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At the Pussy & Pooch boutique on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, the array of bejeweled collars, canine aromatherapy candles and post-modern cat scratchers demonstrates just how good life has become for the privileged pets of the neighborhood. Pussy & Pooch even boasts a Pawbar, providing local Chihuahuas and English bulldogs with the kind of fine dining experience that their owners routinely enjoy at the cafes crowding the avenue. Among the standouts on the Pawbar menu is a plate of fresh raw meats drizzled with gourmet sauce, accompanied by Bowser beer and followed by a dish of Yoghund frozen yogurt. "You live a stylish and progressive lifestyle," the shop assures visitors to its website, "and your pet companion should too!"
It wasn't so long ago that the only dogs and cats in this rapidly reinventing stretch of downtown L.A. were the strays that darted across Main—desperate and without shelter, like the men and women who stumbled on its sidewalks, or squeezed their way beneath accordian gates at night for the relative safety of the garbage-choked entrances to what had once been some of the most opulent office buildings west of the Mississippi.
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Amid the urban boom of the last decade across the United States, many downtown wastelands have undergone such transformations. The original Skid Row in Seattle—named in the 1860s for the greasy road used by day laborers transporting logs from timber stands above the city and eventually shorthand for a zone of drunkenness and destitution in an otherwise thriving young metropolis—has long since given way to a predictable mix of galleries, smart cafes and pricey lofts. So has the legendarily dissolute Bowery in New York City.
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For decades, this was a wasteland, the homeless capital of the USA. Which makes it all the more striking that the march of gentrification, of yoga studios and big real-estate developments, is pushing into the greatest concentration of human misery to be found in all the United States.
Which makes it all the more striking that the march of gentrification, of yoga studios and big real-estate developments and more than 23,000 new residents in just the last seven years, is pushing into the vicinity of soup kitchens, of shelter beds, of sidewalk encampments—of the greatest concentration of human misery to be found in all the United States. That march has brought the inevitable conflicts, as rents rise and worlds intersect, and undoubted benefits, as L.A.'s downtown has suddenly become "a neighborhood as electrifying and gritty as New York in the '70s," as GQ called it in a recent travel article that trumpeted its "reoccupation" and declared it well on its way to becoming "a Great City in the heart of the City That Destroyed Cities."
But perhaps more surprising than this urban hipster upgrade has been another consequence of the vanishing buffer zone between Skid Row and the rest of L.A.: It seems, finally, to be forcing Angelenos to open their eyes to how the city treats its most vulnerable residents.
With its endless sprawl, L.A. for decades has been called "the city without a center." In fact, Los Angeles once did have a center—and it was right where Pussy & Pooch now stands. In the late 1800s, cheap hotels began opening around Central Station to accommodate the thousands of day laborers, fruit pickers and fortune seekers taking the Southern Pacific Railroad to the end of the line. At the border of this transient district, Main Street arose as the city's hub of power and influence, where its real estate barons, citrus moguls and financiers built Beaux Arts office blocks of granite and marble and bronze with their names chiseled above the front doors. In top-floor executive offices and private clubs, they enjoyed a panoramic view of a city whose future they were shaping. The grandest monument of them all, just a few doors down from today's Pussy & Pooch, was the Pacific Electric Building, which served as the headquarters for the streetcar magnate Henry Huntington. In its basement was arguably the busiest commuter station in America, the terminus for 1,100 miles of Pacific Electric track leading from L.A.'s mushrooming suburbs to the heart of a city on the move.
In 1914, a produce dealer-cum-self-promoting-preacher named Tom Liddecoat opened the Midnight Mission only a five-minute walk from all this prosperity, serving a 12 a.m. dinner to the crowds of poor and hungry men who had clustered in what he called "Hell's Half Acre." By the Great Depression, the area was well on its way to becoming a disaster zone in the center of town, a sketchy neighborhood whose fate was sealed after World War II with the waning of Huntington's Pacific Electric System. Once the last of L.A.'s streetcar routes was scuttled in 1963, the conquest of the automobile was complete.
By the end of the 1980s, L.A.'s banks, corporations and white-shoe law firms had all decamped to a thicket of modern office towers built on a bluff to the west, convenient to one of the busiest freeways in the world. In the ghost town of the old city center, the grand hotels that had once welcomed Charlie Chaplin and Woodrow Wilson were now housing the poorest of L.A.'s poor, and an estimated 30 percent of the neighborhood was living on the streets, sleeping on sidewalks and alleys by the thousands and overwhelming the shelters, soup kitchens and vermin-infested rooming houses that had come to symbolize the neighborhood as much as its Gilded Age splendor ever had.


