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The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale (Middle English: the Tale of the Wyf of Bathe) is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It provides insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and was probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her Prologue twice as long as her Tale. He also goes so far as to describe two sets of clothing for her in his General Prologue. She holds her own among the bickering pilgrims, and evidence in the manuscripts suggests that although she was first assigned a different, plainer tale—perhaps the one told by the Shipman—she received her present tale as her significance increased. She calls herself both Alyson and Alys in the prologue, but to confuse matters these are also the names of her 'gossib' (a close friend or gossip), whom she mentions several times, as well as many female characters throughout The Canterbury Tales.
The tale is often regarded as the first of the so-called "marriage group" of tales, which includes the Clerk's, the Merchant's and the Franklin's tales. But some scholars contest this grouping, first proposed by Chaucer scholar Eleanor Prescott Hammond and subsequently elaborated by George Lyman Kittredge, not least because the later tales of Melibee and the Nun's Priest also discuss this theme.[1] A separation between tales that deal with moral issues and ones that deal with magical issues, as the Wife of Bath's does, is favoured by some scholars.
The tale is an example of the "loathly lady" motif, the oldest examples of which are the medieval Irish sovereignty myths such as Niall of the Nine Hostages. In the medieval poem The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, Arthur's nephew Gawain goes on a nearly identical quest to discover what women truly want after he errs in a land dispute, although, in contrast, he never stooped to despoliation or plunder, unlike the unnamed knight who deflowered the woman. By tradition, any knight or noble found guilty of such a transgression (abuse of power), might be stripped of his name, heraldic title and rights, and possibly even executed.
Some[who?] have theorised that the Wife's tale may have been written to ease Chaucer's guilty conscience. It is recorded that in 1380 associates of Chaucer stood surety for an amount equal to half his yearly salary for a charge brought by Cecily Champaign for "de rapto," rape or abduction; the same view has been taken of his Legend of Good Women, which Chaucer himself describes as a penance.[2]
There was a knight in King Arthur's time who raped a fair young maiden. King Arthur issues a decree that the knight must be brought to justice. When the knight is captured, he is condemned to death, but Queen Guinevere intercedes on his behalf and asks the King to allow her to pass judgment upon him. The Queen tells the knight that he will be spared his life if he can discover for her what it is that women most desire, and allots him a year and a day in which to roam wherever he pleases and return with an answer.
Everywhere the knight goes he explains his predicament to the women he meets and asks their opinion, but "No two of those he questioned answered the same." The answers range from fame and riches to play, or clothes, or sexual pleasure, or flattery, or freedom. When at last the time comes for him to return to the Court, he still lacks the answer he so desperately needs.
Outside a castle in the woods, he sees twenty-four maidens dancing and singing, but when he approaches they disappear as if by magic, and all that is left is an old hag. The Knight explains the problem to the hag, who is wise and may know the answer, and she forces him to promise to grant any favour she might ask of him in return. With no other options left, the Knight agrees. Arriving at the court, he gives the answer that women most desire sovereignty over their husbands, which is unanimously agreed to be true by the women of the court who, accordingly, free the Knight.
The old hag then explains to the court the deal she has struck with the Knight, and publicly requests his hand in marriage. Although aghast, he realizes he has no other choice and eventually agrees. On their wedding night the hag is upset that he is repulsed by her in bed. She reminds him that her looks can be an asset—she will be a virtuous wife to him because no other men would desire her. She asks him what he would prefer—an old ugly hag who is loyal, true and humble or a beautiful woman about whom he would always have doubts concerning her faithfulness. The Knight responds by saying that the choice is hers, an answer which pleases her greatly. Now that she has won power over him, she asks him to kiss her, promising both beauty and fidelity. The Knight turns to look at the hag again, but now finds a young and lovely woman. They live happily into old age together.[1]
Critique of antifeminism[edit]
The Wife of Bath's Prologue both draws from and critiques the long medieval tradition of antifeminist texts. As Helen Cooper notes, Alisoun's "materials are part of the vast medieval stock of antifeminism",[3] specifically St. Jerome's Adversus Jovinianum, which was "written to refute the proposition put forward by one Jovinianus that virginity and marriage were of equal worth".[3] The simple fact that Alisoun is a widow who remarries more than once suggests a relationship with antifeminist traditions. Further evidence of this can be found through Alisoun's observation: "For hadde God commanded maydenhede, / Thanne hadde he dampned weddyng with the dede" (III 69–70). Alisoun refutes Jerome's proposition concerning virginity and marriage by noting that God would have condemned marriage and procreation if He had commanded virginity. Her decision to use God as a defence of sorts for her promiscuity is significant, as it shows how the Bible is another source that Alisoun draws upon, although her interpretations of Scripture, such as Paul on marriage (III. 158–161), are tailored to suit her own purposes.[4] Nevertheless, while Alisoun in some ways embodies antifeminist beliefs, she resists them as well. For instance, her repeated acts of remarriage are an example of how she mocks "clerical teaching concerning the remarriage of widows".[5] Actually, as noted by Mary Carruthers, "a rich widow was considered to be a match equal to, or more desirable than, a match with a virgin of property".[5] Alisoun illustrates this point by describing her ability to remarry four times, and also to attract a man who is much younger than she, Jankyn. Thus, while Alisoun is portrayed as epitomising antifeminist traditions through her very thoughts and actions, she also attacks them, in part by forcing readers to realise that it is men, including the author Chaucer, who construct them in the first place.[2]
Behaviour in marriage[edit]
Mary Carruthers and Helen Cooper reflect on the way that Alisoun, in particular, does not behave as she should in any of her marriages. Through Alisoun's nonconformity to the expectations of her role as a wife, the audience is shown what proper behaviour in marriage should be like. Carruthers' essay outlines the existence of deportment books, the purpose of which was to teach young women how to be model wives. Carruthers notes how Alisoun's behaviour in the first of her marriages "is almost everything the deportment-book writers say it should not be" (Carruthers 1979: 213). For example, she lies to her old husbands about them getting drunk and saying some regrettable things (III.380–382). Yet, Carruthers does note that the Wife does do a decent job of upholding her husbands' public honour. Moreover, deportment books taught girls that "the husband deserves control of the wife because he controls the estate" (Carruthers 1979:214); it is clear that Alisoun is the one who controls certain aspects of her husbands in her various marriages. Cooper also notes that behaviour in marriage is a theme that emerges in the Wife of Bath's Prologue; neither Alisoun nor Jankyn conform to any obviously virtuous or harmonious ideals of marriage. Cooper observes that Jankyn "cannot be taken as any principle of correct Christian marriage" (Cooper 1996:149). He, too, does not exhibit the kind of behaviour that he is supposed to within his marriage, which can perhaps be attributed to his young age and lack of experience in relationships, although he does change at the end, as does Alisoun. Thus, through Alisoun's and Jankyn's failure to conform to expected behaviour in marriage, the poem exposes the complexity of the institution of marriage and of relationships more broadly.
