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NE Sixth Street Extension
The Northeast Sixth Street Extension Project, was studied as part of the Wilburton Connections effort, is designed to work in conjunction with the other two projects (widening 120th Avenue Northeast and extending Northeast Fourth Street) to provide better connections, especially for transit and carpools, between downtown, the Bel-Red corridor and the Overlake area.
Even though this project would ultimately become a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) project, coordination with these and other projects led to the City of Bellevue's decision to provided $1 million in funding to advance the conceptual design of the roadway extension. Sound Transit's East Link light rail would operate adjacent to the NE 6th Street Extension from 110th Avenue NE to the Eastside Rail Corridor (formerly the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad corridor). The city led a multi-agency stakeholder group to develop design concepts that were coordinated with a variety of agency projects. This stakeholder group consisted of WSDOT, Sound Transit, King County Parks, King County Metro, King County Wastewater, Puget Sound Energy, and the Port of Seattle.
The project will extend the existing transit and carpool ramp, which is accessible to and from Interstate 405 in both directions, eastward from the middle of the freeway. The new road would extend above the northbound lanes of Interstate 405 and 116th Avenue Northeast to a new intersection at 120th Avenue Northeast. In addition, the project will include street lighting, landscaping, irrigation, storm drainage/detention, and a 14-ft wide non-motorized pathway along the south side of Northeast 6th Street between 112th Avenue Northeast and 120th Avenue Northeast.
Transit and carpool vehicles would be allowed on the new segment from 112th Avenue Northeast to the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe railroad corridor; all types of traffic would be allowed between the BNSF corridor and 120th Avenue Northeast. More about the project, including information on funding and environmental impacts, along with a map, is provided in the project description sheet.
When completed, the Northeast Sixth Street extension is anticipated to relieve congestion at intersections nearby. Improvements will reduce travel time and increase mobility options for passenger cars, transit, freight, pedestrians and bicycles.
The conceptual design report has been completed, but there currently has no additional funding from the city or WSDOT identified to advance the project further. However, WSDOT and the city are working together to identify future project funding and timing.
Project ScheduleWhen project funding is appropriated, and the project is advanced, a project schedule will be developed.
Bellevue, WA 98009
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"I'm focusing on staying consistent," McFadden said after practice. "I've been working on my technique and showing the physicality of my game."
McFadden, a defensive back, is also enjoying the Senior Bowl process away from the field, talking with national media and NFL scouts who line up seeking his time.
"It's really nice to talk about what I have to bring to the table," he explained.
McFadden officially weighed in at 5-foot-9.5 193-pounds.
He is currently projected as a fourth round pick.

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Jennifer Staat, Ph.D
Licensed Psychologist
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Family therapy can be beneficial when parents are at odds with their teenager. Because teens are enveloped in a virtual world that widens the gap, a counselor can be a helpful go-between to improve communication. Dr. Staat will work to help parents learn to understand their children while teaching them to set firm limits, delineate boundaries, and enforce appropriate consequences when rules are violated. Dr. Staat has found that most teens respond when parents provide a sturdy wall of expectations that holds strong no matter how fiercely teens push against it. Dr. Staat will provide help & support.
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Family therapy is at the heart of Well Marriage Center. We specialize in helping family's understand their histories and how each of them have been shaped and formed. We empower families to open communication, build trust, regain a sense of friendship and fun, and support each other in our own hopes and aspirations. Healthy families provide an important foundation for healthy living.


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Death Note has became a very popular anime and is very well known and there is a very good reason why that is. Death Note is a short series but its plot is very well thought out and keeps you at the edge all 37 episodes. The characters are very interasting and have their own points of view. The struggle between L and Light is just outstandingly done and Light is one crazy character. The only reason why I didn't give it 10 is that for me 10 means its perfect but I think nothing is perfect xD. Death Note still remain my favorite anime. I highly Recommand it.See full review
What can I say this is the type of anime that has great potential but never succeeds in achieveing its promise. First I wanted to mantion that I know that the anime/manga isn't finished.The beggining starts out great introducing the different charactors sych as the Millenium Earl and Allen Walker.The atmosphere is also great if you are into more darker shounen titles. And then everything falls short. There is barely any story and it looks like the mangaka of the magna which the anime is based on used a basic design for all the missions ( pick a group of exorcists that travels to a place and fights a random... See full review


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E-mu Emulator
The Emulator is a very old and classic keyboard sampler from E-mu that rocked the world in 1980 as it was truly the first affordable compact modern sampler. After E-mu flopped with its grossly expensive Audity analog polysynth, they sought to design a sampler, loosely inspired by the Fairlight CMI but much more affordable. The Emulator I debuted in 1981 with a price taag of $10,000! Still pretty expensive, but E-mu reduced its price to $8,000 a year later.
The Emulator is very big, it's not very pretty and it uses big 5" floppy diskettes! Its look was designed by the same people that designed the Apple II computer. The Emulator has eight voices of polyphony and some may have MIDI retro-fitted as well although they never originally came with MIDI. It had very primitive controls by today's standards. Only real-time looping and trimming was possible, for example. And sample memory is really slim with its tiny 128 KB good for about two seconds of sampling time...and that's with its lo-fi 8-bit 27 kHz sampling specs.
The Emulator was soon surpassed by the Emulator II which added far better controls, a data display and memory space. The Emulator is most responsible for E-mu's longevity and success, and the Emulator makes a great collector's item even though it does not cut it as a usable machine these days. The Emulator has been used by David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Herbie Hancock, Genesis, New Order, OMD, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kitaro, Vangelis, Yes, Philip Glass, filmaker/composer John Carpenter, and Stevie Wonder who bought the very first one!
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The link above will take you to an eBay search for this synth to see active listings with more images, specs and information. If you don't find it there, try looking in our forum marketplace. Our marketplace gets thousands of visits every week so make sure to check back often if you want to buy or sell a synth.
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Are you looking to buy or sell a E-mu Emulator? Post an ad in Gear For Sale or a request in Gear Wanted. For spare parts and repair services check out Gear Services & Other Goods. Our forums also has a Buyer's Guide section where you can ask for advice on buying synthesizers.
- Demos & Media
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 8 voices (4 voice models rare)
- Sampler - 27 KHz, 8-Bit
- LFO - Vibrato
- Filter - simple VCF via JL Cooper retrofit kit
- Sequencer - Real-time digital sequencer added to later models from 1982 on.
