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Brothers and Sisters
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It always happens after we've already described the bounty on the table in all of its delicious variety. It happens while the welcome knowledge of a soon-to-be-full stomach mingles with the smell of macaroni and cheese over the promise of second, eighth, and seventeenth chances at a loving family meal. It happens with an assurance that nobody will look at you funny if you're not ready to participate yet. It happens when we take a few pieces of bread from the banquet laid before us and break them for everybody to see and pour a little grape juice into a cup as a reminder of what has been shed to unite us as family. In that moment—when we proclaim again what Jesus did and is doing for us—something changes and the meal becomes a sacred thing, set aside for God's use and God's people.
As each member of the crowd makes his or her way forward, plate in hand, they join the feast. For some it happens because they are sharing a meal. But others join the feast first by taking a piece of bread, dipping it in the cup, and partaking in the Lord's meal. It is my privilege (a privilege I've written about before) to speak a promise into that holy moment of communion, a promise that I give as it was given to me: "The body of Christ broken for you, sister" and "the blood of Christ shed for you, brother." That last word, that familial "brother" or "sister," is as much a promise as the more theologically laden language that precedes it, and it is all too often the harder promise to make. Jesus demonstrates time and time again in our scripture that his body was broken, his blood was shed, and his life was given for sinners like you and me. But my own ego and pride often stand between me and that final promise; between me and the promise that taking up the cross of Christ means laying down all illusions of division and separation.
So, while it is with great joy that I call Tomas as my brother, it is with an ego-stained sense of obligation that I say the same for William. When Tomas pinches a piece of bread between his fingers, I can so easily recall the sacrificial gifts he has made and the meal he hosted in his home even though he has only recently gained secure housing. When he dips it in the cup, I give thanks for the vigor with which he maintains his sobriety and the people he has led from bondage to freedom. But, when William does the same, it is far too easy to remember the broken trust, the suddenly empty hospitality room in our home, and the night filled with bloody faces, screamed epithets, and shaky voiced ultimatums. But, somehow we profess to believe that God is knitting all of us together anyway.
It is easy to give thanks for young Katie, not quite three years old and new to the community. Katy, who is eager to serve pretend coffee, juice, and grits to a table full of our people—some homeless, some housed, some addicted, and some recovering. When she and her family come through the line, it is easy to offer a blessing for her and call her "little sister." But, it's not yet as easy to give thanks for Mary, who sometimes forgets to make room for other folks around our shared tables and is quick to fill up her own plate even if it means that others might get less food. Having already carried away enough food for multiple meals of leftovers before everybody has been through the line, it's hard to call her "sister" when she comes to partake of the body and blood of Jesus. But, somehow we profess to believe that there's room for both Katie and Mary in Jesus' Kingdom.
The truth is that most often we find a strange mixture of blessed and broken in any of us. When Brent shuffles up to the plate and cup, we have a wealth of stories to draw on in those too short moments. Maybe it will not be the Brent who opened his life, home, and table to those in dire need that will gather a piece of bread from the plate, but the Brent who relapsed in secret and had to be restrained from violence who will dip that bread into the cup. But somehow, Brent is our brother regardless. When Heather prayerfully contemplates the cup, she is not just the woman whose anxiety sometimes drives her to say things she doesn't mean. She is also the Heather that volunteered to sell a treasured possession to provide shelter for a homeless brother last winter. But somehow, Heather is our sister, regardless.
At the end of the story of the Prodigal Son, the elder brother describes his brother—the one we've learned to call prodigal—to his father as "this son of yours." But, the Father is very careful to correct his eldest son and describes his younger son to the elder as "your brother." God, our Father, will not permit us to disown any of God's children and still call ourselves part of the family. God is teaching us to call each other brother and sister, not because God is going to make it so, but because that's what we already are if we dare to claim the cross of Christ: brothers and sisters made so by God's broken and bloodied body. The words may stick in our throats at times since we are still being remade, but somehow we must learn to profess that ours is a God who loves the doubter and the self-assured, the addict and the advocate, the ragamuffin and the righteous, the misfit and the hypocrite. Even more, our God teaches us to call them all family.
The Feeding of the One
The following story was written by Matt Bailey, a leader at Grace and Main, who has been a part of the community from its beginning around five years ago.
I've always been struck by the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 and how beautiful it was that Jesus was filled with compassion for the empty stomachs of ragamuffin sinners. But I was taught that Jesus' concern was not for the bellies of those hungry people. My well-meaning teachers insisted that the food was just a way to get an audience. But, my friend Jessie taught me better. When Jesus fed 5,000 folks on a hill somewhere in Judea, he was showing us that he cares not just about souls and sin, but also about hunger and our physical needs.
I first met Jessie at a run-down apartment building with trash for a lawn and boarded up windows for insulation. Jessie was really quiet and somewhat hostile when I first met him. He would talk to me rarely and only if I had food. When I would knock on his door, he would demand angrily, "Who is it?!" After I announced myself again, he would crack the door a few inches and peek out to see whether I had food or not. If I didn't, the door was quickly slammed. If I did, Jessie would reach out through the crack in the door, take the bag of food wordlessly, and slam the door a little more politely.
After several months of knocking, getting yelled at, and him taking the food and closing the door, Jessie began venturing out on his porch to talk while we ate near each other—not quite together, but closer. Typically, I would talk ad he would listen. When I had talked too much for his taste, he'd go back inside without a word. Eventually, I learned the hard way to leave silence for Jessie to speak if he wanted to. From the silence blossomed togetherness and often wordlessly Jessie opened up a little more each time I visited him.
Over those lunches, he told me stories of growing up in the projects with his single mom who worked several jobs to take care of him and his siblings. He told me all about the kind of mischief he got into while his mom worked, and eventually he even told me about his struggles with mental illness and homelessness. Over countless turkey sandwiches, Jessie shared with me the pain and frustration of his schizophrenia. He told me how he hallucinated and grew anxious around people he didn't know, so he trusted no one.
