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Someone will be waived
Could this have all been a way for Doc to motivate his guys to step up. Show them its time to put it all together and get going.
I'm very disappointed in the front office. How did they not address a single weakness at the deadline?
Who? Maybe Mullen
Antawn Jamison traded to Hawks.
Clearing up a roster space for ????
https://twitter.com/KBergCBS/statuses/4 ... 7087349760
Apparently our weakness was clear to everyone except the gm since preseason. Instead of addressing 3rd big, SF, we decide to get Sasha / Hedo. Well done.
If we waive Mullens will we have to pay him $888k for his player option next season?
Oh well time to ride with the team we have. Hopefully Barnes and Dudley step it up
Maybe Doc knows of a player getting waived so he cleared another spot...
That would of been a horrible deal we down grade at PG and get an injured player. Doc must be fired at GM what a fail overall.
Brad Turner @BA_Turner now
Clippers traded Byron Mullens to 76ers. Per source
Doc is the greatest GM ever. Hell yeah
Officially a successful deadline...
David Aldrige said there is a small chance but realistic chance Caron gets bought out by Milwaukee. Did we clear a spot to re-sign him. Maybe Doc has the insider info.
Sorry for my horrendous spelling, I was excited...
This means we have room to pick up a few new bodies. We did not get worse, and have the ability now to get better. I am OK with it.
We acquired Ivan Johnson!
They just said on 710 that we got Ivan
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 3m
Clippers, I'm told, recently worked out Ivan Johnson after his China stint and are looking at a 10-day deal for former Hawk @kevinarnovitz
nice, they had a masterplan!
Holy ****! Pacers just hit the gold mine.
that wasn't good on the 76ers part of the trade... pacers just got WAYYYY better.
what happened?!
Pacers to the Finals !!! They are going all in. sucks for Danny Granger. i remember how some you guys wanted Granger
Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen for Danny Granger.
granger for evan turner + lavoy allen
Why didn't we do anything more impactful? I don't think any player not in the nba will help much.
Wow they have some serious depth now. Philly is in full tank mode now.
Pacers vs Clippers in the finals.
I've got extremely high hopes for Ivan.
Still wish we got Shumpert though.
Again we had a roster spot for Ivan all year and now what happens to Hedo if Ivan is brought on? We can't even go after Danny Granger in a likely buy out from the 76ers because we still have Dudley,Barnes, and Reggie.
Plot twist: If Philly buys out Granger we'd have to be high on his list.
Is there any indication that Philly will buy him out? I doubt it. Why would they?
Jamal Crawford @JCrossover 1m
What u guys doing?
To play what minutes we have a glut at SF and if he wants to back up Blake then Hedo is a bench warmer and no need for Ivan.
I wouldn't mind picking up Cartier Martin...
Granger would start. Either Dudley or barnes would be out in the cold. Clippers would
Be lucky to have him. This is the only contending team where he would be the crystal clear starter
Doc for exec of the year with this move.
In case you guys were curious. Lamar looks solid.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... ction.html
If we are able to land Ivan Johnson and Danny Granger than our line ups would likely look like this.
PG - CP3,Collison
SG - Redick,Crawford,Willie
SF - Granger,Barnes,Dudley,Bullock
PF - Blake,Hedo
C - DJ,Johnson,Hollins
I would expect Barnes,Dudley,Hedo and Ivan to split minutes at the back up four.While most of Ivan's minutes would likely be Hollins minutes at Center.He is undersized but think of him as a Reggie Evans and Chuck Hayes type player who even though they are undersized they can play the 4 and 5.We get a little crowded at the wing but with Redick's injury,Dudley's tendinitis,and Granger not likely ready to play big minutes,we should be able to give everyone some playing time.Maybe not as much as they like but they will likely get minutes with Willie and Granger occasionally getting some DNP's to rest.And who knows we might even keep a roster spot open to sign Odom before the playoffs depending on how he looks in Spain.
Like i said Davis a clipper.
Barnes no trade and he's proving himself as a starter.
The only thing i want now is Granger so Matt can be coming off the bench which i think he prefers also.
It's believed the Los Angeles Clippers will be another leading suitor for Granger's services should he become an unrestricted free agent next week. ESPN.com - See more at: http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm#sthash.YkL4Rmoo.dpuf
Granger was a good idea at the time.
Time to bring this thread back from the dead.
Bulls get: Melo/J.R. Smith
Knicks get: Boozer/Gibson/Crawford/Clippers 1st
Clippers get: Jimmy Butler/Dunleavy Jr
^How come we get the worst end of any team in this trade? A 1st and the 6th man of the year for two guys? we don't even get a better guy than the one we give up!!!
Trade Kevin love for DJ, Barnes , and Jcross. We'll be a better version of the 2006-2009 suns
Jimmy Butler is a great wing defender who is only 24. Dunleavy Jr. is a good 3 point shooter and would be great in Doc's system and chances of us finding a better player with our 1st is unlikely.
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Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings posted about his method for navigating the census databases at Ancestry.com, so I thought I would share the method I use for getting around Ancestry.co.uk quickly and easily.
Basically I use the bookmarks toolbar in the Firefox browser to create my own quick links to the various search pages at Ancestry.co.uk that I regularly use. These are just bookmarked pages, all stored in the same folder and that folder is made available on a toolbar across the top of the browser. The screenshot below will hopefully show what I mean.
So to jump from one census to another (or from anywhere on the internet to an Ancestry database) all I have to do is click once on the folder in the toolbar, and then click again on the item in the list that drops down. Two clicks and I am there, or with three clicks (left-right-left) I can have it open on a new tab.
I am sure I can't be the only one that uses this method, and I don't know that it is any quicker or easier than any other method, but I have found it works for me.
