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An assistant buyer in retail is part of the buying team, which also includes trainee buyers and managerial buyers. Buyers negotiate with suppliers to decide what items should be restocked in a store. This decision is made based on a number of factors, and it can affect the whole industry since it results in certain products trending in the market by simply being in stock.Read More...
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Dashcam video of Seattle police shooting of John T. Williams
The shooting of woodcarver John T. Williams was one incident that incited the federal government to intervene in the Seattle police department. This video shows the moments before officer Ian Birk shot Williams, who was crossing a street holding a woodcarving knife.
The federal government proxy in charge of monitoring the Seattle police department has filed his latest report on the department, which had host Ben Shapiro wondering if federal oversight of the department is weakening its officers and endangering public safety.
Merrick Bobb is the man the U.S. Justice Department appointed – supposedly as an independent monitor – to watch over Seattle police. He regularly files updates on how the department is handling a federal Consent Decree mandating reforms to make the department kinder and gentler.
"The Obama Department of Justice decided [Seattle police] were racially discriminatory and brutal over here in the city of Seattle, based on little evidence," Shapiro said, explaining the federal crackdown on Seattle police.
Bobb's latest report states that Seattle police have made improvements in areas like use of excessive force, biased policing, street encounters, and contacts with mentally-ill individuals. But the department is still broken, Bobb deemed. The department must spend money to build a new computer system to track reforms and promote more police to the rank of sergeant, the report says.
And, the report says, police officers had better get on board with the changes quickly.
From the report: "… the Monitor has come to recognize that the internalization of the objectives and goals of the Consent Decree by the SPD will require a redoubling of additional, focused efforts."
That's where Shapiro disagrees – the point where civilian oversight of a police department goes from fair to overreaching. As evidence that that's what's happening at SPD, a group of more than 100 officers is suing the federal government over new mandated force policies.
"There is a point at which you've gone too far, where every shooting is considered suspicious," Shapiro said.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray gets a lot of praise in Bobb's report for implementing policies, which Shapiro said is to be expected because the DOJ's politics align with Murray's.
The mayor's office gets a lot of praise from Merrick Bobb – no shock there. The federal government is very much to the left. The DOJ in particular is very much to the left," Shapiro said. "I'm sure we'll hear how great Mayor Murray is and then we'll hear about gay marriage. That's how it works, right? It's always those two things. Gay marriage and how great he mayor is."
Shapiro related the federal mandates to the Monday shooting on Interstate 5 – where a state patrol officer shot a man who charged at him with a knife, moments after the man lit his truck on fire in the middle of the Ship Canal Bridge – predicting that even clearly justifiable shootings will be overly scrutinized, causing police officers to second guess protecting themselves, or using force to stop a crime.
"For the left, the onus is always on the cops," Shapiro said. "Even folks on the left can't defend [the shooting on I-5]. Assume for a moment this hadn't been a clear case of someone attempting to do harm to others. The Seattle Stranger attacked SPD for shooting a guy who robbed a bank dressed as a woman and then proceeded to charge and off with a knife. They ripped on him.
"And this is what we've become. No wonder the police are on edge. No wonder they seem concerned about whether or not they're going to lose their jobs for acting rationally."
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DonâÂÂt think my little experiment is going to work out very well; itâÂÂs hot today but not as hot as its going to get. My front porch faces south west and the porch has NO shade what so ever so I build a raised bed and across the front, but up a trellis all the way across the front porch and buried 6 self -watering large flower pots down in the mulch, plan was that by burying the pots that would help with the pots and dirt not getting to HOT and I planted purple hyacinth bean seeds and cypress vine, and oh almost forgot the two moonvine plants, all have gown beautiful and are as of today about 2 to 3 feet tall or more and looked beautiful early this morning and with the heat today close to 90 all are wilted and look PITIFUL, oh IâÂÂm sure once the sun goes down they will not looks so bad.. I might as well have put the money the trellis and the raised bed cost 1,400.00 into buying large shade trees last fall and been done with this little experiment! The July heat will be 100+ ainâÂÂt no way these vines will survive that kind of heat .
How often are you watering? Self-watering pots only have a small reservoir that holds water and in hot weather that can be depleted rapidly......you still need to water thoroughly on a routine basis. Depending on the size of your raised bed, I might have preferred to plant directly into the soil. Growing in containers is not nearly as simple as many folks think :-)
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Many possibilities to earn a great income if you are motivated to keep learning to be your best and willing to stay on top of your game. Some really great people, many of whom will do whatever it takes to help you succeed.
Some people in mid management are childish and can help or hinder your income growth and / or maintenance. Have to learn to deal with that.
