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Full-Range Tonal Response And Enhanced Low-End
The B1 is designed to be as close to a real acoustic piano as possible, from the design to the sound and touch of the unit. The built-in full-range speakers and passive radiator allow you play the B1 as it is without the need for external devices and cables. To achieve the rich, natural tones of the acoustic piano; the B1 uses Korg's servo-assisted MFB technology which controls the movement of the cone allowing low frequencies to be reproduced with minimal distortion. It works by detecting the movement of the speaker cone and compensating for the mechanical response of the speaker and speaker chamber, returning a signal to the amp to achieve the ideal frequency response.
Eight Expressive Instrument Sounds
One of the most unique features of the B1 is its ability to recreate the natural and vibrant tones of the instruments it includes. As well as functioning as an emulation of a real acoustic piano, the B1 also includes two electric pianos, a harpsichord and two organ sounds. The collection of heavily-used sounds allows you to expand your sound-bank to cover any genre. Another handy feature of the B1 is the dedicated 'Piano Play' function with instantly recalls the Concert Grand Piano sound, acting as a default button. The sounds themselves are compiled and ran through Korg's sampling technology, utilising multiple digital recordings to capture the rich and natural tones of the recorded instrument.
Naturally-Weighted Keyboard
One of the main aims of any digital piano is to reproduce the feel and sound of the original instrument. The B1 ensures this with its professional components that result in the natural feel and touch of a real piano. The B1 comes equipped with Korg's NH (Natural Weighted Hammer) keyboard action. This action provides a heavier response in lower registers with lighters touches in the upper scale, just like a real piano. This is ideal for digital and acoustic piano players as it provides the feel and touch they are accustomed to with classical acoustic pianos. The dynamic response of the keyboard can also be set to the match the playing style of any performer.
Damper Pedal and Partner Mode
Also included with the B1 digital piano is a metal damper (sustain) pedal providing impressive stability and comfortable feel of the underfoot. The single damper pedal adds to the realism of the digital piano, catering to a range of different playing styles and providing versatile playing options.Partner mode effectively splits the keyboard into two side-by-side keyboards, with each pitched in the same range. This is great for learner pianists as it allows the student and teacher to play the same piece at the same time, making the learning process more fluent and fun.
- Naturally-weighted keys
- Includes damper (sustain) pedal
- 'Piano play' function reverts back to the Classic Grand Piano
- 88-keys
- Reverb and chorus effects
- Metronome with tempo range 40BPM - 120BPM
- Volume controls
- Built-in speakers
- Exceptional low-end performance with MFB technology
- Music rest with page retention pocket design
- Available in white or black
- Streamlined, sleek design
- Keyboard: 88 key (A0–C8), NH (Natural Weighted Hammer) Keyboard
- Touch Control: Light, Normal, Heavy
- Pitch Range: 427.5 Hz to 452. Hz (.05 Hz steps)
- Transpose Range: -6 to +5 semitones (all keys)
- Sound Generation: Stereo PCM
- Maximum Polyphony: 120 voices (Max)
- Sounds: 8 (Acoustic x 3, Electric Piano x 2, Harpsichord, Organ x 2)
- Effects: Reverb, Chorus
- Demo Songs: 8
- Metronome: Tempo Range (40 BPM–120 BPM), Time signature (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 4/6, none), Volume controls
- Connections: PHONES (Headphone/Line Out), PEDAL
- Amplification: 9 Watt x 2
- Speakers: Oval (100 mm x 50 mm/3.94" x 1.97") x 2
- Power Supply: DC 12 V, AC adapter (included)
- Power Consumption: 3W
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 1312 mm x 336 mm x 117 mm/51.65" x 13.23" x 4.61" (without music stand)
- Weight: 11.8 kg/26.01 lbs. (without music stand)
- Included items: Damper pedal, AC adapter, Music stand
- Optional Accessories: Full stand (STB1-BK/WH), 3 pedal unit (PU-2)*
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Dukasaur wrote:I like the bright colours. The borders between territories look kind-of primitive, though. I think they could use more complexity, something that suggests the chaotic way borders between neighbourhoods actually evolve.
Glad you like the colors - Paris is (or, at least, can be) a colorful city, and I want the map to reflect that.
What you say about the territory borders makes a lot of sense. I'll play with them a bit and see what happens - I'll probably try for something more in line with the "accepted" borders first and see how that comes out.

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Q&A: Spotlight on Mali as coup ousts President Touré
Le 22-03-2012
Malian soldiers launched a coup d'état on Wednesday overnight, ousting President Amadou Toumani Touré.
Despite universal condemnation, there is no sign that the rebel soldiers will back down. They have suspended the constitution, set up a Committee for the Reestablishment of Democracy and the State and arrested most of the ministers in the former government.
1. What does this mean for democracy in Africa?
There is enormous disappointment in Africa about this coup. Mali has established a reputation for good governance and democracy over the last twenty years. It's a terribly poor country but growth has been quite steep since the 1990s. Mali was often cited when people wanted to show the way forward for Africa. No wonder that the African Union, Ecowas and a series of African leaders, as well as France and the United States have condemned the coup in the strongest terms.
2. What is the significance of the Committee for the Reestablishment of Democracy and the State?
Not much, sadly, except perhaps that someone in the rebel leadership has a black sense of humour. Mali had a democratically elected government, a constitution and functioning institutions. It was due to hold presidential elections next month. So you carry out a coup and then announce the formation of a Committee for the Reestablishment of Democracy!
Not only that, you also announce that the committee will not relinquish power until the Tuareg revolt in the north is suppressed and the threat to national unity is removed. Bearing in mind that the Tuaregs have been in a state of simmering revolt for decades that could be a very long time.
3. What about their claims the government failed to deal with the Tuareg revolt?
It is true that the Tuaregs have had some military success over the last few months and that one of the reasons for that is the return of large numbers of Tuaregs from the conflict in Libya, where they fought on the side of Colonel Qaddafi. They are heavily armed and battle-hardened. They have captured several towns and the army has suffered heavy losses. It accuses the government of incompetence and failing to supply the army with sufficiently effective weaponry.
4. Will the Tuaregs will be happy?
Naturally – and particularly if this turns into a fight between the rebels and army units still loyal to President Touré. The Tuaregs have already said they plan to use the confusion to launch fresh assaults.