To learn more about the bookmarks toolbar visit the Firefox Support page. I believe a similar sort of thing is available on Internet Explorer, where the bookmarks toolbar it is known as the Favorites Bar.


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Vehicle break-ins were reported to the Aiken Department of Public Safety on York Street on Thursday and Sundy Avenue on Monday.
A white 1995 Chevrolet Camaro was reported stolen from Brentwood Place on Monday. The owner reportedly asked her mechanic to tow the vehicle but he never did.
An Aiken man reported on Monday that someone tried to use his debit card to make a $1,400 online purchase from Sportsman Warehouse.
Break-ins were reported to the Aiken County Sheriffs Office on Second Avenue, Storm Branch Road and Cherokee Drive in North Augusta and on Glenwood Drive in Warrenville.
Vehicles were reported stolen from Jefferson Davis Highway in North Augusta on Monday and Gregg Street in Graniteville on Monday.
A vehicle break-in was reported on Kalmia Forest Drive in Aiken on Monday.
A shoplifting was reported at Dollar General on Jefferson Davis Highway in Clearwater on Monday. The suspect was reportedly hiding items in her jacket and purse.
Firefighters on Monday responded to a burning abandoned vehicle on Burris Road near New Holland Road in Aiken. The vehicle, which appeared to be a red Ford Expedition, was completely burned, and officers could not retrieve any identifying numbers due to the damage.
An Aiken woman reported to the Aiken County Sheriffs Office that someone entered her unlocked car while she was eating at a Whiskey Road restaurant on Monday and took her purse. Her debit card was reportedly to purchase gas.
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Well, I went 22-10 in the 1st round.
Kicking myself for penciling in Ole Miss and then scratching them off.
Kansas St killed me as I had them going to the Final 4
Georgetown was a disappointment and I gave no credit to the PAC-12
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CHERAW The former director of a Chesterfield County funeral home has been indicted on more than 100 fraud counts, officials said Monday.
Hubert Craig Norton has been indicted on 106 counts of violating the states preneed funeral contracts law and breach of trust with fraudulent intent, according to the S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs.
Norton was indicted Nov. 26 by the Chesterfield County grand jury. The former owner of Norton Funeral Home in Cheraw is accused of selling preneed funeral contracts without a license and allegedly failed to put the money in a trust account.
Under state law, funeral home directors must have a license to sell the preneed contracts and must put the money in a trust account. If a funeral home closes, law allows customers to transfer contracts to another funeral home, and the funeral home that originated the contract may keep a small administrative fee.
Norton allegedly sold 33 of the preneed contracts with 19 of those customers paying cash.
The remaining customers tied their payments to insurance plans, according to Carrie Grube Lybarker, executive director of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Police said they started getting complaints about the burial contracts after Norton Funeral Home closed last year. Since the closure, Consumer Affairs has paid $10,000 to refund money to four families who had a relative die while Norton was under investigation, Lybarker said.
It wasnt immediately clear if Norton had an attorney. Lybarker said this is the first case of its kind in South Carolina.


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To put in perspective the cost of the Obama pleasure trip to Africa, the furlough of more than 2,000 SRNS employees who gave up 20 percent of their pay for two months would have financed only a portion of this particular Obama adventure. The class of Americans that are totally out of control are the elitists in Washington, D.C. The "chief" offender of that class is Obama.
No gay marriage
I am a Democrat most of the time and I want the world to know that we all don't support same-sex marriage. I'm totally against that. It's in the Bible plain and clear. I'm also against abortion.
I think there are a lot of people like myself who are disgusted with our country and our Supreme Court. Any man can marry any woman. Every man and woman already has that right. There are many gay men who are married to women.
Paul Deen
I think what they're doing to Paula Deen is crazy. Is she the only person who has ever said a racial word? All these companies pulling their endorsements should be boycotted by the nation as a whole for what they're doing to her.
There was a terrible accident on the Interstate on the bridge going to Augusta. The westbound lane is closed but there was nothing on the news to let people know. Why?
Free pass
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AUGUSTA — Much is made of the dreaded "Par 3 Curse" surrounding the Par 3 Contest at the Masters.
Not a single golfer has won the exhibition event – played on the smaller course on the grounds at Augusta National Golf Course since 1960 – and went on to win the Masters the same year. Not Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Vijay Singh or Luke Donald, among other big names to win the contest like 1998 Masters champion Mark O'Meara.
Only Singh and Ben Crenshaw went on to win the Masters at all once they won the shorter event. Palmer, O'Meara and Snead won their eight combined green jackets before showing their short-hole prowess.
So why do so many golfers play in the event the Wednesday before the year's first major? Because it's so much fun.
"The Par 3 Contest is a good time," said Rickie Fowler, the No. 28 golfer in the world. "A Wednesday afternoon around Augusta is pretty special."
Fowler's afternoon was made even more special by who was holding his golf bag. One of the traditions surrounding the event is the honorary caddie, often a member of the golfer's family or a close friend. For Fowler, that was his grandmother, who hadn't been in the best of health but found a second wind for the unique opportunity.
"She did great," Fowler said. "I think she's actually supposed to have knee surgery at some point coming up, but all of a sudden her knee felt pretty good today."
Others, like three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, had their children help carry clubs and walk the course. Defending champion Bubba Watson was escorted by his wife, Angie, and 1-year-old son, Caleb.
Even golfers with famous significant others had accompaniment. Rory McIlroy's girlfriend, tennis pro Caroline Wozniacki, was carrying McIlroy's bag, as expected.
The good times weren't limited to golfers and their families, though.
