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Damon could go to the DL
It looks more and more like Johnny Damon could be headed to the disabled list
for the first time in his career, though that's still not 100 percent
certain. They planned to re-evaluate him on Sunday but when a guy can't
put his uniform jersey on, he's a long way from playing left field at
Yankee Stadium.
Speaking of that, did Dustin Pedroia think Damon was still playing left
field in the first inning or what? Nice throw by Brett Gardner and it
got a pretty good reaction from the crowd. That's a heck of a heads-up slide by Jason Giambi there to put the Yankees on the board as well. You wonder what was going through his mind as he huffs and puffs around third base, then sees the ball is going to beat him by a great margin.
Still waiting for the energy to pump this building up. It's warm, hazy and I know it's Yankees-Red Sox, but it seems like there's still 55,000 people (less the people wearing red, and there's a lot of them) waiting for a reason to explode. Maybe some of them are feeling under the weather like Jorge Posada is.
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When I say Mike doesn't have enough respect from the players, I mean relative to the ones who were voted into the All-star game by the players. He's no AJ Pierzynski for sure.
How could you say Mussina isn't respected by the players? He's a really well liked guy around the league. I've never heard anything bad about him.
He has better #'s than santana-two more wins with an offense that is, well, offensive (Ha, I like that!)
I feel sorry for Moose not making the All-star cut but looking at it…Rivera, Joe Nathan, Papelbon & K-Rod all deserve the call more (+ can help the AL with what it really needs, relief not 6/7 starters) and that leaves only Joe Saunders (12-4, 3.04 ERA) and Ervin Santana (9-3, 3.28 ERA) of the Angels who could have been left out by Francona.
Tough call. I'd have gone for Moose over Santana but well if only MM was more popular/respected by the players he might have got in.
7/8 – TUE – 7p – YANKEES vs Rays – YES
7/9 – WED – 1p – YANKEES vs Rays – YES
7/10 – THU – 7p – YANKEES at Pirates – YES
7/11 – FRI – 7p – YANKEES at Blue Jays – MY9
7/12 – SAT – 1p – YANKEES at Blue Jays – YES
7/13 – SUN – 1p – YANKEES at Blue Jays – YES
I have not been a big Mike Mussina fan but it is a total disgrace that he has been left off of the AL All Star team.
YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD July 6, 2008
Toledo (Tigers) 6:30p
New Hampshire (Blue Jays) 1:05p
Sarasota (Reds) 1p
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Auburn (Blue Jays) 6:05p
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Abreu is terrible, he doesn't even make an effort when he's beated and he's not hitting. we have to get Damon healthy.
The best move the Yankees can make is to shore up the middle of their lineup with a power bat. The Yanks can patch together a starting five and their is enough talent in the pen & AAA to get the ball to Rivera when needed. The Yankees are putting too much stress on the pitching staff by leaving so many runners in scoring position. Abreu, A-Rod, Giambi, Posada will not get the job done. The absence of Damon & Matsui further highlight their power outage. The only credible power bat is Barry Bonds…who cares if is 44 or 84. It has been reported that he is in excellent shape. Mussina, approaching fourty, was supposed to be washed up but he has outperformed all of our "great young pitching arms". The Yanks have absolutely nothing to loose by signing the most prolific, patient, power hitter of this generation; with out him there will be no post season. The Yanks will have to hop over at least three teams to have a chance to win the wild card. The Rays are for real and will only get better, the Red Sox will eventually get Ortiz back and make a giant push to win the division outright, The White Sox, Twins, and Tigers are playing good baseball and feature power strokers up and down their respective lineups…The Twins lead the majors in delivering, two out, clutch rbi…The Yanks lineup as currently constituted, simply does not match up with any of these teams. Damon was being charitable when he stated that the Yankees are not as athletic as some of the aforementioned competitors.
Guillen just had a run in with the pitching coach in KC & he has hit well in the House. Nady would be a great edition to the outfield and I would imagine that the Pirates would listen to an offer. If this team is to get back into it (and frankly I am not sure of that) then management needs to be buying at the trade deadline.
Get off of Sabbathia already are you promoting him or something. Piazza is done he hasn't seen a ball for months. I was kidding I couldn't even bare hear barry's name at Yankee Stadium, gee. Sheffield are you serious? You must recall his grace. The only man worth anything was Johan and he's gone now you want to trade for Sabathia? This is basically wha the Yankees have been doing in the past getting the man that beat them. I even dare say Fuentes is overrated it's just the market is limited. I can't imagine his price since Boston and Tampa will persue him aswell.
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Sheff and Piazza are pinch hitter/bench players. If we carry 3 catchers, one might as well hit beyond Posada.
I think Nady, CC and/or Fuentes would be a good fiit for this team. Does anyone know what Fuentes's #'s are against lefties? (in fact, I really like nady)
What about Jose Guillen as a RT handed OF bat? I know he's a jerk, but it seems like more the trend lately to fit with a coach/front office guy.
I know, I'm reaching here….
YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD July 5, 2008
Syracuse (Blue Jays) 0
Scranton/WB 5
W: D. McCutchen (2-6, 3.36); L: D. Romero (3-7, 4.03)
HR: None.
