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i wouldn't worry about the date. sekiu has a fixed season (and has been open throughout september for many years). the coastal ports are the ones on a strict quota (neah bay to ilwaco). so if the regulation pamphlet says sekiu closes sept. 30, that's when it closes. now, if one goes west about 20 miles the quota deal is in effect.... but with the wild release requirements, plus sekiu opening at the same time have kept us open throughout the season since the wild release requirements came into effect.
i haven't heard the preliminary reports that ryan mentioned, but have heard that next year's quotas should be about the same as this years quota for the coastal ports. with the amount of feed out in the ocean this summer, the small shakers now seen in the strait and ocean should be fat pigs next summer.
as this season winds down (sunday being the last day in the ocean) i can't help but think back on this season. it started hot in july and peaked as we got that massive august storm... after the storm things changed, but there were still plenty of fish... just a few less than before. what amazed me was the amount of feed this summer. huge schools of baitfish and krill roamed around with the salmon taking full advantage of it (one salmon killed had 11 small herring in it's stomach... and probably puked a couple during the fight). while i look forward to the next couple days fishing, my thoughts drift more towards july of 2002, when we can start this crazy thing all over again. hopefully the ocean conditions stay good and this fishery can maintain itself or even improve.
Sounds like a plan! I am so looking forward to next September as I am very intrigued by this fishery and there is so much to learn, so much to discover...well, for me atleast.
But steelhead must be in the picture...I can not spend a whole day in a boat. I go NUTS!! 6 hrs at a time max with about 9 hrs the max for me for the day. I get very restless, even if the fishing is good. As Brian (DoubleSpey) said, he (like me) has to get out and explore and walk the rivers.
Yes, September before they close the season. The season is usually closed by quota, meaning the combined sport and commercial catch. In most years this does not make it thru September but this year is so heavy of a return that they are going by calendar date. If Ryan's sources are good (and they should be based on his major at UW) then we should be able to go by calendar year again next year.
Even still, I would be prepared to beat the quota just to be safe. Short answer - first two weeks in Sept.
This happens to co-incide with great steelhead fishing as well, there are dozens of rivers to choose from.
If we got a fair number of parties interested then splitting a rental car would be cheap enough too.
I hope this comes together!
Ryan and Juro,
Count me in too...camping and fishing in the Pacific Northwest sounds incredible. That would be a perfect trip for me. I am game and I want to make it happen. Hopefully I can convonce my brother, my Dad and JeffB to tag along. Camping cheapens up the trip considerably.
What is the best time of year for the trip? September?
Thanks men.
That would be great, Ryan. That's how I experienced Sekiu the first time I went. I met a McChord AFB recruit on the plane from Minneapolis when I was flying to SEA to start my new job in the mid-80's. Turned out he was a fisherman and I gave him my new work number. He found out he could rent Arima Sea Hunters for $25 / day off the base so we decided to grab our tents and go to Sekiu.
When we got to the base to pick up the boat, an officer "pulled rank" and we ended up with the Livingston skiff instead. No problem in fact that thing was as seaworthy as could be. Drove out to Sekiu with an hour or two of daylight to spare with no intention of fishing when a father son team came in with their limit of huge kings. We went over to talk to them and they suggested we get out there right away, handing us a half dozen 6" herring in a bag. We dropped the skiff and headed to Mousolini Rock, and the rest is history. On the second pass motor mooching right at the edge of the kelp in 90 feet of water I hooked, battled and landed a 20 pound ocean chinook (first ever). I got my line back in the water and decided to bleed the salmon on the bow rope. John hooked up with another king, and while I was messing with the first fish the rod doubled over - and went overboard!
John lost his fish and we limped back with one fishing rod and a big fat king salmon. I packed it in the cooler and crashed with dreams of fish in our heads for the next morning. I had no rod so I used a little spinning rod John had for freshwater. We went out along the 90 foot mark at dawn and I landed about a 15 pounder on that little spinning rod - what a battle!
After 9am the inshore action for kings dies so we headed out to find coho - what an eye opener that was. The little boat didn't have rod holders and a couple times the rods were nearly ripped out of our hands.
Soon I would be introduced to the way coho love to hit flies on the surface by Ken Morgan, my salmon fishing mentor. Eventually I would sample the Straits, Neah Bay and the Vancouver Island waters (Swiftshure) with a flyrod. Now I go with only a flyrod.
Anyway camping would sure cut the costs down to a minimum and allow us to have several days split between the prime time fly action and the areas summer steelhead streams. On the way out - the Elwha, the extender being the upper Hoh staying in Forks.
Count me in!
It sounds like next year maybe the year to go as I have heard preliminary reports that next years run throught the Straights is going to be 1 to 2 times larger then this years.
Juro has poisned me!! Wouldnt it be wonderful to set up a campsite for a few days...fish in the mornings and the afternoons/evenings and enjoy a campfire during one of those amazing sunsets-like the one pictured?
There are many more pics coming and details as well, plus a special new section to discuss and enjoy the relatively new discovery of ocean salmon on flies.
Please by all means pick my brain on this, also you will get much more from some of the PNW 'gurus' directly.
Each time we go we re-learn the lessons we already learned, but by capturing this knowledge maybe we can build on our experiences over time. This will be one of the main purposes of the new ocean coho section.
You have the antidote but those pictures are the venom itself. I would love to head out to the PNW and partake in some of the action displayed in your pictures. The scenery and the fish remind me of a trip I made to Alaska.
