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The Woodbridge Waveriders were crowned the Irvine Swim League’s Division I champions for the 2010 season.
The Waveriders won the 5-6, 7-8, 11-12, and 13-14 age groups, set three league records and 12 team records, had 11 first place finishes and earned 97 time improvements en route to the title.
Setting individual league records for the Waveriders were Nicole Lin in the 11-12 age group girls 50 breaststroke with a time of 33.62 and Daniela Georges in the 13-14 age group girls 50 freestyle with a time of 24.54.
Setting a an league relay record was the mixed 13-14 age group medley relay team of Daniela Georges (backstroke), Tyler Lin (breaststroke), Christian Alonte (butterfly), and Benjamin Chiang (freestyle).
Setting individual team records for the Waveriders were Lin in the 13-14 age group boys 50 breaststroke, Alonte in the 13-14 age group boys 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke and 100 individual medley, Georges in the 13-14 age group girls 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke and 50 freestyle and Justin Nguyen in the 15-18 age group boys 50 breaststroke.
Setting relay team records for the Waveriders were the 7-8 age group mixed medley relay team of Katrina Loye (backstroke), Kevin Bosley (breaststroke), Riley Pittman (butterfly) and Emily Garner (freestyle), and the 15-18 age group mixed medley relay team of Kaitlyn Van Peursem (backstroke), Justin Nguyen (breaststroke), Keith Hickson (butterfly) and Taylor Babb (freestyle).
Waveriders earning first place in individual events were Sean McCance in the 5-6 age group boys 25 butterfly and 25 freestyle, Katrina Loye in the 7-8 age group girls 25 backstroke and Emily Garner in the 7-8 age group girls 25 freestyle.
Earning a first-place finish was the 11-12 age group mixed medley relay team of Reagan Pittman (backstroke), Nicole Lin (breaststroke), Sarah Alexander (butterfly) and Oscar Nomura (freestyle).
Swimmers earning time improvements were Nick Giberson, Marley Hickson, Kai Hoshina. Amanda Anderson, Vincent Hsu, Rachel Loye, Brian Ngo, Jeremy Nguyen, Kensay Sato, Addison Schwarz, Jack Thurber, Nicholas Vollucci, Gibson West and Spencer Weston.
Greentree Gators place second in Division I
The Greentree Gators came in second in the Division I grouping in the Irvine Swim League Championships.
Natalie Bautista, Kendall Colbert, Tate Fitzgerald, Tristan Ho, Breanna Izzo, Eric Kwon, Mandy Lagerlof, Madison Lee, Athena Mac, Matthew Radmilovich, Joey Ricci, Baden Tanikawa, Kaya Tran, Maya Vanek, Cristian Viola, Iris Wang, Blaine Watcher and Luke Witting represented the 5-6 age group for the championship meet.
The 7-8 age group was led by Anthony Fitzgerald and Camille Ross, who earned points in all of their events. Also contributing with points were Brad France, Rodolfo Moreno, Stevie Payan, Jack Redington, and Dylan Vanek.
The 9-10 age group earned the age group division trophy and was led by Muhamed Bourdi, Jessica Fracker and Juliana Witting, who earned points in all of their events. Trina Hoang, Andrew Sciabica, Bryce Tanikawa also contributed with points for the team.
The 11-12 age group was paced by Iman Bourdi and Dakota Potter, who earned points in all their events. Also earning points for the team were Zachary Bird, Julian Brito, Erik Clausen, Brendan Hoang and Adam Kightlinger.
The 13-14 age group was led by Erica Dory, Deven Hidalgo, Kyndle Wright and Riki Yamamoto, who earned points in all of their events. Kelsey Bird also earned points for the team.
Julianne Cook, Cory Gottschalk and Jason Yep earning points in all of their events for the 15-18 age group. Also earning points for the team were Molly Babcock, Dennis Cook, Isabella Hidalgo and Kurt Sakurada.
South Irvine Dolphins take third place
The South Irvine Dolphins had one of their best championship meets on record, finishing third out of 19 teams with eight new team records and countless time improvements.
Record breaking Dolphins included Andrew Knoell in the 11-12 age group boys 50 backstroke (31.38) and Julia Wright in the 9-10 age group girls 100 individual medley (1:13.49) and 50 yard freestyle (29.81).
Philip Wright broke three team records in the boys 13-14 age group. He set marks in the 100 individual medley (58.79), 50 breastroke (29.82) and equaled the record set previously by teammate Jay Jackman in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.18.
Relay team records were broken by the 5-6 age group mixed 100 medley relay team of Jean Meyer, Ava Kurtz, Piper Blum and Declan Edwards and the 13-14 age group mixed 200 freestyle relay squad of Judson Balding, Alex Bennett, Julia Knoell and Philip Wright.
Dolphins finishing in the top six of their individual events and receiving medals included Judson Balding, Alex Bennett, Andrew Knoell, Jacqueline Leung, Jocelyn Leung, Jason Schreiber, Grant Sheen, Isabel Thiessen, Juliana Thiessen and Rosalie Thiessen.
Dolphin relay teams that medaled included the 7-8 age group 100 mixed medley team of Calvin Lee, Jacqueline Leung, Jason Schreiber and Matthew Wallin, the 9-10 age group 200 mixed medley team of Jocelyn Leung, Julia Wright, Grant Sheen, and Bella Oldham, the 13-14 age group 200 mixed medley team of Julia Knoell, Alex Bennett, Julian Baskys and Judson Balding, and the 7-8 age group 100 mixed freestyle team of Jacqueline Leung, Calvin Lee, Kaili Chen and Matthew Wallin.
Swimmers finishing in the top 16 of their individual events and scoring points included Talya Breen, Trinity Cha, Michael Greene, Jay Jackman, Jack Knoell, Carmel Lee, Jean Meyer, Amber Rogers and Todd Soo.
And Dolphin relays scoring points included the 11-12 age group 200 mixed medley team of Andrew Knoell, Erik Mumm, Carmel Lee and Jaylee Morse, the 15-18 age group 200 mixed medley group of Jack Knoell, Juliana Thiessen, Rosalie Thiessen and Cam Bennett and the 5-6 age group 100 mixed freestyle squad of Declan Edwards, Jean Meyer, Piper Blum and Praneetsai Iddamsetty.
The 9-10 age group 200 mixed freestyle team of Bella Oldham, Serena Hughes, Luke Balding and Kyle Mumm, the 11-12 age group 200 mixed freestyle team of Carmel Lee, Erik Mumm, Spencer Sheen and Jaylee Morse and the 15-18 age group 200 mixed freestyle group of Cam Bennett, Isabel Thiessen, Talya Breen and Jay Jackman also scored points for the Dolphins.
Contributing to the Dolphins championship team effort included Dara Arabzadeh, Sara Arabzadeh, Luke Balding, Vaibhav Bhat, Vardaan Bhat, Tucker Blum, Samuel Breen, Kate Brown, Lainey Cauffman, Noah Cha, Jaden Chen, Joshua Chen, Joy Chen, Oliver Corpus, Ray Corpus, Rowan Corpus, Haley Edwards, Mackenzie Field, Malia Gibson, Matthew Greene, Serena Hughes and Pranavsai Iddamsetty.
Also, Neha Krishnam, Hunter Kroll, Jack Kurtz, Lauren Kwan, Avery Lane, Lola Lane, Angela Lee, Eric Lee, Iris Lee, Peter Lee, Marta Meinardi, Zena Meyer, Caroline Mumm, Elizabeth Murphy, Ian Murphy, J. T. Nguyen, Audrey Ragan, Calum Ragan, Sky Reynolds, Sophia Schreiber, Jake Smith, Riley Smith, Ashley Wallin, Kala Warren, Kiara Warren, Shiela Youssefi, Tonya Youssefi and Chase Zanck.
Red Hots claim fourth place
The Colony Red Hots took fourth place in Division I and won the high-point trophy for the 15-18 age group with 357 points.
In the 15-18 age group, two league records and one team record were broken.
Mark Falz took first place and broke the league record in the boys 50 backstroke with a time of 24.50, beating the previous record that stood for five years. Falz also placed third in both the 50 butterfly and the 50 freestyle.
Kevin Barbrick placed first and broke the league record in the boys 50 breaststroke with a time of 26.80. Barbrick also broke a 7-year-old team record in the 100 individual medley and placed second overall with a time of 54.16.
And Barbrick took second place in the 50 freestyle event.
Also scoring points in the 15-18 age group were Chris Allmann, Kaitlen Clarke, Kevin Kohlhase, Rachel Mucho, Timmy Pham, Travis Pham and Kevin Rygiel.
Scoring points in the 11-12 age group were Preston Fox, Ryan Montis, Andrew Nguyen, Teddy Pham and Nicole Tom.
In the 9-10 age group, impressive swims were turned in by Justine Brown, Cassandra Chow, Stewart Erdahl and Brandon Raymundo.
Contributing points in the 7-8 age group were Zachary Baxter, Britney Cao, Tony Masangkay, Alana Nguyen and Daniel Tsuchiyama.
Scoring for the 5-6 age group were Joshua Baxter, Caleb Chow, Cullen Chow, and China Poblete.
Outstanding time improvements were turned in by Austin Barbrick, Joshua Cabral, Ryan Lee, Phoebe Lin, Milan Nuttal, Steven Patterson, Alexander Rodriguez, Alexis Tom and Lily Weingarten.
Allison Esmond turned in the biggest time improvement of the team with a time drop of more than 15 seconds.
