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I share with youth leaders all over the world on a pretty regular basis. But there's one question that invariably surfaces over and over again. It usually is posed by a sharp female leader—one who seems a little awkward to bring the subject up. It goes pretty much like this:
"Jeanne, talk to the women leaders in the crowd. What advice would you give to us about being our most effective in youth ministry? It's a little bumpy for several of us." A nervous laugh usually comes up from the crowd.
So let me share with the gals what over four decades in youth ministry as a woman have most taught me. These simple thoughts have been life-saving and soul-keeping on more occasions than one:
1) Remember that Jesus is your #1 Fan, Cheerleader, Coach, and Friend. Though it's easy for us ladies to take ourselves too seriously or to feel sometimes deeply misunderstood by the other gender, Jesus always "has your back." As simple as that statement is, that deep awareness has anchored my heart over and over again.
2) Your key problems will come from two distinct groups of people: Jealous women and insecure men. Read that sentence again. It's a huge one. Jealous, gossiping women have caused more anguish in my ministry journey than I dare to remember. And insecure men (who are somehow threatened by any small success I might have) come in as a "close second place." So occasionally take a moment to mentally see if some of your challenges arise from one of those two categories. Your understanding will make it easier to ride out the storms.
3) Capitalize on your God-given female strengths – especially sensitivity and encouragement. Jesus wired many of us ladies to be "feelers." We can often sense the "vibe" of a room or sense what someone is internally feeling. Christ has also given us the skill-set to verbally encourage others in meaningful ways. (Granted, lots of guys can do both of these things significantly well too.) But instead of trying to be someone or something you are NOT, choose to harness the strengths Christ has already placed inside of you as a woman. They're dynamite!
4) Avoid at all price becoming a negative, bossy female leader. Remain a LADY; and remember that Jesus is your PR Agent. You don't need to fight and claw your way to the top. Proverbs promises you clearly that a "man's gift makes room for him." And so does a woman's! Keep your attitude punctuated by the Fruit of the Spirit and people (especially guys) will find it much easier to follow you.
5) Lastly, remember that your #1 enemy will always be the voices in your own mind. So own your mental self-talk and bring your thoughts into alignment with God's Word and His Truth about you. If we all truly knew how powerful our thoughts are, we'd probably never allow another negative one to set up residence in our own thought-lives.
Women in any career field can encounter their own unique challenges. But trust me, girls: You'll never regret navigating those challenging waters to make a difference in today's youth culture. It's a price that is MORE than worth paying.
If you're in youth ministry, you know counseling is a significant part of the job description and can be one of the most rewarding things you do. All too often, however, it can feel like a huge black hole…a total waste of time due to the lack of results. But it doesn't have to be that way!
While one of my college degrees was in counseling, allow me to share with you 12 things they never taught to me in the classroom. The wisdom I've gained through my ministry run will not only help you crawl out of the black hole and get some decent results, it will also save you time…something there never seems to be enough of.
I did an entire Youth Leader's Coach on this subject. You'll find it in the Youth Leader's Coach PLAYBOOK.
This blog entry is probably destined to be one of your favorites. Let me share candidly with you on burnout. After 40+ years in full-time youth ministry, I've obviously experienced my share of this. So, I wanted to share with you some of the pragmatic and medical things I have learned through the journey that can help you in this crucial area.
Let's define BURNOUT. It's an emotional response we can all feel when we are carrying a large amount of weight. It's like the more we GIVE, the less fulfilled we FEEL. I would say the key word that explains burnout is demoralizing. You are just worn out. You don't want to give another ounce of yourself.
So what the ROOT CAUSE here? I think it comes down to one thing. We are trying to be EVERYTHING to EVERYONE. This is the fast track to burnout. We have to come to the point where we realize we can't do it all. So here are my simple thoughts to manage burnout in youth ministry.
According to surveys done by the Fuller Institute of Church Growth, 70% of pastors have no one they consider to be a close friend and 50% have considered leaving the ministry in the last 3 months. Those are staggering statistics and I suspect that the numbers aren't too different for youth pastors and leaders. Youth ministry can be agonizingly lonely. Without someone to turn to, to share honest feelings with, we can all become victims of burnout.
