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More: You host a show on Current TV called Joy Behar: Say Anything! Are you really allowed to say anything?
Joy Behar: Barring really bad words, I can. I mean, they don't stop me from talking about any topics I want to discuss. They basically told me I can say anything I want.
More: Is it a completely different type of chat than the stuff you discuss at The View?
JB: Yes, The View is different, but we talk about everything over there, too, and let me say, we have gotten away with murder.
More: Before landing your own gig at the cable network, you were filling in for Eliot Spitzer. I can't see you sharing the same seat—or microphone, for that matter.
JB: I like Eliot. He is very bright and very smart. All the stuff about Eliot is old news.
More: You are teaming up with Current TV, the UJA Federation and the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan to help people after Hurricane Sandy. Tell me about this special, called Comics with Benefits [Current TV will air an edited version throughout December].
JB: It was an idea to help people who lost everything. We shot two hours' worth of material, and for many people who participated in this show being there was very personal. They lived in either New York or New Jersey, which got hit hard by the storm.
More: How does a group of well-known comedians bring humor to a tragedy?
JB: That is our job. If you make people laugh, they will spend money, and that was our objective. We are not making fun of the victims; rather, we are making fun of the situation. We are making fun of things like the bromance between Governor Christie and President Obama. Laughter is the best medicine to move forward. When you laugh at a situation, no matter how tragic it is, getting past it suddenly becomes a bit easier.
More: Whom did you call from your little black book to perform and solicit donations?
JB: I called all my friends I have been in the business with for 30 years. We started together at a place called Catch a Rising Star back in the 1980s. Larry David, Susie Essman, Mario Cantone, Colin Quinn, Denis Leary, Steven Colbert—and Jon Stewart was there because he is a Jersey boy.
More: Did anyone turn you down?
JB: Everyone said yes and wanted to help.
More: You are also a newlywed [Behar's husband is Steve Janowitz].
JB: I am not a newlywed, because we have been together for 30 years [laughs]. I have known him just as long as I have known those comedians.
More: Why, after 30 years together, did you finally decide to tie the knot?
JB: It just seemed like the time to do it. You know, before we die, let's get married. I did not want to get married on my deathbed, so we decided to do it before that time comes.
More: You also recently became a grandma. Is that the title you like to be called?
JB: My grandson calls me Nana. I am his Nana, and it is the greatest job. I can't even express it because it is so great. It is one of the greatest things that can happen to somebody. There is a cliché I love, "If I knew that being a grandparent was going to be such a great thing, I would have done that first."
More: You have achieved so much in your career. Is there anything left you still want to accomplish?
JB: If anything, I am trying to do less. I have two shows already, and I am in the process of writing a play. As you can see, my time is pretty much taken up. If I did have some extra time, I would want to do more live performances. Although it scares me and makes me crazy, I still think it is the best thing to do.
More: Given your successful track record, why would you be scared of something you have been doing for years?
JB: Doing a live performance is never easy. I always say, does Mikhail Baryshnikov know he is always going to leap that high in every performance?
More: Do you have a go-to person you test your material on?
JB: The only way to really test your material is to just do it in front of a live audience. You can't look in the mirror and do it. You just have to go up there onstage and really work it.
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This Charizard is a Fire/flying-type Pokémon owned by Ash. It is Ash's 5th and arguably most powerful Pokémon he ever captured, winning some of his most difficult battles.
Charizard as a Charmander was loyal, to the point of being naïve, he believed his trainer Damian, would come back when him however, upon discovering the truth and that Damian is a selfish person, he rejected Damian as his trainer, and became one of Ash's Pokémon, knowing that Ash's selfless and better trainer then Damian ever was, and shows loyalty and respect towards Ash's that he once did, for his former trainer, despite being brave and selfless, the only thing Charmander was afraid of; was water. He was also happy.
After evolving into Charmeleon, his happy personality and loyalty disappeared, the reason being that Charmeleon's own skill level excelled that of Ash's and as such, it didn't respect him for no apparent reason, becoming slightly arrogant and coverconfident, one example was; during a practice battle in which Ash sought to help a Paras Cassandra owned evolve into a Parasect, it responded by going against Ash's orders and ruthlessly attacked the Paras, causing it to flee in tears. Ash tried to recall Charmeleon, but Charmeleon used a Flamethrower on him before turning on Brock and Misty, the former of whom commented that Charmeleon was way out of control.
His personality did not change much, when he evolved into Charizard, however, he rarely obeyed Ash's orders, and occasionally uses his Flamethrower on him, to stop Ash from recall him or when his trainer irritates him, he would also embarrass Ash.
After Charizard was frozen by Poliwrath's Ice Beam, throughout the night, Ash resolved to keep Charizard warm, rubbing it with his hands to provide heat in the form of friction, which risked rubbing his hands raw. Before the night ended, Ash told Charizard that he only wanted to be good enough for it and reminded Charizard of how long they had been together since Charizard was a Charmander, which Charizard recollected on that day, After seeing his efforts to save him from certain death, he feels remorseful, for how badly he treated his trainer, Charizard's loyalty to Ash returned in full force; the best part of Charmander's pre-evolved personality is back, as he no longer disobeys Ash's orders, although he is no longer arrogant and overconfident, Charizard is still sometimes, stubborn, prideful and short-tempered.
Charizard was first introduced as a young Charmander in the episode Charmander - The Stray Pokémon. It belonged to a Trainer named Damian who had promptly abandoned it, calling it a pathetic and weak Pokémon. Despite this, Charmander's loyalty to Damian still existed to such a degree that it resisted being captured. It sat on a rocky outcrop, waiting for Damian to return, not knowing that Damian had long since given up on it. When a storm emerged, Charmander remained outside, clinging to a large leaf for shelter despite the flame on its tail getting dangerously low (probably due to the harshness of the weather taking a toll on its health). To make things worse, a flock of Spearow started attacking it . Thankfully, Ash and his friends arrived, saving Charmander with Pikachu and driving the Spearow away although Ash and the others got shocked in the process.
Ash and company got Charmander to a Pokémon Center and handed it to Nurse Joy for treatment. She later emerged from the examination room with good news; Charmander would pull through. Next morning though, Charmander had disappeared! A worried Ash theorized he had gone back to the rock to wait for Damian. Team Rocket soon arrived on scene, causing more trouble for Ash and the others by capturing Pikachu after Ash and the others fell into a hole. Charmander arrived and thanks to Meowth translating, ordered James and Jessie to "give Pikachu back or else". Team Rocket ignored the threat, ordering Charmander to beat it or else. But Charmander had the last laugh as it released a very powerful Flamethrower on them, roasting them and causing Team Rocket to retreat.
Damian, having witnessed the scene returned, hoping to get Charmander to rejoin his team as he planned to fulfill his "promise" and attempted to recapture Charmander. However, Charmander realized that Damian was a selfish trainer who would never care for or respect it and as such, refused, using its tail to send the Poké Ball flying back where it hit Damian in the face. Damian attempted to crush Charmander with every Pokémon he owned, but Charmander responded by giving its former trainer a Flamethrower. Pikachu joined him with a ThunderShock and Damian was forced to flee. Humiliated, burnt and shocked to within an inch of his life, Damian fled while Charmander chose to join Ash's team and became the newest addition to the young trainer's party.
Calling upon it on numerous occasions, Charmander would become one of Ash's most valuable and trusted Pokemon.
In the episode after it had been captured, Ash used Charmander's help to get them through a cave. On the St. Anne ship, it joined forces with a group of Charmander to successfully defeat a group of Team Rocket grunts. It helped Ash and his friends, after they formed a reluctant alliance with Team Rocket, to escape the sunken wreckage of the ship. Once back in the open, it, along with Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Meowth, Ekans and Koffing, was briefly separated from Ash, thanks to a disastrous encounter with a group of Gyarados, and marooned on an island with giant pokemon. It was eventually revealed to be Giovanni's Pokémon Land theme park after they accidentally wrecked the park by destroying the robotic Pokémon there. The two were reunited along with the other Pokemon.
Once the group had arrived in Lavender Town, Ash, hoping to catch a Ghost-type Pokémon so that he could beat the Saffron City Gym Leader, Sabrina, choose Charmander to lead the way through the tower. Unfortunately, a Haunter living in the tower paralyzed Charmander by using Lick, forcing Ash to recall it.