Trenton 3
New Hampshire (Blue Jays) 2
W: E. Hacker (4-1, 2.05); L: B. Cecil (3-2, 3.16); SV: M. Melancon (2)
HR: None.
Sarasota (Reds) 12
Tampa 5
W: A. Smit (7-5, 3.82); L: M. Dunn (3-5, 4.63)
HR: SAR: D. Stubbs (5). TAM: C. Henry (1).
Charleston 6
Augusta (Giants) 3
W: J. Heredia (4-2, 2.66); L: C. Clark (6-2, 4.30)
HR: CHA: A. Romine (3).
Staten Island 6
Auburn (Blue Jays) 2
W: D. Phelps (2-0, 2.95); L: J. Carreno (2-1, 2.00)
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It's frustrating to see this team struggle so much… we're missing Matsui and we may be missing Damon, keep that in mind. Matsui was having a great year. But this team has been awful with 2 outs and runners in scoring position, and it's hard to cheer for 'em! Still, they're the Yankees, they're a good team, they have a good offense… they're just slumping is all.
The answer is to call up Matt Carson or Colin Curtis or Juan Miranda. These guys could give this team that energy and that pop in the bat that Christian and Gardner don't have. Think about it!
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Bryan Fuentes ERA 3.82, Kyle Farnsworths 3.79 ERA. With Kyle locking five more innings pitched. They both average a hit and a strikeout per inning pitched. Fuentes does pitch in a hiiters park buth the numbers are mirror matched.
The bullpen has been supar of late if they can keep this up for the second half it would be a huge boost.
Get off of Sabbathia already are you promoting him or something. Piazza is done he hasn't seen a ball for months. I was kidding I couldn't even bare hear barry's name at Yankee Stadium, gee. Sheffield are you serious? You must recall his grace. The only man worth anything was Johan and he's gone now you want to trade for Sabathia? This is basically wha the Yankees have been doing in the past getting the man that beat them. I even dare say Fuentes is overrated it's just the market is limited. I can't imagine his price since Boston and Tampa will persue him aswell.
I don't think Bonds would fix this team's offensive problems at all. He's like 44 yrs old, and we don't even know how good he will be if we do sign him. HELL NO TO BARRY BONDS. Maybe trade for Xavier Nady or Jason Bay to play the outfield positions. Adam Dunn or carlos Lee would be better DH options than bonds.
i think i read (from YankeesChick) that Bonds would play for league minimum.. would you sign Bonds if he played for cheap or nothing?
Crip and Varitek put the ball in play Rivera got Lugo down the plate. Without Damon, Hideki and Posada in the lineup this is wha you get two runs a joke.
Agree pride they need another outfielder with a stick. If Matsui and Damon are down they need another stick in the outfield. Who's available?
call me levelboss, jhtravers
here's a last thought peoples.. LOB: 10 TEN!!!
Hank, Cash, and Girardi need to pick up one or more bats this trade deadline
Crisp and Varitek helped out too. Just don't dump it on Lugo the two guys before him K'ed and popped out to first base. Must be taking lessons from the Yankees. If the shoe had been on the other foot today this board (including myself) would have gone off.
Yesterday was a season defining loss with the runs scored on Damons dropped ball if you can call it that and then bases loaded 1 out and no runs then the last hit by abreau falling just short.
Then today 2-0 up the unthinkable with Mo hitting two and pitching into and out of a bases loaded none out jam, just as season defining. Joba up tomorrow to hopefully square this series and get the team back on track ready to face The Rays.
This win should be shared between Mussina, The Bullpen and Riviera.
Aussie Bryan
greatest relief pitcher of the modern era. The fact that he loaded the bases with no-out and got out of it with the save proves how great this guy is. 22-22 in save ops….This was interesting…
Looks like the Yankees aren't the only team that does not drive in runs with the bases loaded. Way to scare us Mo.
no Damon, no Jorge, no Matsui.. this year's trade deadline should address a big (or consistent) bat
As one who has criticized Farnsworth I will give him his due here, he has held the lead now it is up to Mo.
Also where are all the Farnswort baggers fair dinkum HE HAS BEEN VERY CREDITABLE in 95 % of his innings pitched. Here again with a two run lead he has gone 123. Give the guy credit when it is due don,t just sit back and wait for a stumble before you slam him credit given when credit due.
Aussie Bryan
As stated on other blog Gardenr has I believe fulfilled all expectations and although 1-16 he has not been the strike out bunny as suggested. He has worked the count full 9 times and has hit the ball well and hard and could have had a number of more hits,
Also all and sundry has bagged the bull pen ALL YEAR. Now with Veras AGAIN throwing well with another impressive 123, absolutely nailing Veritek and with Baby Face Robertson and Farnsworth the bridge is shaping up well.
Overall in the past 10 games it has not been the fault of the bull pen.
Once again bases loaded less than two outs and Giambi and Betemit are unable to get the damn ball out of the infield. Teams that are competitive, teams that win DO THAT. This is one of many reasons this team STINKS. Stop trying to be the hero and play basic fundamental baseball you jerks.


