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JACKSON – Charter school legislation passed a major hurdle Tuesday when it was approved by the House Education Committee – the same panel that killed it in 2012.
It passed 16-14 after a contentious 90-minute debate where opponents again questioned the wisdom of taking funds from traditional public schools and supporters said charter schools would help improve overall educational outcomes.
The full House could vote on the issue later this week.
"I would like to see charter schools support what is going on with public schools," said Rep. Charles Busby, R-Pascagoula, who explained the legislation. "It is not a competition."
Busby was appointed to the pivotal committee late in 2012. In a controversial move, Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, removed charter school opponent Linda Whittington, D-Schlater, and replaced her with Busby.
Whittington was in the crowded committee room when the legislation passed. If Whittington had remained on the committee and no other votes changed, the legislation would have passed by one vote. Chair John Moore, R-Brandon, a strong charter school proponent, would have broken the tie.
Rep. Tom Weathersby, R-Florence, who voted no last year in committee, voted yes this year. Weathersby said this year's version was less objectionable.
It gives school boards in districts accredited at the A, B and C levels veto authority over charter schools. The bill also prevents students from crossing district lines to attend charter schools.
The Senate-passed proposal would allow students to cross district lines and would give only A and B districts veto authority.
Both proposals create a separate agency to authorize and oversee charter schools, which receive public funding but are exempt from many regulations governing traditional public schools.
Rep. Joe Gardner, R-Batesville, said it is an issue of priorities.
"Mississippi does not have but a few dollars, I am told," he said. "If we can't fund one (school system) how can we fund two?"
Two Democrats voted for the proposal while four Republicans, including Steve Massengill, R-Benton, voted no. Nick Bain, D-Corinth, also voted no while other Northeast Mississippi committee members – Tracy Arnold, R-Booneville; Randy Boyd, R-Mantachie; and Brad Mayo, R-Oxford – voted yes.


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Pittsburgh project uses art to spread Martin Luther King's messageJanuary 19, 2014 11:19 PM
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. referred in speeches to a "beloved community" that would result from a culture of nonviolence and reconciliation.
It's another societal goal he set for us that we haven't reached.
The Union Project in Highland Park, a community and arts advocacy organization, encourages the public to strive toward that end at its free annual celebration of the late civil rights leader's life and dream -- "Share Your Voice" from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the Union Project, 801 N. Negley Ave.
St. Paul Cathedral honors MLK
Hundreds gathered at St. Paul Cathedral to honor Dr. Martin Luther King. (Video by Nate Guidry; 1/19/2014)
The event will interpret the significance of King's efforts more broadly than racial equality, using art as a bridge to connect all people who struggle for inclusion. It will begin with a discussion among Anupama Jain, an educator and diversity consultant; Evan Church, the Union Project's artist in residence; Tirzah DeCaria, founder of Creative Citizen Studios; and Jonathan Reyes, art lending facilitator at the Carnegie Library of Braddock.
Afterward, volunteer ambassadors will help unacquainted participants meet and communicate, either through discussion, drawing or poetry. A community meal will follow, after remarks and a vocal rendering of "Lift Every Voice in Song" by Anqwenique Winfield.
The Union Project has held a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration for the past 10 years.
"We wanted this event to have a longer lasting effect than a one-day celebration," said its spokeswoman, Michelle Clesse.
The Union Project drew on the experiences of Mr. Church, who grew up in Africa, and Ms. DeCaria, who uses art to help adults who have developmental and intellectual disabilities communicate. To lead the discussions, the Union Project called on Ms. Jain, who teaches literary and cultural studies at the University of Pittsburgh, moderates the Pittsburgh Coalition on Racial Justice and consults on diversity with the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
She said she is interested in making art "a more central part of the [King] celebration, in addition to paying attention to the serious issues of equity and exclusion. We want to create through our event the notion of the beloved community by encouraging people to get to know people they might not normally encounter in the recognition of our collective humanity and recognize each other for our character, not just the color of our skin."
Mr. Church, the child of white missionaries in Africa, grew up in Malawi and Zimbabwe and went to boarding school in Kenya. He has been an international aid worker in various African countries and traveled in Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan and Tanzania.
He has devoted his work in oils and watercolors to images of Africa that the Western world doesn't get from the media.
"My experience with Africans and Africa was different," he said. "Of course, famine, disease, civil war and poverty exist. I am fully aware of that. But that's not the everyday Africa."
He said he sometimes gets the "Who are you?" treatment in this country for depicting black people, "but I am reflecting the images of people I grew up among. I am bridging my two worlds. I want to show Americans images they don't see of Africa and for my art to say to Africans, 'Your lives are beautiful.' "
At the Braddock library, the goal of the art lending collection is to make art more accessible and less intimidating. The collection went public in October to let library visitors check out artworks for up to three weeks, with the chance to renew, Mr. Reyes said. It is also being showcased at the 2013 Carnegie International.
