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By Bonnie Myers
World Breastfeeding Month began August 1.
This year's theme is entitled "The Road to Lifelong Health Begins with Breastfeeding". What does breastfeeding have to do with lifelong health? Why does the American Academy of Pediatrics now refer to breastfeeding as a public health issue rather than a lifestyle choice?
Cathy Carothers, President of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) says that " Research shows that infants who are not exclusively breastfed for their first six months of life are more likely to develop a wide range of chronic and acute diseases and conditions including ear infections, diarrheal diseases, asthma, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and respiratory illnesses. In addition, mothers who do not breastfeed are at an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer."
Diabetes and obesity both of which are of great concern in our state are among the chronic conditions. Mississippi is now known for its high obesity rate as well as other chronic illnesses, and has one of the nation's lowest breastfeeding rates. There are resources and organizations available for breastfeeding education, assistance, and support within our community. Family, relatives, friends, health care workers, peer and support groups should all share in promoting and protecting breastfeeding.
The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirms its recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about the first six months of life followed by breastfeeding in combination with the introduction of complementary foods until at least 12 months of age, and continuation of breastfeeding for as long as mutually desired by mother and baby.
The World Health Organization statement is the same but extends the recommended length of breastfeeding for the first two years and beyond.
Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as giving no other food or drink – not even water – except breast milk. Breastfeeding is the normal way to feed an infant and it should begin within the first hour of birth. Colostrum, also known as "liquid gold," is already present at birth in the mother's breasts. This "newborn milk" is thick in consistency helping the baby learn how to suck, swallow, and breathe. Colostrum comes in small amounts at first – the perfect amount for the tiny marble-sized newborn stomach. As the baby learns how to suck and remove milk from the breast, more milk is made in accordance with the law of supply and demand. Early and frequent nursing establishes an abundant milk supply for the baby. Skin to skin contact begins the moment of birth by placing the newborn onto the mother's body and is the proven and absolute best way to begin the bonding process that leads to successful breastfeeding. Volumes have been written on the amazing attributes of skin to skin contact with the mother such as regulating the baby's heart rate, breathing, and body temperature. These early important steps to getting breastfeeding off to a good start should be protected and supported by the family and health care workers.
La Leche League is an international organization that provides free breastfeeding information and mother-to-mother support. Local meetings are held here in Louisville the 4th Saturday of every month at the Extension Office on Vance Street from 1 to 2 pm.
Starkville holds La Leche League meetings on the 2nd Friday of every month from 11:00 – 12:00 pm at the Emerson Family Resource Center. Columbus La Leche League meetings are held on the 3rd Monday evening of every month at 6:30 pm at Columbus Air Force Base it the Chapel Annex. The WIC Breastfeeding Program facilitated by the Mississippi State Department of Health provides breastfeeding education, assistance, and support. Free childbirth classes that emphasize breastfeeding as the infant feeding practice are held three times a year (February, June, and October) at Emerson Family Resource Center on the old Highway 25 South. Check out the Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition web site – msbfc.org – for the latest information and projects for the advancement of breastfeeding support in our state.
Various activities are planned in our area for 2012 World Breastfeeding Week.
Columbus La Leche League will host a family potluck on August 20. There will be window displays at the Winston County Library.
Starkville will host the Big Latch On! at 10 am in the upstairs room of BookMart on Main Street. Also, Starkville will hold one evening meeting on Thursday August 16 (Returning to Work/School and Breastfeeding) and an extra morning meeting on Friday August 24 (Breastfeeding the First Year). Please call one of the La Leche League Leaders for more information about these activities or for any of your breastfeeding concerns. Louisville Bonnie 662-773-3911; Starkville Rebecca 662-546-0236, Jennifer 662-324-1596, Linda 662-324-3944; Columbus Chelsea 662-425-4322, Christina 662-425-4322.


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It is lovely seeing all these powerful words inspiring (pneuma) life. But this is only the created life of the flesh (and you are aiming higher than this; Perl is intended to enrich the spirit also: the rhema that complements the logos). There is more.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

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Recent News
Posted on: 24 April, 2017
"Steel Magnolias" will be the East Central University Theatre Department's closing production of the 2016-2017 Fine Arts Season on Saturday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 30, at 2 p.m. in the Chalmers Herman Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
"Steel Magnolias," by Robert Harling, takes the audience on an emotional roller-coaster, revolving around the lives of six women, all of which drastically different personalities that bring out the best in each other.
The play was copyrighted in 1987 and a motion picture was made, based on the play, in 1989.
Posted on: 24 April, 2017
ECU Showtime will be performing a night of songs from many of the popular Disney animated musicals in "When You Wish Upon a Star" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the Dorothy Summers Theatre on the East Central University campus.
The show is $5 per person and free to ECU students and employees with identification.
Under the direction of Vickie Reifsnider and the musical direction of Rudy Lupinski, the cast will be dressed as Disney characters and perform hits such as Be Our Guest, Let it Go, Gaston and many more.
Posted on: 20 April, 2017
The Hartel Dance Group of Oklahoma City brings its interactive, multi-media dance experience to the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center in Ada on Saturday, April 22, at 7 pm.
The performance will feature Ada High School graduates, dancer Chelsea Walker, and musicians Aaron Robinson and Dillon Branscum, as well as two world-renowned guest artists from Brazil. This marks the 10th season for The Hartel Dance Group and first time performing in Ada.
Posted on: 18 April, 2017
Teaching students about public service was so important to the late Dr. John J. Ulrich that he spent the last six weeks of his life making sure that a sufficient fellowship would be developed for a political science and legal studies major at East Central University.
The Dr. John J. Ulrich Fellowship Scholarship has exceeded expectations, not only in dollar figures, but in the vast array of opportunities that it provides to a deserving student.
"John had some phenomenal students come through the (political science and legal studies) program," said his wife Lesa Ulrich.
Posted on: 11 April, 2017
A screening of the film "The Unforeseen" and a panel discussion will be the focus as East Central University's Oka' Institute kicks off Water Week 2017 with an event called "Let's Talk About Water," on Monday, April 17, in ECU Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
The event is a free and open to the public and the first 30 arrivals will receive a free Oka' Institute water cup. Free snacks will be served at 5 p.m. with the screening to start at 5:30 p.m. The panel discussion will begin, immediately following the film.
Posted on: 11 April, 2017
Amy Ward, social program director at East Central University, has developed an innovative method of enhancing social work students' learning experiences as well as bring together several departments across campus into a collaborative academic setting.
Ward's project, entitled "Implementing Simulation Labs: A Creative Approach in Social Work," has led to her being named a 2017 winner of the prestigious DaVinci Fellow Award.
Posted on: 11 April, 2017
The generous gifts of East Central University alumnae and the late Hallie Brown Ford have impacted several institutions of higher learning.
ECU and the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, are two of those, which are halfway across the country from each other.
Posted on: 07 April, 2017
ADA – Americana and Indie sounds will fill East Central University's Ataloa Theatre in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center, Wednesday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. as Colorado-based band Songs of the Fall along with The Baptist Generals from Denton Texas will take the stage.
Part of ECU's Fine Arts Season, Songs of the Fall features five-time Grammy nominee Cia Cherryholmes on banjo and vocals and Stetson Adkisson on guitar and vocals. They have been described as a meeting of celtic, delta blues and bluegrass and referred to as the American version of the Swell Season.


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Comparing eggs to cigarettes
Eggs are one of the most concentrated sources of cholesterol in the American diet, but how much does that dietary cholesterol actually impact blood cholesterol and heart disease risk? A study investigated egg consumption and cigarette smoking in relation to atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid artery – headlines proclaimed "Egg yolks almost as bad as smoking." Is this a valid assessment of the data? Let's look at all the science on eggs and heart disease and find out.
First, how much does the dietary cholesterol found in egg yolks impact blood cholesterol?
