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Hello everyone, I made this application to learn C#, this is my first application thus my first article. The main reason for this application is to allow it's users to multitask on the computer differently. It has the following features that make it so:
The idea for this application was to solve the problem of having to tab when multitasking for example, I wanted to see some information I wrote in notepad about an online game I was playing at the same time. Every time I had to play the game notepad would always hide in the background so I would have to tab back to Notepad (and you know how that went... my character may sometimes end up dead for not paying attention to the game https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/smiley_frown.gif ).
I had some help with this part from the CodeProject community, I give thanks to Rahul Dhoble, and OriginalGriff.
In order to capture a program into the application you must first add the following:
[DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern IntPtr SetParent(IntPtr hWndChild, IntPtr hWndNewParent);
under InitializeComponent();.
public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern IntPtr SetParent(IntPtr hWndChild, IntPtr hWndNewParent);
The first line is to import a dll file which is a system file. The program uses this file to call specific commands form within that file. For further details you may want to check this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa984739%28v=vs.71%29.aspx.The second line sets the application as the parent for the child form (program of your choice).
The actual design for this project was to make the application capture any program you drag into it. But I didn't know how and frankly it was a good idea not to do that (would be a bad idea trust me). So I decided to make a button (toolstripbutton) that will prompt the user with an openfiledialog. This way users can have control over what they want to capture. Lets take a look at the code.
private void toolStripButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(this) == DialogResult.OK) { Process p = Process.Start(openFileDialog1.FileName); Thread.Sleep(500); SetParent(p.MainWindowHandle, panel1.Handle); }
The first line handles the event, which is fired when the user clicks on the toolstripbutton. When that happens the program will perform the if statement. The if statement shows the openfiledialog and "if" the dialog's result is "OK" meaning that the user chose something then it will start the next block of code.
Heres where the magic starts, noticed the first line has a class called process. The letter "p" is what I named that class. In that code I told the program to start a process based on the openfiledialog file name that the user clicked on.
Process p = Process.Start(openFileDialog1.FileName); Thread.Sleep(500); SetParent(p.MainWindowHandle, panel1.Handle);
The middle line simply gives the program time to load. after the wait the application sets the panel as the parent of the program. This makes the panel(grey area) capture the program.
In order to keep the application and the program thats inside the application from hiding in the background I simply went to the properties menu in the visual C# program and changed Top-Most from false to true.
If your not using Visual C# or you rather do it in code then here is the sample.
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.Topmost = true; }
when the form loads it will automatically be Topmost so it wont hide if you click on the background.
One of my favorite features is the "Opacity Metor" or A.K.A trackbar. It changes the opacity of the application (including programs within). This allows users to see whats going on in the background, even when the application is in fullscreen. Let's see what made it happen. I got this information from Mahesh Chand he made a great article about this here is his link if you want to check it out. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/mahesh/trackbar-in-C-Sharp/.
protected void trackBar1_Scroll(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Form1.ActiveForm.Opacity = ((float)this.trackBar1.Value) / 100; }
Actually, I don't remember where I got code My apologies, if you want to use another way then I would suggest looking at Mahesh Chand's article.
Furthermore, you will need to add three values to your trackbar for example, minimum, maximum, and value. The minimum is the lowest amount the trackbar can have the maximum is the highest and the value is the current value of the trackbar. These changes can be made by the properties menu if you have visual C# this is what it will look like.
For the code way it will be like this.
trackbar1.Minimum = 10; trackbar1.Maximum = 100; trackbar1.Value = 100;
I set the value to 100 so its opacity is 100% visible, another thing I put 10 as the minimum so the application wont be invisible (bad idea).
Lastly, before you are done with the trackbar you need to set the change rate, which depending on the values you choose changes how the trackbar fades and reappears in the application.
There are two change rates: the lowest is called a "SmallChange", values should be small, and "LargeChange" values should be larger than "SmallChange". Depending on what you are looking for you will have to play around these values. You can see these changes in the properties menu or for code users:
trackbar1.SmallChange = value; trackbar1.LargeChange = value;
If you want to modify any other changes look in the properties menu, for code users look into Mahesh Chand's article:
Well this is it! My first article ever, followed by my first C# project. I hope all of you enjoy my project and this article, both were fun to make. Please leave some feedback, if I left any details or did something wrong I want to know. I know I made a lot of mistakes!
Thank you.
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The SPEAKeasy Performers' Group meets every two months, alternating with the READeasy Writers' Group. It's a group for writers of every kind from all levels of experience to practise performing their work aloud to a supportive group of peers. We take poets, story-writers, novelists, playwrights, experimenters and everything else, and we don't care whether you've never performed before or have been doing it for years. It is a special (and free) opportunity to get feedback, to experience new writing, and to practise performing your work aloud.
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- To attend for a session, just drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com in advance of the next date.
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Search for Myanmar's legendary missing bell
19 August 2014 Last updated at 00:42 BST
A new search has begun in Myanmar for what is thought to be the heaviest bell ever.
The Dhammazedi Bell, estimated to weigh nearly 300 tonnes, is said to have fallen into a river near the capital, Yangon in 1608.
Despite numerous attempts to find it, the bell has so far eluded everyone who has tried to retrieve it.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Tombstone Tuesday ~ Two Bangs Boys in Brewster, Massachusetts
This tombstone was photographed at the Old Burial Ground in Brewster, Massachusetts
In Memory of PHYLANDER
Son of Mr. BENJAMIN
& Mrs. MARY BANGS
who departed this Life Decr. 4th
1797. Aged 6 Months.
Also Mr. JOSHUA BANGS
who was lost at Sea Oct. 21st
1798 Aged 23 Years
&& 9 Months
Philander Bangs is the son of Benjamin Bangs and Mary Hatch. Joshua Bangs, lost at sea, is the cousin of Philander, and son of Joshua Bangs, also the brother of Benjamin Bangs. Benjamin and Joshua Bangs were sons of Benjamin Bangs and Desire Dillingham, and the great great grandsons of John Bangs (1644 - 1728) and Mary Mayo (my 8x great grandparents).
I can only guess that perhaps these two young cousins, one infant and one a young unmarried man, were memorialized together on the same stone because they died within a year of each other? Just a guess.
