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Dream season continues
This is what I hoped for, what I envisioned when I signed my free-agent contract with the Angels last winter. We're in the postseason, with a good shot at getting to the World Series and winning it all. But that's not the whole story.
As thrilled as I am to be a part of this team, I couldn't be any happier with what the Twins have done since I left Minnesota.
I've got a lot of friends there, a lot of people I truly love. That's why it was so hard on a personal level to leave. Everything I know about the game — how to play it right, how to develop chemistry, how to get everything you can out of the talent you have — comes from that organization. We've achieved a lot here with the Angels this year, and so have the Twins.
Really, it couldn't have worked out any better for everybody concerned.
One of the positives to come out of me leaving Minnesota was that Denard Span got a chance to show what he can do. Denard was my prot�g�. He came to Texas to work out with me in the offseason, and we talked all the time about the life of baseball. To see him get that opportunity and come through the way he has is just awesome for me.
That's really amazing, what they've done. I mean, Johan Santana is one of the best pitchers in the game, and they also lost Carlos Silva to the Mariners. That's where their pitching philosophy came through for them. They teach their guys to pound the strike zone, and that's what they do. They catch the ball and run the bases hard. And they're smart; you rarely see them beat themselves. I have tremendous respect for that organization, the way they teach guys to play the right way all through the organization.
Everything I brought here with me, I learned there. I am indebted to the Twins for that. I'll always have a connection to that organization and the city. It was a great time in my life. But the time came where it was best for me to make a move — and this is where I definitely wanted to be.
Going all the way back to 2002 when the Angels beat us in the ALCS, I've admired the way they play the game. They do all the things the Twins do. When I became a free agent, I was a scout. I talked to eight or nine teams, and the Angels were right at the top — with the Twins.
You can't explain it to fans, but getting off the artificial turf was a big deal for me. I didn't want to be like so many guys who played the outfield on carpets and had to leave the game too soon, before their time, because of the beating their bodies took on it. It's a long list, and I didn't want to be on it.
I want to play this game as long as I can, because I love everything about it. That's one of the things that made the Angels so appealing to me from the start. On top of playing the game the right way, like the Twins, they played outside — on grass. And in front of great fans, like we had in Minnesota.
Early in the free-agent process, it didn't look like the Angels were going to get involved. When they did, kind of out of the blue, I knew that's where I wanted to be. It came together fast, like a dream. And like I keep saying, it couldn't have worked out any better.
I've had no problems with my body this year. I go in for a massage, but that's about it. Playing on a hard turf, by the end of the season you're all beat up. My body is feeling great.
This team has so much talent, it's unbelievable. And some great guys, too. I've tried to open up a few of them with my jokes and attitude, and I think I've done that. If you're having a good time, it makes the season more enjoyable — and it can be a long season if you're not having a good time.
Rolling around on the floor in the clubhouse, wearing those goggles, swimming and dancing during our celebration after winning the division title, that was about as good as it gets. I loved seeing the guys cut loose and really have some fun together. That's part of building camaraderie, chemistry. You're all in it together — literally, in that case.
Now it's time to go out and take care of business. These guys know what they have to do. It's all about playing the game with feeling, playing from your heart and executing with your head, hands and feet.
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I really like all of the playoff blogs. I am looking forward to reading more about what your postseason is like with a team other than the Twins for the first time.
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It has been a genuine pleasure watching the Halos execute their aggressive brand of Angels baseball all season en route to the league's best record and yet another AL West title. Ever since Torii signed with the club over tacos and rolled into his press conference with the Rally Monkey on his shoulder, the 2008 Angels seemed to exude that magical quality from 2002–a feeling that only continued to develop and flourish as the year went on. From the emergence of All-Star pitchers Santana + Saunders to K-Rod's unprecedented demolishing of the saves record to Reagins' big-time mid-season acquisition of Teixeira, the club carved a glorious path to its first 100-win season in franchise history and seems poised to capture its second championship this decade. Torii: I look forward to watching you bust the goggled-backstroke once again when the Angels win the World Series this year. Keep blogging and giving us the dope updates. Jea.
I was at basic training at Ft. Jackson in SC when I saw the news. We had the day off for Thanksgiving and they let us watch tv. You wouldn't believe the reaction myself and the other Angel fans (Few, but there were some, lol) had when we saw the news you were joining the Halo's. I continued my school through June and I moved to MO but now I'm in AZ and I hope I can make it out to Anaheim to finally see some Angels baseball with you helping to light up that Halo. You've done so much for the team this year and I hope you keep your good health for a long time to continue an already great career. Good luck tomorrow and go Angels!
I became an Angels fan the day you signed with the team. Minnesota was stupid to let you go, and if they hadn't, the team likely wouldn't have needed the one game playoff with the Sox last night. We'd have already been in the playoffs. The kids are exciting to watch and Span is fab, but you were a huge part of the Twins and it's not the same without you.
I'll be pulling for you and the Angels in the playoffs. Good luck! You deserve to go to the World Series.
Patti (in Minnesota)
As a lifelong Angels fan I was absolutely stoked when I heard the news that Torii signed with us. I still remember my first game at Angel Stadium when I was 4 years old, but moved away the next year. I hadn't been back to the stadium since then until this spring (27 years later), where I witnessed Torii's walk off grand slam on April 7. I can honestly say that this was the best baseball game I've ever been to, and I felt the magic of being a kid again in Angel Stadium. Thank you Torii for making it such a magical season and I pray you will bring home that ring!!
