The Jeffrey And Tracey Info Emporium

I feel very fortuante to be able to live within walking distance
to one of the true blue ribbon trout and steelhead fisheries in
the Northwest. Having lived in the Maupin area now for over 15
years, it sometimes seems there is nothing for me to discover in
this section of the Deschutes River.

I have my favortie sections of river, my favorite sections of
sections even favortie rocks of favroite sections of sections. I
have dissected the river down into tiny stitches of water, and
know what has proven successful at what times of year, and what
time of day. In short, it is esy to think that there is nothing
to be learned, nothing new to try by going out and fishing this
afternoon.

This is not to say that I catch a fish everytime I go out. I
don’t, partly becasue I ususally fish in short chunks of time.
Grabbing a couple of free hours here and there. I usually pick
out my primo spots for whatever season and water level, and give
it a shot. But I am saying I feel that I have gained all the
knowledge that can be gained for this area. Or more accurately
most of the time I feel that way.

It is not the first time I have felt that way. Before moving
here, I had another stretch of the Deschutes I called my ‘home
waters’, much smaller and more remote. I fished it upwards of 90
days of year. Having to commute there, I spent more time there
once I arrived. Of course I had much less responsibility back
then, but it was nothing for me to drive 4 hours round trip to
fish 4 hours on a day off. I felt the same then about that
stretch that I do now about Maupin.

But it was just a couple of weeks ago, insted of driving to my
fishing destination, I decided to walk. Walk along the
riverbank. Taking in the river in great detail, slowly. Maupin
is fished heavily and there are well worn trails to the best
fishing spots. And frankly some trails lead to spots that have
never been productive for me. Anyway, waling along, I noticed
from the river abnk, the riverbed. I found a formation of
rockbed that sub-consciously I have always liked to fish. Above
that was a large rock that created a nice surface riffle, and a
likely spot for fish to lie. Surprisingly there was no trail.
The spot had the added advatantage of being inconspicous from
the road, and of having no pull-outs for parking. You would have
to be walking to spot it. There are plenty of pedestrians along
the river acces road, but very few of them are fishermen. They,
like me, have become lazy.

I found a gentle slope down to the river, and with little effort
was through the brush. After just a couple of casts I had landed
a nice 14-inch fat salmonfly stuffed redside. And a few minutes
later another one. Moving up river and down river just 20 feet
or so, produced a couple of more. Catching fish is exciting,
catching fish in a new spot or new technique is more exciting.

I have been back three times, and except for the last time, when
I missed two strikes, I have landed nice fish.

The lesson here though, is you can never know everything about a
place. Nature changes too much. Perhaps the underlying surface
had just changed last winter during a high water spell and
created this up till now undiscovered fishing spot. Or perhaps
it had been there for years, I don’t know. But you can bet it
has spurred my pioneering spirit, for me to keep looking for new
ways and new spots to fish my home waters. And when I tire of
exploring I have a whole repotoire of fishing spots and
techniques to revisit like old friends.

When i’m young i inspired to be a scientist cause i find the
earth is so vast with so many things waiting to be uncovered.As
i grew older i came to realise that infact most scientist are
poor lads who requires heavy funding from the public in their
researching process.currently my this project is focusing on
deciphering asian handicap odds which has been on going for the
past 8 years.

Personally,as a punter myself i find that human is a habitual
being and with that being said they would have a specific trend
of betting stlye or a piece of work.

I have been studying the work of one of the top asian market
odds compilers for close to 8 years.To me they are absolutely
truly the ones with the insider info.They would post their odds
in a specific manner when there is a fixed match and when they
wan’t to lose money to the punters they have another set of
rules of opening odds.

These asian odds would seems nothing more than a mere set of
numbers to most but to me its like an answer sheet right infront
of me.While most people crunches stats and news i read asian
odds for clues,which is much more accurate and less time
consuming.You may find my method obnorxious or even sly.

I call it beating the bookies back at their own games.Consider
this who is better the one who sets the the opening odds or the
punter who crunches stats and soccer news.I must admit i don’t
have the latest insider info but do you think the odds compiler
who opens the line do?Absolutely,they do .

