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WARNING: This thread contains spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.
Also, you may or may not take one right in the childhood from reading this.
Welcome to Pokemon Conspiracy Theories! This thread is a collection of creepypasta, fanfic and theories based on what seem to be normal events in the Pokemon universes. If you would like to submit a theory, feel free to post it in this thread.
Also, all theories will be tagged with one of the following tags:
Theories that deal with Generation I of Pokemon games directly.
Theories that deal with Generation II of Pokemon games direct.
Theories that deal with Generation III of Pokemon games directly.
Theories that deal with Generation IV of Pokemon games directly.
Theories that deal with Generation V of Pokemon games directly.
Theories that deal with Generation VI of Pokemon games directly.
Theories that discuss the evolutions of certain Pokemon.
Theories that deal with game mechanics.
Theories that deal with the video game series itself rather than its contents.
Theories about the history of the Pokemon world.
Joke theories that have no backing evidence (different from a bad theory).
Theories that discuss the relationship between Ditto and Mew.
Theories that deal with the original Pokemon anime.
Theories that deal with the Pokemon Origins anime.
Theories that deal with the Pokemon Adventures manga.[/spoiler]
Remember, this is all speculation... or is it? Discuss!
Pokemon Conspiracy Theories Part I
1) [DITTO/MEW] Is Ditto a... failed Mew?
Mew and Ditto both weigh 8.8 lbs.
They have the same sprite color scheme, with the same shinies.
They both can learn every move, though in Ditto's case for a certain period.
They both learn Transform.
Many Ditto can be found in Cinnabar Mansion where many experiments took place between Mew and Mewtwo.
2) [KANTO] Player kills Blue's (Gary's) Raticate
3) [KANTO] Gengar is Clefable's shadow
The two Pokemon have similar physical features.
They both have the same hands, ears, feet, and body shape.
Gengar's species name is the Shadow Pokemon.
Gengar's name is originated from the word doppelganger, the ghostly double of a person.
4) [KANTO] Cubone, baby Kangaskhan, and M'
When a mother Kangaskhan dies, it leaves its Kangaskhan cub on its own. The Kangaskhan cub uses the skull and a bone from its mother to use as protection and becomes a Cubone. Then through malnutrition or adapting to a different lifestyle, the Cubone evolves into a Marowak. Female Marowak's later evolve into Kangaskhans, and the cycle starts all over.
This is self evident, as Cubone appears rather similar to the baby Kangaskhan that rides around in it's mother's pouch. Also, 'Bonemerang' (Cubone's signature move) refers to boomerang just as 'Kangaskhan' refers to Kangaroo. Kangaroo and boomerangs are both natively Australian themes.
Before Pokemon Red/Blue released, the developers decided that Kangaskhan needed to be separated from the previous two stages to become its own standalone Pokemon. The reason for this is that, being a kids game, it wouldn't do to allow small children to learn that a Cubone is actually an orphaned baby Kangaskhan wearing it's dead mother's skull on it's head and slinging it's bones around like clubs and boomerangs. However, the team didn't have time to delete the code at the last minute. Instead of deleting the code, they simply wrote a new non-evolving Marowak and moved the old one to an empty slot... with no number. This catchable Pokemon is M', Missingno's sister.
M' is actually a scrapped prototype of Marowak. This theory can be confirmed if you catch a M' and level it up, it evolves into a Kangaskhan.
5) [EVOLUTION] Messed up evolution #1
6) [EVOLUTION] Messed up evolution #2
7) [ANIME] Ash's Age #1
It's quite a long but it's DEFINITELY mindblowing and worth the read. This is one of the first Pokemon theories to surface the web. It explains how Ash is in a coma and conjures his Pokemon adventures, which ties into adolescent anxiety and Freudian psychology.
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Let me start off by saying this was not written by me. But I think this is one of the most well written articles on the internet and I just HAD to share it.
If youre prepared to soil a part of your childhood, proceed.
Did one ever know the reason why the pacing and story development change after Ash was hit by lightning in the beginning episodes? How Ash and his world were relatively normal until after the incident? I have a theory. The accident with the bike put Ash in a coma. Days later he was found and was hurried to the hospital and treated with heavy medications. This is why Team Rocket became less menacing. The medication took effect and stabilized his coma dreams, instead of being terrifying, they became idyllic, and hes able to live out his Pokémon master fantasies.
If one had noticed, the early episodes of Pokémon were of amazing quality. The rest of the series is just the results of his subconscious mind fulfilling his desires, as well as attempting to escape them. Should Ash realize hes in a coma, he would wake up, but suffer brain damage. So he has to take down all his mental barriers one by one until he can come to grips with what he is and escape his coma.
This explains why he doesnt change much physically. Also, the worldwide socialism can be explained if you once again realize that this is a dream world; he thought up a safe system of government that would run smoothly and keeps the world going allowing his adventures to work like they do. It also explains a few other things, such as how a child can go off on his own in a world full of dangerous untamed animals, and why every Pokémon center has the same exact nurse. Joy and Jenny he knew from his hometown, and they act as a safety net or anchor, allowing him to feel safe no matter where he goes. The professors, like the Joys and Jennys represent stability, and ashs ideals. This is why Gary became a professor. Its also the reason that every time he enters a new region, virtually no one has heard of him, despite his conquests, and why Giovanni leads Team Rocket. How could Paul, the rival of the Sinnoh area, not know of someone who has placed in at least the top 16 of all three leagues and has destroyed the Orange league and Battle Frontier?
Ashs travelling partners are actually aspects of himself he can enjoy, but doesnt like to associate with himself. Team Rocket are his qualities that he deems negative, but is coming to terms with. Jesse and James want to appease Giovanni, Ashs Father. Meowth especially wants to appease him because he remembers the good times with Giovanni. This Places meowth in a category known as ashs (corrupted) innocence, and another fragment of ashs humanity. If you note that meowth can speak this quickly becomes apparrent. In fact the whole reason for meowths speech is so he can help Ash accept Team rocket as part of himself eventually.
Brock is Ashs repressed sexuality. He fell into the coma a virgin and needed an outlet for his growing sexual frustrations. Since he can never experience sex, Brock must never succeed. Brock is a projection of his sexuality, and is constantly shot down because Ash could never know sex. Brock isnt just Ashs latent sexuality, hes also his fatherly instincts, neither of which Ash can come to terms with. Brock leaves his siblings to journey with Ash. because Ash cant cope with having that much responsibility, much as his foray with a real relationship ends on mysterious terms. Ash just cannot handle commitment at his mental level. Brocks Stay with professor Ivy was an.attempt to outright suppress his sexuality. Youll notice that James got much more dialogue in this part of the series, as well as getting more touchy feel-y with his pokemon and getting most of his backstory. Ash didnt enjoy this much, hence the reasons Brock comes back all horrified, and refuses to speak about it. (ashs subconscious was repressing him at the time, so other than a general feeling of dread he has no idea of what went on then.) This is also why brock keeps coming back to the series .Usually AFTER Ash meets a new girl aspect of himself.Misty is an image that Ash had of a girl. This is why she plays so prevalently in the series but is ultimately unattainable because he never really knew her before the coma. Likely the one that helped get him to a hospital. I have a theory in line with this: Since Misty was his initial love interest (if only subconsciously), he needed her to reach a level of womanhood. He felt that people could only have relationships when theyve matured. But in practice, it turned out he couldnt cope with it and just wanted the normal, pushy, arrogant Misty he knew, and wouldnt let her keep Togepi anymore.