Female dominance[edit]
As Helen Cooper argues, the tension between experience and textual authority is central to the Prologue. The Wife argues for the relevance of her own marital experience. For instance, she notes that:
- Unnethe myghte they the statut holde "unnethe" = not easily
- In which that they were bounden unto me. "woot" = know
- Ye woot wel what I meene of this, pardee! "pardee" = "by God", cf. French "par dieu"
- As help me God, I laughe whan I thynke
- How pitously a-nyght I made hem swynke! (III.204–208) "hem" = them; "swynke" = work
Alisoun's first three husbands are depicted as subservient men who must cater to her sexual appetites. Her characterisation as master, or sovereign lord, is particularly evident in the following passage:
- Of tribulacion in mariage,
- Of which I am expert in al myn age –f
- This is to seyn, myself have been the whippe. (III.179–181)
The image of the whip solidifies her role as master; she tells everyone that she is the one in charge in her household, especially in the bedroom. Alisoun appears to have an insatiable thirst for sex; the result is a satirical, sexual depiction of a woman, but also of feudal power arrangements.
However it is made evident at the end of both the prologue and the tale that it is not dominance that she wishes to gain in her relation with her husband but a kind of equality or a traditional equation of wife serving her husband though in an ideal form.
In her Prologue she says: "God help me so, I was to him as kinde/ As any wyf from Denmark unto Inde,/ And also trewe, and so was he to me." In her Tale, the old hag tells her husband: "I prey to God that I mot sterven wood,/ But I to yow be also good and trewe/ As evere was wyf, sin that the world was newe."
In both cases, the wife says so to the husband after she has been given "sovereyntee". Alisoun is handed over the control of all the property along with the control of Jankin's tongue. The old hag is also given the freedom to choose which role she wished to play in the marriage. Thus what Alisoun seems to mean by "sovereyntee" in the hands of women is that if women are given mastery in marriage they do not become dominant and hegemonising, that is, the result is not replacement of patriarchy by matriarchy but equality. A wife can be truthful and loyal to her husband when she has freedom and not forced to be subservient to her husband. The relationship becomes one of perfect happiness which has never been imagined by scriptures and authoritative texts like Against Jovinianum.
Economics of love[edit]
In her essay "The Wife of Bath and the Painting of Lions," Mary Carruthers describes the relationship that existed between love and economics for both medieval men and women. Carruthers notes that it is the independence that Alisoun's wealth provides for her that allows Alisoun to love freely (Carruthers 1979:216). This implies that autonomy is an important component in genuine love, and since autonomy can only be achieved through wealth, wealth then becomes the greatest component for true love. Love can, in essence, be bought: Chaucer makes reference to this notion when he has Alisoun tell one of her husbands:
- Is it for ye wolde have my queynte allone? "queynte" = a nice thing, cf. Latin quoniam, with obvious connotation of "cunt"
- Wy, taak it al! Lo, have it every deel! "deel" = "part"; plus, the implication of transaction
- Peter! I shrewe yow, but ye love it weel; "Peter" = St. Peter; "shrewe" = curse; hence: "I curse you if you don't love it well."
- For if I wolde selle my bele chose, "belle chose": another suggestion of female genitalia (her "lovely thing")
- I koude walke as fressh as is a rose;
- But I wol kepe it for youre owene tooth. (III.444–449) "tooth" = taste, pleasure
She appears to make reference to prostitution, whereby "love" in the form of sex is a "deal" bought and sold. Alisoun's use of words such as "dette (debt)" (III.130) and "paiement (payment)" (III.131) also portray love in economic terms, as did the medieval Church: sex was the marriage debt women owed to the men that they married. Hence, while the point that Carruthers makes is that money is necessary for women to achieve sovereignty in marriage, a look at the text reveals that the concept of love is, among other things, an economic concept. This is perhaps best demonstrated by the fact that Jankyn gives up wealth in return for love, honour, and respect.
Sex and Lollardy[edit]
While it is quite obvious that sexuality is a dominant theme in The Wife of Bath's Prologue, it is less obvious that Alisoun's sexual behaviour can be associated with Lollardy. Critics such as Helen Cooper and Carolyn Dinshaw point to the link between sex and Lollardy. Both describe Alisoun's knowledge and use of Scripture in her justification of her sexual behaviour. When Alisoun states that "God bad us for to wexe and multiplye" (III.28), she appears to suggest that there is nothing wrong with sexual promiscuity, because God wants humans to procreate. Alisoun's "emphatic determination to recuperate sexual activity within a Christian context and on the authority of the Bible [on a number of occasions throughout the text] echoes one of the points made in the Lollard Twelve Conclusions of 1395" (Cooper 1996:150). The very fact that she remarries after the death of her first husband could be viewed as Chaucer's characterisation of Alisoun as a supporter of Lollardy, if not necessarily a Lollard herself, since Lollards advocated the remarriage of widows (Cooper 1996:150; Dinshaw 1999:129).
- ^ a b On Hammond's coining of this term, see Scala, Elizabeth (2009). "The Women in Chaucer's 'Marriage Group'". Medieval Feminist Forum. 45 (1): 50–56. Scala cites Hammond, p. 256, in support, and points out that Kittredge himself, in his essay's first footnote, confesses that "The Marriage Group of the 'Canterbury Tales' has been much studied, and with good results" (Scala, p. 54).
- ^ a b George, Jodi-Anne, Columbia Critical Guides: Geoffrey Chaucer, the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (NY: Columbia University Press, 2000), p. 149.
- ^ a b Cooper 1996: 141
- ^ Cooper 1996: 144
- ^ a b Carruthers 1979: 213
See also[edit]
- Blaesilla, on whom the tale is partly based.
- English words first attested in Chaucer
- Carruthers, Mary (March 1979). "The Wife of Bath and the Painting of Lions". PMLA. 94 (2): 209–222. doi:10.2307/461886. JSTOR 461886.
- Carter, Susan (2003). "Coupling the Beastly Bride and the Hunter Hunted: What Lies Behind Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale". The Chaucer Review. 37 (4): 329. doi:10.1353/cr.2003.0010. JSTOR 25096219.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey (1987). "The Wife of Bath's Prologue". The Riverside Chaucer (3rd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 105–116. ISBN 978-0395290316.
- Cooper, Helen (1996). "The Wife of Bath's Prologue". Oxford Guides to Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198711551.
- Dinshaw, Carolyn (1999). "Good Vibrations: John/Eleanor, Dame Alys, the Pardoner, and Foucault". Getting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822323655.
- Green, Richard Firth (2007). ""Allas, Allas! That Evere Love Was Synne!": John Bromyard v. Alice of Bath". The Chaucer Review. 42 (3): 298. doi:10.1353/cr.2008.0005. JSTOR 25094403.
- Hammond, Eleanor Prescott (1908). Chaucer: A Bibliographic Manual. New York: Macmillan.
- Kittredge, George Lyman (April 1912). "Chaucer's Discussion of Marriage". Modern Philology. 9 (4): 435–467. doi:10.1086/386872. JSTOR 432643.
- Rigby, S. H. (Stephen Henry) (2000). "The Wife of Bath, Christine de Pizan, and the Medieval Case for Women". The Chaucer Review. 35 (2): 133. doi:10.1353/cr.2000.0024. JSTOR 25096124.
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I always knew dogs noses were incredible, but I learned a lot more so how incredible they are. Books have been written on it, but it is hard to quantify it in terms humans understand. I can't and wont try to describe it in this post. The most unfathonable thing for me is how they can zero in on and discern exactly what they are trained to ID and not be overwhelmed or suffer system overload from all of the sensory information they are simultaneously dealing with. Suffice it to say the dogs nose is an incredible tool that we are underutilyzing and will probably never fully understand.