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Favored to medal: They can be three of the deadliest words to an Olympian.
Jill Camarena-Williams was favored to medal in shot put coming into the London Summer Games.
It's her second Olympics. She's been ranked top three in the world for women's shot put.
Heck, she's married to a physical therapist. But sometimes luck, or lack thereof, gets in the way.
Jill's back gave out one week before competition. But her spirit did not.
Jill competed with her trademark grace, guts and grin.
And, when I emailed an interview request to her last night with the always uncomfortable "I know this didn't turn out the way you wanted" line, she replied, "Yes, we're going to go sightseeing. Would you like to come?"
Does the pope like going to church?
And that's how Domi and I ended up on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral with the entire Camarena family.
Brother James is the one who gets the credit for suggesting she try throwing in the seventh grade.
"He now gets credit for my injuries," Jill jokes.
Mom Marilyn is arguably more proud of how her daughter handled defeat than how she might have handled gold.
My Olympic partner and photographer, Domi, has covered Jill since she was in high school. He'll kill me for telling you this but, he was truly choked up telling her how impressed he is with her as a person.
Champions aren't born. They're raised. They're influenced by those who give birth to them, coach them and are there for them when things don't pan out.
Jill Camarena-Williams was favored to medal. But, in my book, she is a true champion, no hardware required.

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Tonight, rain could turn to snow � 1 to 3 inches possible � above 8,500 feet elevation as temperatures drop to the mid-20s. The chance for precipitation is 80 percent.
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I've shown you a section of my to-do list, I told you how it should work, and now it is time to explain why it doesn't work.
When I was preparing to visit the East Sussex Record Office last week I realised that my to-do list wasn't doing its job properly. I identified several issues with it that concerned me.
- Not enough information – some entries lacked the background information needed to complete them
- New items not added – I was surprised to find there was nothing about Finding Minnie on my to-do list
- Completed items not removed – As I went through the list I could see several items that had already been completed
- Entries with no "where" indication – Many entries on the list had no indication of where they were to be completed
- No record of partially completed tasks – Some entires had no indication of which sources I have searched
In short my to-do list was incomplete and of course there is only one person to blame. Me.
I really need to take better care of my to-do list if it is going to actually help me do my family history. I suppose it has been too easy to just add things onto the list without really thinking about what I actually need to do to complete them.
I have tried to keep my to-do list as simple as possible, so that it doesn't take up too much time. There is no point in having a to-do list that takes more time maintain than it does to actually carry out the tasks upon it. Perhaps it is still not simple enough, but I can't see how I can make it much simpler.
Perhaps it is becoming too big. Perhaps I need to split it into smaller more manageable chunks, but that does defeat the object of having everything in one place where I can easily lay my hands on it.
For now the format of my to-do list is not going to change, however I am going to have to re-visit each and every entry and make sure that it is still needed and that it has all the information that is needed to carry it out.
In the future I promise I will do my best to look after my to-do list better, to nurture it, to feed it with all the information it needs and hopefully not let it get out of hand.


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A Windsor man was detained for shoplifting on Friday after he stole energy drinks from a pharmacy – while wearing a red T-shirt bearing the name and logo of the restaurant where he worked, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
Christopher Sherman, 30, of Mt. Beulah Road, was charged with shoplifting and placed in the Aiken County detention center. He had been released as of Monday afternoon.
The incident happened about 8:30 a.m. on Friday, according to a report.
An employee of a pharmacy on Richland Avenue told officers the suspect walked into the store and took two energy drinks valued at about $5 and left without paying for the drinks, according to the report.
Surveillance cameras captured the suspect, who was wearing a red T-shirt bearing the name and logo for Five Guys Burger and Fries.
Officers went to the Five Guys restaurant on Whiskey Road, where managers were able to identify Sherman as the suspect, according to the report.
Sherman was working in the restaurant at the time of the identification. He was taken into custody and placed on trespass notice for the pharmacy.
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When I was in grammar school in racist South Carolina, the kids had keen ears for inappropriate language.
If Butch Belligerent threatened to whip your Butt, you didn't run to the teacher accusing Butch of threatening violence. You went to her and said, "Butch said an ugly word."
"Butt" referred to a then-unmentionable part of the anatomy, so the teacher would be properly outraged. She might make Butch stay in at recess, a punishment you would welcome because you didn't want to run into a vengeful Butch out on the school grounds.
In those days, you'd never say "Butch used the 'N' word." Nobody would know what 'N word' meant, but everybody was familiar with the word the 'N' stood for; it was part of everyday Southern parlance. Sometimes it was used contemptuously. At others, it was just the generic way of referring to the people we now call African-Americans or blacks. A country kid down South wouldn't know what else to call his dark-skinned neighbor.
Today, if you use the "N word," you'd better look around to see who's listening. It is on the black list of everybody who has access to the media.
Ask Paula Deen.
I don't know much about the lady, but I have dined at her restaurant in Savannah, and I can tell you that somebody in that place can flat cook.
Paula was born in 1947, by which time I had used the "N" word more times than I could count. But when she used it, the pundits began taking her apart. You'd think she had taken the Lord's name in vain, except that nobody gets upset over that any more.
