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Ellison just got a major on her MH, Tiger, this weekend. May be another CH/MH this year....
Also, don't forget about those dogs that may have JH or SH or may just be personal hunting dogs. There are a few CHs out there that could do the work, but their owners don't have the experience or time to do it themselves or the money to send them off. You would be surprised whats out there once you start digging and asking questions.
My young girl has 8 points, a JH, 3 legs of her SH and hopefully will be running master this fall. Her sire is a personal gun dog.
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Boyne's Criminal by Dezign at Rygwood JH 'Wykked' (criminal #2)
Boyne's It Is What It Is JH 'Murphy' (hellion in training)
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ShadowGlen Roundabout Campfyr SH CD CGC 'Coal' (the best)
I will definitely keep you posted! I plan on taking my Goose girl out to some small shows and show her myself.
And in addition to all the above dogs/breeders mentioned, the age of frozen semen opens up the possiblity of sires that are no longer with us. I have 2 pups out of Ch/Mh Ruthless Blazing Brentley and he's been dead for years.
She's about 6 months old in these pictures.
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In this entry I outline a new Web technology. It may already exist. I just have not seen it done.
It is my dislike of poorly designed technology that drives me to write this rant.
I dislike virtual brickwalls. Like trying to fix or to understand a programming problem only to find that access to the people most likely able to help you are behind technological barriers.
Are Internet based technical forums really so "vandalized" by anonymous users that in order to participate one must always have to Register?
I registered to places like Advogato and Freshmeat to be a member of a community.
But oh so many times I want to enter into an online forum simply to ask a question. Always doing so after searching the Web (and sometimes books and magazines as well) turns up no answer. Usually these forums are hardware or software related, like a Dell computer, or Adobe software; something for which I do not want to "join up" because I am a "Dell Groupie" or an "Adobe Fan", but to simply ask something of someone closer to the technology than I have been able to get to. (More on this later.)
And this is the typical forum register process:
- Adjust Web Browser settings to allow cookies for the site.
- Click on the "Register" link.
- Sometimes at this point find out that Javascript needs to be allowed also. *
- Fill out initial data: Enter user name, E-mail address, Password, etc. **
- Click on the "Submit" link. *
- If Web Site does not use email address for user names, restart process if user name already exists. ***
- Wait for a confirmation e-mail.
- Respond to the confirmation e-mail.
- If all went well you can now post your question.
I have gone through this process several times. An many times only in order to ask my one or two questions, read the feedback, offer resulting feedback, never to appear again.
I do not like this process. It is so... archaic. We have the technology to automate this entire process. That is what computers are for!
So, the Globally Recognized User Environment would be similar to the Globally Recognized Avatar.
Now, I am someone who has trouble understanding most RFCs, so I can't write one myself, but I can outline the technology:
The Web Browser would have a setting for your GRUE (you see why I picked the name ;-), i.e. you would enter your E-mail Address and Password -- that is it. (There would probably be more, optional data, like User Name.) The password would then be stored as a one-way hash.
When you go to a GRUE enabled Web Site, you would hit a link like: "Register with GRUE Account".
Then, and this is the good part, you would only have to make sure cookies are enabled, the Web Site would:
- Get your GRUE data (e-mail and hash)
- Get your password
It would then verify you by comparing your typed in password with your hashed password; if OK it would allow you to post.
Obviously, the transmission of the password is in the clear, and this may be a gaping security hole -- I'm not experienced enough to know if this is something that can not be overcome other than HTTPS -- but most Websites already do this anyway.
This, GRUE - Globally Recognized User Environment thingy is just an idea. And ideas are always free to be used. (If this is a valid idea I'd love to see it pursued by someone in the Free Software Community.)
I will further elaborate at times future. See also, perhaps: GRUE.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:51 PM GMT on November 21, 2008
Let's follow up on yesterday's discussion about the long range forecast for the coming United States winter. Those of you outside the U.S. will probably be more interested in what the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction has to say for your country, and I encourage you to check out their excellent web site for their seasonal forecasts.
The official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 90-day forecast for the upcoming winter, issued on November 20 by their Climate Prediction Center (CPC), calls for above average temperatures across the Central U.S. and Alaska. The remainder of the country has equal chances of above or below average temperatures. A dryer than average winter is expected over much of the Southern U.S., including the drought-stricken Southeast U.S.
Figure 1. Temperature forecast for the upcoming winter--December, January, and February 2009--made by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. No areas of the country ar forecast to have an above-average chance of being colder than normal, but the Central U.S. has up to a 50% chance of having above-average temperatures.
How are the NOAA winter forecasts made?
NOAA uses several tools to make their forecasts. One key tool is their Climate Forecast System (CFS) model. This model includes a version of the GFS forecast model that we use for everyday weather and hurricane track forecasts. The CFS model also includes an ocean model that interacts with the atmospheric model. These models solve mathematical equations of fluid flow using a supercomputer for the entire globe, on a 100-km grid. NOAA also uses statistical models, which look at past winters and see how they depended on quantities such as sea surface temperature anomalies. Temperature trends are important, too--if it has been warmer than average the last ten years, it's a good idea to forecast a warmer than average winter.
Figure 2. Skill of the official 90-day forecasts issued 0.5 months in advance by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. Note that the average skill over the past ten years is not very high (9 on a scale of 0 to 100), and has remained flat, indicating that our skill in making long-range forecasts has not improved.
How good are the NOAA winter forecasts?
NOAA rates its forecasts using the Heidke skill score, which is a measure of how well a forecast did relative to a randomly selected forecast. A score of 0 means that the forecast did no better than what would be expected by chance. A score of 100 depicts a "perfect" forecast, and a score of -50 depicts the "worst possible" forecast. For 90-day temperature forecasts issued 0.5 months in advance, NOAA has averaged a 9 out of 100 on the Heidke scale since 1995 (Figure 2). So, while there is some skill in forecasting what winter temperatures will be like, this skill is not much better than flipping a coin. Depressingly, Heidke skill scores for three-month precipitation forecasts are even worse, averaging just a one on a scale of 1 to 100 over the past 15 years.
Let's look at some examples. Last's year's winter temperature forecast issued in mid-November did poorly (Figure 3), failing to forecast that the U.S. would have equal areas with both above and below average temperatures. The 90-day forecast done in mid-November of 2005 for the winter of 2005-2006 was awesome, with a Heidke skill score of 45. However, the 90-day forecast done in mid-November of 2006 for the winter of 2006-2007 had virtually no skill, with a Heidke skill score of one.
