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The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novelby Debra Dean
Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories—the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild—yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye.
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Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories—the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild—yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye.
Vivid images of her youth in war-torn Leningrad arise unbidden, carrying her back to the terrible fall of 1941, when she was a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum and the German army's approach signaled the beginning of what would be a long, torturous siege on the city. As the people braved starvation, bitter cold, and a relentless German onslaught, Marina joined other staff members in removing the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, leaving the frames hanging empty on the walls to symbolize the artworks' eventual return. As the Luftwaffe's bombs pounded the proud, stricken city, Marina built a personal Hermitage in her mind—a refuge that would stay buried deep within her, until she needed it once more. . . .
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The Madonnas of LeningradA Novel
By Debra Dean
HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.Copyright © 2006 Debra Dean
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Chapter One
This way, please. We are standing in the Spanish Skylight Hall. The three skylight halls were designed to display the largest canvases in the collection. Look up. The huge vault and frieze are like a wedding cake, with molded and gilt arabesques. Light streams down on parquet floors the color of wheat, and the walls are painted a rich red in imitation of the original cloth covering. Each of the skylight halls is decorated with exquisite vases, standing candelabra, and tabletops made of semiprecious stones in the Russian mosaic technique.
Over here, to our left, is a table with a heavy white cloth. Three Spanish peasants are eating lunch. The fellow in the center is raising the decanter of wine and offering us a drink. Clearly, they are enjoying themselves. Their luncheon is light -- a dish of sardines, a pomegranate, and a loaf of bread -- but it is more than enough. A whole loaf of bread, and white bread at that, not the blockade bread that is mostly wood shavings.
The other residents of the museum are allotted only three small chunks of bread each day. Bread the size and color of pebbles. And sometimes frozen potatoes, potatoes dug from a garden at the edge of the city. Before the siege, Director Orbeliordered great quantities of linseed oil to repaint the walls of the museum. We fry bits of potato in the linseed oil. Later, when the potatoes and oil are gone, we make a jelly out of the glue used to bind frames and eat that.
The man on the right, giving us a thumbs-up, is probably the artist. Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. This is from his early Seville period, a type of painting called bodegones, "scenes in taverns."
It is as though she has been transported into a two-dimensional world, a book perhaps, and she exists only on this page. When the page turns, whatever was on the previous page disappears from her view.
Marina finds herself standing in front of the kitchen sink, holding a saucepan of water. But she has no idea why. Is she rinsing the pan? Or has she just finished filling it up? It is a puzzle. Sometimes it requires all her wits to piece together the world with the fragments she is given: an open can of Folgers, a carton of eggs on the counter, the faint scent of toast. Breakfast. Has she eaten? She cannot recall. Well, does she feel hungry or full? Hungry, she decides. And here is the miracle of five white eggs nested in a foam carton. She can almost taste the satiny yellow of the yolks on her tongue. Go ahead, she tells herself, eat.
When her husband, Dmitri, comes into the kitchen carrying the dirty breakfast dishes, she is poaching more eggs.
"What are you doing?" he asks.
She notes the dishes in his hands, the smear of dried yolk in a bowl, the evidence that she has eaten already, perhaps no more than ten minutes ago.
"I'm still hungry." In fact, her hunger has vanished, but she says it nonetheless.
Dmitri sets down the dishes and takes the pan from her hands, sets it down on the counter also. His dry lips graze the back of her neck, and then he steers her out of the kitchen.
"The wedding," he reminds her. "We need to get dressed. Elena called from the hotel and she's on her way."
"Elena is here?"
"She arrived late last night, remember?"
Marina has no recollection of seeing her daughter, and she feels certain she couldn't forget this.
"Where is she?"
"She spent the night at the airport. Her flight was delayed."
"Has she come for the wedding?"
There is a wedding this weekend, but she can't recall the couple who is marrying. Dmitri says she has met them, and it's not that she doubts him, but . . .
"Now, who is getting married?" she asks.
"Katie, Andrei's girl. To Cooper."
Katie is her granddaughter. But who is Cooper? You'd think she'd remember that name.
"We met him at Christmas," Dmitri says. "And again at Andrei and Naureen's a few weeks ago. He's very tall." He is waiting for some sign of recognition, but there is nothing. "You wore that blue dress with the flowers, and they had salmon for supper," he prompts.
Still nothing. She sees a ghost of despair in his eyes. Sometimes that look is her only hint that something is missing. She begins with the dress. Blue. A blue flowered dress. Bidden, it appears in her mind's eye. She bought it at Penney's.
"It has a pleated collar," she announces triumphantly.
"What's that?" His brow furrows.
"The dress. And branches of lilac flowers." She can call up the exact shade of the fabric. It is the same vivid robin's-egg as the dress worn by the Lady in Blue.
Thomas Gainsborough. Portrait of the Duchess of Beaufort. She packed that very painting during the evacuation. She remembers helping to remove it from its gilt frame and then from the stretcher that held it taut.
Whatever is eating her brain consumes only the fresher memories, the unripe moments. Her distant past is preserved, better than preserved. Moments that occurred in Leningrad sixty-some years ago reappear, vivid, plump, and perfumed.
In the Hermitage, they are packing up the picture gallery. It is past midnight but still light enough to see without electricity. It is the end of June 1941, and this far north, the sun barely skims beneath the horizon. Belye nochi, they are called, the white nights. She is numb with exhaustion and her eyes itch from the sawdust and cotton wadding. Her clothes are stale, and it has been days since she has slept. There is too much to be done. Every eighteen or twenty hours, she slips away to one of the army cots in the next room and falls briefly into a dreamless state. One can't really call it sleep. It is more like disappearing for a few moments at a time. Like a switch being turned off. After an hour or so, the switch mysteriously flips again, and like an automaton she rises from her cot and returns to work.
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Meet the Author
Debra Dean worked as an actor in New York theater for nearly a decade before opting for the life of a writer and teacher. She and her husband now live in Miami, where she teaches at the University at Miami. She is at work on her second novel.
