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NYPD searches apartment in effort to explain Empire State Building shootings
As New York City police continue to search for clues in the deadly shooting near Manhattan's Empire State Building, a police source says it appears the alleged gunman knew he would not be returning home.
The Wall Street Journal reports detectives on Sunday returned to the Upper East Side apartment of the laid-off clothing designer who allegedly gunned down a former colleague near the Empire State Building before being fatally shot by officers Friday. A law-enforcement official told the paper investigators removed a computer and "personal paperwork" from the apartment of 58-year-old Jeffrey Johnson.
Authorities say Mr. Johnson fatally shot his co-worker, Steven Ercolino, 41, outside the company's office before being confronted by police, who then killed him. Nine bystanders were injured by police bullets, three of them remain in hospitals in stable condition.
Reuters reports Johnson left his apartment around 8:00 a.m. that morning apparently not planning to return.
"He left the keys in an envelope for the landlord with no intention of ever coming back," a police source familiar with the investigation told Reuters.
A source also contested a report in the New York Post that Johnson was being evicted, but did say Johnson was forced out of his home, according to Reuters.
"It was not an eviction," the source told Reuters. "Johnson was on a sub-lease as a sub-tenant. The tenant informed Johnson he would have to leave during renovation of the apartment by the owner."
Detectives spent the weekend sifting through evidence from Mr. Johnson's apartment, the official said, adding that a report of their findings is expected to be released on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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As he participated in the first working session of the 25th Ibero-American Summit, President Enrique Peña Nieto urged Latin American countries to take on the challenge for better education in the region, and called for the Ibero-American General Secretariat to design a novel way to keep score, "and follow up on the education cup".
He recalled that yesterday President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, said his country aims to win two races in 2019: the Copa America and to be ranked first in educational improvement.
"Here I propose that we all take up the second challenge and we ask the Ibero-American General Secretariat and its director, whom I congratulate on the preparatory work for this meeting, to design a new way to keep score and follow up on the education cup", he said.
The Mexican president said that education is a great social equalizer that not only improves the lives of individuals and their families but also triggers the development of communities and countries".
He said Mexico is already doing its part: "At the beginning of my administration, we implemented Education Reform to make the right to quality education a reality for all Mexicans". He said that the goal is, "To professionalize teaching through evaluation, training and refresher courses".
He declared that in Mexico, "We are also investing in educational infrastructure and revising curriculums so that our children learn to learn".
The Mexican president said that in higher education, "We have placed special emphasis on technological education: a total of 870,000 students are currently enrolled in our technological and polytechnic universities, 25 percent more than in 2012".
He said that it is important to note that 80 percent of these young people are the first generation of their families to receive higher education".
He added that in order to enhance these efforts, "We are adopting new linkage mechanisms with businesses so that young people complement their education with a professional, practical component.
He noted that, "The growth registered in youth employment in the formal sector of the economy is encouraging: in four years, 2.3 million formal jobs have been created, of which a quarter have been for young people between the ages of 15 and 29.
President Peña Nieto said that, "Ibero-American youth today feel just as at home in Madrid as in Montevideo, and in Lima as in Lisbon. Thanks to technology, we are now more connected than ever. Taking risks, breaking paradigms and pursuing dreams is part of our nature".
He added that for many young people, "Being an entrepreneur is almost a way of being. We therefore welcome the fact that in this Latin American Summit, entrepreneurship is one of the main issues".
He noted that In Mexico, "We are determined to form part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. "Nearly four years ago, we created the National Institute of Entrepreneurship, and during this administration, it has spent $1.5 billion USD on supporting just over a million entrepreneurs.
"We also launched a credit program to provide initial financing, particularly for young people who have no credit history," he explained.
Mexico is also undertaking actions, "To promote entrepreneurship globally, as well as the internationalization of small and medium enterprises". For example, he said, "Within the framework of the Pacific Alliance, we created the Venture Capital Fund, which, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, provides funding and promotes new entrepreneurs with a high growth potential".
The Mexican president said that, "Latin America's greatest asset is undoubtedly its youth, and governments should therefore continue to promote public policies that harness their capacity and build more inclusive, better qualified societies".
He mentioned a quote from the great writer Gabriel García Márquez, who always saw education as an engine of social change: "Education from cradle to grave, discontented and reflective, that inspires us to adopt a new way of thinking and encourages us to discover who we are, in a society that loves itself more".
"That is precisely what we should be looking for at this Latin American Summit: a new way of doing things, strongly promoting education and realizing the aspirations of our people, especially our children and youth":
He recalled that in the last edition of the Summit in Mexico, "Latin American countries agreed on the importance of the education of our youth. In the Declaration of Veracruz, we agreed to work on innovative strategies to ensure universal quality education, and confirmed the importance of supporting the new generations".
President Peña Nieto added that in the last week of last September, "The world was touched by two extraordinary events: first, the signing of a historic peace agreement in this very place, to end an armed conflict that had lasted over half a century. And two days later, by the death in Israel of Nobel Prize Laureate Shimon Peres, who dedicated his life to re-building peace in the Middle East".
He said that, like the President of Colombia, "Shimon Peres knew that achieving peace entails great challenges and often high costs".
"The path of change, peace and reconciliation you have chosen is well worth the effort. This has been recognized by the world, which has celebrated the fact that you have received the Nobel Peace Prize," he said to President Santos, to whom he reiterated his congratulations.
He also congratulated Antonio Guterres, "For having been elected Secretary General of the United Nations Organization and would like to express Mexico's full support, precisely to achieve a more inclusive, equitable world and a world of peace".
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|2001 Chrysler Sebring LX 2.7L Starter VIN: 1C3EL45U91
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|2003 Chrysler Sebring LX 2.4L Hesitation VIN: 1C3EL46X53
Car has hesitatoin sometimes .no codes--scan tool data reads cam in sinc .crank out of sink. Cam crank differance 1 degrees.
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Yahoo is not doing well, but Chief Executive Marissa Mayer has plans to fix it. The one thing that Yahoo really has going for it is that its core offerings focus on the Internet's daily habits. They offer email, search, news, finance, and sports. It is the company's current goal to improve the Yahoo experience for its 200 million monthly ... Read More »
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The subject married Dyas SCOTT in 1881.The various spellings of her given name are taken from her obituary, census reports, marriage license, marriage certificate and tombstone.The family name is also spelled in the following different ways:Lawwill, Lawill and Lavelle.
She was born in April 1861 and died in 1929.She and Dyas had 19 children, 13 of whom survived to adulthood.
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text: The nine former Clay Aiken fans who filed a Federal Trading Commission complaint about being duped by the singer's sexuality have turned their attention to American Idol judge Simon Cowell. Cowell ridiculed the nine women for their actions on a recent LARRY KING LIVE show on US network CNN after they went public, demanding reimbursement for monies spent on Aiken's albums and merchandise prior to recent tabloid stories circulating about his homosexuality. The American Idol judge told King, "You hear the lawsuits... that he pretended to be straight or something. I mean it's just crazy." His comments have fired up the nine women suing Aiken's handlers. In a statement, they write, "We are grateful that the merits of our complaint will be heard by the FTC instead of a pretend judge from a televised talent show." The group is also keen to distance itself from claims it is homophobic. They add, "We have been dismayed to see our complaint characterised in the media as homophobic. That is not our intention and while central to our complaint it is regrettable that Mr Aiken's sexuality has come under scrutiny. "Our complaint is not about defaming Mr Aiken or his sexual preferences. It is directed toward the deceptive practices of the record companies." The nine former fans of Clay Aiken, listing themselves as aggrieved consumers, filed a FTC complaint on 17 February (06) against recording companies RCA and Sony/BMG for false advertising and misrepresentation in the marketing and promotion of Aiken.


