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Welcome! to My Camp Grimes, Mecklenburg County Council's online summer camp information site. One of North Carolina's finest Boy Scout Camps, Camp Grimes is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Camp Grimes is part of the Mecklenburg Scout Reservation and is owned and operated by the Mecklenburg County Council, Boy Scouts of America, Charlotte NC.
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A Course in Phoneticsby Peter Ladefoged
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Pub. Date: 06/28/1975
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A best-selling and accessible introduction to the sounds of human language
Phonetics is understandable-and success in your course is attainable-with A Course in Phonetics, written and revised by two leading phoneticians with a world of experience in research and teaching. In this comprehensive introduction to phonetics, Peter Ladefoged and Keith Johnson present
A best-selling and accessible introduction to the sounds of human language
Phonetics is understandable-and success in your course is attainable-with A Course in Phonetics, written and revised by two leading phoneticians with a world of experience in research and teaching. In this comprehensive introduction to phonetics, Peter Ladefoged and Keith Johnson present the main concepts and branches of phonetics. You will learn how speech is produced, how to describe speech in acoustic terms, and how to use practical phonetic skills. Learning to distinguish, describe, and transcribe the sounds of English and other world languages, both manually and digitally, is truly fascinating.
Attuning your ear and practicing speech sounds is easy with the text's CD-ROM, which includes more than 4,000 audio files of many versions of English and almost 100 other languages. The CD also contains material for every chapter-recordings of words in the tables and performance exercises-and maps with links to sounds of the languages spoken in various areas of the world. You can hear the sounds being described and pronounce them yourself. You can even click symbols on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) chart and hear their sounds.
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Preface x
Part I Introductory Concepts 1
Chapter 1 Articulation and Acoustics 2
Speech Production 2
Sound Waves 6
Places of Articulatory Gestures 8
The Oro-Nasal Process 13
Manners of Articulation 14
Stop 14
Oral Stop 14
Nasal Stop 14
Fricative 14
Approximant 15
Lateral (Approximant) 15
Additional Consonantal Gestures 15
The Waveforms of Consonants 17
The Articulation of Vowel Sounds 19
The Sounds of Vowels 21
Suprasegmentals 23
Exercises 29
Chapter 2 Phonology and Phonetic Transcription 33
The Transcription of Consonants 35
The Transcription of Vowels 38
Consonant and Vowel Charts 42
Phonology 45
Exercises 48
Performance Exercises 52
Part II English Phonetics 55
Chapter 3 The Consonants of English 56
Stop Consonants 57
Fricatives 65
Affricates 67
Nasals 67
Approximants 68
Overlapping Gestures 69
Rules for English Consonant Allophones 72
Diacritics 77
Exercises 77
Performance Exercises 82
Chapter 4 English Vowels 85
Transcription and Phonetic Dictionaries
Vowel Quality 87
The Auditory Vowel Space 88
American and British Vowels 89
Diphthongs 92
Rhotic Vowels 94
Unstressed Syllables 96
Tense and Lax Vowels 98
Rules for English Vowel Allophones 100
Exercises 102
Performance Exercises 105
Chapter 5 English Words and Sentences 107
Words in Connected Speech 107
Stress 111
Degrees of Stress 113
Sentence Rhythm 116
Intonation 118
Target Tones 127
Exercises 131
Performance Exercises 134
Part III General Phonetics 135
Chapter 6 Airstream Mechanisms and Phonation Types 136
Airstream Mechanisms 136
Slates of the Glottis 148
Voice Onset Time 151
Summary of Actions of theGlottis 156
Exercises 157
Performance Exercises 160
Chapter 7 Consonantal Gestures 163
Articulatory Targets 163
Types of Articulatory Gestures 172
Stops 172
Nasals 174
Fricatives 174
Trills, Taps, and Flaps 175
Laterals 178
Summary of Manners of Articulation 180
Exercises 181
Performance Exercises 183
Chapter 8 Acoustic Phonetics 187
Source/Filter Theory 187
Tube Models 190
Perturbation Theory 192
Acoustic Analysis 193
Acoustics of Consonants 198
Interpreting Spectrograms 204
Individual Differences 212
Exercises 215
Chapter 9 Vowels and Vowel-like Articulations 217
Cardinal Vowels 217
Secondary Cardinal Vowels 222
Vowels in Other Accents of English 224
Vowels in Other Languages 226
Advanced Tongue Root 228
Rhotacized Vowels 229
Nasalization 231
Summary of Vowel Quality 232
Semivowels 232
Secondary Articulatory Gestures 234
Exercises 237
Performance Exercises 238
Chapter 10 Syllables and Suprasegmental Features 243
Syllables 243
Stress 249
Length 251
Timing 252
Intonation and Tone 254
Stress, Tone, and Pitch Accent Languages 260
Exercises 261
Performance Exercises 263
Chapter 11 Linguistic Phonetics 267
Phonetics of the Community and of the Individual 267
The International Phonetic Alphabet 268
Feature Hierarchy 272
A Problem with Linguistic Explanations 277
Controlling Articulatory Movements 278
Memory for Speech 281
The Balance between Phonetic Forces 284
Performance Exercises 286
Appendix A Additional Material for Transciption 293
Appendix B Suggestions for Contributors to the Journal of the International Phonetic Association 295
Notes 299
Glossary 305
Further Reading 313
Index 317
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The USC Trojans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have extended their yearly football series through the 2023 season, USC has announced.