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This book is just absolutely beautiful on so many levels. Writing a review of it is such a pleasure. The book is poetic. The book is historical fiction at its best. The book deals with the horrors of Alzheimer's in the gentlest way possible. The book is most importantly, at least for me, about the power of art. I loved this book and give it my highest recommendation.If you read nothing else this year, read this book.
In this book, memory is the the theme for the main character Marina. As a young woman during the siege of Leningrad, Marina learns to create a "memory palace" of the Russian Hermitage Museum as they pack up and send away the treasures of art, not knowing if they would ever make it back to the museum. She is able to use this memory as a young woman to share the treasures of the museum with people, such as a group of young soldiers, by giving tours of the empty museum and describing each work of art in detail, as if it were still hanging in its rightful place. This was what helped her survive during that terrible ordeal. Marina uses her memory palace to keep the museum and her youth alive in her mind, and goes back to it as she ages and her memories of other things fade. As Alzheimer's advances, she cannot remember where she is or that the woman next to her is her daughter, but she can recall in vivid detail the lines of a beautiful painting or sculpture. We remember the tragic of events of a war, because more often than not there are greater lessons to be learned. War teaches us about prejudice and hatred, scapegoating and indifference. Memories of tragic events also teach us to be grateful for what we have, and not take for granted the gifts given to us. Marina learned these lessons yet she is now in a state where she can no longer passs them on. The Madonnas of leningrad is striking not only because it is well written and draws the reader in, but because it relates the theme of memory to our lives, and reminds us that memories are sometimes all we really have.
This book was beautiful! I enjoyed Debra's descriptions of the museum and artwork. I felt as though I was walking right along with her. I had my computer close by so I could look up the paintings as she described them. To me, this book was an art history lesson in the middle of a beautiful story about two distinct topics: the pain of alzheimer's and the pain of war. I highly recommend this book!
The Madonnas of Leningrad will lead you through the depths of despair to the heights of all that is good in humanity, the realization that there is always hope and remembering beauty, art, love and passion can fill your darkest days. As a young woman Marina survives the siege of Leningrad during World War II living in the cellar of the Hermitage, amidst starvation, death and horrendous atrocities, she memorizes the paintings she once described as a docent, though they have already been taken from their frames to safety elsewhere. As the book skips back and forth in time, Marina today is an elderly woman with Alzheimer¿s. We see how time is 'fractured' for her and the effects it has on her family. The family disagrees over what to do, but is overshadowed by the pain of Marina's husband, who promised her he would take care of her but cannot get 'her' back. For those of us who have or have had a family member with Alzheimer¿s, this book helps to confirm your own experience yet may possibly give you hope that your loved one, when 'gone away' from you could well have been experiencing the most significant event of their lives. It's a must read for you.
I loved the back and forth from past to present and interweaving of memories with facts about the museum.
I found the insights into Alzheimer's to be as fascinating as the story of Leningrad. The descriptions were accurate and the story well told. I would highly recommend this book.
What a wonderful book! It leaves the reader with so much to think about. How much of our memories are real? Are memories safer than everyday life? It is also a story of survival. How do we survive everyday life? In this case, we get to see how one woman survives two very devastating times in her life. The first by creating the memories of her young adulthood in war torn Leningrad and the other, in her final years trying to live with, and deny the effects of, Alzheimer's disease by slipping back into those memories. This book is beautifully written. I felt the fear and cold of Leningrad in 1941 and I felt the terror of trying to cope and understand what is happening in 2005 Seattle. And through it all, love prevailed. I wish the book could have included prints of the pictures mentioned but I know it would be cost prohibitice. I did go online and found them. It makes me SO want to go to the Hermitage Museum. I will be recommending this book to my friends and my book groups!
A beautiful story about the gentle strength of women even in the worst of times. Marina's love of art transends her reality of the terrible days during WWII when Leningrad is under siege. Later in her life, beauty again heals her spirit and brings the reader into a real sense of peace and hope too.
I was disappointed in this book. It blends Marina's present (when she is in her 80s, suffering from Alzheimer's) and her past, 1940's Leningrad and the siege of the city. Both realities provide a fascinating glimpse of her life, but neither are developed enough to satisfy. The premise is clever, and the book moves readily from era to era, but the overall feel is much too fragmented. To compound the problem, the long passages devoted to the artwork of the museum in Leningrad would likely be very appealing to an artist or art historian, or someone who has traveled to Leningrad. . . but sadly, I don't fall into any of those categories. I would have enjoyed reading more about either time of Marina's life, but ultimately was relieved when I finished the book.
If you've traveled to St. Petersburg and visited the Hermitage this novel will give you new insights to the museum and its art. If not, it is still a fascinating story based on real events during the Second World War. Marina's memories of her survival living in the basement of the Hermitage through a desperate winter when the city was being attacked by air raids nearly every night is memorable. Having something to do during the day to keep her mind active was essential. She pursued the unusual mind game of recalling the stored art in each room of the museum from memory. Her ability to bring the paintings to life through her detailed descriptions is amazing. The added twist to the story is that many chapters are written as though Marina is a young woman living through the war. However, in reality she is quite old and is suffering from Alzheimers. Some chapters are written from her current confused perspective and a few reflect the views of Marina's daughter about dealing with her mother. The story and twists and turns keep the reader engaged. Although the settings sound dreary they do not read that way on the page. The situation is so unusual that it kept me reading, almost as if it was a summer page turner. This would make an excellent book club selection. I encourage everyone to read this fascinating story.
The characters weren't sufficiently developed to make the reader really care about them. I ended the novel not 'knowing' anyone. I wasn't bothered by the switching back and forth through time in the book, but it seemed like a contrivance that just didn't really work. I kept waiting for there to be a much stronger connection between past and present of Marina's 'memory palace' and it just never happened. Very disappointing story.
THE MADONNA'S OF LENINGRAD by Debra Dean is a well crafted book about times during 1940's war torn Russia when the museum's staff were crating up and moving their art works to safer places. It is more importantly, about a woman who was part of this work but, years later, is now living in America and suffering the affects of dementia. She recalls her life in Russia because of a process that she used in the museum called 'mapping the mind'. This book reminded me of Nicholas Spark's THE NOTEBOOK as it tenderly and loving deals with the people who suffer the loss of their past because of the loss of their mind's memories. It is a wonderful read for everyone who is related to, deals with, or might themselves become a victim of dementia sometime in life. This book shows how the beauty of artwork affects the mind and emotions of people- all people- in their everyday lives. The hardships of war are depicted through the innocence of this incomplete mind during recollections which make these memories all the more poignant. MADONNA'S OF LENINGRAD is a beautiful book and Debra Dean has the start of a wonderful writing career with this, her first novel.
