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Raw Concepts: Maladaptation
We've already discussed the ways that collective psychology disciplines like group psychology and evolutionary psychology have parallel concepts to what one finds in individual psychology. I want to carry these comparisons further with a discussion of the concept of maladaptions.
Maladaptations are an umbrella term for (1) maladaptive behavior, (2) maladaptive beliefs, and(3) maladaptive traits. Whenever I call something a "maladaptive, it means that it falls into one of those three categories.
An individual, team, culture, race, or whole species can suffer from maladapation.
When something is maladaptive, we can generally say that it is a faulty, inadequate adaptation that leads to dysfunctional results. It's an adaptation that is good, but not good enough. A maladaptation is a behavior, belief, or trait that has become more harmful than helpful, but not necessarily so harmful that it leads to death and lack of reproduction (although that is always a possibility). It's often an adaptation that was once very useful, and was maybe the best adapation available at a particular time in an individual, group, or species' history, but over time it became a maladaptation due to changes in circumstances. It's no longer good enough to provide optimal benefits, but since it's still useful to a degree and since it's not so faulty as to wipe the organism, team, culture, race, or whole species out of existence altogether, it remains in existence and continue to affect current and future generations.
Some examples on an individual and collective level follow:
- On an individual level, a person may have a lot of social anxiety, because he was abused as a child growing up and ended up lacking confidence and proper social skills. To cope, he learns how to fly underneath the radar and keep quiet so as to not incur his parents' wrath and so as not to embarrass himself among his peers. As he grows older, he sticks to this maladaptive coping strategy and avoids social situations, pursues insular hobbies and careers that allow him to keep social interaction to a minimum, and only dates and befriends people who are as awkward as he is and don't make him feel inferior and socially anxious. His obsessive avoidance tactics, which once formed a good coping strategy when he was trapped in a household with abusive parents, have been kept around well beyond the point where they're useful. It's not bad enough that his maladaptation is keeping him from living and possibly reproducing, but it's likely going to make him live and reproduce in dysfunctional ways. He won't get as far in his career as possible because of his poor networking due to his continuing social anxiety. He will maintain dysfunctional friendships and love relationships. He'll never make the social connections that allow him to get promoted at work easily. He will avoid more rewarding opportunities that entail more risk in favor of less rewarding ones that are more comfortable and allow him to keep avoiding social anxiety. His choices are maladaptive because while they succeed in reducing his social anxiety by avoiding certain situations and challenges, they also serve to perpetuate it because they keep him from ever properly addressing and overcoming the fears, and a host of other problems arise as a result.
- An ecological trap is a form of maladaptation that occurs when adaptations that used to help organisms choose high-quality habitats not causes them to settle in poor-quality habitats that negatively affect their ability to survive and reproduce. For example, many organisms have evolved to be drawn to bright sources of light. However, these organisms evolved this tendencies long before the modern era of widespread artificial, electric light. So while moths used to use the light from a bright, shining star to navigate a straight line, now they will exhaust itself fluttering against a window all night because of the electric light shining from the inside, or worse will find itself flying into a bug zapper.
- Some bugs traditionally mate, settle, and swarm on water and as a result have evolved to be attracted to the light that reflects off the surface of the water. Thanks to modern technology though, there are many new artificial sources of light that are more attractive to these bugs than the light that reflects off the surface of water. This causes bugs such as dragonfish, mayflies, and other water-seeking species to prefer to mate, settle, and reproduce on asphalt, cars, plastic sheeting, and windows rather than on bodies of water.
- The human body evolved to crave sweets and fats more and vegetables less, because in prehistoric times meals were fewer and far between, and these were the nutrients that were most vital. Daily life was so active and food so scarce that such cravings didn't lead to obesity and adverse health effects. Also, our bodies were built to hold on to fat and not to hold onto muscle because fat stores held up over in lean times while muscle was metabolically expensive to maintain. Fast forward to today, where we have food sources available on almost every block in every direction, and we live largely sedentary lifestyles. Now these adaptations that once helped us in times of food scarcity not lead to obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
- Evolutionary psychologists think human beings evolved to gossip as a way to root out free riders. Communities rarely got larger than 150 people, and when there was a free rider, meaning someone who was selfish, took more from the community than he gave back, and was generally untrustworthy, this was a problem that had to be nipped in the bud. The more free riders a community had, the worse the consequences for that community's survival. Communities that gossiped had a higher likelihood of identifying free riders early, ruining their reputations, minimizing the damage they caused, and eventually driving them from the communities. Gossip was a great adaptation in the times before mass media and long-range travel, when everyone you would hear rumors about was someone you were likely to come into contact with in your community. Nowadays though, thanks to mass media, we have access to information about people who will likely have no impact in our lives and who we will likely never come into contact with, yet we're still driven to gossip about them. Gossip has now become maladaptive behavior, since we are obsessing over the reputation of people we will never even meet and derive no immediate benefit from discussing.
- A culture can follow maladaptive beliefs. In our modern culture, many people still believe what past generations did: that the key was to go to college, get married without a prenuptual agreement, have kids, buy a house, work with the same company until the day you died, and reap the retirement benefits. Past generations did this without questioning it, and it paid off. But many kids today following this advice are sorely disappointed with the results. Meanwhile many of the people breaking the traditional rules are thriving.
- Chasing increases in dopamine levels, as well as spikes in other neurotransmitter levels, often led human beings to engage in behaviors that increased their chances of surviving and reproducing. This made the urge to pursue dopamine a great adaptation. However in the modern world, there are many temptations that offer dopamine spikes but make our lives worse and actually decrease our chances to survive and reproduce, like drugs, gambling, pornography, and others. Thus destructive addictions may be viewed as the result of maladaptations.
