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Student Groups
Student Groups
AAF Mizzou
Have fun while you advance your career. That's the great advantage of AAF Mizzou. Meetings range from ice cream socials to hearing and meeting with leading professionals in the field. The club's emphasis is not only on advertising but also on public relations, promotions, marketing and merchandising. Pre-journalism students and students from other departments in the university are welcome. The club meets on average once a month. Members also take trips to places like New York, Kansas City, Chicago and St. Louis to meet leaders in their fields and to network in a setting outside of the interview. In addition, AAF Mizzou offers mock interviews and helps publicize internship opportunities. The whole idea of AAF Mizzou is to enrich and extend your college experience. For more information, contact AAF Mizzou faculty adviser Holly Higginbotham.
American Copy Editors Society
Joining the Missouri chapter of the American Copy Editors Society can give you a running start on a career in editing. The only dues you pay are to the national chapter, which offers a reduced rate for students while providing the full benefits of membership. We take students to the national convention and to regional workshops. We strive to make our monthly meetings both educational and enjoyable. For more information, contact Maggie Walter or Laura Johnston.
Association for Women in Sports Media
The Missouri student chapter of the Association for Women in Sports Media is open to those who desire a career in sports media. Monthly meetings focus on professional development and include guest speakers who are professionals in sports media. Occasional social gatherings are held. Check out AWSM@Missouri on Facebook and Twitter.
Journalism Ambassador Program
The Journalism Ambassadors represent the Missouri School of Journalism to prospective students and their parents, alumni and distinguished guests. Activities include providing tours and representing the J-School at occasional out-of town events in St. Louis and Kansas City. You must have been enrolled in the School for at least three consecutive semesters and applied to your emphasis area in the journalism school. You must also be able to serve three semesters; the first semester is for training. You will not be eligible if you are going on a Study Abroad program in the fall following the training semester. [More]
Journalism Student Council
Journalism Student Council (JSC) is open to all journalism undergraduates regardless of year in school or area of study. JSC hosts monthly events to give students the opportunity to build relationships with peers, mentors and professors. These might include networking events, resume and cover letter workshops as well as upperclassmen panels. JSC also assists with the May and December commencement ceremonies. No membership is required, and students are welcome to participate in just one activity or become more involved by assuming a leadership position. For more information, contact the associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration, 120 Neff.
Kappa Alpha Mu
Kappa Alpha Mu (KAM) is a photojournalism society designed to enhance photojournalism education at the University of Missouri. KAM has existed at MU for longer than anyone can remember and is affiliated with the student chapter of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). KAM/NPPA helps students with the challenges of gaining photojournalism experience and building a portfolio for their future careers. To help photographers gain real-world experience, KAM maintains an internship catalog with firsthand accounts of internship experiences. The organization also serves as a liaison between faculty and students in the Missouri School of Journalism's photojournalism emphasis area. Anyone can join, whether you are a photojournalism student or not, and there are no membership dues. We have organizational meetings each semester, and we provide many services, workshops and resources.
Magazine Club
Are you a magazine journalism student looking to network with fellow students, faculty and professionals in the industry? If so, the Missouri School of Journalism's Magazine Club is the organization for you! The club's members, who range in year from freshmen to graduate students, typically meet twice a month. We host speakers from such publications as Vanity Fair magazine, hold resume workshops, discuss issues in the industry, organize our annual magazine career-and-internship fair, and plan visits to various magazine offices in St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and New York. Our trips to these media-centered cities help students get an idea of what working in the magazine industry is all about by having them meet face-to-face with editors, art directors and photographers. As part of the annual trip to the Big Apple, students also have the opportunity to meet MU alumni in prominent media positions during a special evening social event. Interested in joining the magazine club? Great…it's easy! Visit the Vox office in 320 Lee Hills Hall to sign up for our e-mail list, which will notify you of upcoming meetings and special events.
Mizzou NLGJA
The Mizzou chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association works to create conversations about media diversity, ethics and coverage. Meetings let group members relax in an informal atmosphere, work on homework, or brainstorm future events. The chapter also organizes larger events about media topics with journalists and other speakers each semester. Visit Mizzou NLGJA or follow on Facebook or Twitter.
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
If you are interested in the Hispanic culture or bilingual media, check out the Missouri Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Through speakers and other activities, you'll have opportunities to learn about internships and jobs that can combine your dual interests and of special scholarships you can apply for. And you might have the chance to attend the national convention to meet working Hispanic journalists and participate in workshops, seminars and other conference activities. NAHJ promotes fair treatment of Hispanics by the news media through the education of journalists, provide mutual support for Hispanic journalists in English, Spanish, and bilingual media, and fosters a greater understanding of the culture, interests and concerns of Hispanic journalists. The Missouri NAHJ is the third nationally recognized student chapter in the country. For more information, please contact Anna Romero, chapter adviser.
National Association of Black Journalists
The MU Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is the student chapter for the University of Missouri. NABJ-MU aims to strive for excellence by encouraging diversity, educating through mentorship and promoting unity in the field of journalism. The chapter plans and executes an annual media tour in major media cities across the country. There, they meet with internship coordinators and employers in their respective journalism areas to further enrich their knowledge about journalism and the job search effort. The chapter also hosts an annual MU Unity Conference, an interactive, one-day professional development conference. The chapter holds biweekly meetings and has a robust mentorship program that includes community service. NABJ-MU traditionally oversees The Blackout Online website that MU's black student body originally founded as a magazine in 1969. NABJ-MU is open to pre-journalism, pre-communication, undergraduate and graduate students.
Online News Association
Join the Online News Association (ONA) at Mizzou, where digital journalism, information technology and computer science converge. Our student club, founded at the University of Missouri in early 2011, brings online-media experts to campus, giving students an opportunity to network and discuss the future of news. Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings (not just journalism students). Check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for information about upcoming events.
Radio-Television Digital News Association
The Missouri School of Journalism offers a student chapter of the Radio-Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). RTDNA is the largest and most important of the professional organizations in our field. Membership goes far beyond news directors to include other professional journalists, educators and students. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., this group represents radio and television journalists in hearings before Congressional committees and with special interest groups. RTDNA has a code of ethics subscribed to by most of the major radio and television news operations in America, and it regularly leads or participates in court actions in defense of the First Amendment, freedom of the press, and for access by journalists and the public to records and documents. The J-School has long played a major role at RTDNA: More Missouri graduates have served as the elected chairman of the board than have graduates from any other school. The MU chapter meets for discussions and field trips during the school year.