Next time I see you I am going to pick your brain for the preliminary details needed to plan a trip out there.
I hope that you had a great time.
Love the pictures...
Cant wait to see the story!!
BTW-Some Flashy Ladies will be coming your way. It is all that I can do for you treating me to some awesome steelie flies and giving me a dry line primer. Maybe they will work on stripers...
But I won't spoil it for the upcoming article...
Sunset spectacular...
Ryan had a hot hand...
Brian got his butt kicked by silver bullets...
Coho fever... got the antidote!
Sekiu was the fix for my coho fever...
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Hello everyone; been awhile dealing with many rather more critical issues but it is time I revisited my nitrate removal project from hell.
Since my wellwater has developed nitrates (now about 10 ppm) and while this was starting to happen, I decided, since I had discus, to remove these using an off-the-self bio-based filtering system (for ease of water changes and to get pure water again.) As I posted this was a VERY bad move on my part - learned a bitter lesion. That commercial system killed all the discus in the tank (their instructions are very poor and make no mention of any danger like what occurred.)
What happened was an oxygen loss in the water due to a bloom because of the device's own special bacteria got into the tank and started to feed on nitrates in the tank water (they were between 10 ppm and 15 ppm.) I had a canister running but stopped my HOB as per their instructions - that was an extremely bad move but hindsight now.
Well, some months later now, and since I own the unit and have a spare tank (the one where all the discus were killed) I continued to monitor it and test the unit more for information than desire to use it. After a few MONTHS(!) the unit has started to operate properly (this required months of feeding the damn thing both ammonia and alcohol.)
Maybe it is now fooling me but for the last month it has been consuming nitrates (but started producing nitrites for one week(?!) Yes, that is normal when such a unit is newly cycling but this thing had cycled before I added the original discus; why it did that again is just another reason to avoid these units.)
That all said and done, I decided to move it to my existing discus tank (with lesions learned!) and the thing has within a few days pulled the nitrate level down to 1 ppm from the 10 ppm reading in the discus tank. As per lesion learned, I now have a long bubble strip and an algae scrubber running to be sure there is enough oxygen (besides a canister with some active bio media to be ready if the darn thing tries producing nitrites again.)
The algae scrubber is far too small to remove the nitrates but works very nicely for the phosphates. I guess the nitrate filter works but all I can say is only a very experienced and hyper careful user should consider these killers. Algae scrubbers are far, far safer but require a good bit of room (which is hard for some to make) and do require weekly or bi-weekly cleaning. Still, if I had it to do over, I'd go with a big enough algae scrubber.
Of course, some here use hydroponics (!) and that is a really, really a cool idea (and Id love to try it but that would entail having a bit too much work for me that I can't currently handle and the space required would be an issue, too) but one could not get a more natural (nor balanced!) aquarium setup as well as a fantastic garden with their aquarium.
That is the latest update. I'll add pics soon when I get my camera charged. Still have a lot of house repair items that have built up the last few months to complete now that I'm getting close to being 100% again. Still, my remaining discus have been doing good - I gave away the neons and hatchet fish due to the need to give them different food than the discus which required my having to clean up after them independent of the discus - also, others feed them and didn't clean up the extra food - the Cories could handle only so much.
Hope to post more on other topics and hopefully, will not need to post nothing bad on thiis unit again ... .Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
Have you tried a nitrate sponge in your filter?
Yes - to make a long story short, created problems and quickly failed; would be good for lower nitrates in a smaller tank that doesn't have discus. So, tried (and failed big time) to a more biological solution ... . Still, rather stubborn and determined to get the failed system on line - feeding is a pain but that what stupidity ... I mean stubbornous tends to get one.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
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Anticipation is building for tomorrow's GLORY 7 Milan event, headlined by Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Hafid El Boustati. The weigh-ins went down today in Italy with all fighters making weight and looking prepared for tomorrow's event. You can watch a video from the weigh-ins below and the full results after the break.
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Termination comes after RIAA and MPAA "went ballistic"
While corruption in Congress is nothing new (see:
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I. MPAA, RIAA Get Republican Staffer Fired
One of the most active lobbying influences in Washington D.C. have been media corporations, represented by trade groups like the
Motion Picture Association of America
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Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA). Recent estimates indicate that big media
paid 10 percent of members of Congress's
total reelection budget in the previous election cycle -- and the payments almost paid off as
big media's Orwellian SOPA
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In his memo, Derek Khanna took issue with the RIAA's traditional rhetoric that piracy is a crime worth punishing with fines of up to $150,000 USD per song. [Image Source: RIAA]
In the memo (available below), Mr. Khanna argued that
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for private citizens found guilty of filesharing are grossly out of line with reality.
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As soon as [the Khanna memo] was published, the MPAA and RIAA apparently went ballistic and hit the phones hard, demanding that the RSC take down the report. They succeeded.
RSC director subsequently complained that the memo had been published without adequate review, denying that the vetting process (which did occur) was sufficient. He essentially bowed the RIAA and MPAA demands, disavowing the Libertarian/reformist memo.
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In the wake of the not-so-invisible hand exerting its influence on the elected officials, Rep. Scalise reportedly successfully pushed the RSC to fire Mr. Khanna, who will not be returning when Congress reconvenes in January.
