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In my evaluation of the discontinued Avel Lindberg AV-047548 1000VA isolation transformer, I suggested one of Plitron's 1000VA shielded medical isolation transformers, model number 6166, as a substitute. Forum member thsmith purchased a Plitron 6166 and sent it to me for evaluation against the AL AV-047548. This transformer was evaluated for use in a custom AI-1 non-common ground amplifier interface.
In summary, the sound quality of the Plitron was between that of the A-L 800VA Y236906 and the A-L 1000VA AV-047528. The 1000VA A-L provided a wider and deeper sound stage, more image weight and more overall clarity and detail, particularly in the bass. The A-L is larger and has better build quality than the Plitron.
Figure 1. Plitron model number 6166-X0-00 1000VA medical isolation transformer.
Figure 2. The Plitron transformer's metal shield is much thinner than the Avel Lindberg's and is not
permanently attached like the Avel Lindberg's.
Figure 3. The A-L transformer is 23% larger, 16% heavier and has better construction quality than the
Burn In And Listening Evaluation
Similar to the AL 1000VA transformer, the Plitron displayed awful overall veiling, grainy midrange and highs and smeared bass. The sound stage was reduced two feet at the sides and front. Clarity and detail significantly improved after 24 hours of music play, but the sound stage constriction and lack of bass detail and articulation remained. Twenty-one hours of conditioning on the Audiodharma Cable Cooker removed the last of the bass smearing, but the bass was still not as articulate and detailed as with the AL transformer. The reduction in sound stage width and depth still remained.
Going back and forth between the Plitron and the Avel Lindberg transformers, the following differences were noted when the Plitron was in service:
1. Less of a sense of layering and front to back space between images.
2. Bass slam was gone completely.
3. Clean, articulate micro growls from electric and acoustic bass instruments were diminished.
4. Finger snaps were not as crisp and sharply defined.
5. Diminished airiness of high frequencies.
6. Less image weight.
7. Images at the sides of the sound stage moved inward two feet.
8. Images forward of the speaker plane moved back two feet.
Figure 4. Initial burn in and listening evaluation setup. The tuner on the floor at the right was used to play
music overnight.
Figure 5. The Plitron transformer was burned in for 21 hours on the Audiodharma Cable Cooker.
Figure 6. Both the Avel Lindberg and Plitron transformers sounded better when oriented vertically.
My AI-1 Dreadnought sits on its left side behind the right speaker. I would prefer it to rest on its feet, but there is not enough space between the speaker and the wall. When I brought the Dreadnought out front for comparative listening with the Plitron transformer, it was sat horizontally on its feet. There was a small lack of clarity and detail. Setting the Dreadnought on its side restored the sound to its prior quality. Up to then, I had not considered that orientation might affect the transformer's sound performance
Table 1. Plitron 6166 Measured Specifications
Table 2. Avel Lindberg AV-047548 Measured Specifications
Figure 7. The measured room responses of the Plitron and AL transformers were nearly identical.
The following six figures show Fast Fourier Transform noise spectrum measurements of test signals at 100 Hz, 1 kHz and 10 kHz. It may be easier to see differences in the plots if they are saved to your computer and viewed in succession. At 100 Hz the Plitron had significant odd order harmonics (3rd, 5th, 7th). With the Avel Lindberg the second harmonic was dominant and harmonics after the third were suppressed (figures 8 and 9).
At 1 kHz, the Plitron's third harmonic was dominant and was accompanied by a slightly smaller second harmonic. The Avel Lindberg's harmonics were entirely suppressed at this frequency (figures 10 and 11).
At 10 kHz, the Plitron displayed less overall noise density and a slightly higher (by 1 dB) third harmonic (figures 12 and 13). The harmonic content shown in the FFT plots agrees with the harmonic distortion measurements taken with Dayton Audio's Omni Mic system (figures 14 and 15).
Figure 8. FFT plot of Plitron transformer with 100 Hz test signal.
Figure 9. FFT plot of Avel Lindberg transformer with 100 Hz test signal.
Figure 10. FFT plot of Plitron transformer with 1 kHz test signal.
Figure 11. FFT plot of Avel Lindberg transformer with 1 kHz test signal.
Figure 12. FFT plot of Plitron transformer with 10 kHz test signal.
Figure 13. FFT plot of Avel Lindberg transformer with 10 kHz test signal.
The color coded lines in the harmonic distortion plots represent the following:
Black - frequency response.
Dark blue - sum of 2nd-5th harmonics.
Red - 2nd harmonic.
Purple - 3rd harmonic.
Green - 4th harmonic.
Light blue - 5th harmonic.
It is easier to see differences in the harmonic distortion plots if they are saved to your computer and viewed in succession.
Figure 14. Harmonic distortion plot of Plitron transformer.
Figure 15. Harmonic distortion plot of Avel Lindberg transformer.
The bass decay plots show how long it takes the sound to decay at each frequency. The ideal situation is flat response which means that some bass notes do not last much longer than others. Significant differences in decay times can cause a decrease in bass definition. The overall shape of the bass response is very similar between the Plitron and the Avel Lindberg, but the Plitron has longer decay times.
