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Posted 18 May 2008 - 08:46 PM
On Sunday I was Goemon from Lupin III (I also had a Lupin and a Jigen with me).
I'd be really appreciative if anyone had pictures of either of my costumes!!
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Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove), Jane Porter (Disney's Tarzan), probably Belle
Posted 18 May 2008 - 08:47 PM
So on Friday, I cosplayed as Guy Cecil from TOA (tales of the abyss) and on Saturday and Sunday I was Sasuke Uchiha from Shippuden (spelling? eh.)
I was walking around with a tote that had a Japanese symbol on it (possibly from final fantasy?) and on Sunday when I went around as sasuke I decided to pose with this awesome blue Japanese umbrella.
I was a girl cosplaying sasuke, and I have a blond thick highlight in my hair if you want me to decipher it anymore for the sasuke cosplay. and I was -not- the guy cecil with the confetti over his head. :3
Friday: Guy Cecil (TOA)
Saturday & Sunday: Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto Shippudden)
(Kinda crossplaying - but meh. They'll still look sexeh).
Posted 18 May 2008 - 08:49 PM
I'm the Emperor of the Left Half of the Universe. I also have cool non-con pics here ---> http://voice0freason...t.com/gallery/?
I need a girlfriend.... No, really.
Posted 18 May 2008 - 08:55 PM
Posted 18 May 2008 - 08:57 PM
Friday: I was deidara, and I was with tobi, itachi, sasori, sasuke, and a random akatsuki member
Saturday: I was Kakashi, and I was with Sakura Uchiha (yes, the blue dress w/ the uchiha symbol on it), Rockstar Yamato, Sai,Sasuke, and Naruto
Sunday: I was Temari, and I was with Kankuro and Gaara and occasionally female Naruto, Hinata and a random jonin was with us.
If anyone has anything, I would love to see!!!
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:02 PM
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:08 PM
kintewah, on May 18 2008, 09:15 PM, said:
I have zero pictures of me by myself in full costume displaying my spatula. @_@
any you can provide are loved and appreciated!
I totally saw you going up the stairs, but I was going a different way. I didn't get to see your costume fully. I was sad .
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:10 PM
Actually, I took a lot of pictures at A-Cen this year, throughout the con and the Naruto Photoshoot on Friday. Which I posted them in videos on my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/ashoribiws
So if you see your picture, then go yay! XD If you see yourself and want to save a copy, let me know and I'll send it to you.
Also, I'd like to see any pictures taken of a short girl dressed as the Fourth Doctor from Doctor Who. She was carrying a Seme/Uke paddle, a bag with all of the current Doctors on it, and was traveling with a girl carrying a red-and-white lollipop (which that was me XD). She also had a majorly long rainbow-colored scarf that was wrapped around her (I had to stop constantly to help her keep it up around her XD).
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:13 PM
Most of my pictures from Friday most likely suck, because this was my first cosplay, and I felt awkard for alittle while, and didn't know how to pose really. But I think I made up for it on saturday.
If you can help me out with a few pictures I would be thankful.
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:16 PM
U-uhm, but, if anyone took any pictures of me, I would really love to see them! Thank you in advance;;
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:16 PM
SFPrincess, on May 18 2008, 10:08 PM, said:
How come this happens?
maybe you'll see me next year?
Cosplaying like it's my job in '09 -- First a rockin' Cooking Mama, then Team Magma
Progress on Utena : 0% for ACen '09
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:17 PM
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:21 PM
Yuffie! I was the other yuffie you met at the photoshoot, I have 2 pics of you and your sister!
Yuffie and Rukia 1
Yuffie and rukia 2
Please talk to me people! I want to find the people I met at ACen! Ok, Zing out!
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:21 PM
Ashori, on May 18 2008, 09:10 PM, said:
Great slideshow! Sadly, it wasn't my Sakura Uchiha, but the one in your video was great!
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:23 PM
TemariRoxMySox, on May 18 2008, 10:21 PM, said:
Oops. XD Well, I guessed then.
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:24 PM
I went as my own character design... Kaori the witch. Bright orange hair, and a giant fluffy white jacket, fishnets, and fluffy white boots or black gothic boots. A lot of the time I had my eye bandages and a face mask on, and a black dress.
I also went to the rave in a denim jumpsuit and orange hair, I had a bubble wand!
Alsoooo um... black corset and white tutu with a huge purple hat!
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:26 PM
I have very few pictures, but I reaaaallly want pictures of myself in my sasuke outfit.
Friday: Guy Cecil (TOA)
Saturday & Sunday: Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto Shippudden)
(Kinda crossplaying - but meh. They'll still look sexeh).
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:31 PM
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:34 PM
Here are reference pics:
Does anyone have pictures? Thanks
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:34 PM
anyone take my picture? <3
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:39 PM
saturday I was lulu ffx
Caitlyn from League of Legends
Acen '12 Cosplays
Super Secret Character from League of Legends
Thief Paine - FFX-2
Black Mage Paine - FFX-2
Possibly Effie Trinket if I decide to bring her
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:43 PM
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---Weird Al Yankovic, "Genius in France"
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:48 PM
Yukari from Paradise Kiss - Friday
Steampunk Original Outfit - Most of Saturday
Siam from Silent Hill Homecoming - At the Masquerade
Thanks ahead of time :3
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:49 PM
Saturday I was the female medic with more foot pain than my self-healing could fix.
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:51 PM
This Urahara had long black hair, not blonde, covering his eyes
He carried a light blue duffel bag with him
He was constantly looking for his cat, Yoruichi
His pose was one hand on his hip, the other holding the fan open over his chest, and having a stupid smile on his face
He was short [5'5''] with light brown skin
To anyone who was there at Thursday registration, I was the Urahara sitting in line with a chair I brought myself [eating a burrito and knocking back an Izze]
Also if you have pics from Bleach photo shoots 1 & 2, I'm in those as well
Bonus points to anyone who got me in Japanese Kabuki Make-up. I was the only person doing that on Friday for the Charity Ball and Saturday for the Custom Ninja Photo Shoot.
If you saw me, PM me a link! Thx
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 10:01 PM
me and my friend went there on saturday and at around 2;30 ish we were over with some power ranger cosplayers behind the table and then i was sitting on the red ones lap
anyone have any pics of that cuz i really REALLY want some!!!!!
i was wearing a black gothic lolita dress and kitty ears if that helps at all......
((being broke sucks DX))
Posted 18 May 2008 - 10:01 PM
Anyone have any pics of Jade from Tales of the Abyss?? I was running around with short-haired-Luke for most of Friday and a little bit of Saturday afternoon. I did not have a pac-man belt D':


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By Jyotsna Singh in Delhi
Five Indian states facing insurgencies led by ultra-left groups have called for the ban of a powerful rebel organisation, the People's War Group.
The demand came at a high-level meeting of ministers and officials in the Indian capital, Delhi.
The growing concern over left-wing militancy in India was reflected by the high level turn-out at the meeting, which was chaired by Home Minister LK Advani.
