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Unsung Hero: Lollipop man who loves his job come rain or shine (From Surrey Comet)
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Unsung Hero: Lollipop man from Chessington who loves his job come rain or shine
5:00am Sunday 12th January 2014 in News By Nazia Dewji, Reporter
A Chessington lollipop man has said not even the dreary English weather gets him down when he is working.
Martin Constable, 37, has been positioned rain or shine at the zebra crossing in Moor Lane serving schoolchildren at Castle Hill Primary School for nearly five years – minus a seven-month stint in Leatherhead Road last year.
The council employee who was born and bred in Chessington said he came across the job by luck after an old boss passed on a flyer.
Mr Constable, of Elm Road, said: "He could not find anyone that was interested. I turned up for the interview and, as they say, the rest is history. It was a bit of luck.
"I love it. I am very lucky because Castle Hill is a great school and the kids are really, really great and so are the parents.
"I help anyone who wants to cross. I just like getting out and meeting people. I don't even mind the weather – I am always happy."
In his spare time Mr Constable enjoys watching action films, Formula One racing and spending time with his Hahn's macaw, a green parrot who loves to learn new words. Mr Constable said:
"He knows about 14 or 15 words. I have had him for about a year.
"He has just learned to say my name and now he won't shut up – it's quite funny."
Parent Jo Swinney, who nominated the lollipop man, said: "Martin does his job with incredible enthusiasm and dignity, crossing everyone over the road with a smile and a kind word.
"He is unfailingly cheerful and friendly, day in day out, in all weathers. "He deals with each person on the crossing with the same respect, whatever their age or situation.
"I know there are times he is made fun of or has to deal with grumpy drivers, stressed out parents, and stroppy teenagers, but he remains professional and upbeat.
"I find a few moments in his company makes my day better."
On being nominated an unsung hero, Mr Constable said: "I am pleased. I have never been nominated for anything before so it's a great feeling to think that someone has done that."
He said he would be taking the award for all the dedicated council workers.
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Downtown Boone Art Crawl Friday
Downtown Boone rings in the new with its first First Friday Art Crawl of 2014.
While most businesses and galleries have taken the night off to prepare for the New Year, a few are opening their doors in celebration of art, community and a combination of the two.
The town of Boone's Jones House Community Center (604 W. King St.) continues its Joe Miller exhibit, spotlighting work from the artist's recently penned children's book, "One Night, Two Moons," in the Mazie Jones Gallery.
Although the gallery will be open, the Jones House will not host a reception, nor will it be exhibiting in its upstairs galleries.
ArtWalk (611 W. King St.) is featuring the work of Camp Creek Creations' glass artist, Steve Smith, who specializes in reconfiguring empty wine and beer bottles into unique works of art, ranging from wind chimes to pendants to wall tiles. According to Smith, all pats of the glass bottle can be used, and pieces are colored with powdered glass to achieve the designs seen in his wall tiles and pendants.
Smith worked for years in manufacturing and sales, before becoming involved in the art of recycled glass. He's since taught classes at John C. Campbell Folk School and the Alabama Folk School.
"Many a failure has led to some interesting discoveries along this relatively unexplored medium of recycled glass," he said, "and each day brings a new level of understanding and refinement."
In addition to spotlighting Smith's artwork, ArtWalk will feature complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres.
Art Mart & Academy (681 W. King St.) will host a "Free Play Day" this Friday.
"Start the New Year off with art," owner John Bond said. "We will have all sorts of art materials out and available to experiment with."
Those include oils, acrylics, watercolors, graphite, charcoal, inks, alcohol inks and more. "If you ever wanted to try it now is the time," Bond said.
The Nth° Gallery and Studios (683 W. King St.) is publicizing the fact that it will not be participating in the January crawl, with management citing "a much-needed vacation" and promising a return in February.
Murphy's Restaurant & Pub (747 W. King St.) brings the groove to Boone with The Heritage, a funk-based band from Winston-Salem. The show starts at 10 p.m., cover costs $5, and only those 21 and older will be admitted.
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A cable drama series is losing its executive producer. Deadline.com reports that executive producer Michael Taylor won't return for the second season of the high-profile Syfy show "Defiance."
Taylor, who worked on "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Deep Space Nine," was one of three writing executive producers on the first season of "Defiance," which has been completed, the story says. The ratings have been "OK," and a second season is likely to happen, the piece adds.
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Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S. – an estimated 24-million Americans live with it every day. A new study suggests that diabetes cost Americans more than $200 billion last year. The human cost is much greater – if if's left uncontrolled, diabetes can lead to long-term health complications including stroke, heart disease and blindness.
There are two forms of diabetes—type 1, which typically hits children and adolescents and type 2, which has traditionally been adult onset. More and more, experts are finding children with type 2 diabetes largely due to unhealthy lifestyles. In this Alegent Health Podcast, Dr. John Harris talks about the risks associated with diabetes and the steps you can take now to protect yourself and your family.


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We don't have enough info to answer. What value do you place on your time? How much time investment would it be for you to take the items there? Would you be driving a check to your bank, or would you be mailing it?
They will be able to give you a ballpark on what the items will sell for. The consignment store I use gives it an initial price. If it doesn't sell in 4 wks I have the option to pick it up or let her reduce the price by half. If your consignment store reduces the price you have to consider if you'd get a better return by getting the smaller amount, or donating it and using the tax deduction if you itemize.
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Introducing new drugs or procedures into your practice can be frustrating if you're an associate—and it can be especially
tough if you're a recent graduate. Your boss may think the way he has always done things works fine, so why change? Here are
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Take baby steps. I used to work at a practice that used just one opioid analgesic: butorphanol. First I petitioned the boss to add buprenorphine,
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The Marin Energy Authority has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with the for 972 kilowatts of rooftop solar power, the largest solar project in Marin County.
"We believe in renewable energy and in the importance of renewable practices in every aspect of our lives and businesses," said Bob Herbst of the San Rafael Airport. "This solar project will be a needed example and the first step to promoting and providing locally generated and consumed renewable energy."
The power is purchased for Marin Clean Energy customers through MEA's feed-in tariff program, which is designed to provide local residents and property owners who build small‐scale renewable generation systems, like solar or wind, with an opportunity to sell the electrical output directly to MEA at a fair market price.
"As a supporter of the Marin Energy Authority since its inception, I am proud of the agency's progress to increase local power generation within our community," said Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
Feed‐In Tariffs minimize the usual time and effort required to contract with power generators by standardizing the price MEA pays. The feed-in tariff currently targets systems of up to one megawatt in size which can connect to PG&E's local distribution system.
This project will begin in fall 2012. MEA has over 45 megawatts of solar projects, according to MEA Executive Officer Dawn Weisz, who said: "these new projects demonstrate our commitment to adding more renewable energy onto the grid on behalf of our customers."


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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Someone went to a ballpark in Huntington for more than peanuts and Cracker Jacks.
Hundreds of dollars worth of snacks were stolen from a Little League concession stand.
Huntington Police say the East Huntington Little League Wilson Field concession stand, at 14th Street and Columbia Avenue, was broken into over the weekend.
Investigators believe the break in happened between 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 9:35 a.m. Sunday.
According to the police report, someone broke into the concession stand by forcing open a wooden window.
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East Huntington Little League President Aaron Myers says the money raised at their concession stand pays for utilities, equipment, and renting their field.
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One Day to Go, Bloomberg Bans Use of E-Cigarettes in Public
Skeptics say the new ban may actually harm public health.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will sign into law Monday a ban on using electronic cigarettes anywhere conventional cigarette use is prohibited. Critics says the new restriction may – contrary to its stated intent – harm public health.
Bloomberg will sign the legislation, approved Dec. 19 by the city council in a 43-8 vote, around 2 p.m., spokeswoman Evelyn Erskine says.
The ban is the latest – and last – in the billionaire mayor's decade-long campaign against smoking. In 2003 the mayor signed into law a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. In 2011 the ban was extended to include city parks and beaches. And on Nov. 19 he signed a bill raising the city's tobacco age to 21.
The last day of Bloomberg's 12 years in office is Tuesday.
Charles Connor, former president and CEO of the American Lung Association, is one notable opponent of the new rule.
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"Above all else, the role of our government should be to further advance the nation's efforts to reduce the harm and death toll caused by combustible tobacco products," Connor said in a statement.
"Electronic cigarettes are poised to revolutionize the tobacco industry by one day making traditional cigarettes obsolete," said Connor, whose mother died last December from smoking-related lung failure and who now advises a group promoting the use of e-cigarettes. "By impulsively and inaccurately lumping vaping in with traditional cigarette smoking, a ban on these game-changing devices will discourage other smokers from trying a positive alternative."
Gregory Conley, a consultant to the e-cigarette industry on legislative issues, agrees.
"Banning something that helps smokers quit, solely because it looks like smoking, is a new height of absurdity for Mayor Bloomberg," says Conley, who formerly served as spokesman of Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives.
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"There will be no public health benefits from the passage of this law," Conley says. "Inevitably some smokers will interpret the ban to mean that e-cigarettes are just as hazardous as cigarettes. Sending that signal to smokers is simply irresponsible. Indeed, the ban will actually hamper Mayor Bloomberg's long-stated quest to eradicate smoking."
Unlike conventional cigarettes, which burn tobacco leaves, e-cigarettes vaporize a liquid that's a blend of propylene glycol and/or vegetable glycerine, combined with flavoring and tobacco-derived nicotine.
E-cigarette sales in the U.S. are projected to exceed $1.7 billion in 2013, according to a Wells Fargo Securities estimate, doubling 2012 sales.
