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(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)–The original musical Aliya, written by Moravian College senior music composition major Emily Ralph, will take the stage at Moravian College from Thursday – Sunday, February 5-8, in the Haupert Union Building Arena Theater. The show will start at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. General admission is $13 and $9 for senior citizens and students.
Ralph's musical tells the story of three women in 4 B.C. who set out to find the new king whose birth has sent a star into the sky. Their husbands are magi from the east who have already left for Israel, and these women do not want to be left behind. One pursues adventure, another runs for her life, and the third seeks the Jewish Messiah. When the three women meet on the road to Bethlehem, they encounter danger, a powerful God, and startling truths about each other and themselves.
Ralph has always loved music. When she was a little girl, she constantly made up skits and songs. "My life was a living musical," jokes Ralph. As she grew up, her zest for singing developed into a passion for writing music and more specifically, writing a musical. "I have many beginning drafts hiding in my desk drawers from all my attempts over the years. However, I could never finish anything." Aliya was no exception.
When Ralph was a young teenager, she attended a small church with few children. Although the children liked to perform, there were very few boys and even fewer who were willing to act. One year, the children wanted to do the Christmas story, but it was difficult to do with girls who were tired of dressing like men. "The idea dawned on me – the wives of the wise men," said Ralph. "I ended up writing a skit about them, and it was horrible! It was never performed and was banished to one of my desk drawers with all the other failed attempts."
For the next several years, Ralph wrestled with the idea of finishing what she started. "The story would not leave me alone. As years passed, the idea continued to ruminate in my mind. I really felt that it was something God wanted me to write," said Ralph. However, it wasn't until college that Ralph finally felt completely motivated to finish her first musical. "During my sophomore year, we had a guest speaker who mentioned in passing that he had written a musical for his senior project," remembers Ralph. "I hardly heard another thing he said. I knew that I had finally found the venue for this story."
After talking to the right people and receiving permission, Aliya became Ralph's honors project. Ralph created the name Aliya for her musical by combining the Hebrew term aliyah, which means "to take a pilgrimage to Israel or Jerusalem," and the Persian name Alea, which means "God's being." Said Ralph, "My new definition is 'a pilgrimage to discover God's being.'" Ralph began research for this project last spring and finally finished it all in late November.
The cast will feature Donna Boop, Candy Geary, Courtney Verrilli, Jennifer Gillard, Nathaniel Kirby, Adam Spaugh, Michael McCartney, Greg Lissome, Joel Mikulyak, Hannah Arnold, McKenzie Kupres, Lindsey Nelson, John Schaffer, and Jamie Alderiso. For more information or ticket reservations, please call 610-861-1489.


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15,000 Expected For 2014 Fermentation Fest
Where Farm Fields Also Grow Art And Music
REEDSBURG, Wis., Aug. 6, 2014 — As farmers around Reedsburg, Wis., harvest crops this fall, professional artists from around the country, regional performers and community members will transform the working landscape into a lively, ephemeral outdoor Farm/Art DTour for the fourth-annual Fermentation Fest—A Live Culture Convergence, Oct. 4–13, 2014. Meanwhile, in this gigabyte city of 9,000 people in rural south-central Wisconsin—55 miles northwest of the state's capital, Madison—chefs, scientists, brewers and cheesemakers will offer 44 classes and tastings about fermented foods, farming and the rural renaissance.
The multifaceted 10-day food and farming festival is "An opportunity for rural and urban visitors to explore in new ways the beautiful land that sustains us," explains event organizer Donna Neuwirth, executive director of the Wormfarm Institute.
She anticipates the Fest will attract 15,000 people from the upper Midwest and beyond this year, after a record crowd of 12,000 from at least nine states attended in 2013, the event's third year.
"Interest around the country is growing, for this event, for site-responsive public art and a renewed connection to where our food is grown," Neuwirth noted. "This is a celebration of live culture in all its forms, from dance to yogurt, poetry to sauerkraut."
People are primarily traveling for the Fest's signature feature, the Farm/Art DTour, a free and interactive, 50-mile self-guided drive through working farmland punctuated by temporary art installations, pasture performances, field notes about agriculture, roadside stands and roadside poetry. Discover the DTour by car, buggy or bike, cue sheets and outfitters are available.
Expect to see giant straw animals, glowing corn cribs, crocheted plastic leaves engulfing a farmhouse, a mini circus wagon and sideshow encampment, and much more.
Some stops welcome you to participate or investigate. A labyrinth of corn to meander, a silage bag to paint, and the Taste Lab to investigate fermentation biology with microscopes, tasting and discussing. A large floating sculpture comes ashore on weekends to serve spring infusions made from glacial water and local produce.
As you wind through the natural amphitheatres of this driftless area you'll encounter dancers, singers and original music performed, such as the third-annual D-Composition, A Concert on Oct. 11 at 4:00 p.m., where music mimics biology. Mixed in are: a homemade wine social, a quilt show with breakfast, fresh fry bread and tacos, gourmet sliders, pickles, cheese, chocolate, a chili supper and more.
Before departing on the DTour stop at the Reedsburg Area Chamber of Commerce to get a free 20-page event guide, DTour driving map and the daily specials of performances and food. The event guide is also available throughout the state.
Downtown Reedsburg hosts 44 weekend classes and tasting events about fermented food and drink (kimchi, yogurt, hard cider, chocolate, cheese, beer, bread, etc.), preserving the harvest, farming and more. Register for these online by Sept. 28 at www.fermentationfest.com.
Featured speakers Kirsten Shockey, John Greenler and Matthew Fluharty will offer interactive classes about fermenting food and energy, and rural art projects. Shockey of Applegate, Ore., is a homesteader, fermenter, teacher and author of the ust-released Fermented Vegetables: Creative Recipes For Fermenting 80 Vegetables And Herbs. She'll conduct four classes Oct. 4–5 about safely fermenting seasonally available produce and forbs into krauts, preserves, pastes and relishes.
Greenler is the education and outreach director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Oct. 11 he'll discuss moving beyond corn and grain to make ethanol by fermenting plant materials into renewable energy as fossil fuel alternatives. Join his lively presentation to try fermenting fuel.