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I worked at SMS full-time (less than a year)Pros
The pros of working for this company is the money in inside sales is very good if you can do the job.Cons
The cons of working in inside sales at SMS are, they have all of the reps calling the same clients. You may call someone that has been contacted that same day by 4 different reps from the department. The department is very low tech so they don't have a way of managing the contacts.Advice to ManagementAdvice
My advise to the management in inside sales is to use some type of crm to better control your contacted calls.Doesn't RecommendNeutral Outlook
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They have no interest in your success. It is almost impossible to be successful. You could get lucky and succeed and get some support, but most will be left driving around wasting your time, gas money and talents. You will not have set appointments, so it is unlikely you will see very many people. Some businesses will be lied to about why you are coming, that's especially fun.
Your sales will likely not go through, so you won't make money very easily and since it's $100 commission, it's just you, no one else out on a limb.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Get your talented people a good BC. Mellow out the extreme culture, you are missing out on a huge number of talented people that are successful sales professionals without being salesy. Top management should look at changing the sales structure, so you can pay people and not just throw a bunch against the wall and see who sticks.Doesn't Recommend


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Blue Bomber Report Record: 7–11–0
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Bombers are watching you
New stadium equipped with high-tech cameras
THE turf will not be the only part of Investors Group Field that will be filmed this inaugural season from every angle and using all the latest state-of-the-art camera technology.
A total of 55 cameras — including four with technology so sophisticated it will allow security to zoom in on an item an individual fan is holding — will watch over the stands, concourse and parking lots when the new stadium unofficially opens later this month.
Kelly Keith, the head of security for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, said Wednesday the cameras will watch over all aspects of the stadium and be monitored by security and Winnipeg police from a central command centre during Bombers games, concerts and other events.
"It's an extremely valuable tool," said Keith. "If we've got a problem section where people are getting rowdy or something, we can key right in on that section and that's our evidence right there.
"Outside alcohol... people smoking... even fights or anything like that, now we've got the ability to have that on tape. Everything is enhanced with that."
Keith said sophisticated camera technology is a part of all new sports facilities now.
"They have it at True North, too," said Keith.
Fans at Winnipeg Jets games are on camera virtually the entire time they're at the MTS Centre.
"We have cameras located all over MTS Centre, both on concourse and arena bowl and event level. Tough not to be seen by security," Jets spokesman Scott Brown said in an email Wednesday.
What will be a little different in the new stadium is the mind-bogglingly advanced level of zoom technology the Bombers will have at their disposal, particularly with four PTZ (pan-tiltzoom) cameras they've installed.
"These cameras can zero right in. If you're sitting in any seat in the stadium, I could tell you the brand of pop you're drinking or things like that," said Keith.
"They're up in the far corners of the stadium, but at the end of the day, I could turn them around and point them at the parking lot and I could read your (licence) plate."
The idea of an eye in the sky watching your every move at a football game will be disconcerting to some — particularly in a city that has shown itself in the past year resistant to efforts by the Bombers to beef up their game-day security as they prepared to move into the new stadium.
But the reality — as was much in evidence during the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings — is we increasingly live in a society where our public lives are being filmed in some fashion almost all the time anyway.
From the red-light cameras throughout Winnipeg to surveillance cameras outside private homes and businesses to even the installation of 10 Winnipeg police cameras that were approved in 2011 for high-crime areas, you'd best be camera- ready the moment you step out the door.
Keith said the cameras at Investors Group Field will be recording at all times during events. He said the team will not hesitate to share with police recorded video of any illegal activity its cameras catch.
"Absolutely, yeah. One hundred per cent," said Keith. "At all games, we actually have what we call the command centre. We have the police, someone from our staff, someone from the St. John's Ambulance staff — we're all there all the time.
"So (the police) are right by the cameras. If something's going down, the police have access right there."
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I just love this one,I think there might be some spiceranium in this,and its my favorite Paph.
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Yes, definitely some spiceranium! I have a cross that I got last year in Fla (January)and it's budding now. I think they are such stately blooms! Unfortunately, unless my ID stick turns up somewhere, mine is a NOID too. My hope is to post mine when it blooms and perhaps someone else here purchased the same cross. They were selling lots of them.
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'Bonjour': David Beckham will give entire salary to children's charity after signing five month contract with Paris Saint-Germain
Former England captain has been taking his time to make a decision
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Thursday 31 January 2013
David Beckham has joined Paris Saint-Germain, signing a five month deal with the Ligue 1 side that will see him remain until the end of the season.
The former England captain also revealed his entire salary will go to a local children's charity in Paris, ensuring any cynicism that he is seeking a big final pay day will have been stopped in their tracks.
