Toughie (Died September 20163, 22016)Photo via Atlanta Botanical Garden on FacebookKnown as the "loneliest frog on earth," Toughie—the last fringe-limbed tree frog in the world—died on September 22016, 22017.
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ALGAL BLOOM was a toughie, I thought, for a Monday.
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"I am the new toughie here in hell," he said.
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Creating a TV ad for a smart speaker is a toughie.
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Her Number One Vice"Sunbathing is a toughie for me," she says.
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That's a toughie, and could well be Trump's "What is Aleppo?" moment.
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This election cycle's been a toughie for all of us in one way or another.
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Toughie may be gone, he says, but "we're not going to lose all of them."
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For instance, there's "Toughie," the last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog, which died in 2016.
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While 2016 may have been a toughie, when it comes to our closets, there was plenty to celebrate.
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You needed to extend the above idea for five interim steps, and the first one was a toughie.
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Wordplay SATURDAY PUZZLE — This Roland Huget concoction was a toughie to end the first week of the year.
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In place of a provincial toughie known as "The Demolition Man", Italy has acquired an affable Roman aristocrat with a preference for compromise.
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If Marvel Studios had seen fit to release the new sizzle reels for Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War online, this might've been a toughie.
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And with the death of the last one — a male, nicknamed Toughie — all the biological machinery that came with the frog was wiped off the face of the earth.
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She ministers to them with deep concentration, applying long bandages and tender, expert care — and cures them all except a toughie called Big Mean, who refuses to unclasp her jaws.
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The "Noted politician and orator" at 89A, with SAD as initials, was a bit of a toughie — crosses helped evolve STEPHEN A DOUGLAS, who was famously upended by Abraham Lincoln.
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That last one is a toughie, as Radiohead are known for being sensitive babies, and so has, I'm sure, left a number of us tossing and turning at 3AM multiple times.
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Mark Mandica, the head of the Amphibian Foundation who worked with Toughie for several years, told National Geographic that while the frog's passing is sad, his story is by no means special.
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Zoo Atlanta had also safeguarded some members of the Rabbs' frog species, with the next to last known specimen on the planet (like Toughie, a male) dying at the zoo in 2012.
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Looking back, I don't know why I starred this clue as a toughie since NEW DO is such an apt entry, but that's often a sign that a clue is just elegant.
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Here's a toughie: What do a coffee-making robot, a GIF-printing camera, a smartwatch that runs Windows 98, and "Furlexa" — that is, a Furby equipped with Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant — have in common?
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"Every species on this planet had the right to be here," Joseph Mendelson, the director of research at Zoo Atlanta, which housed Toughie, told me after his death, and with a great deal of sadness.
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I also drew a blank on some names, including AMECHE (because of how it was clued, I insist), SERT, DARLA and CELIE, who was played by Whoopi Goldberg but was still a toughie to me.
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The Cardinals begin their homestand with a three-game series against the National League East-leading Washington Nationals before a four-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies and a three-game series against a fellow NL Central toughie, the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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The call was recorded in 2015 by Keith Hughes at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, where Toughie had lived for many years after he and a few dozen other Rabbs' specimens were removed from their home range on a Panamanian mountain slope in 2005.
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First my tester looked at it sideways (despite the fact that "Yoga positions" didn't ring any bells for her, she's pretty flexible); then I looked up the history of its use and it's heretofore been in Thursdays — Sundays, so it counts as a toughie.
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Wordplay TUESDAY PUZZLE — This was a toughie for me for a Tuesday, my troubles exacerbated by that particular handicap that results from surely and boldly filling in a wrong word, in this case for 1A, and stubbornly clinging to it for way too long into the solve.
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As news spread late last month of the death of "Toughie," the last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog, I used Twitter to muse on whether media will have to start doing the same thing for species of living things that are on the brink of extinction: Will media soon need an Extinction desk to go with Obits desk?
