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In Arkansas, there aren't enough prison beds for all the inmates. Tasked with housing 14,753 people, the state's prisons have fallen around 280 beds short, with 1,400 state inmates being held in county jails as of Monday. Arkansas's state prison director told the corrections board that there are 300 beds ready for use, but it would cost $8 million to hire new employees and run the new facilities.
Arkansas isn't the only state with a bed problem: Arizona has been relying on temporary beds to make up for only having 37,000 beds for 41,000 inmates.
When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to the American Bar Association about the economic and moral costs of the U.S. criminal justice system last week, he was mainly talking about federal prisons. But prisons at the state and local level aren't in any better shape. While the overall state prison population declined in 2012 by just over 2 percent, there were still more than 1.3 million inmates in the system. That's greater than the population of Maine — or about Washington, D.C., and Alaska combined. In other words, if the state prison population were its own state, it would be the 41st-most populated one in the nation.
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When the strike began, it included almost 30,000 of the state's 133,000 inmates. That number is down to around 130. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that California will be able to force-feed the remaining strikers.
California's prison problem is also fundamentally economic. In May, a judge ordered California to reduce its inmate population by 9,600 to prevent overcrowding. California unsuccessfully appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court. Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday said that California wouldn't "do a mass release" and a spokesman said the administration is "working with the Legislature to avoid the prospect of inmate releases." That could mean spending hundreds of millions of dollars to stem overcrowding. But even just releasing prisoners can come at a huge cost. According to the LAPD, it costs about $18 million to keep track of felons who are released from state prisons to the counties, and more than half of the thousands who are already released annually are eventually sent back to prison.
Then there's the violence. Five prisons have been placed on lockdown in Illinois in the last week for unrelated incidents after a wave of violence. That includes violence against prison guards. Then there's the rise in suicides. In Washington, D.C., there have been four suicides at the Central Detention Facility in less than a year. In the last decade, there have only been eight suicides total at that facility. A Bureau of Justice Statistics report released this month shows a recent uptick in suicides at local prisons.
Renewing focus on federal prisons is a start, but it doesn't totally address all of the problems in the U.S. criminal justice system.
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Herts Major League Rd 1
Hertfordshire Major League
Saturday 9th January 2016
Hemel Hempstead
Hoddesdon Team, somewhat hampered by illness and injury but with their Team Spirit still intact, travelled to Hemel Hempstead for the first round, where they were drawn against Hemel A and B, Potters Bar, Harpenden A and Costa B.
Hoddesdon finished a very comfortable 4th on the night with some great swims across the Age Groups. Our points score of 186 was boosted by the fact that every other Team in the gala lost points because of technical infringements (disqualifications) and the coaching Team are proud to say none of our swimmers were disqualified on the night, even in the relays!
Our youngest age groups deserve special recognition, as due to a strange cluster in birthdays, we have very few 11 year olds, so most of our swimmers in the under 12's were swimming against competitors who were one, if not two years older than them! Imagine how good they are going to be next year – or even the year after that! They all deserve our praise and it was nice to welcome Tom Ahmed to the team – well done Tom, you swam really well! Also swimming well were Thomas Brown with a PB in the 50 Backstroke and Sam Reynolds with great PBs in the 50 Breaststroke and 50 Butterfly.
There were several new faces in the Team, and it was great to see Alexandra Heal and Emily Price achieving Personal Best Times. Alex Tate continues to show great improvement with two further PBs in his individual swims and Dougie Grayling achieved a 2.5 second PB on his debut swim in Division 1 – well done to all these swimmers.
First places were achieved by Amy Godsave in the Open 100 Free (59.35) 100 Butterfly (1.06.15); Lily Merrett in the U14 100 Fly (1.12.24) and 100 Backstroke (1.13.04); Chris Smith in the Open 100 Breaststroke (1.08.37), Matteo Tontodonati U16 Backstroke (1.07.16) and Libby Dunford U14 Freestyle (1.03.85) as well as the Open Girls Medley Relay of Carly Bays BK (34.16), Christie Bays BR (36.76) Amy FL (29.40) Libby (29.08) and U14 Girls Medley Relay of Lily (34.18), Libby (39.81), Ezme Gladwell (35.15) and Ellie Godsave (31.42)
Second Places were secured by Matteo U16 100 Butterfly (1.07.35); Libby Dunford U14 100 Breaststroke (1.23.56); Marco Tontodonati U14 100 Butterfly (1.19.37) a huge 5 second PB for him; Christie Bays Open 100 Breaststroke (1.21.22), the Girls Open Relay Team of Amy Godsave (27.15), Libby Dunford (29.66), Ezme Gladwell (30.63) and Carly Bays (29.05) ; the Boys Open Medley Relay team of Ben Hunt (30.56)Chris Smith (30.65), Matteo (30.67) and Ryan Brewster (26.71) and the Girls U14 14 Freestyle Relay of Libby (29.62), Lily (30.21), Ezme (30.83), and Ellie (30.80).
Third places were awarded to Carly for the Open 100 Backstroke (1.11.09) and Marco for the U14 100 Backstroke (1.18.03)
Very Creditable fourth places went to Ryan Brewster (Open 100 Freestyle); Bella Parkus (Under 12 Backstroke); Lily (U16 Butterfly); Alex Tate (U14 100 Freestyle) and Libby (U16 Breaststroke) as well as the following relay teams:
Boys U16 Medley Relay of Matteo, Ralph, Marco and Alex
Boys U14 Freestyle Relay of Marco, Alex, Charlie Cole, and Dougie Grayling
Boys Open Freestyle Relay of Chris, Ben, Ralph and Ryan
The squadron relay of Chris, Amy, Matteo, Ezme, Marco, Libby, Sam Reynolds and Ellie Bostock
Well done to all those swimmers who took part. Keep working hard in your sessions and enjoy your swimming. The Coaching Team are proud of all of you for displaying such positive behaviour throughout the Gala and look forward to seeing you race in the next Round on 5th March.
