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If you like unwinding in an environment of flashing lights and dynamism, you will love a visit to Slovenia's casinos.The casinos are mostly operated by top hotels, with excellent cuisine and a rich culture and entertainment programme.Read more
One of the classic games of chance, it is very popular among visitors to Slovenia's casinos and gaming salons, and is thus offered by many salons. Mostly you can try your luck at French roulette, but some casinos also have American roulette. Recent years have seen the rise of electronic roulette, vast improvements in ...Read more
A popular card game that is one of the casino games in which the average house take is very small, blackjack is a favourite in Slovenia's casinos too for this very reason. It is primarily played in the larger casinos that can employ sufficient staff, as the dealers are switched frequently to give greater control of ...Read more
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Youth unemployment is at its highest sustained level since World War II.
So says a report from Generation Opportunity, a national nonprofit youth advocacy organization.
Instead of rolling right into nursing or other career fields, a young person with a college degree may end up tossing burgers at the local fast food joint.
Non-seasonally adjusted statistics show 16.1 percent of young people ages 18 to 29 were unemployed in April. The percentage was adjusted for labor participation, including the 1.7 million young adults who have given up seeking work, the report states.
The unemployment rate for African Americans was 20.4 percent, for Hispanics was 12 percent and for women was 10 percent.
"It is a rough time to be a young person in America," Evan Feinberg, president of Generation Opportunity, said. "The effective youth unemployment rate is 16.1 percent, and with about 2 million college students graduating this month, there is no sign of an economic recovery for my generation. Half of all graduating seniors aren't going to find meaningful work in the coming months."
One in three students preparing to graduate report applying for more than 40 jobs, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a news, advice and job source for people in academics. Yet, employers expect to hire 2.1 percent more new college graduates this year than they did last year — down from the 13 percent increase they projected in the fall.
That same survey found the unemployment rate for recent college graduates in their early 20s is nearly 9 percent. That number increases to 18 percent when combined with those employed part-time but looking for full-time work and those who have given up.
Holly Harrison, a Workforce Investment Act youth career consultant with JobLink at Lenoir Community College, helps students ages 16 to 21 find jobs.
Out of 30 students in the program, 14 have found jobs and eight have taken internships. But, many of them are not landing jobs in their career fields.
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She recommends to students they take an internship in their field so they have some experience on their resume.
"I think most of them are having difficulties," she said, "because they either have older people that are currently unemployed with a higher skill set or more education."
That is the case in the fields commonly considered wide open, such as nursing or medical billing and coding, Harrison said.
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Erica Chito Childs joined the Sociology Department as an Assistant Professor in September 2005. She received her BA in Sociology and African American Studies at San Jose State University and received her MA and PhD in Sociology from Fordham University.
Her research interests focus on issues of race, gender and sexuality in relationships, families, communities and media/popular culture. For the past five years she has studied black-white couples, and the attitudes and responses of black and white families and communities to interracial relationships. Her book, Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds was published in July 2005. Other recent publications include a related article in the August 2005 issue of Gender & Society., "Looking Behind the Stereotypes of the 'Angry Black Woman,'" which critiques the way black women's voices have been overlooked in the discourse on interracial relationships Currently she is working on her second book Fade to Black and White, which explores the images and meanings attached to interracial sexuality in media and popular culture. Beyond this, she is also working on a number of other qualitative research projects including an ethnography of racial and ethnic divisions in neighboring communities in Rhode Island.
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John Ascuaga's Nugget is gearing up for a three-day country music festival! Country Cossroads features performances by LeAnn Rimes, Ricky Skaggs and Neal McCoy, along with country karaoke contests, songwriting seminars and free live entertainment! This Memorial Day weekend will be a celebration of one of the nation's greatest contributions: Country Music!
LeAnn Rimes performs in the Rose Ballroom at 9:00pm on Sunday, May 29th; tickets from $65.
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Frans Steyn replaces Ruan Pienaar at fullback in the only change to the Springbok side for Saturday's showdown with the All Blacks.
Pienaar hasn't been exposed at No 15 in the last two Tests, but he hasn't exactly made a telling contribution. Peter de Villiers should have stuck with Steyn for the entire Tri-Nations campaign. This would've seen a player with a significant kicking game and sound positional sense patrolling the back.
'It's a case of horses-for-courses,' the Bok coach said. 'With Dan Carter at flyhalf for the All Blacks we are expecting them to kick quite a bit and Frans will be able to play a key role with his big boot.'
Steyn will join Bryan Habana and Odwa Ndungane at the back. Habana is nursing a hamstring injury, but, like No 8 Pierre Spies (groin), is expected to recover fully before Saturday.
De Villiers got it wrong when he dropped Steyn in the first instance. The Boks had beaten the Australasians soundly in South Africa, and Steyn was an integral part of their winning strategy.
The Bok coach can count himself lucky that this All Blacks side isn't good enough to score eight tries in two Tests. There are other reasons why South Africa underperformed in Perth and Brisbane, but they certainly missed Steyn at the back.
De Villiers cites Carter's selection as influential to his own decision to drop Pienaar. Suddenly the Boks are not concerned about the future, and suddenly they're worrying about winning the trophy.
It was a sure sign of shortsightedness when Pienaar was picked for the Perth fixture. Because of Saru's foreign-player policy, Steyn has jeopardised his World Cup spot by signing a three-year deal with French club Racing Metro. The Bok management, in all their wisdom, took this into consideration when selecting the starting side for Perth. Steyn was dropped and Pienaar, a player who is unlikely to play fullback in future but can play there if needed, was ushered in.
It was an arrogant move. Of course the Boks will rightly blame their lack of forward intensity in Brisbane, but the selection of Steyn at this late date is an admittance to something else that's been lacking in the two Australia away fixtures.
Steyn should have started until the title was secured. If the Boks had beaten the Wallabies in Brisbane, then De Villiers could have talked about making changes with the future in mind.