Misty is Ashs first attempt at a girl he could love, however, being a girl from the real world, all he really he knew of her was her anger, as a result she ended up quite hot headed in his mind. Constantly berating his sexuality, but eventually mellowing out until she had faded into the background. This was also traumatizing to him, being attached to it. Since then, the thought of anyone around him maturing to adulthood has been blocked, and anyone who shows signs of it will quickly end up leaving for another, more naive fill-in.
Max came with May, she played the Id with great aspirations, and he played the sensible Ego that Session. They worked for a little while but Ash, being a teenager, eventually had his sexuality had to come back into play. He kept reinventing himself and eventually wrote new aspects, but his mind slowly brought back the old ones as a crutch to make the transition easier.
Dawn is Ash giving himself a chance to love. since he already established Misty as someone hes not likely to go anywhere with, he created a new super female, one that was more like him, and less violent all the time. (One will note that both May and Misty had no tolerance for Brock whatsoever whereas dawn seems to try and shrug it off.) .
Tracey, The Breeder was a possible future for Ash that he discarded. It was one that he sent off to work with the Professor (the professors being Ashs ultimate ideal of a father figure) when he disrupted the dynamic Ash had with his other possibilities. Ashs mind is fighting the coma and since Ash viewed this one as a companion he was quickly replaced with a more threatening Rival.
Pikachu obviously represents Ashs Humanity, hence the episodes where they get separated, and ash wants desperately to find him, even to the point of working with the rockets ( aspects of himself he woould never normally associate with) but for some reason cannot. They want to steal Pikachu (Ashs humanity) and hand it over to his father, Giovanni. Jesse and James will always oppose ash because ash is terrified of the thought of his humanity lying in the hands of his father. However this is the same reason that he will work with those aspects of himself in order to save his humanity from just becoming flat out LOST. He couldnt evolve his Pikachu without challenging his concept of who he was, something he wasnt comfortable with while he was still working through his original issues.
Another thing is the narrator. The narrator is Ashs higher mind, recapping and explaining the progress hes made and the tribulations he will face allowing itself insight into how best to awaken him.
Ash has issues With his Father; so he put him atop the evil corporation, and demonized him. There may be an actual team rocket, and Im positive theyre quite dastardly, but I doubt that ashs father is their leader, in fact the head of the rockets wasnt really identified as anyone until later on in the series. The split between ashs parents was likely over ashs homosexuality and some sort of incident as a catalyst, forcing his father to disown him and his mother to move out of the city and down to pallet town. This is why Giovanni runs the faceless Vile corporation, and Why he Berates Jesse, James, and Meowth as much as he does, and why they keep trying to please him. Another thing to notice is the difference in uniform, The rockets Wear Black and Red, where Team Rocket wears White .a symbol of their purity and naievete. Theyre willing to please father despite his utter hatred of those parts of Ash .
Team rocket are aspects of Ashs personality that he has deemed bad James implied homosexuality, and Jesses vanity. Youll remember that Meowth has the potential for rehabilitation, and doesnt want to be evil, so yet again this fits in with the conflicting personalities and demonized self theory. Team rocket started cross-dressing because ash had to come to terms with that part of himself. It was something he was able to allow his gay/vain side to experiment with (and by virtue of that himself) When he found that it wasnt something for him, his Free side stopped playing with it. Further, their methods of capture become more and more ludicrous (and physically impossible) because Ash is just a kid dreaming these things up. This is the reason Team Rockets disguises are always believed. He knows its them (on some level), but chooses to ignore it, so he can better himself, in a sense the Ash who wants to escape is sabotaging the ash who wants to stay lost in his mind. So that there can be more conflict, and hopefully an eventual escape. The filler episodes that dont focus on Ash and the gang are his mind working through, and humanizing the parts of himself that he demonized. Its a way for him to deal with issues that Ash and crew wouldnt touch, because it involves treading ground he himself had sworn not to go near. As I said, Team Rocket and the episodes they occupy are Ash dealing with ground he feels uncomfortable with tackling on his own. Jessie is Ashs vanity and gullibility, she will trick Ashs submissive homosexuality into doing her bidding so she can please father. James troubled childhood is his way of justifying his latent homosexuality. Now James is Ashs latent homosexuality, hence why he is constantly punished by Pokémon and attacked by random attractive girls. I believe the split between Ashs parents was caused by this part of Ash, maybe an incident at school, bringing shame on the family and forcing them to move to the small, country town of Pallet. Ashs motivations for his journey were to escape mounting pressure at home.
So in a way, Ash IS Team Rocket. The rest of the whole organization Including Butch and Cassidy is symbolic of his inability to escape his fathers machinations.
Mr. Mime is actually a stand in for Ashs father, one that cant emotionally abuse him or his mom. He is a Pokémon, a peace loving creature thats oddly humanoid, but that can never hurt a human. Ashs was never really hurt by a Pokémon, so he sees them all as harmless; whereas, in the real world they may be quite feral or vicious (as seen in the early episodes). Again falling back to the theory that the only real Pokémon are the ones from the first season, and everything else is just further speculation coming from his mind on what new species would look like.
The new teams ( magma, aqua, and galactic) are Ash attempting to work out the problems he has with his father. to do that he first needs a new bad guy to feel good about beating, and if Giovanni isnt leading a criminal organization he can more easily relate to him.
If one recalls, there were real animals early in the show and references to animals in the game and show. For example, a clear case to point out is the aquarium of fish in the Cerulean City Gym or that by the Pokédex that Pikachu is a rat-like Pokémon. But they dont matter to Ashs psyche so they dont come into play much. If Ash had loved puppies, everything would be about different breeds of dogs, and a dog fighting circuit. But, as the series goes on longer, weve been seeing less realistic animals and more Pokémon. This could be a sign of Ashs mind deteriorating. As hes in this coma, hes losing concepts of some animals and machinery and replacing them with Pokémon. It could explain things like electric Pokémon working as power generators. A sign that his memory of the old world is slipping more and more as time goes by. The Pokémon realm will be idealized continuously the longer he has no stimulus from the real world. He may or may not be mentally deteriorating , but he is becoming more accustomed to his fake worlds rules. The wild Pokémon are his rationalizations of the functioning of the world. Its the A wizard did it Syndrome. If he doesnt know how it works, his mind says Pokémon. He justifies anything he cant explain with Pokémon, and real animals fall into the background because he has no real interest in them.