This was very disappointing to me as the plot sounded far better than its implementation. The switching from era to era is not seamless and there is a preponderance of minutiae concerning the art. I have no doubt the author did her research but it was overdone and seemed to pad the plot without purpose. I will not buy another book by this author.
I loved the author's use of language. Her ability to make reader feel like they are they are experiencing what the characters experience is amazing. Unfortunately, the story is unfinished. It leaves far too many story threads dangling. I would gladly have read 100 more pages if she would fill in more details of her characters' lives.
I read this when it was originally published and consider it one of the best stories I have ever read. The author did an excellent job of portraying a mind suffering from alzheimers. Ironicly I was in a Russian class when I read the story, so the past presented during the seige of St.Petersburg/Leningrad held special interest to me because I have always wanted to see that beautiful city and especially The Hermitage Museum. I could easily imagine myself in that time and place so it was a very emotional read. This was especially true when the story returned to the present, showing the frailties of age now present in such a once strong woman who fought to keep morale up with beauty and cultural alive under such harsh conditions. Lastly, this story lead to a long discussion in Russian after I gave my original book to my teacher to read. She said it was very authentic. Her family was from there and she too cared for her elderly mother who missed their homeland and the beauty of their city. I left the book with her so she could share it with her friends. I am so happy to now own another copy.
Well written first novel by Ms. Dean. A good historic novel that deals with Altzhimer desease.
I enjoyed much of the book but also agree that the story seemed very unfinished.
I had to read this book for summer reading and boy is it good it may be confusing at times but if you re-read the confusing parts it helps you understand it a little better tha what i did!


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The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index hit its highest level since June 2008 on speculation the ECB may cut interest rates next month, paving the way for further steps such as an asset-purchase programme.
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We're guessing Texas wasn't exactly a great location for jungle landscapes because 20th Century Fox film scouts have headed to Hawaii to find a few choice locales for its Predators to roam around in.
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The Nimrod Anal helmed feature will begin shooting on September 28th and tells the tale of a group of humans who find themselves stranded on a planet home to Predators and must survive the horrors they encounter.
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Portrait of a Character – Melissa Madden
Melissa arose out of an idea I had for Lili, actually. Since Lili was going to have a particular arrangement, there had to be what was essentially a counterpart arrangement. Enter Melissa.
In Intolerance, there are four crew members who are worse off than the others. One of them is Melissa. At the time, I was already thinking about Together and so I wanted the name to be out there, perhaps in the back of the minds of readers. Melissa was also intended as homage to canon character Martin Madden, who is Steven Culp's character in Star Trek: Nemesis. The character can only be seen in additional footage; the actual scene went to the cutting room floor.
Melissa was also intended as a direct expression of a day/night dichotomy. Hence, she is bisexual, and the day is devoted to a female lover, Leonora, whereas the night is devoted to a male lover, Doug. Switching up the dichotomy even more is the fact that, when introduced, she is working the night shift.
Due to the connection to Culp, I opted for actress Catherine Bell. Bell was also chosen because she has a rather different look from both Lili and Leonora. I also wanted a physical portrayal of someone who would be believable as both a mother and an athlete. This would be someone with almost a fly-boy (fly-girl, I suppose) swagger, too, reflecting the character's occupation as a pilot. At the same time, the character needed to be feminine but also not too terribly young.
Five of the six main characters (everyone but Pamela Hudson) is associated with an element. Melissa is the earth element, even though she's a pilot. A part of this is her earthiness, another part is her hunting and back to nature behaviors. She's a lot more comfortable out of doors than either Norri or Lili are. To me, she symbolizes solidity.
Beyond the day/night, two lovers situation, Melissa is a skilled pilot and devoted to her family. She becomes a mother three times (all boys) and imparts her love of Starfleet to Tommy and her split persona to Neil. Kevin, though, is tragic – she buries him when he is less than a month old. This changes her, making her more pensive in her later years. In her much later years, she develops the canon disease Irumodic Syndrome, which is an analogue to Alzheimer's. In Fortune, the reader witnesses some of her decline.
For Melissa, relationships follow the day and the night. She is a kind of split personality character.
Leonora Digiorno
They meet cute, when both are on vacation on Ceres. Melissa essentially crooks her finger, and Norri comes running. They originally settle on Ceres.
Doug Beckett
Melissa and Doug are paired up during Together, and she is a direct reason why Lili and Doug open up their marriage. It's not just due to her pregnancy; it is also because they truly love each other.
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In the Mirror Universe, Andy is the Empress Hoshi Sato's boy toy, and Melissa knows that. But she goes after him anyway.
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This is never confirmed (I may write it at some point), but at minimum, Melissa and Shelby tease the hell out of the Mirror Travis.
As might be expected, her initial music is the Allman Brothers' Sweet Melissa. With Doug, her theme is the Cure's Let's Go to Bed. With Norri, the theme is k. d. lang's Constant Craving. Her final theme is Joe Jackson's Get That Girl.
"I never loved another man. Never wanted to."
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The Mirror Melissa's life is defined by poor choices and tragedy. Her death is shown in Fortune, and is also remembered by her lover, Andrew, in Escape.
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Sorry if this is discussed somewhere else, but I was curious about something.
Would a Tiny or smaller ally with the Gang Up feat be allowed to 'flank' the enemy he is attacking if he had two other allies threatening the enemy? I know they normally don't count for flanking, but the idea that they can take advantage of Gang Up makes sense in my head.
If the answer to the above question is yes, then to further clarify, would this mean three or more Tiny or smaller allies, each with Gang Up, each attacking the same enemy, would cause each other to 'flank'? They normally don't count for flanking, but they do threaten the square they are in, so technically each creature would have two allies threatening the enemy creature, right?


