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Feb. 25, 2012
FIRST MEETING (MSU 72, Northwestern 58)
Northwestern was in control for much of the first half, holding a 26-21 lead with 5:52 on the clock. However, the Spartans would score the next 12 points over a span of 5:39 to take the lead for good. Northwestern stopped a run with a layup with 13 seconds to go in the half, bringing the halftime score to 33-28 MSU. The Spartans jumped out quickly in the second half, scoring the first seven points to open a 12-point lead (40-28). MSU's lead grew to as many as 18 (59-41), and remained in double-digits the rest of the way, as the Spartans closed out the 72-58 win.
LAST TIME OUT (MSU 73, No. 23 Nebraska 53)
All three seniors were productive in their final Breslin Center game. Taylor Alton poured in 18 points, going 7-for-11 from the field, including 4-of-8 from behind the arc, while also adding five rebounds in two steals. Porsche Poole dished out a career high nine assists, while also adding 13 points. Lykendra Johnson had seven points, seven rebounds and two steals.
Nebraska got on the board first, but Bell scored the first seven MSU points, pushing the Spartans ahead 7-2 in the early minutes. The Huskers scored the next four points to pull within one, but the Spartans followed with a 19-2 run, including a stretch of 15 unanswered, to take the wind out of Nebraska and go ahead 28-8 with 11:18 on the clock. Michigan State maintained a comfortable margin, eventually going into halftime up 43-22. The Spartans shot 62.1% in the first half, including a 7-of-12 effort from behind the arc.
Michigan State was sloppy early in the second half, but would grow its lead to as many as 23 on a couple occasions. A 15-2 Nebraska run cut the Spartan lead to 10 (52-42) with 11:46 left. MSU regrouped and posted a 15-3 run of their own over the next six minutes to put the game away. With 1:55 left, head coach Suzy Merchant subbed out the three seniors together, allowing them to kiss the Spartan head at midcourt on their way off the court for the last time.
The Spartans have won six of their last seven games, and is tied for third in the conference at 10-5. MSU has finished second or better in each of the last three Big Ten seasons, including its outright regular season title last year. MSU has won 33 of its last 42 Big Ten regular season games (78.6%) over the past two-plus seasons.
During the stretch, the Spartans have picked up their defensive effort, allowing only 50.3 points per game, while holding the opponents to 32.3% from the field and 19.5% from 3-point range. MSU is +9.0 a game on the glass in the last three games. The Spartans have also distributed the ball well, dealing out 18.7 assists a game, while posting a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Over the eight game stretch, she has set career highs in points (32 vs. Penn State), rebounds (9, at Michigan), assists (9, vs. Nebraska) and minutes played (43 vs. Illinois). In addition, she dropped in the game-winner at Michigan with 3.9 seconds left and was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Jan. 31.
She had a streak of four straight games with at least 20 points, the longest streak by a Spartan since Liz Shimek (Feb. 23-March 18, 2006). Poole is also just the second Spartan since 1994 to have such a streak. Against Penn State (32 points) and Illinois (28), she totaled 60 points, which were the most by a Spartan in consecutive games in program history (previous record was held by Kisha Kelley with 59 points on Feb. 9 and 13, 1994). Her 32 points against Penn State are tied for the eighth most in a single-game and the most by a Spartan since Aisha Jefferson scored 34 at Notre Dame on Nov. 29, 2008.
Johnson recently surpassed Kristen Rasmussen for second place on the Spartan all-time rebound list, and currently has totaled 992. In terms of all-time Big Ten rebounders, Johnson is 13th among conference student-athletes since the conference began sponsoring the sport prior to the 1981-82 season. On the offensive boards, she also checks in second all-time, grabbing 392, since the stat began being recorded in 1986-87.
Johnson has 26 career double-doubles, ranking her seventh on the MSU career list. In addition, she has 38 double-digit rebound games, placing her fifth in Spartan history.
Earlier this season she set a career-high with 20 on Nov. 15 vs. IPFW. Those 20 rebounds were the seventh most ever by a Spartan and the most since Kristen Rasmussen grabbed 20 on Dec. 30, 1997. They are also the most in the Big Ten since Penn State's Nikki Greene had 20 on Jan. 23, 2011.
Johnson's value on the floor for the Spartans is undeniable. So far this season, MSU is +249 with her on the court, but are -48 when she is sitting on the bench. In Big Ten games last year, the Spartans were +187 with Johnson on the floor, but -49 when she was on the bench.
With a 3-pointer early in the first half (16:23) at Texas on Dec. 10, Lykendra Johnson became the 22nd Spartan in program history to surpass 1,000 career points. She has now totaled 1,192 points in her MSU career, good for 13th place. Johnson will leave as one of the top rebounders in school history, currently second all-time in rebounds (992) and offensive rebounds (392). She is also the only Spartan to rank in the top-5 in both career blocks (third with 139) and steals (fifth with 220).
