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Eek! I'm doing a Shared Topic and it's not Friday night/Saturday! What's wrong with me? I'm never ahead of schedule like that!
So this week, Nim from Ankh = Life suggested the Shared Topic. He (I think it's a he!) has recently recovered from a month without WoW (we are glad for his recovery and return) and, in true WoW blogger style, began reflecting on what he did with is time away from WoW, then asked what other WoW players do when they're away from the game.
I recently wrote about how I deal (dealing badly is still dealing!) without the game, but perhaps I could talk a bit about some of the things I like to do when I'm not playing WoW. BECAUSE I DO LIKE TO DO NON WOW THINGS SOMETIMES OKAY!
1- Getting Involved at School
Yes, even when I'm not playing video games, I'm a nerd. What started off as a ploy to keep busy during my four extra years of school and maybe help with my excessive shyness (HAHAHAHA) backfired. I fell in love with my national student association and found myself dedicating increasing amounts of time to it. While I still get nauseous and shakey at the thought of making phone calls, I discovered that I really enjoy the administrative side of running a local chapter of a national association. Among other things, I've had the opportunity to plan a Career Fair, to travel around Canada to meet incredible, inspirational people and to be involved in the writing of an official position statement.
I never thought in a million years that I'd enjoy it this much. I have the lingering feeling that once I graduate, I'll find myself screwing up election speeches for the grown up version of our national student association.
2- Gastronomy
I'll admit it, I love delicious food, all sorts of delicious food. I read cookbooks before I go to sleep at night. I spend tons of money on groceries and restaurants. Upon making friends with people from other cultures, the first thing I ask them is about their ethnic food and could they share some recipes, please, please, please. When I travel, I judge cities by their restaurants. I'm not big on loud gatherings with lots of people, but food parties and potlucks are the exception.
Typically, when I tell people about my food obsession, I get the following response: "OMG! How can you love food and stay thin?"
It's actually quite simple. Good food is either:
1) Freaking expensive
2) A lot of effort to make
3) All of the above
Considering that I'm both a poor starving student and really busy all the time, calories are never an issue. I live in an area where uncommon ingredients aren't easy to find either, which is another limit to my indulgence.
3- Traveling
Typical scene in my life:
Guildie X: Guildie Y is coming to visit me this weekend!
Me: OMG! I'm so jealous! I really want to hang out with you guys. Um…would you mind if I come too?
Guildie X: Sure, if you want.
They never believe that I'll actually do it and get all shocked when I call them from the airport a few days later. I'm the queen of discount plane tickets and last minute plans. Yes, I have financial constraints like everyone else, but I'm pretty good at working a budget and traveling cheap.
I also have a killer sense of direction in real life (unfortunately, this gift does not extend to video games…um…which side is Festergut's right again?), a more or less photographic memory when it comes to maps (I find myself giving directions to locals all the time) and knack for getting myself (and others) out of trouble. I'm fearless and I get this crazy rush whenever I'm on a trip, so I have quite the extensive repertoire of freaky travel stories.
4- Reading
When I travel, I always keep a book in my purse. I don't get the chance to read much in my regular life but, since I can't stand pesky people cramping my style, when I'm on the go, I spend a lot of time on my own. Airports, public transit, meal times, evenings are made much more enjoyable with a trusty pocketbook on hand.
I'm absolutely crazy about Nick Hornby. I've even come to refer to various trips by the name of the Hornby book I was reading at the time. Also, High Fidelity is my breakup book. Whenever I'm bummed about a breakup, I pull out my (very used) copy of High Fidelity, tear through it in a few hours and automatically feel better.
A series by a different author that I enjoy as well is the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey. I have to admit that I wasn't able to get into her other works (I am dying to get my hands on her Namah series, though!) but her graceful narration in Kushiel is such a treat. Even if the story wasn't amazing (and it is amazing), the characters not likable (and they are very likable), Kushiel is worth reading for the narration alone.
5- Drinking coffee
Coffee and I have an interesting relationship. For one, I'm most likely allergic to something in most types of coffee. I've become good at knowing which coffees will be gentle on my lymph nodes, but I've spent many painful days experimenting! I'm also pretty sensitive to caffeine. I get the shakes, the sweats, the palpitations when I drink coffee.
You would think that someone with an anxious personality like me would hate that, but I don't. I love it! It makes me feel sooo happy, like I'm excited about something. Beyond the physical boost, I love the act of drinking coffee. Coffee drinking is a very social experience and, unlike social experiences like bars or rowdy parties, it encourages conversation and (this is probably just me being weird) creates a feeling of intimacy. I'm not the most social person in the world, but I love discussion.
