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57 Meetup Groups match "Salsa" near Dublin, CA
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Meet other local salsa dancers, would (and should) be salsa dancers, and everyone out to have a great time enjoying San Francisco Salsa Dance, Nightlife, Classes and Social Events. This is the largest Salsa Meetup in the area, and we host some fantastic, fun, and social events around the San Francisco Bay Area. You DO NOT need to know how to salsa! We are a super friendly group, open to EVERYONE who even thinks they MIGHT be interested in Salsa Dance. You show up, we'll take care of the rest …
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If you're queer in the bay area and you love salsa music/dance, then you've found your tribe! Welcome to our online clubhouse!!! This is your place to voice your ideas, find out about events, meet like-minded peeps, and plot universal domination! ;) If there's a salsa event you'd like to attend with some fun and friendly folks, please post it here! Very likely someone else wants to go too! Musicians want to jam with other queers? Post it! Want to invade a straight club on salsa/latin night? Oh y …
We meetup at Salsa Dance Classes, PARTIES, Clubs and Special events! ALL LEVELS of dancers are a part of this group. We are focused on the East Bay, but also occasionally meetup at events in San Francisco, the South Bay and the North Bay... Dancing, socializing, meeting new people and having fun is what this meetup group is all about. We also encourage people to IMPROVE on their salsa dancing skills by taking classes and social dancing....because the more you know and the better you are, the mo …
Come out and join the exciting social world of Cuban style Salsa. Meet new people, gain a new hobby and have a great time! This meet up is organized and led by Salsa Nick and Serena; organizers of The Salsa Rueda Festival: the largest Cuban music and dance festival in the U.S. Their group Salsa Vale Todo offers dance classes, workshops, parties, trips and so much more all over the Bay.
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We are a group of people that love to dance SALSA and all Latin styles of dance located in Alameda! Join us every Thursday night for a night of fun and salsa dancing! Yes, salsa dancing in Alameda! All levels welcome. No partner necessary. Just bring your friends, enthusiasm and love for salsa dance. Social dancing starts at 9PM 21+only Get your spot on the dance floor!
Hello Salseros Join us for Friday Salsa Nights at Tarragon Restaurant located in Sunnyvale on Murphy Ave. This is the perfect Friday night out all in one place: dining in a great restaurant with affordable prices and after dinner head upstairs for a night of Salsa Dancing. No partner necessary. This is also a great way to meet new people. Beginner & intermediate salsa lesson at 8pm with Isidro Corona. No partner or dance experience needed! $4 Draught beer & house wine-all night! $5 Champagne S …
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Hi Guys, Thanks for reading this. Long story short about our group and its members: 1. Our goals: - Meet new people, networking - Know them better, build friendship - Learn to dance salsa - Learn to dance salsa very good - Have a great time at least once a week with your salsa friends 2. The ways we are going to achieve our goals: - Meet at least once a week for salsa classes and salsa dance - Meet 1 hour before actual salsa classes to spend time with your friends and meet new one a …
Join us for all of our Meetup activities in the SF Bay Area and even the remottest part of the earth. The Bay Area Nightlife Meetup is the perfect way to meet new friends in a fun, sexy and non-intimidating atmosphere. What you should expect: Parties, After-parties, After-party breakfast, Dance Classes and Workshops for the Absolute beginners! Salsa, Bachata Merengue, Chachacha and more! No dance experience necessary! The idea here is to have an absolute fun. We also host parties and o …
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BUSINESS NETWORKING & SALSA DANCING SOCIAL! Click to Watch Salsa Networking Commercial JOIN US THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH for a fun-filled night of business networking and salsa dancing! Meet new friends and build new business relationships in a FUN, stress-free setting! Bring extra business cards, brochures, samples, and a great attitude attached to a friendly face! Casual dress. Meet and Greet Social: 6:00pm – 6:30pm Business Networking: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Salsa Lesson: 7:30pm - 8:30pm G …
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We get together on a regular basis to go to salsa clubs as a group. This group was created for anyone interested in meeting other Merengue, Salsa, Cha-cha-cha, Bachata dancers of all levels and connect with other hand percussionists / drummers, latin jazz lovers & Tropical Music Aficionados. Especially those living in the South Bay (Silicon Valley). Learn to salsa, play drums, mingle, dance, listen to music, and make new friends. You don't have to be extremely experienced to be a member, all lev …
Want to meet great people and make friends while you learn salsa, bachata, and chacha? Meet with us every Wednesday night. Dinner starts at 6:00pm and class starts at 7:00pm. Social dancing immediately follows. $10 covers everything! A yummy dinner buffet, two dance lessons and social dancing. What a great deal, you can't beat that anywhere! Do you have two left feet? No problem, the dance instructors are super friendly and fun and will make you feel comfortable. Plenty of free parking available …
We'll get together on a regular basis to go salsa dancing. We can meet people, make friends, support each other as we improve our salsa skills, and have fun!
We get together on a regular basis to go to salsa clubs as a group. This group was created for anyone interested in meeting other Merengue, Salsa, Cha-cha-cha, Bachata dancers of all levels and connect with other hand percussionists / drummers, latin jazz lovers & Tropical Music Aficionados. Especially those living in the South Bay (Silicon Valley). Learn to salsa, play drums, mingle, dance, listen to music, and make new friends. You don't have to be extremely experienced to be a member, all lev …
To get together at Salsa and Bachata dance classes, workshops, club nights and events in the Oakland, CA area, Bay Area and Beyond.