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The Magneto-Rheological (MR) fluid damper is a promising type of semi-active device for civil structures due to its mechanical simplicity, inherent stability, high dynamic range, large temperature operating range, robust performance, and low power requirements. The MR damper is intrinsically nonlinear and rate-dependent, both as a function of the displacement across the MR damper and the command current being supplied to the MR damper. As such, to develop control algorithms that take maximum advantage of the unique features of the MR damper, accurate models must be developed to describe its behavior for both displacement and current.
The Hyperbolic Tangent Model (Version 1) for 200 kN Large-Scale Magneto-Rheological Fluid (MR) Damper includes a model of the pulse-width modulated (PWM) power amplifier providing current to the damper and a hyperbolic tangent model of the controllable force behavior of the MR damper.
The physical counterparts of this model are the large-scale 200 kN MR damper that were manufactured by the Lord Corporation. The damper is 1.47 m in length, weighs approximately 2.734 kN, and has an available stroke of 584 mm. The accumulator of the MR damper can accommodate a temperature change in the fluid of 80oF. The damper can provide control forces of over 200 kN. A schematic of the large-scale MR damper is shown below.
The MR damper is controlled with a low voltage, current driven command signal. An Advanced Motion Controls pulse-width modulated (PWM) Servo-Amplifier is powered by an 80 volt DC, 5 amp unregulated linear power supply. The servo-amplifier is used to provide the command signal that controls the electromagnetic field for each damper. The PWM Servo-Amplifier is controlled by a 0-5 volt DC signal and utilizes pulse width modulation for current control. The input control signal can be switched at a rate of up to 1 kHz. Each damper has been fitted with a 1.5KE75A transient voltage suppressor to protect the MR damper electromagnetic coils from unintended and damaging voltage peaks, limiting the peak voltage to 75 volts.
This model has been validated through experimental testing which were conducted on two 200 kN large-scale MR dampers located at the Smart Structures Technology Laboratory (SSTL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and the Lehigh University Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) facility. Comparison with experimental test results for both prescribed motion and current and real-time hybrid simulation of fully semiactive control of the MR damper shows that the proposed MR damper model can accurately predict the fully-dynamic behavior of the large-scale 200 kN MR damper.
Besides the developed MR damper model, a sample code is included to show as an example on how to run the model. Please refer to HT_SampleRun_V1.m for details.
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2. This model was developed using Matlab 2011 and was tested in Matlab R2013a.
3. A newer version (version 2) of the HT model which includes a model of the pulse-width modulated (PWM) power amplifier providing current to the damper, a model of the inductance of the large-scale 200 kN MR dampers coils and surrounding MR fluid - a dynamic behavior that is not typically modeled, and a hyperbolic tangent model of the controllable force behavior of the MR damper is developed and made available through NEEShub.
Details regarding the attached model can be found in the following publications:
1. Z. Jiang and R. Christenson (2012), "A Fully Dynamic Magneto-rheological Fluid Damper Model", Journal of Smart Materials and Structures 21 065002.
2. Z. Jiang and R. Christenson (2011), "A Comparison of 200 kN Magneto-rheological Damper Models for Use in Real-time Hybrid Simulation Pretesting", Journal of Smart Materials and Structures 20 065011.
3. B. Bass and R. Christenson (2007), "System identification of a 200kN magneto-rheological fluid damper for structural control in large-scale smart structures", Proc. American Control Conf. (New York) pp. 2690-5
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Zhaoshuo Jiang; Richard Christenson (2011), "Hyperbolic Tangent Model for 200 kN Large-Scale Magneto-Rheological Fluid (MR) Damper," Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (distributor), Model, DOI:10.4231/D3VM42Z1G
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Grab-and-go breakfast option combines bagels and cream cheese
Many consumers are looking for a wholesome grab-and-go breakfast option, and Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods might have a $100-million idea with the rollout of Bagel-fuls, a golden bagel and Philadelphia cream cheese rolled into one.
Category: New Food Products
Product Type: Packaged/Prepared Foods
Food Processors Make Progress on Sustainability Goals in 2011
General Mills, Kellogg Co., Kraft and Purdue Farms talk about what they are doing to meet their sustainability goals.
Food Biz Kids: Ritz Bitz Cracker Sandwiches
Food Processings 8th-grade panelists tasted peanut butter and jelly cracker sandwiches that resulted in mixed reviews.
Snacking Could Be The Future Of Eating
Consumer time and health push snack foods to the forefront for many packaged-food companies.
Unilever, Kraft, ConAgra, Sara Lee, others find new key executives
Maybe it was end-of-year house cleaning, but it seems late December and January brought an unusual level of executive appointments to food and beverage companies.
Kraft Mac and Cheese Crackers Bring Macaroni Shape to Cheesy Crackers
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Crackers are crunchy, baked, macaroni-shaped crackers that are made with real cheddar cheese.
Chewy granola bars naturally promote digestive health
Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., introduces LiveActive Chewy Granola Bars.
Category: New Food Products
Product Type: Grain Products & Cereal
Kraft, Sara Lee Post Losses
Chicago-area food giants Kraft and Sara Lee post losses as declining profits and the strong U.S. dollar impact sales.
Executive Vice President: Sam Rovit, Kraft Foods Inc.
Single-Serving Pizzas from Kraft
California Pizza Kitchen/DiGiorno For One pizzas offer convenient, single-serve portions that are ready to eat in just five minutes.
Kraft Heinz Co.
Kraft Heinz Co., a member of Food Processing's Top 100, is one of the top food companies in the United States and produces numerous food and beverage products.
Ralcorp to buy Kraft's Post cereals for $1.6 billion
Ralcorp Holdings Inc.'s deal to buy Post cereals from Kraft Foods Inc. for about $1.65 billion in stock will turn the small maker of private-label food into a big player in the branded-food business.
Compensation Study Reveals Food and Beverage Company CEO Pay
Irene Rosenfeld leads the food and beverage execs, as long-term, performance-based incentives replace upfront pay.
Ingredient Round-Up March 2008 - Savory Flavors
March's Ingredient Round-Up features savory flavors and ingredients, including Kraft Food Ingredients, Cargill, Sunspice, reduced-sodium beverages, salt replacers, and many more.
Heinz may make its brand mix a little saucier
H.J. Heinz Co. may spice up its offerings of sauces and condiments through acquisition -- especially if Kraft Foods Inc. puts its A1 steak sauce on the table, a senior Heinz official said.
Brynwood Buying Most of Back to Nature from Kraft
Investment firm has bought 36 brands; Kraft retains a stake.
Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies for 2013: Starting Over
The asset-shuffling of 2012 leads to new food and beverage companies and improved profitability for all.
Kraft Heinz to Eliminate 2500 North American Jobs
Equal to 5 percent of workforce; Kraft headquarters to be hit hard.
Packaging Trends: Kraft Foods Adds Cheese Packaging To Its Terracycle ...
Consumers can now upcycle cheese wrappers to earn money for non-profits.
April 2005 New Food Rollout
Haagen-Dazs sees the light; plant sterols pump up Yoplait; Sargento goes for the bold; Kraft delivers a calcium boost; Coke pushes the throttle; Twist [your] Brain around this!