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The long-term effects of smoking e-cigarettes have not been studied, but even anti-tobacco hawks acknowledge the devices are likely healthier than their combustible cousins.
A 2012 study by University of Perugia researchers in Italy found the particulate matter of exhaled e-cigarette vapor is significantly lower than tobacco smoke, conceivably reducing or eliminating second-hand inhalation. A large-scale study by New Zealand researchers, published in September by The Lancet, found e-cigarettes are as effective as nicotine patches in helping smokers quit. Various nicotine concentrations are offered by e-cigarette companies, allowing users to wean themselves off the drug.
Although often a trend-setter, New York City is extending its smoking ban after several other states and cities did so.
Across the Hudson, then-Gov. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., extended his state's smoking ban to cover e-cigarettes in 2010. Utah followed in 2012. Health regulators - rather than city councilmen - in Boston and Seattle also added e-cigarettes to local smoking bans, in 2011 and 2010. But the Big Apple measure may propel another round of rules elsewhere.
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Audrey Silk, founder of the smokers' rights group New York City Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment, says the newest nicotine restriction proves that Bloomberg's anti-smoking crusade has "nothing to do with smoke."


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In the newest Jana Bibi adventure from Betsy Woodman, Jana, Mr. Ganguly, and the gang are back as their small town in India is rocked by an espionage scandal and a homemade remedy that has love on everyone's mind
The Jolly Grant House still welcomes all its visitors with the sign Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes hanging proudly outside its front door. Jana's fortune-telling has brought a lot of attention to the small town of Hamara Nagar, and now that the dust has settled and the town is safe from the threat of being flooded by a government dam, all eyes are on the Scottish-born card-reader Jana and her feisty, loose-beaked parrot, Mr. Ganguly. Some people, though, are not to be trusted, and Mr. Ganguly finds himself the target of a potential kidnapping that puts Jana and her household on edge.
Meanwhile, love is in the air and, thanks to Abenath's Apothecary, it's also in a bottle. Abenath has created an intoxicating brew that he calls Love Potion Number 10, which seems to have Jana in a tizzy. While she explores her newest hobby, dream interpretation, her head is swimming with questions: Is a new love possible at age fifty-nine? If so, would she ever marry again? All around her she sees different kinds of love and connection—family, arranged marriages, chemical attractions, even intercontinental romance between people who have only met through letters—so when an old flame arrives and rekindles long-gone feelings, Jana begins to think that Love Potion Number 10 just might be the magic elixir its inventor thinks it is.
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Jana awoke abruptly. Downstairs, in the fortune-telling salon, Mr. Ganguly was screeching something like "Water! Cold! Help!" She had not heard him put those words together before. She sat up in bed, still groggy, now hearing footsteps on the staircase and, next, a frantic knocking on the bedroom door.
"Jana mem!" came Mary's voice. "Come now! Come quickly!"
Jana pushed her feet into her bedroom slippers and grabbed her heavy wool dressing gown off the foot of the bed, hurriedly wrapping it around
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Anglian Water Airflo International
Anglian Water Airflo Fly Fishing International
After a week of outstanding fly fishing at Rutland Water, The Seighford Sharks were the conquerors of the AWAI. The Anglin Water Airflo International is a two day event with 22 team competing from all over the UK along with 2 overseas teams. Two days fishing at Rutland water produced a great rod average of just over 5 fish per angler, with many bag ups being recorded.
Day one saw a fleet of 66 boats leave the harbour and just 6 of those headed to the North Arm. The rest headed South towards Gibbets and Manton, with not one boat venturing to the main basin. Most anglers wouldn't remember a match on Rutland where not one boat went to the dam wall!
The first day on Rutland water saw the first boat heading back to the harbour at just 1.30pm! Both anglers, Airflo Consultant Iain Barr and boat partner Mike Dixon catching each of their limits in just over three hours! Other boats closely followed. Fish were high in the water and keeping your flies close to the surface proved effective. Slow glasses and fast intermediate fly lines seemed the way ahead, with a selection of boobies and blobs spaced around 12 feet apart.
Results Day 1
Seighford Sharks looked to be comfortably in the lead with a total of 45 fish for 129lb 6 3/8oz – nearly 20lb ahead of second placed Blagdon Fly Fishers Cortland with 42 fish for 110lb 6¼oz. History shows that very few teams have led from the front to take victory on the final day… Only a few pounds separated 3rd placed Hanningfield on 108lb 15¼oz, 4th Welsh Hawks 106lb 11½oz and 5th Menteith Ospreys on 104lb 15 3/8oz.
Highlights Day 1
Graeme Steel, member of the Grizzle Cats, managed to land the best rainbow on day one, weighing 5lb 11oz. Tim Joyce of Hanningfield fly fishers took top bag with a staggering 26lb 13 3/8oz, along with the best brown trout of 5lb 15 7/8oz.
Number of Anglers: 132
Fish Caught: 720
Rod Average: 5.45
Total Weight of Fish: 1847lb 85/8oz
Average Weight: 2lb 9oz
Average Bag Weight: 13lb 16oz
Results Day 2
Top rod of the entire match was Mike Dixon of Seighford Sharks with 16 fish for 48lb 13 ¾oz. Team Airflo had an excellent second day coming out top with 44 fish for 109lb 11 3/8oz with Seighford Sharks in second with 38 fish for 105lb 9 1/8oz and Blagdon Fly Fishers Cortland third with 35 fish for 99lb 12 1/8oz. Conditions were far from perfect at the start of the match and tested everyone's fly fishing clothing!
Seighford Sharks performance was well and truly phenomenal, keeping their 1st place position with a great performance on both days. Team members Craig Barr, Gary Owen, Mark Harrison, Phil Longstaff and Phil and Mike Dixon received gold medals along with the prestigious silver Salver. Team Airflo's second day performance was enough to bring them from 11th to 3rd position, with Blagdon fly fishers holding their place in second as well.
Highlights Day 2
Wullie Simpson fishing for Menteith Ospreys landed the best Brown of day two weighting 5lb 10 1/8oz. Unfortunately for Wullie, a one brown limit led to the return of an even bigger Brown estimated at around 9lb later on in the day. Nick Long fishing for Blagdon Fly Fishers Cortland slipped the netted under the best Rainbow at 6lb 7¼oz – Nick's fish was the best fish of the match overall.
Mark Harrison of Seighford Sharks had the best bag on Day Two with 8 fish for 26lb 9 5/8oz. Mark put in an outstanding performance, managing to net his 8th fish at 10:38! It takes a good 10/15 minutes to motor to Manton where he was fishing, he must have only been fishing for 25 minutes! Good Angling Mark.
Day 2 Statistics
Number of Anglers: 132
Fish Caught: 693
Rod Average: 5.25
Total Weight of Fish: 1791lb 2oz
Average Weight: 2lb 91/2oz
Average Bag Weight: 13lb 9oz
Overall Results
1. Seighford Sharks - 83 fish - 234lb 151/2oz
2. Blagdon Fly Fishers Cortland - 77 fish – 210lb 23/8oz
3. Team Airflo - 77 fish – 192lb 141/2oz
4. Fish Hawks - 75 fish – 189lb 35/8oz
5. Welsh Hawks - 72 fish – 186lb 103/4oz
6. Menteith Ospreys - 71 fish – 185lb 91/8oz
7. Hanningfield - 66 fish – 177lb 137/8oz
8. Change Flyfishers 'A' - 67 fish – 174lb 137/8oz
9. G.Loomis Team Belgium - 63 fish – 170lb 131/4oz
10. Harvey Angling Margam - 66 fish - 164lb 137/8oz
11. Thalassa AC - 65 fish – 163lb 7oz
12. Nymph-A-Maniacs - 63 fish – 162lb 135/8oz
13. Rio Masters - 65 fish – 162lb 17/8oz
14. The Renegades - 66 fish – 160lb 27/8oz
15. The Corrib Hoppers - 66 fish - 159lb 31/4oz
16. OTFA Kirkwall - 60 fish - 149lb 23/8oz
17. Shetland Anglers - 59 fish – 144lb 121/4oz
18. Grizzle Cats - 57 fish – 142lb 93/8oz
19. Froggies Fly Fishers - 56 fish - 142lb 87/8oz
20. Saltire Flyfishers - 51 fish – 135lb 47/8oz
21. Stock Barracudas - 45 fish – 114lb 131/8oz
22. Bewl Chingly Chompers - 43 fish – 113lb 123/8oz
Anglian Water Airflo International Final
A full list of results from the Anglian Water Airflo International which was held at Rutland water, 2nd and 3rd October.
In it's 31st years of running this competition has been held at many of the top fishing waters around the UK and has been sponsored by some of the largest fishing companies in the UK. Sponsored by fly fishing tackle supplier, Fishtec, the prizes are always top quality and offer all anglers a great incentive to fish the qualifiers to hopefully compete at this prestigious final time and time again.
Day One
With a strong westerly wind Rutland water changed it's face from the previous few days practice. With a wind forecast to get up to 15mph and gust almost double that things weren't looking great.
Team practise sessions all seemed to throw up the same areas, methods and flies as most other teams, with the most prolific area being the Dam wall. As the boats headed out of the jetty the total tally of boats heading to the main basin was 40, a further 17 to the North arm and just 4 to the South Arm. It seemed obvious where the most recent stocked fish had ended up!
As the armada of boats dashed to the closest point of the Dam wall the odd few broke off and started their drifts a long way from the bank in open water, what we found in practice day was that with the big wind we've had over the last week or so the majority of the food had been washed close to the wall, just out of bounds for boat users. So the closer you can start to the wall the more chance, we thought, you'd have of catching.