Fluharty, director of the Art Of The Rural, joins the Fest this year to celebrate the inaugural The Year Of The Rural Arts. Oct. 12 he'll lead a panel discussion on thriving rural communities with Sarah Lloyd, dairy farmer, rural sociologist and Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative general manager; Curt Meine, conservationist, author and Aldo Leopold Foundation senior fellow; Stan Gruzsynski, U.S. Department of Agriculture Wisconsin director of rural development; and Jamie Bennett, director of ArtPlace America. This free presentation will highlight a new wave of contemporary artistic and social projects in rural communities throughout America that illustrate effective placemaking strategies along the rural-urban continuum.
Visit www.fermentationfest.com to view images of previous DTours, register for classes and tastings by Sept. 28, and find details to plan your trip.
Connect with Fermentation Fest on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FermentationFest and on Twitter @FermFest.
Fermentation Fest is an initiative of the Wormfarm Institute, a nonprofit organization that integrates culture and agriculture in Reedsburg. It collaborates with Sauk County U.W.-Extension, the Reedsburg Area Chamber Of Commerce, public partners and sponsors to host this celebration of farming, fermentation and culture.
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The Wormfarm Institute is a nonprofit organization in Reedsburg, Wis., working to build a sustainable future for agriculture and the arts by fostering links between people and the land. An evolving laboratory of arts and ecology, and fertile ground for creative work, the Wormfarm explores the links between urban and rural communities within and beyond the food chain, creating opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. Learn more at www.wormfarmstitute.org.
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Fermentation Fest—A Live Culture Convergence, Oct. 4–13, 2014, Reedsburg, Wis. A multifaceted food and farming festival celebrating live culture in all its forms—dance to yogurt, poetry to sauerkraut. Featuring the 50-mile Farm/Art DTour—scenic farmland punctuated with temporary art installations—with pasture performances and more. Classes and tastings about fermented food and drink, farming and the rural renaissance. Explore, learn, taste and enjoy live culture. Learn more at www.fermentationfest.com.
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A six-member jury selected 11 professional artists who will build eight large-scale temporary art installations in farm fields, using inspiration from the region's working landscape, geologic history, circus history and rural culture; folk-art traditions and the fermentation process. Contact us for the artists' contact information. They are, following their stop numbers and installation titles:
Stop 2: Bubble Pub: Jenny Hale, Nevada City, Calif., and Gail Katz-James, Minneapolis, Minn., http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/jenny-hale-gail-katz-james
Stop 5: Too Much Pig: Brian Sobaski, St. Paul, Minn., http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/brian-sobaski
Stop 8: Sylvan Chapel: Peter Krsko, Washington, D.C., http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/peter-krsko
Stop 11: Drift: Sara Black, Amber Ginsburg and Lia Rousset, Chicago, Ill., http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/sara-black-lia-rousset-amber-ginsburg
Stop 22: A Call To Beauty: Mary Dickey, Roxbury, Wis., http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/mary-dickey
Stop 34: Invasive Species: Isabelle Garbani, Brooklyn, N.Y., http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/isabelle-garbani
Stop 38: Wonders At The Wayside–Circus Wagon And Sideshow Encampment: Erika Nelson, Lucas, Kan., http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/erika-nelson
Stop 27: Taste Lab: Andrea Polli, Albuquerque, N.M., and her students from the University of New Mexico's art and ecology program. http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_artist/andrea-polli-students-from-the-university-of-new-mexicos-art-ecology-program
The Performing Artists
Various 20-minute performances of music, dance and theatre occur both weekends on three unconventional stages in hay fields and cow pastures throughout the Farm/Art DTour. See Stops 7, 25 and 34.
In addition is the third-annual D-Composition, A Concert, a debut of original music that mimics biology, at St. Boniface Church in Lime Ridge, Wis., 11 miles southwest of Reedsburg, Oct. 11, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. Tickets at the door are $8.00. It is a premiere performance by composers Mike Bell, Geoffrey Brady, Lawton Hall and Amanda Schoofs of music that reworks or decomposes prior years' compositions and draws inspiration from presentations on decomposition and renewal by several scientists and practitioners at the July 19, 2014 DeComposium.
Contact us for a list of individual performers and their schedules.
See a partial list of performers and links to their Web sites here http://fermentationfest.com/dtour_performers
The Year Of The Rural Arts 2014
In its inaugural year, this biennial program of events, conversations and online features celebrates ways rural places, art and culture contribute to American life while clarifying the conception of rural. The future sustainability of agriculture and community depend upon an exchange between rural and urban. This collaborative, grassroots initiative connects citizens, artists, scholars, designers and entrepreneurs to build an inclusive and engaged rural arts and culture network and dialogue.
Contact Matthew Fluharty, director of Art Of The Rural, at firstname.lastname@example.com and http://artoftherural.org.
Landowners And Farmers
Those providing space for the installations, farm forms and performances each have unique stories of how they steward the land. Farm operations hosting the DTour feature: grass-based and organic dairy, small and large dairy and beef, grain, meat goats, sheep, woodlots, wetland conservation, sunflowers and vegetable crops, and retired farmers focusing on wildlife habitat restoration. Contact us for more details.
Community Revitalization Through Creative Placemaking
The Wormfarm Institute's work occurs across disciplines, connecting urban and rural, people and land, culture and agriculture. It serves as a national model for rural creative placemaking defined as asset–based community economic development with arts at its core. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) describes the Institute's award-winning work as an innovative rural-development strategy. For details contact Donna Neuwirth who can put you in touch with the USDA about this endeavor.
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TAMPERE, Finland — University of New Mexico senior Luke Caldwell took fifth in the men's 5000-meter run Saturday at the 9th European Athletics U23 Championships in Tampere, Finland, while sophomore Elmar Engholm placed 17th in the preliminaries of the men's 1500.
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SOUTH PORTLAND — For two months, the Fogg family has had to keep quiet about what went on behind closed doors during a reality-TV makeover of Uncle Andy's Diner.