January 2006 New Food Rollout
Birds Eye Steam and Serve side dishes; Krafts healthier mac and cheese; frozen premium fruit from Dole; Crystal Light for bottled water; Mega M&M's; Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Dipped cookies
Global Packaged Food Market by 2020 will be a $3.03-Trillion Industry
Dublin-based Research and Markets unveils a new report on revenues for the global packaged food market, segmenting it into product types and geography.
Food Business Mergers And Acquisitions Fall 30.4% In 2009
The 2009 total of merger and acquisition activity in the food & beverage industry included 263 deals (not all of them yet closed) and is the second annual decline; the 2008 figure broke a trend of three consecutive years of MA growth
Top Food and Beverage Companies for 2008: Succeeding in a Difficult Year
Tyson returns to the top, PepsiCo, Nestle turn in stellar years in our annual ranking of the largest food and beverage companies in the U.S. and Canada.
Kraft Food Ingredients Corp.
Savory, smoky grill flavors available organically
Barilla Tops Among World's Most Respected Companies
Italy-based pasta maker Barilla Holding was No. 1, Kraft was the only U.S. firm to make the top 10 and a handful of international food firms were among the top scorers in the Reputation Institutes annual ranking of corporate reputations.
Can Canadians Turn Over A New Leaf With New Salads?
Kraft Canada is inspiring Canadians to turn over a new leaf and change the way they enjoy salads with three ways to dress up their greens: restaurant-inspired Kraft Sizzling Salads, entree salad kits; pure Kraft Refrigerated Dressings; and the entire Kraft dressing line-up has been reinvented to ...
Category: New Food Products
Product Type: Condiments, Sauces, Dressings & Oils
New Food and Beverage Rollout: November 2012
Flavorful food and beverage innovations are at the heart of our November 2012 rollout.
IAFP honors DuPont's contribution to food safety
IAFP honors DuPont's contribution to food safety with its Black Pearl Award
Benchmarking Study Finds Food Processors Average Six Sustainability Goals
Corporate sustainability research and advisory firm, Green Research, announced its benchmark of food processing company environmental sustainability goals. The study found that major food processors had wide variations in their sustainability goals from nearly transparent to very private.
New Food and Beverage Rollout: June 2012
New food and beverage products on the store shelves this month.
Interbrand's View of The Kraft-Cadbury Deal: Profits But Not Value
Brand consulting firm, Interbrand, shares its look on Kraft's takeover of Cadbury.
Pinnacle Foods Goes Public
Blackstone Group sells 32 percent of Pinnacle Foods into stock market.
How Seven CEOs will Change the Food Industry
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Research Data for Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies 2005 - 2008
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It looks like this is enough to qualify him for the death penalty. I guess the jury is getting a week off before they decide his fate.
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It looks like this is enough to qualify him for the death penalty. I guess the jury is getting a week off before they decide his fate.
Our local paper has been giving some coverage (I live about 60-90 minutes north of Philadelphia). They mentioned that the place was filthy, smelled, and even had some cats wondering around. They also mentioned that he was making almost $2 million a year from his "practice", and they found $250,000 in cash at his home. Wanna bet that he was making more than $2 million a year, and the cash was never taxed?
For the death of the woman, due to the overdose of anesthesia, he was only found guilty of manslaughter.
He's 72 years old ... wanna bet he dies a natural death before his appeals are over?
This man would have to be a psychopath to do this for so many years.
Kind of ironic that Gosnell begged for his life.
He cut a deal for life vs. death.
Too bad he didn't think about that when he EXECUTED those babies.
....and to think the Jury was deadlocked more than once and had to keep being sent back. Outrageous!
At the slam of the gavel, they should have taken him to the nearest back alley exit, told him to kneel and put a .22 in his skull. Game over!... then call his family and tell them to come pick him up.
Or scissors to the spinal cord from a blind man!
If it's not PC, the drive by media doesn't report...
In all seriousness, I mean that. In my opinion, when folks do this kind of wrong,(Empirically proven) they need to be put down like the feral humans they are. No need to carry on with all sorts of torture methods and all that jazz. Just a simple Pop, slump and a phone call to the family to come get him.
The media will not give a great deal of coverage to the verdict because liberals are only interested in the death penalty when it comes to unborn babies.


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Description Metridium senile, common name the plumose anemone or frilled anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae. It is found in the seas off northwest Europe and the east and west coasts of North America.
The base of Metridium senile is considerably wider than the column and is attached to rock or another substrate. The column is long, smooth and cylindrical, of a fleshy consistency with a slimy surface lubricated with mucus. There are no warts or suckers and the column is topped by a parapet and deep groove. The oral disc is broad and deeply lobed into several curving sections that overhang the column. The slender, pointed tentacles are very numerous in larger specimens though fewer and relatively longer in smaller ones. Those near the margin are crowded and short whereas further into the disc they are longer and more dispersed. The colour range of this sea anemone is large but for any one specimen the colour is uniform throughout, except for the orange-red lip surrounding the central mouth. Colours include, white, cream, pink, orange, red, grey, brown and olive-green. The tentacles are translucent but may have a white band, and some specimens have a darker column and much paler disc.
There are several distinct forms and various intermediate ones. M. senile var. dianthus is described above. It has over 1000 tentacles and exhibits a feathery appearance. It can grow to 30 cm (12 in) tall with a base diameter of 15 cm (6 in) and a similar tentacle span. M. senile var. pallidus is much smaller, seldom exceeding 2.5 cm (1 in) base diameter, and has a much less convoluted disc with fewer than 200 tentacles. It seems to be a dwarf race, becoming sexually mature while still small. There are also a number of intermediate forms.
Johannes Peter M¸ller has described the variety dianthus as "the most beautiful of all the anemones". It is indeed an impressive sight with the tentacles fully expanded, resembling a palm tree, but when retracted it can become a low, irregularly shaped, jelly-like disc of unattractive appearance. When exposed to the air by a retreating tide, it does not always retract but may hang under an overhang in a limp fashion looking like a wet glove with a single drop of water dangling at its tip.
Habitat Rocks, Piers, driftwood & pilings, Ocean or bay shallows.
Range Eastern Canada, California, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest, Western Canada, New England, Alaska.


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Well I'm sitting here in my blind smiling... The morning started off with a Doe. She got spooky looking to my right and walked in the woods. I caught a glimpse of a turkey where she was looking so I started cutting and it answered! Then I did some gobbler yelps and it answered! Then I peeked out the back of my blind and it was mama and 9 babies that are now almost as big as her! Coulda shot any one of them at 10 yards but I decided I wanted her to show them through the winter and make more babies next year so I have more turkeys on my property.
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Julian Schnabel, a painter by trade, comes at his films (all bio-pics) with passion and élan. That worked in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, but not here, where the subject — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East — is messy, complex, and vast. Schnabel wants to create an epic that analyzes the existence of the Jewish state. He also wants to tell a tale of female empowerment, so he cuts the film into titled chapters about four strong Palestinian women. Only two, however, resonate: Hind (Hiam Abbass), a real-life Mother Teresa who founds a school for girls orphaned by the struggle, and Miral (Freida Pinto from Slumdog Millionaire), a student of Hind's who gets mixed up with a PLO operative. Schnabel, a Jew, takes a Palestinian slant (the only Israelis depicted are Gestapo-like soldiers), and the push for a resolution is spot-on, but the didactic approach and hodge-podge structure diminish the film's heart and Schnabel's dreamy imagery.