Full set of results available here.
Posted on 10th January
National Para-Swimming Championships Dec 2015
Grace and Lottie
An impressive 25 records were broken at the National Para-Swimming Championships 2015 in Manchester, where over 300 competitors took part. Hoddesdon Swimming Club's Grace Harvey and Charlotte (Lottie) Mills travelled to the International Competition Pool for the competition which was held over the weekend of 12-13th December, 2015.
Janet Warrington, Hoddesdon's Disability Swimming Head Coach said "we were all very excited about the competition knowing that Eleanor Simmonds, Jessica-Jane Applegate, Thomas Hamer and Sascha Kindred would be at the competition. Grace is now on the 'World-Class Podium Potential Programme' and this competition was important for her to swim well in front of the British-Para Swimming Coaches. Lottie who is on the England Talent Programme also needed to perform well in front of the England Talent Development Coaches. The pressure was on and both girls stepped up to the challenge and we are very proud of them."
Grace Harvey (classification S7, SB6, SM7), and on the Hertfordshire Talented Athlete Programme, competed in seven events finishing 1st in all seven bringing home seven gold medals. Grace also broke another British Record this time for the 50m Backstroke (S7) which was the split time at the turn of her 100m Backstroke event! Final race details are as follows: 100m Freestyle (1:17.02); 100m Breaststroke (1:58.07); a person best time for the 50m Freestyle (35.85); 200m Individual Medley (3:20.03); 100m Backstroke (1:34.59); 50m Butterfly (42.20); and finally the 400m Freestyle (5:47.91).
Grace swimming the 400m Freestyle
Janet said "The British Para-Swimming Coaches thought Grace raced well, and they told her they are looking forward to working with her at their Swim Camp in January. Grace will now be working hard in and out of the pool on technique and strength and are looking forward to what 2016 will bring."
Lottie Mills (Classification S8, SB7, SM8) competed in five events, her best result was in the 100m Backstroke where she finished in 5th place with a new personal best of eleven seconds (2:03.39); in the following events Lottie finished in 7th place: 100m Freestyle pb of five seconds (1:44.58); 50m Freestyle (45.15); 400m Freestyle (7:44.36) with an eighteen seconds personal best.
Lottie at the start of her 400m Freestyle
Janet said "Lottie was reclassified last year, which means the competition is a lot tougher for her. I am very pleased with Lottie's attitude and determination. Her improvements were noticed by the England Talent Development Coaches who were very pleased and she smashed her times coming home with a stack of personal best times!"
Lee Dorman Disability Coach travelled with Janet as part of his coach development and said "It has been a brilliant opportunity to come to the National Para-Swimming Competition. We sat with the East Region Team and the camaraderie was great. Watching World and British Records being broken is very exciting and it just makes you understand why you are coaching.
Hoddesdon Team
Janet Warrington and Lee Dorman - Coaches
Grace Harvey and Lottie Mills - Para-Swimmers
Posted on 29th December
National Arena League 2015 Round 3
Arena League Round 3
The last Round saw a return to Harlow LeisureZone. Although not regarded by swimmers as a particularly "fast" pool, this was made up for by the fact that the Gala ran efficiently and speedily through to see us all on our way home by 9pm.
Our swimmers showed their famous Hoddesdon Team Spirit, supporting one another all the way through the Gala, and it was great to see our older swimmers setting a great example to the younger ones, with their positive attitude towards competition.
There were some great swims from the Open Age Group, with 1st places for David Kelleway in the 200 IM (2.11.00), Georgie Pryor in the 100 Butterfly (1.00.95) and 100 Backstroke (1.02.67) Chris Smith in the 100 Breaststroke (1.06.27) and Amy Godsave in the 100 Freestyle(58.65) with the Open Ladies Medley Team of Georgie Pryor(28.91), Carly Bays (37.88), Amy Godsave (28.89) and Lucy Charles (27.67) also finishing first in a time of 2.03.35.
The Open Ladies 6 x 50m Freestyle relay was also exciting, with Hoddesdon finishing second with a time of 2.50.47 (Amy 27.58, Lucy 27.55, Carly 29.48, Libby 28.94, Lily 30.30, Georgie 26.62)
Third places were achieved by Lucy Charles (2.24.07) in the 200 Individual Medley, the boys Open medley relay team of Ben Hunt (29.85), Chris Smith (30.27), Reece Barclay (27.74) and Ryan Brewster (26.51) Libby Dunford in the U14 100 Freestyle (1.03.17) and the U14 Freestyle Relay Team of Ellie Godsave (30.65), Lily Merett (30.65), Ezme Gladwell (31.09) Libby Dunford (31.22)
Arena League has double age banding. This is not a problem for the largest Clubs in the Region, who can all field a full team in every age group, but for small clubs like ours it is a mixed blessing. It allows us to compete by joining age groups together to make a Team, but some years it means our swimmers are swimming against much older competitors. For example in the 15 and under age group we had only 4 swimmers, all of whom were 14. They have been swimming against swimmers who are 15. In our youngest age group, the under 12's, we have 9 and 10 and one 11 year old making up the Team. They have been swimming against 11 year olds! Our swimmers also had to cope with multiple swims instead of two or three, but they did this with a fantastic positive attitude and I am proud of every swimmer who took part in the League this season.
Next year we will be swimming in the First division against more comparable clubs and most of our swimmers will be in the top part of their age group, so there is much to look forward to!
Well done to all the swimmers who took part, all the coaching team who supported them, the officials who supported the swimmers and the Club, all those who helped with the hosting duties and last but not least, the parents who all got their children to the pools on time!