"More than going to a museum and putting your hands behind your back and staring at it and walking away, you can look at it in your house," Mr. Reyes said.
He has been serving on the committee of the Summit Against Racism, to be held Saturday at East Liberty Presbyterian Church, "to show how art can advocate for social change," he said. Ms. Jain is also on the summit committee and introduced him to Ms. Clesse for inclusion on the Share Your Voice program.
"We have collectors who donate art, and we connect with artists to have them donate art," he said. "It comes from all over this country and parts of the world. We are also encouraging the community to use our art lending room for social outreach."
Ms. DeCaria, who has a master's degree in arts management from Carnegie Mellon University, rents her studio space at the Union Project, where she said her students have "an easy learning environment to practice social skills. We're working with folks who don't have a lot of language, so drawing is a great outlet."
She said she wants to open the world of arts advocacy to disabled people, many of whom live segregated from others.
"We're looking at the vision of Martin Luther King from a different perspective," she said.
"The vision of the beloved city includes everyone," Ms. Clesse said. "And it's fair to say that everyone has a lot to learn."
Diana Nelson Jones: email@example.com or 412-263-1626. Read her blog City Walkabout at www.post-gazette.com/citywalk.


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"It seems but a short time ago that I, as a 16-year-old, boarded Jack Vail's taxi on a fall morning and left home to start a life of my own. With little more than the clothes on my back and armed with a poor Grade XI, I set out to tackle my first job, sole-charge teacher in a multi-grade, one-room school in central Newfoundland
"First time in St. John's, first time seeing — let alone riding — a train and completely on my own with only half a notion of where I was going … so much to see, so much to learn and no idea where it was all going to lead" …
That was in 1951. Ronald A. Fagan watched the trees and the water flick past as the taxi made its way out of Riverhead, St. Mary's Bay and headed into town.
"Where it was all going to lead?" Few of us stop in the middle of something new and challenging to ponder that question. But now, looking back across more than 60 memory-rich years, Fagan has most of his answer.
It did not lead to a lifetime of teaching, but, as with nearly all of us, it led to that mix of disappointment and success and the up, down and crossways of life in Newfoundland some 50-60 years ago. It then evolved into an improved way of life. Only those of a certain age can appreciate what Newfoundland was to its people and what it has become.
Ron Fagan, a son of good Newfoundland stock, worked here and elsewhere, married, raised a family, had a rewarding career in electrical contracting and vocational school instructing budding electricians and now, albeit challenged by cancer, he lives a comfortable retirement in St. John's.
Those are the barest essentials. But the man has a heart and soul which fill in the colours of his outline portrait.
The evidence of that is worth knowing and worth remembering. For, although he would perhaps be surprised to hear it said, Ron has contributed to what we are on this island — a place he describes with a hackneyed phrase, but with complete honesty — "Newfoundland is Heaven on Earth!"
Oh, it's not likely Ron Fagan will make the history books of the future, but it is to be hoped that something of his honest depiction in verse and prose of the events and people around him will remain known. It is not often that a man making his living through the trades (he managed for electrical contractors Bedard-Girard Ltd., at the Marystown shipyard for 16 years) writes a poem. But the fact that he often does, supports my point of his heart and soul.
"I'm not particularly good at the abstract stuff" he says in commenting on the style of one's thoughts through poetry. "But, now, show me a cat's tracks in the snow and that's a different thing!" Or show him the very much less poetic things on a fishing wharf. He can relate to that.
"Splitting tables
and sound bones,
Liver barrels and blue ass flies,
Sculpins, conners and
flatfish too,
Eels and maiden rays."
Ron recalls his childhood in Riverhead affectionately. It was a great place for a kid on a summer's day, a place to swing his legs over a wharf, and perhaps dream a boy's dreams. His father and uncle fished with a 23-foot motorboat, painted black "and affectionately dubbed The Black Mariah." The homemade boat (was there any other kind in St. Mary's Bay at the time?) "was not the least bit graceful."
He remembers "the other side" across from his "home shore" (if you will) and how students from there reached school by being rowed across the arm in a dory: "This ferry service was provided by Mr. Ambrose Lee for a number of years and then by Mr. Paddy Whelan. And how can one forget the men from Coote's Pond and their horses and sleds coming to pick up their children from school on stormy days?"
In 2011, with the help of his wife, Tina, and daughter, Lisa, Ron collected some of his poems and appended 16 pages of reminiscences of his early life to make a 75-page booklet, "Western Boats & Barking Kettles".
For most people in Newfoundland, life in the period of Commission of Government was not flush with an abundance of nature's gifts. But neither could it be characterized as bleak. His brief recollections show it was very much the same from one coastal community to another:
"There were card games and school concerts but largely people were left to their own devices and entertainment was what one made of it. Unlike it is today, house to house visiting was routine and well accepted … there was always an element of competition when it came to horses, wood cutting and hauling, and the boats and fishing. Story telling was a fine art then — ships lost and men drowned, trips taken sand feats of daring and endurance. And, in long winter evenings, tales and ghosts and wandering souls and the little people who were always present."