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"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Had to laugh when I heard it on the news they immediately blamed Bush. You got to be kidding!
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Private sector growth + large retractions in Gooberment spending = drop in GDP. Let's bring on more spending cuts. Clearly we need to take more austerity measures at a rapid pace.
Might as well add some more facts.
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So was Bush the big spender, or Obama? Or is there another answer?
Who is really responsible for the mess we are in? Consider two assertions: 1. Federal spending during the Obama administration has averaged 23.5 percent of gross domestic product, which is well above the post-World War II average of 19.1 percent. 2. Federal spending under Obama's administration has grown at the slowest rate of any since Calvin Coolidge.
Both assertions are correct. But how can that be?
Putting the first in context is easy. The oft-cited 19.1 percent figure hangs largely on lower spending during the Truman and Eisenhower years, both deficit hawks. The average for the 30 years before Obama is 20.5 percent, and that of the free-spending 1980s is 21.8 percent. So the 23.5 percent is not as big a jump as some would have you believe.
Nevertheless, if spending levels are higher, how can growth of spending under Obama be low? The answer is that the big jump in spending took place in fiscal 2009, the last of the George W. Bush administration, in which outlays hit 25.2 percent of GDP. Spending that year was $3,518 billion compared with $3,538 billion for fiscal 2012, which ended four months ago.
Adjusted for even the mild inflation over that period, real spending actually dropped over the first four Obama years.
You may quickly protest :"But Barack Obama was president in 2009, not Bush!" Yes, but a fiscal year starts nearly four months before a new president is inaugurated. And it always takes a while for any new president to get tax or spending changes through Congress and even longer for that to alter either tax revenue or spending.
So, to the extent that any president is responsible for taxes and spending in a given fiscal year, 2009 belongs to the Bush administration, just as 2001 does to Clinton, 1993 to George H.W. Bush, 1989 to Reagan and 1981 to Jimmy Carter.
Didn't Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan pass Congress quickly, however, and didn't it raise spending? Yes. The Congressional Budget Office and the executive branch Office of Management and Budget agree that it added about $260 billion to the 2009 federal deficit. But, just as opponents of the plan pointed out, it takes time for new spending to be implemented. Moreover, about a third of stimulus was in the form of tax cuts, not spending increases. The tax cuts went into effect faster than the spending, so new Obama spending initiatives accounted for, at most, $140 billion of a deficit that totaled $1,412 billion.
So was Bush the big spender then? No, not really. He had asked Congress for and had gotten his own smaller Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. But since that consisted almost entirely of shortterm tax rebates that largely fell into fiscal 2008, it did not increase 2009's spending or deficit.
Yes, his administration's Troubled Asset Relief Program did approve spending $700 billion, mostly to bail out teetering Wall Street firms. And some $300 billion of that went out the door right away. So yes, Bush administration initiatives did contribute to the record outlays and deficits, but only in part.
Subtract $140 billion in Obama
initiatives and $300 billion in Bush ones and there still would have been outlays of $3,078 billion, some 22 percent of GDP. Moreover, as defenders of Bush will correctly point out, while he properly submitted a proposed budget for that fiscal year, Congress never passed a budget bill. Instead, as has been true ever since, funding was authorized and appropriations made through "continuing resolutions" by Congress, both houses of which had Democratic majorities in 2008.
So did these Democrats in Congress force through big new programs over the impotent objections of President Bush? Not really. Continuing resolutions are never pure extensions of the prior year's activities; some minor programs and extra spending get slipped in. But for 2009, those totaled only a few billion. And the president has to sign such resolutions, too, just as he would ordinary budget bills. So Bush had as much power that year as any other president does.
So where did the extra spending come from? Well, comparing 2009 outlays with those of the prior fiscal year, which had ended just as Wall Street was melting down, shows some big increases.
Spending on national defense jumped by $45 billion. Social Security payments rose by $65 billion and Medicare by $ 39 billion. Other health programs, primarily Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, increased by $54 billion. And the "income security" rubric that includes any other "welfare" or "income transfer" programs went up by $103 billion.
Oho! Why did Congress pass and Bush approve big new welfare programs? How could they, if the only funding legislation passed was resolutions that supposedly "continued" the previous year's programs?
The answer is that they didn't.
Spending in this category rose primarily in two areas, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps, and in the federal portion of unemployment compensation. (And some of the increased unemployment spending, that for "extended benefits," beyond the statutory entitlement of 26 weeks, was included in the Obama stimulus, so be careful not to double count.) It was not that Congress and the president authorized major new programs, it was that spending on programs set up decades earlier automatically rose sharply as the recession set in.
Add all that to the fact that the 2008 deficit already had been $459 billion and that tax revenue fell by $420 billion and one can see how the hole in the 2009 budget set a record.
Fortunately, spending has pretty much been flat since then, and the annual deficit for fiscal 2012 was down $324 million from four years earlier. But we are still in a mess. More on who is responsible in a column next week.
St. Paul economist and writer Edward Lotterman can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
It was not that Congress and the president authorized new programs, it was that spending set up decades earlier rose as the recession set in.
Never trust a dog to watch your food!
I'm not an economic genius, but might not private sector growth have been more healthy were it not for the increases in regulation during those 4 years? If so, more vigor in the private sector could have better offset the decrease in govt spending.
And, if we all can agree, that there is plenty of "fat" in the defense budget, then trimming it down (with common sense) should be a good thing? Was Pelosi's USAF plane part of the defense budget ... or is it put somewhere else?
No question that we must be spending more on programs like unemployment, and social welfare, including but not limited to things like food stamps. That portion of Fed spending would have increased, and the graph shows an increase in Fed spending outside of defense spending. Perhaps it was an error not to place a limit of some sort on those automatic budget increases?
One of the problems with a lot of govt spending on all levels is that if a given dept doesn't spend all its money this year, the funding might be reduced next year, rather than automatically increased (if we had a budget, that is!) So dept heads are encouraged to be frivolous v. frugal. Perhaps it would be a good thing to incentivize efficiency?
I think part of the problem with the alternate energy loans was that they gave less good loans due to the fact that there weren't enough good applicants. Paperwork might have been a function for smaller, innovative businesses; not to mention the cronyism. Sort of reminds me of the housing bubble about loaning money to people who could never afford to make the mortgage payments.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Like Gerry, a lowering of the defense budget does no bother me, but there is always the concern that like most government entities the essential functions will disappear 1st.
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Description Light brown, yellowish or greyish ground, overlaid with a distinct row of dark blotches that alternate with smaller blotches on the sides. Belly is distinctly darker in color than the underside of the tail. Keeled scales, 25 rows. Divided anal plate.
Dimensions 35.5-61cm. (14-24")
Breeding 6-10 eggs in a clutch.
Habitat Dry areas near floodplains and flatwoods.
Range North Carolina to Lake Okeechobee, Florida coastal plain.
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text: Drew had an off night but, the Saints O Tackles have to be the worst and have been exposed over these last two games. Saints' O outgained the Falcons by 150 yards and were 7 of 14 on 3rd down. Falcons were 1 of 11 of 3rd down. Ryan was only 18 of 35 for 165 yards. The difference in the game was the Falcons D line vs the Saints O line. Interesting comment of the NFL Network after the game saying that this was the Falcons' Super Bowl. Maybe, maybe not.


