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Exploring Papan, Perak
Papan shophouses, the majority in need of repair (18 June 2011)
Papan is a small town in the Kinta district, in central Perak. It is located at the foot of the Keledang range, which you can see as you approach the town. Papan was established as a settlement of Mandailing people under their leader Raja Bilah around 1882.
Papan, Perak (18 June 2011)
In the late 19th century, it was a mining town. As was practically every town within the Kinta Valley, and with mining came social volatility and triad warfare. The friction between the Ghee Hin and Hai San secret societies erupted into what was known as the Papan Riot on 29 November 1887. The riot was put down by Lieutenant-Colonel R.S.F. Walker (whose statue stands today in the compound of the Perak Museum).
The town had a slight headstart over Ipoh, but was quickly surpassed by the latter by 1892. When the railway line was built from Ipoh to Tronoh in 1908, it even had a stop in Papan.
Papan is also noted today for being the home of war-time heroine Sybil Kathigasu, an Eurasian of Irish-Indian extraction, who received the George Medal for Gallantry, the second level civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, in 1948, the only woman in Malaya to receive it. Her house at 74, Jalan Besar is now managed by the Mr Law Siak Hong, the Vice President of the Perak Heritage Society, as a showcase of her life.
On 18 June, 2011, during a heritage tour organised by the Penang Heritage Trust, I have the opportunity of visiting Sybil Kathigasu's house in the company of Mr Law, who took us around and provided fascinating glimpses of the life of Sybil Kathigasu.
Visitors to Papan will find it to be a small town vegetating in semi-slumber. Right at the heart of town is a Chinese primary school, Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Papan. Children completing primary education here have to continue their secondary studies elsewhere, and the majority of them proceeded to bigger towns and cities where jobs are aplenty. There was once, when tin prices were at a high, plans to relocate Papan, as it is sitting on is rich in tin. It did not happen. Glorious days of tin mining are long gone. Depressed price for tin in the mid-1980's had collapsed the tin mining industry of the Kinta Valley, drawing the fortunes of small towns like Papan along with it.
Many of the shophouses in Papan are in a run-down state. Quite a number of them are at various stages of disrepair, but lack of funds has prevented any form of preservation.
Roadsign for turning in to Papan (18 June 2011)
Papan was in the local media for all the wrong reasons in 2010, when it was revealed that a Japanese company involved in making television tubes was using it as a radioactive dumpsite. On 13 June, 2010 (just slightly over a year from when this article is written), the people of Papan (along with that of neighbouring Bukit Merah and Menglembu) held a demonstration and sent petition to the government to stop the dumping.
Visiting PapanPapan is about half an hour south of Ipoh by car. Let me describe the direction from the Ipoh Railway Station. Head south on Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab until the roundabout, then do a 9 o'clock turn to Jalan Leong Boon Swee. At the next intersection, turn right and continue on Jalan Lahat, also called Federal Route 5.
Continue on Federal Route 5 heading south until you reach the junction to Papan on your right. You will see a signage there pointing to Papan on your right, and Pusing straightahead. Take the road to Papan, also called State Route A188, and you will arrive in the town in 5 minutes.
Sights in Papan
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COMMUNITY COMMENT: Businesses profiting at workers' expense
What a difference a year makes. Working families are now facing wealth inequality so extreme that it is worse than any time since the late 1920s. We are back to conditions that happened before the Great Depression, because we deregulated everything that was put in place after the first Great Depression to ensure it never happened again. The economic recovery is leaving many working families behind.
U.S. companies have become so obsessed with generating near-term profits that they're paying their employees less, cutting capital investments, and under-investing in future growth. We now have the lowest wages in history as a percent of the economy.
It shows that corporations will stoop to any level to increase profits, like deliberate bankruptcy. I am not talking down-on-your-luck ordinary bankruptcy. I am talking premeditated bankruptcy, the Peabody Coal type.
You see, to rid itself of its long-term promises of lifetime health care for the very workers who made Peabody Coal profitable all those years, Peabody devised a plan.
They would create a new company ironically called Patriot Coal Company; Peabody would take all the retired miners from the very profitable Peabody Energy and move them to Patriot Coal. Never mind that none of these miners ever worked for Patriot.
Peabody also transferred to Patriot, high-cost mines that could not be profitable. Of course, Patriot filed for bankruptcy. The cards are stacked against workers in bankruptcy court. Contracts are gutted and every supplier who is owed money comes before the workers. The bankruptcy Court doesn't count the blood, sweat and tears the workers have put into the company. A recent ruling states Peabody, except for a small percentage of workers has no obligation for any health care expenses of Peabody's own retirees.
