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Katis will swim in four events at this week's trials in Indianpolis, Ind. (photo Kevin Burns).
USA Swimming Meet Central
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Four members of the 2013-14 Harvard swimming teams will compete at this week's 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials in Indianapolis, Ind., at the University of Indiana Natatorium. Courtney Otto of the women's squad and Chuck Katis, Christian Carbone, Eric Ronda and Jack Manchester on the men's side will all take part in the five-day meet, which starts today.
The event will determine the USA National Team for the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain July 16-August 4.
Katis, who has been a part of four Harvard school records during his time in Cambridge, leads the way with four events at the trials. Otto, Ronda and Manchester will each swim in three and Carbone will enter two.
This will be Otto's first competitive action after missing the 2013 Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in March.
For more information about the meet, click here.
Courtney Otto
200-meter Butterfly
200-meter IM
400-meter IM
Chuck Katis
50-meter Breaststroke
100-meter Breaststroke
200-meter Breaststroke
200-meter IM
Christian Carbone
200-meter Breaststroke
400-meter IM
Jack Manchester
50-meter Backstroke
100-meter Backstroke
200-meter Backstroke
Eric Ronda
50-meter Breaststroke
100-meter Breaststroke
200-meter Breaststroke
Five Harvard Swimmers to Compete at World Championship Trials
Katis will swim in four events at this week's trials in Indianpolis, Ind. (photo Kevin Burns).


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Driver Skills vs. Acquired Data
How driver skills are measured and improved by using data acquisition
As racers, we tend to be tweakers with lots of focus placed on the racecar (modifying, adjusting, and so on). However, racing is a sport, andit's a sport because it is a contest of one person's skill againstanother's. Many people think it is the skill of building a better racecar, which does play a part, but ultimately it is a test of the driver'sracing skills.
Many racers fail to understand these specific skills or have an egoproblem that interferes with believing they can improve. Drivers whoadamantly say, "If I just had more money or a better setup, I could win"and fail to look at other possibilities typify this situation. The truthis, most wins are distributed among a few drivers at each track, andonly on rare occasions will someone else win. Why? Simply better driverskills!
Once you embrace the importance of driver skill and improving it, youtypically find bigger gains in speed than anything you can legally bolton the race car. So get comfortable, open your mind, and read on to seehow new concepts, technology, and developing specific skills can make ahuge difference in your racing results.
300 Percent Concept
An idea gaining popularity in professional racing is the "300 Percent"concept. This is actually three 100 percent pieces that work togetherand create the final performance results.
The first part of this concept is the race car's capability. Say you useregular gas, and your car is 500 pounds over minimum weight. If you raceagainst someone who is burning alcohol, has 100 more cubic inches, andis at the minimum weight, then obviously there is a big disparitybetween the cars. In this case, your car may only be 65 or 75 percent ofthe other car when it comes to performance capability. However,division/class rules tend to bring the cars closer together.
Most of the cars in a division are usually within 10 to 15 percent ofeach other (including the minor cheaters), and they get closer togetherthe farther you move up the ranks. For example, if you were to test allthe Nextel Cup cars at a place such as Martinsville, you may find theyare all within 2 or 3 percent of each other.
Another part of this concept is the driver's skill. However, unlike therace cars, drivers vary widely in skill levels. It is common at thelocal level to see a driver with an 85 or 90 percent skill levelcompeting against a 50 percent skill-level driver. In such a case, evenif the lower skilled driver had the better race car, the higher-skilleddriver would place higher on a consistent basis.
The last piece is the driver's performance on any given day. Everybodyhas good days and bad days. A death in the family, divorce, or even theflu can throw you off your game. So, on a great day, you could performat 100 percent of your skill level and on a bad day you perform at alower percentage of your given skill.
Technology to the Rescue A very basic fundamental that all engineers andscientists live by is, "You can't have improvement without measurement. "This is where technology fills the bill. Race car data acquisition isnothing more than an electronic measuring system, which often isassociated with the first 100 percent of the 300 Percent concept. Thesecrets you will learn in a few moments will show how data acquisitionis crucial for improving the other 200 percent.
It is important to measure and record what the driver is doing becausewhat may feel fast in the seat isn't always fast on the stopwatch.Often, the exact opposite is true. This may sound odd, but it has beenproven hundreds of times with data acquisition. Simply evaluating whatwas measured and making conscious changes on the driver's part willresult in improvements that are nearly impossible to achieve via theseat-of-the-pants method.
Fortunately, it doesn't take an elaborate or expensive data system fordriver development. The system will, however, need a throttle sensor, asteering sensor, g-force, and vehicle speed sensors. Budget and basicdata acquisition systems typically have these sensors, but if you pickup a used system or homemade system (which are starting to flourish),make sure these sensors are included.
How to Improve Throttle Control
As a driver, you may think you are in total control of your body, butmany times this is not the case. In testing, it has been found that adriver will say, "I never lifted that lap," but when you check the data,this is not the case. Sometimes there seems to be a brain-to-footdisconnect, as if the foot has a mind of its own. This is why manycrewchiefs laughingly call data systems "The Lie Detector."
To illustrate this concept, try this experiment with a chair, a piece ofpaper, and a pen. Do it as you read these instructions: Sitting in achair, straighten your right knee slightly so your foot is a few inchesoff the floor. Now, rotate your foot in a circle such that your toes arerotating in clockwise pattern.
Keep your foot rotating, write the number 6 on the paper, then quicklylook at your foot. Which direction is it rotating? Were you aware of anychange? Now, are you sure you know exactly what your foot is doing onthe throttle in the race car? Another popular phrase with crewchiefs is,"What did the data show?"