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The EDC (Center for Diabetes Education) in collaboration with the other societies are organizing the 18th Pan Arab Conference on Diabetes (PACD18). Experts from different countries will exchange their experiences in the field of Diabetes and its related disorders. Recent advances in Population Studies, clinical and basic research will be presented. International scientists will give state of the art lectures. A number of sessions will be devoted to presentations of original contributions. Many satellite Symposia will be held during the conference.


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The trailer for the Battleship movie hit the web last week, and while it looks better than one would expect, given that it's a movie based on a board game which, at its most exciting, involves sticking a peg into a hole in a plastic ship, I'll be honest with you: I'm a little baffled. How exactly do we get from "A…4″ to "OH GOD ALIENS!"? No idea. And honestly, if this is the direction Hollywood is going these days, I'm a little terrified to find out where this Candy Land movie I keep hearing about is going to go. But hey, since I may as well capitalize on this weird let's-turn-board-games-into-movies trend while I can, here are 12 other possible board game-inspired movie ideas to pitch. Call me, Hollywood. I'm waiting. More


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This tri-colored khaki green Reno 48 DSLR Backpack from Vanguard holds a DSLR with an attached lens such as a 70-200mm f/2.8, two additional lenses, and a flash between padded touch-fastened dividers inside a rear-access gear compartment. The backpack features a front vertical zippered pocket for storing your iPad or a similar-size tablet in a protective case. For your accessories, there is a spacious zippered storage compartment at the top.
The front of the backpack has a zippered pocket that fits your lens cap, and the sides have mesh slip pockets that fit a water bottle. Together with an attachment strap at the top, one of the mesh slip pockets also acts as a side monopod attachment. There is an ergonomically padded back panel for comfortably carrying the backpack, which features padded shoulder straps with both sternum and waist belts. A top grip handle allows you to quickly grab the backpack on the go, and a removable rain cover protects your gear in unpredictable weather.
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Pics? Pics? Where are they???? Love Lucca - the most amazing little town. Have fun guys. Have just spent a freezing weekend in Bowral so your photos of sun and boats and swimming pools are making me ill!!!! Enjoy x
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Our first stop was Pisa - of course you all know about the architectural project gone terribly wrong. I always thought the leaning tower was built and then it started to lean. In fact after building it 1 metre they realised it was leaning. So they took 150 years - 50 of those years they were deciding whether to finish it because of the lean. They tried to correct it near the top, and you can actually see where it curves. We walked around this and went into the Cathedral where the Sunday church service was on and around the Baptistry. It was really crowded with people as a number of the cruise ship buses had arrived. Most of them then went off to Florence or Cinque Terre but we decided to do smaller places which was a wise decision! Apart from "semen" between the bricks (instead of cement), everything was easy to understand!
Our next stop in Tuscany was Lucca a 16th and 17th century old city hidden behind Renaissance walls (and one of the few that survived being destroyed in the war around this area)
We then had a lovely drive up into the hills to a village perched on the top called Montecarlo. Again it had a wall that surrounded it with lovely arched gates, but it looked over the beautiful Tuscan fields - grapevines, olive trees etc. We stopped here for a famous Avicgado?? not sure of spelling - gelato icecream with hot coffee for those who desired. It was great (Lee)
On our way back to the boat we saw many fields with beautiful yellow sunflowers in full bloom. As we were on the freeway it was difficult to stop. We were able to pull over at a gas station. I was determined (surprise, surprise) to go down amongst them - much to Lee's chagrin! Also Ryan and Jarrod were keen! So over barbed wire fences, blackberry bushes, steep slippery grass slopes and ditches - we made it.


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|Classic Atlantic Salmon No pursuit rivals salmon rivers, flies & legacy
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When I spinner fished (gasp) we would use barbless trebles.
Never had an issue with fish mortality, they were easy to remove and fish stayed stuck rather well.
On all of the waters I have fished in N.A. trebles on flies have been verboten. Most places you can only use single hook for trout and salmon. I would only use trebles when allowed and I was definitely going to kill every fish caught. I am against them totally for waters which are primarily wild steelhead, trout, or salmon.
On wild fish waters single barbless hook is the rule that should be enforced to help ensure that fish will have the best chance of survival after being hooked and released.
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As you found out, the guy with the most toys does not win. Things and $ can be replaced or done without. Relationships matter and character and you got large doses of both - you were blessed.
LOL Fred
Yeah, we had no money. LOL. But, I did say I was loved, wasn't that close enough?? I meant having no money in poor you goof. Didn't say I went without, sheesh. Man, you gotta be so liberal nowadays. I may have to pull some of my select flies outta that package for you now. LOL. Just kidding, you'll get full lot.
But, we didn't want, because I was exposed to alot of things that were fairly inexpensive to do. Plus, my Dad tried to make our "food gathering" trips fun. We'd drop crab or shrimp pots while we'd be out salmon fishing. Then go back and check pots periodically. But, it was a 50/50 thing. It was hard growing up with alot of rich kids who had nice cars and clothes. But I'm glad I was raised way I was. I learned the value of a buck (wish my exwife did LOL, I wouldn't be in trouble like I am now) and learned to help the family. Spent too many days splitting wood (didn't have electric or gas heat), and we logged properties to get the wood for our winters. The only way I learned to fly fish was by "borrowing" my dead uncles rod and having to tie my own flies so I'd have some. My flies were terrible, but caught fish back then. LOL, they were tied on octopus hooks. But, now I have a positive income (even with my ex's $50k debt I got stuck with), and try not to put my kids through too much of what I had to. I don't spoil, but I try not to hand them everything.
ST 69, poor? No you just didn't have any money.
"I grew up poor, and we subsidized our food with fish, seafood, and game meat. I grew up like I wasn't poor though, my family made sure we always had enough to eat, so I never realized I was poor until I got into high school where stupid things mattered. I saw how other kids got everything they wanted and had much nicer clothes. But, in long run, I was much better off and loved much more then they were. "
Heck of a difference. I can remember asking the bus driver in Seattle to lend me less that a quarter to pay the bus fair home from 'downtown.'' Guy put the money in the box; next time I saw him I paid him back. That was back in about 1956, don't know if he 'trusted me' or just wanted to make the till box on the bus balance. But "he" taught me a lesson in trust and honor.
And there is NOTHING else that matters between men/women. Perhaps this is why it went so well when Joan and I moved/built our vineyards in Oregon. Old ground, but 95% of the hundreds of thousands we spent was based on a 'gentlemen's agreement and a handshake.'
Editéd a lot of this out to keep from sounding like a complete ... many of these folks are still close business associates. It's cool when you call for something and they know your voice ... and the deal is fair to all. And you don't ask the price.
For Aaron, I appreciate all your kindness and hugs; you've far exceeded all/any of my expectations. (And the checks in the mail today)
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Trebles when used correctly are killing machines, what they were designed for. I grew up using them, but that was in the days when there wasn't talk of endangered Steelhead/Salmon. I grew up poor, and we subsidized our food with fish, seafood, and game meat. I grew up like I wasn't poor though, my family made sure we always had enough to eat, so I never realized I was poor until I got into high school where stupid things mattered. I saw how other kids got everything they wanted and had much nicer clothes. But, in long run, I was much better off and loved much more then they were.