Figure 16. Bass decay plot of Plitron transformer.
Figure 17. Bass decay plot of Avel Lindberg transformer.


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So, my idea here is to novelize all of the main stream games (like Firered, HeartGold, Emerald, etc.) At the moment, I've started work on two of the stories which are Johto (based on Gen 2 and it's remakes) and Unova (based on BW). So, here's the Johto story. Feel free to leave comments, I'll be posting a table of contents so people can use that to find each chapter.
Issues I know I have in the story:
1. Blazes gender seems to spontaneously change during some chapters. - I am currently working on revising the previous chapters (as well as re-spell checking and so on other chapters), but for the life of me, I just can't seem to spot all of the moments when Blaze's gender is incorrect. I'm not sure what chapter I started making Blaze female before the revisions, but with the revisions I am trying to make Blaze female. I do know that the gender problem stops at chapter 8, as the chapter 1 revision (where I cemented Blaze's gender) was done before chapter 7 (though that doesn't mean I did it right in chapter 7...)
2. There seem to be plotholes involving the Champion of the League. - The champion was originally Lance as in the games, but I ended up revising that on accident in chapter 1's revision. I'm still trying to work on fixing that in all later chapters. I think I have it all patched up, but if I don't, I apologize. Please feel free to tell me which chapter you noticed this inconsistency in so I can fix it.
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Chapter 1 *you are here*
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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Chapter 1
Why is everyone always talking about the Kanto Region? I'm not kidding, all of the stories seem to come from there. Stories of two kids who defeat an evil organization. Stories of one kid who travels the entire Kanto Region and enters the Pokémon League just to get shot down after the preliminaries. Heck, they used to make a TV show a while back and that was about Kanto as well. Everything seems to always be about Kanto. Why is it never Johto, or Hoenn, or for fuck's sake even Sinnoh? Why is it always Kanto? What's so special about Kanto that it gets all the attention? Well, I'm going to fix that here and now. My story is about Johto.
Of course, most of you have probably heard that and immediately put the book down now. After all, who gives a fuck about Johto? Well, I do! I grew up there, my journey occurred there, and a lot of stuff happened on my journey there, so I care about Johto. So, here's my story, the story of my journey through the Johto Region, and if you're not a self-righteous bastard who thinks Kanto is the only place where things happen, then keep reading.
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My story begins on the day I was going to start my Pokémon journey, but before that, let me indulge you for a moment. In case you don't know, the Johto Region is set directly to the west of the Kanto Region. In fact, we're actually connected to the Kanto Region through the Tohjo Falls on Route 27. They're not that far away. In fact, my hometown, New Bark Town, connects directly to Route 27. That's right, I grew up in New Bark Town.
Like Pallet Town, New Bark Town has a motto that also basically means we are the starting place of most trainers. To be honest, though, very few trainers ever start here. We're also very akin to Pallet Town in that we have very few houses but lots of land. In fact, if you can count the fact we lived five minutes away, my next door neighbor was Professor Elm. Course, that depends on what you consider "next door".
Professor Elm, though, was a nice guy. We talked regularly, and while he was nice, he was also a huge Pokémon geek. He knew a lot about Pokémon and was known for rambling on and on about them without even realizing it. I guess you could say he was akin to Professor Oak from Pallet Town in that regard.
Now, before I could start my Pokémon journey, I had to go to school to be a trainer. The school for that is in Violet City, which is one reason I question New Bark Town's motto. After all, it seems like more trainers start in Violet City then anywhere else. In fact, that's where everyone gets their starters. You see, when you go to school, you have to pass a few exams. One is a written exam to show that you understand what you were taught in the school. Another is a sort of classroom exam, you basically sit in a chair, a question shows up on a screen on the wall, and you type your answer into the computer in front of you.
Now, the two exams are actually very different, while the written exam tests your knowledge of things such as potions, revives, when to use them and how, the classroom exam is different. It gives you an image and you have to answer things like "When does this Pokémon evolve?" or "How does this Pokémon evolve?" or even "What Pokémon is this?"
Now, I did all right on those two exams. I did better on the written one, but I still passed the classroom exam. After that, there were two more exams you had to take. The first was an exam that tested your knowledge of battling. Based on your answers from the previous exams, you were given a set of Pokémon. You battled another trainer of about your level and they would determine how well you understood the art of battling. If you passed all three of those exams, you got to the final exam, catching Pokémon.
Based on how well you did in the previous three exams, they would give you a single Pokémon and a single pokeball. You were then sent up against another Pokémon they felt you deserved to own. You were tested to see if you could catch it, and if so, you got to keep it. If not, well, you got your Trainer ID, but you didn't get a Pokémon. Unfortunately...I kind of...failed that one.
It wasn't my fault, though, honest! I would have been fine if the Pokémon had been anything other then a Misdreavus...I don't like ghost-types, but apparently they thought it was the one that matched me. I tried to catch it, I really did, but I just...couldn't do it. Ghost-types scare me... But because of that, I was handed my Trainer ID and told I did good, but then was sent back to New Bark Town without a Pokémon.
