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Please visit the Nerman Museum and our website often, as we frequently update our calendar, exhibition, and education offerings. We appreciate your support of the museum and college.
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is located on the campus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas (a major suburb of metropolitan Kansas City). JCCC is one of the region's major providers for the visual and performing arts (Carlsen Center).
With an enrollment of over 34,000 students each semester, JCCC is the third largest institution of higher education in Kansas. The College is also a member of the prestigious League for Innovation, a national organization of leading community colleges in the United States. The JCCC campus, centrally located in the county on 234 acres, opened in 1972.
Johnson County lies at the heart of the nation and recently had three of its cities ranked in the top 50 best places to live in America. The County's current population is estimated at more than 516,731 and is projected to reach nearly 626,723 by 2015. Of counties in the United States with populations above 250,000, Johnson County ranks first in percent of adults with at least a high school education, sixth in percent with at least a bachelor's degree, and 16th in percent with a graduate or professional degree. The educational attainment of Johnson County's population ranks among an elite few nationally.
From 1990 to 2007, Johnson County Community College's former Gallery of Art presented over 80 major exhibitions. The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art opened in October 2007 to international acclaim for its architecture, collection, and exhibition programming.


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COLUMBIA — Four scientific papers were presented Tuesday in support of the use of small modular reactors, also known as an SMR.
The papers were presented during a discussion in Columbia at the annual Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis event. The event is held with the purpose of studying major risk and safety assessment information for nuclear sites.
"One paper assessed the security risks behind SMRs, and the other three focused on safety assessment," said Thomas Sanders, a Savannah River National Laboratory lab director. "The papers included data on if an SMR needed a back-up cooling system, control system or anything that would impact the critical integrity of a plant."
According to Sanders, who also is president of the American Nuclear Society, scientists at the event studied risk on a "worst-case scenario" basis. The assessments are used to help nuclear plants operate within their means.
"(Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis) takes a structured approach to evaluate the probability of risk and works to reduce that risk," said Sanders.
Sanders continued by listing the advantages of the reactors. He said their smaller size would allow them to be built in a factory, which would reduce production time and make them more affordable. In addition, he said the reactors are flexible in terms of power levels, which would save customers' money.
"The cost per kilowatt may increase, but that would be overshadowed by the speedier implementation," Sanders added.
Sanders feels that the reactors could be regularly used in the next 10 years. American usage of small modular reactors would also spark foreign trade, according to Sanders.
"American technology will be made available for export," he said. "It will allow us to negotiate with other nations in addition to revamping the nuclear industry."
Tuesday's discussion on the reactors came while nuclear sites around the country wait for the Department of Energy to announce the beneficiary of a $226 million grant dedicated to the development of the reactors.
"The Department is continuing to work through the review process for this important program, and is committed to ensuringthat we take the time during the review process to get the decision right," said Niketa Kumar, a DOE spokesperson.
Derrek Asberry is a beat reporter with the Aiken Standard news team and joined the paper in June. He is originally from Vidalia, Ga., and graduated from Georgia Southern University with a journalism degree in May 2012.
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How to setup Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Contacts on your iPhone or iPad
Google services like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts are incredibly popular and, what's more, are incredibly easy to setup on your iPhone or iPad. If you have a free Gmail account, you can set it up through the iOS Settings app and access it through the built-in Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Reminders, and Notes apps. You can also setup Gmail inside Google's own Gmail for iOS app. If you have a paid Google account, you can use either of those options, or you can use Google Sync, Google's implementation of Microsoft's ActiveSync service. (Sadly, Google discontinued ActiveSync support for free accounts in 2013).
How to setup Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts in Settings
The iOS Settings app, Mail, Calendar, and Contacts section contains built-in support for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, and related services. Under the hood, Apple is using the open standard IMAP, CalDAV, and CardDAV services to handle the syncing. Unfortunately, Gmail retro-fitted support for IMAP and it's quirky at times. However, if you want to use the built-in iOS Mail app and its unified inbox, and don't have a paid account, it's your only option.
- Launch Settings from your Home screen.
- Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
- Tap Add Account...
- Tap Gmail.
- Enter your name, Gmail email address, password, and a descriptive name (like Gmail, or Personal, so you can identify it later).
- Select which services you want to leave on for sync, Mail, Calendars, and Notes. (You probably want all of them on.)
- Tap Save.
How to set up Gmail's 2-step verification
If you're worried about your Gmail security, you can also setup and use Gmail 2-step verification on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. For most people, it's probably more trouble than it's worth, but it's there for those who really need it.
How to add a Gmail or Google apps account to your iPhone or iPad using an app-specific password
If you have a Gmail or Google apps account that has two-step verification enabled, the process of linking your account to your iPhone or iPad is slightly different, as you may have found out if you attempted to sign in and got an incorrect password error. This is because you'll need to generate an app-specific password for your iPhone or iPad in order to securely link them to your Gmail or Google Apps account.
How to setup Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts using ActiveSync
Google licenses ActiveSync for Google Sync, which used to be available for all Gmail accounts but is now restricted to paid Google accounts. You don't get Notes sync when you use Exchange, but you do get incredibly fast email.
How to setup Gmail in the Gmail app
Setting up Gmail in the Gmail app gives you the complete Google email experience, but it doesn't give you Google Calendar or Google Contacts, or anything else. If you want to use the Gmail app, the good news is it's ridiculously easy to setup — just download and launch. However, you'll either have to setup your Google account in Settings (see above) or setup things like Calendar specifically using CalDAV.
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How to setup Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Contacts on your iPhone or iPad
Yup, thanks, updated!
I always wondered if after all these years and since you are one of the most read blog, do you have any special contacts with apple ? Like Kevin had with RIM sometimes on CrackBerry (i remember he went to waterloo etc..)
Problem with the gmail in the iOS mail is that it doesn't support push settings, only fetch and manual are the options. Means you have to wait at least 15 minutes to get your new emails.
that and if you have folders upon folders (I do), then you're kind of, well, screwed, since the iPhone and IMAP don't do folders well (together). This is a huge, huge problem for me. Time to find a cheap exchange provider and migrate it all over I guess
Is it only Gmail's IMAP that doesn't do push on the iPhone, or IMAP in general? So that means eMails are only fetched in intervals or when I open the Mail app? :s
Wow, I didn't know about this change. Good thing my Exchange Gmail is still set up.
