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Ive posted several times and havnt had a reply and im so confused. Ive had alot of the pregnancy symptoms and still do but was a week late and now am spotting a very light pink color. I dont know what to think. I took a pregnancy test yesterday and it was neg according to the digital reader and when i took the stick out it had two lines but one very light. I also think i may have a uti. What should i do? Any advice..could i be pregnant even if im spotting?
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well if the stick has read two lines, even though one is very light, if it still appeared then its a positive. i would recommend taking a third one and use the "first response" brand because they are pretty good. if the third one comes out positive then you should see a doctor to confirm your results. Spotting could be a sign of the egg attatching itself to your uterus. its pertty common when women get pregnant to spot due to this. you can also look for the symptom of having white discharge. if you do then the cervical mucus is still there and the likeliness of u being pregnant could be higher. so i would recommend taking one more pregnancy test. use the double line tester since thats the kind that brought u up positive last time. and if it comes up negative or positive id recommend you to get confirmed at a doctor either way.
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Thank you for the advice. Today i woke up to find that im not just spotting. Its very bright red blood and im passing very tiny clots which dont ever do during any of my periods ever. I had alot of cramping last night and havnt been feeling to well. Could this be a possible miscarriage. I would test now but since im bleeding some i dont know what i should do. Also i noticed a canker sore in my mouth yesterday which i used to get all the time when i was younger but that stopped around age 16 ..i am now 24. Im not sure if that means anything. I do take perscription meds such as neuroten and cogentin..im not sure if that could have did something as well or not. Im really scared because i wanted to be preggerz but if im not i can always keep trying. But it scares me that i dont know whats going on with my body. I havnt seen any white discharge as of yet because i had put a tampon in last night before sleeping. When i awoke to put on a pad it was not the color of red but alot of brown..dark brown. But i peed then wiped and the blood was a very bright red/pink. Ive never expierenced a period like this before and when i normally have it i dont usually ever have cramps. Thanks again for replying back
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brown is still a sign of implanation. (egg attatching itself to the uterus) blood clots are normal. i get them during my periods. altho i havent had kids yet so i wouldn't be soo certain about being pregnant with that. with an educated guess id say you could be starting your period, and there might be a clot blocking the flow from starting all the way. thats actually happened to me a few times. once i pass the larger clot my flow would come. but still. i urge you to take another test. (use the double pink lined ones so ur using the same brand to get the same results) try doing that and see what happens.
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Thank you soo much
i will try testing tomorrow morning as ive heard that mornings are the best time.. the kit i bought came with two tests in it so it will be the same. If it comes back neg ..and since i dont have a doctor ..i may go to the hospital to see whats going on. I will keep posted and let you know whats going on as soon as i find anything out. And again than you very much for replying
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your welcome! keep me updated so i know your okay.
if you are like me and dont have insurance, i usually go to the health department if i would need to confirm pregnancy results. but if you feel its something not right, go with your gut instinct because a womans intuition is normally on target. so let me know how ur results are! *hugs*
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Well i awoke this morning with still a little bleeding and brown discharge with it so ive decided not to take the test yet since i only have one left and am broke till i get paid and wouldnt be able to buy another one till then. Last night i had alot of pain in my pelvic and hips down my legs. More like cramping pain. I was really neasueated and have been feeling that way at night time for the past week or so now. I cant eat as everything i look at smells or tastes funny or just isnt appealing to me. I really wish i knew what is going on but cant see the doctor until thursday. I wont be online for a few days..prolly till tuesday or so. I will update then on how im feeling. Also i have been bad headaches at night time and had a slight nose bleed last night as well. Not alot of blood just a few spots when i blew my nose. I dont have those often as that was the third time in my life that its happened. My legs today are still cramping..especially my right one..starting at my hip and down to my toes..well ima go write later on if i can
i didnt sleep at all last night so im going to try again now.take care. ( thanks for replying back and hope things are good for you
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You can be pregnant and spotting at the same time. Give it some time to see if you are. If you are worried, see a doctor.
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Natural-Resource Depletion, Habit Formation, and Sustainable Fiscal Policy; Lessons from Gabon
While models based on Friedman's (1957) permanent-income hypothesis can provide oilproducing countries with long-run fiscal targets, they usually abstract from short-run costs associated with consolidation. This paper proposes a model that takes such adjustment costs (or "habits") into account. Further operational realism is added by permitting differential interest rates on sovereign debt and financial assets. The approach is applied to Gabon, where oil reserves are expected to be exhausted in 30 years. The results suggest that Gabon's current fiscal-policy stance cannot be maintained, while the presence of habits justifies smoothing the bulk of the adjustment toward the sustainable level over three to five years.
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A revolutionary way of screening the entire human genome for the genetic signposts of disease has produced its latest success — the first inherited link to common migraine and a possible reason for extreme headaches.
The technique, which scans all 23 pairs of human chromosomes in a single sweep, has found the first genetic risk factor that predisposes someone to the common form of migraine, which affects one in six women and one in 12 men.
The discovery has led to a new possible cause of migraine by alerting scientists to DNA defects involved in the build-up of a substance in the nerves of sufferers that could be the trigger for their migraines.
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Scanning the entire blueprint of human DNA by Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) has had a profound effect on the understanding of a range of other medical conditions, from heart disease and obesity to bipolar disorder and testicular cancer.
The study of migraine, published in the journal Nature Genetics, was an archetypal example of the new approach of medical genetics using the GWAS technique. Scientists analysed the genomes of 5,000 people who suffer from migraines and compared their DNA to that of unaffected people to see if there were any significant differences.
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"Studies of this kind are possible only through large-scale international collaboration so that we could pick out this genetic variant. This discovery opens new doors to understanding common human diseases," he added.
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The insight that this approach has given scientists could only be dreamed of 10 or 15 years ago.
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Different tariffs will be aimed at different level users accordingly, so – for example – the best value deal for a high user may not be such good value for someone who uses considerably less fuel.
But which are you? Well, the following summaries of typical users should help.
But do bear in in mind that the best way to tell is by knowing how many kilowatt hours (kWhs) of gas or electricity you use.
You can judge this from your bill or even find out in real time if you have a smart meter.