- Keyboard - 49 Keys
- Memory - 128 Kbyte (about 2 seconds)
- Control - MIDI (on some models via retrofits)
- Date Produced - 1981-83
- Websites of Interest
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
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Dr. Fond attended Tufts University then went on to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He received his residency training in orthopedic surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein Hospital. He completed a fellowship in sports medicine and arthroscopy at the Nirschl Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic affiliated with Georgetown University.
Dr. Fond is active in the conservative and surgical treatment of recreational and professional athletes and dancers. He has been an assistant team physician for the Washington Redskins and George Mason University. Dr. Fond is very involved in the care of varsity athletes at high schools in Rockland and Bergen Counties, including St. Joseph's Regional High School. In addition he is a team physician and an assistant professor at Dominican College.
Dr. Fond treats patients of all ages with multiple orthopedics diagnoses. This includes joint reconstruction for arthritis, fixation of complex fractures, hand trauma, and pediatric injuries.


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The Digital Camera is currently out-of-order! My pager decided to wake me up at 3am to tell me the battery was running low, and do so every 5 minutes till I raided theonly source of appropriate batteries I could find: the camera.
I have an apology to make to Microsoft. Apparently a fault I thought was with Exchange was actually a fault in the client's FreeBSD/IPFW NAT setup. This doesn't excuse all the other faults though and it's still a lousy product.
I've finally found a use for all that time spent learning Python. Woo!
Gearing myself up for 3 solid days work. Great. I will bloody need a holiday when I've finished, fortunately I have one in just over a week!
Saw The Others on Sat night. Very good. Jumped a couple of times and a mega plot twist at the end.


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Did you know that there are substances in your home that are poisonous to your pet? You can easily find all of these products in stores. In fact, pet owners buy and use them regularly. But by reading labels; keeping informed of what substances are dangerous; and keeping these products out of your pet's reach, you can substantially reduce the chances that your dog or cat will become poisoned.
Flea and tick control products can cause serious toxic reactions when misused. This includes shampoos, sprays, dips and formulas that treat the environment. Symptoms of poisoning may appear 1 to 6 hours after exposure and include muscle tremors, vomiting, excessive salivation and difficulty in breathing. Make sure to follow manufacturer's instructions when using flea and tick control products on your pets. Never use a formula that's meant for dogs on your cat, and vice versa.
Rodent killers are also toxic to dogs and cats, especially if your pet has been exposed on more than one occasion. Pets who eat rats and mice who have ingested rodenticide can also be affected. Symptoms may develop 1 to 5 days after ingestion and include weakness, weak pulse and internal bleeding.
Over-the-counter drugs also pose a threat to your pet. The painkiller acetaminophen, to which cats are especially sensitive, can cause liver failure within 1 to 3 days. A toxic reaction to the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen can cause vomiting and loss of muscle coordination. High doses can be fatal. And aspirin can be dangerous if ingested, depending on the dosage and your pet's species.
Do not keep plants in your home that could be poisonous to your pet. English ivy, for example, may cause vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity and coma. After ingesting just a nibble of a tiger lily, a pet can start vomiting within minutes. If not treated, kidney damage can occur in 12 hours. Many other plants can cause harm to your animal companion if eaten. Toxicity varies between species, so check with your veterinarian if you are not sure if a particular plant is safe or not.
Backyard Dangers
Protecting your animal companion from the dangers she could face outdoors begins in your own backyard. Could your pet be facing enemy territory everytime she steps outside? By taking the following simple, but important, precautions, you can ensure that your backyard is always a safe haven.
The first line of defense is an escape-proof fence. It should be high and sturdy. If there are any gaps under your gates or hedges, you may need to use fine wire-mesh at ground level to keep your dog from crawling or digging his way out.
Letting your Bulldog explore outdoors is recommended only if you are there to supervise her in a well-fenced-in area. A sudden loud noise, or simply seeing a dog walk by, may cause her to bolt-which could end in heartbreak, especially if you live near a busy road or highway.


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Cyclone 3000 Portable Air Cooler
Description & Highlights
Port-A-Cool Cyclone 3000 Portable Evaporative Air Cooler
Take a nice break from the sweltering heat with the Port-A-Cool Cyclone 3000 Portable Air Cooler (PAC2KCYC01, PAC2KCYC01A). Great for parties, patios, and any time you need supplemental cooling, this two-speed cooler can cool up to 700 sq. ft. and can make the air feel up to 30 degrees cooler. This air cooler is also easy to fill: just fill up the 16-gallon water reservoir or attach a garden hose to the built-in attachment. It's that easy!
With it's environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient use, this air cooler is also perfect for use outdoors. It is also leak proof and rust-resistant, so you don't have to worry about leaving it outside during inclement weather. The fan cools using evaporative technology so it won't harm the environment with chemicals or refrigerants.
Save Money:Provides supplemental cooling for a fraction of the cost of air conditioning
Portable:Four (4) built-in rolling casters and cord wrap storage make this unit easy to move
Maintenance-Free Operation:Comes shipped completely assembled and ready to use
- Model: PAC2KCYC01, PAC2KCYC01APort-A-Cool Cyclone 3000 Portable Air Cooler
- Brand: Port-A-CoolRust-free, leak-proof outer mold
- 16-gallon water reservoirFour (4) rolling casters
- 700 sq. ft. cooling capacityAdjustable louvers
- Cord-wrap storageAir Delivery: 2,400/3,000 CFM
- 3/4" garden hose attachmentFan Motor: 1/3 h.p., 115 V
- Near maintenance-free operationAmps: 5.6
- Cools without chemicals or refrigerantsWeight: 100 lbs
- Warranty: 1 year parts/3 years fanDimensions: 38" H x 29" W x 25" D
- Height: 38"
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What is the worst vulnerability out there?
To me, one of the most dangerous things that has developed is all the unsecured wireless access points out there. Just take an hour and drive around any neighborhood in a reasonably populated city and you will see default installs everywhere! I mentioned this to a security pro once and he responded with "Yeah isn't that great? Any time I want to pull off the road and check my email I can!" I responded with "You know that's considered theft of bandwidth?" He just leered at me.
It would be so easy to launch any attack I wanted and it would be completely untraceable! I mean as far as I am concerned. Just find a place to park that's not too conspicuous and change my mac address just to be safe. Then hack away to my hearts content. Hmm, maybe send a nasty or threatening email to my local government official? Wow, I don't even have to worry about spoofing my IP or being all that stealth. The FBI is going to be showing up at this poor fool's house not mine!
There was a very interesting case in Washington DC where a person attempted to blackmail a company by sending emails from several unsecured residential homes. His mistake was that he used the same three places over and over again when he accessed the net to do his blackmail. The FBI checked out all three homes and realized that the people in those homes couldn't be connected, so they set up surveillance. Shortly after that they caught the guy sitting outside of one the three houses in his car with his laptop. I feel sorry for the innocent people that came under the scrutiny of the FBI.