As two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer and former world No. 1 Martin Kaymer left the sixth tee on the Par 3 course, 9-year-old patron Malachi Bowen of Senoia, Ga., asked Langer for an autograph. Langer obliged, but he also let Malachi come under the ropes and walk a stretch of the hole with him while he signed the boy's items.
"It was amazing," Malachi said. "It was really cool."
His father, Jason Bowen, said that he had been to the Masters before but never to the Wednesday exhibition.
"This is my first time to the Par 3, so this is another dream come true," he said of the opportunity.
As for the experience of watching his son walk alongside one of the greats of the game at one of golf's most storied venues, Jason said it was "sentimental" just having his son at the course.
"So it's especially just brilliant to have my son here with me," he said. "And that right there was just the sugar on top."
Langer seemed to enjoy allowing Malachi, who also took a chance and came under the ropes to get an autograph from South Carolina native Dustin Johnson, to join him for a few steps.
"The Par 3 contest is just entertainment, entertaining the people, make sure the kids have a good time," Langer said. "That's what it's all about really."
Jeremy Timmerman has a journalism degree from Mercer University and has been at the Aiken Standard since June 2010.
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Staff photo by Jeremy Timmerman Malachi Bowen, 9, walks with two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer at Wednesday's Par 3 Contest.×
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Since I already did a very vibrant look using green in my Turquatic Inspired Look, I decided to do something a little bit different. One of my favorite ways to wear eyeshadow lately has been to do a smudgey winged line so I thought I would translate that into a vibrant kelly green befitting the holiday.
See the video (with a cameo by Cherry, my chihuahua) and more photos below!
Skin79 VIP Gold BB Cream
Tarte Smooth Operator Powder
NARS Stick Concealer in Custard
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Estee Lauder ShadowCreme in Precious Jade
Maybelline Sunbaked Neutrals palette
Sugarpill eyeshadow in Midori
Eyeko Skinny Eyeliner
Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler
Urban Decay Cannonball mascara
False lashes (I mixed 2 criss-cross types)
Lioele Auto-Eyebrow Pencil
MAC Spaced Out blush (similar Bobbi Brown/NYX/NARS)
Holika Holika Heartful Moisture Lipstick in Sweet Coral
T-shirt is from Forever 21 (similar/similar/similar)
Necklace is Kimora Lee Simmons x Hello Kitty (similar/similar/similar)
You can see here that although there is bold color used, this is a quite wearable look since the green doesn't go up high on the eyelid. I'm a perpetual sucker for winged eyeliner as well. After seeing Academy Awards red carpet pics, I'm convinced that winged eyeliner is a trend that is sticking around for a while.
With eyes closed you can see the strips of colors lightly blended from black to green to the golden-olive shimmer. Also, the wing of the shadow is a visual mirror image to the shape of my eyebrows. The juicy peach lips and cheeks balances the warmer tones of the golden lid.
One warning I will say though is to make sure you exfoliate your lips well before trying out milky orange shades! This lipstick (and other milky lipsticks I've tried in general) really brings out any dry flakes, wrinkles, and imperfections. Still, the final look is definitely worth it! I'm all about peach lips for Spring!
And one last winky photo for silly times. :)
Remember that you can translate this into any other bright shade you would like. I could see it being especially pretty in purple or turquoise, while navy blue would be a sexy twist for going out. If you try it out, please let me know or share it on the From Head To Toe Facebook page. :)
Let me know what other looks you'd like to see in the comments. Happy weekend!


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Cheering in the press box
I'm guilty for violating the golden rule of media (no cheering in the press box)…couldn't help it. My colleague and friend Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News was saluted on the field before he heads off into retirement at the end of the season. Quite frankly, anybody that works 46 years in one place — including 37 years on the Reds beat — deserves a standing O.
If a man's wealth is measured by the number of friends he has, Hal would be a billionaire. During a reception at the ballpark, Hal's colleagues at the Dayton Daily News, current and former Reds and sports writers all turned out. His family, including his wife Nadine, was on hand of course.
And there was former Reds star Aaron Boone. Now with the Astros, Boone caught Hal's ceremonial first pitch (it was a one-hopper but a strong effort.) Hal credited Boone with saving him from quitting in 2003. That spring, Hal lost his vision and became legally blind overnight. Boone talked him out of giving up. He's kept working the last six years and hasn't let it stop him.
During the game between innings, there were video tributes from players Hal covered — such as Sean Casey, Lou Piniella, Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn.
I've been fortunate to have known Hal the last four years I've covered the Reds. He's always been good to me and even though I've competed for stories and scoops with him, I'll never stop appreciating everything he's done for me and I count myself lucky to be considered his friend.


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I know the time has come once again. Sub-consciously I have begun taking guide books to the South Downs Way off my bookshelf and reading the odd snippet here and there.
Every morning on my bus journey to work I gaze increasingly longingly at the ridge of the South Downs. This morning it wasn't there, hidden in mist that will no doubt burn off in an hour or two, but by then I will be miles away, with only the clock to gaze longingly at.
It looks increasingly like that my plans to take a week off work this year and walk the SDW are going to have to wait another year. Barring a huge win on the lottery or an unexpected redundancy it doesn't look like I am going to have the time to do it this year.
This was going to be my challenge this year, but this has been pushed out by London 2012 Olympics and the challenge to remain interested in whatever sporting activity I am watching, despite the crowds and exorbitant prices.
Somehow I am going to have to find some time to walk the SDW this year, having walked it the last two years I want to try to keep the momentum going but it is looking increasingly difficult this year.
I have even contemplated walking it at night, I mean just how much sleep do I really need? Couldn't I catch up on sleep during the week and spend Friday and Saturday nights on the hills. Probably not, but that is a sign of how desperate I am becoming.
