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Matthes Crest Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: The crest Date Climbed: 06/21/2004
|Some of the best exposure in Sierra's. Highly reccommend completing the fin north of North Summit.
|Posted Jun 22, 2004 1:00 pm
|Route Climbed: S to N Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 1977 July 1997
|Climbed this with Sheldon Moomaw in the 70's and Mark Bowling twenty years later. Day hiked it both times. I wrote an article about this route for Rock and Ice magazine a few years ago.
|Posted Jan 22, 2004 3:27 pm
|Dave Dinnell
|Route Climbed: South-North Traverse Date Climbed: Sept. 28, 2003
|Climbed with long time partner John Pfeiffer. Great fun. Approached via Cathedral Lakes and returned down Budd Creek. Knees getting a little gimpy and slow but still managed to avoid needing the headlamp.
|Posted Jan 13, 2004 3:41 pm
|Route Climbed: The crest from the South to the North Tower Date Climbed: September 01, 2002
|Shauna Hermes, Liz Morelli, Michael Gordon and I did this fantastic climb in one day from the car, parked at HWY 120. We started at 04:30 and came back at about 6:00PM, a long day. We climbed as two parties of two and had a grand time. Decided to rap off at the North Summit as we were slowing down and it was now 1:00 PM. This route is an incredible tribute to Ellen and Chuck Wilts, Honorary Members of our SCMA club. They pioneered the route in the 40s. Thank you Mrs. Wilts (if you happen to read this message)!
|Posted Nov 14, 2002 3:43 pm
|Route Climbed: south to north traverse Date Climbed: sept.20, 2002
|A classic indeed. Car to car in 10 hours, with 3 hours on the route. Take the first lead and run it to the start of the ridge. A true classic pitch with REALLY fun sections. Thought the last section to the summit was kinda wierd. A great day, one to never forget. The approach from Budd Lake is really enjoyable, with great views throughout. Take a light rack medium cams and a long rope.
|Posted Sep 23, 2002 7:14 pm
|Craig Peer
|Route Climbed: South - North Date Climbed: 1976
|This really is a classic. I found an old Alcoa Aluminum carabiner at the base too!
|Posted Sep 23, 2002 11:44 am
|Route Climbed: South to North Traverse Date Climbed: August 2001
|Everybody loves the climbs they've done, but this really does stand out as being just an awful lof of fun. Did it from the car in a day. Didn't complete the whole traverse, but rapped from the summit.
|Posted Mar 31, 2002 6:26 am
|Route Climbed: South to North Traverse Date Climbed: September 2000
|Man is this one of the climbs in the Sierra not to miss!!!! Fun climbing to get on the crest, fun pitches to get on the towers. And you'll never see anyone over there. I think the summit log goes back to the early 80's, and its a little book.
|Posted Sep 18, 2001 4:20 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: South to North Traverse Date Climbed: Sept 23, 2000
|This was the most exciting rock climb I've done yet in the Sierras. Better than Cathedral Peak's SE buttress, even. Nothing like a bunch of class 3 with exposure! Trip Report
|Posted Aug 27, 2001 8:18 am


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| Pokémon Paparazzi
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Pokémon Paparazzi (Japanese: シャッターチャンスはピカチュウ Photo Op Pikachu) is the 55th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 23, 1998 and in the United States on April 17, 1999.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
As Ash and his friends travel, they decide to stop to eat, with Brock making his famous rice balls. However, Ash notices what he thinks is a gun pointing at Pikachu, and pushes his Pokémon out of the way. The rice balls are knocked into the river, angering Brock, Pikachu, and Misty, and making Togepi cry.
Ash sends out Squirtle and commands it to use Water Gun at the bushes where he saw the "gun." Todd stands up and tells him to stop, afraid that his camera, what was really pointed at them, will be ruined. Ash, mad at Todd, asks why he was spying on them. Todd explains that he is a Pokémon photographer and didn't want his picture of Pikachu to look posed.
The group goes in a house to talk to Todd. He shows them a magazine with his picture of an Aerodactyl in it. The Aerodactyl seemed to be carrying Ash in its claws! Todd zooms in on the picture and it is revealed that it really was Ash. To make up for not believing him, Todd makes pancakes for the group.
As the group is eating their pancakes, Todd tries to get a picture of Pikachu. However, as he is taking the picture, Pikachu accidentally zaps Todd. He tries again, but gives up because "Pokémon should be photographed naturally, not posing." He shows them pictures he took of various Pokémon to prove his point.
Pikachu doesn't like to be photographed, so Ash, Misty, and Brock send out their Pokémon for Todd to photograph. However, Todd says that he only wants to take pictures of Pikachu. They ask him why, but he says that he can't tell them.
Ash and his friends leave, with Pikachu in Ash's backpack, attempting to hide from Todd. As they are walking down a path, Todd is shown hidden in the grass. A flashback is shown of Team Rocket dressed as seniors begging Todd to "capture" Pikachu. Todd agrees, however, they didn't realize that Todd plans to capture Pikachu on film.
After Todd leaves, Team Rocket is shown eating. They take off their disguises.
Misty and Brock are shown resting under a tree as Ash and Pikachu wash their faces in a pond. Twice, Todd tries to take Pikachu's picture, but it hides behind Ash before he can.
Team Rocket is shown digging a pitfall trap. Meowth yells that Todd is coming, and Jessie and James quickly put their disguises back on. Todd tells them that he hasn't taken Pikachu yet, and James almost tells him about the pitfall, but Jessie and Meowth stop him. Todd sets up his camera and waits for Ash and the group to come.
Todd hears everyone talking about them and is dismayed to hear Ash say that he "doesn't even understand feelings of the Pokémon he takes pictures of." As they walk, however, they fall into Team Rocket's pitfall trap. Todd walks over and looks into the hole. He sees Pikachu and gets ready to take its picture. Team Rocket sees this and realizes that he is a photographer. Todd finally gets Pikachu's picture, but then sees the ground below Ash start to crack. Todd throws a rope into the hole, but it's too late-Ash and Pikachu fall through into an underground storm drain-like place. Todd jumps down after them and runs along the water. He tells Ash to grab on to something-they will fall over the waterfall! Realizing there's nothing for them to grab, Todd holds out his camera on the tripod. Ash grabs onto the strap and realizes that Todd sacrificed his camera to save them.
Team Rocket appears and says their motto before taking off their disguises. Meowth uses a net to take Pikachu off Ash's back. Todd asks why they tricked him, and Jessie answers that he tricked them first. James then throws some small bombs into the waterfall. Ash takes Todd's camera off the tripod and acts like he is taking Team Rocket's picture. As they wait for him to take it, however, the small bomb explodes. Ash pulls himself up the rest of the way with Todd's tripod, then sends out Bulbasaur and tells it to use Razor Leaf. The attack tears the rubber net that Pikachu was in, and it escapes. Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip and chases Team Rocket into the water, then they fall off the waterfall. Brock and Misty run up, and everyone is reunited.
Todd sets up his camera to take a picture with his new friends, but he slips on a rice ball and knocks Ash and Misty down.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Pidgeotto (Ash's)
- Bulbasaur (Ash's)
- Charmeleon (Ash's; flashback)
- Squirtle (Ash's)
- Goldeen (Misty's)
- Staryu (Misty's)
- Starmie (Misty's)
- Horsea (Misty's)
- Psyduck (Misty's)
- Geodude (Brock's)
- Onix (Brock's)
- Zubat (Brock's)
- Vulpix (Brock's)
- Aerodactyl (flashback)
- Pidgey (picture)
- Dugtrio (picture)
- Mankey (picture)
- Slowbro (picture)
- Eevee (picture)
- Kangaskhan (picture)
- Chansey (picture)
- Snorlax (picture)
- In the episode The Battling Eevee Brothers Pikachu has no problem having his picture taken but in this episode, when Todd Snap tries to take its picture, it gets upset. This may be because it was prepared in that episode, unlike this one, where it's a surprise.
- This is the last episode to use the Pokémon logo as the title uses the franchise's name.
- When Todd is trying to take a picture of Pikachu, Ash mistakes his camera for a sniper, which he imagines shooting Brock. This is the first time a character is seen dying in the anime, though it is not real.