5. What do we know about the rebels?
Not a lot. Most of them are, like their leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, junior officers with absolutely no experience of government. We know nothing of their plans, other than that they want to divert a greater share of national resources to the fight against the Tuareg.


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It's that time of year again. No, not the holiday season. The time when everyone and their mother tells you what to do with all that leftover turkey you're going to have in a week.
So it's The Day of the Turkey (at least here in the US) and we all know there will be leftovers. Since I can only eat so many TLT (Turkey, Lettuce, and Tomato) sandwiches, I
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May 21, 2013 — Welcome to our new series of #WomenCan profiles, highlighting exceptional female executives who are Catalysts for change in their careers and their companies. Learn how these smart leaders are rising up the ranks, changing corporate mindsets, and addressing and overcoming stereotypes about what women CAN and CANNOT do in the workplace.
MEET: Abbe Luersman, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, Europe, Unilever. (Unilever was one of the 2013 Catalyst Award Winners.)
Early influences: I grew up in a blue-collar, lower income family where we had to work hard for the things we wanted. My father maintained multiple jobs to support us, and taught me to strive hard and not be disappointed when I don't achieve because there's always the next day to try again.
Career path: While in college, I had three jobs over the summer: working as an hourly employee in Whirlpool's factory, sales clerking at a department store jewelry counter, and making pizza on the weekends. I received my BA and MA in speech communications with an emphasis on organizational development and change management from Miami University in Ohio. I spent over 16 years with Whirlpool, where I held various roles with increasing leadership accountability, and joined Unilever in September 2007 as Senior Vice President, HR Transformation and Strategy at their global headquarters in London. Since August, 2009, I've been the Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Europe for Unilever based out of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Executive decision: When Unilever approached me for a job in the UK, I had a three-year-old and my husband was a partner in a law firm. We had to make a family decision. My husband decided he would take a sabbatical for one year, so we could move abroad. He ended up enjoying his sabbatical so much, he said to me, "If you don't mind, I'd like to continue to be on sabbatical!" That sabbatical extended to five and a half years! Now we're based in the Netherlands, and the experience has been amazing for all of us. We've been able to travel all over Europe with our daughter, who is now nine.
Work-Life Wisdom: We made a lifecycle map for our family, using markers, crayons, and pictures to ensure our daughter's engagement as well. It hangs in our home, and we each plot what we want to achieve and where we want to be over the next ten years. That way, we're making collective choices. Work-life effectiveness is about ensuring what not only works for you, but also for your partner and your family.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Bolshoi ballet's artistic director has returned to the famed Moscow theater after months of treatment in Germany for burns he suffered to both eyes when a man threw acid in his face.
The January attack on Sergei Filin exposed a fierce power struggle within the theater. The general director and his rival, a principal dancer, were both ousted in the aftermath.
Filin appeared Tuesday for the ballet company's traditional gathering to kick off the new season, but said he was not yet ready to resume work and would be traveling back and forth to Germany for continued treatment.
Filin wore tinted eyeglasses, not the dark shades of months past. His vision was reported to be 80 percent restored in his left eye, but to remain poor in the right.


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One of the questions Islanders fans have about the Barclays Center is what the layout for hockey will look like. In this post I will examine several different renderings and explain what I think this means for the arena hockey configuration..
We have all seen reports that the of the Barcalys Center was inspired by the Conseco Fieldhouse. I even had a post about it in October and in cased you forgot what the Conseco hockey layouts look like here it is again.
The pictures below and the 3d seating chart link above probably gives us the best idea how a hockey rink will work at the Barclays Center. These images show that the seats at one end of the lower level can be pushed in. This will be needed to allow for the larger hockey playing surface to fit in the venue.
Here are a few images of hockey games at the Conseco Fieldhouse
From these photos I have come to the conclusion that the most likely outcome for hockey at the Barclays Center would be having the lower level of one end of the arena being closed off. The upper level on that side will be open, but most likely will have blind spots. Even with these flaws at this present moment it is the best option for the Islanders staying in New York and one has to wonder if Barclays Center made changes once they did their study on hockey this summer.


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Second: The book Spinrad spends the most time on in this column is Iron Council by China Mieville, a book I've written quite a bit about, both here and at the Crooked Timber seminar on the book, so I won't say too much more about it right now, as there are other ideas I want to look at.
Finally, for more thoughts on Spinrad and the forces altering the literary and SF landscapes, see the comments to this post by David Moles, particularly those of Ben Rosenbaum.
Okay, now to the column--
Spinrad praises Iron Council, but seems to have some reservations about Mieville's use of magic. He also thinks the book is a novel of political advocacy, and that fantasy is a bad genre for such a thing, because fantasy is about things that are impossible and SF is about things that are within a realm of possibility. Instead of thinking that, perhaps, Mieville wants to do what he does and how he does it, Sprinrad has decided that the book should be science fiction and is fantasy not because that's what Mieville wants to write, but because the evil publishers both hate science fiction and are terrified that the book would be too revolutionary if it were anything other than what it is. Therefore, being craven cowards of concupiscent cupidity, they forced Mieville to write a fantasy novel:
Advocating a violent collectivist revolution in a disconnected fantasy universe where it can maybe be perceived as just a literary game is dicey enough, but doing it in a science fiction novel where it would cut too close to home reality would, under the present political situation in the United States, probably make it unpublishable, and if published, result in an unfriendly visit from the boys from Homeland Security.This is, to indulge in Spinradism, horseshit. At best, it is wishful thinking. Wouldn't it be nice if novels actually had enough of an effect on the world that the government cared? Come on -- if the publishers thought the book had any such power or possibility of scandal, they'd be thrilled (think about all the free publicity Checkpoint got from people who thought it was advocating the assassination of the president).
Spinrad's crackpot theories and odd criticisms are tied to an agenda that becomes clear as the column progresses. Spinrad sees fantasy novels as having sucked up the market for "literarily ambitious science fiction":
I see the best minds of my generation and the ones that followed surrendering into small press publication in order to be published at all, or adapting their talents to fantasy, or in my case historical fiction -- to earn a living, to be sure -- but also to reach a readership of any meaningful size.Here we get to the core of what's going on. Spinrad's own writing is not getting the attention it once did, nor is the writing of his friends. Throughout the entire column -- from the opening where Spinrad moans that he wasn't sent a free review copy of Iron Council to the self-pitying whine of "I've been wondering whether I should even continue to write these columns" to his pointing out that the author of the final book he reviews (Master of None by N. Lee Wood) "happens to be my ex, and she not only didn't want me to mention it, but didn't want me to review her novel at all" -- there is an obvious subtext: I matter! What I do matters! Love me!
