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Report of Brig. Gen. A. H. Colquitt, C. S. Army, Commanding Brigade.
APRIL 27-MAY 6, 1863.--The Chancellorsville Campaign.
NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, May 15, 1863.
Captain [G.] PEYTON.
SIR: Herewith I submit a report of the part taken by my brigade in the recent engagement at Chancellorsville and the affairs connected with it.
On the morning of April 29, intelligence being received that a portion of the Federal Army had succeeded in crossing the river near Fredericksburg, my brigade was put under arms and marched to Hamilton's Crossing. Under cover of a hill, protected from the enemy's artillery, we lay during the day, and at 3 o'clock next morning took position upon a line of temporary intrenchments in front of the enemy. At intervals during the day a fire of artillery was opened upon us, but without effect.
At dawn on the morning of May 1, we took up the line of march, and, after proceeding 6 or 7 miles above Fredericksburg, came upon a portion of our forces who had been engaging the enemy. Discharges of artillery and musketry were still heard. The division being formed in line of battle, my position was upon the right. In this order we advanced a few hundred yards, when my command was thrown into some confusion by coming in contact with the troops of General McLaws' command, formed perpendicular to my own line. The line being rectified, we began again to advance, when instructions were received that we should halt and await future orders. The skirmishers, moving in advance, picked up 15 or 20 prisoners. At sundown we were withdrawn to the Plank road, and continued the march for 2 or 3 miles, when we bivouacked for the night.
Early the next morning we were again put in motion, my brigade in front, and, turning to the left from the Plank road leading from Fredericksburg to Orange Court-House, it was obvious that we were aiming for the flank and rear of the enemy. On reaching the furnace, 1 mile distant from the point of divergence, I detached, by order of General Jackson, a regiment (the Twenty-third Georgia, Colonel [E. F.] Best), with instructions to guard the flank of the column in motion against a surprise, and to call, if necessary, upon any officer whose command was passing for re-enforcements. For the subsequent action and fate of this regiment, I refer to the accompanying report of Colonel Best.
After a circuitous march of 6 miles, we again reached the Plank road, which we had left. My brigade was placed in ambush along the line of the road, with the expectation that some demonstration would be made by the enemy's cavalry. In the meantime the division filed past, and I closed in upon the rear.
At 4 o'clock we reached the road running through Chancellorsville to ------. Here we formed line of battle, my brigade upon the right, and uniting with Doles upon the left. In this order we advanced for a few hundred yards, when intelligence was communicated to me by the skirmishers that a body of the enemy was upon my right flank. I ordered a halt, and called back the Sixth Georgia, which had continued to advance. The regiment upon the right (the Nineteenth Georgia) was quickly thrown into position to meet any demonstration upon the flank, and ordered to advance about 100 yards to the summit of a hill. The enemy's force proved to be a small body of cavalry, which galloped away as soon as the regiment advancing toward them was discovered, and a picket of infantry, which was captured by my skirmishers. All apprehension in this quarter being allayed, we advanced again to the front, to renew connection with the line that had preceded us. As we emerged from the woods into an open field, I discovered Doles' brigade hotly engaged with the enemy at his first works. With a shout, and at a double-quick, we moved to his support, but before we reached musket range the enemy broke in confusion and fled. I halted in the open field, and brought up two of my regiments which had been delayed in crossing a creek and in climbing its steep banks. It was now nearly dark, and too late for further action.
At 10 o'clock I relieved the brigade of General McGowan, watching a road leading to one of the enemy's main positions, and detailed the Sixth Georgia Regiment to support a battery in front. During the night, the alarm being given, my whole command was moved to the support of the battery, and was subjected at intervals to a fierce artillery fire from the enemy.
Early the ensuing morning, I took my position in line of battle on the extreme right, and, in pursuance of orders, was advancing upon the enemy's position, when I received orders to move to the support of General Archer, a guide being furnished to direct me to him. I had proceeded but a short distance when I was ordered to repair in haste to the extreme left of our line, where the enemy threatened to turn our flank. I had scarcely reached the new position when I was again ordered to the right, and thence again to the left.
While our forces were occupied in the assault on Chancellorsville, the enemy sought to assail them in flank, and made desperate efforts to regain possession of the turnpike. It was to defeat this object that my brigade was thrown to the left. Forming line of battle parallel to the road, I advanced in face of a severe fire to a line of breastworks from which the enemy had been driven. Here I found the Third Alabama, of Rodes' brigade, and some Louisiana and South Carolina regiments stubbornly resisting his advance. They had well-nigh exhausted their ammunition. Upon my arrival they withdrew, producing some confusion in rushing through my ranks; it was momentary, however. Advancing beyond the breastworks, we opened a furious and well-directed fire upon the enemy. The contest was sharp and fierce for a few moments. I ordered a charge, which was responded to with a shout and at a double-quick. The enemy broke and fled in confusion, throwing away arms, accouterments, and every incumbrance. We continued the pursuit for half a mile, killing and capturing many, and driving the fugitives into their fortifications in rear of Chancellorsville. Coming to a halt, we lay under cover of woods within 400 yards of their works for four or five hours. Some demonstrations being made upon my left, the brigade of General Lane was sent to my support. Previously the Fiftieth Virginia [?], Captain Mathews, and a detachment of a South Carolina [Alabama] regiment, under Major [A. M.] Gordon, had joined me as re-enforcements. The enemy did not show himself again outside of his works.
At 4 p.m. I was relieved by the division of Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill, under the command of General Pender. We took position soon after in the trenches about Chancellorsville, where we lay until ordered back to our camp near Grace Church.
Colonels [Charles T.] Zachry, [John T.] Lofton, [Tully] Graybill, and [A. J.] Hutchins led their regiments with spirit and energy.
Captain [G. G.] Grattan, assistant adjutant-general, and Lieutenant [James] Randie, aide-de-camp, were indefatigable in their efforts and conspicuously bold in the discharge of their duties.
Mr. H. H. Colquitt, acting upon my staff, bore himself with spirit and coolness.
Especial credit is due Capt. William M. Arnold, Sixth Georgia Regiment, who commanded the battalion of skirmishers. His energy, zeal, and gallantry won my admiration.
[P. S.] The names of the following officers and men are mentioned by their regimental commanders as deserving especial notice for meritorious conduct: Corpls. R. W. Clarke and William Chappell, and Private W. J. Howell, Company A, Sixth Georgia Regiment. Lieuts. George W. Lathem, commanding Company D, and W. P. Edwards, commanding Company F, Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment. Sergt.W. A. Webb, Corpls. L. C. Fentrell and C. M. Newberry, Privates H. Newberry, M. Merritt, J. Murchison, J. Hoskins, J. Worsham, W. G. Clary, and Simon Johnson, of Company C; Privates A. L. Dodd, John J. Buffington, G. M. Dodd, James Laster, Thomas J. Horton, and A. J. Whitaker, of Company E; Privates J. T. Reeves and J. C. Curtice, of Company G; Sergts. J. B. Bryans and T. J. Dukes, Corpl. B. P. Pryor, Privates B. F. Norris, G. W. Rape, J. M. Lindsey, and John H. Lewis, of Company H; Sergt. James Shirah, of Company F; Private William Connel, of Company K, Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment.
Casualties in Colquitt's brigade.
COMMAND Killed Wounded Missing Total 6th Georgia 2 36 ---- 38 19th Georgia 3 40 ---- 43 23rd Georgia ---- ---- ---- 276 27th Georgia 3 28 ---- 31 28th Georgia 2 30 2 34 TOTAL 10 134 2 422


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The Florida National Guard is investigating an F-15 Eagle pilot after news outlets reported that the F-15 flew too low over a neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, according to a Florida National Guard release.
The aircraft, which is from the 125th Fighter Wing, is based at the Jacksonville International Airport, according to the release. The plane was flying from Sioux City, Iowa, for maintenance, but no mechanical problems with the plane were reported.
The pilot will work "non-flying duties" while officials investigate, according the release.
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Penguin Populations Decline, Become Poster Species for Ocean Conservation
Penguins have spent years fooling us. With their image seemingly every where we turn—entertaining us in animated films, awing us in documentaries, and winking at us in commercials—they have made most of us believe they are doing just fine; the penguin's charming demeanor has lulled us into complacency about their fate. But penguin populations are facing historic declines even as their popularity in human society rises.
Overfishing is decimating some of their prey species, climate change is shifting their resources and imperiling their habitat, meanwhile pollution, such as oil spills, are putting even healthy colonies at risk. Now, a young organization, the Global Penguin Society (GPS), is working to save all of the world's 18 penguin species by working with scientists, governments, and local communities.