- This is one of the few 4Kids episodes in which rice balls are referred to properly.
- Until Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown! almost 700 episodes later, this was the last episode to show the same species of Pokémon in both the Japanese and the English version of Who's That Pokémon?.
- When Team Rocket shows Todd the pictures of Ash's Pikachu, he doesn't have any stripes on his back.
- When Todd is trying to get Pikachu's picture, the napkin it had tied around its neck disappears.
- When Todd offers pancakes to Ash and his friends, one of Pikachu's red cheeks is missing.
- When James is first shown disguised as an old man, his left eye is missing.
- In one scene in the beginning when Misty is trying to get Togepi to stop crying, Misty's mouth moves but her voice is not heard.
- When Ash and co. are eating pancakes, Brock says he would like to get the recipe for them. As he says this, it sounds like he has food in his mouth. However, if one looks closely, Brock's mouth is wide open and his mouth doesn't move.
Dub edits
- Originally, Todd's name was dubbed as "Snap", as it is the default name for him in Pokémon Snap, released earlier in the year for the Nintendo 64. Because of potential issues with Kellogg's over one of the mascots of Rice Krispies, the episode was redubbed and aired in the United States with his name as Todd. The "Snap" dub was used in the airings outside of the United States. When Cartoon Network gained the rights to air first-run episodes of Pokémon and stream older ones on Toonami Jetstream, they chose to use the "Todd" dub, retconning his full name to "Todd Snap".
- In the original, Todd wears a mask of Blastoise because Ash thought he said カメックス (Kamex) instead of カメラ (camera). Because this would not make sense in the dub, the joke changes to Ash thinking Todd called himself a "Pokémon Masker" instead of a "Pokémon Photo Master".
In other languages
|Mandarin Chinese
|Pokémonový paparazzi
|Pokémon Paparazzi
|Antaa palaa, Todd!
|European French
|Le chasseur d'images
|Pokémon Paparazzi
|צלם הפוקימונים tsalam haPokémonim
|Pokémon lesi puskások
|Il fotografo
|Pokémon paparazzi
|Pokémonowy paparazzi
|Fotógrafo de Pokémon
|Pokémon Paparazzi
|Paparazzi Pokémon
|Latin America
|¡Paparazzi Pokémon!
|Paparazzi de Pokémon
|Att plåta en Pokémon
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by cooleddie74, Apr 7, 2012.
You probably want me to make a bowl of Jell-O and have Tasha and Kira wrestle. *sigh* Guys...
No, no, no, no....not at all. That'd be silly and I won't condone it.
Unless, you know, you...want to. Or whatever.
There was a comic version of Maria Hill released years ago in a two-pack with Iron Man in the 6" Marvel Legends line. It was impossible to find back then, and fetches a high aftermarket price.
To the best of my knowledge, there has never been any version of Pepper made.
So there's going to be no action figures based of Star Trek Into Darkness??
The Playmates from ST'09 left a pretty big stink huh.
There were lots of rumors that Hasbro would produce a line of new Trek action figures based on the upcoming film, but all that fizzled over the past couple of months. If there had been any 3.75" Trek figures planned they would have certainly made an appearance at the New York Toy Fair last month, and the only new Trek stuff on display were the Kre-O building block toys.
This is gonna be the first Trek movie without an action figure line since Undiscovered Country in '91
Yep. Sad, really. But the current toy market is a complete and total mess.
The Playmates line sold so abysmally I can't really blame them. There's still Trek '09 action figures shoved in the corners of a clearance rack at one of my local TRU's. Those things don't sell. I'm actually surprised that any company took a chance on marketing for the brand this time out.
I saw some leftover 12" figures from the last movie on the markdown shelves the last time I was in my Toys 'R' Us. Except for the Spock Prime and Nero figures the 2009 film merchandise just plain fizzled.
The kids didn't want them because kids aren't big in to Star Trek, and the collectors didn't want them because they looked like crap. There was no market for those figures at all.
Playmates might have been viable at a time when action figures were beefier, bulkier and weren't expected to have spot-on resemblances to the characters, but the nineties are over. If action figures want to succeed in the age of iPad apps and Sideshow Premium Format they need to look amazing and appeal to at least part of the toybuying public.
Like you said, kids didn't want them and adults thought they looked pretty bad. If you can't connect with at least one of those two demographics your figure line is toast.
It's still very possible that we could get a line announced later in the year. Marvel Select did this with "The Wolverine" recently when no one thought there would be any figures from that film. It's unlikely given the points the rest of you have made, but as we all know as Trek fans...there are always possibilities
I guess we'll see. I know if I were running a Trek figure line that I wouldn't limit it to just content from the new film. I'd include superior resculpts of 2009 movie figures as well as Prime timeline characters stretching all the way back to TOS to give the line an astounding amount of variety and appeal to far, far more people than just those who will be seeing the new film in a couple of months.
I'd release a collection that would include characters as wildly different as Benedict Cumberbatch, Sally Kellerman and Admiral Forrest, but then that's just me. I like my figure lines to be wide and eclectic so they remain fresh and interesting.
I might have been tempted to get some of those 09 figures but they looked terrible.
I've been frothing over the most recent high rez images of the Kre-O series... I just might have to get them all. The Enterprise herself is quite a work of art... I wonder how hard it would be to "burrow" out a functional main engineering.
@cooleddie that's kind of what I would do. I'd have a "Trek All Stars" type line featuring a variety of characters from all the series and the films. There would be two packs as well maybe in a "rival" packaging type thing.
Good idea with the two-packs!
TOS Kirk and Gorn
TOS Kirk and Khan
Movie Kirk and Khan
Picard and Q
Sisko and Dukat
Janeway and Borg Queen
Archer and Silik
nuKirk and Nero
The list would go on and on and on....
^ That's precisely along the lines of what I was thinking. Or you could do a "Trek Moments" type thing as well containing figures "re-enacting" moments from the shows or series. Like when Q was punched by Sisko for example. My mind is limitless with these types of ideas.
A "Trek Moments" two-pack along the lines of what you suggest could also include Captain Robau and George Kirk. We know toy companies can closely replicate Chris Hemsworth's likeness because of all the Thor figures and collectibles out there, and it would be kinda cool to see a Faran Tahir action figure of some kind.
Call the two-pack "Battle of the Kelvin" or something along those lines. If nothing else the more hardcore fans and lots of folks on these forums would buy it.
Perhaps that could be among a "Captains and First Officers" two pack, but yeah there are really limitless opportunities. Of course you'd probably get into a bit of a variant problem here or though but collectors I think are smart enough to pick and choose what they want that shouldn't be a problem. If it's "kewl" enough and affordable and the quality is there, we'll go after it IMO.
If it'd get a new, much more screen-accurate Jeffrey Hunter Pike and Majel Barrett "Number One" made I'm all for it. The market and collectors would definitely benefit from a super-articulated update of the original Captain Pike after all these years.
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I don't think that it is okay for a school district to convert videos if the titles aren't available in the DVD format. The rights to the content, regardless of format, are very likely all still owned by publishers. The publishers just haven't made the titles available in a newer format. Making certain titles available in certain formats at certain times is included in the exclusive rights of a copyright owner.
I would not advise proceeding whole-scale from a risk-management point of view. See Janet Steffenhagen's Report Card blog: http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/01/25/school-district-flagged-for-unlicensed-software-use/ I would suggest that whole-scale conversion would not be advisable anyway as a strategy for ensuring collections are up-to-date. Anything in VHS format is older now, and there may be concerns about curriculum fit and/or currency. The fact that the content is not available in the newer DVD format may be a good thing.
I would suggest a more selective approach to moving toward elimination of the VHS format, purchasing new DVD content when it makes sense, and looking at other options. Note that another alternative is pursuing and receiving written permission from publishers to transfer individual titles from VHS to DVD. Also, what a number of other districts are doing is looking at acquiring digital video rights either title-by-title or through a streaming service to replace both VHS, and DVD, content.