In even-numbered years, USC will continue to host the Fighting Irish in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving weekend. In odd-numbered years, the two schools will meet in South Bend in mid-October.
"Not only are we pleased to be able to extend our storied series with Notre Dame, but we were able to keep the game on the traditional dates of Thanksgiving weekend in Los Angeles and mid-October in South Bend," said USC athletic director Pat Haden.
USC and Notre Dame have met 83 times since 1926. The Fighting Irish lead the overall series 44-34-5 and beat the Trojans 22-13 last season.
Listed below are the dates for each USC-Notre Dame game through 2023. The games at Notre Dame are usually played the third Saturday in October, but not always.
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USC also announced today that they have added two home games to their 2015 football schedule. The Trojans will host Arkansas State on Sept. 5, 2015 and Idaho on Sept. 12, 2015.
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I expect that Stanford will also fill out the other half of ND's schedule/ In years USC doesnt come to South Bend; Stanford will and in years when ND doesnt travel to Southern Cal, they will continue to spend Thanksgiving Saturday in Palo Alto.
Thank you for continuing the number one college football rivalry. The season would not be complete without this legendary matchup.
On behalf of all the fans of Ohio State or Michigan; all the fans of Auburn or Alabama; all the fans of Florida and Florida State; all the fans of Oklahoma and OkState; and all the fans of Stanford and Cal all I can say is "yeah, right".
The fact is that ND isnt even the biggest rival on the USC schedule. UCLA is, So let's not get carried away with the hyperbole.
It is clear, Bill, you're not an SC fan…for the number ONE game of the year is ALWAYS Notre Dame, much to the chagrin of Bruin fans…. with UCLA in at number ONE.2….but that is not to take away from any other of the great rivalries for they too help make college football what it can be…. nor from UCLA…. The Regional Rivalry is what gives SC-Irish it's extra boast…
In my world usc vs ND is the number one rivalry in college football. Hate SC with a passion
Hate ND more than you hate USC.
I agree one of the biggest rivalries in all of college football. More so than UCLA even. The 2005 ND SC game? You don't see that kind of intensity outside of rivalries like this. Go Trojans.
Obviously Bill is a newcomer to the Trojan family. Notre Dame is, and always will be, our number 1 rivalry. UCLA is but a mere second….
Who would even consider NOT having this annual legendary game? The USC vs. ND game is what the entire football season is all about.
Whoever is in temporary control of scheduling needs to wake up and make sure this historic series continues through, say, 2056, and renew, again, in 2057 for another century! This series is the equivalent of the Oxford vs. Cambridge series dating centuries. However, on this side of the pond we have "educator" who are simply too stupid to know they're stupid. This is a must have series.


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By Titus Ledbetter III, Belvoir EagleMarch 7, 2014
Fort Belvoir, Va. (March 6, 2014) - Fort Belvoir community members can now drop off their electronic waste at the recycling center, located at 6010 Pohick Road, thanks to a 4-week pilot program that began Feb. 21.
Customers can recycle computer parts, printers, a televisions and DVD recorders, among other electronic items, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday -- Friday.
