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In Marcia Kemp Sterling's first novel, the link between these two worlds is Stanford Law School graduate Lee Addison, a small-town Arkansas boy turned Dish-running, type-A personality who returns to his hometown for a summer to spend time with his mother and sister before he moves to San Francisco.
Addison, never one to stand still, works at a Riverton law firm for the summer. His main case is a "racially-charged" one: A young black boy, Dewaine Washington, drowns at a local swimming reservoir amidst many unanswered questions. Was Dewaine drinking with friends (beer bottles were found at the reservoir)? Had he gotten in a fight with Hispanic kids (who are known to hang out at the river bend "despite of the distaste felt by some about the Bend's new multiracial and multicultural mix")? Was the city at fault for not replacing warning signs about diving into the reservoir?
Though Addison thinks he's dedicated to IPOs and Silicon Valley-style law, he becomes determined to find out what really happened to Dewaine, uncovering layers of racism and corruption along the way.
"The segregated South was so much a part of my childhood," said Sterling, who grew up in Texarkana, Ark., a small town on the border of Texas and Arkansas, and now lives in Palo Alto. Sterling's father, a doctor, had a white waiting room in the front of his office and a black one in the back. There were four high schools in Texarkana — two white, two black. Sterling said she never saw the black schools.
A central character in the novel — a black woman named Etta who befriends Addison — was also drawn from Sterling's childhood. Etta's character is based on a black woman named Odessa who worked for Sterling's father. Odessa, who Sterling described as a "resourceful, smart ... community organizer before they existed" once challenged Sterling's father, informing him that his new wife was calling black patients "boy" and "girl."
Odessa told him on a Friday and on Monday, Sterling's father called an all-staff meeting.
"He said, 'From now on in this office, we will not call our colored patients boy or girl because they consider that disrespectful.' Odessa was really proud of that and proud of my father, who for most purposes was quite conservative."
Despite the heavy themes of race and justice, "One Summer in Arkansas" is also a tale of summer love. Addison struggles to choose between a relationship with Zoe, a fellow law student back in Palo Alto who often appears via cell phone conversations, and a rekindled love with his high school sweetheart, Annie.
A related and very present theme is that of place, belonging and the feeling of being torn between two worlds.
Addison is stuck between the fast-paced, educated, prosperous, health-conscious world of Silicon Valley and "the thick Arkansas humidity, heavy with legions of ancestors and the guilt-filled history of the South."
Riverton seems to be a fictional version of Sterling's hometown and Addison a literary reflection, in some ways, of her own life.
Sterling's grandfather was a lawyer, as is Addison's (whose legal legacy is brought in for a surprising end twist).
Addison's mother, Frances, is a functioning alcoholic whose life philosophy is deeply rooted in Southern social values and acute class consciousness. In Addison's words: "It didn't matter how little money you had as long as everyone else thought you were loaded."
Sterling said her mother's side of the family (who were Methodist circuit riders, clergy who rode on horseback around Arkansas to preach and organize congregations) had some relatives who, like Frances, "overly cared about social status."
Addison's father left Frances when he and his younger sister, M.J., were too young to remember. They grew up in a house their maternal grandparents built during the Great Depression: a three-story brick Southern mansion, complete with white columns and a circular driveway — a symbol of their wealth, race and social status.
Sterling left her home in Texarkana for Palo Alto in the '60s, marrying the "wrong man" and, like Frances, eventually ending up with two young children to support on her own.
Three days after her ex-husband left, one of Sterling's Palo Alto neighbors, a University of San Francisco law student, brought her consolation in the form of an LSAT study book.
"I would wake up in the middle of the night, depressed, thinking, 'What's going to become of my kids? What's going to become of me?'" she recalled. "And I would get out that book and I would say to myself, 'I may not know how to keep a husband, but I can take a test.'"
She said she saw law school and eventual legal career as a way to guarantee financial support for her children.
Sterling aced the LSAT and was accepted to Stanford Law in the late 1960s as a 38-year-old woman. She went on to work at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a law firm in Palo Alto that represented many software companies such as Microsoft, Adobe and Autodesk in their early years.
Sterling served as senior vice president and general counsel for Autodesk until a neurological voice disorder forced her to retire early. She suddenly developed a rare, localized form of spasmodic dysphonia, which causes tremor and loss of pitch, leaving her voice shaky and sometimes hard to understand. This made running high-profile executive meetings impossible.
"It's the damndest thing. For a female executive, the one thing you cannot afford is to appear scared or upset."
Addison, too, is forced to confront serious personal issues in his coming-of-age story: his mother's alcoholism, an absent father and a troubled teen sister who also drinks recklessly.
Sterling's personal struggles — a husband who left her, raising two children on her own, her speech disorder — run parallel to that.
"Part of the theme of the book is that even when bad things happen, something new comes out of it," she said. "Not that you ask for tragedy or health problems or divorce, but any kind of loss is going to give you something new."
Sterling believes in silver linings. Because of her divorce, she became a lawyer. Because of her voice disorder, she had to find a new way to express herself and wrote this novel. The cast of characters in "One Summer in Arkansas," despite any differences in race, class or background, all manage to find their own silver linings, too, right in time for the end of the summer.
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By Mike Monroe
OKLAHOMA CITY — After a season in which he didn't miss a single game because of injury, his scoring and rebounding averages up, his energy increased to a level that had the entire NBA trying to figure out the location of the fountain of youth in which he had bathed during the long offseason, the end of the Spurs season hit team captain Tim Duncan hard Wednesday.
Duncan made 11 of 23 shots, scored 25 points, grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, blocked two shots and had two assists in Game 6, doing what he could to extend the season.
Making such a major contribution was no consolation whatsoever.
"Very, very disappointing," is how he described his feelings after the Thunder's 107-99 victory in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals at Chesapeake Energy Arena that sent Oklahoma City to its first NBA Finals — and sent Duncan and his teammates back to San Antonio to contemplate the future.
The 36-year-old veteran of 15 seasons in silver and black faces a summer of big decisions. He will become an unrestricted free agent July 1, already having declared himself a Spur for life. With a left knee that requires wearing a brace even when he is not playing, he must decide if another summer or two of conditioning and healthy eating is something he wants to continue.
Decision-making will wait until Duncan and his family have had a chance to exhale after the compressed post-lockout season concluded in such disappointment.
The disappointment, he said, won't factor into his decision.
"Not really," he said. "Bottom line is the summer is going to come. The summer is going to be here, and it is what it is. I'll figure it out when I come to it. I haven't even thought about it, and I really don't care. I'll figure it out when it happens, just like everything else."
For a while, though, Duncan will think about what happened in the final four games of the Thunder series, when a 2-0 lead became four straight losses and elimination.
The widely held belief that this playoff run was the last, best title chance for the Spurs' Big Three — Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker — is not shared by Duncan.
"I've never doubted the fact we'd have an opportunity and the talent enough (for a few more runs)," he said. "The front office has the ability to put a team together to continue to make runs.
"That's not what we're going to think about right now. We're going to stew on this loss here and figure it out when it's time to figure it out."
Emotions bared: Spurs forward Stephen Jackson, whose six 3-point baskets helped keep the Spurs in Game 6, was given a technical foul after making his sixth because he had words with a Thunder assistant coach.
"When I was getting ready to shoot, one of their coaches said something," Jackson said. "I thought it was disrespectful, so when I made it, I turned around and said something.
"It was wrong on my part, but it was just my emotions. I felt if I got a technical, he should have got one, too.
"It is what it is. I'm not going to worry about that."
Duncan tried to calm Jackson during a timeout that followed the technical foul and another personal foul that angered Jackson.
