Thursday, June 29, 2017
Quote of the Day
Throughout my career I swam for
form. Speed came as a result of it.
Johann Peter Weißmüller,
a.k.a. Johnny Weissmuller
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Quote of the Day
I haven't seen this much Russian
medaling since the 1980 Olympics.
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| via the right scoop |
Gregory John "Greg" Gutfeld
Monday, June 26, 2017
Quote of the Day
Being a boy is not a social disease. And the
de-Tom-Sawyering of American boys
should not be on anyone’s agenda.
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| via The Dartmouth Review |
Christina Marie Hoff Sommers
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Quote of the Day
Winners take responsibility, losers blame others.
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| via Real Clear Politics |
Alexander Britton "Brit" Hume
Friday, June 23, 2017
California Dreamin'
California politicians have really stuck it to Texas. No more state-funded travel to the Lone Star State.
All totaled, California now bans most state-funded travel to eight states.
The new additions to California’s restricted travel list are Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota.
They join Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee as states already subjected to the ban.
Read more here
Ouch! How will we get by without them?
The California law includes exemptions for law enforcement officers, tax auditors and training events that are required for grants.
Don't see any mention of athletic programs being exempted.
Will state schools have to cancel away trips to those eight (8) states?
What will Austin's 2019 NCAA's look like w/o Cal & USC?
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| via Amazon |
Puzzlin', ain't it?
Quote of the Day
When forced to choose between two
equally undesirable options, the only
thing to do was to change the rules.
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| via William Shatner |
William Shatner
Thursday, June 22, 2017
A New Question for Coaches?
When you're looking into a new club program or making the leap into college swimming, what questions do you ask of your potential coach?
Things about attendance requirements? Workout times? Dry-land training?
How they take their coffee?
The research surveyed more than 1,000 adults, asking them to give their food and flavour preferences. The participants then took a series of personality tests assessing antisocial personality traits, such as sadism, narcissism and psychopathy.
The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Innsbruck, found that a preference for bitter flavours was linked to psychopathic behaviour.
The closest association was between bitter foods and “everyday sadism” – that is to say, enjoyment of inflicting moderate levels of pain on others.
I must share that - although it's something that just goes with the sport - I've never "enjoyed" inflicting pain on our athletes. Also, I never drink black coffee.
Read more of Psychopaths drink their coffee black, study finds here
Quote of the Day
Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.
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| via Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Charles John Huffam Dickens
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Quote of the Day
If there were no bad people, there
would be no good lawyers.
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| via West End News |
Charles John Huffam Dickens
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Quote of the Day
Wars do not end wars any more than an
extraordinarily large conflagration
does away with the fire hazard.
Henry Ford
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Wayland Baptist Dumps Swim Programs
Link
After four years as a competitive sport, the swimming and diving program at Wayland Baptist University has been discontinued.
"After much examination and deliberation with athletic and university administration, we are making the difficult decision to immediately discontinue our swimming and diving program," WBU Athletics Director Rick Cooper said. "This has been a very difficult decision, but one we believe is both necessary and best at this point in time."
The move comes on the heels of the resignation about a week earlier of swimming and diving coach Alyson Hannan, who is taking a position with the YMCA in Colorado Springs. Hannan had served as coach of the program since its inception for the 2013-14 academic year. Hannan's husband, James, served as an assistant coach for the Pioneers the past two years. He resigned several weeks ago for a position in computer software sales.
Cooper said the reasons behind discontinuing swimming and diving were varied, but the most influential was the lack of an on-campus practice or competition pool/facility with no short- or long-term solution to alleviate that situation.
The Pioneers trained at the Plainview YMCA, and the closest regulation pool for competition is the Pete Ragus Aquatics Center in Lubbock, where the Pioneers hosted only one of their 11 regular-season competitions this past season.
"We want to thank the Plainview YMCA for its willingness and cooperation in allowing us to use their facility. Certainly their help was a great benefit," Cooper said.
