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Star Wars is going to be reclaiming numerous character names on Nov 1. Essentially names of character who are under level 30, have not logged in for 3 months or so, and do not belong to current subscribers will be freed up. I think this is great news. Last time I tried to make a character, it was quite hard to come up with a name that had not been taken.
It's interesting to see what approaches new MMOs are taking to naming. Names have to be unique, so that you can uniquely identify the people you mail or interact with. But at the same time, the "good" names get taken early and players have to resort to more and more unusual names.
Cryptic tags character names with @account. So you can use any name for your character, but your account name has to be unique. The downsides here are that there is an explicit link between your characters and your account, which a lot of people don't like. And it does look kind of funny.
Some games like GW2 allow names to include spaces or punctuation (a common one is a period). This allows you to make names which are more complicated, but still easy to remember.
FFXIV makes you chose a first name and a last name. This allows you to vary a common first name with different last names, while still having everyone use your first name in conversation. As well, it seems to make people name their characters better.
Of the current methods, I like having a first and last name the best. It's simple and easy, and feels natural. I think that new MMOs should strongly consider using this model for their naming schemes.
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Star Wars is going to be reclaiming numerous character names on Nov 1. Essentially names of character who are under level 30, have not logged in for 3 months or so, and do not belong to current subscribers will be freed up. I think this is great news. Last time I tried to make a character, it was quite hard to come up with a name that had not been taken.
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- marcleoseguin.com said...
While I prefer the FF14 model as you do, the Cryptic one has an awesome side feature. Accountability. While I know first names, actually knowing the person behind the keyboard is tremendously valuable. I can just ignore anyone with that account name or easily group with them again. I find it makes a stronger social bond.
- 5:19 AM, October 31, 2013
- souldrinker said...
It's not clear why Bioware enforces unique player names when they have Legacy surnames which are in essense not different from "@account".
As a result, it's nearly impossible to use any naturally sounding name in SWTOR. I utilize random name generator for naming, but when it produces a decent name, it's usually already taken!
- 5:53 AM, October 31, 2013
- rimecat said...
I think that TSW had the start of a good compromise. You could set your character first and last name as you wanted but needed to have a unique nickname. You should be able to build on that and display the unique name like a title or guild name. The user experience may be confusing as most people would probably try to mail/whisper "John Doe" and not "JDUnique123" but you could probably work around that with friends lists, guild lists, and proximity awareness.
- 6:35 AM, October 31, 2013
- flosch said...
@rimecast: The system also fits very neatly with TSW's slightly occult theme, in that you can think of it as a "true name", which is different from your "normal" name, and has deeper meanings (and power). At least you can think of it that way if you want to, I don't think it's ever introduced in that way in the story.
- 7:19 AM, October 31, 2013
- Joseph Skyrim said...
I do like the first and last name thing too, but the @account works equally well. Not sure about accountability though, you can always have a second account to be naughty on (since Cryptic games are F2P). :P
- 2:17 PM, October 31, 2013
- Rohan said...
My main complaint about the account name is that it looks ugly. I usually use a variant of my name as the account name, like RohanV or rverghese. So you get something like:
Which looks ugly whenever I see it.
In FFXIV, my character's name is Coriel Ravenstar, which just looks better to me.
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|Cythinga Bruscoe Brown
|Board Member, Atlanta Public Schools District, At-large seat 8
|Elections and appointments
|Last election
|November 5, 2013
|Term limits
|Campaign website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Elections
- 3 What was at stake?
- 4 About the district
- 5 Recent news
- 6 See also
- 7 External links
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Brown and her husband are Atlanta natives and have two children. She serves on the Boards of the Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning, the Committee for Teaching About the United Nations/Atlanta and the Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta. Brown previously served three years as co-President of North Atlanta Parents for Public Schools (NAPPS). She also served on the PTA Boards of each of her children's schools since the 1990s. Brown is an active Trustee of the North Atlanta High School Foundation and a member at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Additionally, she has over 27 years of experience as an attorney.[1]
- See also: Atlanta Public Schools elections (2013)
Brown ran for the at-large seat 8 against Dave Walker, Reuben McDaniel, Tom Tidwell and Mark Riley on November 5, 2013. She faced Reuben McDaniel in a runoff election on December 3, 2013.