Jim in Ohio
Kick some *** tonight man. I've been to about 3/4's of every home game in Right Field 239 and every time you come out, you always do the fist pump to the chest and (I'd like to believe) point out to me. You and Guerrero are just one of the few great things of this ball club. All of you deserve to be in the playoffs and I'm so stoked to have been an Angel fan my entire life. I live with a bunch of Dodger fans and I'm the only Angel in the family. When you signed on back in the Winter, I couldn't believe my ears as to what I was hearing. I knew instantly we'd be in this very spot. You're a tremendous player and keep doing what you do best. Take care of Boston for all of us because I'm getting sick and tired of Boston fans living in the past when they swept us in the playoffs that past few times we've met in the playoffs. It's a new year, and I'm more than thankful to have you show them what's up and how we do things right in Southern California. Good luck to you all and the rest of the guys. I'd give anything to be in that same locker room celebrating when we win the World Series.
Ps. Let me party with you haha. Drinks on me. Hey, a 22 year old can dream right haha
Just had to let you know man, we are happy as can be to have you in Anaheim . . . you bring excitement, energy, and electricity to a team that already has so much, making a lifelong Angel fan even that much happier!!!! We're glad you're here man, and hopefully being a BIG part of a championship that we are hoping to accomplish in a little less than a month. Keep playing that good defense, I don't think you would even let a golf ball get past you, haha! Thanks again Torii for all that you've done for us in the O.C. By the way, I'll see you in Huntington getting your tan on with the rally monkey next to you!
– Adam S.
Hey Torii this is Trisha from Minnesota writing a quick message. It sucks that you were not in a Twins uniform this year, but I'm glad that you got to go to a great team with a lot of talent and a lot of potential to do great. I believe that you guys will come back and give the Red Sox a challenge in these next couple of games, at least I hope so anyways. I never made it to California to see a game this summer, but it is already in my plans for next summer for sure. I hope to see you at the Metrodome again as well. Instead of studying for tests I have been watching you guys in the playoffs, and I hope it stays that way for awhile! So far you have had a great season and you have hit very well in the first couple games of the playoffs. Hopefully you guys can scrounge up some extra base hits in these upcoming games. Well I hope that you don't forget one of your biggest fans in Minnesota and I'm cheering for the Angels all the way. You deserve it!


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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Roger M. Wakimoto to serve as assistant director for the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO). Wakimoto will lead a directorate with an annual budget of approximately $1 billion in support of core research in the atmospheric, polar, earth and ocean sciences.
Currently, Wakimoto is the director for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which is sponsored by NSF. Prior to becoming NCAR Director, he served as associate director for NCAR's Earth Observing Laboratory. Wakimoto is a geophysicist with expertise in tornadoes, thunderstorms and other types of severe weather.
"Roger brings to NSF significant depth and breadth of knowledge in the sciences GEO supports," said NSF Director Subra Suresh. "His record of strong leadership will serve NSF and the scientific community well, given his outstanding work at NCAR and his dedication to basic research."
As the principal source of federal funding for university-based fundamental research in the geosciences, GEO addresses the nation's need to understand, predict and respond to environmental events and changes to use Earth's resources wisely. Basic research in the geosciences advances scientific knowledge of Earth's environment, including resources such as water, energy, minerals and biological diversity. GEO-supported research also advances our ability to predict natural phenomena of economic and human significance, such as climate change, weather, earthquakes, fish-stock fluctuations, and disruptive events in the solar-terrestrial environment.
GEO manages facilities and an academic research fleet, including the newly launched R/V Sikuliaq and the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center, which was dedicated last month.
Wakimoto was a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at UCLA, where he chaired the department. He has written or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and served on numerous committees, panels and boards for NSF, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Meteorological Society and other organizations. He has won numerous awards and honors, including a scientific and technical achievement award from the Environmental Protection Agency for observations of air pollution and the Meisinger Award from the American Meteorological Society in recognition of his contributions to understanding mesoscale weather events.
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A native of St. Georges, Quebec, Roy spent last season in the Columbus Blue Jackets organization, skating in a career-high 31 games and notching a career-best 10 assists. He also played in 15 AHL games with Syracuse and Rochester, recording four points. Roy also appeared in six postseason games with the Americans, registering 11 penalty minutes.
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Nope! The gearbox seen on the Manx today is a 5-speed unit made by the Swedish engineer Torsten Arrgård in the early 60's (probably just after the crash at Nürburgring in 1962, as he was the one who restored it after the crash), with a "squirrel wheel" gear change mechanism preventing jumping gears. As per Mr. Arrgård himself, he made four of this type; for Gary Hocking, Derek Minter, "Esso" Gunnarsson and one more unfortunately not to be remembered.
Originally posted by knickerbrook
I notice a substitute road-going gearbox there, with something strange going on gear-lever/linkeage wise. Maybe a conversion to left-footed operation? (but can't see a brake pedal if that is the case?).
After the crash at Nürburgring, the destroyed Peel fairing was replaced by a Bill Jakeman version, still being with the bike today. See attached picture from Spa-Francorchamps 2004, where I rode the Manx myself.
Posted 11 November 2006 - 11:27
Thanks Paul
Posted 11 November 2006 - 15:43
Easy. That's my father on his Gilera Saturno Piuma. One out of two Saturnos raced by the factory and fitted with dustbin fairing. It was sold to the Swedish rider Kuno Johansson early 1956. He won the Finnish GP that year, his first outing with this machine.
Originally posted by pppdrive
What a great picture, can anyone identify the Gilera and rider for me please.
Thanks Paul
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Posted 11 November 2006 - 20:22
Thanks for clarifying the gearbox on that Manx! I have some "Motor Cycling" racer tests from 1965 and 1966 stating that Torsten Arrgard 5-speed conversions (in AMC shells) were fitted to both Tom Kirby's 7R and John Cooper's 500 Manx, so his work must have been highly regarded!