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Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania will be streaming their symposium "Poetry in 1960" live at 6pm EST tonight, Monday, December 6th. Hosted by Writers House faculty director Al Filreis, the symposium invites eleven poets to each contribute a critical essay on a poem or collection to mark its 50th anniversary. This will most likely turn up on the amazing resource PennSound eventually, but why not catch it live while you can? The match ups:
- Bob Perelman on The New American Poetry edited by Donald Allen
- Ron Silliman on The Opening of the Field by Robert Duncan
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis on Second Avenue by Frank O'Hara
- Chris Funkhouser on Stanzas for Iris Leza by Jackson Mac Low
- Erica Kaufman on The Location of Things by Barbara Guest
- Judith Goldman on The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Brooks
- Kristen Gallagher on Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note by LeRoi Jones
- Danny Snelson on Cartridge Music by John Cage
- Michael S. Hennessey on A New Folder edited by Daisy Aldan
- Charles Bernstein on On My Eyes by Larry Eigner
- Mel Nichols on Hymns of St. Bridget by Bill Berkson & Frank O'Hara
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BEDFORD, N.Y. -- The Harvey School's boys basketball team dropped a 56-39 contest to Forman on Wednesday.
Forman opened the game with an 8-0 against Harvey, which never recovered. Forman hurt Harvey on the boards, grabbing 16 offensive rebounds. Harvey trimmed the deficit to six at halftime, but could not climb any closer.
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As a lot of you know by now we have a log burner which reduces our fuel costs considerably as everyone round here gives us their waste wood from gardening projects and DIY! I make firelighters from newspaper in the way that my grandmother taught me nearly fifty years ago and make paper bricks from my friend's shredded paper.
For my birthday last year my sister added an unusual present to my gifts from her in the shape of a Ronson Multipurpose Ignitor.
For those of you that don't know, this is a piece of kit to make lighting our burner and candles easier. The whole thing is plain black, is about a foot long and looks almost like a narrow gun with handle and trigger and a slim straight barrel about five inches long. There is a scale on the side of the Ignitor with a slider to vary the intensity of the flame although to be honest we always leave ours at the highest setting.
The pictures at the top of this review are of a newer version of this item rather than the one that I have which is the one that is currently available at Tesco's for just £3.27!
When you buy the Ignitor it is attached to a piece of cardboard sealed in plastic so that it is safe to display on the shelf at the supermarket. All the instructions for use and the warnings are written on the cardboard.
To use the Ignitor you just have to hold it like a gun, pull the trigger and a flame appears at the end of the barrel. The flame remains for the length of time that you keep the trigger depressed although the instructions recommend that you do not use it for longer than thirty seconds at a time. You are also advised to hold the Ignitor away from your face and clothing when lighting it and to make sure that the flame is out when you have finished using it - you don't say!
As the Ignitor contains gas under pressure it must not be left anywhere hot or in direct sunlight and it must not be punctured or thrown onto a fire.
There is a transparent little window on the side of the Ignitor through which you can see the level of the butane remaining inside. When it is empty filling it is easy peasy - you just get a can of gas lighter refill, invert it and press the nozzle into the filler valve on the base of the lighter for 2 seconds. You can then repeat the process a couple of times. The warnings on the pack do remind you not to do this near a naked flame. Would anyone really be that stupid?
This little gadget has been a real help and is easy to use. The only problem with it as far as I have found is the fact that sometimes I find it difficult to light. Hubby says that I should half click the trigger so that some gas escapes before I click it fully to create the spark, but sometimes it just doesn't work for me! Incidentally it always works for him which he finds most amusing!
This Ignitor would also be useful if you need a flame to light your cooker or when you have a bar b que.
In conclusion I would definitely recommend this Ignitor - it certainly makes life easier when lighting the log burner although I will knock off a star for the fact that it occasionally doesn't work for me.


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May 8, 2014
Here's some more evidence that providing Housing First to homeless people works. As you may already be aware, between 2010 and 2013, the number of veterans experiencing homelessness on a single night in January decreased by 24 percent, going from 76,329 to 57,849. That reduction in veteran homelessness occurred in the midst of the Great Recession, an affordable housing crisis (which is still going on, by the way) and about 46.5 million people living in poverty.
How could this happen? Part of the answer is that the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) devoted more resources to ending veteran homelessness. Another other part is VA adopted the Housing First approach.
In this brief from the Veterans Affairs National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans (NCHAV), researchers explain the implementation of VA's Housing First program that provided permanent housing to homeless veterans without first requiring them to abstain from substance abuse, achieve psychiatric stability, or complete treatment programs—then provided other services according to their needs.
Before the VA ever adopted the policy of Housing First, the NCHAV identified fourteen VA medical centers around the country to participate in a Housing First pilot, providing them with 700 housing vouchers under the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program and funding for services.
So, what did they find? They found that Housing First not only works, it's a cost-effective solution. It took a little more than four and a half months for the veterans to move into housing after being admitted into the program, and 84 percent of participants were still in their housing after twelve months. More than a third of the veterans who left the program moved on to some other independent living situation.
After admission to HUD-VASH, the veterans' emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and average length of hospital stay decreased substantially. And inpatient hospitalization costs—including hospitalization for mental health, substance abuse, and medical problems—decreased by more than half.
For more information, including demographic characteristics, check out the brief itself.
Graphic from the VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "Housing First Implementation Brief, April 2014."


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Living high in the Asian forest canopy, chuckling when he is happy and wailing when annoyed, is the binturong. Sometimes called "bearcat," he is neither bear nor cat. But he is both bear burly and cat sized. He is active day and night. He is opportunistic feeder, omnivorous. His thick black fur ends in a fully prehensile tail that is as long as his body. Under this tail, on both sides of his anus, are scent glands that emit the fragrance of warm buttered popcorn and cornbread. He says nothing, yet with all this he speaks.
His sheer being is utterly precious. And beyond this amazing individual significance, our binturong is member of a keystone species of ecological significance. He plays a critical role in the life of the rain forest canopy. Binturong is the only animal known to have digestive enzymes capable of softening the tough seed coat of the strangler fig. Binturong permits the dispersal of this important seed.