Copyright 2012, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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The question is - was Joshua actually buried there? If he was lost at sea doesn't it suggest this is a cenotaph for him? Mariners provide some of the greatest challenges for me when it comes to cemetery research. It can be so hard to know if we are talking an actual burial or just a memorial.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Makes me wonder what they did on British Prison ships. My gg-grandfather died 27 April 1813 on board ship of Dartmoor Prison
according to Prisoners Memoirs: or Dartmoor Prison /Charles Andrews 1852 NY. Were they buried at sea?
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I am new and have a few questions:) Hi everyone, I am new buti have always been interested in having an aquarium. I have read a few books and always new I wanted to do a fishless cycle. Well, before I started my son wins fish from out county fair, I knowI what happens usually but I wanted to try to give him or her the best possible chance, I went out and bought a 10 gallon tank ( I know this is too small for a goldfish, I have a friend with a pond who was going to take him), a filter a light some gravel and such. I out the proper amount of dechlorinator in and let the little guy in, he seemed to be be happy at first, then it looked like he was getting ich, I put a little aquarium salt in and that did nothing. I was worried, so I treated it with ich stuff ( which improbably shouldnt have) well long story short he lived a week and I was devastated:(. We gave him a proper burial in our yard and I did t do anything with the tank for about a week. Then I did a 100% water change, ringed the decor, changed the filter added the dechlorinator and started to "feed the tank". I hadn't done any readings, it's been about month since I started. I k ow I should have been checking the readings often but I had some stuff going on and never repurchased my ammonia test kit and only did nitrite nitrate tests It did go through a cloudy stage and now it's clear but because I never did readings I have no idea where it's at. I'm at the store right now buying an ammonia test becUse I ran out. Should I do a 100% water change and start over? The water evAporates so fast that I have to add water everyday, will this affect the cycle? I want to do this correctly, thankyou!:) Posted via Mobile Device |
Fish jump, so you should have a lid of that tank anyway. It'll reduce evaporation, too. Do you test kits daily. You shouldn't have to restart completely because you MIGHT have had your ammonia spike. It depends on your reading for ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite. Do that through another few weeks to a month to make sure the three chemicals are looking stable and where they should be. If you didn't have time to do the water tests and daily water changes necessary for cycling the tank, are you certain you'll be able to maintain a tank now or one with fish in it? |
Thankyou for responding! Yes I can, I was gOing through an application process for my credential program and was jumping through a lot of hoops, out of town tests and I went on vacation with my son, before all of that I was very careful to do my tests, I just got back and the first thing I did was post this and go out and buy the ammonia tests, I have nitrite nitrate. I'm a pretty responsible person and would not want to start a venture like this only to fail my watery friend. I really do appreciate your concern and was waiting for someone to ask that question:). I am new to this and I wantto make sure I do the best I possibly can. and sorry for typos I'm typing on my phone and I have large thumbs lol. Things are calm now and j certainly don't want to rush this process. Posted via Mobile Device |
Alright! I didn't want to seem like a mean person there; I know there are days when I look at my fish and say, "I'll deal with you tomorrow..." You sound like you're doing the right thing, though! At least you know to cycle your tank (when I set up, I didn't because I didn't know, so I did a fish-in "cycle"). Ensure your levels are stable and where they need to be. If your test measures pH and hardness of the water, I suggest buying fish that have parameters similar to your water; easier maintenance and fewer conditioners! Also, welcome to the forum~ |
Thankyou:) I didn't think you were being mean, I've read a lot of horror stories on the net, and it seems that there are people out there who treat fish like they are disposable:( I've read a lot but it's one thing to read and another to actually do lol. I'm very excited to start this venture! I'm glad I found this site. Thank you again:) Posted via Mobile Device |
Well my ammonia was 1.0,nitrite was .5 and nitrate was 20 Posted via Mobile Device |
also i have a 10 gal tank, 20 gal filter, airpump, lid, light, heater |
Not bad for your levels, although not perfect (I have not much room to talk). I assume you know how to cycle, so go with a water change to get the ammonia down by 1, the nitrite down by half, and the nitrate can go up to, but not over, 40. Hopefully your tank is actually cycled all the way though so you can go ahead and stock your fish :-D |
Yeah, I'm willing to re-cycle to be on the safe side, but if I do that, should I change the water first, or do I just continue to feed the tank, but if it did cycle will it get another ammonia spike? Also, i have read to do water changes while cycling and to not do water changes while cycling.....? I'm just conufsed on that point:( |
Do water changes while cycling. It'll lower the ammonia levels and allow for the nitrates to establish themselves. If you want to do a total re-cycle of your tank, you'll have to remove all water, clean the tank and substrate, and then get a new filter and filter media (sponges, et cetera). You'll only have an ammonia spike in a cycled tank if your levels become imbalanced again. It's normal to have some ammonia and then no ammonia, but always within safe and limited numbers. If your nitrates are in check, your ammonia should be, too. |
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Excersize and myotonic dystrophy01/23/2008 |
Anne Matthews of Case Western said regarding mytonic dystrophy "Medications are available that your doctor can prescribe to reduce myotonia, especially if it interferes with daily activities. Physical therapy and occupational therapy, as well as regular exercise may help minimize the progression of muscle weakness. Ankle and leg braces may help support these muscles." My daughter`s MD doctor has advised NOT to excersize, nor has she reccomended any medications. Does Dr. Matthews` advise hold true for all cases of mytonic dystrophy?
Because myotonic dystrophy (MD) can vary a lot from person to person, management or treatment for it may be very different from person to person. The information about physical therapy or exercise and medications can be found at the Muscular Dystrophy Association website. These are general recommendations and may not be appropriate for all people with MD. Your daughter's doctor may have specific reasons for recommending no exercise or medications. You may want to talk to the doctor about these issues.
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The shoes that perform best are lifting shoes like these or these Minumus are completely flat and are not cushioned in any way. I lift with them and they perform pretty well. However, I do cross-training and not just lifting and I think Chucks are better for just lifting.