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The move potentially puts the end to the career in the Republican party of the prominent-tech savvy 24-year-old, who many viewed as among the faces of young conservatism in the party. Active in Republican politics during his undergraduate education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Mr. Khanna's first official post was working as an advisor to Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.).
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The firing represents a key schism in the Republican ranks. After all, Mr. Khanna may be singled out as the sacrificial lamb in the face of RIAA and MPAA wrath, but his sentiments were clearly shared to an extent by fellow staffers who vetted the memo.
Conservative authors and IP analysts Chris Sprigman and Kal Raustiala echoed Mr. Khanna's sentiments in a
post-election commentary
, suggesting the Republican Party shift to a position of copyright reform to court young voters and libertarians. Likewise,
Jerry Brito
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Mercatus Center
think-tank, has just published "
Copyright Unbalanced: From Incentive to Excess
", a book which was honored by a special discussion panel by another top conservative/libertarian think-tank,
The Cato Institute
In other words, Reps. Scalise and Blackburn may have succeeded in firing one voice of reform, but their actions are dividing the Republican Party from its conservative/reformist backers. In that regard the copyright reform question is perhaps a microcosm of the more macroscopic search for identity and the balance of special interests with principles that is occurring among Republicans on The Hill.
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Those are interesting. I wonder what the packaging looks like... it's been ages since I bought a Japanese TF. I could see myself getting sucked into buying that Megatron.
On a slightly related note, speaking of Takara... I finally found a Microman Gatchaman Ken today! Nifty stuff! Just put him all together and it's crazy how much you get for around $7. I wish Hasbro/Takara would just break down and do a Transformers and Microman merge line. That would be very nice.


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Should I point out the spelling error I found? No, that would not be nice. Or wait... maybe I have the variant! Retirement, here I come! ... in about 50 years. And BB, I meant to ask, when you opened the case of your books, was Biff Tannen washing and waxing your car to appropriate standards?
But I guess the big thing I'll do for the '13 summer is drive. Clark W. Griswald-style, to Mt. Rushmore, via multiple other states (I think 9 is the count, once the trip is over) for a fortnight-plus-some. And fall '13 has new school (speaking of) Standards called the Common Core. Maybe I'll poll the local educators while on the trip about their views of this national system.


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Gas prices jumped 20 cents during the course of the day Tuesday to about $2.45. I found a station with the morning's price of $2.24 and filled up there. I'd forgotten all about the Memorial Day weekend and the Indy 500 giving stations cause to profiteer.
It's been averaging an increase of about $0.07 per day all week here.
Don't see much below $2.59 anymore.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Filled up today, $2.67/gal/93 Octane.
"That's the best deal you're gonna get. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't."
It's $2.99 here, but I have to use premium. Regular should be $2.79.
$2.74 because of the switchover to summer formula we're told. A thirty cent jump in a matter of days.
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We had one of those 30 cent jumps last week. The highest I saw was $2.78. I think it's dropped slightly since, somewhere in the $2.60's.
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With no successor in animist Southeast Asian art or ritual, the function of the large bronze bells is uncertain. Their form may indicate influence from Han Chinese civilisations. However this bell's design shows the distinct style of the ancient Dong Son culture of Vietnam. Dating from the period when Dong Son culture dominated bronze production and trade in Southeast Asia, it is embellished with stylised figures and rows of feathers, echoing the headdresses worn by nautical figures on Dong Son drums.


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Like fishing, raising children is about patience. So what better way to test one's composure than to teach your kids fly-fishing on the Madison River in Montana? In this chapter from "I've Never Met an Idiot on the River," Henry Winkler writes about learning to let go and to accept the choices others make for themselves. Here's an excerpt:
Chapter 5 - Going with the Flow
My son Max was about nine years old when we took him on his first fishing trip on the Madison River in Montana. I'd hoped that Max would share my enthusiasm for fly-fishing, but as soon as he took a seat in the front of the boat, he pulled out his Walkman, plugged into it, and put his feet up on the bow.
I didn't say anything to Max, and I tried not to be disappointed that he wasn't interested in fishing. It's always been important to me to be more understanding of my children than my parents were of me. So I told myself to be patient and to let my son enjoy the trip his way. Perhaps he will want to fish later. Maybe he will actually pick up a rod and, by some miracle, cast a line.
As we floated down the river, I was glad to see Max take out his earplugs and turn to our guide, Jim, a very helpful and professional fellow, who always has the right tool or piece of gear when you need it. I was hoping Max would ask Jim for a fishing tip, a lesson on how to use the rod and reel.
Instead he said, "I'm hungry."
Jim, being Jim, quickly produced a bite-sized Milky Way bar and handed it to Max. I had neglected to warn our guide that my son was hypersensitive to sugar. Giving Max even a tiny candy bar was like putting high-octane racing fuel in a go-kart.
Eight minutes later, my son was standing up in the front of our fishing boat, belting out the entire score of Les Miserables, his favorite musical.
I'm fairly certain Jim had never seen or heard anything quite like this, nor had the cows and moose along the river. All creatures big and small were quite stunned. I swear I saw a bear's jaw drop in shock and a fish fall out! Jim was so unnerved, his eyes resembled those gag glasses with the eyeballs dangling on Slinkys — they were practically shooting in and out of his head. He could not believe what Max was doing to the serenity of his river valley.
Jim gave me a pleading look, hoping I might pull the curtain down on Max's riverboat show.