Johnson also is among the Michigan State leaders in each shooting category, ranking seventh in free throws made (289), 16th in 3-point field goals (59) and 16th in field goals (422). She is also sixth in career starts (112), 11th with 127 games played and 12th with 3,277 minutes played.
Poole has also set career high marks in almost every statistical category so far this season. She has already topped her season high totals in points, rebounds, assists and steals. Poole is also shooting a career best 46.4% from the field, which ranks second on the team and 13th in the Big Ten.
Since becoming a starter, Bell has set career highs in points (18), steals (3) and minutes (38), all against Nebraska Thursday, while also setting season highs in rebounds (8 vs. Iowa) and assists (3 vs. Nebraska). She is also shooting 52.2% from the field during the stretch. In her last three games, Bell has committed only one turnover in 90 minutes of action.
Johnson's assist-to-turnover ratio (1.61) is currently the best by a Spartan (with at least 2.0 assists a game) since the 2004-05 season, and ranks as the sixth-best at MSU since turnovers started being recorded in 1984.
Johnson leads the Spartans and is sixth in the Big Ten with 4.1 assists per game, and is third overall with a 1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio. She has increased her production in conference games, placing second assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.7 and third in assists (4.7). Johnson is second on the team in steals with 1.8 a game, 11th in the Big Ten.
Among freshmen nationally, Johnson is 10th in assists and second in assist-to-turnover ratio. Within the conference freshmen, she is first in steals and assist-to-turnover ratio, second in assists, and sixth in points.
The Spartans have been 42-4 over the last three seasons when attempting more free throws than their opponent, including a 11-2 mark this season.
MSU has out-rebounded 46 of its last 54 opponents dating back to last season, and was outrebounded only five times this season (at Texas, at Penn State, vs. Indiana, vs. Northwestern, vs. Nebraska).
Last season, Michigan State led the Big Ten in rebound margin, offensive rebounds and both rebound percentage categories. MSU was +8.4 in rebound margin, which was also ninth in the nation and broke the school's single-season record. The Spartans also topped the league with 15.5 offensive rebounds a game, which tied the previous record (2005-06).
In the 31-year history of the Big Ten, Merchant has the 11th-best career winning percentage in conference games, winning 68.2% (58-27), and has the second highest percentage among active coaches.
Merchant claimed her 300th career victory on Nov. 22 at Milwaukee. All-time, Merchant is 314-171 (.647) in her 17 years as a head coach, including stops at Eastern Michigan (1998-07) and Saginaw Valley State (1995-98).
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BCC President Jim Richey praised the plan, saying he strongly supports the initiative that would urge state colleges to offer four-year degrees for $10,000 to make higher education more affordable, reducing rising college costs and student debt.
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Bachelor degrees at the price of $10,000 would be offered in "fields that will provide graduates with the best opportunity for employment," Gov. Scott said. These fields include high-demand areas such as information technology, business and organizational management, education and engineering technology, according to a release by the Governor's office.
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Alex Tabarrok doesn't think it's a lack of personnel standing in the way of government innovation. When we asked the Bartley J. Madden Chair of economics at George Mason University to take a look at the White House's Innovation Fellows project designed to bring more innovators on board, he laughed.
"This is the sort of thing that should be happening every day," he told Upstart Business Journal this afternoon. He was commenting on a report by Marketplace that President Obama's chief technology officer Todd Park, had announced phase two of the project. "It shouldn't need a presidential campaign."
The PIF pairs private sector, non-profit, and academic innovators with "top innovators in government" to collaborate during a six-to-twelve-month "tour of duty" intended to to develop solutions that can "save lives, save taxpayer money, and fuel job creation," using previously untapped, or under-tapped government data.
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By Cecil G. Brumley
As 2012 was winding down, there was finally some good news on the jobs front. For the first time since June, the number of jobs reported by Volusia County employers was up from the previous year, according to statistics from the state labor department.
With 200 more jobs than last year, it wasn't up much, but hopefully it's a trend that will continue. The big drag on employment continues to be professional and business services, down 1,400 jobs from last year. Government and construction were both down 100 jobs. But retail trade, transportation and utilities, leisure and hospitality, education and health services, financial activities, manufacturing and other services were all up.
Finally Volusia County employers are aiding the decline in unemployment, which was at 8.3 percent in the county, down from 8.4 percent in October and 10.3 percent in November 2011.
Improvement in employment in Volusia was inevitable as taxable retail sales kept going up by a significant amount each month. In another recent report, sales were up 6.9 percent in October from October 2011. Taxable retail sales are audited and more reliable than gross sales.