Sorry, got off topic a bit. But I only use single hooks, even when multitip hooks are allowed. Most hooks I use can't be sharpened, but still give them a go over with file (I think I do more damage to file then the hook. LOL). But growing up how I did, if a fish was hooked, we wanted it in. I remember running meatlines in the sound (still have one that I never use but has memories). Extremely effective way of fishing, but no fun, just hooking fish and ratcheting them in. By time I was able to get a job, I was able to help with money to my family, and we were able to be more into sportsmanship then simply eating. Was around 83'. I haven't bought a treble since, and in fact instantly take them off any tackle I may have that has them on it.
Hello, Per-- I agree with you that treble hooks are an effective way to put a fish on the beach. I never meant to imply that they do not hold fish (although I think an argument could be made that a well-sharpened single hook stuck securely in a fish's jaw will hold some fish better then a treble hook stuck in both jaws).
However, most of my fishing is done in Catch and Release areas these days so the issue of treble hooks is a moot point.
I still maintain that even where trebles are legal, though, it is not necessarily a good tool for the job. Salt water salmon fishing for example. It is common to catch under-sized fish that by law must be released (such as king salmon). I am amazed that the Canadians commonly use treble hooks in their Pacific Northwest salmon fisheries when in some areas they are compelled by law to release not only immature king salmon but adult coho salmon as well. Treble hooks in a C&R fishery!
Treble hooks as you confirm were designed to hold fish for the purpose of getting them into a net for a kill. But it's also true that I have used singles (or sliding doubles) in the salt water with enough success to make me realize that trebles are highly over-rated and are not particularly necessary.
When I first started using tube flies for steelhead in the early seventies I could not bring myself to utilize treble hooks the way I saw them used on the Tweed in Scotland, even though back then you could use trebles in all the Northwest rivers. So I made a decision to fish tube flies with single hooks, despite my concern that my flies would not "swim" properly. Surprise, the flies fished just fine and the single hooks held fish just as well as the trebles! When I returned to Scotland for Atlantics I dispensed with the treble hooks for singles and never saw any change in my beaching rate.
The biggest steelhead I ever caught in my life was back in the early eighties. I was showing my girlfriend how to cast and my fly inadvertently hit the opposite bank and became stranded high and dry on a rock. Wow, what a cast said my girlfriend. I plucked the fly off the rock into the water where it should have landed in the first place. Suddenly there was dead weight on the end of my rod. For several minutes I thought I was snagged on a log. I finally wrapped the line around my hand and started backing up the beach. Wrong move!! A tail the size of a shovel came out of the water and my heart skipped a beat. I manged to get my hand out of the coils and thirty minutes later I snaked a fall run buck steelhead onto the beach that I estimated weighed 16 kg. The fly? It was a No. 8 fine-wire barbless trout hook. It was parked securely behind the fish's maxilla and a nuclear device wouldn't have moved that tiny little (black) fly.
I had just returned from a trip to the Tweed where I'd met an old Scottish fisherman one day. We were sharing the same beat. Och, laddie, he said to me, voice firm with the wisdom of age. On the Tweed we have a saying and it's this: the smaller the fly the bigger the troot.
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As a reformed "long-liner," I was surprised by the results of my 2002 season: I landed the vast majority of salmon, including my largest fish, on a stripped fly. To say this was an 'eye-opener' understates the case; I was blown away.
Whether stripping or swinging, I now much prefer holding onto running line as opposed to the fat belly of an extended taper line. The running line seems to better transmit the subtle bumps and 'takes' that Per talks about.
Stripping the fly also counteracts a central flaw in most salmon-fishing technique: the tendency to fish the fly too slowly.
While fishing from a canoe with a hardcore salmon angler of the fairer sex, I heard the guide, seated in the stern, command her to "Strip, strip, strip!" at the end of the swing. She turned to him and said, "Excuse me?" Her sense of humor intact, she then dutifully began removing her clothes.
The benefits of "stripping" are many.........
I always sharpen my hooks, if they're able to. Most chemically sharpened hooks are either sharp out of pack or tossed. Most will not take a file at all since they are actually hardened as they are chemically sharpened. All my long line releases have been just that. Acrobatic Steelhead or Coho that leap and toss and make it almost impossible to keep the slack out of your line. I still carry a file in my vests, but most of the time my hooks won't take one. I only use the fly or bait hook if it easily drives in without effort (I have the track marks on my thumb to prove it LOL). But, I've had more long liners with barbless. Though hooks drive deeper, you get enough slack and/or pressure from a leaping fish they can easily spit hook. I actually never had much problems with trebles, except trying to actually release the fish. When you have three barbs imbedded in a fishes mouth, isn't the easiest thing to pry out. But I'm good on the hook set, if I have a barb in, that thing won't come out. With barbless, I still drive that baby deep, but it doesn't take much with the typicle fighting styles of a silver/steelhead to knock one loose. Now a king, never had one long line on me.
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The way you describe how to fish the cast out is exactly how I like to do it. I too ALWAYS strip line in as the fly comes round, in fast and/or cold water we are talking less than an inch per second while in slower and/or warmer water it might be good foot per second.
Aside from knowing that the fly is swimming actively at the leader's end, one also will detect even the slightest touch from a reluctant fish. It is amazing how many fish that comes to the fly without really taking. With the rod held high and with no active tension applied on the line one would not know a fraction of those touches. A lot of the fish I catch are such "touchers" that often take solided on another fly or a when encountering a different speed of the presentation.
This links up with the "long - short line debate" spinning on the Spey forum. The drawbacks asoc. with " line stripping" while using the shooting head rigs I fancy are far less when this constant retrieve is brought into the calculus. A good deal of the shooting line often is brought back WHEN FISHING THE CAST ROUND. A thin running line also is less affected by the water found between oneself and the fly than what is the case with a fat floating belly. This helps a lot when pointing the rod tip along the line, as both of us appears to prefer.
I too prefer sharp hooks, but feel that it is less critical with fresh run salmon than with more hard mouthed backenders. Ol' Hugh Falkus even advocated DULL hooks to ensure that the hook set in the jaw and not in the first tissue found......
On trebles I have to disagree. I have fished them for 30 years in Norway. They are superior alas not very elegant. Period.
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That is the highest beaching rate I have ever heard of. I am impressed.
It sounds like you are more keeping tension on the fly than stripping? That may work better for Atlantics than for steelhead, especially in the midwest where much/most of the fishing is done at very cold water conditions.
You are right on about the sticky sharp hook. If they do not grab the fingernail when slid across, they are not really sharp enough.
I'm a bit surprised to see a discussion of hooks and fish hooking success rates without any mention of the word "retrieve" or "hook file".
I've fly fished for Atlantic salmon and steelhead for almost thirty years now and I have never dead drifted a dull pointed fly for either species (at least not when Im on my game). When I hear the phrase "long distance release" I immediately think to myself: "asleep at the wheel", or "dull hook" or "dead drifting fly while overly absorbed in fluviatile scenery".
When I find someone else's flies hooked to a tree branch, just for amusement I always check the point of the fly on my thumbnail. These are the fancy flies the cool dudes are using these days. Holy Cow -- 80 % of the time the hook points are dull! So it comes down to this: whether you're fishing one hook, two hooks or three, are they sticky sharp? And how are you retrieving that hook, if at all?