Hi renzo and picblanc,
re. the Tony Godfrey booby - don't feel bad guys!! I'm pretty OK between 1966 and 1972, because I did a lot of spectating as a teenager with "train-spotting anorakism", but show me anything after 1980 and I am totally useless! I guess we all have our specialist periods, which is why this forum so interesting.
Posted 11 November 2006 - 21:09
Originally posted by renzo
ok,this is the oldest one i have,it's brands hatch around 1967?.
i can spot phil read,bill ivy,griff jenkins,derek minter,john blanchard etc.
Found another name and confirmed in mortons archive, (well there isnt anything on telly!!) no 25 is John Taylor.
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I can't see the helmet design too clearly to judge, but Blanchard's and Carney's helmets were very similar weren't they? I only remember Carney riding Bultacos, but he may have rode 500's earlier in his career, I dunno. Have you got anymore photos from this period? I had a great programme collection from 1965 to 1971 that would have been very useful here, but like an idiot I went and sold them two years ago! (I have kept all the later ones from my races though!).
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Posted 11 November 2006 - 23:49
by the way did i mention i worked for arthur wheeler for a year in 1967?,i got the sack when i drove a lambretta through his main plate glass window .
god he was a miserable old bugger!
Posted 12 November 2006 - 08:46
Regards, Bjørn
Posted 12 November 2006 - 10:26
I wonder why?!!
Originally posted by renzo
[i got the sack when i drove a lambretta through his main plate glass window .
god he was a miserable old bugger! [/B]
Posted 12 November 2006 - 11:34
Regards Bjørn
Posted 12 November 2006 - 12:24
Originally posted by Bjørn Kjer
left is a bigger van/bus syaing ????eap Garage,??nterbury. Whose?
Regards Bjørn [/B]
Canterbury? Minter was from just outside Canterbury, Sturry? my old boss used to live next door to him.! Didnt Derek do a few GP, Dutch would of been one?
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Copyright Graham Etheridge, Racebikepics.
Posted 16 November 2006 - 09:45
I have the "Continental Circus" as well as "Motocourse 50 years...", but thats about it! I know there are some biographys on the top drivers and history of most bikes. But if I want racing I dont buy a history of production with a few chapters on racing! See? Also storys to all the well known tuners from Britain would be nice. Anything?
Regards Bjørn
Posted 16 November 2006 - 14:52
Regards Bjørn
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Posted 23 November 2006 - 15:23
I have emailed you all the Gilera logos I currently have
Posted 23 November 2006 - 18:24
If you want to read books about the 50s and 60s, please consider these - and there are lots of websites selling cheaper secondhand copies too -
1. BILL IVY- NO TIME TO LOSE by Alan Peck (ISBN 1-899870-21-0) *
2. MIKE - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MIKE HAILWOOD by Ted Macauley (ISBN 0-907675-22-0) ***
3. RACING ALL MY LIFE by Derek Minter (pre-ISBN numbers) ***
4. MAKE HASTE, SLOWLY by Michelle Ann Duff (ISBN 0-9685706-0-7) *****
There are others but that should keep you going for a while.
Posted 23 November 2006 - 18:25
I'm not sure what happened there. I've replied to a post of yours but it's clearly not this one. Damn!
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The R.A.F were the landlords of the Saltbox field and it was to them that we were indebted for its use. Our contact with them led to us becoming more ambitious with thoughts of extending our activities to motorcycle road racing on the aerodrome. This was quite an undertaking for a club with only moderate resources. Once the request was made to the R.A.F. they were surprisingly helpful. We met the appropriate officer at the control tower and he indicated that we could have the use of the perimeter track and that part of the main runway that lay behind Leaves Green. For those of you familiar with the area, that is roughly from the Kings Arms to the Crown pub. The entrance to the circuit was to be Milking Lane which pre-war went from the Kings Arms to Downe village via a section of Downe Golf Course. This lane became a dead end when the airfield extension was made.
With the help of a couple of our road racing members and in particular Gerry Seward (who four years later was to be tragically killed at Mallory Park) we decided on the layout of the course using the perimeter track and a few hundred yards of the main runway. Here we worked out a chicane, which on the day was to be composed of a multitude of yellow painted oil drums.
The usual formalities followed by applying to the ACU for inspection and approval of the prepared circuit. Angus Herbert, a well known and successful grass track and road racer of the pre-war and post-war periods, inspected the mile of tarmac and concrete. He gave us some helpful safety hints and advising the use of truckfulls of straw bales etc. One unexpected snag proved to be with insurance, because of the flying club at the other end of the drome. The ACU insisted that no racing could take place unless we could persuade them not to fly. However a compromise was reached and the flying club made an early take off and went to the continent!!
With official permission obtained, ensured that the hard work started. Our advertising in the various motorcycling journals attracted marshals, some of whom became members. Bill Knight (who still is a member) became a tower of strength in the years to come. A date in June was first applied for, to be followed by an August one. Subsequently we managed to get a third date in October, which enabled us to balance the books. Publishing the Regs and entry forms brought some surprising and very encouraging results. Names such as A. Minter, P. Read, W. Boddice and Ginger Payne promised some interesting racing and hopefully a good turnout of spectators.
The hardest part was yet to follow. The grass surrounding the perimeter track had been allowed to grow to produce a hay crop. This was to be cut, we hoped, before the first meeting. This was done at the last moment and we literally had to follow the tractor and collect the bales, which we then hired instead of straw bales. A last minute problem was driving the stakes into the deep layer of ballast on which the grass was growing. However we just managed it and the first meeting took place, I believe, on the 21st June 1959.
