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12 Least-Favorite Off-Season Moves
1. The Diamondbacks Sign Cody Ross
2. No, Seriously, Cody Ross to the Diamondbacks
Ross, whose days as a center fielder are probably behind him, was a 2.1-win player last year and hadn't been that high since 2008. In the four years since that peak season, he has averaged 1.5 wins above replacement player. So even before you figure in decline, the three years and $26 million is a little much. But when you do, and when you think about the fact that you already had an outfield of Jason Kubel, Adam Eaton and Gerardo Parra, much less Upton, much less Chris Young before that, it's just throwing money at almost nothing and doing so for three years. —Zachary Levine
3. The Diamondbacks Send Chris Young to Oakland
Although Towers' future moves, from the Justin Upton trade, to the Trevor Bauer-for-Didi Gregorius barter, to the Cody Ross signing, did not flow directly from this October swap, the opening salvo was as curious as any of the moves. Pennington was acquired, presumably, to resolve Arizona's mess at shortstop, but Towers went on resolving that mess long after Pennington came to the desert. And, in the process, he may have made the Diamondbacks worse at two outfield positions, in addition to creating an apparent glut at the third.
The Bell acquisition—despite the right-hander's history with Towers in San Diego—was equally puzzling. Arizona agreed to take on $13 million of the $21 million remaining on Bell's contract, which runs through the 2014 season, and though the player cost (Yordy Cabrera, who was obtained from Oakland in the Pennington-for-Young precursor) was minimal, the decision to devote significant resources to a declining and aging middle reliever was incongruous with the short-term plan of improving the team. The Diamondbacks will pay Bell $5 million in 2013 to serve as, at best, the fourth-best righty in a pen that also features closer J.J. Putz, primary set-up man David Hernandez, and elite specialist Brad Ziegler. This, before a winter that saw Koji Uehara get $4.5 million over one year and Mike Adams net only $12 million for the next two.
Towers has built a strong enough reputation over his GM career to warrant the benefit of the doubt. But if the doubters prove prescient, history won't look kindly on his third offseason in Arizona, from beginning to end. —Daniel Rathman
4. Ozzie Guillen and Bobby Valentine Get Canned
To that end, I have a strong interest in promoting the idea that managers shouldn't be tactically smart or savvy in the clubhouse or go-along-get-along guys with their general manager and owner so much as they should be good with a quote and occasionally willing to throw someone (verbally) under a bus or wave a bat in the direction of the most heralded rookie since King Tut. That is to say that my least-favorite moves of the offseason were the firings of Bobby Valentine and Ozzie Guillen, each of whom provided so much joy to everyone outside of Boston and Miami with their antics and their unpredictability and their hilarious praise of Fidel Castro and their inability to just shut the hell up for three seconds even though their jobs depended on it and, really, most of all, their belief that they actually matter and have power just because they're famous and signed contracts and had been good managers in the past, which power, actually, they proved they did have, if you think about it, because were those teams really 90-loss teams on the talent of it?
Either way, though, RIP Ozzie and Bobby, and here's hoping you make a reality sitcom together. —Jason Wojciechowski
5. The Mets Sign Marlon Byrd
The way it stands now, the Mets' outfield will likely consist of Lucas Duda in left, Kirk Nieuwenhuis in center and Mike Baxter in right field. Duda, at least, has a little pop, but Niewuwehuis projects as a fourth outfielder, and there will be no fringier fringe player in an Opening Day lineup than Baxter. It's no wonder why the always quick-witted Alderson replied, "What outfield?" when asked by a reporter about his outfield before the start of spring training. What outfield, indeed. —John Perrotto
6. The Padres Do Nothing
The biggest black hole last year was starting pitching. Injuries played a key role, but when 36 percent of your starts go to Jason Marquis, Eric Stults, Ross Ohlendorf, Andrew Werner, Kip Wells, and Jeff Suppan, that's as much bad planning as bad luck. The Padres, despite playing half their games at then-spacious Petco Park, saw their starters post the league's fourth-worst ERA.
They addressed this gaping hole by trading for Tyson Ross, re-signing Marquis and Tim Stauffer, and signing free agents Sean O'Sullivan and Freddy Garcia. Whether the team can re-establish credibility among its fan base by slapping duct tape onto an open wound remains to be seen, but there would seem to be better strategies for achieving that goal. —Geoff Young
7. The Diamondbacks Forget How No-Trade Clauses Work
It doesn't matter if the reports that Upton "repeatedly" told the Diamondbacks he wouldn't accept a trade to Seattle are true or not. Clearly, this is an important piece of information to have when negotiating a deal. Maybe Kevin Towers thought that news of the almost-trade wouldn't leak out, which either paints him as naïve or having a lack of understanding as to how the baseball media and Internet coexist. Maybe he genuinely thought that the Mariners would make such a convincing case to Upton that he'd waive his no-trade clause. And that he'd choose to go play half of his games in a stadium that would suppress the numbers he'd need to cash in when he hit free agency after the 2015 season. Of course, that doesn't paint him in a positive light either.
