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I will be in the charlotte area sometime in April which will be a weekend trip. I know that Spartanberg is approximately 1 hour to 1 Hour and 30 min by car and bus. The only day I will be able to go to Spartanberg is for Sunday which will be one day. I noticed that alot of the museums are open from mon- Sat and are closed on Sundays. Is there any one who has been there or lives there that can recomment what to do for someone who is only going to be in the area on sunday only. Is it a nice place or boring. Once again I will be in Charlotte in April on the weekend. And the only time I can go to Spartanburg is for a sunday. Does anyone have any recommendations if there is anything to do there on Sundays being that most museums are closed. Thanks.
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Why is it you want to go to Spartanburg in particular? There are other things to do in Charlotte.
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The art museum in Greenville is open on Sundays and even has special events on Sundays -
According to the website, their Wyeth collection is currently closed. I went years ago and it was wonderful. Check the website to see the other exhibits that are open.
Downtown Greenville is really nice. A great place to walk around, shop, eat, etc -
Be sure to stop in and wander around the Mast General store -
As you walk through Downtown Greenville you can also hunt for the 9 bronze mice from Goodnight Moon -
Not Spartanburg, but ideas for an enjoyable Sunday nearby
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Actually i been to charlotte a couple of times before, i just though since im in the area I should check out spartanberg being that it is close by.
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Starrs rec of Greenville is good. It's too bad the Wyeth collection is closed--maybe on tour, Starrs?
Another nice visit is Winston Salem and LOTs to do at Old Salem.
If you are into wineries, there are good ones north and west of Charlotte, but not sure about Sunday openings in that part of NC.
AND perhaps Charlotte has opened at least 4 new museums since your last visit, notably the Bechtler and the new Mint downtown. You might not need to leave town at all.
There is also the Museum of History and the Hezekiah Alexander house, and Latta Plantation.
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Starrs, your link to downtown Greenville is for Ohio, not South Carolina. Here's one for SC:
OP, I'm pretty sure everyone is steering you away from Spartanburg for a reason!
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Since you bring up "downtown Greenville Ohio", be it known that this is where KitchenAid mixers are made, and they have a good outlet store!! Also a wonderful old mill nearby that sells stone ground flour and other cool kitchen type things. It's a bit far from Charlotte, however!!
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Oh, let me also say that April in Charlotte will be drop dead beautiful with flowers and trees doing their magical thing!!
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Oops, sorry!
Here's my favorite shop in downtown Greenville SC -
so cute!
I don't have any specific reason to steer AWAY from Spartanburg. I just don't know much to recommend in Spartanburg. They've just a very nice job with Downtown Greenville and it's a great place to stroll, eat, shop. The sushi restaurant is good and the tapas restaurant is VERY good. http://www.thecazbah.com/locations
(didn't know there's one in Greer).
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If you can switch your day to Saturday - and want to explore a pretty area - visit the Jugtown potteries.
Some may be open on Sunday but I think most are closed.
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Great idea. I was going to suggest it, but am also pretty sure they are largely closed on Sunday. Also, pack a lunch!! There is not much in the way of eateries in the area, including Seagrove. They will have replenished their wares by then from the Christmas sellout.
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Gretchen, I started clicking on the list last night and only found one (out of about six) open on Sundays. I'd be discouraged on a Sunday. But, truly, driving around that area and stopping in small, family owned potteries is a WONDERFUL way to spend a day. You are driving through a very rural, although beautiful area, and it's fun to see what's around the next corner. It reminds me of driving around Sonoma, stopping in at random small wineries. It's my favorite way to "do" the wine country. Stopping by the potters is just as much fun.
Good idea about the lunch.
Sidetrack to Gretchen - have you ever been to Park Seed in Greenwood in the spring? I never have but always wanted to. I'd love to walk around their trial gardens.
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Hey starrs, let's go to park's in spring. I've never been etiher and I am a Master Gardener. I know, bad.
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So cool! Okay. It's a deal
I wanna be a Master Gardener too.
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Oh, I know a lot about Seagrove!! It is an absolute goldmine. An interesting side note is that it is one of the few places that jasper clay (the white decoration on Wedgwood) is available. I have a truly neat thing from there, indicative of the availability of the type of clay. It is a dirt dauber's nest that the potter fired. It is just gorgeous--it looks like porcelain!!
For any that don't know,, there are more than a hundred potteries in that area.
Haven't been to Park's but that is where we ordered DH's greenhouse many years ago. That would be a good trip, especially for DH--the true gardener.
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I have been to Spartenburg too many times! You probably want to go to Greenville.........or........The BMW Factory in Spartenburg (near the airport)for the tour!!!
gee.....I wonder how I knew that??
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Wasn't Spartenburg the home of Spartan Industries parent company of the old Spartan discount chain. They manufactured cheap clothing into the seventies.
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Accessories & Cool Tools: Extra Large Cogs Double Punch (118873 Summer mini), 5/16" Neutrals Jumbo Brads (112534), Metal Sheets – craft store
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love the card! how did you make the background on the metal?
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The Allocation of Resources by Interest Groups: Lobbying, Litigation and Administrative Regulation
One of the central concerns about American policy-making institutions is the degree to which political outcomes can be influenced by interested parties. While the literature on interest group strategies in particular institutions - legislative, administrative, and legal is extensive, there is very little scholarship which examines how the interdependencies between institutions affects the strategies of groups. In this paper we examine in a formal theoretical model, how the opportunity to litigate administrative rulemaking in the courts affects the lobbying strategies of competing interest groups at the rulemaking stage. Using a resource-based view of group activity, we develop a number of important insights about each stage - which cannot be observed by examining each one in isolation. We demonstrate that lobbying effort responds to the ideology of the court, and the responsiveness of the court to resources. In particular, 1) as courts become more biased toward the status quo, interest group lobbying investments become smaller, and may be eliminated all together, 2) as interest groups become wealthier, they spend more on lobbying, and 3) as the responsiveness of courts to resources decreases, the effect it has on lobbying investments depends on the underlying ideology of the court.