One small cameo in Ron's reminiscences especially got my attention:
"In fall and winter evenings when dark came early we gathered around a radio. Owen Whalen's, next door to us, was always a popular spot. However, our visitations to Owen's would have to be timed carefully to avoid getting caught up in the rosary. At that time, we all said the rosary in our homes, it bring believed that to do so brought blessings, warded off evil, and, I think, banished prowling ghosts. At any rate, the rosary at Owen's was unique and to be avoided at all times. I cannot recall the details but it entailed a great lengthy litany and recitations of the mysteries most sorrowful, all intoned at breakneck speed, the words indistinguishable, each cascading over the other. Entering with the rosary in progress we all dropped to our knees, neighbours and strangers all alike and assumed a suitable pose. If indulgences can be stacked and banked, my stay in purgatory ought to be considerably reduced by penance served."
When you really think of it, although he may live today an easy drive away from Riverhead, Ron has proceeded through radical culture change, as have many others of his generation. Kitchen visiting, 25-year-old Model-A Fords still running, the attraction of the radio, home-made coffins … this and more bespeak another world.
As skilled with hammer, saw and plane as he is with words (can we compare a curio cabinet to a poem?) Ron has used his wood-working talent to make furniture and repair old houses.
I truly enjoyed his relating how, when daughter Kim got her first house in an older part of St. John's, both Ron and Tina invested time and energy in repairing, renovating and over all, in endeavouring to catch up with long-neglected maintenance.
"Tina was very good helping me" says Ron.
"She'd even get up on the roof, walk around, lift materials — a terrific help. Only thing was, when it came to getting down, well, that was another matter. She had no problem climbing up there on the ladder, but for some reason she was afraid of her life coming down the ladder!"
"I don't read quite as much as I once did," Ron confesses. "My concentration is not so good; I hardly ever read novels, but what I do read is mostly political material — Bill Rowe, Gus Etchegary, Norm Doyle." And just about every day Ron meets up with his buddies at McDonald's or Tim Hortons and helps solve the province's problems.
He rises early at around 5:00 … "and sure, fleeting thoughts of dying flitter through my mind" … but then,
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I watch the street,
First stirrings of light.
Now and then a car,
familiar faces drifting in.
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DA already cleared officer Heimsness
MADISON., Wis. - An internal investigation of a Madison police officer involved in the shooting death of Paul Heenan is expected to be released next week.
Last week, Dane County prosecutors cleared officer Stephen Heimsness any criminal wrongdoing.
Police Chief Noble Wray plans on holding a news conference to announce the findings of the investigation. A time for the news conference has not been set.
The Madison Police Department said it will not process open records requests on the matter until after the news conference.
In his ruling on the case, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said a homeowner awoke to find his neighbor, Heenan, in his house on Nov. 9.
The homeowner's wife called Madison police, reporting a home burglary. It was later discovered that Heenan, 30, was new to the neighborhood and attempted entering the wrong house. Heenan had been drinking and was confused, according to police.
Prosecutors said Heenan had a blood-alcohol content of 0.208 percent.
"I don't believe this could happen to just anyone. People every day in our community are intoxicated. Yet they still don't go up to people's homes and open doors in the middle of the night. That doesn't happen," Ozanne said.
Officer Stephen Heimsness arrived at the scene with his weapon drawn.
"The reality is law enforcement was responding to a burglary in progress. This is a felony situation where you had people home in the house, calling, with children," Ozanne said.
Ozanne said Heimsness saw two men in a physical struggle on the sidewalk near 513 S. Baldwin St. and he recognized one of the men as the husband of the woman who had reported the break-in.
According to Ozanne's statement, Heimsness and the homeowner said Heenan charged Heimsness, who had his gun drawn and was giving commands for Heenan to get on the ground.
The officer said there was a struggle and he thought Heenan was trying to grab his gun and he fired because he feared for his life.
Heimsness fired three shots after getting distance between him and Heenan, according to Ozanne.
Ozanne concluded Heimsness didn't violate any statutes. The prosecutor said anyone who believes he or she faces a genuine threat of deadly force can respond with deadly force.
The homeowner told police he believed Heenan was drunk and he was attempting to take him to his house down the street. He said Heenan had come at him and was pushing him backwards.
Ozanne said evidence, including witness statements, officer statements, physical evidence, State Crime Lab findings and Medical Examiner findings are consistent with each other.
Attorney Jeff Scott Olson, who is representing the Heenan family, said the family is considering a civil suit.
"I wasn't surprised at all (by the district attorney's conclusion). It's a very rare case where there's strong enough evidence that a public prosecutor feels he has proof beyond a reasonable doubt of criminal liability," Olson said.
Olson said he doesn't agree that there was an immediate threat.
"Heimsness was able to separate himself from Mr. Heenan and achieve five or six feet of separation before he shot him. It doesn't say (Heenan) was advancing on him a second time when he was shot," Olson said.