I would like to invite you to join this group, if you are friendly, interested in meeting other Salseros or learning the Spanish language, tasting the Latin cuisine and experiencing the Hispanic culture (flavor!) We organize salsa get together events where you can learn or improve your salsa dancing skill and meet other singles salseros to dance with. I would keep you informed about classes, workshops, places to go out dancing, etc. Meet with other locals who share your passion! dance away with …
Hello Dance Lovers! This group is for those who love to dance, watch dancing, or have always wanted to learn these Sexy Latin dances. A great way to meet new people and form lasting friendships, get fit and healthy (you'll be surprised you've just spent 2 hours dancing...sure beats the treadmill!!), and of course you'll get to either practice your moves at different clubs, parties or venues, OR take a class in Tango, Bachata, Salsa, etc... If you feel you have 2 left feet and need a cure, then c …
About BAY AREA LATIN MUSIC"What?" - ¡VIVA MI GENTE! BAY AREA LATIN MUSIC provides ways to track down the specific classes, DJ nights and live music nights you're interested in. Just check with us periodically to find different events and/or meetups or the venues that play a lot of bachata... or a mambo "on 2" class. "Where?" From all over the bay area, of course. The city by the bay La Salsa Vive "When?" We started with this site back in 2007, and in 2010 we had a boom! Since then, the s …
Come join us...we are a friendly, mixed age, low stress, fun group of men and women who enjoy learning social ballroom dancing in Morgan Hill, with members from surrounding communities such as Gilroy, South San Jose and Monterey. Our focus is American Rhythm (ChaCha, Rumba, East Coast Swing, Bolero, Mambo) and American Smooth (Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango) and Social Nightclub (Salsa, Night Club Two Step, West Coast Swing, Hustle). Your instructor is Chuck Braswell, a seasoned professional Chuck has b …
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A dance group for lesbians (and those who love them) who dance or want to learn to dance to Latin music -- Salsa, Rhumba, Cha Cha, Merengue and more!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dance Ambassadors holds semi-monthly partner dance events for the LGBTQ community at Lake Merritt Dance Center in Oakland CA. Dance styles include a mixture of swing, country, salsa, ballroom, tango, and whatever else you request. Our goal is to support and encourage the Bay Area LGBTQ partner dance community. We offer an hour-long beginning dance lesson at the start of each dance taught by a professional and included in the $10 admission. Experienced dancers are on hand to dance with newcomers. …
dedicated to promoting authentic popular social dances: cuban danzon, son, and casino;brazilian samba, bossa nova, lambada and forro; colombian cumbia, vallenato and porro; american lindy hop/swing, jump/rock'n'roll ,disco/hustle and social foxtrot; reggae; calypso/soca;reggaeton;beguine; bachata and merengue; zouk;puerto rican plena and danza; mexican polca and vals;argentine tango and milonga; and others. we meet weekly to learn the dances and go out several times a month to practice to live …
Salsa Dance and Latin-Dance Fitness Fans. This meetup group includes Latin-Dance Fitness Teachers, DJs, Salsa Dance Fans in the San Francisco Bay Area who are building and becoming a part of unique cultural groups centered around Dance, Dance-Fitness and Music. Karen and Michael Partnership pays for this site to promote our non-profit organizations that are contributing to our communities, like Ashkenaz Community Center, Lake Merritt Dance Center and National Dance Week. Programs we support are …
We're a group of fun and friendly individuals that enjoy conversations in Spanish, Portuguese, and Portuñol, as well as cultural events. Become a member and immerse yourself into both languages and cultures, have fun and make tons of friends! We welcome all levels of either Spanish or Portuguese, from intermediate to native. Coming events for our members include: Portuñol Happy Hours: Conversations en Español & Português. Live music performances: Rock en Español, Samba, Flamenco, Tango, Andean, …
What is Kizomba? Kizomba is a sensual dance that originated in Angola in the '80s. The word 'kizomba' means 'party' in the Angolan language Kimbundo. It is a fusion of Semba, the predecessor of Samba with Zouk music of the French Caribbean Islands. Kizomba is more laid back than tango but more intimate, slow and sensual than salsa. In the last few years, Kizomba has quickly spread throughout Europe via Portugal. Now it is taking its place in the USA. Kizomba Classes with Bay Area's most favorite …
Come join us for ZUMBA fitness dance workout!!! Certified Zumba instructor in Fremont. Check out the fun upbeat cardio workout. Zumba is the largest global dance fitness craze. Easy to follow, calorie-burning, dance fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music and dance movements, creating a dynamic, exciting, exhilarating, and effective fitness system. This Latin-dance inspired exercise craze is a spicy, upbeat mélange of salsa, merengue, reggaeton, bollywood, samba, flamen …
Meet others who are interested in Bay Area local Bachata happenings. Discuss the night clubs, dance spots, Festivals, dancers, workshops, socials, and studios, hot (and not) in town.
This is for all people that want to learn and appreciate Afro-Latin culture through dancing, lessons and events in the South Bay
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Bachata For Life: once you learn it you'll be dancing it for life! Once you learn it you'll dance to support the life of others. For the love of Bachata! We are addicted to Bachata and we hope you are too! :) once you try it you will be. We love the music, we love the style and we love the feeling. In short we love it all! Whether you are new to dancing, or a veteran of all kinds of dancing we'd love to have you. The purpose of this group is to help you improve your Bachata dancing skills, …
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Love to dance? Are you too shy to go to dance clubs alone? Do you enjoy parties and social situations that involve lots of dancing? Are you in your 20's, 30's, or 40's? Are you willing to mix it up and try different dances? Then this is the right group for you. We'll be meeting up at fun venues/clubs and have a great time. Come dance with us!