Recently, all I can say to Google is: F*** you! There's this, then the fact that no master password can be set in Chrome to prevent passwords from being displayed in plain text; then the fact that they try to force G+ on my YouTube account; YouTube sometimes temporarily forgets about half of my subscriptions so I still have to search for my subscribed channels manually; the fact that the new iOS Google Maps app doesn't access the address book (so I can't get directions to contacts without entering the address manually); their Google Wallett app is still not available in my country; gMusic still doesn't work with half my music formats and doesn't recognize whenever I delete something from my library and keeps everything I ever had; and I have to use an outdated Google Desktop because they discontinued it even though it was great... :(
It seems that there is no push notification with Gmail and the Mail app. What is needed are simply notifications. The solution? Turn OFF all notifications in the Mail app. Download and set up the Google Mail app to notify of new email. Then open the Apple Mail app to see the unified inbox, send messages, and have more flexibility opening attachments. Works like a charm, for free.
Or, setup Gmail as described here and then check your e-mail a lot.
Let iOS 7's new multitasking do the work for you. =D
It's not perfect, and it doesn't always seem to work, but I've had my e-mail sound go off and no notification and then looked to see the e-mail there.
Mileage will vary, I presume.
Is it no longer possible to have multiple emails to send from using Gmail in the Mail.app?
Nah, that's not what I meant.
You need to go with a third configuration option, which was not covered in this post:
Choose "Other" account type, rather than Gmail, when setting up your mail account. Provide your actual Gmail address when setting it up, using imap.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com for the server names (make sure to specify your Gmail email address and password for the SMTP server connection also).
After saving the account, you can go back in and configure any sending address that you've already established within the Gmail website's settings for your account.
This is one advantage "Other" IMAP accounts have over both the "Gmail" account type and the "Exchange" account type... full control over what address you're sending from, within the native account settings.
Even for Exchange accounts, you always had to go to the clumsy m.google.com/sync page after getting a new phone, and configuring the "Enable Send Mail As" option, as well as what calendars you wanted to sync up. (Google: why not integrate these settings within the Gmail Settings area?!)
NOTE: Although CalDAV lets you decide which calendars you want to sync, right on the phone (unlike Exchange accounts), you may still need to visit a webpage to control which calendars appear here, especially shared calendars, which never seem to be visible on the iPhone CalDAV calendar settings by default. Go here: https://www.google.com/calendar/syncselect
That's what I've done for years, but it stopped working for me with iOS7. Is it working for you now?
It's actually better for me in iOS 7. Previously you would have to go with a comma-separated list of sender addresses, sort of a hack. Now in iOS 7, on IMAP accounts, you can actually setup the additional sender addresses in a normal iOS-style interface. And it seems smarter about using them. If you reply to a specific person with a secondary address, the next time you reply to them, it uses that same sender address.
Nice, I just saw that. I must have been brain farting and trying that technique under the Gmail tab instead of Other.
Does it have push though? And even though I have it set up as threaded, it isn't threading. And a thing I've never liked about the Mail app is that it doesn't show my responses. I love Mailbox.app, threads everything, keeps my replies in the threads as well so I know exactly what's been said in the thread to date.
I am able to see all 4 of my google calendars through my personal gmail exhchange set up (including 3 calendars that are shared with me). The Exchange calendar also lets you set up the calendar color independent of the color on your google account (whereas through the CalDAV, it uses the closest iPhone color to the one you set in Google Calendar).
However, I do wonder about the sync accuracy - for example, my wife and I share our personal calendars, in addition to a shared "Family" calendar, with each other as readable, but not editable (I cannot create events for her and cannot edit her events). In CalDAV, that restriction is honored and reflected; in Exchange I am able to create an event for my wife (but I am not sure if will actually work since I really don't have that kind of access). So I stick with CalDAV.
Prezjobs thank you for your post as this seems to be a perfect solution for me. The only trouble I am having is adding multiple sending accounts. Can you help me out with this. Thanks in advance.
If you go back into Settings, in Mail, Contact and Calendars, select the account in question, click on "Account" and it will bring up the details view. The "Email" area below your name should be a selectable entry field. When you click on it, it brings up a new view that shows your existing email, with a button below it to "Add Another Email..." which you can use to add more.
Prior to this, you need to configure additional email addresses within the Gmail web interface, and validate them. Those are the only addresses you'll be able to use, AFAIK.
Perfect! All set, I appreciate your help! You have no idea how much aggravation you just saved me.
Use Outlook, it's better anyway.
I havne an iPhone and an Galaxy S4... I before could add a phone number in my iphone and it would instantly go in my S4... Is there anyway for this to still be done?
I actually lost it on my Free account when an update to 6 came out in Feb. right around the time they cut it off. But they also cut it off on my Google Apps, and I had to work with them to fix that, and they told me at that time that they'd be cutting it off on ALL free apps in stages with updates.
There's no such thing as "switching to a paid Gmail account" as you are not able to use your current @gmail.com address. Using a paid gmail account that will get your exchange support requires you to setup an entirely new email address...so this isn't exactly an option as you basically are just getting a new email. At that point, you may as well just switch to outlook.com.
I have a good solution. Forward your gmail to iCloud. I keep a copy in gmail and have a copy forwarded, just to have a backup. On your iOS device turn off mail under iCloud. Add a new email account with iCloud as the incoming mail server and gmail as the outgoing. Now you have push notifications and the process is transparent to anyone contacting you.
I have done this for several months now and it works great.
There are a few downsides. If you archive something it only archives it in iCloud and you have to repeat the process in gmail. And labeling doesn't work so well. Not a big deal for me since I rely on search in gmail, but worth noting.
When I set up forwarding in my Gmail account, I actually set a filter instead of using email forwarding. You still need to add a forwarding address (in your case iCloud, which you've already done) but choose "disable forwarding". Then create a filter for "to" and enter your Gmail address. On the next screen, select "Skip the inbox (archive it)", "mark as read", and "forward to" and choose your iCloud address from the dropdown menu. Once this filter is created, any email sent to your Gmail will be forwarded to your iCloud address, marked as read, and archived. That will keep you from having to archive manually in Gmail.