But maybe the most interesting aspect of this mini-saga is that it was not the first time Kevin Towers has done this. Back in 2002, when he was general manager of the San Diego Padres, Towers agreed to deal Phil Nevin to Cincinnati for Ken Griffey Jr.—and Nevin invoked his no-trade clause (h/t to Geoff Young, who reminded me about this). According to Nevin's agent, he told Towers the prior summer that the only way his client would accept a trade would be if it were to a West Coast team. At least I only forgot my daughter's vitamins once. —Bret Sayre
8. The Orioles Do Nothing
Were the Orioles complacent, or just financially limited? Perhaps Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter are already gearing up for another season of canny roster manipulation in order to hide its cracks and stains, but the intelligence and tirelessness required for the brain trust to pull that off in 2012—which they did, shrewdly, reanimating this lifeless franchise—should also have alerted them to the meager odds of Baltimore again exceeding their Pythagorean win expectancy by 11 games and going 29-9 in one-run contests. The O's inaction could plunge the club right back into the depths of inconsequence. And they don't even have Dana Eveland and Bill Hall around to save them anymore! —Adam Sobsey
9. The Reds Give Jonathan Broxton a Three-Year Deal
Broxton theoretically takes over the closer role from Aroldis Chapman, who will join the Reds' starting rotation. If Broxton falters a couple of times (and even the really good closers do that), there will be calls for Chapman to be reinstated as closer, because blowing a two-run lead in the ninth feels awful. Beware the moment when someone says this: "A decent starter is easier to find than a good closer." It's the sin of false equivalence. In fact, there are more decent starters around than good closers, primarily because there are five starters to a team and only one closer. But even if Chapman turns out to just be a decent starter, he's more valuable in that role than as a good closer. Baseball is a game of attrition, and getting seven pretty good innings is much more valuable than getting one really good frame. Still, the Reds might give into that pressure. If they're going to do that anyway, why pay some guy $7 million to take the fall when they could have gotten someone else to do it for a cool million? —Russell A. Carleton
10. The Twins Sign Kevin Correia
Here's a list of every free agent starter who got a major-league deal for a total guaranteed commitment of $10 million or less, with contract terms and projected WARP for 2013:
Correia has both the worst projection and the biggest guaranteed contract of anyone on the list. Granted, it's not as if the Twins could have snapped their fingers and ended up with any of those arms; maybe some of them wouldn't have wanted to pitch in Minnesota. But even if you accept the premise that a rebuilding team like the Twins needed veteran rotation depth like Correia, it's pretty hard to believe that they couldn't have gotten more for their money. —Ben Lindbergh
11. The Dodgers Sign Brandon League
12. The Royals trade Wil Myers, Mike Montgomery, Jake Odorizzi and Patrick Leonard for Wade Davis, James Shields and Elliot Johnson.
I don't want to steal my own thunder by going on about this because the Royals open the season in Chicago and it's going to take me many thousands of words to explain why the deal scares the living crap out of me. I certainly hope it works out. I hope that Shields wins the Cy Young and Davis proves to be the next Johan Santana and the Royals' young lineup matures and the bullpen is airtight and they win 100 games this season. I have zero confidence that any of this will happen. What I expect is that Shields will post a 5+ ERA, Davis will turn into Jonathan Sanchez, Myers will have a Mike Trout rookie season and Montgomery will discover the strike zone. I feel this way because I'm a Royals fan, and that's why I need a long form story to fully explain myself. Even if the reasoning for this trade had been unassailable from the Royals' perspective, I still would have expected it to turn out badly. As we approach three decades of losing, we Royals fans have collectively developed a massive inferiority complex. It's both understandable and very sad. —Bradford Doolittle
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Could the Cody Ross deal be one of the worst of all time , giving a $26 million three year deal to a 30 year old journeyman, when they arguably have two better players at his position already there in Gerrardo Parra and Adam Eaton,smacks of insanity.
Feb 27, 2013 02:50 AM
Delmon Young wants to be 13
Feb 27, 2013 04:46 AM
Regarding the O's blurb, in what world did every team in the AL East "spend big" and "aggressively work the market?"
Feb 27, 2013 06:48 AM
What Adam wrote makes sense to me. You left out "shored up," which Adam included in addition to "spend big" and "aggressively work the market." The Rays were pretty aggressive in working the market, and the other teams spent money, even if it didn't make them much better. They were all pretty active in comparison to Baltimore.
Feb 27, 2013 06:52 AM
By my count, the Rays added one guy who will start for them opening day, Escobar. Again, I have a different definition of the work aggressive.
Feb 27, 2013 06:56 AM
Well, it makes them comparatively aggressive, which was the main point.
Feb 27, 2013 06:58 AM
Trading your best pitcher and highest-paid player for one of the top prospects in baseball fits my definition of aggressive. And yeah, Escobar, plus Kelly Johnson, Loney, and Robert Hernandez. And they re-signed Scott, Farnsworth, and Peralta. And signed Longoria to a six-year extension.
Feb 27, 2013 07:00 AM
As much as the trade of Shields was possibly a very good move for the Rays, it probably didn't lead to more wins this year. And if we're going to start counting the Johnsons, Loneys, and Hernandezes of the world, shouldn't we be talking about how aggressive the O's were in signing Casilla, Danny Valencia, Jurrens, etc. etc? Signing a bunch of stuff at the bottom of the market isn't aggressive; if it is, then the O's were certainly aggressive too.
Feb 27, 2013 07:05 AM
I don't think Adam was necessarily claiming that the Rays improved the team for 2013. I'll give the Rays "aggressive," but I can understand if you disagree.
Feb 27, 2013 07:15 AM
Yes, since acquiring 2 horrible MIFers from one of the worst teams in baseball and signing Jurrjens is "smart" offseason work. They also let Mark Reynolds walk, IIRC. Where is his power going to be replaced? Valencia, Ford and Casilla?? Robert Andino was not an all-star, but the Orioles didn't get anything really valuable in return for him.
Feb 27, 2013 09:03 AM
Uhhhh, okay Mr. Miss The Point of The Conversation.
Feb 27, 2013 09:13 AM
I think it's fair to say that the Rays were aggressive in strengthening their franchise and their long-term outlook. It might not show up much in 2013, in the sense that they might have won as many or more games with Shields as without him, but they put themselves in a better position to remain competitive in the future.
Feb 27, 2013 09:17 AM
That's certainly possible.
Feb 27, 2013 09:24 AM
It does for me. The Orioles stood pat, the Rays worked the market. I see a contrast in the way they approached their offseasons, especially given that the Orioles likely headed into the winter as the greater risk for regression. Anyway, I think it's a minor, mostly semantic point. The entry was more about the Orioles not doing much than what the other teams in the division did.
Feb 27, 2013 09:28 AM
The O's weren't active. Granted. What should they have done?