- Many experts view narcissism as a form of maladaptation by an individual. Either due to extreme pampering or extreme torment from caregivers, the narcissist as a child develops an extreme sense of shame, and finds that overcompensating with grandiosity and selfishness and developing an idealized, false self to deal with the world, especially the caregivers, makes his interpersonal world easier to navigate. However as an adult in the real world, these faulty coping mechanisms cause more harm than good, both to others and himself. Since narcissism is an addiction to narcissistic supply, and likely results in a dopamine spike whenever the narcissist receives a hit of narcissistic supply, the last bullet point also applies to narcissism.
- Many self-sabotaging acts done by self-destructive people have their roots in maladaptive beliefs, behaviors, and traits they developed during traumatic childhoods.
Again, maladaptations were usually a useful, superior strategy within a very specific context, given the tools and abilities that were available to the organism at the time.
This article about how addiction is a result of maladaptation is a good resource for understanding maladaptation on the individual level, and it gives four reasons why maladaptation occurs:
- Faulty logic
- The maladaptation appears to be working in the beginning
- Copying others
- A willingness to accept long-term deterioration in exchange for the brief reprieve from discomfort that maladaptive behavior can bring.
The article also gives some examples of individual maladaptations:
Examples of maladaptive behavior can include:
- Substance abuse
- Attention seeking behaviors is where people use excessive or inappropriate behaviors in order to gain attention.
- Power seeking behavior can involve attempting to undermine authority figures and rebelling against the rules.
- Converting to anger refers to how the individual can use anger as a means to vent their frustrations. This may mean that they engage in extremely inappropriate behaviors such as physical violence against other people.
- In an attempt to cope the individual may try withdrawing from the world. This means that they isolate themselves and refuse to engage fully with the world.
- The individual may try avoidance in order to not have to deal with the unpleasant situation. This can lead to phobias which can severely damage the individual's ability to deal with life.
- Workaholism is where the individual becomes obsessed with their work and devotes increasing amounts of time to their job. This is another means of avoiding having to deal with unpleasant aspects of life.
- Revenge behaviors is where the individual tries to punish other people who they feel are responsible for causing problems.
- Exercise addiction.
- Internet addiction.
- Gambling addiction.
We'll be returning to the theme of maladaptation often in future posts.


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by honorguard57 on 2011-12-12 16:16:18.4850
I was hoping someone could school me in assigning the keys, knobs, buttons, doo-hickey, and doo-dads on my KB37. Basically, I am using Reaper and EZ Drummer. What I am really trying to do is use the midi keyboard for drum beats. I know that it auto assigns parts of the kit to each key but for some reason I cannot get the key assigned to the kick drum to work. I thought that I would try to just reassign since the kick is the most vital part of the kit. Help would be very much appreciated. Also, learning to apply other VST instruments to the keyboard would be awesome too. Thanks again.
by darealagentp on 2011-12-15 11:27:36.6890
Usually, you'd do that in the virtual instrument software program itself. A lot of times, the software will have a MIDI Learn feature where you might "right-click" on the parameter in question that you want to teach a new MIDI note/pad/knob/slider action to in the software program, then move or hit the desired key/pad/knob/slider.
I think you should be able to do that in EZ Drummer (I've never used that software). Actually I just browsed through their manual. Page 15 implies that the drum samples are mapped to those corresponding key notes as per Toontrack's decision. You'll have to use the note they've arbitrary chosen for whichever kick drum in question you're trying to trigger.
by honorguard57 on 2012-02-06 14:56:13.2520
Thanks, I came back to this discussion to see if you know of any way to test the keys on my kb37 to see if the issue is that key or something on toon track's side. Any help would be very much appreciated.
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Posted by Richard G. Williams, Jr. at 6:00 PM
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- James F. Epperson said...
The belief was that, if slavery were restricted to the 15 slave states we had then, eventually the institution would die on its own. Allowing it to expand would keep it (slavery) going. Everyone understood it would take action by the states to end it (in the absence of the rebellion that did occur); the idea was, if the institution didn't/couldn't expand, then the dollar value of slaves would peak and crash, thus hastening the end of the institution. There are those who ascribe racist beliefs to this: Lincoln didn't want slavery in the territories because he didn't want blacks in the territories; I don't think the record supports this point of view, but I know some folks (DiLorenzo) take it and run with it.
- 10 April, 2009 18:49
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
You are partly correct. Lincoln, and many others, did not want slavery to expand to the territories so that jobs for white laborers would be protected.
- 10 April, 2009 19:39
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Abraham Lincoln speaking in Peoria, Illinois 16 October 1854:
"Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people. This they cannot be, to any considerable extent, if slavery shall be planted with them."
- 10 April, 2009 21:23
I'm concerned by how you handle primary sources. Did you read the Lincoln speech you just cited and make the argument you did with a clear conscience as a historian?
I found and read the speech and specific quotation, and your use of it is awkward and obscure. Lincoln's thesis, as I understood it, is that the expansion of slavery into the the territories represents an expansion of slavery's justification. Originally, it was a legal right or an economic necessity, but more and more people were arguing it to
be a moral right! (And that was very bad for the country, in Lincoln's eyes.) Lincoln's main points, which appealed to and rested on the nation's founding principles/documents (especially the Declaration of Independence), include:
Regarding "the policy of prohibiting slavery in new territory," Lincoln facetiously remarked: "The sacred right of self
government is grossly violated by it! We even find some men, who drew their first breath, and every other breath of their lives, under this very restriction, now live in dread of absolute suffocation, if they should be restricted in the "sacred right" of taking slaves to Nebraska. That perfect liberty they sigh for—the liberty of making slaves of other people—Jefferson never thought of; their own father never thought of; they never thought of themselves, a year ago."