Society of Professional Journalists
If you can't get enough journalism in your life, then the Society of Professional Journalists — known throughout the world as SPJ — is your kind of group. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ is the United States' largest and most broad-based journalism organization. With 10,000-plus members, this nonprofit group is dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism, stimulating high standards of ethical behavior and perpetuating a free press. The Missouri School of Journalism's student chapter is among the nation's largest, with more than 100 active members, and has been recognized in the past as the best student chapter in its region. We host speakers, training workshops and the occasional party, offering our members an invaluable way to connect to the J-School the moment they begin their college career.
Student Society of News Design
If you are excited about newspaper or magazine design, we hope you'll join us at the next meeting of the Student Society for News Design. MU's group was the first student chapter of the international Society for News Design. We're a motley crew, but a strong interest in visual journalism pulls us together. Each fall, many of us attend the national Society of News Design conference. Each spring, we host the judging for the national College News Design Contest. At least once a semester we try to bring in speakers who will critique our portfolios and advise us on finding the right job. It's a fun group that won't take up much of your time. Anyone, pre-journalism or otherwise, may join.
Women in Media
Women in Media strives to bring together students and professionals working in media-related areas. The organization seeks to foster a better understanding of the issues, challenges and opportunities unique to women in the professional field. Women in Media members will provide a network to help empower women who want to enter the industry. The campus-wide group is open to all undergraduate and graduate students in any school or college who want to pursue a career in journalism, advertising, marketing or communications. Students interested in joining can sign up for updates at the Get Involved page.


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Originally posted by FrankLY
Sounds like the beginning of a great story...
I've had similar dreams as well. I don't remember them like you but I thought they were pretty "cool"
I like to think that there's some "crossed reality" or world that gets mixed up sometimes and our brain might old the "key" to open some normally closed doors to these worlds.
Good stuff...
Originally posted by FrankLY
This thread makes me think about what some people mentioned and keeps mentioning about how they feel different since the sun became more active.
They felt like they were more open to their surroundings, feeling awkward or unsure about things in general. Some even had "visitations" in their dreams. Some people, like you, are even experiencing lucid dreams for the first time. Seems to me that in could very well be related but of course, we can't prove anything at this point. We can't determine for sure if this is related to the sun's activity or that some parallel world is trying to get in contact with us.
Maybe some people meditating hard enough in a parallel world, is trying to get in touch with us somehow for some reason. I like to think that this is the case but again, this is not the kind of things we can prove.
Originally posted by aboutface
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Love the story. I had a similar type a few years ago wherein I could suddenly speak a foreign language and that was so cool. S&F.
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Love the story. I had a similar type a few years ago wherein I could suddenly speak a foreign language and that was so cool. S&F.

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We have the power to love, share, inspire, create, motivate and yes, even hate. Standing in front a group of people today at The Business Link in downtown Edmonton, you just never know what kind of crowd you're going to get. What size, demographic, types of businesses, size of businesses…this is part of the surprise and frankly for me also part of the "juice."
I started my public speaking career primarily to challenge myself because it scared me. I did my first business focused presentation approximately 13 years ago, and haven't look back since. I constantly look to improve my skills and relish the feedback from audience members. Especially when I suck, I need to hear it so that I can improve. That's part of the business, one should always look to improve, although today's presentation generally went well. Despite hearing something negative from an audience member (which is thankfully rare), I love it! I mean, really love it.
Today's presentation on Social TV was unique for three reasons. One, it's the first time I've presented this particular material on SocialTV, and second, because for the first time I had a public heckler. Well, atleast my form of a heckler. During questions, Robert Manolson from the crowd suggested that producing a 5 minute video for a small business owner wasn't a good thing. He said it was a "disservice" because we were just handing over the video without any marketing advice, and (essentially leaving the small business owner twisting in the wind) – my words.
He of course, missed the beginning of the presentation that explained how we would always be willing to help out a business owner in need regarding social media strategies. How I talked about an integrated approach – "baked in, not bolted on." Sure, the price would go up for that advice, depending on what the customer wanted, and that's business. The idea is that the customer can choose what level of service they'd like, and we "always" have our clients back!
Robert rated my presentation on meet-up as not being relevant for the business owner audience in the room. Well, I believe all businesses should consider social media, video production, and an integrated approach to marketing, while keeping up on new trends like socialTV. Not sure how that's not relevant. You can't please 100% of the people 100% of the time. I missed the mark with Robert but it also seemed like he just wanted to banter, sometimes that happens.
I've included my presentation to give you a chance to review some of the material I presented and make up your own mind. Robert is certainly entitled to publicly state his opinion at the expense of mine, but I believe the presentation went well and it was relevant. The feed back I received was very positive and supports my statement, there were several follow-up questions. I also have a stack of business cards to follow-up on which is always positive and a great litmus test overall. Thank-you everyone, we certainly look forward to doing business with you.
Oh yeah, and here's the third! I soft launched a new price for fusedlogicTV video production services.
$199.00 for 5 minutes of studio time. (some restrictions may apply) For more information contact us. 780-640-9339 or firstname.lastname@example.com
I'd like to thank everyone who attended my presentation, it was great to have a packed house of enthusiastic business owners.
Here's the presentation in case you'd like to review it. Enjoy and please let us know what you think…


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Poised For Survival
US fiber industry focuses on industrial and home fashions.
Poised For Survival The US man-made fiber industry adjusts its sights to focus on industrial and home fashions markets.Recent statistics from the Fiber Economics Bureau (FEB) present interesting and encouraging patterns of capacity and capacity utilization in the man-made (non-cellulosic) portion of the fiber industry. This industry has suffered mightily in the recent past, particularly in the face of increased fiber, fabric and garment imports. The data, however, seem to indicate that, while these external forces have been substantial, man-made fibers, particularly nylon and olefin, have weathered this storm with capacities rationalized to levels consistent with a non-apparel future. The industry looks ready to survive, focusing on submarkets less susceptible to imports industrial and home fashions while allowing imports to dominate apparel unchallenged. Market opportunities for US fiber producers will be examined without addressing the minutiae of fiber price points and relative price advantage. It is axiomatic that the industry must adjust its capacities to selected markets before price stability and price increase opportunities can replace the opportunistic pricing confusion of the past five years. This article addresses the supply/demand balance.All is not rosy; some work remains, particularly with polyesters traditional and continuing reliance on apparel. Moves have been made, but more are needed. The nylon and olefin models are instructive, providing continuing operational direction to the remainder of the industry, and investment perspective to industry participants considering further rationalization or consolidation in a very mature market.