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- Groseclose, Tim, 1996. "An Examination of the Market for Favors and Votes in Congress," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 34(2), pages 320-340, April.
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Recreational Hunting
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Round 1
This debate will be centered around the question of whether or not recreational hunting is good, both morally and environmentally. I will take the Con side of this question and will attempt to prove that recreational hunting is both immoral and environmentally harmful.
I have made this debate impossible to accept, and I ask that anybody who wishes to debate this topic leave a comment or PM me. I hope that this will be a civil debate, as I have had a number of let downs as of late.
The debate structure will be generic, with the first round for acceptance only.
Recreation: Activities done for enjoyment.
Hunting: The act or sport of chasing and killing wild animals.
Recreational Hunting: Chasing and killing wild animals for one's one enjoyment.
I Hope that this turns out to be a fun debate, and good luck!
Good luck to the Instigator, or, as some of me and my friends say in competitions of skill... "Happy Hunting...".
Round 2: Argument
For this debate, I will attempt to show that recreational hunting (defined in round 1) is both immoral and negative for the environment. Therefore I will split my opening argument into two, fundamental subdivisions which are:
D1: Morality
D2: Environmental Impact
D1: Morality
Argument #1: Hunting to Extinction
Due to the fact that the human race has such a massive population it is easy to understand how if even a small percentage of them (approximately 5%) hunt, then there is the possibility of driving a certain species to extinction. The famous example of over hunting would be the Dodo Bird, which was hunted to extinction just one hundred years after Europeans discovered it in the late 16th century. However, the Dodo Bird is not an exception as there are dozens of other species that suffered a similar fate, such as the Tasmanian tiger and the Great auk [1].
Since the beginning of the 17th century there has been a record of over one hundred animals that have become extinct due to human beings [2]. Graph A shows that 23, or about 1/4, of these extinctions have occurred due to hunting. If one were to do do the math, that would equivilate to about 25 species that have become extinct due to hunting.
Graph A:
Admittedly, it is true that not all of these species became extinct due to recreational hunting, and not because of just regular hunting for the sake of providing food. However, due to the fact that the vast majority of mammals became extinct in the 1900's, a period in time where humans were no longer required to hunt in order to feed themselves due to an agricultural boom, it is clear that the majority of animals that became extinct due to hunting were the victims of recreational hunting, and not regular hunting. Graph B displays the overrwhleming number of mammals that became extinct during the 1900's.
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This raises the question: is it right that human beings should have the ability to kill and lead an animal to extinction solely for the sake of recreation. In my opinion, absolutely not.
Argument #2: Pain of the animal
Another point that shows that recreational hunting is immoral is the fact that a large portion of the animals that are the victims of recreational hunters are not killed instantly and therefore suffer immense pain. One study about British deer hunting showed that 11% of deer killed by recreational hunters were shot multiple times and often took over fifteen minutes to die [3].
Another study on 80 white tailed deer revealed that twenty-two of them had been shot with "traditional archery equipment". As if this wasn't inhumane enough, the study showed that of these twenty-two deer, eleven of them had been grievously injured, yet were not recovered by the hunters [4]. Yet another study conducted by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks revealed that over 3 million wounded ducks shot by hunters go unretrieved every year [5]. Both of these studies show that a large amount of recreational hunters hunt solely for the purpose of killing animals, and have no intention of using them in any useful way after that. I believe that this certainly qualifies as immoral, as there is absolutely no justification for killing a creature that is weaker than you are solely for the sake of killing.
D2: Environmental Impact
Argument #1: Effects on the biosphere
Over hunting a particular species does not only effect that species, but every other species that lives in the same ecosystem [6]. To give an example, let us create a hypothetical situation. In said situation there is a Parasitic relationship (meaning that one species is benefiting at the expense of another species) between wolves and deer. However the relationship is quite stable as there are never enough wolves to truly wipe out all the deer and there are enough deer for the wolves to have plenty of food. However, if we introduce hunting into this scenario, the entire relationship will be destroyed. If humans start hunting deer, then the deer population will inevitably drop due to the combined factors of better technology, a higher population of human hunters, and the continued threat of the wolves. Once the deer population drops, the wolves will no longer have there food source and inevitably their population will decline as well. If humans continue to hunt in this region, they will eventually hunt the deer to extinction, and by doing so will cause the wolves to become extinct due to the fact that they had lost their food source.
This clearly shows how hunting does not solely effect the prey, and often times the relationship is more complex than the generic deer-wolf example, therefore effecting more species. In truth, hunting can sometimes benefit another species and therefore become prosperous. However, this should be avoided as well because a rapid increase in population of a particular species can prove to be damaging for the other species in the ecosystem.
Argument #2: Hunting creates starvation
Ironically, nowadays hunting actually causes starvation more than it provides food. It does not create starvation within the human community, however it does generally cause starvation to the victims of hunting. There are many reasons for why this happens, such as:
a) Hunting causes the victims to move out of the ecosystem that they were previously living in. If this happens, the species is going to have a difficult time feeding itself due to the unfamiliar environment in which they are now living in.
b) Hunting can cause a break up the so-called "family" of a species. These families stay together in order to feed and protect themselves. If this group is split up, the individuals are going to have a hard time fending for the selves, due to the fact that they don't have the support of their family.
c) If an animal is shot and wounded, yet not received by the hunter, it will obviously have a very difficult time getting food for itself in the wild. Since over 30% of animals shot are not killed, but wounded, it is clear that their is a significant amount of animals that die of starvation because they cannot feed themselves anymore [7].
I have shown that recreational hunting is an unnecessary and harmful act due to the fact that it is both immoral and harmful to the environment. I look forward to hearing my opponents argument in the next round.
[1] http://www.mnn.com...
[2] http://www.nationalgeographic.com...
[3] E.L. Bradshaw and P. Bateson, "Welfare Implications of Culling Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus)," Animal Welfare 9 (2000): 3–24.
[4] Stephen S. Ditchkoff et al., "Wounding Rates of White-Tailed Deer With Traditional Archery Equipment," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (1998)
[5] Spencer Vaa, "Reducing Wounding Losses," South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, accessed 25 July 2013
*For Sources 1,2,3, and 4 use {http://www.peta.org...} as a URL to find them.
