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Cole to lecture on civil liberties and national security, Nov. 20
Posted November 18, 2002; 10:38 a.m.
David Cole, author of "Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security" (2002), will speak on campus Wednesday, Nov. 20. He will discuss "Enemy Aliens and American Freedoms: Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism" at 4:30 p.m. in 16 Robertson Hall.
Cole is a professor of law at Georgetown University, a volunteer staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, a leading civil liberties attorney and a periodic commentator on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."
He also is the author of "No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System," which was named the best nonfiction book of 1999 by the Boston Book Review and the best book on an issue of national policy in 1999 by the American Political Science Association.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs , the Program in Law and Public Affairs and the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding .
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I have repeatedly finding myself turning to the otherwise unused Windows box on my desktop for filling in online forms. The primary reason has been the Tab behaviour in Web forms: on Windows, you can tab between text fields, menus, radio buttons, et al; on Safari/Firefox on Mac, you skip the menus entirely and have to reach for the mouse and click. And this contextual switch is costly. Now apparently this is "fixed" by enabling System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Full keyboard access: "In windows and dialogs, press Tab to move the keyboard focus between: "Text boxes and lists only." Mea culpa.
I thought I'd clicked that long ago to no effect and a double-check finds that I was right. Despite the label "...and lists," it's only when you select "All controls" that tabbing to menus actually works in web forms.

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I'm facing a little problem that has to be with arrays in the game. This is what I want to do and how I plan to do it, and my results. I want to be as clear as possible, really hate when people just say "help" and paste their code :S
I'm trying to make a very simple inventory system. Keep in mind that I already check some of them on the Internet, but it really bothers me to just "copy-paste" code that it's not mine. So I'm using them for learning purpose. I want to go step by step, so for now I will concentrate only in the inventory (not the buying system)
Ok now, I have 2 scenes in the game. The briefing scene where you can buy goods and save them in your inventory, and the other one is the game scene where you use the objects you bought.
In the briefing scene, I want to save the objects I bought in my inventory, for this I think is best use a fixed array. That array has always 4 slots.
What I want to do is save that array and passed it to the game scene and put them in another array.
With this (I hope) clear explanation, I have some questions:
- Can I use only one array for that inventory? So I save the objects in the briefing scene and call it in the game scene?
- With a future buy system, (that I think it will be another array) what can be the best method to pass them to the inventory array? With just push (or slice?)?
Now, about the game scene:
With the objects in the inventory, I want to be able to drag them to objects in the game scene (table, computer, etc) and, if the inventory objects hitTest the table AND the character, drop it. I'm working this in a different file than the briefing scene BTW.
Now I have some Qs:
- When that object is used correctly in the scene, I want it to pop(). If I pop it, those the other objects stay where they are? Pop it is the best method to be used?
I'll appreciate any suggestion you give me. Anyway I'm working on all this.
Thanks so much guys for your help !!
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X.Org continues to develop and release the X Window System software components.
These are released individually as each component is ready, without waiting for a overall X Window System "katamari" release schedule - see the individual X.Org releases directory for downloads, and the xorg-announce archives or git repositories for details on included changes.
No release plan for a X11R7.8 rollup katamari release has been proposed yet.
Features Added/Enhanced
- RandR extension 1.4 & 1.5
- X Resource extension 1.2
- XInput extension 2.3: pointer barrier events and releases
- Security fixes for Security Advisories against X11R7.7
- DRI3 & Present extensions
- XWayland integration
- libinput driver
- Glamor and ModeSetting driver merged into xorg-server
Features Removed
These have been discussed, but are not yet integrated to the source repos, and may or may not happen (either for this release or in the future):
- Video driver hotplugging
- Add xf86-video-nested to the katamari driver set
- Replace Xephyr, Xvfb, Xnest, Xfake, etc. with Xorg using xf86-video-dummy and xf86-video-nested
- Documentation: Further integration across doc sets. Docs from Book Sprint.
- Referee DoubleBuffer vs. libfb/Composite
There are also a number of items on the ToDo list waiting for someone to pick up the work, but those are less likely to make the release without anyone actively working on them.
- TBD (Someone needs to volunteer to be release manager before any release plans can be made.)


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Urinary casts are tiny tube-shaped particles that can be found when urine is examined under the microscope during a test called urinalysis.
Urinary casts may be made up of white blood cells, red blood cells, kidney cells, or substances such as protein or fat. The content of a cast can tell your health care provider whether your urine is healthy or abnormal.
Hyaline casts; Granular casts; Renal tubular epithelial casts; Waxy casts; Casts in the urine; Fatty casts; Red blood cell casts; White blood cell casts
The urine sample you provide may need to be from your first morning urine. The sample needs to be taken to the lab within 1 hour.
A clean-catch urine sample is needed. The clean-catch method is used to prevent germs from the penis or vagina from getting into a urine sample. To collect your urine, the health care provider may give you a special clean-catch kit that contains a cleansing solution and sterile wipes. Follow instructions exactly so that the results are accurate.
No special preparation is needed.
The test involves only normal urination. There is no discomfort.
Your doctor may order this test to see if your kidneys are working properly. It may also be ordered to check for certain conditions such as kidney infections,
There are different types of casts. The presence of a few hyaline casts is normal.
Abnormal results may include:
Your health care provider will tell you more about your results.
Gerber GS, Brendler CB. Evaluation of the urologic patient: history, physical examination, and urinalysis. In: Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Novick AC, et al., eds. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 3.
McPherson RA, Ben-Ezra J. Basic examination of urine. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 28.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Today begins a summer series by Daily Journal reporters called "Teach Me Something" where we show how to do a variety of things and how things work.
By Patsy R. Brumfield
Daily Journal
It's my pleasure to bring our first "how to" to Daily Journal readers. For the past several months, I've been writing a cooking column for former DJ business reporter Carlie Kollath Wells' "New in NOLA" blog after Carlie moved to New Orleans with her husband, Caleb.
My first recipe was this one, which I decided was the absolute priority for anyone living in the Crescent City, where I was a rookie reporter right out of college.
Key to making this delicious is good casing sausage, not the pattie kind. If you don't have a favorite, buy small quantities at your local grocery and see what you like.
Also, remember, remember, good beans must be cooked slowly. If you try to speed it up with too much heat, the beans will never get tender enough. I learned this the hard way.
This recipe is about taste. You will learn what you like and how to adjust liquids, sweet and sour as you go along. A pinch of red pepper flakes is good, if you like it with a little more pop. Always have Louisiana hot-sauce at the ready when you serve.
