text: Preliminaries Capture Rate Each legendary is assigned a numerical catch rate, as are all wild Pokémon. Essentially, the higher the Catch Rate, the higher the chance to capture. The Catch Rate is plugged into a formula, which determines whether the Pokémon will be captured or not. While the actual in-game formula is quite complex, Community Member X-Act has made a formula that produces nearly exact results. Note to always round down should you get a decimal. (( 1 + ( MaxHP * 3 - CurrentHP * 2 ) * CatchRate * BallRate * Status# ) / ( MaxHP * 3 )) / 256 Top Poké Ball Rates : Master Ball : 255 Timer Ball (30+ Turns) : 4 Net Ball (Against a Bug or Water-type) : 3 Repeat Ball (Against previously caught Pokémon) : 3 Nest Ball (Against level 1-19 Pokémon) : 3 Ultra Ball : 2 Great Ball : 1.5 A Master Ball catches any wild Pokémon without fail, though it may only be obtained once in Silph Co. Timer Balls begin at 1 and increase every 10 turns, with a cap of 4. This means Timer Balls can have the highest catch rate of any Ball other than the Master Ball. Net Balls are ineffective, due to the fact that no competitive legendary caught in FireRed/LeafGreen is a Water or Bug-type (more on this later). Likewise, Nest Balls begin at 3 and decrease every 10 levels the wild Pokémon is, with a low of 1, making them ineffectual against legendaries. All other balls have a catch rate of 1. It is best to use either Timer or Ultra Balls when going for the legendaries. Status#s : Freeze : 10 Sleep : 10 Paralysis : 5 Burn : 5 Poison : 5 None : 1 As you can see, sleep is your best bet, due to the lack of reliable freeze moves. Paralysis is a much lower #, so sleep moves are preferred. You should never poison or burn the legend; this sets a time limit on the longevity of your legend's lifespan. The catch rates of the legendaries are 3; it will be a challenge to keep them in the ball! Let's say we try and catch a Level 5 Max HP Magikarp with a Timer Ball, having waited over 30 turns for some nigh-incomprehensible reason. Magikarp's Catch Rate is 255. ((1 + ((18*3 - 18*2) * 255 * 4 * 1)) / (18*3)) / 256 = ((1 + (18 * 255 * 4 * 1)) / 54) / 256 = ((1 + 18360) / 54) / 256 = (18361 / 54) / 256 = 340 / 256 = 1.328125 Any decimal numbers were not shown, and simply rounded down. So, if the end result is over 1, you have a 100% chance to capture the Pokémon. However, due to varying IVs, it's impossible to know the Max HP of the legendaries, let alone determine their Current HP. The formula is simply here for reference, and a little bit of insight on why certain Balls or Status effects are used. Ball Capsules After you get your first Pokémon, and acquire the PokéDex, what does Professor Oak give you? That's right, Poké Balls. For the purpose of capturing the legendaries, Ultra and Timer Balls are your best bets. Ultra Balls can be picked up at most later-game PokéMarts, and are available before you fight your first legendary. You'll want to stock up on a good number of them; around fifty per legendary (there are four competitive ones that can be caught normally, and an additional three with events) for a total of three hundred fifty should do nicely. Timer Balls, while not native to Kanto, are sold by a man on the Sevii Islands… eventually. On Boon Island (also known as "Two Island"), there is a Game Corner man who you must deliver Celio's Meteorite to. He will then ask you to find his daughter Lostelle. To do so, defeat the biker gang on Kin Island, also known as Three Island. Travel beyond Bond Bridge, and deep in the Berry Forest is Lostelle, who is terrified of a Hypno; you must deal with the Hypno, and you two shall travel back to Boon Island. Later, defeat the Elite Four at least once. Finally, travel back to Boon Island, and buy 99 of each item he has in his inventory. Walk into a building, then walk out again, and he will, at long last, add Timer Balls and Repeat Balls to his inventory. If you wish to obtain any other kind of Poké Ball (for whatever reason), you must trade them over from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. Having said that, you could always clone a whole bunch of Master Balls via Pokémon Emerald, if that's what suits your fancy. The Catcher If you are planning on transferring over unlimited Master Balls from Pokémon Emerald, this section will not be of much use to you. If not, you'll probably need a good capturing Pokémon. What makes a good capturing Pokémon? A Pokémon that can learn both a reliable sleep move and False Swipe. False Swipe is a great move to capture legendaries; it allows you to always get them down to 1 HP, without the risk that you may do too much damage and cause them to faint. A list of Pokémon that meet the aforementioned criteria is as follows: Paras, Parasect, Smeargle, and Breloom Parasect is probably the easiest to obtain, as it is right in FireRed and LeafGreen, but you must get it up to a very high level, with an Attack boosting nature. Breloom is a good option as well, having better stats than Parasect, and trades Parasect's 4x weakness to Fire for a 2x weakness to Fire and Psychic. However, you must breed False Swipe onto these Pokémon, and pray the legendary does not obtain an undesirable status effect from the ability Effect Spore. Due to the risk associated with Effect Spore, Smeargle is arguably the best option available, despite its rather lackluster base stats. Also worth taking into consideration is the fact that many legendaries have moves that are not too kind to Parasect and Breloom, forcing one to heal more often. The "One Under" Pokémon An optional Pokémon that you may wish to take with you is the "one under" Pokémon. This is a Pokémon that has a Speed stat one point below the maximum of the legendary you're trying to catch. This is for the Pokémon you really need to have reach a certain speed. It isn't the wisest choice to bring one of these along for every legendary however; the "one under" Pokémon can be a pain to get, but it will be worth it if you don't have Master Balls. The idea is to have your "one under" Pokémon lead, then have it use an attack. If the legendary goes first, switch to the capture Pokémon and continue the battle. If not, reset. This "one under" should preferably be of a high level, and not use any priority moves. However, there is a catch to using the "one under" Pokémon in the third generation. If you are one of the select few people who read the instruction booklet that accompanies the game, you will notice that once you gain a badge, your Pokémon's stats will increase. However, this is not a visible change; once you collect a badge for a certain stat, all Pokémon you capture will have their appropriate stat permanently given a Badge Modifier of x1.1. This only applies for a Pokémon once it is in your possession; legendaries will not have this modifier in effect whilst you are attempting to capture them. On the other hand, your "one under" Pokémon will. This means that your "one under" Pokémon needs to reach the desired Speed stat after the 1.1 modifier is applied to its stats. As an example, say you were using a Rapidash to be the "one under" Pokémon for Mewtwo. Assuming absolute maximum Speed, Mewtwo has a Speed stat of 228 at level 70. Rather than aiming for your Rapidash to have a Speed stat of 227, you would need to find what Speed stat it needs after the Badge Modifier modifier is applied. Sounds rather difficult to find out what speed is required, but it is actually quite simple if you use the following formula : "One Under" Speed = floor(Legendary Speed / 1.1) The operation "floor" simply means to round down whatever number is a result of the operations in brackets. Let's try this using the example of a 228 Speed Mewtwo. "One Under" Speed = floor(228 / 1.1) "One Under" Speed = 207 Assuming you had 207 on its summary screen, this Rapidash should have 1 less Speed than a 228 Speed Mewtwo, once the Badge Modifier is in effect. To confirm your result, simply multiply the "One Under" Speed you found by 1.1, rounding down the result (Pokémon