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Hi Robert,
I suppose this isn't the correct forum for this question, but I hope that you can help me get the word out to anyone who cares about privacy.
HIV Poz Names Gathered by the State of Hawaii
When I go to the doctor, one of the forms that I sign states that the information about my case is confidential and protected by HIPAA.
They promise that they won't release any information without my written consent. I recently discovered that there is a big exception to this protection if you are HIV positive.
I discovered that my HIV lab results and my name were sent to the Hawaii State Health Department without my knowledge or consent.
Apparently, Physicians and Labs are required to do this clandestine reporting in order for the state to obtain Federal funds from the CDC.
Here are their awful guidelines: http://hawaii.gov/health/healthy-lifestyles/std-aids/pdfs/aboutus/hiv-reporting.pdf
My rights to private healthcare have been unnecessarily squandered. I do not trust providers who secretly release my records to the government, and I certainly will not continue to fund them.
According to the CDC, they do not require name based reporting on any other STD or infectious disease... Only HIV.
Why are they gathering the names of HIV positive people? While the CDC claims that it is a "public health need", I suspect that it is the worst kind of discrimination.
Obviously, the Department of Health is not protecting the list of names adequately: I easily found out that they have my name.
If you want to know if are on the list, call the Hawai'i HIV/AIDS Surveillance Program at (808) 733-9010. Or search out the "Surveillance Program" in your state. Let them know what you think of their secret data gathering.
I can concede that there may be some merit to name based reporting. However, there is no justification for circumventing the HIPAA informed consent guidelines.
If you are concerned: ask your doctors and your labs if they report. Fire them if they do. Insist that your records be kept as "John Doe".
Robert, please help me get the word out about this. I would be happy to write articles for the Body, or any other source that might publicize this issue.
HIV surveillance data are now used to track the epidemic. It is indeed a federal law. Firing your doctor or insisting your records be kept under the name John Doe won't help. See below.
Dr. Bob
Prevention? Apr 25, 2006
Doc, First I would like to thank you for your time and energy and power of example. I live in Mass. and our State Public Health officials will soon require names based reporting on cases of HIV to the federal government under threat that federal monies for patient care will go only to those states that comply. Health officials claim this will help them track and fight the spread of aids. Could you shed some light on how it would help or is something shakin' on shakedown street? What are they up too?
Response from Dr. Frascino
This has been a very long running battle, which you can read about in the archives. Personally, I still feel names-based HIV reporting is a bad idea, as it will discourage some folks from getting tested. I would prefer a code-based system that protects privacy. However, the Republican President and Republican Congress hold the purse strings and they want to know who is infected. So if states don't comply, they are cutting off funds. Nice guys, eh? I wish they were a bit more concerned about providing appropriate funds to treat HIV/AIDS patients and updating HIV/AIDS-awareness-and-prevention programs. (Abstinence-only sex ed. continues to do more harm than good.) But, names-based reporting appears to be a battle we have lost. It's a bad idea. But a bad idea whose time has come. So we'll deal with it. The midterm elections can't get here too soon!
I'll post below a few names-based reporting articles from the archives.
Dr. Bob
California Assembly Approves Bill That Would Create Names-Based HIV Reporting System
March 31, 2006
The California Assembly on Thursday voted 67-0 to approve a bill (SB 699) that would implement a confidential names-based reporting system for new HIV cases in the state, the Los Angeles Times reports (Ornstein, Los Angeles Times, 3/31). California's current HIV reporting system, which was implemented in 2002, uses alphanumeric codes that incorporate a patient's birth date, gender and elements of their last name. Under the system, laboratories and doctors report to their county's health department the codes for anyone who tests HIV-positive and the information is sent to the state, which then reports the data to the federal government. The Times in July 2005 reported that many cases are believed to be lost when doctors and laboratories send incorrect or incomplete codes or fail to keep required patient data. As a result, state health authorities have difficulty gauging the state's HIV epidemic. The measure, by state Sen. Nell Soto (D), would allow Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) administration up to one year to create rules for the new names-based system. The bill also would create penalties for those who do not adhere to the confidentiality rules and would allow anonymous HIV testing in certain locations. The California Senate approved the bill in January (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 2/22). CDC does not consider code-based HIV reporting to be accurate, and federal officials have said they will withhold funds from states that use code-based reporting rather than confidential names-based reporting (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 3/14). HIV/AIDS advocates in California worry that the state might be at a disadvantage due to the high quality of care it offers HIV-positive people and the way in which AIDS cases are counted, affecting Ryan White Care Act HIV/AIDS funding calculations, which could lead to a $19 million loss for programs in the state's nine metropolitan areas (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 3/6). Support for the bill signals a "turnaround" in California, which was largely divided on whether the privacy of HIV-positive people would be compromised by a names-based system, the Times reports. The Assembly now returns the bill to the Senate for consideration of technical changes. Supporters say that if approved in the Senate, the bill could be signed into law within weeks, the Times reports. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) administration has voiced its support for the measure (Los Angeles Times, 3/31).