I upgraded my iPhone 5 to iOS7 on Monday and now on Thursday I can receive my email from Gmail through the Apple Mail but can no longer send?? Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions? (Already deleted gmail and re-added it on my iPhone). Frustrating!
I originally tried the forward to icloud option and changed the SMTP info to googles info so if I replied it "sent" from gmail. However I still needed to manage my gmail inbox on the site to delete old crap (I prefer to save as opposed to delete). In the end I just migrated everything to icloud. Very happy that I did.
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I switched to the mailbox app several months ago and I love it. It's fast, responsive, actually helps me manage my inbox and delete email that I don't need and archive/file the fee items I want to keep. I absolutely love it. My non-techie wife loves it too, she really doesn't care about most things tech related especially apps and whatnot on her phone but even she loves and uses mailbox. Highly recommend it!
I actually recently switched my email from Gmail to iCloud and haven't looked back. Changed my email address on most services and forward email from my Gmail to iCloud and will eventually change it everywhere. I'm still keeping my gmail login obviously - mostly because of YouTube.
So i kept my Gmail Activesync open using my iPad. But now, when i go to add it into my new 5s, it would allow me to use the Google Activesync....any ideas?
I think this is a way to Google make the people change from iPhone to Android. Losing the exchange support is a really bad ting for some of us.
I love Mailbox.
However the send button is greyed out. I can't send any messages!
I've deleted/reinstalled Mailbox as well as fiddled with the SMTP settings.
No go!
I set up Gmail on my 5C through Google in the mail settings. I sync, contacts, calendar, and notes, and I left mail off. For that, I downloaded the Gmail app, which I think works pretty well. I get my mail right away, and I like the look of the app.
My only gripe with calendar sync, It never syncs newly added birthday's in my contacts,yet when I go into the calendar on my laptop, they are there, go figure. I just leave birthday's enabled in the stock IOS calendar app, and that fixes the problem.
This impacts Google Contacts, as well, right? In other words, previously I could add contacts via Google, then they would sync into my I-Phone. It was an easy cut and paste. You mentioned paid service. This is only for e-mail, not for purchased space from Google, right? Any insight would be appreciated.
"Suzumail" also sends gmail push back to your iPhone5s/5c, but its paid $0.99 ... Please consider :) http://bit.ly/18oCyNU
As I collect my main Yahoo mail through my Google account on my pc I have always done the same on my pad and iphone with exchange.
I do this because it uses the default mail address set in google which is my yahoo address.
Although I can still collect and send mail using the built in Apple gmail it's not clever enough to use the reply address set with google which happens to be my yahoo address
I've always done this because I had a yahoo address first and like the contacts and calendar functions in gmail so have always just collected my email through google. When I send it simply uses the preferred yahoo reply address . No problem on pc.
Although this works in the gmail app on the iphone it would be nice to use the much neater apple version. After all if I wanted google apps I would have bought an android device.
The exchange system worked perfectly until it was removed. Any suggestions without using external apps greatly appreciated.
Hello, I understand from reading this thread that I must now use the gmail app for my gmail accounts. Is there any way to sync my google calendar with my I-phone calendar? I'm new to I-phone, so this is all new to me. I've tried syncing the way the apple forum says to, but receive the " username or password incorrect for imap.gmail.com".
Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hi I have just set up a gmail account and want to download the App into my iPad and iPhone, when ever I try to download it a message comes up saying I can't use the account as it is USA, I need to Switch to Australian store. I have no idea what that means or how I do it. Can someone help? Sorry not very good in the apps! Thank you
In my GMail Inbox I have three tabs: Primary, Social & Promotions. The tabs automatically weed out a lot of the facebook, linkedin and other "noise" emails. I just installed gmail on an iPhone 5c but don't see how to get those tabs, thus all those emails show up in my inbox. I see I can start another folder on the iPhone, but not the tabs. The tabs functioned on my Samsung phone. Any suggestions for the iPhone. Thanks.


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Project Patron started as a dream plan in 2005: an expansion for the Antlers Public Library highlighting Antlers as the Deer Capital of the World and Pushmataha County's Choctaw heritage. The plan conjured pictures of a Barnes and Noble bookstore decorated like a Bass Pro Shop. Seven years, 3 major grants, and many fundraisers later, the construction of the 1,620 square feet expansion was complete. Time for the renovation and redesign phase to begin.
The children's area was to mimic a corral like the one featured on the grounds of the Choctaw Nation Capitol Museum in Tuskahoma.
It was to include a small fence to close in the area created by the bookshelves, a custom green carpet to simulate grass, a hollowed out log as a horse trough to hold board books, a Hasbro Fur Real Smores toy pony, a storyboard featuring the Choctaw story of the corn, and a storyboard about Choctaw life.
After a story in the Biskinik (July 2010) on the story of the Choctaw pony, plans changed. Instead of a storyboard about Choctaw life, a storyboard on Choctaw ponies seemed to fit in better with the "corral" design.
After meeting with Francine Bray, author of the article, about live Choctaw horses and the similarities with the Smores horse with its long mane and painted coat, the search to secure the toy pony became a priority.
The search began at the original source identified in 2005, HasbroToyShop.com, but soon spread to the Internet at large. After several emails to retail stores, it seemed the Smores pony was no longer available at retail outlets. A listing on EBay brought hope, but all of the listings were "pick up" only, until communications with a New York seller in August 2012. The seller thought that the item could be shipped at a local UPS outlet for around fifty dollars. The library won the auction on an excellent condition Furreal S'mores Pony for $119. Unfortunately, when the seller took the pony to the local UPS store in Bellmore, NY to ship it, her estimate was a bit off. Not only did the UPS store not have a box big enough in stock, but they estimated the cost to be approximately $200 to pack and ship the pony.
Now the library was the proud owner of a toy pony, but it had not budgeted $200 for shipping costs. The library had a grant for renovations, but all the money was allocated to other projects. In a panic to get the horse out of the hands of the EBay seller, the nearest local public library, Bellmore Public Library, was contacted to see if they would be open to "babysitting" the pony until the Antlers Library could figure out how to ship the pony to Antlers within the $50 budget.
