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By Viveca Bissonnette
The profession of interior design has had a multitude of issues to contend with during these tumultuous times. On a large scale, we are dealing with professional legislation, a lack of public awareness of our value, and economic forces that are out of our control. On a daily basis, we watch as our budgets fluctuate and staff levels shift and realign. This has become a fast paced, complex profession and—similar to our clients, suppliers and colleagues—we are all being forced to do more with less.
As an industry, and as individuals, we can either choose to operate in the same way we always have or we can choose to embrace the future and be willing to reinvent ourselves. To a certain extent, we will have no choice. More than 70 million "millennials" have already begun to enter the workforce as the first of the even more numerous baby boom generation head toward retirement. Businesses are being forced to re-evaluate their cultures and mentoring programs in an effort to attract, retain and nurture these design leaders of the future.
The culture of the workplace is shifting, in part, due to the major differences in values, attitudes and behaviors between millennials and the generations preceding them. Young designers coming into the workforce today have more expectations and higher aspirations for themselves—a quality instilled in them by their baby boomer parents who told them they could do anything. This new generation of workers also has more expectations of their employers than previous generations. They want to know that they are on the professional path to success, and they are looking for guidance from mentors and employers to help them get there.
As leaders we need to understand how this new workforce operates. In this global community, technology is king, and to be successful we all need to embrace it. This is no problem, of course, for this new generation who is simultaneously e-mailing, texting, blogging, using YouTube and webcasts. They have mastered multitasking and are constantly reaching out to friends, family, colleagues, and clients (ultimately, on the Web) for information.
Information and resources are only as far away as their mobile devices. Their profiles are visible on Facebook and LinkedIn and this group is not shy about sharing their lives with the world. This new way of communicating gives us all an opportunity to access people and information globally—expanding our range of mentorship opportunities. It also enables individuals to seek out mentorship beyond their immediate professional community. Individuals have living and breathing curriculum vitae online, accessible to all by a simple "click" and downloadable to one's iPad to be viewed while sitting at the office, the beach or a baseball game.
This new generation, attached to their mobile device(s), works 24/7 and is adept at multitasking.
However, more importantly, they are looking for balance and quality of life. Employers need to understand and embrace these work styles in order to best mentor these junior designers. They are the future leaders of our industry and are reaching out for our guidance.
Internships, formal training, leadership development and open communication are all keys to a successful mentorship program. Everyone needs mentorship at some level. These programs help to guarantee that no one is left out—from the student who is experiencing the real life aspects of our profession for the first time (participating in an internship), to the most senior principal whose education and work style is vastly different from the 20-something's now entering the workforce.
There has never been a time when our workforce has spanned so many generations, and the opportunities for us to grow as individuals and as a profession is extremely viable. Mentorship in both directions needs to be part of the culture of an organization for it to be successful, and employers need to be willing to spend time and resources to guarantee its success. The most successful firms are those where mentorship is not an implemented "program" but where communication, collaboration and education are an integral part of its mantra.
In my professional career, I've benefited from this firsthand—both as a mentor and a mentee. Whether you're part of a large organization or the creative spirit behind a small business run virtually, you have all the tools necessary to share your passion and expertise. If you've worked one day, you know more than you think. The greatest thing you can do is to share that knowledge and experience.
At the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), we've understood this for more than a decade. Our annual Student Mentoring Week initiative provides IIDA Student Members an opportunity to shadow a professional in their area of design interest for one day. This year, it will take place during the week of February 21-25. Participating students are also eligible to enter the Lloyd Hack Memorial Fund Scholarship, which awards $1,000 to the winning student and the firm of the winning student's mentor.
Last year's scholarship award recipient, Jaclyn Moser, notes, "My experience during IIDA Student Mentoring Week with Legat Architects was a reminder of the challenges of real-world design and a phenomenal inspiration. It showed that as young professionals, we can become part of an organization like theirs that strives to exceed client expectations, promotes sustainable practices, and demands innovation and integrity in design."
Inspiration and guidance is exactly what these young designers are craving, and precisely what they are going to need to navigate our ever-evolving interior design profession. Now more than ever, we need design professionals who are willing to get involved as mentors and impact the future of design.
Be a leader in our industry by helping a future leader: become a mentor.
IIDA president Viveca Bissonnette is vice president and design principal at Hollander Design Group in San Diego. IIDA can be reached at (312) 467-1950, or firstname.lastname@example.com. Learn more on the Web at www.iida.org.
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Shavaughn Ruakere has been named the New Zealand face of Pantene.
The brand, which remains connected in this market to New Zealand model Rachel Hunter with the catchphrase, 'It won't happen overnight, but it will happen,' announced its new spokeswoman today.
ŌĆśI grew up with Pantene, love it, and always trust it to take good care of my hair. I'm so excited to be representing such an innovative brand with a new formulation that makes it even better than before,' she said in a release.
More casually, in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, Ruakere told her fans on Facebook, 'Move over Rachel Hunter!'
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It has been nearly four months to the day since I first wrote about the onset of my fixation with the Nepenthes family of brands, and I'm happy to report today that this interest has grown into a full blown obsession. Like Alice stumbling down the rabbit hole, there seems to be no turning back for me, and all I can say is that I feel bad for my bank account going forward. My recent mania over Engineered Garments is what lead me to one of the best online stores out there – Silver and Gold.
Founded in 2007, Silver and Gold is an Osaka based menswear shop that packs an impressive brand roster. The best way to describe their stock would be like a more avant garde Inventory, blending the expected – EG (including one of the best Fall collection buys of any account worldwide), orSlow, South2West8, Folk, etc. with some unknown exports from Japan and abroad. It's this selection that sets Silver and Gold apart, and they realize use their new arrivals section to the utmost to showcase these more obscure brands.