"This declared indifference, but as I must think, covert real zeal for the spread of slavery, I can not but hate. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world—enables the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites—causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity, and especially because it forces so many really good men amongst ourselves into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty—criticizing the Declaration of Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest."
Regarding the quotation you mentioned, read the next couple sentences for better understanding. In light of the rest of the speech, it shows that Lincoln hated how slavery oppresses many white people, too: "Slave States are places for poor white people to remove FROM; not to remove TO. New free States are the places for poor people to go to and better their condition. For this use, the nation needs these territories." Coupling this quotation with what we know about Northern politics, the labor argument is poor.
Anyway, thanks for pointing me to this speech. I really haven't spent much time reading primary source by or secondary sources about Lincoln (he doesn't have much of a role in Pfanz's Gettysburg: The Second Day), so I hadn't formed much of an opinion about him (I just had a couple stray thoughts). This speech, however, gives me great respect for the man's approach to complicated problems (read the speech for how he addresses the South and acknowledges the North's role in slavery). And I hope others will read the speech on their own.
- 11 April, 2009 11:05
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Thanks for the input and the link to the text of the speech, but my opinion of Lincoln's intent is unaltered. This quote is just one example, there is other evidence which would substantiate Lincoln's position. I'm not suggesting Lincoln "favored" slavery. I am suggesting he was largely dispassionate on the moral issue regarding slavery and that his objections were of a "practical" (in his view) nature. His "moral objections" were for public consumption. He was, without question, a masterful politician.
- 11 April, 2009 11:16
The party of Lincoln was far more concerned about their own welfare and political power than the welfare of slaves.
Territories become states. States send representatives to congress. The more representatives you have the more power you have. Plain and simple.
- 11 April, 2009 11:51
- Marc Ferguson said...
Vince shows us how an historian looks at a piece of evidence, placing it in greater context and not merely cherry-picking a convenient passage.
Richard - Lincoln's moral objections were for "public consumption," in a predominantly racist Illinois society and political environment?
James Oaks, in his book on Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, argues that Lincoln, although opposed to slavery on principle, hadn't thought deeply about the race and slavery until forced to by Kansas-Nebraska and then the Dredd Scott decision. Over the last decade of his life, his views on these matters evolved. I know that it is fashionable in some circles to attribute any apparent inconsistencies or changes to mere opportunism, but I think the best interpretation of the record is that his personal and political views changed in response to events.
- 11 April, 2009 16:38
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
I could "cherry-pick" dozens of quotes as well as his conduct. How many would you like? Lincoln's comments (as most politicians at all times), have to be carefully examined in light of the time, the political ramifications, and the particular politician's conduct and actions. That is, as you put it, "the greater context." I think when one does that, the evidence is rather convincing that Lincoln's actions regarding the slavery issue were motivated primarily by his political posturing and not by any moral objections to slavery.
Put me in the "mere opportunism" camp.
- 11 April, 2009 18:46
Why in the world would Lincoln feign a moral opposition to slavery as a political tactic in 1850's Illinois?
In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas often played on voters' racism by accusing Lincoln of being too radical in his opposition to slavery. (See especially his remarks at the Aug. 21 Ottawa debate.)
In other words, Lincoln's opposition to the spread of slavery was a political liability, especially in southern Illinois.
Either your analysis of the political climate in 1850's Illinois is way off, or both Lincoln and Douglas were spectacularly inept politicians.
- 11 April, 2009 20:19
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
"In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas often *played* on voter's. . ."
I think you answered your own question. As I've already pointed out, Lincoln was a masterful politician.
- 11 April, 2009 20:30
As far as the boon of freedom was concerned, Lincoln and the North were more than willing to throw the slaves under the bus to maintain the status quo of "Union." (See Corwin Amendment that Lincoln wanted made "express and irrevocable.")
"Union" was much to their benefit ($). Dis-union was not.
- 11 April, 2009 20:36
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Precisely. The Corwin amendment is exactly what I meant when referring to "conduct and actions."
As with all politicians, watch what they do as much (or more) than what they say.
- 11 April, 2009 21:11
I'm afraid that I'm still unclear on your reasoning. Since a moral opposition to slavery was so unpopular in many quarters of Illinois, what benefit would Lincoln derive from feigning it? If it were popular--and it wasn't--what benefit would Douglas derive from applying it to Lincoln? He;d essentially be doing Lincoln's campaigning for him.
You'd have us believe that Lincoln, in an attempt to win votes, adopted a widely unpopular position. That doesn't sound like a masterful politician to me. It sounds like political suicide.
- 11 April, 2009 22:01
- James F. Epperson said...
"Precisely. The Corwin amendment is exactly what I meant when referring to 'conduct and actions.'"
Well, I'm confused. The Corwin Amendment was an empty gesture, an attempt to halt and reverse secession. It did virtually nothing. I don't see how anything duplicitous is concluded based on Lincoln's support for it.
- 12 April, 2009 09:58
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
"The Corwin Amendment was an empty gesture"
In similar fashion to the EP?
"I don't see how anything duplicitous is concluded based on Lincoln's support for it."
Of course not.
- 12 April, 2009 14:31
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
"And, as this subject is no other, than part and parcel of the larger general question of domestic-slavery, I wish to MAKE and to KEEP the distinction between the EXISTING institution, and the EXTENSION of it, so broad, and so clear, that no honest man can misunderstand me, and no dishonest one, successfully misrepresent me."
What is to misunderstand here? Is it not clear what Lincoln was doing? Lincoln was only (ostensibly) "opposed" to the expansion of slavery, not the existence of it. And he was opposed to it for reasons other than any concern about blacks. His concerns were specifically political and economical. Once again, we see the politician walking a fine line, but he made it clear, in regards to Illinois, that he was NOT in favor of citizenship for African-Americans and made specific reference to the state of Illinois - that he opposed such equality.
What is so difficult to understand regarding Lincoln's intent?