It's been a long, long time since I used the "N" word, except maybe to give a pedantic explanation of what it means and why it's offensive. A large chunk of my fellow citizens consider it insulting, and for good reason.
Deen is a celebrity cook who has a devoted following among folks who cotton to Southern-style cooking. A Caucasian woman who had been manager of one of her restaurants was suing her for $1.2 million. She charged Paula's outfit with workplace discrimination. I take no position with regard to Paula's liability in the suit. Let the facts speak.
But the National Enquirer got hold of a video in which she confessed to telling racist jokes, using the "N" word and planning a slavery-themed wedding.
Fox News, on its Internet website, called them "shocking admissions."
Put me on the stand, Fox News, and I will not prevaricate. I have indeed told, and laughed at, racist jokes, and I have indeed used the 'N' word.
If you shot everybody down South who had engaged in such shocking behavior, you would destroy an entire generation. The "N" word is embedded in our history and culture. I once asked a black friend what he called Brazil nuts when he was a boy. He grinned and answered: "The same thing you did."
In the beginning, it was just the natural Southern way of pronouncing "Negro," which is a legitimate descendant of the Latin word "niger" for "black." It became offensive when people began to use it to belittle and insult the people to whom it was applied.
Southern society was long divided on black/white lines, and for most of our history we didn't cross those lines socially. So we didn't get to know our black neighbors well enough to feel the hurt they felt when we carelessly used racist epithets. As we came to know one another as friends and social peers, we began to remove the epithets from our language – some of us more readily than others.
My son Rick used to work side by side with a black man who became his close friend. They called each other by the "N" word, using it affectionately. But his friend – an amateur boxer – would never tolerate it among casual white acquaintances.
As for Paula's plans for a slavery-themed wedding, chalk that up to poor judgment and deplorable insensitivity. What she was planning was a wedding on an antebellum theme. Slavery was an integral part of the antebellum Southern world. A big wedding without slaves to wait on the aristocratic attendees would not be antebellum at all.
It reminded me of a locally written musical commemorating the centennial of Roanoke, Va., my home for a decade. The story spanned the era of segregated schools, and the scene involving kids in a one-room school could not, with historical accuracy, have included African-American kids. The writers finessed this by having black children looking through open windows as they joined the white kids in song. We sometimes have to use ingenuity to depict our dual heritage.
It also reminded me of the protests, a generation ago, by African-American students at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Va. They objected to a traditional ball in which the young men wore Confederate uniforms.
I wondered what they would expect from an institution named for two patron saints of Southern history, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee now lies in final repose and where George Washington's bequest still pays for part of their education. Many people, it seems, expect the white South to look back on its history with shame instead of with pride.
I look upon Paula Deen with neither shame nor pride. She's a great cook, and I can follow her recipes without subscribing to her attitudes toward others.
It seems to me that the best way to deal with her kind of insensitivity is to ignore it. It is already frowned upon by the current generation, both North and South. I hope it will have faded into the historical woodwork with the passing of my generation and hers.
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Life on the road can create bleary eyes and blurry memories.
I had to chuckle when I read this excerpt from Astros radio announcer Dave Raymond's blog illustrating how the "Dog Days" of summer can wear out those who travel with a Major League ball club.
The effects from a restful All-Star break usually wear off within a week or two, and by the time August arrives, full-out fatigue has set in. Middle-of-the-night arrivals take on a whole new life when you're four months into baseball season. You wake up in the morning and have no idea what city you're in. You get back to the hotel after a game and can't remember your room number.
Or, as illustrated in Raymond's blog, you can pull a Bill "Brownie" Brown and try to use your Starbucks gift card to get into your hotel room, fail miserably, lug your belongings back to the front desk, pull out your driver's license and get a new key, only to discover the original one would have worked just fine.
I kid because I care. And because I've been there before. A lot. Regardless of how spry and able-bodied you are, from time to time, you will have a senior moment. It's not cause for alarm. It's just that with around 60 games left in the season, baseball people start running on fumes. Some get through it better than others, but forgetfulness is a common symptom, across the board. It's not so much, "What time is it?" as it is "What day is it?"
I recall one particularly harrowing roadie way, way back in 1999. The Astros played a Thursday night game in Arizona that, of course, went 11 innings, followed by an overnight flight to Kansas City. The buses pulled up to the hotel in Kansas City around 7 a.m. The sun was up. Rush hour traffic was in full force. And the Astros hadn't been to bed yet.
I was working for the Astros' media relations department at the time, and a local radio station that did a weekly segment with Ken Caminiti every Friday asked me to send along a message to Cammy to remind him to call in later that day. The hosts sensed that with the early morning arrival and no real concept of one day becoming the next, this could be an issue for the third baseman.
They were right. I saw Caminiti on the team bus and said, "Don't forget to call the radio station for your show today." He shook his and said, "I do the show on Fridays." I said, "Cammy. It is Friday."
Blank stare. Then a slap of the forehead. "Ohhhhhh….right."
After the game, the team bus dropped us off at the hotel and I stood at the elevators, having no idea, at all, what floor I was on or what room I was in. That was the first time it happened. It most certainly wasn't the last.