On one occasion, Jessie recounted through hot tears how he regularly didn't have food for the last week or two of each month because his food stamps only stretched for three weeks—a woefully honest refrain we've heard time and time again from so many of our sisters and brothers. Jessie told me and helped me understand what that kind of hunger feels like for days on end, his isolating hallucinations and anxiety intensifying with hunger. The wall between Jessie and me was beginning to crumble, because he could see that I wasn't trying to manipulate or take advantage of him. I just wanted to be his friend and eat lunch with him—together.
After becoming friends with Jessie, I and other Grace and Main leaders began talking with Jessie about ways we could make sure Jessie didn't go hungry at the end of the month. Though Jessie was still hesitant, he did allow some assistance from friends during the direst parts of the month. Jessie would go with several of us to the grocery store and would educate us on how to make money stretch a little father. We'd all go shopping for bulk items together and split them between us. And sometimes, on special occasions, we'd go get some good, greasy fast food. After all, we can't forget that justice is our goal, but stomachs are growling now. Relationships are what create real change—not great programs or just education—and relationships are built together, slowly and often over meals. Jesus never forgot that either.
One particularly long month Jessie was without food for longer than usual. He didn't want to call and ask for help, but after he couldn't handle the shakiness, the weakness, and the hallucinations any longer, he took a leap of faith and called me. "I don't want to ask for help, but I'm out of food and I really need to eat something," Jessie lamented over the phone. So we went to one of Jessie's favorite fried chicken joints to get some food into him fast. He ordered a small portion, but I ordered a larger portion for him, knowing he needed more than the one piece of chicken he thought it was okay to order. Sitting in the car in the parking lot, Jessie couldn't wait any longer. He ripped open the box of chicken and began eating ravenously. He ate one piece, then the next, taking few breaks for breaths. He licked his fingers between pieces of chicken. After his third piece, he lay his head back against the head rest, and with eyes closed, face up to the ceiling, he started mouthing, "Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!" Tears began running down his cheeks and mingling with the grease on his chin. His soft cries of praise became racking sobs of thankfulness and appreciation to the God who cares about empty stomachs and feeds not only 5,000 with loaves and fishes but also the one with fried chicken.
Seeing the effect that simple meal had on Jessie helped me realize how interconnected our physical bodies are with our souls. Jesus told us that when we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and take in the homeless, we do so for him. Jesus also tells us that when we deny food, shelter, and clothing to our sisters and brothers we are denying Him those things.
After years of food insecurity and hunger, the image of God in Jessie was being stripped away. It's no stretch to say that with each missed meal, the image of God in Jessie was slowly being starved and tortured—crucified even—reducing Jessie to something less than human. Jesus tells us in Luke 6:9 that we have the power to destroy life, but we also have the power and the obligation to restore life. In sharing food and our lives with Jessie, the image of God we find in Jessie was gradually being revived and healed—resurrected even.
Behold the good news: God's compassion and abiding love for humanity is so profound and limitless that Almighty God, the Ancient of Days, the Holy One of Israel feels and hears even the growls of empty stomachs, and we eat—together at last—in celebration of the Kingdom that has no end.


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-Immanual Kant.
10-25-2007 6:45 PM -- By: , Pet's name: please everyone go to wor nops snoppy page to read about his birthday party.. it worth reading
10-25-2007 6:21 PM -- By: Happy Birthday Kasha, Critters.com memorial: Kasha Chance Memorial Sometime this Month Kasha Chance will be having a Birthday in Heaven..Lets wish Kasha a Happy one with Cake and Ice Cream and all that Good Stuff.
10-24-2007 8:19 AM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial Well Yukon arrived today. So far so good. Mkwaa loves him and I think he is still trying to figure her out.
He's HUGE! He is more brownish than red but you can see red in him for sure. He has one blue eye and one..... get this........ amber eye. He is very well behaved, not too verbal ( yet ). I will take pictures later today and post them.
10-23-2007 11:10 PM -- By: Dena, Critters.com memorial: Prissy Memorial It has been two weeks since I lost my baby. It seems like so long ago that I held her in my arms. Yet it seems like just yesterday that I brought her home. She only weighed 480 grams. What a doll she was. And she just got prettier with each passing day.
You are welcome to visit my little Prissy . She is the most precious rabbit ever (well, in my opinion anyway). Take a look and you'll agree.
For those of you that are less familiar with rabbits, they make wonderful pets if you spend time with them. Prissy was litter box trained. She had the run of the house. She loved playing upstairs and downstairs. She would go with me to the store and sit in the front of the cart where kids usually sit. She was always a sight to behold - all dressed up in her hair bow. People were just amazed. She followed commands and came when her name was called. She was the absolute perfect pet for me! And I will always hope that was the absolute perfect mommy for her! I miss her so much! There is nothing as sweet as getting bunny kisses on your nose! Prissy was a real licky bunny. She was such a precious little girl!
10-23-2007 10:53 PM -- By: kimm, Critters.com memorial: Boedy Memorial Thank you all so very much for visiting Boedy's memorial. It has been a little over a week and I have gained so much strength through all of your stories, support and compassion. You have helped me in a way that I could never explain. The pain is so real and so hard for some to understand and you all have been there without even knowing me or my family. Thank you all. Take care. Kimm
10-23-2007 6:31 PM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial Well Yukon is arriving early tomorrow morning. I am hoping that this is what Mkwaa needs. She was out on the balcony earlier so I took that time to listen to Nvwati's singing video but she heard him and unknown to me had snuck back into our home and lay next to me. I only knew she was there when I heard her whimpering.
Yukon will be here tomorrow for the day to see how it goes.
I had to check myself over to make sure I was ready for this, to make sure that I won't expect him to be my beloved Nvwati, but special in his own way. I'm ok with this. I just hope Mkwaa is. They will be meeting at doggy park and we will see how it goes. Wish us luck!
10-23-2007 2:18 PM -- By: wicki, Critters.com memorial: Sheba Memorial When I first started to look at the memorials, I wished there was some way I could bookmark my favorites, but then realized that they are all favorites. The babies were each special in their own way, and so cute. They were so loved by their humans, and rightly so. Every one of them was so precious, and my heart goes out to their human families who miss them so much.