"He did," Jackson said, "because I don't feel like I deserved one of those fouls I got or the tech. There was a lot of trash-talking going on. A lot of times, guys do stuff. I know I get singled out. It is what it is.
"He's the team captain. That's his job, to keep me focused. That's all he was doing."
Twitter: @Monroe_SA
Western Conference finals
(Thunder win best-of-7 series 4-2)
Game 1: @Spurs 101, Thunder 98
Game 2: @Spurs 120, Thunder 111
Game 3: @Thunder 102, Spurs 82
Game 4: @thunder 109, Spurs 103
Game 5: Thunder 108, @Spurs 103
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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Mount Gould > Climber's Log
Mount Gould Climber's Log
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|From Golden Trout Lake
Date Climbed: Apr 12, 2013
|Summitted as part of a ski tour to Rae Lakes. From Golden Trout Lake over Mount Gould into the Dragon lake basin.
|Posted May 2, 2013 1:42 pm
|Kearsarge pass
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2012
|North side of summit pinnacle had snow so I climbed it from the west side. Stout mantle to get on top and I'm 6' 4". Continued on to Rixford.
|Posted Oct 20, 2012 7:53 pm
|From Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2012
|A quick scree slog to some cool blocks from the pass.
|Posted Sep 10, 2012 3:08 pm
|from Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2012
|Fun climb with Paul Walton, Jim Burd and Dave. SC2012 day 9 alternate peak.
|Posted Aug 27, 2012 12:31 pm
|From Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2012
|Fun scramble down.
|Posted Aug 4, 2012 1:09 am
|Acclimation Hike
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2011
|Found my way up here without knowing what the peak was called. Was pleased to find a register. The summit block itself is a fun little challenge.
|Posted Aug 3, 2012 6:57 pm
|From Gould's Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2011
|Hiked over from the pass on my way to Rae Lakes. Second time up.
|Posted Oct 4, 2011 3:22 pm
|south ridge
|not the best climb but worth while
|Posted Aug 22, 2011 4:36 pm
|On My Way Through
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2011
|Climbed to the top on our way over Kearsarge Pass to Kearsarge Lakes.
|Posted Aug 7, 2011 5:45 pm
|What's Not to Like?
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012
|A 13er with a fun summit block and a time-saving scree descent! I have climbed it five times.
|Posted Jul 29, 2011 5:07 pm
|From Rixford
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011
|From Onion Valley, with Tang. Dayhiked Rixford's south slope before traversing to Mt Gould
|Posted Jul 29, 2011 1:28 am
|From Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011
|Went back to Gould almost exactly 5 years later. Not much effect from the altitude this time; interesting how the body adapts over the years. Anyway, hiked from Kearsarge Pass. Still some decent snow to the pass and clear to the summit (two small snow fields that can be avoided). A little warm on the way up but otherwise a great hike! Didn't see anyone beyond the pass.
First summit - Aug 12, 2006.
Climbed with Allen (see below) as a dayhike from Huntington Beach. Woke up at 3:30am and got back home around 1am. A long but fun day! I tend to get affected by altitude fairly easily and wondered if I would be able to make it from sea-level to 13k feet in a day. I noticed the altitude right at the trailhead. I tried to keep up the pressure breathing and only got a severe headache right near the summit.
Well acclimatized, it definitely would've been easier but it was nonetheless very enjoyable. Awesome scenery and views!
|Posted Jul 5, 2011 5:06 pm
|From Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009
|Climbed up from Kearsarge Pass during a light snow storm. Snow & ice made the summit blocks spicy!
|Posted Feb 4, 2011 12:50 pm
|From Kearsarge pass
|Beautiful area, but the peak itself was not much more impressive than the pass.
|Posted Jan 27, 2011 11:22 pm
|From Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2010
|Fun hike with good friends.
|Posted Dec 20, 2010 1:15 pm
|Bad climb, great summit block
Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2010
|The scree on the Golden Trout Lake side was horrible and made for a very tough climb. But the short class 3 sections at the summit are worth the effort.
|Posted Nov 15, 2010 7:13 pm
|Michael Graupe
|South Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010
|Wanted to dayhike East Vidette but the weather was unstable with rain already in the morning. Climbed Gould instead and continued on to Dragon. Tried Kearsarge Peak as well but got turned back below Lilley Pass by thunder and strong rain.
|Posted Oct 8, 2010 7:33 pm
|Traverse from Dragon
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2010
|Fun finish on an otherwise uninspiring peak. Not even the slightest breeze on the summit, with lots of smoke filling the valleys to the West.
|Posted Sep 26, 2010 7:25 pm
|Day Hiker
|Via Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2010
|Nice little summit boulder. I felt it was necessary to climb up and stand on it. So I did.
Great socializing opportunities at Kearsarge Pass on the way up added a good hour of bullshitting to my trip.
|Posted Sep 20, 2010 1:12 am
|From Kearsarge Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010
|Fun summit boulders.
|Posted Sep 8, 2010 3:56 pm


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Earlier this year I received these headphones as a present after I lost my apple earphones in a tragic accident (involving them getting tangled around my excessive set of keys and key rings, and being somewhat overzealous in their removal / untangling and snapping them!) from a friend. I believe they bought them when they were on special offer for £8.99, but understand they retail around the £15 - £20 mark. Up to now I have only used Apple earphones with my IPod and I am surprised by the difference it makes. I have an Ipod 4th Generation and they work fine with this.
This is the first pair of earphones I have owned that come with a selection of inner ear pieces in different sizes to fit inside your ear canal. I often find that earphone heads are usually far too large, or the wrong shape to fit in my ear canal, and regularly fall out which is very frustrating no matter how much and at what angle I put them in, which is especially frustrating when exercising. With this pair, there are 3 pairs of inner pieces. I chose the smallest size, and they fit perfectly, without falling out every time I move. The inner ear pieces are very easy to change, you simply pull the piece off and push the other one on, so nothing fiddling to clip on. And most importantly - very comfy!
The wires have a adjustable clip to adjust the length between the ears, and most importantly a spool clipped on to wrap your wires around - this is especially handy so that my wires don't end up a tangled mess in my handbag - and therefore a repeat of last time hasn't happened yet!! There is also a volume control on the wire, that is compatible with my Ipod. The design is sleek, black and very modern!
I'm not an expert when it comes to music, I don't normally pick up too much when it comes to sound quality, however, even I can tell the sound difference with these earphones, there are whole layers of the music / song / track, and sounds that I hadn't heard / noticed before. I listen to a range of music from harder beats, through to the Les Miserable's soundtrack and I was surprised by how much difference it makes having a better quality of earphones across the board!
I would definitely recommend these earphones, to music listeners, music appreciators and music geeks alike!
I detest iPod earphones. Call me crazy, but I love hearing a good, hard, thumping bass and the Apple made earphones just don't do it for me. Scouring the shelves in my trusty local Tesco, I came across these beauties. If memory serves me correctly, I think I paid within the region of about £18- £20 for these earphones.
They come complete with an iPod in-line remote with the ability to adjust the volume, play, pause, fast forward and rewind your tunes.
They are compatible with iPod Nano (4th generation), iPod Touch (2nd generation), iPod Classic (120GB) and iPod Shuffle (3rd generation) models. Goodness knows what iPod I have; all I know is it's pink! But they worked fine with my iPod.
Now onto the bass, which is the reason I bought these earphone. There is a 9mm Neodymium driver unit (whatever that means!) which allows for deep, powerful bass! And it really is good; I had the turn the equalizer off on my iPod though, or I think I probably would have been deafened!
The earphones come with 3 sizes of hybrid silicon ear pieces in small, medium and large for fitting and minimal sound leakage. I found the small ones fit just fine.