Mary Wright, Head Coach, Hoddesdon Team
Results available here
Posted on 13th December
Daplyn Trophy 2015
On Saturday 5th December, Hoddesdon SC took part in the annual Daplyn Trophy Gala, a friendly event organised by Herts ASA.
Every year the gala combines competition and fun with races, dancing and enterteinment: this year we were delighted by a modern dance company whose dancers bravely performed their routines on the pool deck on a quite wet floor!
Hoddesdon SC fielded 2 girls teams: Hoddesdon A (Libby Dunford, Lily Merrett, Ellie Godsave and Mollie Downes) and Hoddesdon B (Ellis Burroughs, Lara Fahy. Isabel and Eleanor Short and Isabel Hinks). Unfortunately, due to ilness, injuries and Christmas commitments we were not able to filed a boys team, as initially planned.
The girls thouroughly enjoyed the evening, with convincing swims and delightful dance routines. Hoddesdon A came 8th, which is a very good placing considering that we had one swimmer less than required (at Daplyn there are 5 individual events per team and each swimmer is only allowed to swim one individual event). Swimmers in the Hoddesdon B team (13th) were much younger than the majority of the competition and we are proud of their efforts.
Points were awarded based on placings and swimming 10+ meters underwater at the start and turns (Technique Points) and our girls did well on this score.
Coach Manuela Teti said: "It was a nice evening where competition and fun were equally important. We hope that our girls enjoyed the experience and would like to thank them for swimming for their team in such a busy time of the year. A special thank you must go to our group of volunteers: Pam Bays, Peter Bays, Ann-Marie Keenan from Cheshunt, Jane Downes and Janet Warrington who for the night swapped her coach top with the Officials uniform and was in charge of assigning the Technique Points! Well done everybody!"
Full results are available here.
Posted on 7th December
3rd HODDESDON COUNTY QUALIFIER OPEN MEET
Hoddesdon SC 3rd County Qualifier
21st and 22nd November 2015
The Venue, Borehamwood
The third County qualifier got under way in style, with a new British Record being set in the very first heat of the 200 Butterfly. Grace Harvey (17) broke the Short course record in a time of 3.33.88, an astonishing 50 second improvement on her short course time. The 200 Butterfly record (3.47.87) was held previously by M Short.
Grace was on fine form as she went on to break her own 200 Backstroke record by 10 seconds (3.13.69) Grace, who has recently been invited to join British Para Swimming's Podium Potential Squad is also a British Record Holder Short Course in the 800 Freestyle(12.42.60), 100 Butterfly(1.38.67) and 200 IM(3.16.73) and Long Course in the 50 Backstroke (47.60), 200 Backstroke (3.19.77), 200 Butterfly (3.37.72) and 200 IM (3.17.78).
Alongside her Hoddesdon sessions, she continues to train with Pete Woodbridge at Team Luton, and this partnership has proved very successful for Grace, helping her to achieve her outstanding performances in the pool.
In a very well run meet, with some very good teams visiting to take part Hoddesdon swimmers rose to the occasion to achieve 65 Personal Best Times (PB's), 28 Gold, 8 Silver and 12 Bronze medals and 44 County qualifying times and 12 Regional Qualifying Times.
Just starting out on their swimming journey were our 9 and 10 year olds, Molly Cobbold (9) had a great meet, 5 swims resulted in 4 Golds in the 50 Backstroke (42.03), 50 Butterfly (47.54), 100 IM (1.41.53) and 100 Backstroke (1.34.76) and 1 Silver Medal in the 100 Freestyle (1.26.20), Molly Hagan (9) Silver in the 100 Breaststroke (2.00.09) and a 7 second personal best (PB)in the 50 Backstroke Ellie Bostock (9) Gold in the 50 Freestyle (36.63) and Silver in the 50 Backstroke (46.91) Lily Rogers (9) achieved a 4 second PB to finish 4th in the 50 Breaststroke (59.56) and Daniel Ryan (9) with his first ever competitive swim achieved a time of 61.84 in the 50 Freestyle.
Bella Parkus (10) achieved Gold and a County Qualifying time (CQT) with a very nice swim in the 200 Backstroke (3.13.36), Bronze in the 50 Backstroke (43.68), 50 Butterfly (44.10)and 200 IM (3.21.83), 4th in the 50 Freestyle (37.91) Isobel Short (10) Achieved a 2 second PB in the 100 Freestyle, a 17 second PB in her favoured 200 Breaststroke (4.00.92), and a PB in the 50 Backstroke. Isobel Hinks, (10) just returning after breaking her wrist, still achieved a small PB in the 50 Backstroke, and her highest placing was 4th in the 200 IM (3.57.23) Jake Williamson (10) achieved a massive 15 second PB in his 100 Freestyle(1.46.66)and a further 2 second PB in his 50 Freestyle(47.18) , Reuben Chandisingh(10) achieved a PB in his 100 Freestyle (1.52.57)and a 5 second PB in the 100 Breaststroke (2.09.97), Sam Nouroozpour(10) achieved a 22 second PB on his 100 Breaststroke (2.23.44).