All I could do was shrug, as if to say, "Sorry, nothing we can do until Max burns through the Milky Way galaxy."
Resignation passed over our guide's face. He stopped rowing, turned to me, and said, "At least he has a good voice, doesn't he?"
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By then the boy, fueled by bits of gooey caramel, chocolate, and nougats, had moved on to selections from Phantom of the Opera.
A wave of crankiness rose up in me, but I chose to let it wash away. Jim would have a funny story to tell at the next river guide convention, I told myself. And Max was enjoying himself immensely. Besides, the trout did not seem to mind.
At least Max came along for the ride, I thought as I returned to blithely fishing in the back of the boat.
There were few others on the river, but the lack of an audience didn't bother Max. My son the Phantom crooned away in the bow of our boat. Whenever someone did paddle past, I wished them "tight lines" and assured them that Max was available for hire if they wanted a singing gondolier in their boats, too.Video: 'Fonz' recalls 'happy days' with Bosley
Accepting Max's deviation from my script for the day was a big step for me. But I had learned my lesson on a prior trip to the river with my daughter, Zoe. His performance of Les Mis on the Madison occurred after the wader-throwing incident Stacey mentioned in her Introduction.
I am a patient person about 93 percent of the time, but that was one of those times when I was overwhelmed with impatience. And to tell you the truth, I'm not sure why. I'd given up my morning fishing to ride horses with Stacey, Zoe, and Max. In return, our daughter had agreed to fish with me during the afternoon, but only as long as we kept it to half a day.
Now I have to tell you something about Zoe. You see, she dawdles. She is the best — a great dawdler at the highest level, an achievement that is attainable only by fifteen-year-old girls.
"C'mon, Zoe, we need to get on the boat," I said when we were done horseback riding. "We have only limited daylight to work with." Already she was dawdling, and while I was impressed by her dawdling prowess, I wanted to make it to the river. The fish were feeding!
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Zoe was horrified, then hurt, and finally, defiant. As the final phase set in, her body language gave the perfect interpretation of what is meant by the phrase "digging in your heels," defining it for all time.
"I'm not going fishing with you — EVER!" she shouted.
I panicked. Oh, oh, now what? Do I wait for her? Do I leave her? I wanted to go fishing in the worst way and the best way, too. But I was stuck. All year I wait for those seven days on the river! And I was so close ... except something had happened. I still wasn't sure what, or what I needed to do to make it better. (Insert heavy paternal sigh here.)
My impatience and anger quickly peaked and then gave way to remorse and guilt. An intense father-daughter discussion ensued. I won't go into the embarrassing details, but suffice it to say, the father lost ground and then found himself deep in a hole.
Meanwhile, the river was flowing, the trout were feeding, and the sun was moving rapidly across the afternoon sky.
I begged Zoe for forgiveness. I pleaded temporary insanity. But I'd cooked my own goose with one toss of the boot. After a final sweeping apology, I turned and headed for the river.
My daughter's parting words were "You're leaving me here alone. Everyone else has plans and I have NOTHING to do!"
As I write this in the fall of 2010, I want you to know that every once in a while I still, out of the blue, apologize to my beloved schoolteacher daughter for being such a curmudgeon on that day in Montana fourteen years ago.Video: The Fonz tackles 'Zipzer's' final chapter
I was being completely impatient in a place that demands patience, with a person whom I love very much. Worse yet, I'd grown up with parents who were perpetually impatient with me, and I'd vowed to be a different kind of parent, one who would always be patient with my own children. I thought I'd broken the pattern, but in fact I'd managed to come full circle.
I'd let my emotions dictate my actions, and the result wasn't pretty. I'd become frustrated because I was trying to control my daughter, and she was resisting my efforts. The lesson I drew from that meltdown was to control those things that I can control and to let go of whatever is beyond my influence.
The ironic thing is, this little lesson improved not just my relationships but my fishing, too. The value of patience has been brought home to me many times while on the river, where bad weather, tangled lines, or trout that refuse to come out and play can easily lead to frustration. It's the same patience you need as an actor on the set waiting for things to get going. You're in the zone and a light blows, or you are waiting for another actor who hasn't come out of the trailer yet. It doesn't matter where you are; patience is required in life.
I have to remind myself of this constantly, even when I get to the river. I take so much pleasure in my time there, I've found myself resenting the fact that I have to put together my seven-piece rod, piece by piece by piece, before I can fly-fish. I resent the time lost assembling the rod, then putting my line through the eyeholes, loading the boat, mounting the oars, and parking the truck. There are so many time-consuming little details that must be tended to that it seems to take hours and hours before I can actually do what I came to do: relax on the river. In my early days of fly-fishing, I'd have to talk myself down from all the anxiety that would build up while I was preparing to cast a fly into the water.
The Das Boot incident with Zoe opened my eyes to all of this, and to my impatience in general. Up until then, I'd thought of myself as a very patient man. I'd clearly thought wrong. I had to reprogram myself by practicing the Zen of going through each detail, getting it done in its own time. I had to remind myself of my priorities. Zoe Time was more important than trout time.
The neat thing I discovered is that we have a choice. We can choose to be cranky. Or we can choose to let go of our right to be frustrated and ticked off. We can focus on the good instead. What I learned with Zoe, I practiced later with Max.
