The season did not end as anticipated for the Longmeadow High School program, but the Lancers achieved quite a few milestones before their heartbreaking 3-2 overtime loss in Saturday’s Western Massachusetts final.

         Longmeadow compiled a school best 21-2-2 record, with its only other loss to Division I Xaverian (2-1). The Lancers posted nine shutouts, outscored opponents 128-33, and were the first to finish unbeaten in the Berry Division (15-0-1) since Cathedral did it in 1999-2000.

        Speaking of Cathedral, Longmeadow beat them, 3-2 on January 8th, the first Lancers team since 1984 to do so. 

Food: you will need food for these meals:

My Choice: Here’s what I plan on getting for food for myself. If you would like what I am having let me know and I will properly add for you, just bring $ and I will keep receipts. (To order: choose which meal you want i.e.: (1-5) and which side you want with it if any, i.e. (a-d) with the corresponding meal. My choices are the example… POST A COMMENT AT BOTTOM WITH YOUR CHOICE

 o      Fri Dinner: (1)Marinated Steak & (a) Corn or (b) Potatoes  

§       Rob: 1a

o      Sat B-fast: (2) Chocolate Chip Pancakes (a)Bacon or (b)Sausage 

§       Rob: 2ab 

o      Sat Lunch: (3)Cold Cuts (a)(roast beef) (b) (ham) (c) (turkey) (d) (corned beef) 

§       Rob: 3a or d 

o      Sat Dinner: (4a)Bubba Burgers and/or (4b)Dogs 

§       Rob: 4ab 

o      Sun B-fast: (5)Eggs (a)Ham or (b)Bacon 

§       Rob: 5a

BEER: Recommendation: BYOB 

Will Need: Friday day/night & Saturday Day/Night   

GEAR: Here is my suggestion of things to bring:

• Tent/Sleeping Bag & Pillow
• Warm Clothing: Jeans/Pants, Jacket/Sweatshirt, Rain Coat
• Bathing Suit/ Shorts
• Fishing Pole/Tackle
• Game Face
• Boots and shoes
• Flannels are a must
• Game Face

ACTIVITIES:

 Friday: 

Lunch/Afternoon: 12-4pm

 o      Fishing/ Walk in the woods

o      Build Fortress/set-up tents

• IDeaS?

Dinner Night Festivities: 5pm till?

o      Pong/Flip Cup

o      Beer challenges: bet absurd consequences for loosing

• Your ideas go here

Saturday:

 Breakfast/Morning 8-11am

• Ultimate game in the field
• Swim/fishing
• Ideas?

Lunch/Afternoon: 12-4pm

o      Beer Olympics: dizzy bat, flip cup, pong, funnels, swimming n chug relay, tree chopping beer chuggin, stand off, Bon fire building

Dinner/Night Festivities: 5pm till ?

o      Your ideas go here        

Sunday: 

Breakfast/Morning 8-11am

o      Your ideas go here           

I added some suggestions, Fill in your ideas, we will discuss come Friday night!

Buying stocks in Athletes, what is this about? 

The Answer is One Season.com: Opening in late September, the new site has been receiving a lot of attention and has grown to over 25,000 users in the first month. It is a free market system in which users can purchase virtual shares in athletes and the share prices are driven from supply and demand. The Virtual shares are called “SOI’s” or Synthetic Ownership Interests” and are purchased in the One Season Market place. (Market hours are from 9:00 am to 12:00 midnight.)

Why should you care?

Get in while its hot is what they say, and this market is exactly that. The market is brand new, prices are low, its a whole lot of fun, and its proving to be very viral. Within one month over 25,000 players have joined the site and the trading has been consistent. Some traders now have thousands in their accounts, I kid you not. I began about 3 weeks ago with an initial investment of 50.00 dollars and my account breached 750.00 dollars this weekend. Who knows if it will last, but I can reason that its well worth the risk wagered. Don’t want to spare your own change? not to worry, you receive a FREE 10.00 dollars to trade with, just for signing up.

The Basics: How it works.

Sign-up and Deposit

Log onto One Season, click sign-up for a new account, verify account via email and select a trading alias. After registering your account, you will be asked to deposit money via pay-pal, credit/debit card or e-check. Regardless if you choose to add money to the account or not, One Season awards every new member with a FREE 10.00 dollar initial investment. After choosing the amount you would like to invest, (max 2500 per year) you are now ready to being trading! 

–The examples to follow are based off the 50.00 dollars I invested in the site about 3 weeks ago. (+bonus 10.00 for signup)

What to do next?

Purchasing SOI’s

It is now time for you to choose who you are going to invest in. Currently there are a total of 37 players from the NBA, MLB, and NFL to choose from. So, to begin you will want to choose a player who you think will be a popular buy. There is no science behind this decision and you may base your selection off anything such as: personal preference, popularity, standing, players stats, media coverage, inside information, playoff assumptions, awards, etc. The stock prices ARE NOT based upon the players performance and or stats. Ultimately your looking to buy a player that will be popular in the minds of the public and traders on the site. The more that player is traded, the more money you will profit. i.e. (Based off my 60.00 investment)

For my first purchases I decided to buy Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. I made this decision based upon the fact that both are the only two hockey players on the site, they are popular figures in the media, and I am a hockey fan; its that easy. When following through, I purchased 2 shares of Sidney Crosby at 13.50 a share, and 2 shares of Alexander Ovechkin at 14.50 a share. Investing 57.00 out of 60.00 dollars from my account balance.