Charmander's next chance to shine came when Ash chose him to go up against Primeape who had evolved from a harmless Mankey. After enduring a brutal beating at Primeape's hands, Charmander learned Rage which gave it the opportunity to knock Primeape out after unleashing a powerful Flamethrower which finally enabled Ash to capture it.
Charmander got the chance to take part in its first-ever Gym Battle when Ash went up against the Celadon City Gym Leader, Erika where it fought Erika's Weepinbell. It stopped Weepinbell's Razor Leaf with a Flamethrower, causing Weepinbell some discomfort as Grass-type Pokémon hate the Fire. Charmander knocked Weepinbell out with a Skull Bash, giving Ash the win but Charmander lost after battling Erika's Gloom due to the fact that the stench Gloom gave off was so disgusting that it caused Charmander to hold its nose before fainting in disbelief. Although the battle was suspended due to Team Rocket attacking the Gym, Ash eventually won the Rainbow Badge after saving Gloom's life.
Ash used Charmander again in its battle against the Fuchsia City Gym leader, Koga with Charmander fighting Koga's Venomoth before Team Rocket interrupted the battle.
After Team Rocket had blasted off, Koga sent out his Golbat to deal with Charmander. Despite the fight not going in Charmander's favor at the beginning, it was eventually able to beat Koga's Golbat thanks to a combination of Ember and Fire Spin that gave Ash the Soul Badge.
Charmander went up against a Golem owned by a biker named Poké Ball were so powerful that Golem was even burning and even after Chopper recalled it, the heat continued to go through the Poké Ball.
Charmander was chosen to stop a group of rampaging Exeggutor. After it did so, Ash and the team were surprised when it evolved into Charmeleon.
Unfortunately, the Charmander's happy personality and loyalty disappeared upon it evolving into Charmeleon, the reason being that Charmeleon's own skill level excelled that of Ash's and as such, it didn't respect him. During a practice battle in which Ash sought to help a Paras Cassandra owned evolve into a Parasect, it responded by going against Ash's orders and ruthlessly attacked the Paras, causing it to flee in tears. Ash tried to recall Charmeleon, but Charmeleon used a Flamethrower on him before turning on Brock and Misty, the former of whom commented that Charmeleon was way out of control. Luckily, though, Pikachu intervened and knocked Charmeleon out with a Thunderbolt, enabling Ash to recall it.
Charmeleon still ignored Ash's commands, until an Aerodactyl had insulted it. When it evolved into a Charizard, it defeated the Aerodactyl, but accidentally used Flamethrower on Ash. Upon being released from its Ball, it accidentally simply shot out flames onto Ash again, and still ignored his orders
However, it actually battled against other Fire-types. He listened to Ash in his battle against Blaine's Magmar, and won with Seismic Toss after a hard battle. He also battled Ritchie's Charmander, and easily crushed it. Unfortunately again, his lack of respect against all other types of Pokémon cost Ash his match against Ritchie in the Pokémon League as it refused to battle Ritchie's Pikachu.
Orange League
In the early part of the series, Charizard retained its disobedience. It defeated a trainer's Tauros in one hit, only to go on a rampage that was only contained by Elite Four member Lorelei. It also used Flamethrower on Ash while he was trying to make a sled to use against Danny. Ash dodged (somewhat), and the Flamethrower made the perfect sled, helping Ash win the round. As he won the round, Charizard embarrassed Ash.
A turning point in their relationship came when Ash chose Charizard to battle Tad's Poliwrath . After Charizard's refusal to obey him cost Ash the match, Charizard was frozen by Poliwrath's Ice Beam. Throughout the night, Ash resolved to keep Charizard warm, rubbing it with his hands to provide heat in the form of friction, which risked rubbing his hands raw. Before the night ended, Ash told Charizard that he only wanted to be good enough for it and reminded Charizard of how long they had been together since Charizard was a Charmander, which Charizard recollected on that day.
After seeing his efforts to save him from certain death, Charizard's loyalty to Ash returned in full force; the best part of Charmander's pre-evolved personality was back. He blasted off Team Rocket and had a rematch with Tad's Poliwrath, winning via his new Dragon Rage and what would become his signature move: the Seismic Toss.
Charizard helped Ash in his battles with Luana and Drake, fighting alongside Pikachu against Luana's Marowak and Alakazam. Narrowly defeating Drake's Electabuzz with Seismic Toss, Charizard then battled Drake's Dragonite. Even with the damage it had taken in its battle with Electabuzz, it held its own against the more experienced Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon. In the end, their Dragon Rages collided. Although Dragonite was injured by the explosion, Charizard fainted and Dragonite still had enough energy to defeat Ash's Squirtle and Tauros before finally being defeated by Pikachu.
Charizard was used in Ash's first Johto Gym battle, and defeated Falkner's Pidgeot with Seismic Toss. Charizard was also used in Ash's trainer battles, easily winning every battle.
When Charizard entered the Charicific Valley, it immediately challenged one of the many Charizards that were there, only to be humiliated at its constant losses and severe injuries. Charla then threw it out and into a lake. Team Rocket respected Charizard as a "fellow loser", and kept it alive while he was in the lake. Next Team Rocket "attacked" the valley, but Charizard defended the valley, just as they planned. They say some encouraging words and saluted Charizard before he sent them blasting off. Team Rocket's plan was to use that scene to make Charizard look like a hero and get accepted in, and it worked. Ash gave Charizard the option to stay and train if it wished to, which Charizard agreed and was given an assurance from Ash that he wouldn't be abandoned. Ash didn't want to leave Charizard but he knew it was for the best for it.
However, it later returned to Ash and helped it and Clair calm a rampaging Dragonite. After that it battled Clair's Dragonair by evaporating the pool, which was her protection, with Flamethrower. It then dodged Iron Tail twice and won using a unique combination of Fire Spin and Seismic Toss, both of which were used inside Dragonair's Dragon Rage to give them more power. Charizard's victory over Dragonair earned Ash the Rising Badge. It returned to Charific Valley for a little while before it returned to Ash again for the Johto League.
In The Spell of the Unown, after watching footage of Ash running after Entei who'd kidnapped his mother, Charizard left the Valley to head straight for Greenfield. It arrived in the nick of time, rescuing Ash and Pikachu who were just about to fall to their deaths after stumbling off a cliff. Charizard fought Entei and managed to hit it with a Fire Spin that was strong enough to cause the Legendary Pokémon to roar with pain, despite the fact that Fire Spin would not normally do much damage to a fellow Fire type. Although Charizard had grown stronger in the Charicific Valley, displaying the agility and power to dodge and counter many of Entei's attacks. Fortunately young Molly Hale ordered Entei to stop just before Entei was about to kill Charizard with Fire Blast.
Charizard later returned in the Silver Conference when Blastoise and Scizor had cut the team down to just him. It battled and defeated Gary's Scizor and Golem. Gary's Blastoise put up a better fight, and maintained an adavntage, by using Hydro Pump to negate Charizard's aerial advantage. Thinking outside of the box, Charizard used Flamethrower to burn the battlefield and when Blastoise used Hydro Pump to cool down the burning field, Charizard used the smoke to get in close, ensuring that Blastoise couldn't aim its cannons. Blastoise ducked under Charizard's Dragon Rage and used Bite on its shoulder but Charizard ignored the pain and smashed Blastoise into the ground with Seismic Toss. Blastoise managed to stand but after glaring at Charizard for a few moments it collapsed and fainted. This caused Ash to move to the Top 8 and resulting in Gary Oak's elimination from the Johto League.
Charizard was then used against Harrison's Blaziken in the quarterfinals. Charizard had never battled a Blaziken before and Ash had only encountered the Pokémon once when Harrison used it to catch his Sneasel. Therefore both Charizard and his trainer were caught off guard by Blaziken's speed and power. Even Charizard's Seismic Toss wasn't enough to defeat Blaziken, though it crippled him badly, but when Charizard attempted to use another one it was caught off guard by Blaziken's Blaze Kick. Blaziken tried to finish Charizard with Flamethrower and Charizard countered with Dragon Rage resulting in an explosion which caused both Pokémon to collapse. Charizard and Blaziken managed to stand up but when Ash ordered Charizard to use another Flamethrower, the pain from Charizard's injuries overwhelmed it and it fainted. However, Charizard injured Blaziken badly enough to prevent Harrison from using it in the next round which caused Harrison to lose his next battle.
