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Final night of '11 still resonates with Rays
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
Rays fans won't soon forget that night at Tropicana Field, though the crowd of 29,518 has swelled considerably since. The Rays trailed the Yankees, 7-0, in the eighth before tying the game with two outs in the ninth when Dan Johnson hit a game-tying homer to send the game into extra innings. During that same period, the Orioles came back to defeat the Red Sox in Baltimore. Evan Longoria then hit a walk-off home run in the 12th inning to propel the Rays into the playoffs as the American League Wild Card winner.
The season ended on a Wednesday, which turned out to be a brilliant move by Major League Baseball. Instead of having to fight the NFL for America's attention, MLB had the spotlight.
Not only were fans paying attention, but so were players in other clubhouses -- becoming fans themselves. Count Scott among their numbers.
He was with the Orioles on the final day of the 2011 season.
"I'd already had [right-shoulder] surgery, so I was in the clubhouse during the game," Scott said. "The guys were battling. I was sitting in the clubhouse watching the game with some of my teammates, guys that weren't playing. We were following back and forth.
"We were pulling for Tampa Bay. They were down, 7-0, and we were like, 'Dang-it, we've got to beat Boston, so we can force this playoff.' And then the next thing you know the score [in St. Petersburg is] 7-6. Then it's 7-7. And we're going into the ninth against one of the best closers in the game."
If Jonathan Papelbon could preserve a 3-2 lead, the worst fate the Red Sox could have suffered would have been a one-game playoff with the Rays to determine the American League Wild Card.
Initially, the Boston closer looked overpowering, striking out Adam Jones and Mark Reynolds. Both went down swinging.
But Chris Davis disrupted Papelbon's mojo by hitting a line-drive double to right. Kyle Hudson entered the game as a pinch-runner with Nolan Reimold stepping to the plate. He followed with a ground-rule double to right-center to drive home Hudson and tie the score at 3.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter did not pinch-run for Reimold, whom Scott said is "really fast" even though that is not a well-known fact. Robert Andino finished off the rally with a single that dropped into left field in front of former Ray Carl Crawford to drive home Reimold with the winning run and set off a raucous celebration at the plate.
Being in last place like the Orioles were last year usually makes the final day of the season a "miserable" experience, according to Scott. Winning two out of three against the Red Sox to end the season, however, offered some solace to Baltimore.
"It was awesome, just a beautiful thing," Scott said.
The outspoken Scott is not a fan of Red Sox fans, making the events of Sept. 28 even more special.
|"When you're living it, you don't really process the whole thing."
-- Joe Maddon,
on Rays' rally in final game to make playoffs last season
Scott dodged the ensuing Orioles dog pile on the field at the end of the winning rally -- surgically repaired shoulders don't fare well in said situations. Nevertheless, Scott enjoyed the electric atmosphere.
"The clubhouse afterward was like we'd just won the World Series -- a lot of celebrating, a lot of high emotions," Scott said.
Those emotions escalated a notch moments later when Longoria made the Rays winners with a homer.
"Everybody's giving high-fives, then all of a sudden [Longoria] homers," Scott said. "Everybody's in the clubhouse and it's like, Bam! And we're like, 'Go home Boston! Pack your bags. See you next year.'"
Once he'd showered and packed his things for the offseason, Scott headed for his car and started home.
"I got to see a priceless thing driving back to my apartment," Scott said. "I see all the Boston fans walking around, and I mean they were crying crocodile tears. People were like this, walking side by side."
Scott wrapped his arm around a reporter's waist and began to wail to demonstrate.
"It was like someone shot their dog. I rolled down the window and I'm like, 'Ah, hah, sucks doesn't it, when someone laughs or makes fun of you when things aren't going your way.'"
Carlos Pena is back with the Rays after a one-year hiatus with the Cubs. He remembered being in the visitors' clubhouse in San Diego watching the final night unfold.
When Johnson had two strikes on him against Yankees hurler Cory Wade, Pena became prophetic when talking to Cubs outfielder Marlon Byrd.
"At two strikes, I said, 'Dan Johnson is going to hit a home run right now,'" Pena said. "He said, 'Why do you say that?' I said, 'Because that's just what I think a good script would be.' Then he did it. He hit a home run. I almost died. [Byrd is] like, 'I can't believe this.' So I called it.
"Everybody got a kick out of that, because I kept on telling them there was some magic going on with the Rays. I went nuts. I felt excited for the ballclub. I wasn't even part of it, but I felt like I was part of it. I'm like, 'It's time for me to play the lottery after that.'"
New Rays reliever Burke Badenhop played for the Marlins in 2011, and they had already finished by the time the final drama went down on Sept. 28.
"I was watching one of the games on TV and the other on my iPad," Badenhop said. "I went to college with Nolan Reimold, and I'm like, 'Let's see what happens.' And I know Robert Andino a little bit, because we played together on the Marlins, so I'm flipping over, flipping back. And it was really weird, because I'm like, 'There's no way that happened in the span of five or 10 minutes.' I thought it was like a replay."
Badenhop's reaction to Longoria's home run awakened his wife.
"She's like, 'What happened?' And I'm like, 'The Red Sox lost and the Rays won -- they literally just got into the playoffs,'" Badenhop said. "That was just awesome. You hear some fans say that baseball is boring and slow. But the next day, [the way the 2011 season ended is] all people could talk about -- people who probably weren't huge baseball fans."
Sam Fuld, who drove in the first run in the Rays' eighth-inning rally with a bases-loaded walk, wrote a first-person account for grantland.com about what took place that night. Here's the beginning passage from that account by the Rays outfielder:
"I like to consider myself a coordinated person. I make a living running after baseballs in the outfield, sometimes dodging bullpen mounds, dancing along unpadded walls, even leaping over oncoming teammates on occasion. I think I could more than hold my own on those Japanese obstacle course TV shows. But when Evan Longoria lined a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 12th inning against the Yankees during the last game of the 2011 season to put us in the playoffs, and it came time to climb the three steps that lead from our dugout to the field, I lost all semblance of body control. I ate it. Face-first."
Manager Joe Maddon will most remember the resulting refrain from that night.
"When you're living it, you don't really process the whole thing," Maddon said. "But I don't know how many folks texted me or emailed me the entire offseason that it was the best night they had ever witnessed with Major League baseball. And then they asked, 'What was it like for you?' And that seems to be the overriding question and refrain. Everybody pretty much agrees that it was the most exciting night of baseball they had ever seen."
And what about Longoria, the man who finished off the night with an exclamation point? Has he noticed anything different about his treatment in the aftermath of his historic blast?
"It was funny. This offseason I took a trip to New York City, and usually New York City is pretty good about being hospitable to their own athletes and visiting teams and players," Longoria said. "But I swear, I've never seen more doors open and carpets rolled out. I'm not even kidding you."
Longoria said he went to a restaurant that had an hour and a half wait and put his name in the hat for a table. Once the restaurant realized Longoria was in its midst, that wait evaporated.
"It was pretty crazy how one event can shape something in a city," Longoria said. "I think they were obviously so happy that Boston wasn't in the playoffs."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former political allies of San Diego's mayor are expected to talk further about the allegations of sexual harassment they have lodged against him.
Former Councilwoman Donna Frye and two lawyers have scheduled a news conference Monday.
San Diego's first Democratic mayor in 20 years is desperately trying to hold on to his office amid sexual harassment allegations made by Frye and some of his other closest supporters.
Frye announced last week that she received "credible evidence" that Filner harassed more than one woman and called for his resignation.
Filner has apologized and promised to seek help.
