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Ten swimmers to watch at U.S. Swimming Championships
This week's U.S. Swimming Championships won't be nearly as cutthroat as an Olympic Trials, where the top two per individual event make the team.
A top-three finish should be enough to get a swimmer on the 26-per-gender team for the year's major international meet, the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo in August (a gathering of non-European nations). Even some fourth-place finishers made the last Pan Pacs team in 2014.
The more swimmers who make the team in multiple events (such as Katie Ledecky), the more spots open up for third- and fourth-place finishers.
Once a swimmer makes the Pan Pacs team in one event, he or she can swim any event at Pan Pacs. That's key for 2019, since next year's world championships team (which will be two per event, like the Olympics) will be chosen from swimmers' best times between nationals and Pan Pacs.
Got it? That in mind, here are 10 swimmers expected to headline the racing in Irvine, Calif., from Wednesday through Sunday at nationals.
MORE: U.S. Champs TV/Stream Schedule
Katie Ledecky
Events: 100m free, 200m free, 400m free, 800m free, 1500m free
Five Olympic Gold Medals
World Records: 400m, 800m, 1500m frees
Ledecky failed to go a personal best in her main events in a calendar year for the first time in 2017. But she still earned five golds and a silver at the world championships, following a hectic post-Rio move to Stanford and full freshman season of competition. If anybody thought Ledecky's fastest times were behind her, she silenced them on May 16 by taking five seconds off her 1500m world record at a Grand Prix-level meet. Ledecky broke the 400m free world record for the first time at nationals in Irvine four years ago. Every Ledecky final is a must-watch, even if she might not be fully tapered for this meet.
Simone Manuel
50m free, 100m free, 200m free
Two Olympic Gold Medals
Seven World Championships Gold Medals
Manuel was arguably more impressive than her good friend and Stanford teammate Ledecky at the 2017 Worlds. The 21-year-old broke the American record in her primary events — the 50m and 100m freestyles — en route to five golds (four on relays). She is a quarter of a second faster than any other woman at nationals in the 50m free, significant in a 24-second race, and a full second faster than all but one swimmer in the 100m free.
Lilly King
50m breast, 100m breast, 200m breast, 200m IM
World Records: 50m, 100m breast
The Reggie Miller of swimming (hand-gesturing, blunt-talking and Indiana-honed) is best known for her rivalry with Russian Yuliya Efimova, who of course will not be competing this week. But King has accomplished enough to be highlighted solely for her own swimming. She was the only man or woman to break world records in multiple individual events at 2017 Worlds. Olympic and world silver medalist Katie Meili and Molly Hannis could give King close races in the sprint breaststrokes this week, though.
Kathleen Baker
50m back, 100m back, 200m back, 200m IM
Olympic 100m backstroke silver medalist
Three World Championships Medals
While Ledecky, Manuel and King earned most of the headlines in 2016 and 2017, Baker succeeded Natalie Coughlin and Missy Franklin as the U.S. backstroke queen with 100m silvers in Rio and at 2017 Worlds. Baker, diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 2010, added a 200m back bronze in 2017 and is heading toward Pan Pacs showdowns with Australian Emily Seebohm and Canadians Kylie Masse and Taylor Ruck.
100m free, 200m free
World Record: 200m back
At this point in the last Olympic cycle, Franklin was still the top U.S. swimmer, coming off six golds at the 2013 Worlds and an impressive freshman season at Cal. It began unraveling at the 2014 Pan Pacs with back spasms, followed by coaching changes and shoulder surgeries and a disappointing Rio Olympic performance (one medal, a gold, as a morning relay swimmer). Franklin recently competed for the first time since Rio. She would not make this team going by rankings this year. She is skipping her trademark backstrokes this week. Her best shot is in the 200m free, where she ranks 10th in the U.S. this year. She must be top four on Thursday, though.
Caeleb Dressel
50m free, 100m free, 200m free, 50m fly, 100m fly, 50m breast, 100m breast, 200m IM
Seven 2017 World Championships Gold Medals
Dressel is now the U.S.' marquee male swimmer after matching Michael Phelps' record seven gold medals at 2017 Worlds (albeit two of them came in mixed-gender relays not on the program during Phelps' heyday). The tattooed 21-year-old is entered in eight events this week but likely will drop some of them. The butterfly and freestyle sprinter could chase records this week or at Pan Pacs. His best times are .26 off the 100m free world record and .04 off Phelps' world record in the 100m butterfly.
Chase Kalisz
200m breast, 200m fly, 200m IM, 400m IM
Olympic 400m IM silver medalist
World Champion: 200m IM, 400m IM
If individual medleys determine the world's greatest all-around swimmer, then Kalisz is undoubtedly the man after sweeping the IMs at 2017 Worlds. Kalisz, a Baltimore native, began swimming at the same pool as Phelps at age 6 in 2000 and trained with the 28-time Olympic medalist leading up to the Rio Games after competing for the University of Georgia. Kalisz, the most impressive swimmer in USA Swimming's spring Pro Series, could make the 2019 Worlds team in all four of his events.
100m free, 50m back, 100m back, 200m back
Three Olympic Gold Medals
Dressel's former high school club teammate was a revelation in Rio, sweeping the backstrokes and breaking the 100m back world record in the medley relay. But he dropped to silver and bronze at the 2017 Worlds. He ranks No. 1 in the U.S. this year in both events, but his top international rivals (Russian Evgeny Rylov, China's Xu Jiayu, Australia's Mitch Larkin) have been faster in 2018. Can Murphy post times this week or at Pan Pacs to prove he is the world's best backstroker?
50m free, 100m free
Eight World Championships Gold Medals
The affable Adrian is approaching a decade as a U.S. sprinting mainstay. The 2012 Olympic 100m free champion (by .01) has ceded the king's title to Dressel, but he remains in the conversation among the world's best. Nationals and Pan Pacs will be about holding off the rest of the young generation to stay in the top two in the 50m and 100m frees and make the world team beyond the relays.
Matt Grevers
50m free, 100m free, 50m back, 100m back
Four Olympic Gold Medals
Six World Championships Gold Medals
Grevers is in a similar position. He and Adrian shared an Olympic debut at Beijing 2008. The 6-foot-8 Grevers has had more of a roller-coaster career, failing to make the 2011 World Championships and 2016 Olympic teams, but he roared back at age 32 last year, beating Murphy in the 100m back at the U.S. Championships and taking silver at worlds. Again, he must fend off Father Time this week and next month.
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A friend of mine flew into Perth the other day and experienced two go arounds in relativley fine weather.
She says that it isnt the first time she has experienced this going into perth on QF. Although I travel fairly regularly I've never experienced one yet!
What would cause go arounds, particularly in (apparantley) good weather??
In my experience, Dave is spot on. Can happen any time. Unusual to get two on the same flight though.
Also if the pilot is not 100% comfortable that they are correctly aligned and in stable approach, the correct action is to go around. Its these ones that are more common in gusty or poor visibility conditions.
Its a pain when it happens at somewhere like Heathrow. My last experience of a go-around there added another 40 mins to the flight as we re-joined the queue to land. That one was due to the previous aircraft not clearing the runway quickly enough and the tower ordering a missed approach. Even then they didn't seem to expedite our delivery back into the approach queue. Maybe our aircraft was going a little faster than ATC had planned?
I've witnessed two GA's whilst surfing at North Kirra Beach near OOL in the last few months, alerted (but not alarmed!) generally by the rapid increase in noise levels after following the northern approaches. I've heard two also on the scanner during the day and I guess its just the traffic at OOL.
It's not a long runway but can get congested by training aircraft slow to depart, as well as most approaches by RPT are visual and sometimes they can cut corners when late and tighten things up somewhat for the tower.
Not a big deal generally in QLD but I guess southern city ports don't take kindly to one getting out of the flow and then threading back into the approach queue.
I think an aborted take-off would be the worst thing to experience, but I had a go-around at Sydney a few years back. I (unusually) had a window seat and was interested in the view because we were coming in to the East-West runway. Just as we came over the end of the runway I noticed a single-propeller aircraft that appeared to be taking off in front of us. At that moment the engines went into the red and we pulled into a steep climb.
There was dead silence on the plane for about 2 minutes until the pilot came on the PA and apologised for the go-around, but said that he never liked sharing his runway with another plane. Fair 'nuff.
I think it is probably rare these days for go-arounds not to have a 2nd airplane involved to some extent (with the exception of poor weather conditions).
A year or so ago, I was flying LHR-SYD on QF30 and got quite a way down the runway when there was a bang in one of the left hand side engines, and the pilot aborted the take off.
The sudden deceleration threw everyone forwards in their seats and I (seated in 11A) ended up with everyone's stuff in front of me.
I am sure it is funny watching me now when the plane turns onto the runway as my seatbelt is quite loose until that point, but from there and for the first few minutes of the flight, I make sure it is super tight so if we have to stop suddenly, I am not going anywhere!
I've had similar at SYD, except then we were several hours late and so the go around and rejoining queue at the back just made us even later.