Battle Frontier
It appeared in the episode The Symbol Life, where Ash used Charizard to battle with Noland's Articuno. Despite its type advantage, Articuno had the upper hand throughout most of the battle, recovering from Flamethrower and Dragon Breath remarkably quickly and dodging all of Charizard's other attacks. It also revealed that it could use Water Pulse to counter its weakness to Fire types and froze one of Charizard's wings with Ice Beam. Charizard used Overheat to melt the ice on its wing allowing it to regain full mobility but Articuno still managed to land a Steel Wing which very nearly defeated the exhausted Charizard. However, when Articuno attempted to finish Charizard with another Steel Wing Charizard grabbed both wings and hurled Articuno to the ground with Seismic Toss, almost knocking itself out in the process. Articuno managed to get up and the referee was about to announce that it had won but Noland told him to wait until he was sure the battle was over. Articuno fainted as Charizard got to his feet. Charizard was the first non-Legendary Pokémon in the anime to have defeated a Legendary Pokémon and won Ash the Knowledge Symbol before he returned to the Charicific Valley. As of then, Charizard's power rivals that of legendary and elite four Pokémon.
Charizard was also used during Ash's final battle with Pyramid King Brandon, where it battled Brandon's Dusclops. Dusclops proved to be Charizard's equal, countering Flamethrower with Will-O-Wisp and using Mean Look after being hit by Dragon Breath. When Charizard used its newly learned Steel Wing, Dusclops grabbed onto one of its wings and used Confuse Ray. Ash was unable to recall Charizard because of Mean Look allowing Dusclops to hit Charizard with Shadow Punch and Will-O-Wisp. Charizard snapped out of its confusion with some encouragment from Ash and hit Dusclops with a powerful Dragon Breath. Dusclops struck back with Will-O-Wisp but by that time both Pokemon had become tired. Ash ordered Charizard to inflict what would have been the finishing blow if Dusclops hadn't been a Ghost type but it turned out that ordering Charizard to use Seismic Toss was a huge mistake. Due to Dusclops' immunity to Fighting attacks, the Ghost type escaped from Charizard's grasp and smashed it with a final devastating Shadow Punch. However, Ash still managed to win the Brave Symbol with his three remaining Pokémon, Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Pikachu and Charizard then returned to Charicific Valley. However, it apparently left the valley and took up residence at Professor Oak's lab with many of Ash's other Pokémon.
In The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, Ash is at a Kanto Festival and remembers his Charizard and all the good times they had together. He goes to Professor Oak and exchanges in his Unfezant for his Charizard. When he arrived, Ash was happy to see him, and Charizard gave him the usual Flamethrower greeting. While being introduced to the other groups' Pokémon, it develops a fiery rivalry with Iris' Dragonite, which leads the two to battle. Iris is confident in her Dragonite, but does not know how outmatched she was. Charizard was able to overpower her super effective Thunder Punch with Wing Attack, but after Dragonite hit Charizard with Dragon Rush, Iris thought she had won. Iris' hopes were quickly crushed when Charizard emerged unscratched from the attack and roared loudly. Dragonite, now knowing what it was going up against, retreated in the sky, but Charizard easily caught up and hit Dragonite with a super effective Dragon Tail, dealing serious damage. However, the battle was called off by N, because Dragonite was injured from the fall. Iris was surprised that Dragon Rush didn't knock Charizard out, because she believed that it was super effective. After N is done laughing at her, Ash corrects Iris, though she doesn't believe them until Ash's Pokédex clearly stated that Charizard is a Fire/Flying type. Afterwards, Ash decided he wanted Charizard to return to his party, and get him back on the grid which Charizard gladly accepted.
In Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!, Charizard is used to battle Dragonite again, who is now being controlled by Colress. While Charizard was more than a match for Dragonite under the control of an inexperienced Iris, Colress's machine enhances the power of Pokémon, which makes it a much harder battle. Charizard's Slash scores a hit, and Charizard quickly dodged the upcoming Ice Beam. Flamethrower is blocked by a powered up ThunderPunch, but Dragonite takes a small amount of damage, despite the enhanced power. Dragonite's enhanced speed allowed it to dodge Charizard's Dragon Tail, but the battle ended when Colress's machine is destroyed.
In Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!, Charizard is used to help Pignite, who has something blocking his nostrils. Charizard, however, simply throws Pignite with Seismic Toss, which does not work.
In Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!, Ash uses Charizard, Krookodile, and Oshawott, to get himself and N out of the bottom of a pit. It used a spinning Dragon Tail to break through the ground, while Oshawott used Hydro Pump to soften it, allowing Krookodile to Dig out. He also was used to battle Team Plasma, where he easily withstood several attacks, and with Pignite launched a devastating double Flamethrower. However, Ash had to recall all of his Pokémon, including Charizard, once Colress turned his mind control device on them.
In The Pirates of Decolore!, Charizard was also used to look for some pirate Pokémon. After a long journey through the Decolore Islands, Charizard returned to Professor Oak's Lab.
Known moves
|Flamethrower +
|Charmander – The Stray Pokémon
|The Tower of Terror
|Primeape Goes Bananas
|Skull Bash
|Pokémon Scent-sation!
|The Ninja Poké-Showdown
|Fire Spin
|The Ninja Poké-Showdown
|Volcanic Panic
|Seismic Toss
|Volcanic Panic
|Mega Punch
|Charizard Chills
|Dragon Rage
|Charizard Chills
|Take Down
|Charizard Chills
|Tackle -
|Pokémon Double Trouble
|Fighting Flyer with Fire
|Dragon Breath
|The Symbol Life
|The Symbol Life
|Steel Wing
|Gathering The Gang Of Four!
|Wing Attack +
|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
|Slash +
|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
|Dragon Tail +
|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
Improvised moves
Voice actors
- Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese and English)
- Michael Haigney (English 4Kids dubbed as a Charmander)
- Eric Stuart (English 4Kids dubbed as a Charmeleon)
- Tom Wayland (English PUSA dubbed as a Charmander and a Charmeleon)
- Charizard as Charmander is Ash's first Fire-type starter to be abandoned by its original trainer.[1]
- Charizard is the first of Ash's Fire-type starters, and the first starter in general, to evolve.
- Charizard is one of the few Pokémon Ash owns that temporary disobeyed him (albeit only after evolving into Charizard due to rapid evolution), the others being Pikachu and Primeape.
- Charizard is one the four Pokémon owned by Ash to battle and hold their own, if not defeat a Legendary Pokémon [2], the other three being Pikachu, Sceptile and Noivern. Charizard defeated Articuno, Sceptile defeated Darkrai, Pikachu battled to a draw with Latios and defeated Regice, and Noivern greatly weakened Zapdos.
- Charizard knows more moves than any other of Ash's Pokémon, at nineteen.
- In the episode Snow Way Out!, he had a Charmander, but a few episodes before, it was Charizard. This is because in Japan, Snow Way Out aired before it evolved.
- Since it evolved from Charmeleon, Brandon's Dusclops is the only Pokémon that had not reached its final stage of evolution to have ever defeated Charizard. It should be noted however that Dusknoir was not revealed until after the episode was first broadcast.
- Shin-ichiro Miki who voices James in the Japanese version and who also plays Brock's Zubat/Golbat/Crobat as well as Misty's Staryu in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the anime voices Charizard in both versions as well. In the English series, Charmander and Charmeleon were voiced by Michael Haigney and Eric Stuart respectively while Miki continued voicing both Charmander and Charmeleon in the Japanese version.
- Charizard is universally considered to be among Ash's strongest Pokémon, along with Sceptile and Pikachu.
- Despite staying in the Charicific Valley, Ash receives Charizard from Professor Oak in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, but this is due to Charizard's Poké Ball being sent from Charicific Valley to the lab.
- Originally, Ash's Charizard seemed only average in his species' height (5'7"). Since training at the Characific Valley, he has become considerably taller. This is noticeable as originally he was almost half the size of Liza's Charla, but during his next appearance, Charizard was slightly taller than Charla. This probably due to Charizard growing stronger during his long absence. Given it stood roughly equal in height to Iris' Dragonite during its last appearance, Charizard's current height is around 7'3".