Calif. Gov. Signs Bill That Creates Names-Based HIV Reporting System April 18, 2006
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday signed a bill (SB 699) that implements a confidential names-based reporting system for new HIV cases in the state, the Los Angeles Times reports (Keller, Los Angeles Times, 4/18). California's current HIV reporting system, which was implemented in 2002, uses alphanumeric codes that incorporate a patient's birth date, gender and elements of their last name. The California Assembly in March approved the bill, and the Senate approved it earlier this month (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 4/10). The new reporting system will ensure that California does not lose about $50 million in federal funds annually for HIV/AIDS treatment. New provisions under the Ryan White CARE Act mean that states reporting new HIV cases using codes will not receive federal funds beginning Oct. 1, 2006 (Los Angeles Times, 4/18). "I am signing [SB] 699 to protect California's federal funding for vital HIV and AIDS services and to strengthen confidentiality protections of HIV and AIDS patient information," Schwarzenegger said in a letter to members of the California Senate (Schwarzenegger letter, 4/17).
"We thank the governor for helping us to protect vital funding. Not only will this legislation protect the state from losing millions in CARE Act funding, it will provide us with valid, uniform data to strengthen our planning of HIV/AIDS services," San Francisco AIDS Foundation Executive Director Mark Cloutier said in a statement, adding that the bill "also encourages individuals to learn their HIV status by ensuring the continued availability of anonymous HIV testing, and it contains strong provisions to protect the confidentiality of Californians who are HIV- positive" (SF AIDS Foundation release, 4/17). AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein also praised the governor and the Legislature for "recognizing the urgency of this issue." Craig Vincent-Jones, executive director of the Los Angeles County Commission on HIV, said, "We've done the right thing for the state, for public health, and especially for people with HIV/AIDS." The bill "will save lives and money," Carla Bailey, co-chair of the Los Angeles County Commission on HIV, said, adding, "Names-based reporting will give California a better chance at getting -- and keeping -- people in care and treatment" (AHF release, 4/17).
Gay & Lesbian Doctors Warn Against Mandatory Reporting
By Marj Plumb July 1998
Aggressive management of HIV disease with the use of protease inhibitors has dramatically expanded the period of time that many people are living with HIV prior to receivng an AIDS diagnosis. This significant development has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to re-examine how the HIV epidemic is tracked nationwide. The decision the CDC will make has far-ranging consequences. Currently, the CDC only requires physicians to report the names of people diagnosed with AIDS to local and state health departments. But such information is now unable to accurately capture new trends in the HIV epidemic. Virtually everyone agrees that to create a more complete picture of the epidemic, surveillance of HIV (as opposed to AIDS) is essential. But the question is, will HIV surveillance require the reporting of people's names or will a system of coded information that protects confidentiality be used?
The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), along with organizations such as the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Latino Commission on AIDS in New York City, and the National Association of People With AIDS, believes that named HIV reporting would be detrimental to testing and treatment efforts. GLMA is an organization of gay and lesbian physicians, many of whom have been treating HIV and AIDS since the onset of the epidemic.
It is the direct experience of our member physicians that has led GLMA to agree with the CDC that an HIV surveillance system is necessary to confront a disease that continues to take a tremendous human, financial, and spiritual toll on our communities. First-hand knowledge by these physicians about homophobia and discrimination toward gay people, people of color, women, and those infected with HIV leads us to question whether names reporting is the proper surveillance tool and to support alternative surveillance methods, such as unique identifiers (codes that relate patient information) or computer encryption.
The CDC has made it clear that not only will HIV surveillance data be used to track the epidemic but that this information may also be used by other branches of the federal health department to determine how much money a state is given for the medical treatment of people with HIV. Linking numbers to funding will place immense pressure on public health officials and politicians, rightly intent on leveraging the maximum funding available to treat those with HIV, to ensure that all those infected are captured within the surveillance system. Such pressure could lead states to choose methods of tracking people with HIV that are more "full proof" -- such as names-based reporting -- yet are more vulnerable to security breaches. This pressure could also force states to outlaw anonymous testing and to link HIV surveillance to partner notification in an attempt to ensure that every HIV infected individual is identified and reported.
Currently, 28 states have implemented names reporting, but these states comprise only one-third of the people with AIDS in this country. How would a move to names-based reporting impact states such as California and New York where HIV has hit hardest? Surveys conducted of people of color in New York City indicate that names reporting would deter many people from getting the testing and treatment they need. This is a dangerous sign that should not be ignored.
