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According to our Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service, US LTE cellphone shipments jumped sharply in Q3 2013. The US, South Korea, Japan and Europe continued to witness lightning 4G growth as dozens of models from Samsung, Apple, Sony, Nokia and others flooded the market. The United States remains by far the world's largest LTE country, boosted by robust carrier subsidies. This published report, available to clients, tracks global LTE handset shipments and vendor marketshare for 16 major vendors in 4 major LTE countries from Q1 2012 through Q3 2013.
Nokia has a healthy working relationship with Microsoft, and the partnership has been growing over the past few years. Recent initiatives include:
On the organization front, Stephen Elop, a Microsoft veteran, took over the helms at Nokia earlier this year, bringing both companies closer than ever. While Sliverlight, Microsoft Office, and Windows 7 netbook initiatives are all signs of a healthy partnership, embracing the WP7 platform in its totality takes the relationship to the next level. Shifting the building blocks of your device/software/service ecosystem in favor of third parties is no small decision and will have effect on your intangible sub-brand assets such as Ovi. And that exactly is the rumor from this week, that Nokia will launch WP7 devices in 2011. While we have no official version of the story, it would be interesting to assess the impact of such a partnership in the market. On the positive side, Nokia's industrial design, distribution and supply chain process are among the best in the industry. WP7 will gain a strong partner in Nokia to bring the best-in-class devices among Windows Phone series. But how much of an impact it will have on Nokia's platform portfolio, positioning and regional priorities? Where WP7 sits in Nokia's portfolio? Given the base set of high-end hardware requirements for WP7, the Nokia WP7 device will be positioned in the same premium space occupied by the MeeGo platform. Will Nokia abandon the MeeGo platform in favor of WP7? Or are they going to co-exist, with WP7 focusing on the prosumer and business segments along the same lines of the S60 E-Series? Will there be any major shift in regional platform trends? USA: With an estimated 6% marketshare in 2010 (nearly all basic and featurephones), Nokia has been steadily losing marketshare and carrier shelf space in the US. The partnership is unlikely to change the competitive landscape in the US market, where Apple, HTC, Motorola and Samsung lead the operator shelves. WP7 LTE phones in H2 2011 / H1 2012 might be a potential option for Nokia to make inroads in the US. Western Europe: Microsoft will find more acceptance in carrier channels through Nokia in Western Europe. But beyond the "foot in the door" strategy, the partnership will have to do little with the success of the platform. In emerging markets, where Nokia has the broadest reach in mid-tier smartphones, the WP7 will be not be the obvious choice for the cost sensitive segments. We believe Nokia will continue to rely on the S60 platform in the mid-tier smartphone segment. Overall, while the idea of a Nokia WP7 device looks like a big win for Microsoft, it's unlikely to change the prospects of Nokia or WP7 in the smartphone department. Nevertheless, Nokia needs to raise its profile in the US, and this would be a step in the right direction, but it will need step-changes in distribution and subsidies. But for the most part, it's going to be just another partnership for Microsoft and Nokia – you're only as strong as your weakest link. - Bonny Joy
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Google's successful growth has been enabled by strong support from its many partner vendors. As the first Android handset maker, HTC long enjoyed top market share, steadily broadening its portfolio across protocols (including hot "4G" technologies like HSPA+ and WiMAX), global carriers, and retail price points, staying ahead of Android competitors Motorola and Samsung. Historically, Samsung's smartphone share had been disproportionate to its successful position in the overall market, and we had long commented on the matter. However, starting in Q3 2010, Samsung became the world's largest Android vendor. Samsung accomplished this by launching an all-out assault across the globe with its Galaxy S family of handsets. For example, in the fickle US market, where each carrier has demanding compliance and customization requirements, Samsung launched a Galaxy S phone with each major carrier. Samsung's share of the global handset market has tripled since 2001, when it was already a third-ranked player. Given that historic show of determination, the vendor's leap to first place in Android smartphones should not at all be surprising. Expect Samsung to expand this leadership position in 2011 and beyond, riding Android's coattails to huge smartphone volumes. -Alex Spektor Samsung Overtakes HTC to Become World's Largest Android Vendor in Q3 2010 Global Smartphone OS Market Share by Region: Q3 2010
At CTIA in San Francisco last week, away from the fanfare around LTE rollouts and the next dozen tablet devices (ok, I exaggerate a little), Sprint had an announcement which will have significantly higher impact on mobile broadband adoption and revenues: Sprint ID.
Sprint ID promises to up the ante on personalization and ease current feature phone users into the smart phone ranks.