I need to keep reminding myself that it isn't even June yet and there are probably another five or six months of decent walking weather ahead of me and I only need eight or nine days out of those five or six months.
Looked at like that it doesn't sound quite such a tall order, but I need to get out and start getting a few more longer walks under my belt, I have really done very little this year so far. I would have started this week, but it has been insanely hot this week, maybe next week will be better.


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Dear Scott: I can't ever get my hair to look like it does when I leave the salon. Can you give me some simple pointers to help me make my hair look like the pros did it?
Answer: Keep in mind that you don't have arms coming out of your back, so the results that you get at the salon are always going to be a little better than what you can do for yourself.
Shampoo: Start at the beginning with a top quality product. Gentle cleansing is a must for the best finished results. Natural oils produced by the body should remain contained within the hair shaft while excess oils are removed.
Condition: Great conditioning is the next step for shiny, healthy looking hair. A good conditioner will absorb into the cuticle. The rest should rinse off. To make hair more shiny, rinse conditioner with cool water to close the cuticle layer of the hair shaft, sealing the product inside. If your hair is thinning or fine, condition the scalp instead of the hair to promote healthy growth and prevent limp hair.
Style: Don't forget to add something for hold and manageability as the third step for successful results. A healthy scalp needs to breath. Choose products that don't coat the scalp. Styling products will create volume and distribute weight, allowing movement and memory to the style. Add heaviness to overly curly hair with a styling paste. Foaming mousse will provide lighter hold for airy whips. Use a gel for stronger holding power. Gel-foam products give you the best of both in one easy step.
Heat: Dry hair immediately. Air drying will cause the base of hair to become distorted from drying flat against the head. Blow-drying will lift the hair up off the scalp, adding fullness and volume. Tabletop dryers give air-dried looks without the frizz. They can also be used to dry curly hair straight. Comb the hair flat before drying, and then fluff it at the end with a blow dryer. If drying without heat, use a T-shirt to wrap the hair up while it dries. Terrycloth towels cause distortion from the hair getting caught in the fibers of the towel.
Finish: Aerosol finishing is best for the final touch. Non-aerosol spritzing products increase dry time, making the style either collapse or explode into frizz. An aerosol spray needs some alcohol for the quick-drying needed for a good finished look, but too much alcohol will dry the hair. Spray should be water soluble. Use a product that will not coat the hair or scalp. Any leftover residue will complicate your styling efforts the next time around. Spray into the brush for added styling control.
Touch-ups: Wet your hands and shake out the excess water. Run your fingers through the hair to reactivate the styling products that are already in there. For fuller styling, turn your head upside down and rake through it with the water in your fingers. For tighter styles, smash it down and rake it out with your hands after it's dry.
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This album is being brought back after being out-of-print for quite some time! The original release of the album spent 12 weeks on The Billboard 200 and 21 weeks on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. A compilation featuring a 'whos who' of avant garde piano virtuosos including:
- Tim Story, Grammy nominated, `a master of electronic chamber music', has 9 solo albums and has scored documentaries for NPR and feature films.
- Philip Aaberg, a classically trained, Grammy nominated, pianist who has incorporated jazz, blues and rock (he was a member of the Elvin Bishop Group), he has played with the Boston Pops and on PBS's "All American Jazz".
- Richard Dworsky is the pianist/music director for Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion". His composition "A Morning with the Roses" has sold almost one million units on various different cds.
- William Allaudin Mathieu, originally a composer with Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington, he has composed chamber and chorale music and song cycles.
- Michael Harrison, his 2007 CD was chosen Best of the Year by the New York Times and Boston Globe.
- Cyrille Verdeaux, a veteran of Virgin, Polydor, RCA and other major labels, he fuses classical and ethnic music.
- Plus Peggy Stern, Paul Dondero, and Rick Peller!
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|4th July 2013 07:08 AM
|I wonder if it would be possible to build a 2-part or 3-part Serenity that you bolt together for windsurfing and undo for transportation & storage? It's a very light wind board, so I assume the stresses on the hull aren't quite as bad as on a slalom board. I've never tried one - it's frequently enough sufficiently windy here for a formula or large slalom board (I've gone back to using the Hypersonic on light wind days after a few years on an iSonic). It's not surprising that niche/experimental boards are discontinued after a few years to make room for new "experiments" or just fashion trends that expand the whole scope of the company (like SUP). SUP is really booming in Finland.
|3rd July 2013 09:03 PM
Have to say the alternative for me wouldn't be SUP, rather RS D2.
Not quite the light wind glide perhaps, but way more range
|18th June 2013 04:58 PM
Serenity is the best thing I ever got for my windsurfing and I never get skunked anymore.
Instead of rigging a board with a 10 meter sail, I take the Serenity out with a 7.5. It goes upwind so nice you can go sight seeing with it.
And catches waves incredibly, so you sail fully powered 1/2 of the hull is up in the air and just fly with the wave.
It is smooth sailing and the boards lifts up and is not affected by crossing waves, no bumps on the road.
And very easy to lift up.
I call her the Princess
|22nd May 2013 12:59 PM
|Nakaniko Unregistered
One thing more. I use a simple system to tack easily, but I don't know if it works only whith the straight and higher rails (especially on the bow) of MKII or also with the more rounded MKI ones.
The system is to always think that Serenity works sometime in the opposite way compared to a common board, so after passing on the other side of the board you can push with your HEELS to submerge the curved windward rail when starting moving and so the board will turn DOWNwind, instead upwind like all other boards. I use this system also whan jibing and in every other situation I need to turn almost quickly. It's using the feet for turning like on a planning board, but... in the opposite way! A brain exercise togheter with the physical one of windsurfing, imho.