At a press conference this afternoon the first question Beckham was asked was how his French was and if his family would be joining him in Paris.
Beckham said he would need to "brush up" on his French and that his family would remain in London. He was then prompted to speak some French, to which Beckham replied "Bonjour".
"I've not spoken French for quite a few years, since I was at school," Beckham said this afternoon.
"I'm definitely going to have to brush up on it. I'm excited to be here. It's something we've been talking about for quite a while. My wife and children will stay in London because the children go to school there. But we're all very excited."
Beckham revealed he won't receive a salary at the mega-rich club, instead giving it to an as yet undecided charity.
"I won't receive any salary. My salary will go to a local children's charity in Paris.
"It's something exciting and something I'm not sure has been done before."
Asked how much would go to charity, a question which irked PSG owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Beckham said it was "a very good figure" and that he was very excited to give such a "huge sum" to charity.
Discussing his ability to perform at the top level, Beckham, who will wear the number 32 shirt, said: "I can run around. I've not lost any of my pace because, to be honest, I've not had a lot of pace during my career. For me, Carlo [Ancelotti] is one of the best managers I have played for. It's exciting on a number of levels."
Beckham's deal is only until the end of the season, but he is delighted to be a part of PSG's future plans.
"I'm very lucky. I'm 37 years old and I got a lot of offers, more now than I've probably had in my career. I'm very honoured by that," Beckham said at a press conference.
"I chose Paris because I can see what the club are trying to do. I can see who the club are trying to bring in.
"It's an exciting city and now there's a club that's going to have a lot of success over the next 10, 20, 30 years.
"I'm very honoured I've been picked to be part of the future of PSG.
"Every club I've played for throughout the world I've been successful with.
"I was successful with Manchester United and always said I'd never want to play for another English club.
"I had a lot of history with Manchester United. It's the team I support and the team I dreamt of playing for.
"I'm very honoured by the offers I had from other Premier League clubs but I didn't want to play there unless it was for Manchester United."
Beckham refused to speculate if he would retire at the end of the season.
"I don't know if it'll be my last contract," he said.
"People always speculate that it'll be my last but they've done that for a number of years and I continue to play and sign new contracts.
"I want to continue to play as long as possible.
"My passion is football. When I play football it's not about the biggest contracts.
"I want to play for the biggest teams and with the best players.
"If I can continue to do that at the highest level, then who knows?"
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Unveiling Beckham to the media, Al-Khelaifi said: "We are very happy to welcome David Beckham to Paris.
"David refused a lot of offers from other clubs all over the world which makes it very special for us.
"He is a very professional player on the pitch and outside the pitch.
"I'm sure we're going to win a lot of things with David."
Al-Khelaifi also revealed PSG had been pursuing Beckham for some time.
"This is a big time - we've been trying to get him for a long time - today we did it."
The former England captain was pictured in Paris this morning undertaking a medical (above) which the player's representatives say he came through without any problems.
Beckham has been teasing over where he will finish his career ever since his contract with LA Galaxy expired late last year.
He announced he would be seeking one new challenge at a different club before retiring and the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player proceeded to be linked with just about every club in every corner of the globe.
However, Beckham has chosen to join the Ligue 1 leaders, a decision that conspired to steal the limelight away from transfer deadline day. Because Beckham is out of contract, there was no pressure to complete the deal before tonight's 11pm deadline.
At PSG the 37-year-old will link up with other big names players including Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva. Beckham will also be eligible to feature in this season's Champions League in which PSG will take on Valencia in the last-16 next month.
Should they progress, Beckham could conceivably feature against former club Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the competition. The Red Devils must first battle their way past Real Madrid though.
During today's press conference Beckham said PSG's qualification for the last-16 of the competition had not influenced his decision, instead insisting it was "the project" that attracted him to the club.
Should he win the league title at PSG, it would see him win a title in a fourth different country having won with United in England, Real in Spain and LA Galaxy in the United States.
Beckham revealed recently that wherever he chose to play his football, he would base his family in London. The decision to choose a club so close to the capital is likely to have taken that into consideration.
It's understood the presence of sporting director Leonardo, who Beckham worked with at AC Milan, as well as manager Carlo Ancelotti, helped swing the deal.
Beckham had been linked with a move to the Serie A club where he enjoyed two loan stints, and AC Milan director tweeted: "Very happy to see Beckham going to PSG and under Mr. Ancelotti again!"
"Great player and great person, he deserves It. Bonne chance!"
Beckham has recently been training with Arsenal to try to boost his fitness levels ahead of a move.
According to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, Beckham, who started his career at Manchester United before moving to Real Madrid, will need to get in shape before he is ready to play matches.
