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Rose, after all, is the son of the late Jimmy Walker, the No. 1 draft pick out of Providence in 1967. Yet the two never met.
As heartrending as that (lack of) relationship must have been, Rose always knew who his father was. He studied Walker's professional history – two All-Star appearances and 16.7 ppg in nine seasons – off the backs of bubble-gum cards. Well into his own 13-year NBA career, Rose spoke and corresponded with the man. But they drifted apart again without a face-to-face and Walker died in July 2007, 10 weeks after Rose played his final NBA game.
So here's the son now, reaching out with both arms, one to yesterday, one to today, as the NBRPA's newly appointed "ambassador." The role, to be announced Tuesday, will enable Rose to shape programs for former players while recruiting and enlisting the help of the younger guys. His goal: seamlessness.
"It's a family," Rose told NBA.com last week in a phone interview. "I really don't see a disconnect between the two. Now there's always going to be the mentality that, the older you get, the longer the walk looks.
"But for the most part, I think there's a healthy respect in the current players for the retired players and what they've done. Hopefully we can create some awareness, some planning, a decision-making mechanism from top to bottom – whether it's social, emotional or financial – so you're prepared for that next step."
Rose, 41, is being counted on to raise the NBRPA's profile through his visibility as an NBA analyst and studio host for ESPN/ABC. He's been famous since he was a teenager as one of Michigan's "Fab Five" freshmen who brashly took on NCAA basketball protocols. And he remains a familiar face and presence through his TV work with many active and recently retired players. (more…)


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text: « Return to Search Neskey-Coghlan Fellowship Program to Advance Care for Patients with Balance, Vestibular Disorders June 11, 2014 Contact: Mary Leach 617-573-4170 BOSTON (June 11, 2014) -- Harvard Medical School's Department of Otolaryngology recently announced the establishment of the Neskey-Coghlan Fellowship in Balance and Vestibular Disorders, a one-year post-residency fellowship program based at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, to train qualified physicians in the diagnosis and management of patients with balance and vestibular disorders. Dr. Steven Rauch (left) with Sharon and David Neskey. This specialized fellowship program was made possible through the generosity of Mr. David Neskey, his wife Sharon, and his friends Paul and Tina Coghlan. A long-time patient of Dr. Steven D. Rauch, Mr. Neskey suffers from hearing loss and vestibular problems as a result of Meniere's Disease. He has also been a friend and trustee of Mass. Eye and Ear for many years. Up to 40 percent of Americans visit a doctor at some point in their lives with complaints of dizziness and imbalance. For senior citizens, these symptoms can lead to falls, which account for 50 percent of accidental deaths. However, unearthing the cause and managing these symptoms can be challenging, and often involves input from a diverse group of medical specialties. For this large group of patients, finding one specialist to manage their care can be difficult. "There is a real shortage of physicians, globally, who specialize in the evaluation and management of people with vestibular disorders," said Dr. Rauch, who is Medical Director, Mass. Eye and Ear Balance and Vestibular Center, and Harvard Medical School Professor of Otology and Laryngology, who will direct the fellowship program. "Patients who have balance problems suffer in our healthcare system because our sense of balance involves information from the ears, the eyes, the muscles and joints sending signals up the spine. There is no one specialty that owns all of that system." With four clinicians who specialize in the evaluation and management of dizzy and off-balance patients, two state-of-the-art vestibular diagnostic laboratories (one in Boston and another in Braintree), and a high volume of dizzy patients, Mass. Eye and Ear offers the ideal environment for training future specialists in balance disorders. "We are fortunate in this department that we have a collection of otologists and neurologists who specialize in the management of balance and dizziness disorders," Dr. Rauch said. "The way that we can really leverage our expertise and help people is to train more doctors who specialize in this area and to send them out to populate clinics and departments all over the world." The first fellow selected will start in July 2015. The one-year post-residency fellowship will comprise a minimum of 75 percent time commitment to clinical training and patient care under faculty supervision, with the remainder of time dedicated to clinical research, didactic, and other scholarly career development. Candidates will be drawn from specialties in which physicians may have an interest in balance problems, including (but not limited to) otolaryngology and neurology. For more information about the fellowship, please contact Mass. Eye and Ear's Otolaryngology Education Office at 617-573-3652 or visit this webpage.


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Video loans rise quickly at libraries
Borrowed any good videos lately from the library? If you have, you are in good company.
Video lending has exploded during the past five years, rising at a far higher rate than the lending of books or audio, according to information from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Video lending statewide more than doubled between 2000 and 2010, from 6.6 million videos to 14.1 million.
That's still a far cry from ever-popular books - more than 38 million were borrowed last year. But while books still reign as king at libraries, the number borrowed has climbed less than 10 percent since 2000.
However, rocketing video lending may be losing some of its altitude. Some librarians say the ease of watching movies and TV shows on computers, through online streaming services such as Netflix, may undercut borrowing.
Still, Karen Johnson, director of the Avon Public Library, said the surge in video borrowing has been remarkable. Years ago, children's and historical videos dominated borrowing.
Now it's new-release movies, especially since most videos are available as soon as they hit pay-per-view. She spends about 5 percent of her budget on video and has more than 14,000 titles available.
People like to borrow because it saves them money over Netflix or other services - although some come to the counter and offer to pay, not realizing that borrowing videos, like books, is free.
The big times for borrowing tend to be Fridays, Saturdays, and before snowstorms, she said. She noted that DVDs don't hold up as well as tapes.
"I think people use them to ice skate with, they are so scratched,'' she said.
Patrons can only hold on to new releases for two days, ensuring quick turnover.
In Mansfield, space constraints keep the town library from dramatically expanding its video collection, said director Janet Campbell.
However, the library is a busy lender - last year more than 35,000 videos went out the door, including 15,000 geared toward children.
"The decision was made years and years ago not to invest a lot in DVDs and videos because of local stores,'' she said. "We don't have the stores now, but we don't have the space either.''
The library concentrates on video versions of books, which narrows its collection, although patrons can get a broad selection from neighboring libraries.
Some librarians are wondering whether video borrowing may be waning, as they have seen numbers plateau or drop slightly. Judie Kleven, director at the Elizabeth Taber Library in Marion, said more and more people are turning to their computers rather than the library.
"It's too easy to get what you want with the flick of a button,'' with online services, she said. Plus, online there are no fines. Or people can even rent from kiosks at the supermarket.
"I've been noticing the trend for a couple of years now,'' she said, although the decline has been slow. "For a while, it was quite a boom.''
Children's videos still see a lot of use, she said.
"What is interesting to me,'' said Harry R. Williams III, director of the Crane Library in Quincy, "is that the huge preponderances of checkouts are still books.''
Despite continuous warnings that videos are turning the nation into illiterates, people love their books, he said.
