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Dr. Brent Wolfe
Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Contact InformationEmail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 519 884-0710 ext.3470
Office Location: 3C8
Languages Spoken
Academic Background
1997 PhD, Department of Earth
1993 MSc, Department of Geological Sciences,
1990 BSc (First Class Honours), Department of
Geological Sciences, University of
Other appointments:
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo
Research profile:
impact of climate change and variability on water resources is a pressing issue
for northern boreal freshwater landscapes in
In partnership with organizations that include northern First Nation
communities, educational institutions, government agencies, and industry, my
research program (formerly supported by the NSERC Northern Research Chair
program in
Graduate students:
· White H. In Progress. Hydrology and greenhouse gas behaviour of lakes in Wapusk National Park (northern Manitoba). PhD (Geography and Environmental Studies WLU).
· Turner K. In Progress. Investigating the hydrology of a lake-rich thermokarst landscape (Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada) using water isotope tracers. PhD (Geography and Environmental Studies WLU).
· Balasubramaniam A. In Progress. Assessing linkages among climate, hydrology and aquatic ecology for the development of biomonitoring protocols in the Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory. PhD (Biology UW; co-supervised with R Hall).
· MacDonald L. In Progress. Limnology, carbon dynamics and impacts of Lesser Snow Geese in Wapusk National Park. PhD (Biology UW; co-supervised with R Hall).
· Wiklund J. 2012. Lakes of the Peace-Athabasca Delta: Controls on nutrients, chemistry, phytoplankton, epiphyton and deposition of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs). PhD (Biology UW; co-supervised with R Hall). Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher (Biology, UW).
· Benkert (Brock) B. 2010. Isotope hydrology and paleohydrology of the Slave River Delta, NWT. PhD (Earth and Environmental Sciences UW; WB Pearson Medal recipient). Current position: Climate Change Research Project Manager, Northern Climate Exchange (
· St. Amour N. 2009. A multi-proxy study of Holocene atmospheric circulation dynamics recorded in lake sediments in Fennoscandia. PhD (Earth and Environmental Sciences UW; co-supervised with T Edwards). Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Earth Sciences Western (
· Yi Y. 2008. Developing and refining the use of water isotope tracers in hydrology and paleohydrology. PhD (Earth and Environmental Sciences UW; co-supervised with T Edwards). Current position: NSERC Industrial Postdoctoral Researcher, Alberta Research Council (Victoria).
· Sokal M. 2007. Assessment of hydroecological changes at the Slave River Delta, NWT, using diatoms in seasonal, inter-annual and paleolimnological experiments. PhD (Biology UW; co-supervised with R Hall). Current position: Environmental Impact Assessment Biologist, BC Ministry of the Environment (
· Elmes M. 2013. Paleolimnological approaches for developing baseline knowledge of polycyclic aromatic compound deposition in the Peace-Athabasca and
· Farquharson N. 2013. Characterizing the roles of hydrological processes, climate change and Lesser Snow Geese on ponds in
· Tondu J. 2012. An interdisciplinary approach to monitoring the hydroecology of thermokarst lakes in Old Crow Flats,
· Light (Dobson) E. 2011. Characterizing the present and past hydrology of shallow ponds in the Churchill area using isotopic methods. MSc (Geography and Environmental Studies WLU). Recipient of
· White J. 2011. Characterizing current and past hydroecological conditions in shallow tundra ponds of the Hudson Bay Lowlands. MSc (Biology UW; co-supervised with R Hall). Recipient of University of Waterloo Dean of Science Award (MSc). Current position: Environmental Scientist, Parks Environmental Inc. (
· Ennis M. 2010. Paleolimnological reconstruction of hydrologic change in the Slave River and
· Light C. 2010. Identifying potential carbon flux responses to shifting hydroecological and climatic regimes in the Peace-Athabasca Delta. MSc (Geography and Environmental Studies WLU). Current position: Geoscientist, AECOM (
· Jarvis S. 2008. Reconstruction of Peace River flood frequency and magnitude for the past ~600 years from oxbow lake sediments, Peace-Athabasca Delta,
· Mongeon C. 2008. Paleohydrologic reconstruction of three shallow basins, Slave River Delta, NWT, using stable isotope methods. MES (Geography and Environmental Studies WLU). Current position: Academic Advisor, Faculty of Arts, WLU (
· Adam M. 2007. Development and application of plant macrofossils for paleolimnological reconstructions in the Slave River Delta, NWT. MSc (Biology UW; co-supervised with R Hall). Current position: Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecologist, GENIVAR (
· Clogg-Wright K. 2007. Isotope-inferred water balances of Slave River Delta lakes, NWT,
· Falcone M. 2007. Assessing hydrological processes controlling the water balance of lakes in the Peace-Athabasca Delta,
Additional Information
Research publications (supervised student, other student):
Book chapters
· Edwards TWD, BB Wolfe, JJ Gibson and D Hammarlund. 2004. Use of
water isotope tracers in high-latitude hydrology and paleohydrology. In Long-Term
Environmental Change in Arctic and
· MacDonald GM, TWD Edwards, B Gervais, TE Laing, MFJ Pisaric, DF
Porinchu, JA Snyder, N Solovieva, P Tarasov and BB Wolfe. 2004. Recent
paleolimnological research from northern Russian Eurasia and
· Wolfe BB, TWD Edwards, RJ Elgood and KRM Beuning. 2001. Carbon and oxygen
isotope analysis of lake sediment cellulose: methods and applications. In Tracking
Environmental Change Using
· Shanley JB, E Pendall, C Kendall, LR Stevens, RL Michel, PJ Phillips, RM
Forester, DL Naftz, B Liu, L Stern, BB Wolfe, CP Chamberlain, SW
Leavitt, THE Heaton, B Mayer, LD Cecil, WB Lyons, BG Katz, JL Betancourt, DM
McKnight, JD Blum, TWD Edwards, HR House, E Ito, RO Aravena, and JF Whelan.
1998. "Isotopes as indicators of environmental change." In Isotope
Tracers in Catchment Hydrology (C Kendall and JJ McDonnell, eds.).
Journal articles
· Eichel KA, ML
· Tondu J-ME, KW Turner, BB
· White J, RI Hall, BB Wolfe, EM Light, ML Macrae and L Fishback. in review. Hydrological connectivity influences seasonal patterns of limnological conditions in shallow tundra ponds of the western Hudson Bay Lowlands. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.
· Buhay WM, BB Wolfe and A Schwalb. 2012. Lakewater
paleothermometry from
· MacDonald LA, AM
· MacDonald LA, KW Turner, AM Balasubramaniam, BB
· Wiklund JA, RI Hall and BB Wolfe. 2012. Timescales of
hydrolimnological change in floodplain lakes of the Peace-Athabasca Delta,
· Wiklund JA, RI Hall, BB Wolfe, TWD Edwards, AJ Farwell and DG Dixon. 2012.