Feb 27, 2013 09:32 AM
The point is to get better, rather than to be active, is it not? While the other teams were active, aside from the Blue Jays (and I guess the Red Sox by default) it is not so clear that they are better.
Feb 27, 2013 08:30 AM
Adam wrote "every other team in their division, the most competitive in baseball, aggressively worked the market over the winter, making deals, spending big, shoring up." I'm a math teacher not an English teacher. Doesn't that mean that every other team spent big?
Feb 27, 2013 08:34 AM
Spending big isn't just meaning cash-wise, if you look at it clearly. The Rays spent big, in value(traded a prospect for Escobar, traded Shields-Davis-Johnson for Myers-Odorizzi-Montgomery-Leonard) without spending much in cash.
Feb 27, 2013 09:34 AM
What about the Royals signing Guthrie for 25 million?
Feb 27, 2013 07:06 AM
Russell A. Carleton
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They paid market rate for a decent pitcher. It wasn't a great move, but it was understandable.
Feb 27, 2013 07:53 AM
Really? you think that was market rate? I would put him in the same class as a guy like Joe Saunders. Or maybe sign a cheaper more upside guy in Scott Baker or many of the pitchers listed above. Would much rather have a guy like Brandon McCarthy who is much better and cheaper. The guys competing for the 4th/5th slots are prob very similar pitchers, but are cheaper, younger, and have more upside. I would not be surprised if Guthrie does not have a single season below a 4.00 era.
Feb 27, 2013 08:05 AM
Or the Royals trading for and paying Ervin Santana 11 million.
Feb 27, 2013 07:06 AM
Nice to see that, as much as the Cardinals appear to have screwed up by signing Ty Wigginton to a multi-year deal for anything more than league minimum, at least it wasn't a screwup to match these, or at least not in your collective judgment. That's reassuring, in a bizarre sort of way.
Feb 27, 2013 07:11 AM
John Douglass
Well, I mean, the bar is set pretty high (in a low way) by Arizona here, but Wigginton is an absolutely frivolous signing. They already had a fat guy in the org who can play backup 1B, pinch-hit, and hit circles around Wigginton in Matt Adams. That the signing wasn't Kevin Towers level bad is like saying you're not the most corrupt Congressman.
Feb 27, 2013 10:42 AM
As much as it made the fans happy, 3 years and $20m for Marco Scutaro after a career 1/2 season probably wasn't the smartest move in the world either. It only looks somewhat smarter if your other options are bringing back Emmanuel Burris or Ryan Theriot.
Feb 27, 2013 09:32 AM
Regarding the Royals, I told one of my friends who is a huge Royals fan to bet $50 each year for next of the five years that the Royals will be in the playoffs. I think he said Vegas had their odds at 12:1 and they've got to be better than that.
Feb 27, 2013 09:39 AM
Can someone please explain this joke to me:
Feb 27, 2013 09:50 AM
If you text or tweet from your smartphone/iDevice, autocorrect will sometimes suggest words that have completely different meanings than what you are trying to type. For example, if you type "cya" as in "goodbye", it'll autocorrect to "cyanide".
Feb 27, 2013 10:31 AM
I think this one's referring to Ryan Howard's tweet to vote Carlos Ruiz to the All Star game.
Feb 27, 2013 10:34 AM
The Marlins should've gotten a mention for worst offseason moves...
Feb 27, 2013 10:49 AM
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100% of Byrd's numbers were "legitimate." John may not like PED users for moral reasons or whatever, but there's still no evidence that PEDs improve players' statistics. It's pretty sad that one of BP's best continues to peddle that unproven assertion given that most here are responsible in the face of absurd PED hysteria from the MSM sports media.
Feb 27, 2013 11:05 AM
Brian Oakchunas
I've actually been losing sleep at night wondering how many of Byrd's 82 home runs over an 11 year career were legitimate.
Feb 27, 2013 11:59 AM
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Well you sir are an idiot if you believe PEDs don't help performance.
Feb 27, 2013 12:09 PM
There is even evidence that steroids can help improve your eyesight which might be even more valuable than the added strength.
Feb 27, 2013 12:10 PM
First person suspended for PEDs - Alex Sanchez, 6 career home runs and a SLG of .372
Feb 27, 2013 15:56 PM
Yea, but relative to talent they may never have been made it to the major leagues. That might have been the boost they needed.
Feb 28, 2013 07:09 AM
Except they were probably also facing pitchers or hitters who were also using.. if "everyone" is using PEDs, and if you assume PEDs help someone perform better, then does everyone get a boost to performance if someone facing them is also using PEDs and driving down their performance?
Feb 28, 2013 17:29 PM
PED's don't help performance? No evidence.....it is right there on the back of Sammy Sosa's baseball card, scientific enough for me.....you need to look under the column listed "HR"
Feb 27, 2013 12:29 PM
Despite subscribing to an analytics-based baseball site, sadly many here do not understand the difference between anecdote and evidence, or how causation works.
Feb 27, 2013 12:39 PM
Brian Oakchunas
Inconclusive does not mean no effect. The research in Extra Innings suggests there is at least some effect even when comparing players who were not caught (but many of whom may have been using) to those who have. It also talks about the dearth of credible samples of players. I think most readers of this site are actually pretty conscientious about the conclusions they draw.
Feb 27, 2013 13:21 PM
The one thing that the mainstream sports writers seem to gloss over is that even if you take steroids, you still have to put in the work in the gym. It's not like you can take a handful of pills, sit in the living room playing video games and eating potato chips over the off season and then go out and hit 60 HR.
Feb 27, 2013 13:50 PM
Most major leaguers do put in gym work though. If they sat around playing video games, they wouldn't stay in the major leagues long. Ask Joel Zumaya.
Feb 27, 2013 15:58 PM
Also, the Correia complaint is legitimate, but the chart doubles his salary, making it seem much worse than it is. He signed for 2/$10m which gives him an annual salary of $5m, lower than most of those listed. Was it a good move? No. But you've made it seem twice as bad as it is.