Using data acquisition, graphs can be constructed to display throttleposition all the way around the track. Watch for specific patterns whenreading (interpreting) data graphs for throttle skills. Often, thepatterns will get nicknames such as "cliffs versus roller coasters" and"pancakes versus high valleys."
An example of throttle cliffs can be seen in Graph 1. This graph showsthat the driver completely dropped the throttle in roughly 1 second whenentering Turn 1. Likewise, in Turn 3, the driver dropped the throttle inroughly 0.7 second. Especially on pavement, this tends to be less thandesirable throttle control.
Another example of undesirable throttle control is the pancake followingthe cliff. Graph 2 shows the same data but displays distance rather thantime on the bottom scale. This data shows the driver is completely offthe throttle for roughly 250 feet in each corner. Oftentimes, thepancake is a result of the throttle cliff. Suddenly dropping thethrottle upsets the car's balance, and the driver must wait longer toget back on the throttle.
Graph 3 represents a different driver with good throttle habits. You cansee the throttle pattern looks much more like a roller coaster than thecliffs in the previous two graphs. Also, notice the driver manages tokeep the throttle open between 20 and 25 percent in the middle of thecorners. These high valleys will result in more mid-turn speed than thepancakes in the previous graphs. For you sharp-eyed graph readers, youwill also notice the driver is lifting well before the start/finishline.
Data acquisition helps the driver develop consistency. Graph 4 shows athrottle pattern for several laps. Sometimes, when using less throttleat the slowest point of a corner, the driver will feel the need to startapplying more throttle while exiting the turn.
However, this can end up with a wheelspin or a handling conditionrequiring the driver to modulate the pedal. As a result, the lap timessuffer (see blue line). This illustrates why it is important for thedriver to be a robot and do exactly the same thing lap after lap.
Finally, a concept popular with professional drivers is what they call"sweet spots." These are specific spots (or reference points) around theracetrack for specific throttle control (lift points, hold points, andso on). The objective is to find what points yield the best lap times.
Because the data system is measuring the distance around the racetrack,it is easy to locate different points the driver can visually identify(sign, light pole, and so on) and see what lap times or segment timesare associated with different points.
There are many other aspects of throttle control that can be improvedwith data acquisition, too. Remember, however, what feels fast in theseat is not always fast on the stopwatch.
How to Improve Steering Control
One of the first items to consider with steering is whether you are inoffense or defense mode. This is a clear concept in other sports, but itis often overlooked in racing. On the defense side of the game, ifsomeone drives across your line entering a turn, an adjustment must bemade.
Another example of defense is when you are "off-line," fighting forposition. The lap times nearly always suffer when driving in defensemode. Offense mode occurs when you are clear of traffic and you candrive the fastest line around the racetrack. The steering controldiscussed here will only address the offense mode.
Conversations about driving often address the "line" (the path you wantthe car to travel), but never how to manipulate the steering wheel toachieve a given line. Consequently, some drivers are not aware they arecausing a handling problem (or the difficulty maintaining a desiredline) because of their steering skills.
Graph 5 is an example of a driver who mistimes the steering for thecorners. The steering trace for both corners has a leading spike ratherthan a rounded plateau. The leading spike is where the driver is tryingto get to the bottom of the track.
In this case, the race car gets to the bottom quickly, and the drivermust reduce the steering for the remainder of the turn or end up in theinfield. The steering input for turns 3 and 4 shows the timing wasmistimed badly enough on this lap; a second big "cut" on the steeringwheel was necessary to finish the corner.
Sometimes, drivers are not aware of what their hands are doing or howthey are responding to the feel in the steering wheel. Interestinglyenough, not all drivers respond the same for a given feel in the wheel.
Some drivers appear to be force oriented (increasing/decreasing wheelangle to maintain a specific torque on the wheel). Other drivers aredisplacement oriented, turning the wheel to a specific angle while beingunaware of the speed at which the wheel was turned. Here, again, iswhere data acquisition can do wonders in developing steering skills.
An example of force responding to wheel feel can be seen in Graph 6.Here, the data shows what is often called "sawing on the wheel." You cansee a big overall hump on the graph for each turn, but there are lots ofwiggles in the line, indicating a back-and-forth motion on the steeringwheel. Graph 7 shows the same driver after the "sawing" was brought tohis attention via the data acquisition. Here, you notice the trace ismuch smoother.
Also, when the driver made a conscious effort to change the steeringinput, the car settled down and the lap time went from 21.129 in thefirst example to 20.846 in this example.
While smoothing out your steering motion sounds quite easy, in reality,it is very hard to do. The previous examples are from a full-timeprofessional driver on a half-mile racetrack. Graph 8 is a weekenddriver (with several championships to his credit) on a half-mile track.Notice here there are fairly big jags in the steering trace.
Another example of a weekend racer is displayed in Graph 9. This, too,is a champion racer with many pole positions and wins to his credit.Notice this steering trace is fairly jagged, too. As mentioned in the300 Percent concept, a track champion typically has better skills than aracer in the middle or back of the pack, but you can see a full-timeprofessional racer has better skills, yet.
How to Improve Braking Control
Braking control tends to be more difficult than throttle or steeringcontrol. One of the reasons braking is so difficult is there areactually two brakes on a race car. Everybody is aware of the brakepedal; however, the engine is also a brake.
The total slowing of the race car can be a result of the engine brakeand/or friction brakes. It's the blending of engine brake and foot brakethat makes this skill more challenging and the reason "left foot"braking typically yields the best results.
Most drivers are unaware of how they use the brake pedal. Some may beable to identify using a large amount of pedal force for a shortduration or a lower pedal force for a longer duration, but beyond thatthey are typically unsure of what their feet are doing. Just likethrottle and steering control, the minutia of highly skilled brakingseldom come naturally and must be developed.