Bellmore Library Director, Maureen Garvey, graciously accepted delivery of the pony, noting that it was definitely the strangest request she had received as a librarian. The call went out to Antlers Library friends requesting transit ideas. One patron suggested placing the pony on USHIP.com to garner shipping quotes, which the library did to no avail. Another patron offered to ride her to Antlers from New York. He was informed of the pony's eighty pound weight limit and "stuffed" status. Others offered to start a collection to fund the freight costs.
In the meantime, Bellmore librarians enjoyed their babysitting stint. Maureen, Bellmore Library Director emailed, "What about putting something on Craig's list to try to get people to bring Daphne (that's what we're calling her) across county, dropping her off in libraries along the way, until she gets there? OK - maybe not - she could wind up the worse for wear, or even get lost! Or worse, pony-napped, because she's pretty irresistible! Let me know how you are doing. Meanwhile, rest assured that she is doing just fine here in Bellmore."
After sending out the word of the donation collection for Daphne's trip home, library patron Jennifer Davis thought she might have a solution. Her daughter, Jessica, is a flightattendant for jetBlue and regularly travels to New York from her home in Boston. Jessica just happened to a have a trip planned home to Antlers the first week in September.
Jessica spoke with the librarians in Bellmore to facilitate a trade. Maryann, a clerk in Bellmore 's Children's Room, was heading to JFK to pick up her son who was flying in to see an injured friend. Not only did Jessica fly to New York in time to meet with Maryann, but also arranged a "buddy" pass for her son to fly on. The exchange went without incident until the JFK airport security denied entry to Daphne in an unwrapped state. Thankfully, Jessica had brought a friend along to help. They were able to get Daphne shrink wrapped and on the flight back to Jessica's home in Boston.
Jessica and Daphne made the flight into Dallas and the drive to Antlers on September 7, 2012. The library wished it could have had a homecoming parade and a finished corral for her to live in; instead, many well wishes and smiling faces welcomed her to Antlers. Daphne arrived with Jessica, her mother Jennifer, and her two sisters Jessalyn and Skylar.
Daphne has been renamed Anya (aw-ya), which is Choctaw for traveler. Daphne was a cute name, but not quite Choctaw enough for the Choctaw pony. She is the first piece to arrive of the new Children's Corral (Vlla Aiapitta in Choctaw). She has been oohed and aahed over by children and adults alike. In reality, a toy pony may seem frivolous in the big scheme of things, but this pony has become a symbol: a symbol of a dream come true, of libraries working together, and of a community's active interest in their public library.


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It can be difficult to accept that your child who you thought you knew so well is lesbian, gay or bisexual. Many parents have concerns when their child first comes out that they will experience bullying because of their sexual orientation and that they will not have the adulthood that they anticipated. Some parents and carers might fear they will never have grandchildren, even though many lesbian, gay and bisexual couples now have children. Some blame themselves, react angrily or disappointed.
It is important to remember that your child hasn't changed. The only thing that has changed is that you now know them a little better. Young people tell us that they are anxious about how their parents might respond to them coming out and this can affect how they feel about being lesbian, gay or bisexual.
Government actuaries estimate that six per cent of the population, around 3.6 million people, are lesbian, gay or bisexual. People realise that they are gay at different stages in their lives. So even if your child seems to have been straight in the past, it doesn't mean they are now, or will be in the future. Similarly, one shouldn't assume that a young person who identifies as bisexual is just in a phase and will later on be lesbian, gay or straight.
When a child comes out, parents and carers often have a lot of questions and many find it helpful to speak to other parents with gay children. There are organisations which offer that kind of peer support and sign post to further resources on their website.
When young people realise they are lesbian, gay or bisexual, they also have a lot of questions and will need access to information relevant to them to be able to make safe choices.
Parents and carers can make sure their child has access to good books and films which cover themes around sexual orientation and coming out. FIT is a film produced by Stonewall for young people aged 11 and above which deals with friendship, coming out and fitting in.
It is also important young people have peers and adults they feel they can talk to about being gay. Parents and carers can use Stonewall's searchable What's in my area database to find local community groups and support services.
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According to a report in The China Times (Translated by computing.co.uk), sources in the Apple supply chain claim that, "Apple intends to switch to alternative touch technology for its next generation of mobile phones, stating that a 'Touch On Display' panel is being developed by Taiwanese Apple supplier Innolux."
In November, game developers at CMA Megacorp in London identified a glitch with rapid diagonal scrolling on the iPhone 5. They tweeted that if you "slide [your] finger back and forth diagonally on screen, input events drop out or stop altogether." The video above demonstrates the glitch by testing this kind of action on two iPhone 4 units, one running iOS 5 and the other iOS 6 against two iPhone 5 units with the same two versions of iOS. In both of the iPhone 5s, the screen froze up after a bunch of touch events piled up, but not on the iPhone 4s.
User comments I have read suggest that not all of the new iPhones are equally sensitive, and then only for users, like Fruit Ninja or Infinity Blade players, who routinely make this kind of diagonal swiping action on their phones.
Cult of Mac reported in September that the iPhone 5′s thin "in cell" combination of touch screen and LCD display in one, was "causing 'significant production constraints' that mean Apple cannot produce the device fast enough." It may be that quality control has been a significant issue.
According to the China Times report, the new Innolux "Touch On Display" panel will have "a thickness of only 0.5mm, [and] better sensitivity than previous iPhones with a '10 point full featured multi-touch' function." This would suggest that the next iPhone will be a "5s" instead of a "6," and that Apple will use this transitional model to work out some of the kinks with the iPhone 5. In general, these second models have been better bets than the splashy premieres, with higher user satisfaction ratings. Consumer Reports, for one, is not a big fan of the iPhone 5.
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Folate, DFE (µg) content of selected foods per common measure, sorted by nutrient content. USDA national nutritional database for standard reference, release 25. US Department of Agriculture website. Available at: https://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Data/SR25/nutrlist/sr25w435.pdf. Accessed March 6, 2014.
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Dogwood Stable's W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell was active Tuesday at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company March Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training in Ocala, Fla. The Aiken-based operation purchased a dark bay colt by Grade 1 winner Yes It's True from the consignment of Eisaman Equine for $120,000. A half-brother to stakes winners Electrify, Rothko, Cream Only, and stakes placed Kinsey, the juvenile colt drew comparisons to another multiple graded stakes winning Dogwood runner.