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Dengan melihat resolusi (I hate that word, though) yang dibuat pada awal tahun 2012, maka mari kita cek bersama apakah gw sudah cukup kompeten untuk mencapai rencana yang gw buat sendiri. Oh how twelve months go so fast…
1) Get out of my crooked damaged rented room and move to a small but nice studio-type apartment.
I did moved out of that crooked house, into a new rented but not apartment-style place. Tetep kost. But A LITTLE BIT better.
2) Pindah kerja.
I might not got any job at The Tempo, but I was accepted and am now a part of PT MBIN, which if you all don't know, we produce and sell Bintang, Heineken, Green Sands and Bintang Zero. Where else would you get free beer every single working day? Hooray to me!
3) Mulai koleksi stiker lagi.
I don't know about this. It seems that I forgot the plan for a while. But I did bought some new stickers, although I cannot say I'm collecting.
4) Mengembalikan kulit wajah gw seperti semula!
I have to say I'm proud of myself to find a way to try to get out of blemish dilemma, and I can say my skin is better now, and I'm still fighting. I did eventually order a Clarisonic, still waiting for it to be sent.
5) Go back to college.
I think it's hard to accomplish now, with this new job and all, so let's put the plan on hold, will we? 😀
6) Grow my hair and get a hair-coloring!
My hair DID grew, just like normal hair does :p and I did got haircolor. It was a homemade, do-it-yourself one, which actually was a bit frustrating to work on, since my hair was long. Right now my hair is short again, and I plan to do another haircolor before the new year. 😀
7) Menyisihkan +/- 500rb per bulan buat mama.
Ehm…not yet. Personal expenses.
8) Get an Android phone and/or a new Thinkpad.
I did got a Thinkpad, which was LEND to me by my employer, huahahaha…but doesn't matter, finally I can experience one. For Android gadget, I think I can continue the plan next year.
9) Getting rid of my old clothes.
I did, when I moved out of the old house, and I think my wardrobe hasn't grow so much since. I feel like organizing again, though.
10) Belajar maen gitar.
Cannot. Can't spend time to do it, yet.
Achievement Meter: 6 out of 10.
A bit embarassing. 😀 But like I said, it's just a plan, so….nyantai laahhh. Hope anything will be better next year.


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I. Introduction
This is a short extract from Liz Greene's Psychological Horoscope Analysis. The complete report of 18-25 pages can be ordered as an E-Horoscope or a bound booklet in the Astroshop.This horoscope analysis - using the insights of astrology and psychology combined with the tools of advanced computer technology - offers you an astrological portrait which is uniquely and individually focussed and which aims at providing greater self-knowledge.
II. Your Psychological Type
This short chapter describes your typical or characteristic way of responding to situations in life.The rich array of individual attributes portrayed in your birth horoscope is set, as it is with everyone, against the backdrop of a certain temperament bias. We might call this bias your psychological "type".
Other people are the most important thing in the world to you, and you tend to live your life for and through them. Your gifts are those of the heart. You have great empathy for people's unhappiness, and may often find yourself playing the role of good father to those friends and loved ones who need an understanding and nonjudgmental shoulder to cry on. You adore feeling needed, and dislike hurting others; and you are capable of immense loyalty and devotion to those who are close to you. Your [...]
[..] Your sense of romance, fantasy and the magical world of the imagination is extremely high, and you tend to infuse as much of it as you can into your ordinary life. You should probably work in an artistic field where these abilities have their fullest expression, or where [...]
III. Character and Shadow
In this comprehensive chapter of the Psychological Horoscope Liz Greene provides valuable insights about your essential character traits.The interplay between the conscious and unconscious sides of you is a constantly shifting dance, changing at different stages of your life and altering according to the pressures and challenges which you encounter. The tension between the primary characters in your inner drama is the source of energy which provides your life with movement, purpose, conflict and growth.
[..] You have little patience with hypocrisy, and are not averse to directly challenging and, if necessary, offending those who offend you by their refusal to be themselves. You are intelligent without being an intellectual snob; you enjoy luxury and pleasure and are unafraid [...]
[..] You do not have to pose as a spiritually evolved soul, a humanitarian altruist, or a high-minded aesthetic collector of art; you want security, a nice place to live, good food, sexual pleasure and emotional companionship in your personal life, a few loyal friends, and the [...]
Hidden traits
[..] There is a certain image in the eyes of others which this secret side of you seeks: the educated, cultured, sophisticated and polished person who knows all the right places to go, has read all the right books and seen the right films, and shines with the patina of style [...]
A minor character
Although you appear to live on the earth like other people, your mind dwells in loftier, more ethereal realms. You are a sensitive and idealistic person who is not wholly comfortable within the limits and boundaries of material life; for, like Plato, you crave the Good, [...]
IV. The Family Background
In the complete horoscope analysis, this chapter deals with your family myths as well as with your perception of your parents and their relationship.Although you are an individual, you have emerged from a family background. Thus you contain certain inner patterns, myths and attitudes toward life which you have acquired from the psychological soil of this background.
V. Relationship Patterns
This chapter describes attitudes, needs and characteristic patterns in close one-to-one relationships.Both astrology and psychology teach us that nothing that occurs within a relationship is chance. Your birth horoscope describes what you are like inside, and therefore what kind of patterns, needs and compulsions you are likely to bring into your relationships with others.
You may not care to put much time and energy into adorning yourself, your speech or your behaviour just to please some social requirement of finesse; but your secret need to develop your intellectual and aesthetic side draws you toward women who seem to embody that elusive element called "class". Physical beauty matters a great deal to you in a partner, and it must be a very special kind of beauty: the kind that seems at home in every setting including the best restaurants and the most fashionable [...]
[..] You are realistic enough not to expect a marriage made in heaven, and understand enough about the limits of others not to expect a fantasy of perfect spiritual and sexual love. You are also comfortable with the fact that it is easier to maintain a relationship when you [...]
VI. Paths toward Integration
The final chapter of the Psychological Horoscope Analysis contains insights into the potential for growth as shown in your birth chart.The following paragraphs provide some suggestions of ways in which conscious effort might make it possible for you to achieve greater harmony between the different components within yourself, and to strengthen that centre of the personality which psychology calls the ego, the "I".
These small samples from different chapters convey an impression of your personal Psychological Horoscope which comprises 18 - 25 pages. It can be ordered as an E-Horoscope or bound booklet in the Astroshop. Please read a complete sample report (of a different person) to get an overview of the extent of the complete horoscope.You may wish to take a look at the large selection of other reports.


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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. Maurice Sendak. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. Cloth is very lightly rubbed, else fine. Illustrated throughout in color. (Inventory #: 9023340)


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"Party people gettin' wasted…me, myself I'm gettin' fade…last night was so amazin'…oh my God you should have taste it…"
SMG's own Lil Breeze has released the official visual for his single, Geek'n featuring JRE & JKingZ. Whenever you're around Breeze, JRE & JKingZ, you're almost guaranteed to have a good time. They each know how to turn up just about any party, show – lets just say anywhere they're at mainly because of a lot of the things they do that have them geek'n. In the visual, Breeze, JRE & JKingZ all walk through the streets of New York geek'n. JRE & JKingZ raps, "I swear, I'm geek'n…geek'n…I swear these drugs it got me geek'n…"
Watch Geek'n video directed by Laka Films below:


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recoveries Archive
Short Highlight Reel from Metal Detecting Video Adventures in Kentucky
I had fun making this metal detecting higlights clip promo video for the Facebook page. Have gained over 2100 followers for Metal Detecting in Kentucky page so someone likes it!!!