Frye worked briefly for the mayor as his director of open government. She didn't provide any specifics of the alleged abuse but says she has no doubt the allegations are true.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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Tatoosh Range > Plummer Peak > Climber's Log
Plummer Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Two of Five
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008
|Nice crux move at the tree..lots of fun. Next stop: Denman.
|Posted Sep 7, 2008 8:55 pm
|Dan Winter
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2005
|Bagged this on after Pinnacle.
|Posted May 1, 2008 1:27 am
|North Ridge
Date Climbed: Nov 9, 1978
|Climbed in winter conditions with my future wife, one week before we got married. Had snow and a wind chill of -17. Ice axes useful on this day.
|Posted Apr 23, 2008 3:00 pm
|Great scramble
|Same day as Pinnacle, climbed them both. Great exercise and views.
|Posted Mar 11, 2008 5:40 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2004
|Visited with friendly family of goats on the way up. Good root holds on the ascent.
|Posted May 25, 2007 4:38 pm
|OSAT Tatoosh Traverse
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 1996
|Six OSATers did the Traverse in the late spring from The Castle to Eagle, summiting them all. We camped just south of Lane Peak, which is the most enjoyable of the scrambles.
|Posted Aug 26, 2006 4:09 pm
|Trail to saddle, then up
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2006
|Fun climb, excellent weather. Scrambled up 30 foot gulley on way up, bypassed that on way down through rocks on the S side of ridge.
|Posted Aug 2, 2006 3:59 am
|Route Climbed; Standard 3/13/05
Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2005
|Combined with Pinnacle. Clear sunny day with great snow conditions. A walk up.
|Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:43 pm
|Jeffrey Zickert
|Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: 9-4-05
|Clear day at the start, and nothing but clouds on the top.
|Posted Sep 4, 2005 7:54 pm
|Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: August 13, 2005
|part of range traverse
|Posted Sep 4, 2005 1:50 pm
|Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: August 6, 2005
|Great views. Lots of people.
|Posted Aug 22, 2005 10:07 pm
|Route Climbed: August 6, 2005 Date Climbed: trail
|Gotta be one of the best views in the park. First visit to Rainier, amazing place.
|Posted Aug 15, 2005 11:51 pm
|Route Climbed: Pinnicle Peak Trail Date Climbed: September 2004
|Amazing views of Rainier on a clear day. St. Helens is also visible from this vantage point. Great day trip, I highly recommend.
|Posted Jun 20, 2005 10:58 pm
|Rick Kent
|Route Climbed: Plummer/Pinnacle Saddle Date Climbed: May 16, 2005
|Trivial peak. No visibility when I was there with cp but I imagine the views is exceptional.
|Posted Jun 6, 2005 6:05 pm
|Date Climbed: September 2001
|When, my husband and I summited Plummer Peak in September, 2001, we made a promise to attempt a summit of Mount Rainer together.
|Posted Jun 6, 2005 2:20 pm
|Route Climbed: from the Pinnacle-Plummer saddle Date Climbed: May 16, 2005
|Nice bonus peak after Pinnacle.
|Posted May 17, 2005 1:17 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Unicorn peak. Date Climbed: June 1994
|We spent the night just below the summit of Plummer after a long day of traversing and peak bagging. We hoped to complete the Tatoosh Traverse the following day. In the morning the weather was bad, and my gear was worse. We fled down the trail, hitched to the car at Snow Lakes trailhead, and started heading home. As we got to Ashford, outside of the park, the weather cleared. Grrrrrrr.
|Posted Oct 7, 2003 6:26 am
|Rainier Guy
|Route Climbed: Pinnacle Peak trail Date Climbed: August 24, 2003
|A short hike, and though you climb the whole way, it really wasn't too tough. Great view from the top.
|Posted Aug 25, 2003 10:08 am
|Route Climbed: Pinnacle Trail Date Climbed: August 23, 2003
|Slept ot the base, and scrambled up first thing in the morning. Did this as part of the Tatoosh Traverse. Easy scramble to the summit. Good spot for breakfast.
|Posted Aug 25, 2003 9:24 am
|Route Climbed: Pinnacle Peak Trail Date Climbed: October 12, 2002
|Short, easy hike - definitely not a destination peak by itself. This peak is traditionally combined with Pinnacle and Castle peaks and done as a traverse.
|Posted Aug 5, 2003 2:38 pm


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Remember The Rain? TheGr8's VGC Nationals 2012 Warstory
Posted July 18th, 2012 at 3:32 PM by TheGr8
TheGr8's VGC US Nationals Warstory
Checking out the place!
Checking out the place!
whats up everyone, its TheGr8 and to start this off I want to say that going to Nats was an amazing experience and my best in pokemon by far after going to 3 events (Newark,RI,Philly) I felt pretty good about trying to go the next stage which would be nationals.The name of this story is based on how I used Rain in RI and the song by Fort Minor, Remember The Name.
This will be long read and at first not many pictures which I should have done that here.
My story starts with right after Philly, I had gone 6-1 and I was really debating on if I should go to nationals or not. I started to save some money from working and asked for the weekend off anyway, didn't think I'd get it because inventory was starting and they said no time off. The month before nats was really hectic; I had 3 grads to go to which one was mine from community college, a prom, and to get ready for nationals all at the same time. So in that time, I had started to work with Ashby on a few ideas, but once he couldn't go to nats, I went back to my old idea and just stuck with it. 3 weeks before nationals, I started to work with Wolfey, to solidify my team since we realized we think similarly when it comes to playing; it helped me get an idea. So I went through a few ideas with wolfe, and then felt really good with my final result which will be posted later in the warstory. After I felt good about my team, I RNG'd what I could and then got two of my mons from other people cuz I couldn't do them and started playing on GBU. I had a set practice routine, seriously I at least played 30 matches a night if I could with my team so I could feel really solid with it.
Friday June 29th
This is going to start at midnight for me, because I was up till about 1:30 RNGing a last minute mon for wolfe, which I'm glad didn't take until I had to leave at 3 am to do! So I got about 2 hours of sleep, then had to be up and get ready to head to the Hartford airport! We got to the airport around 5:00 am, cuz we needed to go through security, so we made sure we got there in time! Our flight was boarding at 5:45, so we kinda had to grab a quick bite to eat before we got on the plane to head to Cleveland then connect flight to indy. So we board the plan, and I start listening to my VGC Nationals playlist, when I was allowed to use my electronic devices, I also played a bit of battle subway with my team just to keep playing with it.
Headed to Cleveland
After I started playing for a while, I was getting tired since I was up pretty late and I usually always fall asleep in a vehicle only if I'm not driving. After an hour and half flight from Hartford to Cleveland, we landed and had a layover for about an hour before heading out to Indy. I got some more food to eat, because I really hadn't eat much and sat down in the terminal, just waiting to board. I was getting so anxious because I just wanted to be in Indy already and see everyone again. It's about 830 by this time, and we start to board our connect flight to Indy, I'm getting really excited at this point because I know an amazing weekend is about to happen. The flight from Cleveland to Indy was only about 45 minutes, so I tried to take another quick nap, but that didn't work out too well. Finally around 10:30 I arrived in Indy, I rushed off the plane and was checking out the airport which was pretty huge. I walked around for a while before heading down to catch the shuttle to the Omni hotel. We wait for about 20 minutes for the shuttle, and it was wicked muggy outside worse than it was in Connecticut. Started texting birch and stuff telling him I was here, and that I'd prob chill at my hotel and find my way around for a while. We get to the hotel which was quite nice on the inside, got to the room, I had to finish ev'ing a mon for Wolfe, then I left to find my way around. I headed towards the convention center to get an idea of where to go, and then went to Johnny Rocket's for lunch. It was pretty good but they were so busy they burnt my burger and I was like ;___; yay burnt
After that meal, I decided to head over to the convention center where I saw biff and his friend pretty much until Birch,Ryuzaki,Human and Enfuego got down there. Once they arrived we waited for wolfe to get off his plane, then we headed over to the hotel where human got us lost, and sent us into Rotom-H lmao also where I gave sixonesix his hitmontop so he would have it for pre-reg. We got back to Wolfes room, and just chilled for a while until Wolfe wanted to get food so we walked back to the mall and he got 3 subs at subway and everyone else ate, since I had already eaten I didn't lol. On the way back we ran into Unreality and Charzaro who had just gotten there. Anyway after that we walked around, seriously couldn't find JiveTime all day, we split up and I got into line for pre-registration. I talked to a few people that were behind me, and then called birch and wolfe down even though wolfe didn't have to be in line right away.
The line for registration started to move and I talked to jio,thewolf and charzaro mainly about their trips to Indy. I also saw other people while in line, can't remember exactly who. I get up to the table and get registered for the tournament, After I registered I hung out with Jio, the wolf and Charzaro, Stormfront, and also met Cassie in that time. I went into the Convention center to watch TCG and to just go in there. After seeing Zachdro, Firestorm, Crow and many others. I went into the open gaming room and had a match with my buddy Sevrah, I ended up winning that match and he commented on how he liked my team and his team was pretty cool too. So after that I went to A&W with my mom who loves coming to events and traveling in general. At one point I went to the Crowne with Zachdro, Birch, Crow and Lucien, and we ended up seeing Snake there too, and we talked about how round one we would face explosion… lmao. I passed out so early that night from all of the flying, walking and staying up late to RNG a mon. I had to get some sleep for the big day.