One more note: Whenever you use bay leaves to flavor a recipe, retrieve them from the finished dish before you serve it. While I have never eaten a bay leaf, my mother, Betty, swore repeatedly it would kill you if you did. 'Nuff said.
Large dutch oven. Wooden spoon. Chopping board, blender, chopping knife. Freezer bags, for storage, if you're not having a party. Can't make just "a little" of this.
2 pounds bag dried red kidney beans
1-1.5 pounds smoked pork sausage (cut into 2-inch links)
1 small bag carrot sticks
2 large onions
6 cloves fresh garlic or 6 Tablespoons pre-minced garlic
2-3 bay leaves
white vinegar
salt, pepper
(Later) RICE, enough for whomever you plan to serve. (I've started using brown rice. Bring to boil 1 cup with 13⁄4 cup water etc. for just 30 mins. Simmer, covered. White rice is same amount rice as water for 20 minutes. Container directions are too watery, mushy for my tastes.)
Serve (bowl or plate) with hot garlic bread and a green salad.
Rinse beans in warm water. Pour away water. In blender, add 1 cup carrot sticks and enough water to puree them. (I know this sounds weird, but trust me and my half-French grandmother, Rosalie Dial.)
Heat dutch oven on medium burner. Add sausage with 1⁄2 cup water. Cover. Cook sausage about 5 minutes (you're not cooking sausage, you're sweating out some juice to start your beans in.) Remove sausage to plate.
Into dutch oven juice, layer bay leaves, roughly sliced onions, garlic, 1 Tablespoon sugar, salt, pepper. (Goal is to heat bay leaves to sweat out flavor oils.) Watch this and don't let anything singe. Feel free to stir after a couple of minutes. If it looks like it needs water, add a little. Cook this 5-10 minutes. Add contents of blender, beans and enough water to cover beans. (Remember, the beans will absorb water as they cook, so you will need to add a little water every now and then, as this cooks. The trick is to figure out how much is enough without being too much. We'll talk about thickening as this gets done.)
Bring bean pot to a slight boil. (Stir every 10 minutes or so but don't overdo it. You don't want to break the beans as they get more tender.) Turn down heat to simmer uncovered. Return sausage to pot. Don't add any salt until you've cooked 10 minutes. (Remember, sausage has salt to impart to juice.) Taste the water and see what you think. Add 1 Tablespoon vinegar. (It's important to taste as you go along. Bean flavor depends on good juice. Now, you've got a sweet-sour-salty thing going on. This balance will determine what you want it to taste like.)
Continue to simmer and stir every 10 minutes. Make sure simmer isn't too "hard." Does it need more water? Object is to keep the beans just barely under water.
After an hour of slow simmer, taste your beans for tenderness. You don't want them so tender that they all fall apart. Keep testing periodically until you're satisfied. Beans should be getting done soon. Add juice of half lemon. Adjust other flavors as needed. Add pepper flakes now, if you like.
(Time to start your rice. Put garlic bread into oven.)
When your beans are done, look at the consistency. Do you want it thicker? I usually do. If so, remove 1-2 cups cooked beans, pour them into a metal bowl and use masher or pastry cutter to mash well for your thickener. When you're done, add mashed beans back into pot and stir. (Some people use cornstarch to thicken. I've done this, too, but the reason to cook a large quantity of beans in the least amount of water is to have enough beans to use as the thickener. I think it tastes better this way.) Taste and make final adjustments like salt, sweet/sour, if necessary. (If you think it's too sweet, a little lemon/vinegar can offset it. Reverse also is true.)
SERVE: Plate/bowl 3-to-1 beans to rice. Rice goes on bottom, then beans and sausage.
NOTE: Try to make more beans than you can eat at one sitting. They get better with a little time in the fridge (like two to three days). They also freeze very well for a dinner treat later without any of the hassle or time required!
Baking sheet, aluminum foil, bread knife, small bowl
INGREDIENTS Loaf of your favorite french bread
1⁄2 cup margarine or 1 stick unsalted butter, softened (remember margarine has more water in it)
1⁄4 cup olive oil
1⁄2 cup chopped parsley
4 cloves fresh garlic or 4 Tablespoons pre-minced garlic
pinch salt
(Some folks also like to add 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese to this mixture. This is very good.)
OVEN – Preheat 325
With bread knife, slice loaf down center, lengthwise (horizontally to counter). Open bread, insides up.
In small bowl, combine softened margarine/butter, olive oil, parsley, garlic, pinch of salt (and parmesan, if you like it.)
Spread butter mix onto insides of bread. Put bread back together, wrap well in foil. Place bottom-up on baking sheet. Heat 10 minutes. Turn top-side up, heat another 10-15 minutes. (If you like your bread crunchier, peel back the foil when you turn it top-side up.
Remove from oven onto cutting board, slice across for serving in bread basket. Cover with clean kitchen towel, to help keep it warm (if it lasts that long.)
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Floor No.0
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Parking available
- Disabled access
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
Accommodation summary
The studio is located in the famous district Friedrichshain, within the popular
neighborhood "Simon-Dach Kiez". That neighborhood offers you everything Berlin is famous and loved for: lots of different bars, dozens of good clubs, restaurants in every kind of nationality and price and always in between places full of creativity which you will have to explore!
The studio is between the subway stations Frankfurter Tor and Samariterstraße. Both of them are reachable by feet. From there you can reach Alexanderplatz within 5 minutes and the historical center within 10 minutes. Tramline 10 is also going in front of the house. That line is also known as "partyline" because of lots of people having fun and being in there to every time of day. That line will bring you to the famous district Prenzlauer Berg within 10 minutes.
The studio is equipped with everything you need for a nice stay in Berlin. It is a typical Berlin style apartment: nice wooden floors, high ceilings and big windows.
The studio is located in a quiet rear courtyard on the ground floor. The windows have shutters so you can darken the bedroom completely.
The living/bedroom offers you a kingsize bed and a comfortable pull out couch with enough space for two people. The room also includes a TV, DVD player, stereo system, closet, iron and iron board and always fresh bedding.
The kitchen has a gas stove and -oven and is well equipped for your own cooking.
The bathroom is modern and includes a shower cabin.
Toilet paper, fresh towels and bedding are always included in our price. Wireless internet is also available and included in the price.
If you have any more questions we would love to answer them! While your stay we are also reachable for you the whole time!
