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"The Year of the Hiker," by Irish playwright John B. Keane, was the Northern Lights Theatre Company's choice of play for the Provincial Drama Festival in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this year. It was a safe choice, and the audience certainly seemed to like it, coming as it did on the heels of Edward Albee's difficult "The Play About the Baby."
"The Hiker" tells the story of a man who goes out for a pack of cigarettes and disappears for
20 years.
He comes back on the day of his youngest child's wedding, and it soon becomes apparent that he is dying.
In the course of the play, he asks the forgiveness of the children who barely remember him, and of his wife who remembers him all too well. He also has to come to terms with his sister-in-law, a spurned woman whom he blames for destroying his marriage.
The set, the kitchen of a farmhouse, was solidly built and beautifully appointed, right down to the pump at the sink and the fire in the hearth.
But there was never an Irish farmhouse kitchen of such a size, nor with such an enormous window. Perhaps a tighter set might have helped convey the claustrophobia that sent the Hiker on his travels for so many years.
The Irish setting could have been rural Main or the Ottawa Valley, but the players bravely decided to go with the Irish accents and they did them passably well.
All the performances were competent. Craig Robinson who played Joe, the oldest son who recovers fond memories of the father who deeply failed him, seems torn between anger and regret. Ruth Simmons also gave a strong performance as Aunt Freda.
However, there were no surprises in this play and you could see the plot twists coming a mile ahead. Even the music that marked the segues between scenes was too bluntly obvious—"Prisoner of the Road" and similar songs.
Despite the good set, competent cast, appropriate costumes and an enthusiastic audience, the play did not really lift off.
In fact, the most spontaneous and ardent response from the audience came when Aunt Freda took a fully-cooked and very real-looking roast turkey out of the oven to serve for dinner. When a turkey gets such an ovation, you know there's something wrong with the script.
"The Year of the Hiker" was a pleasant play, pleasantly done, but it didn't have the humour of "Unnecessary Farce," it didn't make you think like Albee's "Play About the Baby," it didn't have the epic tragedy of "Unity" nor did it have the historic scope of "Judge Prowse Presiding."
A company with the experience and capabilities of the Northern Lights players could have picked a play with more challenges and depth.
This might have been a bit risky, but it also might have allowed them to stretch their wings and show them to greater advantage.


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I spent hours tagging and organizing hundreds of files in Picasa so definitely hate to even think about uninstalling that and repeating the download/install process. The most recent photos were scanned vs. transfers from my digital camera, but I don't recall if that was true when I've noticed the odd behavior previously. It is really, really annoying to have to go back and try to find the "real" Shadow, Tinker and Tramp files and delete the duplicates. I keep my security software up-to-date so don't think a virus is in play. I haven't had a chance to do much experimentation as to attempting to duplicate...you should forgive the term here...the scenario that gets the loop started. Any idea as to why my photos seem to be propagating madly??? (Windows Vista, Canon MX700 Scanner)
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I believe Picasa makes smaller "thumbnails" of your images at the various sizes/resolutions you use to look at them in Picasa. Those many files are stored in a Picasa database. If you're searching the computer, you may find all of them. Hope this helps.
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I'm not going to be of much help resolving the duplicate problem, but instead of making yourself crazy manually deleting the duplicates you can always try a double killer. You should be able to find one free on internet (just Google double killer). When the software runs, it'll pull up all the files that are the same name and size. It'll also show what folder they're in. Then you can click to choose which ones you want to delete.
Hope this helps a little!
This is great to know Laura! Thanks for posting it!
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I do have an external hard drive, but I back up intermittently rather than continuously. I leave it unplugged and disconnected between backups because, this horribly dry summer excepted, Texas lightning is notorious for taking out computer equipment and an EHD plugged into the same outlet will get fried at the same time as the computer & there goes your back up, sometimes literally in smoke. =:-o The duplicate killer sounds like a possible option because it was really tedious ferreting out one copy of each file to retain when the wonky software creates 20 extra files with the same name, but actually renaming the other photos. Thanks so much for the input, one and all. Love this supportive forum!
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I used to practice on the lawn out in the park behind my apartment for like months before I actually had my first attempt on water. I will say practice and practice.
Tight Loops
Regarding what Bonehead said about the importance of the stop, particularly for a tight loop............very true.
Here's an interesting trick I saw once. When you are practicing casting, get about 40-50 feet of line out then trap it with the index finger of your casting hand. This frees your other hand for the trick: as bring your casting hand forward, towards the end of the casting stroke, give the rod a mild karate chop with your free hand just above the rod handle. (This "chop" is in the opposite direction that the rod is traveling; it serves as an extreme "sudden stop") I think you will be surprised at what it does.
you´re right, my hauling hand is a bit exagerated, I think I tend to try to compensate with my left hand all the things I´m not doing well with my right... I´ve been doing that side-ways haul from a previous suggestion from you and it really has made a difference.
cheers and thanks.
My guess (unless you want to post some video) is that your line hand is pumping up and down too much.
Work on the proper mechanics of the cast with the rod hand and minimize the movement of the line hand while hauling by refining the timing of the pull.
The haul does not need to be big, just correct. The line hand should not have to move out of an oblong area less than one foot wide to throw almost or all of a fly line if the cast itself is done right.
Personally I tend to hold the line off to one side and use more side-pull than down pull which seems to help.
Keep at it.
hauling with line loops
Guys I tried those loops in my line hand and it´s really comfortable with a regular casts with no double-haul.
The problem is when I try the double haul, my loops become a mess and when I release them they all get stuck in a big knot in the first "ring" (or was it "guide" in english? )
anyways, any suggestions or tips or ideas of what I might be doing wrong?
thank you
A stripping basket is either a manufactured item or a home made affair made of a dish pan. It is strapped to your waste on the line hand side of your body. As you strip in line from your cast, it collects and holds the line so it does not get tangled up and ruin your next cast.