The first drift was manic, rods bent all over the place from Fantasy to the far side of the wall at Sykes Lane. As the boats grew closer the wall the fishing hotted up with some anglers taking 3/4 fish in the first drift. This is usually short lived even with less boat pressure and it wasn't any different now. The initial hit of 40 boats, 80 anglers and with most people using a three fly cast, that's over 200 flies going through an area at any one point, the fish soon feel the angling pressure and push off or go down.
This was the same all over the lake, speaking to some of the anglers who came off the water early with their bags they mentioned the fishing died after the first drift. Then it was a scratch to finish off the bag limits.
Kieron Jenkins of the Nymphomaniacs took his 8 fish limit in an impressive 2 hours 15 minutes, him and his partner signing his card at just 12:15. It wasn't long after that the next bag ups were recorded. Rob Edmunds of Team ACA finished just after 13:00 and Steve Winstone 13:08 with a fish of over 5lb in his bag winning the day with over 20lb of fish.
Day One Result:
1. Hanningfield 39 fish for 92lb 111/2oz
2. Team Airflo 32 fish for 81lb 61/8oz
3. Thallassa AC 31 fish for 76lb 9oz
4. OFTA (Kirkwall) 30 fish for 75lb 67/8oz
5. Rio Masters 32 fish for 73lb 101/2oz
6. Flextec Emerald Islanders 35 fish for 73lb 91/4oz
7. Nymph-A-Maniacs 32 fish for 73lb 15/8oz
8. Margam Fly Fishers 29 fish for 66lb 1/4oz
9. Elinor 28 fish for 65lb 111/2oz
10. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 29 fish for 62lb 15oz
11. Change Fly Fishers 'B' 28 fish for 62lb 57/8oz
12. Welsh Crunchers 23 fish for 61lb 91/4oz
13. Bristol Reservoirs FFA 28 fish for 60lb 115/8oz
14. Weardale FF 26 fish for 59lb 5oz
15. Change Fly Fishers 'A' 24 fish for 54lb 21/2oz
16. Peninsula Pirates 22 fish for 47lb 11/4oz
17. Greenwell Persuaders 'A' 19 fish for 42lb 141/8oz
18. Iain Barr FF 15 fish for 39lb 77/8oz
19. G.Loomis Team Belgium 17 fish for 36lb 41/4oz
20. Shetland AA 17 fish for 36lb 13/4oz
21. Leslie & Glenrothes AC 16 fish for 35lb 143/4oz
22. Froggies FF 14 fish for 34lb 9oz
23. Neilston FF 13 fish for 30lb 85/8oz
24. Stocks Falcons 13 fish for 25lb 111/8oz
Best Rainbow: Richard Cooper, Iain Barr FF 5lb 71/2oz
Best Brown: Tony Donnelly, Bristol Reservoirs FFA 3lb 43/4oz
Best Bag: Steve Winstone, Team Airflo 25lb 63/4oz
Day Two
Day two started much the same as day one. The boat split was almost identical but with a few more boats heading to the south arm. The anglers, testing their leaders and knot strength headed towards the Dam in anticipation for another fish frenzy in almost the same conditions as the day before. The fishing, not so. Out of 40 boats which headed back to the main basin I don't think 10 fish were netted within the first two hours which was strange after the performance of the day before.
After the first two hours was up the boats slowly started to dwindle away and move to the top of the ever increasing wind, leaving just a few boats on the dam wall. Most anglers headed up the South arm and few across to Belgrano and Barns-dale steep bank.
The winning bag of the day come from Nymphomaniac, Allen Hughes who managed to bag his 8 fish in tough conditions by 13:00. Only a handful of anglers managed to bag up the second day with many fish being caught right at the death, increasing anglers catches and making the results of the competition tighter than ever.
As the weigh in commenced there was talk of who's 'up there' in the results. The rumours were that ACA and Nymphomaniacs were fighting for first position with some of the top teams from day one dropping down the rankings with just a few fish to the team on day two.
Day Two Result:
1. Nymph-A-Maniacs 23 fish for 59lb 33/4oz
2. Iain Barr FF 25 fish for 58lb 33/4oz
3. Rio Masters 23 fish for 50lb 4oz
4. Elinor 20 fish for 46lb 73/8oz
5. G.Loomis Team Belgium 18 fish for 45lb 5oz
6. Team Airflo 17 fish for 39lb 31/2oz
7. Welsh Crunchers 17 fish for 35lb 101/8oz
8. Bristol Reservoirs FFA 15 fish for 35lb 33/8oz
9. Margam Fly Fishers 15 fish for 31lb 153/4oz
10. Change Fly Fishers 'A' 14 fish for 31lb 11oz
11. Shetland AA 13 fish for 30lb 83/8oz
12. Peninsula Pirates 12 fish for 30lb 7/8oz
13. Thallassa AC 13 fish for 28lb 153/4oz
14. Neilston FF 12 fish for 26lb 11/2oz
15. Leslie & Glenrothes AC 11 fish for 25lb 135/8oz
16. Froggies FF 12 fish for 25lb 75/8oz
17. Change Fly Fishers 'B' 11 fish for 23lb 21/8oz
18. Hanningfield 9 fish for 19lb 11oz
19. Greenwell Persuaders 'A' 8 fish for 19lb 73/4oz
20. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 8 fish for 18lb 43/4oz
21. OFTA (Kirkwall) 7 fish for 16lb 67/8oz
22. Stocks Falcons 7 fish for 15lb 65/8oz
23. Weardale FF 6 fish for 13lb 14oz
24. Flextec Emerald Islanders 4 fish for 9lb 11/8oz
Best Rainbow: Tony Perin, G.Loomis Team Belgium 5lb 33/4oz
Best Brown: Brian McKenzie, Neilston FF 3lb 45/8oz
Best Bag: Allen Hughes, Nymph-A-Maniacs 22lb 143/4oz
As the results emerged after great food and hospitality by the Greetham Valley golf club it came to light that the Nymphomaniacs had beaten ACA by exactly 9lbs in weight. The bag up on day two by Allen Hughes brought the Nymph's up the table also with some good luck better fish were landed on day two by the whole team, all of which make a huge difference when the final positions come close. Well done Nymphos!!
Overall Results
1. Nymph-A-Maniacs 55 fish for 132lb 53/8oz
2. Rio Masters 55 fish for 123lb 141/2oz
3. Team Airflo 49 fish for 120lb 95/8oz
4. Hanningfield 48 fish for 112lb 61/2oz
5. Elinor 48 fish for 112lb 27/8oz
6. Thallassa AC 44 fish for 105lb 83/4oz
7. Margam Fly Fishers 44 fish for 98lb 0oz
8. Iain Barr FF 40 fish for 97lb 115/8oz
9. Welsh Crunchers 40 fish for 97lb 33/8oz
10. Bristol Reservoirs FFA 43 fish for 93lb 15oz
11. OFTA (Kirkwall) 37 fish for 91lb 133/4oz
12. Change Fly Fishers 'B' 39 fish for 86lb 21/8oz
13. Change Fly Fishers 'A' 38 fish for 85lb 131/2oz
14. Flextec Emerald Islanders 39 fish for 82lb 103/8oz
15. G.Loomis Team Belgium 35 fish for 81lb 91/4oz
16. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 37 fish for 81lb 33/4oz
17. Peninsula Pirates 34 fish for 77lb 21/8oz
18. Weardale FF 32 fish for 73lb 3oz
19. Shetland AA 30 fish for 66lb 101/8oz
20. Greenwell Persuaders 'A' 27 fish for 62lb 57/8oz
21. Leslie & Glenrothes AC 27 fish for 61lb 23/8oz
22. Froggies FF 26 fish for 60lb 9oz
23. Neilston FF 25 fish for 56lb 101/8oz
24. Stocks Falcons 20 fish for 41lb 13/4oz
Top Bag: Allen Hughes, Nymph-A-Maniacs 14 fish for 36lb 151/4oz
Number of Anglers: 144
Number of Fish Caught: 912
Rod Average: 3.17
Total Weight of Fish: 2102lb 3/8oz
Average Weight of Fish: 2lb 5oz
Average Bag Weight: 7lb 5oz
The method over the two days seemed to be pulling blobs and boobies on heavy sinking lines. All of the top three teams took the majority of their fish using Airflo 40+ fly lines, in di5 and di7 sinking densities. The wind caused many problems with casting so a line such as the 40+, which easily loads the rod on the back cast, was the ideal tool for the job. Orange, Tequila and Black blobs and boobies seemed to pull most of the fish with very little seeming to come out on nymphs.
Anglian Water Airflo Fly Fishing International
Now all the regional finals have been fished we have a full list of teams who have qualified for the Anglian Water Airflo International 2012. Teams from all around Europe have competed, all for the chance of being crowned AWAI Champions.
Blagdon FF Cortland
Hanningfield Rio Masters
Change Fly Fishers 'A'
Iain Barr Fly Fishing
Sheltland Anglers
Change Fly Fishers 'B'
Leslie & Glenrothes AC
Stocks Falcons
Margam Fly Fishers
Team Airflo
Flextec Emerald Islanders
Neilston Fly Fishers
Thalassa AC
Froggies Fly Fishers
Weardale Fly Fishers
G Loomis Team Belgium
OTFA (Kirkwall)
Welsh Crunchers
Greenwell Persuaders 'A' Peninsula Pirates
As the one and only sponsors of this competition, Fishtec are offering great fishing tackle prizes such as rods, reels and fly lines. We'd like to wish all the teams competing good luck and hope to see you and the prestigious Anglian Water Airflo International Final at Rutland Water.