Your average low user will use 8,000 kWhs of gas and 2,000 kWhs of electricity in a year.
This level of use will typically be incurred by a small household of one or two residents in a modestly-sized property.
Other factors may limit usage, such as spending a lot of time away or working long hours. Users in this group are likely to use appliances only sparingly.
Your average medium user will use 12,500 kWhs of gas and 3,100 kWhs of electricity annually.
Best buy tables for gas and electricity are generally based on this group.
Medium users will tend to live in mid-sized houses with two or three bedrooms and consist of parents who work in the day so are therefore likely to use more power in the evenings and on weekends.
According to the industry, those in the high group consume 18,000 kWhs of gas and 4,600 kWhs of electricity each year on average.
This level of use will be incurred by a large household of four or more occupants in a property with four or more bedrooms.
Regular heating and appliance use is likely as is multiple televisions and so this will bump up the usage.
It's important to remember that these group summaries are intended as a guide only. The group you're in isn't necessarily hard and fast.
It could conceivably change with your circumstances – for example if you work from home, have children or take in lodgers.
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Emancipation—forwarding generations triumphantly
"Old pirates, yes, they rob I/Sold I to the merchant ships,/Minutes after they took I/ From the bottomless pit. But my 'and was made strong/By the 'and of the Almighty. We forward in this generation triumphantly. Won't you help to sing/These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have, Redemption songs,/Redemption songs. Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,/None but ourself can free our minds./Have no fear for atomic energy,/'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,/While we stand aside and look?/Some say it's just a part of it,/We've got to fulfil de book. Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?/Cause all I ever have,/Redemption songs…"
—Bob Marley
Emancipation Day is a time to rejoice in the knowledge that we can make choices. Being empowered to choose from options is the essence of freedom. Of course, there are many among us who do not have the ability to access prevailing opportunities because of illiteracy, dire poverty, among other constraints. They are free to dream of escaping from their unenviable states and to sing redemption songs, but pursuing and fulfilling their dreams is a long and torturous road.
They—the pirates—sold ancestors to merchant ships, but the ancestors were made strong by a higher power and eventually triumphed. The triumph was not due solely to release from physical bondage. It was a triumph of mental and spiritual strength over adversity. Still, while the chains no longer cut through flesh to the bone, the legendary Bob Marley said in song that full emancipation would happen when we release the chains that bound our minds.
These generations must move forward without fear of the forces that could pull them backward. They can't "stand aside and look." The forces are as destructive as "atomic energy" that obliterates memories of prophets who struggled and died so we could be free.


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New York-- The drama involving Transmeta Corp. this week almost matched that of the Bush-Gore contest. Rebounding from the recent loss of a key IBM Corp. design win, the company launched a successful public offering even as renewed skepticism surfaced over the fate of the low-power microprocessor maker.
Amid the flurry of publicity, Transmeta today teamed with Gateway Inc. to announce an Internet "table top" appliance featuring a Transmeta Crusoe processor and a Broadcom Corp. broadband modem chip.
But even the buzz surrounding that commercial enterprise was muted by reports that Compaq Computer Corp. and Toshiba Corp. have opted not to use the company's Crusoe CPU, a week after IBM confirmed that it had dropped the processor from its latest line of ThinkPad notebook PCs.
Transmeta, Santa Clara, Calif., would not comment on the status of its design wins, although a source close to the company contradicted published reports by saying the Crusoe will appear in a Compaq notebook PC that will be announced before the end of the year. A spokesman for Compaq said only that the company was looking at the Crusoe "as it did at all technologies."Toshiba, which together with IBM comprised the bulk of Transmeta's revenue last year, did not return calls by deadline.
Transmeta's stock performed well despite the uncertainties, shooting up to $45.25 Tuesday, a day after debuting at $21. In early afternoon trading Friday, Transmeta shares slipped to $39.62 amid a general selloff in the stock market owing to the cliffhanger in the presidential election.
The solid stock performance showed that for many investors Transmeta's promise lies in its ability to drive a new generation of Internet appliances and mobile PCs, according to Nathan Brookwood, an analyst at Insight 64, Saratoga, Calif.
"Many investors have seen Transmeta get a lot of press about taking on Intel with its low-power Crusoe and its low-power technology, while not hearing the skeptics, which might have driven the stock price up," Brookwood said. "But at the same time, Web appliances look attractive for Transmeta. Right now the market is very small, but many folks think it's going to be very big. To that extent, Transmeta can grow in parallel with this market."
Transmeta's future rests with its ability to carve out a niche serving low-power Web-based applications while fending off Intel Corp., said Ashok Kumar, an analyst at San Francisco-based U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., which helped underwrite Transmeta's IPO.
But Kumar warned that rough times lie ahead for the company. "Transmeta has been designed out of Compaq and Toshiba, and the only tier-one OEMs who continue to show interest are its strategic investors: Sony, Hitachi, and Fujitsu," he said.
"Transmeta's grip on this market is precarious. Now that Intel has stopped ignoring the needs of the growing mobile market, Transmeta will find it more difficult to sustain an advantage."
In the Internet-appliance market, Gateway's table-top Web device, which the company is slated to introduce next month, could offer Transmeta its first real chance to shine. Paired with Broadcom's HPNA 2.0 modem technology, the appliance will achieve data rates of 10 Mbits/s over existing phone lines, according to the companies.
For Gateway, San Diego, the new device created in alliance with Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., is expected to be the first of many products for enabling streaming audio and video content in music players, TVs, PCs, cable modems, and Internet appliances.
In another design win announced last week, Transmeta reported its X86 processor technology will power a wearable computer device supplied by Via Inc., Burnsville, Minn. In the notebook-PC market, the Crusoe processor is also expected to power systems offered by Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, and Sony.