The Silver and Gold arrivals page is everything that every store "blog" should be. The photos are crisp, the descriptions are eloquent and inventive (at least as far as I can tell from the erratic Google translations), and the assortment is diverse enough that you can actually discover a new brand. Or at least a brand that's new to you. I've listed a couple of my favorite finds below, but check it out for yourself, you might just find your next favorite designer. As for actually buying their wares though, well that's a whole other story.
Yaeca Snap Shirts – I couldn't tell you where Yaeca is based, although I'd assume somewhere in Japan, but their clothes are branded as "logically simple" which is a buzzword laden way of saying that they're quite practical. Take these snap shirts for example, which toe the line between shirt and jacket, with a longer length, a plain front, and side pockets. It's a comfortable and casual design that I wish more brands would offer.
Nonnative Easy Dweller Pants – Far from an unknown label, I've become increasingly infatuated with Nonnative's collections lately, precisely because of pieces like this. I love how the more traditionally rigid olive drab color is paired with the casual ribbed cuff. They're something like military sweatpants, an idea that intrigues me, although for the classicists that read this site, I'll admit that might sound repulsive.
Moto Leather Slip On – I truly know nothing about this brand, considering they're pretty much unsearchable thanks to their name, but these shoes are down right gorgeous to me. Shaped somewhat like a Prince Albert, but made up in a rich leathers, and finished with a hand-sewn sole, I really do wish I could locate this style in the states.


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ARLINGTON — An Arlington restaurateur, three Rangers and the baseball team's youth foundation could change the outlook for children who want to play in the Southeast Arlington Little League come spring.Shortstop Elvis Andrus, starting pitcher Derek Holland and closer Joe Nathan are helping the league restore a hefty amount of money that authorities believe was stolen by a former board president accused of embezzling more than $20,000.Lack of money and low fall attendance forced the league to cancel its fall season. "When we saw the story last week, we knew we wanted to help," said John Blake, spokesman for the Rangers. "It's obviously something that is just the right thing to do."The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation will also help defray costs.The Rangers will host a pregame presentation to the kids before their game against the Houston Astros on Wednesday.The Rangers gave 500 tickets to the league."It was a no-brainer once I learned what it was for," Nathan said. "To have the opportunity to get the boys on the field … it's something I hope the other guys can continue to help with."Spring Creek Barbeque owner Chris Carroll also is scheduled to meet with the league's new president to talk about making a donation to the team. Claudia Yamell Castillo, 34, was arrested by Arlington police Thursday. She faces a charge of theft of more than $20,000. Castillo and her husband, Luis Beltran Castillo Jr., were both voted off the board of the Southeast Arlington Little League during the summer after board members were notified about unpaid debts and missing money.New league President Lucas Larson said the group would have had a tough road ahead without the help of the Rangers. "The kids we talked to, heck, they are really excited," he said. 'This is heartbreaking'Board Vice President Tammy Wilson said the league ordered its uniforms in February, and she became suspicious when the uniform company notified her in May that they still owed $9,000. Castillo "kept saying she would take care of it, but it was continually put off," Wilson said. Larson said the league had poor enrollment for the fall and initially sent letters to parents stating that was why the season was canceled. Castillo didn't set up fall registration or start the application process, which resulted in the low numbers, he said. He said they didn't tell parents about missing funds because they weren't ready to go public. But by Labor Day, the board had enough and contacted Arlington police. The investigator told the board that Castillo spent the money on "frivolous items," Wilson said. "It wasn't one big item, just everyday family expenses."Southeast Arlington Little League officials have implemented new policies so that every financial transaction must have two signers, the group's debit card is eliminated, cash receipts must be written out for all expenses, and a cash register must be placed in the concession stand. All volunteers must submit to background checks, though Castillo's came back clean, Wilson said. "We wouldn't have had to cancel fall season if we weren't in the money situation, but we would have had a small league," Larson said.Castillo had worked as a hiring specialist for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services since July 2012 but submitted her resignation on Friday, agency spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said.Castilloo was released from the Arlington jail on $25,000 bail the day before. Monica S. Nagy, 817-390-7792 Twitter:@MonicaNagyFWST
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Robert Benmosche, frustrated civil servant
I'm not at all convinced that any CEO is ever worth a $10 million pay package, but if it wasn't clear when that deal was signed, it became obvious very quickly that Robert Benmosche was something of a prima donna. That's far from unusual in people earning 8-figure salaries: indeed, being the recipient of such a massive emolument tends to exacerbate such tendencies in anybody.
The real culprit in this story, however, isn't Benmosche, who has been something of a known quantity from day one at AIG. Rather, it's the people at Treasury, who are now zero for two in picking AIG CEOs. Maybe it's not as easy as they thought.
The problem is that the CEO of AIG isn't like the CEO of a public company: he's fundamentally a civil servant, and is much more constrained in his actions, including his ability to hire people at high salaries, than 99% of other CEOs. The leader of AIG is always going to be second-guessed and micromanaged, which will make any CEO type unhappy.
It's become clear that the Obama administration is incapable of hiring a largely-independent CEO for AIG and then leaving him to his own devices. So if and when Benmosche leaves, they should probably reconsider the whole job, and how much it's really worth to them. My guess is that the answer is going to be much less than $10 million.
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There you go being rational again. I'll bet the other side of that guess and say they will decide they need to pay *more*. This is the Obama administration after all. The lesson they learn from the failure of preemptive concessions in their negotiations with republicans specifically, and the rich and powerful in general, is that they haven't conceded enough or fast enough.
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Dear Sir or Madam:
It is with reluctance that I'm submitting this letter.
Although my three months with (AIG) has been, on the whole, satisfying and productive for me, for quite a while now I have become less and less satisfied with the work situation.
As you know, the question of the amount of my vacation or should I say Croation, time has never been fully resolved to my satisfaction. As you know, I work much more efficiently in my Croatian Villa which is equipped with enough toilets to service me every time the sh!t hits the AIG fan.
I was also deeply disappointed that the Board would not agree to allow me to use the company jet to fly to Croatia every weekend.