Internet access (for free)
Bed linen
Radio/CD Player
Iron and board
Vacuum cleaner
Complete kitchen: gas stove and -oven, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, water boiler, pots, pans, spices, dishes, silverware
House rulesNo smoking.
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Movember, Day 30: The Final Countdown
Tomorrow, the DadCentricians who took part in this year's Movember fundraiser will at least be ridding ourselves of our facial folicles. We've endured the comments and the looks for a worthy cause, and if sporting a mustache helps in the never-ending fight against prostate cancer, we're happy to oblige. But before we say goodbye to our 'staches - and thanks to a sponsored opportunity from the good folks at Philips Norelco, who gave a generous matching donation to the dad collective team, you'll get to watch some of us shave these suckers off - we offer you a final look at our mustachioed meins.
Kevin, feeling Indiana, looking decidedly Deadwood.
Andy, finally at peace with his 'stache.
Whit bids farewell to Movember.
Me, with my commemorative souvenir t-shirt.
Thanks to everyone who donated to any of our massive team's members (wait - that didn't come out right). Our big group raised over $17,000. Next year, I think I'll go with a different look. What I have in mind is pictured after the jump.
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Sounds like all the Thinkpads and most of the Apple lappies I've had over the years. The stickers are a bit different...mostly either political, Anime/Manga or F/OSS related. But yeah, not a business look, more "geek in the house" look. My new Lenovo Ideapad is still virgin...for now. But it will look like "Ms. Geek's current lappie" soon enough. X60T was a really nice machine.


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Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman William Clay Ford Jr., a 1979 alumnus, will share his insights in "The Auto Industry: From Recovery to Revolution," at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the Friend Center Auditorium. The talk is this year's G.S. Beckwith Gilbert '63 Lecture.


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It's a simple formula: Bad chicken equals lower sales.
Yum! Brands (YUM) said after last night's close that it expects same-store sales in China to fall by more than expected because of fears that its chicken is contaminated. The company now expects a decline of 6%, compared with its previous estimate of a 4% decline.
Yum has dropped 4.7% today to $64.71. Shares of the company had dropped as much as 14% since Nov. 29, but had rallied some 6.3% since Dec. 21.
Obviously, this is bad news for Yum. China makes up 45% of sales, and analysts appear puzzled trying to figure out just how bad the numbers will be when the company reports earnings on Feb 4.
Jefferies' Andy Barish writes:
It now appears that sales dropped off further in the last two weeks of the year, as negative publicity around a Chinese government review of YUM's chicken suppliers eroded demand. In late November, the Chinese government-run station CCTV ran a story about two of KFC's suppliers that were feeding their poultry harmful antiviral drugs and growth hormones. In December, the Shanghai Food & Drug Administration then tested KFC samples, where it found that while KFC's chicken was in compliance with safety standards, some samples did reveal high levels of an antibiotic, necessitating additional checks. In response, YUM publicly announced that it was cooperating fully with the authorities, and noted a moderate impact to sales.
The co. narrowed its '12 guide to $3.24 (+13% growth), but earnings could be challenged NT. We may even see mgmt revisit '13 guidance over the next month (reports4Q on Feb 4), and expect it will take share repurchase to hit "at least 10%" this year. We were already below the Street, but have modestly lowered our ests to better reflect negative China trends in 4Q through early '13. At this point, we have not revised our US or YRI estimates, but note momentum in Taco Bell could help offset some of YUM's China issues.
Barclays' Jeffrey Bernstein says "we're believers in the long-term China growth story," but here's always a but. In this case, Bernstein says the news will lead to near-term underperformance (duh) and he's lowering his estimate on Yum's shares to $67 from $68. On an optimistic note, he writes:
Importantly, Chinese regulators have noted samples from KFC comply with government limits on antibiotics. And we note the experienced YUM China team having managed through similar health scares in the past. Lastly, China compares ease as we move through 2013.


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Colloquium planned on U.S. prisons, April 10-11
Posted April 4, 2007; 04:40 p.m.
A colloquium titled "Locked Up and Locked Out" will examine the state of the American prison system on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 10-11, in McCosh 50.
University faculty, government officials and other scholars will lead a series of panels on prisoners and civil liberties, the problem of prison re-entry, immigration detention and the greater impact of incarceration on society. Panels will be held at 4 and 6 p.m. April 10 and at 4 and 7 p.m. April 11. A reception will follow the April 10 panels in 307 Frist Campus Center and the April 11 panels in the common room of Rockefeller College.
Panel speakers will include: Cornel West, the Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion; John Darley, the Dorman T. Warren Professor of Psychology; Devah Pager, assistant professor of sociology; John Borneman, professor of anthropology; William Westerman, lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program; Lydell Sherrer, administrator of Northern State Prison in Newark; and Devon Brown, director of the Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections.
The program is sponsored by the Princeton Association of Black Women, the Black Men's Awareness Group, the Fields Center, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, the University Center for Human Values, the Undergraduate Student Government, the Community-Based Learning Initiative and the University chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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The room is extremely quiet and it distances just five minutes from the Asinelli Tower.
It overlooks the garden where is still the green pomegranate of the poem, end where you can see the top of the Asinelli Tower.
The room has in its interior a comfortable double bed, 2 soft arm chairs, a desk and a bathroom and shower room.
It provides Wifi and it is possible to have breakfast, lunch or dinner with typical Bolognese food by reservation.
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Absolutely perfect!
Carmela and his family were very kind.
The room with separate bathroom and shower was very nice, clean and lockable.
The location in the center was ideal.
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Carmela's room with private bathroom combines the best of two worlds. Privacy when desired and a local family to live and chat with which offers insight in what to see and where to go. I was very warmly welcomed and enyojed staying in a house in the old centre with walking distance to all major sights and restaurants. The room and bathroom were both very clean and comfortable. If you like to get in contact with people that live where you travel this is the place to go in Bologna.
We had a most enjoyable stay with Carmela and her family.
They were very friendly and helpful . The room was spacious, comfortable and clean. The bathroom and shower also very good. The location of the house is excellent , only a few minutes walk from the centre. Restaurants for coffee and dinner were around the corner. It was a great pleasure to stay there and we can recommend the place wholeheartedly. Hope to come again .Noor and Feije Jaski
We have booked Carmela Comfy Room in Bologna to stay as a business visitors on the Cersaie Fairs (Fiera). Carmela and Leonardo Riccardo are very friendly and helpful. The room is very spacy, tidy and quiet with a separete shower room and fully equipped bathroom with bath-tub. The room is very good located - within the walking distance from "Piazza Maggiore" and "Due Torri". There are many nice Trattorias just at the door! "Bologna Fiera" is easy to access by bus or taxi (no problem to catch a taxi even on busy days because of the good location). We strongly recommend this place for business stay as well!