I was really upset about it, and what made it worse was when my friend, Ethan, came home the next day with a Marill. He and I had been friends since we were really young, and we went to the school together, but he succeeded in catching the Pokémon he was sent to catch...I failed. This upset me for a while and I didn't even want to talk to Ethan for several days afterwords. I did realize, though, that it wasn't his fault. After all, he wasn't the one who had sent against a ghost-type against me.
We patched up our friendship afterwords, of course, but it still bugged me that I hadn't caught a Pokémon. That is, until one day, Professor Elm came to our house. He told me he could give me a Pokémon, but under one condition, I would have to sign some papers and claim myself as his assistant in his lab. However, he told me that that would simply be a front. I wouldn't be helping him out very much, and I would be free to do what I wanted unless he absolutely needed me. However, I did have to understand that if something came up and he had to call on me, I had to come to him.
I agreed, reluctantly. What else could I do? I didn't have enough money to buy pokeballs, and even if I did, I didn't have a Pokémon to use to weaken any Pokémon I ran into so I could use the balls. It would be like going to the Safari Zone, except much more dangerous because standard wild Pokémon aren't tamed like they are in the Safari Zone. Besides, I was certain that whatever Professor Elm gave me would be better than any standard wild Pokémon.
And that leads me up to now, or rather than, when I started my journey. It was early morning, no later than about 8 o'clock. I had gotten out of bed, showered, and was getting ready to start my journey. I dressed myself in a simple outfit, a spaghetti-strap, black shirt and a pair of blue jean shorts. The shorts were kind of short, though, as they only came down a little on my legs, but it's not like they were so short that I might as well have just been wearing underwear. There was legs to them, just not much.
I then stood at my mirror and examined myself over. I liked the outfit I was wearing, but I knew something was wrong. If I had gone out like that, my mom would have had a fit, and not because of how short my clothes were, but because I hadn't put on a bra. I actually opened one of my dresser drawers and stared, trying to decide if I really wanted to put one on or not. I really didn't, those things are uncomfortable. I decided I would try to hide it instead and grabbed a jacket out of my closet.
The jacket was my favorite out of the ones I owned. It was a red one, and was short-sleeved. It wasn't a heavy jacket either, just a simple thing meant for nothing more than being pulled on over a standard shirt. I then walked over to my mirror again and started tying up my hair. For the last three years I had kept the same hairstyle, two little pigtails in the back. Once I was done I smiled and nodded, I was just missing one thing.
I reached across my dresser and grabbed a red and black cap off of it. This was one of my favorite hats as well, and since I was wearing my favorite jacket, why not wear my favorite hat as well? I pulled it on, examined myself in the mirror once more, then turned to walk out of my room and down the stairs.
"All set?" my mother asked as I came down the stairs. She was standing there waiting, and I wondered why. It's not like she was going with me or anything. Maybe she just wanted to see me off? I don't know.
"Yeap," I spoke with a smile.
My mother's eyes seemed to stare at me, and I swear she was looking deep into my soul. It was kind of an odd feeling, but one I was used to. She did this a lot, and it always worried me when she did, because it usually meant she was displeased with something. "You're seriously wearing those clothes?"
"You bought them for me, you can't complain too much."
"True." Mother reached forward and grabbed my jacket. "But I can complain about this." She pulled one side of my jacket down. "I bought you bras, why don't you ever wear them?"
I groaned. I knew that was coming. "Because they're uncomfortable, and they're not necessary." I pulled my jacket back up.
"Not necessary?" my Mother asked, as if horrified by the statement. "Do you want the world seeing your boobs?"
"No, but I have a shirt on, it's not like they can."
"Not exactly, no, but your boobs may stick out of your shirt if you're not wearing a bra."
"Rather have them stick out then have my bra stick out. It looks really bad when you can see a girl's bra through her shirt. Besides, I wear loose clothes for a reason, Mom."
Mother grumbled and sighed. "I still think you should wear a bra."
"Mom, I'm not wearing one, okay? I'm 18, I can make my own choices now, and you can't even say 'as long as you live under my house, you live by my rules' because I won't be living here anymore. I'm leaving to go on my journey, I'm becoming an adult. It's my choice what I wear now, okay?"
Mother sighed again. "Fine..." she spoke. "I won't complain as long as you're wearing panties."
"M-Mother!" I shouted in embarrassment. "You know I wouldn't be caught dead not wearing them."
Mother smiled and nodded. "Good. I don't want you following after the example of that Kanto girl from three years ago."
Amanda was the current Kanto-Johto Pokémon League Champion. She was a strong trainer, and it's said that her and her boyfriend fought and defeated an evil organization three years ago. I don't remember their name, though. What I do know is that she is famous for not wearing panties and then wearing a short skirt. She's also known for riding her Charizard everywhere, which of course means everyone can see right up her skirt while she's flying around. I had no interest in anything like that happening to me, not one bit. Course, I wore shorts not skirts, but still, the point still stands.
"Obviously, I'm not that stupid, Mom."
"I know..." my Mother spoke with a sigh. "I just...don't like how you flaunt your body..."