Further, one-third of the states that require names reporting also have passed laws that eliminate anonymous HIV test sites, even though anonymous testing has repeatedly been shown to be the best method of counseling those at risk and helping those who are already infected to enter treatment. For people in these states the options are: be willing to give your name or live without knowing your HIV status. No one should have to make such a choice.
Both Texas and Maryland have experimented with non-names-based unique identifier surveillance systems. Both have seen an overall increase in the completeness and accuracy of data over the three years they have been used -- a positive sign that even the CDC can't discount.
Ultimately, any picture of the epidemic can only reflect those who choose to be tested. Certainly, we can extrapolate from any statistics that are collected. But the most compete picture will be obtained through the creation of a system that encourages people to be tested and get treatment, and that has the financial backing by the government to ensure that treatment is available to all who need it. To that end, surveillance is necessary. Names, however, are not. :
Can you believe this? Oct 25, 2005
Thank you as always for your kind words, but from my heart, I MEAN IT! You are family to me and I am so grateful to have someone like you on the side of so many affected with this dreadful disease. Family always stick together, through the bad and the good. I am here for you. How is your brother doing? I hope you take alot of pictures so you have the wonderful memories to look back on. He must be very proud of you as I am sure you are of him. I have had the colposcopy done. I am awaiting the results. Thank you for giving me the strength to go through with it. I felt your presence with me and am very grateful for it and your encouragement. I pray you feel my presence with you and your family in your painful situation and may you gather the strength from it to continue to do the outstanding things you do for yourself, your family and the little people like me. Please take care. I think of you always. Sending you all my love, hugs and kisses. Mommy of three
Hello dear friend.
As always, this mommy of three has you in her heart and on her mind. I just received an email from POZ and a deeply upsetting article came up. I have pasted it so you can read it and please tell me if you think we are all at risk of this and if there is anything you can suggest we can do to stop it. Can you believe it? And then they wonder why people do not want to get tested. Isn't there a law that can protect us? What about confidentiality laws?It is not enough that we have to cope with discrimination from people who are petrified of us when we have to disclose, but imagine what this will do to the rest of us, who want the option of not disclosing. Is it legal? I am having such a difficult time coping with my diagnosis and my sons, not to mention my positive pap test and awaiting my colposcopy results and am already starting to worry about where on this earth can we hide, so they cannot invade our privacy in fear of our very lives. Anxiously awaiting your reply but more than that, sending you lots of love, hugs and kisses as well as your brother and Dr. Steve. Love, Mommy of three
|| Health News ||
October 20, 2005
Illinois will begin names-based HIV reporting in 2006 Eric Whitaker, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, on Tuesday announced that Illinois will begin in January tracking cases of HIV by name rather than alphanumeric code in response to mounting federal pressure to bring its HIV surveillance system in line with those operating in most other states, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago reports.
"The federal government has made the decision rather simple: Switch to name-based reporting or lose millions of dollars for essential HIV care, prevention, and housing programs," said Mark Ishaug, AFC executive director. "IDPH is facing this new challenge responsibly by bringing together stakeholders to ensure that every effort is made to protect client confidentiality and promote acceptance of HIV testing and care services."
AFC will serve on a task force convened by IDPH to review internal systems and assist the state in developing and communicating how HIV surveillance will operate in the future.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pressuring all states to adopt names-based HIV reporting, which it considers a more accurate and consistent collection method than codes-based systems. The CDC has refused to integrate data from 13 states using codes-based reporting into its national HIV projections. At least 10 of the 13 regions without names-based reporting, including the states of California, Massachusetts, and Washington and the city of Philadelphia, are in the process of switching to names-based reporting systems. (Advocate.com)
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hi Mommy of Three,
I combined your two posts into one.
Thank you for your kind words and support. They are warmly appreciated. As the song says, "People who need people. . . ." Regarding names-based HIV reporting, it is a battle that many of us have been fighting for over two decades. California is one of only seven states and the District of Columbia that use coded reporting for HIV cases. The federal government (CDC) has been pushing for names-based recording for many years. We, on the other hand, have encouraged a code-based system to protect privacy, prevent discrimination and encourage HIV testing. The code-based system used here, like those used elsewhere, has been somewhat cumbersome and expensive. Some cases are lost because laboratories and doctors' offices sometimes send incorrect or incomplete codes. Some members of the health department have complained they are having difficulty gauging and tracking the HIV epidemic, because the reporting is incomplete. Therefore, there are problems in allocating appropriate funds to the proper counties, etc. The federal government has now said they will withhold funds from states that use code-based reporting rather than "confidential" names-based reporting. California, for instance, will lose as much as $50 million annually in federal HIV/AIDS funds if it does not switch. Overall, I still believe names-based reporting is a bad idea due to ongoing HIV/AIDS stigmatization and the potential for discrimination. If this leads to decreased HIV testing, the consequences will be more, rather than fewer, new HIV infections. Unfortunately, even though names-based reporting is a bad idea, it appears it's a bad idea whose time has come. We still do have HIV discrimination laws on the books. We need to use those laws whenever discrimination occurs. We must also redouble our efforts to increase HIV/AIDS awareness and education. Ultimately proper education will decrease HIV/AIDS ignorance, apathy, myth and discrimination. Of course, HIV/AIDS education in the era of "abstinence only" sex education and puritanical policy wonks in positions of power in Washington is challenging to say the least.