June 2003


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text: 50 years later, Columbus Day Windstorm still ranks as greatest Share this story email Share this story «Previous 4 of 34 Photos Next » Read the story « » 1962 Columbus Day Storm The Columbus Day storm was the fiercest windstorm in Oregon's recorded history. Here, workers examine damage to the Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis. (photo courtesy of Oregon State University Archives)


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|Arachidonic acid stimulates steroidogenesis in goldfish preovulatory ovarian follicles.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 2106468 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The possibility that arachidonic acid (AA) plays a role in the regulation of steroidogenesis in goldfish was investigated using preovulatory ovarian follicles incubated in vitro. AA was shown to act in a time- and dose-dependent manner to stimulate testosterone production. AA in the range of 10(-5) to 10(-4) M increased testosterone production within 2 hr and had a maximal effect by 9 hr. The magnitude of the testosterone response to AA was similar to that observed when ovarian follicles were incubated with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Ovarian follicles incubated with AA and either hCG or forskolin (adenylate cyclase activator) produced more testosterone than follicles incubated with either of these compounds alone. The actions of AA on testosterone production were completely blocked by cyclooxygenase inhibitors (indomethacin or ibuprofen) and were reduced by 50% by the lipoxygenase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid. Phospholipase C was far more effective than phospholipase A2 in the stimulation of testosterone production. Taken together, these results suggest that AA formed subsequent to the action of phospholipase C on membrane phospholipids has a role in the regulation of steroidogenesis in preovulatory goldfish ovarian follicles.
|G Van der Kraak; J P Chang
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|Created Date: 1990-04-12 Completed Date: 1990-04-12 Revised Date: 2006-11-15
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|Nlm Unique ID: 0370735 Medline TA: Gen Comp Endocrinol Country: UNITED STATES
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 221-8 Citation Subset: IM
|Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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Arachidonic Acid
Arachidonic Acids / pharmacology*
Chorionic Gonadotropin / pharmacology
Cyprinidae / metabolism*
Forskolin / pharmacology
Goldfish / metabolism*
Ovarian Follicle / drug effects, metabolism*
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Global Edge Placement Papers 2014
Global Edge Software's Limited, a company for providing embedded solutions along with software development, wireless related software's and other things is a dream company for many aspirants to work with.
Global Edge has its placement program in various segments of the year where they recruit a large group of individuals.
This section gives you Global Edge placement papers 2014 with solutions. You can also download previous year papers of Global Edge to get some idea about their pattern.
Here is some sample questions with Answers of Global Edge asked in various campuses and off campus drives.
1. alloca() allocates memory from
A. Heap.
B. Reserved memory.
C. Data segment.
D. Stack.
Ans.: D
2. How many bytes are required to create a 3*3 matrix using double pointer
Ans. 12
3. Interrupt is serviced
A) Immediately when it occurs
B) After the completion of current instruction.
C) Ignored
D) None of the above.
Ans.: B
4. Condition for deadlock occurrence
A) Mutual Exclusion
B) No preemption
C) Hold and wait
D) Circular wait
E) all of the above
Ans.: D
5. Real Time OS uses
A. RISC processor
B. CISC processor
C. SISC processor
D. Any of the above
Ans.: A
6. What is the scheduling algorithm used in general operating systems.
A) FCFS algorithm
B) Highest Priority First algorithm
C) Round-Robin algorithm
D) None of the above
Ans.: C
7. What is the octal equivalent of decimal (5468).
a. 12360.
b. 12560.
c. None of these.
d. 12650.
Ans.: C
8. Recursive Descent parser is a type of
A. Bottom up parser
B. Top Down parser
C. None of these.
D. Bottom down parser
Ans.: B
Ans.: B
9. A c source code file can be
A) Compiled only
B) Interpreted only
C) Both compiled and interpreted
D) Nothing
Ans. C: both compiled and interpreted
Ans. C: both compiled and interpreted
10. Resolving of external variables in a program is done at
A) compile time
B) Run time
C) Link time
D) Load time
Ans. C: link time.
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Lisa Fischer is not a household name. But there are people who know that Fischer has sung with the Rolling Stones in concert since 1989, famously dueting with Mick Jagger on "Gimme Shelter" and doing a bump-'n'-grind with him during "Miss You."
She also might be known for spending two decades singing backup for (the now late) soul great Luther Vandross.
"One time I was shopping at the mall," says Fischer, "and I pulled out my credit card and (the clerk) said, 'You have the same name as the singer!' I said, 'Really?'"
Did Fischer ask the clerk if she thought the singer was "� any good?
"It was so tempting, but I just couldn't do it," says Fischer, with a high-pitched laugh. "She was so young."
Fischer will perform with her backing trio on April 19 at Provincetown Town Hall in a show presented by Payomet Performing Arts Center. She has a lot of credits, including touring stints with Sting, Chris Botti and, last year, with Nine Inch Nails. But Fischer is not the first to sing her own praises.
"I never felt comfortable with what my voice was doing," Fischer says, on the phone from her New York home. "I was 10, 11, and my voice hadn't really developed, and I didn't know what I was doing. I could sort of hear where I was going to be 10 or 20 years down the line, but at that moment I found it awful."
And even at 55, Fischer says, "It's a hard energy for me to shake."
So, let's let Warren Zanes step up to the plate. Zanes, former Del Fuegos guitarist and a double-doctorate-holding professor, was a consulting producer on the Oscar-winning documentary "20 Feet From Stardom." Fischer was one of the four key singers featured in the film, about the largely unheralded world of backup singers.
"'20 Feet' looked at some of the great voices of the second half of the 20th century and after," says Zanes in an e-mail. "Lisa nonetheless emerged as a singular talent. I don't think any other singer in the film demonstrated her kind of range of musical possibility. She really showed the outer limits of what the voice can be as an instrument. When she goes breathy and light, there's a stunning richness of tone and control. When she goes for power, she can match any singer who has spent their time blowing down church walls."
The movie raised Fischer's profile. After seeing the movie, Trent Reznor, leader of the hard-edged industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails, tracked her down to get her to sing on last year's tour. No, she'd never heard of them.
"He was so peaceful," she says, recalling him asking "Why don't you listen to the music and see how it feels to you?"
"I go to my manager's office and listen and go 'Oh, Oh! Ow!'" sounding like a shocked Marge Simpson. I love the energy of angst, it's so freeing. Just vocally I loved where he was coming from, so open and out there. There were no rules. He taught me so much, trying to find the right timbre and put it against what was already there."
When Fischer talks about "20 Feet," she mostly recalls how she felt watching the movie.
"I was intrigued by the way Morgan Neville, the director, sewed our lives together," she says. "A lot of times we (backup singers) are working and in our own atmospheres, doing our thing, and if the planets align we get to sing together. It's always something that's cherished for me, like a family reunion, this unspoken language we speak when we're actually singing together, a kind of joyousness."
Fischer won a Grammy in 1992 for the single, "How Can I Ease the Pain" from her debut album "So Intense." But Fischer didn't choose to pursue a solo career.
"My deepest comfort zone was with Luther Vandross," she says. "That was my first big tour, and he taught me so much about how to sing, what to sing, how to deliver from a background singer's point of view. Just witnessing him as an artist was a beautiful sight because he was able to be a background singer and a lead vocalist — he understood both worlds. I was in awe at his capacity for patience and knowledge, just how giving he was."
