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There is a general move away from the centralised electricity generation of previous decades because of the geographical spread of renewable sources such as wind, the inclusion of decentralised storage units, and flexible and active loads connecting at low and medium voltage.
On the one hand, the security of the power supply could be threatened by variable energy sources such as wind with the potential for unexpected weather conditions to affect the power supply. But attending to these situations could, conversely, shore up grid development by providing flexibility through solutions such as smart grids - which react to information on supply and demand - and by demand-side management - where power users are encouraged through financial incentives or education to limit use at times of peak demand or low supply.
Balancing the grid system across Europe will be complicated, as confirmed by the European Climate Foundation Roadmap 2050, an independent body offering analysis of how to achieve a low-carbon economy in Europe, which identifies a massive need for back-up generation - especially if grid expansion is slower than renewables uptake. Today, the reserve power capacity is provided primarily by fossil-fuel plants, but these resources are dwindling. This scarcity is likely to substantially increase its cost in the coming years.
Storage technologies
Smart grids and demand-side management are not likely to be sufficient to deal with the balancing challenge for very high levels of renewable energy on the grid. Storage systems will be needed to provide additional flexibility and avoid the need to curtail wind energy. This requires not only the development of new storage technologies, but also a new market approach to integrating them into the system. One possibility to ensure sufficient balancing resources is that transmission operators could participate in the ownership and operation of such storage systems.
Already, tools such as phase-shifting transformers and high-voltage direct-current links, provide flexible solutions, and it is likely that more of these will be developed to provide the flexibility required by this more complex grid system. Supplementing them with monitoring tools such as dynamic line rating, which allows continuous real-time monitoring of an overhead line, will have a huge impact on the way the system is operated and planned.
Slow upgrade
It will not be possible or practical to replace all the ageing equipment and infrastructure at the same time. New designs will need to be incorporated, and transmission system operators will have to use both old and new devices concurrently, pushing each to their limits to complement grid upgrades. Replacement and maintenance programmes will present new challenges.
With a much greater need for real-time monitoring of equipment, data and information needs will increase exponentially. Incident analyses will play a major role in learning how to operate and configure the system. To deliver accurate and up-to-date pictures of system behaviour, data exchange will be necessary on a much larger scale, especially for developing and using new software to support the decision-making processes in real time. Developing complex data platforms and new monitoring functionalities, as well as providing advanced training and simulation of operational processes, will be one way of achieving this.
Strength in partners
A hard task is identifying what knowledge will be key in the future. Developing and capturing this new knowledge in advance will require stronger partnerships with manufacturers, computer software firms, universities and research centres. Grid operators have a systemic mission to incorporate renewable energy on to the grid. This requires integrating technology, finance, markets, ecology, generation and consumption, and to strike a perfect balance between these aspects in doing so. Partnerships will play a key role in bringing together all the requisite knowledge.
Across Europe, transmission service operators are collaborating on a number of research programmes, looking at future infrastructure, the grid and balance management. Studies are already investigating technologies from high-performance conductors to superconductivity, real-time monitoring systems, and asset-management approaches for integrating new with existing equipment. In addition, strategies are being investigated to meet the changing needs of the balancing market.
No transmission service operator will be able to face these challenges alone: interdependency will grow, with coordination and greater observation essential.
- Develop cross-border balancing markets to operate in a larger control area
- Introduce more flexibility through demand-side management, smart grids and by combining small power producers
- Facilitate greater storage integration on the market
- Improve balancing services by dynamic reserve management through more frequent assessment of needs
Hubert Lemmens is chief innovations officer at Elia Group, a transmission system operator in Belgium and Germany.
By Heiko Alexander Haller
The absence of a clear regulatory framework for connecting large offshore wind farms to the grid is slowing development as investors fear the associated risk. There are currently no clear design requirements for wind farms and practical experience in this field of technology is very limited.
In Germany, a major player for offshore wind projects, the nearest transmission operator is required by law to connect a new offshore wind farm - including providing cables and electric power transformation substations. The operator receives payment only via the later use of its power grid.
Usually the generated power is transferred onshore via a high-voltage direct-current submarine cable link, but companies are working on more efficient transmission techniques.
In every step of the design and construction, the industry faces manifold technical problems, not dissimilar to the issues of wind turbine manufacturers. The offshore transformer station must be designed to absorb high wind speeds and huge wave loads, be low in weight or floatable for transportation, and the sub-structure sealed from salt, air and water corrosion. Power output must remain high enough to justify the high capital costs.
Connecting offshore wind to the grid is a complex undertaking for which no technical standards yet exist. Work offshore can only be undertaken during short periods of fine weather and delays are not uncommon, which lead the wind farm operator to seek damages from the transmission operator. These financial burdens are increasing as more offshore wind farms request connection to the grid.
While logistics have significantly improved in the industry in the last year, there is no established supply chain. Late delivery of components can affect the construction and fulfilment of the whole project, and again the transmission operator is financially penalised for the delay.
Regulatory improvements
German government round tables have been set up with concerned companies to modify and adapt the current legal framework to the needs of the industry, to overcome existing obstacles and encourage investment.
Proposals include a mandatory offshore grid development plan, co-ordination of the expansion of the grid offshore and onshore, flexibility over short deadlines or unreasonable operational or financial issues. The government will also consider adapting the liability regime to practical needs.
Under the proposed laws, the risks of the transmission network operator will be limited, and the legal framework and liability will be clarified and predictable. Only with such a practical and clear legal framework will the quick and smooth development of power generation with renewable energy sources succeed.