Eleven and 12 year olds attending the Open Meet were Catherine Ryan (11) who improved upon her time in the 50 Freestyle, Ellis Burroughs (12) who achieved a PB in the 50 Back (40.9), Lauren Chandisingh (12) 100 Breaststroke (1.53.99) and 50 Free (39.66), Libby Dunford (12) achieved 5 Golds out of 6 swims (the 5th being time Trial only as she was too fast to compete) These events were the 200 Backstroke (2.32.72), 50 Butterfly (31.48) 100 Breast (1.25.48), 200 IM (2.35.04) and 50 Breaststroke (38.53) , Molly Downes (12) swam some excellent PB's, 100 Freestyle (1.21.13), 50 Freestyle (36.62)50 Butterfly (40.91)200IM (3.23.63), Lara Fahy who also swam some excellent PB's 100 Freestyle (1.23.11)200 Back (3.18.04)200 Free (2.53.06)100 IM (1.40.61) and100 Backstroke (1.39.44), Lily Merrett (12) Bronze in the 200 Butterfly(2.40.72) Silver in the 200 Breast (3.10.68), Gold in the 100 IM (1.15.47), Charlie Cole (11)best achievement was a 26 second PB in the 200 Backstroke to finish 4th(3.11.45) , Elias Baluch Bronze in the 100 Breaststroke (1.50.18) and a PB in the 100 IM (1.33.77) (12), Scott Carpenter (12) achieved PB"s in the 50 Breaststroke (47.40), the 200 Breast (3.40.55)and the 100 IM (1.33.77) Daniel Nouroozpour (12) swam a 13 second PB in the 100 Breaststroke (2.05.78) and PB in the 200 Free (3.30.83), Alex Tate (12) Gold in the 100 Breaststroke (1.33.38), Bronze in the 100 Freestyle (1.10.23) and a further PB and CQT in the 50 Freestyle (32.20), Marco Tontodonati (12), had an outstanding meet, coming away with 5 Golds and a Silver: Gold 200 Backstroke (2.37.73), Gold 200 IM (2.47.22), Gold 50 Breast (40.92), Gold 50 Back (34.72) Gold 100 IM (1.18.46) and Silver 50 Freestyle (30.70)
Thirteen and 14 year olds Ezme Gladwell (13) only just returning after a lengthy spell out of the pool through injury did exceptionally well, managing a Bronze and a PB in the 50 Free (31.03) and PB's in the 100 Free (1.08.00), 50 Back (36.33)and the 100 IM (1.21.24), Kayleigh Perry (13) claimed Silver in the 200 Backstroke (2.39.91)5th in the 100 Freestyle (1.07.54) and 4th in the 50 Freestyle (31.04) and 6th in the 200 Freestyle (2.24.81), Rhys Dolan (13) had his best result in the 200 Breaststroke (3.43.49), a Personal Best time. Ciaran Fahy (13), achieved a 3 second PB in the 100 Freestyle (1.28.05), a 21 second PB in the 200 Backstroke (3.49.94), a 6 second PB in the 200 IM (3.55.90) and a 17 second PB in the 100 Backstroke (1.47.07) and a 1 second PB on the 50 Backstroke (50.45). Dominic McCarthy (13) also had a great meet with a Bronze in the 200 Backstroke (2.44.69) and in the 200 Breaststroke (3.10.36) and PB's in the 200 Freestyle (2.28.70), 100 Freestyle (1.08.34), 50 Freestyle (31.13) and 100 IM (1.19.65). Jessica Callaghan (14) swam a PB in the 50 Backstroke (34.30) which gave her a Bronze medal and finished 7th in a personal best time in the 100 Free (1.07.50) Ralph Davies (14) achieved Gold in the 200 Backstroke (2.35.81), Gold in the 200 Breaststroke (2.58.50), a Bronze in the 100 Freestyle (1.01.46) a 7 second PB in the 200 IM (2.33.94) and a 2 second PB in the 200 Freestyle (2.17.15), Matteo Tontodonati (14) claimed a total of 6 medals: Gold in the 200 Butterfly (2.42.23), 50 Breaststroke (38.03), 50 Backstroke (30.49) and 100 IM (1.11.61), Silver in the 50 Freestyle (28.05) and 200 IM (2.28.10) and Bronze in the 200 Freestyle (2.15.41).
Fifteen and over swimmers were Emily Price (16) 50 Freestyle (34.04) and 100 Freestyle (1.12.59), Carly Bays (16) 100 Freestyle (1.04.00) 6th, 100 Fly (1.11.76) 4th, 50 Fly (32.23) 4th, and Christie Bays (19) Gold 100 Breast (1.19.22) and Gold in the 50 Breast (37.07)Ryan Brewster (16) achieved PB's in the 200 IM (2.29.48) and 50 Breaststroke (36.18) 200 Freestyle (2.11.28) and 100 IM (1.09.83), Harry Williams (17)6th in the 50 Freestyle (27.18) and 7th 100 Freestyle (58.77) and Matthew Williams (19)who achieved Gold in the 100 Free(53.98)Gold in the 50 Freestyle (24.84) and Gold in the 100 Butterfly (1.00.29)
Borehamwood was a little cooler than usual, and it was great to see our swimmers keeping warm with their Hoddesdon tracksuit bottoms, pool shoes or trainers and socks and hoodies, all of which contributed to their great performances in the pool.
Mary Wright said " I was delighted with the swimmers' performances over the weekend. It was great to see the swimmers who take on board the advice given by the Coaches being rewarded in the pool. We look forward to seeing many more great swims as the season progresses and hope the swimmers will continue to work on their skills to reinforce their great performances! "
Andrew Woodhouse said "Our younger swimmers did exceptionally well at this meet, where there were plenty of good swimmers to compete against. They have made a great start and we look forward to watching them develop"
Posted on 26th November
Arena League 2015- Round 2
On Saturday 14th November 2015, the Hoddesdon Team competed in the 2nd Round of the National Arena Swimming League 2015, London League. The gala took place at Hertfordshire Sports Village in Hatfiled and saw our swimmers compete against some of the top swimmers in the Country. The gala took much longer than expected due to a malfunctioning of the electronic timing system, which eventually stopped working completely meaning that many races had to be timed manually.