- Charizard is the runner-up in taking the shortest time out of any of Ash's Pokemon to fully evolve, evolving from Charmeleon three episodes after it evolved from Charmander. The record is held by Butterfree, but because he released it, Charizard holds this record out of all Ash's remaining Pokemon.
- A running gag in the series is that Ash would be on the receiving end of Charizard's Flamethrower when he returned to him, albeit in an affectionate and comedic manner.

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Our Vineyards
Stone Hill Winery owns seven beautiful vineyards totaling 182 acres, six of which are located within the Hermann Viticultural Appellation. The vineyards are comprised of the following varieties: Norton, Vignoles, Vidal, Chardonel, Cayuga, Vincent, Chambourcin, Vivant, Concord, Catawba and Traminette. Stone Hill also purchases Catawba, Concord, Norton, Traminette, Chardonel, Vidal, Seyval and St. Vincent grapes from several independent grape growers located throughout the state of Missouri. The Held family takes pride in their vineyards, and it shows.
Rauch Vineyard
The Rauch vineyard is located approximately three miles due west of Hermann on the bluff overlooking the junction of the Missouri and Gasconade Rivers. At 900-920 feet elevation, this site has excellent air drainage for spring frost protection. The deep loess soil on this site is Menfro silt loam. The Rauch vineyard has a total of 46 acres of grapes including the varieties Vignoles, Cayuga, Vidal, Chardonel and our prized ½ acre of pre-Prohibition Norton vines. Rauch, which means "smoke" in German, is the name of the original owners of this farm.
Kemperberg Vineyard
The Kemperberg vineyard is located approximately two miles southwest of Hermann. This vineyard is adjacent to the farm where Ed Kemper operated Hermann Grape Nurseries, which supplied most of the pre-Prohibition Hermann area vineyards with grape vines. The vineyard varies from 900 to 930 feet in elevation. The Marion silt loam soil on this site is considerably shallower then the Rauch Vineyard, which mandates the need for supplemental irrigation. The Kemperberg Vineyard has a total of 30 acres of grapes including the varieties Norton, Vidal and Vignoles.
Weingarten Vineyard
The Weingarten Vineyard is located seven-and-a-half miles south of Hermann on Highway 19 at the intersection of Highways 19 and Z. The vineyard is at an elevation of 900 to 920 feet. The relatively shallow soil is a Weingarten silt loam. In German, Weingarten translates as "wine garden." The early soil scientist who named this soil series obviously felt it was ideally suited for the production of grapes. The Weingarten vineyard has a total of 19 acres of grapes including the varieties Vivant, Chambourcin and Vincent.
Cross J Vineyard
The breathtaking Cross J Vineyard is located less than one mile west of Hermann on the steep river bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. From the vineyard elevation of 880 to 900 feet, the terrain drops rapidly to the river below providing incredible air drainage. The deep loess soil, like the Rauch Vineyard, is a Menfro silt loam. This 10-acre vineyard is planted entirely to the Norton grape.


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ZF-10964: urldecode called twice
I'm using the Rest Route in combination with Rest Controllers etc.
When I call something like this:
with rawurlencoded values, PHP shows me correctly decoded values in the REQUEST_STRING and other $_SERVER variables, but with $this->_getParam("emailAddresses.value") in my controller I get
"foo firstname.lastname@example.com"
which is wrong.
I've removed the duplicate calls to urldecode and added several new unit tests to make sure this works correctly.
I think it would be more appropriate to remove the call to urldecode() in Zend_Controller_Request_Http::setPathInfo() - it's creating havoc with encoded slashes there - than in in Zend_Rest_Route::match(). There is already a patch attached at ZF-3527.
Martin, that sounds like it would work just fine as well. Either way, please leave my new unit tests in place (assuming you agree that they make sense) as they test for this double urldecode bug.
Yeah, I think that urldecode() is simply misplaced in setPathInfo() and related to a bunch of bug reports - but: I have no commit or patch rights and capabilities, so I hope someone could look at that patch from ZF-3527 / Artiom Lunev and commit it.
Martin, removing the urldecode() in Zend_Controller_Request_Http::setPathInfo() does not completely fix the issue. If I revert my change and make that change instead, the "edit" action ID does not decode properly in Zend_Rest_RouteTest::test_RESTfulApp_GET_project_edit_urlencodedWithPlusSymbol(). However, wrapping a urldecode around $path[$pathElementCount-2] in the 'edit" specialGetTarget in Zend_Rest_Route::match() then makes this test pass. So, if your proposed change is accepted then this new call to urldecode will have to be added.
What's the status on this? It's marked as fixed, but the mentioned fix to Zend_Controller_Request_Http::setPathInfo() has not been committed yet. It does not only affect Zend_Rest_Route, but every application of Zend_Controller_Request_Http. I'm currently struggling with double-urldecoded slashes and '+' characters, and workarounds would be really ugly.
Holger, which version of Zend Framework are you using and are you using Zend_Rest_Route? This is fixed in version 1.11.4, but only for Zend_Rest_Route. This ticket only applies to the Zend_Rest_Route component. If you're experiencing this issue while using another component, take a look at ZF-3527.
Sorry, this is just confusing. I don't use Zend_Rest_Route. But as stated in a previous comment, the source of the problem lies within Zend_Controller_Request_Http, so I wonder why it has not been fixed there.
Potential fix in trunk at r24002 - asking for watchers to test now.
This has more to do with Zend_Rest_Route than the issue which was fixed in ZF-3527, reopening.
Fixed in trunk at r24012 Fixed in release branch 1.11 at r24013


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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Modern Mini Follow-Up
Woo-hoo! I'm a finalist in the Modern Mini Challenge! Thank you to Jennifer and the judges for selecting my quilt. I'm honored to be in such amazing company. The contest is now open for voting, so head over there to vote right now! If you'd like to vote for mine, of course I would be grateful, but all the finalists are phenomenal, so please vote for whichever one grabs you the most.
And Mr. Random says that the winner of my extra HSTs is comment #65, eamylove. Congrats, Amy, I'll send you an email. Thanks to everyone who entered. Although I have to say, the people who commented along the lines of "No way in HELL would I want those HSTs!" cracked me up the most. Can't say I blame you for not wanting to follow in my HST insanity! : )
21 comments:
- Kylie Lloyd said...
Congratulations Lee on becoming a finalist. You deserved it with your HSTs. (I voted for you)
- March 6, 2012 at 7:57 PM
- Erika L. said...
This really is great! Hope this is why you missed dinner! I voted!
- March 6, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Betsy Lynn said...
Love this little mini...I voted for you!
- March 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM
- Heidi @ Boys, Buttons, and Butterflies said...
Not even surprised!!!!!! Off to vote!
- March 6, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Marjorie's Busy Corner said...
Congratulations Lee...I love your quilt...going over to vote now.
The 3 dimensional qualities are wonderful...nice job girl.
- March 6, 2012 at 8:23 PM
- Katie B. said...
Congrats, Lee! Well deserved, of course.
- March 6, 2012 at 8:28 PM
- Pieces of Sunshine said...
Looks wonderful Lee, your choice of colours is perfect.
- March 6, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- Katie said...
I'm so excited that you're a finalist, this quilt is gorgeous!
- March 6, 2012 at 9:13 PM
- Leanne said...
I love this quilt, it is excellent. Congratulations on being a finalist.
- March 6, 2012 at 9:13 PM
- diane said...
So proud to say " I know Lee". Congratulations on making it into the finals.
- March 6, 2012 at 9:20 PM
- Angela said...
Your quilt is gorgeous! I was sure you would make it to the finals!
- March 6, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- fiberdoodles said...
Wahoo! Congratulations!! Well deserved ;0)
- March 6, 2012 at 10:22 PM
- felicity said...
Well, at least I didn't say HELL. :) Congrats on your well-deserved spot in the top 11, Lee!
- March 6, 2012 at 10:35 PM
- Indianna said...
I tried to vote for you - but on iPod I can see 6 quilts and yours isnt one of them. I'll try later on the lap top.
- March 7, 2012 at 2:10 AM
- Amy DeCesare said...
Congratulations to you...I KNEW yours would be among the finalists! (I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw MY mug rug, too!) On top of it all, I am soon going to own those fabulous HST's!!! What a great day for sewing it has been! Thanks for sharing!!!