Feb 27, 2013 11:24 AM
Yeah, I spaced on switching the total salary to annual salary--that's fixed now. The total commitment is still tied with Villanueva's for the largest on the list, though, and I can't for the life of me figure out why someone would want to give Correia a guaranteed second year. That makes it worse than the annual salary alone would indicate.
Feb 27, 2013 11:30 AM
No doubt, 1 for $7m is better than 2 for $10mm. Of course 0 for $0 is the optimal outcome, but we're past that point.
Feb 27, 2013 11:34 AM
Shocked that no one has mentioned the Red Sox signing Victorino for 3/39. Bradley's going to be ready pretty soon, and Victorino looks like he's ready to fall off a cliff.
Feb 27, 2013 12:33 PM
I mentioned it in the podcast episode I linked to in the Correia section. I wasn't a fan, but I didn't dislike it as much as the moves I went with.
Feb 27, 2013 12:51 PM
Ben Solow
While I don't like the Victorino deal overmuch as a Sox fan, I think it's more of a signal that they don't expect to resign Ellsbury. Think of the possible outcomes -- if Ellsbury is healthy and good (shows any sign of repeating 2011), then Boras will price him out of what Cherington is willing to pay. If he's injured or struggles again, then the Sox will just want to go with Bradley. It's only if he's sort of mediocre that the Sox will be resigning him.
Feb 27, 2013 13:01 PM
I wouldn't be so quick to view Vic as "ready to fall off a cliff" but I understand the skepticism with that signing. Vic had a pretty rough year in 2012 where he was one of the guys being asked to shoulder an increasingly difficult burden in the Philly lineup with Utley and Howard out. It was also a contract year and, really, almost everything about the 2012 Phillies was depressing. It was a contract year, he struggled early, things got really messy in Philly, and he's traded from a team and a city that he really seemed to love to a team that is almost a patchwork group of guys being brought together on the fly.
Feb 27, 2013 23:18 PM
My least favorite; Cardinals signing Wigginton to a 2 yr deal.
Feb 27, 2013 12:48 PM
I'm a little surprised the Mets made this list. The Byrd signing was minor league deal. Talk about marginal and low-risk.
Feb 27, 2013 13:40 PM
Hurray. Everyone is upset that their team got criticised.
Feb 27, 2013 15:45 PM
I'm surprised, not upset. I find it surprising such an inconsequential move was pointed out. That's all.
Feb 27, 2013 19:00 PM
It's a little unfair to call Baxter the fringiest fringe starter in the league. Was worth 1.2 Wins in 89 games last year. Career .810 OPS vs. righties and positive value as a base runner and defender. Feels like a pile on by someone who hasn't seen him play.
Feb 27, 2013 20:26 PM
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With a City Council election nearing, it is time for a change at City Hall. Councilwomen Weste and McLean are up for re-election. After 13 years on the council, it is time to send both women packing and thank them for their service.
Both have supported many projects over the objections of our citizens, most recently the electronic billboards that were planned along our freeways.
Both have sat silent over the past years as another council person repeatedly verbally assaulted citizens at council meetings, calling them terrorists and toxic. We need a change; we need new blood on the council.
In a field of 13 candidates, it is hard to choose. I have attended several candidate forums.
Candidate Duane Harte has indicated he would have supported the billboards. Many of his other answers seem to indicate that if elected, we can expect more of the status quo at City Hall.
Candidate Gloria Mercado-Fortine has a controversial past. She was quick to blame her troubles while serving on the school board on the fact that she is a woman and Hispanic.
She offered no evidence to support these charges (http://www.signalscv.com/archives/38049/).
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Candidate Maria Gutzeit is perfect for our City Council. As a mother of a school-age child, she understands the needs of our families.
As someone who has served on the board of the SCV Senior Center, she understands the needs of our seniors.
As a small business owner, she knows the needs of our business community.
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To help sell the plan, the sanitation board spent over a million dollars in "public outreach" with a company that is affiliated with Councilwoman Laurene Weste (http://www.signalscv.com/archives/93532/).
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text: Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana Community No. 218 will hold their fourth annual Halloween for Hunger food drive Sunday afternoon. Girl Scouts and volunteers of all ages will be going door to door in their neighborhoods collecting food items for the Huntertown United Methodist Food Bank. After the food items are collected, the troops will travel at 3 p.m. to The Third Place located on the southeast corner of U.S. 3 at 1601 W. Cedar Canyons.The Girl Scouts will then stock the food pantry themselves with the items they collected.


text: On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Pierre GM <email@example.com> wrote: > John, > Do you plan to have your modifications part of numpy.records ? In any case, > I'll try to check whether it is easy to add support to missing data: > MaskedArrays should now support with flexible-types. I do not have concrete plans, but I have spoken with Jarrod about moving some of these over, making some of them record array methods, others available in the np.rec namespace. I think the consensus is that these are useful and belong in numpy, but we are awaiting someone to do the port. On the subject of masked record arrays. We added masked array support to mlab.csv2rec some time ago and it has caused no shortage of headaches because of differences in the interface for objects for masked record arrays and regular recarrays. The following example shows a record array with a 'date' column which is a O4 python object type. Here is the behavior of the recarray In [212]: !cat test1.csv date,age,name 2008-01-01,10,'tom' 2008-01-02,11,'dick' 2008-01-03,12,'harry' In [213]: r1 = mlab.csv2rec('test1.csv') In [214]: type(r1) Out[214]: <class 'numpy.core.records.recarray'> In [215]: r1.dtype Out[215]: dtype([('date', '|O4'), ('age', '<i4'), ('name', '|S7')]) In [216]: print r1[0].date.year 2008 In particular, on a given row of the recarray, I can call object methods and access object attributes. In the next example, the data file has a missing value on the last row in the 'age' column, so we return a masked record array In [217]: !cat test2.csv date,age,name 2008-01-01,10,'tom' 2008-01-02,11,'dick' 2008-01-03,,'harry' In [218]: type(r2) Out[218]: <class 'numpy.ma.mrecords.MaskedRecords'> In [219]: print r2.dtype [('date', '|O4'), ('age', '<i4'), ('name', '|S7')] In [220]: r2[0].date.year ------------------------------------------------------------ Traceback (most recent call last): File "<ipython console>", line 1, in ? AttributeError: 'MaskedArray' object has no attribute 'year' It would help us a lot in this regard if we could access the underlying object. Is there a reason why the masked array behaves differently when it comes to accessing the underlying object methods and is there a sensible way to make them compatible? Thanks, JDH


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LEADING THE DAY: A judge rejected Google's settlement with authors and publishers yesterday, setting the company back on its plans for Google Books. The Washington Post reported that a federal judge in New York said the terms of the settlement "simply go too far." The decision laid out arguments similar to those made last year by the Justice Department, which laid out antitrust concerns. The judge, Denny Chin, also said Google's service has privacy implications as well, since the company could track what kinds of books users read.