Our thanks go to all the racers, they provided some good entertainment and proved to be reasonably safe. I can only remember one fairly major injury and that was to Frank Perrin who broke his collarbone. The ambulances were kept far busier at our scrambles meetings. Although we managed to run three meetings, the Leaves Green residents soon put paid to our running any further meetings the following year. It seems they preferred the sounds of friendly yet hostile aero-engines. The club had not only gained some prestige and experience, but also some more rope, a few hundred yards of chestnut fencing and hundreds of plastic lampshades. I also regained the use of my dining room, which had been my office for the past six months.
Posted 29 November 2006 - 09:02
Tom Kirby , Reg Kirby , Syd Lawton , R.D. , Frank Highly , Dudley/Ward , Ray Cowles , Bill Hannah ,W.Wragg Ltd. , Colin Seeley , T.Morgan , Francis Beart , Comerfords Ltd. , Nelson & Ford , Sid Mizen , Lancefield .
Does any of you know a bit of some of these , without them being around I think racing would have been much poorer !
I did find a usefull bit on Bill Smith Motors , Ray Petty and Tom Arter , but the Colin Seeley site doesnt deal with old days.
Regards Bjørn
Posted 29 November 2006 - 09:25
You'll be interested to know that there was a seven page article on Colin Seeley in issue 122 of 'Classic Racer', which was an extract from a new autobiography called 'Colin Seeley - Racer'. Contact Redline Books on +44 (0) 191 230 4414. £29.95.
You are right, of course. It does seem that these tuners and team bosses have largely been forgotten. I always admired Tom Kirby bikes, always pristine and well polished but not always the quickest. There are a few books on them out there - (brains gone dead here, who was the tuner who painted his Manx Norton frames light green, there was an excellent book on him) - and I seem to recall another good book on Eric Fernihough or am I getting mixed up with another Brooklands tuner?
Wait long enough Bjorn, and there'll be books written about everybody!
Posted 29 November 2006 - 12:29
Talking of South Africans, does anyone remember a South African sponsor/tuner who ran John Smith and Martin Watson in the mid-60s?
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Posted 30 November 2006 - 15:15
Kent Anderson (1942 - 2006)
Swedish former grand prix road-race ace Kent Anderson has died. The 1973 and 1974 125cc World Champion achieved his global titles aboard Yamaha two-stroke twins, but it was on his own-built 250cc Husqvarna special that he first came to prominence, finishing fifth on his GP debut, in 1966, at Montjuich, Spain.
It was an even more remarkable feat when taking into account that the tall Swede had only started his road-racing career in 1964, on a selftuned Bultaco. Anderson's second GP – the following round in 1966 to Montjuich – netted him another point for sixth, before he travelled all the way to Japan to gather another point; but significantly also to get his first glance of a Yamaha TD1 production racer.
Anderson managed to get his hands on one of these new racers for 1967, beginning a long and illustrious relationship with Yamaha – but the cost of the machine was so prohibitive Anderson could only afford to race in Scandinavia in 1967, winning the Swedish 250cc title. It was back to GPs for 1968 – with a third at the Nurburgring the season's highlight – before a successful 1969 campaign culminated with Anderson, on a selfprepared TD2 production racer, second in the world 250cc title chase behind Kel Carruthers' works Benelli four. During the season Anderson won two GPs.
For 1970 there were 250cc and 350cc Yamahas with third and fourth in the respective championships, then a season spent refining Yamaha's TA125, in 1971. By 1972 the 125cc air-cooled Yamaha twin was good enough for second in the championship, improved upon in the next two seasons for Anderson to claim his brace of titles. By 1975, the little Yamaha was outpaced, though he did win his final GP victory at Paul Ricard in the season's opener. In 1976 he quit GP racing.
A newspaper typesetter and printer by trade, Anderson raced at lesser events for several years after his GP career and latterly was a regular face at classic events, as part of Ferry Brouwer's Historic Yamaha squad. He remains Sweden's most successful GP racer with 18 wins. His funeral was at Landvetter Kyrka (Church of Landvbetter) on 29 September. Ferry Brouwer and other members of the Historic Yamaha team acted as coffin bearers.
Posted 30 November 2006 - 17:13
Your project on bygone sponsors and tuners is very interesting. They were the lifeblood of the sport of course, before big money from manufacturers came in, and deserve to be remembered. I'm sure there are lots of tales to be told! Other names that spring to mind are tuners Phil Kettle, Bill Stuart and Irishman Joe Ryan (he of the famous "Fireplace Nortons") and sponsors Charlie (?) Oakley (of Dave Croxford, Geoff Barry, etc), Brian Coleshill (of Tony Godfrey, Alan Barnett, etc). Interesting to see the name T. Morgan in your list. Is that Tony Morgan (ie. Daphne and Tony Morgan) early sponsors of my all-time hero Malcolm Uphill? Also, I have a friend who knows Ray Cowles personally and may help fill some gaps there.
Posted 30 November 2006 - 23:04
Originally posted by Henry Snee
Are you referring to Doug Aldridge the specialist Manx and Bultaco tuner who helped a number of South Africans?
Yes, that was the chap, Henry. A great sponsor of many South Africans including Kork Ballington?Does anybody remember Smith or Watson? Watson put up some fantastic performances on Bultacos in 65 and 66 as well as a 500 Manx as I remember.
Posted 01 December 2006 - 07:57
Just found a book on the net MotoGP results 1949-2005 Guide , have asked for more info , will come back!
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Posted 02 December 2006 - 13:49
Originally posted by pmbboy
I remember Martin Watson he won the newcomers award in the 1966 250 Manx GP
Yes, he did but also had some good results on short circuits as well. He was seventh in the 1965 ROTY on a Doug Aldridge tuned Manx and was really quick on the 250 Bultaco. He was often involved in scraps with Degens on the Royal Enfield, Minter on the Cotton, Inchley on the Villiers Special etc. Has anybody got any pictures from tha tera?