It's "Gimme Shelter," though, which has become, in a way, her signature song. She takes the wailing vocal role originally sung by Merry Clayton — also in "20 Feet" — and goes toe to toe, face to face, with Jagger night after night.
"It's like being in nature with all the elements," says Fischer, "with all the possibilities of danger and bliss. That energy comes from Mick because he's such a naturalist. It's like he's shooting an arrow, constantly pulling back the bow and going for this honest emotion in that moment. He makes it real every time, so that's something of what I'm trying to do, ride his wave and be there with him."
Fischer says she's only trying to fill Clayton's shoes the best she can. "I try to match Merry's energy in the sense of urgency. Just to be in the position to be able to have the audience relive the sounds of the record on some level. To be able to look in Mick's eyes every night — and Keith's eyes, that riff that he does — it's almost like you feel the combustion."
Although Fischer says her set list is not certain for the April 19 concert, it's a pretty good bet a revamped "Gimme Shelter" will be there.
"I enjoy that. Just a slightly different arrangement of it to suit me more. The energy of the guys (Stones) is not there so it has to be tailored a bit more for me."
Fischer did a few shows last year, but she's still in the early phase of this reborn part of her career. What else might be expected in the Provincetown show?
"I love ballads," she says. "I could do a whole concert of ballads, but people would be sleeping and falling on the floor. Zzzzz. I have a focus as to where it's going to go, but I take the attitude of it's an exploration. The approach is to use what I know as a background singer and from the one CD I did and from working on records where you have a featured step-out vocal.
"It's like I've been doing little relay races rather than a long run. So the flow is going to be different. The thread that I need that's going to help me is to embody all that, to be inclusive of everything I am as a person and what I'm like musically.
"The style and taste will probably be a big stew of different things — rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll, a little bit of world and classical. I don't pin myself down. It's sort of all new, even though I'm old. I'm coming out of my lead singer shell. Let's see what happens!"
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The Minnesota Supreme Court today overturned a sexual assault conviction of a Somali man, who made incriminating statements in English, but was not given his Miranda rights in his native language.
Plymouth police arrested Burhan Mohammed Farrah on Nov. 20, 2003, in the parking lot of an apartment complex. A 14-year-old developmentally disabled girl reported being attacking in the same parking lot.
An officer read Farrah his rights in English and had him sign a rights waiver written in English.
"Do you understand your rights?" the officer asked.
"Okay. Little, yeah," Farrah replied.
Police proceeded with the interrogation in English and Farrah made incriminating statements to police in English. He was charged and convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact in Hennepin County District Court. Farrah was provided an interpreter at his trial.
After examining the police interrogation, the Supreme Court in a 4 - 3 ruling threw out the conviction and ordered a new trial. The court ruled it was unclear whether Farrah's waiver of rights "was made with a full awareness of both the nature of the rights being abandoned and the consequences of the decision to abandon it."
"To protect or facilitate the exercise of constitutional rights, it is the express policy in Minnesota to provide qualified interpreters to assist persons in legal proceedings who are handicapped in communication," writes Chief Justice Russell Anderson for the court.
Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea, joined by justices Helen Meyer and G. Barry Anderson, disagreed with the majority finding that Farrah's English skills "were sufficient to support a knowing waiver."
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Jennifer Lopez says her split from Marc Anthony was "devastating".
The 'On The Floor' hitmaker was determined to pick up the pieces after her divorce from the Latino singer in 2011 for the sake of their twins Max and Emme, now aged five, but admits the high-profile separation was the toughest thing she has ever experienced.
She told Britain's GLAMOUR magazine: "Back then the pain hurt so much, but I didn't want what happened to finish me. I wanted it to help me grow for the better. I didn't want to just survive it; I wanted to come out of it stronger than I was before.
"It took a lot a digging deep to do that. Right now I'd say it was the hardest thing I've ever been through, because of the kids. When you're this little scrappy girl and things happen, you just cry yourself to sleep. But when you're responsible for two other human beings and their lives and emotional wellbeing, that's a biggie. You're constantly wondering: 'Am I doing the right thing here?'
Jennifer, 44, is now happy in a relationship with choreographer Casper Smart, 26, and is pleased she can count Marc - her third husband following failed marriages to Ojani Noa and Cris Judd - as a friend these days.
Quizzed whether she still loves her ex, Jennifer said: "I do. I love him as the father of my children and as a friend. That doesn't mean that we were meant to be in marriage forever though."
The 'American Idol' judge often lets pent-up emotions get the better of her and cries easily.
Jennifer said: "I cry often. I cry out of exhaustion and feeling overwhelmed. I'll be holding it all together and then some little thing will trigger it - a commercial or a romantic moment in a movie - and the floodgates will open. It's about being tired all the time."
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Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, The Bully Project is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of Americas bullying crisis. The Bully Project follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. Stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. With an intimate glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals offices, the film offers insight into the often cruel world of the lives of bullied children. As teachers, administrators, kids and parents struggle to find answers, The Bully Project examines the dire consequences of bullying through the testimony of strong and courageous youth. Through the power of their stories, the film aims to be a catalyst for change in the way we deal with bullying as parents, teachers, children and society as a whole.
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The best Hirsch's film can do, in the end, is remind us that bullying means more than we admit, and its effects aren't always immediately clear, even to loved ones.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 04.12.2012
"Bully" doesn't need research or great filmmaking or narrative focus, per se. It needs only the shaming power of its relentlessness and a young audience open to sharing in that shame.Wesley Morris, Boston Globe, 04.12.2012
A deeply moving but highly selective look at the effects of bullying on children and teenagers.Rafer Guzman, Newsday, 04.12.2012
Hirsch seldom gets face time with any bullies or their parents, and he tends to ignore the complicated social and psychological patterns that feed the problem.J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader, 04.13.2012


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Bob Moon and Michele Young, of the Zanesville Kiwanis Club, presented Alexa Taylor, of West Muskingum High School, with a $500 college scholarship. Taylor, the daughter of Mike and Lisa Taylor, plans to attend Otterbein University and major in sports medicine. She has been a member of the WMHS Key Club for four years and is serving as president this year. Each spring, the Zanesville Kiwanis Club awards one $500 scholarship to a graduating senior from each of its four Key Clubs. The scholarships are in honor of Young and Larry Denbow, who are retired Key Club advisers.
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You just started a new business or took on a new assignment at work. You agreed to run a fundraiser for a local organization. You decided to go back to school and the homework is excessive. Someone left your department and your boss wants you to pick up his work in addition to your own. Normally you can handle everything, but suddenly you arent getting enough sleep because you lay awake thinking about everything you need to do.