Chief ministers of four of five states affected by the insurgents - Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra, and Orissa took part - along with senior state officials.
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Mr Advani told a press conference after the meeting that Delhi had agreed to consider a unanimous demand by all the states to ban the People's War Group.
Mr Advani said a sustained political awareness campaign would also be launched against the insurgents to expose what he described as the true colours of their movement.
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The chief ministers also made a demand for equipment to deal with landmines that are now being increasingly used by the rebels.
Mr Advani said the government would look into their demand.
He added that a "draft surrender policy" had been set up for "misguided young people who want to stop being militants".
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I agree, hurray for Jim! I would have done the same !↓
Now that I see the whole quote, I love it even more. The Obamas have shown zero respect for Christians, conservatives, gun owners, tea partiers, pro-lifers, and generally anyone who disagrees with them on anything. Apparently they have never heard of the Golden Rule, unless it's the one that says " he who controls the gold makes the rules". Millions of people feel the same way Jim does, and I call it being "pro-American", not "anti-South Dakotan".↓
Lets deconstruct exactly what Mr. Langer actually said without hyperbole added for political fascination. "We've got some real moral compass issues in Washington." Generally Democrats and Republicans would either agree this is right or have no true opinion either way. Who in their right mind would argue that Washington is blanketed with morality? No attack upon any one person or party. Honest opinion shared for whomever cares. Secondly Mr. Langer says, "I don't want to be in a room with those people and pretend I'm having a good time. I can't do that. If that (angers) people, so be it." Again this statement generalizes a Washington group purported to be in the White House. If staying away from a party where the host wishes to use the guests as fodder for future publicity stunts on media driven outlets of persuasion of public opinion and that public opinion is different then that of the guests being used I would call that just plain smart.↓
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Important company data gets lost when company laptops are damaged. And while most damage is accidental, a significant portion of it is caused by "anger or frustration" that employees take out on their laptops.
That is one of the findings of a new study entitled "Business Risk of a Lost Laptop." It was published Wednesday by the Ponemon Institute and is funded by Dell, which is using the study to tout its data encryption and recovery solutions.
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The Brits are more reserved: Only 6 percent of UK respondents blamed angry staff. Instead, travel-related damage caused by not taking proper care of the laptop leads among the British, with just over half of UK respondents claiming it was the most common cause of damage.
Americans rate laptop rage and mishandling on the road fairly low -- 13% and 25%, respectively. Instead, 34 percent of American IT pros told Ponemon that "spilling food or liquids on the laptop" is the top cause of damage. But before you roll your eyes at ugly Americans, take note: An even higher 36 percent voted food spills the top problem among the French.
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The new feature, that is insane, is the massive flange on the pulley cage. This is allegedly a safety feature to allow the rider to back pedal in the wrong gear when stationary - or something. We are not told whether they have to be smoking a pipe, balancing a monkey on their head or wiggling their ears at the same time. The Huret version of this derailleur was called the Allvit Safety in honour of this uniquely useless attribute.
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Jan 24, 2012
On January 24 the first TELUS Spark Science Cafe of 2012 featured guests Dr. Valerie Sim, prion researcher from the University of Alberta, and Jay Ingram, well known science broadcaster, with moderator Karen Owen, health reporter for CTV News, in a free-wheeling discussion of how science is reported by the news media - can we trust what we read, hear and see when it comes to reporting of science news? These are some scenes from the evening. Science Cafes are presented by TELUS Spark on the 4th Tuesday of each month, Sept to May (except December) at the Ironwood Stage and Grill in Inglewood. All are free.
Accolades for Recipient of AIHS Studentship
Nov 22, 2010
Mr. Yanlin Wang received a Studentship Award from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. Under the supervision of Dr. Satyabrata Kar, this project is designed to identify the potential role of the IGF-II receptor in the survival of neurons and its involvement in the generation/secretion of beta-amyloid-related peptides. This study will provide an insight how regulation of endosomal-lysosomal functions by IGF-II receptor can influence Alzheimer's disease pathology. Congratulations!
Accolades for Recipient of CIHR Scholarship
Nov 22, 2010
Mr. Darcy Kaiser recently received a Frederick Banting and Charles Best masters award from CIHR. Under the supervision of Dr. Ted Allison, Darcy will be looking into the biological roles of APP protein and creating zebrafish models of Alzheimer disease. This scholarship recognizes students with a exceptionally high potential for future research achievement and productivity across Canada. The Allison Lab, in Collaboration with Xavier Roucou at University of Sherbrooke, has received funding from PrioNet Canada's High Impact program, co-funded by APRI. The project will expand upon our work in zebrafish to examine surprising interactions they've observed between PrP and APP. These proteins are notorious in their roles in Prion and Alzheimer Disease, respectiely. Congratulations!
Cumulative Views Reach New High on PLoS
Nov. 1, 2010
Congratulations! Based on the metrics information and summary data for PLoS Pathogens, the research article "Prions Adhere to Soil Minerals and Remain Infectious" has reached a cumulative views of near 9000 on Nov. 1, 2010 from Apr. 14, 2006 (publication date). The view counts increases steadily over the years. Dr. McKenzie and Dr. Aiken are the main contributors of this article and Dr. Westaway was the editor. Please check out the graph link here.
New Clinical Investigator Award
April 15, 2010
Valerie Sim, MD, FRCPC was awarded a New Clinical Investigator Award from Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (formerly the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research) in the September 2009 Independent Investigator Award Competition. She is an assistant professor at the University of Alberta and works as both a clinical neurologist and an intramural researcher at the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases. This award will fund her work focusing on biophysical properties of infectious prion oligomers, including strain differences and the influence of environment and host. She is currently recruiting post-doctoral fellows (please see link under "Job Openings").
AET & CFI Award for Dr. Aiken
March 9, 2010
Dr. Judd Aiken received an equipment award totalling $932,206 for his work on the role of the environment in prion infection. The award is from the Alberta Education and Technology's Small Equipment Grant Program and the Leadership Opportunity Funds from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. These funds will be used to purchase equipment for Dr. Aiken's prion research at the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases. The equipment will be used to detect prions from environmental samples, determining the impact of soil and soil mineral binding on prion infectivity. Dr. Aiken's studies have demonstrated that prions bind avidly to soils and soil minerals, suggesting that prions released from deer and elk infected with chronic wasting disease would be maintained near the soil surface, increasing the potential for animal exposure. The proposed research will provide quantitative data on the ongoing risk of chronic wasting disease in soil, identifying soil constituents that bind to and influence infectivity, as well as examining the potential for soil-bound CWD to affect other species. In addition the equipment will facilitate the identification of prion-specific molecular changes (RNA and protein) that occur during prion infection.
Accolades for Recipient of NSERC Scholarship
May 1, 2009
Agnes Lau received a postgraduate scholarship from Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC). Under the supervision of David Westaway, Agnes' doctoral project is "The neuroprotective function of the cellular prion protein". This scholarship recognizes academic excellence and research potential as well as communication, interpersonal and leadership abilities. Congratulations, Agnes!
