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Armenia | Brussels, 24 July 2013
EU and Armenia Agree Trade Deal
The European Union and the Republic of Armenia today successfully concluded negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), as part of the Association Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Armenia.
At the seventh and final round of negotiations – held in Yerevan – negotiators reached agreement on the key elements of a deal which will create a new framework for trade relations between the EU and Armenia. The DCFTA will strengthen Armenia's economic integration with the EU by providing better market access for European and Armenian goods and services to each other's markets. It will offer Armenia a framework for modernising its trade relations and for economic development on the basis of far reaching harmonisation of laws and regulations in various trade-related sectors. These reforms will create the conditions for Armenia to bring key sectors of its economy in line with EU standards. The improved trade opportunities brought about by the DCFTA are expected to bring economic benefits to both the EU and Armenia.
"Today's conclusion of negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the EU and Armenia paves the way for Armenia to enjoy much improved access to the EU market in more than trade in goods, which will help the country strengthen its exports, increase investment and sustain growth", said EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht. "In the end, it will contribute to the overall stability and prosperity of the region, and contribute to citizen's well-being. I congratulate and thank the negotiators on both sides for their successful work. I look forward to a political confirmation of this week's achievement at the Vilnius Summit in November this year. We will need to actively prepare for implementation."
An independent study suggests that in the long run the Armenian economy could gain an extra €146 million a year, representing a 2.3% increase in GDP. Removing non-tariff measures is key to realising these benefits. For its part, the EU is expected to gain by some €74 million.
The DCFTA will have significant impacts on Armenia's trade. The forecast 15.2% increase in Armenian exports and 8.2% increase in its imports in the long run will lead improve Armenia's trade balance in relative terms.
The EU began negotiating an Association Agreement with Armenia in July 2010. The aim was to replace the old Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with a more advanced relationship. The negotiations on the trade part of this agreement – the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) – were launched in May 2012. After seven rounds of negotiations, final agreement was reached on 24 July 2013. The Commission will now report to the EU Member States on the negotiated DCFTA text. After that, the EU and Armenia will carry out the next steps to formally mark the finalisation of the DCFTA as part of the Association Agreement.
The EU is Armenia's biggest trading partner, covering some 32% of its trade. Bilateral trade in goods amounted to €951million in 2012.
The country already benefits from preferential access to the EU market through the EU Generalized System of Preferences with additional incentives for sustainable development and good governance ("GSP+"). This means that existing import duties are already very low, so the benefits of the DCFTA, although they also include tariff reductions, will lie predominantly behind the border. Regulatory reform will focus on areas such as sanitary and phytosanitary issues, aiming to bring food safety standards in Armenia up to a par with those in the EU. Armenia will also adapt various laws relating to industrial goods, with an emphasis on domestic safety and consumer protection.
For further information
- For further information on the independent study 'Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment' on the EU-Armenia DCFTA
- European Commission Trade – webpage on Armenia
- European Commission European Neighbourhood Policy - webpage on Armenia
- European External Action Service - webpage on Armenia
- Memo on EU-Armenia Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area


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So for my lighter beers-obviously dependent upon the grist, it seems that if I add between 5-10 grams of CaSO4 I can get up to 100-125 ppm of Ca and about 5 grams of MgSO4 will raise my sulfates to about 200. Would these be good thresholds to get the crisper, hoppy elements I am looking for?For the darker beers would I then only worry about the CaSO4 additions and forget about the others?
Hating to be a pest but I am not a chemist and I'm probably making this harder than it is.............In playing with Kai's spread sheet and sticking to the basics tab I have entered my water report info as I have it. In playing around with the additions as you all described I find that 8g of gypsum brings the calcium up to about 84ppm and sulfates to about 138. Anything more than the 8g puts me over the recommended amounts.This addition also shows that my alkalinity will drop about 21.1ppm and the mash PH is estimated at 5.4 and this is all listed in the resulting water profile section.The beer in question is one of my favorite Pales that I am trying to improve with more hop presence and crispness so does this look about right as a starting point without going over board?Appreciate the input and patience, feeling like a noob again
I'm more concerned with the alkalinity presented by this water. At 100 ppm as CaCO3, it has the chance to adversely affect any of the lighter beers.
Quote from: mabrungard on March 08, 2013, 01:51:20 PMI'm more concerned with the alkalinity presented by this water. At 100 ppm as CaCO3, it has the chance to adversely affect any of the lighter beers. Can you elaborate a little more on this statement? Particularly what role does alkalinity play on flavor perception. What role on pH. Then framing it in context of your worries about lighter beers. What effect exactly would you be worried about.