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Posted 03 December 2006 - 19:08
that is on the 40 pages of "nostalgia"! I also do a lot on racing cars, I find them sometimes hard to find allthough there is the "search" , but a lot of members call them "funny " things which cannot be found easily and you end up with 24 pages to look through. Personly I especially is interested in this period stated at the beginning and so far I think it has proven itself. I also said it was no competition with the other , which I still look at! Think in 6months time or so !Do you really mean that 2 on 100 years of motorcycle racing is too much , when there are over 2000 on car racing?
I know car racing is bigger , but wouldnt it be nice if we got some info in the light before its too late from this period. ! And I mean this period,I think its easier when a threads title is clearer, I specified MC Racing! I think that if there were supporters it would be fine to call an older thread
"....up to 1949" and perhaps........
No offence Paul , but I think if others think its wrong , please step forward here or mail me. Before it could be deleted I would however like to get it printed!
Kind regards, Bjørn.
Posted 03 December 2006 - 21:11
So why would the nostalgia thread cover only 1970 to 1990? Who decided on those limits? I started the Motorcycle Racing Nostalgia thread to cover ALL motorcycle racing, whatever the year. Therefore all motorcycle racing stuff can be found in one place.
A suggestion might be as follows - (1) Motorcycle Racing - pre-1949, (2) Motorcycle Racing - 1949-1968, and (3) Motorcycle Racing - post 1969. Only a suggestion but things seem to be a bit fragmented as it is at the moment.
No, of course I don't mean 'two on 100 years of motorcycle racing is too much' - the more the merrier - but it seems a bit, err, haphazard at the moment.
Posted 03 December 2006 - 22:46
which still is that for whatever reason it to me looks to be more from 1968 till yesterday/year.
But what I discovered was a thread I didnt know , so now we have 3 :
Pre-war motorcycle racing started by RAP 28/12 04
Motorcycle racing 1949-1968 started by Bjørn 2/11 06
Motorcycle Racing Nostalgia started by Paul 6/1 05


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Headley still dealing with biceps strain
SAN DIEGO -- Chase Headley's season of soreness continues. Already battling an achy right knee for much of the early going, the Padres' third baseman was out of the starting lineup for a second consecutive day Thursday with a mild right biceps strain as San Diego wrapped up its four-game series with the Rockies.
Despite the injury, Headley was able to notch a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning of the Padres' 3-1 loss.
Headley is confident he will avoid the disabled list, and manager Bud Black seemed to agree, though he noted that a couple more days of missed action will test that notion. In Headley's absence, Alexi Amarista has been starting at third. But beyond that, there really is no other option on the bench right now.
"We can hang in there as long as we pitch well enough to keep all of the games close and we don't have to make a lot of moves in a game," said Black, who met with general manager Josh Byrnes and assistant GM A.J. Hinch to discuss a variety of issues. "In the National League, it's difficult to play one man down."
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"The knee is definitely getting better," he said. "I don't think it will be something that will be gone. We're going to have to stay on top of it for a bit of time."


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This is the jewel in the crown of Kosovo and a 'must-see' for any visitor. Of all the towns in Kosovo, Prizren has best preserved its Ottoman flair. It is famous for its high number of preserved Ottoman buildings with their upper storeys jutting out into the narrow cobbled streets. It has not just retained the architecture from the Ottoman era but also many other flavours of its once rich past. Turkish, alongside Albanian and Serbian, is the third official language, and to this day Turkish is widely spoken in Prizren homes. It is also here that you can get the best Turkish food and baklava (a honey-sweetened nut pastry) in all of Kosovo.
As a trading town on a crossroads, Prizren had always been home to Muslim, Catholic and Orthodox communities. For centuries, Prizren was Kosovo's most important Ottoman administrative and commercial center. In the 16th century Prizren boasted eight mosques, a madrasa, several elementary schools, a hammam and a beautifully carved stone bridge. There was a strong tradition of crafts, in particular tanners, armourers (with guns exported as far afield as Egypt) metalworkers and filigree. In 1865, it was the center of an Ottoman Vilayet stretching from Elbasan in modern-day Albania to Gostivar in Macedonia and Nis in the south of Serbia. In 1875, a first dual-language Serbian-Turkish newspaper known as Prizren was printed here. Formed around a group of leading intellectuals and wealthy landowners, Prizren became the home of the very first national Albanian movement in centuries – the League of Prizren. The League of Prizren museum is certainly one Prizren's many highlights. Other highlights include the elegant Sinan Pasha mosque, Prizren's symbol, the stone-arched bridge dating back to the 16th century, and the restored Gazi Mehmet Pasha Turkish bath. For a fabulous view of Prizren, the Pasthrik Mountains and the Zhupa valley, follow the path that winds its way up to the Castle atop the hill.
A good starting point to explore Prizren on foot is the Gazi Mehmet Pasha Hammam. These Turkish baths were built in1573 by Gazi Mehmet Pasha at the same time as the mosque nearby (which also included a madrasa). The baths consisted of separate male and female areas. Each part had a rest room, bath steam rooms and water heating room. The hammam operated fully until 1926 when the female area was closed. It was then closed completely in 1944 from when it served as a storage and sales area for the agricultural cooperative. Conservation works were carried out when Prizren had a cultural revival in 1968; however, it fell into disrepair again and was used partly as a market. It was renovated once more after the war and is now used as an art gallery or venue for artistic functions. It is worth trying to get inside as the rooms, while not quite as well preserved as the Skopje Old Town hammams, still give you a feel for how the baths once were.
Gazi Mehmet Pasha or Bajrakli mosque forms part of the Complex of the League of Prizren. Bajrakli mosque dates from 1566 and is possibly the most beautiful mosque in Prizren (on a par with Gjakova's Hadum Mosque) with ornate wood work and detailed blue-and-white paintings.
