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Casey Miller is about to embark on a journey that will take him by bicycle across the United States. Along the way he hopes to come to understand what unites the human experience and, at the same time, raise funds for ChildFund.
He begins his journey Aug. 8 in Portland, Ore., and will end many weeks later in Boston.
Miller paused in his training to tell us more about his motivations, expectations and concerns about his upcoming journey.
Q: Have you been on a trip like this before?
I have never done anything like this before. In fact, bikes and camping have never been appealing to me at all. Having said that, I believe that the greatest amount of personal growth only happens when we are placed in uncomfortable situations. That, coupled with a deep desire to understand what unites the human experience inspired me to bicycle across our nation. Now that I have been training for a few weeks, something remarkable has happened: I actually love biking. Yes, I am sore and still uncomfortable. But something about going slow and being deliberate has already given me a great sense of connection unlike any other I've felt before. I can only imagine how I'll feel in a few weeks!
Q: What drives you to do this?
I am driven to understand how we are the same. So much of our world focuses on how we are different. My project, Socrates Spoke, aims at understanding how we are fundamentally the same.
Q: What do you love about this personal challenge you're taking on?
I love that I am scared to death. I also love that I will be depending on the kindness of others — really making a web of connections — in order to make it to the other side.
Q: What will be the toughest challenge for you?
I think I am frightened most by the long hours alone. I love people and love being around them. Being alone for long stretches of highway will be hard for me. That said, part of what I am trying to learn on this trip is the art of simply being. And I will have a lot of time to just "be" on this long voyage.
Q: Why did you choose to raise money for ChildFund?
There are two reasons. The first is that two of my friends work for ChildFund. Oscar Fleming works in the D.C. office and Nicole Duciaume works in the Panama office. Besides being my friends, Oscar and Nicole are deeply inspiring people to me and indeed have helped me understand that a large part of meaning in life comes through serving others.
The second reason focuses on the question that I will be asking across the United States, "How do you create meaning in your life?" This is a profound question, and indeed, perhaps one of the most fundamental of all of life's questions. And while this inquiry may be at the root of understanding our human experience, I view the opportunity of being able to reflect on it as somewhat of a luxury. Only after certain basic needs have been met can humans contemplate existence. ChildFund enables deprived, excluded and vulnerable children — children otherwise condemned to a life of survival — to ask these questions by providing them with the tools and resources to become positive leaders in their communities. This is truly inspiring and I feel honored to be able to help support ChildFund's mission.
How do you find out when and where he will be and if he will be passing near Omaha. My household will keep Casey in our prayers.
We plan to post location updates on the website page, and Casey will be doing the same on his home page. We'll do our best to inform you just before he reaches major cities like Omaha. Thanks for your well wishes for Casey.
Terry, Casey here. You can follow my progress at http://www.socratesspoke.com under the Map section. Thanks for the prayers!
casey, terri lynn here from emigrant park.. chile for dinner…. just wanted to say hi and goodluck be safe..
Good morning Casey hope your day stays dry we are getting rain Rock Port Mo. My prayer today is that you will see the face of Jesus in those you meet.


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Is it just me or is Ron Paul's dementia getting worse?

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Anthony Davis participated fully in practice Saturday after leaving Friday's game with a knee injury.
Joakim Noah had surgery to repair his rotator cuff in his right shoulder on Wednesday.
Avery Bradley scored a playoff career-high 24 points during Wednesday's Game 5 home win, adding six rebounds, one assist, one steal and zero turnovers in 40 minutes.
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Dwyane Wade went off for 26 points (7-of-18 FGs, 10-of-10 FTs), 11 rebounds, eight assists, one block and two 3-pointers in 35 minutes during Wednesday's tough road loss in Boston.
Markieff Morris struggled with fouls yet again on Wednesday, contributing eight points, five boards and one block with five personal fouls in 20 minutes.
Bradley Beal had 27 points on 11-of-22 shooting, five rebounds, three steals, three blocks, one assist and one steal in 41 minutes on Wednesday.
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WC and WCX for the Goldens is considerably different than the Labrador WC. Labradors also have a CC (CCA) I don't know it's as highly sought after. I know many CH Goldens who get their CCA as it's judged differently and takes attitude into consideration. When I took my dog for her CCA one dog was DQ'd for going after the other dogs during socialization.
At Labrador National they have a "performance" conformation class. I've not seen it yet but hope to put my husbands lab in it next fall. It allows altered dogs. They have a contest called "The Challenge" and it's about scoring Q's and points in multiple venues including conformation. They don't count the CC or WC for The Challenge if my memory is correct. So they created an additional conformation class. I'm curious how my husbands lab will do. She looks like a lab, adheres to standard but has a tiny waist.
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[QUOTEc;1191948]The problem is with the Conformation system. Across the board, for ALL breeds of dogs.
And they aren't going to change the system just because we can't use what it produces for honest-to-goodness functional purposes.[/QUOTE]
This is the pot calling the kettle black, you are the problem not me! If you did/thought my everything would be better.
Before there were recognized breeds dogs were referred to what they did, retrievers, herders, flushers, etc. From there breeds were developed. Once a type was set a standard was developed. The standard describes what the breed is. This goes beyond just how it looks. It inclubes attributes that are often unique to that breed. In some cases it may include disqualifications.
It much easier to blame the field Labrador faction for the breed split that the show faction. The field type labs are not shown, and have not been shown in numbers for at least a couple of decades. Ultimately, judges can only judge what is exhibited to them. As time goes by that type becomes set in peoples mind as being correct.
Tom Wall
They went on that week to get their WC or WCX. Fast forward to last years Specialty in Texas, Leanne after a couple years of training got fourth in the Qualifying. She continues to compete in Show, Obediance and Agility, but is now interested in field trials. Leanne also encouraged and helped my field trial buddy Dave Cheatum to show his field trial dog in the field-show event at the specialty where Fire earned a second place.
Now I have to say, regardless the feel good story I just told, I think the split between field and show dogs is even larger in Goldens than Labs. Hopefully Leeanne is one of the first pioneers in leading us back to where we came from.
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I was playing the devil's advocate. Several people have commented in various threads that they think show Labs should have to prove they can retrieve to be called a Champion Labrador retriever. Their logic is that the dog's are representing the breed and should be able to do the work.
Using the same logic, but from the other side of the fence, why shouldn't a field Lab be required to meet some minimum requirements of the standard in order to represent the breed as a Field Champion Labrador retriever. After all, they too are representing the breed.
If both of these policies were put into practice, I'd bet that show Labs would become better in the field and field Labs would be more likely to meet the basic requirements of the standard.
Just food for thought.
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I'm making my first foray into a sound engine and I'm using SlimDX in order to allow me access to DirectX in C#. I dug around and found a couple of tutorials which got me started and when playing a file from a file, everything is fine. However I also want to look at playing a file from a memory stream (loaded with the contents of a file, stored in a byte array) as I don't want to have to access the hard drive for playing sounds in quick succession.
