"Beyond the planet on which we stand... beyond Venus... beyond Mercury... at the very center of our Solar System, lies a source of immense power. Throughout history, that power is often regarded as a benevolent force. It lets there be light. It gives us energy. It gives us hope. It is a necessary source of all life. And its radiant appearance in the heavens marks the end of the rain that we all hate. But that very energy source... we also dread it for a reason.... for not only does the heat that it provides evaporate our precious water, weakening its power and furthering our thirst and dehydration, one of the easiest causes of death... but it is also the very energy that allows my Pokémon to recreate Hell on Earth! Drawing from the power of that omnipotent star... this team of mine will incinerate your Pokémon to ashes!"
To start off, I would like to introduce myself. I am CHAMPION LANCE, who stands alongside my great friend aLiEn Mw as one of the two leaders of the proud Dragon Rush clan, the strongest clan to have ever graced the world of competitive Pokémon. Having technically started battling competitively since 2000, there is a chance that some people here may have encountered me under different names on the internet before within the past twelve years, given that this forum is dedicated to the most popular online Pokémon battling simulator of today, and as such is nothing short of an ultimate congregation of people from a myriad of communities previously scattered across the internet without any form of unity aside from their interest in Pokémon. Pokémon NetBattle, Pokémon NetBattle Supremacy, Shoddy Battle, Dragon Rush, Smogon, THE Alternative, Serebii, GameFAQs, Neoseeker, PokéCommunity, and Bulbagarden are just a few of the many places from which the members of the Pokémon Online forum may have their origin, and from those communities, you may have encountered me in the past under some of my most well-known names across the internet. Some may remember me as Master of DaUniverse, the mysterious and legendary Pokémon trainer who achieved a win-loss record of more than 200 victories (in fact, around 384 on the Battledome server) and around only 10 defeats on four different servers in Generation II battles on Pokémon NetBattle back in 2004. Judging from how long ago that was, I doubt many here would have any recollection of that though. Others may remember me as PokéMaster Forever, the embodiment of courage and preseverence in the world of competitive Pokémon, who challenged the community of Smogon countless times regarding many of their most commonly-accepted beliefs and rules through various methods, including debate on the Smogon forums and the deliberate disregard of many rules that he viewed to be unjust in the battles he had on Pokémon NetBattle, despite his knowledge of the persecutions that he would face for such actions. Some others may know me as DragonNinja1337 on GameFAQs or Dragon Champion on Pokémon NetBattle in 2006, one of the most revolutionary figures in the competitive history of Pokémon Generation II, who created countless unique movesets for Pokémon in that generation, such as LunarLight, Kazeryuu and Luckpwner. More likely than the aforementioned, some may recognize the name "Pokémon Master Ryuumaru", the skilled dragon tamer of Generation II, and was at one point even featured on Wikipedia, with an article dedicated to him. Because of the comical nature of my actions under that name, certain people who used Pokémon NetBattle back in 2006 and 2007 may remember me as "Rayquaza Master" or "Arcanine Master", a trainer well-known for breaking Species Clause without so much as batting an eyelid. Those who have their origins from the corrupt community of Neoseeker may recognize me as "ACCLAIM", "Dragonaurus", "Dragon Swordsman" or "DragonMaster ACCLAIM", one of the most knowledgeable and insightful contributors to that site in the past regarding Pokémon. Those who stayed loyal to Pokémon NetBattle (or its successor at the time, Pokémon NetBattle Supremacy) in 2009 despite the advent and popularity of its main competition back then, Shoddy Battle, may remember me under the very name I am using right now: CHAMPION LANCE, the name under which I stood as the sole Administrator of the POKéMON LEAGUE server, a server designed to test the skills of my opponents against the most powerful team I have ever wielded in the history of my Pokémon battling career, in a Generation IV battle. Either that, or [DR] The Champion, the name under which I have won countless Generation IV tournaments on various popular NetBattle Supremacy servers. And last but certainly not least, those who have participated in the DW Ubers ladder on the Pokémon Online server within the past few months would more than likely have battled a user under at least one of the following names: Th3 R0ck3r, Teh PohkhehGawd, Demon Lord Ghirahim, Chrysalis Aizen, Butterfly Aizen. All five of the aforementioned names (ranked #1, #2, #4, #7 and #9 respectively as seen in the screenshot of the DW Ubers ladder shown above) are all me. Each of those five names also utilized a completely different team, too.
The reason why I do not contribute to "Rate My Team" threads is simple. The purpose of replying to such threads (aside from the fact that such a term is actually a misnomer, because if one were to take this term literally, then a reply to a "Rate My Team" thread should really consist of nothing more than a number out of 10, with the number's value being determined by the rater's perceived quality of the team) is to suggest changes to the team posted by the topic creator, with the goal of helping the topic creator improve his or her team. However, not once in my life have I ever seen anyone post any rules regarding the limit of what may be suggested in one's attempt to "rate" a team. For example, suppose that a person wants his OU team to be rated. That team consists of three solid OU Pokémon, as well as three Pokémon which clearly would not be useful at all in the OU environment, say a Caterpie, Magikarp and Feebas. In my attempt to "rate" such a team, should I be allowed to suggest that the topic creator remove those three Pokémon, and replace them with three Pokémon which would clearly help the team's performance in battle a lot more? If I am not allowed to do that, then rating the team in the first place would be pointless, as it is quite safe to say that as long as the team continues to have three of its spots occupied by Caterpie, Magikarp and Feebas, then it quite certainly cannot ever be a "good" team. However, if I am allowed to suggest removing those Pokémon, then consider this: As much as many people may not want to admit it, almost every trainer holds an opinion about what the "objective best OU team" is. In fact, I would say that in almost all cases, "the best OU team objectively" in a given person's opinion is that person's very own OU team, or if they have more than one OU team, then that would be what they think is the best out of their own OU teams, or the OU team with which they would enter any serious tournament. Let's say that a serious competitive battler joins an OU tournament. Why would such a trainer choose to enter the tournament with the team that they picked? Because in their opinion, that is the best OU team in existence, thus they believe that team would give them the highest chance of winning the tournament. Now, the goal of "rating" a team is to suggest that the team changes in such a way that it becomes as competitively viable as possible. The better a team performs after the changes suggested by a "rate" are implemented, the better said "rate" is. However, if that's the case, then what exactly would be preventing me from suggesting that the topic creator replaces his or her entire team with my personal opinion on what the best OU team is, in every single OU "Rate My Team" thread in which I participate? After all, suggesting that the creator of any OU "Rate My Team" topic replace his or her entire team with a Dragonite, Gastrodon, Landorus, Genesect, Tyranitar and Hydreigon would be doing nothing but suggesting changes that maximize the efficiency of the topic creator's team in my eyes, thus fulfilling the very goal of "rating" a team to the best of my ability. Yet posting the exact same suggestions in every single OU "Rate My Team" thread would be a huge waste of time when I could simply contribute by creating a single thread containing my opinion of what the best OU team, for everyone to see.
Of course, I realize that suggesting the exact same changes in every thread would intuitively not be a valid option, but the same could be said for allowing a team containing Caterpie, Magikarp and Feebas to keep including those Pokémon. Therefore, a fine line needs to be drawn between what can and cannot be done in a "rate", and since no one has ever defined such a line before, then every "rater" must draw this line for themselves. I would like to now admit that drawing lines within gray areas is one of the things I am personally terrible at, and as such I believe that I am better off avoiding posting in "Rate My Team" threads, and instead focus on contributing to the forum in other ways, such as discussing Pokémon, moves and strategies, instead of helping people with their teams directly.
For that reason, as well as the fact that I generally don't like revealing my teams to the public in fear that others may be able to refer to their knowledge of such to gain an advantage against me if they happen to cross paths with me in battle, it has been more than half a decade since I last created a "Rate My Team" thread. But today, I will make an exception to that. Due to a combination of my declining luck in recent battles, which resulted in a number of my names falling by huge amounts of points on the DW Ubers ladder and thus dulling much of my interest and inspiration in competitive battling, my need to dedicate a portion of my time to my University studies now that my long holidays have ended, as well as my sudden and recent inspiration to work on a Pokémon fanfiction that I thought I had given up on almost two years ago, I have decided to take a temporary break Pokémon Online (the servers, that is. I will still post on these forums as well as on Dragon Rush though), and will not return until after the release of Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 along with BlackKyurem, WhiteKyurem and any new move tutor moves introduced in those games being made available for use on Pokémon Online (which I believe is sure to have a great impact on the nature of the DW Ubers metagame). I will now allow all five of my names on the DW Ubers ladder to decay in points through inactivity, until each and every one of them is well out of the sight of the top 40 names on that ladder. And long after that, I will return to recover all five of those names from the depths of decay, as an initiation of a new beginning, which will hopefully be void of the massive amounts of misfortune that I have experienced on the battlefield in the past few days, as well as in the presence of a resurrected inspiration to participate in the wonderful game of Pokémon (which I believe is sure to come with the the impending arrival of two shining, new and awesome Übers to the metagame - BlackKyurem and WhiteKyurem).
Because of my upcoming absence from Pokémon Online (removing the consequence of anyone gaining an advantage against me in battle through their knowledge of my team), as well as the fact that the DW Ubers metagame will most likely look vastly different upon my return due to the introduction of BlackKyurem, WhiteKyurem and new move tutor moves (which may very well possibly, in time, unfortunately or otherwise depending on how one looks at it, render this current team of mine unusable in that coming new metagame anyway), I will, for the first time in a long time, reveal one of my teams to the public. And in spite of the view on "Rate My Team" threads that I have expressed above, I have decided to make this thread anyway, as the purpose behind its creation is not so much to seek advice, as welcome as constructive criticism and opinions are here, but rather, to create a shrine in tribute to what I personally believe to be the most successful DW Ubers team ever, since I intend for the light of its glory to live on in some form even in my absence from Pokémon Online (and thus the team itself's absence from the battlefield).
I have personally battled using a wide range of different-styled teams in the DW Ubers tier: Rain stall, rain offense, hyper offense, rain bulky offense, and even a Calm Mind Arceus-centric team. However, in spite of all the different teams I have tried, I do not believe that any of them come anywhere close to this team which I am about to present before you. Utilizing what I personally believe to be the best weather in the Übers tier contrary to popular opinions, alongside two excellent defensive cores, and paralysis support along with two of the deadliest sweepers to have ever graced the Übers tier thanks to their excellent offensive type combinations giving them near- or completely unresisted Same Type Attack Bonus attacks, it is, in my opinion, the closest I can personally think of to being a "perfect" Über team, as evident by the amount of success it has achieved on not only the DW Ubers ladder on the Pokémon Online server, but also the equivalent of such on both the Reborn server as well as the PokéBattleCenter server, having reached #1 on the ladder of both of those servers at some points in the past as well. This, along with the fact that I have put much more time and effort into refining and perfecting this team than any other Über team I have ever created, is why Flames of the Heavenly Light is the Über team that I am personally the most proud of.
Ever since it was first revealed on the 28th of May, 2010, and especially after the later revelation of its epic type combination, Reshiram had been my favorite of all Generation V Pokémon, as well as my favorite Über ever and my second favorite Pokémon overall. As such, there was no doubt upon the advent of the Generation V Übers metagame that I would include the Vast White Pokémon in my team.
After the inclusion of the mighty fire dragon, it was almost instinctive that the next Pokémon I believed would be appropriate for the team would be Groudon, thanks to its ability to summon the Sun, the very power source which transforms Reshiram's mighty Blue Flare attack from a move that is essentially a weaker and less accurate Overheat with a 20% burn chance as well as no Special Attack drop, to one of the most terrifyingly powerful techniques in existence, capable of destroying any bulky Water-type Pokémon (including Kyogre, if the Sun is shining brightly in its presence for some reasons) in two clean hits, incinerating Arceus, the God of the Pokémon world Himself in a single neutral blow, and even take out frailer Pokémon that resist the move, such as Chandelure and Blaziken in a single, devastating blast!
At this point, almost as instinctive as the inclusion of the Continent Pokémon following Reshiram, was the use of the Rainbow Phoenix, Ho-Oh - the only Fire-type Pokémon in existence that is on the same level as Reshiram, and works as an excellent teammate for it by abusing the Sun alongside the Vast White Pokémon, destroying any foes that are defensively weaker on the physical side, while leaving those that are defensively weaker on the special side up to its partner.
As things stand, I have included in my team what is very obviously one of the most potent offensive combinations in the Über tier. However, the functioning ability of this combination can only last as long as the opponent does not remove my Reshiram and Ho-Oh's beloved sunlight by replacing it with a different weather. And thus, for that reason, I took care to deliberately include in this team a Pokémon that can destroy the most popular weather summoner in the tier, which also happens to be most-used of all Pokémon in the entire tier (if one were to include each Forme of Arceus as a seperate Pokémon) - Kyogre, dubbed "the King of Übers" by many trainers across space and time. The first Pokémon I turned to for this role was Zekrom, as I was interested in using it due to its cool-looking appearance, the fact that it was a new Pokémon, the fact that I found something aesthetically awesome about including both Reshiram and Zekrom in the same team, as well as because from a glance, it seemed like the most obvious choice for a Pokémon intended to destroy Kyogre due to its Water resistance as well as its ability to slay the Sea Basin Pokémon with its powerful super effective signature move, which also hits Kyogre on its weaker physical side.
Witnessing the massive weakness to Stealth Rock that this team spots due to the presence of my two main sweepers, including one which also has Flying as a secondary type, I then decided to place Thundurus in my team (as ironic as it may be due to Thundurus's Flying type) as a lead to use Taunt to stop my opponent's leads from setting up the aforementioned entry hazard, since it was the default Pokémon I used at the time for the purpose of countering entry hazards, even in OU, as I did not (and still do not) like using the move Rapid Spin due to the ease with which it can be blocked by a Ghost-type Pokémon, as well as the fact that for purposes other than stopping entry hazards, I found Thundurus to be overall a lot more useful than both of the Magic Bounce Pokémon - Espeon and Xatu, mainly due to the Bolt Strike Pokémon's access to priority Thunder Wave, which can be very helpful in Übers.
After this, I mistakenly believed that my team had all of its weaknesses covered, so I decided to just throw one of my favorite Pokémon into the team - the original Über - Mewtwo, just to increase the team's offensive power as I couldn't think of anything better to put into the team at the time. It could also abuse the sunlight provided by Groudon somewhat with Flamethrower.
Having placed six Pokémon into my team, I then decided to head to the battlefield on the PokéBattleCenter server. I did win some battles, but eventually found out that it was very weak to Extreme Killer Arceus. As such, I took out the most replaceable Pokémon in the team, Mewtwo, and put a Choice Scarf Terrakion in its place, which also served as a general revenge-killer.
Upon experiencing more battles, I realized that despite the inclusion of the mighty Zekrom in this team, it still suffered devastating defeats at the hands of many Kyogre, especially those carrying a Choice Scarf, mainly due to the Deep Black Pokémon's weakness to Ice Beam and inability to take Water Spouts very well despite its resistance to the latter, due to that move's sheer destructive power. As such, I replaced Zekrom with a much more reliable Kyogre counter, Palkia.
And it was with the placement of Palkia over Zekrom which was when the team began to rise to greatness. Under the name PLASMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, I climbed to #1 of the Gen5 Ubers ladder on the PokéBattleCenter server. Perhaps the team at this point owes its success to the excellent defensive core that Groudon, Palkia and Ho-Oh collectively embody, since Groudon easily absorbs any Electric and Rock-type attacks aimed at Ho-Oh or any Outrages aimed at Palkia; Palkia has the gem that is its 4x resistance to Water, the common weakness of Groudon and Ho-Oh, and Ho-Oh easily tanks Ice (considering most moves of such type are special) and Grass-type attacks aimed at Groudon as well as Spacial Rends, Dragon Pulses and Draco Meteors aimed at Palkia, thanks to its grand Special Defense. Yet in spite of that, the team didn't seem like it could stand up to the might of the trainers on the Pokémon Online server, so I figured that one final change to the team was necessary. I believed that Thundurus was insufficient for keeping Stealth Rock off the field, since many people did not lead with their user of this move, so I replaced it with an Espeon, despite knowing that it would not be overall as useful as Thundurus. And with the departure of the Bolt Strike Pokémon, I realized that my team was now very much in need of paralysis support, since I remembered how much Thundurus's Thunder Wave used to benefit my team. And so my immediate thought was to replace Terrakion with a Pokémon that could both counter Extreme Killer Arceus and spread paralysis. Very soon, I found one, that being the legendary Diving Pokémon, Lugia. Back when Thundurus was on my team, I had already contemplated on replacing Terrakion with Lugia, but was put off from that idea due to the Sea Guardian's lack of offensive presence, which could easily allow a Pokémon like Ferrothorn or Forretress to come into it and set up Stealth Rock, heavily crippling my team. But now that Thundurus was replaced by the far more effective entry hazard counter, Espeon, I then welcomed Lugia, which would prove to be one of the most helpful Pokémon in my entire team. With the help of these two Psychic-type additions to my team (which also create a very decent defensive core together thanks to Espeon's immunity to Thunder Wave, Toxic and Will-o-Wisp, which greatly cripple Lugia, Espeon's ability to protect the team against Stealth Rock, which heavily impairs Lugia's usefulness by destroying its Multiscale, as well as Lugia's ability to wall just about every offensive Pokémon in existence, much in contrast with Espeon) I then climbed the DW Ubers ladder on both the Pokémon Online server and the Reborn server rapidly, eventually reaching #1 on both ladders (in the latter, I had reached #1 without losing a single battle on my journey there - a true testament to the power of this team).
My team's lead, named after the Roman God of the Sun, is quite obviously the most important member of the team. It provides the Sun, can set up Stealth Rock (although I only ever do it if I know for sure that the opponent has neither an Espeon nor a Xatu, as it would be extremely detrimental to me if this entry hazard gets reflected by them), use Thunder Wave (which very easily paralyzes Pokémon like Latias and Latios, which very often switch into Groudon, and it is extremely beneficial for me to paralyze them, as they can then later be outrun and destroyed by my Ho-Oh's Brave Bird), and pseudo-haze with Dragon Tail, since my Groudon, as evident from its build, serves as one of my two counters to the dreaded Extreme Killer Arceus, the ultimate Pokémon. Groudon is also my answer to Zekrom, one of the few Übers that cannot be walled by Lugia, as well as the Pokémon that covers my team's massive weakness to Rock-type moves, thanks to its maximized physical bulk as well as its natural resistance to such attacks.
This Espeon, named after the Shinto Goddess of the Sun, is my team's counter to entry hazards, as not only do I, as a trainer, have personally strongly disliked battling with entry hazards on my side of the field even back in Generation II (where not only was Spikes the only entry hazard in existence, but only one layer could be set up back then), but this team also absolutely dreads entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, since it disables Lugia's Multiscale upon switching in on top of giving it 25% damage, deals a massive 50% damage to Ho-Oh while at the same time completing putting a halt to its ability to abuse Regenerator, and thus severely denting its walling abilities, and also deals 25% damage to Reshiram, which has no way of recovering from that damage. Focus Sash is the item of choice on this Espeon, due to its frailty as well as the fact that it saves the Sun Pokémon from being destroyed in a single hit by the attacks of many common Stealth Rock users, such as Dialga's Draco Meteor and Groudon's Earthquake. Grass Knot is there as it allows Espeon to deal a massive amount of damage to Groudon, one of the most common users of Stealth Rock, while with its Focus Sash, it can also serve as a failsafe which can heavily damage Kyogre, one of the most threatening Pokémon to this team, if Palkia, the team's main counter to the Sea Basin Pokémon is somehow taken out. Psyshock is Espeon's main attack, and it is used over Psychic for its ability to deal a decent amount of damage to Chansey, which is not an uncommon user of Stealth Rock and is also a Pokémon which Espeon is meant to wall, as well as being able to destroy Tentacruel in one hit, as that is one of the most common users of Toxic Spikes, another entry hazard which this team really dislikes. Morning Sun's main purpose is to allow this Espeon to be able to completely wall any Chansey with Seismic Toss, especially given the boost that Groudon's Drought provides for the healing power of this move. And last but not least, Yawn is a very cool move with a number of functions. Firstly, it allows Espeon to force many of the Pokémon it cannot defeat with its attacks to either switch or fall asleep - most notably Dialga, a very common user of Stealth Rock. Secondly, after switching in and reflecting the opponent's entry hazard with Magic Bounce, unless the opponent has a Lum Berry Pokémon or a Magic Bounce Pokémon themselves Espeon can then use Yawn repeatedly, forcing the opponent to either keep on switching between their Pokémon and racking up damage on their team due to their own entry hazard that they set up upon themselves, or finally give up and let one of their Pokémon fall to sleep. And lastly, Espeon with Yawn also serves as a perfect counter to Smeargle that utilize Spore, Shell Smash and Baton Pass, which can be very difficult to stop by other means.
