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Well, if we're going to talk about HOPES rather than PREDICTIONS...how cool would it be if Czisny and Wagner went 1-2? (Riiiight...dream on, RD)
Well, if we're going to talk about HOPES rather than PREDICTIONS...how cool would it be if Czisny and Wagner went 1-2? (Riiiight...dream on, RD)
My dream podium for this season:
1 Brian Joubert
2 Daisuke Takahashi
3 Jeremy Abbott
4 Kevin VDP!!!
Just imagine if Brian can win his second World title in front of his home crowd. After such disappointing seasons for him, I want to see him smile again. I so wish him get on the podium at least.
As talented as Jeremy, he deserves and should and MUST! get on the podium once at least. Besides, I love his programs this season, both SP and LP. I think Jeremy's are the best two programs among Men this season.
As for Kevin, if it is going to be his very last competition, I wish him to skate 'lights out' that he can be very proud of, and finish strong in the standings at the Worlds in Europe.
Did not I tell you I have a soft spot for veteran guys?
Oh, and for Dai, I can settle with Silver, or even Bronze this year.
Why, I am saving every wishes of my wishes until Sochi Olympics for Dai! ^^)/
pairs top ten:
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy - pina iss the best and they re burning to beat V/T because they cannont compete against them @ europeans
2. Volosozhar/Trankov - gonna be close to S/S ... but imo trankov's nerves gonna be the sticking point
3. Duhamel/Radford - high technical base value... and the best male skater in the field deserves a medal ... please skate nationals one more time :-)
4. Sui/Han - well i don't like their style, technics, programmes ... but it'll be realistic
5. Bazarova/Larionov - soooorry but they have no power or style... as oldfashioned and boring as ever ...
6. Kavaguti/Smirnov - if smirnov can compete... but i don t like their programmes .. sooooorry their fp iss sooo boring.... but i can sleep soo good to it...
7. Zhang/Zhang - if Hao iss fit... and they skate such boring programmes as everytime
8. Denney/Coughlin - if the truckdriver drives on the road... possible...
9. Berton/Hotarek - if they are both fit and skate 2 clean programmes.. well, why not?
10. Takahashi/Tran - well depends on her sbs jumps...
please don't kill me, because i don't like the russian pairs as u normally do .-)
Pang/Tong imo will not compete - they need a break ...
Dube/Wolfe .. mmmmhhh top ten ? could be..
Marley/Brubaker... mmmmhhh i don' t think they have the stability for the top ten
Hausch/Wende... not this season
Vartmann/van Cleave... toooo soon
Exactly, I feel like it's a 1 in 50 shot at best...
Of course, if one of them can get on the podium (and we can get the 3rd spot back) that'll be good enough I suppose...
Fine for Wagner - but Czisny beating a clean Suzuki would make me want to hit my head against a wall. Hard. For all there is, I really think that shouldn't happen.Originally Posted by Skater boy
I'm probably going to cross my fingers most for Suzuki this year. Her programms are gorgeous, she's technically improved a lot and has that special kind of energy and joy about her, that always makes me smile while watching her.
The other two I'd like to see on the podium are Asada and Wagner.
Kostner, oh well... she's probably going to make it, and I usually like her skating a lot. But with that jump content... I just don't want to see a world champion with such an obviously "play it save"-strategy.
So I fear most likely it would be...
1.) Kostner
2.) Asada (although this is already pretty shaky)
3.) Suzuki/Wagner
For men, I'm fine with the most likely - Chan 1., Takahashi 2. bronze is a tough case though... I'll keep my fingers crossed for Hanyu, but I think Abbott deserves to be on the podium already too. So I'll go with what I'd like to see and think will happen combined:
1.) Chan
2.) Takahashi
3.) Abbott
The results at 4CC surprised me and made me feel like Worlds may be full of surprises this year!
1. Volosozhar/Trankov--I don't like their programs and would much prefer S/S to win. However, I don't think S/S will be at their best due to Aliona's very unfortunate injury. This will open the door for V/T to win. I think injuries/illnesses will make the difference between these two teams all the way up to Sochi. They are so closely matched that whichever team is healthiest, physically and mentally, will win.