But on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 10 p.m., they'll relive the restaurant's turbulent remodeling, along with a national Food Network audience.
Owners Dennis and Tina Fogg will host a viewing party for their episode of "Restaurant: Impossible" at The Gold Room on Warren Avenue in Portland. Dennis, who is also a stand-up comedian, will also be part of a stand-up comedy show at 8:30 p.m., before the episode airs.
Reservations for the viewing party, available for a $5 donation to Maine Charitable Resources, are required; attendance will be capped at 125.
The episode, called "No Laughing Matter," was filmed over three days in early June when "Restaurant: Impossible" took over the neighborhood to give the long-time Mill Creek diner a $10,000 makeover.
The Fogg family, which has owned Uncle Andy's at 171 Ocean St. for 10 years, announced in May that the restaurant had been selected for the show. Despite a loyal following, Tina and Dennis Fogg were both working second jobs because their breakfast-and-lunch business was struggling.
Since Uncle Andy's grand reopening, Fogg said the business has had an uptick in popularity, with people often stopping in just for a photo. The family is now preparing for the influx of customers expected to follow the national spotlight.
Recent reviews of Uncle Andy's new menu have been mostly positive, but Fogg said he and his crew, now six employees larger, sometimes have trouble keeping up with the business, often causing long wait times for customers.
"We're so busy," he said, "it's not like before."
The diner's old set-up allowed Fogg to make his signature animal-shape pancakes and home fries while cracking jokes with regular customers. Now that a new window separates diners from the open kitchen, Dennis said he "doesn't get to entertain as much."
While the family is excited to see the show, Fogg said he's also nervous, because the producers sometimes purposely "picked at" emotional triggers during filming to encourage family conflict.
"They took a lot of footage," he said. "It could come out any way."
But, he admitted, the pros of being on TV have outweighed the cons.
The increased business has allowed the Foggs to finally pay their adult children for working at the restaurant (they previously worked just for tips). Fogg also said the family has paid off debt, and Tina has been able to work fewer nights as an Alzheimer's nurse.
Fogg has also done more traveling than ever with his stand-up comedy routine since filming ended. Now that he has television credits, he said, "You never know what could happen."
"Restaurant: Impossible" host Robert Irvine's touch can still be seen in Uncle Andy's new menu and the diner's more formal, updated interior. But bits and pieces of the old Uncle Andy's have crept back in.
A boldly lettered "Customers Wanted: Apply Within" poster has returned to the front window, along with a life-size cut-out of Sheldon Cooper, the character played by Jim Parsons on "The Big Bang Theory."
"People like that stuff," Fogg said.
Sheldon, however, is wearing a new Uncle Andy's T-shirt.


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National Pokédex
Ditto – Eevee (#133) – Vaporeon
|First game
|Pokémon Red and Blue
|Designed by
|Ken Sugimori
|Voiced by (English)
|Mika Kanai (Gary's)
Yumi Tōma (Sakura's)
Kayzie Rogers (May's)
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Yumi Tōma (Sakura's)
Megumi Hayashibara (Haruka's)
Eevee, known in Japan as Eievui (イーブイ Ībui, meaning "evolve"?), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Eevee first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue. They have later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.
Known as the Evolution Pokémon,[1] Eevee is a fennec-like Pokémon with an unstable genetic code, which allows it to evolve into eight different Pokémon depending on the situation. The first three of these evolutions, Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon, are the result of Eevee being exposed to either a Water Stone, a Thunderstone, or a Fire Stone respectively. Two new evolutions were introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver, Espeon and Umbreon, which involve maximum friendship with the Trainer and leveling up at a specific time of day, or leveling up while a Sun Shard or a Moon Shard, respectively, is in the player's bag in XD. Leafeon and Glaceon are the result of leveling up in areas that have either a Moss Rock or an Ice Rock respectively in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The most recent evolution, Sylveon, introduced in Pokémon X and Y, evolves by leveling up with at least two hearts of affection from Pokémon-Amie and knowing a Fairy-type move.
Conception and creation
The design and art for Eevee and its evolutions were provided by Japanese video game designer and illustrator Ken Sugimori,[2] a friend of the Pokémon franchises' creator, Satoshi Tajiri. In the original Japanese games, the Pokémon was known by its name Eievui, a name which has similar prefixes to its current English name. However, before the English versions of the games were released, Eevee was originally going to be named Eon rather than Eevee.[3] It was later renamed shortly before the English releases of Pokémon Red and Blue.
Eevee is a mammalian creature with brown fur, a bushy tail that has a cream-colored tip, and a furry collar that is also cream-colored. Eevee has brown eyes, big ears, and pink paw pads. Eevee is said to have an irregularly shaped genetic structure, enabling it to evolve into multiple Pokémon.[4] Eevee are quite rare,[5] but are able to live almost anywhere, as they may evolve to suit their surroundings.[6]
While appearing very simple in appearance, Eevee is best known for its unstable genetic code which allows it to change and mutate into different forms (through evolution) depending on its environment.[7][8] As a result of its evolution, Eevee would become better suited to living in its surrounding environment.[9] All of Eevee's evolutions are of unique typing in comparison to each other. In Pokémon Red and Green, the player was able to evolve his or her Eevee into one its first three evolutions (Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon) by the use of an elemental stone (though only one can be obtained at a time). Starting from Pokémon Gold and Silver, the player could further evolve his or her Eevee into either an Espeon or an Umbreon by making the Eevee achieve maximum happiness (though the evolution depended on what time of day it was as Eevee evolved into Espeon at daytime while Eevee evolved into Umbreon at night). The final two evolutions of Eevee were obtainable upon the release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Leafeon, Eevee's grass type evolution, is obtainable upon leveling up near a moss rock, meanwhile Eevee's ice type evolution, Glaceon, is achieved by leveling up near an ice rock. These rocks are found in the Sinnoh and Unova regions. In Pokémon X and Y, Eevee gains a new evolution in the form of Sylveon, a Fairy-type.[10][11]
In the video games
In the Red, Blue, Yellow versions, the player receives one Eevee at the Pokémon Mansion in Celadon City, and they must trade to receive the Pokédex info on the other evolutions (Red, Blue, and Yellow only). In Pokémon Yellow, the player was to receive an Eevee from Professor Oak at the beginning of the game as the player's starter. However, the player's rival decides to take the Eevee before the player can obtain it. Due to this, the player is forced to choose the wild Pikachu that Professor Oak had caught earlier as a starter. The player's rival meanwhile evolves his Eevee into any of the three evolutions available, depending on the outcomes of the player's encounters with him in the early parts of the game. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, after finding Bill in Ecruteak City, the player can go back to his house in Goldenrod City to receive an Eevee from him. In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl as well as Platinum, Eevee can be obtained by Bebe after getting the National Dex (In Platinum, Eevee can be obtained pre-National Dex). In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen as well as Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Eevee can be found in the same areas that it was obtained from the original games.