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If any of these people sound like you, you may be suffering from going overboard. You want so badly for everything to go well in your new endeavor that you are neglecting everything else. What can you do?
In the first place, consider whether your current situation is short term (a few weeks) or longer. If it is a crisis you are dealing with that must be resolved ASAP, then give it your all and get it out of the way. Then you can give yourself a much needed pat on the back and personal time as a reward.
If, however, your load is long term, then it is important to find some ways to reduce the weight on your shoulders. Business experts like Steven Covey advise you to prioritize everything on your plate by whether it is urgent or important and to work on the important and urgent items first. While I have tried this many times, I have found it was really too simplistic. Most of the items on my list were urgent and important and the few things I liked doing or found relaxing never made it to the top of my list. Instead I suggest using a slightly different method for categorizing and prioritizing. Besides urgency and importance, consider:
1. How long the task will take
If the task will only take a few minutes to do then do it, check it off the list, and stop wasting any more time on it. If it takes a long time and it doesnt have to be done today, try breaking it into shorter sections so you can work on it every day until it's due.
2. Whether someone else can do the task (and perhaps in considerably less time).
Perhaps you take a long time to build a spreadsheet but you are a whiz at writing. Could you get someone else to do the spreadsheet for you and you offer to write something they need? Also, if someone else can do the task, perhaps you can offload or delegate the item to him or her.
3. Whether you will learn something or gain experience by doing the task.
If learning to do spreadsheets is something you really need to master, then maybe by blocking out the time and doing it, you will find the task easier and quicker the next time. In this case, it is always best to do it when someone else is around who can give you advice when you get stuck, rather than wasting hours doing, undoing and redoing.
4. How much joy you will get out of the task.
Somehow, this is the one that never makes it to our important or urgent list. If you really love something, not only will you do it well, but doing it will improve your attitude and help you do a better job on everything else. If this means providing time for exercise or meditation or shopping or a movie, you will find yourself more refreshed after doing it.
If you add these four priorities to your important and urgent list, you will most likely find, as I do, that the balance helps you get much more accomplished.
Renee Weisman, author of "Winning in a Man's World" and "5 Ways to Get a Man to Listen," is the owner of Winning at Work Consulting. She teaches companies how to become more successful. Visit www.winning-at-work.net or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Merton Parks' original catalog, circa 1949.
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Merton Parks' original catalog, circa 1949.
A few fake caddisflies ready for the bins...
Living in Bozeman, and having a cabin near Cooke City since the late 1960s, I've grown up fishing the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, but Parks' Fly Shop's amazing selection of foam terrestrials has made it virtually a new experience in the last couple of years. The cutthroats can't resist them.
B. Derek Strahn
Bozeman, MT
Parks' Fly Shop began as Merton Parks' custom fly tying business, based out of Cloquet, Minnesota in the late 1940s, so it's no surprise we stock a lot of custom and locally-produced flies, around 40% of our entire fly stock. Some of these are merely subtle variations on standard patterns, but many are local designs that are either available nowhere else or originated in the Yellowstone region. Sometimes having one of these patterns makes all the difference between fooling a fish and having it refuse your fly, because trout in our region see a lot of fake bugs and they get suspicious of those they see the most.
Two of our tyers, Matt Minch and Walter Wiese, are contract fly designers for Montana Fly Company, one of the more innovative wholesale companies, while Matt, Walter, Richard Parks, and Doug Korn have all had patterns featured in books and magazines. This page includes photos and descriptions of many of our custom flies, but we're experimenting all the time and these pages usually lag behind. For the most recent updates to the website (but not our flyboxes), check our New Flies page.
While most of our tying is to stock the shop shelves, we are willing to take on custom orders if time permits. Generally, we'll have more time for custom work in late spring or early autumn. Most of our custom flies are priced at $2.25 each, though some are more and a few are less. Shipping is free on orders of $50 or more. For instructions on how to tie some of our custom patterns, and for general tying tips, please check our Youtube Channel.
To view photos and descriptions of our custom flies, use the tabs below. Click the tab for the category of flies you wish to view.
Ben's Bicolor ant has been a top producer in the Lamar drainage since 2007. It difers from most bicolor ants in that it is tied with red thread and a brown hackle, which have proven more effective than the standard black thread and black hackle. #16-20. See the sinking version in the Wet Flies section. Also available in all black, #16-20.
Walter's Bob Hopper has been BY FAR our most effective hopper pattern since he originated it in 2012. He ties over 250 dozen of these each season, and virtually all of them sell. If you are fishing anywhere in Yellowstone Country from mid-July through September, you need these. Nuff said. Available in too many colors to list, with the most important being the pictured pale pink. #14.
Ben's Midges can be critical in late summer and early fall in the Lamar drainage. When you see the trout sipping something invisible towards the tails of pools, especially in the morning, try this fly. Also a good bet in late fall, winter, and early spring on the Yellowstone and spring creeks. Available in black (pictured) and cream, #20-22.
This pattern has more or less overtaken the Coachman Trude as our favorite dry on the Yellowstone. Similar colors as the Trude, but floats low but visible and buoyant due to the synthetic wing and tail. Available to your local shop through wholesaler Montana Fly Company. Available in #12-16 Coachman (pictured, and the most consistent color), #12-16 pink, #14-16 tan, #14 olive, #16 lime, #16 amber, #16 White Miller, #16 gingersnap, #20 black, and #12 2xl chocolate. Check our Youtube Channel to learn to tie this great bug.
Cripple caddis have proven highly effective over the past few seasons, especially as droppers behind hoppers. Available in Coachman Trude, pink, tan, olive, and White Miller color combinations, all #16.
Original recipe by Blue Ribbon Flies, though the color combinations are our own.
Ants work great, but they don't float well and they're hard to see. There are also those pesky flying ants that sure drive the fish nuts. Why not add a white wing to standard fur ant patterns to aid floatation and visibility and match flying ants? Why not indeed? Availabe in #16 cinnamon and bicolor. These have been our best-producing flies overall during the month of August for the past two seasons.
This series of foam loopwing drake emergers have been favorites in the Lamar drainage since Doug started tying them for us. Please note that our color combinations are quite different from similar flies available elsewhere. Available in Green Drake (pictured) #12-14, Gray Drake #12-14, and Brown Drake, #10, and #12 Hecuba/Tan Drake.
Our version of the ever-popular foam beetle is somewhat rounder in profile than most foam beetles, which helps if float correctly and allows for a bigger indicator. #14-18. Also check out the ladybug version. Custom colors/sizes/etc. available.
We're really getting into cripples lately, and this version, with a super-durable spandex body, is our favorite. Purple might not seem like a "match the hatch" color, but we just kill them during Baetis hatches on this version, which resembles the super-popular Purple Haze Parachute. Haze Cripples are our most consistently productive fall dries. Available in #14-20 purple and new for 2015, #16-18 copper, #16 amber, and #16 lime. Check our Youtube Channel to learn to tie this great bug.
