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Discussion in 'Classic Racquet Talk' started by droliver, May 27, 2012.
I'm the same way with my racquets.
Yes, within the first few weeks of learning the game, I noticed the racquet felt noticeably different, one side to the other – mostly a combination of the interface between butt cap and the bottom few wraps of leather grip. I'm pretty obsessive about my tennis gear, so much so that even in the juniors, I would get new racquets, remove the grips and butt caps, and refit them so they felt "right": the old Kneissls had an engraved serial number on one side of the shaft just above the grip (Head racquets of the same era usually had a stamped number in the same general location), and a grip size sticker on both sides of the shaft. I'd remove the sticker from the side opposite the S/N, and designate that the "up" side. The grip and butt cap would be refitted so that the larger bunch would be on the fingertip side (away from the palm contact side). Thus the tactile feel of the serial number, sticker, and grip would indicate whether the racquet was up or down. All my racquets only had head rash on the "down" side, mostly from low backhands, with the occasional tic from a low forehand volley on the other edge. The "up" side halves of the hoops were pristine.
I thought it was weird until I read Ivan Lendl's "Hitting Hot" book, where he admitted he did exactly the same thing. Later, I noticed John McEnroe, at the height of his ATP career, had his Max 200g's leaded up asymmetrically, so that one side of the head (the "down" side) carried weight, whereas the other side did not. Same phenomenon…
FWIW, I also think the old Kneissl butt cap design (also used on the Adidas Lendl GTX frames), with top and bottom sides squared off and left and right sides arced (without corners), is the most hand-friendly butt cap design ever made - it fits the pocket between the heel of the palm and the lower muscle mass of the thumb perfectly. The fully oval Rossignol design of the 80's is also quite nice, much better than eight pokey corners fighting with the meat of one's hand.
It's little details like that which set apart those racquets when they were new, and helps make them unique from the rather homogenous designs of today.
Can we get some hints at what might be coming down the road from this Bosworth collection?
retro - Jimbo also used to 'off weight' his Pro Staff asymmetrically.
What was Juan Aguilera swinging back in the day? Somewhere in the back of my head I had him also being a White Star user...
Just in time for the holidays we have some new Bosworth racquets for you! This installment features a wide assortment of wood and graphite sticks. Some notable brands include Kneissl, Slazenger, Mizuno and Wimbledon. Most of these racquets have very low quantities so get them before they are gone!
Happy Holidays,
There was one Kneissl White Star Master that was snatched by I hope a lucky vintage racket player. If not, may see for sale soon.
Happy Holidays back to TW and all the boarders !
thought about picking up the kneissl white star for a sec, then realized i need another racquet as much as i need a hole in my head.
Which version of Kneissl White Star Pro Masters was up for grabs this time? The one with the red shaft graphics, or the all white with red and blue strip just above the grip? Guess I missed 'em.
I did bag what appears to perhaps be some sticks from one of my favorite pros of the 80's, NCAA champ and 1986 Roland Garros finalist Mikael Pernfors. Or were they from Joakim Nyström?
The Wimbledon Borons sold out
this was the one.
If I remember correctly, the red shaft graphics model.
I went pretty fast to the shopping cart then when I found out it was gone, away pretty fast in disappointment. Oh well, I happy to have one strung with vintage natty gut that plays super in used condition.
Which stick do you think may have been for Pernfors ?
The Wimbledon "Graphite" was used by him, and concurrently, Joakim Nystrom. Pernfors used it on his epic run to the '86 FO finals. I believe Nystrom won Monte Carlo with it one year.
that was me. back in the day i remember i had this frame out for a demo and couldn't believe the serves i was hitting. but i ended up buying a couple f200 instead :mrgreen: hopefully the frame is in good shape and as described by the listing. i'd hate for the court rash to be worse than advertised.
Im sure you will be pleased. Glad its going to an old schooler who will love in on the courts. Great holiday gift !
Well, I am now in receipt of a pair of Wimbledon Graphites. Indeed, it's the same model as used by Joakim Nystrom and Mikael Pernfors, but the pair I purchased (one that has been modified with ample lead at the sides of the head, strung with natural gut; and one seemingly unmodified one that had never been strung, but now is) appear to have been earmarked for Rodney Harmon? (There's a sticker on the unmodified, NOS one that simply is marked, "Rodney.")
Lovely frames, perfect head size (88 square inches; looks larger as it is wider - closer to round - than most elliptical 90's), great quality. The original Wimbledon calfskin grips (in massive size 5) are Wimbledon-branded, but appear to be the same as the best Pro Kennex grips used concurrently - no surprise there since these Wimbledon frames were openly made by Kunnan, and marked as such.
I'm taking them for a hit tonight; can file a report if there is any interest.
Looking forward to the report! I waited too long and missed out on the Borons....
please do share. i've got a wimbledon graphite in my collection that i've been meaning to string up and take out for a hit.
Great news, very glad they are yours.
With gut and those calfskins they should be a pleasure to hit. Looking forward to your report.
Here it is: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=449899
arrived today. looks great. very, very slight scrapes at 10/2 but other wise near perfect. very happy.
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Couch-to-5K: week 2, day 2
In the bag. That is all.
(Heading to Falmouth this weekend to see Cariadys, so I'll have to take my shoes n ting with me I suppose…)
In the bag. That is all.
(Heading to Falmouth this weekend to see Cariadys, so I'll have to take my shoes n ting with me I suppose…)
Week 2 begins! I was anticipating (not with pleasure) going to the gym this morning, given yesterday's/last night's rain, but the morning was grey, mild, and dry so another outdoor run — how long can this luck last?
This week we alternate 90s of running with 120s of walking (with 5 mins warm-up top and tail again). I was fairly out of breath by the end of the first burst of running and worried I was going to find the whole workout hard, but the 2 mins walking compensated nicely and after that, it was fine. Just at that sweet spot of hard-ish but definitely doable.
Shins felt good; I followed Jo and Bash's advice from Friday, and also re-inserted my meta-warmup (before stretching).
I didn't run yesterday because I was bloody knackered from an extremely awesome weekend of climbing in the Peak District. Aches in all the right places. :-) Next run should be Thursday morning.
Week 1 complete! Grey clouds but no rain today so another outdoor run, happily.
I shortened my warm-up for this and the previous run; instead of walking through the park, stretching, then starting the 5 minute warm-up "proper", I called the walk through the park the warm-up, but interrupted it at the end for stretching before starting to run. Now I'm thinking I should go back to the old way, as my shins were definitely grumbling by the end of this run, and — as may be becoming clear — I am quite anxious about shin splints. One running friend told me, when asked about them, "of course I get them – I just run anyway", but I don't want to be running in pain, nor do I think I should be. So next week, back to what is effectively a 10 minute warm-up walk with stretches in the middle. Next week it's 90s of running alternating with 120s of walking (up from 60s/90s this week).