AHFMR provides "incentive" for careers in research
May 1, 2009
Following receipt of an NSERC postgraduate scholarship Agnes Lau is also the recipient of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Incentive Award. She was among 29 trainees originally awarded full-time studentships in January.
AHFMR's studentships have jump-started the careers of many others over the years including three researchers who are now members of the intra-mural faculty at the Centre for Prions! They are Dr. Debbie McKenzie, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Dr. Valerie Sim, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology (who also received a Clinical Research Fellowship) and Dr. Judd Aiken.
Construction Drawing to a close
Apr 24, 2009
The second phase of construction at the prion centre is nearing completion. The first phase of construction on the second floor of the former Environmental Engineering Building was completed in October 2007. Phase II construction encompasses the main floor and basement of the building, and commenced in November 2007. The newly renovated space, to be completed by April 2009, will triple the amount of usable lab space in the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases. New areas will support the operations of up to four intramural scientists. The new lab space includes a zebrafish facility for system biology approaches to prion proteins, as well communal enhanced level two containment areas for the analysis of infectious prion material.
New Website Launched
Feb 4, 2009
To match the growth in our building and our research horizons, The Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases has revamped their website. The website describes an expanding spectrum of research activities, provides information on our resources and objectives, and includes new links of general use for protein folding disease researchers.


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Analysis: China diners say more than economy hurting Yum's KFC
By Lisa Baertlein
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A slowdown in China's economy is not the only strain on Kentucky Fried Chicken's business in the country, where competition is getting tougher and customers are getting pickier.
KFC parent Yum Brands Inc warned last week that it expected sales at established restaurants in China to fall 4 percent in the fourth quarter, despite an improvement in economic indicators such as consumer confidence and retail sales. Yum shares are down more than 11 percent since the warning.
Interviews with diners in Shanghai and Beijing, and a review of comments on Sina Weibo - China's equivalent to Twitter - show many diners are unhappy with KFC's half a dozen or so price increases in recent years, as well as changes in the local menu.
The new products "are horrible, not as good as before," said Queen Hu, 24, a consultant at accounting firm PwC. She used to eat frequently at KFC when she was in college, but has since cut back to about two to three times a year.
Yum will hold an investor day on Thursday where it is likely to face tough questions about its China business, which contributes more than half of its revenue and operating profit. Investors want to know whether the fourth quarter decline is a one-off, or a sign of real problems in the China market.
Many analysts expect the company to successfully navigate the slowdown, even as some forecast the rough patch could stretch into the middle of next year as Chinese consumers grapple with cooling economic growth and a once-in-a-decade leadership transition.
"It has yet to be seen what measures the country's new leadership will take to stimulate demand, but it is quite possible that the Chinese consumer will remain cautious over the near to medium term," UBS analyst David Palmer wrote in a client note.
The U.S. company was a pioneer in China and remains the largest Western restaurant operator there, with roughly 4,800 (mostly KFC) outlets in the country. Continued...


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Nevada Sets School Record on National Stage
The 4x100 relay team breaks the 45-second mark at Drake Relays
Nevada Posts Season Bests at Mt. SAC & Beach Invitational
Seniors Samantha Calhoun and Angelica Earls Lead The Way
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2012-13 (Senior) Outdoor Track and Field: Named to MW All-Conference Team (4x100) ... Helped Nevada's 4x100 relay team break the program record with a 45.18 finish at the Hornet Invitational ... Broke the 4x100 relay record at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 44.37 (No. 6 West Region) ... 4x100 relay team qualified for the NCAA Championships with a 44.56 finish at the prelims ... Placed third at the Beach Invitational in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.75 ... Finished third in the 100-meter dash (11.76) at the Hornet Invitational ... Won bronze at the Mondo Invitational with a time of 24.20 in the 200-meter dash ... Indoor Track and Field: Took home two wins at the Bronco Invitational, 60-meter (7.55) and 200-meter dash (24.59) ... Placed third in the 60-meter dash (7.46) and third in the 200-meter dash (24.21) at the Mountain West Indoor Championships.
2011-12 (Junior) Outdoor Track and Field: Won the 200-meter at the Boise State Team Challenge with a time of 24.38 and took third in the 60-meter with a time of 7.45 ... Indoor Track and Field: Broke Nevada's all-time record in the 60m (7.45) to take first in the UW Final Qualifier ... Broke the program's record in the 200m (24.38) at the BSU Team Challenge.
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Ego - The False Center
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"If you've ever completely silenced your mind for an extended period of time and actually had an experience of non-duality you'd know that nothing this planet provides can compare to the peace of mind and bliss the experience brings..."Quoting: 1294
A shout out on that one!
Interesting about opinions:
It might well be that having an opinion regarding spiritual realities is like complaining about--or lauding--the atmosphere on Mars judging by NASA photographs...
To paraphrase a brilliant 4th Way teacher in Atlanta:
"Opinions are the expression of the violent passions of the silent beast within us, but having been siphoned through the cultured and sophisticated neocortex."
Belief is an interesting thing as well. I observe that a good majority of people notice not space, but instead notice the objects within space. They notice the clamor that exists within the great silence around us, but not the great silence itself. Same with beliefs...
...what is pre-belief like? What is it like to gaze at the universe around without looking through the veil of definitions of reality? To be truly honest with oneself and realize that one, in the face of infinite space and time, truly knows nothing. This is looking at uncluttered space. This is hearing the great silence. This is experiencing the world in a belief-free zone.
I once saw a chart of concentric circles in an NLP book. The circles were values. The outer circles were the less valuable things in a person's life and the inner circles were the holy-of-holies--the most important values. The interesting thing here was, you'd think that the innermost circle was "who I am." But that was the second-to-innermost circle. The innermost was "my beliefs." In other words, people cherish what they believe to be true, over their actual identity as self. (Emphasis on the word "believe.")
"He who tastes not, knows not." -- Sufi Dictum, and perhaps a relevant one.
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1294--nice post. I agree with you that a teaching that is clear is essential for the vast majority of us to proceed in this. Not for nothing it has been traditionally called the most challengine of endeavors. Here's a definition of ego I alwasy liked: "the worse part of us"!
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Ego, is knowing who your are; your consciousness of yourself. Anything else is unconsciousnees- death, nothingness.Quoting: Anonymous Coward 163776
Is anhilation of consciousness bliss?
How would you know?
Why would you want that?
Why would anyone think that this is the ultimate desired end all that be all?
ego is not your consciousness
are you trying to say someone without ego is without consciousness?
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Ego, is knowing who your are; your consciousness of yourself. Anything else is unconsciousnees- death, nothingness.Quoting: Anonymous Coward 181961
Is anhilation of consciousness bliss?
How would you know?
Why would you want that?
Why would anyone think that this is the ultimate desired end all that be all?
ego is not your consciousness
are you trying to say someone without ego is without consciousness?
have you ever heard of super-consciousness?