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The Cost Structure of Emissions Abatement through the Clean Development Mechanism
This paper examines the cost structure of emissions abatement through different types of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. Alternative models for abatement costs are specified and estimated using CDM project-specific data. Empirical results indicate that there exist economies of scale in emission abatement through the CDM projects, and that the marginal cost of abatement significantly varies across different types of projects. The distribution of various CDM project types corresponds to the relative attractiveness of the types, in terms of the structure of the estimated marginal cost function. Thus, empirical results suggest that the CDM market operates efficiently and sends the right signals to the investors, which further explains the shying away from costly carbon sequestration projects funded by many international development agencies, such as the World Bank. Contrary to the hypothesis that that the marginal costs of abatement through CDM decrease over time due to experience or learning by doing, empirical results show non-decreasing marginal cost of abatement over time. This finding suggests that there may be other incentives to invest in certain types of CDM projects in specific locations, thus implying location-specificity of various investment opportunities. While non-decreasing marginal cost of abatement over time implies a tougher prospect for CDM in future commitment periods, the current growth pattern of the CDM suggests that this flexibility provision of the Kyoto Protocol is still highly attractive for the host and investor countries.
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DELTONA, Fla. - Volusia County authorities identified on Friday 11 women who are accusing a Deltona firefighter of rape.
Terry Freeman, 32, of Deltona, was arrested Dec. 31 after a woman claimed she was raped by him after they met at a Sanford furniture store, sparking a string of victims alleging Freeman attacked them as well to come forward.
Authorities say 11 victims have been confirmed and a possible 12th victim may come forward.
Freeman has been charged with five sexual battery charges, one false imprisonment charge and one attempted sexual battery charge.
Freeman remains jailed at Volusia County Jail. Investigators said they believe there still could be additional victims. Other victims or anyone with additional information regarding Freeman are urged to contact the sheriff's office at 386-860-7030.
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KGB Productions' two-year film project, Wyoming Triumph, makes its world premiere Saturday night, Oct. 15, at the Pink Garter Theater in Jackson, Wyo., at 8:30 p.m., with after-party featuring live hip hop by BlacTrac Mind. KGB, meanwhile, just posted this morning this latest trailer, top, for the film.
"We're looking forward to showing the world the culmination of two years of the trials and tribulations of exploring the remote mountains of Wyoming," Sam Pope, KGB producer, told Powder.com. — Tim Mutrie
Find KGB's Wyoming Triumph webisode series, Parts 1 through 5, HERE ».


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The growing clamor to grant Edward Snowden clemency
Briefly, because I can't say it better than these people did, please check out the links below for eloquent arguments about the value of Edward Snowden's lawbreaking, and the Obama administration's pernicious folly in persecuting him.
On the last day of October, from his exile in Russia, Snowden wrote a letter seeking clemency.
On the first day of January, a New York Times editorial endorsed his request.
Considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight. He may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done his country a great service. It is time for the United States to offer Mr. Snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home, face at least substantially reduced punishment in light of his role as a whistle-blower, and have the hope of a life advocating for greater privacy and far stronger oversight of the runaway intelligence community.
In a series of tweets, a US business journalist who has cheered on the excesses of the security state, condemned the Times' position.
The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf eviscerated Barro's argument in a logical tour-de-force.
When should a leaker of government secrets be forgiven rather than jailed? Here are some possible standards:
- When the leak reveals lawbreaking by the U.S. government
- When the leak reveals behavior deemed unconstitutional by multiple federal judges
- When a presidential panel that reviews the leaked information recommends significant reforms
- When the leak inspires multiple pieces of reform legislation in Congress
- When the leak reveals that a high-ranking national-security official perjured himself before Congress
- When the leak causes multiple members of Congress to express alarm at policies being carried out without their knowledge.
The Snowden leak meets all of those thresholds, among others….
Leaks of classified information in the United States will remain common, regardless of what happens to Snowden, because they frequently serve the interests of people in power—and they won't be prosecuted precisely because they are powerful or connected. That longstanding, bipartisan dynamic is far more important to the norms surrounding official secrets in the U.S. than how a singular, unrepeatable, once-in-a-generation leak is handled….
For apparently altruistic reasons, Snowden revealed scandalous instances of illegal behavior, and the scandal that mass surveillance on innocents is considered moral and legal by the national-security state, though it knew enough to keep that a secret. It is difficult to imagine another leak exposing policies so dangerous to a free society or state secrets so antithetical to representative government. The danger of a Snowden pardon creating a norm is virtually nonexistent.
The Friedersdorf piece in particular deserves to be read in its entirety.
How seriously did Canada Post consider people less mobile than they
Susan Dixon has started a petition:
Has anyone at Canada Post ever tried to to push a stroller or a wheelchair or a walker through the snow? I don't think they realize the impact of ending door-to-door mail delivery when it comes to the parents of young children, to the disabled, and to the elderly, especially in winter…
Did the government or Canada Post really consider how people in difficult circumstances might be affected? I am the mother of two young boys. My youngest has cerebral palsy and uses a walker or wheelchair to get around. For me, Canada Post's decision would mean having to bundle them up and struggle through the snow with a wheelchair just to get our mail. And I am just one of thousands of Canadians who must already overcome mobility challenges on a daily basis.
That's why I started this petition urging Canada Post to reconsider the plan to end door-to-door delivery, and think about how all Canadians would be affected. Please sign it and share it with your friends.
Are we a country where the only worthy vets are old vets? – corrected
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I am amazed that Liberals and New Democrats have not been more effective at highlighting the hypocrisy of the Harper government's claw back of services and benefits to veterans—especially vets who suffered cruelly in
Stephen Harper's Canada's* Afghanistan adventure.
Demonstrations on Remembrance Day weekend protested the closure of Veteran's Affairs offices across the country. Recent news stories have highlighted the government's haste to drum injured vets out of service before they qualify for extended benefits.
The contrast proved too much for a Halifax friend who watched the Halifax Mooseheads organization celebrate "DND Night" Friday. He writes:
Two dignified octogenarians in wheelchairs joined an honour guard at centre ice for the ceremonies.
To them: Thank you for your courage and service. You did a fine job of representing current and former members of the armed services on Friday.
To Moosheads Inc: Where were the wheelchair-bound vets in their twenties and thirties who are demanding the same benefits enjoyed by the gentlemen on the red carpet?
I was glad to see a good number of hockey fans sitting on their hands during the club's opportunistic ceremony. My father, a hater of hypocrisy and a decorated veteran of the Second World War, agrees with them. He's a resident of Veterans' Memorial Building, where receives care of inexpressible value to him and his family. The cost to him is less than renting a decent apartment in Halifax. The Department of Veterans' Affairs picks up the rest.