Burnout can creep into the heart that holds resentment. Without honestly confronting emotional issues with someone, you can be weighed down with bitterness, hurt, pain and resentment. I often say, "Unforgiveness is allowing a person to live rent-free in your mind." We must all handle our unfinished emotional business with care.
I won't say much about this one, but I will add a word of encouragement. Do this one GUILT FREE, which can be especially hard if you have the disease to please like I do. However, I have to tell myself, no one can put me on a trip, unless I'm willing to buy the ticket.
Most of all, I wanted you to realize that when you feel pretty seriously stressed and even burned out, you are understood and not crazy! We all walk through seasons like this. My prayer is that these simple thoughts will help you the next time life feels like it's closing in on you.
I love you, my friends.
I've recently been studying promotion and how some people reach their goals in the church world. For all of us, promotion looks a little different. Some of us in the Kingdom of God leadership, can let our hearts go bad. So let me ask a rare question, "How do you let yourself be promoted without sacrificing your heart?"
The right kind of leadership walks in humility. All of God's greats understood that He wanted to be their PRESS AGENT. For me, people always asks me what I did that gave me a little bit of acclaim and credibility. I think it was that I chose not to believe my own PRESS RELEASE. Instead, I just trusted the Lord that He knew the right moves for me.
You never outgrow the small moments of cleaning bathrooms, wiping down toilets and picking up after people. Leadership in the Kingdom will require simple acts of service and servant-hood. Remember, "he who is trusted with little, can be trusted with much."
When I feel in my own heart that my attitude goes south in the small things, then I realize that the issue is not with the THING, the issue is with me. Many people think leadership is talking. Leadership is not talking. Leadership is example. It's not about holding a microphone, but being faithful in the small things.
Choose to have a regular Arabia: your own time with the Lord. This is what keeps you grounded and centered the higher up the leadership ladder you go. Let the Lord anoint you for what He has called you to, and in DUE SEASON, He will exalt you.
My phone just rang again with another agonizing report of a leader who's out of the game due to some agonizing personal choices. My mind races with other names who've joined that sad list—people who could've given so much to kids. Allow me to briefly "preach to the choir" with the reminder that it's far too easy for our charisma to outstrip our character.
Oswald Chambers said, "The future is with the disciplined. And without discipline, the gifts of a leader, no matter how great, will never reach their maximum potential." Let's take his wise advice one step further. Without discipline, the gifts of a leader can become highly dangerous. We can become so verbal that we begin talking rings around the people we should be listening to. We can become so influential that our influence slowly erodes into manipulation. We can become so much a public representative of God that our private relationship with Him becomes past tense.
Some simple warning signs let me know when I'm getting out of touch with Christ in my personal life. See if any resonate with you:
• I speak often from my head but rarely from my heart.
• I speak about yesterday and have nothing fresh from today.
• I speak about what I've learned rather than what I'm learning.
• I cease to answer my own altar calls.
• I long more for the approval of people than of God.
• I internally resent those around me who question my decisions or authority.
The ultimate bottom line for me is the stark realization that it's much easier to get followers than it is to be worthy of being followed. Our talent can become deadly—kind of like an octopus on roller skates. From the outside, we produce plenty of movement but never know which direction we're really going.
Recently, I received a sincere compliment. "Jeanne, your character is so consistent that predicting you is a little boring," someone said laughingly. I paused and then said thanks. I'm not sure I've ever been called boring before, but in that context, I celebrated. By God's grace, I'm determined to be better at leading myself than at leading others.
So here's a new goal: Aspire to be consistent enough in your character that people will someday call you a little boring. While they may be yawning, Jesus will be smiling.
One night, I found myself at a dinner with a ministry VIP. My personal assistant later said, "That guy was a jerk to me. But he sure seemed to like you!"
I smiled and answered, "That's because I kept asking him questions about himself and listening while he talked." A lot of people talk about IQ, but I want to be known for my "LQ" (Listening Quotient).
Let me ask you a really important question in youth ministry: How good of a listener are you…really? We in church circles often seem to be lots better at talking than we are at listening. That's a pretty tragic statement, but an agonizingly true one. And after lots of years in youth ministry trenches, I promise you that intentional listening is a really, really big deal.
Years ago, Voltaire gave great counsel to those of us in youth ministry: "The ears are the highway to the heart." James echoed that same wisdom in the New Testament when he said, "Be slow to speak but swift to listen." So let me give you a few simple suggestions to help your "LQ" start climbing higher.