The Pokémon in Ashs team are his issues, for example Charmander represents his sex drive (not his sexuality like Brock) at first its a cute easy to control thing, but eventually becomes a raging inferno of disobedience. Acquiring his team means getting at his issues, but as he trains them, he works said issues out. Other trainers are more direct forms of his issues, ones that he must either come to terms with or outright supress. Gym leaders are more primary aspects of his personality with each Pokémon being stronger than the last, to display a level of skill he could be capable of if only he gave into it. In effect, he is doing battle with a part of him that he would rather not have in control. Bulbasaur was Ashs unwillingness to change, this is reflectedwhen it declines to evolve and how it almost decided to stay behind unless he battled it. Squirtle was his willingness to follow the lead of others, as evidenced by the gang it ran with, even though he ran the gang, they were viewed as one group, and ashs subconscious just gave him the strongest one. Butterfree was his crushing loneliness, which he dealt with when he released it to join a flock. His bird types are his recklessness, always willing to sacrifice something at a moments notice for the win. When Ash is trading Pokémon, its an attempt to push his own problems away on someone else; however, he realizes this and usually trades back fairly quickly. Originally ash had the battles, which evolved into team battles and contests. The explanation for this is that his issues became more and more complicated, and the means of dealing with them needed to become more complex. the fact that he uses issues that he has already dominated to win these are signs that hes growing stronger.
Not only are Ashs Pokémon are a manifestation of different parts of himself, so are Pokémon of other trainers as well. Koffing and Ekans were symbolic of Team Rockets willingness to change; hence, their evolutions. Once his mind beat that roadblock down and allowed them to change once, it gives him the chance to truly change. Pupitar is a rationalization, a Pokémon that a rival caught before he met him. Even Ash would become suspicious if everyone he met had no carry-over from pervious places he had been to.
Ash releases his Pokémon because his mind is forcing him to let go of them. The second he raises an overpowered team, a tournament comes up, and after fighting his way through it he has to go to a new land for new challenges, but with an overpowered team, there wont be any challenges, and no way to motivate him further, part of Ash wants to stay in the coma, and keep journeying.
Ashs travelling also never really nets him any fame, no matter what he does, or where he goes, and the answer for that is simple. Ash just cant picture himself as famous, so he essentially adopts a new identity every few months.
The reason he never truly becomes a master is because that would mean hed have nothing left to dream, and would wake up from his coma. Ashs dual personality is one that wants to maintain his fantasy world and slowly sort his thoughts out carefully. The other part wants freedom, and to return to his real life, to finally become a real Pokémon master. However if hes allowed to keep his powerful team theres no reason to meet and tame new Pokémon(Issues), hell lose interest, and the chance of becoming self-aware comes around again. So its not that he gives them up, its that he loses them, and unless hes desperate (such as with Charizard) he cant get them back. Its basically his mind forcing him to deal with his issues. It would also be a good reason why Paul has shown up at this point, and Ash has been forced to work with him on at least one occasion: Its his minds last ditch efforts to snap him out of this, to force Ash to actually come to terms that this perfect world is not the best option and he needs to wake up. Paul is Ashs dark side, one that wants to push on even harder and harder, and the part of him that will stop at nothing to escape this coma world.
Ashs rivals and the Elite four are ultimately the strongest part of this cycle. Having Pokémon that are essentially godlike, they represent both what can be attained and what is unattainable. Gary Oak is what Ash wants to be. He is wish fulfillment. He succeeded, and settled down to a normal life. Ash needs someone to succeed in his world or he wont be able to validate it and will start questioning why hes where he is. Its a subconscious trap to keep him from becoming too aware of his situation. His mind must have figured out that awareness of the coma would snap him out of it, but it would cause major brain damage, so it took something the boy already loved and built a way out for him with it. However Ash is too complacent to finally fight his way out of it, and cannot escape. This is why he keeps encountering Legendary Pokémon, theyre his minds way of showing him he can do great things if he tries, and its a way to encourage him to push forwards. The Legendary Pokémon are Ashs mind telling him that he has greatness in him and thus, can escape his happygolucky reality.
Ashs Rivals are all possible futures he envisions for himself (note that they are all older than him). This originated with Gary Oak, someone Ash knew from real life, and built up into a sort of god within his mind. Gary however progressed and changed to suit Ashs vision of himself and ultimate desire, eventually settling down into a professor after beating the Elite Four. With Gary in retirement his mind needed a new rival for him Thus the births of Richie (the Good aspect of his rivalry) and Paul (as the darker aspect, a cut-throat Ash, willing to do anything to escape the coma world).
Richie and his Pikachu were another success story for Ash, but he wanted one he could be closer with. One nearly identical to him. One that even used a similar roster to him. Paul and his Chimchar are the polar opposite of Richie, Paul wants nothing to do with any kind of weakness, and is almost aware of his situation. Hes always pushing for something more.
The reason he discarded his original hat and the elements of japanese culture so prevalent in the first season is simple. He wanted to travel and broaden his horizons, every time he reinvented himself to do so; he lost touch with his original self. If he ever does escape the coma hell likely have achieved a sort of Zen state. Considering the amount of personal issues he deals with inside his head, its entirely likely that he was the next Buddha of the Pokémon world, and that the lightning strike and subsequent coma are a way for him to realize his true self, and destiny.
Mewtwo was a new form of treatment, done with electric impulses and a machine to knock Ash out of it, taking down every last one of his mental guards (the original Pokémon in the movie). In Ashs mind, Mewtwo and his clones were the treatment for the mental safe guards that were protecting Ash and keeping him comatose; the Pokémon of his world. The clones were counters to Ashs mental safeties, and so each appeared to Ash as the exact copy of his defense, intended to take it down by Force. The clones didnt play by the rules of Ashs world, they didnt use any special Pokémon attacks or moves they just beat down their counterpart by brute strength. The treatment was working, but there were side effects. The electric jolts were beginning to affect Ashs nervous system, and if the treatment continued, he would be paralyzed. His mind realized this and manifested it to Ash by petrifying him in his dream. Were it not for the end of the treatment by Ashs mother (knowing her son would never want to live in a world he couldnt explore) Ash would have remained as stone in his dream. After this, Ash needed to recover from the damage of the electric therapy. Obviously it was greatly dangerous to him, and in order to reduce the danger Ashs consciousness felt from it, Ashs subconscious began downplaying the effects of electricity in Ashs world, which is why Pikachus electric attacks -once noted for their strength by Team Rocket no longer have any effect on Ash, other than comic relief.
Even the world Ash lives in evidences this. The sprawling forests and eco friendly cities are all his childish innocence. He never travels on a bike despite the distance due to the accident having given him a phobia of them.
As one could see, it is very likely that Ash is trapped in his world. But like every dream, everything, there is a beginning and an end. What would happen if Ash could fully recover? What would happen if he never does? There are infinite branches of possibilities that spiral upwards and intertwine towards the top at a single point, both in his world and the real world. In his hospital room, we see Delia, obviously distraught talking to a doctor with a grim look in his eye. Hes saying that their insurance is up, and the boy has had no change in brain activity for seven years. That a shock like this may awaken him. She tearfully agrees.
Professor Oak is there to comfort her as they take Ash off life support.
In Ashs world.
Ash has finally defeated the elite four, and one by one the people around him start disappearing. eventually everything is black. Pikachu comes dashing towards him glowing brighter and brighter in the darkness. Eventually Pikachu reaches ash and the two embrace one last time.
Back in his room, as his life signs fade, Ash mutters his genuine, final words.
I Want To Be,
The Very Best.
The image of his gaunt, tube-fed, ten-some-year bed ridden body on the bed. His head appears bulbous from atrophy. As he utters his last words, he barely opens his eyes, seeing a silhouette of the figure at the center of his turbulent emotions, his mother, her face obstructed by her hands wiping away tears. He makes contact with her eyes and lets out one last tear before losing all strength. She breaks down in hysterics.