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Lumberton PAC fined by ethics commission
A committee that helped bring liquor to Lumberton was found to be in violation of Texas Election Code laws at a May 30 meeting of the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) and received a $500 sanction.
It all started when special-purpose political action committee Keep Dollars in Lumberton (KDLC) was formed to circulate a petition to hold a special local option election on Nov. 6, 2012, in an effort to legalize the sale of alcohol in Lumberton.
Months later, KDLC and campaign treasurer Joan Abshire were found to be in violation of sections 253.004, 253.031, and 254.123 of the Texas Election Code. According to the TEC Order and Agreed Resolution, TEC received a complaint alleging KDLC accepted political contributions totaling more than $500 and made or authorized political expenditures totaling more than $500 at a time when a campaign treasurer appointment for the committee was not in effect, which is required in section 253.031 of Texas Election Code.
KDLC also did not file a semi-annual political contributions report in a timely manner, according to the TEC order.
KDLC filed a July 2012 semi-annual political contributions report on Aug. 8, 2012. The report was supposed to have been filed no later than July 15, 2012, the TEC order states.
KDLC's Aug. 8 report also disclosed that on May 21, 2012, KDLC accepted a $25,000 contribution from Walmart and that KDLC made a $25,000 expenditure for "Petition" to Texas Petition Strategies (TPS). According to its website, TPS is a "leading expert on local option alcohol campaigns in Texas" and "has successfully conducted efforts in over 80 Texas communities" including Vidor and Hardin County and produces "millions of dollars in sales and property tax revenue and economic development for their clients."
According to the TEC Order, Abshire acknowledged the contribution from Walmart and expenditure to TPS but asserted that the contribution was not accepted until the campaign treasurer appointment was filed June 11, 2012. However, according to the order, credible evidence indicated that the contribution was deposited by TPS "on or around May 21, 2012, and that a decision to accept the money was made at that same time."
"The evidence indicated before May 21, 2012, (that) KLDC, as a group, intended to make political expenditures and accept political contributions," the TEC order states. These contributions totaling $25,000 were from Walmart, according to the order.
TPS owner and consultant to KDLC John Hatch said the reason the report was filed late was Abshire's poor health.
"An error was made. … Unfortunately, due to some health issues with Ms. Abshire, the report was filed late," Hatch said. "That petition effort was supposed to have started about two or three weeks earlier, but due to other efforts going in around the state, we were delayed in getting it started. Some dates were out of order, but all of it got reported as required by law."
Walmart, which Hatch said was only one of several contributors but is the only business listed on the TEC order, is located within 300 feet of Lumberton High School and was originally not able to sell alcohol because of Lumberton City ordinance No. 09-1180. The ordinance states, "the sale of alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of a public or private school is hereby prohibited" which originally excluded Walmart at 100 N LHS Drive from selling alcohol because of its close vicinity to Lumberton High School, at 103 S. LHS Drive.
However, on Feb. 11, 2013, Lumberton City Council voted 5-2 to allow a variance for Walmart, which would allow them to sell alcohol. The motion was made by Councilman and Chamber of Commerce President Andy Kelley and seconded by Councilman Don Burnett.
Kelley said that although he knew about the $25,000 contribution from Walmart, he was not a member of KDLC and had no knowledge of the late filing of KDLC's political contributions report.
"It wasn't my committee to be worried about," Kelley said. "I don't know what the time frame was, how it was paid or any of that."
Kelley did say that he told Hatch that after past petitions to legalize the sale of alcohol in Lumberton failed, he planned to get behind the petition in 2012.
"I made the comment that, as president of the Chamber, I should have gotten behind that and if it ever comes up again, I will get behind it," Kelley said. "Because as a Chamber, it would be promoting business and economic growth. That's the only reason I got behind it. That's what a chamber president is supposed to do."
Kelley said Hatch then asked him if he could use his name as a center of influence for the petition. Kelley agreed.
Kelley said that he allowed Hatch to print a flyer with a photo of Kelley and comments supporting the petition, but that "Neither Don (Burnett) or I had anything to do with the (KDLC) committee. It is not my committee," Kelley said.
Kelley explained why he and other council members voted in favor of allowing a variance to Walmart to allow them to sell alcohol within 300 feet of Lumberton High School at the Feb. 11 council meeting.
"Nobody on the council took it lightly," Kelley said. "Walmart's property line is closer to the school than anybody, but front door to front door, they are a lot further away than CVS pharmacy, Jack's Pak-It and the Chinese restaurant. Because these (three businesses) are leasing, they don't have to ask for a variance; they can just go and start selling the alcohol. We just thought, 'Why would we not allow Walmart to sell it when these businesses don't even have to ask for a variance?'"