There is no reason why manufactures of wireless routers can't warn consumers in a more substantial way. Package in the box some kind of very obvious warning and tutorial about security. We as security professionals should do what we can to promote that I think. Ok, I am done and now will get off my soap box !


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Thread: Care for young bettas?
Care for young bettas?
So, my tank is not fully set up and I'm still in the research phase for the livestock.
On the one hand, it would be nice to have a betta for nearly its whole life and to watch it grow and change. On the other hand, I know caring for it while young would be much more involved. I want to know what kind of care would be necessary before I make a decision.
I've been trying to find information online, but google doesn't seem to want to give me a comprehensive source. What I have managed to glean from the sources available:
-The water needs to be at least 80 degrees (I would need to upgrade my heater, it's within an adult's range but has trouble getting water that high).
-They need a wide variety of baby-specific foods, and it needs to be small so that they can get it in their tiny mouths.
-They need a lot of cover in order to feel safe.
-They need to be fed more often than adult fish.
The feeding is mostly what I'm having trouble pinning down. Would Hikari First Bites plus frozen bloodworm and frozen brine shrimp work? How often do they need to be fed?
Also, how would I look at one and try to determine its sex, possible future colors, etc? I know that it's tricky when they're so young.1. 2. (No Picture)
1: Planted Betta Tank 1, Grimsby (male betta)
2: Planted Betta Tank 2
3: Eclipse QT Tank
Found this online:
"I feed my juvenile bettas 3 times a day, usually live or frozen food but occasionally supplemented with pellets and brine shrimp flake. Their diet consists mainly of live mosquito larvae that I culture myself. Adults get brine shrimp flake, live whiteworms, live mosquito larvae, frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, and pellets. They are fed twice daily and fasted one day per week."
Back when I raised one of those Petco "baby betta" sucessfully to adulthood I fed crushed Omega One betta flakes and the occasional treat of chopped frozed bloodworms, though I only fed once a day... Don't know if that was ideal but then again this was the first set up I ever owned so it was years ago.
I will agree that they need lots of cover to feel secure. For pretty much all of his youth my "baby betta" stayed hidden among his guppy weed, only coming out to feed. He finally decided to take control of the tank and roam around when he got to be about an inch long.
Colors are tricky but not impossible to determine. Sex is a little more difficult... Mine was a drab mahogany with those horizontal stress lines that I thought only females exhibited. This color later developed into a bright cherry red and the stress lines went away, so I would imagine that one can assume a "baby betta" will develop a color that is similar to what it has but much brighter. With time my betta turned out to be a male plakat, not the female I had anticipated.
I used an Aqueon Pro 50 watt heater in a 10 gallon tank set to 80 f. I would definitely upgrade your heater to one that is adjustable simply because if your betta ever falls ill you might want to turn the heat up to aid in treating him.
Hope that helps!
I raised a bunch of baby bettas last winter. All survived and thrived. I just lost my first one at nine months old (IDK why). I would suggest you get breeder to send you a baby - those babies at petco are usually sick and very stressed. A healthy baby gives you the best chance at success.
What you read is pretty correct. Adjustable heater, set to 80 or 82F. Lots of cover. The breeder I got my bettas from fed adult food ground up in a pepper mill, baby brine shrimp, and microworms I think. At nine weeks, when I got the babies, they were already too big for microworms and BBS, I fed them first bites and occasionally brine shrimp, as well as some of the ground up food the breeder sent. There is baby betta food out there...maybe NLS has it, IDK. THIS IS IMPORTANT: You must be prepared to change the water very frequently with babies...they release a hormone that stunts their growth, so it's important to change the water a lot....like every day or every other day. Most breeders will tell you 50% every day. I did this until they were five months old, then gradually reduced the frequency over many weeks.
As far as sexing goes, who knows. Depends on what type you get. Some you can tell fairly early based on fin length, some you can't until you see flaring behavior...the males are typically very head-heavy when it comes to weight distribution and volume, and their beards are generally very large. Females are stockier (more weight/volume behind the head) and usually gill plates are smaller. But you don't always know until they are adults. Colors will also change up until adulthood, about six months IME, and can vary a lot.Beth
1 - 55 gallon planted community
3 - 10 to 20 gallon planted betta tanks
My advice: slow down, think, and be willing to learn. Then you'll be fine, no matter what.
Thank you both!
I tend to go to the local Pet* chains because when it comes to bettas, they're usually as good (if not better!) than the LFSs. (The LFS I was at last week? Had their bettas in containers half the size of the ones used at the Pet* stores! It was disgraceful!) There used to be a LFS that had containers twice as big, and I purchased my fish from them last time I had this tank set up, but they've since gone out of business. :( You'd think with where I live that there would be good LFSs all over the place.
I'm planing/hoping to let the plants I buy grow into the tank, once I get it set up, before buying fish either way. And there will also be a pottery cave that I'll be using that will serve as decoration and additional cover.
Got it on the water changes.
The ones at Petco look like they're roughly 8-9 weeks old (a touch over an inch long, by my best estimate), and they are all white to whiteish grey. I imagine that a good bit of that is stress. I have no idea where to even begin looking for a breeder to even start inquiring about the possibility of getting a young fish.
Also, I just saw this elsewhere... But what about hard-boiled egg yolk as an additional food?1. 2. (No Picture)
1: Planted Betta Tank 1, Grimsby (male betta)
2: Planted Betta Tank 2
3: Eclipse QT Tank
I have heard of hard-boiled egg as an acceptable food, but I haven't tried it. Really, any baby you get prolly won't *need* it, but it's good to give your fish variety in food, so go ahead if you want to feed it.
Babies that are grayish could be any color really as they mature, white ones are likely Cambodian (probably red Cambodian) or will be red all over as adults. Sometimes you get a blue Cambodian as well, but that's rare from store stock. Also, babies should have a good bit of horizontal striping on them - this serves as camouflage. It doesn't necessarily mean they are sick, but watch for ones with fuzzy stuff on their scales or ones that look particularly washed out. Healthy ones are spritely and move fast.
I can hook you up with breeders if you care to go that route, and a website dedicated to raising bettas if you'd like. The breeder I worked with and really like is currently offering free fish again - you just pay shipping. There are many breeders out there looking to find homes for fish they would normally cull, so you are saving a life, either in choosing a pet store betta or a breeder fish. The shipping will prove to be more expensive than just going out and buying a fish though, but I would not go the pet store route again...my fish came to me in excellent shape and have been a delight.