does not use decimals in stats). floor(207 * 1.1) = 227 As you can see, calculating the Speed for your "one under" Pokémon is not very difficult at all. If you are going for a defensive legendary who is not concerned about outpacing certain threats, then you may wish to go for a different variation of the "one under" Pokémon that uses Endeavor. Endeavor is a move that takes the foe's Pokémon's HP down to the HP the Endeavor user currently has, but fails if the Pokémon using Endeavor has more HP than its target. This can be abused by giving your Endeavor Pokémon 1 less HP than the maximum HP of the legendary you are going for. If your "one under" Pokémon's Endeavor attack fails, then you know that the legendary you are fighting does not have the amount of HP you are looking for, so you can reset without having to capture it. If Endeavor takes the legendary's HP down, then you know it is fine to resume trying to capture it. However, this Pokémon must also be faster than the legendary, so it does not risk taking damage, which would result in a false positive. The Badge Modifier does not apply to HP, so finding a "one under" Endeavorer is quite straightforward. Other Items and Pokémon Take another stop at a PokéMart; you'll want to buy a few Revives and Hyper/Max Potions/Full Restores if you're far enough in the game. Revives are also very useful; they keep your main capture Pokémon alive, as well as the rest of your party. About 30 Super Repels are almost mandatory too (these are actually more cost effective than Max Repels). Five or so Escape Ropes are useful to have, albeit not required. Zapdos likes to paralyze a lot, so Paralyz Heals are worth a mention if you do not wish to spend the money on Full Heals/Restores. You should always bring a team of three high-levelled Pokémon (the other two are HM slaves, but levelling them up is great). Tricks of the Trade Before you go after even your first legendary, keep in mind a couple of tips: Always save before the legendary. For Ho-oh, save before the last spot on the top of the mountain; it will fly down to you. Check the stats in the legendary's section before you save, and after you compare the stats and are interested, check them here: Metalkid's IV Calculator. You can use some Rare Candies and record the stats for each level if you wish, but for legendaries this is generally not necessary due to the higher base stats. Make sure you have a maximum of five Pokémon in your party whenever you are about to fight a legendary. This allows you to check the nature and stats of your legendary while it is in your party, saving you a trip back to a Pokémon Center to check Bill's PC. If you don't like the Pokémon, press A + B + Start + Select simultaneously. This is known as soft resetting. It is less stressful on your system than turning the power off and on again, and it saves time for you as well. Wait for a different amount of time in the title and menu screens when soft resetting. This helps prevent a repeated seed, and by extension, repeated legendaries. For more information see X-Act's article on PIDs. Keep realistic expectations. If you're only willing to accept a legendary with quadruple 31 IVs, you could be there for a very long time. It is much harder to get a legendary Pokémon with great IVs than a bred one. Watch the HP bars if you're not using Master Balls. Compare the approximate damages done by your Pokémon to the HP of the legendary once you've caught it, and vice versa, with the legendary's Attack/Special Attack. This should help you out; if you do too much damage on a defensive legendary, you can reset without the battling process. The same goes for if an offensive one doesn't do enough damage to you. If a legendary runs out of Power Points for all its moves, it will use the move Struggle. Struggle is a typeless attack that causes 50% recoil of the damage done. So once a legendary starts to Struggle, it isn't long for this world, especially if you have previously used False Swipe to lower it to 1 HP. The Raikou/Entei/Suicune Factor As you may or may not be aware, a member of the legendary trio from the Gold/Silver/Crystal era is available to you after obtaining the National PokéDex. In the vein of your Rival's starter, the legendary you are able to obtain has a type advantage over your starter Pokémon. This means if you chose Bulbasaur you can get Entei, if you chose Squirtle you can get Raikou, and if you chose Charmander, you can get Suicune. This legendary is unlike the others in two ways. The first of which is that it wanders the grasses (in Suicune's case, waters as well) of Kanto. The second way the legendary G/S/C trio is unique is that their nature and IVs are set upon fixing Celio's Machine on One Island. In addition to the fact that their IVs and nature are set, the IVs of the trio are victims of either an odd programming decision or a glitch; only their HP IV can be random, while the rest are set extremely low (typically in the 0-5 range). Despite what others may tell you, it is impossible to capture a competitive member of the G/S/C legendary trio in Kanto. This is due to the programming, not "luck", so it is a fact that these particular legendaries will always have bad IVs, and very often poor natures as well. Should you really want a good Raikou/Entei/Suicune in the third generation, your only option is to soft reset for them in Pokémon Colosseum for the GameCube (also compatible with the GCN's successor, the Wii), or obtain them at a special Nintendo event. Catching the Legendaries Now that you have some more knowledge, or at least something to reference, get out a piece of paper and a pencil. Be prepared to make a little tick mark every time a legendary uses a move, and put two ticks if your Pokémon has the ability Pressure. This will be used to reference the amount of PP the legendaries have before Struggling, which is listed in this section. Note that if your sleep-inducing Pokémon is faster than the legendary, it will use a PP (or two with Pressure) the turn it is put to sleep; and of course it still uses PP the turn it wakes. PP is not used up while the legendary is asleep. So, what order should you catch the legendaries in? The legendary birds are the only ones available before the National PokéDex, so you may wish to pursue them. It's logical to go for the lower levelled legendaries first, and work your way up. For this guide, the legendaries will be listed in the order they are found in the National PokéDex; Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are excluded due to their non-competitive nature. Having said that, let's get started! Articuno Like in the original games, Articuno waits in the Seafoam Islands, which can be reached by surfing to the east of Fuschia City. It is highly recommended to bring many Super Repels on the quest to capture Articuno, and use them as you run out. You will come across two large islands, however, only one is accessible at the moment. Enter the island to find a chilly, convoluted cavern. Articuno is hiding on a rock past some rapids, so the idea is to push enough boulders down to the bottom floor to make the water safe for Surfing. It takes two boulders to access the remaining two, making it four boulders in total you must move to reach Articuno. It awaits you on the bottom floor at level 50. Articuno's Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 165 - Atk 94 105 115 Def 108 120 132 SpA 103 115 126 SpD 130 145 159 Spe 94 105 115 Articuno's Moveset Mist (30 PP) Agility (30 PP) Mind Reader (5 PP) Ice Beam (10 PP) Total PP = 75 Articuno's moveset certainly leaves something to be desired. On the other hand, Articuno only has 10 PP to actually do anything to your Pokémon, which makes it pretty easy to just focus on the capture. Zapdos Zapdos is arguably the easiest of the legendary birds to find, located in a Power Plant near the Rock Tunnel. To reach it, Fly to the Pokémon Center nearest to the Rock Tunnel. Then, head Northwest to a large bunch of tall grass with a fence. Look for the gap