College Park claims Division II championship
College Park Splash swimmers set a new Irvine Swim League record, shattered seven team records and earned four first-place finishes on their way to winning the Division II Championship.
Sloane McCahill won the girls 5-6 age group 25 butterfly and set a league record with a time of 19.54 seconds.
McCahill also earned a team record in the 25 backstroke and won a blue ribbon in the freestyle event.
Two other Splash team records were set by Kelsie Kan in the 11-12 age group girls 50 backstroke (30.54) and freestyle (27.28).
Ivan Liang took third place in the 13-14 age group boys butterfly and shattered a 7-year-old team record with his finishing time of 26.71.
The 5-6 age group mixed freestyle relay team of Jack Fairchild, Sarah Leka, J.C. Allen and McCahill took first place and set a team record in a time of 1:31:56 seconds.
The 7-8 age group mixed freestyle relay team of Kyle Cadavona, Alexander Palakian, Annabelle Leka and Michael McCahill broke a 10-year-old team record with a time of 1:09:30 and finished in second place.
Johnathan Lee won the 15-18 age group boys 50 backstroke and Michael McCahill took first in the 7-8 age group boys 25 butterfly.
Other Splash swimmers who contributed points were Malia Allen, Alyssa Cadavona, Hanna Leka, Jacob Huynh, Joshua Hall, Holly Brandt, Morgan Mendoza, Tyler Knudson, Amy Boden, Patrick Dwane, Katlyn Hank, Sahar Talgi, Keith Cutler, Austin Luu, Bryton Horner, Brenton Luu, April Dwane, Roy Ninonuevo, Kyle Luu, Deven Wilson, Lauren Mendoza, Ryan Vortouni and Kianna Brandt.
Also, Nicholas Schell, Chloe MacVicar, Riley Kan, Madison Hank, Chase Mendoza, Eric Kingery, Kenny Cutler, Evan Colson and Julian Scagliotti.
Westpark Marlins finish strong second in Division II
The Westpark Marlins closed the season with a fantastic showing at championships on Saturday.
Seventy-seven Marlins competed, earning 73 time improvements, posting 10 individual team records and two relay records.
Allyson Whyte set a team record in the girls 5-6 age group 25 butterfly with a time of 21.96.
Courtney Whyte broke three records in the girls 13-14 age group. She set marks in the 50 freestyle, 50 breaststroke and the 100 individual medley.
Alexa Clayfield broke her own record in the girls 13-14 age group 50 backstroke and Ryan Wong set a team record with a time of 29.58 in the boys 13-14 age group 50 backstroke.
Erik Whyte also set three records on the day. He broke marks in the boys 15-18 age group 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke and 100 individual medley.
The 5-6 age group mixed freestyle relay team of Allyson Whyte, Nicholas DeLuca, Sophia Venegas and Kendrick Pham came in first with a record-setting time of 1:27.28, finishing the season undefeated in the event.
The 15-18 age group mixed 200 medley relay team of Erik Whyte, Eric Su, Alan Su and Anh Nguyen set a team record with a time of 1:52.50.
Alexander King took three first-place medals in his individual events for the Marlins.
Also finishing in the top 10 in their races were Amrik Birk, Michelle Chuang, Jillian Cizynski, Nicholas DeLuca, Rini Jablonski, Adonis Lu, Anh Nguyen, Cody Nguyen, Kendrick Pham, Duncan Shepherd, Alan Su, Sophia Venegas, Daniela Walach, Rochelle Wong and Eric Zeng.
The 13-14 age group mixed 200 medley relay team of Ryan Wong, Amrik Birk, Alexa Clayfield and Courtney Whyte placed second.
Also posting points for the Marlins were Kyle Chen, Sophia DeLuca, Skylar Fung, Kali Guzman, Allison Lee, Kaury Pena, Katherine Rogerson, Matthew Spear, Eric Su, Natasha Takahashi and Paige Taylor.
Deerfield Bluefins place third in Division II
The Deerfield Bluefins concluded a successful season by recording 66 time improvements and placing third in Division II at championships.
Shervin Shaikh broke league and Bluefin team records in the 15-18 age group boys individual medley and 50 freestyle events.
In addition, 10 Bluefin individual records were broken and two team relay records were broken during championships.
Bluefins breaking team records at the championship meet were Allyson Kusuma in the 5-6 age group girls backstroke, Jacqueline Whitehead in the 15-18 age group girls freestyle and individual medley, Kallen Kao in the 13-14 age group boys freestyle, backstroke and individual medley, Kyle Kao in the 13-14 age group boys butterfly and Shervin Shaikh in the 15-18 age group boys breatstroke.
Bluefin relay records were broken in the 13-14 age group medley by the team of Haley Bowe, Kallen Kao, Kyle Kao and Ben Depew and in the 15-18 age group freestyle relay by the squad of Jordan Hatch, Jacqueline Whitehead, Joe Depew and Shaikh.
Bluefin swimmers placing and scoring points included Ethan Diedricks, Alec Overbaugh, Kathleen Overbaugh, Xander Lee, Jennifer Kaplan, Malcolm Overbaugh, Erick Castillejo, Austin Bradford, Shayan Shaikh, Haley Bowe, Vivian Ding, Shiela Shaikh, Casey Jordan and Allison Van Kirk.
Bluefin swimmers with time improvements at championships were Hannah Rapp, Bryce Blaney, Benjamin Depew, Joseph Depew, Jordan Hatch, Christina Rolfe, Aubrey Burington, Westley Burington, Jason Chen, Jacob Craig, Nathan Craig, Michael Ding, Amber Glass, Arta Khosravi, Luke Mooney, Rebecca Mooney, Sian Mooney, Brian Ngo, Darren Ngo, Srishti Patel, Matthew Peng, Laura Restrepo, Andrew Reyes, Seth Rotter, Alexandra Swift, Travis Swift, Jonathan Tu, Alexandria Wall and Alexander Weyers.
Other Bluefin swimmers with strong swims were Taylor Carey, Luke Chaikovsky, Julian Diedricks, Ashna Gorajia, Cameron Hatch, Justin Hatch, Craig Hilby, Samuel Hoffer, Akhil Katta, Arvind Katta, Naomi Lee, Xander Lee, Alan Maver, Sarah Maver, Sarah Rapp, Sofia Restrepo, Lucas Tanikawa and Christine Weyers.
Turtle Rock Sharks take third in Division III
Racking up time improvements, and records, the Turtle Rock Broadmoor Sharks culminated the season by placing third in Division II.
Scoring 669.5 team points, the Sharks participated in nearly every race at championships.
Highlights included a third-place finish in the 15-18 age group freestyle relay, in which swimmers Sam Jeffrey, Lauren Parrett, Kent McRuer and Jeffrey Kubit set a team record of 1:36.51.
Swimmers in the 13-14 age group placed fifth in the medley relay. The team consisted of John Lee, Korey Tulley, Spencer Kubit and Madison Chen.
Shark swimmers placing in the top six positions of their races were Alex Ortiz, Spencer Kubit, Amanda Campanaro, Sydney Rosmann, John Lee, Erin Parrett, Jeffrey Kubit and Olivia Blaze.
In the girls 15-18 age group freestyle, Lauren Parrett placed first and Erin Parrett took second.
Individual team records were set by Lauren Parrett in 15-18 age group girls freestyle (25.0) and breaststroke (30.43), Erin Parrett in 15-18 age group girls backstroke (30.25) and Alex Ortiz in 11-12 age group boys freestyle (24.6), butterfly (26.96) and individual medley (1.02.98).
Jeffrey Kubit set a record in 15-18 age group boys butterfly (25.77).
Shark swimmers also made impressive time improvements with Dylan Ohashi dropping 6.91 in the boys 5-6 age group freestyle. Parsa Farmad dropped 4.49 in his 9-10 age group boys breaststroke race.
Oak Creek has impressive results at championships
The Oak Creek Orcas started off the meet with top 20 finishes by all of their medley relay teams.
The 11-12 age group medley relay team of Katie Fuschetti, Judd Howard, Erika Ervoes, and Parker Evans received a third-place medal.
Top-10 finishes included Maria Luisa Amaral in the 13-14 age group girls 50 breaststroke, Zachary Howard in the 9-10 age group boys 50 backstroke, 100 individual medley and 50 breaststroke, Aaron Huynh in the 9-10 age group boys 50 freestyle, Alliyah Lougee in the 9-10 age group girls 50 backstroke, 100 individual medley and 50 backstroke, Joshua Lougee in the 7-8 age group boys 25 butterfly and freestyle, Kailie Michalak in the 9-10 age group girls 50 butterfly, breaststroke, and 100 individual medley and Sarah Sharifi in the 7-8 age group girls 25 freestyle.
Finishing in the top 20 in individual events were Jackson Bernstein, Ryan Chien, Justin Chung, Nico Ervoes, Christian Evans, Zachary Goldblatt, Rylee Henderson, Saul Hernandez, Ashley Kim, Kate Krolikowski, Nick Krolikowski, Traci Mura, Tyler Mura, Yume Nishi, Madison Reed, Sheila Sharifi, Joshua Trestik, Jerry Trinh, Nick Tucci, Michelle Tu, Anna Turner, Jessica Wu-Woods and Natalie Wu-Woods.
Other Orca swimmers who participated included Macy Bernstein, Ethan Chien, Jacqueline Choi, Andrew Chung, Taryn Franzen, Anna Fuschetti, Luke Gillespie, Cali Henderson, Ryan Henderson, Julian Hernandez, Kiana Hernandez, Ellie Kim, Madison Lee, Samantha Lee, Nathan Reed and Parker Serrano.