Strangler figs begin their lives as epiphytes. Epiphytes are rootless. They do not grow in earth, but live high above in air, finding support in the ground of an other. All their sustenance comes from the air and the rain. They are free in the upper canopy, free from the grave competition for light itself that is birthed by the density of rain forest life.
But soon the germination gift bestowed by binturong on strangler fig seed grows beyond epiphytic. Its roots begin to grow down, wrapping around supporting host. If the host dies, its trunk becomes hollowed, with many openings, easy to climb. It becomes home to many. And the strangler figs are food source, often times the only tree producing fruit at certain leaner seasons. The strangler is truly gift, mother to many, body giving home and sustenance.
This web of gift does not stop here. The strangler fig has a mutual evolutionary pollination relationship with the gall wasp. It begins with the growth of figs directly out of the trunk, on a very short stem. And each fig has one tiny hole. The female gall wasp enters this hole, so big with many eggs that her wings are scraped off as she enters. She distributes her pollen and lays her eggs inside the fig. Then she dies, and the hole closes.
The male gall wasps hatch first, and chew the female eggs open. They mate with the freed females, chew a hole in the fig, and die. Then the females fly out through that hole, tagged with pollen, full of eggs on slight wings that will bear only one flight.
The female wasp must find the right fig tree in the right stage of development. If she succeeds, she repeats the victory of her own mother. Wasps and strangler figs live on. And so do binturongs.
In the face of the utter preciousness and interbeing intricacy, tears fall. Hearts shudder. Fear can be birthed. And we arm ourselves with names: so many names for so many fears.
Haphephobia is the fear of being touched. This word comes from the Greek meaning "to fasten." It is clear that the space between meeting without penetration — touch — and the firmly fixed, attached, fastening is non-existent. As the first mere delicate touch is experienced, as if the kissing of butterflies, there is already that fascinating fastening fashioned. Wisps and waftings are lightning fulminations.
Ecstasy is agony, again and again. The joy is so intense; the intensity is so inescapable. I am all in the passing. I am hollowed host and eaten fig. I am wing scraped mother and ravaged egg. I am all these and none. I am the movement between them, change, love, mad with lust and calm beyond telling.
I am touched: grateful beyond belief. I am touched: irrefutably mad, dancing without ballast or balance
— Rx is the FloridaW eekly muse who hopes to inspire profound mutiny in all those who care to read. Our Rx ma y be wearing a pir ate cloak of in visibility, but emanating fr om within this shado w is hope that readers will feel free to respond. Who kno ws: You may e ven inspir e the muse. Make contact if you dare.


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OWW Radio Episode 8 Hosted by Nick Anthony is now available for your listening pleasure.
OWW Radio welcomes on this special Easter Holiday edition, 4 Time AWA World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Hall of Famer and President of the Cauliflower Alley Club Nick Bockwinkel.
Note: Due to the Easter Holidays, OWW Radio will forgo it's regular scheduled 1 hour programming to bring you a 30 minute broadcast. In addition to the Nick Bockwinkel Interview, OWW Radio will also air the Smark Jeopardy segment originally schedules for Episode 7.


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Canchila, Segura ready to rumble!
For the first time in nearly ten years a world championship fight will take place in Mexicali when Cesar Canchila of Colombia defends his WBA Interim Mini Flyweight championship against Geovani Segura of Guerrero, Mexico at the Palenque FEX this Saturday in a card presented by Top Rank, Promociones Zanfer and Promociones Hurtado. Canchila arrived in Mexicali on Monday very confident of a victory over Segura the man he beat last July 26 in Las Vegas to win the championship.
"I have been training very hard for three months for this fight and I'm ready to go. After 12 rounds I believe that we know each other very well and there should be no reason why I can't beat him again. There's really no need for any more words, so let's just fight," said Canchila.
For Segura, his loss against Canchila was the first of his career and he's looking to rebound.
"I wanted the knockout so bad in the first fight that I got away from everything that I know. This time I will fight with more patience and intelligence and will just try to win round by round. I feel that I'm better prepared for this second fight that I was for the first one," said Segura, who is now trained by Javier Capetillo.
The last time a championship fight was held in Mexicali it was August 14, 1998 when local favorite Ruben Sanchez Leon stopped Carlos Gabriel Salazar of Argentina in the eighth round to captured the WBO flyweight crown.
Azteca America will televised the championship tilt in the United States.


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CLEVELAND -- The losing streak is behind them and the Detroit Tigers' bullpen problems could soon be in the past, too.
Mike Maroth made just two bad pitches in six innings and Detroit's trio of relievers made a one-run lead stand up as the Tigers won their fourth straight, 3-2 over the Indians on Thursday night.
The Tigers have won seven of 10, erasing an early five-game slide that had them wondering if another promising season would end up like so many others.
"We're 10-10," manager Alan Trammell said. "That's great, but please don't stop. Now I want us to get over .500 and have a little room to play with. I'm enjoying it but I want us to be a lot better."
Maroth (2-1) gave up solo homers to Casey Blake and Jhonny Peralta in the fifth inning, but the left-hander had few other issues with the majors' worst hitting team. Maroth walked one and tied a career high with eight strikeouts.
The Tigers scored three runs in the first off Kevin Millwood (0-3), who settled down after the rough start, retiring the final 14. However, he didn't get enough run support -- a recurring theme so far this season for Cleveland.
Millwood allowed three runs and six hits in seven innings.
The Indians, who came in batting a combined .227, didn't generate much off Maroth and dropped to 1-7 against lefties.
"It's frustrating, but you can't get mad," Millwood said. "The guys are trying to score, they're in the cage taking extra batting practice. I know with the offense we have, we'll score some runs sooner or later."
Maroth's only mistakes were hanging a 3-2 breaking ball to Blake and a 1-0 fastball he grooved to Peralta.
Cleveland couldn't score against relievers Kyle Farnsworth, Ugueth Urbina or Troy Percival, either. The trio allowed three hits over the final three innings with Percival working the ninth for his second save this season and the 318th overall, tying him with Rick Aguilera for 11th on the career list.