Olson said now that the police reports will be publicly available, he looks forward to going through them, and he and the family will make a decision soon on whether or not they'll move forward with a civil case.
Ozanne also found the Madison Police Department conducted a thorough and objective investigation that is ongoing.
Madison police told WISC-TV the results of their internal investigation into whether Heimsness violated department policies in the shooting could be available late next week. Heimsness would not be reinstated until after the internal investigation, if he's cleared.
Dan Frei, president of the Madison Professional Police Officers Association, said while the Madison Police Department's investigation is internal, it should be trusted.
"If you have the trust in our police department to conduct those investigations every day, then you should have that same level of trust in something like this -- that we're going to use the same degree of professionalism and responsibility in this that we would in any other investigation," Frei said.
A Madison Police Department spokesman couldn't say Thursday whether the department would consider a third-party investigator in the future.
"I've heard that question asked before and that's not something I can really comment on in terms of who does the fact-finding mission, if you will. Those are decisions that are made on different levels," said Howard Payne, a Madison Police Department spokesman.
The Dane County Sheriff's Office appointed a lieutenant to shadow the internal fact-finding. Madison police have done that in the past when county deputies have been involved in shootings.
Frei, who has been in law enforcement for 20 years, said he couldn't remember the last time a local officer was actually found at fault in a shooting. Heimsness continues to serve as treasurer of the police union.
Amelia and Nathan Royko Maurer, Heenan's roommates on South Baldwin Street, called the premise of the internal investigation "absurd."
"They're investigating themselves -- doesn't that seem absurd?" asked Amelia Royko Maurer. "And then (Ozanne) gets to decide whether criminal charges are brought against this officer -- that seems so totally outrageous."
Heenan's roommates said that even with a final decision, they and other neighbors remain stunned over the shooting.
"The officer gets a second chance on life or continued duty on the force," Nathan Royko Maurer said. "Our friend Paulie gets nothing, and his family gets nothing."
"We're angry, and we're sad, and our hearts are broken for his parents," Amelia Royko Maurer said. "Even if the DA had done the right thing and charged Stephen Heimsness, they still don't get their son back."
There has been an increased level of scrutiny surrounding Heimsness because of his use of force in two separate incidents.
In 2006, Heimsness reportedly kneed and kicked a man he was arresting at a downtown bar, which the Madison Police Department determined was within reason for the situation. But the city of Madison settled a $27,000 deal with the man's attorney after witnesses said that he was intentionally struck in the head by Heimsness in the incident.
In 2001, Heimsness fired his gun, shooting out the front tires of a car in a university-area parking garage. Heimsness said he thought the driver was going to hit him. He was suspended without pay for 15 days for the incident.
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Looked at the AKC FT rule book and found little description of the derby or any other stake. Not sure if I was looking at an outdated copy or not. It was a direct link from the AKC web site.
Also did an RTF search that brought up 20 pages worth of threads and none addressed this question.
What is the typical make-up of a derby stake? Won't be able to attend one until the first weekend of Feb., but curious to compare my girl's training level with that required of the Derby.
Typically, how many series are there? 2? 4? And what's the progression of series? Land singles, Land multiples, water singles, water multiples?
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I was going to tie it to my belt loop but after tuning into the line a little bit it was zinging out with such velocity that I thought it might yank my trousers off!
The head has the grains, taper and a certain rigidity that makes it hold it's form over the full casting distance like nothing I've ever cast on the Atlantis before. The running line is very thin and shoots like mad and the super-bright green color helps a lot with visual queues contrasting against the clear head section. This is a line that makes 120ft (the length of the line) absolutely easy to reach with a practice cast or two. It seems the more relaxed you cast it, the further it goes!
Realistically, it's a tad heavy for the rod for my tastes (type A) but wouldn't be heavy for everyone (type B). I would like to try the 11wt since I like a lighter line to let me feel the line in motion to create the energy a little more than the grain weight.
Side note: I have been practicing underloaded casting quite a bit lately to refine my casting stroke, try it - you'll be amazed at how much it reveals! For instance, I will put an 8wt floating FWF on the 1109 and work to throw the entire line to the backing. It's not easy, and it took me a while as the 1109 can take an 11wt in a pinch and is not loaded with an 8wt standard WF. In such cases, it achieves the feat by means of kinetic energy and nearly insufficient grains. Then put a properly weighted line back on and ZOOM!
Back to the Outbound...
The running line is a floater, and sometimes an intermediate cuts through an angry surf a little bit easier. It's color and shootability is great, provided it sits in the stripping basket faithfully between the easy moonshots. The running line's ability to sit in the basket despite oceanic winds is among the most important features of a beach line. Tangling must not be prevalent either, but that is also a factor of basket design.
120ft is so easy to reach with this line that I wonder if the line shouldn't be a little longer.