But young veterans, in wheelchairs or otherwise, are absent from Veterans' Memorial Building. The unit where my father lives will be closed once his cohort has passed away.
I explained this to my father at breakfast yesterday, Remembrance Day. He was baffled and angered by the treatment younger vets are receiving.
Obviously, the Second World War produced vastly more vets than our recent conflicts, yet Canadians were able to provide them with benefits for the rest of their lives. It's hard to understand why we cannot provide the same to the relatively small number of people who need our help today.
So, to the Moosehead organization and thousands of glowing hearts who participated in Friday night's spectacle: tell your government to put your tax money where your mouth is.
* [Correction] I'm grateful to Contrarian reader Ritchie Simpson for pointing out that it was Jean Chretien, not Stephen Harper, who first committed Canadian troops to Afghanistan. According to Wikipedia, Canada sent a small contingent of troops secretly in October 2001, followed by larger numbers in January and February 2002. Canada took on a larger role in 2006, when our forces were redeployed to Kandahar province. Harper became prime minister with his first minority government on February 6, 2006.
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Contrarian reader Tim Segulin writes:
Senators were appointed by the Monarch (via the Governor General on the advice of the PM) from defined regions within Canada on the basis of the excellence they had to offer review of government legislation in its final stages. They were there to be the final quality control against the passing of biased, defective or unfair laws from the Commons.
To do that, they had to be independent of electoral politics and political parties. Senators were intended to call it as they see it, and propose constructive suggestions to improve proposed laws without fear of petty political reprisals from the PM or some political party.
It is the breaching of this fundamental principal by successive PMs, who have advised the GG to appoint party flacks like Messrs Duffy and Brazeau and Ms Wallin, whose primary asset is that they can be expected to do the party's bidding in the Senate, that has brought the place into such contempt by the public.
As usual a political party is seen to put its own interests before that of the nation. Now their treasured brand is at risk by the alleged actions of their appointees, they want them gone from their "Senate caucus.""Be a team player and go along with the PMO and the senate leadership? Or stand up, and do your constitutional duty?"
All of them owe their Senate seat to a partisan appointment. It will be fascinating to see where these Senators feel their primary loyalty lies.
Sen. Duffy: The other side of the story
If I had edited Mike Duffy's speaking notes before his address to the Senate yesterday, I would have red-penciled the opening reference to a "heart condition" aggravated by "months of unrelenting stress," and to "my beloved Prince Edward Island," along with a few adjectives at the end ("monstrous," "outrageous"). As John Iveson noted in the National Post, "Duffy does not cut a very sympathetic figure," and these rhetorical flourishes don't help. Still, it's hard to read this and not suspect that the senator has a point, and that Prime Minister Harper has a problem. It's long, but I urge you to click "read more" and keep reading after the jump.
Honourable Senators,
I rise today against the orders of my doctors who fear my heart condition has worsened after months of unrelenting stress. But given the unprecedented nature of today's proceedings, I feel I have no other choice than to come here to defend my good name.
Like you, I took a solemn oath to put the interests of Canadians ahead of all else. However the sad truth is, I allowed myself to be intimidated into doing what I knew in my heart was wrong, out of a fear of losing my job, and a misguided sense of loyalty.
Much has been made of the $90,000 cheque from Nigel Wright. I hope I'll be able to give an explanation of the chain of events, and the circumstances surrounding that gift, without impinging on the rights of others to a fair trial should criminal proceedings follow. Let me summarize it this way:
Dec. 3rd, 2012, The Ottawa Citizen ran a story asking how I could claim expenses for my house in Kanata, when I had owned the home before I was appointed to the Senate? The inference was clear. I was doing something wrong. I immediately contacted Nigel Wright, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff and explained that I was doing nothing improper. Nigel Wright emailed me back, saying he'd had my expenses checked and he was satisfied that my accounts were in order. That all was in compliance with Senate rules. In fact he said there were several other Senators in the same situation, and that this was a smear.
Following the PMO's advice, I ignored the media. But the attacks from Postmedia continued, and the political heat escalated. So after caucus on Feb. 13th I met the Prime Minister and Nigel Wright. Just the three of us. I said that despite the smear in the papers, I had not broken the rules.
But the Prime Minister wasn't interested in explanations or the truth. It's not about what you did. It's about the perception of what you did that has been created by the media. The rules are inexplicable to our base.
I argued I was just following the rules, like all the others. It didn't work. I was ordered – by the Prime Minister – to "pay the money back!" End of discussion. Nigel Wright was present throughout. Just the 3 of us.
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Meet the odd couple who nettle the NSA from a dog- and monkey-filled jungle retreat*
Please read journalist Peter Maass's spellbinding account of how reporter/polemicist Glenn Greenwald and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras collaborated in bringing to light NSA leaker Edward J. Snowden's disclosures about massive illegal spying by the US Government.
Seriously, if you read nothing else this week, do read this richly detailed, 10,000-word account of how Snowden made contact with Poitras, how Poitras roped Greenwald into the project, and how they communicate privately when all three are targeted by the most sophisticated electronic spying in the world.
It reads alternately like a novel, a spy thriller, a quirky travelog, and most importantly, like detailed expose of the American security apparatus run amok. I am not by inclination paranoid, but this article convinced me I need to learn how to encrypt electronic communications. There's even a Q&A Maass conducted with Snowdon over multiply encrypted links to his Moscow hideout.
Greenwald lives and works in a house surrounded by tropical foliage in a remote area of Rio de Janeiro. He shares the home with his Brazilian partner and their 10 dogs and one cat, and the place has the feel of a low-key fraternity that has been dropped down in the jungle. The kitchen clock is off by hours, but no one notices; dishes tend to pile up in the sink; the living room contains a table and a couch and a large TV, an Xbox console and a box of poker chips and not much else. The refrigerator is not always filled with fresh vegetables. A family of monkeys occasionally raids the banana trees in the backyard and engages in shrieking battles with the dogs.