Runoff election
|Atlanta Public Schools, District 8 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2013
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|Source: Fulton County Board of Election, "Election Results," accessed January 29, 2014
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|Cynthia Briscoe Brown
|Mark Riley
|Tom Tidwell
|Dave Walker
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|Source: Fulton County Board of Election, "Election Results," accessed January 29, 2014
Brown reported $54,031.00 in contributions and $35,345.96 in expenditures to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, which left her campaign with $18,685.04 on hand.[2]
Brown received endorsements from The Network for Public Education, BuckheadView and Atlanta Progressive News.[3][4][5]
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All nine seats on the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education were at stake in the 2013 election. Brenda J. Muhammad, Byron D. Amos, Nancy M. Meister, Courtney D. English and Reuben McDaniel were the only incumbents seeking re-election, meaning that the election resulted in significant turnover in board members. Some suspect the large turnover was a result of a number of district issues, but most predominantly the criminal indictment of 34 district teachers and former superintendent Beverly Hall. Board members LaChandra Butler Burks, Cecily Harsch-Kinnane, and Emmett Johnson were some of Hall's biggest supporters, which may have been a factor in their decision not to seek re-election.[6]
CRCT testing scandal
In March 2013 a Fulton County grand jury indicted 35 Atlanta educators, including former superintendent Beverly Hall, in a cheating conspiracy the stretched across 58 schools. Each defendant was charged with Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) conspiracy. The 65-count indictment also included charges of False Statements and Writings, False Swearing, and Influencing Witnesses in connection with the alleged conspiracy to alter Criterion Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) scores. Former superintendent Hall also faced theft charges because her salary rose with rising student test scores on standardized tests. Hall retired in 2011, just days before the allegations surfaced. The indictments came after a two-year investigation that looked at test scores dating back to 2005. Cheating allegations first surfaced in 2008, when The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported "statistically improbable increases" in scores on the state-mandated Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) at one Atlanta school. In 2009, the newspaper found similar increases at a dozen schools. The stories eventually led then-governor Sonny Perdue to appoint two special investigators who found cheating in 44 in 2011. In all, they found that 178 educators had cheated on CRCT tests.[7][8]No school board members faced implications due to these allegations. During their first few months in office, the new school board members will have to select a new superintendent.
Another challenge the new board will face is the development of next year's budget. The new board will likely want a significant reallocation of resources away from administration and into the classroom. There is also a strong call for reducing deficit spending, ending teacher furloughs and granting teachers a pay raise. These cost reductions and reallocations amount to $40-50 million out of an operating budget of approximately $590 million. It is likely that the cost reductions in the administrative and operating functions will be difficult to achieve without reducing the cost inefficiencies created by a number of small schools that were slated for closure, yet still remain open.[9] The new board will also have to address how to pay off an old pension liability that costs about $550 million. Atlanta Public Schools initially intended to withhold start up funding from charter schools in order to repay the debt, but in September 2013 the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the city's school system can't make charters share in the burden of paying off the pension debt. The court decided that the amount of money charter schools receive is set by state law. The debt had been accumulating since the late 1970s, and charter schools don't participate in Atlanta Public Schools' pension system. The district released $415,000 to Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School after the money had been withheld last school year. The board is left to decide how to pay of the pension debt.[10]
Diploma misrepresentation