Pressing the pedal to reach the maximum force is an important skill. Toillustrate this point, examine Graph 10. Here, you will see a very quickand smooth increase in force to a peak value. Also, the peak brakingforce for both ends of the racetrack are virtually the same. This is askill many weekend drivers lack (this graph is from a full-time pro).Oftentimes, you will find brake force varies from lap to lap and inevery turn. The ability to repeat the same force is paramount inimproving lap times and solving setup conditions with your chassis.
Another braking skill is the release. In Graph 10, you can see that thedriver had a steady and uniform release of the brake. However, in Graph11, this driver did not release the brakes smoothly, which many driversdo without realizing what they have done. This can lead to body rockingor a yaw oscillation (i.e., bad handling). Typically, chassis setupreceives the blame for this condition rather than the real source--thedriver!
Again, combining brake-pedal motion with the throttle motion is key tomastering braking skills. You can slow down by simply taking your footoff the throttle, or slow down faster by pressing the brake pedal. Bothactions work together for the total slowing, and data acquisition can beused to measure the overall result, too.
One concept used to measure overall slowing is sometimes called"Deceleration G (force) Time Integral" (DGTI for short). The red traceon Graph 12 can be used to illustrate the DGTI concept. The foundationof this concept is the total slowing can be compared to a given force(say 1 g) for a specific amount of time.
In Graph 12, there is a red box just to the left of the crosshairs inthe middle of the screen. The DGTI for this turn is 2.097 (or theequivalent of slowing down at 1 g for 2.097 seconds). Notice that eventhough the brake pedal was released (blue trace), the red line is stillclimbing (increasing the DGTI). This is due to the lack of throttle(engine braking--green trace).
Even partial throttle can slow your race car! Once the throttle headsback toward 100 percent, the red line levels off for the final value ofdeceleration. To further illustrate this point, in Turns 3 and 4, thedriver used no brake and only lifted the throttle. Notice that the redtrace climbs in this condition, too.
The DGTI may be a little difficult to comprehend at first, but once youget the idea, it is an incredibly powerful tool for developing brakingskills and improving lap times.
In the past, some drivers were said to be naturals. Some excelled intheir racing career and some never made it out of the local level. Itwas also believed that a struggling driver just needed more seat time toimprove. However, practice doesn't make perfect, only perfect practicemakes perfect. Otherwise, just practicing may reinforce bad habits andgood race driving skills may never be developed.
Now, with the introduction of affordable data acquisition, even localracers can develop the skills necessary to win or move up the racingladder. You have now been exposed to some specific race driving skillsthat should be goals for your driver to try to achieve in the seat. Thebonus to approaching racing performance in this fashion is you maydiscover there is nothing wrong with your race car's setup/power or thatmany of your setup/power problems disappear with the development of gooddriving skills.


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I have loaded the vector shapefile via GRASS, closed G and reopened the mapset in QGIS, GRASS TOOLS. I can find the vector in Browser tab, but when I launch v.rast.stats I cannot select a vector. The vector selection drop down remains blank.
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1 injured; 2 sought in Orange County shooting
Authorities say victim shot in stomach
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County deputies spent hours searching for two culprits linked to a shooting that critically injured a man.
Orange County authorities said the shooting occurred Thursday night on Warringwood Drive, near John Young Parkway and Rio Grande Avenue.
Deputies said three men were possibly involved in a drug deal when one of the men pulled a gun and fired.
Two people led deputies on a manhunt through neighborhoods around Rio Grande Avenue from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Denise Thomas was sitting at a nearby bus stop as a helicopter searched overhead when she said a man walked up to her and tried to use her as a decoy to evade deputies.
"I'm sitting at the bus stop waiting for my bus and the gentleman came up to me, little young guy, and said, 'Ma'am can I just stand up here and play like I'm talking to you for a minute?' I'm like, 'Yeah,'" said Thomas, who said the man ran up to her shoeless and when police dogs got close, he ran.
Deputies eventually caught the man and arrested him. They also collected a large bag of marijuana as evidence.
"I know it had to be bad," said Thomas. "I'll be honest and tell you (that) he told me he had weed on him."
Deputies say the shooting happened in an alley near The Villages apartments, and neighbors have complained about crime in the alley before.
"That's way too close," said Ivy Dahl, who lives in the apartments and heard the gunshots. "I'm scared. I'm really scared."
Orange County Fire Rescue said the victim, estimated to be in their 20s, was shot in the stomach and taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center.
One man was taken into custody, but deputies have not confirmed whether he will be charged in relation to the shooting.
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Now that Iraq and Afghanistan have wound down, and it's unlikely that the US will find itself entrapped into large military engagements for a while ( at least until a generation or two retires and a new round of pugnacious policy bros descend upon Washington DC) the pipeline of civilians turned service-members turned civilians again is going to be reduced to a trickle.
Whereas a post-9/11 military probably experienced an increase in breadth across American society in terms of socio-economic status, race, etc., the military will once again be dominated by legacy kids, small-towners, and southerners. Most importantly, most of you will never meet or run across these people; they will probably retire or stay in the areas their final duty stations were in, or they'll return to their former communities.
This is to say that the military will pass back into the shadows of the American psyche, back where the ugly stereotype persisted of the military being only the failed high school kids and crazies, only reaching public awareness when service-members do bad things or when the Twitterati decides that a military is, like, sooo passé in today's cosmopolitan society.