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...Dean goes up against Metatron and is stabbed fatally by him in the Season 9 Finale. He dies in Sam's arms. At the end, we see Dean lying on his own bed in the MOL Bunker and Sam is trying to summon Crowley to force him to resurrect Dean. Sam blames Crowley almost as much as Metatron for what happened to his brother. But Crowley doesn't show. He's in Dean's room, standing over him. He talks to Dean, telling him a story concerning the Mark of Cain about how Cain died and was supposedly resurrected as a demon. He tells Dean to wake up and they can both go and "howl at the moon". Dean's eyes open and they are black - demon eyes...
...The Season 10 premiere opens with Sam torturing a demon to find out where Dean is as his body has disappeared from the Bunker. Sam wants to find Crowley as he suspects him of taking Dean away. The demon taunts Sam that his brother is "one of them" and Sam tortures her, cutting her neck to extract blood; he wants her to use it to make a call to find out where Crowley is but she refuses, saying she is under orders. Sam is angered almost to the point of madness, shouting, "Where's my brother?"
...Four weeks later, Sam is in the MOL Bunker, looking at books on demon possession. He's talking to someone called Mike on the phone, asking about demonic signs like crop failures. He tells Sam there isn't anything going on. Sam goes into Dean's empty room and re-reads the note left on Dean's pillow. It says, 'Sammy let me go'.
Later, Sam finds a report on the computer about someone's death and he calls Cas. He tells him that a John Doe was murdered a week ago but he's someone called Drew Neeley who disappeared from a religious house recently but three years before that he'd killed his wife and children. Sam wonders if it's a case of demon possession and Cas starts to agree but then he has a coughing fit. Sam is excited that it is the first lead they've had in a while suggesting demonic activity has been non-existent since Dean disappeared but as Cas continues coughing Sam starts to backtrack and says he's made a mistake. Cas says he can help but Sam mentions an incident where he helped before and Cas says he wasn't to blame for a demon hurting Sam's shoulder, which is in a sling now. Sam says he shouldn't have bothered him and he needs to look after himself now. There's silence for a moment and then Cas asks Sam how he is. He says he's OK, just tired and he'll be better when he gets Dean back. Cas says he misses Dean and he asks Sam why Dean just left. Sam says he mightn't have had a choice and Cas then asks who wrote the note. Cas starts to ask if there's any chance Dean is... and Sam finishes with if 'Dean's remotely Dean anymore?' There's no answer from either of them...
...The next scene opens with Dean singing Karaoke very badly in a bar. Crowley is sitting down talking to a couple of guys at a table. Everyone hates Dean singing but he doesn't seem to care. He carried on singing and drinking...
...The next moment Dean's in bed with a girl, someone he smiled at while he was singing in the bar. They've just had sex. She gets up and he tells her not to get too excited or too attached as he's just rolling through. She tells him there's a million other ways he could have said that better. Then Crowley comes in. Dean says, "Whoah!" and Crowley asks what's going on. It turns out that this is Crowley's bedroom and he's not impressed. We get a "Jerk!" from Crowley and a "B*tch!" from Dean, which are lines only ever used by Dean and Sam! The girl, Ann-Marie, leaves...
...Dean and Crowley are playing "fussball" against the two guys Crowley was with earlier, a showdown with beers as the stakes... Crowley starts talking to Dean, asking him about the girl and saying the old Dean would have fallen for her being 'damaged'. Dean says that's not happening and Crowley says that's good. He reminds Dean they are two rolling stones and there should be no distractions but then Dean sees a man pulling the girl away from the bar and he goes after them, leaving Crowley to look on...
...Outside the man is holding the girl roughly and shaking her. She's telling him to calm down. Dean walks up and asks if this is him. "Are you Matt?" he says and without waiting for a reply he punches the guy repeatedly and then tells him to leave her alone. Crowley has wandered over meanwhile. Dean is looking at the girl, looking faintly pleased with himself but then Crowley makes a noise and Dean goes past him and back inside the bar. Someone is watching Dean carefully...
...Cas hears a knock at his door and it's Hannah, the angel. There's a cute Cas moment when he greets her at the door. He's in his dressing gown and says, "I'm sensing awkwardness". She tells him the angels are governing themselves now and trying to rebuild Heaven. Cas asks about Metatron and she tells him he is still locked away, permanently now. She asks him for his help in tracking down two angels, Daniel and Edina, who have gone rogue and have refused to return to Heaven. She tells him they have killed an angel sent to make them return and Cas agrees to help her.
Meanwhile Sam is at the police station investigating the death of Drew Neeley. The deputy tells Sam he's wasted his time as they're not sure it is a murder now; he thinks it's self-defense from some corrupted video footage the Tech Guys have managed to clean up...
...The scene changes to Dean coming out of The Black Spur bar. He knows someone is there waiting for him and he throws out a taunt saying he saw the guy this afternoon and he could use some competition. The man appears - it's the same one who was looking at him after he beat up Ann-Marie's ex - and he's holding a knife...
...Meanwhile Sam is looking at the video footage. It's footage inside a gas station and he sees someone reading a porn magazine. Sam recognises him - it's Dean! The deputy tells Sam to watch him, then the scene switches back to Dean in real time. He's recognised the man as one of Abaddon's demons! Dean tells the man they don't seem able to accept the Queen is dead and he refers to the dead Drew Neeley as one of Abaddon's demons too. The guy says they can't accept a douche like Dean killed her. Dean takes the First Blade out of the back of his jacket and shows it to the man, whose eyes flash black...
...Back to Sam and the deputy. Drew Neeley is behind Dean and he pulls a knife on him and attacks Dean. Dean starts fighting him and the scene switches between Dean fighting Drew on video and the real fight going on with the new guy. Dean stabs him, killing the demon and then on video Dean kills Drew who's on the floor, out of sight. The video clip ends with Dean looking up at the camera. The deputy tells Dean he doesn't know if the man who did this is a hero or a psychopath but he tells Sam that the picture is going out on the wire. Sam stays to look at the video clip again and he replays it slowly and see that in one shot Dean has black eyes too...
The scene changes to someone exercising, interspersed with shots of breakfast being made elsewhere. A boy is eating at a table and his mother is there with him The fax machine in the room beeps and a page comes out. The boy goes to give it to his Dad who's exercising in the next room. It's a picture of someone but we don't see who it is. The woman comes over and asks the man, "Is it him?" looking very upset when he says nothing. Next, the man goes to a cupboard full of firearms and starts packing weapons away. We see him looking at the image of Dean from the gas station...
The scene moves to Cas and Hannah, driving along a road. They stop and get out as Hannah is car-sick. She says she'll be OK soon and she asks Cas how he is. He says he's fine but she says he isn't, that his borrowed grace was failing in Heaven and he's gotten worse now. She says he's dying and he needs to replenish his grace. Cas tells her their mission is more important than him. He tells her they couldn't have brought Metatron to heel without her bravery and she says the same about him and that he needs to take care of himself. Cas is angry. He asks if another angel should die so he can be saved and is it hard to understand? Hannah replies that she is feeling better now and gets in the car...
Sam is at the gas station and the clerk is describing Dean's fight with Drew Neeley, in words and actions! He tells Sam nothing useful though; there's nothing to trace Dean. However he tells Sam he found the dead guy's phone under a display and he asks Sam to drop it off at the station. Sam looks at the emails and sees there's one giving the location of a Winchester and saying, "Long live Abaddon". He calls the number and Crowley answers, thinking it's Neeley but Sam says he's just using a dead man's phone. Crowley recognises Sam's voice and tells him he and Dean "were beginning to wonder if he'd hit another dog" (ouch!) Sam tells him his brother is dead and Crowley's going to pay for having a demon walk around in his meat suit but Crowley counters, telling Sam he hasn't got enough imagination and that his brother is alive, courtesy of the Mark. He tells Sam the only demon inside Dean is his own demonised self. Sam asks him about the Abaddon supporters Crowley has sent to kill Dean and asks if he knows about this doublecross. Crowley tells him he's out of his depth. Sam says he doesn't know what black magic he's used on Dean and he carries on, saying, "...Hear me; I will save my brother or die trying!" Crowley tells him that what really bothers Sam is not that Dean is a demon but that Dean is with him and he's having the time of his life. He says that Dean is his. Sam says Dean isn't his pet but Crowley tells him that Dean is his best friend, that he completes him and that's what makes Sam "lose his chickens". Sam says again that he'll find Crowley and save Dean and then he'll kill Crowley, dead. Crowley isn't concerned and ends the call but Sam has already located his phone at The Black Spur in Beulah, North Dakota...
We're back with Cas and Hannah now. They stop near a river where someone is fishing. It's the angel, Daniel. Cas talks to him about trout fishing and Daniel uses the fishes' desire to fight for their freedom as an analogy for his own wish for free will. He says that they're here about the angel who died and he tells Cas that nothing would have happened to the angel if he'd left them alone but Hannah says he had orders to bring them home and they killed him. Daniel asks why they've sent two more angels and they don't seem to get the message (to leave them in peace). Hannah says all angels serve at Heaven's command and Daniel agrees but then says that was before the Fall. Hannah says he's an angel for always. He replies that they were dropped from Heaven unknowingly into a strange land which celebrates the free and making choices now helps him discover who he is. Hannah thinks this is nonsense but Daniel says they should teach about freedom in Heaven and learn why it's worth fighting for. Hannah takes that as a challenge and takes out her angel blade saying he's taunting them. Cas says, "And then what - we kill him or he kills us?" She replies that they have orders and Cas says they have time to change his mind. He also reminds her that they don't know where the other angel, the woman is...