As recently as two years ago (or was it last year?) I worked a little later after a game at Wrigley Field, took a cab back to the hotel and couldn't for the life of me remember what floor I was staying on. I stopped on six. Then eight. Then six again. I ran into Ed Wade on one of my stops and said, "I have absolutely no idea where I am." He looked amused, but not surprised.
Finally I called the one person who I was certain would sympathize with my plight — Dave Raymond, of course. I asked him to look at the rooming list and tell me where to go.
I would have felt foolish, if not for the fact that I was fairly certain I wasn't the only one who this happens to. Reading that it happens to people like the astute and organized Brownie was oddly comforting.
How well you hold up during a season is largely contingent on how well your team is positioned in the standings. That's just how it is. Losing has a ripple effect. When your team is not anywhere close to a pennant race, it's hard to stay perky in August and September, even with Starbucks locations on every street corner across the country.
But when you're winning? Man, oh man. Nothing can ruin the mood. Exhaustion? Bah. The one thing I remember better than anything else about that aforementioned 11-inning game in Arizona in '99 was that the Astros lost that game, and just before they began the boarding process for their red-eye to Kansas City, Mike Hampton stopped, busted out with his best attempt at the moon walk, cracked up his teammates and THEN got on the plane. Extra-inning losses are a lot more tolerable when it's the only game you've dropped in a week.
Later that season, the Astros swept a Montreal-Philadelphia road trip and ended up stuck on the tarmac for at least five hours, maybe more, due to torrential downpours. Problem? Nah. Some played cards. Others watched movies. The broadcasters engaged in their usual two-hour fantasy baseball debate. Bench coach Matt Galante and I went toe-to-toe in a makeshift baseball trivia contest. We had pizzas delivered to the plane (this was pre-9/11) and everyone remained, for the most part, exceedingly happy.
That's what happens when your team is in a pennant race. Baseball is fun. You like your colleagues. You can't wait to get to the ballpark the next day.
When you're losing…well, let's just say the countdown to October takes on an entirely different meaning.
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|28th September 2006 02:07 AM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Hi milk laser,
You're correct about the social side of windsurfing being different in places around the world. From my perspective, so much depends on the advantages of location. Although I live in a fantasic coastal community where one would think that windsurfing would thrive year round, there are very few windsurfers. Yet, the SF Bay area to the north has a very active racing scene that is one of the strongest in the US. There are other similar core spots that have active racing communities, but windsurfing still tends to be a fringe type sport in the US.
Regarding US competitors in Melborne, Australia last year, there actually a number of competitors from the US. In addition to Micah Buzianis, Kevin Pritchard, Jimmy Diaz, Devin Boulon, Seth Besse, Steve Bodner, and Michael Porter all attended the event. Three of these guys were in the top 10 places. I guess the fact that Diaz, Boulon and Porter are shown to be from the US Virgin Islands (ISV) tends to confuse things a bit.
In FW Worlds in Korea, Jimmy Diaz was the only entry from the US.
With the large population in the US, one would think that there would be far more windsurfers participating in the sport. This has always been a big mystery to me. I could surmise much about why this is true, but at the root of things, I think that very few folks actually see themselves as a part of the vision. Maybe with the strong focus the windsurfing industry is now putting on longboards will change things. Time will tell.
|27th September 2006 07:01 PM
|milk laser
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Hi Steve C,
I want once more repeat that I'm not against progress in design and technology.
You are right on most points. I have understood that social side of racing has different forms in different countries. I see it as the most important thing, but somewhere it plays not so significant role.
Just checked FW Worlds in Korea results. There are no racers from US.
I'm not sure if I'm correct, but in Australia Worlds Micah Buzianis was the only man from US.
|21st September 2006 09:43 AM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
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|21st September 2006 09:39 AM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Not too sure what all the fuss is about, because a racer could be carrying two board to a event RIGHT NOW, its just that the boards would be from different companies, to explain.....
Example: Lets say the board company "XXX-Boards" makes a fantastic formula board (named "Light Wind Machine") this formula board is the best light wind board on the market (up to 15knots), leaves everything for dead. Lets say Starboard makes a board name "161" is the best board on the market for winning races over 15knots.
A cashed up racer who has brought "Light Wind Machine" & "161" can go to a event, determine the overall conditions for an event and register the best board for what he thinks will win him the most races.
|21st September 2006 08:23 AM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Hi James,
Their is another possibility with the FE Class, real cheap compare to FW and enough good to have really good fun and race. At the last Youth Worlds where the FW and FE racers race together, we was really surprise to see in 4 races that a FE board win the races, soo not so bad.
In the FW Class their is a very good change in 2008, all boards who will be register the 30 september 2007 will lock for 2 years. So the next change will be only 30 september 2009. That will give a chance to many racers to be competitive 2 years with the same board.
All the best
|21st September 2006 02:03 AM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Formula racing is cool, but I think that even without the Apollo it's an awfully tough class to be competitive in.
I've done local races on my F158, but it's always terrifying and exhausting and I'm usually miles behind the serious competitors. The other day I was riding my F158 and stock fin against Dave Kashy on a F160 with one of his Kashy custom fins ($700 USD!). Granted he's a better rider, but there was just no way I could come anywhere NEAR his speed and upwind / downwind angles with my setup.