All you need to do is to uncover their style of work and “ting!”
right in front of you lies an answer sheet flat on your face.

For more info on how i compile my 8 years of betting experience
for personal profits,refer below
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Philadelphia 76ers @ Washington Wizards, February 12: The 76ers
are in second place in the Atlantic Division. Philadelphia is
9-10 SU and ATS in the last 19 games. The 76ers are 8-9 SU and
7-9-1 ATS in the last 17 road games. The 76ers are 2-2 SU and
1-3 ATS against the Wizards over the last two seasons. The 76ers
are 1-2 SU and ATS on the road against the Wizards over the last
two seasons. The Wizards are in second place in the Southeast
Division. Washington is 16-12 in the last 28 games. The Wizards
are 7-1 SU and 6-2 ATS in the last eight home games.

Detroit Pistons @ Miami Heat, February 12: The Pistons have a
huge lead in the Central Division. Detroit is 15-3 SU and 9-8-1
ATS in the last 18 games. The Pistons are 7-3 SU and 6-4 SU in
the last 10 road games. The Pistons are 2-1 SU and 1-2 ATS
against the Heat over the last two seasons. The Pistons are 1-0
SU ATS on the road against the Heat over the last two seasons.
The Heat have a lead in the Southeast Division. Miami is 16-9 SU
14-11 and ATS in the last 25 games. The Heat is 11-4 SU and 8-7
ATS in the last 15 home games.

New Jersey Nets @ Detroit Pistons, February 14: The Nets have a
slim lead in the Atlantic Division. New Jersey is 7-10 SU and
8-9 ATS in the last 17 games. The Nets are 1-9 SU and 3-7 ATS in
the last 10 road games. The Nets are 2-3 SU and ATS against the
Pistons over the last two seasons. The Nets are 0-1 SU ATS on
the road against the Pistons over the last two seasons. The
Pistons have a huge lead in the Central Division. Detroit is
15-3 SU and 9-8-1 ATS in the last 18 games. The Pistons are 8-1
SU and 3-5-1 ATS in the last nine home games.

San Antonio Spurs @ Philadelphia 76ers, February 15: The Spurs
have a slim lead in the Southwest Division. San Antonio is 18-3
SU and 12-9 ATS in the last 21 games. The Spurs are 11-4 SU and
8-7 ATS in the last 15 road games. The Spurs are 3-0 SU and
2-0-1 ATS against the 76ers over the last two seasons. The Spurs
are 1-0 SU and ATS on the road against the 76ers over the last
two seasons. The 76ers are in second place in the Atlantic
Division. Philadelphia is 9-10 SU and ATS in the last 19 games.
The 76ers are 5-6 SU and ATS in the last 11 home games.

Phoenix Suns @ Denver Nuggets, February 15: The Suns have a slim
lead in the Pacific Division. Phoenix is 14-6 SU and 11-9 ATS in
the last 20 games. The Suns are 10-4 SU and 7-7 ATS in the last
14 road games. The Suns are 5-1 SU and 3-3 ATS against the
Nuggets over the last two seasons. The Suns are 1-2 SU and ATS
on the road against the Nuggets over the last two seasons. The
Nuggets have a slim lead in the Northwest Division. Denver is
9-7 SU and 5-11 ATS in the last 16 games. The Nuggets are 5-2 SU
and 2-5 ATS in the last seven home games.

With 96 College hoops game to handicap this past Saturday, I
find myself as a pro handicapper sometimes overwhelmed by the
vast numbers of teams and stats and scenarios to look at on
Friday Night as I prepare to post advice for paying customers,
who count on me to make them money everyday of the week with my
wares. This is a huge responsibility and one I do not take
lightly, so I thought I would break down my performance to make
a valid point in terms of how to narrow it down to make it
profitable for the novice sports bettors and wannabe
handicappers who sometimes lose site of the forest because of
all the trees.