Lumberton ordinance No. 09-1180, which addresses the variance that allows exceptions in alcohol sales within 300 feet, states that "Upon receipt of a variance request, the city council may consider and grant an exception to reduce the distance requirements … if the council determines that enforcement of the distance requirements in a particular instance is not in the best interest of the public, constitutes waste or inefficient use of land or other resources, creates an undue hardship on an applicant for a permit, does not serve its intended purpose, is not effective or necessary, or for any other reason the council, after consideration of the health, safety and welfare of the public and the equities of the situation, determines is in the best interest of the city."
According to TPS, funds received by contributors are only used for gathering signatures for petitions to get an item on a voting ballot or for campaign support such as direct mail, robocalls, and ads.
Bryan Poss of Texas Petition Strategies said that campaign contributions of $25,000 or more aren't uncommon.
"If you go look at other similar towns of similar sizes around the state, you'll find that large retailers, whether they be Kroger or Brookshire or Walmart, they'll write a $25,000 check pretty easily," Poss said.
Hatch said that KDLC's violations were minor.
"They (TEC) gave a nominal $500 fee, which is the basic fee they do anytime any minor violation has been alleged. It was a minor infraction, they (TEC) fined, and we paid the fine," he said.
A response via an e-mail inquiry regarding the $25,000 contribution was not received from Walmart as of press time.


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OK, with Jim Thome in the fold, the Twins' projected Opening Day payroll is at $91.4 million, at least according to my calculations. That's for the 25-man roster and up from $65.3 million last year.
What's their next move? As they showed with the Thome signing (one-year, $1.5 million with up to $750,000 in incentives) they are bargain hunting. They still have needs at second base and third base. Re-signing Joe Crede remains a possibility, but last we checked, he was still limbering up for workouts.
(*) FoxSports.com is speculating that the Twins are the third team pursuing 2B Orlando Hudson, along with the Nationals and Rays. I've been told Hudson had little interest in the Twins in the past but seemed humbled after last offseason, when he was a Type A free agent and had to settle for an incentive laden one-year deal with the Dodgers.
Hudson is a Type A free agent again, but the Dodgers did not offer him arbitration, so signing him would not cost the Twins a draft pick. One of the biggest allures to Hudson is the way he'd fit into the No. 2 spot in their lineup, between Denard Span and Joe Mauer. The Twins are discussing it, but my guess is Hudson signs elsewhere.
(*) FoxSports.com (same link, scroll down) also notes that LHP Jarrod Washburn remains interested in the Twins and Mariners. I checked on the Twins' interest in Washburn last week and was told they haven't made a new offer since Washburn rejected their one-year, $5 million bid in December. Was also told those talks took place before Carl Pavano accepted arbitration, so they may no longer want Washburn, even at that price.
This makes sense because their pitching staff is already crowded. Four starters appear set in Pavano, Scott Baker, Kevin Slowey and Nick Blackburn. Francisco Liriano, Glen Perkins and Brian Duensing are the leading candidates for the fifth spot, and one of them might need to move to the bullpen. Meanwhile, the bullpen already includes seven big league guys: Joe Nathan, Matt Guerrier, Jon Rauch, Jesse Crain, Pat Neshek, Jose Mijares, Clay Condrey.
Even without a Washburn signing, there is a log-jam there that needs to be addressed. Unless someone gets hurt in spring training (always a possibility), the Twins probably will have to trade a pitcher. Among the pitchers with minor-league options are Perkins, Neshek, Duensing and Mijares.
I've been told that several teams are interested in Perkins but want to see him throw in spring training, since he's coming off an injury-riddled season.
Note: The Twins need to trim someone from the 40-man roster to make room for Thome, but not until he takes a physical this weekend during TwinsFest. Thome's physical is an expected formality, but it buys the Twins time to deliberate the corresponding move.


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The "secret seven", as George R. R. Martin dubbed the seven actors cast in seven roles he has been teasing, have now been revealed at the Hollywood Reporter. Thanks to George's clues over the last days, almost all the actors had been guessed at by fans at the A Song of Ice and Fire forums and the Winter is Coming blog. GRRM is posting information about each actor a Not a Blog.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will play Jaime Lannister, Alfie Allen (brother of singer Lily Allen) will play Theon Greyjoy, Richard Madden is Robb Stark, Tamzin Merchant is Daenerys Targaryen, Iain Glen is Ser Jorah Mormont, and finally two child-actresses, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner, shall play Arya and Sansa Stark respectively. Contrary to what the Hollywood Reporter claims, Sophie Turner has not been on Doctor Who; they're confusing her with the adult actress of the same name.