This is an exciting Single's group that focuses on events geared toward fun activities such as Dancing, Live Music, Travel, Hiking, Sports, and of course the opportunity to possibly meet someone special. We plan on being very active with events. If you have a cool idea and would be interested in hosting a singles event please post it on the idea board and your idea will be reviewed and posted as a Meet Up.
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Saw that it's difficult to meet other Colombians in the bay area and wanted to create a group where Colombians in the San Francisco Bay Area can meet up. Non Colombians are welcome if you just like our culture. Happy Hours, Hikes, BBQ's, Parties or Museum days. Basically anything we set our minds to. En un palabra cosas que son chéveres. See you soon. EVENT HOST GUIDELINES Members and Co-hosts, If your throwing a meetup you must provide instructions on how members can find one another. At …
The Silicon Valley Ballroom Fans. Meet other local Ballroom Dancers! Come to ballroom dancings best kept secret. Only one class taught at a time. Classes taught by one of the best instructors in the bay area. Good music. Large Dance Floors. Large social area for chatting. All Silicon Valley dance floors miss your feet!! Cuberly Ballroom , Starlight (Cheryl burke) and more. And nominate other ballrooms and events as well. Keep dancing , here with a Partner!
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CORDYGEN5™ is a blend of pure, organic, solid state fermented (BioMass method), super potent concentrated extracts of Cordyceps Sinensis Alohaensis Hybrid, CS-4 Cordyceps Sinensis, Cordyceps Militaris, Cordyceps Sobolifera and Cordyceps Ophioglossoides and is exclusive to Millennium Sport Technologies. CORDYGEN5™ has the ability to enhance oxygen utilization and ATP like no other cordyceps blend available. You are probably thinking "I've tried cordyceps before and it really wasn't anything to write home about". Well you haven't tried the CORDYGEN5™ blend. The problem with nearly all of the cordyceps on the market is that it is imported from overseas manufacturers who have rapid cultured inferior products. We've tested the vast majority of cordyceps on the market and they simply don't stack up. For example, most CS-4 on the market is cultured incorrectly yielding an ineffective product. CS-4 can be labeled as CS-4 whether cultured for 6 days or 6 months. The potency of the CORDYGEN5™ cordyceps blend comes from the proprietary combination of cordyceps strains and the way these strains are cultured. The competition simply doesn't come close.
Almost all cordyceps strains are cultured in a process called liquid cultivation or fermentation. This process uses a liquid substrate to grow the cordyceps mycelium in a very speedy 5-18 days, yielding low levels of active constituents. The cordyceps mycelium is then harvested by filtering out the liquid medium, drying it and grinding it into a powder. By filtering out the liquid medium many of the quality compounds secreted by the cordyceps are lost. It is usually further processed using hot water or solvents resulting in the loss of nearly 90% of the active constituents of which it had few of to begin with due to the fast liquid culturing process.
CORDYGEN5™ is grown using a solid state (solid substrate) or biomass method. This is a much slower culturing method where the cordyceps is grown on a sterilized solid medium such as organic grain. The cordyceps is allowed to consume the solid substrate while being subjected to temperature and gas changes (O2 and CO2) to simulate its native high altitude conditions. This process typically takes between 22 and 24 weeks (nearly 6 months) before the cordyceps is ready for harvest. When the cordyceps mycelium is ready to harvest it has consumed more than 98% of the solid medium in which it was cultured on and produced active constituents from every facet of its life cycle. The remaining 2% substrate is then removed yielding 100% pure cordyceps. The cordyceps strains are then super concentrated, extracted and blended into CORDYGEN5™. This process allows CORDYGEN5™ to exceed the potency of wild cordyceps exponentially. CORDYGEN5™ can exceed the potency of other cordyceps products on the market by a whopping 95 times (95X).
For Thousands of years Traditional Chinese Medicine has used cordyceps to support healthy kidney, lung (respiration) and heart function, low male and female libido, fatigue, immune disorders, for general health and appetite and for promoting longevity. Tibetan Sherpas use cordyceps and rhodiola to enhance energy production and oxygen utilization when climbing Mt. Everest. In 1993 the Chinese Women's National Track Team used cordyceps to set 3 world records by staggering margins. In this country its use has been researched for it's enhancement of energy production with applications in athletic performance and fatigue. Cordyceps has been clinically proven to enhance ATP production, increase oxygen utilization, improve VO2 Max, increase SOD (Super Oxide Dismutase) activity, support immune function, support healthy kidney function and improve glucose metabolism.
General Nutritional Components of Cordyceps
Cordyceps contains a wide range of compounds considered nutritional. It contains all of the essential amino acids, vitamins B1, B2, B12, E, and K, a wide range of sugars including mono, di- and oligiosaccharides and many different polysaccharides (some of amazing and unique complexity), proteins, sterols, nucleosides, and a wide range of trace elements (K, Na, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Pi, Se, Al, Si, Ni, Sr, Ti, Cr, Ga, V, and Zr.).