PM me if you want that info. As much as I'd love to post that info here, I believe it is against the rules.Beth
1 - 55 gallon planted community
3 - 10 to 20 gallon planted betta tanks
My advice: slow down, think, and be willing to learn. Then you'll be fine, no matter what.


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Child Development Center Spring Fest
Child center's April 3 breakfast celebrates 'Week of Young Child'
(March 31, 2006)--To commemorate "The Week of The Young Child," the UTSA Child Development Center staff invites parents of the children enrolled in the center to a breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m., Monday, April 3.
The events will celebrate building a better future for all. UTSA President Ricardo Romo will be on hand to read a proclamation declaring April 2-8, 2006, as "The Week of the Young Child" at UTSA.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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This is the second year UTSA has joined in the celebration of the "Week of the Young Child." Activities are planned for the children throughout the week. In addition to the breakfast, parents and children enrolled in the center are invited to the Spring Fest from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 7. More than 200 people participated last year at the event.
"The Week of the Young Child" is sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), through which the center is applying for accreditation. NAEYC is the world's largest early childhood education association with more than 100,000 members in 300 locations.
The UTSA center is currently enrolling children from the waiting list for the summer and fall semesters. Interested parents can place their child on the waiting list on the Child Development Center Web site.
For more information, call the UTSA Childcare Development Center at (210) 458-6364.


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Majors: English and Peace Studies
Year of Graduation: 2006
Current Job Title: Community Education Coordinator, Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women, Duluth, MN
Please give a brief description of your current position.
I have been the Community Education Coordinator at the Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women in Duluth, MN, since I graduated from SJU in 2006. My job is to provide education on the dynamics of domestic violence and resources that are available to victims in the Duluth area. I also work with campuses, businesses, and other organizations to strategize and implement effective intervention and primary prevention policies and procedures as they connect to violence against women.
Additionally, I co-facilitate a Men's Nonviolence Class (Batterer's Intervention Class), for the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, and am a Primary Prevention Specialist with the Minnesota Men's Action Network (MN-MAN): Alliance to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence. MN-MAN organizes men in communities throughout Minnesota to be effective allies in preventing and ultimately ending violence against women and children.
How did you get involved with shelter work?
When I was a sophomore at SJU, my service-learning placement for a Peace Studies class was at Anna Marie's Shelter in Saint Cloud. My experience at Anna Marie's opened my eyes to the prevalence and destructiveness of men's violence against women. After my experience there, I knew I wanted to volunteer or work in the battered women's movement in the future. I applied for this job a couple of weeks before graduation, and was lucky enough to get hired.
What skills are important for a person in your field?
Working in the violence prevention field requires many different skills. Active listening skills and the ability to empathize are particularly important when working with people who are victims of domestic or sexual violence. The ability to remain patient and keep an open mind is also very valuable. Nonprofit work isn't always smooth, and you are constantly learning more about how to improve your efforts. Organization, time management, and communication skills are key for educating, fostering dialogues, and organizing people to do something. As a man in this work, it is also very important to be aware of how much space (verbal, physical, etc.) you are taking up, and to be willing to receive feedback from others. It is also critical to be able to relate and build trust within diverse communities. Perhaps one of the most important skills is the ability to care for yourself.
There is a lot of pain, sadness, and injustice in this work-and there aren't any quick fixes. If you don't keep yourself healthy, emotionally and physically, it can take its toll on you.
What activities/resources did you utilize at CSB/SJU to prepare yourself for this career?
CSB/SJU played a huge role in preparing me for this career. I was fortunate to have many great professors and administrators that encouraged and supported me. Aside from being a Peace Studies major and volunteering at Anna Marie's, I studied abroad in Northern Ireland. I was also fortunate enough to participate in a semester long exchange with Morehouse College in Atlanta. I participated in feminist and social justice-based student groups, and connected with the Men's Center for Leadership and Service. Professors from the Peace Studies and English departments encouraged and helped me write grant/scholarship applications and apply for additional experiences. When I was a senior, Career Services helped me think about what my next step was going to be. They also taught me how to create a really good resume.
What advice do you have for students that are interested in your career? How can they learn more?
Women and men who are interested in a career similar to mine should volunteer at Anna Marie's. It's a great way to gain experience and knowledge, and support a wonderful organization. People interested in this work could also start or support a campus group focused on gender equality and issues surrounding violence against women. Take classes that include a gender based analysis of the world and/or explore violence and oppression. Read books and articles by feminist women and pro-feminist/feminist men. I would also be happy to talk with any students interested in this field.


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By The Associated Press
CORINTH — The Shiloh Road Farmers Market will open for the season on Monday.
Patrick Poindexter, county director for the Mississippi State Extension Service, tells The Daily Corinthian that greens, turnips and onions should dominate offerings early in the growing season.
The fee is $10 for growers to set up and sell their items. Permits are available through the extension office, which can be reached at 662-286-7755.


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Three lectures on the theme "Lyric Intimacy: Speaking to Invisible Listeners" will be presented Wednesday through Friday, April 14-16, in McCosh 50.
The speaker will be Helen Vendler, the A. Kinglsey Porter University Professor at Harvard University. The author of numerous books on poets and poetry, she has been selected to deliver the 2004 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities by the National Endowment for the Humanities in May.
The times and titles of the lectures at Princeton are:
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I don't think anybody saw this coming, very left-field.
I don't think anybody saw this coming, very left-field.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I'd be kind of optimistic....if they made the figures like they did in the 80's I picked up the DVD release a couple weeks ago....came with a nice box to house the other releases in too.
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
Ideally, I'd like them to put the cartoon on a major network (maybe Saturday mornings) and air re-runs first, to get kids hooked on it. Re-release the existing figures a few at a time with new characters. Then, in about a year, start airing new episodes.
That whole thing with the Snake Men was never fully resolved. And Hordak was supposed to appear in the next season.
Maybe Mattel finally realized that this actually would've done quite well if they'd allowed the 'toon to catch on more with kids (rather than airing it at night on cable) and didn't completely saturate the market with He-Man and Skeletor resculpts, and they're willing to fix their earlier mistake.
That's my jacket!
Well if they are doing a new line, I am all for it.
I went back and looked through my stuff that I had stored and found a few of the new figs I never opened. Even had an Evil Lyn in there....from what I remember she was one of the harder ones to find.
"You know I love the guy but I swear he writes like freaking Yoda."-Dean Winchester
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Were there ever any pictures? I thought the figures were going pretty well last time - but as Chux posted there were WAY, WAY too many He-Man and Skeletor figures.