In doing so I appear to have stumbled across an issue with sound corruption. I'm able to reproduce it 100% of the time on both my home machine and my work machine (both Windows 7) but it only happens with certain files and in a certain order. In this particular case, see the attached file, sounds.zip which contains two files, klaxon2.wav (sounds like the red alert sound from star trek) and warn2.wav (the word warning repeated three times).
The easiest way to describe the issue is to demonstrate the code I'm using to load and play, and the test procedure. I've boiled down the code from my main project to a fairly simple test class:
public class SoundPlayer { private XAudio2 m_device = new XAudio2(); private SourceVoice m_sourceVoice = null; public SoundPlayer() { MasteringVoice masteringVoice = new MasteringVoice(m_device); } public void Load(string fileName) { WaveStream waveStream = new WaveStream(fileName); AudioBuffer buffer = new AudioBuffer(); buffer.AudioData = waveStream; buffer.AudioBytes = (int)waveStream.Length; buffer.Flags = BufferFlags.EndOfStream; m_sourceVoice = new SourceVoice(m_device, waveStream.Format); m_sourceVoice.SubmitSourceBuffer(buffer); } public void Load2(string fileName) { byte[] fileData = File.ReadAllBytes(fileName); MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(fileData); WaveStream waveStream = new WaveStream(ms); AudioBuffer buffer = new AudioBuffer(); buffer.AudioData = waveStream; buffer.AudioBytes = (int)waveStream.Length; buffer.Flags = BufferFlags.EndOfStream; m_sourceVoice = new SourceVoice(m_device, waveStream.Format); m_sourceVoice.SubmitSourceBuffer(buffer); } public void Play() { Thread t = new Thread(PlayMethod); t.Start(); } private void PlayMethod() { m_sourceVoice.Start(); while (m_sourceVoice.State.BuffersQueued > 0) { Thread.Sleep(10); } m_sourceVoice.Dispose(); m_device.Dispose(); } }
So the idea is load the sound clip into a class and call play. It will play itself in a thread and finish. Please keep in mind that this is a very bare bones example from what's in my main project. Things like proper thread management and object clean-up were not a priority, just reproducing the issue in order to post it here for help (though I'm certainly open to pointers and advice... first timer with sounds after all).
Anyway, stick this class in a project somewhere and, using the attached sounds, use the following code to run it:
SoundPlayer p1 = new SoundPlayer(); SoundPlayer p2 = new SoundPlayer(); SoundPlayer p3 = new SoundPlayer(); p1.Load2(@"..\..\klaxon2.wav"); p2.Load2(@"..\..\klaxon2.wav"); p3.Load2(@"..\..\warn2.wav"); p1.Play();(NOTE: Replace the path with whatever directory you unzipped the files in.)
What seems to happen is that when p1 is played, it plays a slowed down version of warn2 until warn2 is finished, then plays the rest of klaxon2 until klaxon2 is finished. If I were to use the Load method instead of Load2, it would work fine. If I were to not load two copies of klaxon2, it would work fine. If I were to load two copies of klaxon2 but no warn2, it would work fine. In my tests I've found a few other examples of the problem but for the most part, it's an issue that's hard to reproduce. When you do find a way to reproduce it you can always reproduce it. If that makes any sense... bleh.
As you can see, the way in which I'm loading the stream isn't terribly complex, so I'm not sure what I could be doing wrong. The file data is copied out of the file and put into a new memory stream every time so there shouldn't be any corruption. Can anybody see anything wrong with what I'm doing? Note that I'm certainly not set on this method of playback either... if there was an alternative, I'm interested. I'm also curious as to whether or not it's possible there is an issue with SlimDX, and how one might go about reporting the issue if this is the case.
Again, any help is appreciated as this one has me banging my head on the keyboard.
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03-19-2013, 09:54 PM #1Member Platy
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New guy here!
Hello everyone, I am new to the hobby and this is my first tank. I have wanted one for some time and as I recently graduated college and am living in a "real person" apartment it was finally feasible. I currently have a cat and had kept reptiles for some years before with much success. I am a law student living in Philadelphia.
A little about my setup
My girlfriend bought the setup for me as a birthday present so I didn't have too much say over my equipment.
The tank is a combo pack which came with the tank, hood, light, filter, thermometer, and heater. The tank is a tropical freshwater community tank. The plants are artificial.
Tank: 29 Gal
Filter: Aqueon (not sure if 20 or 30, all I know is that it was "rated" for the tank that I have)
Heater: Not sure the exact specification but as I live in Philadelphia our temperature doesn't fluctuate unreasonably and our apartment is always between 68-73 so the heater I have does the job.
Thermometer: Regent Sticky
Testing Kit: Tetra Easy Strips
Food: Aqueon Tropical Flakes
I also have a 29 Gal tank stand that I keep it on.
Currently I have 5 Green Cobra Guppies.
Plans for future stocking
I plan on getting a decent sized school of either Harlequin Rasboras or Silver Hatchetfish.
I also would like to have a few inverts. Shrimp and Snails. I'd prefer to under stock rather than be over/at capacity.
Here is where things get dicey. I did limited research on cycling (I know, I should have done all of my homework before rushing in to a major decision like this) I knew that I had to cycle my tank, but I didn't know what it was or much about it, so before I found this site, I did some research and learned about the cycle of ammonia and bacteria.
Armed with information I went to my LFS to ask for help/suggestions. I planned on fishless cycling. While I was there I asked for pure ammonia so I could begin to cycle my tank.The employee at the store told me that was unnecessary and directed me to a product called "Tetra Safestart" she told me that it would cycle the tank in days and make it compatible for fish. Too good to be true I thought, especially after reading that the process could take anywhere from a few weeks to a month or more. After reading some encouraging reviews about "Safestart" I decided to give it a shot. I followed the directions and after three days my Nitrate was within a safe level, my nitrites were 0 and my ammonia was around 0 (I thought it was 0 but I misread the testing strip. More on that in a minute) I was recommended by my LFS that 5 Green Cobra Guppies were a good hardy fish to start with so I went home and got them acclimated to the tank. After re-reading the strip I realized that the color was closer to .5 ammonia rather than 0.
So far the fish all seem to be happy and healthy. I have been feeding them sparingly and testing the water every day. I do not like the strips I have and I find them difficult to read, I might be slightly colorblind I have found out. I ordered today an API master test kit, and a glass thermometer because the Regent is wildly inaccurate in my opinion.
I am aware that if my Ammonia levels or nitrites start to rise, than I need to do a 25% or possibly larger water change. I am committed to do what I have to in order to keep my little Guppy buddies alive. Hopefully the cycling process won't be too hard on them.
Future Plans
After cycling is complete I plan on upgrading my filter to an Aquaclear 70 HOB filter.