Eevee is a photographable Pokémon in Pokémon Snap. In Pokémon Stadium 2, Eevee stars in its own minigame called "Eager Eevee". Players have to run around in circles while Aipom raises and lowers a cover on berries. The object is to be among the first to grab some of the berries.[12] In Pokémon XD, Eevee is featured as the main character's starter Pokémon. The player also has the option of evolving their Eevee into one of its evolutions that appeared prior to Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team, Eevee is available as the main protagonist, in the naive nature if the player chooses female. Eevee reappears as a starter Pokémon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Sky. Eevee appears as a non-player character in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure and its sequel, PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, as do all of its then-seven evolutions.
In anime
In the anime, Eevee first appeared in The Battling Eevee Brothers. A little boy named Mikey was hiding the Evolution Pokémon from his three older brothers because they wanted him to evolve it. However, when Mikey's Eevee single-handedly defeated Team Rocket, they were able to accept the fact that Mikey wanted to keep his Eevee just the way it is.[13] Ash's longtime rival Gary Oak uses an Eevee of great quality that eventually evolves into Umbreon. May has an Eevee that hatched from an egg, which she used in Pokémon Contests all across the Kanto and Johto region. When May traveled to Sinnoh, she took it to Route 217 to evolve into a Glaceon.[14] The Kimono Girls who first appeared in the Pokémon Gold and Silver games, also make an appearance with their Pokémon (all of which are evolutions of Eevee) in Trouble's Brewing.[15] The youngest of the Kimono girls had an unevolved Eevee (the only of the sisters to have one) in this episode though it later evolved into an Espeon later on in the episode "Espeon, Not Included".[16]
In other media
In Pokémon Adventures, Red is in possession of an Eevee which had been experimented on by Team Rocket. As a result, it could transform back and forth from the three evolutions Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon along with its base form, allowing it greater tactical ability in fighting other Pokémon. Eventually, it evolved into an Espeon, losing its special ability to interchange abilities. In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, the character Mikey (who appeared in the anime episode: "The Battling Eevee Brothers") makes an appearance with his own Eevee and within the chapter that he appears in, Mikey attempts to prove to his brothers that he doesn't need to evolve his Eevee to win battles.
In the crowdsourced social experiment, Twitch Plays Pokémon, an Eevee was the source of much frustration when, while trying to evolve it into a Vaporeon to learn the move Surf, the players accidentally used a Fire Stone on it, evolving it into a Flareon. This setback led to Flareon being called the "false prophet" and became one of the most famous moments of the event.[17]
Promotion and reception
Since its debut appearance, Eevee and its evolutions have received generally positive reception. GamesRadar described Eevee as "one of the cutest and most varied of all Pokémon,"[18] and in a later article described it as one of the most "enduringly popular."[19] IGN called it "the most mystifying, peculiar, eccentric, and adaptable creature in the game."[20] IGN editor "Pokémon of the Day Chick" also stated that Eevee was a creature that is a thousand times cuter than a puppy and she also stated that its evolutions were also powerful for a cute Pokémon.[21] IGN's Jack DeVries cited Eevee as one of the cutest Pokémon.[22] Eevee was noted as one of the most popular Pokémon at the offices of The Pokémon Company.[23] Author Loredana Lipperini noted Eevee as being one of the "most mysterious" Pokémon in the series.[24]
Due to its popularity, Eevee (and its evolutions) have frequently been used in much of the Pokémon merchandising such as toys.[25] While Eevee and its evolutions have appeared in the Pokémon Trading Card game as common cards, they were featured in the recent release of the Majestic Dawn set as Eevee and its evolutions were of the main focus.[26] Eevee, as well as its evolutions were also featured in the Burger King kid's meal promotion of Pokémon cards.[27] Eevee has also been a part of various Nintendo events which allow the players to obtain special Pokémon that are being distributed [one example in Eevee's case was a shiny (a rare alternatively coloured Pokémon) Eevee distribution].[28] Eevee was also one of the several first generation Pokémon to get a special DVD (Volume 6) with episodes starring itself during the 10th anniversary of the Pokémon series.[29] Author Maria S. Barbo called Eevee the most unique Pokémon.[30]
- ^ Maria S. Barbo. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic. ISBN 0439103975.
- ^ Stuart Bishop (2003-05-30). "Game Freak on Pokémon!". CVG. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
- ^ "IGN Guides: Pokemon Blue Version Game Boy". IGN. September 30, 1998. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ Game Freak (1998-09-30). "Pokémon Red and Blue". Game Boy. Nintendo.
Its genetic code is irregular. It may mutate if it is exposed to radiation from element stones.
- ^ Game Freak (2004-09-07). "Pokémon FireRed". Game Boy Advance. Nintendo.
An extremely rare Pokémon that may evolve in a number of different ways depending on stimuli.
- ^ Game Freak (2000-10-15). "Pokémon Gold". Game Boy Color. Nintendo.
It has the ability to alter the composition of its body to suit its surrounding environment.
- ^ Game Freak (1999-10-19). "Pokémon Yellow". Game Boy. Nintendo.
Its genetic code is unstable, so it could evolve in a variety of ways. There are only a few alive.
- ^ Game Freak (2000-10-15). "Pokémon Gold". Game Boy Color. Nintendo.