Since I got out of the Army in 2007, I lived in DC for 4 years, and then moved to NYC where I've been since 2011. DC actually has some veterans, though most people you'll meet probably work in the periphery of military affairs: analysts, military groupies (of which there a lot), policy, advocacy. NYC has virtually no veterans at all. At NYU the main contingent of veterans is definitely in Stern Business School, so you know what that's like. I've been told there's also a large group of veterans at Columbia's business school and at my grad school's competitor, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. I don't really hang out with any of them. When I do see a veteran, he's just visiting town on leave and recognizes my tattoo.
This is all to give you some background for what I really wanted to say, which is to respond in some sort of truthful way about what it's like to be a veteran in today's day and age.
In a Former Life
Being a veteran is something you sort of tuck away — it just has no relevancy to a civilian life. What I mean by this is, no one you meet knows anything about the military, nor do they particularly care or like it. If anything, people finding out you were in the military probably makes them feel some annoying twinge of responsibility to say "thank you for your service" or to exert a little extra energy to make sure your poor veteran is alright. Or maybe there's some fascination there: "I was gonna join, but…"
To me, I was lucky to have an Army job with lasting benefits to my personal and career competency — military intelligence — so I wasn't hamstrung there the way some others might be. But in terms of hiring I'm not sure that background imparts much of an advantage at all. It's unapproachable by most people who don't know how that side of things works. If anything, the insinuation of military intelligence smells of NSA, Snowden, massive surveillance, etc. It's as if people don't even realize that nations collect on each other and that there are large forces at work 24/7, that not everything in the world is just hunky-dory, that legally-permissible wiretapping is a requisite for both intel and law enforcement.
This is the kind of disconnect that will really get to you — when something you really care about and worry about and wish to protect people for is completely taken for granted and even reviled. A thankless job.
The Years We Spent Disconnected from the World
Day-in, day-out, I think the biggest impression that is left upon others from my veteran status is that I'm a little old for my position. That is to say, those 5 years I spent wearing the flag on my shoulder and little hair on my head or face were 5 years that most people spend climbing the career ladder. If it weren't for 9/11, or for enlisting, I'd be a 31-year-old instead of 36, and that changes others' views quite a lot, whether they realize that veteran status or not.
Just imagine this disconnect. Most young kids turn into precocious young adults full of potential where they're told they have the entire world open to them, then they claw their way to some sort of sustainable position and then they grow old and they hopefully reach contentment and/or have kids and grandkids so that in the end they can die happy.
Meanwhile, I knew some young adults who trained for battle, who trained how to kill and how to protect and how to serve, dying in some dust pit somewhere, or in some shitty barren wasteland, such that two service-members in Class A uniforms appear at their young spouse's or parents' door to inform them of grave news. That dude who did my dentist checkup or that dude I did US weapons training with died thousands of miles away in a war zone and everyone else moved on. Those dudes helped defend turf in some other country that we've since given up. Those guys' lives were cut way short in comparison. My 5 years, which pales compared to the 10-25 years of military experience many I met in the Army now have, was spent getting to know THOSE people.
I hope most people who have lost friends on the job (military or other hazardous jobs) would tell you that the job itself isn't quite as meaningful as being among brothers and sisters and being able to help them and live with them and work with them. It doesn't matter on a personal level so much that we gave back territory that we fought and lost blood and life and treasure for, as long as we cared for each other. I mean you hope that in such a sensitive job as being a soldier, that you are asked to do things that really mean something, but you don't always get to pick your battles. It's a valid argument to say that maybe the US handled Iraq completely wrong, but what we know now is not what we knew then and some of us enlisted right after 9/11 to go fight Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. What's not valid is hearing criticism from people who willfully remain unaffiliated to anything so that they're never called upon or held responsible for anything. Lack of action can be wise at times and cowardice at other times.
In a post-military world, where everyone is essentially out for themselves, what's missing is that sense of camaraderie and esprit de corps and real compassion for those you work with. This generates some sadness, particularly for a former sergeant who was trained to always be improving and mentoring and living amongst his soldiers.
Thank God for families, and for being able to build them. I'm on my way, there.
Outer Perspective
Anyway, back to the topic. What being a veteran has left me with is an unshakeable confidence in my ability to self-assess, self-improve, and self-correct. I'm happy I sacrificed my time for a greater good (the mere act alone proved to my internal self that I would do it, if called upon). I also know what I'm not, and I hope I never try to act like someone I'm not. I've seen great people, who sacrifice all their time to family and country. Great people who are continuing to serve their entire careers in the armed forces. Great people who serve in elite units as well as the worst-managed, poorly-financed units.
I hope I can identify good people from bad, and knowledgeable people from the willfully ignorant, and never stand in the way of people who do good for others, their community, and the world. I know how far I can push myself and when I need to push myself harder. I definitely became a man in the meaningful sense of the phrase because of being in the Army. I saw how other people live, throughout the US and abroad. I hope to retain that humility in understanding and respecting how other people live, even if they hate your guts just because of what you're wearing or where you're from or what you're doing.
All this gets tucked away — I keep to myself mostly — but if I meet other veterans or others who have served in the line of fire (police, fire, State, USAID, DART, etc.) then it's like being with old friends. It's a virtual community, as they say. You can talk about things you can't talk about with others outside the community. It awakens a dormant part of my very vivid past, a past I care for very much and am very proud to have experienced. It doesn't happen often that I get to talk to other veterans, and not all veterans are good people, but it's definitely at least some sense of feeling "at home".
Perhaps one thing I've noticed after leaving the military is being able to identify really stand-up people in civilian life. GREAT people! The kind of person you know would excel in leadership, who cares for those around him, who makes others better, who pushes himself to his limits, who shows humility and empathy and sympathy to even the people he meets whom he stands nothing to gain from. There aren't many of these people but man, they shine out from the rest like the freaking Southern Cross.