And when a good movie comes out of a classic book, requests for the book will soar.
"The formats feed off each other,'' he said.
Books are far and away the big-ticket items at the Sharon library, said director Barbara Nadler. In October, 13,000 books were checked out, compared with 4,000 videos.
The most popular videos are new releases, but TV shows and foreign and independent films are also enjoyed, she said.
Also extremely popular in the commuting town halfway between Boston and Providence are audio books, with about 1,000 a month going out.
Rob MacLean, director of the Weymouth public libraries, said he thinks the big jumps in video lending may be nearing an end, although lending of DVDs and Blu-Ray remains strong.
People especially love when they find out that movies are available on the first day of their release.
"When they find out they can put holds on a movie, that's all they need to know and we become their video store,'' he said.
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Cristina Butterfield is a persistent science student. How else would you describe someone who would take on a research project where four previous students had failed, make a new discovery, turn it into a published research paper, and receive a Vertex Scholarship?
Butterfield is a graduate student in the Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems at OHSU's Institute of Environmental Health. Working with her advisor Dr. Brad Tebo, Butterfield's research focuses on the isolation of a protein that oxidizes manganese and makes manganese oxide minerals.
For several years, she attempted to isolate an elusive protein and ultimately discovered that the functional protein required the organization of three proteins, an unprecedented trait to this family of proteins. Her research findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on July 1, 2013.
"Nobody has ever studied a manganese oxidizing protein before because it has never been available in enough abundance," Butterfield said. "I am the first to isolate it and describe its ability to bind copper and facilitate Mn oxidation."
Her major findings demonstrate that bacterial manganese (Mn) oxidation from soluble Mn(II) to insoluble Mn(IV) oxides is a two step reaction catalyzed by a multicopper oxidase (MCO)-containing complex. She and her co-authors posit that their protein transfers electrons from Mn to protein-bound copper (Cu) and finally to oxygen (O2), forming MnO2 oxide minerals and water. These minerals have similar chemical signatures as those found on the surface of Mn oxidizing bacteria, supporting the argument that their protein is the driving force for Mn mineralization in the environment.
"Cristina's breakthrough in purifying the active manganese oxidase will enable scientists to uncover its mechanism, potentially applying it in new technologies for bioenergy and pollution remediation, and generally broadening the understanding of manganese mineral formation and the bioinorganic capabilities of multicopper oxidases," Tebo said.
With her first lead author manuscript accepted, she has learned that a handful of collaborators are eager to participate in studies with her purified protein. She has also filed a provisional patent application with OHSU's Technology Transfer and Business Development.
"I feel privileged to work with established scientists, learn new techniques, and become a bona fide biochemist," Butterfield said. "The chemical nature of the challenges I have now are easily overcome compared to the inherent unpredictability of biological protein production."
If that research achievement wasn't enough, Butterfield's determined attitude has recently garnered her a Vertex Scholarship. The OHSU-Vertex Educational Partnership Program offers $35,000 scholarships funded by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Mass. The award will fund Butterfield's stipend and fees for one year.
"I can say that my persistence paid off in the end and I am hopeful that the trend will continue," Butterfield said. "The scholarship will help advance my research findings and hopefully provide me with a prolific final year in graduate school."
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Gobwins are a non-capital sideErf-b1-p079a and were Natural Allies to Gobwin Knob until the Volcano was uncroaked. They are about half the height of Men, have green skin, and fangs. The Erfwiki mascot (look in the upper-left of the window) is a gobwin spearman.
There may still be Decrypted Gobwins in Gobwin Knob, but they no longer part of the Gobwin side, cannot pop new Gobwins, and are not considered to be Natural Allies. Instead, they are simply Gobwin Knob units.
Gobwin infantry units have a significant bonus for tunnel fighting.Erf-b1-p029
Any side with Gobwin allies will be unable to ally with Marbits or Elves.
While Gobwins don't provide any mounts of their own, they have been seen riding Spidews and Dwagons.
First Appearance
During the Battle for Gobwin Knob Gobwins were allied with Gobwin Knob and constituted a significant part of its forces.Erf-b1-p077a
Prior to the reign of Stanley the Tool, Gobwins broke alliance with Gobwin Knob (which is not typical behavior for Natural Allies) captured the City and croaked King Saline IV.Erf-b1-p079 Stanley, who was a Heir Designate and Chief Warlord to Saline, then recaptured the city, and has been the Overlord ever since. Ansom believed that Stanley orchestrated this rebellion to come to powerErf-b1-p034; however, he lacked evidence for the accusation.
The Gobwin Insurrection, occuring after Wanda betrayed Faq and swore allegience to Stanley, was possibly orchestrated by Wanda alone. Where Stanley would have been controlled by Duty and disallowed from plotting against King Saline IV, Wanda had weak Loyalty and may simply have suggested Stanley take certain important Casters on a mission she had created. The Gobwins, manipulated by Wanda into believing they could hold the city by Suggestion Spells and/or more mundane methods, attacked the city and killed Saline. Stanley then returns to recapture the city with complete deniability, and no direct knowledge of Wanda's participation in the affair; thus, Loyalty, Duty, and Obedience are satisfied while Stanley takes command of Gobwin Knob.
Also, Wanda is more likely than Stanley to have the strategic thinking to pull off a maneuver like this. Wanda may have desired a leader who was more easily swayed when she still desired to attune to an Arkentool.
Gobwin Knob lost its contingent of Gobwins in the Volcano Uncroaking and is currently unable to find even a single Gobwin to recruit, despite an extensive search of some areas in which they normally pop. Why no Gobwins have yet been found is still unknown, but Lord Hamster suspects that Charlescomm may have a hand in this... (Note: A Gobwin can be seen in the foreground of panel two of Erf-b1-p146, after the Volcano uncroaking. What this means is unclear.)
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The next episode of chronological brain dumping, an auger valve extruder prototyped and tested in the first halve of 2011.
Convinced that one doesn't need to reinvent the wheel, I started to search for industrial areas and applications where they have similar needs: precise extrusion of paste materials. The field I found the most closely related is the fluid dispensing technology used for the precise deposition of dots or lines of sealant, adhesive, silicone, epoxy, glue, resin, soldering paste etc.
The basic setup of most fluid dispensing implementations looks like this:
Lets skip the first two for now and jump straight to the dispensing valves, the operating end of this system. I was immediately drawn to them because they sure look like badass extruders!
There is a whole range of valves used in these industrial applications. After researching many suppliers websites and catalogs (with often confusing and contradicting use of terminology), it becomes clear that they fall into only a few categories and most of these devices are, as their name implies, simply valves.
As a non native speaker I had to remind myself what a exactly a valve is, its like a faucet in your kitchen. A device that can switch a flow of material on and off. Nothing more but also nothing less.
