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Mt. Prater Climber's Log
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|Dayhike from Red Lake
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2013
|Nice view, long slog, especially with absolutely no snow above Red Lake. The little catwalk was cool. I originally intended to knock out Tinemaha and Bolton Brown, but had no energy.
|Posted Sep 7, 2013 8:02 am
|South Slope
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2013
|Day 5 of the Sierra Challenge 2013. Most of us settled for Split and Prater while a few hardy people made it to the Challenge Peak. Pictures & Story
|Posted Aug 24, 2013 11:33 pm
|Scott M.
|South Slope
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
|On a loop trip with Laura (Moosetracks).
|Posted Apr 21, 2013 5:56 pm
|From Red Lake
Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2012
|First Split Mountain and then Mt Prater.
|Posted May 11, 2012 12:10 pm
|From Red Lake via N Slopes
Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2012
|With a large group of 7. Excellent conditions. Favorite part was the snow climb before reaching Prater-Split saddle. First hiked Split and then Prater.
|Posted May 10, 2012 4:43 pm
|From Split
Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2012
|An easy ascent with a short and exposed traverse near the summit. Great views!
|Posted Apr 30, 2012 8:40 pm
|South slope
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2011
|After climbing Split, from the saddle between the two. Outstanding views from the summit.
|Posted Sep 21, 2011 12:37 pm
|Vitaliy M.
|cool views
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2011
|Long day with Chad. Traversed Tinemaha, Split, Prater, Bolton Brown and Birch.
|Posted Jun 28, 2011 4:24 pm
|Bob Burd
|Spring climb
Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2007
|Birch -> Bolton Brown -> Prater -> Tinemaha, long day. Trip Report
|Posted Aug 23, 2010 12:16 am
|Traverse from Split
Date Climbed: May 11, 2009
|Nice narrow ledge crossing on the way to summit
|Posted Aug 16, 2010 3:50 pm
|Like the summit
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2010
|Enjoyed the little walkway just before the summit from the south. Definitely gets your attention!
|Posted Aug 2, 2010 4:42 pm
|South Slope
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2010
|Easy climb from the Split/Prater saddle, but a long way to get to that point. Nice views from the top.
|Posted Jul 13, 2010 4:38 pm


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The bar's manager told Channel 4 that they will be raising money for 24-year-old Kevin Whitney, a father who was paralyzed after a car accident two years ago. The hope is to make life a little easier for Whitney and his family.
"The goal is a van and his medical needs, whatever we can do," said Smitty's Manager, Jen Adrin. "We're trying to get a handicapped van for him. We're gonna have various bands. We're trying to help with his medical needs and anything we can do as a community in Mandarin to help the family."
The fundraiser also comes just days after dozens of Internet cafes run by the Allied Veterans of the World were shut down across the state of Florida.
Agents raided nearly 50 Internet cafes Tuesday, arresting and charging 49 people in what law enforcement agencies are calling a $300 million fraud scheme.
The people Channel 4 spoke with at Smitty's in Mandarin Thursday night, both employees and customers, said the fraud scheme hasn't impacted them.
"We're a community local bar. Same people are in here day after day, day in and day out," said a Smitty's customer, David George.
George told Channel 4 he hasn't seen anyone leave Smitty's because of the scandal or any new customers come into the bar since the investigation closed down Allied Veterans run Internet cafes.
Adrin told Channel 4 the bar operates within local, state and federal guidelines. They also want to ensure their community that there aren't any scams happening at Smitty's and prove that the majority of Internet cafes are legitimate small businesses.
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The Partnership for New York City, the city's main business lobby, withdrew its support for a "living wage" bill brokered by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn because it didn't give City Hall the right to exempt projects on a case-by-case basis.
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She said that the waiver provision she was hoping for would not have been all that different from the zoning-law variances routinely issued by the city's Board of Standards and Appeals.
"I don't dispute that the city has the right to set the terms of individual contracts when it's putting in public money," she said, but "most economic and community development projects are unique, they're structured one by one, and it's hard for legislation, which is almost inevitably one-size-fits-all, to anticipate the specifics of a project, particularly for projects that are very marginal, that are going into low-income neighborhoods."
The framework of the legislation, which Quinn announced in January with Wylde by her side, called for recipients of $1 million in city economic development subsidies, with annual revenues of at least $5 million, to pay their employees $10 with health benefits, or $11.50 without. It excluded the retail tenants of subsidy recipients, which had been a big point of contention with the business community, and it also included a waiver.
Late yesterday evening, Quinn released a statement announcing that a final piece of compromise legislation had been finalized, and said, "this will be the most impactful living wage law in the United States."
Soon thereafter, the partnership released a statement declaring its opposition to the measure.
The mayor intends to veto the bill, though the Council is believed to have the votes to override it. Quinn's rejection of this waiver could be construed as yet another example of her seeking to distance herself from the mayor (and the business community that supports him) in anticipation of next year's Democratic mayoral primary.
"I think most of the business community would agree with the mayor's position," said Wylde.
She also says Quinn refused the waiver "because the advocates for the bill objected to it. That's my view, but that's apparently what happened."
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The legislation, which Quinn had already made considerably less broad than the version that was originally proposed and supported by organized labor, is expected to impact fewer than 1,000 New Yorkers as it is.
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After questioning more than 200 customers at recent presentations, IRIS product director Paul Sparkes found that 59 percent had no immediate plans to move to Vista or to purchase Vista-compatible PCs.
"However, calls to our customer support teams are already proving that Microsoft Vista is arriving through the back door for many businesses," he said. "Replacing just one broken machine could mean that they can tear up their carefully laid plans for a managed roll out and they will be forced into running Vista whether they want to or not."
The IRIS findings are broadly in line with other industry soundings. A survey of 961 IT professionals by King Research, for example, found that 90 percent had concerns about the migration to Vista, and 48 percent had not deployed it nearly a year after its commercial release.