"Penguins are telling us a story that we need to hear: 11 of the 18 species of penguins are listed as Vulnerable or Endangered by IUCN," Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, the President of the Global Penguin Society, told mongabay.com in a recent interview. "Penguins have particular life history traits that make them vulnerable to environmental changes. They are flightless Southern Hemisphere birds. They are long-lived, lay one or two eggs, and take several months to raise their offspring. They breed in colonies, and depend on marine food sources that are spatially and temporarily unpredictable."
These factors make penguins not only extremely sensitive to large-scale environmental changes, but also key species for monitoring the overall health of oceans. Declines among many of the penguin species over recent decades have followed wider problems in the oceans.
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Satellite TV has been putting a dent in the profits enjoyed by traditional cable TV companies by offering consumers more choices. Consumers around the country use Dish Network as an alternative to cable TV in their homes.
Along with satellite TV, DVRs are a very common item in homes around the country. One of the early DVR firms was TiVo. TiVo and EchoStar have been embroiled in a long-running patent infringement suit that alleges that Dish Network (formerly EchoStar) knowingly infringed on patents held by TiVo for DVR technologies.
A federal judge in Texas awarded TiVo nearly $190 million in damages yesterday in the long running dispute. Reuters reports that U.S. District Judge David Folsom ordered EchoStar to disable a feature in about 193,000 DVRs it has in use in homes around the country that was found to infringe TiVo patents.
Folson also found that a workaround EchoStar implemented to get around a previous patent dispute over DVR functionality on Dish Network receivers infringed upon TiVo patents. The court set a date of June 26 for an additional hearing on potential sanctions against EchoStar.
Judge Folsom granted TiVo a $73.9 million ruling plus $15.7 million in interest on patent infringement claims. TiVo was also awarded an additional $103.1 million in damages plus interest accumulated during the stay of the injunction.
Since a previous EchoStar workaround was found to infringe on TiVo patents, the court ordered that Dish Network must inform the court before it tries to implement another workaround for the patent it infringed.
TiVo issued a statement saying, "We are extremely gratified by the Court's well reasoned and thorough decision, in which it rejected EchoStar's attempted workaround claim regarding the TiVo patent, found EchoStar to be in contempt of court and ordered the permanent injunction fully enforced. In addition, the Court's award of an additional $103 million plus interest through April 2008 makes this victory all the more important. EchoStar may attempt to further delay this case but we are very pleased the Court has made it clear that there are major ramifications for continued infringement."
Dish and EchoStar say that the court's decision will be appealed and it will file a motion to stay the order with a federal appeals court.


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Faculty and Staff CDS Information
While working at Everett Community College you may encounter students with various types of disabilities. Students with learning, health, sensory, physical, psychological or temporary disabilities are eligible to receive services through the Center for Disability Services (CDS) office on campus. Students who require disability-related academic accommodations should be working with the CDS office to receive appropriate accommodations. However, some students are not aware of our office and should be referred if they approach you for accommodations.
How do students receive accommodations from CDS?
In order for students to receive accommodations, they must provide documentation of their disability from a health care professional to the CDS office. They must then meet with the CDS Director to establish appropriate accommodations. Once accommodations have been established, the students should make an appointment with their instructors at the beginning of the quarter to review their "Faculty Letter" from CDS. This letter explains the types of accommodations deemed appropriate for that student.
What types of accommodations does CDS provide?
Examples of accommodations that may be provided to students include but are not limited to notetaking services, books in alternative format (Braille, audio, large print or electronic format), permission to record lectures, copies of overhead transparencies shown in class, ASL interpreters, adjustable chairs or additional time to complete exams. Students who need books in alternative format may need to contact their instructors well before the quarter begins (six weeks or more) to request a book list, syllabus or reading instructions. This accommodation is requested early due to the fact that obtaining text in alternative format takes a great deal of time.
Please feel free to contact the CDS office at 425-388-9272 (extension 9272 on campus) if you have any questions or concerns regarding disability accommodations.


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|Community Center
|Old school
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|One of the only newer buildings - the new school
Five Quileute boys emerge from a phalanx of drummers. Barefoot and bare-chested, they wear black cloaks and wolf headdresses, and dance, crouch and crawl within the center of a large circle. On the outskirts, women and girls move rhythmically to a chant and steady drumbeat, several of them sporting red and black capes emblazoned with orca or elk, thunderbird or hummingbird. Every generation is represented, from drumming elders to mothers teaching toddlers to follow their footwork.
No souvenir photos of this dance are allowed, only the chance to witness the traditional steps and songs that evoke the tribe's spiritual kinship with wolves, whom K'wati the Transformer turned into the first Quileute people.
The Wolf Dance is at the core of the tribe's identity, and marks the climax of a weekly drum and healing circle, held in the fishing village of La Push, Wash., a few modest homes and buildings strung along a road that winds down to the ocean. This free event, a combination of religious ceremony, public exhibition, cultural exchange and communal catharsis, is remarkable not only for its community spirit but also for its openness to outsiders.
Read the full story here. Thoughts? Anyone else fall in love with La Push the second you set foot there? (It's La Push, baby.)


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Quarterly Report on Federal Reserve
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Federal Reserve Disclosure Requirements and Other Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protect Act of 2010 was signed into law.10 The act included changes designed to promote transparency while protecting monetary policy independence and the efficacy of the Federal Reserve's liquidity programs and OMOs. In addition, the act modified the Federal Reserve's authority to provide emergency liquidity to nondepository institutions under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act in light of other amendments that provide the U.S. government with new authority to resolve failing, systemically important nonbank financial institutions in an orderly manner.
As provided by the Dodd-Frank Act, on December 1, 2010, the Federal Reserve posted to its public website detailed information about entities that received loans or other financial assistance under a Section 13(3) credit facility between December 1, 2007, and July 21, 2010, and about persons or entities that participated in the agency MBS purchase program, used foreign currency liquidity swap lines, or borrowed through the TAF during that time frame. This disclosure includes more than 21,000 individual credit and other transactions conducted to stabilize markets during the financial crisis, restore the flow of credit to American families and businesses, and support economic recovery and job creation in the aftermath of the crisis. The Federal Reserve's disclosure about these transactions is available at www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_transaction.htm.
As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Federal Reserve also posted an audit webpage, available at www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_audit.htm. This page will be updated as reports and other information become available.
The Dodd-Frank Act also established a framework for the delayed disclosure of information on entities that, after July 21, 2010, received a loan from the discount window under Section 10B of the Federal Reserve Act or from a Section 13(3) facility, or participated in OMO transactions. Generally, this framework requires the Federal Reserve to publicly disclose certain information about these discount window borrowers and OMO counterparties approximately two years after the relevant loan or transaction; information about borrowers under future Section 13(3) facilities will be disclosed one year after the authorization for the facility is terminated. Information to be disclosed will include the names and identifying details of each borrower or counterparty, the amount borrowed, the interest rate paid, and information identifying the types and amounts of collateral pledged or assets transferred in connection with the borrowing or transaction. The disclosures of discount window borrowers and OMO counterparties commenced in September 2012; the information is available at www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/reform_quarterly_transaction.htm and www.newyorkfed.org/markets/OMO_transaction_data.html.
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But Wiedower has only been coaching at Russellville for four years. Before that, he spent seven years at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, eight years at Greenbrier High School and one year at Morrilton.
Wiedower said the ups and downs didn't faze him much. Not anymore.
"Of course, no one likes to lose," he said. "But after coaching 20 years, I've had teams that didn't have winning records or win many games. But I've also had teams that have won many games."
There's a lot more that goes into coaching a basketball team than the sport itself. Wiedower said that it's important to remember that no matter if the team is winning or losing, it's the kids that are important. Not the scoreboard. Not the record at the end of the season.
"It's not fun losing," he said. "But I remember I've enjoyed some of those kids from those losing teams just as much as any other kids I've had in the past. As long as they work hard, that's really all you can ask. There's definitely more to it than just winning basketball games."
Wiedower has seen the Lady Cyclones ride to nearly the pinnacle of success leading the team to a state-runner up trophy last year — but he has also seen them struggle. This year, the Lady Cyclones have yet to win a game.
"I knew coming in that this year was going to be a tough year and that we'd have a rebuilding year," he said. "But sometimes you learn more from losing than you do winning."
Wiedower draws on the experiences he had playing athletics growing up for inspiration in coaching. He said that the guidance he received played a major role in his decision to become a coach.
"The biggest reason I became a coach is probably because some of my coaches in high school and college — I was just very impressed with what they did for me. I just felt like that was something that I might want to do.
"I remember being back in college and being pushed so hard I thought it was too much. But once you get through it you realize you can do it. You can apply that to areas of life besides basketball. Plus, the encouragement the coaches gave me to help me get through those tough times. When things go good it makes you feel like you can accomplish something. It gives you confidence. You think the coaches are mean and tough on you sometimes, but after the fact you realize they were doing you a favor and making you a better person."
Wiedower spends most of his free time with his family. It was one of the main reason's he left UALR to coach at Russellville.