"He's a big, good looking bay colt, and he reminded me a little bit of Aikenite," said Campbell. "He worked fast, not the fastest in the sale, but plenty fast enough, and with his pedigree he could be anything, and you have a reason to be very confident that he will be a good horse."
The second horse purchased by Dogwood was a gray colt by multiple Grade 2 winner Even the Score. A half-brother to stakes winners Britt's Jules and Probabtion Ready, and stakes placed Social Probation and Dirty Rush, the colt was purchased for $130,000 from the consignment of Wavertree Stables, Inc.
"He's a big gray horse, did not work that fast, but moved incredibly and was extremely impressive," said Campbell. "He was just smooth, a big moving gray horse that had a gigantic stride, and he is a half-brother to some good horses."
Dogwood Stable's graded stakes placed Palace Malice continues his way along the Kentucky Derby trail, and will work 5/8-mile on Sunday with Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado up in preparation for the $1 million, 1 1/8-mile Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds on March 30.
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The Social Weapon: Darwinism
The "Robber Barons," Darwin's Followers
Darwinism lies behind a great many dangerous intellectual trends, ideologies and practices that have persisted down to the present day. It is most interesting that it constitutes a foundation shared by ideologies that are completely opposed to one another. Darwinism played a role in the birth and spread of Nazism, fascism and communism, in the alleged justification of racist and communist massacres, and also constituted the alleged scientific basis for "unrestrained capitalism." In Victorian Britain and America, in particular, Darwinism received great acclamation and was hugely strengthened because of the support it offered to ruthless capitalists known as the "robber barons."
According to Social Darwinist's cruel morality, no helping hand should be extended to the poor and needy.
Savage capitalism's most important error is in putting no limit on the extent to which weaker businesses (and weaker individuals) can be crushed, exploited and eliminated. No doubt this cruelty and ruthlessness are totally unacceptable. Today this error is summed up in the saying, "Big fish eat little fish." In other words, small enterprises are eliminated—or acquired—by larger ones. That is Darwinism applied to the world of business.
During the 20th century, the world tried two main different economic models: the liberal one, based on private property and free intervention; and the socialist one, based on state property and a planned economy. Socialist economies failed in every country, inflicting poverty and misery on their societies. Liberal economics, on the other hand, displayed unquestioned success, bringing greater well-being to individuals and societies.
But by itself a liberal economy is not enough to bring well-being to a whole society. Thanks to the liberal economy, a society's economic well-being generally rises, but not everyone can enjoy his share of that increase. The poor remain poor, and the danger of social injustice begins to increase. To prevent that danger and to eliminate social injustice, two things are necessary:
1) The state must extend a hand to the down-and-out and the unemployed, as a requirement of the concept of the "social state" and take measures to help them.
2) Feelings of cooperation and solidarity, that religious moral values require, need to pervade society as a whole.
The second requirement is particularly important because in the end, it tends to define the first. If a society attaches powerful importance to religious and moral values, then the liberal economy that society implements will provide both economic development and social justice. The rich will use part of their acquired capital to help the poor and establish social programs to support the weak. (Indeed, this is the economic model revealed by God in the Qur'an. Private property does exist in Islam, but its owners are charged to use part of their assets, in the form of alms, to assist the poor and those in need.)
Maltreated people facing famine or impoverished by war and conflict deserve the help of the wealthy. Under Social Darwinist morality, however, people are not encouraged to assist one another or care for the needy.
If a society undergoes moral degeneration, then the liberal economy turns into "savage capitalism" in which the poor and down-and-out are oppressed and receive no help at all, in which there are no social welfare programs, and where social injustice is regarded not as a problem but as a "natural" state of affairs.
The economic model we shall be criticizing here is not the liberal economy—the free economic model based on private property and competition—but savage capitalism.
The source of inspiration behind it, as we shall show in due course, is Social Darwinism.
Those who first brought Darwinist practices into the business world were the Americans known as the "robber barons." They believed in Darwinism and thought that its claim regarding "the survival of the fittest" somehow justified their own ruthless practices.18 The result was the start of a ruthless competition in business, capable of ending even in murder. The robber barons' sole aim was to make even more money and gain even more power. They had no interest in social well-being, even for their own workers. Millions of lives were ruined when Darwinism entered the economy, causing extremely low wages, appalling working conditions, and long working hours. The lack of any safety precautions caused workers to fall ill, become injured, or even die.
The Cruelties of Darwinist Employers
In the light of Social Darwinist concepts, low wages, harsh working conditions, long hours of working and the lack of any safety precautions in workplaces led to workers falling ill, being injured or even killed.
With the Industrial Revolution that began in England and soon spread to the whole of the rest of the world, new factories were built and machines began to be used in them. People were frequently injured because some employers attached no value to human life, especially that of the workers, and refused to take the necessary safety precautions. Most of these injuries resulted either in death or in the loss of fingers, hands or arms. It has been determined that in the 1900s a million workers a year died, suffered serious handicaps or fell sick.19
For workers who spent their lives in a factory, the loss of a limb or organ was almost inevitable. During their working lives, more than half of workers either fell ill or suffered serious injuries such as the loss of arms and legs, or of sight or hearing. For example, workers manufacturing stiff brim hats suffered mercury poisoning. Almost all radium dial painter workers ended up with cancer.20
Although employers were fully aware of working conditions and the accidents taking place, some took no steps at all to improve conditions. Many steel mill foundry workers worked twelve-hour shifts in temperatures of 40 to 50 degrees C (117oF) for very low wages.21 In 1892, U.S. President Benjamin Harrison summarized these inhuman conditions by saying that every day, the average American worker faced the same hazards as a soldier at war.22
Some capitalist businessmen attached no importance to human life and regarded it as expendable. During the construction of the railroads alone, hundreds lost their lives due to bad conditions.23 One of the most striking examples of this ruthlessness is of the American businessman J.P. Morgan, who purchased 5,000 defective rifles at $3.50 apiece and sold them to the U.S. Army for $22. In other words, he had so lost any trace of moral comprehension that he was capable of cheating his own nation and endangering the lives of its enlisted men. Soldiers who used these defective rifles had their thumbs blown off.24 Troops injured by these rifles sued Morgan but lost, because in those days the courts generally decided in favor of the robber barons.25
In 19th-century factories and other industrial enterprises, Social Darwinist and capitalist practices were imposed in their most savage forms. Employers with that mindset regarded workers' lives as worthless and thought of their own interests only.
