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The Lady Bisons volleyball team took its first official steps towards returning to the NCAA Tournament with practices Saturday and Sunday and three-a-day session Monday.
Tuesday was reserved for a workout in addition to team pictures. Wednesday the Lady Bisons are expected to get a well-deserved day off.
"I have been pleased with our intensity and the defensive quickness on the court," said Lady Bisons coach Brandon Rosenthal. "I was pleased with the way we finished the three sessions Monday.
"We talked about finishing what we start. When we get a lead we have to finish that. When we build momentum we have to finish it and push it over the edge. It is long preseason. We try not to get too high or too low."
Rosenthal, whose team won the Atlantic Sun Tournament last season, advancing to the program's first ever berth in the NCAA Tournament, has welcomed four newcomers - middle blocker Katie Rose, setter Jenny Brekke, defensive specialist-libero Elly Kaiser and middle blocker Kelsey Neumann.
"Monday was a long day by design," Rosenthal said. 'Preseason is a test mentally and physically. For the new players it kind of gives them a glimpse of what the season is all about. They are still getting to know each other.
"We are getting to that stage where they are getting comfortable with each other and getting comfortable with some of the things we are doing. We have really worked hard to do some different things this year."
Rosenthal wants to stress the need to work hard, but he also knows that preseason can be a long process. Rosenthal, along with assistant coaches Ann Mullins and Samantha Sullivan, has developed a practice plan that he hopes will provide some fun along with the hard work.
"Right now, we are saying we are always evolving," Rosenthal said. "Sam, Ann and I have worked hard to create a different preseason atmosphere. We want it to be fresh."
Rosenthal is pointing out mistakes that are being made. He rates many of those miscues as "positive" mistakes.
"That is one of the philosophies that has changed quite a bit over the past five or six years," Rosenthal said. "They are going to make mistakes. There is no need to hound them. They know they made them.
"I want them to make those mistakes trying some new things and different techniques and skills we have been working on. Now is the time for them to push themselves and work outside the box."
The newcomers are being tested early, but Rosenthal has been pleased with their attitudes and their intensity.
Rose has already seen time at outside hitter, middle blocker and the right side.
"Katie has done a fabulous job," Rosenthal said. "She has gone out and worked hard at all three. She is going to be one of those players who is going to have a chance to get into games because of her versatility."
Kaiser, a sophomore transfer from Illinois State, is in a battle with senior Jessica Turner and sophomore Brittany Simmons for playing time at defensive specialist and the libero spots.
"Elly has to get back to the things we do that are a little different than the way things were done at Illinois State," Rosenthal said.
However, Brekke may face the biggest challenge. She has to quickly learn every play and where every player will be on the court at any given time.
"Jenny has to know all of the plays," Rosenthal said. "And at the same time she has to understand what the hitter wants and what sets to make. She is a little quiet right now. But the verbal communication is going to happen."
Neumann, 6-foot-3, is the tallest player ever signed by the Lipscomb volleyball program. She is going to be counted on to make a major contribution to the team.
"Kelsey has done some great stuff on the court," Rosenthal said. 'We are trying to get her to understand that this is another level of competition.
"She is a very happy person. We want her to be happy, but we want her to score and get a little mean sometimes."


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Taveuni has a selection of great resorts dotted around the coastline, with most clustered at the northern tip of the island near Matei airport. Many specialise in nature retreats and diving activities for their guests. And while backpacking options are limited, there are holiday homes, beach cottages and other unique accommodation options available to rent, as well as campgrounds for the intrepid traveller.All accommodation in Taveuni
On Taveuni, you can choose between tropical rainforests or tropical reefs. Cool off under a waterfall in the heart of the jungle, or under the waves at world-famous dive sites.
The Bouma National Heritage Park is rich with hiking trails and wildlife, being home to more than 100 species of birds, including Kula Lorikeets, Silktails and Orange Doves. Marine life is equally abundant at the nearby Rainbow Reef and Somosomo Strait, where up-close encounters with colourful corals and over 1500 fish species will provide the diving experience of a lifetime.
Getting to Taveuni
You can get to Taveuni by either air or water, as the island is serviced by regular flights and ferries departing from Viti Levu each week. Or you can travel like a rockstar with a helicopter or seaplane charter. Once you're there, the best way to discover all the sights is on an island tour, which can be easily arranged from your resort.Transport in Taveuni
Dining in Taveuni
The resorts on Taveuni all have restaurants offering fantastic Fijian cuisine, beach or poolside pizzas and a range of casual dining. A bit further afield, foodies will love the combined organic spice farm, nectar lab and feasting concept at Gaiatree Sanctuary.Dining in Taveuni

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2013 Red Dot Engineering Buggy - Going BigPosted in Features on July 14, 2014
Like a lot of us, Kevin Carroll started wheeling years ago in a Jeep. But instead of being content just adding bigger tires and lockers, Kevin went to the next level with a full tube buggy. We see buggies with 1-ton axles and 40-inch tires all the time on trails like the Rubicon and Hell's Revenge, which is akin to using a .50-cal to swat a fly. A .50-caliber is more at home putting holes through steel targets at a quarter-mile away.
"Kevin navigated his buggy over obstacles that we thought were impossible"
Similarly, Kevin's 2013 Red Dot Engineering buggy is more at home running the most technically challenging trails he can find in Utah, Arizona, and in Johnson Valley. He took everything he learned from the past buggies that he and his friends have driven and put it into this no-nonsense, lightweight buggy that still has a V-8 engine and room for two occupants while tipping the scales at a mere 3,250 pounds. The chassis was constructed from 13⁄4-inch chromoly tubing, and the links were all heat treated for increased strength with no weight penalties. With Spidertrax Spider 9 steering axles and sticky 42-inch BFGoodrich Krawlers on 20-inch TrailReady HD beadlock rims, Kevin navigated his buggy over obstacles that we thought were impossible during our photo shoot. The bar has been raised.