The Spatial Pokémon, named after the Norse Goddess of the Sun, is the team's primary counter to what many refer to as the Über King - Kyogre. On this Palkia, Leftovers is my preferred item, since a higher degree of survivability is, in my opinion, necessary for a Pokémon whose main purpose is to counter a powerful attacker like Kyogre. However, at the same time, I decided not to invest any bulk into this Palkia side from the 4 EVs in HP, as while I consider survivability to be important for a Kyogre counter, equally so is the ability to outrun any Kyogre that do not hold a Choice Scarf, as a difference in Speed makes a world of a difference. And with enough Speed EVs to outun any non-Choice Scarf Kyogre, I figured I may as well speedtie with any Palkia that do not hold Choice Scarf as well anyway, leading to my settlement with a strange Palkia that has an offensive EV spread, yet a defensive item. The inclusion of Thunder as well as Palkia's signature move are self-explanatory at this point, while Hydro Pump is to serve as an insanely strong attack under the rain, whose power almost matches that of Reshiram's legendary Sun-boosted Blue Flare, and can be used to deliver a massive blow to any Extreme Killer Arceus that dare to attempt to set up on my Palkia after it had done its job of slaying a Kyogre. For the last move, I chose Fire Blast, as it is the only move in Palkia's arsenal that allows it to take down the most specially defensive of Ferrothorn in two hits in the rain, since both Aura Sphere and Flamethrower fail to manage such a feat. To this team, Palkia being able to take down Ferrothorn in two hits in the rain - once as the opponent switches out their Kyogre and send out their Ferrothorn anticipating Thunder, and again on the following turn - is extremely valuable, since Ferrothorn is a very common Stealth Rock user that cannot be beaten by Espeon, and can also heavily damage Espeon with its powerful Gyro Ball and Power Whip attacks. Aside from being able to effectively hit Ferrothorn, one of the most common switch-ins to Palkia in the rain, Fire Blast is also a very nice move to abuse in the Sun, as in that weather, its power surpasses even that of Spacial Rend. I have also encountered a good number of Groudon and Dialga that could survive two Spacial Rends from Palkia, but not a Spacial Rend plus a Sun-boosted Fire Blast, making Fire Blast a very useful technique for disposing of such Pokémon as well.
My Lugia, named after the Hindu God of the Sun, is the team's primary provider of the paralysis support, as well as the primary pseudo-hazer. It is the ultimate wall in all of Pokémon, and its main duties include badly poisoning and Whirlwinding out any Extreme Killer Arceus, offensive sweeping Groudon or Garchomp, or paralyzing any Latias, Latios, Mewtwo, Palkia, Rayquaza, Blaziken, Calm Mind Arceus or Kyogre (only if it comes into Lugia itself), and leaving them to be outrun and finished off later by another Pokémon, usually Ho-Oh. The EVs are designed to give Lugia maximum HP, enough Speed to outrun the myriad of Pokémon with base 90 Speed that run 252 EVs in Speed along with a Speed-raising nature, and the rest of its bulk is invested into its naturally lower defensive stat, its physical Defense, in order to make it a double-sided wall. This Lugia is insanely effective at completely neutralizing just about any fast and offensive Pokémon with a simple Thunder Wave, as it can manage incredible feats such as switching into a Soul Dew Latios's Thunder or a Mewtwo's Ice Beam that is half-powered thanks to Multiscale, taking a fully-powered Thunder or Ice Beam following that and then paralyzing Latios or Mewtwo, before using Recover repeatedly until it ends with a turn in which Lugia has its Multiscale intact thanks to a paralyzed Pokémon's 25% chance of being fully paralyzed, and then leaving the opponent's Pokémon to be finished off later on either by my Life Orb Ho-Oh's Brave Bird in the case of Latios, or its devastating Sun-boosted Sacred Fire in the case of Mewtwo. This Lugia, with its Toxic stalling capabilities, can also serve as a surprisingly effective offensive force against some teams.
This Ho-Oh, named after the Egyptian God of the Sun, is one of the two main sweepers in my team. Its moveset seems very simple and straightforward from a superficial perspective, but in fact, it actually allows this Ho-Oh to be one of the deadliest and most versatile Pokémon in existence, being a wall breaker, a special wall, and a sweeper all in one, making it one of the most perfect Pokémon in existence, aside from its desperate need of Drought and Magic Bounce support. This Ho-Oh is quite arguably the most useful member of this team, simply because of the vast number of things it can do in many different situations, including, but in no way limited to: 1. Walling any Reshiram that lack a Rock-type move, something almost no other Pokémon can do; 2. easily disposing of Substitute Darkrai provided it had put another Pokémon to sleep previously, thanks to its ability to raise its Speed while simultaneously breaking Darkrai's Substitute with Flame Charge; 3. reducing Ferrothorn and Forretress (provided it has less than 100% health), two very common Pokémon to nothing more than setup bait with Flame Charge; 4. easily absorbing Draco Meteors and Recovering or Regenerating off a significant amount of the damage (it can take a Choice Specs Draco Meteor from even one of those dragons with a 150 base Special Attack!); 5. tanking Giratina's (and some Dialga's) Dragon Tails indefinitely, by repeatedly sending Ho-Oh in against it, taking less than 33% damage per hit while recovering exactly 33% damage every time it is called back, in effect doing nothing but wasting the PP of the opponent's Giratina or Dialga while Ho-Oh itself does not take any net damage whatsoever, and may in fact even be healed in the process if the Rainbow Pokémon had taken some damage beforehand (Ho-Oh's ability to do this is made especially useful due to its immunity to Will-o-Wisp, which is usually Giratina's only other form of offense); 6. using Sacred Fire which has a chance of burning any Extreme Killer Arceus foolish enough to attempt to set up before Ho-Oh (while at the same time heavily damaging Arceus provided the heavens are filled with intense sunlight), crippling the Original One for the rest of the match; 7. easily beating any Calm Mind Arceus (provided it is not of the Rock, Electric, Water or Dragon type); 8. serve as a pivot to switch from Groudon to Lugia against Mewtwo, so that Lugia ends up taking a Psystrike on the switch rather than an Ice Beam; 9. using the myriad of Pokémon it completely walls in the Sun, including Palkia, Reshiram, Latias, Espeon and special attacking Arceus as complete setup fodder; 10. smashing through walls very easily thanks to its pair of absurdly powerful and near-unresisted physical Same Type Attack Bonus moves, which, among commonly-used Pokémon in Übers, are resisted only by Zekrom and Tyranitar, both of which loathe a burn from Sacred Fire (and additionally, there is the fact that Ho-Oh is a physical attacker whose attacks just so happen to be able to beat most common physical walls in Übers, making it very close to unstoppable as special walls obviously also cannot wall it); 11. sweep teams very easily after one or two Flame Charges and the opponent's Kyogre is down, largely thanks to its aforementioned insane offensive power; 12. taking close to nothing (and in fact, in the grand scheme of things, absolutely nothing factoring in Regenerator) from the very common U-turns of Genesect; and last but certainly not least; 13. serving as a great Kyogre lure, as its Life Orb Brave Bird simply deals a tremendous amount of damage to any Kyogre switching into it expecting a Sacred Fire, possibly taking it out in a single blow after just one round of Stealth Rock damage.
Finally, we come upon Reshiram, the star of this team, named after the Greek God of the Sun. When its stats and movepool were first revealed, many people dubbed Reshiram to be "the Kyogre of the Sun", and such a name was, in my opinion, given very aptly, as the power of its Sun-boosted Blue Flare almost rivals that of Kyogre's rain-fueled Water Spout, making it just as ideal a Choice Scarf Pokémon as Kyogre is very well known to be. Its Blue Flare in the Sun absolutely devastates everything, including many Pokémon that sport a 2x resistance to this move (being able to destroy some of them even in one hit), and this, combined with its blazingly high Speed due to its item, can make it very difficult to stop in the same manner as Choice Scarf Kyogre. Its Draco Meteor is also especially devastating, as Steel-type Pokémon, the only Pokémon that resist this move, are all extremely reluctant to switch into it due to the aforementioned terror that is its signature move. Being the very Pokémon that is most famous for having a pair of absolutely (not just relatively, mind you, like in Ho-Oh's case) unresisted Same Type Attack Bonus moves when combined with its great Ability, the Vast White Pokémon has very little need for much else except for the aforementioned two moves. As such, for one of the two remaining moveslots, I have opted to put in Stone Edge, a move which can come in handy against Ho-Oh (which gives this team a lot of trouble, especially due to my reluctance to set up Stealth Rock against teams that use this Pokémon, as such teams almost always contain a Magic Bounce Pokémon, and as I already mentioned, allowing such a Pokémon to reflect my Stealth Rock upon my own field puts me at a massive disadvantage), which more than likely stay in against, or often even switch into Reshiram, since Ho-Oh typically completely walls Reshiram in the absence of Stone Edge, a move it almost never runs. As for the final move, I chose Outrage, an attack that it almost never uses, but can prove to be useful in very desperate situations, such as against bulky Calm Mind Latias as the opponent's final remaining Pokémon when Ho-Oh has already fainted (as even Draco Meteor cannot take it out in one hit), or against Chansey in the rain.
Since I will not be using this team for a while in the future (in fact, there is even a highly probable chance that I may never use this exact team again, due to the metagame changes that will be brought about by the release of Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2), I will allow anyone who is interested in using this team to use it for themselves, as a way for it live on in my absence.
: Completely countered by Palkia. If it somehow takes down Palkia due to absurdly good predictions by hitting it enough times with Thunder on the switch (which has rarely ever happened), I can play around it, by trying to paralyze it with Lugia, hitting it with my Choice Scarf Reshiram's Draco Meteor to weaken its Water Spout (although it would need to win a speed-tie against Timid Choice Scarf Kyogre), try to set up a Flame Charge with Ho-Oh if Kyogre isn't out and then smashing it with Brave Bird it as it shows up (although unless it gets two or more Flame Charges, it would need to win a speed-tie against Timid Choice Scarf Kyogre, just like my Reshiram), or simply Brave Bird it if is does not hold Choice Scarf, heavily damage it with Espeon's Grass Knot, switch Groudon into any Thunders aimed at Lugia, weaken it with Stealth Rock damage, and such.
: I normally Toxify and Whirlwind it out with Lugia, or Earthquake or Dragon Tail it with Groudon if Lugia is in no condition to counter it, depending on whether or not Arceus had gained a Swords Dance boost. If it comes into Ho-Oh, I can heavily damage and possibly burn it with Sacred Fire. If it doesn't burn, I can then switch to Lugia or Groudon. If Reshiram somehow gets the chance to attack Arceus before it gets any Swords Dance boosts, Reshiram can even incinerate the Original One in a single Sun-boosted Blue Flare if it happens to be foolish enough to stay in. If all comes to worse, I could also fodder Espeon against it, since it would most likely have done its job by the time Arceus-Normal shows up.
: Easily paralyzed by Lugia (and often, even by Groudon on the switch). After that, it is easily destroyed by Ho-Oh's Brave Bird. If necessary, Reshiram can revenge-kill it with Draco Meteor.
: Espeon reflects its Stealth Rock and can heavily damage it with Grass Knot, Reshiram's Sun-boosted Blue Flare destroys most Groudon in a single hit (although it cannot switch in), and Lugia easily Toxic stalls any offensive Groudon. Palkia and Ho-Oh can both take down most Groudon that are sufficiently weakened.
: Most, like mine, rely purely on status moves, and as such cannot touch Espeon (and in fact, it would even be beneficial if it uses Toxic and hits my Espeon on the switch, badly poisoning itself). Calm Mind variants are either Toxified and Whirlwinded out by my own Lugia, or incinerated through repeated hits of my Ho-Oh's Sun-boosted Sacred Fire, succumbing to the repeated heavy assaults alongside the burn that ruins its Multiscale long before it can gain enough boosts to pose a significant threat to Ho-Oh, thanks to Lugia's low 90 base Special Attack compared to Ho-Oh's grand 154 base Special Defense. Reshiram is also exceedingly useful against Toxic stall Lugia if Espeon had been defeated previously, as with Turboblaze bypassing Lugia's Multiscale, Reshiram can fell the diving Pokémon with two Sun-boosted Blue Flares.
: Easily paralyzed by Lugia. After that, it is easily destroyed by Ho-Oh's Sun-boosted Sacred Fire. If necessary, Reshiram can revenge-kill it with its Sun-boosted Blue Flare.
: Admittedly, it is one of the more problematic Pokémon for my team, as it is a common Stealth Rock user that fears nothing from anything my Espeon can do other than Yawn. It can, however, be played around with sufficient prediction. Stealth Rock lead Dialga can sometimes be manipulated to fall asleep by my Espeon's Yawn after Espeon reflects its entry hazard on the switch, as at that point I can keep using Yawn, forcing my opponent to either keep switching and taking Stealth Rock damage, or have one of their Pokémon fall asleep. If I predict my opponent predicting me switching to Espeon, I could also simply attack it with my Groudon's Earthquake or my Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire if they happen to be out, and after being weakened by one of those attacks, it should be easily taken out before it can use Stealth Rock (maybe even giving Ho-Oh a free Flame Charge). Also, Reshiram can incinerate Dialga in a single Sun-boosted Blue Flare if it needs to. If the opponent has Kyogre, I could then switch to Palkia, at which point my opponent usually switches back to Dialga expecting a Thunder, only for me to take it out with two Spacial Rends - the first on the switch, and the second one on the following turn (although unfortunately, they could also switch to Ferrothorn, making the choice between Spacial Rend and Fire Blast difficult). Specially defensive Dialga could be a problem in this situation though, as they can survive two Spacial Rends, though fortunately, Spacial Rend does have a high critical hit ratio, allowing Palkia to defeat Dialga in two hits anyway if it scores one critical hit, as unreliable as such a strategy may be (but hey, no team is perfect in an absolute sense). All other variants of the Temporal Pokémon, such as Choice Scarf, Choice Specs and Bulk Up are countered easily by Lugia and Ho-Oh (although only the latter can actually defeat it), or even destroyed by Reshiram, although it obviously cannot switch in.
: Could be troublesome if it comes into Lugia or Groudon, as it can heavily damage Espeon on the switch, while Espeon can do little back other than Yawn. However, it is destroyed in one hit by Palkia, Ho-Oh (being even free Flame Charge material for it) and Reshiram. It is only possibly a threat if it has Stealth Rock and the opponent manages to outpredict me.
: The only Pokémon it really threatens are Groudon and Espeon. Trapping the former is rarely problematic as Chandelure is almost never used alongside Kyogre anyway, meaning that losing my Groudon to a Chandelure's Overheat rarely means losing the weather war, since my opponent is most likely using the same weather as me anyway. Trapping the latter could cause some trouble in some situations, but with Focus Sash allowing Espeon to survive the initial Shadow Ball, as well as Yawn which threatens to put Chandelure to sleep if it wishes to stay in to finish off Espeon, the Sun Pokémon could survive once against it, since most people are reluctant to let their ultimate revenge killer get disabled just to eliminate an Espeon.
: Quite a threatening Pokémon that requires a lot of prediction to easily beat. Usually, I rely on Espeon to reflect its Dark Void. If it does something like Trick or Substitute on the switch, I generally let Groudon sleep and then use Darkrai as setup bait for my Flame Charge Ho-Oh. If necessary, I can use Reshiram to revenge-kill it with one of its powerful special attacks.
: Walled completely by Ho-Oh, and to a lesser extent Reshiram.
: Another one of the more problematic Pokémon for this team, due to the sheer power and coverage of its Brave Bird and Sacred Fire attacks alone. The closest thing to a true counter I have for it is Lugia, which cannot do anything back to it other than Whirlwind if Ho-Oh is of the extremely common Substitute set, while Sacred Fire's burn chance can also be extremely detrimental to Lugia as it negates the Psychic/Flying-type Pokémon's Multiscale. Fortunately, just about every Ho-Oh user I have faced have had their Rainbow Phoenix unexpectedly crushed by the Stone Edge of my Reshiram, a Pokémon which they so confidently believed that their Ho-Oh could easily wall. Since most Ho-Oh do not invest anywhere near as much Speed as mine does, my Ho-Oh can generally beat other Ho-Oh one-on-one too. If I somehow manage to take down my opponent's Espeon or Xatu, I can much more easily keep my opponent's Ho-Oh at bay through my Groudon's Stealth Rock.
: Despite its weakness to Ghost-type moves, I generally go to Lugia when I see it and paralyze it first before Whirlwinding it out. If it is a Swords Dance set, I then deal with it using either Groudon or Reshiram, while if it utilizes Calm Mind, I use Ho-Oh.
: Groudon completely stops most Zekrom cold, although the Choice Band one, especially at the hands of an opponent skilled at predicting, could pose some threat. However, a Choice Band Zekrom locked into Outrage can easily be disposed of by either Palkia or Reshiram.
: Very simple to get around. Espeon reflects any entry hazards it attempts to set up, before proceeding to nullify its Sturdy with a simple Psyshock. At that point, I can then either use Yawn, or if I know that they have Gyro Ball and feel like taking a risk, I could immediately switch to Ho-Oh and use Forretress as Flame Charge fodder. If it comes into Palkia or Reshiram with less than 100% health, it is also equally dead for obvious reasons.
: Can be easily paralyzed and Whirlwinded by Lugia, which can take even a +2 Sun-boosted Flare Blitz while losing less than 50% of its health thanks to Multiscale. Once it is paralyzed, the next time it comes in, just about everything in my team can take it out.
: Completely walled by Lugia and to a lesser extent, Ho-Oh in the Sun. Once Lugia paralyzes it, I can then go to Ho-Oh and destroy it with Brave Birds if the weather is sunny, otherwise I Whirlwind it out and wait until later on in the match, when the opponent's Palkia finds itself in the Sun. Non-Choice Scarf Palkia can be simply revenge-killed by my Choice Scarf Reshiram.
: Completely walled by Lugia, and can be taken down quite easily after being paralyzed.
: Countered by Ho-Oh unless it has Stone Edge, although I have never seen anyone other than myself using Stone Edge on Reshiram, aside from a certain friend of mine (who personally got the idea of using Stone Edge on Reshiram from me), who used a Flame Charge Reshiram with Stone Edge, against which I utilized intelligent switching and predictions involving Palkia to get it to use Draco Meteor against my Lugia, halving its own Special Attack, at which point I then paralyzed it, essentially neutralizing it.
: Countered by Ho-Oh for the most part, although Psyshock does inflict a decent amount of damage to it, but such damage can easily be healed off with Regenerator by switching to Lugia, which takes close to nothing from Psyshock. Ho-Oh can usually use Espeon as Flame Charge material.
: Easily paralyzed by Lugia and then taken out by Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh by itself can also often beat it. Reshiram could also revenge-kill it with Draco Meteor provided it has taken some damage beforehand and acquired no Calm Mind boosts, otherwise Outrage destroys it in one hit, although locking Reshiram into Outrage is often extremely risky. Latias is often paralyzed by Groudon on the switch too.
: Completely walled and Toxic stalled by Lugia. Groudon can counter it to an extent too.
: Every variant of this Forme of Giratina other than the physically offensive ones are walled by Ho-Oh. Reshiram can revenge-kill it with Draco Meteor.
: Ho-Oh tanks its Dragon Tails indefinitely and is immune to Will-o-Wisp. Ho-Oh can also either Brave Bird Giratina, or attempt to burn it with Sacred Fire, crippling it with risidual damage from that moment forward and possibly forcing it to use Rest eventually.
: Out of the top 30 most-used Pokémon in DW Ubers, Tyranitar is most likely the most threatening to my team, as not only is it one of the only two Pokémon on the list that completely counters my Ho-Oh, but it also completely counters Reshiram, removes the sunlight and replaces it with a very annoying sandstorm, and can set up Stealth Rock while threatening Espeon much more easily than any other user of this move on this list can, thanks to its ability to take the Sun Pokémon out in one hit while not even allowing it to survive due to the sandstorm knocking it out after it hangs on with its Focus Sash. Fortunately, Tyranitar is only ever used in sand teams, which pale in popularity compared to both rain and sun due to the sheer power that Kyogre and Groudon embody, as evident by the fact that Tyranitar is only the 26th most used Pokémon in the tier. When I see a Tyranitar, which is almost always a lead, I just switch to Espeon anyway as they almost always lead with Stealth Rock. After that, I'll Grass Knot it with Espeon for a decent amount of damage before sacrificing Espeon, leaving Tyranitar within the KO range of both Groudon's Earthquake and Palkia's Hydro Pump. Of course, at this point, the opponent would likely not keep their Tyranitar in, but with the damage that Tyranitar had already suffered from Espeon's Grass Knot, along with the Stealth Rock damage it takes for every subsequent time it comes in, added with being hit by some Sacred Fires, Blue Flares, Draco Meteors and Brave Birds on the switch, with the former and to a lesser extent the latter possibly burning it, along with some smart souble-switching, it could be taken down before it can set up Stealth Rock on my field. Although the good news is, even if my opponent does manage to set up Stealth Rock against me, victory would often still not be too difficult for me, as aside from Tyranitar's presence, sand teams are generally quite easy for Sun teams to defeat, mainly because Groudon completely counters most Pokémon contained in a sand team, and sand teams in Übers often carry certain Pokémon specifically to counter rain teams, making a portion of their team deadweight against my own. The only problem I can see are sand teams that utilize Arceus-Rock, which, just like Tyranitar, completely counters the two main sweepers of my team, and in a sandstorm, it could even beat Palkia due to its Special Defense boost in that weather, as well as posing as a difficult threat for even Lugia to wall, due to its Judgment being super effective against the Diving Pokémon and the sandstorm nullifying Lugia's Leftovers recovery. Fortunately though, Arceus-Rock is only #157 in usage, being used in exactly 0.5% of all teams in the tier. And the truth is, because each Pokémon team is only limited to the use of six Pokémon, each with only four moves, it is impossible to build an absolutely perfect team that has no weaknesses against any threats in the tier, regardless of how rare they may be.
: Espeon reflects its Toxic Spikes and destroys it with Psyshock.
: Completely countered by Ho-Oh, Reshiram, and to a lesser extent, Palkia. Also Flame Charge fodder for Ho-Oh.
: Espeon reflects any entry hazards or Thunder Waves it attempts, and either Yawns or Psyshocks it.
: Countered by Groudon. Palkia, Ho-Oh and Reshiram can also easily deal with it outside of the sand, although if they manage to come in safely. Ho-Oh has the best chance by switching into an Earthquake, and then even use Excadrill as Flame Charge fodder in the Sun.