As a quick test before getting back to my duties, I put a chunk of a paper napkin that was in my truck in lieu of a big fly and it threw this big wind-resistant gob of paper over 100ft with just a flick. The thing was louder than a hummingbord flying by but it was no match for the Outbound! This is going to be fun with bunker flies when the big girls are in the surf
There is something really special about the head design on this intermediate line that addresses the #1 problem with most lines on the market today for two-handed casting - this clear intermediate head does not lose it's loop over the extreme distance casting that the two-handed rod allows.
Simon, Jim, I am truly excited about what you have done - simply an AMAZING line! I will contact you about trying the other lines. To complete this test I really need to try the 11wt rated lines, and I also would like to try the 9wt and 10wt versions on the 1109.
|In case Simon doesn't answer, I think I heard that they're making it in the full range of sizes, so I'm sure there's a 9 and 10. Might be just the ticket for the lighter Atlantis.
Simon -
What line weights do these new lines come in? I am still in search of the line that will make the lighter Atlantis (9/10) sing as well, and the configurations you mention sound just perfect for the angling application.
Meanwhile, I hope to get the 12wt prototypes onto the water ASAP!
|The T&T HS 1107 may work where 9/10 rods are too much. It was marketed as a fast action 7 wt single hander and likes 8 wt lines. It's not the same blank as their DH 1107 spey, although T&T did also build and sell it without fanfare as a 2 hander. Apparently all you had to do was think enough to ask, and T&T would readily accomodate requests to customize the build.
I will definitely have the rod at GGACC.
I think you'll be surprised at how light it is, keeping in mind that an AFTMA 9/10wt is well within the Spey 7wt range (new ratings not withstanding). In fact it loads perfectly with the 6/7/8 Windcutter with the mid-section removed. I have had a blast with every 'schoolie' I've hooked on the All-arounder and it did a fine job with 20# fish as well.
I like standard 9wt and 10wt lines on it while fishing the flats but switch over to a shooting head on the beach and let 'er rip over the waves. A simple spool swap is all it takes to convert from a finesse rod to a beach rod. I've used the 26ft integrated shooting head lines (Rio Striper DC, Cortland QD, Teeny, etc) and they load the rod well at 350 grains but those shorties can't keep the loop intact as far as the rod will throw the line (to your earlier point) so I have been using 35-45 ft shooting heads to comfortably throw 120ft all day, the less effort the better it flies.
On a related note - I am especially curious to check a report I got from a respected friend and mentor in Seattle saying that the new Rio Skagit 7/8 is a perfect match letting him perry poke 100+ ft with ease with a sinktip. Being an 11ft rod with that kind of ability gets me very excited about the possibilities as I am often feeling like the rod in hand on a given day is too long when I get into very tight situations. Just might be another dimension to support the "All-arounder" title.
Looking forward to hangin' out with the gang.
Juro, are you going to be bringing the 9/10 to the SF Speyorama? I'd be very interested in trying that rod out.
I love the atlantis, but it is really overkill for the river fishing here, I intend to use it mainly in the surf where it will be perfect for the big schools that prowl the beaches in summer. I would like a similar rod to cast to stripers in the river. Most single handers here are using 7 and 8 weights to cast to fish that are a mix of 20 to 25 inch schoolies to fish nearing 10 pounds. The brutes over 10 pounds are few and far between. The 9/10 might be great for that, and I'd even like to see a 2 hander in the 7/8 range. I believe board member SSPey is building a 2 handed 11 foot 7 weight on a T&T blank. A rod like that would be a sweet river stick!
|On a related note I have heard from very reliable sources in the PNW that the "Atlantis 9/10wt is a perfect match with the Rio Skagit 7/8wt permitting easy Skagit casts to 100ft". I have yet to test this combination out myself and don't want to put the cart before the horse but based on the reliability of the source I will be all over it as soon as I can get these two together.
Juro, your idea of a long, stout leader is very plausible, that and using a big fly should both lengthen the energy transfer path and deaden the overkill on energy exiting the end of the line. I will play with this (and poly leaders) over the weekend.
Simon, very glad to hear you are working on the 2 hander salt lines. I think this will end up being a very practical method of fishing not only beaches and flats, but rivers and delta waters with the proper rod weights. Hope to see these rods scale down to 7 weights eventually for river striper fishing. Also looking forward to the new video with this type of casting being covered.
Hey man. Floating and intermediate have floating running line, the type 3, type 6 and type 8 heads have intermediate running lines.
I told Jimmy about your post and he just said "keep tying!!!".
Hey Simon
Simon --
John H. mentioned that line to me, but I didn't realize it would be made with enough grainage to load the double-handers. Yahoo! What densities will you guys make it in -- floating, intermediate, sinking -- and will the running line be floating or int.?
(P.S. -- Isn't Jim supposed to be resting his gimpy foot for our Bahamas trip .... and he's got me tying all the flies because he's supposed to be resting ....)
Jonny from NYC
thanks Simon!