We were warmly welcomed by Carmelia, her daughter and husband in their beautiful, stylishly decorated home.
An excellent and comfortable place to stay on walking distance of the centre of the beautiful and atmosferic city of Bologna.
We had a lovely few days in Bologna. Carmela and her family were very welcoming, warm and helpful. The apartment was quiet and our room was spacious and comfortable. We could not have asked for more. Many thanks, John & Miriam Breslin, Ireland
We had a great stay with Carmela, the welcome was warm and wise counsel. Very nice home, spacious bedroom with a bathroom and an en suite shower room. We had breakfast at cost, with delicious cakes and a delicious jam, all homemade by carmela. grazie mille
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The Toy Association is the not-for-profit trade association representing all businesses involved in creating and bringing toys and youth entertainment products to kids of all ages.
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Toy Industry Association / Toy Industry Foundation
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More than 42,000 Children to Benefit from 10th Annual Trade Show Collection
New York, NY | March 18, 2013 – The Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) held its most successful one-day toy collection in the ten-year history of The Toy Bank this past February, gathering more than 42,000 toys and games worth over $400,000 for children in need. Held on the last day of the American International Toy Fair, the annual toy drive surpassed last year's toy totals, with 33% more toys donated by exhibitors at the trade show.
"This landmark collection was the perfect way to kick off The Toy Bank's 10th anniversary year," said Jean Butler, executive director of the Toy Industry Foundation. "Since The Toy Bank's founding in 2003, caring toy companies have helped us to deliver the joy of play to more than 10 million disadvantaged children ... We're off to a wonderful start for 2013, and we cannot wait to share what the rest of the year has in store!"
From bikes and outdoor toys to dollhouses, action figures, puzzles and books, playthings from 284 exhibiting companies were collected by 100 volunteers on the last day of the show. The toys are now en route to 21 children's charities in The Toy Bank network, including New York-area organizations such as The NY Foundling, The Legacy Center and Dream Center, as well as to TIF's national partners – the Boys and Girls Clubs of America Military Services and CASA for Children, an organization that provides one-on-one advocacy and guidance for children in the foster care system.
As the Foundation's first and largest toy drive of the year, the collection initiated a year-long celebration of The Toy Bank's 10thbirthday. In the last decade, The Toy Bank has delivered nearly $80 million in toys to children who are sick, impoverished, rescued from abusive homes, living through natural disasters, enduring life on a military base, or otherwise in need.
The 10th annual collection at Toy Fair took place on Wednesday, February 13th at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The following is the full list of exhibiting companies that participated in the drive:
ABSCO Quality Steel Sheds LLC / My First Garden
Activa Products Inc.
Ad Lib Toys, LLC
Alexander Doll Co.
All Things Equal, Inc.
Allied Products, Inc.
AM Productions
American Educational Products, LLC
American Plastic Toys Inc.
Art 101
AsiaInspection Ltd.
Asmodee Editions LLC
Baker & Taylor/Silver Dolphin Books
Ball, Bounce and Sport Inc. - Hedstrom
BARTER (HK) Ltd.
Be Amazing Toys
BE Good Company
Beanpatch & Co.
Beaver Books Publishing
Bendon Publishing
Beverly Hills Teddy Bear
Bigjigs Toys Ltd.
Bits & Pieces
Blu Track
Briarpatch, Inc.
Calego International, Inc.
Can You Imagine
Canadian Toy Association
Capstone Young Readers
Cardinal Industries
Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Cartamundi USA
Casdon PLC
Charisma Brands
Charm Company
CHH Quality Products Inc.
Chicago Toy and Game Group
Chicco USA / Artsana USA
Citiblocs, LLC
Cloud B
Cobra RC Toys
Cryptozoic Entertainment
D Now Inc.
DeAgostini Publishing USA
Depesche USA, LLC
Diggin Active, Inc.
Do-A-Dot Art (Div. of Triquest Inc)
Education Outdoors, Inc.
Educational Insights, Inc.
Edushape Ltd.
Elenco Electronics Inc.
Elf Fun With Pop-In-Kins
Endangered Species by HSL
Endless Games
Enterplay, LLC
Evergreen (C.P.) USA Inc.
Excelligence Learning Corporation
EzyRoller LLC
Fabricas Selectas USA, LLC
Fabrique Innovations, Inc.
FAMOSA North America
Fantasy Flight Games
Fashion Angels
Fat Brain Toy Co.
Feldstein & Associates, Inc.
Fibre-Craft Materials Corp.
Flat River Group LLC
Fortune East Group Ltd.
Fotorama USA, LLC
Fremont Die Consumer Products, Inc.
Funko LLC
Games Workshop
Gann Memorials Custom Plush Toys
Ganz USA
Gayla Industries, Inc.
Gibbon Slacklines
Gold Medal Bean Bags
Goliath Games, LLC
Gorgeous Products Inc.
Green Toys Inc.
Guidecraft USA Inc.
Harrisville Designs Inc.
Harvest Time Partners, Inc.
Heartland Consumer Products, LLC
Hog Wild, LLC
Holgate Toys Co.
Hornby America
Houghton Mifflin Co.
HSP Nature Toys
I Heart Guts
Infantino, LLC
Infinitoy, Inc./ZOOB
Innovation First, Inc.
Innovention Toys, LLC. (KHET)
Insect Lore
International Playthings, L.L.C.
Ivy Trading Inc.
JAKKS Pacific
Jam'n Products
Jax Ltd., Inc.
JC Toys Group, Inc.
Jiangsu Guotai Int'l Group Guomao Co. Ltd.
Kappa Books
Karmin International
KaZAM LLC
Kendama USA
Kid Galaxy, Inc.
Kids Preferred, Inc.
K'NEX Brands
Koplow Games
Kreative Kids Inc.
Kristal Educational Inc.
Kristins Gifts
KROOOM - Crembo Color Design, Ltd.
Kwik Tek, Inc.
LaLei LLC.
Late for the Sky
Laurent Doll, Inc.
Leading Edge Novelty
Leap Year Publishing
Learning Resources Inc.
Lee Publications of KY LLC
Levels of Discovery
License 2 Play Inc.
Lionel, LLC
Lipper International Inc.