We saltwater fishermen use it in the surf or flats to keep the line from blowing or drifting away. You can us it on a boat if you like although most people just strip the line on the deck. A few inland trout fishermen are now using them but not many. It really is a necessity in the salt water. Do a site search on stripping basket or look at pics from the spring clave. You will see the baskets strapped to the waists of wading clavers
guys excellente advice as always, it was a very good question by popper and the answers have helped me out a lot.
I have a few questions though,
1-What´s a stripping basket?
2- bonehead´s suggestion on aiming to hit the fly line at your rod tip is actually something that happens to me unintentionally from time to time, any comments on how to prevent this, maybe lowering the rod after the foward stop?
finally, I´ve never had trouble with the back-cast stop, but no so in the foward cast. Something I read on the Net that has helped me very much (and I leave this subjecto open for criticism) is squeezing hard the rod hand after the acceleration of the backcast and foward cast. This "stiffens" my arm and makes me remember to do the sudden stop.
well guys, keep up your "evangelization" of new fly fishermen like myself! correcting my mistakes and learning new things have made the sport a lot more enjoyable for me.
Well, one thing that's messing me up right now is that this canal often doesn't give you any room at all to backcast. So I'm having to try the Steeple cast, and the cast where Lefty throws it into a hole in the bushes (Galloway cast?). Obviously I get hung up on the trees every now and again. Fortunately, since I'm fishing for carp and bass, my tippet is 20 lb. test so I usually get the fly back. Every now and again there is a short stretch where I can do a normal backcast and a normal forward cast. I've also got a video by Doug Swisher and while I don't like the way that his casting looks compared to Lefty, there are some useful tips for practice. For example, he tries to throw loops through a tire. I really should try to do something like that to help me with my backcasts into the bushes. If I ever get that down, then I'm going to start working on curve casts. The straight line cast is pretty much all I know now.
Thanks for the tip on trying to hit the tip of the rod with the line. I'm going to try that tomorrow.
The first part gets all the line moving with the constant acceleration putting a bend in the rod and storing energy. Then the speed-up-and-stop adds speed to the line and causes it to unroll when the rods stops.
If we add too much force to the cast we cannot stop our hand fast enough and it drifts forward causing the rod to dip down and throw the line in a heap. (An oversimplification, but true enough.) Also, the fastest motion of the rod must come immediately before the sudden stop. Often if we overpower, or try to throw a cast, we accelerate too quickly and reach our fastest speed too soon - say midway through the casting stroke - and the rod actually slows down before the stop. Obviously the rod loses some of its load (stored energy) this way.
I like the trick I've heard of throwing the line at the tip of the rod. Trying to make the flyline hit the tip on each cast has the effect of tightening the loop and teaches better form. It also shows how little effort needs to be used to make good casts. Focus on throwing tight, effortless loops and you'll be amazed how much better you get.
Your guys' comments have made me into a better caster in just one week. I really appreciate the advice. I'm still not doing a perfect job of line management, but I'm better than I was a couple of weeks ago. My casting is getting tighter too, except when I get excited and forget what I'm supposed to do.
I think I need a new rod, too. I got my rod before I knew how to cast, and I think that they gave me one where the guides are not lined up with the spine. Why do I say this? Well, I'm thinking of building my own rod and I've learned how to find the spine of a rod. On my rod, the guides are offset about 30 degrees from the spine. I've noticed that when I cast the rod has a tendency to twist in my hand, and I think that that explains it. I've started holding my rod off-center, with the reel and the guides splayed out a little bit to one side, so that the spine of the rod is lined up with the force of the cast, and my casts are straighter as a result.
The main thing I'm focusing on now is throwing tight loops. I don't do it all the time, but at least I know that I should be! It's weird, I notice that if I just focus on throwing a tight loop on the forward cast, the line goes farther than if I try to power the cast. I still have to put some force into it, though.
I'm casting well enough to catch fish, anyway. Went to the local canal today and got three huge carp under a mulberry tree, on a little bit of red deer hair that I spun to look like a mulberry. Then I caught a few little smallmouths on a yellow and black deer hair bug. I'm having fun anyway, which will keep me at it.
Thanks for all your help.
Line Management...
First off, good suggestions above. I'm glad to see you mention a new line on your own. I think a new, stiffer line will really help. Too limp a line will tangle easily as will an older line that's got a rough surface.
Main thing I'd add to all this is a little thing called line management. I've fished a good bit from a kayak and I'd second what Juro mentions about clearing the clutter. Also, how you prepare your line is important. Lots of lines need to be stretched after they come off a reel, particularly the older model reels with small diameters. Stretching it reduces its tendancy to lie in tight coils on the deck.
Also, if you have your line sitting in the bottom of a vessel it will probably get dirty. Make sure to clean it after every outing. Dirt causes lines to act "sticky" and tangle easier, not to mention shoot less distance.
Learning to manage line is an ongoing task, and it's not the same for every situation. If you're wading a stream or river, the coil idea Juro mentions is great. It keeps the line from being pulled downstream, which is hard to pull back for a cast.
(Wading the saltwater flats it's just the opposite: holding the line in coils will almost always result in a tangle when you cast, but letting the line drag in a big loop behind you will keep it clear and ready to cast.)
Fishing from vessels usually just means making the boat fly-line friendly. Move anything the line can catch on or, if you can't move it, drape a wet towel over it so the line won't catch on it. Or, use a clean, five-gallon bucket as a "line-tamer". Drill a few holes in the bottom for water to drain and just strip into that. If it has a tendancy to slide around on the deck, you can pain the bottom with some of that cheap rubberizer you can buy at most hardware stores - tool dip, I think it's called. Using a stripping bucket of some kind also means you can simply pick the line up and move it if you need to... a sure way of making a tangle otherwise.
Hope this helps.
PS If you're line is piling up at the end of a cast it probably means you aren't stopping the rod properly at the end of the cast. This is usually a symptom of trying to "throw" a line, rather than unroll it, as Lefty would say. Remember, the rod needs to quickly and completely stop at the end of the cast.
Most fly shops have someone who can help you out, If you buy a rod set up they may even not charge you. I know My friend here who owns a shop does not charge much at all or anything if you are a customer. He is the accommodating type & would like to see a beginner succeed so he helps out. But things may be different where you are.
