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Russia and Italy play for gold at 2013 CEV VELUX EuroVolley
After a disastrous start with Bulgaria dominating the scene in the opening set, once more – as it had previously done with Belarus, the Netherlands, and Finland – Italy fought their way back to sweep the following three sets (19-25, 25-22, 25-15, and 25-22) to get the right to vie for gold on the last day of the competition. With this victory Italy did also qualify for the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Championship taking place in Poland and on Sunday will try to improve on the silver medal they claimed two years ago in Vienna where they lost the final match to Serbia. Youngster Luca Vettori delivered a superb performance top scoring in the end with 21 points, one more than Bulgaria most prolific player Tsvetan Sokolov.
"Today we once again started slowly as it happened against the Netherlands and Finland and today maybe it was the most awful set we had in the tournament, but I have no words anymore to tell about how proud I am of my players" said Italy coach Mauro Berruto. "Once again we had to change the starting six but the players have a marvelous attitude about that. I think we played our best three sets in the tournament from the second set today and that is what we can pack in our bags for tomorrow. We arrive here through difficulties but playing our three best sets today. We are not the favorites and we play against a huge team. Russia has everything to win and we have to know that we have to resist, resist and resist again and I think we are ready to give it a try".
The 2012 Olympic champions of Russia lived up to their reputation and edged Serbia 3:1 (25-19, 24-26, 25-23, and 25-15) to make it to the gold medal match of the 2013 CEV VELUX EuroVolley scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 6 pm. A large crowd got together at Parken stadium for the first semifinal where Russia was able to impose their rule right from the start of the game but had to stand the always great fighting spirit of a young Serbian side that fought their way back to win the second set after a very tight race. Serbia was close to do the same also in the third set but this time Russia was able to keep cool and once they had gone for the 2:1, the Olympic champions did never look back to dominate the scene in the fourth set (25-15) and get the right to play for gold on Sunday. With this result, Russia did also qualify for the final round of the FIVB Volleyball World Championships coming up next year in Poland.
Russia coach Andrey Voronkov said: "I think we played a good match today and our main concern was to deal with Atanasijevic and his serves and spikes. We were also concerned about our serve and reception. I am very glad that we played in this special stadium with a nice atmosphere and that we can decide ourselves if we are crowned champions. It was a good experience, thanks to the supporters and spectators and even though it was unusual to play at a football stadium it was a good match".
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The list is being provided in two formats -- Microsoft Word 7.0 and Excel 7.0. In addition, we are making available the Preface and Introduction that was previously distributed April 24, a Table of Contents, alphabetical and numerical indexes and a version of the National/International list without the 25 word description for use by smaller campaigns (see 5 CFR §950.401(k)). The attached Preface and Introduction must be reproduced exactly in your local campaign Charity List and on any applicable electronic information system.
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charnames - access to Unicode character names and named character sequences; also define character names
use charnames ':full'; print "\N{GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA} is called sigma.\n"; print "\N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH VERTICAL LINE BELOW}", " is an officially named sequence of two Unicode characters\n"; use charnames ':short'; print "\N{greek:Sigma} is an upper-case sigma.\n"; use charnames qw(cyrillic greek); print "\N{sigma} is Greek sigma, and \N{be} is Cyrillic b.\n"; use charnames ":full", ":alias" => { e_ACUTE => "LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE", mychar => 0xE8000, # Private use area }; print "\N{e_ACUTE} is a small letter e with an acute.\n"; print "\\N{mychar} allows me to name private use characters.\n"; use charnames (); print charnames::viacode(0x1234); # prints "ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SEE" printf "%04X", charnames::vianame("GOTHIC LETTER AHSA"); # prints # "10330" print charnames::vianame("LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A"); # prints 65 on # ASCII platforms; # 193 on EBCDIC print charnames::string_vianame("LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A"); # prints "A"