There is also a cord adjuster and cord slider to prevent tangling, which is very, very irritating and can damage the earphones. I found this really handy.
I loved these earphones. Sadly too, so did my dog; he chewed them to bits :( But, if you are looking for a good, heavy bass and a really great sound, definitely invest in these earphones. they are very comfortable, don't fall out when you're jogging and the cord slider and adjuster come in handy too.
As with nearly all of sonys earphones,these are great quality sound for a great price.the sound quality is amazing from a pair this light and small.the bass isnt booming but is definetly there and pounding in the background.the vocals are clear and sharp and little bits of noise you didnt even know where there will suddenly pop up in your songs.
The comfort of these is also a winning favtor in any pair of in ear headphones and these are no exception.the noise isolation these give is largley based on the snug fit that thses offer,and with 3 different earbuds there is bound to be a pair that fit you.but anyway,they fit very snugly and you hardly notice them in your ears.
As well as the sound and fit,these earphones are quite loud and clear even at low volumes so they increase battery life as you only have to put it a quarter volume and ir is like it is all the way up.
Overall these are a great purchase for anyone with a music player and offer superb sound for a superb price,i honestly cant reccomend these enough
When my excellent Sennheiser CX400 II in-ear headphones started playing up, I reluctantly began looking for a replacement. Having bought the Senn's for a knock-down price of around £18, I was dismayed to find that they had risen to around the £40 mark, so I set about finding a comparable pair for around £20. I have had a good experience with Sony Fontopia in-ear headphones in the past, so, encouraged by a number of positive on-line reviews, and its suitability for the iPod, I settled for Sony's MDREX38IPB model.
A few clicks of the mouse later, and a pair were winging their way to me from Amazon for £17.79 (reduced from around £40). I was very happy with my CX 400's, so was very interested to see how Sony's effort would compare. I tend to be quite brand loyal, and it felt like something of a betrayal to buy Sony instead of Senn. As such, I was almost subconsciously determined to find fault with them to confirm my fickle folly. That said, these 'phones seemed almost as determined to prove themselves worthy.
The product arrived in a heat-sealed blister pack (the kind that takes half a toolbox to get into), and includes a small instruction leaflet, a selection of interchangeable silicon ear buds (small, medium and large), a cable tidy, and a small pouch to keep the 'phones in when not in use. The silicon on the inside of the ear bud - which attaches to the nib on the headphone - is colour coded to avoid confusion. The product comes with the medium buds fitted, but replacing them with the larger or smaller versions is easy enough. They pop into place securely without making you feel like you are forcing the issue.
The 1.2m cord is quite generous, and to keep it from getting unmanageable, Sony have provided what they call a "cord adjuster". This is a relatively unsophisticated bit of hardened and rubberised silicon which looks vaguely like a docking cleat on a boat, but with two notches at each end of the cleat, which are used to secure the cable. To shorten the cable, you wrap as much of the cable as you need around it. It's useful and secure, especially as one of the biggest issues with in-ear 'phones is the "rustling" noise that can transmit along the cable when it hangs loose. Less cable means less interference.
That said, even though it is light, it acts as a bit of a dead weight on the cable, swinging pendulum-like unless you can secure it. This is where it compares a little unfavourably to the CX 400 - which had a clip on clip that allowed you to secure the cable on you to prevent it from moving around too much. Suffice it to say, I have solved the design problem by cannibalising the clip from my Senn's to use with these 'phones from Sony, but most will not have this quick fix available.
At a Y-junction, the cord splits into two symmetric cords, terminating in the left and right ear buds which are clearly marked. There is also a small slider which allows you to adjust the cord after the split. On the left cable, about two thirds of the way up, is an in-line "remote" - essentially a rocker switch which allows you to adjust volume, pause a track, go back a track or skip forward a track. The volume up/down are indicated clearly by a +/- symbol, and the rest of the functions are used by clicking the middle of the switch either once (pause), twice (go forward a track) or three times (go back a track). The switch is pretty responsive, and you can feel a discernable click as you depress it. The only issue - for me at least - is that the remote is a little too far up the cord, so its just out of my sight line. I have to hunt for it with my hand and bring it to eye level to operate, which sometimes makes me inadvertently tug the ear bud loose.
That said, even with this minor irritation, it is a vast improvement on my Senn's, which had a tricky and imprecise in-line volume slider with very little variation in volume, and no other functions. The Sony is clearly built with the iPod in mind (and is advertised as such) and the ability to control it without having to keep diving into your pocket is a big plus and a major selling point. Make sure to check your iPod model for compatibility as only the newer versions seem to be supported (Nano 4th Gen, Touch 2nd Gen, Classic 120GB and Shuffle 3rd Gen).
My musical tastes are pretty eclectic and stretch from thrash metal, 80's synth driven electronica, classic rock, and jazz to classical music, so I need my headphones to be able to cope with System of a Down as deftly as Miles Davis and Rachmaninoff. Fortunately, the Sony delivers very nicely on all counts. The key is to ensure you have selected the right ear buds to get a good seal and prevent sound leakage. You will know if you haven't, as the output will be quite tinny and seem a little distant. With the buds properly in place you get a good, deep bass, and vibrant treble. The "Gladiator" official soundtrack which features a good contrast of booming martial drum and brass set pieces and quieter moments of more contemplative strings and wind instruments is a good benchmark - and these 'phones pick out the nuances impressively.
The silicon makes them really comfortable to wear, and provided your ears are clean, they stay in quite securely. I have never got on with the standard iPod headphones, which I find uncomfortable and tinny - so these make a very worthwhile upgrade. They tend to be fairly good at isolating noise, so they are perfect for use on the tube and train, managing to block out most sounds so you can concentrate on the music. It's good news for the ears all-round, as this noise reduction means you can listen at lower volumes. The only down-side is the interference you get from the cable rubbing against your clothes, but that's a "feature" of this kind of design and one that should be accounted for if you are thinking about buying them. These buds are best used when you are relatively stationary so avoid this kind of design if you're looking for an exercise pair.
After five months of almost everyday use, these Sony 'phones have really grown on me, so much so that I don't miss my superlative Senn's one little bit. Apart from a couple of design niggles (positioning of in-line remote and lack of clip) these 'phones deliver a significant aural upgrade on the standard white ones packaged with Apple products, and represent excellent value for money - provided that you can find them for less than the £40 RRP. Although the Amazon deal I bought them on has long since expired, they are still available at the time of writing (March 2011) for £17.79 from Play.com with free delivery.
Well recommended.
© Hishyeness 2011
Recently when my trusty standard ipod headphones decided to stop working on the bus ride home I was forced into buying some new ones and wanted to invest a bit of cash to get a quality pair that were going to last me and meet my extensive needs use. I done a bit of research and came up with the idea that the Sony MDR EX38IPB model was perhaps the best choice.
Mainly because this was advertised as being the ideal set of headphones for use with ipod products, plus the positive experiences with the brand in the previous years, I decided to prompt for this. At £41.99 they aren't by any means cheap and will be unreasonable to some for a pair of headphones but as I use mine a lot and as I am obsessed with sound I bought them and have not regretted it one bit.
They come in a stylish black with a tough and nicely measured cord and coated in a hard plastic in the ears. They do look bigger than the normal in ear headphones but this has the effect of ensuring they stick in your ears firmly and don't fall out. This is certainly one of the plus sides of these, they don't budge once in the ear and that is something I have always had a problem with in terms of ear phones. Also it means they fill the ear with sound which may be no good for the ear drums in the long run but it does gibe you the full effect of the music you are listening to.
And that is the other main plus of this set...the quality of the sound. The music pumps out of my ipod crystal clear and even at high volumes, which for me is rare, I'm not one of these on the bus who likes everyone else to hear their music, it plays clear and they are by far and away the best headphones I have used.