Individual Final – Rutland Water
Over the last two years the top 10% of anglers from each Airflo Anglian water round have been invited to participate in the Anglian Water Airflo Individual Final held at Grafham Water. Saturday 19th May saw forty anglers take to the water in what could only be described as perfect fishing conditions, overcast with some light rain.
The boats headed off into the usual haunts such as Hedge end, deep water point and the odd one which split from the pack to the south west corner of the lake.
Many anglers took their 8 fish impressively quick, with the quickest going to Rob Edmunds who landed his 8 before 11am!
Results are as followed – (will upload the rest if interested asap)
1. Jos Peeters 8 fish for 25lb 7oz (inc bonus)
2. Martin Williams 8 fish 23lb 13oz
3. Rob Edmunds 8 fish for 22lb 10oz
4. Phil Longstaff 8 fish for 21lb 9oz
5. Graham Pearson 8 fish for 21lb 2oz
6. Tom Gott 8 fish for 21lb 2oz
7. Steve Cullen 8 fish for 21.0oz
8. Craig Smith 8 fish for 19lb 0oz
9. Craig Gimblett8 fish for 17lb 9oz
10. Peter Scholes 8 fish for 17lb 9oz
The top rod of the day went to Jos Peeters who took 8 fish for 25lb 7oz and the biggest fish went to Martin Williams – 5lb 2oz. Forty anglers took a very satisfying 211 fish to give a rod average of just over 5.5. Top angler, Jos, took his winning bag using an Airflo sweep di 5 fly line and a single tequila blob.
Average fish weight: 2lb 25/8oz
Average bag weight: 12lb 01/5oz
Northern Heat – Rutland Results
Rutland Water fished exceptionally well with 30 of 42 anglers catching their bag limit of 8. An impressive rod average of 7.10 per angler really shows how well Rutland is fishing at the moment.
The quickest bag of the day went to Ashley Davies, taking all of his 8 fish by 11:10 am! Only to be pipped by England youth angler, Matt Holroyd with bigger fish for first place. Fish are deep at Rutland with most fishing coming to boobies, nymphs or lures fished as deep as possible. Anglers who used the Airflo Sixth Sense Competitor lines, either in the di8/di7, or di7/di5 versions and achieved maximum depth seemed to outnumber their boat partners.
Best Fish went to David Crichlow of Iain Barr Fly Fishing which weighed an impressive 5lb 3 3/4oz.
Written by Kieron Jenkins
South Wales & Northern heat Results
It's been 30 years since Benson & Hedges first held this prestigious International six-man team event and to celebrate this impressive milestone, for this year only there will be a separate 'wildcard' final held at Grafham water.
This year a two-day wildcard Final at Grafham Water held on the 18&19th September will see 17 teams who have not qualified for the regional finals will be drawn and invited to take part. A couple of day of chasing Meesy's shrimpers, what could be better?
Sponsors of the past 4 years, Airflo, have kindly agreed to sponsor both events with some of their top quality fly fishing tackle.
Last weekend saw the first few regional heats take place, Friday 13th at Llandgfedd reservoir (Welsh Heat) and Saturday 14th at Chew Valley (Southern Heat).
Llandegfedd Heat 13th April
Llandgfedd reservoir in south Wales held the first Welsh regional heat. Most of the 36 anglers on the lake managed to reach the target of 4 fish and got onto catch and release. In total 36 anglers took 280 fish giving a rod average of 7.78.
Top angler on the day was Spence Williams of the Welsh Crunchers who caught 16 fish for a total weight of 18lb 1Ooz.
Best Fish went to Rob Honour of Margam Fly Fishers which weighed 2lb 4 3/8oz.
Chew Valley 14th April
Chew Valley reservoir also fished exceptionally well with a high percentage of anglers 'bagging up', reaching their 8 fish limit. In total 42 anglers took 323 fish giving a rod average of 7.69.
Top angler on the day was Andy Cotton of Team Snowbee who caught 18 fish for a total weight of 25lb 9oz.
Best Fish went to Ali Munn of BRFFA Emergers which weighed 4lb 14oz.
Congratulations to all teams which managed to successfully qualify this weekend to the next round, and good luck to those who are yet to fish. Keep an eye here for more results over the coming weeks.
Written by Kieron Jenkins
Airflo Anglian International Fly Fishing Final
The Airflo Anglian Water International Final was held at Rutland Water on the 4th and 5th of October 2011. Rutland water saw one hundred and thirty eight anglers representing twenty three teams form all over Europe. The unusual Indian Summer had taken its toll on the Rutland during the practice days turning the normally pristine water of this world famous fishery brown. Causing Brown algae to rise off the bottom, the reminiscent of the previous green algae bloom. Although, the breeze had picked up on the first competition day, the ever climbing air temperature had dropped to a more comfortable 19 degrees and the water clarity returned to a more acceptable colour.
The weather changing had made the hearts of the other teams flutter, as practice proved not to be easy for anyone! Everyone seemed a lot happier, as in this years Final two teams from the Orkneys and one from Shetland Isles had travelled down expecting some good fishing. Its a long and expensive way to travel to blank 5 days on a trot!
Practice Day 1
We travelled up on the Saturday morning, giving us 3 full days before the competition to practice and try and get back in tune with the water. Our usual trips to the Midland reservoirs is normally for opening day off the bank or for the Lexus and Airflo Finals. Only if we lived closer eh!
Our first day of practice, we split the lake up into 3 areas, Area A, B and C – Basin, North and South arm, rotating the boats and partners each day. Taking 8 team members up always helps cover a lake such as Rutland, as fishing the whole of the lake to any standard on your own is nearly impossible. We had a good idea on what to expect of the fishing, knowing the lake was brown in some places and being up just 2 weeks prior to the Airflo for the Lexus Final.
Me and Dean where in the south arm for the first day. The whole of the arm was brown, finding some clear water around the edges of Browns Island which was masked with weed. As we travelled down the lake we kept an eye on the clarity of the water, finding it to actually get worse the further down the lake we sailed. Heading towards the green bank the top few layers started to get matted with weed, the affect of the wind blowing in the same direction for a few days.
Deciding to stop 30 yards off the green bank, the lake was still with bright sunshine, but we could see 1 or 2 fish moving in the distance. Could it be worse?
We both set up our fishing tackle as we travelled down the lake, conferring what methods each would be using and where. I set up with an Airflo Midge tip fly line, and 4 flies – 2 Diawl bachs on the middle droppers and small boobies to take up the top and tail positions. Dean on the other hand, when to the other side of the scale threading an Airflo Di 5 Sweep through the eyes of his Airflo Airlite fly rod. After some discussion of flies, we went by the rule – Dark water, Dark flies.. Right? Deans 4 fly cast consisted of 2 cormorants, and two black viva boobies, a combination that could not be passed up by any trout, anywhere!
Within the first few casts, Deans rod looped over as he was lifting off from fishing the hang. But within seconds, the leader parted at the top dropped, the fish, and 4 flies had gone! Retying the leader, Dean set up with the same cast making sure the leader was of fine condition and we carried on… 3 hours of nothing, Not a sniff. Moving areas around the bottom of the arm, watching other boats, nothing seemed to be happening anywhere.
We worked our way along the inside shore, Manton, Gibbets, G buoy, Berrybutts… Nothing! Until we hit Newzeland point. I rose a fish close in to the weed bed fishing dries. Within a few casts from there, Dean locked up, again on the Di 5 sweep. A fighting fit rainbow of about 3 1/2 lbs.
Basically, for us, that was day 1. We conducted a few drifts around the weed beds and into deeper water off the sailing club with the odd pull, and one follow. But seeing a fellow angler for Belgium taking a fish infront of us kept our spirits high.
Practice Day Two
Sharing a boat with Allen Hughes, we headed to the north arm. Our fellow team members who fished the re the day before hadn't pass on many great fishing tales from the day before, with just one fish coming to their boat too! Again, tacking up on the way, I set up dries and Allen nymphs on both our fishing rods.
Drifting around the North arm in 25+ degrees and a flat calm wasn't what we was expecting from this trip. It's October!
A few hours passed without a take, without seeing a fish get caught between 10-12 other boats, prospects weren't looking good. We rang the other boys in search for hope, a pull, a fish, weed, anything! Speaking to the 3 other boats, nothing was caught.
The wind started to pick up, and the colour in the water seemed to be pushing down wind, towards the dam. In the search for clear water, we headed to the top of the north arm motoring around the edges. We found a few patches of clear water just 15 -20 yards from the bank on the windswept shoreline. Deciding to fish these clear patches, we set about having a few short drifts into the clear areas. Before long we saw a fish jump in front of the boat and next cast, Allen was in! A black and green booby sticking out of the side of its mouth, a welcomed addition to the day!
By now, it was 4.30pm and decided to travel to the Tower, as the other boats reported some fish topping there on their way in the night before.
I was on dries, and Allen on the Airflo Midge tip. Locking into another fish around 100 yards from the tower the fish took that booby again, maybe this was out point fly? For the second day on a trot, I blanked, not even a take on day two. Quite frustrating but it was the same for everyone, although I seemed to be getting worse I felt confident .
Practice Day Three
Me and Tony headed to the Basin on day three, which was a welcomed change from the coloured arms. The clarity of the water seemed to be getting worse at the dam, with the water pushing down the arms from the ever growing wind.
First drift, I moved a fish on the dries as I was pulling off to recast, just feeling a slight pull. It felt great for the line to be tight for once!