In August of 2013, Atlanta Progressive News reported that District 5 candidate Steven Lee had misleading educational credentials in documents prepared for the City of Atlanta. Three resolutions passed by the City Council of Atlanta, appointing him to three different boards in 2009, refer to him as Dr. Lee. Supporting documents, including Lee's resume, also referred to him as Dr. Lee. Former Mayor Shirley Franklin, councilmembers Felicia Moore, CT Martin, Joyce Sheperd, and Lamar Willis and former councilman Jim Maddox each signed letters of recommendation referring to Lee as Dr. Lee. When first asked about the references to him as Dr. Lee in the City legislation, Lee told Atlanta Progressive News that his PhD was from Belford University. Belford University was a diploma mill that closed in 2012. It offered online, non-accredited college degrees to individuals for their previous life experiences for several hundred dollars. While it had a post office box in Humble, Texas, the degrees were mailed from the United Arab Emirates. Lee's campaign materials did not mention that he previously referred to himself as Dr. Lee.[11]
Ethical questions regarding Shawnna Hayes-Tavares
In the summer of 2013, Atlanta Progressive News reported that Shawnna Hayes-Tavares, a candidate for Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 6, had an arrest record and was the subject of several investigations and actions involving JC Young Middle School. Hayes-Tavares was arrested on August 08, 2011, by DeKalb County Police, on three charges, including giving a false name and false information to the police, driving while license suspended or revoked and maximum limits.[12] Additionally, The Grady High School student newspaper and Atlanta Progressive News reported that the Young Middle School Local School Council claimed that Hayes-Tavares never reimbursed Young Middle School parents a total of $970 the parents had given her for uniforms during a summer camp. According to the March 18 Young Middle School LSC minutes, Hayes-Tavares collected $970 in full or partial uniform payments from the parents. Hayes-Tavares, however, claims that only four of the 15 girls at the camp paid for uniforms, which would equal $600 if those girls paid in full. After the majorette team was annexed by the After School All-Stars—a program with grant-provided funding for after-school activities—uniforms were no longer needed and Hayes-Tavares said she did not purchase them. Parents asked for a refund, according to the minutes from the meeting. Although Kelvin Griffin, the Young Middle School principal, asked Hayes-Tavares to return the $970, she had yet to refund the parents by the meeting on March 18, according to the LSC minutes. Griffin and Young Middle School decided to make the parents financially whole and reimbursed them. In an interview with The Southerner, Hayes-Tavares said she doesn't know why Young Middle School is under the impression the parents were not refunded, but did not respond to an email asking her to clarify who refunded the parents.[13]
This is not the first allegation of financial misconduct made against Hayes-Tavares. When she was president of the Young Middle School PTSA, the Georgia PTA began to investigate the association's finances and it was requested by a Georgia PTA official that no previous or current member of the Young Middle School PTSA should hold a position in any PTA/PTSA until the matter has been completely resolved. At the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, Hayes-Tavares claimed there was a Georgia PTA letter which cleared her to serve again. Shortly after this claim was made, Hayes-Tavares collected gift certificates to be given to teachers for Christmas, but the gifts never made it to the teachers. Hayes-Tavares claimed the money was stolen from a school desk. After this incident, the LSC decided to look closer into Hayes-Tavares' alleged PTA exoneration. In June of 2012, a Georgia PTA official claimed that the Georgia PTA was not aware of a letter exonerating Hayes-Tavares. On July 29, 2013, Hayes-Tavares also wrote an email to William Scott, director of the Office of Internal Compliance for APS, in which she claimed that since the audit was completed, the members of the 2006/2007 PTSA should be allowed to serve again.[13]
After Atlanta Progressive News editor Matthew Cardinale posted a story about the accusations against Hayes-Tavares, three comments were posted to the online story within 50 minutes defending Hayes-Tavares. One of the comments was signed "YoungMS Teacher", another "T. Madhi" and the third was signed "Terry", a resident of District 6. Cardinale saw that all three of the comments had the same IP address, meaning that they all came from the same computer. He then discovered that the IP addressed belonged to Hayes-Tavares' computer because the candidate had previously commented on an Atlanta Progressive News article containing an interview with her on July 08, 2013. In a text message, Hayes-Tavares claimed that there were three campaign volunteers at her house posting the comments unbeknownst to her, and that she was not home.[14]
About the district
- See also: Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia
Atlanta Public Schools is located in parts of Fulton County and DeKalb County, Georgia. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County. Atlanta is home to 443,775 residents.[15]
Atlanta underperforms the state in median household income and poverty rate, but outperforms the state in higher education. According to the 2010 Census, the median household income in Atlanta is $45,946 compared to Georgia's statewide median of $49,736. The rate of residents below the poverty level in Atlanta is 23.2% while the state rate is 16.5%. The percentage of residents over 25 with a bachelor's degree or higher in Atlanta is 46.1% compared to the state average of 27.5%.[15]