Figure 3. Temperature forecast for Dec 2007-Feb 2008 issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center on November 15, 2007 (top). They predicted Equal Chances (EC) of either above or below-average temperatures for the Northwestern U.S. (white colored areas), and a 30-60% chance of above average temperatures over most of the remainder of the country. In reality, the U.S. experienced an average winter, with approximately equal areas of the country receiving above and below average temperatures (bottom). Image credit: National Climatic Data Center.
Why do seasonal forecasts do so poorly? Primarily, it's because the long-term weather patterns are chaotic and fundamentally unpredictable. To a lesser degree, we are limited by our imperfect physical understanding of what controls the climate, and our imperfect computer models we use to simulate the climate. As computer power continues to increase and our models include better representations of the weather and climate at finer grid sizes, I anticipate that seasonal forecasts will improve. However, given that long-range forecasts have not improved since 1995 despite a large increase in computer power, I doubt that this improvement will be more than 10-20% over the next thirty years.
Seasonal forecast models vs. climate models
A common complaint one hears about global warming predictions made by climate models is, "How can we trust the predictions of these climate modes, when they so such a lousy job with seasonal forecasts?" It's a good question, and there is no doubt that seasonal forecasts have pretty marginal skill. However, there is a fundamental difference between making a seasonal forecast and making a 100-year climate forecast. A seasonal or a short-term weather forecast is what mathematicians call an "initial value" problem. One starts with a set of initial meteorological and oceanographic values that specify the initial state of the planet's weather, then solve the equations of fluid flow to arrive at the state of the atmosphere a few days, weeks, or months into the future. This forecast is highly sensitive to any imperfections one has in the initial conditions. Since there are large regions of the atmosphere and ocean we don't sample, it's guaranteed that the prediction will suffer significantly from imperfect initial conditions. Furthermore, the chaotic and turbulent nature of the atmosphere leads to many "bumps" in the weather pattern over time scales of days, weeks, and months. The nature of turbulence makes it impossible to accurately forecast these "bumps" that are superimposed on the mean state of the climate.
A 100-year climate forecast, on the other hand, is what mathematicians call a "boundary value" problem. Given an initial and final set of factors (called "forcings") that influence the climate, one runs a climate model 100 years into the future. The final state of the climate will depend on the strength of the forcings supplied. This type of model is not very sensitive to initial conditions, and is not trying to forecast the "bumps" of chaotic, turbulent atmospheric motion superimposed on the mean climate. Rather, one is trying to forecast the mean climate. As computer power increases and our physical understanding of how the climate works grows, these type of models will continue to significantly improve. While climate models do fail to properly simulate important aspects of our past climate, such as the Arctic warming of the 1930s, and the observed 0.1°C global temperature increase that occurs at the peak of the 11-year solar sunspot cycle, they have been very successful at simulating things like the global cooling triggered by the 1992 Mt. Pinatubo eruption, and the observed pattern of greatest global warming in the Arctic. I believe that climate models are already significantly more reliable than seasonal forecast models, and should continue to improve steadily in coming years.
Support the Portlight Christmas for Gulf Coast Kids Honor Walk
Saturday is the portlight.org Christmas for Gulf Coast Kids Honor Walk. This is a fundraiser to buy gifts for the kids along the Gulf Coast who might not have much in their stockings this year because of the ravages of Hurricane Ike. Our own StormJunkie will be walking up the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, SC, and will be taking his webcam along. Tune in to the webcam site at 2:30 pm EST to follow the walk, and participate in a live chat. Sponsorships of any amount, small or large, are appreciated! The cam will go active about an hour before the walk. It should be a cold but beautiful day.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Brewster Flats/Billingsgate 7/3
Had the opportunity to take a road trip with the boat since I pulled it from the slip for maintenance this weekend. Called Juro and he accepted an invitation to meet me in Sesuit Harbor.
We started by heading over to Paines Creek about an hour before low slack to see a massive flat exposed by the minus tides. We explored some of the outer structure and decided out best bet would be to come back when there was a bit more water and the sun was higher to sight fish.
A quick trip over to Billingsgate to fish the northern edge at a spot I've worked previously was rewarded with some very strong-willed mid 20" fish on virtually every drift. Start in 14 - 15' and let the wind carry us to the 10' shelf, get the fly down as deep as possible and shock-stop or twitch it and the pickups were hard and running. Couldn't find a Billingsgate 40"er to come to the fly but there were fine fish and it was great to adapt flyrodding techniques to an area that has a history of trolling and dragging serious hardware. Next trip I'll try the shallow waters closer to the islands.
Watched to clock and at about 9:00 we slipped back to paines to find about half of the flats flooded, the holes and trenches showing great promise and a fair number of shore fishermen planning on using thier 'yaks or canoes to safely get them off the flats. (BTW: Can't overstate the issue of safety out here. It was easy to see how people get trapped on the rising tide given the height of the rise 10-11' and the distance needed to travel. Imagine Monomoy's west flats witha 10' tide...)
We floated over a skinney bar to be greeted immediatly by cruising shadows scattering at that magic 20' distance from the boat. Proceeded to do these long drifts 1/4 - 1/2 mile over sholes, bars and holes where you'd cast to spots that looked likely and then twitch the fly as slowly as possible as it swung behind the boat with the drift.
Lot's of fish cruising through these massive pods of sand eels often so thick that they'd shadow the water. A very enjoyable way to flats fish. Juro had a cow come cruising to the surface, 25' off the transom with a whale-like mouthful of sand eels but most of the fish seen and/or caught were in the low 20" size but we were hearing the song of the drag more often than not as these fish showed all the spunk of their larger cousins.
About an hour before high the action dropped off noticably, and we spent the next two hours cruising as far west as barnstable looking for some moving water and active fish.
The fly of the day was Juro's deep sand eel. Very effective in both locations.
A fine Bayside morning to be sure. Always a pleasure to fish with you Juro, you have the passion that treats every fish with respect.
"Double Happiness" signing off....
RE:Brewster Flats/Billingsgate 7/3
Note to waders without 'yaks:
Take Brewster Flats, double the potential for wading trouble, and you have Barnstable Harbor. These are great, productive spots and it's awfully tempting to stay out way beyond the recommended time and make the umpteenth cast to those 36 inch + tailing bass. Play it safe and head for dry ground when you still can. Better yet, drag that cartop out there and extend the safe fishing time.
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A few questions about launching out of Sesuit. Is it tidal? Is it public/pay/permit? Is it easy to get to? What is the ramp like? (you know I'm not the most skilled guy at the ramp!).