I haven't noticed any pics up at He-Man.org yet...
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
Read the quoted article from actionfigs.com. They've not been revealed yet.
Guess what? Guess what?
That's my jacket!
Less and less networks are broadcasting kids' programming beyond their educational requirements, the CW is dropping Kids WB at the end of this year which is throwing cartoon industry into chaos. So often, cable is their only bet, and it's not Nickelodeon who doesn't air anything they don't produce anymore. That leaves Cartoon Network, and that'd work fine if the scheduling and marketing departments there weren't run so incompetently. Maybe 6 hours of Kids Next Door and Ed Edd & Eddie isn't the BEST use of your afterschool timeslots.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I've been expecting the announcement of new figures for at least several weeks now - Mattel practically came right out and did just that in one of their Q&As a while ago. I was actually surprised they weren't shown at Toy Fair.


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Do you have any idea of what it means to somebody who grew up in Italy?! ;)
Nonetheless I survived, and in two days I'll be back in my
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ready to enjoy the Christmas vacations with my girlfriend Daniela and our friends. Happiness!
What else? I'm waiting for my J-1 visa. I also took a look at my future home here in freezeland. It's very nice!
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The 24-year-old has been catering to her #RihannaNavy, but took a break yesterday in Paris to hit up some of the famous shops to upgrade her wardrobe.
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Didn't we have Darren Sproles in camp last year?? Except he was from Iowa last year, wasn't he?
Didn't we have Darren Sproles in camp last year?? Except he was from Iowa last year, wasn't he?
He looks real good in that video. Probably would make a good change of pace back. But that is what they said about John Avery.
Nice addition if the fins can get him in the 3rd round or later.
I'm onboard!!
I think it's funny the comparison's which people are making......Travis Minor, Fred Russell.....none of these player's were as dangerous in college as Sproles.
The only fair comparison that I can come up with is Dante Hall.....he has that type of ability..........and ask yourself: If the Chiefs had to make that pick again, would they?? Hell yeah they would........and all the teams who passed on him would be looking to get him to. HE IS A PLAYMAKER! What was it that Saban said he wanted again??
Is he an every-down NFL back? Of course not. But his ability as a returner and instant spark on offense is more than worth a high fourth round pick. If he is there for our first pick on day 2 then we should take him.
Darren Sproles is amazing. Im joining the bandwagon. I know for sure Miami wont sign him, at least early. But i saw the video and he is amazing! He is only 5'5, and so am i, lol.....i used to be a runningback too but im white...and ive never seen a white guy run well....well except for Luke Staley of BYU. But id love to see Darren Sproles be taken soon. If Miami drafts Alex Smith, by the time the 3rd round comes around, i think Darren will still be available, then Miami can make a shot.
And no, Travis Minor isnt like Darren Sproles. Travis is much taller too
If i was in charge, id sign Patrick Ramsey (QB), Tom Ashworth (LT), Kevin Mawae (C), Sam Adams (DT) LaVar Arrington (OLB), Chris Hope (S)
God it feels good to have so many options!! I'm diggin this guy right now, great highlight reel!
Since I made the Russell comparison I'd like to address this post.Originally Posted by burger13
I agree that there's an outside chance (waaaay outside, IMO) that this little guy could transfer his skills to the pros but, that's left for team's with more draft picks to find out.
Teams like us, with some holes to fill and few draft picks to fill them, have to be more responsible with their draft picks. That means we don't have the luxury of taking a shot at Sproles, not when we already have outstanding young talent at the position (PR/KR, you gotta admit he aint going to make it as a back) already.
It's too bad, and maybe if we could pick up a few more draft picks, it may become more feasible but, right now, for every one Darren Sproles that makes it, there are a hundred you never hear about again, and that's too heavy on the risk side of the scale.
He's WAY TOO TINY.
"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
Henry Wheeler Shaw
As a KState alum, I watched this kid for 4 years. He is spectacular. He IS an every down back. He will get drafted in the 3rd or 4th round and in a year he will be starting. He is very explosive and very strong, as he proved in the combine. We would be damn lucky to have him in a Fin uniform. The kid has been proving people wrong his entire career and will do the same in the NFL. I hope we get him.
Say no to Sproles. This reminds me of when we drafted Travis Minor. Wanny took him because he wanted a complement to Lamar Smith. Smith played horrible that year and we did have another back who could carry the load. Minor was to small to ever be a feature back. A few picks after we took Minor, the Bengals were much smarter and took a bigger back named Rudi Johnson. If we draft a RB make sure he is big enough to potentially be a feature back.


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November is truly a fantastic time to fish here in the Keys. The arrival of cooler water temperatures signifies a really exciting time for flats, patch reef and deep sea fishing, with some excellent species showing up almost dockside. You can practically walk into the water and catch something fantastic with your own two hands.
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Why do people persist in believing things that have been proved to be untrue? Social psychologist Carol Tavris, author of Anger and The Mismeasure of Woman, joins fellow social psychologist Elliot Aronson to answer this question in Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): How We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (Harcourt, 2007). The authors use cognitive dissonance theory to analyze issues and disputes in the worlds of politics, medical science, psychiatry, the criminal justice system and personal relationships. The theory can't explain everything, Tavris says, but it can shed light on a surprising number of issues.
American Scientist assistant book review editor Anna Lena Phillips interviewed Tavris by telephone and e-mail in August and September 2007.
How did you become interested in the subject of cognitive dissonance, and how did you and Elliot Aronson determine the course you would take in writing the book?
Well, we have been friends and colleagues for many years. We were sitting around one afternoon talking about George W. Bush and the fact that commentators from right, left and center were all shouting at him to admit that he was wrong about weapons of mass destruction and wrong about everybody dancing in the streets to greet us, and how come he didn't just say so. Andy Rooney, in a commentary for 60 Minutes, actually wrote him a mock-speech and begged him to deliver it to the country: "I told you Saddam Hussein tried to buy the makings of nuclear bombs from Africa. That was a mistake and I wish I hadn't said that. I get bad information sometimes just like you do."
But as students of dissonance theory, we figured it was extremely unlikely that Bush would do that. We predicted that a politician who is self-justifying will not be self-correcting, and will even be willing to lose the support of the entire country and his party rather than admit error and change direction.