2. Savchenko/Szolkowy--If they compete, they'll hold on for silver. Pina is brilliant, best program in any discipline this season.
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov--If they compete, they'll hold on for bronze. Clair de Lune is the best program of their career by far.
Other contenders--If the top 3 slip up or do not compete, I see Sui/Han or Bazarova/Larionov on the podium. I think Sui/Han will top B/L due to more consistent elements. Personally I don't care for Sui/Han, but you can't argue with their 75 TES score at 4CC. If that happens again, they will be on the podium almost regardless of PCS scores. If Pang/Tong compete, they'll certainly be a podium threat as well, but I don't really expect to see them there. The surprise of 4CC to me was the general strength of the North American/Chinese pairs versus the European pairs. If you take out the top 4 European pairs (S/S, V/T, K/S, B/L), there really is little to no depth beneath them. Whereas the top 6 or 7 pairs at 4CC were really all quite good.
1. Patrick Chan--I don't particularly like Chan, but he seems close to unbeatable at this point.
2-3. Honestly, I think the podium beneath Chan is wide open. The skaters who SHOULD be on it are Daisuke Takahashi and Jeremy Abbott. They are the most complete skaters, with the best package of skills, choreography, and interpretation (personally, I like both of them better than Chan). However, with the competition so intense, it will come down to execution on those 2 days. Whoever lands the jumps and makes the fewest mistakes will be on the podium. It could be any combination of Takahashi, Abbott, Gachinski, Fernandez, Amodio, Brezina, Kozuka, Hanyu, even Rippon or Denis Ten. I'm tempted to bet on Gachinski simply because he's shown that he peaks for the big events.
Ice Dance
1. Virtue/Moir--I'm a Davis/White fan and I really want them to win a second gold with their magnificent Die Fledermaus. However . . . V/M won 4CC by such a big margin. They are wonderful skaters, and Funny Face truly does improve each time they skate it. I think Meryl/Charlie have their work cut out for them. But again, it will come down to execution, and if V/M slip up, Meryl/Charlie will be right there.
2. Davis/White--I love them and am rooting for them. It will be so, so close for the gold. I hope they can do it!
3. Weaver/Poje--I think this may be their year. They've been very strong all season, especially with their free dance. If they skate as strongly and consistently as they have been, their chances are excellent.
Other contenders--It should be Pechalat/Bourzat's year, after the near miss last season and with Worlds in their country. However, they just haven't been that great this year. Their free dance at Europeans was definitely their best of the season, though, so who knows? Personally I think the bronze is between W/P and P/B. I don't see the Shibutanis making the podium this year; I just don't think their free dance is good enough. Bobrova/Soloviev do have a shot, but IMO it's based on politics rather than skill.
1. Carolina Kostner--She is the favorite. She's been consistent and solid all year, and her programs are probably the best of her career. Most importantly, the judges love her and will give her great PCS no matter what. It's her competition to lose. But the fact is, without a Lutz and with the flip questionable, she's a pretty vulnerable favorite. It's perfectly possible that anyone could beat her.
2. Ashley Wagner(!?)--I'm going out on a limb here. But if she can match her program from 4CC, a medal is possible--any color medal.
3. Mao Asada--I want Mao to win, but I don't know if it's going to happen. As much as I love her, as much as I love Liebestraum, her jumps have been so inconsistent. I'd love to see her get gold, but her results don't really support that happening.
Other contenders--I'd love to see Akiko on the podium, but her inability to put together 2 great programs this season worries me. I think she needs to do that to get on the podium. Otherwise I see her in 4th or 5th. Alissa is such a wild card. She could win this event or be as low as 10th (please, please don't let that happen). Korobeynikova is extremely promising but I don't see her on the podium this season unless all the favorites collapse. I don't think she'll get quite the PCS she needs. Leonova I think is past her peak this season (although she has performed better than expected at both her previous Worlds, so perhaps I shouldn't write her off). Murakami is another wild card. Korpi will score well in the short as usual, then tank in the long as usual. This is the hardest division to predict--I think we'll see at least one surprise on the podium, possibly two.