In comments, GRRM also remarks on the fact that Sandor has several good possibilities auditioned and under consideration. He feels that the hardest roles to cast will be Bran and Hodor.


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Microsoft has started teasing and showing off the next-generation of video game consoles at its stores across the US. The Xbox One is shown in the above video to be sat comfortably, being fed grapes, behind some Smart Glass (you saw what I just did there, right? I'll show myself out). Not quite ready to be unleashed to consumers until November this year, you'll be able to catch a glimpse of the console in all its glory at your local.
As well as the "big black box," Microsoft has also bundled the Kinect sensor and new controller to boot. Unfortunately, should you not reside near a Microsoft Store (or happen to be outside the country), you'll not be able to touch the glass and imagine battling the covenant on another Halo ring. Luckily, there's not that long of a wait to endure until we'll be able to pick the next-gen console up - unless you live in the countries where the console is delayed for 2014.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Golf's governing bodies are expected to announce shortly whether they will go ahead with a proposed ban on players anchoring putters to their body, a rule change which makes no sense at all to Bernhard Langer.
The German former world number one, long renowned for his meticulous preparation and attention to detail, describes the proposal by the U.S. Golf Association (USGA) and Royal & Ancient (R&A) as "a cop-out" with no empirical evidence to back it up.
"I personally see no point in changing the rule, and I am not saying that because I use a long putter," Langer, 55, told Reuters in a recent interview.
"My career is going to be done in 10 years' time, or whatever, on the golfing side and I just can't see why there is all this fuss about it. I don't see a reason to change.
"This thing (the use of long putters) has been around way too long. If it was an advantage or illegal, then they (golf's rulemakers) should have made it illegal a long time ago. That's a cop-out."
Last November, the game's governing bodies controversially proposed a ban on the anchored putting stroke, saying they wanted to outlaw the practice by 2016 in order to preserve the "skill and challenge" of putting.
Players and the golfing community were then given 90 days in which to discuss that proposal. By the end of that period, the European Tour had expressed its support of the idea while both the U.S. PGA Tour and PGA of America voiced opposition.
Langer, a two-time Masters champion, felt the best argument against banning the anchored putting stroke stemmed from the fact there was no perceived advantage based on all the available evidence.
"Who is using the big-headed driver? One hundred percent of the players," the German smiled. "Why? Because it's an advantage. Who is using a hybrid? Everybody, because it's easier to hit that than a one-iron, a two-iron or a three-iron.
"Who is using a long putter, or a belly putter? Twelve percent of the players, maybe 15 percent. Why? Because it's not an advantage. If it was an advantage, everybody would do it. It's not easier. It's different.
"You still have to work with it. You can still yip (an involuntary movement of the muscles) it, you can still hit horrible putts. You can do everything with it, just like with a short putter. So why change? Because it doesn't look right?"
November's announcement by the rulemakers came after three of the previous five major champions had used 'belly' putters - Keegan Bradley (2011 PGA Championship), Webb Simpson (2012 U.S. Open) and Ernie Els (2012 British Open).
Australian Adam Scott then followed suit when he won last week's Masters while using a long putter but Langer rejects this 'trend' as any reason to ban the anchored putting stroke.
"A year ago, (USGA executive director) Mike Davis said, 'We see no problem with a long putter or the belly putter. There's no reason to change, to do anything now'," Langer, a global ambassador for Mercedes-Benz, added.
"Now all of a sudden, because four guys have won majors, specifically the British Open and the U.S. Open, it's a problem. Just because somebody won a major or two. It doesn't make sense. I'm sorry.
"If you give me a few good reasons and arguments why, then maybe you can convince me. But I can't see it and I've spent a lot of time thinking about it and talking to people about it."
The R&A and USGA have said that putters should swing freely and not be anchored to any part of the body, and that swinging a club freely has been the essence of the 600-year-old sport.
But Langer, a 42-times winner on the European Tour, does not view the anchored stroke as advantageous to the user.
"They (long putters) are still going to have to make a stroke, they are still going to be nervy, they are still going to have to read the green, hit the putt with the proper pace," he said.
"It doesn't do it by itself. It's not like, 'Ah, give me a long putter,' and it goes in the hole. No. There's a lot more to putting than whether you hold it this way, this way or that way," Langer added, gesticulating with his arms.
"You've got to read the green, you've got to see the grain, you've got to feel the putt, make a stroke. It doesn't do it by itself. It's not a magic button that I can push with a long putter and I make putts."
Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Julian Linden


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-Ghost: tries to guess the secret word. Knows who the other ghosts are.
-Villager: knows the secret word and tries to prevent the ghosts from guessing the secret word.
-Fool: thinks he's a villager, but receives a different word. If the ghosts guess the fool's word, the ghosts do not win. If there is more than 1 fool, they all receive the same fool's word. Sided with the villagers.
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| Hocus Pokémon
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Japanese themes
Hocus Pokémon (Japanese: ポケモンまほうでだいへんしん!? A Huge Transformation with Pokémon Magic!?) is the 241st episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 21, 2002 and in the United States on April 5, 2003.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
Brock rarely meets a girl whom he doesn't find bewitching, but on encountering a particular young woman, even Ash and Misty can't deny that there is something magical about her. This is all explained when the young trainer explains that she is a practitioner of Pokémon magic. Excited to see the completion of a spell that promises to allow humans to understand the feelings and thoughts of Pokémon, Ash and friends embark on a quest to gather the hodgepodge of Pokémon-related ingredients required for the spell. Can anyone spare any Gloom nectar? What about iron shavings sorted by a Magnemite?
Ash and his friends are wandering around in a forest while finding their way to Blackthorn City. Just then, a Murkrow approaches them and starts squawking. Then, a girl comes running out from the clearing, exclaiming that she finally found a Pikachu. The girl introduces herself to Ash and his friends as Lily, a Pokémon magician. She searches far and wide for bizarre things from different Pokémon such as a Thunderbolt from Pikachu. Misty asks Lily to perform magic for her because she once dreamed about being a Pokémon magician when she was little. Lily asks Misty if she'd like a smoother complexion. She says that she would. So, Lily puts everything together and says a magic chant and a lot of smoke rises from the pot. When this happens a bunch of Spinarak appear and use String Shot, covering Misty with it. The main reason Misty doesn't like this is that she is afraid of bugs.
Later, Lily announces that she needs Stun Spore from a Parasect. Ash volunteers to get it for her. He finds one and challenges it to a battle. At first, it tries spraying Ash with Sleep Powder, but luckily, Murkrow blows it away. Then Parasect finally uses Stun Spore and Lily obtains it with a vacuum. Just then, Team Rocket appears and uses a long mechanical arm to kidnap Pikachu. Lily notices Meowth and wants to get the dirt from its claws, so she sends Murkrow to get it. Instead, it makes a hole in their balloon, sending them blasting off again. Pikachu falls from their clutches and into Ash's arms. Team Rocket is later seen slumped precariously over a rock ledge on top of a tall cliff. Wobbuffet pops out of its Poké Ball and adds more weight, and the ledge starts to crack. Lily, Ash, and his friends catch up to Team Rocket and Lily goes and gets the dirt from Meowth's claws. As soon as she gets off the ledge, it breaks, and Team Rocket goes crashing into the bushes below.
Later, Brock asks Lily what else she needs and she tells the crew that she needs the tears of an Aipom. Ash then asks if once she has the tears she'll be able to perform her magic and read the minds of Pokémon. She says yes. Ash calls out and tells an Aipom to come out, which actually happens! However, it runs off so the group splits up to catch it. Jessie and James happen to pop out of the bushes behind them after they leave. They heard about the spell, so they set out to capture the Aipom and Lily's bag and book so they can make a lot of money. When Aipom lets its guard down, Ash, Misty, Brock and Lily charge at it. A net grabs Aipom and they smack heads instead. Team Rocket strikes again in their balloon and Meowth uses the long arm to get Lily's bag. Then they recite their motto. She orders Murkrow to get her bag back but Meowth uses the arm and it punches Murkrow knocking it out. Jessie and James then make their getaway.
Team Rocket lands their balloon and Meowth is rooting through Lily's bag and grumbling that it's nothing but junk. Jessie and James are looking at the book which Jessie doesn't understand because it's written in an ancient language. But James understands part of it. Jessie gets fed up, and so, to get Aipom to cry, gets ready to punch it, but James stops her. She asks him what his problem is. He tells her to look at the ancient book and she tells him that she could read tea leaves more easily than reading the book. James goes on to tell her that tears achieved through violence won't work.