With every business sector showing improvement over the past few months, apparently employers are starting to hire more workers to handle the increased business.
Commercial real estate activity continued at a hot pace in late December, led by Gator Investments purchase of the Winn-Dixie-anchored Riverwood Shopping Center in Port Orange for about $4.42 million. The North Miami Beach company also owns Kmart Plaza in Daytona Beach where it is getting a big new tenant, GFS Marketplace and adding another building.
The next largest deal was for land next to Lake Winnemisett in DeLand, which was bought by an entity named Lake Park Estate LLC for $4.2 million. The corporation was registered by DeLand attorney Astrid dePerry.
Huntington Realty Corp. of West Virginia bought the Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill property in Port Orange for $2.77 million.
Eckall Development of St. Petersburg bought a condo site on South Atlantic Avenue in New Smyrna Beach for $1.135 million.
In restaurant news, businessman Archie Dodani wants to open Tower Bar & Grill at 601 Main Street in Daytona Beach. The property most recently housed the Daytona Dog House. Also, a McDonald's is now under construction in front of the Walmart Supercenter near the intersection of Howland Boulevard and State Road 415 in Deltona.
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Courtland Rogers and Jenelle Evans make an awesome couple. Said no one ever. Jenelle's estranged husband checked himself into a hospital earlier this week and is currently on suicide watch. This happened shortly after Jenelle filed assault charges against Rogers and, according to sources, after she made it clear that wants to end the marriage. Radar Online talked to Rogers while he was in the hospital (he still is), and here's what he had to say:
"I wanted to die because I wasn't with Jenelle. I just didn't know how to deal with the pain that I'm not with her. I can't live without my heart, and Jenelle is my heart." He then continued: "I am going to get healthy in this hospital. I've been under suicide watch and I don't even have shoelaces. All I want is my wife back. Jenelle is my best friend and I miss her."
Wow. Dramatic. While I seriously hope Courtland gets the help he needs, he and Jenelle need to call it quits once and for all. Their relationship is the opposite of healthy -- I mean, Christ, the guy checked himself into a hospital over her.
Who knows what will happen with these two? I wouldn't be shocked if at some point they got back together, but at the end of the day, it's obvious they're so not meant for each other. In fact, I don't think either of them is meant for anyone right now. These two need to get their lives together, then they can address dating. For now -- concentrate on bettering yourself. It goes a long way, you crazy kids.
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I agree Ang9403 otherwise he has some serious underlying issues which I don't doubt but really they have been together for all of a second no reason to be so melodramatic
Angel Grace-If you don't like what people say about her, THEN DON'T READ IT. It goes both ways. She chooses to air all her dirty laundry in public, so she needs to be prepared to deal with the good and the bad of it. Most of it bad because that is how she chooses to live her life...full of drama and bad decisions. I hope one day, she does decide to grow up and straighten herself out for the sake of her son, but until then, people are going to gossip and rag on her.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan and Stephen Jackson each scored 16 points, and the San Antonio Spurs closed the preseason with a 100-85 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
Tony Parker added 16 points and Kawhi Leonard 11 for San Antonio (4-3). Duncan was 7 for 13 from the field and had 13 rebounds in 28 minutes at the AT&T Center.
The Spurs open the regular season Oct. 31 at New Orleans.
A.J. Price and Jan Vesely each scored 13 points for Washington (3-5), and Earl Barron added 12.
The Wizards visit Cleveland on Tuesday in their regular-season opener.
Washington sat its starters for much of the fourth quarter after leading most of the game.
Jackson hit a 3-pointer to cap a 9-0 run at the close of the third quarter as the Spurs took a 74-66 lead after a slow start.
Washington held a 40-27 lead with 9 minutes left in the first half following an 18-8 run. The Wizards built their lead as the Spurs' starters sat for about eight minutes bridging the first and second quarters.
San Antonio rallied once its starting lineup returned, with Parker scoring eight points in an 18-5 run.
Boris Diaw scored on a fast-break layup to give San Antonio a 61-59 lead, its first since holding a 4-2 advantage. Parker set up Diaw's basket with a diving save out of bounds on a Washington miss.
The Spurs were without Manu Ginobili, who sat out with back spasms.
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Would the publisher have sold more than 1 million copies of "The Cuckoo's Calling" if readers had not found out it was written by J.K. Rowling?
No, they and all kinds of other experts say. Not anywhere close.
Rowling wrote the book under a pseudonym, and sales were tepid, according to a Saturday story in The New York Times.
Then -- oops -- it slipped out that the real author was Rowling, of Hogwarts fame.
Then sales soared.
The Times spends way too much space getting to the bottom line of this bottom line: In publishing as in just about everything else, it's all in the name. Or, the brand, as they say.
