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Anyone who does not support sending these little felons to D.C. on the taxpayer dollar must be just a horrible person. I mean, there surely are a bunch of kids that can't afford to go that might like to be fitted for tuxes and attend the festivities for free that are not incarcerated for beating up and robbing 80 year old women?Gosh darn conservatives, this is SUCH a good idea, why didn't I think of it?the minors were taken to be measured for tuxedos ... a judge has approved the trip. When it comes to rehabilitating juveniles, there are two schools of thought. Some of us believe that when minors commit crimes, they should be incarcerated and treated like adult criminals.
Others are more compassionate, trusting that through counseling and education, a young criminal's crooked path can be straightened.
"The general idea of sending at-risk youth for them to have an opportunity to be part of this historic occasion of Obama's inaugural is, of course, a fantastic one," noted Susan Dvorak McMahon, an associate professor in DePaul University's Department of Psychology.
"Often, they don't get these types of opportunities, and I think Barack Obama epitomizes a hope that you can have a different future."
I am not supporting any decision to authorize these kids to attend the inauguration. However, from the newspaper write-up it is not clear how much if any taxpayer money is involved. The story states:
"That's why the altruism of Earl Stafford, the founder of a very successful technology company in Virginia, is being talked about across the country. Stafford announced last Thursday that he plans to invite disadvantaged people -- including wounded soldiers -- to D.C. for the inauguration.
He bought a $1 million inauguration ball package from the JW Marriott Hotel and plans to stage two balls -- a youth ball on Inauguration Day, as well as a "People's Inaugural Ball."
"There will be those who are distressed and underserved mingling with people who aren't so," Stafford told the Washington Post.
"The needy will be our honored guests. That's who inspired us."
These parties are not part of the "official" inauguration activities.
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The correctional officer I spoke with said fellow officers are disappointed that the Los Angeles probation department would even consider sending any of the juveniles to Washington.
"The juveniles committed a violent crime," the correctional officer said. "What we are doing is rewarding bad behavior."
Camp Afflerbaugh falls under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Probation Department, the largest probation department in the world
This sounds to me like they are getting sent by the Los Angeles probation department. It also sounds like they are in custody and violent.


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The theme of Midwifery Today Issue 97 is Cultural Aspects of Birth. There is no escaping it-culture plays an important role in shaping birth practices and influences, sometimes dictates, the choices available to birthing women. From the pressures of time in modern Western societies, to the application of cord burning techniques in developing nations, to the diverse frameworks for understanding postnatal blood, this issue considers the various cultural aspects of birth and birth practices worldwide.
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I don't sense much sarcasm with your post Tycho.
I always thought that Star Wars was the dessert of life, not the main course of it. Yet your post suggests that collecting is everything, and life is secondary. Imagine we were all born 40 years before Star Wars. We simply would not have dessert. It would be a blander meal with not as much excitement. But if a cheeseburger was put on my plate dessert might not be as noticable as the meal.


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APC's closing statement to the IGF (Sept 30)
It's time for human rights to be the centre of the internet governance debate (Press release Sept 29)
Can we have internet governance without internet rights? (Press release Sept 27)
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APC on the new threats to human rights online
WELLINGTON 30 September 2011 (Joy Liddicoat for APCNews) — APC's human rights expert Joy Liddicoat outlines the state of human rights online and the major challenges facing activists and human rights defenders. As levels of censorship and surveillance are increasing worldwide including in democratic countries threaten the lives of democracy activists, APC calls for the theme of the 2012 IGF to focus exclusively on human rights.
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Lobot was actually named in ESB. Every time two Bespin residents are onscreen, if you turn it way up, you can hear one ask the other, "Dude, where is that pimp, Lobot?"
If TRU with its carpy selection and high prices are keeping toys alive, then they've actually been dead for years. I wouldn't mind paying $1 more, if I actually knew I could get stuff there. I just happened to see Galvatron and Acid Storm while with my parents, looking for baby gifts, and figured they'd be at Target later (and cheaper), since none of these TF Universe Deluxe figures have been hard to find (though I hear some say Grimlock was, I never saw that).


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The job seemed simple enough: investigating a suspicious case of arson. But when a dead body turns up, and Quinn's handlers at "the Office" turn strangely silent, he knows he's in over his head. With only a handful of clues, Quinn struggles to find out why someone wants him dead...and if it's linked to a larger attempt to wipe out the Office.
Quinn's only hope may be Orlando, a woman from his past who may hold the key to solving the case. Suddenly, the two are prying into old crimes, crisscrossing continents, and struggling to stay alive. But as the hunt intensifies, Quinn is stunned by a chilling secret...and a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy.
Furiously paced, filled with superbly drawn characters and pitch-perfect dialogue, The Cleaner confirms Battles' place as one of the most exciting new talents in suspense fiction.
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"Displaying an enviable gift for pacing and action, Battles's debut novel is a page-turner that may remind some readers of the cult TV spy series Alias....Admirers of quality espionage fiction can look forward to a new series worth following." (Publishers Weekly)
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This book is excellent from start to finish. You will not want to break from the non-stop action. Its one the best book I've bought from Audible since I started this service 30 months ago.
"Par for the Genre"
This story follows the adventures of Jonathan Quinn - a private espionage specialist with a jaded past. The plot is about average for thriller in this genre - lots of action, foreign settings, conspiracys, and even has a few interesting twists.
Personally I felt that the writer should have edited this work a little harder. As it is, there are all sort of useless parts where the main character checks his email, eats, makes casual conversation and does other hum-drum stuff that doesn't advance the plot. Hence the story has some good meat, but you have to chew around a lot of grizzle. A good editor would have cut a lot of this out, leaving the good stuff. Perhaps the abridged version would be better.
The narrator puts far too much emphasis on "performing" the story, rather than just reading it. His tone borders on annoying at times.