That Pienaar is a sound fullback option is debatable, and that he should be an option at all is a hot topic. Zane Kirchner is available for the European tour and Conrad Jantjes will be back from a long-term injury in 2010.
The Bok management claim Pienaar needs the game time, but with those other fullbacks available in 2010, it seems Pienaar is the emergency alternative not the starting alternative. He's being groomed as a super sub who can cover 9 to 15.
Springboks – 15 Frans Steyn, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (c), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
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A Windows-specific installation script
that allows to create installers for the different groovy versions. You can examine the results on the download page.
The installer first copies the groovy files to where the user wants,
then asks for permission to create a variable GROOVY_HOME and to add the respective bin directory (%GROOVY_HOME%/bin) to the path, if no reference to groovy already exists in it.
The user can decide whether to put these into the user or system environment (on Win 95 and Win 98 this information is appended to the autoexec.bat instead) i.e., whether the installation will be for the current user or for all users. Then the installer checks for the existence of JAVA_HOME. If it doesn't exist, a message box points out the potential problem.
Next the user can decide whether or not to install the native launcher,
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As you can see in the screen shots (they are clickable thumbnails), currently english, german, french and spanish are supported as installation languages.
Oh, and whatever you do, do not use the command line option -russel.
The french translation has been contributed by Xavier Mehaut and Tugduall Grall, the spanisch translation by Andres Almiray, and the tranlation to brazilian portuguese has been provided by Marcos Silva Pereira.
Thank you very much for your help.
Silent installation
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Install Additional Packages
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Set Variables
The option /D is mandatory and points to the installation directory. It is important to note that the /D option must be the last parameter on the command line and must not contain any quotes, even if the path contains spaces. Only absolute paths are supported. Use an equal sign to separate the option and the path.
groovy-1.5.6-installer-2.exe /S /A /N /D=d:\program files\groovy
Working with the installer source
To use the installer source to create your own binary installers, simply check it out into an Eclipse workspace. Additionally you might want to install the NSIS-Eclipse-Plugin, it helps when developing NSIS stuff.
If you have worked with NSIS-scripts already there should be no big problem understanding what is done.
The main script is the file setup.nsi, where you can find the installer program. Three additional pages are defined, Variables, NativeLauncher and FileAssociation, and for each you can find the respective .ini file containing the screen placement. Simply open them in the design editor provided by the Eclipse-Plugin, and you can see what they look like.
Two bmp-images contain the Groovy logo in different resolutions, one for the welcome page and one as header image for the other pages. The name is the game ...
Fínally you have the launch scripts. These actually start the compiler with different settings for the groovy version, the groovy location (on your hard disk) and the location of the native launcher. The groovy version influences the final name of the installer.
The launch scripts are setting the following variables:
- SOURCE_VERSION defines the version of the release
- SOURCE_DIR is the full path to the groovy install directory
- NATIVE_DIR is the full path to the native launcher
- SCRIPTOM_DIR is the full path to the scriptom module
- GANT_DIR is the full path to the gant module
- GRAPHICS_B is the full path to the graphicsbuilder module
- SWINGX_B is the full path to the swingxbuilder module
- VERSION_TXT is the full path to the installed_versions.txt (this file describes the used versions)
- DOC_DIR is the full path to the doc directory
Most probably you only have to set these variables and you are happy to go.
Have fun.
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Today, April 24th is World Day for Animals in Laboratories. It is an international event that commemorates the millions of animals who suffer and die in laboratories around the world.
I hope you will join us in using this time as an opportunity to highlight the plight of those animals used in experiments at Imperial College London, one of the UK's leading universities and ranked eighth in the world. Our recent investigation at Imperial College has not only revealed the terrible suffering that thousands of rats and mice are subjected to inside, but also provides a disturbing insight into the attitude and behaviour of the researchers and staff whose job it is to look after the animals in their care. Our investigation uncovered incompetence and neglect and harrowing scenes of animal suffering and distress. The animals at Imperial College were clearly viewed as dispensable tools of research with little intrinsic worth.
Time and time again, we are told by the Government and animal research industry that animals are only used when no alternative exists, that they are well looked after, that their suffering is kept to a minimum and they are humanely killed at the end of the experiment. Yet, undercover investigations carried out by the BUAV, such as that at Imperial College, have shown that this is simply not the case.
The Government is currently reviewing Section 24 of the Animal Scientific Procedures Act that imposes restrictions on what information is allowed to be placed in the public domain. The truth is that there is very little public scrutiny of animal research in the UK, because of the secrecy. Yet, 50% of all animal research carried out in the UK now takes place in universities, much of it publicly funded. The public has a right to know what is being done to animals and why. Our investigation has shown why transparency is so important to any informed debate on the issue of animal experiments.
Our investigation has also shown why it is crucial that the Government honour the pledge it made in 2010 to reduce the number of animals being used in experiments in Great Britain. There is support to make progress on this issue. A recent Government-funded survey found that public backing for animal experiments has fallen and over 200 MPs from all political parties have shown support for a reduction in animal experiments by signing a BUAV-backed Early Day Motion. Sadly, however, it appears that the Government remains unmoved to both public and political concerns.
We are urging the Government to listen to the UK public and keep its promise. Please support us in our campaigns to seek meaningful and lasting change for animals in laboratories. Sign our petition urging the Home Secretary to take action and write to your MP asking them to show their support for our Broken Promises campaign (EDM 405), our call for an independent inquiry following our investigation at Imperial College London (EDM 1286) and our call for animal experiments to be open to transparent and informed debate (EDM 716).
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Defibrotide for Patients with Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease (VOD)
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What is the purpose of this trial?This is a multicenter, single arm, open-label study to provide Defibrotide to patients diagnosed with VOD. The primary objective of this Treatment IND is to provide Defibrotide under 21 CFR 312.34 ("Treatment use of an investigational new drug"). The Treatment IND will collect additional usage, tolerability and safety data from patients with VOD. Efficacy analysis will be done for patients who meet eligibility criteria for the previous Phase 3 study "Protocol 2005-01 Defibrotide for the Treatment of Severe Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients: A Historically Controlled, Multi-Center Phase 3 Study to Determine Safety and Efficacy". Additional safety data collected from all patients who receive a dose of Defibrotide will be used to support the New Drug Application and the labeling for Defibrotide.
