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Sadly, while I was writing this test, one of the greatest lewd comedians of all times has passed away. I'm referring of course to George Carlin. Here's a link to Carlin talking about the 7 dirty words you can't say on T.V. You should definitely check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTyzTJTNhNk
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They scored 56% on Crude, higher than 49% of your peers.
They scored 40% on Zooed, higher than 31% of your peers.
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They scored 100% on Lewd, higher than 99% of your peers.
They scored 68% on PoliticallyAMUSED, higher than 41% of your peers.
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i want it to be rich vs chuck as well, i think shogun would beat him but he also can't afford to lose in his first fight back so i hope he gets 1 warm up fight in, and i want the hughes vs serra feud finally settled.
Yeah, Franklin Vs Liddell could be pretty good. I really want to see Serra beat Hughes, I just don't know who I would go with there.
This would be cool. I have been wanting to see Franklin and Chuck slug it out. I'm sure chuck will be the favorite but they will both fight hard to try and rebound their legacy. I think Sera wins against hughes. Sera seems to be a little bit more well rounded.


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Scrambling After Eggs
This is my second URPG story: in the first, our hero and heroine, Psychic and Bladewing, were adventurers in a three Pokémon capture story. I will once again be going for three Pokémon throughout the course of this story, however unlike last time, our protagonists' only goal is to watch over one little egg. How hard could it be, right?
Very, very hard.
So far, Part One will be counted towards another capture: Part Two is a capture all on its own. I have yet to write anything more.
Scrambling After Eggs
Part One: Any Egg-Sitter Will Do
The road was mostly deserted today: it was a bright, beautiful day, so most trainers were staying in the cities, making use of local pools and beaches as the sun beat down onto unprotected heads, hanging in a lovely blue sky dotted randomly with fluffy white clouds. A gentle breeze rustled the leaves of nearby trees whose branches reached up towards the sky and the grass lining the dirt road on either side, softly nudging the flowers opening their petals to the sun. Bird Pokémon chirped merrily from their roosts, bugs buzzed delightfully and smaller Pokémon scurried about playfully through the tall grass.
However the road stayed deserted no more as two silhouettes were beginning to appear against the bright blue sky walking along the dirt path, kicking up a small cloud of dust in their wake. Flanked by greenery and trees on either side, their features were indistinguishable, but as they continued along the details came into focus. The two were around the same height, with similar bipedal shapes. For awhile this was all that could be made out, but as they got closer it became clear that only one, the one on the left, was human. This was a female, a teenager, while on the right was a Pokémon. The girl was pale-skinned, with long blond hair that the wind played with somewhat, falling just around her waist. The Pokémon was humanoid, covered in plated green armour with a pointed, reptilian head. The girl was sporting a sleeveless purple top with a v-neck and a pair of dark blue cargo pants, with bright blue eyes. The Pokémon's arms were replaced by large blades, and had filmy, bug-like wings on its back.
The two walked along in silence, though not a stony one; both were enjoying the lovely summer day, letting the sun warm their faces and the breeze tickle skin and brush armour. Yes, both were quite content as they walked along, admiring the colourful flowers and diverse Pokémon bustling about around them, grey running shoes and clawed green feet kicking up dust as they made their way towards Ecruteak City. However their blissful enjoyment was sharply interrupted by a persistent ringing, coming from a blue bad slung over the girl's shoulder.
Looking as if she had been rudely awakened from a deep contemplation, the girl, without stopping, opened up one of the smaller compartments in her shoulder bag to take out a cellular phone with a large screen and number pad. As she pressed a button, the screen buzzed to life and the face of a young boy came into focus. The child was young, his face full of youth, with curly, dark blond hair and cute lime green eyes.
"Hiya, Psychic!" the boy said cheerfully, grinning good-naturedly. "Oh, and Bladewing, yo!" he added quickly.
"Oh, hi Ryan, how are you doing?" the girl, Psychic, asked with a smile.
"Scai, scai-thar, scai scyther ther-scai?" the Scyther asked politely.
"Um, sorry Bladewing, I don't really understand you," the boy said, rubbing the back of his head somewhat embarrassingly.
"He wants to know how your journey is going so far. How long ago did you get your Trainer's Permit - hasn't it only been a few months? How's the Trainer's life treating you?" Psychic clarified, smiling.
"Yeah, just been a few months. I wish you could have made it to my tenth birthday party." Ryan pouted for a moment, but quickly got past it. "But I know you got busy with stuff, and I can understand why- this training thing isn't easy."
Psychic nodded as her cousin paused for a moment. "Actually, that's kinda what I called to talk to ya about. Are you free for the next few days? I have a little favour to ask," he said somewhat shyly, sounding somewhat uncomfortable.
"Scai," Bladewing muttered with a roll of his eyes, but there was a slight undertone of curiosity in the mantis' voice.
"Go ahead, I'm listening," Psychic said when Ryan stared blankly at Bladewing. The boy shook his head.
"Well, I kinda need you to egg-sit for a few days," he said, avoiding to look directly at Psychic as he fumbled with something off-screen. "See, me and Theodore – my Bayleef, you know – wanted to go to this Sunflora Festival thing taking place in Cherrygrove City for the next two days. Problem is that getting there isn't easy, you know? But we did find this guy and his Exeggcute who Teleports people around Johto - real cheap, too – who says he'll take us there, even take us back for like, half price.
"But well, he only Teleports Pokémon in their Pokéballs – safer, less risk of "accidents," he said, whatever that means. And well, I recently won this egg in one of those draws in Goldenrod, but since you can't put an egg in a Pokéball or anything he won't Teleport it with me. So um, could you please just watch over it while we go to the Sunflora Festival? Please?"
Psychic raised an eyebrow, then gained a thoughtful expression on her face. She turned to the Scyther standing next to her. "Well, Bladewing, what do you think?"
"Ther, scai-scai, scyther-ther scai thar," he said pointedly, shrugging his plated shoulders and causing the wings attached to his back to shake.
"Good point. Sure, we'll do it," Psychic said, smiling.
Ryan's face lit up and he broke out in a grin that went from ear-to-ear. "Aw, gee thanks, Psychic! This is perfect! Can you meet me at the Ecruteak City Pokémon Center in a little while? I'm just chilling by the lake on Route 42 – escape the heat, yunno."
"Sure thing – as luck had it we're just on Route 37, a ways west of you. Meet you in about two hours?" Psychic responded after quickly glancing at the digital time displayed on the phone.
"Yeah, okay, awesome. Thank you
so much, Psychic, I owe ya one!" Ryan practically shouted in his gleefulness as he began dancing about happily before ending the call and turning the screen on the phone blank.
"Well, here it is." Not long after the call, the cousins met up at the nearby Pokémon Center, the building's air conditioning system providing a relief after having spent so long under the sun's rays. Ryan presented Psychic with a red cushion, atop which rested a Pokémon egg about the size of a human head. The egg was dark green with a shiny, smooth surface, the two yellow stripes on the top being the only break in colour.
Psychic carefully took the cushion supporting the egg, raising it up to eye-level so as to get a better look at it. Bladewing moved closer to the egg, studying it curiously.
"Thanks again, Psychic. I gotta go, now," Ryan said earnestly, pointing to a man wearing a fedora waiting lazily on a nearby couch in the Center, a group of pink, egg-like creatures gathered at his feet.