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This is a book about totally unlikeable people who kill a lot of other people and then kind of try to save the world-- but only because there's something in it for them. In the end they have good reasons for the people they kill in this story-- but this doesn't remedy the fact that nothing is done to make them likeable. The Sopranos made likeable and complex characters out of Tony, Silvio, and so many other people, but this book, IMO, does very little in that regard. On a more positive note, I did listen the whole way through, because I cared enough to see what happened in the end. If you're looking for action and danger and you're completely bored with character development, great... otherwise, keep shopping.
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I wish I had and not wasted a credit on this book. I love intelligent, witty and suspenseful books. This looked as if it may fit the bill. It doesn't, not even close. The other reviews warned the characters are not interesting, the action is slow and the narraration (sorry Scott Brick) is tedious. I believe someone compared his reading to William Shatner....I wished I took the advice of others and skipped this clunker.
"Boring, Dumb"
The reader Scott Brick is great as usual but he can't save a bad story. Simplistic thriller writing with almost no thrills. Wooden predictable characters that seemed to be copies some cheap detective stories from the 50's or 60's. Don't waste your time or money.
"Not one of my favorites"
I guess credit must be given since this is the writer's debut. Hopefully lessons have been learned and the next outing will be better. I found the book lacked a lot of character development, and plot credibility. I won't write a spoiler, but I will say there will be points when you wonder if the characters have even a shred of intelligence because they overlook the most obvious solutions.
Scott Brick does his usual excellent work as a narrator, and I was glad I hung on to the bitter end of the book if only to hear him attempt a monotone computer generated voice. It's simply not possible for him to remove all inflection. Made me chuckle for sure. In the end though, I'll be watching for the next outing by this author and hoping for improvement.
"Good Grief"
I should have known by the comparison to the TV. show "Alias" that I was going to dislike this book but it looked like fun. It wasn't.
It is, however, unoriginal; the Cleaner in Le Femme Nikita is far more interesting. And it is disappointingly predictable; the twists and turns were less like a roller coaster ride and more like an uncomfortable get-away in the back of a jalopy Ford on a pot-holed road.
I gave it a chance and listened to it through the end but I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was one eye-rolling-you've-got-to-be-kidding-me moment after another. I'm dousing myself with Le Carre as an antidote.
The production value, however, is excellent. Scott Brick is a reliable and consistent reader.
"Needs some good help..."
Who cares? None of the good guys are interesting. None of the bad guys are interesting. Never thought I'd applaud a reader for being melodramatic, but Scott B.'s read is the only thing that kept me listening to this endless tale. The ending reminds one of the kiss at the end of a sexless romance novel, but rather than embrace, the two just walk away. Won't be trying to find out if they ever meet again.
"Couldn't stop listening..."
Top notch plot, excellent character development, fast pace, lots of twists and turns and WHAT AN ENDING ! You can't go wrong with this one.
"poorly done spy trash"
I like spy trash (hit man/spy/international thriller stuff) if it is done well and this one is not. The characters are routinely asked to do stupid things that would not be what even a casual reader of the genre would do in the situation. A frustrating listen at best.
"good read"
from start to the end I loved it. a real page turner
"Depressing and unable to listen to it!"
This was a depressing book that was quite miserabe and further more the narrator was not that great which made it even harder to listen to...tried on several occasions to get in to the story but it was too much like hard work and gave in after a couple of chapters - not for me but who knows it might be right up your street!
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Few things are more ethereal than hope. It isn't tangible, easily measurable or available in pill form.
That's likely why the idea that hope may wield a significant influence on healing -- and even survival -- may be tough to take for our bean-counter brains, hardwired by evolution to seek certainty at any cost.
Shane Lopez, author of the new book "Making Hope Happen," is unfazed by any such ambivalence.
"I began my career by studying intelligence and how that relates to good health," he says. "Sometimes I found it easier to just tell people I was an intelligence researcher. They reacted like that research was somehow important and fancy."
When he talks about hope, people's eyes glaze over more often than not. Nonetheless, Lopez believes hope is the stuff of change, recovery and healing.
Using downward dogs to treat depression
The positive physiological effects of hope are well-documented, most eloquently in Jerome Groopman's "The Anatomy of Hope," where he writes: "Researchers are learning that a change in mind-set has the power to alter neurochemistry.
"Belief and expectation -- the key elements of hope -- can block pain by releasing the brain's endorphins and enkephalins, mimicking the effects of morphine. In some cases, hope can also have important effects on fundamental physiological processes like respiration, circulation and motor function."
Groopman's research showed that during the course of illness, belief and expectation -- two mental states associated with hope -- have an impact on the nervous system which, in turn, sets off a chain reaction that makes improvement and recovery more likely. This process, he points out, is fundamental to the widely accepted "placebo effect," which is created by a hopeful outlook.
It is less of a stretch to contemplate the link between hope and emotional well-being. "Have you ever met a happy hopeless person?" Lopez asks simply.
Groopman observed that hope does not just involve a mind-to-body connection, but also a body-to-mind connection, where neural input about one's physical condition serves as a moderator of positive and negative emotions.
Training the brain to stress less
Hope, Lopez says, may buffer us from stress, anxiety and the effects of negative life events. Studies of workers over time suggest that hopeful employees experience more well-being. And it comes as no surprise that in a Gallup poll of 1 million people, the hopeful said they laughed and smiled much more often than the hopeless, Lopez writes, citing an "unpublished analysis of data from the Gallup-Healthways Wellbeing Index and the Gallup Student Poll."
According to Lopez, studies also show that hope promotes healthy behaviors, including fruit and vegetable consumption, regular exercise, safe sex practices and quitting smoking.
"In each case," writes Lopez, "hope for the future is clearly linked with daily habits that support health and prevent disease."
That's because hope triggers a virtuous cycle. Hopeful people conjure a vision that sustains them, that causes them to show up for the hard work and accept setbacks, Lopez says. They make an investment in the future that pays off in the present: in the way they eat, exercise, conserve energy, take care of themselves and stick to their treatment plan.