I'd really like to fish that area. A few weeks ago Al_D & I took the families to the point of Sandy Neck. We launched out of Sandwich Basin. In the glassy calm early morning it only took about 30 minutes to get there, but in the afternoon when the chop picked up it took about 50 minutes to get back. Also, the Basin Launch is great in the early AM, but after 2:00 PM it's a real ZOO with people pulling out.
It was my first time out that way & I concure with Bill that it looks incredibly fishy. Huge mile long san bars that drop 10' in two paces. Schools of bait fish that look like beige clouds. Even on our family outing we managed a few twinkies right off the spit.
RE:Brewster Flats/Billingsgate 7/3
There are now two ramps at Sesuit Harbor, both (I belive) managed by the town of Dennis. One's on the east side the other on the west both very easy to get to off 6A.
The harbor is very tidal (like all bay side locations) and the ramp to the east is off limits at normal mean low water depths due to a lack of water. The west ramp I used for the first time last week and it was great right thru a minus tide. The channel leading out of the harbor shoals up about 100 yds from the entrance but I think with your draft you'd be fine.
The area surrounding Sesuit fishes well, sometimes you'll see fish busting just 1/2 mile to the east of the ramp and I feel it gives you the best access to Billingsgate (even better than Wellfleet since it cuts out another 35 minutes of driving) Both ramps are open (to the best of my knowledge) 24 hrs and if you launch before the attendant arrives you'll find a note on the windshield.
No need to be critical of the ramp skills, I know you take great care of your boat. There's a lot to think about when launching and loading. I'm still learning every time I get it wet....
Call or e.mail me me anytime if you want more details for that or other locations.
RE:Brewster Flats/Billingsgate 7/3
Bob -
I can't thank you enough for the great day on the water aboard Double Happiness. Your boat's ideal design for angling combined with the captain's skills help intensify my own desire to get back into a "hole in the water" soon. Next time I'll get more than a few winks in the parking lot so I won't miss so much (lights on nobody home).
I think you have a real winner with that spot out on Billingsgate... it seemed each time you dialed us into the GPS location, we would meet another husky mid-sized bass. As I recall, that one you held up to the rod went 27-ish by your mark and we were lucky to have consistent action with more like it including the blonde you landed on the inside flat once we came in to Paine's. I never complain when fish that size come willingly and complain even less when they fight with such incredible strength... there was definitely something wild about the way those flats fish were fighting.
Also I got to share some info about a spot I know well but seldom see from the "outside in". Gotta say I sure like the view. Especially when the shadows are shifting around on a shallow sunlit flat! It was cool to discover the depth of the 'hole' was 36 feet using your electronics. It's shape changed over the winter and the flow distribution shifted to the east lobe, and the fishing over there has taken a big turn for the better.
Hope we can hook up again soon and thanks for keeping the throttle down while I was nodding off in the afternoon sun
Awesome photos being developed... stay tuned...
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Tahnks for the info. I have a bunch of vacations days that I need to take & I want to use them before the dog-days kick in. I also have a few home projects going on, but I really want to get out there. So, if you or anyone else (Juro, Terry, Sully, etc.?) wants to make a weekday venture, just let me know. Oh, but not in the next few days, because my truck is in the shop (1999 F150 5.4L, second blown coil in six weeks !!?? Buy American ??)
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Posted November 16, 2006; 09:22 p.m.
The Princeton Composers' Ensemble will present a performance of electronic music and film pieces by members of the music department at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
The concert will feature works by faculty members Paul Lansky and Barbara White, technical support staff member Alex Kass and graduate student Samson Young.
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drop the team because the handler spoke to the dog before dog was released
carry the team with stern warning
Originally Posted by Juli H
It is hard to keep track of everyone's opinions on the 'controlled break' thread...
so...if a sr handler speaks to his dog because he 'feels' the dog is about to break (even tho the dog is NOT making forward movement), do you as a judge drop the dog or carry the dog with appropriate 'penalty'. .. the dog may be 'dancing', may be standing, may be whining..whatever...the bottom line is that the dog has NOT made forward movement.
arm chair judging, regards.
Mark it as a controlled break. You know your dog and may be respondeing to a physical sign I am unaware of. Do it again and you would have to be dropped. I did not vote because you missed mark as a controlled break w/o a stern warning. No stern warning needed IMO.
Never trust a dog to watch your food!
Originally Posted by Byron Musick
I was sitting with the judges (collecting birds) and that is what they said, does not mean later they changed their mind, but since he told the dog no, and brought it back to heel.... The judges both stated since he did that it was a controlled break, that was what the judges told the handler at the end of the first test.
I'm not always capturing things correctly (one of the good things about being a newbie). The dog broke the same time the judge said "Dog".
So thats my story, Just how I perceived it.
The moment a judge calls for the dog by # or "dog" he has been released.. NO BREAK controlled or otherwise. Re-heeling is a handlers chioce only at that time. IMO, he is upholding a standard as a team and would not be dropped at that time.
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In 2011-12: Played in 28 games, with 23 starting assignments...averaged 9.7 points per game, fourth-most on the team...second on the squad at 5.6 rebounds per game...shot 44 percent overall, 33 percent from three-point range, both season-highs for the junior...second on the team with 49 offensive rebounds...averaged 26.4 minutes per game...led or tied for team lead in rebounding in seven games...scored double figures 13 times, including five of the last nine games...fourth on the team with 16 made three-point goals, he made 12 in the final eight games of the season...improved as a shot-blocker on the defensive end, as he totaled 25, second-most on the team...had the top blocks per game average at just under one per contest...posted 24 steals, fourth-most on the team...improved as a passer out of high-low sets, he had 31 assists for the season, 12 more than his highest season total in three years at Clemson...grabbed double digit rebounds three times, second-best on the squad...had one double-double.
Best Games of 2011-12: Top scoring effort was a 22-point performance against Furman, a career-high for the junior...also added 14 rebounds, another personal high...made 7-of-12 field goals and 8-of-11 free throws in that win over the Paladins...finished season opener against Gardner-Webb with 10 points...had 10 and two blocks in 21 minutes at The Citadel...scored 12 points with six rebounds versus the College of Charleston...made all four field goal and free throw attempts in 12-point showing against Alabama State...scored 10 points against UTEP in 24 minutes...made 7-10 shots and scored 15 points against Florida State in ACC opener, a 20-point win for the Tigers...added eight rebounds and two blocks in that game against the Seminoles...scored nine points and added 12 rebounds at Boston College...made 7-13 shots against a top-10 Duke team and finished with 16 points and three assists...scored nine in consecutive games at Miami and home against Georgia Tech...made 3-4 from three-point range and posted 14 points and six rebounds against Maryland...posted 15 points on 6-11 shooting at Wake Forest...totaled 15 points, four offensive rebounds and two steals in road win over Georgia Tech...followed that with 17-point performance in home overtime victory over NC State...made 7-14 shots against the Wolfpack...grabbed 12 rebounds in Senior Night win over Virginia Tech...finished year out with 13 points and two blocks in 35 minutes against the Hokies in the ACC Tournament.
