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If you read just a portion of the commentary about the work and life Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who died on Tuesday, you come away with some sense of how extraordinary he was.
If you listen to a particular segment of his admirers, other broadcasters, you understand why Harwell was held in such high regard.
"He was a better man than a broadcaster," said Milwaukee Brewers television announcer Brian Anderson, who considers Harwell a "perfect" broadcaster.
Anderson writes in his blog about a time in 2007 after he had been introduced as the new television voice of the Brewers. Anderson was in his room at the Pfister Hotel when his phone rang. It was Harwell congratulating him on getting his new job. Anderson, who early in his career had spent hundreds of hours listening to Harwell's tapes, had the chance to meet his idol in 1999 in Arlington, Texas.
Harwell remembered the meeting and was thoughtful enough to call Anderson eight years later when he took a big-league job.
Former Brewers broadcaster Len Kasper, now the television announcer for the Chicago Cubs, grew up in Michigan. He idolizes Harwell.
"He was as advertised," Kasper said in a phone interview. "If he met you, he would remember your name a year later even if you didn't see him in that time between. I met him in college and he always remembered my name and where I was from. That is so rare in this business. If anybody could have acted like a big-timer, it could have been him, but he never did, no matter who you were.
"Were it not for Ernie, I would not be doing what I'm doing," Kasper said. "I grew up listening to him. He had a huge influence on my career. I have had a chance to talk to him a few times on the phone, spend some time with him in Detroit last summer. As great of a broadcaster as he was, he was a better human being. He went out of his way to make everybody he met feel very, very special. I was one of those people, thankfully."
Author Curt Smith, who has written several books about baseball broadcasters, ranks Harwell as the third-best baseball announcer of all time.
He puts only Vin Scully and Mel Allen ahead of Harwell.
Smith describes Harwell's voice as "the magnolia baritone." Harwell was from Georgia.
"It's interesting," Kasper said. "He had the Georgia southern drawl. Yet I bet if you asked the kids growing up who listened to Ernie they would say, 'Of course he's from Michigan.' It's just a very comforting voice."
Kasper said what he loved about Harwell's call was his even demeanor - you could not tell from his tone whether the Tigers were up big, down big or tied in the ninth inning.
"He always gave you the same call," Kasper said. "Very fair. It was all about the game. It was never about him. It's different from a lot of hometown announcers who you can tell when their team is ahead and when their team is down. I really like that even-keel nature he brought to the broadcasts. That definitely has kind of affected the way that I view things, even though I think I get up and down a little bit more than he did."
Former Brewers broadcaster and current radio voice of the Cubs, Pat Hughes, echoes the sentiments of his colleagues.
"Ernie Harwell was a good friend and one of the all-time icons in our business," Hughes said. "I think in the history of the city of Detroit, perhaps the greatest sports legend it has had. I don't think anyone is really close, to be honest with you.
"He didn't have a mean bone in his body," Hughes said. "He always treated me with kindness and respect. He would call me out of the blue in the winter time just to talk. It was a treat. I'm proud and happy that I knew him. I'll miss him."
Kasper agreed that Harwell is as high as you can climb among Detroit sports figures in the last half of the century.
"I would put him at the very top," Kasper said. "The '68 Tigers were my dad's team, and for me the '84 Tigers were my team. Ernie was the link both times. I just think when you consider 162 games a season, three hours a day, to do that over the course of more than four decades for one team is astounding."
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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-02-26/Forum
Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
- About a week ago, the Wikimedia Foundation proposed to modify the Wikimedia projects' terms of use to require disclosure of an editor's employer, client, and affiliation if they are being compensated for making the edits. We have asked two users, one in favor of the measure (Smallbones) and one opposed (Pete Forsyth), to contribute their opinions on the matter.
- The views expressed in these op-eds are those of the authors only; responses and critical commentary are invited in the comments section. Editors wishing to submit their own op-ed should email the Signpost's editor.
Smallbones: no commercial editing
- Smallbones has been an English Wikipedia editor since 2005 and contributed thousands of photos to the Wikimedia Commons.
A week ago it looked like paid editing was ready to take over Wikipedia. The public relations firm Wiki-PR had been banned for employing hundreds of editors, possibly including our own administrators, to make thousands of edits, taking in perhaps a million dollars. But several editors argued that such a ban could not be enforced, and that we must "assume good faith," even of obvious advertisers. They argued that the problem was simply "point of view" editing, and that it could be dealt with easily, by just editing out the bias. Some even argued that we should get rid of our Conflict of Interest guideline.
The situation has now completely changed, with a proposed addition to the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, which says that all paid editors must disclose their paid edits and who paid for the edits. It does not ban paid editing, require the outing of paid editors, or allow harassment of paid editors. How could anybody disagree with that? Whether you agree or disagree, your opinion is welcome on Meta.
The proposed amendment would stop future edits by Wiki-PR and similar firms by letting volunteer editors know which articles the advertisers edit, thereby making it easier to check whether the paid edits follow our rules, and change or remove those edits if necessary. The advertisers would have to identify their paid edits to avoid legal action. The only people directly affected would be unethical advertisers who would no longer be able to slip in advertisements on the sly. Paid editors would be indirectly affected as their pool of customers dries up.
Still, I would like the requirements to be stricter, including prohibiting commercial editing of articles by or on behalf of businesses. There would be little difficulty in enforcing this ban. An advertisement, however indirectly, almost always suggests that a specific business placed it. These businesses, including the clients of the Wiki-PRs of the world, would be responsible for the editing of their agents.
Ads are already prohibited on Wikipedia and have been from almost the beginning. First we prohibited link-spam, editing by organizations, and meat-puppetry. Then we prohibited advertising and promotion, and finally marketing and public-relations content. The firm MyWikiBiz was banned in 2006. Every six months or so a new firm is found to be advertising and is usually banned.
Advertisers have often ignored our policies and guidelines. The conflict-of-interest guideline is scoffed at as "unenforceable". Apparently, these rules are too vague and changeable to be taken seriously. Enforcement of the rules by administrators and the Arbitration Committee has been shamefully lax.
By putting the prohibition in the Terms of Use, rather than in each project's policies and guidelines, enforcement is possible by the Foundation's legal team. The prospect of a slam-dunk legal decision going against them will remarkably improve advertisers' understanding of our rules.
The worst aspect of paid editing is how it changes our community. Paid editors are notoriously difficult to work with, ganging up on volunteers, defending their biased edits to the bitter end, wiki-lawyering until our policies and guidelines seem to have no meaning. Paid editors don't engage in collegial discussions of their edits. As Upton Sinclair said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" As paid editors increase, they change the rules to make paid editing easier, which encourages new paid editors and drives volunteer editors away.
I'm not a lawyer but let's cover some legal basics. Advertising and marketing include any communication from a business to a potential customer that may result in a sale. Omitting the source of the communication is deceptive advertising, which is illegal almost everywhere. A German court ruled that editing on Wikipedia by a firm was illegal, even though the firm disclosed the edit, because the disclosure on the article's talk page wasn't conspicuous enough. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which regulates most advertisements in the U.S., prohibits any business communication that may result in a sale unless there is clear and conspicuous disclosure of the advertiser. The FTC is now explaining and enforcing their rules on Internet advertising, as are the European Union and the U.S. states of New York and California.
These governments would likely prefer not to have to enforce their rules directly in an environment as complicated as Wikipedia, but I'm sure they will if we don't enforce our rules ourselves and provide guidance to advertisers. "No advertising, no paid editing of articles by businesses" would be remarkably good, concise guidance. It would be best if the individual Wikimedia projects were to enforce the rules, taking into account the quirks of each individual project, but enforcement by the Foundation is better than no enforcement or enforcement by a government agency.
It's up to us, Wikipedia's volunteer editors. Let's get rid of commercial editing and advertising on Wikipedia.
Pete Forsyth: there are better ways of combating unethical paid editing
- Pete Forsyth is the principal of Wiki Strategies, a company that "provides consulting services for organizations engaging with Wikipedia and other collaborative communities." He has been editing Wikipedia since 2006.
An effort is underway for Wikimedia to codify a principle that has been a cornerstone of my Wikipedia training and consulting practice, Wiki Strategies, since our launch in 2009: essentially, that certain conflicts of interest must be publicly disclosed.