in the fence, and Surf down the river found there. Follow the river down, then left, until you find a large building with a PokéManiac standing outside it. This is the Power Plant; inside is a sort of maze-like area full to bursting with wild Pokémon. The latter problem can easily be fixed using Super Repels. As for the maze itself, it is not too difficult, nor too punishing if you make a wrong turn. Zapdos is located in the northwestern region of the Power Plant, along with another exit. Whilst traversing the maze, you will want to head all the way east, then north, and finally, west. Zapdos awaits you at level 50. Zapdos' Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 165 - Atk 99 110 121 Def 94 105 115 SpA 130 145 159 SpD 99 110 121 Spe 108 120 132 Zapdos' Moveset Thunder Wave (20 PP) Agility (30 PP) Detect (5 PP) Drill Peck (20 PP) Total PP = 75 Detect can be annoying, but fortunately it runs on a meagre 5 PP, so it shouldn't be a pain for very long. Thunder Wave is a bit more of a problem due to the fact that it has 20 PP, and can cause you to be fully paralyzed when trying to put Zapdos to sleep. Attending to the paralysis problem is necessary when it occurs for the aforementioned reason. Luckily, Drill Peck runs off of Zapdos' weaker Attack stat, so it doesn't reach its full destructive potential. Moltres Veterans of Red/Blue/Yellow may be surprised to learn that Moltres no longer resides at Victory Road. Rather, it is found on Knot/One Island, at the peak of Mount Ember. Surf from the Southeast section of the island, and continue north until you stumble upon a cave. In here you may heal your Pokémon in the hot spring, and obtain the HM Rock Smash, though neither is required to catch Moltres. It is however, recommended to heal your party before you proceed. Continue heading north, until you reach Mount Ember. Head to the west once you reach a fork in the road, and you will find another cave. Make your way through it, and eventually you will find yourself higher up on the outside of Mt. Ember. Strategically use Strength to move the boulders out of the way, and then save in front of Moltres. It is fought at level 50. Moltres' Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 165 - Atk 108 120 132 Def 99 110 121 SpA 130 145 159 SpD 94 105 115 Spe 99 110 121 Moltres' Moveset Fire Spin (15 PP) Agility (30 PP) Endure (10 PP) Flamethrower (15 PP) Total PP = 70 Though you may be tempted to hammer Moltres with your strongest attacks because it has Endure, there is only a one in four chance it will use said move, thus it is safer to weaken it via False Swipe like anything else. While Endure can mess with the "one under" strategy due to its positive priority, Moltres isn't too much of a challenge to deal with, moveset-wise. Full Restores will get rid of burns and damage taken from Flamethrower, and Leftovers can help negate the continual damage taken from Fire Spin. Mewtwo Perhaps the most famous legendary Pokémon of all time, Mewtwo waits in the Cerulean Cave, known as the "Unknown Dungeon" in the original Red/Blue/Yellow games. As the name would suggest, Cerulean Cave is not too far from Cerulean City, and is available to explore upon defeating the Elite Four at least once. To reach it, head up the bridge where you fought the Team Rocket Grunt for the Nugget, then Surf down the water to your left. Continue heading left until you reach a cave. Once you are inside the cave, surf to the patch of land in the southwestern corner. Climb the rock formation to the right, then pass the ladder on the said rock formation. Instead, proceed up the ladder standing on a lone rock, and follow it to another ladder leading down. You will find yourself in a maze-like floor; take the path leading down, then proceed to take every path leading right, and eventually you will begin heading up. Head to the right, then descend the ladder to end up on the last floor. From here, it is a simple matter of navigating the bottom floor until you reach the large body of water. Surf to another rock formation, where Mewtwo stands, waiting. It is fought at level 70. Mewtwo's Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 250 - Atk 162 180 198 Def 136 152 167 SpA 217 242 266 SpD 136 152 167 Spe 187 208 228 Mewtwo's Moveset Swift (20 PP) Recover (20 PP) Safeguard (25 PP) Psychic (10 PP) Total PP = 75 In the original Red/Blue/Yellow games, Mewtwo was often known as the most difficult Pokémon to capture. While its capture rate is identical to that of the legendary birds', and many new legendary Pokémon, its moveset makes catching it a pain. Safeguard will prevent you from putting Mewtwo to sleep for five turns, while it can Recover to restore health. Psychic can also put a nice dent into Pokémon that do not have good Special Defense/HP, or resist it. Luckily, Mewtwo is among the legendaries that have higher PP, so it should not resort to Struggling too quickly, despite the fact that it may be awake more often than one would like. Lugia Lugia can only be obtained via a special Nintendo event, along with its counterpart Ho-oh. Once you receive the MysticTicket from said event, talk to the sailor in Vermilion City. He will notice your special ticket, and is able to take you to Navel Rock. Once you arrive there, you will notice an entrance to the Navel Rock. However, there are no wild Pokémon inside, other than Lugia and Ho-oh, so there is no need to use any Super Repels. Unfortunately, an Escape Rope cannot be used to exit either. Start by heading down the stairs, then down the next set of stairs on the floor below. You will find yourself in a long hallway; head all the way down the hall until you reach the wall at the end, with two paths. One will lead right to Lugia, and the other will lead left to Ho-oh. Head to the right, and you will come across a set of stairs heading down. Now you must keep heading down several floors, until eventually, you will find yourself in the watery bottom floor of Navel Rock. Lugia is sitting there patiently, and will let you walk right up to it and save. It is level 70. Lugia's Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 250 - Atk 136 152 167 Def 187 208 228 SpA 136 152 167 SpD 217 242 266 Spe 162 180 198 Lugia's Moveset Recover (20 PP) Hydro Pump (5 PP) Rain Dance (5 PP) Swift (20 PP) Total PP = 50 Recover complements Lugia's ability to shrug off most hits - which is unfortunate for one who is trying to weaken and capture it. Fortunately, Lugia is not too threatening offensively - Swift has low base power, and while Hydro Pump under the rain is as powerful as a STAB attack, it has low PP and accuracy. It may be worth it in the long run to boost your catcher's Attack when dealing with Lugia, allowing you to make an investment of time early on, rather than repeatedly spending the time and PP weakening it. Ho-oh Ho-oh can only be obtained via a special Nintendo event, along with its counterpart Lugia. Once you receive the MysticTicket from said event, talk to the sailor in Vermilion City. He will notice your special ticket, and is able to take you to Navel Rock. Once you arrive there, you will notice an entrance to the Navel Rock. However, there are no wild Pokémon inside, other than Lugia and Ho-oh, so there is no need to use any Super Repels. Unfortunately, an Escape Rope cannot be used to exit either. Start by heading down the stairs, then down the next set of stairs on the floor below. You will find yourself in a long hallway; head all the way down the hall until you reach the wall at the end, with two paths. One will lead right to Lugia, and the other will lead left to Ho-oh. Head to the left, and you will come across a set of stairs heading up. Now you must keep climbing up several small floors, until eventually, you will find yourself at the peak of Navel Rock. Ho-oh is nowhere in sight, but there is a rock you can ascend with three spaces to walk. Save on the first space; once you reach the second, Ho-oh will fly down to battle you. It is at level 70. Ho-oh's Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 