Saturday June 30th,2012
Pikachu Shirt,Skarmbliss Pin, Headphones, Pokeball tag
I woke up at about 7:30 to get ready for the big day, I took a shower of course to follow Huy's rules for nats ;p and then got all my stuff ready to go making sure I didn't forget anything I needed. We stopped at Starbucks where I met tad38, and introduced myself. I had a mocha cookie crumble frappiccino with a danish and oh my gosh was that delicious. After I was done with that I was really anxious to get going to the convention center and meet up with everyone. I get down to the convention center and right away I see the group which was kindergang, birch, wolfe, enfuego, jivetime, and many others. I got a small pep talk from wolfe before everything started. Right as we were about to check our pairings we all got in a huddle and chanted
Strong photo
It was funny because some people thought that's how we relieve stress lol, which I found quite funny to hear. Some more pre game pictures (:
Talking to Jivetime
Wolfe,Amarillo,Human and Birchy talking it up before matches.
Oh my god Ryuzaki's face..... lmao
So we check the pairings for the meeting and I go sit down at my table and I totally forgot his name from here.
So yeah we started talking about different things, and I knew it wasn't our r1 matchups because they do this for most of the events. We sat their listening to the rules which was normal stuff to us, kinda just excited to play already. At this point we get dismissed then the announcement of that pairings are up for round 1 are up, I was so nervous to see who I would be paired up against. But first let's use HM dive and look into my team
Rainworks :]
So after Philly I decided to start working with players like Zachdro,Crow, and Ashby on teams, but always having this idea of rain room which is funny because even after trying other options I kept finding myself coming back to it. I started testing so many different ideas mainly with Wolfey because we have a similar thought process and we were practicing together before nationals. After a lot of hard work, and dropping mons and adding some I finally felt comfortable with this team so here we go
Thundurus (M) @ Flying Gem
Trait: Prankster
EVs: 140 HP / 56 Def / 152 SAtk / 160 SDef
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Substitute
- Thunder Wave
- Hidden Power [Flying]
Thundurus, a very viable pokemon in VGC with it's ability Prankster non damaging moves get +1 Priority. Reason I chose Thundurus for this team: A solid electric type pokemon, with prankster twave, making it viable if rain wasn't up that Ludicolo could go through pokemon like paper. Flying Gem Hidden Power Flying OHKOs so many pokemon and I ran modest to go against the meta and everyone using Calm Thundurus, Substitute was good to break peoples Gems like Egem, or even Fire Gem Overheat from Chandy or Rotom-H if rain wasn't up. Thunderbolt for obvious stab, and way better than Thunder, not relying on rain to be up to be 100% accurate can be a make it or break it in VGC. This EV spread I made, and I really liked it, kinda debated the defense evs, but it saved me against some normal damaging moves, and it was able to hit hard, and still have some of that good ole thundurus bulk.
Jivetime the Politoed (M) @ Wacan Berry
Trait: Drizzle
EVs: 240 HP / 128 SAtk / 140 SDef
Quiet Nature (+SAtk, -Spd)
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Encore
- Protect
Politoed, the reason for rain in rain room. Solid pokemon in general, I've always liked using it with Wacan, which is one of the better items for Politoed. The nickname was for Jivetime, of course! Surf was so I could restore some of Jellicents health, which I made politoed 1 stat point faster than Jellicent, so I could Surf – Water Spout depending on what I was up against or even just to regain some health. Ice Beam for coverage against Landorus, Garchomp, Latios, etc. Encore was my favorite move on this set, in round 2 I encored someone into Sucker Punch, giving me time to set up twaves, sub, and the right chance to take out the mon. Protect for obvious VGC reasons. EV spread was to have a little bit of bulk but still being able to dish out decent damage to the mons I listed before.
Birchy<3 the Jellicent (F) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 116 HP / 252 SAtk / 140 SDef
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Water Spout
- Shadow Ball
- Trick Room
- Recover
Offensive TR Jellicent? So strong. Decided this with wolfe, so I could hit decently hard, but have some spD bulk to it. You also might be thinking FOCUS SASH?!!? heck yeah focus sash, with all of the E-gem and even Dark Gem Crunches running around, I couldn't let Jellicent die first turn, mainly also having a fake outter as well helped. Water Spout is obvious if I had high health, I was using it, Shadow Ball for stab, seeing as I had 2 Ice Beam mons already, and I wanted to hit pokemon like Cresselia. Trick Room, so I could set up obviously, and Recover to get that HP back up from taking maybe a critical hit or something. Also being Modest let my politoed be slower by 1 stat point to get the Water Absorb activation before using Water Spout or even Shadow Ball. Nicknamed after Sapphire Birch
Zheng'd! The Ludicolo (F) @ Life Orb
Trait: Swift Swim
EVs: 36 HP / 252 SAtk / 220 Spd
Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)
- Hydro Pump
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam
- Protect
I used Ludicolo on my first team this season in RI and it's back for a vengeance on a different team, I wanted something that I could use inside and out of trick room, mainly so I didn't have to rely on anything for it. Nicknamed it after our 2 x Nationals Seniors Champion Aaron Zheng, and after playing for good reason. Ludicolo was my MVP, being so clutch in some crazy situations at nationals. At first I had a crazy set for Ludicolo, but then I decided I needed some thing with good coverage to hit hard and Life Orb Ludicolo is it. Hydro Pump with LO OHKOS so many things that don't resist, giga drain does ¾ to Gastrodon through Rindo Berry, and Ice Beam to cover. Protect is obvious for scouting and such.
Wolfe Pack the Scrafty (F) @ Chople Berry
Trait: Moxie
EVs: 212 HP / 156 Atk / 140 SDef
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Fake Out
- Drain Punch
- Crunch
- Detect
Scrafty, what can I say, I love this poke. I decided to use one instead of Hitmontop, which could have been an option. Fake Out to help set up TR, Drain Punch and Crunch for stab and detect for the obvious reasons. I nicknamed this poke after of course the Wolfe Pack <3 and because wolfe used scrafty last year, and I worked with him the most on this team The ev spread was to live dragon gem dracos, like in the battle with Josh (below). Scrafty would be my slowest mon in TR, and it was such a great mon to use. Human, I love you for this lololol.
Scizor (M) @ Bug Gem
Trait: Technician
EVs: 116 HP / 252 Atk / 140 SDef
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Bullet Punch
- Bug Bite
- Feint
- Protect
Ahh Scizor, I barely used it, but still he rocks. Bullet Punch for the stab priority with technician, bug gem bug bite, does so much to Cress, and many other mons. Feint for those who like to stall out Trick Room, or if I want to KO a poke, feint breaks protect then attack, which is always nice to be able to do, protect is needed with the fire mons out.
So this is my version of rain room, i liked how I can be unpredictable with the leads and often be able to change up what I can do. This team was really fun, and it felt solid, if I had some more play with it more than the 2-3 weeks I think I would have been better off but let's get this started with the battles! Just a fair warning I didn't really take notes at Nationals, I feel like it would take away from my game play, and I didn't want that happening so I'm going to do the best I can with this. Also if any of these players have videos saved I can upload them in great quality or if you have the rest of the team you used thatd be nice too.
Match 1: vs Mingot
TheGr8: Jellicent-Scrafty-Poli-Ludi
Mingot: Jelllicent-Metagross-??-??
At first I didn't realize who I was playing until after, and then I felt dumb because it hit me after the battle but yeah.
So turn one, I faked out his Metagross, so he couldn't get an attack up, I got shadow balled by his Jellicent, and set up trick room. At this point I protected with Scrafty fearing the Meteor Mash or Iron Head, so then across my screen it says Metagross used Explosion, He didn't realize that Jellicent didn't get affected or something? And I had protected so he just KO'd himself .__. It's kinda funny because Lucien,Birch and I were joking around to losing to Explosion in round one. Then Shadow Ball his Jellicent, I think I took out his Jellicent.
Match 2 vs Anthony Rossano
TheGr8: Thundurus-Scrafty-Politoed-Ludicolo
Once I saw Murkrow, I was like okay Tailwind and Featherdance, but I didn't end up bringing TR because I wanted to try something different. So I led with Thundurus and Scrafty, I took the risk and faked out Volcarona, and didn't get burned thank god, and he set up tailwind, and I tbolted with Thundurus to take out Murkrow. All I can remember after that, is I was able to lock his bisharp into sucker punch with encore politoed and that I got rain up and I started twaving everything. Ludicolo pretty much came in late came and cleaned up, the toughest mon on his team was eelektross, really bulky but after a few solid hits it wasn't too big of a problem.
Match 3 vs Josh Conrad
Battle can be seen here: TheGr8 vs Josh Conrad
This match was wicked tough, his cart was registered somehow in the tournament because I think he changed a poke so he had to reregister so we had to wait while everyone was playing and it was kind of distracting being next to the tv and hearing another battle, but it was like I kinda wanted to watch it while I waited. He was a pretty chill guy, and it was a good battle.