People will die due to this legal form of robbery by Peabody Energy. It is now spreading to the public sector. Detroit now seeks to destroy the small pension public employees get after giving a lifetime of service to residents.
The last thing that I would like to address is welfare, not the food stamp type of welfare that ensures the nation's children depend on to fill there camping hungry stomachs.
I'm talking Corporate Welfare. Walmart is a good example.
The secret behind Walmart's rapid expansion in the United States has been its extensive use of public money. This includes more than $1.2 billion in tax breaks, free land, infrastructure assistance, low-cost financing and outright grants from state and local governments around the country.
In addition, taxpayers indirectly subsidize the company by paying the health care costs of Walmart employees who don't receive coverage on the job and instead turn to public programs such as Medicaid.
Walmart's employees receive $2.66 billion in government help every year, or about $420,000 per store. A combination of low wages and less than full-time schedules, leave workers dependent on social programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and section 8 housing — all of which are being paid for with your tax dollars. This direct public subsidy is being given to offset the failures of an international corporate giant who should not be shifting part of its labor costs onto the American taxpayers.
Just one store, in one town, can cost taxpayers more than $900,000 dollars a year. They are also the top recipients of Medicaid in numerous states. Why does this occur? Walmart fails to provide a livable wage and decent health care benefits. This direct public subsidy is being given to offset the failures of an international corporate giant who should not be shifting part of its labor costs onto the American taxpayers.
This type of welfare is not available to small business so they are forced to shut their doors.
You see healthy capitalism is not about "maximizing near-term profits." It is about balancing the interests of several critical constituencies:
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The indigenously produced, fully digital show presented in a full-dome format for an "immersive feel" was launched on Wednesday by U.R. Rao, former chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and chairman of Bangalore Association for Science Education.
Prof. Rao pointed out that the amount of information on Mars is "still very scanty".
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Noting that there was criticism on the cost of the Mars mission, he said that no one speaks about the crores spent bursting crackers during Diwali.
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Boxer Barriga loses medal bid to 'wrestler'
LONDON—The referee dealt a lethal blow to Mark Barriga's Olympic dream on Saturday, but it was the jury, which drove the last nail on the coffin of the Philippines' one and only hope for a boxing medal in the 39th Olympic Games in London.
The competition jury refused to take up the appeal of boxing officials to review Barriga's controversial loss to Kazakhstan's Birzhan Zhakypov hours after the referee penalized the Filipino light flyweight a total of four points in the final 90 seconds of the fight.
The Filipino lost the fight, 17-16. In effect, referee Roland Labbe of Canada single-handedly gave the fight to the Kazakh.
Luiz Bosell, chairman of boxing's competition jury of the London Games, said the jury upheld the referee's decision, saying the appeal was "too subjective to review."
Filipino officials had filed a protest, saying that while the referee had cautioned the Kazakh many times for wrestling and pushing, he gave a warning to Barriga midway through the final round for ducking too low.
In amateur boxing, a warning merits a two-point penalty against the offender by adding two points to his opponent's score.
After losing the first round, 5-4, Barriga had outfought Zhakypov the rest of the fight, coming under the Kazakh's punches and scoring repeatedly with combinations to the face and body. He went into the third round with a 10-8 advantage and was well on his way to the quarterfinals when the referee intervened halfway through the third and final round.
The taller Kazakh had wrestled Barriga throughout the fight, slamming him to the canvas, swinging him around and against the ropes, and pushing him down.
With 84 seconds left in the fight, Barriga lunged with a left, but the Kazakh stepped back, caught his left shoulder and pushed him down. The referee stepped in and pulled them apart and started signaling a penalty on Barriga for ducking too low.
This surprised Barriga's corner and the capacity crowd at the ExCel South Arena, who didn't even know what the penalty was all about.
"He was pushing and slamming me around," he said. "I was surprised I was the one who was penalized."
Barriga gamely fought on, but he was on the verge of exhaustion on the wrestling tactics of the Kazakh.
Twice in the third round, Zhakypov wrestled him to the ground and it was only with 30 seconds left in the fight that the Kazakh started scoring on the weary Filipino.
And with one desperate clinch, the Kazakh pushed the Filipino to the canvas with one second left in the fight, both fighters hitting the deck and Barriga landing on his back with a dull thud.
Then, the referee pulled one final surprise. Instead of penalizing just Zhakypov, he also penalized Barriga.
This time, Barriga showed his disgust at the officiating. He turned his back to the referee and walked away.