ValveNew Oxford American Dictionary
a device for controlling the passage of fluid through a pipe or duct.
In this basic valve category we can find fine apparatuses like the Poppet, Needle, Diaphragm, Spool and Pinch Tube valve. They differ in working principle and therefore are better suited for different applications. The Poppet and Spool valve seem the most suitable for high viscosity paste materials, even abrasive and filled pastes (what clay is). They are all operated by air pressure and follow digital logic, open or closed. One can regulate these valves only with set screws which increase or decrease the diameter but this is a fixed setting, not something you control during operation. So it boils down again to two other 'controlling' parameters, time of opening and feed pressure and we know those two from the last episode. This types of valves would make a nice addition to the previously discussed pressurized syringe systems by switching the on/off action to the nozzle side of your system instead of pushing the whole body of material. Think (in faucet analogy) of the pressurized syringe time/pressure system as trying to control your kitchen faucet water flow all the way up at the water tower... No, it makes sense to add the faucet or valve right where you need it, just like a water tower, a syringe is constantly pressurized and will only feed material when there is a demand.
But I was not interested in these 'valves' because while a nice potential improvement for the starting and stopping of your extrusion, there is still no way to predict and control the flow rate. We still have to visually verify how much material is extruded through the nozzle at any given moment or use complicated flow meters and regulating gear.
(To be complete, in many industrial applications previous episode's simple time/pressue syringe is used but I would rather not even call that a valve, and we dismissed this principle for an extruder in that episode)
So first conclusion is that what we're after is not a valve so much but a pump.
There are various other speciality valves that I will look at in later posts like Peristaltic or Progressive Cavity valves. But there was one type at this point in time (feb. 2011) when initially researching industrial dispensing valves that was very different from the simple valves and immediately caught my eye: the Auger Valve. Some promo snippets:
"The XXX series of precision auger valves is suitable for dispensing medium to high viscosity pastes, epoxies, solder pastes and other filled materials."
"The valve uses a feed screw (auger) to dispense fluid with a rotary displacement action, allowing ultra-precise control of the dispensing process."
"The XXX Auger Valve is a precision dispense valve specifically designed for metering controlled deposits of solder pastes, thick sealants and other particle-filled materials."
"Fluids can also be accurately dispensed in continuous beads in widths that range from 0.010" – 0.050" (0.25mm - 1.27mm) at rates up to 4" (102mm) per second."
"The unique design ensures that material is constantly present at the feed screw inlet, while the controlled rotation of the feed screw moves the material from the feed to the discharge point. Discrete control of the forward and reverse rotations of the feed screw controls the amount of material discharged."
"With a feed screw made of Delrin®, the valve is designed for use with two-compound and abrasive materials."These quotes gathered from the various vendors of auger valves sounded like a sales pitch aimed straight at me:
-high viscosity paste: check
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-ultra-precise discrete control and metering: check
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Auger valves works like this: The material is fed from a continuously pressurized syringe or external reservoir into the top of the valve. The valve consists of an auger screw fitting perfectly in a cylindrical housing which at the bottom ends in the nozzle. The pressure on the syringe is just enough to feed the material in the valve where it will hit the auger and stops there because of the increased friction caused by the narrower size of the fluid path along the screw thread and ultimately at the even narrower nozzle end. The screw is actuated by a motor and this rotation forces the material down the screw thread out of the nozzle. The flow rate is controlled by the RPM of the motor.
794 Auger Valve), Nordson Asymtek (DV-7000, DV-8000), Techcon Systems (TS5000, TS5000DMP, TS7000), Fisnar (PDV-1000), IntelliSpense (Auger Valve), GPD Global (HyFlo, MicroDot).
These things are rather expensive (upwards from 2500$) but when you look at them, they consist of a DC motor with optional gears/encoder and on the other end the screw housing with fluid inlet, nozzle end and the screw. If we substitute the motor end with 'standard' RepRap Nema steppers then what we need is only the screw assembly, the extruder's 'business end'. Thats why my attention was immediately drawn to Techcon's TS5000DMP because it has a 'Disposable Material Path' hence the DMP in the name. The DMP is the whole screw assembly in small and affordable delrin plastic package. The cheapest that I have found is around 25€ at dosieren.de (and up to 125€ for the exact same bit, industrial premium prices...).
|source: adhesivedispensing.co.uk
|source: adhesivedispensing.co.uk
The inlet side has a male luerlock, the nozzle side a female luerlock, the auger is sealed with an o-ring and has a square slot for the motor shaft, you can have the augers with different pitches.
Ordered a couple of the medium 8pitch DMP's and designed a very simple extruder head that mounts on the bfb Rapman for doing the experiments. The extruder is basically two halves that hold the DMP and both bolt together on a stepper with the extruder carriage plate in-between. An new carriage plate was needed because both the syringe and the extruder had to pass through. Its not designed for easy replacement of the DMP, was just to get the job done. The files can be found on Thingiverse: thing:28018
|extruder half open in the middle and custom carriage plate
|stepper and DMP parts
|Tests to reduce ooze which is much more annoying in clay because it drags the whole print with it. Prime and reverse were used and jitter to make the point each layer starts at random
But after some further extensive testing with porcelain clay the system became less and less reliable and odd symptoms started to occur: flow rate became unreliable during a print and adjustment was needed, material leaked past the auger when the motor was not turning. Closer inspection of the auger confirmed a suspicion, that the delrin plastic augers were being grinded down by the ceramic material. The auger showed already degradation after a couple of minutes, therefore the auger was less capable at transporting the clay and increasingly the air pressure started feeding the material instead of the degraded screw thread. Vieweg (dosieren.de) conveniently also sells stainless steel augers for use in the DMP, they come at a more hefty 125€ a piece. After installing one of these augers another problem arose, the steel auger and the abrasive clay were eating away the housing. The problem being that it is rather difficult to get the auger to perfectly align with the housing so when it sits at the slightest angle it will grind the housing. I have printed a couple of extruder heads and made adjustments to about every part between stepper and DMP so that the auger would nicely sit in the housing but that proved very hard with RepRapped plastic parts. Maybe one of the reasons that original auger valve was 2500€, precision engineered... I also found complete stainless and even ceramic augers + housings but they were not of the 'disposable' category and cost 600€ and up.
|left stainless steel, right delrin plastic (different pitch)
|hole in the inner tube, you see the auger through
So the promising DMP part is not really up the task, I also had the feeling that it was underdimensioned for the purpose of extruding continuous and with a rather large flow rate. The stepper was turning at 100-200RPM to get to the speeds needed. But its not because this DMP bit is not up to the task that the whole auger principle is down the drain for our purpose is it?