Back to Dean and Crowley in the bar. He's just explaining to Dean that he sent the demons after him. Dean's not overly happy and Crowley explains he was keeping Dean sharp with demon chum and that the Mark needs to be sated otherwise... Dean completes the sentence, "...I turn into a demon." He tells Crowley he lied to him and Crowley says what did he expect and Dean gets up to go. Crowley tells him to sit down and Dean just looks at him. Crowley explains he needed to keep Dean sharp for their future. He says to Dean, "...If I have to spend one more night in this fetid petri dish of broken dreams and BO I will cut off my own face." Dean says he doesn't know what Crowley is talking about; he's great and Crowley asks him how long he can keep eating "suicide wings" and doing one-hit wonders on Karaoke and Dean replies that there's no time stamp or expiration date on them ehowling at the moon. Crowley says they've had their fun and now it's time to go back to work. Dean says, "Pass" and Crowley explains that together they can rule Hell, make it perfect. He tells Dean they aren't ending the party, they're just moving it. He gets up to go and tells Dean that "Moose" called from the cell of the demon Dean killed. He says that too many words were spoken and Dean says that Sam's traced the call. Crowley says, "My bad" but it's obviously been deliberate on his part. He tells Dan that Sam will be there by morning at the latest and Dean says that Crowley has sold him out. Crowley's annoyed. He tells Dean he doesn't know what's going on with him. He hasn't sold him out, he's done Dean many favors over the past six months - the Mark, the First Blade, mid-wifing him back to life, offering him a seat at his side - all a gift. He tells Dean to take the night and make up his mind - he knows where to find him...
It's night and Sam is driving but his car starts making strange noises and breaks down. He pulls over to the side of the road and gets out to look under the hood but someone pulls in behind him. The lights dazzle Sam. A man walks over and asks him if he wants help. Sam says he does - his car just died on him - and the guy opens the hood. He points to a device inside and tells Sam that's the problem. Sam doesn't know what it is but the guy says it's a kill switch and he's holding the remote, which he shows is in his hand. Sam is shocked and goes for his gun but the man knocks him out with a couple of punches and ties Sam up...
Back with Dean now: he's still drinking in the bar and then the shots alternate between him singing Karaoke and drinking. Ann-Marie comes over and stops him drinking whiskey, then he's back singing very badly again and everyone's booing him; he looks very drunk. Eventually the manager comes to take Dean off the stage and Dean pushes him off. The scene changes to Dean asleep in bed. He wakes up and Ann-Marie is in the room. He asks her if she wants to go somewhere with him but she says they barely know each other and he's drunk. He says he protected her honor and she says she thought so too and no-one's ever done that for her before but she says he kept on with beating Matt up and that whatever was going on with him wasn't about protecting her honor. She says that maybe for a second she thought he was a good guy playing bad but Dean is cruel to her. She says, "maybe you're just..." and he finishes her sentence, "...the kinda guy who sleeps with every skank in every small town dive that he passes through. Well you really do know how to read people... 'Cause that sure as Hell sounds like me." She's very upset and says she's so screwed up she'll walk out and think she actually deserves to be spoken to like that.
...Back with Cas and Hannah. They are sitting around a campfire with Daniel and he's saying he doesn't understand why angels don't acknowledge the wisdom to be found on Earth. Hannah's dismissive of anything which could be learned from humans but Cas understands him. Hannah says that if Daniel is to be freed, all angels must decide that. The female angel appears and says they aren't going back. Ever. Daniel introduces Edina to them and asks her to stow her blade. Edina says she will when Hannah stows hers. Cas asks Hannah what she's doing but Hannah stands up and Edina says they'll never be able to argue their freedom from a prison cell. Hannah says they should have thought of that before slaughtering an angel and tensions escalate between the two female angels although Daniel and Cas try to calm things down. They fight and Edina downs Hannah but then she hits Edina with a rock and she falls over too. Daniel confronts Hannah with an angel blade and Cas stabs him from behind, killing him. Edina slashes at Cas, hurting him and then she runs away. Cas kneels down next to Hannah. She wants to go after Edina but he tells her it's over...
...Sam is led into a barn by the man who kidnapped him. He is hooded and his hands are tied. He sits Sam down in a chair and ties his legs to it, then he takes off the hood. He makes some small talk about breaking his arm when he's a boy and then he says to Sam, "You're Sam Winchester." He tells Sam that he and Dean go way back. Sam asks him if he's a Hunter and he says, "Sure - hunting your brother counts, right?" Sam tells him he wouldn't do that and the guy smiles unpleasantly. Sam says he doesn't know who he is or what he wants or what Dean did but if he's got any sense he should turn tail and run back to the army recruiting ad which spit him out in the first place. The guy's still smiling nastily and Sam tells him Dean is a monster. The guy agrees Dean was a monster many, many moons ago but he says that now Dean's prey. He bends down close to Sam's face and says, "I'm the monster now."
...Cas and Hannah are in the car. She says they need to report this. Cas is upset another angel died and says they only wanted to be left in peace. Hannah says he was trying to kill her and they need rules, otherwise there's chaos and angels like Naomi, Bartholomew and Metatron rise up out of it. Cas says maybe he's been down on Earth with them too long, that not all chaos is bad: Art, Hope, Love, Dreams come out of it. Hannah says they are human things and Cas just looks at her and then says, "Yes."
Dean is driving along in the rain. His cell goes off. It's Sam. He picks it up and says, "I left you an open tab at the bar. Knock yourself out." A strange voice answers - it's Sam's kidnapper. Dean asks who he is and the guy says, "Me, well I'm Karma, brother." Dean asks if Sam is dead and the man replies no, not yet, as long as Dean shows up when and where he tells him to, then Sam will be OK. Dean asks how does he know if Sam is still alive and the guy holds the cell out to Sam to talk but he's silent. The guy punches Sam hard and his shout of pain is heard on the cell. Sam shouts, "Dean!" but the guy ignores him and asks Dean if he has a pen. Dean tells him there's no trade, no meet-up, no nothing, just the 100% guarantee that somewhere down the line he'll find him and kill him. The man says that'll be cold comfort to his dead brother but Dean says he told Sam to let him go so whatever jam he's in now is his problem. The guy says he'll pass that on as he's slitting Sam's throat and Dean says, "Yeah you do that. 'Cause he knows me and he knows damn sure that if I am one thing, I am a man of my word" and Dean finishes the call. The guy looks at his cell. He isn't laughing now. He looks at Sam and then turns and walks away a few feet and stands against the wall. The episode ends with Dean staring straight ahead, emotionless...
Written by Spnfanforever
Author's note:
I thought this was a fine episode. It reset the scene after the Season 9 Finale and showed Dean for the first time as a demon. It was a matter-of-fact, couldn't-care-less Dean we saw, someone only interested in his own pleasure and so it was all the more chilling for being completely alien to the Dean we know. Jensen acted Demon-Dean brilliantly!
The new guy, whom we know as Cole now but who was never introduced by name was cold and ruthless and his personality seemed to be that of an obsessed, even psychotic man, who nevertheless had left what appeared to be a loving family behind in his search for vengeance.
Crowley was very good, as usual. It remains to be seen what Dean will do - will he re-join Crowley and take part in his master plan for Hell or will he go his own way?
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Jeb Bush: Immigration Reform Because Immigrants Are More Fertile
Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) told the audience at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference that immigration is needed to prevent economic decline.
Branstad, Reynolds Help Mary Mosiman Kick Off State Auditor Campaign
Faith & Freedom Coalition,
Immigrant Families,
immigration reform,
Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) pushing the current immigration reform bill floated by the Gang of 8 at the Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference today.
He actually said we'd be in decline as a nation if we don't pass this bill because, drumroll please – Immigrants are more fertile! Yes, he actually said that – below is video proof.
Via ABC News:
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says the future of the American economy depends upon immigrants.
Speaking Friday to religious conservatives, Bush said that immigrants are particularly important to help create more taxpayers to fund the safety net for the large, retiring baby boomer generation.
"Immigrants create far more businesses than native-born Americans over the last 20 years," he said, adding that immigrants also have more "intact families."
"Immigrants are more fertile, and they love families," he said…
…He said the nation must allow more immigrants "to pursue their dreams in our country with a vengeance to create more opportunities for all of us."
"If we don't do it, we will be in decline," he told evangelical Christian activists.
"They bring a younger population," Bush continued. "Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity."
He obviously meant that immigrant families tend to be larger because they don't typically limit the size of their families. Which is true for some cultures as they do have a have a higher fertility rate, but not every immigrant family collectively. I can't speak intelligently about their fertile though, and obviously neither can Governor Bush.
Immigration reform is a hard pill to swallow for conservatives, especially if it includes any type of amnesty. I don't think Governor Bush helped his case here. He does bring up a potential problem in the United States with a population that is getting older with families that do tend to be smaller. The left will probably go ballistic on just that idea alone.
I'm waiting to see if establishment Republicans come to his rescue like they did for Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO)… oh wait.
HT: Gateway Pundit
Congressman Mike Pence's Remarks at Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Dinner
Congressman Mike Pence (R-Indiana) was in Des Moines, IA yesterday to speak…
Republicans Introduce 20-Week Abortion Ban in the Senate
Forty-six Republican Senators backed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act formally introducing the bill that passed in the U.S. House on Tuesday.
Sarah Palin: Fire Eric Holder
By Sarah Palin It's tempting to get distracted with the horse race…
Catholic Church Agencies File Lawsuits Challenging HHS Contraceptives Mandate
By Tom Chapman The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…
Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor of Caffeinated Thoughts.