"I was pissed off. I was the one getting hurt from too much wrestling. Again I was penalized," he lamented.
Without the penalties, Barriga should have won the fight by three points, or at least by a point had the referee not penalized the Kazakh in the final second as well.
It was the second straight controversial victory by Zhakypov, who barely survived the first round when he scraped out an 18-17 victory in the round of 32 against Jeremy Beccu of France. The Frenchman was ahead going into the third round only to lose the decision, which was roundly booed by the crowd.
Asked if he was hurt in the fight, Barriga said: "Yes, sa kakabalibag n'ya sa akin (from the slamming I got from him) ."
His body sore from the grappling and his right first swollen from the punches he threw, Barriga checked into the polyclinic of the Athletes Village Saturday morning on the advice of the ring doctor.
Within 30 minutes after the fight, boxing officials led by Ed Picson, executive director of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines, lodged the protest.
"We have to stand up for Mark," said Ricky Vargas, president of the ABAP, who arrived in London along with ABAP secretary general Patrick Gregorio only hours before the fight.
But the jury refused to even review the fight.
In a statement on Sunday morning, Vargas said it was "a painful experience" for a young and promising boxer who worked hard and fought with a big heart, only to lose by a controversial call by the referee.
Vargas said the ABAP would persevere and even work harder to achieve "our Olympic quest."
"We may have lost a boxing match in London, but definitely not our Filipino pride," Vargas said.
The controversial decision was just one of many that had marred the boxing competition in boxing. Charges of fight fixing had dogged the Olympics in London. At least two officials had been expelled, some suspended and at least two decisions have been reversed.
Vargas fell short of claiming fixing in the Barriga fight, but he said: "It seems in the battle of giants, justice is more difficult to attain for a small country like ours."
He comforted Barriga and assured him that he fought a good fight.
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Canals & Houseboats, Amsterdam
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Favorite thing:
Amsterdam slowly is transforming into a greener canal belt.
The canal boats will be transformed into electrical boats with no exhaust fumes.
The goal is to get a 40% CO2-emissieon reduction in 2025
Also in the newest canal houses renovation projects; green is the startpoint.
During the 2013 Heritage days I visited the pilot project at the Nieuwe Prinsengracht 43-53, where a series of historic canal houses was being renovated and turned into energy label A buildings.
The following things are being implemented:
-Solar panels n the roofs
-Plants on the roofs
-Warm water heat storage
-Outside air warmth extraction
-Central air condition with heat storage
-Isolation of floor, walls and roofs
-High rendement heater
-Double glass
-LED lights
-Floor heating
More information at the website www.degroenegrachten.nl.
Favorite thing: Just below roof level, most of the canal circle townhouses have an external hoist used in centuries past to bring heavy items to upper floors, as seen throughout Europe. Elsewhere on the facade there are often pictures related to the occupant's business or personal symbol. Also worth looking for when walking through the city, and particularly on the canals.
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Amsterdam is a city of canals - waterways are said to occupy 25% of the surface of the city. Beautiful and scenic at every turn, they are one of the great joys of visiting. Canals did not appear at random but are the result of conscious city planning. Early on, the city was surrounded by the broad Singel canal, used for managing water flow and as a defensive moat. In the Golden Age of the 1600's with over 400 ships arriving and leaving per annum, the city size grew beyond the existing canal system. City managers developed a plan for three additional concentric canals predominantly for residences surrounded by an outside canal for defense, the Singelgracht, with construction spanning 50 years (1613-56). In addition, parallel canals were planned for what today is the Jordaan district, some of the most beautiful in the city. In 2101 these canals were granted UNESCO World Heritage status. Every bend in the Herengracht (Patrician's Canal), Keizersgracht (Emperor's Canal), and Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal ) and particularly the Jordaan canals brings a new vista. Planning is not necessary to see lots of canal vistas - just walking through the city will more than suffice.
Herengracht, named after the city administrators, is home to some of the most expensive townhouses, doublewides in the U portion of the canal, often block through to the Keizersgracht with inside gardens.
Keizersgracht is named after Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and is the widest canal.
Prinsengracht is the longest canal, named after the Prince of Orange.
Very few waterways have been filled in over the years. The Amstel of course has become the Damrak. The Spui was formerly a waterway, and several smaller canals were closed to accomodate vehicular traffic in the 20th C. The only king to close a canal was also the only king to actually live in Amsterdam. Louis I, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, closed a canal behind the Palace because the stench was so offensive his sensitive wife could not sleep.