"I don't 'flaunt' my body, Mom. I'm just not as modest as you." Which was true. I wear low-cut, loose stuff, she wears...a full body dress with an apron. Sometimes I wish my Mom wasn't so modest. I mean, does she have to wear a full body dress? Can't even be a dress that ends at her knees? Maybe a V-neck shirt or something? "Besides, it's not like I'm running around naked, right?"
Mother looked like she was about to panic at those words. "I guess you've got a point there." She and I giggled a little and I stepped towards the door. "Oh! Before you go! I bought you this." She reached over and grabbed a brown purse off of a nearby table. "I thought you might like to have a new purse, since your old one got ruined."
Since my old one got ruined...ha! That's a funny statement considering that it wouldn't be ruined if she hadn't taken a meat cleaver to it...but that's a story for another time. I smiled, took the purse, and hugged her. "Thanks, Mom."
"Oh! One last thing!" Mother reached into her pocket and pulled out a small red device. "Your Pokegear came back from the shop this morning. They said it should work perfectly fine now."
Should work perfectly fine...sure...like the last three times they said that. I'll probably boot it up and it'll blue screen again. Oh well. "Really?" I took it and strapped it to my wrist, then booted it up. Sure enough, it seemed to work fine. "Awesome! It does work!" I turned up to look at my mother again and was surprised to see her smiling yet a tear was rolling down her cheek. "You okay?"
"It's just...I've been waiting for a long time for this day to come...and now it's finally here...and I don't want it to be."
"I know, Mom." I smiled and hugged her. "I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you, too, Kotone."
We stayed in that embrace for a few moments, I can't tell you how long exactly, and then finally separated. I walked over to the door and pulled my shoes on, then opened it. "I'm leaving now." I smiled as I turned back. "Good-bye, Mom."
"Good-bye, Kotone."
I walked out after that. However, I hadn't gotten far at all. In fact, I had only just shut the door and taken two steps, when a blue blur smacked into my chest shouting, "Marill!" I fell to the ground and looked down at my attacker. It was a blue ball that had a white underbelly and small circular ears at the top of its head. It had a long squiggly tail that led to a blue orb at the end. It was Ethan's Marill.
"Arceus damn...ETHAN!" I shouted.
Immediately, Ethan came running towards me. "Sorry, Kotone!" He reached down and picked up his Marill. Ethan had his standard backwards hat on. His was black like mine, but where the red in my hat was, his was yellow. He also wore a red jacket and black knickerbockers, which are kind of like sweat pants only they only go down to your knees.
"Can't you keep that damn thing under control?" I grumbled as I sat up. Damn it all, Marill's attack had caused my jacket and one of my shirt straps to slide most of the way down my arm. I pulled the shirt strap back up, then pulled up my jacket.
"Sorry, Kotone, but she really likes you."
Likes me, my foot. "Ethan, she attacks me every time she sees me. On top of that, I've seen the way she looks at me. She has that 'Stay away from my man' look on her face."
"Nah, she could never be like that, right, Marill?"
Marill gave a cute squeak and I groaned. That was pretty typical. She would attack me, then play all cute an innocent to Ethan so he would never suspect anything. "Whatever, I don't feel like arguing about it right now...I just want to get to Elm's and get my Pokémon..." I stood to my feet. "I'll see you later, Ethan." I waved as I walked away.
I spent a few minutes walking to Elm's. Like I said early, to get there is like a five-minute walk. No one lives close to each other, and each house is at least a minute away, if not more. As for Elm's, his was a fancy lab sitting on its own with acres of land in all directions. His family lived on the top floor of his house, and he had stairs on the outside that led down. He did that on purpose, actually. His wife is quoted as saying "If the stairs were inside, he would never leave his lab to come see his family." The very fact the stairs were outside kept him from staying in his lab all day.
I walked towards his lab, when I noticed something. There was a red-haired kid standing at the far window, peering inside. I quickly walked over. "Hey! You! Kid there!" I shouted. He turned to look at me. His hair was long, at least shoulder length, and he wore a black shirt with red trimming and purple pants. "Yeah, you, what are you doing there?"
"None of your business." That was all he said. He then turned back to the window.
None of my business? Like hell it wasn't. That was my neighbor's window he was looking through. "Hey, I wasn't done talking to you!" I stepped over and grabbed his shoulder.
"Fuck off, lady." The boy threw his shoulder back, making me let go.
"Did you just tell me to fuck off?"
I growled. "Well, I have no plans to. That's my next-door neighbor's house you're looking into."
"Well, good for him."
What the hell was with this guy? "Listen here, kid-"
"No, you listen," the boy spoke and turned towards me. "You're being annoying, so get your whiny-ass away from me."
Annoying? Whiny? Ass? Oh, he did not just say those things. "No!" I shouted.
"Fine..." He reached his hand forward and before I knew it, my hand had been grabbed, twisted, and then shoved behind my back. My entire body had been twisted around in a single move, and my back was now to him. "Will you leave now?"
"Fuck no!"
The boy growled again. "If you won't leave..." He pulled down on my arm and I felt myself buckling and dropping to my knees. Then, before I knew it, my shorts had been dropped down to my knees.
"Strip me all you want, but I'm still not leaving until you tell me what you're doing!"