Focused community consideration of this principle is long overdue, and I applaud this effort. Undisclosed conflicts of interest pose a significant threat to Wikipedia. Action is needed. Why? Because of things like this:
Last month, a company offering Wikipedia services proposed establishing a business relationship with me. The founder spoke at length about the importance of dealing with Wikipedia ethically; he proudly contrasted his approach with his less scrupulous competitors, like Wiki-PR, who use sock puppets. But then he described his international network of Wikipedia editors: 20% disclose their role.
80% do not disclose that they are under contract.
While he may sincerely wish to treat Wikipedia ethically, this person is dead wrong to believe his approach is ethical. He fails to see the dissonance. Adopting a new policy would highlight that problem in an unambiguous way, supporting the Wikipedia community's efforts to confront and fend off unethical approaches. So the proposal, at its core, reflects a good idea.
But a TOU amendment is not the way to accomplish those goals. While it may be a good fit for Wikipedia, it may not fit other projects, like Commons or Wikisource, as well. If a museum were to pay someone, for instance, to upload their CC-licensed files to Commons, does a lack of disclosure constitute a real problem? Perhaps; but I'm inclined to say it doesn't. I'm skeptical about a provision that would define worthwhile contributions to our shared vision as violations. We should avoid outlawing good behavior.
The better path is to establish local policies on projects that need them, such as English Wikipedia. A Board-passed amendment is an unnecessarily top-down approach. If the problem mainly pertains to Wikipedia, why wouldn't the Legal department simply propose to Wikipedia (in various languages) that it adopt local policies? The discussion would be healthy; I believe policies would pass. Why ask users to go straight to the Board of Trustees? The proposed action is out of step with Wikimedia's system of governance; I don't see any compelling reason for it to be done this way.
Regardless of how a policy is established, the way we announce it is important and delicate. We owe much of our success to our broad invitation to participate in the Wikimedia vision. Our concerns about conflict of interest are justified, of course; but we should keep in mind that we frequently benefit from alignments of interest. For instance, museums sometimes upload thousands of public domain images. Companies sometimes draw attention to articles about themselves that have become badly outdated. Such efforts bring us closer to fulfilling our vision. Any announcement of a transparency amendment must be worded in a way that respects the good faith and the contributions of many independent organizations.
Finally, although it is stated that disclosure is a minimum requirement – that is, a necessary condition for ethical engagement with Wikipedia – some readers will incorrectly conclude that disclosing a financial interest is sufficient, putting too much stock in this minimal step. We must not take too much satisfaction in a policy change like the one proposed, but remain attentive to the need to articulate Wikimedia's ethical needs in a wide variety of scenarios.
Regardless of whether this amendment passes, undisclosed conflicts of interest are toxic to the Wikipedia community, and make it difficult for us to fulfill our vision. What can we do to address the problem?
What should the Wikimedia Foundation do?
- The Board of Trustees should refer the proposal to project communities like English Wikipedia, with a recommendation to pass local policies. Any TOU change should happen after, and in support of, local policy changes.
- The WMF should redouble efforts to keep its own house in order. It has the ability to influence its staff, contractors, service providers, funders, and business partners. There is much room for improvement. To wit:
Staff members have been hired into positions that require engagement on Wikipedia, with minimal ethical or practical guidance on how to go about it. This includes me (in 2009), and the problem remains: in 2014 a WMF employee prominently left her position after a dispute over her Wikipedia editing. While many facts of that dispute are (properly) invisible to public review, surely the organization must bear final responsibility for such a substantial misunderstanding.
In addition, WMF has at times given bad advice to other organizations about how to engage ethically with Wikipedia. That should never happen, given the wealth of resources and expertise available to them in our community.
Maintaining an ethical approach to Wikipedia engagement demands constant vigilance and diligent self-inquiry, going far beyond mere disclosure. WMF has great influence over the thought and behavior of its staff, contractors, funders, service providers, and business partners. That influence should be consistently put to good use.
What should the English Wikipedia community do?
- Whether or not the TOU amendment passes, Wikipedia should create a local policy requiring this kind of disclosure.
- Wikipedia should document best practices, and implement processes that allow non-disclosed paid editors to progress smoothly toward compliance.
- Wikipedia should ban editors who do not engage with that process in good faith.
What should people paying or earning money around Wikipedia do?
Many of us are passionate about Wikipedia's success, and also spend or earn money relating to Wikipedia. We should be proactively building a shared understanding of Wikipedia ethics.
- We should create and publish our own statements of ethics. Mine is here: http://wikistrategies.net/statement-of-ethics/
- We should read each other's statements, share reflections, and look for patterns. As of today, I am turning on the "comment" feature on my statement; I welcome commentary, public or private.
- In the long run, we should establish ethical codes that can be voluntarily adopted by those working in the Wikipedia sphere -- similar to the way we adopt a free license when we choose to edit Wikipedia.
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I'm glad we agree so much on what the problems are, but your proposed solutions are pretty wishy-washy. Just navel-gazing really. Something needs to be done now. Smallbones(smalltalk) 05:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- Smallbones states the following: "no paid editing of articles by businesses". If we are going to have such a rule, then we need to be able to enforce it. How can that be done with anonymous editors? I have no idea of who Smallbones is, maybe he is paid by one of our competitors to work for keeping paid edits out of Wikipedia so they do not loose market share? It seems to me that we already have various rules that cover this problem, what we need is not more rules, but more voluntary contributors. Ulflarsen (talk) 09:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- How do we enforce the rule? - Short answer:enforcement should be against the business, the paymaster, not the editor. Who pays for the ads is usually pretty clear with a bit of investigation. Smallbones(smalltalk) 13:11, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- That's incorrect, Smallbones. It will be the editor violating the TOU, not the company. It will be the editor who will be banned, not the company. And remember that lots of people who will fall into the "paid editing" category will be article subjects and those representing BLP subjects, who clearly have an interest in what the article says. There's this massively incorrect perception that this will affect only articles about companies, but that's dead wrong. Of course, those accused of being paid editors (it will be a great way of silencing opponents) will be unable to prove they aren't receiving some benefit. What motivation will there be in having neutral editors go into battlefield articles? Ah well, I'm sure you'll all work it out. Risker (talk) 06:13, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- i am ready to declare my smithsonian tie, saylor beer, national archives chocolate (since there is no consensus about de minimus); where would i do that ? 220.127.116.11 (talk) 17:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- Actually there is broad consensus about de minimus. Please don't make up problems where they don't exist. Smallbones(smalltalk) 18:01, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- actually, i'm kinda with you, and i look forward to your enforcement of de minimus against the more than one editor who expressed a zero tolerance. but where do the ip's declare their interest? by having a policy that can't be complied with, are you not escalating the drama? 22.214.171.124 (talk) 18:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- There are 3 places where disclosure can be made, according to the ToU amendment: 1) in the edit summary, 2) on the article talk page, and 3) on their User page. This seems a bit too loose for me - somebody determined to hide his paid edits could make it real difficult to track by spreading them around on different edits, I'll suggest the first 2 then. Of course, unless that was a $100 tie, you wouldn't need to disclose anything (just ask at WP:COIN if there is something you consider iffy). You might even consider getting a User account so you can disclose in all three places! Smallbones(smalltalk) 20:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- actually, i'm kinda with you, and i look forward to your enforcement of de minimus against the more than one editor who expressed a zero tolerance. but where do the ip's declare their interest? by having a policy that can't be complied with, are you not escalating the drama? 184.108.40.206 (talk) 18:06, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- Actually there is broad consensus about de minimus. Please don't make up problems where they don't exist. Smallbones(smalltalk) 18:01, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
- i am ready to declare my smithsonian tie, saylor beer, national archives chocolate (since there is no consensus about de minimus); where would i do that ? 126.96.36.199 (talk) 17:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
We are all paid editors
The proposed amendment to the Terms of Use of all Wikimedia sites, and its position that anyone receiving or potentially receiving a benefit from editing a WMF site, has the unintended consequence of deprecating the tens of millions of hours invested by millions of editors across hundreds of projects. The proposed amendment deprecates reward as a reason to edit. But there is not a single editor who has made good-faith contributions to a Wikimedia project who did not receive a benefit, extrinsic or intrinsic. In fact, the lack of intrinsic reward such as recognition of the value of one's work is often a key reason that editors leave the project.