The worst part of all this is that Ash will die, never having experienced actual love, imagine if you will, having lived in a world like his, completely shut off from all things but yourself, and your perception of yourself, with nothing but better yourself. No other people to interact with and issues to solve with no guiding hand.
The boy will die, never having known his dream, except as naught but a dream. The second he gets out into reality for that last moment, part of him knows it was all a lie, his faithful Pikachu? His friends? All his imagination, and maybe, he could have fought and clung to life, maybe even made a full recovery. But knowing that his efforts and ambitions had all been for naught, he just gave up and let the motion carry him away, just so he could be with Pikachu, in a place where his friends were waiting.
I would like to think that hell realize that his mother loved him and was holding out hope that hed recover all that time. On the flip side, though, when he sees her he knows that the hope she had is totally broken and shed come to the crushing realization that the worst thing that can befall a parent has happened to her: outliving her only child. At once he knows he is loved and that it means that the one closest to him is utterly crushed.
Still, there are other possibilities. The fountain of time flows in mysterious ways. One could not go back, against the current such as Gatsby; but, one could never see what is waiting for him downstream. Ash finally defeats Lance, only to be confronted by not Gary Oak, but a mute, mirror image of himself.
The voice of the narrator speaks to him, telling him that now he can finally escape the prison of his own mind. One by one, his friends appear and melt away into more copies of him, all cheering him on. After a long tough battle against himself with the assistance of all of his Pokémon he had ever befriended, he jolts awake.
In his hospital room he sees his parents asleep; he finds himself unable to speak.
Ash pushes forward towards his recovery. Going through physical therapy, training harder and harder with rehabilitative Pokémon, until he can walk on his own again. This time, an older and wiser ash sets out on a journey. Just like last time, hes late getting to Professor Oaks laboratory. And when theres only one Pokémon left .He suddenly recalls all his memories of his life and realizes that all his friends are gone forever.
As he sets out with his new companion, he finds the world is darker than he imagined. More real, Pokémon and people die; he too has aged.
He vows to become the Master he dreamed he was. He vows to himself.
He vows to them.
I WILL be the very best!
8) [MECHANICS] Look familiar?
The area in real-life Japan where the games' region lines up is also called Kanto.
Saffron City is located in the same place on this map as Tokyo.
Goldenrod City is located in the same place as Kyoto.
Mount Silver is located where the real-life Mount Fuji is.
Cinnabar Island is located on the island of Izu Oshima. If you recall, Cinnabar Island is destroyed by a volcanic eruption between the first and second generations. Izu Oshima is home to Mount Mihara, which is a volcano.
Vermillion City is located where the real-life city of Yokohama stands.
Cianwood City is the only city whose corresponding real-life city is not considered part of Honshu, but rather of Shikoku. It corresponds with the city of Tokushima.
Hoenn is actually turned sideways to fit onto that map. It's on the island of Kyushu.
The city of Slateport corresponds with the real-life location of Nagasaki.
Mossdeep City is located on the real-life island of Tanegashima. Just like Mossdeep City is home to the Space Center, so Tanegashima is home to Tanegashima Space Center.
Sootopolis City is located on the real-life island of Yakushima. Yakushima's biggest mountain is Miyanoura-dake, which may or may not be volcanic. I'll let you know when I find out.
Evergrande City is located on the real-life island of Amami Oshima, where (I'm not making this up), a species of deadly poisonous snake lives and mongooses are trained to kill them. Sound familiar?
Sinnoh in reality is the island of Hokkaido, which is Japan's largest prefecture. The capital of Hokkaido is Sapporo, which is located in roughly the same location on that map as Jubilife City.
The port city of Otaru in Hokkaido corresponds with the location of Canalave City. The islands where one can catch Darkrai and Cresselia correspond with the locations of Teuri Island and Yagishiri Island.
The Pokemon League is located on the island of Kunashiri. Unlike that spot in the game, this island is volcanic.
Mount Asahi is in the same location on that map as Mount Coronet.
I think we all should know that Unova is based on New York City.
9) [JOHTO] Subliminal Messaging
This is an overview map of the Goldenrod City Gym in Pokemon G/S/C. See anything Pokemon-like?
10) [HUMOR] You will never be able to unsee this:
Take a look at Diglett, and look at its nose. See that little white spot. Yep, thats actually a tooth.
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iTunes Anti-debugging CircumventionSubmitted by dannyquist on Thu, 2009-04-16 17:03. Exploits
David Maynor at Erratasec has written an article about how to circumvent the debugging prevention inside of iTunes.
"..I noticed iTunes kept crashing, predictably and reliably in the same place. I decided to use gdb to see what the hubbub was all about. However I got dissed and iTunes would not allow itself to be debugged."
Code injectionSubmitted by sk1tt1sh on Wed, 2009-04-15 14:30. Malware | Research | Reversing Challenges
Not a new concept for sure.
A new wave of more difficult to remove malware? A new way of stealing information? Maybe.
In the last 6 months to a year it seems code injection and file infectors have "opened a new door". It's still seems to be the "replicate and destroy" but recently with infections like "Scribble" "sality" "alman" and "virut" some changes have begun to show in this "angle of attack".
Now instead of just replicating out of control the infections are replicating crazily, but also bringing down fake-alerts and other nasty things.
Conficker Causes Global Meltdown and Thermonuclear WarSubmitted by dannyquist on Wed, 2009-04-01 08:15.
As usual, Brian Krebs from the Washington Post has done some fine reporting bringing us news about the Conficker Worm Strike. Here are some choice excerpts of the horror that is raining down upon the world:
"A nuclear missile installation near Elmendorf Air force Base outside of Anchorage, Alaska briefly went on a full-scale military alert after technicians manning the bunker suspected that several of their control systems were infected with Conficker."
"According to local news reports, shortly after midnight local time, an ATM in the capital city of Reykjavik began spewing 100-Krona notes."
It's time to auger in with an AR-15 and your favorite dog Will Smith "I Am Legend" style.
Conficker.C domain list for 1st April 2009Submitted by antivirustaneja on Fri, 2009-03-27 21:48. Malware | Research
by Taneja Vikas
Analysis of Conficker CSubmitted by dannyquist on Thu, 2009-03-19 19:24.
Phillip Porras, Hassen Saidi, and Vinod Yegneswaran from SRI has publicly posted an excellent overview of the Conficker malware. They even have a great analysis of the C variant as well. I highly recommend reading this excellent work.
"Conficker is one of a new interesting breed of self-updating worms that has drawn much attention recently from those who track malware. In fact, if you have been operating Internet honeynets recently, Conficker has been one very difficult malware to avoid. In the last few months this worm has relentlessly pushed all other infection agents out of the way, as it has infiltrated nearly every Windows 2K and XP honeypot that we have placed out on the Internet. From late November through December 2008 we recorded more than 13,000 Conficker infections within our honeynet, and surveyed more than 1.5 million infected IP addresses from 206 countries."
Why anti mal* is doing it wrongSubmitted by hllywood on Sun, 2009-03-01 15:33. Research
I had a presentation the other day at UNM on some of the work that I had done two years ago. It's fascinating that there is such a renewed interest.