It has the ability to alter the composition of its body to suit its surrounding environment.
- ^ Game Freak (2000-10-15). "Pokémon Gold". Game Boy Color. Nintendo.
Its ability to evolve into many forms allows it to adapt smoothly and perfectly to any environment.
- ^ CoroCoro Comic, March 2013 Issue, Shogakukan.
- ^ "Meet Sylveon, Pokémon X And Pokémon Y's Eighth Eeevee [sic] Evolution". Siliconera. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
- ^ IGN Staff (December 21, 2000). "IGN: The Games of Pokemon GS: Part 2". IGN. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ Atsuhiro Tomioka (writer) (October 27, 1998). "The Battling Eevee Brothers". Pokémon. Season Indigo League. Episode 40. Various.
- ^ "A Full Course Tag Battle". www.pokemon.com. 2009-05-30. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
- ^ Yūji Asada (writer) (February 1, 2001). "Trouble's Brewing". Pokémon. Season The Johto Journeys. Episode 183. Various.
- ^ Kiyotaka Itani (writer) (February 1, 2001). "Espeon, Not Included". Pokémon. Season The Johto Journeys. Episode 226. Various.
- ^ S. Prell (February 22, 2014). "Twitch Plays Pokemon: Its history, highlights and Bird Jesus". AOL Inc. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ^ Staff (2007-08-24). "The complete Pokemon RBY pokedex, part 13". GamesRadar. Future Publishing. p. 2.
- ^ Vassar, Darryl. "The complete Pokémon Diamond and Pearl pokédex, part 8". GamesRadar. Future Publishing. p. 7.
- ^ "IGN: Pok¿mon of the Day". IGN. January 13, 2000. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ Staff (1999-11-04). "Pokémon Crystal Version: Pokemon of the Day: Eevee". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2002-12-25. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ Jack DeVries. "Pokemon: Kristine Catches 'em All – DS Feature at IGN". Ds.ign.com. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ "Interview – Pokémon Interview with J.C. Smith". Nintendo World Report. 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ Generazione Pokémon: i bambini e l … - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ "Japan Gets Line of Eevee Merchandise". The Pallet Tribune. November 11, 2008. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ "The Seven Stages of Eevee (Deck building is a breeze with the Eevee evolutions found in Diamond & Pearl—Majestic Dawn)". www.pokemon.com. October 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ "2010 Pokemon Championships announced, plus Shiny Eevee giveaway (!!!)". GamesRadar US. April 14, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ "Pokemon 10th Anniversary Edition – Vol. 6: Eevee DVD". cduniverse. October 24, 2006. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
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Tampa, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Kadeem Jack erupted for a game-high 31 points as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights recorded a 79-69 win over the South Florida Bulls in American Athletic Conference play at the Sun Dome.
Also scoring in double figures for the Scarlet Knights (10-14, 4-7 AAC) were Myles Mack and Wally Judge with 15 and 10 points, respectively, the latter adding eight rebounds as the team won for the second time in the last three outings.
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11:40 a.m. CT Saturday 31 May 2014
Begin with the Pentagon – Department of Defense – document, posted at…
Just in case someone there decides to block access or remove it, I've downloaded it, and it is now the first stored document here at The Lantern Journal by way of Google Drive. I wasn't sure this would work, but it does, and so here it is if needed…
This was first revealed in an article by The Washington Times, posted Wednesday 28 May 2014. Very few other well-known news outlets reported it, and all others I found who did based their articles on The Washington Times article…
Inside the Ring: Memo outlines Obama's plan to use the military against citizens – The Washington Times – 28 May 2014.
Just in case the article there suddenly vanishes, here are a few excerpts…
- A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration's potential use of military force against Americans.
- The troubling aspect of the directive outlines presidential authority for the use of military arms and forces, including unarmed drones, in operations against domestic unrest.
- "This appears to be the latest step in the administration's decision to use force within the United States against its citizens," said a defense official opposed to the directive.
- Directive No. 3025.18, "Defense Support of Civil Authorities," was issued Dec. 29, 2010, and states that U.S. commanders "are provided emergency authority under this directive."
- "Federal military forces shall not be used to quell civil disturbances unless specifically authorized by the president in accordance with applicable law or permitted under emergency authority," the directive states.
- "In these circumstances, those federal military commanders have the authority, in extraordinary emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the president is impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances" under two conditions.
- The conditions include military support needed "to prevent significant loss of life or wanton destruction of property and are necessary to restore governmental function and public order." A second use is when federal, state and local authorities "are unable or decline to provide adequate protection for federal property or federal governmental functions."
- A U.S. official said the Obama administration considered but rejected deploying military force under the directive during the recent standoff with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters.
A good question: Would US soldiers obey orders to shoot Americans – US citizens? They themselves are Americans – US citizens. There is no doubt Obama hates the US military, and really does not give a rats ass about health care for veterans. I get the impression that most of the US military are not too fond of Obama . . . but he is their Commander-in-Chief. How many of them are devout liberal Democrats, who would follow his orders, especially to target conservatives considered to be "domestic terrorists" instead of American patriots? Also, there are those in the military who are trained to follow orders, without hesitation, without questions. I believe those guys would shoot to kill any Americans if ordered to do so, and probably already have – at least in overseas scenarios – most of which are classified top secret and so we'll never know about those.
I am in favor of the use of drones by the US military against US enemies, armed drones and surveillance drones, rather than putting our soldiers in harms way, whenever possible. I am also in favor of law enforcement within the US being allowed to use unarmed drones for general public surveillance. I am further in favor of authorized "SWAT" personnel to use an armed drone under special circumstances to avoid putting law enforcement personnel needlessly in hams way, and to protect innocent citizens who might be in harms way. There must be some reasonable oversight, but without the bureaucracy of such oversight interfering with or otherwise slowing down approval to take swift action.
I just found out about the above noted news story by watching Fox News on TV this Saturday morning. I don't know how I missed it last Wednesday, except the minimal coverage of the story, and I was very busy making changes to the security of my email accounts, Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress, to fight off a hacker.