Everyone, regardless of any other benefits that may come, starts out with the intention of making edits that they feel will make Wikipedia better. They create articles that they think will make it more complete, they fix errors in articles, they copy-edit, they remove vandalism or biased information. As they become more skilled, they participate in recent changes patrol, they take articles through audited content processes, they clean up copyvios, they evaluate new articles. Some do it for the pleasurable altruism of making Wikipedia better, or for the warm feeling that they get in sharing useful information; these are intrinsic rewards. Some do it because they gain stature within the community: as a respected editor, a helpful resource person whose opinion others seek, as an administrator, or someone with other advanced permissions indicating community trust and respect. These rewards are very powerful motivators, and they are no less important or valuable than a modestly increased bank account.
Hundreds of Wikimedians over the last 5 years have obtained gainful employment as a result of their participation in WMF projects: whether as a member of WMF staff (the current roster includes at least 60 people who were WMF volunteers before being hired, all the way up to the executive offices); as a paid GLAM intern (dozens so far, and increasing all the time); by including their volunteer work on a WMF project in their curriculum vitae, particularly when applying for positions within the tech or nonprofit industries. Hundreds more have obtained grants, scholarships, or other benefits from the WMF or a chapter because of their track record as a Wikimedia project participant. A recent WMF initiative sent out T-shirts to Wikimedians recommended by their peers. Many Wikimedians have participated in edit-a-thons and other activities where they receive gifts or other forms of recognition for their work. These are all Wikimedians who have received reasonably anticipated benefits from their work on our projects; not only that, they received compensation with "money, goods, or services".
Tens of thousands of editors work in areas that are within the scope of their personal expertise, and much of that expertise comes from their working life. This is true whether they're prostitutes or physicians, scientists or educators, game developers or archive curators. As a community, we often seek out these editors to assist in developing and improving our content in the areas where they are subject matter experts. We do this, regardless of the fact that some of them may focus on matters that could theoretically (or actually) impact on their funding or employment. Indeed, some educators expressly include Wikipedia in their classes, and many archivists and curators have "Wikipedia" in their job description.
And yes, some people edit specifically because they will receive a financial reward. Their edits undergo the same level of scrutiny as everyone else's. Their new articles still need to meet notability standards, and if they are written in a promotional manner, they will be tagged or even speedily deleted. Their edits to articles will be tagged in the same way as that of any other editor if they blank a section or modify certain types of information. Many of them have made an honest effort to behave in a very transparent manner in order to better interact with the community, only to find that they're belittled, marginalized, ignored, and even subjected to abuse; others have been treated with a reasonable degree of respect, although with (likely appropriately) increased scrutiny. But how many thousands of times have we seen article subjects (or people working on their behalf) abjectly abused because they've edited with a "COI" to correct errors or remove vandalism or BLP violations in the articles about them? How come so many of the articles that we're fairly certain were created by "paid editors" over the last few years have been kept because they're not inherently inappropriate; that is, they meet notability standards and are not obviously advertising?
In reality, we have long had the mechanisms available to us to make paid editing unattractive or unnecessary. More careful curating of existing articles and a more centralized and responsive process for article subjects to point out errors and bias would go a very long way in addressing one of the main "COI" editing issues. Clearer, more stringent, and strongly enforced notability standards will reduce the temptation to create articles for marginally notable organizations, products, and people. That, and getting over the notion that paychecks are somehow less respectable than the rewards that other Wikimedians receive for their work, will get us back to the reason we're all here. We need to remain "the encyclopedia anyone can edit". Risker (talk) 01:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- "We are all paid editors" is simply not true. You might be a paid editor, but I am not.
- Of course there are intrinsic rewards for editing, but equating those rewards with being paid is just wrong. Being paid changes everything. "He who pays the piper calls the tune."
- I've heard this myth about paid editors being harassed many times, but find it hard to believe. My experience is that paid editors simply will not let their work be edited without harassing the independent editors who try to edit the work. Then the paid editors cry "harassment!"
- We will remain "the encyclopedia anyone can edit". Paid editors under the proposed amendment will just have to identify their paid edits and their paymasters. That's all the amendment requires. Smallbones(smalltalk) 16:42, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- You are a paid editor, Smallbones, by the examples that the WMF put forward. You have received tangible benefits. And geez, it doesn't feel very good to have to hear that, but it's exactly how this policy is going to play out on this project: anyone can call anyone else a paid editor and not have to come up with a single bit of evidence. We are all paid editors. You really do need to get a new metaphor, that piper one is really tired and not at all appropriate, given the fact that the majority of paid edits are *exactly the kind of edits that we want here*. I saw lots of the articles that were attributed to Wiki-PR, and frankly they were better than what a lot of Wikipedians wrote, were on more notable subjects, and the Wikipedians who descended on them usually made them far more biased and non-neutral. You're really really downplaying the fact that anyone who's received a benefit of any kind for specific editing or for editing in general, will need to declare it. The WMF can very nicely say "no, no, we don't mean you", but that's actually not up to them. It will then be up to the individuals in the project who interpret the TOU and enforce it. There is absolutely no standard of proof required to "prove" paid editing, and most importantly, it encourages people to go searching all over the net to "prove" that an opponent is a paid editor. It will require registration of anyone who might possibly be considered a paid editor by the broadest description (remember, "a meal or beverage" was included in the examples). Oh, and the only sanction is banning. Risker (talk) 17:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- And as an aside, for those who are emailing me and saying that they agree with my position but that by April 13th (when the next Board meeting ends) the TOU will be amended as proposed: I keep being assured that the ship hasn't sailed yet - and I do actually have title to some swampland in Florida.... I also know that it will have zero effect at all on paid editing. None, whatsoever. People who believe in following the rules will do so, and will be on the receiving end of an extremely negative editing experience, as we can see by Smallbones' characterization of "paid editors" as a group, but they won't be the problem. Those who have been ignoring the rules all along will just keep ignoring them. What's the worst that can happen to them? Their account is banned? This is supposed to be a threat? Risker (talk) 17:47, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- You are a paid editor, Smallbones, by the examples that the WMF put forward. You have received tangible benefits. And geez, it doesn't feel very good to have to hear that, but it's exactly how this policy is going to play out on this project: anyone can call anyone else a paid editor and not have to come up with a single bit of evidence. We are all paid editors. You really do need to get a new metaphor, that piper one is really tired and not at all appropriate, given the fact that the majority of paid edits are *exactly the kind of edits that we want here*. I saw lots of the articles that were attributed to Wiki-PR, and frankly they were better than what a lot of Wikipedians wrote, were on more notable subjects, and the Wikipedians who descended on them usually made them far more biased and non-neutral. You're really really downplaying the fact that anyone who's received a benefit of any kind for specific editing or for editing in general, will need to declare it. The WMF can very nicely say "no, no, we don't mean you", but that's actually not up to them. It will then be up to the individuals in the project who interpret the TOU and enforce it. There is absolutely no standard of proof required to "prove" paid editing, and most importantly, it encourages people to go searching all over the net to "prove" that an opponent is a paid editor. It will require registration of anyone who might possibly be considered a paid editor by the broadest description (remember, "a meal or beverage" was included in the examples). Oh, and the only sanction is banning. Risker (talk) 17:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I am not a paid editor. Quit making things up. Smallbones(smalltalk) 20:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Let's look at a typical scenario where someone thinks another editor is a paid editor. I'll note that I've seen pretty much this exact situation at least a dozen times in the last two years, so it's not an outrageous one at all. New editor (NE) with fewer than 10 edits updates the infobox on the article of a large corporation, replacing 2010 data with 2012 data. The new data shows a larger profit, shareholder dividend, and the name of the new CEO and chair of the board. Experienced editor (EE) who has 50 edits to the article, including authorship of much of the "controversies" section, comes to NE's page and says "You're obviously an employee of the company, please read the COI policy and refrain from making edits. I'm reverting your changes." NE: But I just added more current information, which is publicly available on the company's website and their government filings! Nobody paid me! EE: That's exactly what a PR flack would say. Like I said, you have anything you want changed, put a note on the talk page and after it's been reviewed by someone else, it might get added. NE: But I'm not a PR flack! I was just reading about this company in Financial Times today, and thought this was good information. Why are you taking it out of the article? I even put a reference once I figured out how to do it! EE: No, you're a paid editor, stay away from the article. So....what happens next? Today, we have likely driven away a new and productive editor because someone else has exercised WP:OWN. Two months from now, does the account get banned? Do we put a tag on its userpage saying "Banned for deceptive editing"? Do we add that tag if it is an account using the person's RL name? Risker (talk) 18:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Bluff called, show me two of those "dozen times" Smallbones(smalltalk) 20:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Unlike some people, I don't keep lists of all the really poor behaviour I see on Wikipedia. As a former arbitrator, I saw so much of it that it would have become a fulltime job. I'll poke around, but if I feel it will be an unnecessary additional smack directed toward an editor, I won't include it. However, I just came across this example of supposed "paid editing" that was a straight-out vandalism revert with a username that would not only be legitimate on many other projects, but would be the preferred one on others.