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Malaika Kegode is a writer, performer and producer based in Bristol. She has worked with a number of organisations including Roundhouse, Historic England, Elstree Studios and the BBC.
In 2020, Malaika's debut theatre show, Outlier, was commissioned by Bristol Old Vic after two scratch performances as part of their Ferment season.
Malaika's work has been displayed at Bristol's Arnolfini. In 2018 she was included in the BME Power List, celebrating Bristol's 100 most influential black and minority ethnic people.
Outside of her poetry work, Malaika studies film, and has worked as a programme selector for Encounters and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Her two poetry collections, Requite (2017) and Thalassic (2020) are published by Burning Eye Books.
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News | Politics
One gay man wins, two go to runoffs in Georgia elections
By Patrick Saunders | Nov 6, 2019 | 1:32 PM
The Doraville City Council has a new LGBTQ member, and two other LGBTQ candidates are headed to December runoffs in municipal elections across the state.
Those were just some of the races held on Tuesday featuring openly LGBTQ candidates. Five LGBTQ candidates were on the ballot, one ran as a write-in candidate and another was disqualified the day before the election.
IT professional Andy Yeoman (top photo left) won a spot on the Doraville City Council in a landslide. Former Doraville City Councilmember Joseph Geierman (top photo middle) will go to a Dec. 3 runoff in the city's mayoral race. And Kurtis Purtee (top photo right), a police captain, is headed to a runoff for a Savannah City Council seat.
The rundown of the seven LGBTQ candidates and their races:
Andy Yeoman, Doraville City Council
Yeoman beat Gerald Evans by over 30 points to take the District 1 seat on the Doraville City Council, according to 11Alive. Tom Owens came in third in the race.
That brings the number of LGBTQ members of the council back up to two after Geierman gave up his seat to run for mayor in July. Stephe Koontz is the other LGBTQ member.
Yeoman replaces Pam Fleming, who was the only councilmember to vote against an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance the council passed last November.
Yeoman thanked supporters on Facebook on Tuesday night.
"I promise to stay true to my values of respect and common decency," he wrote. "As we approach our sesquicentennial, we owe this effort and commitment to the respect of those that came before us, and more importantly, to generations to come."
Yeoman was endorsed by the Victory Fund and Georgia Equality.
Joseph Geierman, Doraville Mayor
Geierman (photo left with husband B.J. Abbott) came about 125 votes away from winning the Doraville mayoral race outright. Instead, he'll face incumbent Donna Pittman in the December runoff.
Geierman received 39 percent of the vote while Pittman got 28 percent, according to 11Alive. MD Naser and Tom Hart came in third and fourth, respectively.
"Thanks to everyone who supported me and believed in Doraville's future!" Geierman wrote on Facebook on Tuesday after the results were in.
Geierman was elected to the city council in 2017 and resigned in July of this year. He was endorsed by the Victory Fund and Georgia Equality.
If he wins the runoff, Geierman will be Doraville's first openly LGBTQ mayor and just the second LGBTQ mayor in Georgia. Hiawassee Mayor Liz Ordiales, a lesbian, was elected in 2017.
Kurtis Purtee, Savannah City Council
Purtee will try to oust Tony Thomas, the longest-serving member of the Savannah City Council, in the Dec. 3 runoff election. The race is for the District 6 seat.
Thomas got 47 percent of the vote to Purtee's 39 percent, according to WSAV. Antonio Hunter came in third with 14 percent.
If he wins, Purtee would be the council's first-ever openly LGBTQ member.
Purtee thanked supporters and urged them to continue helping his campaign until the runoff.
"In the next 30 days you will see my team and I continue to fight for you," he wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. "Remember that you are voting to bring your voice to city council. We will continue this grassroots movement funded by small dollar donations, which have become even more critical now.
This is at least the second time Thomas has faced an LGBTQ candidate. He beat David Self in 2015.
In 2016, Thomas was investigated by the GBI over allegations that he groomed, sexually abused and provided drugs and alcohol to several teenage males. A grand jury voted not to pursue charges against Thomas, according to the Savannah Morning News.
Purtee was endorsed by Georgia Equality.
Pam Miller, a lesbian, lost her race for Savannah City Council in 2011.
Davion Lewis and Mike Herring, East Point City Council
Gay educator Davion Lewis was disqualified from the race for the Ward A seat on the East Point City Council just one day before the election.
City Clerk Keshia McCullough initially disqualified Lewis (photo left) on Oct. 24 after receiving a citizen complaint about how long he'd lived in the city, according to the AJC. Lewis's attorney argued unsuccessfully in Fulton Superior Court on Monday for the judge to overturn the clerk's order.
Lewis reportedly moved to East Point in December, but candidates are required to live in the city for at least one year before an election. He was endorsed by Georgia Equality.
Gay civic activist Mike Herring was running for the Ward A seat as a write-in candidate. He missed the qualifying period due to a personal matter.
Lance Robertson won the race with nearly 77 percent of the vote (357 votes) and will succeed Councilmember Alexander Gothard, who did not seek re-election. Some 107 write-in votes were cast in the race, though Fulton County election results did not specifiy for whom those ballots were cast.
Herring or Lewis would have returned an LGBTQ person to the city council for the first time since 2015. Three other LGBTQ candidates have made unsuccessful bids for East Point City Council in recent years.
Kathleen McQueen, College Park City Council
Lesbian restauranteur Kathleen McQueen lost by nearly 30 points to incumbent Ambrose Clay in the race for the Ward 1 seat on the College Park City Council. Thomas Kuzniacki came in third.
McQueen would have been the sole woman and only LGBTQ member of the council if she won.
McQueen co-owns Urban Foodie Feed Store in downtown College Park.
Adam Bridges, Pooler Mayor
Bridges gained 42 percent of the vote for Pooler mayor to Rebecca Benton's 46 percent. Typically that would result in a runoff since no candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote. But there are no runoffs in Pooler elections according to the city charter, Bridges wrote on Facebook. He lost by about 100 votes.
"This was an amazing ride!" he wrote. "It goes to show every vote counts! Thank you guys again for your support!"
Bridges announced his run for mayor in July. The city of 24,000 is located just outside of Savannah in Chatham County.
Bridges was moved to run after reviewing post-election voting data from his House District 161 race in 2018. He lost the election by nearly 30 points, but won Chatham County with a large number of votes in the Pooler area.