Major Bioactive Constituents of Cordyceps
Cordycepin [3'-deoxyadenosine] and cordycepic acid [d-mannitol] were the initial bioactive compounds first isolated from the Cordyceps militaris species (Cunningham et al., 1951). A study by Chen and Chu (1996), announced the characterization of cordycepin [3' deoxyadenosine] and 2'-deoxyadenosine, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and infrared spectroscopy (IR) in an extract of Cordyceps sinensis. Other components found included various saccharides, and polysaccharides of varied and amazing complexities (including cyclofurans - cyclic rings of five-carbon sugars of unknown function), beta-glucans, beta-mannans, cross-linked beta-mannan polymers, and complex polysaccharides consisting of both 5 and 6 carbon sugars joined together in branching chains comprising both alpha- and beta- bonds. Many nucleosides have been found in cordyceps, including uridine, several distinct structures of deoxyuridines, adenosine, 2',3'dideoxyadenosine (which is marketed worldwide as a primary antiretroviral drug for the treatment of HIV infections under the names Didanosine™, Videx™ and others) hydroxyethyladenosine, cordycepin [3'deoxyadenosine], cordycepin triphosphate, guanidine, deoxyguanidine, and a variety of other very unique altered and deoxygenated nucleosides that are found no where else in nature. The high "glyconutrient" content of the CORDYGEN5™ blend doubles as a second delivery system for the Kreaceps-XS™.
Rhodiola Rosea is categorized as an adaptogen due to its ability to increase resistance to stressors, rhodiola is used traditionally in Eastern Europe and in Asia to stimulate the nervous system, enhance performance (ATP Production), reduce fatigue, improve sleep, reduce depression and prevent altitude sickness (through enhanced oxygen utilization). It is suggested that the plant is useful in treating asthenic (having a slender, weak, lightly muscled physique) conditions subsequent to intense physical or intellectual strain, influenza or other viral illness. It is believed to have cardiopulmonary protective effects as well.
Rhodiola's stimulating and adaptogenic effects are attributed to p-tyrosol, one of several antioxidants, along with organic acids and flavonoids, and to compounds such as salidroside (syn: rhodioloside and rhodosin), rhodioniside, rhodiolin, rosin, rosavin, rosarin, and rosiridin. Rhodiola is believed to influence levels of biogenic monoamines such as serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine in the cerebral cortex, brain stem, and hypothalamus. It has been reported to prevent both catecholamine release and subsequent cyclic AMP elevation in the myocardium (heart) and the stress-induced depletion of adrenal catecholamines. Rhodiola's adaptogenic activity may also rely on induction of opioid peptide biosynthesis and activation of central and peripheral opioid receptors. These are all reasons why rhodiola makes a welcome addition to Kreaceps-XS™.
R-Alpha Lipoic Acid is not only one of the very best and most universal antioxidants but it also is the perfect dietary supplement for improving insulin response/sensitivity and blood sugar control. Research studies have shown that the cheaper synthetic RS form of alpha-lipoic acid does not deliver the full beneficial effects of the R form. Millennium Sport Technologies uses only R-isomer alpha lipoic acid in Kreaceps-XS™. R-ALA provides control for the destructive effects of glycation so you can obtain the anabolic and ergogenic effects of improved insulin response/sensitivity. R-ALA works with the glyconutrients in CORDYGEN5™ and Vanadyl Sulfate to drive the KreAlkalyn® into the muscle cell at an accelerated rate, providing amazing, strength, endurance, performance and muscle pumps.
Vanadyl Sulfate is believed to play a role in helping to regulate the body's healthy blood sugar levels, similar to insulin. Studies show that vanadyl sulfate mainly helps the muscle cells uptake glucose (instead of fat cells (adipocytes) uptaking glucose). Specifically by mimicking the actions of insulin, vanadyl sulfate forces more proteins, aminos and carbohydrates directly into muscles creating a more anabolic state with phenomenal vascularity and pumps.
Benefits of using Kreaceps-XS™
- Maximize ATP
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- Improve Immune Function
Kreaceps-XS™ has been formulated for everyone looking to blow through plateaus and reach new heights in their training or sport. Powerful enough for the professional athlete yet safe enough for the high school athlete, Kreaceps-XS™ is truly the new standard in creatine/ATP supplementation. Take Kreaceps-XS™ as a stand alone product or stack it with Citruvol™, CORDYGEN5™, or Carnage™ for mind blowing strength, endurance, oxygen utilization and nitric oxide production.
As an adult dietary supplement, take three capsules of Kreaceps in the morning and three capsules 30-60 minutes prior to exercise or endurance activity. You may take 3 capsules preworkout and 3 capsules post workout if desired. All six caps may be taken preworkout if desired.
*These Statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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posted Jun 27 2013 5:56AM
Are you a fast food eater?
Me too! Maybe like me you eat items without knowing how many calories are in them.
According to the
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, here are the menu items with the most calories at 10 of the biggest fast-food chains:
1. 20 CHICKEN RINGS from White Castle have 1,760 calories. That's 85% of a woman's recommended daily allowance . . . and takes three hours of high-impact aerobics to burn off.
2. A Burger King BREAKFAST PLATTER has 1,450 calories, and takes two hours of basketball to burn off.
3. A McDonald's BIG BREAKFAST has 1,350 calories. That takes four hours of cycling.
4. A KFC 10-piece bag of CHICKEN BITES has 1,300 calories. That would take five hours of dancing.
5. The Wendy's three-quarter-pound DAVE'S HOT 'N' JUICY burger has 1,120 calories. That's four hours of bowling.
6. A STEAK and WHITE CHEDDER on baguette from Panera Bread has 980 calories. That takes two hours of low-impact aerobics to burn off.