Cloud cover moved in the wind increased and the temperature dropped, deciding to change from the dries, I started to reel in the 10 yards of line I had out and a bow wave formed, a fish following the carrot fly I missed one on earlier in the day. I slowed down, and dropped the flies back. The fish took the fly and I hooked my first fish in over 20 hours fishing! At Last!
The next few drifts which followed were very productive. I took 3 fish, 2 on the Airflo Sixth Sence slow intermediate and Tony taking 3 on the Airflo Midge tip and Nymphs. It seemed that the Airflo midge tip was going to be the line!
The night that followed, we spent the hours at the vice talking and creating a team plan for the next day.
Competition Day One
The first day of the competition was here already, 3 hard days of practice behind us and a little bit of a clue to where and what to fish.
We met our boat partners, and carried out fishing tackle to the boats. I drew a great boat partner, Brian, From Ireland. We headed to the dam, and stayed there all day! The dam seemed to be the area for a lot of teams, and it was our honing for the day.
I took 1, and my partner Brian, 1. I fished the Airflo midge tip for most of the day, as I was getting the odd take and Tony was on 5-6 fish by about 2pm! The wind picked up even further, and my takes dried up. I swapped to the Airflo Sixth Sense slow glass and it was like flicking a switch. Takes and pulls and within the hour another fish in the boat. I thought to stay on this fly line and take as many fish as I can. At the end of the day, I ended with 3 fish. A pretty respectable score! Here are a few pictures and the results after the first day.
1. Seighford Sharks – 31 fish for 72lb 115/8oz
2. England Youth North – 25 fish for 64lb 37/8oz
3. Welsh Hawks – 20 fish for 62lb 65/8oz
4. Nymph-a-Maniacs – 22 fish for 52lb 61/8oz
5. Leven Fly Casters – 22 fish for 48lb 15oz
6. Team Airflo – 21 fish for 47lb 155/8oz
7. Team G. Loomis – 21 fish for 46lb 111/8oz
8. Saltire Flyfishers – 18 fish for 44lb 33/8oz
9. Soldier Palmers – 17 fish for 41lb 111/8oz
10. Flextec Emerald Islanders – 15 fish for 38lb 11/2oz
11. Airflo Team Cormorants – 14 fish for 34lb 4oz
12. OTFA (Stromness) - 12 fish for 30lb 35/8oz
13. Team Vision – 12 fish for 27lb 47/8oz
14. Blagdon FF Bristol Water – 12 fish for 26lb 53/8oz
15. Team Sunburst - 11 fish for 22lb 143/4oz
16. G. Loomis Team Belgium – 9 fish for 21lb 121/8oz
17. Prince Albert AS - 9 fish for 20lb 145/8oz
18. Greenwell Persuaders A – 8 fish for 19lb 121/2oz
19. Llanilar AA – 8 fish for 18lb 121/4oz
20. Neilston Flyfishers – 10 fish for 18lb 87/8oz
21. Shetland Anglers Assoc. - 7 fish for 18lb 73/4oz
22. Froggies Fly Fishers – 7 fish for 16lb 43/8oz
23. OTFA (Kirkwall) – 4 fish 11lb 97/8oz
Top Rod Overall: Gareth Dixon, Welsh Hawks 8 fish for 26lb 15/8oz
Best Rainbow: Mark Duncan, Flextec Emerald Islanders 5lb 85/8oz
Best Brown:Mick McLintic, Seighford Sharks 7lb 83/4oz
After Day one a greater picture is normally produced of the fishing, methods, areas etc, so an in depth meeting is normally the best to learn from each team members days and their partners potentially useful information.
Competition Day Two
Our teams spirits were high, being in 4th position heading into the second day, but not nearly as high as the wind. The wind had increased by a few MPH which made the fishing difficult. I headed back down towards the dam where I fished the day before. Not so many people seemed to venture as far as due to the wind but there were some hardy guys who joined us.
The fishing wasn't easy, and sometimes impossible to cast back into the wind. There where a few fish being caught, the water had cleared up somewhat from the previous days due to the cooler weather, which was a bonus.
At around 2pm the wind seemed to be at it's worse. Making casting impossible and who dared to cast, seemed to end up in knots! A lot of nylon was used over the second day I can assure you! Having the correct fishing tackle can make fishing in these such conditions a lot easier. Using a fishing rod that has enough backbone to throw a 7# fly line back into the wind with minimal of effort,
I had only managed to net one fish until 2pm, loosing and missing a few. After a drift which consisted of a tangle nearly every cast and one of my new wychwood drogue clamps pulling free from the boat, I retied the drogue and reverted back to the old faithful Airflo Sightfree G3 8lb. Within one drift, I took 3 further fish and dropped one. The fishing seemed to be shaping up, even though the wind was blowing its hardest.
I looked back up wind to search for the next available gap for my next drift and I could see the Safety boat heading down wind. As I made my way back up to my next desired drift, I could see a boat having some difficulty starting it's engine neat the dam wall. Assuming this is where the Safety boat was heading, we kept an eye out and the boat eventually washed up along the dam wall, filling up with water and the anglers evacuating their kit. Scary stuff if you think about it, imagine you was in that position? At least the rangers were on hand!
After the boat was rescued, we were all instructed to leave the main basin and head up the north or south arm, where the wind was calmer. A good move for the safety of the anglers, but fishing wise, it didn't do any of the teams any favours. After a long, wet and windswept hard day it was finally 5pm.
Some of the teams looked to be distressed and some overwhelmed with their performance. The teams who were in top positions looked quite concerned, not knowing if their second day result was good enough to keep them there.
1. Nymph-a-Maniacs 21 fish for 481lb 15/8oz
2. Welsh Hawks 18 fish for 44lb 11/4oz
3. Saltire Flyfishers 17 fish for 41lb 141/2oz
4. Greenwell Persuaders 'A' 16 fish for 37lb 23/8oz
5. Team Airflo 14 fish for 36lb 13/4oz
6. OFTA (Kirkwall) 14 fish for 34lb 111/2oz
7. Airflo Team Cormorants 14 fish for 34lb 63/8oz
8. Prince Albert AS 13 fish for 32lb 41/8oz
9. Soldier Palmers 13 fish for 32lb 0oz
10. Team G. Loomis 12 fish for 31lb 153/4oz
11. Seighford Sharks 10 fish for 28lb 81/2oz
12. Team Vision 13 fish for 25lb 105/8oz
13. OFTA (Stromness) 10 fish for 24lb 9oz
14. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 9 fish for 21lb 151/8oz
15. Llanilar AA 12 fish for 21lb 17/8oz
16. Flextec Emerald Islanders 9 fish for 20lb 141/4oz
17. England Youth North 10 fish for 20lb 11/2oz
18. G. Loomis Team Belgium 6 fish for 15lb 115/8oz
19. Neilston Flyfishers 6 fish for 14lb 51/4oz
20. Leven Fly Casters 5 fish for 12lb 147/8oz
21. Sheltand Anglers Association 5 fish for 10lb 115/8oz
22. Froggies Fly Fishers 4 fish for 10lb 31/4oz
23. Team Sunburst 2 fish for 4lb 41/4oz
Top Rod Overall: Aled Dixon, Welsh Hawks 8 fish for 18lb 123/4oz
Best Rainbow: Phil Dixon, Seighford Sharks 5lb 63/8oz
Best Brown: Alec Vanrijkel, G. Loomis Team Belgium 4lb 73/4oz
Statistics :
Number of Anglers: 138
Number of fish caught: 253
Total weight of fish caught: 604lb 7oz
Average Fish Weight: 2lb 6oz
Average Bag Weight: 4lb 6oz
Rod Average: 1.83
Overall Resuls
Overall Result:
1. Welsh Hawks 38 fish for 106lb 77/8oz
2. Seighford Sharks 41 fish for 101lb 41/8oz
3. Nymph-a-Maniacs 43 fish for 101lb 33/4oz
4. Saltire Flyfishers 35 fish for 86lb 17/8oz
5. England Youth North 35 fish for 84lb 53/8oz
6. Team Airflo 35 fish for 84lb 13/8oz
7. Team G. Loomis 35 fish for 78lb 107/8oz
8. Soldier Palmers 30 fish for 73lb 111/8oz
9. Airflo Team Cormorants 30 fish for 68lb 103/8oz
10. Leven Fly Casters 27 fish for 61lb 137/8oz
11. Flextec Emerald Islanders 24 fish for 58lb 153/4oz
12. Greenwell Persuaders 'A' 24 fish for 56lb 147/8oz
13. OFTA (Stromness) 22 fish for 54lb 125/8oz
14. Prince Albert AS 22 fish for 53lb 23/4oz
15. Team Vision 25 fish for 52lb 151/2oz
16. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 21 fish for 48lb 41/2oz
17. OFTA (Kirkwall) 18 fish for 46lb 53/8oz
18. Llanilar AA 20 fish for 39lb 141/8oz
19. G. Loomis Team Belgium 15 fish for 37lb 73/4oz
20. Neilston Flyfishers 16 fish for 32lb 141/8oz
21. Sheltand Anglers Association 12 fish for 29lb 33/8oz
22. Team Sunburst 13 fish for 27lb 3oz
23. Froggies Fly Fishers 11 fish for 26lb 75/8oz
Overseas Trophy: Flextec Emerald Islanders 24 fish for 58lb 153/4oz
Top Rod Overall: Phil Dixon, Seighford Sharks 10 fish for 30lb 31/4oz
The presentation consisted of all the teams positions being read out in reverse order and the prize giving ceremony to winners. Congratulations to all the teams who took part, and especially to the Welsh Hawks, on their superb performance Individually and Team.
Overall the fishing on the competition days picked up from dramatically and lead for a tough but fair competition. Below are the overall statistics of the comp.