Pragma "use charnames" is used to gain access to the names of the Unicode characters and named character sequences, and to allow you to define your own character and character sequence names. All forms of the pragma enable use of the following 3 functions: · "charnames::string_vianame(name)" for run-time lookup of a either a character name or a named character sequence, returning its string representation · "charnames::vianame(name)" for run-time lookup of a character name (but not a named character sequence) to get its ordinal value (code point) · "charnames::viacode(code)" for run-time lookup of a code point to get its Unicode name. All forms other than "use charnames ();" also enable the use of "\N{CHARNAME}" sequences to compile a Unicode character into a string, based on its name. Note that "\N{U+...}", where the ... is a hexadecimal number, also inserts a character into a string, but doesn't require the use of this pragma. The character it inserts is the one whose code point (ordinal value) is equal to the number. For example, "\N{U+263a}" is the Unicode (white background, black foreground) smiley face; it doesn't require this pragma, whereas the equivalent, "\N{WHITE SMILING FACE}" does. Also, "\N{...}" can mean a regex quantifier instead of a character name, when the ... is a number (or comma separated pair of numbers (see "QUANTIFIERS" in perlreref), and is not related to this pragma. The "charnames" pragma supports arguments ":full", ":short", script names and customized aliases. If ":full" is present, for expansion of "\N{CHARNAME}", the string CHARNAME is first looked up in the list of standard Unicode character names. If ":short" is present, and CHARNAME has the form "SCRIPT:CNAME", then CNAME is looked up as a letter in script SCRIPT. If "use charnames" is used with script name arguments, then for "\N{CHARNAME}" the name CHARNAME is looked up as a letter in the given scripts (in the specified order). Customized aliases can override these, and are explained in "CUSTOM ALIASES". For lookup of CHARNAME inside a given script SCRIPTNAME this pragma looks for the names SCRIPTNAME CAPITAL LETTER CHARNAME SCRIPTNAME SMALL LETTER CHARNAME SCRIPTNAME LETTER CHARNAME in the table of standard Unicode names. If CHARNAME is lowercase, then the "CAPITAL" variant is ignored, otherwise the "SMALL" variant is ignored. Note that "\N{...}" is compile-time; it's a special form of string constant used inside double-quotish strings; this means that you cannot use variables inside the "\N{...}". If you want similar run-time functionality, use charnames::string_vianame(). For the C0 and C1 control characters (U+0000..U+001F, U+0080..U+009F) there are no official Unicode names but you can use instead the ISO 6429 names (LINE FEED, ESCAPE, and so forth, and their abbreviations, LF, ESC, ...). In Unicode 3.2 (as of Perl 5.8) some naming changes took place, and ISO 6429 was updated, see "ALIASES". If the input name is unknown, "\N{NAME}" raises a warning and substitutes the Unicode REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (U+FFFD). For "\N{NAME}", it is a fatal error if "use bytes" is in effect and the input name is that of a character that won't fit into a byte (i.e., whose ordinal is above 255). Otherwise, any string that includes a "\N{charname}" or "\N{U+code point}" will automatically have Unicode semantics (see "Byte and Character Semantics" in perlunicode).
A few aliases have been defined for convenience: instead of having to use the official names LINE FEED (LF) FORM FEED (FF) CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) NEXT LINE (NEL) (yes, with parentheses), one can use LINE FEED FORM FEED CARRIAGE RETURN NEXT LINE LF FF CR NEL All the other standard abbreviations for the controls, such as "ACK" for "ACKNOWLEDGE" also can be used. One can also use BYTE ORDER MARK BOM and these abbreviations Abbreviation Full Name CGJ COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER FVS1 MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR ONE FVS2 MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR TWO FVS3 MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR THREE LRE LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING LRM LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK LRO LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE MMSP MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE MVS MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR NBSP NO-BREAK SPACE NNBSP NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE PDF POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING RLE RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING RLM RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK RLO RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE SHY SOFT HYPHEN VS1 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 . . . VS256 VARIATION SELECTOR-256 WJ WORD JOINER ZWJ ZERO WIDTH JOINER ZWNJ ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER ZWSP ZERO WIDTH SPACE For backward compatibility one can use the old names for certain C0 and C1 controls old new FILE SEPARATOR INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR GROUP SEPARATOR INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE HORIZONTAL TABULATION CHARACTER TABULATION HORIZONTAL TABULATION SET CHARACTER TABULATION SET HORIZONTAL TABULATION WITH JUSTIFICATION CHARACTER TABULATION WITH JUSTIFICATION PARTIAL LINE DOWN PARTIAL LINE FORWARD PARTIAL LINE UP PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD RECORD SEPARATOR INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO REVERSE INDEX REVERSE LINE FEED UNIT SEPARATOR INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE VERTICAL TABULATION LINE TABULATION VERTICAL TABULATION SET LINE TABULATION SET but the old names in addition to giving the character will also give a warning about being deprecated. And finally, certain published variants are usable, including some for controls that have no Unicode names: name character END OF PROTECTED AREA END OF GUARDED AREA, U+0097 HIGH OCTET PRESET U+0081 HOP U+0081 IND U+0084 INDEX U+0084 PAD U+0080 PADDING CHARACTER U+0080 PRIVATE USE 1 PRIVATE USE ONE, U+0091 PRIVATE USE 2 PRIVATE USE TWO, U+0092 SGC U+0099 SINGLE GRAPHIC CHARACTER INTRODUCER U+0099 SINGLE-SHIFT 2 SINGLE SHIFT TWO, U+008E SINGLE-SHIFT 3 SINGLE SHIFT THREE, U+008F START OF PROTECTED AREA START OF GUARDED AREA, U+0096
You can add customized aliases to standard (":full") Unicode naming conventions. The aliases override any standard definitions, so, if you're twisted enough, you can change "\N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A}" to mean "B", etc. Note that an alias should not be something that is a legal curly brace-enclosed quantifier (see "QUANTIFIERS" in perlreref). For example "\N{123}" means to match 123 non-newline characters, and is not treated as a charnames alias. Aliases are discouraged from beginning with anything other than an alphabetic character and from containing anything other than alphanumerics, spaces, dashes, parentheses, and underscores. Currently they must be ASCII. An alias can map to either an official Unicode character name or to a numeric code point (ordinal). The latter is useful for assigning names to code points in Unicode private use areas such as U+E800 through U+F8FF. A numeric code point must be a non-negative integer or a string beginning with "U+" or "0x" with the remainder considered to be a hexadecimal integer. A literal numeric constant must be unsigned; it will be interpreted as hex if it has a leading zero or contains non-decimal hex digits; otherwise it will be interpreted as decimal. Aliases are added either by the use of anonymous hashes: use charnames ":alias" => { e_ACUTE => "LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE", mychar1 => 0xE8000, }; my $str = "\N{e_ACUTE}"; or by using a file containing aliases: use charnames ":alias" => "pro"; This will try to read "unicore/pro_alias.pl" from the @INC path. This file should return a list in plain perl: ( A_GRAVE => "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE", A_CIRCUM => "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX", A_DIAERES => "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS", A_TILDE => "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE", A_BREVE => "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH BREVE", A_RING => "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE", A_MACRON => "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON", mychar2 => "U+E8001", ); Both these methods insert ":full" automatically as the first argument (if no other argument is given), and you can give the ":full" explicitly as well, like use charnames ":full", ":alias" => "pro"; Also, both these methods currently allow only a single character to be named. To name a sequence of characters, use a custom translator (described below).
Returns the full name of the character indicated by the numeric code. For example, print charnames::viacode(0x2722); prints "FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK". The name returned is the official name for the code point, if available; otherwise your custom alias for it. This means that your alias will only be returned for code points that don't have an official Unicode name (nor Unicode version 1 name), such as private use code points, and the 4 control characters U+0080, U+0081, U+0084, and U+0099. If you define more than one name for the code point, it is indeterminate which one will be returned. The function returns "undef" if no name is known for the code point. In Unicode the proper name of these is the empty string, which "undef" stringifies to. (If you ask for a code point past the legal Unicode maximum of U+10FFFF that you haven't assigned an alias to, you get "undef" plus a warning.) The input number must be a non-negative integer or a string beginning with "U+" or "0x" with the remainder considered to be a hexadecimal integer. A literal numeric constant must be unsigned; it will be interpreted as hex if it has a leading zero or contains non- decimal hex digits; otherwise it will be interpreted as decimal. Notice that the name returned for of U+FEFF is "ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE", not "BYTE ORDER MARK".
This is a runtime equivalent to "\N{...}". name can be any expression that evaluates to a name accepted by "\N{...}" under the ":full" option to "charnames". In addition, any other options for the controlling "use charnames" in the same scope apply, like any script list, ":short" option, or custom aliases you may have defined. The only difference is that if the input name is unknown, "string_vianame" returns "undef" instead of the REPLACEMENT CHARACTER and does not raise a warning message.