1) Realize that listening takes effort on your part. It's far from being passive. It's easy to "space out" when a teenager is talking with you, but it's only when you deeply listen that you can really hear beyond their words to their heart. That kind of listening takes a choice on your part and focused intentionality. It doesn't "just happen." Listening is hard work.
2) Learn to "say it back." I'm not suggesting you become a shrink or a parrot, but to help teenagers know that you're really hearing them, occasionally re-word what they're saying and repeat it back to them. Just yesterday, a teenage guy was telling me some of the rough times he faced with his dad growing up. Mid-stream into the conversation, I said, "If I'm hearing you right, your dad was a pretty tough guy to be around, especially when you were a young kid. I'm super sorry. Talk to me more about that." I wanted the teenager to know I was hearing what he was so awkwardly trying to say. Then I went even further by saying, "Talk to me more about that." Over 30 minutes later, he stopped talking and said, "Thanks, Jeanne. I didn't know all that junk was in there." My ministry to him? I had said almost nothing. I just shut up and really listened.
3) Fight to keep your eyes from wandering. We've all experienced times when someone let their eyes roam the room as we're talking to them. If you're like me, I'm usually through talking about the time their eyes start roaming. That's why I remind myself often, "Wherever you are, be all the way there."
So if you want to be effective in youth ministry, try these three simple reminders to up your "LQ." I can guarantee you one thing: The more wholeheartedly you listen, the more wholeheartedly they will talk.
Confrontation, though we may not like it, is unavoidable. It's everywhere! From ministry to family, to the workplace, to sport games, to whatever… we all have to deal with confrontation at some point. So how do we correct in a biblical manner? Here's some of my thoughts:
1. We correct to make people self-aware. It's easy for people to miss their blind spots. This is why confrontation is a must in some avenues. We must be courageous enough to challenge people to be the best that they can be.
2. We correct to help point people in what is best for them. Sometimes confrontation is necessary to challenge people out of areas that are not good for them. To confront is to care.
3. Unless confrontation brings you pain, you shouldn't do it. This is the star, underline! Haven't you met people who enjoy correcting people just a little too much? The truth is, if it's too easy for you to correct people, then you aren't ready to correct.
4. People are messed up. There is always a story behind the habit, the actions and attitudes. Take time to listen deeply to people. When you take the time to listen to people, you gain a new understanding and fresh eyes to why people do what they do.
5. Watch how you treat people after the confrontation. Always love on them afterwards to guard awkwardness from the previous correction.
6. Don't just state facts, ask questions. Asking things such as, "Where do you think that comes from?" or "Help me to understand why that happens?" are incredible questions to get people really thinking about why they do what they do. Remember, the goal of confrontation is restoration, not condemnation.
7. Praise in public, but correct in private. Confidence in correction is a big deal. If people feel like you air their dirty laundry, then trust is broken.
8. Biblical correction should always up your level of compassion. Here's the rule to biblical confrontation: treat others the way you desire to be treated. Your biggest goal is to be an authentic encourager, then as time progresses you have the right to make other people better. Remember, "The goodness of God leads to repentance."
Let me start by asking a question, "When you are feeding a precious new baby, who controls the speed of that feeding, do you control it, or does that baby control it?" The answer, of course, is the baby. You cannot make a child feed any faster than he wants to. Once the child says, "I'm done," you can keep feeding it, but he'll just spit the milk back out.
So, as you are "feeding" students God's truths, let me give just 10 simple thoughts about how to help students embrace spiritual truths on a personal basis.
1. Just like newborn babies will feed and grow differently and at different times, so will your students. Everyone learns differently. Many of us are visual learners, others are audio learners. Some students may come back to you with instant feedback while others will be silent for a while on their growth. You will be working with different types of students, so you will have to adjust for that.
2. Make the THREE LEGGED STOOL and the 10 AND 10 your personal mantra and be intentional about creating ways to mention these often. The three legged stool is prayer, time in the Word, and Christian friends. I say to my students that if you don't have one of these, or if you shorten one of these, then your walk with Christ can become unstable. The 10 AND 10 is 10 minutes in the Word and 10 minutes in prayer. The Dare: 30 Days Will Change Everything by Josh Mayo, the Pursue Bible And Journal, and Life Journal are great spiritual growth resources.