It was the first time this season that the Farnsworth-Urbina-Percival combination has worked flawlessly. Percival got some help in the ninth when first baseman Carlos Pena scooped a throw in the dirt to nip Blake by a step.
"He stuck his nose in the middle of a tough play," Percival said. "That's not easy when you've got a 6-foot-2, 200-pound guy running at you at full speed."
"That's the way Tramm wants it," said Maroth, 4-0 with a 2.38 ERA in his last five starts against Cleveland. "It's not going to be the only time it works that way."
Meanwhile, the Indians' early season hitting funk got funkier.
Third baseman Aaron Boone went 0-for-4, struck out three times and left a runner in scoring position three times. Boone, who missed all of last season after undergoing knee surgery, is batting .130 (6-for-69).
"I felt relaxed, believe it or not to have chances to drive in runs in a one-run game," Boone said. "It's frustrating but you have to keep battling."
Millwood was unlucky but mostly responsible for the Tigers taking a 3-0 lead in the first.
Brandon Inge opened with a sinking single to center that skipped past Coco Crisp, who lost his footing as he tried to slow down after charging the ball, for a standup triple. Ivan Rodriguez followed with an RBI single and Millwood walked Carlos Guillen before Rondell White beat out an infield single.
Dmitri Young's RBI groundout made it 2-0 and Craig Monroe hit a sacrifice fly, staking Maroth to a three-run lead.
He coasted through the first four innings, allowing just two hits before Blake led off the fifth with his third homer. One out later, Peralta connected for his first, lining a shot into the Indians' bullpen.
Of Cleveland's 23 homers, 18 have been solo shots and accounted for the Indians' last seven runs in four games.
Following the game, the Tigers recalled INF Ramon Martinez from Triple-A Toledo. He had been sidelined with a sprained left thumb. RHP Andrew Good was sent back to the Mud Hens. ... Maroth also struck out eight on Sept. 1 last season against Kansas City. ... Indians LHP Arthur Rhodes made his 500th career relief appearance. ... The Indians are 24-46 in April the past three seasons.


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Gary Lendennie Writes an Off-the-Wall 'Tall Tale' of the Wild West
EXCERPT: "My great-great grandfather, Rufus T. Breckenridge III was perhaps the most prolific liar and storyteller in the history of verbal communications. Either that or he had somehow acquired in his vast travels the unnatural ability to be in a number of different places simultaneously." This opening statement from the introduction to The Potentate of Walking Horse alerts the reader that a fun-loving, laugh-out-loud, maybe a little dark but always entertaining, journey through the Old West is about to begin. This story, set in the 1880s and '90s, is narrated by Rufus T. Breckenridge III on his 100th birthday. Charging straight ahead from one adventure to another (sometimes under the guidance and protection of an unknown power) this tongue-in-cheek account of how the West was really won will have the reader turning pages faster than a bottom-of-the-deck draw in a crooked poker game.
Gary Lendennie, author of this uniquely endearing novel, blends fact with fiction so well it's almost impossible to tell where one stops and the other starts. Moonshiners, space aliens, cannibals, robots, Indian magic and ambitious politicians, all play a role in this one-of-a-kind adventure. So saddle up, load your six-shooter, and enjoy the ride.
Starting in Reno in 1890, Rufus T. Breckenridge III, an unlikely hero whose mission in life is survival, exacts revenge on a former partner, a half-breed Indian named Willie Snowshoe, and is surprised by a vision that appears just in time to save his life. After the town marshal insists he take up residence elsewhere, Rufus T. hits the road where he befriends some Shoshoni Indians, encounters a space ship on the Nevada desert, and eventually hires on as a cowboy at a small ranch near Colorado Springs. After only a month, he has a run-in with the ranch foreman and finds himself on the road again - this time he heads south for the warm climate of Fort Worth. There he meets a mentor, Texas Martin, who schools Rufus T. on the skills of deception, outright fraud, and how to lie when caught red-handed.
In Fort Worth, while earning a dishonest living helping Texas cheat at cards and other activities, Rufus T. gets involved in a gunfight with an Old Acquaintance from his past. Again, a strange power intervenes to save his life. He is ordered by the sheriff to leave town and is told, "I hear Arkansas is nice this time of year." Having been kicked out of Reno, Colorado Springs and Fort Worth, our hero wanders into Arkansas where he comes upon an old Indian sitting inside a circle of animal bones; facing the morning sun in full battle dress and singing what Rufus T. believes is a kind of death chant. His name is Two Dogs; a Cherokee elder who has taken a solemn vow not to speak again until after he has met and defeated Death in battle. Rufus T. thinks the old warrior is disturbing the peace and quiet with all his caterwauling.


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God Eater Online OP "A Beautiful Waste!"
A beautifully animated OP has been released for the upcoming God Eater Online, easily receiving positive acclaim and bound to rouse interest amongst fans, even if some might regard the animation as a waste since it was created for a watered-down smartphone game.
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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1506 – 22 January, 1552) was an English peer and politician. He was Lord Protector of England during the reign of King Edward VI, because Edward was too young to rule alone. He served as Lord Protector from 1547 to 1552, when he was executed for treason.


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When was the united nation organization organized?
The u.n.o. Organised on the ending of world war 2.it was organised on 1945.the bad effects of world war 1 and 2 set many people thinking.they thought why did wars takes place.…they make a organisation and named it united nations organisation.at the starting many few countries take interest in this.but now 192 countries have became member of uno. (MORE)


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I have always had a nostalgic fascination with snow globes, and my kids have recently become similarly enamored (I think it happened when my husband brought back a miniature one from a business trip to NYC with the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building in it.) So when I saw an image on Pinterest of some beautiful globes, I knew we had to add it to our holiday activity list. Now, I will be honest - snow globes rank rather low on the No Mess scale (there is glitter AND water involved, after all.) And ours did not turn out quite as lovely as those for sale at the mall or made by Martha Stewart. But the kids and I had a grand time designing them. I think we've got a new tradition on our hands. The Pinterest image didn't have a source, so our approach is based on a hodge-podge of sources I found online / YouTube, plus a little trial & error. Learn from my mistakes!
