Globe and Mail poll on Anglican same-sex union debate…
…And some photos from the weekend:
I stole them from Facebook, so I don’t know who took them and give them credit. If you took them, thanks, and feel free to take credit!
::SA
Monthly Archive for June, 2007
I have been wanting to do this for a while. And now that I have some readers, I was hoping it might work. Here’s the low-down:
You must select 9 riders entered in the Tour de France. You can email your list to me. Just leave a comment if you don’t have my email…
The cost is $5. This can be paid anytime before the end of the tour. All entry fees will go toward prizes. Prizing will be paid out as follows: 1st – 50%, 2nd – 30%, 3rd – 20%.
The rules of the League are as follows:
Scoring
The top 15 finishers in a race or stage of a tour will be awarded points in the following format:
1st place: 25 points
2nd place: 20 points
3rd place: 18 points
4th place: 16 points
5th place: 14 points
6th place: 12 points
7th place: 10 points
8th place: 8 points
9th place: 7 points
10th place: 6 points
11th place: 5 points
12th place: 4 points
13th place: 3 points
14th place: 2 points
15th place: 1 points
Overall Race Winner – 50 points
Overall King of the Mountains – 25 points
Overall Points Competition – 25 points
Overall Best Young Rider – 25 points
You will receive 20 extra points if one of your riders takes the leaders jersey, 10 points for the climbers jersey, 10 points for the sprinters jersey, and 10 points for the young riders jersey. These points will only be awarded once per rider.
You will not get 20 points for each day that he is in the yellow jersey. If a rider takes the yellow jersey, loses it and then takes it again you do not get an additional 20 points. The same rule applies for the other jerseys.
In the event of a tie at the end of a contest the winner will be determined by the highest placed rider on the General Classification and continue down the standings until a winner is determined. If two or more teams tie on point totals the team with the highest finisher on GC wins.
If the teams have identical team leaders we will go down the result list until a winner can be determined.
NOTE: Any cyclist that is suspended from any race for the use of drugs, will lose all fantasy points previously awarded.
Hope that all makes sense. Feel free to ask any questions, especially as I may have forgotten something. Have fun! And remember, the more the merrier… so sign up!
::SA
After my crit win, I was sitting in second on GC. I was only a few points behind Dan and quite a few points up on everybody else. I thought I would easily ride to a top 5 on the stage and have nothing to worry about.
But man, 42 km is a long way. I am definitely not comfortable enough in my position to ride fast for an hour. I felt ok, and when I passed Dan Wood, walking, I thought I pretty much had in the bag. Shawn caught me just after the turn around. I was able to keep him in my sights, but that was it. I wasn’t too worried about it for some reason though. I rode a 57:39, which is good considering the last time I did this race 2 years ago I rode a 1:05:something. I ended up 8th on the stage and thought I just hung on for the win, with Bruce picking up the 25 points for first place. But I failed to remember that people who just registered for the TT didn’t collect omnium points. So that gave Shawn 25 points and then win by 2 points. Dang!
I am very happy with my performances this weekend, but it’s bittersweet in that I was so ridiculously close to winning. I would have doubled prize money and got one of those sweet leaders jerseys. Oh man! Just save it for Nationals! Only 2 weeks!
::SA
First, I should say thanks to Bruce, my coach, for organizing such a great race out in Devon this weekend!
I had a pretty good hill climb in the morning. I thought I had my ideal gear figured out, no questions asked. But everybody was saying big ring. So I was in a huge dilemma… but I went with my big ring. I felt great, until the curve in the road and was dying and felt super over-geared. I barely made it to the line. But I ended up 5th. Woo!
I told Bruce again that it is a way different stress before the race being in contention. But I was able to handle it. The crit course was super fast. I was a little too excited and put in a few digs early and probably spent too much energy. But I was just having too much fun. Coming into the finale, I knew I wanted Hopping’s wheel, but he was a little far back for me. I also didn’t realize Dan Wood had second wheel. I got up onto his wheel in the last lap and then Craig went down right behind me in corner 2. I look back at the end of that straight and saw it was just the 3 of us. I yelled to go. I came around Dan out of corner 3 and then around Cyrus in the final straight and just held on for the win! Wooo!!! My first cat 1/2 win ever!