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Nice post and a potent reminder of how the ego acts as the veil which separates us all from God contact. For some this veil has begun to thin and for these fortunate ones, they have begun to see the True reality.
All the great masters of humanities history walked a path that lead to the dissolution of the ego and the return to a formless bliss, upon death or transfiguration of their body. Yet only when one has reached a point where they are no longer satisfied by the temporary pleasures of this imperfect realm will they yearn for the Truth and begin the walk back Home.
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Loved this text of Osho, and just wanted to share it with you.Quoting: Xence 181770
Good reading.
by Osho
The first thing to be understood is what ego is. A child is born. A child is born without any knowledge, any consciousness of his own self. And when a child is born the first thing he becomes aware of is not himself; the first thing he becomes aware of is the other. It is natural, because the eyes open outwards, the hands touch others, the ears listen to others, the tongue tastes food and the nose smells the outside. All these senses open outwards.
That is what birth means. Birth means coming into this world, the world of the outside. So when a child is born, he is born into this world. He opens his eyes, sees others. 'Other' means the thou. He becomes aware of the mother first. Then, by and by, he becomes aware of his own body. That too is the other, that too belongs to the world. He is hungry and he feels the body; his need is satisfied, he forgets the body.
This is how a child grows. First he becomes aware of you, thou, other, and then by and by, in contrast to you, thou, he becomes aware of himself.
This awareness is a reflected awareness. He is not aware of who he is. He is simply aware of the mother and what she thinks about him. If she smiles, if she appreciates the child, if she says, "You are beautiful," if she hugs and kisses him, the child feels good about himself. Now an ego is born.
Through appreciation, love, care, he feels he is good, he feels he is valuable, he feels he has some significance.
A center is born.
But this center is a reflected center. It is not his real being. He does not know who he is; he simply knows what others think about him. And this is the ego: the reflection, what others think. If nobody thinks that he is of any use, nobody appreciates him, nobody smiles, then too an ego is born: an ill ego; sad, rejected, like a wound; feeling inferior, worthless. This too is the ego. This too is a reflection.
First the mother - and mother means the world in the beginning. Then others will join the mother, and the world goes on growing. And the more the world grows, the more complex the ego becomes, because many others' opinions are reflected.
The ego is an accumulated phenomenon, a by-product of living with others. If a child lives totally alone, he will never come to grow an ego. But that is not going to help. He will remain like an animal. That doesn't mean that he will come to know the real self, no.
The real can be known only through the false, so the ego is a must. One has to pass through it. It is a discipline. The real can be known only through the illusion. You cannot know the truth directly. First you have to know that which is not true. First you have to encounter the untrue. Through that encounter you become capable of knowing the truth. If you know the false as the false, truth will dawn upon you.
Ego is a need; it is a social need, it is a social by-product. The society means all that is around you - not you, but all that is around you. All, minus you, is the society. And everybody reflects. You will go to school and the teacher will reflect who you are. You will be in friendship with other children and they will reflect who you are. By and by, everybody is adding to your ego, and everybody is trying to modify it in such a way that you don't become a problem to the society.
They are not concerned with you.
They are concerned with the society.
Society is concerned with itself, and that's how it should be.
They are not concerned that you should become a self-knower. They are concerned that you should become an efficient part in the mechanism of the society. You should fit into the pattern. So they are trying to give you an ego that fits with the society. They teach you morality. Morality means giving you an ego which will fit with the society. If you are immoral, you will always be a misfit somewhere or other. That's why we put criminals in the prisons - not that they have done something wrong, not that by putting them in the prisons we are going to improve them, no. They simply don't fit. They are troublemakers. They have certain types of egos of which the society doesn't approve. If the society approves, everything is good.
One man kills somebody - he is a murderer.
And the same man in wartime kills thousands - he becomes a great hero. The society is not bothered by a murder, but the murder should be commited for the society - then it is okay. The society doesn't bother about morality.
Morality means only that you should fit with the society.
If the society is at war, then the morality changes.
If the society is at peace, then there is a different morality.
Morality is a social politics. It is diplomacy. And each child has to be brought up in such a way that he fits into the society, that's all. Because society is interested in efficient members. Society is not interested that you should attain to self-knowledge.
The society creates an ego because the ego can be controlled and manipulated. The self can never be controlled or manipulated. Nobody has ever heard of the society controlling a self - not possible.
And the child needs a center; the child is completely unaware of his own center. The society gives him a center and the child is by and by convinced that this is his center, the ego that society gives.
A child comes back to his home - if he has come first in his class, the whole family is happy. You hug and kiss him, and you take the child on your shoulders and dance and you say, "What a beautiful child! You are a pride to us." You are giving him an ego, a subtle ego. And if the child comes home dejected, unsuccessful, a failure - he couldn't pass, or he has just been on the back bench - then nobody appreciates him and the child feels rejected. He will try harder next time, because the center feels shaken.
Ego is always shaken, always in search of food, that somebody should appreciate it. That's why you continuously ask for attention.
You get the idea of who you are from others.
It is not a direct experience.
It is from others that you get the idea of who you are. They shape your center. This center is false, because you carry your real center. That is nobody's business. Nobody shapes it.
You come with it.
You are born with it.
So you have two centers. One center you come with, which is given by existence itself. That is the self. And the other center, which is created by the society, is the ego. It is a false thing - and it is a very great trick. Through the ego the society is controlling you. You have to behave in a certain way, because only then does the society appreciate you. You have to walk in a certain way; you have to laugh in a certain way; you have to follow certain manners, a morality, a code. Only then will the society appreciate you, and if it doesn't, you ego will be shaken. And when the ego is shaken, you don't know where you are, who you are.
The others have given you the idea.
That idea is the ego.
Try to understand it as deeply as possible, because this has to be thrown. And unless you throw it you will never be able to attain to the self. Because you are addicted to the center, you cannot move, and you cannot look at the self.
And remember, there is going to be an interim period, an interval, when the ego will be shattered, when you will not know who you are, when you will not know where you are going, when all boundaries will melt.
You will simply be confused, a chaos.
Because of this chaos, you are afraid to lose the ego. But it has to be so. One has to pass through the chaos before one attains to the real center.
And if you are daring, the period will be small.
If you are afraid, and you again fall back to the ego, and you again start arranging it, then it can be very, very long; many lives can be wasted.
I have heard: One small child was visiting his grandparents. He was just four years old. In the night when the grandmother was putting him to sleep, he suddenly started crying and weeping and said, "I want to go home. I am afraid of darkness." But the grandmother said, "I know well that at home also you sleep in the dark; I have never seen a light on. So why are you afraid here?" The boy said, "Yes, that's right - but that is MY darkness." This darkness is completely unknown.
Even with darkness you feel, "This is MINE."
Outside - an unknown darkness.
With the ego you feel, "This is MY darkness."
