by JEREMY SHAPIRO
Last Updated: July 22, 2009
At nine different points in Friday's world volleyball match the Netherlands needed just one point to win a set against the United States.
And in all nine opportunities, the Americans staved off set point. That poise at the critical juncture of the match lifted the U.S. to a 3-0 win in front of a rowdy crowd at Charles Koch Arena.
“We had no more room for error," U.S. coach Alan Knipe said. “I thought our passers did a really good job of dealing with some very aggressive serving. We had a higher hitting percentage in transition than we did in regular side out. That's very uncommon."
A loud and active crowd got the attention of players from both teams.
“Nothing better to come to a gym like this that's a perfect size for us with a lot of fans enthusiastic about the international game," U.S. captain Tom Hoff said. “We appreciate all the fan support."
Friday's victory was significant for the U.S. team because it clinched the pool A championship in the FIVB World League tournament. With Italy lurking close behind, the U.S. had to get at least one win over the Netherlands.
With a victory in pool play the U.S. qualified for the final round of World League play held in Serbia today through Sunday. The U.S., who won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, is the defending champion in this event.
“We were able to accomplish one of our goals that we set out of world league by advancing out of pool play," Knipe said. “I'm proud of the guys for it. There are a lot of guys that logged a lot of minutes in their first go-around in World League."
The Americans grabbed a 10-7 lead in the opening set on a Clayton Stanley kill. The U.S. maintained a two to four point advantage the rest of the set and took the set 25-21 on an Andrew Hein block.
The Netherlands took control early in a wild second set. The U.S. was down 20-15 before going on a 6-0 run. Stanley had a couple of kills in the run, one after a tremendous dig by Scott Touzinksy on a well-struck ball that seemed to be out
of reach.
“We stayed patient and we made really good decisions on transition to score points," Knipe said.
The Netherlands recovered and went up 25-24 with a chance to win the set. A sharp kill by David Lee kept the U.S. alive. The Netherlands scored, but Stanley got a kill to tie it a 26. Thus began a pattern of trading points.
The U.S. got its chance to win up 28-27 but the Netherlands Wytze Kooistra smashed a ball at the feet of a U.S. player.
On the United States' fourth try to win the set, Stanley whacked the ball for a kill. Two Dutch players went up for the block but the ball careened out of bounds. The crowd roared as the U.S. won the second set 32-30.
“It was a big swing to be up to 2-0 instead of 1-1," Knipe said. “That was a big deficit to overcome in rally scoring."
The third set was also close. The Netherlands had an 18-17 lead when the U.S. went on a 4-1 run. But the Dutch answered with a 5-1 spurt to come within a point of winning the set. In fact, they had five chances to win, but three bad serves and kills from Hein and Stanley ruined their chances.
With the U.S. up 30-29 and a dig heading toward the net, Sean Rooney of the U.S. and a Dutch player jumped for the ball at the same time. Rooney got to it first and a small flick of the ball made it drop on the Netherlands side of the net, giving the U.S. the 31-29 victory.
“In one factor we were close, but on the other side, the U.S. when it's above 20 was much more determined and much more superior of their play than our team," said Netherlands coach Peter Blange.
In Saturday's match, the U.S. again won in straight sets by scores of 25-19, 25-18 and 26-24. The Americans finished pool play 9-3 while the Dutch compiled a 4-8 record.
The U.S. will play Serbia today and Russia on Thursday in the final round. Cuba, Argentina and Brazil also made the final.
Those who missed the matches between the U.S. and the Netherlands can watch the replay on ESPN2. Friday's match will air at 9:30 p.m. on July 28 and Saturday's match will be on at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 4.
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Emergency plans in place
by Elle Haines
Last Updated: July 22, 2009
With crime rates on the rise, some students are concerned about their safety.
With the memory of recent campus shootings across the nation in mind, Wichita State senior Tiesha Stewart said that her main concern is shootings.
“And random attacks because it is an open campus and anyone can be there," she said.
Along with the Shocker Alert System, The Wichita State Wireless Emergency Mass Notification System, Web alerts and KMUW are all working together to keep the WSU community informed.
WSU also has an emergency operations plan.
Laid out in the 46-page plan are levels of emergency responses, plan activation and command structure. It generally looks like any emergency plan that most companies would have in this day and age; one that prepares for the worst but hopes for the best.
The difference is that the WSU emergency operations plan has 11 different committees, teams and members that are involved in the prevention, assessment and crisis management that comes with preparing for different kinds of emergencies.
“I'm not super worried about any kind of crime on campus," junior Sarah Young said. “I always leave in the day time and there are plenty of other people around."
At the top of the chain is the Crisis Management Team, which is chaired by Vice President and General Counsel Ted Ayres.
According to the policies and procedures manual online, this team works with many local, state and even national doctrines and methods, such as Homeland Security directives, in order to keep the WSU community safe.
On top of the training programs given to all university employees, the testing of emergency equipment on a regular basis and the evaluation of situation-specific drills that evaluate the usefulness of the policies, the Crisis Management Team is supported by five other committees and teams.