250 - Atk 187 208 228 Def 136 152 167 SpA 162 180 198 SpD 217 242 266 Spe 136 152 167 Ho-oh's Moveset Recover (20 PP) Fire Blast (5 PP) Sunny Day (5 PP) Swift (20 PP) Total PP = 50 While Ho-oh's Special Attack is its lower offensive stat, it is certainly not weak by anything but Uber standards; even then it would be merely "below average". Having said that, STAB Fire Blast in the sun will definitely hurt anything without a good amount of HP/Special Defense, or that does not resist Fire. Having Full Restores handy is a great idea, even given the below average accuracy and low PP of the move. Despite Ho-oh's 130 base attack, Swift isn't too powerful. While Ho-oh has a nice HP stat, its Defense is only passable, making it easier to continually weaken than its counterpart, Lugia. Deoxys Deoxys is the newest legendary available in FireRed and LeafGreen, albeit only accessible via a special event. Once you receive the Aurora Ticket from said event, talk to the sailor in Vermilion City. He will notice your special ticket, and is able to take you to Birth Island. Upon arriving there, you will notice an odd, triangular shaped rock. After you touch it by pressing A, it will become hot, and shift to a different place on the island. The objective is to reach the rock in as few steps as possible, then touch it. This will make it shift to a different spot on the island. Once it is glowing bright red, and sitting at the top of the island, head to it as you normally would, but save before touching the rock again. Once you do, it will explode for some reason, and Deoxys will confront you. Depending on what version you are playing, Deoxys will have a different moveset, and more interesting, different stats after the battle. In FireRed, you will end up with an Attack Forme Deoxys, and in LeafGreen, Deoxys will take on its Defense Forme. During battle however, Deoxys' stats are the same in both versions; it takes all its Formes' HP, and its Attack Forme's Speed. Deoxys is fought at level 30 in both versions. Deoxys-A's Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 79 - Atk 109 122 134 Def 23 26 28 SpA 109 122 134 SpD 23 26 28 Spe 93 104 114 Deoxys-A's Moveset Taunt (20 PP) Pursuit (20 PP) Psychic (10 PP) Superpower (5 PP) Total PP = 55 Deoxys-D's Maximum Stats Stat Max- Max Max+ HP - 79 - Atk 50 56 61 Def 99 110 121 SpA 50 56 61 SpD 99 110 121 Spe 61 68 74 Deoxys-D's Moveset Knock Off (20 PP) Psychic (10 PP) Snatch (10 PP) Pursuit (20 PP) Total PP = 60 Deoxys is generally easier to capture in LeafGreen to to its higher PP and lack of Taunt. Taunt prevents you from putting Deoxys to sleep the next turn (or in the same turn if Deoxys is faster), which can be annoying. However, Knock Off is a nuisance. After catching all of the legendaries that you are able to, feel free to capture whichever Johto legendary corresponds to your starter, for completion's sake. However, the above legendaries are the only ones with competitive viability caught in FireRed and LeafGreen; congratulations if you have caught them all!


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Emma Roberts in Goldsign Glam Skinny Jeans in Gracie
Emma Roberts was snapped texting on her phone while out running errands in Beverly Hills. She wore her Goldsign Glam skinny jeans in Gracie with a white lace blouse and white shoes.
Emma always mixes up her denim choices, but it is nice to see her out wearing this pair again. I think they fit her really well since they're not too tight throughout the leg and the wash has a great deep indigo blue base. You can buy Goldsign online from Shopbop.com.
Emma Roberts in Rag & Bone Skinny jeans in Rock with Holes
Emma Roberts chatted on her cell phone while out running errands in Beverly Hills. She wore her Rag & Bone skinny jeans in Rock with holes, with a red t shirt and Chloe booties.
I think that this pair is one of my favorite styles from Rag & Bone, I think the distressing on it is done perfectly. Emma seems to be a fan of these as well, since she's been featured quite a few times on the blog wearing them. You can see how else she's worn them here and you can buy Rag & Bone online at Shopbop.com.
Emma Roberts in Black Orchid High Rise Jeggings in Flirt
Emma Roberts was spotted out with some friends in Los Angeles, California. The actress wore a pair of Black Orchid High Rise Jeggings in Flirt with a paneled sweater and some ankle boots.
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Not too long after the divorce papers were signed between Katy Perry and Russell Brand, a leaked Katy Perry demo has surfaced called "Bullet". It was actually a song she co-wrote with and for country singer, Jessie James and it was featured on James' last album, "Wanted". I loved the album and "Bullet" is actually one of my favorite songs on it. "I'm a bullet and headed straight for your heart," sings Perry in the chorus. Sidenote: I also had the chance to interview Jessie James when the album was released. I hope she comes out with a new album this year!
Perhaps the twangy song was leaked on purpose as a message to Russell Brand? The first verse goes as follows: "My mama warned me about boys like you. It's the reason I wear these high heel boots, yeah. And let me give you a little piece of advice, my papa packs heat and he won't think twice, yeah". It's an empowering country/pop song and I highly recommend you listen to it!
2011 wasn't a banner year for celebrity couples. This year, we saw our fair share of quick hook-ups and disastrous break-ups. Divorce seemed to be the word of the year. Now, a new celebrity divorce has hit the fan and my jaw is hitting the floor.
Russell Brand has filed for divorce from his mega-pop star wife, Katy Perry. The two were married last year in India and seemed to be absolutely in love. The docs were filed in LA with the reason for ending the marriage being "irreconcilable differences.". The pair had recently been spotted separately without their wedding rings one which started a media storm of trouble ahead.
However, many are saying that Brand may have blindsided Perry with the filing of the divorce petition. Yikes! The two did spend Christmas apart this year, a weird tradition for a newly married couple. What do you think of Russell and Katy's new divorce? Sound off below.
The other day, Patrick wrote about the most viewed videos on YouTube in 2011. As you probably noticed, that list didn't include music videos from artists from major music labels. Ergo, why Rebecca Black's "Friday" topped that list and the likes of Katy Perry and Jennifer Lopez were nowhere to be seen in that Top 10 list.
As luck would have it, YouTube has a separate list for established artists or as they officially refer to it as, "Most Watched Videos From Major Music Labels Globally". Man, that's a mouthful. On this list, you'll find most of your favorites and surprisingly a few notable omissions. Even though, Adele, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears have topped several year-end lists from Best Song to Best Artist to Best whatever, the trio are MIA on this one.
So who made it? Since it's a global list, some entries may surprise you. For instance, Pitbull shows up in three spots. WTF, dude must have a huge following in all the Spanish-speaking countries. I was also a bit stunned, yet happy, to see Jessie J's "Price Tag" on this list. Love that song. See what other music videos YouTube watchers watched over and over and over and over again in 2011 below.
check out the 10 most watched music videos this year after the jump
Adele topped both Rolling Stone and Billboard's year end charts. Rihanna reigned supreme on Facebook's year end lists. While topping those lists are all well and good, everyone wants to be number one when it comes to earning bank. As Cuba Gooding Jr. said in "Jerry Maguire"… SHOW ME THE MONEY. Both Adele and Rihanna earned some decent moolah in 2011, but fell short compared to the Top 3 earning women in music. Check out what how much of your money these female superstars raked in.