On that note, can anyone recommend good stretches for holding off shin splints?
No rain today, so I got out and did week 1, day 2 again. Some twinges in my shins towards the end, which worries me rather. And for some reason I wasn't much enjoying the music being served up by my Shiny Device… Just one of those days, I guess.
I'm really enjoying being up and out the house early. I love being up in the morning, especially outside, but like many people, unless I have a compelling reason to leave the Warm Coccoon Of Perfect Relaxation, I won't.
I rang the uni gym on Monday to ask about coming in for the necessary induction before being able to use it; I was told to come in any time on Tuesday. Naturally, when I turned up at 4:30 on Tuesday I was told: "Obviously, because we're short-staffed, we can't do it today, sorry. Come back tomorrow." Sigh.
I'm planning to run again on Friday morning. On Friday evening I'll be off to the Peak District with the climbing club for the weekend. I'm rather looking forward to it, particularly as I've never been there before. Stanage on Saturday, Castle Naze on Sunday, weather permitting.
I really hope it wasn't caused by the cold morning run on Wednesday. I've been telling myself it's just the usual October Cold which anyone working at the university gets thanks to all the filthy students coming back. Either way, by Wednesday evening I was feeling unpleasantly coldy, and after a night of exciting mucus adventures, I took Thursday and Friday off work and mainly sat in bed saying "ugh". I watched Munich and Lord of War, both of which I enjoyed and would recommend.
According to schedule, I should have been running on Friday, but that was obviously not a good idea. I went to Cornwall for the weekend, to see my family and celebrate my brother's imminent birthday (and to see him in the local am-dram company's production of 'Allo 'Allo!, as Officer Crabtree — hilarity ensues), and didn't take my shoes (or much fancy the hilly terrain just yet), so that was week 1 out the window.
By last night I was pretty much feeling better, happily. Today is another beautiful cold clear day, so off I went for week 1, day 1, take 2. It felt good, and I was wrapped up warm, but now I'm feeling a bit coldy again… Was it too soon? We shall see. The plan is to run again on Wednesday morning. The weather might be turning wet by then, so I should probably check out the gym tomorrow if possible. The gym. Me. What is the world coming to…?
Easier than last time!
Same route and schedule as before, but today I went before breakfast, rather than in the late afternoon. I'd planned to do day 2 yesterday, but I went climbing for the first time in years on Monday evening (which was awesome, by the way), and yesterday my legs were still rather twingey so I decided to rest another day, properly.
Unlike milk, that was a good choice: it's a beautiful autumn day today: clear, crisp, cold, ionic. I ditched the rucksack and wore surfy shorts with pockets (I need something to hold my iPhone, and none of my Actual Running Clothes have pockets). I didn't get too hot. I didn't get stitch. My left shin was slightly grumbly initially but nothing came of it. I was out of breath, but it was definitely easier than Sunday, for whatever reason. In summary: felt good, and felt great afterwards.
If only every day's weather was going to be like this…
I've just got back into the house after doing week 1/day 1 of couch-to-5k, an interval training program designed to take you from "not running at all" to your first 5Km run in gentle controlled increments. I was surprised at how hard I found it, to be honest. Day 1 is ridiculously low impact — alternating 60 seconds running with 90 seconds of walking from 20 minutes, with 5 minutes' warm-up walking at start and end — but after a couple of cycles I was getting quite out of breath, and by the by the half way point I was getting a stitch, and very happy each time the nice lady in my iPhone said "walk" not "run". But I did it, and actually rather enjoyed it, and I certainly feel good now, afterwards — sense of satisfaction coupled with glowy-body-feeling. :-)
It's a nine-week program, so the trick now is to keep it up; writing about it here is part of the mechanism for that, so unless I fail utterly, this ought to turn into a bit of a running blog for the next couple of months, and maybe beyond. I've cunningly chosen to start in mid-October, so darkness, cold, wind and rain will be my main enemies, I expect – particularly rain as I'd like to run with headphones (not earbuds as I don't have any which stay in) but they probably shouldn't get too wet, thus: quandry. On the subject of cold, the other thing which surprised me today was how much heat I produced; I had three (thin, technical) layers on, and my coat in my rucksack, and on the warm-up walk I was quite cold, but once I started running, whammo. So that's good.
Route: I walked from my house down through Singleton Park to the sea front (just over 5 minutes) where I did some cursory, confused and no-doubt sloppy stretches (one of the main things worrying me has been shin splints, which I always seem to get if I run for a bus, etc.; so far, so good!) before starting the work-out proper. 5 minutes walking took me to opposite the Pub On The Pond, when I started running/walking; the half-way point was the Texaco garage at Blackpill, and the return journey had the same way-marks, so my pace must have been reasonably consistent. Because I was using Bluefin's iPhone c25k app, I couldn't use runkeeper to track my pace, etc., sadly: runkeeper doesn't seem to run in the background… The Bluefin app seemed to work quite well, though.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 8:15 AM
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Support voiced for Stanford Med Center plans
Original post made on Sep 25, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 8:15 AM
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 25, 2007 at 7:53 pm
The article is somewhat misleading in that there were a number of thoughtful comments expressing concern about the Stanford expansion and laying out specific suggestions for the environmental review. The so-called "support" was in the nature of "I love Stanford and so just forget about the rules and approve it." The "supporters" had no credibility.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Sep 26, 2007 at 6:06 am
The Palo Alto Daily News also covered this story:
Web Link
According to Howard the following people who commented had no credibility:
"But many residents were quick to defend Stanford, saying the medical center needs to be able to care for the city's aging population down the road.
One resident described the care given to her at the medical center after a painful cycling accident, while others talked about the comfort of "having Stanford hospital available when I need it," as Menlo Park resident and Stanford faculty member Stanley Peters put it.
"Quite frankly, this is probably the best thing that's ever happened to our community," said Daryl Savage, a member of the city's human rights commission."
In addition the article states:
"Among members of the city council, environmental concerns were balanced with eagerness for the public benefit of an expanded hospital and broadened base of sales tax."
At least Ms Kleinberg seems to get it:
"There are communities that would be drooling to have this opportunity," she said."
Obviously this project needs to undergo review and certain potential problems need to be addressed--however this is not a big "negative" for PA as people like Howard seem to think.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Sep 26, 2007 at 7:00 am
We all love the medical innovations and benefits Stanford's Medical Complex has delivered for years, and want to see that continue.
