Head Coach Steve Trivino was "pleasantly surprised at the big new crop of freshmen swimmers" on the girls team. While the boys team does not have depth, he said, what it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality.
The girls team went into the season without last season's senior standouts Catherine Canavan and Lisa Housel. "They were the last links to our 2008 county championship team," Trivino commented.
However, with the additions of freshmen Rebecca Coughlin, Lauren D'Angelo and Addy Maykish, Trivino said a "weight has been taken off my shoulders as they have filled tough events."
Not only are they competing in tough events, they are performing strongly.
"Addy Maykish's time in the 500-free is one of the top five in the team's history. Rebecca Coughlin is real strong in the 200 IM (Individual Medley) and Lauren D'Angelo has a solid butterfly," Trivino stated.
Along with freshman sprinter Jacqueline Mescia, sophomore Julia Housel and junior Cara Housel, Trivino is hoping to put a combination of swimmers together to qualify for the state finals in the freestyle relays.
Led by team senior captains Kelsey Caufield and Samantha Schilling, the girls team currently has a 4-0 record. However, they are facing some upcoming tough competition in defending county champions Millburn and runner up Mount St. Dominic.
"We are in a competitive league with good coaches. I am hoping to put a little scare in these teams when we face them," Trivino said.
With only 16 boys competing on the boys' team, Trivino said he has the shortest lineup ever but does have a quality team.
Led by senior captains Travis Aion and Jackson Salter, Trivino said the team usually takes first place in the majority of events. "It is the depth of swimmers, we need to fill the outside lanes," Trivino commented.
Trivino does have hope to develop this team. "We are taking ocean and pool swimmers and developing them. The potential is there," he commented.
The 200 medley relay team already has a qualifying state time. The lineup of swimmers has changed from last year when the relay team set a team record. With backstroker Tom Machi graduating, sophomore Dave Burton has switched from butterfly to backstroke, Salter has taken over butterfly from breaststroke, Aion switched to breaststroke from freestyle, and sophomore Danny McCarthy replaced Aion at freestlye.
Individually, Aion should compete in breaststroke, while Salter can choose what event he wants to swim at state championships. Trivino is hopeful Burton will qualify as well.
Trivino credits the summer recreation swim team with feeding swimmers into the program. "We see families coming back. We are fortunate to have a strong parent organization and the swimmers are having fun," he commented.
2012年1月10日星期二
2011年12月14日星期三
Aion - Free2Play-Umstellung im Februar 2012
Das Online-Rollenspiel Aion stellt sein Bezahlmodell im Februar 2012 auf ein Free2Play-Modell um. Au?erdem wird in Zukunft Gameforge die Verantwortung der europ?ischen Server übernehmen. Der Grund für den Wechsel des Betreibers und die Umstellung auf F2P sei, dass die Spielerzahlen in den letzten Monaten stark zurückgegangen sind.
In einem Q&A erkl?rt der Entwickler au?erdem die speziellen Boni für weiterhin bezahlende Spieler. Diese bekommen zukünftig eine Gold-Mitgliedschaft mit der alle Features des Spiels uneingeschr?nkt genutzt werden k?nnen. Darüber hinaus sollen alle Premium-Mitglieder Boni wie erh?hten Erfahrungspunkte-Gewinn, kürzere Wartezeiten bei Instanzen und h?here Belohnungen erhalten. Der neue Betreiber Gameforge verspricht dennoch, dass alle Ver?nderungen durch neue Mitglieder-Modelle nicht das Balancing des Spiels ver?ndern.
Alle Spieler, die sich vor der Umstellung des Bezahlmodells jemals einen Account erstellt, und diesem Spielzeit hinzugefügt haben, erhalten au?erdem einen ?Veteranen?-Status. Dadurch erhalten Rückkehrer einige Boni wie unlimitierten Handel und die freie Nutzung s?mtlicher Chat-Kan?le.
Der Vorstandsvorsitzende von Gameforge Alexander R?sner freut sich über die Kooperation mit dem Entwickler und sagt: ?Mit Aion haben wir ein Flaggschiff für unseren MMO-Sektor in unser Portfolio aufgenommen, das unser aktuelles Lineup perfekt erg?nzt. Wir haben mit NCsoft hart daran gearbeitet, ein faires Free-to-Play-Modell zu entwickeln, das neue Spieler ebenso anspricht wie die bestehende Community. Natürlich werden wir auch in Zukunft neue Inhalte entwickeln und diese in enger Zusammenarbeit mit den Spielern erweitern?.
In einem Q&A erkl?rt der Entwickler au?erdem die speziellen Boni für weiterhin bezahlende Spieler. Diese bekommen zukünftig eine Gold-Mitgliedschaft mit der alle Features des Spiels uneingeschr?nkt genutzt werden k?nnen. Darüber hinaus sollen alle Premium-Mitglieder Boni wie erh?hten Erfahrungspunkte-Gewinn, kürzere Wartezeiten bei Instanzen und h?here Belohnungen erhalten. Der neue Betreiber Gameforge verspricht dennoch, dass alle Ver?nderungen durch neue Mitglieder-Modelle nicht das Balancing des Spiels ver?ndern.
Alle Spieler, die sich vor der Umstellung des Bezahlmodells jemals einen Account erstellt, und diesem Spielzeit hinzugefügt haben, erhalten au?erdem einen ?Veteranen?-Status. Dadurch erhalten Rückkehrer einige Boni wie unlimitierten Handel und die freie Nutzung s?mtlicher Chat-Kan?le.