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Gamal Mahmoud joined the staff in 2005 as a coaching assistant for both the men's and women's fencing teams. In 2006, he helped the Crimson win the NCAA Championship.
Over the past two seasons, Mahmoud has helped Harvard earn 16 All-America selections, led by a national championship from Adrienne Jarocki in 2014. On the men's side, Mahmoud has been invaulable in helping the team to three straight Ivy League titles.
During the 2017 campaign, Mahmoud assisted the women's and men's team to their 10th-consecutive Beanpot victory. Mahamed coached Albert Chien to his seventh place finish in men's epee at the NCAA Championships. The men finished fifth in the Ivy League and the women finished fourth. Four members of the Crimson earned All-America accolades: Albert Chien, Eli Dershwitz, George Haglund and Adrienne Jarocki.
In 2017-18, Mahmoud assisted Harvard to its 11th-consecutive Beanpot victory and the men to their fifth Ivy League title in program history. Mahmoud coached Eli Dershwitz to his second-straight NCAA Championship crown, helping the men and women place fifth at the tournament.
Before joining the Crimson, he coached at Northeastern, Phillips Academy Andover, the Boston Fencing Club and Prise de fer Club.
In 2006 he was named coach of the American team at the World Cup in Germany where former Harvard fencer Benjamin Ungar won the gold medal.
His coaching success began by studying under maitre d'arm Michel Perrin of France who is the coordinator of the French national team. He then coached at the Alexandria (Egypt) fencing club from 1984-87 and then from 1998-99 before coming to the United States in 2001.
Mahmoud has coached many athletes that have reached high levels of success including three standouts. Mohamed el Kaimy finished 19th at the World Championships in 1993, El Sager was the Asian champion in Indonesia in 1996 and Mohamed El Assal placed second in the Africa Games in 1999.
As a student at Alexandria, Mahmoud joined the fencing program and earned his bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering 1980. He became a Level A fencer in all three weapons and was a member of the Egyptian national team.
Mahmoud was born in Egypt in 1954 and currently resides with his wife and two children.

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Northcote Tavern Pub Fun Run
Monday, 4 March 2019
Northcote Tavern, Northcote, Auckland
The Northcote Tavern Pub Fun Run is held every Monday from 6:15pm during daylight savings, with this week on Monday, 4 March 2019. Walkers start at 6.15pm and runners at 6.30pm.
The series is organised by Calliope Athletic and Harrier Club members and sponsored by the Northcote Tavern where the event starts. Entry is by gold coin donation, which goes towards purchasing the spot prizes. Great spot prizes are awarded after the event.
Drinks and meals can be purchased at the Northcote Tavern. There is plenty of on-site and road parking available.
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John Gaglione is a Sport Performance Specialist at Athletic and Fitness Trainers of Long Island in Massapequa, New York. He is also the director of strength and conditioning for Plainedge High School's Football and Wrestling Programs.
John has also written many strength and conditioning articles for major online publications such as Elite Fitness Systems and Lighthouse Wrestling. In his free time he enjoys powerlifting and has competition bests of a 675 Squat, 450 Bench and 515 Deadlift.
They type of training methods I use involved powerlifting with barbells, dumbbells, and kettlebells as well as bands and chains. The athletes I train are typically wrestlers and football players from middle school age, high school age, and even college. The type of training methods are very demanding and intense. I believe that this type of training not only improves sports performance, but also teaches athletes to deal with adversity in their lives outside of their sport.
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b] Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) – It is a a modern memory manager specialized for use in device drivers for graphics chipsets. It manages graphics memory, controls the execution context and manages the Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) environment on modern graphics chipsets. The "xf86-video-intel" device driver will feature GEM integration.
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I'm guessing this next character is a relative to Chad Stevens from Out There. The new IFC animated series will air on the 22nd which is Friday I believe. It's supposed to be an awesome funny show that will leave pains in your side. I don't know what the characters will be like because there is no good bio information on them as of now. I found out about this series from my Rolling Stone magazine that I get in the mail once a month. There was a page insert with a list of characters, and when the show would be airing. The characters where in the form of stickers; once you peeled away a sticker there was a quote from that particular character. Anyways, this is "how to draw Rose Stevens" and I'm betting that it's Chad's sister. Whether she is an older or younger sister remains to be seen. Have fun, stay tuned, and be sure to comment, rate, and fav if you like.
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The frugal innovation case of solar-powered Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of Vortex Engineering in India. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies.(In Press).
Frugal Innovation – Past, Present and Future. IEEE Engineering Management Review.(In Press).
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E-Health, Health Systems and Social Innovation: A Cross-National Study of the Diffusion of Telecare. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy . 12(4), 171-197.(2017).
Strategic business transformation through technology convergence: implications from General Electric's industrial internet initiative. International Journal of Technology Management. 67, 196–214.(2015).
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Knowledge Generation and Usage in Piloting. British Academy of Management.(2016).
Understanding Emerging Market Companies and Customers: an Empirical Study of Innovation Constructs for New Product Development. Proceedings of the 22nd Innovation and Product Development Conference Proceedings.(2015).
A Unified Innovation Approach To Emerging Markets: Imperatives To Play And Win The Game. 21st International Product Development Management Conference Proceedings: Innovation through engineering, business & design.(2014).
Frugal and reverse innovation - Literature overview and case study insights from a German MNC in India and China. Proceedings of the 2012 18th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, B. Katzy, T. Holzmann, K. Sailer, K. D. Thoben (Eds.).(2012).
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Frugal and reverse - insights from a German MNC in India and China. Dr. John Ettlie on Globalization of R&D including near-shoring and re-shoring of R&D..(In Press).