We are hopeful that Stanford is not raising an 800-pound pet gorilla which it permits to roam free and leave unwelcome deposits on neighbors' properties.
Palo Alto, and virtually every community, has "Good Neighbor" policies every responsible pet owner honors which include cleaning up after your pet.
Should Stanford refuse to provide housing for most of the 3,000-plus new employees its massive expansion will require, and the Palo Alto Council fail to convince it to do so, Stanford will in effect become an irresponsible pet owner permitting its powerful pet to wreak havoc on its neighbors. This will take the form of diminished emergency preparedness, vehicular traffic snarls, greater off-campus housing density with more K-12 students to educate.
That's a massive "clean-up" for its neighbors to deal with for evermore.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Sep 26, 2007 at 7:30 am
Helen--let me ask you this--council members and many PA residents continue to say that PA is built out and cannot take any more housing.
So which is it--PA is built out or there is room for housing if Stanford foots the bill?
Also why is there an assumption that all of these new employees should/will want to live in Palo Alto? Does PA really want Stanford to build housing for 3000+ people? If PA is so insistant in wanting Stanford to provide housing will they allow Stanford to use the foothills area to build housing?
I also refer you to Diana Diamond's column in todays PA Weekly.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 26, 2007 at 8:51 am
Where does this 3000+ number come from? They are talking about 2000 potential new employees a number of years after the remodel of the hospital. The shopping center redo, which is a separate issue, will have about 800 new employees.
The city council desperately wants the shopping center remodel, including the building of a boutique hotel, to help prop up our sinking sales tax base. Of course a new hotel and additional stores will bring additional traffic with it.
So what does PA really want--more hotels and stores and with it more sales tax revenue and more employees and traffic?
It seems that our city (both the council and some residents) want the best of both worlds--increased tax flow, but no traffic or new employees--you cannot have both these days.
a resident of Monroe Park
on Sep 26, 2007 at 11:45 am
"But many residents were quick to defend Stanford, saying the medical center needs to be able to care for the city's aging population down the road."
The medical center will not only be caring for the city's aging population. Another medical center is needed to care for the area's population, but we do not need to put it in Stanford or Palo Alto. There are cities near Palo Alto with more space and less traffic congestion able to accommodate a large medical center. Also, new medical centers are being built in our area - Mountain View has just replaced an Emporium store with the Camino Medical Group.
"So which is it--PA is built out or there is room for housing if Stanford foots the bill?"
Stanford has land for housing; Stanford employees can be housed on Stanford land. However, I am in favor of people moving in and out of the area but I am not in favor of massive housing or massive community building projects. Our only question should not be "will this project generate revenue for Palo Alto", we should be asking where will we get the resources - we have to ration water and electricity at our current level of population. We have air that is so dirty that it is degrading the health of those who live here, do we need more traffic? How many parents want their children to go to multi-story schools? Residents pay a high price when a city cares only about generating revenue.
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 26, 2007 at 12:25 pm
"Stanford employees can be housed on Stanford land"
It's interesting to see how things come full circle. We now see the old 19th century 'company town' concept being propsoed for the 21st century. Although such company towns had some virtues, they also had their limitations, including the desire to be set free by the workers. The automobile, train, buses, telecommuting , etc. now allow poeple to live where they want, and work somewhere else.
It is more rational to provide public mass transit, improved roads, parking garages (at Stanford), pollution free cars, etc., than to force workers to live with their employer.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2007 at 4:21 pm
time for Stanford to not only build more housing in its campus core area, lowering impact on neighboring communities, but provide a new access road to 280, taking pressure off Alpine and page mill rd.
Sand Hill needs to be widened to 4 lanes from Arboretum to ECR, and, now that North PA has traffic calming, turn restrictions from Alma, open up Alma to all turning movements. Menlo Park is probably going to prohibit u turns at Cambridge so this new Stanford development traffic doesn't further congest the ECR scene in the evening commute hours. Just try to go north on ECR in MP during rush hour, and you know where that traffic originates.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2007 at 7:30 pm
BTW, that would be Campus Drive West extension across the golf course to 280. Horrors that such a pristine area could be defiled by a new road. Just drive up Sand Hill to 280 and look at the new mega hotel/conference center under construction on Stanford land, next to the "World's Most Beautiful Freeway".
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Sep 27, 2007 at 4:05 pm
The article is very misleading, as Howard also points out. There were approximately 14 speakers and half of them were supporters who just sang the I love Stanford song without any content. Actually 4 of the supporters were Stanford employees.
The people who expressed concern were polite but expressed serious questions about housing for the new people and the huge amount of traffic that will be generated.
You misinterpreted politeness for support.
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"I like to do things that people say I can't do," says Kristin Dovenmuehle, director of applied behavior analysis at Damar Services Inc. Today's Indianapolis Star profiles 2003 DePauw University and the work she does with individuals who have autism.
"People say that a lot of (autistic) kids can't do a lot of things in life, and I want to help those kids do the things that people say they can't do. To me, it's an 'I'll show you' moment," adds Dovenmuehle, who is featured in the newspaper's "Rising Star" column.
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Author Notes: Frankieolives asked me about the moon salad I mentioned in a post of her beautiful sprout recipe. Here I have taken Mr. Sproutman's 7 oz. "Moon Salad" (available at Wholefoods) as a base, so I take no credit for his wonderful blend of clover, arugula, azuki, garbanzo and snow pea sprouts. You could recreate it from the list, if this is not available in your market. Added to the base, I have included julienned golden beets, carrots, red peppers, fresh herbs, and diced avocado. But the dressing is my own experiment taking basically avocado with garbanzos from the pod in an almond milk puree. You do not even need to soak fresh garbanzo beans at all, much less cook them. —Sagegreen
Serves 2-4
- 1 peeled and diced avocado, divided
- squeeze of lemon, Meyer preferred
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/3 cup fresh garbanzo beans out of the pods, see photo
- pinch of pink Himalayan salt
- handful of fresh herbs including parsley, basil, verbena, and cilantro
- 7 ounces Moon salad sprout mix (see ingredient list above)
- 1 small carrot, julienned
- 1/2 red bell pepper, julienned
- 1 golden beet, peeled and julienned
- 1/2 fresh mango flesh, julienned
- Squeeze the lemon juice over the peeled avocado as soon as you dice it. In a blender add half the avocado, the milk, the garbanzo beans depodded, a little salt and half of the fresh herbs. Puree. Sample for thickness. Adjust by adding more avocado and beans to thicken or more milk to thin. Adjust salt, too.