"The Y did a terrific job working with us to schedule practices, but we were unable to host any local competitions."
Wayland was one of 25 men's programs and 29 women's programs within the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to sponsor swimming and diving. The closest NAIA school to Wayland to host a program was St. Gregory's University in Shawnee, Okla., although SGU discontinued swimming and diving earlier this year.
The Pioneer men finished in sixth place at the last two NAIA national competitions. The WBU women, after placing 10th a year ago, were ranked sixth this season but finished 19th after a roster reduction just prior to nationals.
About her resignation, Hannan said it was an opportunity she couldn't pass up, both for career advancement and because the move gets her and James closer to family.
Hannan developed seven all-Americans (top three finishers at nationals) at Wayland and was named American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of Excellence three times.
"I'm very thankful for my time at Wayland and for everyone who took a chance on me and the program," Hannan said.
WBU's swimming and diving program ended last season with 28 student-athletes. Cooper has informed those student-athletes that the university is honoring athletic scholarships for the 2017-18 academic year for those who want to continue their studies at WBU. Cooper added that the university will grant full releases to any affected student-athletes who wish to transfer and pursue other collegiate athletic opportunities.
Quote of the Day
A successful industrial nation, meaning a
nation with future, can not be organized
as a collective holiday resort.
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| via Business Insider |
Dr. Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
Friday, June 16, 2017
TCU's Sybesma Retires
Long-time Frog coach Richard Sybesma has announced his retirement.
"I have reached a point in my life where I need to put myself, family and health first," Sybesma said. "With that being said, I have come to a decision to retire.
"I've had an incredible 38 years at TCU and couldn't imagine a better place to spend my career and raise my family. It's been an incredible journey. TCU, this program and all the student-athletes I've come in contact with hold a special place in my heart. I will always bleed purple and support this program."
More here
Seventy years later, some continue to demand...
...that the authorities tell us the truth...
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| via Huffington Post |
Via Wikipedia:
In mid-1947, a United States Air Force balloon crashed at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico.[1] Following wide initial interest in the crashed "flying disc", the US military stated that it was merely a conventional weather balloon.[2] Interest subsequently waned until the late 1970s, when ufologists began promoting a variety of increasingly elaborate conspiracy theories, claiming that one or more alien spacecraft had crash-landed, and that the extraterrestrial occupants had been recovered by the military, who then engaged in a cover-up.
In the 1990s, the US military published two reports disclosing the true nature of the crashed object: a nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul. Nevertheless, the Roswell incident continues to be of interest in popular media, and conspiracy theories surrounding the event persist. Roswell has been described as "the world's most famous, most exhaustively investigated, and most thoroughly debunked UFO claim".[3]
Plenty of folks have made money based on this hoax.
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| via Huffington Post |
We elected a president with a huge net worth*. Of course, he's far from perfect. Can't recall any that were, can you?
Still, it's absolutely impossible for anyone with an ounce of sense to actually believe he'd use the office for personal monetary gain.
It's something that's so ding-dang-diddly illogical, I can't believe even the dumbest media personality - and it's nearly impossible to determine which idiot deserves that title - actually believes what they're spouting.
Instead of using our FBI agents to investigate and track nutcases like Hodgkinson, we've got them chasing their tails in an attempt to find that "Russia link"...
Who will profit from this one?
*3.5 billion dollars
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Quote of the Day
Action speaks louder than words,
but not nearly as often.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a.k.a. Mark
Twain
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Quote of the Day
If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to
your methods, but if you learn principles
you can devise your own methods.
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| via Wikipedia |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, June 12, 2017
Quote of the Day
I read the pilot script and I knew it was
the kind of comedy I wanted to do.
the kind of comedy I wanted to do.
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| via Parade |
William West Anderson, a.k.a. Adam West
Sunday, June 04, 2017
Friday, June 02, 2017
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