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|2012-07-06, 12:22
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so Jugo and Suigetsu finally showed up, and just what did they gave sasuke,
and orochimaru is still alive!!,
sasuke is going to meet someone who knows everything, looks like sasuke is upto something big,
looks like things are taking a new direction
|2012-07-06, 13:02
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But, with Itachi and Sharigan was the use of Genjutsus and How Itachi could had just traped Oro into a Genjutsu and Make him release Edo Tensei, at least, that is one reason on why Oro could had tought Itachi was stronger.
|2012-07-06, 13:31
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i do agree that sarutobi was downgraded post timeskip but i was still never under the impression that he was better than minato even back during the first series. and no one ever said he was inferior to the 2nd. its just the 1st who's been blown out of proportion
|2012-07-06, 14:45
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If I had to analyze Itachi I would say that he was given a way overpowered ability Tsukuyomi that no one could fight against. Gai really should have been able to but Kish loves Itachi too much for that. But notice how that ability ended with his death. Not even uber Madara is using that ability on the kages right now because for readers its no fun to have a bad guy look at the opponent and for the fight to be over. I bet if Kish could change things he would have toned that ability down alot (evident by its omission in other Uchiha fights).
|2012-07-06, 18:43
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|2012-07-06, 23:34
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Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
Still, it's a shame Anko is made off to be so weak since she was said to have just as much potiential as a young Sasuke when she was a kid.
Seems like they'll use her to bring back Orochimaru or at least use her body, cursed seal, to temporary bring him back so they can ask him questions. Or they're just bringing her along because our peaceful giant might just think she's hot.
Or they use Kabuto to bring Orochimaru back or put Orochimaru in his body. Considering that he's more snake than man now, though he calls himself a dragon, he would make a very good host for Orochimaru.
Or Sasuke will just use some hax to bring him back for questioning.
|2012-07-06, 23:48
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^When Orochimaru escaped from Sasuke's body he took the curse seal with him. So, Sasuke does not have a curse seal any longer (though his body is still changed from the experience, as evidenced by Juugo being able to graft his skin on Sasuke's body).
|2012-07-07, 00:10
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|2012-07-07, 00:35
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|2012-07-07, 05:02
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okay orochumaru is back, but wasn't he permanantly sealed away into itachi's susano, using that special sword can't remember it's name, or it was just a part of orochimaru that was sealed away.
Now kabuto does have orochimaru's cells inside him, but that's pretty much to gain orochimaru's abilities, i don't think his life form will be inside him too, and kabuto is under genjutsu already, so can't really think orochimaru would pop out of his body
May be orochimaru's existance is linked with the masked man, cause in the manga they did show a shot of him at the end
|2012-07-07, 05:48
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It could be that Itachi gave the sword into which Orochi is sealed to Sasuke, that would make Sasuke's perfect susano a beast that's even better than Madara's susano, having an amaterasu-sword in one hand and the Totsuka sword in the other hand.
Anyway, even if Orochi comes back he will probably be just Sasuke's bitch.
One could say that Sasuke's thinking now probably resembles that of the younger son of the sage of 6 paths, by that i mean that his objective is probably shifting from the mindless rage against Konoha to the idea that this world must be ruled by power. That can be called the 3rd power. The other one is Naruto who is similar to the older child of the sage of 6 paths. Then there is Tobi who seems to be the one who wants to end the world as we know it, by having the 2 other powers annihilate each other. Maybe Tobi was some enemy of the sage of 6 paths and he wants to destroy the ninja world which was the sage's creation. And both the older and younger sons of the sage were part of that, so he wants both sides to die. So if Tobi was the enemy of the sage then he could even be the spirit of the 10-tails as some people already speculated, or he could be from his family/clan (my favourite is if he and the sage were both from the Uzumaki clan), or both if he was a human but made of himself a 10-tailed monster (Orochi made a snake of himself to gain power and immortality).
|2012-07-07, 08:33
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You guys are missing some implied information in the chapter about Orochimaru.
1. Sasuke realized that Orochimaru was still alive and was "the one who knows everything" when he read the scroll with the plan to control the war/whole shinobi world. So Sasuke recognized something in the scroll that Suigetsu didn't, something that Orochimaru absolutely had no business knowing which implied he was still alive.
2. Sasuke is leaving the cave to find Orochimaru, even though practically every theoretical method of Orochimaru's true return is still in the cave. Kabuto and his snake? In the cave. Anko and her curse seal? In the cave. Sasuke himself? In the cave. If Kabuto found one of the snakes that escaped Itachi's Totsuka and Amaterasu and grafted it to himself, that snake is in the cave! If Sasuke wants to summon Itachi back with Edo Tensei in order to release Orochimaru from the bottle, he could force Kabuto to do it using Anko as sacrifice. EVERYTHING is in the cave!
So why is Sasuke leaving the cave? Not only does he know that Orochimaru is still alive, he also knows that Orochimaru is currently someone who is not in the cave. We just have to figure out who and where that someone - who "knows everything" about the clan and village - is.
|2012-07-07, 09:14
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|2012-07-07, 09:28
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(Personally, I though Sasuke would use Anko's curse seal, specifically the chakra that Orochimaru injects into the seal. I expected some sort of 'reunion' similar to Naruto meeting his father and mother (who both left a smidgin of chakra behind in Naruto infused with their personalities and memories). But, since Sasuke is leaving, it is unclear what he will do.)
|2012-07-07, 10:48
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sharingan staring fights have happened many many times in the series. i enjoy them, others dont. kishi obviously does but he also likes and needs to change things up from time to time or it will get boring
|2012-07-07, 11:28
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To answer questions about copying and splitting we would have to define what is a soul and does it need to have a unique personality (memories, consciousness, will, and whatver else we can call the properties of a mind). That is what defines the mind of a person. I would tie it to the soul. But we see that chakra also can have a will of it's own, as we see when kage bunshins can think on their own, and they think of themseves as a real person thinks of himself. But there should be a distinction because a kage bunshin knows that he is a kage-bunshin, the distinction can be that it remembers the act of his creation, that is when the original created him by using the jutsu. And so a kage-bunshin is not afraid to die, since it considers itself as only a part of the original, also when it suicides (dispells itself) then it's memory returns to the original. Then there were the clones of Minato and Kushina in Naruto's body, these were copies of the mind of Minato and Kushina, but just chakra copies and not the real thing. So the mind of a person resides in the soul, and the mind can be copied just like the body by using chakra, but those copies are not the real thing because the chakra is slowly consumed and these go away.