Match 4 vs Tiffany aka Shiloh from Magma
At first I didn't know what to expect when I saw her team, I saw Arcanine and right away was like wow Arcanine is my favorite, and she commented on how she liked my plushies so that was cool. So basically to sum up this battle was be getting snarled by Arcanine, and it being SUPER bulky, I only was able to take care of one mon, and it was a tough game because Scizor was used differently. I basically couldn't do anything because of snarl and Arcanine being so bulky which kinda hurt because Arcanine so strong. It was a good game and I wished her good luck!
Match 5 vs DukeTheDevil
TheGr8: Thundurus-scrafty-Politoed-Ludicolo
Duke: Heatran-Gyarados-Abomasnow-Rotom-W
I believe he led with Heatran-Rotom and I led with Thundurus Scrafty, so I faked out his Rotom, and Twaved his Heatran and got the first turn para, I apologized right away because that was early game hax, but that was a foreshadow for the match,.So basically turn 2 I get two turn para and I hit it with Drain Punch, he had chople and I didn't a little less than half, and I tbolted Rotom, he tbolted scrafty I believe and it didn't do all that much. Predicting him to switch Heatran for Gyarados I tbolted heatran and it went to low red through wacan on Gyra, and I finished off Rotom but yeah that's all I can remember really until the end, His abomasnow was paralayzed and we had about the same health if he got parad it was over cuz I was going for Ice beam, but he got the protect and then time stalled to win, I was kinda disappointed but knowing I really played well, even he commented on how I was outplaying him hard at the start, it was a good game, and the closest I had all day. GG duke!
Match 6 vs ??
I don't remember what his name was but I think he ran standard mons, and I just used TR cuz I knew I would be able to win with that seeing his mons. This is really the only match that I can't match up correctly, but I ended up winning after a 2 L streak.
Match 7 vs ??
TheGr8: Jellicent-Scrafty-Toed-Ludicolo
Oponnent: Whimsi-Volc-Terrakion-??
This match was big because I needed to keep winning to get into top cut. From the preview I saw Whimsi, Volc, and Terrakion, and I deff misread this team. I was sure I would get taunted turn one, and boy to I regret it. If I had set up TR, the outcome would have been different, instead he set up sunny day, I used Shadow Ball on Whimsi and I think I went balls deep and faked out his Volc which didn't burn me luckily. It turned out that not setting up trick room would cost me the game because Volc got a critt on scrafty which mattered since mine was super sp.d as you can tell. So after that he just proceeded to take me out, even when I sent in toed he sunny dayd and there was really nothing I could have done about it, he played a great game though. I ended up taking out 2 mons but it wasn't enough to regain the edge with my turn one mispredict, gg. I sit there for a minute or two realizing that I can't make top cut now, but just looking into the next round still hoping to finish over .500.
Match 8 vs Stephen
TheGr8: Jellicent-Scrafty-Thundurus-Ludicolo
Stephen: Politoed-Ludicolo-Kingdra-Meta?
I knew after being 4-3 that I was determined to win this match, I didn't want to break even at Nats, I sat down next to Sapphire Birch who was in the same state as I was. So from the team preview, I see fast rain, similar to the team that I ran in Rhode Island. Right away I have the edge running rain room, because his team is easy to read. I lead with Jellicent Scrafty and he leads with Politoed Ludicolo, so he fakes out Scrafty and I go for TR, I think Politoed protected iirc. So I set up TR and from there I believe I just single targeted each mon. It was like a 2-0 win for me after it was all said and done, mainly because we used some of the same pokes so it was countering that certain mon, and being able to hit with TR up. After the win I shook his hand and said gg, and after that just smiling knowing I went 5-3 at nats. Sitting next to birch was tough though because he had lost and I had said my encouraging statements to him while playing my match, and he kinda watched my battle as well.
Here are some pictures I took between the rounds (:
TR_Jesse and I with our Growlithe's this was so epic :]
CakesofSpan and I with his Foongus!
Kindergang,Chode signs awe yeah
Jio and I
Charzaro and I
Jivetime and I finally got a picture together damn!
Wolfey and I Wolfepack!!
After my final match, I went over to Wolfe, Human, Zheng, Kinderlew, and group how I did and it felt pretty good even to go 5-3. I caught up with a bunch of players really and before seniors started I had to go get food because I was starving after playing all day but before that I got my awesome tshirt lol the raffle tickets and our promo card but then was like god damn im hungry. So I ended up getting a hot dog from the stand at the convention center So while the seniors got ready to play their matches we figured out who would be playing each other in the top cut matches for masters tomorrow it was going to be an interesting day for sure. I ended up getting 34th in my flight, which I kinda knew I had a chance of t64 which I was completely okay with. After I had eaten I had met up with players like werecario, greysong, sixonesix, so many different people that day it's so hard to keep track of everyone. Even during the rounds I met so many other players I hadn't met previously such as Evan, tr_jesse, Huy, Mingot who I played r1, got in the video with Kindergang lol, Tyler, just so many people it's hard to remember exactly when I saw everyone. So anyway after I had eaten I sat down with Birch, Crow, Jivetime,Werecario, and his friends and watched the seniors and needless to say that was a long afternoon to watch teams like mono outrage ;__; We were trying to help Lucien stay on track after dropping game one and seeing how the others from team #seniors were doing.
Zheng getting in the zone
Lucien playing with Birchy Latias on the table
After the rounds were over for both juniors and seniors we heard that babbytron didn't make top cut and for anyone who saw him after that it was so hard to watch, and other seniors like Maski (Same Rank buddies ) Lucien, JRank, V17 didn't make the cut for seniors. I talked to them and hung around the convention center with people for quite a while like walking back and forth just hanging out. Soon after the seniors were done I went to the Open Gaming room with Stormfront and had a battle with him, it was kinda haxy and I ended up winning, but it was a really fun battle. After that we met back up with people and again just hung out kinda winding down from the day. Before I left I sat with Jivetime and Ben7000 and showed them my round 3 battle and I battled Ben for fun. So it was like 7 o'clock, and I wanted to go to Hard Rock, cuz well we collect stuff from there, we have so many now including indy, spain, and pretty much anywhere I've ever traveled so I ate there, saw some other pokemon players, and team magma was there also and ate which was pretty awesome. I honestly don't remember what I did after that, I think I went back to the mall for a while saw some people, and called it an early night because after 8 battles it gets exhausting.
Sunday July 1st,2012
Nats shirt, Skarmbliss Pin, dog tags
So I woke up pretty damn early because I wanted to get ready, so I got my Nats shirt on, with my skarmbliss pin (thanks Ryuzaki). Then I proceeded to head down to Starbucks which was connected to my hotel that was awesome. I ordered my cookie crumble again with my Danish, was pretty close to done when Cybertron, Tad, and TTS walked in, so I started talking to Aaron as he was waiting a good 5 minutes for a drink lol.I was done as Aaron finally got his drink, and I walked with them to the Covention Center talking to TTS for a bit about how he did in swiss. So yeah we got to the convention center and I see everyone from Masters, except Zachdro and Crow, come to find out they were almost late thank god for Mama Birch taking over there lol. So they all sat down and got ready for top cut, and I was with Greysong and TR_Jesse in front of the masters screen watching Crow play his first match, and being near the Cassie vs Wolfe match up which was intense.
Cassie vs Wolfe Top 32
After the TV battle, I was kinda with Jio and the wolf asking about Cassie's battle, which I was right up to the white tables, and I'm just thinking this is a tough match up for me to watch lol.So the first round of Top Cut is over, and we discuss the top 16 pairings with the players who won, and I got a picture with Cassie :before she went back to sleep lol
Cassie and I Gastrodon Buddies
After that I went back with Grey and TR_Jesse, to watch Crow yet again on screen, it was kinda insane how he got on 3 times in a row lol. Anyway we watched some pretty good matches on the tv esp when it came down to game 3 and Harrison needed to have rotom-w and we were all like lets go rotom and it was his virizion which worked out even better for the situation lol. So yeah after that it was crow again on the screen in top 8 but he had lost this one, and I was pretty much socializing most of the time and walking around the CC because we had seen Crow on screen all day. I got some more pictures with people (:
Zachdro and I (SleepOrb!?!?!?!)