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"Old hardware has to be checked, so Vista is a new-build, new-install solution," he said.
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The IRIS customer support team started to field queries about Vista-related issues in June this year, and by August, it had logged around 100 instances, he said.
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Rockingham Selectboard terminates contract with Baybutt
BELLOWS FALLS -- It's been a rough week for Baybutt Construction Corporation.
After 40 minutes in executive session, the Rockingham Selectboard on Thursday decided to issue a notice of default and terminate its contract with Baybutt, one day after the Keene, N.H.-based company lost a contract with the state of Vermont.
Though Selectboard member Matthew Trieber -- also the district's state representative in Montpelier -- was absent, the board voted unanimously to authorize Chairman Tom MacPhee to sign the letter that was to be faxed to the general contractor Thursday night.
Baybutt is the general contractor of the project to completely renovate the Rockingham Free Public Library.
According to the letter, the Selectboard cited Baybutt's failure to pay subcontractors and secure a required performance and payment bond as two of the reasons for the contract's termination. All subcontractors are refusing to continue their jobs, insisting they have not been paid for the work they have done.
Selectboard members also say the corporation, under oath, falsely stated all appropriate amounts were paid to subcontractors that issued certificates for payment. Members also doubt Frederick Baybutt, president of Baybutt Construction, will be able to secure the financing necessary to pay the project's subcontractors and vendors what they are owed -- which he is trying to do.
Stephen Ankuda, legal counsel to the town, said Baybutt has seven days to rectify the situation and get everyone back to work. However, even if this deadline passes, the town cannot assign any other general contractor to the project for another three days.
When asked what will happen to the project because there is no bond, MacPhee said that "is a discussion for another day."
MacPhee also said he is not sure if there will be any cutbacks to the project.
The executive session included the members of the Rockingham library's board of trustees, who then adjourned to their own meeting at Immanuel Episcopal Church.
"We hope Baybutt can work out the situation," Trustee Janice Mitchell-Love told the Reformer during the meeting. The trustees had their own executive session scheduled to discuss the contract's termination at the end of the meeting.
A number of liens have been filed in the Rockingham town land records office by the subcontractors, also known as subs, and vendors who refuse to return to the job until they are financially compensated. Baybutt, the general contractor, however, did not take out a performance bond or a payment bond, which act as insurance contracts of sorts.
Ankuda said having a performance bond was a project requirement from the town. Baybutt submitted a statement, which said the business was entitled to be paid for percentages of the project completed and that it had a $21,000 performance bond, which it actually did not. Ankuda said he has been told Baybutt thought it had the necessary bonds and is not sure how everything managed to happen the way it did.
Baybutt is going through some other difficulty as well; a building on Avon Street in Keene and the Granite Gorge Ski Area on Route 9 in Roxbury are scheduled to be part of a foreclosure sale on Friday, Feb. 1. It will be a public auction.
The Keene Sentinel also reported that last week Frederick Baybutt declined an interview but sent an e-mailed response to subcontractors' claims related to the construction of the new Keene Fire Station.
"The project is bonded and we are working with the insurance company ... to make sure everyone will be paid. In the meantime I'm getting financing in ... to right the ship," the Sentinel quoted him as saying.
Ankuda said Rockingham has already paid Baybutt roughly $900,000 for the percentage of work done on the library and for the performance bond that did not exist. He told the Reformer a general contractor is required to compensate the subcontractors within seven days of being paid. Ankuda said it is all up to Baybutt at this point, adding that the company has a right to attempt to cure any defaults.
At Thursday's meeting, he said the town has paid Baybutt for the work that has been completed. He told the Reformer earlier in the week that Rockingham signed a typical American Institute of Architects contract, which he said is standard in the industry.
No one at the meeting knew how this quagmire started but Bellows Falls/Rockingham Municipal Manager Tim Cullenen on Tuesday said that "somewhere in the wording of the contract, something fell through the cracks."
The same problem with subcontractors occurred at the state building in Brattleboro.
Bob Rea, the Vermont Department of Buildings & General Services' director of facilities for the eastern region, said he started hearing concerns about the lack of progress being made on the project at 232 Main St. He then began getting phone calls from subs and vendors who claimed they have not been paid by Baybutt and learned the stalled progress came from a lack of staffing because they refuse to continue their work. As a result, he said, the state decided to terminate Baybutt's contract.
Rea said as a result of Baybutt's November request for payment, three subcontractors in December received 75 percent of what they were owed via dual party checks from the project manager. But the state then got a letter from the bonding company, Merchants Bonding Company, forbidding the state from making any further payments to Baybutt without prior approval.
Despite all the problems and the halt in construction, the state building is expected to open in April.
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Just don't ask about it the day before.
"It's nothing personal, but I will not talk about a start the day before," Vogelsong said. "I don't like the stress, and I worry if I said something I shouldn't have."
Vogelsong did indicate everything was "good."
"I certainly have an appreciation for what he went through," catcher Buster Posey said. "I said last year that he's a guy you'd be hard pressed to find someone who works as hard as he does."
Posey relished catching Cain's one-hit gem
SAN FRANCISCO -- Buster Posey had a blast behind the plate as much as he did at the plate during the Giants' 5-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.
A day later and Posey, who was given the day off Saturday, was still smiling about Matt Cain's one-hit masterpiece. The catcher admitted contributing to a game like that was fun and memorable.
"He was really good," Posey said. "All four of his pitches were working and they were all sharp. Not one pitch was anything but crisp. If he missed, there was enough action to get away with it. It was a lot of fun."
Posey also contributed offensively, hitting an RBI double in his first regular-season appearance at AT&T Park since his unfortunate collision at home plate last year. He also scored when Aubrey Huff singled and said there was no hesitation regarding his restructured ankle.