Initially I was frustrated because my son showed little interest in fishing, and I was embarrassed by his behavior in front of our guide. But then I checked myself. Why be ticked off? I thought. Max is just responding to the sugar rush. Jim will get over it. The fish are not frightened and, lo and behold, the Earth is still revolving around the sun, and Jupiter is aligned with Mars.
All was right with the world and the karma of the water, so I was able to move past and give up my frustration and embarrassment and my need to control the situation. What I realized was the Zen concept that submission is power. If you don't blow into the boat of frustration's sail, the boat can't move anywhere. My wacky son was enjoying himself, so why not let him?
There is power in letting go like that, and often there are unexpected rewards. Today Max is a USC film school graduate, a director, and a screenwriter with great promise. He has written and made a couple of films and sold one to a distributor. Still, we've discussed the possibility that if the Hollywood thing doesn't work out for him, he can always find work as a singing fishing guide in Montana.
Better yet, my children have a father who has learned to love them and accept them for who they are. They still surprise me from time to time, and I like that. As a matter of fact I look forward to those moments. Years ago I'd also tried to get Max interested in horseback riding on our Montana trips. Initially he informed me that he did not like riding atop horses and added, "I don't like the sport and I don't really like the animal, either."
I didn't try to force horses or trail riding on him, and in a very short while he decided on his own to join us on our Montana trail rides. He even wears cowboy chaps he bought at the ranch, and he has learned to like "the animal" so much that trail riding has became one of his favorite Montana activities. And that makes me an unbelievably gratified, happy dad.
I even encourage Max to sing on the trail, but I make him stick to cowboy songs.
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One of the seminal moments of any new build is when you first turn it on. Will the power supply leak smoke? Will the hard drive click? Will the system speaker beep continuously? Will nothing happen? Luckily for me, everything worked the first time and I was in the BIOS configuring the boot options, memory timing, and checking the CPU idle temperature (which was way cool at 27 degrees C).
I decided that the current limitations of Vista still outweigh the benefits of upgrading, so I installed Windows XP Pro (32-Bit). Although 32-Bit Windows is limited to addressing 3.5GB of memory, it is a license that I already have and I figure that I'll upgrade to a 64-bit OS within the lifetime of this PC to take advantage of the full 4GB currently installed. Everything is blazing fast and the system itself is whisper quiet. It seems to generate less heat too (the room is noticeably cooler than before). I'm not a big benchmark guy so I'll leave that to the hardcore tech review sites, but suffice it to say that I'll be working and playing much more efficiently with this great new PC.
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Colossus, Captain America, and what looks like a Hydra Soldier
That colossus looks kinda goofy around the hips and the leg joints. I don't care much for Captain America and Bucky. Hydra soldier looks decent.
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Those look pretty cool (especially Black Knight) but I'm worried in that I see a couple of articulation points missing on several of those figures. I've supported Hasbro ML up until now, I've actually been quite happy with them, but this is going to be what kills my interest. I need my Legends to be more articulated. If they're not, then they have ceased to be Marvel Legends in my opinion. I'm not nearly a big enough Marvel fan to continue buying a line of ordinary Marvel figures; I need them to be extra-ordinary. I do notice though, that it looks like those elbow joints on Marvel Girl look like they have much greater range of motion than your average run of the mill ball-jointed elbow.
Their Cyclops does, however, look much cooler than any Cyclops that ToyBiz put out!
...and for the record, I'm not certain a partially articulated figure of a Hydra Soldier is going to warrant the 10 bucks from anybody that they're wanting us to spend on it. That figure should be a pack-in in that format.
Bucky and Cap are so wrong. Neither headsculpt translates at all - I know they're trying to go for a '40s artwork look but it comes off with Bucky looking like a ventriloquist dummy and Cap looking like some old anime drawing. Bucky's ears are huge which forces him to have sideburns, his mask is too small, his collar is offensively wrong, torso is too long, and those waders don't translate at all. Cap's outfit is pretty solid, but the beltloops should be red, and I don't think the sculpted scales or red and white stripes on the torso translate too well.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
In my opinion, Hasbro is making this line even worse. There were enough problems with the Toybiz line but at least the figures themselves (most of them) looked good. Has anyone noticed that the new Thor doesn't have double jointed knees? The FF2 Silver Surfer makes me barf! I'm seeing way to many images of figures that lack bicep joints under the shoulder and torso joints. And we're supposed to pony up more money for these things? Hasbro needs to pay attention to fan feedback with this line befoire they kill it. The one hope that I have for this line under Hasbro, is that distribution will inprove. The variants and chase figures made me sick!
Wanted; loose or sealed
Blue Clone Wars Jedi Starfighter (Not Anakin's), TRU Y-Wing, TRU Gold Leader X-Wing
The 5 inch figures look so much smaller in comparison. I am glad to hear they will be doing 2 separete lines, keeping the 6 inch scale. I am unsure if i will continue buying though.
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
According to the Fwooshnet Forums, Showdown Series 3 and 4 have been found on clearance at KB stores. They're supposed to be about four bucks each.
If anyone has KB in his or her area and can help me out, I need every figure from Series 4 and I'd like to get two Cykes and two Invisible Women so I can give the duplicates to friends. I'd be looking to pay money for them if found. I'd happily cover cost, shipping and add a little on the side.
Member 104 of the SWC forums . . . but it's good to be back.
Good traders: DarkJedi5, jediguy, Jedi_Master_Guyute, jedimastergeorge06
It seems the TRU has an exclusive clear Emma Frost from HML1. I guess it's time to check TRU.