Hilary Ware, managing counsel at Google said the company was disappointed by the decision but would consider its next options. "Like many others, we believe this agreement has the potential to open up access to millions of books that are currently hard to find in the U.S. today."
More merger talk: Sprint CEO Dan Hesse elaborated on remarks he made about the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile during CTIA's annual conference in an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer. According to an unofficial transcript of the interview from NBC Universal, Hesse said that AT&T's argument against antitrust concerns is flawed. AT&T has argued that there is plenty of competition in the wireless market, citing large competitors such as Verizon and Sprint, but also companies like MetroPCS. Hesse said, "These companies — other companies are very small, and they tend to be very niche players and carriers like prepaid."
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn said that she doesn't want to prejudge the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, but will focus on how the merger will affect consumers, reported GreenvilleOnline.com. (h/t Hillcon Valley)
Netflix outage: Netflix's Web site crashed for over two hours last night, on the same day that Netflix stock surged thanks to a Credit Suisse analyst's upgrade. Netflix confirmed the outage on its Web site and Twitter feed, though it did not offer an explanation for the service disruption.
Crain's New York Business reported earlier this week that Showtime would be pulling many of its programs from the company's streaming service including the network's hit show Dexter.
Groupon president to leave: Groupon president and COO Rob Solomon will be stepping down, reports All Things Digital. In an e-mail to staff, Groupon CEO Andrew Mason announced that Solomon will be leaving, though he will "remain a friend and advisor to the company in perpetuity." Solomon, a former Yahoo executive, said he is leaving because the company has grown so much over the past year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The departure was a surprise to many, particularly as Groupon considers an initial public offering. The company is set to roll out a new service, Groupon Now, which will show users current deals in their area.
Apple pulls "Gay Cure" app: After coming under fire for approving the "Gay Cure" app for its store, Apple pulled the application, according to the Next Web. More than 146,000 people signed a petition to have the application, which is intended to "reconcile their faith with their sexual behavior," removed from Apple's application store. The president of the group behind the app, Exodus International, tweeted Tuesday night that the app had been removed.


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PRESS RELEASE: Speakers demanded a people-centred Post 2015 development framework
[Dhaka, 19 September 2014] Speakers demanded a people-centred Post 2015 development framework ensuring the meaningful participation of all concerned stakeholders where civil society in the process leading up to Post 2015 Summit. 69th United Nations General Assembly 2014 that is to commence next week in New York focuses on the theme "Delivering on and implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda". United Nations is preparing a new sustainable development framework with its member states as the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) will get end in 2015. Speakers also urged to adopt a strong, inclusive and legitimate Post 2015 framework to success the Millennium Development Goals.
The press conference titled "A Transformative Post 2015 Development Agenda : Citizens' Demands and Expectations" was held today ( Friday) in city's Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium organized by a rights group VOICE and Beyond 2015. President of Karmajibi Nari and former senior research fellow of BIDS Pratima Paul Majumder, Executive Director of VOICE Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, Director of Supro and also the member of Beyond 2015 Alison Subrata Baroi, Chief executive of Online Knowledge Centre Prodip Kumar Roy spoke before the press.
Speakers demanded reduce inequality in the Post 2015 Development Framework
A national seminar on `Post 2015 Development Agenda: Towards a Transformative and Rights Based Development Framework' has been held on 24 May at National Press Club, Dhaka while it was attended by a large number of stakeholders including NGOs, academicians, civil society organizations, trade unions, women groups, rights organizations, students. Organzied by VOICE, a rights based organization and Beyond 2015, the seminar was presided over by eminent economist Dr. Kazi Khaliquzzaman while Rustom Ali Foraji, MP, Dr. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, executive director of Unnayan Onneshan, and Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, executive director of VOICE spoke at the seminar among others. Farjana Akter, coordinator of VOICE presented a key discussion paper.
Post 2015 Development Framework: People's Rights and Participation
A public dialogue on `Post 2015 Development Framework: People's Right and Participation' has been held on 3 May 2014 at Bogra in the Municipality auditorium while it was attended by a large number of stakeholders including NGOs, civil society organizations, trade unions, women groups, rights organizations, youth, lawyers and cultural groups. Nurul Islam Omar, Member of Parliament attended the occasion as Chief Guest while Abdul Latif Mondal, President of Bangladesh Union Parishad Chairman Association presided over the meeting. Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, executive director of VOICE and also the executive member of Beyond 2015, which is a global CSO platform working on the post 2015 development agenda was present as Key discussant in the program. It wa smoderated by KGM Faruque, executive director of PAVE-Bogra.