Also availabe in "Hold Cripple" configuration, #16-18 purple and PMD.
This fly, based on Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk, suggests emerging caddis as well as egglayers. We stock it in the White Miller version above in #14, #16 tan, and #16 pink. Check our Youtube Channel for how to tie this great bug.
There are many Salmonflies out there that look like this one, but this is the original "Improved" Sofa Pillow. It differs from most similar patterns primarily in that it has a bucktail wing and a much fatter, brighter orange body, both of which more closely resemble the natural insect than most traditional "fur and feather" stoneflies. Highly durable and highly effective whether fished dry or drowned, the Parks' Salmonfly has been catching trout on the Yellowstone since 1954. #4-8. Check our Youtube Channel to watch Richard Parks tie this fly, which his father invented. .
The secret on purple cripples is out of the bag. Because of the number of other guides using our formerly-secret pattern, Walter designed this slightly "techier" version to regain the edge in September. It was his top bug on September floats in 2013. Available in #16-18 (tied on emerger hooks), odds are you'll be using these if you float with us in the fall, though there probably won't be any left in the bins then...
This one works great in September, especially during heavy Fall Gray Baetis hatches, since this one has a more Fall BWO-like gray hackle. Floats forever with the loop. Production flies are easy to see due to the addition of the indicator tuft. #14-18. This fly may be available in your local shop, since it's now being distributed wholesale by Montana Fly Company. Tying instructions on our Youtube Channel.
Ever had a hard time seeing an ant in fast water? Ever had a hard time keeping one afloat? This hairwing ant with a heavy hackle and flashy body is just the ticket. It's a great choice in August and September on river floats and any rough water streams, and can actually be a secret weapon on lakes when you're seeing a lot of Carpenter Ants... #12.
Originated by former PFS guide and Lamar district ranger Dave Keltner, this biot-bodied parachute pattern is a great imitation of a wide range of mayflies found in the Lamar drainage, ranging from the big Gray and Green Drakes on down to tiny BWO. Particularly important on Soda Butte in July and August for the summer Green Drakes (#10-12) and August and early September in #14-16 for the smaller Heptagenia and Flavs. #10-20.
This is THE ticket when imitating both crippled or spent egglaying caddis. We have no idea how many times this fly has brought the most delicate big fish rises you can imagine on the Yellowstone for us. You can even swing it as a wet fly. Best fished as a dropper behind a Clacka Caddis or another visible dry. Available in #14-18 tan, #14-16 olive, #16 peacock, and #16 opal.
Over the past few seasons Spruce Moth imitations have been the most important terrestrials to have on sections of stream in or near evergreens. Falls of these terrestrial moths, whose populations have skyrocketed due largely to global warming and are at a cyclical peak now anyway, can get so dense that the fish become selective. Most commercial patterns float high, like large caddisflies, but spruce moths typically get waterlogged and sink or at best float low in the surface film, especially in the fast water that predominates in most wooded areas in our part of the world. Doug's version imitates this behavior perfectly. Fish and clients both love it. This would have been our top-selling terrestrial last season if we hadn't run out. #14. Fish it behind a visible dry like a Clacka Caddis, Soda Fountain Parachute, or hopper.
Walter developed this fly from Gary Lafontaine's original Double Wing. This version rides lower but is more buoyant, more durable, and easier to see due to the synthetic wings. Think of it as the big brother to the Trude, Coachman Clacka, and the baby, the Coachman Trude Cripple. $2.50. Tying instructions on our Youtube page. This is a great choice during the heavier flows of mid-late July, either trailing a Salmonfly during the big bug emergence or supporting a dropper nymph later in the month. #10.
This is Doug's take on the popular "hot butt caddis" genre. The tan version pictured here (available in #12-16) is a great imitation of egglaying summer Hydropsyche as well as an attractor, while the olive version (#12-16) matches the spring Bracycentrus or Mother's Day caddis. Also available in #16 Yellow Sally, which is notable for bringing up the largest rainbow we saw during the 2009 season, a fish estimated at 27 inches that unfortunately straightened the hook.
A lower-profile "dry" spruce moth that uses a synthetic wing that floats well with a clipped hackle and a dubbed body you should leave undressed so it goes into the surface film. This fly covers the gap between Doug's wet Spent Spruce Moth and high-floating traditional patterns. #14. Tying instructions on our Youtube Channel.
Our version of Craig Mathews' standby X-Caddis is tied on a shorter-shank hook and with a fuzzier body than most commercially available X-Caddis, features we believe make it a better imitation of emerging caddis than those we can buy elsewhere. Available in #14-16 tan (pictured) and #14-16 olive. Check our Youtube Channel for how to tie our version of this classic caddis imitation.
This revision of Ben's sinking bicolor ants, which had already accounted for some great fish on the Yellowstone, has made the original pattern much more effective, especially on flat water. Ants don't float well, so a pattern that sinks slowly and on an even keel, as this one does, can get spooky fish or those unwilling to rise to feed. Fish it behind a dry and hang on. #16.
This simple little caddis pupa is both easier to tie and more effective than many more complicated patterns. It works great as a dropper during and just before caddis hatches, and also works when fished on the swing in riffles. The olive version (pictured), in #14-16, is a great Brachycentrus or Mother's Day caddis pattern, while the tan version, also #14-16, imitates the summer Hydropsyche. Learn how to tie it on our Youtube Channel.
This was the first fly Walter Wiese came up with after coming west. It is our most productive pattern on the Firehole, and we'll fish it during any hatch situation, mayfly or caddis, either dead-drift or on the swing. We don't use it enough during dry fly season in the Yellowstone and Lamar drainages, but it's a great choice as a dropper then, especially when the trout are looking for caddis emergers. Available in natural #14-16 (pictured) and #16 olive. Learn how to tie it on our Youtube Channel.
This is one of the most classic soft hackles around. We don't mess with success, we just tie them in-house. #12-16.
Combinations of a partridge feather, a slim thread or floss body, and a bit of dubbing are about as classic as you can get for wet flies. Effective everwhere, fished any way you like. #14 orange, yellow, pink, and lime.
Another classic combo, this one particularly important in lakes and as a caddis larva in rivers. A great bet as a dropper behind a dry in summer, not least because any fly tied with peacock is automatically magic. #12-16.
This fly is an import from the Midwest, where it's wildly popular in tailwaters. People can be quite particular about which version they consider the "real" Red A**, so don't blame us if this one is a bit different. A great lake fly around here, and the brookies treat it like candy. #16.