Note: Each column will add up to 100 percent after removing the "Hispanic or Latino" percentage, although rounding by the Census Bureau may make the total one- or two-tenths off. Read more about race and ethnicity in the Census here.[17]
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- ↑ Cynthia Briscoe Brown for Atlanta Public Schools Board Seat 8, "About," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, "Brown, Cynthia Briscoe," accessed December 26, 2013
- ↑ The Network For Public Education, "NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Atlanta Progressive News, "APN Full Endorsements: APS BOE 2013," MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE, October 20, 2013
- ↑ BuckheadView, "Commentary: BuckheadView's city elections choices," accessed October 29, 2013
- ↑ Scott Henry, Atlanta Magazine, "School board races begin heating up," June 7, 2013
- ↑ Larry Coplan, USA TODAY, "School cheating scandal shakes up Atlanta," April 14, 2013
- ↑ Office of the Fulton County District Attorney, "GRAND JURY INDICTS 35 IN CONNECTION WITH ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHEATING SCANDAL," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Maureen Downey The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ""Most important school board election in the history of Atlanta,"" October 20, 2013
- ↑ Mark Miesse, ajc.com, "Georgia Supreme Court rules in favor of charter schools in pension fight," September 23, 2013
- ↑ MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE Atlanta Progressive News, "APS Board Candidate, Steven Lee, Touted Diploma Mill PhD," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Atlanta Progressive News, "APS Candidate, Hayes-Tavares, Has Arrest Record, PTA Ban, Pending Lawsuit," MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE August 22, 2013
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Southerner, "APS board candidate faces accusations," JOSH WEINSTOCK AND ARCHIE KINNANE, October 17, 2013
- ↑ Atlanta Progressive News, "Hayes-Tavares Caught in Apparent Fake Commenter Scheme" MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE August 24, 2013
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 2010 Census: Quick Facts, "Atlanta," accessed October 23, 2013"
- ↑ Fulton County Registration and Elections, "Archived Election Results," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed April 21, 2014
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BELMONT – If Belmont Abbey College is to advance in the NCAA Division II tournament, it'll have to repeat what it did twice last week just to get here: Win on another school's home court.
The Crusaders drew the last seeding in the Southeast Regional and will play host and top-seeded USC-Aiken on Saturday at 5 p.m. in their quarterfinal playoff game.
"We feel like we're playing our best basketball of the season right now," said Belmont Abbey coach Stephen Miss, whose 22-9 team beat Limestone 67-55 on Saturday to win the school's third Conference Carolinas tournament championship. "And we'll need to keep playing good basketball if we want to reach our goal: And that's to win the Southeast Regional championship and move on to the next step."
History is clearly not on the Crusaders' side, though that same history may also put pressure on the school the Abbey is playing.
Since NCAA Division II expanded its tournament field to 64 teams in 2003, the host team has won 72 of its 80 opening-round games and advanced to the Elite Eight 43 times (53.8 percent).
Of those eight quarterfinal losers, one of them was – you guessed it – this year's host, USC-Aiken.
Back in the 2008 South Atlantic Regional – or the only previous time the Pacers have hosted the event – Peach Belt Conference rival Clayton State eliminated USC-Aiken in the quarterfinals. Other opening-round upset winners came in 2011 (West Regional), 2010 (Midwest), 2008 (South), 2004 (Great Lakes and South) and 2003 (Northeast and South Atlantic).
"Although we might be the unfortunate team that has to play the home team in the first day of the tournament, we all know that everybody has put themselves in position to be there and deserves to be there," Miss said. "Aiken's going to pressure us and be an extremely stout opponent. But our guys are motivated to keep this going, too."
USC-Aiken (22-7) enters the field as the Peach Belt regular season and tournament champion, having beaten Montevallo State 65-60 on Sunday in that league's tournament title game.
Lincoln Memorial (24-5), the No. 1-ranked team in the regional rankings last week, probably cost itself the top seed and a chance to host this weekend's tournament when it lost 69-53 to Wingate in Sunday's South Atlantic Conference tournament title in Greenville, S.C.
Other teams in the field are Belmont Abbey's Conference Carolinas rivals Barton (21-7) and Limestone (21-8), UNC-Pembroke (22-9) and Montevallo State (20-9) of the Peach Belt Conference and Wingate (21-8) of the South Atlantic Conference.
One of Montevallo State's assistant coach is Jabarr Adams, a 2002 Ashbrook High graduate.