"Scai? Thar!" Bladewing suddenly yelped as the egg began rocking about slightly on its perch.
"Oy, this looks pretty close to hatching, Ryan," Psychic said carefully, eyes wide as the shaking slowly came to an end.
The ten-year-old was already walking over to the Teleport man. "I know, that's why I need you to take extra-good care of it, okay?" Ryan turned to say over his shoulder, giving Psychic a wink. Before she could say another word Ryan, the man and the Exeggcute were out the door (as Teleport was best used outdoors), beyond earshot, leaving the two alone.
"Lunch time," Psychic said cheerfully after glancing up at the sun sitting directly over the duo's head. Currently, they were off the main path of Route 37, surrounded by towering trees and lush greenery all around. They were in something of a small clearing, the tree branches high overhead keeping out a decent amount of the sun's heat with large green bushes all about.
The teen stopped and sat down, putting the Pokémon egg she had been holding in her arms down onto the grass. She reached into her shoulder bag and pulled out a small red picnic blanket, fanning it out to lay it flat on the ground.
"Scai, scai-scyther, scyther thar?" Bladewing asked, busying himself by looking about the surrounding area, checking for any nearby Pokémon who might disturb the egg (or themselves) during their meal.
"The stream? It's not supposed to be that much farther, I think. Do you remember what she said it was near?" Psychic answered with another question, pulling a brown paper bag out of her sack and placing it on the blanket next to the green egg.
"Ther, scai-thar, ther scyther scai," the Scyther responded as he, satisfied with the job he had done, returned to sit on the blanket.
"An Aipom nest? Yeah, that makes more sense than Mankey – they tend to live in more foresty areas. Of course, this isn't so unlike that, but meh. Ugh, an apple? Bladewing, you
I'm semi-allergic to these," Psychic muttered as she pulled a bright green apple out of the paper bag now that she too was sitting on the warm red blanket, the egg right beside her.
"Scai." A strange grin came across Bladewing's face, a glint in his eyes telling Psychic exactly what the mantis wanted to do. Rolling her eyes slightly, Psychic extended her hand, keeping her palm flat. And faster than you can say "slash" the Scyther's scythes flew about, moving faster than the eye could see. When he withdrew his scythes the apple fell apart into multiple slices sections.
"Lovely. Would you like me to throw them so you can catch them in your mouth, too?" Psychic asked sarcastically, but was really trying to hold back a giggle and applause at her friend's skill.
Bladewing nodded eagerly.
"You're almost as strange as me, sometimes." At this comment Bladewing stuck out his tongue and started panting like a Growlithe, eyes wide and innocent. Both broke into laughter as Psychic drew back her arm, apple slices in hand.
"Fetch, boih!" she cried in deep-chested a Southern accent as she threw the pieces of fruit into the air. The bug's wings snapped open and he launched himself into the air, darting about with mouth wide open so as to snatch as many slices as he could before they could fall down to earth. The few he missed fell to the ground with a light thump, but he flew low and plucked up these as well with a snap of his jaw. One or two landed in the bushes, and he was about to go for these, but Psychic called for him not to bother. Bladewing hesitated, then shrugged and returned to his trainer, and they ate the rest of their meal in blissful silence.
"Alright, let's start packing up," Psychic said as the two finished off their lunch. They started getting up and were about to roll up the blanket when the teen realized something.
"Bladewing, where's the egg?" Sure enough, the spot where the egg had been sitting was now empty, causing the girl's mouth to hang open in disbelief.
"Scai scai-thar scai," Bladewing muttered darkly, sweatdropping.
"Tell me about it – I've never lost anything so quickly before," Psychic said, looking about. "How the heck could it have disappeared so fast, anyway?"
"Ther, scai…" the Scyther murmured thoughtfully before doing to same. Psychic quickly packed the blanket away before resuming searching for a hint as to the egg's whereabouts, but Bladewing was quick to find something: a pair of tracks, Pokémon tracks that had flattened the grass underfoot. They went right up to where the blanket had been, and then turned back.
"Looks like a Pokémon made off with our egg. Bipedal, not very large by the look of the prints," Psychic said, leaning down to examine the foot-prints which led off into a nearby bush. Bladewing nodded.
"Scai scyther-scai," he pointed out how close the tracks were to one another.
"Yup, weirdly fast. We better catch up before it gets too far," she said, trying to stay as calm as possible without thinking about how Ryan would react if he found out that she had lost the egg within the first hour of having it.
Bladewing took to the air and went ahead since he would be stealthier and quicker than Psychic, who would have to blunder through the area on foot and make a whole lot of noise in the process.
While she tried to remain quiet, she still managed to make a few twigs snap and bushes rustle, though was sure to keep the Scyther in her line of vision throughout so as not to get separated. Not after long the mantis stopped and landed behind a bush, and Psychic hurried to follow and see why he had stopped.
When the trainer caught sight of the scene before her on the other side of the bush, she understood the situation almost immediately. A funny green lizard-like Pokémon with a large curled tail was huddled over a nest full of green eggs with yellow and red markings on them similar to those on the Pokémon's face. And among those eggs, was one that didn't have any red markings on it.
"It's a mommy Kecloen," muttered Psychic in a whisper. "She was probably out searching for food and was attracted by the apple slices that landed in the nearby bushes or something. Then she caught sight of the egg and thought it was her own, so she carried it back to her nest. We'd have seen her if Kecleon weren't able to turn invisible," she explained quietly, though didn't mention that she was surprised Bladewing hadn't heard the creature come and go with his predator's hearing.
"Bladewing, we need to get Ryan's egg back. Could you explain to her that it isn't her egg – she probably won't trust a human."
"Scyther, scyther-scyther scai thar," he said somewhat darkly.
"Villageguard? Nowctowl are just as much of a predator as you, and Sight isn't much of a negotiator – or have you forgotten how he acted as a Natu?" Psychic said fiercely, still trying to keep her voice to a whisper.
"Scyther, scai scai-thar, ther scai," the mantis replied with a wry chuckle.
"You think so, eh? Well-" Psychic was about to continue, however a loud ripping sound interrupted her and the bush they were hiding behind was practically torn to shreds, leaves falling to the ground as the Kecleon stood, yellow claws extended as she stood in a fighter's stance. Both companions froze, staring at the gecko wide-eyed.
"Time to shine, buddy," Psychic muttered, barely daring to move her lips as the two faced the angry mother Pokémon.
Bladewing shot her a nasty glare from the corner of his eye before taking a careful step forward and digging his scythes into the grassy ground to show that we wasn't going to use them. The gecko remained on her guard.
"Kecleon! Kec, leon kecleon!" she cried, holding her ground with a fierce glint of determination in her beady eyes.
"Scai-scyther, thar scyther scai," Bladewing tried to reassure her, making his point by getting to his knees in a position that would be incredibly difficult to put up a fight from, digging his scythes deeper and flattening his wings to his back.
From there the two Pokémon had a tense conversation, the Kecleon looking as if she was about to pounce on Bladewing at any moment. Psychic thought that for a creature more fit for fighting, Bladewing wasn't so bad at gently making his point without use of his scythes. She remained sitting on the ground while the Scyther tried to explain what had happened, legs crossed and barely making a sound so as not to seem a threat. A few times he gestured over to her and she smiled disarmingly when the mother glared at her.