I could train extra hard and spend $$ on fins to be competetive in formula this year... Or I could pick up that $200 F2 Lightning 380 longboard that I just found on CraigsList and race in the local longboard class with top-of-the-line everything!
|21st September 2006 12:54 AM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Hi milk laser,
I think I'll give it one more go here.
In many respects, you are right about "unattached" sailors like me. It is highly unlikely that I would sail formula equipment, but much of that has to do with the locales that I windsurf at. Lots of rocky bottoms with surf, and to make matters more difficult, kelp and weeds are at most spots. If I lived in the SF Bay area, my view and interests would very likely be different. Still, one would have to rationalize the expense and balance it with the fun involved. Currently I'm using a 5 board quiver, and that's more than most are willing to invest in and maintain.
Regarding the FE class, you touched directly on their weakest link. Why would anyone want to buy a funky aluminum boom? Junk in my mind. Actually, if you check past history, I have been very critical of aluminum booms, especially for use in a formal racing class like FE. It's my thought that the restriction was probably an inside deal heavily influenced by aluminum boom manufacturers. If the change to a carbon boom was allowed, FE would be a fantasic way to go for so many folks. Like Remi points out above, an FE kit can be competitive, and I would say much more robust than a FW kit for the right price.
I still think you are missing the mark about the industry's role and responsibilities here. I get this feeling that your view of the industry is along the lines of "you can sell dope in our neighborhood, but not too much at a time". Really, like I pointed out earlier, your community needs to establish reasonable limits that local folks will abide by. Local agreement and control is truly the best formula for a fair playing field. The industry is creating and marketing on an international level, and they are offering a range of products designed to suit a broad variety of potential customers. From a practical standpoint, it doesn't make any sense for the industry to manipulate and control local racing scenes, as that's best accomplished at the grassroots level by the local community.
Your point about racing communities "seeking fair racing on top equipment, not gear wars" is a bit unrealistic. You can't use top equipment, and at the same time limit the release of "new" top equipment. You're in effect saying, I want the best stuff, but you (the industry) can't change or improve anything because we need "suspended animation" of your top of line products. Not too much sense in that from a business standpoint. You can have "suspended animation" at the FE level, but not across the board, especially with the industry's premier products. In other words, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
I think PG made an excellent point above concerning FW being a development class. History has shown that it's absolutely true in the literal sense. With the manufacturing processes and methods being used today, the industry is not encumbered by expensive molding costs as they were so many years ago. Ideas can flow very quickly, and there is little reason to limit development on premier racing products. In my opinion, the only way to artificially suspend this trend would be for the ISAF to refuse to recognize a new production design. I don't think that will happen, but who knows, maybe "racing communities" will have more influence like you say.
|20th September 2006 07:32 PM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Hi Milk Laser,
For the FE Class, have you ever try the new F 160 Tufskin with a Formula Experience rig?
In the last Youth Worlds in Belgium, the FW and FE compete together and big surprise, 4 times is a racer who was on a FE board who win the race and the wind was never over 15 knots. So not soo bad for a very cheap equipment who is in my mind absolute perfect for youth but also for " social " as you said. For example in Peru their is no more FW, all senior race on FE and seems that they are really happy.
But yes also the plan for 2008, that will be only 1 Formula board who cover both that we have right now.
All the best
|20th September 2006 12:33 PM
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
This is a strange discussion.
Starboard gets flamed for trying to stretch the lightwind envelope of FW, while not wanting/daring to abandon teh style of FW boards that have been quite successful the last few yars.
On the other hand, if some other manufacturer, like Tabou, would have launched the Apollo and admitted that it was optimized for the low wind racing in FW then I assume that everyone would have been just thrilled (and applauded their courage).
The end result would still have been the same, the lightwind optimized boards would excel in low wind, and more allround boards would excel in high wind.
Formula Windsurfing is a development class. Thinks will not stay the same forever :-)
|20th September 2006 03:04 AM
|milk laser
RE: Starboard Appollo/Formula Windsurfing
Hi steveC,
now I see that different ideas are developed from narrow local points of view. You've said that in your area there is no competitions at all. That is very significant difference. "Unattached" people has no requirement to be in community because they don't need the structures that works for them (judges, racing courses, boats, international relations among other racing communities, etc) and are created mostly by themselves. Speaking about me I can't imagine "unattached" man owning formula board. Formula charm is in racing, recreation sailing just creates questions "why do I need so big and heavy sail"?
FE is not a board if you have sailed FW. Carbon boom makes a lot of difference. Also if fleet is less than 20-15 boards then separating that fleet into smaller fleets of FE, FW makes competition not so interesting. In my area half of FW racers have one sail, others 2 sails. About half of them changes equipment once in two year period. They are competitive enough for 2 years. You dont need 3 sails if wind range is 7-25kts and chop not higher than 1m.