Power for the 2013 Red Dot Engineering buggy comes from an Erod LS3 crate engine that generates 430 hp. Note how the air is drawn through the rear of the intake manifold to allow the engine to be mounted closely to the Ron Davis aluminum radiator. "The wiring isn't pretty, but it is usually under the hood where it is out of sight but easy to reach," Kevin confesses.
Steering for both axles is handled by PSC double-ended hydraulic rams on custom mounts. Note the four steel straps used to keep the ram firmly in place even when bound up in the rocks. The aluminum PSC tie rods use rod ends and Grade 9 hardware to connect to Spidertrax steering arms.
The axles are Spidertrax Spider9 steering axles front and rear that reach the trifecta of ground clearance, strength, and weight. They use Spidertrax 35-spline 300M axleshafts, fabricated knuckles, unit bearings, and lightweight Wilwood disc brakes along with CTM U-joints. The third members are True Hi9 Mega Hi9 units with 5.40 Richmond gears, with a Detroit Locker in front and a full spool in the rear.
The 2013 Red Dot Engineering buggy interior is minimalist but surprisingly comfortable with the unique door opening and MasterCraft Rubicon seats. Auto Meter gauges monitor the engine's vitals, and a Moab 4x4 Outpost Speedy Shifter rows the gears in the Hughes-built TH400 automatic transmission that uses Reid Racing's new Super Hydra 400 case and removable bellhousing.
A 13-gallon RCI aluminum fuel cell sits behind the seats in front of an aluminum storage box that holds tools, spare parts, and fluids. It even has little light boxes on the sides with LED lights from Baja Designs, as Kevin is in the process of registering his buggy so he can drive it on the street. Both ends of the buggy use triangulated four-link geometry with lower links constructed from 2x0.250-wall heat-treated chromoly and 11⁄4-inch FK aircraft quality rod ends. Fox 21⁄2-inch-diameter air shocks are lightweight and make for easy packaging with the 42-inch Krawlers and 50-degree turning radius offered by the Spidertrax knuckles. The front shocks provide 16 inches of travel and the rears 18 inches.
Tech Specs
2013 Red Dot Engineering Buggy
Engine: GM Erod LS3 6.2L V-8
Transmission: Hughes TH400 3-speed auto
Transfer case: Advance Adapters Atlas II with 4.3:1 ratio
Front Axle: Spidertrax Spider9 with fabricated steering knuckles and 300M axleshafts, CTM U-joints, Mega Hi9 third member with 5.40 gears and Detroit Locker
Rear Axle: Spidertrax Spider9 with fabricated steering knuckles and 300M axleshafts, CTM U-joints, Mega Hi9 third member with 5.40 gears and full spool
Springs & Such: Triangulated 4-link with 21⁄2-inch-diameter Fox air shocks (front and rear)
Tires & Wheels: 42x13.5-20 BFGoodrich Krawler KXs on 20x9.5 Trailready HD beadlock rims
Steering: Full hydraulic with double-ended rams (front and rear), TC pump, orbital valve, and reservoir from PSC
Other Stuff: Warn M8000 winch, MasterCraft Safety suspension seats, MasterCraft Safety harnesses, 13-gallon RCI aluminum fuel cell, Aeromotive fuel system, Moab 4x4 Outpost Speed Shifter, JOES Racing Products steering wheel, custom aluminum storage box, Ron Davis radiator, Tom Woods drivelines, Icom 50-watt race radio, Rigid Industries LED lights, Optima RedTop battery


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Do you know enough to keep your employment policies in compliance to maintain a legal hiring process? Take this short quiz to find out how well you understand several important legal issues that affect the workplace:
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- Only companies that employ unionized employees have to comply with the National Labor Relations Act.
- An employee is not considered "disabled" if they have a medical condition that can be controlled with medication (i.e., epilepsy.)
- If an employee asks for time off to "take care of some family issues" but does not request leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, you are not required to provide FMLA leave.
- When terminating a group of employees because of a reduction in force, you do not have to consider any special legal responsibilities towards those employees who are age 40 or over as long as you also terminate employees who are younger than 40.
- If you intend to use an outside agency to perform background screening on employees or job applicants, it's a good idea to add a request for consent to the bottom of your employment application forms.
Each of the statements includes at least one incorrect element. The correct answer to all five questions is "false." Small companies that may not have regular access to a labor and employment lawyer are particularly vulnerable to making mistakes with employment decisions.
Familiarity with laws that affect the workplace is important. Employers are encouraged to engage an attorney who is experienced in employment matters before making big decisions. Employment attorneys can also help draft and review employment policies to make sure your day-to-day interactions with your employees are lawful as well.
At the very least, small business owners (like all employers) need to recognize which Federal and state employment laws apply to them and maintain a basic understanding of each law's requirements. The resources listed below will help you get started.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Many employers are surprised to learn that they are subject to the requirements of the NLRA even if they do not have any unionized employees. This is because the law protects far more employees than just those who are members of a union.
With only a few exceptions, the NLRA applies to all private employers who are engaged in interstate commerce. The NLRA guarantees the right of employees to organize (join a union) and bargain collectively with their employer, or to refrain from such activity. Employers and unions have rights under the act as well.
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So long as Mother Nature cooperates and the weather remains pleasant, air travel should go farely smoothly. Airports and airlines are prepared for the increase in crowds and will staff up in anticipation.