That is why i wrote that for the real return of Orochimaru the soul is needed, and it is unique, it cannot be copied, neither can the body.
BTW the recording and movie industry would be so happy if perfect digital copying of their music and movies would not be possible Movies being downloaded from the internet would decay and vanish over time, only the originals would exist Funny thing is they made advertisments suggesting that digital copies are broken
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questioning iraq's relationship with twin towers/911, i can allow.
questioning undocumented expectations that "all peoples want liberation and freedom", i can allow.
but franco my friend you are an observant, logical and thinking man. i submit that: if islam is growing worldwide. then, islamic terror is growing worldwide. islamic terror needs no pretense of presidential policy in order to grow. reagan, bush, clinton, bush, obama......whatever, whoever matters not.
had the U.S. never invaded iraq or afganistan someone would have insulted the profit or desecrated a holy book or spilled mountain dew on a prayer rug. the hate for us is what it is. there is not one more muslim terrorist today than there would have been had we never sent the first troop to the middle east, they would have just indoctrinated and recruited with a different sermon.
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20th May 2012 07:37 AM #1
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My toddler (almost 2) has started a phase of hitting himself in the head when he is told no. He has also started to hit his baby ( a stuffed elephant) He has not slept through the night and has gone from wanting to be held constantly to not wanting to be touched at all. Why would this happen to my little boy?
22nd May 2012 06:08 AM #2
I am really not sure, my babies have gone through phases at that age where they hit themselves and their favorite baby dolls out of anger. They also go through phases where they seem to want extreme amounts of affection or the opposite. I think there is a good chance that what you are experiencing is a normal element of toddlerhood. If you are concerned, you may want to consult your child's healthcare provider.
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I have consulted with the healthcare provider, and since my son is a little abnormal (though I love him just the same). He has had a hard life for one so small. His father and I are currently battling over custody for him. Such a terrible thing to place a child through. Would never wish it upon anyone.
24th May 2012 03:07 AM #4
Hi momof3,
I'm so sorry to hear about your custody issues.
I think this could certainly have an effect on a little one (even though I'm sure you do your best to shield him from the emotional pain you must be feeling and the upheaval) and this could result in him changing his behaviour and not sleeping at night. Especially given the circumstances, I would take things very gently and slowly with him. Even if he does not want you to hold or cuddle him I would keep telling him how much I loved him; for example, through reading books about parents loving their children (the 'Guess How Much I Love You' books are lovely). I think, at this time, your little boy just needs extra time, attention and allowances to be made.
I wish you and him all the best.
Please post back whenever you feel you need more support.
Best wishes,
26th May 2012 06:49 AM #5
Hi momof3,
Thanks for giving more information about the situation at home. I feel for you.
Your son is almost 2, so he's still at a wonderful age for cuddling. If he doesn't want to be cuddled now it's okay, but I think there may be some ways that you can get him to warm up to you quickly.
Do you have a bed where he can sleep with you? If he sleeps in his own bed now, you may find that he would really like to go to bed with Mama, and snuggle. He may need the extra closeness in just being in the same bed with you that will give him security, because right now, he's probably feeling like his little world is falling apart.
I love LJ's suggestion of reading books - that can be a time when he will naturally cuddle up to you on the floor or on the couch or in bed. The more you do things with him the better right now. When you go to the store, take him with you. Take him for walks to the park. If he's in day care, pick him up right away, as soon as you get off of work, and then be sure to talk to him, rather than just popping him in the car seat and ignoring the little guy in the back seat (so easy to do when you're tired and have had a long day at work).
We can give lots of ideas to help with this. Please post back with any questions or let us know how you're doing.
Warm regards,
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I try to take him with me where ever I go. I take him to the store, to the park, and any running around I may have to do. I try to incorporate his "special" needs every time I have him. I have babied him the most of the 3 children I currently have. That has been a downfall, because now he will virtually use his anger and aggression against me. He has gone back to hitting, pinching, and kicking. Any progression I try to make with him, when he is with me he seems to do very well and then will lose it all when he goes to his dad's and then comes back to me. It is very hard to try to incorporate everything with him again, on a daily basis. I just cry because nothing seems to work. It has become a point that when, he has to go to his dad's I am in tears and almost dread having him come back to me. I am not sure as to what I need to do. I've done the cuddling, the books, movies, and the loving time with him, but nothing seems to help. Please help!
9th June 2012 07:30 AM #7
Hi Momof3,
It can be very hard to work so hard on positive parenting, and then to have it all "undone" when he goes to his dad's. I feel for you.
However, we do know that there is something about him that is not the best, as you said he is "special". I interpreted this as he has special needs.
I would highly recommend that you find a practitioner near you who can work on his nervous system. This could be a Chiropractor or an Osteopath who is trained in CranioSacral work, or an Acupuncturist.
If we can calm his nervous system this may help him to be able to better handle all the "unsettledness" that he is experiencing in his little life right now.
If you are consistent in your parenting with him, then he will quickly realize that he can't get away with hitting, throwing things, etc. when he is with you. It may take a day to get him back into the swing of things once he comes home from his dad's, but you can lovingly show him his boundaries.
The fact that you said he was hitting his head against the wall in your first post gives me a clue that his little nervous system is possibly overstressed. He could also have a structural imbalance in his body, like my son did. You can read about my son's story here, and how the Craniosacral therapy helped him.
Here's a video showing how one practitioner works with a 2 year old to adjust the membranes in the skull. Please note that my practitioner never used a "tool" she just used her hands to gently move the membranes, but my children were very relaxed and it wasn't a challenge to get them to stay still.
This video helps give you more information about how cranialsacral therapy can help infants and children.
Let us know if you need more ideas or help.
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I've been experimenting with new ways to prepare turkey with some of the birds I took last fall, here are two of my favorite:
Wild Turkey Salad
Wild turkey breast (1 breast from a gobbler, 2 if a jake or hen)
3 cups nuts (I like crushed walnuts or sliced almonds)
1 bunch red seedless grapes
1 red onion
olive oil
salt and pepper
Start by roasting the turkey breast at 400 degrees for 45-55 minutes depending on size and thickness. I like to use an over bag for this as it really helps keep the meat moist and juicy. I will marinade or season the meat prior to roasting. Pretty much anything will work, but I like to use a sun dried tomato marinade or a Jamaican jerk dry rub. After the turkey is done let it cool at room temp for 30 minutes, then put it in the fridge overnight.