Moreover, my $10,000,000 compensation package is hardly adequate for the stress associated with this job.
Last week, I learned from Mr. Feinberg that AIG is actually 80% owned by the US government. If I had known this previously I would never have signed up for the job.
As you know, like Lloyd Blankfart I am also committed to doing God's work. The Lord works in mysterious ways and I believe I can serve him more lucratively at another firm.
Therefore, it is with regret that I ask you to accept this as my resignation from (AIG) effective immediately.
In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost,
Robert Beanmush
Barack Obama
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Timmy Geithner
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I say let him quit. The financial world will be a better place without him. He made his millions on the backs of hard working employees. That was his story since he was at PaineWebber back in the 80s and 90s.
With all the salary caps, it sounds like the AIG executives might have to try Walmart.
The answer: Put them ALL on civil servant salaries and benefits. If they don't like it, they can find another job.
Middle class U.S. Workers have not had a cost of living raise, let alone a decent merit raise, in over 2 decades. The average merit raise has been 2.5-3.5%. Their salaries have shrunk, slowly and regularly. Workers are forced into foreclosure and moving down, not able to have children, and holding at least one job per adult, usually another part-time, hourly job to survive. The workers are not taking more than 2 weeks vacation, and cannot afford to travel across the U.S., let alone to Croatia.
Wall Street executives and financial gamblers are thieves. They are supported by politicians and lawyers who contrive the U.S. legal system to allow their thievery unregulated and unmonitored.
The time has come for that to stop. The public and workers have to speak up loudly now.
This man's audacity and greed is alarming. How long ago had AIG milked the U.S. taxpayer for billions in bailouts. there should be no raises, no hidden offshore compensation, no merit increase, only taxable salary on the books for these crooks.
It sounds harsh, but the middle class is living an economic war with finance, banking, oil, pharmacy, insurance executives…the big corporate players. No one should be able to take from the U.S. citizen, and then cry about their millions of dollar salaries.
I am disgusted to read this article, and hope the citizens revolt through their elected officials, and buying power, against the crimes of economics being waged in our country.


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La Bruna — Icon of Carmel
The icon belongs to the Carmelites' basilica church in Naples, Italy. It bears the title "La Bruna," or "the dark one". It derives its title from the dark color of the flesh tones applied to Mary. This touching image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is frequently imitated in other depictions of Mary, Queen Beauty of Carmel around the world.
The style of the icon captures a certain "tenderness," in which the Mother's head lies in fond proximity to that of her Child. The Greeks nicknamed this type "the sweet kiss" icon.
The Carmelite exemplar was painted in the first half of the thirteenth century, on wood, measuring 1 by .80 meters (39 in. x 31 in.), and in accordance with Byzantine criteria for iconography.
Tradition says it came from Mount Carmel, the Carmelites' birthplace. Recently historians have claimed that Marian images of the "tenderness" style are the ones venerated from the earliest stages of the order's existence.
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The Icon of Mary, "La Bruna", is the oldest image of Mary that has
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Conclusion: all the composition of this picture, an icon of the eleusa or
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30 Days of Summer Break Doctor Who :: Day Twenty-Six :: Which character would you most like to meet IRL and why?
Captain Jack Harkness (and who are you?)
When you think about it, Captain Jack is one of us. He loves the Doctor, he enjoys every second of being in the TARDIS, and he thrives on all of the adventure. If he was out here in the real world, he would watch the show obsessively with all of us, theorizing what would happen next and dressing up as different characters and waiting for the day when he would hear the TARDIS outside his window. But he's on the show. He's fought alongside the Doctor. I would love to meet him because, in a way, he's the one fan that got to be a companion.
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I don't always post to YouTube,
but when I do,
It's of my special cat.
Whenever she eats a Whisker Lickin's soft chew, she licks like this for EVER. This time It lasted about 10 minutes or so.
"That's How I Roll" Dungeons and Dragons Mock-u-mentary
Remember how I said I was in a video where I was a feminist she-bitch?
This is the video.
Also Alejandro is in there too :)
Rat Joke: Tough Rats
I wanted to share this again to cheer myself up in light of Ooska's death last night. RIP baby girl.
1. There are many, many wonderful women on YouTube who have broad and growing audiences. Here is a long but still incomplete list. (I'd add Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, Natalie Tran, and Mamrie Hart, but there are lots.)
2. When women start to build an audience on YouTube, they are far, far more likely than men to be subjected to threats, harassment intimidation, and abuse. This has driven many women content creators whose work I love—especially LGBT women and/or women of color—away from YouTube. As a successful female YouTube partner said to me today, "Every time someone tweets a video of mine, I'm simultaneously grateful and really anxious, because I'm afraid of threats." That's a barrier to growing your audience, and it's one created entirely by patriarchy.
3. Claims that the Top 500 Most Viewed YouTubers are >90% male simply because guys work harder at YouTube or make better videos are just blatantly ridiculous. Like, that's just not a well reasoned conclusion.
Just a sample of the things I have received, and as much as I hate to admit, it has affected me.
This doesn't count the death or rape threats or demands for my suicide I have received either. I systematically blocked those people and deleted those comments because my family and friends watch my videos and I didn't want them to see that.
I have filmed probably 4 videos within the last year that I ended up not putting online because I would get anxiety editing, and think, this shot is awful, this isn't even funny, why did I twist my head that way I look ugly, they are going to fat shame me. *delete*
On the other hand some faith in humanity has been restored since there have been a lot of strangers who have given me constructive criticism, fought back on some of the vicious comments (not just for me but for the sake of human decency), and have email me messages of encouragement.
I was just starting to get a lot of viewers, I even got spotlighted. I was trying to branch out on different video ideas and get back to my roots of film making, but a mix of this and real life and equipment falling apart have deterred me.
But I have plans.
This is my "I want to make a youtube video but I don't know what to make and no one likes my videos any way" face.