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At San Francisco's SFO, flu shots are available at the SFO Medical Clinic located before security on the Departures/Ticketing Level of the International Terminal Main Hall, on the A side. Appointments are required.
New this year, both Dallas-Fort Worth and San Francisco International airports have free yoga rooms. In Dallas, the yoga center is in Terminal D, and the airport supplies free mats. At SFO, the yoga room is in Terminal 2. Light levels are set low in juxtaposition to the bright, light-filled concourse. Mats are available.
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Philadelphia International Airport, Denver International Airport and San Francisco's SFO offer rotating art exhibits all year-round. New at Los Angeles' LAX this month is "Let's Get Lost: Polaroids From the Coast." It includes a 30-year collection of large-format Polaroid photographs by Jim McHugh depicting pre-World War II era landmarks of Los Angeles and portraits of more than 50 Hollywood celebrities. It's on display in Terminal 3 Arrivals Corridor through February 2013.
Celebrate the Season
Airports often put on special events during busy travel periods, and this year is no exception. At Philadelphia International, strolling musicians, book signings, magicians and more are all on offer this holiday season. Most of the special events are in Terminals B and C.
At SFO, the popular "You Are Hear" series of live music will resume, with a wide variety of Bay Area musicians performing everything from salsa to a cappella holiday songs. Performances in Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 are post-security. Performances in the Terminal 1 Mezzanine and the International Terminal are pre-security. All performances are held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There's a tree lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. on Dec. 4 for those passing through.
At New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, the JetBlue T5 terminal will offer Double Cross Vodka sampling from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21 and Friday, Dec. 21. And on Thanksgiving Day and the day prior, there will be a Thanksgiving buffet available for purchase in the Food Court Hot Bar.
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Tap the icon in the digital edition of AW&ST for a look at the history of the truss-braced wing, or go to AviationWeek.com/truss
Look at any sailplane and it is clear—long, thin wings make flying more efficient. But sailplanes are light and slow; for heavier, faster airliners, there is a limit beyond which conventional cantilevered wings, supported only at their roots, cannot be pushed without becoming too flexible to fly.
Boeing's 787 and Bombardier's CSeries take slenderness to new lengths in search of fuel savings. But meeting the efficiency and emissions requirements anticipated for the next generation of all-new airliners could push designers beyond the limits of conventional wing configurations.
A wing's slenderness is expressed as its aspect ratio: span squared divided by area. Most of today's jetliners have an aspect ratio around 9; thanks to their stiff carbon-fiber wings, the 787 and CSeries push this to around 11. NASA thinks up to 15 is possible for cantilevered wings using active control of flexible structures to suppress flutter—the aeroelastic coupling of aerodynamic loads with structural modes that can become unstable and cause catastrophic failure.
Slender wings are desirable because increasing aspect ratio reduces the lift-induced component of drag. Longer spans, and lower drag, are possible if the wing is supported by a strut or truss. This was done successfully in the 1950s by French manufacturer Hurel-Dubois, but at the expense of greater wing weight as well as drag from aerodynamic interference where the struts joined the wing.
In 2010, under its NASA-funded Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (Sugar) project, Boeing produced the design for a 737-size aircraft with a strut-braced wing. The high-aspect-ratio wing, combined with hybrid turbine/electric propulsion and other advanced technologies, was needed to meet NASA's so-called N+3 goal of reducing fuel burn by 60% for an airliner entering service in 2030-35.
The design looked promising, but the biggest uncertainty was in estimating wing weight, which had a large impact on the calculated performance. "The weight range of uncertainty in Phase 1 was really big, from better to worse than a conventional wing," says Marty Bradley, Sugar principal investigator at Boeing Research & Technology. "The strut allowed us to increase span with less weight penalty, but there were a lot of uncertainties." So for Phase 2, NASA funded Boeing to do detailed structural analyses and wind-tunnel testing to get a better idea of the wing weight.
Phase 2 work included developing a detailed finite element model (FEM) of the structure and conducting aeroelastic testing in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (TDT) at NASA Langley Research Center. "Out of Phase 1, the big uncertainty was wing weight for the truss-braced wing. With higher fidelity in Phase 2, we hoped that would come down to the more favorable end of the uncertainty band, and it did. Plots now put wing weight near where we hoped it would be to show benefit from the configuration," says Rich Wahls, NASA Fixed Wing project scientist. "We've done the analysis, and weight is down to the lower end of the band," Bradley confirms.
Testing of the 15%-scale semi-span aeroelastic model began in the TDT late last year and is to be completed in February. The goal is to establish the flutter boundaries for the flexible wing and show that active control can suppress flutter and provide gust-load alleviation, allowing the weight penalty for a slender wing to be minimized and the drag reduction realized. "We went into the wind tunnel to verify our modeling, predict flutter boundaries and calculate if the wing is as light as we think," says Bradley.
"Aeroelasticity was one of the concerns, so we wanted them to take the FEM and design tools and create a wind tunnel model, then predict with those tools how it would react in the tunnel so that we can get confidence in the full-scale FEM and weight estimate," Wahls says. "Phase 2 analysis and testing will allow us to verify our structural prediction of the wing weight, and take the performance credit for going to higher span with less weight penalty," Bradley says.
For Phase 2, Virginia Tech joined Boeing and Georgia Tech and its multidisciplinary optimization tool—developed over 15 years of on-and-off research on strut- and truss-braced wings—was used to refine the Sugar design. "Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech set up a design environment to optimize the wing. Boeing worked on the detailed design and interface with the FEM," says Bradley.
The optimized truss-braced wing (TBW) has a span of more than 173 ft., compared with 113 ft. for the 737, and an aspect ratio of around 19. Where the Phase 1 Sugar design had a single strut supporting the wing on each side, the Phase 2 design has a truss with one major member and one jury member. "We did a lot of structural modeling, and the truss looks better, with less buckling," Bradley says.