- Plate the moon salad base of sprouts. Add the julienned vegetables plus mango, remaining diced avocado, and herbs. Spoon the dressing over the salad and serve right away.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish in the Raw
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - One Altamonte Springs woman says she took her eyes off her purse for just seconds, when a man grabbed it and ran out of a Seminole County Publix.
It happened at the Publix one Altamonte Drive when the woman was looking for new makeup to buy, that's when 2 Publix employees ran after the crook, but were unable to catch up the him.
Police are calling the man seen in video walking in with shorts, white T-shirt, and sunglasses, a brazen crook.
Officers say just days ago, the man snatched a woman's purse while she shopped for groceries. He comes in casually, but leaving was anything but.
"I was shopping for makeup and I was looking at the bottom shelf," the victim, Susan Hubbell, told Local 6.
Hubbell, who is now out of town, told Local 6 over the phone that she was just in the makeup aisle, not thinking much.
"I was running out of the door and there was the manager of Publix running after him," she said.
In the video, you can see the manager running behind the culprit. Police say the man then ran over a wall and into the Village Green Apartments next door.
Liliana Breton is not only holding her kids a little tighter but her purse too.
"I'm concerned as a mother, as wife, as a woman. It bothers me that we can't even do grocery shopping anymore without even feeling attacked," said Breton.
Shopper, Tasha Wise, said, "I've lived in Seminole County my whole life and I've never had a problem so that really scares me."
It's scary because you never think it could happen to you, becoming a victim as you shop for makeup.
The victim says she had everything in that purse, her credit cards, keys, and cell phone. She says he didn't even use her phone, so she thinks he was out for her cash.
If you recognize the man, call Altamonte Springs Police or CrimeLine at 1-800-423-TIPS. You can remain anonymous.
Copyright 2013 by ClickOrlando.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text: I am Lilly, and an avid reader. I love to write romance stories about same sex-pairings (usually Dumbledore will be the main character) and also I am in love with stories about George post the series. I love reading good stories, and I would love if you would give me honest reviews (good or bad) on all of my work. :)


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Bitfighter is a game that feels a little like Asteroids on steroids. It's a multiplayer space-based combat and strategy game, featuring customized ships, multiple game modes, cool retro graphics, and smooth network play. It also includes a full featured level editor, Lua scriptable bots, and other cool features. It has a very active development team, so the game keeps improving.
Chicken Invaders 4 is a game in which you must resist an invasion of chickens from outer space. It features cooperative play with up to four players, 12 star systems to explore, 120 waves of invading chickens, a wide variety of weapons with upgradeable power levels, 30 unique bonuses, and 20 secret features.
War in Space is a shooting game. It's not a "Space Invaders" clone, but if you are familiar with games like that, you'll get the hang of War in Space pretty quickly. There are three girls ready to fly your spaceship for you, and each of them has their own quality and handicap. Pick one of them and you're ready to go. Shoot as many targets as you can and try to score big. It starts out very easy, but it will get harder and harder as the game progresses. See how far you can go. The game makes use of a patching system that allows you to 'modify' the game without destroying the original. An update is planned to make this compatible with the JCR5 project.
A high performance, scalable database modeled after Bigtable.
A utility that convert an email to a Trac ticket.


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Late homers shrink Braves' magic number to 10
ATLANTA -- As the Braves were staring at the possibility of being shut out for the second time in three days, Evan Gattis made his return to Atlanta more memorable and Andrelton Simmons proved he can provide more than just defensive excellence.
Gattis and Simmons solved a previously dominant Carlos Torres with a pair of seventh-inning home runs that supported Kris Medlen's stellar effort and gave the Braves a 3-1 win over the Mets on Tuesday night at Turner Field.Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- As the Braves were staring at the possibility of being shut out for the second time in three days, Evan Gattis made his return to Atlanta more memorable and Andrelton Simmons proved he can provide more than just defensive excellence.
Gattis and Simmons solved a previously dominant Carlos Torres with a pair of seventh-inning home runs that supported Kris Medlen's stellar effort and gave the Braves a 3-1 win over the Mets on Tuesday night at Turner Field.Full Game Coverage
"I thought for a second [Medlen] was going to get one of those tough-luck losses," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Torres was that good. Then there in the seventh inning, he makes a couple of mistakes and we run him out of the ballpark."
Feeding off the comfort he regained while playing the previous three days for Triple-A Gwinnett, Gattis accounted for two of the four singles Torres allowed through the first six innings. The powerful slugger then highlighted his three-hit return to the Majors by lining his game-tying solo home run just over the top of the left-center-field wall with one out in the seventh.
After Dan Uggla followed with an eight-pitch walk, Simmons turned on a 1-0 fastball and sent it over the left-center-field wall, about 10 rows deeper than the much stronger Gattis had hit his. Simmons' decisive two-run shot provided the Braves a lead Craig Kimbrel ultimately preserved by converting his 34th consecutive save opportunity.
"I got all of it," Simmons said. "I've never hit a ball that I was so sure it was out. I was pretty sure, but I've never hit a ball to left-center and known it was gone. It's nice to hit it that far."
These two home runs proved to be enough for the Braves, who have won seven of the first eight games of this homestand and whittled their magic number to clinch the National League East down to 10. They own a 15-game lead over the second-place Nationals with 24 games remaining.
"This was the first big league game I've ever played in September," Gattis said. "We want to make a push and get everybody together and see what happens."
As the Braves approach the postseason, they are starting to see Medlen look more like he did when he posted a 0.97 ERA in the 12 starts he made during the final two months of the 2012 season.
During this latest effort, Medlen allowed seven hits over seven innings. The lone run he surrendered came after Gattis hesitantly approached the left-field wall while chasing Eric Young's long fly ball in the sixth inning.
Medlen scattered three hits through the first five innings and was in command until Gattis misplayed Young's fly ball, which was ruled a triple. Daniel Murphy followed by taking advantage of a misplaced 0-2 fastball that he pulled to right field for an RBI double.
"It was a poorly executed 0-2 pitch," Medlen said. "I thought we had him leaning over. But I think he's a good hitter. He's one of the best hitters. He hit the double into the corner and made it 1-0. I just tried to keep it there. [Simmons] and [Gattis] did something huge for myself and the team."
Gattis' first home run since July 24 atoned for his defensive miscue and enabled him to further distance himself from the frustration he had felt while hitting .185 (22-for-119) with a .543 OPS in the 38 games he had played dating back to May 31. The decision to send him to Gwinnett for the final three games of the International League season was simply an attempt to get him the at-bats he was not getting at the big league level.