A five weight is a little light for bass. You would be served to keep the 5Wt for trout & pan fish and buy a 7 or 8 wt for bass. ( 8 Wt will also work for steelhead & light salt water duty if you decide to try that someday)
The rod need not be too expensive. I fished for years with a less than $100 Bass pro shop 7-8 wt. it got the job done nicely. but as I became a better caster it was a bit soft & I eventually reached the limit it would cast. I still have it though & use it on occasion
I fish for Bass quite frequently. I now use a 7wt fast action rod or an 8 Wt. My preference is the seven. I think that the fast action rods turn over bulky flies better than slower rods, But once again that is personal preference. A Bamboo rod fisherman might disagree. Use a shorter leader( 5-6 ft) for bulky flies, it helps. I frequently use a level piece of #20 Lb floro for a leader & that is it. The seven Wt will throw a light Clouser or a big deer hair popper just fine and still have plenty of grunt to get the fish to the boat quickly.
Have a look at line selection.
There are several lines out there specifically made for Bass fishing, Scientific Anglers Mastery Bass bug taper, I think Cortland makes a bass bug line. I am sure there are others. I use Rio Accelerator WF 7F for my bass fishing. It shoots good far away & works good in close too. I can cast it 50- 60 feet no problem from my Kayak with a deer 2/0 hair popper. Maybe even farther if I had the need. I have never tried
Some fast action rods you might look at for bass fishing are as follows.
Mid priced:
Cabelas Ft & LST Series
Sage FLI
TFO Lefty Kreh pro series
St. Croix Avid
Higher end Rods
Sage VT-2
St.Croix Legend ultra
Cabela SLi
Orvis Power Matrix
High end
Sage Z-axis
Orvis ZeroG & T-3
Loomis GLX
These are just a random sampling of rods that would be sufficient for Bass fishing IMHO. There are other makers too. Redding, T&T, Scott, LL Bean to name a few.
I might add that for Bass fishing a inexpensive reel is sufficient as well. I have caught fish up to six pounds & never had one run off on me. I just pull em in off the reel most times unless they take all the line out then I use the reel.
Thank you very much, everyone, for your advice. I printed this out and practiced casting today. It went a little bit better for me. Towards the end, I was able to shoot a fair amount of line. A couple of times, I got to 60' from around 40' with one backcast. More normally, I was lifting up about 30' of line and shooting to about 50'. Of course, about a third of my casts were flops that ended up in piles on the water. I even managed once to get a knot in my fly line (!), not the leader.
It really helps me to have specific things to work on. So today I focused on lifting 30' of line out of the water cleanly (more than I've done before), trying to get a straight backcast with a little tug on the end of it so that I could get the forward cast going, and managing the loops with my line hand.
Some observations:
1. It really helps not to have a foam bass bug on the end of my line!
2. I think that a newer, stiffer, slicker line will help me to keep from getting tangles. I've got to go to the fly shop and pick one up.
3. I guess this is not so much like "getting it", like I thought, but more about practicing individual casts, all of which are different, until you can do them passably.
4. I do know how to haul a little bit, and I needed to do that the few times that I got out to 60'. But oddly enough, it made my backcast wavy, even though it loaded the rod more forcefully. Without a haul, I got some nice straight backcasts, but they weren't very powerful.
Is anyone here a bass fisherman? I need some advice on a new rod. This 5 weight just isn't cutting it with the big flies I want to throw. I've read that a medium-fast action fly rod is best for bass, because it throws wide loops and most fishing is done close in, but I'm thinking of a faster action rod. I read an article years ago about how Ted Williams was able to get smallmouth bass to rise in the middle of summer to bass bugs, by casting them extremely far. So there are some situations where a long cast would help in bass fishing. Should I go for a fast-action rod? Will they work with hair bugs and the like? Should I get both a medium-fast action rod (a cheapie, maybe?), and a fast action rod (more expensive)?
And I'm looking for cheap or free flycasting classes in the area. On the Internet I found some guides in my area that will give instruction for a pretty hefty fee, but nothing like a fly fishing club yet. I'm sure they're around though. I'd like to use my disposable income this summer on a new fly rod first.
Your thoughts would be appreciated. Bob
There are many ways to skin this cat.
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Unless you are feeding line into the drift, reel up anything you aren't casting. No sense is having line around that is not in play.
Zig zag it out
By flexing the rod side to side in the right cadence the line will pull out of the guides easily. Then you roll cast it out and are able to load the rod usually with just one backcast and zero false casts.
Slip and flip
leaving the fly in the water, pull the rod horizontally to the side letting the line slip out thru the tip gradually coming up to the roll cast firing position, then make a flip cast letting the rest of the head slide thru the tip. If done right, the whole head will be laying on the water in front of you and you can lift the line right into a fully loaded backcast.
Back on topic
Ok as far as line loops and line hand technique...
I use the surface between my thumb and index finger as the gripper and the 3remaining fingers as individual loop holders.
The index finger should be curled around like a candy cane around the end of the thumb. The line is best slipped and gripped somewhere along this surface, most typically in the 'claw' for me.
Practice with no loops on grass. Just lay a pile on the grass. Put out say half the head (15-20 ft) and practice slipping the line and gripping the line in this manner...
where stroke is the bending of the rod and rest is the time you wait for the line to straighten out in the air. Obviously if you slip on the stroke the whole cast loses energy like a deflating balloon. Slip only in between strokes.
**As an advanced topic, using a haul will increase the amount of line you can slip between strokes thus reducing the number of false casts to get line out. That's a topic for another day.
Loops in the fingers
Ok once you are slipping and gripping the line off the ground you can add loop management techniques.
Once the line is fully cast out, strip in the line with your left hand using the rod hand's index finger as a guide. Start with just two line hand loops, about 3 feet in length. That means you are holding about 12 feet of line in your left hand.
Strip using the thumb/index claw until you are ready to hold a loop - at which point you grab the line with your loose fingers (first loop = pinky/ring, second loop ring middle, etc) and then continue stripping with the main index/thumb claw until you are ready to make the next loop, repeat.