"Really?" the boy chuckled. "In that case." He pinned me to the ground and I began to feel my jacket being pulled on. Soon he had pulled it off of my free arm and was now pulling it down my other arm.
"Houndour, attack!" I heard a voice shout. The boy let go of my arm and jumped to his feet, but when he did, I heard the sound of my jacket tearing as he pulled on it. I watched him take off as two black dogs with skulls on their heads and bones on their bodies ran off after him. I saw my jacket in his hand, one of the sleeves had been torn completely off. He let go of the jacket a moment later as he continued to run. It pained me to watch the dogs then charge over my jacket, shredding it with their claws.
"Why?!" I whined. "Why my favorite jacket?"
"Kotone, are you okay?" I heard the voice from before speak and I looked up. It was Professor Elm! He was wearing his usual white lab coat along with a blue button up shirt underneath and a pair of green pants. His glasses were set oddly on his face, and I wondered if they had gotten jumbled in the excitement. He soon corrected that.
But now the question comes...did I look fine? I mean, my shirt was mangled, my shorts were down at my knees, my jacket had been shredded...Did I look fine? Did he really think I was okay after that? I sighed. "I'm fine," I spoke and pulled my shorts back up, then adjusted my shirt. I then pulled off the remainder of my jacket off my arm and then walked over to the rest of the remains. I lifted it up and sighed. "My jacket is ruined..."
"Maybe my wife can mend it?"
I held it up, showing the many many holes the Houndour had made in it. It looked like swiss cheese. "You think she can mend this?"
"I didn't think so..." I sighed. A moment passed and the Houndour came rushing back. One of them had a shred of the guy's pants in its mouth. "Well, I guess he got some of what he deserved."
"Bad dog, don't buy people's pants off," Elm corrected the Houndour and it gave its sad little puppy face. After a short moment, the two of use stepped into Elm's lab. His lab was full of all kinds of gizmos and gadgets, half of which I had no idea what were or what they did. A computer sat on one side and a small circular machine sat on another side. He showed me to that one.
"In this machine are three pokeballs, however, before I give them to you, I must confirm that you are okay with being my aide. As you know, I can't give you a pokeball unless you're willing to help me with my research."
"I know, Professor, I'm fine with it. What is it you need me to do?"
"I need you to go to my friend on Route 30. His name is Mr. Pokémon. He's always prattling on about this thing or that thing, but this time he claims he found something genuinely strange. He wants me to examine it."
"So you want me to go there and get this 'something' from him?"
Elm nodded. "Correct."
"Fair enough."
Elm nodded. "All right, then. Assistant!" he called for someone else, who came walking in a moment later. He was carrying a fire extinguisher. "First off is this one, Chikorita." He opened the circular machine then pulled a small red and white ball out of it. He held it forward and it opened, unleashing a red light then turned into a green plant-like Pokémon. It had a long leaf on the top of its head. "This one is very energetic and loves to fight."
He then pulled out another pokeball and opened it, releasing what looked similar to a blue alligator. It had a white V-shaped chest piece and it yawned as it came out. "This is Totodile, This one is actually a bit lazy, which is odd for Totodiles. Most are pretty energetic." He then reached for the last ball, but he did so carefully, as if worried it would bite his hand off.
When his hand took hold of the ball, he held it forward. "This one is Cyndaquil." He released the Pokémon from the ball, and the moment it appeared, it breathed in deeply and began to shoot embers from its mouth. Elm quickly returned the Cyndaquil. "That one is always scared..." I noticed Professor Elm's aide was now running around with the fire extinguisher, hitting each of the embers. Elm sighed. "Unfortunately, every time I release it, it lashes out like that."
I looked over the two Pokémon in front of me, then looked up at the pokeball in Elm's hand. "Maybe all it needs is a good trainer?"
"Are you saying you're willing to try to train it?"
I nodded and smiled. "Yeap."
"A-all right, if you're sure." Elm held the pokeball out for me and I took it. I knelt down and released the Cyndaquil.
"Hello, little one, I'm your new trainer now." I should have realized that it would lash out as soon as it was out of its ball. Embers flew out of its mouth and I jumped back. It caught one of the straps of my shirt and snapped it. I quickly put the flame out before it could do any more damage. I then had to wonder...why was everything going for my clothes all of a sudden? Does Arceus hate me or something? Was he trying to tell me "You shall not go on a Pokémon adventure!" I groaned and grabbed hold of the Cyndaquil.
The moment it was in my hands, it curled up in a ball. It was scared, and I could feel it shaking. However, this finally gave me a good chance to look at it. It was a blue creature with a long mouth...or maybe that was its nose? It had a cream-colored underbelly, and four red spots on its back. I had noticed that when it used a fire attack, the spots had burst into flames for a moment, so I hoped it wouldn't do it again, since the spots were against my stomach. "There, there, you're a nice little fire Pokémon, aren't you? You don't need to be scared of me. I won't hurt you." I pet it a little. "I need a nickname for you, little guy."
"Actually, that one's a girl," Elm spoke up. "Totodile's the only male of the bunch."