It may be troublesome, maybe it creates many miseries, but still mine. Something to hold to, something to cling to, something underneath the feet; you are not in a vacuum, not in an emptiness. You may be miserable, but at least you ARE. Even being miserable gives you a feeling of 'I am'. Moving from it, fear takes over; you start feeling afraid of the unknown darkness and chaos - because society has managed to clear a small part of your being.
It is just like going to a forest. You make a little clearing, you clear a little ground; you make fencing, you make a small hut; you make a small garden, a lawn, and you are okay. Beyond your fence - the forest, the wild. Here everything is okay; you have planned everything. This is how it has happened.
Society has made a little clearing in your consciousness. It has cleaned just a little part completely, fenced it. Everything is okay there. That's what all your universities are doing. The whole culture and conditioning is just to clear a part so that you can feel at home there.
And then you become afraid.
Beyond the fence there is danger.
Beyond the fence you are, as within the fence you are - and your conscious mind is just one part, one-tenth of your whole being. Nine-tenths is waiting in the darkness. And in that nine-tenths, somewhere your real center is hidden.
One has to be daring, courageous.
One has to take a step into the unknown.
For a while all boundaries will be lost.
For a while you will feel dizzy.
For a while, you will feel very afraid and shaken, as if an earthquake has happened. But if you are courageous and you don't go backwards, if you don't fall back to the ego and you go on and on, there is a hidden center within you that you have been carrying for many lives.
That is your soul, the self.
Once you come near it, everything changes, everything settles again. But now this settling is not done by the society. Now everything becomes a cosmos, not a chaos; a new order arises.
But this is no longer the order of the society - it is the very order of existence itself.
It is what Buddha calls Dhamma, Lao Tzu calls Tao, Heraclitus calls Logos. It is not man-made. It is the VERY order of existence itself. Then everything is suddenly beautiful again, and for the first time really beautiful, because man-made things cannot be beautiful. At the most you can hide the ugliness of them, that's all. You can decorate them, but they can never be beautiful.
The difference is just like the difference between a real flower and a plastic or paper flower. The ego is a plastic flower - dead. It just looks like a flower, it is not a flower. You cannot really call it a flower. Even linguistically to call it a flower is wrong, because a flower is something which flowers. And this plastic thing is just a thing, not a flowering. It is dead. There is no life in it.
You have a flowering center within. That's why Hindus call it a lotus - it is a flowering. They call it the one-thousand-petaled-lotus. One thousand means infinite petals. And it goes on flowering, it never stops, it never dies.
But you are satisfied with a plastic ego.
There are some reasons why you are satisfied. With a dead thing, there are many conveniences. One is that a dead thing never dies. It cannot - it was never alive. So you can have plastic flowers, they are good in a way. They are permanent; they are not eternal, but they are permanent.
The real flower outside in the garden is eternal, but not permanent. And the eternal has its own way of being eternal. The way of the eternal is to be born again and again and to die. Through death it refreshes itself, rejuvenates itself.
To us it appears that the flower has died - it never dies.
It simply changes bodies, so it is ever fresh.
It leaves the old body, it enters a new body. It flowers somewhere else; it goes on flowering.
But we cannot see the continuity because the continuity is invisible. We see only one flower, another flower; we never see the continuity.
It is the same flower which flowered yesterday.
It is the same sun, but in a different garb.
The ego has a certain quality - it is dead. It is a plastic thing. And it is very easy to get it, because others give it. You need not seek it, there is no search involved. That's why unless you become a seeker after the unknown, you have not yet become an individual. You are just a part of the crowd. You are just a mob.
When you don't have a real center, how can you be an individual?
The ego is not individual. Ego is a social phenomenon - it is society, its not you. But it gives you a function in the society, a hierarchy in the society. And if you remain satisfied with it, you will miss the whole opportunity of finding the self.
And that's why you are so miserable.
With a plastic life, how can you be happy?
With a false life, how can you be ecstatic and blissful? And then this ego creates many miseries, millions of them.
You cannot see, because it is your own darkness. You are attuned to it.
Have you ever noticed that all types of miseries enter through the ego? It cannot make you blissful; it can only make you miserable.
Ego is hell.
Whenever you suffer, just try to watch and analyze, and you will find, somewhere the ego is the cause of it. And the ego goes on finding causes to suffer.
You are an egoist, as everyone is. Some are very gross, just on the surface, and they are not so difficult. Some are very subtle, deep down, and they are the real problems.
This ego comes continuously in conflict with others because every ego is so unconfident about itself. Is has to be - it is a false thing. When you don't have anything in your hand and you just think that something is there, then there will be a problem.
If somebody says, "There is nothing," immediately the fight will start, because you also feel that there is nothing. The other makes you aware of the fact.
Ego is false, it is nothing.
That you also know.
How can you miss knowing it? It is impossible! A conscious being - how can he miss knowing that this ego is just false? And then others say that there is nothing - and whenever the others say that there is nothing they hit a wound, they say a truth - and nothing hits like the truth.
You have to defend, because if you don't defend, if you don't become defensive, then where will you be?
You will be lost.
The identity will be broken.
So you have to defend and fight - that is the clash.
A man who attains to the self is never in any clash. Others may come and clash with him, but he is never in clash with anybody.
It happened that one Zen master was passing through a street. A man came running and hit him hard. The master fell down. Then he got up and started to walk in the same direction in which he was going before, not even looking back.
A disciple was with the master. He was simply shocked. He said, "Who is this man? What is this? If one lives in such a way, then anybody can come and kill you. And you have not even looked at that person, who he is, and why he did it."
The master said, "That is his problem, not mine."
You can clash with an enlightened man, but that is your problem, not his. And if you are hurt in that clash, that too is your own problem. He cannot hurt you. And it is like knocking against a wall - you will be hurt, but the wall has not hurt you.
The ego is always looking for some trouble. Why? Because if nobody pays attention to you, the ego feels hungry.
It lives on attention.
So even if somebody is fighting and angry with you, that too is good because at least the attention is paid. If somebody loves, it is okay. If somebody is not loving you, then even anger will be good. At least the attention will come to you. But if nobody is paying any attention to you, nobody thinks that you are somebody important, significant, then how will you feed your ego?
Other's attention is needed.
In millions of ways you attract the attention of others; you dress in a certain way, you try to look beautiful, you behave, you become very polite, you change. When you feel what type of situation is there, you immediately change so that people pay attention to you.
This is a deep begging.
A real beggar is one who asks for and demands attention. And a real emperor is one who lives in himself; he has a center of his own, he doesn't depend on anybody else.
Buddha sitting under his bodhi tree...if the whole world suddenly disappears, will it make any difference to Buddha? -none. It will not make any difference at all. If the whole world disappears, it will not make any difference because he has attained to the center.
But you, if the wife escapes, divorces you, goes to somebody else, you are completely shattered - because she had been paying attention to you, caring, loving, moving around you, helping you to feel that you were somebody. Your whole empire is lost, you are simply shattered. You start thinking about suicide. Why? Why, if a wife leaves you, should you commit suicide? Why, if a husband leaves you, should you commit suicide? Because you don't have any center of your own. The wife was giving you the center; the husband was giving you the center.