The next day, pull (DON'T just chop, yes it's way easier, but trust me, its worth the extra effort to pull it) the turkey into bite sized pieces. (your dog will love this part, and typically be happy to dispose of those pesky tendon filled pieces for you....). Place all the pulled pieces into a large mixing bowl. Chop the onion into 1/4" diced bits and add to bowl. Slice each grape in half and add to bowl along with the nuts and craisons. Add enough mayo to stick it all together. Some people will like a lot of mayo, some less. I'm a less is more guy, and just want enough to stick it together well, about a cup to a cup and a half. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and salt/pepper to taste. Feel free to add any other sorts of goodies you can think off. I would imagine bacon could only improve things.....
Serve as a side, or on sandwiches with SHARP cheddar cheese. This will keep good in the fridge for about a week, it's usually best after sitting a day or two so all the flavors can mix.
BBQ Pulled Turkey
Start with 2-4 turkey legs and thighs (depending on the size of the bird and your crockpot, you can make as much as you can fit, it won't be sitting around too long, trust me.). Place them in your crockpot and add enough chicken stock to cover most of the meat, 3 finely minced cloves of garlic, and a dash of my secret weapon , montreal steak seasoning . Crockpot on low for 8-10 hours or until the meat is falling off the bones. After 8-10 hours the meat is easily separated from bones and tendons. Drain the juices from your crockpot and save them. Remove the meat from the bones/tendons and pull it the same way you would do with pork. Place the pulled turkey back in the crockpot along with your favorite seasonings and BBQ sauces. I like mine spicy so I typically add some tabasco or franks redhot sauce as well. Add enough of the cooking juices back to the crockpot to keep the meat moist and tender without making it soupy. Eat it the same way you would pork. This is one of my families favorite ways to eat wild turkey, I promise once you try this you will never throw those legs/thighs away again. If by some strange chance you have leftovers, it freezes very well.


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I saw Paint Your Wagon, a western musical featuring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. It was goofy as hell, but looked great and was overall pretty fun.
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(And BTW< this is not something that's worth obsessing over. You have a lot going on right now – and obviously, your first concern needs to be writing a great eBook.)
The difference between a screen font and a print typeface deals with the intricacies of readability and the science of typography. A screen font is one that's designed to work and read well from a screen, versus a typeface that is designed for print, and not to be read on a screen at all. It's a common mistake to not realize the difference, and use a screen font on an eBook cover, and I'm not sure that's a good idea.
I should mention that the very word "font" is actually only used to describe the set of files that compose a screen font – not the typeface that is meant for print. Typography geeks might get on your back about that.
Screen (or web) fonts are meant to be readable in reflowable text situations, and represent well in what are generally lower resolutions on a screen. These fonts have different spacing attributes, meaning the spacing between letters, between the "legs" of each letter, and any enclosed areas, such as the gap in the middle of an "A". Screen fonts are also meant to scale well and look good at both large and small sizes without any sacrifice to structure and readability. Font files will contain different sets of the letterforms than a print typeface. You'll typically find a bold version, an enlarged bold, etc. Italics are found less often, due to their typically poor visibility on a screen. There's a great article about this subject here: http://www.sitepoint.com/anatomy-web-fonts/
Print typefaces are typified by greater complexity and customizability, so that a designer in full control of the printed object can manipulate a typeface to an amazing extent. Designers can treat type like a graphic object, even though that's usually something that's tough to pull off.
A big part of this entire debate – and yes, it's still an open debate – is what's known as kerning. Kerning refers to adjusting the spaces between letters and words. A typesetter can adjust the kerning in a word or sentence so that parts of the letter overlap into the space of the letter immediately preceding or following it. For a great illustration of this concept, have a look at this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning.
Because we don't typically adjust kerning for screen text, each letter in a screen font has a pre-set amount of space that surrounds each letter. This is what's known as "monospaced" type. In other words, a screen font is meant to be standardized so that no matter what letter falls after which, the font will remain readable and properly spaced. Some screen fonts have evolved to be able to be kerned, but it's highly automated, and like anything that's fully automated, there will be some areas that just don't work precisely the way that we'd always like it to. Sort of like factory cheesecake. Still good, but perhaps not worth blowing your diet over.
It's not true that all serif typefaces are really for print, and non-serif fonts are for the screen, because in the years since modern monitors first came out, fonts and typefaces have evolved both artistically and in terms of usability. We now see both types of type in both print and on-screen. But there can be dramatic results by manipulating little things like the extension on the cross of a "t", for example, which helps letters fit in a way that makes good use of the space on the screen, and still looks natural. Some typefaces, like Times Roman, were designed for specific things, like newspaper columns, and there are sooo many much better choices for serif typefaces in books, documents and papers, that I'm amazed that people still use that font at all. Times Roman is like the Scottish Play – you just can't say the name of it at certain parties.
It's considered a major no-no to use a screen font in print. The end result is a font that is not kerned properly, meaning that there are uneven gaps between the letters, which if they are used for the title, is going to glare at you from smack in the center of the cover of the book. There's also something called aliasing, which very simply means that the angled edges of a screen font can be artificially smoothed to appear softer on the eye. Again, this is one of those areas that can get thoroughly messed up if you don't understand the finer settings of stuff like Photoshop. Simply taking a high-resolution typeface and shrinking it down will not adjust the resolution properly, making it look "jagged" and blurry. See here for another article with an excellent technical explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_anti-aliasing
Screen fonts also have different effects when justified, due to automatic kerning. If you align a paragraph to be justified using a screen font, the letters across the line will be aligned with even gaps from the outermost point of each letter, which means that if an "A" and a "V" happen to follow each other, there will be too much space between them. A print typeface will typically automatically compensate for this, making the line appear more naturally-spaced, and therefore lend itself to a more natural reading experience. You cannot always correct this with hand-kerning. And even if you can, it's time-consuming.