"It felt good," said Posey. "For a while, I'm sure, there might be some thought when I hit the bag, but overall it was good."
Posey said since he began baseball-related activity during Spring Training, the ankle has been fine.
"There were a couple of times I could feel it before doing anything baseball related." he said. "I can walk around normally and I'm pleased with the way my ankle has felt the day after."
Worth noting
Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Hector Sanchez will catch every time Barry Zito takes the mound, at least for the time being. "He did a great job with Zito last time out," Bochy said. "Why break it up?"
Infielder Freeddy Sanchez has been playing in extended spring training games in Arizona without restrictions on his tender right shoulder. Bochy said, "He's close to going to Fresno to start rehabbing."
Outfielder Melky Cabrera continues to impress the Giants' coaching staff. "He's been impressive from day one," said Bochy.
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Australia's border controls need improving after another suspected jihadist slipped past airport security en route to battlefields in the Middle East.
The would-be jihadist raised suspicions with authorities but was allowed to leave the country before being detained in the United Arab Emirates.
He was reportedly travelling on his brother's passport.
Mr Abbott said he was pleased the man had been detained but tougher security measures were needed.
"It's not good enough," Mr Abbott said during a visit to the Joint Operation Command Centre near Canberra on Friday.
The federal government is investing $630 million over the next four years on security measures to combat the threat of foreign fighters returning from the Middle East.
This will include biometric screening at airports.
Mr Abbott said the fact the man was eventually detained was a better outcome than a similar recent case, referring to convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf.
Sharrouf - despite being a convicted terrorist - managed to evade scrutiny and leave Australia late last year. He's since been accused of taking part in atrocities in Iraq and Syria.
He shot to notoriety this week when he posted an image online of his seven-year-old son holding the severed head of a slain Syrian soldier.
Despite his boasts online, Sharrouf has been described as mentally disturbed and having a history of drug abuse and petty crime.
A former Supreme Court justice who oversaw a major terrorism case implicating Sharrouf in 2005 told the ABC the young man had schizophrenia and been a high school dropout later lured by radical Islam.
Labor leader Bill Shorten said he was "astounded" the government had not yet explained how Sharrouf managed to avoid detection in the first place.
"Now we're getting disturbing reports that other jihadists are escaping under the noses of our authorities," he said.
Meanwhile, Mr Abbott said radical Islamist militants in Iraq had been checked by US air strikes, but the situation "remains perilous".
US President Barack Obama says the Mount Sinjar siege by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq has been broken and further humanitarian air drops such as those conducted by the RAAF probably won't be needed.
Mr Abbott said while the extremists' advance had been checked and the humanitarian mission paused it was important to keep options open should the advance resume.
"Australia certainly stands ready to assist people in trouble wherever we reasonably can," Mr Abbott said.
He wants Australian operations to be effective in supporting humanitarian ideals "deeply at risk in recent weeks because of the murderous advance of ISIL forces in northern Iraq and elsewhere".
Mr Abbott welcomed Nouri al-Maliki's decision to step aside as prime minister and encouraged replacement Haider al-Abadi to create an inclusive government.


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Okay, I noticed this behavior back in Windows 7 (maybe it even did it in Vista, I don't remember).
But on occasion, when a backup job is running (I'm testing Macrium Reflect via the trial), I can see the filesize increment, as if somebody or something is hitting F5 in the display of the backups' target folder.
Other times, I have to repeatedly hit the refresh button or I have to press F5 myself, because the refresh doesn't happen on its own.
Question: I like the auto-refresh. Where can I learn more about it and/or how to turn it on/off for all folders?


text: Perhaps the list of "accepted" applicants (220) and this preliminary published list of 189 starters (those that have so far PAID their inscription fees) is where the discrepancy comes from? PS: Deadly... the 2012 edition of the DAKAR will in fact be the fourth time that the event has been conducted in Sth America (from your first post. ). PPS: looking forward to your chronicles and the book!


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Artists' Television Access celebrates independent and underground film and video with 3 nights of subversive and often surreal beauty, spotlighting the work of many local, national and international underground film and video makers.
On Thursday, October 2, the festival opens with Craig Baldwin's latest collage-narrative Mock Up On Mu, based on the bizarre story of rocket-scientist Jack Parsons and his tangled involvement with Scientology founder L.Ron Hubbard and bohemian muse Marjorie Cameron. Don't miss the intro act by Mu-vie star, Stoney Burke as John McTaint (think McCain).
On Friday and Saturday, October 3rd and 4th, the festival will showcase 20 short films that run the cinematic gamut - from former SF rocker Jibz Cameron's mercurial "The Quiet Storm" and the controversial "Visions of Wasted Time," by Neil Ira Needleman, to the gorgeous flicker of Paul Clipson's "Sphinx on the Seine" and Telemach Wiesinger's "3x1." Both programs are very different, so choose wisely or come to both.
In addition to the screenings, Shalo P.'s troubled video weather patterns and Sam Manera's ode to high-voltage photography will be displayed as installations throughout the gallery during the festival. Plus, the ATA Window will feature an international selection of experimental film artists during the month of October.
For a complete schedule listing, including interviews with many of the filmmakers about their work, visit: http://festival.atasite.org
ATA is at 992 Valencia at 21st Street. Doors open at 7:30pm every night. Screenings start at 8pm. Tickets are $10. Limited amount available online.
We look forward to seeing you at the festival!
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992 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110


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/etc/net represents a new approach to Linux network configuration tasks. Inspired by the limitations of traditional network configuration subsystems, /etc/net provides built-in support for configuration profiles, interface name management, removable devices, full iproute2 command set, interface dependencies resolution, QoS, and firewall configuration frameworks. /etc/net provides support for the following interface types: ethernet, WiFi (WEP), IPv4/IPv6 tunnels, PSK IPSec tunnels, VLAN, PLIP, ethernet bonding and bridging, traffic equalizer, Pent@NET, Pent@VALUE, SkyStar-2, TUN/TAP, OpenVPN TUN/TAP, usbnet, and PPP. Due to its modular structure, support for new interface types can be added without overall design changes.