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              AND o.owner = p.owner
              AND o.object_name = p.object_name
              AND o.object_type in ('PROCEDURE', 'FUNCTION')",
            schema.schema_name, procedure.to_s.upcase))
          new(schema, procedure, nil, nil, row[0])
        # search for synonym
        elsif (row = schema.select_first(
            "SELECT o.owner, o.object_name, #{procedure_object_id_src(schema)}.object_id
            FROM all_synonyms s, all_objects o, all_procedures p
            WHERE s.owner IN (:owner, 'PUBLIC')
              AND s.synonym_name = :synonym_name
              AND o.owner = s.table_owner
              AND o.object_name = s.table_name
              AND o.object_type IN ('PROCEDURE','FUNCTION')
              AND o.owner = p.owner
              AND o.object_name = p.object_name
              ORDER BY DECODE(s.owner, 'PUBLIC', 1, 0)",
            schema.schema_name, procedure.to_s.upcase))
          new(schema, row[1], nil, row[0], row[2])
        else
          nil
        end
      elsif package && (row = schema.select_first(
            # older Oracle versions do not have object_id column in all_procedures
            "SELECT #{procedure_object_id_src(schema)}.object_id
            FROM all_procedures p, all_objects o
            WHERE p.owner = :owner
              AND p.object_name = :object_name
              AND p.procedure_name = :procedure_name
              AND o.owner = p.owner
              AND o.object_name = p.object_name
              AND o.object_type = 'PACKAGE'",
            override_schema_name || schema.schema_name, package, procedure.to_s.upcase))
        new(schema, procedure, package, override_schema_name, row[0])
      else
        nil
      end
    end