[6] http://regulatehunting.blogspot.com...
[7] http://smmcroberts.net...
Men kill animals, and eat their flesh. This particularly pointed concept is at the heart of many debates regarding hunting since the modernization of farming. There really is no such thing as "un-recreational" hunting, at least in civilized societies. Animals are slaughtered, herds killed in droves with each tick of the clock across the world to satisfy our hunger, so the morality of killing for food is a moot point: we do it all the time without batting an eye. The only real question behind it is motive. This question is better summed up by asking it in reverse from the (inevitable) death of an animal. Did we kill it for the sheer joy of killing it? Was it the challenge of marksmanship and the field craft of stealth? Was it the personal desire to take an animal on your own, rather than relying on a grocer, or butcher to sell you the same creature? Did something better come from the act? The morality of an animal"s death is based solely on the desire of huntsman, which is NOT to be confused with their skills of marksmanship, their knowledge of tracking, or the random happenstance that might cause an unclean kill. No reasonable person wants an animal dead JUST for the delight of its death. Unlike the Johnny Cash tune about man, no one shoots a deer "Just to watch"em die".
Man has a desire for independence. We enjoy being able to do things on our own, be it fix our own vehicle, build our own living spaces, and yes, even provide our own food. This desire doesn"t stem from malevolence toward nature. We as a specie want to keep and hone the ability to harvest our own necessities, but Con would have you believe that to be immoral.
Environmental Impact:
Now, before it gets brought up, Pro will state that indeed many hunted animals are not killed for their meat. They are not killed because they poses some quality that the hunter will harvest and use for a better benefit, and indeed, they killed by sportsman. Who would want a creature killed in such a manner? Ironically, nature herself. Con was polite enough to mention this premise, so Pro will in turn be kind enough to explain it. With the unnatural introduction of specie (which as Con volunteered, generates 16% more animal extinctions than hunting), who better than to thwart that problem than hunters! The benefits to nature are of course immediately found, the foreign specie is systematically exterminated so that the balance on the local ecosystem isn"t violated or is at the very least mitigated [1]. This, combined with hunter initiated conservation efforts to correct the irresponsible (but far from immoral) over hunts of the past can be used to restore the natural balance. This doesn"t include the other benefits to such a hunt, like the permits paid for, the local merchants that can cater to such a hunt, and the various industries that are now supporting what should be dubbed an eco-friendly act. Speaking in dollars and cents, hunting generates 1.6 billion dollars per year toward conservation efforts, and through taxes and permits fund the US fish and Wildlife Service, and Forestry Service, [2] but, again, Con would have you believe all that to be immoral.
So, obviously, trophies are bad. Killing an animal for the purpose of stuffing it, and hanging it on the wall just to say "Look what I did!" is despicable, right? What if it"s done for the betterment of the specie as a whole? Or even MORE specie than the one hunted? Many big game hunts, the variety of which that garner negative attention by their controversial nature, neglect to have the benefit or even the cause of such a hunt publicized. The shock value of the slaughter of one African Rhino via sold hunting permit drives viewers, but does the other factors of such a location and practice a disservice. Wildlife refuges in impoverished nations have sold hunting permits on specific nuisance rhinos (nuisance to either local human populations or even a detriment to the herd itself), generating 6 figures per trophy that may go toward anti-poaching efforts and extension of the refuge. Furthermore, additional monies (upwards of 11 million collectively for this practice!) go to further aid the local community via eco-tourism. The benefits of a managed hunt easily outweigh the generated hysteria of such a harvest. [3]
Such an overall positive benefit cannot and should not be considered immoral, and as shown, recreational hunting brngs such a benefit. Money is generated for conservation efforts, practical solutions for alien specie can be adopted, and nuisance animals are dealt with. Speaking on the morality of hunting when compared to the whole of society consuming animals on an industrial scale makes the prospect of calling such hunting 'immoral' almost hypocritical.
Resolved: Recreational hunting and its environmental impact is an upright and moral one.
[1] http://news.discovery.com...
For more interesting facts and figures about the benefits of huntering, give [2] a good look over, the various industries and side benefits of permitted recreational hunting are more completely listed!
Round 3: Rebuttals
I apologize for the late response, as school has required a large amount of my attention. With that aside, lets move on to the rebuttals.
I thank my opponent for recognizing that animals are rarely shot in the wild for food anymore, and more often are shot by recreational hunters. However, I find that the argument that shooting an animal to prove ones personal skills and independence is moral to be highly impractical. I find that there is nothing moral in shooting a defenseless creature with a gun from one hundred yards away.
Independence is not a valid reason for murder. If I were to commit murder against a fellow human being, could that be justified by me saying that I wanted to see if I had the ability to kill another. Absolutely not, and if you do believe that this is justified then I believe that you might be slightly psychotic. I understand that murdering a fellow human being is not exactly the same as killing a deer in the woods, but the basic principal remains intact. Murder for the purpose of proving ones sovereignty and skill cannot be justified in any regard.
Environmental Impact
The flaw with my opponents argument is that the majority of invasive species are not mammals, but rather are plants. These plants (i.e. Purple Loosetrife) are infamous for reproducing rapidly and therefore crowding out the majority of the other plants in an ecosystem. This greatly harms said ecosystem because once these plants are essentially driven out by the invasive species, the primary consumers which feed upon these plants run out of their food source and therefore die out. This is why species introductions account for 39% of animal extinctions since 1600. Unless my opponent proposes that hunters go out and shoot at the invasive plants, which I would heavily endorse, then my opponents argument is invalid.