"I felt fixed before leaving," Gattis said. "It was good to go [to Gwinnett] and really kind of put it into action. From there, yeah, definitely good to see that. It was just good to have a good night here, first one especially."
Along with producing some of the best defensive metrics ever recorded by a shortstop this season, Simmons has proven that he can also be a threat on the offensive end. The 13 home runs he has hit are four more than he had totaled in his professional career entering this season.
"It's nice to give [Medlen] that win because he worked really hard," Simmons said. "He did everything right, and you want to give him the win when he's throwing that well."
Medlen's victory evened his record through 24 decisions. While wins and losses are not a clear indicator of a pitcher's contributions, this is impressive given the fact that he started the season 1-6.
As his fastball command has proven more consistent and he has gained a better feel for his curveball, Medlen has escaped the troubles that plagued him when he posted a 5.13 ERA during a 10-start stretch that extended through Aug. 7. He has allowed one or no runs in the four starts that have followed.
"The last couple years, I've finished pretty strong," Medlen said. "I'm four or five starts away from doing the same thing. I just take it a start at a time. It's the ups and downs of a full year. You just work hard and battle through the hard times. Then the good times are even better."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Ricketts, Tribune closer to Cubs deal
Report says progress being made in new negotiations
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Chicago Tribune quoted sources as saying the Ricketts family and Tribune Co. have made "good progress" recently in negotiations to reach an agreement on the sale of the Cubs, Wrigley Field and a 25 percent stake in Comcast SportsNet Chicago.
Talks stalled more than a month ago when the two sides could not agree on some issues, including how to value the team's broadcast rights.
"We're closing the gap," a source told the newspaper. "The attitudes are much more positive."
One reason talks have stepped up could be because the Tribune Co. reopened talks with another bidding group led by New York investor Marc Utay. The Ricketts family was selected as the winning bidder five months ago in a drawn-out auction that began with 10 offers.
Utay's group was one of three finalists in the Cubs auction, along with the Ricketts family and a group led by Chicago real estate investor Hersch Klaff. Utay's first bid fell short because it did not include as much upfront cash as the Ricketts' offer, sources told the newspaper.
The Ricketts family, which made its fortune through the online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., made a bid of nearly $900 million and looked to finance half with debt and half by cashing in family-owned stock. Tribune Co. plans to keep up to 5 percent of the assets to help minimize taxes from the disposition.
The parent of the Chicago Tribune has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy since December. A Cubs sale would help reduce its $12 billion debt burden.
Because of the difficult economic recession, Ricketts took longer than anticipated to secure the debt. A disagreement over the broadcast contracts also led the family to consider reducing its bid by as much $50 million. Tribune Co. owns the broadcasts rights to the Cubs through its WGN subsidiaries and its stake in Comcast SportsNet, a regional cable sports network.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Trying out Zone Alarm Free Firewall + AV 10.2.072.000 and I have a few questions.
1. I can not set scheduled Antivirus scan times, they are grey-out.
1a. Can I not set the times as I want them?
2. Under Antivirus/On access, the 3 selections under Enable On-Access Scanning are grey-out and not selectable with Enable On-Access Scanning checked or un-checked.
2a. Can I not choose the on-access scanning method to use?
3. In Identity and Data, prior Zone Alarms had a Vault to put encrypted information (credit card, phone, etc.).
3a. Not in Free Firewall + AV?
3b. Any chance to be included in future version?
3c. Any way to make suggestion on this to devs?


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My walk with World Vision to give water to the thirsty: Part 1
Today's post -- the first of a two-part series -- comes to us from Dr. Greg Allgood, founder and director of the Children's Safe Drinking Water program at Procter & Gamble.
The global water crisis is a silent killer that takes the lives of more children every year than HIV and malaria combined. More than 2,000 children die every day because of unclean water, poor hygiene, and lack of sanitation. But there is great hope. This is a crisis that we know how to address.
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At Procter & Gamble (P&G), we like to think that we know a little bit about partnerships. There's a case to be made that it's in our DNA. James Gamble and William Procter started a partnership to make candles and soap on the banks of the Ohio River in Cincinnati 175 years ago.
That partnership has now grown into the largest consumer products company in the world, serving approximately 4.6 billion people with some of the most trusted brands in the world, including Pampers, Tide, Crest, Always, Gillette, and Vicks.
From a personal standpoint, my 26 years at P&G have been all about partnerships, the last decade as the founder and director of our not-for-profit humanitarian effort called the P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program. So I was thrilled when my friends at World Vision asked me to write a guest blog post on the occasion of World Water Day, March 22, whose theme this year is partnerships.
About 10 years ago, P&G developed a water purification packet technology that is amazing in its ability to take even heavily contaminated water and in a few minutes make it crystal clear and purified so that it's safe to drink for the entire family.
When we tried to provide these water packets through our existing P&G infrastructure, the cost of getting them to the people who needed them was too high, and the effort was losing a lot of money. We also weren't able to reach the people in deep rural areas where the product was needed the most. This was where humanitarian groups like World Vision saved the day.
Early in our program, I visited rural Malawi, a landlocked country where nearly everyone is a subsistence farmer and, at the time, had one of the highest child death rates of any country in the world. I wanted to see for myself whether people in deep rural areas would accept the P&G packets.
I was hosted in Malawi by a humanitarian group that works alongside World Vision; when they learned that I wanted to go into deep rural areas where the most vulnerable people live, they called upon a former preacher and former World Vision staff, Enoch Phiri, to guide me into some of the most remote areas of Malawi.
It was the dry season, so water was extremely scarce, and women were digging with their hands into a dried-up river to scoop out bowl after bowl of dirty and contaminated water. Enoch had never seen the demonstration of the product himself, so I showed everyone how to use it to make the water clear, and Enoch translated into the local language, Chechewa.
I'll never forget his deep and calming voice as he translated for the small group of poor and proud farmers. It was a magical moment when the water turned crystal clear. As we enjoyed drinking purified water with the community, my questions about whether the community would accept this new product disappeared.
Not only did the people accept the new product, they prayed for us to provide them with more of these packets.
After my trip to Malawi and several similar experiences with World Vision in other countries, I began to understand the importance of partnering with humanitarian groups that invest the time to build deep trust with communities. I realized that the quick acceptance of our product was because of the trust that was developed over many years by World Vision staff like Enoch Phiri.
So instead of trying to provide the water purification packets through our own P&G infrastructure, we created a not-for-profit program to provide the product through humanitarian groups like World Vision. We call it the P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program, and we put the name of our company on the P&G water purification packets.
By working with humanitarian groups, we've scaled up from providing about 1 million packets a year to more than 100 million each year -- or more than 1 billion liters of clean drinking water each year.