Many studies have investigated this, and the consensus is that dietary cholesterol does raise serum total cholesterol somewhat, but to a very small degree compared with dietary saturated or trans fat.1, 2 Dietary cholesterol elevates serum LDL and HDL cholesterol; meta-analysis of several studies showed that the dietary cholesterol from eggs is associated with an increase in the ratio of total to HDL ("good") cholesterol, which is an indicator of increased cardiovascular risk. These authors reported that the cholesterol from 3-4 eggs per week would elevate total:HDL ratio an amount estimated to translate into 2.1% increase in heart attack risk.3 A small increase in risk, but still an increase.
Are people that eat more eggs more likely to have heart attacks and strokes?
Because of eggs' high cholesterol content, many observational studies have relied on egg consumption as a marker of cholesterol intake. These previous studies have not shown a clear increase in heart attack, stroke, or death from cardiovascular disease in those who eat the most eggs. The Physicians' Health Study, however, reported a 23% increase in death risk in those who ate more than one egg/day.4 Interestingly, these studies have consistently found that diabetics (who are already at increased risk) who eat more eggs do increase their risk – by a lot. The Nurses' Health Study, Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and Physicians' Health Study reported that diabetics who eat more than one egg/day double their cardiovascular disease or death risk compared to diabetics that ate less than one egg per week.5,6 A Greek study of diabetics reported a 5-fold increase in cardiovascular death risk in those eating one egg/day or more.7 Collectively from these data, we can conclude that eggs are likely only to be dangerous in large quantities (more than one egg/day) for healthy individuals, but could be more problematic for populations at risk of cardiovascular disease, such as diabetics. Interestingly, eating 5 eggs/week or more is also associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (not to mention prostate cancer).8,9
In contrast, cigarette smoking is very clearly linked to heart disease, stroke, and death. Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause over 400,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone, one-third of which are related to cardiovascular disease.10
Eggs, cigarettes, and carotid plaque area
Twelve-hundred patients answered questionnaires on their diet and lifestyle, and had ultrasound-based measurements of their total carotid artery plaque area, a strong predictor of future cardiovascular events.11 The authors found similar steep increases in plaque area with increasing "pack-years" of smoking (number of packs/day multiplied by number of years of smoking) and "egg-yolk years" (number of egg yolks/week multiplied by number of years consumed). Importantly, egg yolk consumption and smoking history were not significantly correlated – this means that the people that ate the most eggs were not necessarily the ones who smoked the most. Since carotid plaque area increased more steeply with egg-yolk years and pack-years than with age, the authors concluded that both factors accelerate plaque development. The group with the greatest number of egg-yolk years (200 or more) had plaque development equivalent to 2/3 that of those with the greatest number of pack-years of smoking (more than 40). For example, the data suggests that someone who had eaten 5 eggs/week for 40 years would have 2/3 the amount of plaque as someone who smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for 40 years, other factors being equal.
In addition, they found that subjects eating more than 3 eggs/week (compared to less than 2 eggs/week) had significantly more carotid plaque area – even after statistical controls for a number of factors, including serum cholesterol. This indicates that eggs may increase atherosclerotic plaque development in ways unrelated to elevating blood cholesterol.
The bottom line on eggs
Eggs do contribute some vitamins and minerals and are likely one of the better choices when it comes to animal foods.12 However, there is no nutritional advantage for getting vitamin A/ carotenoids, folate, minerals, etc. from eggs rather than from plant foods. Plus, eggs are extremely rich in animal protein, which is not health-promoting. Although previous studies have not seen increased cardiovascular risk in individuals eating up to one egg/day, this study has identified increased carotid artery plaque in individuals eating 3 eggs/week or more. Taking all this research into account, and comparing to the sobering statistics on cigarette smoking, "eggs are almost as bad as smoking" is probably an overstatement; however, eggs may be more harmful to cardiovascular health than the earlier studies suggested; larger, long-term studies will help to determine the magnitude of risk associated with eggs. If you are at risk of cardiovascular disease, the potential risks of egg consumption must be considered. The associations of eggs with diabetes and prostate cancer must also be considered.
Those with diabetes or cardiovascular disease or at high risk for these conditions (overweight or high cholesterol) should not eat eggs, though 1-2 eggs per week in a slim, healthy individual who is not eating many other animal products is unlikely to be harmful.
1. Clarke R, Frost C, Collins R, et al. Dietary lipids and blood cholesterol: quantitative meta-analysis of metabolic ward studies. BMJ 1997;314:112-117.
2. Howell WH, McNamara DJ, Tosca MA, et al. Plasma lipid and lipoprotein responses to dietary fat and cholesterol: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65:1747-1764.
3. Weggemans RM, Zock PL, Katan MB. Dietary cholesterol from eggs increases the ratio of total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in humans: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;73:885-891.
4. Djousse L, Gaziano JM. Egg consumption in relation to cardiovascular disease and mortality: the Physicians' Health Study. Am J Clin Nutr 2008;87:964-969.
5. Qureshi AI, Suri FK, Ahmed S, et al. Regular egg consumption does not increase the risk of stroke and cardiovascular diseases. Med Sci Monit 2007;13:CR1-8.
6. Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Rimm EB, et al. A prospective study of egg consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women. JAMA 1999;281:1387-1394.
7. Trichopoulou A, Psaltopoulou T, Orfanos P, et al. Diet and physical activity in relation to overall mortality amongst adult diabetics in a general population cohort. J Intern Med 2006;259:583-591.
8. Djousse L, Gaziano JM, Buring JE, et al. Egg consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in men and women. Diabetes Care 2009;32:295-300.
9. Richman EL, Kenfield SA, Stampfer MJ, et al. Egg, red meat, and poultry intake and risk of lethal prostate cancer in the prostate-specific antigen-era: incidence and survival. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2011;4:2110-2121.
10. Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2012 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2012;125:e2-e220.
11. Spence JD, Eliasziw M, DiCicco M, et al. Carotid plaque area: a tool for targeting and evaluating vascular preventive therapy. Stroke 2002;33:2916-2922.
12. Applegate E. Introduction: nutritional and functional roles of eggs in the diet. J Am Coll Nutr 2000;19:495S-498S.


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Lefty Britton headlines O's top 10 prospect list
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
It's hard to think of a year going any better than 2010 did for lefty Zach Britton.
The 2006 third-round pick did, after all, pitch at the two upper-most levels of the Orioles' farm system, went to the Futures Game and led the organization in ERA while finishing second in wins and strikeouts. Those results landed him at No. 19 on MLB.com's Top 50 Prospects list and No. 3 among all left-handed pitching prospects.
"I was happy with what I did last year," Britton said. "I felt like I did what I wanted to do coming into Spring Training 2010. I wanted to focus on my changeup and pitching more with a game plan rather than just throwing my sinker. I felt like I accomplished that."
The sinker was still a pretty good weapon for Britton last year, and he finished with a 2.94 groundout-to-airout ratio. Beyond that, he showed he could throw all three of his pitches at any point in the count with better command. His ability to do that last year made what can be a difficult leap to Double-A and Triple-A seem relatively simple.
Britton now sits on the precipice of joining a young nucleus of relatively homegrown starters in Baltimore. He's seen Brian Matusz and Jake Arrieta go from O's draftees to big leaguers, and he can't wait to join them -- seeing them not only as role models because of their success, but by how they handled the adversity that's sure to come his way.
"Those guys have come up in the past couple of years and have done a good job," Britton said. "Especially with Jake -- he kind of struggled early on, but he actually finished really [well]. That gives me some hope -- knowing you're going to go through some struggles up there, but you can turn it around quickly like he did.
"With us being in camp all Together, [it] is going to be really beneficial, just learning from each other, picking each other's brains."
Don't mistake Britton's confidence for arrogance. He knows he needs to continue to work if he wants to have success at the highest level. But he knows he's very close -- tossing nine scoreless innings to start his Spring Training didn't hurt -- and wants to do what he has to for whenever that call comes.