Firestorm and I
Dozz and I this guy is so funny, wish you lived here man
So yeah I pretty much watched and cheered on Wolfe, and stuff and we tried to get Wolfe and Human on the screen for T8 which would have been great but they told Crow they couldn't move him? Anyway so we watch that and I'm just excited to see Top 4, the Wolfe and Human match was a good one from what they told me, and it ended up being Wolfe vs Mangosol and TTS vs Sandman. Seniors was a little bit a head of the masters so grey, tr jesse and I decided to go check out Zhengs match, it was game one, During his matches I got a few pictures in the time we had.
Kenan and I bros! This kid is PrettyBoySwag
Greyson and I this guy is so awesome. *holding sprite bottle* "mhmmhmhmhmhmh SOULS!"
Left to Right: StormFront,Spence,Kinderbro,Kinderlew,Sapphire Birch, Me, Jivetime, Zachdro and TAD creepin'
I ended up recording it even though he lost, which kinda sucked but then masters was going to start so I got a seat with in the second row next to ray, and a few other players and started recording the semis. Which holding up my camera because I forgot my tripod back home in CT really sucked ): We howled when Wolfe won his first match and we saw him do his dance thing it was kinda funny as hell I wish I recorded him doing that lmao.
Kinda like this lol MUMMY
Anyway so watching Wolfe beat Mangosol in the semis it was time for lunch break but before I went over to Wolfe and said good job and then saw the other game on screen which sandman was able to beat TTS to make it in the finals, which I could imagine for the people still playing were so hungry even though they gave us only like 20-25 minutes to do anything before the finals started. Once again a huge group went to the food court to eat, and I just stayed around talking to other players that had stuck around the convention center as well. Just waited for everyone to get back then I met up with Greysong, TR_Jesse, and Jivetime and grabbed chairs and sat kind of in the back but right in the center of the masters tv. I ended up having to delete the semifinal matches and Zheng's one battle so I could record the finals. I can't believe I forgot my other memory card at home as well. Anyway we sit there and talk for a little while and I try to get the camera to focus on the screen and I finally ended up getting it in pretty good quality. I was excited to see the first match because I haven't seen Sandman really play yet, so it was going to be interesting. I was cheering on Wolfe and Zheng, and watching Wolfe take game one was a sigh of relief because I had been working with him, and I knew his hard work would pay off. I get set up for match 2 TR_Jesse grooms my Growlithe plush, because it was really bad lol, we watch wolfe win again and repeat as 2x Nationals Champion right after we all run over to the seniors tv and watch Zheng also repeat. ZHENG DYNASTY LIVES!!! :
Some people had to leave right after the finals were over, so I said good bye to them, and I ran over to Wolfe and Aaron to congratulate them with Jivetime and a few others. We also missed the first group picture ): So we decided to take another picture which started out like this…
Stormfront,Me,Jivetime,Enfuego(Back), Wolfey,Human,Metabou,Ryuzaki,Amarillo,Zachdro
Out of the corner of my eye I see everyone come in and photobomb but really made it a group picture, which was quite awesome!
My group photo since I missed the first one lol
Aftter that picture I went over to Aaron and watched everyone take picutres with him then I got one witth the 2 x Champ!
Zheng and I
After that I'm just walking around talking to players before I was going to leave and I got some more pictures right before I was leaving so here we go.
Unreality,Cybertron, Me.
Unreality,Cybertron, and me again!
Crow and I! Theorymon champs
Ray Rizzo and I! So awesome to see ya again man
Enosh and I!
Enfuego and I ! oh Ryuzaki is in this too.
After all of these fun pictures, I said good bye to everyone so I could get something to eat before my flight to Cleveland. We get to the airport and head up the terminal and I see TTS and CakesofSpan waiting to board their plane, so I head over to the times thing and my flight is delayed 2 hours ): We went over to our gate and sat down, I decided to kill time I would watch some American Dad on Netflix which I love people able to do that. After about an hour or two Josh Conrad, my third round opponent was in the terminal next to mine, and since the delay flight our flights left around the same time. So we had another battle and he had beaten me this time, and I looked through a neat book he had from 4th gen, and by that time it was time for him to board, and we had to as well. I was already a bit frustrated because I wasn't sure what would happen with our connect flight to Hartford, because they hadn't told us anything about it. We boarded our plane, which from Indy to Cleveland is only a 40 minute flight if that. We land there and head over to where we can talk to reps for our airline, some dude was arguing for 10 minutes and kept coming back. They told us our flight had left already and we'd have to take the 7:30 am flight in the AM and stay in a hotel for the night. I was like omfg really? I have work at 11 this is going to suck. We got picked up in a shuttle for the hotel and oh my god, there was a snoody ***** who missed her flight that was annoying the whole ride, and legit the van was PACKED with tons of small children and the two parentals. We finally got to the hotel around 10 pm, and I pretty much wanted to sleep because it was a long day and we had to be up really early to get to the airport. I walked around the hotel looking for a food vending and of course they didn't have anything besides drinks, I was like ugh I haven't eaten for a while. So yeah this is pretty much the end of the story, besides me calling my manager at 930 am when we landed in CT saying I'd be late and he joked unacceptable tom, jk drive safe and take your time lololol. I couldn't believe the weekend was over which really hit me when I got to work.
Wolfey: Thank you so much for working with me praacticing, teambuilding, it really boosted my confidence, I owe you greatly
Cybertron: If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be the player I am now. Thanks for working with me all the time, and ya know making me better.
Birchy: Been hanging out with you since RI, never a dull moment my school girl
Jivetime: Finally got to chill with you it was so awesome!
Cassie: Gastrodon buddy it was great to finally meet you after talking on IRC
TR_Jesse: It was awesome to meet and hangout, we both had growlithe plushies it was epic :]
Greysong: SOULS! you're so awesome and it was great to meet you.
Ray: You were mad chill to talk to and glad you remembered me fron Newark regis lolol troll team
Unreality: My NE Bro! It was awesome to see you again and for also helping me
Kindergang: I love you guys, best times ever with the gang.
Zachdro. Ashby, Crow: THEORYMON<3 you guys are the best.
Cakes of Span: DIE FOONGUS, jk it was awesome to meet you bro!
Shii and Biosci: For two of my mons <3 couldn't have done it without you guys
Kenan: Pretty Boy Swag <3
Human: You led us into Rotom-H, it was awesome to chill again man
Enfuego: You're just a boss at Swiss nuff said.
Mac: Always playing VGC with me glad you got into it man.
Blade: Shaymin was the best <3 you gave me support too, and shaymin of course
Dozz: You are hilarious, you and that accent bro, you almost took over the US.
My Mom: for supporting me, and loving the pokemon community as a whole, she loves how sportsmanlike it usually is.
and everyone else, it was so awesome to meet all of you and hanging out with you guys throughout the weekend as well (: you guys made this weekend so amazing thats why there are so many shoutouts :]
If I forgot anyone let me know
- Getting top 64 5-3 at nats
- Meeting so many new players from all over the US
- Hanging with the bros, it was a great time
- Steak N' Shake sooo awesome
- Growlithe Plushies
- Getting so many pictures this time.
- Not losing to r1 explosion sorry Mingot lmao
- Got in the Kindergang video
- Eating a burnt burger at Johnny Rockets
- Losing to my favorite pokemon was heartbreaking
- Not making top cut
- Forgetting my tripod and extra memory card
I was finally here guys :]
I really hope you guys enjoyed reading this, I'll be doing some edits as I need to, Nationals was by far the best event ever and I am so looking foward to next years regionals and nats :] I will not be going to worlds this year, if it was in San Diego I might have, but Hawaii I can't do. It nice to meet everyone and hope to see you all next year Thank you to everyone who made this weekend amazing.
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Developing cellular applications with cheap development boards like Arduino and Raspberry Pi used to be fairly difficult. SparqEE aims to make it easier.
The folks at Sparqee.com have been making things for a while.
While working on a recent project that was meant to include cellular connections, they ran into somewhat of a roadblock: There were no small, cheap cellular development boards available for them to prototype with. This sparked the "Cell v.1.0," an open-source cellular development board, which has just gone live on Kickstarter.
The Cell v.1.0 allows users to add cellular communications to projects quite easily. The Cellular module snaps onto a jumper board, which breaks data out into only four pins (Vref, Gnd, Tx, and RX). Additional "shields" allow them to be stacked on top of Arduinos and Raspberry Pi boards. As you can see in the video, the Cell itself is less than half the size of the Arduino.
SparqEE is open-sourcing the entire project. Users can download the schematics, source code, PCB files, and even the server software. And there isn't any need to build your own server as the company also is offering users free use of their servers.