Statistics Overall:
Number of Anglers: 138
Number of fish caught: 588
Total weight of fish caught: 1411lb Ooz
Average Fish Weight: 2lb 6 1/2oz
Rod Average: 2.13
Written by Kieron Jenkins
Airflo Anglian Individual Fly Fishing Final
Forty six anglers representing top 6 winners from the 2010 AWAI first rounds, semi- finals and finals contested in the Anglian Water Airflo Individual Final held at Grafham Water Saturday 21 May 2011.
Conditions were bright with a fresh southerly breeze. Practice appears to have gone well, although details were understandably a little sketchy, it would be fair to say Savages is where most of the bigger fish would be likely to come from. And, it was generally thought that if you were after stocked fish Sailing Club Bay was the hotspot.
Gareth Jones, had taken four fish by just 11.00am, Fishing all day at Savages with an Airflo Midge Tip, four flies, all Buzzers – Claret and Black.
As the conditions started to deteriorate, the fishing shortly followed. In the freshening breeze, Gareth showed his 30 years of experience deciding, to tie on a size 8 anchor Buzzer to the top dropper and three lighter 'glues' beneath. This effectively meant he was czech nymphing his Buzzers, allowing the heavier one on the top dropper to fall quickly, anchoring the fly line and leader whilst the three buzzers below fell at a steady pace.
This clever move gave him some much needed control over his cast and finishing at 15:15 with his eighth fish tipping the scales at 21lb 133/8oz including time bonus.
Gareth fishing partner for the day, Chris Guthrie with a cracking grown on fish caught within the first half hour.
1. Gareth Jones 8 fish for 21lb 133/8oz (inc. time bonus)
2. Brian MacKenzie 8 fish for 21lb 63/4oz
3. Gary Pearson 8 fish for 21lb 25/8oz
4. Tony Perrin 8 fish for 20lb 115/8oz
5. Rob Edmunds 8 fish for 20lb 71/4oz
6. Graham Watson 8 fish for 20lb 11/2oz
7. Paul Haskey 8 fish for 19lb 133/8oz
8. Anthony Cartwright 8 fish for 19lb 81/4oz
9. Peter Elliot 8 fish for 19lb 71/2oz
10. Iain Barr 8 fish 19lb 61/2
11. Paul Garner 8 fish 19lb 1/4oz
12. Gordon Bramwell 8 fish 18lb 93/4oz
13. Andy Boyland 8 fish 18lb 85/8oz
14. David Bonnington 8 fish 18lb 6oz
15. Steve Welsh 8 fish 18lb 55/8oz
Biggest Fish: Peter Kempton Rainbow 4lb 155/8oz
Number of fish caught: 271
Rod Average: 4.52
Total weight of fish caught: 578lb 153/4oz
Average Fish Weight: 2lb 21/5oz
Average Bag Weight: 9lb 102/5oz
Gareth joined Airflo in June 1991 as a technical assistant, providing technical and fly fishing advice to our retail customers. He left the company for a short time and returned to head up Airflo Direct, a mail order operation that was the forerunner to Fishtec. In 1996 Gareth was promoted to Airflo Sales Director with responsibility for over 400 domestic and export accounts. His role involves extensive traveling around the world supporting our export customers as they develop our overseas markets. Gareth is a passionate fly-fisher and has fished all over the world. He has been a regular member of the Welsh International team for the last 15 years, achieving Bronze individual and team Silver medals at World Championship level. Gareth is currently in the Interntional team heading to the Orkney Island to fish Loch Harry 10th June 2011. We wish him and the Welsh team all success.


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Thanks to the wild northwesterly jet stream that continues to bring arctic air far to the south from northern Canada to the southeastern states, while a stationary high covers the western third of the nation and brings record warmth from California to Montana, we'll get generally dry weather in Otsego County. This has been a very cold January, as the highest temperature so far this month— only 35 degrees on the 5th at our weather station in Otego.
In fact, this has been the coldest January in six years.
During the upcoming week the same pattern will continue, as the West stays unusually mild and below normal temperatures continue in the Northeast.
The combination of the extreme "reverse temperature anomaly" and the ocean storm southeast of Nantucket on Tuesday, will ensure that precipitation will be well below normal through at least the end of this month.
Of course, we'll still get the usual nighttime and early morning inch or two of snow on occasion, but each day will feature at least partly sunny skies. On Friday we'll get a one-day January thaw, with a southwest flow ahead of another cold front. With partly sunny skies, highs will be in the mid- 30's.
A colder northwest flow will take over on Saturday with partly sunny skies and a few snow showers; highs 15 to 20 degrees.
Very cold, very dry weather will prevail on Sunday, with mostly sunny skies and highs only in the teens.
After the chance of light snow Sunday night, a large arctic high over northern New England, will maintain very dry air on Monday, while a storm brings snow not far to our south; skies will be partly sunny with highs around 20 degrees. Bright sunshine will take over on Tuesday with highs in the low 20's.
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We are the opposite of a big school. We intentionally limit enrollment because we believe that small class sizes benefit students by allowing them to develop personal relationships with their teachers and their peers. The Montessori philosophy lets children develop according to their individual interests and abilities, rather than limiting them to a grade level. Ramalynn maintains a student-teacher ratio of no more than 15 students for every teacher. This high standard allows our staff to focus on each child; no students "slip through the cracks" or "just get by" at Ramalynn. We believe that with the right guidance, every child has the ability to reach his or her full potential. (For more information, see Accreditation.)
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The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show premiered on CBS in September of 1983, lasting as a Saturday morning cartoon for two seasons of original episodes, with a third season that included re-runs. Each episode included three vignettes that were adapted from the popular comic strip Peanuts, created and written by Charles M. Shulz. The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986 for Outstanding Animated Program. All 18 episodes are contained on two discs.
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Before watching my screener of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, I had never seen this series. I worried I was about to witness a bastardized version of my favorite Peanuts characters, like in It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown. [Shudder] However, I was pleasantly surprised to see my beloved characters behaving as I would expect them to, wearing their usual attire and not something screaming neon colors. (It was the '80s, you know.)
Producers Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, along with comic creator Charles Schulz, were smart to take the stories straight from the comic strip. The Peanuts comic strip had already captured the nation's heart, so why mess with a winning formula?
Adding to that formula is the soundtrack for each episode. Composers Ed Bogas Desirée Goyette use Vince Guaraldi's jazzy themes as background for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. Using another style of music would have been jarring, like setting Darth Vader's entrance in Star Wars to a flute quartet. The music lends itself so naturally to the motion of the characters, as well as the pastel color palette.
My favorite vignettes tell continuing stories we've seen from other Charlie Brown cartoon: Charlie Brown pining for the red-haired girl in "Snoopy's Cat Fight;" Peppermint Patty annoying Charlie Brown when she sleeps over in "Lucy vs. the World;" Lucy teasing Charlie Brown with the hope of kicking the football in "Linus' Security Blanket," and Lucy treating Charlie Brown and Snoopy at her psychiatry stand in "Lucy Loves Schroeder."
The only time an episode threatens to veer away from its simpler setting is in "Snoopy's Robot," when the gang attends a computer camp and Snoopy comes up against a robot. However, Snoopy's successful battle tactics and winning charm keep the vignette from becoming anachronistic.
While other reviewers have complained that the episodes don't show lengthy stories, like the ones in the holiday specials, I loved the short vignettes. Perhaps my brain was fried, but watching snippets of the Peanuts gang was refreshing and very entertaining, rather than becoming a chore to sit through a longer storyline that I might not have enjoyed. Even better, my children (who thrive on the compact times of commercials and previews) were never bored by the DVDs because the stories switched up so frequently.
My only complaint is that no extras were included with this DVD set. How about quick bios on the producers or Charles Schulz? Or even galleries of the comic strip? Surely there are interviews or photos in the archives of the cast we could have seen. Bonus features on The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show: The Complete Animated Series would have raised my rating on this enjoyable DVD set.
Trivia buffs will be pleased to find out the cast of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show has a few interesting members.
- As always, producer Bill Melendez provides the voice of Snoopy, the few times he's needed to howl, laugh or bark.
- Rerun is played by Jason Muller Mendelson, no doubt related to the producer, Lee Mendelson.
- IMDB.com lists Stacy Ferguson, a.k.a. Fergie of the Black-Eyed Peas, as playing Sally Brown in four episodes. However, The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons lists Fergie's little sis', Dana Ferguson, as the voice of "Little Girl."


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Tories hold their grip in Basildon local elections
3:35pm Friday 7th May 2010 in News
THE Tories held their firm grip on power over Basildon Council following the local elections.
Council leader Tony Ball was celebrating following the announcement of the results to the local poll on Friday lunchtime, which returned 11 Conservative, two Labour and a single Liberal Democrat councillor.
The Tories can claim to have a genuine mandate as they secured 50 per cent of the vote, compared to 21 per cent for Labour and 17 per cent for the Liberal Democrats.
The Basildon turnout was 64 per cent, compared to just 29 per cent in the 2008 local elections and 33 per cent in the European poll..
Mr Ball held his Wickford Park ward with 3,580 votes, compared his nearest rival Labour's Santa Bennett who polled 1,013 votes.
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lastonestanding wrote:Apart from the traveller fiasco!
The tooth fairy is real, santa claus is coming, pigs can fly and Tony Ball will fix everything.