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Be aware of what might motivate your teen to brave the needle. Undergoing a painful procedure (tattoos are created by injecting ink through needles into the dermis, the second later of skin) just for attention may seem silly, but it's not such a wild notion. Casey Gallagher, a dermatologist and tattoo-removal consultant in Boulder, Colorado believes that starlets and young people often use tattoos as a means of standing out. "People are short-sighted," adds Manhattan dermatologist Heidi Waldorf, MD. "They look at the short-term gain rather than the long-term cost."
Warn your teen against amateur or impulse tattoos. "Unlicensed tattoos are more common than you think," says plastic surgeon Robert A. Guida, M.D., one of New York City's top removal specialists. "You'd be surprised how many people get them in college dorm rooms or fraternities or sororities." Guida adds that DIY tattoos can be the trickiest to remove, as ink of ten permeates deeper than it should into the skin and the quality of ink tends to be inferior, often containing impurities that are harder to erase with lasers.
Make sure your teen knows all the health risks. There's a plethora of safety issues involved: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported cases of methicillin-resistant staph infections among recipients of tattoos from unlicensed or unskilled artists. "Recipients are potentially susceptible to acquiring blood-borne infections," Gallagher says. Hepatitis C, hepatitis B, tetanus, tuberculosis and even HIV can all be transmitted through unsanitary or reused tattoo needles. Some people are allergic to tattoo pigments (especially red ink) and develop itching, redness, or inflammation that can last until the tattoo is removed. Plus, it's been reported that tattoo ink can contain chemicals like lead, copper, chromium, and lithium.
Encourage them to think over their decision thoroughly. It's one thing for your teen to take wardrobe or style inspiration from their idols, but tattoos, Waldorf emphasizes, are permanent. If your teen is considering the procedure, she advises asking them, "Do you still wear the same makeup or clothing styles you wore a couple of years ago?"
Remind your teen that changing their mind is costly. "The [removal] process is time-consuming, since you can need up to ten sessions, and far from perfect," warns Waldorf. "Lasers are not erasers. Even if you get a tattoo removed, you may be stuck with a faint outline of the design or unsightly scarring." And less expensive methods of tattoos removal that aren't medically recommended are no less painful—dermabrasion involves scraping and sanding the skin, and surgical removal entails a surgeon cutting the tattoo out of the skin and stitching the edges back together.
Support them in making the best choice—whatever their mindset. So if your teen is set on a tattoo, make sure they follow a few simple steps. They should ask to see the tattoo parlor's health permit and have a well-thought out design prepared for that first visit. They should also ask the tattoo artist to walk them through the entire procedure and avoid white, yellow and green inks where possible (as those are the toughest to remove.) Aftercare precautions include avoiding sun and not irritating the tattoo.


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The Declaration of Independence: The Deleted Scenes of Horror
This is a passage from Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence that the Continental Congress cut before issuing the document in its collective name. It's part of the litany of horrible things the Declaration blames on George III:
he has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemispere, or to incure miserable death in their transportation hither. this piratical warfare, the opprobium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce: and that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he had deprived them, by murdering the people upon whom he also obtruded them: thus paying off former crimes committed against the liberties of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the lives of another.Jefferson, a little miffed at being edited, made private copies of his draft for friends and posterity. (Those drafts differ slightly one from another, so some transcripts might read a little differently. Note Jefferson's characteristic omission of capital letters at the start of sentences and possessive "it's.")
Sometimes people interpret this passage as a condemnation of slavery, but really it condemns the slave trade: the removal of people from Africa to the Americas. Some colonial legislatures, including Virginia and Massachusetts, had passed laws prohibiting the import of more Africans, and the Crown had vetoed them (i.e., "he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce").
No North American colony had moved to end slavery itself, however. Jefferson, while complaining about the unnatural cruelty of slavery and blaming George III for somehow forcing slavery on him and other colonists, never campaigned to end slaveholding within America.
The Congress deleted this passage for two big reasons: many delegates supported the slave trade, and the complaint didn't pass the laugh test. Already supporters of the royal government were pointing out how many American shouting for "liberty" were also slaveholders.
The only oblique reference to slavery to survive in the Declaration was the line "He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us…"


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Raiders cheerleaders accuse NFL team of paying only $5 an hour
Lawyers representing the Oakland Raiders cheerleading squad say they will fight on as the team tries to force them out of court in a dispute over wages and pay docking.
The Raiderettes filed a lawsuit against team owners saying the hours put into training and practice mean their earnings of $125 per game average out to less than $5 an hour, lower than the state's required minimum wage of $8 an hour.
Cheerleaders can also be fined for being late to practice, not having the right color hair, losing their pom poms or letting themselves go "soft," according to the suit, all of which lawyers say constitute unfair employment practices.
The squad had brought a class action to try to recover lost earnings but in the latest twist in a case that has garnered national attention, team bosses have filed a motion saying the women have no right to bring the suit because of an arbitration clause in their contracts.
In their first public reponse to the Raiderettes' claims, team leadership said the clause means any court case was out.
"Both [plaintiffs] signed written employment agreements stating that 'all disputes' they have with the Oakland Raiders shall be subject to binding arbitration through the National Football League," wrote attorney David J. Reis on behalf of the team. Raiderettes, he said, "are not entitled to seek redress in a court of law for any of their claims," reported the Los Angeles Times.
It's prompted outrage in the Raiderettes' dugout, with lawyers saying it's an avoidance scam by the team.
"This is an attempt to avoid public scrutiny of the adjudication of the cheerleaders' claims that Raiders' management has engaged in illegal employment practices for years," said Sharon Vinick of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams, the Bay Area law firm representing the cheerleaders, in a prepared statement.