- 12 April, 2009 14:52
- James F. Epperson said...
"'The Corwin Amendment was an empty gesture'"
"In similar fashion to the EP?"
Lord, no. The EP freed tens of thousands of slaves.
I believe you misunderstand Lincoln, badly. Lincoln *was* opposed to the existence of slavery, as a matter of principle. He said, on numerous occasions, that if slavery was not wrong, then nothing was wrong. But, as a practical politician, he understood that the only goal which could gain support was to restrict slavery to where it already existed.
- 12 April, 2009 18:00
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
While I am certainly capable of misunderstanding just about anything James, on this particular issue I believe it is you who misunderstand Mr. Lincoln.
Don't fear criticizing him. The record is clear, in my humble opinion.
- 12 April, 2009 20:04
With all respect, your use of the "part and parcel" quote from Peoria is flat-out wrong and misleading. The entire speech makes it clear that he's not distinguishing between his personal feelings about slavery as it was and slavery as it was extending. He's simply stating that slavery's extension is practically and legally distinct (because it violates the Missouri Compromise) from slavery where it already existed, which he believed the government did not have the authority to eradicate.
The very first line of that speech is, "The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the propriety of its restoration, constitute the subject of what I am about to say."
In distinguishing between slavery and its extension on that occasion, Lincoln was saying, "Look, folks, I'm about to try and explain why the extension of the Missouri Compromise was illegitimate, but that doesn't mean that I think immediate abolition would be legal. So don't accuse me of trying to run roughshod over the South and deprive slaveholders of whatever legal rights they currently have."
When he DOES refer to slavery as it already existed, he says (in the very same speech, mind you), "If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do, as to the existing institution. My first impulse would be to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia,—to their own native land." He then goes on to discuss other reasons for the practical impossibility of immediate emancipation, and his reluctance to accord the freed slaves full civil rights, which is a position all historians already know about, and one that he modified during the war. Since he obviously offers a moral critique of pre-existing slavery right there in his remarks, this speech is a poor piece of evidence for a lack of moral concern about slavery on Lincoln's part.
He's not distinguishing between the morality of holding slaves in South Carolina and the morality of taking slaves into previously-free territory. He's distinguishing between the legality of the two. Lincoln always thought the KS-NB Act was wrong both morally and legally, since it repealed the compromise that had been in place for over thirty years.
Lincoln's disapproval of slavery is a matter of historical record, not hero-worship. It's documented in speeches, letters, and recollected conversations, and if you think it wasn't sincere, the burden of proof is on your side. So far, your evidence has been a handful of misused quotations.
- 12 April, 2009 20:48
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Sorry Michael, but you suggest my evidence is a handful of misused quotations, then you misuse a handful of quotations to justify your point. Not very convincing.
Again, as with most politicians regarding a controversial topic, they attempt to take both sides, which is exactly what Lincoln did. A modern example would be: "I'm personally opposed to abortion, but believe in a woman's right to choose."
Lincoln is saying: "I'm personally opposed to slavery, but believe in the slaveowner's right to his property." His positioning is a classic example of a slick politician's attempt to co-op an opponent's position.
"His real interest was, as always, the interest of free White labor and free White capital--and free White politicians, Abraham Lincoln above all. What he wanted to to was to take Stephen Douglas's Senate seat and make the West safe for White settlement. But--and this was the delicious irony of the situation--he could not defend the White interest and advance his interest without addressing the main argument of the slaveowners and their supporters, Douglas above all, who said the slaves were either men or property." ~ Lerone Bennett, Jr.
- 13 April, 2009 21:32
- James F. Epperson said...
"I'm personally opposed to abortion, but believe in a woman's right to choose."
And what is wrong with this position? It seems very statesman-like and reasonable to me.
"Lincoln is saying: 'I'm personally opposed to slavery, but believe in the slaveowner's right to his property.'"
And what is wrong with this position, as a practical matter? He is recognizing that the folks who own slaves have rights themselves, and as much as he wishes they didn't own slaves, the best way to eliminate slavery is through some process that respects those rights. Such considerations went by the board, of course, when the rebellion broke out.
Your problem with Lincoln is that he wasn't simplistic and dogmatic.
- 13 April, 2009 22:02
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
"what is wrong with this position"
Nothing is wrong with it, as long as you(or Lincoln's defenders) don't claim the moral high ground.
- 14 April, 2009 07:46
- James F. Epperson said...
Well, there is moral high ground, and then there is moral high ground. Compared to the "slavery is a positive good" folks who thought their holding of chattel was a good and Christian thing to do, Lincoln has the moral high ground. Compared to the civil rights activists of the 1960s, he doesn't have much of it.
- 14 April, 2009 08:03
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
A moral high ground over Southerners in 1861. Lincoln, and his defenders, cannot legitimately make that claim.
- 14 April, 2009 08:32
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
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BALTIMORE -- On a night in which Johan Santana gave up three home runs, Minnesota won anyway, using a rare power surge to fuel an unlikely comeback.
If the Twins keep playing like this, maybe they'll finally start to grab some attention in the playoff chase.
Justin Morneau ended a career-long home run drought and Jason Kubel homered and drove in three runs, sparking a late rally that carried Santana and the Twins past the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 on Friday.
Minnesota trailed 4-0 in the seventh inning before scoring the game's final seven runs to hand Baltimore its fourth straight loss. Kubel led the charge with a two-run homer in the seventh and a game-tying sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Torii Hunter added a two-run shot in the ninth, giving the Twins their first three-homer game since July 23, at Toronto. Morneau's home run, his 29th, launched the comeback and ended a drought that spanned 28 games and 108 at-bats.
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Coming off a 17-strikeout performance against Texas on Sunday, Santana (14-9) gave up more than two home runs for only the second time in 27 starts. But the left-hander kept the game close enough for the Twins to earn their seventh straight win over the Orioles.