No matter what, if I were you, I would not geek out too much about this issue. There is an argument to be made that using screen fonts for the design of eBook covers is totally appropriate, considering that they are not meant to be printed out – the covers, too, are seen only on a screen. But I must say that I've seen a lot of oddly-spaced type out there: it floats, strangely, like a ship that isn't anchored properly.
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Another beginner with questions...
I am not a beginning fisherman, just a fly-fisher. I have been fly-fishing for 3 years, but it is just cheap outfit (Wal-Mart) with poppers for bluegills. I want to bump up my gear. Instead of my cheap wal-mart rod (8' 5/6 weight), I am thinking about getting a Cortland rod that is 9' and 5/6 weight. I like the feel of it and it is only $40.
How often should I clean the fly line?
I know I need backing, and fly line, but I have just used a short section of monofilament to use as a leader, what should be before my fly line (tippet, leader)?
What are some good flies (besides poppers) that are good for small warmwater species (bass, bluegill, crappie)?
Instead of getting the low-end Cortland rod for $40.00, why not move up to say a TFO, Redington Redfly, or ECHO? They are much better casting rods that don't cost much more than the low-end Cortland you are thinking of getting. Truthfully, the low-end Cortland you are thinking of getting is not much different than the Wal-Mart special you have been using. And after fly fishing with the cheap for 3 years, you would be much better served in the long run by spending the little extra for one of the other rod makes I mentioned in the same size as the Cortland.
Fly lines need to be cleaned when the get dirtly, which depends entirely on how long you fish at a time, the amount of algae and particulates suspended in the water, and wheter you have let the line get in the dirt and sand. All you need to clean a fly line is ivory hand soap and water followed by rinsing the soap off and drying the line with a towel or soft rag like a worn-out T-shirt.
A factory made tapered leader of 7.5' to 9' tapered to 2x ought to be about perfect. Far easier to use a store bought tapered leader and replace the tippet (the end the fly is attached to) as needed than to tie your own. Just get some 2x tippet for this.
Welcome to the forum!
I have an 8' Cortland 5/6 weight that I've been using for over 15 years as my pond/lake rod and I love it. I don't know how much it cost, but it casts amazingly well in all conditions.
Maybe I'm an awful fly fisherman, but I never clean my freshwater lines. The one that I use for ponds/lakes is over 15 years old and has never been cleaned, but it doesn't have any dirt built up on it and it casts fine. As for flies, my favorite panfish fly is a hornberg streamer. Panfish in general though like anything bright, so I'll use a Royal pattern of some sort a lot with a good amount of red on it. Bead head crystal buggers are another great panfish fly. I like to use Dahlberg diver style flies for bass around me since lakes tend to be weedy and sinking flies just get hung up a lot. I find some of the smaller striped bass saltwater baitfish patterns work very well for largemouth too, and you can also try a woolly bugger or crayfish. One of my other favorites is a yellow marabou streamer about 2.5-3" long with a 1/2" thread head on a size 2 hook.
My passion for catching fish is eclipsed only by the fish's passion not to be caught.
Thanks for the replies. I think I'll go with the cortland though, cause I'm a teenager with not much money. I will also probably respool with new line on my reel, because that was cheap shakespeare line. I might go to the shop later on today.
The world is 2/3 water, that means I should spend twice as much time on the water than cutting the grass .
Starting at the fly and working backwards:
Tippet: This is a section of line that you don't want the fish to see. Also, it is the last (or first) link in the chain. The size will depend on the size of fly you're using. For panfishing I generally go with 4x or 5x for flies up to size 10. Bigger flies (i.e. bigger hooks) require more force to get a hookset so I increase the tippet strength accordingly.
Leader: The section of mono or fluro that connects the tippet to the fly line. Usually (not always) tapered to help make a good presentation when casting to specific fish. The idea is to put as much distance between the end of the flyline and the fly so the fish don't hear the line when it touches down on the water or see the thick fly-line before they see the fly. Total length of leader is really goverened by the situation you are in. Generally the longer the better but there are times when a very short leader makes sense. About 7ft would be the minimum I would use with a floating line and preferably something like 9ft. Another old rule-of-thumb" was to keep the leader/tippet total length about the same as the length of the rod.
You an buy commercially tapered leaders with integral tippet and they work great but can be expensive. I trick I use is to take a commercial tapered leader (say 9ft with a 5x tippet). I snip off the tippet portion (usually the last couple of feet - you can see where the taper begins). Then I make a tiny loop at the thin end of the leader and add tippet from spools as I need it. The tapered portion is very strong and will last a whole season.
Backing: This is usually dacron. For freshwater you don't need anything terribly sophisticated. It serves a couple of purposes. First, it fills out the fly-reel spool to provide a better "arbor" for the fly-line. A tightly coiled fly-line will be difficult to cast and will need a lot of stretching. Second, if you hook a really big fish and it takes off into the next zip code the backing gives you some measure of safety before everything goes tight, at which point something usually breaks. But hey, that's what makes great fishing stories
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Back home, you killed an Eastern during a half-day hunt. With six weeks of
season remaining, you managed a trip west for a Merriam's and were amazed
when you connected the second day. Suddenly, bagging the four subspecies
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"What a difference a couple days makes," said head coach Bobbie Kelsey after the game. "A lot of our problems in this game were the turnovers. Some of those were not them taking the ball away from us, just us making poor decisions as far as passing decisions we're making. Even though it's a high number, we can fix some of that stuff."
The first half of play featured four lead changes and five ties with the Illini taking a 34-31 lead into the locker room.
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Wisconsin tied the game at 35 almost two minutes into the second half, but would never get any closer to Illinois.
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Paige finished the afternoon with 23 points, her second-straight game with 20-or-more points. Tiera Stephen netted a career-high 14 points and Jacki Gulczynski chipped in 10.
After shooting 44.4 percent (12-of-27) in the first half, the Badgers hit just 29.4 percent (5-of-17) in the second half to finish the game at 38.6 percent.
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The Illini made 37.7 percent (23-of-61) of their shots, including 35 percent (7-of-20) from behind the arc. UI shot just 61.1 percent (11-of-18) from the free throw line but made 6-of-7 over the last three minutes to seal the win.
Despite outrebounding the Illini, 35-31, poor boxing out on the offensive end contributed to the Badgers' downfall. Wisconsin grabbed just nine offensive boards and scored nine second-chance points. Illinois pulled down 13 offensive rebounds, scoring 11 second-chance points.