It's important to note that the line hand should draw the line thru the rod finger in a manner that does not disrupt your loops once held since the working hand is simultaneously holding line while stripping more.
(a video here would help but I think you know what I mean here)
Now go back to your cast... slipping from loops
Where you were slipping line (slip/rest) without any loops / line laying on the grass you now allow line to be pulled into the cast from the loops. Ideally your technique will allow for the head of the line to get back in the air on the first or second stroke.
Keep in mind that fly rods are designed to be matched with the head portion of your flyline so until thats in the air you are going to be under-gunned and whipping back and forth without much happening for your trouble. In contrast get the head out and you are instantly in business.
Once the head is in the air you should be able to shoot a few loops just by letting them go after the forward cast is underway. I will mention the haul again here since it really does eliminate false casts.
You mentioned 5 loops. That's a lot to start. That could mean you are stripping right to the tip top, using very small loops or you're casting a hell of a lot of line which is good. When learning to use the line hand start with two and leave more line out of the tip top between casts.
Stripping baskets are ideal for fisheries where you strip right to the leader knot. They are also very good for boat fishing. Even if you do get your loops down pat you should consider one for your boat. They are easy to make for a couple of dollars.
Then if you add the zigzags and slip&flip tricks you will soon be eliminating false casts so that one is enough even for long casts.
Hang in there and keep practicing!
Jsteelhead gives very good advice about getting professional instruction. I speak from bitter experience as I began teaching myself to flycast at about age 10 and have had a lifetime thereafter trying to unlearn the bad habits I picked up in the process.
A few hours with a competent teacher (not all good casters are competent teachers; get some recommendations from people you trust) can start you right onto a long, long period of great enjoyment. Few things, apart from hooking and landing fish and the other thing, give the satisfaction of executing the perfect flycast effortlessly. Or so I've been told. Someday, maybe I'll do it.
There are many ways of dealing with the "shooting" part of your line, depending on the situation. When fishing from a boat, try to remove as much of the clutter around your casting area as possible. If there's something to tangle on anywhere near, your flyline will seek it out and snag on it. Every time. Guaranteed.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:23 PM GMT on August 10, 2010
The monsoon season of 2010 continues to generate havoc in Asia, as lingering rains from the latest monsoon low continue to affect hard-hit Pakistan, China, and India. At least 702 are now reported dead and 1,042 are missing in China's Gansu province, due to torrential monsoon rains that triggered a deadly landslide and extreme flooding on Sunday. At least 137 died in floods and landslides in the neighboring Indian state of Kashmir over the weekend, with 500 people missing. Monsoon flooding and landslides have also killed at least 65 people in Afghanistan in the past two weeks. But no country has suffered more than Pakistan, where monsoon floods have destroyed huge portions of the nation's infrastructure and killed at least 1600 people. The number of people affected or needing assistance has been estimated to be as high as 13 million people--8% of the nation's population. The disaster is the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history, and is rightfully being called "Pakistan's Katrina."
Figure 1. The heavy thunderstorms of a monsoon depression lie over northwestern Pakistan near Islamabad in this visible satellite image taken by NASA's MODIS instrument on July 29, 2010. Image credit: NASA.
Monsoons: a primer
In summer, the sun warms up land areas more strongly than ocean areas. This occurs because wind and ocean turbulence mix the ocean's absorbed heat into a "mixed layer" approximately 50 meters deep, whereas on land, the sun's heat penetrates at a slow rate to a limited depth. Furthermore, due to its molecular properties, water has the ability to absorb more heat than the solid materials that make up land. As a result of this summertime differential heating of land and ocean, a low pressure region featuring rising air develops over land areas. Moisture-laden ocean winds blow towards the low pressure region and are drawn upwards once over land. The rising air expands and cools, condensing its moisture into some of the heaviest rains on Earth--the monsoon. Monsoons operate via the same principle as the familiar summer afternoon sea breeze, but on a grand scale. Each summer, monsoons affect every continent on Earth except Antarctica, and are responsible for life-giving rains that sustain the lives of billions of people. In India, home for over 1.1 billion people, the monsoon provides 80% of the annual rainfall. However, monsoons have their dark side as well--hundreds of people in India and surrounding nations die in an average year in floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains. The most deadly flooding events usually come from monsoon depressions (also known as monsoon lows.) A monsoon depression is similar to (but larger than) a tropical depression. Both are spinning storms hundreds of kilometers in diameter with sustained winds of 50 - 55 kph (30 - 35 mph), nearly calm winds at their center, and generate very heavy rains. Each summer, approximately 6 - 7 monsoon depressions form over the Bay of Bengal and track westwards across India. Four monsoon depressions originated in the Bay of Bengal in the El Niño-weakened monsoon season of 2009. This year's first monsoon depression formed on July 24, crossed over India, and reached Pakistan on July 27. The rains increased in intensity over the next two days, peaking on July 29 and 30, when a low pressure system that moved across Pakistan from the west enhanced rainfall from the monsoon depression. Over the 3-day period July 28 - 30, torrential rains in excess of 8 inches (203 mm) fell in many regions of northwest Pakistan Rainfall amounts at two stations in the catchment basins of the Jhelum River and Indus River reached 19.49" (495 mm) for the month of July, and 7.56" (192 mm) fell in a single day, July 30, at Tarbela. A second monsoon depression arrived in Pakistan on August 3, and has brought additional heavy rains.
Are the this year's monsoon floods due to global warming?
No single weather event can be attributed to climate change, but a warming climate does load the dice in favor of heavier extreme precipitation events. This occurs because more water vapor can evaporate into a warmer atmosphere, increasing the chances of record heavy downpours. In a study published in Science in 2006, Goswami et al. found that the level of heavy rainfall activity in the monsoon over India had more than doubled in the 50 years since the 1950s, leading to an increased disaster potential from heavy flooding. Moderate and weak rain events decreased over the past 50 years, leaving the total amount of rain deposited by the monsoon roughly constant. The authors commented, "These findings are in tune with model projections and some observations that indicate an increase in heavy rain events and a decrease in weak events under global warming scenarios." We should expect to see an increased number of disastrous monsoon floods in coming decades if the climate continues to warm as expected. Since the population continues to increase at a rapid rate in the region, death tolls from monsoon flooding disasters are likely to climb dramatically in coming decades.