"I'm just getting myself prepared for whenever they give me the opportunity -- whether it's out of Spring Training or a couple of months into the Minor League season," Britton said. "I'm preparing myself mentally and also getting my pitches sharper."
If he can do that, 2011 just might trump 2010 after all.
Orioles' Top 10 Prospects
1. Britton, LHP: Even if Britton doesn't start the year in Baltimore, it seems more and more likely he'll finish it there. The ground-ball machine commands three pitches well and is very durable. It's a question of if, not when, he joins Matusz, Arrieta and Co. in the young O's rotation.
2. Manny Machado, SS: The top high school position player in last year's First-Year Player Draft, Machado came in at No. 24 on the Top 50 list and topped the shortstop prospect rankings as well. He should hit for average and power, and even with his size (6-foot-3, 185 pounds), can play an excellent shortstop. He's ready to hit full-season ball when the 2011 Minor League season begins.
3. Xavier Avery, OF: The 2010 season is when Avery really started turning potential into performance. He played at two levels, reaching Double-A for the first time. He has plus speed and should continue to steal bases, and he plays a very good center field. While he still strikes out too much for a leadoff type, he did improve on the plate-discipline front. A return to Double-A Bowie appears to be in the cards for the 21-year-old speedster.
4. Joe Mahoney, 1B/OF: MLB.com's choice for O's Minor League Hitter of the Year, Mahoney led the system in batting average, finished fourth in homers and third in RBIs as he played across two levels. Standing 6-foot-6, 240 pounds, he's kind of hard to miss, and it looks like he's finally tapping into his raw power. A member of the 40-man roster, he could be ready to play first in Baltimore by next season.
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6. L.J. Hoes, 2B: Before mononucleosis derailed his season in Class A Frederick, Hoes looked very much like a future top-of-the-order type. He hit .290 with a .413 on-base percentage in the first half of the season -- the kinds of numbers that might be expected of the 21-year-old as he progresses. He's still learning how to play second, and that will continue to be a work in progress as he moves up to Double-A this season.
7. Dan Klein, RHP: The second time was a charm for the Orioles, who drafted Klein out of high school in 2007, then again in the third round last June. He was a closer for UCLA, but it looks like Baltimore will let him develop as a starter because of his four-pitch mix and his ability to command it. He had shoulder surgery in college, and the O's will likely bring him along slowly, knowing they can always shorten him up and get him going quickly in the bullpen.
8. Mychal Givens, SS: A thumb injury ended Givens' 2010 season nearly before it began, so the 2009 draftee will be more or less making his debut this season. He's got a good approach at the plate and should have extra-base power as he develops. The big question is where he's going to play defensively. He's got the tools to play shortstop, but there's also that Machado fellow, so Givens might slide over to second so the pair can play together.
9. Jonathan Schoop, SS: The native of Curacao had a very solid United States debut, giving the Orioles yet another intriguing prospect up the middle. Last summer, Schoop showed solid ability with the bat and should continue to grow into some power. He has good actions defensively, but with Machado and Givens, along with Schoop potentially outgrowing the position, he could have a move to third in his future.
10. Brandon Snyder, 1B/OF: The 2005 first-rounder hasn't taken the most direct path to the big leagues, but he's finally just about there, despite a subpar 2010 at Triple-A. He still has a good bat from the right side and can play a decent first base. He also has Derrek Lee in his way, so the O's have had him catching to make him more versatile.
Under the Radar
Ryan Berry, RHP: Berry slid to the ninth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft because of a shoulder injury and less-than-eye-popping stuff. Still, he finished second in the organization with his 3.22 ERA during his debut last year, pitching at both Class A levels. He doesn't hurt himself with walks and had a nifty 2.10 GO/AO ratio. There isn't much margin for error for him, so it will be interesting to see how his stuff plays at higher levels this season.
Brandon Waring, 3B/1B/OF: He can play three positions, though perhaps not any one of them every day. He strikes out a lot (179 times in 129 games in 2010), but the power is legit, with at least 20 homers for four straight seasons and a career .504 slugging percentage. If he can make contact just a bit more, he could be a solid power threat off the bench in Baltimore.
Hitter of the Year -- Machado
Why stray from the obvious when the obvious makes so much sense? Machado will top the organization in average in his first full season, perhaps even getting a bump up to Frederick at season's end.
Pitcher of the Year -- Klein
With Britton likely to spend a good amount of time in Baltimore, it's time to pass the torch. In 2011, Klein will take the baton. Even if his long-term role is as a reliever, this season he'll do just fine starting, competing for the organization's pitching triple crown.
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com and writes a blog, B3. Follow @JonathanMay oB3 on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The family of former President Dwight Eisenhower says objections to the proposed Eisenhower memorial on the Washington Mall are being ignored.
Groundbreaking on the $112 million memorial is expected to begin this year, The New York Times said.
The memorial, designed by architect Frank Gehry, features a statue of Eisenhower as a barefoot young man from Abilene, Kan., gazing out at the images of his adult accomplishments. Family members say Gehry should portray Eisenhower as a man and great leader.
"He was chief of staff of the Army; he was a two-term president of the United States," said Susan Eisenhower, a granddaughter, told the newspaper. "It's in those roles that America has gratitude for him, not as being a young boy with a great future in front of him."
The family has asked that the project be delayed until its objections are addressed.
Supporters of the plan, however, say the mortality of the World War II veterans and Korean War veterans who are eager to see the memorial must be taken into account when considering a possible delay. The memorial will be dedicated on Memorial Day 2015.
"This memorial will not only tell the story of Eisenhower, the Kansas boy who became a great soldier, a U.S. president and a world leader, but also reflect the story of America -- its proud history, bright future and enduring ideals," the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which included the former president's grandson, David, until he resigned to work with the Eisenhower Foundation, said on its Facebook page.
The National Capital Planning Commission said it received a letter from the Eisenhower family last month expressing concerns about the design and requesting a delay, the newspaper said.


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Right now knicks supporters are suggesting trades for marbury. His trade value is at its all time lowest at the moment, and we want to trade him for a pass first point guard.
True, this would be good but it is not going to happen.
The most consistent rumour I hear on this forum is the trade bibby and artest for marbury, balkman, and lee.
This is a huge step back for our team, and something that I could not bear to watch.
Bibby is worse than marbury and a shoot first point guard. Who throws up about 5 threes a game. Artest can play great defence but he too throws up way to many threes and is erratic of the court.
Fans, imagine Bibby, Artest, and Crawford. How could randolph or curry possibly get the ball?
Trades are not the answer, a change in the starting lineup are.
Point Guard
Stephon Marbury
He needs to be given more freedom in this new starting lineup. More driving, less threes. He needs to take on a tony parker sort of game. Where he drives and if the layup is there, can take it. If not dish it to zbo or out to richardson. Mabury should be averaging 18/7 in this new lineup.
Shooting Guard
Quentin Richardson
Quentin needs to lose weight. But I like his defense so far this season. He will not be a vocal point of offence this season, but someone who is always available to have threes. He needs to rebound, and hustle. I expect hm to average 12/5
Small Forward
Renaldo Balkman
He needs to stop fouling. But Renaldo is very important to this team. Balkman has no offensive game. He is there for defense in this team. He needs to stay around the three and take the opponents main three shooter. I expect him to average 8/4/3/1/1
Power Forward
David Lee
Lee is an amazing rebounder. But in some games I have also seen some great passing ability and offensive position. He needs to start in my opinion, and be a vocal point on the boards, and improve his defence so he averages at least a block. I am expected a 12/11/1 season which could be a reach but given stater status is possible.
Zach randolph
A new position for zach, and one which i think he will relish. Zach can shoot the 15 footer and rebound great. He can also grab the offensive boards. Zach is our star player. Our franchise player. He needs to be given the ball. He also needs to block. I am expecting 24/12.5/2/1.