Also, Zachary Serrano, Gina Sorensen, Caden Strauss, Keller Strauss, Abigail Trestik, Jake Trestik, Brady Trinh, Jackson Tucci, Daniel Tu, Nathan Turner and Daniel Yi.
The championship meet concluded with all Orca freestyle relay teams placing 13th or better.
The 9-10 age group 200 freestyle relay team of Ryan Chien, Madison Reed, Caden Strauss and Aaron Huynh placed fourth, while the 5-6 age group 100 freestyle relay team of Saul Hernandez, Nick Tucci, Parker Serrano and Rylee Henderson finished fifth.
Park Paseo Northstars win Division III title
The Park Paseo Northstars were crowned champions of the Irvine Swim League’s Division III at the league’s final meet of the season.
Rounding out the division were Heritage Park Seals, Turtle Rock Highlands Tidalwave, Village Park Piranhas and Northwood Pointe Flash.
The Northstars won the 7-8, 11-12, and 13-14 age group titles.
Hannah Palmer won the 7-8 age group 25 breaststroke with a time of 21.41 for Park Paseo.
Turtle Rock Highlands take third in Division III
The Turtle Rock Highlands TidalWave swimmers set eight team records and earned third in Division III on Saturday.
Setting records were Emma Henderson in the 13-14 age group girls backstroke, individual medley and freestyle, Aidan Yong in the 9-10 age group boys breaststroke and individual medley, David Calica in the 15-18 age group boys individual medley and Zachary Yong in the 15-18 age group breaststroke.
The 5-6 age group medley relay team of Sophie Burkhardt, Lia Cui, Elijah Lee and Dillon Gomez and the freestyle relay of Dylan Williams, Allison Bello, Burkhardt, and Murphy earned place ribbons.
Earning place ribbons in the 7-8 age group medley relay were the team of Kylie Pries, Adam Bello, Shannon Wong and Tyler Williams, and the freestyle relay team of Matthew McCarthy, Isabella Pagano, Pries and Williams.
Earning individual place ribbons were Pries and Pagano.
The 9-10 age group placed first in the medley relay with Aidan Yong, Isabella Khamseh, Evan Mouchard and Bennett Kidder.
In addition, Yong placed first in breaststroke and individual medley, and second in backstroke.
Khamseh finished first in breaststroke, third in the individual medley and fifth in freestyle while Mouchard placed fourth in butterfly, sixth in individual medley and seventh in freestyle.
The freestyle relay team of McKenna Pries, Jackie Smet, Anthony Juan and Madeleine Dahlin also placed.
The team of Michelle Maddox, Nima Kheradpour, Carley Henderson and Kate Platz earned a place ribbon in the 11-12 age group freestyle relay.
Our two 13-14 age group swimmers each earned three time improvements. Emma Henderson placed second in the individual medley, third in backstroke and fifth in freestyle and Keon Zemoudeh placed in breaststroke.
The 15-18 age group medley relay team of Kathleen Colao, David Calica, Zachary Yong and Greg Maddox placed sixth. Yong finished third in the individual medley and fourth in breaststroke. Kathleen Colao took third in backstroke and fourth in butterfly, while David Calica placed in his three events.
Village Park Piranhas place fourth in Division III
The Village Park Piranhas finished fourth in their division overall, won the 5-6 age group division and placed second in the 9-10 and 13-14 age groups.
Two team records were broken by Nelson Tello in the 9-10 age group breaststroke and butterfly. Tello finished first in freestyle and second in both breaststroke and butterfly.
Max Tello finished second in freestyle and third in both the breaststroke and backstroke. They both had three time improvements. Nelson and Max Tello teamed with Hanlin Chen and Ida Pirzadeh to finish sixth in the mixed 200 medley relay.
Hanlin also finished 13th in freestyle and had two time improvements.
Isabella Snetsinger finished first in breaststroke, third in freestyle and sixth in butterfly with three time improvements.
Lauren Weins earned fifth in butterfly and individual medley and sixth in backstroke. Natalie Teeter finished seventh in butterfly and 13th in freestyle with two time improvements. Kerianne Stephan finished eighth in butterfly, 15th in individual medley and 16th in freestyle with two time improvements.
Steven Cortez finished ninth in freestyle, 10th in the individual medley and 11th in breaststroke with three time improvements.
Luke Venzlaff placed ninth in butterfly, 13th in backstroke and 16th in freestyle with two time improvements. Austin Weins had two time improvements and finished 12th in the backstroke.
Top-20 finishers in butterfly included Sophia Bajak, Wayne Lu, Luis Phillips and Kendall Rios.
Natalie Andric and Rylie Klenke improved their breaststroke times by 20 and 18 seconds, respectively.
Other time improvements were made by Ruben Arteaga, Mark Balcarcel, Ian Du, Vanessa Elgohary, Karlie Kilgore, Matthew Lu, Kevin Ly, Katarina Miller, Faris Qaisi, Leeanne Qussiny, David Stephan, Matthew Strong, Nicholas Teeter and Alexis Wascher.
Outstanding contributions were made by Tiffany Balcarcel, Sarah-Michelle Eversaul, Jason Gong, Bryce Medina, Louie Qussiny, Morgan Rios and Aaron Wascher.

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By JAMES ALLAN
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Jordan Bohannon can finally be free again on the basketball court.
The last time the University of Iowa senior has been this healthy was during his final season at Linn Mar (Iowa) High School. It was a year when Bohannon led Class 4A with 593 points, averaging 25.8 points, en route to Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year honors.
A lot has happened since.
Bohannon battled plantar fasciitis for parts of two seasons before his discomfort went to his hip. That led to a first surgery following the Hawkeyes’ 2019 NCAA Tournament run; he played 10 games last season before shutting it down to undergo the same procedure on the other hip.
“It’s one of the greatest feelings to have that feeling back in my body where I know every time I step on the floor I don’t have to worry about my foot hurting or my hips bothering me when I am making a move or a cross over,” said Bohannon.
“After this long road of rehab and recovery, it’s nice to know that the hard work I have done to come back from two surgeries to get to this point has helped so much. I have had a lot of people that have helped me get through these tough two years.”
Bohannon confidently says he is 100 percent. On top of that, he says his conditioning is back to where it should be.
“I was finally able to work out and I made a lot of changes in my nutrition this offseason,” said Bohannon. “I cut around 15 pounds, trying to slim down. That has helped me mentally, knowing I am going to be in top physical shape heading into this year.
“My senior year of high school was the last time I felt as good as I do now. It’s a great feeling and I am looking forward to seeing what I am able to do on the floor.”
Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery sees a difference in a healthy Bohannon.
“I think he feels good to be able to go out there and compete the way he wants to compete without pain,” said McCaffery. “Having the confidence to know that every time he drives to the basket and falls down, plays a lot of minutes, or fights through screens that he’s not going to be in discomfort is huge.”
Bohannon enters his fifth year with 1,310 points. In three-plus seasons, the sharp-shooter has broken Iowa’s 3-point field goals record (with 284 makes) and he enters 2020-21 with the Big Ten record within reach.
“It’s crazy to think about, the guys I looked up to growing up – Jeff Horner, Matt Gatens,” said Bohannon of the record. “You go down the line and look at everyone I have passed. It’s surreal to say I am at the top and knowing I am able to close the gap on the top 3-point leaders in the Big Ten as well. There have been so many great names that I have watched growing up.”
Bohannon needs 90 3-point field goals to pass Ohio State’s Jon Diebler for the all-time Big Ten record.
Bohannon has been more than a shooter in his career. Along with averaging 11.7 points per game, Bohannon has handed out 4.5 assists per game. That has put him in a position to surpass a who’s who in Hawkeye history – Mike Gesell, B.J. Armstrong, Dean Oliver, Andre Woolridge, Jeff Horner — in the assist ledger in 2020-21.
Bohannon needs 108 assists to tie Horner (614 assists) for the top spot in Hawkeye history.
“I was telling coach McCaffery that I feel more comfortable breaking the assist record (this season) than the 3-point record knowing the guys I have around me,” said Bohannon.
“I can feed Luka (Garza) inside, CJ (Fredrick) on the perimeter, and Wiesy (Joe Wieskamp) on the perimeter. We have all these guys that can shoot the ball and it’s nice knowing I can load everyone up like I did my freshman year with Peter Jok. I have all these high assist games because we had good shooters around me.”
"It has meant everything to me to set foot on the floor as an Iowa basketball player. I get goosebumps talking and thinking about the last four years and how surreal it has been.”Senior Jordan Bohannon
Bohannon was born in Iowa City in 1997 — 16 years after his father, Gordy, led the Iowa football team to the Rose Bowl as the starting quarterback. Bohannon grew up loving the Hawkeyes when he was staring at Linn Mar. When McCaffery extended a scholarship offer for Bohannon to officially become a Hawkeye, it was everything he wanted.
“It has been a dream come true in the most simplistic way I can say it,” said Bohannon. “I grew up an Iowa fan, my dad was the quarterback at Iowa and was on the first team to change the tide around the Iowa football team and create a tradition.
“With me coming to Iowa and trying to do something at the same university was full circle for our family. It has meant everything to me to set foot on the floor as an Iowa basketball player. I get goosebumps talking and thinking about the last four years and how surreal it has been.”