Some days, I fantasize about pushing my car into the Bay when it refuses to behave. It's behaving now.
A picture from the stop motion I made! …I'll finish it eventually.
So it's post pictures of our selves day? Kay. Me, just chillin in my kitchen. Why are you looking at me like that?
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Ten Steps to a Successful IP Surveillance Installation: Step 2
MPEG-4, Motion JPEG, MPEG-2, license fees, bit rates and more: What it all means
Every digital video surveillance system uses compression in order to manage file size when transporting video over the network for storage and viewing. Bandwidth and storage requirements render uncompressed video impractical and expensive, so compression technologies have emerged as an efficient way to reduce the amount of data sent over the network. In short, compression saves money.
Today there are many kinds of compression available. Compression technology can be proprietary - invented and supported by one only vendor - or based on a standard and supported by many vendors. Selecting the right compression is vital to ensuring the success of a video surveillance installation. It provides the appropriate quality at the budgeted cost and ensures the system is future proof. Selecting the right compression can even determine whether video is admissible in court cases, an important consideration for security and surveillance installations.
Compression Terminology
The effectiveness of an image compression technique is determined by the compression ratio, calculated as the original (uncompressed) image file size divided by the resulting (compressed) image file size. At a higher compression ratio, less bandwidth is consumed at a given frame rate. If bandwidth is kept consistent, the frame rate is increased. A higher compression ratio also results in lower image quality for each individual image.
[See Images A, B, C and D at right to compare how different compression formats can affect your final image quality.]
There are essentially two approaches to compression: lossless or lossy. In lossless compression, each pixel is unchanged, resulting in an identical image after the image is decompressed for viewing. Files remain relatively large in a lossless system, which makes them impractical for use in network video solutions. A well-known lossless compression format is the Graphics Interchange Format , better known as a .GIF image.
To overcome these problems, several lossy compression standards have been developed, such as JPEG and MPEG. The fundamental idea in lossy compression is to reduce portions of the image that appear invisible to the human eye, thereby decreasing the size of the data transmitted and stored.
A Note on Still Images
Video is essentially a stream of individual images. The most widely accepted standard for still image compression is the Joint Photographic Expert Groups (JPEG) standard. It was developed in the 1980s and has been integrated into standard Web browsers. JPEG decreases file sizes by making use of similarities between neighboring pixels in the image and the limitations of the human eye. Other lossy image compression techniques include JPEG2000 and Wavelet. JPEG is by far the most common and most widely supported compression standard for still images.
Motion JPEG is the most commonly used standard in network video systems, however it is technically a still-image compression technique. When employing Motion JPEG compression, network cameras capture individual images and compress them into JPEG format - similar to a still picture - and there is no compression between the individual frames. If a network camera captures and compresses 30 individual still images per second, it makes them available as a continuous flow of images resulting in full-motion video. As each individual image is a complete JPEG compressed image, they all have the same guaranteed quality, determined by the compression ratio for the network camera or video server.
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Preschool | Jewish |
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Las Vegas, NV 89134
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Shenker Academy is a preschool located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This preschool has an average Community Rating of 3 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 22 school community members.
School highlights:
William Lummis Elementary School
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Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Educational Campus
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Today, while dropping off my child at school, I saw a Shenker teacher being handcuffed. It makes me wonder the type of teachers and the kind of staff they have there.
Shenker Academy is a top notch quality school that is all about teaching our children the very best education they can get...They have teachers who not only know their subjects but actually care for our children like they were their own..One teacher very much worth mentioning that is exactly like this and goes Above and Beyond the call of duty is Sheryl Davis-Robins....Mrs. Robins is the prime example of what teachers are meant to be like; caring, compassionate, dedicated and committed to helping our children be the very best they can be..Mrs Robins is an asset and tribute to Shenker Academy and our children, who love and adore her like no other.
I have to say not all is bad at Shenker Academy. My family and I have had the best teachers. Mrs. Karl and Mrs Calfa are the most sweet teachers we came across. They have amazing qualities. I recommend those two to any parents and suggest those parents that have children moving up to a new class to talk with parents that already have children in Mrs. Karl and Mrs Calfa class. I guarantee you they will tell great things. My own child blossomed in their care. Mrs. Karl and Mrs. Calfa are caring, passionate, nurturing, evolving, engaging and very loving teachers. But like I said it's my personal experience with them. So not everything are bad. So glad to know that good teachers still exist.
I recommend Mrs. Karl and Mrs. Calfa class to any parent who are looking for a teacher who focus on educational needs of the students, work with passion, enthusiastic about work and teaching, does not stereotype or speak negatively of others, trains students in strategic thinking, encourages students to work in team and help students to focus on key issues. I say this because we have seen that being applied on my child's learn experience and my child has blossomed by being in the ladybugs class. Those teachers are true role models!
So sad what Shenker Academy has come to. New director is very unprofessional. I won't reccomend to anyone. There's a teacher( Mrs. Karl if I am not wrong) who is the most sweet teacher I know. She always calls me by my name and knows my child's name and we are not in her class. I feel welcomed by her. unfortunately I can't say the same about the new staff. Even the director can't call you by your name and she approches you with such a annoying and dry sense of humor. I don't recommend Shenker to any parent. If I were you I would talk to the parents that have children there first. The teacher/ studants turnoover would tell you that there is something going on at Shenker Ancademy
This was the first school I toured and I really liked the teacher, so I signed up immediately. My child's experience started out well until about 3 months in when his teacher up and quit with no notice. My child was very upset. Next came a slew of sub-par "subs." They were terrible. I observed one class, and no child was smiling or laughing. They All looked miserable. I also noticed that many staff members were leaving. This place can't retain teachers. Unacceptable. After pulling my child from this school, I started touring more private schools in the Northwest areas. I looked at three other schools in the same price range as Shenker, and ALL of the other schools were MUCH BETTER!!! I wish I would have continued my original tour the first time. Please tour various schools, and I guarantee you will find better. Shenker was a terrible experience for my child, and I really regret sending him to such a miserable place.