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"We are trying to make it easier for employees and residents of Fort Belvoir to come and do their E-waste recycling here," David said.
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AbstractIn this program, leveraging our extensive experience in micro-precision fiber optic products and nano-composite engineering, Agiltron Incorporated proposes to realize high refractive index polymer fibers and associated polymer optic inverters, potentially meeting all the required level of performance. The new class of high performance polymer fiber consists of high refractive organic/inorganic composite core, organic cladding, and high efficient absorption coating. In additional to achieve the anticipated over 70% weight and cost reduction, our approach offers excellent image resolution with minimum distortion and maximum light efficiency. This is achieved through synthesizing large index refraction nano-composite polymer fiber core with unconventionally large optical collecting power. Moreover, a novel organic chromophores technology will be incorporated to produce a highly efficient stray light thin absorb layer for high clarity and resolution. Agiltron will develop the entire inverter fabrication process of polymer synthesis, fiber drawing, assembled, fused, and twist to form high resolution, vacuum tight, solid fiber arrays. This device holds a promise of replacing current glass fiber optic inverters for a new generation of night vision goggles. In Phase I, the feasibility of the proposed approach will be demonstrated.
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These Creepy Ads for Synthetic Humans Have Britain All Freaked Out
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People in Britain who had settled in for a nice viewing of Prometheus this weekend were distressed, to say the least, when a realistic 30-second spot aired—completely unexplained—that advertised synthetic…
This Demo Video of a New Robot Dog Is Creepy, Cool and Pretty Crazy
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Letter carriers should be afraid. Very afraid. Meet Spot, a 160-pound, four-legged, dog-like robot developed by Google-owned defense contractor Boston Dynamics. The mechanical mutt stars in the cool, hypnotic, kind of horrifying…
Victoria's Secret Is Picking Up 100,000 Instagram Followers a Day
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Here are this week's 10 most intriguing numbers from the digital marketing space, including eyebrow-raising Instagram growth by Victoria's Secret, as well as fascinating data from a tech giant. 1. Victoria's…
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If you've ever felt overwhelmed when walking into a sprawling hardware store, you're not alone. To tackle the problem and better understand how people shop online and in brick-and-mortar stores,…
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Robot butlers just didn't quite catch on this week, even after one took a picture with Martha Stewart. It's a dream concept, and it seems ripe for a social explosion—a…
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Robots are the future. That's what a lot of businesses are starting to bank on, and Lowe's is one of them. Check out the impressive video below to get a look…
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It's a question mankind has been asking ever since we've struggled to understand our place in the universe: Can a human beat a robot at Ping-Pong? Robotics manufacturer KUKA decided to…
San Pellegrino App Lets You Control a Real-Time Robot on the Streets of Sicily
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This ad for golf's European Tour pits Northern Irish phenom Rory McIlroy against a wise-cracking golf-ball-hitting robot named Jeff in a contest to see who can chip the most balls…
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The Holy Father Pope Francis declared December 8, 2015 - November 20, 2016 as YEAR OF MERCY.
On June 11, 2016, Sister Pia Ignatius de la Cruz, O.Carm. professed First Vows.
We are consecrated religious in the Catholic Church and members of a Congregation founded by Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa, dedicated to the service and care of the Aged and Infirm, in the spirit and tradition of the Carmelite Order.
The Carmelite Sisters celebrate their Foundress' 32nd Anniversary of Eternal Life!
Human Sexuality Workshop held at Whitefriars Hall, Washington DC on January 29-30, 2016
Our apostolate is not only to staff and operate up-to-date homes for the aged, but as religious it is to bring Christ to every person under our care. Bringing Christ means giving them His compassion, His interest, His loving care, His warmth morning, noon and night. It means inspiring the lay people who work with us, to give the same type of loving care.
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We, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, are a religious congregation dedicated to the service of God in an apostolate which focuses on care to the aged. In our ministry to the aged, we uphold the authentic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church and philosophy of our Foundress, Mother M. Angeline Teresa, regarding the value and right to life of each person from conception throughout the stages of living.
The Mother Angeline Society is dedicated to promoting the Cause for Beatification and Canonization of Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa, the Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, and for advancing her charism in the Church.
Father John Welch, O.Carm. talks about the spirituality of Saint Teresa of Jesus. We commemorate St. Teresa's 500th Anniversary of birth in 2015.