With that afore-mentioned pipelines of veterans trickling to almost a stop, the virtual community of veterans is going to get smaller and that part of my life will get tucked away even further. We all have virtual communities and past parts of our lives that make us feel like this, I suppose. But like I said, what I took away from it — a deep love and appreciation and respect for my own limits and talents and vulnerabilities and strengths — will stay with me forever.
So that's how I feel when someone asks what it's like to be a veteran. It's a solitary experience, but I think other brethren will agree — there's a richness there that can never be taken away and will always be compared against.


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Two Lipscomb University Track athletes and two coaches will travel to Eugene, Oregon this week to compete in the United States Junior National Championships at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.
Freshman Dani Walker qualified for the 2011 Junior National Championship meet in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m. She will compete in just the 5000m since it fits with her summer Cross Country training program the best. Her race will be on Friday (June 24th) at 10:10 a.m. pacific time.
Tucker Peabody, also a freshman, qualified for Junior Nationals in the 100m and 200m. He will compete in the 100m preliminaries on Friday at 11:15 a.m. If he advances to the finals he will race again at 12:55 p.m.. On Saturday Tucker will compete in the 200m preliminaries at 4:40 p.m.. If he advances in the 200m he will race the finals at 7:25 p.m.
Freshman Katie Bunker also qualified for the US Junior Nationals in the 800m. Unfortunately she will not be able to compete as she recovers from a late track season injury.
Dani and Tucker will be accompanied to the Junior National meet by head cross country and track & field coach Bill Taylor and Assistant Coach Luke Syverson. Coach Taylor is also the distance coach, while Coach Syverson directed the sprinters this past season.
"This is a really great opportunity for Dani and Tucker," said head coach Bill Taylor. "They will get incredible experience at a big meet that will pay off in future competitions for them. Every time you compete in a championship or at a big event, it makes it that much more normal the next time. It's the reason we build such strong cross country and track & field schedules each season. We want our athletes to get big opportunities and to get used to top competitions. It makes them better mentally and physically and pushes the program forward.
"Dani is in summer base training, so this will be a benchmark of her summer fitness. She is such a great competitor that I know she will have fun and compete hard. It's pretty incredible that she qualified in so many events. I think running the 5000m is perfect for her cross country season preparation.
"Tucker had a big freshman year in the sprints. This is a nice reward for such a big year, and gives him an opportunity to continue his rapid improvement."
To qualify for the United States Junior National Championships an athlete must meet a qualifying standard in each event and the Junior classification is limited to athletes who are fourteen (14) years or older on the day of competition and will not become twenty (20) years of age during the year of the competition.
The 2011 USA Junior Outdoor Championships will also serve as the selection meet for the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships. The top four finishers will be asked to register, with two being selected to compete.
"It is also another nice step forward for our program," said Taylor. "The improvement of the program has been dramatic in the four years I've been here. It's exciting to see Lipscomb Cross Country and Track & Field rising up to that upper tier national level. A meet like this gives us great exposure for the program and the university.
"We're still young and we've got a lot of work to do yet, but each year we see dramatic improvement and our goals are very clear.
"This is a special culture here at Lipscomb and in our program. It's unlike any other NCAA DI university. It's perfect to build the right kind of program and to be a top program in the nation.
Taylor hopes that the Junior National Championship is a stepping block for the program.
"Our next steps are to get teams to cross country nationals, get individuals regularly to track nationals, and to qualify athletes to the US National Championships," said Taylor. "With the recruiting success we are having, I am certain we will be bringing more athletes to the Junior National Championships each year as well."
Freshman Missy Dowd just missed qualifying in the 5000m this year, and freshman Tessa Hoefle, who ran 17:15 for 5000m this past season, was born in October of 1991, just missing being qualified by the age limit requirement.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni was disqualified for eight years by the British Horseracing Authority on Thursday for doping racehorses in a scandal that has caused serious embarrassment to Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
Eleven horses trained by Al Zarooni, 37, in Newmarket in southern England for owner Sheikh Mohammed tested positive for anabolic steroids, including ethylestrenol and stanozolol - the steroid used by disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Al Zarooni, who won the Dubai World Cup - the world's richest horse race for Godolphin in 2012 with Monterosso, as well as two English Classics - the St Leger and 1,000 Guineas, admitted administering prohibited substances to four other horses in his care.
"We believe that the eight-year disqualification issued to Mahmood Al Zarooni by the disciplinary panel, together with the six month racing restriction placed on the horses in question by the BHA, will serve to reassure the public, and the sport's participants, that use of performance-enhancing substances in British Racing will not be tolerated and that the sport has in place a robust and effective anti-doping and medication control programme," BHA chief executive Paul Bittar said in a statement.
Earlier, the BHA said the 15 horses Emirati Al Zarooni admitted doping, including leading 1,000 Guineas contender Certify, have been banned from racing for six months.
Samples were taken from 45 horses at Godolphin's Moulton Paddocks Stables on April 9. Sheikh Mohammed said on Wednesday that he was "appalled and angered" by the case and announced that the stable would be locked down while doping tests were carried out on all horses under Al Zarooni's care.
Known as the 'sport of kings', Sheikh Mohammed, also Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, has become one of the most prominent owners in racing since he established the Godolphin stables in Dubai and England in 1992.
His royal blue silks have won 202 Group One races in 12 different countries and his passion for horses helped transform Dubai into a world power in flat racing, building the sparkling Meydan racecourse which opened in 2010.
Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford described it as "a terrible day for British racing".
He said: "This is a terrible situation. It's an awful situation that Godolphin has found themselves in. Mr Al Zarooni acted with awful recklessness and caused tremendous damage, not only to Godolphin and British racing.
"I think it will take a very long time for Godolphin to regain the trust of the British public."