When asked to build roof protection for his workers, one of the capitalist employers of the time replied, that "men are cheaper than shingles"—another example of the ruthlessness of those days.26
At the root of all this cruelty, the influence of Darwinism can be easily discerned. A world view that regards humans as a species of animal, and believes in the lie that some people are less developed than others, that life is a place of struggle where only might prevails, results in ruthlessness, pitilessness and oppression.
The Damage Wreaked by Darwinism in the Business World
In the 19th century, not even children were pitied, being forced to labor for long hours at exhausting jobs.
Most businessmen who supported unrestrained capitalism had actually been raised as believers in God. Later, however, under the influence of Darwinism's false suggestions, they abandoned their belief. For example, the American industrialist Andrew Carnegie, one of the foremost names in the steel industry in the 19th century, had first been devoted to Christianity. In his autobiography, Carnegie openly described how he and many of his friends had fallen under the deceptions of Darwinism.
However, the theory of evolution that Carnegie regarded as a fact, consisted of falsehood in its entirety. In the years that followed, advances in the world of science revealed the true face of that deception. Yet at that time, other businessmen who made the same error as Carnegie accepted savage capitalism as a result of Darwinist suggestion. This led them into regarding ruthless competition as perfectly justified to make even more money, and into attaching no value to altruism and human life.
Carnegie thought that competition was an inevitable law of life and constructed his entire philosophy upon that error. He maintained that, although the law of competition made it difficult for some people, it was best for the race, because it ensured the survival of the fittest in every department.27
Those who first introduced Carnegie to Darwinism were a number of so-called free and enlightened thinkers seeking a new "religion of humanity," whom he met at the home of a New York University professor.28 One of the members of Carnegie's intimate circle was Herbert Spencer, the follower of Darwin and one of the most important figures in Social Darwinism. These businessmen adopted the twisted thinking of Spencer and Darwin, but were unable to calculate the impasse into which it would drag both them and their society.
Richard Milner, an anthropologist from the American Museum of Natural History and author of The Encyclopedia of Evolution, describes how Carnegie fell under the influence of Darwinism:
Carnegie and those who thought like him made a grave error to assume that being powerful and ruthless was part of business life. It is perfectly natural that people should earn a living in order to live at ease and in comfort. However, it is completely unacceptable to cause harm to others, to turn a blind eye to people in difficult circumstances for the sake of one's own interests, or to oppress the weak in order to increase one's own power still further. God has commanded people to be honest in business, as in all other spheres, and to protect the rights of the needy. It is an enormous lie to suggest that by oppressing the weak and even seeking to eliminate them altogether, one is aiming for the good of society.
In his later years, Carnegie always used Darwinist expressions in his conversations, statements and writings. In his book Andrew Carnegie, the historian Joseph F. Wall says this:
Andrew Carnegie
Another of those taken in by Darwinist suggestions was the famous American industrialist John D. Rockefeller, who said that: "growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest ... the working out of a law of nature…"31
One can see one of the clearest instances of the effect of Darwinism on the business world in Spencer's American trip, which Richard Hofstadter describes in Social Darwinism in American Thought:
One reason why some capitalists adopted Social Darwinism was that it absolved the wealthy from any responsibility for the poor. In societies that preserve moral values, the rich are expected to show an interest in helping the poor and needy, and Social Darwinism attempted to eliminate that virtue. In The Golden Door: The United States from 1876 to 1918, science writer Isaac Asimov comments on this ruthless aspect of Social Darwinism:
John D. Rockefeller
Just as those who implemented savage capitalism supported Darwinism, so Darwinists supported them. For example, William Graham Sumner claimed that millionaires were "the fittest individuals in society," then made illogical deductions that they therefore deserved special privileges and were "naturally selected in the crucible of competition."34 In an article about Social Darwinism in The Humanist periodical, professor of philosophy Stephen Asma describes Spencer's support for capitalists:
But as has already been emphasized, spiritual values and their preservation represent the principal element in the progress of societies. In societies where the spirit of cooperation and solidarity is strong, where people approach one another with compassion and respect, economic difficulties in circumstances can easily be overcome in a spirit of togetherness. But where human relations have disappeared, and people lacking any compassion and understanding regard everyone else solely as rivals, many more destructive effects began to arise, even if there is economic progress. Therefore, all individuals in a society need to produce solutions to raise the quality of life and well-being, to bring about an environment where people can enjoy not just economic but psychological security. Obviously, that can only happen by living by religious moral values. As has been proved countless times, no movement or ideology incompatible with religious moral values can ever provide the well-being, peace and security for which people long.
Savage Capitalism: The Joint Product of Social Darwinism and Irreligiousness
The world has enough resources for everyone, but these must be used in a rational and caring manner. Food goes to waste in many parts of the world, while people in many other countries are dying from starvation and poverty. If these people are to attain justice, the Social Darwinist mentality must be entirely eradicated.
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who have migrated in the way of God. They should rather pardon and overlook… (Surat an-Nur, 22)
From the 19th century onwards, Darwinist capitalists maintained that only the rich and powerful had the right to live and that the poor, the weak, the crippled and sick were "useless burdens," establishing oppressive systems in a great many countries. In this climate of ruthless competition, it was seen as perfectly justified to exploit, oppress, intimidate, frighten, injure and even kill people. No forms of immoral or illegal activity were prevented or condemned, since these were regarded as "compatible with the laws of nature."
In many countries where people do not live by religious moral values, this system still continues today. The gap between rich and poor is growing at an ever-increasing rate, and the conditions in which the needy live are ignored. According to the propaganda of Social Darwinism, protecting and caring for the poor and needy is a violation of the laws of nature, and since such people are regarded as a burden, no help is extended to them.
Great differences between levels of well-being exist not only within a country, but also between countries. As the level of well-being rises rapidly in the West, famine, sickness and poverty afflict many Third World countries, where people are dying from starvation and neglect. If used in a rational and conscientious manner, however, the world's resources are plentiful enough to provide for all those now abandoned to hunger and poverty.