Imagining that the rapid wear and tear problem would be solvable than there was another observation that was against what we need in a reliable predictable paste extruder. I did a couple of tests to see what happens when you changed the air pressure on the syringe that feeds the material into the auger and, obviously, below a certain point the pressure would drop too low to feed the auger but above that point the output of a fixed speed turning auger would vary in relation to the input pressure. Definitely not as much as when you would use a direct air 'frostruder' system but still more than enough. So that means that after all a change in material viscosity would still result in a changing flow rate at the nozzle and there would be no way to say that at a certain RPM you would get the right width of your extruded line, you would still need to fiddle with the air pressure. DAMN.
I know some people tried building auger valves using drill bits like these guys from Bauhaus University Weimar: GMU:RAPMAN/CLAYSTRUDER Before writing this post I checked if they got any further success with this system but unfortunately not.
While revisiting all my notes bookmarks on the topic I stumbled upon the following pdf: Archimedes Pumps. This is by far the best technical (but very readable) description of how an auger valve works, its operating principles and strong and weak points. In two different paragraphs the relation between viscosity and flow rate (in a previous post I described the relation between viscosity and air pressure, a small change in material viscosity means a change in flow rate under a constant pressure).
"Any changes in material flow characteristics affect the volume of material dispensed"
"Positive displacement implies that a specific volume of material is displaced within a specific mechanical actuation. Positive displacement is not influenced by changes in temperature or viscosity. The Archimedes screw pump is very consistent, but this consistency depends on the viscosity and flow characteristics of the material. Archimedes screws have been marketed as positive displacement pumps, but "viscosity metering pumps" is a better definition."
So the auger pump is not a true positive displacement pump (sometimes referred to as a metering pump) and the conclusion is that that is what we're after!
Positive Displacement Pumps, unlike a Centrifugal or Roto-dynamic Pumps, will produce the same flow at a given speed (RPM) no matter the discharge pressure. Positive Displacement Pumps are "constant flow machines"
Next episode: Positive displacement pumps aka "constant flow machines" (I like that, sounds good)
ps. If there is anyone (or you know someone) with day job experience in the dispensing industry please chime in with your thoughts on these observations.
Some extra links and references:
General descriptions of various valves with pro and contra can be found on several supplier and manufacturer websites:
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Freshman Kyle Walthall (Port Huereme, Ca./Rio Mesa) is now the York College men's swimming record holder for both the 100 yard and 200 yard breaststroke. Despite Walthall's impressive performance the Spartans dropped their season opener on the road at Mary Washington.
The Green and White fell to the Eagles 201-61.
Walthall earned a first place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 58.88. Later in the meet Walthall once again finished in first place this time in the 200 yard breaststroke swimming 2:14.18.
Sophomore Shane Bonner (Ridley Park, Pa./Ridley) swam a quality meet. In the 50 yard freestyle Bonner came in third place with a time of 22.31. He then came in third again in the 100 yard freestyle recording a time of 50.58.
Other quality performances included Cody Latchford (New Castle, Del./William Penn) in the 200 yard backstroke and David Altobelli (Silver Spring, Md./James Hubert Blake) in the 200 yard IM. Both Spartans finished in third place respectively.
The Green and White swam to a second place finish in the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:39.55. The relay included Latchford, Walthall, Bonner and Andy Woods (Dover, Pa./Dover).
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Santa Barbara, Calif. – The Gauchos fell just short of an upset over top-ranked BYU in the Thunderdome on Friday night, as both teams came out energized and ready to play. BYU ended up taking the win in five sets (25-20, 20-25, 25-18, 21-25, 13-15). This pushes BYU record to 20-3 overall, 19-2 MPSF. The Gauchos' record fell to 14-14, 10-12.
UCSB took early control of the first set. The Gauchos started extending the gap early on and Jonah Seif's kill gave them a five-point lead at 10-5. Nonetheless a big block from BYU's Taylor Sander put them right back in the running. Still, the Gauchos finished the first set as strong as they started it; they closed out the first set with a big block from Jake Staahl and Evan Licht.
The Gauchos had a rough second set and BYU took full advantage. UCSB committed eight service errors, including two in the crucial last points. However, the Gauchos were not discouraged and came out on fire in the third set, blocking left and right. UCSB had ten total team blocks in the third set alone, four of them from Staahl. Just as the second set did not deter the Gauchos, the third set did not hinder the Cougars. In a close third set, the Cougars pulled away at the very end, forcing the match to come down to a deciding fifth set.
The intensity of the game did not let up in the final set. The Gauchos came out blazing with a service ace from Licht and a block by Seif. After trading points, BYU tried to sneak away. The Cougars led at the switch 8-5. BYU took the next point, but the Gauchos answered with four straight points. Austin Kingi aced a serve to give UCSB the lead. Riding on the momentum, Andrew Kocur entered the game with a serving ace, bringing the stands to their feet as they erupted in applause. Everything came down to the final points as the Cougars managed to tie the set at 13-all. BYU was able to finish off the night with a hard serve from Sander and block by Josue Rivera and Russ Lavaja.
Both teams played incredibly and ended the night with 54 kills. Ben Patch led the Cougars with 19 kills and Sander was right behind him with 18. Both Sander and Ryan Boyce swept up 11 digs each. Michael Hatch led BYU with eight blocking assists.
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"We got to finish strong heading into the playoffs," commented Head coach Rick McLaughlin. "If we can play like we did tonight, I think we have a good shot at these next two opponents."
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Narcissism is something looked down upon by most of first-world society in conversation, but has also become one of the most socially practiced and socially accepted actions in recent years.
Wait, it is ridiculed and also accepted?
Why are we so self important?
We accept it because of the entertainment value, but we denounce it because more often than not we see a projection of someone attempting to be something they are not - even if they think they can pull it off or believe it for themselves. Let me tell you a story.
Volvo is a Scandinavian car marque which has been around just shy of one-hundred years as of this post. Their cars sold fairly well in various European countries from their inception, but while selling in sparse number overseas, they wanted to go a bit farther and create something more oriented to the world market. When 1974 came about, they released the 200-series of cars to accomplish just this. Known as "bricks" within the automotive circle, this is most likely the image you have in your head when someone says "Volvo".
The 200-series of Volvos were pretty simple in design and had very utilitarian features which changed little throughout its life. The engine was simple to work on, cheap to fix and economical, the options offered on the car were few, and they sold incredibly well all over the world. This model was manufactured on three continents and given final assembly in six different countries, selling just under 3,000,000 cars over nineteen years of production. Volvo actually released the 700-series in 1982, but the 200-series still outsold it and lived an entire model year longer than the car designed to replace it. Brand loyalty is a precious commodity in business, and Volvo had gone from a small Swedish car maker to a worldwide force of reliability and practicality. Their 200-series of coupes, sedans, and wagons is easily one of the most indestructible cars ever built, many logging over half a million miles with only regular maintenance. Volvo had found their niche and were doing well, but then dropped the ball.