3. Positive INTENTIONS without positive FRIENDSHIPS usually result in spiritual disaster in a teenager's life. A quote I say often is, "Show me your friends and I'll show you your future." Make sure you stay aggressive in the "friendship cultivation business" in your youth group.
4. Communicate biblical truth outside of the CHURCH WALLS. Field trips are a great tool to further explain a concept. Also, retreats are great or taking someone out and talking to them one on one during a lunch or car ride. Getting people out of their natural environment to teach them is a very powerful thing.
5. Make sure to tell students that FAILURE isn't FATAL. Make one-liners from upfront on stage and in personal conversation to defang any negative thoughts that may be birthed from spiritual mess-ups. Be tremendously honest and create an atmosphere where spiritual truth can be integrated.
6. Youth ministry was created for HEROISM, not just PLEASURE. So give them reasonable hills to charge along the journey. If you give students hills to charge, then as they're charging the hill, spiritual truth can come alive.
7. When speaking, make sure you ask, "So What?" This is the question that every student is quietly asking as they listen to one of your talks. This helps the students say to themselves, "What does this have to do with me and what do I have to do with it?" You need to be a person that is easy to listen to that connects to their life.
8. Obsessively ENCOURAGE and REWARD the smallest RIGHT CHOICES in a student's spiritual growth. "Whatever gets REWARDED, gets REPEATED."
9. Remember spiritual formation always happens best when you get them in the game rather than just on the bench. Small groups are a key element for getting your students into relationships with other Christ-followers. Also, get them serving. This will give them ownership of the ministry.
10. Always direct the majority of your attention and time to potential leaders because they will multiply themselves into others. If you are not intentional with who you give your personal time away to, your EGRs (EXTRA GRACE REQUIRED) will always take it from you.
While services are obviously a huge part of a successful youth ministry, I think it's invaluable for you to take your youth gang outside of the four walls of the church. The truth is that the youth group or life group that PRAYS together and PLAYS together, STAYS together! That's why I request my leadership team to host at least one "outside activity" a month beyond our usual youth services and small groups. You can choose whether those are fun or serious.
Here are just 4 quick thoughts to host a successful event to create some family fun:
Nobody ever told me in youth ministry that I would face many times when I was trying to bring the teenagers closer to Christ while I felt a million miles away from Him myself. Early in my ministry, I felt like a phony and a con artist during those non-feeling times. Though I was far from perfect, those silent seasons didn't come because of the typical pitfalls (i.e. lack of personal devotion time, willful sin, or blatant disobedience). The old time preachers used to refer to these times as "when the heavens are brass." It's tough to tell your students, "Let's all pray together, but I'm honestly not very sure myself that God is listening to me right now. So good luck on your end!"
Then one unforgettable day, I read Isaiah 50:10 and the lights came on. (Drum roll, please.)
"Who among you fears the Lord and obeys His servant? Let the man who walks in the dark and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God."
Let me break down this awesome verse for you. Maybe it will help you (both as a Christ follower and as a youth leader) when you hit these dark times in your own ministry and walk with Christ:
1. "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys His servant?"
The Lord used these words to clearly show me that God was talking to "His kids" in this verse, not nonbelievers. So I saw that even conscientious Christians sometimes walk through these dark, unfeeling times.
2. "Who walks in the dark…"
What are we supposed to do when the spiritual blackout comes? Keep walking! Keep doing the things you did before the lights went out. Don't let yourself sit down on the inside, no matter how tempting it is to get spiritually lazy or quit.
3. "Trust in the name of the Lord…"
In the Old Testament, a person's name reflected their character. So the Lord is telling us, "Trust My character as revealed through My Word." God's character can always be trusted when your feelings cannot.
4. "And rely on his God."
In Hebrew, the word "rely" translates, "to lean heavily upon." He's saying, "Lean heavily upon My Word. You don't have to worry. I'm steadfast and I won't be moving! Lean heavily upon Me and you'll still keep your balance."
So the next time you face one of those "darkness of God" times (that's what the early church fathers called it), be encouraged that it is all part of our growth and maturity in Him. You're far from a phony. And remember Corrie ten Boom's profound advice; "When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets really dark, don't panic and jump off! Just sit still and trust the conductor."