A. Kozakiewicz, A. Felkner, P. Kijewski, and T. Kruk published a paper (4/2007) after my DefCon presentation entitled "Application of bioinformatics methods to recognitio of network threats." The conclusion of this paper was that these the bioinformatics techniques seem to have less resistance to polymorphism, however I maintain that was because of the simplicity of the scoring function they considered.
One of the starting papers in the field of using nature as a way to figure out how to do things correctly was a 1994 paper "Principles of a Computer Immune System" by A. Somayaji, S. Hofmeyr, and S. Forrest. This spends a lot of time considering the acquired immune system.
So, how does nature do things differently than anti mal*? There's a lot out there on this topic. I'd like to advance two points I've not seen elsewhere:
- Natural systems don't "root" the individual hosts, but the hosts provide enough information (via MHC II molecules) to an immutable status of what each host is doing. Anti-mal* is the opposite, wanting hooks into everything and itself being readily disabled.
- There is no hesitation to kill hosts that are suspected infected. Among many destruct mechanism is the FAS ligand activation pathway. Think of this as a lever on the outside that automatically shreds the cell and makes it easy for the acquired immune system to improve future defense. Note again that the cell is shredded; there is no "root" required for post mortem forensics.
These are just some ideas. I hope to be getting them together in a formal paper sometime soon. I look forward to comments.
binBLAST releaseSubmitted by hllywood on Sun, 2009-03-01 10:04. tools
This is something that I've ignored for entirely too long, so I finally just did it instead of trying to pretty up the release.
binBLAST is now available via google code (not SourceForge):
binBLAST source code
This is everything that was presented at DefCon.
Why Full Disclosure is an Important ToolSubmitted by dannyquist on Thu, 2009-02-26 20:35.
This latest Adobe vulnerability has created a stir on some of the closed mailing lists regarding full disclosure. While I would have liked to think that this debate was over a long time ago, I now realize that everyone has disagreed to disagree. On one side we have the people that are doing remarkable work by researching these flaws, disclosing them with appropriate warning to the vendors, and letting the public know about the problems. On the other side of the argument are the limited disclosure people.
The advocators of limited disclosure are excellent researchers who I know and respect. It floors me to think that it is acceptable for vulnerabilities to be left unpatched for a serious amount of time. I consider 90 days to be entirely too long to patch a vulnerability. The fact that Adobe said that a patch would be issued 18 days after the public disclosure is highly irresponsible.
You can disagree with full disclosure, but it is a useful motivational tool. Microsoft responded well to their problems. They created a security development process that is unparalleled in the world. Adobe, it's time for you to step up as well. Limited or closed disclosure creates complacency, which amounts to willful neglect.
I wish there was some other way than full disclosure to motivate vendors. Unfortunately it is the only method available that has a proven track record of working.
SCRIBBLE-ASubmitted by d34dm4n on Thu, 2009-02-26 14:13. Malware
Hey everyone. I had another membership here a while back but had to create this one.....for reasons. (See TDSS rootkit and you'll know)
There's a file infector (Detected by sophos as scribble-a)
I've done some preliminary analysis on it as of now. Just looking at infected files via ollydbg and it's looking pretty odd. About 20k is added to whichever EXE you're dealing with. It's start address is the end of *.exe + 0x000001h
Conficker Unpacking and AnalysisSubmitted by dannyquist on Thu, 2009-02-19 15:27. Malware
Lurene Grenier from Sourcefire's Vulnerability Research Team has a good writeup on a technique to unpack the Conficker worm DLL. Thanks for going through the pain of malware analysis Lurene.
"The goal was to take the dll, and make it spit out some dns traffic so we could test our SO rule conficker dns detection engine which was written with a generation algorithm provided through the MAPP program in conjunction with Microsoft. We'd paired it down a good bit, and some information about randomness from other write-ups around the net conflicted with what was provided to us."

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That is the true core of her appeal. Think back to "A Woman's Worth" from "Songs in A Minor," and you'll find embedded in the respect-driven anthem concepts of "realness." ("A real man knows a real woman always comes first, and a real man just can't deny a woman's worth.")
When she says this, it is achingly authentic partly because of her image. There is an organic quality to her music. The instruments are real. The production doesn't feel like it was overtweaked by a computer. It feels honest even when she's working with drum loops. Not only does this probably help her sell well, but it earns her a great deal of respect.
In 2005, Keys released her "Unplugged" record chronicling her appearance on the legendary on-again/off-again MTV series. She works in the old Motown mold of actually being backed by a tight band. Lauryn Hill did the same thing a few years ago, and one can imagine Wyclef Jean or Badu on the show, but Keys's piano prodigy status and soulful voice are suited for the a live venue.
That album became Keys' third No. 1 record in a row. In addition, it added another interesting cover to her repertoire, with the inclusion of her take on the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses," which she turned into a duet with Maroon 5's Adam Levine.
So, given the fact that her first three releases all landed at No. 1, stakes are high for "As I Am" to do well, too. A look at the title and one can tell that there hasn't been any major gearshift imagewise. Why mess with something that isn't broken?
As an album, it's got a lot of the same elements present on the other records: the raging, hard-edged anthem of a woman done wrong on "Go Ahead"; the uplifting ballad of feminine pride on the Linda Perry collaboration "Superwoman"; the earthy intimate moments of "Lesson Learned" featuring John Mayer; and a nice helping of smooth-loving R&B track turned big-time belter ("The Thing About Love.")
"As I Am" will likely add more hits to Keys' growing canon. I can imagine the closing ballad, "Sure Looks Good to Me," turning out to be the album's high watermark.
Only time will tell if "As I Am" repeats the success of its predecessors, but one thing seems certain — Keys is here to stay, building a legend based on honest talent and hard work.
She's successful because she's able to get fans from a very wide pool. She appeals to casual pop fans just as much as she appeals to hard-core R&B enthusiasts. Radio is completely behind her, something that might help to also explain her steady sales flow, and set her apart from her dwindling peers like Jones.
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"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Situational Hitting is Stupid
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Situational Hitting is Stupid
Ben is a really really good facilitator, who can improvise on the fly within the system but to compare Ben to Peyton is not fair.
But think about how scary good Aaron Rodgers could be as his career progresses. He seems to have the accuracy of Brees, but the mobility of a Roethlisberger or McNabb. If he can keep away from concussions, he could be the next elite level QB in the Manning/Brady line.
And I mean no harm to Eric, but had the numbers been correct, I would not have made an appearance in here.
Seems that Peyton has been asked to do way more than Ben has.
Also, these numbers brought up by ETR in the Colts thread mean more to me than the ones he posted in this thread.
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Situational Hitting is Stupid
Really the only significant happening I took from last night:
If I counter you with W-L stats, individual stats,anything etc...you are going to come back with the fact that Peyton has been playing with the proverbial one arm tied behind his back due to being on the Colts. Without looking though, I'd wager the Colts have a high regular season W-L % than Pitt during each of these QB's respective reigns. I can't win.
Ben is 10-3 in the playoffs. Peyton is well...I don't know, but nowhere close to that. I'm not saying the QB is totally responsible for a teams W-L, but he's pretty darn important. And having watched about all of Ben's playoff games, there is no doubt in my mind he is a difference maker.