The wind-tunnel model, built by NextGen Aeronautics, is scaled for testing in heavy gas, R134A refrigerant, rather than air. Heavy gas provides a Reynolds number (a measure of aerodynamic scale) closer to full size, but the greater density also makes the model easier to build. "If we scaled it for air, it would be really light," says Robert Scott, a senior aerospace engineer with the aeroelasticity branch at NASA Langley. "We can make a stiffer model for heavy gas, but it's still pretty flexible. This is far from a traditional metal model."
The wing and strut are dynamically scaled to behave as similarly to full-size as possible, while the pylon and flow-through nacelle have the right mass and inertia. "We are interested in the wing and strut behavior; the fuselage is effectively rigid," says Scott. The model is instrumented with strain gauges and accelerometers on the wing and strut. Two high-bandwidth ailerons provide active flutter suppression and gust-load alleviation.
Testing is also unusual. Instead of a detailed test matrix, the first phase involved exploring the flutter boundaries of the wing "open loop," without active control. This required a careful eye on the model and a quick hand on the kill switch to shut down the tunnel before flutter onset could cause structural failure. "The model is very flexible, with a lot of dynamic responses. We have to monitor it very carefully and find where the instabilities are," Scott says.
Tests were conducted from below the Sugar's Mach 0.7 design cruise speed to above Mach 0.9. "We tested for flutter outside the normal operating regime," says Scott. The data are being used to develop flight-control laws for flutter suppression and load alleviation. Closed-loop testing is planned for February. The model will fly through gusts generated by an airstream oscillation system in the TDT.
Because of the strut, the wing does not respond linearly. "Stiffness properties depend on how the wing is loaded," says Scott. "We change the angle of attack to put an upload or download on the wing. That puts the strut in tension or compression. We are seeing pretty meaningful differences in the flutter boundary as a function of angle of attack," he says.
Another area of uncertainty is the lift-to-drag ratio of a wing with a truss, because of interference drag at the junctions. "In Phase 2, they are doing some computational fluid dynamics work with a bit more fidelity," says Wahls. "It's analogous to a pylon, but a bit more complicated. The strut has its own flow separation, which is hard to predict." The next step, if NASA can find the money, would be traditional high-speed and low-speed wind-tunnel testing to validate cruise and high-lift performance.
Boeing will wrap up Phase 2 this year by updating the technology road maps and research recommendations that came out of N+3 Phase 1 in 2010. "We will recommend more wind-tunnel testing, and more wing design work," says Bradley.
Phase 2 also includes further study of the hybrid propulsion technology in Boeing's Sugar Volt concept (see article below). While the recommendation there is to wait for battery technology to improve, "we know how to do a truss-braced wing, and it does not involve waiting for technology," he says. "Even with existing engines we can get a 5-10-percent improvement in fuel burn with TBW if we can make it work."
NASA wants to look at pushing speed up to the Mach 0.8 range, says Wahls. Virginia Tech has studied a Boeing 777-like, Mach 0.85-cruise TBW design. "We did not encounter any show-stoppers at higher speed, and showed substantial benefit," says Joseph Schetz, professor of aerospace engineering. He sees the Sugar work as a validation of the university's TBW research. "To say folks were skeptical is an understatement, but the numbers keep working," he says.
One advantage of the truss-braced wing is that it scales to different sizes, which is harder with other fuel-saving configurations proposed for the N+3 time frame, such as the blended wing body. "N+3 is aimed at entry into service in 2030-35; that is not at all hard for the TBW," says Bradley.


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Advancing Strategic Science: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Roadmap for the U.S. Geological Survey (2012)Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
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Science is increasingly driven by data, and spatial data underpin the science directions laid out in the 2007 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science Strategy. A robust framework of spatial data, metadata, tools, and a user community that is interactively connected to use spatial data in an efficient and flexible way—known as a spatial data infrastructure (SDI)—must be available for scientists and managers to find, use, and share spatial data both within and beyond the USGS. Over the last decade, the USGS has conducted breakthrough research that has overcome some of the challenges associated with implementing a large SDI. This report is intended to ground those efforts by providing a practical roadmap to full implementation of an SDI to enable the USGS to conduct strategic science.
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- An optimal spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for the USGS would include data standards, modern data-management services, and a set of key application services that are essential for addressing scientific questions.
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- Successful implementation of an SDI depends on an agency's roadmap and strategy, organizational leadership and culture, standardization, technical competence, funding and contracting, workforce competence, and cooperation and partnerships.
- The development and maintenance of an SDI requires collaborative partnerships with cooperating agencies, research organizations, nonprofit organizations, private organizations, and the public.
- Integration of multiple data sources to support analysis will be critical for an SDI and warrants high priority.
- A roadmap for SDI implementation can be divided into three broad phases: (1) preparation and planning; (2) design, development, and testing; and (3) rollout and refinement. The committee proposes some general steps in each phase to assist the USGS in carrying out its task in implementing an effective SDI.
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The Kinston seniors left the court with no regrets Wednesday night.
FAYETTEVILLE � Takerian Harper couldn�t help burying her face inside her jersey as the clock expired in Kinston�s 57-56 heart-wrenching loss to High Points Andrews Wednesday night.
Anshonee Addison couldn�t control the tears streaming down her cheeks as she addressed the media.
The defeat that knocked off the defending 2-A state champions stung.
But Kinston Coach Hubert Quinerly couldn�t have been more proud of the Vikings this year.