As a result, Team Rocket tries to figure out what they can do to make Aipom cry. James starts off by telling a bunch of corny jokes but instead it makes Aipom yawn. Then Meowth tells a story about a boy and his mother reuniting. It makes Meowth and James cry, but Aipom is still bored out of its mind. Jessie tells them they'll never jerk any tears from Aipom using clichéd storylines and overblown dramatics. During this time Ash and his friends are looking for Team Rocket but turn up nothing but then Murkrow spots something. Now it was Jessie's turn to tell a story. She tells a story about a prince and princess and if she couldn't be his princess that her end was near. Anyway after her performance Aipom is fast asleep so Jessie gets angry and picks up Aipom to try and punch it again but once again James stops her.
Just then Ash and his friends catch up to Team Rocket and demand that the stolen stuff to be given back. As usual, this is where they start a Pokémon battle. Lily uses Icy Wind against Jessie's Arbok's Poison Sting which sends Arbok flying into the balloon basket. Then it's Ash's Pikachu against James's Weezing. Weezing uses Sludge attack and Pikachu uses Thunderbolt until Weezing runs out of sludge. During this, Brock frees Aipom. Then Lily has Murkrow use Swift against Weezing. Weezing rams Team Rocket into the basket. Pikachu then uses Thunder on Team Rocket and the balloon which makes it blow up and sends them blasting off again. Of course, Aipom finds this funny, laughing so hard that it produces tears of mirth. Ash quickly grabs a jar and tries to catch a tear but he trips and takes a nose dive on the ground so Pikachu quickly grabs the jar and catches the tear. Both Lily and Ash thank Pikachu.
Lily mixes in all the ingredients for the spell and then she asks who will volunteer. Ash begs to be picked, so Lily picks him. He finishes the spell with Pikachu's Thunderbolt. A lot of yellow smoke surrounds Ash and he comments that he felt a little like he's getting into Pikachu's mind. Then Lily, Misty and Brock gasp. Ash asks what happened. He looks up to his friends and asked them how they got so big. Then the camera cuts to Ash and zooms out to reveal that he was turned into a Pikachu! He wants to know why they were looking at him so funny so Misty gets out her mirror and shows him. Ash sees what has happened, and freaks! Lily explains this wasn't supposed to happen but when she looks in her book, the next page is covered in slop that makes reading the page impossible. Misty asks Lily if Ash will be a Pikachu permanently but she says of course not, just until the spell wears off. Ash calms down and says, "In that case this is awesome! I'm a Pikachu!" He goes off to play with Pikachu, Murkrow, and Togepi. Misty and Brock exclaimed that the spell probably worked; after all, Ash was inside the mind of Pikachu. Brock adds that Ash is certainly thinking like one. The episode closes with Ash, Murkrow, Pikachu, and Togepi playing together.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
Who's That Pokémon?: Dewgong (US and international), Murkrow (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Pikachu (Ashachu; newly transformed)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Weezing (James's)
- Murkrow (Lily's)
- Parasect
- Aipom
- Spinarak (×3)
- Wartortle (image)
- Tangela (image)
- Mr. Mime (image)
- Bulbasaur (picture)
- Dugtrio (picture)
- Stantler (picture)
- Shuckle (picture)
- Miltank (picture)
- Jynx (picture; Japanese version only)
- This is the first time a human is transformed into a Pokémon in the anime. The concept would later be explored further in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game series and its adaptations.
- The English title for this episode is a reference to the magic words "Hocus pocus".
- After the second time Jessie tried to punch tears out of Aipom, Meowth warned "No tears for fears!", referencing the band Tears for Fears. The band would later be referenced in the episode of the same name.
- Meowth's puppet theater act appears to be a reference to Isao Takahata's 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother.
- A nonexistent move is used in this episode, Pikachu's "Thunderspark".
- At one point, Meowth says, "A little jab will do ya." This is a reference to the Brylcreem slogan "A little dab will do ya."
- Music from Pikachu's Vacation and The Power of One can be heard in this episode.
- An instrumental version of Face Forward Team Rocket! is used when James and Meowth try to make the Aipom cry.
- Parasect uses Sleep Powder, a move that it cannot legally learn. However, Parasect can learn a similar move, Spore.
- In the scene where Ashachu tells Pikachu, Togepi, and Murkrow to play, when the scene goes back to Misty and Brock, Togepi is seen in Misty's hands.
- Also, Murkrow is seen to come out of nowhere when Ash calls all of the Pokémon.
- In the scene where Team Rocket blasts off, Weezing disappears despite being in the balloon in the scene before.
- When Ash turns into Ashachu, his bag disappears. It is shown that Ash's bag also got transformed into his Ashachu form.
- Brock claims that he, Ash, and Misty had never met a Pokémon magician before. However, they met Melvin in The March of the Exeggutor Squad.
- In the Polish dub, Wartortle is called Blastoise.