Just thought you fellas would like to know that Rio has its own integrated shooting head that is being field tested now. There are a couple on the way to Juro to play with. No doubt he will give the board some honest feedback about it.
It's going to be available in early summer and is called the "Outbound". You'll see a series of ads for it soon enough! The #12 should be ideal on the Atlantis. It has a 37.5 ft long head, weighing around 550 grains and a total length of 120 ft. The taper gives it a very smooth casting loop, yet easily carries the biggest striper flies. Funnily enough Jim and I were casting it this morning and had on one of those very large Striper Dragon's flies on. Extreme distance was easy.....
Enjoy it Juro........
Moose -
Well said. If you haven't already, you should forward your comments to Airflo.
A little background:
After trying the shorter head prototype, I found that putting a large (e.g. very large) wind-resistant fly on the line and relaxing the stroke threw the line very well and for a long way without running out of runway, but not all situations call for that approach.
(This makes me wonder if tying a l-o-n-g leader of very stout butt down to 20# tippet (commonly used on the beach) would tame the turnover and create the opportunity for more integration of monofilament into the line loop.)
Anyway when I put a more commonly used 6" saltwater fly and gave it any kind of stroke acceleration to overcome wind (a constant on the beach) the short head ran out of room per recent discussion. I provided feedback consistent with your findings to Airflo.
Airflo quickly responded with the longer head length per the description we see in their catalogs. I have not received my longer head samples yet either but having a lot of experience with Airflo multihead 35ft and 45ft heads I am completely confident that they will totally rock when such a head with the right grain load is fused with that killer running line. I heard they are supposed to be available in April; I'll check with Tim. This is good timing as the striper fishing on the atlantic gets really cooking in mid-May.
BTW - Tim also commented that they are coming out with a thinner version of that running line which I would really like to try. The one on the "beach line" sits in the stripping basket like a faithful bird dog but I am always looking for a shooting line edge, if the thinner one also lays well in the basket then it's the best of both worlds. And talk about low stretch!
So in summary my feedback was consistent with yours. A longer head length was the eventual design decision from Airflo (per the catalog).
Side note: I believe the holy grail would be a short head that does not run out of runway over 120+ft of distance because:
- it strips closer to the beach
- rolls out easier
- less susceptible to high dunes and beach grass (obstructions)
- supports sight fishing better
- defeats wind easier
I wish science would prove that it's possible to design a short head that could hold a loop for 100, 120 even approaching 150ft casts. However I think the laws of physics are the limiting factor not taper design.
I will post here as soon as I can get samples of the longer head lines.
The demo line I have came via Red Shed, and Mike had called Rajeff's the day I asked him about the line (a week ago) and they sent it to him, brand new, clearly never used before I got it. Clear intermediate head, 29' 6" 552 grains. The construction and materials are top notch and yes, I love the running line, but the head length issue needs to be resolved. I think 35' would be a minimum, and if they wanted to style it specifically for the Atlantis like they advertise, it should be a 40 foot head to allow for the extreme distances the rod is designed for. Airflo lines are my absolute favorite for both single and double handed rods because of the tapers and slick line construction, but they have really had some issues recently with quality control over things like head lengths not meeting advertised specs and loop to loop connections that hinder a smooth energy transfer.
So close, yet so far!!
I hope they can resolve this, because they are closer than any other line manufacturer to having the ultimate off the shelf fly lines, IMHO.
The 40 has to do with years of same old and not head length.....I am currently thinking of joining in with Fred A and marketing some 40+ scotch to go with the line
Below is from from Airflo;
Recent fly rod design and materials have revolutionised fly rod performance and changed the way we cast.
Yet as a line manufacturer, the line rating system that we must adhere to was created over 40 years ago when many people still used rods built from cane or fiberglass.
Airflo realized that to maximize your true potential with modern fly rods, the flyline design had to be radically upgraded - welcome to the new Forty Plus line.
Ask almost any flyfisher what cast they would like help with and they will tell you it is the distance
cast. By taking the advantages of a shooting head and blending them into an advanced weight forward design, we have created a distance casting flyline for everyone.
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Apparently the National Amateur Retriever Club had a professional film made of the very first National Amateur Retriever Field Trial Championship in 1957. The winner was NFC Major VI, making him the very first NFC-NAFC. 2xNFC King Buck was a finalist. Other notable dogs competing include NFC Cork of Oakwood Lane and the Chesapeake Rip.
I have located and purchased a copy of the film. To the best of my knowledge no one around today even knew it existed. It is 16mm and runs for approximately ninety minutes. It is in color, no soundtrack, very professionally produced. It has descriptions of the tests, and the names and background information of the dogs on the screen before they run.
I found out the seller also had copies of the 1956 National Open, and 1963 National Open. I have purchased those copies too.