Bohannon has big aspirations for his final college basketball season. The Hawkeyes are the preseason darling, being ranked fifth by The Associated Press and sixth in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. The team returns seven players with starting experience, including consensus preseason All-American Luka Garza and Wieskamp, a preseason All-Big Ten selection.
The Hawkeyes have played in two postseasons during Bohannon’s career — the National Invitation Tournament and one NCAA Tournament. Iowa was poised for a deep run last season before the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of March Madness. This year, Bohannon has bigger goals.
“Something that my class — I am the last one that came in the class of 2016 — kept saying is we wanted to continue the legacy of the senior class before us,” said Bohannon. “When they got highly ranked (as high as No. 3 nationally), we wanted to carry that tradition on and change the tide of the program for basketball at Iowa.
“That was our focus the last four years and we went through a lot of ups and downs, but a lot of it has to do with the team before us and the team before that and the team before that.”
Bohannon has never shied from being vocal with his goals. This year, he has his sights set on a Final Four and a National Championship.
“It has always been national title and with the team we have this year, I know whole-heartedly, without a doubt, that there is the opportunity to get to that title game and win it all,” said Bohannon. “We have everyone in the locker room locked in and ready to accomplish something that hasn’t been done in a long time.
“I see us being the top team in the country and thinking every time we step foot on the floor, we should win.”
A healthy Bohannon will be a big part of that equation.


Implementing Regional Action Plan in Marche Region
The building sector is the largest energy-consuming, accounting for over one-third of final energy consumption globally, being also an important source of CO2 emissions. Energy performance in this sector can be drastically improved through different measures, however measures should be implemented in a coordinated and holistic way, taking into account all aspects involved in the achievement of the low-carbon economy in order for them to go hand in hand with sustainable development strategies at the overall municipality/district.
The overall objective of LC Districts is to improve regional development policies and programmes in the areas of building renovation and construction of energy efficient buildings, creation and renovation of district heating and other urban renovation actions, in order to facilitate the transition to low-carbon districts and municipalities. The interregional learning process will take place around three thematic areas:
The main outputs of the project will be: Method Guide, Diagnosis reports of the regional building, district heating and urban renovation sectors, Good Practice Guide, Policy Road Map, Regional Policy Briefs and Regional Action Plans with recommendations for integration into RIS3. Stakeholders benefiting from the project will be all actors in the construction, housing renovation, district heating and urban renovation sectors at the regional, national and EU level: regional, national and multinational industrial and service companies, industry associations and federations, clusters, SME specific associations, universities and RTOs, national, regional and local representatives of construction and housing authorities (ROP MA).
The LC Districts project targets Priority Axis 4 “Transition to a Low Carbon economy” IP 4c “energy efficiency in the housing sector”. This IP aims at decreasing the energy consumption and the reduction of GHG emissions, looking for maximizing energy efficiency mainly in the housing stock built before 1980, which represents the largest share of the GHG emissions in Navarra. PA4 has been subject to reprogramming, including a new line “Support to improvement of energy efficiency in dwellings, including District Heating systems”.
So far, actions in this IP have comprised direct aids to applicants according to the age of the dwelling/building, owner’s income and projects, according to the Navarra Regulation 10/2010 and its modifications. These direct aids foster the refurbishment of the building’s thermal envelope from an integral approach, through a profound refurbishment resulting in an increase of at least 2 steps (letters) of its Energy Efficiency classification.
However, the current refurbishing and energy efficiency improvement processes have shown a number of limitations: i) citizens’ lack of information on the aids, ii)poor quality of the refurbishing projects; iii)lack of knowledge of the technical staff for supporting citizens in the application process; iv) lack of a suitable financing framework; v) lack of agreement among homeowners associations, which are the main beneficiaries of the aids, results in the refurbishing project and application process to be unfeasible.
The PI aims at improving buildings energy performance and sustainable urban district policies, achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion in line with Europe2020 Strategy. Investment Priority 4.C. Supporting energy efficiency, smart energy management and the use of renewable energy in public infrastructure, including public buildings, and in the housing sector acts through 2 actions: Act. 13.1- promotion of eco-efficiency and reduction of primary energy consumption in buildings and public facilities: renovation of individual buildings or complexes of buildings, installation of intelligent remote control systems, regulation, management, monitoring and optimization of energy consumption (smart buildings) and polluting emissions also through the use of technological mixes/Act. 13.2-adoption of technological solutions for the reduction of energy consumption of public lighting networks, promoting installations of automatic regulation systems(light sensors, remote control systems and remote network management).
The reasons lie on:
• the objectives set by the Regional Environmental Energy Plan in energy saving (thermal and electric) and the renewable energies development;
• the prominent share of energy consumption on residential sector, assessed as nearly 19% on the total energy consumption in Marche Region. Public buildings’ electricity consumption is higher than national average and its trend has not been significantly decreased in the last decades.
The policy instrument targets Priority Axis 4 “Transition to a low carbon economy” and Investment Priority 4.c “Supporting energy efficiency, smart energy management, and the use of renewable energy in public infrastructure, including public buildings and in the housing sector”. The main focus of the policy instrument is to improve energy efficiency by decreasing energy consumption and increasing the utilization of renewable energy resources in the building sector. Furthermore, the policy instrument aims to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from building sector.
The policy instrument includes two main actions:
The first action concentrates on the installation of renewable energy resources for increasing the production of on-site energy and decreasing the dependency to the grid supply energy system.
The second action contributes to the development and use of new methods and/or models in reducing both energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in designing new buildings as well as renovating existing buildings.
OPE 2014-20 aims to achieve 7th EU Environment Action Programme priorities, e.g.to turn EU into a resource-efficient, green and competitive LC economy, and to enhance the sustainability of the Union's cities.
SO 5.1 “Supporting the transition to a LC economy in all sectors by promoting EE, smart energy management systems and the use of RES in public infrastructures, including public buildings and housing” aims to reduce the energy intensity of public buildings and increase the use of RES.The measures aim at buildings with a high potential for cost-effective solutions. High investment costs are a major barrier for the implementation of saving measures and the installation of alternative energy sources for heating and hot water in buildings owned by municipalities and regions.
Potential lies in heat sources & in final consumption, where most buildings have not yet been insulated and other savings measures not implemented.The proposed measures will also contribute to reducing energy dependence.The main target group are owners of public buildings.Assigned PA5,SO 5.1. allocation Allocation is €476.836.080.
Reasons to improve are mainly these:
-To support efficient and sustainable use of energy sources in the transition to a LC economy
-To reduce final energy consumption in public buildings
-To meet EU 2030 objectives of 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the share of energy savings and renewable sources to 27% each
-To increase the number of approved projects
The interventions of the Croatia Competitiveness and cohesion Operational Programme (OPCC) under Thematic Objective (TO) 4 focus on promotion of Renwable Energy Sources (RES) and Energy Efficiency (EE) measures in sectors with largest share in the energy consumption, namely:
• Private sector, including both buildings and production process
• Public and residential buildings and public energy infrastructure (District Heating Systems (DHS) and lightning)
• Introduction of new technologies in energy management, namely smart grids
Main aim of this TO is to contribute to the EU 2020 targets that have been transferred into the national targets as follows: a) National RES Action plan sets the 2020 goals of 39%, 10% and 19.6% share of RES in the in gross final energy consumption in electricity, transport and heating/ cooling respectively; and b) Third EE Action plan sets the overall energy saving target should be contributed 30% by households, 13% by services, 13% by industries and 44% by transport.
Holistic approach is needed to utilize the best of different sectorial approaches visible through energy savings and GHG emissions reduction. The overall communication and dissemination must be improved in a way it reaches all relevant stakeholders timely and with proper and sufficient information. Adequate measuring and monitoring has to be put In place to track the progress of holistic approach.
Implementing Regional Action Plan in Marche Region
Partnership of REGEA and City of Karlovac in developing low-carbon districts in Croatia
Read about the LC District project results in Sweden
What changes has the international LC Districts project brought to the Zlín region and the Czech Republic?
Summary of the LC Districts project final event in Brussels
In Navarra Region, the first workshop presenting the Regional Action Plan was organized.
At the end of the project we were able to organize study visits to the Marche and Småland regions.
Ecological village of Eransus, an example of a healthier and more sustainable way of life.
ITACA Urban Scale protocol is a multi-criteria assessment system for the evaluation of environmental sustainability of an urban context.
The summary of our last study visit in Croatia.


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A field evaluation of the impact of temporary cover crops on soil properties and vegetation communities in southern Spain vineyards
- Guzmán, G., Cabezas, J.M., Sánchez-Cuesta, R., Lora, Á., Bauer, T., Strauss, P., Winter, S., Zaller, J.G., Gómez, J.A.
- Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2019 v.272 pp. 135-145
- aggregate stability, barley, biomass production, calcareous soils, cover crops, plant communities, soil management, vineyards, Spain
- Transition from bare soil to temporary cover crop-based soil management has been promoted for at least two decades in vineyards in southern Spain. However, there is limited field evaluation of its impact at commercial vineyard level. Our study evaluates the impact of these two soil managements in sixteen commercial vineyards in Southern Spain. Selected soil physical, chemical and biological properties were measured in a representative inter-row of each vineyard during 2015-2016. Overall, the temporary cover crop vineyard presented a significant improvement in soil organic carbon content and aggregate stability in comparison to the bare soil vineyards, 73 and 29% respectively, as well as presenting more diverse plant communities. Nevertheless, there was a large variability among vineyards that preclude the identification of other impacts and differences among the different kind of temporary cover crops followed by the winegrowers. A refined analysis concentrated in the eleven vineyards on more calcareous soils distinguishing among bare soil, spontaneous cover crop of low biomass production, spontaneous cover crop of high biomass production and barley cover crop of high biomass production was performed. It resulted in a larger improvement in soil properties in the vineyards having a spontaneous cover crop of high biomass production followed by the ones having a cover crop with barley. It also showed how the spontaneous cover crop of low biomass production presented a moderate or negligible improvement in soil properties as compared to the bare soil vineyards. In general terms, the best strategy seemed to be the vineyards with spontaneous cover crops that were able to achieve a high biomass production, above 0.91 t ha−1 per year, which also presented a high plant diversity. Our results indicate the need for a proper evaluation of the impact of cover crop-based management based on vineyard assessment of soil properties and their relation with driving variables, as in our case biomass production and composition of the cover crops.

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Gabby Petito’s parents want to add another defendant to their ongoing emotional distress lawsuit against the mother and father of Brian Laundrie. It’s Steven Bertolino, the attorney for Christopher Laundrie and Roberta Laundrie.
Plaintiffs previously argued that Brian Laundrie’s parents already knew that the missing Gabby was dead when they made a statement wishing for her to be reunited with her parents.
“It is our understanding that a search has been organized for Miss Petito in or near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming,” the Laundrie family said in a statement released though Bertolino. “On behalf of the Laundrie family it is our hope that the search for Miss Petito is successful and that Miss Petito is reunited with her family.”
Now Gabby’s father Joseph Petito and mother Nichole Schmidt assert that Bertolino also knew she was dead. They are issuing a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint, with the attorney named as a co-defendant.
“It is believed that at the time the September 14, 2021 statement was issued, the Laundries and Steven Bertolino knew that Gabby Petito was deceased, and that under those circumstances, the statement was insensitive, cold-hearted and outrageous,” said a statement from the plaintiffs. “Thus, after much consideration, the parents of Gabby Petito filed a Motion for Leave of Court this afternoon asking the court for permission to file a Second Amended Complaint to add Steven Bertolino as a defendant in the action.”
From their submitted draft of the amended complaint, attached as an exhibit to the motion for leave to file:
29. For the Laundries and Steven Bertolino to express their ‘hope’ that Gabrielle Petito was located and reunited with their family, at a time when they knew she had been murdered by Brian Laundrie was beyond outrageous.
30. Steven Bertolino, at the time he issued the September 14, 2021 statement, was aware that Joseph Petito resided in Florida and the statement was intended to reach Joseph Petito.
31. The September 14, 2021 statement released by Attorney Bertolino was intended to be disseminated nationwide and was broadcast in news reports in Florida and nationwide, and was disseminated electronically in Florida.
Bertolino did not immediately respond to a Law&Crime request for comment.
Gabby Petito, 22, went missing in the end of August 2021 while on a cross-country trip with Laundrie, 23.
Authorities have determined Laundrie strangled Petito to death and abandoned her corpse in the wilderness of Wyoming as he drove back to his parents’ home in Florida. After briefly holing up at the residence, Laundrie escaped to a local park where he shot himself in the head. In his suicide note, he maintained that he only killed Petito after she became badly injured while the two were attempting to return to the van on a freezing cold night.
“I ended her life. I thought it was merciful, that it is what she wanted, but I see now all the mistakes I made,” Laundrie asserted in a handwritten suicide note.
Bertolino at the time confirmed the authenticity of the documents to Law&Crime.
Aaron Keller contributed to this report.
[Screenshot via Gabby Petito’s YouTube page Nomadic Statik]
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Members of the Washington, DC chapter of the Internet Baseball Writers Association were asked to reply to a survey of 11 questions regarding the Washington Nationals upcoming season. Twenty-one members of the association replied to the survey, which asked for predictions on several position battles, statistical leaders, and win projections for the 2012 Nats.
You can find a link to the survey responses here.
As a founding member of the DC-IBWA, we of course responded. Below were our choices, and we welcome your comments or opinions.
1. Who will lead the Nats in home runs? Dave: Zimmerman; Cheryl: Zimmerman; Tyler: Morse.
If Ryan Zimmerman can stay healthy all season, he could be in line for a career year at age 27, just entering his prime.
2. Who will lead the Nats in RBIs? Dave: Morse; Cheryl: Zimmerman; Tyler: Zimmerman.
As I’ll explain further below, the Nats top of the order lacks in on-base skills, so I went with Morse for the RBI category, who at least will have Zimmerman getting on base ahead of him. Though if Morse missed more than a couple of weeks, this prediction will be off.
5. Which pitcher (Chien-Ming Wang, John Lannan or Ross Detwiler) will make more starts for the Nats? Dave: Detwiler; Cheryl: Detwiler; Tyler: Detwiler.


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After three years of droughts, Cape Town, South Africa, has set Day Zero—the day the town runs out of water—for April 21, 2018. Cape...
Climate change is a phenomenon with a potentially massive influence on our living conditions and welfare. While its emergence is generally predictable, the specifics are not. Aquaterra 2007, the world forum on the development of coastal and delta regions, will address this topic amongst others.
The international event will focus on managing risks and creating opportunities for delta and coastal regions at all levels, from economic and financial issues to safety and planning matters. Aquaterra 2007 will take place Feb. 7 to 9, 2007 at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition & Congress Centre in the Netherlands. The advisory committee overseeing the conference program is chaired by the renowned consultant Dr. Gaele Rodenhuis.
Visitors to the event will be treated to the knowledge and experience of many top international speakers and major industry players. Dr. Richard Tol, senior research officer at the Economic and Social Research Institute, will discuss the economic, environmental, climate and population pressures on deltas. Dr. Erik Pasche of the River and Coastal Engineering Institute of the Hamburg University of Technology will speak on flood modeling and mapping. Project director Ton Sprong will discuss his Space for Rivers project.
Saeed Ahmed Saeed, CEO of Limitless, LLC in Dubai, will cover coastal opportunities and financial aspects in his lecture. Hendrik Postma, general manager of the Dredging Department of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, will discuss sustainable solutions for marine and inland water constructions. Mark Lindo and Bert Groothuizen of Van Oord NV will present the economics of square meters versus cubic meters in their lecture “Reclamation Pays.”
There will also be case studies regarding the urban dilemma in the Haarlemmermeer delta (the Netherlands) project processes in complex policy environments like Hamburg, London and Dordrecht (the Netherlands), and coastal cities such as Shanghai, Singapore and New Orleans.
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ATCHISON, Kan. — As the Delta variant of COVID-19 tightens its grip, cases at nursing homes begin to spike again.
More than half of the residents at Atchison Senior Village in Atchison have tested positive with COVID-19.
Twenty residents are positive, and six employees are, too.
“We’re a year and a half into COVID. How is this where over half of the residents are now infected?” Eric Thompson, whose mom lives at the facility, said. “It boggles my mind to what’s going on.”
Thompson said he’s worried about his 80-year-old mom who’s been living at the facility for three years.
He said he got a call on Friday from the nursing home saying seven residents were positive, then got a call Monday evening saying more residents contracted the virus.
Thompson’s mom tested negative.
On July 21, the nursing home posted on Facebook saying a staff member tested positive for the virus.
The facility is operated by Atchison County. Commissioner Casey Quinn said the nursing facility has all hands on deck and is following local, state and federal guidelines.
Quinn also said people with the virus were taken to a separate part of the building.
“All of those residents are locked in their rooms, under quarantine with the door shut and many of them just don’t understand what is going on to be locked up like that,” Thompson said.
Thompson said he’s not pointing fingers at anyone, but he wants to make sure everyone inside is OK and receiving the help they need to beat the virus.
The county said this is the first outbreak it’s had at the facility since the start of pandemic, and it will keep FOX4 in the loop as this all develops.
Residents are being tested for the virus every day.

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Megan Racing Rear Trailing Arms for Toyota MR2 90-95 - MRS-TY-1022
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We are only a few weeks in to Brexit.
Despite the schadenfreude engendered by the UK's successful Covid vaccination programme that some point to as evidence that leaving the EU was all worthwhile, there are clear signs that all is not well. UK exports to the EU are being disrupted, with some businesses deciding they can no longer afford to fulfil order from 27 countries. Others are jsut shutting up shop altogether.
And it’s beginning to look like the burden of increased bureaucracy is proving heavy, particularly for smaller enterprises.
Here in the UK, we are – understandably – fixated on the impact of Brexit. Committed adherents of the decision to leave and supporters of the deal are circling the wagons, even if some of their reputations are not exactly enhanced by their promiscuous fawning over the now-discredited President Trump.
What we don’t do is think about the EU post-Brexit. Our navel-gazing has all been around the question of what will happen to the UK after its liberation from the EU. And today there is a bleak augury - the emergence of Amsterdam as Europe's leading share dealing hub. No-one, to the best of my knowledge, has published a risk assessment for an exodus of capital and transactions from the City of London.
What’s actually more interesting is another question. What will the EU do now that it has been liberated from the UK?
Despite Margaret Thatcher being one of the moving spirits behind the Single Market (an irony lost on most Thatcherite advocates of Brexit), the UK has been perceived as a dead hand on the levers of increased integration, threatening to use its veto on anything that might upset the Little Englanders back home. With that impediment removed, what will the EU do with its new-found freedom? Here are two suggestions.