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One of our children is in the last year of a five-year program (due to co-ops in earlier years) and is considered by the school to be a senior. The AO credit was only used three times previously for this child.
In Pub 970 (Tax Benefits for Education) the IRS says in one place says "Available ONLY for the first 4 years of postsecondary education." That would seem to make it unavailable to us at this time. But elsewhere in Pub 970, under Who is an Eligible Student, it says, among other things: "The student had not completed the first 4 years of postsecondary education (generally, the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years of college)."
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The Baby Reversible Puff-Ball Jacket by Patagonia. Patagonia's fast-drying Baby Reversible Puff-Ball Jacket is made of durable, weather-resistant, all-recycled polyester shell fabric with compressible, high-loft 100-g Thermogreen insulation; handwarmer pockets on the non-quilted side.
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- Lightweight, wind-resistant shell fabric is treated with a Deluge DWR finish 100-g Thermo green insulation stays warm even when wet
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As many have said before. It isn't to bulky for the car seat. The child can move easily in the snow with it on. We do add an extra fleece layer for playing outside on a 20 degree day. I love the snow pants, coordinating hats and mittens.
My little boy wears this jacket when we go out walking on bad weather days in windy conditions and is super toasty and happy. The fit in the 3M jacket is generous, but he doesn't mind having the sleeves well past his fingers and there's plenty of room for layers underneath. We will get quite a few months of use out of the jacket which is great when you are investing in baby gear like this!The fit of the hood around the face is very snug, so if your little one is constantly moving their head to look at the world around them they might feel a bit restricted with the hood on.
All of my kids have this coat! It is perfect because it is stylish and functional. It is lightweight but super warm. It is wonderful because they can wear it in a car seat and it's not huge. The only other thing you should know is they run big.
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UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPC) are for international students of high academic potential who are aiming to gain access to undergraduate degree programmes at UCL (University College London) or other top UK universities, but whose education systems in their own countries do not offer qualifications suitable for direct admission.
There are two undergraduate foundation courses at UCL:
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Pfeiffer Athletics Year in Review: Rollercoaster Ride of 2010-2011 Has Plenty of Ups and Downs
May 2, 2011
MISENHEIMER, N.C. – A 234-day stretch that started back on September 2nd, 2010, saw 18 Pfeiffer University athletic teams begin the grind of 313 contests, 142 at home, consisting of nail biting wins, heartbreaking losses, national rankings and tournament berths that all made up the 2010-2011 athletic season. This slate's campaign wrapped up officially on April 23rd, 2011, as we start with the fall and migrate through the spring taking a look back with a Pfeiffer Year in Review.
Men's Soccer battled in the first of those 313 events on September 2nd hosting cross-town rival Catawba in the year's home opener and year's first heartbreak. Falling 2-1 to the Indians in double overtime started an unusual season for the Falcons consisting of an unheard of nine overtime contests and six ties after 110 minutes of soccer all en route to a 4-7-6 record on the year. Taking the #5 seed in the Conference tournament after going 4-3-2 in league play, the Falcons upset fourth-seeded Belmont Abbey in penalty kicks (after a 0-0 contest through 110 minutes) before falling in another PK shooting at #1 Lees-McRae four days later. Fahret Salihovic led the Falcons with four goals and two assists on the season while Alex Moreno wrapped up his senior season by logging more than 1,630 minutes in net with a slim 1.05 goals against average.
In a 28 game season, a ten-game losing streak to start the season usually means disaster for the final 18 games of your season. Surprising to most, that wasn't the case for Women's Volleyball who rebounded to finish 12-6 after the slow start and finish in a four-way tie for third in the conference standings. A thrilling five-set win over Mount Olive at home ending the season-opening skid as Pfeiffer wrapped up league play 11-7, holding the #6 seed in the tournament due to various tiebreaking scenarios and fell in the first round at Barton 3-1. Kim Amerell was named the conference's Freshman of the Year after 177-kill season in 26 matches of her rookie season.
Women's Soccer began the best fall season for Pfeiffer winning the Queens Soccer Classic with 2-1 wins over #5 Carson-Newman (in double overtime) and Flagler. The Lady Falcons made the first NCAA tournament appearance of the year after claiming the Conference Tournament championship with a 10-9 shootout win at top-seeded Belmont Abbey. Trailing 2-0 late in the second half, Pfeiffer fought back to force overtime and the eventual penalty kick shootout. After going back-and-forth, goalkeeper Jamie Alcala turned aside the final Crusader shot earning a league title and berth in the national tournament. Women's soccer put together a 13-6-2 season, 8-2 in league play to finish third, that included a school record seven consecutive shutouts while Amanda Wemple didn't allow a goal in 758 minutes and 58 seconds of action, also a new school high.
Men's Cross Country put together a very solid season with six top-10 finishes in the seven events this season that included a runner-up finish at the Hagan Stone Classic in Greensboro. Will Oliver paced the men all year in 2010 as the Falcons finished the season 24th overall in the NCAA II Regional Meet. Women's Cross Country was led by Kaitlyn Mullis who had the best individual finish in every race as the Lady Falcons scored five top-10 finishes in 2010. Pfeiffer finished 2nd at the Bulldog Stampede in late September with a third place finish in October at the Hagan Stone Classic. The Lady Falcons finished 11th at the annual conference meet while wrapping up the NCAA II Regional event 28th.
As we transition into winter sports, we begin with Women's Basketball who had a rollercoaster-type season starting with a season-opening heartbreaker at King falling 65-64 on a shot at the buzzer. The Lady Falcons put together a 14-13 season, 13-7 in league play, earning the right to host a first-round tournament game for the first time in years. During the season, the Lady Falcons heated up at the right time with a six-game win streak to end the regular season that included a 78-72 upset win at previously unbeaten in league play Barton. After knocking off Queens twice in the regular season, Pfeiffer had the tough task of trying to beat the same team three times in a season in the first round, eventually falling late to the Royals 70-62. Brittany Cox led the way averaging 15 points per game while Christina Harvey finished with 13.3. Returning the core of their team, the Lady Falcons should have a promising 2011-2012 season ahead.
