However, first prize in the remarkable stakes has to go to Simon and Lisa Thomas, whose mammoth Odyssey surely deserves far more recognition than it has received to date.

然而，第一大奖应该归于西蒙和丽萨·托马斯夫妇，他们少为人知的长期旅行肯定值得更多人的关注。

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In September 2010, Prof Thomas was given the British Ecological Society's Marsh Award for Ecology in recognition of his work on butterfly conservation.

BBC: Dorset butterfly scientist appointed OBE

"There is some personal mea culpa in all this, and there is some institutional recognition that we too readily dismissed this case, " noted Newsweek Washington Bureau Chief Evan Thomas.

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Despite the name recognition a star like Kidd could bring, teams usually opt for ex-players who are more like Thomas: journeymen.

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