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Contribute to World Vision's Clean Water Fund today! Your one-time gift or monthly contribution will help save children from the suffering caused by parasites, worms, dysentery, and diarrhea. Plus, they'll be able to attend school, because they won't have to spend their days sick in bed or walking long distances to collect water that may not even be safe to consume.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Children's Christmas Party of Jacksonville is going to take place on Dec. 10. from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.
The large annual charity event disperses new toys to Jacksonville children in need.
The donated new toys will be given to as many as 8,000-9,000 of Jacksonville's children in need according to the Children's Chirstmas Party of Jacksonville on the morning of December 10. This year, the Children's Christmas Party of Jacksonville will celebrate its 13th year.
The Children's Christmas Party of Jacksonville, a non-profit organization, was founded in December 1999 by Travis and Margaret Storey with the mission of providing toys for Jacksonville's children in need.
Enough funds were collected for last year's party to enable the volunteers to hand out 26,000 brand new toys and over 600 bikes, scooters and wagons from Lucky Wheels Depot. In addition, 50,000 novelty toys and pencils were also given to children attending the party.
For more information of The Children's Christmas Party of Jacksonville, visit the organization's web site at www.ccpoj.org.
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New bird flu kills first victim
A new and potentially deadly form of bird flu has claimed its first confirmed human life.
Tests revealed that a previously-unknown substrain of the H10N8 virus killed a woman who was admitted to hospital in China with fever and pneumonia.
The woman, from Nanchang City in Jiangxi province, died nine days after becoming ill despite antibiotic and antiviral treatment.
Experts believe the strain spread from poultry and may pose a pandemic threat to the human population.
The dead woman had visited a live poultry market a few days prior to infection, suggesting an incubation time of around four days - similar to that of other bird flu strains.
Reports suggest the victim was not an isolated case. At least one other person is believed to have been infected by the same strain in Jiangxi Province.
Dr Yuelong Shu, from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing, said: "A genetic analysis of the H10N8 virus shows a virus that is distinct from previously-reported H10N8 viruses, having evolved some genetic characteristics that may allow it to replicate efficiently in humans."
The strain is thought to have emerged from multiple re-assortments of genes from different bird flu viruses.
Notably, it shares genes with three other bird flu strains, H9N2, H7N9 and H5N1, the last two of which have spread to humans.
Scientists conducted tests on swab samples taken from the woman victim's windpipe.
Their results, reporting the first human death associated with H10N8, appear in The Lancet medical journal.
Co-investigator Dr Qi Jin, from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, said: "Importantly, the virus had a mutation in the PB2 gene that is believed to be associated with increased virulence and adaption in mammals, and could enable the virus to become more infectious to people."
The H10N8 strain was previously isolated from a water sample taken from Dongting Lake in Hunan Province in 2007. In 2012, it was detected at a live poultry market in Guangdong Province.
Co-author Dr Mingbin Liu, from Nanchang City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the threat should not be taken lightly.
"A second case of H10N8 was identified in Jiangxi Province, China on January 26 2014," said Dr Liu. "This is of great concern because it reveals that the H10N8 virus has continued to circulate and may cause more human infections in future."
Dr John McCauley, director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Influenza at the Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in London, said: "This case reminds us to be aware of human infections from animal influenza viruses, like the H7N9 cases in China which increase daily. Previously we did not think that H7N9 infections might be so lethal. Now we also must consider H10N8 infections as well.
" More human infections by avian H10N8 viruses cannot be ruled out. H10N8 viruses are of low pathogenicity in poultry and so infection in birds is not easy to detect. Whether humans are frequently exposed and infected is also not known. "
He added that the underlying condition of the dead woman was likely to have worsened her infection.
Dr Steven Riley, reader in infectious disease ecology and epidemiology at Imperial College London, said: " Although many more people are tested for influenza now than before, this first case of H10N8 is still a significant event."
Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, the UK's biggest research charity, said: " We should always be worried when viruses cross the species barrier from birds or animals to humans as it is very unlikely that we will have prior immunity to protect us.
"We should be especially worried when those viruses show characteristics that suggest they have the capacity to replicate easily or to be virulent or resistant to drugs. This virus ticks several of these boxes and therefore is a cause for concern.
"We are now much better at surveillance and at sharing information on emerging infections. It is highly unlikely this event would even have been noticed or reported just a few years ago. But we need to work out how we deal with this new information."
Virologist Dr Ben Neuman, from the University of Reading, made an appeal for calm. He said: " This fatal case of the flu is a personal tragedy for the family and friends of the victim.
"While the H10N8 virus bears watching, there is no cause for alarm at this time. The patient will have had contact with tens or hundreds of friends, family, acquaintances and health care workers before the severity of the disease was apparent. As yet there are no reports that the virus has spread to anyone else."


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Updates: BootCamp, Compressor, and more
Posted by: Tom Hesser
Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014, 14:36
Category: Apple, Apps, Mac, OS X, Pro Apps, Software
Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014, 14:36
Category: Apple, Apps, Mac, OS X, Pro Apps, Software
There have been a number Apple software updates recently, as well as a few others you may be interested in. Here's a brief list of what's new.
- GraphicConverter 9.1
- added "Browse Google Drive" menu item to browse local copy drive (if cloud client is installed)
- added "Extract Images from PDF" as function to convert & modify
- added attach to e-mail menu item
- added pressure support to pen tool
- improved animated gif support (transparency on import and export more consistent)
- fixed possible bug with selections and core image filters
- fixed possible hang if folder does contain a recursive link
- fixed automator issues
- many more…
- Apple Compressor 4.1.1
- Resolves issues installing Compressor on a system where Qmaster was previously enabled
- improves reliability of Send to Compressor from Final Cut Pro X
- addresses distributed encoding errors when source files are not on the startup volume
- fixes errors that could cause a hang when submitting a batch
- fixes a stability issue that could occur if multiple Compressor plug-ins are installed
- resolves an issue when viewing a plug-in setting without the plug-in installed
- includes general stability improvements
- Apple Boot Camp Support 5.1.5621
- contains the Windows Support Software (Windows Drivers) you need to support 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 on your Mac
- NetNewsWire 4.0.0 (Public Beta 16 [151])
- article scroll position and video play state are no longer reset by a refresh
- when a folder or site has no article list, the right-arrow key treats it correctly in Sites List
- should NetNewsWire crash, the app will perform an integrity check and possibly prompt to send a diagnostic email to support
- the "Find in Article" bar no longer hides on returning to a tab where a search was performed
- default column widths have been improved
- additional tweaks, nudges and modifications to make NetNewsWire better and more reliable
- MacMiner 1.5.13
- improves update notifications to state current and available version and link to website
- updates cgminer to 3.12.3
- bug fixes and improvements
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Well, Remus says Tonks' parents don't actually like him much, right? So given that even the parents are disapproving, its a time of war and only the couple are happy about the prospect of marriage, then I'd guess the marriage would be quiet.why was the wedding (R/T) quick and quiet
You-Know-Who was simply jeering on the fact that a relation to the Malfoy family married a werewolf. It'd be considered a sin as far as he is considered. Draco was merely being used a way to the mock the family, I guess.why did Voldemort ask about Draco babysitting the "pups"
Well, to this I can't be really sure. Could it be the fact that Tonks was pregnant at that time or is it too early still? Maybe she was just happy. Either of them, anyways. Someone else' comment could be useful, I think.why Tonks was glowing and Remus was miserable at Bill and Fleur's wedding?