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SEC Accuses U.S. Prosecutor Of Helping Orchestrate Fraud
By John R. EmshwillerStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
March 5, 1997 12:01 am ET
LOS ANGELES -- The Securities and Exchange Commission accused suspended Assistant U.S. Attorney Drew Pitt of helping to orchestrate a securities fraud that bilked investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, marking the government's first public assertion of wrongdoing against the veteran prosecutor.
The federal court filings in Los Angeles, which added Mr. Pitt as a defendant to an existing SEC suit, accuse him and another defendant of having "orchestrated" the "manipulative trading" of the shares of a small publicly traded company called Conectisys Corp., in which the Los Angeles prosecutor once held a controlling interest.
The SEC alleged that the scheme involving Mr. Pitt and other defendants included the sale of unregistered stock and the dissemination of "false and misleading information" to investors.
Since his suspension in 1995, Mr. Pitt and his attorneys have consistently failed to respond to interview requests. One of Mr. Pitt's attorneys on Tuesday declined to comment on the SEC action.
Federal Inquiry
Mr. Pitt was the subject of a front-page story in The Wall Street Journal last October. Besides being suspended, Mr. Pitt has been under federal criminal investigation. The Justice Department has refused to discuss that probe. However, interviews with dozens of people have raised questions about whether Mr. Pitt abused his powers as a prosecutor to enrich himself or to protect people involved in some of his investigations.
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Home Shop Profile	West Elm in OKC!
While most of my posts are fashion-related, I'm branching out a bit today! I just can't help but share how excited I am that West Elm has finally come to the great state of Oklahoma! AND, I got a sneak peek of the Oklahoma City store yesterday!!
Guys, it's gorgeous. And wonderful. And instead of buying everything in the store, I think I'd rather just move in.
I adore this sofa and coffee table.
Since today is the official Grand Opening, there are a few extra fun things happening. First, they're handing out free special edition tote bags to the first 300 customers to spend $50 at the store. How awesome is this design?
Also, during opening weekend, all pillows and throws will be 20% off and all mirrors, shelving and wall art will be 15% off. There are definitely a few items (maybe a lot) I've got my eye on!
I'm kind of obsessed with those small turquoise bowls on the end. $4. Sold.
I fell in love with these last year and since I still love them, maybe it's time to buy!
And, this needs to be hung over my dining room table, NOW.
I'll be honest, I'm probably going back at least once more this weekend. Possibly today.
I'm going to share some more info tomorrow on local goods they'll have for sale, so make sure and check back! If you're in the OKC-area, do you plan to check it out soon? Maybe I'll see you there!
Falling (Back) Into the Gap?
Scarf Style and a Giveaway!