"I enjoy spending time with my family," he explained. "I've got two daughters and my wife. One of the reasons I left UALR was just to get to spend more time with them.
We have a lake house up at Greer's Ferry Lake. We spend a lot of time up there enjoying the lake. I try to get out in the outdoors as much as I can."
While he doesn't have any regrets about his decision to become a coach, he admitted that he considers how his life might have turned out if he had ventured down another path.
"I think [it's] just human nature to look back," he said. "Sometimes you think maybe if I'd done this or that — I was good at math back then, for example, but I never really studied it. Now you look around at the things and all the technology and I think I could have made more money maybe if I'd done more with math. But I don't have any regrets, really. I look around and see that I have a healthy family and everything is going well. That's all that really matters."


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Yeah, I heard it on Mike & Mike. Let's hope this doesn't turn into the dynamic trio.
I swear, the Pats are gonna roll out 5 TE sets eventually, lol.
Yeah, I heard it on Mike & Mike. Let's hope this doesn't turn into the dynamic trio.
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I wouldn't expect much out of him right away. A lot of catching up to do. But I suppose he is better than hanamanmouiuimoioi for the 6 weeks Hernandez will be out. Hell the guy caught 75 passes last year from freeman.
I wouldn't worry. I don't think this one's going to work out too well. I don't have much confidence in this pickup.
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a shrewd pickup by the Pats I'm sad to say
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we did this with Braylon a few years back.
I would love to nab a RB as well in some way in-season.
Its a great pick up for the Pats if Winslow is healthy. It allows them to keep running their offense as constructed this year, with exception of maybe some plays that Hernandez runs out of the backfield, and they keep putting pressure on the middle of the field.
Should work out as well as 85. Genius.
I wonder if he will get hit in the back of the helmet on 3rd and 4 like Cumberland(insert gay Brady joke here)
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Downgrade from Hernandez. That's a good thing
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While we continue to nap away zzzzzzzzzz'
If he had signed with anyone 2 weeks ago, he would have his salary guaranteed for the year. Now? A week to week situation where he can be cut at any time.
If he has anything left in his legs, he can help.
Winslow is washed up. Hes knees are shot. Cannot make any explosive plays. He wont be a factor at all.


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Rangers remain in contact with Lohse's agent
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers continue to dance with the possibility of signing free-agent pitcher Kyle Lohse, and they have remained in contact with agent Scott Boras. Rangers general manager Jon Daniels won't talk about specific players, but acknowledged the club is still considering the possibility of adding starting pitching. Right now, Texas' fifth starter comes down to a competition between Martin Perez, Justin Grimm and possibly Robbie Ross. But the Rangers are also looking at free agents, and Lohse, who won 16 games for the Cardinals this past season, is the best available starting pitcher on that list. "There are still some players that in the right scenario that could be fits for us," Daniels said. "We like our club, but we're not doing our job if we're not looking at every player available." Beyond Lohse, the remaining free-agent starters are a mixed bag of older pitchers who are coming off injury, a subpar season or have simply passed their prime. "There is a reasonable chance that we could add somebody from outside," Daniels said. "It could be someone on a Minor League contract who is part of the competition, but we could still add somebody on a guaranteed contract that will preempt the competition." Lohse would certainly do that. He won't come cheap, but the Rangers still have the financial resources to maintain an active dialogue with Boras. As far as being able to add payroll, Daniels said, "Within reason. Our ownership group has been outstanding. Any baseball move we've needed to make, they have been really supportive. Within reason, it's not unlimited, but we have room to maneuver."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A Russellville Civil Service Commission member questioned whether current commission regulations were in conflict with the City Council's recent adoption of job descriptions for city employees recommended by consultant Blair Johanson.
The job descriptions were part of a city employee salary plan Johanson created at the request of the council.
Civil service regulations require officers to hold an intermediate law enforcement certificate to be eligible for lieutenant. According to the new job descriptions, a police lieutenant would only be required to hold a general certificate.
"I don't think it would be the place of the commission to be in conflict with the city council," Commissioner Bill Payton said.
The commissioners asked City Attorney Trey Smith, who attended the meeting, to give his legal opinion.
"State law says this board will proscribe and amend the rules and regulations regarding the qualifications of applicants, and these have the same force and effect as law," Smith said. He said he didn't view the council's adoption of the job descriptions as a conflict.
Commissioners seemed satisfied with Smith's answer.
"The [council-adopted job descriptions] are a base requirement and we can add to it," Commissioner Harry Simcox said.
The commission may consider changing the regulations at a later date to drop the intermediate certificate requirement and to add a bonus points system for training and certificates. However, commissioners decided to take no action on the proposal until after the latest round of police promotions are complete.


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Give Folau Horne's starting spot, say Tahs greats
NSW should sacrifice Test centre Rob Horne to make room for Israel Folau in the Waratahs starting line-up this season, according to Wallabies greats.
World Cup-winning Australian coach Bob Dwyer and Wallabies and Waratahs legend Mark Ella agreed Horne would be the obvious casualty should Folau continue to impress coach Michael Cheika in the Waratahs' final two trial matches against the Blues and Crusaders over the next 10 days.
The former league and AFL convert scored two tries in his debut in the Waratahs jersey during the province's friendly against the Rebels in Hobart at the weekend.
Ella said Folau was yet to be tested against a quality opposition but Horne, with 14 Test caps to his name, had failed to live up to his potential over the past couple of years and was under pressure. ''He's been under-performing over the last two to three years so I'd have no hesitation putting Israel in front of him,'' Ella said. ''He's had enormous opportunities with the Waratahs and the Wallabies but would I pick [Horne] before Folau? No way. Folau's definitely got more potential than Horne at this stage.''
Horne, 23, overcame a string of injuries in 2011 to turn in one of his most consistent seasons of Super Rugby with the Waratahs last year. He carried the form into the June internationals, starting at outside centre against Wales in all three Test matches, before straining his hamstring in a Shute Shield match for Southern Districts, ending his Wallabies season prematurely.
By all accounts this year should be Horne's season but the arrival of Folau has thrown into doubt all previous conclusions about the formation of the Waratahs' back line.
Cheika has an embarrassment of talent on his books and too few positions; Folau is fitting into a back line that boasts the likes of established Wallabies Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell, Lachie Turner, Berrick Barnes and Horne, as well as young guns Bernard Foley and Tom Kingston.
Dwyer, who coached the Waratahs and oversaw Mat Rogers's transition to rugby from league 11 years ago, said he saw the dilemma as a choice between Horne and Folau.
If Folau was left out of the starting XV, Ashley-Cooper could start at fullback and Horne at outside centre. Ashley-Cooper, an accomplished Test player at wing, outside centre and fullback, would usurp Horne if Folau was started at the back. Foley and Barnes could start at five-eighth and inside centre respectively, while Turner and Kingston could be left to battle for a wing spot alongside Mitchell.
''For me to make rock solid predictions I'd have to be a lot closer to the action but from a distance the pressure is on Rob Horne to cement a spot,'' Dwyer said. ''He hasn't really played his best football for the last couple of years and he really has to show he deserves a starting spot. The easiest team I can find is with Rob Horne on the bench.''
Dwyer, too, reserved his judgment on Folau's prospects with the Waratahs, despite observing pleasing attributes.
''You've really got to form the opinion after [Folau's] done that in the highest quality of game, not in a trial match against the Rebels who, with the greatest respect, are not the best team in the competition,'' he said. ''You've got to also see how he goes when the other team has the ball and when he's under pressure at the back. He's got strength and height which is useful for offloading - as we've seen Sonny Bill Williams do so well - and he has agility, we've seen him spinning out of those tackles.''
Ella said Folau could also work at outside centre if Cheika wanted a safer option early on. ''You've just got to put him in an attacking position, get him involved in the game and see how he develops from there,'' Ella said. ''NSW has had a lot of these [talented] players in the past and they haven't delivered. If Cheika can get them firing he'll be blessed with riches. We all want to see them playing attacking football and that will dictate who Cheika picks [to start].''
Foley appears set to take over the No.10 jersey, a transition Dwyer endorsed - if Barnes was kept at No.12. ''[Foley]'s the sort of player who, if he understands the position and gets lots of second touches, then he could be extremely dangerous with his acceleration and outright pace,'' Dwyer said. ''I'd be trying to make sure I could use him [Foley] that way, he'd be more dangerous than any other player in that role. Berrick Barnes might well be your first-choice goal kicker, in which case he has to start. That puts further pressure on Horne, because Ashley-Cooper is an absolute certainty to be starting.''