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San Francisco Volcanic Field > Humphreys Peak > Climber's Log
Humphreys Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Route Climbed: Standard - Snowbowl trailhead Date Climbed: August 16, 2002
|I foolishly left the trailhead late the day before and was driven back down below the treeline by lightning from an impressive early afternoon thunderstorm. Frustrated, I stayed in Flagstaff that night, hit the trail early the next morning, and reached the summit under perfect conditions by 10 a.m. Lesson learned!
|Posted Feb 2, 2005 1:42 am
|Steve Gruhn
|Route Climbed: Arizona Snow Bowl Date Climbed: October 7, 1996
|Easy hike. Only a slight dusting of snow near the summit.
|Posted Jan 26, 2005 10:01 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 1987
|My brother and I hiked this one sunny afternoon and all was beautiful until we reached the ridge. There we were greeted with wind in excess of 60mph. Very chilly and we nearly crawled the last 100 yards or so. At the summit we hunkered down behind the rock wall and then braced ourselves against the wind for a quick picture. Didn't get to spend enough time on top because of the wind but all in all a rewarding hike indeed. Back in Flagstaff, I was washing the dust off my truck and a photographer with the Arizona Daily Sun took our picture and the next day it was on the front page! Man were they huring for a filler or what? 2 days later we hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and spent the night at Phantom Ranch. What an elevation change!
|Posted Dec 31, 2004 8:32 am
|Route Climbed: AZ Snowbowl - South Ridge Date Climbed: Dec. 13, 2004
|Incredible day. The snow pack was solid. Strong winds on the summit ridge, but it was nothing abnormal. This was my first time. Although the mountain is fairly easy, the views and setting are unbelievable.
|Posted Dec 16, 2004 1:23 pm
|Route Climbed: Humphrey's Trail Date Climbed: July 30, 2004
|My wife and I went from the trailhead to the summit and back to the trail head in less then 4hrs. which we thought was pretty good except for the fact that this lady that was jogging it passed us 3 times. Once on her way back from summitting, then again on her way back to the summit (we were fairly close ourselves by then), and then again as she was coming back down. There are always plenty of people around to keep me humble. Our 1st intro into hiking above the treeline. Beautiful day, beautiful mountain. God is good.
|Posted Dec 15, 2004 5:15 pm
|Route Climbed: Weatherford Trail Date Climbed: July 1993
|My faithful yellow lab joined me on the trip. He loves the outdoors and is a great trail companion. Got chased off the top by lightning. The last mile my dog gave out. My friend and I made a stretcher out of a poncho and two poles to carry him back to camp.
|Posted Dec 9, 2004 10:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Humphrey's Trail Date Climbed: Nov. 27,2004
|Outrageous!!!! Started on the trail and since I had snowshoes I veered off and went straight up thru some serious powder :)!!! Took me about 2 hrs to hit the tree line and another hour just to get to below the 3rd false summit. The winds were gusting between 50 and 80 mph, ( my amature guess from being knocked to my feet numerous times!!!) so I didn't feel like it was safe to get very close to the ridge, or to go anyfurther. I boarded down after that in beautiful conditions. A great experience-felt like I was on a real mountain battling real weather for a change!!!
|Posted Dec 1, 2004 3:03 pm
|Route Climbed: Weatherford Trail Date Climbed: July 2003, Nov 2003
|The July climb was my fist and the worst of the two. I completely underestimated the heat and the amount of water needed. I became extremely dehydrated to the point of nearly fainting. The November trip was much better as I was more prepared. Knee deep snow up to and past the saddle made for some exhausting post holing but it was well worth it.
|Posted Nov 6, 2004 12:56 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: June 2001
|AZ highpoint. Love those woods, ;-)
|Posted Oct 19, 2004 3:04 pm
|Route Climbed: Weatherford Date Climbed: October 17, 2004
|Wind, wind, wind. 60 mph constant on ridge with gusts reaching 100 mph near summit. Very, very cold - but many thanks to the souls who built that rock shelter! Hit freezing rain on the way down and made it back at the tail end of dusk. 11h total.
|Posted Oct 18, 2004 11:44 pm
|Brett A
|Route Climbed: Humphreys Trail Date Climbed: September 24th, 2004
|Climbed it after school with my friend. Started at 1:45PM, got to the saddle at 3:00, and to the top at 4:15. It was pretty cold on top and there were about 5 other people up there. Left the summit at 4:30 and got back down at 6:30 as the sun was setting. My 2nd AZ peak and 1st state high point.
|Posted Sep 25, 2004 3:31 pm
|Date Climbed: September 6, 2004
|Nice hike. Met a fellow Las Vegan, Tom, near the summit. Best of luck to Tom on his trip to Kilimanjaro next week.
|Posted Sep 7, 2004 10:26 am
|Ken Dammen
|Route Climbed: Humphreys Peak Date Climbed: May 30, 2003
|Led a group of hikers to the summit. Two days after this I led the group from the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in one day. They were tired after this weekend (but happy). This was my third time to summit. Great time.
|Posted Aug 21, 2004 6:24 pm
|Day Hiker
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 05 July 2004
|First time on Humphreys. The weather was great; it was partly cloudy, and at the summit there were long periods with no wind at all. It was definitely insect season, but they weren't the biting type.
|Posted Jul 6, 2004 4:25 pm
|Route Climbed: Humphrey's Summit Trail Date Climbed: 05/30/2004
|1st summit of Humphrey's
|Posted Jun 27, 2004 11:33 pm
|Route Climbed: Humphreys Peak Trail Date Climbed: 11 Jan 2004
|Beautiful Jan day. Used snowshoes up to the saddle. Snow was packed enough to hike the rest of the way. Fairly cold and windy but perfect conditions for a winter ascent.
|Posted Feb 16, 2004 12:32 pm
|Route Climbed: Humphreys Trail Date Climbed: July 2001
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2012
|August 30, 2012 - Climbed for my second time while moving my car from California to New Mexico. 3:20 round trip.
July 2001 - Climbed with Thomas after a great week at Lake Powell. Had beers and burgers at the ski bowl after the hike.
|Posted Feb 4, 2004 1:09 am
|Route Climbed: Humphreys Trail Date Climbed: December 23, 2003
|Weather and trail conditions were favorable to allow me to sneak in this ascent on the second day of winter. It felt more like autumn than winter.
|Posted Jan 4, 2004 2:32 am
|Route Climbed: humphreys peak trail Date Climbed: september 2000
|Climbed this one just after we moved to Flagstaff. We made it to the top, but did not have a lot of time to enjoy it as we were chased off by a thunderstorm.
|Posted Dec 1, 2003 9:40 pm
|Route Climbed: Kachina Trail Date Climbed: multiple winter
|Living in Flagstaff, I do this several times a year. I never do it in summer. First, I hate heat and scrabbling up loose cinders. Second, I just love it when it's all snowy and alpine up there. My favorite is to snowshoe up after a heavy storm, breaking fresh trail through trees. Great scenery and workout. Ditch the snowshoes at about treeline, gain the ridgeline, then enjoy generally wind-packed snow to the summit. Awesome...
|Posted Nov 28, 2003 1:40 pm


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Firstly, I'm dead surprised this is the first L/J thread.
Anyway, L/J is, and always has been, my OTP. I'm wondering what the most realistic way they got together is.
It usually one of the following three:
1) James gets a new girl + Lily gets jealous = James/Lily
2) James pours his heart out to Lily, telling her how much it hurts him when she rejects him + Lily realizes James actually has a heart = James/Lily
3) James and Lily agree to be civil to each other = James/Lily
Note that 1) and 2) are often combined.
Which do you think is most likely, and which do you think works best? I must say, I quite like a jealous Lily, because a heartbroken James usually turns out OOC and the 'let's be civil' is used far too often.
Also, y'know how some pairings get their own cool names? Like Harmony for H/Hr and Dramione for D/H? Anybody know/can think of one for L/J?
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Being an OceanElder is quite quaint. We're a disparate bunch, as you can see below, therefore we do not engage in pedantic debate. In fact, we generally agree and debate is minimised.
By working with and leveraging the work of other ocean organisations, OceanElders intends to encourage, endorse, and champion ocean initiatives. The structure is optimised and the team focused to be a catalytic agent of change in order to achieve lasting impacts at scale in ocean conservation and sustainability.