Who chose (or is choosing or will choose) your wife??
Bad choice = bad support. God's choice = Godly support.
Do you know, and are you attending to the ministry God gave you??
If you aren't, then your wife has "nothing to do"… she was not called/created/chosen to support disobedience or waywardness. Walk in obedience BEFORE you look for support.


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Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro car sat nav features the best and most up to date street level navigation from NAVTEQ. Preloaded are street-level road maps for 37 countries in both Eastern and Western Europe, including UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Croatia among many others.
Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro incorporates a large full colour, hi-resolution 7-inch widescreen LCD screen that provides a larger, clearer view of the route ahead. Directions and speed trap alerts have been increased in size so that they can be seen at a glance. Simply navigation at it's best.
Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro also features Snooper's award winning AURA speed camera detection (via subscription), Junction view, Lane guidance, My Speed, FREE TMC traffic information, MP3 and MP4 player. All neatly housed in a super slim casing.
Full screen images of main motorway junctions are displayed on the Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro 5-inch display in advance to help you navigate more safely.
Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro features specially formulated lane guidance software provides advanced notice of which lane or lanes to use when approaching junctions for safer driving.
The speed limit of nearly every road across the UK and Europe is now clearly displayed on your Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro at all times. My Speed can also be set to alert you if you accidentally exceed the speed limit.
Snooper Syrius Pro S7000 incorporates multi-route as standard. Multi-route allows you to calculate a single route around up to 16 different destinations just by adding the post codes. No stopping and starting, struggling to find each and every address, simply your full day's travel calculated and saved in just a few seconds.
Turn off the route by mistake or decide you want to go another way? Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro will automatically re-route you in seconds, getting you back on track or will find an alternative route.
Going off the beaten track? All you need is the geographical co-ordinate and Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro will take you straight there.
Snooper's TMC service will alert you to all traffic incidents across the country and lists them in distance order from your current position. As well as this overview however you can also choose to monitor traffic incidents that are specific to the route you have programmed on the system. And, if there is congestion on your route you can simply ask Syrius to automatically find a route around it.
The Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro is integrated with Bluetooth technology for handsfree calling with compatible mobile phones. Also available as an optional extra is an extension microphone perfect for vehicles which generate a lot of background noise.
Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro mounts on the inside of your vehicles windscreen using the suction cup windscreen bracket provided. Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro can be powered directly either from its internal battery if it's fully charged or powered from the cigarette lighter socket.
Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro works with NAVTEQ maps to provide detailed street level maps of UK and Ireland. Recognised as the industry leader in digital street level mapping, NAVTEQ maps provide high quality, detail rich maps. Ensuring you are taken seamlessly from A to B on the best possible route with full UK 7-digit postcode search. To ensure the most accurate postcode search available Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro uses Ordnance Survey, the most comprehensive of it's kind.
The following countries are pre-installed on the Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro: United Kingdom and Ireland.
Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro provides advanced warning of all fixed speed cameras, SPECS and many laser sites using Snooper's AURA speed trap database. There are 3 easy ways to pay using a credit or debit card.
To download and successfully update the Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro with software, sat nav map updates and/or speed camera locations via a computer you will need a PC running either Windows XP (32-Bit), Windows Vista (32-Bit), Windows Vista (64-Bit), Windows 7 (32-Bit), Windows 7 (64-Bit) or Windows 8 (64-Bit) with an internet connection. Please note: the S7000 Syrius Pro, as with all Snooper products, is not Apple MAC compatible.
The Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro truck sat nav may now have been discontinued, however all of the accessories are available to buy from ActiveGPS.
We sell replacement Snooper S7000 car chargers and external DVB-T antenna that came supplied as standard with the Snooper S7000 Syrius. Plus we also sell a range of extra parts including GPS antenna, carrying case and hardwire kit.
Do you have a question about the Snooper S7000 Syrius Pro? Submit your question via our contact page.