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ISLAMORADA, Fla. -- Far from swimming's spotlight on controversial swimsuits, smashed world records and Michael Phelps, Gary Hall Jr. trains quietly in near-anonymity on a small island in the Florida Keys.
Hall is lifting weights at a gym called Froggy's. Other members of the swim club he helped found, The Race Club, are grunting through their workouts. Amid the Lycra-clad lifters wearing skintight, high-tech shirts, Hall is the only one wearing Bermuda shorts and a button-up polo.
As the sport's rare iconoclast, Hall has perfected the art of swimming under the radar. You don't hear much about Hall between Olympic years, save for the oddball news item -- like when he and his sister, Bebe, fought off a shark while spearfishing in 2006.
That's by design. Hall's schedule is carefully calibrated. He surfaces only occasionally for meets, skipping April's short-course world championships and most other competitions deemed important for swimmers readying for the Summer Olympics in August.
He is scheduled to compete in the Olympic trials, which would be just his third meet of the year, in Omaha, Neb.
Hall will swim the 50-meter freestyle, his sport's glamour sprint. Yet, outside the pool, he prefers life in the slow lane. That's the culture of the Keys, where a four-story motel is the island's tallest building, visitors mosey along on bicycles and the local diner's waitress calls even strangers "hon." This spring, the laid-back Hall grew his sideburns into outrageous muttonchops.
When Hall made the 2004 Olympic team, he and his father, Gary Sr., became the first father-son duo to have made three Olympic teams each (Gary Sr. did it in 1968, '72 and '76).
This time, another twist -- Hall is one of the few swimmers trying for Olympic gold while raising a family.
Since Athens, Hall has become a father, twice over. His wife, Elizabeth, gave birth to Gigi, now 2, and Charlie, 5 months, since Hall won surprise gold in the 2004 Olympics. He was 29 then, the oldest swimmer in 80 years to win an Olympic title.
Eight years ago, Hall won gold in 2000 despite being discounted following his diagnosis for diabetes the year before. He won again in 2004, when some said he was too old.
He's grown up a lot since 1998, when he was suspended for three months after a positive test for marijuana, but he continues to say what he thinks. He famously promised the U.S. team would smash the Aussies like guitars in 2000 (it didn't). Earlier this year, Hall ignited a firestorm in the swim community Down Under when he voiced doping-related suspicion about Australian swimmer Eamon Sullivan's 50-meter world record.
In 2004, Hall was among the first Olympic athletes to say publicly if track star Marion Jones cheated, she should be banned for life. He said he got hate mail and an e-mail calling him racist. Four years later, Jones is in prison for lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.
"It really hurt," he said. "So yeah, I do feel a little vindicated that it came out. It certainly won't stop me from speaking out in the future."
The brash swimmer who wore boxing trunks and kissed his biceps before winning Olympic gold is a softie around his kids. This run-up to the Olympics is like no other for Hall.
"Now, it's a completely different story because he's so torn," Elizabeth said. "There's a whole new dynamic to this. He wants his kids present. It's a whole different ballgame."
Now Hall is 33, four years past too old, and attempting to do what no swimmer has done -- win the 50 in three straight Olympics.
The 50 is swimming's high-wire act, a 21-second sprint to the far wall, leaving no time or room for error. Swimmers literally hold their breath for the outcome -- some take one or even zero breaths during the one-length race. The event fits the performer in Hall.
"I like the 50," he said, sitting in a sandwich shop across the highway from Froggy's. "My primary focus is on the 50. I was thinking initially I'd go for maybe a relay spot in the 100, and I don't think I'm going to."
Hall said he has put behind him the relay controversy of 2004, when U.S. coach Eddie Reese dropped him from the 4x100 relay final team. The U.S. team took bronze in the event it has historically dominated. Hall said Reese, who will lead the U.S. team again in Beijing, is a great coach who made a wrong decision. But there's no question where Hall's attention is directed for 2008.
"What excites me is the possibility of winning the [50-meter] event in three consecutive Olympics. It's never been done before. That's my shot at history. The relay's going to perform well, regardless of whether I'm on it or not."
First, he must make the team. That's no small feat.