My opponent also points out that hunting can sometimes be beneficial to an ecosystem as a whole, because it can limit the success of an overly-dominant species. However, if we turn back to the classic wolf and deer relationship, I can show how this is not always a successful path. When colonists first arrived in American in the 17th century, they discovered that their was a huge and thriving population of Gray Wolves. Afraid that the wolves would kill both their livestock and their children, the colonists sought to eradicate the Gray Wolf population by hunting them. The colonists, and eventually the Americans, were so successful that they nearly succeeded in their original goal of eradicating the Gray Wolf, and by 1960 the Gray Wolf population in the contiguous US had dropped to just 300 [1]. This, however, proved to have a negative influence on the biosphere as a whole. With such a small population of wolves, deer thrived and their populations boomed. This had an extremely negative effect on the plants, as the huge deer population resulted in overgrazing. This caused there to be a huge drop in food sources for a huge number of animals and their populations consequently plummeted as well.
Once the Americans realized that they had made a huge mistake by killing off all the wolves, they began to try and help the wolf population re grow. One perfect example of this would be at Yellowstone National Park. At Yellowstone, the ecosystem had been suffering greatly because the deer had overgrazed the parks plants. Therefore the National Park Service decided to reintroduce the wolf population in 1993 [2]. Graph C shows the population of deer in Yellowstone.
Graph C:
It is clear that the deer population had been prospering after the wolves had been eradicated, however when wolves were reintroduced the population began to decrease nearly instantly.
This example shows how hunting a dominant animal in an ecosystem will inevitably have repercussions due to the fact that every single creature in said ecosystem impacts each other in one way or another.
I have shown that their is both no legitimate way to justify the shooting of another animal for recreation and that hunting will not always prove to be beneficial to an ecosystem, and most often will prove to be a negative effect.
[1] http://www.missionwolf.org...
[2] http://www.nps.gov...
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Morality and Independence:
Con has opined that shooting an animal to prove one's personal skills and independence to be highly impractical, and there is nothing moral about shooting a defenseless creature, specifically with a gun, at distance. While broken down into component parts for shock, Con decided to avoid a very prominent factor of Pro's argument, which Pro would contend is rather important to a basic understanding of freedom. Pro wouldn't be so base as to call it patriotic, but there is a certain degree of latitude one must assign to an individual whom would prefer to stalk and kill their own food rathern than depend upon others for their provisions, and that skill is one deserving of practice. Con furthers their opinion into the human realm, by stating that murdering a human for the purposes of seeing if they could would be psychotic, but there is a fundamental difference between humans and animals. Well, in light of appreciating differences between humans and animals, I would like to remind Con that we do hold regular competitions in which we as humans beat, shoot, punch, kick, tackle, and grapple with eachother, for no better reason than to demonstrate superiority and martial prowess. Boxing, mixed martial arts competitions, paint ball/airsoft events, football, wrestling... these are all contests in which we demonstrate as a human we could have done in another human, and in some extreme cases, some actually are and have been at such events.
Now, on the topic of impractical: it is NOT immoral for one to have a taste for duck. Or venison. Or turkey. Is there really an appreciable difference in morality in which hundreds are slaughtered in mass, as opposed to one wanting to shoot a duck for one's self to eat? Clearly, it was a recreational hunt, one doesn't need to chase and kill anything. Pro contends that a hunt of such a nature is more 'moral' than a store bought counterpart. If the hunt fails, no duck (or venison or turkey) is killed. On the flip side, in the name of what Con is calling 'practicality', thousands are still butchered regardless of the appetite. How is it immoral for ONE person to feed ONE self a desired flavor of game? Considering that "...Eliminating just half of the waste at just the consumer level would spare the lives of over 500 million chickens used for their meat, over 35 million egg-laying hens, over 15 million pigs and over 3 million cows each year....", suddenly recreational hunting on a meal-to-occasional-meal basis seems decidedly sound, rather than leaving millions of pounds of domesticated stock to rot. [1] This makes the unrecoverable or wounded animals from hunters seem paltry by comparison, if operating on a moral scale. How does game that a recreational hunter want to eat but gets left in-field due to circumstances morally stack up against thousands, no, millions of other animals whom were killed and subsequently wasted based on flighty consumer buying trends?
The pain of the animal is of course a serious question, but lets be real: no hunter wants that! Further expenditure of ammunition, further tracking a wounded animal, then lugging it back to a base camp or vehicle... its all a much greater chore than to shoot once, decisively through a practiced skill. The recreational hunter no more wants an unclean kill than a slaughterhouse wants the same for its raw materials, its not worth the cleanup to do a sloppy job in the first place. Not to argue in a circle, but if we are speaking on a morally relativistic scale, again, how does wounded and suffering animals stack up to the millions wasted via a so called 'practical' method? Kantian philosophy aside, surely a quantity argument could be made for cruelty through industrial farming versus recreational hunting. By sheer volume of waste, and how its self perpetuating and largely unchecked, Con doesn't have a moral leg to stand on.
Invasive Specie:
Pro does not consider boar, nutria, pythons, lionfish, carp, or certain frog varieties to be 'plant' life. These have all been listed as invasive specie around the US, whose hunts (or potential hunts) all can halt their numbers, and generate money for further conservation and (in the case of say.... certain wolves?) fund repopulation and reintroduction efforts.
On Gray Wolves and deer: "Afraid that the wolves would kill both their livestock and their children, the colonists sought to eradicate the Gray Wolf population by hunting them." Pro was under the impression that this debate was about recreational hunting, and not the protection of a livelihood, or protection of children. Pro would further ask of Con regarding wolves and deer, which we are to be more concerned with? The specie that doubled, and subsequently was being returned to its numbers post-end of wolf hunts? By looking at that graph, it would seem that the numbers of deer were roughly equivalent to numbers pre wolf shoots, and by extension problematic over population and over grazing, has been satisfied, assuming of course the fires and drought didn't immediately rectify part of that problem already.
Pro is begining to notice that a lot of the arguments put forth by Con are relying on form of pre-enlightenment. In the way of technology and tracking, things really took off in the 60's. People (Hippies!) became more aware of the world around them, and a generation of advocates, conservationists, and even educated hunters came about. The "Green Movement" spurred various eco-movements that have both benefitted from and contributed to well regulated recreational hunting. Bluntly, Pro would like to suggest that an immoral hunter whom kills animals to extinction, wastes their meat, and inflicts cruelty for the purpose of cruelty is a charicature. Its an illogical construction designed to embody the worst of an idea to bring a gain. Even the most selfish of people could understand that if they enjoy hunting, killing something for the sheer joy of killing it into annhilation becomes self defeating, their source of joy would be gone. It begs the question if this is a 'sins of the father' discussion? Even then I would contend that hunters of bygone eras weren't immoral.