10-22-2007 6:33 PM -- By: Ann, Critters.com memorial: Wor Noops(Snoopy) Memorial Thankyou to the person who posted the message below about Wor Noops birthday. I could never have imagined the impact on my life this little pup born all those years ago would have on me.
10-22-2007 5:18 PM -- By: Steve, Critters.com memorial: Jayde Cheree Snow Princess Memorial Thanks to all who signed Jayde's guestbook. I plan to add video to my site soon. I hope you will look at it again soon
Thanks again
10-22-2007 8:35 AM -- By: , Pet's name: please every one go on wor noops sight on the 23rd to wish him a happy birthday thank you
10-21-2007 3:31 PM -- By: Lauvern Pawlett, Critters.com memorial: Luke Memorial Hello to all who are mourning the loss of their pets as I am.It is almost 5 months since I lost my Luke and the pain is still there.I miss him more then words can say.The only comfort I can take is knowing he is in no pain now as I never wanted him to feel pain.I saw pain in him on his last night with me.That was the only time and it broke my heart but I know he wanted me to let him go.I will never forget and will love him forever. Take care all.I hope the pain eases in time.
10-21-2007 12:04 PM -- By: kimm, Pet's name: Amber, Yesterday and today is tough for me also because it was this time last weekend that we lost our Boedy. We have Payton and Luke still who are still looking for Boedy and last night I was talkig about him and everytime I said his name they would look around. since Boedy's passing a week ago today we have doubled our walks and do lots of car rides. On Mkwaa food try boiled eggs, boiled turkey or boiled hamburger also you can try some broth of some sort that is what is working for our other 2 that were left behind. It is hard I know just try to keep your spirit alive aroudn Mkwaa, a family friend who is a vet told us that the dogs can sense sadness and they play on our emotions. Try to food and maybe soon your heart will open just a bit to where you and Mkwaa could possilby go looking for companion. My thoughts are with you and will pray for you. If only they could really talk to us and say something.
10-21-2007 9:01 AM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial Well yesterday was a tear jerker. I couldn't bear to see Mkwaa so sad missing her brother Nvwati. Over the past three weeks I have seen her go from a care free love everybody just wanna be a cutie dog to a severely depressed, I am not interested in food, dont want to play with my doggie friends at doggie park, I think I will just sit here and mope because I have looked everywhere for my brother and hes not here - kind of dog.
I spent most of the day in tears. Today is better.
10-19-2007 8:21 PM -- By: Ann Earnshaw, Critters.com memorial: Wor Noops(Snoopy) Memorial I've only been on this site a few days and its the best thing i've discovered in a long while. Im making my way around the site reading all your stories and what is apparent is that you all look out for each other.Once again can i thank all the people who have stopped by my boys site.The messages left have meant so much.A few short words from a stranger can make the difference between a good day and a bad one! Thinking of you all and though you are all hurting and missing like myself......Tis Better to Have Loved and Lost,Than to Never Have Loved at all.x
10-19-2007 3:25 PM -- By: brenda turner, Critters.com memorial: BUSTER Memorial Hi Kathy,
Did you get the music from the critters web site or have you down loaded it from else where?
MP4 Files may not work for other peaople but you can hear it your self,
MP3 Files should work ok,
I had the same problem when i first set Buster memorial, some computer can receive MP3 and some can MP4 but most can do MP3,
Hope this makes sence, any problems you can e mail at firstname.lastname@example.com and my husband Michael will help you, as im not to hot on technical things, So just get back to me,
Take care Brenda
10-19-2007 2:06 PM -- By: Kimm, Critters.com memorial: Boedy Memorial I am so thankful I found this site. All of you that have visited Boedy's site and signed the guestbook are helping me more than words can say. Bless you all
10-19-2007 12:22 PM -- By: kathy, Critters.com memorial: daisy Memorial i have a problem can any one help me out.. i hear the music on my computer but i hear it on no one eles.. what did i do wrong??? if any input on it please feel free to email at firstname.lastname@example.com thank you so much....
10-19-2007 11:33 AM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial Wicki I just visited Sheba's Memorial. She was so precious! It just goes to show that regardless of how long they have been gone, our precious furbabies remain close to our hearts.
10-19-2007 11:28 AM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial Lee and Kimm I just visited Boedy's Memorial and signed his guestbook. He was a sweet sweet guy and I know he will be greatly missed. Take care.
10-18-2007 10:48 PM -- By: Lee & Kimm, Critters.com memorial: Boedy Memorial We lost Boedy on October 14th and I have een online ever since trying to find anything that would ease the pain in my heart. I found this site on October 17th and sat for hours working on our tribute. The hurt is not going away but the site has helped me express what I feel. My parents never told me that loosing a pet would hurt this deeply.
10-18-2007 2:40 PM -- By: wicki, Critters.com memorial: Sheba Memorial I came across this site a few months ago and left a few messages for some of the precious pets/humans who loved them. I didn't get around to putting my pretty girl Sheba on here til a few days ago. She's been gone for 19 years now (the length of her life) and I still miss her all the time. My heart goes out to the human families of all these precious, sweet babies. I certainly sympathize and share in your sorrow. I only have computer access at work, and there were times I would read a memorial, then get myself together before I could go back and leave a message; all their stories of loss are so heart-rending. It's easy to see why all these babies were so loved.
10-18-2007 11:09 AM -- By: Ann Earnshaw, Critters.com memorial: Wor Noops(Snoopy) Memorial I would like to thankyou all from the bottom of my heart who have left kind messages on my boys site.It means so much to me.I only wish i'd found this site sooner to help in my grief.I often felt i grieved alone for Noops.Im now divorced and kids bounce back so quick(A Good Thing)! I don't really have many doggy owner friends so people don't understand. Christmas last year lost a lot of sparkle because i lost Noops.