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Im a better writer. I damned well will sound conceited saying so, but I aim to prove it. For a series pilot, the first episode of Hell on Wheels (HoW) accomplished the introduction of the main characters and established their motivations to set the course of the story.
I got that. Cullen wants revenge for the rape and murder of his wife, and he gunned down a man in confession at church, with some contemptuous looks at the mounted Jesus on the cross, and doubts Christs forgiveness of the wicked. Ive laid out a hypocritical preacher whos cheating on his wife while raping and fathering a child with his slave, whom in turn is gang-raped by supposed white abolitionist men when shes only 12. Beyond sex and murder in and for the church, I didnt begin my novel with one shooting, but an ambush and darn bloody exchange of gunfire in a nearly one-sided slaughter of two dozen men against an equal or greater number. A betrayal helped orchestrate the tragedy and Christopher Pratt is set on his course to take revenge.
However, almost immediately, Christopher is involved with Abigail and the just-blossoming romance provides conflicting priorities for him. Plus, having a live love interest provides Christopher with someone to protect a motive that can thrust passion into the story. I want my readers to really feel the fear and desperation of my characters.
Obviously, the wife of the surveyor with tuberculosis who just got killed by the Indians will shortly become a love-interest for Cullen in HoW. I hope the episodic series really moves, however, and this doesnt take up the whole first season with the romance evolving, nor tease you with sexual tension for the course of the series. I realize her husband just died on HoW, however, life out there is cheap, short, and ends violently. So you dont waste any time. On the Walking Dead episode that aired just prior to HoW, two characters just ****ed in a pharmacy. Ive actually already written a similar scene for Davina in The Library (my Civil War westerns sequel), however, true to making it more edgy, she is ****ing her uncle, the pharmacist, just before she murders him.
HoW is still very predictable. I am working at being quite the opposite with my novels. Of course in HoW, there was the sergeant, who was also responsible for what happened to Cullens wife. So now he has to find and kill that guy, too. In the best case scenario, the writers convict an innocent man whom the railroad foreman wanted to set Cullens wrath against for his own motivations and Cullen has taken the bait. Shooting the wrong man would provide controversy now. Just offing another bad guy would keep in staying with the predictable. You have to write the unexpected, and often sick, twisted, and taboo to not keep with doing the same thing over and over again. But now HoW can have a second episode, as Cullen hunts down this Union sergeant that was alluded to. One great moment was when the audience and Cullen are robbed of the satisfaction of seeing him kill that last man, and the ex-slaves character cuts his throat instead. It left the viewers hungry to see Cullens need for vengeance satiated. I tried to do that when I presumably kill two of my three main characters multiple chapters before the end of my story, and Daniel Winthrop appears poised to get away with at least some of his crimes.
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Hope College finished among the NCAA Division III leaders in the annual Sear Directors' Cup standings. The standings rank schools based on NCAA championship appearances in the school year.
Hope ranked 47th among 267 schools listed in the final standings.
Williams (Mass.) College topped with the standings. Rankings of other MIAA schools were Calvin (6th), Alma (61st), Kalamazoo (106th), Olivet (141st) and Albion (237th).
During the 1999/2000 school year Hope qualified individuals or teams in seven NCAA national championships -- women's cross country, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's golf, women's tennis and women's track & field.
This marks the second consecutive year that Hope has ranked 47th in the Sears Cup standings. Hope has ranked among the top 50 Division III schools every year since the program was initiated in 1995-96. The best finish was 23rd in 1997-98.


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11.19: Data Display Choices
What is your bedtime? Have you ever tried to convince your parents to change it?
Kelly is wishing for a new bedtime. Her parents insist that she heads to bed at 9 pm each night and Kelly wants to go to bed at 9:30 pm. After a long argument, she decides to conduct a survey of the other kids in her class to figure out how many kids go to bed at 9 pm, 9:30 pm and 10 pm or later. She tells her penpal Justin about her plan and he decides to conduct the same survey in New Zealand.
Kelly is excited. Maybe with enough data from two different countries, her parents will allow her to change her bedtime. Kelly writes up the survey and asks the 25 students in her class to participate. She asks Justin to survey 25 students as well so that their data can be easily compared. If they survey different numbers of students, it will be more challenging to compare the data.
Here are Kelly's results.
9 pm = 7 students
9:30 pm = 12 students
10 pm or later = 6 students
Justin conducts a survey and emails Kelly the results. Here is what he discovered.
9 pm = 2 students
9:30 pm = 7 students
10 pm or later = 16 students
Kelly is amazed that most of the students that Justin surveyed go to bed at 10 pm or later. She knows that will never fly with her parents, but she might have collected enough evidence to get to 9:30 pm.
Next, Kelly wants to create a display to show her parents. She wishes to create two different displays-one to show her data alone and one to show her data compared with Justin's data. Kelly isn't sure how to go about it. This is where you come in-learning about data displays is the focus of this Concept. With your help Kelly will be able to complete her task!
A survey is a way of collecting data based on personal information given by individuals. Oftentimes, a survey can be taken to learn personal preferences. Surveys are done all the time. They are done at schools, by businesses, even by the government. Sometimes, television companies conduct surveys to figure out the television preferences of their viewers.
A survey is one method of working with statistics. Statistics involve collecting, analyzing and displaying data. In the introduction problem, Kelly and Justin conducted a real-world survey.
Let's look at some of what they did to conduct the survey.
- They decided on a question. Their question had to do with bedtimes. They asked students "What time do you go to bed at night?"
- Next, they chose parameters. Parameters are boundaries. They chose three bedtimes for students to choose from. If the boundaries had been left open, Kelly and Justin might have had so many different responses that it would have been difficult to organize and analyze the data. They left the last category a bit more open-10 pm or later to cover anyone who did not specifically fit in one of the other spots.
- Then they conducted the survey and collected the data.
- After finishing the survey, it is time to select a way to display the data. There are many different ways to display data in a visual way. Each way has a different purpose. By becoming familiar with the different ways to display data, a person can choose the one that best serves his/her purpose.
Now that the survey has been conducted, it is time to choose a data display. When creating a display, there are different ways to show data.
As Kelly thinks about the different ways to display data, she thinks that she wants to create two different displays.
The first one will show only her data and will be a circle graph.
The second one will show her data and Justin's and will be a double bar graph.