Greenwald does most of his work on a shaded porch, usually dressed in a T-shirt, surfer shorts and flip-flops. Over the four days I spent there, he was in perpetual motion, speaking on the phone in Portuguese and English, rushing out the door to be interviewed in the city below, answering calls and e-mails from people seeking information about Snowden, tweeting to his 225,000 followers (and conducting intense arguments with a number of them), then sitting down to write more N.S.A. articles for The Guardian, all while pleading with his dogs to stay quiet. During one especially fever-pitched moment, he hollered, "Shut up, everyone," but they didn't seem to care.
Amid the chaos, Poitras, an intense-looking woman of 49, sat in a spare bedroom or at the table in the living room, working in concentrated silence in front of her multiple computers. Once in a while she would walk over to the porch to talk with Greenwald about the article he was working on, or he would sometimes stop what he was doing to look at the latest version of a new video she was editing about Snowden. They would talk intensely — Greenwald far louder and more rapid-fire than Poitras — and occasionally break out laughing at some shared joke or absurd memory. The Snowden story, they both said, was a battle they were waging together, a fight against powers of surveillance that they both believe are a threat to fundamental American liberties.
It's a wonderful piece of reporting about a courageous pair of reporters picking up the slack left by the supine mainstream news giants.
If Maass's 10,000 words don't exhausted you, please also check out a much shorter piece, The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet on The Atlantic's website. Security expert Bruce Schneier (he coined the phrase, "security theatre") pleads with executives of giant technology company's to fight back against US government spying.
Most of the largest Internet companies provide information to the NSA, betraying their users. Some, as we've learned, fight and lose. Others cooperate, either out of patriotism or because they believe it's easier that way.
I have one message to the executives of those companies: fight.
Lastly, The Takeaway podcast has a good interview with Maass about his piece.
[*Yes, I know, Greenwald and Poitras are not a couple in the usual sense, and only Greenwald resides in Rio. Poitras, a Massachusetts native, lives in New York City when she is not in precautionary exile, as she is now. In this 2012 Salon story, Greenwald details the harassment Poitras faces in her home country.]
Finally. Commission will pass MLA office accessibility rule Wednesday
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly Management Commission will meet Wednesday to clear up an injustice that should have been fixed decades ago. Its members will pass a new rule requiring MLAs' constituency offices to be free of barriers to wheelchair users.
The commission reached all-party agreement on the change a month ago, but inexplicable last-minute foot-dragging by senior NDP officials threatened to deep-six the deal. Lobbying by the James MacGregor Stewart Society, a disability rights group, embarrassed the government into action Friday.
The new rule will come into effect after the election, at which time newly elected MLAs will have one year to find a standards-compliant office. Re-elected MLAs with existing office leases will have three years to comply. All leases will be with the Speaker's office. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal will ensure compliance with building code accessibility standards.
Had the election been called before the new rule was passed, the commission would have ceased to exist, and the large crop of freshman MLAs expected this fall could have rented inaccessible offices.
Responsibility for calling the commission meeting rests with Speaker Gordie Gosse, but it seems unlikely he was NDP honcho who wanted to scuttle the deal. A former steel worker, Gosse represents a working class constituency, and is widely regarded as sincere in his efforts on behalf of disadvantaged constituents. He also has personal experience with disability issues in his own family. Contrarian's calls to Gosse's office on the issue were returned by Jennifer Stewart, press secretary to the premier.
The Stewart society surveyed MLAs' offices last spring, and found most to be party or completely inaccessible. Which of the powerful, long-time social democrats in cabinet was keen to keep them that way remains a matter of speculation.
How phoney scandals poison democracy
Moments after Auditor General Jacques Lapointe's decision confirming Richmond MLA Michel Samson's eligibility for an outside member's housing allowance, but denying his current claim on the slenderest technicality, NDP House Leader Frank Corbett rushed out a news release.
In it, he falsely stated that Lapointe had found "Samson lives in both Halifax and Arichat and as a result his residency cannot be the basis of providing a housing allowance to Samson." [Contrarian's emphasis]
There are many things not to like in Lapointe's decision, among them, the time and ink he wasted dreaming up residency tests not found in any legislation governing MLAs' allowances. Nevertheless, he eventually acknowledged that the only test with legal weight confirms Samson's entitlement to the Outside Member's Allowance.
It's true that along the way to this self-evident conclusion, Lapointe mused that Samson "lives in both locations." Yes, and so do the 29 other MLAs who claim an outside allowance—17 of them New Democrats. Their jobs require them to live in two places. Conflict Commissioner and retired Supreme Court Justice Merlin Nunn nailed this months ago when Samson referred the matter to him days after a scandal-aspiring CBC reporter floated the bogus issue.
It is very important to understand that we have had, and will have, members elected to our Legislature from rural areas. They are required to work in two areas, their constituency and Halifax, for Legislature and constituency matters. To do so they must leave their homes and area for both short and extended periods of lime. Recognizing this, the House Rules provide for certain reimbursements to offset the extra costs involved.
In the end, Lapointe denied Samson the bona fide expenses his job requires, not because of where he lives (or where his wife lives, in the sexist reasoning of the CBC and the NDP), but because his Halifax abode is a house not an "apartment," the word used in the regulation. As everyone now acknowledges, the word "apartment" was chosen not out of any preference for dwelling type, but to ensure MLAs only claim reimbursement for rental spaces, not real estate in which they are building ownership.
Even the hyper-partisan Corbett recognized this when he said the rule, "prevents an elected official from using their housing allowance to pay for mortgages for themselves or their associates." Then, brazenly, he rejected any plan to clarify the wording, "so that taxpayers are not left paying the mortgage for MLAs or their friends and then have to watch as they profit from the resale of property."
In an interview with Contrarian last May, Samson categorically denied he has any equity in the Halifax house he rents from a Richmond County associate, insisting the terms are a standard rental arrangement. If Corbett has evidence to the contrary, he hasn't provided it. He refuses to clarify the rule in a way that would focus on the distinction that matters, between rentals and mortgage payments, while clinging to the meaningless distinction between an apartment and a house, because it conveniently gores a Liberal ox.
In one of her least distinguished moments in the public sphere, Finance Minister Maureen MacDonald, who knows better, parroted the same party line.