Wenger said this week: "He told me that he doesn't look at all to be in shape. Beckham is super-ambitious.
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Reason Not to Use a Pull Buoy
Originally from AquaVolo.com
I've been meaning to write a post about the use of the pull buoy in training for quite some time now but, unfortunately, never got around to it until today. What finally made me sit down and write this post was the swimmingscience.net article titled "7 Theoretical Reasons to Use a Pull Buoy." It's an interesting read and I highly recommend it. As the title implies, the article outlines reasons to use a pull buoy. I, on the other hand, would like to talk about one reason NOT to use a pull buoy. I believe my argument against the use of pull buoy outweighs most of the arguments for it.
For reasons that will become apparent later, I'll first quickly explain the paramount importance of the core in swimming.
We can think of a human body as a set of interlinked components that work in unity. It's helpful to visualize this set as a chain where each link represents a different body part as in the diagram below. This chain is called the kinetic chain.
(Image source: Complete Conditioning for Swimming. Dave Salo and Scott A. Riewald (2008))
To swim fast and efficiently, all links in the kinetic chain must work in coordination. Because all links in the chain are connected, a change in one link impacts the entire chain. When one link breaks, so does the coordination between the links. We call the link that orchestrates the coordination of various parts of the body the core. The core achieves this coordination by performing several important tasks—transfer of power, base of support, stability, link between arms and legs, and balance—that are illustrated in the following image and explained in greater detail below.
Transfer of power
Chains are often used to transfer power. A bicycle chain, for example, enables the transfer of power from the pedals to the wheels. In swimming, the core transfers power between the legs and the torso and the arms.
When a link in the chain breaks, the transfer of power is impeded. When the core fails to transfer power between the lower and the upper parts of the body, the swimmer is left with power produced by smaller muscles (e.g. shoulders). This not only reduces total available power, efficiency and speed, it also increases the risk of injury.
Base of support
Swimmers, unlike land-based athletes, must create their own base of support to generate propulsive movement. Runners, for example, use ground as the base of support that they can push off from. Swimmers, however, train in a fluid environment and don't have a solid surface to use as the base of support. What swimmers use instead is the core. The stronger the base of support, the more propulsive power the swimmer can generate.
When the core fails to provide stable base of support, swimmer's efficiency and speed drop. Frequently you can see a swimmer who is working very hard with his legs and arms yet moving forward very slowly. It looks as if he's spinning in one place. This happens because the core doesn't provide the stable base of support and the swimmer has nothing to push off from.
Link between the arms and the legs, balance and stability
Fast and efficient swimming requires coordinated movement of the body. The core achieves this coordination by linking the upper and the lower parts of the body and by providing balance and stability. When the core fails to perform these tasks, coordinated movement of the body breaks down and efficiency and speed drop.
Let's look at one example. An outward hand sweep during the initial phase of the pull is a common flaw in freestyle swimming. What causes this flaw, many people believe, is late breathing. Late breathing might indeed be the cause, but the root of the problem is a lack of balance and stability.
When the core fails to provide balance and stability, the body is forced to find an alternative way to accomplish these tasks. Late breathing and outward hand sweep are the two side affects of the body's alternative way to provide balance and stability. The outward hand sweep is a clear indicator that the core is failing to perform these two essential tasks.
Putting it all together
The core is the foundation upon which everything else is built. When the core is properly trained to perform the tasks discussed above, the swimmer has a strong foundation and potential to become fast and efficient.
Back to the pull buoy
Now that we understand the importance of the core in fast and efficient swimming, let's look at what happens when you introduce a pull buoy.
When a swimmer puts a pull buoy between his legs, he essentially removes the core link from the kinetic chain (see the kinetic chain image above). As we have already established, when a link in a kinetic chain breaks, the entire chain is compromised.
The pull buoy provides artificial support and in essence relieves the core of its duties. The core no longer needs to provide a base of support, stability, balance, transfer of power or the link between the arms and the legs. All these tasks are outsourced to an artificial device: a pull buoy. The core can just sit back and relax.
Hopefully, it is clear by now why I believe that the pull buoy should not be used in training or at least their use should be minimized. While there are situations in which a pull buoy might be beneficial (such as drills, for instance), traditional use of a pull buoy for pulling is detrimental to a swimmer's improvement. The pull buoy compromises the kinetic chain and robs the swimmer of an opportunity to train the core to perform the essential tasks that are necessary for fast and efficient swimming.
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"Similarities between DragSox® and the 2014 Olympics Speedskating Suit" (AquaVolo.com)
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The two images above represent two tools for two very different sports. The image on the left, DragSox®, is a power training tool for swimmers. The image on the right is a suit for the 2014 Olympics speed skaters. The purpose of these tools is diametric—DragSox are designed to slow the swimmer down while the speedskating suit is supposed to make the skater go faster. What they have in common is that they both use mesh. DragSox are entirely made out of mesh; the speedskating suit has a strip of mesh on the back for a "cooling effect."