Try not to worry too much about bad policy decisions. Eventually these problems will work themselves out. For now, focus your attention on getting well and enjoying those three little rascals of yours, O.K.?
Give them all a hug from Uncle Bob and save one for yourself, O.K.?
Dr. Bob


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"We're doing it to make sure…that Republican congressman and senators feel comfortable," said American for Tax Reform's Grover Norquist in an interview. "They look out and hear the guys on talk radio, and they go 'Oh my goodness, everybody out there thinks this. That's not necessarily where I was, but I guess if everybody thinks that way, I'll either be quiet or go along, or I'll listen to them so they can convince me.' They're now hearing the other side of the issue."
Conservatives say the strongest case in favor of immigration reform is an economic one, not values-based, arguing that an expanded pool of legal workers will boost the economy — the message that tests best in focus groups.
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wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2011/3/8 19:04
From York, PA
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So I've been fishing wooly buggers and other streamers by casting and immediately strip retrieving. Is this the most effective method? I heard another guy mention that he drifts them and then strips them back.
My question applies to wooly buggers and to other streamers like clousers, BNDace, Mickey Finn, etc.
Posted on: 2011/3/20 17:18
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2010/12/10 23:52
From Madison co. VA (Conway River)
Posts: 0
I think wat makes a wooly bugger so good is the action in the tail. I useualy fish it by giving the rod little short jerks, if I was going to fish them on a dead drift i'd just as well use a wooly worm.
Posted on: 2011/3/20 18:01
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2009/2/6 18:59
From pittsburgh
Posts: 22
with wooly buggers theres no wrong way you just have to expirement with what works for you i personally drift them and swing them letting them hang in the current on seems for a sec ill give it a few strips and jerks on the way in but most of them take it on the swing or drif t but as for other streamers i stip them at varying speeds mainly start with an up and across and strip it back in seems to work with a few twitches too *disclaimer* i am not the most effective streamer fishernan nor fly fisherman for that matter ** you just gotta play with it to find what you like
Posted on: 2011/3/20 20:28
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Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2008/10/25 14:19
From York County
Posts: 180
I just fished an olive bugger today and caught all my trout on it. I kind of thing of them as a probe. As long as you can cast them ok a beadhead bugger can be drifted, stripped, hung out in the current, lobbed into an eddy, sunk to the bottom whatever.
I let them drift around rocks, between rocks or wherever I think a trout maybe be lying in wait. I use every conceivable method I can think of with a bugger, it's almost like bass fishing. If there is a deep hole below a run I may cast it far upstream and let it drift down to get some depth. You will eventualy catch some fish and realize what works for you.
Today while fishing I was roll casting over a run and hangin' it out in a little deep pocket / eddy on the opposite side of the run. I had to keep my rod raised up high and continuously mend my line to keep it in the pocket. I felt some action and set the hook catching a rainbow. That took some skill, however my first hookup today happened to be a brown hooked while simply drifting through a slow deep hole right out in front of me.
Just remember always keep your line mended or at least no unnecesary slack floating around or you may miss a strike on a bugger or streamer.
Posted on: 2011/3/20 22:35
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Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2006/9/11 8:26
From Chester County
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To fish a bugger, I often cast quartering upstream, let it dead drift, and at the end of the drift swing it in the current, hang it a bit downstream and strip it in. Also try aggressive stripping.
At some point you should find out what the fish prefer that day or in the water type you're fishing. You really can't fish it wrong.
It's common for trout to short-strike a streamer / bugger (Bass murtilize them and usually hook themselves). Try trimming the tails or tying your streamers and bugger short when fishing for trout.
I guarantee a bugger will catch fish as well or better than nearly every fly in your box. Keep at it. Good luck.
Posted on: 2011/3/21 7:11
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2010/9/3 8:25
From Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 0
As James said, sometimes the situation will dictate how you can fish a bugger with eddies and seams. And as Afish said quartering upstream with a swing is effective.