Arbitration would mean an NFL commissioner would act as judge in the dispute, something the women's lawyers say is inherently unfair.
"The owners want to have this employment issue decided by one man whose pay is dependent on the very teams that engage in the illegal conduct," said Vinick.
One of the dancers named in the suit said she decided to join after learning the contract was filled with illegal provisions.
"Being a Raiderette was an amazing experience, which I will treasure forever," said the woman, named only as Sarah G., through her lawyer's website. "However ... as a matter of principle, I felt that I had to join the lawsuit to make sure that all of the Raiderettes are treated in a fair and legal manner, which recognizes our hard work, dedication and passion for dance."


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Perdue sets aside nominating panel for NC judges
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue has officially given herself slack in the final weeks of her administration about abiding by rules she created for making appointments to North Carolina's appeals courts and to Superior Court.
Perdue signed an executive order Wednesday modifying her 2011 order in which she agreed she would appoint judges among candidates offered to her by a Judicial Nominating Commission she formed.
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United for Libraries is a national network of enthusiastic library supporters who believe in the importance of libraries as the social and intellectual centers of communities and campuses. No one has a stronger voice for libraries than those who use them, raise money for them, and govern them. By uniting these voices, library supporters everywhere will become a real force to be reckoned with at the local, state, and national levels.
For more information, please read "A Short History of United for Libraries" by past-president Peggy Danhof.
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The mission of United for Libraries is to support those who govern, promote, advocate, and fundraise for all types of libraries.
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We are creating a new website to help employees manage their shifts and need a clean and professional design (we are database guys not designers)
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Images taken Monday show 30 to 45 footers rolling into the area known as Peahi by locals.
The size of the swell attracted the likes of Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Darrick Doerner and some of the world's other top tow-in surfers, according to the Honolulu Advertiser.
These waves are dangerous and only for the most experienced pros. Mere mortals watch from jet skis and boats nearby.
Thousands of spectators lined the cliffs to watch. There were nearly three dozen tow-in teams in the water and a number of photography helicopters swooping in and out to get shots of the action, according to published reports.
North County surfer and filmmaker, Steve Lawrence, took images of the 30 to 45 footers and reports that the waves are expected to be even bigger Tuesday.
Lawrence produced the award-winning film, "Down the Barrel" starring Machado and Kelly Slater.
The area has seen waves higher than 60 feet in the winter months however the largest wave spotted Monday was reportedly between 40 and 50 feet high.


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I've been trying to use and teach the appropriate terms for my kid's anatomy lately. The days of "wee wees" and "front bottoms" are over. They need to know what things are called and not be afraid to use the correct terminology.
Sadie has it down pat- although she giggles like a school girl every time she says vagina. Noah, on the other hand, just can't for the life of him remember what his parts are called. It seems like no matter how much we talk to him about it, we just can't drill the word "penis" into his brain.
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Tal Gardenhire, PresidentMark Matthews, Vice-PresidentCarey Frazier, SecretaryJames D. GonzalesJoel GonzalesDale RichterMatthew C. Rothe
Responsibilities of LeadershipThe Hondo Independent School District is governed by a seven-member Board of Trustees that is responsible for adopting policy, employing and evaluating the superintendent, approving the budget and capital improvement plans, and setting the tax rate. As the district's elected leaders, Trustees are charged with making decisions they believe to be in the best interests of all HISD children.
MeetingsThe Hondo ISD Board of Trustees regular meetings are usually held on the third Monday of each month at the HISD Central Administration Office Board Room (2604 Ave E, Hondo) beginning at 6:00 pm unless scheduled otherwise.
Agenda items are posted at the HISD Administration Office at least 72 hours prior to each meeting and on the HISD website (http://www.hondoisd.net/). Citizens are invited to attend board meetings and may address the board during public forum which is included at all regular monthly meetings. Concerns or complaints regarding specific individuals should not be raised in public forum; they must be considered separately according to applicable board policies. Each participant will be limited to three minutes to make comments to the Board. Any group of five or more persons must appoint one person to present the group's views to the Board. The Board is not permitted to discuss or act upon any issues that are not posted on the agenda at the meeting. The Board has adopted complaint policies that are designed to secure, at the lowest possible administrative level, a prompt and equitable resolution of complaints and concerns. Each of these processes provides that, if a resolution cannot be achieved administratively, the person may appeal the administrative decision to the Board as a properly posted agenda item.
Board ServiceThere are seven members of the Hondo ISD Board of Trustees. Five are elected by Single Member District and two are elected At-Large. Trustees serve for three year terms. Officers are elected by the members of the Board of Trustees. Trustees provide public service to the Hondo community without financial compensation. Candidates to the Board of Trustees must conform to the eligibility requirements of the Texas Election Code and the Texas Education Code.
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Documentation is like sex, when it's good it's really really good and when it's bad it's better than nothing at all.So here's how you write Doxygen documentation For instance items in your header (*.h) file you would create documentation like so...
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RICHMOND, Va. – It's been nearly two weeks since the Virginia Commonwealth University men's basketball team has played at home.
On Wednesday night, senior Jamie Skeen helped the Black & Gold make sure it was a happy homecoming as the Charlotte, N.C. native scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in an 84-74 double-overtime thriller over the University of Delaware.
"I'm proud of the way our guys bounced back in the second half after a lackluster start," Head Coach Shaka Smart said. "I thought we lacked energy in the first half so we challenged at the half and they responded at the right time. That's a credit to our upperclassmen and the leadership they continue to display."