Speakers Emphasized Women's Rights to include in the Post Development Framework
United Nations must emphasize women rights in the Post 2015 development framework, urged Meher Afroz Chumki, State Minister, Women and Child Affairs of Bangladesh. She also demanded that government should include gender equality and women rights as priority area in new framework. United Nations is preparing a new development framework with its member states as the Millenium Development Goal (MDGs) will get end in 2015.
The State Minister attended the roundtable titled `Post Development Framework: Women's Rights and Participation' on 17th May at Channel I premises in Dhaka, organized by a rights based development research organization VOICE and Shaptahik while it was moderated by Golam Mortuza, editor of Shaptahik .
Speakers stated that the United Nations has been reviewing the impact of the Millennium Development Goals and preparing post 2015 development framework while women's rights need to get more focus. It is time for the government of Bangladesh, to strive for new goals. These goals should guarantee not just a decent living wage, but also equality between women and men, a voice in the political and economic decision making, and a right to live dignified lives.
Punishment to attackers on journos demanded
Different organisations formed a human chain in front of National Press Club in the city on Saturday with a call to end impunity.
They also demanded punishment of those responsible for attacking and killing journalists across the country.
Rights group VOICE, Media Watch, BMSF and International Press Institute (IPI) organised the event in observance of the International Day to End Impunity.
Journalists, human rights activists and members of the civil society participated in the programme.
The speakers urged the government to ensure justice for the journalists who were killed during professional duties.
They also demanded exemplary punishment of the killers of Sagar Sarwar, news editor at private TV station Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter at ATN Bangla.
A total of 700 journalists were killed in last decade while 93 journalists and bloggers were killed alone till November in 2013 globally.
Executive Director of VOICE Ahmed Swapan Mahmud moderated the programme.
Among others, President of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, President of Dhaka Union of Journalists Omar Faruk, General Secretary Jahangir Alam Pradhan, President of a faction of BFUJ Ruhul Amin Gazi, and Treasurer Khairuzzaman Kamal spoke.
PRESS RELEASE:Human Chain held to mark International Day to End Impunity
[Dhaka, 23 Novemebr 2013] Rights group VOICE, Media Watch and International Press Institute (IPI) jointly organized a human chain in front of National Press Club in Dhaka today to mark the International Day to End Impunity. Speakers called to end Impunity and demanded to stop violence against journalists, bloggers, writers while urged to attain justice within the judicial system. In observance of International Day to End Impunity, journalists, human rights defenders and members of the civil society attended the human chain.
ICT Act Amendment 2013 will affect right to privacy and freedom of expression
[Dhaka, 22 September 2013] Speakers told that the ICT Act (amendment) 2013 sharply conflicts with Bangladesh Constitution's Article 39 and 43 which guarantee freedom of expression and right to privacy respectively. Terming it as a 'black law', speakers urged the government not to enact as a law. A press conference titled 'ICT Act (Amendment) 2013: Challenges for Right to Privacy and Freedom of Expression' was held by VOICE in the city's national press club today while it was jointly collaborated with Bangladesh Manobadhikar Shangbadik forum, Campaign on Citizen's Right to Information, Bangladesh ICT Journalist Forum, Somewherein.net Blog, Online Knowledge Society, Shushashoner Jonyo Procharabhijan (SUPRO) and School of Communication and Cultural Metaphysics.
Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, CEO, Boishaki Television, Khairuzzaman Kamal, Executive Director, Bangladesh Manobadhikar Shangbadik Forum, Zakir Hossain, Executive Director of Nagorik Uddog and Convener of Campaign on Citizen Right to Information, Syeda Gulshan Ferdous Jana, Acting Managing Director, Somewherein.net Blog and, Farjana Akhter, Programme Coordinator, Voice spoke at the press briefing while Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, Executive Director of Voice moderated the session.
Statement: Proposed Amendments to the Information and Communication Technology Act Violates Privacy and Human Rights
Training workshop on `Privacy, Human Rights and Communication Surveillance: National Laws, Practices and Safeguards'
A day long training workshop on `Privacy, Human Rights and Communication Surveillance: National Laws, Practices and Safeguards' has been held on 27 April 2013 at the CBCB (Catholic Bishops Conference of Bangladesh), Dhaka.
The workshop discussed the issues of privacy and communication surveillance along with the existing practices on legal and policy regulations to raise critical awareness and develop perspective with the human rights framework. It discussed how to build a broader constituency creating capacity and strengthening networking through raising voices to uphold privacy rights being critical on communication surveillance in Bangladesh.
Speakers on a public dialogue demanded not to control the Internet
Speakers on a public dialogue demanded not to control the Internet as proposed in the International Telecommunications Revisions to be presented in World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai from 3-14 December. They also urged to the government and International Telecommunication Union to act in favor of Internet's openness and uphold freedom of expression online.
The dialogue was held at the ERC auditorium of Institute of Engineers Bangladesh at Dhaka on Wednesday 28 November 2012. The event was jointly organized by a rights group VOICE and Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter.
The dialogue was attended by former BTRC chairman Sayed Margub Morshed, Vice president of Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh Sumon Ahmed Sabir, president of Bangladesh Computer Society, Professor Dr. Mahfuj Islam, Dr. Syed Faisal Hasan president of Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka chapter, executive director of VOICE Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, Research Fellow, Rezaur Rahman Lenin, Head of Alliance Somewherein net ltd. Syeda Gulshan Ferdous Jana, moderator Somewhreinblog, Sharat Chowdhury.