    private

    def procedure_object_id_src(schema)
      (schema.connection.database_version <=> [11, 1, 0, 0]) >= 0 ? "p" : "o"
    end
  end

  module ProcedureCommon #:nodoc:
    attr_reader :arguments, :argument_list, :out_list, :return
    attr_reader :schema, :schema_name, :package, :procedure

    # return type string from metadata that can be used in DECLARE block or table definition
    def self.type_to_sql(metadata) #:nodoc:
      case metadata[:data_type]
      when 'NUMBER'
        precision, scale = metadata[:data_precision], metadata[:data_scale]
        "NUMBER#{precision ? "(#{precision}#{scale ? ",#{scale}": ""})" : ""}"
      when 'VARCHAR', 'VARCHAR2', 'CHAR'
        length = case metadata[:char_used]
        when 'C' then "#{metadata[:char_length]} CHAR"
        when 'B' then "#{metadata[:data_length]} BYTE"
        else
          metadata[:data_length]
        end
        "#{metadata[:data_type]}#{length && "(#{length})"}"
      when 'NVARCHAR2', 'NCHAR'
        length = metadata[:char_length]
        "#{metadata[:data_type]}#{length && "(#{length})"}"
      when 'PL/SQL TABLE', 'TABLE', 'VARRAY', 'OBJECT'
        metadata[:sql_type_name]
      else
        metadata[:data_type]
      end
    end

    # get procedure argument metadata from data dictionary
    def get_argument_metadata #:nodoc:
      @arguments = {}
      @argument_list = {}
      @out_list = {}
      @return = {}
      @overloaded = false

      # store reference to previous level record or collection metadata
      previous_level_argument_metadata = {}

      # store tmp tables for each overload for table parameters with types defined inside packages
      @tmp_table_names = {}
      # store if tmp tables are created for specific overload
      @tmp_tables_created = {}

      # subprogram_id column is available just from version 10g
      subprogram_id_column = (@schema.connection.database_version <=> [10, 2, 0, 2]) >= 0 ? 'subprogram_id' : 'NULL'

      @schema.select_all(
        "SELECT #{subprogram_id_column}, object_name, TO_NUMBER(overload), argument_name, position, data_level,
              data_type, in_out, data_length, data_precision, data_scale, char_used,
              char_length, type_owner, type_name, type_subname
        FROM all_arguments
        WHERE object_id = :object_id
        AND owner = :owner
        AND object_name = :procedure_name
        ORDER BY overload, sequence",
        @object_id, @schema_name, @procedure
      ) do |r|

        subprogram_id, object_name, overload, argument_name, position, data_level,
            data_type, in_out, data_length, data_precision, data_scale, char_used,
            char_length, type_owner, type_name, type_subname = r