I am open to any criticisms, questions, and most importantly suggestions and advice. I look forward to becoming an active member of the community. I hope this was not too long or in depth. Sorry for the poor quality of the photos, they are cell phone pics.
Seems you are doing things right although Fish in cycle does take longer. The strips are rubbish so you will be able to get a much more accurate reading with the API kit. Keep up the good work and dont be afraid to ask any questions1) 140 gallon with 70 gallon sump. 1 German Rams, 50 neons , 16 Schwarzi cory, 10 harlequin rasbora, 6 Hengals Rasbora, 2 Bulldog Plecs, 4x dwarf Gouramis, 12 golden barbs, 12 cherry barbs,8 Yellow Boesemani Rainbows and loads of assasin snails. Sump has central heating pump. water flows through a 4 layer foam and 1- 2kg of bio, also has a 18"x 18" algae scrubber that works well. fluval U2 to transfer to my QT when needed
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Pictures of my 10 Gal Sump Filtration project
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It looks like you've read up a bit before jumping in - which is better than most. Good job.
I've had some success with beneficial bacteria products as well, but I do believe it's always better to be safe than sorry.
One thing to keep in mind with hatchets is that they WILL jump out if they get the chance. You will want to make sure the hood is extremely secure (no spaces) and may want to get floating plants so they will be more comfortable. A piece of wire or fishing line near the surface can hold whatever plants you choose out of the way of the filter flow.
I also agree with scotch, a testing kit would be much better.
The tank looks very nice. Congrats and good luck with the new setup!
Welcome to the AC
Shrimp and snail junkie... What can I say, I like the little things in life.
Welcome to the community
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of the act
Welcome to the AC....
You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
welcome to the wonderful ACKING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
I.R.S.: We've got what it takes to take what you've got!
When did you add the SafeStart and the fish? I successfully cycled my tank with SafeStart. Follow the directions to the letter - this is very important. For the first 2 weeks, only do a water change if absolutely necessary (if your ammonia gets too high). Just like regular tank cycling, once you have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite, you are cycled - do a large water change and you're set.
Good luck and welcome!75 gal - Smudge Spot Cories, Silvertip & Pristella Tetras, Scissortail & Red Tail Rasboras, Pearl Gourami, Black Kuhli Loaches, Whiptail Cats, Wild Caught BNP
Dual 29 gals - Diamond Tetras. Harlequin Rasboras, Bloodfin Tetras
10 Gal - Mr. Betta's Fishy Paradise
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The Sennheiser HD 650 - Greatest Ever... Really?
Pros: Smooth Presentation, a linear, stout sound at louder volumes.
Cons: build quality is meh! Overall sound is too recessed and lacks weight
The praise that has been heaped upon the Sennheiser HD650 headphone is something that probably every headphone OEM envies. The HD-650 is nearly a decade old and yet is still viewed by many as a top tier dynamic, worthy flagship, and is the benchmark that many measure price to performance ratio against.
I personally was cruising along quite happy with my set up… Running almost exclusively between Denon D5000's and Ultrasone Pro900's. I felt I had the best of both worlds. Since I love the visceral impact of good bass in my music, these two pieces seemed to be perfectly tailored to my listening habits.
The Denon gave me a little more reasonable treble energy and a little less sibilance when I needed it for something more complex and diverse. While the Pro 900 gave me that sub woofer for your ear feel that just flat out slams your ear drums. With a decent DAC/ desktop amp set up I am usually able to apply a 6kHz to 8kHz cut to smoothly equalizes the sound to eliminate that "ESSS" sounding ear razor that the Pro900 is so infamous for.
However somewhere along the way the constant gushing over the Sennheiser HD650 got to me. Specifically Mike from Headfonia repeatedly claiming that it was the ultimate king of bass impact…. He never said king of bass quality, quantity…. He always spoke of the HD650 in terms of "Impact".This should get just about any hard core and well funded bass head's juices flowing and so I began looking at the viable options for acquiring this apparent low frequency giant. And so after parting ways with most of my portable equipment, I was flush enough with cash to purchase my own set of the venerable HD650.
I will start out by saying that because of all the talk of the 'luscious mids', smooth highs and world class low frequencies my expectations with this headphone were near off the chart…. I have since done the same thing with my first attempt at the Audeze LCD2. The LCD2 albeit a very good headphone, was so overblown in my mind that by the time I actually listened to it, I was disappointed. That had far more to do with my overblown expectations than anything... because second time around... being aware of how much darker the LCD2 was than its Hifiman counterparts.... I have found a place for the LCD2 in my stable.
But by the time the Sennheiser headphone had finally arrived, it was competing with dare I say unrealistic and extreme expectations and was pretty much behind the 8 Ball from the start.
Build & Design
The Sennheiser HD650 is certainly a dated design. There are dozens of headphones on the market in the same price point that are better dressed. Most $500 headphones have premium materials such as aluminum, leather and wood worked into the build. The Sennheiser headphone is almost exclusively plastic. It is a shiny, cheap feeling plastic on virtually every exterior surface sans the grill, ear pads, retainer ring and bottom of the headband. Detail items like the "Left" and "Right" indicators are simply cast into the grey plastic.... This build quality seems unfit for a legacy flagship.... Obviously its been a long time since this headphone was brought to market and Sennheiser was working in the pre-Beats era, long before headphones were valued as a fashion accessory and long before OEM's thought they could bring flaghips to market with price tags north of $1000. Sennheiser's HD800 and HD700 show they clearly can design a top tier headphone both in sonic character and design quality, but the HD650 is still asking $500 USD and doesn't give you a warm and fuzzy out of the box once you've got it in your hands, at least it didn't for me.
The headphone is extremely light. Many in the community would give it points for this and they are certainly entitled to their opinion. However I personally see this as a demerit. Speaking strictly in terms of assessing an items value from a subjective/ aesthetic viewpoint, the Sennheiser headphone appears to be made of cheaper, less durable materials. I am not going to strain my neck if a headphone is north of 400 grams. The Hifiman HE400 weighs in at a hefty 440 grams and is perfectly comfortable to me, the Denon D5k weighs in around 360 and is probably the most comfortable headphone I've ever worn. If one is spending $75.00 on a beater set of portable cans, an expendable gamer headset or a cheapie like Superlux or Porta Pros (of which I am a fan) then by all means they should be and can be as light as a feather and made almost exclusively out of plastic without raising eyebrows. But at $500 out the door for a would be flagship headphone that was intended for listening at home or in a studio through a serious system... I don't know.... I expected something more substantial.
The crux of this featherweight value is that in order to keep it properly seated on the listeners head, Sennheiser had to crank up the clamping force. Otherwise the light weight construction leaves it prone to moving too easily as it has little resistive value on its own. The clamping force is something that many have commented through the years as a supposed 'death grip'... Once again just like the HE400 won't snap my neck, the clamping force on the HD650 is not going to crush my skull. It is certainly wound a bit tighter than most, but I personally believing the clamping force has been measured perfectly to counteract the lightweight construction's tendency towards moving easily. It is a goldilocks value.... not too much, not too little... Just right. This is a nod to the design engineers.