Men's Basketball also had a up-and-down season finishing 11-16 overall, 9-9 in league play, earning the tournament's fifth seed. The year began in early November as the Falcons took on N.C. State in front of 6,420 fans inside Reynolds Coliseum. National Player of the Year Runner-Up and Pfeiffer' Male Athlete of the Year Chris Woods led his first of many games in the point-scoring and rebound categories with 23 and 13 on the night. Pfeiffer erased a big second-half deficit to defeat Livingstone early in the year while getting a chance to play on national radio at District of Columbia in late January. A late foul and pair of Coker free throws ended the Falcons season in the first round of the tournament with an 89-87 loss at Coker.
Men's Swimming came out in 2010-2011 with a personal assault on the swimming record books. The men set new marks in 13 of the 19 record book categories as four of the five relay events saw top times set in February while Charlie Melesh set three new records on the individual side. George Moreno and Jim Roddenbery each set two during the '10-'11 quest. The men finished eighth at the annual Bluegrass Mountain Conference meet after a very successful regular season. Four records fell on the women's side as Women's Swimming also put together a solid year in the pool as Jillian Kniffen and Haley Carter each set a new record in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events on back-to-back February days. Kniffen and Carter were both apart of the relay teams that set school records on those same back-to-back days at the conference meet. The Lady Falcons also finished eighth at the postseason meet as a total of 22 records on both the men's and women's side fell during the four-day event.
With two of the three sections of the year reviewed, we venture into the wonderful world of spring where nine of Pfeiffer's 18 sports start and finish their annual campaigns. We start the spring with Baseball who has the first event on the back half of the school year with an 8-5 come-from-behind win at Lenoir-Rhyne. As with previous reviewed teams, baseball was no stranger to close games and late inning, heartbreaking losses. In one of the toughest schedules of the year, baseball took on 24 nationally-ranked opponents in their 49 contests ending the year 21-28, 12-9 in conference play. Holding their own early, Pfeiffer hit their rough patch in mid-March dropping a dozen-straight games before rebounding and getting hot at the right time before the conference tournament with three-game sweeps against St. Andrews and at Coker. Winning seven of their last nine in regular season play, Pfeiffer upset Belmont Abbey in the opening round of the tournament before being eliminated by Limestone and Barton.
We continue the wild ride of 2010-2011 with Softball as the Lady Falcons again made a lot of noise in the year-end tournament finishing the event fourth as the #8 seed. Starting 0-6, Pfeiffer turned it on, particularly in conference play, with seven-straight league wins sweeping Barton, St. Andrews and Queens before splitting at Erskine. In that stretch, Pfeiffer' Female Athlete of the Year and three-straight player of the week award winner Melanie Conklin tossed a perfect game against St. Andrews with 18-up and 18-down. With a road sweep at Queens and splitting at Erskine, the Lady Falcons had turned some heads in Conference Carolinas before, like others, hit their rough stretch midway through. Late March saw the Lady Falcons drop 13 of their 14 games before bouncing back with sweeps of King and Shaw moving into the league's tournament. Pfeiffer upset top-seeded Limestone 2-1 in the opening round before falling 2-1 to fourth-seeded Queens and eliminating third-seeded Coker in extra innings. A pair of late Lees-McRae runs ended the Lady Falcon season 4-2 on day two of the tournament.
In just their second year of existence, Men's Volleyball put together an 8-14 record with a difficult regular season schedule as an NCAA division one sport. After a 3-1 start at the Eastern Mennonite Invitational, the Falcons traveled to Ball State to take on their first major D1 school of the year. After splitting a pair of games at Ball State, Pfeiffer came home to take on their first division one school coming to the village in New Jersey Tech (better known as NJIT). The Falcons fell 3-0 to NJIT at home as Pfeiffer hosted its first division one opponent in official regular season play in years. Ball State, IPFW, George Mason and others are becoming potential visitors to Misenheimer in 2012 with more big name schools heading south to play Conference Carolinas schools as we are the only complete division around these parts with Barton officially entering next season.
Women's Lacrosse put together another outstanding season with a 12-win season, 6-1 conference record and #2 seed in the year-end tournament falling in the tournament's championship contest. Like baseball, women's lacrosse faced a plethora of nationally-ranked opponents facing five in their 18-game slate. The Lady Falcons put together a season-high six game win streak late in the year before falling to Limestone in the tournament's title game. Amanda Smith broke the school record for caused turnovers in a career with 94 while moving up to fourth all-time in career groundballs. Fellow senior Sarah Hebberd wrapped up her four-year career scoring the fourth-most goals in school history with 107. Seven Lady Falcons were named to All-Conference teams (the most of any team this season) while Hebberd was named Player of the Week in week #7.
Men's Lacrosse had their own record-setting season with 10 wins in 2011 (the most in school history) while playing in the all-time longest game in NCAA history. On March 26th, Pfeiffer and Queens tangled in a seven-overtime contest in Charlotte to set the new mark, at any level, in NCAA lacrosse history. The Falcons put together a seven-game win streak early in the year winning eight of their first nine that included a 19-3 thumping over #12 St. Leo and region wins at Florida Southern, Belmont Abbey and Wingate. After falling 4-3 in that lengthy game at Queens in late March, the Falcons ended the Royals season with an 8-5 win in the semifinals of the conference tournament before falling to Limestone in the title game. Men's Lacrosse played the final of the 313 games for Pfeiffer overall this season on day 234 (refer to the opening paragraph up top) with a 10-8 loss at Mars Hill. Pfeiffer put five on All-Conference teams, four on the first team alone, while Hayden Kirk was tabbed the league's Freshman of the Year while head coach Peter Milliman was dubbed the conference's top coach.