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Toughie, living alone in recent years in a special habitat at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, was one of several dozen Rabbs' frogs and tadpoles captured in Panama in 2005 and brought to Atlanta by biologists practicing the emerging art of "captive conservation" — trying to safeguard this (and other) tropical frog species ahead of the fungal holocaust.
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Since Toughie was brought in as an adult to the Garden, they do not know his age but estimated that he was at least 12 years old. On December 15, 2014, Toughie was recorded vocalizing again. It is his first known call since being collected as an adult in 2005. Toughie died on September 26, 2016 at the Garden.
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Toughie was the last known living Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog. The species, scientifically known as Ecnomiohyla rabborum, is thought to be extinct, as the last specimen--Toughie--died in captivity on September 26, 2016.
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Toughie was captured as an adult in Panama in 2005, when researchers went on a conservation mission to rescue species from Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungus deadly to amphibians. Toughie was one of "several dozen" frogs and tadpoles of the same species to be transported back to the United States. Toughie lived at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Georgia. At the Garden, he was placed in a special containment area called the "frogPOD", a biosecure enclosure.
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The album Kingston 12 Toughie (A Tribute To Bingy Bunny) was released by RAS Records in 1996.
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Toughie was given his name by Mark Mandica's son Anthony. Mark Mandica was Toughie's caretaker for many years at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Toughie did not like to be handled. He would pinch a handler's hand in an attempt to "say 'let me go'", according to handler Leslie Phillips.
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In July 2013, National Geographic featured Toughie and his species in their magazine. It is part of The Photo Ark project run by photographer Joel Sartore. They also focused on the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Amphibian Conservation Program. In 2014, Louie Psihoyos filmed Toughie for his 2015 film Racing Extinction, including footage of Sartore photographing him.
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A single adult male named Toughie at the Atlanta Botanical Garden was the last known survivor of the species until his death.
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In 2010, Pidgeon fulfilled a long-held ambition, when he began compiling crosswords for The Daily Telegraph, where his Toughie puzzles are attributed to Petitjean. According to one contributor to Big Dave's Crossword Blog, "I always consider that I need to put a ‘slightly mad’ hat on in order to solve a Petitjean crossword.""Toughie No 560 by Petitjean", (gnomethang, Big Dave's Crossword Blog, 11 May 2011) His last Toughie (his 74th) appeared on 7 July. His cryptic and quick puzzles on the back page of the newspaper first appeared in March 2011 and the 87th and last was published at the end of June 2016.
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Visitors to the Garden are not allowed to visit the frogPOD, as it is used to house critically endangered animals. While in captivity at the Garden, Toughie sired tadpoles with a female, but none survived. After the female died, the only other known specimen in the world was a male, leaving Toughie no other options of reproducing. The other male, who lived at the Zoo Atlanta, was euthanized on February 17, 2012, due to health concerns.
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To promote the film and the extinction crisis, a 30-story series of photographs was projected onto the side of the United Nations Building in New York City in September 2014. Included was a photograph of Toughie.
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ACP Surya I. P. S. is an efficient officer who works to serve people. While handling a case he comes across Maya. A toughie at heart, he falls for her. He meets her again in the mall but does not talk to her.
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Deford 1971:95. Early stars of Roller Derby after its debut on TV included Carl 'Moose' Payne, Monta Jean Payne, Ken Monte, Bert Wall, and the temperamental Midge "Toughie" Brasuhn. Skater salaries were about $200 to $260 a week,$ to $ a week, in recent dollars.
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The golden toad of Costa Rica, extinct since around 1989. Its disappearance has been attributed to a confluence of several factors, including El Niño warming, fungus, habitat loss and the introduction of invasive species. Toughie, the last Rabbs' fringe- limbed treefrog, died in September 2016.Frog goes extinct, media yawns.
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Paul O'Brien was born in South Africa, and grew up in Australia. As a child he suffered from a stutter and blinking problem and was picked on for his thick South African accent. His nickname as a child was "toughie" as he was often getting into fights. He spent several years on the Gold Coast, with his family.