Right off the bat my delusions of grandeur were dispelled. It is certainly nicer looking than its faux marble clad brother the 600 however as a supposed flagship headphone of such universal praise, I was underwhelmed by the look and build quality. Those who think this is immaterial are kidding themselves.... Aesthetics have value to the consuming public and audiophiles are most certainly not immune... The hifi world is littered with glitzy machined aluminum tone arms, satin metal surrounds for tweeters, anodized aluminum face plates with machine metal knobs, high gloss enamel finishes, lustrous wood side panels, frosted glass.. etc....etc...
The die-hard says that this is simply an indicator that they chose to pour all their cash into sound quality. OK maybe this is true.... lets see.
Hook It Up! And Wait.
I did not want to be hasty with a plug and play attitude as I had heard that the out of the box, plug and play sound of the HD650 was disappointing (I heard this about 10 hours after I purchased it sadly) but that a 100 hours of burn in would get you a somewhat matured sounding headphone, so onto the vintage Realistic 64B it went. This older vintage rig is hooked up in a file cabinet at work and so can burn in a headphone out of site and outta mind while I still enjoy music on my main headphone rig…. A Violectric V100 tethered to a Laptop running JRiver via my Rega DAC with a Wyred 4 Sound uLink handling conversion duties to SPDIF.
100 Hours - Impressions
After it had burned half the day on Thursday and all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday by the time I got in to work on Monday the 650 had clocked roughly 96 hours of burn in time. I plugged it into the Violectric V100 and listened to some newer redbook CD rips. Muse 2nd Law, Foo Fighters Wasting Light, and Gaslight Anthem The 59 Sound.
The HD650 is not a bass head can. That is my first impression. Where the hell is this supposed ultimate bass weight?
A couple of local Head-Fiers down here in the Southland told me the 650 was really amp picky and that I would do better with a tube amp like a Woo WA6 or Bottlehead Crack. However my headphone amp is a Violectric amp which is what Sennheiser uses in their "Hall of Fame" set up and is one of Sennheiser's Senior Project Manager Axel Grell's favorite amps for his own listening. A couple others mentioned changing the cable to a Cardas one, and one guy said I might need a different DAC to get the most out of it.
So in order to get the Sennheiser HD650 to sound good what I needed to do was:
- Get a different amp
- Get a different cable
- Get a different DAC
Maybe I should get a different source, different interconnects, a new power conditioner and stop using CD's while I am at it eh? Mind you I do see where some could see this headphone as all they need and build out their entire system around it.... searching for another .5% of improvement with each piece of the puzzle... but I have already built my system(s) and am not really inclined to do a whole lot of kit rolling in order to optimize the synergy with this lone headphone when I have a half dozen others that sound fantastic through the rigs as is.
So my immediate disappointment with the bass could've derailed this whole review. I was expecting Pro900 bass or Denon D5k bass without the 7khz ear razors or recessed mids... What I got was an all too polite rendition of EVERYTHING.
The low frequencies are extended, there is textural information galore, you can really hear the stick or the tom on the drum skins, the full decay of bass strings, mid range is sweet and smooth, and there is plenty, and I mean plenty, of high frequency detail and sonic information. Anyone who says the HD650 does not have enough treble energy or detail is, to these ears, not hearing straight.
But that ultimate bass weight, that Mike implicates all the time, it is not here IMHO.
The low frequency, midrange and treble are all recessed quite a bit. They do not hit you in the side of the head with impact. They don't even touch you. If this is what people are speaking of when they say the 650 is veiled then yes, it is veiled, but not in the sense that a certain portion of the frequency range is somewhat blurry or hidden.... Its more about air pressure that makes a headphone felt as well as heard. Open architecture does limit this but I've heard better open backs at giving you punch.
I will hop on my soap box right here and say that one part of a headphone experience that is vital to me, is the overall weight of a headphones tone. I am not specifically talking about bass extension or articulation or even the bass frequencies in particular. What I am saying is that headphones with a tonal density to them…. A robust acoustic mass that move some air pressure to bring the music more to life…. That is critical for enjoying music in my book. Otherwise it sounds like music but doesn't feel like it.
It may not be critical for monitoring, mixing or mastering in a studio, or DJing or even for being an audiophile who wants to sample 24/192 and DSD audio tracks like they are a damn 10 year old Pinot Noir… but for the average Joe like myself who wants to simply strap on a set of headphones, cue up an album, hit play, sit back and enjoy some music…. The overall presentation doesn't need to be "forward" but it needs to be felt as well as heard.
Oldies like Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, and Bob Marley all have strong drums and bass rhythm that is presented most natural when the full weight of the instruments is presented... the kick drum and bass line at the opening of Dock of the Bay sets a strong foundation for Otis and the guitar to build off of. Alternative music like Smashing Pumpkins, The Pixies, Jawbreaker, Dirtbombs, and Blur all have bass and drums that need punch. Punk rock and other guitar driven music like Social D, Operation Ivy, Van Halen, Bad Religion, The Ramones, Rancid, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Weezer, Gaslight Anthem.... they all have rhythm sections, and natural timbre that is presented best when it is presented with a fully developed full bodied sound.
Most people would rather listen to music through a great set of speakers because the music can be felt in your bones and people go to concerts because the live performance trumps every other experience. I saw Muse at Staples Center a month ago and the bass and drums absolutely rattled my bones.... Just vibrating you right down to your soul. And that is why 50,000 pack stadiums every night to see performances. Because the music overwhelms your senses. I saw the Ramones in Santa Barbara in the early 90's and it was the loudest show I've ever been to... Large Marshall double stack cabinets for both Dee Dee and Johnny and Marky's drums were mic... all in a small club (The Anaconda for anyone who cares) and the Ramones play tight so it was just a full on sonic assault.... transcendental to a young kid and still the best show I ever saw.
To me, listening at home through a set of headphones should be a tamed extension of that experience. Obviously headphones can't give you what a live concert can... nor can they give you what well crafted speakers can, and speakers can't give you what amps and guitars and mic'd up drums can.... but each should have a measure of the other. The HD650, although tonally sweet and smooth and carrying some weight in its tone is similar but a bit more recessed than the Audeze LCD2, it just holds you too far back from the music FOR MY TASTE. It left me wanting for something more!
The HD650 often gets the compliment that "I could fall asleep with these on" and that to me sums up the HD650 perfectly.... It's kinda boring.
The HE400/ HD650 issue.
I've had a few people ask me which I prefer. The HE400 has a little more low end punch and the extra growl and mid range power makes it a better choice for my taste. Speaking strictly in audiophile terms the HD650 has the better acoustic chops. Its professionally damped driver fills out more evenly and more linearly but this linearity is still comes out anemic compared to the more live sounding Hifiman. .