Teams taking part in the gala were Enfield Swim Squad, Romford SC, Chelsea and Westminster SC, TeamIpswich, Hatfield SC, Basildon and Phoenix Sc, Costa SC and Hoddesdon SC. Final gala results were: 1st TeamIpswich (301pts), Hatfield (288pts), Chelsea and Westminster (258pts), Basildon and Phoenix (243pts), Romford (232pts), Enfield Swim Squad (192pts), CoSta (191pts), Hoddesdon (95pts).
Competition is very tough this year, considering that we are in the Premier League against some of the biggest clubs in the London and East Region areas: in addition to that, many of our swimmers are at the youngest end of their age group, competing in many cases against swimmers one year or more older. Nonetheless, they all raised up to the challenge and gave their races their best shot, to support the Team.
Eleven Individual Personal Best times (PBs) were achieved by Bella Parkus, Sam Reynolds, Matteo Tontodonati, Libby Dunford, Marco Tontodonati, Isabel Short, Jessica Callaghan, Catherine Ryan and Kayleigh Perry. In the relays 28 PBs were also achieved.
The Coaching Team are all very proud of their dedicated swimmers who are working extremely well and hard in the pool, both on their technical and speed skills.
Last round of the League will take place on Saturday 12th December 2015 (venue and time TBC).
Well done Team Hoddesdon!
Full set of results can be found here.
Posted on 16th November
Disability Development
Hoddesdon Swimming Club hosted three separate events to help develop knowledge, opportunity and awareness for Disability Swimming over two weekends.
- Sunday 25th October 2015 - Disabiilty Development Day 1 at The John Warner Sports Centre which included Teacher Training, Practical Opportunities to observe, teach and coach people with a disability finishing with a demonstration swim.
- Saturday 31st October 2015 - Hoddesdon Swimming Club hosted the Special Olympics Eastern Regional Competition where 116 athletes with a learning disability took part in swimming races at HSV, Hatfield.
- Sunday 1st November 2015 - Disabilty Development Day 2 at The Laura Trott Leisure Centre Cheshunt where Grace Harvey (Multi British Record Holder) met with the participates swam demonstration swims.
Full pdf Report can be downloaded here.
Posted on 14th November
ASA ER Winter SC Championships
Chris Smith, Georgie Pryor, Amy Godsave
A Team of 7 swimmers from Hoddesdon qualified and competed at this prestigious event, and all the swimmers who competed had excellent swims. This event has a single qualifying time and is open to only the fastest swimmers in the Region, unlike the Summer Regional event, which has different qualifiying times for different ages.
Lily Merrett and Libby Dunford qualified in the 50 Backstroke and 50 Freestyle at just 12 years of age, and both achieved personal best times in both events. Lily swam the 50 Backstroke in a time of 33.14, 84th out of 111 and one of only 4 of the 12 year olds qualified to compete in this event. Libby Dunford, her team mate finished 46th with a time of 32.27 this made her the fastest 12 year old in the competition.
In the 50 Freestyle, Lily finished 116 out of 154 with an excellent PB of 29.41, finishing 3rd fastest in her age group in the region. Libby Dunford, again with an excellent PB of 28.11 finished 37th overall and fastest in her age group. Both girls gained from the experience, and I am sure we will see lots more of them at future winter regional events.
Ben Hunt (16 years) was visiting Winter Regionals for the first time this year and from his performances there are clearly more to come in the future. He competed in the 100 Backstroke where he improved his PB by one second to achieve a time of 1.03.52 to finish 41st out of 58 qualifiers. He also competed in the 50 Backstroke where he showed how much his skills have improved to break the 30 second barrier and swim 29.82 and finish 48th out of 70 qualifiers.
Amy Godsave (16 years) who trains with Lisa Bates on the London Aquatics Performance Programme as well as with Hoddesdon SC, competed in the 100 IM (1.08.39), 9th in heats, the 100 Freestyle (57.08) 2nd in heats, 50 Butterfly (29.19) 6th in heats, and 50 Freestyle (26.69) 5th in heats. Amy, who was still recovering after 3 weeks of illness, competed in the 50 and 100m Freestyle finals, improving her times in the 50 (26.61) and swimming 57.19 for the 100 to claim Silver Medals in both Events. The 100m Freestyle time booked her place at the Winter National Short Course Championships in December, and Amy should be very proud of this achievements at such a young age.
Grace Harvey (17 years), recently back from her AASE swim camp and additionally her British Disability Podium Potential swim camp, had some good, solid swims. Grace who competes in the multi classification categories of S7, SM7 and SB6, competed in the 200 IM, where she holds the British Record. Her swim of 3.21.80 gave her 631 British Disability Points (BDP). In the 50 Freestyle, she finished in a time of 37.15 and 650 BDP and then 5.52.37 to give her the highest BDP score of the day of 671. She completed her swims with 1.32.83 in the 100 Backstroke, 527 BDP. She achieved silver medals in all 4 events and can look forward with confidence to the Disability Nationals in Manchester in a few weeks' time.
Georgina Pryor (17 years) who trains with Lisa Bates on the London Aquatics Performance Programme, was back in her Hoddesdon hat for these Championships. Georgina showed herself to be in fine form, her under water work was outstanding and contributed to her many successes. Georgina finished 1st in both heats (1.01.35) and final (1.00.30) of the 100 Butterfly, 1st in both heats (27.28) and final of the 50 Butterfly (27.02); 1st in the heats (28.94) and final (28.58) of the 50 Backstroke and 1st in both heats (26.36) and final (26.13) of the 50 Freestyle. She also finished 2nd in the 100 Backstroke heats (1.02.55) and 3rd in the 100 Backstroke final (1.02.54), having only swum the 100 Butterfly final 5 minutes before the start of the 100 Backstroke! She achieved Winter National times in the 50 and 100 Butterfly, 50 and 100 Backstroke, and 50 Freestyle. Goergina can also claim Club Records for the 50 fly, back and free and 100 butterfly.