[1] On the other hand, you've not answered the question, either. How do you think that accusations of deception and paid editing are likely to be raised and addressed, and if you were a third party reviewing an accusation of paid editing, how would you resolve it? Risker (talk) 20:43, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- I am abandoning this line of discussion because everything I found was going to discredit some user or other, and I don't believe in doing that to prove a point. Some of the examples I found (mostly because I'd seen them and remembered them) were deleted and/or suppressed, some were just reverted, and there are still some out there on user pages. After investing so many years in trying to respect the privacy and personal information of our users, I can't bring myself to use those factors as weapons in a philosophical discussion. Specific individuals have already been targeted as a result of this debate (they know who they are) and I do not want to enable those who wish to discredit people just because of their beliefs about what is best for this project. Risker (talk) 17:34, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- I very much agree with Risker. We should be judging content and not attempting to be Thought Police, conducting witch hunts based on speculation about the factors behind an editor's POV. Ultimately its destructive. There are a lot of POV warriors and SPA's out there that can be counted on to pull out the "paid shill" argument and maybe even drag you into COI review if you have the audacity to correct a violation of the sourcing rules or extreme non-NPOV text. Frankly, a few of them are admins. COI and paid editing rules are like handguns. It sounds like a great idea as long as you assume that they will only be used by the "good guys". But all of these problems can already be handled by the motivation-agnostic rules that are already in place, and we're all better off if the schoolroom is handgun free. Formerly 98 (talk) 22:56, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
- Risker has done a great job here, on Jimbo's talk, and on the Meta talk page, in highlighting the unfair way in which paid editors and COI editors are sometimes treated even now, without this disclosure requirement, and drawn attention to various types of poor behaviour in the Wikimedia community itself. Sphilbrick made a valuable contribution on Jimbo's talk page in demonstrating that Wales' "bright line rule" simply does not work. Even Jimbo Wales now seems to have – finally! – conceded that point, with his suggestion that the Wikimedia Foundation itself employ paid editors to respond in a timely manner to talk page requests from PR agents, companies and biography subjects.
- Now, while I agree with almost every word Risker has said in these discussions, there is one point that remains unaddressed: according to the 2012 frankincense court judgment in Germany, EU law at least demands that companies disclose their involvement in writing Wikipedia articles about their business to the reader (see Signpost report). Risker's argument appears to be that the Wikipedia community should not promote compliance with that legal requirement because the community is too dysfunctional to treat paid editors with decency and respect. However, this seems back to front. What needs to change here is the Wikipedia community's attitude towards PR agents and article subjects. Article subjects and their representatives have a right to a fair hearing in Wikipedia, and readers have a right to know if subjects are writing their own articles.
- And yes, Risker is right in that notability should be tightened, as most of the problems such as excessive positive or negative bias are observed in articles on companies and individuals that are of marginal notability to begin with. If you look at Wikipedia's articles in categories like management consulting firms or law firms, almost all of them read like straight advertisements, and were created by single-purpose accounts. Wikipedia is turning into the Yellow Pages, and people have begun to notice that, and absent disclosure to the reader rightly feel duped. Andreas JN466 05:08, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Andreas. I have no opinion on the requirement for compliance; on English Wikipedia (which is, of course, the only real target of this proposal - nobody has any intention of applying it to Wikiquote or Wikisource), the overwhelming majority of businesses whose pages show up are American, and the servers are in the US; there's a jurisdictional issue that is way outside of Wikipedia's scope to resolve. All persons and organizations are expected to follow their local laws in addition to the US ones; that's already in the TOU, and we don't need special provisions for that. I admit I'm terribly tempted to load up Twinkle and AfD a LOT of marginally notable corporate articles right about now. :-) Risker (talk) 05:54, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- @Risker, first, thank you for your excellent writeup above. I am pretty partial to your view; while I do strongly believe that the ethical thing to do is to disclose, I'm ambivalent about whether that ethical principle is something that should be codified -- mainly for the reasons you present. (Also because I believe that proactive transparency is important, and difficult to define precisely; one must disclose in a way that it's reasonable to expect that an interested colleague will notice.)
- On your specific point above: "nobody has any intention of applying it to Wikiquote or Wikisource" -- that's something I brought up in my op-ed above. I think it's really important not to pass policy that is not intended to be enforced. If this is meant only to apply to Wikipedia, it should be clearly stated that in the ToU that it applies only to Wikipedia. Otherwise, it's a bad amendment. -Pete (talk) 06:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- It's also worth noting that at present there isn't even a facility for compliance, as disclosures in article space – which is the only place a reader could reasonably be expected to see them, in the opinion of the German court – aren't allowed. Wikipedia simply accepts too many articles that no one but a paid editor could be bothered to write or look after in the first place, and for what – a few more articles to add to the total article count, a few more edits and editors, a few more page views? (Meanwhile, articles on many vital encyclopedic and educational topics that would actually be of use in promoting free knowledge in line with the Foundation's stated aims – helping the third world etc. – languish at stub-class or C-Class: poorly structured, written in inaccessible or didactically incompetent style, etc.) ´
- If Wikipedia does allow businesses to author or edit their own articles, then disclosures to the reader should be made. While the legal situation in the US is less clear-cut for now (I don't think Smallbones will receive a proper answer to his FTC inquiry regarding US law on deceptive advertising any time soon, but full credit to him for asking the question), reader disclosure (not disclosure to other editors as per the current proposal) would clearly be the ethical thing to do.
- Lastly, if WMF actually had a functioning mechanism to respond properly to article subjects' (i.e. businesses' and biography subjects') complaints and suggestions, as Jimbo has now proposed creating, you actually could forbid paid editing altogether, and pull the carpet out from under the entire paid Wikipedia editing and consultancy industry. There would no longer be any justification for it. And I reckon it would lead quite naturally to a tightening of notability criteria: because I doubt donors would be happy to see millions of dollars spent on WMF staff fixing and polishing the Wikipedia entries of management consultants and so forth (and the resulting lawsuits if the WMF employee refuses to do what the subject wants them to do). Wikipedia was not designed to be a business directory. Andreas JN466 08:33, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- Hi Andreas. I have no opinion on the requirement for compliance; on English Wikipedia (which is, of course, the only real target of this proposal - nobody has any intention of applying it to Wikiquote or Wikisource), the overwhelming majority of businesses whose pages show up are American, and the servers are in the US; there's a jurisdictional issue that is way outside of Wikipedia's scope to resolve. All persons and organizations are expected to follow their local laws in addition to the US ones; that's already in the TOU, and we don't need special provisions for that. I admit I'm terribly tempted to load up Twinkle and AfD a LOT of marginally notable corporate articles right about now. :-) Risker (talk) 05:54, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
- I think it would best to have a policy that would mandate disclosure if the user is payed specifically for editing wikipedia, not just someone who works at the company can be considered paid editing, since they weren't actually being paid to edit Wikipedia itself (it could be considered unfair), but were simply working there, that would fall more appropriately under COI. it could of course ban users who promote their company but would not ban users who edit in good faith and follow Wikipedia's policies and guidelines when they creat an article by paid editing. Sincerely, --Yutah Andrei Marzan Ogawa123|UPage|☺★ (talk) 02:03, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


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Adjacent to mall This Chicago-area hotel is adjacent to Woodfield Mall and within 10 miles of Highland Woods Golf Center, Arlington Park racetrack, and many corporate headquarters. Business amenities Hyatt Regency Woodfield-Schaumburg offers 24-hour business and fitness centers, more than 30,000 square feet of flexible event space, indoor and outdoor pools, and a restaurant and bar. Grand Beds All 470 guestrooms at this Chicago-area Hyatt Regency feature Hyatts signature Grand Bed with triple sheeting and down blankets, wireless Internet access, and iPod docks.