Eddy Curry
Needs to lose weight, which is the reason he drops off during the last half. He ass is way too big for the nba. He still needs to hustle on the boards and at least block a shot. His scoring has been good. And can come of the bench, and give us his quick scoring spurts. This is a huge important part of the game. Curry is not to play to often in the second quarter. We are going to save him for the third quarter which is the time when we are losing our games Curry should average about 16/6.
Jamal Crawford
Similar role to curry. Crawford is our 6th man. We are going to use him like Terry from dallas. Crawford his to find a better shot, and not to control the ball much which will decrease his turnovers. Should average about 15-
Nate robinson
Defence Nate. Nate has showing three point ability. He should be a main point on the tree. But should be dishing the ball alot more than marbury.
This knick team has the talent to be a playoff team. The maturity I do not know. Changes in the lineup need to be made, but trades will set us back further.


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Curry's tricky balancing act at OCC
Thomas Curry is a bank regulator learning to be a turnaround artist.
In April 2012, he became comptroller of the currency, putting him in charge of an agency under fire from congressional Democrats and liberals who charged it too often puts the interests of big banks ahead of consumers.
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Since that time, Curry has quietly but persistently taken steps to satisfy the regulator's critics while avoiding trashing its past and demoralizing its workforce.
It's a tricky balancing act.
Curry's efforts to rebuild the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's image have come a long way. But as the recent angst over a January settlement between the agency and banks concerning past foreclosure abuses shows, its reputation continues to make it a target for critics of Washington's relationship with the banking industry.
"I think the agency is very strong, but the need is to have to change the perception externally," Curry said in an interview with POLITICO. "We're paying a lot more attention to how we convey what we've always done here at the agency."
A chief challenge has been restoring the OCC's credibility on Capitol Hill.
Curry has acknowledged past mistakes, moved quickly to adopt lawmakers' recommendations and brought in new blood with liberal bona fides at the upper levels of the agency.
By all accounts, his efforts are soothing tensions with some of the agency's toughest critics.
"If people on the Senate banking committee were going to hand out a grade coming up on his first year, my guess is he's going to get at least a B-plus, and he might even get some A's from some people," said one former Senate staffer.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), who had called for the ouster of Curry's predecessor, John Walsh, said Curry has "taken a lot of very positive steps" to improve the agency.
"I think he's balanced, and I think he's fair," Reed said.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who has blasted the agency for incompetent supervision, acknowledged that Curry "inherited an agency that was, frankly, too close to the banks and is taking important steps to clean it up."
But Brown and others have also raised concerns about the $9.3 billion settlement the OCC and Federal Reserve struck with 13 large banks over foreclosure abuses, questioning whether it's a good deal for harmed borrowers.
"It is critical that the OCC and the Federal Reserve disclose additional information about the scope of the harms found to establish confidence in the sufficiency and integrity of the settlement," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said in a Jan. 31 letter to the agencies.


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Halladay knows he needs to evolve on mound
By Richard Justice / MLB.com
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Roy Halladay acknowledged that the time has come to do things differently.
"I've never seen a guy that threw harder as he got older, and if he did, he probably needed to be tested," he said.
This is where we begin the next chapter of Halladay's career. As first steps go, it's a terrific one. Until Saturday, he had been unwilling to acknowledge this new reality. That is, his fastball velocity has declined, and it's not coming back.
Halladay said that every pitcher has to make the same transition at some point in their career. He watched Pat Hentgen and Roger Clemens do it successfully. In another era, Tom Seaver did it without missing a beat.
But Halladay is wrong when he says that every pitcher makes the same transition. Some of them simply can't. Sometimes, ego is a factor. They're so accustomed to challenging hitters that they can't do it any other way.
Other times, they simply can't. Once the fastball goes, location must be precise. Changing speeds and keeping hitters off balance is critical. Those are gifts, too, and not every pitcher is blessed with them. And that's what we just don't know about Roy Halladay at 35.
If he's being honest in saying that he's healthy, he has a chance. But after a year of speculation about his declining velocity and his ability to still pitch at a high level, Halladay stood in front of his locker Saturday afternoon and laid out a brutally honest assessment of himself.
"To me, it's a competition," he said. "It's not a boxing match, it's not a strength vs. strength. It's a chess match. It's competition of the mind and execution and being smarter and being more prepared. To me, that's what I've enjoyed. That's what I've liked about baseball.
"You look at a Jamie Moyer. He could compete with the best of them. He would've gotten knocked out in the first round if he was a boxer. It's just a different mentality. It's not about the strength and throwing harder and overpowering guys. It's about outsmarting and being more prepared and being more consistent. That, to me, is a challenge."
Don't be alarmed, Phillies fans. That Halladay sees what you've seen for a couple of years is a good thing. He has always been thorough in his approach and meticulous in his preparation. Halladay was already changing, whether he said it or not. His fastball averaged 90.6 mph last season, the lowest of his career, according to Fangraphs.com.
Halladay threw more cutters and more changeups and way more curveballs. Perhaps most important, he says he understands that he no longer has stuff to blow hitters away. He must stay on the corners, work the zone and exploit weaknesses.
"That's probably something I'll have to do more," Halladay said. "I'm going to have to pitch that way. Add. Subtract. The older you get, unfortunately, you don't always have the ability to go harder, harder, harder. That's something you have to adjust to. Change your spots, change your location. I feel comfortable I can pitch in that area. If I need a click or two, I have it. When you get older, you're not going to throw 95, 96 the whole game."
Halladay frets with the grip on his cutter and tries to fine-tune his sinker. He believes he'll still be able to reach back and come up with a Major League fastball at certain times, but it won't happen often.
Pay no attention to the numbers in a Saturday start against Toronto Minor Leaguers. He touched 90 mph just once and retired only seven of 18 hitters. There were just three swings and misses, at least two of them on changeups. There were hard-hit balls all over the place.
But that's not what this one was about. Halladay mostly stayed away from his curveball and changeup to work on his other stuff. He said he threw 81 pitches without pain and asked to go back out for another inning.
Halladay has one more Spring Training start and said he'll treat it somewhat like a regular-season game, so the results could offer a better indication of what's ahead. He's penciled in to pitch the second game of the regular season, on April 3 in Atlanta.
What we don't know is what this new Roy Halladay will look like in the long run. After 15 seasons and 2,687 innings, what can he still be? It's one thing to talk about changeups and cutters, but it's another to go out and resist challenging a hitter with a fastball when the game is on the line.
Maybe he'll never again be the guy who led the American League in innings three times and the National League once. Maybe eight All-Star appearances is all there's going to be.
The Phillies probably can't contend for a playoff spot unless their stars have big years, and that includes Halladay. It'll be fascinating watching him attempt to reconstruct his career. He once made the game look easy.
Halladay was so dominant in his best years that hitters never really seemed frustrated. They simply acknowledged that when he brought his "A" game to the park, he was close to unbeatable. Now it's impossible to know what Halladay's "A" game is. For him, that's one of several questions that'll be answered this season.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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An eight-run first help leads to the Phils 16-1 rout of the Mets.
Two big innings lead to the Phils routing of the Mets as they win by the score of 16-1.