Elliot's lifework has been on dissonance theory, hypocrisy and the psychology of self-justification, and on how you can apply dissonance theory in real-life situations to improve people's behavior—to get them to save energy, use condoms, practice safe sex. My work as a social psychologist and as a communicator of psychological science has often focused on the harms caused by scientifically unsupported fads and myths, and on the epidemics of "moral panic" that sweep the country from time to time. How come most of the perpetrators of these harmful beliefs and epidemics don't later say, "Sorry, we were wrong; thank goodness for scientific research"? Like Bush, they continue to justify their beliefs. So Elliot and I realized we had a lot to say about why this happens. We decided to apply contemporary dissonance theory to the many domains in which the inability to say "I was wrong" can create so much damage and injustice.
It sounds like Mistakes Were Made was pretty fun as a collaborative project. Do you remember any particularly funny or thought-provoking incidents that arose during your work on the book?
I'll tell you the story that's most poignant to both of us. We knew at the outset that Elliot was going to be losing his vision to macular degeneration. We both thought he'd have a few more years—his vision was worsening, but he was able to compensate by enlarging the font on his computer, and he could see well enough. Shortly after we signed the contract for this book, though, his vision bottomed out quite abruptly, and he became blind. He has peripheral vision, he can walk with a cane, he can still see some things up close—but he can't read. His computer reads text aloud to him.
Now, you can imagine that for a scholar, scientist and writer like Elliot, this was a devastating blow. And for me, as his friend, it was devastating. At first he was going to bail out. But we felt from the beginning that we were going to do this book together, that it was truly a blend of our ideas as well as our writing, and his bailing out was not an option. So we had to learn a different way to write—and that was writing through speaking. We would meet, we would discuss what should be in a chapter, what kind of research it might cover; he would dictate ideas and suggest research—and I would go away and draft something and come back and read it to him, and he would listen and edit.
As a writer, I found this to be a fascinating experience, because it's only when you read something out loud that you can hear that you're trying to sneak something past the reader. When I came to a paragraph or section that was graceless, or that didn't make sense, I found that I was reading that part a little more quickly. But Elliot's a terrific listener, and he would stop me and say, "What are you talking about? That doesn't make sense!" They used to say that trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron was like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster. That's how it felt for me. I couldn't throw a fastball sentence past Elliot.
And so we both learned to write in a new collaborative way, by speaking and listening along with putting the words on paper. What started as a frustrating struggle to find a solution became an exhilarating process for us both.
Could you could talk about the pyramid as a metaphor for cognitive dissonance and how you came to it?
I said to Elliot the other day, "Which of us came up with the metaphor of the pyramid?" Because, of course, in my self-justifying way, I thought I had. But he gently corrected my memory and told me that no, on the contrary, the pyramid is a metaphor he's been using for years, to show how self-justification can move people in a direction they might never have imagined going.
It works like this: Consider two students who have the same attitude about cheating. They don't think it's a terrible thing, but they know it's not a good or honorable thing either. Suppose that they now have to take a test—say, one that's going to determine whether they get into graduate school. They freeze on a crucial essay question, and suddenly the student in front of them, the one who has the most beautiful and legible handwriting on the planet, makes some answers visible.
Each of them makes an impulsive decision: One cheats to get a good grade; the other resists cheating to preserve his or her integrity. Now they will justify the choice they made. The student who cheated will minimize the seriousness of cheating and thereby become more vulnerable to cheating again. The one who resisted cheating will become even more adamant that cheating is unethical and wrong. Over time, through the process of self-justification, these two students will move further and further away from each other in their beliefs about cheating. It is as if they had started out at the top of a pyramid, close in their beliefs, but, having taking a step down in different directions, by the time they reach the bottom they are far apart. Moreover, they will come to believe that they always felt that way about cheating. Elliot developed the metaphor of the pyramid from an early experiment that Judson Mills did with children, which got precisely these results. The kids who cheated justified their behavior, and so did the ones who resisted.
That is what self-justification does: It sets us off on a course of action that moves us further and further from the original choice point and then begins to blind us to the possibility that we were wrong. The danger is not so much in the first step we take off the pyramid, but in how far we have come from our original beliefs or intentions by the time we are at the bottom.
You know, once you have this metaphor of the pyramid in your mind you see it everywhere in society. One example that we did not include in the book is the seemingly endless argument between new mothers who make the decision to stay home with their children and those who continue working outside the home. What is the reason for each side's certainty that there's only one right way to be? The data show that children are not harmed when their mothers work; women have been working throughout the centuries; in Europe, children go to nurseries and daycare and that's that—no one thinks their little psyches will be damaged. But in the books by women who have left the work force to be full-time mothers (a tiny minority, by the way, of working women—most can't afford that luxury) I find that the heat they bring to the subject often stems from their ambivalence about their decision.
Most decisions have positive and negative consequences. When you're making an important life decision for which there is no single right answer—as is the case so often in our lives—then that decision is going to be followed by huge postdecision dissonance. You will look for all the reasons to justify the decision you made and notice everything negative about the choice you rejected. If you are not comfortable with the decision you made, you may feel the need to disparage and criticize the people who took a different path. They are, after all, a constant reminder of the road you didn't take.
In an upcoming interview, the Scientist's Bookshelf will be talking with Wendy Williams, coauthor with Stephen J. Ceci of Why Aren't More Women In Science? (APA Books, 2007). Given your research for this book and for The Mismeasure of Woman, I'm wondering if you have thoughts either on the book's title question or, if you've seen it, on the book itself.
There are limits to dissonance theory. It doesn't actually explain everything in the world. However, what it does explain is why so many of us are not as open-minded as we think we are or would like to be. The stronger our intellectual, moral, political or religious beliefs—the beliefs that most define us—the less likely we are to be open-minded about evidence or information that we could be wrong. People who, in addition, have vested economic interests in the status quo will be even more likely to dismiss evidence that might threaten their position. As Stephen Jay Gould wrote in The Mismeasure of Man, about biases in the study of race and intelligence, and I wrote in my book on biases in the study of gender, people's beliefs about the origins of race and gender differences are often "consonant" with their views about the possibility, or impossibility, of equality and change.
I haven't seen the book, but I'm looking forward to it—I know Wendy Williams and Steve Ceci and admire their work, and I know their book considers all aspects of the complicated question about women in science. But for me, the bottom line is the "so what?" question. Suppose someone finds a molecule in the brain that makes 4 of every 10 men interested in science and only 3 of every 10 women interested in science. So what? We can't afford to lose those three women!
The questions we ought to be asking are, What can we as a society do, in this era of rising scientific illiteracy, to change our schools and our scientific institutions to make science more appealing and accessible to anybody who's interested? And what can we as a society do to make sure that science is taught well, at every level, so that more people of both sexes become interested? Countless studies of women scientists show that they have often felt marginalized and excluded and have been made to feel abnormal for wanting to enter a field that was traditionally dominated by men. So let's fix the institutional and organizational conditions, and then let's see who's interested in science and who's not.
