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"Don't Ask Don't Tell" ended this past week. What are your thoughts on the military policy's repeal?
September 28, 2011
Wesley Williams ( in Tonganoxie) says...
"I personally disapprove of the new policy. It is a sign that our nation is in a continuous decline in morality and a sign that our once Christian-founded republic is now corrupt and perverse."
Amanda Altenhofen ( in Tonganoxie) says...
"At the time the policy was instated, I thought it seemed a bit silly. I didn't understand how the policy would be applied to a large, diverse institution that spanned the globe. The repeal seems like a modernization that the military needs. I believe if someone is patriotic enough to enlist, then he or she should be allowed to serve regardless of sexual orientation."
Denise LaRosh ( in Tonganoxie) says...
"Now that DADT has been repealed, I believe our military leaders will do as they've always done: Train American men and women to be ready when our country needs them."
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In a previous discussion, Meleager stated:
If there is no evidence for God or against God, then the atheist assumption in nonexistence is irrational.
My counter is as follows:
If I look into a room and I see nothing, which of the two options is more likely?
1. There is no bird in the room
2. There is a bird in the room but he is hiding
Occam's Razor says we pick the option with the fewest assumptions: Choice 1
In every single case, your two options are these
1. X does not exist
2. X does exist + an assumption to explain why we cannot see X
So if I look into a universe, and I cannot see God (or evidence of God):
1. God does not exist
2. God does exist and something must explain why I cannot see God
In all cases, if there is no evidence for or against the existence of God, it is more probable that he does not exist than he does exist.
With tremendous humility, I must apologize to Meleager. He developed a counter that defeated my argument. It was a most cunning counter. And then I countered myself with an even stronger argument. I'm afraid that Meleager is correct in saying that
If there is no evidence for or against the existence of God, it is irrational to claim he does not exist.
The most you can say is "I don't know". Atheists, to be logical, should become agnostics.
Here is the counterargument:
I hold a box and it is painted black. In this situation, I truly have no evidence for or against anything. Now - here's what I was thinking:
I have no evidence for a bird. So I could say there is no bird.
But - I also have no evidence that is no bird. So I could say there is a bird.
Both make an assumption - it exists or it doesn't exist.
What is the probability that there is a bird in the box?
Anything could be in the box!
So what is the probability that there is nothing in the box?
Same as there being a bird!
What is in the box could be any configuration of matter or non matter.
There could be a sandwich and space in the box.
There could be a space of jello in the box
There could be a tiny unicorn in the box
There could be a bird in the box
There could be nothing in the box
The probability that nothing is in the box would be something (obviously not exact) like:
The probability that the bird is in the box would be the same
But the probability that what is in the box is something other than a bird would be
100% - 1/10000000000000000000000000000 =
The probability that there is no bird in the box is almost 100%
These possibilities also exist:
there is jello and a bird
there is a unicorn and a bird
there is a frog and a bird
But then again, there could be:
Jello and a unicorn
Jello and a frog
Jello and a hammer
But then I could tack on bird to that list too.
We cannot know what is in the box - we cannot even know the probability of the bird being in the box.
In matters of the unknown - we simply do not know.


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It was Silverdale's Lady Seahawks who came out of the gate early, controlling possession and moving the ball well for the first 10 minutes of play.
Around the 10th minute, Cleveland started to put the pieced together, utilizing a possession-based game with quick counters up the Silverdale sidelines.
The tactic paid dividends in the 21st minute when freshman forward DeBien rocketed past the Seahawk defense and found the back of the net for the Lady Raiders' first goal of the season.
Two minutes later junior Kendall Hamilton followed with a shot on goal. While the ball had plenty of pace it was sent right into the waiting Silverdale keeper's arms.
During the 31st minute the Seahawk offense put freshman keeper Brina Lovelace to the test. Lovelace was forced to start as keeper for the Lady Raiders after starter Jenna Scoggins was unavailable for the match.
With bodies piled in the Cleveland box the ball careened around the front of goal, but Lovelace kept her focus and wrapped up a ricocheting shot before it could make its way to the scoreboard.
"Hats off to Brina tonight. We missed the clean sheet, but she played a heck of a match," stated Cleveland head coach Andy Byrd postgame.
With three minutes to play left in the half, DeBien looked to have another score, but the shot was pushed just wide of the far post, letting Silverdale fans breathe a sigh of relief.
The half came to a close with Cleveland holding the 1-nil lead and really establishing their brand of play on the field.
Lady Raider possession continued when the second half got under way. Great passing down the wings coupled with a stalwart defense had Lady Seahawk players seemingly at a loss, and all the while Cleveland continued to pepper the Silverdale goal with quality shots.
In the 49th minute sophomore Sohara Perez Gomez volleyed a shot that was both well executed and well placed, but the Lady Seahawk keeper made a leaping, fingertip save to keep the score at 1-nil.
Hope Haas got into the action a minute later, with the Cleveland attack showing no sign of relenting. Haas put plenty of pace on the ball, but sent it high of the goal.
Silverdale struck back on the counter, moving the ball very quickly downfield. The resulting shot was pushed just wide of the far post, keeping the Lady Seahawks off the board.
Junior Lorne Conn showed she was dangerous from range in the 55th minute when she launched a shot from 35 yards out that had plenty of effort behind it but was right at the keeper.
Hamilton had another great look on the Lady Raiders' next possession. She had the defense completely beat inside the Silverdale box, but another athletic, sprawling save by the Lady Seahawk keeper stymied the attempt.
Just when it looked like the Silverdale keeper had really settled in for the long haul, DeBien broke free again, and in the 59th minute of play made the score 2-nil Lady Raiders.
Four minutes later the freshman striker notched the first hat trick of her high school career to put Cleveland up by three goals.
"Getting a hat trick to start the season is nice. Sam is a great little player for us. She did a great job, and the team did a great job getting her the ball and maintaining possession. It was a group effort with a lot of athleticism all around," said Byrd.
But, as the minutes ticked down Lady Raider legs started to get heavy, and Silverdale sensed the flagging energy and exploited it.
With 12 minutes left to play, the Lady Seahawks made a concentrated push up the field and found the back of the onion bag for the first time in the match, making it a 3-1 game.
Encouraged by the goal the home team rallied and really started pushing the Cleveland defense to the max.
In the 74th minute the Lady Seahawks struck again, making it a one-goal match and stealing the majority of the momentum on the field.
Lovelace finished strong in her rookie debut in goal when she made a quality save in the closing minutes to preserve the lead. Both squads jostled back and forth as the clock ticked down, and as the whistle sounded Cleveland was able to escape with the 3-2 victory.
"I think we are starting to get the hang of things a little bit. We were a little off-kilter dealing with not having Jenna tonight. Everyone out there looked a little timid, but we just focused on playing our game, and we ended up getting a good result," Byrd stated.