Just uneducated.
[1] http://www.countinganimals.com...
Round 4: Final Rebuttals
As this is the final round, I would like to thank my opponent for engaging in this debate with me. It has been an extremely fun and also informational debate.
Now on to the final rebuttals.
Morality and Independence
I feel that I must have misunderstood my opponents original rebuttal. Rather than saying that people are killing animals solely for the sake of seeing if they could do it, my opponent claims that people hunt down animals for the sake of feeding themselves as opposed to buying their own food. This argument makes much more sense, however I still find it impractical. It is legitimate to say that murder for the sake of feeding yourself is justified. However, the only problem with this point is that the majority of hunters are not hunting for the sake of feeding themselves, but rather are hunting for the sake of recreation.
As for the sports argument I see that there are two very different things between killing another man/woman and simply fighting or wrestling with him/her. Also, I disagree with the claim that these sports are being played with the sole intention of demonstrating superiority. It might be true that this is how some or even most of these sports originated from, however now people participate in such events so as to simply play the sport itself. In a way, I find this similar to the case of recreational hunting, as the hunters have lost their original intentions of killing for the sake of providing food and now simply kill for the sake of recreation.
Moving on to the next argument, I once again agree with my opponent that it is reasonable to shoot a duck or deer or any other wild animal if you have the sole intention of providing food for yourself. However, due to the fact that hunters no longer both need or want to shoot animals for their meat, the argument that hunting is more moral than slaughterhouses is faulty. I would also like to remind my opponent that this debate is about the topic of recreational hunting, which defined in round one as "Chasing and killing wild animals for one's enjoyment". This argument is leading in to the realm of hunting for neccesity rather than hunting for recreation.
Finally, for the final argument about the pain of the animal. My opponent suggests that since the hunter has no intention of harming the animal, therefore it is perfectly OK for them to shoot it even if it brings great pain to the animal in question. Allowing an animal to survive through an extremely painful wound in the wild is the very definition of immorality, and it would be much better for the hunter to simply kill the animal rather than let it suffer its fate in the wilderness. My opponent also dropped my argument about how hunting creates starvation, which is another point that shows how hunting is generally immoral.
Invasive Species
I understand my opponents argument that not all invasive species are plants, and that there are actually a great many of them which are animals. However the vast majority of invasive species are indeed plants, and the plants are what cause the vast majority of the number of extinctions caused by invasive species [1]. The reason for this is because the plants crowd out the other plants and therefore cut off the food source for all of the species that rely on those plants. Animal Invasive Species may be a nuisance, but they do not cause species extinctions at such a high level or at all. Graph D shows the vast disparity between the number of invasive plants and animals (while admittedly in Denmark, but still shows my point).
Graph D:
On to the point about the deer vs. wolf scenario. I do acknowledge that the original purpose for hunting wolves was not for recreational purposes, however it eventually did evolve into a sport as opposed to neccesity. This can be seen in that the price of wolf fur doubled from 1830 and 1850 from $1 to $2 [2]. This shows that now people were hunting wolves for their furs and not to protect livestock.
Concluding Statement
I feel that I have provided sufficient arguments for why hunting is both immoral and bad for the environment. I appreciate my opponents point about how hunting for the sake of providing food is not necissarily immoral, and in fact agree with him. However, given that this debate is centered around recreational hunting and not necesital hunting, I feel that this argument does not refute my original arguments.
I would also like to thank my opponent for a civil debate about this matter. While I do not think that my opinion on the matter of recreational hunting has changed, I do feel that my opponent convinced me of the fact that hunting for food is not always bad and I would like to thank him for that.
[1] http://www2.mst.dk...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org...
Animals are rarely shot in the wild out of necessity for food. Modern industrialized farms butcher millions of animals each year to put nature's table at our grocer. There is no 'practical' reason for hunting. Con is desperately trying to lump practicality and morality in to one usage, when its clearly not the case. Con is trying to tell you that your recourse, for the purposes of morality, is to exercise the practical solution, and partake of modern day contrivances. At all times. No exception. You are not allowed to harvest your game, for your own purposes. That would be immoral: Con has provided for you. Are we confident we can abide by that loss of independence?
Remember, Con is coming from the position that the poor defenseless deer whom is stalked (recreationally), hunted (recreationally) shot (recreationally) and whose meat is ate (recreationally) -- and that death on the altar or morality need not be leveraged against the demonstrated millions that went to waste for 'practicality'. Yes, Pro will happily assert that the handful of deer taken in recreational hunting (whom had MUCH better odds of survival than any random slaughterhouse bull whose meat was wasted) is MUCH more moral than the so called 'practical' alternative. Con wants that caricature to persist. The hunter, shooting up the landscape with no regard life, limb, and probably safety, leaving dead animals in their wake, ignoring all forms of bag limits and whistling a jaunty tune. If reason, rules, and regulation get injected into the mix, it starts becoming the mundane task that it is. Killing an animal for its hide, or its meat, or both, as man has done since we crawled from caves.
Pro sees things in a rather different light. If you want duck, hunt a duck. Sure, you can hit up your local ethnic food emporium and get it, but... why? Why not go out and get some fresh air, and practice a discipline. Why not plunk down a few bucks for a permit. Oh, permits. That's right... state and federal permits and licensing, hunter safety courses, duck stamps etc. Con seems to have opted not to argue how much money returns to conservation efforts for all this recreating. Not to mention the cottage industries that cropped up around it, the various lodges, stores, butchers, etc that are employed by this simple act of recreating. Con has decided not to argue how much an 'immoral' big game hunt can do for the surrounding villages in impoverished nations. Considering the bounty of programs and continuing research that recreational huntsmen's dollars have contributed, Pro would let that dog lie, too.
