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Panuphol stretches his lead
Thailand's Panuphol Pittayarat extended his lead at the Selangor Masters on Friday thanks to seven birdies.
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Landslides in Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris is the largest canyon in the Solar System: if superposed on a map of the United States, it would stretch all the way from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., possibly even up to New England! So this image is just a very small portion of the system. This observation shows us gully-like landslides (called "mass wasting") on the interior layered deposits of Valles Marineris. These include alcoves and channels. This caption is based on the original science rationale. Written by: HiRISE Science Team
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Latest Image of Vesta Captured by Dawn on July 16, 2011
NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on July 16, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 9,500 miles (15,000 kilometers) away from the protoplanet Vesta. Each pixel in the image corresponds to roughly 0.88 miles (1.4 kilometers).
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Movers & Shakers: Failla, Benyamine, & Chartier Move Up GPI
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2011 WSOP Scorecard: Winners & Losers
http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...7/2011WSOP.jpg With record numbers and prize pools, the 2011 WSOP was a bigger winner this summer.
Whether you’ve been reading our site for the past seven years or for the past seven minutes, you know we’re all about judging books by their cover, pointing fingers, throwing people under the bus, and declaring winners & losers. So with an unbelievably eventful six weeks, here’s our 2011 WSOP scorecard. WINNERS The WSOP – The 2011 WSOP exceeded all expectations, setting new attendance and prizepool (and revenue) records. From a coverage perspective, it’d still be better if all of the action was always condensed into one area, but with the field sizes and number of concurrent events going on, we get why the action needs to be spread out between two convention rooms. That’s a good problem to have. Whether or not this year was more of a “last hurrah” or if it’s a sign that live poker will totally survive the temporary absence of online play, well, you know who to ask about that. Phil Ivey- The guy who didn’t play in one single WSOP event by some measures is the single biggest winner among players. After Full Tilt management (specifically, Ray Bitar and Howard Lederer) turned down his White KnightTM deal, Ivey rampaged and sued the company. He eventually pulled the lawsuit as Full Tilt reengaged the White Knight group, but still, in the court of public opinion, Ivey clearly won the battle against Full Tilt. Ben Lamb – Ok, if there was one player other than Phil Ivey who enhanced his rep 10-fold during the six week span of the WSOP it was Ben Lamb. Despite a 14th place finish in the 2009 WSOP ME, Lamb was virtually unknown to the casual poker audience. But he crushed event after event, eventually ending up in the November Nine, and becoming the guy the poker community will inevitably rally behind as the “pro who can win the Main Event.” He’s going to get the lion’s share of ink leading up to November. Phil Hellmuth – Hellmuth achieved the impossible this year–he became a sympathetic figure. In his quest for bracelet #12, he finished second not once, not twice, but thrice. He handled his three seconds with humility, turning the tide of public perception in his favor. In seven years we’ve never seen featured table crowds overwhelmingly (or even underwhelmingly) rooting for the Poker Brat, but that’s what happened this year. Epic Poker – They acquired the most under-the-radar successful poker property out there in the Heartland Poker Tour. They also acquired almost all available independent poker media to write and tweet good things about them. So despite picking a brand name that is pretty well summarized by this, they overall managed to come out +EV this summer. Poker PROductions – Mori Eskandani and crew took over for 441 and, so far at least, did so with few hiccups. The featured table area–dubbed by the media as “The Mothership”–was aesthetically impressive. But more importantly, they pulled off making live poker on TV somewhat bearable. Yeah, there are still enhancements the broadcast should make (some of which we’ve covered before here), but the live shows were definitely a good sign of things to come in poker programming. New Poker Media – We’ll be writing about this more over the next month, but we’re at a tipping point with poker media. It’s an out with the old and in with the climate. Sites that either didn’t exist a year ago or didn’t have an audience–like QuadJacks and Subject:Poker– have carved out niches and suddenly become go to sources for news. And more and more hardcore poker people started to lean on Twitter for their tournament and breaking news updates. The times they are a changing. LOSERS Full Tilt Poker- Where to start?Phil Ivey sues them. Tilt management snaps backwith a statementthat sounded like it was written by an angry teenager. Alderneysuspends their gaming license. Another group files aclass action lawsuit against them. They still haven’t paid their U.S. players