Despite his status as the two-time defending Olympic champion and American record-holder (21.76 seconds, set in 2000), Hall is seeded just seventh in the 50 because of the deep Olympic trials field. A crop of 20-something stars, including Matt Grevers and Garrett Weber-Gale, along with veteran Jason Lezak and Hall's 19-year-old teammate Nathan Adrian, have all swum faster than Hall in meets this spring. World champion Ben Wildman-Tobriner and world silver-medalist Cullen Jones are also in the mix. Only the top two from the trials earn berths for Beijing.
As of mid-June, Hall's time of 22.20 seconds was the world's 20th-fastest time in the event, fifth-best in the United States this year. Ask him what time it'll take to earn his fourth trip to the Games, and Hall counts out the clock.
"It's never been about a time," Hall said. "It's going to take first or second place, and that's something that I've always done very well. If the guy in the lane next to me goes 21.7, I'll go 21.6. That's just my outlook. You get your finger on the wall before the guy next to you. It'll definitely be a fast time. It's never easy to make an Olympic team, and it's not getting any easier."
If Hall makes the team, formidable swimmers stand between him and history. In recent months, Australia's Sullivan and France's Alain Bernard each broke Alexander Popov's eight-year-old 50-meter world mark of 21.64. The current mark is Sullivan's 21.28, set in March. Both broke the records wearing Speedo's controversial LZR Racer suit, which Hall also wears.
Having won before at the Olympics helps.
"Experience definitely helped me through the last one [2004]," Hall said, pointing out it hasn't always taken a world record to win gold. "The pressure is so great. It's how well you can deal with that pressure, or how well you can block it out or be oblivious to it depending on your approach, that has enabled me to remain a lot more calm through the last Olympics, and I attribute that to experience."
Family has a lot to do with the balance Hall credits with keeping him on track for another Olympic run. He owns a house in Islamorada that he shares with his parents, Gary Sr. and Mary. The house, naturally, is on the water. The backyard has a beach, and a large powerboat with The Race Club crest is tied to the dock. There's a hot tub and all kinds of water-sport playthings, like paddle boards and smaller craft. Race Club swimmers are frequent visitors.
Bebe helps run the club. His cousin, Christina Boland, is the club's public relations director, and Hall's brothers, Richard and Brian, are working on a documentary about the club this winter.
Hall also owns a home on Miami Beach, where Elizabeth and the children spend most of their time these days.
"My lifeblood comes to me away from the pool," Hall said, "and that's family, and that's diving -- deep-sea diving -- and surfing."
This winter, Hall tried to have it all. He made the 90-minute commute to Miami Beach during training breaks twice a week, putting 20,000 miles on his car in eight months. It got to be too much. Now, he slips back home occasionally on weekends, and Elizabeth also brings the kids down frequently.
As the run-up to the trials intensified, Hall hired a helper for Elizabeth.
"Not a live-in, but enough to help," he said. "And so it alleviates the guilt."
But Hall feels the pull these days, now that he's a dad.
"I love spending time with the family, especially at these early ages. Not seeing them for two weeks, you miss a lot," he said. "The 2-year-old is just starting to do Mommy and Me classes, and stuff like that."
I've learned one thing. Never count Gary Jr. out. No matter what I think, it doesn't matter. It's what's in his head. I wouldn't be shocked at anything.
--Mary Hall on her son's Olympic dream
He and Elizabeth had a deal. If they were going to have kids, he wasn't going to be changing diapers. Then came Gigi. Elizabeth had a Caesarean section.
"He changed Gigi before I did," Elizabeth said.
Diapers, midnight feedings Hall did it, and liked it.
"It's amazing how quickly a baby can get under your skin and affect you," he said, "and I'm affected."
This winter, he and Gigi danced to the song "Tequila." They had playful arguments over who's Peter Pan. The lean, 6-foot-6 Hall would take Gigi by the ankles and hold her upside down as she giggled. They played games of "gotcha."
"He's a wonderful teacher," Elizabeth said. "He's very patient and he's very playful. He's everything I thought he would be, 10 times better. All this stuff I fell I love with when I met him. He has this calm quality, and also has a lot of energy."
When he doesn't, something's usually seriously wrong. Monitoring his diabetes is tricky, and can have dire consequences for even one mistake, like the time he took a nap instead of testing after spearfishing and nearly landed in the hospital. In May, as preparations for the Olympic trials intensified, Hall was forced to take several days off from training. "He hit the wall," Elizabeth said. "He was exhausted." It has been an unsettling time for Hall's family and coach.