Are these good choices? Kelly isn't sure. Let's think about each type of data display and how Kelly can show her survey results.
1. Bar Graph – A bar graph displays the frequency of data or how often data occurs.
Kelly wants to show that many students have a later bedtime than she does. Given this information, a bar graph might be a possible way for Kelly to display her individual data without including Justin's data.
2. Double Bar Graph – Compares the frequency of two sets of data.
When Kelly creates a display to show her data and Justin's data, a double bar graph is a way to show both sets of data in the same spot. Given this, a double bar graph is a possible option.
3. Line Graph – shows how data changes over time.
Kelly did not conduct a survey to address how bedtimes changed over time. She conducted a survey to count the how many of her peers had each bedtime. She wants to prove that many students have a later bedtime than she does, so she should also have a later bedtime. Given her goal, a line graph is NOT a good option for Kelly.
4. Double Line Graph – compares how two sets of data change over time.
Given Kelly's goal and the way that the survey was conducted, this is not an option for Kelly.
5. Circle Graph – shows a percentage out of a whole.
If Kelly was to change her data to show the percentage of students with each bedtime, she could probably prove to her parents that many students have a later bedtime than she does. This could be an excellent option for Kelly.
Kelly's selections will work.
She can create a circle graph to show her survey alone and a double bar graph to show her survey data and Justin's.
Now that Kelly has chosen her two displays, she needs to analyze and interpret her data. First, to create a circle graph, Kelly needs to write her data in terms of percentages. She will need to change each amount of the whole to a percentage for the work to make sense.
Let's look at the survey results once again.
Kelly surveyed 25 students.
7 students have a 9 pm bedtime.
12 students have a 9:30 pm bedtime.
6 students have a bedtime that is 10 pm or later.
To convert this data to percentages, Kelly first needs to write a fraction for each bedtime.
Next, Kelly needs to change each fraction to a %. To do this, she can rewrite each fraction as an equal fraction out of 100.
Now Kelly has percentages, and she can create her circle graph.
What about the double bar graph?
With a double bar graph Kelly can use the actual numbers. She doesn't need to convert any numbers to fractions or percentages.
Now let's look at which data display would work best for each example.
Example A
If I wanted to show how often someone ate ice cream, which data display would make the most sense?
Solution: Bar Graph
Example B
If I wanted to show percentages out of a whole, which visual display would make the most sense?
Solution: Circle Graph
Example C
If I wanted to show how data changes over time, which display would make the most sense?
Solution: Line Graph
Now let's go back to Kelly and the survey.
Here are Kelly's results.
9 pm = 7 students
9:30 pm = 12 students
10 pm or later = 6 students
Justin conducts a survey and emails Kelly the results. Here is what he discovered.
9 pm = 2 students
9:30 pm = 7 students
10 pm or later = 16 students
Kelly is amazed that most of the students that Justin surveyed go to bed at 10 pm or later. She knows that will never fly with her parents, but she might have collected enough evidence to get to 9:30 pm.
Based on this Concept, Kelly has decided to create two displays. First, she will create a circle graph to show her data in terms of percentages. Then, she will create a double bar graph to show her data in relationship to Justin's data.
She hopes that her data will help her to prove to her parents that 9:30 is a reasonable bedtime.
Here is Kelly's data for the circle graph.
Next, she can use these percentages and draw them into a circle graph. Remember that a circle graph shows data out of 100%, so Kelly's data is right on target.
Next, Kelly creates a double bar graph to show her data in comparison to Justin's. Here is the double bar graph.
Here are the vocabulary words in this Concept.
- Survey
- a method of collecting data where you ask a sample of people the same question. You create options for answers and then gather the data to create a display.
- Statistics
- the method of collecting, analyzing and displaying data.
Guided Practice
Here is one for you to try on your own.
Keith gathered the following data about bus fare.
1997 .35
1998 .35
1999 .40
2000 .40
2001 .45
Based on this data, which display would make the most sense to display the data accurately? Why?
This data shows how the price of bus fare has changed over time. A line graph is the best visual display for the data.
Video Review
Here are videos for review.
Khan Academy, Reading Pie Graphs
Khan Academy, Reading Bar Graphs
Directions: Select the best display for each description of data. Choose from circle graph, line graph, double line graph, bar graph or double bar graph.
- The percentages of people who enjoy ice cream
- How stamp prices have changed over time
- How stamp prices changed in 1996 and in 1998.
- The number of students who attended college in 1990, 1991, and 1992
- The percentages of people who prefer chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice cream.
- The changes in prices at one movie theater over a period of three years.
- The changes in prices at two different movie theaters over a period of three years.
- A graph showing how sales had declined during the past month
- A graph showing the number of students with perfect attendance during the past three months.
- A graph showing the number of students with perfect attendance at two different schools during the past three months.
- The percentages of students who complete homework.
- The percentages of students who enjoy playing particular sports.
- How the percentages of students who attend college has changed over time.
- How the price of a hamburger has changed over time.
- The percentages of people who enjoy watching particular sports events.
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Following a widely successful production, "Toopy and Binoo and the Marshmallow Moon," childrens' entertainers Toopy and Binoo are returning to the live stage in Koba Entertainment's latest musical extravaganza, "Toopy and Binoo: Fun and Games." And, they're coming to Mile One Centre in St. John's on Saturday, Nov. 15.
The story unfolds when a toy chest full of mismatched games and puzzles ignites the pair's imagination. A news release from Koba Entertainment says Toopy and Binoo will dance with Xs and Os, wiggle with smiling snakes, and try to outsmart a gang of dancing ladders. Along with tea-partying cats, energetic Dusteroos and a flock of fun-loving sheep, Toopy and Binoo embark on their wackiest and most interactive adventure yet.
Toopy and Binoo is based on the best-selling children's books by Dominique Jolin. The characters made their television debut in 2005 and quickly climbed into the hearts of children in hundreds of countries, including Treehouse TV (Canada), Tiji (France), Rai Sat (Italy) and Sun TV (India).
Tickets for the St. John's show go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
The cost for tickets, $35 and $45 (including tax and service fee). They will be available at the Mile One Centre box office, by phone at (709) 576 – 7657 and online at www.sonicconcerts.com. Additional fees may apply.
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Assignment: Education-Open Enrollment
Twins Sophia and Isabella Alcocer are second graders at North Woods International school in La Crosse, but they live in Onalaska.