Lapointe, Corbett, and MacDonald ought to consider the damage they are doing to public confidence in the democratic process—Lapointe with his querulous nit-picking; Corbett and MacDonald with their poisonous partisanship. Commissioner Nunn recognized the danger straightaway:
To be perfectly clear, yes, these reimbursement claims must be honest and made only when warranted.
However it is vitally important that our elected members of our Legislature are not open to public denouncement on the whim of a media member who, without first pursuing the necessary facts, raises a suspicion which is akin to serious issues in one or more other jurisdictions, knowing it will be scandal and embarrassment to the person involved.
We need the best members we can get and we must not put in their way a fear of baseless scandal and embarrassment brought on by immature and sensational oriented reporting. Our elected members give up a great deal to serve the people of this Province and should not be dishonoured to the public in any way without a sound basis of facts to support the matter or claim being made.
I am not using a "kill the messenger" approach but rather the approach that the "messenger bring the correct message." Otherwise, over time, we will have fewer capable and desirable people offering to represent the public in a constituency to the detriment and loss of the whole Province.
Corbett's release got one other crucial point wrong: after an election, he may not be the house leader who makes the final decision on any clarification of MLA expense rules. He may be sitting on an opposition bench, or even a park bench.
Will the government trample wheelchair users in its rush to an election?
Last spring, a disability rights organization surveyed the constituency offices of Nova Scotia MLAs and found hardly any were fully accessible to citizens who use wheelchairs.
In May, the James McGregor Stewart Society cajoled the House of Assembly Management Commission into meeting and considering ways to remove barriers from MLAs' offices. The campaign hinged on passing changes before the election, so newly elected MLAs could be required to find accessible space, while returning MLAs would have a modest grace period to comply.
I was skeptical. I expected the inconvenience of modifying or relocating constituency offices might trump the obvious injustice of preventing citizens from entering MLAs' workplaces, let alone working in them.
I was wrong. Commission members from all parties recognized that Nova Scotia lags behind other jurisdictions on this human rights issue. To their credit, they worked collaboratively to develop a practical plan for breaking down barriers that separate Nova Scotians who use wheelchairs and their elected representatives.
That plan is now in jeopardy due to an inexplicable delay in calling the commission meeting required to pass the regulation, something only Speaker Gordie Gosse has the power to do. Calls and emails to Gosse's office were eventually returned by Premier Darrell Dexter's press secretary.
"We have every intention of getting a meeting called as soon as we can," Jennifer Stewart said. "All three parties are agreed, and it has to happen."
The problem is that the Commission ceases to exist the moment Stewart's boss calls an election, an event some predict as early as this Saturday.* At that point, the Commission can no longer pass the agree-upon regulation, thus destroying the crucial proviso that MLAs elected for the first time in the forthcoming vote must find barrier-free offices.
That the matter has drawn the attention of "the centre"—the premier's office, from which all decisions in this highly centralized government flow—is a good sign. An opposition member of the commission told Contrarian he expects a meeting August 14, although he hasn't received official notice yet.
Meanwhile, the James McGregor Stewart** Society continues to entreat the Speaker to get the meeting called and the regulation passed. Surely Darrell Dexter will not want to begin an election campaign in a way that wrecks an all-party agreement to remedy this lamentable injustice.
* Find Contrarian's prediction of the probable date here.
** I did not think to ask Ms. Stewart if she is related to the redoubtable Pictou native, one of Canada's most accomplished lawyers, who had lifelong mobility issues arising from a childhood bout with polio.


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INGLEWOOD, Calif. - More than 300 fans lined up and down the aisles at The Home Depot in Inglewood on Tuesday night for the chance to meet the LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan, Edson Buddle, Eddie Lewis and Todd Dunivant. Fans started to arrived to the store as early as noon, some driving as far as two hours in the rain for the 6 p.m. event.
While fans waited patiently for the players, the Galaxy street team and 2011 Miss LA Galaxy finalists chatted with them and raffled off items, including gift cards for The Home Depot, Galaxy game tickets and even an autographed Galaxy jersey.
The players smiled for photos while chatting with the fans as they came through; and even though they had their own player cards for autographs, many fans brought or made their own unique items for the players to sign.
Scanning the crowd, there were fans decked out in Galaxy jerseys and scarves, many carrying Galaxy soccer balls, and at least a handful of "Donovan" U.S. national team jerseys. While it may have appeared that most of the fans were there to meet Galaxy captain Landon Donovan, each of the players had at least one "die-hard" fan in the crowd.
For Edson Buddle, it was a young girl who could do nothing more than giggle with excitement when it was her turn to meet the Galaxy forward. She did manage to show him her handmade Edson Buddle beaded bracelet though.
Eddie Lewis received a surprise when a fan brought out Lewis' senior year high school yearbook – opened to a photo of Eddie, who had been voted "Most Likely to Appear on the Cover of GQ."
In the end, it was a unique and entertaining experience for both the fans and players.
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Declan Bogue: They've got it down to a tea
On Sunday, just as the snow was getting thicker and the temperature dropped another degree, I took off a fleece jumper. The press box was getting warm.
One of the best places to people-watch in the GAA is undoubtedly in the front row of the Athletic Grounds press box.
Hard-bitten fans gaze in forlornly at this collection of misfits hammering away at their laptops. Whatever comfort they gain from their polystyrene cups of soup, is soon soured by the sight of a hack drinking tea from a pristine white cup.
In the GAA, all members are equal, but some members are more equal than others.
There is no doubt that the Athletic Grounds is the press gang's favourite venue. Inside, a cavernous serving hatch caters for everyone in the central section of the seated stand and the press.
Thick cuts of currant bread are plastered with a coat of butter. The sandwiches are plentiful and varied.
If you want to be a total pig, there are caramel squares and other delicacies to follow.
And all this delivered with a most un-GAA like smile. No lie.
To the average Ulster GAA writer, every game should be played at the Athletic Grounds. Ulster club finals already are. The Ulster county final should be. And once that small step is taken, there will be a campaign to take every county final, from under-12 hurling in Antrim to ladies' football in Monaghan, to the Cathedral city venue.