· Wolfe BB, RI Hall, TWD Edwards and JW Johnston. 2012. Developing temporal hydroecological perspectives to inform stewardship of a northern floodplain landscape subject to multiple stressors: Paleolimnological investigations of the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Environmental Reviews 20: 191-210.
· McGowan S, PR
· Wolfe BB, EM Light, ML
· Wolfe BB, TWD Edwards, RI Hall and JW Johnston. 2011. A 5200-year record
of freshwater availability for regions in western
· Brock BE, ME Martin, CL Mongeon, MA Sokal, SD Wesche, D Armitage, BB Wolfe, RI Hall and TWD Edwards. 2010. Flood frequency variability during the past 80 years in the Slave River Delta, NWT, as determined from multi-proxy paleolimnological analysis. Canadian Water Resources Journal 35: 281-300.
· Olsen J,
· Sinnatamby RN, Y Yi, MA Sokal,
KP Clogg-Wright, T Asada, SR Vardy,
TL Karst-Riddoch, WM Last, JW Johnston, RI Hall, BB Wolfe
and TWD Edwards. 2010. Historical and paleolimnological evidence for expansion
· Sokal MA, RI Hall and BB Wolfe. 2010. The role of flooding on inter-annual and seasonal variability of lake water chemistry, phytoplankton diatom communities and macrophyte biomass in the Slave River Delta (Northwest Territories, Canada). Ecohydrology 3: 41-54.
· Turner KW, BB Wolfe and TWD Edwards. 2010. Characterizing the role of
hydrological processes on lake water balances in the Old Crow Flats,
· Wiklund JA, N Bozinovski, RI Hall and BB Wolfe. 2010. Epiphytic diatoms as flood indicators. Journal of Paleolimnology 44: 25-42.
· Brock BE, Y Yi, KP Clogg-Wright, TWD Edwards and BB Wolfe. 2009. Multi-year landscape-scale assessment of lakewater balances in the Slave River Delta, NWT, using water isotope tracers. Journal of Hydrology 379: 81-91.
· Brock BE, BB Wolfe and TWD Edwards. 2008. Spatial and temporal perspectives on spring break-up flooding in the Slave River Delta, NWT. Hydrological Processes 22: 4058-4072.
· MacDonald GM, KA Moser, AM Bloom, DF Porinchu, A
Potito, BB Wolfe, TWD Edwards, A Petel, AR Orme and AJ Orme. 2008.
Evidence of temperature depression and hydrological variations in the eastern
· Sokal MA, RI Hall and BB Wolfe. 2008. Relationships between hydrological and limnological conditions in lakes of the Slave River Delta (NWT, Canada) and quantification of their roles on sedimentary diatom assemblages. Journal of Paleolimnology 39: 533-550.
· Wolfe BB, RI Hall, TWD Edwards, SR Jarvis, RN
Sinnatamby, Y Yi and JW Johnston. 2008. Climate-driven shifts
in quantity and seasonality of river discharge over the past 1000 years from
the hydrographic apex of
· Wolfe BB, RI Hall, TWD Edwards, SR Vardy, MD Falcone, C Sjunneskog, F Sylvestre, S McGowan, PR Leavitt and P van Driel. 2008. Hydroecological
responses of the Athabasca
· Yi Y, BE Brock, MD Falcone, BB Wolfe and TWD Edwards. 2008. A coupled isotope tracer method to characterize input water to lakes. Journal of Hydrology 350: 1-13.
· Brock BE, BB Wolfe and TWD Edwards. 2007. Characterizing the hydrology of shallow floodplain lakes in the Slave River Delta, NWT, using water isotope tracers. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 39: 388-401.
· Wolfe BB, D Armitage, S Wesche, BE Brock,
MA Sokal, KP Clogg-Wright, CL Mongeon, ME
· Wolfe BB, MD Falcone, KP Clogg-Wright, CL Mongeon, Y Yi,
BE Brock,
· Wolfe BB, TL Karst-Riddoch, RI Hall, TWD Edwards, MC English, R Palmini, S McGowan, PR Leavitt and SR Vardy. 2007. Classification of hydrological regimes of northern floodplain basins (Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada) from analysis of stable isotopes (d18O, d2H) and water chemistry. Hydrological Processes 21: 151-168.
· Wolfe BB, RI Hall, WM Last, TWD Edwards, MC English, TL Karst-Riddoch, A Paterson and R
Palmini. 2006. Reconstruction of multi-century flood histories from oxbow
lake sediments, Peace-Athabasca Delta,
· Gibson JJ, TWD Edwards, SJ Birks, NA St. Amour, B Buhay, P
McEachern, BB Wolfe and DL Peters. 2005. Progress in isotope tracer
hydrology in
· Köster D, R Pienitz, BB Wolfe, S Barry, D Foster and
· Wolfe BB, TL Karst-Riddoch, SR Vardy, MD
· Hammarlund D, G Velle, BB Wolfe, TWD Edwards, I Snowball, L
Barnekow, S Holmgren, S Lamme, B
Wohlfarth and G Possnert. 2004. Palaeolimnological and sedimentary responses to
Holocene forest retreat in the
· Kaufman DS, TA Ager, NJ Anderson, PM Anderson, JT Andrews, PJ Bartlein,
LB Brubaker, LL Coats, LC Cwynar, ML Duvall, AS Dyke, ME Edwards, WR Eisner, K
Gajewski, A Geirsdóttir, FS Hu, AE Jennings, MR Kaplan, MW Kerwin, AV Lozhkin,
GM MacDonald, GH Miller, CJ Mock, WW Oswald, BL Otto-Bliesner, DF Porinchu, K
Rühland, JP Smol, EJ Steig and BB Wolfe. 2004. Holocene thermal maximum
in the western
· Abbott MB, BB Wolfe, AP Wolfe, GO Seltzer, R
Aravena, BG Mark, PJ Polissar, DT Rodbell, HD Rowe and M Vuille. 2003. Holocene
paleohydrology and glacial history of the central
· Wolfe BB, TWD Edwards, H Jiang, GM MacDonald, BR Gervais and JA Snyder. 2003.
Effect of varying oceanicity on early to mid-Holocene palaeohydrology,
· Beuning KRM, K Kelts, J Russell and BB Wolfe. 2002. Reassessment
of Lake Victoria -
· Wolfe BB, R
· Wolfe BB, TWD Edwards, R Aravena, SL Forman, BG Warner, AA Velichko and GM
MacDonald. 2000. Holocene paleohydrology and paleoclimate at treeline,
· Wolfe BB, TWD Edwards and HC Duthie. 2000. A 6000-year record of interaction
· Wolfe BB, TWD Edwards and R Aravena. 1999. Changes in carbon and nitrogen
cycling regimes during tree-line retreat recorded in the isotopic content of
lacustrine organic matter, western
· Wolfe BB and TWD Edwards. 1998. Comment on "Stable carbon and oxygen
isotope records from
· Wolfe BB and TWD Edwards. 1997. Hydrologic control on the oxygen-isotope
relation between sediment cellulose and lake water, western
· Duthie HC, J-R Yang, TWD Edwards, BB Wolfe and BG Warner. 1996.