In order for the world's resources to provide humane conditions, it is essential that Darwinism's intellectual influence be eradicated all over the world. When Darwinist views and understanding are replaced by the moral values of the Qur'an, such problems will naturally be resolved. That is because while Darwinism inculcates the idea of ruthless competition and the oppression of the poor, religious moral values impart compassion, protection, mutual cooperation, solidarity and sharing. For instance, our Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) says in one of the hadith, "A believer is not the [mature] one who eats his fill when his neighbor is hungry."36 These wise words of the Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) are one of the indications of Muslims' affection and compassion.
Images of Great Britain in the second half of the 19th century. While part of the country enjoyed wealth and well-being, another lived in poverty.
Nothing changed, despite the passing of one hundred years. Yet the world's resources are rich enough for everyone to live in comfort. What needs to be disseminated is the altruism, cooperation and solidarity required by religious moral values.
In many of His verses, God has commanded love, compassion, affection and altruism and given Muslims examples of proper moral behavior. While social Darwinism consists of the rich using the poor and needy as stepping stones in order to rise, Islamic moral values command the rich to protect them. Some of the verses on this subject revealed by God are as follows:
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those who have migrated in the way of God. They should rather pardon and overlook… (Surat an-Nur, 22)
They will ask you what they should give away. Say, "Any wealth you give away should go to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor and travelers…" (Surat al-Baqara, 215)
... Eat of them and feed those who are poor and in need. (Surat al-Hajj, 28)
[Believers are] those in whose wealth there is a known share for beggars and the destitute. (Surat al-Ma'arij, 24-25)
They give food, despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans and captives: "We feed you only out of desire for the Face of God. We do not want any repayment from you or any thanks. Truly We fear from our Lord a glowering, calamitous Day." (Surat al-Insan, 8-10)
In the Qur'an, God also reveals that those who do not help the poor and weak will be rewarded with Hell:
They [the companions of the Right] will ask the evildoers: "What caused you to enter Saqar?" They will say, "We were not among those who performed prayer and we did not feed the poor." (Surat al-Muddaththir, 41-44)
Then bind him in a chain which is seventy cubits long. He used not to believe in God the Magnificent, nor did he urge the feeding of the poor. Therefore here today he has no friend. (Surat al-Haqqa, 32-35)
It must not be forgotten: It is Almighty God, the Lord of all existence and all the universe, Who gives everyone his earnings and success. A person does not become wealthy by engaging in ruthless competition in the "struggle for survival" or by oppressing the weak. It is God Who gives everyone all that they possess, distributing wealth among them in order to test them. A wealthy person is actually tested by means of that wealth. God reveals this fact in a verse:
We made everything on the Earth adornment for it so that We could test them to see whose actions are the best. (Surat al-Kahf, 7)
A person is responsible, therefore, for using all the blessings given him by God in the best manner possible, in order to earn His approval. A true believer must act in the knowledge that all he possesses are a blessing from God, and that just as our Lord can increase his possessions whenever He chooses, He can also take them away.
18. Jerry Bergman, "Darwin's Influence on Ruthless Laissez Faire Capitalism," March 2001; http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-333.htm
19. Robert Hunter, Poverty, New York: Torchbooks, 1965.
20. Jeanne Stellman, Susan Daum, Work is Dangerous to Your Health, New York: Random House Vintage Books, 1973.
21. Otto Bettmann, The Good Old Days! They Were Terrible! New York: Random House, 1974, p. 68.
22. Ibid., p. 70.
23. Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, New York: Harper Collins, 1999, p. 255.
24. Ibid.
25. Bettmann, The Good Old Days! They Were Terrible!, p. 71.
26. Ibid.
27. Kenneth Hsu, The Great Dying; Cosmic Catastrophe, Dinosaurs and the Theory of Evolution, New York, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1986, p. 10.
28. Joseph F. Wall, Andrew Carnegie, New York: Oxford University Press, 1970, p. 364.
29. Richard Milner, Encyclopedia of Evolution, 1990, p. 72.
30. Wall, Andrew Carnegie, p. 389.
31. William Ghent, Our Benevolent Feudalism, New York: Macmillan, 1902, p. 29.
32. Hofstadter, Social Darwinism in American Thought, p. 49.
33. Isaac Asimov, The Golden Door: The United States from 1876 to 1918, Boston: Houston Mifflin Company, 1977, p. 94.
34. Milner, Encyclopedia of Evolution, p. 412.
35. Stephen T. Asma, "The New Social Darwinism: Deserving Your Destitution," The Humanist, 1993, 53(5):11, 10/3.
36. Sahih al-Bukhari, Al-Adab Al-Mufrad; al-Hakim and al-Baihaqi.


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BUFFALO, NY – In a rematch against #11 Medaille College, the Hilbert College men's volleyball team dropped a United Volleyball Conference game in North Buffalo February 16. The Mavericks' consistent hitting and strong serving led to their 3-0 victory and two-game sweep of their cross-town rival. Hilbert dropped to 1-4 in UVC while Medaille improved to 3-2.
Sophomores Fred Sickau and Adam Weaver led the Hawks with 6 and 3 kills, respectively. Sickau's individual hitting percentage (.444) wasn't enough to carry the Hawks in their 25-16, 25-17, 25-15 loss.
Erin Kelly's 7 kills contributed to the host's .410 hitting percentage. The nationally ranked Mavs almost doubled the Hawks' kills (31 to 17) and three different Medaille players were credited for service aces during the three-set match.
Hilbert has a few days off before they host Nazareth College February 22 (7pm). The Golden Flyers, the defending national champions from one season ago and currently ranked seventh in the American Volleyball Coaches Association, sit at 9-4 overall and 3-2 in league standings.
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Thu., Dec. 13*
vs. Hamilton Bulldogs
Allstate Arena
7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 15*
at Lake Erie Monsters
Quicken Loans Arena
6:30 p.m.
Log on to chicagowolves.com for broadcast schedule, or to watch or listen to the action live online
The Wolves split a pair of games last week, losing at home to Grand Rapids on Friday but beating Rockford on the road Saturday; Chicago, which has not won back-to-back games since Oct. 17 and 19, shares third place in the Midwest Division with 23 points through 22 games this year (10-9-2-1).