At lower listening levels the HE400 is a far better choice. It gives you a tad more flesh to sink your teeth into. A bit more punch in the low end and a live wire mid range that's tipped up just enough to make rock music sound amazing. But as we travel up the volume ladder the Sennheiser becomes more stable and stout in its presentation, everything fills in evenly. The lows get stronger as the mids get sweeter etc... The HE400 although good to a point, can get crispy and its budget level planar membrane can start smearing tones and blurring separation on complex electronic fare where 100 or more different sounds are sometimes dubbed over the top of each other. The Senn is more resolving and surefooted through big sonic waves but like said, anemic... I could live with either, but if I could only have one, it'd be the 400. Even though it tends to get a little distorted when it is under powered and doesn't have that furthest reach of resolution. It's rock and roll presentation is more enjoyable.
Johnny Come Lately – The X1 P
Phillips open back X1 is priced a hundred short of the 650. But there are obvious similarities. Open back design, midrange price point. But one would assume that its beautiful aluminum cups, velvet ear pads, and leather headband come at a sonic price.
The X1 is a gorgeous looking headphone. Along with my D5000 and LCD2 it is one of my most sartorially minded. People like to contrast it against the Sennheiser Momentum…. No, the Momentum looks flimsy build and doesn't hold a candle.
Next to the X1 the 650 looks very dated. The plastic finish is a glaring shortcoming up front for a headphone asking $200 more. The 650 is the technically superior headphone. For the same reasons the HE400 can't play this game the X1 can't either… It doesn't have that same surefootedness and linearity that the Sennheiser does, nor does it scale as well. But the X1 has a more rich and nourishing tone that will appeal to music lovers and bass heads alike. Its bass slams harder, it's musical vibe is just funner. It can also get a little crispy and sibilant in the upper register when volumes start creeping up whereas the 650 never breaks form. The Sennheiser is still the "better" headphone. But for a music lover like me I am not sure how important that is. Lately the X1 has been getting a ton of head time and that speaks to its engaging tone. It gives me that 'felt as well as heard' sound that I crave.
VS. My Favorites
Against both of my closed back favorites, the Sennheiser plays the same song. It is linear, well engineered, accurate and anemic. The Denon D5k and JVC DX700 are simply more dynamic more emotionally engaging, and immerse you in the music. They surround you in an envelope of tone.
The punch is there with both, but the JVC DX700 ups the ante by giving a sound stage worthy of an open back phone and providing not quite as linear but still fairly linear sound as things get louder and louder. I would choose the Denon and the JVC DX700 over the 650 every time. It simply doesn't give you as much of the song as they do. It is truncated in its presentation it sounds thin and lifeless compared to the two Japanese headphones. They are just too well rounded, dynamic and potent for the 650 (IMHO). They don't give anything away.
Contrasting against the Japanese duo, the Sennheiser strikes me as the stuffy middle aged guy rocking a corporate polo, khakis and cheap patent leather shoes. He presents well enough in professional circles but doesn't really have the personality to charm. The 650 is the middle aged, mid level cog in the machine. The D5k and DX700 are sharp dressed 20 somethings from Tokyo with Italian cut suits and crepe sole oxfords. Their resume may not be as thick and they may not have the same number of professional accolades but they are dynamic, engaging and charismatic. They offer excitement and future glory that you will not find with the hum drum late 40's something sitting with his shoulders slouched in the lobby.
In closing the Sennheiser is by most normal youthful standards a little light in the ass. Some would call that a veil or laid back but it's not laid back to me… That denotes a mellow, relaxing sound and a veil sounds like the treble is shelved down or certain parts are blurry. No this is about sound pressure levels. Air being moved by transducers. This is about 2 dimensional accuracy vs. 3 dimensional involvement.
The caveat to that would be in a full size stereo rig.... In those scenarios the 650 sounds a lot better than most modern 32 ohm headphones.... The only 2 in my collection that best it on the integrated amp scene are my planar headphones... both of which have flat phase response and so don't do the poorly damped thing.... But in a typical dedicated headphone setting.... to me, the 650 is a bit boring. You are held back just a bit too far from the song to truly enjoy it. I dare say that the hype may be a bit overblown….. at the very least it does not line up very well with my taste.
Mind you I didn't write this review to deride anyone who loves the HD650.... and I'm sure those of you that are fans of it will continue to enjoy it. But I do think there are a lot of people running around this site looking for answers, not wanting to spend their hard earned cash poorly.... and most people use this site to inform their future purchases. Because of some of the descriptive words I have heard people use, I think someone could get the wrong idea about the sound of the 650... when people call it dark, warm and full bodied.... I don't know that these words do the phones tone justice. At least not without building your entire system around the HD650. Contrasted against the greater landscape it is a bit light and lacking in body. Someone needs to say that.
So I hope I do not get flamed but I think that someone out there deserves to get a little objectivity on this headphone rather than just more gushing about "greatest ever". No I am not a Beyer or AKG fan boy going subterfuge.. I am just an average consumer with average taste and listening habits trying to give others like me some reasonable perspective.
I suppose if you dedicate all your resources to just this one headphone, you can make it sound spectacular.... But to the average head-fier who has the same low riding, subwoofin tendencies that I do. Who listens to Muse, Foo, the Black Keys, Gaslight Anthem, The Strokes.... modern music.... this may not be such a strong fit.
Just saying.


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Description ADULT Has brown cap, gray-brown back, and paler nape. Wings are blackish with pale margins to coverts creating two wing bars; secondaries are pale-fringed, primaries are rufous-fringed. Tail feathers are mainly rufous, but note that, especially when seen from below, color does not extend to tip, which is dark grayish (rufous extends to tip in Great Crested). Throat and chest are pale gray, grading to otherwise very pale lemon underparts. Legs and bill are dark. JUVENILE Similar, but duller; secondaries are rufous- not palefringed.
Dimensions Length: 8" (20 cm)
Habitat Common summer visitor (mainly Apr-Aug) to arid woodland and deserts. Winters mainly in Central America, but some remain in southern U.S.
Observation Tips Easy to see.
Range Plains, Western Canada, California, Southeast, Northwest, Texas, Southwest, Rocky Mountains
Voice Call and song comprise series of k'Brik notes.
Similar Species Dusky-capped Flycatcher M. tuberculifer (L 6.5-7.25 in) has grayer upperparts, duller and less distinct wing bars, brighter yellow underparts, and little rufous in adult's tail. Summer visitor (mainly Apr-Jul) to upland woodlands, mainly southeastern Arizona. Call is a drawn out pe-ooo, unlike Ash-throated.