Goswami, et al., 2006, " Increasing Trend of Extreme Rain Events Over India in a Warming Environment", Science, 1 December 2006:Vol. 314. no. 5804, pp. 1442 - 1445 DOI: 10.1126/science.1132027
Dave's Landslide blog has some great discussions of the flooding and destruction wrought by the terrible monsoon rains this year in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and China.
Donations urgently needed
The massive humanitarian crisis in Pakistan requires a huge response by the international community. Wunderblogger Dr. Ricky Rood, author of our Climate Change Blog, has a friend working in Pakistan who underscored the desperate situation there:
This is the worst natural disaster in the history of Pakistan in terms of number of people and area affected. Although not as many people have been killed as in the 2005 earthquake, we have already nearly 900,000 displaced persons thus far just in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Crops are destroyed; shops, hotels, and other business have simply been swept away in Swat, which had just this year been cleared of Taliban and was on the way to recovery; and districts closer to Peshawar and parts of Peshawar district are still, or perhaps again after yesterday/today, under water. After the immediate emergency response, it will be years of rebuilding to replace what has been lost and to start to develop again. I know you have the power to control the weather, so if you cold give us a week or two without more rain at least we could keep the helicopters flying and give people a chance to go to their homes, recover what might still be there, set up tents if we can get enough to them, and start to clean up."
She gave the following recommendations for charities that do work in the flood-ravaged zone, and are effective at getting aid to those who need it the most:
Doctors Without Borders
The International Red Cross
MERLIN medical relief charity
The mobile giving service mGive allows one to text the word "SWAT" to 50555. The text will result in a $10 donation to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Pakistan Flood Relief Effort.
She mentioned that it is better to send money to the organizations doing the relief work than to try to organize shipments of goods.
Figure 2. Morning radar image of 94L from the Key West radar.
A 1010 mb low pressure system (94L) near the Florida Keys is generating disorganized heavy thunderstorms over Florida and the adjacent waters, and could become a tropical or subtropical depression as early as Wednesday. Current Key West radar shows the rotation of the storm, but the thunderstorm activity has not yet organized into low-level spiral bands. A few areas in the Keys and extreme South Florida have seen 1 - 2 inches of rain thus far from 94L. Wind shear is currently a moderate 10 - 20 knots over 94L, and water temperatures are very warm, 30 - 31°C. Water vapor satellite imagery shows that 94L is forming beneath an upper-level low with plenty of dry air, and there is a substantial flow of dry, continental air wrapping into 94L. This dry air is retarding the development of 94L, and may force the storm to organize into a subtropical storm instead of a tropical storm. A subtropical storm typically has a large, cloud free center of circulation, with very heavy thunderstorm activity in a band removed at least 100 miles from the center. The difference between a subtropical storm and a tropical storm is not that important as far as the winds they can generate, but tropical storms generate more rain. There is no such thing as a subtropical hurricane. If a subtropical storm intensifies enough to have hurricane force winds, than it must have become fully tropical. It usually takes at least two days for a subtropical storm to make the transition to a tropical storm.
Forecast for 94L
The latest SHIPS model forecast predicts that wind shear will stay in the moderate range, 10 - 20 knots, over the Gulf of Mexico this week. The storm's main problem will be dry air, and I don't expect 94L to undergo rapid development. Most of the models bring 94L ashore over Louisiana by Thursday, though the GFDL model predicts 94L could stall off the coast and not make landfall until Friday. If 94L does make landfall Thursday, it is unlikely to be a hurricane, due to all the dry air aloft in the Gulf. However, the GFDL model is predicting that the 1-day delay in landfall to Friday will allow 94L enough time to grow fully tropical and intensify into a Category 1 hurricane. I think this solution is unlikely. Storms that get their start underneath a cold, dry, upper-level low very rarely attain hurricane strength in three days. A 40 - 50 mph tropical or subtropical storm at landfall Thursday or Friday is a much more reasonable forecast.
A tropical wave (Invest 93) in the middle Atlantic Ocean is close to tropical depression status. The disturbance has a well-defined surface circulation, but only a limited amount of heavy thunderstorm activity, thanks to dry air and wind shear of 10 - 20 knots affecting it due to a large upper-level low pressure system to the west. Wind shear is expected to stay in the moderate range, 10 - 20 knots, over the next four days, which is low enough that 93L could become a tropical depression at any time during that period. NHC is giving 93L a 60% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Thursday morning. The GFS, GFDL, and HWRF models predict 93L will develop, and the GFDL forecasts that the storm will become a hurricane. A strong trough of low pressure moving across the central Atlantic is recurving 93L to the north, and the system should only be a concern to shipping interests. None of the reliable computer models are forecasting tropical cyclone development in the Atlantic over the next seven days, other than for 93L and 94L.
Moscow hits 99°F again today
Temperatures at Moscow's Domodedovo airport hit 37°C (99°F) today, the 28th day in row that temperatures have exceeded 30°C (86°F) in Moscow. The average high temperature for August 10 is 21°C (69°F). Moscow's high temperature have averaged 15°C (27°F) above average for the first ten days of August--a truly extraordinary anomaly. Smog and smoke from wildfires continued to blanket the city today, with the Russian Meteorological Agency reporting that pollution due to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and hydrocarbons exceeding the safe limit by factors of 1.2 - 2.2. Air pollution levels peaked at 6.5 times the safe level on Saturday. As I reported in yesterday's post, the heat wave has likely killed at least 15,000 people in Russia so far. There is some slight relief in sight--the latest forecast for Moscow calls for high temperatures of 31 - 33°C (88 - 91°F) Wednesday though Sunday--still 20°F above normal, but better than the 27°F above normal so far this month.