In order for us to understand the similarities between DragSox and the speedskating suit depicted on the image above, we have to quickly refresh our memory of fluid dynamics. (Please bare with me, it's only three sentences!)
Fluid dynamics is an area of physics that studies how fluids behave when they are in motion. Both liquids and gases are considered fluids. The laws that apply to fluids apply to both, liquids and gases.
Now, let's look at what happens when DragSox are used in the water:
One reason DragSox are so effective at creating drag in the water is due to the properties of mesh. As the swimmer moves through the water, mesh greatly disturbs the laminar movement of water, causes turbulence, and creates an area of low pressure directly behind the swimmer. This area of low pressure essentially sucks the swimmer backward. To overcome this suction, the swimmer has to exert more energy, which is the intended purpose of DragSox.
Since we already know that the physical laws that apply to liquids also apply to gases, we can predict that what happens to the moving swimmer with DragSox in the water will happen to the moving skater with a mesh suit in the air—the mesh on the back of the suit will disturb the laminar movement of air, cause turbulence, and create an area of low pressure which will create drag. In fact, this is exactly what happened during the last winter Olympics in Sochi: "it seemed that the vents on rear of the suit, put in to allow heat to escape, actually allow air to enter – in turn creating drag." (1)
There were probably other reasons that would explain the slow times of the US Speedskaters in Sochi, but having a mesh strip on the back of the speed suit definitely contributed. All the designers needed was a quick review of fluid dynamics and this could have been prevented. Maybe now they can recycle those speedy speedskating suits and use them for drag-creating training tools!
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(1) http://gizmodo.com/report-yep-under-armours-suits-did-slow-u-s-speedska-1570744914
The key to Freestyle Balance: Strong Core and then Everything Else
Originally from AquaVolo.com
USA Swimming recently posted a short article titled "The Key to Freestyle Balance: Breathing and Kick" [1] in which the author, Matt Barbini, suggests that a lack of balance is the root of most common flaws in freestyle. The author finds that the key to balance is a "strong steady kick" and early breathing. While I agree that lack of balance is the root of most common flaws and that inconsistent kick and late breathing can throw off your balance, a strong, steady kick and early breathing alone will not make you a balanced and efficient swimmer. A strong and stable core is the foundation upon which everything else is built.
To maintain balance in the water the swimmer must have a strong and stable core. The core links the arms and the legs together and orchestrates the coordination between different parts of the body. If the core is weak, a stronger, steadier kick will not improve balance or efficiency significantly because the body cannot maintain balance. Salo and Riewal had a good analogy—a strong kick with an unstable core is like trying to push cooked spaghetti across the table. "It's very difficult to push the wet noodle because of it's floppiness. This is like trying to use your kick to push you across the pool when you have poor core stability". [2] A strong, steady kick in isolation will not improve balance; you need a strong and stable core to attain balance and efficiency.
Late breathing is one of the most common flaws in swimming. As Barbini points out, it "causes a delay in returning to a clean body-line and necessitates a corrective motion – like an outward hand sweep". Learning how to breath early will eliminate these problems. However, it's the balance attained by strong and stable core that makes the early breath possible, not vice versa. Just like with kicking, an early breath with a weak unstable core will not improve balance.
Barbini's article makes a lot of sense, pointing out that a lack of balance can lead to many problems. However, the most fundamental aspect of balance is a strong core. While flawed technique such as an inconsistent kick or late breathing can throw off your balance, strong and stable core is what allows you to attain balance and achieve the correct technique.
[1] http://usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&itemid=6167&mid=8712
[2] Complete Conditioning for Swimming. Dave Salo and Scott A. Riewald (2008)
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Improve Balance and Reduce Drag with VB AIR
[repost from AquaVolo]
The goal of every competitive swimmer is to swim faster. One way to swim faster is to reduce drag. One way to reduce drag is to improve your body position in the water by making it more horizontal and stable. A more horizontal body position displaces less water as you move forward. The less water is displaced, the less drag the swimmer has to overcome. What makes the body position horizontal, creates stability and reduces drag is balance. This balance is achieved by engaging core muscles and by pressing down the lungs. (Pressing down the lungs brings the hips and legs up, acting as a lever.) When one of these two components—engaging core or pressing down the lungs—is missing, the body position gets distorted, efficiency falls and speed drops.