        @overloaded ||= !overload.nil?
        # if not overloaded then store arguments at key 0
        overload ||= 0
        @arguments[overload] ||= {}
        @return[overload] ||= nil
        @tmp_table_names[overload] ||= []

        sql_type_name = type_owner && "#{type_owner == 'PUBLIC' ? nil : "#{type_owner}."}#{type_name}#{type_subname ? ".#{type_subname}" : nil}"

        tmp_table_name = nil
        # type defined inside package
        if type_subname
          if collection_type?(data_type)
            raise ArgumentError, "#{data_type} type #{sql_type_name} definition inside package is not supported as part of other type definition," <<
              " use CREATE TYPE outside package" if data_level > 0
            # if subprogram_id was not supported by all_arguments view
            # then generate unique ID from object_name and overload
            subprogram_id ||= "#{object_name.hash % 10000}#{overload}"
            tmp_table_name = "#{Connection::RUBY_TEMP_TABLE_PREFIX}#{@schema.connection.session_id}_#{@object_id}_#{subprogram_id}_#{position}"
          elsif data_type != 'PL/SQL RECORD'
            # raise exception only when there are no overloaded procedure definitions
            # (as probably this overload will not be used at all)
            raise ArgumentError, "Parameter type #{sql_type_name} definition inside package is not supported, use CREATE TYPE outside package" if overload == 0
          end
        end

        argument_metadata = {
          :position => position && position.to_i,
          :data_type => data_type,
          :in_out => in_out,
          :data_length => data_length && data_length.to_i,
          :data_precision => data_precision && data_precision.to_i,
          :data_scale => data_scale && data_scale.to_i,
          :char_used => char_used,
          :char_length => char_length && char_length.to_i,
          :type_owner => type_owner,
          :type_name => type_name,
          :type_subname => type_subname,
          :sql_type_name => sql_type_name
        }
        if tmp_table_name
          @tmp_table_names[overload] << [(argument_metadata[:tmp_table_name] = tmp_table_name), argument_metadata]
        end

        if composite_type?(data_type)
          case data_type
          when 'PL/SQL RECORD'
            argument_metadata[:fields] = {}
          end
          previous_level_argument_metadata[data_level] = argument_metadata
        end

        # if function has return value
        if argument_name.nil? && data_level == 0 && in_out == 'OUT'
          @return[overload] = argument_metadata
        # if parameter
        else
          # top level parameter
          if data_level == 0
            # sometime there are empty IN arguments in all_arguments view for procedures without arguments (e.g. for DBMS_OUTPUT.DISABLE)
            @arguments[overload][argument_name.downcase.to_sym] = argument_metadata if argument_name
          # or lower level part of composite type
          else
            case previous_level_argument_metadata[data_level - 1][:data_type]
            when 'PL/SQL RECORD'
              previous_level_argument_metadata[data_level - 1][:fields][argument_name.downcase.to_sym] = argument_metadata
            when 'PL/SQL TABLE', 'TABLE', 'VARRAY', 'REF CURSOR'
              previous_level_argument_metadata[data_level - 1][:element] = argument_metadata
            end
          end
        end
      end
      # if procedure is without arguments then create default empty argument list for default overload
      @arguments[0] = {} if @arguments.keys.empty?

      construct_argument_list_for_overloads
    end

    def construct_argument_list_for_overloads #:nodoc:
      @overloads = @arguments.keys.sort
      @overloads.each do |overload|
        @argument_list[overload] = @arguments[overload].keys.sort {|k1, k2| @arguments[overload][k1][:position] <=> @arguments[overload][k2][:position]}
        @out_list[overload] = @argument_list[overload].select {|k| @arguments[overload][k][:in_out] =~ /OUT/}
      end
    end

    def ensure_tmp_tables_created(overload) #:nodoc:
      return if @tmp_tables_created.nil? || @tmp_tables_created[overload]
      @tmp_table_names[overload] && @tmp_table_names[overload].each do |table_name, argument_metadata|
        sql = "CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE #{table_name} (\n"
          element_metadata = argument_metadata[:element]
          case element_metadata[:data_type]
          when 'PL/SQL RECORD'
            fields_metadata = element_metadata[:fields]
            fields_sorted_by_position = fields_metadata.keys.sort_by{|k| fields_metadata[k][:position]}
            sql << fields_sorted_by_position.map do |field|
              metadata = fields_metadata[field]
              "#{field} #{ProcedureCommon.type_to_sql(metadata)}"
            end.join(",\n")
          else
            sql << "element #{ProcedureCommon.type_to_sql(element_metadata)}"
          end
          sql << ",\ni__ NUMBER(38)\n"
        sql << ") ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS\n"
        sql_block = "DECLARE\nPRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;\nBEGIN\nEXECUTE IMMEDIATE :sql;\nEND;\n"
        @schema.execute sql_block, sql
      end
      @tmp_tables_created[overload] = true
    end

    PLSQL_COMPOSITE_TYPES = ['PL/SQL RECORD', 'PL/SQL TABLE', 'TABLE', 'VARRAY', 'REF CURSOR'].freeze
    def composite_type?(data_type) #:nodoc:
      PLSQL_COMPOSITE_TYPES.include? data_type
    end

    PLSQL_COLLECTION_TYPES = ['PL/SQL TABLE', 'TABLE', 'VARRAY'].freeze
    def collection_type?(data_type) #:nodoc:
      PLSQL_COLLECTION_TYPES.include? data_type
    end

    def overloaded? #:nodoc:
      @overloaded
    end
  end

  class Procedure #:nodoc:
    extend ProcedureClassMethods
    include ProcedureCommon

    attr_reader :arguments, :argument_list, :out_list, :return
    attr_reader :schema, :schema_name, :package, :procedure

    def initialize(schema, procedure, package, override_schema_name, object_id)
      @schema = schema
      @schema_name = override_schema_name || schema.schema_name
      @procedure = procedure.to_s.upcase
      @package = package
      @object_id = object_id

      get_argument_metadata
    end

    def exec(*args, &block)
      call = ProcedureCall.new(self, args)
      call.exec(&block)
    end