Once you all feel good about the arrangement of your scene, you can super glue the figurines to the lid. (I just love the assemblages: Empire State Building + Eiffel Tower + Leaning Tower of Pisa, Santa + Taj Majal + Arc de Triomphe and Big Ben + Statue of Liberty!)
You'll want to let them dry for long enough to be sure the glue will hold. In the meantime, you can add water to the jars - fill them not quite to the threads to start (the figurines will take up space when you put them in.) Then add the glycerin - about a half-teaspoon, and the glitter - about a teaspoon. You'll see we added quite a bit more than that - some of us MAY have gotten carried away when given free rein on the glitter. Then carefully screw the lid back onto the jar. You might want to do this over the sink in case there's too much water in the jar when you put the figurine in. You can also check to see if you need to add a bit more water.
Great project, but do not use a hot glue gun! All of ours fell apart within a week or two and did not survive the holidays or being gifted (moving in gift bags etc dislodged all of the figurines inside). The jars stayed water tight and glued shut, but almost ALL of the figurines inside came off the lids are are now free floating in the jars. Bummer, but still cute. I had to suspend my type-A OCD on this one and just let it goooooo.
posted by: Debbie on 2.6.2017comment on this
ohh nice!!!!!!
posted by: Noor on 6.16.2015comment on this
Glycerine can be found in the cake decorating area of Michaels
posted by: Julie on 11.17.2013comment on this
I'd love to know where to find the glycerine ... is it powder form, or soap form, or what? Would appreciate any help!
posted by: Jane Godshalk on 12.11.2012comment on this
a liquid used for cleaning/cosmetics - i found some at a specialty drug store ...but i also tried baby oil for this project and it worked just fine!
posted by: Kristen on 12.12.2012comment on this
if we dont have baby oil, can we use my own organic body oil or massage oil?? thank you..
posted by: Aylin on 11.6.2013comment on this
It's a liquid - kinda like baby oil. In fact, I think you could probably use that instead... or you can skip the glycerine altogether - I didn't find it made a huge difference.
posted by: Lara on 12.11.2012comment on this
I purchased glycerine at my local Target store, found in the pharmacy section. The pharmacist directed me to the product.
posted by: Teresa on 9.3.2013comment on this
My child and I completed Snow Globes.
posted by: Tyreese on 8.31.2013comment on this
This is great! What kind of glue did you use? Would children's washable glue hold up with the water moving back and forth as the jar is shaken? I'm not sure if I need to use something like super glue. Thanks!
posted by: Sarah on 8.19.2013comment on this
My child and I completed Snow Globes.
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posted by: Connie on 1.10.2013comment on this
This is awesome!!! I would love to do this sometime with my kids. I am loving the figurines you chose. :)
posted by: Jen on 12.20.2012comment on this
do you have a source for your miniatures? a website would be nice i don't want to spend a fortune on real train supplies and i just plain can't seem to find. last year we found some from a cake decorating store but they were in general almost too big.
posted by: Tzivi on 12.13.2012comment on this
I got ours from Michaels - but they are the the Toob characters. I think you can get them on Amazon or other online retailers - there are all kinds of fun themes! Come back and post pictures of the globes you make!
posted by: Lara on 12.14.2012comment on this
I'd been wondering what to do with all the babyfood jars we've accumulated. These will be great gifts for grandparents!
posted by: Elizabeth on 11.25.2012comment on this
This is so cute. I can't wait to try it with my preschool class!
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Admission requirements to attend the Enid campus of Northwestern Oklahoma State University differ slightly than admission requirements for the Alva and Woodward campuses. While Northwestern's Alva and Woodward campuses offer the full four years of curriculum, the Enid campus specializes in the core coursework for a variety of baccalaureate degrees as well as graduate level courses. In order to offer a four year degree in Enid, Northwestern has partnered with Northern Oklahoma College to develop the Bridge Program. This relationship allows the two schools to co-exist in the Enid community without directly competing.
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Nestled among redwoods and delightful gardens, Fern Grove offers an intimate retreat for everyone. Charming cottages have private bath and TV. Some have full kitchen or wet bar. Also featured are spa tubs, cozy fireplaces and skylights. Choose from studios, one- and two-bedroom cottages or suites. A scrumptious breakfast is served in the lodge or take a tray back to your private deck. Pool and large barbecue area with picnic tables. Walk to town and river beaches. Wine tours, golf, ocean beaches.
Number of Rooms: 20 | Rates: $109 - $289 Reservations
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Fall in love with the quiet pace, beautiful vistas and fabulous food and wine of the Sonoma Valley. Coupled with a year-round temperate climate, this is a wonderful place to explore – no matter what the season. Conveniently located just two blocks from the historic Sonoma Plaza, the Inn at Sonoma is the perfect destination for your Wine Country visit.
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Recognized by The Wine Spectator as "One of the Top Five Wine Country Destinations" and in 2009 selected as a "Hidden Gem North of the Golden Gate". The antiques, original art, American folk art treasures, and decor provide comfort, charm and elegance exceeded only by the hospitality you feel. "Tops our list as the Most Romantic Place to Stay" is what Bride and Groom said of the featherbeds, down comforters, spa tubs for two, fireplaces and private decks. The Inn's gourmet breakfasts and the gracious hospitality and concierge service will have you returning for more.
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Welcome to the Camellia Inn, a charming 1869 Italianate Victorian Inn, located in the heart of Sonoma County's Wine country. We are just walking distance from the historic Healdsburg Plaza, antique stores, shops, wineries, and restaurants. More than 50 varieties of camellias bloom on the grounds. The interior features inlaid hardwood floors, beautiful double parlors and twin marble fireplaces. Each of our nine thoughtfully appointed guest rooms features a private bath and blissfully comfortable beds. Full buffet breakfast served.
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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — For 35 years, Anne Arundel County, Md., police have been baffled by the killing of a 17-year-old girl whose battered body was discovered in an abandoned quarry in suburban Washington.
Last month, David Cordle, chief investigator for the county's State Attorney's Office, attended what would have been Donna Dustin's 35th high school reunion in pursuit of information about her death. His visit produced 18 leads, two new names -- but no definite answers.