Dub edits
- In the Japanese version, there was a picture of Jynx in Lily's book. The dub replaced it with a flower being kissed by a Jynx.
- After Misty is attacked by the Spinarak, there was a short scene cut in the English dub. In this scene, everybody feels sorry for her because she has arachnophobia. The frequently used "clock" transition and part of the first shot of the next scene, a pan down to the main characters, are both cut from the dub.
In other languages
|Фокусникът Покемон
|Mandarin Chinese
|Hocus Pokémon
|European French
|Hocus Pokémon
|Hokus Pokémon
|Χόκους Ποκέμον
|הוקוס פוקימון Hocus Pokémon
|पोकेमोन और जादू Pokemon aur Jadoo *
|La maga
|Hokus-pokus pokémon
|Uma Bruxa das Arábias
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18 Oct 2004
Researchers in the Electron Device Material (EDM) group of the Department of Engineering have developed a technology to fabricate multi-fingered microcages with a diameter of ~40µm.
08 Oct 2004
The Women Into Science and Engineering (WISE) Excellence Award has announced the finalists for the annual awards for outstanding women scientists, engineers, and technologists.
03 Oct 2004
In an effort to make science accessible to all, a student-run society, Cambridge University Science Productions (CUSP), has created BlueSci, a popular science magazine for Cambridge.
26 Jul 2004
An evocative image of a Departmental Mechanics Lab bicycle parked in the cycle racks was highly commended in the Department's recent photo competition.
21 Jun 2004
Educational Software developed by an engineering student for his fourth year project, has recently been accepted on to the National Grid for Learning.
19 Jun 2004
Many congratulations to Professor Norman Fleck, one of 44 new Fellows from the fields of science, engineering and technology to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 27 May 2004.
16 Jun 2004
Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC) brings entrepreneurially minded students and faculty at Cambridge together with practitioners in the field.
11 Jun 2004
Dr Hugh Hunt invited Fellows and students at Trinity to come together on Great Court and bring with them various devices for watching the transit of Venus on Tuesday 8 June.
05 Jun 2004
Dr Hugh Hunt recently had the unusual task of assessing whether the bell tower on top of an Australian cathedral would vibrate when the bells were rung for the first time.
03 Jun 2004
An image of a vertical axis wind turbine being tested in the Markham Wind Tunnel, in the Aerodynamics lab, was highly commended in the Department's recent photo competition.


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Right around this week each year, it becomes more and more clear...
Time goes by so very fast.
If you're not careful, you're liable to be thrown into the new year without a warning. Leaving you wishing you could remember all that took place in the past few months.
It's less than 6 weeks. The time between now and 2012.
And I want to appreciate those weeks for all that they are.
This past weekend got me thinking.
Recognizing even more...
How important it is to value time.
My brother, Nicholas', birthday was on Friday.
Somehow, in the blink of an eye, my little brother...
Turned 25
We went out to dinner to celebrate.
Dad Me Nicholas and Mom
and the celebrating continued...
Nicholas and I have seen each other through a lot in our years.
Both of us ready for a country concert...My totally awesome stonewashed jeans and bright white socks...Our enormous cowboy hats...And Nicholas' adorable "very enthusiastic" little face!!
I'm so lucky to be able to call my brother one of my closest friends.
I was so happy to catch up and see this little girl and her Mama, after they'd been away on vacation.
Saturday was filled with 2 more birthdays.
Steve's friend, Jamie, celebrated his 35th.
Yesterday, I met Aubrey.
My stepsister's beautiful, new daughter. She is so tiny. Has a gorgeous head of shiny brown hair. And is beyond lovable.
We've got a big bird in our freezer. In less than 48 hours we'll be waking up to thaw that sucker and start preparing for our Thanksgiving.
We're hosting it.
We're excited.
We're thankful.
As I look back on the past few days...these photos honoring lives...
Lives of all ages...
I'm reminded of what a true blessing time can be.
If you allow it to, time will be one of your greatest gifts.
And one of your most cherished fortunes.
"You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
Hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"
Happy Tuesday Everyone!!
Almost Thanksgiving Lovin',


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Painitings of Ngura often portray personal stories and memories of country that is personal to the artist. Iconography of significant elements within the desert landscape such as rock holes, underground springs, mountain and rock formations, and sacred sites are meticulously recorded from memory, and often depicted from an aerial perspective.


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Welcome to our November newsletter.
In this month's newsletter we have details of the recently-published Indecon report on the economic impact of the arts in Ireland. This important assessment in an updated report and follows on from the 2009 findings. This independent report shows "that the arts continue to be a major employer and contributor to Irish economic output." The Arts Council was delighted to welcome Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, to the Arts Council on 16 November, where he launched the report. The findings have been important to us in recent weeks, as we continue to make the case for funding the arts with Government.