As we wind down this discussion, Pro would like to take a moment to inform our audience that 'recreational hunting' is 'hunting' when it comes to modernized societies. The reason for going out on the trail might be one of wanderlust, it might be one of independence, even communing with nature. Pro does not see recreational hunting as strictly a kill for pleasure event. There is practice involved, there is patience involved, there is field craft involved. Pro has never fought the contention that 'it need not be done'. But Pro never got his question answered: if we are to look at the morality of killing an animal for sport, and enjoy all the spoils that harvested game might bring us, why are we not applying that morality to the stock yard? If killing one because we can is immoral, then how is wasting millions, and giving them no life other than hormones and no land to roam before we waste them the practical/moral option? Its this reason that is making hunting (recreational or other) impractical. Men will always kill animals, and eat their flesh. The true test of this, though, is how good we feel about ourselves as we do it.
Pro would urge you to find the true morality of the situation, and fully apply the implications of the 'practical' choice presented by Con.
Based on the evidence of conservation efforts, the monies dedicated to those countries that could use it, developed skills, and abject horror of calling the 'practical' choice the moral one, I urge you to vote Pro, that Recreational hunting is both a sound environmental choice, and a moral one.
Thank you.
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Play Dolphin's Pearl™ deluxe online!
Game Overview
Cool off! The dolphin is your personal hero when it comes to swimming in winnings with Dolphin's Pearl™ deluxe! Your dive on 5 reels and 10 win lines is ready: You'll be amazed at what treasures the underwater world holds for you! Find three oysters and take the direct course to the bonus round!
Your goal: In Dolphin's Pearl™ deluxe you win when the symbols fall on the win lines in the right combination. You can view all winning combinations in the game's paytable.
Free Spins
3 scatter symbols (Oyster) in any position open up 15 free games for you. You play here with the same settings as in your last regular game, but all wins are tripled! 3 or more Oyster symbols during the current free game win 15 free rounds.
One dolphin slot game isn't enough for you? Don't worry, you can continue swimming in winnings in Dolphin's Pearl!
Dolphin's Pearl™ deluxe is a casino game for one player and falls into the category of slot machines. As soon as you enter a game you will start a so-called 'session' (or gaming session). Each session is a separate, completely independent game - earlier gaming sessions have no influence on your current gameplay. Each game basically starts when you place a bet and ends when you leave the application. Your current game session ends when you leave the application.
The following betting and payout rules are valid for the game:
- Maximal win per session: Basic bet x 9,000
- Maximum bet per session: Your available credit on your player account. Making a deposit your player account is not possible during a session.
- Minimum bet per round: €0.20
- Maximum bet per round: €50
- Maximum win amount in the Gamble Game: €5,000
Here you can see the course of the win lines. You can display the win lines again after every round with the functions 'Lines' and 'Bet/Line'.
Number of lines
10 win lines: You can decide before each round how many lines you want to play on.
Line wins
You win from as little as 2 identical symbols: Every line win starts on the first reel on the left and runs without interruption along the win line to the right.
Dolphin: represents all the symbols except for Scatter and doubles your line win when complementing. Substitutes represent other symbols and can complement line wins and help you to achieve a higher win. Each substitute can - when cutting through various win lines - act as a different symbol for each win line and therefore complement several line wins. Substitutes keep their appearance even when replacing other symbols.
Oyster: Scatters win from any location irrespective of the course of the win lines. You need 2 Scatter symbols for a win. 3 Scatter symbols also give you 15 free spins.
Settings and game play
First of all select the amount you would like to bet for the entire game. Afterwards select your personal game settings and begin your game:
'Lines': Here you can select the number of lines on which you want
to play (cannot be changed in Free game).
'Bet/line': Here you can define the bet per line for the next round (cannot be changed in free games).
'Paytable': Here you get to the overview of winnings where your winning opportunities will be calculated automatically depending on your stakes.
'Start': A click of 'Start' triggers a spin. Then the game begins.
In a regular game the defined bet will be deducted from your credit.
'Autoplay': Clicking on 'Autoplay' starts a certain number of automatic spins. If 'Autoplay' is activated the button label changes to 'Stop'.
'Autoplay' on mobile devices: Tap and hold the 'Autoplay' button for the automatic spins to begin. You can then release the button again. If 'Autoplay' is activated the button label changes to 'Stop'.
'Stop': Click on 'Stop' to stop the automatic spins, both on desktop and on mobile devices.
You can bet every round win again at the Gamble game and double it if you're lucky.
'Gamble': If you win the 'Gamble' button appears. Clicking on
'Gamble' starts the Gamble game. If you win the Gamble Game your round
win will be doubled. If you lose you will also lose the entire round's
winnings. The chances of doubling your winnings are 1:1.
'Collect': If you win the 'Collect' button appears. Clicking on 'Collect' adds the round winnings to your credit. Please click 'Collect' if you don't want to bet your round winnings in the Gamble game.
All prizes are for winning combinations running from left to right along an activated win line, except the Scatter symbol. Scatter symbols pay out anywhere regardless of the line profile. Only the highest win on each win line counts. Scatter winnings are added to the sum of your line wins.


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Date: 2005-03-14 17:34:49 -0700 (Mon, 14 Mar 2005)
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Correct EnableHTTP default.
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+ Use ``0.0.0.0`` to listen on all local network interfaces,
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Skip to comments.5-Minute Colon Cancer Test Could Save Thousands
Posted on 04/28/2010 6:56:22 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa
A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40 percent, a new study says.
British researchers followed more than 170,000 people for about 11 years. Of those, more than 40,000 had a "flexi-scope" test, an exam that removes polyps, small growths that could become cancerous.
The test involves having a pen-sized tube inserted into the colon so doctors can identify and remove small polyps. Researchers used the test on people in their 50s. In the U.K., government-funded colon cancer screening doesn't start until age 60.
Researchers compared those results to more than 113,000 people who were not screened. They found the flexi-scope test reduced peoples' chances of getting colon cancer by one third. It also cut their chances of dying by 43 percent. Researchers said the test needed to be done just once in a person's lifetime.