Furthermore, I do love to mix business and pleasure. Since I associate coffee shops and coffee drinking with happiness, friendship and thinking, I find myself doing most of my work from my favorite shop. And it helps. When I graduate, I'm considering sharing my diploma with Hava Java as this degree is definitely a team effort!
See! I do other things than play Wow!
If you now think I'm even more of a nerd that you suspected, well, you're probably right. But it's ok, I'm a happy nerd. I had to pick my five favorite things to do outside the game because I'm so wordy, but no worries, I don't limit myself to 5 non WoW activities!
To see how others spend their non WoW time, be sure to check out the thread at Blog Azeroth!
The gastronomy pictures was taken from http://www.losinj-croatia.com/island-losinj/gastronomie-gastronomy-gastronomija-gastronomia
The youth hostel picture is from my personal collection and was taken in the Hostelling International Hostel in Santa Monica, California.
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Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker and San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith were named in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in California by a man who was shot at a party the two players attended last year, according to CSNBayArea.com[1].
Per the report, Walker and Smith, former teammates in San Francisco, allegedly fired weapons illegally on numerous occasions during a June 2012 party hosted by Smith at his San Jose, Calif., home. Ronndale Esporlas filed the lawsuit in Santa Clara County on Tuesday.
Smith was stabbed at the party.
HE'S BACK: Payton restores New Orleans' faith[2]
AIR IT OUT: Do Broncos have 3 1,000-yard WRs?[3]
According to the lawsuit, Smith and Walker consumed significant quantities of alcohol and were legally intoxicated. It also said the players knew the handguns were illegally possessed.
Smith and Walker appeared on the balcony of Smith's home to try and end the party and began to fire shots into the air, the lawsuit said.
When Walker made his way to the driveway, he allegedly fired more shots into the air and toward others attending the party. The plaintiff claims he was shot twice in crossfire between two groups firing at one another and sustained "serious, catastrophic and permanent injuries."
Neither Walker nor Smith has been charged in the incident.
Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker(Photo: Mark Humphrey, AP)
"The 49ers organization has been aware of this matter concerning Aldon Smith for some time," the 49ers said in a statement released to USA TODAY Sports. "We will continue to monitor the situation closely, but will have further comment at this time, as this is an ongoing legal matter."
The party started on June 29, 2012, and went into the next day. The players, per the lawsuit, allegedly charged $10 for entrance into the party and $5 per drink.
The Titans signed Walker to a four-year, $17.5 million contract in March. He spent his first seven NFL seasons with the 49ers.
Since signing with the Titans, Walker has worked with Mothers Against Drunk Driving to speak out in memory of his aunt and uncle, Alice and Bryan Young Sr., who were killed by a drunk driver outside of New Orleans in February following the Super Bowl between the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens.
Jim Wyatt covers the NFL for The Tennessean in Nashville, a Gannett affiliate.
- ^ http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/aldon-smith-named-lawsuit-over-shooting-2012-house-party (www.csnbayarea.com)
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/saints/2013/09/04/sean-payton-returns-from-suspension-high-expectations-new-orleans/2761281/ (www.usatoday.com)
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/broncos/2013/09/03/peyton-manning-demaryius-thomas-eric-decker-wes-welker/2760623/ (www.usatoday.com)

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wait...voting began today? But doesn't that mean that people who send their entries in today (the dealine) don't have as much of a chance of winning as people who sent them in earlier?I sent in an entry today and it's not up there :/
a friend of mine was going to enter today =\...And she can't now right?Also..Erm..you have all the full res versions up there, are you sure you don't want to shrink them down or watermark them with "property of Kumoricon" or something? Cause it wouldn't be hard for anyone to lift those images.
why are there two topics for this?
Thanks. Mine was sent as a JPG format. Since it's going to be soooo late when the final update is made, is it possible to extend the voting time at all? We sorta didn't get a very fair chance.If not, oh well. Just curious
Quote from: "leashy"why are there two topics for this?Because not every would see it if it was just in contests and we want everyone to know where and how to vote... So it is both a contest topic for those entring the contest to see where voting is and a general topic to let the general con population know about the vote.
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A couple of days ago, I started a thread on Speed Demos Archive (SDA), a speed running website for speed runs of the Marathon trilogy. I am looking for people willing to contribute some .avis or Aleph One recordings for the website. You will be credited for the run as long as you contact SDA by email or post the run on the thread I created by getting an account there. Before you post, here's some links to the info you need before starting your speed runs.
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One week after NFL.com's Jeff Darlington told the "ATL Debate Club" he expects the Miami Dolphins to take an aggressive approach to the draft, we're hearing the same from NFL.com's Daniel Jeremiah.