First, they will establish an EU-wide pandemic response agency. Never again will individual members have to face a plague alone. ICU bed capacity will be shared. Borders will be closed. The European Medicines Agency (now in Amsterdam, having migrated from London after the referendum) will co-ordinate research capacity. The new agency will assure availability of all necessary devices and PPE through a pan-EU distribution network. It will also sponsor the development of digital tools for use by individual member states. And Europe's leadership of mass vaccinations will become the gold standard.
Secondly, discussions will be advanced on the pooling of defence resources into a single European Defence Agency. This will cause much foaming at the mouth from rabid nationalists. But the strategic and economic arguments will be overwhelming.
You could almost sense the breathing-out in relief as Ursula Von der Leyen quoted T S Eliot: “What we call the beginning is often the end./And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
We in the UK thought that was about us. But it wasn’t. It was about them. It’s actually surprising that she didn’t go all Martin Luther King: “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”.

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The NSA moved quickly to cover its tracks Tuesday after being publicly exposed for posting a false "fact sheet" on the Prism internet spying program that deceptively portrayed U.S. privacy protections as stronger than they actually are.
The public statement was initially published last week to quell widespread outrage at the NSA snooping program, exposed by The Guardian in early June. Facing heated questioning from Congress, chastisement from international governments, and deep anger from those caught in the vast spying dragnet, the NSA hoped to clear the air by illustrating the oversight and limits placed on internet snooping.
Yet, the fact sheet turned out to contain serious falsehoods, making what was already a highly secretive spying operation even more mysterious.
Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall released a public letter Monday declaring the "fact sheet" to be significantly inaccurate because it, "portrays protections for Americans' privacy being significantly stronger than they actually are."
The senators, however, did not publicly reveal exactly where the inaccuracies lie, because they do not wish to expose classified documents. Rather, they shared the inaccuracies in a classified letter to the NSA.
After the public exposure, NSA officials admitted that the document contained falsehoods. NSA head General Keith Alexander wrote a letter to the senators admitting the fact sheet 'could have more precisely described' NSA targeting.
As the Washington Post reports, NSA Spokeswoman Judith Emmel skirted the question of inaccuracies yet acknowledged the "fact sheet" had been removed:
Emmel would not explicitly acknowledge that the fact sheet had been removed from the agency’s Web site. Instead, she referred to the text of a 2008 law that governs NSA surveillance programs.
“Given the intense interest from the media, the public, and Congress, we believe the precision of the source document (the statute) is the best possible representation of applicable authorities,” Emmel said in a prepared statement sent by e-mail to The Washington Post.
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This is not the first time the NSA has been caught stretching the truth since the spying scandal broke.
Earlier this month, National Intelligence Director James Clapper was blasted for lying in a March testimony in which he declared that the NSA is not tracking and storing information on 'hundreds of millions of Americans.' Clapper defended his actions on the grounds that he responded in what he thought was 'the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.'
Senators Wyden and Udall are calling for the NSA to publicly admit to the falsehood, declaring, "When the NSA makes inaccurate statements about government surveillance and fails to correct the public record, it can decrease public confidence in the NSA's openness."
At this point, the public does not know which inaccuracies the NSA is admitting to.
An article in The Atlantic attempted to uncover the NSA statement's inaccuracies by comparing the disproved "fact sheet" with leaked documents. While they questioned many of the NSA statement's claims, they cast considerable doubt on the following "fact sheet" assertions:
- Any inadvertently acquired communication of or concerning a U.S. person must be promptly destroyed if it is neither relevant to the authorized purpose nor evidence of a crime.
- Any information collected after a foreign target enters the U.S. — or prior to a discovery that any target erroneously believed to be foreign was in fact a U.S. person — must be promptly destroyed unless that information meets specific, limited criteria approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Yet, the specific falsehoods pinpointed by the senators remain mysteries.
Trevor Trimm from the Electronic Frontier Foundation pointed to broad NSA deceptiveness but also could not pinpoint the specific inaccuracies exposed by the senators.
I can't really tell which statement Wyden and Udall think is inaccurate. Many of the statements are written to downplay the true scope of what the NSA does and how it affects Americans' privacy. For example, they say nothing about how they can hold onto communications forever if the communication is encrypted. Essentially they're saying, if you value privacy, you are suspicious. But I doubt this is what Wyden and Udall are talking about. This is exactly problem with keeping such sweeping surveillance powers behind the veil of secrecy - the public has no way of knowing if what the government says is true or not.
But I have no doubt Wyden and Udall are correct. They originally said Americans would be "stunned" to learn how the government was interpreting the Patriot Act, and they were proven right when the Verizon court order was published. Wyden also alleged the NSA could conduct "backdoor searches" of US persons data after targeting foreigners under the FISA Amendments Act, and it's becoming increasingly clear, judging by the latest report from the Guardian, that he was right about that too.


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This is a very easy and no fail recipe for meatloaf. It won't take long to make at all, and it's quite good!
Ground Beef and Cabbage
My mother was a country cook, plain and simple. But as I have traveled and worked and experienced foods from around the world, I look back and realize that many of the dishes she prepared, while simple, were perfect for that moment. Sometimes we have to put emotion and love in a dish to make it extra-special. The dish I am going to give you today is one like that. Simple and easy, yet full of love and goodness. My mother used to serve this with corn on the cob and cornbread. Very inexpensive and very good as well. Enjoy an Ozark memory...
This is my grandmother's Cuban picadillo (ground beef hash/chili) recipe which is usually served with white rice, beans and plantains. Picadillo also goes great with mashed potatoes and can be made without the squash. This dish is a favorite at home so I usually make 2 pounds to have leftovers for making empanadas (meat pies) the next day. Picadillo also freezes well. Of course my kids say this is the best picadillo they've ever had and I have to agree!
The Best Meatloaf I've Ever Made
When I was growing up, my mom never ever made meatloaf and I always wanted to try it - I finally tried it at a restaurant and loved it. When I moved out on my own I started experimenting with different recipes and creating my own version. I finally came up with the best meatloaf I have ever made, and I wanted to share it.
Chef John's Italian Meatballs
Homemade meatballs are a very easy to make, and since we skip the very messy step of pan-frying these before they hit the sauce, it becomes downright simple. Here I use a standard half-beef/half-pork mixture. You can substitute water or beef broth for the milk, if preferred.
Absolute Best Liver and Onions
This recipe will turn liver haters into converts. Very simple! The three things that will set your liver above all others are: 1) soak in milk, 2)turn liver as little as possible and 3) don't overcook!
Cast Iron Pan-Seared Steak (Oven-Finished)
Quick, 45-minute marinade steak, pan-seared with cast iron, finished in oven directly on cast iron skillet.

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plating, anodizing, & finishing Q&As since 1989
Brass piano casters need cleaning
I purchased at auction an old Starr 6' Grand a couple of weeks ago and the brass casters are really green. Has anyone used Tarn-X [affil link] to clean brass? Also what would anyone recommend to clean these wretched looking wheels? The piano was sitting on an old carpet that had been soaked in water. The roof leaked and part of the floor had caved in. Fortunately the piano was in remarkably good shape.Elwood D [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
Piano technician - Martin, Tennessee, USA
June 27, 2008
Hi, Elwood. There are so many brass polishes that it's hard to recommend any one over the others, but some readers on these pages have seemed to be satisfied with Tarn-X.
Usually, how fast a brass polish works is inversely proportional to how warm a glow the polish leaves. No commercial polish is as fast as vinegar plus salt, for example, but this leaves a rally raw look (and it's too aggressive for some things). At the other extreme I think no other polish leaves as warm a look as Brasso [affil link] but it is so slow you may scream from the lactic acid burn in your fingers :-)
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Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King News
New trailer and details emerge
Well, that didn't take long, did it? Earlier today, we reported on a potential remaster of two treasured Disney platformers - Aladdin and The Lion King - and now it's been officially confirmed. You can see some snippets of footage in the announcement trailer above. As you can see, the collection - titled Disney...

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Valentine's Hearbreakers! week continues at Trailers from Hell with director Dan Ireland introducing Ang Lee's Oscar winner (Best Director, Score, Adapted Screenplay) "Brokeback Mountain," starring the late Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams.
Set in 1963, Ang Lee's acclaimed multi-award winning drama about a rodeo cowboy and a ranch hand who fall in love gave new meaning to the word cowpoke. By turns solemn and romantic, it proved a breakthrough movie in widening tolerance and appreciation for the varied ways of the human heart. Memorable music score by Gustavo Santaolalla.


Thurrock Council is using BIM Level 2 to deliver the new Argent Street affordable housing development in Grays. ECD Architects designed the scheme and are working with Thurrock to bring the project to fruition, providing training to help the council get to grips with BIM. Claire Clutten reports.
Thurrock is the beneficiary of an ongoing programme of regeneration, which not only includes the rejuvenation of some 3,000 existing homes, but also the creation of new housing to meet demand in the area. The council has been successful in securing government support for its housebuilding ambitions and is keen to progress the delivery of low-cost high-quality housing for local people.
The council is setting the bar high on a new housing development in Argent Street, Grays, which is currently out to tender, with a foray into unknown territory — building homes through BIM Level 2. As an area Grays is well located, only a 35 minute train ride from Fenchurch Street Station and right on the River Thames. The new development — Tops Club — is to be built on the site of a former social club and children’s playground, in a predominantly residential area, save for a college. A new playground will be built to the north of the site.