· Edwards TWD, BB Wolfe and GM MacDonald. 1996. Influence of
changing atmospheric circulation on precipitation d18O-temperature
relations in
· Wolfe BB, TWD Edwards, R Aravena and GM MacDonald. 1996. Rapid Holocene
hydrologic change along boreal treeline revealed by d13C and d18O
in organic lake sediments,
· Wolfe B
and JT Teller. 1995. Sedimentation in ice-dammed glacial
· Leavitt PR, BJ Hann, JP Smol, BA Zeeb, CC Christie, B Wolfe and
HJ Kling. 1994. Paleolimnological analysis of whole-lake experiments: an
overview of results from
· Wolfe B, HJ Kling, GJ Brunskill and P Wilkinson. 1994. Multiple dating of a
freeze core from
· Wolfe B
and JT Teller. 1993. Sedimentological and stratigraphic investigations of a
sequence of 106 varves from glacial
Selected essays, reports and newsletters
· Wolfe B and RI Hall. 2012. Hydroecology of lakes in Wapusk National Park past and present. In Report on Research and Monitoring in the Greater Wapusk Region 2010-2011. Churchill Northern Studies Centre and Parks Canada.
· Wolfe B, MM Humphries, MFJ Pisaric, AM Balasubramaniam, CR Burn, L Chan, D Cooley, DG Froese, S Graupe, RI Hall, T Lantz, TJ Porter, P Roy-Leveillee, KW Turner, SD Wesche and M Williams. 2011. Environmental change and traditional use of the Old Crow Flats in northern Canada: An IPY opportunity to meet the challenges of the new northern research paradigm. Arctic 64: 127-135.
· Wolfe B, and KW Turner. 2008. Near-record precipitation causes rapid drainage of Zelma Lake, Old Crow Flats, northern Yukon Territory. Meridian (published by the Canadian Polar Commission) Spring/Summer issue: 7-12. [subsequently featured in the 2008 Yukon State of the Environment Report].
· Wolfe B, RI Hall, and TWD Edwards. 2006. Assessing the status of the Peace-Athabasca Delta ecosystem: Challenging the paradigm from a paleoenvironmental perspective. Meridian Fall/Winter issue: 7-12.


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Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer
Editor's note: World War II officially ended Sept. 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed surrender terms. We're honoring the war's area veterans over the next several months with these brief profiles.
Henry Gallegos
Date of birth: July 16,1926
Dates of service: October 1943 to August 1946
Hometown: Clovis
Lives in: Clovis
Theater or location of service: South Pacific
Branch: Army
Rank: Technical sergeant
Unit and Specialty: 77th Infantry Division 10th Army
After discharge: Clovis
A recipient of the Purple Heart, Gallegos was trained in "jungle warfare" from enlistment in preparation for combat in Japan. He said the Japanese were like "savages" when it came to warfare, saying a full invasion and ground war in Japan would have come at a high price and with great loss of American life. While among forces attempting to take a hill from Japanese forces in Okinawa on May 16, 1945, Gallegos was hit by small arms fire in his right side "they (Japanese soldiers) were standing on top of the hill and they were shooting us like fish in a barrel," he said. Doctors told him had the bullet struck an inch more to the left, he would have quite likely lost his leg. He was carried by tank off the battle field to an Okinawan field hospital and later flown to Hawaii for treatment. Gallegos said relief swept through the soldiers at the hospital when the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because those of them who were expected to make a full recovery knew they were being prepped to go back into combat for an invasion of Japan.
Carl Field
Born: 1921
Dates of Service: 1943-1945
Hometown: Dora
Lives in: Dora
Theater or location of service: Mesa, Ariz.
Branch: Army
Rank: 2nd lieutenant
Unit and Specialty: Flight instructor
After discharge: San Angelo, Texas
Field served as a flight instructor throughout his enlistment in the Army.
Lynn Wright
Born: 1925
Dates of Service: 1944-1946
Hometown: Tucumcari
Lives in: Clovis
Theater or location of service: Guam
Rank: RM 3rd class
Unit and specialty: Guam NOB Communications Office
After discharge: Tucumcari
Wright remembers a great excitement among his group, saying "when the bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki we knew it was the end of the war and we would be going home."
World War II profiles are compiled by CNJ staff writer Sharna Johnson. Contact her at 763-6991 or by e-mail:


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Johnson18's 55 Gallon II-Gettin Dirty
There's been a lot of growth since this picture. The Aponogeton in the middle has close to doubled in size. It's also got a shoot growing babies. A lot of other growth too. Like I said, I haven't had much time to pay attention to the tank, unfortunately. It's still only got a couple otos, like two black neon tetras and two clown plecos as it's inhabitants. I've would really like to add some more life to the tank. I've really been thinking about Rainbows lately. No, not just because of the article in the most recent edition of Amazonas, though it has made me think about adding them even more. My largest concern though is the amount of time I've had to do maintenance since school started. No point in adding more fish if I'm not gonna be able to keep up with the maintenance.
|[censored][censored][censored][censored] man looks so green and lush
Here's a crappy one from about a month ago. You can see some of the algae in it. Most has been removed by hand since then. I think I might have some time to clean it up some this weekend and do a WC. I'll try to get some new pictures!
|Any pics man?
|The growth of this tank has been incredible. It looks nothing like the above picture. I've had a little bit of an algae problem. I think I will have to split the photo-period, which is still only 4.5 hours. The water changes probably need to occur more often as well. Been pretty hard to do that with the back issues I've been dealing with. I see the surgeon to schedule a date for surgery this Friday. There's a little more about that in the 20L journal.
Johnson18's 55 Gallon II-Gettin Dirty
Haha, he was definitely interested in everything, always is! Oh yeah, all three of my dogs get regular nail maintenance! Although it's been much easier since the move. There's no grass, so everything they walk on is hard, like rock, cement, kool decking, it all helps keep their nails short.
I'd probably go for the elbow if I were you, but that's just personal choice!