If you want some practice and have your choice of water, here's what I'd suggest:
1. Find a nice pool with a riffle at the head
2. Cast 45 degrees upstream into the riffle allowing you bugger some time to sink
3. Dead drift the bugger through the riffle and into the head of the pool while keeping your line as tight as possible
4. Continue to mend your line and follow the bugger with the tip of your rod until you're pointed 45 degrees downstream
5. Stop following with your rod tip and allow the bugger to swing in an arc to a stop below you
6. Wait 2-3 seconds then twitch your rod tip
7. Twitch/Strip your bugger toward you in whatever erratic motion you choose
You'll catch some fish on the dead drift, you'll catch a lot of fish on the swing, you'll catch a lot of fish on your first twitches after the swing, and you'll catch some on the strip back in.
Posted on: 2011/3/21 9:07
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2008/10/25 14:19
From York County
Posts: 180
The above post pretty much sums it up as a general guide, and you never know when a trout is going to strike a bugger.
My favorite is when you can see the bugger below the surface and a trout swims up fast from the depths and nails it near the surface.
Sometimes they miss, but don't get too excited and jerk it away if they miss. They sometimes swim around all crazy after a missed strike like they're spooked, but they are really searching for their escaped meal so keep it right where it was.
Edit: Who is James ???
Posted on: 2011/3/21 12:58
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Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2010/9/3 8:25
From Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 0
Hey M and K are adjacent keys, sorry man
Posted on: 2011/3/21 19:55
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2010/6/18 14:54
Posts: 0
There is no wrong way to fish buggers...the big things for me were simple trial and error... I have stripped them under logs, brush etc. I have also let them drift in big pools often getting hits on the swing, if not then vary the retrieve... and sooner or later find what they want... I also weigh some with lead wire and others I dont, depends on the water. Biggest thing I have found is color. I have never, some people wont believe it, caught a trout on black bugger! Olive, white (red thread gill) and brown have been great and are almost all I fish! hope this helps.
Posted on: 2011/3/23 22:16
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2010/1/21 17:06
From Southwest, Pa
Posts: 0
... if you're getting a lot of short strikes, which is very common on the swing, hard and deadly hit but no connection, try to strip-set (pull line and lift rod straight up instead of at an angle)...
... or start tying a small stinger on. I'm going to experiment w. some tubes and sink-tip's next weekend on the local lake for pike.
Posted on: 2011/3/26 0:17
Sure, we can assiduously three-quarter our wets down stream, mend, and wait out each fly swing, which to my way of thinking, anyway, relegates to the angler to role of butler, rather than nemesis.
-Art Lee
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2010/6/18 14:54
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Ok so I went fishing Sunday and as usual started right out with the olive bugger and what a great day. Landed 12 nice bows in 1 hour and a couple smaller browns. I tied up some smaller booger variations using peacock or I've dub for body and rabbit hair and flash for tail in size 10 with a bead. I tied these at about 18 in trailing my normal size 8 booger. The biggest fish all day was on the trailer! With a stripping action up stream I had a blast. That dropper had so much action in the water it was nuts. Def do that again.
Posted on: 2011/3/30 6:14
Re: wooly buggers...am I doin' it right?
2009/4/22 22:42
From Southwest, Pa
Posts: 5
Wolly Buggers are definitely the most effective flies in my box. About 90% of the fish I've caught on them have been on a simple dead drift.
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Industry and climate: What is the role of building technology in achieving the climate objectives? What can building technologies contribute to the realisation of the climate objectives? And what actions doest Agoria untertake to ensure their potential is fully used?
Role of the industry in achieving the climate objectives The design of climate regulation might not always be easy to follow, as it covers multiple sectors and addresses industry through two different types of approaches; ETS and non-ETS. In this article we illustrate how the regulations take the industry into account.
How do regulations impact your digital business? The 6th edition of the Regulations & Standards Event on October 10 has again some interesting Digital tracks on offer for you to keep up-to-date with the latest trends and evolutions of regulations and standards.
Ecodesign and Energy labelling: new obligations and revisions by end 2019/early 2020 On the 9th of September the fall season of Ecodesign and Energy labelling kicked-off with a Consultation Forum on the revision of the air conditioners and comfort fans regulations. In this article you will find an overview of the changes and obligations that you can expect to see in the coming months.
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The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have been monitoring social media for several years to search for potential terrorists and criminals. Meanwhile companies have been scanning social media to gather intelligence about consumer perceptions of their brands. And the Centers for Disease Control is gathering data from Google Flu Trends and MappyHealth to keep tabs on health issues.
Increasingly, however, government agencies are now turning to social media as a way to interact with citizens – to inform and to be informed.