I'm not asking to bind industry's innovation. I'm asking for more responsibility from industry, for more understanding about "racing communities". Speaking in marketing terms I'm asking for changes in "target group" description. Mostly racers are not the guys "seeking for top performance", but racing comunities "seeking for fair racing on top equipment, not gear wars". Communities are able to decide not only their limits, but also producers limits and promote that much more agressively and wide than producers.
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Rep. Joshua Putnam, R-Anderson, said last week that he is amending House Bill 3416, which would make it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if he or she owns a gun except in three cases: if the patient was being treated for a gunshot wound, was mentally ill or was being abused.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid added an amendment to the 2010 health care law that stated physicians could not talk with patients about gun ownership.
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Greenhouse said she "cannot fathom" an amendment that would make Putnam's bill acceptable, and feels the bill creates a slippery slope.
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Four representatives from Aiken County are among the more than 50 House lawmakers that have signed on as co-sponsors of Putnam's bill: Reps. Don Wells, Bill Hixon, Bill Taylor and Roland Smith.
Wells said he is concerned about the federal government using physicians as a way to record gun ownership.
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Hixon supports the bill and agrees that there are certain cases in which it is acceptable for a doctor to ask a patient about guns.
"The problem I have is, I go into the emergency room with appendicitis or a gall bladder attack, I don't think it ought to be a mandatory question that a doctor asks you, 'Do you have any guns? How many do you have? What do you use them for?'" Hixon said. "It's none of his business. But, under certain circumstances, I think you should know whether there's some guns in there."
Taylor said that, with any proposed legislation, the devil is in the details.
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The bill is currently in the S.C. House judiciary committee. Putnam said he's not sure if the House will take action on it this year.


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These dream-like pictures are largely produced using lenses with really wide apertures, lenses like the Pentax smc DA Star 55mm f/1.4 SDM.
Besides producing brilliant bokeh, the Pentax 55mm f/1.4 SDM's large aperture settings give it an advantage in low light environments. The prime standard lens, which also becomes equivalent to an 82.5mm lens when mounted on an APS-C camera body, would be a great complimenting lens for Pentax portrait photographers.
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The Pentax smc DA Star 55mm f/1.4 SDM is a prime standard lens that allows users to dream up pictures with incredible artistic aesthetics thanks largely to its medium focal length and extra wide aperture of f/1.4. The latter also gives it a leg up in dark conditions. But how does the lens compare to similar Pentax lenses, or similar pieces of glass made by its rivals?


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Currently David is Maria Voisin's dance partner and is working on competing with her on the world salsa stage. Already they have competed in Philadelphia placing 5th. They are working on a new routine and you'll find them out dancing and performing on a stage near you.
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Lefty reliever needed? Maybe not
As I drove to and fro on Tuesday night, I had the rare opportunity to listen to the Reds Hot Stove show on WLW while in the car. One of the audience questions for Marty and Thom was whether the Reds needed to add a lefty reliever since Sean Marshall is the only one currently in the bullpen. As you know, the club is hoping LHP Aroldis Chapman can transition to the rotation.
GM Walt Jocketty also told reporters after the Jack Hannahan signing last week he might look for a lefty reliever.
During the radio show, special guest and Reds reliever Sam LeCure brought up a good point. Even with only Marshall, the bullpen has plenty of guys, right-handed guys, that did a good job of getting lefties out. In fact after a quick look at the stats, I found that all the right-handers did better against lefties than righties last season.
Here are some opposing batting averages for Reds relievers:
Arredondo: .277 vs. RH, .165 vs LH
LeCure: .232 vs. RH, .208 vs. LH
Hoover: .196 vs. RH, .120 vs. LH
Ondrusek: .285 vs. RH, .190 vs. LH
Simon: .283 vs. RH, .267 vs. LH
Masset (2011): .267 vs. RH, .284 vs. LH
There isn't a wealth of left-handed relievers on the free agent market. According to MLBTraderumors.com, this is the complete list:
Pedro Feliciano
Mike Gonzalez
Tom Gorzelanny
J.P. Howell
Rich Hill
Will Ohman
Manny Parra
Rafael Perez
J.C. Romero
Daniel Schlereth **
Hisanori Takahashi
If a lefty (aka LOOGY) can be had for cheap or even on a Minor League deal, cool. But matchups vs. lefty hitters aren't an area the Reds have to feel shorthanded heading into next season.
**Update: The Orioles announced about an hour after this posting that they signed Schlereth to a Minor League contract.
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I wonder if the shifts employed against LH hitters has driven down batting averages for LH hitters. I think I read that only 2 LH hitters were in the Top 10 in Batting averages in the MLB (Joe Mauer and Prince Fielder).
Well lets just say Joey Votto… He was not included because of AB… So I think like most stats these are misleading.
I think with the bullpen we have available; three of them more than capable of taking care of the LH batters, (ie: BA), I don't think that we need to necessarily expend money or talent for a LH reliever. Of course, I am probably preaching to the choir as Jocketty makes few mistakes when it come to buying or trading horse flesh. I think we look great, as is.