My Acer Chromebook is safe – Google's Chrome Operating System can't be hacked and can't get a virus, like how my previous computer with Windows Operating System was hacked and destroyed with a virus. Absolutely no doubt it was an attempt to silence me as a political blogger.
So now my online accounts have been targeted by the hacker. I do know it is not just a hacker, but includes the influence of the NSA on Outlook.com and Facebook – already very well documented in news stories. I have abandoned Mail.com, Outlook.com, and Facebook. All that remains is Google for my gmail accounts, Twitter, and my WordPress blogs.
I thought Mail.com was the most secure of all. Wrong. Mail.com is headquartered in Germany. It was in an alliance with WordPress and others against the NSA. It is well known that the NSA targeted the German government and has targeted German businesses – especially those making use of the Internet. I don't believe in coincidences. My Mail.com account worked flawlessly from mid-September 2013 until about mid-May 2014, and then I began to have trouble signing in and otherwise making use of it. I had to recover my password each time – every day. I do believe the hacker is at US Navy Signals for intelligence gathering, at an office in New York City or at an office in the Mission Beach area of San Diego, and is working with the NSA. The only reason I'm being targeted is because I'm a political blogger, centrist turned conservative, now blogging against President Obama.
I do believe the CIA, NSA, and US Navy Signals should keep an eye on Germany, and whatever they need to do for that is more than justified. So, for that, I forgive them, and encourage them to be on high alert regarding Germany. They need not be concerned about me. I am an American patriot. I have no doubt there are Germans who believe "the third time is the charm" as the old saying goes, and are now planning World War III. Very likely they have some support from within the US, and therefore, the NSA could be justified to seek out and monitor possible communications between American traitors and new Nazis in Germany. It's one of the few legitimate threats to justify extraordinary action by the CIA, DHS, FBI, NSA, and any others needed to do the job. For that particular threat, I have no objection to them doing whatever is necessary to identify suspects and put a permanent end to that potential threat.
Perhaps that makes me a hypocrite, regarding my stand against the NSA for spying on Americans and our allies – but especially US citizens. However, I"m not as concerned about them violating my privacy to look at what I'm doing. Like many others, "I have nothing to hide, so I'm not concerned about privacy." I'm an "open book" on the Internet anyway. My concern is that such access makes it possible for them to be able to download material as well as to upload material. I don't care what they upload. I don't want them to be able to download material to my computer, a means by which they could easily fabricate – falsify – evidence to frame me for a crime, such as to accuse me of being a domestic terrorist, and then under the Patriot Act make me permanently vanish to a very dark place. I'm justified in fearing that possibility. It would be a good and easy way for President Obama to silence all opposition. Even so, I'm now using an Acer Chromebook with the Chrome Operating System, which can't be hacked, can't get a virus, and can't be downloaded to. Nothing is stored on my Acer Chromebook. Everything is now stored at a very secure location by using cloud computing, which I don't fully understand but appears to work very well so far.
I've not been happy with Google in the past, mainly because of and relating to privacy violations involving its invention of ad-tailoring. However, I'm now seeing Google take extraordinary steps to improve security to protect its users from external threats. The trade-off is the loss of some privacy mainly for ad-tailoring. I can opt out of ad-tailoring, but that only stops Google from giving me tailored ads. It does not stop Google from collecting the data anyway and selling it to advertisers and businesses. I have believed privacy is security, and that any loss of privacy is a loss of security. Now, since using the Acer Chromebook, with the Chrome Operating System, I see how there can be a difference between privacy and security. The difference between an outside source being able to download to my computer, or not. Chrome Operating System makes that impossible, which is very good security, and I don't care what Google knows and shares about me – as long as it is not falsified material created by enemies to harm or destroy or otherwise silence me.
I believe the situation is stable now, so I'm getting caught up here – back to business as usual – regular posting of editorial articles and monitoring various news outlets.
H.J.Res. 15: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment…
… thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
Introduced: Jan 04, 2013.
Status: Referred to Committee on Jan 04, 2013.
Prognosis 0% chance of being enacted or passed.
- H.J.Res. 15 proposes repealing presidential term limits. Rep. Serrano (D-NY), the resolution's sponsor, has proposed similar legislation in every congressional session since 1997 — during the tenure of presidents from both parties. None of the resolutions has ever made it to a floor vote.
- The joint resolution seeks to repeal the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which sets a term limit for election to the office of President of the United States. A joint resolution is one way to start the process of amending the U.S. Constitution.
- The 22nd Amendment, passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by three-fourths of the states in 1951, prohibits individuals from being elected to the office of the President more than twice or from being elected President more than once if they have already served as President for more than two years.
- Attempts to repeal the 22nd Amendment date at least to 1986, when Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (R-MI) proposed legislation in the House that would allow President Ronald Reagan to seek a third term. Rep. Vander Jagt reintroduced legislation to remove the term limits on the presidency in 1987, 1989 and 1991, as did a number of Congressmen throughout the 1990s. Corresponding resolutions were proposed in the Senate by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) in 1989 and by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in 1995.
- While there is a weak correlation between the party of the President and the party of the Member of Congress proposing to repeal the amendment, Rep. Serrano introduced the same resolution under Presidents Clinton (D), Bush (R) and Obama (D).
IF the Obama Democrats somehow manage to keep the US Senate after the November 2014 mid-term elections, and somehow manage to take over the US House of Representatives, THEN it might be possible to put a bill all the way through to abolish the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, and no doubt President Obama would sign it and himself into a third term. So, make no mistake about it, that it is possible. Of course, President Obama would still have to be elected to a third term. There would still have to be an election. Unless…
I suspect President Obama is planning a "False Flag" operation, or something similar, as a means to justify declaring Martial Law. He will then use the fabricated false crisis as an excuse to suspend voting for the Tuesday 8 November 2016 election. He will no doubt claim that it is too dangerous for Americans to go to polling locations to vote. He will claim he is protecting Americans by ordering them to stay home, or to limit their travels to going to work, or school, or obtaining essential needs at nearby stores, or emergency needs such as going to a doctor or hospital.