Our Library provides a comprehensive range of modern library services to the residents of the Town and the County.
Our collection of materials in the Library cater to all age groups and provide a variety of genres and formats including but not limited to romance, reference, thriller, mystery, horror, western, self help; magazines, paperbacks, audio books, MP3, large print, picture books, board books, books on CD and in a MP3 format, music CDs and DVDs. We also have PlayAways that fit in your pocket and play anywhere! Newspaper subscriptions include our local paper, The Drayton Valley Western Review as well as the Stony Plain Reporter, The Western Producer and the Edmonton Journal.


We recently received the proposed shareholders' agreement (SHA) for the new investment rounds of one of our startups. The new round's lead was going to be an outside institutional investor and the terms were therefore primarily being set by this new investor.
To our surprise, the SHA was quite different than the term sheet which the investor submitted showing their original intent to invest in the company four months ago. In particular, the SHA contained terms which were not in the original term sheet, as well as modifications of existing terms, to the detriment of the company's founder. In the end, the founder didn't accept the conditions in the SHA and we completed a smaller internal round.
So why can there be differences between the term sheet which an investor proposes and the final SHA?
The first reason is if, during the course of the due diligence efforts which take place after the term sheet has been signed, the investor discovers material facts that are different from those which they used in arriving at their term sheet offer. Examples of such differences can include misstated historical financial figures, KPI targets which are not hit, or significant changes in the external competitive environment.
Since it's in an entrepreneur's interest to minimize changes to the investment conditions after the term sheet has been signed, I encourage entrepreneurs to share as much information as possible with investors prior to signing the term sheet. Due diligence should be reserved to fact check existing information, not uncover new information. While an entrepreneur may not be able to control the external competitive environment, they can share comprehensive and accurate financials and realistic future projections prior to signing the term sheet.
There is also a second reason why the ultimate SHA can be different than what is originally communicated in the term sheet. Specifically, some investors see the term sheet as the beginning, and not the end, of negotiations. They use a term sheet with entrepreneur-friendly conditions to attract the entrepreneur's attention, and then impose harsher conditions in the final SHA. This can take place even though there are no new material facts which are uncovered, or significant external events which take place during the due diligence process which would justify a change in the term sheet's conditions. Since the entrepreneur has incurred a significant sunk cost by the time the SHA arrives, certainly in terms of their team's time and sometimes also by sharing in the costs of due diligence, they can be tempted into accepting conditions which they otherwise wouldn't have agreed to if they had been proposed in the original term sheet.
The first solution to this problem is to perform research on your potential investors. Ask other entrepreneurs who they have invested in whether there were any significant differences between the term sheets and SHA's that they received. If this is often the case, you will want to prioritize investors who have a cleaner track record in following through on their term sheet commitments.
The second solution is to lower the negative impact on your business in the event that the SHA is not aligned with the original term sheet. We'll discuss ways in which you can achieve this in next month's post.
This entry was posted in Aslanoba company, Entrepreneurs, Startups, VC on January 19, 2015 by cankut.


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Troy Kavon Caesar (born 13 May 1994) is a British Virgin Islands international footballer, who plays as a central defender for United Premier Soccer League side Potros FC.

Club career
After playing club football for VG Ballstarz, Caesar enrolled at Andrew College in 2015 where he played college soccer, making 27 appearances. After making the all-region first team for two years in a row, Caesar attended Life University. In October 2021, he joined United Premier Soccer League side Potros FC.

International career
Caesar made his international debut for British Virgin Islands in 2010.

Career statistics

Scores and results list British Virgin Islands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Caesar goal.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
British Virgin Islands footballers
British Virgin Islands international footballers
British Virgin Islands expatriate footballers
British Virgin Islands expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Life University alumni
Association football defenders
Andrew College alumni

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Mario Vittone explains why an EPIRB alone is not enough in his Soundings magazine column, Lifelines.
Check out this course from Boaters University on safety and how to prepare for rescue at sea.
A great analysis of what goes into a USCG rescue from Soundings writer, Mario Vittone - a former USCG Rescue Swimmer.


With the appearance of science and expertise, new improvements have come ahead making life more comfortable for us, bringing totally different forms of leisure at our fingertips and their simple accessibility ensures that the consumers get pleasure from them utterly. The time period ecosystem services" refers to features of ecosystems that underpin human effectively-being, including, besides these already individually mentioned, regulation of water flows; detoxing and purification of soil, water, and air; nutrient cycling; soil formation and upkeep; controls on the populations and distribution of pests and pathogens; pollination of flowers and crops; upkeep of biodiversity; and regulation of climate (by means of, e.g., evapotranspiration, reflectivity, and carbon sequestration) ( 13 , 14 ).
We carry together the business and operator communities to assist guarantee technologies and knowledge products are deployed in a timely manner whereas sustaining the highest quality standards. There have been advances in medical care through the development of science and expertise. , The Human Improvement Report 2005: International Cooperation at a Crossroads (UNDP, New York, 2005).
The ISA is a member of the International Social Science Council and enjoys a standing of the Non-Governmental Organization in formal associate relations with UNESCO and special consultative standing with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations The ISA is also a member of the International Council of Science. The Diamond Science and Technology Centre for Doctoral Coaching has diamond based research at the core of all actions.
Local weather is the envelope within which almost all other environmental conditions and processes vital to human properly-being must perform ( 50 ). Climate strongly influences (so climate change instantly affects) the availability of water; the productivity of farms, forests, and fisheries; the prevalence of oppressive heat and humidity; the geography of disease; the damages to be anticipated from storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires; the property losses to be anticipated from sea-level rise; the investments of capital, technology, and energy devoted to ameliorating features of climate we don't like; and the distribution and abundance of species of every kind (these we love and those we hate).
Pharmaceutical growth, including the most important cancer drug research centre within the UK, Aerospace Businesses, producers of consumer merchandise, as well as the Chemistry Trade and Nuclear Vitality are well represented in the North West. 2: Science has changed the people and their residing, life type, meals habits, sleeping preparations, incomes methods, the way in which of communication between people and leisure actions.