Completely agree, but my fear as is with Rolen is Dusty Baker. He loves the lefty righty matchup. Why I dont know. But he will again hold out Marshall for this, which will then limit Marshall from coming in the 8th and shutting people down. I really hope that Dusty moves on from this…
I'd rather have 7 good relievers with just one LH … then to have a below average LH reliever just to have a second one. If it becomes too much of a problem … they could use Cingrani in the bullpen or trade for a LH down the road. If they are able to get another LH reliever now great, but if not I'd be fine with what we have.
I wouldn't mind a Mike Gonzalez signing though
the pitching looks fine but what protection do we have if hannigan is injured or messeracho is ineffective?


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By now it should be obvious to my readers that I love maps. Both historic and modern maps are useful tools for family history research, and of course modern maps are almost essential for a wandering genealogist who doesn't want to get lost in the middle of nowhere.
There is one type of map which I find irresistible, these are the Old Ordnance Survey Maps published by Alan Godfrey Maps known as The Godfrey Edition. These maps are reprints of historic Ordnance Survey maps for selected areas at a specific point in time. The series now covers not only Great Britain, but has also extended over the channel into France, Belgium and Germany.
Most of the maps are taken from the 1:2500 scale OS maps, usually covering towns and cities (London is particularly well covered) and as well as the map they usually contain historical notes, historic photographs of the area and a brief extract from a local directory. All very helpful in building up a picture of the area your ancestors came from.
Alan Godfrey Maps were at Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2010 (see their March newsletter) and I just missed out on getting a copy of their Brighton map, so I took advantage of their online map shop and quickly received my map through the post. They are tremendous value for money as well, at the time of writing they are £2.25 each (excluding postage).
It wasn't until I found myself exploring their website that I discovered that Alan Godfrey had been awarded a well deserved MBE in the 2010 New Years Honour List for services to heritage.
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The state is going to scrap current regulations governing septic tanks/leach field systems and start anew, San Juan Basin Health Department board members were told Thursday.
Greg Brand, the department�s newly hired director of environmental health, characterized the changes as sweeping.
They will apply to all new dwellings not covered by a municipality or independent metro district, Brand said. The health department will have a year to bring its regulations into conformity.
�My reading is that the new regulations will apply more to site evaluation � soil quality and size � than to installation,� Brand said. �Installers will be following a plan.�
Steve Gunderson, director of the Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said by telephone that the new regulations will constitute a complete overhaul, a major revision.
�We�ve been working on this for three years, with involvement of environmental health officials, health departments, developers and system installers,� Gunderson said.
�We were being hammered by local officials because current regulations are too rigid,� Gunderson said. �What applies in the Eastern Plains may not fit in the mountains.
Gunderson said the new regulations will be more flexible.
�But they will allow counties to be more restrictive if they want,� he said.
Gunderson doesn�t expect much opposition at a March 12 public hearing on the new regulations scheduled by the state Water Quality Control Board.
Brand wouldn�t say how extensive the septic tank/leach fields changes could be. Too much could change between initial proposals and an approved set of regulations, he said.
�But the old guidelines are outdated,� Brand said. �A lot of new technology exists.�
He estimated that San Juan Basin Health Department will have a new set of regulations in the spring of 2014.
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Current state regulations require the health department to issue a septic-system permit before the county approves a building permit and make a final inspection before the county approves occupancy, Brand said.
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CHICAGO — There was a time when Tom Sadowski thought he'd stop working after turning 65 earlier this year. But he's put off retirement for at least five years – and now anticipates continuing to do some work afterward.
In an illuminating sign of changing times and revised visions of retirement, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released on Monday finds older Americans like Sadowski not only are delaying their retirement plans, they're also embracing the fact that it won't necessarily mark a complete exit from the workforce.
Some 82 percent of workers 50 and older said it is at least somewhat likely they will work for pay in retirement. And 47 percent of them now expect to retire later than they previously thought – on average nearly three years beyond their estimate when they were 40. Men, racial minorities, parents of minor children, those earning less than $50,000 a year and those without health insurance were more likely to put off their plans.
The recession claimed Sadowski's business and a chunk of his savings, and with four teenage daughters, the graphic designer from Sterling, Va., accepts the fact he won't retire for another five years or more.
"At this age, my dad had already been retired 10 years and moved to Florida," he said. "Times are different now for most people."
About three-quarters of respondents said they have given their retirement years some or a great deal of thought. When considering factors that are very or extremely important in their retirement decisions, 78 percent of workers cited financial needs, 75 percent said health, 68 percent their ability to do their job and 67 percent said their need for employer benefits such as health insurance.
"Many people had experienced a big downward movement in their 401k plans, so they're trying to make up for that period of time when they lost money," said Olivia Mitchell, a retirement expert who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.
The shift in retirement expectations coincides with a growing trend of later-life work. Labor force participation of seniors fell for a half-century after the advent of Social Security, but began picking up in the late 1990s. Older adults are now the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce; people 55 and up are forecast to make up one-fourth of the civilian labor force in 2020.
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta In this photo, graphic designer Tom Sadowski, 65, who delayed his retirement, walks his dog near his home in Sterling, Va. Older Americans appear to have accepted the reality of a retirement that comes later in life and no longer represents a complete exit from the workforce. Some 82 percent say it is at least somewhat likely they will work for pay in retirement, a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds.×


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