This is similar to "string_vianame". The main difference is that under most circumstances (see "BUGS" for the others), vianame returns an ordinal code point, whereas "string_vianame" returns a string. For example, printf "U+%04X", charnames::vianame("FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK"); prints "U+2722". This leads to the other two differences. Since a single code point is returned, the function can't handle named character sequences, as these are composed of multiple characters. And, the code point can be that of any character, even ones that aren't legal under the "use bytes" pragma,
The mechanism of translation of "\N{...}" escapes is general and not hardwired into charnames.pm. A module can install custom translations (inside the scope which "use"s the module) with the following magic incantation: sub import { shift; $^H{charnames} = \&translator; } Here translator() is a subroutine which takes CHARNAME as an argument, and returns text to insert into the string instead of the "\N{CHARNAME}" escape. Since the text to insert should be different in "bytes" mode and out of it, the function should check the current state of "bytes"-flag as in: use bytes (); # for $bytes::hint_bits sub translator { if ($^H & $bytes::hint_bits) { return bytes_translator(@_); } else { return utf8_translator(@_); } } See "CUSTOM ALIASES" above for restrictions on CHARNAME. Of course, "vianame" and "viacode" would need to be overridden as well.
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NORCECA presents Golden Collar to Eugenio George
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 9, 2014 – Legendary coach Eugenio George Laffita, who led the Cuba Women's Volleyball Team to three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games, among a collection of titles, was honored with the NORCECA Golden Collar Order on Thursday.
George Laffita, who turns 81 in March and in 2000 was selected by an FIVB Grand Jury as Best Women's Team Volleyball Coach of the Twentieth Century, received the recognition during a ceremony held at NORCECA Confederation headquarters following the conclusion of the annual meetings of the Sport Organizing Commission.
The decoration was presented by Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, NORCECA President and FIVB First Executive Vice President, accompanied by several members of the Executive Committee and Board of Administration who also took part in the meetings.
"Eugenio George Laffita has been a friend, advisor, and a benchmark for the volleyball world and especially for our America," Marte Hoffiz said.
"I have been asked by the president of the FIVB, Ary Da Silva Graca, to present with Dr. Rafael Lloreda Currea, president of the South American Confederation, this award to a person who has given everything and still is giving everything to volleyball in Cuba and the region," Marte Hoffiz added.
A visibly emotional George Laffita expressed his gratitude on receiving the order.
"I receive this honor with humble and I am glad it has been presented by someone like Cristobal has done so much to raise the NORCECA," said George Laffita. "Also for my friend Lloreda who have shared so many good times."
The Ambassador of Cuba to the Dominican Republic, Alexis Bandrich Vega, attended the ceremony as well as former star player of Cuba Mireya Luis, who played under the tutelage of George Laffita, during his peak years.
Several presidents of National Federations attended the ceremony, including Jesus Perales (Mexico), Nelson Perez (Puerto Rico) , Margaret Graham (Haiti), Ariel Sainz (Cuba), Brian Louisy (Santa Lucia), and Jose Luis Jimenez (Costa Rica).
Also, Marta Centeno (Guatemala), FIVB Vice President and president of AFECAVOL , Musthaque Mohammed, president of CAZOVA and FIVB Board of Administration , Hugh Wong, executive member of FIVB and Tom Pingel, USA.
At the award presentation ceremony also were Dr. Jose Joaquin Puello, president of the Ethics Committee of FIVB and a recognized sport leader in the Americas, as well as former Dominican player Milagros Cabral, who represented the Ministry of Sport of the Dominican Republic.
Eugenio George Laffita was born in Baracoa, Cuba on March 29, 1933 and began his volleyball career in 1947 at Pepe Barrientos Gymnasium in the Luyano neighborhood in Havana.
As a player he was member of the Cuban Men's National Team that took part in the Pan American Games of 1955 in Mexico City (1955) and Chicago, USA (1959), the Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica (1962) and the FIVB World Championship in Paris, France (1956).
His coaching career began in 1963 with the Cuban Men's Junior Team, building up the foundation of the Men's Senior Team that won the gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico (1966).
George Laffita took charge of the Women's National Team in 1968 leading the team to an impressive list of honors.
Eugenio's teams won the volleyball tournament in eight consecutive editions of the Central American and Caribbean Games (1970-1998) and claimed seven Pan American Games titles (1971-1995).
He led the nicknamed "Spectacular Caribbean Browns" to three consecutive Olympic Games gold medals in Barcelona, Spain (1992), Atlanta, USA (1996) and Sydney, Australia (2000).
Under the leadership of George Laffita, the Cubans also clinched titles at the FIVB Women's World Championship in Soviet Union (1978), Brazil (1994) and Japan (1998), the FIVB World Cup in Japan (1989, 1991, 1995 and 1999) and the FIVB World Grand Prix in Quezon City, Philippines (1993) and Hong Kong, China (2000).