- March 7, 2012 at 2:47 AM
- Laura @ Needles, Pins and Baking Tins said...
This one HAD to be in the final. Its just gorgeous!
- March 7, 2012 at 3:02 AM
- Katy Cameron said...
I loved this one, congrats on making it to the final, and good luck :o)
- March 7, 2012 at 5:38 AM
- Flying Blind... said...
Congratulations and good luck x
- March 7, 2012 at 5:49 AM
- Dorian said...
That's lovely! I love how you made the lighter to darker shades. Good luck!
- March 7, 2012 at 6:47 AM
- Marsha Cooper said...
I love the little triangles!
Can you help me with the Pin It button? Are you having to place the code to each post or is there some way to make it automatically go in to each post?
- March 7, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Cherie said...
Congratulations on making the finals. Good luck =D
- March 7, 2012 at 3:13 PM


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A special kind of double-think comes into play when a multinational technology company opens a facility in Australia, then tries to palm it off on New Zealanders as "local" or "regional". Oracle has done just this.
Once a New Zealand company goes offshore for its cloud services, it can buy from anywhere.
Australia is not a draw card.
An Australian datacentre works for Australian companies. It means they can meet local regulatory and legal requirements. Customers can at least kid themselves it solves data sovereignty issues. Let's not underestimate Australian economic nationalism – a concept which usually carries little weight in New Zealand.
Oracle opens regional datacentre – Reseller News.
Related articles
- Gen-i to build new datacentres in Auckland and Wellington (computerworld.co.nz)
- Can Oracle's Australian Data Centres Overcome Its Integration Dramas? (lifehacker.com.au)


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ZF-7212: ulId to be added similar with ulClass
I think we should add an ulId param, not just an ulClass.
In certain situations there is more likely to have the ul identified by ID.
I completely agree with you on this. I need it right now.
I agree totaly. The class is declared in Zend/View/Helper/Navigation/Menu.php in line 425.
I agree as well.
Some situations where an id would be desired: * in many cases it's more efficient to write css selectors based on id * certain js menu's out there rely on id
I would expect setting an id on a navigation container would be part of the most basic features.
The patch should include the following points:
- use Zend_View_Helper_Navigation_HelperAbstract::_htmlAttribs()
- use Zend_View_Helper_HtmlElement::_normalizeId()
// start new ul tag
if ($ulClass && $depth == 0) {
$ulClass = ' class="' . $ulClass . '"';
} else {
$ulClass = '';
$html .= $myIndent . '
' . self::EOL;
$attribs = array();
// start new ul tag
if (0 == $depth) {
$attribs = array(
'class' => $ulClass,
'id' => $ulId,
$html .= $myIndent . '
. '>'
. self::EOL;
Zend_View_Helper_HtmlElement::_htmlAttribs() uses the method "_normalizeId"!
protected function _normalizeId($value)
$prefix = get_class($this);
$prefix = strtolower(trim(substr($prefix, strrpos($prefix, '_')), '_'));
return $prefix . '-' . $value;
protected function _normalizeId($value)
// ... no hard coded prefix (@see ZF-10409)
return parent::_normalizeId($value);
See also ZF-10409
it's easy to use your own view helper which adds an id for example.
just create your own view helper class which extends Zend_View_Helper_Navigation_HelperAbstract or Zend_View_Helper_Navigation_Menu and overwrite or replace the mentioned parts.
use your own view helper as follows:
// in your view- or layout script <?php echo $this->navigation()->findHelper('Navigation_MyOwnMenu')->myOwnMenu()->mySetIdMethod('mymenuid')->setUlClass('fancyclass') ; ?>
dont forget to add your library in application.ini for example, so it finds your own view helper.
The patch fixes ZF-7212 and the subtask ZF-10409, because the new function for setting an ID uses the normalization of the ID attribute.
I can't get patch to apply to trunk.
Hi Rob, I will look into this and create a new patch.
New patch and more unit tests added.
Looks good to me...patches apply cleanly and all Navigation and View_Helper tests pass. As this changes the ID normalization, is there a test in place to ensure that the default normalization result is still the same as it was previously?
Hi Adam, yes: {{testSetPrefixForIdWithNull()}}.
protected function _normalizeId($value)
$prefix = get_class($this);
$prefix = strtolower(trim(substr($prefix, strrpos($prefix, '_')), '_'));
return $prefix . '-' . $value;
protected $_prefixForId = null;
protected $_skipPrefixForId = false;
public function getPrefixForId()
if (null === $this->_prefixForId) {
$prefix = get_class($this);
$this->_prefixForId = strtolower(
trim(substr($prefix, strrpos($prefix, '_')), '_')
) . '-';
return $this->_prefixForId;
protected function _normalizeId($value)
if (false === $this->_skipPrefixForId) {
$prefix = $this->getPrefixForId();
if (strlen($prefix)) {
return $prefix . $value;
return parent::_normalizeId($value);
I can't get patch to apply cleaning. Adam, if you can, feel free to apply it.
Fixed in trunk (1.12.0): r24962


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TUCSON, Ariz. – Sumeet Shinde won both of his matches on Sunday but it wasn't enough to spark the Wildcats in their attempt to upset No. 67 Texas A&M Corpus Christi and No. 72 New Mexico. Arizona fell to Texas A&M Corpus Christi 4-2 and New Mexico 4-1.
"We had a lot of long close matches this weekend and I think that affected us a little on the last day," head coach Tad Berkowitz said. "Six matches in three days is a total grind and I am proud of the effort we put forth all weekend. This will only make us tougher as a team and we will definitely benefit from this as the season gets going."
In the afternoon match against Corpus Christi, Shinde defeated Javier Pujol in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 and kept his momentum going to cruise to victory over New Mexico's Mitchell McDaniels, 6-2, 6-3.
Arizona's other point on the day came from senior Mario Urquidi, who defeated Pietro Jordao of Texas A&M Corpus Christi 6-2, 6-1. Urquidi later fell to Hayden Sabakta of New Mexico, 6-2, 6-4.
Sophomore Matt Dunn made his season debut against New Mexico's Mads Hegelund, but left his match unfinished after New Mexico clinched the victory.
Senior Kieren Thompson fell in both of his matches, first to Texas A&M Corpus Christi's Ricardo Mayagoitia 6-1, 6-2, then New Mexico's Samir Iftikhar 7-5, 6-3.
Fellow senior Fredrik Ask lost his sole match of the day, as Peter Nagy of Texas A&M Corpus Christi defeated him in a three setter, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Sophomore Naoki Takeda had a grueling match against Guillaume Rauseo, which included a 36-point tiebreaker in the second set. Despite outlasting Rauseo in the marathon set, Takeda fell in the end 7-6, 6-7 (17-19), 4-6.
Freshman Will Kneale lost both of his matches on the day, falling to Paul Cook of Corpus Christi 6-2, 6-2, and to New Mexico's Rodolfo Jauregui 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Dominic Bermudez fell to James Hignett of New Mexico 6-0, 6-1.
The Cats will hold their home opener on Jan. 24 as they take on Northern Arizona at 12:30 p.m. The match will be held at the Tucson Country Club.
For continued coverage of Arizona men's tennis, visit ArizonaWildcats.com, follow @ArizonaMTennis on Twitter and Instagram, and on Facebook at facebook.com/ArizonaMensTennis.