At one point, the Kecleon looked taken aback by what Bladewing said. She turned back to look at her eggs in shock, and after further explanation she went over to her nest (still glancing back at the mantis suspiciously every few seconds) and bent over to examine the egg that didn't have any red markings on it. She ran her tiny paws along it, put her ears against it and even bent down to sniff it.
And she realized that this was most certainly not her egg.
After multiple apologies and thanks from both parties, Psychic had the egg back held tightly in her arms and the two were back to traveling.
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Part Two: A Less-Than-Tranquil Stream
"Ah, here we are! Stantler Stream, home to some of the freshest water this side of Johto. The one place in the entire world where catching Stantler is punishable by being hung from a tree by your ankles. I still can't believe that law still exists," Psychic said nonchalantly as she and Bladewing admired the cute little stream winding through the forest. The water was pure and clear, undisturbed save by a few rocks on the ground that caused the water to flow faster and less smoothly. It was very quiet and calm, and since the two had been walking for about two hours, they were glad to be able to rest at such a nice location.
"Thar," Bladewing murmured, sitting down to lean against a tree near the water so he could let his feet soak while resting in the shade.
"Ah, nice spot. Now, skooch over and make some room for me," said Psychic with a grin. The mantis rolled his eyes, but she could tell that he was holding back a grin as he moved over to allow his trainer to join him.
Psychic carefully placed the Pokémon egg right between her and Bladewing so that both could easily watch over it as she sat down, taking off her socks and shoes and dipping her bare feet into the water, letting them cool off in the refreshing stream.
The two sat contently like this for awhile, letting the minutes slip away in blissful enjoyment of everything around them. A few times they saw small groups of tan deer-like Pokémon with hard black hooves and large golden antlers come to take drinks from the stream, bringing their noble heads down as they sipped. The Starntler glanced warily at the human and Scyther watching them though not seeming all that concerned, and none of them ever seemed to mind some of the water Pokémon swimming about near them.
"They're so…content. They take what they get and are at peace with whatever comes their way," Psychic observed, keeping her voice hushed as a father and his three fawns left – one of which seemed to have a broken leg; the limb was twisted oddly and the young Stantler didn't put any weight on it as it walked.
"Scai, scai-scai-thar, scyther scai," Bladewing muttered, eyes closed, a touch of bitterness in his voice.
"Indeed; no Scyther parent would keep a defective child. Nor would many Pokémon parents, or even some human ones." Psychic smiled sadly. "We could learn a thing or two about being good parents from these creatures."
Psychic looked fondly down at the green and yellow egg sitting between them. She was about to go on, but she froze as she realized that the egg was shaking violently.
"Wha…" she leaned down to look closer at it, squinting at the hard surface to look for any cracks – signs that the egg was hatching. However, before she could do a thorough inspection, the egg promptly smacked right into her face.
"My nose!" she grunted in surprise, hand flying to her nose as there was a sharp jolt of pain. She quickly checked her hand to look for blood in case of a nosebleed.
"Scai!" Bladewing cried, taking Psychic's mind off her hurt nose long enough to hear a
When she looked back, the egg was gone.
"Gya, it fell in the water!" the girl shouted in sudden realization and scrambled to get up, tripping over her shoes as she did so.
Bladewing gave her his 'gee, do you really think so?' look before getting up with much more ease and looking calmly about by the edge of the water.
Psychic rushed to shove her socks and shoes onto her feet, hopping about on foot as she tried to pull her sock onto her foot before accidentally flinging a sock into the stream. Grunting in frustration she decided she didn't need socks anyway and quickly stuck on her running shoes and joining the Scyther.
Before she could say a word, the mantis pointed with his scythe. "Ther," said Bladewing, showing his trainer the egg which was bobbing along the flowing water, getting pushed downstream by the current.
"Oh…crap," she hissed as she watched the egg's journey through the water. "Come on!" she yelled to the Scyther and began running after it along the bank.
Bladewing lifted off into the air and next to her as she ran. "Argh, I'd tell you to go get the egg from the water, but you wouldn't be able to grab it," Psychic grunted as she ran, looking pointedly at his scythes. "None of the other flying types would be able to either…"
"Scai, scyther scai-scyther, thar," Bladewing pointed out, making his trainer stop.
"Don't you think I've already thought of that? I really don't think I could," Psychic said quietly, a touch of bitterness in her voice.
"Scyther, thar-scai," the Scyther murmured gently, making Psychic's eyes crease in thought.
Psychic nodded slowly, turning to stare at the moving egg. She glanced at Bladewing in the corner of her eye, who gave her a small, encouraging smile. At this a small smile played across her lips and she closed her eyes, allowing her hands to dangle loosely at her sides as she began concentrating. Bladewing remained perfectly still, watching his trainer intently but keeping one eye on the egg's journey downstream.
The teen began focusing on her cousin's egg, fixing her mind's eyes on the object so that she had a clear image of it, knew it, felt it, trying to make it a part of her, an extension of her being, as if her fingers were wrapped around it. Still focused intently, she tried to move the egg, however she could almost fee; the egg being pulled away, and as much as she tried Psychic was unable to keep a mental grip on the object as it was pulled along the river. Her eyes snapped open, face pale from effort as she saw the little green dot still traveling downstream.
"Scai-thar," Bladewing told her, not requiring an explanation, then took a step forward, eyes scanning his surroundings.
"Damn it," Psychic muttered under her breath, staring and boring eyes into her feet. Her heart was pounding, both from effort and from fear. What would she tell Ryan about his egg? Why couldn't she have saved it – she wasn't a weak psychic! Why did this have to be so hard for her? Oh, if only she was a
bit stronger…
A sound of rustling. Buzzing. Psychic's head whipped to look at the place her Scyther companion had been standing, but he was gone. "Bladewing, what-" she called out, looking about for the mantis. He was flying ahead, racing to catch up with the egg traveling downstream.
"Bladewing, you'll never be able to get to it! What are you doing?!" Psychic yelled, beginning to run after him. The sun got into her eyes for a moment, and she squinted to filter out the glaring rays, keeping only tiny slits open and only barely making out green bug up ahead, flying above the water.
Suddenly, Bladewing seemed to get a better idea, and he changed course. "Wha-" Psychic began, halting her blind dash just as the light began to fade away. Bladewing had stopped and seemed to be speaking with somebody, though whether or not the somebody was in the river or on the land or anything at all the girl was unable to tell, as some bush was obscuring her view. She continued running towards the Scyther and saw a flash of yellow jumping into the water, causing a great big splash.
"Bladewing, what's going on?" Psychic asked wearily as she finally caught up to him. He response, he merely pointed downstream with his scythe, a smug grin on his face. Surely, there was the egg bobbing along, and right on its tail was the yellow thing, zooming downstream as if its life depended on it. The distance between the green and yellow was shrinking until the yellow caught up, and dragged the egg ashore.
"Scai," Bladewing said perkily, doing some kind of jig of happiness.
Psychic would have teased him, had she not been so incredibly relieved. "OhthanksMewthatwasacloseone!" she exclaimed in one breath, exhaling in a huge sigh of relief. But what had the yellow thing done with the egg?