...And any number of writers who thought they had long since established secure reputations as major science fiction writers have at least found themselves unable to secure major imprint publication for major work. I will not embarrass these luminaries by naming them, but I will embarrass myself by admitting that I am one of them.
These feelings, though seldom expressed too openly, are common to most artists, and Spinrad certainly must miss the days when his novel Bug Jack Barron was being denounced as pornographic and nihilistic and he was touted as "the Norman Mailer of science fiction". The failure of the New Wave writers to either remain controversial or to become the bastions of a new literature has embittered many of them. The problem is that Spinrad uses his personal disappointments to create an argument about all science fiction.
Spinrad says nice things about books by Paul Di Filippo and Eileen Gunn, wondering all the while why they were not published by big publishers rather than the "featherweight" small presses that did publish them, and why Di Filippo hasn't been more present on Hugo and Nebula ballots. He is stunned that "something called Tachyon Publications" has put together a professional-looking press kit for Gunn's book. Amazing what a little publisher can do. (And the publicity worked -- a mediocre-to-good collection, certainly not the best collection of the year by any means, has now gotten stellar reviews and been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award). And in amidst his condescending remarks about the small presses, Spinrad pauses to let us know that his own masterpiece ("the first meta-science fiction novel") was rejected by the major publishers and he was horrified to discover that small presses don't pay big advances.
Despite being aghast that someone of his stature should have to lower himself to looking at the small presses, Spinrad hopes that Tachyon (and, by association, other small publishers) will be successful, because otherwise science fiction writers won't be able to make a living and will go do other things, which will then mean that the universe will end:
Deeper even than the scientific method is the conviction that reality has a knowable nature, that all of creation is of a consistent pattern, that it is all interrelated, that what is is real, and what is real is ultimately knowable, and that the supernatural is therefore a contradiction in terms.Compare this to Spinrad's introduction to his 1971 anthology The New Tomorrows, in which he defined science fiction as "anything published as science fiction" and said that
This, I am now prepared to contend, is the root metaphysical assumption of all true science fiction. And in literary terms, it means that all true science fiction is centered on the interaction of the external surround -- physical, political, cultural, linguistic, anything and everything -- with the lives and consciousness of the characters.
If it does this, and there is any speculative element in the externals of the fictional universe at all, it is true science fiction, and if it does not, it is not true science fiction. Period.
Of all possible literary movements, a move toward the widest possible diversity in style, content, form, and philosophy will always be the hardest for traditionalists to grasp. I believe that this is what is occurring in speculative fiction today. I believe that the fifteen stories in this book will demonstrate that what the writers hold in common is dedication to private visions, rather than some imagined ideology or commonly held notion of prose style or form. ...It's got a nice ring to it, doesn't it: the only stricture is freedom...
What you are going to read is fifteen stories by fifteen individualists. If you expect a pattern to emerge, you will probably be disappointed. The only pattern here is a lack of pattern; the only stricture is freedom.
And now, in conservative senescence, Spinrad proclaims that there is One True Way -- not only that, but the One True Way will save rational civilization. Funny that someone proclaiming rationalism appropriates the language of evangelical religion.
Spinrad denigrates fantasy because, according to him, it doesn't require a suspension of the reader's disbelief, then says that
science fiction must create belief.Sounds more like Scientology than science fiction.
Belief that its characters, however altered their states of consciousness, however evolved or devolved or alien, inhabit a fictional universe that, however far in the future or far away or both, could in the future or far away or even right now be contiguous with the reality that the reader inhabits.
Spinrad's not saying anything John W. Campbell didn't say over and over again. And to a certain extent, some kinds of SF do have the sort of power Spinrad and Campbell advocate -- there are plenty of stories of Neuromancer inspiring computer geeks to create cyberspace and mold the internet into what we've got today. But it is monumentally shortsighted and pitifully grandiose to claim this sort of world-changing power as the fundamental criterion of what SF is, was, and should be. If you think that most of even the famous and inarguably canonical science fiction stories "could in the future or far away or even right now be contiguous with the reality that the reader inhabits", then you are probably deluded and bordering on schizophrenia.
Spinrad puts far too much emphasis on the denotational content of stories, making him the SF world's equivalent of somebody who thinks every single word of the Bible is literal truth. Such a view is a sad, shriveled, and narrow perspective of fiction's possibilities, one that overpraises the virtues of propaganda and ignores the virtues of allegory, fable, myth, poetry, and imagination.
One might think at this point that Spinrad had gone far enough with his Puritan SF ethic, but no, he must go further, and after insulting various non-European civilizations, he proclaims:
If you have no means of imagining and communicating a vision of something above and beyond the present state, you end up with a culture with no means of even conceptualizing it, let alone calling it into being.I matter! What I do matters! Love me! I created Western civilization and dominated the globe!
This is why the dominant culture on this planet is the so-called West, more properly the globalized culture, for this is the deep force beneath the very notion of cultural progress itself, and this is what has enabled the only culture on Earth that somehow developed a means of doing so to dominate the globe for better and for worse. And no culture that lacks the force is going to be able to compete with one that has it, let alone make things better.
If anybody needed a reason to wish for science fiction to die, Norman Spinrad has given it to them -- not just the engine of imperialism that he ascribes to the genre, but the pitiful sight of a not-bad writer and provocative and thoughtful critic becoming a raving lunatic in search of a cult.
Perhaps I shouldn't have spent so many words on Spinrad's rantings. It's not like his complaints are going to affect anything, after all. But it's frustrating that someone of such experience, someone who has seen the SF field grow and change and contract and metamorphose, ends up writing like the generation of people before him did, and turns into an embarrassing parody of himself.
Or maybe that's the point. Maybe the column really was a parody. Maybe it was Spinrad trying to be a Campbell for the current generation to rebel against*.
If so, then it was a good try and a clever joke. In fact, I like that idea a whole lot more than I do the idea that Spinrad was entirely serious...