I wear a stripping glove on my right hand. Always have. Every cast I've ever made in my life is allowed to free drift only for a very short while. The rest of the time the fly is stripped back towards my rod tip, the line being pulled over my right hand trigger finger with my left hand. Whether it's a floater or a sinker, there is a continual almost imperceptible retrieve. And I never lift the rod tip on a set. I jerk the line downwards with my left hand over the trigger finger of my right hand, leaving the rod tip pointed straight at my fly and the fish that decided to take a pass at it.
As a child I remember calling this type of retrieval "the Scottish Worm Crawl". As an adult I call this form of retrieving a sharp single hooked fly over my trigger finger as "95% beach rate". The remaining 5 %? I call that "Oh Well".
Treble hooks? Three times the trouble. And Im appalled they werent banned years ago. Not because they are so aesthetically obscene stuck in a fishs face. Its because they are not a good tool for the job.
Ok, can only give comparison on bait
My flies have always been singles. I fished only a couple times in UK, and can't remember if I was using a single, double, or treble.
But, when I first started steelheading. We used treble hooks with our bait and on our plugs. Some guys when allowed still use trebles on plugs. I've noticed, that on bait hookup/land ration was MUCH higher. I mean, only time you'd lose a fish was if it ran into trees/obstructions. But, with our sandshrimp or eggs, the fish would engulf it, and would always have 2-3 of the hooks into the fish. When they outlawed trebles, and went down to singles, our catch rates went down. I believe sometimes the fish would grab hook just right or off to side and hookset pulled hook out or impaled into a soft place. Lost more fish in that regards. Had almost no difference between barbed and barbless. Normally the barbless would sink faster and deeper with less effort. Only on the constanst acrobatics of some fish did they ever toss a hook. With fly fishing, I'd have to assume similar things would transpire. If you have a solid hookset, your single will drive in deeper. BUT, you'll have more of a pivot if you're using longer hooks. I'd assume if you had 2-3 of your treble hooks in with a longer hook, would be tougher to maneuver out on the leverage point. I only use singles/siwashes nowadays. I do know that in the days I used trebles, if that plug went off, I got the fish to the boat everytime. The only time I lost a fish was when I lost plug as well on a snag. Period! You do have guys who like to use oversized trebles on plugs, which cause a snagging effect if run into fishing zones. I never did that, nor did my fishing partners. I have had WAY too many times having fish spit or miss hooks hitting with siwashes on. I can't count how many long lined releases I've had on siwashes rather then trebles (none with trebles).
As I said, mine is more from a conventional gear aspect. It's a different fishing style. Especially with bait. With flies, I couldn't give a fair assessment, since I don't recall ever using them. But, hope my conventional gear assessment helped.
Greater effectiveness of singles.....
Most of the discussion on "more effective hooking with singles, and less lost fish" has come from the spoon and plug fishermen, and it is true in that case. There is more than sufficient data to argue that point. However, I know of no studies, other than someone's opinions, to argue the same case for flies. I think that we have carried this idea over to flies as "gospel".
Only way to prove the point is with a statistically valid study.
But since many of us fish with small dry flies and small nymphs, I doubt if there would be much interest, other than salmon and steelhead fishers.... and we are a minority.
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Having read through the thread thank you for all your imput
Gardener, said,
It also occurs to me that Malcolm's single may have slid out of the fish's mouth because it was fishing on its side - Hugh Falkus was insistent that one should check that a fly swam properly before starting to fish. I think the increased weight of 'keel' from the two points of a double increases the likelihood of a fly fishing right way up, which is important not only for secure hooking but also proper presentation (unless, like the Willie Gunn, your fly is tied 'all round' without a defined top wing).
The fly as far as I am aware was fishing up right, it was an Ali shrimp and it looked good before I sent it forth.
Willie Gunns tied on a tube with a single hook, How would you ever know wether the hook was up down or side ways, more worries. The gillie says I worry about the science of it all I should just choose a fly and fish it, changing flies just wastes nylon
As usual you talk sense, but do you always use tubes? do you ever use standard dressed flies? I could see why you don't.
I will have to try these Loop Doubles.
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Offset single hooks may improve hooking very slightly in the situation you describe. I used to fish an offset Gamakatsu single hook. I no longer bother with offset single hooks and notice no drop-off in hooking-to-landing ratios
I was thinking about bending an off set into all my singles but if you find no difference I will save myself the effort.
Now that three days have passed and I have relaxed maybe it was just on of those days. I hate loosing fish I can remember fish lost as a boy over 30 years ago much better than the ones I caught. Saturday was a pig of a day the wind was 25-30 MPH downstream,if you couldn't Double Spey it was too dangerous to fish.
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11-10-2012, 03:39 AM #11Member Goldfish
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My Betta refused to eat for 2 weeks!
My Betta refused to eat for 2 weeks! He would look at the food and near the end of the 2 weeks would occasionally eat/spit out the food. I tried the food that the LFS was feeding, he couldn't care less! I tried 5 different types of food then finally the little diva decided he liked the floating betta pellets.
Now my 2 cents (betta owner of a little over a month who has done a lot of reading/hand wringing/never heard of cycling before this, anyway...)I have read that the freeze dried foods can swell in the betta's stomach, so please be careful. I have also read that the pea works and the you can take a day off of feeding each week. The betta's stomach is the size of his eye...even though they greet you like they have never eaten before...
Again, newbie advice, but maybe he just needs a rest, if not I would try the pea. What were the water test results? Also, there are heaters that have thermostats in them to keep the temp constant...I've done plenty of hand wringing myself...
Good Luck and Get Well Soon to Susanna!!! (My betta is a crowntail too!)
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More Info...
This is what I found in my Betta guidebook...
" Constipation
Occurrence: Common
Symptoms: poor appetite, swollen stomach region, inactivity, pale, stringy
feces remain attached to the anus
Cause: Incorrect diet, overfeeding
Treatment: Fish should go without eating for several days. Then switch to live food for awhile. Gradually switch back to prepaired foods with occasional live treats, but strive to improve the diet."
Hope this helps!
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You can soak the freeze dried food so it swells before you feed your Betta.
Thank you Betta113. You have done some of the legwork for me.
I'm just gonna call it overfeeding. And I'm ditching those freezedried foods for all the fish...it's just not good. I can easily get and afford frozen foods to supplement any flake/pellet food I give. That way I don't have to worry about my fish ballooning up after I feed them.
I hope Susanna makes it. At this point, I guess I could give her an epsom salt dip, but she won't eat anything, so peas are out. I have yet to check on her this morning...hope she's still breathing.
God, I am so stupid sometimes. How could I have possibly done this with my rational mind? Why would I treat this fish any differently from my others? Sigh.Beth
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11-12-2012, 12:33 AM #15Member Goldfish
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You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. Is Susanna feeling better today?
Thanks for asking. Nope. No better. It's wierd though. Instead of just, well, languishing, she's actively hiding at the bottom of the tank. Like, finding places to hide and staring out at me.
She doesn't look any more bloated, but she's not interested in food.
I am stumped. If it isn't bloat, what could it be? I'm thinking she doesn't feel good physically and she's depressed or something. At this point, I am trying to be objective about it and just try to help her. Who knows if she will make it. But I definitely know what to do differently from here on out.Beth
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