With the life of the 200-series coming to a close, Volvo probably should have been planning a new successor to their landmark vehicle which shared a similar philosophy of what it was known for, but instead decided to use their capital to move more upmarket. The company wanted to position itself as a safety-conscious premium brand rather than a safety-conscious practical brand. Walking onto any Volvo dealership's lot in the early 1990's would have shown you the majority of their offerings trimmed in leather, with full power options, turbocharged engines, electronically controlled transmissions, loads of buttons and dials across the dashboard, packaged in a rather bland, softly squared body. The company was wanting to compete with the higher-end luxury market instead of staying true to their economical reliability of the past. Due to this investment action, the company took a hit in reliability, which led to falling sales percentages with occasional spikes, but nothing exceptional to the growth they should have been enduring. Ford Motor Company bought them in 1999 as a means of attempting restoration in the marketplace and still could not turn a profit, selling them to a Chinese investor in 2010. Volvo thought they were bigger than they actually were, and with that, lost sight of the big picture and pursuing endeavors which were actually promising for them. What does this have to do with society? Hang on...
Everyone has a skill set of some sort and anyone who has spent any amount of time developing their skills should have a pretty well-rounded idea of their abilities after living in the real world for a few years. The problem is, we would often rather take the time to prove our perceived greatness to the world than to actually make an effort to improve ourselves naturally. We thrive on having a title and we love having recognition, but taking the easiest route to achieve a title of little substance is often more important to us than achieving something that sticks for our lifetime.
Creating your own destiny is a concept that is lost in the current generation because we thrive on instant gratification so much. When I was learning to play guitar over a dozen years ago, I spent hours and hours in my room, by myself, learning everything I could on my own and being my own biggest encouragement. During the first few years I only played in front of people very sparingly, but every time I did, the improvements I had been making in the skill were obvious to the people who had heard me play a few months or even a year prior to that point - this is how I gained encouragement from the world. Taking it upon myself to be my own worst critic pushed me more and more to improve. Surrounding myself with friends and family to tell me how great I was constantly would not have led me to try any harder, because of that connection of bias. Those outside of your circle are the people to pay attention to, not the people who will always support your efforts.
This is not centered on music either. I have not played music for income in a very long time. This works in everything.
We, as a generation seem pretty well unprepared for what is ahead of us because of the encouragement we seek through more narcissistic outlets. Unfortunately, the distance we make it through life (in practically anything) successfully depends upon what other people see in us who are generally connected to us in a singular capacity.
-If you sell an inconsistent product, your buyers notice.
- If you do not keep your word or commitments, your backers notice.
-If your focus on business dwindles, your employers notice.
-If your focus on friendships stray, your friends notice.
-If you do not continually develop your skills and education, your talent becomes stagnant.
Most of us thrive on this idea of greatness or the acquisition of a title being the ultimate goal for whatever we have worked towards. We have this idea that once we arrive at this place in time, everything will be great and we will no longer have to put in the effort to sustain what we have. Looking for a "big break" or a magical moment of epiphany is a great thought, but takes continual effort to achieve the fruit and reap those rewards. This is not saying we should all be pigeon-holed and stuck where ever we happen to be in life, because there is always an improvement to be made as well as an opportunity to further educate ourselves. The idea behind all of this is to not be afraid to take a risk in life, but never go into any situation blindly without doing every bit of research and making every effort to know whether or not the risk is worth taking. Improper execution of a risk can have a direct impact on the way those who back you up the most maintain their perception, belief, and support in your efforts, which is always a key element in anything. Look at what happened to Volvo when they took a risk because of how great they thought they were before paying attention to what their most important audience was asking of them.
Never allow yourself to permanently fail and never put yourself in a position of not being taken seriously.
Failure is part of life, but making improvements to be sure you never run into the same failure again is the only way to grow.
Growing requires continual education to obtain continual improvement.
Always value your importance, but be very conscious of exactly where you stand in life and always try to do better without attempting to convince anyone you are anything other than yourself.
You are your best critic.
Make sure your ego stays in check.
Grace and Peace,
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Wolfgang Hampel's Betty MacDonald and Ma and Pa Kettle biography and Betty MacDonald interviews have fans in 40 countries. I'm one of their many devoted fans.
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Wolfgang Hampel's Vita Magica September was a great event with author Sabine Arndt and tenor Heinz Meisel.
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The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle won't take a bath cure is my favourite one. www.bettymacdonaldfanclub.blogspot.com/
The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle won't take a bath cure is my favourite one. www.bettymacdonaldfanclub.blogspot.com/
Linda White I just finished again ,for not sure of how many times,All of Betty's books except for the Mrs Piggle Wiggle.I only have one of those.I adore Betty.
Linde Lund Dear Linda do you have a personal favourite? I know it's a very difficult question because all of Betty MacDonald's books are simply great!
Linda White My favorite is still the Egg and I but I so enjoy Onions In The Stew. She lived life so fully and made such a mark.I always hate to finish them.I read The Egg And I,The Plague and I and Onions In The Stew, all in a row and wish there were more. Someone should have written about her life from her success books until her death.
Linda White I knew I left one out,I read it in order also.I actually like it better than Onions In The Stew.My second favorite.Thanks for reminding me
Linde Lund Dear Linda did you ever read Nisei Daughter by Monica Sone? She was Kimi in The Plague and I.
Linda White It was so very descriptive and it makes one feel that we are there with her,experiencing her life too.
Linda White I have read it and I plan to read again tomorrow,now that I am through Betty's again.
Linde Lund It's a very sad that Monica Sone only wrote one book. She was a great writer.
Linda White Just think how they turned a bad experience,of having tb, into such a good thing.Betty made a difference in Kimi's life by encouraging her.We never know when we are influencing others.
Linde Lund Dear Linda did you ever hear Betty MacDonald's voice and the interview with Betty MacDonald's very witty sister Alison Bard Burnett? It's really so funny and interesting to listen.
Linda White no,never heard her voice but I can imagine,she was so witty.
Linde Lund There are wonderful CD's and DVD's with Betty MacDonald and Alison Bard Burnett. We'll have a special offer during October. I'll keep you posted.
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We were going to Canada in the summer. "When we are in Edmonton", I said to Christoph Cremer, "let's make a quick trip to Seattle". And that's how it happened. At Edmonton Airport we climbed into a plane and two hours later we landed in the city where Betty had lived. I was so happy to be in Seattle at last and to be able to trace Betty's tracks!
Wolfgang Hampel had told Betty's friends about our arrival.
They were happy to plan a small marathon through the town and it's surroundings with us. We only had a few days free. One should not underestimate Wolfgang's talent in speedily mobilizing Betty's friends, even though it was holiday time. E-mails flew backwards and forwards between Heidelberg and Seattle, and soon a well prepared itinerary was ready for us. Shortly before my departure Wolfgang handed me several parcels, presents for Betty MacDonald's friends. I rushed to pack the heavy gifts in my luggage but because of the extra weight had to throw out a pair of pajamas!