But it is all a matter of opinion as I said, and I hold nothing against your feeling that Peyton has been the better playoff QB.
But let me ask you this....if you switch their teams, do you still think Ben would be your pick?
I think Ben would be exposed on a team that does not feature a strong defense and running game. But Peyton would still be an elite QB on the Steelers (as horrible as that thought is).
I gleaned a lot of this from here, and it's pretty spot in...
2011 Super Bowl: Ben Roethlisberger With Another Super Bowl Clunker
Roethlisberger has a history of performing poorly in Super Bowls. The Steelers won Super Bowl XL vs the Seattle largely in spite of Roethlisberger who was anemic, completing nine of 21 passes for 123 yards, 2 INTs, and a 22.6 QB rating. Now Ben did improve vs the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII, who were 9-7 in the regular season and got hot in the post-season, completing 21 of 30 passes for 256 yards, a TD, an INT, and a QB Rating of 93.2.
And in this year's SB, Ben was 25-40 for 263 yds, 2 TS, 2 INTs, and a QB Rating of 77.4.
In three Super Bowls, Roethlisberger has thrown three touchdowns and five interceptions. If the Steelers won, people would compare him to Brady, having three rings and all, but know this: in four Super Bowls, Brady has completed 100 of 155 passes for 1,001 yards and seven touchdowns against just one interception.
Roethlisberger is not a big-game quarterback, his defense and running games have bailed him out in the playoffs time and time again - which is a testament to how good the Steelers running game and defense has been in a league that is now dominated by passing.
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Last Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spared the Middle Fork pack of Mexican gray wolves from trapping or shooting, despite accounts that the wolves killed five cattle on the Gila National Forest. The pack consists of two three-legged adult wolves, who each lost a leg in privately set leg-hold traps, plus a yearling and four pups. These wolves live in a severely grazed area where five previous wolf families were trapped and shot by the feds to placate the livestock industry -- and where carcasses of cattle killed by non-wolf causes dot the landscape, tempting wolves and acclimating them to scavenging near grazing cows. This spring, Center for Biological Diversity volunteers found 16 dead cattle, none showing signs of wolf predation, within a few miles of the Middle Fork's den site.
In June, the Fish and Wildlife Service spared another Mexican wolf, from New Mexico's San Mateo Pack. Then, and now with the Middle Fork pack, the Arizona Game and Fish Department urged wolf removal, while its New Mexico counterpart supported keeping wolves in the wild. The Center is currently in court for wolves and just petitioned for better Mexican wolf protections. (Hmm, could our strong advocacy and media attention have anything to do with the federal government's newfound sensitivity toward these persecuted animals?)
Read about the Middle Fork pack in the Silver City Sun-News and get more on our petition from the Associated Press.
This is good news yet sad news that there are not many of the Mexican wolves left. I hope it is not too little too late. Naturally, because of the cattle there is not much grass for the wolves to graze on.
Silver City Sun-News and get more on our petition from the Associated Press.
This is good news yet sad news that there are not many of the Mexican wolves left. I hope it is not too little too late. Naturally, because of the cattle there is not much grass for the wolves to graze on.
I just had to post this as it is a cause that is very dear to my heart and I have been fighting for for so long. I quit using Kimberly Clark products years ago because of their disregard for the Boreal Forest and virgin wood. I will use their products again IF they have stopped their horrible practice of cutting forests down.
August 5, 2009
Please take a minute to thank Kimberly-Clark for its policy of protecting ancient forests!
You can read more at www.greenpeace.org/kleercut.
Im writing today with exciting news news Ive been waiting more than four years to share with you!
Since 2004, Greenpeace and countless activists like you have asked Kimberly-Clark to save the Boreal forest. Today, the company that makes Kleenex, Scott, and Cottonelle announced a new policy that places it among the industry leaders in sustainability.
Thats right, today were announcing the successful end of our Kleercut campaign!
This is a tremendous victory for ancient forests, including the North American Boreal, and it would not have been possible without dedicated activists like you. So take a minute to congratulate yourself and your fellow activists. Just as importantly, please take a minute to thank Kimberly-Clark for its new policy that helps protect ancient forests!
Kimberly-Clark has set a goal of obtaining 100 percent of the wood fiber for its products including its flagship brand, Kleenex from environmentally responsible sources. By the end of 2011, the company will no longer use any pulp from the Boreal Forest unless it is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified. The policy also prevents the company from cutting endangered forests, and increases the companys use of FSC-certified pulp and recycled fiber globally.
With this announcement, Kimberly-Clark, the largest tissue company in the world, becomes a sustainability leader. Now its time for Georgia-Pacific and Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clarks main competitors, to create their own policies to protect ancient forests.
Before we turn our attention to the next campaign, though, lets all thank Kimberly-Clark for eliminating endangered forests from its products!
Your friend,
Lindsey Allen
(One very happy) Forest Campaigner
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I think we should post all victories for all animals in this thread no matter where they come from. In this day and age we need to rejoice on all accomplishments and celebrate their victories that we have fought so hard for!
We're starting this week with very good breaking news: This morning we won a tremendous victory saving wolves in the Great Lakes.
Victory for Great Lakes wolves!
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has signed a legal settlement putting wolves in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin back on the endangered species list.
Without federal protection, the door was open to wolves being slaughtered at the hands of state agencies, livestock owners, and trophy hunters. The agreement is a strong positive step from an administration that has, so far, been disappointing in its treatment of endangered species in general and wolves in particular. In fact, we are still in court over the administration's stripping of Endangered Species Act protection from northern Rockies wolves. More on that later.
This victory has been a long time coming. In 2005 we won a court order striking down the Bush administration's weakening of protections for Great Lakes wolves from "endangered" to "threatened." In response, the administration removed all protection in 2007. We went back to court, and last year won a legal order striking Bush down again and restoring full protection. Then, to our dismay, the Obama administration bowed to the anti-wolf lobby, removing all protection again this April. We sued yet again, and today the administration agreed to reverse itself.
Will the administration make another run at allowing Great Lake wolves to be killed? It's too early to tell, but we'll keep a close eye on them. I can only hope the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finally realized that we will fight them to the end to keep wolves from being slaughtered -- not only in the Great Lakes, but in the northern Rockies and the Southwest as well.
We couldn't have done it without your help. Many, many thanks for the part you've played in keeping these wolves wild and safe.
All my best, and have a great week,
We have great news to report:�� YOU STOPPED THE PLANNED SLAUGHTER OF
This afternoon, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer and Yellowstone
National Park held a joint press conference in Helena, Montana, to
announce that they WILL NOT SLAUGHTER any wild buffalo that remain in
Montana come Monday!� All those buffalo babies, their moms, and their
families will live on!
This is a major victory for wild buffalo and their advocates
worldwide!� THANK YOU!
While the larger issue is far from being resolved, we should all take
a deep breath and give thanks for this incredible news that we all
helped make happen.� The power, prayers, energy, spirit, love, and
ACTION of all the people who care about the buffalo made this happen!
Here are the buffalo you helped save:
The word from Montana and Yellowstone is this:� any wild buffalo
found in Montana come Monday would be transported (captured and
hauled in trailers) into Yellowstone National Park.� They would be
taken north, to Stephens Creek, and let go.�� This transport could be
very hard on the buffalo, especially the small calves, so we are
hopeful that it will not have to occur at all.