"He had to really work for it tonight," Gardenhire said of Santana. "They put some runs on him, but fortunately for us we came back late."
Santana allowed four runs and eight hits in seven innings, striking out seven and walking one.
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Miguel Tejada and Nick Markakis homered in the first inning to put the Orioles up 3-0, and Corey Patterson added a solo shot in the sixth for a four-run cushion. But the lead wouldn't last.
Baltimore has yielded 31 runs in seventh, eighth and ninth innings during the team's four-game losing streak.
"We're confident that the right guys are in there. We're just not getting the job done," manager Dave Trembley said. "It just hasn't worked out."
The Orioles are winless since Trembley received a contract extension into 2008. The skid, Baltimore's longest since he took over on June 18, began with Wednesday's record-breaking 30-3 loss to Texas.
"I didn't think we were going to go through this thing without having a bump in the road," Trembley said. "You've got to be realistic about the big picture in this situation. You never want to go through this, but you're going to do it and youre going to have to deal with it the best you can."
Orioles rookie Jeremy Guthrie took a four-hit shutout into the seventh, then gave up a solo homer to Morneau and a two-run drive to Kubel. He left with the lead, but the bullpen cost the right-hander a shot at his first win in August.
Baltimore's Kevin Millar singled in the fourth inning to extend his club-record run of reaching base by hit, walk or hit by pitch to 51 games. The streak began on June 20.
Minnesota went up 5-4 in the eighth. Morneau hit a leadoff double off Jim Hoey (1-2) and took third on a single by Michael Cuddyer before Kubel hit a run-scoring fly. Three batters later, Alexi Casilla put the Twins ahead with a sacrifice fly.
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Best bullet design for long throat/freebore?
I decided to start a new thread with this specific question.
I have currently two guns with very long freebore. A 270 win with about 400 thou and a Weatherby 340 with easily 600 thou.
I cannot come anywhere close to the rifling on either rifle, and whats more, I observe that in the case of the 340 Wby, the bullet has LEFT the case neck before it has engaged the rifling, with both my recently acquired 250 gr Bergers and Nosler 225 Accubonds.
I have read that this latter scenario is a real NO-NO. The bullet is truly allowed to "skew" in the throat, potentially even allowing hot gasses to pass around the bullet till it seats into the rifling.
Interestingly, the 340 Wby shoots factory 225 Barnes TSX bullets BADLY, with 3" groups. When sent back to WBY, they shot it with 200 gr spirepoints and got a 1.5" group. Told us it was within factory spec, and we should use 200 SP bullets. Nevermind they are no longer in production.... The 340 shoots the 225 Accubonds very poorly as well. The 250 Bergers have not yet been tried.
We did shoot some factory 250gr Partitions (flat base) in the Wby. They shot under 1.5" as well
Another observation, perhaps unrelated to throw into the mix, is that my long throated 6.5x55 also prefers flat base bullets. I never bothered to measure the throat on the old swede, cause I know its a long way out there, and I have to keep COAL short for the magazine. But, now, in retrospect, I am suspicious that my troubles with the swede and boattail bullets may be related to the same problem I am seeing with the Wby -- a very long throat.
So here is my theory: When working with a long throated gun, it is VERY important to make sure that the bearing surface of the projectile is still in the case neck when it contacts the rifling, and since boat tail bullets have reduced bearing surface, they may be a poor choice for accuracy.
Moreover, if the gun has sufficient magazine length, or you are willing to hand feed, a flat base bullet can be seated further out than a boat tail of similar weight, getting your ogive closer to the rifling and potentially reducing some of the negative effect of the long freebore on accuracy.
Could I be right?
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Re: Best bullet design for long throat/freebore?
I have shot both solids and lead jacketed bullets in many rifles with free bore. For years the only factory ammo available for Weatherby's was jacketed bullets. I have owned many Accumarks in 30-378 and some in 337-378 they all shot Berger's well. My primary rifle for a long time was a 30-378 with a 210 Berger seated at 3.800" and I took truck loads of game with it at all distances. One example is the Bull in my signature holding my 30-378 Accumark.
There are scads of members on here that shoot Remington Ultra Mags. Many use Bergers. All RUMs have freebore.
Here is some pretty good proof to support my statement. This is from another member with a factory barreled 300 RUM with freebore. I think it is always nice to support statements when possible. Watch the video and then draw your own conclusion about jacketed bullets and free bore
Impressed with the sendero results
In the end, there will be one bullet your rifle will shoot better than others. Or you will find the reason your rifle is giving you some fits. But my advice is to do your own research and don't limit yourself to one type of bullet. There are many out there to choose from. Do your own testing and ignore the key board warriors with no proof of statements.
Ps: in the old days I also found good accuracy with flat based bullets in Weatherby's. But the long range accuracy was poor and the BC of the boat tails were much better. I never felt I gave up any accuracy with boat tails in free bore rifles. But if you want to try a good bullet for your 340 with a flat base look at the 250 gr Nossler partition. Just realize this would not be my choice for long range hunting.
I have also found a sweet spot in my factory barreled 340 with 250's at 2900 fps. This load has worked in several 340's.
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Three first inning hits that all barely squeezed past the gloves of the Beaver defense led to a 1-0 lead that the Bees would not give up. Nathan Haynes' double was a liner that short hopped off the glove of right fielder Vince Sinsi, while Tommy Murphy and Kendry Morales' singles were both knocked down by Luis Cruz, diving at shortstop, but escaped into the outfield. This led to the frustrating start for Carrillo.
That frustration wasn't all the problems Carrillo would face, though. After another single by Haynes in the second inning that plated two runs on a throwing error by Adam Shabala, Carrillo threw a first pitch ball to the next batter and immediately signaled to pitching coach Gary Lance. After a brief visit, he pulled Carrillo from the game.