Her question was answered as the sound of feet slapping against ground could be heard from the downstream direction. Surely enough, a short, stout creature was running towards them, covered in yellow skin with a beige beak and feet. On top of its head was a little tuff of black feathers, and its eyes were wide with pleasure as it held something behind its back.
"Duck-psyduck!" the Pokémon declared proudly when it finally came to stand in front of the duo, a huge grin on its beak. The Psyduck pulled Ryan's egg out from behind its back and presented it as if it was the most valuable jewel – it even gave a little bow as it lifted the egg up for Psychic to take.
The teen beamed, scooping the egg up into her arms and cradling it as if it were her own child. She was just about to thank the friendly Psyduck for his kind actions when the egg began shaking in her arms once again.
"Oh, Bladewing, look, it's so close to hatching!" she marveled with wide eyes as the egg continued wobbling, and she thought she could vaguely feel the creature inside kicking.
"This is so awesome," Psychic said excitedly, and Bladewing huddling closer to the egg to watch it shudder and shake in his trainer's arms, a subtly curious expression in his eyes and a grin on his mouth.
"Thar…" The Scyther had probably never seen any Pokémon, other than a Scyther hatch, making this an exciting, new event for both of them.
Slowly, the egg stopped shaking, however, and simply rested peacefully in its perch. "Oh, it stopped. That's a shame," Psychic mumbled, trying not to sound
disappointed. "But I guess it's for the best – it
Ryan's egg, after all, he should be there when it hatches and all that."
"Scai, scyther-scai, scai-thar," Bladewing muttered softly in agreement.
"Well, yes, but we haven't really-"
Slowly, Psychic and Bladewing turned their heads back to see the Psyduck looking positively enraged; its arms were clenched at its sides, its brow was creased with fury and a vein was throbbing on its head. The companions stared blankly.
"Sai-duck! Duck-duck, psyduck-sai, DUCK!" the Pokémon shouted indigantly, waving its fist about in anger.
"Ohhhh," Psychic gave an 'I-get-it-now' look to the Scyther. "Oh, I'm so sorry, sir, we were
to thank you, we just-"
"SAI DUCK PSYDUCK!" he bellowed, upset at having been ignored after helping the duo, and leapt at Psychic with claws drawn in preparation for a Fury Swipes.
"Sight, GO!" the teen screamed, throwing a Pokéball violently onto the ground in her defense. Immediately a bright light shot out of the sphere and standing between the Psyduck and herself was a tall, bird-like creature, covered in green feathers with numerous red, black and yellow markings all over its bipedal body.
"Xatu!" Sight cried in pain as the duck Pokémon slashed his chest repeatedly.
"Argh, sorry, Sight," Psychic whispered as the Psyduck took a step back, panting, a furious glint in its eye.
The psychic bird turned his head to look at his trainer – well,
isn't quite the right word, as despite his name, the Xatu was actually blind, and instead regarded Psychic with white, unseeing glazed-over eyes. "Tu," he said quietly in understanding.
"PSAI-DUCK!" the wild Pokémon shouted, still annoyed that he was being ignored, and showed it by hopping up and down angrily.
Bladewing frowned. "Scai-thar, scyther-scai scai scai-thar, thar," he said to Psychic expectantly. She nodded in response, then turned back to Sight.
"You're facing a water-type, around half your size. Not young, but mad and experienced, one o'clock" Psychic's tone quickly changed from gentle to somewhat urgent as she gave her blind companion this information. He nodded briefly, then turned back to his opponent.
Immediately, the enraged Psyduck began running at Sight, changing his angle somewhat as water began foaming into its mouth.
"Water incoming, ten o'clock - Confuse Ray, then!" Psychic said quickly.
The Xatu swiveled his body slightly left, swung out his wings and let out a "Xaaaaa!" There was a flash of purple light between the two Pokémon, with smaller yellow sparkling lights seeming to dance inside.
"Duck-duck-duck-duck-duck!" the opponent cried out in shock as the attack dazzled and confused him. The Psyduck began swaying drunkenly, blinking rapidly and randomly shot a Water Gun out of his beak, splashing Bladewing's face.
"Thar," he muttered darkly in annoyance. "SCAI-SCAI, scyther-scai, scyther-THAR!" he shouted at his team-mate.
Taking the mantis' advice, Sight brought his wings up, pressing them against his forehead. A slight blue aura encircled his wings then in one swift movement he swept them down, causing the aura to vanish and temporarily surround the Psyduck.
"Future Sight? Oh dear Mew, why are you putting that thing through such misery?" Psychic groaned – she and Bladewing had suffered the effects of this attack beforehand, and knew quite well just how insane it could be.
Seemingly unaware of the attack that would follow, the Psyduck gained a moment of clear-headedness; he closed his eyes, bowing his head in concentration, then ran at Sight, head still bent, and before the Xatu could avoid the attack he was hit squarely in his wing joint by a Zen Headbutt.
"Xatu," the bird grunted out in pain, automatically responding with a few well-aimed Peck attacks to the Psyduck's skull.
"Psai-ai-ai!" the water Pokémon exclaimed dizzily, flailing his arms in the air. The Psyduck seemed about to retaliate, but then a look of stupid tranquility came over his face and he instead walked up to the nearest tree and began beating his head against it.
"Ah, the confusion status, whatever would we do without it?" Psychic joked lightly. But Bladewing and Sight turned to stare at her. There was an awkward moment of silence when the only sound was the rushing water of the stream and the rustling branches of the tree the Psyduck was smacking.
"Scai, scyther-scyther-thar, scai," Bladewing quickly said, seeing that his trainer was too busy being weird to battle.
Sight shrugged, seeming not to mind that his team-mate was giving orders and not his trainer, and brought his wings out to his sides. He then crossed them by his chest and thrust them forwards, sending purple tendrils shooting through the air, twisting and spiraling at the unsuspecting duck.
However he didn't remain unsuspecting for long – the Psyduck suddenly snapped out of his confusion, easily sidestepping the Night Shade and once again began gathering water in its beak.
"ME FIRST!" Psychic shouted quickly. Sight began making motions with his wings as rapid speed and seemingly out of nowhere, he shot a huge rush of water at the Psyduck, who released a similar Hydro Pump at Sight a moment before he got hit by the bird's water attack.
The Xatu plunged into unconsciousness.
The Psyduck was plunged into the rushing river.
The wild Pokémon's eyes glowed blue and it cried out in shock and pain. Future Sight had taken effect.
Psychic didn't want to think about Future Sight. When she and Bladewing had been hit by it, they had seen of times and places from the past and future. A million images, sounds, smells, feels, all flashed in their mind's eye simultaneously, too quickly to understand. It was jarring.
The Psyduck didn't need to endure this. He had done nothing wrong.
Hoping that the Autoaim fuction would still work in water, Psychic unhooked a Pokéball from her belt and threw it at the Psyduck as the current pushed him downstream…
Part One and Two ready to grade. The rest is currently being written.
Please note that Part One will go towards my main capture.
Part Two is for Psyduck.