Favorite thing:
Amsterdam is famous for its canal houses, whose history date back to as far as the 17th century, when Amsterdam was a prospering trade city. Canal houses served both as homes as well as work places or storage buildings.
They are often specified by their gabels, which come in several forms like bottle, step, spout and many more. Also the facade is usually topped by a hoist with a hook to lift up bulky goods to the upper levels of the building.
Amsterdam's canal district with its canal houses was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.
Most of Amsterdam's canal houses can be found in the so called canal district (Grachtengordel) which is the area around the following canals Singel, Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsensgracht.
Favorite thing: This being my third time in Amsterdam, it was a total surprise to me to see the difference that a season makes. Before I had been in summer and spring, now it was winter and from the photos you can see that it was late afternoon, but almost as dark as night. Nothing was moving on the canals, no animals, no boats, either hiding from the snow and ice, or frozen in it. As Diana (Dila) showed me around to some of her favorite spots, we found also that we had to make short stops to warm up with hot chocolate...
Favorite thing:
Amsterdam is often called "the Venice of the North" because of its more than 100 km of CANALS and 1500 bridges. The three main canals Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht, were dug in the 17th century during the Dutch golden Age.
Canal-tour boats can often be seen along the waterways and is a very popular tourist attraction in Amsterdam.
To me, the Canals is the most charming part of the city, along with the varied and unique buildings along the canals.
Favorite thing: The Dutch like their homes to be *gezellig* or cosy!! And that certainly is the general feeling when you look into those big basement windows! It is quite usual to see groups of friends or families sitting together eating and drinking and having a nice time together. Their homes look very well cared for and clean and comfortable. I love seeing cyclists of all ages, male and females, cycling home late in the afternoon with huge bunches of flowers to brighten their living rooms or loos! :))
Favorite thing:
I came across this interesting bluey/green building which I later discovered is a housing developement office, I love the colour and shape and it's one of the most unusual buildings I have seen.
The building was designed by Steven Holl - Architects.
Many thanks to my VT friend maartenw for this information!
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One of the more attractive aspects of Amsterdam is the array of houseboats. When one thinks of all the canals in Amsterdam and consider the fact that there is actually little in the way of space in the city centre, one should not be surprised that thousands of locals have decided to live on the canals themselves. There are more than 2,400 families now living in these houseboats. They are quite lovely homes and most are located in the more picturesque neighborhoods of Amsterdam. This of course means they are quite expensive to own considering their location along with the expense of maintaining them.
It is possible for tourists to stay on a houseboat during their stay in Amsterdam. Personally I would only recommend this if you are staying Amsterdam for an extensive period as rates are considerably reduced over the time of your stay. There are seemingly countless internet connections to wevsites offering deals for houseboat stays.
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You know I thought Amsterdam was all about drugs and prostitution but I was shocked. It is one of the most beatiful and cleanest cities I have been to! The canal tour at night time was fantastic. We dined and cruised at the same time and it gave us a chance to try some authentic Amsterdam food! Excellent!!
Fondest memory: The trip around the city and the windmill. Fantastic!
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The big reasons why I love Amsterdam so much. The huge network of canals, narrow streets, the wide bigger canals, you can wander around for hours, find a cafe here and a pub there, just sit down and enjoy the city for a while, watch the boats on the canals, touristy and local.
And then the houseboats, my big dream to have such a floating home with a terrasse to have a party with friends or just relax and read a book... I still haven't made it to the Houseboat Museum, it's closed on Mondays... Whenever I see a great looking houseboat -or see an old one that needs refurbishing - I think about the big "what if", or simply the "when..."
The streets in Amsterdam seem (mostly) wide and open, bright, with trees and light. Not like Venice, which is similar with its canals and nice old houses. But everything seems to be cramped and old and run down and smelly, it's just stones and water... I don't like Venice. But I love Amsterdam!!
Favorite thing: They're all over the place and just beautiful. Some are crooked - don't worry, it's not you. (Even if you have been in a coffeeshop.) I never got tired of walking around this city and looking at these.
Favorite thing: Maybe it's cliche, but the canals - lined with the beautiful canal houses - is one of the best things about Amsterdam. Such a unique postcard beauty, it's hard to walk by without stopping on every bridge to have a look around!
Favorite thing:
The dutch word for canal is "gracht". Therefore, the name of the canals ends in "..gracht".
Singelgrachtl - The Singel, Amsterdam's innermost canal, the narrowest circle of the half-moons of canals. Its name means ring or belt and it marked the boundary of the medieval town. Before 17th century, the Singel was merely a ditch separating the town walls from the gardens and lawns of Amsterdam's immediate outskirts. This wide, windy canal was heavily urbanized as from the second half of the 17th century.