10. Alicia Keys and Britney Spears ($10 million each)
9. Adele ($18 million)
8. Celine Dion ($19 million)
7. Carrie Underwood ($20 million)
6. Pink ($22 million)
5. Rihanna ($29 million)
4. Beyonce Knowles ($35 million)
Tonight, Barbara Walters revealed her list of the most fascinating people of 2011. This is Barbara's 19th year of delivering the end of the year special. Like every year, Barbara gets up close and personal with the biggest names in entertainment, politics and pop culture. This year's list seemed a little heavy on the pop culture but in this day and age, pop culture influences every aspect of our culture.
This year's line up included hit maker of the year, Katy Perry along with the creator of X Factor, Simon Cowell. They were joined by the who coined "you're fired" as a catchphrase, Donald Trump as well as the gay couple from Modern Family, Eric Stonestreet and Jessie Tyler Ferguson. One of my favorite additions to the list that hadn't previously been announced is a very controversial political figure: Herman Cain. This man has created a lot of buzz surrounding the never-ending list of women who came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment which in turn ultimately lead him to fold his campaign and pull out of the presidential candidacy.
But every year, we must wait until the special airs to find out just who will be Barbara's most fascinating person. Last year, General David Petraeus topped the list while Michelle Obama topped it in 2009. This year, there has been a lot of speculation on who would gain Barbara's top honor this year. In the end, Barbara decided the rules were meant to be broken and picked someone that a few people weren't expecting.
See who Barbara thought was the most fascinating person of 2011 here.
Earlier this week, Rolling Stone Magazine named Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" as their #1 track of the year. Now it's Billboard Magazine's turn to honor the British songbird. While Rolling Stone's rankings are purely subjective, Billboard based their honors on sales, radio airplay and streaming statistics, which to me is the way to go.
Adele dominated Billboard's year end issue. Not only, was she named "Artist of the Year", but she also held top position on both the Hot 100 singles chart and Top 200 album one, with "Rolling In The Deep" and "21" respectively. Plus, she's the first woman to get Billboard's top honors of "Artist of the Year". That's such an amazing feat. Check out the also-rans who came close, but no cigar with regards to album sales.
How amazing is it that Susan Boyle can move so many CDs and not have any hit songs on mainstream radio? You gotta hand it to the woman. Even though I don't write about them that much, I'm so glad Mumford and Sons made the list. I'm obsessed with that entire CD. Surprising right, considering I'm all about the R&B divas? Now that you know who the Top 10 were in album sales, see who had the most popular songs of the year below.
This Saturday, Katy Perry is set to host SNL. While some musicians who have hosted the live show before opt to also play musical guest, Katy bowed out and is letting Homorazzi favorite Robyn take the stage. Only fitting seeing as the two toured together on her Teenage Dreams tour.
Katy has been having quite the banner year so why not wrap it all up in a bow by hosting SNL. We know Katy can be funny. We saw her comedy fashion when she donned a low cut Elmo t-shirt and bounced her boobs around with Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph. But, can she handle the roll of host?
In four new promos for this weekend's gig, Katy teams up with Kenan Thompson to garner some viewers. While these promos are never amazing, Katy definitely appears more humorous than Thompson and even does an uncanny impression of her husband, Russell Brand. Watch all four promos back-to-back below.
At the beginning of November, I informed you all about Perez Hilton's new show titled Super Fan airing on the UK's ITV2. The show is set to feature exclusive access and interviews with some of Perez's closest friends including Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias and Kelly Rowland. But one of the biggest names that Perez chats with and is the kick off to the show's series is with none other than Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga.
In the new clip, Perez introduces the show and explains it's premise before we see a multitude of clips from his debut episode with Lady Gaga. It's no secret that the two are besties. They have been photographed together numerous times and Gaga even gave Perez an exclusive listen to her album way before it even dropped. In the preview, we see them cooking in the kitchen, back stage at shows and more. It's sure to be an all-access ride into the lives of your favorite stars, so if you get ITV2 across the pond, I suggest you check it out.


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The Manchester City striker scored twice in the league leaders' 5-0 demolition of Aston Villa, each time celebrating by running to the side of the pitch and miming steering a car - a reference to his upcoming appearance in the dock over a speeding offence.
Tevez's car was snapped speeding in Morecambe back in March on the day that the Argentine striker played in a reserves match.
The 28-year-old is accused of failing to respond to documents sent to him by police following the incident, with authorities pursuing him for failing to disclose who was driving rather than for speeding.
He will appear in court on November 26, "in connection with an allegation of failing to provide identification following an allegation of speeding," Lancashire police confirmed.
If convicted, Tevez would receive six points on his licence in addition to the three he received last year for speeding in his Bentley Continental GT. A different car is involved this time round, according to the Manchester Evening News.
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I never thought I'd see the day when I'd go back to school shopping for my kids. It's just nuts to think about the past and how fast things move. But you can't stop and wait around, it's time to back to school shop now!
Back-to-school shopping for junior high and up to college can include anything from the more traditional enrollment costs, lunches, sports or band equipment and big heavy books to an iPad, laptop, or digital books. For the younger kids, you may have snack costs and craft materials to cover. For both the young and old, you'll need to get new clothes, shoes, backpacks, and gym shorts.


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Home: Capcom Q&A, Resident Evil 5 game space announced
Sony will be holding an SFIV Q&A with Capcom's John Diamonon and Seth Killian in Home tonight, starting at 10.00 pm (EST) this evening.
Some attendees can win a more personal Q&A of their own with the pair.
More information on how to get in on the chat can be found over on the US PS Blog.
Also, the Resident Evil 5 Home space will launch tomorrow, March 5.
Free RE5 gear will be available at the Mall.
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Whisky made only from malted barley and not blended with grain whisky: grain whisky is combined with malt whisky to make the famous blends [count noun]: a good range of malt whiskies
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WORCESTER Ernest W. Colby, 70, of Hampshire Hill Road, Worcester, died May 22, 2013, near his home in Worcester.
He was born in Northfield, Vt., on March 17, 1943, the son of Ernest and Lodema (Austin) Colby. He attended Montpelier grade schools and high school.
Ernie worked for many years with Buzz Emmons at Vermont Expert Tree Service and later with Asplundh Tree Service of Vermont and Bombardier in Barre Town. He most enjoyed hunting and fishing and being on his land on Hampshire Hill with family and many friends.
He is survived by his wife, Gloria, whom he married in 2005; daughter, Cherie Jarvis and her husband, William, of Morrisville, Vt.; a son, West L. Colby and his wife, Laura, of Tenn.; five grandchildren, Will Jarvis, Joshua Jarvis and Alana McLane, Lyden L. Colby and Tyler J. Colby; three great-grandchildren, Caleb Jarvis and Alexa Dyland, and Aiden Colby; stepson, Donald Pierce Jr. and his companion, Lori May, of Middlesex; three stepdaughters, Karen Kerin of Middlesex, Lisa Forbes and her husband, Mike, of Worcester and Patricia ONeill of Worcester; seven step-grandchildren, Jillian and Allison Pierce, Lucy and Zoey Kerin, Trevor and Jennifer Forbes, and Katelynn ONeill.