*Which is not to neglect the fact that in the late '30s and early '40s, Campbell was a rebel himself, first with his Don A. Stuart stories and then as editor of Astounding


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Hi, I just moved in from Europe and I'm looking forward to make new friends and play tennis again.
I used to play 1 or 2 times a week in Europe and joined occasional amateur tournaments.
My level would be intermediate+
I am available weekdays after 6pm and weekends. I prefer clay but I am open to play on any surface.
Looking forward to play some challenging matches and, why not, make new friends around. Let me know if you're interested.
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Hello Lucian, I just sent you a friend request. Send me a note if you would like to play this weekend. I am available on Sunday 6/9 to hit around. I don't know my rating at the moment, but I'd at least be a 4.0
Have you been playing tennis at all? Have you found people to play with? I'm trying to find more people to play with. Let me know if you know of any clubs/leagues or local people to play with.
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Freshman G Connor Hellebuyck (Commerce, Mich.) was named the Most Valuable Player as he stopped 28 shots to lead No. 1 UMass Lowell over No. 2 New Hampshire, 2-0, Saturday night in the NCAA Tournament Northeast Regional Championship in front of 8,357 at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Sophomore F Scott Wilson (Oakville, Ont.) and freshman F Adam Chapie (Oxford, Mich.), who joined Hellebuyck on the All-Tournament Team, provided the goals while junior D Chad Ruhwedel (San Diego, Calif.) was also named to the team.
With the victory, UMass Lowell advances to the Frozen Four Friday, Apr. 11 and Sunday, Apr. 13 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. The River Hawks will face Yale (19-12-3), a 4-1 winner over North Dakota in the West Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich.
UMass Lowell improved to 28-10-2 as Hellebuyck posted his sixth clean sheet of the season, matching the school record set by former standout Cam McCormick in 2001-02.
The victory avenged the season series, which UNH swept with a 3-0 victory in Lowell, Nov. 16; a 5-2 win in Durham Nov. 30; and a 5-2 victory in Lowell Dec. 1.
Quality opportunities were few and far between in the majority of the pensive first two periods as both teams combined for a total of 33 shots, UMass Lowell with an 18-15 edge.
Wilson, who has had a hand in three of UMass Lowell's four goals, broke the drought with 29 seconds left in the third period. Sophomore G Casey DeSmith turned aside a slapshot from the right point by Ruhwedel, but Wilson picked up the rebound from behind the goal and wrapped around to DeSmith's stickside for the 1-0 lead.
Both teams continued on the offensive and Hellebuyck was at his best with four minutes gone in the third period when he kick-saved a deflected shot by junior D Eric Knodel from the right point.
Knodel again tested Hellebuyck midway through with a one-time off a back pass from the left circle headed for Hellebuyck's glove side, but the goalie read the build-up well and calmly kicked aside.
Chapie, who netted a goal in Friday's 6-1 win over No. 4 Wisconsin, scored the backbreaking goal 13:58, the beneficiary of nice work from Wilson. With UNH mounting a threat, Wilson broke up the play with a diving poke-check to Chapie, who raced up the ice and backhanded past DeSmith while holding off a defenseman.
Equally impressive was the UMass Lowell defense which blocked 13 shots and kept its collective poise as the Wildcats threw numbers forward as time dwindled. UNH pulled DeSmith with 2:47 remaining to no avail.
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The lake level was 656.5, with medium to heavy generation scheduled this past week the lake should drop to 656.2. Truman Lake is five feet over pool. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam was 43 degrees last Monday. Normal temperatures during the past week should improve fishing.
BLACK BASS – For the most part, fishing has been tough. Some anglers are finding good fish in brief periods then nothing the rest of the day. Lower Osage: Try jigs on a sunny day, overcast days try Smithwick's Rogue jerkbait or MoRigs deep but parallel to the shoreline. Glaize Arm: Poor, try Rogues, Crock-O-Gator jigs, MoRigs or YUMbrella rigs near channel swings. Mid-Lake: Poor, try jerkbaits and multi-rigs along channel swings. Niangua Arm: Fair, try purple-and-chartreuse jerkbaits like the Rogue or Megabass on cove points. Little Niangua River: No reported fish. Gravois Arm: Try jigs tipped with soft plastic critters or try multi-rigs. Upper Osage: Try jerkbaits on rocky points. Osage 60 MM: Fair, try Pro Blue or pearl RC jerkbaits along rocky shorelines and cove points.
CATFISH – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Good for blue and flathead catfish in backwaters on cut bait. Lower Osage: Poor to fair on rod and reel baited with cut bait. Glaize Arm: Poor to fair, try in the coves with nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Mid-Lake: Good behind the Tan Tar A island on cut bait. Niangua Arm: Poor, try nightcrawlers, cut bait, and chicken livers. Little Niangua River: No reported fish. Gravois Arm: Fair on rod and reel baited with dead minnows or cut shad. Upper Osage: Good, try fresh cut bait in front of docks. Osage 60 MM: Good on main lake points, try tightlining baited with herring or bacon. Truman Tailwater: Good on cut bait for blue catfish.
CRAPPIE – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Good VERY early, try chartreuse-colored Garland Swimming Minnow. Lower Osage: Fair to good, try blue ice colored jigs 12 to 14 feet deep around big boat docks. Glaize Arm: Fair, try jigs fished around major boat docks. Mid-Lake: Fair, try jigs for suspended fish 18 feet deep over brush. Niangua Arm: Fair, try jigs over dock brush 12 to 14-feet deep. Little Niangua River: No reported fish. Gravois Arm: Fair to good, try blue-and-white jigs around docks. Upper Osage: Fair to good, try jigs tipped with plastic and Berkley Crappie Nibbles 12 to 14-feet deep. Osage 60 MM: Excellent on jigs or minnows on banks where the wind is blowing onto them.
PADDLEFISH – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Good but most fish are just legal sized. Upper Osage: Good for fish in the 25 to 40 pound range with some that are 55 to 75 pounds. Osage 60 MM: Good opening weekend but snagging has slowed since then.
WALLEYE – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Good for anglers in boats, try black Berkley's Gulp Leeches. Truman Tailwater: Good on jigs or minnows.
WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Good from shore with white Berkley Hollow Belly or Split Belly Swimbaits. Lower Osage: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: Poor, try white jigs in coves and on points with Dixie Jet Spoons. Mid-Lake: Poor to fair on spoons in open water. Niangua Arm: Try sqaurebill crankbaits and spoons like the Dixie Jet or Bass Pro Shops XPS Tungsten Jigging Spoon on points. Little Niangua River: No reported fish. Gravois Arm: Fair, try open water with vertically jigged spoons. Osage 60 MM: Crappie anglers are catching a few small fish.
BLUEGILL – Poor, try worm pieces or Berkley Berkley's Gulp Crickets, or Nightcrawler pieces.
NOTE: The Lower Osage is from the dam to the 22-mile mark; Mid-Lake is between the 22 and 38-mile marks; the Upper Osage is between the 38 and 55-mile marks; the Osage 60 MM is between the 55-mile mark and the 89-mile mark; and the 89 MM is between the 89 MM and the Rt. 65 Bridge.
UPDATES – Bagnell Dam – Dam Bait Shop (573-216-2084); Lower Osage and Glaize Arm – Guide Skip Surbaugh (573-365-0006); Midlake and Gravois – Mike Foree @ Osage Beach Bait & Tackle (573-348-9333); Niangua Arm – Darrell Taylor; Upper Osage – Guide John Blankenbeker (573-280-1455); Little Niangua River – Greenmill Campground, (573-363-5577); Osage 60 MM – Bryants Osage Outdoors, www.osagetackle.com (573-374-2278); coming soon, Truman Dam Tailwater – The Osage Mini Mart, Warsaw (660-438-9575); Tourney Results – www724outdoors.com; Lake Level (573-365-9205). Compiled by Darrell Taylor.


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Big Data – Its Business Value and Position within your EA
Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach, USA
January 28-31, 2013
Despite the hype, Big Data is a business reality. Large scale data-analytics is nothing new, but the exponential rate of data growth and data-processing technologies since the 1980's has led to a new data frontier. Information is power, and we stand at a time when 90% of the data in the world today was generated in the last two years alone.
But data is only as useful as your ability to access, process and analyse it within a real-time business application. Despite the sheer enormity of the task, off the shelf hardware, open source frameworks, and the processing capacity of the Cloud, mean that Big Data processing is within the cost-effective grasp of the average business. Organizations can now initiate Big Data projects without significant investment in IT infrastructure.
Data has become the competitive weapon of choice for industry and government in today's "smart" world. To get ahead or even to survive, companies need to embrace data analytics and become data-driven rather than simply using databases to run reports after the fact. A McKinsey report in 2011 predicted a 60% margin increase for retail companies able to harvest the power of Big Data.
Big Data envisages the live streaming of petabytes or zettabytes of information, gleaned from such sources as web logs, social networks, RFID, sensor networks and transaction details, with the intention of gaining a better understanding of customer drivers to achieve competitive advantage. However, simply accessing mass data (volume), from multiple sources (variety) at speed (velocity), does not constitute business advantage. Big Data can equal Big Headache, unless you deploy processes to distil value from the "Data Lake".
Big Data means that the enterprise architect will have to take a fresh look at the architecture for data acquisition, organization and interpretation. As an enterprise resource, big data can also be a liability if it is interpreted differently by different parts of the enterprise, and, if it results in the proliferation of a new generation of "information silos." New data handling techniques are emerging almost daily to deal with the volume, velocity and variety of the data, but these need to be evaluated, understood and either thrown out or integrated with existing systems. The transformation to the enterprise is significant, but these are exactly the sorts of challenges we need to address today.
Cloud Computing, in particular, is transforming the possibilities for collecting, storing, and processing big data. Cloud services can be the source of massive amounts of information. Cloud storage is a readily expandable means of holding that data. Use of the Cloud infrastructure to run analysis programs means that the required processing power is always available, as and when it is needed.
Knowing which elements of a huge, heterogeneous collection of data are related to each other is a crucial aspect of the analysis. Semantic technology has a role to play in enabling these relationships to be discovered and exploited. This is one of the most exciting of the many technical challenges presented by big data.
This event will seek to address the Enterprise Architecture challenges in the context of the growth of Big Data.


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NY acquires 18,294-acre tract in Adirondacks
$12m deal closed in Dec.
NY acquires 18,294-acre tract in Adirondacks
$12m deal closed in Dec.
New York state has taken ownership of the Essex Chain of Lakes tract in the Adirondacks.
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the deal to buy the 18,294 acres from The Nature Conservancy for almost $12.4 million closed on Dec. 21.
The purchase is the first in a five-year program of buying 69,000 acres of former Finch, Pruyn and Co. timber lands for a total of $48 million.
The land is in the towns of Minerva and Newcomb and includes 11 lakes and ponds, nearly 15 miles of Hudson River shoreline and 8.5 miles on the Cedar River shoreline.
There won't be public access to most of the property until the fall, when two hunting club leases on a total of 11,600 acres expires.


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Jane Orcelia (Bovee) Brand went home to her Lord early Monday morning, Aug. 17, 2009, in her Hood River home surrounded by family.
She was born June 6, 1918, in Seattle, Wash., and graduated from Roosevelt High School, then went on to graduate from Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash.
Following college, she worked for the Port of Embarkation, in Seattle. In her spare time she was church secretary and was active in several young adult church activities.
In 1943 she met a young Marine sergeant at the local roller skating rink, while he was home on leave. They corresponded for nearly a year before he proposed in one of his letters. On July 8, 1945, at Camp LeJeune, N.C., she married William S. Brand. They were married 58 years before he preceded her in death in 2004.
They lived the first 40 years of their married life in Seattle. During those years, Jane worked a number of different jobs, sometimes two jobs at a time, one of which was food taste demonstrating.
During those years they raised their five children, and when the youngest was nearly out of high school, they adopted one of Bill's nieces, when she was 12, and raised her, too. In the early 1960s she went to work for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1983.
During their marriage, the couple enjoyed taking their children and joining several other friends and their families, going camping, usually in the North Cascades. On several occasions the three families, plus two couples, who had no children, all pitched tents and/or rented "cabins" at Cass's Resort, on the Skagit River, near Index, Wash.
Many times she would tell her children about going to "Grandpa and Grandma's cabin" just a few miles further up river, near Concrete, where she was treated in the local hospital, following a tumble down a bank which caused a sliver about 6 inches long from the palm of her right hand up into her wrist.