The council instigated a design competition for the new-build project and ECD Architects was successful in providing the winning submission. Initially the plan was to build 40 new mixed-tenure dwellings (a mix of market sale and affordable), however the scheme has been reduced to 29 units, all of which will be let for affordable rent by the council.
A spokesperson at Thurrock Council says: “The Government Policy of reducing affordable rents by 1% each year for the next four years has meant Thurrock has had to rationalise its housing building programme. However, there is still a huge demand for affordable housing within the Borough. A mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units will provide local residents with sustainable homes.”
The surrounding area is pretty well established, a mix of two/three-storey blocks built in the 1960s and two/three-storey houses constructed in the 1980s, plus a series of three towers north of the site dating from the 1950s. The development, valued at £6.2m, will consist of one- and two-bedroom apartments, plus six three-bedroom townhouses for families — the aim of the project is to create multigenerational housing. Lifetime Homes principles will be applied across the scheme and all the properties will face the street.
BIM is a huge part of the Government’s Construction Strategy, and through its wide-scale adoption government hopes to achieve a 35% reduction in costs, a 50% reduction in emissions and 50% faster delivery of projects. To some, BIM is merely a software package to generate 2D and 3D models for large-scale projects, however as a process for analysing and using information, it can aid greater transparency, drive more rigorous project specifications, reduce errors during construction and facilitate more efficient working practices.
Derrick Hadeed at ECD comments: “Those who are looking to embrace BIM need to understand the different levels and dimensions within the process. Identifying the correct level and maturity is essential for creating collaboration through the entire life-cycle of an asset, underpinned by the creation.
“Level 0 BIM. In its simplest form Level 0 effectively means no collaboration, 2D CAD drafting only, mainly for Production Information. Output and distribution via paper or electronic prints, or a mixture of both. Level 1 BIM. This typically comprises a mixture of 3D models for concept work, and 2D for drafting of statutory approval documentation and Production Information. Standards are managed to BS 1192:2007, and electronic sharing of data is carried out from a common data environment (CDE).
“Level 2 BIM. This is is distinguished by collaborative working — all parties use their own 3D Models, but not necessarily working on a single, shared model. The collaboration comes in the form of how the information is exchanged between different parties — and is the crucial aspect of this Level 2.
“BIM 3. This represents full collaboration between all disciplines by means of using a single, shared project model which is held in a centralized repository. All parties can access and modify that same model, and the benefit is that it removes the final layer of risk for conflicting information.”
Thurrock Council funding will reduce by approximately 3 to 4% over the next few years. ECD Architect’s brief on the Argent Street scheme is to help Thurrock become more efficient. This will involve council staff being trained in using BIM. ECD are providing a dedicated task team manager on the project to get the process started, after which, once the council’s team are confident, they will absorb this role in-house.
ECD and the council looked at the different levels of BIM compliance and discussed what Thurrock wanted to achieve. Once BIM Level 2 was selected, the architect developed a Building Execution Plan (BEP), breaking down each stage of the project, and a Employers’ Information Requirement (EIR) document, setting out the goals. ECD then worked on how to link the model to the council’s existing asset management software — Northgate — identifying any potential weaknesses and tailoring the package to suit Thurrock’s needs.
The online BIM data environment will automatically update and is fully accessible to the council, as well as other stakeholders, offering complete transparency throughout the project. There is a repository for the Revit components and the Site/Civil, ARCH, Structural and Services models will be placed into one federated model.
All the data generated from each phase — from design to construction through to handover — will help to continually improve and add value to the process. Post completion the BIM solution will evolve into an asset management model, helping the council to reduce future operational costs.
Establishing a tolerance for clash detection in BIM enables the stakeholders to identify potential conflicts and fix them before the development gets to site, minimising expensive delays and re-work. On the Argent Street scheme, there is a 20mm tolerance for clash detection.
After just seven weeks the first report detected a total of 7,450 clashes, which, through a series of adjustments, was reduced down to 1,000 and currently sits at 100 — the fewer the clashes, the greater the savings.
It enables any teething issues relating to building design and material specification to be resolved before the construction phase begins. Changes are always significantly cheaper and easier to make at
the beginning of a process.
Sustainability is an integral part of the design. The development will be constructed using a super insulated airtight building fabric, solar PV will be installed on the roof space, and mechanical heat
recovery ventilation (MVHR) fitted throughout. The Argent Street scheme will make use of greywater recycling and also benefit from SuDS. Anodised aluminium balconies will cover the amenity spaces and allotments at roof level and the scheme will also incorporate sunspaces.
Thurrock has a rich heritage linked to the Docklands. To pay tribute to the Victorian industrial buildings prominent in the Docks area and to ensure a sympathetic scheme, the development will be clad in a dark London Stock brick. The project is due to start on site later this summer and is expected to complete in 2017.
Derrick adds: “We believe that social housing projects have great potential for reaching the maximum rewards of BIM where additional standards and future maintenance & management requirements require careful consideration from the early stages of development. BIM allows issues to be explored and communicated more easily with local communities, commercial developers, asset managers and wider stakeholders.
“ECD aim is to develop best practice for BIM within the social housing sector. By adapting and understating the overall BIM process, savings and improved working practices can be achieved which will represent a smarter and more cost effective way of working both within design and construction helping to maximise the development potential.”


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Valentine’s Day is an excellent opportunity for companies to spread love, heave brand awareness, and encourage personal celebrations of love. One great way to accomplish this is to utilise stationery with a Valentine’s Day theme. If you own a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, check out these ten ingenious Valentine’s Day custom stationery design ideas.
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10 Great Valentine’s Day Stationery Design Ideas
Sending warm and romantic messages in the workplace is a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. You can make a good impression and leave an enduring one with professionally designed letterhead.
You can add delicate or stylised heart motifs to the letterhead’s borders and backdrop. You can ensure the improvement of your brand’s picture without paying too much attention to itself.
You can fit in the Valentine’s Day vibe when you go for pastels and other muted colours that are slightly vivid and hold a low chroma/saturation. Utilising pastel pinks, purples, and reds can be professional while conveying warmth and love. Make products look fancy and professional by combining elegant fonts, delicate patterns, and easy graphics.
Incorporate your brand’s features into the design without a hitch. These can include your brand’s logo, colours that relate to your brand, and slogans, if applicable.
Because business cards are a physical manifestation of your brand, they should exude confidence and expertise.
Consider adding a small heart shape when your logo design appears on a business card or strategically placing heart-shaped icons on your business card, which adds a hint of romance without straying too far from your brand’s essence.
Add appropriate artwork with a love theme to your fast-moving consumer goods. For example, if you own a chocolate shop, you might use pictures of chocolates or sweets shaped like hearts to draw clients in.
Pick up hues (lavender shows passion, burgundy shows care, or violet Valentine colours) that are right for Valentine’s Day. Depending on the relationship status, reds for love, pinks for gentleness or feminity, and purples for enchantment might be the main colour scheme or accent colours.
Note that the most significant details (style, tone, composition of a product) should be visible clearly and succinctly. Use legible fonts and keep your layout professional so that clients can understand your contact data and the nature of your business without struggle.
Branded folders for Valentine’s Day require more than just putting your logo on the cover. To effectively promote your fast-moving consumer goods, use Valentine’s Day-themed imagery.
If you’re selling cosmetics, use pictures of flowers and hearts to elicit feelings of benefit and sweetness. Make clever use of product placement by designing the folders suitably; if the product is a “beverage can,” create a folder with a curved top edge to mimic the can’s shape. Feature significant products on the cover or use subtle photos as background elements.
While picking a colour scheme, always consider Valentine’s Day and your brand’s colours with an elegant yet romantic vibe; try a colour that includes pinks, rose reds, and rose gold.
You can include a heartfelt, custom Valentine’s Day greeting that reflects your company’s values; it might be a sincere expression of gratitude or a limited-time promotion for your clients, strengthening the bond between your company and the festive season.
To uplift the unboxing experience for your receivers, use designs influenced by Valentine’s Day on the envelope (e.g., lace or ribbons, seals or stickers, an envelope line, hearts, cupid’s arrows, or lovebirds), which is the doorway to your message.
Use wax seals or stickers like hearts to close your envelopes for a more personal touch. Just by looking at it, you can tell it’s about Valentine’s Day and get a good vibe about what’s inside.
To receive into the festive spirit, imagine combining delicate patterns. Recipients will be more excited to open the present if the envelope has a delicate heart design or themed illustrations.
Personalise the envelope with a Valentine’s Day message, which can be a brief but heartfelt welcome or a cunning teaser hinting at the delights behind it. Customising the envelope is a great way to show that you put effort into your mail.
Although most audiences view invoices as boring and transactional, adding some Valentine’s Day flair can make an otherwise scheduled procedure more thrilling.
On the reverse of your invoices, add a small heart-shaped watermark. Without sacrificing the importance of the core company details, this adds a touch of romance. Strategically placing the watermark can uplift the overall look. Do that.
Some of your invoices can benefit from a more delicate and romantic font like Angeline, Attena, Marchita, or Sabon. Keep it easy but elegant by utilising a font that matches the Valentine’s Day vibe. This minor point can help make the paper more polished and appealing to the eye.
Personalise your invoices for Valentine’s Day by integrating exclusive deals and discounts to delight your consumers and make them feel valued, inspiring them to shop with you again.
Include a handwritten note to the client to express your gratitude for their patronage. Add some Valentine’s Day cheer to break the ice and construct a rapport that will lead to exceeding sales.
As a considerate promotional product, customised notebooks can make an influence that lasts.