Little Kids, Inc.
Little Tikes
Loog Guitars
Lumitusi Inc.
Mag-Nif, Inc.
Marie's Words, Inc.
Marshmallow Fun Company
Mattel, Inc.
Mavis Oriental Sourcing & Manufacturing Ltd.
Maxim Enterprise, Inc.
Mayfair Games
MCA Sand, Inc.
Me and Molly P.
MEGA Brands Inc.
Mindscope Products Inc.
Mindtwister USA
Moose Enterprise
Morgan Cycle LLC
Mudpuppy - Galison
My Princess Academy / Almar Sales
MZB Imagination, LLC
National Design LLC
National Products, Ltd.
Neat-Oh! International, LLC
New Star
New-Ray Toys (California) Inc.
Ningbo Able Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Sailing Import & Export Co., Limited
No. 2 Stylus
Normant Globus, Inc. /ScienceWiz
North Star Games
Oak Patch Gifts
Ohio Art Company
Oofdah! Games, Inc.
Outset Media
Pacific Play Tents, Inc.
Paper House Productions
Parris Manufacturing Company
Patch Products, Inc.
Pecoware Co., Inc.
Pharmtec Corporation
Pintoo Corp.
PlaSmart Inc.
Play Visions Inc.
Playhut, Inc.
Playmates Toys, Inc.
Playmobil U.S.A. Inc.
Playroom Entertainment
Pocket Disc
POOF-Slinky, Inc.
Premier Kites (a Division of Primus)
Pressman Toy Corporation
PSI Publisher Services, Inc.
Puppet Workshop
Pure Global Brands, Inc.
R & R Games, Inc.
Ravensburger USA, Inc.
Redwood Ventures, Ltd.
Regal Doll Carriages
Rhode Island Novelty
Robotime Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Royal & Langnickel Brush Mfg.
Saturnian 1 Inc.
Schoenhut Piano Company
School Zone Publishing Co., Inc.
Schylling Toys
Shanghai KNB International Trading Co., Ltd.
Sharkchild, LLC
Silly Puppets
SiSolar Energy SLR
Skullduggery, Inc.
Small World Toys
Smart Gear
SmartLab Toys
Smartrike/Kent International
Sophia's Heritage Collection
Sourcing International
Speed Stacks Inc.
Spin Master Ltd.
Splash Time Safety
Step Puzzle, JVC
Stevens International
Tangle Creations
TDC Games, Inc.
Teach My
Teddy Needs A Bath
Thames & Kosmos LLC
The Brand Cafe / Kwizniac
The Bridge Direct
The Fiammetta Toy Company
The Good Stuff Company, LLC
The Learning Journey International L.L.C.
The Maya Group
The Original Toy Company
The Queen's Treasures, Inc.
The Step2 Company
The Tin Box Company
Timeless Toys, Inc.
TMI Toymarketing International, Inc.
Tonner Doll Company
Toy Industry Association
Toyops, Inc.
Treasures LLC
Trends International Corp.
Ty Inc.
UCC Distributing Inc.
Uncle Milton Industries
Universal Specialties Co., Inc.
University Games Corp.
Vermont Christmas Company
Vilac Jeujura
Vitamin i Factory
Vivid Toy Group
VTech Electronics North America L.L.C.
Wanted Bricks Company Limited
Wiggles 3D Incorporated
Wild Sports LLC
William Mark Corp.
Winfat Industrial Co., Ltd.
Winning Moves Inc.
Wishbone Design Studio
Women in Toys
Wonder Forge
Wood Expressions Inc.
Wool Novelty Co., Inc.
Xinghui Auto Model Co., Ltd.
Y & W International Inc.
Zhejiang Jet Machinery & Electronic Co., Ltd.
Zither Heaven
The Toy Bank accepts product and financial donations year-round. Visit www.toyindustryfoundation.org or contact The Toy Bank to learn more.


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I don't know why fans hate on Hartline so much, especially after he just put up a 1,000 yard season. He is not a #1, but he is a very good #2 and the price of a #2 WR in this league is around $6 million a year. I don't like that number, would prefer a contract more around $4 million, but the market dictates the price.
He is young and has improved each year since he was drafted, I hope they are able to bring him back and team him with someone like Wallace.


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Halftime highs and lows: A look back at 12 minutes that sometimes upstage the big gameJanuary 30, 2014 12:00 AM
If you have a water cooler in your office, you might want to hang out there for a minute on Monday morning and see what people are talking about.
Is it the game? The commercials? Richard Sherman? Or the halftime show?
The past two years, the halftime spectacles from Madonna and Beyonce have drawn bigger ratings than portions of the game.
Madonna's is still the most watched halftime show ever, with 112.5 million viewers tuning in.
On Sunday, the honors go to Bruno Mars, the dynamic 28-year-old Filipino-Puerto Rican singer from Hawaii who is two albums into his career and has scored No. 1 hits with "Just the Way You Are," "Grenade," "Locked out of Heaven" and "When I Was Your Man."
The recent Grammy winner will be joined by the more senior but ever funky Red Hot Chili Peppers, who have little use for shirts and have proven quite capable in the past of wardrobe malfunctions.
As we wait to see what goes down there, let's look back at the best and worst of halftimes past, starting with the lowlights.
The Lows:
1. It's only fitting that a Bengals trip to the Super Bowl -- there have been two, both losses -- would sport one of the most bungled halftime shows. Billy Joel was there to sing the national anthem in 1989, but rather than have the Piano Man stick around for halftime, the NFL had Elvis impersonator Elvis Presto do a 3-D musical card trick in one of the stupidest large-scale spectacles ever witnessed on Earth.
2. You've probably heard Up With People used in a punchline somewhere and wondered what it was. The group, some kind of conservative plot to counteract the hippie movement, is like the Jim Kelly of Super Bowl halftime acts, having played it four times without a win (between 1976 and 1986). In those early Super Bowl days, Up With People filled the field with youngins running around like the Brady kids on a sugar high.
3. Janet Jackson's halftime performance in 2004 really wasn't that bad -- until that moment with Justin Timberlake. That we'll never hear the end of. On the bright side, it gave us the term of "Nipple-gate," and dance-pop was flagged for six years, giving us a run of Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and The Who.
4. So, you really want to complain that a current halftime performer is too old, too pop, too crude, too nude, too whatever? Go back to 1991. Up until then, it was mostly marching bands. New Kids on the Block was the first major group to play halftime, which is bad enough, but they were shoehorned into a celebration of "It's a Small World" that looked like a candy-coated Disney nightmare. It was actually shown AFTER the game as halftime, in stark contrast, was consumed by a special report on Desert Storm.