This is how people exist. This is how people become dependent on others. It is a deep slavery. Ego HAS to be a slave. It depends on others. And only a person who has no ego is for the first time a master; he is no longer a slave. Try to understand this.
And start looking for the ego - not in others, that is not your business, but in yourself. Whenever you feel miserable, immediately close you eyes and try to find out from where the misery is coming and you will always find it is the false center which has clashed with someone.
You expected something, and it didn't happen.
You expected something, and just the contrary happened - your ego is shaken, you are in misery. Just look, whenever you are miserable, try to find out why.
Causes are not outside you. The basic cause is within you - but you always look outside, you always ask:
Who is making me miserable?
Who is the cause of my anger?
Who is the cause of my anguish?
And if you look outside you will miss.
Just close the eyes and always look within.
The source of all misery, anger, anguish, is hidden in you, your ego.
And if you find the source, it will be easy to move beyond it. If you can see that it is your own ego that gives you trouble, you will prefer to drop it - because nobody can carry the source of misery if he understands it.
And remember, there is no need to drop the ego.
You cannot drop it.
If you try to drop it, you will attain to a certain subtle ego again which says, "I have become humble."
Don't try to be humble. That's again ego in hiding - but it's not dead.
Don't try to be humble.
Nobody can try humility, and nobody can create humility through any effort of his own - no. When the ego is no more, a humbleness comes to you. It is not a creation. It is a shadow of the real center.
And a really humble man is neither humble nor egoistic.
He is simply simple.
He's not even aware that he is humble.
If you are aware that you are humble, the ego is there.
Look at humble persons.... There are millions who think that they are very humble. They bow down very low, but watch them - they are the subtlest egoists. Now humility is their source of food. They say, "I am humble," and then they look at you and they wait for you to appreciate them.
"You are really humble," they would like you to say. "In fact, you are the most humble man in the world; nobody is as humble as you are." Then see the smile that comes on their faces.
What is ego? Ego is a hierarchy that says, "No one is like me." It can feed on humbleness - "Nobody is like me, I am the most humble man."
It happened once:
A fakir, a beggar, was praying in a mosque, just early in the morning when it was still dark. It was a certain religious day for Mohammedians, and he was praying, and he was saying, "I am nobody. I am the poorest of the poor, the greatest sinner of sinners."
Suddenly there was one more person who was praying. He was the emperor of that country, and he was not aware that there was somebody else there who was praying - it was dark, and the emperor was also saying:
"I am nobody. I am nothing. I am just empty, a beggar at our door." When he heard that somebody else was saying the same thing, he said, "Stop! Who is trying to overtake me? Who are you? How dare you say before the emperor that you are nobody when he is saying that he is nobody?"
This is how the ego goes. It is so subtle. Its ways are so subtle and cunning; you have to be very, very alert, only then will you see it. Don't try to be humble. Just try to see that all misery, all anguish comes through it.
Just watch! No need to drop it.
You cannot drop it. Who will drop it? Then the DROPPER will become the ego. It always comes back.
Whatsoever you do, stand out of it, and look and watch.
Whatsoever you do - humbleness, humility, simplicity - nothing will help. Only one thing is possible, and that is just to watch and see that it is the source of all misery. Don't say it. Don't repeat it - WATCH. Because if I say it is the source of all misery and you repeat it, then it is useless. YOU have to come to that understanding. Whenever you are miserable, just close the eyes and don't try to find some cause outside. Try to see from where this misery is coming.
It is your own ego.
If you continuously feel and understand, and the understanding that the ego is the cause becomes so deep-rooted, one day you will suddenly see that it has disappeared. Nobody drops it - nobody can drop it. You simply see; it has simply disappeared, because the very understanding that ego causes all misery becomes the dropping. THE VERY UNDERSTANDING IS THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE EGO.
And you are so clever in seeing the ego in others. Anybody can see someone else's ego. When it comes to your own, then the problem arises - because you don't know the territory, you have never traveled on it.
The whole path towards the divine, the ultimate, has to pass through this territory of the ego. The false has to be understood as false. The source of misery has to be understood as the source of misery - then it simply drops.
When you know it is poison, it drops. When you know it is fire, it drops. When you know this is the hell, it drops.
And then you never say, "I have dropped the ego." Then you simply laugh at the whole thing, the joke that you were the creator of all misery.
I was just looking at a few cartoons of Charlie Brown. In one cartoon he is playing with blocks, making a house out of children's blocks. He is sitting in the middle of the blocks building the walls. Then a moment comes when he is enclosed; all around he has made a wall. Then he cries, "Help, help!"
He has done the whole thing! Now he is enclosed, imprisoned. This is childish, but this is all that you have done also. You have made a house all around yourself, and now you are crying, "Help, help!" And the misery becomes a millionfold - because there are helpers who are also in the same boat.
It happened that one very beautiful woman went to see her psychiatrist for the first time. The psychiatrist said, "Come closer please." When she came closer, he simply jumped and hugged and kissed the woman. She was shocked. Then he said, "Now sit down. This takes care of my problem, now what is your problem?"
The problem becomes multifold, because there are helpers who are in the same boat. And they would like to help, because when you help somebody the ego feels very good, very, very good - because you are a great helper, a great guru, a master; you are helping so many people. The greater the crowd of your followers, the better you feel.
But you are in the same boat - you cannot help.
Rather, you will harm.
People who still have their own problems cannot be of much help. Only someone who has no problems of his own can help you. Only then is there the clarity to see, to see through you. A mind that has no problems of its own can see you, you become transparent.
A mind that has no problems of its own can see through itself; that's why it becomes capable of seeing through others.
In the West, there are many schools of psychoanalysis, many schools, and no help is reaching people, but rather, harm. Because the people who are helping others, or trying to help, or posing as helpers, are in the same boat.
...It is difficult to see one's own ego.
It is very easy to see other's egos. But that is not the point, you cannot help them.
Try to see your own ego.
Just watch it.
Don't be in a hurry to drop it, just watch it. The more you watch, the more capable you will become. Suddenly one day, you simply see that it has dropped. And when it drops by itself, only then does it drop. There is no other way. Prematurely you cannot drop it.
It drops just like a dead leaf.
The tree is not doing anything - just a breeze, a situation, and the dead leaf simply drops. The tree is not even aware that the dead leaf has dropped. It makes no noise, it makes no claim - nothing.
The dead leaf simply drops and shatters on the ground, just like that.
When you are mature through understanding, awareness, and you have felt totally that ego is the cause of all your misery, simply one day you see the dead leaf dropping.
It settles into the ground, dies of its own accord. You have not done anything so you cannot claim that you have dropped it. You see that it has simply disappeared, and then the real center arises.
And that real center is the soul, the self, the god, the truth, or whatsoever you want to call it.
It is nameless, so all names are good.
You can give it any name of your own liking.