Recovered Great Grandma's Heirloom Wedding Band
Had another ring recovery today in Lexington for Leanne, who called me after seeing the article in the Lexington Herald-Leader. Her son had been playing with the ring ("Lord of the Rings" play, apparently) and lost the ring in their front yard. All's good now, because I was successful in recovering it for them today.
My Ring-Location Activity Featured in Lexington Herald-Leader
I was flattered today to find this story about me helping people find lost rings. The Herald Leader is Lexington's largest newspaper. More information about finding lost items can be found here.
Two-ring wedding band recovery for Dianna in Lexington
Dianna emailed me about having her rings missing in the back yard – but that her 3-year-old had told her pretty much where they were lost. "Behind the tree" she said. So that's where I started looking. Running with my ring program on the Minelab E-trac, I turned the sensitivity down and low tones up. "Can slaw"
Col. Edward Yellman's Dog Tags Returned To Him
In 2012, I located Mr. Edward Yellman's dog tags laying side by side while metal detecting. I looked him up in an online database and then did some sleuthing through real estate transactions, obituaries and so forth to locate him, including a mailing address. I wrote a short note and included his tags – I
Wedding Band Recovery – Repaying a Debt of Service to this Soldier
Found a nice wedding band today for First Sergeant Fairchild of the 577th Sapper Co in a small park in Lexington. He's served in the Army National Guard for 14 years as a Combat Engineer, and surprisingly had used metal detectors for mine clearning duty before! (And I worry about hornets and broken glass –
Locating a Loaded Gun
A farm manager contacted me regarding the loss of his pocket pistol while he was mowing at his farm. Of course, their primary concern was the safety of any kids who might find the gun – it was small and could be mistaken for a toy. Recent rains would likely render the shells useless, but
Autumn Wedding Ring Recovery in Lexington – Success!!!
Ah, leaves. Well, this turned out to be the fastest recovery ever! I began swinging my larger coil and heard a gold signal within 2 minutes – but I couldn't pinpoint it due to roofing nails below the eave. I swapped out to my 5″ sharpshooter started back towards the spot … we both spotted
Returning a Family Heirloom – Silver Memories Of A Long-Past Aunt
During a recent metal detecting hunt at an 1810s location, I was scanning a hillside that had very few signals at all. Suddenly, my headphones exploded with a solid 11-47 on the E-trac. It was so shallow, 2″, that I was sure I'd found another modern, Clad Quarter. I almost walked by! But I
Engagement Ring Recovery in Winchester
Received a call from Ashley in Winchester, KY about a lost ring amongst the leaves. She'd spent hours searching, and even borrowed a metal detector. A web search led her to me, and we set up a time to go search. Her yard was pretty clean of low tones, so I began a


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Floor Puppet Theater from Guidecraft
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AN1: Based on/Inspired by Mariah Carey's We Belong Together video clip. Hope you like it:)
AN1: Based on/Inspired by Mariah Carey's We Belong Together video clip. Hope you like it:)
Big thank you to Ariel C. Rilmonn who is both beta and friend, you rock.
Disclaimer: Vampire Diaries is totally not mine coz if it was Damon and Bonnie would have gotten together a LONG TIME AGO
She hated goodbyes. Why were they even called goodbyes anyway? There was nothing 'good' about saying bye. What 'goodbye' means isn't good. It means you're leaving someone or someone's leaving you. What about that is good? Not that Damon had even bothered to say goodbye to her when he'd left. Practically the last time she'd seen him he'd saved her life by feeding her his blood in a bath tub and then he'd left without so much as a 'see you round'. Maybe it had been her fault, why he'd left so suddenly. But she hadn't known then that he'd been unable to save them earlier, she hadn't known about the whole 'possession' thing. All she'd known is that she'd called for him and he hadn't come until it was almost too late. So maybe it was partly her fault, why he'd left so suddenly. But it still hurt.
When Damon had left, she'd never thought she'd ever see him again. She'd loved him and had been sure he'd felt something too, sure he had cared about her, why else had he saved her? She wasn't Elena; she didn't have that 400 year old tie to him through her appearance. When he'd left she'd been heartbroken, it was as simple as that. And now she was marrying Matt. Matt, who had thought she'd just been traumatised by the near death experiences and nothing more. No one knew she'd used Matt as her rebound. She was sure Elena and Meredith suspected something, sure that they knew something wasn't right in the way she greeted Matt with a peck on the cheek and never the lips. But no one knew she'd used him as her rebound because no one knew she needed a rebound as she hadn't really had a relationship to rebound from.
She hadn't meant for it to go this far. She hadn't meant for it to go so far that she'd be marrying him. But as their relationship had progressed she'd felt more and more guilty about using him but, at the same time, had found it harder and harder to break it off. Then he had proposed and she hadn't been able to say no.
So now she stood at the altar, steeling herself to go through with what she'd promised, in the most beautiful dress she could imagine, with the perfect wedding planned, no expense had been spared, surrounded by her family and friends. Everyone that mattered to her in the world was there. Except him. And he was the one that mattered most, still, after all this time.
As she stood in between Matt and Elena, her bridesmaid of honour, with Meredith on the other side of Elena and Stefan as the best man beside Matt, the priest began to speak.
"We are gathered here today to celebrate the joining in holy matrimony of Matthew Honneycut and Bonnie McCullough…"
As the priests droned on she felt a presence behind her. She turned to look over her shoulder and back up the aisle she had just walked down. And she saw him.
He had donned a suit for the occasion and looked more gorgeous than the last time she had seen him. Formal wear suited him just as well as black leather and jeans.
Why are you here? She asked him through her mind, her eyes locked on his in shock.
I couldn't miss your special day, I saw it as my last chance, he confessed.
"If any person here objects to this holy union, speak now or forever hold your peace," the priest said, pausing to hear if there were any such objections.
Say something! She implored him silently.
This is your choice, cara.
The priest took a breath to continue the ceremony when Bonnie spoke, "I object," she whispered. The priest looked at her in surprise. "I'm sorry," she added to Matt who had followed her line of sight up the aisle to where Damon stood shrouded in shadows on the forest edge.
"It's ok," he replied. "I know." At the look of surprise on her face he elaborated, "You sleep talk. You dream about him. You always have."
Bonnie nodded with tears in her eyes. "I'm still sorry. I shouldn't have done this to you, you deserve better," she said and without another word she gathered her dress and tore off down the aisle, into the shadow of the trees and into his arms.
"I'm sorry," he told her as he held her tight against him. "I'm so sorry. I missed you so much."
"I've missed you too," she replied tearfully.
They pulled apart and looked at each other for a moment before she reached up to place her lips on his. His lips moulded to hers and she moaned as his tongue sought entrance into her mouth. Their tongues battled for control and as the kiss deepened it felt as if they'd never been apart. "We're attracting attention, cara," he whispered against her lips when they parted.
She turned around and blushed as she saw all the people that had been at the wedding turned in their seats watching her and Damon's reunion. She scanned the people until she found who she was looking for. Elena and Stefan stood at the foot of the aisle, arms around each other, with soft smiles on their faces as they happily watched the reunion. Meredith stood behind them with Alaric and had a smile on her face too despite her obvious disapproval of Damon. Even Matt was smiling and Bonnie let loose a small sigh of relief and relaxed back against Damon's chest.