"Hurricane Haven" airing again this afternoon
Tune into another airing of my live Internet radio show, "Hurricane Haven", at 4pm EDT today. Listeners will be able to call in and ask questions. The call in number is 415-983-2634, or you can post a question in the comments area on my blog during the show. You can also email the questions to me today before the show: firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to include "Hurricane Haven question" in the subject line. Some topics I'll cover today on the show:
1) Invest 94 and 93
2) A look ahead at the coming two weeks
3) Status of La Niña
Today's show will be about 30 minutes, and you can tune in at http://www.wunderground.com/wxradio/wubroadcast.h tml. The show will be recorded and stored as a podcast.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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I just received my "Winter 2009" issue of Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine and it may be one of the best I've read.
The article on Ben Rogers Lee by Jim Cassada was especially good. All too often writers tend to gloss over the "not so good" traits (that all of us have) and make the subject of the article sound like a "perfect" individual. That's especially true when that person is no longer living.
Jim's honest account of Ben Lee was very refreshing. We can and should respect folks, even when they have some obvious shortcomings or flaws, as all of us have. The contributions made by Ben Lee to modern turkey hunting should never be forgotten. He was a true pioneer and helped many others to launch their careers in this sport.
Thank you Jim Cassada for a great read and account of the life and career of Ben Rogers Lee.
Thanks again,


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Hirabe, 48, was shot several times in the head by unidentified gunmen as he and a colleague, Ahmed Omar Hashi, were walking to work in the capital, local journalists told CPJ. Hashi, 41, was shot in the stomach and hand but survived.
On March 3, 2016, a military court in Mogadishu found Hassan Hanafi, a former journalist and affiliate of the militant group Al-Shabaab, guilty of involvement in the murder, as well as the killings of four other journalists. According to news reports, the court sentenced him to death by execution, which in Somalia is usually carried out by firing squad.
A veteran Radio Shabelle reporter, Hirabe took up the role as station director after the former director, Said Tahlil Ahmed, was murdered in February. A popular journalist, Hirabe had led a charity drive to help displaced Somali children in 2006. He was survived by two wives and five children.
New York, February 4, 2009--The director of HornAfrik, one of Somalia's leading radio and television stations, was killed by three masked gunmen in the Bakara Market area of Mogadishu on Tuesday afternoon, local journalists told CPJ. The assailants shot Said Tahlil repeatedly as he and six other senior journalists were walking to a meeting with members of the militant Al-Shabaab group.
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Does anyone know of a trainer in Ohio, Kentucky or Indiana that would be able to help me out on Handling?
Does anyone know of a trainer in Ohio, Kentucky or Indiana that would be able to help me out on Handling?
Can you be more specific? Are you looking to send your dog in for training or trying to get help yourself training the dog? Where are you located?
We shoot dogs with a Canon
I am looking for both, either someone that will set me straight or if I can afford to send him off for a couple of months. He has his JH and I have been teaching him casting. He gets confused when there is more than one bumper out there and I direct to which one I want him to retrieve. I would like him to be able to do short blinds before duck season.
Thanks DogTrainer,
This helps me alot and I may get in contact with you, If I can sell my duck boat then I should be able to afford the training. Tell me do you do a daily or weekend rates to help me get on the right path so I can continue the training myself? Sorry but had to ask. I do believe if I can be shown what to work on I can do it. Remeber I am only a hunter and not a field trial-er.
Thanks in advance
Duck Hunter 12 you can call Jim Manson, Stillwater Kennels, Covington, OH. Over 25 years training for trials and gun dogs. Reasonable rates.
Any woman who does not thoroughly enjoy tramping across the country on a clear, frosty morning with a good gun and a pair of dogs does not know how to enjoy life. ~ Annie Oakley
Do you listen to God as well as your dog listens to you? Can God run "Blinds" with you?
Mitch White with Gamekeeper Retrievers is awesome. He is definitely an owners trainer as he is all about helping you learn to run your dog. He offers private lessons also and does seminars .
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If you haven't found a trainer give me a call. I have a few names I can give u. 731-445-1879. And if u haven't sold ur duck boat I might be interested in it. Can u send pic?
Is that number your cell phone or do you want to send the pics to an email.


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By Charlie Mitchell
OXFORD – Two years after Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers had completed much of the cleanup in New Orleans. As projects dwindled, pressure rose from City Hall for the Corps to get out of town.
Why? In multiple off-the-record conversations at the time, Corps managers pointed to a big bucket of unspent federal money and a provision Congress put into the hurricane relief legislation. It said control of any remaining cash would pass to the locals when the federal engineers left. "Ray Nagin wants that money," was the sentiment.
Nagin was then in his first term as mayor of New Orleans. Fast forward six years, and Nagin, now a resident of Texas, faces a 21-count indictment alleging corruption that, if true, would be brazen even by Louisiana standards. Nagin has pleaded innocent to accepting $200,000 in bribes, lavish travel and such related to the Katrina cash. Two City Hall insiders have pleaded guilty to similar charges.
In response, New Orleans souvenir shops modified those "Beware Pickpockets and Loose Women" T-shirts they've sold for years. The new imprint reads, "Beware Pickpockets, Ray Nagin and Loose Women."
Clever. Even funny.
Apparently the public expects some of the people they elect will betray their trust, that the good old FBI will step in with a sting operation and that bandits who once lived large will pay their debt in a federal prison.
It's a script seen time and again. We shrug it off.
Certainly taking payoffs is not new. It is a crime that transcends time, race and age.
Stealing also transcends wealth. Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Chicago was financially secure, yet has admitted knowingly and illegally living off $750,000 in campaign donations and gifts.
About the same time Rep. Jackson was in court in Chicago, Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield followed in the footsteps of Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, who was arrested and posted bond in December on embezzlement charges.
Winfield, standing in an orange jumpsuit and shackles in front of a federal magistrate, is accused of accepting cash to steer a debris contract. The time has not come for him to enter a plea to the criminal charge, but for many months Winfield has faced a civil suit just as embarrassing. A former top aide accuses him of, among other things, trying use city funds to buy her silence about a sexual relationship.
Rep. Jackson wept and apologized while entering his guilty plea. At the other end of the shame spectrum, Winfield bounced back to City Hall, made at least one public appearance and proclaimed to his hometown newspaper, The Vicksburg Post, "I'm staying put. I'm going to do the job I was elected to do."