The former league scout pegged the Dolphins as one of three teams poised to trade up. Miami, in theory, wants to hop in front of the San Diego Chargers at No. 11 for the chance to land one of the draft's top three offensive tackles. "All signs point toward" the Kansas City Chiefs grabbing Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel at No. 1, according to Jeremiah, but that still leaves Central Michigan's Eric Fisher and Oklahoma's Lane Johnson.
Here's what else we're hearing:
» San Francisco's desire to climb from No. 31 might boil down to two words: Tavon Austin. The West Virginia wide receiver will visit the 49ers for a pre-draft visit, according to The Sacramento Bee. NFL Films senior producer Greg Cosell believes the electrifying Austin might not escape the top 10, but with five picks in the first three rounds and 14 overall, San Francisco has the fire power to make a move.
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» Jeremiah tweeted Wednesday that the Rams have been doing their homework on the draft's top receivers and he would be "shocked" if St. Louis doesn't grab a pass-catcher at No. 16 or 22.
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» Cosell's lukewarm view on Matt Barkley is no state secret. After grading the USC quarterback as a fourth-round talent (and he's not alone on that front), Cosell wrote Thursday on Yahoo! Sports that Barkley "will struggle to be anything more than a mid-level starter in the NFL. He just does not have enough arm. His ball tended to hang and lose energy on the back end, even on 18-25 yard throws ... Overall, he's an average athlete without the kind of lower body explosiveness that you'd like to see, the kind that defines a quarterback like Drew Brees."


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"With a hidey lidey lidey and a hidey lidey lay
We work and we make cigarettes all hidey lidey day
So folks can get a breaky from their stressful lidey lives
And relaxy with the cigarettes we make all day and night"
That and that guy who behaves like a vampire (the one that gives Cartman a poison cupcake). He would just come in memory and then I would wonder if he is a vampire or not.
Favorite South Park Character: *too many* But I like Kenny,Kyle,Cartman,Butters,Satan,& Damien.
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codeguruj wrote:It's obvious that the creators of South Park are smokers. Smoking kills and has no silver lining. When I see someone smoking, I see a drug addict with a syringe sticking into their veins. People should be allowed to smoke in special smoke boxes where nobody can see, hear or smell them. My manager is a smoker and when he comes to my desk to talk me, his breath smells so bad that I get heartburn and literally want to vomit. Smokers are drug addicts.
no, they are not smokers
i've heard them speak about this episode in an interview and their argument for it is really that some of the anti smoking laws being made are being a bit extreme and, even though its obviously not healthy, people should try to be a bit more tolerant of it, specially because there are people who have to work hard about 12 hours a day and their moment of relaxation is a cigarette break, taking it away from them sounds kind of cruel, like cartman says "It's like, smoking brings a lot of people just a little bit of joy and, and you get to take that away from them. You are so awesome!" (lol!)
im pretty much the anti smoker myself but i get their point, there's way too much intolerance of smokers in usa
very funny episode btw, love the first part where they actually start smoking because of the butt out group and their fear to become like them hahhaha
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very funny episode btw, love the first part where they actually start smoking because of the butt out group and their fear to become like them hahhaha
I love that part too. It's like 'da hell I would ever want to be like you' towards that "Butt Out Group".
Favorite South Park Character: *too many* But I like Kenny,Kyle,Cartman,Butters,Satan,& Damien.
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My former wife's mother and father were big smokers, and they both died before they turned 60. He died at his desk from a brain bleed, and she died struggling for breath from emphysema, which is slow suffocation. My ex-wife smoked at least a pack a day starting at age 14 and would tell me "Everybody dies, and you have to die SOME way." She died at age 53 from a combination of smoking-related diseases -- a bad heart, several mini-strokes, and lung problems.
Compare that to my father who quit at age 43 and is now about to turn 91. (But two of his brothers, both smokers, died of cancer decades ago.)
This is all true. Believe it or don't. It's YOUR life and the only one you will get.
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There are a lot of teenagers who watch SP and that song from the tobacco company may send the message that smoking is no big deal: "and if I die of cancer when I'm 80 I don't care; who the hell wants to be 90 anyway."
It's not like that.
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On the opposite side of the spectrum, and family, my Dad's aunt drank and smoked a couple of packs a day from her teens up into her late 70's. She only stopped because she developed an ulcer. She'll be 86 in December.