Conservatives – Republicans – MUST take back control of the US Senate and keep control of the US House of Representatives in November 2014, as well as capturing the White House in November 2016. The future of our country – as we would prefer it to be – depends on it.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing." – Edmund Burke.
Excerpts from Wikipedia article…
- "If This Goes On—" is a science fiction short novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in 1940 in Astounding Science-Fiction and revised and expanded for inclusion in the 1953 collection Revolt in 2100. The novel shows what might happen to Christianity in the United States given mass communications, applied psychology, and a hysterical populace. The novel is part of Heinlein's Future History series.
- The story is set in a future theocratic American society, ruled by the latest in a series of fundamentalist Christian "Prophets." The First Prophet was Nehemiah Scudder, a backwoods preacher turned President (elected in 2012), then dictator (no elections were held in 2016 or later).
CENSORSHIP OF AMERICANS and REVISION OF HISTORY
The following two paragraphs have been excerpted from the 1986 Baen Book printing of Robert A. Heinlein's novel titled Revolt in 2100 –from the story titled If This Goes On—:
- For the first time in my life I was reading things which had not been approved by the Prophet's censors, and the impact on my mind was devastating. Sometimes I would glance over my shoulder to see who was watching me, frightened in spit of myself. I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy . . . censorship. When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything—you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
- I had trouble at first in admitting the possibility of what I read; I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly the most pernicious. For example, I learned for the first time that the United States had not been ruled by a bloodthirsty emissary of Satan before the First Prophet arose in his wrath and cast him out — but had been a community of free men, deciding their own affairs by peaceful consent. I don't mean that the first republic had been a scriptural paradise, but it hadn't been anything like what I had learned in school.
On 12 April 2014, ABC News censored – deleted – reader comments under an article at its website, regarding the Bundy Ranch conflict. The deleted reader comments were about Senator Harry Reid involved with a Chinese solar energy company for a land deal in Nevada. All comments made about that business deal, which was not included in the article, were deleted. While other news sources reported it, ABC News tried to cover it up, as if ABC News is protecting Senator Reid, a Democrat from Nevada. Could be ABC News was ordered by Reid, or someone else in the federal government, to delete those comments. Doing so grossly violated Freedom of Speech, and was an attempt to censor the truth. In a way, because it was done by ABC News, it might also be a betrayal of Freedom of the Press. It is a violation of the US Constitution.
Evening of Friday 30 August 2013, I was watching CNN on TV. Suddenly "Breaking News" in red letters began scrolling across the bottom of the screen, to report: ""USS San Antonio arrives off coast of Syria with US Marines aboard for imminent ground invasion of Syria…" is what I now recall, although that is not an exact quote. It was immediately obvious that President Obama had lied, had broken his promise to not send troops to that region for boots on ground in Syria. So I looked for more information at the CNN website. The newest article there was about Obama making a statement in just the past hour to again renew his promise to not send troops to Syria. The truth is the US Marines were just about 4 hours away from spearheading a ground invasion. I, and other readers, began to post comments under that article, to question the Breaking News on CNN on TV. It was only scrolled across the bottom of the TV screen – no live person report. It continued there for 2 hours, and then it was removed. Meantime, all comments about the arrival of the USS San Antonio were deleted under the article in which Obama repeated his lie. Apparently, someone leaked the news about the secret ground invasion to CNN. Then someone at CNN screwed up by showing it as Breaking News down on the scrolling line without approval. The CNN website webmaster caught the mistake before anyone else, and began doing damage control by deleting the comments about it. I blogged about it. A week later, I was attacked by a hacker using the Rippers 0 browser of the US military to remote access my computer and then deliver a virus to destroy Windows on it, as an attempt to silence me on the Internet.
Now in 2014, it is certainly not normal Christians we need to be concerned about. Although I've had some concern about who I refer to as "radical far right conservative fundamentalist Christians" – whether or not that description fits them, I don't believe they are a threat today. None are violent. However, they have a very long bloody and violent history dating back hundreds of years to the Crusades, Spanish Inquisition, and other Christian Inquisitions – of forcing their religion on other people – torturing and killing people who refuse to submit. Of course, none of that is happening today. My most recent concern about any specific Christians was back during 1988, regarding…
and the 1988 Bill Moyers special report on PBS TV…
At that time, I considered it to mesh fairly well with Robert A. Heinlein's warning about a possible future US theocracy and how it could happen. I considered Rousas Rushdoony to be a potential threat to our present form of government – not that it's perfect as is, but I'd not want a theocracy.
The concern today is not normal peaceful Muslims – adherents of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Quran. However, they also have a bloody violent history involving extremists willing to use violence and willing to murder all nonbelievers. Mainly, those who are today engaging in acts of terrorism and claiming to do so as Muslims for Islam.
The behavior of President Obama indicates he is anti-Christian, as well as being opposed to the Jews and Israel.
Consider Sheik Abdallah Bin Bayyah, the vice president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), which was founded by Muslim Brotherhood leader "who has called for the death of Jews and Americans, and himself is banned from visiting the US. He endorsed a 2004 fatwa, or religious order, endorsing the killing of US soldiers fighting in Iraq. He attended a 2013 meeting at the White House, as a friend of President Obama and John Kerry, a guest of the White House, and of the State Department – promoted by the State Department's Counter Terrorism (CT) Bureau. It is my opinion President Obama, John Kerry, and others of the Obama Administration should be charged with Treason against the United States of America.
I have no doubt that the Benghazi scandal, the Benghazi attack, the murder of Ambassador Stevens, has much to do with the Obama Administration's appeasement plan regarding Al-Qaeda and other terrorists.
For comparison, consider the new friendly working relationship between the DEA and the number one drug cartel in Mexico. "CONFIRMED: The DEA Struck A Deal With Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel" – Business Insider – 13 January 2014 – Excerpts…
- An investigation by El Universal found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels.
- Sinaloa, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, supplies 80% of the drugs entering the Chicago area and has a presence in cities across the U.S.
- El Universal investigation is the first to publish court documents that include corroborating testimony from a DEA agent and a Justice Department official.