text: Hey everybody I'm having a sort of clearence sale here. All the items are currently residing in Denmark. I will ship worldwide. All prices are without shipping so ask for quotes to your part of the world. I take paypal. I will, of course, donate 3% of the sales to apug. Click the links for pictures. I've sold plenty of things on ebay and have 100% feedback with 184 transactions. my ebay username is: mads_hartmann I was trying to build a hasselblad kit but realised I coudln't afford it. So here I'm selling: A hasselbad a12 back. Works perfectly. No light leaks. Has a dent on the top left corner. Doesn't affect anything. I paid 95 pounds for this on ebay recently. I would like to get 80 pounds for it (well it's christmas I don't mind taking a small loss). http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177985337/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177985211/sizes/l/ 2 zeiss proxar filters (0.5 and 1.0) and one yellow filter. b50/b57 size (fits planar 80mm c and others). All in exelent condition 15 pounds each for the proxars and 10 pounds for the yellow filter. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4178747730/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4178747852/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4178747446/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177985977/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177985579/sizes/l/ 2 brand new chinese made hasselblad dark slide holders. Never used. Would like 10 pounds for each. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177986189/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4178748300/sizes/l/ Hasselblad polaroid holder. Works perfectly. still has 5 fuji black films left in it (film is fresh I loaded it myself). would like to get 40 pounds for it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4178774494/sizes/l/ A hasselblad 80mm C planar lens. the shutter doesn't work. I send it to Jürgen Kuschnik in germany for an estimate and he could repair it for 175 euros (that would include a complete cla so the lens would be as good as new). The glass is perfect. I'm selling it for just 30 pounds. So you could end up with a perfect working lens for reasonable money. By the way I'm sure there others who are cheaper than Jürgen who could do a good job as well. It's just that I trust Jürgen 300% with repair jobs. He's the most qualifed camera repairer I know in my part of the world. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177987933/sizes/l/ Next I'm selling assorted gear that I just don't use anymore: A Contax/kiev mount Jupiter 3. The lens is in superb condition. Glass is perfect. Comes with front and rear caps + bakelite case. The lens is from 1963. I would like to get what I paid for it. 60 pounds. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177984427/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177984541/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177984689/sizes/l/ Six perfectly working light tight 4x5 film holders. 3x lisco regal II and 3x fidelity elite. I would like 40 pounds for the lot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177988651/sizes/l/ Tamron sp2 adaptall macro focussing 500mm f8 mirror lens. In superb condition. Smooth focus comes with yellow filter and uv filter + box + original lens hood and front cap but no rear cap. Glass is nice, it has some residue on the edges of the lens from a lens cleaning fluid. Could be cleaned of easily but I don't have the right tools at the moment. Could be used as is since it doesn't affect anything (that's what I did). Just add the apropriate adaptall 2 adaptor to fit your brand of camera and your good to go. This lens focus down to 1.7 meters which is very very close for a 500mm lens. Would like to get 60 pounds for it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177984173/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177984307/sizes/l/ Next is a Chinon ce4s pentax K mount camera. It works great except the light overexposes with one stop. Cosmetically it's nice as well except the leather has comes loose in two places. Don't have the correct glue to put it back. asking just 6 pounds for it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4178745816/sizes/l/ Next is a tokina 25-50mm pentax k-mount zoom lens. It works great has smooth focus and good glass (has slight residue after lens cleaning fluid around the edges could be removed easily but I don't have the right tools, anyway it doesn't affect performence). It takes great pictures. In the photo of it has a bit of dust on the front element, but that's just because it hasn't been used in a while, can be blown right off of course. no front or rear caps for this one. Would like to get 30 pounds for it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4178745708/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhartmann/4177983473/sizes/l/


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* Simon Riggs (simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com) wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 08:43 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > > Of course, I can also do snapshots with the SAN, but that's a > > one-time thing unlike PITR where you can choose any point in time to > > recover to. > > Why not use SAN Snapshots *and* PITR? They play nicely. Yeah, that's something we're working towards actually. I havn't played with the command-line client quite enough yet to be comfortable sticking it in a script to do the snapshotting. We also don't have everything on the SAN (some things can't be due to different security requirements and some paranoia) so we're making sure that what we're doing will work for those systems as well. Once I'm happier with the SAN command-line client I might substitute that in for the tar generation we're doing now for those databases on the SAN. Thanks, Stephen
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Reindeer were native to Scotland and existed there until around 1000 years ago. Then climate change forced them north and humans finished the job of extinction. The country was then reindeer-less until 1952 when a Swedish reindeer herder visited the Cairngorms and asked "where are all the reindeer". Mikel Usti then brought some of his reindeer from Sweden; the herd has gone from strength to strength and there are now around 150 of these magnificent creatures roaming the Cairngorms.
Reindeer are incredible animals. Their cold weather adaptations are amazing. A reindeer can lie in snow for hours and, when it gets up, the snow underneath it will be still frozen due to the reindeer's insulation.
Reindeer can live at -30C; to help them survive extreme temperatures like this, they have a heat exchange system in their head (breathing in air at -30C could freeze the lungs). Air drawn from outside is heated by exchanging heat with the air being expelled, warming it up (and preventing body heat escaping with the breath).
Another adaptation is apparently simple; the reindeer have a tendon in their rear legs that rubs across bone creating a clicking noise. This enables the reindeer to follow the herd leader even in a blinding snowstorm. A deaf reindeer would wander off and soon be prey for wolves!
Reindeer are beautiful, gentle creatures, and the owners of the Cairngorm Reindeer herd allow visitors the privilege of getting close to these wonderful animals. Reindeer feeding sessions are held daily at 11:00 am (there's a further trip at 2:00 pm from May to September).
The visitor must buy tickets at Reindeer House (£9.00 adult, £4.50 children), and then wait in their car at the appointed time. The reindeer guide will then drive past and visitors' cars must follow him or her in a procession to a car park further up the mountain.
Once at the car park, a 30 minute walk across a river valley, then up onto the mountain ensues. This can be extremely wet and slippery, so good footwear is essential. This trip should only be attempted by reasonably fit people due to the steepness and length of the walk.
The reindeer are held in vast enclosures; they are almost 'running wild' through the Cairngorms with little in the way of fencing to hold them in, similar to the way they would have been 1000 years ago.
Once at the reindeer area, the fun starts! The guide calls the reindeer and puts food out for them. This is to get the initial excitement of being fed over with so that they don't inadvertently knock over any children in their rush for food. Here, visitors will get within a few feet of these big animals (but are soon to get even closer).