Quite simply, it is the equivalent of the prawn sandwich brigade. Roy Keane would probably hate it if he ever took up writing match reports as a way of life.
Not every place is as mindful of the dietary needs of the GAA literati. That is a damn shame and we wish a plague open their houses.
It's an established fact that you cannot beat country hospitality. That may go some way to explaining why you do not receive a crumb in the two city grounds; Casement and Celtic Park.
Afraid to say there is also a broadband issue in Casement, leading many to relocate to the nearby McDonalds post-match in order to hook up to the free Wi-Fi to file copy and gorge on chicken nuggets and McFlurrys.
The redevelopment of Casement will bring a land of milk and honey, if the input of journalists to the project is heeded.
But that theory does not excuse Healy Park. Tyrone are the market leaders in so many elements of Ulster GAA, but at the first McKenna Cup game of the season, reporters were told they could have refreshments, but would have to walk half a mile to the clubhouse and get it for themselves. No doubt their young, dynamic and thrusting PRO is well on his way to rectifying that for the National League.
In Pairc Esler, trays of sandwiches will be wrapped in clingfilm and tea and coffee dispensers will be present before the first man arrives.
It's a self-service operation that runs contrary to the ethos of the association; normally when there is gratitude or thanks to be given, or a photograph to be taken, you have half the county trying to get in the frame.
In Newry it's a silent, admirable devotion to duty. Like Carson in Downton Abbey, only even less obtrusive.
Ballybofey has always been a good tea house, but was home to the lavatory without a lightbulb. When the door closed, it was pitch black inside. Some of the more hygiene-conscious scribblers gave it a wide berth until a £1 bulb was screwed in.
There is something of the Freemason's secret handshake going on in Clones and Breffni Park. You go downstairs into a cosy room underneath the main stand in each to avail of tuna sandwiches and piping hot tea.
You will not be refused entry, but I know nobody who has actually been invited down to sample the hospitality. Even bringing it up now has me fearful of the whole scam being blown and coming down around my ears.
And as tempting as it is to exhume an old joke about Cavan men, we will leave it here. Too classy, you see.
It is in Fermanagh however, that the most curious arrangement is in place. A peculiar turf war is ongoing between county PRO Johnny McManus, and Enniskillen Gaels PRO Gareth Cauldwell, with McManus adamant the refreshments is not his responsibility.
Cauldwell, who is also a local journalist, caters for the huddled masses with a plate of sandwiches made by his mother-in-law, and mother of Fermanagh captain Ryan McCluskey. Cauldwell also dips into his own pocket to bring industrial-sized packets of custard creams to the Brewster Park party.
But nothing beats the currant bread on offer from Joe Gordon in the Athletic Grounds.
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Season 4 of "Glee" premieres on Thursday, September 9th at 8p. Keep in mind that the show moves from Tuesday evenings to Thursday evenings. You should know that I am so excited for "Glee" to come back on! I've been lost without it.
Ryan Murphy shared some "Glee" gossip with other Gleeks and I thought I would share with you, courtesy of yahoo.com:
1. Someone is calling it quits! Murphy said the upcoming Glee episode he's most excited about is called "The Break-Up." After last year's graduation, several couples could be in serious danger, including Kurt and Blaine, Brittany and Santana, and Mike and Tina. But then again, Murphy loves a good curveball, so perhaps Will and Emma won't make it down the aisle after all?
2. Sam's getting a new gal! One couple that is definitely on the outs is Mercedes and Sam, which makes sense since Mercedes will be pursuing a recording career 2,000 miles away in Los Angeles. Murphy confirmed that Sam will have a new girlfriend, adding, "Guess who it is!" After Trouty Mouth's relationships with Quinn, Santana and Mercedes, whoever it is has big shoes to fill.
3. The first group song is… The show has already covered several hits from Adele's best-selling 21 album ("Rolling in the Deep," and that "Rumor Has It"/"Someone Like You" mash-up to name a few), but this season Glee will pay homage to one of the singer's older songs — her breakthrough single, "Chasing Pavements."
4. Glee is entering the world of high fashion. Murphy revealed that Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has been helping with Sarah Jessica Parker's costumes and also hinted that Rachel could use a makeover from the longtime Sex and the City star. When a fan lamented that viewers had seen Kurt cry too much and that he should be happy, Murphy responded, "I agree with you! Kurt will triumph at vogue.com" and added a winking smiley face.
5. Pass the gravy! Murphy said the writers are planning a two-part Thanksgiving episode. "Sectionals happens during Turkey Time this year!" If New Directions loses, that will be one heck of a Black Friday.
6. The return of Holly Holiday? When asked about a possible return appearance by everyone's favorite Mary Todd Lincoln impressionist, Murphy said Gwyneth Paltrow is welcome back any time and then asked what readers thought about pairing Gwyneth Paltrow with Hudson.
In other Glee news, the show has added two more new faces to its cast for Season 4. Newcomer Becca Tobin and Melissa Benoist (Homeland) will play new McKinley High students Kitty and Marley, respectively, according to TVLine.


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We have seen HTC's ad for the Windows Phone-based Radar show up on the TV lately as well as on YouTube. But the ads, while showing off the user interface and features of Microsoft's operating system, only briefly show the Windows Phone logo at the very end of the commercial. Now a new TV ad from Samsung has found its way to YouTube that shows the newly launched Focus Flash smartphone.
Like the HTC ad, the commercial for the Focus Flash shows the UI and other features that are shared with other Windows Phone-based devices but in a humorous way, rather than the artsy serious style of the HTC Radar ad. Once more, the Focus Flash commercial actually has the announcer say "Windows Phone" loud and clear at the end of the ad.
So which approach works better? Humor is always a good way to sell a product on TV and while the Samsung Focus Flash won't win any comedy awards, it's a light and fun ad that you can imagine happening between two guys in real life. The HTC Radar ad is much more serious and even a little pretentious as the artist gets "inspiration" from using the phone to create some kind of photo collage that she constructs on the bottom of a highway bridge.
In any case, it's still good to see that Windows Phone devices are getting promoted to the public.


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By DAVID GREEN
Morenci's track numbers aren't big by most school's standards, but there have been thinner years.
The Bulldogs should have at least competitors in each event, coach Brad Brown said, for both the boys and girls squads.