I got the filter installed, I haven't figured out the end layout of the system. I want to play with a few different options. Overall, I like how the tank is looking. Most everything is growing well. I've gotta figure out something different for the back left side of the tank, next to the Anubias covered driftwood. I've got a couple marbled queen radican swords there that seem to want to stay low to the substrate. I don't think they like the low tech environment. I think I will pull them out and stick them in an emersed tank and find something else for that spot. There is also a C. affinis "Metallic Red" growing right in front of the swords. I think it was being shaded too much by the larger swords when I first planted the tank. I recently trimmed the sword leaves back some and the affinis has started growing more. I would like something in that spot that will grow taller but also add another color to the sea of greens. I'm probably going to take a look through my Cryptocoryne collection and see if there is anything that would work well to fill the spot, if not I will look around. If I do go with a Crypt I want something with a little different color and texture than the other plants in the area, probably something with heavily bullated leaves. I've not already got anything specific in mind. The right side of the tank has a nice patch of C. nurii that has been doing well. It's starting to get a little bigger. There is also, at the base of the right end of the driftwood, two Red Tiger Lotus plants. They are still fairly small but I doubt that will last a whole lot longer. When these plants get larger the tank won't seem like such a sea of green, which has been kind of bugging me lately. lol.
Here's a picture I took last night. It's overexposed but it's the best I've been able to do so far with my iPhone. I spoke to my dad this morning, who has been a hobbyist photographer for 40+ years(I grew up with a dark room set up in the bedroom next to mine!) he is going to help me get some better shots of the tank tonight. We will bust out the tripod and a real camera and see what we can do. Might try for some shots of the 20L too!
Dog's going "whats this? doesn't look like a toy or food :c" btw glad to see an owner that keeps up on toenail clipping their dog!
I can't offer advice from experience on canister since mine is hooked up to an aquaponic system then is just spills straight down into the tank. I'm thinking of adding a diy baffle (or be lazy and slap an elbow on the end) to push the flow across the tank though to try to push all the pleco poo towards the intakes since right now its just straight down, great for aeration.. but not much flow (got a new filter for my 55 too.. it has 2 intakes I put on the opposite side of the tank from the output).
(from past reading..) I think most set up outflow either on the back wall at the opposite side of long tanks and have it push to the front of the tank and over to the intake side... or will set it up on the opposite side's side wall and just do spray bar straight across... from what I recall people use different methods depending on what scape/plants are in the way of affecting the flow.
When I looked into purgerion as an option a while back many people said it did not matter where in the filter you put it as long as its got flowing water going over it.
The new filter just arrived.
Everything looks great & I'm quite excited to get it installed. Due to the where the power strip is the filter will probably live on the right side of the tank when facing it. I need to go through and look at what will be the best as far as placement goes for the intake and spray bar. I think the current filter, that is staying will be in the back left corner of the tank, behind the tall Anubias covered dw.
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to what locations create the best flow in a 55? Last time I had a canister filter on a tank it was a 29 many(12-16?) years ago. I'm definitely open for suggestions!
I've gotta run get a media bag to put the purigen in. Any suggestions on where place the purigen within the filter? Top? Bottom? Middle? I'm sure I can find it searching through the forums but my internet here is slow as hell & I've been blasting through data on my phone at an insane rate. LOL!!
Johnson18's 55 Gallon II-Gettin Dirty
Here's a shot of my Anubias barteri var nana 'stardust'! The crappy looking leaf is the only one left from prior to the move. As you can see it's got two sections growing. The new leaves are continually increasing in size. Nice to see that it has adjusted to the new spot and is back to growing.
I've never had a issue with temp spike/drop on either side of lights on/off, even when I was running two dual t5ho fixtures 12+ hours a day. I'll watch it more closely over the next few days to see what the temp does. I suppose any fluctuation could seem more drastic since I'm only running 5 hours of light per day. If the light is causing the tank to heat up, it's not staying hot as long which could be make any temp swing seem more drastic.
I ordered a new filter today, an Eheim 2215. Also got some purigen on the way too. I plan on removing one of my current filters once the 2215 has had time to cycle & build up some beneficial bacteria. Use the remaining filter to add some more water circulation & a little extra filtration.
|I've been having frequent tetra deaths as well. Ive gathered from testing there is a quick 3 or 4 degree temp change from when my lights come on. I raised the lights a bit to take some heat off and gave them some taller plants to hide under.
Johnson18's 55 Gallon II-Gettin Dirty
So over the last 5-6 days I've lost 6 of the tetras. I'm not sure why. The fish all look healthy, no signs of disease. They have shown up dead one every day or so, sometimes two per day mostly just one. I tested the tank this evening & all seems well. pH is higher than it was in SC, 7.4 but that's to be expected with the liquid rock that is az water. Ammonia is 0 as are nitrite & nitrate. Phosphate is about 3. My kh test is old, I didn't test it. Don't have a gh test. All tests were done using the API tests. I'm going to do a WC tomorrow. I'll use ro water, which here isn't totally pure to see if I can lower the pH a bit.
Anyone have any ideas? Suggestions? Want further info? Help?
The otos have been just fine. Getting fat & happy.
Plants have been growing well!
I spent a few hours working on this tank tonight. Did a little trim of the Hydrocotyle, cut them all down short, diced the tops and replanted them. Just trying to get a thicker overall look as it continues to fill in. I will probably add a bit more out of my emersed tank the next time I feel like working. Probably won't be for several days as I ended up with a pretty sore back after messing around this evening.
What I spent most of my time on was planting an entire package of Staurogyne repens I picked up from Petsmart. Somewhere between 30 & 40 individual stems! I have a few stems already in this tank but they were mostly dead from the move when planted & have been extremely slow to recover. I pulled apart all of the stems in the package, cleaned them off and stripped the lower leaves. If I had to guess I would think that 85% of the stems were planted with their bottom roots in the miracle grow. I'm hoping this well help them adjust and take off quickly! This will fill in one of the last wholes in the tank! The S. repens went into the open area in front of the driftwood. I tried to fill the entire area between the crypts on either side of this picture & from the front glass back to the driftwood.
On a side note..... I sent an email this evening about a 120 gallon tank that's listed on Craigslist!
|More filtration is better in my book. Once you get plants filling up the tank flow gets diffused rather quickly and you can always alter the outflow to get the desired current level.
|Just picked up 11 Black neon tetras to go with the one lonely fish. Also got two Otos, gonna go back next week and pick up several more.
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Sailing Calendar Photographers
The J/Sailing Calendar could not exist without the extraordinary talents and artistry exhibited by this years' contributors of sailing photography. From all over the world, this group of sailing photographers, many of whom are world renowned, award-winning photo-journalists, have experienced everything you could ever imagine to get "the perfect shot".
Many of these now grace the pages of this year's J/Sailing Calendar. Shooting great sailboat photos takes extraordinary skill, timing and a bit of luck-- call it serendipity or perseverance, all of them can tell you that getting tossed around in small rubber inflatable boats (RIBS) or dangling out of helicopters on windy days can often be dangerous. But, when they get that perfect photograph, they know it.
It is through their work that we can enjoy the beauty of sailing as seen by their perspective on what makes a great sailing photo- the composition and interplay of light, contrast, waves, wind, clouds, sky, the landscape and seascape and how the sailboats themselves perform on the sea. We consider ourselves fortunate to have such broad range of J's sailing off some of the world's most beautiful harbors and sea coasts, some of them have been beautifully captured by these remarkable photographers. Please "meet" this year's J/Sailing Calendar photographers below and enjoy their work.