The most notable effort to date is Grade.DC.gov, a program launched by the District of Columbia in 2012. Grade.DC.gov gathers data from social media, as well as from comments contributed to its website. Nearly two years after launching the program, the surprise has been transformation of Grade.DC.gov from a public relations effort to something more.
"When we started this we thought of it more as a transparency in communications exercise," said Matt Desjardines, D.C. communications officer. As the district expanded the program, however, they have come to see it as a service platform for interacting with residents. "The one thing that we quickly learned is that this has more benefit when used appropriately on the service side of things," said Desjardines.
Desjardines cites the example of the district's Department of Aging learning through social media of complaints about the food at certain facilities. "They were serving some food that smelled very unpleasant and didn't taste good, and we were able to make that small subtle shift using GradeDC.gov social media to get the meal plan changed," said Desjardines. "People's lives were a little bit better off because of that."
How it works
The district contracted with newBrandAnalytics to collect and analyze data from the Grade.DC.gov website and from social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
newBrandAnalytics doesn't just gather messages and pass them along, it runs them through the company's proprietary text-analytics engine to extract significance. "We identify certain keywords and then assign various levels of sentiment to them," said
Zach Boisi, director of client services. "We grade on a five point scale."
Recognizing that sentiment-analysis algorithms can miss sarcasm and slang – both of which are often directed at government agencies – the analytics team backs up the text-analytics engine with a quality-control network of humans who regularly sample the data flow. According to Boisi, a dozen newBrandAnalytics analysts are dedicated to the Grade.DC.gov project. "They probably know more about D.C. government that any D.C. resident," said Boisi. "If someone says 'this service is LOL,' or 'the service was the bomb,' they are able to discern it."
The results of the analysis are distributed in two ways. First, monthly grades for each of the 15 agencies currently covered are offered on the Grade.DC.gov website. Secondly, daily reports that cover the interactions from the day before are delivered to agency managers via e-mail.
Judging from the grades received over the past two years, the program has been effective. "Going back to the start of this program, the sentiment was not positive," said Boisi. "I think of the five agencies we launched with back in April 2012, four of the agencies had C- and one was C+."
In fact, the grades for the 15 agencies involved in December 2013 included nine As. There were only two Cs and one D (which was based on only three reviews). "Over time, these grades have all trended upward," said Boisi. "And we have not changed our grading mechanism whatsoever."
It is, of course, difficult to run a cost-benefit analysis on such a program, but Desjardine says the district government is very happy with its investment. While the contract with newBrandAnalytics was $170,000 for the first year, along with two $250,000 options years, he said, "I think it has paid off. It has really allowed us to tap into this growing communication stream from the public. It has shortened the feedback loop. And combining the data streams of different social media is really valuable from a managerial standpoint. GradeDC.gov allows managers to see everything in one place."
Best practices
Desjardins does offer some advice to government agencies looking to start similar projects.
First, he says, it's important to assess each agency's level of expertise and comfort with social media. "Some agencies have really knocked it out of the park, like our District Department of Transportation. They have a great social media presence. They've always had a very well-followed Twitter feed that interacts with residents," he said. "But we also have agencies that don't quite have that level of social media expertise."
As a result, it's important that the project team reach out to agencies proactively.
"For us it is a bit of a marketing problem for these agencies, Desjardines said. "We need to make sure that frontline employees at all of these agencies are asking for feedback to come through Grade.DC.gov. They've been asked to put up signage and train frontline workers to request more feedback. We want the good and the bad."
Finally, Desjardins recommends moving slowly. "We were the first in the country to do this," he said. "The one thing that really benefited us with was growing it slowly. We started with only five agencies and eventually grew to 15."
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
How to Look Like Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
20 comments:
- Noelle said...
I would like to dress as ...
Miss Scarlet from Clue
A character from a black-and-white movie (as in, make myself look black and white)
Vintage Barbie (hmm, except I do not have blonde hair)
Arwen Undomiel
kandee fam lil sis
- May 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Lika said...
We are an amazing person! Coming from another amazing person lol!!
- May 26, 2010 at 11:41 AM
- anonymous said...
Kandee, you're so great! I wish I could be as outgoing as you :)
- May 26, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- Katie said...
this was hilarious! it made my day when i watched it :)
- May 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- Alice no País da Desbunda said...
Oh my god... I fell down of my chair 'cause of this funny video, the out-takes... OMG! xD
You're sooo funny! A day with you must be awsome *o*
Oh and I would like to dress... Just like you!
I would love to be you for just one day! :D
- May 26, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- bunny in the house said...
whahaha.. what a great video. There is a new Jack Sparrow in the world. I loved it, you made me laugh so hard, it was fantastic!!
- May 26, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- selenity_luz said...