We've crossed the halfway point of the spring as we move to the courts of tennis beginning with Men's Tennis. The heartbreaker trend hit the Falcons late in the year dropping three 5-4 decisions including the season-ending match with Mount Olive in the tournament's first round. Philip Lawson led the men as a first-team All-Conference selection 15-2 record in doubles play with second-teamer Johan de Wit while going 12-5 in singles action. The men put together a tough 7-10 record overall in 2011 with a 3-5 league mark. Women's Tennis finished the year a game above .500 at 11-10 falling in the semifinals of the conference tournament to top-seeded and eventual winner Erskine. The Lady Falcons garnered a 6-3 league record to earn them the #4 seed in the annual tournament. Alena Krutkina again led the way in 2011 as a first-team All-Conference member with a 17-3 record in singles play, all at the #1 position. Briana Oliver followed with a 13-6 singles record, primarily in the #5 spot. After a 5-1 win over Coker in the tournament's opening round, Pfeiffer ended its season by that same score to top-ranked Erskine.
We end our year in review with a great summer time sport that most of us look forward to doing during the summer. It's time to tee it up with Golf. Women's Golf begins our front nine led by Freshman of the Year Angela Gimenez. Gimenez was the only first team All-Conference selection for Pfeiffer in front of Steph Peareth and Chelsea Demers on the second. Jackie McMenimon rounded out on the league's third team to wrap up her collegiate career. Of their 10 events in 2010-2011, the Lady Falcons notched top-10 team finishes in nine of them with a pair of head-to-head wins over Findlay and Holy Cross while finishing second at the Anderson Invitational and Dana Rader Intercollegiate. The Lady Falcons wrapped up the three-day conference tournament in third. Men's Golf also had a strong season on the links as we come up to the 18th green for our year in review. Luiz Jacintho and Tyson Louth led the Falcons with selections on the All-Conference third team. The men put together back-to-back-to-back tournament wins at Virginia State, hosting the Falcon Cup at Badin and Falcon Invitational at Old North State. Pfeiffer concluded a very tough Kiawah Island Invitational field 12th as Jacintho fell in a four-hole playoff for individual honors. Jonathan Miles claimed individual medalist honors at Virginia State and Old North State while Jacintho did so in a five-way playoff in the Falcon Cup.
As we look back on 2010-2011, we can chalk the season up as just another year inside the very competitive Conference Carolinas. Our region (the Southeast) continues to be very strong with the Peach Belt and South Atlantic Conference making up the region with us in most sports. All Pfeiffer teams eligible to make a postseason conference tournament did so (17 total) as men's volleyball hosts just one championship match. Over the course of those 234 days, Pfeiffer racked up 157 wins among the 14 record-keeping win-loss sports with 89 coming in the insanely busy spring time beginning on the first of February. Now as we look back on the year seeing some great upsets, tough losses, great senior careers coming to an end, we quickly realize on the opening days of May that fall practice will begin in just three short months. Most schedules are being finalized right now as we get ready to kick off another year on the pitch, courts, fields, diamonds, courses and pools in 2011-2012. Mark your calendars now, the new season begins in less than four months as Women's Soccer kicks things off on the first official day allowed of competition (why waste any time!) hosting Newberry on September 1st, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.


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Although AVMs can develop in many different sites, those located in the brain or spinal cord -- the two parts of the central nervous system -- can have especially widespread effects on the body. AVMs of the brain or spinal cord (neurological AVMs) are believed to affect approximately 300,000 Americans. They occur in males and females of all racial or ethnic backgrounds at roughly equal rates. What Are the Symptoms of AVMs? Reader Stories Read 2 Stories Share Your Story Most people with neurological AVMs experience few, if any, significant symptoms, and the malformations tend to be discovered only incidentally, usually either at autopsy or during treatment for an unrelated disorder. But for about 12 percent of the affected population (about 36,000 of the estimated 300,000 Americans with AVMs), these abnormalities cause symptoms that vary greatly in severity. For a small fraction of the individuals within this group, such symptoms are severe enough to become debilitating or even life-threatening. Each year about 1 percent of those with AVMs will die as a direct result of the AVM. Seizures and headaches are the most generalized symptoms of AVMs, but no particular type of seizure or headache pattern has been identified. Seizures can be partial or total, involving a loss of control over movement, convulsions, or a change in a person's level of consciousness. Headaches can vary greatly in frequency, duration, and intensity, sometimes becoming as severe as migraines. Sometimes a headache consistently affecting one side of the head may be closely linked to the site of an AVM. More frequently, however, the location of the pain is not specific to the lesion and may encompass most of the head. AVMs also can cause a wide range of more specific neurological symptoms that vary from person to person, depending primarily upon the location of the AVM. Such symptoms may include muscle weakness or paralysis in one part of the body; a loss of coordination (ataxia) that can lead to such problems as gait disturbances; apraxia, or difficulties carrying out tasks that require planning; dizziness; visual disturbances such as a loss of part of the visual field; an inability to control eye movement; papilledema (swelling of a part of the optic nerve known as the optic disk); various problems using or understanding language (aphasia); abnormal sensations such as numbness, tingling, or spontaneous pain (paresthesia or dysesthesia); memory deficits; and mental confusion, hallucinations, or dementia. Researchers have recently uncovered evidence that AVMs may also cause subtle learning or behavioral disorders in some people during their childhood or adolescence, long before more obvious symptoms become evident. One of the more distinctive signs indicating the presence of an AVM is an auditory phenomenon called a bruit, coined from the French word meaning noise. (A sign is a physical effect observable by a physician, but not by a patient.) Doctors use this term to describe the rhythmic, whooshing sound caused by excessively rapid blood flow through the arteries and veins of an AVM. The sound is similar to that made by a torrent of water rushing through a narrow pipe. A bruit can sometimes become a symptom when it is especially severe. When audible to individuals, the bruit may compromise hearing, disturb sleep, or cause significant psychological distress. Symptoms caused by AVMs can appear at any age, but because these abnormalities tend to result from a slow buildup of neurological damage over time they are most often noticed when people are in their twenties, thirties, or forties. 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I like how this is really thin and short, a great boycut design.BUT, it is SO badly sewn together by the manufacturer.So sloppy made, and you can...Read complete review
I like how this is really thin and short, a great boycut design.BUT, it is SO badly sewn together by the manufacturer.So sloppy made, and you can see the wigbandsticking out along the entire front of the wig!I ordered one of these back in winter, and then tried againthis week. Different color and shape, but same problemwith the sloppy construction.Thats very unfortunate, because it would be a superb minimalist wigotherwise! So short and thin, no fluffyness at all that mostother wigs have, not even at the top or crown!So it would have been a very natural looking wig IFit was properly sewn together.The wigband sticks out and is visible along onesentire forehead and also easily around your ears.Not due to lack of hairs/fibers, but sloppy sewing where largechunks of the wignet is sewn OUTSIDE the actual wig/hairsand just sticks out and is impossible to hide.