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The Full Johnson
September 1991 | Volume 42, Issue 5
Down with the debunking biographer," Lyndon Johnson wrote in his college newspaper in 1929. "It now seems to be quite a thing to pull down the mighty from their seats and roll them in the mire. This practice deserves pronounced condemnation. Hero worship is a tremendous force in uplifting and strengthening. Humanity, let us have our heroes. Let us continue to believe that some have been truly great."
All his life Lyndon Johnson wanted desperately to be numbered among the truly great; in fact, he told an aide during his Presidency that he wanted to be "the greatest President of them all," greater than "the whole bunch of them." But in the years since his death he has less often been revered than rolled in the mire by historians and biographers, for whom the memory of the blood and betrayal of Vietnam has been allowed to blot out everything else Johnson achieved in a political career that spanned more than three decades. Many of their books—most notably The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro's best-selling demonography—seem almost to have been written backward, relentlessly searching out the roots of Johnson's supposed villainy rather than chronicling his life as he actually lived it, unfolding forward, with all options open, the outcome always in doubt. Since monsters are ultimately less interesting than men, the results of all this retrospective moralizing, for the most part, have been disappointingly self-fulfilling.
Television was as cruel to Lyndon Johnson as it was kind to John Kennedy. The eerie detachment that often disconcerted those who encountered JFK's chilly blue-eyed stare in person somehow perfectly suited the little screen. Kennedy was our first real television President, and not even Ronald Reagan's finest performances in the same role ever quite matched his.
There was never anything detached, anything cool, about Lyndon Johnson. Every inch of him seems to have been fully engaged every moment of every day—and far into the night as well, as his sleep-deprived aides often complained. The real Johnson was too big, too loud, too crude, too driven, ever to settle comfortably into our living rooms, and the palpable speciousness of the "presidential" persona LBJ insisted upon adopting for televised occasions—slow-walking, slow-talking, as dolorous as a funeral director—only fed our distrust of him. We knew that Johnson had to be a phony.
There is, therefore, an especially nice irony in the fact that "LBJ," a fourhour television life to be shown on PBS on September 29 and October 1, is far fairer toward him than most of those who have sought to capture him on paper. The man who made it is David Grubin, the much-honored film maker whose hour "The Wyeths: A Father and His Family" about the artist N. C. Wyeth and his talented offspring, which aired on the Smithsonian World series on PBS five years ago, is, for my money, one of the ten or fifteen best film biographies ever made. In that program Grubin—and his collaborator, the historian and biographer David McCullough—deftly uncovered the complexity roiling just beneath the too tranquil surface of an outwardly happy family.
With Johnson, Grubin faced something like the opposite challenge: finding the real man behind the troubled, turbulent Texas politician we all think we know. The resulting portrait is a triumph, I think, unblinking but evenhanded, and fascinating from first reel to last. The Lyndon Johnson whom Grubin shows us is complex, contradictory, greatly gifted, and hugely capable, driven by decent instincts and great dreams for himself and his country. "Do something we can be proud of," LBJ exhorts a crowd in 1964, as he calls upon his listeners to help him "free thirty million Americans from the presence of poverty. Help the weak and the meek and lift 'em up and help them train and give them an education where they can make their own way."
He is also heedless, deceitful, venal, unscrupulous, egomaniacal, and, as warfare in the inner cities of America and the jungles of Southeast Asia simultaneously threatens to drive him from the White House, something frighteningly close to paranoid.
The prologue to the first program, which takes LBJ all the way from the Texas hill country to the White House, sets the tone for all four hours and provides a much-needed reminder of the great heights to which Johnson climbed before he fell so far: LBJ waltzes blissfully with his wife at the 1965 inaugural ball, overwhelmingly elected President in his own right, eager to get on with the building of his Great Society.
Film presents unique challenges to the biographer. Johnson was always at his best behind closed doors, applying what Clark Clifford has called "the full Johnson" to those he needed to enlist in his cause. No one ever filmed that Johnson in action, and so to evoke him, Grubin shows us a sequence of stills of LBJ looming over diminutive Sen. Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island while we hear a host of bemused witnesses—more than a dozen of them—recalling Johnson in action. "It was like being under a waterfall," Johnson's press secretary George Reedy says. John Connally recalls LBJ's monomania. "His whole life was politics," and in all their years of friendship, he says, Johnson never read a single book.


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Photography provides an opportunity to engage in all that surrounds me and focus both literally and figuratively on the wonders of the natural and human made world.
My pictures reflect what I see (or think I see) and feel.
To capture the world's emotion and to stop that time is just amazing to me.
I hope you enjoy them.
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the way our world is , probably. Maybe start with all teachers, and school administration in elementary schools.
BUT, I have to vote NO.
I have personal friends ,acquaintances, who I know should not carry a gun.
But maybe to own and keep a rifle or long gun in the closet would be ok ,just in case the redcoats are coming,lol.


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Originally Posted by Daytona Fin Extremely? The last 4 years harvin and jennings played in 54 games and bowe 56. Wallace has only missed 1 game. I guess that would make jennings and bowe extremely injury prone too? If I remember correctly , someone on finheaven said harvins current treatment of his migraines has cleared up his problems. People tend to throw the term "injury prone" around pretty loosely around here.
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A gracious antebellum city of stern-wheelers and cotton money; a restless, violent city with a hot grain of genius at its heart; a city of calamity, desolation, and rebirth; a city that changed the way the whole world hears music. It's all the same city, and it is this year's Great American Place. Thomas Childers answers a summons to Memphis, Tennessee.
October 1998 | Volume 49, Issue 6
Then of course there is Graceland. Since Elvis's death in 1977 his mansion south of town has become the second most visited residence in the United States, far outdistancing William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon and George Washington's Mount Vernon. Only the White House draws more visitors. With its Jungle Room, flowing fountains, floor-to-ceiling shag carpeting, banks of televisions, and ornate smoked mirrors, the mansion is a wonderfully outrageous affront to good taste, a monument to the country-boy-made-good—and not a little eerie. Yet, in a way, it is ironic that Graceland should be the focal point of Elvis mania in Memphis, since his most creative musical period was over by the time he took up residence there in 1957. For many, the King's ghost seems far more alive at 706 Union Avenue, in the cramped twenty-by-forty-foot studio where he was discovered, or even on Beale Street, where in his early days he listened to the blues and bought his flamboyant pink and black clothes at Lansky Brothers.