The 0MQ lightweight messaging kernel is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by specialized messaging middleware products. 0MQ sockets provide an abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns, message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport protocols, and more.
360-FAAR (Firewall Analysis Audit and Repair) is an offline, command line, Perl firewall policy manipulation tool to filter, compare to logs, merge, translate, and output firewall commands for new policies, in Checkpoint dbedit, Cisco ASA, or ScreenOS commands. It is all contained in one file. It can read policy and logs for: Checkpoint FW1 (in odumper.csv / logexport format), Netscreen ScreenOS (in get config / syslog format), and Cisco ASA (show run / syslog format). It uses both inclusive and exclusive CIDR and text filters, permitting you to split large policies into smaller ones for virutalization at the same time as removing unused connectivity. It supports policy to log association, object translation, rulebase reordering and simplification, rule moves, and duplicate matching automatically. It allows you to seamlessly move rules to where you need them. 'print' mode creates a spreadsheet for your audit needs with one command.
A3Com is a set of Perl modules and utilites which use SNMP to manage 3Com switches, such as SS3900s, SS9300s, and CoreBuilders. Tools included will search/dump/store bridge tables, ARP tables, retrieve system info, save and restore configurations in batch mode, upload new software in batch mode, change passwords, reboot switches, dump VLAN configurations, and more.
The Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) is a PHP-based analysis engine to search and process a database of incidents generated by security-related software such as IDSes and firewalls (e.g., Snort or ipchains). It provides a search interface for finding alerts matching practically any criteria. This includes arrival time, signature time, source/dest address/port, flags, payload, etc. ACID also provides the ability to annotate and logically group related events, delete false positives, or archive alerts among databases. Finally, a variety of statistics and graphs can be generated based on time, IP address, ports, alert classification, and sensor.
This is a set of Linux drivers for the ACP modem (Mwave), a WinModem. It is composed of a loadable kernel module and a user level application. Together these components support direct attachment to public switched telephone networks (PSTNs) and support selected world wide countries. This driver provides support for the IBM ThinkPad 600E. The modem also supports the standard communications port interface (ttySx) and is compatible with the Hayes AT Command Set.
A flexible I/O tester/benchmarker.
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- Growing bilateral relations with China
- Tourism potential of the uninhabited atolls
- Airport infrastructure
- Supported by the World Bank and the Asian Deveopment Bank (ADB)
- Dependence on international economic cycle due to poor economic diversification
- Chronic budget deficit and growing momentum of public debt
- Political instability
- Vulnerable to natural disasters and adverse effects of climate change
Growth recovery thanks to European tourists
In 2017, economic growth, which is highly dependent on tourism (24% of GDP) is expected to continue the recovery begun in 2016. Economic activity will be driven particularly by the growth in the number of European tourist visitors, which will help offset the drop in visitors from Russia and China. The strong tourism performance will be buoyed by massive infrastructure investment and the opening of new facilities. Three projects costing around 35% of GDP are planned over the next three years, including, in particular, increased capacity at Malé airport, which should make it possible to cope with the rise in tourist numbers. These projects should also impact positively on related sectors: transport, communications and construction. The latter (9% of GDP), supported by public and foreign investment, is projected to continue to grow more strongly after years of slow growth between 2009 and 2014. Fishing, an important provider of jobs on the Archipelago, remains antiquated. Moreover, the Maldives will continue to benefit from the support of international aids, especially China, to develop the Archipelago based on infrastructure and tourism projects.
Inflation is projected to rise in 2017 as a result of the slight increase in oil prices and in household consumption.
Public and current account fueled by infrastructure investment
The public investment programme is expected to increase the fiscal deficit in 2017. The increase is explained by the pressure of current spending (+300% over the past ten years) for example higher civil service wage costs, welfare payments and social subisidies. Although the government is proposing to cut these current spending items, this will not offset the extra spending on infrastructure investment to boost growth and support the process of ecological transition. The main revenue source is likely to be the new USD25 tax on all passengers leaving from Ibrahim Nasir International Airport. Higher duties on cigarettes and fizzy drinks should also help increase income. Despite these measures, anticipated revenues appear, as in 2016, overestimated. The persistence of the deficit will put the public debt on an upward trajectory to reach a worrying level. Without any budgetary measures, the debt could even become unsustainable.
The current account deficit will continue to deepen. The country's geographic isolation means it still has to import massively, which puts a burden on the trade balance (trade in goods). Imports are expected to climb with growing demand for construction material needed for the new investment projects. Exports, mainly of fish, will remain weak. Tourism income, which is an item on the services balance, will provide the main positive contribution to the current account balance. With some 100,000 expatriates (officially) on the island with a population of 340,000, net flows of current transfers will also remain in deficit. As a result, the Archipelago has a significant external financing needs which means the country depends on international donors. However, the foreign exchange reserves are holding up (equivalent to 3-4 months of imports in 2016) thanks to tourism growth and considerable flows of FDIs. Both these sources help reduce the pressure on the Maldivian currency and, in turn, the foreign exchange risk. The situation could however rapidly deteriorate if the dynamism of the tourism sector were to decline (for example, because of a worsening security situation).