Imho again and sorry for my bad english
|22nd May 2013 12:26 PM
|Nakaniko Unregistered
Some more new from Serenity world...
First of all if you are around Munich in Germany you have the chance to buy on ebay.de a pretty good MKI version, ebay.de/itm/360656760482?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1423.l2649 .
Second, I've recorded a test video in very light wind with my new Rollei 100 Action Cam over the bow of my serenity, I need to place it better and pointing higher, but it's not so bad you don't see my face but intead the nice colors of Serenity deck in the sunset... youtube.com/watch?v=fzv5G6owOGI&list=UUV0iS9yzGohE0dl3MJVa9Vg& index=2
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|26th April 2013 03:16 PM
Yep, fans of Serenity are easy to spot on, especially when pics or a video is available...
As for tacking the Serenity, bank the board with the windward rail up and tilt the rig on the back towards the tail to head up dead upwind. Then, it's way easier to keep your balance when you simply oversheet the sail when you're dead upwind, with your front foot just in front of the mast base. Check out the following video at time 2:05 and 3:28 to see what I mean by sail oversheeting : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V97ikRFQDdU .
When passing dead upwind and especially if your stalls without any momentum anymore, tack the sail and frankly tilt the sail toward the nose of the board and pushing the nose sideways with your front foot placed inbetween the mast track and the tiki printed on the deck (back foot just behind the mast foot). Keep the sail sheeted out; if you keep the sail sheeted in, the nose of the board will not turn under your front foot but it will drift sideways with no motion forward and you'll stall. It's the same when you try to point too much upwind: the board stalls and starts to drift sideways. Tilt the sail forward and sheet out a bit to bear away a bit and gain speed again. This is why the Serenity has no footstraps because your feets are always dancing a bit along the median line of the deck to correct for sail trim and board pitch.
Cheers !
|25th April 2013 10:12 PM
|Alex Unregistered
Jean-Marc, I'm very surprised you found that thread/forum/video. I guess the Serenity world is a smaller than I thought.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll try keeping the front foot behind the mast. I've been getting much better at sailing the Serenity and actually now gybe it more than trying to tack. Sometimes it stalls out when I try to tack it and the board wants to slide sideways. At that point it gets very hard to point it in any direction. Any thoughts on how to get out of the stall?
As far as the WindSUP vs Serenity, I think that's comparing apples and oranges. I have two SUP's, a Naish Glide 12' (no mast option) and a Bic Jungle Wind 10'10" (my first windsurf board/SUP). If you have a school or just a beginner with a Serenity, that board should be nowhere near them. It will only frustrate and probably dissuade them from continuing with the sport.
I've used the Serenity as a SUP with the 40cm and 70cm fins in 0mph winds; I'm talking dead calm and it's not designed for it. Does it work as a SUP, barely. Would I take it on a 10 mile paddle session? NO WAY. It's not a kayak, it's not a SUP and it's not a wave board. It's a perfection of engineering designed to do what other boards can't in super light wind. I have a Kona One a Mistral Superlight II, F2 Lightning Race a bunch of short boards and the Bic wind/SUP, in light wind they're nowhere near the feel of the Serenity. And yes, I've schlogged on these boards as I'm fairly new to windsurfing (about 2 years). I loved schlogging and just wanted to sail anything; until I got the Serenity. It doesn't schlog!
I love the idea of an inflatable SUP/windsurfer Starboard recently released and I'd love to try it, I don't think I'll ever buy one. I have a collapsible kayak and it's nowhere near as fast as my rotomolded one. They're great for storage but you compromise in the ride quality. I'll take ride quality over storage issues whenever possible.
I'm waiting for the weekend and there's a regatta coming up. The wind forcast is 9mph gusting to 12; guess which board I'm taking? I have a huge smile on my face just thinking about it!
|14th April 2013 08:31 PM
|Nakaniko Unregistered
I want to say that there is some misunderstanding. Serenity in its range of wind is NOT a challenging or too difficult board. I'm and average to advanced windsurf and I've found teh serenity way less challenging than some small boards I.ve tried. Obviously is not a beginner board, but really is not a user-unfriendly one!
The beast thet Rieger speaks about is when using it in strong winds and rough sea.
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|12th April 2013 03:01 PM
Roger, Nakaniko, I am sure the Serenity is a great board but I think you might be missing the point. Of course the Serenity would work better than an 11' flat bottom WindSUP, but a lot of people do not care about light wind performance or a board that is "Very challenging ... At times it seems to have a mind of it's own ... " and requires a different technique to "tame the beast".
I am an "expert" windsurfer and as such I could be interested in a board like that. However I have plenty sailing challenging where I live, in San Francisco, and when I go out in light wind I am happy to just cruise around.
Maybe marketing-wise the serenity could come back as a "hook" for people who live in windless areas to "progress" from Win-SUP. But I think that what the sport needs first is simplicity, and even easier boards and rigs for beginners than there are now.
|11th April 2013 11:01 PM
nakaniko has it right!
I sailed the Mk 1 Serenity extensively....in all conditions from pure glass < 5 knots of wind to 20+ knots of wind.
I've sailed a few SUPs (I do not like paddling.....sailing is far more efficient...even in very light winds). and while they do indeed give more stability, they sail nothing like the Serenity.
I've sailed it with a 4.2 m2 rig in way over 20 knots, and when you get the Serenity planning with the nose out of the water until the bow wave exits under the mast foot, it simply flies.....until.... the tail goes under....then it gets real interesting as the stability goes away completely. You have to slow down until the tail no longer submerges,
and that's as fast as it will go.
I've sailed it with smaller sails and small weed fins in very shallow water off the Florida coast, and the ability to
simply glide along checking out the marine life in total tranquility is awesome.