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sorry if my tirade took the gloss off for you KH I just think the BBC could have done better. for the money they spent. the ending was so limp and I just feel that the cyber threat at the end could have been so much more after the build up to it. a real anti-climax.
hmmm yeah. it's really the writing that's at fault. RTD wrote it in a hurry and it really shows in the awful dialogue.
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Suárez-Orozco is the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU and a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. His research focuses on conceptual and empirical problems in the areas of immigration, globalization and education, with a focus on how immigrant families, especially youth, adapt to change.
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21⁄2 cups warm water, divided
1 tablespoon of yeast
1 tablespoon of sugar
7 cups of bread flour, divided
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temp
1 teaspoon of salt
Vegetable oil
Measure 1⁄2 cup water (105 to 115 degrees). Add yeast and sugar. Stir. Let sit for 10 minutes to activate.
Measure 31⁄2 cups flour into large work bowl. Add yeast mixture, butter, remaining 2 cups of warm water and salt. Stir with wooden spoon to form a wet dough. Add 21⁄2 cups of bread flour to mixture. Stir until dough pulls away from sides of bowl. Dough will be sticky.
Flour a work surface and scrape all dough from bowl onto flour. Knead remaining 1 cup of flour into dough until dough is smooth and glossy and springs back to the touch, 8 to 10 minutes.
Grease clean work bowl with vegetable oil. Place dough in bowl and turn to cover. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm draft-free place for approximately 1 hour until dough has doubled in size. Remove plastic wrap from bowl. Gently punch dough down. Divide dough in half and form 2 loaves. Place in greased loaf pans.
Cover with a clean dish towel and let rise again, approximately 1 hour until doubled in size. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place risen loaves in preheated oven and bake for 35 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 190 degrees. Remove loaves from pans immediately and let cool.
Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Ganache Glaze
3 sticks unsalted butter, room temp
8 ounces cream cheese, room temp
3 cups sugar
6 eggs, room temp
21⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
1⁄2 cup Hershey's cocoa
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
Ganache Glaze
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup grated semi-sweet chocolate
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and cream cheese together in bowl of a stand mixture. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix flour and cocoa together and add to batter in four equal parts. Add salt and vanilla and stir in chocolate chips.
Pour batter into greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 30 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack and cool completely, about 1 hour.
For the Ganache Glaze, scald cream and pour over grated chocolate. Stir until chocolate melts and mixture is completely combined. Let cool completely and pour over cake.
Lagniappe Crawfish and Corn Chowder
1 large onion, finely chopped
1⁄2 cup celery, finely chopped
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
4 cups shoe peg corn
4 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning
1 bunch green onions, finely chopped, white and green parts
1⁄4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
11⁄2 pound cooked crawfish tails
2 cups of heavy cream
Sauté onion and celery in butter until tender. Add garlic and whisk in flour. Stir until blended. Add corn and broth, stirring until thickened. Add Creole seasoning, green onions and parsley and season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add crawfish and cream. Do not boil. Simmer 5 minutes longer.
Serves 5 to 6.
Note: This recipe originally appeared in the Celebrating Hospice-tality Cookbook.
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with Lemon Curd
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp
2 cups of sugar
3 cups of cake flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 cup of milk
4 large eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla
Lemon Curd
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
11⁄2 cups sugar
Rind of one lemon
1 cup of water
1⁄2 cup fresh lemon juice (about 3 lemons)
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir flour, baking powder and salt together. Alternate adding flour mixture and milk to butter mixture starting and ending with flour. Separate eggs add yolks to batter. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and fold gently into batter. Before eggs are completely incorporated, add vanilla and gently fold into batter. Pour into two greased and floured pans and place in the center of a 350-degree oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
For the lemon curd, in a glass bowl or the top of a double boiler, combine flour, sugar, lemon rind, water, lemon juice and salt. Whisk together. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and add to mixture and whisk all ingredients together well. Cut butter into small pieces. Add to mixture and place over pan of simmering water. Stir constantly with wooden spoon until mixture becomes thick and translucent, 30 to 45 minutes. Remove from simmering water and let cool completely before icing cake.


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What might keep you from having a home birth?
I first learned that homebirth was an option when my sister-in-law decided that she was going to have one with her second child (her first was a less than desirable hospital birth).
I was intrigued - I asked questions - and after she had her second child, I wanted to know all the details. What did she do? What did her midwife do? How did the labour go? How was the baby?
And so sparked my interest in homebirth. I really wanted to avoid a hospital and be able to have my children in my own home, surrounded by the smells and sounds I was used to, and loving birth attendants who would stay with me the entire time. I wanted to avoid a hep-lock IV, and I wanted to avoid being confined to a bed during labour. I just wanted something much more natural.
And so my quest for having a homebirth began. I started by setting an appointment with my sister-in-law's midwife 2 YEARS before my baby would be born. Yep - I wasn't even pregnant, wasn't even TRYING, yet I was interviewing a midwife. That interview lasted over an hour - I even recorded it because I wanted to be sure I would remember everything that was said.
But I had three big things that were standing in my way of having a homebirth.
1. My husband wasn't interested in even having children (we ended up with 5).
2. My husband was convinced that homebirth was not as safe as a hospital birth (he has since changed his mind and tries to talk other fathers into considering homebirth)
3. Our insurance would not cover a homebirth and we weren't making enough money to cover the midwife's fee.
On the outside, all of those things seems like "stoppers" to me. But I was determined to learn all I could. I read books, talked to other homebirth moms and interviewed my midwife. My husband said that IF we had a baby, he might consider letting me labour in a motor home parked in the parking lot of the hospital, but that's about as close to a homebirth as he was willing to go (which meant I'd deliver in the hospital).
So I prayed about it a lot and just kept doing my research, and one day my husband came to me and said he had something to tell me. What he shared changed the course of my birth plans into something I could have only dreamed of up until that point.
He told me that he had decided that I could have a homebirth. "What?" I was so surprised. When I asked him what had made him change his mind, he wouldn't tell me for a long time. But eventually I did find out. He said that he saw me doing all this research and he figured that if after doing all the research I had done (and interviewing the midwife) that I must be confident in my decision and he would support that. My determination and persistence had paid off. I didn't nag - I just read a lot and talked to a lot of moms, and he saw that.
But I still had two other things that stood in my way. One was that we didn't have the money for a midwife, and the other was that he still didn't want any children.
A week later my husband told me that his employer had offered to give him the money he would have been paying toward insurance (we had insurance through the company I worked for). This meant that we could save the money he would get from his employer so that we could afford a midwife.
Now I had just one thing standing in my way, and that was my husband still didn't want any children. I continued to pray and then one day, my husband came to me and told me we could try for a child. We prepared for 3 months and then we tried and I conceived.
And that was the beginning of my homebirth journey. 5 homebirths, 2 of which were water births and 5 wonderful children who were gently and lovingly brought into this world.
So what's keeping you from having a homebirth? Are you scared? Do you think that a hospital birth is safer? Is your husband standing in your way? Do your parents think that hospital birth is best? Is your doctor against it? (I've met plenty that are.)