After we had landed we took a taxi to the Hotel in downtown Seattle. I was so curious to see everything. I turned my head in all directions like one of the hungry hens from Betty's farm searching for food! Fortunately it was quite a short journey otherwise I would have lost my head like a loose screw!
Our hotel room was on the 22nd floor and looked directly out onto the 16-lane highway. There might have been even more than 16 but it made me too giddy to count! It was like a glimpse of hell! "And is this Seattle?" I asked myself. I was horrified! The cars racing by were enough to drive one mad. The traffic roared by day and night.
We immediately contacted Betty MacDonald's friends and let them know we had arrived and they confirmed the times when we should see them.
On the next morning I planned my first excursion tracing Betty's tracks. I spread out the map of Seattle. "Oh dear" I realized "the Olympic Peninsula is much too far away for me to get there."
Betty nodded to me! "Very difficult, Letizia, without a car."
"But I so much wanted to see your chicken farm"
"My chickens are no longer there and you can admire the mountains from a distance"
But I wanted to go there. I left the hotel and walked to the waterfront where the State Ferry terminal is. Mamma mia, the streets in Seattle are so steep! I couldn't prevent my feet from running down the hill. Why hadn't I asked for brakes to be fixed on my shoes? I looked at the drivers. How incredibly good they must be to accelerate away from the red traffic lights. The people were walking uphill towards me as briskly as agile salmon. Good heavens, these Americans! I tried to keep my balance. The force of gravity is relentless. I grasped hold of objects where I could and staggered down.
In Canada a friend had warned me that in Seattle I would see a lot of people with crutches.
Betty laughed. " It's not surprising, Letizia, walking salmon don't fall directly into the soft mouth of a bear!"
" Betty, stop making these gruesome remarks. We are not in Firlands!"
I went further. Like a small deranged ant at the foot of a palace monster I came to a tunnel. The noise was unbearable. On the motorway, "The Alaskan Way Viaduct", cars, busses and trucks were driving at the speed of light right over my head. They puffed out their poisonous gas into the open balconies and cultivated terraces of the luxurious sky- scrapers without a thought in the world. America! You are crazy!
"Betty, are all people in Seattle deaf? Or is it perhaps a privilege for wealthy people to be able to enjoy having cars so near to their eyes and noses to save them from boredom?"
"When the fog democratically allows everything to disappear into nothing, it makes a bit of a change, Letizia"
" Your irony is incorrigible, Betty, but tell me, Seattle is meant to be a beautiful city, But where?"
I had at last reached the State Ferry terminal.
"No Madam, the ferry for Vashon Island doesn't start from here," one of the men in the ticket office tells me. "Take a buss and go to the ferry terminal in West Seattle."
Betty explained to me "The island lies in Puget Sound and not in Elliott Bay! It is opposite the airport. You must have seen it when you were landing!"
"Betty, when I am landing I shut my eyes and pray!"
It's time for lunch. The weather is beautiful and warm. Who said to me that it always rains here?
"Sure to be some envious man who wanted to frighten you away from coming to Seattle. The city is really beautiful, you'll see. Stay by the waterfront, choose the best restaurant with a view of Elliott Bay and enjoy it."
"Thank you Betty!"
I find a table on the terrace of "Elliott's Oyster House". The view of the island is wonderful. It lies quietly in the sun like a green fleecy cushion on the blue water.
Betty plays with my words:
"Vashon Island is a big cushion, even bigger than Bainbridge which you see in front of your eyes, Letizia. The islands look similar. They have well kept houses and beautiful gardens".
I relax during this introduction, "Bainbridge" you are Vashon Island, and order a mineral water.
"At one time the hotel belonging to the parents of Monica Sone stood on the waterfront."
"Oh, of your friend Kimi!" Unfortunately I forget to ask Betty exactly where it was.
My mind wanders and I think of my mountain hike back to the hotel! "Why is there no donkey for tourists?" Betty laughs:
"I'm sure you can walk back to the hotel. "Letizia can do everything.""
"Yes, Betty, I am my own donkey!"
But I don't remember that San Francisco is so steep. It doesn't matter, I sit and wait. The waiter comes and brings me the menu. I almost fall off my chair!
" What, you have geoduck on the menu! I have to try it" (I confess I hate the look of geoduck meat. Betty's recipe with the pieces made me feel quite sick – I must try Betty's favourite dish!)
"Proof that you love me!" said Betty enthusiastically " Isn't the way to the heart through the stomach?"
I order the geoduck. The waiter looks at me. He would have liked to recommend oysters.
"Geoduck no good for you!"
Had he perhaps read my deepest thoughts? Fate! Then no geoduck. "No good for me."
"Neither geoduck nor tuberculosis in Seattle" whispered Betty in my ear!
"Oh Betty, my best friend, you take such good care of me!"
I order salmon with salad.
"Which salmon? Those that swim in water or those that run through Seattle?"
"Betty, I believe you want me to have a taste of your black humour."
"Enjoy it then, Letizia."
During lunch we talked about tuberculosis, and that quite spoilt our appetite.
"Have you read my book "The Plague and I"?"
"Oh Betty, I've started to read it twice but both times I felt so sad I had to stop again!"
"But why?" asked Betty "Nearly everybody has tuberculosis! I recovered very quickly and put on 20 pounds! There was no talk of me wasting away! What did you think of my jokes in the book?"
"Those would have been a good reason for choosing another sanitorium. I would have been afraid of becoming a victim of your humour! You would have certainly given me a nickname! You always thought up such amusing names!" Betty laughed.
"You're right. I would have called you "Roman nose". I would have said to Urbi and Orbi " Early this morning "Roman nose" was brought here. She speaks broken English, doesn't eat geoduck but she does love cats."
"Oh Betty, I would have felt so ashamed to cough. To cough in your presence, how embarrassing! You would have talked about how I coughed, how many coughs!"
"It depends on that "how", Letizia!"
"Please, leave Goethe quotations out of it. You have certainly learnt from the Indians how to differentiate between noises. It's incredible how you can distinguish between so many sorts of cough! At least 10!"
"So few?"
"And also your descriptions of the patients and the nurses were pitiless. An artistic revenge! The smallest pimple on their face didn't escape your notice! Amazing."
" I was also pitiless to myself. Don't forget my irony against myself!"
Betty was silent. She was thinking about Kimi, the "Princess" from Japan! No, she had only written good things about her best friend, Monica Sone, in her book "The Plague and I". A deep friendship had started in the hospital. The pearl that developed from the illness.
"Isn't it wonderful, Betty, that an unknown seed can make its way into a mollusk in the sea and develop into a beautiful jewel?" Betty is paying attention.