"It can't rain all the time."
"Quote the Raven, Nevermore."
My buddy who is stationed at Camp Pendelton out in Cali was out hunting last night (leaving for Iraq on monday, trying to hunt a bit) and found ALL of the new Hasbro Spidey Classics. I can't recall what store it was, but i believe he said it was a Wally World. He bought each one as he said they looked pretty decent, but they're actually MORE expensive than the Origins line?!!? I still just want the Kraven figure, but if you want these, start lookin'!
and does anybody know how many actual spidey 3 figures we're getting? I saw a brief list on the SHH! boards and I counted nearly 30 (just of spidey 3 figures, not the new origins, etc). Is this accurate?!?!!!?!?
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Planning for your golden years to be discussed by Women business owners roundtable
"Planning for Your Golden Years " will be the topic of the Small Business Development Center's Women Business Owners Roundtable discussion from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, September 30, at the Binghamton Regency on Water Street in downtown Binghamton.
Faith Singler, an insurance and income specialist and Eva Norris, owner of ELN Financial Services, will teach participants the tools and techniques to create a personal financial road map. Participants will learn how to build a financial plan based on elements important to them and learn the tax ramifications of that plan.
The roundtable costs $8 a person payable at the door and includes a continental breakfast. Attendees are encouraged to bring business cards and brochures to share.
Advance registration is required. Call the Binghamton University's Small Business Development Center at 607-777-4024 to register.


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Hit the classroom before the stadium, Oct. 21-Nov. 18
Posted October 12, 2006; 01:55 p.m.
The Alumni Association is once again offering Tiger football fans a chance to hit the classroom before they hit the stadium.
The Alumni Education Program has organized a series of lectures this fall that precede selected home football games. The lectures are free and open to the general public.
All lectures start at 10 a.m. Here is the schedule:
- Saturday, Oct. 21, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall (Harvard game): Natasha Lee, assistant professor of French and Italian, on "Marks of Distinction: Tales of Identity and Difference in the French Enlightenment."
- Saturday, Nov. 4, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall (Penn game): Brandice Canes-Wrone, associate professor of politics and public affairs and 1993 alumna, on "Presidents, Public Opinion and Policy."
- Saturday, Nov. 18, in 101 McCormick Hall (Dartmouth game): David Spergel, professor of astrophysical sciences and 1982 alumnus, on "Is the Universe Shaped Like a Football? Measuring the Geometry and Topology of Space."
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No I didn't Gooser.Howard said he couldnt find anything in the rules about Blinds being run between marks.
I said I couldn't find in the rules what Good Dog quoted. He said it came from the back of an Entry Express catalog and AKC put it there. I disagree with him, AKC didn't publish it there, someone at EE did, and I can't find that particular quote in the rules.


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The 2012 Summer Olympics are just weeks away and we're slowly accepting the fact that we won't be traveling to London to see all the action go down in person. But that doesn't mean we'll be wasting our time away with Real Housewives marathons in August. Nope, we're committed to celebrating the Olympics right here from America and we're committed to celebrating in true Crushable style.
And no, that doesn't mean turning the TV volume on mute so we can listen to One Direction on repeat. We're talking about what's really important here. The athletes that you're going to want to watch all month long. Not so much for their athletic prowess, but rather for their Olympian bodies. These guys don't just show up to the games like a frat guy rolling out of bed after an all night beer fest.
These guys trained long and hard for this event and they're in London to show us why they earned these prestigious Team USA positions. We've generously taken the time to go through every single male athlete competing for the US and we've picked out the hottest guy representing us in each sport. (Well we skipped a few for a lack of candidates, but these guys below really are the best that our country has to offer!)
Yep, that's right. No matter what mens sport shows up on your TV, you're going to know who to look for and why. After all, if you do your stalking right after you read this list, you'll have no problem picking the right guy out of the line-up.
So grab your fish and chips, sit the bloody hell down and take a moment to go through our gallery!
Want more Olympics gossip, facts and deets right now? Well, we're going to be giving it to you all summer long. But if you can't wait another moment, you can check out NBCOlympics.com or TeamUSA.org for everything you could ever want to know about the 2012 Olympics.


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A puppymill is what supplies pet stores, pet wholesalers and brokers with puppies. The conditions in which the puppies and parents are kept in is usually sub-standard. You may find rows upon rows of small wire cages stacked on top of each other that the dogs live in. You will likely also see the care of these poor dogs to be less than acceptable. The reason for having these parents is to produce as many puppies as possible without regard to health. You will find the females pregnant all the time until they die or can no longer produce, then they will be discarded.
A puppymill is a terrible place for any dog. Don't buy from a pet store and support the puppymills. When you see that cute puppy in the window remember that his parents is on there next litter in that wire cage at the puppymill. I have heard of dogs missing legs, eyes infected, blindness, scares from fights, turning circles in there cages and other stories still being breed. This is no condition for any animal to be in.
Please use an ethical breeder when considering a puppy. I have heard so many horror stories that it is sickening. The link posted below is a single example of what goes on in a puppy mill. There are many more horrible stories that could be told. Please choose carefully when looking for a puppy.


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loved the fruit pies!!! sometimes when I couldn't decide between Cherry and lemon - I would eat one of each!!
I never knew they made lemon ones until I drove down to Texas last year for training. Out west all we have, (had ) were apple, cherry, blackberry and sometimes chocolate).