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Casey- Back to Quality Again!
By Marge
from Upstate New York
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Comments about Casey WhisperLite® Wig by Paula Young®:
I wore Casey for several years- during that time, the quality declined to the point where I had to stop buying it. Decided to try again with all the positive comments I have been seeing, as it had always been my favorite wig. I was so glad to see the quality has returned to what it once was. Consistent sizing, carefully sewn, and soft, natural "hair". I think your Bangladesh supplier is far superior to your previous Chinese supplier. Keep up the great work!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Char ...
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Fast ship.....out of all the many wigs I ordered from Paula Young during the last 2 months, Casey is the best for me!! Holds its style overnight and is easy as pie to fix anything and be off and running for the day.I'm in between waiting after bleaching my own hair. I'll be able to color my own soon. Meanwhile Casey is my lifesaver. I have 4 of them now. I won't abandon and will wear Casey frequently even after reaching my goal color for my real hair. Great for bad hair days and when I just want to be fixed for the day.Seriously, if you want a good wig, choose Casey....casual and elegant in one wig.....you can even spike it if desired?I love it! Add this to your hair collection now!!!!
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Great wig for the price.
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My hair is thinning due to age and medicines I have to take. I wanted a wig that looks and feels good. I have tried several others but this is the most natural looking and comfortable wig I have ever tried. I will stick with this one from now on.
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By CeeJay
from Mesa AZ
I will use Casey 1426A everyday until my other colors arrive. I have been trying colors from a cheapy source and find that a light blonde is good for me. Unfortunately I ordered before I knew that. 1426A is a bit dark for me so I odered another in the Light Blonde. All I have to do is shake it, put it on and fluff here and there. What could be easier? My real hair is fine and dull and thin from a medication. I'm very happy with Casey. Wigs are so much better than ones I tried in the mid 70's.I love the BOGO option. Today I ordered Iris (finally in stock) and Marigold.....got Marigold free. I can't wait till they arrive! Also have Emmy, Carly and Kathryn Bump Up coming too. Obviously I love Pixie style hair.
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Finally...a natural looking wig
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I have purchased over 25 wigs from various places and can't wear any of them because they all look so fake. I had about given up on wigs when FINALLY, I found the perfect one I was looking for with the Casey wig. It is lightweight, does not have so much hair that it looks fake, has a natural color (I ordered light blond #22.), a cute style, and is comfortable to wear. It is the best wig, best fit, and at a reasonable price. When there's another special offer, I plan to buy one or two more in other colors. Thank you, Paula Young, for helping to improve our looks, especially those of us who are older and dealing with hair loss.
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Love this wig! It fits as if it were truly my hair and can be worn comfortably all day. I use it to replace my thinning and non existing hair. It's a great ego boost to get compliments on my hair instead of polite silence.
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I plan to buy the Casey wig again.
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Love the Casey wig; my hair style before I lost my hair to chemo. Looks so natural, plan to order another Paula Young wig.
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My own hair is extremely thin and has been for some time, so I didn't want a wig with too much hair. This one is perfect. People don't even realize it's a wig unless I tell them. When friends saw it for the first time, they said I looked 20 years younger. It takes less than a minute to put it on and be ready to go.
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I use the wig everyday. The color is very natural and the style is perfect. I get so many comments on it as to the naturalness of it. Many don't know that it is a wig unless I tell them. It is styled very similar to what my own hair was so folks didn't see a change.


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A former Jacksonville resident is up for Bachelor of the Year.
Brian Gourley, 31, was voted as Tennessee's bachelor pick in Cosmopolitan Magazine's annual Bachelor of the Year Contest.
"It's definitely an honor," said Gourley, who now resides in Nashville.
Gourley told The Daily News that a co-worker asked to nominate him in the contest and he agreed, letting her send a letter of nomination and photos of him to Cosmopolitan. In June he was notified that he had been selected as the No. 1 bachelor for the state of Tennessee.
"I was surprised," said Gourley. "It was definitely something new for me."
In July he and the other bachelors were flown to the Hamptons in New York for the magazine's photo shoot.
"It was a great time," Gourley said. "The other bachelors were real nice guys, we all got along great."
Gourley is going head to head with Cosmo's sexiest bachelor selections from each state, each hoping to garner enough votes in the contest to win the title as Cosmo Bachelor of the Year for 2012 and $10,000.
While he may be Tennessee's bachelor vote, Gourley formerly lived in Jacksonville with his family, moving here from Charlotte in 1999.
After graduating from N.C. State in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in business management, he returned to Jacksonville and worked with SIA group insurance and Marine Federal Credit Union before making a career shift after the passing of his grandfather, retired U.S. Air Force pilot, Col. Jim Hayes.
"I had always wanted to be a pilot," said Gourley. "The very next day after his funeral in Arlington I took a flying lesson and decided that I needed to pursue what I was passionate about."
Gourley moved to Florida where he began his training, before moving to Nashville where he is a multi-engine flight instructor and an on-call pilot delivering transplant organs across the United States.