Chris Smith (19 years) competed in all three of his favoured Breaststroke events – the 200, 100 and 50 metres. In his first event the 100 Breaststroke, Chris swam a lifetime PB of 1.05.40, over 2 seconds faster than his entry time which placed him 3rd going in to final. In an extremely exciting final Chris shaved a further .35 off his heat time (1.05.05) and finished second just 4 hundredths of a second ahead of Brandon Nabarro of Putteridge to claim the Silver medal and a place at the Winter National Short Course Competition in Sheffield in December.
He followed this with an excellent swim in the 200 Breaststroke (2.30.03) 9th and 30.54 in the 50 Breaststroke to finish 5th overall in the Heats. He improved this time to 30.37 in the final, to finish 5th but with a new PB time and Club Record for the 50 Breaststroke.
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Posted on 4th November
Cheshunt Open Meet 2015
Cheshunt Open Meet 31st October 2015
21 swimmers attended the Cheshunt Open Meet at the Leisure Zone in Harlow, and the swimmers overall showed some excellent improvement, achieving 14 First places, 12 Second places, and 11 Third places throughout the day.
There were some excellent swims from our youngest swimmers, all aged 9 years old, some of whom were competing for the first time in an open meet.
Ellie Bostock achieved a 6 second PB(Personal Best) in the 50 Backstroke (48.76) to finish 6th overall, and was third in the 50 Freestyle (38.17), another PB. Molly Hagan finished 3rd in the 50 Breaststroke (55.63), 4th in the 100 Breaststroke (1.58.72), a new PB for her and 17th in the 50 Freestyle (48.89).
Tom Bishop finished 11th in the 50 Backstroke (51.56), 17th in the 50 Freestyle (47.38), 4th in the 50 Breaststroke (58.76) and 6th in the 100 Freestyle (1.45.39)
Sam Nouroozpour, aged 10, completed the 50 Freestyle in a time of 49.06, a new PB for him.
It was lovely to see these young swimmers in action and they all show great promise for the future.
Bella Parkus, also aged 10, competed in 4 events and came away with a First in the 100 Backstroke (1.32.33), a 4 second PB and County Qualifying Time (CQT), Second in the 50 Butterfly (45.50) and third in the 100 Freestyle (1.24.91). She also took on the 400 Freestyle event and claimed a third place with a 17 second PB (6.28.07).
Catherine Ryan and Charlie Cole, both aged 11, both had a successful meet. Catherine, who is also quite new to competition, achieved a 6 second PB in the 50 Freestyle (37.21) and we look forward to seeing more of her at competitions in the future! Charlie achieved an excellent PB of 3 seconds in the 100 Backstroke (1.29.53) to give him his CQT and second place. He finished 6th in the 50 Breaststroke (51.44) also a new PB. A 4th place in the 100 Freestyle (1.18.27) finished his day's swims and this 9second PB also gave him his CQT.
Twelve year olds swimming at this meet were Dougie Grayling, Daniel Nouroozpour, Mollie Downes, Lily Merrett, Libby Dunford and Marco Tontodonati. Daniel achieved a 3 second PB in the 50 Breaststroke (58.15) to finish 10th and a 1 second PB in the 100 Freestyle (1.38.04) to finish 11th. Dougie did an excellent 2 second PB in the 50 Backstroke (50.89) to finish 10th and was inside his entry times on both the 100 Breaststroke (1.55.18) and 50 Freestyle (40.60).Lily showed good form and technique in the 100 Breaststroke (1.27.81) to achieve 1st Place, a PB of 7 seconds and a CQT. She also won the 50 Freestyle(29.89) a new PB and improved CQT. Libby finished 1st in the 100 IM (1.13.82) improving her CQT, 1st in the 50 Breaststroke (39.58) and 1st in the 100 Freestyle (1.04.09). Mollie swam an excellent 100 Butterfly (1.35.36) to finish 3rd and achieve a 9 second PB. She also swam a new PB in the 50 Freestyle (37.09). She achieved a 1 second improvement on her entry time in the 100 IM (1.36.06) and was on her PB in the 50 Fly (42.51). Marco swam a massive 7 second PB in the 100 Butterfly(1.27.74) to gain second place and improve his CQT. He followed this with a 9 second PB in the 100 Breaststroke (1.29.22) to claim first place, and a CQT. In the evening session Marco achieved 2nd place in a CQT of 1.08.19 and 6th place in the 50 fly in 38.05 (PB, CQT).
Benjamin Williamson, Ezme Gladwell and Rhys Dolan all aged 13 put in some solid performances. Benjamin achieved 3rd place in the 400 Freestyle (5.10.02) a 9 second PB. He was a second inside his entry time on the 100 Breastsroke (1.33.76) finishing 4th and he achieved 5th in the 50 Freestyle (32.01) with a new PB. In the evening session he finished 1st in the 100 IM (1.21.35) and 4th in the 50 Butterfly (36.25). Ezme showed a welcome return to the competition pool after her broken thumb, and achieved some excellent results: a 3 second PB in the 100IM (1.20.28) to finish 2nd, a third place in the 100 Backstroke (1.20.27) and 3rd and a 1 second PB in the 100 Freestyle (1.08.21). Rhys achieved a 20 second PB in the 400 Freestyle (5.52.05) to finish 7th, a result which will no doubt help him with his favourite Triathlon events. He also finished 6th in the 50 Backstroke (37.94), and 7th in the 50 Freestyle (35.25).