Ernie is also survived by his mother, Lodema Utton of Mobile, Ala.; three sisters, Barbara Hartman and her husband, Jeff, of Mobile, Ala., Donna Keough and her husband, Harold, of Montpelier, Judy Colombo and her husband, Harry, of Montpelier; uncle, Fred Austin of Barre; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his stepfather, Lancer Utton, and a brother, Bob Utton.
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The hospital traditionally celebrates its first baby of the year with a shower of gifts. This year, hospital officials decided to share the bounty with Life Choices, a pregnancy support center at 575 Mall Blvd., Suite L1.
Judy Boehmler, the hospital's marketing director, said the hospital is scaling back on the number of gifts going to one particular child and finding a way to benefit more people.
While the number of gifts might be smaller, the luxury factor is definitely strong this year.
"We tried to find items that (the new mothers) didn't have yet or might not buy themselves," said Carie Ward, director of the hospital's maternal and newborn department.
The hospital's first baby of the year will receive a $180 Sweet Peace swing that has multiple settings to rock the baby as if it were in its mother's arms. The swing's sound system can recreate sounds from the womb, play its own pre-recorded music or access tunes on an iPod.
The first baby also will receive a diaper bag with lotions and disposable diapers, a bath set, a medical supplies kit for babies, Shaklee non-toxic household cleaner and five cases of Enfamil baby formula.
To win the prize package, the baby must be born at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center on its own time. Babies are not eligible if labor is induced or a Caesarian section is scheduled, Ward said.
The hospital plans to give a DVD video camera and a flat-screen color video monitoring system to Life Choices. "We thought it would be nice to include someone who didn't have a lot," Ward said. She added that many of the mothers participating in Life Choices classes are young.
Laura Waite, Life Choices client services manager, said she plans to use the video camera and the monitoring system as incentives to encourage education and increase attendance. Since its inception, Life Choices has provided nine-week parenting classes. Soon, the organization plans to start offering a 10-week abstinence class. Waite said the items will either be awarded in a drawing among class members or given to the participant with the best attendance record.
The abstinence class is expected to start in January or February and is designed primarily for clients who've already been sexually active. National statistics show that 70 percent of those seeking help at a pregnancy center are return clients, Waite said. Hopefully, she said, the abstinence classes will reduce the number of return clients in the Dyersburg clinic.
The total prize package is valued between $1,000 and $1,500. It was made possible through donations by the hospital, Chief Nursing Officer Sallie Adkins, Chief Financial Officer Terri Warren, the Obstetrics Department Flower Fund, Enfamil, Doris Davis of Shaklee Products and other anonymous donors.


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L.A.'s Water Grill used to be a place for older patrons to enjoy fine dining on white tablecloths in a quiet atmosphere, but all that has changed. The restaurant was overhauled to attract a younger crowd, offering cheaper menu items and craft beers and turning up the volume with pop music and flat screen TVs.
"We'll probably lose a portion of our base because we're not as quiet anymore," says Sam King, chief executive of King's Seafood Co., the parent of Water Grill. But "we have to compete."
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Situated an hour and a half drive from Zagreb ,in the hills just next to border with Slovenia, lies a very special place. One of the most beautiful castles in Croatia, now transformed in the museum and a park, is a very popular place to go on a one-day trips. Although, you can also stay there for a few days because there's a hotel nearby.
Trakoscan was founded in the second half of the 13th century as an observing fortress. First known owners were counts Celjski, but their family vanishes during the 15th century. For done favours, king Maximilian givs this property to Juraj Dra?kovic, croatian cardinal and Trakoscan stays in their family for three hundred years.
From the second half of 19th century Trakoscan began its transformation into a castle, in the spirit of historicism.
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The castle with that cute little lake look like a fairy tale:)
I still remember my first visit to Trakoscan: 8th grade, first real fog in my life... arriving there.... the smell in the air.... and that impressive castle rising above the invisible lake. Magnificent. Well done page.
Enjoyed your Trakascan page - what a neat place!
I enjoyed a few days in Zagreb last year -- wish I'd known about Trakoscan! -- very nice page, thanks.
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For those of you who bought at 12.00?? Boo hoo!♠ Ya can't say you weren't warned though!
For those of you THINKING of buying? Steer clear of the pumpers on this board and compare the market cap with other company's expecting to take in 1 to 2 billion within 2 years. ie, CLSN. Cleary they are the greater "value" of the two with an unwarranted and vastly disparate market cap. Yes, there are far better values out there at the moment - you just have to look for them.
what if you bought at $0.44?
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Or .35 cents :) sold those shares for a 2k % gain but still a buyer at $9
I did buy in in the $2 range and have continued to buy. Current pricing is even a better buying opportunity. Look for the forest!
True post, unfortunately crapneb just isn't smart enough to see what we see. The funny part is the clown was "warning" us back when the stock WAS $2.00! It's actually a good thing these guys(girls) don't get it. I feel great buying the shares they short to me at $9
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I have been keeping up with Bob Wylie's efforts to perhaps change the name of the Panhandle. Bob's "Word for Word" column appears on the Books pages of the Sunday News-Globe.
If I understand Bob correctly, he doesn't like the word "Panhandle" and would like something different.
Well, I have been waiting for the efforts to run their course, and this past Sunday it looks as if Bob is a gonna look into something else to write about and leave well enough alone. I hope so. Personally, I like the Panhandle - the name, our weather, and our folks.
Bob is a writer in residence at Amarillo College. Be that as it may, I hope he will quit trying to mess with the name "Panhandle." In one of his columns, he says the Panhandle is not a panhandle and gives reasons.
I would like to go back in time to the era when Texas was a Republic. At that time, Texas' map was a lot different from today.
The Republic of Texas claimed all the land drained by the Rio Grande River when we got our independence from Mexico. During that early era, this region more resembled a panhandle and thus today's name evolved.
A map of Texas during the mid-1840s showed Texas stretching northward into Colorado and included what is now the Oklahoma Panhandle and more. Much of this geography changed when Texas joined the Union. Later on, other changes were made until the Panhandle of Texas stands the way we know it today.
At any rate, it is the Panhandle in my book and should remain so.
I recall some years back, several folks - mainly one of our leading advertising moguls - worked hard to change the name to The Crown of Texas. It didn't work out, but some folks just gotta keep on trying, I reckon.
Bob lists in his last column several suggested names for our area, including: The Tower of Texas, The Turret of Texas, The Crown of Texas, The Golden Spread, The Top of Texas, Upstate Texas, North Texas, The Pinnacle of Texas, Northwest Texas, The Summit, Canyon Upstate, The Crest, The Glitch of Texas, The Inkpot of Texas and The Top Hat of Texas.
Ye gads!
This list turns me off and leaves me plumb cold.
One reader, Mary Lee Smith, wrote Bob asking, "Please leave my Panhandle alone." Good for you, Mary Lee. Let's just leave it the way it is.
But just suppose you really want to change the name. It would take more than an act of Congress, or an election, to change. You would have to enlist the legion of those who work for not only the Globe-News, but every one of those good folks who work on the smaller newspapers all over the area - and they are hard-headed folk.