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Displaced Families Question if Landlords are Committing Fraud
Families are still in hotels after black mold was found in their apartments.
But they are now raising the question of whether their landlord is accepting government subsidies for their apartments while they are displaced.
Five Gainesville families have been living in a hotel after black mold was found in their residences at Horizon House apartments.
A few weeks ago, Community Housing Partners offered them smaller rooms back at the complex while their current apartments were being fixed but all five of the families declined.
Some think this was a move to keep the Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidies coming in.
"If you've accepted any payments from HUD, rather it's on the tenants behalf or on HUD's behalf, that is fraud. And we will be investigating that further," said community advocate Vanessa Anthony.
HUD says that the standard policy is that payments would stop if tenants are not living on the property.
Property owners tell HUD they hope families can be back in their homes by mid-March.
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Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce led the Celtics in all categories good and bad as the Celtics dropped the first of their three game road trip, 101-89, to the Rockets on Friday.
James Harden had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists and Chandler Parsons had a near triple-double with 15 points, 8 assists and 9 rebounds for the youngest team in the NBA, the Rockets.
Rondo scored 15 points and dished out 13 assists, but turned the ball over 7 times. Pierce had 18 points and 7 rebounds, but connected on just 5 of his team-high 18 field goal attempts. Pierce also played a game-high 41 minutes on the first night of a back-to-back for the Celtics. The Celtics play the Spurs tomorrow in San Antonio.
The Celtics came out sluggish in this one, a game after winning in double overtime to the Mavericks. The Rockets started the game on a 17-4 run before the Celtics made a run of their own. Jeremy Lin turned the ball over three times, and the Rockets turned it over 10 times as a team in the second quarter, as the Celtics rode a 26 point quarter to a two point halftime lead.
The Second half was all Rockets as the Celtics didn't look assertive enough on either end of the court to pull this one out. The Celtics appeared to leave their interior defense in Boston, as they let little known Rockets' backup, Greg Smith, score 20 points on 8-for-9 shooting. The Celtics let the Rockets' front court players shoot 67 percent from the field as a unit.
Kevin Garnett scored 15 points and grabbed 5 rebounds, while Jeff Green continued his strong play with 9 points and 7 rebounds off the Celtics' bench. Jason Terry was moved to the bench to start this one because Doc Rivers wanted Courtney Lee to start the game on Harden. Terry responded with 12 points in a reserve role.
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deaths mount in the recent roundup of farmworkers in Honduras. link to video is included
Unfortunately, all we have is a poor Google Translation so far of this emergency release. In short, armed mercenaries of the largest landowner in Honduras have fenced in a grooup of farmerworkers whose land has been recently stolen in the wake of the coup. Several have already been killed,and the paramilitaries have been trying to destroy "Radio Orchid", as they seek to make their destruction of all opposition media complete.
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El comité de solidaridad Sandinista, ante los grabes acontecimientos de violencia y represión, que están sucediendo en contra del pueblo hondureño, denunciamos:
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By signing infielder Pumpsie Green, the Boston Red Sox became the last major league baseball team to racially integrate their roster on July, 21, 1959. It was 12 years after Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball.
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October 8th, 2012 (7:18 PM). Edited October 16th, 2012 by Stodd.
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I'm turning this into a game. I will pick the best 8 for Johto, and the next best for kanto. i will add a poll for what game you think these gym leaders should be in. in the event of a gen I game being chosen, i will alter the moves that are unavailable for gen I and replace them with similar ones. in your entry, be sure to list what city it is in, and what region or gym it is a part of. johtom entries are only available for the johto games, but i may use a kanto entry for a johto game (if a gen II game is elected).
I am going to all this trouble so i can release a hack with no editing to the story, only to gym leaders and their pokemon and names. i am calling this hack The Gym Leader Challenge.
Using ONLY GEN II TYPES AND POKEMON, create the most annoying or difficult gym leader(s) you can. make some beast move combos, types, and pokemon. list your pokemon choices, and the movesets to go with it. There are no limits to how many times you can apply.
FORMAT (stick to this if at all possible)
Leader name
Leader strategy
Leader types
Badge number - city/town/village
What generation
Level: Poke1 - move 1, move 2, move 3, move 4
(repeat as needed)
then defend yourself if movesets are bogus
here is an example...
Jonny (didn't really try on the name)
Eternal type advantage (pokes that can use many types of moves)
Many types
Badge Number 7 in Johto - Mahogony Town
Generation 2 (RBY)
Lvl 35: Clefable - Psychic, Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Ice Beam
Lvl 32: Nidoqueen - Sludge Bomb, Submission, Thunder, Earthquake
Lvl 31: Snorlax - Surf, Amnesia, Thunderbolt, Body Slam
Lvl 34: Lapras - Thunderbolt, Psychic, Hydro Pump, Blizzard
Lvl 32: Raichu - Surf (DUH!), Agility, Thunderbolt, Mega Kick
Lvl 28: Muk - Dynamic Punch, Sludge Bomb, Acid Armor, Light Screen
(these movesets are possible through trading across gens and breeding)
this format is almost mandatory.
Let see how this plays out. I want some interesting combinations and leaders. I want as many ppl as possible to apply. i'll check daily and let you know in maybe a month or so. Lets see.
NOTE - This is for everyone: new members, regular members, administrators, and anyone else in between. Lets make this a good project! Ask any questions if you are confused. And btw
THIS IS NOT FOR FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN! Gen I/II ONLY!!
-I/II gen are the only great gens; things get pretty ridiculous after that.
-gen I/II have the best Pokemon and stories, by far!
-All of these weird Poke's and typings in III/IV/V are unrealistic and don't look appealing!
-The best thing about modern generations are the moves! I like Aerial Ace and Water Pulse.
Gen I and II are SUPERIOR
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[NCAA DIVISION III] Messiah repeated as the NCAA Division III champion in men's and women's soccer, sweeping Saturday's finals in San Antonio.
Danny Thompson and Nick Thompson scored for the Falcons in their 2-0 win over Calvin in the men's final.
First-year men's coach Brad McCarty guided his squad to a 24-1 record overall after taking over for Dave Brandt, who left for Navy after winning six national titles in the last nine
"Dave Brandt was an awesome coach," McCarty. "He was a great leader, and he provided us with a vision. This year, you have to credit our guys. They bought in to having a new coach,
they bought in to new leadership, but in some respects there were a lot of things that were similar. I bought in to Messiah soccer for the last eight years as an assistant coach, and I wanted to
maintain the pride of the program. I don't think that has anything to do with championships, but I think it has to do with standards and expectations that we hold each other accountable to. I think
the guys did a great job of that."
Amanda Naeher scored in the first half to give the Messiah women a 1-0 win over Washington (Mo.). Their only loss in
the last three years came in the 2007 championship.
"(This year's run) always felt on edge, and it had a different feel to it, no question," said women's coach Scott Frey. "But I think
we always felt that we were the team. That's the type of confidence we had. But the perception that it was easy last year? It's never easy. When you sit back and look at what this group has done, you
realize that you need hard work and some breaks to go your way. And it happened for us."