The ability to rail the Serenity and go upwind on the fin is really amazing.
In mid range winds (10-18 knots) with larger sails (6.5-8.5 m2) the Serenity really tests your techniques.
Very challenging to get the most out of the board. At times it seems to have a mind of it's own,, but you try slightly
different techniques and learn to "tame the beast".
Yes, the Serenity was designed by the late Jim Drake. This board took an extensive amount of his time to get it all
designed and tested.
I spent many hours discussing with Jim what his concepts were, and how they were integrated into the Serenity.
All of his suggestions seemed to work with the Serenity design and if you followed his suggestions, you could
fairly easily get the most from the Serenity as his suggestions were based on getting particular aspects of the
Serenity design to work for you.
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Jared Dudley hurt his back making a layup early in the 4th quarter during the game vs the Phoenix Suns. He held his lower back soon after converting the shot and motioned to the bench to be taken out. Jared has increased his defensive intensity lately and hopefully his injury is not a serious one. Early report indicates that it was back spasms.
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Well Maybe Granger will get some of those minutes
I think good for granger but obviously want Dudley to be able to play and be ok
It's too bad Dudley hurt his back. I hope the back spasms aren't too serious and he can come back on Thursday. He has been playing really good defense. Thank goodness we have Granger now. He can step up if Dudley has to miss a few games. Get well soon, Dudley!
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Just when he starts to hustle.
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Seems like he'll be just fine.
It's like he was playing through a knee injury the entire season and just recently got better.
Get well soon to Dudely. Defense looked good.
I think Jared Has been solid all season, He's has't performed up to Clippers Nation's Lofty Standards as well as his owns. But he's really been shooting the ball good off the bench shooting more inside his range, and he's played hard and provided Solid defense in big moments of games. But he needs to sit the heck down for a Minute, he's been hurt all year and Back Spasm's can linger if not taken care of (Ask Steve Nash), I hope he gets well though.
Man the Clippers need to hire the Suns Medical Staff to a 10 day contract.
Thst is exactly how JJs injury started out as
J.J. Also had the fall though. Dudley just seemed to have a weird body movement, so I don't think he'd get anything too serious from that.
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Props to his defensive hustle.
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|11th November 2011 03:39 PM
F111 on the Water
I got to try my new F111 Wood yesterday for the first time. I sailed in quite choppy open bay conditions in about 15 knts of wind. I dont think that the extra weight from last year is an issue, in fact I think it helps to hold it down in rough conditions. The board does look a little wider in the tail compared to last years, but it certainly performed well on the water. The finish of the board is excellent which you come to expect from Starboard.
I used a 7.5 m freerace sail with the stock 42 C3 Venom fin. The board planes early and as Hanspeed has already said, rides quite high in the water and handles chop well. Its refreshing to sail a board that effortly stays upwind which means you dont need to worry about where you are sailing. The board does'nt give as much feedback to the rider as iSonic, but it still gives a lively ride, and you can either relax and take it easy, or lock it down and go hard. Gybing was easy and decisive. I also tried a 6 m freerace sail and a 36 C3 Venom fin, but was a little underpowered, but this combo still felt OK.
First impression is that this is a great board, well done Starboard.
|9th November 2011 12:58 PM
|Tiesda You
Hi everyone,
Sorry for the delay in joining on this thread. Remi, who sits here opposite me in our office, has mentioned it several times.
Over the years, we've been under tremendous pressure to keep Starboard's board range tight. As a brand that loves new concepts, it's hard – so we're trying to find a good balance between the two. If you look closely at the 2012 range, we've sadly eliminated the Serenity and the K15. The Atom will go after New Year. It's a shame because I still really love them all and I really believe they are great boards. I have a special edition Atom and a Serenity which I will keep preciously in a collector's vault. It just goes to show the amount of pressure we have from the market and our sales network that has to finance each model we release.
When it comes to technology, we've also had to trim down the options. You'll see that our freestyle board is now available only in WoodCarbon, for example. The Evo is now in Wood or WoodCarbon, when last year we offered a Technora option. The Futuras, and the new 2012 Carves that will be launched on January 1st for that matter, are now available only in Carbon and Wood.
When we did this merging for the Futuras and Carves, we had to choose which technology will be the basis for the 'new Wood'. We chose Technora because it had the price point and a larger gap to the top-of-the-line Carbon. We also had some issues with two test centres on the Technora in 2011, along the rails around the mid-section, which required some extra reinforcements. We saved some weight by losing the deck paint, but overall there is a weight increase. This is why the 2012 Wood is significantly heavier than the 2011 Wood.
In terms of marketing, we knew that there will be a period of transition and that people would be disappointed that the Wood is no longer Starboard's flagship construction – but it's something we just have to go through. As the years go by, Wood will have to be content with being the mid-range construction. For those who are disappointed with the weight, hopefully the lower price will be a consolation.
Effectively, there is no direct replacement for the 'old Wood', with its unique price/weight/stiffness ratio. The Carbon option remains the top choice for the best possible acceleration and minimum weight.
As a side note, our hand was also forced by the fact that other board brands called their lower mid-range construction Wood. Their price and weight was more like our Technora, so we had the problem of windsurfers not choosing to buy our Wood because ours was more expensive (people didn't seem to notice it was lighter back then!).
Finally, I want to make it clear that this Technology merging between Carbon, 'old Wood' and Technora to become Carbon and 'new Wood' is ONLY FOR THE 2012 FUTURAS and the new 2012 CARVES (the latter are to be released after New Year).
