SCCA Partners with Mazda to Provide Increased Opportunities for Racers

Before becoming a cloud computing expert and senior manager at Pembroke, Massachusetts-based Congruity, Evan Loring was a football coach at Harvard University. A lover of sports and car racing, Evan Loring has supported the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). 

In December 2016, SCCA announced it was partnering with Mazda Motorsports to expand new entries and opportunities for drivers in Formula Enterprises (FE) cars. There are over 100 FE car racers in the United States. Through the partnership, Mazda would support FE by qualifying the 2017 SCCA National Championship Runoffs FE winner to the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, by providing increased contingency offerings to the top 10 SCCA Super Tour racers, and by providing marketing support to grow the exposure of drivers with great potential.

Speaking during the announcement at the annual Performance Racing Industry trade show, SCCA President Robey Clark and Mazda’s head of business development, David Cook, expressed optimism that the new partnership would give over 100 racers increased exposure, making it easier for talented drivers to be identified and promoted to bigger races.

The Science to Growing Bigger Biceps

A senior manager at Congruity, based in Pembroke, Massachusetts, Evan Loring manages large corporations’ annual budgets for information technology. An avid sportsman, Evan Loring enjoys lifting weights. 

For many weight-lifters, building large biceps is a top priority. Not only do large biceps complement a bulked-up chest, they are the default superficial mark of strength. When athletes are asked to flex a muscle, it’s often the biceps. 

The bicep muscles are located on the front upper part of the arm and are responsible for elbow flexion. They consist of two heads: the short head and the long head. The short head is the outer head that’s visible during a full contraction (moving the arm toward the shoulder). The long head is the inner muscle running below the short head. 

To grow the bicep muscle to their full mass, it is essential that bodybuilders target these two heads. The best exercises to get the job done are bicep curls, preacher curls, and incline dumbbell curls. While all of these are isolation exercises targeting the biceps alone, they enable a full extension of the bicep muscle when the weights are lowered, stretching the inner head, and concentrate tension on the upper head during contraction when the weight is lifted.

Flash Storage and Memory - Definition and History

As senior manager at MSDI, Evan Loring is responsible for reviewing maintenance costs and overseeing corporations’ annual budgets for information technology. Prior to his position at MSDI, Evan Loring served as a receivers coach for the Harvard University football team. His professional interests include all-flash data centers and all-flash storage.

You are probably familiar with USB flash drives, which use flash storage to preserve files and images. Flash storage refers to a data repository that uses flash memory, a form of electronically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). The two primary types of flash memory, NOR and NAND, were created more than 30 years ago by Dr. Fujio Masuoka of Toshiba. A flash storage system is typically controlled with a memory chip and flash controller. In recent years, flash memory has become increasingly popular in the market due to its speed, convenience, and ability to retain data when a device is powered off.

The Critical Success of the Music Single Dog Days Are Over

Evan Loring is a senior manager at Pembroke, Massachusetts-based company MSDI, where he manages large enterprise corporations’ annual IT budgets. Evan Loring has eclectic taste in music and is a fan of English indie rock band Florence and the Machine.

Headlined by the Florence Mary Leontine Welch, her eponymous group Florence and the Machine was formed in 2007. With a sound that merges pop, soul, and Baroque arrangements, the band gained considerable attention following the release of their debut album, Lungs, which became one of 2009's most popular albums. The band eventually gained the attention of American audiences with the single Dog Days Are Over, which peaked at number 21 on Billboard's Hot 100 charts.

Dog Days Are Over was received with glowing reviews by critics. ContactMusic.com reviewer Pete Barrett gave it a 9/10 and praised it as a brilliant release. He described it as a tour-de-force of the folk, pop, and rock genres that revealed a “beguiling talent.” To top it all off, British music magazine NME included the song in its list of 150 best tracks of the past 15 years, listing it at the 33rd spot.