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Muzaffarnagar (dystrykt) (Hindi: मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर ज़िला, Urdu: مُظفٌر نگر ضلع) – dystrykt w stanie Uttar Pradesh w północnych Indiach. Dystrykt ten znajduje się w Dywizji Saharanpur. Stolicą jest Muzaffarnagar.

Przypisy

Dystrykty stanu Uttar Pradesh


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Q: How to produce such centred effect? I want to put my problem description the way it is done in the image i.e. centred, justified and with a little margin on both sides. I am able to do the rest of math correctly

A: All you have to do is to put the text "Given a topic ... being redundant." in a quote environment:
\begin{quote}
  \itshape
  Given a topic ..... being redundant.
\end{quote}

A: KOMA-Script has an {addmargin} environment taking a mandatory argument to set both margins and an optional argument to define the different margins.
\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{addmargin}{2em}
   \lipsum[2]
\end{addmargin}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

But I recommend to define a now environment in terms of logical markup (your text seems not to be a quote …). With such a defined environment later changes are easy and can be made consistently.
\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\newenvironment{definition}{%
    \addvspace{\baselineskip}%
    \begin{addmargin}{3em}%
        \itshape\noindent
}{%
    \end{addmargin}%
    \vspace{\baselineskip}%
}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{definition}
   \lipsum[2]
\end{definition}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Furthermore there are some packages offering a better interface to define theroem like environments …

A: Just for the record since I myself use quote for this.
If you want increase the margins just as the paragraph indentation (\parindent) a simple solution without environments is {\narrower .... }. Aside from personal preferences about what markup is more clear, with this method is easy increase the margin x2, x3, etc. times the paragraph indentation, but a \st{disavantage} "feature" of this command is that in tests without any indentation  (\setlength{\parindent}{0em}) the "quotes" are just as normal text.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum,xcolor}
\setlength{\parskip}{2ex}
\setlength{\parindent}{1em}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[2] % normal margin
{\em\color{blue}\narrower \lipsum[2]} % margin + parindent (+1em)
\lipsum[2] % normal margin
{\narrower\narrower\narrower\em\color{red} \lipsum[2]}% (+ 6em)
\lipsum[2] % normal margin
\end{document}

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Kevin Bolland (born November 6, 1959) was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania.  Kevin works at their family owned business, Bolland Machine located in Chippewa Township, PA. He races the #777 DIRTcar Big Block Modified at dirt track circles in the NorthEast.

Racing career
Kevin Bolland's racing experience dates back to his childhood. Like many drivers, his first influence of racing came from his father Don, who introduced him to racing at an early age. The New Brighton, PA, native spent much of his youth driving and winning soap box derbies, which won him a trip to Akron, Ohio, Derby Downs for the world finals in 1971.

In 1979 at the age of 20, Kevin competed and toured the country with the pro motocross series. In the spring of 1979 Kevin suffered a serious motorcycle accident requiring 3 surgeries and 17 months in a cast. While recovering Kevin decided to get into some sort of stock car racing, so his father, Don, contacted friends from his drag racing days. They spoke to Darrell Dean and Ernie Toth for whom Don had built big block Chevy race engines; they introduced him to Jim Cole who built chassis's in Oxford, PA. Shortly after, they ended up putting a car together with Jim Cole. The relationship produced an innovative car design, Jim built the chassis, while Don's engine shop, D&D Rebuilding Service of New Brighton, PA, (now Bolland Machine) built the engine package. The cars first race was driven by Danny Johnson, a NY D.I.R.T. track star at Syracuse's New York State Fairgrounds in October 1981. These events would enable Kevin to make the demanding adjustment from motocross to big block modified dirt racing.

The Bolland family purchased the new "Cole" built chassis and Kevin started racing his own car in the 1982 season as a rookie big block dirt modified driver. This season proved to be a banner year, and as a rookie Kevin won 7 features between Mercer Raceway Park, Lernerville Speedway, and Sharon Speedway. He won the track championship at Mercer, won Lernerville's Invitational Event, and also captured rookie of the year for cavalcade points for western PA.

From that rookie year on, Kevin and the Bolland racing team continued to achieve a venerable reputation for racing and building cars—capturing the 1985 and 2000 Tri-City Speedway track championships.

In 1991 the Bolland family business was growing and Kevin's responsibilities outside of racing were demanding more and more of his time. Bob McIltrot approached Kevin early in the year to ask if he would consider driving for his team. The opportunity afforded Kevin the time to practice his craft and perfect his driving skills. He raced for McIItrot through the 1998 season.

In 1999 the Bolland's created Bol-Tech Motorsports, Inc. and purchased a new 1999 Bicknell chassis and put a team together of their own. They assigned crew members to specific jobs and challenged them to excel. Kevin's father Don was in charge of R&D and engine program. His brother Keith crew chief, and Todd Chamberlain car preparation and chassis stats. Brother Ken and Ron Kosmal in charge of tires. Stephanie Chamberlain was in charge of event statistics. Dave Chamberlain in charge of the car's appearance. Kevin focused on driving, chassis, suspension, and set up.

Kevin has always credited his accomplishments to teamwork, doing all necessary homework, and successfully utilizing a limited budget to get the most out of a little. They innovate, focus on the team, the car, finishing races, keeping quality parts and good prevention maintenance. They also have a "don't follow -– lead" philosophy that won them the 2002 Lernerville Speedway Track Championship and got them into the winning circle ten times in 2002 (winning 26% of their races) and finishing within the top three 56% of the time.

Career highlights
2010 Lernerville Speedway Track Champion
2010 Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame's First Motorsports Inductee
2009 DIRTcar Northeast Western Regional Points Champion
2009 Weekend of May 22–24: 3 Feature Wins in a Row, including two BRP tour races
2009 100th Career Win [04.24.09]
2008 Tri-City Speedway Track Champion
2008 Lincoln Electric/Goss Gas Iron Man Champion
2008 Tri-City Speedway Track Record Holder - 18.358 seconds
2007 Tri-City Speedway Track Champion
2007 Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Champion
2006 Lernerville Speedway Track Champion
2006 Tri-City Speedway Track Champion
2006 Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Champion
2006 Lincoln Electric/Goss Gas Iron Man Champion
2006 Winner Lernerville/Tri-City Speedway Big Block Modified Challenge Series
2004 Twin State Auto Racing Club Findlay Sportsmanship Award
2003 Lowe's Motor Speedway Track Record Holder - 15.642 seconds
2003 Winner Eckerd 100 Lowe's Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina
2002 Lernerville Speedway Track Champion
2000 Tri-City Speedway Track Champion
1985 Tri-City Speedway Track Champion
1982 Mercer Raceway Park Track Champion
1982 Western PA, Rookie of the Year with 7 Feature Wins
1979 Pro Motocross series
1971 Beaver Falls, PA, Soap Box Derby Champion

Media coverage
Bolling Them Over: PA's Kevin Bolland. Pg. 50

References

External links
Official Website
Kevin Bolland MyLaps

1959 births
Living people
People from New Brighton, Pennsylvania
Racing drivers from Pennsylvania


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title: Clipboard operations
page_title: Clipboard operations - RadDiagram
description: RadDiagram offers flexible and interactive diagramming layouts for your rich data-visualization applications.
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tags: clipboard,operations
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# Clipboard operations

__RadDiagram__ gives you the ability to Cut, Copy and Paste __RadDiagramItems__ within an application.

## Cut, Copy, Paste with keyboard

By default, the __AllowCopy__, __AllowCut__ and __AllowPaste__  properties are set to *true*  but you can set then to *false* in order to disable these Clipboard operations.

In order to cut, copy or paste particular __RadDiagramItems__  you have to select them and use the standard keyboard combinations:

* __(Ctrl + C)__ - copies the selected items.

* __(Ctrl + X)__ - cuts the selected items.

* __(Ctrl + V)__ - pastes the selected items.

You can perform these operations in a single form, but you can also copy/cut and paste items between several forms.![diagram-items-manipulation-clipboard-operations 001](images/diagram-items-manipulation-clipboard-operations001.gif)

## Cut, Copy, Paste with DiagramCommands

You can use the __DiagramCommands__ "Cut", "Copy" and "Paste" in order to perform the standard clipboard operations.

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{{source=..\SamplesVB\Diagram\DiagramItemsManipulation.vb region=ClipboardCommands}}

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this.radDiagram1.SelectedItem = shape1;
this.radDiagram1.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Copy, "");
this.radDiagram2.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Paste, "");
this.radDiagram1.SelectedItem = shape2;
this.radDiagram1.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Cut, "");
this.radDiagram2.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Paste, "");

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Me.RadDiagram1.SelectedItem = shape1
Me.RadDiagram1.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Copy, "")
Me.RadDiagram2.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Paste, "")
Me.RadDiagram1.SelectedItem = shape2
Me.RadDiagram1.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Cut, "")
Me.RadDiagram2.DiagramElement.TryExecuteCommand(DiagramCommands.Paste, "")

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For those that didn't know – I used to live in NYC a million moons ago so every time I go back its like I never left! NYC in the summer is amazing! The streets are buzzing (so are the mosquitos) – I just love the vibe.
I took a trip back this summer for some work for TTYA and forgot how much I love the city.
I was lucky enough to get a comp'd room at NewYork Edition. Located in the heart of New York City's Flatiron District, steps from Madison Square Park, the hotel seamlessly blends the integrity and character of a prestigious landmark building with a simple, sophisticated design sensibility.
From the first night it was straight into party zone. A HOTEL LIFE celebrated its 2 year birthday. I lived the TTYA cami mini dress pretty much the whole time!
It's always good to reconnect with friends, so this trip had personal elements as well as business. It's great to build your network globally and I get so excited about meeting new people and travelling!!!
My obsession with watermelon salad started here! It's in Nolita, super cheap and Thai inspired. *NOTE* Everything is laid-back here including the service.
My friends Katie Longmyer & Jules Kim host a rooftop party here on Fridays all summer! Its super cute. Great views, Great people, Great music!
LISTEN! If you love trailing through 2nd hand clothes as much as I do, allow time for a trip to the good will – Once I left with 27 bags *bows head in shame*. It takes work to go through each rail, however you can pick up some absolute gems! I tend to head to the one in Brookyln as I kill 2 birds with 1 stone making a stop at my fav dollar slice pizzeria across the street..RESULT!!