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Cartman got his comupance, and we got to see some good differences between him (who thinks everything is a competiton and can't see that others have different goals, and is altogether rather more naive than he appears) and kyle. The boys did seem like assh*les to cartman but i suppose he deserved it as usual :p
While the arguments were siplified I think the show made a good point that all the attention on smoking that anti-smoking campaigners (who are distinctly NOT cool) give makes young people want to smoke more. The big-tobacco arguments are rare to hear so the show kinda strawmanned them, but when you do hear them they end up in truther terirory. The willie wonka style factory tour was absurd, but no more so than the big-tobacco conspiricy theories. I didn't get weather they were trying to be sarcastic or not with the "without tobacco most of our black friends..." joke XD
The message of this episode that I agreed with the most was that everything we do for enjoyment (eating, drinking, smoking) is going to be detremental to our health, and as there's no point in living unles we enjoy our lives, we might as well smoke. Now WHY anyone would enjoy smoking is beyond me, but some people really do seem to enjoy it.
That said, passive smoking isn't the lie they put it forth to be, that was as bad as the anti-"manbearpig" episodes. Passive smoking is a fact, though I apriciate their attack on anti-smoking's use of emotional pleas. The way they acted like smoking only hurts those who smoke simplified the argument, though it was mostly just a joke. I also disagreed with the 'personal resposability' message, couldn't disagree more In fact, but this is still one of the episodes that fits together best, and the jokes worked well even if you disagree with the message as i did.
Part of our gcse english exam was an essay on smoking and weather it should be banned, I got an A for parroting the message of this episode, so thanks Butt out!
Smokers are drug addicts.
And you're not? You're addicted to hundreds of chemicals in your food, physically and mentally, which are detremental to your health. Smoking is an unhealthy addiction, but people only hurt themselves when they smoke. It's people with this smokers (and drug addicts in general) iz teh evil attitude who make me want to smoke (though i don't smoke) because they're illogical emotional fools who cling to a life THEY WILL LOOSE. I agree, smoking should be confined to certaina areas, but there should be no law saying your establishment is not one of those areas. If you don't want to work for a pro smoking company, don't.
You will die, and Soon! You're more likely to be hit by a car, you may have a stroke, to fall dead from aheart attack, to develop genetic cancer, than to die of smoking related illnes. Live while you can and let others live the way they want to. It's illogical to expand your life at the expense of living it, when you could very well die of one of these other reasons before you expierience these added years of father misery.
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I don't smoke myself, and I see it as a drug, but I'm not an extreme anti-smoker, although I'm very pro when it comes to smokers not being allowed to smoke in the vicinity of non-smokers. Where I live, such a law exists, forbidding smokers from smoking in public places like restaurants, pubs, even taxi's unless they get the permission of the driver.
Now a smoker might look at this law and say, "WTF! That's not fair, its my choice to smoke and I should be allowed to do it anywhere I please"...
Well, as a non-smoker, its also my choice to be able to sit down in a public place, and not have to breath in the contaminated air from a cigarette! It may not be as damaging as puffing away on the cig itself, but it certainly doesn't help when it comes to the smell and secondary effects.
So such law's are created to provide an equal ground for both parties, and I really can't fathom anyone who is against such things.
Some would also say that smoking is a choice, well in some cases, yeah, and in others, no. Smokers that I know don't go around and say, "I love this, .... This is a great habit to pick up"... No, nearly all of them want to quit, and we all know we'd be better off without the tobacco industry. It may provide jobs, and gives a boost to the economy, but at the expense of tempting the taste buds of other people.
Someone made an argument that we all consume drug addicting substances, such as food, junk food, chemically ridden plates of god knows what. Yep, we also use different shampoo's which has as much chemicals in it than a toxic swamp filled with farting toads...
However, there's a fine difference between food, and yes, even junk food (in reasonable quantities) compared to cigarettes and alcohol, in which cigarette's is basically an exhaust pipe in which you put your mouth too and suck in the fumes, while alcohol is a substance in which we consume in either to have a "Good time", compared to the accepted products that we deem as "essentials".
Anyhow, rant over ...
All you have to wonder is how unusual it is for us to create substances in which do more harm than good...
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Great episode
4.3/5 **** episode.
well done. again...and again...
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Loop size relative to Speed up and stop
It's said that "loop size depends on how far the rod tip travels during the speed up and stop (SUAS)". Yet the seeming lack of a clear definition of SUAS begs a few questions in my mind.
Per SUAS:
Do we begin speeding-up at the beginning of the stroke or only at the end?
When does the SUAS begin and when did the rest of the casting stroke end (leading up to it)?
I teach loop size differently in a manner more consistent with the way Bruce Richards describes it. The size of the loop is a result of where the rod stops relative to the path of acceleration, which must be straight.