The Wood technology on the Evo, Quad, iSonic and Kodes are still built in the full PVC sandwich, full Wood deck and full Wood bottom skins. They are at the same weight as last year plus a little extra as we added a reinforcement patch around the rail of the front foot. There is no plan so far to change their construction either, as the 'new Wood' that is currently used for the Futura/Carves will not be strong enough for extreme wave and freestyle boards, or light enough for slalom.
While we're here, I'd also like to quickly mention another Technology transition we are making, not directly related but similar. Over the next year or two, you will see the term 'WoodCarbon' being replaced simply by Carbon, even if the bottom uses Wood. You can see this in the 2012 iSonic 97 Carbon for example, or the 2012 Futura 101 Carbon. Next year, the wave boards will also be renamed Carbon, even though the construction will remain identical, i.e. with Wood on the bottom.
So within the big Carbon Technology family, there will be boards that are built with the actual carbon material on both deck and bottom, and others will be using carbon on the deck only, with wood on the bottom. We choose between wood and carbon for the bottom construction, depending on the use of the board. Wood is more controllable and stronger, so we are using it for high wind slalom boards and wave boards. The reason we want to make this terminology change is to simplify the perception of technology options.
By 2013, we want to have simply three main families in the future: Carbon, Wood and Tufskin.
I hope this helps (and I hope that I can still remember my forum password),
|8th November 2011 05:59 PM
+10% increase in wood board weight for 2012?
So after all, with no response from SB, the conclusion is that it is a great idea to increase the weight of a windsurfboard.
Still wondering why SB does not reply.
|7th November 2011 10:13 PM
Futura 131 carbon 2012 first test
Yesterday I had my first tow with the new 2012 futura 131 , and I must say it feels great I sailed it with 7.8 and 9.5 and I must say no problem at all the board is planing very quick
and the speed was also fantastic I sailed against a 127 Isonic whe where very close in speed and plaining, .
I am very happy with this new board it feld great for the first time on the water for me
FUTURA RULES and give me allot of fun .
Thanks Starboardteam for such a great board
|2nd November 2011 07:36 PM
|Looks like an extra 800 grams has not ruined the Futura, after all. Maybe it is the end of the "always lighter" myth.
|2nd November 2011 04:49 AM
veldig interessant, takk
|31st October 2011 04:29 PM
Hi Haggar
The feeling on the water is better a litlle more higher on the water and the top end control in choppy conditions even better then the 2011 a little bit closer to the Isonic for my feeling but then with easier futura feeling gybing is better then the 2011 , I liked it very much
|31st October 2011 10:03 AM
|Hi Hans, thanks for your valuable info, are you able to tell yet how the top end control and ride comfort in choppy conditions compares to last years model ??
|31st October 2011 03:10 AM
I had som tow with the new 2012 futura 111, the tail witdh is on the 30 cm point 45,9, on the 2011 it was 43 cm, and i must say the board feels fantastic on the water superfast easier upwind and better gybing then the 2011 wood version i had.
The minus point was the plaining of the board ,do his weight technora wood version 7.9 kg and my old 2011 around 7 kg, but with a little pumping you can do the job , and then the 2012 is even faster then the 2011 , I must say more + points dan minus points
|30th October 2011 11:14 PM
Futura and wide tail
To R�mi:
You wrote;
The board is a bit wider at 30 but came very quickly more narrow. Does this mean that the board has the so called "wingertail"?
If so I think it will function well. I have the Futura 111 (2010) and i Love it, but as I had Lorchboards some years ago, I have just bougth a Lorch "Offroad" 102 with the so called wingertail. Its a relative wideboard, but narrow in the tail after 30 cm (also a great board).
with regards
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A strange-looking bird with dark plumage showed up at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge last month to join the tens of thousands of cranes and geese that spend the winter in the Rio Grande Valley.
The problem: No one knows exactly what kind of bird it is.
The debate has spread from the refuge�s fields and wetlands onto Facebook, where guesses have ranged from some kind of mutant to a Thanksgiving turkey disguised as a crane for self-preservation. Birding experts from New York to California continue studying photographs of the bird, spurring even more theories.
The refuge posted a photograph of the bird on its Facebook page recently, sparking dozens of comments. Aside from the disguised turkey and oil-slicked bird theories, some suggested it could be a hybridization between a crane and an emu or a trumpeter, which are native to South America.
It could be a sandhill crane that has come down with a feather-staining fungal infection.
Or maybe he � or she � has a genetic disorder that results in too much melanin production.
�It�s different. It�s got to be a hybrid-cross more than likely, but what, we don�t know,� refuge Manager Aaron Mize told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
Members of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology�s Team Sapsucker � known as some of the best birders anywhere, they hold the U.S. record for finding the most bird species in 24 hours � say it�s a sandhill crane.
�We can�t say why it�s colored so differently, but we can be certain about species anyway,� said Pat Leonard, a spokesman for the Cornell lab.
Other bird-watchers have reported seeing birds with similar coloring in wintering areas in California and along the Platte River in Nebraska. Some experts have said breeding birds have been known to preen mud into their feathers, resulting in the unusual colors.
The refuge said a closer look at the bird through a spotting scope called into question at least one theory � that it had a case of feather-munching mites.
The only way to determine with certainty is to capture it so blood, tissue and feather samples can be taken and DNA tests runs. But managers at Bosque del Apache say it�s not worth stressing out the bird for the sake of answering what amounts to a trivia question.
�Whatever it is, it�s doing what a bird does. It looks healthy and happy so we�ll leave it alone,� Mize said. �We probably won�t ever know, but it�s fun to speculate. It gets people excited. It�s interesting. It�s a curiosity, and that�s how we�ll treat it.�
The bird showed up about a week before the refuge�s annual crane festival, which draws thousands of bird-watchers from across the country. It stood out against the sea of gray sandhill cranes and white snow geese.