Specialization is the key to success- I took at a look at my 3-1
ATS performance Saturday, and thought I would point it out in
terms of how one can achieve a 75% win rate ATS with so many
games. I narrow it down to 3 conferences I specialize in, and
one situation I specialize in, small conference totals plays now
5-1 ATS on the year. Lets look at my lone loss, which was Texas
Tech against Oklahoma getting +10.5 and they lost by 12. Close
but no cigar on that one, I needed a lay-up to cover, but found
that Texas Tech is one of the worst road teams in college hoops
and in the Big 12, it is official. Being in the radio business
both from a gaming show perspective and a straight up sports
talk show perspective in Lincoln, NE, so I work with game
announcers and even a national play by play announcer for ESPN
Gameplan that covers the Big 12 and Mountain West on a weekly
basis. This gives me some serious insight and information that
cannot be found on the wire services, a huge advantage for me!

Small conferences and mid-majors, like the Missouri Valley for
instance, is also a MAJOR key to my success. Look at this past
Saturday, 3 unbeatens, all favorites, including Duke, all were
favored on the road. These games get the lions share of public
interest and public wagering, and have no doubts, Vegas
oddsmakers know it. I won with small conference plays, where the
lines moved very little if at all. It is not exciting stuff, but
profitable. St. Mary’s CA laying 1 point on the road in a 22
point win, San Diego State laying 7 and winning by 27 and the
Over in the NC Wilmington and George Mason game, winning the
over by 13 points over the spread. The line moves, side and
total in those games combined was less than 3 points TOTAL! Not
exciting stuff, not exciting games on TV, but with a 3-0 sweep
in those games, exciting when you go to the ticket window! The
lines are soft and not as sharp and are less likely to have huge
swings in them before tip-off than a game involving Duke, U
Conn, North Carolina and teams that attract huge numbers of
wagers and public attention.

I like to fly under the radar screen and narrow it down to a
finite number of teams to handicap, say looking at 25-30 games
max, and I’ll let the public and other cappers worry about
attracting attention on marquee games. If you work a few
conferences, like the Colonial or Horizon or Sun Belt as a
weekly chore, you become very accustomed to home /road
dichotomies in those conference’s, and win / loss scenarios and
past history, of who plays who tough, no matter the situation.
Knowing that St. Mary’s of California always is a tough team to
beat at home, and remember in that conference, Gonzaga travels
there. Just little things that are common knowledge to those who
take the time to specialize in it! Look at San Diego State, off
to their best conference record ever, and playing a team who has
lost all road games by double digits, and yet they lay 7 and win
by 27! The Aztecs lead the conference standings and have an
outstanding forward that dominates in this conference, keep an
eye on them.

Narrow it down, keep it simple and look at a few conference’s
like the ones I mentioned, maybe the MAC conference, or a small
mid-major and start doing your homework, it will pay dividends
this Hoops season.

If you are guitar player and you are in the process of deciding on which guitar pedals or guitar effects to buy, it can be a little tricky .

We all want to sound like ur rockstar idols but as we all know guitar effects can be very expensive and there are literally hundreds of them .

Before you buy a pedal you must decide first on your budget and what kind of music you want to play, is it heavy metal, contemporary rock, blues, and so on

If you play a little of everything you are better off with a guitar multi effect whereas you can adjust your sounds to the type of music you want to play, guitar multi effects are more expensive but are very versatile.

If you play one style of music lets say blues then you are better off buying a boss or dod guitar pedal which are less expensive .

We spend outrageous amounts of money on guitar effects just to have the right sound, but sometimes the sound were looking for can cost us a fraction of the price with a simple boss guitar pedal .

About The Author

John Witner

rock guitarist

http://www.bossgt6review.bravehost.com

If you are a skydiving beginner you’ll need to read this article to learn which novice skydiving method to choose. There are three ways you can experience the thrill of skydiving and the only requirement is that you are at least eighteen years old and have a weight of under 250 pounds. You also have to be free of any heart disease or severe medical conditions. If you have had problems with your health you should discuss them with the drop zone officials

Skydiving courses, in most cases, work the same way. A certified instructor will get you trained and he’ll try to scare you and make you not jump. That’s because the only thing he doesn’t want is a student that panics while free falling. You’ll then have to fill a lot of papers that you must go through if you want to jump. These documents make sure that if you get hurt the company will not be responsible. These are very scary but you’ll have to sign them if you want to jump.