Der Vorstandsvorsitzende von Gameforge Alexander R?sner freut sich über die Kooperation mit dem Entwickler und sagt: ?Mit Aion haben wir ein Flaggschiff für unseren MMO-Sektor in unser Portfolio aufgenommen, das unser aktuelles Lineup perfekt erg?nzt. Wir haben mit NCsoft hart daran gearbeitet, ein faires Free-to-Play-Modell zu entwickeln, das neue Spieler ebenso anspricht wie die bestehende Community. Natürlich werden wir auch in Zukunft neue Inhalte entwickeln und diese in enger Zusammenarbeit mit den Spielern erweitern?.
2011年4月1日星期五
My son's foot
I do not usually visit hospitals. In fact, whenever possible I try to avoid them. However, a month ago, my son Douglas decided upon elective surgery to have one of his one of his toes straightened. Being twenty-five years old and having parachuted from an aircraft the previous year, Douglas showed no trepidation whatsoever as we drove to the hospital. After he was admitted into the pre-operative department, I was asked to meet the surgeon and the anesthesiologist.
Being an inquisitive kind of fellow, I asked the doctor what type of anesthetic would be used before the surgery was performed. I was informed that the short-acting, hypnotic agent known as Propofol would be intravenously administered. Always the wit, I turned to my son and said, "Good luck then, Michael." The anesthesiologist was not amused and immediately went into a rant about how Mr. Michael Jackson's lack of success with the drug was due to improper administration. I felt three inches tall.
Thanks to the professionalism of the surgeon, my son's operation was a complete success—although he has to wear a very large shoe that looks as if it were designed by engineers at NASA.
Having not visited a hospital in about ten years, it was interesting to note the changes—and especially the new products—that the doctors and nurses now use in their everyday tasks. However, it was not the high-tech flat-screen display used to monitor heart rate and blood pressure that impressed me most of all. Nor was it the precision-made cannula-over-needle device used to administer Lactated Ringer's solution into my son's bloodstream. It was the Novaplus ice bag—manufactured in China—that the hospital supplied to keep the anticipated swelling at a minimum. Fabricated of just five parts (including the manufacturer's label), the product could keep ice in a frozen state for up to six hours.
However, even the most simple products, like these, demand some serious design, manufacturing, and testing techniques. While the systems used to manufacture such products may incorporate vision, it is rare to read many case studies that describe how the systems are deployed.
Perhaps the main reason for this is the legal ramifications that might occur should such details be revealed. In the development of automated manufacturing systems to build medical devices, vision plays just a small but vital role.
Compliance or consequences
Because manufacturers must comply with standards such as TS 13485 and ISO 9001 as well as FDA requirements, their systems most often employ secure electronic signature and document control, allowing a complete audit trail of the manufacturing process, and providing lot and serial tracking, traceability, and a device history record. With the development of every new medical device, new methods must be implemented to ensure they are tested and manufactured to the highest quality requirements.
To guarantee that these products meet FDA standards has proved challenging when products—such as my son's ice bag—are not manufactured domestically. Indeed, according to a recent report, the FDA conducts relatively few inspections of foreign establishments.
Officials estimate that the agency inspects foreign manufacturers of high-risk devices (such as pacemakers) every six years and foreign manufacturers of medium-risk devices (such as hearing aids) every twenty years. Finally, inspections of foreign manufacturing operations pose unique challenges to the FDA, such as difficulties in recruiting investigators to travel to certain countries and in extending trips if the inspections uncover problems.
Being an inquisitive kind of fellow, I asked the doctor what type of anesthetic would be used before the surgery was performed. I was informed that the short-acting, hypnotic agent known as Propofol would be intravenously administered. Always the wit, I turned to my son and said, "Good luck then, Michael." The anesthesiologist was not amused and immediately went into a rant about how Mr. Michael Jackson's lack of success with the drug was due to improper administration. I felt three inches tall.
Thanks to the professionalism of the surgeon, my son's operation was a complete success—although he has to wear a very large shoe that looks as if it were designed by engineers at NASA.
Having not visited a hospital in about ten years, it was interesting to note the changes—and especially the new products—that the doctors and nurses now use in their everyday tasks. However, it was not the high-tech flat-screen display used to monitor heart rate and blood pressure that impressed me most of all. Nor was it the precision-made cannula-over-needle device used to administer Lactated Ringer's solution into my son's bloodstream. It was the Novaplus ice bag—manufactured in China—that the hospital supplied to keep the anticipated swelling at a minimum. Fabricated of just five parts (including the manufacturer's label), the product could keep ice in a frozen state for up to six hours.
However, even the most simple products, like these, demand some serious design, manufacturing, and testing techniques. While the systems used to manufacture such products may incorporate vision, it is rare to read many case studies that describe how the systems are deployed.
Perhaps the main reason for this is the legal ramifications that might occur should such details be revealed. In the development of automated manufacturing systems to build medical devices, vision plays just a small but vital role.
Compliance or consequences
Because manufacturers must comply with standards such as TS 13485 and ISO 9001 as well as FDA requirements, their systems most often employ secure electronic signature and document control, allowing a complete audit trail of the manufacturing process, and providing lot and serial tracking, traceability, and a device history record. With the development of every new medical device, new methods must be implemented to ensure they are tested and manufactured to the highest quality requirements.
To guarantee that these products meet FDA standards has proved challenging when products—such as my son's ice bag—are not manufactured domestically. Indeed, according to a recent report, the FDA conducts relatively few inspections of foreign establishments.
Officials estimate that the agency inspects foreign manufacturers of high-risk devices (such as pacemakers) every six years and foreign manufacturers of medium-risk devices (such as hearing aids) every twenty years. Finally, inspections of foreign manufacturing operations pose unique challenges to the FDA, such as difficulties in recruiting investigators to travel to certain countries and in extending trips if the inspections uncover problems.
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