After a customer came in in 2011 raving about how this simple caddis pupa series (which originated in Scandinavia) was just killer on Slough Creek, we had to try some ourselves. Lo and behold, he was right. Strip it aggressively through the film when the fish are making splashy emerger-type rises, or fish it as a dropper behind a dry, with or without floatant. If this sounds like how you'd fish a Crackleback, you're right. #14 White Miller (pictured), #16 tan/Hydropsyche, and #14 yellow.
The pupa version of the White Miller/ Nectopsyche caddis. This fly is vital on the Firehole in June and September. Fish it in tandem with another wet (usually the Glasshead PT) early in the morning, then fish it behind a Palmered CDC White Miller during the core of the White Miller hatch. Explosive action, often as it hits the water. #14. Learn how to tie it on our Youtube Channel.
Small beadhead peacock Woolly Worms palmered with brown-dyed grizzly hackle have long been among Walter's favorite lake flies, especially early in the season. With the increasing importance of area lake fishing with the high early summer streamflows over the past few years, and the increasing interest in stillwater fly fishing in general, we decided to start stocking them. Twitch them slowly under an indicator when the fish are lethargic or strip them, either alone or behind a streamer or leech, when the fish are more active. Also a good changeup dropper on the Yellowstone in the summer. #14-16.
We cannot overstate how effective this simple New Zealand-style nymph is. It has been our most-productive fall brown fly for five seasons, works for trout from coast to coast and as far away as NZ and Patagonia, and has also taken steelhead and even carp. Lately we've been using it more and more out of the drift boats. Fish it deep, fish it under a dry, swing it, stick it behind a streamer. This fly is also distributed by Montana Fly Company; you should lobby your local shop to carry it. #10-18. Learn how to tie the "BHC" on Youtube.
Just our version of a standard emerging lake midge, important on private lake trips in May and June and on hike-ins to Grebe or Cascade Lake in June or July. Available in red or black, #12.
A customer gave us a dozen Disco Midges in this bead and color combination and told us they were his favorite nymph. We won't go that far, but in limited testing with the originals we sure did put some solid fish in the boat, including the biggest whitefish (24") we've ever seen, which had the misfortune to be on at same time Richard was fighting a 21" rainbow on the same fly. #20 and a good bet on October float trips.
Constructed of four of the best feathers in fly tying: lemon wood duck (okay, mallard dyed wood duck in the production versions by MFC), ostrich herl, pheasant tail, and peacock, along with gold wire, gold bead, and a bit of midge flash. We primarily use this one in the same roles as a beadhead Prince, as a sort of changeup. Particularly good just after runoff. #12-18.
This one's never the first fly we tie on out in the Lamar drainage, but on the tough days it is often the fly that pulls out three or four fish to save the day. Dredge it in the deepest pools with lots of weight. This is a fly we almost never fish as a dropper beneath a dry. #14.
Doug's Holiday Stones (#6 black, pictured, and #10 gold) offer a more realistic profile than Matt's Minch Stones. Doug likes these better. The rest of us prefer Matt's. We all carry both, and think you should too, especially at the tail end of runoff.
When Walter set out to create a "Coachman Trude Nymph," he came up with a bulky, Serendipity-type pupa pattern. This one is popular for fishing deep during high flows in #12-14 and as a dropper in July and August in #16. Some Missouri River guides have reported good action on it up there.
This series of flashy, micro chenille-bodied Prince Nymph variations has been critical for us over the past two seasons. Now available in your local shop that stocks MFC fly patterns. Available in #14-16 amber (pictured, and more critical) and #14-16 purple.
At first glance this fly looks just like any other Bomber or Snow Cone-style chironomid larva pattern, but the pearl Krystal Flash "rope" used for a rib makes a huge difference in low-visibility situations; the flash glows with a greenish light and is easily visible to the fish. This version of the Bomber outfishes all others combined 2-1 on private lake trips from mid-June onward, after the lakes start to take on a greenish hue from all the algae and weeds. #12-16 black.
Tied in the round, this series of stoneflies (#4-8 black, #8-12 golden, pictured) combines modern flash materials with a traditional tying aesthetic and natural feathers with lots of fine motion and natural mottling. Along with the BHC, Minch Stones are the bugs you need if you're fishing the Gardner River at any point in the season or the Yellowstone at the tail end of high water just as the Salmonflies and Golden Stones are thinking about moving to shore. These flies have caught trout from coast to coast, including some of the giant ocean going variety, so they also make good attractors.
You really ought to tie your own San Juan Worms, but if you want to buy them we'll sell them to you. Pick a size, any size. Pick a color, any color. $18/dozen or $2 each. Walter's White River Worms are $2.25. Learn about them at our Youtube Channel.
We don't really know what the name means, either. Doug developed this fly from the similar SCHWAPF. It's an excellent caddis pupa-type nymph. We fish the tan (pictured, #14-16) primarily as a summer dropper, while the olive (#14-16) is best in the spring, when it imitates the Brachycentrus caddis. The bright green Green Lantern (#14) is similar to the Schwarp, but has a glass bead and fishes well on the swing.
Shimmer Nymphs are Walter's entry in the "bright little nymph" sweepstakes. They feature the body profile of a Pheasant Tail, the brightness of the Lightning Bug, and the abdomen segmentation of the Copper John. The rust/PMD version here (#14-18) is particularly good on the Firehole fished deep and as a dropper in the Lamar drainage, while the brown/BWO version (#16-20) is a great choice in the fall on the Yellowstone and on the lower Madison. Also available in #16 chartreuse and #18-20 black.
In the fall, especially on heavily-pressured water like the Lamar drainage, very slim-bodied mayfly nymphs can often interest fish that will refuse more-traditional patterns. Available in #16 PMD (pictured) and #18 BWO, but note that they appear smaller because the hook model used is very short.
Thread midges come with many names and colors, but really one overall "look." Let us know what you need and we can whip some up for you. We normally stock black and copper Zebra Midges in #18 and tan/copper/black Miracle Nymphs (pictured) in #20, of which the Zebra Midge is particularly important.
With the burgeoning interest in winter fishing, we felt it was high time to add a wider selection of midges. These feature a similar profile to most other midges and we're sure they are dead-straight copies of SOMEBODY'S flies, but they do work wonders when the fish are on small bugs. Available in the following abdomen/rib/ head colors: #22 black/silver/tan, #20 gray/ blue/gray (pictured), #22 olive/copper/brown, #18 light brown/gold/tan, and #20 red/silver/ rainbow.
This one began life as a modification of the Shop Vac, but no longer really closely resembles the older pattern. It's a great choice as a dropper during caddis time, and has gotten some play on various blogs and web forums as such. #16.
This nifty little midge/BWO is one of the best flies you can have when you fish the Yellowstone in January, February, and early March. Yeah, we fish then, and do well. It's also prime on the spring creeks and tailwaters all spring. We've caught some very big rainbows (as in the size of many newborn babies) on the Missouri below Hauser Dam on this fly. #18.