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Basildon people are a strange lot they return two Tory MPs and vote back in Tory Councillors. So once they have cut your tax credits, taken away your winter fuel payments and free bus pass, rewarded developers by allowing them to build on green open spaces, sold off and shut down everything to pay for the sporting village, dont start moaning. You voted for everthing your going to get and you deserve it. Its a shame the rest of us have to suffer though
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M-13 was shutdown between M-57, or Vienna Road, and Wilson Road in Genesee County because of an accident but the roadway has since reopened.
A man approached M-13 while traveling on Wilson Road. After stopping at the stop sign at the intersection, the driver proceeded to turn onto M-13 and into the path of a Chevrolet HHR. The cars collided and the HHR burst into flames.
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The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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What: First Night Knoxville 2009
When: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Hours: Children's Festival - 3-6 pm; processional - 6:30 pm; entertainment Kick-off - 7 pm; ball drop -- midnight
Prices: $10 in advance; $15 day of event; free for children 6 and younger
Web site: www.firstnightknoxville.com
First Night Knoxville 2009 will be the city's official New Year's Eve arts celebration. The city will launch the sales of 2009 admission buttons at 2 pm today (Tuesday, Nov. 25) on the Market Square stage. Mayor Bill Haslam will help kick off the sales with the purchase of the first button. The kick-off will include a sampling of "First Night" entertainment.
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First Night Knoxville features artists from around the region performing in multiples venues throughout downtown Knoxville. A First Night Admission Button admits guests to all of the indoor entertainment venues and provides discounts on selected outdoor attractions. Additional free entertainment will be presented outdoors throughout the Market Square District. First Night will culminate in the traditional countdown and ball drop at midnight on Market Square.
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A new video has been loaded on the YouTube channel of the Team Italia. The video has been produced by TSD which is part of the Team.
The very interesting video shows the testing room where TSD performs environmental tests on flight equipments. The shaker, the heating oven and the vacuum thermal chamberallow performing of vibration test, shock test and thermal vacuum test on space equipments.
The video shows the thermal vacuum test of a EML (Electro-Magnetic Levitator) equipment. The Electro-Magnetic Levitator is a multi-user facility for material science research onboard the International Space Station (ISS). EML will allow the scientific users to perform a variety of studies with scientific samples in a container-less environment w.r.t. research in the field of meta-stable states and phases as well as measurement of thermo-physical properties. All experiments will be observed by dedicated video cameras.


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Endocrine evaluation includes measurement of serum Testosterone(T), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and prolactin.(P)
Testosterone is good measure of Leydig cells function. In normal males 2% of testosterone is unbound to protein (free), 54% is bound to albumin and other proteins, and 44% is bound to sex hormone-binding globulin. Serum testosterone is a good indicator of overall androgen production. If serum testosterone does not correlate with clinical history and physical examination, free testosterone should be measured together with sex hormone binding globulin, which may affect free testosterone level
LH and FSH are glycoprotein gonadotropic hormones secreted by pituitary gland. LH stimulates the Leydig cells to produce testosterone. LH is also important for the initiation and maintenance of spermatogenesis. FSH acts on the Sertoli cells and is important for the initiation of the spermatogenesis although this hypothesis now is being questioned. Rich line of studies demonstrated a considerable association between the destruction of germinal epithelium and elevated concentration of FSH. Among men presenting with azoospermia, serum FSH level that is greater than twice the upper limit of normal is suggestive of intrinsic testicular failure. However, normal FSH value does not exclude severe derangement of spermatogenesis and elevated FSH concentration is insufficient to indicate a damaged germinal epithelium. These data are especially important in azoospermic patient when sperm retrieval is planned. Patients with 2-3 times elevated FSH were found to have testicular sperm (areas of local spermatogenesis).
Prolactin level should be obtained in patients with a history of galactorrhea, visual changes and /or low levels of testosterone, FSH, LH levels. Hyperprolactinemia is a rare cause of subfertility in otherwise healthy men. Elevated Prolactin level may be associated with pituitary micro-or macroadenoma, therefore MRI of the brain is indicated. Prolactin is produced by the cells of the anterior pituitary. Elevated serum prolactin represents a pathological state that may indicate a significant underlying pituitary abnormality contributing to male reproductive failure. The majority of men with elevated serum prolactin levels will also manifest decreased serum testosterone. Significant elevation of prolactin may result from prolactin secreting pituitary macroadenoma and which requires head CT or MRI for the diagnosis.
Estradiol (E2) directly interferes with Leydig cell and Sertoli cell function . Estradiol level should be obtained in patients with gynecomastia, feminization, or patient treating with antiestrogens since the ratio E2/T is important for dose titration. If Estradiol/Testosterone ratio significantly increases during hormonal treatment, aromatase inhibitor testolactone may be added to decrease conversion T-----E2 and, therefore, decreaseestradiol level.
Thyroid hormones (T3/T4) evaluation is rarely indicated. Thyroid diseases may occasionally result in infertility (0.5% of infertile men), but this is usually associated with uncontrolled hypo-or hyperthyroidism.
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Selected Bibliography
- Gonzales GF., Garcia-Hjarles M., Velasquez G. Hyperprolactinaemia and hyperserotoninaemia: their relationship to seminal quality. Andrologia 1992;24:95-100
- Schlaff WD. Wierman ME. Endocrinology of male fertility and infertility. Current Opinion in Obstetrics &Gynecology. 1990;2(3):412-417
- Csenke Z. Torok L. Szollosi J. Scultety S. Role of endocrine factors in male infertility. International Urology &Nephrology. 1995; 27(2): 203-206.
- Mehta MK. Garde SV. Sheth AR. Occurrence of FSH, inhibin and other hypothalamic-pituitary-intestinal hormones in normal fertility, subfertility, and tumors of human testes. International Journal of Fertility & Menopausal Studies. 1995; 40(1): 39-46
- Merino G. Carranza-Lira S. Martinez-Chequer JC. Barahona E. Moran C. Bermudez JA. Hyperprolactinemia in menwith asthenozoospermia, oligozoospermia, or azoospermia. Archives of Andrology. 1997; 38(3): 201-206.
- Hess RA. Bunick D. Lee K-H. Bahr J. Taylor JA. Korach KS. Lubahn DB. A role for oestrogens in the male reproductive system. Nature. 1997; 390(6659): 509-512.
- Bardin CW. The neuroendocrinology of Male Reproduction. Hosp Practice 1979;14(12):65-75


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Tell people you're going to Mexico City, and their mouths will catch flies. Conventional wisdom holds that the sprawling megalopolis' streets are littered with shell-casings and drug lords. Quite the opposite of reality, actually. Its colonial streets are lined with trees, a coffee shop bookends most blocks, and police officers are so ubiquitous, a cartel mule doesn't stand a chance here. As in New York in the 1970's, a nascent art scene is about to reach maturity. No coincidence, then, that the richest man in the world, local telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, recently debuted an architectural knock-out in the Polanco area to house his growing collection of Rodins and Dalis. The city itself is evolving at breakneck speed, and unlike other major urban centers like Hong Kong or London, there is no exclusivity here. Walk into a restaurant, and you're likely to get a table. Turn up at an art opening, and the bartender will hand you a glass of rosé. Here are a few of the must-see destinations in the Distrito Federal (the DF, as locals call it), where hoteliers, retailers, and artists are doing the most interesting things since the invention of the pop-up boutique.
Built in a retro-fitted apartment house, Grupo Habita's most popular property sits beside a park and has the best rooftop sushi in town. The center core of the white-on-white retreat, designed by India Mahdavi, is closed off from the rooms at night by white louvers; it's a breakfast-meeting destination by day, and a nightclub after dark. The ur-hip hotel group recently added a third Mexico City property to its stable: Downtown, in the Centro Historico. Av. Veracruz 102; 52-55-5241-2600; condesadf.com; doubles from $205.
Los Alcobas
The 35 guest rooms, done up in marble and rosewood by Toronto firm Yabu Pushelberg, draws an upscale crowd of design junkies and foodies (Dulce Patria is on-site, and chef Justin Ermine debuted his Anatole restaurant in March 2012). To give the hotel a sense of place, there is a bath butler to fill your marble tub with handmade soaps infused with Mexican herbs. Presidente Masaryk 390, Polanco; 52-55/3300-3900; lasalcobas.com; doubles from $275.
Museo Soumaya
Named for Carlos Slim's late wife, the Fernando Romero-designed building houses European masterpieces, not so much Mexican artists. But come to witness the swooping structure made of 16,000 hexagonal mirrors—it's often compared to London's Selfridge's department store, but with much more precious offerings. Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Polanco; 55-56/16-37-31; soumaya.com.mx
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Once the Polanco home to artist Carlos Siqueiros, the duplex is now a center for artists in residence, lectures, and very cool contemporary art openings. Swiss conceptual artist Roman Signer recently had helicopters spattering paint on the walls for his winter show. Tres Picos 29, Polanco; 55-5531-3394; saps-latallera.org
Easily the finest gallery showcasing Mexican contemporary talent, Kurimanzutto has mounted exhibitions of everyone from Gabriel Orozco to Daniel Gúzman. The best part? In contrast to the pieces at Colleción Jumex (30 minutes outside of town) or Soumaya, everything here is for sale. Gob. Rafael Rebollar 94, San Miguel Chapultepec; 52-55/5256-2408; kurimanzutto.com
There are still tortilla factories with windows on the sidewalks, but these days, dining in the DF can mean more than just corn on a stick. There's slow food, cafés, even good Chinese. These are the ones the locals are raving about.
Mexico City is not in Central America. Mexico as a whole is in North America.