The existing members are:
- Dr. Sylvia Earle
- Jean-Michel Cousteau
- Dr. Rita Colwell
- Graeme Kelleher AO.
- Captain Don Walsh
- Sven Lindblad
- Sir Richard Branson
- Ted Turner
- Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
- Jackson Browne
- Neil Young
- H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The technically focused members have dedicated a significant number of years to the ocean, achieving significant results in protecting, valuing, and celebrating the ocean, are highly respected by the global ocean community, and are at a point in their careers where their only agenda is that of the ocean, i.e no other political or organisational agendas. They have a balance across a range of areas of expertise and show geographic and gender diversity.
The other members are a group of people who are committed to the ocean and who can help amplify the voice of the ocean and connect extensive resources to help tackle the challenges. They personify a demonstrated passion and commitment to the ocean, are globally recognised and respected, have the ability to reach millions of people through standard and social media and to catalyse resources for support of priority issues. They also show geographic and gender diversity, have a diversity of skills and backgrounds and are not biased by an agenda or organisational objectives.
We expect that ultimately there will be about 24 members, reflecting diversity geographically and in skills.
We meet about twice every year in different places, engaging in planning action with special emphasis on symbiosis with other organisations with complementary objectives and acting in a catalytic way, rather than the all-too frequent competition that is embraced by many agencies with similar objectives.
The emphases that we have adopted for the immediate future are on the High Seas (i.e. areas beyond national jurisdiction) and on marine protected areas (MPAs). It seems to me that there is considerable opportunity for OceanElders to cooperate with and support IUCN and its Commissions.
Graeme Kelleher. AO. Previous IUCN WCPA Marine Vice Chair and IUCN WCPA Emeritus


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Holiday Appeal Launched
The MusiCares and GRAMMY Foundations have launched their annual holiday giving campaigns, seasonal efforts to reach out to the music community and public at-large to include the two music-related charities in their holiday giving plans.
Both foundations are Recording Academy-affiliated charities doing year-round work to better the music community.
MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.
The GRAMMY Foundation works to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to American culture — from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of future generations of music professionals. The Foundation accomplishes this mission through programs and activities that engage the music industry and cultural community as well as the general public. The Foundation works in partnership year-round with The Recording Academy to bring national attention to important issues such as the value and impact of music and arts education and the urgency of preserving our rich cultural heritage.
Both foundations rely on the support of their generous donors and sponsors throughout the year to provide resources for their respective missions.
Holiday Giving Campaign:
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text: Because of a thread I posted on lawn site I was personally contacted by Gravely corporate with an opportunity to fly to Orlando Florida to test the new Pro Turn 400 series! They say a company is only as good as its employees. Gravely knows how to hire talent. Everyone I met and spoke with on and before this trip was awesome. They were honest, knowledgeable and genuinely good people. The type of people I like to surround myself with. Gravely is owned by Ariens, a family owned privately held company. Almost all parts are made in house, even the pulleys. Gravely does not use distributors and works very closely with all its dealers and even landscapers like us. They will even help the companies it works with run more efficiently. All you have to do is ask! When I arrived Gravely had a Pro Turn 452 waiting for me. The first thing I noticed was the fit and finish. It was amazing! Just as good or better than my Scags. The welds were perfect and the powder coat was like liquid glass. It was obviously assembled with care from the wire routing to the decals. The next thing that caught my eye was the size of the frame and front end, they are massive. The deck is 7 gauge throughout including the baffles! Durability is not going to be a problem. I would say the 400 series is built better than it has to be. It reminds me of Kubota, what I consider industrial strength. No corners were cut, this thing is built like a tank. The comfort is what is going to set this apart from the competition. I felt little to no vibration and the air seat was awesome. I was able to fly over bumps probably faster than I should have. The seat and foot platforms are isolated from the frame with rubber bushings. The control arms also have adjustable rubber bushings and I felt no vibration in my hands. The Hydro-Gear 5400 was very smooth and quite. I asked a lot of questions about the Hydro-Gear and Gravely has almost no warranty claims and has run them for 4 years now. It is mounted lower than separate pumps and wheel motors to help with stability. Gravely had left the irrigation system on for most of the day so I could cut some wet grass. I spent most of my time cutting as this was my biggest concern. I experienced no clumping or stringers. The deck stayed clean! The cut was beautiful on southern grass. Next they took me to a field with grass 8-9 inches tall. This would be the closest thing to northern grass. The x-factor deck had no problem with discharge and the grass doesnt stay inside the deck to long. Similar to my Velocity decks. This was a huge relief for me as my concern was with the small discharge opening. Again the deck stayed clean. The x- factor deck has very good vacuum and discharge pressure. Even in the tall grass it didnt need double cutting! The 24.5 hp kawi (formally 27 hp) had no problem in the tall grass. I honestly cant say the x-factor deck will cut as good as the Velocity on northern grasses YET but Im much more confident and willing to give it a shot. I will not lose anymore sleep thinking about it. In conclusion I will be ordering a Gravely Pro Turn 452 next week! I will continue my honest review once I start cutting up here on northern grasses. Gravely told me We have one of the best warranties in the industry, but you wont need it! I have no doubt Gravely will stand behind their equipment and be there if I need them! Enjoy the pics!!


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Senior Jamal Fenton, a reserve for the New Mexico Lobos, has been suspended for three regular-season games for what the university termed as a "minor" violation of NCAA rules regarding impermissible benefits.
A 5-9, 170 backup guard from Houston, Fenton averaged 6.5 points and 2.4 assists in 17 minutes per game as a junior.
He will miss the Lobos' opener at home against Davidson, which tips off at 11:59 ET Nov. 12 as part of ESPN's 24-hour college basketball marathon. Fenton also will miss the first two games of the team's visit to the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands. He will be permitted to play in the last of the three-game tournament.
Fenton also will be allowed to play in the team's two exhibitions, starting Wednesday against Victory.
New Mexico refused to offer details about the incident in question.


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Translation simulation
This activity has undergone a peer review process.
This activity has undergone a peer review process by which submitted activities are compared to a set of criteria. Activities meeting or revised to meet these criteria have been added to the collection. To learn more about the review criteria, see [http://taste.merlot.org/evaluationcriteria.html]. More information about the peer review process can be found at [http://taste.merlot.org/peerreviewprocess.html].
This page first made public: Jan 16, 2007
This material is replicated on a number of sites as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service Project
This module introduces students to the basics behind translation of a messenger RNA sequence into protein. Students learn about reading frames, ribosomes, mRNA, tRNA, codons and anticodons.
In addition to text and movies, there are interactive shockwave animations that allow students to move ribosomes and tRNAs to perform translation. Both formative and summative assessment are also included.
Learning Goals
Specific concepts they should master include:
Context for Use
These materials are broken into three types.
Read: students read a text accompanied by images and animations to get some background information on translation.
Interact: students use an interactive shockwave model of a ribosome, mRNA and tRNAs to perform a translation.
Practice: students are given assessment questions that allow them to practice what they have learned.
Description and Teaching Materials
The first link takes you to a site where the three activities are broken down into individual units. It also contains some additional interactive activities for the students.
The second link takes you to a single webpage with the materials incorporated directly into the page. It also contains practice problems for students to use, and a lecture for an introductory biology course based on translating the beta-hemoglobin gene in sickle cell anemia.
Teaching Notes and Tips
Both links contain summative assessment, in the form of practice problems with answers for the students. In the first link it is in the form of an on-line quiz, with feedback given for correct and incorrect answers. In the second link the problems are traditional exam style questions with answers given on a second link.
References and Resources
Click to view MERLOT descriptions of related shockwave and flash Translation animations.
Textbook like descriptions of translation with images.
Biology Pages
Lone animations (some do not show codons and anticodons)


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I love Charlie...wonder why there were never any Charlie sightings in Vancity!
"As far as I know, I'm gonna say bulls--t," Billy Burke said at Melanie Segal's MTV Movie Awards gift suite. "I'm not buying it. Please!"
Interesting. Then again, when do dads (even movie ones) ever know what the kids are really up to?
Burke just returned from filming New Moon in Vancouver, where he and Rob sometimes grabbed drinks at local dive bars.