Although the developers say that setting up your cellular connection can be as easy as pulling the SIM card from your phone and inserting it into the Cell, many will want a more permanent solution. To this end, the company has negotiated deals that allow them to have SIM cards available that work anywhere in the world at fairly cheap rates.
They intend to support their community in any way possible as well, stating this on their blog:
The CELLv1.0 is a completely open source project that goes several steps further. Not only are all the design files, schematics, layouts, and code available, but we're providing a complete ecosystem for users including a freely available server and software available using a simple and straightforward RESTful API.
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UPDATE...The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is conducting a criminal investigation into the death of the 3-year-old Port Charlotte boy who died of a gunshot wound early Sunday morning.
"The investigation will be sent to the State Attorney's Office," Sheriff's Office spokesman Bob Carpenter said Monday Morning. "The State Attorney will determine if there will be charges."
Carpenter declined to say more. Calls to Sheriff Bill Cameron were not immediately returned.
Detectives said the child apparently gained access to an unsecured firearm and suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
Deputies were sent to a home in the 21300 block of Hubbard Avenue at 3:40 a.m. Sunday. EMS transported the child to Peace River Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
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Rimando won Save of the Week for Week 15 for his diving stop on LA forward Jose Villarreal's first half free kick in the first half of the Claret-and-Cobalt's 3-1 win over the Galaxy on June 8.
Rimando beat out Portland's Milos Kocic, Seattle's Michael Gspurning, Chicago's Sean Johnson and DC's Bill Hamid to take home the award. The vetern 'keeper has won Save of the Week four times this year; RSL has won the award five times, with defender Nat Borchers taking home the honor earlier this season.
Rimando is currently with the the U.S. national team ahead of Tuesday's World Cup Qualifier at Rio Tinto Stadium against Honduras. He'll be back with RSL for the team's June 22 home match against Seattle Sounders FC.


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Monster Video: Social Media and Employee Performance
Can employees be trusted to use social media responsibly in the workplace?
Does it negatively impact employee performance? In this Monster video, best-selling author David Meerman Scott (The New Rules of Marketing & PR, 3rd Edition, Wiley 2011) says that with proper social media policy in place, workers can access social networks at work. The surprising result is often increased employee productivity.
Video transcript:
I think that social media within companies is an issue of trust.
If you trust your employees to do the right thing -- you give them the guidelines, of course -- but you trust them to do the right thing, you should trust them in all aspects of their behavior.
If you trust people not to spend three hours in the bathroom -- they have to go the bathroom so you let them -- if you trust people to take an hour for lunch -- you know you don't necessarily have to look at the clock and say, "You know, that was 62 minutes!"
And so, the same thing is true of trusting people to use social networks like Twitter and Facebook and other social media platforms appropriately at work.
Yes, they can do something personal on Facebook, while they're at work. They can check out what their friends are up to, change their status on Facebook -- that's perfectly fine. Because you're trusting them that they're not going to spend five hours on Facebook.
At the same time, the interesting corollary is that when you give them that trust, you earn it back so much because they're liable -- and many people tell me they do this all the time -- they're liable to work on the weekends.
They'll fire up their computers, check their work email account -- maybe do a little bit of work on a Saturday afternoon. Or on a Sunday morning -- or at 9pm on a Thursday night.
And so the trust that you give them to do the right thing -- during office hours -- almost always comes back to pay you, in dividends. Because then they're willing to work on "their time."
Now in my father's day, you were at work at 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. And then there was some vacation time. That is so blurring in our world today. People are at work at home on a Thursday evening at 9 o'clock, checking emails -- Saturday morning -- checking email…
At the same time, it's not a reason for you to say, "You can't check your Facebook on a Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at work."
Sure you can! By all means, go ahead and check your Facebook -- because we know that you're going to get your job done.
Now if there's someone who's violating that and not getting their job done, that's a different issue -- that 's an HR issue -- that's a employee behavior issue. You need to deal with that.
That's not a Facebook problem, that's an employee problem.
More insights from David Meerman Scott:
• Monster Video: Social Media and Real-Time Marketing
• Social Media Wisdom from the Grateful Dead: Be Yourself
• Use Social Media Monitoring to Track the Buzz about your Business


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Knight Transportation, Inc. (NYSE: KNX) announced today that David Jackson, President of Knight Transportation, Inc., is scheduled to present at the 2013 JP Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Defense Conference in New York City, NY on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 9:30 am EST.
Knight Transportation, Inc. is a provider of multiple truckload transportation services using a nationwide network of service centers in the U.S. to serve customers throughout North America. In addition to operating one of the country's largest tractor fleets, Knight also partners with third-party equipment providers to provide a broad range of truckload services to its customers while creating quality driving jobs for our driving associates and successful business opportunities for owner-operators.
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Can anyone identify this wasp from Asia?
I think we must all agreed its a dead Wasp was it necessary to kill it
Asia is big where did you kill it
I don't know where it was killed, it was given to me dead, and the only information on it was Asian wasp.
I have recently met the Original Poster and he is a very enthusiastic young entomologist who should be encouraged. If I may comment to basquesteve , I think it is a grave mistake to slap people down, without knowing anything about them, for collecting ('killing') specimens- that is a really good way to make sure we are the last generation of entomologists.
You say it is a dead wasp- maybe that's good enough for you, but many people would prefer a more definitive identification, and when dealing with a family (Ichneumonidae) with 60,000 described species (and tens of thousands of undescribed no doubt), differentiating between them all very usually requires critical examination of a specimen. The poster has now shown the specimen to an expert at NHM, and hopefully an identification is forthcoming (but only because he had the presence of mind to collect a voucher specimen).
The wasp emerged from a pupa of an Atlas Moth which was supposedly bred stock; this is interesting for two reasons. Firstly, it is a concrete host record, evidence that this is a parasitoid of a charismatic giant moth. Secondly it is evidence that the atlas moth larvae were wild collected, or at least open reared within their native range (i.e accessible to native parasitoids), which teaches us something about the sources of the pupae available on the market for the pet trade. Both these things are of interest to someone, and so knowledge is generated from this specimen having been collected.
I admit to being very concerned about the next generation of collectors/ entomologists/ scientists. I believe casual 'anti-collecting' remarks can nip promising talent, which often grows up in a non-scientific environment anyhow, in the bud. I note that on other posts you have supported taxonomy and the importance of taxonomists- the one is a necessary part of the other...
Thank you Max, the wasp has been identified and is from the genus Xanthopimpla.


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With the help of a private donation, Castro Elementary School has begun a program aimed at improving the language skills young students who are struggling.
Shioupyn Shen and his wife, Sandy Wu, recently donated $22,000 to Castro to help the school provide more one-on-one reading instruction to first-, second- and third-graders who are reading below grade level.
Dr. Judy Crates, principal of Castro, said that helping children overcome reading problems at a young age is critical.
"Up until third grade you are learning to read," Crates explained. "After third grade you are reading to learn. If they don't know how to read by the end of third grade, they can't learn the curriculum from then on."
After a child matriculates from the primary grades -- first, second and third -- it becomes more difficult each year to play catch-up, she said. And because reading is essential to education -- "You need to be able to read before you can do word problems," she said -- falling behind in reading often proves disastrous for an academic career.
"The effort it takes on the part of the student and the staff to bring a fourth-grader who is far below basic back up to a basic reading level is very difficult," Crates said. "It is far easier to catch that child just as they are falling behind. And it is far more cost effective and far more productive."
Helping those who have fallen behind is not only advantageous for the lagging student, Crates said. It is also beneficial for the entire class. "It lifts the level of instruction for the entire classroom, because the teacher doesn't need to continuously pull kids out and teach concepts that were taught previously."
Crates has not hammered out all the details of how the program will work, but she said it will likely involve a combination of after-school and in-class programming, as well as special classes, where students will be pulled out of the regular class period on a regular basis to work on phonics and other language development skills, either individually or in smaller groups.
The program began over the April spring break, with what Crates called a "vacation school" -- two hours a day of concentrated reading and language skills over a five-day period. There will likely be more "vacation schools," she said.
"Reading is a practice-makes-perfect endeavor," Crates said.
A one-on-one approach is often needed to help kids learn, especially those living with parents who do not speak English fluently and who might not be able to point out a child's mistakes and correct them. "Every child is different and has personal hurdles they need to overcome to progress to the next reading level."
Sandy Wu, said that she had two children that attended schools in the Mountain View Whisman district, before she and her husband, Shioupyn Shen, moved their family to Saratoga.
Dr. Crates was the principal of Graham Middle School and Craig Goldman, the district's superintendent, was the principal of Huff Elementary School, when the couple's children were attending those two schools.