The 1957 NAFTC has been converted to DVD. The copyright is owned by the NARC, and discussions have begun how to make it available to the retriever community. The films for the 1956 NFTC and 1963 NFTC were just sent off for conversion, I do not know the copyright status of those yet. The 1963 film is black and white, is shorter, and appears to lack the incredible production values that are on the 1956 and 1957 films. I suspect the 1963 film is a private film John Olin had made, whereas the National Clubs own the 1956 and 1957 films. But time will tell.
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Real Networks has received quite a bit of attention thanks to the launch of its Real DVD software, designed to allow people to copy their DVDs to their hard drives for later playback. (Why is that a big deal? Because Hollywood DVDs are encrypted with CSS, and if you decrypt them without permission, the motion picture industry's lawyers may come a-callin'.)
Princeton's Professor Ed Felten (full disclosure: he's an EFF board member) in a recent post on his blog reminds us that one of the core "Darknet premises" -- that DRM systems on mass media content will inevitably be broken -- continues to prove itself true. The victim this year, AACS:
We've been following, off and on, the steady meltdown of AACS, the encryption scheme used in HD-DVD and Blu-ray, the next-generation DVD systems. By this point, Hollywood has released four generations of AACS-encoded discs, each encrypted with different secret keys; and the popular circumvention tools can still decrypt them all. The industry is stuck on a treadmill: they change keys every ninety days, and attackers promptly reverse-engineer the new keys and carry on decrypting discs.
As we've said many times before, DRM is not about preventing piracy, it's about giving entertainment companies control over disruptive innovation. Here's the latest example: tomorrow DVD-CCA (the entity that controls the CSS encryption standard for DVDs) will be voting on an amendment to the CSS license that is designed to put a disruptive innovator, Kaleidescape, out of business (read Kaleidescape's letter about it here).
In April, a California court ruled that Kaleidescape did not violate its contract with the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) by distributing a device that rips and plays DVDs. But now the DRM licensing authority, which is mostly controlled by movie studios, is planning to change the contract and more clearly forbid DVD ripping.
This is a classic demonstration of what's wrong with DRM under the DMCA: it puts a licensing cartel in charge of innovation, and lets copyright holders block disruptive technologies at a whim. Only those tools that DVD CCA blesses can come to market. That's why there are still no mass market tools for backing up your DVDs or copying movies to portable devices, for instance.
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Difference sets belong both to group theory and to combinatorics. Studying them requires tools from geometry, number theory, and representation theory. This book lays a foundation for these topics, including a primer on representations and characters of finite groups. It makes the research literature on difference sets accessible to students who have studied linear algebra and abstract algebra, and it prepares them to do their own research.
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Ergothioneine or l-ergothioneine is an ingredient that has become more common in skin care formulations over the last decade. Research about the benefits of the substance is still underway, and scientists' opinions about the effectiveness of the ingredient currently conflict. Still, many people who use products that feature l-ergothioneine as an active ingredient report receiving results from their use, suggesting that the substance may be beneficial for the skin.
The discovery of l-ergothioneine occurred in 1909, when the nutrient was first derived from a type of fungus known as ergot. Named after its source, l-ergothioneine was identified as an amino acid, the term given to nutrients that function as the building blocks of proteins. L-ergothioneine is found in a variety of fungi, including white and oyster mushrooms. Other foods that contain the nutrient include black beans, oat bran and organ meats like liver and kidneys. The substance is absorbed by the human body and plays minor roles in the function of the red blood cells and eye lenses. It is also a trace material in the composition of both semen and skin.
Structurally, l-ergothioneine is similar to urea, a substance produced by the human body that is an important component for both urine and sweat. Urea has long been touted for its protective benefits for the cells of the body.
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Since initial inquiry into the potential antioxidative activities of l-ergothioneine began, conflicting results have surfaced. Some studies, including one published in 2010 in the journal "Cell Death & Differentiation" have found that the nutrient protects both DNA and protein from oxidative damage.
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The Old City is a must visit for secular and religious visitors alike. Visit the markets and historic sights of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Knesset (parliament) is 15 minutes' walk away, as is the fascinating Israel Museum. Aza street is a lively street just a minutes' walk away and is serviced by numerous bus lines. There are also a number of restaurants, cafes, and shops.
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Thanks our host !! we enjoyed our staying in Jerusalim .Fist , excellent location just five min. on foot from Jaffa gate of the Old City. Second this place is very cosy and has everything for having a good time.
The location of this flat can't be beat! Super central. Meters from trendy Emek Refaim, with loads of shops and restaurants. Easy walking distance to the city centre, Old City, lovely renovated train station and the wonderful walking path along the old train tracks. But for the hiccup in our stay (see below) this would be a sold five-star rating. As to the flat itself, the patio is divine and the overall space clean, comfortable and airy, and completely kitted out. It could, however, benefit from some real management and maintenance, e.g. missing light bulbs, dirty dishes. Not a big impediment. Also, the landlord, Paul is absentee but he is responsive via email and a good guy. His manager on the ground, Myriam is lovely. However, had to fight with his/her bozo management team for compensation for three days of no hot water. Not a huge deal in summer, but cold showers in Jerusalem in winter, not so fun. After much hassling, ended up being booked into the boutique hotel next door for the eve of our departure. Had to fight way too hard for that small gesture, but at least we had hot showers and breakfast before we departed.