The building that housed Lansky's is now, appropriately, the site of Elvis Presley's Memphis, a restaurant and nightclub that opened in the summer of 1997 and now anchors one end of a four-block area that is the revived Beale Street. In the sixties the old street was a dismal wasteland. The music scene had long vanished, the businesses had fled, and even that Beale Street staple, vice, seemed to have departed for more promising pastures. In a spasm of grandiose urban renewal beginning in 1966, the Memphis Housing Authority announced plans to make "drab Beale Street into a glittering jewel, complete with a revolving tower-restaurant at the Mississippi River, a riverfront freeway, high rise apartments, a plaza along Beale," and so forth, as the Memphis Press-Scimitar told it. "You're forgetting one thing," said one of the many local residents who protested the plan. "If you tear down all these buildings, you will no longer have Beale Street."
The bloated project collapsed under the money pressures of the mid-1970s. Then in 1978 the Memphis Community Development Division opened the door to private developers. A local company named Carlisle Properties, which had already started a restaurant complex over on the Mississippi at Beale Street Landing, joined up with a group—largely made up of black merchants from the neighborhood—called the Beale Street Development Foundation. With a few million dollars pledged to the project, they set about salvaging what they could of the old Beale Street.
In 1979, with the outcome far from certain, the historian T. H. Watkins wrote that "history may yet combine with private profit and the public good to make something worthwhile on Beale Street. The result, of course, will not even approximate the world that produced the blues which the new Beale Street will memorialize. Nor should it. For all its luminous vigor, for all its music, there was too much pain in that world, too much desperation, too much truth."
Today the results are in. Beale Street is enjoying an exuberant revival and is once again a place where the music that made Memphis famous can be heard. With a dozen or so blues clubs, cafés, record shops, and restaurants, the street jumps with entertainment every night. On weekends two revamped blocks of Beale are blocked off to traffic, and people of all sorts—conventioneers from Iowa, European tourists, exotically dressed Japanese youth, panhandlers, evangelists, impromptu acrobats—surge through the area, mingling with itinerant musicians, fortunetellers, and a colorful assortment of locals on the street, while music—blues, R & B, and rock—floods from the open doors of B. B. King's Blues Club at the west end of the street all the way down to the Rum Boogie Café several blocks away.
Some observers have disparaged the spruced-up Beale Street, with its cobblestones and sandblasted facades, as little more than a blues theme park, artificial and touristy. It is true that better barbecue can be found at Payne's, out on Elvis Presley Boulevard, or at the Interstate Bar-B-Q Restaurant, on South Third Street, and a blues purist can find grittier fare at Wild Bill's Restaurant and Lounge, on Vollintine Avenue, or at Earnestine & Hazel's, which was once a sundry store on South Main Street, or at any number of other juke joints that still dot the sprawling Memphis landscape. Certainly the spiffy, newly opened Hard Rock Café on Beale and Hernando could be anywhere. But such criticism is unfair.


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I think Mr. Jones made his point!
Seems a guy cruises through a stop*sign and gets pulled over by a local policeman. Guy hands the cop his drivers license, insurance verification plus his concealed carry permit.
"OK Mr. Jones," the cop says, "I see your CCW permit. Are you carrying today?"
"Yes, I am."
"Well then, better tell me what you've got."
Jones says, "well I've got a .357 revolver in my inside coat pocket. There's a 9mm semi-auto in the glove box and I've got a .22 magnum derringer in my boot."
"Okay," the cop says. "anything else?"
"Yeah, back in the trunk, there's an AR15 and a shotgun. Thats about it."
"Mr. Jones are you on your way to or from a gun range?"
"Well then, what are you afraid of?"
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C&D landfill rears its controversial head again
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Here we go again. Until a Jurist gets the intestinal fortitude to make a firm decision on this issue, it will come up, come up, come up.
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If the commissioners would get together and pass some local/county statues, all this stuff could be stopped before it ever got started.
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If Tocqueville Could See Us Now
In a new book, the political journalist and columnist Richard Reeves retraces Alexis de Tocqueville's remarkable 1831-32 journey through America. Reeves's conclusion: Tocqueville not only deserves his reputation as the greatest observer of our democracy—he is an incomparable guide to what is happening in our country now.
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Well, he was stunned the day he got here to see that there were five banks in Newport, which was a little town. He was always stunned by the commerce of the Americans and what he called their "breathless cupidity. " I think what struck me most and would strike him as an astounding phenomenon would be the presence of women at West Point—women at the military academy of the most powerful military nation in the world. Of anything I saw, I think that tells the most about America and where it's going and what it is.
Wasn't it his view that women were squaws?
He thought American women were docile. He talked about women making America great because mores are what determine how a society is—and women control mores with an emphasis on morals. He found America was not a very promiscuous place compared with Europe, and he thought that women determined this. He talked about American women as being dull extensions of their husbands, and wrote joking letters to his sister-in-law asking why she couldn't be more like American women and not bother anybody. It is interesting that he did not mention women in his first volume. But he got married between his first and second volume and then he started to mention women and he asked the question: If this kind of relentless drive for equality in America continues, won't the real revolution come when it encompasses women? But he thought that the end point was much, much farther away than in fact it was.
Tocqueville talked about the inherent conflict between equality and liberty—between democracy and a republican form of government. Did you find that same inherent conflict in your journey?
He saw democracy much more in conflict with liberty than I did, but we both agree that the great American passion is for equality. He felt that people would always give up liberty for a little more comfort, a little more equality. But I think Americans have a pretty good sense of what liberty is, and they want that too.
The founding fathers believed that their republican form of government could always keep democracy in check through the division of power, by being sensitive to and balancing the power of factions. Did Tocqueville think they were right?
He thought egalitarianism would have to win out in the end and that the ability of leaders to lead would wither. But when he was here he felt most power rested with the individual states and that it would be very hard for that power to become centralized. He was wrong. The Civil War and subsequent wars pushed us into centralized government. And the federal courts ordered the central government into action during the civil rights strife from 1953 to the present. He could not have foreseen how a republican form of government could deal with the race problem, because, as he said, "It is impossible for a people to rise above themselves. " But Americans did that in regard to race—the majority decided that the treatment of the minority was intolerable within the confines of American rhetoric, and the federal courts were used to change the government of America forever.