Ralph Davies (14), Matteo Tontodonati (14), Jessica Callaghan (14) Emily Price (15) and Ryan Brewster (16) all competed at this meet and all had successful swims. Emily was second in the 100 IM (1.23.74), a 1 second PB, first in the 50 Breaststroke (44.21) and 5th in the 100 Freestyle (1.13.20). Jessica was 2nd in the 50 Backstroke (35.55) and 4th in the 50 Freestyle (31.11). Matteo was 1st in the 100 Butterfly (1.10.82), 1st in the 100 Breaststroke (1.24.44), 1st in the 50 Butterfly (31.58) and 2nd in the 50 Breaststroke (39.33). Ralph was 2nd in the 400 Freestyle (4.57.88) with a 1 second PB, 2nd in the 100 Backstroke (1.13.24) and 1st in both the 50 Breaststroke (36.80), improving his CQT and 100 Freestyle (1.01.51) again improving his PB and CQT. Ryan achieved an excellent PB in his 100 Breaststroke (1.17.26) to finish 2nd and just .11 outside his CQT. He improved his PB in the 50 Freestyle (27.06) to finish 3rd. He also finished 2nd in the 100 IM (1.10.02), 6th in the 50 Butterfly (31.32) and 3rd in the 50 Breaststroke (37.07) and 3rd in the 100 Freestyle (59.11)
Well done to all the swimmers who took part in this Open Meet. There were some very encouraging improvements overall, and I would like to thank the Coaches, Swimmers and Parents for all their hard work to make this possible.
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Thread: Team Chow III - COSMIC HUSSARS -
January 11th, 2010 #16
some composition sketches, and an early progress on the princess card
Hide this ad by registering as a memberJanuary 11th, 2010 #17
Some great sketches going on in here. I'm really liking your comp studies for the Hierophant.
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Thanks man, we're trying as hard as we can!
...And meanwhile drooling over the Loveboys' topic...
January 11th, 2010 #19
here are some colored thumbs from me too. Yes it's maybe too symmetrical, but it's a conception.
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January 11th, 2010 #20
so we have a sci fi battle on our hands do we? looking great so far guys!
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January 11th, 2010 #21
thanks trevor!
I hope we can catch up with your howling talents... no I not hope. We will!
January 11th, 2010 #22
I was browsing the threads, cant believe I missed you guys. The sketches are looking great already! Keep it up!
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Thumbs + Progress
Here's my take on the thumbnail set - I'm happy that all of us went through the cards, there are a lot of good ideas for each! Now we have to sort out wich way to go.
And here's a progress image for the Two Of Pentacles too. It's far from ready, so don't hesitate to give me feedbacks!!
Sci-Fi WAR FTW!! Yeeeyyy!!!
January 12th, 2010 #24
i love all these ideas so much!!!Great concepts,great desings
You can even make a great game with these black and white card thumbnails
Keep up mates
January 12th, 2010 #25
princess of the pentacles update
Thank your kind words kingkostasmate!
Here is some update on the pentacleprincess card>>>
(upper> my updates)
(below>brisk's suggestions)
January 13th, 2010 #26
The stuff you guys are making is crazy scary good.
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Thanks mate!
We've still got some tricks in our sleeves, I hope we can upload a finished card in a day or two!
January 14th, 2010 #28
small update
. a small update on the pentacle princess card .
January 18th, 2010 #29
heey, here is another card we are working on hard!
a possible line sketch for the "knight of pentacles". The pose is quite generic, so maybe this is not as final as I want it to be.
In our imagined world this character would be more of an entertainer in futuristic jousts than a real fighter on battlefields.
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January 18th, 2010 #30
Whooooaaa, kewl stuff guys! I love all the different variations of the cards. We're doing the whole sci-fi thing too and that last one looked a lot like the Death card I was trying to sketch last night, lol. I'll just have to come up with something a bit different I suppose....can't wait to see what you dudes come up with!
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1. Volume is running at a close rate of approx 45% - meaning less than half the norm so it does not suggest that shorts are covering and suggests that in general longs have bought all the shares they want and are also in a patient wait and see mode rather than buying at these perceived low prices in anticipation of any big windfall.
2. Share price accordingly in the absence of demand by longs or shorts and a stronger dollar means the direction of price near term is moderately lower - say a close of $4.30
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It it this stock or industry drop ?
You didnt see the 1st Q report obviusly - its going to ten dollars.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Ocean RIG UDW beats by $0.29, beats on revs (ORIG) :
Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $1.17 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.29 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.88; revenues rose 26.3% year/year to $508 mln vs the $426.23 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
Total backlog as of May 17, 2016 amounted to $2.43 billion.
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1st Q earnings of $2.17 per share and excluding one off items earnings of $1.07 per share - its a home run.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
They still get paid - think about that !!!!!!
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Earnings for 1st Q were $2.07 per share - should at least be a $5.00 stock
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Carl - I dont know how long you have followed VHC, but I have from its start till now - I have lost more money buying in and selling low when after many months of unmitigated failure the price went under $2.00 a share due to 1. KL's incompetence 2. VHC's legal teams absolute incompetence 3. Your beloved Judge HJS misleading the VHC's legal team into over confidence 4. A Cisco debacle of untold magnitude 5. KL's penchance for benefiting his own payroll and stock benefits as he oversaw a stock price drop like a rock on water 6. One tging I have learned from this stock and another legal fight stock - PIP - is that no matter how favorable you think the conditions are they always end up in disaster - my lesson learned is NEVER invest in a company that does not at least turn a consistent profit no matter how small that profit may periodically be. That said - Good Luck I think you will need it.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Oil dropped like a rock in water after the Fed acting like June hike if things dont get worse - oil cant go up with fed increase talk and it will harm the whole market.