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I was no really impressed with this hotel the price was high but the services and room were not goodNot good.Rating:5
i love chicagothe cost was reasonable and it was close for shopping..Rating:4
great weekend valuespacious well appointed rooms. the only improvement I would like to see is an airport shuttle, or a prix-fix cab arrangement.Rating:4
Nice place to stay.The Hotel was nice, and fairly quiet. The bed was very comfortable. There were a couple of things that were a little unpleasant only one of which were the responsibility of the hotel, rude behavior by other guest do not fall under your responsibilty. The one things was, that someone had ordered room service, finished, and placed the the room service dishes on the floor outside their room and it sat there for nearly our intire stay at the Hyatt.Rating:4
nice facility, dull locationThis hotel is perfectly nice if you are attending a conference in Schaumberg. However, it is far from central Chicago, and there is virtually nothing to do within easy range of the hotel.
Travelers tip on local attractionsnoneRating:5
Nice place.Nice quiet, clean room. Close to the Mall and other shopping and restaurants. Helpful staff. The iHome mp3 speaker/clock radio was an excellent touch.Rating:5
Very nice, affordable hotel in a great location!The hotels location was perfect! In walking distance of Ikea and restaurants even the mall! Though for shopping you would probably want to drive. The room was clean and comfortable! My only problem was there was no plug in near the bed, but other then that it was a nice stay.
Travelers tip on shoppingIkea is very close, within walking distance. Woodfield Mall is right across the street as well as many other outlet stores. Greta shopping area.Rating:5
Highly satisfiedMy stay at the Hyatt was great, whenever Im the area I will be staying at the Hyatt.Rating:4
Had enough PillowsHave you ever stayed at a hotle that only gave you two pillows for a queens size bed. This hotel had 8 pillows per bed. It was nice not to have to call down to the front desk to ask for additional pillows.Rating:5
Excellent choiceWe have visited Chicago twice, Oct 2008 and Nov 2008, and each time we stayed at this Hyatt. I have no plans to stay any other place when visiting this area. Location of the hotel and staff at the hotel cant be beat!Rating:3
Under renovationThe hotel was under renovation which was unexpected. There was no notice that it would be under renovation.Rating:4
Make sure you request a newly remodled roomRemodled rooms are really nice. The old rooms are just old.Rating:1
One star at bestMost of the rooms were under construction, so all guests were in one area. Fitness center was dismantled. Sports bar was not open. Whirlpool was closed. Building exterior was ancient. Outdoor pool was inbetween buildings and therefore without any sun. Reccomend you stay elsewhereRating:4
It was a good hotel but.....The hotel was a nice place to stay and attend a conference. The conference room was exetremely cold though. As far as the hotel room was concerned, it was nice. The air conditioning and heating unit was a little slow in getting to the desired temperature but it eventually did get there. One of the elevator doors would not open for us, but we were only stuck for about a minute. Nice fitness center and lap pool.Rating:4
Pro--close to Woodfield Mall; Con--older hotel and small roomIm not sure if this hotel was worth the money. The room was just a standard two double bed hotel room that was OK. It was really nothing special. I did like the Arts and Crafts period theme in the lobby and hallways. The hotels closeness to great shopping is a big plus and is the reason why we stayed there.Rating:2
DisappointedWe were extremely disappointed with this hotel as a whole. I expected much more convenience and room amenities from an "upper scale" establishment such as this one. Ive had more comfort and ease at "lesser" considered places. I would not spend this kind of money at this hotel/chain again.Rating:5
East meets Westclose to shopping really convenient to everything great walking trail close by.
Travelers tip on recreational activitiesGreat park with walking trails and amazing wildlife.Rating:3
Fine -- but not up to Hyatts standardsHad this hotel not been a Hyatt property -- the review would have been higher -- however this property is not up to Hyatts standards in our opinion. Although the folks at the front desk were accomodating -- there was no effort to go beyond expectations. There was no valet service or bell hops for that matter. Room was cleaned and had the terrific beds Hyatt is known for -- however, there was no mini-bar in our room, no exhaust fan in bathroom to reduce steam from shower, bath room was extremely small -- and maids "forgot" to leave hand towels/wash cloths -- not the service I expect from a Hyatt. If it was not for the non-smoking policy of the hotel and the terrific beds -- I would not recommend this hotel to other travelers.Rating:3
Comfy Nights StayThe room was quite big. It was clean and comfortable.Rating:3
Great StaffThe staff at this hotel went out of their way to ensure a good experience. They were friendly, helpful, and attentive. The hotel room service was amazing. The only problem I encountered was the bed. It was so firm that it was uncomfortable. I woke up feeling stiff and bruised.
Travelers tip on diningIf you go to the bar in the hotel, make sure you ask for Betty. She makes amazing drinks.Rating:5
short and sweetI only stayed at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield for one night, but it was a very pleasant stay. The shuttle to the mall made an extra trip, the front desk was helpful in several ways and the staff was always pleasant.
Travelers tip on shoppingThe second largest mall in the US is right across the street. A nice addition to your destination.Rating:4
Very quiet for good restful nights.It would have been very helpful for have a simple continental breakfast offered with the room. We had limited time in the morning and felt stretched to have to find something reasonbly priced for breakfast.Rating:3
Needs to be updatedI found the room to be too small and outdated. Plenty of pillows but the mattress was outdated, the comforter and window and shower curtains were stained. The uncleanliness I observed made me doubt what the naked eye couldnt see.
Travelers tip on shoppingWoodfield Mall directly across the street. Plenty of dining and local attractions.Rating:5
i liked itgood ocation. some clubs are really closed to the hotel, an the shopping mall is just across the street. perfect!Rating:4
East meets Mid-westAsian inspired hotel with amenities and convenient to shopping and the airport.
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Another practice with only six of us there. Good news was that we all got our own lanes. Pretty simple tonight.
10 min choice
--Was talking to my coach and only got in 300
2 x 200 @ 3:00 w/paddles and over kick
3 x 150 @ 2:15 build w/paddles and bouy
4 x 100 @ 1:30 descend w/bouy
2 x 50 @ 1:00 backstroke
20 x 100
--Free @ 1:30, Non free @ 1:45
1 free
1 stroke,went bk
2 free
2 stroke, went 50bk/50br
3 free
3 stroke, went 25fl/50bk/25br
4 free
4 stroke, went IM
200 w/d
3750 scy
Short and simple tonight and kinda nice to have my own lane. We were suppose to hold are stroke together throughout the main set. I managed to do so and I felt powerful especially on the free swims.
600 various
10 x 25 DPK back shooters w/fins @ :40
10 x 25 DPK belly shooters w/fins @ :40
4 x 100 drills @ 2:00
5 x 50 breast drill (1 pull, 1 dolphin, 1 ship kick)
5 x 50 free smooth
Total: 2250
Just a super boring recovery workout. Gah, I really find these hard to get through. This feeling does not bode well for upcoming taper ...
Body feels fatigued from training. I hope a couple days rest will mean that I don't suck on Sunday. Teen Fort will be swimming too. She's most jazzed about relays, but we still need another fast dude besides Speedo for mixed relays. No psych sheet yet. But last I checked there were only 128 people entered with tomorrow as the deadline.
Warm up (1000)
1 x 400 swim choice
4 x 100/20sr
- odds: 25 scull/25 R arm/25 L arm/25 kick
- evens: 50 drill/50 swim
4 x 50/55 back, build
Main Set (1400)
4 x 200/3:15, smooth light build wthin each and desc set
- went 2:55-2:47-2:44-2:41
6 x 100/1:45 back smooth, build
- ave 1:30 on these (slowest 1:32, fastest 1:28)
Kick (600)
1 x 600 continuous kick
- 300 w/board and snorkel/300 on back in streamline. did this in 12:45
Warm down
100 easy free
Total: 3100 yards
Day 3 post-surgery and I feel like some documentation is in order. Its easy to type at least, as long as I get my arm and wrist in the right position first. Just gonna let the thoughts unwind....