7. Taco Bell's VOLCANIC NACHOS has 970 calories. That's an hour of tae kwon do.
8. A Dunkin' Donuts frozen MOCHA COFFEE COOLATTA with cream has 730 calories. An hour of tennis will burn that off.
9. The Subway MEGA MELT on FLATBREAD with egg has 660 calories. You'll need to rollerblade for an hour.
(And then tell your parents you're gay. HI-YO!)
10. And a SLICE of Pizza Hut's 14-inch LARGE MEAT LOVER'S PAN PIZZA has 470 calories. That's an hour's worth of weight training.
That's some depressing stuff, that being said... are we really going to stop eating out? I think not, happy eating!
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yes - only 30 mins by train from Hook (Hampshire)
Harlequins should move here
Posted 19 August 2010 - 11:15 AM
yes - only 30 mins by train from Hook (Hampshire)
I, just like those Castleford supporters felt that the ball should have gone to David Plange but he put the bit betwen his teeth...and it was a try
Kevin Ward - best player I have ever seen
The real Mick Gledhill is what you see on here, a Bradford fan ........, but deep down knows that Bradford are just not good enough to challenge the likes of Leeds & St Helens.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 11:56 AM
because its not either/or.. that money needed to be spent to keep the club going and thye would have had to be there or at another gournd whilst the purchase of hte land and the building was done so either way he woul dhave had to spend shed loads (maybe not as much but still a lot) to keep it up and running while spending another shed loads on the ground
Posted 19 August 2010 - 02:16 PM
Posted 19 August 2010 - 03:12 PM
The pitch and the concrete stand are still there because it's listed, but a health club has been built alongside it. Plus, public transport is awful.
Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959
Posted 19 August 2010 - 03:23 PM
It woud be a cracking location. Excellent transport links right across London, nice size for 8,000 or so capacity, and with the added bonus that if the club was pushing the limit then Millwall is just down the road for one or two bigger games.
The land, afaik, is in the hands of two Italian brothers who were involved with Fisher Athletic before winding the club up and keeping the land. The whole thing was a bit dodgy because the council sold tha land to the club specifically so that they could redevelop it with residential units alongside a new ground. Now the club is gone, the fans have set up a new version playing in Dulwich, and presumably the requirement for a new stadium is no longer there. Leaves more room for residentials, of course.
Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959
Posted 19 August 2010 - 03:41 PM
Tooting and Mitcham
Don't fill them in, build houses instead.
Actually, I remember going and seeing London v Salford in a cup game at Kinstonian, they couldn't fill that either.
Edited by Bleep1673, 19 August 2010 - 03:42 PM.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 04:18 PM
The club where Eurovision isn't a dirty word. A waltz through the leopard skin lined world of Tom Jones, Bert Kampfert and Burt Bacharach. Step out to the sound of the happy hammond and swing to the seductive sounds of the samba.
DJ's, raffles, cocktails and wide collars. Please dress smart. Gentlemen might like to wear a suit.
Same price. Same music. Same rubbish prizes.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 04:21 PM
Posted 19 August 2010 - 05:01 PM
Tidy little stadium that already meets super league criteria and a cash hungry landlord. No brainer.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 05:13 PM
Stadium MK (22,000)
Vicarage Road (19,000)
Kassam (12,500)
Yay! The London Reading. Now what kind of a sport would do that?
Posted 19 August 2010 - 05:17 PM
Tidy little stadium that already meets super league criteria and a cash hungry landlord. No brainer.
You're Richard Branson and I claim my �5
Posted 19 August 2010 - 06:31 PM
But interestingly here is Harlow Town with a shiny new stadium and space for redevelopment. If not temporary seating.
A stadium, that has aqllegedly attracted the interest of Saracens and Leyton Orient FC
It seems people just don't like Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road
Remember on Fantasy Island your fantasy may not turn out as you expect it..
Sam Tomkins - Rugby League Week 14.03.12I was sat on the Underground train, and there was a girl looking at me. She was pretty good looking,too, I thought, "something's wrong here - girls as hot as that don't take an interest in me".
Then she came over and said - in a really strong Cockney acent - "excuse me, are you Sam Tomkins?".
She asked me for my autograph, and I was made up...until she asked me to make it out to her boyfriend. I was gutted, I thought she wanted my number
Benji Marshall discovering about Sydney "fan" loyality (Benji - page 245)After we were well beaten by South Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2010, a coupl;e of kids maybe eight or nine years old took their Wests Tigers jerseys off as I was walking off the field and threw them at me. "What's this" I said "You can have the jersey" one of them said "we don't go for West Tigers anymore". Then they ran back to their parents who were laughing. That was difficult to take, having kids who look up to you do that. I just dropped the jerseys on the ground and kept walking. It's not like we go out and lose by 50 points on purpose
Posted 20 August 2010 - 09:54 AM
I'd be happy with that!
Plus Woking FC haven't got a pot to p#ss in and could really use the money.
Posted 20 August 2010 - 12:27 PM
Here is one you can rule out
Why can you rule that out? Don't you think that if Broncos had stayed at Brentford then there might have been a better chance to build up a bond with Brentford FC?