Sprint ID offers instant personalization along key themes/packs where the operator has done the heavy lifting of identifying and group related applications of interest to different persona from wallpaper to ringtones to apps. While the one click marketing line is not quite matched by reality given pesky little things like accepting terms and conditions etc, Sprint ID is a significant breakthrough in my opinion as:
Three handsets were featured at launch of Sprint ID: Sanyo Zio™, Samsung Transform™, LG Optimus S™. These three devices cover key price points in the Sprint portfolio and provide customers with a range of form factors, industrial design and brand to meet their tastes. Interesting to note that both LG and Sanyo retain the right to put their own packs on their handsets as well. This is a big win for LG as its Optimus S™ will be available for under $50 with contract giving the vendor a much needed boost in the smartphone space. Samsung meanwhile continues to shine at Sprint occupying the lucrative $149 spot with its Transform™. All three devices of course require a Sprint Everything Data plan.
However, for me the more significant impact is that operators and oems are finally realizing that customers don't buy phones or services or apps… what they really want are positive experiences
… be that socially connected, sports, education, health and fitness, fashion etc. This is something that our User Experience team has been evangelizing for the last 7+ years. Whether its 80k apps on Android or 250k on Apple store or 10K on RIM, one common experience has been exasperation at the huge waste of time, energy and emotions in finding ANYTHING!!! Which happens first, eyes glazing over or fingers cramping with so much scrolling? Either way the net result is often a disappointing experience which the early smart phone coolaid drinkers have learned to live with.
Newbies to the smart phone arena, will certainly have less tolerance and spend less time to personalize their device and enable applications. Sprint ID is well tailored to the next wave who are taking tentative steps into the smart phone space
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September 23, 2010
While there has understandably been a lot of attention given to consumer apps post iPhone and the plethora of application stores that have emerged, business mobility and enterprise mobility offer huge potential from horizontal to vertical applications and from smartphones to iPads and tablets to superphones.
In both NA and W. Europe, business customers account for under 30% of users but are the dominant streams of both revenue and profits for operators. On the device side, premium priced models from RIM, Nokia, and Microsoft Mobile licensees as well as the iPhone have long been key drivers of profits in a market where low single digit margins are the norm. The explosion of smartphone choices has led to the battle ground moving beyond the corner office, to other executive and now increasingly the midlevel manager.
With a new range of devices competing for space in the corporate market, the issue of corporate versus individual liable has become an increasing priority for IT decision makers. Add on the complexity of managing an expanding list of OS (Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, MeeGo, Bada from Samsung) and the growing importance of mobile portable devices with access behind the firewall and one can already feel a corporate migraine forming…. And that's before we even discuss device management, mobility policy, device retirement etc. etc.
I am looking forward to CTIA Fall (San Francisco October 5-7) and in particular to the Enterprise Mobility Boot Camp moderated by Philippe Winthrop of the Enterprise Mobility Foundation. The boot camp spread over two days will address many of the issue listed above with our own Andy Brown featured in an analyst roundtable on October 6th. I look forward to meeting you there. Don't hesitate to contact Philippe for passes to this the deep dive enterprise mobility event.
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Blackberry has finally introduced its much-awaited OS 6 upgrade with the launch of the Torch 3G smartphone. It will initially be sold exclusively at AT&T in the USA in August 2010, giving the operator an alternative to the iPhone. OS 6 employs a Webkit engine, HTML5 support and universal search. The Torch is a QWERTY slider with a 3-inch HVGA+ touchscreen optimized for messaging and media prosumers. Can the Torch outshine Apple? Is it an Android killer? Well, the external design is a little unexciting. It looks not dissimilar to the Palm Pre. The hardware-list ticks the right boxes for a premium handset -- with 802.11n, 5MP camera, and so on -- but the 624MHz Marvell processor might be perceived as sluggish compared with the emerging tide of 1GHz superphones. The software-list looks good, with Flash, HTML5 support and Webkit for developers. The Webkit-rendered browser will compress data traffic, benefitting AT&T's stressed network. RIM has opened up the platform a little for a better developer environment. Data services are prosumer-friendly and consumer-friendly and primed for email, Internet-browsing, social networking, instant messaging, maps, WiFi geolocation, universal search, RSS feeds, media playback, Blackberry World and PC tethering. No head-to-head videophony, though. Navigation of the UI is delivered through 3 main interfaces; touchscreen, trackpad and hard-QWERTY keyboard. Our brief trial of the handset in New York recently found the user-experience to be generally satisfying with a responsive touchscreen and good discoverability for apps and services. Retail pricing will be set initially at US$199 postpaid with a two-year contract. This is just in the sweetspot zone for high-end users, and it indicates AT&T will be subsidizing the Torch to the tune of roughly US$200 per unit. So... are OS 6, Blackberry World and the Torch an Android killer? No. The overall package of hardware, software and services lacks a true wow factor. The Torch helps RIM to close the gap on Android models and iPhone, but it does not overtake them. Is the Torch a Blackberry savior? Maybe. Torch 1 is a solid step in the right direction to stemming churn by upgrading its touchphone portfolio. Torch 2 and Torch 3 will need to be even better, though, with improvements like a 2GHz processor, because the consumer-enterprise handset market in the US has become hyper-competitive and the Torch will not be a leading light for long.