The comment below mine is a joke. Teachers and directors are more focused on gossiping about one another (and especially parents) than they are taking care of the children. They claim to be NAEYC accredited, however I can guarantee you if NAEYC were to come in and do a random check-up today, they would fail miserably. Classrooms are currently not being kept up to NAEYC standards. The director is by far the most unprofessional woman I have ever met. I was standing in the hallway signing out my child from school one day when I realized I was overhearing the director discussing the financial situation of another parent with a teacher! I constantly saw the teachers and director using their cell phones when they should have been focusing on the children. My son no longer goes to this school due to the unprofessionalism of the staff.
Pros: Great professional teachers and director (especially Mrs. Karl and Mrs. Calfa), enrichment: Spanish, Hebrew and Signs languages, flexible hours up to 7:00 - 6:00 5 times a week, kosher snacks, Multiple Intelligence Theory (which allow kids to learn more efficiently and I can see it), NAEYC accredited, parent involvement (the doors are always open for parents), field trips (as: fire station, police station, library, discovery children's museum, park, amusement park, etc.). Wonderful summer camp. Highly recommended.
Do not place you child in this school! You'll be lucky if your teacher makes it through the entire year without quitting or getting fired.
Our son was born premature and we had to keep him away from germs and other kids until he was two years old. We were just looking for a place to socialize him once he had overcome most obstacles. We wanted a clean, low teacher:student ratio and were disappointed in most places we saw. Shenker was the only school that met our needs. Three years later, our son goes three full days, we're keeping him here for kindergarten, and our daughter (2) is going there as well. All our friends who have brought there kids here based on our recommendation are so grateful. None of my other friends whose kids go to other schools have the results Shenker gives our kids. It's the best school for professionalism, cleanliness, small numbers, and overall positive environment.
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He's based on the mechanical frameworks worn by the troopers in the film 'Edge of Tomorrow'.
Photography by Alan Camuto
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The pro-gun movement is scared. Despite recent victories at the federal and state level, there's a demographic drop-off on the horizon, writes Alexander Zaitchik, who covered this year's Gun Rights Policy Conference in Houston for Media Matters. Indeed, gun industry veterans joke that N.R.A. now stands for "Normal Retirement Age."
"It's the 25- to 35-year-olds who are going to replace you in ten years," Andrew Sypien of the online gun retailer CheaperThanDirt.com said at the conference. "If you don't get them, it's going to die here with you."
Charles Heller of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership believes that a "gateway gun" is all it would take to hook millennials. "Going from zero to one gun is the biggest change," he said. "Going from one to 34 is not a big deal."
The figure who inspires the most fear in this crowd, Zaitchik reports, is Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Alan Gottlieb, the bow-tied organizer of the conference, described Bloomberg's support for state ballot-measures as "the biggest short-term threat to the movement." His plan to counter Bloomberg's influence is to organize a "Guns Save Lives" day on the anniversary of the Newtown massacre.


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Goodbye flowery pinks and bright neons! After several seasons of bolder-than-Miley-at-the-VMAs hues and extreme nail art, I'm embracing modern-looking and demure lacquerers this fall. My personal favorite? Floss Gloss's carmel-hued polish Tanlines.
As a diehard SPF fanatic, I avoid tanlines at all cost, but this is one sun-inspired trend I can get behind. I love that the color is sophisticated enough rock in a buttoned-up office, yet hip enough to showoff at a after-hours indie concert.
Plus, the camel-colored shade pairs perfectly with all my favorite accessories. Right now, I'm throwing a decadent arm party (as you can see from the photos above) and I invited my dearest friends: BRIKA Leather Wrap Bracelet by Sewsephine, Sashi Sam Bracelet, rumbaTIME Orchard Gem, and Shashi Lilu Bracelet.
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The Hawks return home to face the Minnesota Timberwolves after finishing up a 2-2 road trip. The T-Wolves come into the game fresh off a victory over Miami minus Dwayne Wade who is still sitting out due to injury. The Home environment should energize the Hawks since they have not played at home since before the All Star Break. Atlanta will be looking to extend its winning streak over the T-Wolves to eight games having last defeated them earlier this season 112-87 in Minnesota.
One of the things I will be looking for in tonight's game is Minnesota's adaptation of the Triangle Offense. Being an X's and O's guy I have been studying Tex Winter's Triangle that was used in Chicago and Los Angeles under Phil Jackson. Kurt Rambis who is a former assistant under Phil Jackson with the Lakers took over the Minnesota job and has taken the Triangle Offense with him. There are not a lot of advertised systems in the NBA like there is in college. Basically the only ones that I am familiar with are the Triangle and Mike D'Antoni's 7 seconds or less offense that the Suns still use to a degree. No I wouldn't include Woody's iso driven offense in this discussion.
One of the things I often here when a team struggles running the Triangle is that they don't have the correct personnel to run it. After spending some time on this offense I don't think you really need set type of personnel to run the offense. You just need players that are fundamentally sound and who know how to move without the ball. Where personnel issues come in for example is when a team has a point guard that likes to create and have the ball in his hands all the time or is not comfortable moving without the ball. I think this is one of the areas that the T-Wolves have struggled with because it has been a vast change for their point guards particularly rookie Johnny Flynn. The Triangle asks players to be universal. Anyone can post, cut, or spot up in this offense.
On the surface the Triangle isn't a very difficult offense to set up. The problem lies in a team functioning as one entity on the floor. The various options are mixed in based on how the defense reacts. Every player that is running the offense must read the defense and act accordingly. Players must trust each other and they must trust the offense. Its a very team building concept which is very different from a lot of systems in the NBA and I believe it was a key component in the Chicago Bulls dynasty.