Hall endures an exhaustive, self-conducted regimen of blood testing and insulin shots every day. Before his weightlifting session one evening at Froggy's, Hall tested his blood. Immediately afterward, he tested it again. He does this often 10 to 12 times a day. Hall says he injects himself at least five times a day. His blood-sugar levels can vary with a maddening inconsistency. Stress, adrenaline, endorphins, workout intensity, body temperature -- all figure in.
"It's like trying to keep the temperature in your house [steady] without a thermostat," said Gary Sr.
Pre-race prep is different for Hall than for his fellow competitors. Ten minutes before he raced for gold at the 2000 Olympics, as others competitors listened to music or got mentally prepared, Hall tested his blood sugar. Five minutes after winning, he tested again. Same thing at the 2004 trials, where he brought his diabetes kit right onto the pool deck.
Other elite athletes, like Olympic Nordic skier Kris Freeman and, recently, Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler, have been diagnosed with diabetes. But Hall may be entering uncharted waters, having competed at a high level for nine years with the disease, said coach Mike Bottom. Years of blood-sugar ups and downs can have a debilitating cumulative effect.
"It's taking a toll on his body that no one can understand," Bottom said. "That's why it irritates me that people talk about Gary winning a gold medal. To Gary, it's a gold medal to be at the Olympic trials. To Gary, it's a gold medal to stand in the blocks next to some of the best in the world. To put that kind of measurement on his worth, whether he wins a gold medal or not, that's the wrong measuring stick."
Here's the math: Hall's career best time is 21.76 seconds. Sullivan went 21.28 this year.
"That's half a second," Bottom said. "That's not in the same league. Yeah, I think it's possible for Gary to win a gold again. Is it probable? No, it's not probable. Can he do it? I believe Gary can do anything."
But will he?
"It's tougher this time," said Bottom, who was recently hired to coach at Michigan, a job he will begin after the Olympics. "The question to ask is: 'Will Gary make the Olympic team?' Take one step at a time."
Bottom frets that Hall has too much on his plate: new kids; family living a long 90 minutes away; running The Race Club, which is expanding internationally; diabetes. Hall is sponsored by Speedo, but he still does speaking engagements to make ends meet.
"He's got so much stress on him," said Bottom.
The diagnosis of Type I diabetes came in 1999, the year before the Sydney Olympics. It stunned Hall and his family. Doctors said he would no longer be able to swim at a top level with the disease. Not long after, Hall grabbed some insulin syringes without a real idea how to use them, threw them in a bag, got Elizabeth and the family dog and packed off to Costa Rica. He told Elizabeth he wanted to end his life.
"He was terrified," Elizabeth said. "I was terrified to see him terrified. I wasn't really afraid of how Gary was going to manage his diabetes. I was more afraid of how he was going to manage the news."
They went to the beach often. Hall took disturbingly long swims straight out into the surf. Once he was gone for hours. A frightened Elizabeth waited on the beach weeping.
"I didn't think he was going to come back," she said.
Hall returned having decided he'd be an example for others. He made good on that pledge. He found a doctor who worked with him to manage the disease and continue high-level swimming. Hall has taken it upon himself to do more than speak publicly about diabetes. He's an unofficial educator.
"It's part of the deal internally I embraced with my own diagnosis, that if I could give back and swim well, it'd be the kind of stuff that I'd do," he said.
Hall gets a steady number of e-mails and phone calls from frightened teenage athletes and parents. Sometimes his phone will ring late at night from halfway around the world.
"I've had conversations at 2 and 3 in the morning," he said.
They've gotten his phone number from Hall's Web site. Hall gets a kick from the reaction when he answers.
"There's usually a long pause," Hall said, grinning. "They're shocked every time. I say hello, and they're expecting the Gary Hall Jr. hotline or something."
Hall credits handling diabetes with helping him block distractions. At the 2004 Games, when the relay controversy threatened to derail him, Hall was able to redirect his anger to win the 50.
"You realize that life throws [something] at you every once in a while and that's just part of life," he said. "There's as many obstacles as there are people in this world. Because everybody has something that they have to deal with, that wouldn't necessarily choose to deal with. The relay was just one of those things."
