You're ignoring that regardless of gender at that age you are growing and increasing strength. The comment I made above was a partial copy / paste from my former coach who is an extremely experienced and had at least one athlete in the Olympic trials this year. He has also been participating in exchange programs with Chinese coaches over the past year.
Pretty sure he knows exactly what he's talking about vs commentators and pundits who know near nothing about the sport. It's all sour grapes at being beat by a Chinese girl.
Yes, there is past history (distant) in China, but there is nothing to suggest she or any of the other Chinese swimmers are cheating. She passed all her tests so far this year. In fact, she has NEVER failed a drug test and has been tested often in the past several years.
People, 16 year old swimmers can do some amazing things. But what did she really do? and was it all that amazing? She dropped from a 4:33.6 to a 4:28.1 in the 400 IM. a 5.5 seconds drop (a 2% improvement). In the 200 IM she dropped from a 2:09 to a 2:07 (a 1.5% gain). People are saying that that is not possible? REALLY?
When Michael Phelps was her age, he dropped 7 seconds in the 400 IM (from 4:22 to 2:15 - or 2.6% gain) and 2.5 seconds (from 2:03.4 to 2:00.8 - or 2% in the 200 IM from age 15 to age 16. Basically, the same statistical improvement, or even a little more. No one even suggested his gains were anything other then natural.
Can't believe you're the only one to mention ZZT. Not my *first* gaming experience but certainly one of the best and most memorable from those days. I still have ZZT on my current computers;-)
though it's ironic that i use @mail.ru for some of my primary emails and get *no* spam at all.
kinda sucky when i run into the few services that reject mail.ru stuff though:(
"We probably feel obligated to tip doctor with $200-$300 for delivery, but that's our choice and in case we were broke it would still be the same hospital and doctor."
In my inlaws experiance in a smaller russian city (about 8hours drive from Moscow) that "tip" is manditory to get the doctors to give anything but the worst treatment.
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WTF is a "gigafactory?"
Is it somehow different than any other kind of factory? Or is it a made-up word designed to satisfy some narcissists ego?
It's the opposite of a nanofactory.
You're ignoring that regardless of gender at that age you are growing and increasing strength. The comment I made above was a partial copy / paste from my former coach who is an extremely experienced and had at least one athlete in the Olympic trials this year. He has also been participating in exchange programs with Chinese coaches over the past year. Pretty sure he knows exactly what he's talking about vs commentators and pundits who know near nothing about the sport. It's all sour grapes at being beat by a Chinese girl.
Yes, there is past history (distant) in China, but there is nothing to suggest she or any of the other Chinese swimmers are cheating. She passed all her tests so far this year. In fact, she has NEVER failed a drug test and has been tested often in the past several years. People, 16 year old swimmers can do some amazing things. But what did she really do? and was it all that amazing? She dropped from a 4:33.6 to a 4:28.1 in the 400 IM. a 5.5 seconds drop (a 2% improvement). In the 200 IM she dropped from a 2:09 to a 2:07 (a 1.5% gain). People are saying that that is not possible? REALLY? When Michael Phelps was her age, he dropped 7 seconds in the 400 IM (from 4:22 to 2:15 - or 2.6% gain) and 2.5 seconds (from 2:03.4 to 2:00.8 - or 2% in the 200 IM from age 15 to age 16. Basically, the same statistical improvement, or even a little more. No one even suggested his gains were anything other then natural.
At least it wasn't yet-another re-make of a '70s or '80s TV show or movie,
It was. You may remember a film called Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/ Ok early 90's, but still....
Try Ramsey Electornics, they sell some nice kits. http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/
Can't believe you're the only one to mention ZZT. Not my *first* gaming experience but certainly one of the best and most memorable from those days. I still have ZZT on my current computers ;-)
though it's ironic that i use @mail.ru for some of my primary emails and get *no* spam at all. kinda sucky when i run into the few services that reject mail.ru stuff though :(
"We probably feel obligated to tip doctor with $200-$300 for delivery, but that's our choice and in case we were broke it would still be the same hospital and doctor." In my inlaws experiance in a smaller russian city (about 8hours drive from Moscow) that "tip" is manditory to get the doctors to give anything but the worst treatment.
Try buying straight from Nettwerk, the prices are reasonable and no copy protection. http://www.werkshop.com/
"seller Steve Brinn, a Cincinnati pediatrician" maybe they quoted him because he is the seller.
Hopfully they will live up to their ads