In the chapter on blind spots, you discuss the emergence of Big Pharma and the cases of some research scientists who relinquished objectivity when they were investigating potentially profitable drugs. How can scientists work to combat conflicts of interest and be aware of their own motivations and biases?
Elliot's favorite word in answer to this question is "vigilance." The entire reason for the firewall that universities maintained for decades between research and industry was precisely because it is so difficult to be vigilant about conflicts of interest. Good people, by definition, see themselves as being above the possibility of being corrupted. If they are dedicated scientists and are also taking money from industry—and increasingly, this is an economic necessity—they have to be hyper-alert for ambiguous findings. Independent investigators are more likely to look for worrisome findings that, say, indicate a drug's potential harm. Drug-company-funded investigators are more likely to resolve ambiguities in the sponsor's favor. The greater a scientist's incentive to unconsciously suppress disconfirming data, the greater the need to be vigilant about looking for it—to look for the dog that didn't bark, as Sherlock Holmes said. We all listen for the dogs that bark; we don't realize it's just as much of a clue when the dog doesn't bark.
Can you offer any suggestions for science teachers who want to help their students become aware of the potential for dissonance in conducting research?
Understanding how dissonance works is critical for us as teachers—and learners—for two reasons: First, it explains why, faced with scientific information that disconfirms their important beliefs, most people will tell you to get lost and take your data with you. Scientists may despair of creationists who remain unpersuaded by 8,000 studies of evolution, but scientists too have been known to dismiss 8,000 studies opposing their own cherished position on a political or intellectual issue.
Second, understanding dissonance helps us discuss findings in better, more persuasive ways—without making the other person feel stupid for believing something now shown to be false: "How could you possibly believe that!" or "Look, isn't it interesting that your lifelong theory of child development is wrong?" We can try to present science not in a negative, debunking way but in a positive way—to show what is fun, exciting and creative even about disconfirming research. Scientists understand that there is nothing inherently dissonant about disconfirming results; they may not welcome such findings, but they see them (or should!) as important information that moves us a little further along the path of knowledge.
Early in Mistakes Were Made you say, "Most people have a reasonably positive self-concept." Accordingly, most of the book is focused on instances in which people's cognitive dissonance works to make them think better of themselves. But as you mention, there are also cases in which it works in the opposite direction. How did you make the decision to focus so predominantly on cases of positive self-concept, and what role do you think the negative has to play?
We know from studies that the overwhelming majority of people believe themselves to be at least moderately competent, smart and ethical. So most of the examples in our book illustrate the dissonance caused when such individuals are faced with evidence that they just did something incompetent, foolish or unethical. But dissonance will also apply to somebody who has a poor self-concept, and who then gets evidence that they actually did something terrific: Their self-concept remains the same, and they dismiss the compliments as being phony or untrue. That is what is so powerful about understanding dissonance. We will put ourselves into contortions to preserve the beliefs that are most central to us—even when they're just clearly wrong.
Now, another aspect of this is the problem for people who don't reduce dissonance enough. One of the things we say in the book is that the ability to reduce dissonance is adaptive, precisely because it allows us to sleep at night. You couldn't get anything done if you had to keep reassessing every decision you made and every belief you held 40 times a day. It's beneficial to stay with a set of beliefs that guide how you live your life. And it's also a fine thing to be able to reduce dissonance after you've made a decision and bought that car and married that person and moved to Cincinnati, so that you won't beat yourself up about everything that you might have done wrong. The people who don't reduce dissonance enough suffer from regret and remorse, and it can be just as dysfunctional for them not to reduce dissonance as it is for other people to reduce dissonance too quickly, too mindlessly.
This issue leads to a great existential question: What happens when the action we've taken has really been a devastating one to ourselves or others, whether it's in the course of our professional lives, our private lives or a war? How do we live with the realization that we committed a devastating mistake, caused devastating harm? How do we forgive ourselves? What do we do to not just bury the dissonance—but to accept what we did because it can't be undone? How can we understand what we did wrong, and not just make a superficial apology, but learn in some deep way from the harm that we caused, so that we don't make the same mistake again? That's the goal. That's the reason we wrote this book.
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That also gives me the idea of gluing a bolt into the holes, if that glue breaks, the bolt will have nowhere to go. Maybe a nut directly on the other side of the pcb from the bolt head?
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I've been following this thread for quite awhile. Since I'm a retired teacher I have at the very least a basic understanding of Pablov and Skinner. That being said, I know in ALL of my retriever training in the last 12 years, there hasn't been one instance of thinking about either......which explains my reluctance to post.
However, this last "interlude" with indirect pressure has proven to be more personal. I use it for effect in certain situations (and not very often) and my dogs have learned how to respond correctly to it. It has proven effective. They learned how to respond correctly through the use of consistent, fair reps with teaching as the main focus. A responsive dog doesn't just happen.
Basically, the dog must be in a situation where they are not doing anything wrong.......like sitting. Supposedly, the immediate reactions of the dog are 1) "I am sitting so that which you just sent me can't be for not sitting" (not doing anything wrong and you have my attention), 2) "I now can't remember what I wanted to do" (forgot what his mistaken mindset was) and asks 3) "What is it that you want me to do?" (re-focused and more responsive).
I have always looked at indirect pressure as a refocusing, attention "getter". I suppose the key here is that for me the scientific lingo of conditioning makes more sense when it is verbalized in a real time, simple English.
This communication issue reminds me of the street wise student I once had in chemistry. One day he raised his hand and "axed", "Hey Bro, can't you just say all this scientific "stuff" in street lingo so's I can get it?" Now I know how he felt.
I suppose it would be better to understand why it works in terms of the "conditioning" discussed in this thread, but I am at a loss on how significant that is if I read the dog, have a solid, consistent way of communicating and seem to be accomplishing what I need for the level of dogs I work with.
Tell me why I need to know......for reasons other than to understand all the posts in this thread or the generic response "because it will improve your training".
One extra bit of info, I have trained with FT groups often and been to several retriever seminars held by established pros.....none of this "stuff" (Pablov, Skinner) was ever discussed.


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Hard to put fans in the stands when we don't have a lot of fans to begin with. Winning "creates" fans but that doesn't mean that they're "fans" like those of us posting here on this board.