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Happy are those who keep his decrees,
who seek him with their whole heart,
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
The psalmist here shows that godly people are happy people; they are, and shall be, blessed indeed. Felicity is the thing we all pretend to aim at and pursue. He does not say here wherein it consists; it is enough for us to know what we must do and be that we may attain to it, and that we are here told. All men would be happy, but few take the right way; God has here laid before us the right way, which we may be sure will end in happiness, though it be strait and narrow. Blessednesses are to the righteous; all manner of blessedness. Now observe the characters of the happy people. Those are happy, 1. Who make the will of God the rule of all their actions, and govern themselves, in their whole conversation, by that rule: They walk in the law of the Lord, v. 1. God's word is a law to them, not only in this or that instance, but in the whole course of their conversation; they walk within the hedges of that law, which they dare not break through by doing any thing it forbids; and they walk in the paths of that law, which they will not trifle in, but press forward in them towards the mark, taking every step by rule and never walking at all adventures. This is walking in God's ways (v. 3), the ways which he has marked out to us and has appointed us to walk in. It will not serve us to make religion the subject of our discourse, but we must make it the rule of our walk; we must walk in his ways, not in the way of the world, or of our own hearts, Job xxiii. 10, 11; xxxi. 7. 2. Who are upright and honest in their religion—undefiled in the way, not only who keep themselves pure from the pollutions of actual sin, unspotted from the world, but who are habitually sincere in their intentions, in whose spirit there is no guile, who are really as good as they seem to be and row the same way as they look. 3. Who are true to the trust reposed in them as God's professing people. It was the honour of the Jews that to them were committed the oracles of God; and blessed are those who preserve pure and entire that sacred deposit, who keep his testimonies as a treasure of inestimable value, keep them as the apple of their eye, so keep them as to carry the comfort of them themselves to another world and leave the knowledge and profession of them to those who shall come after them in this world. Those who would walk in the law of the Lord must keep his testimonies, that is, his truths. Those will not long make conscience of good practices who do not adhere to good principles. Or his testimonies may denote his covenant; the ark of the covenant is called the ark of the testimony. Those do not keep covenant with God who do not keep the commandments of God. 4. Who have a single eye to God as their chief good and highest end in all they do in religion (v. 2): They seek him with their whole heart. They do not seek themselves and their own things, but God only; this is that which they aim at, that God may be glorified in their obedience and that they may be happy in God's acceptance. He is, and will be, the rewarder, the reward, of all those who thus seek him diligently, seek him with the heart, for that is it that God looks at and requires; and with the whole heart, for if the heart be divided between him and the world it is faulty. 5. Who carefully avoid all sin (v. 3): They do no iniquity; they do not allow themselves in any sin; they do not commit it as those do who are the servants of sin; they do not make a practice of it, do not make a trade of it. They are conscious to themselves of much iniquity that clogs them in the ways of God, but not of that iniquity which draws them out of those ways. Blessed and holy are those who thus exercise themselves to have always consciences void of offence.


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Parking wardens across London are receiving incentives to issue motorists with more tickets, it was claimed today.
At least nine boroughs have contracts with parking firms which appear to show they have illegally set targets for parking enforcement income.
Local government minister Brandon Lewis has pledged to investigate the contracts, obtained by the parking campaign group No To Mob, and stop them if they are in breach of the rules. Town halls and private companies are banned from setting targets for either the number of tickets they issue or the revenue they raise.
But Lambeth, Bromley and Hackney councils, which made millions of pounds from parking revenue last year, have been accused of doing that. Campaigners also have concerns over contracts held by Barnet, the City of London, Lewisham, Westminster, Camden and Ealing.
Mr Lewis, after being shown the documents by the BBC's Inside Out London programme, said: "These look entirely the wrong kind of contracts to me, motivating and encouraging staff to go out and penalise people".
Bromley, which made £5.7 million from parking last year, has a contract with the firm Vinci offering bonuses of up to £20 for every ticket issued over an annual baseline of 72,000. Hackney (£4.9 million) let parking firm APCOA grade wardens according to how many tickets they issued per hour. Lambeth ( £12 million) required NSL to issue more than 205,000 penalty charge notices a year. All three denied using ticket targets to raise revenue.
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Every football game triggers emotion for 18- to 22-year-old players who work year-round for a dozen guaranteed days in the spotlight.
Every season opener heightens the adrenaline after eight months of toil. Factor in what Penn State players have been through over the past eight months, and their emotional roller-coaster will reach its apex shortly after noon Saturday at Beaver Stadium.
Among the key events since the Lions last left the game field Jan. 2 at the TicketCity Bowl in Dallas ...
Jan. 6: The hiring of new coach Bill O'Brien, the program's first new leader since 1966
Jan. 22: The death of former coach Joe Paterno
June: The trial and conviction of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky
July 12: The release of the university-commissioned Freeh report, which detailed a cover-up at the highest levels of leadership at the school
July 23: The NCAA leveling historically severe sanctions against the program, including a four-year postseason ban beginning this fall
Late July-early August: The transfers of nine players, including star running back Silas Redd
The scrutiny has been there for months, and all Penn State players have wanted to do is play football. They finally return to the game field Saturday against Ohio University in a season opener unlike any other in the history of the school -- or the sport.
"It's going to be an exciting and very emotional day," Lions senior quarterback Matthew McGloin said last week. "We've been getting pretty anxious. You can't help but think what that's going to be like coming out of the tunnel."
Added senior linebacker Michael Mauti: "It's going to be very emotional, not only for me but for everybody in the stadium."
Even O'Brien, whose last game was Super Bowl XLVI, admitted he'll have butterflies before kickoff Saturday.
"I'd be crazy to tell you otherwise," he said. "I mean, this is my first football game as a head football coach."
The challenge for Penn State players -- and, to a lesser extent, the coaches -- on Saturday is harnessing their emotions without becoming overwhelmed or reckless. Saturday marks the Lions' first opportunity to "punch back," as O'Brien said in July.
But if the Lions take things too far, they'll be in trouble against a talented Ohio team that comes to town with little to lose.
"It's going to be our job really to handle that and to control that," Mauti said. "After all the things that have gone on this offseason, to finally get back to doing what we love to do, and that's play football on Saturday, it's going to be really exciting. ... Every football game's going to be emotional, it's going to be exciting, but at the end of the day, you've got to read your keys, get off blocks, as a defender you've got to make tackles. You've got to play football.
"So as excited as we get, that's our job to control that."
O'Brien plays a big role as well, despite the opener being his first game as a head coach. He and his staff will emphasize focus and composure throughout the week.
They'll keep players busy Friday with meetings and a walk-through where game situations and special teams will be among the emphasis points.
"These are college guys," O'Brien said, "so when they run out there for the opening kickoff or the opening play on offense or defense, they're going to be excited. We just have to make sure that they understand once the ball is snapped, now we're playing football."