�It was a great season,� he said. �They put in a lot of hard hours from April to now. When our season ended March 15 last year, we were right back at in April. It was a grind. You put yourself in the position to win these games and to lose by one is even harder than losing by 30.�
The quest for Kinston�s second state title ended at Fayetteville�s Crown Arena, while seventh-seeded Andrews advanced to Saturday�s contest against the undefeated and top-seeded Reidsville.
The last 2 minutes became an offensive showdown Wednesday night.
Kinston scored, went up one, Andrews answered.
Andrews scored, went up one, Kinston answered.
With 16.1 ticks remaining in the Eastern Regional semifinal, Andrews� Shamisha Farabee scored a fast break layup, giving the Red Raiders what would become their final lead.
Kinston (23-3) tried to respond by feeding the ball to Anshonee Addison for a long jumper � but it didn�t go down, and Andrews guard Jazlin Taylor fought and won the defensive rebound.
But a travelling call gave the Vikings the ball with 2.4 seconds left, a possession nearly tainted by a scary deflection that kept the ball on Kinston�s side.
With less than 2 seconds, everyone knew where the inbounds pass was headed: Brittany Drumgoole.
The four-year starter took the pass and hauled it up, the ball bouncing off the iron as the buzzer sounded.
Kinston�s season was over.
The last shot
Drumgoole left the court with no regrets.
Addison, whom Drumgoole refers to as �Slim,� gave it her all.
�Shots like that last shot I took, I live for shots like that,� said Drumgoole, who led Kinston with 14 points and pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds. �I�m not mad I missed the shot, I�m not mad Slim missed the shot. It�s just not meant for us to be there. For that team, I hope nothing for the best.�
The Red Raiders (23-5) were paced by Imani Watkins with 23 points, including a trio of 3-pointers. Drumgoole also had three from behind the arc.
As the teams started trading baskets the last 60 seconds of the game, Andrews didn�t lead until the go-ahead Farabee shot. The riveting combat down the stretch began when Watkins stole possession for the Red Raiders, drove it home and drew the foul with Kinston up, 54-51.
The Vikings� third turnover in 30 seconds gave the Raiders senior guard room for an easy layup.
In what proved to be damaging to their post-season efforts Wednesday night, Kinston committed 29 turnovers.
Drumgoole was responsible for seven, as was Kinston junior forward Lydia Rivers. Andrews recorded 11 steals and the Vikings, uncharacteristically, came away with three of their own.
Kinston averaged 15.4 steals this season.
�We knew coming in here that we couldn�t turn the ball over, especially with unforced turnovers the way we did,� Quinerly said. �That did it. When we went on that run, I thought we were going to be fine. We just couldn�t get stops when we needed them.�
The breakdown
Andrews had the game�s largest lead when it edged Kinston, 16-6, after one quarter.
A pair of Addison free throws with 1:20 left in the second period sparked the battle between the Vikings and Raiders the rest of the way. Neither team would be up by more than seven.
Kinston�s Lydia Rivers nailed her shot inside with 5:15 to put her team up 48-42 � just seconds after her fourth foul. But the Vikings� valuable post presence fouled out with 4:42 on the board, with KHS still leading by six.
She couldn�t bear to watch as she exited the game and rested her face in her palms.
Less than a minute later, Farabee drained a 3-pointer for Andrews to tie the game at 49-49.
But Kinston regained the lead after Addison hit a trey from the top of the left wing on an assist from Jada Faison, who was falling as she released the pass.
The next series of plays came down to execution, who could get a stop and who could be resilient under the extreme pressure of trying to continue a basketball season in the grips of a tight matchup.
�(Kinston is) an excellent ball club, they�re well-coached and I thought they executed their game plan well,� Andrews Coach John Shearin said. �We just happened to survive. As you see, it took resiliency, it took whole team effort. All those young ladies had to go out there and play their heart out on that basketball court.�
As the Kinston girls tried to remain composed during the post-game handshakes, Andrews offered sportsmanlike console to the defending champions they fought hard to beat.
The Vikings walked in a quiet, somber melancholy back to the bus, as the breakdown hadn�t yet hit everyone on the team.
�We grind. We were hungry, we all wanted to eat and we all had that attitude about us,� Addison said through tears. �We knew what we had to do and we were at it every day. That�s why it hurts so bad, because I gave all I could give.�
Moving forward
�I cried, but it just ain�t hit me yet,� said Drumgoole, Kinston�s leader of four years. �It just hurts. � I didn�t want to be sitting here talking about us losing, but I mean (the shot) didn�t go in. You just got to keep moving.�
Addison and Drumgoole are Kinston�s only seniors. Addison started with Quinerly when he first took the reins of the previously-ordinary Vikings program three years ago. Kinston, while making several post-season trips, had never won a regional game until last year�s historic run that ended with the program's first title.
Since, Quinerly is 75-11 and credits his two seniors for building the success of Kinston girls� basketball.
He said it started with them.
Drumgoole verbally committed to play at South Carolina State, and both girls said the �Kinston Tough� program is like family.
�They�ve worked hard, they�ve put in a lot of time,� Quinerly said of the entire team. �People just don�t understand how much work you have to put in, and I�m a very demanding person. And they take it with a grain of salt and keep on pushing. I�m just so proud of them, the hard effort they put in day in and day out.
�Because it�s not easy.�
Quinerly has a young group of girls returning next year, including Rivers, who led the Vikings this season with nine rebounds and 2.1 blocks a game. She had 12 points and 11 rebounds against Andrews. Harper, who finished with 10 points and six rebounds Wednesday, and sophomore team captain Faison will also be part of that bunch.
Harper averaged 8.3 points and 5.6 boards this season, while Faison led the Vikes with 3.1 assists.