Hodsock Priory near Blyth and Worksop in Nottinghamshire is the perfect wedding venue. A stunning setting for your wedding, Hodsock priory offers excellent photo opportunities all year round. As an experienced wedding photographer at Hodsock Priory you can be assured that I am fully aware of the best photographic locations for each season and that i work well with the wedding team at Hodsock to ensure your wedding day runs without an hitch.
With experience of photographing several weddings at Hodsock Priory you can be sure of my knowledge of the best photo opportunities and locations throughout the day, whether mid afternoon or late in the evening. These are often locations many other photographers would overlook.
Although I photograph a number of weddings at Hodsock Priory each year I always treat each wedding day as the unique occasion and celebration it is and prefer not to use the same spots and same poses as the last wedding instead being able to react better to changing light weather and of course the bride and grooms requirements for their wedding photographs, adapting my style of wedding photography to each couples individual tastes.
A relaxed and informal style of wedding photography combined with a full days attendance at your wedding from bridal preparation through to the evening dancing and festivities provides you with a stunning album and record of your fabulous wedding day.
Through photographing a number of weddings at Hodsock Priory each year I have got to know the team well and work closely with them on the day of your wedding to ensure everything runs smoothly.


The female poodle puppy who was spotted on a recycling conveyor at the Recology city dump captured the hearts and minds of the city late last month. Now, "Gem" (she'd like to lose the "Trash Puppy" moniker for personal reasons) has made a full recovery since her dramatic rescue, thanks to Animal Care & Control, which has been treating the pup since she rolled in an injured and bedraggled sight for sore eyes.
Photographer Josh Norem recently caught up with Gem at the shelter and captured some shots of her looking perky and much-improved since her ordeal. Compare those photos to the ones shortly after her arrival, and you can see just how far she's come.
Gem is currently still awaiting adoption at the shelter, but there are already over 200 applicants vying to take her home. For the 199 or more that will go home Gem-less, we strongly suggest considering the adoptable pets (either at the ACC, SPCA or other shelter) who haven't made news recently, but are still equally deserving of a good home.


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Ana Begoña Buades will defend her PhD Thesis on Thursday, 28 Jan 2021 at 10 am
The PhD researcher Ana Begoña Buades, from the Inorganic Materials And Catalysis Lab at ICMAB, will defend her PhD thesis on Thursday, 28 January 2021, at 10 am in an online session. The PhD Thesis Defense will be held by videoconference from the ICMAB meeting room.
Metallacarboranes: Synthesis of Boron-Heteroatom Derivatives and Applications in Energy and Magnetism
by Ana Begoña Buades Martín, Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Lab, ICMAB-CSIC
Date: Thursday, 28 January 2021
Venue: Online session from the ICMAB Meeting Room. Register here to attend the Defense by Zoom.
Abstract: This thesis starts to introduce the reader to the boron chemistry world with the synthesis and characterization of the first boron compound in 1912. Then, we show the potential of theoretical and experimental chemistry to understand the nature of the B-C bond formation in few seconds, using trytilbromide instead of the usual palladium catalyst or iodinate. In addition, the research provides the synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical characterization of bipyridine derivatives of COSAN and/or FESAN to study the number of electrons able to be accepted in reversible way. We also present the highest chlorinated derivatives of COSAN synthesized since the date. The research includes a study of their behaviour as electrocatalysts for water electrolysis and catalytic power, demonstrating the high potential of these compounds for water oxidation processes. Finally, we take advantage of the unpair electron of FESAN to study its properties as Single-Molecule Magnet (SMM) and assess its potential applications as a qubit for quantum computing.
Francesc Teixidor, LMI group, ICMAB
PhD Committee:
President: Emilia Morallón, Universidad de Alicante
Secretary: Jordi Faraudo, ICMAB-CSIC
Vocal: Hong Yan, City University of Hong Kong
University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
PhD Programme: Chemistry
Mónica Bernal will defend her PhD Thesis on 27 January 2022 at 11 am at ICMAB
19 January 2022 71 hit(s) PhD Theses
The PhD researcher Mónica Emperatriz Bernal Salamanca, from the Advanced Characterization and Nanostructured Materials (ACNM) Group at ICMAB-CSIC, will defend her PhD thesis on Thursday 27 January 2022 at 11:00 am in a hybrid session.
Francesco Silvestri will defend his PhD Thesis on 14 December 2021 at 10 am at ICMAB
01 December 2021 487 hit(s) PhD Theses
The PhD researcher Francesco Silvestri, from the Physical Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (SURFACES) Group at ICMAB-CSIC, will defend his PhD thesis on Wednesday 14 December 2021 at 10:00 am in a hybrid session.
José Piers Jurado will defend his PhD Thesis on 15 December 2021 at 10:30 am at ICMAB
The PhD researcher José Piers Jurado, from the Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronics and Energy Harvesting (NANOPTO) Group at ICMAB-CSIC, will defend his PhD thesis on Wednesday 15 December 2021 at 10:30 am in a hybrid session.
Songbai Zhang will defend his PhD Thesis on 23 November 2021 at 11:00 am at ICMAB
19 November 2021 528 hit(s) PhD Theses
The PhD researcher Songbai Zhang, from the Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials (NANOMOL) Group at ICMAB-CSIC, will defend his PhD thesis on Tuesday 23 November 2021 at 11:00 am in a hybrid session.
Laura Rodríguez will defend her PhD Thesis on 22 October 2021 at 11:00 am at ICMAB
08 October 2021 478 hit(s) PhD Theses
The PhD researcher Laura Rodríguez from the Functional materials and surfaces (FunNanoSurf) group and the Solid State Chemistry (SSC) group at ICMAB, will defend her PhD thesis on Friday 22 October 2021 at 11:00 am in an hybrid session, from the MATGAS Seminar Room.


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Dairygold's turnover rises but profits drop for 2018
L-R: Michael Harte, chief financial officer; Jim Woulfe, chief executive; and John O' Gorman, chairman. Image source: Colm Mahady / Fennells
Dairygold's annual turnover for 2018 increased by €27.4 million; however its operating profit reduced by €3.5 million, according to its annual financial results.
The co-op noted that the extreme weather conditions in 2018 had a "severe impact" at farm level. Dairygold outlined that it responded by supporting farm-gate milk prices by over €15 million above market returns, while delivering an operating profit of €28.9 million. This is a reduction of €3.5 million on the 2017 performance.
Despite the challenging weather conditions, Dairygold's 2,850 milk suppliers expanded milk production by 2.7% during 2018 to deliver a record 1.34 billion litres of milk to the society over the year.
In line with its commitment to process all its members' milk, the co-op continued its capital programme and in 2018 committed a further €130 million as part of the Phase II Post Quota Primary Processing Investment Programme.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) stood at €48.6 million. In 2017, this figure was at €52.8 million.
At year end, the net asset value of the business was €337.9 million (2017: €335.5 million) and net bank debt stood at €111.4 million, a modest level given the scale of the organisation and level of profitability.
Commenting on the 2018 results, Jim Woulfe, CEO of Dairygold, said: "The society delivered a satisfactory financial performance, while supporting members against a backdrop of adverse weather conditions."
Since 2009, Dairygold has seen its milk volumes grow by circa 500 million litres, a 60% increase, with milk solids (protein and butter fat content) increasing by 70% over the same period.
Dairygold milk suppliers are projected to increase their annual milk production volume to circa 1.65 billion litres by 2023.
The co-op has invested in three projects in Co. Cork.
These comprise of:
A new cheese manufacturing facility in Mogeely;
Increasing the demineralised whey ingredients capacity at the Castlefarm Dairy Complex in Mitchelstown; and
The installation of another evaporation and drying system at the Nutritionals Campus in Mallow.
All three projects are scheduled to be operational by 2020.
Looking to milk price for 2019, the prospects, as usual, are heavily dependent on the balance between supply and demand.
It noted that Brexit uncertainty is overshadowing the market, especially cheese, creating negative sentiment in international dairy markets.
According to the co-op, the future markets for dairy ingredients suggest that there is relative stability expected by buyers and sellers for the balance of the calendar year.
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Lack touch. Lack the closeness of someone.
So grab your comfiest sweats, sink into your favorite part of the couch, put something on Netflix, and enjoy a non committed cuddle.
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HDS-23 Increase the proportion of adult stroke survivors who are assessed for and/or referred to rehabilitation services.
This measure is being tracked for informational purposes. If warranted, a target will be set during the decade.
The current measurement exceeds 95%, making it difficult to measure progress. The workgroup proposes tracking solely for informational purposes.
Stroke survivors include persons diagnosed with ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage based on ICD-9-CM codes 433.x, 434.x, 436, 430.x, 431.x, 432.x.
Inclusion - patients with diagnosed ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Exclusion - patients who died in-hospital, left the acute hospital against medical advice, discontinued care, or were missing a discharge code or date or those transferred in from another acute care facility or out to another acute or specialty were excluded because of inability to confirm eligibility for an acute assessment of rehabilitation, ineligible diagnoses (non-stroke or TIA).
In 2015, this objective became measurable. The objective text was modified from "Increase the proportion of adult stroke survivors who are referred to a stroke rehabilitation program at discharge" to "Increase the proportion of adult stroke survivors who are assessed for and/or referred to rehabilitation services." These changes were made to better align with current data collection and performance metrics.
Prvu Bettger JA, Kaltenbach L, Reeves MJ, Smith EE, Fonarow GC, Schwamm LH , Peterson ED. Assessing stroke patients for rehabilitation during the acute hospitalization: findings from the get with the guidelines-stroke program. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2013; 94(1):38-45.


The orchestra is managed by a group of trustees, each of whom is elected for a three-year term, after which s/he can stand for re-election if wished. Together with the conductor, Chris Fletcher-Campbell, and the leader, John Hounam, they form the committee, which meets around three times a year to oversee the planning of concert programmes and attend to other orchestral business. Members are given notice of these meetings and invited to raise any issues they feel should be discussed. After the meetings, a short summary of the meeting is sent to members.
The committee has devised a system for planning concert programmes that takes into account members' suggestions via a 'suggestions book', a survey and a vote at the AGM, as well as through informal discussions.