In 2010-11: One of the most improved players on the roster, he was fourth on the team in scoring at 8.3 points per game...third on the team with an average of 5.2 rebounds per game...played in all 34 games and made four starts...averaged 20.1 minutes per game, the most by any Clemson reserve player...tied Jerai Grant for the team lead with four double-doubles...scored double figures in 13 games, tied with classmate Devin Booker...posted five double figure rebounding efforts...led or tied for the team lead in rebounding in eight games...led the team in free throw shooting with a .772 figure, he was the tallest Clemson player to lead the Tigers in free throw percentage since 7-footer Adam Allenspach in 2000...shot 29 percent from three, but that was a 12 percent improvement over his freshman season...quadrupled his three-point total, going from six as a freshman to 24 his sophomore year...made 43 more free throws and 58 more field goals as a second-year player...blocked 14 shots, fourth-best on the team...was at his best against the ACC's top two teams, Duke and North Carolina...averaged 12.3 points and 8.7 rebounds in four games against those two schools.
Best Games of 2010-11: Top scoring effort was 16 points, which he accomplished twice...most important 16-point game was in the ACC Tournament semifinals against North Carolina, where he made 6-8 field goals and 3-5 from three-point range...added seven rebounds in that game with the Heels...posted double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds in Clemson's Feb. 12 home game against North Carolina...the 12 boards were a career-high...posted double-double at Duke on the Blue Devils' Senior Night with 10 points and 11 rebounds...opened the season with 14 points and four assists against Western Carolina...added 11 the next game against eventual Southern Conference champion Wofford...posted nine points in 20 minutes versus Old Dominion, an NCAA Tournament team...tallied first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in home win over SC State...notched eight points and six rebounds in road win over College of Charleston, a special game for the native of nearby Summerville...posted three straight double figure games to close the non-conference schedule during the regular season, he had 11 versus Delaware State, 13 against East Carolina and 10 versus The Citadel...scored 12 points in home win over Miami...scored eight at North Carolina...had nine, including a pair of threes, in comeback win over NC State...scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds in road game at NC State...totaled 10 points in ACC Tournament opener with Boston College...scored 11 points and hit 4-5 shots in NCAA Tournament win over UAB.
In 2009-10: Appeared as a reserve forward in all 32 games for the Tigers as a first-year freshman...averaged 3.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, while averaging 11.2 minutes of playing time per contest...struggled shooting the basketball, hitting 6-of-35 from three-point range (.171)...active on the glass, he was fifth on the team with 32 offensive rebounds...tallied 16 steals and eight blocked shots in limited action...reached double figures in the scoring column on two occasions.
Best Games of 2009-10: Top game of the season was at home against Virginia, he hit all four field goal attempts and a pair of free throws for 11-point total...accomplished that total in just 15 minutes...season-high in scoring was 14 at UNC Greensboro...hit 5-of-6 shots, including 2-for-3 from long range, in the win...posted five points and three steals in Clemson debut against Presbyterian College...tallied seven points on 3-of-6 shooting versus Butler in the 76 Classic, a team that advanced to the 2010 NCAA Tournament championship game...scored six points in win over Furman...posted eight points against East Carolina on the road and at home versus College of Charleston...tallied seven versus Western Carolina...grabbed seven rebounds at Georgia Tech...grabbed season-high eight boards and blocked two shots at Virginia Tech...posted seven points at Maryland...played season-high 19 minutes at Florida State and chipped in a 15-footer, four rebounds and two steals.
In High School: Played in the McDonald's All-America Game in Miami, posting four points and four rebounds for the victorious East squad...second-team All-American according to Parade...fourth-team All-American according to the Louisville Courier-Journal...played in the Capital Classic, posting six points and five rebounds for the U.S. All-Stars...rated as the nation's #17 prospect by PrepStars, #23 by Scout.com, #24 by Hoop Scoop, #25 by Rivals.com, and #26 by ESPNU...two-time South Carolina Gatorade Player-of-the-Year...led Pinewood Prep to four consecutive SCISA championships at the AAA level...posted 22 points in the championship game his senior season...Mr. Basketball winner in 2009...four-time All-State selection...Most Outstanding Player at the 16th Annual Roundball Classic in West Ashley, SC as a senior...named Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the 2008 Tabernacle Christian Thanksgiving Classic in the Bahamas...named to All-Tournament team at Chick-fil-A Classic...posted 25 points and 14 rebounds playing against Duke signee Mason Plumlee in the championship game of that tournament in Columbia, SC...averaged 20.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks per game as a senior...posted 24 points and 12 rebounds vs. No. 1 Oak Hill Academy in the ESPN RISE National High School Invitational...named Boys Basketball Player-of-the-Year by the Charleston Post & Courier as a senior...averaged 18.9 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 4.2 blocks per game as a junior...scored 2,536 points and pulled down 1,372 rebounds in his prep career...played for coach Pat Eidson at Pinewood Prep...also earned a letter in cross country...chose Clemson over offers from Florida, Connecticut, Georgetown, and UCLA...born 6/26/90...majoring in sociology.
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"Bloody cyclists!" - a rebuttal of some anti-cyclist propaganda
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Can I make a small suggestion. If we hold a Symposium next year, why not concentrate on the real cost to us all of the car - the environmental, health service etc costs that we all pay for, because of the car, not to mention the costs of "their" roads.
Isn't it strange how the one thing that the Tories (or New Labour, for that matter) never considered for privatisation were our motorways? Unlike France, where motorways have always been paid for privately, and where meanwhile the best train network in Europe is being developed, I suspect the UK subsidises car travel to an enormous amount. It would be helpful to pull together all thefigures, and make a scientific calculation for Darlington.
- 4:20 pm, April 20, 2007
- miketually said...
i've read somewhere that fuel duty would need to be raised to the point where petrol cost £15 a litre in order to cover the true cost of the car to society.
