The Weekly Email By Betsy 5-29-07

[betsy beijing]

frisbee zombies,

wow, i feel like the walking dead.  what a fantastic weekend, even if it's totally wiped me out.  but just like our summer of movie reruns, 21 days later we are going to be doing it all again.  isn't ultimate great????

WEEKLY ITEM #1:  The Weekly Schedule

tuesday may 22nd, practice at bcis, 7:30
today's practice will be a good one.  fast, active, lots of running and touches.  there won't be any standing around tonight.

thursday may 24th, pick up at bcis, 7:30

sunday may 27th.  pickup at dulwich.  3.30 pm, meet at dzm at 2.30. tentative  this is still to be confirmed.  sadly we've lost isb as they are tearing up the grass (did i say grass, i meant the patches of meadow and forest sprinkled with some dirt and crab turf) and throwing down some kind of artificial surface.  so we are trying to square away the fields at dulwich for the next few weeks.  hopefully.  we'll let you know if anything changes.

for more extensive details, maps, and last minute changes, please check the google group home page.  link at bottom.

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Lunch Time Poll:  Here's a quick poll that will allow you to vote for you favorite moment from the weekend:

was your favorite moment of the weekend:

a) jason and shen boatracing each other, puking all over themselves, and then boatracing each other again.

b) ryan making out with that kazak guy just to prove he wasn't too drunk to make out with claire.

c) patrick w. deciding to walk home from all you can eat sushi at dzm, making it all the way to jiao dao koh, and then realizing he left his pants at the restaurant and turning around.

d) kate duclos from shanghai commenting that she thought beijing had the best spirit and wishing that she lived here instead.

 

WEEKLY ITEM #2: TIANJIN RECAP

well, most of you were there for the weekend, and those of you who weren't, you are already probably drooling with jealousy as you hear all the great stories being recounted.  so i won't go into a minute by minute replay of everything that occurred over the weekend.  but to sum everything up, i think almost everyone of our team goals was achieved (the lone slip up being that neither team managed to beat shanghai).  we helped support a great cause, the development of ultimate in china, especially with the local players, we helped introduce a lot of new beijing players to tournament style ultimate, we made it through the weekend without any serious injuries, and one of our teams even won the tournament.  the moral of the weekend is, being ugly makes you a lot more motivated.

so let's get straight to the awards:

best sequence:  patrick li catching a rather poor pass from patrick w. as his defender lunged passed him, then turning and hucking half field to a streaking becca in the endzone.

best groupie: clark, who not only came himself, but drove a bunch of other people from beijing to party with us and cheer us on.

worst groupie, wang qing, who came all the way to tianjin just to go rock climbing on sunday.

best catch:  sandy, matched up one on one with tim from hk, snatching the disc away from him, and causing him to throw his hat down in frustration.

best catch, runner up: sandy, like a dozen other times.  i guess all those years of swimming have made her hands soft and sticky, allowing her to grab hold of anything that actually touches skin and never let go.  corey probably knows more about this than i do.

best cutting: jamie potter, absolutely relentlessly tearing up the field for five games, until he got tired and pretended his ankle was hurting.  you were great while you lasted.  i'm sure wang qing knows more about this than i do.

best hand block: chris on nick, as he was throwing to the endzone.

best hand block assist: doc, yelling strike right before chris hand blocked nick.

most excited scorer: gemma and lotte, tie.  both of them got their first tournament scores this weekend, and both of them had the biggest grins on their faces as soon as they realized what just happened.

most enthusiastic attitude:  clair.  whether it's on the field or at the party, no one puts more into it than clair does.  i'm sure ryan knows more about this than i do. 

best sound system:  chip

the party award:  chris b, who i believe outlasted everyone on either beijing team.

best score: joe, before getting mobbed by all of his teammates.

mvp under 21 division: qxhna

mvp male: nick

mvp female: charmian

spirit award male: zahlen

spirit award female: claire

congratulation to every member and groupie on a great tournament.  only 17 days to shanghai!!!!


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now is the time in the  weekly email when betsy gives her weekly shout outs, and call outs.  remember, you want to get shouted out, but you don't want to get called out.

a shout out to zahlen, for all of his hard work on the tournament.  i know i gave him a shout out last week, but he went above and beyond to make sure everything came together and he deserves the first double shout out betsy has ever given.

a call out to robogabe, who decided he was too sexy for the hot and sexy team and staid in beijing instead of coming to the tournament.  i think it's time for reprogramming.

a shout out to brady, who's 39th birthday was this saturday.  what a way to celebrate.  happy birthday brady!

a call out to the 98 degree heat on saturday.  man was that a killer.  even the watermelons were boiling.

a shout out to mr. and mrs. titcomb, for all the support they gave this weekend, and have always given, to beijing and china ultimate. 

a call out to jamie, jason, donald, brady, peggy, jeff and everyone else that missed the post tournament party at the japanese restaurant.  i think everyone that was there will tell you that you missed out on the party of the year so far.  don't worry, i'm sure another spontaneous party will happen like that sometime in the next never.