Have the attitudes of Americans toward government changed since Tocqueville visited us?
No. In Tocqueville's day Americans thought politicians were bums, and the people still think politicians are bums. People who go into politics are self-selected and they tend to have certain self-interested characteristics in common. Tocqueville, who looked down on American politicians, was appalled. He deduced that the political second-rankers were demagogues who didn't care about anything except their own futures. He asked how the country could survive with leadership like this and was told that only if Americans had to live under one demagogue would there be trouble—but that mediocre politicians cancel each other out. I totally believe that whatever problems there are on the political leadership level of the country, they are overwhelmed by the concourse of individual wills and energy that actually make up the United States of America. That is our secret and the genius of our democracy and freedom. This country can absorb almost anything, and it has certainly proven it can absorb mediocre politicians.
Do you see a group such as the Moral Majority as a temporary or as a fundamental phenomenon?
I think of it as a permanent—absolutely permanent—force in America that peaks intermittently. One of its peaks was the revival movement when Tocqueville was here. I tend strongly to disagree with Tocqueville's view of religion in America. Because he was a Catholic and because he was a Frenchman who came from a country where everyone had the same religion, he tended to see Catholicism as the center of a great Christian culture. To him America was moving toward a kind of Unitarianism that, to a Catholic, meant a belief in nothing. But Tocqueville was wrong then and is certainly wrong now. The magnetic center of the American religious universe was once New England Puritanism and frontier revivalism; it has evolved into the establishment, main-line, Protestant churches and the fundamentalists who always react to modernism. The Moral Majoritarians are always going to be with us and they are going to rise and fall depending on what other forces in the society are doing, whether those forces revolve around Darwin or Freud or Marx or liberal Democrats. The fundamentalists rise like a counterbalance—not necessarily an unhealthy thing. They keep America on a certain course.


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Steamboat Springs The love story for Dawn and Hawkes started with a dance and continues to take form with each performance.
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Naturally drawn to each other, the Austin based indie-folk-Americana duo performs with an unmatched chemistry apparent throughout the interplay of their onstage personas as well as their intricate harmonies.
"My grandmother once said that our guitars have a way of singing together, it's as if we have four voices on the stage," said Miranda Dawn during a the phone conversation Tuesday afternoon before she left along with Chris Hawkes for their Colorado tour.
Winning over an audience of newly-found fans, the pair found themselves on the most recent season of NBC's "The Voice" performing the Beatles rendition of "I've Just Seen a Face." On a more local scale, the pair will bring a show full of charisma and romantic charm to Steamboat Springs at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Chief Theater.
Sharing a musical connection unlike any other, the two met by chance at a blues venue in Austin, Texas.
"I was out listening to the blues at a little juke-joint in east Austin and asked this pretty girl to dance," Hawkes said. "We were having a good time dancing and found out we were both singer-songwriters."
"Our timing and rhythm were just in sync and when we added harmonies, songs and guitar playing, it all went together — like dancing," Dawn added.
The two were friends for awhile then started "musically dating" and began to write songs and perform sets together. As time went on and audiences started taking an interest in their collaborative musical efforts, they became one act full of honest lyrics, intricate harmonies and an onstage chemistry that was apparent to every listener.
While both came from a musical background, it was the "bare-bone" performance of only playing with a guitar and microphone that drew each other to create indie-folk-Americana-inspired songs together.
"Our root is in the guitar and vocals, then we just build everything off of that," Hawkes said.
Bringing to the table two aspects of singing and songwriting, the duo has the ability to solely focus on the music at hand while everything else seemingly falls into place.
"When we first started performing together, Miranda had this new love for performing that was invigorating for me," Hawkes said about the initial chemistry between them. "She made me excited about writing songs again while I provided the security of the business aspect of things."
From the beginning, the two gave each other the freedom to pursue those musical endeavors that had never been explored before.
"It's a really unique experience," Dawn said. "I've never co-written with anyone like I do with Chris. Sometimes one of us will finish the other's lyrics and it always feels comfortable or collaborative. We are always on the same page experimenting with different sounds and ideas for songs. We are always pushing each other forward."
While they learned a lot and were influenced by a number of talented musicians, the pair was ready to get back on the road and tour after their experience through three rounds of the "The Voice."
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A new duck-hunting club is set to take flight in the bayou area this month.
A new duck-hunting club is set to take flight in the bayou area this month.
The bayou chapter of Delta Waterfowl officially kicks off with its banquet on Oct. 23, at The Foundry on the Bayou in Thibodaux. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Started in 1911, Delta Waterfowl is an organization dedicated to preserving waterfowl and waterfowl hunting. It has 46,000 members across 41 states and seven Canadian provinces, according to its web site, deltawaterfowl.org.
The organization is responsible for conservation efforts in northern states, said Scott Rodrigue, the bayou chapter's co-chairman. It also researches waterfowl breeding habits and population, plus ways to increase their numbers, said chapter chairman Luke Allen.
Delta Waterfowl's work includes protection from predators.
"They preserve the ducks so we can shoot them down here," Rodrigue said.
Duck season begins Nov. 10 in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.
One-quarter of the money raised at the banquet will be used for local events, Rodrigue said. Chapter leaders are unsure how they will use the money but pointed to other chapters' holding youth hunts and educational programs as a possibility.
Individual banquet tickets are $50. Corporate tables seating eight people are $500.
Ticket fees cover the cost of membership into the bayou chapter of Delta Waterfowl, Rodrigue noted.
You can learn more at facebook.com/DeltaWaterfowlDaBayou.


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The notice comes from employees, who were notified this week. But there's yet to be an official announcement from the company.
But Robert Bosch Tool Corporation is leaving Watseka next year.
The closing of the Watseka facility will affect 126 workers. Several other employees at the Watseka plant were let go months ago when the company moved operations to another state.