The pathways of hope
In 2008, Duane Bidwell, an associate professor of practical theology at Claremont School of Theology in California, set out to study hope among children suffering from chronic illness.
"We felt there was insufficient theory about hope from children's perspectives," he says. "Most of the research was based on and extrapolated from adult experiences and then applied to kids."
Bidwell and his colleague Dr. Donald Batisky, a pediatric nephrologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, analyzed vast amounts of data from a diverse group of children suffering from end-stage renal failure.
The researchers identified five main pathways to hope. They are:
Maintaining identity by continuing to participate in activities and relationships that help patients retain a sense of self outside diagnosis and treatment.
Realizing community through formal and informal connections that help patients understand they are not alone in living with disease. This community is made real through conversation, visitation, consultation and participation in daily activities.
Claiming power by taking an active role in treatment by setting goals, self-advocating, monitoring and maintaining one's own health.
Attending to spirituality, activated through religious, spiritual and other contemplative practices.
Developing wisdom, which involves both gaining pragmatic, medical wisdom derived from one's own experience and finding ways to "give back."
"The pathways are not hierarchical in any way," Bidwell says. "You can access hope through any of these pathways and all of them. The more of them you can access, the better."
Literature tends to treat hope as an existential experience, virtue or emotion, Bidwell says. But the children Bidwell studied revealed that hope is a social resource. It emerges through interactions with the people who surround us and is then internalized.
What's important, says Bidwell, is for the patient's "team members" -- family members, doctors, nurses, social workers, friends and chaplains, among others -- to do things that help create and activate hope pathways for the patient.
Hope is present, ordinary and 'normal'
When asked what he found most compelling or surprising about his findings, Bidwell says his team asked the children to talk about a time when hope became real during their disease treatment.
"More often than not," he recalled, "they told us about ordinary moments with family and friends -- saying grace around the dinner table, times when they were aware of the abundance they had in their lives, even though ... they build their lives around dialysis and medication."
We so often discount these ordinary daily moments, Bidwell says. But those who are more intentional about the practices that bring hope right now are better able to take care of themselves.
The children in Bidwell's study experienced mostly psychosocial suffering, he says. "Things like being different from their peers because they were stuck to a dialysis machine or always on medication." Hope enabled the children to claim power -- to say: "Here's where the disease gets to influence my life and here's where it doesn't get to influence my life."
"I'm normal," Bidwell recalls a young girl telling him. "Hope helps me be more normal."
b>What hope is -- and isn't
There is a thin line between hope and denial, and that line is an unwavering commitment to truth and reality.
Groopman writes: "False hope does not recognize the risks and dangers that true hope does. False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them."
Both Lopez and Bidwell emphasize that hope is not about positive thinking. Hope is half optimism, Lopez explains. The other half is the belief in the power that you can make it so.
There is a profound difference between hoping and wishing, he continues. Wishing encourages passivity, whereas hope represents an active stance.
"Wishing is the fantasy that everything is going to turn out OK. Hoping is actually showing up for the hard work.
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I read through all three pages of knot talk and initially I was going to point out that any welded loop would fail if a clinch knot or something was tied directly to it, but I won't bother elaborate given the overwhelmingness of this thread.
I have some thoughts on the Sharkskin fly line, if you can believe I'm posting it here.
I bought one of these lines for my Winston BIIX because on the Winston rod forums, people were recommending that line for that rod. A week later I finally got a chance to get it out on the water. The first thing I noticed was that shootability is really increased. I could shoot 10 -15 extra feet of line with a so-so cast. The taper is very general purpose, but effective at both turning over heavier flies and relatively delicate presentations. It seems like a triangle taper/weight-forward hybrid in that regard and that's a good thing. The line has extremely low memory and is very supple. I never saw a coil the entire time I fished with it.. A Very Good Thing! I could care less about a little noise of the line going through the guides, but it does make some noise when shooting line.
Here's the negatives: 1) the line digs into my stripping finger and causes unwanted friction there. It reminded me of playing a stringed instrument. When I played guitar, I had callouses on my finger tips, and playing now, after I've fallen out of practice, I get raw fingers if I play too long. For the fly line, I could probably build up a callous if I fished every day, but I don't fish every day, so at the end of the day, I have a "cutt mark" and rawness in the crook of my stripping finger. Mind you this is not from streamer fishing, just managing line for most of a day. I didn't catch any sizeable fish on it, but I can imagine a large fish pulling out line, and causing serious damage unexpectedly. 2) the line, being textured, could potentially cause abrasion to the guide wraps. I DID NOT notice this happening, but looking at my finger and reading a secondhand account in an online forum (granted, that's not a very reliable source), nevertheless, that was enough to make me sell the line. I just bought a $600 fly rod and I'm not interested in doing damage to it with a fly line.
A couple slight negative aspects: 1) the line floats high, but when you pick it up, it causes more of a splash than it needs to. 2) when it gets into a riffle, it quickly starts sinking. 3) with only two color choices, chartreuse and blue heron (dark, dark blue), it would be nice if there were an intermediate color, between invisible and blinding. Perhaps a light blue or a muted orange? 4) expose the line to sand, and the sand grains will get into the micro-texturing of the fly line, and sand flying across guide wraps can't be a good thing.
Anyway, if you have tough fingers, like shooting fly line ridiculous long distances without much effort, and want to risk damaging your rod guide wraps, the fly line might be for you. As for me, I sold it and bought a non textured line.
Sharkskin, shmarkskin...
Hi, thought I'd actually post something relevant to this topic. Ran across this and also the original post on Winston's forum.
I just saw this thread for the first time. Back to the line. I was able to cast a sharkskin on a casting pond out in CA that had distance markers. The line is slick. We were both throwing a 5 wt on a Z Axis and were hitting 100-110 ft without much effort. Not bad for a 5 wt.