Herrengracht - The Gentlemen's Canal, like the other canals called the Keizergracht and the Prinsengracht, dates from 1612, when it was decided too dig a concentric series of canals surrounding the centre of the city. On the sides of the Herrengracht are the aristocratic dwellings of the richest families in Amsterdam who once favoured this part of the city. The richest merchants competed with another for the most beautiful or largest house. Over 400 houses on Herrengracht are considered national monuments. They are mainly banks or offices as their maintenance is too expensive for private ownership.
Keizergracht - The Emperor's Canal owes its name to the Maximilian I, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Keizergracht connects the Amstel to Brouwergracht. Its houses are not as impressive as those on the parallel Herrengracht, but still they keep the charm.
Prinsengracht - It is the most popular of Amsterdam's main canals and the outermost ring of its semicircumference. In fact, Princes Canal marks the outer boundary of the centre of Amsterdam.
Favorite thing: The canals in Amsterdam not only served as conduits to the sea, they also are a great way to get around. People even live on the canals in often expensive and trendy houseboats (you can rent them for visits). Another plus is that there are countless bridges spanning the canals throughout the city providing picturesque vantage points to watch the world go by.
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The BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has been under intense media scrutiny. Every move he makes comes under a microscopic view and there are different meanings derived from each depending upon which side you are on. As the battle for the 16th Lok Sabha polls reaches a crescendo, this election is increasingly becoming about Modi versus the rest.
On Wednesday, Modi filed his nomination papers from Vadodara. What usually happens is after a high profile candidate files his or her nomination papers, the details of his or her assets are soon out. But since it is Modi who has filed his nomination papers, we can expect something different. What has stirred the hornet's nest is Modi and the 'M' word.
This 'M' word does not let go of Modi. This time the much dreaded 'M' word does not refer to Muslims or minorities, but his marital status. For the first time, he has admitted or acknowledged the fact that he has a wife named Jashodaben. But the whole world knows Modi lives alone and he has dedicated himself wholeheartedly to the noble task of nation-building.
However, there are some elements who want to create controversies and try to embarrass Modi using his marital status. It is not going to affect the man, who appears destined to lead the nation a few days from now. In his speeches that arouse passions and whip up expectations in equal measure, he has always stressed that he is alone, that he has nobody to look after so why should he do anything for his personal gains.
The man is honest enough to admit he has a wife. But the fact of the matter is he is estranged from his wife. Under what circumstances the marriage had taken place, we do not know. This is part of his personal life, and if he wants to keep his personal life a secret, so be it.
What is more important is that Modi's premiership promises the deliverance from gloom and doom. He is confident he can lead the country to unprecedented development and under his leadership India will emerge as a super power. He promises the change India needs badly. And it is this promise of change that has created a huge Modi wave from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
With the nation on the cusp of electing a brand new government, the controversy surrounding the marital status of the frontrunner to be India's next prime minister is unwarranted. In fact, it smacks of a dirty ploy employed by his detractors to divert attention from the main issues. For over a decade now, he has been ruling Gujarat, where people are happy with his style of governance and have returned him to power with absolute majority thrice in a row.
The marital status of a leader is of the least importance when he dedicates his life to the nation, and in this case Modi has a proven track record of good governance to his credit. This is why in this election, this issue will have zero impact on the final outcome. The saffron surge is imminent and the war cry is "Ab ki baar, Modi sarkaar", which no power on earth will be able to stop.
Irfan Iqbal Gheta is a Bangalore-based compulsive writer who likes to write on current affairs and politics. H tweets at @_GheTa.


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Title: "Scales of Worth"
No. of characters: 5970
Target Pokémon: Magikarp [Easiest Level; 3000-5000 characters]
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It has been three months since fifteen year old Nick left to begin his Pokémon Journey. And within that certain lapse of time he managed to evolve Scorne into a Houndoom, a bold and rather feisty Pokémon that was his starter; acquire the companionship of a Tyranitar he bestowed the name of Gareth; and capture a Togepi which is now a cheery Togetic by the name of Melisand. Along the way he has met various people and Pokémon alike, he even has a rival now.
A humid breeze swept Nick's sable hair, his back carrying a moderately-sized valise, as he and Scorne strolled side by side into a verdant forest. There was a brilliant mixture of emeralds and greens, the lush beauty of the undergrowth exemplified by the numerous twisted vine structures that surrounded the environment.