The League of Prizren Museum is a complex of buildings on the riverbank reconstructed in late 1999 after being burnt down in March 1999 by Serbian forces. Unlike many reconstructions, however, it has been done well and is well worth a visit. Look out for special events in 2008 which will be the 130th anniversary of the League. There are two buildings either side of the courtyard – the main entrance building and then the smaller two-storey one facing the road. The smaller one contains a map of greater Albania but perhaps most interestingly for the English-speaking visitors upstairs in a glass cabinet are copies of letters during the era in English, including some from the foreign office adviser Earl Fritzmaurice to the Earl of Granville commenting on the League, the inhabitants of the area and their religion. In the larger, main building downstairs are traditional Albanian costumes and upstairs are photos of places associated with the League and the Albanian lands at the time, including photos of Tivar (present-day Bar in Montenegro), Shkodra in Albania, Plav in present-day Montenegro as well as photos of embassies in Turkey which were closely associated with émigrés from Nis and the lobbying which was carried out for the Albanian cause. At the far end upstairs amongst ceramic plates of Albanian heroes is a rug which has sewn into it the different types of wool hats of the Albanians – the conical shape for the north and Kosovo and the more rounded one of southern Albania.
From the League Museum you can cross the river and walk upstreams to Maksut Pasha Mosque, dating from 1833, or continue back downstream along the river towards the stone bridge and cobbled Shadervan (fountain) square. The 16th century stone-arched bridge is a well-known symbol of Prizen. In 1979, the swirling storm waters destroyed the bridge and it was painstakingly renovated stone by stone in 1982.
Sinan Pasha Mosque, just across the bridge, is regarded as Prizren's main mosque. It takes its name from its founder Sinan Pasha, who built this impressive mosque in 1615. The ruler had the prefix 'Sofi' added to his name in recognition of his wisdom. He had traveled widely, defeating Yemen and being awarded a position in Budapest. The prevailing view is that the mosque was more likely a unique design than a copy of others. The Serbian story is that the mosque was built using stones from the Monastery of Archangels further up the river. Other historians dispute this view based on an analysis done by Italian archeologists in 1941. More controversy arises from the destruction of the mosque by Ivan Vangelov in 1919 when allegedly stones were thrown in the river. This act of destruction inspired the well-known Albanian poet Ymer Pacari to write the poem 'Xhaliet' or 'Vandals'. Apparently Ivan Vangelov was killed in revenge. The murals date from about 1628; the porch is a later replacement. Make sure you take time to go inside and then note the stonework on the base and top of the pillars.
Shadervan square is still the centre of life in Prizren and fortunately the 1960s' eyesore block in front of the river will be destroyed soon to make way for a park, opening up the view to the river. There are still a few old houses from the late 19th century surrounding the square. There is a proverb 'he who drinks water from the fountain will find it hard to leave Prizren'. If you don't fancy sampling the water you can try boza, a traditional semi-alcoholic Turkish corn drink.
Continue up the hill towards St. George Cathedral. Construction of this Serb Orthodox cathedral began in 1856 and was completed in 1887, funded by Serbian merchants in Prizren. The interior of the church was richly decorated and designed with ashlar in different colours, polished onyx, marble panes and fresco paintings by a painter from Debar. A wooden bell tower was erected in 1903. There were old books and many icons gathered from other churches ruined in 1999. Sadly, these were all lost when in the March riots in 2004, the church was first looted and burnt and then aggressive graffiti was put on the walls. The church is now being restored by the Kosovo Government Restoration Programme.
If you are feeling energetic turn back and follow the path up the hill to the Prizren castle. From the Castle/Kalaja you get a fabulous view of both Prizren and out to the Pashtrik Mountains and Albania on one side and if you make your way to the back of the castle the view opens up towards Prevalac Mountain and the Lumbardhi River and Zhupa Valley, with the old, Dusangrad upper castle along the riverside. In the past the castle also housed a prison. Its most famous prisoner was Abdyl Frasheri, a leading politician and member of the League of Prizren.
For more historic details on Prizren's many highlights, including the 350 years old Halveti Tekke, the Ottoman-era homes of Sheh Hasan's and Ymer Prizreni, the 'saddlers' mosque' (Xhamia e Sarachanes) or the 19th century Emin Pasha and Maksut Pasha mosques, the Catholic Cathedral and Serb Orthodox churches like Hrista Spasitelja (St. Saviour) and Levisja (St. Petka), see the Bradt Travel guide on 'Kosovo'.
Isniq has always been one of the largest villages in Kosovo with some 6,000 inhabitants. It has a picturesque setting on the fertile Dukagjini Plain at the foot of the Accursed Mountains on the left of the Decani White Drin River. The area is famous for its chestnut trees and the medical plants that grow in the alpine mountains with peaks as high as 2,656m. Isniq is also home to two of the most interesting examples of traditional Albanian kullas (fortified stone houses) that can be visited today. One of them is the Osdautaj kulla, inhabitated for almost 220 years. A steep flight of stairs takes you to the top floor, where you can visit the traditional oda e burrave, the men's guest room. According to tradition, this floor was the exclusive preserve of male members of the family and their male guests. The oda e burrave is where key decisions affecting the family of the village wer taken in elaborate rituals over several cups of Turkish coffee. The oda e burrave in the Osdautaj kulla is really a beautiful example of its kind. T its centerpiece is the open chimney. It provided for warmth and the fire was used to make coffee and light cigarettes. The seat immediately to the left of the chimney was reserved for the male elders of the household. The closer you sat by the warm fire the higher your social rank. The cushion placed in front of the fire, known as seqate, and the woolen carpets stretched on the floors, were gifts from the new brides who married into the family. The Ethnological museum on the ground floor displays decorated bridal chests, wedding dresses and traditiona instruments used to make the typical Albanian hats (plis) and flija, Kosovo's national dish.