--- Darren Haydar: Bagged his first goal of the season, the game-winning marker, on Saturday against Rockford which ended his 16-game goalless drought, which was his second-longest goal-scoring drought since the start of the 2005-06 campaign ... Shares third on the team with 7 assists and has collected 8 points in 17 games this season ... Amassed 5 points (G, 4A) in his last four outings
--- Andrew Ebbett: Netted a power-play marker on Saturday, his first goal since Nov. 2 ... Shares first on the Wolves with 8 helpers and ranks fourth with 11 points in 20 games this season ... Tied for first on the team with a +7 plus/minus rating and has accrued a plus or even rating in 17 of his 20 games ... Registered 5 points (G, 4A) in his last six matchups
--- Matt Climie: Stopped 57 of 61 shots in two games last week, which included posting 23 saves in backstopping the Wolves to a 2-1 win over Rockford on Saturday ... Accrued a 2.68 goals-against average and .911 save percentage in 10 games this season (3-7-0) ... Has started the last five games for Chicago, posting a 2.21 goals-against average and .932 save percentage (2-3-0) ... Has received just 17 goals of support in his 10 appearances this year
--- Jordan Schroeder: Dished out an assist on Saturday, which marked just his second helper in his last nine tilts ... Ranks first on Chicago with 7 markers and second with 13 points in 21 games this season ... Collected 3 goals and 5 points in his last seven matchups
--- Kevin Connauton: Registered his third assist in his last four games Saturday night after recording 3 helpers in his first 17 games this season ... Shares first among team blueliners with 8 points (2G, 6A) in 21 games this season ... Paces the Wolves with 62 shots this year
--- Chicago has surrendered one goal in each of its last two wins, which have come in its last three contests; the Wolves are a perfect 4-0-0-0 when they surrender one or fewer goals to their opposition.
--- The Wolves will battle out-of-division opponents in their next three games, beginning with Hamilton's only visit to Allstate Arena on Thursday; the team just wrapped a 11-game stretch in which it faced only Midwest Division foes and went 3-6-1-1.
--- Chicago is one of just two AHL clubs that have yet to allow a short-handed strike this season; the team has bagged two shorties this season, but none since Oct. 27.
--- The Wolves were perfect on the penalty kill Saturday for the ninth time this season; the team, which has been shorthanded just 87 times this season, ranks 30th in the AHL with a 78.2 efficiency rating on the penalty kill (68 of 87).
--- Chicago has earned 22 power-play opportunities in its last three games against Rockford, which included scoring a goal on eight chances Saturday; the Wolves have converted nine of 90 power-play opportunities (10.0%) in 22 games this season.
--- The Wolves host their sixth "Hockey For Her" fundraising event at the Triphahn Community Center and Ice Arena in Hoffman Estates at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Members of the Wolves will provide women an introductory glance at the sport of hockey by giving them the chance to go behind the scenes of a professional team. For more information, call 1-800-THE-WOLVES.
Saturday, Dec. 8
Chicago 2, (at) Rockford 1
--- The Wolves used a third-period marker from captain Darren Haydar to snap a 1-all deadlock and slip past the Rockford IceHogs 2-1 in an Illinois Lottery Cup contest at the MetroCentre
--- Center Andrew Ebbett also lit the lamp for Chicago
--- Goaltender Matt Climie kicked out 23 of 24 shots
Friday, Dec. 7
Grand Rapids 3, (at) Chicago 0
--- The Wolves were shut out by the Grand Rapids Griffins and goaltender Tom McCollum 3-0 at the Allstate Arena
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SUMMERVILLE — David Kennedy kicked a 35-yard field goal as time expired to lead Summerville to a 29-28 victory over Boiling Springs in the second round of the Division I-AAAA playoffs Friday night at McKissick Field.
With the win, the third-seeded Green Wave (11-2) earned a spot in the semifinals for the first time since 2007. No. 7 Sumter, a 31-28 winner over second-seeded Hillcrest, will travel to Summerville on Friday for a berth in the state title game.
While his late-game heroics will be most memorable, Kennedy impacted the game well before that. The senior kicking specialist connected on field goals of 17 and 26 yards in the first half, and his punts — including a 58-yarder — forced the Bulldogs deep into their own territory with regularity.
"He's an outstanding guy, an outstanding player and an outstanding punter," Green Wave coach John McKissick said of Kennedy. "And he can play at the next level."
Friday's contest did not start well for Summerville. Mason Sanders' 24-yard touchdown catch from Daniel Thompson capped a 65-yard opening drive in which Boiling Springs steadily marched down the field.
The Green Wave countered with a field goal before sophomore quarterback Sawyer Bridges plunged into the end zone from one yard out for his squad's first lead of the game 45 seconds into the second quarter.
And after the Bulldogs built an 11-point lead late in the first half, Summerville closed the margin to 21-20 before the break on Donnell Bryan's 71-yard touchdown catch and another field goal.
Both teams exchanged touchdowns in the third quarter, but Boiling Springs held a 28-26 lead after the Green Wave failed to convert the two-point conversion.
McKissick's squad received the ball on the Bulldogs' 40-yard line with 6:44 left in the game but squandered the opportunity with a penalty, sack and a pair of incomplete long-yardage passes.
Summerville would get another chance, though, obtaining the ball at its own 32-yard line with 3:15 on the clock. This time, the Green Wave used a pair of key third-down conversions to advance to Boiling Springs' 18-yard line and set the stage for Kennedy.
"The drive before that last one, I thought we had it," said McKissick, who with 613 career victories is football's all-time winningest coach. "You kind of want to give up, but you don't ever give up. And we came back.
"(Bridges) did a gutsy job of getting them down there. And then Chris Felder — he was determined to get enough to get us across that 30 where we could kick the field goal. I was real pleased about that."
Boiling Springs 7 14 7 0—28
Summerville 3 17 6 3—29
BS — Mason Sanders 24 pass from Daniel Thompson (Jordan Rivers kick)
S — David Kennedy 17 field goal
S — Sawyer Bridges 1 run (Kennedy kick)
BS — Jason Hill 7 pass from Thompson (Rivers kick)
BS — Collin Reed 4 pass from Thompson (Rivers kick)
S — Donnell Bryan 71 pass from Bridges (Kennedy kick)
S — Kennedy 26 field goal
BS — Reed 7 pass from Thompson (Rivers kick)
S — Chris Felder 19 pass from Bridges (conversion failed)
S — Kennedy 35 field goal
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