Pokémon Trying For:
Difficulty Level:
Length of Part Two:
15,000 (with spaces)
Length (parts One and Two):
30,000 (with spaces)
Pages (parts One and Two):
Also, please don't hesitate to make the grade long: I prefer longer reviews that actually
me and tell me what I can do to improve. ^^
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Re: Scrambling After Eggs
Well, a little later than I expected, but here you are.
Psychic and Bladewing agree to watch over her cousin's egg and run into some rather unfortunate and plain unlucky situations. The plot itself isn't extremely original, but something about the way you've written this makes it interesting. You added your own twists, and made them appealing so I never found myself bored with the story. I think most of what made me appreciate this so much was the fact that you gave your characters such personality and bond with each other; something every writer should try to achieve.
The story begins with the pair walking along a road in attempt to reach Ecruteak City. I like how you brought them into the story; explaining each of them in turn as they came into view. Honestly, the main thing I could see happening with this is that you add more of their background in the introduction. Having graded part of your first story, I think it would give your characters more justice to have some kind of recap on their past adventures; or simply the more important aspects of them. The two have an incredible bond with each other, and it's rare to see someone able to bring that out in writing. That could easily be my favorite part of your stories; just the relationship between Psychic and her Scyther. So in future stories, I would try and flashback or something along those lines in case you get a different grader, because they would be missing out if they couldn't grasp the connection between the two.
Setting wise, it was a little hard for me to get into the story at first. I couldn't really picture anything apart from Psychic and Bladewing. I definitely think you need to bring in more of your surroundings. You know how to blend details into your writing without making it look forced, some I'm sure you could find a way to spice up you intro. The first few paragraphs are probably the most important in stories. They draw (or repel) your reader, and if you start off your story with a boring intro, it's going to be much harder to get the reader interested again, as they've lost focus. This is just something for you to think about.
There were also a few areas where I felt could have used more explanation. For example, the Teleport issue. Why was it "unsafe" to leave Pokémon outside of their Poké Balls? Their anatomy is somewhat similar to humans, isn't it? I was also wondering about Psychic herself. You have subtle mentioning that she has psychic abilities, and simply the fact that she can understand and communicate with her Scyther is somewhat extraordinary. But how did this all happen? Was she born this way, or is it something she discovered as she grew older? I'd love to know her background as well. I think you could achieve this by writing in some flashbacks. It would be much easier to relate to and understand her the more we know about her life. Perhaps this will be brought back in later chapters, but it was bothering me for some reason. It is clear to me that you are going to remain consistent with using Psychic as your main character, so the more we know about her, the better. It's perfectly fine to have mystery and bring up questions in writing, especially in a continuous series like this on, just remember to wrap them up by the time it ends if you want your reader to comprehend as many things as possible.
I'm not trying to sound rough or arrogant because I am not a perfect writer either. I just figured you'd want as much feedback on your writing as possible, because I know how annoying it can be to put so much effort into a story just for someone to say "Good job" and give you no advice on how to improve it. Now considering the Pokémon you are going for, and the quality of this story, you have nothing to worry about. I'm sure you understand that the complexity of a plot will need to increase once the difficulty changes to a higher level.
You're very experienced here, obviously. I could tell most things were typos, like the misspelling of a word, or a forgotten capitalization. A few comma misplacements caught my eye among other things, so I'll try and point out whatever I can. If they are things you already know, then I apologize in advance.
"Oh, hi Ryan, how are you doing?" the girl
Psychic asked, smiling.
The comma doesn't make sense there. You basically want to use it to separate ideas, or to list a multiple of things. 'Girl' is the same as 'Psychic' in this situation. You're using it to describe her, so you wouldn't need a comma.
"Well, I kinda need you to egg-sit for a few days," he said,
avoiding looking
directly at Psychic as he fumbled with something off-screen.
When you have two verbs next to each other like this, the second verb needs to be left in the infinitive form. So, for this it should be "avoiding
". It sounds a bit awkward here, but it's proper. You can't have two conjugated verbs in a row in general. Suppose we wanted to say:
"Hurry up!" he said, wanting going to the toy store as soon as possible.
It's much more obvious here in this situation that the second verb needs to be "to go" instead. Just a little tip to keep in mind.
Not long after the call
the cousins met up at the nearby Pokémon Center
the building's air conditioning system providing a relief after having spent so long under the sun's rays.
Adverbial clauses need to be followed by a comma. The second half of this sentence should also be separated by a semicolon instead of a comma, as it has potential to be two separate sentences.
Not long after the call
the cousins met up at the nearby Pokémon Center
the building's air conditioning system providing a relief after having spent so long under the sun's rays.
they were off the main path of Route 37, surrounded by towering trees and lush greenery all around.
Another place that needs a comma. The best way to explain this is that you are stating time, and then stating where, so the two ideas need to be separated by a comma. I'm almost positive you know about it in this case, but I thought I'd point it out anyways because I noticed the same problem after words like "However", which also call for a comma.
they were off the main path of Route 37, surrounded by towering trees and lush greenery all around.
She reached into her shoulder bag and pulled out a small red picnic blanket, fanning it out to
it flat on the ground.
This is a pretty common misconception. In this situation, you'd want to use "lay". The difference between the two is that "lay" refers to "place" or "set" something down, while "lie" is more along the lines of "to recline", e.g.
Lie in bed.
…Could you explain to her that it isn't her egg – she probably won't trust a human."
Since you're asking a question, you'll need to incorporate a question mark in there. You really don't need the pause dash, since you achieve that by starting a new sentence.
…Could you explain to her that it isn't her egg
he probably won't trust a human."
Anyways, I'm going to stop there. A lot of mistakes were repetitive so I don't really need to cover them twice, and this is getting longer than necessary anyways. I normally don't go too much into grammar unless I think the writer can handle it/understand it, so please take it as a compliment not that I am tearing apart your story. ^^;
I think you have this covered pretty well in everything but the surroundings. I felt completely connected to your characters (as I mentioned before), and you made them relatable with interesting personalities. However, it's also important to bring other qualities in. There were places where you do and awesome job setting the scene, like the part with Stantler, and there were others that I couldn't really picture anything. The part with Kecleon probably was the hardest to see. You should try and focus your attention elsewhere, and really bring the reader into your mind. If you can get the entire scene across crystal clear, as well as allowing your characters to shine, then I will be very envious of you. :P
Well, considering there is over twice the necessary amount of characters here, I think it's save to say you have nothing to worry about in this section.
I really enjoyed this, actually. I thought it was fascinating how you brought in Xatu, who was blind, and had to describe the situation to him. It was really unique, and the attacks were thought out nicely. I was also impressed with how you managed to keep it two-sided when Xatu was clearly the better trained of the two.
I could see Psyduck using a bigger variety of attacks though. While Hydro Pump and Zen Headbutt would probably be the most effective, it would have been amusing to see the duck's psychic abilities brought out some in the battle, especially considering the fact that he took several blows to the head through the duration of it.
For a Medium level Pokémon, this battle was perfect. So judging wise, you did excellent. I just know your capabilities as a writer so I think it's in your best interest to bring out as many positive aspects as possible.
This story is absolutely perfect for the duck. Everything came together nicely, and you kept it interesting. The grade is lengthy because I knew you would appreciate feedback, and it doesn't mean you did a bad job whatsoever.
Psyduck captured!