As far as Neville's question is concerned, I'm inclined to believe both Michelle and Alice. Given how Remus behaves towards the news of his own child, I'd guess that he'll consider it harmful for Sirius' son to be any close to him. However, then again, would he just leave his best friend's son like that? Alice is right because Dumbledore himself took the charge of Harry's caretaking and Remus is likely to have respected his decision to bring up Harry without any knowledge of the Wizarding world.
On a second note, see the difference b/w Remus and Sirius. I know there is no way we can be sure if Remus ever tried to lay his eyes on Harry before he they met on the train, but see how Sirius first comes to Privet Drive before moving towards Hogwarts. Now, I'm wondering that if Dumbledore had not offered him the job, would he have approached Harry at all? Hmm...


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"This time… I hope for you these will be flowers of hope that never die."
'Basic Information'
Name: Konan, 小南
Nickname: Angel Tenshi, 天使| The Grim Reaper
Gender: Female
Age: 27 Years Old
Clan: N/A
Konan had blue hair, grey eyes (amber in the anime), lavender eye shadow, and a labret piercing. Konan's eyelashes are shown to be a diagonal line at the bottom corner of her eyes, but in the anime, they are shown to be distinctive lines. She has worn a large light blue paper flower in her hair since she was a child. Her facial expression was usually neutral, though usually protested or looked worried when Nagato performed a technique that would debilitate him. She wore the Akatsuki cloak and her Akatsuki ring on her right middle finger, the kanji on it meaning White (白, haku). She also wore orange nail polish. Although she never removed her Akatsuki mantle, it was revealed that underneath it, she wore a revealing robe, with a large hemline on the front, and exposed her arms, her back, the lateral part of her breast, and her belly, with her navel being surrounded by four more piercings; instead of the standard sandals and leg-warmers, she wore a pair of tight blue pants that also functioned as her shoes, with white high heels, inverting the organisation's standard colour scheme.
As a child, Konan was seen wearing an array of simple clothing. When living with Jiraiya, she was seen wearing a karate top and skirt bottom, with a pouch she wore at the front of her outfit to carry her paper. When Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato began to make Akatsuki, Konan wore a black cloak with purple stockings and high heels, as well as a midsection guard similar to that of Samui and an Ame headband, that being the only time period Konan's been seen wearing one.
Konan was stoic, calm, and level-headed (much like her partner, Nagato, was). As a child, she was bright, compassionate, and relatively cheerful, in comparison to Yahiko's tough attitude and Nagato's sensitivity. However, the traumatic events since then have led her to become a very serious person, and she never spoke during Akatsuki meetings. Nevertheless, she has always placed the safety of her team-mates above her own. Konan also showed romantic feelings towards Yahiko, caring for him and wanting to be as close to him as possible.
She did seem to be more empathic than most other Akatsuki members, as she appeared sad whenever she was reminded of her past. She also expressed a great deal of loyalty and courtesy to Pain, doing his bidding without question, looking out for his well-being and always having complete faith in his abilities. She seemed to act as an intermediary between Pain and Ame, the villagers having given her the title "God's Angel", because with her paper wings activated, she resembles one.
She had the ability to read Pain's emotions without him facially expressing them, presumably as a result of having known him for so long. As soon as Tobi ordered Pain to capture the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, she could tell right away that there was something about the order that very much upset her emotionally deadened partner.
After Nagato's sacrifice, Konan becomes fiercely adamant to protect Naruto Uzumaki, the person Nagato entrusted his mission of world peace to, even going as far as to proclaim all of Ame's loyalty to him. She was equally fierce in defending Nagato's remains from Tobi going as far as to prepare herself for suicidal attacks against him if it meant protecting Nagato and Naruto from him.
'Village Information'
Village of Birth:
Village of Alliance:
'Rank//Chakra Information'
Ninja Rank: by post
Specialty: Paper|Genjutsu|Water|Reaper Scythe Arts
Your ninjutsu:
Katio Taijutsu- Just have permission
Paper Ninjutsu Need Training
Reaper Scythe Arts: ~Mastered~ (Creator)
Strong World Taijutsu: Learned everything I can since Tai isnt a sensei
My customs'Rank//Chakra Information'
'Background Information'
When she was young, Konan's family was killed during the Second Shinobi World War, and she was left to fend for herself. Some time later, Yahiko found her, and the two worked together to survive. Not long after that, Konan went for a walk and found a young, dying Nagato and his dog, Chibi. She rescued him and brought him back to their hideout. Gradually the three became best friends. They eventually encountered the Sannin, who gave them some food. Konan impressed them by making an elaborate flower out of the paper wrappers left behind as a sign of gratitude. When Orochimaru suggested to kill them so they would not have to suffer the horrors of war, Jiraiya instead opted to stay and teach the three how to look after themselves.
After Jiraiya taught them ninjutsu and was confident they could take care of themselves, he left them on their own. Before leaving, Jiraiya tells Konan that she will be very beautiful when she grows up and to come and see him when she turns eighteen. During their time with Jiraiya, he made a defence system (seeing as that the hideout they all shared at the time was vulnerable to being targeted for enemy attacks) composed of four planks, each with one red side and one white (the white side also had a frog picture on it), attached to a part of a wall of the hideout they shared at the time with a string and a nail, each one above one of their names, which he called "Hop-In" planks. Nagato's, Yahiko's and Konan's were one wall and Jiraiya's was on a wall opposite. The purpose of the planks were that when they were in the hideout, they turn their planks to the red side and they leave, they flip their plank to the white side, so when a plank's on the red side and the person's not in the hideout, it means they could have been captured by the enemy and when a plank's on the white side and it appears that the person's in the hideout, it could mean that an enemy has transformed into said person and has infiltrated the hideout, along with a trapdoor hidden among the floorboards leading to an hidden room and emergency escape route he left just in case.