Arrived at the hospital at 6am on Monday. After paperwork and a bit of waiting, I was taken back at around 6:30. Got in my gown, peed in a cup, and was quizzed on my name, birth date, and procedure about a million times (left shoulder bankart repair). I have an HMO and was in a fairly new facility, and I must say I was quite impressed with all the technology, lol. Most of the nurses were wearing headsets to communicate and things appeared overwhelmingly coordinated. There was even an electronic 'status' board in the waiting room so my husband was able to stay informed the whole time. It was kinda hectic but at the same time I felt at ease. The anesthesiologist came in and gave me the run-down, followed by my ortho doc. Everyone was ready to go, and I was ready to get the show on the road.
First up was the IV. You might think this is silly but this is the WORST part for me. I haaaate needles and anything that has to do with acknowledging the fact that I have veins and blood moving around my body. Just typing that alone makes me *shudder*. Doesn't make me pass out or anything, but it sure gives me the heebie jeebies and I just hate it! Anyway, that went smoothly, so up next was setting up the nerve block. I got some anti-anxiety meds pumped into me straight away so this wasn't so bad either, lol. They give a nerve block in the general neck/shoulder/pectoral area so that less narcotic pain meds are needed right after the surgery, and it lasts about 12-14 hours. They used an ultrasound to look for the right spot in my neck area, and some electrical pulses were delivered which sent my muscles twitching. It was a strange feeling....but before I knew it it was over. I know lots of needles were involved in that procedure too...*shudder*...but thank gawd for the anti-anxiety meds!
Soon enough I was wheeled down the hallway and was in the operating room. Turns out one of the nurses had a kid on the swim team, so we chatted up a bit. She asked what my stroke was and I remember replying "I am a butterflyer, unfortunately" lol. The nerve block is supposed to set in within 15 minutes, but apparently it was taking a while for me. They kept asking me if I could feel/move my arm and I remember waving my arm around to demonstrate, lol. The surgeon came in and I remember hearing introductions and she starting briefing everyone on the procedure. I waved my arm around one last time before they put the mask on me, and that's the last I remember.....
.....as I started to come to I could feel the nurses moving my arm around. I still had a mask on and I just remember trying to take deep breaths. When they took the mask off, the first thing I asked for was some chapstick, lol. My shoulder felt cold, and I asked if there was ice on my arm. Sure enough, I had been hooked up to a cryotherapy ice box system which would come home with me. As soon as they sat me up I saw my husband on the other side of the room looking for me. He came over and I immediately asked "how many anchors??" lol. Turns out I only needed three - great news! Doc said the damage was fairly clean and minimal, and that she'd seen much worse from traumatic dislocation injuries. She also said that my shoulder is fairly loose in the first place and that there is a lot of room in my shoulder capsule....which is common for people who do their growing and developing as swimmers
After two cups of apple juice and a few packets of graham crackers I was ready to go home. Spent a total of 7.5 hours in the hospital, with the surgery taking just over two hours. I'm day 3 into my recovery journey now and I've already felt everything from complete confidence to total despair....but more on that later. Time for a sandwich and then a nap!
PS/FYI, I actually ended up typing this entry in bits and spurts, as my arm really started to feel the burn after not so long. Started off typing with both hands and am ending typing with one. Had to re-position several times and this entire entry was written over about two hours or so....phew! Was totally worth it though!
Updated November 20th, 2012 at 02:26 PM by swimslick
SCY@FGCU Aquatic Center
Air temp of 76, pool at 79, 100% water clarity.
Cloudy skies with humidity at 60%
Swam with Joel, my friend visiting from Ventura, CA, a professional beach lifeguard. We match up well doing different kinds of swimming in the same set. It is always fun and challenging when we swim together.
Focus - Freestyle, Backstroke,Pace
Warm up:
1x2000 FR/BK S done as
4(1x300 FR, 1x200 BK) Build effort 1-4
*Set 1*
10x100 FR S on 1:40 =< 5:30 500 pace
1-3; 1:07, 1:06, 1:054-7; 1:07, 1:05, 1:04, 1:058-10; 1:06, 1:06, 1:05
*Set 2*
1x1000 FR/BK S, alt by 25, Broken as:
4x150 on 2:15, 4x100 on 1:30, desc each 1-4150s; 1:48-1:41100s; 1:12-1:07
*Set 3*
3x400 Kick w/fins, Swim, rest 1 min each, as
1 each: Fly, Back, Free (50K/f, 50S/f)
Did the 400 free as 8x50 on 1:00 50K/f-50S/f
50s S/f: 26, 26, 26, 25
Warm down: 200 EZ
I am continuing to make progress with the dryland program and higher intensity swimming with intervals. Still having some sore muscles, and tired legs, but there is enough energy to make a good effort each session.Warmup - Working on the front end of freestyle, and alternating with backstroke.Set 1 - Trying to swim a strong controlled pace with with consistent front end technique, effortless streamlining turns, and steady, smooth, but not hard kick.Set 2 - More of free/back combination swimming.Set 3 - Conditioning for fin swimming later in season in sprint sets.
Updated November 14th, 2012 at 09:04 PM by fdtotten
SO the past three days, I have made my poor husband come to the Y pool with me, which has been insanely busy with highschool teams, the club team...(you pretty much have to go in the morning otherwise you end up sharing a lane of a 12 lane pool with three other people but he doesnt have that option). Since Hurricane Sandy he has been working 16 hour days putting peoples power back on, and the last thing he probably wanted to do was get in the pool when he only had a few hours to sleep, but bc I havent seen him much I gave him a puppy dog face and he came with and both times he thanked me lol. So because of the pool being so busy this time of year we had a choice of either sharing one lane in the cold pool or one lane in the hot pool, with other people. Its crazy. We spent two practices in the hot pool and it was pretty nice not to be freezing my butt of. These are the times when I wish I lived somewhere really warm like Florida or California, at least I can reminisce to college days when swimming in an outdoor sunny pool was how I spent a lunch. Getting out of bed is hard in these temps! Brrrr. But the question that really came to my mind, was which type of temperature is better for training over time? I would assume warm, because it loosens your muscles etc. but then again one gets really hot and constantly has to hydrate. Hmmm..... Not important, just made me think.
I swam at Riverbank this morning with Rondi and Hannah. The pool was uncrowded, but very warm. Heres what I did:
1000 lcm warmup
200s set
3 x 200 descend @ :10 rest
100 kick
2 x 200 steady pace @ :10 rest
100 kick
1 x 200 fast
100 kick
I was thoroughly wilted by the end of this set, even though I took my cap off for the kicking. I decided that trying to swim hard in water that hot just wasnt being any fun, so after a few aimless 100s to cool down I regrouped and did about 40 minutes of balance drills and play for the rest of the session.
(On a Goldilocks note: today's team email announced that one of TNYA's pools, at Baruch college, will be re-opening this week after having been damaged in the storm--but that the water temp there is currently 72! If only I could average out there and Riverbank I would be set . . .)
Nice morning - not as cool as forcasted & no rain until after we got out of the pool!
Missing Jennifer today, but it allowed me to work harder I think on the 12 x 100's - Terry put the Distance Free people into 2 lanes - which meant 2 moldy-oldies & 5 kids - I told the kids we needed a lane leader, so Hannah jumped in - but she goes about a 1:05 on all her 100's, so even going second I didn't get a draft! I was happy to see myself repeating 1:12's again - basically going first ahead of Sela & some kid that couldn't keep the interval. I'm feeling a lot stronger in the water this week - don't know if it's because my biorhythms are UP, or if its due to my finally getting payoff for all my hard work!! Yesterday on my fly, I was literally "flying" over the water - it felt so good!
600 Back/free
4 x 200 P on 3:00
8 x 50 K on 1:00
12 x 100 on 1:20
8 x 25 (one drill, 2 4-cycle, one sprint) on :30
100 EZ - kids got out here & the rest is a modified version of what he had the breast stroke lane doing
200 Breast
150 Breast/Free thingy
300 Breast/Free thingy
150 Breast/Free thingy*
4 x 100 P on 1:30
Total: 4900
*just in case you're wondering what a thingy is (my own personal design) one stroke, one free, two stroke, one free, one stroke - and you choose your distance, thus on the 300 it is 50 breast, 50 free, 100 breast, 50 free, 50 breast. I like it, and it saves my shins on those long breast stroke sets. And my shoulders when I do it butterfly. We never do it backstroke, lol.
Hello All!
This will be a lone post for awhile. I don't have much to report and who really cares about my daily belly button update (except chowsh!)