There is no doubt that the line creates a whizzing noise as it shoots through the guides. It didn't bother me but I could see some people not liking it.
BTW There was absolutely nothing wrong with the loop or first 12" of the fly line
Not sure what all the fuss is about, my nail knots are quick, strong and stealthy.
They only fail where a braid would fail - a snag too high up the line for the taper or tippet to break (if tied right).
I suspect people who are failing knots are pulling the leader to tighten the knot and/or pulling the knot too tight from that end.
Both ends must be compressed evenly to form the proper shape, which is really two cones of compression facing each other. Just hold the line-side tag in the teeth and inspect the compression before going too far.
If you pull the leader it creates a single cone of compression pointing to the leader away from a single shear point.
An albright is weaker, clunky and never seems to tighten right with thick mono.
I see people with flourescent orange and green braided loops on the end of a clear line with a flourocarbon leader. OK good strategy.
You can tell when a nail knot is tied correctly just by looking at it. The needle lets the tyer form it perfectly and it takes less than 30 seconds to tie a perfect nail knot with it conveniently on a snap swivel on the lanyard. It's so slim it doesn't get in the way like that other tool which requires that the line be threaded thru the loops the long way.
To each his own.
I use Albright knots, front and back. When tying to spectra backing, I do a 40 turn bimini in braid, then Albright double line to the fly line. I always understood this way I get the u-shape in fly line core to take the load. With a nail knot, you tie to the coating, then rely on shear strength to transmit pull to the line core. Trimming the flyline tag end diagonally and close to the other line keeps it from catching in rod guides. I lock the knot if tying to backing, but not with the bulky tapered leader. I've never had an Albright fail.
Do others see a disadvantage to an Albright compared to a nail knot?
A loop sounds great, but it makes a noticable splash, and IMHO, hurts presentation. I've also had several of them fail. (I guess from abuse. )
Just my 2 bits to this old thread. I use the loop2loop method myself, but simplified. I double back the flyline and tie a couple nail knots w/ 10-lb mono about 1/2" apart. A perfection loop in the butt end of my leader and bob's your uncle. Now, I have had the odd occasion to do a field-fix of this, and it does take a couple minutes. By the way, I don't bother with fancy knotting tools or even needles or WD40 tubes. I just carry a little baggy with those fancy "cortland loops" from braided mono. I tie my nail knots old fashioned style and stick the tag end into the braided line and pull on the other end. This way I can wrap my mono fairly tight but the braid still pulls the tag back through easily.
So far this method has lasted pretty well, and seems pretty smooth through the guides, though I try to avoid that if possible. About once a year I have to clip the loop off and retie due to hinging behind the last nail knot, which is what I feel is the biggest downside to this method - the stiffness of the line changes very suddenly at that doubled line. But, it's a very minor concern for me.
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|Thats probably what I'll start doing, Jim. I think the difference in visibility between heavy fluro and thinner wire is most likely a non-issue.
|Hey Sean, why not use a short piece of Tyger Wire for the blues. I makeup a few wire bite tippets that have a loop on one end and some ratty blies already connected. With loop-to-loop connections, its easy to make the switch when the blues show.
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Jim thanks for that improved Arbor knot - I'll do that from now on.
For the braid, I don't use any shrink tubing I just tie a nail knot with 10# mono to prevent the fraying and coat that knot with Aqua-seal. It is important that you do not use any glue on the length of braid over the fly line since its ability to collapse is what makes the connection so strong. For a splicing tool I use a wire bobbin threader.
One question I have is does anyone else "fuse" their knots. Specific example when fishing in an area where there are Blues and bass with a sinking line I may only use a 1 - 2' leader of 40# fluro which makes an adequet bite tippet - with such a short leader seems silly to step down and add a shock tippet . A few time I've hooked into a lobster pot, rock or some other immovable object and had to break off the fly. With such a heavy set up its a bit of a crap shoot as to wear exactly the break occurs - so I have gotten in the habit of putting a second overhand knot when I tie a Kreh loop whenever I'm fishing around rocks. I figure if it reduces the leader strength to 20# thats more than enough and gives me a predictable break location if I get hung up.
I suspose it would be better to just tie a proper leader with the shock tippet, but hey so far so good...
Connections to the front of the flyline have been well covered. Now, what knots or systems are used to connect the flyline to backing and backing to spool arbor for maximum security?
A loop-to-loop connection between the flyline and the backing is my preferred method for both strength and ease of changing flylines. If the flyline doesn't have a factory loop on the back end, then a braided double catch loop should be attached. Running line sections of most flylines are small enough in diameter to use 35lb Gudebrod braid. The backing loop is a 30-turn bimini in dacron, or a 60-turn in GSP. Make the backing loop large enough to insert a spooled flyline. As Sean said, make sure the loop-to-loop is a handshake connection.
Backing to arbor to avoid being spooled on that lifetime fish should be as strong as possible. The standard arbor knot is a poor knot for strength. Wrapping the backing around the arbor five times in the opposite direction of normal travel with a six-turn uni-knot is my preferred approach. Wrapping in the opposite direction around the arbor tightens the backing on the arbor to prevent spinning.
While we are on the topic of knots, the tippet to fly knot used most widely is either the clinch or improved clinch knot. Both are inferior to the palomar and Kreh loop, which are rated at 100 per cent in both copolymer and fluoro. A six wrap clinch knot is rated at 85 per cent, and the improved clinch knot is 75 per cent.
Cool thanks Dave
Now for an important question - have you tried the unwound 24 gauge D string (ala Hendrix et. al.) yet?
I am ordering a batch from Ernie Ball and will save one for you if you are interested in trying it.
I do one nail knot at the end of the sleeve and put a drop of aquaseal over it.
I also put a small drop of aquaseal where the tip of the fly line enters the doubled 'core' of the braid.