Worsening political environment
Since the election in 2013 of President Abdullah Yameen, half-brother of former President Gayoom (Head of State from 1978 to 2008), democracy seems to be increasingly fragile, Several arrests have been made including the arrest and sentencing to 13 years in prison of former President Mohamed Nasheed, well-known opponent of the current president, who has now been given asylum in the United Kingdom. These arbitrary arrests provoked a great many popular demonstrations which were firmly supressed. In summer 2016, Abdullah Yameen's government introduced additional restrictions on demonstrations and political acts deemed to insult Islam, giving the President de facto the tools to suppress all dissent. Opposition could, however, come from within his own camp : Maumoon Gayoomseems to want to distance himself from his half-brother and, for the moment, is refusing to support Yameen's bid for a second presidential term in 2018, despite the court's decisions against him, including the decision to remove him from the presidency of the Progressive Party of Maldives.
The Arhipelago of Maldives, threatened with suspension by the Commonwealth, decided in October 2016 to leave the intergovernmental organisation. Meanwhile, the country is becoming increasingly Islamised with many Malivians choosing to join the ranks of the Islamic State. While tourist facilities have thus far been spared, disaffection with this country as a destination cannot be ruled out if the security situation deteriorates. Corruption and the regime's growing authoritarianism could also dissuade FDIs, which represent 10% of GDP. Accordingly, the Archipelago suffers from a very poor business climate, and is ranked 135th out of 190 in the World Bank's 2017 Ease of Doing Business Index.
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as the title says.
Dodai has an eye patch, over his left eye.
Ao, the Kirigakure sensor, has one over his right eye(with a byakugan).
Both are sensors and work for HQ in the war.
It would give an interesting story if Kiri and Kumo worked together in the past and took down a hyuuga.
One eye went to Kiri, Ao, the other to Kumo, Dodai.
Although i dont think its likely to happen.
He would probably have used it already vs edo third raikage, if Dodai had one.


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Celebrating its lucky 13th year, the Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation's American Indian Powwow held a record-breaking day this Saturday, April 27, with approximately 12,000 attendees. The city of Virginia Beach calls the event a Celebration of Life for All People, and holds it in beautiful Mt. Trashmore Park (related story: Once a Trash Heap, Now Pow Wow Central)
Clark Stewart, Chickahominy, who has served as the master of ceremonies all 13 years says the Virginia Beach American Indian Powwow continues to grow in popularity and has always held a special place in his heart.
"Every year gets bigger and bigger. The word keeps getting out and people continue to come. People are always saying how excited they are for this powwow and can't wait for it," says Stewart. "It can't get any better than this, I love emceeing this powwow, it is great and it is an honor."
Debbie Vick, who works as Recreation Specialist I at the city of Virginia Beach and is the primary coordinator of the event, said this year drew the biggest crowd they had ever seen.
"This year has been amazing and we've seen about 12,000 people. We are growing and next year we are going to need a lot more food vendors. I actually think we are going to need to bring an ATM at this site because a lot of people have been asking. It's been that busy," said Vick.
Bruce "Little Drummer" Morris, a Nanticoke-Lenni Lenape tribal member and 30-year veteran dancer came from Dover, Delaware, and commented on the success of the day.
"Keith Anderson (a co-event coordinator) has been asking for me to come out here for the past four years and I have finally come out here to dance. I came today and the weather was perfect and the Creator was here. I am coming back next year," said Morris.
"They said they've never seen a crowd like this. I think because the weather was great and because the power of the Creator was here and he brought the people here. I think people have been stressed with what has happened around the world and in Boston. These were all prayer dances for all these people today," said Morris. "I think the Creator heard our prayers."
(For more video, click here.)
Among the attendees of the days celebration was radio personality Kevin Kennedy from the popular Hampton Roads morning show Movin 107.7 FM. According to Kennedy, who had never before attended a pow wow, the day was filled with learning about American Indian customs.
"I've never been to something like this before. I have been here a good part of the day. To see the culture and history which is so rich, it is amazing. Just to see this come alive is just, as I said, amazing. I have never seen anything like this," said Kennedy.
"Maybe I've seen this on TV or I have read about it, but to actually see this come alive, right here in person, wow. I have never seen this anywhere, ever. I absolutely love this. I hope this doesn't throw people off, but I would love to go out there and participate," he said.
"I am not a good dancer," says Kennedy, "but I think I could get into this."
For this year's event, the MC was Clark Stewart, Chickahominy; the Arena Director was Chief Thomas "Two Feathers" Lewis, Meherrin-Chowanoke Nation; the Head Male Dancer was Mavrick Wallace, Creek; the Head Female Dancer was Jesse Wallace, Creek; the Host Drum was the Stumpton Singers of Richmond, Virginia, and the Guest Drums were the Red Blanket Singers from Bridgeton, New Jersey and the Full Circle Singers from Chesapeake, Virginia.
The American Indian Powwow is an annual event put on by the Virginia Beach Department of Parks and Recreation. For more information visit VBgov.com/specialevents.


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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced that it will begin water testing and flushing in Flint Community...
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is encouraging water professionals throughout the nation to consider participating in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Local Governance Program to help rebuild supply and distribution water systems in Iraq.
Research Triangle Institute (RTI) has contracted with USAID to provide local governance support in Iraq. RTI is identifying Public Water Works Specialists to provide short-term and long-term technical assistance in Iraqi water supply/distribution systems, and to provide Iraqi counterparts with the knowledge, skills and abilities to repair and sustain Iraqi water systems.
RTI is looking for experienced water professionals who are willing to leave for Iraq within 10-14 days. The average assignment would last 2-4 months. Compensation and terms of contractual service will be negotiated between the individual, his/her employer and RTI.
"Water professionals throughout America are some of the best trained in the world," Jack Hoffbuhr, Executive Director of AWWA said. "The water situation in Iraq is still in a critical stage and present enormous humanitarian issues and challenges. This is an opportunity to help rebuild the Iraqi water system to assure that the Iraqi people are receiving safe and healthy drinking water."