Posted 20 August 2010 - 12:35 PM
London lost money on every game in Brentford and for the privilege had to vacate their home ground for two months every summer.
Great relationship, that.
- Severus, July 2012
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:31 PM
To adapt Lobby's concept, would it not be possible to buy into, or get a secure lease, at a small non-league soccer, RU or other stadium, one that has a reasonable infrastructure, and then build something similar to Blackpool? It would probably mean a bit of flexibility regarding capacity but, given the special circumstances in London, that could be justified.
Even a small stadium + the large temp stand (Blackpool's is 5000 seats I believe) would give a sufficient capacity for London Super League. Plus, as Worcester RU have shown, these constructions are modular and can be incorporated into more permanent structures as and when necessary.
I don't know how portable these things are but you could almost imagine packing up the grandstand and moving on should the site not work out. How about London Travellers?
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:47 PM
The RFU. Thats where "London" Irish play.
Posted 20 August 2010 - 02:32 PM
Great relationship, that.
But that was partially down to spending stupid amounts of cash on overseas has-beens
They are losing money now otherwise Mr Hughes wouldn't have said what he said, except now crowds are much worse, and media coverage has plummeted since the move to Quims
Actually as London Broncos the club got pretty good coverage
Posted 20 August 2010 - 05:18 PM
And, indeed, the Stoop.
The problem with suddenly either creating a ground of 12,000 capacity or doubling the capacity of a non league ground and then re-doing that every two weeks is that firstly it isn't cheap (you can ask Bath RU about that), secondly given the nature of London you have to jump through planning hoops even for temporary structures and especially when you're suggesting a dozen occasions when a few thousands northerners are going to drive in and thirdly I'm not sure that there are a huge number of locations out there where it would be feasible to do it anyway.
- Severus, July 2012
Posted 20 August 2010 - 05:22 PM
[2]They are losing money now otherwise Mr Hughes wouldn't have said what he said, except now crowds are much worse, and media coverage has plummeted since the move to Quims
[3]Actually as London Broncos the club got pretty good coverage
[1] Partially. And to Brentford stiffing us royally. We also didn't sign that many big names at all from overseas and picked up a number of players who nobody else wanted. We should have got more northerners that way too but I believe that it was easier to get lads to travel halfway round the world than it was to get them to move down the M1.
[2] They are losing massive amounts of money, there's no doubt. I don't know how it compares but the end result will be the same unless there's an injection of cash.
[3] I'd suggest that's because as the Broncos they were occasionally competitive. Something they've managed with overseas has-beens (your phrase) but never with Academy products or majority British sides. Harlequins RL have never made the play-offs in the current incarnation.
- Severus, July 2012
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I was at home and I got a call from my agent that I had been requested to do the audition for Miguel. I got really excited! I went in for the audition and read the script, and it was for a gangster character and I thought 'What? I'm not gangster at all.' I hated the audition because I figured I wouldn't get booked. I got a call the next day and was told they wanted me to come in and audition again but this time be more gangster. So I went by the mall and they had these 50 cent tattoo machines and I bought some and put them on and auditioned again, this time feeling more confident. I went home and got a phone call saying I booked it. I freaked out and was jumping up and down all around my house. They asked me if the tattoos were real and I told them they were fake so they asked me if I could get more of the tattoos. I went down and spent about $50 on them, and they had told me they'd have the tickets ready to fly me out the next day.
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About Those Stats…
by Dave StudemanMay 02, 2004
The Hardball Times is mostly about good baseball writing. But, just for fun we like to throw in numbers and graphs too. This is baseball, after all, where words and numbers go together like a superstar and his entourage. Can't have one without the other.
So we formed a partnership with an excellent baseball statistics company, Baseball Info Solutions, to bring you stats on a regular basis. The folks at Baseball Info Solutions score every major league game, feed it into their database, and send it to us every night. It's not "play by play" data, but it's great stuff.
When publishing these stats on the Web, we like to follow a few simple rules:
- Present the best, most insightful stats -- those that best tell the story
- When possible, use stats that are easy to understand and explain
- Present the stats in a concise manner that's easy to interpret.
- Experiment, take suggestions, keep what works and add new ideas
With these rules in mind, here's a review of the stats we've published so far (using examples through games of April 30th).
Pitching Stats
For our first example, let's look at one of the few bright spots up in Seattle:
PLAYER TEAM RSAA IP ERA RA FIP DER LD% K/9 BB/9 HR/9 SLG Garcia F. Seattle 11 35.3 2.29 2.29 0.09 .727 .161 6.4 2.3 0.5 .331Freddy Garcia has rebounded nicely so far this year, even though he's 0-1. It's not Garcia's fault that the Mariners have only scored 11 runs in his five starts. In fact, we think won/loss record is so irrelevant, we haven't even bothered to post it yet.
The pitchers on each team are ranked according to RSAA, which stands for Runs Saved Above Average. This may be a new stat to you, but it's been around for awhile and it's relatively simple to understand. It's the number of runs a pitcher has allowed in his innings pitched, compared to the league average. If the number is positive, he's pitched better than the league average -- and vice versa for negative numbers. Garcia actually leads the league in RSAA at 11.
I believe this stat was "invented" by Pete Palmer a long time ago (he called it "Pitching Runs"), but it's now published by Lee Sinins and others, and it's a very effective way to measure a pitcher's impact on his team. You should note that it's based on total runs allowed, not just earned runs allowed, and we adjust it for ballpark factors so you can legitimately compare pitchers across the league (see the park factor section below).