"Let's get out of here," he said. "My car's outside." He turned and led her along the fringe of the forest, back through the church and out to his waiting Ferrari, which had been haphazardly parked in front of the church steps. He opened the door for her with a flourish and helped her tuck all the folds of her dress into the front seat with her. He kissed her again lightly before he shut the door and hurried around to the driver's side, not wanting to be away from her for long.
He looked over at her intently before her turned the key in the ignition. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Giving me a second chance."
"Thank you for coming back for one."
AN2: hope you enjoyed it, let me know. Reviews = love, love = more writing
AN2: hope you enjoyed it, let me know.
Reviews = love, love = more writing
p.s. a new VD fic will be coming from me soon, so keep a lookout


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While it is still lagging about 30 years behind electronic integration in terms of maturity, it is a quickly evolving technology. It experienced its greatest development at the telecom bubble around 2000, where millions of passive optical components for fiber networks started to be integrated into planar lightwave circuits (PLC) made out of silica.
Nowadays, there are several mature material platforms available for fabless chip development, each of them excelling at different features: PLC because of its low loss and low cost passive circuits, silicon (Si) because of its compactness and CMOS compatibility, indium phosphide (InP) because of its capability of generating and amplifying light on a chip, and silicon nitride (Si3N4) because of its low loss and compactness.
While InP and Si platforms are usually optimized to operate at the optical fiber telecommunication wavelength ranges of C-band (around 1550 nm) and O-band (around 1310 nm), PLC and Si3N4 can also work on the visible wavelength range, down to 400nm where many sensing and biomedical applications operate.
Once the material platform has been selected to meet the requirements of the target application, designers must select a specific foundry, or let an experienced design house like VLC Photonics assist them in choosing the most appropriate one. The design of a photonic integrated circuit starts by solving the optical modes that will be guided along the circuit depending on the waveguide geometry.
A thorough frequency domain analysis is usually performed at this stage, to calculate optical parameters like dispersion, group velocity, group index, propagation loss, effective refractive index, etc., considering certain boundary conditions (periodic, symmetric, asymmetric, metallic, etc.). Common methods for this are FD (Finite differences), FMM (Film Mode Matching), FEM (Finite Element Method), Correlation Method or Gaussian mode fiber solver, and there are several commercial software tools that implement them, like PhoeniX Software or Photon Design.


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Industry Ears
"A New Generation Think Tank Dedicated to Promoting Justice in media"
"A New Generation Think Tank Dedicated to Promoting Justice in media"
A consortium of entertainment and broadcast industry professionals with more than 60 years of experience dedicated to revealing truth and promoting justice in media.
"Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think."
--Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Understanding the impact of media images.
Corporate media rarely thinks about our children.
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By Mike Stocke The recent final of Britain's Got Talent was broadcast on a Saturday evening, featured two finalists who were 11 and 12 years old, and was watched by millions of children of about the same age or even younger. Yet the producers still thought it appropriate that the guest-star Nicole Scherzinger, formerly of the ...
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By Lisa Fager Bediako CNN.com (CNN) -- Rihanna's "Man Down" video was the motivation for Industry Ears -- a media watchdog group I co-founded -- to recently join forces with the Parents Television Council to hold media corporations, in this case Black Entertainment Television, accountable. We argued that the graphic violence aired in the video was inappropriate ...
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Rihanna 'Man Down' Video Draws Fire for Murdering Abuser The Parents Television Council is condemning Rihanna's latest music video, saying it depicts the singer in an "implied rape scene with a man whom she later guns down in an act of premeditated murder." The opening scene of the singer's "Man Down" music video shows her ...
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ET's Kevin Frazier sat down with Paul Porter, the co-founder of a think tank dedicated to promoting justice and accountability in the media, to discuss what some are calling controversial song lyrics from Rihanna's upcoming album. Read on for more… "Russian Roulette," the first single off Rihanna's next album Rated R due out on November 23, ...
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Rihanna's "Suicide Song" Is Dead Wrong Although, Rihanna might be to young and naive to fully understand her star power, thousands of adults in broadcasting and media continue to turn away from today's youth dark climate. For over a decade the corporate machine has had our next generation with a bulls eye on its forehead. ...


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Transition Hiccups
Filed under: Growing Pains, Mental Strain for Mama, Sports
In a month and a half, our family will have been in our new location, five hours from what we all knew as home, for a year. After an initial adjustment period, for the most part, life has just continued on. The girls have adjusted to their new schools. We've made the house our own. We've started to venture out in our new surroundings to find our new favorite places and things to do. We've all made some new friends. I was warned by several swimming friends that the swimming transition might be the worst one, that a new club and new coaches would take a year to settle into for the girls. I expected that and prepared the girls for it the best that I could.
I didn't worry about Sassy as much; her outgoing personality always seems to break the ice. After practicing so hard all year long, Sassy began to get her "BB" times and get hungry for more. When she realized how close she was getting to "A" times, she got even more motivated. This past weekend, she swam her very first "A" time in the 50 back, something she didn't expect that she would do until she turned 10. Despite being the one in our family most vocal about not wanting to move, she has made the swimming transition look easy. A transition at 8 is easier than a transition at 13.
Because I know this, I worried more about Swim Girl, whose quiet and more introspective personality can be more easily misinterpreted by others. I also worried because her relationship with our previous club's coach was such a strong one. He understood how she was feeling during a practice or after a race, without her having to say a word. He knew her well enough to know that she is a rule-follower and would never skip part of a set to appear faster than someone else. He knew that yelling at her was not the way to motivate her, and that it sometimes took a while for certain things to really sink in. She didn't believe in shortcuts, and she proved that with her work ethic over the 4.5 years he coached her. He also knew how far she had come and how hard she had worked to get where she is today. Swimming didn't come naturally to her when she started; but she had the love for the sport that others didn't always possess. Despite coming in last and getting disqualified, she wanted to work harder and get better. She didn't give up. She pushed herself and she achieved. It's this history that her current coaches don't know, and that she's too shy and intimidated to share with them.
At the beginning of the short course season this year, Swim Girl was stagnant with her times. But over time, she began to drop her times across all her strokes. She went from a 2:28 in 200 back to a 2:15; from a 1:02 in 100 free to a 56; from a 5:53 in 500 free to a 5:32; from a 1:17 in 100 breast to a 1:12; from a 2:43 in 200 breast to a 2:35; from a 2:28 in 200 IM to a 2:19. Long course season started off with her swimming an Age Group Champs cut in the 1500 the very first time she swam it. The hiccup with her times didn't last very long at all. She set a goal for herself, that she wanted to qualify for SCY Age Group Champs and make a Senior Champs cut (despite the times being more challenging to get in this state). She did both. One would think her confidence would be soaring, but it's not.
It's been good for her to be at a club with so many great swimmers her age. It has taken some of the pressure off, so that she's been able to just concentrate on her technique and her times. She's made some very good friends at our new club. But she has some lofty swimming goals she's shared with me that she's too afraid to share with her coach. She has questions she wants to ask about how to fix things that stay inside her head instead. She shuts down and stays quiet when she gets yelled at for going too slow, rather than ratting out those who skipped out on part of a set. So many of these kids have been with these coaches for years. They have the kind of relationships with them that she had back home with hers. She's starting from scratch; and I can tell that it's bothering her. They don't know her history and she's not quite sure how to establish a good relationship without that. As her parent, I feel like I need to help her; but I'm also wary of becoming "that parent," and feel that at 14, she needs to take the initiative to speak up and communicate with her coach without my interference. I just hope that I can get her to start speaking up.