Thankyou all once again.No one can take away the pain but knowing your not alone goes a long way. Im making my way around the site reading all your stories x
10-17-2007 10:21 AM -- By: Richard Cothran, Critters.com memorial: Dollie Memorial We'd like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone that visited little Dollie's memorial page yesterday on Her 13th birthday. We were completely overwhelmed by your most generous (and humorous) outpouring of support, care, and love. On a day that would have been, otherwise, sad and lonely, we were instead able to focus on our blessing, rather than our loss. Everyone of you that left a footprint on Dot's page began your day today with a prayer from us. A prayer that your needs will be met, your desires realized, and your hopes fulfilled.
Again, thank you for the bottom of our hearts. May God bless you all with His very best. Richard and Dollie..;)
10-17-2007 10:08 AM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial RIchard Bless you!! for bringing some much needed laughter to us with Dollie's Party. I have a little something for you. Please go to www.rhapsody.com/almartino .
I tried to copy the song onto this post but I dont live in USA so I was unable to upload it they said. Take care
10-16-2007 8:35 PM -- By: , Pet's name: If you want to read some funny stuff and have a big laugh, go to Dollie's guestbook and read all the entries about her birthday party. OMG!!! :)
10-16-2007 3:22 PM -- By: brenda turner, Critters.com memorial: BUSTER Memorial Hi to all,
Let me just say i am so please i found this memorial\\ and it was only by chance/// when we had to let Buster go i was looking for a urn for my little boys ashes, i just wanted some thing a little diffrent something that would not make me cry every night when i looked at it to say good night,I came across critters.com,and it as been the best thing ever, and even though we live diffrent parts of the world we all feel the same pain and love our fur friends the same,and to all of you thank you so much for helping me through the loss of my Buster with your encouragement and kind words,and specially when you are all going through the same pain, Richard, Carol, you two have brough me back from the brink of giving up, God bless you both, and God bless you all on Critters you have give me hope, love and hugs to all of you,
10-16-2007 12:21 PM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial Oh Dollie what a lovely poem for your daddy! I'm sure it will bring him comfort. Today might be a hard day for him eh? but give him time. He will soon realize you are with him!
10-16-2007 12:20 PM -- By: Amber, Critters.com memorial: Nvwati Memorial dear lori
I am so sorry for your loss. Your Missy was sooooo sweet. Know she is ok where she is now. They are having another party up there today I hear! I recently lost my beloved Nvwati and the pain is still great but one day at a time I am learning to accept, to cope.
It helps to have my Nvwati's ashes and memorial paw print here.
Take care.
10-16-2007 12:20 AM -- By: Jeannie, Critters.com memorial: Gypsy Rose Memorial I just wanted to thank everyone of you on this beautiful website for all of your kind and beautiful words. I miss my Gypsy Rose more than anything. My Mollie is a God send, just when I thought things wouldn't get any better, she came into my life. Things are starting to look up, and pain is somewhat bearable now. I can now talk about my Gypsy Rose and our beautiful memories, instead of dwelling on the last 4 days of her life. Mollie has let this happen with her beautiful spirit and silly antics. I think about Gypsy Rose everyday, some days are worse than others. When I'm feeling my worst, Mollie comes to the rescue. She has now gained 5 pounds and her respiratory infection is getting better, it is slow and even scary-as I am fearful something may happen to her. Even Gypsy Roses' daddy thinks our Mollie is truly something special, and is very thankful that she came into our lives. Mollies picture is on Gypsy Rose memorial-please take a look at the wonderful creature that came into my life when I needed something the most. I love you my precious Gypsy Rose, I will think of you always-thank you for bringing Mollie into our lives and thank you for being the most wonderful companion and for providing unconditional love and for making me a better person. I LOVE YOU GYPSY ROSE.
10-16-2007 12:18 AM -- By: Dollie Cothran, Pet's name: Daddy Hi Daddy,
I just stopped by to post a poem I wrote especially:
I want everyone to see,
How grateful I am,
That you belong to me. ;)
I'm watching over Daddy,
From glorious heaven's gate,
Our love will last forever,
'Cause for Daddy I will wait.
I can see Daddy's hands.
Folded silently in prayer,
And reaching out to hold me,
When he is in despair.
Years of work and worry,
Have left their mark behind.
But my Daddy's hands are softer,
Than the finest silk you'll find.
I remember Daddy's hands,
How they held me oh so tight,
He stroked my little back,
And rubbed my tummy every night.
When I was hurting Dad would hold me,
Embrased in his loving arms,
He was always oh so gentle,
I was protected from all harms.
I will never forget the things,
That I learned about that man,
And I will always remember,
The love in daddy's hands.
He sacrificed unselfishly,
Just to keep me fed,
If I could do things over,
I would not have gone ahead.
I'd live my life forever,
On earth or heaven's lands.
Just to feel his love surround me,
There was love in Daddy's hands.
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Fearing eventual elimination of their livelihood, Columbia River gillnetters have ripped Washington and Oregon officials over a program to test seines and other alternative commercial salmon fishing methods.
"I'll bet you don't have 10 percent of the gillnet fleet that supports this seine fishery,'' said Fred Ostling, a Cathlamet gillnetter, at meeting in Astoria last week. "What are the rest of us going to do when you implement this? Are we just out in the cold?''
The Washington and Oregon departments of Fish and Wildlife have spent about $3.2 million since 2009 contracting with commercial fishermen to test purse seines, beach seines, tangle nets, a floating trap and trolling.
Seines are not legal commercial fishing gear in the Columbia.
Guy Norman, regional director for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said that with 13 salmon or steelhead stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act commercial fisheries keep getting reduced.
Yet there are surpluses at hatcheries and hatchery salmon are on the spawning grounds of wild fish, he said.
Hatchery funding could be in jeopardy unless ways are found to harvest more of those fish, Norman said.
The test fishing is the first step to see if the additional commercial fishing methods are feasible technically and viable economically, said Steve Williams, assistant chief of fisheries for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Even if the methods prove workable, it would require a change in Oregon state law to implement them commercially, he added.
But at the Astoria meeting, state officials heard complaint after complaint about the testing of alternatives to gillnets.
Bill Hunsinger of Astoria, a gillnetter and port commissioner, said testing purse seines right below hoglines of sportsmen this fall was a terrible decision politically, especially with an anti-commercial fishing ballot measure possible in Oregon in 2012.