I know, for I used to be one of their number.
You would also have to get every talk-show host on the radio waves to agree, along with news anchors on TV stations across the region.
Then you would have to convince every local politician, county commissioner and so forth all up and down the line that they don't live in the Texas Panhandle.
I don't think so.
Sorry, Bob, it ain't gonna happen!
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Obama 2.0
Today's guest post is by Bill Becker, the Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project.
The second year of the Obama Era is young, but we may be seeing the emergence of Obama 2.0 – a president willing to do battle against the dark forces of stasis and negativity. Let's hope so.
Obama 1.0 didn't want to get ahead of Congress. Obama 2.0 appears ready to go head-to-head with Democrats who have the numbers to lead but lack the discipline, and Republicans whose only big idea is to make Democrats fail – a job that has turned out to be pretty easy so far.
Now the President seems open to strategy-change and he's being flooded with fresh advice. In the Feb. 8 issue of TIME, for example, columnist Mark Halperin suggests that Obama "borrow from the playbook of Ronald Reagan" by becoming bigger than life, standing for a few big things and striking themes with which no self-respecting American patriot – Republican, Democrat or Tea Person — can disagree.
Halperin is correct. Obama 1.0 worked at playing the Washington game; Obama 2.0 must prove he can change the game, as he promised in the campaign. He should lead us in a tectonic shift from the politics of fear to the politics of hope.
The Right claims we are losing the America we love. The Left tells us we are teetering on the brink of environmental collapse. Both tell us we should be very afraid. A little fear is good. It teaches us, metaphorically speaking, not to touch the hot pot on the stove. But fear without hope leads to the kind of persistent polarity, political paralysis and apocalypse fatigue that seems to be infecting the American spirit like a pandemic.
As evangelists of hope like to point out, Martin Luther King told us about a dream, not a nightmare. When President Reagan accepted the Republican Party's nomination for president, he talked of a "shining city on a hill", not a collapsed civilization. Just before taking office in 1961, back in the day when masculine pronouns were still politically correct, John Kennedy invoked the same image, saying:
Today, the eyes of all people are truly upon us – and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, state and local, must be as a city upon a hill – constructed and inhabited by men aware of their great trust and their great responsibilities.
If I were advising President Obama on the big populist ideas that should be the themes for his second year in office, I would recommend he begin a new national conversation about the future – not just the future we must avoid, but also the future we must build. He talks often about the "new energy economy". It's the right goal, but TWTS — Too Wonkish To Sizzle in the popular imagination. Instead, on his next visit to the bully pulpit, Obama 2.0 might say:
We challenge the world's biggest economies to a "Race to the Top". By 2020, the United States will be the most resource efficient, innovative, self-sufficient and environmentally responsible economy on the planet.
Again, the President has come close, without quite firing the starting pistol. In his State of the Union address, he said:
There's no reason Europe or China should have the fastest trains, or the new factories that manufacture clean energy products"¦China is not waiting to revamp its economy. Germany is not waiting. India is not waiting"¦They're making serious investments in clean energy because they want those jobs. Well, I do not accept second place for the United States of America.
Since China is already in full sprint, let's make the race official. Let's throw down the challenge and identify the finish line. Just by participating, we will become a more secure and genuinely prosperous nation. We all know the benefits of weaning ourselves from carbon-intensive fuels – particularly imported oil: We'll plug some of the biggest leaks in our economy, clean the air, free ourselves from other nations that don't have our best interests at heart, eliminate the temptation to meddle in parts of the world where we are not welcome, undermine Osama Bin Laden's influence by taking away some of his best recruiting arguments, and eliminate the need to send our sons and daughters to kill and be killed in oil wars.
In the future we want, Obama 2.0 might say, we'll shift the epicenters of U.S. energy production from places like the Middle East, Nigeria and Venezuela to places like North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas. We'll wildcat the sun. Our farms and rural communities will become prosperous and robust again as they earn new income by harvesting wind, sunlight and sustainable energy crops; and by providing carbon sequestration services through advanced soil and forest management.
The second big idea for Obama 2.0 involves national security. He should build on the theme advanced by some military experts that the United States must be as skilled at nation building as it is at war-fighting. The President might say:
It is time to redefine national defense to meet the new realities of the 21st Century. We must be prepared not only to fight wars, but also to prevent them by redoubling our efforts to help developing nations build prosperity and stability where there now is poverty, instability and despair. Among the new realities of national security is the growing threat to the environmental systems that support life in some of the world's most volatile regions. We have come to a time when solar cells and wind turbines are as important to world security as guns and tanks. We must beat some of our swords into solar collectors. Investments in clean energy are the new defense spending.
He should continue:
It has never been more obvious that we are one world. The global economic crisis, the global flu pandemic, the global food crisis and the fact that every person's pollution now threatens the health and welfare of everyone else — these are incontrovertible physical evidence that all people of all nations are connected. So, we recommit the United States to the international goal of ending extreme poverty with sustainable technologies and progress. We will share our knowledge and resources to help the world's less developed nations achieve decent, safe and sanitary lives for their people. We will show through deeds as well as words what we know in our hearts to be true: No one is secure until all people are secure; no one can prosper while so many in our country and around the world are poor; and our future depends on building a global ecological economy in which we sustain the natural systems that sustain us.
Finally, Obama 2.0 might reemphasize that to achieve these big goals, all Americans must become nation-builders in their communities. Every American should commit to doing three things every day to "green" our lives, at home and work. He can explain it this way:
We will be the architects of our future, or its victims. From this moment forward, we choose to be its architects. When the rest of the world looks upon our city on the hill, it will see generosity rather than greed, hope rather than despair, sustainable prosperity rather than economic collapse. Creating that proverbial city is America's mission for the next decade.
To help the American people get involved, the President should engage organizations and individuals across America who already are creating images of the future, often out of the spotlight – for example, the America 2050 project of the Regional Plan Association and the Future We Want project at Natural Capitalism Solutions.
He should convene America's leading experts in energy, finance, business, labor and governance, along with the Departments of Energy, Interior, Agriculture and Commerce and the EPA, to propose a 10-year plan to win the race to the top – the goals, timetables, policies and voluntary actions we'll need from government and the private sector nationwide. Among other things, the plan will lay out how the industries and workers that built America over the last two centuries – from steelworkers and automakers to the oil, gas and coal industries — will make the transition with the rest of us and play an essential role in building the new energy economy.
So far, as Joe Romm has put it, we have been missing a "Pearl Harbor moment" to unify and mobilize us. We've been missing a Sputnik moment like the one that inspired us to win the space race. But in reality, similar moments are upon us again, unfolding so gradually that some of us have failed to see them while others deny their urgency. The insidious, destabilizing effect of climate change and carbon energy is our Pearl Harbor moment. China's drive to overtake the United States as the global technology leader is our Sputnik moment. How we respond will say everything about whether America is capable of getting its mojo working again.