The Phils took the lead in the first as, with two men on, and with nobody out, Chase Utley hits an RBI single, knocking in Jimmy Rollins, who had started the game off with a single, then stopped at second base on Juan Pierre's bunt single, giving the Phils a 1-0 lead, while sending Pierre, who had earlier reached base on a bunt single, over to third base. Ryan Howard then gave the Phils a 2-0 lead with an RBI single, scoring Pierre, while sending Utley up to second base. After John Mayberry, Jr. had loaded up the bases with a soft fly single to right, moving up a base both Utley and Howard, Dom Brown gave the Phils a 3-0 lead with an RBI single, knocking in Utley, while sending Howard on to third base, and Mayberry to second base, leaving the bases loaded. The Phils then made it a 4-0 lead as Kevin Frandsen walked, forcing in Howard, while moving up a base both Mayberry and Brown, as the bases remained loaded. The Phils, after the Mets had sent in relief pitcher Collin McHugh, in place of starter Jeremy Hefner, increased their lead to 5-0 as Erik Kratz is hit by a pitch, forcing in Mayberry, while sending Brown to third base, and Frandsen to second base, as the bases remained loaded. The Phils then batted around as Tyler Cloyd hits into a 1-2-3 doubleplay, as McHugh caught his grounder and threw home, forcing out Brown for the inning's first out as catcher Kelly Shoppach touched home plate, before throwing to first base for the second out, while Frandsen would move up to third base, and Kratz would stop at second base on the play. The Phils then took a 7-0 lead as Rollins hits a two-run single, his second hit of the inning, scoring both Frandsen and Kratz. Two batters later, as Pierre had his second hit of the inning, sending Rollins up to second base, the Phils made it an 8-0 lead as Utley hits an RBI single, his second hit in the inning, scoring Rollins, while sending Pierre up to second base. Howard then grounded out, 6-3 for the inning's final out, as the Phils sent thirteen men to the plate. The Phils tried to make it a 9-0 lead in the fifth as, with two men on, via singles by Brown and Frandsen, as Brown would stop at second base, and with one man out, Brown tried to score on Kratz's single to left, but is gunned down at the plate by a good throw by left fielder Lucas Duda, as Shoppach applied the tag, for the inning's second out. The Mets would finally get on the scoreboard in their half of the fifth as, with one man out, Mike Baxter hits a solo home run, his third home run of the season, making it an 8-1 Phils lead. The Phils finally took a 9-1 lead in the eighth as, with two men on, and with two men out, Chase Utley hits an RBI single, his fourth hit of the game, and his third RBI, knocking in Cloyd, who had earlier walked, then stopped at second base on Pierre's single, his fourth hit of the game, while moving Pierre, who had just singled, up to second base. The Phils then increased their lead in the ninth as, with the bases loaded via Frandsen reaching first base on a force out, 6-4, as Brown, who had earlier singled, is forced out at second base for the inning's second out, a walk to Kratz, moving Frandsen up to second base, and a single by pinch hitter Nate Schierholtz, moving up both runners, and with two men out, Rollins is walked, forcing in Frandsen, giving the Phils a 10-1 lead, as both Kratz and Schierholtz moved up a base. The Phils then made it an 11-1 lead as Pierre hits an RBI infield single, on a ball that went up the first base line and stayed fair, for his fifth hit of the night, scoring Kratz, while moving up a base both Schierholtz and Rollins, as the bases stayed loaded. The Phils then took a 12-1 lead as Utley is hit by a pitch, forcing in Schierholtz for Utley's fourth RBI of the night, while moving up a base both Rollins and Pierre. After Michael Martinez is sent in to pinch run for Utley, Howard ended the scoring as he hits a grand-slam home run, his twelfth home run of the season, knocking in Rollins, Pierre and Martinez, giving the Phils a 16-1 lead. That would end up being the final score as B.J. Rosenberg came in and pitched a scoreless ninth.
Tyler Cloyd (2-1, 3.86) got the win as he pitched eight strong innings, giving up a run on only three hits and two walks, as he struck out six. B.J. Rosenberg pitched a scoreless inning, walking a batter. Jeremy Hefner (2-7, 5.79) took the lost as he faced seven batters, getting none of them out, as he gave up seven runs on six hits and a walk. Collin McHugh pitched three innings, giving up a run on three hits and a hit batter. Justin Hampson, Jenrry Mejia, Robert Carson and Manny Acosta combined for four scoreless innings, giving up six hits (Mejia (3), Carson (2), Acosta (1)) between them. Elvin Ramirez pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits and a walk, striking out a batter. Jeurys Familia pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up five runs on three hits and two walks, while striking out a batter. Josh Edgin pitched to two batters, getting neither of them out, as he gave up two runs on a hit and a hit batter. Ramon Ramirez pitched a third of an inning, getting out the only batter that he would face.
The Phils had a season high twenty-one hits in the game, with Juan Pierre leading the team with five hits, all singles, knocking in a run. Chase Utley followed with four hits, three singles and a double, knocking in four runs. Dom Brown followed with three hits, all singles, knocking in a run. Jimmy Rollins (Singles, 3 RBIs), Ryan Howard (Single, Home Run, 5 RBIs) and John Mayberry, Jr. (Singles) were next with two hits each. Kevin Frandsen (RBI), Erik Kratz (RBI) and pinch hitter Nate Schierholtz had the other three Phils' hits, all singles. The Phils also had four walks and two hit batters (Kratz and Utley) in the ballgame.
The Phils (76-74, 3rd) with begin a three-game series with the Braves (86-64, 2nd), starting with a ballgame tonight. The game will be played at Citizens Bank Park, and is to start at 7:05 pm EDT. The Phils will send to the mound Kyle Kendrick (9-11, 4.33) who is coming off a lost to the Astros on September 15, as he pitched five innings, giving up four runs on seven hits, while striking out four, in the Phils' 5-0 lost. He will be trying to recover from his first bad start in almost two months. The Braves will counter with Tommy Hanson (12-8, 4.33), who is coming off a no-decision against the Nationals on September 15, as he went five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk, while striking out seven, in the Braves' 5-4 win. He will be out to try and hinder the Phils' playoff hopes. The Phils will be trying to keep themselves in the race for the second wild card spot.


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Recently, the K-9 Search and Rescue Team, based in Dolores, attended The Challenge awards banquet in Albuquerque, N.M. and were presented with a donation from the The Michael George Kyle Kerschen Search Aid Foundation.
On Friday, April 12, both human and canine members of the team travelled down to Albuquerque with their response vehicle and trailer and were presented with a donation for $7,206.
This generous amount included funds directly from the Foundation itself and from proceeds of a silent auction held during the banquet.
The Foundation honors the memories of Michael George and Kyle Kerschen, two young men lost while snowboarding at Wolf Creek Ski area in January of 2008.
The foundation also honors the great efforts of New Mexico and Colorado communities and their generous donations of time and treasure to support the George and Kerschen families and the friends of Michael and Kyle.
The Team wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the Foundation for continuing to support K-9 Search and Rescue Team with the cost of equipment, training and supplies.
Based in Dolores, K-9 Search and Rescue Team Inc. is a non-profit organization with no tax base that depends solely on donations, grants and fund raisers for support.
For more information about the K-9 Search and Rescue Team, visit their website at www.k9team.org.


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Not to heap all the blame on BMW: Many years ago, over the course of a few years, I had issues with two unrelated motorcycles and they both happened to have been Honda's. We as a dealership were not able to get either unit to run correctly. Honda's regional service rep was not able to get them to run correctly. Both examples went on for longer than 3 weeks and as we neared a month I felt the customer had been patient enough. Honda wasn't willing to hand out a replacement unit to either customer as they felt if man made it man can fix it. No doubt that is a valid statement but what about the customer who laid their money out for the purchase... how long should they wait for repair? No answer was forthcoming.
I, meaning the dealership, gave both customers brand new replacements as the OEM continued to wallow in the decision making process. The problem units were eventually repaired and there were no further issues with either one of them. We lost whatever we lost on each of those units but that falls under the belief you must operate your store in a profitable enough manner to take care of customers properly. To do otherwise isn't fair to the customer, employees or the dealer principle.
By the way, as far as the S1000RR issue was concerned, the dealer did hand out a replacement unit prior to BMW decision making taking place.
The above examples are why we have Lemon Laws. If the dealerships involved here had waited for the OEM decision making process to arrive at a conclusion the customers would have had to wait even longer to know what was going on. This is after all 3 customers had fully paid for their brand new motorcycle purchases. Sad to say but these laws were put in place because many dealers out there would have done zero for the customer and left it up to the OEM's involved.
What a wonderful world we live in...


