If you like the plan you have, you can keep it.
If you like the doctor you have, you can keep
your doctor, too. The only change you'll see
are falling costs as our reforms take hold.
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| via The Telegraph |
Barack Hussein Obama II
Friday, April 01, 2016
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Quote of the Day
It's not a record, but being traded four times
when there are only eight teams in the league
tells you something. I thought I was modeling
uniforms for the National League.
Joseph Henry "Joe" Garagiola, Sr.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
It's Impossible...
...to truly catch up,but here's my feeble attempt...
Met Frank Jr. when I was teaching/coaching at Wharton HS. Had his step-daughter in class. Great guy. He passed on the 16th.
Read How Frank Sinatra, Jr. became a Texan-in-Law here
Jobs
Northside ISD needs a swim/polo coach. Contact Scott Zollinski at 210-397-8988
Battleground Area Swim Team needs assistant coaches. Contact Chris Moralez
South Shore Sails needs a part time age group coach. Contact Barbie Morris
Dallas Country Club needs an assistant coach
Hackberry Creek Country Club needs an aquatics manager
Bridgeland Barracudas Swim Team needs an assistant swim coach
YMCA of Austin needs an aquatics coordinator
The City of Georgetown needs an aquatic specialist
The City of Bryan needs a swim coach
The City of Big Spring needs both an aquatic center manager and an assistant
The YMCA of Greater San Antonio needs a senior aquatics director
Brook Hollow Golf Club needs a swim coach
The Twin Lakes YMCA needs an aquatics program coordinator
Northpark YMCA needs a youth development director (sports & aquatics)
The City of Richardson needs an aquatics and athletics manager
The City of McKinney needs an aquatics specialist
The City of Stafford needs both a pool manager & assistant
Tompkins HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Mark Grisdale
Morton Ranch HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Megan Doby
Smithson Valley HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Larry Hill
Lewisville HS needs a swim coach. Contact Tim Ford
Harker Heights HS needs a swim coach. Contact Jerry Edwards
Coppell HS needs a swim coach. Contact Joe McBride
Stony Point HS needs a swim coach. Contact Craig Chessher at 512-428-7202
Taylor HS (Alief) needs a swim coach. Contact Brian Randle at 281-988-3500 or 281-988-3909
Alief ISD needs a diving coach. Contact David Martel at 281-988-3700
Bryan ISD needs a swim coach. Contact Lance Angel at 979-209-7998
Lovejoy HS needs an assistant coach. Contact Matt Franks
Space City Aquatic Team needs assistant coaches
Cedar Park Swimming needs assistant coaches
Results
NCAA D-I Men (Texas 1st, A&M 25th)
NCAA D-I Women (A&M 4th, Texas 15th, SMU 40th)
NCAA D-II (M&W)
NCAA D-III (M&W) (Trinity women 17th)
NAIA (M&W) (Wayland Baptist women 10th, men 6th)
NJCAA (M&W)
NCSA Junior Nationals (Magnolia women 5th)
TAGS (Nitro combined champions)
TAGS Time Trials
Other
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| Weber-Gale conducting El Campo clinic (via Victoria Advocate) |
Garrett Weber-Gale has joined the Nitro staff in Austin. Read more here
“My goal is to be a steady, positive force in these young athletes lives, and share with them some of the guidance that I’ve learned from my coaches; Eddie & Randy Reese, Kris Kubik, and Dwight Davis, and my expertise as a successful Olympic athlete. I am excited to work with the athletes and help them find ways to improve as swimmers and as individuals.”
Obviously a great hire for Nitro.
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| via Pinterest |
An article on Russell Wilson's swim training was posted back in December. Read it here.
Wilson revealed that one aspect of his in-season conditioning program that he thinks helps his recovery from the punishment of a game is swimming.
Wilson said he swims three times a week or so, trying to do about 30 laps each time.
“I get up early in the mornings and I swim,’’ he said. “It’s one of the first things I do. It helps a lot.’’
Katy HS football figured this out a long time ago. Hasn't hurt their program, has it?
Factual Feminist host Christina Hoff Sommers explained the cost of Title IX:
Note that this year's highest placing D-I school sponsoring swimming for women only was UCLA (17th). Women swimmers in total programs - men & women - are much more successful than in women-only programs.