In late June I wrote a piece explaining that "a group of federal police officers arrived in Mexico City's airport, waiting to arrest two colleagues suspected of invovement in drug-trafficking. The confrontration quickly escalted into a shootout. Three police officers were killed in the process. The suspects escaped, and as news cameramen showed up to film security guards and police officers cordoning off sections of the busy Terminal 2 of the airport, the main point of entry for international tourists and business travelers, Mexico was left with one more public blemish in its ongoing battle with the country's cartels. Terminal 2 is the home to Delta, Aeromexico, and LAN Airlines, among others.
Latin-America focused security news portal InSightCrime commented that "while the event was disturbing, it does not necessarily mean the capital is set to see an explosion of drug-related violence."
In 2010, 318 murders were reported in Mexico City, in total. Monterrey, a wealthy city to the north counted 737 murders. Ciudad Juarez, a drug war epicenter with a population of about one million, dealt with 3,111 murders in 2010.
Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago, all cities with smaller populations than Mexico City, reported 297, 536, and 449 murders in 2010. While many other city's in Mexico have experienced a drastic increase in violence in recent years, Mexico City is actually experiencing a falling crime rate. For instance, since 2009 taxi-cab robberies, once a major concern for residents and tourists, have fallen by almost 50%. Security in the capital, protected by a network of close circuit cameras and tens of thousands of police officers and private security guards, is not likely to deteriorate any time soon.
Rodulfo Correa, 33, a lifelong Mexico City resident, explained that during a the crime wave in the 1990s "a lot of people were leaving the city because the said it was the most dangerous city in the world, now it's one of the safest in the country."
check out my article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2012/06/26/mexico-city-triple-homicide-at-capitals-airport-does-not-indicate-a-new-incursion-of-drug-war-violence/
The article says "artist Carlos Siqueiros" when he was in fact David Alfaro Siqueiros
Exactly, people should know the real Mexico, before talking about it. I am proud of my culture and heritage, but not because of that every mexican uses a sandal or a hat, we have progessed, even if the entire world does not acknowledge it.
I would love to say that Mexico City has changed in terms of security but it has not; even though that compared with other cities it could be considered safer but at the end while it is not suffering the drug's cartels insecurity problems most crimes continue: murders, robberies. It may haver hipper restaurants, galleries etc but in security matters is the same is not as you can go at night without the feeling that you can suffer a robbery.


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Wireless instrumentation: Do we need to be concerned about the protocol?
It's difficult to say what convergence of competing protocols will mean for wireless instrumentation users. Is there a value in waiting? Will changes in technology make it a moot point? Video: One vendor's view suggests it's more about the infrastructure.
The negotiations to create a path for convergence of ISA100 and WirelessHART have been moving, apparently, but it's difficult to see any indication if it. (Read an earlier article on the desirability of converging multiple protocols.) That in itself doesn't mean much since it is difficult for outsiders to know what's happening during a standard formation. It isn't like watching a building going up. Users that want to experiment with wireless deployments or create full-blown installations can be forgiven for wanting to move forward, particularly since nobody seems to know what a converged standard will look like anyway.
However, convergence in and of itself is not my point. It looks like technology is moving in such a way that the two protocols can exist side by side and without anybody being particularly concerned. The infrastructure that works with wireless devices and gathers their information will operate with either and not care. Companies like Motorola and Cisco that make routers and such don't want to have to pick sides. If they can create devices that work with all the protocols, everybody wins. This could prove to be a naïve viewpoint as technical issues could still emerge, but for now, it seems to work.
The Fieldbus Foundation has created its platform, Foundation for ROM, that works with various wired and wireless protocols. As long as you have the right gateway to talk to whatever you need, the infrastructure does the rest.
The attached video interview is with Soroush Amidi, who is one of Honeywell Process Solutions' product marketing managers overseeing many of the company's wireless offerings. Naturally, he argues from his company's perspective, including a preference for ISA100.11a, but understands the reality that WirelessHART is firmly entrenched in the marketplace.
His comments suggest that the real heart of the discussion may relate more to larger wireless infrastructure projects. Create the infrastructure to support networking and the other things will fall into place. It seems that having wireless instrumentation is generally not the first thing that companies are looking for when they begin considering wireless deployments. They don't begin with the question, "Shall we use 11a or WirelessHART?" That issue seems to come along later (if at all) after they have compiled a list of objectives in the process of exploring a larger project. There are certainly exceptions that begin with instrumentation but probably fewer than we realize.
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Chinese bakeries in Minneapolis?
Very few. A place in Apple Valley (southern suburb) called Satay 2 Go does a very good job for MSP but if you live in a city that has an abundance of Chinese bakeries, you'll be disappointed. They have about 20 items on any given day...it's not a huge case. There just isn't a lot of demand for, or awareness of Chinese bakery here in MSP. But if you happen to be in or around Apple Valley, it's definitely worth a stop.
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Yes, Keefer Court. I thought it was Chinese, not Korean, though.
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The place on West Bank is a Chinese bakery called Keefer Court. They have several dozen items each day, including sesame balls, BBQ pork buns, egg tarts, custard buns, winter melon cookies, and much more. My favorite is the curry beef buns.
They also do Chinese-style birthday cakes (white cakes with fruit) - I've never had one, but they're always flying out the door when I'm there.
Keefer Court's quality seems quite good, given that there's no competition. That is, they could probably hold their own in a larger city.
Keefer Court Bakery & Cafe
326 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454
Keefer Court is definitely one of those hidden gems in the Twin Cities. The owners are real Cantonese people, and they make their cakes with the proper level of sweetness (less sweet than western bakeries, with a salted buttercream). The pastries were all good when I've picked up a sampler.
I don't think this is going to answer Roberto's question, because they don't typically offer any of the traditional Chinese bakery items (and, also, I think his visit to the Twin Cities is over), but for the sake of the search engine and with Moon Festival approaching, I'm going to throw in a mention of Bravo Bakery on Grand Avenue (near Lex) in St. Paul -- you can pre-order moon cakes from them. http://bravobakery.net/news.aspx (Some of the pastes have to ferment for a week or two, which is why it's helpful to the bakery if you order ahead.) The owner is from Taiwan.
Also, they make lovely cream puffs and gorgeous eccentric cakes in a variety of flavors including mango, green tea, and red bean. Some of their cakes are vegan, too.


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If you are looking for something a little different to serve this winter, why not try this different and unique winter warmer. Featuring bourbon whiskey, cheribundi cherry juice and holiday spices, this is a quick and easy drink to put together for a group of friends. Be sure to try this one the next time there is a chill in the air and you have company over. You are sure to surprise them with the interesting flavors of this cocktail.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
- 32 ounces Cheribundi cherry juice
- 8 ounces bourbon whiskey
- 1/4 teasoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- Pinch allspice
- 1/2 ounce root beer
- Heat all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat until the liquid begins to simmer.
- Ladle into heated coffee cups, and garnish with a cinnamon stick and orange slice.
- Serve.
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Sister Site Robert Pattinson Press Japan shared with us that the official Breaking Dawn Part 1 trailer and poster have been released in Japan!
Visit the Official Breaking Dawn Japan Website!
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the Butterfield Blues Band
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the Butterfield Blues Band
Steely Dan/greatest hits vinyl
Pink Floyd...A Saucerful Of Secrets
Sources: Pro-ject 2.9 wood Grado Gold cartridge; Oppo BDP-105; Amps: Anthem Integrated 225; PS Audio GCPH Speakers: Polk - LSi15's (sub mod)
Amps: Sony - STR-DG1000; Outlaw 200 Mono; B&K Reference 200.2; Speakers: Polk - CS2, Monitor 70's, RC80i's; Video: Optoma HD20; FAVI HD-100
Man Cave
Sources: Sony PS-LX410, Denon 3910; Amps: Dared sl2000a, HK 3490, Simaudio Moon LP3; Speakers: Polk - SDA 2A's
Outside Inside the Tubes on vinyl
+1 Lord Sutch and "heavy friends," I have the album but haven't listened to it for a very long time. I'll have to pull it out.
Just got back from the dentist
Spooky Tooth: Gary Wright
"That was only yesterday"
The Beach Boys
Heroes and Vibrations
Smile sessions
Rotary Connection from the $1.00 section.
The Five Americans on EVA (French)
Jon and Vangelis
Private Collection
on vinyl
Julie Driscoll / Brian Auger & The Trinity ~ Streetnoise
A couple of throw in LPs. First up;
"Two for the show" Randy Bachman guitar on two tunes.
Blodwyn Pig ~ Getting To This
The other Freebee for all. Promo copy.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: The Impossible Dream.
A Perfect Circle: Thirteen Step.
You ever happen to see Paul Fayrewether do a cover of faith healer?
Diana Krall, "Live in Paris"
Family Room
PS Audio PW MKII DAC, PW Transport; AQ Vodka IC
Perreaux SM6P MKII Preamp, AQ Sky XLRs
Perreaux Prisma 750 Amps, Morrow SP7 Cables
SDA SRS 1.2as (RD0194s, Dreadnought, Black Hole 5, Acousta-Stuf, Dynamat Extreme, JBWeld. Vr3 Mods: Xovers & Binding Post Cups, SDA Inductors & Interconnect Cables)
Exercise Room
Wadia 171i, Supernova 6 Glass Toslink
CA Azur 840C, AQ King Cobra RCAs
Perreaux SM6P Preamp & PMF3150 Amp, AQ King Cobra RCAs
SDA 1Cs (Mod'd)
Tool: Lateralus.
I'm looking forward to Mother's Day!
We know what you are thinking
The Paupers "Magic People"
The New York Rock Ensemble "Roll Over"
Sir Lord Baltimore
High on
Mount Rushmore
Mothers - We're Only In It For The Money
City Boy
Young Men Gone West
City Boy
Heads are Rolling
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