Another good touch is the mini remote on the headphone lead which is omnipresent in devices these days and very useful as it controls volume and track selection meaning you get full control without having to keep getting your mp3 device out of your pocket every two minutes.
Also in the bag you get a small bag to carry them round in which is handy.
All in all despite the high cost, which I was happy paying, I am over the moon with these headphones. Comfortable, easy and quality!


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i am trying to do the following:
program that reads two floating-point values representing angles and displays a message stating which angle has the greater tangent value. Note that the trigonometric functions in the math library expect angles in radians, not degrees. 360 degrees = 2 x pi radians, so 45 degrees would be about 0.785 radians.
I have come up with code that takes in 2 numbers and displays the highest values. What I am stuck on is the calculations part. I am searching online and reading the books. Any help in this area will be great. Here is the code I have so far:
#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;
int main()
float x,y;
cout<< "Enter the first angle: ";
cin>> x;
cout<< "Enter the second angle: ";
cin>> y;
if ( x > y )
cout << " The highest angle is "<< x <<endl;
cout<< "The highest angle is "<< y <<endl;


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Put shump on turner for 3 mins shut him down. Come on coach! Make moves! Make the other side think and adjust!
Put shump on turner for 3 mins shut him down. Come on coach! Make moves! Make the other side think and adjust!
What...Who was that STAT imposter?
For a vet team we sure make some boneheaded defensive plays.
What the **** was that fouling him a mile away from the 3pt line.
Other than the Lin charge have we actually made a stop this quarter without fouling or allowing a basket
I can't wait to hear another portion of excuses, "it's early", "we gotta get on the same page", "we will turn our season around" and blah, blah, blah. <FIRE D'ANTONI>
Back to iso-city.
This is ****ing disgraceful defence. Disgraceful.
The New York Knicks have always prided themselves on defence first, going right back to the Pat Ewing days.
This is a joke. The sixers are running layup lines on us.
How much are paying JR smith to shoot the basketball?
Can we get a refund?
Because all this guy is good at right now is taking pictures of ladies with big bootys and putting it up on his twitter.
Another 10 years of heartbreak is ahead of us, Welcome to the life of a Knicks fan..thank lord jesus christ or who ever for The Yankees and The Giants..
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January 28, 2013
Sixty-six Cheyney University student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the 2012 Fall Semester. Those honored all received a 3.0 grade point average or better last semester.
Highlighting the list were seven student-athletes that scored perfect 4.0's. They include, Blaze Wasserleben (football), Cristina Jordan (basketball), Destiny McFarlane (basketball), Faye Dunston (basketball), Alexis Peterson (basketball), Dara Reeves (basketball) and Nichel Bryant (volleyball).
"We talk about the importance of grades with the student-athletes every time we meet," commented Athletic Director Ruffin Bell. "I'm proud of our students and coaches for getting the message and taking it to heart."
According to Bell,"our student athletes are the pride of Cheyney University. I am very proud of (their) accomplishments both on and off the field. They are great ambassadors of not only the athletic department, but the university as well."
The 66 student-athletes named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll include cheerleaders Courtney Clark, Richona McKnight, Tara Redic, and Mika Stuart.
Men's basketball players on the list are Mike Drinks, Mecheal Greene, Eugene Lett, Keith Mobley, Brandon Norfleet, and Michael Peays.
Christian Beard, Ed Droughn, and Thomas Kendell represent the Cross Country team on the list.
The Football team had the most players on the list: Thony Adler, Eric Barrow, Shannon Burch, Brandon Collins, Cory Conway, Khalif Dandy, Tristan Dillon-McCallum, Devon Dredden,Mychal Evans, Dominic Gould, Adrese Hicks,Justin Johnson, Marcus Jones, Maurice Jones, Jordan Morris, Eugene Moten, Nafis Muhammed, Nahum Purdie, Gustavo Ramirez, Christain Sanchez, Joshua Simmons, Leroy Stanford, Robert Tolbert, Darius Warren, Ernest Washington, Blaze Wasserleben, Mackenzie Weathington, and Tyler Wilkinson.
Track members Darius Reeves, Kemeul Wright, Jasmine Carter, Kevia DeLorme, Natasha Lyburn, Veronica Sweet, Shanavia Thomas, Alexa Kirksey, Taniqua Purdie are on the list, as are Women's Basketball players Lindsay Ashby, Faye Dunston, Kyra Hines-Allen, Cristina Jordan, Destiny McFarlane, Shayna Miller, Alexis Peterson, and Dara Reeves.
Representing the Bowling team on the list are Taylor Billington and Danielle Mines. Volleyball players Nichel Bryant, Sierra Katherine Brooks, Virshae Campbell, Linda Henderson, Denise Hill, Crystal Mann, and Kennetha Wallace also made the grades to round out the list.


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5 p.m. — Mora Rangers vs. Santa Rosa, home, junior varsity and varsity
4 p.m. — Mora Middle School Rangerettes vs. Questa, home, seventh and eighth
2 p.m. — Mora Rangerettes vs. Santa Rosa, home, junior varsity and varsity
10 a.m. — Middle School Rangerettes vs. Valley, home, seventh and eighth
TBA — Mora Rangers, Pecos Tournament, Pecos, junior varsity
Thursday -Saturday
How many trees does it take to make a Christmas tree? Most of us would say one, even a scraggly one at that.
The big week-end in Mora started on Friday with the school children decorating the Christmas tree inside of the Southwest Capital Bank. Joyce Romo and Sarah Martinez brought their second graders to the bank to decorate the pine tree on Friday morning with attractive decorations the students made in class.
Then on Saturday the Winter Fest and pageant was well attended.
In spite of cold and threatening snow the Winter Fest was a great success. The many local venders were there to show off their wares and sell to those who needed the things they had made.
TBA — Mora Middle School Rangerettes, Taos Invitational Tournament, Taos, seventh and eighth
1 p.m. — Mora High School Rangerettes vs. Dulce, home, junior varsity and varsity
1 p.m. — Mora Rangers vs. Dulce, home, junior varsity and varsity
4 p.m. — Mora Middle School Rangerettes vs. Memorial Middle School, home, seventh and eighth
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My take on problem solving is probably not acceptable to most of us. The "ignore it and it will go away" theory has been tried in my home for a very long time. My mother and my mother-in-law both agreed that the solution to the problem is not ignoring it.
This is the weekend of Christmas preparation in Mora.
On Friday night, at 6 p.m.. there will be a session with Noche de Las Familias at Tapetes de Lana when families gather for a time together.
Saturday starting at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m, the annual Winter Fest will take place in the elementary Gym at the Mora Independent School district. There will be many local venders with the results of their skills and hard work to sell to those who are looking for something to share in Christmas gifts and for their own use.
Time flies when one has fun. Suddenly I look at the calendar, (it is almost December as I write this) and look outside (there are 14 inches of new snow on the ground) and I realize it is about time to search out Christmas cards.
I might be able to dig out a Christmas card from very long ago if I work at sorting the boxes of photographs I've already written about. Our parents fell for someone's line about how wonderful photograph Christmas cards were when Sweet Brother Bill and I were just "wee tots," as my grandparents would say.
6 p.m. — Noche de Familias, Tapetes de Lana
10 a.m to 3 p.m. — Winter Fest, Mora Elementary Gym
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1 p.m. — Mora Middle School Rangerettes basketball vs. Dulce, home, seventh and eighth
TBA — Mora Rangers basketball at Taos Tournament, Taos, varsity
Yesterday was a special day in the year. Families met to share in the blessings of the year and to feast on the bounties that have been provided. Then there is the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and football.