5. Why Black Eyed Peas? Because when The Who (aka The Two) played the year before, fronted by a 65-year-old Pete Townshend and a 64-year-old Roger Daltrey, it looked every bit like classic rock was dying a slow death right on the 50-yard line of Sun Life Stadium. (In its defense, The Who was much better breathing life into "Quadrophenia" on the next tour.) Speaking of the Peas, the lightweight foursome won few raves for its futuristic spectacle.
ALSO: Put this on your best list if you want, but the sight of Madonna, at 53, riding on the shoulders of LMFAO's Redfoo singing "I'm sexy and I know it" and dressing up as a cheerleader to the chant of "L-U-V Madonna" had me nostalgic for Up With People.
The Highs:
1. In February 2002, five months after the devastation of 9/11, with a nation still gripped in fear, anger and sadness, the NFL needed something powerful. The four Irishmen in U2 delivered in a big way. They burst out with a joyous "Beautiful Day" and then, during a mournful "MLK," scrolled the names of the nearly 3,000 victims on the roof, leading into a transcendent "Where the Streets Have No Name" with Bono, like a rock messiah, raising a jacket lined with the American flag. Watch it now and try not to tear up.
2. Has Prince ever done anything less than rip it up in one of his live TV performances? He practically stole the show from Peyton Manning in the QB's one Super Bowl win, with the Colts in 2007, shredding like Hendrix and wailing like James Brown. He inserted "Proud Mary" and "All Along the Watchtower" into a set that started with a frantic "Let's Go Crazy" and hit the end zone with an epic "Purple Rain."
3. There's no real need to rank the Paul McCartney, The Stones, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen (left) halftimes, is there? They were all great, and two of them were in the middle of Steelers victories (Stones and Springsteen). What a difference in the mood going in, though. We were more than a little edgy during the Stones one in 2006 as Ben Roethlisberger seemed to have been replaced by a bad clone of himself, but we were ecstatic for the Boss one in 2009 with James Harrison having just pulled off the most ridiculously amazing play in Super Bowl history.
4. Coming off that really bad New Kids year in '91, Fox counterprogrammed the Super Bowl halftime with a special "In Living Color" episode that pulled 22 million viewers away from Gloria Estefan. The NFL wasn't going to let that happen again. In 1993, it landed its first big superstar for a halftime show -- Michael Jackson -- and the ratings outdrew the game. Michael made a stunning pyrotechnic entrance and worked the stage with "Billie Jean" and other hits like he'd done at the Motown special. Sadly, just a few months later, the first charges of pedophilia emerged.
5. Super Bowl XXXVII might have been the worst with the Tampa Bay Bucs destroying the Raiders 48-21 in 2003. It was 20-3 at the half when a red hot Shania Twain, borrowing an outfit from Catwoman, Cruella De Vil or Black Widow, set out to salvage the night with "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" and "Up." That was good, and it got better, switching to Gwen Stefani doing pushups (real ones) in a sports bra and spandex and then rocking "Just a Girl" with No Doubt. The finale had her and Sting uncork a sizzling "Message in a Bottle" while looking like the couple we would send into space to start a Brave New World.


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TUPELO – On Tuesday and Thursday mornings throughout the year, the ladies of the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary can be found in "the Mud Room," making bowls in preparation for the Salvation Army's annual Empty Bowls event.
"Aside from Angel Tree, this is probably our biggest event of the year," said Auxiliary member Judy Hosaflook. "The Auxiliary is made up of about 20 women and through the year they make between 1,500 and 1,600 bowls."
This year will mark Empty Bowls' 15th year, but unlike previous years, it will be on March 27, instead of its usual Ash Wednesday date because of scheduling conflicts at the Tupelo Furniture Market's Building Five. Auxiliary member Sarah Harris said the change might garner even more attendance.
"The weather will be warmer and hopefully more people will be around Tupelo for Easter," she said. "Last year over 2,300 people turned out for it, so hopefully we can top that this year."
Attendees will be given a styrofoam bowl and will choose a soup from options provided by more than 70 local restaurants. At their table, attendees will receive a piece of bread and a cup of water. When when they leave, they'll be given a bowl crafted by the Auxiliary as a memento.
Hosaflook said Empty bowls has become quite the social event.
"People spend a lot of time visiting and shopping around at booths vendors have set up to sell pottery or baked goods," she said. "I just hope they realize the point of Empty Bowls is to emphasize the fact that a bowl of soup, a piece of bread, a cup of water, that's it for some people."
The proceeds, which exceeded $70,000 last year, go toward funding the Army's meal program – which serves those in need three meals a day – and expanding the Army's lodge facility.
Tickets will go on sale Feb. 20, and may be purchased for $15 from the Salvation Army Headquarters at 527 Carnation St., or from any Auxiliary member or participating businesses.


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New Issue of Entertainment Journal Explores Issues of Defamation and Trademark Law
Volume 4, Issue 1 of the Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law (JIMEL) has been published. According to Professor Michael Epstein, the Journal's editor, "In this issue, we have a number of first-rate articles covering both media and entertainment issues of global significance. Three of the articles are the scholarly fruits of JIMEL's colloquium on international defamation law, held last year at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles."
The first of these articles by Profesor Kyu Ho Youm, the Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair at the University of Oregon, offers a far-reaching critical analysis of the ways in which actual malice, a mainstay of defamation law in the U.S., has been adapted and reimagined in other jurisdictions around the world. Building upon years of research, Professor Youm chronicles the emergence of actual malice equivalents in other countries and frames the issue in the context of political discourse and press freedoms.
Another colloquium contributor, Professor Emeritus David Goldberg of Glasgow University and a co-founder of the University of Oxford's comparative media law program, has produced a comprehensive analysis of recent reforms - both proposed and adopted - of libel law in England. Revisiting the widely held perception that London is a jurisdiction that is hostile to media, Professor Goldberg offers a narrative of more nuanced and balanced reform initiatives that suggest that many in Britain have not been complacent in the status quo.
The third colloquium article by Professor Michael D. Scott, a member of the Southwestern faculty, is a comparative analysis of rights of reply and correction to new media. After addressing recent developments in Europe on the topic, Professor Scott contemplates reform of Sec. 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act, which currently provides websites with a broad grant of immunity to liability for third-party defamation.