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|Misenheimer, NC---Megan Reaves scored two goals to lead the Pfeiffer women's soccer team to a 3-0 win over Barton Tuesday afternoon in Conference Carolinas action. With the win Pfeiffer improves to 5-5-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference. Barton is now 2-3-4 overall and 2-1-2 in the conference.
Pfeiffer opened up attacking and got a goal in the fifth minute. A corner kick from Niki Reis found Megan Reaves open at the top of the 18 yard box. Reaves calmly shot the ball into the lower left corner of the goal to give the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
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Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of teh world; it is simply an administration of the obvious.
Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation, p. 51
While that is what most atheists agree upon, it is not that simple. The term atheism originated as a pejorative epithet applied to any person or belief in conflict with established religion(source: wikipedia). The term later became associated with not believing in a God, but is still associated with those who reject theism.
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Critics of a planned half-million-dollar renovation of Gastonia's busiest ABC store argue it's a wasted investment because customers will seek out spirits wherever they're sold.
Larry Beck bristles at that assessment. It's uninformed and simplistic for many reasons, he said, and suggests ABC customers deserve no respect.
"I think some of the comments I've heard take us to the lowest common denominator," said Beck, executive director of the Gastonia ABC board. "Those people assume our customers are going to buy alcohol if they have to get it off the back of a turnip truck.
"The fact is, people like to shop in an environment that's positive, and not run-down, dirty or unkempt."
The substantial renovation of the ABC store on Cox Road was supposed to be finished late last year. Shortly after one city leader questioned the project in August, it never got off the ground.
But ABC officials say the voluntary delay was based on timing, and that construction will kick off within a couple of weeks.
"The project still warrants being done," Beck said.
The renovation, which has been on the drawing board almost three years, will cost more than $468,000 and take about four months to finish. While it won't add space, it will drastically upgrade and modernize the exterior of the 33-year-old store at 401 Cox Road. A new entrance, elevated roof, signs and lighting will be among the changes.
Gastonia ABC board members want to make the building fit with the architecture of the recently refurbished Gaston Mall. They believe it makes good business sense because studies have shown that North Carolina ABC stores see noticeable sales increases after such renovations, Beck said.
Doubt still lingers
Gastonia City Council appoints the ABC board's members and receives no less than $400,000 a year in annual ABC revenues, typically putting that money toward recreation and public safety programs. Beyond that, the ABC board sets its own budget and decides what to do with its revenues.
Despite having no oversight, Gastonia City Councilman Jim Gallagher still questioned the investment last August. He suggested the ABC commission should look into other options, such as selling the building and making money off its prime real estate location, then buying or renting a building somewhere else in the area.
During a City Council meeting in August, ABC board Chairman Tom Summer Jr. assured Gallagher all of those options had been looked into. He and other board members said they had studied the matter thoroughly before settling on the renovation.
But on Monday, Gallagher said he's still unconvinced.
"That's a lot of money for an upfit of a building," he said. "This ABC store is a destination. People will find it, wherever it is."
Gallagher acknowledged that it's not the city's decision to make.
"All we can do is make meaningful suggestions," he said.
The initial goal was to complete the renovation before the holiday shopping season, when liquor sales skyrocket. Officials postponed the work after realizing that would be a tough deadline to meet, Beck said.
In the meantime, Beck said an informal poll was conducted in November at the Cox Road ABC store. Customers checking out were asked whether they would be in favor of a renovation that would provide a better shopping experience, though the cost of the project was not mentioned.
Out of 564 responses, only 27 people answered 'no,' while the rest said 'yes,' Beck said.
The Cox Road ABC store competes on a friendly basis with sister stores in Gastonia, but also has to consider customers who may opt to go to Bessemer City, Cramerton or Mount Holly for liquor, Beck said. Commuters coming home from Charlotte could easily stop at a Mecklenburg County ABC store instead of a Gastonia location, he said.
The recent study of the state's ABC stores found that customers respond to such details, even if some people don't think they do, Beck said. And what matters are the customers, not the people who aren't patronizing the store, he said.
"We're in the ABC business, and that's the thing we try to look at, understanding the fundamentals," he said.
Were Gastonia to continue allowing the Cox Road store to become more outdated, business would suffer, Beck said. That would affect the board's future ability to pump money back into the community for recreation and other beneficial projects, he said.