Following her retirement, the couple moved to Hood River in 1985, first setting up their new home on the West Fork of the Hood River, where Bill loved to bring in fresh trout for breakfast, that he caught about 30 feet behind their house.
Later, after a couple of hard winters, the couple moved into their home just off of 12th Street, which they purchased in 1991. Jane, wanting to keep touch with the community, kept her finger on the pace of the town as a food taste demonstrator, until nearly 81 yrs of age.
During her "free" time, she enjoyed crocheting and knitting. In the first 20 years of her retirement, she crocheted or knitted afghans or sweater sets or both for countless grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and great-nieces or great nephews of her own and those of her friends or relatives.
Jane is survived by her younger siblings, Helen Finlayson, of California, Chuck Bovee, of Alaska, and his twin, and Mel Taylor, of Hood River, and their respective families. She took great delight in regaling people with the stories of carrying her baby sister and brother, "one on each hip," when she was only 7½!
Jane is also survived by children Mary Jane DeVore, of Hood River, Verna Snyder (and husband Paul), of Tacoma, Wash., Judy Lee, of Hood River, Gary Brand, of Budapest, Hungary, Jeffery Brand (and wife Margaret), of Monroe, Wash., and Michelle Whipple, of Liberal, Kansas.
She was grandmother to 19 and great-grandmother to 14 and Aunt Jane to many, many nieces and nephews; and countless "honorary adoptees" were proud to call her "Mom," "Grandma" or "Aunt" Jane.
A memorial service will be held at Shepherd of the Valley Church, 1631 Eighth St., Hood River, beginning at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, with light refreshments to follow.
The family suggests that remembrances be made to Heart of Hospice in care of Anderson's Tribute Center.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to sign the family guest book.
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We congratulate every graduating student who is about to embark upon graduation from the College of Health Professions! Our goal is to provide each of our graduates with available resources and job placement opportunities. The Student Life and Information Center provides a link between health care employers and job opportunities listed locally and throughout the nation. Employers value the reputation of MUSC and are eager to recruit and hire our graduates. We maintain a list of job openings each week for you to view. The site is updated daily with any new postings received. To view postings, please click here.
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Whether you are a recent graduate or seasoned professional in your field, if you are looking for new job opportunities, this is a great resource for you. We maintain a Job Data Bank that is updated weekly with any new job postings that are submitted by health care recruiters, facilities, and hospitals. These jobs may be local and many are nationwide. To view postings, please click here.
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We appreciate your interest in posting positions for our senior students and alumni to view. We maintain a Job Data Bank that allows you to post and input your job opening/s. We will keep this information on file for 30 days. If your position fills prior to 30 days, please notify us so we may keep the Job Data Bank as current as possible. If your position does not fill, you may certainly choose to repost the position for another 30 days. To view postings, please click here.
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Over the years, our College has offered numerous programs that, unfortunately, no longer exist. Since all of our Alumni are advised that this Job Data Bank exists, we encourage you to please post any job opportunities you may have even though the program may not be in existence any longer. There is a category for OTHER (previous programs offered such as Speech Language Pathology), that we ask you to please place your positions there.
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Behind the Scenes of the 22cd Annual Works on Paper
By Shayna McConville
Beyond merely creating a piece of art, an artist has to navigate a situation in which to showcase his/her work to an audience. Often, that situation is in a gallery or a museum, and often it is alongside many other artists. A juried group show is a core component of an artist's exhibition history. Artists are invited to submit their work for consideration, frequently under criteria that may include a specific theme such as landscapes, a specific medium such as photography, or may restrict submission to those who reside within a certain radius of the exhibition space.
Exhibition organizers often invite jurors to participate in organizing the group show for many reasons: his/her status in the art world — a factor that can entice more artists to submit work and allow them exposure to someone not normally accessible, the expertise the juror can bring to the table, such as scholarship on a certain topic or material, and also his/her role as an objective outsider. A proficient juror can strategize how to unify the many unique submissions into a coherent exhibition.
Dayton is home to a thriving arts community and to many opportunities to participate in juried group exhibitions. Annually, calls for submissions come from Rosewood Gallery at Rosewood Arts Centre, which organizes exhibitions on the themes of sculpture, paper and landscapes, member exhibitions at the Dayton Visual Arts Center and the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, and themed exhibitions at Rua Studio Gallery, to name just a few.
Rosewood Gallery is currently hosting its 22nd Annual Works on Paper exhibition, on view through March 9th. Mary Gaynier, an artist whose primary medium is cut paper, traveled from Toledo to spend a day jurying Works on Paper, selecting from 290 artworks submitted by 106 artists. Paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculptures filled the two gallery rooms, crawling up the gallery walls, covering tables and dominating every pedestal.
Gaynier's process began by absorbing each artwork in these two rooms, slowly walking from piece to piece. "I don't want this to be a black and white show," said Gaynier, as she kept finding herself returning to the more graphic pieces. "Paper, at least for me, is such an intimate medium."
She stopped at a large black and white drawing of a man and horse, a mixed media piece by Bonnie Kuntz. "How will this piece fit in with the other pieces?" Drawn to the perspective in the work, dramatic angles, lights and darks and general drama of the image — these characteristics began to emerge as qualities that Gaynier considered a unifying thread that could run through the exhibition.
The reality of juried shows is that the anchor, whether it be a piece of artwork or a theme the juror recognizes, makes the selection process move efficiently and guides the success of a coherent exhibition. However, it also means eliminating artworks that do not fall under this prescription, and sometimes the most creative use of material or the strongest concept can be edited out of an exhibition. As she moved through the works, Gaynier remarked that "a piece can be phenomenal, but not fit in with the other pieces … you have a limited amount to work with and it's all about the whole."
Rosewood Gallery Coordinator Amy Kollar Anderson, herself an artist, followed Gaynier, moving works around for the clearest view of each piece. Kollar Anderson has a lot of empathy towards the jurying process. "Not getting accepted into a show is painful … I know from personal experience," she said. "Shows do not dictate your worth as an artist. I can not tell you how many times I have seen work submitted, not been accepted, then return the next year and be selected for an award. The piece was the same, but the juror and the competitors were different, and it made a huge difference."