Cleveland will take the pitch again Friday to participate in a tournament at Chattanooga Christian, where the Lady Raiders will open against Science Hill.


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Travel light, and sleep easy.
- Freestanding single-wall bivy design saves weight by eliminating the need for a tent canopy and fly; ideal for four-season climbing and trekking applications
- Waterproof breathable Todd-Tex fabric sheds wet weather and breathes exceptionally well to help reduce condensation
- Taped seams prevent dripping water or morning dew from sneaking in through the fabric joints
- Three aluminum poles create space above head and feet to improve air flow, decrease condensation, and limit claustrophobia
- Half-moon zip entry provides easy access
- Large mesh panel keeps out bugs and helps cut down on condensation buildup
- Multiple stake-out loops provide secure anchoring in windy locations
- Small size fits easily into a backpack, bike pack, or haul bag
- Optional footprint sold separately
- Based off original design from Bibler
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Brandon Smith
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Has anyone used this for mountaineering? Looking for a small, light option for use in good weather here in the cascades?
Just Enough Room to Breathe
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There is barely enough room with a 15 degree down bag and a Thermarest. I can't imagine trying to fit anything in here with me at night, unless i sleep with it on my chest. To those wanting to store more than a water bottle and some TP, look into a tent.
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Black Diamond Bivy
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Kept me dry in 5 days of rainy afternoons through Mono Pass near Rock Creek CA. I trust this bivy! Durable, breathable, just dry it out before you pack it up. Use a large trash bag to keep your backpack dry in the rain. I am 6 ft tall and this is the perfect size.
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I was happy with this purchase. It was easy and fast to set up (after the first time). I experienced a little condensation on the inside, even sleeping with the tent open about a foot down with only the screen up at 12,000ft and probably 35 degrees out. I never fully tried it yet with it fully closed, but imagine it would be worse. I imagine if you were snow camping with a down bag, you may have problems with moisture. Overall, I feel it will work for me for any backcountry adventure. Having a few vents is a good suggestion from the previous reviewer...that would make this bivy Bomber.
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Russia, Lake Baikal
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What is the width of the foot area in this...
Riley Friedrich
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What is the width of the foot area in this Bivy? Will it fit 20 inch pads way down there?
Matthew Niedermiller
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Yes it will fit 20in rectangle shaped pads. The 25 wide would not fit.
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Good, just misses being great
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I'm 6ft 1 and getting in/out isn't easy - the zip could have been another few inches longer it would have got 5 stars. The other minor thing, it's a hot bivy and there's limited ventilation even with the flap open - this is ok in cold and cold wet weather but like a sauna in warm/hot wet weather. I took it to a gear alteration place and they added a head vent on the opposite side to the entry and foot vent to make it comfortably useable year round.
Overall very this is a very durable, robust, extremely waterproof bivy, it's breathable enough to minimize condensation in cold weather and it packs down fairly small. BUT, be prepared to live with the limited entry, and to customize the bag it if you plan to use it in warmer weather (25C/77F or more). Extending the main zip is a technical and expensive modification - I got 2 quotes, both over $250 to extend the main zips!
So far I've used it in the Ruby Mountains in Nevada where I had snow, rain and a bit of everything except warm weather and in Victoria Australia for a few nights where it ranged between 0oC to 30oC (32-86F). Like any tent it's most comfortable in the cooler stuff.
For comfortable use in hotter climates increases natural convection and cross flow with some closeable vents.
I use the bivy with a piece of tyvek cut for a ground sheet (cut large enough to step out on to it and tuck boots, etc under when wet), a regular size neo air and a marmot aspen ultralight bag with silk liner, and it's comfortable down to -10C (14F) even with the ultralight bag. A regular neo air fits nicely and leaves me room for a 35 liter pack in the head end. A large neo air does not fit. It's at the heavier end of bivy's, but at the extreme light end of tents - prefect for solo mountain biking with a lightweight 30-40 litre pack. It includes a tube of seam grip and syringe to apply it - use it on all seams and this bivy is 100% water tight.
I wanted this as a my one go to bivy for all conditions, a tough spec but the black diamond tripod came the closest. With the vent mods it gets 4 stars and only misses out on the 5th as I find the main entry zip is too short.
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jsut the info I was after - any chance of a some pics of the modifications you did?
Nice fit, easy set-up
Brittany Lefler
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I set this up as soon as I got it- I haven't had a chance to try it outside yet, but it seems breathable and was super easy to set up. I've tried a Marmot bivy but heard that BD is the way to go so I'm excited to put it to the test in the next couple months!
Has anyone had problems with condensation...
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Has anyone had problems with condensation buildup in this bivy?
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In '06 I used the untaped seam version (but I sealed the seams) for about a month on the PCT/JMT in the Sierra Mtns. Spent about 7 nights on snow/ice at freezing temps, one afternoon for about an hour during a hail storm, and the remaining nights either on top of the bag or inside it. Never really had a condensation problem. It does seem to add about 10 degrees warmth to a sleeping bag! Highly recommended for areas like the Sierras. I went back to a Tarp Tent (1.5 lbs) for lower elevations.
I saw a review that a full size pad will...
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I saw a review that a full size pad will not fit in the bivy. True? Anybody else have a different experience? Both my pads are 25 inch wide long rec. Going to be my first bivy< moving to AK to work as a guide. No tents
Guy Geva
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Yes. a FULL size pad will fit hard in the bivy...but a mommey pad fit just well
Bivy in Action!
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jason spellman
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thanks for the action(less) pics! they were very helpful!
i know it's a lot to ask, but could some...
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i know it's a lot to ask, but could some folks send some pics in of this bivy??? i ask because the massive corporation that black diamond is doesn't bother to give us any insightful pictures of this bivy on their website. i'm aware of the dimensions, but i would like to see an image of the bivy fully unzipped and a shot looking into the hooded area. black diamond never gives us those angles in the product description. cheers!!!
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In use.
someone please clarify this for me... when...
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someone please clarify this for me... when the bag is entirely unzipped/opened, is there a layer of mesh that spans rough the opened area? am i making sense? basically, if it is really warm out, can you leave the waterproof layer opened and still be covered by the mesh?
if not, what is the area of mesh that one is allowed? cheers,
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You are making sense. :-) Yes, there is a mesh panel. You can find a better picture of it here:
2 lb 10 oz. What's the point?
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2 lb 10 oz. What's the point?
David Stancil
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Not only 2lb 10oz but 300 big ones. Weigh too much. (what a pun)
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For me, after experience with many different single wall UL shelters, the point is that this thing doesn't condense, period. Also, it's low profile makes wind a non-issue. The person above who commented that it's not that great in warmer temps...true. This bivy is meant for cold nights, for people who do not cook inside their shelters, and for people who don't need to haul the entire pack into bed with them. I own the Akto, the ZPacks Hexamid Solo, the Firstlight, the MLD Superlight bivy, but the BD tripod is the one I'm taking to the Sierra High Route this fall, when the weather can do anything, and my survival depends on my shelter.