Skeen and junior Bradford Burgess accomplished a rare feat in the victory as both players reached the 1,000-point plateau in the contest. Both are tied with 1,001 career points, with Skeen's being a combination of 608 points at VCU and 393 at Wake Forest. With senior Joey Rodriguez joining the club earlier this season, the Rams now have three 1,000 point scorers on the roster."
"Neither Brad or I knew that we were that close, but it's pretty cool that we could both do it in the same game," Skeen said. "Ultimately however, the important thing is our wins and accomplishing the goals we set for this season."
The Rams have now won 11 of their past 12 contests and now stand at 12-2 in conference play. With the win, VCU became the only program in the CAA and only program in the Commonwealth of Virginia to post 20-plus wins over the past five seasons.
"Not many programs are able to talk about five straight 20-win seasons," Smart said. "That's a credit to everyone involved with us, from the players to the coaches to the administration and especially the fans and supporters."
After a back-and-forth battle to start the contest, the Black & Gold ran off a 10-2 run capped off by a three-pointer from Burgess to give VCU a 25-18 advantage with 7:43 remaining in the first half.
However, Delaware responded with four three-pointers in the final five minutes of the first half to spark a 16-4 run to send the Fightin' Blue Hens into the break with a 34-29 cushion.
Delaware's hot shooting continued with a three-pointer from Brian Johnson giving the Fightin' Blue Hens their largest lead of the game at 50-39 with just under 13 minutes left in regulation.
Six straight points from Skeen and some clutch three-pointers from Rodriguez helped the Rams chip away that the lead and eventually tie the game at 60 with five minutes left to play on a old-fashioned three point by Rodriguez.
The teams would trade baskets down the stretch and lead to both Burgess and Delaware's Devon Saddler having game-winning opportunities with time running out, but neither converted as the game headed to overtime.
Defense would be the name of the game in the first overtime with both teams only notching four points, but in the second overtime the Rams took advantage of four fouls outs by the Fightin' Blue Hens.
Eight of VCU's 13 points in overtime came at the charity stripe, but a big three-pointer at the top of the key from senior Brandon Rozzell was the back-breaker and ultimately sealed the 84-74 decision.
"We knew had to continue to attack the basket and when we do that with success, it opens up a lot of things," Smart said.
Skeen's 32 point performance is the most by a Ram since Jan. 31, 2009 when Eric Maynor poured in 33 in a road win at Hofstra. Burgess finished with 14 points and nine rebounds, while Rodriguez chipped in 15 points and four rebounds. Rozzell was the final VCU player in double-figures with 11 points off the bench.
For Delaware, Saddler led the way with 19 points, while Jawan Carter finished with 15 points and eight assists.
The Rams finally return home on Saturday when they host Old Dominion in a sold out Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. Tip-off time on ESPN2 is set for 2:05 p.m.


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As Congress gets down to business and thousands of credit union activists gather in Washington, most recently for our Governmental Affairs Conference, our agenda is clear: Help the middle class emerge successfully from the devastation of the Great Recession.
Credit unions can be a huge help, especially if they're given the tools to best serve the middle class, which they do better than any other financial services provider.
But in doing so, credit unions' ability to serve shouldn't be hindered— especially by changing their tax-exempt status.
If we can make our best case about the value we offer and the trust we've earned, we'll earn the additional tools we need to best serve our members—and keep our tax exemption intact.
Part of our legislative agenda for this new Congress is to enhance the credit union charter. Keys to that charter enhancement: helping credit unions grow by allowing them to raise supplemental capital and expanding their member business lending authority.
While we know these are sound objectives for credit unions and members, our adversaries—notably, the banks—apparently see both as threats to their ability to dominate the marketplace.
When we speak out in favor of these issues in Congress—particularly for legislation introduced by senators and representatives who support credit unions helping the middle class—the banks immediately deride the measures. They charge that credit unions are overstepping their boundaries and should be taxed just like banks.
They're merely trying to change the subject.
For example, at the end of January, the American Bankers Association sent a letter to leaders in Congress opposing legislation to expand credit unions' business lending authority. The group wrote that if credit unions want more power to make business loans, they should lose their tax exemption.
But the banks have run out of persuasive arguments in opposition to credit union member business lending. They know they can't defeat us on the policy argument so they talk about our tax exemption, trying to put us on the defensive.
We don't believe Congress has an appetite to tax 95 million Americans, which is exactly what would happen if Congress were to tax credit unions.
That's an important message. But a more crucial point for all of us to make is the significant role credit unions play in their members' lives by providing value and trust.
It's the best way to illustrate that the structure of credit unions, including our tax exemption, should be left alone. Two key points to make:
1. Credit unions return value to their members and consumers-atlarge. CUNA estimates that, in the one-year period ending September 2012, credit unions provided $5.8 billion in direct financial benefits to the nation's credit union members. Those benefits were delivered in the forms of lower loan rates, higher returns on savings, and fewer and lower fees than those charged by (or earned at) banks.
And credit union competition with banks acts to drive down loan rates, increase earnings on savings, and limit fees at banks—resulting in an overall savings to consumers of more than $8 billion.
That's real value.
2. Americans trust credit unions. In survey after survey conducted by third-party groups, credit unions come out ahead of banks as most trusted. CUNA has detailed many of these in our daily online news service, News Now.
A recent example: The Chicago Booth/Kellogg Financial Trust Index (released in November) showed credit unions are the most trusted financial institutions (over big national banks and local community banks, too).
That's real trust.
Lawmakers, policy makers, and members need to hear these points from credit unions. That's especially true when bankers target our tax exemption, and the agenda for Congress includes tax reform.