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Hi, Ross, Beautiful view in your backyard. I'm envious. I have brown grass with bits of snow left in the shadows. To answer your questions about the G9, it fits perfectly on the Gigapan mount without any modifications or trimming. Randy had some issues with the camera adjusting exposure even while it is in manual mode. I haven't been able to replicate this problem with my camera though. Send me an email using glenakins.com/contact.php
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With some of the old songs being redone by newer artists ("Love Song" by 311, yet another "Landslide" version courtesy of the Dixie Chicks, "Heaven" by... uh, that girl singer ), what are your favorites? Which ones have been butchered?
p.s. Any Michael Bolton cover is automatically bad, but "How am I Supposed to Live Without You?" is probably one of the worst.


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Canada's central bank chief to speak, March 30
Posted March 23, 2006; 09:16 p.m.
David Dodge, the head of Canada's central bank, will present a
lecture on "The Evolving International Monetary Order and the Need for
an Evolving IMF" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Dodge has been governor of the Bank of Canada since February 2001. He had served as Canada's deputy of minister of health from 1998 until his appointment as the country's top central banker. Dodge was deputy finance minister from 1992 to 1997.
As governor of the Bank of Canada, Dodge has been active in promoting greater economic integration between Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Dodge earned a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton in 1972. In addition to his government service, he has been a faculty member or visiting scholar at Queen's University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.
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I'm going to keep this simple because a lot of people may not like the job hes doing but don't want him fired for various other reasons. So simply put, do you like what he's done with the team so far?
I'm going to keep this simple because a lot of people may not like the job hes doing but don't want him fired for various other reasons. So simply put, do you like what he's done with the team so far?
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I held out hope that his drafts would be his saving grace. As of this moment, that doesn't appear to be the case. If his draft picks from the past 3 years don't contribute in major ways this season, its time to move on. We need fresh blood, especially since most of the fanbase hates Ireland, so every move is hyper criticized, which ultimately is destructive to the team.
Whether I like it or not (and I don't), he won't be fired any time soon.
So far 3 mediocrity lovers voted yes.
No I don't. I believe he's been pretty bad at drafting. ow having said that is hard to judge this last draft just yet. But I was very upset we took a RT in the 2nd round when we should have taken a WR and if Martin turns out to be a good player9which I think he will)then great but it was still the wrong decision imo.
Ozzy rules!!
That man doesn't belong in the NFL any more than most of us on this message board.
Im gonna hold judgement for more than 1 game. Talk to me in week 8.
*******The NFL is a Coaches League*******
How the hell can anyone look at that roster and vote yes? I guess it's amazing what you can get used too.
4 people are Jet fans i guess
No. No matter how we judge his time here its been a mess.
If we judge it by "Hes been paid for 5 years as general manager and had decision making ability for at least part of that": then no. This team's earlier drafts are blank marks on this roster. 1 player from the 2008 draft is left, and the 2009 draft isnt much better. Our free agent signings were horrifically bad and have forced us to sit pat this offseason.
If we judge this by "Hes only been general manager for 2 years because Parcells did everything": then no. These last two years were just awful. He bought high and sold low on the talent department. And some of the decisions were absolutely mind boggling. Legedu Naanee? Benny Sapp over Will Allen? Marc freaking Colombo? We needed a quarterback last offseason, and every single one in the draft was available except for Cam Newton....and we draft a center. Then trade up for a running back who fumbles and runs upright. Meanwhile other teams fill their voids at center and running back without a problem later in the draft. Mind Boggling.
If we judge this by "Hes hasnt been general manager because first Parcells was here, then Sparano took over, now Philbin was given control of the team...":
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The Columbia field hockey program's 7v7 Spring Team Tournament and Clinic, scheduled for this Sunday, April 9 at the Baker Athletics Complex has officially sold out!
DeSandis, a three-time All-Ivy League selection, comes back to Columbia after spending last season on the sidelines at Hofstra.
NEW YORK Since the start of the semester, the Columbia field hockey team has been taking advantage of practices the new Bubble at Baker.
The Lions put 17 student-athletes on the NFHCA National Academic Squad, tied for second most in the Ivy league.
The Columbia Field Hockey program will host a 7v7 Spring Team Tournament and Clinic, scheduled for Sunday, April 9 at the Campbell Sports Center (505 West 218th Street, New York, N.Y. 10034). All age levels, high school teams and clubs are welcome to participate.
Columbia varsity sports teams now have access to a brand-new indoor winter practice facility as the University officially opened its Seasonal Air-Supported Structure (SASS) at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium, Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Peter Pilling announced on Friday afternoon.
The awards ceremony was held at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and recognized high school players, coaches, and college players for the 2016 fall season.
Five men and five women Columbia University student-athletes were named to the 2016 Fall Academic All-Ivy League Team, league officials announced on Thursday afternoon.
This marks the second selection for both student-athletes and the third straight year the Lions have posted multiple players on an all-region squad.
Senior forward Katie Ruesterholz picked up first team honors, while junior defender Maeve Doherty was selected to the second team and first-year midfielder Louisa Hollander was named honorable mention, respectively.
The Lions wrap up the 2016 season against the Crimson, who wrapped up the Ivy League title last weekend.
The contest will be held on Saturday, November 19 at 2:30 p.m. at Old Dominion University.