Therefore if a line is tight end to end and accelerating forward, where the leading device (rod tip) stops defines how large the gap will be between the upper and lower leg of the loop.
So even if a rod was 100ft long as long as it's deflection tracks a striaght path and stops close to the path, the loop will be tight.
If the rod deflects the line away from the path, well... that's a technique problem. I do however agree that in most cases it's more difficult to maintain the deflection to path with a longer rod, but that is the fault of the caster and in skilled hands not significant in the 11ft to 15ft length differential we are discussing here.
If someone has a horizontal final snap motion, which (like you) is the way I interpret the SUAS, then the loop will not be opened in a downward deflection. If fact it's kind of a 'cheat' I use to keep loops very tight with a two-hander. I use the metaphor throwing a frisbee on a stick to describe it.
Conversely, even if someone doesn't really speed-up at the end of the stroke the loop can be opened up dramatically by dropping the rod tip with a constant rate of acceleration (smooth). In fact many trout casts use final accelerations and rod positions to make the line go in every which way even opposite the rod direction (reach casts, aerial snap mends, etc).
The snap-t reverses the tension and the final SUAS is directly opposite the line's direction. Clearly it's the rods position relative to the line's path that defines the size of the snap shape.
In digging deeply into this topic, which I believe a good instructor would do, I find it harder to accept the SUAS mantra. It has the merit of simplicity, however it suffers from lack of clarity. I don't find the following difficult to say or understand, and believe it is more accurate:
The size of the loop is a result of where the rod stops relative to the path of acceleration, which must be straight.
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Do we begin speeding-up at the beginning of the stroke or only at the end?
When does the SUAS begin and when did the rest of the casting stroke end (leading up to it)?
to me the answer is the same for both questions, that is the accelaration is continous as the rod is loaded more. there is only the push and the stop. to me the stop is the determining factor in my loop control. if i bow the tip slowly, as you alluded to, it will open up more. i use this to be able to push the line speed tight loop theory but then open it up at the end to get slack for dry fly presentations. or also moved horizontaly to reach a mend in the air. or on good days both at the same time.
this brings up the point of fishing vs casting. my fishing casting looks ugly at best, but i could care less, all i want is that dry to land where i want it with enough slack to reach the riser. i rarely cast single handed for practice these days because it makes me think about casting instead of being able to do it like walking down the sidewalk. the more i think and analize the worse it gets. it was the same thing when i played goalie in hockey. in that situation it is called "fighting the puck" . i see beginner casters do this every day, "fighting the cast". at a certain point it must become automatic, doing it without thinking. great topic.
Define the "path of acceleration" in more detail. Are you describing the rod tip, line path or casting hand?
I could never get the concept straight in my mind on "straight line path of the rod tip", this is just not reality,,,,we begin the forward cast with the rod tip low and to the rear, move the rod tip forward and then haul with the line hand,,,,this imparts additional load on the rod and it deflects (toward the water or lower) now we stop or SUAS the rod and the rod tip flips over to vertical. No way did that rod tip make a straight line path as most of the text books and instructions insist is the most efficient way to cast. The rod tip actually makes a concave path when we line haul, the haul does not use very much energy to speed up the line,,,,it loads (bends) the rod.
The method taught by Left Kreh is not universal or accepted by tournament casters or most of Europe. If you would visualize a graph with casting hand path (distance) on horizontal axis and acceleration on the vertical axis. If the casters rod hand moves say 36" overall from the begining of the forward cast to the stop,,,,,,then 34" is very slow acceleration and contributes to 10-20% on the acceleration graph axis,,,,,now the final 2" is the actual SUAS and contributes 80-90% of the acceleration,,,,,the line haul must occur in the final 2" of SUAS. The acceleration curve jumps to maximum and down to zero in the 2" of hand travel. If the wrist is not flexed durning the SUAS the loop will be very small,,,,,if you flip the wrist it will open the loop. I try to use my shoulder muscles to execute the SUAS with a single handed rod,,,,,,not the wrist as most trout FF.
One thought on the SUAS,,,the rod can be vertical,,,,45 degrees above horizontal or actually horizontal when the SUAS is executed. The line will follow the direction of the rod tip at the end of the SUAS. When we watch Lefty cast he executes a smooth fluid motion and it is difficult to separate the SUAS with the final "frogs hair" push on the thumb which drops the rod tip after the SUAS is completed,,,,this is done so the line does not crash into the rod tip (especially if the rod is stopped vertical) and it does open the loop a small amount.
I find that the majority of casters do not use the SUAS and if they actually do have a good positive stop,,,,their acceleration is fairly constant throughout the rod hand total path of travel.
Fred Krow
EXCELLENT question.