Georgina Robinson is a Sports Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
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Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) > Chimborazo > Climber's Log
Chimborazo Climber's Log
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|Shirley Lam
|Direct route
Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2009
|Climbed with my bighornmonkey and had a great time...except for getting stuck in the tent during a storm -after- we finished the climb. The electricity in the air buzzing all things metal was freeeaaaaky!
|Posted Aug 18, 2009 3:20 pm
|Castillo route
|I wasn't there mentally... what can I say??? I just have to go back and try again.
|Posted Mar 25, 2009 7:21 pm
|Great conditions
Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2009
|Made it to the Veintimilla (6267m), then the Whymper (6310m) summit under good conditions. It took 1 hour to do the round trip between the two summits. We climbed the direct route.
It snowed on us on the way down.
|Posted Feb 2, 2009 5:13 pm
|Bill Kish
|Normal Route Via El Castillo
Date Climbed: Jan 21, 2009
|Wet weather left a good amount of new snow on the mountain. We made it to 6000m before turning around due to high avy danger.
|Posted Jan 26, 2009 10:49 am
|El Castillo Route
Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2009
|Made it to the Ventemilla summit. Great conditions, except for poor visibility on summit.
|Posted Jan 12, 2009 9:40 pm
|One of my favorite climbs of all time
Date Climbed: Dec 25, 2008
|Standing on the summit of Chimborazo on Christmas with the sun rising and volcanoes smoking in the distance is something I will never forget. The climbing conditions were perfect...just a high altitude snow climb. Whymper to Whymper in 6.5 hours...back in Quito for Christmas dinner by mid-afternoon.
|Posted Jan 7, 2009 6:54 pm
|Super Sunrise!
Date Climbed: Dec 25, 2008
|Normal route, 11:30 pm start. Veintimilla summit right at sunrise! Pretty incredible! Great snow conditions on the entire mountain. We heard that ice screws or pickets have not been needed in a year and a half! But that could change quickly...
|Posted Dec 29, 2008 2:16 am
|Deadly try
Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2008
|Extreme conditions, strong winds, very cold, iced route, no visibility and finally dust from Tunguragua eruptions cover many areas.
Me and other 20 persons tried with this hard conditions, but finally all dicided to quit after many hours fighting with the wild nature.
Extreme cold sent me direct to hospital with facial muscle iced. At the same time, sadly a climber from Venezuela dies that day, check newspaper note (in spanish)
|Posted Sep 8, 2008 1:04 am
|Desert Solitaire
|Soloing Chimbo - A beautifully rewarding climb
Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2008
|Left the hut at 12:30 am, solo, but behind a few guided parties, since I´d heard that the Castillo section was pretty tough routefinding. Made great friends with all the guides so they didn´t mind me following their headlamps at all.
If you know your way through the Castillo (like the guides), its pretty straightforward. After that, prepare yourself for about 900 meters (2800 ft or so!) of slogging up a giant volcano.
Summitted the Ventimilla at 5:30 and the Whymper Summit just after 6am. With the sunrise slowly creeping out as we crossed the summit plateau, I fondly recall smiling widely and having lots of fun the whole way. Back at the hut by 9am, just as the sun was warming up the Castillo.
|Posted Sep 7, 2008 2:48 pm
|normal route
Date Climbed: Feb 11, 2008
|At this time the route whas in bad conditions. Only ice, you need to be very careful. Not an mountain that I will recomand.
|Posted Feb 26, 2008 9:53 am
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Dec 26, 1999
|Fun peak, but a long day. Very exciting to watch the considerable volcanic activity from Tungurahua from this route.
|Posted Jan 8, 2008 12:32 pm
|El Castillo
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2007
|Beautiful, blue skies at 0715, when we topped out on the Veintemilla summit. Of course, it was cold and windy as hell! Our feet were cold the whole night, so the sun was a welcome help--thawed us out pretty nicely. The El Castillo route is a seriously mind-numbing climb, perhaps the Glacier route would be more interesting. Trip report
|Posted Sep 22, 2007 11:33 pm
|Boriss Andean
|Route Climbed: Normal Route Via El Castillo.
Date Climbed: May 17, 2006
|Climbed with great weather and perfect snow/ice conditions. Edgar, Ran (Israel) and I got to Veintimilla's summit in about 4 hours from the refuge. Great views of Cotopaxi, Illinizas, Antisana, Cayambe and Sangay.
We continued up to Whymper 6,310 m (20,561 ft), this time with soft knee deep snow. Got to the top in a good time, but clouds rolled in pretty fast.
We made our descent by the same route. Rock fall danger from El Castillo to "el corredor".
|Posted Sep 20, 2007 9:15 pm
|Snow & Avalanche
Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2007
|It snowed all afternoon and all night. The obvious decision was to call it quits, too much snow and subsequent avalanche danger. A guide and client team tried to go up anyway and encountered nasty snow, ice and avalanche conditions. The turned around about 1/3 of the way up.
|Posted Jan 23, 2007 6:36 pm
|Harder than expected
Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2007
|Chimborazo wasn't in very good condition and in my opinion wasn't that fun when compared to the other peaks I climbed in Ecuador. Lots of falling ice and falling rock on all routes due to the dry weather I guess. The "normal route" El Castillo has been plagued by rockfall. The Wymper Route has falling ice and was shooting baseball size rocks at us.
After reaching some serious avalanche danger (we also heard but did not see a huge avalanche in the dark on the way up), we had to backtrack 1000 feet/300 meters down the mountain (very tiring at almost 20,000 feet or around 6000 meters) and do an icy traverse over to the upper Castillo Route in order and reclimb the elevation lost to reach the Veintimilla summit. It made our elevation gained 1615 meters/5300 feet that day which made me very tired at that altitude. Hopefully conditions will improve. It used to be a straight forward ascent but conditions weren't good for our trip. On the other hand, the weather was great.
|Posted Jan 22, 2007 4:45 am
|Castillo route
Date Climbed: Jan 12, 2007
|Was about 1 minute away from getting crushed in a rock/ice avalanche in the rocky section of the Castillo route. Then it was very hard ice in the two steep couloirs on the ridge. Ice axe wouldn't go in and we had to front point up two 50 foot sections. I bonked hard after the steep ice at about 18,000 feet. Unfortunately after the avalanche it was unsafe to go back down so I had to climb up to 19,000 feet so I could traverse across and go down the Whymper route. Why the hell we didn't go up the seemingly much easy Whymper route is still a mystery to me. Local guides didn't serve us well today....
|Posted Jan 21, 2007 3:14 pm
Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2007
|Climbed the Castillo route Jan. 5 and 11, and I was surprised at how much snow melted off the bottom section. In my opinion, the bottom is dangerous due to loose rock to trip over and frequent rock fall. I think it would be better approached starting left up the Castillo ridge, but there is not a road or hut there.
6.5 hours to Whymper and 3.5 hours down. It only took 1/2 hour from Vientilla to Whymper.
|Posted Jan 11, 2007 10:11 pm
Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2007
|Made it to Veintemilla summit, but I would have liked the Whymper summit. Conditions were cold, windy, and cloudy all up the ridge and REALLY cold and windy at the Veinemilla, so I called it good enough.
|Posted Jan 5, 2007 11:42 pm
|Jesus Malverde
|some thoughts
Date Climbed: Dec 6, 2006
|Whymper summit or Veintemilla summit via the El Castillo route; choices, choices...
some thoughts for what they are worth:
Several people told me that it can take 3+ hours (round trip) to get from the Veintemilla summit to the Whymper summit when the penitentes are exposed. Conceivably, This might add up to three hours to your climb if you started at the Whymper Refugio. One safety consideration on the El Castillo route is getting down below the obvious lower section (that is prone to rockfall) before 10:00 am. The tradeoff may be that you need to leave earlier than say 12:00 am to allow for more time cross the penitente field between summits as well as making it down below the lower section by 10:00 am. The key seems to be getting a good estimate on how long it will take your party to make that "round trip" from Veintemilla to Whymper and back and then leaving that much earlier before 12:00 am. This approach also puts you on the very upper part of the mountain at the coldest time of the day and also might mean that you are still approaching the Veintemilla in the dark of the morning.
We had a party of three fairly strong and acclimatized climbers on one rope that left the EW refugio at 12:00 am. We summited the Veintemilla at ~6:15 am and were back at the EW refugio at 9:30 am. So we made it down below the rockfall-prone section at before 10:00 am, but probably wouldn't have made this "cut off" time if we had gone for the Whymper summit. There had been a bit of snow over the previous week on Chimborazo and the penitentes were fairly covered, but the snow didn't look too consolidated on the summit plateau. My guess would have been that it would have taken a bit of negotiating to get over to the Whymper. This would have no doubt eaten into our time frame of getting down the El Castillo route to try and avoid potential rockfall on the lower section.One work around for this slim-time-margin scenario might be to put a high camp on the route so that a party would have more time on the upper mountain to get over to the Whymper summit. But this would mean carrying full loads up to the ridge above the El Castillo. Hmmmm...