If we clearly communicate the value and trust credit unions provide, we won't be on the defensive— and we'll be on the road to realizing our goals and helping the middle class even more.
BILL CHENEY is CUNA's president/CEO.


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You can get too much of a good thing.
A month ago, we were watering our garden daily. Now it's a sloppy mess. Too much water is as bad as too little. An ideal soil profile contains 50 percent particles, 25 percent water and 25 percent air.
In the Lowcountry, the soil water table is close to the surface. If you dig a hole and it fills from the bottom, your soil is saturated. Roots will not grow beyond that or end up with root rot. Either way, the plant dies.
In some areas, impermeable clay is the problem. Dig a hole and fill it with water and it may still be full the next day. In these cases, water primarily drains over the surface.
Plants like it wet. Why fight Mother Nature?
Instead, plant something that loves wet conditions such as canna, umbrella grass, iris or juncus.
Trees such as river birch, tupelo and red maple do well in wet soils. Bald cypress, too, but the knees can be a problem in residential areas.
Topsoil can be used to shape sloping mounds. This allows water to drain properly and the roots to establish quickly. In some cases, an entire berm does not need to be constructed but rather generously mounded around the tree or shrub.
However, once you change the topography of your property, consider where the water will drain. You don't want it going toward your house and increasing the chances of mold, rot or termites. And you don't want to send it into your neighbor's yard. They're usually not happy when their backyard is suddenly a swamp.
When possible, water should be diverted to acceptable outlets, such as retaining ponds or storm sewers.
When feasible, drainage can improve the soil moisture. Drainage systems are intended to create highly porous channels that move water off the surface and, in some cases, to a suitable outlet.
Tile drains use perforated corrugated pipe called drain tile to capture and remove water. That name is confusing because we're actually talking about flexible drain tubes, or pipes, not square pieces of tile. However, the original drain system used clay tiles, and even though we now use plastic tubing, the name remains drain tile.
Perforated drain tile is typically 4 inches in diameter and allows water to enter through small slits that surround the entire pipe. They are sometimes sold with a geotextile sock to filter out contaminates to keep the drain tile functional for a longer period of time.
Trenches are typically 8 inches wide and should drop about an inch every 10 feet for suitable flow.
Once the fun of digging is finished, a couple of inches of drainage stone is placed on the bottom. Drainage gravel, such as No. 57 stone, is angular to provide plenty of pore space for percolation. The drain tile is placed in the trench and covered with remaining gravel with a minimum of 2 inches on top.
It's important that the drain tile be sloped toward an outlet where water can be discharged, such as a ditch or pond: not your neighbor's yard.
For many people, this is the main obstacle: There is no suitable outlet. That's where French drains can be helpful.
The French drain has nothing to do with France but the American farmer and judge Henry French.
It is a gravel-filled trench that has no outlet but designed rather to facilitate water movement off the surface and into the ground. The trench can be any dimension you want, but it's typically 8 to 24 inches wide and up to 36 inches deep. The trench sometimes is lined with weed fabric before it is filled with drainage gravel to filter out sediment to slow the clogging of pore spaces.
In nonturf situations, it can be filled to the surface with gravel.
Drainage systems aren't permanent solutions, but they can be effective for several years or longer, depending on conditions.
Tony Bertauski is a horticulture instructor at Trident Technical College. To give feedback, email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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For your website to be successful, you must treat it like an ongoing conversation between you and your visitors. Knowing how your visitors find your site, where they are located, what content resonates with them and which products or services they are considering is a crucial starting point for that conversation and opens up a wealth of opportunities to attract, engage and convert those anonymous visitors into loyal customers.


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Whether it's holding together your glasses, the TV remote or your grandmother's birthday present, Scotch tape has been one of the constants in our lives since before we can remember. Today, lift your beer for its 80th birthday.
In the usual manner of age-old products, we're not entirely sure today is the actual 80th birthday of the cellotape (or sticky-tape, if you will), though it's the closest thing we have to an anniversary, going by the date 3M began marketing it.
Do you know why scotch tape is so-called, though? As the story goes, a car dealer was irritated with 3M's thriftiness at only placing adhesive stripping down the sides of the tape, he labeled it "scotch tape," after Scotland's reputation for minding its money.
While plenty of companies now produce the sticky tape, 3M's is believed to be the first, with the European brand Sellotape birthed just seven years later. [Wired]
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Development and improvement may have come gradually for top 2014 prospect Reese Cooley, one of the elite guys playing for the Orlando Scorpions 17u North squad at this week's 17u PG BCS Finals national championship tournament.
By his own admission, Cooley -- an outfielder from Orange Park, Fla., who will be a senior in the fall at Fleming Island High School in Orange Park -- struggled with his game right up through his sophomore year in high school. That was just a year after he decided to leave football and basketball behind and concentrate on what he called his favorite sport.
"My sophomore year I struggled a lot offensively and defensively," Cooley said on Monday from the Lee County Sports Complex before the Scorpions 17u North played the first of what would be two scheduled pool-play games. "I just told myself, 'Don't stop, just keep working hard.' I just kept working hard and I haven't looked back since."
The determination he showed to improve his work ethic and just flat-out get better seems to have paid off. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Cooley came into the 17u PG BCS Finals as the No. 43-ranked overall national prospect in the high school class of 2014 (he's also the country's No. 13-ranked outfielder, and ranked Nos. 6-1 in the state of Florida) and eager to prove he belongs on the highest national stage.