I have mentioned in a previous post that when we learn a new movement, our brain generates new motor pathways that carry the signals from the brain to the body parts responsible for that movement. And that "the more a particular pathway is activated during consistent, purposeful action, the likelier it is to be stabilized [become automatic]."(1)
Let me summarize what I have just written:
1) one way to swim faster is to reduce drag;
2) swimming with a horizontal body position reduces drag;
3) balance is required for attaining a horizontal body position;
4) balance is achieved by engaging core muscles and pressing down the lungs; and
5) swimmers need consistent and purposeful training to make new movements automatic.
Based on these insights, we can assert that swimmers need to consistently and purposefully try to achieve balance by engaging the core muscles and by pushing down the lungs. We can also say the opposite, that swimmers need to minimize activities that distort horizontal body position and discourage engagement of core muscles. One activity that both distorts the horizontal body position and discourages the use of core muscles is kicking with a kick board.
The idea behind a kick board is to provide support for swimmers' arms so they can concentrate on the kick. However, for many swimmers, especially younger swimmers and those with weak core and poor balance, kick board introduces serious drawbacks.
First, as the swimmer kicks, his hands press down on the kick board that is extended in front of him. In addition to adding pressure on the shoulders, pushing down on the kick board creates a lever that lifts up the lungs.
Similarly, when the lungs go up, hips and legs go down (it's the same lever effect).
As we have already established, to have a horizontal body position the swimmer has to push down with the lungs which aids in elevating the hips and legs. The exact opposite happens when you kick with a kick board: the lungs go up and the legs go down.
Some might argue that the swimmer doesn't have to press down on the kick board, which is a valid argument. However, due the physical properties of a traditional kick board, which is very buoyant and not easily submerged, there will always be some pressure from the hands on the board. The arms of a perfectly streamlined swimmer reside slightly below the surface of the water. When the swimmer places his arms on the kick board, which is on the surface of the water and is not easily submerged, he is faced with two choices: to press down on the board to try to attain a horizontal body position (which causes the lever effect outlined above) or not to press down on the board and leave the arms at a slight angle (from shoulders up to the surface of the water). In either case, there will always be some distortion in the body position.
Second, many swimmers use the kick board as a stabilization platform. They grab on the kick board and use its high buoyancy property to balance their body in the water to achieve stability. Instead of using the core muscles to stabilize and balance the body, they use an external device. When swimmers do this, they are discouraging the use of the core muscles which are essential for developing a horizontal body position. Swimmers that use the kick board as a stabilization platform never get an opportunity to learn how to use their core to balance and how to develop an efficient body position.
After we created VB AIR and started training with them, we discovered a latent benefit that we had not anticipated: VB AIR are the perfect split kick board. VB AIR and kick boards are made from similar materials and both are buoyant. However, VB AIR are significantly less buoyant and easily submerged, which makes them so great for kicking.
First, although VB AIR do provide support for arms, they are not as buoyant as the kick board. The weight of relaxed arms will submerge VB AIR just below the surface of the water, which is ideal for streamlined body position. Swimmers cannot press down on the VB AIR, as they can with the kick board, because the VB AIR will sink and the swimmer will lose balance. Hence, the lungs will not be pushed up and the legs will not be pushed down because there is no lever effect as in the case with the kick board.
Second, unlike the kick board, VB AIR cannot be used as a stabilization platform because they do not provide enough buoyancy to support the weight of the body. As a result, swimmers must engage core muscles to balance themselves. If there is no external device to use as a stabilization platform, swimmers have no choice but learn how to use core muscles and lungs to balance themselves in the water.
To summarize, balance allows the swimmer to achieve a horizontal body position which reduces drag and results in increased speed. Balance is gained by engaging the core muscles and pushing down the lungs. As with any movement, to make the horizontal body position automatic swimmers need to consistently and purposefully practice by engaging the core and by pushing down the lungs. Activities that distort horizontal body position and discourage use of the core to attain balance, such as kicking with the kick board, need to be minimized. We believe that VB AIR are an effective alternative to traditional kick boards. Like the traditional kick board, VB AIR provides support for swimmers arms so that the swimmers can concentrate on the kick. Unlike the traditional kick board, VB AIR force the swimmers to use the core muscles and to push down the lungs to achieve balance in the water. Improved balance leads to improved body position which results in faster speed.
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Differential regulation by glucocorticoid of interleukin-13-induced eosinophilia, hyperresponsiveness, and goblet cell hyperplasia in mouse airways.