Would this Bivy work without the stakes...
Fernando Abdalla
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Would this Bivy work without the stakes and rods, as in a narrow ice cave? Or would I get soaked up? Thanks!
Luke Flannnery
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It works if you have something to put on the straps like a rock
What happens to my backpack on a rainy...
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What happens to my backpack on a rainy night?
(Most probably I can keep my boots and other light items inside the bivy ...)
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I would recommend buying a rain cover for your backpack and just making sure it is elevated off the ground when you leave it over night.
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Thanks Andrew. I have a backpack rain cover. Now I need to make sure to keep the straps, belts etc off the ground. (Need to leave my heavy Bibler Ahawhnee 2 behind for my next trip ...)
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Or take a big trash bag to put your backpack in. Contractor bags are big and burly, but a thinner one would probably work too.
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A couple more ounces and you can have a nice solo tent.
Jonathan R Morrey
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If you really want to keep your backpack, boots, etc. inside your tent, then a Bivy is not for you. Look instead a small tent: http://www.backcountry.com/4-season-tents. I prefer a lightweight 2-man tent to keep my gear in. BTW, "2-man tent" can usually be interpreted as "sleeps two very small men who like each other a lot without their gear". Hence, you'll want a 2 man just to fit one person (you) and your gear.
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A Buffet Of Buzz
We wrote late last week that the trade and free agent rumor mill was heating up. Today it is starting to boil.
There's always talk about who might be on the move when the calendar hits June, but this gumbo of gossip has some unique ingredients. For starters, the Entry Draft starts on Friday and this year's draft class is not considered to be particularly strong. With a number of teams holding high picks and wanting to change their fortunes sooner rather than later, dealing them for established talent might be the way to go. Throw in a few disgruntled big name players who desire new addresses and teams facing salary cap issues while trying to re-sign some of their unrestricted free agents before they hit the market on July 1, and you've got a buffet of buzz.
In Tuesday's Toronto Sun, for example, Terry Koshan lists the top five players he believes will be on the move in the next few days: Columbus' Rick Nash, Vancouver's Roberto Luongo, Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal, Toronto's Luke Schenn, and Chicago's Patrick Kane. Will any of them still be with their current teams a week from now? It's impossible to know, but let's not allow that to stop the speculation.
Koshan might have placed Winnipeg's Evander Kane on that list after reports over the weekend that he wasn't interested in staying with the Jets. But that turned out to be untrue, as so much of what you'll hear in the next few days will be.
On Monday afternoon over Montreal TSN 990 Radio's Melnick in the Afternoon show, host Mitch Melnick and his crew probed some of the various reports flying around with a succession of guests: NBC's Pierre McGuire, TSN's Ray Ferraro and CBC's Elliotte Friedman.
McGuire led off, acknowledging that Columbus is actively marketing Nash and their top draft pick, which is second overall. That makes sense because this club needs an instant injection of respectability. Their fan base is angry, and it was made even angrier by the captain's demand to be traded. Where might he go? Could it be the Maple Leafs, who always surface when a star player is thought to be available? McGuire examined the potential assets of clubs that are considered to be in the Nash sweepstakes — Rangers, Kings, Canucks, Sharks, Flyers — and asked rhetorically, "What do Leafs have to offer Columbus?" He then answered, "Of all the teams that are potentially out there, to me, it seems Toronto might have the weakest package," depending on what the others might have to offer the Jackets to get a deal done.
The next topic concerned the Oilers: would they trade their top pick? Edmonton certainly needs defensemen and, doing a little role playing, McGuire offered that if he were running things there, the first call he'd make would be to Montreal to see if they'd part with P.K. Subban in exchange for that first overall pick, which most believe someone will use to select Nail Yakupov of the OHL's Sarnia Sting.
It's not as if Subban is actually available — most indications are that he's not — but that's the kind of deal McGuire thinks the Oilers might make to address their organizational need for a young, strong defenseman who would fit in with their developing club.
The subject turned to Jaromir Jagr, who not long ago looked to be ready to re-sign with the Flyers. Now comes word that he'll explore free agency. McGuire believes the Flyers told Jagr they were going in another direction — likely taking a run at Nash (who McGuire believes would look great as Claude Giroux's winger). Whether they'd go back to Jagr if Nash didn't end up in Orange wasn't discussed, but as TSN's Darren Dreger tweeted, Jaromir feels the need to get in better shape for next season. "He saw at the end he was running out of gas and it was too fast a game for him," McGuire commented. "He's aware of that. In the Pittsburgh series and definitely the Devils series, he became aware it was a tough grind for him when the pace picked up in the playoffs….Jagr can help a team; it's the pace of the game. He's a point a game player in the regular season, but the pace of the game in the playoffs is too much for him unless he gets in better shape and is injury free."
The signings of Brad Stuart and Barret Jackman by San Jose and St. Louis respectively was touched on next, and McGuire noted that the crop of unrestricted free agents is thinning as the teams that have their rights are snapping them up before they hit the market on July 1. He mentioned that the Bruins retaining depth forwards Chris Kelly and Gregory Campbell disappointed some other clubs' GMs. "I knew a lot of guys who had interest in both of those players," McGuire said.
Melnick's sidekick, Rod Francis, asked about some "veteran defensemen with stinky contracts," namely Calgary's Jay Bouwmeester, Vancouver's Keith Ballard, and Pittsburgh's Zbynek Michalek and Paul Martin. Of all of them, McGuire thought Martin might be the one to move, believing Bouwmeester's deal, especially, might be too big for another team to swallow. George Johnson in The Calgary Herald wrote over the weekend that out of all of the Flames' veterans, Bouwmeester was the one most likely to go. Recognizing the many downsides (his contract, his paltry stats, his no trade clause) to the 28-year-old former third overall pick by the Panthers, Johnson believes the Jackets have interest in him and other teams might as well. "You can wager there are bound to be other suitors willing to overlook certain flaws to secure the services of a player with the motor, the effortless skating prowess, of a Bouwmeester," he wrote. Maybe.
"This could be one of the most exciting drafts we've had," McGuire said. "Not so much because of the players that are available, because I don't think it's a real top-heavy overwhelming draft like we've seen in 2003, or 2005 or 2008, but I think there could be a lot of movement."
Shortly after, Ray Ferraro was on the phone. After talking about his new grill and the salmon he didn't burn for dinner the previous night, he boiled the offseason's big questions down to whether Nash and/or Luongo get moved, and where will unrestricted free agents Zach Parise, Ryan Suter and Justin Schultz go?
Justin Schultz?