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never understood why nick keeps all those weapons and critical info in a 60 year oldf trailer in a parking lot
maybe get a storage unit with a lock on it?
Even after Nick takes care of the Captain, say the Captain survives and flees, or even if he somehow dis there are plenty of other Royal Families out there, Nick's Mom and what she did with the coins and her true agenda.
I think at the end of the day, Nick and the Captain become uneasy allies against the Captain's brother.
quote:Would seem a likely twist. But what happens to Adelind? And then there's that situation with Juliette and the captain?
I think at the end of the day, Nick and the Captain become uneasy allies against the Captain's brother.
If Monroe could fix the whole obsession situation then the Captain and Juliette would no longer be an issue. They are only interested in each other due to side effects from what he did to break the spell which put her in the coma.
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Consider all the jobs in 'advertising' mail
To all of you good people who complain about receiving lots of unsolicited advertisement mail in a time when many people find it difficult to get a job, consider this:
All of the following have jobs: the people who planted the trees, people who logged the trees, people who made the paper, people who designed the ads, printed the ads, took the ads to the postal service and delivered the mail to you. All these steps gave someone a job.
Also, the company sending the mail had to pay many dollars to get it to you. My solution to your problem is to designate a container to hold this mail and give it to your recycling people. The trees it saves and the people mentioned above will thank you.
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'Venting' expressed about teachers and 'charters'
I have been reading and listening to all the talk of the charter schools and the public schools we have here.
I want to know why it would not, in the long run, make better sense to send these teachers who can not teach reading in the kindergarten, first and second grades to summer school to classes that teach them to teach children.
They have extended the school year from the first part of August into May, so teachers can have classes during the school year. Seems like it is not working or we would not have children failing the lower grades.
I have taken children who were failing in kindergarten and second grade to tutors who teach them to read. Their teachers should be doing this. One of the teachers sent a note telling me to tell the tutor what to teach the child. What nerve, what was she doing!
And don't tell me they have too many children in classes. My mother taught school for 40 years and went to summer school for her college and taught all of us to read as well as science, geography, history, English, arithmetic, writing and spelling, and had nearly all the eight grades in her classroom together each year.
So let's go back to school starting after Labor Day and send the teachers to summer school so the kids don't have to.
It won't cost any more for that than to get the charter schools and try to find better teachers for them.
I am just venting from all the charter school talk going on.
If charter schools are so darn good, why aren't all of our public schools charters?
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What do you think this picture shows? Could it be a delicate glass sculpture created by a talented artist? It's delicate alright, but it's not glass, nor was it created by an artist. It's actually made of ice and it's a work of nature. Now can you guess what it is? It's a snowflake, as viewed under a microscope.
Snowflakes and Other Solids
A snowflake is made of ice, or water in the solid state. A solid is one of four well-known states of matter. The other three states are liquid, gas, and plasma. Compared with these other states of matter, solids have particles that are much more tightly packed together. The particles are held rigidly in place by all the other particles around them so they can't slip past one another or move apart. This gives solids a fixed shape and a fixed volume.
Solids have low kinetic energy and high intermolecular forces.
If you pour water into a pot on the stove, how do you know the water will stay in the pot? How do you know the pot will hold the water and keep it from spilling all over?
The pot is a solid, which is something that has a definite shape and volume. The particles in a solid are held in place by strong intermolecular forces between the atoms or molecules.
Of the states of matter, solids have the least amount of kinetic energy. The molecules are moving, but not freely. They vibrate but stay in position. As solids are heated, the molecules gain more kinetic energy and start to vibrate faster.
Types of Solids
Not all solids are alike. Some are crystalline solids; others are amorphous solids. Snowflakes are crystalline solids. Particles of crystalline solids are arranged in a regular repeating pattern, as you can see in the sketch below. The repeating particles form a geometric shape called a crystal. You can watch a snowflake crystal forming at the following URL: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/movies/movies.htm. Another crystalline solid is table salt (sodium chloride). Crystals of table salt are pictured in the Figure below.
Amorphous means "shapeless." Particles of amorphous solids are arranged more-or-less at random and do not form crystals, as you can see in the Figure below. An example of an amorphous solid is cotton candy, also shown in the Figure below.
Q: Look at the quartz rock and plastic bag pictured in the Figure below. Which type of solid do you think each of them is?
A: The quartz is a crystalline solid. Rocks are made of minerals and minerals form crystals. You can see their geometric shapes. The bag is an amorphous solid. It is made of the plastic and most plastics do not form crystals.
- A solid is a state of matter in which particles of matter are tightly packed together. This holds the particles rigidly in place and gives solids a fixed shape and fixed volume.
- Crystalline solids have particles that are arranged in a regular repeating pattern. They form crystals. Amorphous solids have particles that are arranged more-or-less at random. They do not form crystals.
- solid: State of matter that has a fixed volume and fixed shape.
At the following URL, read the article about solids. Then answer the questions below.
- According to the article, what is the only way the shape of a solid can be changed? Give an example.
- Describe the analogy in the article in which crystalline and amorphous solids are compared to a classroom.
- What is a solid?
- Why does a solid have a fixed shape and fixed volume?
- Create a table comparing and contrasting crystalline and amorphous solids. Include an example of each type of solid in your table.
- Diamonds like the one pictured in the Figure below are the hardest of all minerals. Is a diamond a crystalline or an amorphous solid? How do you know?