Love you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- May 26, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- FitterTwit said...
OMG!!! You are the SPITTING IMAGE!!!! hahahahahaha... that was sooooo great! :)
- May 26, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Crystal Rae said...
THat is awesome. You are really amazing. I love it.
- May 26, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- smiling cat said...
Kandee, your my fave make-up artist! I like a lot your Sparrow's version, please, can you make a medievo make-up? say yes, please! I love that era and I really wish that you can make it.
- May 26, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Ria-Michelle said...
Oh wow! You did an awesome job, amazing.
- May 26, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- penny said...
kandee love this one!!!!!
u did such a great job!! look like him 100%!!!
- May 26, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- Indian Beauty said...
OMG u are so good at what you do..hats off..
- May 27, 2010 at 1:38 AM
- Dolce♥Bunny said...
omg, this is amazing. I love your vid! I do wanna try it one day but... I prolly won't be as good as you! AWESOME~
- May 27, 2010 at 5:24 AM
- -B. said...
This video was so funny, i loved it! I just discovered you and your videos and i really have to say, you are awesome! you have great talent, you're creative, funny, beautiful, and your videos always crack me up! thank you for being such an inspiration to me and to everyone that watches your vids, you're so full of joy and positivity i almost cant believe it lol. I hope you get my message and i really hope you answer me! :) love from your italian sub, maia :)
- May 27, 2010 at 5:44 AM
- Wendy Peralta said...
You are such an artist! You have talent Kandee.
- May 27, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- missbebinou said...
hello kandee, i'm french, i leanr english with your video you are beautiful, fun, i want say thank you for all that you make for us
http://pinkpepette.skyrock.com/ com to see my univers
big kiss
- May 28, 2010 at 6:48 AM
- The Blogger said...
Haha, LUVVVVd your Cap'n Jack Sparrow video!!! You made me laugh so hard towards the end there hehe... God bless! You bring a smile to a lot of people! Thank u for being u! (not like you had a choice, haha, God made you the way you are for a wonderful awesome reason!) :D
~the blogger~
@ http://likeitwearit.blogspot.com
- May 30, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Tara said...
HAHAHA. Omg. I nearly peed my pants when you said, "I'M A HILLBILLY PIRATE. YO HOOOO!" Oh dear lol so funny!
xo, Tara
- June 12, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Mom of 5 said...
This vid is so stinkin funny! I lol everytime I watch it! I love your personality and wit. Your so cute :D and u make a great Johnny Depp look alike haha!
- June 21, 2010 at 3:21 PM


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WASHINGTON -- By an overwhelming vote, the Senate passed a budget compromise Wednesday night that would temporarily reopen federal agencies and allow the Treasury to continue borrowing to pay the nation's bills, averting the possibility of a default that could have seriously damaged the economy.
The legislation now goes to the House, which was expected to follow suit later Wednesday night. Federal agencies could begin reopening in the morning, although full operation in some cases could take longer.
The vote, 81 to 18, approved an agreement negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). It ends a political standoff that shut down federal programs for 16 days and led to the furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
The deal makes no significant changes in President Obama's healthcare law, which Republicans had previously demanded.
FULL COVERAGE: The U.S. government shutdown
Earlier, Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said his Republican majority in the House would not block the bill and would, for now, end its campaign to extract concessions on the healthcare law and other federal spending.
"The House has fought with everything it has to convince the president of the United States to engage in bipartisan negotiations aimed at addressing our country's debt and providing fairness for the American people under Obamacare," Boehner said in a statement.
"That fight will continue. But blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us."
Under the deal, furloughed federal workers would receive back pay. The deal also includes a provision, previously approved by the Senate, that would allow officials in flood-damaged Colorado to tap federal emergency highway money to repair roads.
One change in the healthcare law was included in the legislation, requiring the government to verify the income of those Americans who receive financial help in buying insurance on the new healthcare exchanges the law established. Democrats said they had no objections to the provision because it largely repeated language already in the law.
The temporary nature of the agreement all but ensures another budget battle this winter, unless Congress drafts a new agreement at that time.
QUIZ: Test your knowledge of the debt limit
Under the legislation, the nation's nation's $16.7-trillion debt limit would be suspended until Feb. 7 to allow continued borrowing. The Treasury Department would be able to use "extraordinary measures" to temporarily pay bills after that date, meaning that the next debt ceiling crunch would probably not occur until some point in the spring.
The deal also calls for Congress to establish a conference committee made up of members of both houses to try to work out a spending plan by Dec. 13. The goal would be to avert another round of automatic "sequester" cuts that many in both parties want to avoid. Congress did not give federal agencies flexibility that some lawmakers had sought for handling that next round of cuts.
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