That might be a new name for you, but he's a University of Wisconsin star defenseman who was drafted by the Ducks in 2008 before he started his college career. He broke in as a freshman on a Badgers team that already boasted Ryan McDonagh, Jake Gardiner and Brendan Smith. ("I don't know how anybody scored on them," Ferraro remarked, adding that Schultz is thought to be better than Gardiner, but not as good as McDonagh.) But Schultz has never signed with Anaheim and if he doesn't by July 1 – it's been clear for a while that he won't — he, too, becomes a UFA. Projected as a top-two defenseman and an excellent puck mover, he's coming off a great junior year and he found the hole in the CBA that allows him to choose the team that best fits him the way Blake Wheeler did when he signed with the Bruins a few years ago. Whoever gets Schultz will be getting a very good prospect and won't be trading anyone or using a draft pick to secure him.
Getting back to Ferraro's comments, he tackled the Canucks' plight in trying to deal Luongo. "I can't believe the Canucks will end up with a bounty of players" in return for the unhappy netminder," he said. And that's usually what happens when a veteran player forces a trade. The same could be true for Columbus and Nash. Melnick's resident Maple Leafs fan Mitch Gallo asked if Ferraro thought Bobby Loo would end up with his team. "Toronto will be as good a destination as any," Ferraro said, adding that any deal involving Toronto will have Luke Schenn's name in it. "If I'm Vancouver, I'm asking for Gardiner — and if I'm Toronto, I'm telling them to take a hike because I'm not trading Gardiner."
When it was his turn, Friedman offered, "I'm not exactly convinced Rick Nash is going to be on the move….(Columbus GM) Scott Howson has been a guy who has maintained from the beginning that he will only do it when he gets the right offer." Just what that offer is, only Howson knows, but he's got to go for a big package and some established players. Saying he's heard that the number of teams calling Howson has been "insane," Friedman reminded listeners that Howson "held firm at the deadline, it wouldn't surprise me if he held firm here. But I think it's going to be harder for him to do it. I just think there's going to be too many offers, and any time you can play teams off against each other, he's going to have the opportunity to do it."
Saying he's heard that "four or five teams want to do some radical roster moving," Friedman listed them as San Jose, Carolina, Rangers, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. "Then there's teams like Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota who will wait to see what happens in free agency before they make their decisions," he added.
Seeing Carolina's name attached to the Nash rumors has surprised some people, Melnick included. Friedman responded that GM Jim Rutherford "believes he needs to create some buzz and, two, I think he believes he's got something growing there. He really liked the way the team responded to Kirk Muller, and if you look at them, they have a nice little core with Cam Ward, Jeff Skinner and Eric Staal. And he thinks he needs one more piece. He's got three players — he's got Brandon Sutter, Jamie McBain and Justin Falk, who had a very good rookie season no one knew about. I'm not sure what he would do, but if someone offered him a scorer who could play with Eric Staal, he'd listen."
Friedman doesn't think the Oilers will trade the top pick, mostly because they are asking a lot for it. "They want an impact player who can play right away." he said. Of course, he allowed that things could change as we get closer to the draft, but his feeling is that Edmonton would keep the pick.
Talk turned to the UFA market and a pair of Kings: Dustin Penner and Jarret Stoll. Penner will be an interesting case to watch because he can score and there's not a lot of that in the NHL these days. "The guy can really play when he wants to play," Friedman said, "but the risk is if you give him a long-term contract, how motivated will he be to play?" There are reports that Penner likes playing with the Kings so much that he'd take a pay cut to stay in L.A. We'll see about that. One GM whom Friedman spoke to said Stoll wants to say in L.A., too. They're a happy group in SoCal, Friedman says, and they like each other, which hasn't always been the case with the Kings. But he added that some GMs believe they have to make one big change, even if you're a champion, to keep the team fresh and Dean Lombardi may be one of them. "It will be interesting to see what that change would be," Friedman said.
He added that what Rangers' potential UFA Brandon Prust gets will be a major indication of what this year's free agent market is like. He's not a big scorer, but he is a valuable depth forward, a very good penalty killer who plays a hard, competitive game, and a dedicated team guy.
As for Luongo, the Canucks goal is to trade him, and the Maple Leafs want him, or at least the Leafs fans do, Friedman has learned since he's gotten home from his playoff travels. "There's a marriage to be made there," he says.
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ADAMS -- The Plunkett name, one of the town's most recognizable, will soon be honored far from the hills of Berkshire County thanks to native Douglas Plunkett's decades of service to a senior living facility in Las Vegas, Nev.
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 3:30 p.m., roughly 300 people are expected to attend a ceremony at Vegas' Clark Towers Court that will officially rename Clark Towers Senior Apartments to the Gray-Plunkett-Jydstrup Senior Living Facility. The new name pays respect to Plunkett and two fellow longtime members of the facility's board of directors: Gary Gray and Douglas Jydstrup.
At the ceremony, former Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator Richard Bryan is scheduled to speak.
In an interview last week, Plunkett noted the irony that a building would be named in his honor, after having grown up in a town where streets, a hospital, apartments -- even his junior high school -- carried the Plunkett name.
"It certainly was a surprise," Plunkett said, "I was born in Plunkett Hospital." He recalled various Adams buildings and monuments that bear the Plunkett mark.
Theodore Robinson Plunkett, Plunkett's grandfather and a state senator in the 1930s, advocated moving the Massachusetts War Memorial Tower to the summit of Mount Greylock. Theodore and his brother, Charles Timothy Plunkett, funded the majority of Plunkett Memorial Hospital and Plunkett Junior High School -- now C.T. Plunkett Elementary School. The statue of President William McKinley in the heart of downtown is there because the former president visited town to vacation with Plunkett's great grandfather, William Brown Plunkett.
The 134-unit facility in Las Vegas, the latest to be touched by the Plunkett lineage, was built in 1975 to provide equal opportunity housing for low-income seniors. It is funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 236 Program and Loan Management Set-Aside Section 8 program. To qualify, applicants must be over 62 and earn less than $12,000 per year.
Plunkett, a teacher and administrator in his career, initially became involved with the facility through Clark County Teachers Association. He was vice president of the association at the time the project's proposal. The association voted to front HUD money to get the project off the ground.
Plunkett volunteered to join Clark Towers board of directors in 1978, where he's remained up to this day.
"I said to myself 'I'd like to continue helping provide senior living, because I was there when Clark Towers started.' ... [The facility is] just absolutely gorgeous, and we've done our best to keep it that way. We consider it the best senior living in Las Vegas. I'm proud of it."
Plunkett graduated Lenox School for Boys in 1961, later attending Rhode Island School of Design and North Adams State College. He served with the U.S. Army in Korea in 1963, and later joined his brother, Ted, in Las Vegas. There, he was employed by Clark County school system, met his wife and had two children.