On a different note, I wouldn't skimp on handwear on this route. For example, I brought Black Diamond Guide gloves (retail $154) thinking they would be overkill on this mountain. They turned out to be ideal for the conditions we encountered. Something like an 8000m mitt would be probably be overkill, but would advise beefy, warm gloves/mitts for the upper mountain. I would also definitely recommend plastic double boots instead of leather w/ supergaiters. I used the newer model Koflach Arctis Expe boots and actually had cold feet very briefly near the summit. Weird.
Anyway, just one crazy alpinisto's opinion....:)
|Posted Dec 23, 2006 9:48 pm
|Avalance Danger
Date Climbed: Dec 13, 2006
|Caught in a storm at 18,000 plus... lightening. Dumped 4 inches of fresh snow during the 2 hours we bivuaced. Turned around in very dangerous avalanche loaded conditions. Went from clear skies to storm in 30 minutes.
|Posted Dec 16, 2006 1:00 pm


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I bought a ball thrower from the poundshop and I have to say it is probably the best thing that I have ever bought my dog since getting him as a puppy.
He absolutely loves me throwing sticks for him to chase but I have read too many horror stories about sticks splintering and hurting dogs and I am always paranoid that he is going to stab himself with one so throwing a ball is much safer and makes me less panicky.
The ball thrower is made of a long piece of curved plastic and on the bottom is has a circular holder to hold a ball. You just have to flick your wrist to throw the ball and it goes a surprisingly long distance so your dog will get plenty of running whilst chasing it.
The thrower even comes with its own ball but if your dog is anything like mine then he will probably chew the ball it comes with in no time but the holder is a good size as it fits normal sized tennis balls which you can also pick up in the pound shop.
This is so easy to use and it doesn't take much in the way of effort to be able to fling the ball a really long distance. It is also fairly easy to control in which direction you send it though to be completely honest I have managed to lose a couple of balls in the river due to not having a very good aim.
I really can't fault this toy I think it is excellent for a pound and my dog loves chasing the ball and he even gets more exercise when we take this out as he spends so much time running about that he tires himself out which means he isn't pestering me for another walk as soon as we get home again.
Dog Ball Thrower
I come from a family of dog lovers - and as the one with no children, I am often called upon to dog sit. I currently have my mother in laws dog, and cat in the house with me. (Joy)! The strange thing is, most of the dogs that I dog sit for, are boarder collies. As such they need a lot of exercise, and to be frank I can't keep up with them. The best way for me to get them the exercise they need is to throw the ball for them while on an appropriate field.
When at my mothers I end up with three dogs (my sister lives just round the corner), and they will chase a ball for absolutely ages. At this point I will admit to something shameful - I throw like a girl. Not that this is bad, but I mean a 10 year old girl - one who has had their arm in a cast, meaning all the muscle on the arm has wasted away. This for three boisterous collies just doesn't cut it... (Or even the one slightly older dog I am looking after at the moment)...
This is where ball throwers, or 'twangers' come in. They are often sold with a cheap tennis ball - although in honesty these tend to be heavy, and refuse to bounce so are not necessarily the best for active dogs. (My mother in laws dog also tends to tear tennis balls apart, so they are removed before she has seen them). They can also be used with any other ball the same size as a tennis ball.
Each ball twanger I have seen has been about 2 foot in length, and has a flower type shape attachment on one end, perfectly shaped to pick up a ball. I can then throw the ball further than I would be able to without any help. I think that I manage to get the balls about twice as far, and my partner (who clearly has a better arm than a weak child) can throw them about 3 times as far.
I have had mixed outcomes with twangers. Shiny 'twangers' seem to have less bend in them, and have in my experience broken due to their brittle nature. The last one I bought was £2.99 and lasted 36 hours. However I have bought one which was more matte in appearance for £1 (in a small beach front store) that has so far lasted months of everyday use. I personally feel the bendy nature of the toy helps me throw further, and has helped the toy to last longer.
Overall I feel that the ball thrower is a great buy, but do look out for one that will last, and this may not be the most expensive one out there.
My dog Bonnie is a two year old Labrador cross Border Collie. Both these breeds are 'working dogs' and therefore she likes to be doing a job, whether its herding my pet rabbits around the house or fetching a ball. The Labrador part of her is a retrieving breed and therefore it is her instinct to fetch things such as balls, toys, and dirty horrible things that she finds in the garden (rotting apples are a favourite).
Bonnie is obsessed with playing with tennis balls. She loves nothing more than to play fetch over and over again. In fact, she expects it! The moment we enter the field, the woods or arrive at the beach she will run a few feet ahead of me, turn to face me and very clearly says "Woof" which is her way of saying "come on, get the ball out, I'm waiting to chase it". This all seems great and many dogs enjoy chasing a tennis ball, however there is a fundamental problem.
The Problem
Bonnie is a dirty disgusting hound. She adores mud and anything that smells or looks unbelievably vile. She also loves water and swimming in nasty swamps and ponds with thick brown water. When Bonnie comes across one of these things her urgency to get filthy means that where ever Bonnie goes, the ball goes. Resulting in her returning with something brown, wet and round that vaguely resembles a tennis ball. This is not something you want to be picking up with your hand in order to throw again. Bonnie isn't happy until the ball is thrown again so you end up with mud, fox poo, pond water and general yuckyness all over your hand and as soon as its wiped off she is back with the ball again!!!
The Solution
After months of this annoying and dirty problem we came across an invention that would change ball throwing for ever. The ball thrower.
The Ball Thrower is a long plastic handle (about 2 foot long) and on the end is a cup which is designed to hold a tennis ball. This means that when the ball is on the ground you can pick it up my pressing the cup over the ball and it will be firmly in the holder ready to throw. The main function of the Ball Thrower is to throw the ball....bet you didn't see that one coming eh!?! You hold the handle and with an overarm (or underarm if you wish) throwing/flicking motion you can throw the ball without ever having to touch it.
Using the Ball Thrower to throw a tennis ball also gives you the capability to throw it about four times as far as you could with your hand. This is a fantastic way to make a lazy dog run....or just to exercise a non lazy dog! By throwing underarm you can effectively roll the ball around the ground for a dog who struggles to work out where a ball that flies through the air will fall.
Bonnie's Opinion
Bonnie loves this device. She always gets very excited when she sees it as she knows we will be more keen to throw the ball for her!!! Chasing a ball is utter bliss for Bonnie so if she sees it fly a long way into the distance she can hardly contain her excitement.
Bonnie can now happily coat her tennis ball in any number of disgusting substances and know that when she returns it to me it will still be thrown. The only slight problem here is that Bonnie is quite polite, and rather than merely drop the ball at your feet she likes to place the ball in your hand. Therefore you can spend ages trying to convince her to put the ball on the ground whilst she is trying to thrust it into your hand!! However, this isn't a fault with the Ball Thrower, it is just that Bonnie has issues.
Another great thing about this device is that it helps distract Bonnie. For example, if we are strolling through a field and there is a dog and owner walking towards us yet the dog is on the lead or has a muzzle on. This would suggest that they are not going to appreciate Bonnie leaping around by them trying to get them to play (and also she has a terrible habit of helping dogs remove their muzzles and this isn't good!). Ideally the plan is to put her on the lead when walking past dogs like this but when there is not enough time to do that the Ball Thrower is an ideal distraction as by holding the ball up in the air and getting Bonnie excited about it I can then throw it in another direction from the dog and Bonnie will run to the ball rather than the dog. If done strategically the dog will now have passed by and all is calm. The same method can sometimes be used to distract her from diving into a pond although ponds are often just too irresistible.
Bonnie also tends to find it highly amusing to drop a ball at your feet and then snatch it back as you bend down to pick it up. With the Ball Thrower you can put your foot on the ball and then use the Ball Thrower to scoop it up. Fantastic.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this review, Bonnie's breeds mean that she likes to "work". A favourite job of hers is to find something using her sense of smell. The Ball Thrower means you can throw the ball into long grass and Bonnie will frantically scan the area for smells of the ball. It has often been the case that she forgets the smell of what she is looking for and will actually run back to me and stick her nose against the Ball Thrower cup, that has been holding the ball to help her remember the scent. Genius.
There are various versions of the Ball Thrower in pet shops, some with shorter handles (these tend to throw further although you have to bend down more to scoop up the ball!) Pets at Home sell the Ball Thrower for around £9 but I have also seen them as cheap as £4 in smaller petshops and supermarkets.
The good points
* It means you don't have to touch the ball with your hand
* You can throw the ball much further resulting in more exercise and more fun for your dog.
* It is available in most pet stores and ever some supermarkets.
* They can be purchase from £4 up, making them good value for money
* They can be useful to distract your dog whilst walking
* They are plastic so easy to clean and aren't easily damaged.
* It makes dog walking much more enjoyable for both owner and dog.
* They come in lots of colours so you can get a pretty pink one!!
* It helps develop your dogs search and find skills as they have to sniff out the ball when it goes far away!