According to Professor Epstein, also included in this issue is "an excellent appraisal of the first amendment implications resulting from the increasing 'cross-pollination' of trademark law and the right of publicity. Scholar-practitioners Celeste H.G. Boyd and Stuart Paynter focus specifically on reality-based video games, and the speech defenses argued in the U.S. case of Keller v. Electronic Arts, currently on appeal in the Ninth Circuit."


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I needed a good laugh. There must not be many of us with a sense of humor left. Thanks for the post
I needed a good laugh. There must not be many of us with a sense of humor left. Thanks for the post
This thread lacks a certain level of specificity.
Makes all the routine posts.
You and I disagree. I thought it was out of line.
(referring to the original post on this thread.)
Well, just for the record, my intent in that post was just to poke some fun at DanO, in a somewhat satirical manner, and I guess I went a bit over the top with that one. If anyone was rubbed the wrong way I'm sorry. To those who thought it was funny, that was my intent all along, but it does appear that I didn't accurately judge what the reaction would be. I'll try to keep any further satire a bit more tame.
I dont think it was the joking that rubbed people the wrong way. It was that it was extremely real until about the 3rd paragraph or so. Thread title, AP story, date, realistic quotes and so on.Originally Posted by OldRightHander
Personally I could care less, I know better by now to read everything.
I certainly did not have a problem with it. I enjoyed it. I needed a good laugh too. There are always people ready to pounce. You just have to be prepared to be pounced on. My Dad posts history tid bits on Redszone and there are people who do not like that... Can't make everyone happy just have to respect them and go on your Merry way.
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
Really? I've always enjoyed reading them. That's surprising.Originally Posted by Team Clark
"Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women." - Nora Ephron
Yeah really. He has shared some e-mails/PM's with me that shocked me. He'll never say it but I will. Takes all kinds I guess.
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
I always enjoyed reading linedriver's posts. To each their own, I suppose.Originally Posted by Team Clark
What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
Me too.Originally Posted by paintmered
Why on earth would people get ticked off by linedriver's posts? That makes zero sense. Very weird.
Truth be told I honestly don't know why people get their panties in a bunch over posts that aren't personal or degrading to individuals--busybodies I guess.
Loved the post ORH. Keep up the good work.
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
ORH let me just say this. Why in the world wouldn't we trade for Palmer over Kitna? Palmers velocity is outstanding and his control is impeccable and talk about intangibles! No seriously some might think it's not funny, (it was kinda cruel, in a good way) but the fact is some really needed a wake up call on how we would feel if we actually did trade Dunn. To all who this applies, Stop trying to trade Dunner he is the real deal!!!!
Once my heart palpitations subsided, I thought it was very clever writing.
"Enjoy this Reds fans, you are watching a legend grow up before your very eyes" ... DoogMinAmo on Adam Dunn
I loved it! Lets try to keep our sense of humor intact on here folks. I likened it to the occassional musings of BCubb, which I always enjoy reading.
If anyone, after reading the darn title "Dunn Traded To Bengals", still took it seriously and didn't or couldn't see it was simply humor and meant as tongue-in-cheek, then they have bigger problems IMO. I mean C'mon! Lighten up.
I thought it was great!
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
This whole thing is really not such a big deal. It's just that this kind of topic has been tried before and was shot down by various posters, including Boss. Seems to me that the integrity of the board would be damaged if this type of thread became commonplace.
And you probably weren't aware, GAC, that the original title of the thread was "Dunn traded!" and someone (maybe one of the mods or maybe ORH) changed it only after lots of folks had clicked on it.
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Wading Staffs
While visiting the Thompson in BC, the importance of wading staffs became all too clear. The rocks that line the shores there are incredibly slick, so much so that felt is useless - even my trusty carbide tips were like little roller bearings on the rocks. Without a staff, you were sure to take a swim. Rivers like the Thompson drown men easily and the staff is a key tool one must have to fish there. But all staffs are not the same...
Interlocking metal staffs are very light, compact and sturdy. They are kept in a belt-mounted holster while not in use. There are three things to think about here: interlock style, tip, handle. Their diameters are generally small enough not to increase drag against the current. Weight is consistently light enough across brands. Other factors like color play a role but are less critical.
The interlocks that are tapered tend to bind. A better style is the type that uses a straight ferrule, which does not bind. I either case the internal bungee should be tight enough to hold the staff together as much as possible, and tensile enough to easily re-lock the sections with one hand while you wade without fudging with it. The interlocks play the key part in this of course - by holding the staff together as you wade.
The tip - some like a rubber tip to quiet the approach. I would have to agree with that. Other designs use a hard tip, which makes a lot of noise while wading. I assume the tip gets lost a lot, and lodged between rocks. Even still, something to pad the scraping and clacking makes sense.
The handle - should be at a height where one does not need to lean to use the staff. I guess this is a statement on staff length as much as handle style. The straight 'spin rod' style handle works well.
I'm no expert, and would be interested to hear other's opinions on the topic.
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Juro, I have one of those staffs that is telescoping, and has a wooden knob on the end which is removable, and is threaded fir a camera. the down end has a rubber cap which goes over the point to protect it when not being used. Most of the time I forget to bring it. If I brought everything I would need a trailer just for gear. I also have corkers, but most of the time I just use boat foot waders, or short neopreme booties. I still manage to fall sometimes, ruined two pair of dungrees, Makes for good shorts.
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I've used a downhill ski pole in the past. Take the basket off and add a cord to hang around your body.
I stopped using it for several reasons. First is the problem of having too many things to carry that Art mentioned. I also tended to end up with my line wrapped around the pole after every fifth or sixth cast. The final reason I stopped using it was that it gave me a sense of false security and I would wade into locations which I should not.
Having a staff that was telescopic, or snapped together would help with the first & second problems, but I worry more about being over confident on where I can wade.
I never tried the rubber tip so I can't comment on that.
John Desjardins
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Has anyone used the new Sims staff? Seems to have a very positive lock unlike the unreliable Fol-Staff. If I break out the wading staff, its because I'm scared.
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Simms Staff - simmsfishing.com
Looks like the right kind of interlock... I'll definitely be looking at them live and in person at the shows.
Eddie - I was in San Francisco last week, only for a day. I thought about looking you up! How's the delta been fishing?
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I use an old cross country ski pole made out of cane (not metal). I cut it down so that I grip the handle waist high... I have used taller and shorter ones and feel that waist high is the way to go. If the staff is to tall then I don't feel safe enough in tough water (like the St. Lawrence River). If it's shorter I tend to lean too much on it.