WEEKLY ITEM #3:  MAILBAG

every week, betsy gets a lot of emails inviting her out on dates, complementing her on her leadership skills, asking her ultimate related questions, and wanting to know who she is.  the mailbag is where she answers these questions.  as always, these are real letters from real readers.

Letter #1: 

dear betsy,

whenever i go out with the frisbee crew, ryan perez can't keep his hands off me.  what can i do about this?

looking for more personal space,
barbie

dear barbie,

it's not you, it's your deoderant.  it's got an anabolic steroid in it, and ryan can't help but be attracted to it.  switch deoderants, and you shouldn't have the problem any longer. (and you might want to pass along your old deoderant to reid.)

xxxooo
betsy

Letter # 2:

dear betsy,

it seems that candice hates me.  everytime she goes out, she does her best to ignore me.  what can i do to get her to love me?

looking for some affection,
candice's cell phone

dear cp,

candice does hate you.  now that you've found a new chinese friend, just stick with him, and you'll find all the love and attention you've been craving.

xxxooo
betsy

Letter #3:

dear betsy,

i'm new to beijing ultimate and i don't know everyone on the team yet.  i was on the sexy team, and i noticed a player on the ugly team i thought i recognized.  was that ted kaczynski?

thanks,
zoe

dear zoe,

no that wasn't the unabomber.  that was just the og, gabe wildeau.

xxxooo
betsy

WEEKLY RUMOR THAT MUST BE TRUE: at breakfast on sunday morning, betsy was up pretty early, despite being one of the last ones at the party, and she noticed that reid came strolling into breakfast along with the attractive german couple from tianjin.  by the awkward way they were trying to pretend like they were unaware of each other's presence, and the fact they were all wearing the same clothers from the day before, it was very obvious they had just spent the night together in a hot and heavy threesome.

WEEKLY ITEM #4:  SOCIAL CALENDER

betsy's got nothing for this weekend, but there is a plan in the works for the shanghai tournament.  reid is looking into the feasability of renting an rv to go down to shanghai.  the plan would be to leave thursday night, road trip down, party in the rv all weekend, and then roadtrip back on sunday night.   the cost should be about the same as flying round trip. we could then get only one hotel for the whole rv crew so that we had a place to shower, and would save money that way.  if you are interested, and you can take off the friday before, and the monday after, let doc know.

for other social events this week, get in touch with candice's mom.

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WEEKLY QUIZ:  for you newbies, the weekly quiz is a game where betsy asks a few simple questions, and it's your job to provide the correct answers.  as always, googling is prohibited.  this week's winner will receive a private rock climbing session with wang qing at ritan park.

this week's trivia comes in the form of jeopardy answers.  remember your responses must come in the form of a question:

1) these elements occupy numbers 2, 5, 8, and 36 on the periodic table

2) jean chretien is the prime minister of this country

3) these are the five members of the jackson five

please email your answers directly to betsy, at betsyb...@gmail.com

as for last week's quiz, jason was the closest, and he wins a cricket date with gemma.  the correct answers were:

carl, played by bill murray, caddyshack

david st. hubbins, played by michael mckean, this is spinal tap

steve sizzou, played by bill murrray, the life aquatic
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which brings us finally to:

this weeks 11th edition rule:

Any time an infraction is called, the continuation rule applies. Continuation Rule: Play stops when the thrower in possession acknowledges that an infraction has been called. If a call is made when the disc is in the air or the thrower is in the act of throwing, or if the thrower fails to acknowledge the call and subsequently attempts a pass, play continues until the outcome of that pass is determined. For the purpose of the continuation rule, an uncontested stall that occurs after another call is treated the same as an incomplete pass. Play then either stops or continues according to the following conditions:

1. For calls made by the thrower:
   1. If the infraction occurred before the thrower was in the act of throwing (II.T.3 ):
      1. If the pass was incomplete, play continues un-halted. Players should announce play on.
      2. If the pass was complete, play stops and possession reverts to the thrower.
   2. If the infraction occurred while the thrower was in the act of throwing (II.T.3 ):
      1. If the pass was complete, play continues un-halted. Players should announce play on.
      2. If the pass was incomplete, play stops and possession reverts to the thrower.
   3. If the infraction occurred after the throw was released, the call is considered to have been made by a non-thrower ( XVI.C.2).
2. For calls made by a non-thrower:
   1. If the team that called the infraction has possession:
      1. If the offense called the infraction before the thrower began the act of throwing ( II.T.3), play stops and possession reverts to the thrower.
      2. If the offense called the infraction after the thrower began the act of throwing or if the defense called the infraction, play continues un-halted. Players should announce play on.
   2. If the team that committed the infraction has possession:
      1. If the infraction affected the play (XVI.C.3), play stops and the disc reverts to the thrower unless the specific rule says otherwise.
      2. If the infraction did not affect the play, play stops and the result of the play stands.
3. An infraction affected the play if an infracted player determines that the outcome of the specific play (from the time of the infraction until play stops) may have been meaningfully different absent the infraction. (For example, if a receiver is fouled and thereby prevented from getting open for a pass, the play was affected; however, if the receiver would not have received a pass even without the foul, the play was not affected.)
4. Positioning after a call:
   1. If no pass is thrown or attempted before the thrower stops play by acknowledging the call, all players return to the locations they occupied when the call was made.
   2. If a pass is thrown or attempted before the thrower acknowledges the call or the call is made after the throwing attempt, and
      1. if possession reverts to the thrower, all players return to the locations they occupied at the earlier of:
         1. the time of the throw,
         2. the time of the call.
      2. if the result of a play stands, players return to the locations they occupied when play stopped.
   3. After a travel call, the thrower must return to the location occupied at the time of the infraction.

hey, here's the continuation rule again. maybe everyone on the ugly team, especially nick and renny, want to read it this time around.


catch you on the field,
betsy
xxx ooo

[Ken Su]

Dear All,

 

Apologies, but I am stuck in rainy Berlin and will not be able to be at practice or the pick-up sessions.

 

Hope you guys have a blast and keep revelling in the after glory of the big victory!

 

Take it easy and see you all soon.

 

K

 

2. 1. 1. If the offense called the infraction before the thrower began the act of throwing ( II.T.3 ), play stops and possession reverts to the thrower.

2. 1. 2. If the offense called the infraction after the thrower began the act of throwing or if the defense called the infraction, play continues un-halted. Players should announce play on.

2. 2. If the team that committed the infraction has possession:
      1. If the infraction affected the play (XVI.C.3), play stops and the disc reverts to the thrower unless the specific rule says otherwise.
      2. If the infraction did not affect the play, play stops and the result of the play stands.

3. An infraction affected the play if an infracted player determines that the outcome of the specific play (from the time of the infraction until play stops) may have been meaningfully different absent the infraction. (For example, if a receiver is fouled and thereby prevented from getting open for a pass, the play was affected; however, if the receiver would not have received a pass even without the foul, the play was not affected.)
4. Positioning after a call:
   1. If no pass is thrown or attempted before the thrower stops play by acknowledging the call, all players return to the locations they occupied when the call was made.
   2. If a pass is thrown or attempted before the thrower acknowledges the call or the call is made after the throwing attempt, and
      1. if possession reverts to the thrower, all players return to the locations they occupied at the earlier of:
         1. the time of the throw,
         2. the time of the call.
      2. if the result of a play stands, players return to the locations they occupied when play stopped.
   3. After a travel call, the thrower must return to the location occupied at the time of the infraction.

[Corey]

I'm 200% down for an RV. That would be awesome.

Corey

> please email your answers directly to betsy, at betsybeij...@gmail.com

>
> as for last week's quiz, jason was the closest, and he wins a cricket date
> with gemma. the correct answers were:
>
> carl, played by bill murray, caddyshack
>
> david st. hubbins, played by michael mckean, this is spinal tap
>
> steve sizzou, played by bill murrray, the life aquatic
> _______
>
> which brings us finally to:
>
> this weeks 11th edition rule:
>
> Any time an infraction is called, the continuation rule applies.
> Continuation Rule: Play stops when the thrower in possession acknowledges
> that an infraction has been called. If a call is made when the disc is in
> the air or the thrower is in the act of throwing, or if the thrower fails to
> acknowledge the call and subsequently attempts a pass, play continues until
> the outcome of that pass is determined. For the purpose of the continuation
> rule, an uncontested stall that occurs after another call is treated the
> same as an incomplete pass. Play then either stops or continues according to
> the following conditions:
>

> 1. For calls made by the thrower:
> 1. If the infraction occurred before the thrower was in the act
> of throwing (II.T.3<http://www.upa.org/ultimate/rules/11th#II.T.3>):
> 1. If the pass was incomplete, play continues un-halted.

> Players should announce play on.

> 2. If the pass was complete, play stops and possession
> reverts to the thrower.
> 2. If the infraction occurred while the thrower was in the act
> of throwing (II.T.3<http://www.upa.org/ultimate/rules/11th#II.T.3>):
> 1. If the pass was complete, play continues un-halted.

> Players should announce play on.