"Betty, the friendship between you and Monica reminds me of Goethe's poem "Gingo-Biloba". You must know it?" Betty nods and I begin to recite it:
The leaf of this Eastern tree
Which has been entrusted to my garden
Offers a feast of secret significance,
For the edification of the initiate.
Is it one living thing.
That has become divided within itself?
Are these two who have chosen each other,
So that we know them as one?
The friendship with Monica is like the wonderful gingo-biloba leaf, the tree from the east. Betty was touched. There was a deep feeling of trust between us.
"Our friendship never broke up, partly because she was in distress, endangered by the deadly illness. We understood and supplemented each other. We were like one lung with two lobes, one from the east and one from the west!"
"A beautiful picture, Betty. You were like two red gingo-biloba leaves!"
Betty was sad and said " Monica, although Japanese, before she really knew me felt she was also an American. But she was interned in America, Letizia, during the second world war. Isn't that terrible?"
"Betty, I never knew her personally. I have only seen her on a video, but what dignity in her face, and she speaks and moves so gracefully!"
"Fate could not change her"
"Yes, Betty, like the gingo-biloba tree in Hiroshima. It was the only tree that blossomed again after the atom bomb!"
The bill came and I paid at once. In America one is urged away from the table when one has finished eating. If one wants to go on chatting one has to order something else.
"That's why all those people gossiping at the tables are so fat!" Betty remarks. "Haven't you seen how many massively obese people walk around in the streets of America. Like dustbins that have never been emptied!" With this typically unsentimental remark Betty ended our conversation.
Ciao! I so enjoyed the talk; the humour, the irony and the empathy. I waved to her and now I too felt like moving! I take a lovely walk along the waterfront.
Now I am back in Heidelberg and when I think about how Betty's "Princessin" left this world on September 5th and that in August I was speaking about her with Betty in Seattle I feel very sad. The readers who knew her well (we feel that every author and hero of a book is nearer to us than our fleeting neighbours next door) yes we, who thought of her as immortal, cannot believe that even she would die after 92 years. How unforeseen and unexpected that her death should come four days after her birthday on September 1th. On September 5th I was on my way to Turkey, once again in seventh heaven, looking back on the unforgettable days in Seattle. I was flying from west to east towards the rising sun.
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KENNESAW, Ga. (Jan. 19, 2013) – Looking to snap a three-game losing streak, the Lady Bucs continue Atlantic Sun play with a weekend on the road, starting with a trip to Kennesaw, Ga. to battle the Kennesaw State Owls. Tip time is set for Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. inside the Kennesaw State Convocation Center.
The matchup between the Lady Bucs and the Owls (4-13, 0-5) will be the 14th all-time meeting between the two schools, a series in which ETSU (3-9, 1-4) has historically dominated with a 12-1 all-time series advantage. In the most recent matchup between the two teams, KSU bested the Lady Bucs, 78-68, in Kennesaw to gain their first all-time win against ETSU. The Lady Bucs won the prior meeting last season in Johnson City, Tenn., 77-61. The Blue and Gold hope this dominance continues in an effort to get their first win since Jan. 5 at Lipscomb.
The Lady Bucs enter the rest of the season even more short-handed after forward Amy Duke (Hendersonville, Tenn.) left the team as well to pursue opportunities at other schools. This opens up another opportunity for players to step up to help supplement for the departure of two players in the past two weeks.
For more on Saturday's game, read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2012-13 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" throughout the 2012-13 season ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Lady Buccaneers, but Lady Bucs is also acceptable.
ETSU (3-9, 1-4) faced another stiff challenge when they welcomed the league-leading Stetson Hatters (13-4, 6-0) to the ETSU/MSHA Athletics center. The Lady Bucs once again were the victim of cold shooting, turnovers and poor defense behind the three-point line which resulted in a 35-23 deficit at the break. ETSU fought back in the second half and cut the deficit to six with 12 minutes remaining and narrowly missed an opportunity to cut it to four with 9 minutes remaining. The Hatters responded soon thereafter and went on a 7-0 run which made the deficit too large to overcome, resulting in a 71-55 decision in favor of Stetson. Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.) came off the bench and scored a team-high 15 points. Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) stuffed the stat sheet with 11 rebounds, eight points, four steals, three assists and two blocks.
Saturday's contest in the Kennesaw State Convocation Center will be the 14th all-time meeting between the two teams. The Lady Bucs and the Owls last met last season on Feb. 4 when KSU topped ETSU, 78-68. This loss evened the season series after the Lady Bucs bested the Owls, 77-61, on Jan. 9 in Johnson City, Tenn. In the most recent matchup, ETSU relinquished a 15-point first half lead and an eight-point halftime lead against the Owls. After running efficient offense in the first half, the Lady Bucs launched 18 three-pointers and overall shot a disappointing 27 percent in the second period. KSU responded by shooting 57 percent in the second half en route to finally pulling ahead midway through the second half, resulting in a 78-68 decision in favor of Kennesaw State. Destiny Mitchell turned in a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds, including double-digit points in the first half.
The emergence of redshirt-sophomore Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.) has provided a badly-needed inside presence off the bench for the Lady Bucs. In the transfer's first action as a Lady Buc due to NCAA regulations, the center came off the bench and posted a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds in a loss to Appalachian State. This performance awarded Burley A-Sun Newcomer of the Week honors on Dec. 26. Burley also was a big contribution off the bench for the Lady Bucs against USC Upstate, in which she posted eight points and three rebounds in 15 minutes of play.
After being inserted into the starting lineup at the beginning of conference play, Shawn Randall (Orlando, Fla.) has answered the call and has been stellar in league play. In her first start of the season at USC Upstate, Randall tallied 16 points and was 4-of-6 from behind the arc. The junior guard followed this performance with strong showings at Lipscomb (13 points, 4 rebounds) and at Northern Kentucky (9 points). Randall is currently averaging 8.2 points per game in Atlantic Sun action.
In addition to running the team as a true freshman point guard, Brianna McQueen (Jonesboro, Ga.) has shown no fear at the free throw stripe with the game on the line. At Lipscomb, McQueen stepped the line and buried clutch free throws down the stretch to seal the game in the Lady Bucs' favor. McQueen currently ranks fourth in the A-Sun in free throw shooting at 78.0 percent.
The Blue and Gold have out-rebounded the opposition in eight of the 12 games this season and enter Monday's game with a plus-3.4 rebounding margin (41.7-38.2), ranking first in the A-Sun … in its game at Morehead State, ETSU out-rebounded the Eagles by 20, 46-26 … the Lady Bucs' plus-3.4 rebound margin currently ranks in the top 100 nationally.