Wu called both Crates and Goldman "great educators" who are "devoted to education." As such, Wu said that she and her husband were very comfortable donating to the district.
The couple asked that their money be devoted to helping bring lagging students up to speed, because Wu said it would benefit the entire school as a whole as well as improve the lives of the children receiving individualized attention.
"My kids enjoy reading so much," Wu said, "and our whole family enjoys reading so much, we hope everybody will enjoy reading. We think that reading will really open up a whole world for the children."
The one-time donation will likely be spent by the end of next school year, Crates said, but that does not mean that it won't be valuable after that. Crates said the money gives her school some extra breathing room to try new things and that if the programs she implements yield results she may be able to allocate money from elsewhere in the school's budget to continue the programs indefinitely.
She certainly hopes the programs will be a success. "Reading improves thinking," Crates said, reiterating the value of developing strong language skills early in life. "That's how we learn to think about things -- by reading about them and thinking about them."


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The guy playing Demetri - I imagined as Caius
The guy playing Markus looks like Aro to me.
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DumBumm wrote:Now that they already ruined the casting for new moon, they should put this actor as Aro's wife!!!
CopperHead wrote:Um, I don't believe that's a real casting choice lunna-san, just a joke.
and dumbumm if you want your pre-conceived notions of an actor ruin a movie you haven't seen yet then that's your business.
DumBumm wrote::oops: Sorry guys , i was only joking.
To me, the only reason they chose the cast they got is because of looks... but of course know ones gonna care, just as long as we all fantasize over all of them.
Just like Solomon Trimble got replace,
Just as Jamie Campbell Bower is playing Caius...
And im going to have to agree with FindYourTrueCalling... Kristen Stewart as bella.
Dakota as jane, just because she was over exposed as jane from the media!!
I can bet you all once New moon is out every one is going to be team Caius... which really sucks for the fans who already were, (you know... the book Caius, not the movie Caius)
its not about acting, its all about looks in twilight movies!!
Hmm, thats why i adore HP, great actors!!
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PARIS (Reuters) - French allergy drug maker Stallergenes wants to grow abroad through partnerships and acquisitions, and hopes ongoing discussions could lead to a deal in 2013, its head said.
Stallergenes expects the European market to remain flat next year, with sales in Spain and Italy, which represent a fifth of the total, continuing to decline, Chief Executive Roberto Gradnik told Reuters in an interview.
"Our international expansion is a priority," Gradnik said. "We want to speed it up as much as possible ... We are always talking to many potential partners or targets."
The Paris-listed group, which competes with Danish drugmaker ALK-Abello, a partner of Merck & Co, could spend part of its roughly 80 million euros ($106 million) in cash on targeted acquisitions.
Gradnik is looking at Latin America, where growth prospects are promising, as well as new markets such as the United States. Stallergenes could also target companies in the world's biggest allergy drug market, Germany.
Founded in 1962, the company has expanded in Australia, Argentina, Russia and Turkey this year.
Stallergenes is talking with authorities about selling its flagship treatment, Oralair, which immunizes patients against grass pollen allergies, in the United States, and Gradnik hopes to make an announcement on timing in early 2013.
Sales growth next year will depend on the company's ability to offset stagnation in Europe, while operating profit is likely to be broadly stable, the CEO said.
Stallergenes is targeting a 2012 operating margin in line with last year's 23.3 percent and is aiming to grow sales by around 5 percent this year. Operating profit reached 55 million euros last year on sales of 235 million.
Shares in Stallergenes, listed since 1998, are little changed compared with the start of the year, valuing the company at 576 million euros.
Investment firm Ares Life Sciences, founded by Swiss businessman Ernesto Bertarelli, controls 73 percent of the company.
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Just when you think youve seen it all from our lawmakers in Washington, something like this comes along and you realize the situation is even worse than you thought.
On Aug. 2, 2011, our federal lawmakers raised the debt ceiling $2.1 trillion, on the condition that they cut spending by $1.2 trillion this year. If they failed to do that and so far they have failed to do that automatic budget cuts of $900 billion will go into effect on Jan. 2, 2013. ...
Currently in Washington, there is a growing panic over what effects sequestration would have on both the military and discretionary spending programs. Most concede that significant action to ward off sequestration is unlikely before the Nov. 6 election. That puts the load on the lame duck Congress, and perhaps a lame duck president, to deal with huge spending cuts at the same time the Bush tax cuts are due to expire, and for good measure, the debt ceiling will probably have to be raised again.
Here in the West, we refer to the confluence of such complex events as Ulcer Gulch.
True to form, Congress has now chosen to pass another bill, called the Sequestration Transparency Act, to force the president to specify what will be cut if and when sequestration hits. In other words, having agreed to a deal that would force them to cut spending, and having proven incapable of cutting spending themselves, they now indignantly demand to know how the president plans to cut spending.
Maybe after some new senators and representatives are elected in November, Congress can find the courage and fortitude to deal straight with the American people, and not resort to complicated gimmicks to simply spend less.
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This Communiqué from COP 17 asserts that young people can mobilize communities to use indigenous knowledge to respond to climate change.
Photo: AYSICCIKS
Round Table Discussions on the role of young scientists and indigenous knowledge systems in climate change adaptation and mitigation were organized at the COP 17 UN Conference on Climate Change by the African Young Scientists Initiative on Climate Change and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AYSICCIKS).
The discussions resulted in a communiqué that AYSICCIKS would like to share with the members of the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication. Click here to read the Communiqué >>
For more information, contact Anke Weisheit of AYSICCIKS. Anake is a member of the IUCN Comissions CEESP and WCPA.


text: Does anyone have an update on Watson and QB Sam Richardson? Know Richardson stated ankle was very sore post game during Friday interviews. Never heard how bad Jansen Watson was hurt. In my opinion we really need Watson healthy for Tech game next week. Tech's passing game is much better than UT's. I realize Nigel Tribune is young and talented, but he was a deer in the headlights versus Mike Davis before we switched Sam E Richardson on him. We need Watson out there instead of Tribune. Also, how much did Charlie Rogers play Thursday night? I think a key matchup versus Tech will be Brackens/Rogers against Jace Amaro, perhaps the best tight end in the Big 12.


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Netzob supports the expert in reverse engineering, evaluation, and simulation of communication protocols. Its main goals are to help security evaluators to assess the robustness of proprietary or unknown protocol implementations, simulate realistic communications to test third-party products (IDS, firewalls, etc.), and create an Open Source implementation of a proprietary or unknown protocol. Netzob provides a semi-automatic inferring process, and includes everything necessary to passively learn the vocabulary of a protocol and actively infer its grammar. The learnt protocol can afterward be simulated. Netzob handles text protocols (like HTTP and IRC), fixed field protocols (like IP and TCP), and variable field protocols (like ASN.1-based formats).
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In Comic Shops 4/30/2014: Rai #1
Apr 30, 2014
Publisher: Valiant Entertainment
A new monthly series from comics superstars Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain!
The year is 4001 A.D. , led by the artificial intelligence called "Father," the island nation of Japan has expanded out of the Pacific and into geosynchronous orbit with the ravaged Earth below. With billions to feed and protect, it has fallen to one solitary guardian to enforce the law of Father's empire — the mysterious folk hero known as Rai. They say he can appear out of nowhere.
They say he is a spirit...the ghost of Japan. But when the first murder in a thousand years threatens to topple Father's benevolent reign, Rai will be forced to confront the true face of a nation transformed...and his own long-lost humanity.
Item Code: MAR141386 In Shops: 4/30/2014 Price: $3.99


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GRAMMY GPS Interview Series Features Charlie Braxton, Chris Finney
Music journalist/author Charlie Braxton and GRAMMY-winning engineer Chris Finney were among the participants at the recent GRAMMY GPS: A Road Map For Today's Music Pro hosted by The Recording Academy Memphis Chapter. During the event, Braxton and Finney participated in an exclusive interview with GRAMMY.com, discussing topics such as their favorite GRAMMY moments, the language of music and the value of smaller markets.
"[Artists] need to understand that small markets are very important," said Braxton. "If you are able to conquer those markets and create a confederation of markets around it, you can actually create your own huge market."
Hailing from Mississippi, Braxton is a journalist, playwright, poet, cultural critic, and music historian who played a key role in chronicling the rise of Southern hip-hop. He has contributed to music publications such as Vibe, Rap Pages, The Source, and XXL, as well as The Washington Post. He is the co-author of Gangsta Gumbo, a book detailing the comprehensive history of Southern hip-hop. Currently, Braxton is working on his forthcoming book, Music & Politics, to be published in 2014.