Now I just need a good 42km tt today!
::SA
I have been of this belief for a little while on the subject of global warming, our environment, and the concerns that have been raised on an international level. I think I may have adopted it directly from my mom, but after thinking about it, it was what I believe… Here is what I read this morning:
God gave us an incredible gift—the beautiful world in which we live. Naturally, though, as we share this planet with so many others, we run the risk of seeing its beauty diminished and its resources depleted.
While we have every right to use the resources God placed in and on the earth, we also need to recognize our responsibility to respect the earth as His and to preserve its resources for future generations.
In Genesis, the Lord told Adam (and, by extension, all of us) to “tend and keep” the earth (2:15). Because we don’t know when Jesus will return, it would not be responsible stewardship to leave our children and grandchildren without the resources that God provided for them as well.
We might think our individual efforts to preserve God’s world aren’t valuable. But we can all work together to do our part. Buying and consuming less, simplifying, repairing instead of replacing, reusing, and recycling are all good stewardship practices.
One way we can testify of our love for God and to express our gratitude for what He has done is by tending and keeping the earth and all that it offers. Until the Lord returns, let’s use our world wisely. —Dave Branon
So we have to do our part and not waste or abuse what God has given us. But we also don’t have to worry because God has given us everything we need and will continue to do so. That’s all we need to trust! God is good!
::SA
I have been trying to try out different coffee shops. My trip to Hood River made that easier, because there was no Transcend to go to all the time…
But what I found myself doing was not wanting to drink anything at a store, if say…
They have way too many bottles of syrup around.
Their machine and grinders look questionable.
The barista’s techniqueis somewhat questionable.
Among other things. Is this wrong? Should I not be so picky? And who am I to judge? Andrew would probably say that I have to try it because I may be surprised. And I think it’s true. But I don’t know… Hmm…
::SA
There are a few things that have been bothering me recently…
1) People who are in an extreme hurry when they don’t need to be. Just slow down, enjoy things, look around, and smile.
2) When people are trying to be friendly and the other person doesn’t do follow suit or is just plain rude. What the heck?!?!?? They are just trying to be nice!
3) It isn’t always black and white people. It’s always black! Haha. I’m talking about coffee. It isn’t just good or bad coffee. Yes, there is good and bad, but that’s not the only description. Once you step into the good specialty coffees. They are all different and have unique characteristics to look for and enjoy. That is what makes it so good. To enjoy the subtle variances in each bean and roast.
::SA
There may be a few people wondering what has happened in the rest of the race, so here goes…
Going into to stage 3, I was the most serious I have ever been about not physically being able to finish a race. I mean, I knew I was going to finish it, because it’s me. I just don’t DNF. And I got ready, got on my bike, had my frozen bottles, and I felt decent. The race went pretty hard from the gun.
I was suffering pretty bad already. Dang. It also felt really hot already. I was holding my position ok though. Until about 15 or 20 minutes in… I started floating back. And fast. I went past Bruce at the back and he just knew I was shattered already. The commissaire asked me if I was going to finish, and I said I’d wait and see at the bottom. I could see more people getting popped, but even they were still putting time into me. It felt like the 35 degrees the day before, but at only 25 degrees. I just had not recovered from my heat exhaustion of the day before.
When it took me 45 minutes to get to the top, I knew I couldn’t finish the race. I pulled out. Wait, I don’t pull out! I’m Shaun Adamson! I just don’t DNF! Man, that was hard!
But the leaders had done 2 laps in 1:30 and I had done 1 in 1:05. That would not have worked.
So the rest of the week has been supporting the other guys and trying to stay cool. It is still very hot here. But Bruce and Steve have been riding well and finishing everything just great! The crit is this afternoon, then it’s home time.
::SA