So what's R.Pattz like when the cameras aren't rolling?
"He's a goofball," Billy said about Rob's real personality. "If people knew how much of a goofball he was, they wouldn't be falling all over the place. He doesn't take it all too seriously."
May 30, 2009
Billy Burke Blows-off Romance Rumors and Mistakenly Thinks We'd Find RPattz's Goofinesss Less Appealing
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I like Billy Burke he is an awesome actor but I also think his remarks about Rob are a little cold!ReplyDelete
So what if he's a goofball!!!
I think most fans know he;s not your typical hollywood star type, and thank god for that. Persoanlly I find his quirkiness to be his most endearing quality and I hope he never changes!!!!
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ok people stop posting this stupid blog billy burke dont know crap!!. He doesnt know what kristen and robert does in there free time. Im sick of people saying what they think and making a big deal of it. I believe the rumors its clear they like each other there all over one another, until i see kristen with her bf i will believe robert and kristen are together. I like bill burke as an actor but this story is crap and means nothing to us!!! so stop posting it please cause we dont know whether they are or arent. I bet one day we will get a picture of them making out and people who belive they are together will be like told you so.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 30, 2009 at 7:27 PM
I believe the whole Rob/Kristen relationship is hopefull thinking on the side of the Fans. they have gotten so caught up with the story that they can separate fact from fiction.ReplyDelete
both Kristen and Rob have denied that they are together and almost all of the costar who have been aske about it have denied it also.
But hey i think everyone should just stop speculating about it...NO ONE KNOWS WHATS UP! aside from Kristen and Rob.
Unless they come out and say YES WE ARE TOGETHER and i see pictures of them making out I also say is Bullcrap.
When you think about it, what would they have to lose if they were dating? It's not like they're married. Kristen's not even living with MA.ReplyDelete
I mentioned on another fan site that this could actually be an advantage to Summit Entertainment - a great marketing tool and free too!
What better way to drum up some free PR and promotion than to have their two biggest romantic leads in their biggest picture, date?
It would not surprise me in the least that it turned out Summit started the rumour to begin with.
Though some of us may love to Rob and Kristen together in Hollywood they don't like to offend the fan base that thinks they have a shot at Rob and they really don't want to have female fans hating Kristen.ReplyDelete
That said I belive it when I see it or hear it from the two of them. And if Kristen is not Oregano anymore it doesn't automatically mean that she's with Rob! Some women can live without a man in their life for a period of time.
I love there chemistry and I would love to see them becom a hot couple but lets leave it alone folks and let nature take it's course.
ummmm.EXCUSE ME! Thats's not nice Billy Burke.RESPECT .Respect rob , so what if he's a goofball?He's one hot , sexyyy goofball that im love struck from.RESPECT rob .I dont think you would like if ppl said that your a VERY bad actor and that you shouldn't have a carrer anymore.You WARNED! i love 100,000,000,000,000,00,000,000,000,000,000,000 TIMES LOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEE ROB! L-O-V-E R-O-B!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 2:10 AM
You know I think he is a cool actor but he has been no where about them these last months except what....a week of filming. Why is this coming out...to upset us???? Once things settle down to the truth that they have a thing for each other some cahoot comes out with a stupid statement what is it he working for Nikki or something?ReplyDelete
Love Billy Burke as an actor!! I don't think his comment was taken in the right context. Some of Rob's co-star's have said he is quirky, funny, all words for goofball. I think what Billy was trying to say was Rob doesn't take anything to serious. Which is what I like about Rob as an actor. Don't know him personally so can say what he's like as a person. Remember he is an actor playing a fictional character... I know I forget sometimes too. We all want to have that great love affair that makes us crazy..ReplyDelete
- CloverMay 31, 2009 at 2:24 AM
I was wondering where the heck Billy Burke's been!! I love that guy? He is right about Robsten. That is so silly. It's what the media wants so they can sell their mags and their stories. Economic Stimulus nonsense.ReplyDelete
I insist...they look weird when the are together! Every photo I see of Kristen and Rob she's blushing and acting flirtatious...She acts different when she's with her boyfriend. Maybe the cast is trying to stay out of it to prevent any kind of trouble with Summit...or maybe they're true good friends and nothing else and those gestures are part of my imagination!!! haha Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, the cast of Jumper, the cast of Slumdog...we can keep going on with the examples of actors who fall in love when they work together...only time will tell!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 7:19 AM
I don't know what's going and neither does Billy Burke. The thing I didn't like is him saying people wouldn't be falling all over him because he is a goofball. That is one of things people like the most, sense when is having a sense of humor not attractive? I really really didn't like that statement.ReplyDelete
I'm with Heidi.ReplyDelete
Settle down folks.
I'm sure Billy didn't mean any harm.


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- If Larry Brown's dismissal occurs before the June 28 draft as expected, there's a chance coach-in-waiting Isiah Thomas will run the bench for at least a couple of games during the Las Vegas summer league in July.
The Knicks' summer-league team begins play July 7 vs. Cleveland and finishes July 13. The team will hold practices beginning July 2 in Sin City. Though free agency will be underway, the Knicks' president may want to shake off the coaching rust.
All three of his 2005-06 rookies - Channing Frye, Nate Robinson and David Lee - are expected, as well as his two first-round picks from this draft. There are strong signals Knicks brass will not want the feuding Brown and Thomas in the war room June 28, as the Knicks would become an even bigger national joke than they already are.
When Thomas was hired to coach Indiana in 2000, he coached its summer-league team. Thomas coached Indiana for three seasons, but hasn't been on the bench since April, 2003.
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Best Jeans Guide Summer 2012
Our Ultimate Summer Denim Guide — The Best Fit, Prints, and More
Without a doubt, jeans are essential to any style-setter's wardrobe. But like any great fashion staple, there's a new batch of covet-worthy iterations and silhouettes to sift through every season. Thus, we've culled the latest and greatest, along with more classic styles, to offer up a well-rounded mix of cuts, prints, lengths, and everything else in between. But to make this denim rundown even sweeter, we called upon six seriously cool denim experts — the designers (read: masterminds) behind some of our favorite denim labels, including AG Adriano Goldschmied, Gap, Paige, MiH Jeans, and J Brand — to provide you with some pretty jean-ius advice. It's safe to say, we've got the tools and more than 50 pairs of jeans to help you find the best fit for your body. Our ultimate Summer denim guide is just a click away, so jump right in.
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As long as another's praise doesn't sound patently insincere, you're likely to welcome it. Being richly recognized for what you do—or who you are—just feels good. It's wonderfully confirming, as reassuring as it is validating. Most of us thrive on compliments and flattery precisely because they can buoy us up, warm our hearts, and allay old fears and self-doubts.
But praise has its dark side, too. Much more than we typically realize, it can constitute a kind of verbal bribery, offered primarily to serve the interest of the person offering it. This post will suggest six ways that praise might be disbursed with the hidden intention of winning your favor, or wrangling something out of you—something you probably wouldn't be willing to grant otherwise.
If you're insecure, and so require external confirmation to feel worthwhile or good about yourself, you'll be especially susceptible to (or a "target" for) disingenuous praise with invisible strings (or a price tag) attached to it. Such praise comes at a cost. Exploitive praisers prey on those with self-esteem deficiencies and seem to have radar for detecting them, They know exactly how to raise your confidence—and reduce your uncertainty—through flattering machinations ultimately designed not for your welfare but their own.
This is hardly to suggest that you should be suspicious (or paranoid) upon any instance of another's positive acknowledgment. But at times it would be wise to consider whether the person praising you might not be craftily maneuvering for something in return—whether, essentially, their praise is a "set up." Particularly if their compliments seem overblown, the chance of their having some ulterior motive to take advantage of you may be something you need to explore.
Here are six ways flatterers might, covertly, be scheming to "take you in":
Short of becoming indiscriminately wary of others' praise or flattery, it's only prudent to consider whether they might have a hidden agenda in praising you. That way you can minimize the possibility that their seemingly trustworthy compliments aren't really some sort of two-faced con.
Note 1: I've written two previous posts on manipulation, both of which ironically point out its little recognized positive aspects (see "A New Take on Manipulation" and "The Intriguing Upside of Manipulation").