"To seine in front of these people (sportsmen) is probably the worst thing that could happen to our industry as far as publicity in the last 100 years,'' Hunsinger said. "You guys are destroing the gillnet fishery — the states of Oregon and Washington — with your seine ideas, which are illegal.''
Four beach and purse seiners, one each upstream and downstream of the Longview-Rainier bridge, would have been adequate testing, he said.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a seine works...that's one of the reasons it was outlawed,'' Hunsinger said. "I will do everything in my power to try to stop it.''
Jack Marincovich of the Columbia River Fisheries Protective Union, an Astoria-base gillnet group, said switching from gillnets to seines would cut the commercial fleet from 170 active boats to about 18.
Marincovich criticized the states for using federal Mitchell Act money to pay for part of the research when that money could be better used to raise fish in hatcheries. He also asked if there will be program to buy back the boats of displaced gillnetters.
"The worst it's done is already split our fishermen up,'' Marincovich said. "We've got an initiative petition in Salem we're going to have to fight to survive and we've already got fishermen divided. You're just creating a bunch of problems we don't need.''
He said the seining adds fuel to the sport-commercial conflict on the lower Columbia.
"It's turning more sportsmen bitter than were already bitter,'' Marincovich said.
Ostling said a purse seiner fished daily for two weeks on his drift prior to a fishing period.
"Does test fishing have priority over a gillnet opening?'' he asked.
Jim Wells of Salmon For All, another Astoria-based commercial group, asked the states to give the gillnetters a guaranteed share of the "impacts'' of weak stocks of Columbia River fish so the gillnetters will not lose catch to a seine fishery.
"I know you're not going to take them from the sport fishery,'' he said.
The purse seine testing has been done during the day. Seining during the night to avoid conflict with sportsmen would be much more difficult, Wells said.
He predicted seining could displace 90 percent of the gillnet fleet.
Wells also questioned the survival of fish release from a seine.
"We believe it is low at the start...you've got almost zero immediate mortality, but what about long-term scale loss,'' he asked. "Will the states really give us the accurate numbers on that or are they going to artificially lower it down to make it work and save their hatchery programs?''
Salmon For All is finding it hard to support additional testing, he said.
"This whole thing is fracturing our organization,'' Wells said.
Commercial fisherman Terry Ostling said the state observers in the testing program are not qualified and that scale loss from seining causes fish eventually to die.
"You try to jam something like this down our throats and it just sucks,'' he said.
Hunsinger said the contracts for the alternative gear testing are $70,000 to $100,000.
"You are paying these guys ridiculous amounts of money,'' he said.
Officials from both states said more alternative gear testing is planned for 2012 and 2013.
Oregon intends to repeat tests of purse seining for shad, test purse and beach seines in the summer, use beach seines for unmarked coho in the fall and test net in the Grant Slough-Prairie Channel area. Oregon also plans to issue a permit to test a fish wheel for shad.
Washington will continue to use beach and purse seines to capture, tag and release fish for a long-term mortality study. Washington also may conduct more beach seine and purse seine testing in the lower Columbia.
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Baxter, which is based in Deerfield, Ill., will continue to make its single dose vials of heparin. Adverse events like the ones associated with the multiple dose vials have been reported in a few cases when single dose vials were combined to give a single large dose to a patient, Jenkins said.
The other approved manufacturer of multiple dose vials of heparin, APP Pharmaceuticals of Schaumburg, Ill., is also being checked to see if there has been an increase in the number of adverse reactions with its product, Jenkins said. At this time, APP products have not been associated with these adverse events, he said.
Until the cause of the adverse reactions is known, the FDA is advising doctors to give large doses of heparin through intravenous infusion whenever possible. Doctors should also give the lowest dose at the slowest rate of infusion possible, and patients should be monitored for any sign of an adverse event, Jenkins said.
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SOURCES: Baxter HealthCare Corp., Deerfield, Ill., news release; Feb. 11, 2008, teleconference with John Jenkins, M.D., director, Office of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Rockville, Md.
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The commercial court in Zagreb reported the banks overcharged borrowers, while changing the interest rates in an untransparent manner. Eight lenders operating in Croatia have been ordered by a commercial court in Zagreb to recalculate loans pegged to the Swiss franc. UniCredit SpA's Zagrebacka Banka d.d., Intesa Sanpaolo SpA's Privredna banka Zagreb d.d., Erste Group Bank AG's Erste & Steiermärkische Bank d.d., Raiffeisen Bank International AG's Croatian operations, Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank d.d., OTP Bank Nyrt., Société Générale's Splitska banka d.d. and Sberbanka are all involved in the court case. Responding to a lawsuit filed by Potrosac, a consumer protection group, the court said the banks overcharged borrowers, while changing the interest rates in an untransparent manner. The eight banks are expected to appeal the ruling, which if confirmed, will lead to the principal of every loan being recalculated in the kuna and set to a fixed interest rate.
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Stalker Clear Sky mods or edit list
Lets start a thread..
Edit to allow toggle aiming
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"i was looking through files beginning a modding process when i noticed in the
file in the documents folder the last line
wpn_aim_toggle 0
and its functional, change the 0 to 1 and woo hoo no more holding down the mouse button, I was very happy to find this and just wanted o share the info"
Ironsight for pistols
, same file, 2 links....
Did you know the 'K' key is used as an attack command key!!?
Its not in the manual at all. Not sure how it works, if anyone knows please chime in.
Animal and monster mod
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Very rough translation:
List of the innovations:
1) On the locations is increased a quantity of mutants, including of [zaspavneny] new ([byurery], fractures, [zombi], rat the like)
2) The friendly monsters are present on the bases of groups smile.gif
3) Some mutants can help in the fight with the enemy, for the details be turned to cold.
4) Is added no of intro of fix. The intros-roller do not appear with the start of game.
5) Some anomalies are less noticeable.
6) In [Limansk] is added the passage back into the red forest.
7) The beginning of the game is a little changed wink.gif
8) [Avtoseyv] of every 15 minutes (it preserves game into three different of slot).
9) In the folder of gamedata are added the special bat- files, which make it possible to open some possibilities mode.