George Laffita is the president of the NORCECA Technical and Coaches Commission and he is a member of the FIVB Coaches Commission.
In 2009, the NORCECA Congress in Antigua, Guatemala voted unanimously to establish the "Eugenio George Laffita Trophy" to the Most Outstanding Coach of the biennial Women's Continental Championship.


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Ingredients and Preparation
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion and garlic, and cook for 2 minutes. Add the turkey, cumin, salt, and cook for 5 minutes, breaking apart the turkey as it cooks.
- Add the salsa and raisins to the skillet, cover, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in almonds and cilantro, and serve.


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Wasaga Beach is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is a popular four-season tourist destination situated on Nottawasaga Bay at the southern end of Georgian Bay approximately two hours north of Toronto, and abuts, to the west, the town of Collingwood. Wasaga Beach is nestled in and around 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) of white sandy beach on Nottawasaga Bay and the winding Nottawasaga River.
About Wasaga
Over two million people visit the Town every summer to stroll the shores of the Wasaga's freshwater beach (stretching 14 kilometres / 8.7 miles), swim in warm clean waters and enjoy the panoramic mountain views across the Bay. There are endless recreational trails that are used for hiking, cycling, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. The Nottawasaga River offers game fishing and great canoe routes to explore.
The beach is divided into smaller beaches with the public beaches numbered 1 to 6 sequentially from east to west. Its position on the waters of Nottawasaga Bay means its summer temperatures are moderated somewhat by the water, so summer days are much more comfortable than Toronto's scorching days, but the same winds off the water trigger very heavy and intense snow squalls in the winter. As such, snowmobiling, skiing, and other winter sports are extremely popular along the beach.
Wasaga Transit
Transit service in Wasaga Beach is operated by Georgian Coach Lines, using town owned buses. They expanded the one route they started in July, 2008 to two in the summer of 2009, because the bus system grew faster than anyone expected.
Services for Wasaga Beach Transit occur in a loop from the Wasaga Stars Arena to the Real Canadian Superstore every hour from 7 AM to 7 PM. Buses serve the loop eastbound and westbound.


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Nineteen years is a lot of baseball
By September in the Singleton household, admittedly, I'm weary of baseball. Let's just get the Yankees to the World Series already, and get Mr. Singy home to make spaghetti.
If I had a dollar for every baseball game I've watched (um, sort of watched) being a Singleton, I could have loads of fun at The Dollar Tree. (You thought I was going to say I'd be rich?)
Throughout Ken's radio announcing days for the Montreal Expos, TV broadcasting for Madison Square Garden and the YES Network, our son Justin's little league, high school, and Clemson University games, his summer leagues (including Cape Cod), and on up to his Minor League career in the Toronto Blue Jays' Triple-A system … whew, that's a ton of baseball for someone who connects with the phrase ants in her pants.
Wait … forgot to count two other sons' rec council baseball games. Now we're up to 19 years' worth of being a baseball mom and wife, loyally sitting through mega-innings of a sport with which I have a love/hate relationship. Good thing the tickets have been free.
It's not a secret – Ken admits it, too – baseball is a slow, methodical, and sometimes
L-O-N-G game. I've been the one in the stands reading a book (hey, a girl has to prepare for rain delays somehow), and I've walked around stadiums to stretch my legs and people watch. I've hunted for the healthiest stadium food possible and even shopped in team stores to pass time through extra innings, although our household does not need one more jersey, cap, or jacket in the closets. (Wait – do they make high heels yet with team logos?)
I try to pay attention, honestly I do, but the distractions are too great … watching people pig out or guzzle beer, noticing kids more bored than I am fiddle with their dad's hat or fold their stadium seat up and down 42 times. I contemplate why that girl walking up the aisle would want to show that much cleavage in a male-dominated venue (oh right); and calculate the time we'll get back to the hotel to catch a "Sex and the City" rerun.
Basically I've decided that watching baseball is like going to work with my husband. The sport has been extremely good to the Singletons, certainly, I'd never want to sound ungrateful (that's the love part). Baseball feeds our hungry teens and my shoe fetish. Yet it separates our family for seven months (that's the hate part). We miss Ken, and Ken misses out on family life such as birthdays and weddings, meeting visiting cousins from Italy, simply hanging out with the kids – and the most recent, as you may have heard Michael Kay announce on air – the birth of our first grandson September 21.