Gaynier spent the next several hours drilling through the submissions, finally ending with 60 pieces representing the work of 46 artists. Mentally exhausted but smiling, Gaynier had created the 22nd Annual Works on Paper exhibition, showcasing the talents of artists working with or about paper in the Dayton region. The exhibition represented a range of work from the large-scale digital printouts of New York Times photographs by Sean Wilkinson to a steel, paper, and wood mobile by Matthew Burgey.
As Gaynier finished her process, Kollar Anderson began notifying artists of the fate of their artworks in the exhibition. She documented a selection of artworks that had not been a part of Gaynier's selection, posting on the gallery's Facebook page an album titled "Some of my favs." One of the artists responded with "Thanks for posting these. I was devastated that mine didn't make it but I don't feel bad now!"
To learn more about some of the Dayton area organizations with juried exhibition opportunities, visit: Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors (www.daytondsps.org), Dayton Visual Arts Centre (www.daytonvisualarts.org), Rosewood Gallery at Rosewood Arts Centre (gallery.ketteringoh.org), and the Rua Studio Gallery (www.ruastudio.com).
Shayna V. McConville is the Cultural Arts Manager for the City of Kettering. Visit her at Rosewood Arts Centre at 2655 Olson Dr. or visit the website at rosewood.ketteringoh.org. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Professor of Urban Studies & International Affairs
Fanton Hall/Welcome Center
Margarita Gutman holds a doctorate and is an architect from the University of Buenos Aires. She is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and International Affairs at The New School, and Professor Consulta at the School of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning at the University of Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA). From 2004 to 2009, she has been Full Professor and holder of a Chair (Cátedra) of History of Architecture and Cities at the FADU-UBA. She was a Scholar at The Getty Research Institute and at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, Fellow at the International Center for Advanced Studies of New York University, and Senior Fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School.
She is author and editor of 14 books, most recently authored Buenos Aires:El Poder de la Anticipación. Imágenes itinerantes del futuro metropolitano en torno al Centenario (Buenos Aires: The Power of Anticipation. Itinerant Images of Metropolitan Futures on the Centennial) (2011). She edited the award-winning Buenos Aires 1910: Memoria del Porvenir (Buenos Aires 1910: Memories of the World to Come) (1999), and Construir Bicentenarios: Argentina (Building Bicentennials: Argentina) (2005). She co-edited with Rita Molinos Construir Bicentenarios Latinoamericanos en la era de la Globalización (Building Latin American Bicentennials in the age of Globalization) (2012), with Michael Cohen Latin America on the Move. The Post Neo-liberal Transition (2007), and with Horacio Caride Buenos Aires 2050: imágenes del futuro / decisiones del presente (Buenos Aires 2050: Images of the Future / Decisions of the Present) (2007). She is also the co-author with the late Jorge Enrique Hardoy of Buenos Aires Historia Urbana del Área Metropolitana 1536 -2006 (Urban History of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, 1536-2006) (1992 and 2007).
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OV Boys' Tennis Action Gets Underway Tonight As The Pioneers Come To Town
The Owen Valley boys' tennis program's season gets underway this evening when they host the Mooresville Pioneers starting at 5 p.m.
Full of youth, the team has five freshman, as well as two sophomores, five juniors and four seniors.
"This year is going to be a learning year for us, because we lost most of our varsity from last year," OV coach Michael Spinks explained. "But we do have some experience coming up from our junior varsity and I really expect a lot out of them."
Starting in the number one singles position will be junior Ethan Hoadley, while junior Gabe McHaley will fill the number two singles spot. Junior Travis Lester will play number three singles.
At number one doubles, seniors Donovan Jones and Quinn Wilson will take to the court tonight. Cody Frye and Zach Goldman will start at number two doubles.
"I see a lot of potential out here, but I think under game conditions it's going to have to be seasoned a little bit," coach Spinks noted. "It won't take them long. I think after the first three matches or so, we'll be ready to compete at the level we should. We'll just have to be a little patient."
When asked about their off season summer play coach Spinks said, "We can count off about eight players who have been working all summer, and when they came out to the first practice, you could tell." Other members of the Owen Valley tennis program include: Ben Maers, Jonathan Carey, Derrick Mishler, Sam Greenkorn, Corbin Worland, Dalton Vest, Hogan McHaley, Matt Lehman, and David Deatrick.
"We are very optimistic this year and our team is ready to play, but we are playing a very good Mooresville school that plays a lot of the Indianapolis schools and is very competitive," Spinks said. "This is maybe one of our tougher competitions. We expect to be competitive with North Daviess on Thursday and then we have our rivalry with Edgewood next week as well. So we want to be ready for that."
Tonight's action is set to begin at 5 p.m. on the Patriot courts. Thursday night's contest against North Daviess is slated for a 4:30 start time, also at Owen Valley.
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More Oklahomans need to take a stand against bullying in Oklahoma schools, according to state Rep. Anastasia A. Pittman and Kirk Smalley of "Stand for the Silent."
The annual rally against bullying in Oklahoma begins at 9 a.m. , in the House Chamber on the Fourth Floor of the Oklahoma State Capitol.Guest speakers include Smalley, state Reps. Kay Floyd and Kevin Matthews, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi and others.
"We hope everyone will come out and support our efforts to stand against bullying for the kids in our world," said Smalley. "We have raised awareness not only state and nationwide but worldwide as well and we need each voice to join with us to help stop this in our world for its babies," said Smalley.
Pittman said the rally is meant to promote unity and collaboration among emerging young leaders that will attend from every public and private school in Oklahoma. At the rally, they will be exposed to testimonials from victims to gain a better perspective of the effects of bullying and from student organizations who have taken a stand to learn more about what they can accomplish back home.
Referencing Martin Luther King Jr., Matthews said he wants young leaders to understand the power they have to prevent suicide and violence in their communities.
"As young leaders in their peer groups, they must exercise leadership by standing up for those who do not stand up for themselves," Matthews, D-Tulsa. "We are our brothers and sisters' keepers. As Martin Luther King Jr. said 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'"
Floyd, the author of House Bill 1623, said she will talk about the need for suicide prevention.
"The second leading cause of death for school age children in Oklahoma is suicide," Floyd, D-OKC. "I am pleased that lawmakers are addressing this terrible problem with their support of House Bill 1623, which I believe we will see signed into law this year."