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I have only had a chance to look at pairs: Pang and Tong said all along they would take off the season and compete at worlds so I'm not sure why there is speculation about them competing, there are for sure on the list, as well as Sui and Han. The Zhangs are alternates, not surprising as bad as his injury is and her height not to mention that S/H have surpassed them in points.
Smirnov seems to be doing well according to Moskvina although she lends to sugarcoat things when it comes to injuries although the Russian Federation would not send them if they were not able to compete. They have performed their short program since his surgery and did quite well and will perform again this Saturday. I'm not sure they will be able to medal since he has been off the ice since the beginning of December but if they are doing as well as Moskvina says they are-a bronze should be within reach. They have by far the best free skate.
I hope the judges finally realize they have been over scoring S/H once they see them up against teams who can really skate. S/S injury I'm sure has passed as are training normally, I doubt they will try the 3ATh at worlds, they just can't risk it.
ok have to correct something .....
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy - pina iss the best and they re burning to beat V/T because they cannont compete against them @ europeans
2. Volosozhar/Trankov - gonna be close to S/S ... but imo trankov's nerves gonna be the sticking point
3. Duhamel/Radford - high technical base value... and the best male skater in the field deserves a medal ... please skate nationals one more time :-)
4. Pang/Tong - sightly above their teammates S/H.. i hope...
5. Sui/Han - well i don't like their style, technics, programmes ... but it'll be realistic
6. Bazarova/Larionov - soooorry but they have no power or style... as oldfashioned and boring as ever ...
7. Kavaguti/Smirnov - if smirnov can compete... but i don t like their programmes .. sooooorry their fp iss sooo boring.... but i can sleep soo good to it...
8. Denney/Coughlin - if the truckdriver drives on the road... possible...
9. Berton/Hotarek - if they are both fit and skate 2 clean programmes.. well, why not?
10. Takahashi/Tran - well depends on her sbs jumps...
The pairs event will be interesting. S/S and V/T seem to be in their own battle for gold, which I have a feeling V/T will take especialy with the injury to the Germans. K/S should get bronze or could even do better if they skate perfectly but they are inconsistent. P/T, B/L, and S/H all have a shot at the bronze if K/S make mistakes. I dont see either Canada or the U.S regaining 3 spots, and I dont see any NA team coming higher than 7th.


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my good friend gregg leonard(golfandhunter) and i just spent the last couple of days training with lanse brown. we were treated like visiting royalty at the incomparable grounds of "rerun south". lanse was open and free with his advice and instruction. this visit will yield benefit to me, my current and my future dogs forever. for a man like lanse to take time to work with a green am wannabe like me is remarkable. i do not think i have ever enjoyed training dogs and making a new friend more!
speaking for myself and gregg.....thanks lanse! it was a BLAST!
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Hey guys and gals long time sence I have been around, been out of retriever traing for a while. Anyways I have a couple pups that need some live birds I would be open to ducks also but prefer to get some pigeons. Anyone know a resource in Middle Tn that I can pick up some for a reasonable price?
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In November 2005, Al Qaida spokesman Ayman al-Zawahiri said "We are in a battle and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media." Like Al Qaida, Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by the US State Department. Even Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently described Hamas as "murderous terrorists".
American newspapers would not give Osama bin Laden op-ed space. So why would they give the oxygen of publicity to a Hamas terrorist whose organization is responsible for the murder of US citizens in Israel and whose charter calls for Israel's destruction and is filled with unadulterated anti-Semitism? This is the question being asked following the appearance of op-eds by Ahmed Yousef, advisor to former Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh, on the same day in both the New York Times and Washington Post.
Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center is a Jewish legal rights institute staffed by some of Israel's leading attorneys. It provides legal representation to assist the hundreds of Israeli victims of Palestinian terror to fight back, through Israeli, American and European courts, against Palestinian terrorist groups and their financial patrons. Asked for comment by HonestReporting, Shurat HaDin Director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner said:
"It is bewildering and shameful that these newspapers would bestow any measure of legitimacy on an Islamic terrorist organization like Hamas by providing them a public forum. The liberal doctrine of freedom of expression should never be extended to organizations which are openly dedicated to carrying out acts of murder against Jewish civilians and who draw encouragement from their new found respectability. Legally speaking, it would seem that there is not much difference between outlaw regimes like Iran and Syria, which illegally provide material support and resources to terrorist organizations, and liberal media outlets which provide millions of dollars in free advertising and access to groups like Hamas when they publish their leaders' dangerous messages. The NY Times and Washington Post are every bit the supporters of the terrorist organizations that Tehran and Damascus are when they facilitate the publication of Hamas' messages."
Many people around the world were, quite rightly, appalled that Hamas, having brutally taken over Gaza, could score another coup, having its propaganda published in two of the most influential US broadsheets. However, according to Reuters, it seems that the only embarrassment felt by the newspapers was the admittal that neither would have carried the articles had they known of the other paper's publishing plans.
While the Washington Post's Ombudsman, Deborah Howell has yet to address this issue, NY Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt, in response to outraged readers, issued a rather weak response:
"The point of the op-ed page is advocacy. And, Rosenthal [editorial page editor] said, "we do not feel the obligation to provide the kind of balance you find in news coverage, because it is opinion."
Op-ed pages should be open especially to controversial ideas, because that's the way a free society decides what's right and what?s wrong for itself. Good ideas prosper in the sunshine of healthy debate, and the bad ones wither. Left hidden out of sight and unchallenged, the bad ones can grow like poisonous mushrooms."
We agree that left unchallenged, bad ideas can grow like poisonous mushrooms. But has the New York Times really ever challenged the negative portrayal of Israel that consistently appears in its own pages and those of much of the mainstream media?
Could the New York Times and Washington Post be guilty of providing material support for a terrorist organization? After all, many legitimate charities and political groups would pay tens of thousands of dollars for a prominent ad in these newspapers. Instead, Hamas has been given the equivalent publicity for no charge whatsoever. Not to mention other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune, Sacramento Bee and Salt Lake Tribune, that republished these Hamas op-eds in their own pages.
We urge you to write to the New York Times and Washington Post, inviting them to contact Shurat HaDin, which has been at the forefront of providing legal representation to victims of Hamas terror. Demand that these terror victims are given equal op-ed space to tell their stories and to present their case that Hamas is a terrorist organization whose messages and goals are illegitimate.
The above is a prime example, along with the broadcasts of kidnap victims Alan Johnston and Gilad Shalit, of how, as a Jerusalem Post analysis explains, modern terrorists have adopted the mass media as their weapon of choice:
"The better the show is, the higher the ratings are. The higher the ratings, the more people receive the terrorists' message," said Eviathar Ben-Zedeff, a research fellow at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, on Monday.
"Terror is a political act of psychological warfare. The terrorists' purpose is to influence the viewers and to motivate them into political action. That is achieved by creating fear among the viewers who, as a result, are ready to put pressure on their politicians to change policy, for example, to give back occupied territories or to free many prisoners," Ben-Zedeff explained.
According to Ben-Zedeff, this is part of a propaganda mechanism aimed at leveraging the terror organization's ideas."
Remember to ask why the New York Times and Washington Post have allowed themselves to be party to exactly this sort of manipulation.
Many of you have expressed your disatisfaction with the impersonal nature of making complaints through the BBC's website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints. In our last communique, we gave you the e-mail address of Fraser Steel, the BBC's head of editoral complaints. Unfortunately, your complaints bounced straight back. While it was certainly a genuine working e-mail in the past, it appears that the BBC has discontinued Steel's address to avoid dealing with volumes of e-mail.
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The European music streaming service Spotify is available in America.