Innings pitched, ERA and RA (total runs allowed per nine innings) are all pretty straightforward. Although Freddy Garcia has not given up any unearned runs, some pitchers have given up a lot of them. Count me among those who believe that pitchers should be held at least somewhat accountable for the unearned runs they allow. By presenting both stats together, we allow you to see the whole picture.
FIP stands for Fielding-Independent Pitching, and it's my own personal favorite pitching stat. It was inspired by Voros McCracken's DIPs work (which is extremely insightful but complicated), and invented by Tangotiger (who found the simple math behind the concept). The idea is to take those things that a pitcher is solely accountable for (and that fielders don't affect) and add them together in terms of their overall run impact.
The formula is:
(13 times HR plus three times (walks and HBP) minus two times strikeouts)/(Innings Pitched)
FIP is essentially that proportion of ERA for which a pitcher can be held solely accountable. If you add 3.20 to his FIP, you'll get an approximation of what his ERA would be with an "average" defense behind him. For instance, Garcia has a 0.09 FIP, versus a league average of 1.34 (more than one run/game below league average). If he had an "average" defense behind him, his ERA would be around 3.29. His actual ERA is 2.29, which indicates that he and his fielders are also doing well with batted balls.
Speaking of batted balls, the next stat is DER, which stands for Defense Efficiency Ratio. This is the number of playable batted balls that the fielders successfully turned into outs. The exact formula I use is:
(Batters faced minus hits, walks, HBP and strikeouts)/(batters faced minus home runs, walks, HBP and strikeouts)
For team DER, I subtract 60% of errors from the top number, in order to estimate the numbers of batters that the fielders allowed to reach base via an error.
FIP and DER tell you a lot about the sources of a pitcher's success and failure. He may do the "pitcher-only" thing well, but his fielders might be letting him down. Or vice versa. Or both. Together, FIP and DER paint a fairly complete picture.
However, it's misleading to say that DER is just a reflection of the team's fielders. DER is a function of a lot of things: fielders, ballparks, groundball/flyball ratios and line drives allowed (not to mention plain old luck). So to help paint the picture a bit more, we've added a stat called LD% (line drive percent).
In general, Baseball Info Solutions classifies all in-play batted balls as groundballs, flyballs and line drives (they also classify bunts separately). These are just what they sound like: groundballs hit the ground, flyballs tend to leave the bat on an upward path, and line drives come straight off the bat. These are not indications of how hard the ball is hit, but the trajectory of the batted ball. For instance, most home runs are flyballs, not line drives.
Still, a line drive is more likely to become a hit than a groundball or a flyball. To show what I mean, take a look at the LD% and DER of the White Sox's four top pitchers:
See, as the LD% goes up, the DER goes down. I chose these four pitchers because they've pitched in the same ballparks with the same fielders, have pitched at least 20 innings and have similar GB/FB ratios. If any of these factors were different, the graph would change. LD% is an important part of the equation, but not the only part.
Taking a look at Garcia, his DER is relatively high (league average is .685) and his LD% is relatively low (league average is .180). So he deserves some credit for that low DER. Also, his GB/FB ratio is exactly 1.0, which means that he's a bit of a flyball pitcher, which also helps lower his DER.
The final stats are for informational purposes: each of the three FIP factors are broken out per nine innings, allowing you to see each pitcher's relative FIP strength. Finally, we've thrown in pitcher's Slugging Percentage Allowed, just because it's hard to find this stat anywhere else. Let us know if you find it useful.
Batting Stats
Onto batting statistics. For this example, let's look at a guy who has gotten off to a very good start:
Player Team RC RC/G PA OUTS BA OBP SLG ISO GPA P/PA LD% BA/RISP Lo Duca P. Los Angeles 19 11 85 48 .416 .447 .545 .130 .363 3.66 .286 .471Paul Lo Duca has been key to the Dodgers' fast start, and these stats show it. He leads the team in Runs Created, BA, GPA and several other stats. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Remember how I said that we prefer simple stats? Well, I guess there's an exception to every rule, and Runs Created is ours. Bill James invented Runs Created over 20 years ago as a pretty simple calculation, but it's gotten very complicated ever since. I won't lay out the entire formula, but suffice to say that it includes OBP, SLG, stolen bases, hitting in the clutch and all the various ways of making outs (including double plays and times caught stealing). It's also been adjusted for ballpark factors. As you can see, Runs Created has evolved into a complicated, but fairly complete, assessment of a batter.
Having said that, this choice of a "run estimator" is just a tad controversial. A lot of work has been done on run estimators, by guys like Tangotiger, MGL, David Smyth, US Patriot, among others. For this edition of stats, I chose Runs Created because it is well known, it's a part of Win Shares (more on that in a moment), and I'm most familiar with it. But I have a feeling you'll be seeing other run estimators from us in the future.
RC/G is Runs Created per 27 outs that the batter has created. It takes 27 outs to complete a game, and that's the theory behind this stat -- it's the theoretical number of runs this batter would create if he got to bat every time. This is also a controversial statistic, though a familiar one. Watch for different versions of "run estimator rate" stats as the year goes on, too.
PA is the number of times the batter has appeared at the plate, and Outs is outs -- including outs due to hitting into double plays and being caught stealing. Just looking at the ratio of outs to PAs is a useful way to evaluate a batter.