ABSTRACT Interleukin (IL)-13 induces important features of bronchial asthma such as eosinophilic infiltration, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), and mucus hypersecretion. Although glucocorticoids suppress airway inflammation and remain the most effective therapy for asthma, the effects of glucocorticoids on the IL-13-dependent features are unknown. We studied the effects of dexamethasone on eotaxin production, eosinophil accumulation, goblet cell hyperplasia, and AHR after IL-13 administration into the airways of mice in vivo. MUC5AC gene expression, a marker of goblet cell hyperplasia, was also analyzed. IL-13 alone dose dependently induced AHR. Treatment with dexamethasone inhibited eotaxin expression and completely abolished eosinophil accumulation, but it did not affect AHR, MUC5AC overexpression, or goblet cell hyperplasia induced by IL-13. The effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on IL-13-induced AHR were also examined. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha did not affect AHR despite marked enhancement of eosinophil infiltration in IL-13-treated mice. These findings suggest that glucocorticoid is not sufficient to suppress IL-13-induced AHR or goblet cell hyperplasia and that eotaxin expression and eosinophilic inflammation do not have a causal relationship to the induction of AHR or goblet cell hyperplasia by IL-13. Control of steroid-resistant features induced by IL-13, including AHR and mucus production, may provide new therapeutic modalities for asthma.
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ABSTRACT: IL-13, a helper T-cell type2 (Th2) cytokine transforms cultured airway epithelial cells to goblet cells and this is not inhibited by corticosteroids. IL-33 stimulates Th2 cytokines and is highly expressed in airways of persons with asthma. The effect of IL-33 on goblet cell differentiation and cytokine secretion has not been described. We examined the effect of IL-33 on CXCL8/IL-8 secretion from goblet or normally differentiated human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells and signaling pathways associated with IL-33 activation in these cells. NHBE cells were grown to goblet or normally differentiated ciliated cell phenotype at air-liquid interface in the presence or absence of IL-13. After 14 days, differentiated cells were exposed to IL-33 for 24 hours. CXCL8/IL-8 secretion into the apical (air) side of the goblet cells was greater than from normally differentiated cells (p<0.01) and IL-33 stimulated apical CXCL8/IL-8 release from goblet cells but not from normally differentiated cells (p<0.01). IL-33 increased ERK 1/2 phosphorylation in goblet cells (p<0.05) and PD98059, a MAPK/ERK kinase inhibitor attenuated IL-33 stimulated CXCL8/IL-8 secretion from goblet cells (p<0.001). IL-13 induced ST2 mRNA (p<0.02) and membrane bound ST2 protein expression on the apical side surface of goblet cells compared with normally differentiated cells, and neutralization with anti-ST2R antibody attenuated IL-33-induced apical CXCL8/IL-8 secretion from goblet cells (p<0.02). Goblet cells secrete CXCL8/IL-8 and this is increased by IL-33 through ST2R-ERK pathway suggesting a mechanism for enhanced airway inflammation in the asthmatic airway with goblet cell metaplasia. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Clinical & Experimental Allergy 01/2014; DOI:10.1111/cea.12283 · 4.32 Impact Factor
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Homegrown Team: San Diego Padres
By C. Trent Rosecrans
What if players were only permitted to stay with the team that originally made them a professional? No trades, no Rule-5 Draft, no waivers, no minor- or major-league free agency ... once you are a professional baseball player, you stay in that organization. This series shows how all 30 teams would look. We give you: Homegrown teams.
On one end of this spectrum is the team with baseball's highest payroll, the Yankees, and now we'll look at the other end, the San Diego Padres. The Padres have just $16.9 allocated toward its 2012 payroll at the end of the 2011 season, versus the Yankees' $171.5 million. The Padres weren't just at the opposite end of the payroll spectrum as the Yankees, they're also in the other league, the opposite coast and on the other end of the standings, finsihing last in the NL West with a 71-91 record.
1. Chase Headley, LF
2. Jason Bartlett, SS
3. David Freese, 3B
4. Derrek Lee, 1B
5. Kyle Blanks, RF
6. Will Venable, CF
7. Nick Hundley, C
8. Logan Forsyth, 2B
Starting Rotation
1. Jake Peavy
2. Mat Latos
3. Tim Stauffer
4. Wade LeBlanc
5. Cory Luebke
Closer - Shawn Camp
Set up - Brandon Gomes, Cesar Ramos, Ryan Webb, Josh Spence, Ernesto Frieri
Long - David Pauley, Anthony Bass
Notable Bench Players
Xavier Nady, George Kottaras
What's Good?
The bullpen may not have a guy that comes in and records a ton of saves, but there are some decent arms to get between the starters to the closer. The rotation isn't terrible -- it's not great, but it's not terrible, and pitching at Petco just about any rotation is going to be at least OK.
What's Not?