I'd love to hear your thoughts…
Warm regards,
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The midwife I had didn't press her clients into having ultrasounds, and I made an informed decision (I researched like crazy) to have just the one to determine placenta praevia, because she hadn't felt confident checking for that with 100% certainty with palpation. So I chose a date beyond which the placenta would be sufficiently "anchored" in that it wasn't going to grow/move much more, and then I had a scan to test for placenta praevia, which came back negative so I was right to go for my homebirth. However, it didn't happen because in labour my blood pressure went up past the point that my midwife had been comfortable with, and she wanted me to finish my labour in hospital. So those were my boundaries, everyone has different places where they draw the line of risk/safety. I guess with every birth comes an element of risk, and homebirths have their own risks, as do hospital births (the poor woman who was accidentally given disinfectant in her epidural is a case in point.). Every woman has to decide what risks she is wiling to take and it's great the forums like these exist so that women can make informed and educated decisions
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i am considering a homebirth for my 9th child due in august. on paper, i have a lot of roadblocks. firstly, i have had 4 c/sections. i have also had 4 vaginal births, the last one a vba4c. i have long posterior labours, which in the past, have been made more bearable with pain relief. of my 4 vaginal births, 3 were assisted with vacuum extraction. my husband is against homebirth, he feels its too risky. also the cost of a midwife is a bit beyond our budget. but i am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. i have found a very supportive midwife who is adament that it's possible for me to homebirth especially after my vba4c. she is also willing to negotiate a price for her services. things may yet fall into place!
16th April 2012 03:21 AM #4
Hi Geri!
So glad to hear that the homebirth you're hoping for may be coming true! Maybe you'll get that water birth after all! We had to pay for our midwife out of pocket for two of our births. It was important to us so we saved and made it work. Our midwife was willing to make a payment schedule that worked for us and I was so very happy to avoid a C-Section with my first baby which would almost have been inevitable had we been in the hospital. Totally worth the money!
Thanks for the update! Let us know what more you find out as things unfold.
Warm Regards,
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I agree with Kestrel, know the risks and know exactly where your boundaries are. Have a plan A, B, C & then D.
I had a home water birth for my second daughter supported (in theory) through a program offered by my local hospital. Sadly I am, as is my daughter, one of the handful of statistics that are often played down in relation to home births.
Our experience was not one of great joy, but one of fear, helplessness and the worst case scenario - with my daughter not surviving as a result.
I am not posting here to scare anyone out of a home birth that they are planning, just to say that it can go wrong so knowing all the options and having a very thorough plan in place is really, really important.
18th June 2012 01:30 AM #6
Personally, I don't know of anything that would persuade me from perusing another home birth. If I became high risk with a subsequent pregnancy, than I might change my mind. I am not sure I would be comfortable birthing multiples larger than twins at home, if I developed preeclampsia I would likely want to go to a hospital to birth, but with the midwifery model of care that is very unlikely to happen.
With a skilled attendant, home birth can be as safe as hospital birth in many cases if not safer. I will say, however, comfort is a big factor. I have found, as a doula and as a laboring woman, if you are not comfortable in your birthing space it will interfere with your ability to labor comfortably.
18th June 2012 03:00 AM #7
I'm so sorry to hear that you had fear, felt helpless and that your daughter did not survive your homebirth. Can you share what happened that caused this? Sometimes it's the quality of care that you have that determines the outcome. How far away from a hospital were you? Did you have a midwife in attendance? Did she have any indication that a transfer was needed?
For me, I chose to have a midwife who had performed over 2,000 births, and had never lost a mom or baby (the first time). With my second midwife, she had attended over 1,200 births, and she had never lost a mom, though she lost a baby due to an infection that would have been present even if mum had delivered in the hospital. I felt very confident with both of my midwives. The 2nd was very skilled with shoulder distocya. I was aware of this (a common complication which can arise during birth) as we had discussed this (that shoulder distocya was kind of her "specialty), and when my baby presented with shoulder distocya she knew just what to do (she tried the first maneuver, going for the baby's top shoulder, and that didn't work, so she had to go for other shoulder, a maneuver which is less common).
I was so thankful that the Lord had provided a midwife for me who had seen shoulder distocya many times and knew what to do. For me it just shows how very important it is that you talk to a number of your midwife's clients, especially those who had complications during their births, and find out what their experience was like.
Things can and sometimes do go wrong, but as mom2many mentioned, comfort is a big factor in a birth outcome, and knowing the mortality statistics for infants born in hospitals, I knew that I'd actually have a much better chance of a positive outcome with a homebirth attended by a very skilled midwife, as compared to a hospital birth.
Warm regards,
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Can I have a homebirth in spite I have scoliosis?
2nd August 2013 02:13 AM #9
I am aware of women who have scoliosis and have had a homebirth. I don't know if it depends on the degree of the scoliosis?
3rd August 2013 09:58 AM #10
When a woman has scoliosis, the best thing to do is to talk to your chiropractor and get regular adjustments so that the pelvis and spine are kept in alignment as much as possible. Here's a short video showing you the different treatment methods that Chiropractors will use on patients with scoliosis.
Also talk with your midwife and ask for her insight. Midwives will let you know what they are comfortable with and what your chances are of having a natural birth.
As for the water, it is very soothing and would probably alleviate some back pain associated with scoliosis while in labour.
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How did DEFCON start?
Originally started in 1993, it was a meant to be a part for member of "Platinum Net", a Fido protocol based hacking network out of Canada. As the main U.S. hub I was helping the Platinum Net organizer (I forget his name) plan a closing party for all the member BBS systems and their users. He was going to shut down the network when his dad took a new job and had to move away. We talking about where we might hold it, when all of a sudden he left early and disappeared. I was just planning a party for a network that was shut down, except for my U.S. nodes. I decided what the hell, I'll invite the members of all the other networks my BBS (A Dark Tangent System) system was a part of including Cyber Crime International (CCI), Hit Net, Tired of Protection (ToP), and like 8 others I can't remember. Why not invite everyone on #hack? Good idea!
Where did the name come from?
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RE:Trout on moving water
Pete and Tony -
Glad you're both here to tell about the need for alertness in the field! Some have been less lucky.
I've taken two swims since I began to wade as a young teen. First time was on the upper Green River gorge just east of Seattle the water appeared so clear and shallow I went for the far bank. As I stepped, the current carries me further into it's grip. Soon I was unsure of the next step would find bottom as the current began to dictate my crossing. Sure enough, a step without anything beneath it came and I was tumbled down the current 100 yards with my waders full. I fumbled onto the far shore, gasping with exhaustion from fighting the current with a rod in one hand and the waders heavy with water. Foolishly, I was not wearing a belt. That incident and seeing a guy being carried underwater by his parachuted waders to come up downstream in his underwear (on the Hoh) made me become a wading belt disciple.