Absolutely, unequivocally and in no uncertain terms it is just what it says, the path of the line. It's the job of everything else to maintain that linear path. I always teach to focus on the line verses the tip, which is tiny, fast and hard to guide on the other end of a flexing wand. The line however is long, slower in appearance, and the straightness of lack thereof is readily apparent.
For example, if the rod had zero flex, or if it was as soft as a noodle the caster must compensate motion to guide a given line in a straight line from the front end to the fly in order to make a tight loop. Either can do the job if the stop is compact and close to the line's path.
Stiff rods offer less of a stable feel for 'feel casters' like me in exchange for top-end power, but in some hands they are just the ticket. I prefer a sense of stable energy through the cast in order to best maintain that steering sensation, in other words a rod that has a sweet flex that is neither soft nor stiff. However in certain applications I am just as willing to deploy a pool cue as I am willing to go to a willow branch for Vermont brookies.
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This has always been a difficult subject to put into words. Graphics even, still are lacking in desription. Two things here. Accelerate and Straight line path of rod tip.
Acceleration simply means to increase the speed. But the rate of acceleration is of paramount importantance. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time. It must be a gradual increase in speed. All the way through the stroke! I am reluctant to use the phrase "constant acceleration" due to this reference of SUAS. As if the stroke is made at a constant speed until the final few inches before we finally initiate this rapid SUAS. This is, IMHO, misleading. This technique, what I refer to as a delayed application of power, will only work in the context of classic old style casting. (single hand rods) Where you were taught to hold a book between your casting arm and your body. No double hauls. And you are only casting small flies for relatively short distances. When you start trying to throw large flies, weighted flies, and/or going for more distance, you simply cannot get the desired results with that delayed and sudden, application of power. After all, just how much is the human body physically capable of accelerating in, say six inches, of hand/wrist movement?
Now for the straight line path of the rod tip. We have all seen demo's where the caster makes the classic 180 degree arc, constant speed resulting in no loop at all, not going anywhere cast. And then we are told to shorten the stroke, making a smaller arc, and viola, (sp) the loop forms nice and tight and "out she goes"
Somewhere along the line we are told about SUAS and "where the rod tip goes, the line follows" Fine, but it all happens so fast that it is hard to see and understand, even when you are seeing it live. What they never seem to get around to is the fact that as load is applied to the rod, it bends. Hell we all knew that. But what is important here is that as it bends, the tip is now at a lower elevation as it swings through the casting arc than if it were a broom stick, with no delection at all.
Graphic illustrations attempt to show this. However, they usually fall short in that they only show the rod straight and unloaded at the very beginning of the stroke. The next pic will show the rod fully loaded. The final pic will show the rod after the SUAS where it has recoiled and showing the small arc the tip has inscribed between fully loaded and fully unloaded.
Allow me to reiterate here to empahasize a point. What they never seem to get around to is the fact that as load is applied to the rod, it bends. Conversely, the more load is applied to the rod, the more it bends. The more it bends, guess what? The tip drops in elevation. Now before someone chimes in and says yeah but this can be made up for by,,,,,, hang with me a bit longer.
There is a third element that is involved here. Time! The rate of change of velocity with respect to time. How much the rod bends at any given time during the stroke. This steady increase in speed, which causes the tip to deflect in such a manner as to inscribe this "straight path" combined with just the right amount of "arc" at the butt of the rod will get you, not exactly that "straight" path of the rod tip but one with a slightly higher elevation somewhere between the start and the finish of the stroke. Hopefully, resulting in that classic tight loop.
And this is what separates the men from the boys. The smooth, steadily increasing application of power, culminating in a sudden stop. Allowing the rod to unload, the formation of that tight loop, to catapult the line into the next county.
Not that I am an expert, far from it. Or that I can do it every time. Just do like I say,. Not as I do.
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Bottom line,,,,,Watch the line. (YES,,,pun intended,,,definitely) It will tell you what you are doing wrong. And when you get it right,,,, It will shout out to you. YES!!!!
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Last edited by JDJones; 02-06-2005 at 04:14 PM. Reason: spelling
I think striaght line path is very much as JD describes. If you are constantly accelerating the tip continues to bend. I think the idea is that if at any time you let up on the acceleration or slow down, the tip unbends a bit and you no longer have a straight line path and in fact can pretty easily get a tailing loop.