"My husband and I, first of all, wanted to have the girls learn about other parts of the world," said Delia Alcocer, parent who applied for open enrollment. "So, we were looking for a school that would have some curriculum that would show them that."
North Woods International was exactly what the Alcocer family was looking for. So, they open enrolled into the La Crosse School District three years ago during the state-wide public school open enrollment application period.
"It provides a window of time that parents can look at programs and that they might be able to select a program or a delivery of education that might best meet the needs of their kids," said Randy Nelson, La Crosse School District associate superintendent of instruction.
Typically, kids in Wisconsin are assigned to school districts based on the location of their home. But since public school choice legislation was passed more than a dozen years ago, interest in open enrollment has continued to grow.
"I was just looking at some recent data showing that the School District of La Crosse is in the top 10 percent in terms of... when you look at the difference of student who are open enrolling out of the district verses those coming in, we have more students coming into the School District of La Crosse then we do leaving the School District of LaCrosse," said Nelson. "And what it means for us is it does provide opportunities for us to use those additional funds that come with those students to help us even do more choice and charter kinds of programming."
North Woods International School is a choice school in the La Crosse School district, and provides a style of education that is important to many families including the Alcocers.
"They get so excited to learn," said Alcocer. "They've learned about China. They've learning about Australia. They've learned about so many other things. It's just good to see them open up and say oh where is this located and what do those people do. And what do they like... these types of things."
"We're in a great era of opportunity and choice for parents," said Nelson. "I think if parents haven't had a good opportunity to explore the choices that not only the School District of La Crosse has, but those districts around us to provide unique learning opportunities for their children. One that they think is really solid with their beliefs and would be strong for their children. Now's the time to do that."
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4 Lease Spots available @ $1250 per person. Below are the particulars. Please call me for information
-5 Pits (4 Rice / 1 Beans) - All will hunt 5 person maximum - All have dog box or boxes
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-Guests are allowed as long as there arent 5 people in the pit that particular day or days
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-A total of 13 or 14 people will be involved in this club (including myself)
The only, and I mean only, reason these fields are now available is because the farmer I have dealt with over the past 7 years has parted ways with a gentleman that ran guided hunts on 4 of these 5 fields. I have hunted 4 of the 5 myself and to have 5 options for $1250 is a deal. For the guys that hunt NEA or SEMO, they will probably agree. There will NOT be a draw system each weekend. Rather, we will discuss who is hunting where the Wednesday or Thursday leading up to the weekend and get it worked out.
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I am continually inspired by the forms, colours, textures and patterns of marine life, awed by its beauty and extraordinary complexity. I am equally distressed by the effects of environmental degradation caused by human ignorance and greed.
Environmental degradation is increasingly a threat to the delicate ecosystems of marine life around the world. The most famous example of this is the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Up to a quarter of the world's reefs have been lost.
Our natural environment becomes apparent through changes in scale, such as when viewed in a magnified form. The reproduction, multiplication and myriad beauties of colour and pattern become revealed. I have been greatly inspired by magnified images of natural objects. My work is a comment on society and our failure to work with nature.
By experimenting with a wide variety of materials, exploring patterns and textures, and using colour to symbolise bleaching, death and pollution, I try to address what is happening in our environment. I feel it is the duty of everyone with a social conscience to try and make a difference. I feel that as an artist I can convey the message of pollution in our environment in a different fashion. I hope I can present the message of pollution in our environment in a new and interesting way.
My work Repetition represents bleached coral. The coloured material within the work represents coral that is still alive. It is my intention to show a piece of coral that is dying and is beyond regeneration. The coral in our seas are heading toward extinction, but coral is not the only living organism heading this way. If humanity does not change and does not learn to live with nature, we shall drive ourselves to extinction.


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Bel-Cam Jos
Yes, that's actions, not auctions. We all (yes, even you) quote the films with great frequency, and maybe make sound effect sounds. Are there any gestures or actions you do that are SW-related? I have picked up Han's sly grin, but the more arcane one is this: I have a lauper (garden tool, not '80s singer) that I use that has a loose bolt. As I use it, I must tighten it, and for some strange reason, I always get the image of Vader turning that knob in his TIE Fighter in ANH.


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Pittsburgh's data guru Meixell is ready; first challenge is 311 systemJanuary 19, 2014 11:30 PM
During his campaign and his first days in office, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto talked enthusiastically about how data -- big data, open data, performance-based budgeting -- will transform city governance.
Now that the rhetorical rubber must hit the road, he has put a face on that initiative: 28-year-old Laura Meixell, whom he hired as the city's first data and analytics manager. Ms. Meixell, a native of Bethlehem, Pa., has applied her savvy with data to help manage everything from Louisville's overcrowded jails to studying an invasive ant species in Hawaii.
But in Pittsburgh, where the systems to collect and analyze data are piecemeal or nonexistent, she may face her biggest challenge yet.
On Tuesday, about two weeks before she settled into Bloomfield, Ms. Meixell stood alongside Mr. Peduto and Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak in announcing the city's first Open Data Ordinance, which the councilwoman proposed at that day's council meeting. If passed, the ordinance would lead to the creation of a new city website that would host reams of previously unavailable or hard-to-access data on everything from crime to potholes to 311 calls.
It's information that would be useful both for residents who want an inside look at city government and for policymakers who could use the data to inform how they marshal resources.
"We're in such a fantastic position to do this here," she said. "We have so many people in the community ... excited about it and this is a fantastic start. I'm so excited to get going."
Ms. Meixell, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, got an early start in public service. The daughter of a union pipe fitter, she was steeped in union culture and volunteered for her first political campaign when she was 15.
She spent her junior year of high school, 2002-03, in Washington, D.C., as a congressional page.
"It was an intense time to be in D.C.," she said.
"I ... came back from that really feeling like what the Bush administration was doing at that time was antithetical to the values that I had cultivated as a union kid and a church kid."
During her senior year in high school, she was hired as a full-time campaign staffer for Joe Driscoll, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for a U.S. House seat. Campaigns, she said, provided her with her first exposure to using data -- managing lists of volunteers in Excel.
She graduated from University of Pittsburgh with a degree in political science and later earned a master's in public administration at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. There, she worked on the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Community and Community Information System, a project that integrates data from the city, Allegheny County and school districts to provide up-to-date community information.