American music fans have been salivating for this for a while now, for the ability to stream music anywhere. It's basically like having all the music in the world right at your fingertips – for a monthly fee, naturally.
If you want more info on this, here are some news stories that can explain it better than I can:
So, what do you think? Will you sign up? Have you already? If so, what do you think?


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An herb marinade is the secret to flavorful grilled beef and veggie kabobs.
Always marinate food in a nonmetal dish. Acid-based marinades, such as those with lemon juice and vinegar, can react with some metals and cause off-flavor in the food.
A dried herb such as oregano, tarragon or rosemary sprinkled over hot coals just before grilling adds fragrance and flavor to the food.
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Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar
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We're excited to post this guest blog from Bret Barasch. He swam solo across the Strait of Gibraltar and chose Ocean Conservancy as the recipient of his fundraising efforts – thank you! Congrats to Bret on this amazing accomplishment. You can still donate to Bret's fundraising efforts today.
This past October, I set out to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar. The strait connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco (and Europe from Africa). It's about 10 miles across, but the strong current that flows in from the Atlantic almost always ensures you'll end up swimming farther.


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A smoked sausage with vegetables & cooked rice - a delicious dinner prepared in a slow cooker.
Okra not only adds flavor, but as it cooks it helps to thicken the gumbo sauce. It's a popular vegetable throughout the South and is a signature ingredient for gumbos. In fact, the name gumbo is a derivation of the African word for "okra." This vegetable was brought to the South from Africa.
Some gumbos are made with a variety of meats instead of just sausage. Cut 1/2 pound of skinless, boneless chicken breasts or thighs, beef round steak or ham into 1/2-inch pieces, and add with 1/2 pound of sliced sausage. Or use a little of each to equal a pound of meat.
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1. Stance on abortion: Leave it up to each state to decide
2. Marriage equality: see #1
3. Education: See #1
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6. Drugs: Legalize them and tax the "smell" out of them
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>Its Wednesday, to many in my neighborhood all that means is it is garbage day, hump day, or just another day…
But today is another opportunity for me to learn, grow, and live the Oath and Law. Its going to be tough, I know, but by tonight hopefully I will be able to lay my head down and "Guiltless Sleep tonight".
The other night as our Troop wrapped up the meeting with the singing of vespers.. I listened as the guys sang, after the meeting I did a Scoutmaster conference with a young man approaching his Life Rank. I asked him about the vespers song and if he listened to the words he was singing. He said sure.. especially the part of the Oath and Law being his guide. I concluded the conference with that phrase.. let the Oath and Law be your guide and you can't go wrong.. you truly can sleep guilt free.
Last night I took some time to work on Wood Badge stuff. I was working on the Listening to Learn presentation when it all hit me.. how well do I listen during the Scoutmaster conferences? How well do you listen?
How well do you allow the Oath and Law to be your guide?
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Barring the technical specs just completely blowing me away, I may hold off for a price drop and become a PC gamer for a while. The PC I built a few months ago should be fairly future proof. I have been hearing a rumor that the PS4's GPU will be based on the AMD Radeon HD 7970 with an 8 core AMD CPU, which would be insane for a console.
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|Art of Casting Analysis, refinement of the cast
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But here`s the important part, soaking wet and with the handle off the reel he palmed that fish all the way in and land it he did !!! I would pay good money for pics of that one!
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Slinger, the other issue with the cast other than the somewhat annoying line twist is the semi-conscious unweighting of the casters left foot which leads to a bending at the knee on the strip retrieve when an Albie strikes. If the angler, upon clearing line to the Albie happens to step on a small rock with the left foot, his body weight tends to shift causing a temporary submergence of the angler in the salt. Usually, after some time with the anglers left side in the water, the buoyancy provided by the stripping basket will counter this effect and help the angler recover to the upright position just prior to his waders filling to land the Albie.
I think JF hit it right on the head with that link he put up. I know this, it`s fairly effortless, provides great distance and works great in a wind but as the link says it does cause kinks after awhile. Juro, if they have the casting pool up at Marlboro, I`d love to get you to analyse my stroke and get your comments.