Gonzalo Gomez Gomara, a.k.a. "Chapi", from Santander, Spain, started photography in 2006 after a severe knee injury prevented him playing professional sports.
His sailing work started after a spectacular sunset sail on a little sailboat in Santander Bay.
He recently published a book, "Santander- Luz del Norte" and is widely published in major sailing publications worldwide. See his work:
Jan is one of the most gifted marine photographers in the Pacific Northwest. Her work documents all types and activities of boats, from British Columbia to the Columbia River, and everywhere in between. Most weekends she can be found on Puget Sound, shooting sailing regattas, averaging 35/yr! The fruits of her talent can be found in 48 North magazine, Northwest Yachting magazine, Pacific Yachting magazine, Sail magazine, Sailing World magazine, and online at Sailing Anarchy and Pressure Drop web sites. She works with commercial marketing firms, marinas, yacht clubs, maritime industry, and sailmakers.
Kurt's career has captured action at sporting events, portray Hollywood stars, swim with sharks and undertake environmental projects from the Galapagos to the Himalayas. He has been passionate about the sea from birth. Born on the captivating Mediterranean island of Malta in 1969, he counts diving, sailing and swimming among his passions. His expertise in underwater photography has pushed boundaries in the field. His sailing assignments started in the 1992 America's Cup and for Rolex has covered the Sydney Hobart, Fastnet & Big Boat Series. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Yacht Racing Image of the Year. Kurt has supported international film productions in Malta and works with global brands in the lifestyle and luxury sector.
Meredith first started sailing dinghies when she was a young girl. A graduate from University of Michigan, Meredith abandoned a career in restaurant and office management after rediscovering her love of sailing and her love for photography. Meredith has been published in dozens of publications around the world, and currently works as Staff Photographer for the sport's most widely read news & information website, Sailing Anarchy.com.
Sven was born and raised in the beautiful village of Kappeln, Germany. Sven works with the JBoats German dealership- Mittelmann's Werft and is a pro photographer covering leading international sailing regattas; including most recently the J/22 Worlds, J/24 Worlds and J/80 Worlds in Germany. He is also team photographer for ORC Offshore Teams Tutima/ Silva Neo; for the J/70's SV Itzehoe (Soyka)/ Blankeneser Segelclub (Lehmann); for the new Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga women's MSC Sailing Team (skipper Steffi Kopcke).
Jean-Marie has specialized in yacht photography for 20+ years. He has traveled around the world to cover famous offshore races for French teams, sponsors and skippers. He works with Voile Magazine, has been the official photographer of the Tour de France a la Voile since 1996, and works with leading French marine industry clients. Jean-Marie also devotes part of his time to food photography and has worked with a number of leading French chefs in Brittany, Normandy and Paris. He currently lives in Vannes.
Corey is a yachting/ luxury lifestyle photographer based in Newport, Rhode Island. He regularly travels to the Caribbean and throughout the world for commercial and fine art projects. His clients range from the International Yacht Restoration School to top shipyards like Royal Huisman and Pendennis. He shoots for major brands such as Panerai and Bacardi, plus he works with top TV/ film industry producers (Courtney Cox's Cougar Town and Kelsey Grammar's Boss). An avid outdoor explorer, he in the America's Cup 12 Metre Class fleet in Newport, Rhode Island and enjoys racing a Herreshoff S Class boat.
Paul is a former professional sailor/ sail maker. He spends much of his time traveling around the world shooting regattas and sailing offshore for commercial clients. Paul was the official photographer for the Louis Vuitton Trophy and the official photographer for the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race . Paul's most recent assignment was with Louis Vuitton at the 2013 America's Cup in San Francisco along with other commercial clients. As well, Paul runs Outside Images picture agency featuring new stock marine images weekly.
Onne has been photographing J/Boats in his hometown of Newport, RI and at regattas around the world for his entire 27 year career. His award-winning photos of yachts, classic sailboats, commercial shipping, landscape and seascapes and fine art prints are available for sale in his Newport Gallery on Bannister's Wharf, Newport, RI. If you're in town, please stop in and see why his work is among the best, or you may shop online.
Based in Southampton, England, Paul has lived and worked by the sea all his life. Apart from studying for a design degree, the sea has always been central to him; teaching sailing, boat building and work for the RYA. His design talent combines well with hands-on experience at sea. An understanding of light and a passion for capturing the energy and grace of the sea is his driving force. Paul shoots from a small RIB, allowing him to get right into the action. Many of his shots appear in major Yachting publications in addition to work for clients such as : Volvo, JP Morgan, CrewSaver, Musto, and Yachts and Yachting, to name a few.
Lars is a native of Kiel, Germany and has spent the last few decades as a commercial photographer with a strong interest in sailing. He is the official photographer for the new German Sailing League (Deutsche Segel-bundesliga) that features J/70s sailing in five events across the country.


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STEUBENVILLE – A special grand jury investigating whether other laws were broken in the Steubenville rape case is set to meet on Friday, according to the Ohio Attorney General's office.
The grand jury has hit the five-month mark without criminal charges.
Two Steubenville High School students, Ma'Lik Richmond and Trent Mays, were convicted of rape in connection with an incident in August 2012. Mays also was found delinquent of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material for having a picture of the 16-year-old victim in an outgoing text message on his cell phone.
Mays was sentenced to a minimum of two years in a Department of Youth Services facility. Richmond was sentenced to a minimum of one year in a state youth detention center. Both juveniles were ruled to be Tier II sex offenders by visiting Judge Tom Lipps. Both are required to report to the county sheriff where they are living every six months for the next 20 years. Lipps can modify that decision at a later time. Richmond has filed an appeal of the sexual offender ruling.
The special grand jury has met 10 times since it was seated on April 15.
A chief issue before the 14-member panel is whether coaches, school administrators or other adults knew of the allegation but failed to report it as required by Ohio law.
DeWine announced the grand jury on March 17, the same day a judge convicted two teens of raping the Weirton girl after an alcohol-fueled party following a football scrimmage in August 2012.
Allegations of a cover-up dogged the case, despite charges brought against the boys shortly after the attack. Attention was fueled by online activists who said more football players should have been charged. Three teens who saw the attacks, including two players, were granted immunity in exchange for their testimony.
The National Organization of Women has long called for DeWine to prosecute a fourth teen who cracked jokes about the rape in a video that implies he had direct knowledge of the assault. His attorney says he did not.
Grand juries operate by different rules and thresholds of guilt and face few deadlines other than statutes of limitations, said David Harris, a University of Pittsburgh criminal law professor. Prosecutors, who run the panels, aren't obliged to say how long grand juries will meet or make promises about its conclusions, Harris said.