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Thanks for the kind words, John. I used Inoue's Hata Dry Yeast, which has given me very good results. For six 260g doughballs, I used about half a packet(roughly 3g). And yes, talk about challenges, I am constantly seeing a lot on these forums about using a sourdough starter and even making it yourself. That will be a BIG challenge for me as I have absolutely no idea where to start with something like that. But I intend to read more and experiment eventually.
I'm just starting to try the 00 style and first trys not to impressed. I'm guessing without the high heat of the wfo i will not see success. so you use 65% hydration and u used 3g of yeast for all 6 combined? If you would share you making process it would be appreciated. Nice pies. I begin my wfo build this summer.
Very authentic, and really soft looking. Nicely done. You are killing me - my oven is under 3 feet of snow, more of it today.You could probably stretch those pies out to a larger size. But if the extra puffiness is what you are after, then they look great.John
The traditional way is to slap the skin out to around 10 inches, top, then as you are sliding the pie onto the peel you stretch it out to 12 or 13 inches, with some even hanging over the side. Here is an exaggerated look at the procedure at Da Michele - probably larger that you want to go:Notice that the pie on the peel is oval with the edges hanging over the sides. If you get it right, when you launch the sides grab the oven floor just the front touches, and they hold in place pulling the side closest to you into a perfect circle. A really hard procedure to pull off - I normally just let the pie slide off slowly so I can guide it.John
Thanks, John. One last question...When I slap down and stretch my dough, I am very careful not to slap on the outer 1/2 inch of the skin. Perhaps I am being a bit too cautious and this also might contribute to the extra puff? If I slap and stretch, slap and stretch, including some vigorous hits on the outer rim, will I kill my edges? I guess the condensed question is how to you treat your skin's outer rim during stretching?
I usually do the same thing. Although I have seen in other threads that people smash them down and still get a good puff around the edges. I would assume that if you have good leavening, then it will expand no matter what. Do a test with one of your dough balls on the next bake.John
Will do. The next bake is actually a party for 42 guests, 23 of which are kids (students of the English school I own here in Japan), on the afternoon of Sunday, March 10th. Hoping for good weather!! I will be sure to report back on my tests with what you've helped me with. Thanks again, John!
Very authentic, and really soft looking. Nicely done.


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No way is this a valid criticism of Idzik, not having that for a min, this is just trying to hang your hat on any negative possible to undermine him.
He took a calculated risk on two players after inheriting dire cap constraints and it did not work out, to blame him for a guys retirement and another's poor decision making is beyond idiotic.
His body of work since becoming GM is far more positive then negative, the guy is not god, things like this happen yo every GM at some point or another, it comes with the territory.
As several have said, 2013 is a rebuild year. And Idzik's early success is underscored by the fact that these two losses don't destroy the team, as they might have in previous years. They just put a ding in our depth. Its a good feeling knowing that we have strong alternatives already on the roster.
It's kind of like the lottery. You know you have little chance of winning but at $600 million you buy a couple of tickets anyway. Looking at what Idzik has done a lot of us went from a 3 wins mentality to 8 or 10. It's a rebuild year, and I for one am really pleased with how Idzik has positioned us.
Cimini raises the point that Idzik has a blemished record this off-season. He is correct. So far, several of the objectives that Idzik himself stated as important have busted. He didn't get enough value for Darrelle Revis. He didn't get anything for Tim Tebow. His experienced veteran quarterback is in a wheelchair. His pass catching running back is in a prison.
First we were snubbed. Now we are blemished. This isn't the type of off-season where you can say we have found a great GM to lead us out of the wilderness. If anything, what we are seeing so far produces the opposite reaction.
All this means is that Idzik has more work to do. We need a veteran quarterback. We need a pass catching running back. We need a playmaking tight end. If we are trying to run the West Coast offense, it has stalled somewhere near Montana. Our GM needs to get us the rest of the way.
Add in the highly pessimistic spin you put on it and people lose sight that your addressing the team needs rather then just bashing the new GM.
I know you could prob care less of what JI posters have to say. but watching thread after thread go off topic and ultimately end up in how much money you spend on the jets has to get old for you.
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Oh man so we had a couple of low level misses on guys to be a stop gap during a rebuilding season. Spare me.


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AL home run leader finishes 13th in award voting
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After earning a league home run title in his first season in the AL, Detroit's young, slugging first baseman powered his way onto the MVP list. Cabrera finished 13th among the 23 players who received votes for the honor, which was awarded to Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia.
Cabrera received seven votes in all -- one each for sixth and eighth place, four for ninth, and one for 10th -- among the 28 ballots cast by designated members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Under the scoring system, Cabrera's 17 points ranked him just ahead of Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero and White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye, while trailing Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee for 12th place.
It wasn't nearly the vote total that Magglio Ordonez earned last year, when he finished second to Alex Rodriguez. For a team that finished in last place, however, it was better than expected. All 12 players who ranked ahead of him played on teams that finished in third place or better in their division. Josh Hamilton was the only player receiving more votes while playing on a team that finished with a losing record.
Earlier this month, Detroit's chapter of the BBWAA overwhelmingly voted Cabrera as the Tiger of the Year after he became the team's first home run champion since Cecil Fielder did it in 1991. His 37 home runs beat out Chicago's injured Carlos Quentin in the season's final week for the honor, to go with a .292 batting average, 36 doubles and 127 RBIs.
"He's one of the premier players in the game at a very young age," manager Jim Leyland said at season's end. "We're very fortunate to have him. That's pretty impressive from where he came from after a slow start."
Cabrera became the Tigers' unquestioned offensive force down the stretch after joining the Tigers in the eight-player megadeal with the Marlins at last year's Winter Meetings. He faced a huge amount of pressure from the outset between the trade, the team's extraordinarily high expectations and the eight-year, $152.3 million contract he signed in the final week of Spring Training.
Those pressures seemed to weigh on him early in the season as the Tigers and Cabrera struggled in tandem. Though Cabrera hit respectably over the first two months, his run production was off from his previous years in Florida, where he drove in at least 112 runs in all four of his full Major League seasons to go with three 30-homer campaigns and three years with at least a .320 batting average and .946 OPS.
He made up the gap and then some over the final three months. A position switch from third to first base, a late warm-up in Detroit from a cold spring and an ability to finally shrug off his burdens allowed Cabrera to emerge over the summer.
Cabrera's 331 total bases tied for the AL lead with Hamilton. His RBI total ranked third in the league, while his 75 extra-base hits placed him fifth and his .537 slugging percentage stood seventh.
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Q: I know there are many treatments available for equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), but are there any that are safe for use in pregnant mares? There seems to be little information on diclazuril (Protazil) or toltrazuril sulfone (ponazuril, or Marquis) in my area. Would sulfadiazine/pyrimethamine (Rebalance) be a safer option over either of these? What would you recommend for use during pregnancy?
Jim Lamb, South Carolina
A: Due to strict Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, it is very difficult to get a drug approved for use in pregnant mares. Of the existing FDA-approved EPM products, none are labeled for this use. That being said, Protazil and Marquis are very safe and have been used in many pregnant mares without side effects. The other option, a sulfadiazine/pyrimethamine combination, should never be administered to pregnant mares. This is the only EPM treatment for which there is published evidence (Toribio RE, 1998) of its toxicity to foals. If these are the only medications available to you for EPM treatment, please use them with great caution and for as short a time period as possible. I have observed abnormalities involving the skin as well as the blood system in foals whose dams were administered this treatment.
Interestingly, the only drug with research studies proving its safety for use in pregnant mares is nitazoxanide (Navigator), which was discontinued in 2009 due to a small percentage of treated horses developing life-threatening diarrhea.