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ELLISTOWN – A New Albany woman and her three grandchildren were pulled from a creek near Highway 9 and Highway 348 Wednesday afternoon.
Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Roe said Jennifer McKenzie, 47, of New Albany, was traveling east toward Tupelo when her car hydroplaned, leaving the roadway and crashing into a rain flowing creek.
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Pietro Frassica, professor of French and Italian, leads the class "Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization -- Italy: The Land of Slow Food," which explores the art of cookery in relation to people's environment and history. Frassica, an authority on Italian literature, offered his first course exploring the importance of food in literature in 1992. (Photo: Brian Wilson)
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Class: "Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization -- Italy: The Land of Slow Food"
Instructor: Pietro Frassica, professor of French and Italian. Frassica's research and teaching focus on Italian literature of the Renaissance, contemporary literature and the literature of gastronomy. A native of Italy and recipient of the Italian-American Hall of Fame award, he has written more than 80 scholarly and popular articles and has written or edited several books, including "The Futurist Cookbook."
A cook prepares polenta using medieval utensils during the group's 2008 visit to a house near Milan where a traditional medieval meal is prepared. (Photo: Courtesy of Pietro Frassica)
Description: Combining an analysis of Italian literary texts with works of visual art, the course -- which began in fall 2007 -- explores the art of cookery in relation to people's environment and history. The course, conducted in Italian, reviews works from the Middle Ages to the 21st century by writers and artists including Dante, Boccaccio and Michelangelo. Students examine concepts that form the foundation of the Slow Food Movement, which began in Italy in the 1990s to counteract the increase in fast food and the decrease in traditional local foods as well as to raise awareness about food choices from environmental and economic perspectives. The movement is now active in more than 100 countries; a Princeton student group is advised by Frassica.
Frassica and the students travel at the end of the semester to visit the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy, where they participate in a seminar given by Slow Food Movement founder Carlo Petrini. The group also visits a medieval house near Milan where a traditional medieval meal is prepared as well as vineyards, chocolate factories and places where mozzarella is made.
Inspiration: Frassica, a Princeton faculty member since 1976, offered his first course discussing the importance of food in literature in 1992. "Today, after seeing how serious the students are in the courses I teach, I can say without hesitation that gastronomy is recognized as a serious discipline," he said.
From left, Frassica and 2008 graduates Lara Klainerman and Cate Adams visit the Gobino chocolate factory in Turin during their travels in Italy. (Photo: Courtesy of Pietro Frassica)
"Carlo Petrini has been a personal friend of mine since the early 1980s, well before the Slow Food Movement was founded. My long friendship with Petrini and the emerging, extraordinary interest in the serious study of food encouraged me to offer this course," Frassica said. "I hope to further educate and inspire my students, while informing their participation in the growing international dialogue regarding food choices."
Students say: "I was born and raised in Montreal, but my father is Italian and my mother is Slovenian, so I grew up in a food-obsessed Italian-speaking household. (My maternal grandparents owned a Slovenian restaurant for many years, and my older brother is now a chef.) Given that I have spent countless hours poring over old Italian and French cookbooks, this course combining literature and gastronomy proved to be irresistible," said senior Luca Barone. "I also believe that studying the history of material culture is important, because you gain a better understanding of a society by studying its customs and manners, which are manifestations of its values and philosophy."
During class sessions, Frassica leads the students through discussions of works from the Middle Ages to the 21st century by writers and artists including Dante, Boccaccio and Michelangelo. (Photo: Brian Wilson)
Senior Joseph Vellone said, "I served as the president of Slow Food Princeton, so I was naturally drawn to a course that explored the foundations of the movement in Italian literature. It didn't hurt that Professor Frassica is one of my favorite professors: His seminars are the perfect balance of academic rigor and playful discussion. ... What I've found most compelling are the surprising origins of the way we eat today. Today our food choices are made with a focus on the health benefits of food, on local agriculture and on eating the right amount of fruits and vegetables, and these were the same priorities that Italians had during the Renaissance. The course has allowed me to discover that our modern conceptions of food and diet actually trace their origins back to the Renaissance, and that Slow Food's emphasis on pleasure and responsibility in eating brings us back to this time. In moving forward in our diet, we've actually come full circle."
Vellone added, "That a Woodrow Wilson School major can prepare for a career in food policy by studying Italian Renaissance literature says something about the relevance of Professor Frassica's course to so many students. Whether we realize it or not, food is such a central part of our lives, and by examining it through this lens we can all learn something that will change the way we eat and ultimately the way we live."
At the end of the semester, the class visits the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy, and meets with Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement. Here, the students and Frassica join Petrini (on Frassica's left) during a visit in 2008. (Photo: Courtesy of Pietro Frassica)


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