That takes into account the cost of congestion to businesses, health, etc.
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Habitat Fairly common summer visitor (mainly Apr- Aug) to mixed montane forests in Rocky Mountains, favoring aspen groves. Winters in conifer forests in southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
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Range California, Great Lakes, Texas, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Northwest, Western Canada
Voice Utters a harsh, mewing quee-err, identical to that of Yellow-bellied.
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FULTON – The public face that Itawamba Community College head coach Jon Williams put forth was as diplomatic as an intense person, passionate about his team, could be
"I'm not going to go there," Williams said. "Bottom line, we did not generate enough offense in the red zone."
What Williams would not talk about was an apparently incomplete forward pass that the Holmes Bulldogs picked up and returned 85 yards for a touchdown Thursday in the fourth quarter to help the visitors bag a 14-12 victory over the 12th-ranked Indians.
"Hopefully, we can look back on this and say this was one of the best things that happened to us," Williams said. "This is a tough league, and it's too early to get our heads down, and forecast doom and gloom."
Any negatives from the loss overshadow an excellent effort by the Indians (3-1, 1-1) defense, which held the Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0) scoreless for the entirety of the contest.
But entering the fourth quarter, ICC only led Holmes 6-0. That is where opportunity knocked for the visitors.
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Not letting the situation dissuade them, the Indians then drove the ball 78 yards in seven plays, thanks in part to a 66-yard reception by Sanford Seay. Loftis found Adrian Brown for a 1-yard score with 1:22 left, but the two-point conversion attempt was intercepted.
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Evelyn I. Mathews, 86 of Mauston passed away Monday, February 18, 2013 at Fair View Nursing Home, Mauston.
Evelyn was born in the Town of Seven Mile Creek the daughter of Fred and Daisy (Burlingame) Babcock on January 23, 1927.
Evelyn will be fondly remembered as a good wife and mother.
She is survived by her husband Richard, four children Florence (Donald) Wentley of Mauston, George Babcock of Minot, ND, Judy (Bill) Wood of Blanchard, MI, Richard (Karin) Mathews Jr. of Lake Geneva, 7 grandchildren and many great grandchildren, her brother and sisters Katherine Koch of Reedsburg, Jerry Babcock of Oxford, Eddie (Janet) Babcock of Juneau, Rosemary Babcock of Burlington, Doris (Darrel) Sines of Hartford, Bernard (Carol) Babcock of Juneau and other relatives and friends.
Evelyn was preceded in death by four children Joyce, Linda, Dennis and Larry.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Crandall Funeral Home, Mauston where friends may call from 12:30 p.m. until time of services.
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 6:02 PM GMT on July 03, 2010
A cold front that pushed off the Southeastern U.S. and Gulf Coast has stalled out over the waters immediately offshore. An area of low pressure, Invest 95L, has developed in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles southeast of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Satellite loops show that this low does have a broad surface circulation, but heavy thunderstorm activity is being limited by 15 - 20 knots of wind shear. Water Vapor satellite loops show that 95L is embedded in a large region of dry air associated with an upper-level cold-cored low pressure system, and this dry air will hinder 95L's development. The cold, dry air associated with this upper-level low is giving 95L a subtropical appearance, with the main heavy thunderstorm activity (to the south) located well away from the center of circulation. NHC is giving 95L a 20% chance of becoming a tropical or subtropical depression by 2pm Monday. Wind shear is forecast to be in the 20 - 30 knot range Sunday through Monday, so any development of 95L should be slow. The disturbance is moving west at about 10 - 15 mph, and a general westward motion towards Texas should continue through Monday. None of the reliable computer models develop 95L into a depression. The Hurricane Hunters are on call to investigate 95L on Sunday, if necessary.
Elsewhere in the tropics, we should keep an eye on the region to the east of South Carolina for possible development, as well as the western Caribbean. None of the reliable models is showing a tropical storm developing in the Atlantic over the coming week, though.
Figure 1. Afternoon satellite image of Invest 95L.
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The August Wilson Center for African American Culture apparently will be put up for sale.
Judge Lawrence O'Toole of Allegheny County Common Pleas Orphans' Court issued an order Monday that allows a court-appointed conservator to sell the Downtown building to pay off a $7 million mortgage and other outstanding debt, stating he found "no other reasonable or cognizable option."
In doing so, the judge rejected a request by prominent Pittsburgh attorney E.J. Strassburger to serve as a new conservator on a voluntary basis in one last bid to save the near-broke center, named after the famous playwright who grew up in the Hill District.
"I'm very disappointed. There is a huge amount of public support, and I think there is a huge amount of pent-up foundation support. With the right pieces in place, we could have energized and moved the center to the place it should be in the community. I don't see it the way the judge saw it, but some of us wear robes and some of us wear suits," Mr. Strassburger said.
At a hearing Friday, he argued that conservator Judith Fitzgerald had used the wrong methods to garner financial support. He said one of the flaws with her approach was not having a plan to take to donors. He believed he could use his influence and relationships in the community to build support for the center.
With more than 40 years of experience, Mr. Strassburger, president of the Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky law firm, has specialized in complex commercial litigation, municipal law and appellate practice. He currently is representing the city of Pittsburgh in its lawsuit challenging UPMC's tax-exempt status and also serves as president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Greater Pittsburgh.
Mr. Strassburger said he did not know whether he would continue to pursue a possible rescue in light of the judge's decision.
"There is a lot of positive energy. We're going to consider our options and hopefully figure out a way to save the center. It's worth saving," Mr. Strassburger said, noting that he received lots of calls and emails over the weekend from people supportive of his effort.
"I'm more convinced than ever that there is the energy and that there's a real possibility of saving the center, but the judge didn't agree with that," he said.
In an interview after the decision, Ms. Fitzgerald said that she expects to be in a position to have a buyer identified for the sale of the $40 million building within the next 60 days. Under Monday's order, she cannot sell the real estate without court approval.
At the same time, Ms. Fitzgerald stressed that the go-ahead on the liquidation did not preclude a savior stepping forward with a plan to save the center, which opened in 2009.
"I will listen to any and all reasonable proposals. If the African-American community or whoever comes up with something that works or makes sense under the circumstances, I'm going to consider everything," she said. "If there's a way the community can rally to keep the center here, I hope that somebody will come up with that kind of plan."
Beverly Weiss Manne, attorney for Ms. Fitzgerald, cautioned that any new plan would have to be "well thought out" and viable.
"They have to resolve all the issues. It can't be a kick-the-can-down-the-road plan. That's been the problem with the center the last few years," she said.