�We turned this program into something special, and we�ve still got these young kids coming back,� Quinerly said. �This program is going to be left in Lydia, Takerian and Jada�s hands, and they�ve got to be ready to do something with it.�
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Andrews (23-5)16 10 15 16 � 57
Kinston (23-3) 6 19 16 15 � 56
B. Grier 2-6 2-4 1-1 3 7
M. Sanders 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 4
D. Timberlake 0-8 2-2 0-5 3 2
S. Farabee 3-7 0-1 2-4 3 8
I. Watkins 8-15 4-5 3-6 3 23
O. Campbell 1-7 3-6 0-2 7 5
J. Taylor 3-12 2-2 0-0 6 8
Totals 19-61 13-20 6-18 34 57
A. Addison 3-7 2-2 1-3 2 9
J. Faison 2-5 1-1 0-1 6 5
L. Rivers 5-13 2-2 0-0 11 12
B. Drumgoole 4-14 3-4 3-7 14 14
T. Harper 4-8 2-4 0-0 6 10
M. Davis 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 3
S. Mason 1-6 0-0 1-6 1 3
Totals 20-55 10-13 6-19 45 56


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I haven't done much exercise since I had my stomach operation. While I get around pretty well nowadays, I still don't feel 100%. I get random twinges, can't carry much and fatigue easily (not to mention that my toenails that are STILL falling off after my 100km walk).
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We would like to welcome you to our new Family Roots and Branches Blog. Gayle and I have decided to experiment displaying family genealogy research in the blog format. This could be an interesting genealogy tool if the right information is blogged and the search engines pickup that information. It would certainly speed up posting information to the web over conventional html coding methods. So we will be experimenting with this form of internet communications and see how things turn out.
We are always interested in additions, corrections and updates. And we are especially interested in any and all family and tombstone photos (we are both digital photo junkies).
Thank you for visiting and we hope the information we have presented has been useful and informative.
Warm Genealogical Regards,
Larry and Gayle Van Horn
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DUBLIN, Ohio, April 18, 2012. Anne Prestamo, Associate Dean/Collection & Technology Services, Oklahoma State University, University Libraries (Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA), has been elected Vice President/President-Elect of OCLC Global Council. Her term as Vice President will commence on July 1, 2012, followed by a one-year term as President of Global Council beginning July 1, 2013.
Election results for OCLC's three Regional Councils, Americas Regional Council (ARC), Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Council (EMEARC), and Asia Pacific Regional Council (APRC), were also announced during the Global Council Meeting in Dublin, Ohio, April 16–18. A total of 48 delegates from 17 countries participated in the Global Council Annual Meeting, led by Berndt Dugall, President, OCLC Global Council, and Direktor/Librarian, Universität Frankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Senckenberg.
ChewLeng Beh, OCLC Global Council Vice President/President-Elect, and Senior Director Library & Professional Services & Director of SILAS National Library Board Singapore, will begin his term as President of Global Council on July 1, 2012.
The following individuals were elected by OCLC member voting representatives from their respective regions:
OCLC Americas Regional Council (ARC)
ARC Executive Committee Members (Term: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013):
The following six individuals were elected to the Americas Regional Council Executive Committee and will join Barbara Preece, Dean of the Library, California State University, San Marcos (San Marcos, California, USA), who will become Chair of the ARC Executive Committee on July 1, 2012:
- Vice Chair/Chair-Elect—Jane Treadwell, University Librarian & Dean, Library Instructional Services, University of Illinois at Springfield, Brookens Library (Springfield, Illinois, USA). As Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Ms. Treadwell will become the Chair of the Executive Committee beginning July 1, 2013.
- Secretary—Mark McFarland, Associate Director for Digital Initiatives, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas, USA)
- Member-at-Large (Canada)—Madeleine Lefebvre, Chief Librarian, Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Member-at-Large (Latin America and the Caribbean)—Marilyn Montalvo, Automation Librarian/Technical Services Department Assistant Director, Universidad del Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- Member-at-Large (United States of America)—Linda Waskow, Library Media Technology Specialist, Beaufort Elementary School (Beaufort, South Carolina, USA)
- Member-at-Large (United States of America)—Rebecca Lubas, Director, Cataloging and Discovery Services, University of New Mexico, University Libraries (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council (APRC)
APRC Executive Committee Members (Term: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2015):
The following three individuals were elected to serve on the APRC Executive Committee:
- Srichan Chancheewa, Director, Thammasat University Libraries, Thailand
- Makoto Nakamoto, Administrative Director, Waseda University, Japan
- Peter Sidorko, University Librarian, University of Hong Kong
Current Chair-Elect Hsueh-hua Chen, University Librarian and Professor of Library Science, National Taiwan University, will become Chair of the Asia Pacific Regional Council on July 1, 2012. The three newly elected individuals will also join current members of the Executive Committee, whose terms will expire on June 30, 2013: ChewLeng Beh, Senior Director, Library and Professional Services, National Library Board, and Director, Singapore Integrated Library Automated Services (SILAS); Alison Elliott, Director, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand; and Andrew Wells, University Librarian, University of New South Wales, Australia. The additional offices will be determined during the APRC Executive Committee meeting in June 2012.
Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Council (EMEARC)
EMEARC Executive Committee Members and Global Council Delegates (Term: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2015):
Current Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, Anja Smit, Director, Utrecht University, Netherlands, will become Chair of the EMEARC Executive Committee for the 2012–2013 year.
- Cendrella Habre, Director, Riyad Nassar Library, Lebanese American University, Lebanon, will represent members throughout the Middle East and India.
- Bert Looper, Managing Director, Tresoar, Netherlands, will represent members from the cultural heritage sector.