The not so good points
* You will need to carry it around for the whole walk meaning that you have one less hand free for holding the lead, picking up poop etc!
* Some dogs (aka Bonnie) will have a funny five minutes and try to bite at it fun
* You are more likely to need to carry spare tennis balls for when you misjudge a throw and accidentally chuck the ball over a barbed wire fence or into the distance never to be found again.
* Some shops charge a fortune for them!
I would definitely recommend the Ball Thrower for anyone who has a dog interested in retrieving tennis balls. It means that during the whole walk you don't have to lay a finger on the stinky ball. If you have more than one dog, it adds in the competitive element too which means even more doggy exercise! I think this is one of the best dog related inventions so I give it 5 stars.
No more slobber!
My dog Eddie is a working cocker spaniel and so he needs a lot of exercise and I mean a lot. It's virtually impossible to tire him out after a long walk and so I need to give him a bit more of a work out when we are out on a walk.
As we all know, dogs love to chase balls and fetch and return is one of our favourite games. However, I'm a bit of a girl when it comes to throwing and can't really throw a ball very far so Eddie was getting rather frustrated at not having to run far to retrieve the ball I had thrown only a foot or so we decided to invest in one of these dog ball throwers which in my opinion was a great investment.
I think this one only cost us a couple of quid and it came with a tennis ball as part of it so it was a great price for a good working product. The ball thrower is basically a long plastic handle with a round plastic bit at the top that has grips around it. These grips hold on to the tennis ball for you when it is not in use. The handle is curved a little bit so its very easy to hold and has a nice grip to it. The length of it makes it easy to thrown the ball to in my opinion.
In order to throw the tennis ball you basically just throw your arm back with the stick in it, launch it and give your wrist a bit of a flick and the ball will really sail through the air and go quite far. I'm actually quite impressed at how far I can throw it with this dog ball thrower. Then when Eddie brings it back, which is not all the time, he likes to go off with it and chew it, it's easy to pick up again. You basically just press the top ball catcher part over the ball, press down and the ball will go into the round part and then you are ready to throw it again. You sort of need to bend down a little bit to pick up the ball as the stick is not that long (only about 26 inches) but you don't need to bend down as far as you would if the ball was on the floor and you had no stick to pick it up with. Also, and this is what I love about it, you don't need to touch the ball either, so no wet, slobbery ball to pick up which is one of my pet hates, I hate slobber and having to touch it is even worse!
It's light and easy to carry around on your walk with you so it's not too annoying to have to carry. Also its easy to put in the back of the car and take on longer walks. We have ours in a green colour but they do come in lots of other colours and for a couple of pounds this is a great way to exercise your dog and keep him entertained!
I'm the first to admit, I'm terrible at throwing, only being able to throw a pathetic couple of metres! Now I can live with this fact, however embarrassing, but my Alaskan Malamute is not amused. So when we go to the park I now take this Dog Ball Thrower and I really test my dog's stamina.
It comes in many colours, we have blue and I'm 99% sure I've seen green, red and yellow too. It also comes with a ball, but standard sized tennis balls fit the grip hole too. They are rather long. This helps with the flinging of the ball and therefore the long distance the ball travels, but carrying it is a tiny bit irksome. I've carried it by the length before and the ball dropped out, so I tend to hold it by the top with the ball and the holder part in the palm area of my hand to stop the ball falling out. The ball does fit in nicely but I think the walking action may have caused it to fall out.
It doesn't take much of an action to use this and send the ball flying a great distance. You could just hold the bottom part and 'flick' it. The ball will still go very far. It's ideal for people with sore arms/shoulders or the elderly who can't manoeuvre their upper body very well. Or you can give it some umph, throw like you would normally but with the thrower in your hand, and it will go a good 50 metres.
I got ours for £4.99 at a local independant pet shop, but the prices out there range from £1.99 to £6.99 that I've seen.
All in all it's a very helpful device that is simple to use, will cause no effort on your part but will help wear out your dog on endless runs up and down the park.
My parents have a dog that is very energetic and you cant rely on just taking him for a walk, he needs extra exercise on that walk.
My dad has a good throw but doing it over and over and throwing it far enough for the dog to really run can hurt his arm.
The great thing about this long distance ball thrower is that you dont have to bend down to pick up the ball when its brought back to you, you can just push the plastic ball holding bit and the ball will then be enclosed and be ready to be thrown again.
If the ball goes into a prickly hedge you can use the long handle to reach in instead of your own arm. Also if it goes in a puddle you save yourself from getting wet and muddy. Same goes for not touching dog drool!
The long handle is quite bendy and when you use it in a flicky throwing motion the ball will go a lot further than if you try with just your arm alone. It can also make the ball go a lot higher.
If you are elderly I can imagine this being a great tool as you dont have to worry about arm strength to use this.
It takes a standard tennis ball and the dog has tried chewing it but it seems to be quite hardy.
If you have a dog with loads of energy or one who just loves chasing balls then do give this a go. It will save you arm ache, back ache and all other tiredness symptoms of throwing a ball continuously.
Dog Ball Thrower
This is my dog's all-time favourite toy. My dog has an abundance of energy and never seems to wear out. I used to come back from his walk ready to drop yet he still wanted more, I have hundreds of balls for him and used to take them out but my throw is terrible. Max is mad about balls, and I mean crazy for them so this is ideal for him and perfect for me as well, not least because it means I don't have to pick up wet and slobbery wet balls, not my idea of fun. There is nothing worse than having to pick up slimy balls and worse having to grip it to throw it.
It is basically just a tennis ball with an arched plastic shaped stick approximately one meter in length that is cupped at the end in order to hold the tennis ball. It also means I am not required to bend to collect the ball when my dog decides it's more fun to watch me get the ball than collect it himself. It's frustrating because he refuses to go get it, so I go to get it then when I get close to it he rushes up and grabs it before me. This is great for anyone who has a back complaint but still wishes to play with their dog. I have seen people in mobility scooters using them with their dogs on the green, which warms my heart because it means that the dog and owner can both still enjoy this bonding time.
I am not particularly great at throwing and this actually helps me to throw the ball longer distances meaning my maxi gets a better run about and enjoys it a lot more. it comes in a huge variety of colours, however mine is red, I can't remember the colour of the original ball as we go through so many, but this does fit most standard sized tennis balls which is ideal for us as max tend to kill tennis balls in record time. You use it like a lever to throw the ball either under or over arm depending on the distance you want.
I managed to find mine in pound land for obviously £1, when I was looking around during one of my very infrequent shopping trips. It is simple to clean with a wipe down, I use wet wipes. The handle is comfortable to hold and stores in a cupboard quite easily. I have seen them in most pet shops for varying prices but none as cheap as my pound land bargain and I have had no problems with it since I bought it a few years ago. It has faded somewhat but that is not a problem. I absolutely love this and will certainly buy another if this one ever decides to quit, but at the moment it is still going strong. It gives me confidence that max is getting enough exercise as he now comes home a little calmer and falls asleep on his bed.
Definitely one of my better buys for Max, he thoroughly enjoys playing with this and gets excited when I get it out of the cupboard, and leaps around like a puppy waiting to play. It's great fun to watch him having fun.
Initially when I saw them I thought these ball throwers were a novelty and would be short lived. Now it seems you can't go to any park without seeing at least one person there using one. I spotted them in my local Poundland and not owning a dog myself thought very little of it at the time.
Then a week or so later my mum was talking to me about her partner. He has problems with his leg and lower back after having had complications due to contracting MRSA whilst in hospital for an operation. She mentioned that he'd been feeling guilty because his leg had been playing up and he couldn't take his 3 dogs on the 2 long walks a day that he normally did and was instead having to take them for one mid-length and one quite short one. It wasn't particularly the main focus of our conversation and I didn't really think much of it. That is until I next visited Poundland. The ball throwers caught my eye, and I had a good idea, even if he couldn't walk them as far for a while at least if he had one of these he could take them to the park and give them a good workout. Best of all he wouldn't have to bend down to pick up the ball.
-What does it look like?-
There were three colors available, red, blue and green, all of which contained a small-ish sized tennis ball. The green was not a nice vibrant green so I definitely wouldn't have got that one, the red and blue were pretty standard- the red was deep school crayon red and the blue was a dark blue. I picked out the blue. As I picked it up it did feel a bit flimsy and I had a feeling it probably wouldn't last long but for a pound I couldn't grumble if it didn't. Besides I didn't even know if Steve would use it, he's one of those bloke-y blokes and I thought he might feel a bit of a boob using one. The handle is quite flexible and has a handle at the end for better grip. The ball that came with it did look quite small and this might be dangerous for very large dogs.
-The Verdict-
I took it up with me next time my mum took me and the kids for a visit. He was pretty eager to try it out, so we bundled into my mum's car (it was a bit of a squeeze fitting 3 adults, 2 kids in car seats and 3 dogs into a corsa) and headed off to the grounds of Kenilworth castle for the day.