back. And their White Knight deal still isn’t done. Other than that, they’ve had a great summer. Featured Table Players- With the DoJ online poker crackdown and new WSOP hat logo policies, players saw around a 90% drop in sponsorship dollars this year compared to last. For many mid-to-big-name pros, those dollars often were the difference between a profitable or losing overall WSOP. And for the average Joe who lucked his way into a Main Event featured table, those dollars often covered their buy-in (and then some). Next year may be worse, as we still won’t have legal real money gaming sites operating in the U.S. So this is a trend that may last a couple of more years. Old Poker Media – To be expected, but it was a nasty, toxic atmosphere among poker media this year. With uncertainty about the future (at least in the U.S.), the claws (understandably) came out. It seemed like more fake Twitter account bashing (and general Twitter warring) occurred. The quality of Poker News’ tourney reporting got beat up by players and non-Poker News media alike. It seemed like almost everyone was slinging arrows. And upstart new poker media sites challenged (and in some cases) out hustled the old guard. All in all, the mood was a far cry from the past few years. Here’s hoping this one is a temporary thing. Las Vegas Strippers and Models – Well, no more Pokerpalooza or Pokerfest or whatever the convention was called that’d take place during the first few days of the Main Event. So that meant no more dunk-a-stripper. Or pillow fights. Or just hot girls manning booths. Their loss is our loss too. Related Posts
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Meet the November Nine -- Eoghan O'Dea
The final table is set in the 2011 WSOP Main Event, and now it's time to meet your November Nine! Eoghan O'Dea is second in chips with 33,925,000. Check out this video interview to learn more about the Irish poker pro.
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Completing the Mission
After completing the STS-135 mission, space shuttle Atlantis is rolled over to the Orbiter Processing Facility shortly after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis and the STS-135 crew completed a 13-day mission to the International Space Station and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program, early Thursday morning, July 21, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Overall, Atlantis spent 307 days in space and traveled nearly 126 million miles during its 33 flights. Atlantis, the fourth orbiter built, launched on its first mission on Oct. 3, 1985. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Deadly attacks hit Norway
At least a dozen deaths reported after a massive bomb blast hits central Oslo and a youth event is fired upon.
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Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
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The Amazing Webbed Saimang
http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/we...es/siamang.jpgThe Siamang (Hylobates syndactylus) is a gibbon quite similar in looks to a monkey. However, the Siamangs has white cheeks and no tail. The Siamang differs from all other primates because it is a syndactylus, which means that it has two toes on each foot that are webbed. This webbing is between their second and third toes.
They have shaggy black fur and are the largest and darkest species of gibbon. These gibbons have a hairless pouch on their throat that expands when they are vocalizing. This pouch makes them much louder, able to be heard over three kilometers through the jungle. They have large forearms and are very skillful at using their legs and feet to carry things around. These creatures are quick and agile, able to gracefully travel through the treetops. Siamangs are a bit larger than other gibbons. They are 74 to 89 cm (29 to 35 inches) tall and about 10 - 14 kg (23 - 30 pounds). They live in rain forests in Malaysia, Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They don't touch the ground often, staying instead on the tops of trees. They find on leaves, fruits, flowers, insects and bird eggs. They especially like figs. Siamangs tend not to do well in captivity, they are much too territorial. The fathers and their male offspring defend their territory together. When the Siamangs reach sexual maturity, generally at eight or nine years of age, and partner up, the mated pair sing to one another, composing a unique song that they use to communicate. They are monogamous animals, and the males are active in caring for their young. They dwell together as a family with one male, one female and their offspring. The adults sleep upright with folded arms and their head between their knees. The Siamang are considered to be endangered. Due to hunting and a loss of their habitat, the Siamang has decreased greatly in number. Fires or destruction of the rainforests have cleared out much of their home. They are also popular with illegal pet traders. These poachers kill the mothers, who are very protective of their babies, and take the infants. Many of these infants unfortunately die during transport. Picture of the Siamang by suneko, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/anim...Fs:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/animals/~4/Fzd0xI8RmsE More... |
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