Let this happen; you can put inspirational sayings or quotes about love on the notebook covers, which preserves the romantic vibes of Valentine’s Day and adds a personal touch. Pick slogans that are encouraging or that fit well with your brand’s tone.
Make heart-pattern notebook covers and try various dimensions and combinations to see what works best for your ideas.
A5: 5.8 x 8.3 inches (14.8 x 21 cm)
A6: 4.1 x 5.8 inches (10.5 x 14.8 cm)
A4: 8.3 x 11.7 inches (21 x 29.7 cm)
6 x 6 inches (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Experiment with unique dimensions to make your notebook stand out, such as 6 x 9 inches or 7 x 10 inches.
Consider the number of pages and the type of paper you plan to use when determining the thickness of your notebook cover. Standard notebooks often have covers with a thickness of around 0.1 to 0.2 inches (2.5 to 5 mm).
Choose a durable and aesthetically pleasing material for your notebook cover. Options include cardstock, leather, fabric, or a combination of materials.
The repeated use of hearts makes the fashionable notebook even more appropriate for Valentine’s Day.
Draw pictures of your FMCG products to connect with the romantic idea, like if you market skincare products or integrate drawings of love-themed skincare routines or lotion bottles shaped like hearts.
Branding a calendar to coincide with Valentine’s Day lets you promote your company’s all-year circular.
Pick the latest (FMCG) product to display with a romantic touch every month. For example, if you market gourmet foods, feature heart-shaped chocolates in February and a romantic dinner set in June.
The images should have a common subject related to the product and the current month. Add specific fanciful, romantic touches that make you think of Valentine’s Day without detracting from your products.
Use the calendar to highlight upcoming sales, promotions, or product launches to build anticipation and encourage customers to engage with your company throughout the year.
Users can mark important dates or personal reminders in configurable notes. Thanks to this sexy moment, your branded calendar will be a precious tool all year.
Adding Valentine’s Day touches to customised pens makes them more than merely promotional gifts; they convert into unique memories that the audience will recall long after the occasion.
Personalising the pens with meaningful Valentine’s Day inscriptions can be thoughtful. Brief and heartfelt, these notes might express gratitude, affection, or good vibes. Sayings like “spread love,” “you’re the right one,” or “cheers to love” are excellent examples of personal expressions that you can use.
Welcome the pen’s body with designs influenced by love. Add heart shapes, cupid arrows, or romantic pictures appropriate to your (FMCG) products to make the pen more visually attractive and preserve the Valentine’s Day theme.
Have the pens imprinted with a heart-shaped version of your brand’s logo, which will be festive and appropriate for Valentine’s Day, and it will help clients recall your company.
For the most romantic touch, pick pen colours like LIGHT PASTELS and CLASSIC NEUTRALS that complement the theme. You can also amp up the Valentine’s Day theme with pastel beach, blush, ivory, red, pink, or metallic effects.
Imagine utilising postcards to spread the word about your Valentine’s Day sales. Postcards are a more personal and eye-catching technique.
Ensure the postcards prominently exhibit any limited-time Valentine’s Day deals or promotions. By stating how long the promotion will last, the receivers might feel compelled to act rapidly.
Use bold, remarkable hues to keep with the Valentine’s Day spirit. Warm tones, deep molten teal, dusty pin, reds, and pale pinks may evoke feelings of joy and affection. Consistency is crucial, so check that the colour palette matches your brand.
Enhance your FMCG) ads with romance and put an elegantly showcased Valentine’s Day supper on exhibit if you market gourmet goods—feature swoon-worthy depictions of self-care and pampering on beauty product packaging.
Write fascinating copy to interest your audience in your (FMCG). Use Valentine’s Day-themed phrasing to highlight the advantages of your products and services, like “indulge in love” or “celebrate with our irresistible treats.”
Provide an easy and direct call to action telling readers what to do next. Give clients as many choices as possible for responding to your Valentine’s Day campaign, whether visiting your website, utilising a coupon code, or going to a physical store.
One beneficial and brand-centric promotional product is notepads with removable sheets.
Feature tear-off sheets that display your (FMCG) products with photographs or graphics. You can gently reinforce your choices, and we always keep your preferences in mind when delivering variety.
Include designs associated with Valentine’s Day in the overall layout of the notepad. To add festive cheer to the design, use heart patterns, romantic colour schemes, or love quotations as background elements.
You should have a space to customise each page to take notes, giving the receiver something they can use while also giving them a chance to imagine your products or campaigns.
Strategically put your branding on each tear-off sheet. Clients can see clearly no matter how they use the notepad.
Think of building notepads in various dimensions and formats to fit varied tastes. When picking a notepad format, consider the desires of your target audiences, whether a little pocket-sized pad or a bigger desk pad.
Stationery featuring Valentine’s Day designs makes a personal statement and gives you a chance to strike an emotional chord with your target audiences. This Valentine’s Day, heighten your fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) product promotion by combining a touch of romanticism with your company communications. Doing so will leave an enduring impression on your clients.
Call “Logo Designs Company” for excellent custom stationery design ideas in the UK marketplace.
Not exclusively this, our branding services are immense, from custom logo design to packaging and labelling.
And finally, as a digital agency, we also work on custom mobile phone design.

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Chain Se Hamko Kabhi Mp3 Song Asha Bhosle Lyrics
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Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (Free Audio Book)
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie – A free audiobook
Narrated by Livribox Group
Peter and Wendy is the classic tale of Peter Pan and his adventures in Neverland. Peter Pan is a naughty young boy who lives in this fantastical world where faeries, mermaids and all manner of mystical beings live. Peter Pan also has the ability to fly thanks to his fairy friend, Tinker Bell and her magic dust. As long as Peter is filled with happy thoughts he can sore through the sky.
Peter will have a fated meeting with a young girl named Wendy who he will take with him, along with Wendy’s brothers, to Neverland. There, Wendy and her brothers will meet Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys and the Indian princess Tiger Lily as they share an exciting adventure throughout this magical land.
However, Neverland is also home to certain dangerous characters; none more so than Peter’s nemesis Captain Hook. Peter Pan is one of the great children’s stories of all time and now you can also enjoy his adventures with this free audiobook from Livribox.
You can listen below (it may take a moment to appear) or download here.

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Josh Cox is one of the great American runners, but it wasn’t that long ago when he was dirt poor with awful hair. When K-Swiss had their four-day shoot to restart their awesome Kenny Powers “MFCEO” campaign, With Leather’s Josh Zerkle was invited to check it out and spend time with the athletes supporting the California-based shoe brand. Among those was ultramarathon runner and reality show alum Josh Cox, who discussed some of the tools of his trade with Zerkle in a roundtable discussion last month. While you may never set the American record for the 50K or run a marathon in 2:15:01, you might try after reading this inspiring discussion. Portions of this Q&A were edited for clarity and space.
With Leather: So how long can you actually run on a single pair of shoes?
Josh Cox: That’s an interesting question. I was on the standard athlete shipment, so I assume I was getting these shoes like all the triathletes are getting and everyone else, and I’m like, “I need more shoes, man!” [laughs] Shoes will typically last up to 500 miles. That’s the rule of thumb, but now the way that they’re made, the treads don’t wear out as fast. I look at the bottoms and I think, “My shoes look great.” But what you want to look at is the cushioning system. Look at the side of the shoe, and when you start to see a breakdown through the sole, that’s the cushioning system breaking down. You won’t realize it until you put on the fresh pair and go, “Whoa! These feel awesome!”
In your peak training, is that a new pair every two weeks or so?
Yeah. But I like them new and I get them for free. I like to get new shoes after every 350 miles or so.
Did you ever use those barefoot-simulating shoes? The ones with the toes in them?
Oh yeah. So…[long pause]…I have a large social network, and I get guys on Twitter and Facebook and they’re always asking me, “What do you think about these?” These are guys that identify themselves as barefoot runners. “Barefoot Runner Mike,” like that’s literally his screenname. Whatever. But I’ll tell you this: I thank barefoot running for learning how to run properly. It’s a great tool and we actually do some of that. You want to strike you foot in the middle of your foot. You don’t want a heel strike. Heel striking is breaking.
A lot more stress goes into the leg when you’re heel striking. It’s a shock. When you strike on the mid-foot, the shock happens underneath the body. When you’re out on your heel, it’s too much. Lots of injuries happen that way.
I’ve been to Africa. I’ve trained with the Kenyans in their camps. And I’ve been out there with them, and yeah, the schoolchildren are chasing us while they’re carrying their books and yelling “Mazunga! Mazunga!” That’s Swahili for “white man!” They would come up to me and say, “Why are you running? Europeans don’t run.” And I’d say, I’m not European. But they’ve been doing this since they were four years old, and they’re built…they’re Kenyan. They weigh 120 pounds and they’re running on dirt.
I wish I had a nickel for every Barefoot Runner Mike who reached out to me in the last year, saying he was dedicated to barefoot running and later said, “I’m injured.” People want to go out and run 20 miles barefoot and I know it’s cool or whatever but you’re gonna get hurt. And to each his own, but…
Would you recommend doing that once a week? Or–
Yeah. In small doses, I think it’s fine, it’s actually a good idea. If you can start by walking around the house, the mall in your bare feet [Editor's Note: Ew.], there are a lot of muscles in your feet you don’t use because we have shoes. Then, when you start running with those things, stay on soft surfaces. There’s nothing worse as a runner than being injured. When you want to get out the door, and you can’t, it’s horrible. You need to start slow. That would be my advice.
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