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That "pure" blurb is actually inaccurate in two ways, as Missingno. is of the Bird -type if I recall correctly, and anyone with half a brain knows there are no pure-flyings. Evkl 20:58, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Pure Flying?
Hey, I was wondering, in Diamond/Pearl, when アルセウス uses the Blue Sky Plate, doesn't he become pure Flying? MK 02:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- In all technicalities, it should. As does Porygon/2/Z when it uses Conversion/2, or Kecleon, insome instances.
- Hm, anyone know what happens to a dual-type Pokémon when it skill swaps Kecleon's ability? Tom Temprotran 12:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Nope. Let's try it out :D. On an unrelated not, never try to catch Registeel in a Nest Ball. Alakazam 2
Flying Trivia
the trivia states that there are no animals that are primarly in the air, but there are certain species of swifts that spend the majority of their lives in the air, landing only for nesting. of course without any pokemon based on the swift, it still makes sense there are no pure flying typeGoldkear 21:46, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Heh, I'm new to Bulbapedia and might have caused a few problems when I edited some of the articles. I'm sorry for that... I just spotted out some things nobody else seemed to notice (such as how can people not notice how Chikorita is orange in Gold and Silver?) If I cause anymore problems, just let me know on my page and I'll fix it. User:Linkoman 21:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Should Cyrus really have the right to be called a flying "specialist." I mean he does have a good portion of flying pokemon but he has only one less dark pokemon so I think he should be taken off. Any takers? BrokenMotor 21:52, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
- Completely coincidental. Removed. —darklordtrom 22:08, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Pluck is stated to do double damage when the foe is holding a berry. I believe this to be incorrect. SPP's move dex says the same as this page; however Smogon and my own experiences would lead me to disagree. The page for Pluck does not make this claim, either. TheBeardedRobot 08:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
new pure flying type!?
i heard on another site (one that has one full-time editor) that in gen 5 there will be a PURE flying type, he himself said that there will be around 649 mon to collect in gen V --Earthquake! 16:27, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, but the person who posted that has yet to provide any information about where they got that information, meaning that it could well just be speculation. Once it has been confirmed by an official source, then it can be added. Werdnae (talk) 20:39, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
apparently its true, I saw three of the legendary pokemon from the list in pictures, so the rest should be confirmed.--Makupe 22:06, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
- still not confirmed Ataro 22:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
well those pictures didnt contain it, but now i found the REAL picture of the pure Flying-type.--Makupe 20:35, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
Pure Flying and Roost
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQI-khPHGtg&feature=sub Here it is proven that Pure Flying type in Gen V who uses Roost becomes a normal type. This is not a joke or a prank. Please do not delete my edit. I'm citing evidence here. --Ryuutakeshi 18:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
- Delete your edit? Never dream of it. Now get back to your nasty little forum, Mister Ryuu.... ;) —darklordtrom 01:40, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
- Oh alright. But I'm watching you sneaky wiki mods. I know your kind ;-) --Ryuutakeshi 05:49, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
possible trivia
- The Flying-type is the type with most two-turn moves, with a total of four moves.
can this be added? --SamuStar 20:02, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
- "Please remember to follow the manual of style and code of conduct at all times. Also, check out our IRC channel at #bulbapedia. Note: 1. Do not add any trivia. 2. Userspace editing has been reduced to allow only one edit per day." --BP ♣♣ Ƒǿҫὑṩ ❺❽ ♣♣ 20:21, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
I can read and I know there is this rule, that's why I asked on the talk page -.- It's really annoying to receive answers like this --SamuStar 15:17, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


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By Staff Sgt. Les Newport
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LSA Anaconda, Iraq - More than sixty Iraqi and other third-country businesses recently crowded a U.S. military recreation hall for the Anaconda Business Exposition. Displays, computer presentations and business-card-armed representatives filled aisles and booths of the event.
Sponsored by the Regional Contracting Office of Logistical Support Area Anaconda, ABEX gives local Iraqi business leaders an opportunity to meet and develop professional relationships with other contractors as well as contracting officers of LSA Anaconda.
Jasim Al Sarraf, host nation business advisor for the RCC, organized the event and works to ensure that Iraqi businesses have a level playing field when it comes to securing coalition contracts.
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Visitors were welcomed to the exposition by a newcomer to the greater Anaconda business community. Representatives of the Iraqi-Based Industrial Zones initiative manned a booth prominently situated near the front entrance of the hall. 1st Lt. Daniel Lotz, vocational training project officer and a battle captain of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, helped greet vendors as they arrived.
"After the overwhelming response to the Bakir (IBIZ) conference, I came along to help with ABEX," said Lotz, referring to an open meeting with business leaders late last month.
IBIZ is a comprehensive initiative to help Iraqis develop industrial and service support zones in the relative security near coalition installations. The Bakir conference drew an unexpectedly warm reception and generated enthusiasm on both sides of the security fence surrounding Anaconda.
Lotz was not surprised by the numbers of participants at ABEX since vendors had to preregister, but he admitted he was impressed with breadth and depth of businesses represented. As project officer in charge of supporting vocational education, Lotz was looking for opportunity, both near and far term.
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Lotz agreed, saying there will be challenges, but that "if all the Iraqi business community needs is space and time, then that's a high-class problem".
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Here we have a set of Binford 2000 shin tools ;)
Serriously though, tried my hand at making a set from scratch today. How'd they turn out ?
Need to get another knurled tube for the swipecard thingy (only had one when I raided my toolbox), and my stirstick is just plain missing some detail, but other then that.......
once I get some feedback I'll let ya know how I made em


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The WSIS Executive Secretariat has announced that under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom of the Tunis phase of WSIS, a Negotiation Group will meet in two consecutive sessions from 24 to 28 October 2005. In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its objective will be to finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau and on the paragraphs remained in brackets of Chapter two of the Operational Part.
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The resumed PrepCom-3 will be held back to back to the Tunis Summit. The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS will be reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in Tunis, for a three-day session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the venue will be provided at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start with a short organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of work of the resumed PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including the participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee meetings. Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be provided.
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