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This topic started on another forum with a Phil Hernon post and as is often the case my science got lost and the discussion never really was about the original topic:
Partial & Variable Range of Motion (ROM) movements are "superior" to full ROMs
- Jay Cutler & Ronnie Coleman use bad form but hey if it works for them (gentetic freaks)... for everyone else its just cheating;
- You must touch the bar to your chest when you bench press...ass to grass or you're legs will be twigs...etc.;
- Partial ROMs will weaken your full ROM strength;
- Full ROMs are superior to partial ROMs if overall strength is the goal and if hypertrophy is the goal.
The truth is that if you use heavy weight, over a partial range of movement, such that you keep constant tension on THE target muscle for a sufficient duration AND lift with an explosive concentric such that maximium force is generated your muscles will grow*.
* - as long as you eat sufficiently for recovey & growth, don't overly tax the CNS, lift with enough frequency that anabolism outpaces catabolism, etc.
Relevant studies:
An Examination of Strength and Concentric Work Ratios During Variable Range of Motion Training, Ross A Clark, Adam L Bryant, and Brendan Humphries, J Strength Cond Res, August 14, 2008
Variable range of motion (ROM) training consists of partial ROM resistance training with the countermovement being performed at a different phase of the movement for each set. In this study, we assessed the effect of this method of training on peak force, load lifted, and concentric work performed.
Six male subjects with resistance training backgrounds (age 20.2 +/- 1.3 years, height 179.4 +/- 4.6 cm, weight 89.6 +/- 9.9 kg, 6-repetition maximum [6RM] bench press 92.5 +/- 14.3 kg) participated in this study.
Testing consisted of 6RM bench press strength tests during full (FULL), three quarter ((3/4)), one half ((1/2)), and one quarter ((1/4)) ROM from full elbow extension bench press performed on a Smith machine. The 6RM load, peak force (PF), and concentric work (W) performed during each ROM was examined using a one-way analysis of variance performed at an alpha level of p < 0.05.
The 6RM load increased significantly as the ROM was decreased for all tests (FULL = 92.5 +/- 14.3 kg, (3/4) = 102.1 +/- 14.3 kg, (1/2) = 123.3 +/- 23.6 kg, (1/4) = 160.9 +/- 26.2 kg). PF during each test was significantly higher during the (1/4) (1924.8 +/- 557.9 N) and (1/2) (1859.4 +/- 317.1 N) ROM from full elbow extension bench press when compared with the (3/4) (1242.2 +/- 254.6 N) and FULL (1200.5 +/- 252.5 N) ROM exercise. Although higher force levels were evident, the restriction in barbell displacement resulted in a subsequent reduction in W as the lifting ROM was reduced. These results suggest that variable ROM resistance training results in increased force production as the ROM diminishes.
So Load and Peak Force go up as ROM goes down. But as you reduce the bar displacement the Work goes down...so you would need to do more work (i.e. reps) to equal the full ROM's concentric work level.
Resistance training modes: specificity and effectiveness, MC Morrissey, EA Harman, and MJ Johnson, Med Sci Sports Exerc, May 1, 1995; 27(5): 648-60.
There is considerable demand for information on the effectiveness of various resistance exercises for improving physical performance, and on how exercise programs must match functional activities to produce the greatest performance gains (training specificity). Evidence supports exercise-type specificity; the greatest training effects occur when the same exercise type is used for both testing and training.
Range-of-motion (ROM) specificity is supported; strength improvements are greatest at the exercised joint angles, with enough carryover to strengthen ROMs precluded from direct training due to injury. Velocity specificity is supported; strength gains are consistently greatest at the training velocity, with some carryover.
Some studies have produced a training effect only for velocities at and below the training velocity while others have produced effects around the training velocity. The little, mainly isokinetic, evidence comparing different exercise velocities for improving functional performance suggests that faster exercise best improves fast athletic movements. Yet isometric exercise can improve actions like the vertical jump, which begin slowly.
The rate of force application may be more important in training than actual movement speed. More research is needed into the specificity and efficacy of resistance exercise. Test populations should include both males and females of various ages and rehabilitation patients.
Spectral EMG changes in vastus medialis muscle following short range of motion isokinetic training, Y Barak, M Ayalon, and Z Dvir, J Electromyogr Kinesiol, Oct 2006; 16(5): 403-12
This study was aimed at exploring the carryover effect of short range of motion (RoM) isokinetic conditioning on vastus medialis (VM) motor unit recruitment (MUR) across the full RoM. Fifty-five women were randomly assigned to one of four groups: G1 (n = 14) and G2 (n = 14) trained concentrically at 30 and 90°/s, respectively whereas G3 (n = 13) and G4 (n = 14) trained similarly but using the eccentric mode. All 4 groups trained within 30–60° of knee flexion.
The training protocol consisted of 4 sets of 10 maximal repetitions, 3 times a week for 6 weeks. sEMG was recorded from the VM for analysis of mean frequency of the EMG power spectrum prior to the training period and 2 days after its termination. The EMG assessments took place during dynamic contractions within 3 angular RoM's: 85–60° (R1), 60–30° (R2) and 30–5° (R3). In addition MUR was evaluated during isometric contractions at 10°, 45° and 80°.
Significant increases were observed in the MUR at R1, R2, and R3 during dynamic contractions as well as in all 3 angles during isometric contractions. These findings applied equally regardless of the mode of contraction and motion speed during training.
The fact that MUR increased significantly within untrained RoM's may point out to the potential benefits of short RoM conditioning, particularly in those cases where, during specific phases of rehabilitation, a wider RoM may be contraindicative.
So there is a carryover effect of increasing strength in the untrained upper and lower ROMs.
Overcoming the limitations of full ROM resistance training: The effects of variable ROM training on performance, activation, stiffness and muscle architecture, R. Clark, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Volume 9, Supplement 1, December 2006, Page 24
Traditional full ROM resistance training has a number of limitations when used for training athletes. These include terminal deceleration, limited eccentric overload and a non-specific countermovement position. This study examined the effect of a variable ROM training program, consisting of partial ROM training with countermovements performed at a different ROM for each set, on upper body ballistic, isokinetic and isometric strength as well as musculotendinous stiffness, neuromuscular activation and muscle architecture using ultrasound.
Twenty-two semi-professional rugby league players were assigned to either a variable ROM (VROM) or full ROM (CON) 5 week training program, with both protocols equalised for concentric work. Testing consisted of isokinetic bench press throughout both the full ROM and half ROM from full extension, isometric strength and EMG at one quarter intervals throughout the bench press ROM, bench throws performed both with and without elastic energy contribution, upper body musculotendinous stiffness and pennation angles and muscle thickness of the long and medial head of the triceps brachii using ultrasound.
Testing revealed that the VROM group significantly improved a number of performance factors such as bench throw height and isokinetic peak force in comparison with the CON group. The results also suggest that VROM training also produces beneficial adaptations to the force/ROM curve. Therefore, this method of training appears to provide beneficial performance adaptations in athletes with extensive resistance training backgrounds, and may provide superior sports specific performance gains when used intermittently in an athletes training program.