If anyone wants to give it a try, there are good instructions on Blanton's site. A folded (unwound) guitar string is really all you need for a splicing tool.
I use the braided loops as well in certain applications and have bulk spools of braided nylon running line, splice tools to make my own, etc. Also a critical part of my hybrid line loops.
Question for you braided loop guys... do you use a nail knot to secure the braided loop as I do?
|Sean Juan
The double catch braided loops are what I use on all my fly lines and all my shooting heads. They are mostly made from 50# but I also use 35# for thin diameter lines like LC-13 and most running lines.
The welded loops will break long before the braided ones.
But to speak to the original point, whatever loop you use, you need to use another loop to make the connection. The only "knot" that you should use on a loop is the loop-to-loop "handshake knot." Anything else weakens the system just like an overhand "wind knot" will reduce the strength of a leader.
On the topic of braided loops: As JimS mentioned, If you make your own double-catch loops from gudebrod 50# braided mono, you will not be dissapointed. Nothing I have used is as strong (you will probably break the fly line first) and they slide through the guides like butter. It's a great conection for sinking and/or big-game lines, but the loops are slightly more visible and spray a little on the first backcast. Not what I would use on the flats where a nail or albright knot is more appropriate.
For trout of any size, I dont' recall ever having a single failed nail knot connection.
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Nope, It'll probably just be called Jurassic Park IV.
Nope, It'll probably just be called Jurassic Park IV.
What dinosaur is on the logo? Is that the spitting dinosaur from the first one? Dilophosaurus? If they're in it, I'll probably see it, since it was one of my favorite dinosaurs in the first movie. But I won't be expecting a good movie.
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Where could they go with another Jurassic Park movie? Maybe they could base it around getting some dino's and taking them to NYC and putting them on display on Broadway. Then the dino's go crazy and break out and.... ohh wait I think that idea has already been done. I like the idea of another JP but off hand I can't really think of a storyline that would be somewhat realistic/hasn't been done. Although I'll keep an open mind and hope I'm wrong.
In all honesty they should have stopped at Jurassic Park I. The movie was awesome and there was no need for any sequels to be made. I not sure if i can take another Dino Movie. don't get me wrong I have seen the other two and while again they were good movies the best by far is #1.
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"Wasn't nothing strange about your daddy," said Al Sharpton to Michael Jackson's children. "It was strange what your daddy had to deal with." It's an interesting statement, and sure to be one of the most talked-about moments in the star-studded series finale that was the Jackson memorial. It was a substantial departure from even the reverent line of MJ discourse that dominated the event. To omit his oddity from the discussion, sure. To accept his eccentricities as part of his mystique, fair enough.
But to take the explicit position, in front of God and everybody, not only that the man wasn't strange but there was nothing strange about him? Gimme a break, Al Sharpton. I mean, dude, you know I agree with like 99.9 percent of what comes out of your mouth, but this is really crossing the line. Call Michael a hero, call him a saint, credit him with getting Obama elected, but don't try to take "strange" away from us.
I certainly acknowledge that now isn't the appropriate time to sling mud at Michael Jackson. That was last month. (Related: did you guys notice Q magazine's sheepish apology for the unflattering Jacko cover story that just happened to hit stands the day he died? Whoopsie-doodle!) Now's the time to remember his many joyful songs and funny dances, to sweep all the unpleasant stuff under the rug — and when confronted with it, to remind people that he never actually got convicted of anything, and that that little cancer boy's mom was a dingbat anyway. Now's the time to remember him not for what he was rumored to be but for what he was. A great singer. A fantastic entertainer. A really fucking strange person.
He was strange. Indisputably, empirically, certifiably strange. Delightfully strange in some cases, disturbingly strange in others. Either he was strange or every single other person who ever lived was strange, and most of us never punctuated our actions by grabbing our crotches and hooting mirthfully (at least in public). Even if he hadn't been famous, if nothing whatsoever had been alleged regarding his personal predilections, you could peg the dude as strange from three city blocks away on a foggy night.
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Gospel ensemble to perform annual Christmas concert, Dec. 7
Posted December 4, 2003; 04:51 p.m.
The Princeton University Gospel Ensemble will perform its annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in Murray-Dodge Theater.
The performance by the student-directed ensemble will include songs such as "Silver and Gold," "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful" and "Thankful for Your Time," as well as other Christmas classics. Refreshments will follow the concert.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Calida Motley .
Contact: Ruth Stevens (609) 258-3601


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05-18-2010, 06:51 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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How long to adjust?
Just wondering how long will my austrailian arowana adjusts to my tank? He swims around with the lights turned off but when I'm around or when the lights are turned on, he hides behind the driftwood and doesn't come out.
I only had him for about a week and they only thing he eats are frozen blood worms and he only eats about 2-3 pieces of worms and he's really slow too and sometimes misses the blood worms in his mouth. My parrot fish eats the rest. I tried frozen kill and silversides but he doesn't go near them at all, seems like he's scared... LOL...
Should I try to put in live food? Like crickets or a molly?
Purchased 05/10/2010
Size: 7-8 inches
Tank mates:
3 blood parrots about 3-4 inces in size
2 blue crawdads
Tank info:
100 Gallon (temp until he's big enough to move to a bigger tank)
Fluval 405 no carbon but running purigen
Water Parameters are:
Amonnia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Tested today 05/18/2010.
Just give him some time. When predatory fish are introduced to a new territory they need to make sure that YOU'RE not a bigger fish coming to stake out an area.
Sit nearby the tank, at his eye level or below, a couple minutes everyday. This will help the process go very slightly quicker, by the Aro realizing you're not a threat.
It may take days, it may take weeks, it may take months -> but eventually, one way or another he'll learn to accept he's safe in the new territory.
He likely is scared at the moment, in any case. New surroundings, new tankmates, new water - all extremely important things to fish, all suddenly changed.