The bird is both shorter and skinnier than a lesser sandhill crane. The muscle structure of its legs appears to be different and so does its body shape, but Mize said its bill is crane-like.
When cranes fold their wings, their feathers drape over their rear ends in that classic crane-like flow. Not so much with this mystery bird.
�He�s goofy looking,� Mize said.
The cranes that spend the winter at Bosque del Apache come from as far away as the western coastline of Alaska. Mize said that doesn�t mean some rare bird can�t hop a thermal and find its way to the refuge.
�Birds from all over the world can � and they do � show up in weird places because it�s the nature of birds. They can fly,� Mize said. �This one is just a little different.�


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Tutorials and Technical Articles
- HPC Today: Explicit Vector Programming with OpenMP 4.0 SIMD Extensions (11/2014)
- PPCES 2014 (RWTH Aachen University) on YouTube.
- Tim Mattson's (Intel) "Introduction to OpenMP" (2013) on YouTube.
- Hands-On Introduction to OpenMP, Mattson and Meadows, from SC08 (Austin) (PDF)
- Code Exercises (zip)
- Getting Started With OpenMP, by Richard Gerber, Intel Corp.
- Introduction to OpenMP tutorial from Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
- An Introduction to OpenMP, by Ruud van der Pas, IWOMP 2005.
- Writing and Tuning OpenMP Programs on Distributed Shared Memory Machines by Gabriel Mateescu, National Research Council Canada, 2002.
- Tutorial on OdinMP C/C++ OpenMP compiler, support for instrumentation, and the run-time system for OpenMP developed in the Intone project, PACT 2003.
- An OpenMP tutorial in French from the French Supercomputing Center for Scientific Research.
- Parallel Program in Fortran 95 Using OpenMP, by Miguel Hermanns, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain, 2002 (PDF)
- Portuguese tutorial about OpenMP from Paulo Penteado, Post doctoral researcher at Departamento de Astronomia, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo (IAG/USP).
From Supercomputing 2013 in Denver (SC13)
- SC13 Presentations (Video and PDF)
- Tutorial: Hybrid MPI and OpenMP Programming - MPI + OpenMP and other models on clusters of SMP nodes (PDF slides plus audio MP3)
From Supercomputing 2012 Salt Lake City (SC12)
- Progress on the OpenMP Specifications - Bronis de Supinski (November 13, 2012)
- The OpenMP Accelerator Model - James Beyer and Eric Stotzer (November 2012)
- OpenMP on a High Performance DSP - Eric Stotzer (November 2012)
- Fifteen Years of OpenMP - What Next? - Eric Stotzer (November 2012)
From Supercomputing 2011 Seattle (SC11)
- OpenMP CEO's Report (November 2011)
- OpenMP Lang Committee Report (November 2011)
- OpenMP in the Petascale Era - Eduard Ayguade (Barcelona)
From IWOMP 2010:
The IWOMP 2010 papers presented at the workshop are now available as a book published by Springer Verlag: Beyond Loop Level Parallelism in OpenMP: Accelerators, Tasking and More
The OpenMP Tutorial is also available in PDF:
- Welcome (pdf)
- Basic Concepts in Parallelization (pdf)
- An Overview of OpenMP (pdf)
- Getting OpenMP Up To Speed (pdf)
From IWOMP 2009:
- A list of papers is here.
From IWOMP 2008: (These papers seem to have disappeared from the source website … we'll try to relocate them.)
- Important concepts in parallelization (PDF) - Ruud van der Pas, Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, CA, USA
- OpenMP under the hood (PDF) - Barbara Chapman, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- OpenMP 3.0: What's new? (PDF) - Alejandro Duran, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
- OpenMP in the real world (PDF) - Christian Terboven and Dieter an Mey, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- OpenMP and performance (PDF) - Ruud van der Pas, Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, CA, USA
From SuperComputing 2007:
From SuperComputing 2005:
- OpenMP in Action (PDF) - Tim Mattson (Intel) and Barbara Chapman (University of Houston, TX, USA)
- OpenMP Microbenchmarks from Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC)
- SPEC OpenMP Benchmark Suite with published online results
- SPEC HPC Benchmark Suite with several OpenMP codes and published online results
- The International Journal of Parallel Programming June 2008 edition is devoted entirely to OpenMP.
- Using OpenMP, by Chapman, Jost, and Van Der Pas
- Examples from the book »zip file.
- Parallel Programming in OpenMP, by Rohit Chandra et al.
- Parallel Programming in C with MPI and OpenMP, by Michael J. Quinn.
- Patterns for Parallel Programming, by Timothy G. Mattson, Beverly A. Sanders, and Berna L. Massingill.
Research Projects
- The INTONE project: C and Fortran compilers and analysis tools
- OdinMP: A Free, Portable OpenMP Implementation for C
- OpenUH: Open source UH compiler suite for OpenMP (Univ of Houston)
- KOJAK: Kit for Objective Judgement and Knowledge-based Detection of Performance Bottlenecks (Jülich Supercomputing Center)
- OMPi OpenMP C compiler - OMPi is a lightweight, open source OpenMP compiler and runtime system for C, conforming to version 3.0 of the specification.
White Papers
- API for Performance Profiling of OpenMP Applications White Paper and include file
- The Wikipedia article on OpenMP provides a good, brief, overview.
- Articles on the Intel Software Network website tagged with OpenMP.
- Articles on the Sun Developer Network about OpenMP and Parallel/Multicore Programming.
OpenMP History Archive
- Designing and Building Parallel Programs 2: OpenMP Shared Memory Programming Language at the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center
- OpenMP: A Proposed Standard API for Shared Memory Programming (October 1997)
- The Supercomputing 1999 tutorial (zip file).