There is value in varying the band of partial range movement...within a training session or between training sessions.
The load & force generated is higher when you do partials of say 1/2 ROM. The tension stays on the muscle targeted unlike full ROMs which take tension off/or shift the target muscle at the extremes of full ROMs. Strength is increased along the full range. There is less strain on connective tissue.
The only caveat is that overall work will decrease which may be restored simply by adding a rep or three.


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08:34 AM, Thursday, December 05
If you ask me, Saban isn't worth top-dollar, like people think he is. I wonder if the University of Alabama athletics department is questioning his pay scale now, as well.
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I N S I D EYMCA: Skill Building what's hottmf deadlineThe application deadline for the Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund (TMF) is 5:00 p.m., February 18. This year, the City will award approximately 9-15 grants of up to $10,000 each. Seattle neighborhood groups and organizations are invited to apply for funds for projects which increase technology literacy and access in their communities. The City is also encouraging civic participation projects which increase resident involvement in problem solving and use information and communications technology to support their effort. Applications and guidelines are available online at seattle.gov/tech, at Neighborhood Service Centers or by calling the Community Technology Program at (206) 684-0600. The Technology Matching Fund was established in 1997 to support the community�s effort to close the digital divide and encourage a technology-healthy city. A recent study conducted by the City shows that while Seattle is a very technology savvy community, with 83 percent of residents using the Internet and 83 percent having a computer at home, there still remains a significant digital divide in access and use by senior citizens, especially elderly women, African Americans, low-income and low-educated residents. Read about the great upcoming events below.Feb 16, 19, 23rd, March 8th. psact gets
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One of the 2004 Technology Matching Fund projects is the YMCA of Greater Seattle's program to teach at-risk drop-out students hardware and software basics, and then give them computers at the end of the course. According to the Y's Computer Education Supervisor Paul Young, "Not only will the students learn hands-on computer skills in class," said Paul Young of the YMCA, "but they will also earn a computer of their own to bring home." "We're excited about the ripple effect this will have in the community," he said, "as the students use their new skills and share them with friends and family."
According to Young, "Although we were pretty strong in teaching a variety of business software programs, we had nothing to offer the students who were interested in hardware. Many of our re-entry students have not been active in school and have fallen behind, not only in regular academic subjects, but in the technical skills that are taken for granted by regular computer users."
Youth involved in the program are excited to acquire new skills, and report a sense of hands-on accomplishment in this classroom. One of the students, Adrianna Murtha, said, "The hardest thing about this class was trying to remember all the parts, but once I got that down, it was fun. The coolest thing would be the teacher, Tavaras Powell, because he is so nice and explained it clearly for me to understand."
Another student, Ryan Ogborn, said, "The coolest part was hooking up the upgrades onto the computers. The most boring part was trying to get the dust out of the inside of the computer. There really was no actual hard part. Everything was explained nice and simple so it was really easy to comprehend."
Classmate Bezaneh Zegeye agrees. "The coolest thing would be taking them apart then putting them back together and making them work better. You get that 'I just fixed something!' feeling."
By adding a hardware component to their technology curriculum, the YMCA has encouraged students to see the broader picture of technology -- the relationship between hardware and software -- and to develop a variety of approaches to technology learning. According to Young, the key factors in making the decision to proceed in this direction were:
Student Ryan Ogborn is excited. "It has given me a jump start on a career that has a lot to do with what I want to go in to."
The program has been a success so far because it has provided individuals with their own computers, given them a sense of ownership and confidence, taught important hardware and troubleshooting knowledge, and created a cohort of new technology teachers passing their knowledge on to their families and friends. It has also put computers into homes that might not otherwise have had one and increased the availability of information to people who need it the most.
Other organizations interested in launching this type of program could benefit from considering the difficulties encountered by the YMCA's experience. According to Young, problems included storage limitations for computer donations because of their size and shape. Another suggestion was to plan for thoroughly cleaning donated computers, which tend to be filled with dust. BIOS upgrades require planning, according the Young, and backup computers should be available to cover for the occasional inoperable ones. It is essential to teach students about the availability of free firewall, spyware removal and antivirus software, and how to use them. Extra time should be spent in the classroom on effective use of the web. Be sure to cover search engines, downloads, PDFs, zipfiles.
The YMCA of Greater Seattle, Metrocenter Branch is located at 909 4th Avenue in Seattle, on the lower level (LL17). They boast a 10-workstation computer lab and another classroom with nine workstations. They offer Internet access, Windows XP and Win2000 operating systems, video production and editing equipment, office and keyboarding software, digital cameras and web design software. They just finished their hardware class, which is available once a month. For more information, contact Paul Young, YMCA of Greater Seattle, (206) 382-5060.
Black History Month provides us with a great opportunity to learn from and honor the achievements of African American leaders in technology. At the same time that we honor the famous leaders, it is also important to honor the contributions of those leaders and workers behind the scenes that make any business run smoothly, allowing other leaders to excel. Here is a profile of one leader recognized last year by the Career Communications Group. Read more about Seattle Black History Month events at seattle.gov/blackhistory.
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Roscoe Giles, deputy director of Boston University�s Center for Computational Science and a professor of computer and electrical engineering in the university�s College of Engineering, was named one of the �50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science� in 2004 by the publishing company, Career Communications Group (CCG), which publishes US Black Engineer & Information Technology, Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology, and Science Spectrum.
Giles� area of research is computational science, which is the use of advanced computer systems to understand and solve problems. His projects focus on the use of high-performance parallel computers to solve problems in physics and materials science and on the development of algorithms for large-scale micromagnetic modeling and molecular dynamic simulation. In addition to this research, Giles works to bring computing to people and people to computing through his involvement as a founder and the executive director of the Institute for African-American ECulture. This NSF-funded institute addresses cultural issues of the digital divide.
Giles has also been a team leader in the National Science Foundation�s Education, Outreach, and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (EOT-PACI) group. In 1975, he became the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Stanford University.
Digital Promise has just released the Quick Link directory for computer learning centers in affordable housing communities. Available in Word and HTML, the directory is a collection of useful links that lab coordinators can refer to as they provide programs and services to the users of their center.
"Community technology labs are used in so many diverse ways." says Project Coordinator Ellen Earth, "The Quick Link directory is a handy resource so the lab managers can direct their users to the resources they need." Included in the directory are categories such as education, employment, entertainment, genealogy and more. According to Digital Promise Board President Joseph B. Diehl, "We are excited about being able to provide tools that help seniors and low-income residents use computers and the Internet for things that interest them." Although the directory was designed for use in affordable housing communities, it is available to anyone. The Quick Link Directory was made possible by funding from the City of Seattle's Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund. For more information or the obtain copies of the directory, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call (206) 290-5498.