The legislation is not mandatory. It will give schools the option of using suicide prevention resources provided by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
Pittman said she was proud of the success of House Bill 1661, which addresses bullying policies in schools, including cyberbullying. The legislation was approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives today.
"Schools are concerned that they will not be able to enforce cyberbullying language, but I think the law will make it possible for law enforcement to get involved. The role of schools will be to document the cyberbullying taking place among their students. They don't have to take a direct approach in situations which they are unable to address," said Pittman, D-Oklahoma City.
Pittman will present a PowerPoint presentation entitled "No Way Out" that will provide information to the young attendees on the resources available to young people who feel they have no way out when they are being bullied.
"We want student leaders to know that there is a way out and give them the resources that they need to prevent bullying and suicide risks in their schools," Pittman said.
Participants will pledge to commit themselves to anti-bullying efforts in Oklahoma.
Some of the organizations that provide resources for bullying prevention efforts include PACER's National Center for Bullying Prevention, at www.PACER.org/Bullying, and Teens Against Bullying, at www.TeensAgainstBullying.org, among others.


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Kitesurfing less demanding re physical strength?
Sorry, I have no clou about kitesurfing. Anybody here who can compare with windsurfing?
A good friend of mine - a small and lightweigth lady - didn't have such a successful introduction into windsurfing. She told me, that she was not strong enough. Later she attended kitesurfing lessons - and she told me, that kitesurfing was much less demanding regarding physical strength. Could anybody confirm this?
Thanks for your feedback.
|16th August 2007, 11:03 PM
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I can't speak to kitesurfing, but getting started in windsurfing does not demand physical strength if you begin with good technique. Most beginners try to push and pull and work against the rig, and therefore make it a struggle. Using the legs, and keeping the sail balanced are the solution to the struggle. Unfortunately, it seems to be human instinct to do it the hard way. Another problem is that some people try to learn with heavy wave rigs, rather than light and easy trainer rigs. Just because the sail is small, does not mean that it is light by any means!
In observing kitesurfers learning their sport, I can see how the lift of the kite might make it feel that it involves less strength.
hope this helps,
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Hi Andy,
last year I started windsurfing and my boyfriend started with kitesurfing - so I think I can compare. (Sorry, my english is not the best).
I'm a "small and lightweight lady" myself and I started windsurfing at age of 40 (!). Of course it is hard, but I agree with Ellen that the way HOW you do it and the equipment is important. Also I think a good teacher who shows and explains the steps of a movement has great influence on sucess.
Once you know how to use a harness, I think kitesurfing and windsurfing need about the same physical strength.
When you learn kitesurfing you learn faster I think, windsurfing takes more time to learn. On the other hand a kite is much more dangerous (for the kiter and the others around). If a kite comes down uncontrolled it can hurt badly, also when the wind is too strong and pulls the kiter across the beach.
Hope that helps,
|20th August 2007, 09:51 PM
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Hello Engelchen
Your reply was very well written! and a valuable view on the topic too. Many thanks, and I'm sure it will help others.
|5th September 2007, 10:35 PM
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physical strength windsurf vs kitsurf
Hi Ellen, guten Abend Engelchen
Thanks for your reply, which was very helpful. It confirms what I thought - but without kitesurf experience I wasn't sure.
I'll talk to that friend again - maybe she gives windsurfing a second chance. (But I won't force her).
Regards, Andy
|6th September 2007, 03:48 AM
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Guten Tag Andy
I hope your friend will give windsurfing a second chance, but I agree - don't force her. That would nearly guarantee that she would not like it. Girls are like that1 :-)
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From what I've heard not only is kiting easier to learn but also less physically demanding. This is because once in the harness in kitesurfing you basically only need to trim your kite which requires very little effort. In windsurfing you need to can for gusts/lulls and trim the sail.
Also, I think in good conditions it is very unlikely that the kite should fall in the water, unlike a windsurf which requires consistent tacking and jibing skills to keep going. If you don't have these skills, uphauling/waterstarting can be tiring and time consuming. In this way kitesurfing might be less tiring.
I'm not sure about the effort/strength needed in legs for kiteboarding, though. Certainly in windsurfing when sailing powered up a great deal of effort is put into keeping the board under control using legs/knees.
I think that overall kiteboarding is probably less tiring and easier to pickup, though potentially more dangerous.
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|5th March 2010, 09:37 AM
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Hi agrelon,
Interesting discussion here.....
Have you ever done kite surfing?
When youi say that once the kite is up and flying, it is unlikely that the kite should fall in the water, have you ever noticed how often the kites come crashing down and must be relaunched to restart.
Have you ever seen one of the modern "self launching" kites continually crash and then relaunch, tea bagging or dragging the newbie kiter downwind until they either let go of the bar (if they can) or cut/release the lines off one side of the bar so the kite will stop relaunching and dragging them.
On a kite board, it usually takes 2 people to get the kite up and flying (this may have changed recently with the newer kites) but in order to launch a kite safely on a crowded beach it will always require two people.
OK, now the kite is up there and stalled.
As soon as you pull the bar and add some power, you are off. If you picked too large a kite for the conditions, what can you do? Pull the chicken loop and depower the kite....
yeah, and if the chicken loop does not dump enough power, what then?
As far as not tacking and jibing, the kite boarders tack and jibe just as often as the windsurfer, and they must pay constant attention to the kite to keep it flying, without having it take the control away from them.
Think of the amount of leg strain to "edge" a kiteboard to go upwind?
I agree with Ellen.
If you pick a good instructor, with top of the line, lightweight, training gear, in begnner friendly conditions, I see no reason why learning to windsurf should be any more physically demanding than learning to kiteboard.
But the same can probably be said for kiteboarding. Good instructor, the right sort of training gear, and the right kind of conditions, and kiteboarding can probably be just as safe and use about the same amount of energy.
You do get alot wetter though!
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I said that kites generally dont fall in the water as often as windsurfing sails because the last I was at a kite/windsurf beach there were generally many more windsurfers waterstarting than kiteboarders trying to relaunch.
I know that I would never start kiteboarding simply because of the space/safe conditions required. With a windsurfer as long as you've got a decent wind angle and a somewhere to beachstart/land on you're pretty much good to go. The thought of the wind dropping and not being able to relauch a kite is enough to put me off kiteboarding.
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