Those following the "Antennagate" saga no doubt tuned in to reports from the press conference held by Apple earlier today.
As Apple explained during the event, many other phones potentially suffer from a similar issue. Putting on my electrical engineering hat, I have to say I believe it – to an extent. A user's hand (or ear or cheek) all impact the environment "seen" by the phone. Antenna engineers work carefully to direct signals away from such sources of interference. However, there should be no reason why the left-handed "deathgrip" scenario is unaccounted for.
The smartphone vendor announced that while its "18 PhDs and scientists" work on studying the problem further, Apple would issue free protective cases (of both the Apple-made "bumper" variety and the third-party kind) to all iPhone 4 buyers.
So, why all the negative press?
It appears that consumers and the media alike have a love-hate relationship with successful electronics firms. We love to use their products, but also love to find faults in them. (Google and Microsoft come to mind.) The antenna issue has put the first major dent in Apple's armor since the original iPhone launched in 2007. To find a fault with a company this successful is a rare occasion, and it often makes for catchy headlines.
The iPhone still offers best-in-class usability for data services. However, the vendor will now need to fix the growing perception that its voice-call capability is sub-optimal. As Apple loses heartshare, it may not stop the die-hard fans from purchasing a device, but it may impact on-the-fence buyers. Given that Apple relies on essentially a single SKU, consumers holding off on making their buying decision can have a quick impact on volumes (without other SKUs to absorb the impact).
Unlike previous years, when Apple's competition was lackluster, this summer brings compelling Android-powered alternatives from vendors like HTC, Samsung, and Motorola.
So far, we believe that the negative impact on marketshare has been negligible. After all, Apple has already shipped 3 million of the new handset since launch. Furthermore, according to Apple-provided stats, only 0.55% of iPhone 4 users have called to complain about the antenna problem.
However, while the figure is pretty low in percentage terms, it still comes out to about 17 thousand people. The sooner Apple can bring that number to zero (the vendor hopes that consumers will accept the free bumper solution) the sooner it can curb the loss of heartshare and the potential long-term impact on the iPhone's otherwise gold-plated brand.
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Steve Ballmer and Microsoft have shut down the Kin social phone project, due to weak sales. An understandable decision; we estimate the Kin captured less than 0.1% of the US handset market in Q2 2010. At least 8 major reasons caused its downfall: 1. Clumsy sub-branding with "Kin"; 2. An unattractive handset formfactor that did not wow young users; 3. An unexciting set of features and consumer media; 4. Suboptimal finger-based touchscreen user-experience; 5. Poor marketing of its automated cloud-storage backup service; 6. Mixed integration of the UNIX-Java Danger acquisition; 7. Weak reception from US developers, who couldn't run downloadable apps or use Flash; 8. High handset and data-plan costs at Verizon Wireless. This is a long list of failure points. The Kin joins several mobile and portable product flops from Microsoft, such as Courier, Zune and Pocket PC. Will Microsoft and its handset partners learn the lessons of the Kin for Windows Phone 7 in 2011? They will need to, as Microsoft's global smartphone OS marketshare is near a record low. Reasons 2, 3 and 4 should be Microsoft's and its device partners' priorities. Good-looking touch-smartphones with fun consumer media services and a slick UX will attract developers and persuade tier-1 US carriers to throw subsidies in their direction. Add in Reason 5, the automated cloud backup for data, which was one of the Kin's few differentiators, and Microsoft's prospects will look brighter. And if they could bring the popular Xbox sub-brand and services to the table, then Microsoft's prospects may look even brighter still. But Microsoft will have to move with urgency, because rivals like Apple, Android and MeeGo are not standing still. If Microsoft struggles to deliver in any way on WP7 in 2011, then I believe it will eventually have to buy its way into the mobile market. Smartphones will soon outsell PCs and mobile is too big a market for Microsoft to ignore. Who do you think Microsoft should buy in software or hardware? And why? Leave your suggestions in our Comments box.