Swimming World posted The Sport of Swimming is Valuable - Here's Why back in January.
When prominent schools like the University of Maryland or Clemson University decide to discontinue their swimming programs in favor of funding sports such as football or basketball, they are not only telling swimmers everywhere that swimming as a sport doesn’t matter as much as others, they also decidedly cut the positive influence of swimming locally. The number of swimmers shrinks, clubs go under, pools go unused, college swimmers lose an opportunity to coach in their hometowns, and fewer swimming lessons are given. The link between colleges and clubs is fragile and so, so important to the future of this sport.
Nitro's Jason Cochran was selected as a manager on USA Swimming's 2015 National Diversity Select Camp staff. Several Texas swimmers were selected. Athlete roster is here
Great post by Seth Godin: On saying "no"
The short run always seems urgent, and a moment where compromise feels appropriate. But in the long run, it's the good 'no's that we remember.
Watched The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young a couple of days ago. Highly recommend it! Here's the trailer:
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| via Indexed |
Race info for the 14th annual Cap2k is here
TISCA All State teams (6A, 5A, & Private School) are here
Theron Pickle Memorial Scholarship info is here. Application is here
Quote of the Day
I wanted to be a song writer and pianist,
and then I got drafted into singing.
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| via The Times |
Francis Wayne "Frank" Sinatra, Jr.
Friday, March 25, 2016
Quote of the Day
Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that,
then you don't know where the finish line is.
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| via Biblioklept |
Garry Emmanuel Shandling
Friday, March 11, 2016
Quote of the Day
The only people who ever called me
a rebel were the people who wanted
me to do what they wanted.
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| via Men's Journal |
Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Quote of the Day
The important thing is to learn
a lesson every time you lose.
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr.
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Quote of the Day
Outside of the killings, DC has one of
the lowest crime rates in the country.
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| via The Washington Post |
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr.
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Quote of the Day
Don't let anybody tell you
that it's corporations and
businesses that create jobs.
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| via The Washington Free Beacon |
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
Monday, March 07, 2016
USA Swimming to Hammer NITRO Coach
Swimming World is reporting that (now former) Nitro coach Tim O'Brien will be added to USA Swimming's "Banned for Life" list. Read more here
Unfortunately, this is going to be a huge story. If you don't already follow Swimming World on Twitter, it's time you started...
Quote of the Day
For eight years, I was sleeping with the
president, and if that doesn't give you
special access, I don't know what does!
Anne Frances Robbins,
a.k.a. Nancy Davis Reagan
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Quote of the Day
The first forty years of life gives us the text;
the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
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| via AllPosters |
Arthur Schopenhauer
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Just Some Odds & Ends
Follow SEC conference meet (schedule, live video, & real time results) here
Big XII conference meet (24th - 27th) info is here
Men's and women's CSCAA D-I, D-II, & D-III polls are here
UIL state meet schedule is here
Directors' Cup standings for NCAA D-I, D-II, & D-III and NAIA are here
UIL Lone Star Cup standings are here
Registration is now open for the 2016 Cap2K
Great Hills Country Club needs an assistant coach. Job posted on ASCA here
Veterans HS (Corpus Christi) needs an assistant coach. Contact Veronica Fair at 361-878-4880
Cypress Park HS needs a swim coach
Leander ISD needs three (3) coaches:
Glenn HS
Vista Ridge HS
Rouse HS
Contact Rodney Vincent and/or Jonathan Lamb
That Was Me You Ran Over by Gale Garnett:
Quote of the Day
Everything faded into mist. The past was erased,
the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.
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| via Writing as I Please |
Eric Arthur Blair, a.k.a. George Orwell
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Quote of the Day
There are occasions when it pays better to
fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.
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| via pinterest |
Eric Arthur Blair, a.k.a. George Orwell
Friday, February 12, 2016
Quote of the Day
The real division is not
between conservatives
and revolutionaries but
between authoritarians
and libertarians.
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| via The Vantage Point |
Eric Arthur Blair, a.k.a. George Orwell
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
TCU Signs Nathan Lin
Horned Frog head swim coach Richard Sybesma getting a commitment from Five Star recruit Nathan Lin while mom, former TCU swimmer Cathy Lin, looks on.
Texas Christian University swim team welcomes their new teammate!
Thanks to Bobby for sending pics.