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Rainbow Mountain > Johnny Vegas > Climber's Log
Johnny Vegas Climber's Log
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|Tired from Mudder Race
Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2014
|Must have been worked more than I thought from Tough Mudder as Pitch 2 felt harder. Then again, i may have been off slightly at the crux of that pitch which is slightly runout. Pitch 1 fun, combined P3 &4 despite rope drag
|Posted May 3, 2014 6:57 pm
|Better way to Slab
Date Climbed: Jan 27, 2014
|Much better way to get to upper Solar Slab than Gully. Easy P1, steep P2 and we ran P3 & 4 together for time. Also rapped this route in dark. Chains hard to find on rap in dark, lol.
|Posted Feb 3, 2014 9:39 pm
|Johnny Vegas + Solar Slab
Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2011
|With Holly and Marsha... Girls rock....
|Posted Jun 7, 2011 6:48 pm
|Shane Rathbun
|Rained out
Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2010
|Lead the first pitch and it began raining/snowing as I setup the belay. Rap'd from here.
|Posted Dec 6, 2010 3:06 pm
|Darn that rain and snow!
Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2010
|Great run up the first pitch with Shane on the lead. First pitch is more like a 5.6 and not 5.7.
|Posted Nov 1, 2010 11:40 pm
|Princess Buttercup
|Lovin' it
Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2010
|Followed Joan Pan, whimper-fest on P2 but feeling better about it. Great exposure and traverses!
|Posted Apr 30, 2010 1:10 am
|rope rescue
Date Climbed: Jan 31, 2010
|Retrieved our rope that got stuck on the rap the day before. Second time was still fun.
|Posted Feb 1, 2010 2:14 am
|A super fun climb!
Date Climbed: Dec 5, 2009
|Practically had the place to ourselves, maybe it was the near freezing temperatures! But, think we were lucky, a couple of days later the place was covered in snow. A great climb, each pitch is different and interesting. A super day!
|Posted Dec 12, 2009 3:13 pm
|Part 1 Of an Epic Day
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009
|We went up this as an approach to Solar Slab. Beautiful line.
|Posted Jun 8, 2009 10:52 pm
|Ultra cool
Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2009
|Really fun climb...loved it. Especially pitch 3. Great exposure.
|Posted Mar 30, 2009 7:36 pm
|quiet winter day
Date Climbed: Jan 12, 2009
|Climbed this on a Monday with Jascha and had the entire wall to ourselves. Combined the route with Solar Slab. Rapped the route and ropes got stuck a few times on the rap, but we made it down just it got completely dark.
|Posted Jan 13, 2009 8:54 am
|Popular climb
Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2008
|There were 3 parties ahead of us when we reached the wall at 8:30am. Fun easy route.
|Posted Oct 20, 2008 8:31 pm
|Sam Page
|I climbed this three times between 2000 and 2002. I would have climbed it a fourth time, but after a rainstorm the usually solid chickenheads were popping off under slight pressure. It sure is hard to bail on a climb . . .
|Posted Apr 26, 2008 10:02 pm
|Dow Williams
|Johnny Vegas
Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2008
|Much more enjoyable than Cat in the Hat I thought. Have done most of the longer routes back here, and was looking for something easy and short with Stacy. Real fun first two pitches. Good to do on a cold day, the holds are huge, but the route steep. Great starter trad lead I would think. Coolest thing was a Ringtail cat stole our lunch. We met a party at the first belay on our rap who saw it go down while they were climbing. Took the lunch bag out of our duffle. We normally leave our bags open at the base of climbs in the Canadian Rockies so the bears don't tear them apart. Stacy was just following protocol. Can see it working on that Snickers bar! That can't be a good thing.
|Posted Jan 3, 2008 7:52 pm
|Fun little climb
Date Climbed: Dec 12, 2007
|This was a good warm up the lower section of solar slab we then hooked up with SunDog to the top it was a great climb
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I'm always going around with what is more or less this claim: It doesn't matter how many people learn to ride every season, or how many media-made superstar groms come into being, there will only be a handful of people who truly know how to ride a snowboard-ever.
Of course, I'm talking riding-the efficient use of a board as dictated by its design. Hucking phenoms don't fit into this puzzle because what they do, although impressive and wholly respectable, is not snowboarding. They could just as well be-as many of them have been and are-on a trampoline, gym floor, or diving board.
Back to my point (of view). In a discipline full of variables and chance, Shaun Palmer rode away with the Boarder-X for the third year in a row. He's the only guy who's ever won the men's Boarder-X at the X-Games. Lesser competitors try to write it off ("It's the start," "He has a world cup ski-tech working on his board," whatever). The fact is, Palmer led every heat he was in from start to finish. In between runs, he'd switch into his ski boots and scare the snowboard pants off of big-name "freeskiers" in the Skiercross (he finished sixth in that, by the way). Add it up and Palmer etched a thick underline below his unquestionable strength and talent. He was the only show at the Games. I can't even imagine an X-Games without him.
Men's pipe was a different but equally cool story. In typical fashion, riders and spectator/judges (we all wish we were judges, don't we?) wussed at the pipe. "The pipe sucks, the judging sucks," etc. Ironically, it's the guys who've been around forever that still haven't figured out the nature of a judged event. You see, only the judges get to judge; it's always been that way. If you enter, then you accept the terms and conditions of the contest.
Jimi Scott, who spends most of his days in Southern California, picked a good time to come outof hibernation and proved my point again, taking advantage of today's crop of complaining pro riders. Solid riding carried him to the top of a heap of media-made pros who could hardly ride. Aside from a handful of stellar moves from guys like Michalchuck, pipe riding barely seems to have changed over the last ten years. An emphasis on recent big-air jumping trends showed through as most riders were no more than one-hit wonders. One big trick, no good riding. Engelsman rode the pipe well in the run I saw, but it was Jimi who put it together with a variety and consistency the others couldn't muster. I was stoked to see him take it.
In the women's events, there was some innovation on Shannon Dunn's part-she was at least pulling progressive moves. Cara-Beth made the most of the box extension much to the stoke of the skate-biased announcers. Tricia Byrnes was riding solid. She just seems stronger than the rest. None of them won, though.
Hoy's X-Games Fact Sheet
Lamest "New" Sport: Skiboarding, without a doubt. Not worthy of either half of its name. Make fun of a snowboarder or skier by calling them a skiboarder. (e.g. "Hey Joe, heard you're in the skiboarding finals.")
Best Event By Far: Snowcross ("snotocross," or snowmobile racing). What I'd do for a slled like that! These guys go big and fast and make midwesterners look rad. This one girl watching kept saying, "Oh my heck! Oh my heck." She couldn't believe Billy Bob qualified.
Most Embarrassing Moment: Big-name hucksters and one-hit wonders who couldn't get over the lip of the pipe. You know who you are-better take the money while you can.
Most Embarrassing Moment Two: Women's Boarder-X in general. Couldn't ride the whoops well enough to make the step-up jump. Even more embarrassing was to take the option around the jump and then complain about the fact that there was an option during your television interview. Some shit never changes.
Best Athletes: Palmer and Maelle Ricker (Thank you!). Barrett Christy and Shannon Dunn were good, too.


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Discussion in 'Racquets' started by Ross K, Sep 11, 2010.
Don't have your US grading system here, but maybe a 3.5, Jack.
Just read your new excellent APD review/summation on the APD playtest thread. Nice, JG. Makes me wonder if I may just find the Original to be unbeatable out of all these versions of the Aeropro. The black Rafa APD isn't actually a frame I struggle with to keep the ball in bounds. Also, the lower flex of the Original is just a lot nicer than most 70+ similarish tweenerish racs.
mad dog,
Did you switch to the new APD? How are you finding it?
no, i ultimately decided to pass. it's still feels too much like an APD and i need the racquet to feel good when it hits the ball. while it hits a good ball, i just don't enjoy the feel of it as much as my BC20, PK Black Ace 95 special, TT Radical Tour OS, PS85, or POG OS. since i don't rely on tennis to pay my bills, i decided i'd rather stick to hitting with my rather large collection of 'feel good' sticks instead.