> 2. If the pass was incomplete, play stops and possession
> reverts to the thrower.
> 3. If the infraction occurred after the throw was released, the

> call is considered to have been made by a non-thrower (

> XVI.C.2<http://www.upa.org/ultimate/rules/11th#XVI.C.2>).
>
> 2. For calls made by a non-thrower:
> 1. If the team that called the infraction has possession:
> 1. If the offense called the infraction before the thrower

> began the act of throwing (

> II.T.3<http://www.upa.org/ultimate/rules/11th#II.T.3>),

> play stops and possession reverts to the thrower.

> 2. If the offense called the infraction after the thrower

> began the act of throwing or if the defense called the
> infraction, play
> continues un-halted. Players should announce play on.

> 2. If the team that committed the infraction has possession:
> 1. If the infraction affected the play
> (XVI.C.3<http://www.upa.org/ultimate/rules/11th#XVI.C.3>),

> play stops and the disc reverts to the thrower unless the
> specific rule says
> otherwise.

> 2. If the infraction did not affect the play, play stops

> and the result of the play stands.

> 3. An infraction affected the play if an infracted player

> determines that the outcome of the specific play (from the time of the
> infraction until play stops) may have been meaningfully different absent the
> infraction. (For example, if a receiver is fouled and thereby prevented from
> getting open for a pass, the play was affected; however, if the receiver
> would not have received a pass even without the foul, the play was not
> affected.)

> 4. Positioning after a call:
> 1. If no pass is thrown or attempted before the thrower stops

> play by acknowledging the call, all players return to the locations they
> occupied when the call was made.

> 2. If a pass is thrown or attempted before the thrower

> acknowledges the call or the call is made after the throwing attempt, and

> 1. if possession reverts to the thrower, all players

> return to the locations they occupied at the earlier of:

> 1. the time of the throw,
> 2. the time of the call.
> 2. if the result of a play stands, players return to the

> locations they occupied when play stopped.

> 3. After a travel call, the thrower must return to the location

[Jamieson S. Potter]

A call out to Betsy who forgot that I went the Japanese restaurant on Sunday night….I stayed through the Frenchman, the slapping, and the boat races…granted I did leave before Shen and Jason puked on each other and before Patrick’s pants came off, but late enough that I was so drunk that Wanqing was pissed at me for coming home and kicking or her all night as I tried to sleep off the alcohol and long enough to be miserable all through Monday at work, but smiling at the whole day at the great memories...

 

My favorite moment, as I said that night at the Japanese restaurant, was Joe’s catch against HK….

 

Jamie

 

 

[Matthew Brady Meisenhelder]

Re: Social this week.

 

Im likely to have a dinner / buffet / social something to celebrate my b-day. Likely somewhere on Dongzhimen Nei, likely friday or sat early evening so people can go out after.

 

More soon

 

b

[Zahlen Titcomb]

[RE:]Re: Social this week

I leave for the USA on Sunday. I refuse to disclose if I am coming
back soon or not, but I will be having an impromptu going away party
with myself in a taxi as I run around finishing up all the last work
things i have to do before i leave. I have one of those little
airplane 2oz cognac bottles. It's gonna be great.

Stay tuned.

=Z

--
____________________
Zahlen W. B. Titcomb
Beijing cell: (+86) 135 2199 5484
www.FiveUltimate.com

[The D.O.C.]

i never thought we would have more going away parties for one person than we did for pat mccarthy, but z is officially the new record holder.

--
i prefer not to think of all the misery but of all the beauty that still remains.

             -anne frank

[Jennifer Brown]

Did Kate Duclos really say that Beijing had great spirit and that she
wished she lived here instead??? Because I am really having trouble
believing that...

On May 29, 12:07 pm, "betsy beijing" <betsybeij...@gmail.com> wrote:

> please email your answers directly to betsy, at betsybeij...@gmail.com

>
> as for last week's quiz, jason was the closest, and he wins a cricket date
> with gemma. the correct answers were:
>
> carl, played by bill murray, caddyshack
>
> david st. hubbins, played by michael mckean, this is spinal tap
>
> steve sizzou, played by bill murrray, the life aquatic
> _______
>
> which brings us finally to:
>
> this weeks 11th edition rule:
>
> Any time an infraction is called, the continuation rule applies.
> Continuation Rule: Play stops when the thrower in possession acknowledges
> that an infraction has been called. If a call is made when the disc is in
> the air or the thrower is in the act of throwing, or if the thrower fails to
> acknowledge the call and subsequently attempts a pass, play continues until
> the outcome of that pass is determined. For the purpose of the continuation

> rule, an ...
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[Jugglingnomad]

At first I thought, Holy crap this is long, Im never gonna read all
this.
But then I did and it was funny.

BTW, i think question 2 needs to be re-worded.

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[Reid_tbj]

Brady,

Any update on BBB? brady birthday bash?

-R

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[Matthew Brady Meisenhelder]

See my question regarding this Sunday's practice time / location.

Its in the works as I type