To further "turn the tables" on this provocative subject, this post has focused on praise— typically viewed favorably—as it may be perceived from a less positive (that is, negatively manipulative) perspective.
I've also written a series of posts on getting conned. Here's part 1: "How Vulnerable Are You to Being Duped?"
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Additionally, if you'd like to review other posts I've done for PT, please click here.
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WEST OCEAN CITY – Last weekend's tragic accident involving a local teen hit by a car and killed while attempting to cross Route 50 has highlighted to need to follow through with a comprehensive transportation plan for the densely populated and heavily traveled corridor including the need for more sidewalks, crosswalks and other safety measures.
Now, there is no direct correlation between last Saturday's fatal accident and the overall lack of pedestrian safety features along Route 50 corridor in West Ocean City, and it remains uncertain if it could have been prevented even if more safety measures were in place. However, the tragedy might serve as a catalyst to revisit some of the ideas proposed over the years that have not come to fruition.
Several transportation studies over the years have called for more sidewalks along Route 50 and throughout West Ocean City as the area has expanded and the volume of pedestrian and bicycle traffic increasingly intermingles with the heavy volume of traffic heading to the resort. The studies also called for marked crosswalks and timed pedestrian signals in the corridor, but for a variety of reasons, they have not been added.
There is a pedestrian signal at the light at Inlet Isle Lane near the entrance to the driveway for Hooper's, but the crosswalks were not marked last weekend because of the ongoing repaving project on Route 50. However, there are no pedestrian crossing signals at the other busiest intersections along the section of the corridor including Golf Course Rd., Route 611 and Keyser Point Rd., for example.
Similarly, there is a section of sidewalk from roughly Golf Course Rd. to the western entrance to the White Marlin Mall near the Wendy's, but there are no sidewalks anywhere on the south side of Route 50 despite the high volume of pedestrian traffic in the area.
Adding crosswalks, pedestrian signals and sidewalks falls largely under the purview of the State Highway Administration (SHA).
SHA District Engineer Donnie Drewer said this week there is already a pedestrian crossing signal at Inlet Isle Lane, although it wasn't in operation last weekend because of the ongoing repaving project in the area. Drewer said it would be up and running when the project was completed, likely before this holiday weekend.
"The first thing we do when we finish a project is to put back everything that was there before we started," he said. "Then we look at the need for other safety measures as we become aware of potential problems."
Drewer said the need for pedestrian signals would come from studies and traffic counts conducted in the area.
"If we have an area where there is one pedestrian crossing in a week, then we don't need one there," he said. "Now if there are over 10 in an hour, obviously we need to look at adding some controls there."
Again, there is no rational nexus between last weekend's tragic accident and the lack of crosswalks and pedestrian signals in the area. In addition, history shows there is no guarantee pedestrians would use the crosswalks and signals even if they were available nearby as evidenced by the sheer volume of pedestrians dashing across Coastal Highway in the summer despite a marked crosswalk at every intersection.
Worcester officials have long pushed for improved safety measures in the growing West Ocean City area and the county's corridor plan and comprehensive plan call for more sidewalks and pedestrian friendly features in the area.
County Commission President Louise Gulyas said on Wednesday she wasn't certain why they have not been added as planned.
"I've been after them for years to get sidewalks and crosswalks in that area," she said. "I was hoping there would have been sidewalks along the south side of Route 50 in that area by now. There was a plan to do it at one point, but I don't know what happened to it."
Gulyas related a story from earlier in the day when an individual suddenly stepped out between the bushes in the median across from Starbucks and nearly stepped in front of her vehicle before he stopped.
"You see it all the time in that area," she said. "Luckily, he popped out and saw the oncoming traffic before crossing the highway, but it could have been a different story if he hadn't been paying attention, and that was in the middle of day. It's much worse at night because you don't always see them."
Of course, last week's fatal accident on Route 50 hit especially hard on the Stephen Decatur High School family where the victim was a 10th grader.
Principal Lou Taylor said on Wednesday it isn't certain if the tragedy could have been avoided even if there were increased safety features in place along the busy stretch of highway, but he urged local and state officials to take a closer look at the area.
"Hopefully, everything will be taken into consideration to make the area as safe as possible," he said. "As that area grows, particularly in the summer months, there is a tremendous number of people walking around there, people on bikes, all interacting with what is usually a very high volume of vehicle traffic."


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Discussion in 'Former Pro Player Talk' started by hoodjem, Oct 30, 2009.
Again, 21 stations does not constitute a network broadcast.
Lovely story.Never heard about.
Who was the most famous personality who played tennis at a certain competitive level? Jimmy Carter was hooked on tennis, I know.France former prime minister Jacques Chaban Delmas won some national events when he was starting his political career, but never got highly ranked enough.
John Alexander is now a MP.Buster Mottram and Adriano Panatta have ran for City Council seats, although in two very different ( opposite) parties.
Maybe John mc Enroe, who is a staunch democrat will give it a try at politics.He could turn out being the most famous tennis player/politican ever...
boredone3456, You made the point. Some of his statements and answers seem to be trolling. But at least I must concede that Dan never uses insulting words. I just ask myself if Dan is aware that he sometimes is trolling or if he is not aware...
The answer is simple. Boredone did not establish his point.
The 1954 Rose Bowl Parade was only broadcast on 21 stations, and was not a national broadcast.
End of argument.
Dan, that is not quite right. Prince Philipp showed up at the Hoad-Cooper final 1957 and attended the victory ceremony. I have seen pictures of this. The Queen never has been especially Wimbledon friendly. She gave Laver the trophy in 1962 and Virginiai Wade in 1977. It could be that she was present as a young girl togther with her King Father, when Kramer won in 1947. Or was it Princess Margaret, maybe both young girls.
Apparently the Queen attended the 1957 final and watched Hoad beat Cooper from the stands, Prince Philip presenting the trophy.
Her aversion to Wimbledon is known to stem from the 1926 men's doubles, in which her father competed, and insisted on not receiving any special treatment by the other players. He became the "target" in a one-sided beating, and I think that the other players should have ignored his advice, and given him some room to shine. Better business.
The Queen avoided Wimbledon like the plague until 1957, when the presence of Hoad in the final was too much of an attraction to stay away any longer.
I established my point quite clearly, that your statement was wrong. Just because you did not like what you read does not mean I did not establish a valid point.
End of argument.
What young woman in the 50´s could just let Hoad split away?
How can somebody dare to compare Hingis to Henin?
Henin>Hingis and the gap between them is much wider than Kafelnikov and Kodes.
Yes how can somebody think Hingis is on the same level as Henin, I honestly don't see it myself...especially when 3 of her majors came during the weakest year of the 90s. But hey..thats some posters for you. Goodbye now.
The 1954 Rose Bowl was not an NBC network broadcast.
The 1955 Hoad/Trabert match WAS, and attracted over 10 million viewers, the FIRST mass TV audience for tennis.
Vice-President Nixon knew a good thing and tagged along with Hoad and company.
wake me up the day the Belgian wins a Wimbledon title.Good evening.
Wake me up when Hingis win 7 slams.
Hingis and Henin were both great players and in my opinion both were fairly close. It's not exactly that they have a huge gap in playing level.
Here's the records for both.
Overall for singles career Henin has an edge but it's not a huge edge in my opinion. Both super players.
Well I'm pretty sure most fans would agree with me that Henin>Hingis. And I happened to root for Hingis whenever she play the Williams sisters.
We know kiki always short change a player's accomplishment if he/she isn't his favorite, but handout the bouquet of red roses for his favorite.
If we look single/doubles record there is no question which one is better player
Doubles? oh¡ it is not tennis for current standarts
that´s it, that´s it.
TMF´s only reason to pray for Henin is his/her hate for the Williams.
Wait, Martina had a pretty good record vs the ssisters...
In 1959, Hoad's winning percentage on the two championship tours was 70% (76 wins and 33 losses), the best on the tours.
Frank Sedgman is my no. 1 in 1953 and 1958.
Gonzales no. 1 from 1954 to 1957.
Hoad no. 1 in 1959.
Rosewall no. 1 from 1960 to 1963, co-no. 1 in 1965 and 1970, no. 1 again in 1971.