Not only were these vines appear to be beautiful, they were strong- like a dense chain nature grew to barricade what is beyond. In order to proceed, Nick had to draw out a machete from his bag to cut the wall of vines. As impenetrable as they seemed, the vines were no match for Nick's Lairon-steel made equipment that his father gave to him before leaving town.
Nick's father was an excellent trainer hailing from the Hoenn Region, and he specialized in raising Dark-types. He was such a skilled trainer of his day that he was even a candidate in becoming one of the Elite Four. However, he chose to raise his family first and decided to turn the offer down. They moved back to the hometown of Nick's Mother, which was Blackthorn City in Johto.
Nick's blade severed the vines with little effort, and within a few minutes he managed to get out of the thicket. The trainer and his Houndoom stood on grassy earth, as they view from afar a quaint, although quite scenic lodge. Nick breathed the fresh air, and Scorne followed him as they began to walk towards the lodge.
Before they could arrive at Mahogany Town, the two had to pass through a lake that has earned a rather, unique reputation in Johto. It was the Lake of Rage- where the now non-existent Team Rocket in the Johto Region had experimented on the Red Gyarados that has caused a lot of havoc for locals and Pokémon alike.
Nick and Scorne were walking near the banks of the famed lake as he was approached by a familiar figure. Nick looked upon the person sporting a red hat with untidy hair. It was Jake- Nick's rival, but even more so, a friend.
"Nick!" Jake said, panting. "I was trying to catch up to you back there in the forest, but you were too fast. It was hard getting across those vines. Had to make Charizard use Slash on them."
"Here for a re-match?" Nick said to his Rival as he pats Houndoom on its head.
"No, not actually. I'm headed to Mahogany Town, and I saw you were headed towards the same direction," Jake replied, and Nick confirmed that indeed, he was going to Mahogany Town. "I think I'll challenge Pryce." The trainer added.
The motive for Nick's expedition to Mahogany was however, not because he sought a gym battle. He planned to go to the icy town in search of a Sneasel, a dark-type Pokémon he had always wanted to own. Jake asked Nick if they could go together, and Nick accepted his Rival's offer.
The two along with Scorne then trekked down hill, and they began walking nearer and nearer towards the lodge. The two saw a group of young trainers near one part of the lake. They were huddled up, and they were a rowdy bunch.
Nick called back Scorne to its Pokéball and decided to investigate, and Jake followed. Nick, being quite stern and at the same time curious, demanded the children to tell what they were all up to. Upon closer inspection, Nick realized that the children were ganged up on a Magikarp that got carried offshore.
"Worthless Pokémon!"
The children shouted the insults at the helpless fish, and to this Nick heavily frowned. Nick halted the children, and brushed them aside as he picked up the Magikarp. He got the fish and carried it; its vibrant red scales touched his skin. Nick asked the children why they wouldn't help the Magikarp and instead just stand there and insult it. To this, they responded, that they heard of other adults claiming those nasty things about the Pokémon, and that made their idealism about the Pokémon change.
Nick let Jake take a hold of the fish as he then began to search for money in his pocket. Then he showed the bill to the children.
"Who would like twenty Pokédollars?" Nick asked.
Jake was confused as to why Nick would want to give away money at a time like this. Nevertheless, Nick appears to know what he's doing, so he played along.
Many hands went up, but the Trainer said: "Before I give it to you, I have to do something to it first." Nick then creased the bill and crumpled it into a ball. "Who still wants this bill?" He said.
The hands stayed up like before.
"And what if I do this to it?"
Nick dropped the bill on the ground, shouted at it, stomped on it, and yet again he showed them the bill, now filthy and puckered. He restated the question, and the hands remained up.
"Never fail to remember this scene," Nick began to speak. "It doesn't matter what I do to this money. It is still a twenty Pokédollar bill. So often in our lives, we are crumpled, trampled, ill-treated, insulted, and yet, no matter what happens, we are still worth the same."
To this, both Jake and the children were struck in a sense of profoundness. Nick took back the Magikarp from his Friend's hands, and he inspected it. He found that the Pokémon's fin was injured, and he took that as the cause of being set ashore. Nick took the obligation of seeing that the Pokémon recovered, and he decided to capture it.
The lakeside air began to blow, as Nick drew out a red and white sphere from the latches of his belt. He gently poked the fish with the Pokéball, and the red light sucked the Pokémon in. In his hands, the sphere started to rock, from left to right and back again...