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MESA, Ariz. -- Michael Phelps finished 42nd in Friday's 50 freestyle heats and did not qualify for the evening final. But that wasn't bad considering he was swimming the butterfly stroke in that event.
Why did Phelps swim the fly stroke in a free race? It's unusual, but not unheard of. The racing schedule didn't present a desirable event for Phelps on Friday, especially since one of the options was the 400 IM.
"I'm not ready for a 400 IM. I don't think I will ever be ready for that race again," Phelps said. "I will not swim the 400 IM, that I guar-an-tee you. So do not ask that question."
To that comment, coach Bob Bowman asked humorously, "Is that kind of like, 'I will never ever swim again after London?'"
With limited options, Phelps and Bowman decided to use the 50 free as a chance to work on the swimmer's signature fly stroke. They were pleased with the results. Phelps bettered his split time from Thursday's 100 fly final by seven-tenths of a second (24.06).
Asked whether his emphasis on shorter distances here was an indication of his future strategy in his return to competitive swimming, Phelps replied, "It's a good starting point, just to get some races under my belt. The schedule today wasn't really ideal for what I should swim at this moment."
Because Phelps did not qualify for the evening finals -- now that would have been a story -- the 50-free heat wrapped up his racing at the Arena Grand Prix. He is next entered in the Charlotte Grand Prix in two weeks, and Bowman said they would approach the meet with the same style, swimming one or two days.
Phelps appeared to greatly enjoy the experience. He repeatedly said he was having fun, and his expression, demeanor and engaging press conferences indicated that was indeed the case.
"I don't know what it was like here last year, but I know it is more exciting when you have the excitement level we had here," he said. "With kids that are cheering, with people packing the stands every single session, the tickets selling out in a handful of hours after I said I was coming back -- it's pretty special.
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Trick or Treating Tips to Keep Your Kids Happy This Halloween
Trick or Treating on Halloween can be a very stressful time for parents. We've all been there: It's been a long day already, you've endured school Halloween parties, and somehow managed to keep the kids in their costumes… Now comes Trick or Treating. Throw coats on, load 'em in the car, and find yourself more and more frustrated as the evening goes on. It happens to the best of us.
Here are 10 tips to make the whole night go a lot smoother.
- No kid wants to put a coat on over their costume that they're proud of. Captain America does not wear a jacket, mom. This year, get their costume a little bigger and let them wear layers beneath. I recommend thermal undergarments.
- Make sure your kids have flashlights and reflectors on their costumes, but don't overburden them. Remember, if you have little kids you'll end up carrying their flashlights and bags anyway. And don't put reflectors in the middle of their costumes.
- Take your time. Don't rush the kids when they're Trick or Treating. That makes them unhappy, and makes you unhappy by proxy. Let them have fun on a holiday that's solely for them.
- Plan out your Trick or Treat route in advance. Whether you're walking or driving, know where you're going ahead of time. Don't just drive around haphazardly looking for places to stop. Set a beginning and end to your adventure and set the kids' expectations.
- If you're taking the kids to relative's or friend's houses, don't plan on spending a lot of time chit chatting. Your kids want to be out Trick or Treating! They don't want to stand around for an hour while you take photos and swap recipes.
- At the end of the night, dump all candy sacks on the dining room table and split the candy up evenly. Everyone gets some of everything. That way you can safely check the kids' candy while your divvying it up.
- Even if it's a school night, let the kids enjoy Halloween. Let them stay up and help give out candy, watch Halloween shows, and just enjoy the night.
- Let them eat some of their candy. It's why they put on the costumes and went out. Don't let them go crazy… but let them enjoy their spoils.
- Don't take down Halloween decorations on Halloween. Or at least wait until the kids go to bed.
- Have fun! Remember, if you're having fun, your kids will have fun too!
Halloween is truly a holiday for our kids. They get to dress up and have fun. Let's make sure that they're having fun, but being safe as well.
If you're looking for the ultimate safe and fun way to Trick or Treat this year, why not take your kids to Trick or Treat on Bish's Street? Admission is free!


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The Departments of Geology and Geography encourage their majors to study abroad for a single semester, year or a summer. Our faculty will help students find programs that best fit their academic and personal goals.
Learning abroad provides opportunities for students to gain valuable cross-cultural understanding and an appreciation of our interconnected and diverse world by meeting people and exploring places, societies, and environments other than their own. By immersing themselves in another culture and engaging with unfamiliar perspectives, students will develop skills and competencies to work in an increasingly international and diverse workplace.
A venerable geologist we know says: "the geologist who sees the most rocks wins." In that spirit, we encourage geology majors who go abroad to take geology courses that involve field work and field trips.
If the last decade has taught us anything, it should have taught us that understanding the world around us is complicated. Global strife is driven by a nexus of political, cultural, economic, and environmental problems. Geography is the one discipline that has always attempted to integrate these perspectives.
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Geography majors have the opportunity to study in a broad collection of settings that include Central and South America, Western Europe, Africa, Asia, and the always popular Australasia. Since much of the world outside the US has a deeper tradition of geography education at the university level, the curricular opportunities are nothing short of spectacular.
Many geology majors have studied in English-speaking countries known for distinctive geology (like New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, and England). Yet other majors with language expertise have ventured to places like Chile and France in order to study geology. Be adventurous!
For a list of where past and present Geology and Geography majors have studied and a summary of the courses that they took abroad, check this searchable database. Note that this is not a definitive list of what is possible and should serve only as a useful guide and planning resource.
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It is of vital importance that students plan their schedule according to whether they intend to take any geology or geography courses while they are studying abroad. Almost no planning hurdle is insurmountable, as long as students consult with their advisor and, where necessary the department chair, to address these issues ahead of time.
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As a general rule nearly all major-related elective offerings at foreign institutions for which students meet the prerequisites will be accepted for 200 or 300-level credit toward the majors. Core courses are frequently difficult ones for which to locate a match elsewhere. Therefore, a useful planning guideline is to look for courses abroad that meet the elective requirements of the major, and to take core requirements on campus.
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A summer internship or research project abroad is a good way for students to apply and develop their skills and explore possible career paths while engaging with cultures and perspectives outside the United States.