When the Seattle Community Network Association�s Computer Giveaway Project needed a new workspace, PSACT was able to help. After finding space available in the building housing PSACT�s office, PSACT Director Sandra Mears got together with Computer Giveaway "Supreme Commander" Ti Locke to �do a deal.� Under the new agreement, SCNA was able to move its workshop and inventory into new digs at 157 Roy Street in Seattle.
The partnership supports shared goals of both organizations, particularly increasing computer access and technology literacy throughout the community and reducing waste through re-use and recycling. The new workspace will not only support the giveaway itself, but also provides a place for volunteers and community members to teach, learn and practice technical skills with both software and hardware.
The Computer Giveaway is an all-volunteer project organized in 1986 by Ti Locke, who also serves as director of SCNA. The project accepts donated computers and peripheral equipment from businesses and individuals, short-circuiting that trip to the landfill and putting the equipment to good use. Obsolete equipment is recycled through a partnership with King County Computer Recovery Project (now called Take it Back Network). Pentium-class and above equipment is refurbished by volunteer techies and given free to non-profits, agencies and individuals throughout the Puget Sound region. Financial support comes through donations to SCNA; part goes to defray recycling costs, since recycling is not free.
Got a surplus computer? Need a computer? Check out the criteria and the details at the SCNA web site, or email direct.
PSACT helps out by coordinating drop-off and/or pick-up at the site. After clearing with Ti Locke, donors/recipients can call (206) 267-2879 or Lane Campbell to arrange a specific time.
The Community Perspectives Project Presentations and Civic Dialogue
IDHA's Intergenerational Dialogue and Photo exhibit about International District issues.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16: PRESENTATION TO COMMUNITY AND CITY STAFF about Community Perspectives Project and discussing strategies for addressing community concerns. 4-5 p.m. at the Sound Transit Board Room at Union Station, 401 S. Jackson Street.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23: CITY COUNCIL BROWN BAG PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION; Noon to 1:30 p.m., City Council chambers, City Hall. Or watch it on the SeattleChannel.org.
Black Data Processing Association (BDPA) is hosting the third annual Information Technology IT day on Saturday, February 19 for Black History Month.
Location: Emerald City Outreach Ministries, 7728 Rainer Avenue South
Date: February 19
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
On the day of this event, there will be a community booth fair. If you would like a booth or more info, please email Monique Roberts at or call (206) 490-1308.
Social Venture Partners Seattle Out of School Time Program
Deadline for letters of inquiry: February 11, 2005
Social Venture Partners Seattle seeks to partner with organizations providing activities for youth ages 5-18 during out-of-school time, including before and after-school hours, evenings, and weekends. Programs should provide one or more of the following: quality time with caring adults; activities designed to develop social, life, and leadership skills; academic enrichment; and opportunities to contribute to their communities. The Out of School Time Grant Committee expects to award two grants of approximately $40,000 each. SVP will make initial single-year grants that it intends to lead into longer-term partnerships (typically three to five years). In addition to the grants, SVP will provide consulting to help build the organizational, management, and technology infrastructure of its grantees.
City of Seattle Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund
Deadline: February 18, 2005
Seattle neighborhood groups and organizations are invited to apply for funds for projects which increase technology literacy and access in their communities. The City is also encouraging civic participation projects which increase resident involvement in problem solving and use information and communications technology to support their effort.
Deadline: March 28
The mission of Staples Foundation for Learning is to provide funding to programs that support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth.
American Express Economic Independence Fund
Deadline: Deadline: March 4
This grants program is designed to support the delivery of financial literacy education to underserved adult segments of society, including the newly employed, young workers, individuals moving from welfare to work, and immigrants.
Deadlines: March 31; June 30; and September 30
Adobe supports schools and community-based organizations with programs that enable and inspire K-12 students to think creatively, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively, using digital technology and communication tools. Adobe also supports nonprofit organizations and programs with an emphasis on the following criteria:
Deadline: Ongoing
The Public Welfare Foundation supports organizations that address human needs in disadvantaged communities, with strong emphasis on organizations that include service, advocacy and empowerment in their approach: service that remedies specific problems; advocacy that addresses those problems in a systemic way through changes in public policy; and strategies to empower people in need to play leading roles in achieving those policy changes and in remedying specific problems. 2005 funding priorities include community development, criminal justice, the environment, health, human rights and global security, reproductive and sexual health, youth, welfare reform and civic participation.
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Sand wraith is well balanced for late game, but in early game boring at best and frustrating at worst.
I can't remember the last time I saw SW in a competitive game, and that's saying something considering the current meta game. Not only is he slow to start, easy to cripple, and boring, but his late game dominance in competitive play isn't strong enough to make-up for any of those short-comings. Compare him to any other slow-start late-game carry in late-game dominance, and there will always be some reason he falls short.
He doesn't have a creep farming skill. Since Desert's Curse is an all-in-one ability, has a high cooldown and mana cost, SW has to save that skill for other tasks. Not to mention, one high cost 200 dmg skill isn't the best creep farming ability anyways. Deserted doesn't apply to creeps. Dissipate only helps with tanking jungle creeps, but he still can't DPS jungle creeps enough for even that to matter.
He has a good attack animation, but his base damage is lower than Chronos, his attack speed is lower than MageBane, and doesn't have creep farming skills like DarkLady (or basically anyone else). Like most slow-start late-game carries, he HAS an escape mechanism, but his is by farm the least effective. Everyone else has a blink, psudo-blink, invis, or at the very least a ranged attack. SW's Desert's Curse has a longer cooldown than anyone's ACTUAL blink at any level, and is overly mana intensive for his mana pool. Since his escape mechanism involves walking away, you can't even call it an escape mechanism until he buys boots and something to tank with.
Sand Wraith doesn't benefit from Farming Items the way other carries do. Not only does it take him longer to farm a Farming Item, but he has to be active sooner than other slow-to-start carries, making Farming Items an ineffective pick-up. He has no direct synergies with any Farming Items, removing any incidental incentives as well. Some people used to farm a mock, but SW doesn't benefit from direct damage increase anywhere near as much as he does from Agi increase, not to mention the illusions don't gain direct damage increases. Rune Cleaver very specifically doesn't synergise with Deserted. alchy bones are almost specifically for junglers, and again, give direct attack speed --not Agi.
Deserted is not effective at making him an early solo-ganker, or adding to his DPS late game. It's too situational. Even most junglers are going to be near allied creeps. Besides being situational, since it's a straight damage buff, it could only be effective early game, and it definitely isn't effective early game because of the skills you'd have to forgo to take levels in it. In late game, he'll always be in team fights, preventing Deserted from working unless he chases scattering opponents, which he shouldn't be doing as the teams tanky carry unless the team fight is already won.
Sand Wraith needs re-scaling or re-working for a better, more enjoyable, early game.