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The last known female of the species died in 2009. The species was then survived by two other individuals, both males. On February 17, 2012, one of the two was euthanized at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia due to failing health. The last known surviving member of the species, an adult male named Toughie, resided at the Atlanta Botanical Garden until his death September 26, 2016.
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That leaves the shutter with a little breathing room and clears the corner of the casing - it's a nice angle between the shutter and house. The question of security – lifting the shutter and hinges from their pintles is resolved by installing the top pintle in the inverted position. Installation problem: However it happens, this is the toughie. There is an offset and the shutter does not sit flush with the casing.
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The crossword editor is Chris Lancaster, who took over from Phil McNeill in early 2018. There is an advanced cryptic called Enigmatic Variations in the Sunday Telegraph, and also a 15×15 blocked-grid puzzle. :In September 2008 the Telegraph started printing a 'Toughie' crossword as well as the daily puzzle, from Tuesday to Friday. This is described by the paper as "the toughest crossword in Fleet Street" or similar and does include the setter's pseudonym.
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Ali knowing he was cheated by his friend grab the butcher sword and chops off his hand and flees from his home to the Palayam market. He never backs out from a fight where he grows up as Alibhai, an undisputed leader of the proletarian class, one who stands up to speak for them and even to clench his fists and fight for them and their rights. The son grows up to be a good- hearted toughie. There are many whose lives revolve around Alibhai.
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As the final game of a series, Spellbreaker was intended to be very difficult; Computer Gaming Worlds Scorpia stated, "This one is a toughie, folks." Labeled as an "Expert"-level game, it is widely regarded as one of Infocom's toughest releases. Some players even criticized it as an effort to boost sales of the InvisiClues hint system. Perhaps due to its legendary difficulty, Spellbreaker was never as popular as either of its predecessors in the Enchanter trilogy, despite a fair deal of critical acclaim.
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This adult male in the Atlanta Botanical Garden (named Toughie by his handlers) was the last known surviving member of its species until his death on September 26, 2016. Ecnomiohyla rabborum, commonly known as Rabbs' fringe- limbed treefrog, is a critically endangered species of frog in the family Hylidae; mounting evidence suggests that E. rabborum is probably extinct. They were relatively large frogs that inhabited the forest canopies of central Panama. Like other members of the genus Ecnomiohyla, they were capable of gliding by spreading their enormous and fully webbed hands and feet during descent.
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He described her as "very practical in battle", and primarily focused on protecting the helpless or innocent over style or "showing off". Gaider also drew a distinction between how the character views herself and how others see her, with her appearing "very stern and rigid, perhaps even humorless" despite the occasional "surprise" of a "wry comment" or some small sarcasm. Her voice actor in the games, Miranda Raison, called the character a "toughie", yet noted her vulnerable side. Raison described her as "not just masculine, she's just a girl who's not a girly girl".
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Crosswords in the Times and Daily Telegraph are published anonymously, so the crossword editor ensures that clues adhere to a consistent house style. Inevitably each setter has an individual (and often very recognisable) approach to clue-writing, but the way in which wordplay devices are used and indicated is kept within a defined set of rules. In the Guardian, Independent, Financial Times and Telegraph Toughie series the setters' pseudonyms are published, so solvers become familiar with the styles of individual setters rather than house rules. Thus the level of difficulty is associated with the setter rather than the newspaper, though puzzles by individual setters can actually vary in difficulty considerably.
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In the late 1970s and the 1980s she had several small roles in soap opera Prisoner. Having briefly played the brusque daughter of released prisoner "Mum" Brooks in 1979, Charleston returned for several appearances in the serial as policewomen through the early 1980s before taking the larger recurring role of Deidre Kean, mother of prison toughie Reb Kean (Janet Andrewartha), in 1984. In 1985 she took a leading regular role in new soap opera Possession; however, the series was cancelled by the network later that same year due to lower than desired ratings. Charleston had also enjoyed a busy career acting in the Australian theatre.