The Orlando Scorpions 17u North are not the premier team in the Scorpion organization's owner Matt Gerber's extensive stable, but they've been competitive. Cooley is looking forward to spending the next five days in Southwest Florida after spending last week in the Atlanta area.
"It's always nice being in Fort Myers," he said, looking back to the most recent visit at the 18u PG WWBA East Memorial Day Classic at the end of May. It wasn't bad for the Scorpions 17u North in general -- they finished 3-1 and just missed the playoffs -- but Cooley struggled at the plate, batting just 1-for-11 (.083).
"We're always excited about playing in Perfect Game events, either up in Atlanta or down here in Fort Myers, just because of the competition; there's no riff-raff here," Scorpions 17u North head coach Scott Hennessey said. "You're going to see good arms and athletes and good competition, so any time you can get your kids to play against good competition you feel good about that."
And there's another important reason for being in attendance, Hennessey said: "That goes along with the college coaches being here. We've already been able to play in front of ACC, SEC, other Division I (schools) and pro scouts, and anytime you can do that it benefits the kids."
The Scorpions 17u North finished 4-1 at last week's rain-soaked 17u PG WWBA National Championship in the north Atlanta suburbs, but again fell short of the playoffs (the national championship tournament was won by Scorpions' family member the Orlando Scorpions-Prime).
Cooley was terrific in five games there, going 8-for-15 (.533) with four doubles, three RBI, four runs scored and a 1.388 on-base-plus-slugging percentage while battling long periods of downtime cause by non-stop rain.
"Just sitting around for three or four days, you get kind of bored, you know?" he said. "We were just ready to get on the field."
Hennessey said that Cooley played the infield his first two years in high school because of his athleticism but always believed he belonged in the outfield. Cooley is still learning the centerfield position but is making progress; he's always been able to hit.
"Now he's staying on the ball and using the middle of the field so much more with two strikes, and that's where he's made his biggest progress at the plate," Hennessey said.
As far as Cooley's progression into a top-50 prospect goes, it has been steady as she goes. PG scouts have always been aware of him, but he made his biggest impression at June's Perfect Game National Showcase at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. He ran a 6.63-second 60-yard dash and also threw 94 mph from the outfield, both impressive workout performances.
At the conclusion of the National Showcase, PG vice-president of player development David Rawnsley wrote of Cooley: A big strong athletic player, Cooley has outstanding potential. He ran a 6.6 and threw 94 from the outfield in the Metrodome, and he is a very good outfielder at all three positions. He can really swing the wood and has power potential and overall is a very good athlete with a strong baseball body.
Cooley simply loved the PG National experience.
"There was a lot of good competition and you get to meet a lot of good players from all around the country," he said Monday. "Perfect Game is the best at bringing in the best athletes to their tournaments and showcases and I was glad I got up there and got to meet some of those guys -- those are friends that I will have for the rest of my life. You know everyone is there working hard and you know everyone is there because they earned it, and it just makes it that much better."
Cooley was also at the 2012 PG WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., in October, playing with the elite Royals Scout Team. The PG WWBA World attracts nearly 1,000 scouts and college coaches every year, and Cooley was adequately impressed.
"When I showed up to the field, I was amazed; I'd never seen that many scouts before at a game," he said, his eyes widening at the memory. "I was one of the younger guys on the team and when I came up to bat I looked and saw the scouts up and down the foul lines, and I was like, 'Yeah this is what you live for right here, playing in front of the scouts because they want to see the best play.'"
Cooley certainly ranks among the best in the land right now in his graduating class. He is ranked as the No. 184 overall prospect (college, juco, high school) in the 2014 draft by PG national director of cross-checker Allan Simpson, a ranking that could certainly climb as the summer moves into the fall and ultimately the spring of 2014.
"Reese is a great kid who comes from a good family," the Scorpions' Hennessey said. "He's a hard-worker and off the field he's not in any trouble; he's going to succeed in whatever he does. I've know Reese since he was 6 years old and I've coached him a lot and just to see him develop and work and get stronger, it's fun to see. The upside that he has is that he's got a lot of upside."
The Orlando Scorpions 17u North got off to an inauspicious start at the 17u PG BCS Finals, losing both of its first two games on Sunday on Monday (a third pool-play game scheduled for Monday was postponed until Tuesday by rain). Cooley was just 1-for-5 in those first two games but came close to being the team's leading hitter: the Scorpions 17u North hit a miserable .093 (4-for-43) as a team with one double and one RBI in those first two games.
That shouldn't persist. While not boasting nearly as many college commitments as the Scorpions-Pride, the 17u North do have third baseman/right-hander and Florida recruit Hunter Alexander (2014, Green Grove Springs, Fla.); third baseman/catcher and Jacksonville commit David Boyle (2014, St. Augustine, Fla.); infielder and Army recruit Tyler Young (2014, Orlando, Fla.); and right-hander and North Florida commit Pearson McMahon (2014, Fernandina, Fla.) on its roster.
Alexander is ranked the country's No. 194 overall prospect in his class (No. 13 third baseman prospect in Florida). Cooley hasn't made a college commitment yet, saying he just want to wait it out a little longer at this point.
"We've got guys with good make-up, good families, and I think more than anything they think they have something to prove," Hennessey said. "A lot of are unsigned and they're good players, and I think some of these guys should be signed. They just feel that they have something to prove and we're just trying to teach them how to play the right way.
"These guys all know each other and they feel comfortable around each other," he continued, speaking of this team's place in the Scorpions' organization. "Sometimes when you go play for another team it takes you awhile to get use to that team or that coach. These guys all know each other and feel comfortable, so they've definitely found their niche."