  end

end

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With their Netflix anthology movie, the directing duo has earned their seventh Oscar nomination for screenwriting.
Netflix dominated the 2019 Oscar nominations as expected thanks to Alfonso Cuarón's "Roma," which earned the streaming giant its first nomination for Best Picture. "Roma" is nominated for 10 Academy Awards this year, the most of any film aside from "The Favourite," which also landed 10 nominations. While "Roma" is unquestionably Netflix's crown jewel of Oscar season, the studio surprised with "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," the Coen brothers' Western anthology film that had a strong showing with three nominations: Best Original Song, Best Costume Design, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
With their Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, Joel and Ethan Coen have now been nominated for seven screenwriting Oscars throughout their career. The duo won Best Original Screenplay for "Fargo" and Best Adapted Screenplay for "No Country for Old Men." In a surprise turn of events, "Buster Scruggs" pulled off a nomination in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, a shock considering many thought it was an original piece of work from the Coen brothers. So why the adapted nomination? It turns out two of the movie's six short films are based on preexisting works.
"All Gold Canyon," the segment starring Tom Waits as an elderly prospector searching for gold, is based on Jack London's story of the same name. London's "All Gold Canyon" was first published in 1904. Both works are set in the Sierra Nevada mountains and meditate on man's clash with nature and the brutal violence of the old West. For "The Girl That Got Rattled," starring Zoe Kazan, the Coen brothers adapted a short story written by Stewart Edward White and first published in The Century Magazine in 1901. Both short stories the Coen brothers adapted are now available to read in their entirety online: Read "The Girl That Got Rattled" here and "All Gold Canyon" here.
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" won the Coen brothers Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival. Other Best Adapted Screenplay nominees include "Can You Ever Forgive Me?," "BlacKkKlansman," "If Beale Street Could Talk," and "A Star Is Born." "Buster Scruggs" is now streaming on Netflix.


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Q: Android : Text watcher onTextChanged and afterTextChanged events firing multiple times. I am using text watcher on an edit text and that edit text is inside the list view. I have to call an method while edit text length == 3. But the text watcher events are executing more then one time. Here is my code :
 holder.etTypeKeyword.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
            @Override
            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
                //System.out.println("KEYWORD TYPED : "+s+ " count : "+count);
                }
            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

            }
            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
                if(s.length()==3){
        //          isServiceCall=true;
                    System.out.println("CALLING COUNT : " + position + " Length "+holder.etTypeKeyword.getText());
                    obKeywordSuggestionInterface.getKeywordUsingChar(s.toString(),position);

                }else{
        //          isServiceCall=false;
                }
            }
        });

Here is my log output where count message is repeating
>I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT : 2 Length
I/System.out: CALLING COUNT ACT : 2 Length Fun

Please some body please help me on this to restrict multiple execution of text watcher events. Thanks in advance.

A: Please make sure you are not setting text on edittext inside obKeywordSuggestionInterface.getKeywordUsingChar

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Each year I spend a few days on the farm to photograph the Stallions, Foals, Weanlings, Yearlings and the Farm in general. Once my Shoots are finished, I drive around the farm "chasing the light" which changes quickly and dramatically. It's always a race to find the best place epseiclly late afternoon for that "golden light" and to each year come up with unique imagery.
The key, PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE. You can never expect to simply walk up to a paddock, pick up your camera, press the shutter and have a great image. I've spent countless hours at Widden just sitting in paddocks with mares and foals, waiting for just the right light and just the right moments to happen.
With the Sydney Inglis Sale approaching, I was keen this year to photograph the yearlings heading off to the sales. Keen to photograph each yearling differently, not only to showcase the qualities of the yearlings but at the same time, to showcase the beauty that is Widden Stud.


In July 2010, the RCOG introduced its ultrasound training programme. At the time of the launch, the RCOG issued a joint statement with the Society and College of Radiogaphers (SCoR), endorsed by the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS), explaining why the training programme was being introduced and how training would be delivered. The full text of the statement is available below.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has introduced a new competency-based ultrasound training programme that forms a compulsory part of the curriculum for doctors undergoing speciality training in obstetrics and gynaecology. The College has held discussions with the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) and the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) on its new programme and how sonographers can most effectively support its implementation.
Sonographers have traditionally played a major role in the training of doctors in obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound and their involvement is not new. The importance of this contribution by sonographers is recognised fully by the RCOG, the SCoR and the BMUS. In addition, the need for sonographers to continue to contribute in this regard is recognised, as is the need for an interprofessional approach to ensure the new training programme is delivered effectively.
The RCOG programme provides for Deanery Ultrasound Coordinators, who will normally be obstetricians-gynaecologists, and local Ultrasound Education Supervisors, who may for example be ultrasound department managers or lead sonographers. There should be local discussions between these individuals as to how the RCOG training can be delivered, taking into account the number of potential trainees of all disciplines, the numbers already being trained within the department (including sonographer trainees), the available workforce and the available departmental capacity. There needs to be recognition that good training carries a time and financial burden and allowance will need to be made for this in the training schedule and workforce planning.
NHS Trusts and Boards currently involved in obstetrics/gynaecology speciality training will need to implement the RCOG's new competency-based ultrasound training programme as it forms part of the core syllabus requirements. Heads of School in every Deanery are responsiblefor assessing training quality and ensuring that training requirements are met in every Trust/Board, and these being met form the basis of their recognition as a training centre by the RCOG.
The RCOG, SCoR and BMUS are very aware that there are many pressures on ultrasound departments including the shortage of sonographers, meeting service delivery and quality standards, the introduction of national screening programmes in both the first and second trimesters of pregnancy, and new initiatives in the early diagnosis of cancer.
An interprofessional approach including the RCOG, SCoR, Postgraduate Deaneries, service and departmental managers and the sonographers themselves will be necessary to ensure that the new training programme is delivered effectively without causing undue extra strain on current service and training provision. Where ultrasound departments are expected to provide the training to support the RCOG's requirements, the 'local ultrasound education supervisor' may be the lead sonographer. She/he will need to confirm how many obstetrician/gynaecology trainees there are likely to be and that suitable provision has been made with regards to both the time and resources required for the proposed training; this should be done in advance of the trainees being attached to the ultrasound department.
NHS Trusts and Boards are responsible for ensuring that the necessary resources are available to deliver both the ultrasound service and training. There are centres where these matters have been resolved satisfactorily; there are others with some work to do in this respect.
The RCOG's new ultrasound training programme, as well as improving ultrasound education for trainee obstetricians and gynaecologists, will help to improve women's health care. The role of sonographers in supporting the training programme is vital. Service demands, NHS workloads and the current shortage of sonographers need to be taken into account as the training programme is implemented at regional and local levels.