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The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA (spoken as U of A), or Arizona) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885 (twenty-seven years before the Arizona Territory achieved statehood). The university includes the University of Arizona College of Medicine which is one of three medical schools and the only MD granting medical school in Arizona. As of Fall 2010, total enrollment was 39,086 students. The University of Arizona is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. The mission of the University of Arizona is, "To discover, educate, serve, and inspire." Arizona is one of the elected members of the Association of American Universities (an organization of North America's premier research institutions) and is the only representative from the state of Arizona to this group. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: University of Arizona)
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rip control user convert to poly
I used rip control 17 at 55-57lbs on my mg rads and recently felt a lack of power. tried sppp 17 at 50lbs and wow what a difference. switched back and forth of my rip control 17 and sppp on two matched racquets, rip control is soft comfortable and dead, I much prefer the feel of sppp, a lot more power and feel.
want to buy a reel of poly for my daily string. Can someone recommend a spinny and powerful, somewhat durable poly? I have sppp, cyberflash, solinco bite, snakebite, power cord as some of the options.
Try Weiss cannon scorpion
IMHO there's no rush to go reel unless you encounter significant savings. If you've got a ton of string, try swapping in the trade thread.
If you're just starting to experiment with poly and feel that SPPP is powerful, you've probably got a LOT more experimentation to do. Most poly is going to be pretty 'spinny,' so you're gonig to have to qualify that statement. If you're looking power, I'd try Gosen's poly (the higher end ones, not the polylon). PolyQuest is a good deal if you're looking for power. Feels very resilient and springy, like a syn gut, lower than average spin (for a poly -- still excellent).
As you might have read on this forum, durable and poly are almost antonyms, you won't break them but they lose tension pretty soon (under 10 hours) and you need to restring your racket again.
Most polys are also under-powered and designed for big hitters, so if it only power that you are after I suggest trying other nylon/multis which are more powerful than RIP Control.
How if weekly or bi-weekly stringing is not a problem for you and you still wanna buy a reel of one of those polys, I recommend SPPP because it keeps it tension way more than others.
Thank all for the advice!
a few more data points:
I have 3 matched racquets very suitable for experimentation.
I want natural spin without changing my technique. my technique doesn't generates a lot of spin by itself.
I would prefer a non-shaped poly because I string myself, the shaped ones hurts my fingers. although non-shaped poly might be a contradiction to spin.
I never played synthetic gut. I started tennis with alpha gut 2000 and used rip control ever since. I can't control the power of usual mutis.
I don't need the string to be super durable as I string myself.
I never tried to string the rip control below 55lbs on microgel radical mp.
Technique generates more than 80% of spin..
Get serious. If you want decent spin, change your technique.
Technique generates more than 80% of spin..
Get serious. If you want decent spin, change your technique.
Power: Plasma Pure 1,23 mm (mains) + Hyperion 1,18 mm (crosses)
Control: Tornado 1,23 mm (mains) + Poly Plasma 1,18 mm (crosses)
Durability: Poly Plasma 1,28 mm (mains) + Poly Plasma 1,23 mm (crosses)
Feel: Hyperion 1,24 mm (mains) + Cross Gut 1,30 mm (crosses)
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Spin: Tornado 1,23 mm (mains) + Hyperion 1,18 mm (crosses)
If you are new to polys, buy a few sets of different strings and try them.
Find which one works for you, then buy the reel.
SPPP and topspin cyber blue or cyber flash are affordable reels. Tour bite is popular, more expensive, and shaped. It plays stiffer than the previous two strings. Luxilon is expensive, but plays really well, 4G and alu power are quite popular. Volkl cyclone is decent and affordable.
I made the mistake of buying reels because it was cheaper...now have many that I dont use.
From my admittedly limited experience, I suggest sets of Iontec (soft and powerful), Black Mamba (more muted) and BHSR or BHS (crisp) to get an idea what you want from a poly, and to go from there.
I know a lot of people who've tried poly, myself included, and experienced arm/shoulder issues. Why risk injury?
FWIW I've also heard really good things about Prince Premier Attack.
Mantis Comfort Synthetic is also a good, low-powered, comfortable multi with more feel than RIP Control.
Premature breakage should not be a problem in a Radical with a flat stroke. Not a lot of spin potential, although the Rad isn't exactly a 'spin monster' either.
Of course, Agassi had no problem generating spin with his Rads, but look at his stroke! :)
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I'm still baffled as to why people continue to think the series finale would be different than any other episode on the show. This has been their modus operandi since the pilot, Brian and Kelly have kept the formulaic style that Miles and Gough instituted. There were surface changes only. Essentially the series finale was no different than any of the previous seasons. I agree that they treated it like a season finale, but again...that wasn't a surprise. This whole season should have been something epic and special but because the producers only cater to a certain faction of the fandom of this show the rest of us get screwed.