These are the things that make me miss the easiness that used to be home. In some ways, I'm glad we have an upcoming trip to go back and visit; but I'm also worried that the trip will just make us miss home that much more.
The Sport Specialization Debate and Why I'm Sick of Hearing About It
Filed under: Lessons I've Learned, Sports, Things that get my gi all in a bunch
"When dealing with critics, always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside the context of their understanding." -Shannon L. Alder
Several years ago, during the summer swim season, a swim dad approached me and began asking me questions about my oldest daughter and her swimming. At that point, she had been a year-round swimmer for two years. Her improvement from the two summers prior was nothing short of remarkable. I assumed he was talking to me because he was interested in the USA swimming program where she swam, the one I was President of at the time. However, after a few minutes, the conversation turned into something much different. He began talking about kids who play just one sport, and how I was setting my daughter up for injury and failure. Because he didn't know me (or take the time to get to know me), he was unaware that my daughter had played T-ball, field hockey and had taken a combination of karate and ju-jitsu classes for five years, not to mention the voice lessons. He didn't know that after trying all of those things, she came to me and said that swimming was what she really loved and that she wanted to focus on that more intensely. It was especially surprising to me, because at the time, she wasn't very good at it. I was impressed with her desire to get better and her obvious passion for a sport she loved, despite not having had much success.
I spent that summer, and many after it, listening to parents whose kids did not swim year-round making excuses for why their kids weren't as fast as my kid. I don't know why they felt such a compulsion to explain this to me. I certainly wasn't concerned with what their child was or was not doing; unlike them, I wasn't interested in making comparisons. The nice thing about swimming is that there are times achieved at each meet, so our daughter was only comparing her performance to her prior performances. And she liked what was happening as she watched her times continue to drop. I made it a point to avoid this dad and others like him. I call them the compare/contrast parents. They are constantly holding up their child and anyone who competes against them. They are constantly looking for all the ways their child is better, and all the ways they can get the edge for their kid. When they find one thing that someone else is better at than their child, then it's excuse-making time. It's time to cherry-pick an article or two that supports their viewpoint and puts others down to make themselves feel better. It must be exhausting to live that way, which is why I don't.
Enter the Facebook article re-posts accompanied by stern warnings for parents of single-sport kids, of course from the parents whose kids play multiple sports. A rudimentary chart began circulating on Facebook regarding Ohio State's football recruits. The number of players on the team who played multiple sports: 42; the number who were one sport only: 5. I guess this is supposed to send me a message that if I want my daughter to play football for Ohio State, I better sign her up quickly for a bunch of other sports. I see this every couple months, the onslaught of negativity at kids (and their oh-so-naive parents) who focus on one sport earlier than others. I get it; there are only so many sports scholarships out there. All of our kids are competing for them, I guess, if that's your focus already, when your kids are still in elementary and middle school (eye roll). Here's the thing about our family: while my daughter loves to swim and has expressed that she would possibly like to swim in college, we did not engage her in year-round swimming at the age of 9 so that we could start her on the road to a swimming scholarship. If she gets one some day, that would be wonderful; and I'm sure we'll all be very pleased. However, that is not, nor has it ever been, our focus with her. Our focus has been on enabling our daughter to achieve at the level she wants to, in a sport that she loves.
All of these articles and re-posts make the same faulty assumption, that parents who support their child specializing in one sport expect scholarships because of it, and force their child into specialization for this very reason. This is a completely false notion and writers of these articles, and all the parents who post them, should stop making assumptions about parental intent. Many things can change from the time a child is elementary/middle school aged to high school, when coaches are actually starting to look at your swimmer. There are a lot of swimmers who peak at age 12 or younger. Performance levels as a "10 and under wonder" do not translate into indications of future success, which is why we have always tried to stay level-headed about swimming, our daughter's achieved times, and what that might mean for her future. The truth is, what she's doing now, or what she did years ago, means next to nothing when it comes to her future swimming. She swims because she loves to swim; she has zero interest in playing other sports right now. And although other parents clearly feel very strongly about our daughter's choice, her choice is perfectly ok.
Swimming has done wonderful things for our daughters. It has allowed them to get into crazy good shape; their endurance is unreal. They have learned about the importance of commitment, attention to detail/technique; and we strongly feel that it's made both of our girls into very focused students as well. They've learned time management and study skills because they work around their swimming/school schedule. In addition, swimming has had a tremendous influence on our younger daughter's health. A year ago, doctors thought she may have early onset scoliosis. Because I went through the 6-month checkups myself as a kid, I wanted to do something different for my daughter, to see if we could avoid future treatment. After 6 months of seeking help from a PT friend of ours, and having those exercises reinforced during her dry land training at her swim club, and through her in-water practice, the curve in her spine went from almost 9 degrees to less than 5, a number not even considered scoliosis. The specialist at Shriner's was shocked into complete silence as he compared the two x-rays, before quizzically wanting to know what we were doing. When we told him about her swimming and dry land training, he was shocked and impressed, and told us to keep on doing what we're doing. It turns out that swimming may save her from the dreaded 6-month checkups for a crooked spine.
Most of the articles warning against single sport specialization point to burn-out and overuse injuries, which is certainly a major concern if your child is a pitcher or a quarterback, using the one same explosive motion all the time, every day, year after year. Swimming is a very symmetrical sport, and a life-long sport with good reason. Have you ever checked out the lap lanes at your local gym? They're loaded with people who've been swimming for decades. A couple articles have pointed out that swimming is quite different from other sports when it comes to specialization in several ways. One of them, "Sport Specialization at a Young Age: Is Swimming Different?" by Dr. Rod Havriluk, Ph.D. states the following:
"The most obvious difference between swimming and other sports is the performance environment. Most sports are land-based, while swimming is performed in the water. Natural human movements (like running, jumping, and throwing) that are applicable to most land-based sports are ineffective in the water. While diversification offers practice on similar skills under different sport conditions, these skills are counterproductive for swimming. Humans cannot rely on innate movement patterns to achieve an expert skill level in swimming. Swimming skills must be learned and the age at which an athlete specializes must be considered.
Most land-based ball sports require movement skills in many directions using varying amounts of range of motion at each joint. Practice for a secondary sport may even train an athlete in a select skill better than the primary sport. For example, practice anticipating and reacting to an opposing player in basketball may help develop similar skills in football. Swimming, however, requires, repetition of the same effective movement sequence on every stroke cycle. Swimming strokes are generally not even remotely replicated in other sports, and certainly not in the water."
A year ago, my oldest missed a bunch of practices heading into a big meet due to illness. She did not have a good meet; every stroke seemed "off." Her coach talked to us about swimmers sometimes "losing their feel of the water" when out for extended periods of time. The more practices she attends, the better her feel for the water has been. Non-swimmers won't understand this concept, but for any swimmer/coach, they know exactly what it means when discussing whether a swimmer has a feel for the water or not. Endurance also has something to do with the reason many swimmers choose to stick with the sport year-round. After even a two-week break, many swimmers have to fight to get back to the level they were at only weeks ago. Those initial practices at the beginning of the season are always brutal for that very reason. It's also the reason that many swimmers choose to stay in the water. Another key difference when it comes to swimming versus other land-sports is the flexibility required to be effective at the sport of swimming.
"For example, an effective arm recovery in freestyle and butterfly utilizes the full range of motion at the shoulder joint. A young swimmer who learns to use this range can retain it as he/she grows. However, swimmers will not naturally use their full range of motion without considerable quality practice.