Speaking of elections, Southaven's Davis said he's through, but Winfield has filed for a second term. Voters are known to return some to office after being charged, some even after they were convicted. So who knows?
But what about the mental state of those accused of corruption? It has always been a mystery.
When is the decision made to be corrupt?
Is it while shaking hands, kissing babies and making promises for a better day?
As they ask people, young and old, to trust them, do they already know that they will prove unworthy?
Or is it incremental? Do they get elected planning to be honest and then become jaded and frustrated, take a little at first and more and more later?
Do they go on the take because everyone is doing it?
Do they feel entitled, superior – above the law? Do they feel justified in taking kickbacks or engaging in bid-rigging because, after all, they've done some good things, too?
Or are they pathological liars who truly believe they can do no wrong?
It's a decent question: What do they see when they look in the mirror? Arrogance? Confidence? Innocence? Do they lie to themselves as effectively as they lie to others?
There are million-dollar scams that last years. There are hapless county supervisors who get pinched for putting $50 worth of gravel on a voter's driveway.
What are they thinking?
Doubtless the rationales are as diverse as the array of defendants.
The public, on the other hand, has become pretty consistent. People rarely show surprise or outrage. Those Corps guys in New Orleans expected problems, calmly foreshadowed what might happen.
It's a shame, though. Corruption doesn't shock us, even though it should.
Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi journalist. Write to him at Box 1, University, MS 38677, or email email@example.com.


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Hey Jay, mine just shipped today.
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The Walmart in Superior had the whole Mos Eisley wave as of 7:00 tonight according to my wife. Thanks to JabbaJohn I already have a set. Hopefully I will find the Hunt for Grevious tomorrow if there are any left. :(
Finally found some mos eisley figures today, at the new super wal mart on 33rd and tower, got a momow, luke, r5, and guarindin. they also had a han and a few vaders, as well as a couple chewey unleashed. so still missing ha, denizin, and the sandtrooper.
Still looking for Momaw Nadon and R5. Found everybody else though including the illusive Bespin Vader.
My Boba Statue ships out this week!
I got my Boba on Friday. Gentle Giant did a good job on him. I'm still angry with them over the mess of the Stormtrooper mini bust. I made some room on my self this weekend for my Sideshow Greivous. He is so incredible. He is the 8th item that I have received from them, and I have to say that I become more and more pleased with them all of the time. Their first statue of Luke was okay, but everything else has been superb. I love my Darth Maul Bust.
got the not so hard to come by unleashed at the wal-mart on 33rd and tower, they still had the same figs as yesterday even the bespin vader.
got my boba statue today. it looks great. now if i only had more room to display things.
Finally found Momaw Nadon and R5 at Wal-Mart. Momaw is an awesome figure! I've always been a fan of his figures anyway -they always turn out great!
I got the Exclusive 4th of July ROTS poster in the mail yesterday from SWS.com. Its awesome! My Boba Fett Statue is on the way also.
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CAMBODIA/THAILAND: Border dispute displaces up to 30,000
BANGKOK, 9 February 2011 (IRIN) - NGOs working along the Thai-Cambodian border are monitoring clashes between the two countries near a disputed temple and are extremely concerned about the reported displacement of up to 30,000 people.
"We have evacuated our staff and are preparing to assist those who have fled the area," Agneta Dau Valler, country representative of Church World Service Cambodia, which has field staff living in villages in Choam Khsant District, where the disputed Preah Vihear temple is located, told IRIN.
An estimated 15,000 people on the Thai side of the border have "fled to makeshift shelters and other villages away from the range of fire," said Amnat Barlee, director of the Thai Red Cross's Relief and Community Health Bureau, while Cambodian Red Cross officials estimate the displacement of a similar number on their side of the border.
Renewed border clashes on 4 February over ownership of the 11th century Hindu temple, a 2008-registered UN World Heritage Site, were continuing on 8 February. As of 9 February, no civilians on the Cambodia side had been reported dead or injured. However, Thai media said one civilian and two soldiers had been killed. One day earlier, Thailand's official news agency, MCOT, reported 25 people injured in fighting, prompting thousands to flee their homes. Many of the displaced are unable to find adequate shelter or tents, aid officials say.


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Thread: Helo fantail goldfishes question
01-03-2011, 11:06 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Helo fantail goldfishes question
I recentaly got 3 goldfishes today (fantail) and i feed them 2 times but they still look around for food like they didnt eat and they are sucking in rocks then taking them out.ARE they still hungry?I wanna know if there males or femaale theres one thats bigger than another and it looks pregnant but the skinner one that i thinks a male isnt bumping or hasing the pregnant goldfish.Are they too hungry to play around?my other fantail is young and has big eyes lol and it does the same as them.I want more goldfishes i want to know what gender they are and why they are always hungry please...... i will send some pics of them they might be blury bye please answer
You posted this in sort of an odd place, so it might not get a lot of notice, but let's see what we can do about getting you some answers.
First: How big of a tank do you have? What did you do to set it up? Many people buy goldfish without understanding their requirements, and as a result end up accidentally killing the fish. We don't want that to happen to you.
Regarding food, almost all fish search for food all the time. Do not overfeed them - you will foul the water and the fish will have health issues.
Determining the gender of goldfish is very difficult. When they are ready to breed a male goldfish will develop little white bumps around the head and gills called breeding tubercles. Apart from that, there's no easy way to tell.
I would strongly advise you not buy any more fish until we can discus your set-up and see if you're in good shape or headed for problems.300 gallon mega tank: sailfin pleco, clown loaches, silver dollars, roseline sharks, congo tetras, new world cichlids
125 gallon office tank: Africian cichlids, synodontis catfih
75 gallon community tank: bolivian rams, black skirt tetras, dwarf neon rainbowfish, corys, harlequin rasboras, otos, bristlenose and bulldog plecos, assassin snails, various shrimp
60 gallon goldfish tank: fancy goldfish
What size are they?