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That way they save money, not peoples lives...................
if that's what they want to do.
is that Dollars or People we are saving?
The Colonoscopy every 10 yrs really isn't that bad.
The day before is far, far worse than the Coloscopy!! In many ways, getting sedated and sleeping through the Coloscopy was the reward for doing what has to be done.
All in all, I'm going to guess that the 'prep' needs to be done whether you go with the flexi-scope every 5 yrs, or the Colonsocopy every 10 yrs. I don't know about you, but I'm all for doing this only every 10 yrs for a 20 minute, sedated Colonscopy, instead of every 5 yrs with the flexi-scope.
Like I said - the day before is the worst part.
It IS a colonoscopy!!!
Just the same scope that's been used in the U.S. for at least 10 years.
The problem under socialized medicine is they restrict access!!!
I've had two colonoscopies, three years apart. The doctor removed three pylops in the first and three in the second. This study looks to me like a great death panel justification.
We have those here they are called a Flex-sig or Flexible sigmoidoscopy. They only look at the very lower end not the entire colon. (That is where the majority of cancers are). These results compared a flex-sig to the fecal occult blood test not to colonoscopies. The blood stool test does nothing to prevent colon ca as it doesn't detect or remove pre cancerous or early cancer polyps.
This study demonstrates how crappy government run health care is. All that talk of prevention to reduce cost is a lie.
Consider your health care and realize in the UK they don't get routine colonscopies or flex-sig, they get a blood stool test only.
That is not our standard of health care.
I think the article is referring to a "sigmoidoscopy" which examines the lower intestine up to the sigmoid. A "colonoscopy" examines the upper and lower intestine. My doctor has recommended a five year interval on the sigmoidoscopy combined with the stool blood test annually. You need the same prep for the sigmoidoscopy as for the colonoscopy, but you aren't sedated during the exam. I found it somewhat uncomfortable with a pretty bad abdominal cramping sensation. But it sure is better than the alternative (which killed my uncle).
I've had 5 colonoscopies in the past 10 years (as colon cancer has a good deal to do with genetics).
To date, I'm clean.
I don't care what they use to "see" in there...I'm asleep anyway when the "job is done" so to speak.
But this I can say...polyps have been found, biopsied, and been "non-cancerous" to date.
To the rest of you...especially males over 40 - GET IT DONE...AND GET IT DONE NOW!
Government funded screening doesn't start until 60?
That is so bad. Here, if you have a member of your family that has had CA or bad polyps, the recommendation is ten years of age prior.
So if your family member had CA at 40, you should get a scope at 30. I'm not sure what the minimum age is, but 60 is way too high.
I had my first at 50 (symptomless) and I was almost completely blocked and had some bad cells in there.
Right now I have a good friend at death's door with this. He is not 50.
Mine is scheduled for tomorrow. Today is going to be a blast (literally)!
I had three removed before 50 and one the next year. Two years after that were none and don't have to go back for 3 more years.
Wouldn't have liked my chances under the UK model...
Sometimes the colonoscopy does not perform so smooth. My wife had a terrible time. The original scope was too large and had to be replaced with the pediatric scope. She was conscious despite the sedation. Overall it was a very difficult experience for her.
I would rather have the colonscopy than flexiscope if the flexiscope can only see part of the colon. I had the colonscopy done twice with polyops found both times although not much in the second time.
Colonoscopy is 7 years now
"The day before is far, far worse than the Coloscopy!! In many ways, getting sedated and sleeping through the Coloscopy was the reward for doing what has to be done."
Amen!The sleep is well worth all the prep the day before..
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Sperm Whale Poo Can Make Couple $70,000 Richer – Report
Lancashire couple Gary and Angela Williams discovered the lump of rock while they were walking along Middleton Sands beach. A smell of rotting fish led them to a rock that was marginally smaller than a rugby ball.
A large rock, one that is typically called "whale vomit," was discovered by a couple in the UK.
Lancashire couple Gary and Angela Williams discovered the lump of rock while they were walking along Middleton Sands beach. A smell of rotting fish led them to a rock that was marginally smaller than a rugby ball.
There are suspicions that the rock could be ambergris, a substance that is used to make perfumes last longer on one's skin. As it is extremely rare to find, its value could fetch high prices.
The rock found by the couple, weighing 1.57 kg, could amount to more than $70,000. Having read about ambergris previously, the couple wrapped the rock in a scarf and brought it home.
"It was down a section of the beach where no one really walks," Gary, who is an engineer, said, as reported by the Mirror.
"It smells too bad, though. It's a very distinctive smell, like a cross between squid and farmyard manure. It feels like a rock hard rubber ball. Its texture is like wax, like a candle. When you touch it you get wax sticking to your fingers. If it is worth a lot of money, it will go a long way towards buying us a static caravan. It would be a dream come true."
Ambergris is very rare to find. Christopher Kemp, author of "Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris," said that ascertaining whether what one has found is ambergris or not is very difficult. He said that the rock found by Gary and Angela may not be ambergris, as reported by CNN. The substance discovered was "a little too waxy" to be ambergris, and that it appears to be animal fat.
However, if the ambergris found is genuine, it could fetch the couple a large sum of money. Gary and Angela are currently in negotiations with buyers in New Zealand and France.
According to the Guardian, selling and buying of ambergris (though not harvested from dead whales) is banned in countries like Australia and the U.S. as part the ban on exploiting whales.
In 2013, a 0.5 kg lump of ambergris was discovered by an 8-year-old kid. The value of the lump was about $63,000. Last September, another piece, weighing 1.1 kg, found on a beach in Wales fetched more than $15,000 at an auction.
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You know what else we love about traveling aside from the admiring the place's physical and cultural landscapes? Trying the food! Discover new eats this month and who knows, you might just find your new happy place.