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Academics . Foundation . Faculty
Title Associate Professor/Chair of Drawing
Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7931
Courses 100 Drawings | BFA Statement + Exhibition | Drawing I | Drawing II | Illusionism: Intro to Drawing | Image + Form I | Image + Form II: Reproducibility
Degree MFA, Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art; BFA, University of Michigan
Sarah's work has been exhibited in galleries such as Vermont Studio Center; the Cultural Center of Polecni, Pieksamaki, Finland; Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art; and SPACES gallery, Cleveland, among others. Her awards have included a CAA Tuition Grant (2000-2002); a Merit Scholarship and Grant to the Vermont Studio Center (1999); and a Merit Scholarship for the University of Michigan (1998).expand collapse
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Department Foundation
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Courses Charette: Collaboration + Community | Design I | Design II | Mapping + Memory: Spacial Construction
Degree MFA, Ceramics from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University; BFA, Studio Art from Kent State
Kautenburger's sculpture functions to contain sensations of the natural environment, housing and presenting natural phenomena as an invitation for anyone so inclined to poetic ponderance. Work often involves insect habitats (crickets and honeybees), natural material from the Rocky River basin, as well as substances collected from his bee yard, such as propolis, wax, and pollens.
He is a recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, and has exhibitited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Allentown Museum of Art, among others. He has an MFA in Ceramics from Tyler School of Art, and a BFA from Kent State University.
He has been teaching at CIA since 2001, where he teaches Foundation Design and Environment, Art and Engaged Practice.expand collapse
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Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7000
Courses Charette: Collaboration + Community | Creative Resistance: Media Art in the Social Sphere (EP) | Design I | Design II | Digital Synthesis | Drawing II | Intro Sculpture + Expanded Media | Sewing + Fabrication
Degree MFA, University of Texas at San Antonio; BFA, Truman State University
Kuehnle has had solo shows at museums, galleries and universities in the United States and internationally. In 2017 He recieved a public commission from LAND Studio in Cleveland, OHio. His 2016 solo exhibition at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York was reviewed in the New York Times. In 2016 Kuehnle received a Creative Workforce Fellowship, a program of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture funded by the citizens of Cuyahoga County. In the fall of 2016 Kuehnle exhibited new monumentally scaled site specific inflatables at the Akron Art Museum in an exhibit titled, Wiggle, Giggle, Jiggle. In 2014, he was selected for the national survey exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. As a Fulbright Graduate Research Fellow in Japan, 2008, he pursued his interest in public art and sculpture.
Selected group exhibitions include How to Remain Human, MOCA Cleveland (2015); ARS, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy (2010); and Betsu no Sekai, Nagakute Cultural Center, Nagoya, Japan (2008). Kuehnle has been awarded artist residencies from, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio (2013); Sculpture Space, Utica, New York (2010); Albion College, Albion, Michigan (2009); and Ateljé Stundars, Vaasa, Finland (2009).
Focusing on sculpture and performance, Kuehnle works in various media and has exhibited his projects nationally and internationally. His recent work features site-specific inflatable installations in museums as well as public performance treks through rural and urban cities in the U.S. such as Chicago, Detroit, Austin, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Antonio, Dallas, and New York as well as international performances in Japan, Italy, and Finland.expand collapse
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Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7947
Courses Charette: Collaboration + Community | Digital Color | Digital Synthesis
Degree MFA, Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art
Scott Ligon is an award-winning digital artist and filmmaker. He is the coordinator for the digital foundation curriculum at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
He received his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art where he studied under renowned original abstract expressionist Grace Hartigan and attended "Perspectives on Criticism" classes taught by Robert Storr, formerly senior curator of painting and sculpture at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Early in his career, Scott made a living as a graphic designer and illustrator for ad agencies around the Washington DC area. This enabled Scott to learn digital art software. Scott utilized his perspective as a painter to explore the expansive possibilities of digital technology as an art- making tool.
Scott is the author of Digital Art Revolution, Creating Fine Art with Photoshop. The book was published in March 2010 by Watson-Guptill, a division of Random House, the premiere publisher in books. The book is currently in its second printing and an eBook version was released in July 2011, available for Kindle, Nook, iPad and other eBook formats.
His award-winning animated short film, Escape Velocity, about the connection between ADHD and creativity, has played in festivals and theaters all over the world. Escape Velocity plays regularly on the Documentary Channel in the USA and Shorts TV in Europe. The film recently signed a third television deal with LAPTV, a partnership of four major entertainment giants, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Paramount, and Fox TV in Latin America. The film is distributed by Shorts International, the world's leading short film brand.
He has recently completed his second short film, Figure/Ground about the death of his father. It features veteran actor Allan Kulakow who has been in several movies, including Death by Dawn, Syriana, The Good Shepherd, and HBO's Something the Lord Made. He appeared as the Joint Chief of Staff on NBC's West Wing. Figure/Ground is currently making a film festival tour and was recently signed to an exclusive distribution agreement with Future Shorts in London. Future Shorts is a short film distributor whose partners include HBO and Sony Computer Entertainment.
Scott is currently working on his first feature film, a documentary about creativity called The Big Picture.
Title Professor
Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7931
Courses Charette: Self + Other Voices | Drawing Beyond Observation | Drawing I | Drawing II | Systems Drawing | Visual Arts: Aesthetics, Style + Content
Degree Freie Kunstschule (Independent Art School) Nurtingen (Germany)
Academy of Fine Arts at the Staatlicen Akademie der Bildenden Kunste (State Academy of the Fine Arts), Stuttgart (Germany) MFA
Christian Wulffen has been an Associate Professor since 2003.
He has a solo exhibition on display at Galerie Reinhold Maas in Germany from February 15-April 5.
Artist Statement:
I am concerned with how artists achieve knowledge and how they structure knowledge. This intersects with my concern as a teacher and artist, to encourage participants to reflect on the processes that an artist goes through--for example, an intuitive creative thinking process, intentional purposeful engagement, and adherence to a model or system.