All he needs is time... and to get a bit faster than those parrots. lol.
However! You should have some nitrates at this point. Very simply put; why don't you?A severe lack of trichogaster.
Just because your Gourami is sick does not mean it is always Iridovirus, DGIV, Gourami Disease, et cetera.
Look at all the other factors in your tank before coming to this conclusion.
05-19-2010, 04:14 PM #3Junior Member Guppy
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Thanks for the reply, I guess I'm just a little impatient. LOL...
Yes, I had Nitrates a few weeks back but I put in the purigen packet and bi-weekly water changes that seemed to help zero everything out.
Some nitrates are actually good!
I try to keep them below 20ppm.I never have any issues.
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Just wanted to add to all the glowing reviews that I don't have two metal loaf pans, only one, so I made the double recipe in a standard-size bundt pan. Came out great. I followed the suggestions of others by cutting down on the sugar to 2 cups, using 1 cup brown and 1 cup white. I also used 1/2 cup coconut oil and half cup veg. I like a very spicy banana bread so I upped the cinnamon to about 2 tsps, and added ground ginger, cardamon, nutmeg (about a 1/4 tsp each), and a pinch of cloves. My oven is slow and so total baking time at 350 was about 1 hour and twenty minutes. Divine.
This one clinches it for me. I just deleted another fine one, but this is the best. I happened to have enough whipping cream left from Christmas to make the creme fraiche. I also was thrilled to clear my freezer of the 6 overly ripe bananas I always stash. I am back in the habit of using my old sifter. I added 1/2 white and 1/2 brown sugars, as many noted in their reviews, and kept it at 1 cup each, and used a heaping tsp. of cinnamon - a bit more next time. I might also try some shredded fresh ginger, since I loved it so in the chocolate-covered gingerbread recipe I made for Christmas, from this site. I added a cup of chopped pecans I had on hand. My new oven is hot, so I did 325 for an hour, and it was perfect. Warm from the oven, with cream cheese, and it is divine. Hey, if one goes through all this, shouldn't we get TWO loaves?!
This is the best banana bread recipe. I freeze my bananas whole, with the peels on, when they get brown and then run them under hot water to easily cut the peel off. It takes 6-8 bananas to make 3 cups, mashed. I also use sour cream or yogurt instead of creme fraiche. Everyone loves this bread.
Delicious. I doubled the cinnamon and cut the sugar down to 2 cups (probably could have been cut down to 1-1/2 cups but I'll try that next time). I keep kosher, so I left out the creme fraiche, though I'm sure it's a wonderful addition. I also left out the nuts, as I don't eat those either (medical reasons); will add raisins or dried cranberries next time.
I've made this a number of times over the years. It's a good basic recipe. I never have creme fraiche so usually sub in sour cream or nonfat yogurt. I've also occasionally substituted almonds for walnuts. And I sometimes round up the cinnamon. If I'm in a hurry or feeling lazy, I won't sift the dry ingredients but will dump them in a bowl and mix them with a whisk. I've found the the temp is a little too high so I've been cooking at 325' and check at 55 mins. One of my loaf pans is smaller then the recipe calls for and it always finishes earlier.
I love this bread - I make it several times a year ( I use sour cream instead of CF) and it never fails. I also make miniature loaves (about eight) at Christmas to go in gift baskets. Great shelf life. I also freeze one and can slice & toast and top with fruit and cream for a quick winter dessert. You CANNOT go wrong with this one!
You'd think something this tasty should be harder to make! So simple. I also used half white and half dark brown sugar.
Great recipe... the bread comes out very moist and tasty! I substituted and used plain yogurt and used more cinnamon than called for and it was fantastic. Everybody loved it!
agreed! very good banana bread--decreased sugar and added pecans instead of walnuts. moist, everyone loved it
Great banana bread recipe with a few minor changes. I reduced the sugar to 2 cups and used half white and half brown. Increase the cinnamon to 1 tsp and add 1/2 tsp nutmeg. I also increased the nuts to 1.5 cups and used pecans . Although I forgot to add the sour cream, it still came out super moist and delicious.


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RIPON - The following are eighth graders at Ripon and Ripona schools in the Ripon Unified School District that have graduated.
The following are eighth graders at Manteca Unified's Stella Brockman, Shasta and Woodward schools that earned promotion to high school.
The following are Neil Hafley and Lathrop elementary school students who were promoted to high school after successfully completing their studies.
Calla High School has graduated its Class of 2010.
RIPON - The following are among the eighth graders who were promoted last week to high school at Ripon Unified School District elementary campuses.
The memo about being done with high school after Friday's graduation ceremony apparently never circulated the halls of Manteca High.
RIPON - Nearly 190 high school graduates were presented their diplomas Friday night in Ripon High's Stouffer football field with stands packed with families and friends.
WESTON RANCH – By definition, a commencement is a beginning.
No Plan B or Plan C was necessary.
Sierra High School's valedictorian Lauren Morowit walked through the wisdom of the ages to summarize the five most important life lessons she has learned thus far.
Bhanupreet Kaur Gill and Rebecca Culpepper have enjoyed their years at Manteca High.
RIPON - Julianna Avalos is an inspiration – Ripon Elementary School's choice for a graduation speaker Thursday night.
Scenes from Thursday's Colony Oak School's graduation ceremonies.
RIPON – Ripona Elementary Class President Chuy Calvo seemed steadfast as he walked up to receive his citizenship award Thursday night during the school's 8th grade graduation, but by the time he actually received the plaque he couldn't help but smile.
LATHROP – The Lathrop Elementary School class of 2010 can walk into high school knowing that they're already doing things just a little bit differently.
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MODESTO – The Modesto Area Partners in Science (MAPS) is offering the presentation "California Agriculture at the Interface of Climate Change" by Amrith Gunasekara, Ph.D ...