So I would recommend treating your broodmare with either Protazil or Marquis, but never sulfadiazine/pyrimethamine.
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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by MonkeyBoy, Mar 16, 2013.
If Laver grew up with modern strings etc...he could hold his own IMO.
how many grand slam semis did Fed reach in a row? 20? I think this stat is mind boggling
Beating the greatest player of the history NINETEEN times!
Agreed. In tennis terms, he was a great physcial specimen, and very much ahead of his time (it is no wonder he won the Grand Slam) I think he would be able to adapt no matter the era. There's not too many players who would be considered in that way.
This is where the "grass is slow" argument comes in play. Since the surface is slow (which favors baseliners) and Nadal is the best baseliner it's not that weird that he held so many times in a row.
Greatest and beaten 19 times? Sounds like an oxymoron to me...
Still nothing like Rosewall and Laver who beat each other like 100 times.
Rosewall, Gonzales, and Hoad all beat Laver more than 19 times, so I guess those 3 can share that distinction.
What? You mean Federer isn't the greatest?
How dare you commit such blasphemy?
And here's where you fail. They beat each other "100 times".
Federer and Nadal haven't beaten each other 19 times, only one of them has won that many encounters against the other and it's pretty obvious which one that is now isn't it? :grin:
And having the record for nr 2.
160 consecutive weeks at #2, exactly the same number of weeks for Connors holding the #1.
So the greatest player of the history and the best human being to have set foot on Earth wasn't even able to get the better of the record #2 guy???
160 straight weeks at #2
237 straight weeks at #1
Which would you rather have ?
TBH, I wouldn't care about where some computer puts me.
I'd care about firstly winning majors, then being able to consistently beat my main rivals. Winning the biggest tournaments and beating the toughest opponents along the way. Those are the 2 things I'd want more than anything else as a player.
I'd hate to be the guy winning majors but somone keeps beating me and I know deep down in my heart I need to avoid this guy / hope that he gets beat by somebody else in order to win my majors. This would make title wins hollow.
Did I say Federer? 237 consecutive weeks at #1 across ALL surfaces is more impressive to me than achievements contained within a calendar year.
That would apply to Wozniacki who was #1 without winning majors and Serena would spank her every time in a major. But Fed has won 17 slams, so what is your argument?
The field is the opponent, and Federer won that battle so far. You really do not need a computer to see that.
You have your own biased opinion. The only thing I agree with you is the bolded part.
But the pointless reference to weeks at #1 is what you get as a last-ditch effort on the part of some to give Federer a credit, when doing so reduces the value of majors.
Weeks at #1 is a superior accomplishment? Quite funny.
That is the heart of delusion. As noted earlier, many have had long runs at #1, but few ever won the Grand Slam--the height of tennis achievement. This is why Federer would never be a GOAT. The talent for that kind of dominance was not there, so in comes celebrations of weeks at #1.
Do you think Laver would have won the Grand Slam if he had to face Nadal in the FO final?
Yet you are anyones example of an unbiased source, ROTFL!
Yes, Laver refused to play in all those hard-court tournaments and hard-court slams. He avoided them because he was afraid of losing.
It looks like someone is a bit defensive.:cry:
Without poly? Yeah. Easily.
Most GS titles
1. Roger Federer 17*
2. Pete Sampras 14
3. Björn Borg 11
= Rafael Nadal 11*
5. Jimmy Connors 8
= Ivan Lendl 8
= Andre Agassi 8
8. John McEnroe 7
= Mats Wilander 7
10. Dkokovic 6*
= Stefan Edberg 6
= Boris Becker 6
GS finals
1. Roger Federer 24*
2. Ivan Lendl 19
3. Pete Sampras 18
4. Björn Borg 16
= Rafael Nadal 16*
6. Jimmy Connors 15
= Andre Agassi 15
8. John McEnroe 11
= Mats Wilander 11
= Stefan Edberg 11
Consecutive GS finals
1. Roger Federer 10*
2. Roger Federer 8
3. Rafael Nadal 5*
4. Andre Agassi 4
= Rod Laver 4
= Novak Djokovic 4*
7. Jimmy Connors 3
= Andy Murray 3*
= Björn Borg 3
= Björn Borg 3
= Björn Borg 3
= Ivan Lendl 3
= John McEnroe 3
= Ivan Lendl 3
= Ivan Lendl 3
= Mats Wilander 3
= Jim Courier 3
= Jim Courier 3
= Pete Sampras 3
= Rafael Nadal 3*
GS semi-finals
1. Roger Federer 33*
2. Jimmy Connors 31
3. Ivan Lendl 28
4. Andre Agassi 26
5. Pete Sampras 23
6. John McEnroe 19
= Stefan Edberg 19
= Rafael Nadal 19*
9. Boris Becker 18
= Novak Djokovic 18*
10. Björn Borg 17
Consecutive GS semi-finals
1. Roger Federer 23*
2. Novak Djokovic 11*
3. Ivan Lendl 10
4. Ivan Lendl 6
= Nadal 6
6. Novak Djokovic 5*
= Andy Murray 5*
= Boris Becker 5
9. Roger Federer 4*
= Rod Laver 4
= Tony Roche 4
= John McEnroe 4
= Andre Agassi 4
= Jim Courer 4
= Nadal 4*
GS quarter-finals
1. Jimmy Connors 41
2. Roger Federer 39*
3. Agassi 36
4. Ivan Lendl 34
5. Pete Sampras 29
6. John McEnroe 26
= Stefan Edberg 26
8. Boris Becker 23
= Rafael Nadal 23*
9. Novak Djokovic 22*
10. Björn Borg 21
Consecutive GS quarter-finals
1. Roger Federer 34*
2. Ivan Lendl 14
= Novak Djokovic 14*
4. Rafael Nadal 11
5. Pete Sampras 10
6. Andy Murray 9*
7. Ivan Lendl 7
= Mats Wilander 7
= Andy Murray 7*
10. Andre Agassi 6
= Rafael Nadal 6*
All Four Slams Per Year
Rod Laver 1969
Three Slams Per Year
Jimmy Connors 1974
Mats Wilander 1988
Roger Federer 2004
Roger Federer 2006
Roger Federer 2007
Rafael Nadal 2010
Novak Djokovic 2011
All Four Finals Per Year
Roger Federer 2006
Roger Federer 2007
Roger Federer 2009
Rod Laver 1969
All Four Semi-finals Per Year
Rod Laver 1969
Ivan Lendl 1987
Roger Federer 2005
Roger Federer 2006
Roger Federer 2007
Roger Federer 2008
Roger Federer 2009
Rafael Nadal 2008
Novak Djokovic 2011
Andy Murray 2011
Most consecutive matches won at one Grand Slam event:
1. Björn Borg (Wimbledon), 41
2. Roger Federer (Wimbledon), 40(41 if not for walk-over in 2007)
= Roger Federer (US Open), 40
4. Pete Sampras (Wimbledon), 31
= Rafael Nadal (French Open), 31
Most consecutive Slams played:
1. Wayne Ferreira 56
2. Stefan Edberg 54
3. Roger Federer 53*
4. Fabrice Santoro 46
5. Dominik Hrbatý 44
6. Feliciano Lopez 43*
7. Tommy Robredo 41
8. David Ferrer 40*
9. Mark Woodforde 37
=. Jonas Björkman 37
Most Grand Slam match wins
2. Roger Federer 252*
2. Jimmy Connors 233
3. Andre Agassi 224
4. Ivan Lendl 222
5. Pete Sampras 204
Other Stuff:
Year-End Championships
1. Roger Federer 6*
2. Ivan Lendl 5
= Pete Sampras 5
4. Ilie Nastase 3
= John McEnroe 3
= Boris Becker 3
Most Weeks at #1
1. Roger Federer 302*
2. Pete Sampras 286
3. Ivan Lendl 270
4. Jimmy Connors 268
5. John McEnroe 170
6. Björn Borg 109
7. Rafael Nadal 102*
8. Andre Agassi 101
9. Lleyton Hewitt 80
10. Novak Djokovic 73+*
Consecutive Weeks at #1
1. Roger Federer (1) 237
2. Jimmy Connors (1) 160
3. Ivan Lendl (1) 157
4. Pete Sampras (1) 102
5. Jimmy Connors (2) 84
6. Pete Sampras (2) 82
7. Ivan Lendl (2) 80
8. Lleyton Hewitt (1) 75
9. John McEnroe (1) 58
10. Rafael Nadal (1) 56
Year End #1
1. Sampras 6
2. Federer 5*
3. Borg 4
4. Connors 3
= Lendl 3
= McEnroe 3
Highest Season Winning Percentage
1. John McEnroe (1984) .965 82–3