When choosing the method you’ll first skydive you have to consider how much time you have and how much cash you’ve got. Off course, how brave you are is another factor and depending on these factors you’ll have to choose one of three methods for your first jump. The methods are tandem, static line and accelerated free fall. If what you want is to fly freely you have to go for accelerated free fall. Just want a nice ride, tandem might be the best choice. If you just want a quick ride you can go for static line.

A good thing to take into consideration is videotaping your first jump, that costs from $50 to $100. You’ll love looking back at how scared you were when jumping out of an air plane. If you choose to vide tape your jump another skydiver will jump before you do from the airplane and fly near you with a camera mounter the helmet.

If you want to learn skydiving tips and tricks, just visit this great skydiving site here: http://www.skydiving-guide.com .

What are your career highlights?

Mr. Moores: “While 6 CIS National Championships and 1 Japanese National Championship immediately come to mind, 3 of those being head coach, what really comes to mind when I consider the highlights of my career, are the relationships that I have developed over the years. Of all of the players that I have coached, and students I have taught over the years, there are very few that I would not truly enjoy having a conversation with. I have enjoyed the players and students that I have worked with so far, and look forward to all of the new ones that I am yet to coach.”

What characteristics do you look for in a promising hockey player?

A Strong Work Ethic

Passion

Enthusiasm

Receptiveness to Coaching - “What am I doing better today than yesterday?”
Ability to Co-operate. Co-operation has to come before competition.

In your opinion, what is missing today in the growth and development of hockey players?

Mr. Moores hesitated before answering this question Mr. Moores: “Young players today are stronger, faster, bigger, have more skills and more opportunities than ever before. Without passing judgement, what I notice about the young players today, is, unfortunately, less passion and enthusiasm.
I remember when I was young and we had one hour of icetime per week. We couldn’t wait to get on the ice! I don’t know exactly what the cause is, but I don’t see the same enthusiasm in many of the players today I don’t hear it in their voice”

Is there anything else that you would like to pass along to our players?

Mr. Moores: “The earlier you take personal responsibility for your own development and your own success, the more successful you will become.”
SH: “This is where self-awareness comes in. When you focus on the details and take responsibility for your own actions, you are never at the affect of anybody else or their decisions.”

What are your favorite motivational sayings?

“It is amazing how much can be accomplished when no-one cares who gets the credit.” - John Wooden

“If you don’t consciously create good habits, then you unconsciously create bad ones.” - John Wooden

“If you think you can, or you think you can’t you’re right.” - Yogi Berra
“You get what you insist on.” - Bill Moores

Insights

Near the conclusion of our interview, our conversation became more casual. At one point, Coach Moores challenged the concept of the effectiveness of traditional, “One Week” hockey or power skating schools. He was quite surprised and delighted to hear that we were in agreement with his comments.

When we explained our concept of T + P = S, 3 weeks over 3 months, process-oriented program, called QUANTUM SPEED, he was pleasantly surprised that someone else had challenged their own industry’s comfort zone, and took a chance on doing what we believe works for players.

We were so proud to have such an admired coach and person see our vision of what we believe works, and be so supportive.

“The more I train, the more I realize I have more speed in me.” –Leroy Burrell

Steffany Hanlen is skating coach extrordinaire.For more than 20 years Steffany has been a full time power skating coach. Steffany is one of the first skating coaches to be hired by an NHL team, she worked with the Edmonton Oilers for 9 years beginning in 1991 and is currently with the St. Louis Blues organization. She has developed her skating program called Quantum Speed(TM) a three week… over three month… skating program. Steffany trains skating instructors and apprentices in the skills and business of running successful Quantum Speed skating camps. http://www.quantumspeed.ca e-mail info@quantumspeed.ca

Steffany Hanlen is a motivational Speaker and athletic performance coach http://www.steffanyhanlen.com she is currently working with world class figure skaters, ball room dancers, and bi-athletes.