Over time, the three formed the Akatsuki and became renowned for their strength and effectiveness, with news of their actions even reaching Jiraiya. When their group became too big, they were forced to find another hideout, and leave their current one where they once lived with Jiraiya. When they were about to leave and flip over their "Hop-In" planks, a ninja squad attacked the hideout creating an explosion which resulted in a hole in the roof which they used to infiltrate the hideout. Yahiko (after Konan flipped her plank and just before he was about to flip his), noticed the attack in time and used the escape route just before ninja entered the hideout. It is also implied that over time Konan began to develop romantic feelings for Yahiko.
Hanzō, the then leader of Ame, feared that Akatsuki would overthrow him. As such, he and Konohagakure's Danzō Shimura deceived the group into meeting with them about an allegiance for peace. When Nagato and Yahiko went to meet with them, they kidnapped Konan and ordered Nagato to kill Yahiko in exchange for her life. Konan cried out for them to flee without her, but they refused to leave her behind. Although Nagato was paralysed in shock by the order, Yahiko stabbed himself with the kunai in Nagato's hand. Nagato saved Konan afterwards, who would thereafter accompany him wherever he went.
Confronting her Former Sensei
Konan appeared when she told her partner, Nagato, that Tobi had arrived. After Tobi left, she knew that something that the latter said had upset Nagato. When Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure, Pain stopped the rain and had Konan scour the village in search of him by splitting into numerous paper butterflies. After locating the intruder, she informed Pain and then engaged him in battle until Pain could arrive. She attacked Jiraiya with a swarm of paper and created a paper spear, but the Sannin noticed the attack and deflected it using his Toad Fire Technique, driving her back. Jiraiya recognised her and complimented her on her power and beauty, commenting that she had become "one hell of a woman". As they fought, Jiraiya countered her paper techniques with an oil-based attack and immobilised her with his elongated hair, but she was saved when Pain appeared to wash the oil away. She regrouped with him after he had killed Jiraiya.
Konan Believes
Konan later accompanied Pain during his attack on Konoha. When they arrived, they swiftly eliminated a patrol of Konoha-nin, with Pain giving Konan orders to spare no-one. She was shown asking the Konoha shinobi if they knew the whereabouts of Naruto Uzumaki as they were trapped in her paper. The shinobi were saved by the Aburame clan's kikaichū.
In the anime, she then engaged in a short battle against Shino, his father, and few other Aburame clan members. After Shino stated he would not go easy on her, he sent his swarm of bugs to surround her. Konan blew the bugs away with ease with a paper explosion, disappearing in the process. The Aburame members looked up to find that Konan had created dozens of Paper Clones, which then jumped down for their assault. The kikaichū were then sent to attack the paper clones, but Konan had hidden explosive tags within them and they exploded on contact. Through the fire caused by the explosions, the real Konan was seen walking towards Shino and his clan members, doused in water. Shino's father commented on her power and quick thinking, using "her natural weakness as an advantage" and warned Shino to be careful.
Konan was called back shortly after she started to battle them, only to discover Pain had decided to use one of his most dangerous techniques. Concerned for his health, she begged him to stop using the technique, to no avail. Pain clearly had his mind made up, and continued to use the technique on a massive scale.
After consulting with Pain about the use of his technique, she was shown departing, stating she would look after him from now on. She then dispersed her Paper Clone and remained with Nagato for the rest of the invasion, constantly asking that he not overexert himself. When Naruto later found their location, she attempted to keep him from Nagato, but Nagato told her to step aside. She did as he asked, and listened to their conversation, but remained concerned about Nagato's condition. When Naruto led Nagato to having a change of heart and he decided to revive the people of Konoha, Konan realised that doing so would cost him his life. Knowing she couldn't stop him, however, she only marvelled at Naruto's ability to change others.
When all of the Konoha ninja were revived, Konan, like Nagato, entrusted the task of finding peace to Naruto. She wrapped Nagato and the Deva Path dead bodies in her paper to take them with her to Amegakure. When asked by Naruto if she would return to Akatsuki, she said that she was through with the organisation, as Nagato and Yahiko had meant everything to her, and now she and her village would help Naruto accomplish their dream of bringing peace to the world. She gave him a bouquet of paper flowers to symbolise a truce and wished that they would become "flowers of hope that never die" for him.
Water Release: Being from Amegakure Konan practice Water Release daily and was able to achieve using Suiton with 1 hand signs and at fast speeds.
Reaper Scythe Arts: Konan carries 2 scythes and some chain every battle she goes to. She was able to create the the fighting style Reaper Scythe Arts and had been called the grim reaper.
Paper Ninjutsu
Even as a child, Konan has shown a natural talent for origami and had even developed it into her main ninjutsu. She has created a unique transformation technique called Dance of the Shikigami, which can turn her entire body and clothing into thousands of sheets of paper, which she can control at will and form into any shape or colour. To travel long distances, she can fold them into butterflies or planes for powered flight, and to attack, she hardens the sheets to the point when it is as hard as steel and folds them into arrows, spears, and shuriken. She can also restrain opponents by blanketing them in sheets, thus restricting their movement and asphyxiating them. Befitting (and likely inspiring) her title as Angel (天使, Tenshi), the papers can also form large wings for further weaponry, though she is capable of hovering without them. She could also make chakram-like weapons to attack foes and in the anime is skilled enough to make two and control them with great ease using them to corner her targets from opposing ends.
Despite being made of paper, Jiraiya's Fire Release: Flame Bullet, which was empowered by oil, didn't even damage her.
The power of the paper attacks could even overpower a fire attack. Konan is susceptible to oil-based attacks that prevent her paper from unfolding. Although she is not hampered to the same extent by water, as shown when Pain had his summon use Water Release: Wild Bubble Wave on her to wash the oil off, as well as her use of it in her home village where it always rains. Konan can make Paper Clones that she could use to fight in her place. She could hide explosive tags in them so that they would explode, and catch an enemy off guard. Konan's ultimate technique is the Paper Person of God Technique, which can split a large lake. The technique contained six hundred billion explosive tags that would explode for a full ten minutes, which forced Tobi to use Izanagi to survive since his intangibility only lasts for five minutes. Konan has been shown to be able to produce and fold enough paper to mimic environmental surroundings, allowing her and those of her choosing to hide in places one normally wouldn't be able to. Konan's favoured origami form are flowers; she wears one in her hair, gives a bouquet to Naruto as a sign of peace, and covers the bodies of Yahiko and Nagato in them.
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