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<div>CHANGE IN SWIMMING RULES<br>
Starting Sepetember 19th Backstrokers could start with their toes out
of the water (but not curled over the gutter).<br>
<br>
The Breaststoker can now do a dolphin kick off the wall. I would not
try it now, as everything has not been sorted out. So there is a
chance you could do it leagally and get dq'ed or do it wrong and get
away with it. As USA Swimming and US Masters figure it out,
information will be in the update.<br>
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UPCOMING MEETS<br>
Wine Country Invitational</div>
<div>Santa Rosa Masters will be holding the Wine Country Invitational
in Healdsburg, October 14 and 15 . You can enter online or you can
enter on race day.<br>
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Tuolumne County Masters</div>
<div>Tuolumne County Asked to change the date of their meet. The Board
voted to agree to the change, then we all went off to convention
neglecting to tell TCAM of the change. TCAM not not hearing from the
Board kept the old date. So the meet is on October 29th</div>
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<div>The Tuolumne County Masters is October 29. It is a delightful
short course yards meet in the Sierra foothill town of Sonora. After
swimming in the meet, one can visit the gold rush town of
Columbia.</div>
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PACIFIC MASTERS OFFICE CLOSED 3 OCTOBER THROUGH 10 OCTOBER<br>
The Pacific Masters office will be closed from 3 October through
10 October while Nancy Ridout takes some time off.<br>
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SHORT COURSE METERS RECORDS</div>
<div>The 2005 Short Course Meters Records (both National And Pacific
Masters) have been posted to the web site. It will give swimmers a
goal to shoot for.</div>
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</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/records/05scmrec.pdf</div>
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<div>CHANGE IN SCHEDULE</div>
<div>There was a problem with the Heather Farms pool schedule. The
2005 Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships have been moved
to November 4th, 5th and 6th. This meet is the first meet where the
distance events will be held on the last day.<br>
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STROKE CLINIC<br>
DAVIS AQUATIC MASTERS will host stroke clinics for fitness
swimmers from 1-2:30 pm on the following dates at the Civic pool
in Davis just off the corner of 5th and B St.<br>
Clinics are $10 each, pre-paid, for non-DAM members. Coach Rick
Powers has given more than 100 clinics in 30 countries. DAM staff and
swimmers will assist you in the water with your technique.<br>
Freestyle on Sat. Oct. 8; Backstroke Sun. Oct. 9; Butterfly Sat.
Oct. 15; Breaststroke Sun.</div>
<div>Oct. 16.</div>
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<div>BY THE NUBMERS</div>
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<div>NUMBER OF PACIFIC MASTERS REGISTERED SWIMMERS
9417</div>
<div>NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE UPDATE MAIL LIST 15,019</div>
<div>DAYS TO THE XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS: 307</div>
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<div>Have a good week</div>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div>BOOST YOUR GAS MILEAGE BY ONE-THIRD</div>
<div>With the price of gasoline so high, and the price of natural gas
going to the stratosphere, it is time to look to save where you can. A
recent article in The Week has a few things we could do to cut down on
energy expense:</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>1. use
cruise control. Letting a computer maintain your speed can increase
your mileage by 14 per cent.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>2.
trade in your 'lead food' for a feather foot. Drivers who stomp on the
accelerators burn as much as 35 percent more fuel than their milder
counter parts.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>3. A
well maintained vehicle will also rack up more miles per gallon.
"underinflated tires can reduce gas mileage dramatically because
of increased rolling resistance?</div>
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<div>Interesting web site:</div>
<div>National Geographic put together an interesting web site. One
thing that is particularly great is the "Pete's Pond web
cam</div>
<div><b
>http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/wildcam.html</b></div
>
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<div>UNCLAIMED PROPERTY</div>
<div>About a year and a half ago, I mentioned the unclaimed property
web site of the secretary of State. It is always good to check
it to see if there is money owed you that went to the state. Last time
swimmers got over $20,000 back from the state. Try it - better odds
than the lotto.</div>
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<div>http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/index.shtml</div>
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<div>LETTER FROM LESOTHO</div>
<div>I received a letter from the Pacific Masters swimmer who is
farthest away from Pacific. My daughter is a Peace Corps Volunteer in
Lesotho. We received a note from her saying the will be coming home in
the beginning of December (yippee!!! - before Christmas). anyway A
couple of excerpts from two of her letters.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Hi Hi</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Happy September! Almost there! Almost finished ! Spring is here,
sort of , and the crops are growing! I did a lot of plating last
weekend, so hopefully by next week, I will start seeing some baby
plants. the peas that I planted in May are pretty big now and starting
to flower. I will be eating pease in a couple of Weeks!</div>
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<div>Daddy - I just received my latest (July/Aug) copy of swim
magazine (ed note - letter dated Sept 3). Saw your picture Contributor
of the year! Congrats! I saw all the open water swims I am missing . .
. and have picked the ones I will swim in 2006 (All of them!) I
realize that I am talking a lot considering that I have aged up ( a
couple of years ago) and have put on a pair of goggles in 1 year and
10 months. . . but I am like Lance (Armstrong) and high altitude
training ! Well, maybe not the training part, but the high altitude
part for sure! Well, maybe not even that because I think if Tahoe is
at 7K ft, it is higher than me. Well, whatever it is all mental. I am
a mental rock. Wait! no-that is not what I meant! Focused! Eye on the
price! Come January the SI pool will be torn up! Call the construction
folk, cause I am coming I realize that I may need fins and paddles to
keep up with Daddy on his kickboard . . . but I figure 2 months
to get to lane 3 and another 3 months to be swimming decently.
that puts me at May. . . right in time for Spring Lake (Ed
Note: anytime a former synchronized swimmer trys to tell you that you
may out kick her, dont believe it).</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>AJM 3
Sept 05</div>
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<div>. . . I am doing well. the land is so beautiful and the
people are so friendly. I have had to adjust a little (a lot, maybe)
to things like walking 1 1/2 hours to catch public transport, and
having potatoes, tomatoes and onions being the only fresh produce I
can buy, but it has been quite an experience, Right now, it is winter,
and we are expecting snow any day now. Who would have thought that
there would be snow in Africa? Craziness!!!</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>Amanda
Moore 14 Aug 05</div>
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<div>michael<br>
Michael W. Moore</div>
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