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From the article: Ways to Keep Cool (Without Cranking Up the AC)
I shared my list of ways to stay cool without cranking up the heat now I want to hear your best stay-cool tips.
- I live in Oklahoma. My AC broke, so I've been keeping a fan in the window at night. In the morning, I'll go outside to see if there is wind or even a breeze. If it's blowing from the north, I open the north windows, keeping a fan blowing in while i have a fan across the house blowing outside. this blows hot air out and lets in cool. It works, but it always gets really really hot during mid-day; so i just take a cool shower, don't dry off and feel the fan air. It's awsome.
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- Another way to think of a 40 watt lightbulb is that it's a combination 5 watt light and 35 watt heater. More efficent lighting flourescent or LED) means less heat load. So less heat for your A/C to remove or less heat impacting you if you don't have A/C. Since removal has a significant inefficency, there is a big pay off in avoiding the heat in the first place
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The lazy crazy days of summer!
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Air Cond.
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In the 50's no one had a/c
- I was born in the 40's and up until the 60's, lived in the deep south and no one had a/c. We drank a lot of ice cold water with lots of ice, that's the quickest cool off you can get. Keep exercise to a minimum and stay out of the sun from noon to late afternoon. We usually took a nap at the hottest part of the day (2-4pm) and used attic and window fans. They are quite effective, especially at night--however--you have a safety problem, now, with window fans.
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Doors windows
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hi gods,
i visit this site for good 2 months and it´s truly a inspiration and a kick in the ass to draw...
to introduce myself: i am student at a german kind of secondary school of Design (not that thing u imagine )
I am 19 years old and want, after finishing school, go to a art school...
so here we go... some with references some without... u may see...
sorry for that bad quality but my scanner is gone and i have to shot by my digicam..
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images are too big, hä?
well here is another one done on carton,
i tried to paint it with gouache colors (i hate these!!)
and finally killed the tension..
October 15th, 2004 #3
here are some did in the last month
about 15min - self portrait (i not exactly look like that ]
about 10min -ref
hand studies
what do you think?
October 15th, 2004 #4
i think thease are verry good and a great start for your dsb !
October 15th, 2004 #5
@liam.c:*puh* thank you
ok here another sheet of paper filled with freestyle stuff (no ref)
perhabs you already see the differences in quality among the sketches...
it is really a thing of concentration... and patience
(i normally have the behavior to do it the fastestway i am able to )
October 15th, 2004 #6
Hi there
It's good to see that you're focusing on figure drawing in your dsb... anatomy studies are so important so keep it up!
I really like the self portrait, even if it doesn't look like you
Maybe you could add a little more darker values to your drawings as to create more depth.
Great start for your dsb
keep it up
October 16th, 2004 #7
thank you t.m0 for reply
yes i had really problems to press the pencil more into the paper generally.
So there is no chance to fill the spectrum from white to black with the pencil.
U will see that the drawings are done very tight mostly.
I must really kick myself work the things more out, go over the sketching stage to the rendering stage... perhaps next time
2 new pages without ref
- i must buy a new sketchbook this week!
October 18th, 2004 #8
not that much for today...
October 19th, 2004 #9
what exactly do you want to see?
i need responds!
u see that i do not really have a "true" sketchbook...
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October 19th, 2004 #10
great stuff on the last few particularly the profile of the woman , looks good!
October 19th, 2004 #11
Hey Xaya,
Nice and Grad to see you post your works here. I'm kind of new here too. Anyway, don't be shy to sketch and post your work. I like your drawing line. I would love to see more gesture drawing that demonstrate how much you understand in human anatomy. should be some quick skecthes. post more.I look forward to see. cheer up P.S. Do you like drawing perspective or architecture....If you do I can give you a little more advices to get start..
October 20th, 2004 #12
that´s kind of you winwinja
well i really focus human anatomy.
Drawing architecture and similar is currently just a background thing.
Nevertheless i really like it especially churches and old buildings...
so u may see some next time
i am a bit busy because i have to paint a still with candy for school and do that with gouache colors (i don´t like gouache and i don´t like stills!!!)
so you may see some anatomy demonstration tonight
(sometimes it is really suprising to see what you can draw already...
improvements all days!)
October 20th, 2004 #13
really like the best your 15min selfportrait. its the best one!
keep on drawing anatomy as you are doing now.
if you have time drop by in my sketchbook.
October 20th, 2004 #14
these are mainly some basic sketches for poses
really simple, did they yesterday and today
(not really my days )
the profile of the woman is done without ref... just from memory after the one some post above
here we go no ref. used
October 20th, 2004 #15
You're makin' some progress you just have to stick with it! I really like the refed stuff the best. The faces towards the top just looked really nice. Don't be afraid to render out some of these figures really well sometime. You've got a good thing going! I'll be lurking to see how this progression continues. I'm sure you'll do great!
October 24th, 2004 #16
ok i really forced myself doing some rendering (=some rough shading)
i did not really work that much this weekend so this is the fast results
the sleeping man is my dad after work on his sofa
so its true life drawing
the other drawing is done from heart (no ref.)
some questions to the masters here:
I screw up about 60% of the sketches / drawings i do.
So will this become better than i more skilled
or is there everywhere a bad start which follow a new beginning?
Last edited by Xaya; October 24th, 2004 at 03:21 PM.
October 24th, 2004 #17
Not really sure about the question ^^ but if you take a look at my roomies sketchbook you can see a lot of progress from beginning to end achieved in about 2 months just by practicing and drawing every single day (without courses, classes or whatsoever).
so just draw draw draw and you'll get better in no time
keep it up
October 24th, 2004 #18
i see my english didn´t work...
i wanted to ask if u do also some sketches which are really bad in comparison to your actuall skill... so that you have to throw it in the garbage...
but just thinking about this i guess that if you give more time checking proportions and linework (which are so important)
u can´t really do some bad stuff.
October 24th, 2004 #19
Oh, that's what you meant ^^
nobody's perfect and I think it happens all the time, that a drawing doesn't really match others you did before or what you are able to produce. Though sometimes it happend that I kept working on a really bad drawing, until it turned out pretty cool So don't give up. If it sucks.. who cares anyway.. as long as it doesn't pull you down.