In an interim report released last week, Ms. Fitzgerald said that she saw "simply no possibility of continued viability of" the center given its debt and the lack of operating support and revenue.
In her testimony in court Friday, the former U.S. bankruptcy judge said that "not a single person or entity" had stepped forward with either a plan to save the center or money to help.
Ms. Fitzgerald said she has been rebuffed by major local foundations, which have been financially supportive of the center in the past. Without enough support to pay its operating expenses or debt service, it can't survive, she said. She has estimated the center's accumulated debt at up to $10 million.
Nonetheless, she has said that her first choice in a buyer is someone interested in keeping the center as a cultural institution. While she has received no formal offers on the building, she has confidentiality agreements with a number of organizations, though she has declined to identify them.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has said that he and Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto have been trying to craft a plan to rescue the center, which was designed to celebrate African-American culture in Pittsburgh and throughout the country. Mr. Fitzgerald, no relation to the conservator, could not be reached for comment Monday night.
In response to Monday's court order, Eric Schaffer, attorney for Dollar Bank, said, "We appreciate that Judge O'Toole gave this a lot of attention and we look forward to working with the parties in interest."
Under Monday's court order, Dollar Bank, the mortgage holder that moved to foreclose after the center defaulted on its payments last year, must continue to fund expenses such as utilities and maintenance at the building through June 30.
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|my concerrn isn't necessarily that NOAA-Fish will roll over, tho some of the politics I'm hearing indicates some of that may indeed be possible... It's the subsequent lawsuits, as threated by the PLF on other stocks and streams with both hatchery and wild fish occur, based upon the precedent set with the coastal coho runs that were overturned by Hogan et al.'s ruling. Changes and listing status won't happen overnight, it will be done incrementally. Those who've worked on the coastal cutthroat issue never in their wildest imaginations thought they'd see a ruling like Hogan's. Quite frankly, when politics are considered, EVERYTHING is possible... And with this administration, and the figure heads that seem to show up in key spots in natural resources agencies and cabinets, yeah, I'm concerned, and I think its more likely than not that at least attempts will be made to undue those protections on more than just the one stock currently identified. With Hogan's ruling, a lot of folks working against the ESA smelled blood in the water, and are biting at the bit to take advantage of what they see is a new "loophole" in getting around the protections afforded listed anadromous stocks... only time will tell. And like i said, it's not necessarily NOAA-F i'm worried about, it's everyone else around them (USFS, BLM, dept of Ag and Interior, state lands, private, etc.) that are going to push this envelope...
Feiger and JD,
My thread entitled "Pacific Salmon Remain Under ESA Protection" in the Northwest Steelhead forum is on this subject. It discusses whether protection is going to be lifted, listings changed, hatchery fish counted, etc. The article I quote in that thread clearly shows only 1 of the 26 runs under ESA protection right now is going to be delisted by NOAA-F. The other 25 will retain their protected status under ESA.
Also, I read something recently (unfortunately I did not write down the web address for the California newspaper it was in)about a U.S. District Court Judge in Northern California ruling against the Pacific Legal Foundation in a lawsuit they brought on Sacramento River wild steelhead. The Pacific Legal Foundation was claiming that the resident rainbows (mostly of hatchery origin) were of such abundance that the wild steelhead should be delisted from threatened status. The PLF claimed that since it has been found that resident rainbow males have been observed spawning with wild female steelhead (they failed to mention this was observed in Russia and not the U.S.) that the abundance of resident rainbows in the Sacramento River would ensure the steelhead would not become extinct since they were the same fish as the steelhead.
The judge saw through this smokescreen and poor application of scientific observation from a river in Russia and ruled that NOAA-F's ESA threatened status for the Sacramento River wild steelhead remain in place.
For all who think that NOAA-F will simply roll over on any challenge to one of its ESA listings of salmon or steelhead, this case and the keeping of ESA protections on 25 of 26 curently listed stocks show that is not what NOAA-F is doing.
know thine enemy
Years ago, under the Reagan administration, there was a guy named James Watt. Remember him? He advocated multiple use of public lands. He didn't last very long.
Now we have this Mark C. Rutzick character who three years ago, was the timber industry's top lawyer trying to overturn fish and wildlife protections that loggers viewed as overly restrictive. Is it conjecture to say that he has been instrumental in bringing about this new plan that closely follows the position that he advocated when he represented the timber industry? Is represented the timber industry past-tense?
He was suggested for the fisheries job by Senator Gordon H. Smith, Republican of Oregon. Is senator Smith up for re-election?
Then we have the Pacific Legal Foundation, which successfully sued the government to force a reconsideration of how it uses hatchery fish. The foundation is financed by developers, timber and agricultural interests angered by what they see as regulatory zealotry.
The Pacific Legal Foundation is not up for election, and they are not going to go away.
Neither is Mr. Rutzick up for (re)election. But his boss is! If we (all) made enough negative noise now about Mr. Rutzick, his boss (Bush) might consider him a threat to his chances of re- election, and get rid of him,,,now.
If we could pull this off, then no matter what the outcome of the election, we have put the government on notice that we will not put up with the likes of Mr. Rutzick and his kind.
If we just sit back and hope for the best should the election go the other way,,,well then, that is all we are doing. Hoping for the best.
Enough,,,off my soap box.
my concern...
about these rulings, the new plan coming from NOAA-Fisheries, and the notice the Pacific Legal Foundation has put out to all areas where listed anadromous fish exist is what effect they will have on the ESA status of any single/all anadromous stocks. And, of course, there's all kinds of rhetoric surrounding that outcome. Worst case scenario, a lot/most/all listed steelhead and salmon stocks, supplimented by hatchery operations, are "de-listed" because the hatchery stocks meet the criteria (a lot likely will...) of like and countable fish, and thus NOAA-Fisheries, either through their own accord, or through the legal system, de-lists the run/species, and they are no longer under the protection of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). With the lack of regulatory oversight that comes with a listed anadromous species, there WILL be changes in the management of federal lands. For better or worse, the listing status of a species affects what and how projects on federal lands, whether they be timber sales, road closures, building a campground, building a road, grazing, etc., and the level of analysis and oversight that occurs. Remove ESA listing status, and a lot of that oversight and consideration goes away with it. this isn't to say things will return to the Rape and Pillage days of the USFS and the BLM, but it will change the way federal lands would be managed, and I don't think necessarily for the better. I'm am less familiar with the effect the ESA has on private lands issues, but its safe to say, given that the Pacific Legal Foundation is a make up of representatives of a lot of private property interests, that it carries some weight in that realm as well.