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Intellectual Property and the Incentive FallacyEric E. JohnsonUniversity of North Dakota School of Law January 23, 2011 39 Florida State University Law Review 623 Abstract: The enterprise of intellectual property law has long been based on the premise that external incentives – such as copyrights and patents – are necessary to get people to produce artistic works and technological innovations. This article argues that this foundational belief is wrong. Using recent advances in behavioral economics, psychology, and business-management studies, along with empirical investigations of industry, it is now possible to construct a compelling case that the incentive theory, as a general matter, is mistaken, and that natural and intrinsic motivations will cause technology and the arts to flourish even in the absence of externally supplied rewards. The result is that intellectual property law itself needs a fundamental rethinking. Number of Pages in PDF File: 58 Keywords: Behavioral Economics, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Incentives, Intrinsic Motivation, Psychology, Classical Economics JEL Classification: O31, H3, K00 Date posted: January 24, 2011 ; Last revised: June 25, 2014Suggested CitationContact Information
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Aces Cashner, Fernandez meet in Miami
Marlins look for fifth win in six games; Padres hope to right ship
It won't just be a matchup of two up-and-coming pitching aces Saturday night when the Padres face the Marlins.
It will be power arm versus power arm.
The Padres will send their Opening Day starter, Andrew Cashner, to the mound for the second time this season as the Marlins counter with their own Opening Day starter, Jose Fernandez.
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It did for the 21-year-old on Opening Night, in Miami's 10-1 win over the Rockies. Fernandez struck out nine and gave up one run in six innings.
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Fernandez became only the second starting pitcher to post nine strikeouts and no walks on Opening Day in the last 16 seasons. Jered Weaver in 2012 was the other. Before Weaver, you have to go back to Mike Mussina in 1998, with nine strikeouts and no walks in an opener.
Cashner got a no-decision in Sunday's 3-1 victory over the Dodgers, as the Padres rallied for three runs in the eighth inning.
Cashner allowed one run on four hits in six innings, with two walks and five strikeouts. That two-seam fastball, which he got good results from in Spring Training was good at times, getting him seven groundball outs.
"I thought I executed well early in the game," Cashner said. "It [two-seamer] wasn't as good as it has been. I thought I've had better command of it in previous times. But it was still pretty good."
Cashner's strikeout-per-nine-inning rate dipped from 10.1 in 2012 to 6.6 last season, though he spent nearly all of 2012 as a reliever when he didn't have to worry about pace or pitch efficiency as much. A year ago, his first season as a starter, Cashner threw 175 innings and lowered his hits-per-nine innings from 7.8 to 6.0.
Padres: It's all about the 'U'
First baseman Yonder Alonso and catcher Yasmani Grandal each have ties to the Miami area as they went to high school in South Florida -- Alonso at Coral Gables High and Grandal at Miami Springs High -- and both played at the University of Miami.
Alonso and Grandal combined for three hits and one RBI in Friday's 8-2 loss to the Marlins.
Grandal and Alonso make up 29 percent (2-of-7) of the University of Miami's Major League presence, joining Chris Perez of the Dodgers, Ryan Braun of the Brewers, Gabby Sanchez of the Pirates, Danny Valencia of the Royals and Jon Jay of the Cardinals.
The Padres nearly had a third former Miami Hurricanes player make their 25-man Opening Day roster, but infielder Ryan Jackson was sent to Triple-A El Paso late in Spring Training.
Marlins: Yelich set to return
• Christian Yelich, who is 1-for-10 vs. LHP this year, did not start Friday night against lefty Eric Stults. But Yelich is expected to be back leading off and in left field Saturday night.
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• After not appearing in the first two games of the season, Padres rookie reliever Donn Roach has pitched in the last two games. He allowed one run in 1 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday and two runs in two innings in relief of Eric Stults on Friday against the Marlins. The Padres are carrying two long relievers -- Roach and Tim Stauffer.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter.
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Straily looks to give A's series win against Rangers
If Dan Straily needs an example of an inexperienced starter establishing some consistency on the mound, the A's right-hander is in luck.
He can just watch Rangers righty Alexi Ogando attempt to stymie his Oakland teammates on Wednesday.
Straily might be pitching on borrowed time, with the A's likely to activate southpaw Brett Anderson from the disabled list in the coming days. For now, however, the A's would like to see the 24-year-old flash signs that he can be depended upon to provide a quality start. In two of his four outings this season, he has surrendered six earned runs. In the other two, he has allowed a combined five earned runs.
"When he's on his game and he's throwing strikes and he's ahead," said A's manager Bob Melvin, "you're seeing a lot of swings and misses, a lot of strikeouts, which you see with him in the Minor Leagues. It's important for him to get ahead and be less predictable."
Straily will take the hill in Wednesday's rubber match. Tuesday's extra-inning loss snapped Oakland's streak of five straight home wins against Texas.