Many funded summer research opportunities are available through the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, funded by the National Science Foundation, which offers programs for undergraduate research both abroad and in the U.S. The DAAD RISE program also offers funded summer research opportunities in Germany for students in the sciences.
The Departments of Geology and Geography maintain a list of internship and other opportunities available to students. Students also have the option of developing their own summer internship or research project. Support for unpaid opportunities is available through the Universal Application Funding (UAF), which offers students access to funding from a variety of College fellowship sources to cover travel and living expenses for the duration of the project. Students with a family contribution of less than $5000 may also receive a $500 grant to apply towards their summer earnings contribution. Both the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives and the Career Development Center have student evaluations of past international internships on file.


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Lucio Marcello
30th March 2017
Venezuela is set to hand over 12% of the nation's territory in the upper headwaters of the Amazon to mining corporations, writes Lucio Marcello, with 150 companies from 35 countries poised to devastate the army-controlled 'special economic zone'. But resistance is growing, and a counter-proposal aims to protect the area's precious biodiversity, indigenous cultures and water resources in a new South Orinoco Mega Reserve. more...The end is nigh for coal - the UK must stop digging!
Deniz Kemal
6th March 2017
The UK Government is planning a coal-free energy future by 2025, writes Deniz Kemal. But it has failed to take the first step to make it happen: give clear guidance to local planners to block new coal mines on climate change grounds - like one application going to public inquiry this summer for a huge opencast mine on the Northumberland coast. more...Ecuador's 'progressive' extractivism - mining, ecocide and the silencing of dissent
Carlos Zorrilla
6th March 2017
Ecuador's 'socialist' President Correa has unleashed a wave of repression at Andean communities seeking to protect their lands, forests and nature from open pit mining, writes Carlos Zorrilla. With most of biodiversity-rich Intag region conceded to international mining companies, the mood is one of rising fear and desperation in the countdown to next month's election. more...To mine or not to mine?
Jasper Finkeldey
20th February, 2017
The Alternative Indaba initiated by faith-based groups eight years ago is a forum to discuss alternatives to the mining rush that brought more doom than gloom over the African continent and beyond. JASPER FINKELDEY reports back from this month's forum which called for the mining industry to be made more accountable more...Indigenous land rights could halt Australia's largest coal mining project
Maxine Newlands
16th February, 2017
Indigenous elders from the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) people have put mining company Adani - and Australia's governments - on notice to quit the Carmichael mine project over native title claims. MAXINE NEWLANDS reports more...Rafael Correa: cease your violent attacks on Ecuador's Shuar Arutam People!
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24th January 2017
In law, the Shuar Arutam People of Ecuador's Amazon control their ancestral forests. But the government has allocated more than 38% of their territory to large-scale mining, and a gigantic hydroelectric dam is about to be built. Peaceful resistance has been met with a violent military occupation against a People whose only demand, set out in this Open Letter, is peace and justice. more...Blood and fire: mining and militarization in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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24th January 2017
The opposition of Ecuador's Shuar People to large scale mining and hydroelectric development in their ancestral forests has triggered a full-scale military occupation of their lands in the Amazon cloud forest, writes Jake Ling, accompanied by a surge in state-sponsored murder and violence - for which Chinese and Canadian mining companies must share responsibility. more...Rosia Montana: how Romanians united to save a mountain village from mining apocalypse
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Last week's decision by the Romanian government to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for Rosia Montana, a historic Carpathian mountain village under threat of gold mining, is a massive victory for campaigners after a hard 15-year struggle, writes Alexandru Predoiu - one that has united farmers, city-dwellers and new-age protestors against cultural and ecological destruction. more...Coral Not Coal - Australian Activists Fight To Save the Great Barrier Reef
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17th August 2018
A collapse in the price of uranium has not yet stopped Australian mining company GME from trying to press ahead with a massive open-pit uranium mine on an Arctic mountain in southern Greenland, writes Bill Williams - just returned from the small coastal town of Narsaq where local people and Inuit campaigners are driving the growing resistance to the ruinous project. more...Uranium from Russia, with love
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26th July 2016
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Rachel Lees
21st July 2016
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Africa is being opened up like a tin of sardines to a new wave of resource extraction, writes Colin Todhunter. Masked under the soubriquets of 'investment', 'growth' and 'free trade', a handful of vast global corporations are systematically plundering the continent's mineral wealth and leaving desolation in their wake, backed to the hilt by that ever-faithful servant of capital - the UK government. more...New film 'SWINE' exposes the secret life of factory farms and the rise in antibiotic resistance in farmed animals
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12th May 2016
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6th April 2016
Precious World Heritage Sites that protect vital biodiversity and human cultures are at risk from oil decelopment and other industries. Under threat are not just nature, wildlife, land and water but the 11 million people who depend on the 114 sites' environmental quality for their livelihoods. more...Amazon Indians at risk in mercury poisoning crisis
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5th April 2016
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A barista competition might not evoke images of training sessions lasting into the night, or enough blood, sweat and tears to fill a few espresso demitasse cups, but for the last two months, this has been Daria Whalen and Wolfie Barn's reality. After closing up shop at Espresso Royale Coffee on Commonwealth Ave every night, Whalen and Barn resume their spots behind the counter for some rigorous practice in preparation for the Northeast Regional Barista Competition. Under the steady eye of their coach, veteran judge Ryan Soeder, they've pulled countless espresso shots, perfected foam patterns, and studied the art of "at origin" coffee production, long after the evening's caffeine has fizzled out. The rules of the competition, which takes place February 25-26 at the 7W Event Studios in New York, are straight-forward: make three rounds of drinks. Each competitor has 15 minutes to produce four espresso shots, four cappuccinos, and finally four "signature" drinks of their own choosing---Whalen has concocted an espresso shot mixed with grape juice, and Barn will be serving an iced Earl Grey with espresso and an orange twist in a stemless wine glass. Oh, and they do this while entertaining and educating their panel of four tasting judges on the history of their particular blend, as two technical judges monitor their every move. No pressure. Appearances are everything; even the chosen cups and saucers factor into routines, or "presentations," and the resulting atmosphere is a tension-packed cross between a Master Sommelier exam and an Olympic diving competition. The regional, national, and international levels of the competition are a Mecca for those involved in the ever-expanding world of artisan coffee. This weekend's competition is held in conjuction with The Coffee and Tea Festival, a trade goods expo next door. Whalen and Barn, along with Calen Robinette of Voltage Coffee and Jonathan Montanez of Render Coffee, are set to represent Boston area baristas.The Espresso Royale duo received sponsorships from Counter Culture Coffee and Pavement Coffee, after approaching the cafés for support. As first-time competitors, Whalen and Barn can appreciate the somewhat ridiculous nature of the contest while understanding that it's all a part of the game. As a result, they haven't cut any corners in preparing their presentations. "All of the sudden, I'm in this world where this is completely normal," Whalen says, as she describes connoisseurs coming to blows over which Ethiopian farm produces the best coffee bean. With over four years of barista experience between them, Whalen and Barn see the competition as an opportunity to develop their skills and push the limits of their beloved brew. While the skills they've garnered might earn them recognition from their peers, Whalen and Barn can only hope that their expertise will be appreciated by the judges they interact with every day: their customers. "For a customer, I think it's hard to see what makes one espresso shot better than another," Barn jokes. "In some ways, it's a shame that it's not just about making tasty coffee."