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Opening up the broadcast sector to more international funding and control, the government has raised the foreign investment cap for modernising cable networks, Direct to Home (DTH) and mobile television service providers to 74 per cent, thus giving the majority stake to the foreign partner.
The decision by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs will not bring any changes to broadcast "content" companies such as TV news channels and FM radio channels where the foreign investment cap remains at 26 per cent. Instead, it further liberalises broadcast "carriage" services, including teleports such as DTH and those multi-system cable networks investing in addressability and digitalisation technologies, which are being mandatorily phased into the sector anyway.
This will also bring a level playing field into the sector. Until now, only 49 per cent foreign investment was allowed for cable and DTH firms, while Head-end in the Sky (HITS) firms already have a 74 per cent cap. Cable networks, which are not engaged in upgrade, as well as local cable operators, will have to remain within the old 49 per cent cap.
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Hi all,
I've just joined this forum because I'm in the final stages of buying a '83 Newport 33. I like the boat a lot, but am having a hard time deciding if this is a good deal. This will be my first boat, used for SF bay day sailing and weekend cruising with the family to start, later maybe some coastal trips. I've crewed around the bay, up and down the coast, and to Hawaii once, but not much experience being responsible for a boat.
In the last three years, it gotten all new standing and running rigging, new cruising laminate sails, new prop and shaft, new Garhouer rigid vang, rebuilt masthead, new custom built gooseneck, adj back stay, all lines run aft, new lifelines, blisters ground and new bottom paint. Has Harken roller furling, cockpit cushions, Autohelm 3000 that works. The survey went well with no real problems -- a solid hull. Gell coat is not bad -- a few repairs on the hull, some cosmetic cracking on the decks but not too bad for a 27 yr old boat.The rudder bushings have little play. The interior looks pretty nice, with servicable cushions and pretty nice woodwork. Pressure water works, head and holding tank are good. 12V refridgeration works. New Marelon ball valves and hoses on all through-hulls. Transmission shift easily and smoothly and controls are nice.
Took it sailing Thursday, was somewhat discincerted when it became hard to control as the winds hit 20kts with full sail. It developed a heavy weather helm, and would round up somewhat violently with gusts. Furling the 125% genoa by 20% seemed to return it to sanity. I've read about this complaint with Newports before, sounds like shortening the forestay can help (or maybe just reefing). Universal diesel starts easily and runs well at 180deg @5.5kts, but has corrosion down the front and particularly on the oil pan from an old leak in the raw water pump (fresh water cooled). Mucky underneath. The hour meter is broken with 1200hrs so I have no idea how many it has. oil is black. The windows leak -- it was raining during the survey and water was coming in around at least two windows. Appeared to be coming under the frames rather than through the rubber; maybe some from port chainplate. Stains on the teak, but no rot. Teak and holly sole is thin veneer that was sanded through during a refinish. CNG stove and water heater don't work (Seller said the stove works). Masthead light doesn't work. The fiberglass hatches are ugly but appear sound.
I know he has $34k in the boat in three years. He's accepted my offer of $22k. This is a bigger boat than I planned on buying and more money than I was going to spend, and the monthly costs are of course correspondingly higher, but it's got a lot of big-ticket items done.
Any opinions/advice to push me one way or the other? Hope my long-winded post doesn't offend anyone.
Thanks for any input!
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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — For Mark Fields, Ford's newly appointed CEO, the biggest challenge is to stay the course and not let the company drift back into the bad habits that almost sunk it a decade ago.
Taking over for Alan Mulally on July 1, Fields will inherit a healthy company that most analysts agree is poised for big growth next year and beyond.
That wasn't the case in 2006, when then-CEO Bill Ford hired Mulally away from Boeing, bypassing Fields and other internal candidates. Ford was on its way to a $12.6 billion annual loss and the management was widely seen as dysfunctional. Mulally, 68, achieved superstar status by putting an end to the infighting, keeping the company out of bankruptcy and getting Ford to build cars that people like to drive.
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No...yes, I mean no, errr yes.
I'm still a believer in learning to use as many methods as possible and finding out which methods work best with each of your players. Some require tough love and some loud yelling to get motivated and thrive in that environment. Others need a more softer approach.