On Wednesday, the A's will have to solve Ogando, who has settled nicely into the Rangers' rotation. Over his last four outings, the 29-year-old has compiled a 1-1 record and 2.92 ERA, relying on a more well-rounded repertoire that includes an enhanced slider and changeup. Now manager Ron Washington would like to see Ogando improve his fastball command to realize his full potential.
"His secondary pitches have progressed tremendously," Washington said. "His fastball is what will make those pitches even better. That's something he's trying to figure out, you have to command your fastball. If he can command his fastball, his secondary stuff will make a tremendous difference.
"I don't think you can be a starting pitcher without secondary stuff. But secondary stuff can't be your primary stuff. We don't want him to be a breaking-ball pitcher, that's there to make the secondary stuff better. That's what we're telling him."
Rangers: No rest for Beltre
Washington has penciled Adrian Beltre's name into his starting lineup every game this season, and the skipper doesn't foresee an end to that ritual in the near future. Following the series in Oakland, the Rangers face the American League Central-leading Tigers.
"I don't see him coming out before then," Washington said. "I can't live with that bat sitting on the bench against [Oakland] and Detroit."
Beltre has started 38 games at third base and one at designated hitter.
A's: Crisp likely to be activated
The A's expect to have Coco Crisp at their disposal Wednesday. He participated in full pregame workouts with Oakland on Tuesday.
Melvin said that Chris Young, however, will "probably not" be activated. He could return Friday, following Thursday's off-day.
"I don't know that he feels that he's 100 percent," Melvin said, "but until we talk to him [Wednesday] and see firsthand how he looks, I'm not really sure."
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• Straily has a .206 opponents' average the first time through the lineup, .242 the second time and .389 the third time.
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16th August 2013 01:59 PM | |
Roger |
Rod, I've never sailed an Ezzy Infinity in any size, so I cannot comment on whether or not it's a "good" sail. It should be big enough (@ 9.5 m2) but I have no idea on the weight, performance, durability, etc. I've sailed with a few people who have large Ezzy Infinity rigs, and they seemed to be going OK. Not the fastest, not the slowest, not the earliest to plane, not the latest to plane. Just don't know what to tell you as I've never sailed one. Roger |
16th August 2013 01:52 PM | |
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Yes it is (2006). It rigs on a 490. I have a powerex reflex 3200(490). Also have a large chinook extension and a 40 cm North carbon extension Would it be a good sail? |
16th August 2013 01:46 AM | |
Roger |
Is this an Ezzy Infinity 9.5 m2? Do you know where to locate a compatible mast for it? Roger |
15th August 2013 04:25 PM | |
Unregistered | I have found an Infinity 9.5 2006. Would work or too old and heavy? |
14th August 2013 12:01 AM | |
Roger |
Hi Rod, I'm partial to the Sailworks Retro Free Race Sails (totally camless, but with almost race sail performance). If you are in the USA that would be a good choice. Severne Overdrive, and a few others in the "free race" category are large/light/ and promote early planning. You will probably need a longer mast, maybe a boom as well, but you increase your time on the water planning significantly. Roger |
13th August 2013 09:11 PM | |
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Roger, the go is 2002, and I love it, 280 x 90. Got a Curtis drake stocky 42. I have tried the 65 fin from the formula on it but didnt like it. I am still to fresh to handle that fin. Still hard to handle the lift it produces. I am starting over with windsurfing after 20+ years out of the water. I remember myself planing on a Fanatic lite Bat with a 5.5 mistral in 1990 or so I would love to learn to handle the F155. It would just take time. But I am tempted with the Go 175 When I get the chance I will get a newer 8.5-9.0 sail. What do you recommend? (lousy wind) Thanks a lot Roger Rod |
13th August 2013 01:19 AM | |
Roger |
Rod, What year model is your Wife's GO 200. How wide is it? We used to put 70 cm Formula Fins in the back of the '02 and '03 100 cm wide Start boards, and with a big enough sail, they absolutely flew in light air. The '02 with the more square stern was the favorite, but the '03 with the rounder tail was close to as good. Planned about the same windspeed as the 100.5 cm wide Formula boards, but were a whole lot easier to sail. Just took a bit more effort/technique to get them going vs the Formula. A big fin is your 2nd best friend to get planning early. First you need the board width, they you need the big fin to go with the board width, then you need the big sail to grab all the wind you can. Enjoy, Roger |
12th August 2013 04:23 PM | |
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thx Thanks Roger!!! I am 180 lb./81 kg. I know I have to invest in a sail. I tried an 04 Ezzy Infinity 10.5 but I couldnt it handle in the F 155. Too heavy. I am a beginner. Vancouver winds in summer suck. For that reason the board I use the most is my wife's Go 200 Thanks Rod |