After making your first purchase, your SOI SPORTFOLIO under ”My Account” will show most importantly: Names of players purchased, the price you paid, the price the stock is valued at, and the # of shares you now own. The next person who buys the share will then bid somewhere above that figure, say 14.00 dollars for Crosby and 15.00 dollars for Ovechkin. Assuming someone is willing to sell their Crosby/Ovechkin Stock at that price, which you can see in the “Trade Orders” section on every players page (picture below) the trade will complete successfully. As the trading price begins to rise with every trade, the price/value of the stock will also rise accordingly, thus earning you small profits. 

Trade-orders Snapshot

What to do with your stock?

Sell/Hold

Stockholders or “SOI” holders have 1 of 2 options when withholding a stock or multiple stocks in any athlete.
 

                                                          1.) Sell off the stock as the price rises in the short term

 2.) Hold onto the stock and hope that it will rise enough to split before selling

What is Splitting?

Splitting occurs when the stock price of any athlete rises over twenty dollars and remains over 20 when the market closes for the day. Having your SOI split is not guaranteed and it could take anywhere from a day, to a week, to a month for you shares to split.

How does this benefit you? 

Splitting thus benefits you because you are doubling your shares and increasing your potential to earn more profit. In addition, you benefit from the Market price of each share also being cut in half, becoming more attractable for new investors.  

As you can see in the SOI SPORTFOLIO Snapshot above, both of my stocks split in the first couple of days after I purchased them. My shares were each doubled to 4 and the price paid was cut in half, keeping my profit equivalent to the previous days gains, shown in market value.

SOI SPORTFOLIO: I now have a total of 8 shares selling at the split price of 12.50 which is equivalent to about 100 dollars. Up 43.00 dollars profit from where I began. Although holding out hasn’t greatly benefited me yet, since if I sold all 4 stocks last night at 25.00 I would have an equal total amount of 100.00, I now have the potential to increase again with 8 shares earning money rather than 4. Specific to the snapshot above, you can see Ovechkin has already increased to 16.27 and his total Market value is now 65.08 from 50.00 dollars early that morning. Had I sold him last night for 2 shares at 25.00 i would have been missing out on additional gains.

Visit the site here @ Oneseason.com

With the Final Ultimate Seasons well underway, I thought I would get a post or two in here about the team, the season, the legend, and the new gear. Above is a snapshot of the teams new custom made tie dye jerseys.

WHo are we? WHat am I talking about?

Team Title: The Final Countdown
Sport: Ultimate Frisbee

Team Members: Billy, Evan, Wes, Alex, Lista, Pat, Amby, Me: Travers, Matty, Craig, Big Jared, Liv, Liz, Judy, & Scotty D.

Most of the guys/girls above have been playing together at Qu since freshman year, back when we were the Dana Squad aka “Team Get Some.” Its been 3 years of heavy beer drinking and partying since then, and I must say, the “college life” has taken its toll on our athleticism. We may be little bit slower and little bit wider, but fear not! our skills remain and we can still play some crazy good frisbee.

This year has been back and forth, with some heroic wins and a few tough losses. Upcoming on Wednesday we conclude our Regular season and move onto playoffs in hopes to claim victory!

Wish us luck, Go Frisbee!

This shot was taken around 5:00 in the morning, sunrise was around 3:30.

All photos from my Alaskan Cruise earlier this summer — Rob Travers

Had a wonderful day off this past friday and took full advantage going to see the sights. Central park was on the list, so here are the shots from the visit. This shot is of the famous walkway in the park, showcased in a number of films.

Hi rob.

Red Bull Event being set-up, Heres the link to the Video later that night when Kevin Robinson breaks the world record for 27ft over the ramp on a BMX bike, in honor of the late Matt Hoffman.

That concludes my trip to Central Park,

(Pictures all provided from my Phone, Have a good one)

Above: Craig and Party Host for the Afternoon Anthony, Grilling an array burgers, sausages, and hot dogs.

After a fun night out in NYC, reuniting with over 200 Quinnipiac students for a 3-way 21rst birthday bash; a handful of us made our way out to Anthony’s house in New Jersey. About a hour away from the city, we ventured out to escape the death defying heat, relaxing poolside.

Anthony snapping a shot of Evans surprise ice cream cake, as Evan and Steph look on…Welcome to the members only club Evan.

The day was filled with a never ending onslaught of great food, delicious beers, good company and activity. We all couldn’t have asked for more. –Thanks again Anthony and Mr. and Mrs. Cannizzo for a fabulous afternoon.

Yes, i know it says Yankee Game, but lets clarify: I AM A BOSTON RED SOX FAN! It’s just, no one in the right mind would ever refuse free tickets, let alone 5 rows from the field, to witness the debut start of Yankee young gun, Jaba Chamberland. Took off from work at about 4:00 with President, Mike Germano, and Chief Development Officer, Andrew Kortina.

Kortina on the left and Germano on the right.

Heres Shot of the New Stadium that is currently being built, and the old one to the left:

We arrived early to meet up with Mike Pratt, the really cool guy who offered us the tickets and he was awaiting our arrival at a bar across the street from the stadium. On the way Mike assited Kortina in picking out the perfect Yankee hat. After meeting M Pratt and having a cpl beers we made our way to the seats…and check out how sweet they were:

So, I have been away from the computer (exception of yesterday MON) since my last post on Friday due to excessive traveling, lack of internet, and constant busyness. The excessive traveling included an early Saturday morning train ride to New Haven, picked up by Roomate Kyle and transported to my Home Home in Massachusetts, and then a Drive back to Hamden with the family van and trailer for moving purposes. After a day long move from my Apartment into my new house for senior year at Quinnipiac, Pizza and a few beers were soon followed by sleep on a friends couch. Here are some Shots of the new place:

Roommates will include, Kyle Mckendrick, Matt Foran, and Jon Schneier.

Sunday was filled with more moving and whiffle ball… and after a long day of activity, I made it to bed early so that I could wake up at 6:00 to catch a train back to NYC.