Decan is most famous for the Visoki Decani Monastery set in the forests of the Decan Canyon. Its really a masterpiece of Orthodox monastic art, a fusion of styles and maybe the most peaceful and impressive monument in Kosovo today. Like no other monument, it captures the richness and beauty of Kosovo's cultural heritage. Venerated and protected by all communities, Muslim and Christian alike, it survived centuries of wars and conflicts. Construction of the Decani church started in Stefan Uros' reign in 1327 under the guidance of the architectural mastermind Fra Vita, a Franciscan monk from Kotor, in present-day Montenegro. In 1335, King Dusan entrusted the exceptionally gifted Archbishop Danilo II with the supervision of the works. The completion of the fresco paintings lasted until 1350. They are attributed to a Greek school of painters assembled at King Dusan's court, who painted in Orthodox and Catholic churches along the coast. Throughout the major part of the Ottoman era, the monastery enjoyed the sultan's persona protection, as confirmed by several charters issued by successive sultans extending special privileges to the monastic community and their estates. Thanks to this privileged position, the monastery continued to prosper in the Ottoman period.
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BALTIMORE — Senior attack Todd Baxter, perhaps DU's most important overall player, will play against Virginia in Saturday's NCAA Final Four. He practiced Thursday for the first time this week and is set to again work with his teammates in today's afternoon workout at M&T Bank Stadium.
"I'm much stronger than I was a week ago," Baxter told me before today's practice. "A little less tape on my knee, but sticking with the brace, and I pretty much have a cast going on my ankle. It's stronger."
Baxter, who is second on the team in goals (31) and third in points (49), suffered a high-ankle sprain and partially torn knee ligament in his right leg on May 7. He missed the May 14 first-round NCAA Tournament game against Villanova and made a gutsy and productive return last Saturday against Johns Hopkins, scoring three goals before tweaking the ankle late in the third quarter. He limped off the field and told coach Bill Tierney "I'm done for the day."
Some thought he was done for the year.
"The tweak was on the third goal," Baxter said. "I just stepped wrong trying to stay out of the crease. But no significant damage, just a slight tweak. I'm definitely going to be out on the field Saturday."
Baxter, from Eden Prairie, Minn., is DU's emotional leader, and he completes the feared attack trio with juniors Mark Matthews and Alex Demopoulos.
"He's going to have a big impact, just like last weekend," junior attack Alex Demopoulos said. "He's a tough guy and he's still the impact player he's been all season."
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The frontstretch grandstand at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway cast a shadow on the No. 17 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car as the waning minutes of Old National Armed Forces Bump Day ticked away.
Nearby, Michel Jourdain Jr. buried his head in the shoulder of girlfriend Concha as the realization of not even presenting for a qualifying attempt for the 97th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race sunk in.
Also nearby, Katherine Legge sat in the No. 81 Schmidt Peterson Pelfrey-prepared Angie's List car prepared to potentially bump her way back into the 33-car field for the May 26 race. On the bubble at 223.176 mph for her four-lap average speed set five hours earlier, she breathed easier when seeing crew members offering condolences to the veteran driver from Mexico.
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The surprising turn of events propelled Legge, who logged her first track time in the morning practice session (24 laps), into her second Indianapolis 500. Less than 48 hours earlier, her Honda-powered car was a skeleton in the Gasoline Alley garage.
"I was kind of hoping for him that he would (find the speed) because it's always nicer when it's a fair fight, straight to say, then I could say Buddy (Lazier) would be on the bubble and then it would have been a hell of a Bump Day," said Legge, who advanced eight positions to finish 22nd in her 500 Mile Race debut last May.
"As it is, we created a ton of drama, but it's never nice to see someone not get the opportunity to go out there and do that, so I feel gutter for him."
By Jourdain's account, and supported by teammate Graham Rahal after turning five laps on the 2.5-mile oval late in the six-hour session, the car just wasn't comfortable to drive. The chassis is the same last driven by Mike Conway at Long Beach in mid-April.
The crew changed springs, the undertray and rear wing through the afternoon in an effort to find a solution. Jourdain's final lap of 214.421 mph with 27 minutes left solidified the decision.
"It was a hard all week," said Jourdain, who posted a best lap of his 394 total (224.228 mph) in the morning session. "Right away, I thought the car to be very good, but when you only drive once a year it's just so hard. Some days the car was getting better, some days not.
"We tried James (Jakes') setup, as he was the fastest of the three cars. In Turn 4 of the first lap, I almost spun. I thought this car was undriveable. Then we put Graham (Rahal) in the car. His same setup, even his steering wheel. It was impossible for him to make a difference; he just couldn't drive it. He got to 204 and said, 'I can't go any faster.'
"The only thing we could do was something stupid and put the car into the wall and not make the race anyway, so there's no point in that. We know, for sure, that there is something wrong with the car, for sure. Something bent, broken, loose, bending. Something is broken in the middle of the car we have not seen.
"First day I was having so much fun. The car was easy to drive and so much fun to drive. Today it was just impossible."
Josef Newgarden (225.731 mph) was the fastest second-day qualifier in the No. 21 Century 21 car for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. Also qualifying were Rahal (225.007), Sebastian Saavedra (224.929), rookie Tristan Vautier (224.873), Ana Beatriz (224.184), Pippa Mann (224.005), rookie Conor Daly (223.582) and Buddy Lazier (223.442).
"It's something that we're still not very satisfied, knowing that we had a lot more speed in the beginning of the week," said Saavedra, driver of the No. 6 Dragon Racing car. "But this is how this place works. We've just got to continue to focus. It's hard to be in Bump Day. Psychologically, it really affects everybody. But it doesn't matter where you start here at the end. It's just having a good race car and going from there."