My guess is that would probably end up being the case. If anything, the two sticks are probably similar enough to where there isn't enough reason to spend on the new frame. Plus, yours still has the best paintjob of them all.
In some ways I'm jealous of players who can effectively wield the apd. Was telling MD about one of the all-time league beat-downs I got from some Greek dude who knew just how to wield it, and was just thundering those line-clippers to each corner with such ease all night long. It truly felt unfair.
I've just never been able to get there myself with that frame. And it was always too stiff for my taste, never felt satisfying in the hand. If it works for you, though, and you can keep it under control, then it's definitely one of those sticks that can truly be a weapon and improve one's shots and game.
I also feel like if I played with nothing but that stick for several weeks, I'd probably get far more used to exactly the kind of strokes I have to hit with it and could get to the point where I'd be far more effective. But in the end I tend to always veer back to my control sticks, my feel sticks, so not worth the effort for me.
Would be nice if one day Bab tried to make an apd with a stiffness of like 61. But then, why would they? It's the No. 1 selling frame out there as is, so no need to change what's working.
Power Player....90 min special on Tennis Channel right now about Agassi.
edit: it will be repeated at midnite. EST
Thanks Jack, I have seen it many times but it never gets old. Have it on now.
Got my Vcore 97 Tour this morning. Feels great in my hands. Nice weight. Awesome paint job. Will hit with it tomorrow.
Just watched if for the first time. Great 90 min special. I also really enjoyed his book. Brutally honest.
I played two sets today with the Vcore 97 tour. Great on flat and spin serves. Backhand slice can de hit low and with pace. Had some trouble with my forehand as it was landing short at times. The control and comfort is much better than with the APD GT . Zero vibration. The full set of Lux 4 may or may not be the one. Serves and bh slice went well but we will see about the forehand. Topspin backhand seems will work just fine but I sliced alot today.I am pleased but it will tale some time to dial in my rhythm and strokes as this racket plays different if compared to the a APD. The Tour feels like a pro racket, the APD like a cheap toy.
Cheap toy?...
Oh, Boricua...
Attention all APD holics!
The other day I saw an APD "Tour" for sale that was a different PJ and really long almost CAP grommets. Most likely it's a fake, but I think it would be an interesting hit. I've never seen it before and had little luck finding information on it.
Anyone seen one before???
Nice looking PJ. Never heard of it
Quick google brings up TW review.
Length 27 inches 69 centimeters
Head Size 97 square inches 626 square centimeters
Weight 11.5 ounces 326 grams
Balance Point 12.875 inches
33 centimeters 5pts Head Light
Construction 17 mm Head / 21 mm Shaft
Composition High Modulus Graphite
String Pattern 16 Mains / 19 Crosses
Flex 73
From 2003
yep thats the original Aero tour which was subsequently replaced by the APD it had a super thin profile for low wind resistance on the big western forehands unfortunately it was so stiff it felt like playing with a 2x4. I have the "pro limited" version in my closet which weighed in at 12.4 oz..it was a beast, but I played pretty well with it
Interesting ^^^. I confess that's all new to me.
PP, other RH bladesters,
Just been taking notes from the open pattern darth vader TT review... compares to a TF 320 and a Organix 10 for one tester. Like a IG Speed or IG Rad but with more heft and solidness says another. Jason name-checks the Bio 400 T. And the final tester says it really reminds him of a PD, Head Extremes too, though the Blade has better solidness and feel.
Those guys use custom APDs all leaded up. APD in stock form is another story. The aero design for hitting topspin is very good but in comparison to the vcore tour 97 its to light and powerful and with a more unpredictable stringbed. As JGads said in his 2013 APD the Apd lets you hit great shots but make you give away points. But I will probably buy that cheap toy soon.
Went back to my Juice today after being in the Steam Room all week and it was a pretty easy transition back. The 2 racquets are I indeed very similar, especially with the way my Juice is leaded (2g at 12').
The Juice MAYBE has a little more power, but it's close. Ross, I am really liking the Yonex Poly Tour pro on the 2nd outing. Nice power and pocketing and yes the yellow looks awesome in the Juice.
Good thing about the vcore tour 97 is that it is possible to experiment with almost any poly and not get hurt. May try solinco outlast mains and babolat nvy crosses soon
That's awesome! Thanks for the info. It seems like it would be a really fun frame to hit with, albeit a rather uncomfortable one!
B - haha, yes, I also definitely haven't ruled out the frame that's been my fav for a few years. TBH I've consistently found it a bit lacking in a few areas for a long time, areas the Juice and maybe PD kind of make up for. Of course, I still think it's basic b-line powerful spinny g/stroke is pretty much unbeatable.
I am actually presently looking at all frames stock, playing with no lead, lowering tensions (e.g., polys @ low/mid 40s).
Jack - Interesting first remark re J and 99s similarity.
Re Poly Pro Tour, I've just bought a further 4 sets (want to try it in the PD soon as well.) If I like it this week as much as I did last week I'm pretty tempted to stay around with it for a while. As I said, I've played with a load of polys that appear rather alike or haven't particularly made me sit up and take notice, but when you just click with a set up like I look to have done with the Juice and PPT, seems silly to mess with that.
If you really want a Babolat guaranteed to give everyone tennis elbow then get this one, and I've been fine with every Babolat otherwise.
The 2013 Aero Pro was my main target until I got a sore tennis elbow a week ago. Using full Solinco Revolution was an error and my elbow payed for it. I will possibly get the APD 2013 n the near future and use TCS at 52 or TCS Mains/ Babolat Ny crosses. This way I can deal with the stiffness factor. If that is too powerful then I will go for the low powered Weiss Cannon Black5Edge at 46. I know I will miss the APD and its unique design so there is a big possibility that I will get it. The goal will be to eliminate or decrease unwanted vibrations and use a stringbed that is not too powerful.
For now, I will keep up using the VCORE 97 and later use it in combination with the APD. The VCORE 97 is an excellent frame to rest my elbow, it has a big sweetsopot with zero vibration, great for serves and backhand slice, good precision and control, and its construction is great. Can be a great offensive weapon if one adjusts to it properly.
On another note, the VCORE xi 100 is coming out next year with a higher swingweight. Could be interesting but I think the hefty 97 Yonex was the way to . But, I will keep an eye on this xi 100.
What are you using as a cross? Right now I have Yonex multi as the cross.
I actually have it in a full poly job.
Ross, I agree about polys, if you are finding you like one a lot and it gives you enough playtime, then stick with it. There are too many options out there.
You almost have to weed them out with silly stuff like if the color matches the frame ..etc.
Have you used B5E? If so, is B5E lower powered and softer (or the opposite) than Yonex Poly Tour Pro?
Haven't tried B5E before.
B5E is pretty comfy in full bed and retains tension well. Some people prefer it hybrid.
Did you ever try TCS in your APD Original or in any other frame? I remember you had it in your list of "strings to try"
I have and yes it's lower powered. Comfy though.
So, are there any West coast RH's that wouldn't mind helping a Canadian out with some shipping issues? It would get you some instant TW street cred, and a couple of bucks! :razz:
Thanks guys!
What's the issue?
I can't get Babolat shipped out of the States and was wondering if one of you lovely folks could accept my order and forward it my way. I'd be more then happy to cover shipping and then some! I have a credit with TW and have been hoping to finally use it, but nonetheless I cannot. Feel free to email me through my profile if it's something you wouldn't mind checking out for me!
^^Sent you an email if you still need someone to help you smuggle your Babolat goods to Canada.
Sounds good! I'll reply to you in the morning once I'm a bit more coherent in my speech! :razz:
Thanks for the mail, you'll be hearing from me soon!
My eyes were popping out my head a bit reading botticelli's post in the 99s thread re it's performance and how it compares to the new APD...
I have had the fear that the 99s could be for me something a bit Exo Tourish in how that spin works, ball not getting put away, etc. Not saying it's the same as I obviously do not know yet, but fascinating to read a contrary review to most of the praise and kudos, and it does put the new APD in a good light.
