Day: May 30, 2007

  • Floyd, The Tour & Doping

    If you followed the 2006 Tour de France or Floyd ,or you weren’t living under a rock, you’ve probabley heard about the doping alligations and probably think the issue is all over, he’s guilty (according to the press) and that it’s old news.

    I picked up a Cycling magazine the other day to learn it’s far from over. The challenge and hearings are just heating up. Did you know that there still has not been a tour winner declared and that no prize money has been awarded pending the outcome of the hearings?  Check out the other side of the story, the one the press really has been ignoring.

    floydlandis.com

    FLOYD LANDIS HEARING WEB STREAMING INFORMATION May 14th, 2007 Malibu, Ca., May 14, 2007 – The American Arbitration Association – North American Court of Arbitration for Sport will convene today to hear the case of the United States Anti-Doping Agency vs. Floyd Landis. Scheduled to run from May 14-23, the proceedings will be heard each day form 9:30am-5:00pm PST. Landis, the 2006 Tour de France champion, has invoked for the first time a rule of the American Arbitration Association – the legal body that presides over athlete doping cases – that allows for athletes contesting doping charges to request that their hearing be made open to the public.

    Technorati Tags: Floyd Landis, Tour de France, doping

  • Automated Comment Spam

    Wow, is this stuff wicked!

    I turned of the Akismet spam filter for a few minutes while I upgraded my WordPress blog to 2.2. In those few minutes some automated system was able to squeeze in 4 spam comments to my low traffic site. What happens to popular sites?

    Sidenote: America’c Cup yacht race is warming up as the Louis Vuitton Finals get under way on June 1. I’ll be watching live on TSN Broadband.

    32nd America’s Cup Official Website

    All three teams training
    All three teams remaining in competition at the 32nd America’s Cup were on the water training on Wednesday afternoon. The two Luna Rossa Challenge boats sailed together, while Emirates Team New Zealand and Alinghi had two races against each other.
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  • Bug Cloud




    Bug Cloud

    Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo

    We’re at the lake for an impromptu vacation and as is typical for the first could of weekends there are a few bugs. Well, actually, there are more that a few bugs, I’d say there are billions of bugs!

    Thankfully, they don’t bite but they are thick around the waters edge so there is not too much hanging around the dock right now. This isn’t too much of a problem as it’s misty/raining most of the time so far.

    I think today will be a day for doing some tree transplanting.