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The Nura family is a typical example of a large patriarchal family in rural Kosovo.
The household of seventy-year old Nure Nura, with its 32 family members, is today the largest in Lubishte. Six adult sons, their six wives, one unmarried daughter, and 17 grand-children all live together in two shared houses. With only 3 hectares of land to feed 32 people, migration has been the family's only survival strategy. Two of the Nure's sons, Nefali and Faruk, left Lubishte in 1986, when they were in their twenties. They found work in Austria.
Nefali and Faruk are the only source of the family's income. The four brothers who stayed behind are unemployed and work the land to produce food for the family. Nefali and Faruk's wives have stayed in Lubishte with their children. During their husbands' absence, the two wives have to abide by the decisions of their eldest brother-in-law.
Naile Nura, 82, belongs to a different household within the extended Nura clan. She is a widow and has five sons. She lives under the same roof with one of them, Adem (56 years old), his wife, their three grown-up boys, and their two young unmarried daughters.
Naile's other son, Muharem, lives with his wife and three children in Switzerland. He emigrated in 1976; his wife followed later. Naile's third son, Tefik, also went to Switzerland in 1980. He married in 1987 and – like Muharem – brought his wife to Switzerland. Her two youngest sons, Rrahim and Muhamet, have stayed at home.
The five brothers divided the land among themselves after their father's death. The brothers built four additional houses for each of their families – alongside their father's old home. By building separate houses, the household split up, reducing the brothers' obligation to share the money coming from abroad.
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Adem Nura explains how his father's death affected him; how the family fell apart; and how they are now dependent on the goodwill of their brothers in Switzerland.
"Yes, things are changing. We do receive support from our brothers sometimes, as we are only working for our food here, but not even enough to survive on.
When we were still together with them abroad, all the money was pooled to buy land. All of us worked. Now we are divided. The other two have their children and their families abroad, and they send us money only when they want to. If they do not want to, they don`t. We don't have anything else.
Now everyone decides for himself. Every brother takes his own decisions. When we were still together with our father, he took the decisions. After he became ill, I took the decisions. Now everyone decides for himself. Everyone does whatever he wants, goes whereever he wants, builds whatever he wants. He can even sell his land, go abroad. All this is normal now.
Well, yes, it is better to live separately, as 30 or 40 people are just too many, and nobody listens to anyone. This way it is easier with 4, 5 or 8 people to decide. Easier, since the head is just more calm. As the older ones are telling us, when the beehive fills up you have to divide the bees, as they cannot live together anymore."
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The Clef du Vin purportedly allows a collector to identify when his or her wines will be at their prime by mimicking the aging process. For each second the copper-looking alloy is submerged in the wine, the wine supposedly "ages" one year. If true, this has got to be the best gadget ever invented!! Imagine taking the guesswork out of when to drink your precious bottles, and even out of which bottles to buy for the collection. Imagine being able to buy only cheap, young wine and having it taste like pricy, aged collectors' items in a matter of seconds.
I read a number of online reviews of the product and watched Gary Vaynerchuk's show testing it on high-end, age-worthy wines (at: http://tv.winelibrary.com/2007/07/12/clef-du-vin-goes-up-against-chateau-montelena-and-more-episode-274/?cp=7 ) before deciding to give the clef a shot myself. Gary tried the tool on two pricy, age-worthy wines that were themselves already very drinkable, and found that the clef mellowed them out in ways that didn't necessarily improve their character. He also clef-d a glass of cheap white zinfandel for the equivalent of several decades of aging, and found that the wine remained drinkable.
This suggested to me that the clef is best utilized not as a tool for prescient assessment of wine's aging potential, but rather to mellow less-than-ideal wines into an improved state of tastiness. My experiments bore this out. Young reds, with lots of tart red fruit flavors and acid in their current form, mellowed significantly after about five seconds' worth of clef. The wine became more harmonious and integrated, much like a wine does when aged. With aggressively tannic wines, the clef also proved a helpful tippling tool. The tannins were tempered and loosened their grip–again, like aging would have accomplished.
However, the clef seemed not to discriminate between the positive and the negative characteristics of wine. It smoothed away any pronounced characteristics, including pronounced spice, earthiness, and delicious fresh fruit intensity. For some wines, this made them more drinkable. For others (particularly the more expensive, highly-extracted wines), it made them forgettable. The clef also didn't really help any of the wine's existing characteristics evolve or develop in that unique way that aging does.
In my opinion, this gadget definitely has considerable value in everyday drinking (particularly if you find yourself with a glass of cheap, imbalanced house red), but it doesn't give you the peek into the future that we'd all love to have. Because, well, it is just a piece of metal.
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The Texans cheerleaders recently visited what appears to be a retirement center and the squad did a "Soul Train" line with some of the residents. We're not sure which facility it is, but who cares? The YouTube video of the group jamming to Earth, Wind and Fire is nothing short of amazing.
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The Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE) was established in 2006 by a small group of philanthropists who have donated millions of dollars to U.S. colleges and universities and were concerned about the growing challenges facing higher education in America. Its original purpose was to educate the public about the state of higher education in America and help donors promote excellence in higher education through philanthropy.
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In 2012, CEHE identified a unique opportunity. The sole stockholder, Carl B. Barney, of a group of colleges, including CollegeAmerica, Stevens-Henager College, and California College San Diego wanted to become a nonprofit institution. He shared much of the same vision for improving higher education as the founders of CEHE. The colleges embody many of the principles CEHE sought to promote in its efforts to improve higher education. It was a perfect match. On December 31, 2012 the colleges were merged into CEHE, which was restructured as a 501(c)(3) educational organization.
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