& ya if u could post some pics that would help, i've got 5 goldfish (i've had my fantail for a yr & a half & the others since sept & oct) & i used to feed them twice a day, but now feed them 3-4 times (not huge amouts) but they are a lot more active now.
The younger ones need more food spread out over the course of the day (it seems to be working for mine so far)
It was suggested to me to get their weight (which can help determine a good & safe amount for them to eat - if u have a food scale that shows weight in grams - that worked for me.
Also for your post - if u scroll down on the main 'aquarium forum' page to the 'other Aquarium Topics' there is a section for Coldwater Fish & a sub-forum for 'Goldfish' in that - took me a while to find it LOL
If you re-post there you'll get a lot more people there who can give u advice!!
Oh & yes goldfish always ACT like they are starving!!
06-09-2011, 07:22 PM #4Junior Member Guppy
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Now I'm not going to tell you about "fishes" like others might. In theory this may be the way to go, but in reality sometimes it's just too hard.
03-21-2012, 11:24 PM #5Junior Member Platy
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Fantail Goldfish
I have a fantail goldfish. The thing is, they require a rather big tank.
I am not very knowledgeable about breeding, so I'll share something about feeding.
Fact of life: Fish are...to put it politely, fish. They don't notice that the gravel isn't food until it's in their mouth. When they notice it tastes bad, they spit it out. Now, goldfish are rather greedy, as well. (Goldfish fans, PLEASE don't hate me!!) They will eat tons of fish food. However, what you want to do is put in only enough pellets that they can eat in a minute. That keeps the fish from getting fat. (Ahem, I mean, overweight.)
Hope I helped without being too offensive about fish!!
I don't think that food should be denied. If you feed well and do the water changes to keep up with the increased bioload, this is a good thing and will result in large, healthy fish. However, as stated we can't help you at all without more information.Aquarist since 1995
Biologist and Published Author in Multiple Aquarium Magazines
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Advanced Aquarium Concepts: Articles about many aspects of aquarium care.
this thread (it's in the blog section actually) is over a year old and the OP has not been back since.300 gallon mega tank: sailfin pleco, clown loaches, silver dollars, roseline sharks, congo tetras, new world cichlids
125 gallon office tank: Africian cichlids, synodontis catfih
75 gallon community tank: bolivian rams, black skirt tetras, dwarf neon rainbowfish, corys, harlequin rasboras, otos, bristlenose and bulldog plecos, assassin snails, various shrimp
60 gallon goldfish tank: fancy goldfish
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Spokane baby born without arms gets first prosthesis
SPOKANE, Wash. - A Spokane baby born without arms now has his first prosthesis thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our community.
"We couldn't ask for any more for our baby, the love that we felt from the community is awesome," Brooke Davis said.
In April, Brooke Davis gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Jameson. Jameson was born without arms; doctors discovered the abnormality during a routine ultrasound and cannot explain why his arms stopped growing below his shoulders.
Ever since, Brooke and her husband, Jim, have been determined to give Jameson the best life possible. In November, they started raising money to get Jameson fitted for his first set of prosthetic arms.
"A little boy wrote us a letter saying he wanted to give $5 to Jameson out of his piggy bank just so he could help," Jim Davis said.
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City Council to consider Zehm settlement Monday
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane City Council will be considering a resolution to accept the agreement that would settle the civil case between the city and Otto Zehm's estate Monday evening.
Public testimony will be accepted on a resolution to accept the agreement during the council meeting Monday evening at 6 p.m., city spokesperson Marlene Feist said.
The City of Spokane and Otto Zehm's family agreed to a tentative settlement earlier this week following two days of mediation.
The settlement calls for the city to pay Zehm's estate $1.67 Million, the police department to conduct enhanced training to deal with crisis intervention situations, a pavilion to be named in Zehm's memory, and for the City to write Ann Zehm, Otto's mom, a formal letter of apology for her son's death.
Below is a transcript of the resolution the city council will consider Monday night.
WHEREAS, the Estate of Otto Zehm, and Genevieve Mann Personal Representative; and Ann Zehm (hereinafter "claimants"), filed a complaint for damages for violation of civil rights on March 13, 2009, arising out of an incident on March 18, 2006; and
WHEREAS, claimants allege injury as a result of the actions of the City of Spokane and its employees and assert financial damages from medical bills, funeral expenses, lost wages, and other special damages; and
WHEREAS, the City and the City's excess insurance carrier, "The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania," through Chartis (formerly known as AIU Holdings), have determined to resolve all differences with claimants and any third parties who may claim a subrogated interest against the City, its officers, agents, employees and contractors, for a payment of $1,670,000.00. The City of Spokane will pay the balance of its self-insured retention of SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR AND 08/100 DOLLARS ($720,554.08), and The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania will pay the balance; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the above monies, non-economic damages have been agreed upon by the parties at the request of the claimants to include the following:
Mayor David A. Condon has agreed to issue a letter of apology to Ann Zehm;
The City of Spokane will require mandatory Crisis Intervention Training or a reasonable equivalent for all of its patrol officers, except patrol officers retiring within one year;
The City will set aside up to FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) for the City's Use of Force Commission to pay for an expert advisor for implementation of the Use of Force Commission's recommendations;
Mayor David A. Condon will make a recommendation to the City Parks Board to dedicate a pavilion to Otto Zehm in one of the City's Parks.
WHEREAS, the claimants have agreed to accept said payment and the terms outlined above, and in return to provide a release of all claims to the City and named D efendants in their underlying lawsuit entitled The Estate of Otto Zehm, et al v. City of Spokane, et al, Cause No. CV-09-80-LRS, dismissing their lawsuit with prejudice.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Spokane:
That the City of Spokane authorizes the payment to claimants in the amount of SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR AND 08/100 DOLLARS ($720,554.08), which is the balance of its self-insured retention, with the understanding that The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, through Chartis (formerly known as AIU Holdings) will pay the balance of the $1,670,000.00. In return the claimants will provide a signed release fully extinguishing all claims in connection with the claim and lawsuit, pledging to fully protect and indemnify the City of Spokane, its officers, agents, employees and contractors, against all loss or liability in connection with said claim.


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