"The first time I delivered a transplant kidney, I thought, 'Holy crap, this is going to save someone's life,'" he said. "It's a very rewarding experience."
When Gourley isn't flying, he works as a model and actor, and has been in several music videos including Luke Bryan's "I Don't Want This Night to End" and Brantley Gilbert's "Country must be Country Wide."
"While I enjoy modeling and acting, flying is really what I'm passionate about," said Gourley. "It's what I love to do. I want to be known as a pilot."
Gourley also stays busy volunteering and looking for ways to give back to the community, competing in marathons and other races, and running with his border collie, Jenkins.
"I try to do it all," he said.
Gourley is the best choice for Bachelor of the Year, his mom told The Daily News.
"We're very excited and happy for him," said Janis Gourley. "Brian is compassionate, smart, loving, outgoing and adventurous. He's friendly and genuine, and has never met a stranger in his life. He is without a doubt the real deal and the best choice for Bachelor of the Year."
Voting for the contest ends at 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. He and the other bachelors will be featured on The Today Show that morning before the winner is announced at a party thrown by Cosmo in Times Square that night.
To cast your vote for Brian, visit cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/bachelors-2012.
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FORT WORTH Fort Worth police on Monday released a chilling surveillance video that shows armed robbers taking over a convenience store.
Investigators believe the same group of four young men have done the same thing at least three times in Fort Worth and Benbrook: Two of the three suspects, armed with handguns and a submachine gun enter the store while a third stands at the door as a lookout.
The most recent incident happened at the Quick-Way convenience store in the 4100 block of Meadowbook Drive.
The getaway vehicle was described as a black four-door sedan similar to a 1997 Mazda 626.
Police warn that the suspects should be considered armed an extremely dangerous. Call 911 or Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477 if you have any information about these criminals.


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Say what you want about North Carolina State's curvy season, but the Wolfpack found the road to the NCAA tournament.
And this program knows about redefining a season in a few March games.
"We've been preparing for this," freshman forward T.J. Warren said.
So the Wolfpack takes aim at something substantial beginning Friday against Temple.
A year ago, the NCAA tournament assignment for N.C. State also began in Ohio, with two victories in Columbus all of a sudden given a new glow for the Wolfpack.
"This isn't last year," N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried said. "This is a different team. This team is hungry. … We have to figure out how to advance through the tournament."
The past experience in the tournament could be a bonus. Now, N.C. State is a veteran team, with seniors Scott Wood and Richard Howell and juniors Lorenzo Brown and C.J. Leslie. They received a taste of the NCAA Tournament by reaching the Sweet 16 last March.
"It helps because you're a little bit more comfortable," Gottfried said. "We've got guys who have been through it, so I hope that helps a little bit."
Wood said the Wolfpack has shown signs of improvement in recent weeks, winning five of its last seven games. Part of that, he said, has been the team's better response to implementing the scouting report.
That could be vital team, with Gottfried calling Temple "a real tough-minded Philadelphia team." The Owls are known for executing within an offensive scheme.
"We've got to get them out of their comfort zone," Wood said.
The Wolfpack, which is a No. 8 seed for the first time in the tournament, hasn't eclipsed the 24-win mark in 30 years — when 26 victories resulted in a national championship in 1983.
Warren said for the team's seniors, it's apparent there's urgency.
"They want it pretty bad," Warren said. "It's their last go-around."
NCAA Tournament — East Region
Who: No. 8 seed N.C. State (24-10) vs. No. 9 seed Temple (23-9)
When: 1:40 p.m. today (TBS)
Where: University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio
Series: N.C. State leads 6-1, though Temple won the most-recent meeting in 2003.


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Deon Stegmann will play no further part in the Bulls' Australasian tour after breaking his arm against the Waratahs on Friday.
The openside flank, who was in his first match back from a lengthy injury lay-off, pulled up badly after an attempted tackle and was substituted immediately thereafter. The extend of the injury is not yet known.
Stegmann will be replaced by Dewald Potgieter who has been recovering from injury. Prop Dean Greyling is also en route to New Zealand after the birth of his child.


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Men's Volleyball Impressive in 3-0 Victory Over Limestone
April 1, 2014
MISENHEIMER, N.C. – In one of their most impressive performances of the season, the Pfeiffer men's volleyball team (12-11, 9-4 CC) moved over .500 for the first time this season with a 3-0 victory over Limestone (15-11, 7-6). The win keeps Pfeiffer in sole possession of third place in the conference standings as a Limestone win would have put the Saints in third place.
On Senior Day where Buck Boswell was celebrated prior to the match, Michael Brewer led the team with 12 kills and added four digs and two aces. Fabio Diniz had 11 kills and a .562 hitting percentage while finishing with four assisted blocks.
David Specian handed out a game-high 37 assists and chipped in with three kills and five digs.
Jon Schaefer had a game-high 14 kills for the Saints and teammate Eric Zaun had 11 kills and five digs. Nick Wildes finished the game with 31 assists and was one of three Limestone players to finish with six digs.
Pfeiffer dominated most of the first set and built a 22-16 lead before having a late set lapse. The guests were able to tie the score at 23 before Pfeiffer rallied for the final two points. Diniz's kill set up the game point which was awarded to Pfeiffer on a bad set by Wildes.
The Falcons scored eight of the first 12 points of the second set, culminating in a huge kill from Joe Supko. After taking the early lead, Pfeiffer was able to cruise to the 25-19 lead and led by as much as seven late in the set.
Limestone took their first lead of the game in the third set and held a 13-12 advantage. Supko's kill tied the game and the teams traded the next six points. Pfeiffer took the lead for good as Sonny Hirini's kill gave them the 18-17 advantage. The Falcons closed the contest with a block from Specian and Supko on Schaefer's attack.
Pfeiffer finished the match with a .369 hitting percentage and Limestone posted a .224 percentage. The Falcons held a 43-35 advantage in kills and hit over .444 in two of the final three games.