In contrast, swimmers who wait until the teenage years to specialize may already have a reduced range of motion at the shoulder, making it far more difficult to master technique elements like the arm recovery in free and fly" (Havriluk).
And here's something else to consider: "In addition, young teenagers who have not yet specialized may not be very competitive. Less competitive swimmers often have fewer opportunities as far as training time, contact with more skilled coaches, and access to advanced technology. A delay in specialization can present substantial obstacles to ever achieving expert level skills" (Havriluk). I saw this during the first year my daughter swam competitively, before she got involved in club swimming. A "back of the pack" swimmer, the attention that she got was minimal. With 20 kids per lane, how could you blame the coaches for not correcting every technique problem they saw? They simply didn't have the means to do so. My daughter attended practice regularly, but constantly reinforcing the same bad habits because you don't know the best techniques isn't doing you a whole lot of good. Moving to a specialized program, with a more manageable number of kids per lane and a better coach:swimmer ratio made all the difference for her. Choosing to focus on swimming exclusively gave her more free time at home to just be a kid when she wasn't swimming, riding her bike, reading good books, etc. It killed me when she wanted to quit karate/ju-jitsu and focus just on swimming, but being over-scheduled with too many activities/sports for the sake of diversification and not allowing kids to get proper rest isn't beneficial either.
Dr. Havriluk concludes with this final statement: "A program that optimizes the quality (emphasis mine, not his) of instruction can offer the advantages of specialization at an early age without the negative consequences." It's a sentiment expressed by more than one expert, the idea of quality instruction making all the difference. In the journal article, "Practice Makes Perfect and Other Curricular Myths in the Sport Specialization Debate," author Jody Brylinsky provides a wealth of evidence that agrees with this concept. "It is not the specialization or diverse sport-training experience that is critical, but the type of training and instruction provided in any training context" (Brylinsky). This concept makes a lot of sense. I have frequently heard of swimmers destroying their shoulders at a young age. But when you couple these swimmers with a steady stint with a coach who's had zero recent education, who is still pulling work-outs from his memories of three decades ago and killing kids with "junk yardage," it's not all that surprising. Call it an overuse injury if you want, but one could easily argue that many of these types of injuries happen because of by sub-par coaching.
There are plenty of coaches out there whose focus is on winning right now, who coach more from ego than they do from the desire to see athletes succeed long-term. I've seen them first-hand and avoid them at all costs.These are the ones you want to avoid, especially if your child has chosen to specialize. "Sport skill instruction and sport training that focus on long-term athlete development provide the cumulative advantage to nurture talent, regardless of the training context in which it is offered (Brylinsky). The goal then, becomes placing your young athlete in capable and educated hands. "While multiple-sport participation is presumed to inherently provide a variation in training, this may not always be the case. Many sports require the same physiological demands and use similar training routines" (Brylinsky). The common theme when it comes to avoiding over-use injuries and burnout seems to be an appropriate period of rest, which can be obtained in a singular sport or in a multi-sport environment. Appropriate rest is very important when it comes to athletes of all types. Educated coaches know this. When choosing a program and/or coach for your child, one question to ask them is about their coaching education and whether or not they continue to learn. Coaches who attend conferences, research and move up the levels in ASCA, who try new things at practice and who says things like, "I read an article about. . . " are the kinds of coaches you want to expose your young athletes to as much as possible. Our oldest daughter started swimming competitively at the age of 8, late by comparison to many of her friends who had been swimming since the age of 5 or 6. The best choice she made (you read that right. . . SHE made the choice), was to ask us to find a private lesson coach to learn proper technique from so she improve. The goal for her was catching up and being competitive, not surpassing everyone and getting a college scholarship. Remember, she was 9 when she made the decision to begin swimming year-round. While I've met many parents who fantasize about the idea of college scholarships when their kids are 9, I haven't met an adolescent yet who has been signed by a college. We tend to be of the level headed swim parent variety: our kids swim because they like to swim, not for the potential freebies they could get down the road.
Although focus on technique is important, especially with a sport like swimming, Brylinsky also stresses the importance of "deliberate play," defined as "activities regulated by age-adaptive rules controlled by children to maximize enjoyment." In these types of activities, "children use experimentation of movements without worrying about performance outcomes, fostering an implicit approach to instruction" which can result in "increased retention of new skills, reduced occurrence of reinvestment in complex skills, a heightened sense of competence, and a greater resistance to stress" (Brylinsky). I can think of many activities I've seen my swimmer girls do at practice (and at meets) that would fit into these categories, working on achieving negative splits being just one of them. "However, counting on diverse sport opportunities to naturally provide "deliberate play" or "implicit instruction" would be a mistake. Just changing the sport context does not create these useful instructional techniques;" and "Diverse sport experiences will not necessarily produce these learning environments any more than sport specialization prohibits them" (Brylinsky). Again, this relates directly back to the education and skill of your child's coach. "It would be a mistake to assume that diverse sports opportunities will provide more problem-solving experiences for athletes than specialized single-sport training. Highly qualified coaches will be able to provide an abundance of meaningful practice drills that maximize active participatory-learning in either context. Unqualified coaches, even in a diverse sport environment, may have limited ability to develop an interactive practice or facilitate athlete-led error detection and correction" (Brylinsky). This is one of the things I have always appreciated about USA Swimming, the many opportunities the organization gives for coaches to learn more, via online education, regional conferences and through mentoring programs.
Specialization vs. multi-sport participation seems to be the new parental debate; but it doesn't have to be. Parents of kids who play multiple sports need to stop making the following assumptions: kids specialize for scholarships, kids specialize because of coach/parent demands. While these assumptions may be accurate for some athletes who specialize, none of these apply to our family, and many other swim families I know. Sometimes, there's just a kid who loves a sport, and wants to do just that sport. It's as simple as that. And while I guess I should appreciate the multi-sport participant's parents for wanting to look out for me and mine, we're completely comfortable making our own decisions regarding our family, just as I'm sure they're comfortable making decisions for theirs. People don't fit into prescribed little categories; and perhaps everyone should try being less judgmental. "The lessons to be learned, however, lie in what the dialogue tells us about the need to focus on quality training and instruction in either sport setting" (Brylinsky). Does your child have high quality coaches in all four sports they play? It's something to think about.
And if your focus is on your child achieving elite status in their sport of choice, there's another factor that seems to set apart those who go on to elite status from those who don't. "When one considers in addition the prerequisite motivation necessary to engage in deliberate practice every day for years and decades, where most children and adolescents of similar age engage in play and leisure, the real constraints on the acquisition of expert performance become apparent. The commitment to deliberate practice distinguishes the expert performer from the vast majority of children and adults who seem to have remarkable difficulty meeting the much lower demands on practice in schools, adult education and physical exercise programs" (Ericsson, Tesch-Romer). Achieving elite status in a sport can not be boiled down to doing just any one thing. It's a combination of things that make athletes successful: genetics, commitment, motivation, deliberate practice, stellar coaching, nutrition, proper rest periods, etc. When I think about the successful athletes I know, who have gone on to play their chosen sport in college, one thing stands out about them: they simply love what they do. If playing multiple sports makes your young athlete happy, that's great. Keep letting them do it. But when a child has made the choice to specialize, perhaps others should learn to respect that too.
"How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey." -Steve Mariboli "Life, the Truth, and Being Free"
Brylinsky, Jody. "Practice Makes Perfect and Other Curricular Myths in the Sport Specialization Debate." Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance. 81:8. (2010) 22-25.
Ericsson, K.A. Krampe, R.T., & Tesch-Romer, C. The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychological Review, 100. (1993) 363-406.