"Really? That's interesting." I continued to pet Cyndaquil for a moment. "What should I call you? You're a cute little fire-type so...maybe Blaze? That sounds like a good name." Cyndaquil squeaked, as if approving. "Blaze it is, then."
"Interesting...Kotone, could you do me another favor?"
"What is it?"
"Could you, by chance, keep that Pokémon out of its pokeball? I'm curious about how the interaction between a Pokémon and its trainer works when the Pokémon doesn't stay in its ball."
"Sure, Professor, as long as Blaze doesn't burn the rest of my clothes." I snuggled Blaze and surprisingly, it seemed like it was trying to snuggle back. Elm seemed to stare at this.
"You just got it, yet it seems to really like you already."
"Maybe I just have a way with Pokémon?"
"Perhaps..." Elm said that slowly, then stared at me and Blaze a moment longer. He then seemed to snap back to reality as he quickly pulled his eyes away from Blaze and looked up at me. "Well, you should be heading on to Mr. Pokemon's place now."
I nodded, then set Blaze on the ground. "Come on, then," I spoke to her. "We're about to start an adventure." I then stood up and began to walk out the door. Much to my surprise, Blaze followed behind without a problem. And that was it, that was how my journey started. I had no idea what lied in store for me on this journey, I could only hope it would be an enjoyable one.


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Mineral Wells has offered a way to preserve local historical buildings, people or things that might not otherwise get noted by Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission has very strict rules as to what may receive a state of Texas Historical Marker.
The process requires a long application, research, and long time waits before receiving approval and receiving the marker which is more expensive than what can be purchased through sanctioned City Historical Marker program of Mineral Wells.
The first Mineral Wells City Historical Marker was approved for the rock wall that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s leading to Old Camp Wolters.
A large portion of this wall is still standing and is located on the east side of the Armory Building facing U.S. Highway 180 East.
The Fort Wolters Gate Committee applied for this marker and was approved.
The marker was dedicated on March 23, 2012. On the marker you will find a condensed version of the history.
In order to apply for a City Historical Marker, you will need to pick up a short application form from the City Clerk's Office.
When you have completed the form, return it to the office.
A committee of citizens that work with the various historical organizations will go over the application and seek clarifications or approve without revisions in a short period of time.
If approved, guidelines as to size and placement will help you in knowing how much the marker will cost. You may have a historical home or a relative that was instrumental in making Mineral Wells a city of distinction.
If so, why not apply for a City Historical Marker?
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Posting nude photos of a former partner online – dubbed revenge porn -- could soon become a crime in Maryland.
House of Delegates are voting this week on whether to make sharing nude photos without the subject's knowledge a crime. The bill may then head to the state senate.
"There was a lot of shame and embarrassment," victim Annmarie Chiarini of Towson told WJLA TV. "I did not choose to have my sexuality broadcast."
Chiarini – a single mother of two and English professor at a community college – has worked to classify revenge porn as a crime since an ex-boyfriend threatened to auction a CD of nude photos of her on eBay, and posted her photos on a porn website. The action humiliated Chiarini, tarnished her reputation and put her job in jeopardy.
When she learned police couldn't help because her ex-boyfriend's actions didn't break existing law, she vowed to change Maryland law.
Delegate Luiz Simmon of Silver Spring said the issue resonated with him after one of his employees told him someone was threatening to post intimate photos of that employee on social media if she didn't give up personal information.
The proposed legislation would make posting revenge porn a misdemeanor punishable by three years in jail and a $500 fine.


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Infographic: Pervasiveness of Polymers
Date added: 2014-05-15
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IBM Introduces 2014 Class of Fellows
Date added: 2014-04-02
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has elevated a record number of eleven scientists to the IBM Fellow honor, the company's most prestigious technical distinction. The 2014 Fellows will be responsible for carrying out the Technology Ambassador Initiative, which is to drive growth through innovation and is directly tied to the roots of the IBM program. The Fellow honor acknowledges an IBM Researcher's important contributions and industry-leading innovations in developing some of the world's most important technologies. In the true spirit of Thomas J. Watson's vision to give IBM fellows creative freedom and responsibility, the 2014 IBM Fellows have influenced a broad array of technologies in the following areas: Brain-inspired cognitive computing, security platforms, computational science, cloud computing, business database and analytics, and high performance, enterprise storage technologies. IBM Fellows have a history of pushing the boundaries of science and technology to deliver improved solutions for constantly changing, global business needs. Left to Right: Krishna Ratakonda, Dharmendra Modha, Mike Haydock, Saska Mojsilovic, Alessandro Curioni, Rhonda Childress, Sandy Bird, Namik Hrle, Tamar Eilam, Andy Walls, Shivakumar Vaithyanathan
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IBM's Watson to Help Unlock Life-saving Insights from Cancer Patient DNA
Date added: 2014-03-19
New York, NY/March 19, 2014 - Dr. Robert Darnell (left), CEO of the New York Genome Center, and Dr. Ajay Royyuru, Director of the IBM Computational Biology Center (right) discuss how IBM's Watson will be used to make sense of vast amounts of genetic sequencing data and medical information to identify personalized treatments for cancer patients, at an event at the New York Genome Center in New York City on March 19, 2014. IBM and NYGC will soon begin testing a Watson prototype designed specifically for genomic research to help oncologists deliver unique, customized cancer treatments according to an individual patient's DNA. Photo Credit: Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM.