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It's rare to read anything new and provocative when it comes to Federer vs. Nadal. That's why I really enjoyed Carl Bialik's recent piece in The Wall Street Journal: The Federer-Nadal Rivalry, Rekindled. It takes a close look at both player's stats, in terms of the match-up and separately, and makes some points that have gone widely forgotten in the standard "Roger's losing ground" discourse. Sunday's result in London only highlights what these numbers already support – when it comes to Rafa vs. Roger, it's still "Game on!"
Or as the author puts it: "(A) closer look at the season's results suggests that if anything, the two players are closer competitors than ever before, with both playing near the peak of their powers at the same time and even closing the gap between their seemingly opposite styles."
Click here and read the whole piece. Then come back and tell us what you think.
Undoubtedly, Rafa's victory at the US Open was HUGE and potentially GOAT-making, but Roger's still the man to beat on hardcourts:
"Nearly the entire second half of the season is spent on hardcourts, and during that span this year, Federer arguably was as good as Nadal. Though it was Nadal who lifted the U.S. Open trophy, Federer won four titles and went 34-4 after Wimbledon, reaching the semifinals or better in all eight tournaments he entered. He held multiple match points in two of his losses. And, most impressively, he wasn't playing an easy schedule during that span. He won 13 of 16 matches against players ranked in the top 10, including nine victories against fellow top-five players Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Robin Soderling. In less than five months, Federer had more wins over top-10 players than Nadal had all year, and the same number he and Nadal had last year."
What I really find interesting about this article, is its interest in showing how both players are evolving and therefore growing similar to one another. A tricky argument, but cool to think about:
"Another indication the two players' seasons were closer than they appear: Each won 70% of points on his own serve, while winning 40% of points on opponents' serve. This also indicates how Nadal is learning from Federer's example about how to stay healthy and fresh throughout the year. Nadal's serve has improved to the point that he ranked second on tour in winning his service games, ranking between rocket-serving Americans Andy Roddick and John Isner."
The article also brings up a popular point amongst Fed supporters regarding the clay vs. non-clay head-to-head. Roger's long been the second best on clay, Rafa's just starting to enjoy that distinction on hard court. Would the career head-to-head be weighted any differently if we'd had more than four Fedal hardcourt finals so far?:
"Nadal's shaky history on hard courts is the best argument against using the two players' head-to-head record to judge their rivalry. Nadal has won 14 of their 22 meetings, but 12 of those meetings came on clay, where Nadal won 10 times. Federer is 2-1 on grass and 4-3 on hard courts. (Federer's all-surface excellence at the peak of his career may best be encapsulated by his reaching the final of an astonishing 17 consecutive tournaments through Toronto in 2006.) During Nadal's reign on clay, Federer has been the second-best player on the surface, reaching 11 of the 31 finals reached by Nadal. [The article also points out that Rafa's been the opponent in only 4 of Federer's 55 hard court finals appearances – of course, Roger's had a head start.] Federer's two wins in those 11 finals may seem skimpy — until you consider that Nadal is a perfect 21-0 in clay finals against players other than Federer. Nadal's improvement on grass and hard courts makes him a far better overall player than he once was, yet may also paradoxically diminish his head-to-head edge over Federer — if, as all tennis fans hope, 2011 and beyond bring many more Federer-Nadal finals."
Hmmm. . .as much as I don't want to knock Fed's hardcourt prowess, I think a slowish, high-bouncing hard court is at best an equalizing surface for the Swiss.
And finally, a really depressing stat if you're Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Andy Roddick:
"they (these three players) have career winning percentages that rank in the top 20 in the Open era of men's tennis. Yet that trio of players has just two career major titles, to 16 for Federer and nine for Nadal. The era of Fedal may soon pass, but 2010 gave no reason for their competitors to think so."
If Federer's victory on Sunday did one thing, it's changed the tennis media's tenor going into the Australian Open. Heck, even I was riding the "Fed always loses to Murray, always loses to Rafa, always flubs match points and will be lucky to eke out another Major before he retires" train of thought that's been zooming through Tennis Town this season.
I leave you with Nick Bollettieri's "picks" for 2011 (Nick worked with Paul Annacone):
I firmly believe that he (Federer) is going to have a huge bounce-back year in 2011 and that some of his best days are still in front of him.
As for Nadal, he will not let this match get him down. He is probably already thinking of ways to combat what Federer did and because of his great determination I am sure he will look forward to playing Federer in 2011.
Now Rafa and Rog just have to make it happen for all of us in 2011! Game on!
In the meantime, we can look forward to watching them play their charity matches this December, which will be broadcast in the States live on ESPN2 and online at ESPN3.com. Fedal plays in Switzerland on December 21st at 2:00 p.m., Eastern and in Spain on December 22 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern. Both matches will be on indoor hard court, and the results, let's face it, will mean next to nothing in terms of the match-up. BUT both matches will have "Major" impact in terms of fundraising and helping people in need – and that says quite a lot more about these two guys than any stats can.


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