These thought processes can be contextualized further by situating them within larger theories of knowledge production, as outlined by W. J. T. Mitchell: "semiotics, structuralism, deconstruction, system theory, speech at theory, ordinary language philosophy and now image science or critical iconology".
To convey this notion of action as a mode of knowledge production, I use specific symbols for my work, one of these: boards that are pre-manufactured with three vertical slots and one horizontal slot (plywood).
From the viewer's perspective, the board has the option to hold various information. From my perspective, I see this as a concept to display information to exercise the different links in its display from one board to another. My environment is a grid—one of the hallmarks of modernist abstraction and capable, as a visual symbol, of signifying a whole system of art production and thought. This idea is depends on the perspective of the viewer and how that viewer is situated in a distributed network of production and reception of the information about this subject.
Crucially for me, the painting, the paper, and the board (as in my recent production), simulate the portability of information. I am interested in its mobility as a sign in which sender and recipient receive the same information but decode it differently depending on their respective environments.expand collapse
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Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7000
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Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7364
Courses Charette: Collaboration + Community | Charette: Self + Other Voices | Digital Synthesis | Drawing II | Intro Printmaking: Image Construction II: Color + Form | Material Color
Degree BA, Studio Art, Ursuline College; MA student, Advanced Inquiry, Miami University
On faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Art since 2006, Barbara Chira has also been Academic Director of CIA's burgeoning academic vision, Cores + Connections, since July, 2013: core values of faculty mentorship, studio and academic rigor, and state-of-the-art curriculum, all power extensive connections for student engagement in community-based learning, real-world professional projects, and socially engaged practices in art and design. Chira is also a practicing artist, having maintained a studio in the Superior Arts Corridor since 2002. Her commitment to the ideals of a social practice has included projects with homeless women and children at the Salvation Army's Harbor Light Complex and with HIV-positive children in Youngstown (exhibited at the McDonough Museum of Art). In more recent years, she has created temporary spaces in public and facilitated strangers coming together in meaningful conversation. At CIA, Chira has been championing new socially engaged project courses for students, related to poverty, homelessness, health care, and the environment, with partners including the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Metroparks, and Cuyahoga County's homeless service organizations. This commitment to socially engaged art is also informed by Chira's previous 12-year career in community health and human services in the County, including several years as a case manager working with people in their homes in Cleveland's highest-poverty neighborhoods.expand collapse
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Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7000
Courses Drawing I | Drawing II | Material Color
Terry J. Clark II earned his MFA in Painting from Kent State University in 2004 and his BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2002. Terry's artworks have been featured at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ingenuity Festival, Asterisk Gallery, and CSU Art Gallery. Terry has taught 2D and 3D design at Cleveland State University and drawing at CIA. Terry paints with acrylic and watercolor paints and makes sculpture from found objects. His subject matter inspiration comes from Earth Sciences and observing the natural world. The concepts of natural light, optics, and color are recurring themes found in his artworks.expand collapse
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|January 29, 2013, 11:29 PM
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A shotgun?
I am unsure of 12 or 20 gauge.
The only thing I remember about a 12 is shooting my dad's pistol grip glossy jet black Mossberg. I was just a kid but, I don't remember it being as much fun as I expected it to be lol.
It was like firing a cannon at 15.
I guess what I'm getting at is if I take the shotgun out a lot, am I going to get worn out fast and sick of the mule kick coming out of a 12 gauge?
I've shot about every caliber gun but it's been many years since I was out on the range. Well over a decade.
|January 29, 2013, 11:49 PM
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If you have a range that offers rentals near by I would suggest trying some different shotguns there. Or perhaps you have a friend who shoots and could help you out. I am a 12 gauge guy. I do not shoot pistol grip 12 gauge guns though. I have 2 Remington 870s both are tactical guns. A stock on a shotgun makes a world of difference.
|January 30, 2013, 01:18 AM
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Ammo choices and availability for 12 gauge significantly supersedes that of 20 gauge. 20 gauge shells are significantly smaller when considered in bulk.
If I were in your position, I would start with a good 12 gauge pump and a variety of 2 3/4" loads.
|January 30, 2013, 03:07 AM
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Why a shotgun
Ok, so lets step back and ask a few questions-
1) What is the purpose for this shotgun (i.e. hunting, home defense, truck gun, etc.)?
2) Who will be using it (i.e. a 250 lb man, 100 lb woman, 10 year old child, all of the above, etc.)?
For hunting, I would look at my local laws and regulations concerning shotgun use while hunting. For home defense, I would agree that a good pump is probably your best bet. 12 or 20 guage will both perfom well for HD, so think about who will be shooting your weapon before you pick. I have a 20 ga Rem 870 youth model that I keep by my bed- 4+1 shells of 7 1/2 will still put a 1 1/2 inch wound in a person at 21 yards (based on my range trip) with each shot. I picked the 870 because it came with the 21 in barrel, and the light weight makes it easy to move through my home if needed.
As to your first experience, you mentioned a pistol grip shotgun. Was this a pistol grip only, or a pistol grip with a shoulder stock. If it didn't have a shoulder stock, try one with a shoulder stock and see if its a little more comfortable. A 12 ga has a kick that def takes some getting used to (and part of the reason I picked a 20 ga for HD)...
|January 30, 2013, 03:23 AM
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A heavy 12 gauge that FITS, coupled with light loads, will have a very light recoil. Using a PGO gun with zombie killer loads will definitely hurt a lot more
|January 30, 2013, 09:56 AM
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No law says a shotgun has to kick. I don't do any bird hunting but do shoot a lot of shotgun ammo.
I keep it simple, I use 1 oz shot, in bird shot, slugs, and buck shot. I load them to about 1200 fps and there is vertically no recoil out of my Rem 870.
My grand kids shoot this load and don't complain about the recoil at all.