He sees a good mix of skills among the girls crew and he thinks the boys should be fairly solid in most events other than the hurdles.
Coach Brown has seven freshmen and seven sophomores among the 21 members of the young girls team.
There are only two seniors, Tricia Black who returns to the high jump and sprint relays, and distance runner Leslie Montijo who missed last season.
The five juniors bring a variety of experience to the team. Whitney Allen returns to the shot put and sprints and Morgan McVay is back to compete in a variety of races up to 800 meters. Nichole Elarton, a state qualifier in the discus, is leading the team in both throwing events.
Kathleen Barron returns after missing last year due to an injury. She will start off running the 200-meter dash and sprint relays. Sprinter Jessica Baker is out for the first time.
Only two of the seven sophomores were on the team last season: state 300-hurdle qualifier Kate Gallup and hurdler Liz Gautz. The 300s were Gallup's specialty last year, but Brown said her 100-meter race is also shaping up.
Other tenth graders include distance runners Chelsea Howard and Chelsey Sedlacek; middle distance runner Jessica Feltz, sprinter Chella Wilt and thrower Angela Parrill.
The freshmen offer a variety of skills. Phoenix Duncan will compete in the high jump and variety of running events. Hayli Cox and Tequoia Jarrell will run sprints and relays.
Candi Evers will run distances and Meribeth Keefer and Courtney Lockwood will compete in the throwing events.
Chelsea Tompkins is hoping to participate in both softball and track.
Four seniors bring good experience to the boys squad. Alex Burton is back for the high jump, hurdles and 1600-meter relay. Brandon Correa returns to the shot and sprint relays.
Matt McClain will give long jumping a try, along with distance running. Justin Swett will run sprints and relays.
The junior class brings the most to the team with nine members. Coach Brown wants to see Nate Grieder continue where he left off in the 400-meter run. Lucas Johnson is back for throwing events and he's already exceeded his best from last year in the discus.
Sam Majchrowski and Tom McVay return to throwing events. Zach Phillips and Trey Tompkins are back for the distance events and the high jump.
Zach Piercy is back for sprints and relays and Jeff Nofziger returns after missing last season. He'll compete in the 300-meter hurdles, sprints and maybe some longer races. Michael Perry will the middle distance events a try.
Sophomores Joe Blaker and Nick Erbskorn will compete in throwing events and the 400. Chas Fry and Reese Graham will run sprints and relays, and the versatile Dustin Roller will be available for a variety of events.
Only three freshmen are out this year, throwers Pete Bach and Garrett Mohr, along with distance runner Micah Gillen.
High school teacher Kim Mohr is serving as assistant coach and focussing on the large number of throwers.
The Bulldogs were scheduled to open the season Tuesday night at Pittsford. The Grass Lake Invitationals follow on Saturday.
The home meet scheduled Apr. 17 against Sand Creek will be moved to the Aggies' track due to the poor condition of Morenci's track.


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Morty's Gengar
Morty's Gengar (Japanese: マツバのゲンガー Matsuba's Gangar) is Morty's main Pokémon in the games, anime, and manga.
- 1 In the anime
- 2 In the games
- 3 In the manga
- 4 In the TCG
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In the anime
Gengar first appeared in A Ghost of a Chance where Ash and his friends were in the Burned Tower as they thought it was the Ecruteak City Gym. When Pikachu and Togepi disappeared in a small hole of the Burned Tower, Morty had Gengar round up the Gastly and Haunter in order to find the two.
When Team Rocket ran off with Pikachu and Togepi, Gengar appeared and tripped them with Lick. Gengar then gave chase to Team Rocket. After it knocked Pikachu and Togepi off of Team Rocket's grasp, the trio sent out their Arbok and Weezing to battle Gengar. Gengar defeated them with Shadow Ball.
In From Ghost to Ghost, Gengar demonstrated to a group of Trainers in the Ecruteak Gym its Confuse Ray attack to show them how to properly fight.
During the Gym battle with Ash, Morty sent Gengar out as his last Pokémon. It fought against Ash's Noctowl. When Noctowl began with Confusion, Gengar countered it with Shadow Ball, which caused an explosion. Gengar used the opportunity to turn invisible. Noctowl was unable to find Gengar as it attacked while invisible. However, Ash told Noctowl to use Confusion on the whole building which revealed Gengar's hiding place. With Gengar visible again, Noctowl used Foresight to identify Gengar and finished it off with Tackle, defeating Morty. This won the match and the Fog Badge for Ash.
Gengar reappeared in a flashback in All That Glitters! where Ash was recalling the time he received the first four badges of Johto.
In For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, Gengar went through the floor of the Tin Tower while Morty called out to it to find the Crystal Bells. Gengar than appeared behind Eusine and played a prank on him which lasted briefly. When Ecruteak City was under attack by angry Bug-type Pokémon and Gligar, Morty had Gengar use Confuse Ray on the Parasect.
Gengar reappeared in another flashback in Bagged Then Tagged! alongside Whitney's Miltank.
Personality and characteristics
Gengar is mostly out of its Poké Ball and hiding in the shadows, always coming out whenever Morty needs it. Gengar was mischievous and loved to play pranks on people, especially those who enter the Burned Tower. It had an ability to turn invisible and reappear elsewhere while the opponent wasn't looking. However, Ash overcame this by having his Noctowl use Confusion on the whole building.
Despite its mischievous nature, Gengar has been shown to be helpful especially with cases with Pokémon or items stolen by Team Rocket.
Moves used
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In the games
Gengar has always been a part of Morty's team in every game he has appeared in.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
Gengar appeared in A Promise Given to Miltank where Morty called it out to stop a Spearow from stealing the satchel that contained Berries collected by Gold.
Moves used
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In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga
Gengar appeared in The Revived Team Rocket!!. Morty sent it out alongside his Haunter to battle Jō's Totodile in the Burned Tower.
After Haunter was defeated, Gengar went up next. Despite putting up a great fight, Gengar was defeated.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Gengar appeared in The Legendary Ho-Oh!!.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the TCG
Morty's Gengar is featured in the TCG as one of Morty's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Morty's Gengar.
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