The Environmental Health and Safety Director, Glendon Miller, chairs the Safety Committee.
This committee provides planning, training and evaluation reports to the Crisis Management Team and they give direction to and oversee the building coordinator program.
Building coordinators create and regularly evaluate plans for campus buildings and building occupants in emergency situations, according to the EOP.
Next is the Behavior Intervention Team, which is chaired by Cheryl Adams, dean of students.
The EOP states, “This team coordinates the university response to concerns that a student, staff member or faculty member may be engaged in behavior that creates danger to self or others."
The Behavior Intervention Team also evaluates the response and outcome to emergency situations and then sends a report to the Crisis Management Team.
Barth Hague, the associate vice president of university relations, chairs the Communications Team, which develops and updates crisis communications plans and maintains a flow of communication with the Crisis Management Team.
Other groups involved in the EOP are the Health Risk Assessment Committee and the Business Continuity Committee.
These committees have been established to evaluate, prepare and assess emergency situations so that students, faculty and staff will feel safe while on WSU campus.
“I feel safe on the Wichita State campus, freshman Regan Johnston said. “I do not feel threatened or worried I will be a victim of crime."
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Last Updated: July 22, 2009
With crime rates on the rise, some students are concerned about their safety.
With the memory of recent campus shootings across the nation in mind, Wichita State senior Tiesha Stewart said that her main concern is shootings.
“And random attacks because it is an open campus and anyone can be there," she said.
Along with the Shocker Alert System, The Wichita State Wireless Emergency Mass Notification System, Web alerts and KMUW are all working together to keep the WSU community informed.
WSU also has an emergency operations plan.
Laid out in the 46-page plan are levels of emergency responses, plan activation and command structure. It generally looks like any emergency plan that most companies would have in this day and age; one that prepares for the worst but hopes for the best.
The difference is that the WSU emergency operations plan has 11 different committees, teams and members that are involved in the prevention, assessment and crisis management that comes with preparing for different kinds of emergencies.
“I'm not super worried about any kind of crime on campus," junior Sarah Young said. “I always leave in the day time and there are plenty of other people around."
At the top of the chain is the Crisis Management Team, which is chaired by Vice President and General Counsel Ted Ayres.
According to the policies and procedures manual online, this team works with many local, state and even national doctrines and methods, such as Homeland Security directives, in order to keep the WSU community safe.
On top of the training programs given to all university employees, the testing of emergency equipment on a regular basis and the evaluation of situation-specific drills that evaluate the usefulness of the policies, the Crisis Management Team is supported by five other committees and teams.
The Environmental Health and Safety Director, Glendon Miller, chairs the Safety Committee.
This committee provides planning, training and evaluation reports to the Crisis Management Team and they give direction to and oversee the building coordinator program.
Building coordinators create and regularly evaluate plans for campus buildings and building occupants in emergency situations, according to the EOP.
Next is the Behavior Intervention Team, which is chaired by Cheryl Adams, dean of students.
The EOP states, “This team coordinates the university response to concerns that a student, staff member or faculty member may be engaged in behavior that creates danger to self or others."
The Behavior Intervention Team also evaluates the response and outcome to emergency situations and then sends a report to the Crisis Management Team.
Barth Hague, the associate vice president of university relations, chairs the Communications Team, which develops and updates crisis communications plans and maintains a flow of communication with the Crisis Management Team.
Other groups involved in the EOP are the Health Risk Assessment Committee and the Business Continuity Committee.
These committees have been established to evaluate, prepare and assess emergency situations so that students, faculty and staff will feel safe while on WSU campus.
“I feel safe on the Wichita State campus, freshman Regan Johnston said. “I do not feel threatened or worried I will be a victim of crime."
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Information and communication technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term that covers all advanced technologies in manipulating and communicating information. The term is sometimes used in preference to information technology (IT), particularly on these two communities: education and government. The common usage ICT is synonymous assumed the fact that IT or ICT encompasses all mediums, to record information (magnetic disk/tape, optical disks (CD/DVD), flash memory etc. and arguably also paper records); technology for broadcasting information - radio, television; and technology for communicating through voice and sound or images - microphone, camera, loudspeaker, telephone to cellular phones. It includes the wide varieties of computing hardware (PCs, servers, mainframes, networked storage). Rapidly it develops personal hardware market the comprises mobile phones, personal devices, (MP3, MP4, MP5 and MP6) players, and so much more. The full gamut of this application software, from the smallest home-developed spreadsheet to the largest enterprise packages and online software services; and the hardware and software needed to operate networks for transmission of information, again ranging from a home network to the largest global private networks operated by major commercial enterprises and, of course, the Internet. Thus, "ICT" makes more explicit that technologies such as broadcasting and wireless mobile telecommunications are included.
It should be noted that "ICT" with this English definition is different in nuance and scope compare to the "ICT" in Japanese term, which is more technical and narrow in scope.
ICT capabilities vary widely from the sophistication of major western economies to lesser provision in the developing world. But the latter are catching up fast, often leapfrogging older generations of technology and developing new solutions that match their specific needsBài thơ vượt thời gian
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