The other swim came after moving back to the east coast from Seattle. I was out on Quivett flats, just west of Brewster. The tide was coming in and the fish were with it. Each moment's action got hotter and hotter on the little bar I was on. Even as I realized the predicament I was in, I stood only waist deep. No matter, everything around the little bump I was on had flooded deep and it was hundreds of yards to shore.
Like you guys, I feel wading is certainly something that requires care. I only guide on the flats on a dropping tide, and take very precaution at all times. Studded felt boots with extra heel rigidity make for safer wading in rivers. I prefer scuba boots in SW for comfort and the ability to swim (not that I ever want to need it).
I agree with Tony, perhaps it's a good time for us all to think about safety in the season ahead! Here's to a safe season for all.
RE:Trout on moving water
I think there is closer to the dam, but we were 3-4 miles downstream from there. We think it was an unscheduled release, as I'm sure there would have been some kyackers out there if it was planned. It did come up quick, and they were really letting some water out, probably in anticipation of the rain tonight. That little voice in my head should have put two and two together when I saw the sticks floating by when it just began to rise.
Being out in the ocean and having the water rise around me cutting off my exit would probably have my heart revving faster than my old chevette on the Mass Pike. I always try to opt for the safe move in the ocean environment, probably as I am not as familiar with it as compared to FW, and I am not really the strongest swimmer in the world.
The Westfield R. really is a pretty place to go - that region 10 miles west of Northampton is pretty nice as well.
Have a good night,
RE:Trout on moving water,,, Pete
Pete, I guess you need something to get your heart pumping to make this thing we love so much the addiction it is!!!!!
I remember wading out on some outer bars along the back beach in the dark.... getting into fish... pretty good some nights.... seeing the water still flowing out over the bar... and thinking I still had time to make it back to the beach throught the deeper cut... BUT... it took me some time to realize the tide is coming in depth wise but for ... like the first hour of the coming tide it still moves east... Talk about having your heart fall to your stomach (or even a little lower) when you step off that bar and you are OVER your waders,,...
I would say,that was a good experience you had so early in the season of the new milleneum... it will make it be a safer one,thats for sure. Glad it worked out good for you!!!
PS: Isn't there a horn or something to warn fishermen of the release of water from the dam?
RE:Trout on moving water
Well went out today as the temps were pushing 60 by early morning. Went to go to the Manhan Brook in Southampton to check it out. Ended up going up to the North Branch in Westhampton and checking it out. My buddy Chris has shocked it before and they collected a few good browns, so we figured what the heck. The area had changed a bit, since he was there - so we went to hit the East Branch of the Westfield - <b>below the dam</b>. Well we rigged up and I was psyched to use the new 5wt, and as a bonus there was a good hatch of tan stoneflies and what looked like some little yellow stones, but I'm not an entomologist. Anyway after poking around in the water I began to think that I was a major couch potato and that the wading was pretty hard. Trying to get across the river to fish some promising water on the other side was a challenge. I noticed a couple of sticks floating by and actually was thinking that this was a sign that I should be aware of - the problem was I didn't make the connection. Anyway the water was coming up, and coming up fast. I went back to where I crossed, but by then it was too late. I tried but thought better of it, plus I didn't want to damage the digital camera in the back of the chest pack (a sure thing for a fishless day by the way). So I sat there on the other side until my buddy retrieved the map out of the car. This is where those walkie talkies would have come in handy, in fact we had mentioned them earlier and were remarking how they would have helped us a few times on the coast. I was lucky, as it was only 1.5 miles to the road - and I found a logging road and it didn't start to rain yet. But there is a lesson in there somewhere. If we didn't have the map we would have been guessing. I may even throw a compass in the bottom of the pack now. So no fish, but a story that I will remember for a while. A side benefit was seeing some water that I wouldn't have with the trip through the woods - some of the Westfield is very beautiful. My buddy from the West Coast remarked that when the water came up the river reminded him of some of the steelhead rivers he has fished.
RE:Trout on moving water
Try tumbling nymphs in the pockets if all else fails. Stillwater seems to be kickin' butt right now - too bad they don't rotate pond stockings by year so we can see how gorgeous nature makes trout after some quality time in the wild.
RE:Trout on moving water
Go Sully! Was da water high? Ya that FF only section can be a heartbreak. Sometimes there just sipping #29 midges in the film.
RE:Trout on moving water
I fished the lower Nissi this afternoon. Not a fish in sight. There was a monster caddis(I believe)hatch going on. But not a single rise. I also went up to the C&R section to look around and saw someone FF. Anyone I know? Man, I love that river.
RE:Trout on moving water
As I mentioned to Tony I started fishing the kettle ponds at a very young age myself. Canoeing around Nickerson has brought some beautiful fish on my line, and that place holds trout over very well too. I read there's a rainbow smelt population in Flax. Those ponds with herring runs get the extra protein shot. Healthy water, healthy fish. I wish I hit it with Tony this winter before the factory fish arrived, I'll be hitting it anyway this spring as we start going on Cape on the weekends.
I also very much love fishing freestone streams, for all manner of salmon, trout and steelies - and it's definitely narcotic. Mike I haven't done the wild brookie thing in many years... wouldn't take much to get me on that trip. I remember a few streams off fire roads on the Kancamagus where the native brookies were stumbling over themselves for the fly, nothing big but just gorgeous.
The streams on the upper left part of NH (Ammonousic (sp?)) near Littleton and Lisbon are fantastic for spring dry fly fishing, and no crowds. Jeff Roop and I have been talking about a Vermont trip to visit the American FF Museum HQ and maybe stop in to say hello to Bob Veverka, etc. These streams are on the way to VT and the trout stream-to-stream hop potential would be high.
Let's fish 'em ALL!
RE:Trout on moving water
I'll take you trout fishing .........
they eat top water stuff all winter.......
But will stripping an elk hair type muddler as fast as you could and seeing a giant Brown waking after it for about 20 feet of the retrieve be tooooo non top water?????
As for moving water... best action takes place when the pond looks like Nauset Inlet on a sloppy day! Brookies in a small stream is fun... but trout that eat 1/0 decievers aren't bad either!
Way more fun then chasing holdover bass?
(just kidding around mike.) But if you want to try some of this next winter be glad to show ya!
At the end of bass season I look forward to this fishery and now that they stocked it's time to start cleaning last seasons bass gear.
Trout on moving water
I know all of the Cape guys have been pulling trout out of the kettlehole ponds all winter, but I just can't seem to work up the enthusiasm for fishing subsurface stuff for trout.
I do get completely turned on by catching them on dries, and the moreso when it's on moving water. [Complete freshwater nirvana is native brookies on dry flies on small streams].
Has anyone found trout on top yet, and better still has anyone found trout on top on moving water yet?
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Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease spread by the bite of the female sandfly.
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