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Clarkson studied sound engineering at the Holloway School of Audio Engineering before having a string of hits between 1989 and 1992. Originally nicknamed "Betty Boop" for her similarity to the cartoon character, she changed it to avoid trademark disputes. Of mixed Dusun and Scottish ancestry, she had an unusual, striking Emma Peel-like look, dressed in mildly provocative and revealing outfits and proved to be an influential pop music figure whose "sassy, powerful music and image launched a thousand wannabe's". Writing for The Guardian in August 1990, Lucy O'Brien noted the difference between the "quietly spoken" Clarkson and her "lovable toughie" pop star alter-ego, describing the latter as "a cartoon combination of Betty Boop, Barbarella and Buck Rogers".
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Instead, a phrase along the lines of "first to reach" would be needed as this conforms to rules of grammar. Many Libertarian crossword editors would, however, accept "reach first" as it would be considered to reasonably get the idea across. For instance, a clue following Ximenean rules for BEER (BEE + R) may look as such: :Stinger first to reach drink (4) While a clue following Libertarian rules may look as follows: :Stinger reaches first drink (4) The Guardian is perhaps the most Libertarian of cryptic crosswords, while The Times is mostly Ximenean. The others tend to be somewhere in between; the Financial Times and Independent tend towards Ximenean, the Daily Telegraph also – although its Toughie crossword can take a very Libertarian approach depending on the setter.
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The players wanted to skate "phony" during this time period, but Seltzer believed the public would soon tire of exaggerated hits and falls, so he embarked on a campaign to legitimize the sport. He started a program encouraging the formation of junior Roller Derby leagues for children (although it's not clear whether any actually formed), he sought to add more teams nationwide (although it didn't happen until 1954), and he got the players to agree to a "no railing" rule. In a show of commitment, Seltzer invoked the rule to suspend star skater Midge "Toughie" Brasuhn, much to her chagrin, for allegedly shoving another skater into the track's outer railing, even though the play had been faked by the other skater. By the early 1950s, Roller Derby coaches were even betting on the outcomes of matches, another sign of legitimacy, according to Seltzer.
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In December 2012, while Burton's casting was only rumored, Deanna Barnert of MSN's TV Buzz Blog wrote: "Assuming Burton actually comes to The Young and the Restless, the biggest question on everyone's mind is whether the former mob hit man will show up as a good guy, play another a toughie with a heart or go pure villain." Barnert also said it would be "interesting" to see whether "[Burton's] legion of fans from Port Charles will follow him to Genoa City." Jill Farren Phelps developed a reputation and "bad rap" because she "uses people" according to Mark Pinter, an actor and friend of Phelps who had been hired by her to portray Marcus Wheeler on The Young and the Restless. Barnert noted that Burton is "someone who has made his allegiance to Phelps clear" which is why "many fans" had expected him to show up in Genoa City "eventually".
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The film refers to the Baiji and the Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō as recent examples of extinction (although both of these species are still believed by some to be extant), and identifies the Amphibian extinction crisis, the overfishing of sharks for shark fin soup and as bycatch, among others, as current causes for concern. More specific examples include the imminent extinctions of the Florida grasshopper sparrow and Rabb's fringe-limbed treefrog (the last individual of which, Toughie, Joel Sartore photographs). Anthropogenic global warming from greenhouse gas emissions is identified as a leading cause of extinction, as organisms cannot adapt to unprecedented changes in not only temperature, but weather, ocean chemistry and atmospheric composition. The film focuses on the amount of methane produced by livestock, particularly cattle, and trapped methane escaping from frozen reservoirs in the Arctic, the latter drawing parallels to the runaway greenhouse effect that may have caused the Permian mass extinction that wiped out 95% of species.
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