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|If you cast using "Lefty's method" you use a side arm cast for distance - allows more rod travel than a vertical plane will. I can cast both ways but generally prefer a more vertical plane and a shorter stroke. In windly conditions a longer stroke and sidearm cast seems to work best
John, there is a man named Jean Dufault that is the "King of Rochambeau" he`s probably 80 now and still fishes every day on his little Honda motor scooter. The guy is a legend and I have fished with him many times. I`ll see if I can set somthing up, a few years ago someone even did a video of him casting with commentary. Just a little background, his rod is a Lami 290 blank that hasn`t been made in 30 yrs., his waders have been patched so many times you can`t tell where the canvas begins and the patchs end, and they`re held up by rope. He disdanes the use of fancy leader material and opts for a 100 yd. spool of nylon sewing thread for 2dollars, Oh he thinks anyone under 60 is a dumb kid. I`m sure Art must have some stories, I can`t imagine he wouldn`t know him.
There`s no secret about how these people came here, it`s all in the history books and at the museum of Work + Culture in Woon., a part of the Blackstone Valley Historic Corridor. Thier sires were French market fishermen who immigrated to Canada and with the industrial revolution moved to New England for the jobs in the textile industry, and they brought with them thier traditions of Trout fishing for market. As I recall they used to spin tales of fishing with Harold Gibbs and of meeting Ted Williams at Harolds Meadow on the Palmer.
Striblue is always a minute ahead! Must be the lack of waders
Slinger, that's a fascinating account of just the type of hardcore anglers I'd like to hang out with, that is if I could make the cut!
I would love to work with you on a historical account of this era, it would make a fantastic article for our chronicles section and one that could really tell the tale of the day.
What do you say?
|Steve, do you have a relable source for that information that you posted about the 1800's???? Since I am writing a history on the Saltwater flies...I need to know where you got that information and if they were involved in Saltwater fly rodding. I can check with Armand Courchaine , Art Burton and Ken Abrames . who are contributiing to the book and has a lot of information on the Rhoddy scene back in the 1950's...but I want to find out about this 1800's material..thanks.
Son of a gun JF I think that it exactly!! Now I know why my line looks like a slinky after a half hour.
Sorry, I was interupted by some little mot%^$*Yer smashing the planter in front of my house, the downside of modern times. Anyways, I disagree with Juro`s discription of our cast in the area of the line traveling behind us. We only need a small amount of room behind us to cast a whole line. Spey, switch, roll, I don`t know, I`m no technician. The cast starts with the tip pointed at the fly, a strong haul and power stroke lifts the whole line out of the water. The loop in the back is pronounced but not large. Just as the line kisses the surface, in time with the loop forming, the whole thing is driven forward and another haul causes line to shoot out, a pop of the wrist at the force fades is enough to turn the whole leader over. One thing for sure this cast is very timing critical and takes a while to master, any timing error and the whole thing flops.
I`d just like to give a little history here. In the 1800`s Rhoddy and all the northeast was saturated with an influx of Canucks who brought with them thier oun styles. These were not nobles who owned salmon rivers, they were peasant mill workers who fished to put food on the table for thier families and to earn a small pitance for what was left to sell. Up until a few years ago a substantial number of them still fished the way they had learned from thier fathers and grandfathers. They had no concept of spey or other cast, this was just the way it had always been. They fished stillwaters, with 9 ft. buggywhip rods and they used 9 wt. lines. they had no concept of catch and release. All they knew was this was the most efficient way to harvest a crop of fish, because to them that is exactly what it was , a crop put there my mother nature for thier use. They sold every fish they didn`t eat and they were the best dam trout fishermen who ever lived.
Modern times and an enlightened attitude have all but put an end to them, but the style they fished is still parctised, especialy on the Rhoddy ponds. It is sheer poetry in motion to see a man cast a whole double taper plus a 15 ft leader and be able to drop it on the nose of any trout that is foolhardy enough to rise within range. Any place where they could get 10 ft of room behind them was plenty.