12th August 2013 01:28 PM | |
Roger |
GO-FW, Probably not. The 2010 GO 175 is 91 cm wide, which would make it likely to plane a bit earlier than the 85 cm wide F-155, but the difference in weight (the 2010 GO 175 weighs 12.93 Kilos) would probably outweigh the 5 cm width advantage. Also, you are using a fairly small sail. What is your weight/height....are you a small person? Also I believe the Diablo is a fairly dated design so an upgrade to a more modern lighter weight 8.5-9.5 m2 Free race sail like the Severne Overdrive or the Sailworks Retro might get you planning significantly earlier. And, as with all < 10 knots planning scenarios, your pumping skills will be the key to whether you get to plane or not. I had some wonderful sessions back in the day when the Formula 155 was brand new. We found then that putting a 70 cm Fin ( Formula fins had not been invented yet) in it helped get you planning much earlier. If you have the water depth and clarity to sail a 70 cm fin, you can' get the F-155 going about 2 knots earlier in the wind spectrum with good rig AND fin pumping skills. I was reading an old post on this forum from around 2000 where I sailed a F-155 in the Gorge one week and in San Diego and Long Beach the next week. Great fun, and it was about the fastest thing on the water at the time. Roger |
12th August 2013 09:05 AM | |
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even if it does - that is a small sail for light winds you must be a lightweight for most people under 10 knots is longboard time and that is lovely with an 8.x sail!!! |
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Kid Cudi's Milwaukee show moved from Rave to U.S. Cellular Arena
The Kid Cudi show scheduled for the Eagles Ballroom next Wednesday is moving to U.S. Cellular Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave., "due to the nature of Kid Cudi's production," according to a statement from a Rave spokeswoman.
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Alternative-movie options runneth over in Milwaukee in the coming week, from indie films to old comedy favorites.
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The Bike-In Movie Series has an odd but potentially fun double feature at dusk Friday: "The Sandlot," the much-loved kids-baseball movie, and "I ♥ Huckabee's," David O. Russell's quirky drama about a pair of existential detectives seeking connections in a man's life. »Read Full Article
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Yelich, Ozuna a longtime tandem; New York starter has been solid
Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna batting back to back in the Marlins' lineup always seemed to be in the cards. As the two outfielders rose through the Minor League ranks together, they hit first-second or second-third at nearly every stop.
Low A Greensboro, Class A Jupiter, Double-A Jacksonville. The same situation.
"It's something that's not really new for us," Yelich said. "It's kind of just continued up here."
Yelich and Ozuna will attempt to keep it going on Friday against Mets starter Zack Wheeler, who has three quality starts in his four 2014 outings.
So far, the pairing is paying dividends for Miami. Yelich is batting .329 (28-for-85) with 15 runs scored and a career-best 17-game hitting streak, and Ozuna sports a .309 (25-for-81) average with 10 RBIs and 12 runs scored through the first 22 games.
With Yelich and Ozuna getting on base, the lineup is producing. Giancarlo Stanton leads the Majors with 27 RBIs, and four Marlins have already reached double-digit RBIs. Justin Ruggiano was the only Miami batter to drive in 10 runs last April.
Ozuna enjoys trying to get on base ahead of run producers like Stanton, Casey McGehee, Garrett Jones and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. He has seen a lot of fastballs so far this season.
"Hitting second, I like it because you can see more pitches, you can take in more at-bats," Ozuna said. "Then I put the RBIs to Stanton behind me, and that's a good thing."
Ozuna is comfortable batting second, and Yelich said he has no problem hitting at any spot in the lineup as his mindset is simply to "get on base." However, Miami manager Mike Redmond envisions Yelich as someone who will clear the bases down the road.
"I see him probably more hitting in the middle of the order, like a three-hole guy or something like that kind, as he matures as a hitter and gets more and more experience," Redmond said. "But with his speed and the way he gets on base and the quality of at-bats he has, he could be an everyday leadoff guy, for sure."
Aside from a three-run fifth inning in which he allowed three consecutive doubles, Wheeler was stellar in his most recent start against the Braves in a game the Mets would win, 4-3, on Curtis Granderson's walk-off sacrifice fly in the 14th inning.
Formerly a highly touted prospect, Wheeler has fanned exactly six batters in three of his four starts, while striking out 21 batters in 23 1/3 innings. He's faced the Marlins once in his career, allowing two runs in seven innings while earning a no-decision.
Mets: Murphy providing consistency at the plate
• Second baseman Daniel Murphy has hit safely in nine of his past 10 games, batting .326 (14-for-43) with eight runs scored and just five strikeouts during the stretch.