Next, you've got your rate stats: BA (Batting Average), OBP (On-Base Percentage), SLG (Slugging Percentage) and ISO (Isolated Power, which is SLG minus BA). These are all useful stats, and they highlight different strengths of each batter. For instance, Lo Duca's primary value is his high BA (second in the league); he hasn't taken a lot of walks, and his ISO is below the league average of .165.
Just for fun, we've decided to eschew OPS for now (you can probably just figure it out in your head) and run with a different stat called GPA, or Gross Production Average.
The math behind GPA is simple:
(1.8*OBP plus SLG)/4
The math accomplishes two things. It weights OBP more strongly than SLG (because OBP is worth more. Ask Paul DePodesta for details) and it converts the stat into a scale very similar to BA, in which .200 stinks, .300 is very, very good and .400 is almost unheard of. We think this makes it a simple, useful stat, and we make it more useful by adjusting it for ballpark factors.
Over at Baseball Prospectus, they have an article about OPS, in which they make the argument that you need to go beyond OPS to get a good grasp of a batter's contribution. We agree, and we think GPA does that, similar to Baseball Prospectus' EqA.
The last three stats on the batting line are pitches taken per plate appearance, LD% (computed in the same manner as in the pitching section -- most relevant for interpreting batters whose primary value is in their Batting Average) and BA/RISP, which is Batting Average with Runners in Scoring Position. If you believe in clutch hitting, this is a better way to measure it than RBIs, because it is not dependent on guys getting on base in front of the batter. As you can see, Lo Duca has been hitting a lot of line drives (consistent with the high BA), and batting very well with runners in scoring position.
Ballpark Factors
I've always liked the way Bill James described Park Factors in his "Win Shares" book: "If you think you know how to do it, you don't understand the problem." Park Factors are a complicated issue, and we've taken a slightly different approach to them.
One-year park factors are unreliable, in my opinion. Did you know that Colorado pitchers allowed more runs on the road last year than at Coors? Is there really any good reason for that, other than an outright fluke? I don't know, but I doubt it. So we've computed multi-year park factors for each park (up to five years for those that have been around that long) and regressed the park factors to the mean, based on how much data we have. In other words, we take the long view, with large sample sizes.
Okay, we didn't do it ourselves. We based our park factors on a spreadsheet that US Patriot has kindly made available at his site. Thank you, Patriot.
Next, we have applied those park factors to each team, based on the actual ballparks that team has played in so far. So each team's park factor is specific and dynamic throughout the season. With today's interleague games and unbalanced schedules, we think this is the best approach to park factors. Hopefully, it makes our adjusted stats (Runs Created, GPA, RSAA and FIP) a bit more valid.
Coming Soon
I've been asked if we'll be calculating in-season Win Shares, and the answer is yes. Give me a couple of weeks to work out the kinks in the system.
And we're working to make our stats section even better. In addition to the full tables we've already got, we'll have leaderboards, so you can find the players whose performances are most outstanding (or most embarassing, if that's your cup of tea).
We'll also have a "geek's paradise" report, listing many of the more esoteric stats that you can't always find elsewhere; we realize that most readers don't want to wade through all of that stuff, but some do (and don't worry, we will explain all of those measures in the same detail you find here). And we'll have all of this updated every night, so you can have completely up-to-date numbers with your morning cup of coffee.
Stay tuned.
References and Resources
There are so many good sources of baseball statistics on the Web, I don't even know where to start. Here are just a few ideas:
Major League Baseball's official site is full of stats and definitions.
Our friends at Batter's Box have a nice review of statistical websites.
And Baseball Prospectus has been running a fine series on the basics of statistics.
Dave was called a "national treasure" by Rob Neyer. Seriously. Comments about this article can be sent to him through the miracle of e-mail.
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Former Congressman Nolan won with 192,797 votes (54 percent) to Rep. Chip Cravaack's 161,136 (45 percent).By: Peter Passi and Jana Peterson, Pine Journal
The most expensive political race in the history of Minnesota's 8th Congressional District proved to be a tight one, but Democratic challenger Rick Nolan won in the end, taking back the seat Republican Chip Cravaack wrested from longtime Representative Jim Oberstar two years ago.
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AOL to jump into RSS-reader fray a week before Google ducks out
For something as sedate as RSS readers, Google's competition is getting fired up.
AOL plans to launch its own AOL Reader Monday, which will focus at first on being fast and simple, according to a person familiar with the matter at AOL.
The entry will be one week before Google Reader is scheduled to go dark. The service is supposed to close July 1, the search giant announced in March.
Keeping it simple at first is a similar strategy to rivals, which have had to keep goals narrow to roll out quickly before Google Reader closes.
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The pope arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for the run-up to World Youth Day.
Before meeting with the bishops, he presided over Mass at Rio de Janeiro's Cathedral and then met with politicians and leaders of Brazilian society at the Municipal Theater.
The unpredictable pontiff even placed an indigenous headdress on his head briefly during the encounter.
Friday night, an estimated 1.5 million people turned out and the pope lead them in prayer.
Presidents and heads of state from across Latin America were scheduled to attend the final Mass, at which the pope is scheduled to announce the location of World Youth Day 2015.


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Planning free-for-all in doubt as MPs vote on veto
The House of Commons will today vote on an amendment which could curtail government plans to allow house extensions without planning permission
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