That, she said, provided her with "a huge amount of on-the-job training." From there, she earned a Presidential Management Fellowship, which took her on rotations with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- where she worked on homeless issues among veterans and helped the department identify where and why its housing vouchers were working. She took a six-month rotation with the Fish and Wildlife Service in Honolulu, where she helped the service map out a new piece of property they acquired to identify potential environmental hazards.
When she finished that work ahead of schedule, she was made a biologists' assistant on a project to eliminate the Yellow Crazy Ant from Johnston Atoll, which had once been used as a military test site and was converted into a refuge for turtles and birds. That required her to spend time hunched over in a field counting ants as they marched across an index card so she could test various kinds of bait.
Last year, she was a fellow with San Francisco-based Code for America and was paired with a team to work on criminal justice issues in Louisville, Ky., where the local jail has chronic overcrowding. The team interviewed 200 people -- including the mayor, police chief, beat cops and judges -- and developed the Jail Population Management Dashboard, "which is not a super sexy name," Ms. Meixell admitted.
The dashboard compiled and delivered data on inmates and those in "incarceration alternatives," such as probation. It now gives police, judges, prosecutors and other public officials critical information about the overburdened jail system. So, for example, if a judge assumes that an inmate can get $500 to post bond, the judge might be surprised to learn that a small percentage of inmates with bond at that level actually get out.
"It provides a lot of tools and visibility for judges and prosecutors that previously had not existed at all into the current status of the population that's in the jail and also in what's called the incarceration alternatives," she said.
At the beginning of this year, she landed back in Pittsburgh, where she faces the daunting task of evaluating the city's systems of collecting and analyzing data.
Take the city's 311 system, which Mr. Peduto has made one of his first priorities. On Thursday, at a news conference that doubled as a sort of pep rally for the 311 center's small cadre of employees, he vowed to make changes to make the systems more efficient and gave the workers boxes of doughnuts to thank them. Debra Lam, Mr. Peduto's chief of performance and innovation, said the current 311 system "is failing."
Right now, employees work with three separate databases, and the way complaints are communicated to the departments is cumbersome, often involving paperwork.
And that means rebalancing the workforce -- shifting more laborers, for example, to an area of the city that has more pothole complaints -- is tough to do.
Also, little data is available to help those in charge make adjustments based on the kind of work coming in.
Ms. Meixell will be among those spearheading the changes to the 311 center.
"The mayor definitely has a vision for what he wants in terms of being able to visualize what sort of calls are coming in, what the nature of those calls are and how quickly concerns are being addressed," she said.
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Short-handed Eagles fall on road to UND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - North Dakota didn't exactly roll out the welcome mat for the Eastern Washington University men's basketball team on Thursday (Jan. 17) in Grand Forks, N.D.
The home team went on runs of 8-0 to start the game and 13-0 to begin the second half as the shorthanded Eagles lost 65-47 to UND in a the first-ever Big Sky Conference men's basketball game between the two schools.
In Eastern's first trip to Grand Forks since 1982, the Eagles had a season low point total as they fell to 2-5 in the league and 4-13 overall. North Dakota improved to 3-4 and 6-15 on the season. Entering Thursday's action, just one game separated third from 10th in the league standings.
Eastern's 6-foot-10 center Martin Seiferth had14 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots in just 26 minutes to lead the Eagles, and Venky Jois added his eighth double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Seiferth made 6-of-7 shots from the field after entering the game leading the Big Sky in field goal shooting at 64.9 percent for the season. Jois also added a pair of blocks and two steals.
The Eagles played the game without a pair of senior starters who were injured Wednesday in Grand Forks in an accident involving one of EWU's team mini-vans. Senior starting point guard Kevin Winford (concussion) and senior shooting guard Jeffrey Forbes (knee) sat out, and EWU played without their combined 212 games worth of experience (136 starts) in their careers.
"With the adversity we were going through, I thought our guys did really well," said Eastern head coach Jim Hayford. "We had control of the game in the first half and made it a game that was winnable. In the second half, North Dakota was fired up and we didn't match their intensity."
The Eagles, who return to action Saturday at Northern Colorado, made just 25 percent of their shots in the second half after making 12 of their last 24 shots in the first half. Eastern finished at 34 percent, including a season-worst 13 percent from the 3-point line (3-of-23). The Eagles entered the game ranked seventh in NCAA Division I with an average of 9.3 treys per game.
Eastern held North Dakota to 36.7 percent shooting – the sixth-straight game EWU has held its opponent to 44 percent shooting or less. The Eagles were out-rebounded 44-38, and North Dakota forced 16 EWU turnovers leading to a 20-12 advantage in points off turnovers.
Eagle true freshman Daniel Hill started at point guard in place of Winford and went scoreless, but he had a season-high five assists, four rebounds and a steal. Sophomore Parker Kelly came off the bench to add eight points and three rebounds.
Eastern made only 1-of-7 shots and trailed early 8-0, but responded with a 12-2 run to take a 12-10 lead. Neither team led by more than three points the rest of the half, and EWU led at intermission 29-27. There were seven ties and five lead changes in the first half alone.
But EWU's advantage was quickly wiped out by UND's 13-0 run to start the second half. It was similar to EWU's 60-53 loss last Saturday to Sacramento State, which outscored EWU 21-4 to begin the second half, including a 15-0 run in which EWU was held scoreless for 6:37.
"When you take a couple of punches, you don't fold – that's when you get tougher," said Hayford. "We have to get our players to a place with their confidence where they know if they work hard enough, good things will come. We did have some players who kept their heads up and kept fighting, and I have to recognize them for that effort."
After UND took a 40-29 lead with 16:05 left, North Dakota led by as many as 17 at the 13:16 mark. Eastern followed with a 9-4 run, as Jois scored the first six points of the spurt. A 3-pointer by Jordan Hickert cut the lead to 53-41 with 7:44 remaining.
But that was the closest EWU could get, as EWU managed only two more field goals the rest of the way.
Eastern is now 1-2 all-time against North Dakota, but hadn't played UND since EWU moved to NCAA Division I in the 1983-84 season. Eastern hasn't played North Dakota since Dec. 11, 1982 when EWU lost 75-71 in Grand Forks. A year earlier, the Eagles beat North Dakota 81-72 in Cheney in the only other meeting between the two schools.