I don't think it is to much conjecture and speculation at all to look deeper into the motives and reasons for what may come of these rulings, in looking at this Administration, and the various political appointees that are attached to it. I'm certainly suspicious, and suspect less than favorable motives behind what is coming down the pike. At the vary least, this should really be a call to anadromous fisheries advocates to pay attention to what's going on, not only with this plan, but how its applied and how that affects anadromous stocks, not only in the short term (first 5 years), but for decades down the road. As a species, humans have very short attention spans, and there are many that certainly don't share my values of the environment (and i'm sure many of yours) that are banking on that. Personally, I'm worried. Thats a combination of the "facts" as Flytyer has described them, and also the players in this administration and our nationsal community and the motives they have. Doubt the power of an administration and it's primary lobbiests on natural resouces??? Read Forest Dreams/Forest Nightmares by Nancy Langston - describes very eloquently and in an unbiased fashion the politics and resulting policies that forever changed the eastern Oregon forest landscape, and the communities that rely(ied) upon them... Not a pretty picture... And there's a lot of deja vu in this administration...... As Flytyer stated, a rant and rage and whine session isn't helpful, recognizing the forces acting against my/our values and things we cherise (and how to work within the system to make the changes (or prevent the ones we don't want) we need to) is what we NEED to do...
The history of the judges that made these two rulings has little if anything to do with the rulings themselves. Judges Hogan and Redden handed down leaglly binding rulings based upon what was presented to them in each case, this is a fact.
It is also a fact that Redden ruled NOAA Fisheries must change the Pacific Salmon Recovery Plan by a certain date. It is a furthur fact that Judge Hogan ruled that hatchery coho must be included in the decision to list a certain river's coho as threatened/endangered because NOAA Fisheries included the hatchery fish in the ESU. We know the 9th Circuit Court agreeing with Hogan is a fact. We know that NOAA Fisheries is legally bound to comply with Judge Redden's ruling is a fact. And we know that the Pacific Legal Foundation has put the states involved with salmon recovery and NOAA Fisheries on notice of more lawsuits being filed in federal and state courts if they don't follow the presedents set forth by Hogan and Redden.
The new draft salmon recovery plan is available for review and Keith has posted it here on FFF as a thread under its title. The 5 paragraphs of it are also a fact.
Anything written on where the rulings came from or what they are based upon other than either Hogan's or Redden's rulings themselves are not facts, they are speculations or assumptions (as pointed out by Doublespey).
I'll say it again, I do not like Hogan's or Redden's decisions; however, I also do not like Bolt's decision either. Unfortunately, despite not liking any of these three rulings, they have impacted the management of salmon and steelhead. That I must accept because no amount of anger or venting will change these court rulings.
Therefore, I must learn how sportsfishers and conservationist can work within the confines of these court rulings to protect salmon and steelhead while providing we fishers with the opportunity to fish for them. I must also learn how to use facts, not opinions or speculative agruments, to influence the managers and protectors of the resource (as Keith pointed out).
What we "know"
This gets funnier and funnier - everybody seems to think they know what's REALLY going on. It's either a misinformed judge or a corrupt greedy admininstration - and on and on and on ~~~. This is not a slam, as I include myself in this group as well.
Our assumptions about the root causes of these decisions ~can't~ be rooted in fact because that would take someone either getting inside the head of Judge Hogan and/or actually sitting in on some private meetings between our current administration and leaders of the Forest Service, EPA, NMFS, and various business representatives.
We can only hope to understand based on a combination of deciphering news releases and researching the history of the player's (Judges, Administrations, etc) to determine if indeed a pattern exists to help explain these incredibly stupid proposals.
Funny tho - everyone takes their own ass-umptions as fact and then berates others that disagree.
I say Go For It - if Stupidity was Fatal we'd never have an issue with overcrowded rivers or salmon shortages anyway! Learn what you can, say what you feel as politely as possible, and we'll see how it all sorts itself out.
My .02,
We really do need to improve the level of discourse...
The subject of salmon restoration is too important an issue to be muddied up with run-off thinking. I see a lot of that in threads on several boards. Too many people are willing to believe whatever is their wish without consulting facts. Too many people get drawn into this debate because of politics.
This year of presidential election seems to draw argument than most, perhaps because forums and bulletin boards and home computers are much more prevalent, giving us better access and an instantaneous means to vent.
Venting serves a purpose, but when you're trying to change minds or policy, I think it serves to do no more than inflame people.
I believe that NOW is the time to harness the energy and concern and legal opportunity to make sure that salmon runs are restored to decent numbers that will allow me to fish in home waters.
But if sports fishermen continue to bicker among themselves and continue to try to win votes (in Congress, state legislatures, or with civilians) then we've got to clean up the debate.
Facts win arguments with thinking people. Stick to the facts, not what you think are the facts. Read the documents you are commenting on before you open your mouth or log on to the computer. More importantly, think about what you've read before you speak. Be critical of what you read and see in print as well as in other media.
I also think it's important to avoid the conspiracy theories that have been floating around. Trying to make an unpopular judicial decision into some devious game plan from an administration you don't like is akin to hiding from the black helicopters or worrying that the administration you don't like is looking at the books you check out from the library because you don't like the administration.
I also believe it's important to drop the Bush bashing in a thread on salmon restoration. Why? I say that because currently there is so much Bush bashing on forums and in the media that the message you want to get across is going to get lost. If you doubt that, try to recall the last time a commercial on television had an impact on you. Besides-- do you want all people to support your idea or just those who agree with you on who should be president? I've seen backlash on other boards where fishermen reject the message and the messenger because it all starts with what a (fill in the blank) Bush or Kerry is.
My point-- it seems like I've been writing this forever-- if salmon restoration is important, it's necessary to do the homework before attempting to persuade people to believe as you do, and it's important that our arguments are both factual and civil. To do anything less is a disservice to the audience as well as to your message.
My $.02,
OC, my friend,
I don't know if the administration is pleased with Hogan's and Redden's rulings or not. The administration may be pleased with it; but none of us really know the answer to your question. I do know that the power producers, timber interests, commercial fisherman, farmers, and land developers are happy with them because the Pacific Legal Foundation was formed to represent them. I do know that NOAA was ordered to change the Pacific Salmon Recovery Plan by Judge Redden to include consideration of hatchery fish that are not significantly divergent from wild fish.