To my way of thinking, shooting is suppose to be fun, if you're getting beat to death, it isn't fun.
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|January 30, 2013, 11:01 AM
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While your loads may not have a lot of recoil, there is still going to be some - and if the gun doesn't fit, the felt recoil will be even more aggravating. Sounds like your gun fits you and yours, but the OP's may not
|January 30, 2013, 01:22 PM
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1 oz loads are reasonable ...and at 1200 fps ...they aren't going to wear you out / but they still have some recoil ....if your fundamentals are bad in terms of mounting the gun / or if the gun doesn't fit you properly ....and any pistol grip shotgun is probably your worst choice ( more recoil, difficult to shoot accurately, etc )
but a typical 20ga load...is 7/8 oz of shot...and it'll smack you as well ...especially if its a lighter gun ( which is typical )...
You need to get out to a range - and do some shooting and decide for yourself...on shotguns, rifles and handguns...fit is the issue !
( I shoot 6 - 8 boxes of shotshells a week ---- not all 12ga / and I shoot 6 - 10 boxes a week in a variety of handguns ....9mm, .357 mag...and some .44 mag, etc ) ...some arthritis these days, a rebuilt shoulder, etc...and its no big deal ...
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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by MurrayisBEAST, Aug 4, 2010.
hench quads.
Posted this one in another thread; had to do it again (apologies for those who might be offended).
It can also go into the funny picture thread (is there one?), but I think it is 'cool' to be on this one.
Oh my GOODNESS! Sometimes I wonder what's going on around here.
Ugh! Just ugh!
What is this stuff?!
Connors in 5 as always
It's a parody of another famous tennis pic with a girl doing what Cash is doing.
ok this thread was good until.....
Glad you liked it. Actually, they were pretty close friends even when they were big rivals about 30 years ago. They'd go out together in New York for example (Studio 54 along with Vitas G. at times, etc.). McEnroe as the "new guy" at the top, wasn't accepted easily by his peers. He referred to it as "dog eat dog". Well, Borg was the first one to take McEnroe "under his wing'. McEnroe refers to that and said that "to have the best player in the world behind me, to have Bjorn Borg behind me..to hell with everyone else"! So, Borg "let him into this small club" he says. I think McEnroe learned a lot by facing off against Borg, Connors, and Lendl among others. I think they've become very close friends through all these years. There is certainly a strong kinship/bond there. Hear McEnroe talk about that in this video clip below.
^ I want that Federer back lol.
CMM, thanks for posting. Federerbestclass should be in any moment now.
If this guy was not as injured and had a better tennis head on his shoulders, he would be dominating the sport right now with that game, body and power.
^^^ I wouldnt say he is the perfect player and his only problem is mental and injuries. Tsonga is a pretty awful returner and his backhand needs work.
Nadal used to spin his serves in and his backhand was also a relatively not as good. His physicality helped him win, and with winning things smooth out.
Tsonga's easy power, serve and all-court play (compared to say Berdych, Soder and DelPo) would have put him above his contemporaries.
Of course, against Fed and Nad, it would still be a tall order, but I just wish we could see the Tsonga that beat Nadal (AO semis) all the time.
True, but remember that Nadal didnt dominate the tour until he smoothed out the edges of his game. It wasnt until 2008 that Nadal really took off and dominated the tour. Tsonga has yet to show that type of clearcut improvement. Also, another reason that Nadal won a lot more matches was that his game was built so solidly around consistency and defense. Tsonga on the other hand is an offensive player, who on a bad day, is nothing more than an error machine.
Thanks. Everyone says top players now are friendlier than they were in the past. Nice to hear it isn't quite true.
LOL, AO 2008 was like a perfect storm for jo, I doubt it will ever happen again unless he gets real good real fast. Yes, jo has had his fair share of injuries but most of all, the thing holding him back is the mental aspect(he shows his frenchiness here j/k) and that god awful backhand.
I mean seriously, when Nadal(the biggest win of jo's career) was getting bullied around in 09' on HC by Robredo,Blake,Almagro the only top10 guy who was losing to Rafa was tsonga. He hasn't been able to touch the top guys since 2008, except that defeat over a ill djoker in AO and that miracle win in Canada versus Roger.
Dude can play and make it look efortless but so far he is a scaled up gulbis to me, as in he has a similar game but has actually achieved something(unlike gulbis). He has a freeflowing game but consistency in not his strong suit and in tennis CONSISTENCY WINS.
is that jim morrison in the center???
Patty, that picture above has McEnroe playing with the lead singer of Aerosmith Steven Tyler and Vitas Gerulaitis on the right. J. Morrison of the Doors passed away in 1971, yet that picture look like its from the early 1980's.
McEnroe is like a young-Murray on those pics or Murray is like McEnroe ??
Wow! I made this thread a while ago and now I look at it again and it as more than one thousand replies!
My slam dunk is better than Sampras, no?
Some photos from the Rally for Relief:
Great thread MurrayisBEAST!
omg those pictures are just2nice
Will R. Nadal join the record books along with Don Budge, Fred Perry, and Rod Laver?
Gonzalez, Rosewall, Borg, Sampras, and Federer.
Every Borg picture here just keeps confirming the fact that he's the coolest tennis player ever.
Rafa looks like a kid at the AO2009 still, weird.
Was thinking the exact same thing
Not surprisingly, I agree. There are a lot of "cool" tennis players, but the "Iceman" is in another league as far as that goes. He's got those famous post Wimbledon reactions for example. He was unique. I find that Nadal has a lot of similarities with him, but so does Federer in some ways.
Credit to the photographer, just iconic.
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"When you leave Sri Lanka it doesn't matter if you're Tamil, Sinhalese, or Burgher. Every one of us is known as a Sri Lankan, and not by our ethnicity. Do they know the repercussions of their smear campaign against Sri Lanka? They are smearing themselves."
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