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Infographic: IBM's Watson analyzes the human genome to battle brain cancer
Date added: 2014-03-19
New York Genome Center and IBM are partnering in a first-of-a-kind program to accelerate the race to personalized, life-saving treatment for cancer patients. (Courtesy: IBM)
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IBM Watson Food Truck Serves Up Culinary Creativity at South by Southwest
Date added: 2014-03-06
In Austin, Texas, the IBM Watson Food Truck is serving up exotic dishes that explore computing's culinary creativity, at South by Southwest (SXSW), Thursday, March 6, 2014, Austin, TX. The recipes were created through a collaboration between IBM Watson and award-winning chefs at New York's Institute of Culinary Education. The IBM Watson Food Truck will be located at the corner of Red River Street & 4th Street (across from Convention Center) from March 7-11. (Feature Photo Service)
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UPDATE: A Terrier mix that answers to the name Opus was returned home Thursday after she was reported missing Wednesday night.
Opus is 16 years old, and she is described to be very friendly. She was wearing a collar when she went missing on Frederick Avenue in Bellmore.
She is owned by the Calhoun High School show choir's choreographer.
A neighbor was able to locate Opus and bring her back to her Bellmore home Thursday.


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Results and recap for Titan Fighting Championships 18 last night (May 27, 2011)
It was a sad night for fans hoping to see UFC legend Jens Pulver succeed and pave a way to an eventual end to his career on a high note. Former retired fighter turned trainer Brian Davidson ran with the opportunity to fight such a high-profile name and impressed, submitting Pulver in the first round of action on Friday night at Titan Fighting Championships 18 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Join us on Friday, May 27th at 10:00 PM ET for Titan Fighting Championships 18, taking place live on HDNet from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The card is far from a blockbuster event, but Midwest regional cards seem to sit on one side of the spectrum or the other, either disappointing greatly or providing hours of fun. Let's hope for the latter.
Date: May 28, 2011
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In the last and final round of X Factor tonight at 8 p.m., Mamaroneck resident Carly Rose Sonenclar will perform a duet with LeAnn Rimes, as she competes against Tate Stevens/Little Big Town and Fifth Harmony/Demi Lovato, in a race to win a $5 million recording contract.
To show support for Carly, a viewing party for "Carly's Angels"— as her fans are known—will be held tonight at Archbishop Stepanic High School on 950 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the first 1,000 fans will be allowed in. X Factor will film the audience live at 7:30 p.m. to appear on the show.
Admission will be free and promoters ask that the community show their support by bringing "I Love Carly" posters, t-shirts, etc...
Donations and support have been provided by several Mamaroneck businesses such as ABC Cakes, Balloon World and Trotta's Pharmacy in Harrison. ABC Cakes has even created mini Carly Rose cupcakes in honor of the occasion.
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Three Rivers History
Joseph Sondheimer, a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, was engaged in the fur trade in the Three Forks region long before Muskogee came into being. Based out of St. Louis, he shipped furs, hides and pecans out of Indian Territory from a warehouse he built near the Arkansas River.
When Muskogee was established by the M-K-T Railroad in 1872, Sondheimer was one of the town's first residents, and his trading house was one of the most prominent businesses. He could then ship his goods by rail.
A number of other Jewish traders called Muskogee home in its formative years. The 1903 city directory lists a good number of Jewish families, some of whom may have been inspired by Sondheimer's success in this wide-open community.
When Harry Kirschner arrived in Muskogee in 1905, he became one of several Jewish businessmen to own retail stores downtown, opening the Boston Store on Okmulgee Avenue. Kirschner, a Kansas City clothing manufacturer, had worked first as a traveling salesman, taking orders for his clothing in Muskogee and other Indian Territory towns. But he settled his family here and immediately became involved in community development.
Kirschner helped organize the first Jewish service, borrowing a Torah and bringing it from Kansas City. The Jewish community lacked one man to make a minyan, a requirement for a service, so Kirschner paid the transportation costs for a friend to travel from Oklahoma City. By 1911, Kirschner had joined with others in the Jewish community to establish a Jewish section in Greenhill Cemetery on land donated by Joseph Sondheimer.
The Jewish community continued to grow enough so that in 1911 they were able to charter the Beth Ahaba Temple, named for a supporting Temple in Richmond, Va. The Virginia congregation made a long-term loan of a Torah for Beth Ahaba. They laid the cornerstone for their building in 1916, after raising funds from all over the country, and also receiving much local support from Christian congregations. First National Bank, which had been organized by Sondheimer, F.B. Severs and other Muskogee businessmen, was the largest local funder of the Temple.
An Orthodox congregation established the Beth Israel Synagogue in 1918. Services there were conducted in Hebrew at the mission-style building on South Ninth Street.