I am way over that GED thing I have my Doctorate in Cloud Thinking - I am way above all you and if you dont watch out I can rain VHC lower share prices on you. hehe
Sentiment: Strong Sell
I really am disappointed that after losing you dont have the honor to do the right thing - Post that Geejo is not smarter than a third grader, but at least your consistent in following that loser VHC - I'll give you that // Now if you want to get smart and learn follow that Roger guy now there is a PURE GENIUS.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
You lose Geejo - at least do the honorable thing and post that your not smarter than a third grader.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
Quite possible, but as more supply destruction occurs eventually a turn around will occur.
Other drillers have equally desireable units that are getting terminations and no offers for new contacts - RIG, ATW, SDLP, etc. - no work means no good deal.
Its good if it has a contract and earns money, if not and most cant get new contracts it could just be an expensive hood ornament - no mention of contract attached so I think in this environment it was a DUMB move, but Georgie probably earned money out of the deal thats why it happened.
Sentiment: Hold
Sounds like your account may be set up to reinvest the dividend - either giving you more shares in SDLP or other designated stock with the dividend amount rather than cash.
If you are long - do you really expect a Judge to follow through on a 626 million dollar judgement by a company of only a 235 million dollar market cap ? KL could have gotten a deal with Cisco but overplayed his hand and basically lost - It appears he is making the same mistake again - He needs to make a deal even if its less than awarded - a bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush as the leverage here is with the larger company and the one with the wallet - for longs sake Getr Done as I really feel sorry for them.
Dang it it got to $4.26 I was within one cent - that Geejo sure is putting up a good fight - I hand it to you Geejo you sure dont want to post that your not smarter than a third grader and I think if it doesnt happen today your safe.
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Womens World 49erFX Champion crew of Alex Maloney and Molly Meech report on their build up at Palma, Spain, for the next round of the ISAF World Cup, currently underway:
The travelling and training is done, it's finally time for racing. We are finally underway in our first European regatta for 2014, the ISAF World Cup Event in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
The last week of our build up smoothed out nicely after a bumpy first few days here in Palma. Our car is fixed, thanks to the excellent and speedy work of the Peugeot Garage in Palma. We also had successful purchases in the bicycle department for getting to sailing during the regatta. A second-hand road bike for Molly, and a mountain bike, complete with bonus accessory – a front-mounted shopping basket - for Alex. Convenient and stylish. All areas of transport are now fully functional.
Some testing conditions on the water have made for some good racing practice with a building fleet. The wind and waves made it exciting for spectators, but proved difficult onboard for sailors.
The European summer has been dragging its feet a bit. A mid-week dusting of snow on the nearby mountains meant we were wrapping up warm on the water. We are really holding out for the temperatures to build later in the trip.
The last few days leading up to racing were busy with final preparations, big fleet racing, measurement and registration - then a last check over the boat to make sure everything was shipshape and ready for the week of racing ahead.
We had a lovely afternoon off on Saturday with our Danish friends and fellow competitors, who took us into Palma city for some shopping and sightseeing. It's always good to have some downtime before a race week, however Palma keeps surprising us.
On arrival at our destination, we encountered a strange parking system. A man on the side of the road directed us to an empty car park, which we thought was rather nice of him, only for us to find out from our friends that if we didn't pay him - he would scratch up our car. An interesting security system, placing a lot of trust in a complete stranger. We decided that paying him a euro was the right thing to do, before paying for a parking ticket.
We have a long week ahead, with three races planed for each day, making up a series of 18 races. Day one was interesting - light winds and a one-way track with limited passing options, putting emphasis on the starts. For us, it was an average day, but highlighted the need for consistency every day.
We are feeling good about the rest of the week, we had good boat speed today and learned from every race. There is nothing like finishing a tricky day off with a 21st Birthday cake for Molly from our Team Manager, Jez.
Time to recharge and get ready for the rest of the week.
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Selling 8 assorted vintage golf clubs and putters from the late 70's and early 80's. Two are a H & B Power Bilt Grand Slam #5 & #7 iron (34 1/2" long). Third one is a Wilson Tournament PW Pitching Wedge (33" long). Fourth one is a Wilson LP 500 #4 iron (33 1/2" long). Fifth one is a Titleist Acushnet Tungsten #2 iron (33 1/2" long). Sixth one is a T.P.W. Pinseeker #5 iron (39 1/4" long). 2 ...
3 Assorted Vintage Real Wood Drivers
From the late 70's and early 80's. One is a Titleist # 5 wood driver. Second is a H & B PowerBilt # 1 wood driver. Third one is a Lynx Heel N Toe # 4 wood driver. Good condition for age. Will separate for $20.00 a piece. Call 832-761-3034.


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-- Bono
Q&A: U2's Larry Mullen, Jr. on Why Acting Does Not Come Naturally (Cannes)
The drummer jokes that his acting debut in "Man on a Train" is not "a threat to the day job."
Hollywood Reporter,
May 14, 2011
U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. will make his acting-producing debut with the crime drama Man on the Train, which Sierra / Affinity and Preferred Content are selling in the Marche de Cannes this week. The musician, who will have to skip the Festival de Cannes because of "touring commitments," spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the excitement and anxiety attached to this new artistic venture.
(c) Hollywood Reporter, 2011.


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Baby D - I'm Bout Money
Posted 8 years ago
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A-Town Secret Weapon
Following in the footsteps of his Oomp Camp Records label mate DJ Unk, Atlanta rapper Baby D has stepped up to the plate. Signed to Koch Records the teenage MC is preparing the release of his 2008 debut album, A-Town Secret Weapon. The lead single off the album is the in-house produced, I'm Bout Money. While the topic of discussion on I'm Bout Money is clearly nothing innovative (in fact the opening lines seem 'borrowed' from Jay-Z), the flow will remind fans of Unk's earlier work. Will 'Bout Money produce dollars? We wouldn't bet the bank on it.
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Posted 8 years ago
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