It won't be easy to start, let alone sustain, a national zeitgeist of hope. Not everyone will lay down his placard or rise from his barcalounger. Some of our most visible personalities and institutions – ranging from the traditional news media to the Querulous Class on television, radio and in the blogosphere – make their livings in the negativity business. They appeal to an audience more entertained by trash talk than happy talk and to news media that thrive on conflict. When there's not enough conflict, the news media invent it or give air time to those who do – for example, the made-for-television Tea Party. This is a time when a measurable audience share considers Glenn Beck and cage fighting to be good television.
Nevertheless, I believe we can create a parade that most Americans will want to join and most politicians will want to lead. We have an historic challenge, trans-partisan in nature, global in scope, epochal in importance, requiring equal measures of intelligence and morality. Like other presidents in times of cusp and crisis, Obama 2.0 may be able to rally us out of peevishness and help us unify around a transcendent common purpose. If he does not, or if we don't respond, we are very likely to default to the future we fear.
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He's got the bully pulpit, should use it…and is!
We actually need Obama 3.0. And, 3.0 must be genuine, brave, totally honest, and inspiring all at the same time.
3.0 must lead.
Dwelling on problems only, and on "no", without hope, as many politicians do, won't do.
Nor will offering sugar-sprinkled hope without facts.
Nor will facts alone do, without solutions and vision and courage.
The only other thing I'd say is about the "we're in a race" thing. "Race to the top", and all that.
Although there are many things that we should aspire to do very well, for a number of very genuine and vital reasons, this thinking that we can only do something if we're "in a race" is a bit demeaning and sounds tiresome. How about being inspired by genuine human reasons, for once? People don't get up in the morning and say, "boy I can't wait for the race that I need to win otherwise I'll be obsolete and dead!"
People want meaning, fulfillment, happiness, belonging, competence and excellence, self-expression, genuine-ness, love, happiness, and so forth.
It's a hollow thing to do something mainly because you're "in a race" to beat someone else.
The real question is whether we (the entire human race) can manage to be genuinely wise — homo sapiens — and, in effect, win the race with our own selves. What is the real "finish" line if China and the U.S. and India and Europe and Japan and etc. always and habitually need to be in a big "race" with each other? What is the finish line? To be in a continuous race — a spiraling one — to what ends?
The question is whether we can find ways to achieve health, meaning, happiness, sustainability, justice, and so forth — sustainably — in concert with each other — and we should begin to get that into our heads. If we just embark on the next decade or two in order to win a race with China or whoever, that will be adopting the wrong paradigm, I think. We DO need to get off our butts and solve our problems, of course, but let's hope that Obama 3.0 can help inspire us to do that wisely, for good reasons, for meaningful reasons, for sane reasons, and for reasons that will themselves be sustainable. Have you ever heard of anyone embarking on a "race" that itself (the race) was sustainable and everlasting? The longest race I'm aware of is a marathon, I suppose, and people look pretty darn tired at the end of those, if you ask me.
In large part, I agree with much of what is said in the post, but I'm not sure that the reasoning is as inspiring as it might be. I hope Obama 3.0 comes up with something even better.
Be Well,
Obama 2.0 can only succeed if the base supports him and demands change without tearing him down. Instead what little is left is helping the Democratic party implode, as usual. We need leadership from the base too, and right now, it's only happening from his detractors.
The zero in "Obama 2.0" is appropriately significant. Zero as in empty — empty rhetoric. Or so, I believe, would say Doctors Flowers and Paris who were arrested for their heartrending act of civil disobedience, for daring to take Obama at his word. Watch the doctors in this 9-min. clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53RbYauyv_8
In response to The Wonderer (Comment 3):
I agree with you. But, how to do it?
It seems to me that many pundit voices are loud, on the political/news programs, but that not much is happening in concrete ways in visible America — i.e., on campuses, in the towns, in the streets, and so forth.
Where is the visible, concrete, en masse support that people should be giving to Obama — to encourage him and require him (at the same time) to implement needed changes? Except on TV — where the pundits usually blabber at each other — the silence is deafening.
I'm wondering too.
From Michael Moore video ("Must See video of Youth in Copenhagen" at climateprogress.com):
During Roosevelt's presidency, a woman came up to him and demanded: "Where's the New Deal you promised? Where's my social security?!" Roosevelt answered, "I'm not going to give you anything; you have to make me do it. I have all these bankers against me, all these other people at my back. This isn't going to happen unless you, the people make me do it!"
All great movments work like this. You have to stake out the position you want. You have to ask for what you want. But you don't start out with a compromise… If they felt the heat, they would respond accordingly. Just because they're democrats it doesn't mean it will happen…I think he wants us…he needs to be pushed. I think he wants to be pushed because he can't do this by himself.
I would add, and we need to be exact in our demand. Like women demanding the right to vote, or black people demanding civil rights, or India demanding her freedom. We need to define exactly what it is we want and demand it.
In my opinion, the reason we don't have what we want is because we need an exact demand. The climate change issue is so broad. It's difficult to focus on exactly what we want. But I think we need to do so– like a fine pointed lazer beam, we need to define exactly what we want and then demand it. Like women's demand to vote, like India's demand for freedom, like black's demand for equal rights. We need to define what we want as climate change activists.
…oops! Forgot to errase the last paragraph!
espiritwater says: February 2, 2010 at 11:09 am
"During Roosevelt's presidency, a woman came up to him and demanded: "Where's the New Deal you promised? Where's my social security?!" Roosevelt answered, "I'm not going to give you anything; you have to make me do it. I have all these bankers against me, all these other people at my back. This isn't going to happen unless you, the people make me do it!""
That's great, I'd never heard it.
Fixing our country is not a channel we'll tune in and view.
Eco-efficiency can be both ecological and economic efficiency and a very effective way to proceed using natural systems to reduce the cost of living and increase the quality of life since natural services are provided free.
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February 2, 2010 at 11:09 am
From Michael Moore video ("Must See video of Youth in Copenhagen" at climateprogress.com):
During Roosevelt's presidency, a woman came up to him and demanded: "Where's the New Deal you promised? Where's my social security?!" Roosevelt answered, "I'm not going to give you anything; you have to make me do it. I have all these bankers against me, all these other people at my back. This isn't going to happen unless you, the people make me do it!"
It is a great story! But the video in the post you cite doesn't mention it. Can you point me to where I can find it mentioned? (though it's still a great story even if it isn't true :) )


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posted by May 23 at 10:20 AMon
Ryan Blethen marks the Supreme Court of California's historic decision legalizing same-sex marriage in that state by slapping the Washington state Supreme Court for its idiotic ruling on same-sex marriage here two years ago. From his column in today's Seattle Times:
California is the second state to allow marriage for same-sex couples. Massachusetts' Supreme Court was first in 2004…. Marriage has not suffered in Massachusetts since marriage equality was affirmed in 2004. In fact, the commonwealth has the lowest divorce rate in the nation.
How does that factoid fit into the man/woman marriage crowd's screeching proclamations that if a woman is allowed to marry a woman, the good old traditional American way of life is going to be ripped apart?
The California high court's enlightened vote makes the Washington state Supreme Court's affirmation of a ban on same-sex marriage two years ago feel more like a throwback ruling to a time of prehistoric social norms.