Junior Destiny Mitchell earned A-Sun Player of the Week honors on Dec. 3 after averaging 14.5 points and 11 rebounds in wins over Memphis and Morehead State, marking the third A-Sun Player of the Week selection of her career ... Mitchell posted a double-double in the win vs. Memphis (14 points/16 rebounds), while adding 15 points and six rebounds a few days later at Morehead State.
Currently the Lady Bucs are averaging 4.5 blocks per contest, good for tops in the Atlantic Sun. ETSU swatted a season-high eight shots in their win against Memphis on Nov. 30 inside the MSHA Athletics Center and tied this season-high rejection mark in a loss to Stetson at the Dome. The Blue and Gold have blocked five or more shots in six games this season and are led by Tosha Austin (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1.1 blocks per game which ranks in the top five individually in the league. Austin also currently ranks 19th all-time in blocked shots in Atlantic Sun history with 114 rejections.
Destiny Mitchell has scored in double figures in five out of the twelve games on the season and is averaging 11.7 points per contest … Mitchell scored a season-high 26 points in the opener at High Point back on Nov. 10 and added 14 points and 16 rebounds in the 10-point win vs. Memphis to close out the month of November ... Mitchell is currently ninth in the A-Sun in scoring (11.7), third in rebounding (8.5), fourth in steals (2.3) and fourth in field goal percentage (48.1).
Mitchell is well on her way to become the 21st Lady Buc to join the 1,000-point club ... She is on pace to break the 1,000-point mark near the end of February as she registered 347 points as a freshman and 367 points as a sophomore for 714 total points... through ETSU's first twelve games of the 2012-13 season she has scored 129 to move her career total to 843 .. if Mitchell scores in similar fashion in the next two years as she did as a rookie and a sophomore, she will put herself in the top-10 in Lady Buc history.
After a solid start to the season for the now eligible transfer, Serena Clark (Tucker, Ga.) has really turned it on when it comes to Atlantic Sun action. Through the first five games of league play, Clark is averaging 8.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, including back-to-back double-doubles at Lipscomb and at Northern Kentucky with 10 points & 14 rebounds and 16 points, 10 rebounds & seven steals, respectively.
The Lady Bucs have been a tough team to beat when it comes to the second half of the season (games played from January-March) … since January of 2008, ETSU is 77-33 (.700) in the months of January through March, including a program-best 19-3 mark in 2009-10.
The Lady Bucs have enjoyed a lot of success since joining the A-Sun in 2005-06 … since joining the league, the Lady Buccaneers have averaged 15 conference wins a year, including a league-best and school record 18-2 mark in 2009-10, three Atlantic Sun Tournament titles (2008-2010), and two regular season championships (2008 and 2010) …in total, ETSU is 100-37 (.730) against conference foes since moving into the A-Sun … the Lady Bucs have also won 80 of their last 108 games against conference foes (includes the 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 A-Sun Tournaments).
Through the early portion of the season, ETSU has gotten strong contributions from its bench. On the season ETSU averages roughly 25 bench points per game, including a season-high 57 points off the bench against Morehead State. Key reserves Cara Bowling (8.0 ppg) and Tiana Burley (6.3 ppg) have been very valuable for the Lady Bucs off the bench.
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For the last six months, Ladydrawers (catch up on the previous strips here) has been tracking gender disparity in both the content and hired labor pool of comics. As an art form that is also a form of media—and a popular, growing industry—it's offered a way to look at how labor policies, written or unwritten, affect the aesthetics and the information available in the form. What's unique about comics, however, as opposed to most other forms of media or art, is that they're supposed to be a place to recreate language. Comics are a form of communication reinvented by each new creator, maybe in each new strip.
A medium that constantly reinvents itself? That's only about a hundred years old? How could it possibly adhere to age-old notions of gender traditionalism? Pretty well, as we've seen. Which makes statistics for women working in other media—like this one, the first of a pair by Mickey Zacchilli—that much more profound.
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Rivals think Mercedes has big advantage
Mercedes' advantage over its 2014 rivals might be bigger than is currently thought.
Nico Rosberg won the Melbourne race with a half-minute advantage, but Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was quoted afterwards by Auto Motor und Sport as suspecting the German was "playing with us" on the roads around Albert Park.
Indeed, Rosberg's best lap of the race was set on lap 19, with a still relatively high fuel load, while most of his rivals had their best pace in the last 20 laps, with lighter tanks.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner suspects: "I think Mercedes were simply maintaining a pace without pushing hard.
"Probably they have some more tricks up their sleeve, so we have a lot of work to do," he is quoted by Italy's Tuttosport.
Horner said he thinks Red Bull is currently in a group behind Mercedes that also includes McLaren and Ferrari.
And he thinks Williams has the edge on that group.
"I'm sure they did not give their best and that they are at least second best at the moment."
It is clear that Red Bull's biggest handicap is with its Renault powertrain.
"90 per cent of the problems are associated with the software and how the ERS and the engine work together," Horner is quoted by Germany's Sport1.
Daniel Ricciardo, although disqualified, finished second behind Rosberg in Australia, but Horner doubts Red Bull is ready to challenge for outright wins.
"The break after Australia is just too short (to win in Malaysia)," he said.
Worse still for Mercedes' rivals is that the Brackley based team is not resting on its laurels.
The team took an updated front wing to Melbourne but decided not to use it.
"We only had two, and we didn't want to risk damaging one and then running one car with the new wing and one with the old wing," said Mercedes designer Aldo Costa.
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New Colchester United signing Dominic Smith has been challenged to emulate the likes of Macauley Bonne and Sammie Szmodics and strive for a first-team place next season.
The powerful young striker has signed a one-year professional contract with the U's, following his release by their League One rivals Crewe Alexandra.
Smith has primarily been brought in to play for the U's under-21 side next season, after impressing during a trial period with Colchester.
But having blooded a number of academy players this season, U's boss Joe Dunne wants to promote more youngsters to his first-team squad next year.
And Smith need look no further than the success of players such as Bonne, Szmodics and Tosin Olufemi in trying to break into the senior team, according to U's development coach Richard Hall.
Hall said: "We've seen how well some of our young lads have done for the first team and that should be the carrot for the likes of Dominic.
"When Crewe said he wouldn't be getting a new deal and the opportunity came about, we wanted to take it."
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Before we begin, let's take a look at the image we're creating
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First of all create a new square document and fill it with black. Reset your background and foregrounds colors by pressing D. Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare. Use the settings in the image below
Step 2
Go to Filter > Distort > Twirl and set a big angle
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Go to Filter > Sketch > Chrome and use these settings
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Now we will add color to our image. Press Ctrl-U to open the Hue/Saturation box, adjust its color as you like
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We will make its color more vivid. Press Ctrl-J to duplicate the current layer and change its blending mode to Screen
Press Ctrl-E to merge down this layer
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Go to Filter > Distort > Twirl and use the settings in the image (same as step 2)
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