From a bloggers standpoint tonight Jason Walker of The Human Highlight Blog will be at Phillips Arena to witness the action up close and personal and I will be looking forward to hearing his thoughts on the game. Also if you are looking for a Minnesota Point of View please check out Derrick Willis' blog Dunking with Wolves that is part of the FanSided Network.


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Teaching. Writing. Learning. Institute: 21st-Century Approaches & Assignments.
Registration is now open for the Teaching. Writing. Learning. Institute: 21st-Century Approaches & Assignments. This Institute is hosted by the Center for Teaching, the English Language Center, the Writing Studio, and the Heard Library and will be held on Friday, September 12 from 9am to 3pm in the Community Room of the Central Library. This day-long event will focus on
- An introduction to learning how science, technology, and theory affect writing pedagogy
- Writing assignments that integrate media such as video, still photography, and audio (multimodal assignments)
- Writing assignments that engage students in challenging and meaningful ways
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Florida did not cut down the nets on Saturday as expected to celebrate its Southeastern Conference Championship. No worries for the sold-out crowd — the Gators managed to put on a show anyway.
No. 1 Florida put together a dominant, well-rounded win over LSU 79-61 on Saturday afternoon in the O'Dome.
The Gators moved to 31 straight home wins and 21 straight wins this season with the victory.
The outcome of this game was never in question. Florida (27-2, 16-0 SEC) led 41-25 at halftime and never looked back from there.
A big part of the Gators' game was 3-pointers. Florida came in sitting in the bottom half (ranked ninth) of the SEC when it came to shooting behind the arc, but finished the game with a 56.3 3-point shooting percentage. It opened the game making 13 of its first 21 3-point shots. This performance marked just the fourth time this season that the Gators reached double digits in 3-pointers made.
Defensively, Florida shut LSU (17-11, 8-8 SEC) down. The Tigers were ranked first in the conference in scoring offense in SEC games, averaging 76.8 points per contest. But their 61-point output turned out to be the second lowest of the season. LSU had scored at least 70 points in every SEC game this season but three. This game was one of them.
Dorian Finney-Smith led Florida with 16 points off the bench, and Michael Frazier II and Casey Prather added 14 apiece. Kasey Hill, who returned to the court after missing the last three games due to a groin injury, scored four points. Johnny O'Bryant III contributed 18 points for LSU.
Florida will next head to Columbia to face South Carolina (11-18, 4-12 SEC). Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4.
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- October 9, 2013
- Shinseki warns shutdown is harming veterans
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki is warning that the government shutdown has harmed efforts to reduce the disability claims backlog and threatens to halt compensation payments for millions of veterans.Read More
- October 8, 2013
- Lawmakers trying to reopen government piece by piece
If House Republicans could get their way, the National Institutes of Health would be openright now. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agencyand the National Transportation Safety Board would still be mostly shut down. There would be funding for Head Start. But no money to produce federal unemployment reports.Read More
- October 8, 2013
- Contractors find little relief from government shutdown impacts
Steve Shockley has burned through vacation time to shield his family from the lapse in federal appropriations that forced him out of work indefinitely last week. He planned to use his last day on Wednesday.Read More
- October 8, 2013
- Ten tips for surviving the shutdown
Earlier this week, we asked federal workers for strategies for getting through the shutdown. Many of you wrote in with advice for your fellow feds. Below are the top tips for surviving the shutdown if you're a federal worker on furlough.Read More
- October 7, 2013
- DoD Acquisitions Staff Are Back to Work, They Just Can't Buy Anything
The Pentagon has recalled 90 percent of the 350,000 civilians furloughed last week, including acquisition, contracts and logistics personnel.Read More
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- CIA to call back thousands of furloughed employees
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BuildCraft Mod 1.7.10
Extending Minecraft with pipes, auto-crafting, quarries, engines and much more!
BuildCraft is a new game mod aiming at allowing users to build advanced structures and mechanisms.
Tools and Materials
Filler Recipes
Requires: Minecraft Forge (DO NOT install ModLoader or ModLoaderMp. Install ONLY Minecraft Forge)
Installation BuildCraft Mod
Client – Windows Automatic Installation
Important note – this procedure works on a freshly updated Minecraft. For more complex installation, in particular with other mods, it may be preferable to use the manual procedure.
- 1. Download all the client BuildCraft packages that you want to install.
- 2. Download the Minecraft mod pack installation assistant
- 3. Download the latest BuildCraft mod pack description
- 4. Double click on the file mod_pack_installer.jar. If that doesn't work, you probably need to install Java, from http://www.java.com/…nload/index.jsp
- 5. Select the pack that you want to install
- 6. You will now see all the files required. You may miss some BuildCraft packages, or some dependencies. Click on the "Download" button to get the files that are missing, and then "Refresh".
- 7. Once everything is green, the "Install" button should be clickable. Click on it. Let it do the magic!
Client – Manual Installation
- 1. Starting BuildCraft, you will need to install Minecraft Forge
- 2. Get the client packages of BuildCraft that you want to use (see above). Here's the dependency and content details:
- Core: no dependencies, provides only basic functionalities.
- Transport: Depends on Core, provides only pipes.
- Factory: Depends on Core , provides automatic crafting table, mining well and quarry.
- Builders: Depends on Core , provides land markers and filler.
- Energy: Depends on Core , provides oil and engines.
You should then be familiar with the .minecraft folder containing the minecraft resources. In .minecraft/mods, drop the zip(s) file containing the part of the release that you want to install.
WARNING By default, the Energy mod is set to redstone power. In order to enable the engine powering machines, you will need to change a line in the BuildCraft config file:
BuildCraft Mod Changelogs:
v188.8.131.52 (NextGen)
- Unknown: Bug SpaceToad to make a proper one.
Known caveats
- Required Forge version unknown, again bug SpaceToad to post this properly.
- This version highly experimental and is probably not compatible with Railcraft or Forestry.
- FIX: Gates crashing on servers. (Cisien)
- This is a very early version, there will be bugs.