The long-term solution for wild buffalo is year-round HABITAT!
Yesterday approximately 200 buffalo were forcefully pushed out of
Montana (off of our National Forest lands), back into Yellowstone
National Park.� The agents used horsemen and a helicopter to conduct
this operation.� Today, the same thing happened, with about 50
buffalo (moms, babies, families) being pushed off of Horse Butte,
deep into Yellowstone.� Sadly, the buffalo were pushed extremely hard
- especially by the helicopter - and they were shot with orange paint
balls by the agents on horseback.� It almost looked like a
re-enactment from the shameful buffalo hunts of the 1800s.�� You can
see footage from yesterday at http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org.
During today's operation, a baby buffalo collapsed from exhaustion
and possible injury.� BFC patrols stayed with this little calf and
its mom until they were able to be strong enough to resume their trek
to catch up with their family members who had been chased out of
Montana.� They made it!
This great victory is not without its shadow, as wild buffalo should
be allowed to roam freely in Montana, especially on our public lands.
We will keep fighting for the buffalo until they are wild and free.
But we will celebrate that these buffalo will not be sent to
slaughter and that is because you made it happen!� Thank you all so
much!� You flooded them with calls, emails, faxes and IT WORKED! The
governor and Yellowstone made the right decision.
ACTION NEEDED:� Please take the time to call and say THANK YOU to
Governor Brian Schweitzer and Yellowstone Superintendent Suzanne
Lewis for choosing to let these buffalo live.� Encourage them to work
to acquire year-round habitat for wild buffalo in Montana!
* Governor Brian Schweitzer:� 406-444-3111
* Yellowstone Superintendent Suzanne Lewis:� 307-344-2002
From the bottom of our hearts and for all the wild buffalo ~ THANK YOU!!
Yesterday�afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives votedoverwhelmingly (277-137) to restore a 34-year-old ban on thecommercial sale and slaughter of America's wild horses and burros. On Wednesday, the bill to ban the sale and transport toslaughter of all American horses cleared a critical Senate committeeby a decisive 15-7 vote. These victories move us even closer to banning horse slaughter in the United States permanently.
Here's what happened: Your U.S. Representative, Gene Taylor, voted yes on the wild horse bill. Please call Representative Taylor at (202) 225-5772 and express your thanks. Your U.S. Senator,�Trent Lott, who serves on the Senate committee, voted yes on the horse slaughter bill. Please call Senator Lott at�(202) 224-6253 and let�him know you appreciate his vote.
Your calls and emails are key to winning this fight. Everyday this past week, as I walked the halls of the House and Senate with other Humane Society of the United States staff, shoring up support for these two�votes, every office we visited said the same thing: "We are getting a lot of phone calls from our constituents about the horses." Please help keep the momentum going:
- Click here to urge support for restoring protections to wild horses and burros.
- Click here to urge support for banning the slaughter of all horses.
To shut down the horse slaughter industry in the United States and to stop horses from being exported to other countries for slaughter -- where they face longer transports and an even more grisly death -- we need everyone who cares about horses to get involved. Please tell your friends, family and colleagues how they can help.
Thank you for your continued commitment to ending horse slaughter. Together, we have made tremendous progress. And together we will finish the job and shutter this barbaric business for good.
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
P.S. These two important votes on horse slaughter come just a short time after we won commanding votes in the House and Senate on legislation to combat dogfighting and cockfighting. Congress is taking action on animal protection issues!
In Brief: Buck gives the highlights of a recent string of judicial victories.
Time, as San Francisco columnist Herb Caen used to say, is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once. But even time had its hands full over the past several weeks as a spate of courthouse news all but engulfed us, and all of it was good. Earthjustice staff were the primary lawyers in most of the cases and active participants in all of them. We'll leave the analysis for another day, but here are the highlights.
- March 23: A federal judge in West Virginia ruled that permits issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for four mountaintop removal mines in that state violate the federal Clean Water Act.�The ruling could affect dozens of permits pending throughout Appalachia and help rein in one of the most destructive mining practices of all time.
- March 30: A federal judge in San Francisco overturned an attempt by the Bush administration to rewrite national forest rules in such a way as to all but eliminate the public's opportunity to participate in decisions involving logging on the national forests.
- Later that same day a federal judge in Seattle ruled that the Forest Service had misrepresented the views of many scientists who argued that a proposed rewrite of the rules protecting salmon streams in the Pacific Northwest would harm fish. The court chided the Forest Service for the misrepresentations and found the rewritten rules illegal.
- April 2: The Supreme Court handed us not one but two major wins. The first, hailed by attorney Howard Fox as "one of the most important environmental cases in history," was the first time the court had addressed global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency had taken the position that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and therefore the agency had no power to regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act. The court rejected the administration's position and ordered EPA to consider mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by cars and trucks.
- The second involved utility company attempts�to evade the so-called "new source review" provisions of the Clean Air Act regarding upgrades to�several power plants operated by Duke Power. Earthjustice's role in this case involved coordinating the writing and submission of a string of friend-of-the-court briefs and making sure the justices were aware of the significance of a parallel case that Earthjustice litigated at the appeals court for the District of Columbia.
- April 9: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that the government's management of the Columbia and Snake rivers violates the Endangered Species Act. This, according to The Oregonian, "came as close as sitting judges do to legally ridiculing the U.S. government's claims, among them defending dam operations that essentially counted dead fish as if they were alive."
Note the similarities: in every case the Bush administration was trying to evade or ignore federal laws and regulations. And in every case it fell to Earthjustice, other nonprofit organizations, and states to go to court to enforce the law against the very agencies that are supposed to be protecting us.
Not surprisingly, on Saturday, April 14th, the New York Times�-- noting this same series of court rulings�-- editorialized as follows:
"When the history of this administration's endless tussles with environmental law and practice is written, the various advocacy groups that challenged the administration in court at nearly every step of the way will occupy a major role."
We can all be proud of the key role Earthjustice has played in this effort to enforce and uphold the law. We could not have done it without your unwavering support. And we have much more to do, but it is important to celebrate what we have accomplished thus far.
Let's share all wildlife accomplishments on this thread!!� Endangered and/or threatened species recovery is always reason for celebration.
Defenders of Wildlife traces back 60 yrs of helping these animals make a comeback!�


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Farro Minestrone
2 quarts Home-made or low sodium chicken stock
¼ cup olive oil
1 cup pancetta, small dice
1 ½ cups onion, small dice
1 ½ cups carrot, medium dice
1 ½ cups celery, small dice
1 diced yellow pepper
1 diced red pepper
1 diced zucchini
2 tablespoons garlic, minced
1 Tablespoons Rosemary (fresh)
1 Tablespoons Oregano (dry, or 2 tablespoons fresh))
1 Tablespoons Sage (fresh)
¾ teaspoon crushed red pepper, or more to taste
1 pound bulk Italian Fennel Sausage
3 tablespoons tomato paste
3 cups chopped Kale or Chard, stems removed
1/2 cup red wine
1 bay leaf
1 cup diced butternut squash
1 ½ cups cooked farro
3 cups crushed tomatoes
2 ½ cups cooked kidney beans
¼ teaspoon black pepper
To prepare the farro:
In a medium saucepan with a tight fitting lid toast ¾ cup farro in 1 Tablespoon olive oil until fragrant and lightly toasted; about 3-5 minutes over medium heat; add 1 1/3 cups water and bring to a boil; cover and simmer on low for 45 minutes.