"The bottom-line answer is that this could take as long as it takes," Harris said.
A former Franklin County, Ohio, prosecutor, Mike Miller, agreed, saying lengthy deliberations are more common in investigative grand juries looking at particular cases. By contrast, many counties have grand juries that meet daily, weekly or monthly to consider charges in more routine prosecutions.
"I'm sure that for something that's pretty far ranging, they'll get every bit of information they can before the grand jury," said Miller, a private practice attorney in Columbus.
DeWine has said he can't give a timeline for when panel will finish its work. He said last month that forensic work involving cell phones and computers had yet to be completed.


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Review: 'The Sessions' offers humor, healing
True story of quadriplegic therapeutic in many ways
If "The Sessions" wasn't based on a true story, it would be one of the strangest premises to be put on celluloid. A severely disabled man hires a sex surrogate after he gets permission from his priest to lose his virginity.
"I know in my heart that God will give you a free pass on this one. Go for it," Father Brendan tells Mark O'Brien, a quadriplegic who, after suffering a bout of polio as a young boy, spends much of his time in an iron lung.
Director Ben Lewin got the idea for the movie after stumbling upon writer/poet O'Brien's 1990 article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate," which was published in a literary magazine. Set in Berkeley, Calif., in 1988, the movie centers on O'Brien's decision at the age of 38, to experience sex. But this is no "40-Year-Old Virgin" film. While treated with comedy and wit, the subject matter is taken very seriously.
O'Brien is played by John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone," "Lincoln") who approaches the character with precisely the right amount of cynicism and perseverance, leaving behind any of the drama that usually goes with playing a disabled person. Hawkes researched the character by speaking with the people who were close to O'Brien (he died in 1999 at the age of 49). Then, Hawkes decided to make this portrayal even more real by enduring some serious physical pain. He wore something called a "Torture Ball" during rehearsals and the movie shoot to help curve his spine and contort his body. His performance is as genuine as it gets. Definitely an Oscar nomination for Hawkes for this role.
Helen Hunt plays sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen Greene. The real life therapist is a grandmother and still practicing her craft in Massachusetts (in some states, sex surrogates are illegal). Hunt's performance would have been flawless, except for her the spotty Boston accent, which is nothing short of annoying. If you can get past it, she plays Greene with a stern sensibility and gentle compassion. Greene takes her job seriously. She's not a prostitute, she softly explains to O'Brien. There are wonderful scenes of Hunt as Greene alone at the end of the night, speaking in to a tape recorder, dictating the progress she is making with her client. It's small moments like these in the film that are captivating.
Adam Arkin plays Greene's understanding husband whose jealousy bubbles up when the "professional" relationship she has with her client appears to be crossing the line. Unfortunately, Arkin's character is one of two that is underdeveloped and underused (the other is O'Brien's eventual life partner Susan Fernbach, who is introduced briefly almost near the end of the film), but there's a lot to cram into 95 minutes.
One of the most delightful performances, in addition to Hawkes, is the actress with a most unusual name, Moon Bloodgood, who plays O'Brien's caregiver. Television fans may recognize her from her role on the TNT cable network's show "Falling Skies." As Vera, she falls somewhere perfectly in the middle of Hawkes' wry O'Brien and Hunt's sympathetic Greene.
William H. Macy pops in and out as Father Brendan, O'Brien's confidante. The character is actually a conglomeration of many priests that the practicing Catholic sought out for advice. Macy finds the human side of the man of the cloth, playing him as a free-wheeling, beer-drinking pastor who believes God gives "free passes" in certain situations.
There's a no holds barred appeal that gives "The Sessions" its stamina. Writer-director Ben Lewin had contracted polio himself as a child and this layer of insight comes through and the filmmaker keeps the subject matter light. Yes, this is a movie that concentrates entirely on sex, but it's also about basic human needs, and that's something very relatable.
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This Audi A4 was designed to beat the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class, but fell just short. Then again, it retains Audi's restrained styling, so if you're looking for understated elegance, this could be the car for you.
The handling is balanced, and there's plenty of grip through bends. The steering can feel rubbery, but it provides reasonable feedback. However, the ride is on the firm side and the A4 doesn't cope with bumps very well. Watch out for the off-set pedals in manual models.
The cabin is well laid out and spacious enough for four adults. Visibility is good, and the driver's seat is easily adjusted. The boot is bigger than both the 3 Series and the C-Class's. The A4 is no longer the class leader in terms of fit and finish, but the interior is generally good, built with quality materials that have a solid feel.
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This is not about Rickey Henderson
You know, I could sit here and cry about how my favorite player from my childhood is on the Hall of Fame ballot but won't make it in just like my friend Mr. Lung. And the thing is, I really could. I mean, not only did Alan Trammell play for one of the best Tigers' teams ever back in '84, he also has the same first name as me(!), even if he does spell it incorrectly. But, it's just not in me.
It really all comes down to what Mark at MLBlogs had to say, "These plaques go next to those of
Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Walter Johnson, Hank Aaron, Stan Musial." As much as I loved watching Trammell at shortstop, turning those sweet double plays with Lou Whitaker and as great as his '83 and '84 seasons were, I can't really say that he belongs next to those names.
Now, I'll admit that it's a little more difficult to say the same thing about McGwire. Even if he is a juiced up steroid junkie who probably can't touch his hands together over his head, he was exciting to watch. More than that, McGwire rewrote the record books until Barry Bonds came along and really started flexing his PED-built muscles. And like Mr. Lung says, there are definitely some incorrigible characters in the Hall.
However, the one thing you don't see in the Hall are cheaters. Shoeless Joe Jackson has the third highest career batting average in the majors but you won't see his name in Cooperstown. Same goes for Pete Rose even if it is the result of something that didn't happen on the field. If you're going to bar these guys and their amazing records, I don't have a problem with keeping Mr. McGwire out, too.
This whole debate is ridiculous, though. We all know that Rose should be in the Hall and, even if he was a cheat, there's no dismissing McGwire's ability and contribution to the game of baseball. In the end, it's just sad that a no-talent ^ss-clown like Michael Bolton, uh, I mean Bud Selig should be able to keep people from even coming up for a vote. Let Rose on the list and then let the sportswriters decide if he merits entry. Same goes for Bonds when he becomes eligible. The Hall of Fame does not exist to serve the whims of the Commissioner. It's there so that fans can celebrate the greatest players to ever step on a baseball diamond. That means you, Rose. You too, McGwire. And what the hell, get on in there, Bonds.
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Allen, while I agree that Pete Rose belongs in the HOF and that Mark McGwire probably does belong in the HOF, I'm not sure that I can agree with Barry Bonds belonging there. Would your opinion of him change if he was found guilty of the charges against him before he becomes eligible?