Al Zarooni, one of two Godolphin trainers based in Newmarket, the headquarters of British flat racing, reiterated that he had made a "catastrophic error".
"First and foremost, I would like to apologise to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed as well as to all those involved with Godolphin and the public who follow British racing," Al Zarooni, training for the Dubai ruler since 2010, said in a statement.
"I accept that it was my responsibility to be aware of the rules regarding prohibited substances in Britain.
"I can only apologise and repeat what I said in my statement earlier in the week - I have made a catastrophic error."
While Al Zarooni breached the rules of British racing, administering drugs to racehorses while they not in training is not outlawed in some countries, notably Australia.
BHA's Bittar said the case served to highlight "inconsistencies across international racing jurisdictions regarding what substances are permitted to be used in training".
"While around the world, horseracing bodies quite rightly adopt a zero tolerance policy to the presence of anabolic steroids when carrying out post-race testing, the approach is not so consistent for horses in training," he said.
"In an age of increasing international travel and competition we will put the subject on the agenda for discussion with our international colleagues."
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What are these states in Flip-flops?
I know that DRAM-storage makes use of capacitors. The two states are: Either the capacitor is charged or not. But I have no idea how to imagine the state of Flip-flops. What changes in the flip-flop if the state changes?
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If you talk to any sales consultant -- or marketing consultant, for that matter -- you'll probably get an earful of comments laden with the jargon of "sales-marketing misalignment." To the layperson -- or business person who refrains from paying for expensive consultants -- all this means is the ongoing conflict between sales and marketing, the single dumbest reason that otherwise worthy businesses struggle.
The classic symptoms: Sales spends a lot of time prospecting because it doesn't trust the leads marketing's handing over; marketing complains about the sales team's inability to close the leads that it hands over; and both sides have a near-pathological aversion to actually talking to each other about this disconnect.
This is an obvious problem, but it's one that goes unaddressed at all too many organizations. It has real implications for revenue -- and it also has dire consequences for CRM. While the two sides are warring over who's to blame for lackluster sales, there's little chance they'll get together and cooperate around customer data that can benefit both sales and marketing.
Prisoner of Dysfunctional Personalities
CRM is supposed to be a unifying technology that collects customer data in one place, so that all parts of the business that need it can access it and use it. It's supposed to break down information silos within the organization.
However, when sales and marketing are at war, this is not likely to happen. The part of the business that "owns" CRM is likely to guard it jealously. Similarly, marketing may hold data it collects via marketing automation close to the vest and fail to share it with sales. You end up with the silos being rebuilt. Why? Because personalities within the organization don't get along and don't trust each other.
This is a pretty petty reason to allow your investment in CRM to erode away to nothing -- but it happens all the time, in all kinds of businesses. Friends of mine who are sales VPs or CMOs acknowledge how corrosive and destructive misalignment is -- but they continue to engage in behavior that deepens the sickness in their organizations.
If you're in charge of CRM in a business like this, you are a prisoner of the personalities you work with -- and unless someone at the top acknowledges and identifies this problem, your success will always be at the mercy of two misaligned organizations.
Tear Down That Wall
To break down the wall between sales and marketing, the two sides have to realize the value of information instead of data, and they have to recognize the productivity that CRM is supposed to bring to their rules. What does that mean?
First, the two sides need to realize that for the data they have in CRM to be useful, it needs context. That context must be provided by sales; through real-world experience, sales knows what a qualified candidate looks like. That context must be provided back to the marketing team, which can then look for leads that fit the profile described by sales.
Second, sales needs to realize that its team members make money by selling, not by prospecting; if marketing is doing its job, sales can focus on selling. Replicating marketing's activities isn't productive or lucrative.
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That's the simple, short-term solution -- but because sales and marketing leaders are so often large personalities, the answer may be more structural. Responsibility at an executive level for all revenue-generating customer activities should be housed in one C-level person, to whom sales and marketing report.
This executive's job is to make sure that sales and marketing are operating as efficiently as possible -- and that means operating together, with identical goals, internal communication and extensive sharing of information. Doing so would require maximizing the use of CRM -- and would help the business realize the unifying vision of CRM that its proponents so frequently tout.
If the relationships within your organization are dysfunctional, you'll never be able to build great customer relationships. CRM is not capable of defusing internal strife and ego-driven drama. If you want to realize the value in your CRM investment, make sure that the people who use it are functioning well together.


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Position Available: Position available immediately after closing. This is a 100%, twelve-month, tenure-system appointment.
Duties and Responsibilities: Working under the direction of the Archivist for Music and Fine Arts, the Associate Archivist for Faculty Papers is responsible for strategic leadership to acquire, preserve and steward the professional and personal archives of University of Illinois faculty (i.e., "faculty papers") initially those in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. Major responsibilities include:
· Developing a collection development strategy and choosing areas in which to focus collecting in consultation with teaching faculty and appropriate experts in the Archives and Library, (e.g. subject and functional specialists and Research Data Services staff);
· Conducting collections development research concerning faculty communication and documentation patterns to better understand, document, and preserve evidence of faculty activities and the information and data produced from those activities;
· Developing and administering policies relating to faculty papers acquisitions including intellectual property rights and access restrictions via deeds of gift;
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· Creating processing plans for new acquisitions that balance resources with collection and user needs;
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· Undertaking university and public engagement to bring attention to and facilitate use of newly acquired faculty papers.
· Articulating, pursuing and, over time, refining an aggressive agenda in research, scholarly publication, and professional and public service activities in areas appropriate for academic librarianship at the University of Illinois.
· Contributing to the national and international reputation of the University Library through professional research, service and collaboration with appropriate colleagues and organizations.