If you are a casual bettor and do not mind losing your money to the man every wekk then this article is not for you. If you are looking at sports handicapping as a way to make money then this article is for you and should be regarded as your first lesson to successful sports handicapping.

The most common mistake that the lay bettor makes when analyzing a game is that they tend to bet favorites no matter the spread. The theory is that “Team A should beat Team B” so winning by X number of points is very likely. What you must realize is that the favorites are not looking at the spread when trying to win the game. How many times does a team have you bet on a favorite and seen them clearly winning the game only to lose against the spread at the last moment.

Clearly an equal number of favorites and underdogs win. The first thing you ought to do as a bettor would be to circle the underdogs that beat the spread and win outright for a couple of weeks and analyze them. Try to find patterns and situations that are common among all of them.

Once you start knowing when to fade favorites and bet on underdogs, the sooner you will begin to start winning. Check out our other lessons on sports handicapping tips.

We are a group of handicappers that specialize in successful Sports Handicapping Systems that can increase your chance at winning.

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When performing RESISTANCE TRAINING, strive for STRENGTH BALANCE ACROSS JOINTS AND MUSCLE GROUPS, as opposed to merely developing size and strength

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Why does this matter? Because muscle strength imbalances are among the leading causes of sports injuries. For example, pulled hamstrings (back of upper leg) are often the result of quadriceps muscles (front of upper leg) that are stronger due to over-training.

It’s more “fun” for athletes to train those quads, as they look more impressive than even well developed hams. And therein lies a big problem:

TRAINING FOR THE WRONG REASONS

Playing baseball and softball requires the use of every muscle in the body. Clearly it is to your advantage and will help your game to be STRONG and FLEXIBLE.

Notice that I use those terms together - you need both of these attributes.

As a ball player, your ultimate goal is POWER, the ability to do explosive work. Strength & flexibility are necessary components of power.

So your lifting should be oriented to the acquisition of power - NOT BUILDING “COSMETIC” muscle. Leave the 18″ arms and big bench press to your gym and football buddies - at least until your
playing days are over.

More specifically,

WORK EACH OPPOSING MUSCLE AND MUSCLE GROUP AS EVENLY AS POSSIBLE

For example, do as many sets and reps of an exercise (as nearly as possible) for a muscle on one side of a joint as the other. Lifts such as biceps curls should be balanced by an equal amount of
triceps work. Chest (pectoral) work should be balanced by upper back and rear shoulder work (two good lifts to offset your bench work are bent-over rows and bent-over laterals.

Don’t forget quads/hams, abdominals/hips/ lower back, front shoulders/rear shoulders, and forearm flexors/extensors.

Steve Zawrotny, MS, CSCS
405.373.3253
steve@baseballfit.com
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…And let the little children come to me…

After watching the Eagles fumble around with free agency during the first three
months of the off-season, it became evident that their main avenue of re-stocking
the roster with impact players and difference makers would not come from the
rosters of other teams, but from the draft.

That strategy, which has been the cornerstone of the Andy Reid era (with the
notable exception of 2004 of course, i.e. Terrell Owens and Jevon Kearse), has
worked well.

Up until last year, that is.

One would think that a 6-10 season might scare the Eagles away from leaning too
heavily on rookies and unproven second-year players, like they did last year. One
would think that if the Eagles wanted to turn things around quickly, they would have
done so in free agency, with players who are ready to play right away.

But that’s not Reid’s style. Reid likes to go with the kids. And, truth be told, with the
exception of 2005, his strategy has worked.

So, coming off 6-10, this year’s draft was Reid’s most important since his first draft
as Eagles Head Coach back in 1999. The good news is that this appears to be his
best draft. At least, his best draft in as much as you can tell when no one has
strapped on a single pad or put on a swath of uniform yet.

With that, let’s take a look back at the kids who will attempt to dig the Eagles out of
the deep hole they’ve dug for themselves in the NFC East…

Mark Constan – Grade B

OK, I do really like the first pick the Eagles made in Broderick Bunkley. He seems to
be what Corey Simon was six years ago… same school, similar size and similar
explosiveness. The pick was an absolute no-brainer.