This is the era I learned in and I consider it a privelege to have known some of the best.
The dynamic roll cast Steve knows is in fact a switch cast in the Spey vernacular. In this case the line is not fully extended but left in a d-loop shape, using the grip of water's surface to provide tension against the forward cast. It differs from the roll cast in that all but the end of the line touches the water and the loop is pronounced with most of it behind the caster instead of out in front. Since this cast preceded it's new world discovery by hundreds of years, it's a switch cast with all due respect to the Rhody Flyrodders.
When the water is used to anchor the end of the line during a change of direction the cast is known as a "single spey".
When the line is not allowed to touch the water, not left folded but extended fully into a backcast then it's often called a belgian cast by west coast us casters but once again this cast has been known as the Devon Switch and is impeccably described in Simon Gawesworth's new book, Spey Casting (chapter 13).
But the most important thing is what Pete explained - how they apply to real life fishing situations.
Great thread!
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Hi Steve,
Side arm casting (I call it sling casting) on or near the horizontal plane is a MUST cast to learn and become proficient at. Here are some of the uses that I have for it:
- when two or more people are fishing from a boat in windy conditions
- casting to reposition the fly quickly
- casting "under" the wind
- casting "under" the shore obstacles, overhangs etc.
- casting "left or right lies" this is an alternative to mend and/or reach casts, very usefull on smaller streams and with long leaders. Think of the figure 8 action on the line and you can see that the fly can land either to the right or left of the fly line. All you do is flick your wrist R or L at the end of the last fwd stroke.
I don't have enough SW experience to comment about using this on a beach situation but I know I used these casts last time I was out there, from a boat and from shore.
Others can chime in...
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I`ve always heard casting discussions on the vertical plane , but never on the horizontal . I been thinking about my casting stroke and have come to the conclussion that it is at least as important. As I learned from Juro when we had a chance to do some casting with his two handers, my stroke has been greatly influenced by what we used to call rollcasting but I`ve been informed it is spey casting. Anyway, while everyone talks about the 10 to 2 plane and tight loop control, I`ve developed more of a horizontal leaning to eliminate wind problems and the line crashing into itself. A water haul followed by a sidearm backcast with a strong forward haul allows me to attain 100` cast with no more than 3 false cast, the wind knots that plague others are nonexistant and I can change direction in a blink. If you were to see a pic of the horizontal plane it would resemble a large figure 8. I contend that someone who only considers the vertical is only using half the options available.
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Interesting backstory episode on Kazari joining Judgment and her first meeting with Kuroko.
Compared to what happened at the parking lot during the flashback, the situation was far worse during a robbery attempt in the post office. Kuroko foolhardily attempted to take down the robber without considering a potential accomplice on the scene at the same time. That accomplice made his move and made Kazari his hostage. He has a special ability of tossing an object at a straight line at constant speed until it hits an object in which that object gets destroyed. He used it against one of the security drones in which shrapnel hit at Kuroko's mentor.
The situation got settled when Kuroko used her last ounce of strength to teleport Kazari out of the post office, and then an unexpected electrical attack from yours truly!
Back to the present, the two seemingly patch things up when Kazari discovered the location of the car-jackers, and Kuroko deciding to join up with her as is the right thing to do (in the name of justice, of course!).
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I ran across this article this morning and I cannot help but think that the potential for a simple yet funny idea for a game exists in this. How would you design this game?
This is purely a theoretical exercise looking at creative game design ideas. However the best three responses as determined by upvote/downvote from other users on this thread, I will arrange to have a year's GD-Net subscription purchased for (or in the event you have one - a Steam equivalent prize).
Your response should be somewhat detailed without being overboard about it. Have fun, be creative.
Edit: the source of the game design inspiration is "tumbleweeds" what you do with them is up to you.
You have till the end of March 2013.
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How does the tool compute the transverse effective mass for bulk si bandstructure
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How does the tool compute the transverse effective mass for bulk Si?