Laver no. 1 in 1964, co-no. 1 in 1965, no. 1 from 1966 to 1969, co-no. 1 in 1970.
Then I have Nastase two years (1972-73).
Federic, I agree with most of your points. I only would rank Sedgman behind Kramer in 1953 and Rosewall as Co. No.1 for 1964 as he won the official tour.
It's good that you have Rosewall No.1 in 1971 (I rank tied No.1 Smith and Newcombe).
"Co" number ones? This is a cop-out and makes no sense.
Sedgman is very close to Gonzales in 1958, beating Gonzales in both the Wembley Pro and the big tournament in Australia, but I still have Gonzales ahead. He won the US Pro in Cleveland and the Tournament of Champions at Forest Hills, and won the world pro tour against Hoad. In 1960, Gonzales barely played any tournaments after the end of his contract with Kramer, but he dominated the world pro tour, including Rosewall, and the tour was the most important thing back then.
I have Gonzales as number 1 from 1954-1961, because he always either the very best, or never toppled as the best, throughout that whole period.
Mustard, Therefore I plead to make Co.-No.1 for several years (plus other tied places).
I agree with the following exceptions:
1970: it´s between Newcombe and Rosewall ( I´d pick Rosewall) but not really Laver, if you take into consideration the whole year ( and not 2 or 3 events were Laver was unbeatable).As you probably know, I am one of the fiercest Laver admirers over here, but he was behind Newcombe and Rosewall in the overall look of the year.
1971: although Rosewall won 2 of the 6 biggest events, Smith won Forest Hills and was runner up at both Wimbledon and the Masters.
Kodes won Paris and lost the USO final.Nastase lost the FO final and took the Masters.Newcombe won Wimbledon ( but little else ), Ashe reached the AO final against Rosewall ( and reached the Dallas semis), and finally Laver lost the WCT finals to Rosewall.
1971 is one of my fav years, with 7 excelent and yet diverse players making the 6 big finals of the year (Smith,Rosewall,Laver,Newcombe,Kodes,Nastase,Ashe).That top 7 is possibly the best ever for a single year ( even better than late 50´s pros )
1972.Nastase wins Masters and USO while Smith wins the then big DC and Wimbledon.Smith beat Nastase in two of their 3 finals, although Nastase had probably a better year overall.Very very close.Their Masters final is one of the greatest indoor finals of all time.
Just my two cents.
For 1958, I still have to rate Hoad at number one, because he was the leading money-winner on the year based on tournament points (which is the system we use today!), plus he won the greatest match of 1958 or of any year against Gonzales at Kooyong 4-6, 9-7, 11-9, 18-16 (a match Gonzales rated as the best ever between the two).
If you beat the best at his very best, what does that make you?
Dan, best match does not mean most important match.
Not always, but in this case it does.
You never know in advance when the big one will come along, it just develops.
Many Wimbledon finals are dogs.
Most important match does not necessarily mean greatest match.
Dan, okay, but what do you want to tell us?
This is it.
In my opinion you are overrating Tour in some years.
In 1961 the tour was missing Rosewall, so Gonzales didn't faced his direct opponent there. I mean, it was surely a big event but I think we can't say it was more important than two Pro Majors with full fields (if Rosewall was on the tour, then maybe...)
They were 2-2 on tournaments head-to-head, with Rosewall winning both the big titles. No chance for Pancho as no. 1 in 1961 in my (very) humble opinion.
In 1960 he had a strong lead against Rosewall but he retired after the tour, in my vision of tennis I can't accept a no. 1 who plays only half season, that's why I go with Rosewall in 1960 also.
In 1959 Hoad was my no. 1 beacause Pancho won the tour, but just slightly, while Hoad won many tournaments, including the biggest one, and he leads him also on head-to-head matches.
In 1958 I go with Sedgman because he won two of the four biggest events (Australian Pro, Wembley Pro), while Gonzales "only" one (ToC). The fact that he won the tour against Hoad didn't prove he was stronger than Sedgman too, in fact on tournaments head-to-head we find Sedgman leading 4-2.
Just look how tennis history change by changing the observer. You have Gonzales no. 1 for eight straight years, while I have him on top "only" four straight years (+ he is also my 1952 no. 1). On the contrary you rank Rosewall no. 1 only in 1962-63, while he is my no. 1 or co-no. 1 in 1960-61-62-63-65-70-71.
Bumped for reference purposes.
any good?
71 is intrincate, probably the closest ever year among the top players.
73 is also close, but Nastase won 2 out of 6 majors, and he probbaly played the best tennis, although Newcombe and Kodes did play fantastic tennis at the US Open.Maybe Nastase is the nº1 for the first half and Newcombe or Kodes are the best candidates for the second half?
excellent, but I´d consider Hoad and Gonzales on par in 56 and Newcombe or Kodes at Nastase´s results level in 73( but I am happy with your choice of Nasty anyway).
Looks very good, to me.
1977 is tricky, as is 1970, as is 1961, as is 1958.
1977 is very debatable. Borg won 11 official titles and went 76-7 on the ATP site. He went 2-1 vs. Connors, with wins at Wimbledon (grass) and the Pepsi Grand Slam (rubico), and a loss at the Masters (indoors) in Jan. 78. He was 3-0 vs. Vilas, with wins at the Masters in Jan. 78 (carpet), Monte Carlo (clay) and Nice (clay). So, Borg was 5-1 versus his primary competition at the top, with 11 titles won, including Wimbledon. He won at Wembley (indoor), Cologne (carpet), Basel (carpet), Barcelona (clay), Madrid (clay), Wimbledon (grass), Denver (carpet), Monte Carlo (clay), Nice (clay), Memphis (carpet), and the Pepsi Grand Slam- Boca Raton (clay). His surface versatility with big titles, head to head record versus Connors and Vilas, and his win at Wimbledon all weigh in favor of Bjorn Borg in 1977. It's debatable, but I would submit that Borg has the best record overall in 1977.
kiki, Hoad was never in the same class with Gonzalez in 1956.
borg number one, I would split 1977 between Borg and Vilas.
That's fair enough. Vilas has two majors, with the French Open and the U.S. Open. Yet, Borg's record head to head record versus Vilas and Connors, as well as his Wimbledon title are very significant.
and as I said earlier, Connors has the two indoor majors and two times finalist at the other slams ( Lost to Borg at W and Vilas at FH).
So, Connors 2 wins and 2 finals
Vilas 2 wins, 1 final and a semifinal
Borg a win and a final
neither Borg or Connors entered the AO and the FO and neither Borg or Vilas entered the WCT finals ( they just played a WCT event, the MC open and both reached the final...)
Connors has a case here.At the end, however, I´d give the edge to Vilas.Borg would have to wait until 1978.
Impossible to compare indoor majors and Grand Slams ! 0 Grand Slam for Connors, it's impossible for a player whon won 0 Grand Slam to be considered as the n°1. In 1977, Vilas was the real world champion, Borg n°2 and Connors n°3.
both were considered majors back then.Vilas had a great win at the Masters against Connors but failed against Borg and Connors won the MSG tournament at the end.
kiki, I agree that we should not omit Connors from the No.1 discussion for 1977. He was No.1 in the ATP list...
while I still support Vilas for nº1, I´d even say that Connors was the real nº2 and Borg was the nº3.IMO, of course.Borg beat Jimmy at Wimbledon, but Connors stroke back at the Masters.
A pitty Borg defaulted at the US open, in his fourth round match.it would have been extremely interesting what could have happened if Borg had been fit.
5-1 for Borg head to head has to big a big factor as well guys. 5 out of 6 matches won is a telling statistic.
Head to head is not really important, because the question is not "who is the best player ?", but "who is the world champion ?".
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Please can anyone help me identify these bugs - they are making their way through the house!
Many thanks in advance!!
Anyone? I have added another picture in case this helps. I have been googling all night but can't find a match. Just want to make sure it's not damaging to the house! Thanks
They look a bit like Sitona (weevils) but it's hard, for me at least, to say. If no-one else has an idea can you take a better photo showing the head region / antennae? Are they in the UK?
Thanks for replying. ...is this one any better? They are all over the outside of the house and I have found they have a crunchy casing as I trod on one!