Agreed 100%, I wasjust holding out on a little bit of hope that they would pull out all stops, but it actually was what I expected, but not what I wanted. It seemed like there was still a hint of another season. Smallville is not the only show that does this though, a lot of shows stick with the formula in the end and don't go full out in the end. How many really good series finale's have there been. Even really good shows like Cheers or Sienfield for example sort of fall flat in the end. Look at Quantum Leap, there was potential to make a really epic ending, instead we got ripped off completely.
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Addressing reporters here on Saturday, Ms. Smita said that the export of cosmetics and toiletries was registering a growth of around 20 per cent every year. From around Rs.1,000 crore in 2001, it had touched Rs.4,000 crore in 2009. The region, which grew jasmine, rose and other flowers, could make use of the favourable trend on the export front. Though the country consumed 60 per cent of the cosmetics produced locally, the industry was still deficient in packaging and display.
The producers should be enabled to sell their produce directly to the industry without the involvement of middlemen. Farmers should also be empowered to add value to their produce. The Union Government, she said, had come out with schemes like Market Development Assistance (MDA) and Market Access Initiative (MAI) in order to propel growth of export. Under the MDA, financial assistance was provided for participate in trade delegations and exhibitions abroad.
The MAI was an export promotion scheme envisaged to act as catalyst to promote India's exports on a sustained basis. The scheme followed a 'focus country-focus product' approach to evolve specific market and specific product through market study and survey. Assistance was provided for export promotion organisations, trade promotion organisations, national-level institutions, research institutions, universities, laboratories and exporters for improvement of exports.
On the potential for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) in Tamil Nadu, the Executive Director of CHEMEXIL said that the State could capitalise on the strategic location of its ports to get naphtha and crude oil, the food stock for basic chemicals, from outside.
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At both times, we drove from Porto Alegre, going to Caxias do Sul. If I am not mistaken I think we took the BR-116 to the North of the state (?)...and my memory is a bit fuzzy but it must have been a 2-3 hour drive...still had some jetlags during those times, hehehe...
But along the way, you would pass by the nice sceneries like green canyons where you can just park by the side of the road to enjoy the amazingly refreshing views. I took one picture there during my birthday in September!Related to:
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I have visited Caxias, Brazil twice and both times my friends would bring me to this main road, Av Julio de Castilhos, which does remind me of small towns in Europe. This is where most of the shopping is concentrated and also they have hotels here where they brought me for a brunch buffet (but according to my friend, that hotel has closed down recently, 2009)...but still, this is the nice place to walk around in and see the people of Caxias.Related to:
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Unfortunately, my luggage did not arrive with me due to a freak electrical storm in Houston during my first visit to Brazil so I had to buy my essentials --- clothes, underwear....and my friends brought me to Iguatemi which is a nice shopping mall where you can find everything you need. In my next visit, I think I returned again to this mall to buy very nice clothes for my twins (Le Tigre?) ---- made in Brazil clothes and bags are very good and they are proud of their local products. Soaps and lotions are also great in Brazil.I believe they also have Wi-fi available in some areas...
Hotel close to this mall is the Intercity Premium Hotel ----close to the shopping centre Iguatemi a few minutes from the centre of Caxias Do Sul. It is a a 4 star Caxias do Sul hotel also close to the railway station the beautiful wine region.
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My best friend in Brazil took me to canyons near Caxias which are covered by wonderful green trees - very refreshing sites. But if you go 2 1/2 hours Northeeat of Caxias, you will end up in canyons which my friend raves about as being reminiscent of what he saw at the Grand Canyon. Indeed these canyons are very deep and the only main difference with the Grand canyon is the all the green on top of it. I think the Cambara canyons designate an area which separates Rio Grande do Sul from Sta Catarina...
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PLS don't miss the ITALIAN and GERMAN immigration villages..it can be quite far away from Porto Alegre,but it worths,and the way to them is just fantastic!All about it in the travelogues..
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Graduated: June 1970
Grade: 12th grade
I took business and office courses, wanting to work right after high school. I also graduated from Realtor classes and had my license when I lived in Illinois.
Employment History
June 2009 – Present: Caregiver
Company: Above & Beyond Compassionate Care
Mulberry, Florida
Taking care of patients in the comfort of their own homes, including, but not limited to: managing medications, doctor's appointments, personal care, housework and cooking. My goal was to always take care of my patients as if they were family.
Professional Skills
Customer Service – Advanced


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Darrell Gene Sallie
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