That stadium sucks to begin with. That's not a football stadium. Miami v. Florida State is a huge game every season. Stadium is packed. Tons of Hurricane fans. Tons of Seminole fans. And it won't matter if both teams are in the top five. That stadium won't provide either team with a home field advantage because it's not designed to. First row of seats is forever away from the sidelines. There's a disconnect between player and fan. At the old Orange Bowl, we could reach out at slap opposing players if we wanted to.
The Orange Bowl was a true home field advantage. Not a day goes by that I don't think about that stadium. You guys missed out if you never got to see the Dolphins in that stadium....back when football was great.
As for other teams with losing records who fill their seats, what the **** are you going to do in Buffalo other than hang yourself? It's cold as **** there damn near all year. Girls in Buffalo don't own bikinis. People in Buffalo go to Canada of all places because Buffalo sucks. Imagine that your city sucks so bad that you're willing to go to Canada to get away lol. The Bills offer some kind of entertainment and escape. Any other time you're stuck inside trying to stay warm because there's 17 feet of snow on the ground. The Bills get you out of the house from time to time.
Completely agree on the BORING part. Since Danny boy left (and towards the end of his career anyways) Miami football has been tailored to run first and play good defense. It has been reflected in our coaching decisions and personnel. The modern average NFL fan doesn't want to watch for three hours as the offenses have three and outs and the running back goes for 3.5 yards a carry. Few teams can make that brand of football exciting. The defense has to be completely dominant and FORCE TURNOVERS ala Ravens, Bears, etc.
We are reflective of our society that is enamored with stimulation and instant results. We want fantasy football numbers, turnovers, touchdowns, trash talking, drama, big trades etc. Realize when I say "we" I'm talking as a general fan base and I would most here at finheaven just want to see a W in the win column. It is amazing to me with attendance falling for so long that Miami hasn't put forth more effort for a first round QB the last decade. The team needs superstars and if Tannehill can become that while yielding an exciting brand of vertical football then Miami may find the attendance creeping back up. This team has stars but not ones the city of Miami will embrace ie. Long, Starks, Soliai, Wake. This is why we will see Reggie back next year even if his play is mediocre. Ross realizes marketability is just as important as wins. I realize our secondary and pass rush has holes but speed and firepower on offense may be more priority in the draft to get the franchise back on track.
Someone up front needs to figure out how to win and win quick. Teams are flipping their fortunes in this league in a hurry. Rules are changing and some franchises are adapting, some are struggling to make transitions.
The NFL is big business. Time to get with the program. If not we may not be worrying about the team moving. The Dolphins might make the switch to Arena Football.
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Using it the right way around with 10' missing made it into a nice polyleader line. It works fine this way, however, like WCs everywhere, it needs the head out of the guides to really work. That creates a big D-loop, big distance, and not much accuracy. At the end of such a cast, if you're flogging shot and an indy, then you might not get much turnover, especially into a headwind. The reversed WC needs only about 20' or so of line out to work on the spey and even less overhead.
The reversed line was intended for turning over lots of "stuff", (big) pocket water speying, short line casting when working tight, heavy wind days, little D-loops when next to the bank or overhanging trees, a short casting stroke when room is limited, or where accuracy is important (an unanticipated benefit). The thick belly also doesn't get dragged under as much as a thin tip. The beauty is -- you can use it the right way around or flip it to suit the situation as you work your way down the river.
I find that some of our GL rivers (the Catt in NY, the Credit in ON) have pocket water stretches and big flats. A standard WC sucks in the pocket water situation but it's nice on the flats. This rig handles both.
I am just curious, did you try casting the line after your chop job without reversing it ?
My reason behind this is that the line you have has always casted pretty nice for me.
I use it on a 14' CND Expert series, it really sings on that rod.
Makes one wonder if cutting off that 10' and using in frontwards would work as well.
|When I first thought of doing this, I had intended to use it for nymphing. However, I'm not much of a nymph fisher and I prefer to swing flies so I've been using it for that instead. But by all means, nymph away.
Hello Peter,
Just curious are you using this custom line as a nymphing rig?
Took a look at your web page,whoa! If I had water like that in my immediate area there would be absolutely no way to contain my fishing habits!!"and my wife would probably have forgotten my name. Very Very" Nice........I just knew I was born in the wrong area!
BTW -I was casting with the entire head of that Wind Cutter out,and you are right about all or nothing I got that same sense after I read your post.
Through the years I've developed a good sense of patience, and with practice I'll get it!!! Thanks for the response...
Converting a Windcutter into a GL shooting head
After mucking about, at different times with four spey rods, I figured, that with the acquisition of the fifth, I should purchase a "real" spey line. Well, like pretty well everone else here, I was steered toward a Windcutter. Had I bought the tips version, I'd probably would still be a happy camper, but no, I bought the floater.
What a useless line for my waters. Straight out of the box, it wouldn't turn over anything that would sink a fly and when used on some smaller rivers, to cast the full head would put you in reach of the far bank. There's plenty of advice around about cutting the Windcutter back but I couldn't bring myself to chop such an expensive line. So I bought an Airflo Delta instead and loved it.
After watching the Windcutter collect dust for months, last January I got up the nerve to do some line surgery and chopped 10' off the front taper plus I cut the head off the running line. On the decapitated and de-tapered head, I added braided loops. When I tried the line reversed, it went like stink but the braided loops caught in the guides so bad, it put the rod at risk.
After finally getting around to making some smaller loops, I took the line out to the Credit today for a better field test than the first attempt. The cut down head is now 44' and when used reversed, the very short 3' rear taper becomes the front taper with the very thick 20' belly right behind it. As you can imagine, the turn over force is greater than any pike line in existance. This arrangement will turn over pretty well anything you care to put in front of it, sinktips, Polyleaders, mono & shot, mono, shot & a bobber, and all of the above with a brass tube fly.
But will it cast?
Does it!
I'd pull the head in until the loop was in my hands, leaving about 30' of line outside the guides. I'd then execute an abbrieviated double and make an 80' cast. The mono & shot (4 BBs) turned over like I had a trico dry on the end. Once I aclimatized to the quick, underhand powerstroke, I could keep the D-Loop so compact that it barely reached behind me on an across stream cast. On downstream or upstream casts, it didn't go behind me at all. While the wind was the wrong way for singles, I tried a some, and after a few fits and starts, they started banging out too. Even a snake roll worked. After a while, I stopped trying to catch fish and concentrated on expanding the repertoire. More extraordinary, I started casting with overhead-like precision. It's hard (at least for me) to position the fly accurately with a spey cast, but this was duck soup.
If you hate your Windcutter floater - try decapitation and reversal -- you'll love it.
BTW, I was using a reversed Windcutter 9/10/11 on a Lochmor X 13'6" 9 wt.
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