It's Tuesday morning, and The Race Club is training at the Jacob Community
pool. While Bottom puts other Race Club members through a structured workout, the sets written on a dry-erase board on the pool deck, Hall is on his own program. He doesn't appear to be working much. If he takes strokes at all, they're languid, slow.
He does some hard kick sets timed by Bottom, but no more than a few. This is typical. Hall knows exactly what he's doing -- subscribing to what's known as Bottom's "big cat" theory of training swimmers to go fast.
Big cats (think lions and tigers) spend most of their time looking as if they're not doing much. But when it comes time to hunt, they're perfectly primed for a quick strike -- efficient, brutal, effective.
Hall has 10 Olympic medals, fourth-most in the sport behind Jenny Thompson (12), Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi (11 each). If Hall makes it to Beijing, it'll be his fourth Olympics in a burnout sport.
The sprinter has figured out how to go the distance. Now, it's others who are holding their breath to see if Hall can produce one more sparkling 50.
"I've learned one thing," said his mother, Mary. "Never count Gary Jr. out. No matter what I think, it doesn't matter. It's what's in his head. I wouldn't be shocked at anything."
Meri-Jo Borzilleri, a freelance writer based in Bellingham, Wash., is a contributor to ESPN.com.


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With Francesca Lé at the helm, it's no surprise that Bitch Banging Bitch 2 is an unusually good girl/girl title. Lé packs in an impressive cast of mostly newcomer girls and gives the all-girl genre the kind of professionally perverted Porn Valley perspective usually reserved for hetero releases.
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Pre-noms: Best All-Girl Release. Best All-Girl Series.
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These pages contain your guide to completing enrolment as well as information to help you in your first few weeks. There is also a Welcome to Cardiff leaflet, available in both English and Welsh, which gives a step by step guide to getting started at Cardiff.
Departmental Enrolment - All students (except Canon and LAMP students) must attend departmental enrolment on Monday 21st September 2015 between 1PM - 3:30PM.
We have arranged a series of induction events and skills sessions that will take place during weeks commencing Monday 21 September and Monday 28 September and it is extremely important that all students participate fully in these sessions. Therefore, we will not be able to admit students who arrive later than Monday 21 September.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ Former Cherokee County Attorney Michael
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In his plea Monday, Goodrich acknowledged he received money and other perks from the owner and employees of the Sensations Gentlemen's Club in Galena in return for dismissing traffic tickets
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"A public servant at any level who exploits his position for improper purposes undermines the people's trust in their government," U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren said in a statement.
Sentencing is set for Sept. 8. Extortion carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000.
Co-defendant Timothy Schooley also pleaded guilty in April to blackmail. He is to be sentenced July 14.
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The fans' takeover of St Mirren has been postponed amid the uncertainty over Scottish Premier League finances following the rejection of newco Rangers into the top flight.
The 10000Hours group announced three weeks ago they had reached their target for support of their bid.
The Buddies were one of the SPL sides to vote against newco Rangers' application on Wednesday and a statement from 10000Hours backed the decision and urged fans of the club to purchase season tickets now the outcome was certain.
The statement read: "On behalf of our members we would like to add our support to the board of St Mirren Football Club and the rest of the SPL clubs for making a decision on the entry of the Newco into the SPL based on sporting integrity rather than self preservation. The club have done all they can. What happens now is in the hands of the SFA and SFL.
"We would hope that any fans who have held back from buying season tickets will now support the club in its hour of need. The money from these sales is essential to keep the club in funds until the sponsorship money is received from the SPL for the coming season."
Despite agreeing with the club's stance on Rangers the statement also claimed that financial support will be offered but that the purchase of St Mirren is not currently feasible.
"There is, however, still obvious concern over how much money the club will receive from the SPL and when," the statement continued.
"As was indicated in the results of our recent poll the large majority of our members would want us to assist the club in ensuring that it continues to run on an even keel with little or no risk of redundancies, fire sale of players or in a worst case scenario, administration.
"Until we know the level of sponsorship money the club will receive this year it is obviously not possible, nor sensible, for us to conclude our purchase of the majority shareholding of the club.
"It is also difficult to gauge what level of financial support the club may need but rest assured that we, with your support and instruction, are willing to do everything in our power to assist the club in dealing with any potential threat to its future."