Although I can cast using Lefty's method I prefer a much shorter stroke with not all that much drift. Under adverse conditions - ie wind, I will use a longer stroke as this helps with the timing. I am a firm beliver in the use of the wrist to give the SUAS - both on the back cast and forward cast. IF you start the cast with the arm comfortably at your side with the tip angling towards the water your elbow is about at a 90 degree angle - to get the tip angling down, the wrist is closed. The back cast is simply accelerating up to a stop with the hand opposite the ear and the thumb pointing straight up - for the thumb to point straight up, your wrist had to go from closed to straight - this is the last thing that happens and just this little snap creates a burst of acceleration that is hard to acheive with just arm motion alone. Once you stop you can drift back as much as you want- this has nothing to do with the back cast but is just setting up the forward cast. No dirft is really needed if your timing is spot on but if you start forward too soon you will not be loading the rod and run out of room on the forward stroke and thus drifting allows some leeway here. The forward cast is a very short stroke - just dropping from the shoulder keeping the elbow bent and the last thing that occurs is you turn over the wrist. IF you stop with the hand just below eye level with the elbow bent, your rod stops at a very high angle and you get a very tight loop. If your rotate the elbow some during the forward cast then turn the wrist over, the rod ends up lower with a wider loop. So at least in the technique I mostly use it is really where the rod tip stops that creates a tight or open loop - the final acceleration using the wrist is the same but rotating the elbow some just before turning over the wrist opens up the loop
Watching Steve R on Mel's Advanced tape really drove home this short stoke on the back cast with little drift. It also drove home a point that during his false casts he stopped high with very tight loops - on his last cast in one sequence he accelerated forward with his arm stright and the rod dropped alot and the loop was much wider on this last cast - so he only got out to around 140 feet!!
Now that DVD format has become commonplace, we finally have the ability to slow be able to this stuff down and really see what is going on. Because of the digital format, DVD is not jerky like analog tape when slowed down. You can see some pretty amazing stuff. Now if only I knew how to slow down DVD's.
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"Acceleration simply means to increase the speed. But the rate of acceleration is of paramount importantance. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time. It must be a gradual increase in speed. All the way through the stroke! I am reluctant to use the phrase "constant acceleration" due to this reference of SUAS. As if the stroke is made at a constant speed until the final few inches before we finally initiate this rapid SUAS. This is, IMHO, misleading. This technique, what I refer to as a delayed application of power, will only work in the context of classic old style casting. (single hand rods) Where you were taught to hold a book between your casting arm and your body. No double hauls. And you are only casting small flies for relatively short distances. When you start trying to throw large flies, weighted flies, and/or going for more distance, you simply cannot get the desired results with that delayed and sudden, application of power. After all, just how much is the human body physically capable of accelerating in, say six inches, of hand/wrist movement?"
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The rod/hand stroke is made at an increasing acceleration (not speed) up to the SUAS. The initial acceleration is fairly slow and increasing gradually (the rod is continuously flexing deeper as the hand travels the long straight line path), then the short quick SUAS at the last few inches to complete the cast.
If you believe that one cannot get the desired results with large weighted flies or longer distance,,,,,tell that to the many hundreds of saltwater fly casters who have used this style for about 35-40 years.
The key is not using the hand/wrist movement,,,,,the SUAS loading of the rod is a speed stroke not a power stroke,,,,,we use the arm and shoulder muscles not the weaker wrist to apply the SUAS. If you try to emphasize power,,,,a tailing loop will result when going for distance.
The very short SUAS at the end of a long hand stroke is only one style of casting,,,,it is not correct or incorrect or the best way for distance.
Most tournament casters use a straight overhead stroke and drift on the back cast,,,,if you have a very strong arm/wrist and great timing this is also very efficient. I personally would not attempt that style with a weighted fly and sinking line and the wind in your face.
Fred Krow
Last edited by FKrow; 02-06-2005 at 10:49 PM.
And what I meant to infer regarding large, weighted flies and going for distance, was that this continuously increasing speed needs to reach a much higher velocity than can be attained without extending the length of the stroke.
Having said that, there are limits to how fast you can move your arm. If you have continuously increased the speed of movement, with every inch of stroke, to the point where you are physically unable to go any faster, the only way left to get any more (tip) speed is through the wrist.
So we have now come full circle to where we are again refering to the SUAS as a wrist movement. The ACA (American Casting Assoc.) does not recommend teaching fly casting with any wrist movement. None at all. Many have learned to cast and many teach those methods. That's O.K. It works, to a point. But there are more ways to skin a cat than simply yanking it by it's tail though a knot hole. There comes a time when you have to step outside the box.
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Last edited by JDJones; 02-07-2005 at 01:38 PM. Reason: additional comments
I have nothing to offer other than thanks. What an excellent thread this is. JD you're talking my language, the way you describe these moves I'm actually starting to get it. Can't wait until I can do some practice casting.