- Robert Moropa, Director Library Services, University of Pretoria, South Africa, will represent members throughout Africa. Mr. Moropa will be Vice Chair/Chair-Elect of the EMEARC Executive Committee for the 2012–2013 year.
About OCLC Global Council
Global Council comprises Member Delegates elected by the members within each of the three Regional Councils and serves as a key strategic discussion forum and the major communication link between member libraries, Regional Councils and OCLC. Global Council helps shape the future direction of OCLC and libraries by electing six members to the OCLC Board of Trustees and ratifying amendments to the OCLC Code of Regulations and Articles of Incorporation. The Global Council also discusses interests of mutual concern and makes recommendations to OCLC management and members of the OCLC Board of Trustees. Member Delegates also help to ensure regular and open communication between the Membership and OCLC.
About OCLC Regional Councils
Each of OCLC's three Regional Councils, in cooperation with OCLC, plans at least one in-person Regional Council meeting annually to keep current on issues of vital and immediate interest to members of the OCLC cooperative. Regional Councils also schedule additional virtual or "sub-regional" meetings as needed. OCLC supports these meetings, where members can participate in discussions, advance ideas and vote on resolutions related to the cooperative. The Regional Councils also elect member representatives from their respective regions, who will contribute to the Regional Council Executive Committee and/or Global Council meetings, committees and additional forums for member input.
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Today is World AIDS Day, a day of particular significance to Bono, whose (RED) brand launched years ago to help support the Global Fund in their effort to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. Since its beginning, (RED) has garnered the support of major retailers like Apple, Dell, Starbucks, Gap, and American Eagle (just to name a few).
Around 100,000 are currently living with HIV in the UK and globally an estimated 34 million people have HIV. More than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007 have died from the virus, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.
Today, many scientific advances have been made in HIV treatment, there are laws to protect people living with HIV and we understand so much more about the condition. But despite this, people do not know the facts about how to protect themselves and others from HIV, and stigma and discrimination remain a reality for many people living with HIV. World AIDS Day is important as it reminds the public and Government that HIV has not gone away – there is still a vital need to raise money, increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education.


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Losing weight is no easy feat, and it certainly doesn't help your goal when Fabio is right next to you at the gym flexing his six-pack in the mirror and grunting like a wild boar every time he does trap shrugs.
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In fact, Body Exchange in Vancouver only allows plus size women to join its facility. There, CEO Lois Green tells TheProvince.com, gym users can enjoy a "safe haven" free of anxiety and full of camaraderie.
While Body Exchange is strictly for plus size women, there are a number of American gyms that practice a more de facto brand of heft segregation. One of these is Downsize Fitness with locations in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Dallas. Owner Jason Burns tells the Daily News that while his gym doesn't ban slimmer clientele, it heavily encourages prospective members to use the gym only if they have serious weight loss goals in mind.
Buddha Body Yoga in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City takes a similar approach in screening clients, reports the Daily News. Like Downsize Fitness, they don't outright ban svelte patrons, but they make it abundantly clear at the door that a client's weight loss and comfort is the first priority, not their glamour.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After being named to the NSCAA All-America first team and the All-New England North first team earlier this week, senior Ben Lewis (West Hartford, Conn.) added another award to his resume when he was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) New England Division III All-Star team. The only other MIT men's soccer player to ever win the award was Zach Kabelac in 2009.
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Photo Captions: Left:Many traditional cultural properties are used for practical purposes by those who value them. This sedge preserve in northern California, for example, is tended and harvested by Pomi Indian basketmakers as a vital source of material for making their world famous baskets. The preserve was established at lake sonoma by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photo by Richard Lerner. Right: This bedrock mortar in central California plays an essential role in processing Black Oak acorns. (Photo courtesy Theodoratus Cultural Resource)
Table of Contents
Traditional Cultural Values in Preservation Planning
Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties: Completing Registration Forms
Recommended Bibliography and Sources
Appendix I: A Definition of "Culture"
Appendix II: Professional Qualifications: Ethnography
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Jeff Gundlach just did an amazing job explaining the violent volatility in credit markets in recent weeks.
The market in subprime mortgages had been quietly melting down since late last year, according to Gundlach, CEO at asset manager DoubleLine Capital.
The Federal Reserve's sale of its AIG Maiden Lane II portfolio assets had been creating too much supply for the market to digest. Although the initial auctions went well, the later ones ran into serious trouble. Many assets saw no bid at all.
Then the New York Fed on Thursday signaled it was willing to slow down the sales, Greece agreed to the austerity plan demanded by the IMF as a condition for the next tranche of bailout funds, and Bank of America announced that had reached a settlement on its old securitized mortgages. And the market kicked into high gear. The ABX derivatives index that tracks subprime rose 14 percent in a week.
"I've got to believe that there's a lot of losses" at bank trading desks, Gundlach said.
The volatility was "almost random number generation," Gundlach explained. "It's impossible to make money hedging that kind of volatility."
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Nov. 13, 2018 — Resource Stewardship Earns District "A" for Superior Achievement
Resource Stewardship is one of Lewisville ISD's Four Cornerstones, the principles upon which the district builds its approach to education, providing limitless opportunities for all students to thrive in a future they create.
One objective measure of the district's commitment to Resource Stewardship, and the core value of being good stewards of taxpayer dollars, is its "A" rating for "Superior Achievement" under Texas' School FIRST (Financial Accountability Rating System of Texas). The Superior Achievement rating is the state's highest, demonstrating the quality of LISD's financial management and reporting. LISD has achieved the FIRST rating consecutively for the last 18 years.
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The primary goal of School FIRST is to achieve quality performance in the management of school districts' financial resources, a goal made more significant due to the complexity of accounting associated with Texas' school finance system.