Have fun with the ducky. This story makes me want to do something with mine, as it is just sitting sadly in my stats. ;P
EDIT: I just realized that you want to use the 15k in part one to add to a completely different capture. It wouldn't really work to do that because the story itself isn't about the new capture attempt, it in fact leads up to the encounter with Psyduck. I'm thinking you're going to have to start fresh with the next part and start over with the character count, however, I'll make my final judgments once I've read it.
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Re: Scrambling After Eggs
I've been wanting to reply to this for awhile, but I kept putting it off. Still, I felt like a reply is well-deserved after such an in-depth, awesome grade, so I'll be replying to each individual section. ^^
Again, just to be perfectly clear; I asked for a long grade so I'd have a better idea of what I did well and what can be better. I'm incredibly glad you took so much time to work on this grade! =D
Heh, I didn't really think this sort of thing had been done before, but hey, I'm happy with the "adding your own twists" and "making them appealing." I also don't want to clog up the story with background; unless the same person is reading all of my stories and are really following Psychic and Bladewing, I don't think it very necessary for a whole lot to be told about the pair, especially for people only reading one of their adventures; you want to know about what's happening here and now, not what they did before. It doesn't really play a huge part anyway, because nothing that they did before has much effect on what's going on now, but that could just be my opinion. :P
I'm glad I got down the relationship between Psychic and Bladewing, but I don't really think of it as being really special or anything; I like to imagine that any human and Pokemon that have been working together long enough would be close like that, but I'm glad that it at least shows. The same goes for why she can understand the Scyther; if you work with someone for a long period of time, to you to know and understand them, even if it's an animal. You know that when your dog lies on its back it wants it tummy rubbed, and after awhile it will understand "sit" or "stay," and since Pokemon are so intelligent, they learn faster than most animals and probably understand their trainers pretty well – that's how it is with Ash and Pikachu. This probably isn't always the case and always to this degree, but…meh. Anyhow, I am disappointed to see that my background description isn't so good; I've been told this before, actually. I've never been very good at it, but I think it also has to do that characters are more important to me than anything else; I'll keep that in mind, though. ^^
The Teleport thing…well, it's not very important, so I decided to just skip over the details. On psychic's powers…well, that will just have to remain a mystery until I can subtly slip it in at a later point in time. ^^;
Commas kill me at times. XD
"Oh, hi Ryan, how are you doing?" the girl, Psychic asked, smiling.
The comma doesn't make sense there. You basically want to use it to separate ideas, or to list a multiple of things. 'Girl' is the same as 'Psychic' in this situation. You're using it to describe her, so you wouldn't need a comma.
I actually meant to have another comma (between "Psychic" and "asked." This is because the goal was to explain that the girl's name IS Psychic. It's like saying "the girl, whose name was Psychic, asked." Guess it was just crappy grammar/wording on my part. ^^;
"Well, I kinda need you to egg-sit for a few days," he said, avoiding looking directly at Psychic as he fumbled with something off-screen.
When you have two verbs next to each other like this, the second verb needs to be left in the infinitive form. So, for this it should be "avoiding
". It sounds a bit awkward here, but it's proper. You can't have two conjugated verbs in a row in general. Suppose we wanted to say:
"Hurry up!" he said, wanting going to the toy store as soon as possible.
It's much more obvious here in this situation that the second verb needs to be "to go" instead. Just a little tip to keep in mind.
Makes sense, but it sounds SO weird. XD
Adverbial clauses need to be followed by a comma. The second half of this sentence should also be separated by a semicolon instead of a comma, as it has potential to be two separate sentences.
Not long after the call
the cousins met up at the nearby Pokémon Center
the building's air conditioning system providing a relief after having spent so long under the sun's rays.
Another place that needs a comma. The best way to explain this is that you are stating time, and then stating where, so the two ideas need to be separated by a comma. I'm almost positive you know about it in this case, but I thought I'd point it out anyways because I noticed the same problem after words like "However", which also call for a comma.
they were off the main path of Route 37, surrounded by towering trees and lush greenery all around.
"Commas sometimes kill me." ^^;
She reached into her shoulder bag and pulled out a small red picnic blanket, fanning it out to lie it flat on the ground.
This is a pretty common misconception. In this situation, you'd want to use "lay". The difference between the two is that "lay" refers to "place" or "set" something down, while "lie" is more along the lines of "to recline", e.g.
Lie in bed.
o.O That's pretty strange, but okay, I guess. XP
Since you're asking a question, you'll need to incorporate a question mark in there. You really don't need the pause dash, since you achieve that by starting a new sentence.
…Could you explain to her that it isn't her egg
he probably won't trust a human."
Well I understand that and all, but I meant for it to sort of be like one thought flowing into another, if that makes any sense. I just
for it to be one sentence.
Noted, though I'm not exactly sure how I can fix what you mentioned. I'll see what I can do, I suppose. ^^
Meh, I go for the length I need to tell a story, though like I said, I want to use Part One for my other capture. :P
Looking back, I think I might actually need to work more on keeping Sight blind. XD
I always thought that the whole Psyduck + Headache = Verypowerfulduck was something that only Misty's Psyduck from the anime did…meh. And unfortunately, the yellow duckie doesn't have a biggest movepool. @_@
Yay! (The captured Psyduck is now a Golduck XD)
On the Edit:
I think that when you see the capture I want it to count for you won't have too much of a problem. ^^;
Anyhow, this story will hopefully be for the Winter Competition. I think I'm just going to skip Part Three for now and just skip to Part Four, or else I'll never finish this.
Thanks again for the awesome grade! ^^
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Leland Melvin, Friday, 10-3-14 October 4, 2014Posted by The Space Show in Uncategorized.
Tags: inspiration, Leland Melvin, Muhammad Yunus, orbital shift in perception., Overview Effect, Russia, space exploration, space settlement, space tourism, Spaceship Earth Grant, Star Harbor Space Training Academy, STEM, suborbital flights
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Guest: Leland Melvin. Topics: Spaceship Earth Grant contest, The Overview Effect, space exploration, STEM. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See http://www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience.
We welcomed former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin to the program to discuss Spaceship Earth Grants (SEG) (www.spaceshipearthgrants.com) as Leland is the president of the organization. This program was a one hour show so there was no break as we had just one segment. Mr. Melvin started out by telling us about SEG which he said was formed to do good in the world. He talked about their contest for raising money to send people to space so that they will experience an orbital shift in perception (The Overview Effect) and upon return, do work and good with this new perspective of Earth. They want this new perspective shared with others for the benefit of all. He talked about the application for the contest and the fee structure which you will find fully explained on their website so see the above URL. Leland explained that this was a crowd funding program though not like others that use specific crowd funding program such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo. We also learned from a listener question that the contest winners will choose their own carrier for going to space and will need to comply with the rules & conditions set by that particular carrier. Later, he mentioned that they would have a spaceflight training academy but details would not be announced until later in October. The contest involves paying a fee which is on a sliding scale, submitting a video and writing an essay on why you want to go space. I asked our guest why the average person needs to go to space. Leland spent some time responding to this question so don't miss this crucial discussion. Leland was asked if students on a global bases seemed interested & inspired by space when he spoke to them. He said yes & told us a great story about what happened with a Brooklyn student who slept through his talk. We talked about international space cooperation, specifically with the Russians even when our non-space relationship with Russia was at a low point. Regarding their contest, Leland talked about some of the benefits early adopters get by filling out an application, submitting the video, essay, and fee. A listener asked if they would market their space flights for adventure as do the space tourism companies or are they only going after the change in perspective & Overview Effect benefits. I asked Leland if he had experienced the Overview Effect on his two Atlantis flights. The same question was asked about his astronaut peers. Leland had much to say in response to this question because when he went to space, he was not familiar with the Overview Effect but told us that what he experienced was the Overview Effect without putting a name to it. Later in the program, we discussed SEG being founded on the principles of Muhammad Yunis, then Leland was asked by Kristin if SEG would focus on space settlement as well as tourism. We learned that the organization was accepting applications from 156 countries. In his summary, our guest talked about civilizations coming together through space, the orbital shift in perspective by just being in space, and the need to fund STEM programs/students.
Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can email our guest through the SEG website or me.
Robert Walker, Friday, 3-14-14 March 15, 2014Posted by The Space Show in Uncategorized.
Tags: artificial gravity, Atacama Desert., centrifuge studies, Coriolis effect, Dr. Gil Levin, Earth gravity, gravity gradient, humans landing on Mars, Inspiration Mars, ISS, Joe Carroll, L2 Mission, linear acceleration, Mars one, Mars orbital mission, Martian life, microgravity, Phoenix mission, Robert Walker, simulation studies, Skylab, sleeping centrifuge, space tourists, spinning a spaceship, suborbital flights, tether spin, Viking Labeled Release experiments
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Guest: Robert Walker. Topics: Artificial gravity, Earth gravity, life on Mars, and more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience.
We welcomed back Robert Walker from the UK to discuss artificial gravity with us given our recent Space Show programs on the subject. There was an audio issue with this program so listen carefully so you don't miss anything. During the first segment of our 90 minute program, Robert went over some of the basics such as the Coriolis effect, the gravity gradient, tethers, centrifuges, the vestibular effect, and more. He also went over linear acceleration, spin rates, Russian experiments, issues facing space tourists, and spinning a Dragon capsule. Robert has written many articles on artificial gravity which can be found at www.science20.com/space. One such article was discussed yesterday. See www.science20.com/robert_inventor/blog/ingeious_idea_soyuz_crew_tether_spin_way_iss_artificial_gravity_almost_no_extra_fuel-131278. Also, check out www.science20.com/print/131279; www.science20.com/print/131278 & www.science20.com/print/129424.
In our second segment, Robert talked about both Inspiration Mars and Mars One as it relates to spinning to create artificial gravity, the number of revolutions per minute, simulate programs, and his favorite, a 2-3 year precursor mission at Earth L2. He wants the mission designed to be a comprehensive test bed for artificial gravity. Later in the segment while discussing Mars, he suggested we orbit Mars and not land on the planet. Listen to his reasoning for this type of human Mars mission. For one thing, he said its much safer to be in orbit. We then focused on the possibility of microbial life on Mars, we talked about the Viking Labeled Release experiments. Robert was asked a question about the sleeping centrifuge (you sleep horizontal as one does on Earth). Partial gravity was discussed as well. Robert said many times that we must find out what is going on with Mars. He mentioned the Phoenix mission which Mars One is planning to copy to some degree with its robotic mission to Mars in 2018.
Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog. You can reach Robert via his articles or through me.
Tom Olson, Monday, 12-31-12 January 1, 2013Posted by The Space Show in Uncategorized.
Tags: " Neil Armstrong, " SpaceX, 3 D Printing, Arianne 5, Atlas 5, Boeing CST 100, Chinese Space Program, CubeSat, Curiosity, cyber warfare, Dragon, economics, EML2 missions, entrepreneurial space, ESA, Falcon 9. , Falcon Heavy, Golden Spike, human spaceflight, IAC in Beijing, ISDC, ISS, ITAR modification, Japanese space program, Jesco von Puttkamer, liability laws, lunar base, Mars one, Messenger, MSL, NASA budget, NewSpace Business Plan Competition, North Korean space program, NSS, on orbit fuel depots, Planetary Resources, Reda Anderson, Russian launchers, sequestration, SLS, space capsules, Space Review for 2012, space robotics, Space Settlement Act of 1988, space settlement policy, space shuttles, Spaceport America, Stratolaunch, suborbital flights, Tom Olson, ULA, Virgin, Warp Drive, winged spacecraft, XCOR
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Tom Olson, Monday, 12-31-12
2012 Year End Review & Analysis for Space Development
Guest: Tom Olson. Topics: The year 2012 is reviewed from the space perspective and we look forward to space development in 2013. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. We welcomed back Tom Olson for his annual Space Show year in review analysis with a look forward to 2013 for space development. We started our discussion by remembering those in our space community that are no longer with us. We specifically mentioned three dear friends though we know that others have also left us. Our program was dedicated to Neil Armstrong, Jesco von Puttkamer, and Reda Anderson. We certainly miss our friends but space development marches on like everything else in life. A few of the early issues Tom brought up in the 2012 annual overview of space included the Falcon 9 launches and Dragon missions. He also talked about ISDC and birthing of Dragon during the keynote by NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. While on the subject of SpaceX and its mission to the ISS, Paul sent in a question asking if SpaceX dropping out of the Stratolauncher project indicated that perhaps they had "bitten off more than they could chew." Tom and I have no inside information about SpaceX and Stratolaunch but we both thought that Paul's comment was reasonable as SpaceX is certainly busy enough with game changing projects & technology. Cubesats were discussed given their rise in popularity and importance in 2012. It seems as if their potential is more than on the rise! Cubesat growth also cuts across many diverse space industry segments and niche markets. Bev asked about the future of 3-D printing and its potential impact on future human spaceflight (HSF). 3-D printing is certainly experiencing space industry growth & there will soon be a small 3-D printer on the ISS. Heavy lift came up and much was said about the Falcon Heavy and SLS, both looking back over 2012 & forward to 2013.
In our second segment, I asked if fuel depots would evolve from the Power Point & rhetoric stage to something more tangible in 2013. We talked about depots as many of the projects announced in 2012 use depot technology to enable their plan. Tom talked about warp drive becoming more possible due to the 2012 work of Dr. Sonny White. Dr. White will be a guest on The Space Show Friday, January 4, 2013. Tom next brought up NASA budget issues & possible cuts. He talked about science mission cuts, the JWST, and on the HSF side, SLS eating up much of the budget with commercial crew still needing funding. I asked Tom how he thought space advocacy made out during 2012. Mixed was a one word summary of this discussion. Next, we talked about space settlement being made part of the U.S. space policy in 2013. Tom went over the pros & cons surrounding this effort. Doug called in about space settlement & I referred him to earlier programs with Steve Wolfe who authored the Space Settlement Act of 1988 which is part of public law. Tom said space settlement was SLS dependent & that makes the potential policy controversial to many space enthusiasts since many oppose SLS. Tom said 2012 was a good year for new commercial space grandiose missions such as Golden Spike, Planetary Resources, Mars One, a lunar base, Shackleton Energy, even EML2 missions. He kept asking the questions regarding objectives, who pays, the reasons for the missions, and more. He said most of these missions rely on some form of large launcher, either the Falcon Heavy SLS. Tom talked about ITAR reform that has been signed by both houses of Congress & is applicable to the U.S. satellite industry. Human rating of the Atlas came up for a 2012 progress report, then Dave in San Antonio inquired about cyber warfare & the space industry in 2012 & the future. 2012 marked the year the space shuttles went on display in museums & Tom talked about the Russian space program investments for modernization over the coming decade. He also talked about other national space programs. Near the end of our program, we brought up the Spaceport America liability issue & the risks facing the New Mexico spaceport. Tom updated us for 2013 on the NewSpace Business Plan Competition & his work with the Exodus Group for space business consulting.