Havriluk, Dr. Rod, Ph.D. (2013) Sport Specialization at a Young Age: Is Swimming Different? ASCA Newsletter, 2013 (6) 16.
Six Lessons I've Learned from Running a Youth Sports Organization
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As I come up on my 3rd anniversary of being Co-President of a USA Swimming aquatic club, I've learned many lessons. Although there have been a lot of great times, some of these lessons have been hard ones to learn. I've learned a lot about the nature of people, some good things and some bad things. I've learned that every situation has two sides to the story: the accurate story, and the one that will told by people who don't like you or your decisions. Some of the toughest lessons I've learned involve my kids, and how they'll be treated by others who are only concerned with themselves, and/or disagree with the club's direction. It's been a fun ride, for the most part, as this board, the coaches and I have worked to grow our club's success and create a lasting team culture. Some of the lessons I've learned are ones that could help others lead youth sports organizations, so I'd like to share.
1. Not everyone is going to like you. Learn to deal with it.
"I can not give you the surefire formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody." -Herbert B. Swope
For every 10 new friends I've made running this swimming club (and I've made a lot of wonderful new friends), I've probably made an enemy or two. It's never been intentional. It's just that, for the most part, many adults do not like to read or follow rules. While the people who dislike me can complain all they want about whatever their issue is of the day, the one thing they can't do is accuse me, or our board, of being inconsistent. We have worked tirelessly to create policies that protect the club and its swimmers and coaches; and lay the ground rules for our business practices. The other night a Mom approached me and told me that her swimmer just wasn't into it anymore. She said she'd like a refund. I politely told her, "no." She was shocked to hear this word. However, she signed the paperwork that says there are no refunds, except for documented medical reasons or a family relocation. She immediately acted angry with me, and went off to complain to another parent. To them, I'm Maleficent. To me, I'm a volunteer parent President who took on the duty of protecting the club's best interests, including the financial interests. Policies and procedures are really important to have and to follow, which leads me to my next lesson.
2. No matter how many policies and procedures you have, there's always going to be someone who tries to twist the words or the meanings to make them something they are not. Get an outsider's opinion and help.
Recently, we had an incident at our club that forced us to take a good, hard look at our policies and procedures for dealing with violations of our Code of Conduct. As a writing student in college, my professors used to tell me to write something and put it away. They said to always look at your writing with fresh eyes. Sometimes, when you've been staring at a policy for three years, all looks good. Sometimes those "fresh eyes" need to come from someone else. So, we did what made sense. One of our swim parents is a lawyer and we asked him to sit down with us and take a look at our documents, waivers, etc. He didn't just take a look. He dug in and revised documents for future registrations. He identified weaknesses that we hadn't seen before. And he didn't just tell us about it; he got to work revising. He has become our volunteer legal adviser and he's taken a lot of the pressure off of the board, just by being available to consult with us. Tap the resources that are available to you within your group of parents. It never hurts to ask, and most of the time, people are happy to help.
3. Delegate and put it back on those who suggest it.
There are some things that can't be delegated, so take care of those things. But whatever you can delegate to reliable people, do. Last year, the woman who was making all of our holiday party and banquet plans offered to join our board as a Vice President. We jumped at the opportunity to bring her on board. There are so many people who have suggestions for things with the club; but one thing we've learned is it bat it back to the person who suggested the change and see what time they're willing to put in to making things happen. We have some parents whose swimmers wants to stay with the club through high school. Recently, I asked one of these parents to research what other clubs offer for high school swimmers. She was more than happy to do the research and report back, and I was happy to get the help. Then there are those who love to share their ideas and tell you all the things you should be doing, but wouldn't lift a finger to help get it going. Let their criticism fall on deaf ears (refer back to #1). Focus on the important stuff and don't take on too many side projects, especially those suggested by people not willing to help. But if someone is willing to take a lead on an idea that would benefit the club, you've just found yourself another volunteer. And that is always a good thing.
4. Team Culture is EVERYTHING!
There's one at every club. . . a parent who is all about their own child and could care less about anyone else. They attend no team functions. They don't care about what the other swimmers at the club are doing (unless they're beating their own kid). They feel that practices should revolve around their kid, and that no one else matters. They don't congratulate other swimmers on a job well done. They never volunteer to do anything, ever. These are the "black holes" that suck energy from your team culture. So what can you do about it? Not much during the peak of your season. However, you can focus on those contributing to the team culture and try to get everyone on board. But if that doesn't work, and you're a private club, you can make decisions about future enrollment. Have you ever heard the saying, "There is no 'I' in team?" Have you also heard the one that says, "I found the 'i" in 'team.' It's in the "A" hole"? It's very true. Promote the team culture all you can. But those who don't buy in. . . can find another team. Don't be afraid to drop in numbers initially if the long term pay-off will be a solid team culture and more committed families/athletes down the road. After a small exodus of "black holes" last year, our club came back bigger and stronger than ever before. It's a calculated risk worth taking.
5. Listen to what people are telling you.
We recently had try-outs for our Spring session at our club. One parent was going on and on about how her swimmer only wanted to do a "clinic," that attending a meet would be out of the question, that they would not be coming back next year because they were only looking for a quick fix and stroke work heading into the summer. You're not going to convert people like this into committed ones. It doesn't happen. Don't clog up lanes to raise numbers if you don't have to. A club should benefit an athlete, but the athlete should also benefit the club by being a team player, following the club's vision/mission, and truly wanting to be a part of the team culture. If they're not, say goodbye before it starts, and leave that space for someone committed to the team ideals.
6. Don't get caught looking backwards.
"Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision."
One of the most important things a youth sports board should do, is focus on the future. Provide opportunities to educate your coaches. Look for ways to improve the club, grow the club (if you can't grow numbers, grow your competitiveness), and make people want to be a part of the forward motion. Change is always hard; but it's necessary if you want to move forward. After a couple years of general team malaise, our club has taken off. In virtual championship rankings, we went from barely making the top half to being the top third. Our national ranking moved up over 300 spots; within our LSC, we moved up almost 30 spots, and we continue to rise. Our numbers are strong and our kids continue to improve. As a club board, that's all you can really ask for. But you're only going to continue to rise if you're focused on the future.
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten."-Tony Robbins.
Truer words were never spoken.
Are you part of a parent youth sports board? What lessons have you learned?
Drive, Motivation and One Month to Go
Filed under: Sports
When I was 11-years old, the most pressing things that I cared about were two-fold: one was learning how to lift the puck in street hockey so I could properly punish my dad for winning all the time (take a moment to soak that in guys), and the second (which I was most passionate about) was growing out my perm as fast as humanly possible. Although I played softball in the summers, and I was decent at it, I certainly wasn't obsessed with becoming the best ever or anything. I pretty much played because my Dad wanted me to play and I sort of liked the smell of the ball field dirt. Weird, I know.
This is why I am constantly amazed by my girls. Swim Girl is at the bottom of her age group (11/12) and has spent this entire year clawing her way to faster times by practicing all the time. On Friday nights, when many girls are heading out to the school dance, she's at practice (her own decision) with one of her favorite coaches. While friends are hanging out after school, she's at physical therapy, working to strengthen her leg muscles and ease the over-use/growing pains that happen when you're an 11-year old breast-stroker. And when she gets home from practice, she's reading her swimming magazine and articles that her coach recommends, soaking it all in and hoping that it, combined with her drive and hard work, earn her Junior Olympic qualifying times like last year.
