future study, many baby boomers lost money and are aware—and scared—of the risk of outliving their money. They now desire safety, security, and predictability over growth."
In a follow-up to Allianz's Reclaiming the Future survey, boomers reported being more attracted to income guarantees than to the promise of high returns with market risk, Libbe added.
Furthermore, more than half of the respondents in the survey expressed distaste for the word annuity, Libbe said, even after describing an annuity-like product as their ideal financial vehicle. One of the videos, "Annuity Myths and Truths," addresses some of those misconceptions. Despite being geared toward consumers, the video stresses the importance of consulting a financial professional for guidance.
"As a direct result of what we learned from Reclaiming the Future, we invested in the ABCs of Annuities series to help us educate consumers on the benefits of today's annuities while debunking outdated, and often incorrect, perceptions," Libbe concluded. "Other available educational vehicles are often complicated, boring or too product-specific. We want to prevent people from tuning out when they hear the word 'annuity'—and we feel that this series can help change that. We deliberately designed the videos to be educational and entertaining."
The videos are available on Allianz's website and are between three and five minutes long.
A survey released by Allianz earlier this month confirmed that investors believe having a guaranteed stream of income in retirement is more important to a secure retirement than having a 401(k) or other employer-sponsored plan.
In a survey released Oct. 18, Allianz found 47% of non-retirees rated a guaranteed stream of income as their top retirement need. Just 27% rated a 401(K) plan as their top need, and 22% rated a diverse portfolio as the most important retirement need.
"Especially in an environment where equity markets–and therefore 401(k) balances–can swing wildly within a week or a day, it is not surprising to see Americans expressing far more interest in the need for guaranteed retirement income versus the balance of their retirement account," Gary Bhojwani, president and CEO, said in a statement.
He reiterated investors' reluctance to invest in annuities. "Although the idea of a guaranteed stream of income continues to resonate with Americans, most pre-retirees don't own annuities or are apprehensive about adding one to their retirement plan."
Most troubling, though, is that survey's finding that almost 40% of investors say they have no retirement or investment products of any kind. Over one-quarter say they still have "no idea" what they need in order to have a secure retirement.


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