Indirect to direct transition of the bandstructure
I am trying to simulate the Si-channel UTB SOI .I hope to see the transition from indirect band-gap to direct band-gap as go for thicknesses below 3 nm. But I find the...
Can we increase the limit of k-space region from 0,0 to
I want to simulate the Ultra-thin body Silicon for [0,0] to [1,0] instead of [0,0] to [0.5,0] in k-space.I am unable to change that manually.Please can you help me out?
how can i save the files to my computer? i use the download on the right corner and i click save. but i cant find it again
Band structure error in InAs UTB devices
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first of all, I would like to thank you to have developed and made available online this tool.
Currently, I'm interested in the study of the band structure of http://nanohub.org/answers/question/1328
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GaAs with biaxial strain, swept from -3% to +3% produces the following error:
Problem launching job: Program...
Confinement Effective mass
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I am interested in calculating the effective mass along the confinement direction for nanowire geometries. Can this be done using Bandstrlab or is there another tool for it?
Abnormal Termination of DGMOS UTB Self-Consistent Simulation
When running an Ultra-thin body MOSFET simulation with the job type set to "Calculate the UTB band-structure self consistently http://nanohub.org/answers/question/1100
2% biaxial strain Ge, promen at the Gamma point
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When I simulate the bandstructure of Ge with high strain (2%), I get a discontinuity at the Gamma point, and therefore the effective masses are not correctly calculated. Can you...
L point on bulk central bands and bulk (all) band structure plots appears truncated
When simulating the bulk band structure for GaAs and Si (I haven't tried others), I noticed that the L...
The results for strained Si nanowire are different with the other literature
The obtained results for strained silicon nanowire are different with other literature.
The energy difference between the minimum of light and heavy bands should be decreased in...
Self Consistent for Ge DGMOS
I am currently trying to simulate the Band structure for a Ge DGMOS (with thickness 4nm) using self consistent calculation at a particular Bias Voltage. However the simulator is unable to...
what kind of new research can be done by this tool? any exercise? in details..plz
can we simulate the band structure of graphene?
Why do I not see option for choosing different crystal directions for bulk materials?
Does simulation assume 300K?
Is it possible to calculate band structure at different temp?
No output for self-consistent calculation
I ran the tool for self-consistent calculation but I didn't obtain any result. It seems the tool does not work for this type of job. However, for non-self-consistent it works...
differences between sp3s* and sp3d5s* models
In this version of bandstrlab, the sp3s* model is not implemented (there is only one model, i.e. the sp3d5s*). It would be interesting to have that model to compare the differences between the...
Strain Tight-Binding model
I would like to know how this tool accounts the strain in TB Hamiltonian. Does it alter both the on-site and off diagonals elements?
I would truly appreciate if you could help me out.
Bulk Si eff. mass vs. biaxial Strain
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Hello there,
I was simulating Strain sweep on Bulk Si. I applied biaxial strain from -0.015 to 0.015 in http://nanohub.org/answers/question/832


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I agree, Jenna is so brave!!!!! Robbie and Cara too. It looks beautiful. It must have been cool to meet the nice couple with the great name also. (LOL). we miss you. love the updates!!!!!! love the pictures!!!!!!
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Robbie and Cara started the day on a sick looking rollercoaster. Jenna was not joining them as it went upside down. She went on the other coasters and proved herself more than brave by navigating the ropes course up to the ceiling of the mall!!!!. I have attached some photos. It was quite impressive.
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jenna!!!!!! you go girl, very brave! Quick fact i just saw on tv about 20 minutes ago. the mall of America is 2 miles long you can fit 7 baseball fields in it. isn't that amazing! Have good time keep the great stories coming!
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Thanks for the picture of Dora.....think we need an 8 x 10 to hang over Addie's bed! How does Jenne climb that thing but can't go upside down on the roller coaster.....most of the time she is standing on her head when we see her :). The pictures are beautiful, Charlie can't wait to plan our trip......gotta wait 'till the girls get bigger. Oh....Addie went on the potti 3 x. OMG!!!


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