Whilst the reindeer are being fed, the guide gives a talk on the history of the reindeer and explains how superbly adapted to cold weather they are. The guide explains that reindeer cannot bite. They only have teeth in their lower jaw!
Once the food has been consumed, portions are shared out amongst the visitors; each person wanting to feed the animals is given an initial two handfuls. If you're going to feed them, it's worth noting that, due to the food containing molasses, your hands will get covered in a treacle like substance (and reindeer slobber!). Take along some hand wipes for cleaning up afterwards. Everyone is allowed to feed them, even small children.
The reindeer then come to be fed and will feed out of your hand. People can feed them or stroke them as they're eating. Their dense fur feels lovely and soft; at the neck your fingers can completely disappear, the fur is so thick. The feed is shared out amongst the visitors until it's all gone, so several different reindeer can be fed by each person.
Children will absolutely adore feeding the reindeer. I watched the proceedings during my tour and every single child, for the whole hour we were there, had expressions of joy and wonder on their faces; a lovely sight. Being so close to such beautiful big animals, with no fear from or of them, was amazing.
These animals invoke strong feelings in adults too. Our guide, who was a volunteer, told us that he visited 10 years ago and fell in love with them when a reindeer called 'Comet' put its head on his shoulder. When he asked his guide (slightly panicking at this stage) what he should do, the guide replied "put your arm around him and give him a big hug". Our guide has been returning from Shropshire, twice a year to work with the reindeer ever since. In the talk he gave, the love he has for these animals shone through. Comet is still alive and is still his favourite, however.
The feeding lasts about an hour, during which around 30 reindeer will be wandering through the crowd. They don't mind getting their photos taken, but apparently don't like mobile phones ringing (so keep them switched off)!
Our session was to be a bit special. Three days earlier, several calves had been born. These were being kept in an adjacent enclosure. Our guide had brought some food for the mothers to try to get the calves close to us.
We were lucky, the reindeer were enticed over, and we were treated to the sight of three day old reindeer calves bounding across the peat, following their mothers.
The calves were absolutely beautiful; dark brown unlike the white of the adults, and a curious mix of grace and ungainliness as they rushed about. We felt so lucky to be able to witness the calves at such an early age; our visit was timed just right.
As you can probably tell, the reindeer feeding was one of the highlights of our trip to the Highlands. Being able to touch these wonderful creatures, and have them trust taking food from the hand was very special. The kids were completely entranced and you could see that the memory of this event would stay with them for a very long time.
If you're visiting the Highlands, then I can highly recommend a visit to the Cairngorm Reindeer centre for one of the feeding sessions. Like the children, you'll take away a special memory from your trip.
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Flies in the surf
Hello everyone,
This is my first post on the sight and its because I'm in desperate need of knowledge. I am just starting with fly fishing. I am an avid saltwater fisherman and do most of my fishing on the beautiful beaches of Topsail Island. I would like to add fly fishing from the surf to my repertoire. I will take any advice anyone can give on anything, especially if there's a good teacher in my area. Finally, I'm looking at buying the orvis Clearwater II combo in 8wt so any info on the rod and reel would be fantastic. Tight Lines everyone!!
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I don't get to do much saltwater fishing, but I can tell you that about 10 years ago I broke my shoulder and during the recovery, I found myself unable to cast a surf rod with a week at the shore coming up. I could however still cast my 8wt, so I tied up some salt water flies and gave it a go. I have never, literally never, rigged up my surf rod again. It's just not as much fun. I fish NJ and Delaware mostly, for blues, stripers, and flounder. All three are a blast on the long rod. Prepare to become addicted.
I almost forgot...welcome to the forum. It's a good bunch of people with a lot of helpful knowledge.
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Thank you for welcoming me and your story makes me even more anxious. Quick question for you, was the 8wt rod enough for you? I'm looking at the orvis Clearwater II 9ft 8 wt rod and reel combo. Will that be good for me? Any info will help
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So far the 8wt has done the job and has brought in stripers up to nearly 30". If I was outfitting again, I'd consider a 9wt or 10wt. A nice thing about the 8wt is I can cast it for a long time before it wears on the arm. I've never checked out the Orvis Clearwater (I build my own rods, lower budget stuff) or the reel with the combo. Hopefully someone else can advise on that. I use an Okuma Integrity which isn't really made for the salt, but I give it a thorough rinse and washing immediately after each outing. One thing I did was size up on the reel. I use a 9-10 for the salt so that I can load an adequate length of backing. It's been needed more than once.
Look into a stripping basket...it is essential. You can spend as much or as little as you want on that. Nice ones cost upwards of $80. I use one fashioned from a $2 plastic dishpan, some weed wacker line, and a $1 nylon belt. Looks, ugly, does the job.
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Welcome to the forum. We have a bunch of people that fish down there so I sure there will be help on the way. :welcomean
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should be ok just wash in freshwater after every outing. clousers, poppers, and deceivers on 1 - 2/0 hooks should cover beginning flys. check out some of the fly shops on the outer banks for more fly options.
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Thank you everyone! I appreciate all the help. The reason I am getting into fly fishing is because I love saltwater fishing but I am an active duty Marine and I have orders to Utah and will be 30-45 minutes from the green and Provo rivers. Since I can't saltwater fish out there I decided to take up fly fishing as a new hobby so I can take advantage of the great trout fishing out there and also figured I would mix the fly with saltwater while I still have a chance so I am willing to listen to any fly fishing tips you have!!!
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I am new to fly fishing and the forum as well.
One thing that I have learned so far is that the bigger the rod or heavier it is, the less fun they are to throw.
8wt will be good for most surf fishing. I own a fast action as well as a med-fast action 8wt (TFO). I would recommend going with a faster action rod due to the wind. You will be throwing straight into the wind on ever cast and the more power your rod can generate the better. Look at the Redington Pursuit combos.
Have fun with your new hobby!
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