October 25th, 2004 #20
arr.. got a cold
well this is everything i done today
can´t concentrated copy something
so i let my right hand do what it want to...
max. 10min each
I don´t want to get a ordinary babyface at all if you think so.
just some random shapes...
October 26th, 2004 #21
Ah i see i have to work at the value - spectrum from white to black
What pencil do you use getting really dark (black) lines? (not speaking of markers)
With a mechanical pencil it is difficult....
(or do you buy +2b "graphit sticks" for it?)
October 26th, 2004 #22
I for instance am cheating I'm using a black polychromos - only way to have it really black and it doesn't even smear all that much!
October 26th, 2004 #23
just had to look up what polychromos are... *g*
well i questioned this because i can´t really understand how some guys here achieve some really (big) black areas without the negative aspects i get.
And there is no diffences if i use a 2b or a 8b pencil
I already saw Feng drawing with Prismacolors, which also are mentioned in some Loomis books... think i catch some of them...what i saw they work fine.
October 26th, 2004 #24
hey xaya
mir gefällt besonders das allerletze gesicht das du gepostet hast! hat viel tiefe und ist viel besser als alles andere was du gemacht hast. entweder machst du unglaublich schnell fortschritte oder du hattest bei den anderen nur viel "pech".
was uns zu deiner frage fürht...es ist sicher so dass bei den meistern (ich spreche jetzt von grossen zeichnern, die ich persönlich kenne) was schief geht, nur dass ihr unteres niveau viel den meisten trotzdem genial erscheint, und sie auch wissen, wie sie dies zu verhindern haben. im idealfall könnte man also sicher mit jeder zeichnung ein meisterstück herstellen, mann müsste nur seine technik und sein auge genug lange trainieren!
October 26th, 2004 #25
zuallerst mal wie kommt es dass du aus Birmingham kommst
aber trotzdem deutsch sprichst... viel zu gut um nicht Deutscher zu sein
würde mich doch interessieren... oder studierst du im Ausland?
Das auch noch Meister Fehler machen ist mir bewusst,
obwohl man doch diese reduziert... und kaschiert natürlich.
Dass dir das letzte bild gefällt machst mich doch a bisl skeptisch... weil ich ja kaum, wegen der miesen erkältung, kraft hatte und mich nicht wirklich konzentieren konnte.... vielleicht aufgrund der trübung der linken gehirnhälfte..(oder was die recht?)
nun es kommt aber auch komischerweise vor dass ich tatsächlich solche Leistungsschübe habe, hab dass oft beim 3d modeling mitbekommen....
booom!!! plötzlich tausendfach besser und schneller...
naja woll ma hoffen dass es anhält...
October 27th, 2004 #26
after a good day there have to be 10 bad days...
I hadn´t motivation so i did each in about 5min... (do you see it?)
no flow or feeling anywhere
ok next time it will be better....
October 28th, 2004 #27
i need a break.... for inspiration and change...
I also did some selfpotraits today but they a really
ok here some faces....
although the impressions are copied by loomis
i recreate characters for them...
October 28th, 2004 #28
well i took a shower
and forced myself doing a self potrait
(can´t accept my previous) tries...
so i started more logically...
just put some tight lines which discribe shape and shadow/light areas...
perhabs this work it out... perhabs
October 28th, 2004 #29
you should take some time and really finish a couple things....like this last SP for instance. If something isn't working, fix it, make it work. No excuses, you can do it! keep em coming!
I never used to have the patience to finish something, then I did a couple thunderdomes, now I can spend a day or two or 3 on a drawing. even pro's take time when the draw, and speed comes from drawing it slow a hundred times...you're on the right track though...
now...Draw On!
I self-published a book on the fundamentals of drawing from life.
October 28th, 2004 #30
but i am so tired
no you are absolutely right... it is time to finish somthing!!!
Because i am of at a "design branch" school we have to draw
illustrations and stills from time to time
and especially illustrations are a lot of fun
and the works spend a lot of time (to many time sometimes...)
The point is that i am a little (sub]conscious afraid of go a step on... destroy the recent stuff.
Another thing is that i have to high demands of the thing i draw
it have to be a deeper background (in theme) and so on...
its really time to kick that attidutes...
ok here the next little step... work on tomorrow... time is over for today


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Tigers' baseball team wins to reach .500 again
Big fifth, sixth innings lead to win vs. UT Martin
U of M 13, UT Martin 3
The third time -- in a week -- was the charm.
After failing to reach the .500 mark in a regionally televised game against the University of Tennessee last Wednesday and again against the University of Missouri last weekend, the University of Memphis accomplished the elusive, record-equalizing victory Tuesday night at FedExPark.
Getting back-to-back three-run innings in the fifth and sixth, the U of M defeated UT Martin, 13-3, in the final home game -- and final university athletic home event -- of the season. Tiger third baseman Jacob Wilson swatted his team-leading 16th home run to become only the third player in school history to hit at least 30 in his career, and Eli Hynes went 3-for-4 with a home run, his 11th, to lead the U of M.
Winning for the ninth time in 12 games, the Tigers (26-26) reached .500 for the first time since defeating Bradley in early March.
''It's been a long time coming,'' said Tiger coach Daron Schoenrock. ''We lost a lot of tough games at the beginning of the season.
''After a while we weren't thinking of getting to .500, we were just wanting to play well on a particular day. But one of the goals we set was to get back to .500 and we've been able to do it with this little streak we are on.''
Memphis reached five of the seven Skyhawk pitchers for its 13 runs and 15 hits. The Tigers scored 11 runs in the last four innings to send UT Martin (13-38) to its 14th loss in 17 games
''It feels good since we started off so rough,'' Hynes said. ''It feels like it's been forever since we've been at .500. But now I feel like things are falling in for us.''
The U of M was six games under .500 (17-23) after being swept at Southern Miss last month. Since then, the Tigers are 9-3 and have won three consecutive series, including a sweep of UAB.