"It's not good business to suggest to the customer, 'We've got a monopoly and we don't care what we force you to shop in,'" Beck said.
You can reach Michael Barrett at 704-869-1826 or twitter.com/GazetteMike.
Community benefits
Since 1969, the Gastonia ABC Board has given back more than $22 million to the city of Gastonia for public service projects. In addition to providing $400,000 a year, the board also regularly makes special contributions. Here are a few examples:
1997 - $650,000 to help construct Martha Rivers Park
2001 - $75,000 to help construct the Avon/Catawba Creek Greenway
2010 - $300,000 to purchase handheld, 800 MHz radios for the Gastonia Fire Department


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[1] Characteristics of the syndrome include a distinctive facial appearance, short stature, a broad or webbed neck, congenital heart defects, bleeding problems, skeletal malformations, and developmental delay.[2][3] Noonan syndrome may be caused by mutations in any one of several genes including the PTPN11, KRAS, RAF1, SOS1, NRAS and BRAF genes.[4] It is sometimes referred to as a specific subtype based on the specific, mutated gene that causes the syndrome in an affected individual. It is typically inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, although in many individuals with Noonan syndrome, the mutation occurs for the first time and neither of the parents has the condition.[2][3]Noonan syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes abnormal development of multiple parts of the body.
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September 23, 2011
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Junior Jordan O'Bryant (Reidsville, NC) led all hitters with a match-high 15 kills and a .520 hitting percentage to lead Pfeiffer University to a 3-1 (26-24, 25-14, 23-25, 25-23) victory over Barton College in Conference Carolinas womens volleyball action on Friday night. The Lady Falcons move to 4-5 overall on the year with the win, 1-1 in league play, while the Lady Bulldogs fall to 5-6, 1-3.
Both teams went back-and-forth in the opening set trading rallies as a Lady Falcon error and ace by Kati Wood (Pasadena, CA) put the Lady Bulldogs up 16-13. Later, a pair of kills by Kim Amerell (Lynchburg, VA) and aces by Kelly Lancellot (Naples, FL) saw Pfeiffer find themselves up 18-17 with a Barton timeout. Again, a service ace by Amanda Grandy (Rolesville, NC) and kill by Wood put the visitors back up two late at 21-19. After a Pfeiffer timeout, OBryant would soon give the Lady Falcons the set lead for good with put downs at 23-22 and 24-23 to set up the initial win.
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Like set one, both teams battled back-and-forth in the third as Wood helped Barton knot the contest at 17 and 18 points. Two Meredith Watkins (Oxford, NC) kills put the Lady Bulldogs up two at 23-21 before Anna Vizvary (North Augusta, SC) and OBryant made things interesting coming back to trail 24-23 forcing another Barton timeout. After the brief stoppage, Melissa Cochran (Knightdale, NC) would nail down the final point with one of her 11 kills on the night to stave off a sweep and force a fourth set.
Pfeiffer had to fight its way back into set four after a Wood kill and hitting error by the hosts put Barton up 10-7. Another Houser ace, OBryant kill and two more throw downs by Lancellot tied the fourth set at 13 before taking the lead for good on a Colleen Wands (Apex, NC) ace. Amerell provided breathing room with back-to-back kills to make it 18-14, while OBryant and Lancellot moved the Lady Falcons to match point as a Cate Glendenning (Holly Springs, NC) kill ended the match.
For Pfeiffer, after OBryants 15 kills, Lancellot followed with an even-dozen while Amerell concluded with 11. Lancellot hit at a .364 clip in the match while Glendenning hit .357 with her seven kills. Glendenning also led the way with a match-high 45 assists while Amerell put up a match-high 12 digs. OBryant followed right behind with 10.
For the Lady Bulldogs, Wood paved the way with 13 kills followed by Cochrans 11. Hoover dished out 35 assists while libero Chelsea Fluery (Camden, NC) popped up 11 digs.
Pfeiffer will now have its quickest league turnaround of the season hosting Mount Olive in another Conference Carolinas tilt inside the Merner Gym. Match time for Homecoming Saturday is set for 1:30 p.m. Live stats will be available through http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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Current Yuba board members were reportedly shocked in September to learn of the interest payments, and said they had trusted Alt and the district's former chancellor with providing them with sound advice before approving the bond measure.