The Texas Education Agency assigned one of four financial accountability ratings to Texas school districts, with the highest being "A" for "Superior Achievement," followed by "B" for "Above-Standard Achievement," "C" for "Standard Achievement" and "F" for "Substandard Achievement."
This is the 18th year of School FIRST (Financial Accountability Rating System of Texas), a financial accountability system for Texas school districts developed by the Texas Education Agency in response to Senate Bill 875 of the 76th Texas Legislature in 1999 and amendments under House Bill 5, 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
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General Thomas Sidney Jesup commanded military operations against the Seminoles in Florida during the early stages of the conflict now known as the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). The Second Seminole War was the longest and costliest Indian War in American history. Jesup's field diary, available on Florida Memory, contains his perspective on the war from October 1, 1836, to May 30, 1837. This series of blog posts places significant entries from the Jesup diary in the context of the Seminole Wars and the history of Anglo-American Indian-African relations in the American South. Below is the sixth post in the series.
Native Americans living in Florida during the Seminole Wars were not, in fact, all Seminoles. However, from the perspective of the United States government, all Florida Indians were Seminoles. It was more expedient to deal with Native peoples inhabiting a particular region as if they were a single entity, with one set of political views, rather than recognize their diversity. This practice was foundational to the Indian policy of the United States in the early 19th century; all Indians in Alabama and Georgia were Creeks, and all Indians in Florida were Seminoles.
The reality was that the Creeks and Seminoles were not one political entity unto themselves; nor did they always act independently without joint council. The conflicts between the so-called "friendly" and "rebel" Red Stick Creeks, discussed in an earlier post, were only one of several ways Creeks (and Seminoles) divided themselves. They considered themselves first as a member of a clan, second as a resident of a town, and third, part of a larger collection of towns that comprised a confederacy. Scholars disagree over which—clan, town, or nation—was most important in influencing the identity and daily life of southeastern American Indians.
When Jesup arrived in Florida he quickly learned that a great difference of opinions existed among the Seminoles on the issue of removal. Because of his experience in the Second Creek War, he was already aware that not all Creeks considered themselves part of a single political entity. In this way, military officers on the ground often differed from policy makers far removed from the theater of war; Jesup learned to respect the internal divisions in Indian society even if his superior officers remained ignorant of the same.
In this entry from his field diary, Jesup reports that Jumper, also known as Otee Emathlar, echoed the sentiments of other Seminoles that the Miccosukees (also spelled Mikasuki and several other ways) had started the war. Jesup had previously heard this statement from the black Seminole Abraham, interpreter and adviser for Micanopy (see Jesup diary, January 31, 1837).
The Miccosukees migrated to Florida in the early 18th century. They spoke a dialect of the Muscogee language known as Hitchiti, which although related to was mutually unintelligible from the main Muscogee tongue. Their early date of arrival in Florida from the north made the Miccosukees the first Native American immigrants into the territory after the destruction of the Spanish Missions in 1702-1704.
According to Seminole leaders who met with Jesup, the Miccosukees refused to negotiate and intended to remain hostile to the United States. The division between Seminoles and Miccosukees is not as clear-cut as it may seem, and these were certainly not the only factions of Florida Indians involved in the war. Jesup also became aware of Creeks, Red Sticks, Tallahassees and Uchees (also spelled Yuchi or Euchee) involved in the fighting. With the exception of the Creeks friendly to the United States, most Florida Indians resisted removal.
Another factor that complicates Jumper's statement is his intent. Jesup believed that Seminole leaders were delaying removal by blaming the war on the Miccosukees. It would have been impossible for Jesup to tell a Miccosukee from a Seminole unless they declared themselves to him. Assigning blame to the Miccosukees for causing the war might have been a tactic designed to frustrate and stall the Americans. While the negotiations dragged on, the Seminoles continued to receive federal rations. Since most of their livestock were driven off and their fields burned by the U.S. Army, the government-supplied rations were necessary for survival.
Evidence from the period after the end of the Seminole Wars in 1858 may support Jumper's claim about divisions between Seminoles and Miccosukees. In the 20th century, the federal government became aware that Florida Indians considered themselves to be at least two distinct groups. Seminoles lived in the Kissimmee River Valley north of Lake Okeechobee and spoke Creek (or Muscogee), Miccosukees lived in the Big Cypress Swamp and near the Miami River and spoke Hitchiti (or Mikasuki).
The movement to federal reservations, which began in the 1930s, further highlighted these differences. In the 1950s and 1960s, internal political divisions led to the creation of two federally recognized tribes in southern Florida: the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. Some Florida Indians refused to join either of these Tribes, and remain independent to the present day.


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Star Wars MMO sales pip past 2 million mark
WoW, watch your back
EA revealed today that since the game's release in December 2011, over 2m copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic have been sold, with 1.7m users actively subscribed.
The figures show that unique logins stand around 1m every day, with an average playtime of roughly four hours.
Still in the red, though
"BioWare Austin has delivered a game that millions of people are going to be playing for a very long time," gushed EA labels president Frank Gibeau.
"Going forward, we have an ambitious plan to reach the broader market, the millions of Star Wars fans all over the world. You'll be seeing that very soon," he promised.
Back in 2008, LucasArts believed SWTOR would attract more subscribers than World of Warcraft, thought at the time to be around 11m.
That figure has more recently fallen to around the 10.3m mark, but with WoW: Mists of Pandaria on the way soon, you can bet it'll fight its corner with all the firepower it can muster. The Old Republic has a way to go.
Still, with masses reluctant to dip into their pockets and so many free offerings around, such as Star Trek Online, new subscription-based MMOs could struggle to ever reach the heights WoW has.
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