''It's great we were able to get back to .500 before the end of the season,'' Wilson said. ''It shows we are making some noise. We have to carry that into this weekend and next week.''
Memphis ends its regular season with a three-game Conference USA series at Houston starting Thursday. The Tigers begin play in the C-USA tournament next week in Pearl, Miss., outside of Jackson.
In Tuesday's game, Memphis had pre-determined it would give an array of pitchers work. Michael Wills, the regular midweek starter, was superb. In three scoreless innings, Wills, a left-hander who attended Christian Brothers High, struck out six and didn't walk a batter. Another Memphis-area product, left-hander Erik Schoenrock from Collierville High, got the victory with 12/3 innings of scoreless relief, and a third local lefty, ex-CBHS pitcher Jacob Moody, closed with three scoreless, hitless innings that included four strikeouts.
Although Wills left with a 2-0 lead, built on solo homers by Hynes and Wilson, and could have earned the victory, the Skyhawks rallied to take a 3-2 lead in the fourth, scoring their three runs off reliever Clayton Gant.
The Tigers answered with a three-run fifth, getting RBI singles from Hynes and Derrick Thomas and a sacrifice fly from T.J. Rich, and they added three more in the sixth, capped by Adam McClain's RBI groundout.
The U of M got two runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth as coach Schoenrock cleared his bench by sending in four successive pinch-hitters, three of whom scored.
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The first table outlines the projected rankings
for each WAC team, sorted from best to worst, and then presents the following selected key stats:
Rank - Projected 2011 ranking, from 1 to 120
2010 Rank - 2010 ranking using the current compu-picks model
Prev 4 yr - ranking of the average rating from 2006-2009
Recruit Rank - ranking of past 4 years of recruiting (each year equally weighted), from scout.com
Recruit Trend - the difference between the past 3 years of recruiting and the previous 3, ranked from best to worst
Injuries - starts lost to injury during the 2010 season (from Phil Steele)
Turnovers - turnover margin during the 2010 season, from cfbstats.com
Draft Losses - based on the 2011 draft
Ch - new head coach, per collegefootballpoll.com (1 indicates a new coach, . indicates no new coach)
Starters - returning offensive / defensive starters, per Phil Steele magazine (* if the QB returns), with some edits due to subsequent news
The second table shows the expected number of total wins for each team, as well as the odds for each potential number of wins,
based on 2500 season simulation runs (note: a . indicates zero odds, while 0% indicates a non-zero probability that just rounds to 0%).
The third table shows the odds of winning the league, the expected number of league wins for each team, as well as the odds for each potential number of league wins,
based on 2500 season simulation runs (note: a . indicates zero odds, while 0% indicates a non-zero probability that just rounds to 0%).
Projected ranking and key statistics
Projected Results - All Games
Projected Results - League Games
Some commentary about the projections:
1) San Jose St could be an interesting surprise team. While they've been horrible for years,
they have a lot of talent returning, they don't lose anything to the draft (oddly enough,
almost everyone else in the WAC did), they had poor luck with turnovers (which could rebound),
and they had horrific luck with injuries (which is virtually certain to rebound in a big way).
2) The WAC is projected to have a surprisingly decent amount of parity. True, it'd be a noteworthy
surprise if anyone other than the soon to be departed three managed to win the league,
but even Nevada isn't a hugely strong favorite (largely because they lost their two big offensive weapons).
and the gap between even #2 Hawaii and pretty much everyone else (excpet NM St and to a lesser degree Utah St)
isn't enormous. This could be a fun year with a bunch of upsets and a lot of teams ending up in the 2-5 to 5-2
league record range.
There are a few important notes and caveats I need to make about this model:
1) Compu-Picks does not endorse implicitly or explicitly any form of illegal gambling.
Compu-Picks is intended to be used for entertainment purposes only.
2) No guarantee or warranty is offered or implied by Compu-Picks for any information provided and/or predictions made.
3) This preseason model is primarily based on the main compu-picks model. Essentially, it attempts to predict how well a team will rate given its rating history,
as well as a number of other data points, such as returning starters, draft talent lost, turnovers, recruiting, etc. This means, among other things, that the rankings
are power rankings based on how good a team projects to be, as opposed to a more cynical (though accurate) model that attempts to project how the BCS will rank a team
by making adjustments to favor those with easy schedules and punish those with tough schedules.
4) For three teams (Auburn, Oregon, UNC), you can see that they're projected to half a new coach. This was a manual adjustment I made to the data based on the off-field issues
that each program is dealing with. A new coach is a negative predictive factor, so estimating a 50% chance of having a new coach makes an impact.
For UNC, it's more that there's a pretty reasonable chance that they'll replace Butch Davis (or be forced to) before the season. For the other two, it's more a reflection
of the possibility that the ongoing investigations will unearth more trouble, possibly leading to a coach replacement and/or current players being declared ineligible.
For those two, estimating a 50% chance of a new coach is mainly a proxy for that possibility. It's admittedly arbitrary, but I believe that it's reasonable given the current climate.
I have also provided adjusted division (or league) odds in a number of instances. For the Pac-12 South, it shows the odds of each team winning adjusting for the fact
that USC will be ineligible (the original calculation does not account for this). For various other instances, it would only be relevant if the team in question
does in fact become ineligible for the division/league title. Should that not happen, you can ignore the adjusted odds.
5) There is a substantial amount of noise in these projections, which is to be expected given the large number of unknowns (who will have good and bad luck with injuries,
which young players will improve and which won't, how specific matchups will come into play, etc.). Right now the standard error is a bit over 0.2 on a scale of about -1 to +1.
It's important to look at the projections with this in mind to get a sense of how material the projected differences are. Given a standard error around 0.2,
it is safe to project Alabama to be a much better team than Mississippi St, but it is not safe to project Arkansas to be any better than LSU, much less a lot better.
6) At this point, there are a number of model features that need to be investigated further. Chief among these is the distribution of extreme events.
It appears that the model may be overstating the probabilities of extreme events, such as 12-0 or 0-12 records, or major underdogs winning their division/league.
Please keep this in mind when looking at the distribution of win probabilities.
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