Hi I'm Ray,
Have you hit with the new APD? If so, what's your take on it?
Random post. Extended demo with 6.0 PS95 reveals sexy feel, plow, spin, and forgiving. BM@57.
Plays like a 2k9 Rebel in open pattern. A little slower through the air, but an extremely solid stick. I wanna try bm 17 on the rebel for comparison.
What racket are you buying? Pure Strom LTD?
How much time did you spend with the Exo Tour? It has taken me about two months to figure out how to hit winners with this thing but I'm still more content to just work the point with this frame.
So Ross, Who is buying first the new Aeropro, you or me?
I am deciding to apply 90 dollars store credit to Yonex 308 shoes that are on Sale or the new APD. I'm on a serious dilemma. The VCORE 97 Tour is very good in terms of absorbing shots and penetrating the court but the free power of the APD and the aero design is In my Blood.
I appreciate your random post! The prostaff classic 6.0 95 is a sweet stick. I really haven't played with anything that feels quite like it. It's flexy, but has some power due to its weight. I really considered pawning it off my old coach lol. He had tour bite in it, but lord knows that he shouldn't be using poly lol.
The 6.0 is a great racket with really good spin potential. I believe davydenko uses it under a pj
Me too B. TBH though, I'm also keenly following all the feedback re the 99s and new open Blade as well. Let's hope come mid-January I've made up my mind which to look at. Of course, chances are that over time I'll end up looking at them all anyhow (dear oh dear).
I spent about, I don't know, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, something in that region. Maybe you are right and that would have come with time. What did it for me was having a random hit with at my APD and realizing it blasted the pants off the Prince stick. Great frame none-the-less. Stupendous spin. Highly maneuverable and swings lovely. Wonderful soft flex. Just preferred the Aeropro to the Exo from the b-line and for nailing winners and putaways.
I myself read posts about the Blade, the 99, the Juice and others. But, my infatuation revolves around the beautiful, precise and perfectly crafted VCORE Tour 97 and the modern, rebelious and spin monster APD.
The Exo Tour is a weird stick, no doubt about that. I can understand why people would not like it.
Ross....at our level, getting the ball back over the net wins matches...not flat winners. More spin = more net clearance = less unforced errors = more wins.
Also remember that what works for one player may not work for another. I feel like you sometimes take too much stock in what others say about certain racquets. If there's one thing I learned with all my racquet testing, its that its a very individual thing and you shouldn't let a few negative comments change your own impressions.
no, dolgopolov does.
Yup! I took the PSL for a hit yesterday and it was great. Didn't bother my back at all which was a huge relief. Ill need another one as a back up for tourneys and such. :razz:
Hey all, just figured incase you guys were shopping that the pink BLX Blade is only $69.00 right now due to their 12 Days of Savings!
I enjoyed my time in cortex land but I'm back with the Prestige S. It was fun while it lasted (a week) but the BD just didn't have the control of the S.
I have an easier time with the the S in producing that driving ball that cuts through the court. Hit with my D1 buddy on Monday and that told me all I needed to know with the BD. Reminded me of Gad's apd summary: it will steal you some points but also give some away.
On the upside, I sold the BD more than I bought it for so alls well that ends well.
what did you guys do when you figure out you are just another hack in the park? I was playing the other day with some people and just felt like i was swinging like another hack. Maybe it was all the cute girls walking around mixed with my bad form.
Anyways. Going out for another hit with the 6.0 PS95. I want a pair of these babies so badly.
EDIT: Concerning the 99s and loopy light balls... Lead Tape and strings. I believe these are required to hit a insanely hefty ball.
I personally want Fuji to test it out at 13oz to see what it can really do. I have a feeling that guy hits like a monster.
Hahaha! I hit a pretty heavy ball. I generate stupid amounts of RHS which may be exactly what the doctor ordered for the 99S. Once I'm able to get my hands on one I'll be more than happy to lead it up and tell you how it goes! Any suggestions on what string I should try?
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This is the number one reason why we have to FIRE Damnphony.
If he lower our 9+man rotation, or have a personal conflict with any
player this early in the season.......we are toast this season
Damnphony had nothing to do with the "MAN to MAN" Defense played by individual players tonight (get back at Mcgee's 6 blockshots).
We did not play or form a "TEAM-DEFENSE" tonight.
There is a difference between the two
bahahaha its funny reading the haters posts here. yeah we should fire d'antoni cause he showed he could close out the game on an 18-3 run, employ great defensive strategies and put away a team in the 4th.
yes, being 3-2 is so terrible.. we NEED to fire him guys we just nnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddddddd to.
i'm kinda drunk after watchin' the game with my lady tonight. so much fun watchin the knicks kick ass for a change. this is freshhhh
When you have crap, like we did last year and the year before, you get crap. Mike D'antoni is a good coach, but he couldn't overcome those bad teams we had. This is so simple.
We were rebuilding (what don't you get about this). Now we're just building. This team has promise.
Let me get this straight. When this team last year wasn't playing defense, and people like me, Trillion, a few others said that was a product of the team not being good defensive players. And YOU KIYAMAN said that a good defensive coach would teach the team defense, REGARDLESS of the personnel.
Then, this year, when we are playing good defense, it is 100% to do with the personnel 0% to do with D'Antoni, the personnel on the squad (which is what people like me said from the get go...).
So either you were lying about your opinion then or are lying about your opinion now, either way you want to put it.
Fact is, those of us that said it was the personnel that made us a bad defensive team last year and in year's past are clearly being proven right. Kiya wants to be right so bad he just makes up things to make D'Antoni look horrible. If we won the finals this year Kiya would be mad that we didn't sweep. Just admit it Kiya: you were wrong. It's okay. Nobody will think less of you. In fact, what you are doing now, clearly lying and making up truths to defend your inane and incorrect commentary and predictions from the past makes everyone (including myself) lose respect for you by the instant.
Great overall game, they ended strong and played terrific. Hope it continues, i think the Knicks can get a good win streak going. I'm seeing improvements in every game, Amare may have troubles at time but makes up for it in other ways. The game was won with some flashy plays on defense and offense.
Lets go Knicks!!!!!!!!
Tony Chill Douglas = #1 reason Knicks are turning it around. defense + offense = winning combination.
Gallipini hitting shots. 2nd game no greasy hair!
Turrifiaf is GRRRRREAT! the shot blocker Knicks needed!
Sky Walker busting moves!!
Feltip getting better all the time with 10 dimes.
Moscow - more minutes, signs of excellence
SOOO happy Duhound is gone
not missing DLEE at all!
pass that weed, son... chandler!
woo hoo!
It's amazing how replacing Duhon with Felton and Lee with Amar'e and Jeffries with Turiaf can make the team look like a playoff-bound one.
I know we're only 5 games in but it's tough to not be excited (unless you're Kiyaman and would rather have Isiah over D'Antoni)
I'm loving the balance of the team so far. Its interesting when you consider that Douglas actually had the most shot attempts by a decent margin. When the ball moves around and theres some trust and selflessness, we are a dangerous team.
AR just needs more time to gain confidence and I think he'll be fine. He's young and needs a boost to get going. Being injured for so long definitely didn't help. Imagine our team if AR and Buike are healthy and adjusted. The only oddball really is Mason... I have no clue why we signed him.
11 Blocks, 11 steals, 21 Wizard TOs, Douglas poisoning Wall, The Gov taking it to McGee, Walker smashing on cats, Felton tearing, Gallo hitting, STAT swatting, The Thrill raping, Randolph 'bounding, Landry cutting and RONNIE! how I love thee. Let me count the ways.
Wow...6 guys scoring in double figures. Nice. Using deep rotation is 1 thing. Rotation actually working is another. Tend to say that Stat tried to turn it up a notch going .500+ from the field scoring 18 and 4 BS. He'll get there. And TD really is spectacular.


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