Here are four of the newest and best eats worth traveling to this month:
Weekend 1: Kantorini Food Park, Quezon City
Lot 2, Katipunan Ave., 1105 Quezon City
You've probably heard of this Santorini-inspired food park in Katipunan with its quirky design and notoriously funny social media manager, so why not give it a try this weekend? The wide array of food choices will excite you: there's the tasty wagyu cubes in Gyu Tom for your beef cravings; fans of chicken wings can head over to Wing Vibe, which offers delectable flavors that your taste buds will love. If you want a full Greek experience, choose from a wide selection of Greek food at Partenon! There are band performances from time to time and restaurants are open until 12 midnight, so you and your friends can maximize your time in this place.
Weekend 2: Bok Chicken, La Union
31 Mabini St, San Fernando, 2500 Mabini St, San Fernando, 2500 La Union
Attention, k-drama fans: there's a new Korean style restaurant which is inspired by the fictional chicken place in the drama, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo! Visit their place in San Fernando, La Union and you'll surely want to try their mouthwatering chicken flavors, which they also got from the drama. Unlike some Korean restaurants, their menu is definitely a lot cheaper, plus, they also sell Bok Joo and her friends' comfort food: sausages!
Weekend 3: Concha's Garden Café, Tagaytay
Richland Hills Subdivision 1, Sta. Rosa Tagaytay Road
Cliffhouse, Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, Tagaytay City
Tagaytay is definitely a food haven, a favorite go-to place when you need a quick escape from the city. And if your taste buds crave something new to try without the hassle of a big crowd, look no further than Concha's Garden Café, a garden-inspired food place that offers classic Filipino dishes. You can start with their bestsellers, Concha's Laoya (lightly sweetened bulalo), Spicy Beef Adobo Ribs, Morcon, and Lechon Belly. They also serve desserts, cakes and some booze, so you'll definitely have lots of options!
Concha's Garden Café has two branches: one Mother Earth Gardens in Sta. Rosa Road, and the other one in Cliffhouse, which is owned by the other half of Aldub sensation, Alden Richards.
Weekend 4: Arca's Yard, Baguio
777 Tiptop, Ambuclao Road, Baguio
Experience the quieter side of Baguio in Arca's Yard, a cafe that offers comfort and tranquility as its main features. Their delectable and healthy menu will keep you coming back; you must try their crispy lemon orange chicken and pesto carbonara!
The view from the cafe is breathtaking, it's the best place to end your month while sipping a cup of Baguio coffee.
Got more recommendations? Post them in the comments!


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JAM - Salt Lake City
05 January, 2014
In the 1800s the hillside below the Utah State Capitol was blossoming with fruit trees that local Mormons harvested to make marmalade. The orchard was cut down in the early 1900s to make way for diverse, turn-of-the-century, eclectic style Victorian mansions and Gothic revival homes creating Salt Lake City's Marmalade District.
In 2006, a 1950s gas station located in the Marmalade District was renovated in order to BRING THE FRUIT BACK TO THE MARMALADE, but this time the fruit was Salt Lake's thriving gay community!
JAM opened its doors on October 4, 2007 serving the Gay community only beer because of a dispute with a well-known polygamist family living near the bar. After a 16-month battle with the family and Salt Lake City, JAM was finally awarded a liquor license and the party began!
JAM's handsome, friendly staff, tasty cocktails and clean, smoke-free atmosphere has earned it the title of Utah's BEST GAY BAR five years in a row! JAM is known as the place to be by both gay and straight nightlifers and partygoers alike.
Open six days a week, JAM offers locals and out-of-town visitors plenty of options to stay amused and entertained all week. Their state-of-the-art sound and video system plays the BIGGEST dance hits nightly in addition to a regular schedule of weekly events that include a chic wine night, a brain-busting pub quiz night, and two spectacular superstar karaoke nights. On the weekends, their award winning DJs energize dancers in the BOOM BOOM ROOM late into the night while the social set enjoys the large patio and outdoor bars.
JAM is known for its sleek New York style loft look and feel. JAM has won many awards, but they are most proud of being voted nicest bathrooms in Salt Lake City!


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The Oakland Raiders are one of the NFL's most storied franchises, with owner Al Davis seemingly in the media often and the team's bad boy images preceding it. The team began play in 1960 with the AFL, merged into the NFL in 1970, moved to Los Angeles in 1982 and then back to Oakland in 1995, and they have won three Super Bowl titles. The Raiders also have been in the news lately for not being very good as I write this in 2010. But somehow, the Raiders always seem to field good defenses. Here is a short list of the team's all-time leaders in sacks, keeping in mind that sacks did not become an official statistic until 1982:
Greg Townsend (107.5)—Defensive lineman/linebacker Greg Townsend played for the Raiders his entire career, from 1983 to 1994 and then again briefly in 1997. Townsend is the Raiders' all-time sack leader with 107.5, and his best season was arguably 1991, one of two years Townsend made the Pro Bowl. That year, he registered a career high 13 sacks, and added 1 interception for 31 yards, 3 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, and 55 tackles.
Howie Long (84)—Defensive lineman Howie Long played his entire career for the Raiders, from 1981 to 1993, and he ranks second in franchise history with 84 sacks. Long's best overall season was probably 1983, when he had a career best 13 sacks (and 2 fumble recoveries) as the Raiders won the Super Bowl that year. He also was a first team All Pro in 1984 and 1985 with 12 sacks and 10 sacks, respectively.
Anthony Smith (57.5)—Defensive end Anthony Smith played for the Raiders his entire career, from 1991 to 1997, and he ranks third in the team's history with 57.5 sacks. Smith had a career high 13 sacks in 1992, but his best overall season was arguably 1993, when he registered 12.5 sacks and a career high 52 tackles.
Bill Pickel (53)—Defensive lineman Bill Pickel played for the Raiders from 1983 to 1990, and he ranks fourth in their history with 53 sacks. Pickel had his two best seasons while with the Raiders in 1984 and 1985, tying a career high those two years with 12.5 sacks, and with 82 tackles in '84 and career best 83 tackles in '85.
Chester McGlockton (39.5)—Defensive lineman Chester McGlockton played for the Raiders from 1992 to 1997, and he ranks fifth in franchise history with 39.5 sacks. McGlockton had arguably his best season in 1994, when he made the Pro Bowl with a career high 9.5 sacks, adding 3 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 48 tackles and 14 assists.