Julia, I think the circumstances would merit rethinking Bonds' inclusion if he were to be convicted. It's an interesting question because deep down inside we all know that McGwire used PED's but he won't be convicted for it. Same goes for Clemens. We know that Bonds used, too, but if he's convicted (even if it's for the tangentially related perjury charges), we'll have explicit proof and that makes it harder to accept him into the Hall. Would he have had the same career and broken the same records without being juiced? Probably not. And with that logic, if he's convicted, it means we should probably disregard the feats he accomplished while using those substances. Honestly, I don't have the answer. However, if I were one of the voters I probably wouldn't include him at this point.
Sorry not to take this more seriously, but I'm still laughing about Michael Bolton.
Great post RSBS, it's sad we won't see Shoeless Joe in the HOF (if the Field of Dreams "He was the only one to hit a home run" arguement is to be believed), and it's sad that Pete Rose won't see Cooperstown as a player because of what he did as a manager. Big Mac should get in, too, if not for the records, then based on the fact that he saved the sport after the strike, and I'm sure everyone in suits looked the other way.
Coming from a Die-Hard Dodgers fan, it's a shame if Barry Bonds never makes the HOF, but the shame's all his own. He didn't need PED's to have the talent he has, but what's done is done, and he's a tragic figure befiting of his own Oliver Stone movie in a decade or so.
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Hall of fame lock.
Although I generally fall into the "Smaller, More Elite HOF" camp, it's important to debunk Newman's implication that the standard for HOF induction is the likes of Ruth, Aaron or Musial. That's rubbish. The defensible modern BBWAA standard is people like Kirby Puckett, Bruce Sutter and Paul Molitor, far removed from some of the earlier, indefensible Veteran's selections.
Trammell obviously wont get inducted by the writers, but the issues of whether he SHOULD, and where he ought to place against the real HOF standard out there, are legitimate.
Personally, I voted for him, because as best I can measure, his combined offensive and defensive value place him near the median of all previously inducted shortstops; above guys like Aparicio, Rizzuto, even Pee Wee Reese, and below the greats: Wagner, Ripken, Arky Vaughan,etc.
Trammell was a wallflower, but inarguably one of the 20 greatest SS's ever – and probably in the top dozen or so. That's good enough for me.
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I see at least one movie in theaters every week, because I have a much easier time connecting with the giant, fictional people on a movie screen than I do with actual humans, and if I go too long without my Hulks, Fantines, Wreck-It Ralphs, and Lincolns in my life, my brain will vibrate and my heart will explode. I don't care what I see. This means that, as long as I'm in a theater and there's a big fat screen with a bunch of attractive people saying words at me, I'll be fine, because I love movies.
This also means that I see just about everything, which means I get to notice the trends. As much as I think 2012 was a great year for movies, it's also another in a long line of years where some of my favorite types of movies were absent. Another year that reinforces the idea that, unfortunately, there are just some kinds of movies we simply aren't making anymore.
3Die Hard
(aka the Everyman Action Hero)
Like I do every Christmas, I rewatched Die Hard recently, and because I'm like one of those bears that can't be satisfied by fish after it gets a taste for human flesh, I ignored all other movies/life obligations in favor of watching Die Hard 2: Die Harder and Die Hard: With a Vengeance. (I don't rewatch Live Free or Die Hard ... more on that later.)
All three of those movies are amazing, but the first Die Hard will always have a special place in my heart. Not only is it one of the most well-structured movies in the history of film, it's also got the perfect example of the Everyman Action Hero. John McClane isn't a super cop, he's just a good cop who is doing his best in a bad situation. He's not even that great when it comes to solving whatever crime he's working on; every clue that he gets is acquired by accident, and he doesn't usually figure out what the terrorists are up to until it's just about too late. He isn't super strong or super bright or super anything. He gets in fights with his wife and drinks too much and barely knows how to dress himself. He's just a guy. Which is great, because I'm just a guy, so if this whole Internet comedy thing doesn't work out, maybe I can grow up to be Die Hard.
The success of Die Hard paved the way for plenty of movies with similarly average protagonists stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time (Nicolas Cage in The Rock, Sigourney Weaver in Aliens, even Gordon Freeman in Half-Life), and they all ruled, except for The Rock, which only kinda ruled.
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The Everyman Action Hero is dead. He was killed and replaced by Jason Bourne, and I don't know if we'll ever get him back. Audiences, apparently, no longer want to watch a good, average cop who happens to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time; they want to see impossibly tough/smart/resourceful/cool supercops. They want Jason Bourne, or that other guy who isn't Jason Bourne, but is still mostly Jason Bourne.
Just look at the movies that have been coming out. The whole Harry Potter franchise is based around Harry being the special chosen one. The biggest films of the year have been superhero movies. Skyfall featured maybe our Jason Bourniest Bond ever. The Hunger Games is about another "chosen one," a girl who happens to be the greatest archer alive and supernaturally great at surviving. Django Unchained's Django was immediately the fastest gun in the West. And so on and so on. We don't want our heroes to be good; we want them to be the best. Hell, even McClane in Live Free or Die Hard (and, based on the trailers, the upcoming fifth installment of the Die Hard franchise) is more Jason Bourne than John McClane.
Even our Die Hards aren't Die Hards anymore!
I'm sure this is just a trend that will pass and we'll get back to movies with Everyman Heroes just as soon as the world gets sick of Jason Bourne; I just hope it happens before they can do a gritty reboot of Fletch starring Jason Statham as a Fletch who can do back flips and punch through walls.
(aka Superman)
Even though I'm not a huge fan of the character, I'm a big fan of Richard Donner's Superman. It's exactly what a Superman movie should be: It's got Superman, Lex Luthor, some other stuff, a bunch of really good Supermanning, a cute-as-shit Lois Lane, truth, justice, and the American way. Simple. Fun. Exciting. Bright.
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Superman, only, not really. Gritty Superman. Zack Snyder's Superman, which looks like this:
Is that really what you're wearing?
Grrr! Roar! Scary! Grit! As we, as a movie-going nation, get older, it looks like we're mistaking too-cool cynicism and ironic detachment for maturity and sophistication. Everything -- everything -- is gritty now, even Hansel and goddamn Gretel, even Jack and the goddamn Beanstalk, even the Wizard of goddamn Oz. Everything.
When did optimism become a bad thing? Modern filmmakers are bent on taking popular, existing properties and bringing out the darkest and grittiest aspects they can find and making that their story. When directors look at a character like Superman, they're not saying, "Hey, I'd like to tell a story about this guy in blue and red spandex who loves America and punches bad guys and smiles and is handsome!" They're saying, "Sure, Superman, but what makes him angry? I want to focus on the stuff that depresses him, I want to see Superman as a badass. What if Superman was a dick? That's the movie I want to make, because even though I'm making a Superman movie, I don't actually care for the character. My name is Zack Snyder."
Superpowers are just as cinematic as fishing and beards.