Designed to imitate the small sculpin-like fish native to the South Island of New Zealand, this small, heavily mottled and speckled bugger has found a place here, as well. A great "second chance" fly behind a much larger streamer. Available in tan (pictured) and chocolate, #10-12. Try the chocolate on area lakes. A little bird told me you can catch some big fish on it, because it looks just like a leech.
Sometimes a Woolly Bugger is just a Woolly Bugger, but sometimes it's a PFS Fat-tail. The name is as it suggests. We tie them with twice the marabou of many commercial patterns, so they hold their shape better and displace more water, which makes them great choices in high, dirty water or when big fish hunting. #2-10 in olive and black (pictured), #4-10 in black, olive, and white/pearl, and #4-6 in olive & yellow and olive & pearl.
This flashy Woolly Bugger differs from most flashy buggers in that it is tied very sparse, which makes it a good leech imitation. As such, we fish it mostly on lakes. If you fish the private lakes with us, especially in the fall, there's a good chance you'll catch some fish on this fly. #6-12.
You need this one if you're going brook trout fishing, either in the Yellowstone region or anywhere else. Tied very sparse so it fishes much smaller than it looks. We usually get at least half our yearly dinner brookies out of various lakes on this fly, and some "take pictures and laugh like a monkey because it's 14-20 inches long" brookies as well. #10-12.
You won't catch many fish on this beast, but they'll be big. Fish it on a fast sink tip on the Yellowstone or other big rivers, preferably with a 7-weight, and don't even think about using less than 10lb tippet. Fish a Minch's Bead, Hare, and Copper as a dropper to keep the pot boiling, then hope you connect when Mongo takes a swipe at this one. Available in black and tan, both available at your local shop if they stock MFC flies. #2 and #4 hooks, articulated for about 4-5 inches in length. Please note that this fly is not legal in YNP due to the dual hooks. $3.50
The "PT" stands for "Pheasant Two," because this is the second bugger pattern Walter tied with pheasant church window feathers. This one features the church window as a collar, which pushes a lot of water. These, along with the overall coloration of the fly and the barbell eyes which make it ride hook-up, make the PT-Bugger a great sculpin pattern. Big browns and cutts love it, as do smallmoth bass in the Ozarks. Available at finer Montana Fly Company retailers near you. #4-8, and we also carry a similar olive bugger in the same sizes. $2.50
This selection of articulated Sculpin-types has been working well for us over the past few seasons. T The stinger hook gets those annoying tail-nippers, while the front hook will stick bigger fish, which typically attack the head of their prey. The rabbit wing and free-swinging bead body provide tons of movement. Available in #4 olive, black, and orange/yellow. Now available retail because MFC has picked up the pattern -these suckers are too time-consuming for us to do in-house. $3.00
This Clouser Minnow variation features an additional marabou belly too give it more movement, especially when fished slow, and a deeper profile, which trout prefer. The red throat suggests gills or blood. This is an excellent lake trout fly, fishes well under an indicator nearly dead-drift (like a jig), and can bring the big boys when fished aggressively. #2-4 Bighorn (pictured), #2-4 gray/white, and #4-6 Blacknosed Dace. Available from shops that stock MFC flies. $2.75
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After assisting like many of you on the controversy of guruboolez' tests concerning the Nero AAC encoders and having seen many suggestions towards preparing a listening test around 48kbps - in particular with the different HE encoders, I decided to take matters into my own hands.
I currently have 8 samples testing for tonality, transients and stereo separation. These are generally classical music, but also include electronic music, 80s pop, and I might add a jazz recording for ambience reproduction.
As for encoders, I'm stumped.
Should I also include an old version of nero (old being relative) as to see the progress in a general evaluation ? At this bitrate, many encoders is not really a problem, is it? For now, I was thinking :
-Nero AAC Tape / PNS Enabled / HE / High (Should I enable hint track?)
-Ogg Vorbis, latest AoTuV, q -2 to -4 (whatever's approximately the same bitrates ~42-53)
-Lame ABR 48 (any tunings suggested?)
-mp3pro, probably, at any close bitrate I can achieve (adobe audition's encoder)
-Itunes AAC (HE if available)
-CT encoder (winamp 5.12) 48kbps, HE.
If I should use an older nero as well, where can I find it?
Also, could anyone help me prepare the ABC/HR logs? (eg, Sebastian Mares)
Thanks in advance,
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But @Gabriel, do you think that the 32kbps resutls would extrapolate well to 48 kbps to be useful for the selection of the encoder? I have a fear that some codecs >might< show completely different behavior in terms of ranking - not sure about that, but just maybe.
Also, there is another problem @48 kbps - while @32 kbps it is pretty clear that HE-AAC v2 will outperform HE-AAC v1 in all implementations, at 48 kbps this is starting to be a bit questionable as it has been shown on few internal tests of HE-AAC v1 vs HE-AAC v2 at 48 kbits/s.
I will definitely organise a separate small listening test of HE-AAC v1 and v2 codecs @48 kbps (and Ogg maybe) - by using of the 10-or-so average worst samples (combined average SDG) from the previous 128 and 64 kbps tests.
My intial plan was to use:
* 5 samples from the previous multiformat 64 kbps test, with worst average SDG
* 5 samples from the previous 128 kbps test, with worst average SDG
This will help chose the proper AAC mode at 48 kbps for the future 48 kbps multiformat listening, because there is an open issue whether Parametric Stereo (PS) or HE-AAC v2 is improving quality enough or the stereo-field regressions are too bad to justify the quality increase on some clips. Testing these two modes side-by-side directly would help us make the choice for the future.
Also I think this will have very big value for the people considering HE-AAC/HE-AAC v2 for their 48 kbps encodings/streams - as it would show whether Parametric Stereo is good for that bitrate or not. Currently there is not yet enough test data to make advisory - this test would definitely help
I planned to do this test soon (in 10 or so days maybe)- I will post it on HA, too - as well as methodology and the selection criteria for the samples which will be completely transparent and unbiased toward any codec/solution.
For sure there will be:
- CT HE-AAC v1 (aacPlus)
- CT HE-AAC v2 (aacPlus v2)
- Nero Digital - HE-AAC v1 [new codec]
- Nero Digital - HE-AAC v2 [new codec]
- And probably LAME @128 kbps as high-anchor
- LAME @48 kbps (edit: or, even better, AAC @48 kbps), as low anchor
But I am not sure whether to reveal the codec names in the test resutls (I would anyway do it for the orgnizers of the future tests), as I am sure that there will be doubts about the credibility here (as always - and by not promoting any codec I am trying to stay as neutral as possible - this test is about the v1 and v2 HE-AAC technology, not about the particular implementations.
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