- New: Iron Fluid Pipes now get orientation triggers as well. (Speiger)
- Fix: Engines no longer drop double the items. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Filler Pattern selection is less derpy. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Desert Oil Biome should decorate. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Advanced Crafting Table now properly supports custom IRecipes with variable outputs. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Gold and Void Item Pipes work properly again. (SandGrainOne)
- New: Added Emzuli Pipe, a Gate controlled Extraction Pipe. (SandGrainOne/CovertJaguar)
- Change: Fillers no longer have a "crafting" grid, and can be controlled via Gates. (CovertJaguar)
- Change: Oil Springs produce 4x as much Oil as before. (CovertJaguar)
- Change: Pumps can be disabled by applying a Redstone signal. (CovertJaguar)
- Change: Allow draining of Fuel from Combustion Engines. (CovertJaguar)
- Change: Renamed Lapis Pipe to Lazuli Pipe. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Register all remaining Items properly with FML so that they will survive a 1.6->1.7 world upgrade. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Players can now see pipes placed by other players. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Block Harvesting now calls the appropriate new Forge Events. (DemoXin)
- Fix: Fixed Oil and Fuel Fluid localizations. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Diazuli Pipe should now better handle overflow situations similar to how the Diamond Pipe works. (CovertJaguar)
- API: Added API package and dependency information for new FML features. Should reduce API conflicts going forward. (cpw)
- API: Rewrote Filler Pattern API. (CovertJaguar)
- API: Added a new function to the Assembly Table recipe API that supports the Ore Dictionary. (taelnia/CovertJaguar)
- API: Moved ILaserTarget to the API so that addons can now create blocks that accept power from Lasers. (CovertJaguar)
- Change: Filtered Buffer Triggers can now be applied to any inventory. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Fix tiny derp that was causing massive net spam and chunk rerenders on pipes with plugs. (Player/CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Optimize Pipe World Renderer to render less faces. (Player)
- New: Massive rework of Pipe/Player interactions with improvements to selection, Gate/Wire/Facade/Plug placement and removal, Facade rendering and more. (CovertJaguar)
- New: Added config options for fluid fuel values. (CovertJaguar)
- Change: Move Gate/Wire rending to the Pipe TESR, should improve fps when lots of Gates are used. (CovertJaguar)
- Change: Reduce burn time of fluid fuels. (Player)
- Change: Fuel/Oil explode if placed in the Nether. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Fix version check so it isn't giving wrong results. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Add missing zero to Wooden Engine pump speed. (CovertJaguar)
- Fix: Increase Gate response time. (CovertJaguar)
Download BuildCraft Mod 1.7.10/1.7.2/1.6.4/1.6.2/1.5.2
For 1.7.10
For 1.7.2
Old version
For 1.6.4
Old version
http://dl2.5minecraft.net/download.php?file=e3de1fe84fe0cbef31be4772915d4a22 (v4.2.0)
For 1.6.2
For 1.5.2
For 1.5.1
For 1.4.7/1.4.6
ZIP: http://file.5minecraft.net/download.php?file=64dda8e0f69d63f73a0ce38a7370937c
JAR: Mediafire
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Meet the modern-day, post-apocalyptic Dr. Doolittle. Naoto Matsumura lives right inside the Fukushima evacuation zone in the town of Tomioka, just 10 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The reason he's stayed in the poisoned region post-nuclear meltdown is so that he can take care of all the abandoned cows, pigs, dogs, and cats. By all accounts, Tomioka is the apocalypse now: deserted, layered in radioactive dust, buried debris. But the devastation is most evident in Matsumura's gruesome descriptions of what he's encountered since — and what he continues to discover. Dogs and cats left to die slowly …
This weekend marked the one-year anniversary of Japan's earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear accident. While thousands of residents fell victim to the natural disasters, countless others are still living in fear of radiation poisoning from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's triple meltdown. There's a cornucopia of news in light of the March 11 anniversary, but lucky for you, we've broken it down into digestible morsels. Here are five stories about the Fukushima anniversary that are not to be missed:
Okay, it's possible that this song by Rankin Taxi and the Dub Ainu band is just a teeny bit reductive about nuclear power. It's also possible that it is SUPER AWESOME. Somehow it is simultaneously serious, funny, angry, stylish, and catchy. As. Hell.
With the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima reactor crisis approaching, the Natural Resources Defense Council has put together a mapping tool that lets you envision what could have happened if one of the 104 U.S. reactors had suffered a similar accident. The take-home message: If you live on the East Coast, you're practically guaranteed to be in some power plant's 50-mile contamination zone.
During the most dire period in the Fukushima meltdown, the president of Japanese utility company Tepco tried to evacuate all workers at the stricken reactor. If that order went through, it would have precipitated a worst-case scenario and ultimately the evacuation of Tokyo.
Rep. Cliff Stearns says successful companies should get government subsidies -- unless those successful companies are involved in clean energy.
Sales of solar panels for Japanese homes are up 30.7 percent in 2011, despite -- or, let's be real, because of -- the economic hit the country took in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
After the Fukushima disaster, Japan launched a campaign to cut energy use. Businessmen wore relatively skimpy outfits to the office, turned off lights, abstained from air conditioning. But despite those energy efficiency efforts, carbon emissions still went up after the nuclear plant shut down. Aw hell — hot dark rooms full of scantily clad people aren't the future of sustainability? According to a new report from the Breakthrough Institute (which is generally skeptical of energy efficiency and cool with nuclear power), Japan produced 4 percent more carbon dioxide this November than last, and the overall carbon intensity increased, as this …
Anti-nuclear campaigners, why do you dislike nuclear power? Is it because of the risk of massive meltdowns? The unsolved issue of what to do with waste? The lack of realistic evacuation plans? Or is it the influence of a James Bond movie you probably watched at least a couple times as a bored child -- Dr. No?