In a large stainless stock pot bring the chicken stock, bay leaves, and crushed tomato to a simmer and keep hot.
In a large sauté pan brown the sausage in half of the olive oil over medium heat, breaking the meat into smaller chunks as you go. When the meat is nicely browned drain the extra fat off in a colander.
Add a little more oil and cook the pancetta and onions until translucent, scraping the fond (build up on bottom of pan) with a wooden spoon as you go. After about five minutes add the carrots, celery, and garlic and sauté for another 3-4 minutes. Add half the tomato paste to each pan and 'cook out,' stirring, for 3-4 more minutes. Add the herbs and cook one more minute. Put the vegetables into the pot with the stock at this point.
Add the wine to each sauté pan and deglaze; boil off the alcohol for a few minutes and add the liquid to the stock pot.
Add the remaining olive oil to the pans. Sauté the
Peppers and zucchini until soft and lightly browned and add to the pot.
Crumble the cooked sausage into the soup-no chunks should be larger than a ½".
Add the tomatoes, diced squash, chard, cooked farro and kidney beans to the soup, and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Simmer over low heat until the butternut squash is tender, about 10-15 minutes.
Turn off the heat, and adjust seasoning if needed.
Optional: garnish with ground pecorino or parmesan, and a drizzle of good olive oil.


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hm, i sugested such a thing on impossible support.
it could be done, since they managed to make the Big Shot work with both 100 and PX film!
if i find some time, i might take up the challenge myself and figure out how it could work.
you need the roller-mechanism to develope the PX-film.


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GLENDALE, AZ - OCTOBER 05: Starting Quarterback Trent Edwards #5 of the Buffalo Bills suffers a concussion after getting hit by Strong Safety Adrian Wilson #24 of the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of their NFL Game on October 5, 2008 at Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)
It won't be looked at as one of the higher profile free-agent signings of the offseason, but it is one of the most important. While the New England Patriots made it a goal to add some youth to their roster this offseason, they also understand the importance of having veteran leadership, specifically in their defensive backfield. The latest addition to their team is former Cardinals' safety Adrian Wilson. Prior to signing with the Pats, Wilson spent his entire 12-year career with the Cardinals. Wilson saw the lowest of the lows in his career in Arizona and was just seconds away from a Super Bowl ring. Wilson was with the Cardinals so long that he remembers when the team still played in the NFC East. He was the defensive leader of the team for years, and while he isn't going to the in-you-face kinda player that Rodney Harrison once was with the Patriots, his character and consistency in play should help to shore up a susceptible pass defense. Let's be honest, the Patriots have been terrible against the pass for the last few seasons. They finished fourth in passing yards allowed, eleventh in touchdowns allowed, and seventh in first downs allowed [...]
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Noreen Earns Academic Honor
West Virginia University men's basketball junior Kevin Noreen has been named to the 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-District II men's basketball first team as selected by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).
A sport management major with a 3.7 GPA, Noreen has played in all 21 games for the Mountaineers, starting 19 of those contests. He is averaging 2.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game with a season-high 13 points and eight rebounds in the win over Loyola.
Along with Noreen, Seth Hinrichs of Lafayette, Wayne Blackshear of Louisville, Franz Rassman of Loyola, John Kopriva of Georgia Washington and Joey Ptasinski of Lafayette earned all-district first-team honors.
Noreen, a native of Minneapolis, Minn., is now a candidate for Academic All-America honors.
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On Sunday night, the Virginia Cavaliers rallied to snap a four game winless streak at home versus North Carolina. UVa controlled the tempo of the game, favoring their deliberate style of play. They were patient with the ball on offense and strong on defense. The Tar Heels fought a close battle until the end of second half where the Cavaliers pulled away to defeat the Heels 61-52. Coach Tony Bennett allowed 15 seconds of celebration in the locker room after the game… but then it was back to the drawing boards as UVa prepares for Wake Forest on the road. After the game, Kate Lee had a chance to talk with Virginia guard, Joe Harris. The junior contributed 19 points and 5 rebounds which helped lead the team on a 15-2 run in the second half to give the Cavaliers the momentum and lead they were able to preserve. Related Posts:(Video) Henton leads the way on both ends of the floor as…(VIDEO) After slow start, Munford paces Rhode Island in…Video: Gameday with Tennessee Tech and asst. coach Russ…Ken's High Five: Anatomy of the Tar Heels'…NCDS: (VIDEO) Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles New Year's…
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New Year's is always a time for remembrance and nostalgia, with lots of "top" lists. This is another, focused on the most important, entertaining and reverberating technology law cases of 2014.
1. Apple's iPod Class Action Win. Near the end of the year, a decade-old antitrust class action against Apple Inc. finally went to trial in early December. The gist of the claim was that by reconfiguring its DRM system for the then new (now iconic) iPod MP3 players in a way that broke compatibility with RealNetworks' protocol back in 2006, Apple monopolized the market for digital music. Although the Sherman Act theory was questionable, at best, the presiding federal judge refused to dismiss the complaint or enter summary judgment for either side. After just three hours of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous verdict for Apple, finding that the new software was a meaningful product improvement over previous versions. (This was also the case where the late Steve Jobs testified, by way of videotaped deposition, from the grave.) Lesson: even monopolists get the blues.
2. Software & Business Methods Patents Narrowed. In one of several precedent-setting Supreme Court cases involving intellectual property, the Court ruled in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank that vague or generic patents, which do little more than operate mathematical algorithms on a general purpose computer, are not "patentable subject matter." CLS Bank has already had a profound effect on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which for nearly the first time invalidated some business method patents on patentablity grounds in its wake, and the the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, which was far more aggressive in rejecting patent applications during the second half of the year. The longer term consequences in the ongoing debate over patent trolls and patent reform legislation remain to be seen. Lesson: the era of easy patents may be ending.MORE »


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An open question, however, is why there wasn't an association with obesity and troubled homes in boys. There are several possible explanations, Suglia said.
"It's possible that girls internalize things differently. Other studies have shown they do act differently in being exposed to stress. Girls tend to internalize more, and to have more depressive behaviors," Suglia said.
Boys are generally more physically active than girls even at a young age, so all of their running and jumping may help ward off obesity longer. Boys and girls also develop differently, so it's possible that girls are picking up more on maternal worries while boys are paying less attention, making them less vulnerable to it, Suglia said.
"In the domestic violence literature, we've found that girls identify more with the mom more than the boys," Suglia said.
But none of these are proven explanations. Indeed, researchers found that girls who grew up with these psychosocial risk factors were more likely to be obese than kids from more peaceful homes, but not that a difficult home life caused the obesity.
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SOURCES: Shakira Suglia, Sc.D., assistant professor, department of epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City; Christina Bethell, Ph.D., MBA, MPH, professor, school of medicine, Oregon Health & Science University and director, Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative; May 2012 Pediatrics
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Women Who Really Cook is a networking organization for women in the food business in the Twin Cities area and greater Minnesota.
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