Please post your comments/questions on The Space Show blog. You can email Tom through firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dr. Erik Seedhouse, Sunday, 10-21-12 October 22, 2012Posted by The Space Show in Uncategorized.
Tags: " Astronauts4Hire.org, " SpaceX, "Astronauts For Hire: The Emergence of a Commercial Astronaut Corps, centrifuge training, citizen science, Dr. Erik Seedhouse, human spaceflight, ISS, microgravity, NASTAR Training, orbital flights, space radiation, space sickness, space tourism, suborbital flights, Virgin Galactic, XCOR
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Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Tuesday, 7-3-12 July 4, 2012Posted by The Space Show in Uncategorized.
Tags: " SpaceX, Apollo 8, AT&T, B612 asteroid project, bats, Boeing CTS 100, budget sequestration, Cern, Chinese space docking, citizen science projects, climate change, culture on the space frontier, Delta IV Heavy, Dragon Capsule, Dream Chaser, East Coast 2012 heat wave, East Coast power grid outages, electromagnetic pulse (EMP)., Falcon 9 reusability, Falcon 9. , FAR, global warming, government vs. private space, Higgs boson, Lox paraffin hybrid rocket motor/fuel, Mars one, Orbital Sciences Cygnus/Antares, Orion capsule, particle physics, Planetary Resources, public/private partnerships, Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Russian space program, SAA, Skylon, space shuttles, suborbital flights, Telstar 1, white nose fungus
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Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Tuesday, 7-3-12
Guest: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman. Topics: Recent space news and announced projects. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We welcomed Bob Zimmerman back to the show. Check out his blog at www.behindtheblack.com. We started off our first long segment (90 minutes) by mentioning the 50th anniversary of Telstar 1, the death of our friend, Al Zaehringer, AT&T and our early space program, plus the word coming from CERN that they may have found the Higgs-Boson particle. I then asked Bob to comment on the global warming statements being made about the current East Coast heat wave, followed by comments by Newt about the power grid outages and a taste of what an EMP would be like. We then turned to space and Bob talked about the recent success with Dragon and Falcon 9. He then talked about government space programs as compared to private programs. Throughout our 135 minute discussion, he reiterated his opposition to space programs, making it clear that he does not want a "program" and why. Let us know on the blog if you agree with him. Bob suggested we were in a period of space revolution and that it would be very exciting over the next five years. He talked about SpaceX compared to the Russians and the Chinese. He did say we were in competition with them for control of space and this led us to a discussion about culture and the space frontier. We talked about recently announced projects, Planetary Resources, Mars One, and one by the B612 Foundation. He thought B612 was the only real one of the three. Terry called from Texas to discuss using an Orion for a LEO mission, the Falcon Heavy for a Moon mission, Delta IV heavy and SLS. Jerry called in from Florida and among our topics were frontier development, the Oregon Trail, the CERN reactor in Switzerland rather than in Texas, and more. No space programs per Bob's preferences again came up. Let us know your thoughts about these issues on the blog. As the segment ended, Bob was asked about Skylon which was the subject of yesterday's program.
Tim's call started our second segment & he asked about a lox paraffin hybrid rocket motor. We also talked about the space shuttle & its capabilities. While Bob praised aspects of shuttle, he said the program was a failure. I did not agree with him but listen and let us know what you think regarding this issue. Note that as the program ended, Martin sent us info on the hybrid motor mentioned earlier by Tim so check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9erCLJ5KVg as Brian Cantwell delivered a presentation at Stanford on the state of the art of hybrid rockets. Bob then updated us on the bat situation with the white nose fungus. As our program ended, Bob talked about upcoming events starting with Orbital's Cygnus/Antares debut, Dream Chaser and other competitors. He had some brief comments about the suborbital industry and citizen science projects and concluded by saying we were no longer in a holding pattern re commercial space.
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Edward Wright, Monday, 4-16-12 April 17, 2012Posted by The Space Show in Uncategorized.
Tags: astronaut training, citizen science experiments, citizen science projects, Citizens in Space, Edward Wright, ISDC, ITAR, Lynx, Maker Faire, NanoSats, Pathfinder astronaut candidates, Space Access Society, suborbital flights, Teachers In space, United States Rocket Academy, XCOR, Zero-G flights
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Edward Wright, Monday, 4-16-12
Guest: Edward Wright. Topics: Citizens in Space program with the U.S. Rocket Academy. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We welcomed Ed Wright back to the show to discuss his new program Citizens In Space. You can find out more about this program by visiting www.citizensinspace.org. Ed started Teachers in Space many years ago and he has now expanded it to the new program, Citizens in Space, with a focus that goes beyond the public school system. As you will hear, the new program is more inclusive as it involves students, museum educators, and others to be both citizen scientists and space explorer astronauts. Ed, in three full Space Show segments, described the new program, explained citizen science experiments and projects, why it was important to expand the program beyond the public school system, and much more. During this interview, Ed talked about requirements, applicable FAA rules, the XCOR Lynx which is the vehicle they have selected, plus information on the science experiments & payload requirements. He spent some time talking about the difference in a demonstration which he said was all too common in our current school system as compared to a real experiment. He also talked about Citizen in Space promotional programs to an expanded audience including the Maker Faire Conference/Workshop which is held in San Mateo, CA each May. Ed talked about the Citizens in Space relationship with the Space Studies Institute and their new programs. You can read about the SSI programs on the Citizens in Space website. If you have comments and questions related to this show, please post them on The Space Show blog URL above. You can email Ed Wright through his website or use email@example.com.


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Everyonr has such negative reviews for this product but i personally LOVE it. My skin is pretty normal,not oily,dry or to sensitive. i do randomly break out but nothing big. I also have reall bad dark spots on my.cheekbone area because of past acne. so i always need something fullcoverage. at first i was scred because everyone was sayin it didn't cover much,however it worked miracles for me when i applied the hardcandy tattoo concealer on the spots and then applied the Revlon 24 hour liquid foundation with my beauty blender. i then applied the nyx product with a stifling brush. it look BEAUTIFUL all day. also i have BIG pores and i was surprised that the nyx photogenic primer made my pores invisible. greattttttt JOB NYX
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Got this powder to replace the Sephora brand powder I was using (they resdesigned the package and it sucks). I really like the NYX powder, it does everything the Sephora did at about a third of the price. It blends well and isnt very cakey. The downside is the despite what NYX claims you cant apply it wet. It just doesnt work. Also, it wont last for hours upon hours and eventually, will settle into your pores and wrinkles. Plus side? A quick touch up of the powder and no one would notice. Good product at a good price. Nothing miraculous though. Will continue to use until I find something better.
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