Environment: The University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign is one of the preeminent research libraries in the world. With more than 13 million volumes and significant digital resources, it ranks second in size among academic research libraries in the United States and first among public university libraries in the world. As the intellectual heart of the campus, the Library is committed to maintaining the strongest possible collections and services and engaging in research and development activities in pursuit of the University's mission of teaching, scholarship, and public service. The Library currently employs approximately 90 faculty and 300 academic professionals, staff, and graduate assistants. For more detailed information, please visit <http://www.library.illinois.edu/>. The Library consists of multiple departmental libraries located across campus, as well as an array of central public, technical, and administrative service units. The Library also encompasses a variety of virtual service points and "embedded librarian" programs.
The University of Illinois' Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, as an archives and music museum of the University Archives, provides services to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, visiting scholars, and the general public. In addition it produces exhibitions and diverse public engagement programs for the local community and its public schools. The Sousa Archives is one of the nation's most vibrant centers for documenting the American music scene. In addition to holding over 70 percent of John Philip Sousa's original music manuscripts, it also documents the creative output of the School of Music, the world of electronic music, the local pop music scene, and musicians of all genres around the country and world. It also holds an extensive collection of historical instruments and audio players, from wax cylinders to electronic music instruments.
The University Archives' permanent staff includes seven archivists, one academic professional, one library specialist, graduate assistants, and hourly student assistants. Its holdings include official records of the university, papers of prominent faculty and alumni, and associated manuscript collections including the Student Life and Culture Archives. The Archives also holds records, papers, photographs, audiovisual materials, and related historical collections of professional and public service associations, such as the American Library Association and the Advertising Council. For over five decades, the professional staff has been recognized as national and international leaders and innovators in archival practice. They are highly productive and able to cope with growing collections and expanding groups of research users.
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· MLS from an ALA accredited library school with a concentration in archival theory and practice, or an equivalent degree
· Working knowledge of the accepted standards of the archives profession
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Annabel Karmel: Mural Meals to Tempt Testy Tots
Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Annabel Karmel, the British children's chef and kiddie cookbook author. This week Annabel shares mural meals to help entice tots to try new foods.
Children often say that they do not like foods even before they have already tried it. So it is important to entice them and encourage them to eat a healthy and balanced diet. It is easy to give up and just make the foods you know they will like. But just persevere, keep trying new things and make food look attractive so they are at least tempted to try just a little bit.
Children also like to assemble their own food, so you can get them involved – they love to eat food they have made themselves.
Have a picky eater who refuses to eat his greens or a lil girl who is begging to be your sous chef, but you don't know how she can help? Submit your cooking and feeding questions to The Children's Table group over in the LilSugar Community, and we'll have Annabel answer them!


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Coming Events
April 2nd to April 6th. Clare Roots Society. Conference Week.
April 2nd. 2 Films Set in Irish Workhouses . 7.30 pm Old Ground Hotel.
April 3rd. Gerry Kennedy's, Book Launch: Tracing your Clare Ancestors. Old Ground Hotel. 7.45pm.
April 3rd. Tim Collins Lecture. 6.30pm, Old Ground Hotel.
April 4th. Liam Curran, Lecture. 5.30pm, Old Ground Hotel.
April 4th. Eric Shaw's Book : Memorials of Past Lives, 7.30pm. In St. Columba's Church.
April 5th. Meet The Genealogist Session. 4pm. To 6pm, Temple Gate Hotel.
April 5th. Welcome Reception. 6.30pm & Ml. Gandy, Lecture. Temple Gate Hotel.
April 18th Tony Cassidy's Book. From a Rock to a hard place.6.30pm. Civic Rooms,Ennis Town Council, Drumbiggle Road.
April 18th. Lucille Ellis: The Gallery Family. The Civic Rooms, Town Council, Drumbiggle Road. 8pm.
May 3rd to 12th. Famine Commemoration Ceremony Kilrush.
May 5th. Famine Memorial Ceremony Old Drumcliff Cemetery 3pm.
May 16th. Gerard Madden. The Iron Masters of the Sliabh Aughty region in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Civic Rooms,Town Council, Drumbiggle Road.
May 30th. Brian Dinan's Book launch: St. Flannan's Terrace. Old Ground Hotel 8pm.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - How parents monitor the television and video game habits of their children is tied to the kids' performance in school, their relationships with peers and their weight, according to a new study.
"It's a fairly small effect, but what's interesting about this study is because we tracked these children over time we see these effects build," lead author Douglas Gentile told Reuters Health. He is a psychologist at Iowa State University in Ames.
According to Gentile, the researchers can't say children will gain one fewer pound or get in one fewer fight for every show parents approve for their kids. But there are measurable changes that parents may not notice.
"They're small, tiny changes accumulating over time," he said.
He and his colleagues write in JAMA Pediatrics that past research has found that children spend more time engaged in TV, movies and video games than any other activity besides sleep.
Increased screen time, as it is called, has been tied to a number of problems among children, including poor sleep and school performance and excessive weight gain.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids older than two years only be exposed to one to two hours of screen time per day, at the most. The researchers note that many children exceed that recommendation.
For the new report, they used data from a previous study that involved getting children to be more active, watch less TV and eat more fruit and vegetables.
"Because we were able to collect so much rich data, it allowed us to go in later on and say, 'Aside from the intervention, what else can we learn from these kids?'" Gentile said.
The study included 1,323 third- through fifth-grade students from Iowa and Minnesota. Data were collected from them, their parents and their schools.
Overall, the researchers found that parents restricting how much screen time kids watch, restricting what they watch and talking about the shows was linked to more sleep, better school performance and less aggression among kids.
Better sleep was also tied to lower body mass index scores among children. Body mass index, or BMI, is a measure of weight in relation to height.