Oh and yes UK - Surrey. Thanks
Well, I'm pretty sure it's a weevil but beyond that I had no idea - the thorax looks very broad and Sitona didn't look quite right. However, using this page -
I thought Strophosoma faber is a possibility, it looks a good match.
But I can't find out much about it. Oh, except this -
Anyway, that's about as far as I can take it, sorry - let's hope that a coleopterist pops in.
That looks like it! Thank you so much for your help!


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I've read lately that a 'char' is actually a small 'int' in C wich made a few questions pop in my head.
Does that mean i can assign 'char's to 'int's (and vice versa) without casting? i know it works , but i thought maybe its not recommended for some reason. And why shouldn't we use a 'char' to hold the return value of 'getchar()'? wouldn't it turn into a 'char' automatically anyway?
compilers tend to look up the ASCII table (in systems that use ASCII) , right? (just making sure)
Talking about tables , can this simple procedure determine wether a system is using ASCII or EBCDIC to represent characters? :
Code:char ch = 110; if(ch == 'n') /* process characters as ASCII */ else if(ch == '>') /* process characters as EBCDIC*/
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No no-no? No problem: Cards survive to force Game 5
PITTSBURGH -- Not often one for hyperbole, Yadier Molina couldn't contain his giddiness as he waited for the Cardinals to wrap up an early spring game along Florida's east coast. He had just been behind the plate, catching three innings by a 21-year-old who wasn't yet a year removed from college.
Singling out Michael Wacha's pitches, poise and presence, Molina was bold in his assertion that day. "I think," Molina said at the time, "that guy, right now, can pitch in the big leagues." On Monday, the rest of the baseball world understood what Molina saw more than six months ago.Full Game Coverage
PITTSBURGH -- Not often one for hyperbole, Yadier Molina couldn't contain his giddiness as he waited for the Cardinals to wrap up an early spring game along Florida's east coast. He had just been behind the plate, catching three innings by a 21-year-old who wasn't yet a year removed from college.
Singling out Michael Wacha's pitches, poise and presence, Molina was bold in his assertion that day. "I think," Molina said at the time, "that guy, right now, can pitch in the big leagues." On Monday, the rest of the baseball world understood what Molina saw more than six months ago.Full Game Coverage
Wacha, who arrived in the Majors three months after that spring appearance, debuted on the postseason stage hoping to carry over momentum from the near no-hitter he threw in his final regular-season outing. What he did was nearly repeat it.
Supported by Matt Holliday's sixth-inning homer, Wacha extended the Cardinals' season by dazzling in a 2-1 Game 4 win over the Pirates. The victory came in front of 40,493 at PNC Park and sends this National League Division Series back to St. Louis, where the Cards have ace Adam Wainwright lined up for a second win-or-go-home game Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT on TBS.
"We did a lot of gushing about him before we even got him out there today, and I think everybody sees why," manager Mike Matheny said. "I don't know if you can put a kid in a tougher spot. He's just got a knack of getting up there and, very business like, getting the job done."
The Cardinals selected Wacha to start Monday's elimination game after watching him hold the Nationals hitless for 8 2/3 innings during the final week of the regular season. An infield single off Wacha's glove foiled that no-hit bid in what was the ninth start of his career.
Wacha picked up Monday where he left off in that start, not allowing the Bucs their first hit until after 7 1/3 innings. And when Wacha couldn't finish the win, rookies Carlos Martinez and Trevor Rosenthal did so for him.
"We're sitting there, and after the last game he'd pitched, we're like, '[Wow], he's going to do it again. You've got to be kidding me,'" Chris Carpenter said. "We just watched three young kids out there tonight in their early 20s in the biggest game of their lives with no room for error go out and dominate a game. It was a pleasure to be a part of, a pleasure to watch, and I'm not sure you're ever going to see another one like it."
Wacha was perfect through five innings, and he finally got some offensive support in the sixth. Following Carlos Beltran's second leadoff walk of the game, Matt Holliday launched Charlie Morton's 2-2 pitch over the wall in center for his first home run this postseason. It was the Cards' second postseason homer at PNC Park, a place where they had gone homerless all season.
"When we scored those two runs," Beltran said, "I had a feeling that was going to be enough."
Wacha opened the bottom half of the inning with a four-pitch walk, but he settled back in after a quick visit from his third baseman. David Freese advised Wacha to take a few deep breaths. The rookie absorbed the information and responded by retiring the next seven in a row.
"I was just trying to go out there and throw up zeros," Wacha said. "That's my job, to go out there and try to win ballgames and keep our team in the game."
What he did, too, was flirt with history. Wacha moved five outs from a no-hitter with a strikeout, his ninth of the game, to open the eighth. Having established his fastball command early and mixing in a curveball and a changeup that the Pirates couldn't time, Wacha allowed no hard contact until Pedro Alvarez crushed a 93-mph fastball 438 feet to bring the Bucs to within one run and halt the no-hit attempt.
Wacha walked Russell Martin immediately after, and that ended his day.
"Some kind of postseason outing for a young man in his first postseason game," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle remarked afterward.
Martinez took hold of the one-run lead and got a key assist from Molina, who threw out pinch-runner Josh Harrison attempting to swipe second. Martinez, one day after shouldering the Game 3 loss, closed the inning with a strikeout of Jose Tabata.
"I was very excited that they trusted me in a very tough situation," Martinez said, with teammate Jaime Garcia translating.
Rosenthal, the third rookie right-hander to take the mound for the Cardinals, then earned his first postseason save by getting through a stressful ninth. A two-out walk to Neil Walker brought up Andrew McCutchen and brought out Matheny for a mound visit.
"It was basically just an opportunity to breathe," Matheny said. "I made a couple of light comments, and then reinforced to him the fact that he's got a whole group of guys behind him that have all the faith in the world in him, and just trust himself, trust the team behind him and he's going to get us through it."
After falling behind, 3-0, Rosenthal retired McCutchen on a popup to complete the one-hit win.
"It's easy to go out and have confidence in yourself," Rosenthal said, "when you know you have a team like that backing you up."
That sealed Wacha's win and final line, which when combined with his last start, looks like this: two hits, four walks, 18 strikeouts and one run in 16 innings. In 16 1/3 innings against the Pirates this season, Wacha allowed one run on three hits.
"He was just as good if not better than what we saw last time," Walker said. "He's kinda been their Gerrit Cole -- basically he did to us what Gerrit did to them."
But whereas Cole went as the heralded top pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, Wacha went untouched for the first 18 picks the year after. Waiting with selection No. 19 -- a pick they had as compensation for Albert Pujols' departure -- the Cards snagged the lanky right-hander out of Texas A&M University.
From there, the impressions began to build. General manager John Mozeliak met him for the first time when Wacha traveled to St. Louis to sign his professional contract. It was Wacha's voluntary and sincere interaction with an elderly friend of Mozeliak's that struck him more than the bullpen session Wacha threw on that day.
"That just shows you the type of personality that he has," Mozeliak said. "A lot of times you compare to like an Adam Wainwright as far as his personality, and I think if you're going to be compared to Adam, that says a lot."
The comparisons to Wainwright continued. Wacha stands only an inch shorter than Wainwright's 6-foot-7. Both right-handers feature a dominant offspeed pitch. Wainwright made one distinction on Monday, though, reminding everyone that "when I was 22, I was terrible."
Wacha left Spring Training with the Cardinals believing he'd make a big league impact this season. It came earlier than expected due to injury, but the Cards were still cautious in monitoring his innings so there would be no Stephen Strasburg-like shutdown late.
"We wanted him to gain experience," Mozeliak said. "But we didn't want it to be a workload that would preclude him from being used at the Major League level in August, September or, of course, October."
With his start on Monday, Wacha became the first first-round pick since Barry Zito (2000) to start a postseason game less than two years after being drafted. He finished it by carrying a no-hitter deeper into a postseason game than any rookie in baseball history.
"He's overly mature, very confident," Carpenter said. "But he keeps it in the way he's supposed to. He respects the game, and he goes out and competes. It was so much fun to watch him do it tonight."
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Last reviewed June 2016 by Adrienne Carmack, MD
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