He ranks second on the Mets with a .291 batting average, 11 runs scored, three stolen bases, 25 hits and four doubles.
• Eric Young Jr. has stolen 10 bases in 11 tries so far this season. Entering 2014, he had swiped just nine bags in 129 career plate appearances in April.
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• Henderson Alvarez was masterful in his most recent start, giving up just two hits in a complete-game shutout of the Mariners on April 19 at Marlins Park. He needed just 90 pitches to get through the third complete game of his career.
Alvarez's sharpness reminded Redmond of the right-hander's no-hitter against the Tigers on the final day of the 2013 season.
"I thought it was pretty similar," Redmond said following Alvarez's last start. "I was thinking to myself, 'Man, he's executing his pitches and getting ground balls.' When he's doing that, it really shows the type of stuff that he has. The [velocity] was good. After that first inning, I felt like, 'Hey, he's got his good stuff tonight, and we've got a chance. We've just got to figure out a way to score some runs.'"
• Stanton has been intentionally walked six times this season, already surpassing his total of five last season.
Worth noting
• Granderson and Alvarez will meet for the first time as National League foes, previously playing against each other when Granderson was a Yankee and Alvarez pitched for the Blue Jays. Granderson is 3-for-12 with a double, an RBI, a walk and three strikeouts against Alvarez.
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"Right level of detail"
I've listened to articles on the same subject from both Science News (SN) and Scientific American (SA)from Audio Books. My experience is that articles come out a month or two earlier on SA, and in greater depth than SN articles. On the other hand SN covers a greater breadth of subjects. If you've ever read a paper SA magazine you know how integral the pictures, illustrations and graphs are for conveying the full content of an article. A picture is worth a thousand words, and the audio version of SA doesn't acknowledge they even exist. The SN articles are at the right level of detail for the audio format.
"Compelling read"
The author uses micro economics to take a broad swipe at many ideas people hold true based on "conventional wisdom." If you don't like your basic beliefs challenged then this book is not for you. On the other hand if you prefer an informed view of the world you should enjoy the eye opening examples of how wrong conventional wisdom can be.
I thought the first 3/4 of the book was very good. I found the last quarter on naming conventions of children to be too much information on a topic of limited interest.


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To all the Naysayers. Screw you. I mean that in a nice way. A 68060 based system with a Mediator and Radeon card should be able to run Debian quite nicely.
It's nice to see m68k in Sid now. Interesting to see the architectures that Wheezy supports versus what is in Sid.
alpha amd64 armel armhf hurd-i386 i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 m68k mips mipsel powerpc s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64
amd64 armel armhf i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc s390 s390x sparc
amd64 armel i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc
As you can see, Wheezy is adding 'armhf' and 's390x' to it from Squeeze, though both of them are just variations on other architectures (armel with hard floating points.) And whatever S390x is. Sid supports quite a few more. Very nice.
m68k processors are quite nice, and putting support back for it is more than just 'old hardware'. Think of the embedded space where the Coldfire processors are still used.


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A performance golf glove with all the proven benefits of fine Cabretta Leather, the Titlest® Men's Players-Flex Golf Glove is specially tanned for Titleist. The Players-FlexT has the added technology advantage of satin net and premium synthetic for optimum fit, feel, performance and durability with every grip. The Players-Fit is manufactured in Titleist's own Thailand facility to ensure premium quality, fit and consistency.
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The ReefKeeper Elite redefined function and integration for aquarium control systems. From the start, this controller has set the standard for all other controllers on the market in terms of style and design, as well as function. The ReefKeeper Elite, with its 11 button interface, powerful feature set and upgradeable firmware, shows why it's the leader in today's market.
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There is a new craze sweeping Lyons, but unless you are an early riser, and part of your morning ritual involves strolling through Bohn Park, you probably aren't aware of it. It's called Pickle Ball, and it is sort of a cross between tennis and ping-pong. You use a special Pickle Ball paddle (which
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Several Boulder County Sheriff's Deputies, coming home from the big pot bust near Raymond last Tuesday evening (August 31), stopped a very large (60 to 80) "peloton" of recreational bikers riding through Lyons. The deputies scolded them for riding through such a densely populated, and congested traffic area in a manner which obstructed traffic. The officers said this was not the first time this group had been warned, but it might be the last.
Where did Lyons' first ranchers get their money to buy cows? Who were the first residents? What was a one-room school house like? All of these questions and more were answered in Lyons' first successful children's summer history day camp in July.