"Being down south [in] Louisiana, you think, 'This is what we do and we understand it. But does the rest of the world understand it?'" said Finney regarding winning a GRAMMY for engineering Rebirth Brass Band's Rebirth Of New Orleans in 2011. "Participating in something that so many people connect to, that's the real reward. But … when Rebirth Brass Band wins a GRAMMY, you go, 'Holy cow, this is great!'"
A two-time GRAMMY-winning engineer, Finney has collaborated with artists such as Marcia Ball, Harry Connick Jr., Sonny Landreth, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Randy Newman, among others. In 2008 Finney won his first GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album for his participation on Dr. John's City That Care Forgot. More recently, Finney engineered Marcus Miller's Renaissance, which peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart earlier this year. Finney is the owner of the Music Shed, a New Orleans-based recording studio.


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How to break peaks in sport performances
Q: Sixty years ago, running a four-minute mile was thought to be impossible, though today's record stands at 3:43:13, and John Brenkus in his book "The Perfection Point" says we can do it even faster.
When the athletic cognoscenti -- those wise guys -- start talking about human peak performances in the 100-meter dash, longest golf drive and highest basketball dunk, what might they say?
A: The current record for the 100-meter dash is 9.58 seconds, but getting off the block within 100 milliseconds could push this to 8.99 seconds, says Mario Aguilar in "Wired" magazine.
In 2009, Usain Bolt sustained a blistering 27 mph for a 9.58-second finish. Next, "factor in a 3.7 percent physiological improvement, plus better environmental conditions, and the 9-second barrier could fall."
Similar analyses push the estimate of the longest golf drive from the current 418 yards to a theoretical 543. Gains here might come from golfers being several inches taller than the 5-foot 11-inch record-holder Jaime Sadlowski, along with greater body flexibility for a smoother swing and backswing, plus added muscle.
Finally, the highest basketball dunk currently stands at 12 feet, by both Dwight Howard and former Harlem Globetrotter Michael Wilson.
"How to best them?" poses Aguilar. For starters, be tall. Wilson was only 6 feet, 4 inches, but this could grow to 7 feet, 2 inches without sacrificing jumping ability.
"With freakishly long arms, that could mean a vertical reach of 10 feet, 9 inches. Figure in a 51-inch leap, add in the diameter of the ball, and you're slamming on the shot clock."
Q: We're here to congratulate you on being one of the truly lucky 7 percent and trust you would agree with our characterization, as would probably all your family, friends, acquaintances ... provided they're still lucky enough to be among the lucky 7 percent Seven percent of what?
A: You may have heard it said that with today's soaring world population, there are more people alive now than have lived throughout all of previous human history, says Caroline Williams in "New Scientist" magazine.
Not so! In fact, not even close, declares demographer Carl Haub. You can take today's world population of about 7 billion and then add in about 100 billion people who have died over the last 50,000 years, for a total of some 107 billion who have ever lived.
Dividing 7 billion by 107 billion yields about 7 percent of those ever born who are still living today. Lucky us!
Q: It's an eye-riveting YouTube party trick where so much cornstarch is dumped into a swimming pool that people can walk or even trot across the water's surface. How is this possible?
A: The suspended cornstarch particles convert the water into a non-Newtonian fluid with a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality, says Devin Powell in "Science News" magazine.
Though a hand can slide gently into the water, a punching fist might wind up with a broken wrist.
"The suspended particles join together like snow piling up in front of a snowplow," pushing back with a pressure rivaling the tip of a high heel shoe (the journal "Nature"). X-rays of the opaque muck suggest that sudden forces can squeeze water out of the spaces between the particles, leaving inter-particle friction to take over and causing the goop to behave more like a solid.
Physicist Daniel Bonn of the University of Amsterdam actually fired bullets into such suspensions to study how they thickened. Eventually science might understand how cornstarch solutions could be used to make "liquid" body armor by soaking Kevlar in similar mixes.
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In the Garden:
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December, 2005
Regional Report
Watching the sun rise over new snow will take your breath away and make you want to be outside!
In this season of reflection and reminiscence, it's also a good time to begin looking ahead to the next year. Perhaps as we enjoy the holidays with our families, we can also put together those resolutions for the 2006 garden.
A Half Hour in the Garden
One resolution that I always seem to make and am usually pretty good at keeping is to get out into the garden for at least half an hour each day, starting now. I started this habit by writing it on the calendar every day until it became a ritual. Now I look forward to it, even when it's cold and snowy. At this time of year, just having half an hour of sunlight on my face makes braving the cold worth it. Not to mention the good it does for my garden.
After our first big snow, I went out at sunrise and was overwhelmed as I always seem to be at the loveliness around me. Those common spruces standing throughout the yard turned the landscape into a magical kingdom. I vow to plant more next year.
I take one of my half hour walks to check the bird feeders carefully instead of my usual rush just to get them filled before hurrying off to something else. I make a note to keep searching to find exactly the right feeders. So far, I have one good one, and the skeletons of many that didn't last (yes, I resolve to throw those away). I need to find that perfect feeder that the birds will use, that's easy to fill, that the squirrels cannot chew apart, and that doesn't cost a mortgage payment to purchase.
Renewal pruning is a great job that can be done easily in half hour bursts. Shrubs like redtwig dogwood, hydrangea, spirea, lilac, and viburnum all need periodic removal of the oldest stems, so I just tuck my loppers in a back pocket and set off to do just one shrub at a time. This keeps the job much more manageable than if I had to do them all in the spring.
One other task I love to do in my half hour walks is to stand in various parts of the landscape and make notes. Even though everything is under snow, standing in each bed or corner brings back a mental image of the garden in full growth. I can make notes about what I want to change or move for next year. With this list, I have my half hour chores for the spring already laid out.
One last resolution I make as I ponder a low spot in the front yard is to put in a rain garden. I will watch as spring rains come to find the perfect spot for this garden. It will help channel our runoff instead of sending it into storm sewers, and make a habitat to draw wildlife, as well as help protect the water quality of our lakes and streams.
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A useful fix for the Model S
A useful fix for the Model S
Seems like you are braking too sharply.
Just put the stuff on the floor and then...floor it! ;-)
No way sccrendo. His problem isn't with the red lights. It's the green lights. And that pesky instant-torque acceleration!
You're on the wrong track there...
It's a delayed effect. Kicks in when the red light extinguishes.
@SCCRENDO, it's not the red light - it is what happens after coming to a full stop at a red light.
Anyways, I agree with what the OP is saying. Instead of having a little lip, or "wall" or something like that, I think it would be cool if there was some kind of net that had slits in it so that I could shove something like a phone through it without having to remove the net or fabric or whatever it is. Of course, this might make removing the item a little more cumbersome, but I still think it would work.
Agree - I have some nice glossy brochures to hand out when people ask about the car and they keep slidin' all over creation!
The brochures fit that spot perfectly. I'm on my third batch.
They do go flying upon moderate acceleration. But I'm not complaining.
I thought I wasn't braking hard enough. So my problem is I'm not accelerating fast enough to let all my stuff fly out
Braking = going forward. Your body (and everything else) is still traveling forward when you hit the brakes hard. So you fly forward.
Instant acceleration = pinned to the back of your seat. Everything not secure will fly! :)
You just had it backwards.
I plan on testing this "design flaw" all day today. Will report back but this could require years of repeat testing. :-)
Add a nonslip rubber mat to the center slot.
Or an elastic band around the brochures.
Duct tape fixes everything
The first time stuff flew out of that slot I just laughed out loud. The slippery things just stay on the floor now.
{ also keep hand-outs in the slot. My solution is to stuff a microfiber towel in on top of them. Holds the stuff in place and the towel is handy to bunch up and clean the screen withour upsetting the 17 inch screen settings.
I have given this issue a some consideration...but Dr. Bob Reineke +1! I'm going to try that out.
Hmmm? I've never had that problem. Mine has a nice rubber liner in the shelf, and it holds all my stuff (iPhone, sun-glasses, etc) perfectly on full-punch runs.
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Eau Claire, Wis.-based big-box retailer Menards plans a second location in central Ohio, further building its presence there, according to The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
The retailer has planned a new location in Lancaster, Ohio, to be opened in April, following a new store opening in Marion, Ohio, last year.
Further locations are planned in the northern Columbus neighborhood of Northland, where the company plans a 180,000-square-foot store on a former Sears site, and the far-north Columbus suburb of Orange Township, although the latter location has run into some zoning snags.
Tom O'Neil, a Menards real estate representative for the state of Ohio, told the newspaper, "We feel we're going to be pretty active."