Last year, as a 10-year old, she spent the entire season adding additional JO QT's to her schedule of events for the big event in March. When the regular season was over, she was qualified in 11 events. This year, when you combine the much tougher time standards for 11-year old's with the fact that USA Swimming made the QT's even harder this year, she has had her work cut out for her. Still, she continues to drop time and chip away at those QT's, being just a second or two away from several with just one month to go.
After Christmas, the girls both started doing to archery. It's once a week, but it just so happens that it falls on a night at swimming that Swim Girl doesn't like to miss. The initial excitement of it all had her miss the last three weeks of that night of swimming. However, with a month left to qualify, she made a decision this week. She was heading off to Coach Ian's practices for the next two weeks. We had a conversation in the car the other day about how proud I am of her for catching up and moving right on past so many of the swimmers that she thought she would never be competitive with. There are a few remaining that push her and she asked me how she could close the gap. We talked about getting enough rest, eating the right kinds of food, working on core fitness and upper body strength with some daily push-ups. And each day, since that conversation, this girl has been giving it her all and doing exactly what it takes to get stronger and knock more time off. To help her, I told her I would do it with her. So far, the only thing I've lifted though, is a Hershey bar to my mouth. I'm not quite sure where her drive and motivation come from, but I wish she could bottle it and give a little bit to me.
Then, there's Sassy, who has missed maybe two swim practices the entire year. Not going is just not an option. She has competed in several meets this year and although 7-year old's are notoriously unpredictable when it comes to times, she has continued to shock and amaze me with her own abilities. Sassy went from doing just 25's to swimming the 100 IM (most of the time legally) and in under two minutes. Her initial time was a 2:02 and she dropped it to a 1:53 in her last meet. Sassy wrote goals down for this year and our bulletin board at the pool if filled with her completed goals. 25 fly below 30. Done. 25 fly below 25. Done. In fact, she now swims across the pool in about 21 seconds, which is about the time it would take me to drown while trying to do that stroke. She dropped her 25 back from around a 30 to a 23 and she's just about to break through the 20 second mark for her 25 freestyle. And she's 7 years old. Seven.
The best part about her is that she doesn't take things too seriously. Ask Swim Girl if she's going to the Olympics one day and you see a light in her eye, a determination to do everything possible to be the most amazing swimmer ever. Ask Sassy about that and she'll laugh in your face, turn around, braid her one coach's hair and ask the other to play "Rock Paper Scissors" while whispering that she has a crush on another one of her coaches. The girls certainly approach things differently, but both ways have brought pretty amazing results.
Mid-March, we begin a four week break in swimming until the spring/summer session starts. Swim Girl asked me how long the break was the other day. When I told her four weeks she got very agitated. "I only want to take two weeks off," she said. "You have to find me someplace to swim."
I may not have much of a social life these days, but what I do have are a few very self-motivated kids (two to swim; one to climb everything in the whole house and rearrange all my cabinets with only a diaper on). It's been a lot of fun to witness.
A New Theme in Order
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If the quote that is part of my design was changed to say, "Most swim moms just do the commute; this one is the President of both of her daughters' swim clubs," then perhaps I would have had something to write about this summer. Instead of bamboo crawling up the sides of my design, it should be lane lines. Instead of a mom in a gi, kicking in the header, it should be a mom wearing layers that can easily be removed while sitting in steamy natatoriums. My car now has a magnet on the back that says "swim taxi." People who know me well know that it's true. The little man of the house has developed a really contentious relationship with his carseat this summer, mainly because of constantly picking someone up or dropping someone off at swimming.
The good news is that at the conclusion of the summer swimming (just last weekend), I eliminated one of my President jobs. Being President of the girls' summer swim team was just too much when trying to run a year-round USA swimming club on top. Add a baby to the mix, a baby who got two teeth, started crawling, pulled himself up and started trying to cruise all the week he turned eight months old, and it's next to impossible to have a life (or do laundry). I remain the meet manager for the summer invitational, and that is definitely a lot of work. However, eliminating the politics of working with the pool board (Why can't we sell generic water that has been donated, just because the pool serves Coke products?), and juggling tons of volunteer duties I simply don't have time or patience for is certainly going to be a relief. . . a big one.
This summer felt like I was running one long swimming marathon. With both girls swimming competitively, things were crazy. What one swim dad said to me a while ago rang true: "Swimming is a lifestyle." It truly is, and those not involved in it to the extent that we are simply don't get why we're not available to hang out on Friday nights (we have to get up at the crack of dawn for warm-ups), why there is always a load of pool towels cycling through our laundry room, and why all we talk about is swimming (what else is there to talk about?).
The girls had a very successful summer. Swim Girl, despite being at the bottom of her age group, managed to make it to finals in all three of her events at the county championship meet. So many of the girls her age are growing like weeds, and adding shoulder muscles to their physique that look man-ish. Swim Girl is still built like a little girl, but she has been holding her own. Her "B" medley relay actually placed 6th at counties, ahead of many other teams' "A" relays. She ended up being the only 11-year old in the county to place in the top 16 in the 100 IM at counties. She placed 16th in 50 fly and 11th in 50 breast. She had a great summer. Something tells me that next year, as a 12-year old, she's going to own those events.
Sassy also swam competitively this summer and did amazing. She was legal in all four strokes and has a room full of ribbons, medals and trophies to prove it. One of the younger kids on her swim team, she swam in both relays at counties and placed in the top six in two of her three events at the Silver meet: backstroke and butterfly. Her free relay would have placed at counties if not for one tiny little mistake she made, which was leaving the blocks a bit too early. She was devastated when she found out, but she learned an important lessons about competing in relays: the other person kind of has to touch the wall first.
One would think that my little man would be sick of swim meets. However, the other night when we were showing some video to family of the girls swimming, little man sat in front of the TV and clapped. For him, swim meets are just a part of life. He went to his first one at just three weeks old. Something tells me he'll be on the team before we know it.


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This is a mismatch between our version 1 and version 2 APIs, and a feature we have to put some more thought into. As noted, the version 2 creation API does allow you to specify different values for the slug and repository name. Unfortunately there is currently no version 2 API to edit the repository.
The version 1 API does not allow you to provide separate values for these fields -- the repository slug is always derived from the repository name. The UI behaves similarly to the version 1 API, the user cannot specify a value for the slug, it's always derived. Any changes we make need to balance what's possible with the API and through the UI.
I've added an item to our internal backlog to track this issue.


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Excellent news–scientists at UCLA have announced that they've discovered a new way to trap CO2 without using toxic materials.
"The scientists have demonstrated that they can successfully isolate and capture carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, rising sea levels and the increased acidity of oceans. Their findings could lead to power plants efficiently capturing carbon dioxide without using toxic materials."
Apparently they've created these new structures called ZIFs that allow molecules of carbon dioxide in through specially tailored flaps and keep them trapped within. They're five times more effective than current carbon trapping methods, and don't use toxic materials or drain the power plants of 30% of their energy.
So–that's a whole ton of awesome right there. Soon we'll be able to load smoke stacks in power plants with them, and begin accomplishing one of the great engineering challenges of the 21st century.


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On Jane's 45th birthday I escaped for a few minutes in the early morning and sat at her graveside. I had been there a few nights before and captured this photo of the sun setting through the clouds.
I think she's close. I think she cares what we are doing and how we are feeling. She was always worried when we worried. She wanted to fight for us and with us and fix anything that was hurting us. A quiet morning in a cool cemetery may not be the same as having my scrappy sister in my life, not even close, but it gives me peace and reminds me that we aren't done with our relationship, it just looks different now. I'd have her back in my life in a heart beat, but I'll settle for these clouds and fleeting sun rays for now.