Pfeiffer wraps up its regular season with a trip to Barton on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Conference Carolinas Tournament begins on Wednesday and Pfeiffer is assured a home match courtesy of its win tonight.


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When high school football is discussed in
The New Bern Bears (7-0, 2-0 Mideastern) are ranked second in the most recent Associated Press 4-A football poll. The Havelock Rams (7-1, 4-0 Coastal) are ranked third in the 3-A poll.
Combined, the
"It's a big game for high school players, after their regular season," said Coplon. "I'm going to showcase my cover skills and my speed."
The Shrine Bowl, in its 76th year, pits the best 44 players from
The game will be played on Dec. 15 at Gibbs Stadium.
The athletes attended a Shrine Bowl combine in the offseason, and then many of them were called back for tryouts.
They had to go through speed and agility drills and strength tests.
"When I went to the Shrine Bowl tryouts, I met a lot of big name athletes in
secondary with his teammate, Coplon, who has an offer from
Cooper said he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds, while the speedy Coplon was clocked at 4.34 seconds.
"It's going to be a great experience," Cooper said. "There are going to be a lot of college Division I athletes in that game, so it's going to prepare me for the best."
Cooper has passed for 1,661 yards and 11 touchdowns this season, while running for 795 yards and 12 scores. Coplon, a wide receiver/defensive back, has 213 receiving yards, two interceptions and two punt returns for a touchdown.
"I'm excited for (the Shrine Bowl)," Coplon said. "I'm ready to play. I'm looking forward to playing against better competition."
Matau, a 6-foot-3, 305-pound left tackle, has been one of the anchors on
"I feel like I am right up there with them," Matau said. "I might not have as many offers as them, but I feel like I can hang with them. I work just as hard as anybody else."
The Shrine Bowl is more than just the football game. The players will have mixers, listen to guest speakers and visit the Shriner's Hospital.
"It's going to be great giving back to the community and getting to play some football," Cooper said. "It's going to be a fun experience and I am looking forward to it."
"I'm going to go in there like it's any other game, playing with a bunch of great athletes," Cooper said. "It's going to be better competition, so it's going to make me step my game up."
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MARK KEOHANE, in his Business Day newspaper column, writes that the story of the Kings should be about hope and not ridicule.
The South African Rugby Union has never believed in the Eastern Cape as anything but an irritation to professional rugby but also a corporate cash cow in the name of development.
If any within the current administration refutes this then I challenge them to publicly apologise to the region for the way in which entry to Super Rugby was finalised and to apologise for making the Kings hated among a certain sector of provincial South African fan because they replaced a South African team, in the form of the Lions.
Saru's apathy to the Eastern Cape needs to consistently be challenged. It has always been this way since professionalism in 1996. Saru, when convenient, uses the Eastern Cape as the missing link to a rugby rainbow nation but those with the responsibility within Saru have never had the heart and intent to make it the link. Instead all love for the Eastern Cape has been commercially and politically motivated.
It is disgusting. It has always been disgusting. It won't easily change.
The Kings, on Super Rugby entry, should have been the good-news story of unity. It should have been fully endorsed because in a united rainbow nation it is very necessary to have a team from within the Eastern Cape in Super Rugby's biggest southern hemisphere tournament. The Kings, representative of rugby in the Eastern Cape, should have been the missing link to show the game has finally transformed, not in black playing numbers, but by way of the thinking among administrators, supporters and the media in South Africa.
The backlash, resentment and resistance to the Kings suggests there is more than one link missing in a united South Africa and a united South African rugby structure.
Equally disturbing is how so many supporters refuse to see the significance of the Eastern Cape within the context of a healthy professional South African rugby international presence.
The administration has never surprised me. They have neither the intellectual capital nor the charisma (as individuals or a collective) to inspire. The game's growth needs pioneers and instead the conveyer belt only produces pensioners, if not by age then certainly by way of enthusiasm and aspiration.
The administration of South African rugby has allowed for an emotional distaste for the Kings among supporters that is misplaced.
The Kings have not replaced the Lions in Super Rugby. They were given introduction to the tournament in place of the South African team that has been the worst performer in Super Rugby in 2012. Not historically, but only this year.
The Lions supporters really have to blame their players, coaches and the Lions administration that the Lions were the ones to make way. The Lions were the architects of their own demise, however temporary it may be.
Saru's leadership, throughout the last year, have allowed for the resentment from those supporters to fester into something ugly. Not once has a voice within Saru preached perspective and done it with conviction. The platitudes have been that the Kings would play Super Rugby because it was best for South African rugby; that the decision was about transformation and had to be made.
What a cop out.
Transformation is in the way we should be thinking, not in how many black friends we have or how many black players the provincial or regional or national coach selects.
Transformation should be about the right kind of change and not change for the sake of change.
The Kings, as an entity, should have reflected the change of thinking in South African rugby but it has only reinforced how little has changed in the thinking within the game in this country.
Alan Solomons, formerly as EP head coach and now director of rugby, has done an unrivalled job with the EP Kings when you unemotionally consider what he has transformed about Eastern Province rugby in the last four years.
Those who disagree with me will do so on emotion and by way of not having been privy to the transformation, as a rugby entity, from four years ago.
Before you rant and accuse me of being on the Kings payroll, take a drive or get on bus, train or plane and sit with Solomons and do your own analysis of what has been achieved over the last four years.
There is so much vitriol aimed at the Kings because of Saru's refusal to endorse change and absolute conviction that Sanzar would accommodate a sixth South African team.
The vitriol should be at those who govern our game, not the Kings, who on Saturday won the Currie Cup First Division in a titanic struggle against the Pumas.
To borrow from an American president, those within South African rugby should ask not what the Kings can do for them but more what Saru, as the custodians of the game in this country, could have done for the Kings.
Currently they have done nothing but set them up for Super Rugby failure and sadly they've hoodwinked so many supporters to embrace the prospect of this failure because they've made the Kings the bad guy, the Lions the fall guy and stood tall as the good guy.
Think about it …