We've devised the world's shortest survey to find out what kind of actions our readers are taking. You know you want to.


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Escape to Goodland Vacation Rentals
Goodland, FL, located in the southeast corner of Marco Island, is a great alternative from the bustle of larger vacation destinations. Visitors often stay at the Goodland vacation rentals to absorb the town's laidback lifestyle and have a truly relaxing vacation. When you vacation here, enjoy the increased space and amenities that many of the Goodland beach homes offer. Staying in a vacation rental also provides a great chance to meet other people and absorb the local atmosphere.
Try a Fishing Tour Near Goodland Vacation Rentals
Goodland is known as a fishing village, attracting thousands of fishing enthusiasts every year. Some vacationers choose to haul their own boat to the Goodland vacation rentals to use during their trip However,many companies offer boat rentals and fishing tours if that is more your style. A few of these tour companies include Peg Leg Charters and Capt. Jay's Fishing Charters. The prices and features offered by charter companies vary from one to the next, so it is a good idea to call a few before booking your tour. After you've spent the day fishing, bring your catches back to the Goodland vacation rentals to fry up and enjoy for supper.
Mingle Near Goodland Vacation Rentals
It can be fun to get out of the Goodland vacation rentals for an afternoon or evening to mingle with the locals and other vacationers. A great place to strike up conversations is in one of the town's restaurants such as the Little Bar Restaurant. You will likely hear about Stan's Idle Hour during your vacation. Stan's Idle Hour is an outdoor concert offered every Sunday and is a great place to relax and meet other people that are also staying at Florida Gulf Coast waterfront rentals.


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Lively Leprechaun Cake
Cake serves 12.
Step 1
Roll out dough. Cut out pattern; bake and cool hat cookie. Outline hat using tip 3 and full-strength royal icing. Thin icing and fill in hat with tip 3; let dry. When completely dry, use tip 3 to outline and pipe-in hat band and buckle; attach shamrock icing decorations. Set aside.
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Bake and cool cake. Trim off ears; reserve. Outline facial features with tip 3. Cover face with tip 16 stars. Build up nose with additional tip 16 stars. Pipe tip 16 swirls for hair and beard. Position hat on head supporting with reserved cake pieces.
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Barry University News
Men's Golf Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals
ALLENDALE, Mich. – Barry University men's golf team finished second in the NCAA Division II Championships stroke play Wednesday at The Meadows Golf Course. The No. 1-ranked Buccaneers shot a tournament-low 280 Wednesday on the par-71, 7,034-yard course under sunny conditions and low winds to vault three spots in the final round for an 877... read more
Men's Golf Tied for 5th at NCAA Championships
ALLENDALE, Mich. – Barry University men's golf team is tied for fifth after the second round of the NCAA Division II Championships at The Meadows Golf Course. The No. 1-ranked Buccaneers shot 305 Tuesday on the par-71, 7034-yard course, which has caused problems for the 20-team, 108-player field on the back nine. Nova Southeastern has a... read more
Four Bucs Named to Men's Golf All-Region Team
NORMAN, Okla. -- Four Barry University men's golfers were named to the Ping All-South Region Team Tuesday, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Seniors Scott Smyers and Jared Dalga, sophomore Adam Svensson and freshman Mario Beltran all received the honor. Smyers, a Lakeland, Florida, native, is a three-time all-region... read more
Men's Golf Sits in 3rd Place at NCAA Championships
ALLENDALE, Mich. -- Barry University's No. 1-ranked men's golf team is in third place after the first round of the NCAA Division II Championships Monday. The Buccaneers shot 292, five strokes behind leader Nova Southeastern at The Meadows Golf Course's par-71, 7,034-yard layout at Grand Valley State University. Chico State is a stroke ahead of... read more
Barry Rowing's 8 Selected for NCAA Championships
LIVE VIDEO MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University rowing crew's Varsity 8 received an at-large selection to compete in the NCAA Division II National Championships May 30-June 1 in Indianapolis. The Buccaneers 8 is one of two at-large selections to compete for its event title at Eagle Creek Park, site of last year's championships. Four teams will... read more
Women's Golf Ties Program-Best Finish At Championship
CONOVER, N.C.—The Barry Buccaneers tied a program best finish at the 2014 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship at Rock Barn Golf & Spa on Saturday. The Bucs entered the final round tied for second with the Tarleton State TexAnns, but Barry fired a final-round 298 while the TexAnns shot 300 to snap the tie and give the silver to the Bucs.... read more
Women's Tennis Wins National Championship
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – For Barry University women's tennis team, it doesn't get any better than this. No. 1 Barry beat No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic, 5-4, in the NCAA Division II Championship match at Sanlando Park Saturday. It was the Buccaneers' second national title in the program's history, and the school's 12th overall. read more
Ferre Women's Golf Second-Team All-American
Barry University women's golfer Nicky Ferre was named a Women's Golf Coaches Association NCAA Division II Second-Team All-American. Ferre, a sophomore from Weston, Fla., has seven top-10 finishes in 11 tournaments this season. She's finished runner-up twice, and was third in three tournaments. Ferre has a team-best 75.31 stroke average, 49... read more
Women's Golf Holds On To A Share Of Second Place
CONOVER, N.C.—The fourth-rated Barry Buccaneers held on to a share of second place at the 2014 NCAA Division II Women's Golf National Championships at Rock Barn Golf & Country Club after shooting a 301. The Lynn Knights remain the leader after a third-round 291 (+7) and are +30 for the tournament. The Bucs are tied with the Tarleton State... read more
Men's Tennis Season Ends in NCAA Semifinals
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – Barry University's men's tennis team closed the chapter on the 2014 season in a 5-1 NCAA Division II semifinals loss to unbeaten Hawai'i Pacific Friday at Sanlando Park. The No. 3 Buccaneers finished the year with a 25-3 record. The No. 2 Sea Warriors (23-0) advance to Saturday's national championship match. &l read more


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