We can bring Ken's face into our living room via airwaves, sure, but that is no substitute for the real deal.
Yes, 19 years is a lot of baseball. Excuse me while I run out to the dollar store.
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Well Mrs. Singy you seem like a good sport (pun intended). Since Ken is still a relatively young guy, it appears you have many more years of baseball left in your life. Oh and good luck finding healthy food at the ballpark. I haven't had much luck.
Speaking of people watching, etc., and since my seats are in the upper deck, I love the guy that sometimes sits around me and constantly yells at the umpire for every call that goes against the Yanks…as if you can really tell a strike or ball from up there. LOL.
Thanks for another great blog!
Ahh Chris, Ken may be older than you think!
Yes, I realize there are many more years of baseball left because even if/when he leaves baseball, he will never leave baseball. It's his middle name, it's his life, his breath, his everything.
I have NEVER seen passion such as that with anyone over anything – never.
Mrs. Singy
On behalf of millions of Yankee fans I'm thankful for his passion since we enjoy his broadcasts very much. We also thank you for your forbearance and sharing his time with us!


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by Rob Cox, April 30, 2012
Pool Plastering Options
Swimming pool plaster is meant to degrade over time, and eventually you will need to resurface the pool with plaster, also called Marcite. Some also called the plaster a whitecoat surface, though it need not be white any more.
There was a time when all pools were plastered white. Nowadays, pool owners are given choices of colored plaster, quartz chips and pebbles. There are so many pool plastering choices, it can be difficult to choose.
This blog post will aim to help you sort out the different pool plaster options offered by most professional plastering companies.
Let's start with WHY a pool owner would consider new plaster for the pool.
The plaster is the waterproof layer on the pool, and we want to keep a good layer of it covering the substrate, or the gunite/shotcrete underneath. That's the most important reason to replaster. Other reasons are aesthetic; to improve the look and feel of the pool plaster.
Pool Plaster Options
Basic white pool plaster. This is generally a mix of white portland cement with white marble dust. To this mix various additives are available to add color, texture and increased durability.
Plaster additives. Admixtures they are sometimes called, your plastering company may offer something called Pozzolans or Silicone additives to the plaster mix. These chemicals form other cementitious bonds when added to plaster, making the surface more resistant to pool water's erosive and corrosive effects.
Colored pool plaster. The same mix, with concentrated pigments added to the mix to produce shades of gray or blue, usually. Colored plaster pools are not as popular as they once were, due to their natural characteristic of variations in shading or hue, mottling and streaking. Not usually a perfectly solid and flat color, but prone to some variation. Which can look really nice, adding a deep blue or french grey finish to the pool.
Aggregate pool plaster. The same mix, with bags of ceramic quartz added to the plaster while mixing. The aggregate added to the marble dust mixture gives added strength and durability to the mix - while giving the pool owner a palette of colors to choose from. The aggregate, which is essentially ceramic coated sand, also has the benefit of hiding some surface imperfections or stains within it's patterns.
Pebble pool plaster. This could be thought of as an exposed aggregate plaster. A slightly different plaster mix, using a larger aggregate, about the size of pea gravel. This gives the surface a bit of texture, and endless color variations. Having more rock surface in contact with your pool water prolongs the life of this type of pool surface.
And the options may not stop there! Pool plastering companies have a lot of options to offer nowadays. Replacing your plaster is the perfect time to consider adding tile mosaic inlays or step accent tiles. Adding a Mermaid with your wife's face could score big points ;-) - or, inlay some tropical turtles, or maybe some of Nemo's friends.
Replastering can also be a good time to make larger upgrades like adding handrails or new pool lighting options. Don't be surprised if your pool plastering company offers to replace your tile and coping, "...while they're at it"! Most pools will need new or replaced coping and tile at some point, often every 20-25 years.
Plastering your pool is usually done every 15-20 years, or whenever you feel it's time to renew the surface. Rarely does one 'need' to replaster for non-aesthetic reasons. Do you need to avail yourself of these new plaster options? Don't feel pressured to pay the upcharge for fancy aggregate admixtures in your pool plaster - if you like the simple whitecoat - just ask for the regular job - over half of pool owners do! The additives and aggregates do improve longevity and make your surface better able to withstand poor water chemistry. You decide.
To learn more about the process of pool plastering, see an older blog post on pool plastering as well as a more recent post we wrote on 5 tips to ensure a good plaster job.