Getting Winston Justice in the 2nd round seems like an steal, but why was this guy
still around at 39? Would he have been around at 45, the initial 2nd round pick we
had? Justice has had some off-field issues, and some teams were not impressed
with him during the interview process. As of now, I think Justice was a good pick
because he is a talented and HUGE man.

Not only that, drafting Justice and Bunkley made veterans Hollis Thomas and Artis
Hicks expendable.

In the 3rd round, Eagles selected 1-AA phenom, Chris Gocong.

1-AA Phenom. Just wanted to mention that part again.

Gocong recorded 23 ½ sacks last year at DE, but the Eagles feel he is athletic
enough to switch to OLB and challenge Dhani Jones for that spot.

With two 4th round picks, the Eagles selected OG Max Jean Giles and WR Jason
Avant. The best I can hope for from these two are being serviceable backups if we
need them. Giles may have a chance to battle for a staring spot, depending on
where Justice plays this year. Avant will be our #5 receiver and will contribute on
special teams as well, which in turn means bye-bye to Billy McMullen and probably
Darnerian McCants as well.

Jeremy Bloom in the 5th round is a pick that I am in love with. Even though he has
not played in two years, he is a very explosive player and will immediately impact
our special teams. I am not so sure that Omar Gaither and LaJuan Ramsey make the
team, but at that point in the draft, I guess you just take the best available player.

All in all, I am pleased with the draft. I’m a little disappointed that we did not
address the secondary at all considering both out starting safeties are free agents at
the end of this year, but overall it was a solid draft.

John Stolnis – Grade B+

Round One: Call it a gift from above, but Brodrick Bunkley, the athletic DT from
Florida St. was supposed to be gone by the time the Eagles picked. But because
Buffalo reached for Donte Whitner at safety with the #9 pick, Bunkley magically fell
to the Eagles at 14. It was a stroke of luck and the Eagles took advantage.

Round Two: It’s not every draft that you’re able to draft a consensus Top 15 pick in
Round #2, but that’s just what the Eagles got in OT Winston Justice. Character
questions caused this fall, but there’s no debate about his talent. Every mock draft
on the planet had this guy as the second-best offensive lineman in the draft, and
the Eagles got at 39. Simply stunning.

Round Three: Andy Reid likes productive college players, no matter where they
played. Which is why the Eagles selected Chris Gocong, the nation’s sack leader at
DE. Granted, Gocong did play in Division 1-AA, but so did Brian Westbrook. I’d say
that’s worked out pretty well. The Eagles are hoping Gocong can supplant Dhani
Jones at OLB in 2005.

Round Four: The Eagles are getting rave reviews for their first of two 4th round
selections, OG Max Jean-Giles. Most experts had Jean-Giles as a 2nd-rounder, but
once again, the Eagles got a little luck, and he fell into the 4th round. He could be a
starter in 2005. With their second pick in round #4, the Birds took Michigan WR
Jason Avant. Most think he’s got some talent, but a WR in Andy Reid’s system takes
at least two years to be productive; so don’t expect much out of him in 2006.

Round Five: The Eagles went for a dynamic special teams player here by selecting
Olympic skier Jeremy Bloom. He’ll compete with Bruce Perry to handle kick-off and
punt return duties.

Anything after the fifth round is pointless to dissect. Neither player will probably
make the team.

All in all, the Eagles get high marks for their 2006 NFL Draft. And while most of
these guys will probably turn into productive NFL players, how much help can they
really be in 2006? The Eagles run a complicated offensive and defensive system, and
it will take some time for these players to acclimate themselves to it.

If the Birds are expecting all of these guys to be impact players right away, it’s not
going to happen. Not only that, the Eagles are still woefully shorthanded at WR, and
I’m surprised they didn’t address their need for a bigger back in the draft as well.

All in all, the Eagles draft would have to be called a success. But it remains to be
seen if their 2006 season will be as lucky.

Story by Mark Constan & John Stolnis
http://www.Phillysportsline.com
Staff Writers