Sunday Results
Texas A&M Corpus Christi def. Arizona 4-2
Nagy (TAMCC) def. Ask (UA) 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Mayagoitia (TAMCC) def. Thompson (UA) 6-1, 6-2
Rauseo (TAMCC) def. Takeda (UA) 7-6, 6-7 (17-19), 4-6
Shinde (UA) def. Pujol (TAMCC) 6-3, 6-3
Urquidi (UA) def. Jordao (TAMCC) 6-2, 6-1
Cook (TAMCC) def. Kneale (UA) 6-2, 6-2
New Mexico def. Arizona 4-1
Iftikhar (UNM) def. Thompson (UA) 7-5, 6-3
Shinde (UA) def. McDaniels (UNM) 6-2, 6-3
Sabatka (UNM) def. Urquidi 6-2, 6-4
Jauregui (UNM) def. Kneale (UA) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Hignett (UNM) def. Bermudez (UA) 6-0, 6-1
Hegelund (UNM) & Dunn (UA) 7-5, 5-4, DNF
Saturday Results
Arizona def. UC Irvine 4-0
Takeda (UA) def. Pham (UCI) 6-0, 6-2
Shinde (UA) def. Hernandez (UCI) 6-2, 6-2
Urquidi (UA) def. Hammel (UCI) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Kneale (UA) def. Poon (UCI) 7-6, 6-2
Ask (UA) & Cheung (UCI) 6-3, 6-7, DNF
Thompson (UA) & Dividian (UCI) 6-3, 5-7, DNF
New Mexico def. Arizona 4-0
Iftikhar (UNM) def. Ask (UA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
McDaniels (UNM) & Thompson (UA) 6-0, 4-6, DNF
Sabakta (UNM) def. Takeda (UA) 6-3, 6-3
Jauregui (UNM) def. Shinde (UA) 6-3, 7-5
Hignett (UNM) def. Urquidi (UA) 6-3, 6-3
Hegelund (UNM) & Kneale (UA) 2-6, 6-4, DNF
Friday Results
Arizona def. UC Irvine 4-2
Ask (UA) def. Cheung (UCI) 7-6(5), 6-3
Takeda (UA) def. Pham (UCI) 6-4, 6-1
Urquidi (UA) def. Poon (UCI) 6-2, 7-6(5)
Thompson (UA) def. Davidian (UCI) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Hernandez (UCI) def. Shinde (UA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Hammel (UCI) def. Bermudez (UA) 6-2, 7-5
Texas A&M Corpus Christi def. Arizona 4-2
Nagy (TAMCC) def. Ask (UA) 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
Mayagoitia (TAMCC) def. Thompson (UA) 6-1, 6-7(2), 7-6(4)
Rauseo (TAMCC) def. Shinde (UA) 7-6, 6-4
Takeda (UA) def. Pujol (TAMCC) 6-1, 6-1
Urquidi (UA) def. Westmoreland (TAMCC) 7-5, 6-4
Jordao (TAMCC) def. Bermudez (UA) 6-1, 6-3


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Maine at No. 10/10 Robert Morris (84 Lumber Arena)
The red-hot Robert Morris Colonials welcome Maine to 84 Lumber Arena on Friday afternoon. The Colonials (13-3-1, 6-1-1 CHA) are coming off of a 1-0-1 weekend against Syracuse that helped them earn a spot in the national rankings for the first time in program history. They then topped in-state foe Ohio State on Tuesday, 2-1, to extend their unbeaten streak to six games.
Freshman forward Brittany Howard continues to excel for Robert Morris, and now has 21 points (6G, 15A) in 16 games. Rebecca Vint leads the team in scoring with nine goals, and is second on the team in scoring with 14 points. Kristen Richards has 13 (4G, 9A) and Thea Imbrogno has 11 (6G, 5A).
Rookie netminder Jessica Dodds earned the win over Ohio State to improve to 10-0-1, giving her the best winning percentage in the nation. She also ranks in the top-10 in GAA (1.44), save percentage (.935) and shutouts (3).
Maine (0-11-3, 0-7-3) is the only winless team in Division-I women's hockey. Senior defenseman Kelly McDonald and junior forward Jennifer More lead Maine in points with five each (2 goals, 3 assists), while junior goaltender Meghann Treacy has spent the majority of the time between the pipes. Treacy has compiled a record of 0-10-3 with a save percentage of .897 and goals-against-average of 3.88.
Robert Morris holds the edge in the all-time series, 6-3-1, but the teams haven't met since the 2010-11 season.
RIT vs. Quinnipiac -Nutmeg Classic (Highpoint Solutions Arena)
The Tigers head East to Connecticut this weekend to compete in the 10th annual Nutmeg Classic at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. On Friday, RIT will take on No. 8 Quinnipiac, and Saturday they will face either Yale or Connecticut, depending on the outcomes Friday.
RIT split a weekend series with Mercyhurst last weekend, taking a 2-1 win on Friday before falling 3-2 Saturday, snapping a program-record five-game unbeaten streak.
Kolbee McCrea netted three goals in that series, including both in the win Friday, to earn CHA Player of the Week honors. She leads the team with seven goals, and has 10 points this season. Kourtney Kunichika leads the team in points with 12 (5G, 7A), and had three assists last weekend.
Ali Binnington earned her third-straight CHA Goalie of the Week award after stopping 76-of-80 shots against the Mercyhurst offense. Binnington is now 8-3-1 on the year with a 1.97 GAA and .933 save percentage. She is 6-1-1 with a 1.13 GAA and .958 save percentage over her last eight starts.
Quinnipiac enters at 10-2-5 (3-2-4 ECAC), though they are winless in their last three outings. They drew with Princeton 1-1 on Tuesday after a tie to St. Lawrence (1-1) and loss to No. 6 Clarkson, 3-0 on Saturday. Kelly Babstock leads the team in scoring with 22 points on 10 goals and 12 assists. The Bobcats have four players with double-digit point totals. In net, junior Chelsea Laden is 10-2-4 with a 1.07 goals against average and .947 save percentage.
RIT vs. Yale/Uconn - Nutmeg Classic (Highpoint Solutions Arena)
Connecticut (4-8-2, 1-4-1 Hockey East) dropped two games to Boston College last weekend, 6-2, and 3-2. Junior Sarah MacDonnell leads the Huskies in scoring with 13 points (5G, 8A) on the season. Michela Cava is the only other Huskie to have over 10 points this season. Sarah Moses and Elaine Chuli have split time in net, as both hold a 2-4-1 mark. Moses has a 3.37 goals against average, and .911 save percentage, while Chuli has a 3.79 GAA and .903 save percentage.
Yale enters the weekend with a 2-7-1 (2-3-1 ECAC) record. Last weekend the Bulldogs faced Minnesota, the top-ranked team in Division I, and fell by scores of 5-1 and 4-1. Sophomore Jamie Haddad leads the team in scoring with eight points on three goals and five assists. Jamie Leonoff has appeared in every game this season with a 2-7-1 record to go along with a 3.52 goals against average and .914 save percentage this season.
RIT has never played Quinnipiac or Connecticut. The Tigers are 4-0-0 all time against Yale, 1-0-0 in the Division I era. RIT and Yale met last season, with the Tigers pulling out a 3-0 win at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester. Binnington made 21 saves in the win, while Erin Zach and Celeste Brown each had a goal and an assist.
Maine at Penn State (Pegula Ice Arena)
Penn State (3-12-1, 1-7-0 CHA) will welcome Maine to Hockey Valley on Saturday afternoon. The Nittany Lions will look to build on a 4-1 win last Sunday over Lindenwood.
Five different goal scorers contributed in the series split at Lindenwood. Shannon Yoxheimer, Hannah Hoenshell & Emily Laurenzi each tallied two points, and Celine Whitliner picked up her third win of the season Sunday afternoon. Penn State continues to get production from their young players, with 56 of the team's 71 points coming from freshmen and sophomores.
Maine (0-11-3, 0-7-3) has struggled early in the season, still searching for its first game heading into a road weekend at Robert Morris and Penn State. The Black Bears and Colonials face off Friday evening at RMU. Maine is currently on a six-game losing streak, giving up an average of five goals per game during the skid. Kelly McDonald and Jennifer Moore lead the team with five points apiece, while Audra Richards leads the team with four goals. Kayla Kaluzny and Brianne Kilgour each have four points for the Bears. In net, Meghann Treacy has been in the net for all but one game as she has a .897 save percentage and a 3.88 goals-against average.
This is the first ever meeting between the two programs. The teams have three common opponents so far this season, not including Robert morris, who the Black Bears will play Friday night. The Nittany Lions are a combined 1-3-1 against the trio of Vermont, New Hampshire and Quinnipiac, while Maine is 0-4-1 against those three.
No. 3/3 Cornell at Syracuse (War Memorial Arena, Syracuse N.Y.)
On Tuesday, the 7-6-2 (2-2-2 CHA) Syracuse Orange will host No. 3 Cornell for a televised contest at the War Memorial Arena in Syracuse. The Orange took a 2-1 victory over Colgate, also televised from the War Memorial Arena, in their last outing.