2. Jimmy Connors (1974) .959 93–4
3. Roger Federer (2005) .953 81–4
4. Roger Federer (2006) .948 92–5
5. Björn Borg (1979) .933 84–6
6. Ivan Lendl (1986) .925 74–6
7. Roger Federer (2004) .925 74–6
8. Ivan Lendl (1985) .923 84–7
9. Ivan Lendl (1982) .922 106–9
10. Björn Borg (1980) .921 70–6
= Novak Djokovic (2011) 0.921 70-6
Most ATP Titles
1. Jimmy Connors 109
2. Ivan Lendl 94
3. John McEnroe 77
4. Roger Federer 76*
5. Björn Borg 64
= Pete Sampras 64
7. Guillermo Vilas 62
8. Andre Agassi 60
9. = Rafael Nadal 53*
10. Boris Becker 49
Consecutive Match Win Streak
1. Björn Borg 49 1978
2. Björn Borg 48 1979–80
3. Guillermo Vilas 46 1977
4. Ivan Lendl 44 1981–82
5. Novak Djokovic 43 2010–11
6. John McEnroe 42 1984
7. Roger Federer 41 2006–07
8. Thomas Muster 35 1995
= Roger Federer 35 2005
10.Jimmy Connors 33 1974
Yes. Nadal seems invincible when compared to the likes of Federer, but Laver is on a level far and above Federer and others of this period.
Laver isn't just above Federer but he's on a completely different level...
I've seen clips of Rod's 1969 French Open victory, it maybe on another level but not in the way you mean
Yes, and that's why we have so many player at 5'8" dominating the modern sport.
I meant what was posted. Nadal seems invincible steamrolling over players of Federer's level, but to a player as dominant--overall--as Laver (a dominance not seen since), that is another conversation.
Dominance relative to era. Nadal is as close to invincible on clay as any player. Laver only had a subpar Rosewall to contend with at RG in 1969.
Different era's anyway, historically Laver's career achievements are perhaps the greatest of all time. That doesn't mean his top playing level was though...
Hi mate - I'm not sure where you're getting these numbers from but:
Murray has made 9 consecutive slam QFS, 5 consecutive slam SFs and 3 consecutive Finals.
Novak made semis of all 4 slams in 2012.
Lendl appears twice in the consecutive slam QFs and SFs list and 3 times in the consecutive finals list, as does Federer in the consecutive semis list.
Nadal on clay is pushing it. For anyone to beat Nadal on clay, you would need a guy who was at his absolute best with Nadal playing average at best simultaneously. I'll compare Nadal on clay with Sampras on grass with Federer (on grass & HC) that when they are playing their best on those respective surfaces, they are as close to unbeatable as it gets. I don't think Laver could beat Nadal on clay, now, some internet troll who doesn't understand the concept of 'matchup' can disagree, I don't see Laver out-gunning Nadal from the back court and I don't see laver being that successful at the net against Nadal on clay. Hard and grass are different stories. I do think people can't bare to let go about these old-time greats and don't want to realise that the sport might have moved on.
With wooden racquets Nadal's clay game would be defunct.
It wouldn't. He would have his movement and a powerful forehand. He could still generate alot of topspin even with wood.
It is probably different streaks then. Sorry if it is not totally updated, but it was just in answer to TV's words of "lack of dominance".
Edit: It is apparently as per of july last year. It is from here: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=387860
Borg's achievement does it for me.
Please. Just stop. This is ridiculous.
Stop what? Stop giving current players their due? I'm not the one saying that an 11 time Grand Slam champion and 7 time French Open winner would be a nobody if he didn't have poly strings...
Direct your pleas at someone else. In this very thread I've said that with todays equipment I think Laver could hold his own against Djokovic.
Post #1 is not updated. See post #87.
I absolutely agree that Nadal would be excellent in any era. Just as I believe Laver would be excellent in any era.
But Nadal wouldn't be great because of his great topspin. Not with a Maxply racquet. It isn't happening. I believe in Laver's era, Nadal would develop the necessary touch and net game required in that era -- and be successful.
But the things that give him success in this era, are not the things that would make him successful in Laver's era.
Quoted for truth.
This. People don't seem to get that Nadal is a product of the generation he plays in, and would learn, practice, and play differently if he was in a different era. The whole "stick a wooden racquet in his hand" argument is so pathetic it's ridiculous.
Sorry but I disagree. Yes Nadal would develop a better net game and touch. But I think the skills he already has would also be useful in the 60's. Not as effective as they are now ofcourse but still effective. His speed and movement would be excellent in any era wouldn't you agree? Would that not aid him in his success.
Likewise I'm often told by those in the Former Greats section that many older players did hit with topspin. Now why is it wrong for me to say that Nadal would still generate some topspin even with an older raquet?
I thought it best to mention the qualities he possesses rather than hypotheticals, however true they maybe.
Wasn't 1969 just the 2nd year of the open era? Were the matches televised to hundreds of million or billions of viewers? Was the top tennis more like gentlemen's sports or nowadays megamillion fight? I for one believe in capitalism, ie, megamillion endorsement contracts bring out the best competition in sports. The pro circuit in 1969 couldn't possibly be like today's in term of debts and top level of competition.
Where are the weak era folks when we need them?
With a 66 square inch racquet?
I guess it's possible--after all, Laver did.
If Laver can why couldn't Nadal? It's not just the strings that give him more topsin than anyone else ever.
Laver would beat Ralph on clay in his era but will lose to him in the current era.
Hoodjem,Ralph wouldn't generate half the topspin with a wooden racquet that he does with the Babo. I think some of these folks who make these claims need to play with a wooden racquet, it's hard enough to play with one. :lol:
BTW have you played with a wooden,hoodjem? Man it's hard! I still remember the day when my dad gifted me a graphite tennis racquet and I remember vividly what a relief it was to switch.
That's what I said.
This I don't get.
Are you saying that the 100 sq. in. head-size helps too? So, if you take away the poly and the 100 sq.in. head-size, Nadal would not be able to get his topspin?
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There are some notable anniversaries among the gay ski weeks this season — Aspen turns 35, and Mammoth celebrates a decade — but queer skiers have plenty of choices, starting right after New Year's and extending into April. The Shoot the Butte extravaganza from last year won't be back (too bad! Read about Crested Butte in Dallas Voice soon), but from Canada to Colorado, Utah to Vermont and over to California, skiing to snowboarding, choose your favorite.
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• Elevation Mammoth X: Gay Ski Week, Mammoth Lakes, Calif. March 14–18. For the milestone 10th party, Elevation welcomes a string of DJs, including Brynn Taylor, Beau Dasher, Drew G, Josh Peace and DJ Pornstar at some of the nine scheduled parties. The big closing party Avalanche features headliner Roland Belmares. MammothGaySki.com.