Xavier Tafoya, a 12-year member of the board, said board members relied on Alt's expertise, which up until that time had not failed them.
"When he started doing finances, we were very impressed with him because he had all the answers and was very succinct," Tafoya said. "I don't think he deserves all of the blame. We're all big boys, and we should have asked more questions of him and the administration."
In the South Bay community, Alt's hire has been met with opposition from critics who believe the district can ill afford controversy, as four board members are targeted in a public corruption probe by the District Attorney's Office. Two have pleaded not guilty, and two have yet to enter pleas.
"In my opinion, Sweetwater has to be like Caesar's wife: pure as driven snow," said Kevin O'Neill, a member of the district's bond oversight committee who said he hopes the hire works out. "If we accept that Mr. Alt is an honorable man, there is still the perception problem that either the district has a tin ear or did a really poor job in the vetting process."
Sweetwater Education Association President Alex Anguiano echoed O'Neill's sentiments.
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School district officials would not say whether they were aware of the previous issues, but stood by the process. Representatives with School Services of California did not return calls for comment.


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It used to be that a good mile race was one of the biggest attractions in sports. Decades ago, when track and field was one of the most popular sports in the country, top American milers were heralded with the same reverence as top athletes in baseball, football and basketball.
The mile is still an exciting race, but the distance has lost its luster. Part of the reason is that most high schools run the metric quasi-equivalent 1600m, while college runners might dabble with the mile during the indoor season, but then primarily run the international standard 1500m outdoors. Few open international mile races remain on the pro circuit.
A grassroots movement called Bring Back the Mile launched last winter to return the mile to prominence. Doing so, the founders believe, will inspire more interest in American distance running, revive dedication to fitness among school-age kids and perhaps renew emphasis on community mile races.
" The mile is one of the few distances in track, along with the 100m and the marathon, that most Americans understand," says Bring Back the Mile founder Ryan Lamppa. " But I think the mile is even more embedded in our culture because we use miles in our street signs and on our odometers, and we speak, think and talk in miles. It's America's distance. Let's bring it back."
Although the U.S. gave up on the metric system after a failed attempt to nationalize it in the 1970s, high school and college track and field aligned with sport internationally–440-yard tracks were repainted or rebuilt into 400m ovals and every event changed to metric distances.
While a few states opted to sanction the 1500m, in most states, the standard 4-lap high school race became the 1600m, a distance that's roughly 9.3 meters short of a mile. As of this spring, only Massachusetts offers a mile at its high school state championship meets.
" The 1600m is a misfit distance because after high school, it doesn't exist," says Lamppa, 52, who's the co-founder of the nonprofit Running USA news service. " Nobody outside of high school asks you about your 1600m time and the general public doesn't know what 1600 means anyway."
At the college level, the mile remained indoors, but a movement to return to the mile at NCAA outdoor championships (led by Texas A&M coach Pat Henry) was rebuffed last winter at the national coaches convention. That's partially because the IAAF doesn't accept mile times or converted mile times as qualifying marks for the junior or senior world championships or the Olympics.
The new nonprofit has quickly gained exposure, support and momentum, with former and current athletes Steve Scott, Jim Ryun, Shannon Rowbury and Leo Manzano among the many expressing their support.
" If you're a distance runner–no matter if you're a steeplechaser or a 10K guy–everybody wants to know what your mile time is," says former University of Texas runner Jake Morse, who ran a 4:00.4 mile in college. " At some level, it's all about the mile."
Morse is the race director for the Manzano Mile, a community event in Austin, Texas, founded in 2011 on one of the principles of Bring Back the Mile–that the mile is a distance anyone can run and relate to. The mid-March event hosts several mile races (and mile relays) and draws hundreds of runners of all ages and abilities.
" The mile is great because it's an exciting event to watch, but also because it's so accessible to everyone," says Manzano, a 2008 Olympian at 1500m who won an international mile race at last summer's London Grand Prix meet. " By focusing on the mile, we think we can help generate new interest in track and in running in general."
The primary goal of Bring Back the Mile is to increase the exposure of mile races and encourage states to drop the 1500 or 1600 in favor of the mile. The group's website (bringbackthemile.com) has a petition form that automatically sends individual pleas to appropriate high school activities associations around the country.