"He had a little soreness in his arm, so the best thing to do was go ahead and get him out of there and let him get seen," said manager Rick Renteria. "He'll be reevaluated and we'll see where he's at tomorrow. As it stands right now, I couldn't tell you quite frankly what it is."
Carrillo, who was sidelined last season due to a lingering strain on his pitching arm, has struggled this season. In his five starts, he has posted a 0-2 record with an 8.62 ERA. He has allowed 14 walks and 22 hits in 14.2 innings of work this season. Questions about whether last season's injury had anything to do with his early struggles have been debunked by Lance.
In Carrillo's last start against Colorado Springs on April 23, he exited after one inning because of a rain delay. In his April 18 start, Carrillo looked better when he allowed just one hit and one earned run in five innings against Sacramento, but struggled to find the zone, as he has all season, walking five batters.
Steve Watkins, who started the season on the disabled list, entered in relief of Carrillo. He didn't fair well, giving up two more runs in his 2.1 innings, with three hits and four walks. Jack Cassel also gave up two more runs in the fifth inning. A single to left, error at third by Brett Dowdy, and a walk all came with one out. Murphy then hit a ground ball to Craig Stansberry, at second base, who flipped to Luis Cruz for the start of a run saving double play. But, Cruz bobbled the ball on the transfer, which allowed the run to score. Another run scored on a passed ball to increase the Bees lead to 7-1.
A Cruz homer to left field to lead off the third inning accounted for the only Beaver run through the first eight innings. Salt Lake starting pitcher, Jonathon Rouwenhorst, picked up his second win of the season, and first as a starter, by holding the Beavers to just three hits and one run in five innings of work. He has appeared in nine games this season, mostly in relief, as this start was just his second of the season. In his only other start, Rouwenhorst lasted just three innings, giving up eight hits and four runs.
The Salt Lake bullpen held the Beavers mostly in check for the rest of the game, as Jason Bulger and Alex Serrano pitched two innings apiece to close the door. Serrano allowed one hit to Stansberry in the ninth that scored Jack Cust, who reached on a walk. The three Bees pitchers combined to strikeout 12 batters tonight.
The Beavers looked a step slower and a little out of sync in tonight's game, which could have been due to the late arrival to the ballpark this afternoon. The delay at the airport caused some players to not get to the field until after 3pm. Because of this, the players did not get their usual hitting and fielding practice prior to the game.
"We were a little tired and we'll just leave it at that," said Renteria. "Tomorrow is a new day, we'll get after it and make sure to get some good rest tonight."
It wasn't until around the sixth inning that the Beavers were able to settle down and look comfortable on defense, as Cassel led the way in shutting down the Salt Lake offense for the rest of his four innings. But, the Beaver offense never found its groove and finished the night with just four hits.


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Target: Mohsin Syed, Regional Director of the National Industrial Parks Development and Management Company
Goal: To recognize Pakistan's government for supporting construction of an eco-friendly industrial park and keeping citizens drinking water free of pollutants.
To control the spread of pollution and dangerous chemicals, Pakistan's industrial park development company established special areas for boiler-based industrial units. Pakistanis have become more aware about the effects of pollution, as dust and smoke particles reported there are two times the world average and five times that of the developed world.
Rachna Industrial Park, as well as the Combine Effluent Treatment Plant facility, were established to present hazardous chemicals from polluting drinking water. The park is being set up to supply uninterrupted power and quality drainage infrastructure for the region.
According to a Daily Times news report, Regional Director Mohsin Syed said, "environmental pollution is an emerging environmental issue in major cities of Pakistan and it is specially considered as an urban problem in Pakistan due to industrialization in major cities of Pakistan without proper planning."
We should commend the Pakistani government for supporting the this eco-friendly park putting the needs of its people and environment first. Not only will Rachna Industrial Park utilize sustainable operations, but the nearby treatment plant will ensure all industrial wastes are properly treated before disposal.
Sign the below petition to show your support of Pakistan's Rachna Instustrial Park and its dedication to keeping citizens drinking water free of pollutants.
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By implementing sustainable construction projects like Rachna Industrial Park, you are helping Pakistanis stay healthy and be proud about the growing economy. Your egalitarian approach to this project has brought the interests of industrialists and citizens together and maintained order in the transition to more environmentally-friendly practices.
I look forward to seeing how Rachna creates positive economic and environmental effects for your organization and the people you are helping to live better every day.
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300 yards to the Long Sands Beach. 10 minute walk to York Beach Center attractions. Spacious home has 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. This is the perfect house for large family get togethers. There are 3 living area/family room spaces, a game room and a large eat in kitchen with a large dining area. . Large back yard for wiffleball and BBQs. Walking distance to 2 beaches, a downtown area with shops and restaurants. Also just a short drive for golf, boat excursions and antiquing in nearby Ogunquit and Kennebunkport. Plenty of parking in driveway for up to 5 vehicles. House is meticulously cared for.
Walk to Beach: Thank you for reading about our house. The house is located within walking distance from two beautiful beaches. Long Sands is a 1 mile stretch of sandy beach ideal for swimming, surfing, boogie boarding, wiffle ball and long walks on the beach. There are a number of beach eateries, ice cream shops and a surf store.
Less than a 10 minute walk in the other direction, you will reach Short Sands beach. Short Sands is smaller beach with a boardwalk. The Short Sands beach area hosts a brand new playground, 2 full size basketball courts and a gazebo that is home to weekly live entertainment in the summer. York Beach Center, is just past Short Sands beach. York Beach Center features numerous gift shops, restaurants and is home to York's Wild Kingdom. The Wild Kingdom is an amusement park and a zoo!. Perfect for families.