However, I'm also big on letting the player feel what I'm talking about. I try to lock onto the shots they hit well in a particular drill (and bad ones too when needed), and discuss those. What they felt, how they moved to the ball, the feeling they had deep inside and in their legs and arms during the stroke. Sometimes have them describe the shot(s) they hit, other times its simpler and then repeat and repeat that feeling. Once they feel what I'm trying to teach them, which comes quick once they feel it a few times I believe the player finally understands and gets it whats being taught to them.
With enough repetition it becomes second nature of course but as a coach if you lock onto that feeling the player can then go out and practice that stroke on their own with more ease and better understanding and more importantly self correct mistake, without me having to stand there all the time telling them what to do because they have a reference point, a place they know they should be (the feel) and with time get their easier and easier and if the wheels come off get back quicker as well. Thats the big goal for me.
Talking about it is ok. Showing it is better but making the player feel what you're teaching works best.
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Roland Dobrushin
Roland Lvovich Dobrushin (Russian: Рола́нд Льво́вич Добру́шин) (July 20, 1929, St Petersburg – November 12, 1995, Moscow) was a mathematician who made important contributions to probability theory,[1] mathematical physics,[2] and information theory.[3]
Life and work[edit]
Dobrushin received his Ph.D. at Moscow State University under the supervision of Andrey Kolmogorov.
In statistical mechanics, he introduced (simultaneously with Lanford and Ruelle) the DLR equations for the Gibbs measure. Together with Kotecký and Shlosman, he studied the formation of droplets in Ising-type models, providing mathematical justification of the Wulff construction.[4]
He was a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europæa and US National Academy of Sciences.
The Dobrushin prize was established in his honour.[5]
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- ^ Minlos 1997.
- ^ Prelov 1997.
- ^ Jaffe, Lebowitz & Sinai 1997.
- ^ "The International Dobrushin Prize". Probl. Inf. Transm. 44 (4): 395–398. 2008. doi:10.1134/s0032946008040108. MR 2489468.
- Ibragimov, I. A. (1997). "The work of R. L. Dobrushin on Markov processes". Russian Math. Surveys 52 (2): 239–243. Bibcode:1997RuMaS..52..239I. doi:10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001767. MR 1480130.
- Jaffe, A.; Lebowitz, J.; Sinai, Ya. (1997). "Roland L. Dobrushin". Comm. Math. Phys. 189 (2): 259–261. MR 1480016.
- Minlos, R. A. (1997). "R. L. Dobrushin—one of the founders of modern mathematical physics". Russian Math. Surveys 52 (2): 251–256. Bibcode:1997RuMaS..52..251M. doi:10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001772. MR 1480132.
- Prelov, V. V. (1997). "Information theory in the scientific work of R. L. Dobrushin.". Russian Math. Surveys 52 (2): 245–249. Bibcode:1997RuMaS..52..245P. doi:10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001771. MR 1480131.
External links[edit]
- Roland Dobrushin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Memorial website.
- Biography (in Russian)
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NOTE: WEIGHTS (Sept. 16, 2010) All four fighters stressed the importance of what tomorrow night means to them at Thursdays weigh-in, just one day out of their appearance on ShoBox: The New Generation THIS Friday, LIVE on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
Both main event boxers -- world-ranked welterweight Freddy El Riel Hernandez (28-1, 1 NC, 19 KOs) of Lynwood, Calif., and former world champion Mike Anchondo (30-2, 19 KOs) of La Puente, Calif., -- weighed in at 148.5 pounds just 28 hours or so before their highly anticipated 10-round welterweight battle..
In the co-feature, 2004 Olympian Luis Franco (6-0, 5 KOs) and Wilton Pretty Warrior Hilario (12-1-1, 9 KOs), of Saint Louis Park, Minn., by way of Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, will face off in an eight-round super featherweight bout in the co-feature at Buffalo Bills Resort & Casino in Primm, Nev. Franco weighed in at 128 pounds and Hilario at 127.5.
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What the fighters had to say on Thursday:
Im going to use my reach and my height. Im not going to go down to his size. Im going to fight my fight being the taller guy.
I respect Mike Anchondo as a person but in the ring its either his family or my family and Im going to take care of my family.
I know everyone wants to talk about my knockout against (DeMarcus) Corley (on Feb. 5). I have a lot to show people.
A win in this fight could put me in line for a world title shot. Thats the goal. Thats what were after.
I know some people might have forgotten about me over the last few years but I here to say Im back.