I had my gallbladder removed!!
On Halloween at 2:45pm as I was sitting in primo location in carpool line doing my black belt sudoku, I felt a pain in my diaphragm area. It very quickly got so bad I was nearly in shock! I was sweating profusely and my hands were curling up. I was almost blacking out from the pain. It was as bad as labor pains, except it never stopped and I certainly wasn't going to have a baby.
I managed to move the car and call my husband to come and get me and the kids. I unlocked the car doors in case I passed out, then I quickly ripped open the bag of Halloween candy and ate a Smarties, just in case it was my last! I was really pretty out of it as I was thinking, there's a pack of candy corn in my eye. I think I had falled over onto the bag of candy and yes, there was a packet of candy corn right there in my eye. This was no time for dignity. I didn't want bean sprouts to have been my last meal on earth.
We got to the emergency room at about 3:30 and they did an EKG and then ordered up the chest x-rays and a sonogram. The ER doctor got really interested when I said my sis had GB surgery; Maybe bad GBs are hereditary! Once the results came back, they said it was indeed my GB and the pains I had were classic GB case. So I got checked in that night and had the surgery the next day around noon. They do 4 incisions in your abdomen, with one of them thru your belly button. They also have to blow you up with gas I guess to have more room inside of you. So afterwards, your entire abdomen is just completely shocked.
It may be a relatively common procedure, but recovery is slow. They did just take out an organ! So I'll be out of the water for about a month but I'm actually looking forward to doing limited physical stuff for a change. I look at it as "active recovery" period, about a month or so! The belly button incision was quite annoying. At first you feel like your guts are going to spill out your belly button and you have to walk around with a pillow pressed against it. Luckily, we have an arsenal of choices, and an ugly doll works quite well. My daughter has like, 6, so I can color coordinate my ugly doll and sweat outfits. But now I am much better and just taking it easy. Time has really flown and it's already been nearly 2 weeks. I may even stay out of the water longer, not having any desire to use those core muscles right now!
It's not really the getting old factor, but just when your GB has hit the skids. In my case, I could eat food but the extreme pain was from not having the bile squirt out and thus it caused the organs to swell, press up against the nerves and the feeling was in the diaphragm area muscles. Wowie did it ever hurt!
On a positive note, everyone from the ER room to nurses and doctors were amazed at my low resting heart rate, which is just about at 50. When it would dip under 50, it would beep really loud, usually as I was just about to doze off and wake me up. I guess that is a warning for them to look in on me like my heart is stopping or something. So Id wiggle my toes around to keep my heart rate at 50 and over so that stupid machine would shut up.
Timeline? I can do all the hard core exercises at week 4, and that is right after Thanksgiving. Now that I think about it, I may need to excersize off that holiday meal and leftovers! I do not plan on swimming any meets the rest of this year, so no SCM and no xmas relay fun meet. I will likely just go back into normal workout routine with all my usual bad habits in the new year. I think I will swim our Feb meet and the zone meet in Austin in April/May. I don't plan on going to nationals.
It is funny what a brush with death (or what you thought might be death) can do. Most people suddenly find the God of Exericse/Nutrition and start eating healthy and running a marathon or something like that. I am just the opposite. I have no competitive drive right now and no desire to get back to working out. I do enjoying spending lots of time in the ladies' locker room, drying my hair, and taking naps at the time of my workouts. I also was tentative with my nutritional intake at first, but now have gone back entirely to my old ways. So far, my body can handle all the foods it did before. This week, I feel strong enough and looking forward to Golden Corral on Friday. Since my belly button is back to an inny, I am really in the mood for a multi-plate meal.
I wish everyone a happy and healthy rest of 2012 and SCM season!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Swam w/ Dave, Dave, Dave, Meredith, Roger, Aundrey, and various others. Back is improving but still sore. Doesn't seem to be a problem when swimming.
600 Warm up
200s until failure:
150 IM Kick/50 IM - 3:15 / 50 Kick - 1:00
100 IM Kick/100 IM - 3:10 / 50 Kick - 1:00
50 IM Kick/150 IM - 3:05 / 50 Kick - 1:00
200 IM - 3:00 / 50 Kick - 1:00
200 IM - 2:55 / 50 Kick - 1:00
200 IM - 2:50 / 50 Kick - 1:00
200 IM - 2:45 / 50 Kick - 1:00
200 IM - 2:40 / 50 Kick - 1:00 <- Didn't make it - switch to free
200 Free - 2:35 / 50 Kick - 1:00
200 Free - 2:30 / 50 Kick - 1:00
200 Free - 2:25 / 1:00 Rest <- Drop the kick, make the free
200 Free - 2:20 / 1:00 Rest
200 Free - 2:15 <- Didn't make it - end set
100 Easy
This pretty much hurt. I was hoping I wouldn't make 2:45 on the IM but I came in at 2:40. Feels good to make it but I dreaded the 2:40 push off. Free wasn't too bad. I thought about paddles a couple times but didn't go there.
4 rounds of:
* 25 Free - :40 (1 breath)
* 25 Free - :40 (no breath)
* 2 x 25 Stroke - :20
400 Timed Kick (Br - 6:10)
12 x 50 Swim/Kick - 1:00
100 Cool down
(5300 Total)
It is amazing how one kick can hurt so bad and the same movement can eventually loosen you up. This happened to me this morning.
During the main set I was getting started with my 50 free and dolphin kicked off the wall...then OH the Pain. My 50 free became 50 1 arm fly drill pushing thru the pain to get loose. I was going to kick free but decided I needed dolphin kick more at that point. I actually did an extra 50 kick just to loosen up more.
400 free
4x50@1:00 25 drill +25 build
4x50@1:00 IM order
4x25@:45 kick descend 35, 33, 31, 30
this set w/zoomers
1x50@1:00 swim(did 1 arm fly)
5x50@1:00 kick fly to loosen back (did extra was only supposed to be 4x50)
2x50@1:00 free smooth
3x50@1:00 streamline free kick
3x50@1:00 free smooth
2x50@1:00 streamline free kick
4x50@1:00 free smooth
1x50@1:00 streamline free kick
10x100 Free w/paddles #1-4@1:30, #5-7@1:25, #8-9@1:20 #10@1:15 held 1:23's on 1-7, went 1:18, 1:20, 1:22 for last 3 just did not have the umph today
Total 3250 yards
Warmup (got in a little late):
300 (of a 600)
(25 Fly Drill/25 SDK on back/25 V-sit scull/25 Free)
16 x 25 SDK w/ fins underwater @ 1:00 (held :13s)
16 x 50 Free Pull @ 1:10 Desc. 1-4
Main Set:
8 Rounds of:
1 x 200 IM (build each 50) @ 3:402 x 50 Free FAST @ 1:10These hurt, I was just sore all over, probably from last night's intense workout...my shoulder's screaming at me a little too.I avg'd 2:35s on the IM, and came down to 2:30 on the final 2 roundsThe 50s were blah, about :30-:31s200 EZ
4 x 25 Choice ALL OUT @ 1:00
Did Fly, Back, Free, Free
300 EZ and out
4500 Yards


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Awhile later,Sara speaks.
"We're here,Jack Bruno."Sara says.
"Here?There's nothing here."I say observing the mountains.
Then,an old,run down house comes into view.
"Nevermind."I say.
"Somebody's expecting you two,right?"Jack asks as we pull up to the house.
"Don't worry,Jack Bruno. We'll soon be reunited with relatives."Sara says smiling at the house.
"Ok. Seven hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents. But after everything that went down today,how about I knock off twenty-five percent and I also..."Jack says before Seth shoves the lump of cash into Jack's hand.
Seth and Sara hurry out of the taxi and into the house.
"Ok,then. Goodbye to you,too."Jack says before he looks through the money.
"Five hundred percent tip?That's reasonable."Jack says.
I hit him in his right shoulder before I get out.
"You two overpaid!By a lot!"I yell at the door of the house.
Jack gets out and looks at the side of the car.
"Unbelievable."Jack says before we hear glass shattering.
We look in the direction of the house. Jack slowly makes his way over to the door and I hesitantly follow.
"Everything ok in there?"He asks.
He gets to the door and opens the door. He goes in and I do the same.
I shut the door behind me and he quickly grabs a broken chair leg off the floor.