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Heat forward LeBron James wipes his face with his jersey during a frustrating moment of Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. / Brendan Maloney, USA TODAY Sports
SAN ANTONIO - In a lighter moment earlier in the NBA Finals, Shane Battier contemplated a question and answered the way only he can.
Why can't the Miami Heat carry any edge, any momentum gained from a victory in one game into the following game?
"That is a question to ask Sigmund Freud," the Heat forward said.
It's not quite time to bring in the psychoanalysis. But it's close. The Heat have alternated wins and losses in 12 consecutive games, and the latest - a 114-104 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the Finals on Sunday - puts them in a dire situation.
In a series of must-wins, the Heat face the ultimate must-win down 3-2 headed into Game 6 on Tuesday (9 p.m. ET, ABC). Either the Heat's streak ends, or the Spurs win the championship.
Since the advent of the 2-3-2 Finals format in 1985, only three teams have won the final two games at home - the 1988 Los Angeles Lakers against the Detroit Pistons, the 1994 Houston Rockets against the New York Knicks and the 2010 Lakers against the Boston Celtics.
Despite winning a franchise-record 27 consecutive games during the regular season, Miami has not won consecutive games since the end of the Eastern Conference semifinals and start of the conference finals.
"If I knew the answer, we would have won two games in (a) row," Heat forward LeBron James said.
In two of the three games in San Antonio, the Heat's defense failed. Sunday, Miami shot 43.0% from the field but 47.8% on three-pointers and scored 104 points. It wasn't a great offensive night, but it wasn't the offense as much as it was the defense that abandoned the Heat.
The Heat allowed the Spurs to shoot 60% from the field and 40.9% on three-pointers. All five Spurs starters scored in double figures, led by guard Tony Parker's 26 points and 24 points each from guards Manu Ginobili and Danny Green.
During the regular season, Miami only allowed more than 110 points a game three times in non-overtime games. It didn't happen once from Feb. 26 until the start of the Finals, and the Spurs have dropped 113 and 114 on the Heat in two of the past three games.
"It's pretty obvious that we didn't give that same defensive effort that we had in Game 4, and they picked us apart," Heat forward Chris Bosh said. "We didn't have the same effort from the get-go, and we waited until we were down double-digits to respond, and on the road you can't do that. From here on out, we can't continue to shoot ourselves in the foot like that."
Parker, Ginobili and Green were a combined 60.5% from the field, and Green - who has been on fire from deep - made 6-for-10 beyond the arc.
"Come on, they just absolutely outplayed us," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "At times, they were just picking one guy out at a time and going mano y mano. That will change."
The Spurs bedazzled the Heat with ball movement, penetration, inside shots and outside shots.
"Basically everybody on their team was taking turns off the dribble, getting by us and breaking down our defense," Spoelstra said.
In Game 3, the Spurs crushed the Heat late. In Game 5, they did it early and late. San Antonio used a 22-7 run late in the first quarter and early in the second quarter to build a 39-24 lead.
The Heat managed to come back and were within a basket multiple times throughout the third quarter, trailing 61-60 and 75-74.
But from 2:54 of the third to 9:13 of the fourth quarter, the Spurs outscored Miami 21-2 and were 8-for-12 from the field. San Antonio often out-hustled Miami and created outstanding scoring opportunities.
"This is the kind of team that I feel capitalizes on any mistakes you make," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. "So if you're a half-second late, they capitalize it."
Now, it's Game 6 and back to Miami for at least one game.The Heat faced a similar situation in the 2011 Finals, when the Heat trailed the Dallas Mavericks 3-2. Dallas won Game 6.
"We're going to see if we're a better team than we were our first year together," Miami forward LeBron James said.
James expressed his frustration Saturday about Miami's inability to win consecutive games the past two series.
"We're well overdue when it's time for us to win consecutive games," he said. "We're at 11 or 12 straight consecutive win-loss, win-loss, win-loss. I think it's time. Enough is enough for our team."
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It didn't happen in Game 5, and if the Heat are going to win a second consecutive NBA championship, they need to two consecutive games. Miami hasn't loss two consecutive games since early January. A Game 7 looks like strong possibility. But it starts with Game 6, and just like James put the pressure on himself in Game 4, he is doing it again with Miami's season on the line.
"I have to come up big, for sure in Game 6," James said. "But I believe we all have to play at a high level in order to keep the series going. So me being one of the leaders of this team, I do put a lot of pressure on myself to force a Game 7, and I look forward to the challenge."
Spoelstra spent the two off days on Friday and Saturday prepping his team to play one of its best games of the season. That didn't happen. "We were a far cry from it," Spoelstra said.
There's not much time - just Monday and a portion of Tuesday - to put his team in a better position.
"We've got an opportunity to do something special," James said. "And we look forward to it."
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