Cooley will keep working to impress scouts and college coaches throughout the next 11 months before the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft gets under way. He's enjoyed the ride so far, or at least since got a handle on things heading into his junior year in high school.
"It's been real fun," he said. "Ever since that sophomore year when I was struggling I've been working on improvements and trying to get better. (The struggles) showed me how to work hard because I thought I was almost too good; baseball is a humbling sport and it showed me that it doesn't just come to you and have to work for it, and I like working hard for it now."


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The United States' use of drones is counter productive, less effective than the White House claims and is "encouraging a new arms race that will empower current and future rivals and lay the foundations for an international system that is increasingly violent", according to Michael Boyle.
Boyle, who was on Obama's counter terrorism group in the run-up to his election in 2008, said the US administration's growing reliance on drone technology was having "adverse strategic effects that have not been properly weighed against the tactical gains associated with killing terrorists".
Civilian casualties were likely to be far higher than had been acknow-ledged, he said.
In an article for the Chatham House journal International Affairs, Boyle said the conventional wisdom over the use of unmanned aerial vehicles needed to be challenged.
He said there was an urgent need for greater transparency because most Americans remained "unaware of the scale of the drone programme … and the destruction it has caused in their name".
US use of drones has soared during Obama's time in office, with the White House authorising attacks in at least four countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. It is estimated that the CIA and the US military have undertaken more than 300 drone strikes and killed about 2500 people.
Tipping point
Administration officials have argued that their use is lawful, though the Pentagon's most senior lawyer, Jeh Johnson, recently admitted that the US was heading for a "tipping point", beyond which it should no longer pursue terrorists by military means because the organisation that Congress authorised the military to pursue in 2001 had in effect been destroyed.
In his study, Boyle said Obama had pledged to end the "war on terror" and to restore respect for the rule of law in US counter-terrorism policies.
"Instead, he has been just as ruthless and indifferent to the rule of law as his predecessor … while … Bush issued a call to arms to defend 'civilisation' against the threat of terrorism, President Obama has waged his war on terror in the shadows, using drone strikes, special operations and sophisticated surveillance to fight a brutal covert war against al-Qaeda and other Islamist networks."
Boyle, who teaches at La Salle University, Philadelphia, said the government claim that drones were an effective tool that minimised civilian casualties was "based on a highly selective and partial reading of the evidence".
He argues that one of the reasons for why the US has been "so successful in spinning the number of civilian casualties" is that it has reportedly adopted a controversial method for counting them: all military-age men in a strike zone are classed as militants unless clear evidence emerges to the contrary.
"The result of the 'guilt by association' approach has been a gradual loosening of the standards by which the US selects targets for drone strikes," his study says.
Debilitating effect
"The consequences can be seen in the targeting of mosques or funeral processions that kill non-combatants and tear at the social fabric of the regions where they occur. No one really knows the number of deaths caused by drones in these distant, sometimes ungoverned, lands."
Boyle questions the claim that drone strikes have been effective in killing so-called high-value targets, saying records suggested lower-ranked foot soldiers were the ones who had been hit in greatest numbers.
And he also said the strikes had a debilitating effect on local populations and their governments.
"Despite the fact that drone strikes are often employed against local enemies of the governments in Pakistan and Yemen, they serve as powerful signals of the regimes' helplessness and subservience to the US and undermine the claim that these governments can be credible competitors for the loyalties of the population," he writes.
"The vast increase in the number of deaths of low-ranking operatives has deepened political resistance to the US programme in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries." – © Guardian News & Media 2013


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What movie scene (that has absolutely nothing to do with the plot) is so jarring, obtrusive, ridiculous and/or stupid that even to this day it still makes you angry?
Our pick? The "And that's how I found out there is not Santa Claus" scene from Gremlins. What an atrocity. Nothing says good times like watching Gizmo's face go *womp womp* upon hearing Phoebe Cates' horribly tragic story about how her Dad died in the chimney. It has NOTHING to do with Gremlins, and yet, here it is. A Christmas Miracle. Oh my god, fuck this scene.
What's yours?


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Sega is currently holding a sweepstakes to see if players can guess which classic Sega franchise will soon be making its triumphant return. It's Daytona USA. Can we have a game with the bunny in it instead?
We pretty much knew some sort of rehash of Daytona USA was in the works, and with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi's classic tune "The King Of Speed" from the game's soundtrack teased in this fluffy wuffy bunny video, that's confirmation enough for me.
I'm sure this is exciting news for racing fans, but I'm just not revved up by a rehash of what in 1993 was a cutting-edge 3D racing experience.
I would, however, dearly enjoy being friends with that rabbit. It's so fluffy I could die.
You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.


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Delta Air Lines
Diane Scott and Mary Martin both Senior Business Analysts at Delta Air Lines spoke to MGMT 243 students on Thursday, September 29th. The topic of their talk was "Delta Air Lines Flying High with CSB/SJU." The talk included a detailed discussion of Delta, the Delta Cargo division, and information technology at Delta as well as provided practical advice for college students who will soon embark on their careers. Students were very interested to hear firsthand some of the details regarding one of the world's largest airlines. Diane and Mary did an excellent job in helping students to get a feel for what a typical work day is like at Delta and provided solid career advice to college students as they begin their job search.
The speakers reflected on the nature of today's tech savvy college students with great optimism stating: "Their enthusiasm, creativity, and energy will bring fresh ideas and ways of making this world a better place to live!" Given that our best and brightest students will lead us into the future, we have a lot to look forward to.
Thank you to Diane, Mary, and Delta for sharing your time and talent with the MGMT 243 class!