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Reactions to Hobbit footage shown at CinemaCon and Comic-Con were positive, despite a mixed reception to the native 48 high-frame rate format (teased at the former). Thus, for the time being, there's little reason to not be excited about an additional Hobbit movie – seeing as Jackson feels it's a worthwhile endeavor that could even cross into unexplored (and, more importantly, worthwhile) narrative territory.
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O'Brien cleverly created a fictional transcript of a Yahoo (YHOO) staff meeting where Bartz–by now, well-known for her salty language–lets loose in an address about just how sick she was of competitors getting all the good press:
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Starting today, we fight back. We're going to announce a major new marketing campaign that won't let anyone ignore Yahoo any more.
For those of you who don't have your heads up your (expletive), you may have noticed that I've personally been beta testing this thing. First with those analysts, and then with that (expletive) Wall Street Journal reporter Kara Swisher–I dropped the f-bomb.
The results were clear. Those (expletives) in the press won't write about all the great (expletives) we're doing at Yahoo, but one foul-mouthed remark from me, and we're back in the headlines.
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Well, why not?
During her interview with BoomTown at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference last week (pictured here, giving me a finger-to-eye-pointing lesson, which you can click on to make larger), Bartz did, in fact, curse at me, although she did not toss that off when talking about what was needed for Yahoo to regain momentum.
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It was a good answer and certainly a lot more forceful defense of the company than former Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang had made the year before at D6–which was essentially Job No. 1 for Bartz to correct at the recent D7 event.
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"If you compare what she said and what Jerry said word for word, it was the same thing," said one person to me, in what was a common refrain. "It's just that Carol said it with more oomph."
Well, yes. Exactly. Which is why I am not sure there's anything wrong with that.
Of course, it is entirely true that Bartz has a only a limited time to roll out the confident patter and colorful cursing, before it gets old and real results are required. We have all seen ribald CEOS who delight and then disappoint.
The current economic downturn is, of course, giving Bartz a bit of cover. But, as she well knows, when it turns for the better and she is in office for more than three full quarters, people will justifiably have to have their expectations for her performance met.
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In no way will be no substitute for making significant changes that Yahoo so desperately needs–but, for this window of time, loose lips might even help keep the Yahoo ship from sinking further.
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Happy Wednesday!
It's time for a little inspiration from Heartfelt Creations! Today I have a card using the Italiana Riviera Collection of stamps, dies and designer papers.
I used this beautiful villa view image from the Italiana Riviera Set, colored it with pencils and mineral spirits and fussy cut it. The wine bottle and grape vine are from the Italiana Grape Cluster Set that I colored with pencils and mineral spirits and cut with matching dies.
The background mat is made using two different designer papers from the collection, adding trim to cover the seam, then the sentiment is stamped directly on the paper.
Be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all the beautiful creations by the designers this week!
I'm submitting this to the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #207 - Anything Goes
Thanks for stopping by to visit!
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Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC:
HCPC 3700 - Italiana Riviera Cling
HCPC 3697 - Italiana Grape Clusters Cling
HCD1 773 - Italiana Grape Clusters Die
HCDP1-259 - Italiana Riviera Paper Collection
368770 - Scor-Pal
DDOTS - Double Dots
159723 - Art Institute Glue - Dries Clear
Instructions: Card measures 4 5/8" x 6 1/8". Cut Honeydew Green 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", score at 4 5/8" and fold crease. Cut Grape Gusto 4 7/16" x 5 15/16". Cut light green designer paper 4 1/4" x 5 3/4" and stamp sentiment on top center. Cut small (6" x 6") striped designer paper to 1 3/4" x 4 1/4", glue to bottom of green designer paper, ink edges with Peeled Paint and glue to Grape Gusto mat. Add mat to card base using Scotch Mounting Tape. Add trim across seam where designer papers meet using Scor-Tape.
Stamp Italiana Riviera, Grape Clusters and bottle on Solar White with Onyx Black. Color images with pencils and mineral spirits using paper stumps. Fussy cut window scene and die cut grape clusters and bottle with matching dies from Italiana Grape Cluster Die. Ink edges of window scene with Vintage Photo and add to card using Double Dots. Ink edges of bottle with Vintage Photo and add as pictured using Scotch Mounting Tape. Glue grape cluster to bottom of window as pictured using Art Institute Glue. Add pieces of Double Dots under leads and grapes that hang over window.
Make a 3-loop bow with green ribbon using Bow-Easy Tool and add as pictured using glue dots. Make a multi-loop bow with Natural Burlap String using Bow-Easy Tool and add to green bow with glue dots. Thread piece of string through green button and add to bow center with glue dots.