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The new Turbo Solutions Group keeps things turning
When turbines turn smoothly, the wheels of business do likewise. Conversely, a problem with a turbine can throw a spanner in the works of a company. Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction's Turbo Solutions Group is a team of specialists whose goal is to achieve stable trial operation through the inspection, vibration diagnosis and analysis both before and after the installation of major rotating plant devices, including turbines, rotors, and so on.
In the Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group, the Turbo Solutions Group was created to minimize the risk of projects that involve large turbines by providing technical analysis and solutions to any problems that arise related to turbine operation after a project's completion during the warranty period.
Playing a critical role in risk reduction
Samsung C&T E&C's Turbo Solutions Group quickly and accurately identifies the cause of problems in turbines and other large-scale rotating equipment. They keep an open mind to all possibilities and approach problems from diverse perspectives to find the cause. Based on their effective efforts, everyone now recognizes the necessity of their role.
The Turbo Solutions Group is now carrying out vibration diagnostics procedures on turbines and other large-scale rotating equipment commissioned in power generation construction projects underway by Samsung C&T E&C Group.
In addition, this team has secured six types of precision devices such as vibration analyzers and is constantly on standby to tackle any problems on site by carrying out internal and external training and liaising with partners.
Growing together into a professional group
In order to create this new Turbo Solutions Group earlier this year, it was necessary to specially recruit An Myoung-jae, who is an advisor in turbine diagnostics, and Kil Seung-man, an expert in vibration. An is now the group's leader. As well as bringing in experts from outside, Jung Gyung-hoon, Lee Seung-hyun and Lee Hwa-rang were internally recruited from within the company to join the group's staff.
Summarizing their mission, An Myoung-jae says, "As a collection of experts, the Turbo Solution Group aims to minimize any adverse impact on construction costs and time by proactively tackling and taking the lead in turbine and generator problems that can occur in the final stages of construction or during the pilot operation phase."
Lee Seung-hyun describes his motivation thus: "After about three years working in steam turbine construction in UAE nuclear power plants, I became interested in turbines and wanted to get involved in this work. Thankfully, the opportunity came to me at the right time and now I'm part of this group. I want to become an expert like An Myoung-jae and Kil Seung-man, and someone who contributes to project sites and the company overall."
Jung Gyung-hoon feels a sense of achievement doing this work, saying, "I am proud that I am currently the only person at my level in the Turbo Solutions Group to experience both pilot operations and turbomachinery diagnostics. My goal is to become a turbomachinery diagnostics expert based on my experience in pilot operations. Watch me go!"
The members of the Turbo Solutions Group are working hard towards their respective aspirations while also learning every day to become experts in turbomachinery diagnostics.
Generous teachers and team members with a passion for learning
The goal of the team is not only to quickly and accurately diagnose and analyze problems with turbines on site but also to foster next-generation manpower. An Myoung-jae and Kil Seung-man are helping their junior team members grow into experts by sharing their knowledge and experience and encouraging them to always learn more.
Kil Seung-man has big aspirations for his new team, revealing, "I hope that the diagnostics technology of the Samsung C&T E&G Group will play an important role in the engineering, procurement, and construction business that it conducts around the world by transferring my experience and know-how to the eager junior members of the team."
xplaining the relationship between team leaders and their junior team members further, Lee Hwa-rang says, "I'm lucky to be able to learn from the experiences and knowledge of those who have built up a solid legacy in the same field for decades. When An Myung-jae and Kil Seung-man train us, they always think from the standpoint of the trainees. Also, they actively encourage us to receive external education if we need to help fill any gaps. Also, I want to give back more than I have received to the future junior members of the team."
There are both leaders who generously impart knowledge, experience, and know-how, and team members who learn and grow without missing a single beat. Although the Turbo Solutions Group has existed less than a year, the depth of teaching, the passion for learning, and the relationship between senior and junior members of the team are as strong as if not stronger than any other team.
The members of the Turbo Solutions Group can rightfully be called mechanical doctors. To carry the analogy further, the plant division used to encounter ailments, but now that this clinic has been established and these doctors are diagnosing problems and carrying out treatments, Samsung C&T E&C Group can say goodbye to the past when untreated ailments could lead to financial pain and loss.
The Turbo Solutions Group can be expected to keep things turning at the Samsung C&T E&C Group far into the future.
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With a relatively shorter time to prepare, former ONE Flyweight World Champion Geje "Gravity" Eustaquio will be leaning on his experience when he marks his return to the ONE Championship stage.
Eustaquio will now be a part of the massive Manila card as he is scheduled to face Yuya "Little Piranha" Wakamatsu of Japan in ONE: Dawn of Heroes, which emanates from the Mall of Asia Arena this coming August 2.
"First of all, I'm very happy and very proud to be part of this card, to perform in front of my kababayans along with my Team Lakay brothers," Eustaquio said as he joins the likes of Eduard Folayang, Danny Kingad, Honorio Banario and Edward Kelly in the card.
This will be Eustaquio's third assignment this 2019 after splitting his last two battles against top competition.
In his last outing, the 30-year-old Baguio City native impressively put his name back to the winning column after scoring a unanimous decision victory over Kim Kyu Sung of South Korea at ONE: Enter the Dragon in Singapore last April.
Now, with his match against the dangerous Japanese already set, "Gravity" believes that his experience of battling the best in The Home Of Martial Arts is something that he will have over the Japanese knockout artist.
"For me, I think the best factor that will lead me to victory in Manila is my experience. Just like what I've said the last time, I've seen them all. I fought the best and learned a lot from them," he said.
"Experience always plays a big role in competitions. I've been to many championship bouts, at the end of the day it's just a matter of faith."
Continuously training non-stop after he won in Singapore, Eustaquio revealed that fans should expect a lot from him on 2 August as he's bringing in new techniques to surprise his Japanese foe.
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"For me, it's just another day in the office. I will go there and show my new techniques," Eustaquio revealed.
"I will play it smarter. I hope they will like it."
Nevertheless, Eustaquio knows "Little Piranha" won't be a walk in the park.
The 24-year-old native of Kagoshima, Japan is a former Pancrase Flyweight Tournament Champion. Holding a professional record of 10-4, Wakamatsu is an aggressive knockout artist with shocking power as nine of his ten victories came by way of knockout.
"He is a good striker and he got KO power. I will treat this fight as the best fight ever just like my previous matches. Because I always want to come out victorious."
For Eustaquio, this is another opportunity for him to inch closer to another World Title opportunity and he vows to make the most out of it.n
"My game has evolved and upgraded completely. For this match, I have the momentum and I'll keep going until I get a shot again on that golden strap."
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