Steve has 3 dogs- a collie named Scooby and 2 greyhounds called Mandy and Joe. Scooby loves balls although it took him a few goes to figure out that it was the ball that was being thrown and he didn't have to wait for Steve to let go of the stick. Once he'd got the hang of it, it was just like playing with a normal thrown tennis ball, the only difference was that Steve didn't have to bend down to pick it up, something that he said was a 'godsend'. The other dogs were a bit less interested, but Mandy is always more into chasing local wildlife than playing ball if I'm honest. Joe did seem to get a little interested at first, but he found it hard to find the ball once it had been thrown, it could have had something to do with the ball being smaller than normal, Joe is quite an old dog and probably something a little chunkier would have been more suitable for him to see with his poor eyesight. After a while Steve's leg began hurting him and he went to sit on the bench, Scooby trotted up obediently with the ball in his mouth waiting for it to be thrown. Steve found that when he used an underarm throw it was possible to still use it quite well sitting down, which is great for dog owners who are unable to stand for long periods of time. The fact it can be used under-arm is also good for people, maybe the elderly, who lack the upper-body strength to throw a ball overarm repeatedly.
The handle is now looking a little dog-eared, Scooby has taken to chewing on it, but it is still very much functional despite being chewed. The ball has lasted a long time and a few months later is still going, and I haven't been asked to pick up another one for Steve, although I have been back since to grab 2 more for Steve's son and daughter who both have dogs, so they obviously have heard good things about it from him.
-Over-all impression-
I like it and so does Scooby. For a pound it was excellent value and were it to break I would definitely get them another.
At last a toy that will wear out my jack russell / collie cross. The design is sturdy and colourful and the balls are not normal tennis balls but smaller and more difficult for the dog to pop. The throwing arm almost has a turbo effect as the ball seems to travel for miles which is ideal for the older dog owner or someone like me who is disabled. It takes very little effort to throw the ball and if your dog brings it back you have the advantage that you don't need to bend down to pick the ball up again. This also saves having your fingers nipped if you have a particularly excitable dog who wants to snatch the ball from your hand.
In a perfect world the balls supplied would be entirely chew proof as my dog as already eaten 2 of the balls but they are easy and cheap enough to replace. Even though the balls are flourescent I would suggest getting some spare as they can be lost in long grass.
A great value toy which is suitable for everyone to use, you don't need to be strong or have a particularly good throw.
Being the proud owner (well sometimes) of a very energentic chocolate lab, Izzy and an equally energetic german shepard, Libby, daily walks are an essential part of our routine. Let it be said that if I do not wear my pups out (albeit they are 2 and a year now) on their walks, I pay for it later wth various chewed items around the house. Whoever invented this dog ball thrower should be knighted in my opinion as it allows me to do this easily everytime.
Being somebody who is not particulary good at throwing, welcomes anything that can launch a ball futher than the mere metre that I can pitifully get it. The launcher certainly does this. This brand in particular is made of strong plastic and is not flimsy like some I have used from cheaper shops and consequently the ball goes a long old way (about half a football pitch) the way I use it, my husband who has obviously got a lot more umph than me can make it go even further. Either way the dogs are delighted that they actually get to have a run playing fetch now. The ball it is supplied with is pretty standard and after a few catches and chews on the go by my lab, it didnt stand the test of time, but any standard tennis ball fits so we just replace them as we go. Sometimes the ball goes so far niether myself or the dogs can find it and we end up buying new ones anyway.
Probably one of the best advantages of the launcher is the fact that i no longer have to pick up soggy, drool ridden balls, they just get dropped by my feet (well nearby) and scooped up again by the launcher.
It is quite ackward to carry, if you have two dogs on a lead, but then most things are, I can manage it easily when I just have one.
It is two years today since Dudley died. Dudley was our Boxer and yes, that is his photo you can see. He was a handsome chap - just like his Dad. We miss him and we still have all his stuff and can't bring ourselves to throw it out or give it away. I'm not ordinarily much of a sentimentalist but there you go.
Dudley always loved his toys ever since he was a little podgy pup, small enough to sit on the palm of my hand. He used to like to take a nap in the cat's bed and after he became too large to fit into it, the cat bed became the repository for his many toys.
He loved his walks and we used to go for miles through the forest, with Dudley haring off into the trees from time to time or across open land, chasing rabbits or in pursuit of deer. He never ever caught any, poor chap, but the fun was in the chasing. Sometimes of course, there wasn't time to go for monster walks and Dudley would be taken instead into the huge field at the front of our house for his exercise. He used to love to chase and fetch his tennis ball but it didn't take long before it was dripping with drool and thoroughly unpleasant to the touch.
For Christmas one year, Dudley got this Dog Ball Thrower. He wasn't that fussed about it when he opened it up and of course it was Dad who was potentially the chief beneficiary.
At first, I felt a bit of a prat carrying this bright yellow strip of plastic out to the field with us. I have always played ball sports and considered it at first a bit of an affront to be given this aid. Consequently, I didn't use it much to begin with. It was fine for throwing a decent distance in a sideways girlie motion, but Dudley used to like it when I threw his ball up really high and far and he would leap like a salmon and catch it triumphantly at the top of its first bounce.
It's actually rather difficult to use the Dog Ball Thrower in an upward motion, so after the initial novelty, more often than not it stayed on its hook in the garage. My slaver-averse wife always used it though when she was in the field with Dudley, so I suspect that it was really one of those Christmas presents that was meant for her in the first place.
The thrower isn't as flimsy as some I have since seen and it isn't a cheapie from a Pound shop. It's a bit grubby now and hasn't been used for ages, but it is still perfectly serviceable, although the ball supplied didn't last long. An ordinary tennis ball fits the holder though. At our local park, I often see these in use. It's a great idea and a fantastic boon for those who have difficulty bending down to pick up the sticky smelly drool-filled ball. With Dudley, the problem was always getting him to drop the damned thing in the first place!
Dudley - we love you and miss you. Good Boy!
I bought a couple of these Ballistic Thrower dog toys after my husband and I started regularly taking my sister's dog for walks. She (the dog, not my sister) absolutely adores chasing after balls and she'll happily run after them for hours. The only problem with this is that someone has to throw them in the first place.
I'll be honest, I am terrible at throwing anything and could rarely throw the ball far enough to make the dog get any form of exercise, but this toy really makes the whole process so much easier for me and so much more fun for the dog.
It comes in a few different colours; we have a blue and a yellow one, but in fairness I don't think the dog minds which one we use. It is about a metre long and has a scoop in the end that holds the tennis ball that comes with it. Using it couldn't be easier, you simply put the ball in the scoop and throw it. It is made of plastic and the plastic is quite flexible which means that you can throw it a fair old distance with no effort at all. It is a simple design that is very effective and easy to control - the ball always goes in a straight line, unless you are somehow doing something very wrong. I find that it is easy to throw it quite low as well which is good because it easily stays int he dog's line of sight, meaning that she can run along after it and the ball doesn't get lost.
Another plus point of the toy is that it stops you from having to actually touch the ball once the dog has had it in her mouth, so I don't get mud and dog saliva all over my hands anymore - an absolute bonus. There is nothing worse than getting filthy hands from playing ball with a dog and this toy completely stops this problem.
My sister's dog absolutely loves the toy. As soon as she sees us getting it out she starts barking happily and jumping around. She actually starts jumping up at the toy and tries to get the ball, which provides her with even more exercise. I didn't realise how high dogs can jump and have since spent hours hovering the stick just out of her reach and watching her jump up and down like some kind of stunt dog!
The only negative thing about the toy is the tennis ball that comes with it. It isn't very durable and I found that the dog had destroyed it on the first use. Even once it has popped and become misshapen, you can still scoop it up and throw it, but it sn't as easy and it does go as far. The simple solution to this is to get a few extra tennis balls. I bought some cheap ones and they fit nicely. I even got one of those indestructible rubber balls and have found that that works just as well in the thrower.
I actually bought my throwers from the pound shop and for that price (a pound, obviously) I think they are exceptionally good value for money. If you don't have them in your local pound store, they have them in Pets At Home for £3 each, but they are in the 3 for 2 range with a selection of other toys, so still fairly good value.
Overall, I would highly recommend the Ball-istic Thrower, because they are great value for money, easy to use, prevent you getting your hands dirty and, most importantly, the dogs love them!
I was very dubious about getting one of these as I thought they were for little old ladies and their yorkie, people who couldn't throw far and dogs who couldn't run far.
How wrong was I. My boyfriend met m for a walk with one of these in hand and I did almost walk away from him!
Giving it a go, I now would not use anything else. I feel I have a good throw of a tennis bal and my dogs have never complained in the past about the length of my throw....until using this one.