More (including video of Nathan's first swim with the Frogs) at the TCU Magazine twitter feed here
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Monday, February 08, 2016
Official Qualifiers Lists
The UIL has posted official lists of 2016 state meet qualifiers:
5A Auto
5A Call-Up
6A Auto
6A Call-up
Quote of the Day
Discipline is the concrete that
allows you to be creative.
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| via The Herald-Dispatch |
Verna LeMasters Gibson
Friday, February 05, 2016
2016 Call-Ups
Find this year's state meet call-up lists over at Texas Swim Meet Results
If you have region results for Scott, email him here
Quote of the Day
Being a socialist is easy because they
can give away what they don't own.
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| via YouTube |
Gregory John Gutfeld
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Quote of the Day
I think the climate has been
changing for billions of years.
Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Quote of the Day
It's real easy to manufacture what
you think the people want to hear.
But that's not very honest.
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| via lifehacker |
Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Quote of the Day
Make the hard ones look easy
and the easy ones look hard.
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| via The Memorial Tournament |
Walter Charles Hagen
Monday, February 01, 2016
Quote of the Day
How strange that the world
should change because of
words, and words change
because of the world.
should change because of
words, and words change
because of the world.
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| via Southword |
Louis de Bernières
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Sometimes...
...I actually DO miss the AT...
Ponytail Paul:
Posted a few "found" pics from February of '15 over at the thru-hike blog here
Quote of the Day
I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of
nature is more leisurely. The sun comes
up, it moves across the sky, and you
begin to synchronize to that rhythm.
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| via inc |
John Mackey
Friday, January 29, 2016
Madison's Turn
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| via Lubbock Online |
Must be Longhorn week over at USA Swimming. Read the Madison Cox feature here.
“College has also taught me about balance, and happiness is a big component of that,” Cox said. “So you have parts that almost catch you off guard, where the light shine through and you are so happy.”
A lot of that happiness comes from pushing herself to do things she has never done, and to embrace new challenges, which includes making new friends. Though she is from Lubbock, Texas, that is nearly 400 miles away.
Quote of the Day
One can prove or refute anything at all with words.
Soon people will perfect language technology to
such an extent that they'll be proving with
mathematical precision that twice two is seven.
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| via The Famous People |
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Kubik Featured
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| via WETS |
4. The Longhorns have quite a special place in swimming under you two -- what does all that history and the NCAA titles you have been a part of winning and creating mean to you?
Kris: Most of what has happened here is because of Eddie. Through Eddie, I have patterned the way I coach and teach to be much like him, though certainly I have -- and with his encouragement -- developed in my own way as well. As far as winning, our goal truly has never been to win a National Championship. The goal is for each individual on our team to improve every year. If we have the right blend of people and we do improve, then we are in the mix for a National Championship. But we preach weekly if everyone does their best and we end up 10th or 12th, we will shake hands with all the teams that placed higher than us and we will be very, very proud that we did our best.
Quote of the Day
Everybody looks at the negative effects of
global warming, but with the ice melting,
the Northern Passage has opened up.
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| via mySA |
Paul Richard LePage
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
2016 State Meet Call-Ups
My excuse last year was "I'm a goin' hikin'!"
This year, it's "I gots ta coach!"
For the second straight year, Scott Scofield has volunteered to compile and post the high school state meet call-up lists for swimmers, coaches, and parents interested in finding out before the UIL posts their official list.
Thanks in advance for providing Scott with results and support.
Here's the site where he'll be posting that info (along with some other meet results):
Texas Swim Meet Results
You can contact Scott via email
Quote of the Day
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my
physical ability, it was my mental ability.
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| via The Oregonian |
Caitlyn Marie Jenner, a.k.a. Bruce Jenner
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Quote of the Day
To me, business is the ultimate sport.
It's always on. There is always
someone trying to beat me.
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| via Parade |
Mark Cuban
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Quote of the Day
We kind of made everybody aware that God's back
yard is something that should be taken care of.
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| via What ever happened to... |
Dan Haggerty
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Quote of the Day
The world is full of magic things, patiently
waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
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| via Cuadrivio |
William Butler Yeats
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Quote of the Day
Baseball has done more to move America in the
right direction than all of the professional
patriots with all their cheap words.
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| via National Baseball Hall of Fame |
Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin
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