Though the Beth Ahaba congregation was one of the largest in the region, they were only briefly able to have a full-time rabbi serve them. With the establishment of Camp Gruber, the number of congregants swelled as many Jewish soldiers were among those being trained at the Army base. From 1940 to 1942, Rabbi Max Nussbaum, having fled Berlin with his family, served at Beth Ahaba. From Muskogee, he went on to work in Hollywood and gained fame as the rabbi to the stars, including Elizabeth Taylor and Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Jewish community had declined in number over the years, and Beth Ahaba was finally closed. The Torah, after being on loan for 100 years, was returned to the Richmond Temple and many of the other furnishings and artifacts were donated to other Jewish entities including the Sherwin-Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa.
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In years past, American citizens watched presidential debates and then heard television commentary afterward, or read a description in the following day's paper. For the debates of 2012, the setup had entirely changed. Now, instead of focusing on the debate and then attaining feedback, citizens were able to see live, moment-to-moment coverage of the debates. While this may seem to be beneficial, one must realize the source of this coverage: the social networking/micro-blogging site, Twitter.
In 140 characters or less, members of Twitter (more than 500 million worldwide) can "Tweet" about anything and everything — from what they ate for breakfast that morning, to where Hurricane Sandy was predicted to hit, to how the presidential candidates were performing in the debates. Essentially, people could sit and watch the debate on television while simultaneously tweeting about it from their laptops.
By using a hashtag (the # symbol), people worldwide can see what is "trending" and join in conversations from thousands of miles away. During the presidential debates, "#Election2012" or "#Debate2012" was frequently trending, which enticed more and more people to tweet their opinions or beliefs regarding the topic.
From the standpoint of a college student, this easy access to social networking and concurrent political news can be seen in both positive and negative lights. For example, one of my best friends (also a college student) is an ardent political follower and advocate. Being able to see his tweets regarding the debates as they happened gave me an entirely new insight to some of the topics being discussed. Since I trust my friend's comments and value his opinion, I gain even more knowledge by watching the debates and being on Twitter simultaneously.
On the other hand, however, I have heard many of my classmates say that they are basing their political opinions solely on what they read on Twitter. As far as I can tell, these classmates have not watched the debates and are relying on the information tweeted by those whom they "follow" online. In fact, I heard someone utter the scary phrase that he "didn't need to watch the debate because he got all the information he needed from Twitter."
This year I made the decision to become more politically informed. I discussed socially relevant political topics with my friends; I tried to stay up to date by reading current news articles online; I watched the televised debates; and I used Twitter. If correct judgment is used, I believe that social networking sites such as Twitter can be a valuable resource for the exchange and dissemination of information. While being cautious and taking some of this online information with a grain of salt, we can use information found on Twitter as a springboard for our own investigation.
It is often said that the young people of America (college students, like myself) should "get more involved" in politics and vote so that our voices can be heard. But what if our voices are being influenced, and even manipulated by, social networking sites? How many votes cast for our nation's president were based solely on information that people read on Twitter? We have entered into an entirely new age, where social media plays a much more influential role than we typically take into consideration.
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On Tuesday, February 12, the College of Saint Mary will be hosting Share the Love! Service Learning Fundraising Event.
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By Corbin Hosler
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — It took a little while for Brittany Williams and the top-ranked Sooners to warm up on a cool and windy day but when they finally did, Williams provided the big shot they needed to pull away in front of the first home crowd of the season.
After striking out with the bases loaded earlier in the game, Williams didn't make the same mistake when she stepped to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the third inning and the bases again loaded. Instead, after fighting back from a 1-2 count, she took a 3-2 pitch to right field that brought in two runners and put Oklahoma on the board.
That spurred the Sooners, who added two more runs in the inning and one more in the fifth and sixth to pull away for the 6-0 victory over Houston in the home opener.
"I'm proud of Brittany Williams," coach Patty Gasso said. "Being in the same situation after that first at-bat, she came up big-time clutch. That's the thing about this team. If you give them second chances they'll make you pay."
Walking back to the dugout after the first at-bat, Williams said she was already planning for her next chance.
"I was not going to let it get to me," she said. "I tried to stay confident and not get my head down."
Keilani Ricketts took to the circle at Marita Hynes Field for the first time in her senior season and delivered 14 strikeouts to earn her eighth win of the season. She gave up five hits in the outing and worked out of trouble several times.
Ricketts also helped her own cause at the plate, sending a solo shot into a driving wind and deep over the right field wall to extend OU's lead to 6-0.
"The first few days back home were cold and windy, but it was nice to finally be at home," she said. "The fans were excited to see us play. We weren't traveling and we came out relaxed."
It was a pitcher's duel early, with no hits coming until the bottom of the third despite OU loading the bases on three walks in the second. That changed when OU's Georgia Casey lined a single into left field to start the two-out rally. Ricketts followed that up with a single and Shelby Pendley then walked to load the bases and set the stage for Williams' big hit.
The next two runs in the inning came after an errant throw down the third-base line by catcher Haley Outon and a Destinee Martinez single.
The shutout victory, Ricketts' seventh of the year, moved OU to 16-0. Next up for Oklahoma is a doubleheader against No. 25 Nebraska (11-4) beginning at 1:30 today before closing out the weekend with a rematch against Houston (8-6) at noon Sunday.
"This was a good start for us," Ricketts said. "We have to stay focused and take it game by game."
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