And it's not even Snyder's fault, or anyone's fault, for that matter. In 2006, Bryan Singer tried to make a genuine, honest-to-goodness Superman movie, and what happened? Everyone hated it. For whatever reason, simple plots with good guys who are just Good and bad guys who are just Bad don't work for us anymore. It's not enough that your hero fights for the American way; he needs to be tortured, psychologically and emotionally, and his villains need to be complex and subtle. If your hero doesn't have some tortured past or dark secret, your audience will hate you.


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"Don't get me wrong — my opponent hit me a few times," she said. "But every time I would hit HER, she'd run from me. I ended up chasing her during all of our rounds."
Smith was referring to her participation in July 12's "Battle of the Badges," an amateur boxing event at the Austin Convention Center. This event pitted her "blue team," Travis County's law enforcement officers, against a "red team" composed of Travis County's firefighters.
Ultimately, the 5-foot-tall Smith, a 33-year-old sheriff's deputy, won her match against Emergency Services employee Michelle Rabel by a 2-1 split decision.
Unfortunately, Smith said, hers was the only female boxing victory for the blue team.
"The firefighters 'whupped' our butts 11 out of 16 rounds," she said.
Smith is all about tenacity. She prides herself on being one of five children raised by a single mother who battled adversity non-stop. She learned even more about tenacity training to play softball at George West High School.
Smith said she is an effective fighter because she's not afraid to change directions when she needs to.
After getting her master's in criminal justice from Texas State University, Smith started work for a pharmaceutical company.
But she did a career U-turn and went into the field of law enforcement working for the Travis County Sheriff's Office. She has been there four years.
While working for the sheriff's office, Smith met the man who would become her husband. He currently is a detective for the Travis County Sheriff's Office. They have a boy, Ryan, who will be 2 in September.
Incidentally, this charity match is — somewhat — based on a technique also employed by South Texas-based Texas Department of Public Safety troopers when they went head-to-head with the George West High School Longhorns team.
The troopers and the Longhorns played one another in basketball and softball in George West in what up to that point was an unheard-of matching. In the process, hundreds of fans were attracted to the spectacle of the game and much money was raised for the Boys and Girls Club of Live Oak County.
This is basically the point. This spectacle event is employed in the hope of attracting a large audience to donate money to the charity.
And so it was with the July 12 Travis County boxing match event. Firefighters called out law enforcement officers to slug it out in the ring in USA Boxing-sanctioned bouts — about 16 of them.
The winner? Charity. Proceeds were split up between the Partnerships for Children, the Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas and two additional charities selected by the boxing teams: blue team – 100 Club of Central Texas and red team – Austin Firefighters Outreach & Relief Fund.
Despite the blue team's losses, Smith seemed upbeat after the match because the event raised money for charity, because of her victory, and because she racked up a fairly inspiring nickname because of bravado and diminutive size.
"The coach kept calling me 'The 'Brave One,'" she said with a laugh.
Ben Tinsley is a reporter for The Progress newspaper in Three Rivers. He can be contacted by email at email@example.com or by phone at 361-786-3022. Tinsley can also be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BenTinsley, Google at http://plus.google.com/+BenTinsley or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ben.tinsley.12.


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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
Did anyone else notice the large amount of Sarutobi clan Members?
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it's one of konoha's strongest and most noble clans :p together with the Hyuuga, Uchiha etc..
yeah I noticed that. Seemed weird to me since so far that clan hasn't been shown at all in the manga/anime, if I'm correct?
aside of Asuma and Konohamaru
i thought konohamaru was the only one
Wow.... I kinda though that most of them were dead and Hiruzen, Konohamaru and maybe a few others including Azuma were the last ones... -.-
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yeah I noticed that. Seemed weird to me since so far that clan hasn't been shown at all in the manga/anime, if I'm correct?
I think this is true for a lot of clans though. We've seen the Jounins from the Konoha 11 teams plus a few extra, but there are still a large number of ninja we aren't introduced to.
I guess this puts calling all other ninja's "fodder" into perspective
sumhow im not suprised
I was psyched. My favorite clan lives . F*ck the uchiha and senju.
they were fodder in waiting until plot no jutsu needed them
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they were fodder in waiting until plot no jutsu needed them
I still think its great they were shown. The sarutobi were reputed as being powerful ninja's. (Hiruzen's dad, Hiruzen, Asuma, Konohamaru has been stated to have the 3rd genius abilities ect)
Kishi basically likes to kill and revive plot elements before it was said hiruzen was the strongest hokage then a few hundred chapters later it was Hashirama who became top dog the byakugan was said to be were the sharingan was derived and afterwards this was entirely buried and no mention of hiruzen clan for so long and poop they suddenly appear
And another thing that irks me we all these noble clans dedicated to Konoha and yet all what's being talked about are those traitor Uchichas
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What is magnetic field therapy?
Magnetic field therapy uses magnets to maintain health and treat illness.
The human body and the earth naturally produce electric and magnetic fields. Electromagnetic fields also can be technologically produced, such as radio and television waves. Practitioners of magnetic field therapy believe that interactions between the body, the earth, and other electromagnetic fields cause physical and emotional changes in humans. They also believe that the body's electromagnetic field must be in balance to maintain good health.
Practitioners apply magnetic field therapy to the outside of the body. The magnets may be:
- Electrically charged, to deliver an electrical pulse to the treated area.
- Used with acupuncture needles, to treat energy pathways in the body.
- Static (not electrically charged) and stationary on the treated area for periods of time, to deliver continuous treatment.
What is magnetic field therapy used for?
People use magnet therapy for a wide range of health problems, including:
- Joint problems, such as arthritis.
- Migraine headaches.
- Pain, including mild to moderate pain after surgery as well as long-term (chronic) pain.
- Depression.
- Cancer.
- Overstretched muscles or injuries to muscles, ligaments, and tendons (strains and sprains).
Studies on how well magnetic therapy works have been mixed.footnote 1
Is magnetic field therapy safe?
Young children and pregnant women should not use magnetic field therapy, because the safety of this therapy is not proved. People who have medical devices or implants with a magnetic field, such as a pacemaker, should not use magnet therapy, because it could interfere with the function of the implant.
Magnet therapy is not thought to have negative side effects or complications when it is combined with conventional medical treatment.
Always tell your doctor if you are using an alternative therapy or if you are thinking about combining an alternative therapy with your conventional medical treatment. It may not be safe to forgo your conventional medical treatment and rely only on an alternative therapy.
Related Information
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2012). Get the facts: Magnets for pain relief. (NCCAM Publication No. D408). Available online: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/magnet/magnetsforpain.htm?nav=gsa.
Other Works Consulted
- Murray MT (2013). Osteoarthritis. In JE Pizzorno, MT Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 4th ed., pp. 1651–1661. St. Louis: Elsevier.
- Weintraub M, et al. (2008). Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pain Management. New York: Springer.
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