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2012: Finished as one of the top all-around players in the nation for the second straight season, earning MEAC Tournament Most Valuable Performer ... COBRA Magazine National Player of the Year Finalist and All-National First Team ... 12th in NCAA Division I with 5.11 points per set, second with 0.69 aces per set and 33rd with 4.27 kills per set ... finished first in the MEAC in aces per set, third in kills and points per set, 5th with .281 hitting percentage ... concluded the year with 384 kills, 62 service aces, 223 digs and 24 total blocks ... finished with 12 double doubles and double digit kills in 21 matches ... four-time MEAC Player of the Week, most conference weekly awards than any other league volleyball player ... earned American Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Week and MEAC Player of the Week in opening week of the season with three double doubles in the SFC Terrier Invitational: 21 kills and 14 digs vs. NJIT (8/24), 19 kills and 16 digs at St. Francis (8/25) and 24 kills and 17 digs vs. Radford (8/25), combining to hit .358 with 64 kills and 47 digs ... earned MEAC Player of the Week to following week, starting with 21 kills, 19 digs and career-high six aces in win over Southern Utah (8/31), following up with double double vs. UNC Asheville (9/1) with 11 kills, 11 digs and five aces ... led Hawks to four-set win over Big 12 opponent West Virginia (9/7) with 17 kills, four aces and six digs ... returned from injury against Howard (9/30), getting double double with 16 kills and 14 digs ... MEAC Player of the Week for period ending October 15th, helping UMES to home wins over Hampton (10/12) with 18 kills, six aces and five digs, followed by 17 kills, 10 digs, three assists and four aces vs. Norfolk State (10/14) ... followed up with MEAC Player of the Week honor next period, combining for 31 kills against Delaware State (10/19) and Morgan State (10/21) ... hit .440 with 14 kills and 10 digs in final home match against Howard (10/26) ... led UMES to comeback win over Norfolk State on the road (11/9) with 24 kills, four aces and 13 digs to secure MEAC Northern Division Championship ... earned 14 kills with .440 hitting % in MEAC Tournament win over Bethune-Cookman (11/16) ... led UMES to comeback victory over Hampton (11/17) in MEAC Tournament semifinals with 21 kills and 15 digs ... earned match-winning kill in fifth set of the MEAC title match vs. Florida A&M (11/18), hitting .478 in the match with 25 kills on just three attack errors, adding 11 digs and three aces, finishing MEAC Tournament with 60 kills, 10 aces and 32 digs for MEAC Tournament Most Valuable Performer ... led the team with eight kills in NCAA Tournament match at Nebraska (11/29) ... named MEAC Preseason Player of the Year, selected to the MEAC Preseason Volleyball Team at the start of the season.
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The Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) Directors' Guide to Mental Health Services for Abused Children seeks to give CAC leaders increased awareness and understanding of best practice mental health interventions for traumatized children. Whether mental health services to child victims are offered within the CAC or through linkages with community partners, the guide offers all CAC directors valuable information.
Throughout the United States, Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) serve tens of thousands of children each year, many of whom have been traumatized by abuse or exposure to violence. CACs exist to provide therapeutic services to these children and their nonoffending family members in a safe and child-friendly environment. Most CACs coordinate multidisciplinary teams to investigate, treat, and prosecute child abuse cases, as well as help the children cope with these investigations by reducing their trauma. CACs also provide national leadership on child abuse issues; and some provide professional education and development, and promote community awareness.
To be true to and fulfill the promise of the CAC mission, CAC directors must continually expand their focus, develop new resources, and broaden their abilities to increase each child's potential for recovering from identified abuse and for living a full and productive life. The NCTSN offers the CAC Directors' Guide to help CAC staff to fully understand the impact of childhood traumatic stress.
The CAC Directors' Guide was developed as a collaborative project between the National Children's Alliance [1]and the NCTSN, with support from SAMHSA and the NCCTS.
Children's Advocacy Center Directors' Guide to Mental Health Services for Abused Children (2008) [2](PDF) [3]
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By Ben Levisohn
Yesterday, J.C. Penney (JCP) briefly traded at levels unseen since 1982, when Ronald Reagan was President, Russia was still the Soviet Union and John Elway was still a year away from becoming quarterback of the Denver Broncos.
Today, however, the stock has bounced back, despite one analyst's downgrade and a pessimistic report from another.
Argus analyst Christopher Graja offers investors three reasons for his decision to cut J.C. Penney to Neutral from Buy. He writes:
First, the recently-announced share offering for up to 96.6 million shares may raise the share count by as much as 44%.
Second, the turnaround is progressing more slowly than we previously anticipated. We had been particularly optimistic about the potential for the new home department, which included designer shops from Conran, Jonathan Adler, Bodum, Michael Graves and Martha Stewart. On our recent store visits, however, we found JCP Everyday merchandise discounted 40%-50% and some of the new Jonathan Adler and Conran furniture marked down as much as 75%. On the second-quarter conference call, CEO Mike Ullman said that the new home department merchandising strategy was not resonating well with core customers and performance has been weaker than he had hoped. While we remain optimistic about the longer-term prospects for the home department and the Joe Fresh brand for women, which was another major product launch this year, we aren't seeing the levels of traffic or merchandise sell-through that suggest these initiatives are resounding with customers in the way we had initially hoped.
Third, we are expecting more SG&A [Selling, General and Administrative Expenses] than we previously modeled. Through the second quarter we had seen instances in our store visits where the company may have lost business because prices weren't clearly marked on new or promotional merchandise or because it was difficult to find an associate to look for merchandise sizes or colors that weren't on the floor. We think it is likely to take more SG&A to resolve these issues
Oppenheimer's Brian Nagel and team urge investors to "stay on the sideline." They write:


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LBT Innovations and Hettich joint veture to develop and commercialize Automated Plate Assessment System (APAS)
Singapore: Medical technology company LBT Innovations signed an agreement with Switzerland-based laboratory instrumentation company, Hettich, to finalize a partnership for the development and commercialization of LBT's Automated Plate Assessment System (APAS). It is proposed that Hettich will provide the required funds and LBT will provide the APAS intellectual property in a joint venture to bring APAS products to market.