The plastic grip has an old leather strap on it where I attach a short bungy cord. The other end of the bungy attaches to my wading belt, so that I'm always connected. If it really starts getting in the way I can then tuck it inside my (stretchy)wading belt behind my back. I find that I prefer to have the full length staff available if I'm in rough water, so many times I just let it dangle and grab it when I want to move, even if it's for a few steps.
I have added a rubber plug to it, to make it quieter while wading.
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I can appreciate the convenience of lightweight wading staffs (staves?) but I would suggest you also consider the security that can be provided by a heavily-weighted staff. Combined with a suitable retractor (hammerhead) the staff can be kept completely out of the way of the line and yet remains close at hand. In the UK Sharpes supply such a staff. A rubber button is essential with this design.
Falkus explains the rationale better than I can in his book "Salmon Fishing".
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I use one of two staffs that I have. The first choice is a wooden staff that is homemade. Its quiet, sturdy and inexpensive. Its made from Ironwood which will not "bugger up" on the end from constant contact with rocks as other woods will.
The other is a Prostaff 4 piece with a rubber tip. Actually in its short life, it has had several rubber tips. This is lightweight and packable, but thats about all the good things I can say about it. The rubber tips either pull off after getting stuck between rocks, or they wear through where the end of the metal pole contacts the rubber tip inside. It just cuts a plug out of the rubber tip sort of like a long handled cookie cutter. It also has a tendency to pull apart at times when it gets stuck between rocks. I definitely wade very carefully when using this staff.
I always use a staff when wading the West Branch of the Ausable. Not only does it normally have a strong current, but it's paved with greased bowling balls. If you allow yourself to wade into dangerous situations when using a staff, you're defintely not using the staff properly.
As for it getting in the way when fishing, two tips might help. One, be certain the lanyard is attached in the top of the staff so it lies straight downstream from you. That way the line will slide off the staff as you strip and is less likely to get tangled up on it.
Secondly, if you can't do the first, then attach a long enough lanyard so that you can run the cord up in front of your left shoulder, around your neck, in front of your right shoulder and under your arm (assuming you're a right handed caster). Then when you strip in the line its on the other side of your body and alot less likely to get tangled on the staff.
And speaking of right handed casting, has anyone seen the commercial for I believe its Jeep where they show glimpses of a fly fisherman. In the first shot he's starting his backcast and the rod is in his left hand, and the next shot he's finishing his forward cast and the rod is in his right hand? Its a neat trick that I haven't quite mastered yet.
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KevinH said:
"If you allow yourself to wade into dangerous situations when using a staff, you're defintely not using the staff properly."
Kevin -
First of all let me say how good it is to have an Ausable outfitter in our community. I sincerely hope we can exchange trips with you sometime.
As I read your post I recall my wading experience on the Thompson River in BC with Tyler, Brian and Bill last month. In case you missed the partial trip report, here's a link. I am finishing up the whole enchilada in a Destinations article called "living large" (almost done).
Anyway, can you elaborate on what you said above? I found myself being very confident with the staff and had to remind myself not to go too far. I became a huge believer from that trip BTW.
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I'd be happy to elaborate. In my opinion, a wading staff should be used to add safety and security to your wading not as a crutch to help you go beyond your normal abilities. Use it to check depth and add safety when wading slippery, uneven bottoms. Stability when wading is determined by the amount of weight you have above the water line. To use a staff to wade into deeper water then you would normally be able to wade into is putting the angler (and potential rescuers) at risk.
I let the young, bold waders try to reach those few fish I can't safely get too. Why risk a dangerous situation trying too reach every fish in the river? Too use a staff to cross the line between safety and high risk is, in my opinion, using a staff improperly.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a wuss on the river, but as you indicated in your message, you have to avoid crossing that line into high risk. Learning to use a staff properly is more then just picking up a stick and walking into the water. It's too easy to get a false sense of security and end up in a dangerous, life threatening situation.
I rate a wading staff as the second most important safety item to have with you when you wade. (Polaroid glasses are number one).
That's just one man's opinion.
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Wondering: How deep people consider the limit. Or, how high up is the water to your chest, in both static and moving water?
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For me in static water, within an inch or two of the top of my waders for traversing; about waist high or a little more for fishing. I don't like to hold my arms up in the air too long while I'm fishing.
In moving water, assuming a fair current, waist high plus for traversing; waist high for fishing.
A gentler current might allow me to push those limits some while a heavy current makes me tend to gear back a bit.
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I understand that we are talking about river wading. However, I think an issue that comes up for me when fishing the salt is somewhat pertinent here.
In an attempt to reach breaking fish I quite typically inch forward into deeper and deeper water; most of the time, I'm not even aware I'm doing this. Eventually I arrive at a point of diminishing returns -- that is, a point where I lose casting form and leverage on the rod, and distance starts to suffer. I find I can actually get the fly further out by backing up a few feet thereby increasing the percentage of my body that is above the water's surface. The margin for this point is pretty narrow. One or two inches is all it takes.
For me, the point of casting melt down is right at my belly button. I'm 5' 9" with very short legs (29" inseem). I imagine taller fishers have a significant advantage here, especially if they have long legs. (Perhaps this explains the extraordinary fish catching abilities of the Estey brothers
My point here is that sometimes wading deep is actually the wrong thing to do regardless of any safety issues. This doesn't take into account such problems as room to back cast, but it is something to keep in mind on big water with open space.
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I am a Scottish fisherman usually fish the Spey which is the fastest flowing river in Britain. I always use a wading stick traditionaly made by the Ghillie. Harness, rubber foot heavily weighted with lead.
Designed so when you let it go iy lies flat so it doesn't catch your line.
Disadvantages weight
Advantages Allows deep wading in heavy water to cover salmon which are normally out of reach.
How deep do I wade ? Till I can cover as many fish as possible, yes I do wear a life jacket.
Willie Gunn
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Willie -
Interesting to learn about the lead weighting of the staff on the Spey... is it weighted just in the rubber foot or throughout the staff? I see how weighting the staff allows it to behave more in the current.
Staff handling while fishing was always a little bit of a nuisance for me, but Tyler Kushnir of British Columbia showed me a pretty neat trick. The staff is on a tether rope, attached to the belt. The rope is set to a length such that the staff can be thrown over the shoulder, hanging behind you neatly and out of the way. To continue wading, simply pull the staff to the front using the rope attached to the belt.
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