People think I won a questionable decision last time on ShoBox against (Mauricio) Herrera. It wasnt as close as they thought. I notched the W and thats all there is to that.
Im not concerned about his height, absolutely not. Im think its a small advantage to me, no pun intended. Its an advantage because hes going to have to come down to my level.
Ive run into him in boxing circles. Were both from L.A. You know how that goes. I know him and he knows me. Best of luck to him tomorrow. Im going to do my thing and hes going to do his.
I know all eyes are on me Friday night. Its very exciting for me to get this opportunity.
Its been out there, the Olympic class of 2004 is one of the best around. I have to show Im worthy of a chance like this even though Im a new pro at 6-0. Thats what I have to do tomorrow night. I have to show I belong among the worlds best at this stage of my young career.
Wilton Hilario is a formidable opponent, I know that. I have fought good opposition in such a short time. He will see I have experience and how I rise to the occasion tomorrow night.
People keep talking about me just taking this fight on three weeks notice. But Ive been training so it doesnt affect me at all. Ive been down in Mexico City for three weeks training with Orlando Salido and helping him get ready for Yuriorkis Gamboa. Thats something not a lot of people know so I think Im going to surprise some people.
Being on SHOWTIME is great. But it doesnt matter. Im happy for the opportunity but I fight my fight either way. It doesnt matter to me.
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In almost every river or stream that I have ever sampled for aquatic inverts I have found multiple species of caddis larva. However much we all love to fish the beautifully tied mayfly and stonefly nymphs, caddis larva make up a huge portion of a trout's diet. There are many imitations out there, but the Czech Nymph is my go-to caddis larva. Not to mention that it can double for a cranefly larva, or any other grub style invertebrate that finds itself floating down a trout stream.
You can tie this pattern in a multitude of color variations, either as natural, or as flashy as you desire. The tan-pink-brown variation is usually the first Czech Nymph I tie on. I prefer to fish if in sizes 8-14 with sizes 8 and 10 being the most common. Tungsten and lead are a necessity if you are euro nymphing/czech nymphing. It's not a bad idea to have a few tied with brass beads, or no bead at all for those shallow small streams that have willing to eat big flies. Also, you can add Net Back Foil to this fly if you really want the segments to "pop".
The Provo River has some fantastic fish that love to gorge themselves on caddis larva. One unforgettable summer day on the middle Provo, Kohler and I found ourselves scoring into some fine fish while fishing both woven nymphs, and Czech Nymphs. If you watch closely in this video you will see this color variation hanging out of the mouth of a very fine brown trout.
Some days the impressionistic drab fly patterns that truly seem to imitate aquatic macroinvertebrates are the ones the get the job done. Fish after fish we convince ourselves that our knowledge of stream entomology has once again deciphered the mysteries held deep within each river and stream we fish. How then do we endorse our knowledge when a flashy attractor pattern that closer resembles a candy wrapper than a macroinvertebrate catches all the fish? Seems to me that sometimes we as anglers need to admit that despite all the knowledge we may have, the sheer hunger, aggression, or curiosity of trout outweighs any type of matching game we may attempt to play. Such occasions I often find myself cracking the code by simply throwing the flashiest attractor nymph in my box – the Mayday Mayfly.
The Rainbow Warrior was created by Lance Egan a few year ago, and has been catching fish like crazy ever since. It is a fly pattern that is highly attractive, and less imitative. Lance Egan hit the jack pot with this pattern, and by making a few alterations the Warrior Extreme came about. The wire rib, the dubbing collar instead of a thorax with wing case, and the jig hook it is tied on are the distinct differences between the two. Both the Rainbow Warrior, and the Mayday Mayfly catch fish, and not for a moment would I try to tell you that the Mayday Mayfly is a superior pattern. In my box it is merely an addition that sits side by side the great Rainbow Warrior.
I typically fish this fly as a mayfly imitation. The shape and size are similar to mayflies even though it is more of an attractor than and imitator. There are three color variations that I tie this fly pattern in. The brown and copper, black and wine, and the rainbow. All three have proven to be effective, and I always try to have a healthy selection of each in my box. Once notable item about this fly, it is a very simple pattern that if you are leaning how to tie flies it will not overwhelm you one bit. There are very few materials used with simply fly tying steps. The jig hook is also optional.
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