Owner was super nice and welcoming, let us in a bit early as we were traveling with small children. House was amazing, many beds to accommodate a large family. 5 minutes from long sands and 10 to short (with many kids in tow). Highly recommended.
Just got home from one of our best stays at York. Weather was great, house was top notch, and location was smack in the middle of Long Sands and Short Sands. Plenty of room for two families to stay together and have friends visit for the day. House is well equipped and clean, clean, clean. Day one we decided to rent again next year and we hadn't been to the beach yet. Close enough to walk back for bathroom and resupplying the water and snacks.
For many years three generations of our family spend a week in a house in York Beach, Maine. This has been our favorite house by far. The house is spacious and clean with an excellent location to both Long Sands and Short Sands. We cannot wait to come back!!!
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- - running rigging replacement cost for a 30ft (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/76487-running-rigging-replacement-cost-30ft.html)
running rigging replacement cost for a 30ft
I had an idea to hire out running rigging replacement on a 30ft sloop, with nothing fancy, just a double braid polyester. The estimate turned out to be 1700-2000+. So I told the rigger to replace just the main halyard for now (and I will do the rest by myself). He wants close to $500 for the halyard. This seems like at least 4x or 5x the cost of materials. Does this seem reasonable or am being taken for a ride?
Don't know about the price but you may want to consider sta-set-x for the halyard as it is only a few penny's more than stay-set (double braid) but with less stretch.
Also I would want to know if the shivs need replacing as that would up the cost.
So if your mast is what less than 40' and you have the halyard run back to the cockpit you have maybe 90' of line probably 5/16" or 3/8" at about a $1.00 a foot retail and possibly a new shackle and about two hours maybe three at $100 an hour it looks like 3 to 4 hundred might be closer unless you are not telling us something.
Like the boat is on a mooring a mile out in the harbor and the line parted and the mast needs to be climbed.
not hiding anything :). The old halyard is in place and the boat is at the dock, not far from the rigger guy, who is no doubt very experienced.
If you are saying that replacing a main halyard, without going aloft, requires three hours of highly skilled $100/hr labor and $200 worth of materials then I'm fine with it. I'm going to it in any case because I've bothered the person enough to feel obligated to order at least some service.
Here is a tip: do it yourself. It is actually pretty easy to do.
Halyards are pretty easy to replace by stitching the new line onto an end of the old line and pulling it through. David is right that if your sheaves at the top of the mast are messed up this can be much more difficult to do.
Most of the lines on your boat are easy to replace but the line may cost a significant amount of money. I'd guess that you could replace ALL your running rigging on a Tartan 30 for under $500 in materials.
I'd consider getting this sewing tool to attach the 2 lines together: BAINBRIDGE INTL Needle at West Marine
be smart about burning the ends of each line you cut.
Hey Caleb, yes I just did not realize that DIY is that much more appealing. ;) I already got more than half of the rigging from cajun ropes and I did take a splicing class two winters ago. The first rigger I called (Welcome | www.westriverrigging.com) said he closed business because he could barely recover the shop and insurance cost ($20k/year). And this second rigger basically priced himself out of doing a bigger job for the entire boat. I don't quite get the economics of it ;)
When we got our Taran 27' about 8 years ago the PO spent the day with me and we replaced a sheet and and a halyard together. It was not difficult to do without going up the mast in a boasuns chair. There is also the trick of using a paper clip that has been bent into a double hook arrangement to grab each end of the line.
You don't really want a joint between the lines that is fatter so splicing might or might not work as well as just sewing the two bitter ends together and covering with the rigging tape of your choice.
I also really like to know how my running rigging lines are routed.
DIY makes sense to me.
I replaced the main halyard and spin halyard on my previous boat. Had the eye splices done by Defender's rigging service and pulled them through using a light messenger with the mast up. Pretty easy job.
Zib, I'm with Caleb on this one. $300 worth of labor, hell, I'd be ashamed if it took me a single hour to replace an existing line with a new one. Buy an extra ten feet of line and a splicing kit and video, spend some time learning how to splice in whatever the end fitting will be and consider yourself well paid by the savings.
Or run a messenger line with the old halyard, then drop the new line and eye off at a shop and have someone make the splice. That surely can't cost more than $75....and you can still feed the new halyard "backwards" with the messenger line that way.
The rigger's time is certainly worth money, but three hours at a hundred apiece to run a halyard...I hope that includes a titanium shackle, because the price of gold is only $1600 an ounce these days and 24k plating doesn't need a dollar's worth of it.
I'm modifying deck layout and running everything back to the cockpit ... no real existing hardware (I have to purchase) so it was relatively easy to spec size.
I sketched out each and every line ... measured what I could to determine what I wanted/needed ... read as many posts as I could here and on Cruiser's Forum and Anything Sailing regarding grade and quality ... personally spoke with 2 riggers and 3 chandleries ... got quotes from Cajun Rope (good place to look and compare notes as they have premade kits id'd for many size boats) and two other places as well as searching ebay for bulk ...
and in the end ... ending up purchasing at R&W Rope ... (as suggested by SailingDog somewhere here awhile ago) ... great helpful people and very competitive pricing ...
You might just give them a try ... (no affliation)
and yes ... do it yourself ... I'm 63 and not the most mechanically inclined ... but it sure aids in learning ...
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Thu., March 12, 2009, 1:03 p.m.
Shadle boys eliminated
Talk about one that got away, the Shadle Park boys basketball team had its season end when Lakes rallied for an overtime win.
Anthony Brown had an outstanding game but his miscues contributed to the Highlanders' demise.
Read on for the unedited version of the story that will be in Friday's paper.
Anthony Brown went out with style – some of it in fashion, some out.
That allowed Lakes to eliminate the Highlanders 72-64 Thursday morning at the State 3A boys basketball tournament in the Tacoma Dome.