Illegal drugs, and legalization of marijuana, are means for the "dumbing down of America." Other means include a liberal agenda in public education, resulting in students who can't read and write – to become dependent on welfare as a drug provided by the government – to become blind followers of Big Brother – too ignorant to even know how to fight back or otherwise resist.
Obama does nothing effective to stop Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and others. Harry Reid turns US land in Nevada over to China. The Obama Administration and Obama Democrats love the enemies of the US. They consider American patriots to be "domestic terrorists." They use the IRS to target conservative Americans as if they are criminals. They use the NSA to spy on innocent Americans and good allies. They use ObamaCare to take over health care as a means to control Americans. There appears to be no end to the evil they are willing to inflict on good Americans. Just about everything Obama says turns out to be another lie or another broken promise. I believe he is the most deceptive US President in history. I have no doubt he intends to become America's first dictator.
Excerpt from the science fiction novel Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein, the story therein titled If This Goes On—…
- Successful revolution is big business – make no mistake about that. In a modern, complex, and highly industrialized state, revolution is not accomplished by a handful of conspirators whispering around a guttering candle in a deserted ruin. It requires countless personnel, supplies, modern machinery and modern weapons. And to handle these factors successfully there must be loyalty, secrecy, and superlative organization.
President Obama knows how to do that, to some extent, and he is doing that.
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." – V in the 2005 movie V for Vendetta.
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2004 Vice President Dick Cheney urged European allies to join with the United States in spreading democracy and the rule of law in the Middle East.
Cheney spoke Jan. 26 at the Pallazo della Minerva in Rome to Italian government leaders. He continued a theme he developed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 24.
He told the Italians that "civilized leaders" must do everything in their power to stop another terrorist attack. He said with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, another attack could dwarf the casualty figures from Sept. 11, 2001.
He called on Europeans and Americans to unite. "Italians and Americans do not forget that the liberty we cherish has come at a cost," Cheney said. "And in the decades since the liberation of Europe, we have been part of a great and enduring alliance of free peoples. Members of this alliance have faced monumental challenges, and we have overcome them together. In this new century, facing new challenges, we must remain united to defend our freedom and to meet the shared duties of free nations."
Cheney said experience shows that democratic institutions give people a sense of empowerment and a way to peacefully chart their own courses. "Democracies do not breed the anger and radicalism that drag down whole societies and export violence," he said. "Terrorists do not find fertile recruiting grounds in societies where young people have the right to guide their own destiny and choose their own leaders."
He said that following World War II, pundits thought Western Europe could not sustain democracies. "We know that this pessimistic view was false," Cheney said. "The defeat of fascism and the spread of democracy after World War II was the precondition for peace and prosperity in Western Europe. Likewise, the defeat of Soviet communism and the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe made possible a continent whole and free and increasingly stable and prosperous."
Pundits today are saying that the Middle East cannot sustain democracy, Cheney said. "These claims are condescending, and they are false," he asserted. "In the years of the Cold War, we learned that we could not safely put a border on freedom. Security was not divisible in Europe; it is not divisible in the world.
"Our choice is not between a unipolar world and a multipolar world," the vice president continued. "Our choice is for a just, free and democratic world. That requires the insights, sacrifices and resources of all democratic nations. And it requires the courage, sacrifice and dedication of those now denied their basic freedoms."
Many in the Muslim world, he said, are speaking out for democratic reforms and the rule of law. "Our forward strategy for freedom leads us to support those who work and sacrifice for reform across the greater Middle East," Cheney said.
"Americans and Italians know the days of looking the other way while despotic regimes trample human rights, rob their nation's wealth, and then excuse their failings by feeding their people a steady diet of anti-Western hatred are over," he continued. "Instead, we must seek a higher standard, one that will apply to our friends in the region no less than to our adversaries."
The vice president said that encouraging the spread of freedom and democracy is the right thing to do, "and it is also very much in our collective interest." Democracies can help the people of the Middle East overcome the "freedom deficit." That is, ultimately, the key to winning the broader war on terror, Cheney said. "It is one of the great tasks of our time, and will require resolve and resources for a generation or more."


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Monthly Archive for September, 2010
A rash of burglaries frustrates Islanders
By LESLIE BROWNVASHON-MAURY ISLAND BEACHCOMBER Vashon's Mormon church, a small engineering office and four farm stands were burglarized last week, raising concerns among some that the Island is experiencing a rash of property crimes. Credit union board votes to open a branch on Vashon Streams appear to be the largest source of nitrogen in Quartermaster […] [Read More]
Police recover goods stolen from Vashon home
By LESLIE BROWNVASHON-MAURY ISLAND BEACHCOMBER Nearly all the computer and video equipment stolen from the Vashon home of two award-winning filmmakers was returned on Saturday, four days after the couple reported the burglary. Domestic violence services lacking, report says Dental van provides critical services to Islanders month after month John Arum, a lawyer and activist, […] [Read More]
John Arum, a lawyer and activist, lived passionately and fully
By NATALIE JOHNSONVASHON-MAURY ISLAND BEACHCOMBER A small cabinet at the end of a gravel driveway on 105th Avenue S.W. is surrounded by flowers, banners, photos and cards, a bright spot of color against the gray and overcast sky. As a breeze picks up, candles flicker atop the makeshift memorial, casting light on a photo of […] [Read More]
Body of missing Islander found
By VASHON-MAURY ISLAND BEACHCOMBER Searchers have discovered the body of Islander John Arum, who went missing in the North Cascades on Sunday. Man bound, pistol whipped in Vashon Island home invasion Vashon's community council searches for a new path Bear sighting confirmed on Vashon VAA hires firm to manage its new project Read more from […] [Read More]
Search is ongoing for Islander missing in the Cascade Mountains
By VASHON-MAURY ISLAND BEACHCOMBER Park rangers are searching in the Cascade Mountains for Islander John Arum, 49, a well-known environmental lawyer who went missing Sunday when he failed to return from a climbing trip at Storm King Peak. Man bound, pistol whipped in Vashon Island home invasion Vashon's community council searches for a new path […] [Read More]