The long flexi nature of the thrower is easy to use and really gets the ball going miles and miles! Depending on your technique you really can get distance on this. There is a technique and I am still lacking that presently! Sometimes the ball is launched too soon and it just goes stright up in the air. Dangers of this are a tennis ball on the head and three dogs jumping on you trying to get the ball.
If launched too late the ball hits the floor at your feet. Dont ask me the secrets of the technique as I'm still trying to find them!
As the dogs bring the ball back to you, if you are that lucky, instead of having to bend all the way down tot he floor to pick the ball up, it is a slight bend to pick it up with the launcher, lazy I know but when wlaking 10 miles I'll take this option everytime!
There have been occassions when I was teahcing my young Malinois to "leave" the ball as I pick it up that she has launched at it to get it taking the launcher in her mouth too. Had that been my hand getting the ball we would not be laughing. Brilliant item to teach an excitable or possessive dog to wait as if the do relapse and lunge in you can remain calm and tell then "no" instead of rolling around in pain with a dog attached to your arm! And it does work as she now (18months old) does not try to grab the ball when being picked up by anyone. Well any one but the two labs!
These items retail at about £1.99 for flinger and two balls. Good value you say, not really. We have spent loads of money on replacement balls. Not that tyey get lost, the dogs would never allow that, the balls that fit the flinger are not your normal tennis balls, they are the less flexible ones which break very quickly. I haven't worked out if it is the falling to the ground or the abuse when in the dogs mouth which breaks them but the other day I went through 4 balls in 20 minutes. 6 ball are about £1.50. Not cheap. And it means you have to fill you pockets up with broken slobbery balls until you find a bin.
I'm still searching for a flinger which fits normal tennis balls as this will last longer. Anyone comes across one, let me know!!
Dog Ball Thrower
Description: Brand: Ribos / Animals Equipment Type: Dog Toys / Long distance ball thrower.
These dog ball throwers will cost between £2 and £5 depending on where you buy them from. You can also find them for sale on Amazon so it might be a way to spend those Dooyoo miles and treat your canine friend.
As most dog lovers will tell you, the majority of dogs love to run and love to chase things and retrieve them. Our little dog would happily spend hours doing this every day and never seemed to get bored of it. It was always myself and Mr Siamese who tired of the task first and so when we saw this handy little device for sale in a local pet shop, we were keen to try it out.
It is a very basic idea and yet proves the old adage that sometimes, the most simple ideas are the best. It comprises of a plastic arm which holds the ball in one end. You just hold the other end and then launch the ball forward. The result is that the ball flies much further forward than if you were just throwing it by hand, and therefore, your dog has to run much further to retrieve it. This works on 2 counts, it helps your dog get more exersise and it also saves your arms from tiring too quickly!
Now, there is a trick to this that we spotted someone doing and immediately copied. The trick is to bring 2 balls! This way, when your dog runs back with 1 and doesn't want to drop it, you just launch the other ball. The dog then drops the first ball and immediately chases the second!
This simple little device will give you and your dog hours of entertainment and is hardwearing and robust. It is a cheap and brilliant product that I cannot recommend highly enough, if you don't already have one, then what are you waiting for, get one now, oh and don't forget, take an extra ball!
When I had my Border Collie I used to take him on long walks around our local reservoir when the weather permitted, but one thing he loved even more than his long walks was chasing a ball (as do most dogs). Charlie was forever with a ball in his mouth and would pop a tennis ball within seconds so I took to buying him rubber balls but I found them really difficult to throw. One afternoon in the park I saw someone with a strange looking plastic thing that they were throwing over their head and wondered what it was! I just had to ask them and they told me it was a ball launcher, a plastic device invented to make it easier to throw your dogs ball.
I went straight out to Pets At Home to buy one, and was surprised by the £2.00 price tag - a real bargain I thought.....if it was going to work! The next day I took Charlie to the park armed with our new toy and couldn't wait to give it a try.
The ball launcher is a plastic "pole" with a scoop at the end with which you can pick the ball up and a chunky handle on the other end. To use the toy you simply pop the ball in the scoop, raise the pole behind your head, flick it forward in an overarm throw movement and the ball will release from the scoop.
My first try with the ball launcher was quite useless and verging on embarrassing, but after a few attempts I was fine with it and able to send the ball quite a distance, which meant a very happy Charlie! I used to launch the ball down a big hill at the park and he would chase it until he literally could run no more as he was just so tired.
The ball launchers come in a range of colours, however at the store I only saw blue and red, but while out I have seen other colours.
My dog had such a great time when chasing ball, and I am so grateful to this superb launcher as it enabled me to throw the ball for him, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to play with him like I could do with this. I would recommend this to every single dog owner, it is cheap, great fun, durable and just altogether brilliant! Another good point with this is that it gives your arms a good workout - who needs the gym?? I also really like that you can pick the ball up with the scoop, so no bending down to pick up a slobbery ball!
I give the ball launcher a full five out of five Dooyoo stars as it is just fantastic!
Thank you for reading my review :)
Long distance ball thrower


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Phils waste a good performance by their ace as they lose to the Dodgers in extra-innings, 5-3.
The Phillies waste a good performance from the ace, Cole Hamels, as the bullpen is unable to keep the Dodgers down as the Phils lose in extra-innings, 5-3.
The Phils took a quick 1-0 lead in the first, as, with runners on the corners, and one man out, Ryan Howard hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Jimmy Rollins, who had earlier doubled, and had gone to third on Shane Victorino's sacrifice bunt. The Dodgers then tied it up at one-all in the third, as, with a runner on second, and two men out, Casey Blake, who had earlier hit a ground-rule double, would score on Rollins' fielding error of a Rafael Furcal grounder. The game then developed into a pitchers' duel between Phillies' starter Cole Hamels and Dodgers' starter Chad Billingsley. The Dodgers then took the lead in the seventh as James Loney hits a lead-off home run, his second home run of the season, to make it a 2-1 Dodgers' lead. The Dodgers added an insurance run in the ninth, as, with a runner on third, and one man out, Blake hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Matt Kemp, who had earlier tripled on a play in which Raul Ibanez tried to catch the ball by slding under it, instead of letting it drop in for a single, making it 3-1 Dodgers. The Phils tied it up at three-all in their half of the ninth, as, with two men on, and two outs, Carlos Ruiz hits a two-run double, scoring Ibanez, who had earlier singled, and had gone to second on defensive indifference, and pinch hitter Greg Dobbs, who had just walked. The Dodgers would regain the lead in the tenth, as, with a man on, and two outs, Russell Martin hits an RBI double, scoring Andre Ethier, who had earlier walked, giving the Dodgers a 4-3 lead. Two batters later, with two men on base, after an intentional walk to Loney, Kemp hits an RBI double, scoring Martin, while sending Loney to third, for a 5-3 lead. That would be the final score as the Phils would be unable to rally in the tenth.
Coel Hamels pitched a no-decision, as he pitched seven good innings, giving up two runs, only one of which was earned, on seven hits and a walk, while he struck out nine. Ryan Madson pitched a scorless inning, giving up only two hits. Brad Lidge also pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits. Chad Durbin took the lost, as he pitched an inning, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks, while striking out two. His record is now 1-1 with a 4.19 ERA. Chad Billingsley also received a no-decision, as he pitched seven good inning, giving up just one run on three hits and four walks, while he struck out nine. Cory Wade received his four hold as he pitched a scoreless inning, giving up no runs or hits. Jonathan Broxton had his second blown save of the season before collecting the win, as he pitched an inning, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk, as he struck out the side. His record is now 4-0 with a 1.59 ERA. Ramon Troncoso recorded his second save as he pitched a scoreless ninth, hitting one batter, while striking out one.
The Phillies' offense collected only five hits in the game, with Raul Ibanez having two hits and Carlos Ruiz also having two, with one of them being a double. Jimmy Rollins had the other Phil hit, a double. Ruiz knocked in two Phils runs, while Ryan Howard knocked in the other run with a sacrifice fly. The Phils' bats are presently still in the middle of a team slump.
The Phillies (16-16, T-2nd) will be involved in a four-game series with the Nationals (11-21, 5th) in Washington, D.C. The first game of the series will be played tonight at Nationals Park and will begin at 7:05 pm Eastern. The Phils starter will be Joe Blanton (1-3, 6.82) , who is coming off a so-so start against the Braves on May 9, where he went eight innings, giving up six runs on eight hits and a walk, while striking out five, in the Phillies' 6-2 lost. Blanton will be trying for his second win, while hoping to improve on his last start. The Nats will counter with John Lannan (2-3, 3.89), who is coming off a win against the D-backs on May 9, where he pitched six shut out innings, giving up only three hits, while walking six and striking out two, in the Nationals' 2-1 win. He will be trying to even his record. The Phillies will be trying to see if they can get out of their present slump at Washington's expense.