"I just wasn't tough enough," said Brown, who fouled out with 1:13 remaining after an unnecessary backcourt foul following his turnover. "I missed two easy shots, had a couple of stupid fouls and fouled out. I wanted to be there at the end. Too many stupid mistakes."
The Highlanders had 23 turnovers (seven by Brown as he tried to do too much at times) which the Lancers turned into 24 points. Lakes (17-8) really amped up the pressure late when they stole the game.
"We gave it away,"
When Matt Barnes scored on a put-back with 2:25 to play, Shadle (20-7) was up 58-54 with 2:25 left in regulation. But the next two possessions were turnovers, which the Lancers turned into a basket and two free throws, tying the game with 1:52 to play.
Then came a 5-second call against Brown with 1:32 to go. Lakes, which lost in the championship game last year, played for a last shot and never got an attempt.
Overtime started with a Brown floater in the lane but Shadle's next four possessions were three misses and a turnover. Brown fed Barnes to tie the game at 62, but then the roof caved again.
"We had good looks," Gaebe said. "It came down to making plays and we didn't make them. The bottom line is we needed to play better."
The Highlanders shot 52.2 percent in the first half, thanks to a string of making eight in a row. It started with a 3 from the left corner by Taylor Pettersen that broke a 7-7 tie midway through the first quarter. With seven straight, Shadle ended the quarter on a 9-1 run that stretched to 14-1 into the second and finished with a 25-10 lead. Brown was the focal point, obviously, on his way to a 16-point, 12-rebound half.
Lakes used a 9-0 surge to get back into the game.
"They're a quick team, a good team," Brown said. "Unfortunately we weren't tough at the end and that hurt us."
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Fresh Tomatoes vs. Canned Tomatoes
If you've ever eaten a tomato in February, then you are well aware of the challenges that a fresh tomato faces. It's a seasonal food. But even in season, canned tomatoes offer something that fresh can't. Tomatoes are preserved using heat, which releases lycopene—a carotenoid that may help prevent prostate and breast cancer. And canned tomatoes are super-easy: they're already peeled, chopped and ready to cook with! Canned tomatoes are now available in glass jars or aseptic boxes in addition to "BPA-free" cans. That's good news, because many cans, especially those used for acidic foods like tomatoes, are manufactured with BPA (bisphenol A). Why worry about BPA? Studies have linked BPA to infertility, heart disease and diabetes. In March 2012, the FDA ruled against a proposed ban of BPA use in food and drink packaging, based on "insufficient evidence" that BPA from these sources causes any ill effects. However, the FDA is encouraging packagers to find alternatives to BPA, and studies on its effects are ongoing.
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Oprah Is Giving And Taping Down Under
While down under, she donated one million dollars worth of computer equipment to a boys school. Each student and teacher received a laptop. She also presented a $250,000 check to a man battling cancer. All this after she gave away trips and cars during her last Favorite Things show a few weeks ago. Oprah may be ending her talk show after 25 years on the air but her giving and big heart will never quit!


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Ravens' Webb hurts knee
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Baltimore, MD Baltimore Ravens cornerback Lardarius Webb left Sunday's 31-29 win against the Dallas Cowboys and did not return. Webb departed the contest late in the first quarter with an apparent leg injury, which was later downgraded to knee sprain.
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More people have their sights set on buying a home in the next few years amid signs of growing optimism in the British housing market, research has found.
One third (33 per cent) of Britons surveyed have ambitions to buy a property within five years, showing a jump from 29 per cent when similar research was carried out a year ago, the Post Office said.
Two-fifths (39 per cent) of people who are planning to make a purchase will be first-time buyers, a sector which has particularly struggled in recent years, with many would-be buyers trapped in the rental sector.
The study suggested that government schemes to unblock the flow of lending have generally boosted buyers' confidence about their ability to get a mortgage.
of Londoners are not confident that they will ever buy a property, marking the lowest share in the survey.
One in six (16 per cent) people surveyed said that they have no chance of being able to raise enough cash for a deposit, showing a sharp drop from nearly a quarter (24 per cent) when research took place last year.
However, the findings also suggest that the market is likely to be busier in London and the South East, where house prices have already been holding up relatively strongly.
Almost half (48 per cent) of Londoners, and 37 per cent of people living in the South East plan to buy a home in the next five years, compared with 26 per cent of people in the North East and 30 per cent in the North West.
Just over a quarter (26 per cent) of people surveyed in Scotland, and 25 per cent in Wales, said that they plan to buy a property in the coming years, showing lower proportions than the average across the study.
Some 12 per cent of Londoners are not confident that they will ever buy a property, marking the lowest share in the survey.
This compares with 23 per cent of people in the Northeast, 18 per cent in Scotland and 21 per cent in Wales who do not believe that they will ever buy a home.
The number of mortgages on the market has increased and lenders have been slashing their rates following the introduction of the Government's Funding for Lending scheme last August, which aims to encourage borrowing by households and firms by giving lenders access to cheap finance.
More than 3,000 homes have also been reserved under the Government's Newbuy scheme, which was launched last March and gives buyers with a deposit of just five per cent a helping hand to buy a new build property.
Recent Bank of England figures have shown steady increases in the number of mortgage approvals to home buyers and the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) also recently reported an uplift in lending to first-time buyers.
The CML said last month that it feels more positive about the UK housing market and the wider economy than a year ago.
John Willcock, head of mortgages at the Post Office, said: "It's really encouraging to see such optimism among potential homebuyers...
"The changing lending landscape, housing market movement and the availability of more affordable mortgages in early 2013, has perhaps cajoled many into feeling more confident about the future of the housing market, with more people hoping to move, or buy a property for the first time, over the next few years."
More than 2,000 people took part in the latest research in January.
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