"It's just me."I whisper. He relaxes and we look around the trashed house.
"Hello?"Jack calls out to receive no answer.
I walk over to the couch and I get pulled down by Seth.
"Shh."He whispers when I open my mouth to speak.
"Angel?"I hear Jack whisper.
He comes to the couch and gets pulled down by Seth. Frightened,Jack hits Seth with his broken chair leg.
But it doesn't hit Seth.
Instead,it goes through him and hits the couch.
"What just happened?"Jack asks before Seth puts his hand over Jack's mouth.
"Jack Bruno and Angel Bruno,neither of you should have jeopardized your lives by following us."Sara says.
"What sort of trouble are you in?"I ask quietly.
"I suggest you both return to your vehicle. Your services are no longer required."Seth rudely says.
"Seth,their just trying to help."Sara says to him.
"We don't need their help. Somebody's already been here looking for it. We simply cannot trust any of them. Just us,Sara."Seth says to her.
Sara nods before looking back at Jack and I.
"We appreciate your efforts to assist us,but my brother is right. We can involve you both no further."Sara says.
"Got it!"Seth says rushing up from his spot on the floor.
"Let's go!"Sara follows him.
"Hey!Just tell us what's going..."I start before they get out of sight.
Jack and I stand up and Jack grabs the broken leg chair. We slowly follow them but not before I hear something.
I stop in my tracks and look around. I see nothing so I start following Jack again.
We end up at a fridge. Seth opens the refrigerator door and places his blue,handheld device on the side of the fridge.
"What is that?"Jack asks.
The device buzzes before the back of the fridge opens to reveal a tunnel. Seth grabs his device before he goes in.
Sara goes in a few seconds after.
"Whoa,Hey!"Jack calls after them.
"Don't go in the pimped out fridge,Jack."Jack says to himself.
"Jack's going in the pimped out fridge!"I say before I go in.
A few seconds later,I hear him following. We come upon a bookcase.
Seth does what he did with the fridge and another tunnel opens up. He gets his device and we go in. The tunnel leads us to a forest escape. I marvel at it's beauty.
"What is this place?"I ask.
"This way."Seth says looking at his device.
He and Sara leave Jack and I at the entrance.
"Hey,Hey,Hey."Jack says following them.
"Hay is for horses."I tease while following him.
"Stuff it."He says making me laugh quietly.
Seth goes a different way than us and I follow him. We come upon a big glob thing and he waves his device over it.
The device starts beeping crazily.
"Sara,it's here!"Seth yells.
"What's here?"I ask.
Sara and Jack break through the bushes and trees to where we are. Sara takes off her necklace and places the necklace on the glob.
The glob starts to swell and turn pink. Sara puts her hand in the glob and I surpress the urge to barf.
She pulls her hand and a device out.
"What is it?"Jack stutters out.
"It is what we came for Jack Bruno."Sara says to him.
"Is anyone else looking for it?Say,the person who trashed everything upstairs?"I ask.
"We think so. It is very valuable. Which is why it was vital that we locate it first."Seth answers me.
"Well,what makes you so sure that whoever else wanted it,isn't still looking for it?"I ask.
A look of realization hit Seth and Sara's faces.
We then hear a door slam.
"Shh!Shh!Go. Go. Go."Jack says to us.
We all slowly walk away from the glob and through the forest. Jack stands in front of us as we stop. We hear something break and Jack yells.
"Run!Run!Run!"Jack yells before Seth,Sara,and I all run.
Sara,Seth,and I hide in a bush. Something nearby gets shot and we start running.
"Jack Bruno!"Sara yells stopping.
"Kids!"I hear Jack yell.
Something bursts into flames and we start back running.
"Go,Go,Go!"Seth yells as we try to shield ourselves from the flames.
Something bursts and we're a thrown back into the air. We land and groan.
"Come on!"Seth yells getting up and helping Sara get up.
I get up on my own and I follow them. We stop and I yell.
"Jack!"I yell coughing from the flames.
Something pushes Sara's arm forward,causing her to throw her device down.
"Seth!"Sara yells.
I look and see the intruder is a robot with a suit of metal.
Seth comes at the metal robot thing and it throws him back.
How dare he!Wait!Do I actually care about Seth?I mean,he was and still is rude to me. But he's so cute and...bad time to think about this,Angel!
I jump on the back of the robot. It bucks me off and I hit a tree.
"Ouf!"I groan.
"Angel Bruno!"Sara yells coming and helping me up.
"Come on!"Seth yells.
"Where's Jack?!"I yell.
I look around and see him battling the robot.
"Do something!"I yell at no one in particular.
Sara somehow gets a fireball to go at the robot. It blasts the robot back and Jack gets up and follows us while we all run back to the entrance.
We run through the tunnel to the bookcase. We go in and Seth tries to close the bookcase/tunnel door. I then see there's a blue ball of light coming towards us. Seth's able to close the bookcase but there's still a blast.
Seth gets thrown from the bookcase to the floor. Sara gets thrown firstwards into the wall while Jack and I both get thrown backwards into the wall.
"Seth!"I yell when I see that Seth is lying unconscious on the floor.
Sara and I go to where Jack is picking Seth up and putting him over his shoulder.
"Seth!"Sara yells.
"Keep moving!Keep moving!"Jack yells.
We follow him out and I can't help but worry about Seth. I hope he's okay.
We make it out of the tunnel and and into the front room of the house. Things explode and erupt into fire as we try to get safely outside.
We get outside and more stuff explodes. We make it in the taxi and we all buckle up(Sara doing it for Seth).
We drive off right before where the taxi was parked explodes.
"How's Seth doing?"I ask after getting all of the debris out of my hair.
"His system has the ability to..."Sara is cut off by Seth.
"I will be fine. It is important we gain much distance from this location."Seth says the last part to Jack.
"I'm happy you're feeling better,'cause you're gonna need your strength when you explain to us JUST WHAT HAPPENED BACK THERE?!"Jack yells the last part.
Jack stops the taxi and turns to Sara and Seth.
"Alright,here's the deal. The cab doesn't move until your mouths do,so start talking."Jack says annoyed.
"The information you are seeking is not within your grasp of understanding"Seth says."We are dealing with issues outside the realm of...your world"Sara says. I lift one of my eyebrows in a questioning way.
"Hey,I'm a cab driver,ok?I have has plenty of worldly experi..."Jack trails off and stares behind the taxi.
I follow his gaze and see a blue light. Sara and Seth see it too.
"Sara!We have to go!"Seth yells before Sara pushes her hand out in front of her.
The taxi starts moving. Jack takes control of the wheel.
"What is it?!"I yell.
The blue light is a spaceship looking thing. It shoots lazers at us and in front of us.
"Hang on!"Jack yells.
We try to avoid the blasts and we end up on train tracks. We go into a train tunnel and we stop near the exit of it.
"We can't let him destroy it,Sara."I hear Seth whisper.
"Who is he?And this time,we'd like some real answers."I say.
"It's a Siphon."Sara answers.
"A what?"I ask.
"He's an assassin trained to pursue his target until his mission is completed."Seth says.
"And his mission is?"I question before a blue light appears at the entrance of the tunnel.
"Us."Sara finishes.
I grip the edge of my seat and I don't dare take a breath. The blue light reaches us before retreating. Everyone lets out a sigh of relief.
Jack starts the taxi again and we start driving. We leave the tunnel and stay on the tracks. I look out my window and see that if we get off the tracks,we'll fall to our death.
"Is there a safer route?"I ask nervously.
"Not unless you know how to fly."Jack says staring at something out my window.
The spaceship appears and starts shooting at us again. I yell with the others as we are thrown into the side of the barrier we're at.
We're jostled from side to side and it doesn't feel very good. We make it to another tunnel and the spaceship gets in as well.
"Jack Bruno!"Sara yells.
"Come on,Come on. Hold it together!"Jack yells.
We then hear a train horn.
"Oh,come on!"I yell.
I duck down with my eyes closed,not wanting to see the end.
"Faster!Faster!"Seth yells.
"It won't go any faster!"Jack yells.
"Sara!"Seth yells.
I then feel as if we're going the speed of light. I then hear an explosion.
"Watch out!"I hear Jack yell.
After a few minutes,we come to a stop.
I lift up from my position.
"Are we still alive?"I ask with my eyes still closed.
"Yeah."Jack pants.