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Yet he can almost instantly join a fight from lvl 6 on (if you pick it up at 6), on top of giving vision and damaging every enemy hero a bit. His ult is excellent for initiation and counter-initiation and sometimes just for the vision. Having a phar behe tb etc on the team is just awesome.
As soon as you got helm vests and steamboots you're well on your way to become that late game monster sw is designed for.
The hero is really hard to somewhat balance, because he isn't comparable to other heros.
All that said, I do think they should give the ult back a bit longer duration.
Restore ult duration
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give him back his nullfire blade synergy with his ulti and everything will be just fine if you consider that they've nerfed every single spell except from Q .....
the item build after this change should be
str boots/chase boots
sand wraith at his current state is one of the reasons that make me want to quit the game from times to times.
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Yeah, not only does ulting in put him at risk, but even if you assume he does well in the gank/skermish, he still has to port/trek back to a solo lane after each ult, netting him only a small profit compared to staying in lane.
The best he can muster is to ult during each gank attempt, and then NOT port so he gets assist gold and never stops farming... Even then, he's still slower at farming, and no help to the team.
I feel his role is best as an active participant at lvl6 ulting-in whenever possible. He isn't the hardest hard carry, but he can at least contribute during the mid-game to make-up for it. that to me seems balanced, and messing with his late-game is playing with fire anyways(not the easiest balance to strike).
Even though I'd argue his mid and late game are fairly well placed, I feel his early game is lacking. He's one of the easier heroes to cripple. As an Agi tank, he is squishy early game, with an ineffective escape mechanism, making him easy to stomp. Combined with his high item dependents and his slow item farming, he can be rendered eternally useless way too easily.
Gank a SW 3 times early game, and he'll spend the rest of the match failing a game of catch-up.
Just revert some of his nerfs, e.g. ult duration/illusions+Nullfire nerf, or directly buff him to dota's Spectre and he would be viable again.
There are some heroes who got nerfed some time ago and who just need to get the dota treatment to be viable again with the flood of new heroes.
Don't revert the nerfs to his ulti/dispersion, will just make him completly unstoppable late game once again. Do buff his deserted+desert's curse (there was no reason for the 7->3 sec nerf at all), revert it back to 7 seconds and make deserted require the targetted hero to be close to allied heroes to deactivate, not just creeps. Might not be enough to make him a viable competitive pick again but surely won't make him too strong so it's a good start.
I'd rather see him buffed lategame than early game, so an ult duration buff (doesn't have to be complete re-buff) would in my opinion be better than buffing his earlygame from terrible to less terrible.
I find the concept of a game ender if allowed to end it more appealing than decent all game.
Stats are like women in bikinis, they are interesting to look at however they don't show you everything.
I don't think buffing his late game will make him any more competitively viable. I agree with sand trap, altering/rescaling his first two abilities for early game is all that's needed to make him optimally competitive, and enjoyable to play.
Best thing is to do the multi-trail mechanic like Spectral Dagger in DotA, but that buff got reverted almost immediately after I got it implemented because HoN spawns too many gadgets on the map.
IMO, if HoN can find a better way to make the sand trails attach to multiple units without overflowing the server's capacity then it would be the ideal buff to implement & stay.
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Hero needs remade in short.
He farms longer not harder in his current form. His multiple escape mechanisms and ability to free farm on one side of the map and instantly be in a team fight is insane. Not to mention the very idea of a skill like Dispersion just makes attempting to balance him a headache. Sand Wraith has never been in the middle ground of balancing. He's either been an instant win or an instant loss.
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Part of the problem in balancing Sandy is S2's attempt to shorten the average game length. New carry heroes have much better early game compared to old heroes, which essentially means that there is most likely always an available carry that simply requires less early support than Sand Wraith, making him an inferior pick.
That aside, I think the Nullfire change hurt him maybe the most. He is now a hard carry that simply doesn't scale so well with items (compared to his old iterations at least).
They need to revert the changes to his ult and dispersion. He won't be as strong still as when those skills were top notch anyway since they ruined the nullfire pickup.
So units stepping on the path after the projectile dies won't spawn a trail - only if the projectile hits them while it's still alive. And no, standing on the trail while the projectile is still alive doesn't count, the projectile has to hit them.The Spectre launches a deadly dagger that trails a Shadow Path. Deals damage to the targets in its path. Units hit by the dagger will also trail a Shadow Path. The Spectre becomes phased (gains zero collision) while on the path.
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Alright thanks. By debuff, I meant additional units that walk over any of the multiple trails left by the hit units, become slowed themselves. Spectre's Shadow Path has always been confusing to me...
On topic, it does sound like a very solid buff, though hardly enough really. Sand Wraith will still be very lackluster, UNLESS the duration of his ult's illusions is reverted back to its longer duration (and the cooldown isn't even that small nowadays to be honest, considering the huge amount of power it lost).
Making his passive apply to creeps would make a difference (in build and farm).


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apparently this is how the orginial pokemon was suppost to end like this
japan had this to say
in other news coolmans has revealed his secret identity.
Ash is the blue haired woman. He had a sex change.
The real ending.
At least from my experience of pokemon fire red.
Lmao. I hated Gary so much when I first played Red.
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Today, I found (what I think to be) the most awesometastic twitter ever. No, it's not some random celebrity…. it is one Oxford history grad, Alwyn Collinson, who has taken it upon himself to tweet events from WWII in "real time" for the next 6 years. Of course, for it to be real time you have to imagine that the year is 1939, but the day's tweets correspond with actual events that occurred that day more than 60 years ago. I have never spent 2 hours reading someone's twitter history before I found @RealTimeWWII
In an interview that Collinson gave with The Telegraph, he explains why he's doing this project
"I'm hoping to use Twitter to help bring the past to life, helping people understand the past as people at the time saw it, without the benefit of hindsight,"
This guy is just so amazing. As far as Collinson's goal goes, he's certainly achieved it with me. His tweets are informative and incredibly human. Collinson's tweets are also loaded with contemporary sources such as pictures, sound bites, newsreel and eyewitness accounts. Right now, most of his accounts talk about America's "Neutrality Act" and Hitler's invasion/occupation of Poland. I love how in just 140 characters, Collinson can still make these tweets hit home. Some are uplifting, but in such a dark and uncertain time as 1939 was, most are heartbreaking. Such as this one, posted on Veteran's (Remembrance) Day. It an except from the diary of Canadian Lt. Gen. Alan Brooke reflecting on the Remembrance Day ceremony he'd attended.
"The poppies served as a vivid reminder of the floods of blood spilt on this very ground, & the futility of again causing such bloodshed"
His posts on Remembrance Day are also quite revealing. They make you think of how people must have felt at the time, many had just barely survived the massacre that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars" and now they find themselves subjecting their own children to horrors that they spent the last decade trying to forget about. I believe everyone should check out this twitter, even if they aren't a history fan. I mean, @RealTimeWWII may not promote useless products like @KimKardashian, but you might just learn something.


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