Gentile cautioned, however, that studies have found that watching shows with children appears to magnify the negative effects of screen time. That may be because children believe parents are giving their stamp of approval to the content.
Instead, he and his colleagues write that setting limits on how much and what children watch and talking to them about what they watch are steps parents can take to encourage a better media diet for their children.
Although children may throw temper tantrums at first, Gentile said the benefits will start to accumulate.
"If parents start today it will have these positive benefits but these benefits take time to start accruing," he said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/17hF0sY JAMA Pediatrics, online March 31, 2014.


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Water Garden & Features Q & A
Q: Do great blue herons fly south for the winter? – Derek in Massachusetts
A: The bane of fishpond owners, great blue herons, will make a quick meal out of pricey koi and graceful goldfish. The good news is that those in the northern swath of the United States are about to enjoy their exit – at least for the winter months.
These birds are one of the most widespread wading birds in North America. While herons' breeding range stretches from the southern Canadian provinces to southern Mexico, their wintering and permanent range extends from southeastern Massachusetts along the coastal states and west across the southern half of the United States, and into Mexico and northern South America. So when the temperatures dip, they prefer to fly south to the warmer climates.
If you live in the northern regions of New England, the Great Lakes, the Northern Plains and regions that freeze during the winter, you will see the herons fly for warmer skies. Experts report the birds migrate south from the northern portions of their breeding range beginning in September and October, with their return in mid-March.
For those who live in great blue herons' wintering and permanent range, you'll unfortunately enjoy no wintertime respite from these sushi-eating birds. Here are some ways to keep your fish safe:
Install pond netting: A near-invisible barrier, pond nets, like the Atlantic™ Pond Protector Net Kit, prevent the birds from landing in your water feature and spearing your fish. They also keep fall leaves from turning your pond into an over-sized tea pot.
Put up a decoy: Because herons are territorial, you can place a Heron Decoy near your pond to dissuade others from landing. Be sure to move it periodically to keep up the appearance of a live bird.
Spray the birds away: Motion Activated Scarecrow devices, which shoot a 35-foot blast of water at any animal that breaches its sensor sweep, make excellent deterrents for not only heron, but raccoon and other predators, too.
POND TALK: What do you do to deter herons from landing in your yard?
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Agenda: July 18, 2012 Economic Development PEG
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Conference Room 7A on the 7th floor
Introductions (11:30 a.m.)
June meeting summary on preliminary policy concepts (11:35 a.m.)
Related Materials:
Industrial land capacity (11:45 p.m.)
Related Materials:
- Preliminary alternatives evaluation handout / BPS
- Preliminary alternatives description handout / BPS
- Industrial Land Capacity Working Group comments
Priorities of Portland Plan (15 minutes)
- Prosperity: Expand economic opportunities for businesses, households, and region
- Education: Share ownership for youth success
- Health: Protect human and watershed health and safety
- Equity: Address disparities and better include the public in decisions
Preliminary land use concepts on industrial areas (15 minutes)
- Land use concepts
- Capacity expansion concepts
- Watershed health and neighborhood buffer concepts
- Other policy concepts?
Related Materials:
Alternatives to meet industrial land capacity shortfalls (12:20 p.m.)
Brownfield redevelopment assessment (15 minutes)
Presenter: Tyler Bump, BPS
Description: Summarize preliminary results of Portland Brownfield Assessment
Related Materials:
- Portland Brownfield Assessment: Task 3 & 4 / Maul Foster Alongi
- Brownfield financial gap aggregation memo / E.D. Hovee & Co.
Public comment (1:20 p.m.)
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Developing a Mission
A new year is upon us! By now, you have set your New Year's resolutions and you've thought about what you'd like to accomplish in 2018. That's an essential part of being a successful Forever Business Owner. Whether it's to get Forever F.I.T. or to double your sales, goals make us stronger and more likely to achieve the life we want. A major part of the goal setting process that is often forgotten or ignored is the development of core principles or a personal mission statement.
At Forever, we have a mission statement that we've gone by for years. It guides us through making decisions about the Marketing Plan, the products and the incentives. More importantly, it helps us nurture the environment and culture that Forever has thrived on for almost 40 years. Our mission statement represents how we do things as a company and it will guide us through our 2x sales goal over the next five years.
Our Mission: We will create a profitable environment where individuals can, with dignity, be what they want to be. Where integrity, empathy and fun are our guides. We will create and cherish a passion for, and belief in, our company, our products and our industry. We will seek knowledge and balance and above all, we will be courageous as we lead our company and Forever Business Owners.
As we head into 2018, you'll hear a lot about our five focuses for the next five years – Aloe Vera, product perfection, 15% increase in sales, engaging the right people and sharing why we are Forever Proud. You may have heard us say before that first and foremost are our FBOs. You are the reason Forever continues to flourish all over the world, so it is our duty to put your needs first. To do this, we must focus on the values that are promised through our mission statement – to create a company where you thrive and to courageously lead you to achieving your dreams.
Our mission statement is in front of our staff at the Home Office daily, just before they board the elevators to enter the building. They not only see it every day, they live and breathe it. Many of them have it memorized. This is true! Test them next time you see a Forever staff member.
Without seeing the mission statement daily, it's easy to get distracted. Having the mission statement written somewhere prominent gives our minds a gentle reminder each day that there's a purpose to the sometimes stressful or long work day. There are people counting on us.
January is a great month to look at your goals with a refreshed outlook and to dig a little deeper into your personal mission. I encourage you to write out your mission statement. It doesn't have to be long, but it needs to be truthful. It must remind you of what you believe in and your purpose. Look at it every day to help keep you on track to achieve your goals for the next 5 years and beyond.
Happy New Year!
Keep Smiling,
Gregg Maughan