I never said I find the judficial rulings acceptable. I did say that they are a done deal and that we sportsfishers and conservationist need to learn how to work within the changes they have wrought and are bringing about instead of wasting our time and energy "bitching and moaning" over the rulings. The courts have spoken and no amount of angry rhetoric, hyperbole, or complaint about the adminstration is going to change the courts' decisions.
In my opinion, the only changes I see in the next 3 to 5 years are in these areas: 1) hatchery operations will most likely start going to the use of river broodstock so that the genetic difference with the wild fish becomes moot; 2) hatchery operations will change to a more "natural" type of rearing pond - like is happening on the Puyallup River - as recommended by the hatchery study group headed by UW; 3) limited delisting of salmon stocks; but only in those river systems where there is little genetic devergence from wild fish to avoid furthur litigation based on Hogan's and Redden's rulings; 4) increasing wild fish release rules with the attendant cries of foul from some sportsfishers in response to them; 5) an increase in estuary enhancement projects to help threatened/endangered chinook; 6) and a return to more reliance on hatchery production - like was done in the very recent past - on rivers were dams have blocked access to spawning grounds or slowed down smolt migration to the point that smolt don't make it to the salt in time.
First off, I resent your implication that my posting and those of others were less than honest because we didnt border them with flashing neon bulbs and the words this is pure speculation. In the future, Ill have my attorney and editor review my postings to ensure that they meet your exacting standards.
Ill wager that at least half of what goes on in bulletin boards, regardless of their topic, is people playing what-if games and/or giving their opinions without feeling the need to label them as op/ed. I dont need to come here to just read the news. I come here to hear whats on peoples minds. By definition, when dealing with the future, one can only speculate. I think its obvious that what I presented above is conjecture. Anyone remotely familiar with what is going on here would see it as such. Give people some credit.
Second, my position presents a possible (call it remote, or speculative, if youd like) outcome to the current proceedings. At the least, it may remind people to watch for a possible outcome. At the worst, it may turn out to be an accurate prediction. Time will tell. I see the result of the rulings as a potentially dangerous foot-in-the-door, if nothing else. I, and I suspect at least some others, dont find the rulings acceptable. Can you understand that?
Your various postings seem to be accepting of the status quo and more focused on what cant be done. Given that, please tell us, if you were to project the future say 3 or 5 years down the road as a result of these rulings and your seeming resignation to them, what do you foresee? Youve done a great job of reporting the news and the letter of the law. Now, Id like to know what you think is going to happen as a result. Believe me, Ill understand that its speculative.
So Flytyer,
Do you think that the bush administration is pleased with the Hogan ruling? Now give an honest answer.
That is exactly the point I have been making with my posts on this subject. The rulings by Hogan and Redden and the new draft of the salmon recovery plan (which we must remember is being done because Judge Redden ordered NOAA to do so) do not say that NOAA or anyone else can simply pump hatchery fish into a river system and get a wild salmon species present in the river system taken off the threatened or endangered species list.
For anyone to say or claim that these two court rulings and the new draft salmon recovery plan, which Judge Redden ordered NOAA Fisheries to do (meaning NOAA did not do this of their own initiative), are going to cause the distruction of habitat, the elimination of protection for threatened/endangered salmon, or the replacement of wild fish with hatchery fish is purely speculating.
I have no problem with someone speculating about what may happen; however, anyone who does should be honest enough to clearly state it is pure speculation on his part without any real or factual evidence to back the speculation, which is how Todd did so in his post. You and many others did not do this in your posts.
The NOAA draft statement does not say that fish from a test tube are the same as wild fish.
Neither did I.
Also, niether NOAA Fisheries, Judge Hogan, or Judge Redden have said anything about undoing habitat protections. Nor have they said anything about habitat degradation being OK
Within the context of these rulings, that is correct. I'm not talking about these rulings. I'm talking about where they may lead.
The NOAA draft statement does not say that fish from a test tube are the same as wild fish. If the 5 self-explanatory paragraphs of NOAA'a salmon recovery draft are read, it will be obvious that only in instances where the hatchery fish are the same genetically as the wild fish (i.e. produced from broodstock) or the hatchery fish are genetically very close to the wild fish will they be counted when determining threatened/endandgered status. And this draft of the salmon recovery plan doesn exactly what Judge Redden's order says NOAA must do.
This is very different from what many have posted about the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Salmon Recovery Plan draft.
Also, niether NOAA Fisheries, Judge Hogan, or Judge Redden have said anything about undoing habitat protections. Nor have they said anything about habitat degradation being OK despite the many editorials masquerading as "news articles" and posts on many fishing sites claiming that they have.
Fine. So a species is a species regardless of its birthplace whether in spawning gravel or test tube. Lets skip ahead a couple of steps
Our rivers are now teeming with fish and that seems to indicate that all is well with the habitat After all, look at the numbers of fish! Our rivers must be clean, habitable and passable by migrating fish. Therefore, let development and habitat degradation continue unabated! Whats the worry?
Im sorry Im not buying it. As I said in another forum, this sounds a bit to me like strangling the canary so you dont have to think about how noxious the fumes might be in the mine.
Although Im not in agreement with it, Id have a good deal less trouble with the notion that a species is a species regardless of its birthplace if I believed it would result in anything other than the complete exploitation of our resources. I am not, however, up for buying a bridge in Brooklyn. They'll have to take their sales pitch elsewhere.
There are several threads already posted here in various forums on this issue.
The reality of this is Judge Hogan's ruling on including hatchery fish numbers in the decision to list a particular coho run on a particular Oregon river system and Judge Redden's ruling that NOAA must rewrite the Pacific Salmon Recovery Plan by June 2, 2004 to include hatchery fish when there is no significant genetic difference between the hatchery fish and wild fish in a rivery system are legal requirements that have changed the landscape of listing fish as endangered or threatened. NOAA Fisheries is responding to the legal realities of these two court decisions.
We must all keep in mind that science findings and legal court rulings are not the same thing. Just because science says something is when based upon DNA differences does not mean that legally the courts can say that difference is present. Hogan based his ruling on the legal requirements within the Endangered Species Act, and Redden used the legal requirements of the ESA and Hogan's decision (ruling) in his ordering (ruling) NOAA Fisheries to rewrite the Pacific Salmon Recovery Plan. From a legal standpoint is is virtually impossible to say a coho is not still a coho, a chinook is not still a chinook, a pink is not still a pink, a chum is not still a chum, a sockeye is not still a sockeye, or a steelhead is not still a steelhead just because one is a hatchery fish and one is a wild fish in the same river.
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