• OutBoard Gay and Lesbian Snowboard Week, Steamboat Springs, Colo. March 27–April 1. OutBoard is unique among gay skiing events: It changes out its location every year or so. Not a bad idea — it caters to snowboarders, who are always looking for new challenges. Events planned for the 17th annual winter wonderland include an opening night cocktail party and western-style hoedown. Yee-haw! OutBoard.org.
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BUNNELL, Fla. - An internal affairs investigation is underway to determine whether any Bunnell police officers took part in an exchange of messages about slain teenager Trayvon Martin that led to the firing of a Volusia County beach officer.
Bunnell City Manager Armando Martinez told the Daytona Beach News Journal a case regarding Trayvon Martin messages is open.
Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman fatally shot Martin in February 2012 and was acquitted of murder charges in July.
Last week, the department also launched a strict social media policy that bars officers from sharing material that is "unprofessional, unbecoming, illegal, unethical, sexual, violent, harassing, racist, sexist or ethnically derogatory."
Volusia Beach Safety Officer Todd Snipes was fired three weeks after the verdict for posting messages about the case on social media.
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data mining isn't the most accurate way to track smartphones, as it can be
biased by usage patterns; that said it does give a decent rough estimate of
market share. Market research firm ComScore's latest internet
traffic-based market share
analysis delivers the controversial conclusion that Apple is
the top single smart phone manufacturer in the United States.
Before proclaiming "Apple is #1!", it's important to point out that
this is not a "by operating system" market share comparison. If you
combine the market shares of Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI),
Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (SEO:005930), HTC Corp. (TPE:2498), and LG
Electronics Inc. (SEO:066570)
(11.4, 8.9, 11.8, and 4.8 percent, respectively) you get 36.9 percent, nearly
50 percent more than Apple's 26.6 percent. Granted, those manufacturers
also sell Windows Phone 7 handsets (Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)),
but that market share is likely only a small percentage of that total.
It's also important to consider that Apple's worldwide sales are still lower than Samsung's and that it's being outsold nearly two-to-one by Android.
In other words, Apple is doing better in the U.S., where Android outsells
it approximately 1.5:1, versus the world where Android outsells it
approximately 2:1.
That said, Apple deserves plenty of credit for earning the top spot in this
ranking -- especially since it only has two relatively old products, the iPhone
4 (12 months old) and iPhone 3GS (2 years old), on the market.
Other interesting observations are that despite all the doom and gloom surrounding Canadian
smartphone maker Research in Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM),
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telling that Microsoft's favorite hardware partner, Finland's Nokia (HEL:NOK1V),
could only muster a meager 2.1 percent market share.
And then there's Hewlett-Packard, Comp. (HPQ),
who like Nokia is struggling. HP earned just a hair more market share --
2.7 percent. However, unless its plans to license its smartphone OS to third-party hardware makers comes
through big time, it seems to be condemned to a role as a bit player.
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Brumbies winger Henry Speight included in Wallabies squad
ACT Brumbies winger Henry Speight has put his Wallabies dream "on the backburner" to focus on Super Rugby success, determined to continue his scintillating form to earn another crack at winning a championship.
Speight was one of 11 Brumbies included in the Wallabies' 32-man squad for the Rugby Championship, with coach Ewen McKenzie opting to add him to the roster despite the Fijian-born flyer not being available for selection until September 11.
McKenzie is bursting with excitement at the prospect of injecting Speight into the international arena.
But first Speight is channelling all of his energy into the Brumbies' semi-final clash against the NSW Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday night, refusing to start dreaming of a Wallabies debut as he waits for his drawn-out eligibility saga to be finished in two months.
The 26-year-old is expected to be parachuted into the line-up for the Test against Argentina on September 13 and he's making an undeniable case for a call up with his outstanding Brumbies performances.
"It's a massive honour to be in the squad ... but this weekend there is a job needs to be done and I'm focused on that," Speight said.
"I've shelved [thoughts of Wallabies] and put it in the back of my head. If I circled [September 11] then it was going to be the longest few months, it was good to put it on the backburner.
"It's good to be able to focus on Brumbies and my motivation has been just the team doing well. I'm really enjoying getting the ball out wide and having fun. I owe it all to Matty Toomua and Christian [Lealiifano] for spreading the ball. I owe them a coffee or two."
Speight is the feel-good story of Australian rugby, with the sport yearning for a hero after Nick "The Honey Badger" Cummins quit his ARU contract to move his career to Japan.
Known as the Brumbies' ''bro with the fro'', Speight has spent the past four seasons in Canberra. But the IRB delayed his Australian eligibility because of a brief return to play for Waikato in New Zealand at the end of 2011.
The Department of Immigration is refusing to allow his brother Jerry and sister Davila into Australia to watch him play because the pair have been deemed a risk of becoming asylum seekers.
The Brumbies' win against the Waikato Chiefs last week was the first time any of his siblings had been able to watch him play in Australia, with older brother Sam gaining entry to the country because he's a British national.
Speight's uncle is George Speight, the Fijian coup leader serving life in jail. His late grandfather, Josefa Iloilo, is a former Fiji president.
Family is Speight's motivation for success, dedicating every performance to them. Even his afro has a family link, after he started growing it for 100 nights as part of Fijian tradition to honour the memory of his cousin, Malachi, who lost his battle with cancer in 2013.
Speight will miss the first three Rugby Championship Tests before being available for selection.
"He can play powerfully, he's got speed, he can evade. He's not just confrontational, I like that," McKenzie said.
"But I also like that off the field he's softly spoken but clearly intelligent. He has a lot of allies, a lot of people speak very highly of him. I can see why he can bring out the best in people around him.
"There's a crowd favourite departing in Nick Cummins, but a real interesting guy coming in with Henry Speight ... I didn't know much about him until June and I was very impressed with him."
Speight is working with the Brumbies and the ARU to have his family present at his Test debut.
Davila and Jerry have had two visa applications denied by immigration. Speight has given written evidence that his brother and sister will return to Fiji after a brief visit so that he can show them his new home.
"Everything I do, I do it for my family. They're my motivation," Speight said.
"To be able to do it for them makes it extra special, I'm blessed and lucky to have a great family. The whole Brumbies organisation has been my family for the past four years in Canberra ... I play for my family back home and all Canberrans."
WALLABIES SQUAD (Brumbies in bold): Ben Alexander, Pek Cowan, Sekope Kepu, Scott Sio, James Slipper, Nathan Charles, James Hanson, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Sam Carter, James Horwill, Rob Simmons, Will Skelton, Scott Fardy, Scott Higginbotham, Matt Hodgson, Michael Hooper, Ben McCalman, Wycliff Palu, Luke Burgess, Nick Phipps, Nic White, Kurtley Beale, Bernard Foley, Tevita Kuridrani, Christian Lealiifano, Matt Toomua, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Henry Speight, Israel Folau, Rob Horne, Pat McCabe, Joe Tomane.
Thursday: The Brumbies are inviting fans to farewell the team from its University of Canberra base at 12.30pm before it leaves for Sydney for its semi final clash against the NSW Waratahs.
Chris Dutton is a sports reporter at The Canberra Times.
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You're right (again!) of course, but the point is that most countries have well defined legal systems that decide whether a particular incident is murder or not. I don't see anything similar in the Bible.
Or do you mean that when the Bible says "murder", it means "any action that would be considered murder under the legal code of the country in which you perpetrate said act". Seems strange to me that God would delegate such important decisions to "local" government. Particularly in countries like the US where there's no official link between Church and State.


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