 "Antourage" student section was also noticeably dialed up in the Anteaters' men's basketball home loss to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Thursday.
Sometimes, all it takes is a core group of vocal rooters to enliven what is notoriously one of the least volatile student rooting sections in Division I athletics.
While the UCI men's volleyball team has 20 regular-season matches remaining, Coach John Speraw was not ambivalent about expressing his disappointment over being swept at home by BYU.
Speraw believes that the Cougars, who are clearly the top team in the nation at this point in the season, can get better as their roster returns to full health at some point in the future.
Should BYU win the MPSF, it would play host to the conference tournament, the winner of which will earn the conference's guaranteed berth in the four-team NCAA championship, to be contested in May at USC's Galen Center.
BYU home crowds are consistently passionate, but the Cougars also claim a huge advantage having greater familiarity playing at altitude. In addition to the thinner air, which puts a premium on conditioning, the flight of the volleyball is also affected. Teams that boom serves regularly are stymied at BYU, as their serves sail a few extra yards beyond the end line.
"We have to change the way we play the game," Speraw said after Saturday's loss, clearly anticipating a postseason visit to BYU. "I have to totally reevaluate what we're doing as a team, because of the likelihood that we'll have to play BYU at BYU.
"I have some very concrete thoughts about the skill set that will allow a team to be successful at altitude," Speraw said. "But I'm not going to share them."
Speraw speculated after Friday's loss that UCI players had been a little too satisfied with their top national ranking, after having won their first four matches, including a four-game triumph over BYU at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational on Jan. 6.
"I honestly didn't give the ranking one thought, but maybe the team did," Speraw said. "Maybe I should have brought it up, but, honestly, I didn't think it was even relevant. I did not think it was relevant to where we were, or relevant to where we would be at the end of the year, or to anybody's journey along the way."
One area that continues to generate concern for Speraw, is his team's inconsistency at the service line. Friday, UCI had four aces and 14 service errors. It had 14 aces and 20 missed serves on Saturday, but a handful of those aces came on float serves, after the 'Eaters dialed down their jump serves.
"We got [the Cougars] in some trouble with our float serve," Speraw said after Saturday's match. "I think our jump serves could get them in trouble, but they weren't being put in enough. Our error ratio [on serves] hasn't budged this season and its got to budge for us to stick with [the jump serves]. I still believe we can serve tough. This team should serve tough all the time. It's frustrating."
UCI fell to No. 2 in the NCAA poll that came out Monday. BYU is No. 1
UCLA is No. 3, Stanford is No. 4 and USC is No. 5. USC visits UCI on Jan. 27.
There are expectations that UCI senior men's soccer standout Miguel Ibarra will be selected in the MLS supplemental draft Tuesday.
There will be four rounds with all 19 teams participating.
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Twitter: @BarryFaulkner5How Can A Robot Help With Your Dental Implant?
Although the concept of robot-assisted surgery might seem futuristic, the method has existed for decades (with the first procedure taking place back in 1985). Eye surgery, cardiac surgery, and gastrointestinal surgery are among the fields where robotic assistants are becoming more common. But what about dentistry? If you're about to receive a dental implant, your dentist may have some robotic assistance. How is this different from the typical process?
Dental clinics that use robotic assistance for implants may use a system such as Yomi dental implants. Banish any thoughts of autonomous robots from your mind. It's not as though the dentist steps out of the room and allows the robot to get to work. Remember, the robot is assisting with your surgery—not directly performing the surgery itself.
The robot itself is simply a processor with a number of attached screens and a self-guiding robotic arm. The arm can be outfitted with a variety of tools that are necessary to place a dental implant. It's not just the robot (the system's hardware) that is assisting with your surgery. The system's software is used to plan your implantation, with the system able to display real-time digital modeling of the patient's mouth during the procedure.
The system is designed to remove human error from the equation. This isn't to suggest that human error is commonly responsible for dental implant complications and failure. Traditional dental implants involve the use of diagnostic tools (such as an x-ray), with the dentist then performing the work in a freehand manner, using the results of diagnostic testing as a guide. A robot assistant offers far more precision, making it a refinement of existing methods instead of an entirely new method.
As the patient, the only difference you're likely to notice is the use of the robotic arm. This will extend itself over your open mouth, having targeted the precise location and angle of the incision that must be made to place your implant. The robot itself doesn't do any drilling. The drill on its arm is held by your dentist, who then operates it. The arm (as guided by the system's software) simply helps the surgeon to achieve the optimal placement of your implant.
The sheer amount of data generated by a robotic assistant helps to create a personalized, digital surgical guide of unsurpassed detail for your implant procedure. This added precision results in a dental implant that is functional and comfortable, while further minimizing the already low risk of human error.
Contact a dental office near you, such as Elite Smile Center, to learn more.
varying temperature you will encounter throughout the day.
Keep your car in check
Make sure your car is ready for the cold: check your tires, keep a brush in your car, and double-check the heating system.
Wake up earlier
Instead of jumping in your car and heading off to work like you would during the warmer months, you may need to give your car a few minutes to wake up as well. Weather can be unpredictable this time of year, and traffic patterns may change as a result. Leaving ten minutes earlier may not be the worst idea.
Stay warm
Keep a blanket or extra sweater at work or in your car. You never know if the heat will always work or exactly how cold the day ahead will get.
Snowed-in
Keep nonperishable snacks stocked and have a portable charger readily available as well. You never know if there will be a power outage or emergency where you get stuck in one place for longer than expected.
Be prepared for all the winter season may entail. This will relieve stress and allow for more productivity no matter what is thrown your way.
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the median annual salary for fine artists, including painters, sculptors and illustrators, is about $45,000. A 2013 National Association of Colleges and Employers survey reports average starting salaries for visual and performing artists is $33,800. The median annual salary for art teachers is about $62,000.
If you plan to be a self-employed artist or manage an art-related