APAS is novel technology that allows for full automation of the routine imaging, interpretation and reporting of bacteria grown on culture-plates in microbiology laboratories, which LBT has been developing with researchers from the University of Adelaide since 2010. APAS is a natural successor to LBT's MicroStreak plate streaking technology, which has experienced growing global sales since it was launched by the French company, bioMérieux, as in 2009.
Mr Bob Finder, chairman, LBT Innovations, said that, "The board of LBT Innovations is extremely pleased with this key agreement developed by CEO and managing director, Ms Lusia Guthrie and her management team. We have been looking for a suitable partner to finalise the commercial development of this exciting technology and pave the way for its global launch. We are impressed by the global manufacturing and marketing experience of Hettich AG Switzerland."
Mr Klaus- Günter Eberle, owner, Hettich, who visited Adelaide to see the APAS technology in February 2013, said that, "LBT would be an ideal partner for our growing portfolio of integrated laboratory solutions. APAS is a natural fit for our expanding automation aspirations, and a relationship with LBT would support our ambitions to expand our global microbiology business."
Ms Lusia Guthrie, CEO and managing director, LBT, said that, "This partnership would validate LBT's approach to innovation and product development. A relationship with Hettich AG Switzerland would provide strong engineering, manufacturing and distribution links close to our target markets, as well as giving LBT greater participation in the path to market for our technology."
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P-Rides shuttle extends hours
Posted April 17, 2003; 09:44 a.m.
The P-Rides shuttle linking graduate student housing and the main campus has extended its service hours. P-Rides now runs from 7:55 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
In addition, P-Rides is now available every 20 minutes from the peak periods of 7:55 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 4:01 p.m. to 7:29 p.m. It runs every 30 minutes at other times.
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Who determines whether the laws violate said civil liberties?
Who determines whether the laws violate said civil liberties? I knew that question was going to come up But in most cases the required enforcement of an additional law isn't usually for the purpose of promoting civil liberties
I guess it doesn't really surprise me that the attitudes of Southerners regarding states rights hasn't changed very much since the days when George Wallace way yelling, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"
Should a state be able to ignore any federal law that it wants to?
Mississippi, Arizona, Wyoming, even Louisiana is thinking about dipping their toes into the water - Who else am I missing?
Should a state be able to ignore any federal law that it wants to?
Liberal chimes in with cries of racism. Typical.
Per the Jackson Free Press, among other things, HB 490 intends to:
"prohibit the infringement of the constitutionally protected rights of the state of Mississippi or its people by means of any federal statute, mandate, executive order, judicial decision, or other action deemed by the state to be unconstitutional"
"assert the sovereignty of the state under the Mississippi constitution of 1890"
Previous attempts by Mississippi to defy the federal government, from secession to the Sovereignty Commission—a state agency that spied on people believed to support racial equality—have not gone so well, notes the AP. "It's absolutely the most horrendous idea that has ever come before this august body," said Democrat Steve Holland of the bill. "It is political fodder for the right and borderline stupid."
Colorado & Washington, but since those were drugs and not guns I guess the don't count
Should the Executive Branch be able to selectively enforce laws passed by the legislative branch?
An Administration cannot willy nilly decide not to defend a law in court. To do so, they must reach the decision, after analysis, that the provisions in question are unconstitutional. They cannot simply stop defending a duly enacted law in court because they have a policy disagreement with it. And even then, they must have a reasonable expectation of prevailing in the argument when the courts do decide the constitutionality of the provision or law in question.
As for enforcing duly enacted legislation, the case become a little more muddy. The President takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. As important, if not more important, that oath also specifies that they uphold the Constitution. That is one "out" for the Executive branch- they can refuse to enforce a law if they believe it is unconstitutional since the Constitution, as the supreme law of the land, takes precedence over acts of Congress. Hence, Congress is under a duty not to pass unconstitutional laws, the President is under a duty not to enforce unconstitutional laws, and the courts are under a duty to strike down unconstitutional laws.
So, can the Administration refuse to defend a duly enacted law? Yes they can and they have provided (1) there is considered belief the provision in question is unconstitutional and (2) they reasonably believe their view will ultimately prevail upon judicial review. Obama's action is rare, but not novel with respect to DOMA. Can a President refuse to enforce a law? Yes they can, but only if there is a constitutional question involved that impinges on the power of the Executive, especially as concerns their role as Commander-in-Chief. At best, Obama can say he is exercising prosecutorial discretion.
The states should be able to ignore any law that violates civil liberties of the state residents
They should only have to abide by laws that protect the liberties of individuals
i.e. stuff like gun laws should not have to be followed
quote:No. But, once you do and follow the laws, pay the taxes and such, you have a right to keep it (unless eminent domain kicks in).
Is the right to own property a civil liberty?
. Blue states, like Ca, Minn pay for states like Al, MS, LA
I think there are very few instances where the Exec Branch refuses to enforce a fed law, and even then it mostly has to do with whether the Exec Branch will defend a law in court. Found a well-reasoned blog post at RedState.com that expounds upon this (although I don't agree with the writer on a few other points):
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That's right folks, Monday, April 28th Star Wars takes over Deal or No Deal. In one section the models are all dressed in Slave Leia costumes. In the following bit a platoon of Stormtroopers carry the cases out. And I believe the Banker is replaced by the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Vader. And I think I saw Chewie standing with the contestants family.
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I've had smaller cat condos for my cats before and they never really cared too much about it so I was hesitant to purchase this one. But what a difference! As soon as it was assembled the cat moved in. She especially likes the top perch and the middle level with the little tent. Assembly was very easy, all necessary tools are included. The tree arrived in 2 days with free shipping. I'm very pleased.