We have news of an award made under the Artist in the Community Scheme and Visual Artists' Ireland, on behalf of the Arts Council, have announced grant allocations under the Visual Artists' Workspace Scheme, an initiative which assists with the running costs of artists' studios and spaces.
The Arts Council provides Bursary awards in order to assist artists in the development of their arts practice. The first deadline for Bursaries for 2012 has been announced and it is the 19 January.
We have information about an exciting development for Galway Film Fleadh in our news from the arts community section and news also from the European Cultural Contact Point (CCP) Ireland, which is located in the Arts Council. There is information on opportunities for choreographers, either alone or with a collaborator from any artistic discipline and they are invited to submit proposals for a 4-week residency initiative supported under the EU Culture Programme.
Yours sincerely
Orlaith McBride
A report on the economic impact of the arts in Ireland shows that the arts provide significant direct and indirect employment, with Arts Council's annual funding from the Exchequer supporting over 2,600 jobs. The employment supported generates an annual turnover of €135 million with tax revenues (in the form of PAYE/income tax, PRSI and VAT), to the Irish Exchequer of €41 million. A report was compiled by Indecon International Economic Consultants.
Visual Artists Ireland, on behalf of the Arts Council, have announced the grant allocations under the Visual Artists' Workspace Scheme for 2012. In keeping with the Council's policy document Visual Artists' Workspaces in Ireland - A New Approach, this scheme has the aim of assisting artists throughout the country. Grants of up to a maximum of €30,000 have been offered towards the running costs of visual artists' workspaces.
The Arts Council provides Bursary Awards in order to assist individual artists in the development of their art practice. The award emphasises the value and benefit to an artist's development that is derived from a focused period of engagement with their practice. The next closing date for Bursaries is 19 January 2012.
The Galway Film Fleadh has announced that it has been accepted as a qualifying festival in the Academy Awards® Short Film category. Out of 7,000 film festivals worldwide only 68 have Oscar-qualifying accreditation. We also include information on National | Dialogue Arts + Health, a one-day event on 6 December which aims to explore shared outlooks for arts and health practice in Ireland. There is a job opportunity at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght; work (tender) opportunities at the Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children and Dublin Institute of Technology has provided some information about a new BA in Visual and Critical Studies.
News from the Cultural Contact Point Ireland (CCP) this month includes: Choreographers, either alone or with a collaborator from any artistic discipline, are invited to submit proposals for a 4-week residency to work on an ongoing project, start a new project, or work with local artists supported under the EU Culture Programme. There is also detail about conferences in planning by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy on the topics of Crisis, Conflict and Culture: The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in the European Project and Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations and they are also inviting proposals. There is also information about European Training Sessions with the Musique & Santé organization. Grants are open to anyone involved in adult education. Finally there is a link to the annual European Border Breakers Awards (EBBAs) which recognise emerging artists' success in popular music.


text: At 12:03 PM 3/7/2005, Joe Landman wrote: >Hi Jim: > > Something I can refer to for primary literature for a paper. If it is > anecdotal, that may be fine as well, though I will have to treat it > differently. > > This is largely for microprocessors, disks, networks, etc. General > digital equipment, with a focus on computers in clusters. > > Thanks! > >J One of our reliability guys recommended this: E.A. Amerasekera & F.N. Najim, "Failure Mechanisms in Semiconductor Devices", 2nd Ed., Wiley, NY, 1997 You might also take a look at MIL-HDBK-217F, which provides reliability math models for just about everything electronic. There might be some argument about the applicability of this in some instances, but it's certainly a commonly used document. Chapter 5 talks about microcircuits. Section 5.8 has the temperature factors (Ea in eV) for various logical families... CMOS looks like 0.35, BiCMOS and LSTTL are 0.5, Linears are 0.65 (Converting to life effects, it looks like a 20C rise in temp corresponds to twice the failure rate for CMOS, and a 20C rise is a 4.9 factor increase for Linears (10 deg= 2.3))... the actual assembly failure rate will depend on how many of each kind of part, what temperature they're at, etc. Something like a doubling per 10C is probably not too far from the overall effect. It's not going to be 10 times and it's not going to be 10% increase either. There's also a BellCore/Telcordia model which apparently takes into account burnin and testing. It might be more relevant, depending on the environment. James Lux, P.E. Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group Flight Communications Systems Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109 tel: (818)354-2075 fax: (818)393-6875