Syracuse is off this weekend, while Cornell will be in action against No. 6 Boston College on Friday and Saturday. Cornell enters the weekend at 8-0-2 (6-0-2 ECAC), with a 4-2 win over Dartmouth in their most recent outing.
Allie LaCombe provided the heroics for the Orange last week against Colgate, scoring in the final seconds of regulation to break a 1-1 tie. Jenesica Drinkwater made 18 saves to improve to 4-0-0 on the year.
Nicole Renault continues to lead Syracuse with 12 points (2G, 10A) on the year, while Nicole Ferrara (6G, 4A), Jessica Sibley (6G, 4A) and Melissa Piacentini (3G, 7A) each have ten points. Kallie Billadeau has seen a majority of the workload in goal, starting 11 of 15 games and posting a 2.08 GAA and .934 save percentage.
The Cornell offense, which leads the nation in goals per game at 4.50, is led by Emily Fulton with 22 points (8G, 14A). while Jillian Saulnier and Jessica Campbell each have 18. Fulton is first in the nation, with Saulnier and Campbell tied for second, in points per game. Fulton and Campbell are also one and two in assists per game. Lauren Slebodnick has started 10 of 11 games in goal, posting a 8-0-2 record with a 2.11 GAA and .916 save percentage.
Cornell also has the top-ranked power play in the country at 33.3%, while the Syracuse penalty kill is tied for sixth in the nation with Robert Morris at 89.3%.
Cornell defeated Syracuse 8-1 last season, and also took two games, 9-2 and 6-3 in 2011-12.


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Indoor Velodrome at Arista in Broomfield delayed for a year
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
Got this from the FCVelodrome mailing list the other day
Good news and Bad news Report on the International Velodrome at ARISTA.
The Bad news is we have to wait.
The Good news is we have a signed "Letter of Intent" to develop an indoor velodrome in Broomfield, Colorado. We have Municipal Bond funding, a designated park site and a commitment to be part of a major Colorado development.
Obviously, the velodrome was not part of the first phases of the overall ARISTA development design. We were trying to work our way into the current funding phase. We almost made it. We are now part of the next funding phase which becomes available for construction in the
first month of 2009 with completion in the summer of 2009.
The delay is a disappointment to all of us but good things happen to those who wait. I thank you for your support in the past and look forward to working with you in a few months.
Yours in cycling,
Dale Hughes
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2 Comments
Great News
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I think Broomfield is a much location than Ft. Collins. Cant wait!
Points: -23
Is getting a Velodrome built
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Is getting a Velodrome built a Dream or just a Nightmare? How much hot air has been wasted on Velodromes in Colorado over the last 10 years?
Don't hold your breath...
Points: 5


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There are so many words that are bounced around these days – words like purpose, passion, happiness – meaningful, important words that are losing their power like a song that is played too often on the radio. But really, aren't they the point? What else could we be here to do other than to be happy? To feel purposeful? To live passionate lives?
But the cynicism of the day has us turn up our noses. And the responsibilities we women have to everyone else turn us to resignation — to "Oh well." How I've come to hate that phrase.
I was definitely living an "oh well" life. A career I hated, a family I LOVE, but that didn't seem to fulfill me in the way I imagined being a full-time Mommy would. And I remember thinking, quite clearly "Oh, well. Guess this is what it's going to be for me." I'd ruined my once lofty career. So now what? I went to one of the best universities in the country, all the promise of upward mobility, an excellent education, a six-figure job, a once brilliant mind that I believed I allowed myself to lose. "I used to be smart, really smart." I would actually say that to people. A defense. An excuse. Permission to be ordinary.
So what to do? I needed to do SOMETHING. I became an aerobics instructor. When I told my husband my plan, he laughed. "How is it going to feel for you to tell people that you are an aerobics instructor?" he asked.
Like many girls, I started dancing when I was 3 years old. There is nothing special in that. I had the benefit of growing up in New York with access to amazing ballet schools and performance opportunities. But I don't ever remember LOVING to dance. I was good enough – never great. But what I LOVED was to perform. To be on stage. Performing was, and is, my bliss. In college, I discovered that my love of performing easily transferred to acting – and I realized I had come to hate to dance. Crazy to me now. I quit.
So here I am, 10 years later, a newly certified aerobics instructor. And I decided to teach people to dance. Not dancers, not children – just your average gym-going woman. Young, old, thin, heavy, tall, short, years of dance experience, or none at all. They came. And I taught them to love to move, to love music, and suddenly after years of trying to succeed in school, and in my career, and as a mother – I found success. Teaching something that I was passionate about – and that I let myself lose. Enjoying more than I could have ever imagined watching these women learn to dance. My class is amazing. It is a shining example of women feeling so proud of doing what they never would have believed they could. Through no effort at all, in a role that my own husband felt was a bit of a joke, I learned to lead.
Leadership is another one of those words – at word we scoff at, a word that has lost its meaning because of its absence at the highest levels. But there is brilliant leadership all around us. In the teacher who magically creates serenity in a room full of five-year olds. In an author who inspires strangers to take meaning and inspiration from her words. In the small business owner who believes so fully in what she is doing that there is no chance she won't succeed. There is a leader in all of us.
Throughout the ages there have been many that have tried to define leadership with words.
"Leaders provide a mental picture of a preferred future and then ask people to follow them there." – Adam Stanley
"Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen." –Alan Keith
"A leader is one who mobilizes; one whose focus is influencing people; a person who is goal driven; and someone who has people willing to follow them." — George Barna
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." –Dwight D. Eisenhower


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We have now been back to school at CTU for 3 weeks and it seems like we never ended. I am thrilled to walk through the halls of the third floor and see the students studying, having a bite to eat or just chatting with new and old friends that they have met in the atrium. By definition an atrium is a large open space within a building usually with a glass roof; I pose this question to you - have any of you looked up to see that our atrium has a glass roof? This glass roof lets in all the glorious sunshine that the world has to offer us daily. At CTU we take those little special tidbits of life and we share them with each other, our community. CTU widely uses that word to describe our humble existence as community; I am hoping that since you have started your academic exploration here you have adopted that word as well. The CTU community has welcomed back some old favorite faces, like Eduardo, Christopher, Kristin, and Saleha and some new ones like Melissa, Bernadette, and Alexis. If I have not mentioned some of you in this blog, no worries you know who you are. I just want to say, we are blessed to have you here!
Valerie H.


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When we called Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, this week about his reaction to the crash and burn of the Senate's gun control bill last week, we thought we'd break the ice by asking for a status report on Aposhian's AR-15 rifle that was recently stolen from his SUV.
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"How is that news?" Aposhian said, somewhat testily. He said it a couple times. Obviously, the state's leading gun lobbyist finds having his assault rifle, complete with a thermal-imaging scope, ripped off by bad guys is an embarrassment.
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"If it would have addressed the problems at Sandy Hook—sure," he says of expanded background checks or any other gun bills. "Until they can accurately identify the problem and the cause and actually find a solution, it's just passing a law to say they passed a law."
Aposhian had the opportunity to air his arguments last week with state Sen. Allen Christensen; Mitch Vilos, an authority on Utah Gun Laws, against Jean Hill of the Salt Lake Catholic Diocese, Maryann Martindale of Alliance for a Better Utah, and Steve Gunn of the Utah Gun Violence Prevention Center at a debate on the University of Utah campus.
A SLMag reader, Louise Ewing, who attended, sent us a report on the face off. If nothing else she reports, the debate revealed the breath of the divide "between the gun control advocates and "the keep your hands off MY firearms folk'." Christensen, for instance, supported a citizen's right to own a .50 cal. machine gun for self defense. On the other hand, Hill found the gun as "simply a tool, like a hammer" argument ridiculous and also argued the reduction of violent crime in Utah is due to a society that is "life-affirming," something that attitudes and fears driving gun ownership undermine.
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Ski holidays in Les Arcs can be in one of four top resorts, which are also surrounded by some of the best skiing in the world, each of them is worthy of a week's skiing alone: Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950 and Arc 2000. Les Arcs is linked to La Plagne by the The Vanoise Express double decker cable car, the only of its type ever made, creating the Paradiski area, the new link and the new village of Arc 1950 will make Les Arcs the next big ski chalet holiday hotspot.