Like the real Padres, that lineup isn't going to put up a whole lot of runs. The Padres haven't had an easy time figuring out how to score runs at Petco, no matter where the players come from. Lee would have helped much more in the past than in 2011, and playing at Petco wouldn't have helped him, either. While Bartlett and Lee are good defenders, the rest of this group could struggle, especially with Headley back in the outfield and Veneble in center.
Comparison to real 2011
Finishing 71-91, the Padres weren't great, but they were probably better than this product. The rotation would hinge on Peavy's health. Peavy managed 18 starts for the White Sox, going 7-7 with a 4.92 ERA. There's no telling what his record would be with the Padres, considering the team's offensive woes, but his ERA would have been lower. Overall, this team isn't scaring anyone and while the record may be different with this team, its place in the standings would likely be the same.
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Posted on: December 17, 2010 6:32 pm
Bartlett trade finally finished
It's been nine days since the Padres and Rays reached agreement on a deal that would send shortstop Jason Bartlett to San Diego, but the agreement never became official, with reports of a holdup possibly involving the physical exam of one of the players going to the Rays.
Well, whatever it was has been worked out, and the deal is done. It's a bit different that the originally reported trade, which would have sent Bartlett to the Padres for pitchers Adam Russell and Cesar Ramos. All that is still true, but now the Rays are adding a player to be named later and the Padres are adding two more players: Double-A right-hander Brandon Gomes and Class A middle infielder Cole Figueroa.
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Posted on: December 10, 2010 9:38 pm
Physical holding up Bartlett deal
It's been a couple of days since a deal was struck between the Rays and Padres sending shortstop Jason Bartlett from our nation's lower right-hand corner to its lower left-hand corner.
But no official announcement has been forthcoming, and a source tells the San Diego Union-Tribune the holdup is the physical for one of the pitchers going back to the Rays, either Adam Russell or Cesar Ramos. According to the U-T, "The problem is not believed to be serious, but there are no guarantees the deal will go through as originally agreed upon."
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Posted on: November 5, 2010 3:10 pm
What are the Blue Jays thinking?
What's the deal with the Blue Jays? First they trade a player to be named later to the Rockies for catcher Miguel Olivo, then they promptly decline the 2011 option on Olivo's contract, paying a $500,000 buyout. So at this point, they are out a PTBNL and half a million dollars, and they have nothing to show for it.
Well, that's not entirely true. Olivo is now their property, so if he signs elsewhere, they get the compensatory pick for him as a Type B free agent, which is a sandwich pick after the first round. Is a sandwich pick worth $500,000? Actually, it might be, especially in a year when the draft is as deep as next year's is shaping up to be.
Let's look at the last really deep draft, in 2005. Sandwich picks that year included Clay Buchholz and Jed Lowrie, plus others who have seen time in the majors (Travis Buck, Garrett Olson, Ryan Tucker, Cesar Ramos). Is it worth $500,000 to have a Buchholz or Lowrie under control at low cost for six years? Definitely. But the Jays would have to hope they pick well there.
So maybe the Jays aren't nuts. Except, now general manager Alex Anthopoulos says the draft pick was not the reason he made these decisions. Actually, his comments in a conference call with reporters didn't leave things completely clear.
"No [on making the moves to get the compensation pick], and I've been reading a lot of that today. There's a lot of components with that. We didn't talk about the players that we pursued last offseason. When we signed John Buck, we were really agonizing over -- at the time -- Miguel Olivo and John Buck. ... Collectively, we elected to go with John Buck. Knowing that John's a free agent and, as we continue to gather information, whether it's just getting a sense of a market and so on, it seems to be, and rightfully so, that the market for John Buck is going to be incredibly strong."OK, so the Jays acquired Olivo so they could keep him as insurance because they think Buck is going to end up out of their price range. And they definitely need a veteran catcher as they work Catcher of the Future J.P. Arencibia into the majors next season. So why not just pick up Olivo's $2.5 million option? If they are able to bring back Buck, they could just trade Olivo. If they do lose Buck and then try to sign Olivo, it's not like the catcher's agent is going to give them credit for the $500,000 they already paid him -- that's a sunk cost. Now every dollar over $2 million they pay him for next year would be money they might as well have set on fire. And it's almost certainly going to take more than $2 million to sign him.
Another danger: In order to get the sandwich pick, a team has to offer a player salary arbitration and the player has to decline. So the Jays will have to offer, and what if, Buck or no Buck, Olivo accepts? After batting .269, the second-highest average of his career, he's not going to get less than his $2 million 2010 salary in arbitration, plus he's already got half a million in his pocket. It's a win-win for Olivo.
And it looks like a lose-lose for Toronto. Maybe they've got an end game we're not aware of yet, but this is a curious series of decisions.
-- David Andriesen
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