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On your ski holidays in Les Arcs, there is plenty of choice for all standards and levels. Les Arcs is purpose built and is home to the ski evolutif method of teaching and has an Olympic speed skiing course. The satellite village Les Arc Peisey Nancroix is situated close to the ski area with good connections. They are traditional villages whose economies are as much based on skiing as farming. On your ski holidays in Les Arcs France, soak up the charming French atmosphere. Apres ski is limited to a small selection of bars and restaurants.
Beginners: Nursery slopes are conveniently situated above all three villages of Les Arcs. Arc 1800 is the best providing sunny and spacious runs. Easy greens are hard to find but there are some gentle blues like Mont Blanc above Arc 1600, and some snow sure easy runs down from Col de la Chal to Arc 2000.
Intermediates: One of the strengths of ski holidays in Les Arcs is the diversity of choice for intermediate skiers. Most main routes have an easy and a more difficult alternative ideal for mixed-ability groups. Plenty of challenges for the adventurous and less confident intermediates will rejoice that they can move around the area without to many suprises. Les Arc Peisey Vallandry is great for the speed hungry groomer fans, while both ends of the full domain contain some great wooded runs. Higher up the runs get steeper but are friendly due to good grooming.
Experts: There is much to offer experts on ski holidays in Les Arcs. The Aiguille Rouge peak offers some excellent blacks with nice steeps located above Arc 2000. A couple blacks are spread amongst the other areas as well. For some beautifull wooded runs head over to either Arc Villaroger Le Pré on one side or Les Arc Peisey Vallandry on the other. One run stands out with a vertical drop of over 2000m you can go from the top of the Arguille Rouge ridge down to the village of Arc Villaroger Le Pre, with some great variations throughout. Off-piste opportunities for ski holidays in Les Arcs are numerous as is typical of great Alpine ski resorts.
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How can I prove that for every real number $a$ there exists a sequence $r_n$ of rational numbers such that $r_n$ approaches $a$.
Without loss of generality we may assume the real number $a$ is $\gt 0$. (If $a \lt 0$, we can apply the argument below to $|a|$ and then switch signs.) We sketch a fairly formal proof, based on the fact that the reals are a complete ordered field. In one of the remarks at the end, we give an easy informal but incomplete "proof."
Let $n$ be a natural number. Let $m=m(n)$ be the largest positive integer such that $\frac{m}{n}\lt a$. Then $\frac{m+1}{n}\ge a$, and therefore $|a-m/n|\lt 1/n$.
Let $r_n=m/n$. It is easy to show from the definition of limit that the sequence $(r_n)$ has limit $a$.
Remarks: $1.$ One really requires proof that there is a positive integer $m$ such that $\frac{m}{n}\ge a$. It is enough to show that there is a positive integer $k$ such that $k \ge a$, for then we can take $m=kn$. The fact that there is always an integer $\gt a$ is called the Archimedean property of the reals. We proceed to prove that the reals do have this property.
Suppose to the contrary that all positive integers are $\lt a$. Then the set $\mathbb{N}$ of positive integers is bounded, so has a least upper bound $b$. That means that for any $\epsilon \gt 0$ there is an integer $k$ such that $0\lt k\lt b$ and $b-k\lt \epsilon$. Pick $\epsilon=1/2$. Then $k+1\gt b$, contradicting the assumption that $b$ is an upper bound for $\mathbb{N}$.
$2.$ One can also give a very quick but not fully persuasive "proof" of the approximation result. Assume as before that $a\gt 0$. The numbers obtained by truncating the decimal expansion of $a$ at the $n$-th place are rational, and clearly have limit $a$. The problem is that we are then assuming that every real number has a decimal expansion.
Hint: The rational numbers are dense in the reals. If there is a real number $a$ for which there lacks such a sequence, what can we say about the neighborhood of $a$?
I'm surprised that no one's talked about decimal notation yet, but here's an informal proof. (For familiarity, we'll use the base-10 system.)
If $x$ is rational, just use the sequence $\left(r_n\right)=\left(x, x, x, x, \dots\right)\to x$. If it's irrational, we'll have to do some work: Represent $x$ using decimal notation. It will be a non-repeating, non-terminating decimal. For example, let
$$x = \sqrt{2} = 1.414213562...$$
Then just make every term of your sequence a terminating decimal, a more refined approximation of $\sqrt{2}$.
$$\left(r_n\right)=\left(1, 1.4, 1.41, 1.414, 1.4142, 1.41421, 1.414213, \dots\right)$$
Obviously, since every term in the sequence is a terminating decimal, it's a rational number. By the Cauchy criterion, the rational sequence converges, and it converges to the real number $\sqrt{2}$.
It's not a formal proof, but you can see how it works.


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text:
2013 Princeton Softball
Princeton vs Seton Hall
Mar 09, 2013 at Baltimore, Md. (Coppin State)
Score by Innings R H E
Princeton........... 200 100 0 - 3 4 1
Seton Hall.......... 000 031 X - 4 9 0
Umpires -
Start: Time: Attendance:
Princeton starters: 5/2b Rendina; 7/ss Chu; 8/lf Schmidt; 10/1b Peyton; 21/dp
Cousens; 15/3b McGowan; 9/rf Button; 30/c Jerpbak; 12/cf Pierce; 1/p Christian;
Seton Hall starters: 23/cf HARRELL; 11/ss HAMMER; 25/p DESTASO; 7/2b DELUCA;
5/c RABBETTS; 3/lf SHELDON; 24/dp METZGER; 8/rf HAEFELI; 34/3b DIPIETRO; 27/1b
Princeton 1st - Rendina walked. Chu singled, bunt;
Rendina advanced to second. Schmidt doubled, 2 RBI; Chu scored; Rendina scored.
Peyton struck out swinging. Cousens struck out looking. McGowan hit by pitch.
Button grounded out to p. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Seton Hall 1st - HARRELL walked. HAMMER struck out
swinging. HARRELL stole second. DESTASO struck out swinging. DELUCA out at
first 1b to 2b to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Princeton 2nd - Jerpbak flied out to lf. Pierce
lined out to cf. Rendina flied out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
Seton Hall 2nd - RABBETTS walked. SHELDON struck out
swinging. METZGER flied out to p. HAEFELI hit by pitch; RABBETTS advanced to
second. DIPIETRO flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
Princeton 3rd - Chu flied out to lf. Schmidt flied
out to rf. Peyton struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
Seton Hall 3rd - HARRELL singled. HARRELL out at
second p to ss, caught stealing. HAMMER singled to left center. DESTASO struck
out looking. DELUCA lined out to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
Princeton 4th - Cousens struck out looking. McGowan
singled through the left side. Button doubled to left center, RBI; McGowan
scored. Jerpbak flied out to rf. Pierce grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Seton Hall 4th - RABBETTS reached on an error by ss.
SHELDON reached on a fielder's choice; RABBETTS out at second 2b unassisted.
METZGER grounded out to 3b; SHELDON advanced to second. HAEFELI singled to left
field; SHELDON advanced to third. DIPIETRO flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1
hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Princeton 5th - Rendina flied out to lf. Chu hit by
pitch. Schmidt struck out swinging. Peyton flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Seton Hall 5th - HARRELL singled. HAMMER singled;
HARRELL advanced to second. DESTASO struck out swinging. DELUCA grounded out to
p; HAMMER advanced to second; HARRELL advanced to third. RABBETTS homered to
left center, 3 RBI; HAMMER scored; HARRELL scored. SHELDON singled up the
middle. METZGER struck out looking. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1
Princeton 6th - Cousens grounded out to 3b. McGowan
walked. McGowan advanced to second on a wild pitch. Button walked. Jerpbak
flied out to 1b. Pierce flied out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
Seton Hall 6th - HAEFELI flied out to lf. HENZE
pinch hit for DIPIETRO. HENZE doubled to left field. Kuhn to p for Christian.
DIPIETRO to 3b for HENZE. HARRELL singled up the middle, RBI; DIPIETRO scored.
HARRELL stole second. HAMMER walked. DESTASO reached on a fielder's choice;
HAMMER out at second 2b to ss; HARRELL advanced to third. DESTASO stole second.
DELUCA grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Princeton 7th - Rendina flied out to cf. Roberts to
lf for Chu. Schmidt to ss. Roberts struck out swinging. Schmidt flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.