Of course, Rowling runs the risk of putting out mediocre stuff and seeing the brand erode.
However, that does not seem to have hurt Tom Clancy, who churns out encyclopedic claptrap and still sells well.
In the overall realm of food, this is an absolute truth: Bacon makes any dish better.
I realized this early in life because my dad cooked with bacon grease -- almost everything with bacon grease.
He cooked bacon for breakfast in his big cast-iron skillet, then poured the grease off into a coffee can that he kept on the back of the stove.
With spinach, bacon.
With collards, bacon.
With fried potatoes, bacon.
With fried okra, bacon.
I will probably die early because of all that grease.
But I still love bacon, just as much as all those folks who line up at Burger King and McDonald''s and Wendy's to get bacon cheese burgers.
It never crossed my mind, though, to put bacon into the deconstructed Hatch chile rellenos that I wrote about recently in this space.
David Morales, a regular volunteer here at the library, thought about it, though.
He e-mailed me right after I posted the recipe, wondering about how the casserole would taste with bacon.
YES! I wrote back, figuratively slapping my forehead.
I figured it might work best to fry the bacon crispy, then crumble it on top before putting the dish into the oven.
Before I could get a chance to try it, David beat me to the test.
He reports that it was wonderful.
How on earth could it not be?
The prolific author James Patterson was the subject of the Q and A in the New York Times book review section yesterday.
The operative word in that sentence is "prolific." The guy beats anything I ever saw in terms of productivity. His name is on almost everything that comes through the library other than the Wimberley View.
So, an in-the-know reader might expect the editors of the book review section to ask the single most obvious question that the curious in-the-know reader would ask if sitting down with James Patterson.
That question would be: How in the heck do you write so many darn books in such a short period of time?
And the follow-up would be: Who is helping you out with these writing chores, man?
But, that question just didn't occur to the editors?
Guess not. Because it's not asked and, thus, not answered.
That summer and fall of 1963, I was working at Uncle Zeke's Pancake House in Wolflin Village in Amarillo.
I had worked my way up from bus boy through the dishwashing station and the grill and was a host, greeting people as they came in the front door and then seating them at the right booth or table, depending on which waitress was up next, and then giving them a menu, a glass of ice water, a placemat and silverware.
One night after the dinner rush, I heard a sound coming from the front door that I had never heard before. Someone was knocking.
Perplexed, I pushed the door open.
And standing there, hat in hand, was a black man dressed in a brown suit. Beside him were a woman and two children.
"Excuse me," he said, "but do you serve Negroes in this establishment?"
I had no idea, and the owner was gone for the day.
So, I answered him in the way I had been raised.
"Yes," I said. "Come in."
After I had sat the family in a booth in the southeast corner of the restaurant, I went to the back to find the waitress.
When she turned the corner to enter the dining room, she stopped dead in her tracks and turned to me with a face redder than her hair.
"I'm not waiting on no niggers," she hissed. "Get them out of here. Now."
I wanted to be anywhere in the universe at that moment but in Uncle Zeke's Pancake House in Wolflin Village in Amarillo.
But, I had no choice.
I can only imagine how humiliated these nice folks felt as they walked out the door and into the night -- all those fifty years ago right now.
Cash-strapped public officials in Miami, Fla., are about to gut their public library system.
They plan to close 22 of 49 libraries and fire 250 staffers.
This will effectively keep millions of people from having access to vital information, including the Web.
The result will not only be immediate, but also long-term.
Lack of money is the problem as Miami continues to deal with the 2008 meltdown and its aftermath, and it appears that all public services, not just libraries, will be affected.
It is hard to argue that if and when cuts are made in a fair and equitable way libraries should be exempted from the axe. Are they more vital that firefighters' or police services?
Librarians across the country are making that argument, though, including Rebecca T. Miller, editor of Library Journal. When officials fold libraries, she writes in the August issue, "They are cutting a lifelong education booster. They are cutting an economic driver. They are cutting a safety net from a culture with all too few safety nets."
True enough. But I'm wondering what the alternative might be.
I do believe libraries are vital to communities. But, I'm not prepared to make the case that libraries should be open if fire and police services are shut down.
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Pediatricians recommend vitamin D supplementation for infants who are fully or partially breastfed. But are parents unknowingly giving their babies too much? In an alert issued by June 15, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned parents and caregivers that some liquid vitamin D supplement products on the market come with droppers that could allow parents and caregivers to accidentally give harmful amounts of the vitamin to an infant. Some droppers may be poorly marked or hold a greater amount of liquid vitamin D than an infant should receive.
"It is important that infants not get more than the recommended daily amount of vitamin D," says Dr. Linda M. Katz, interim chief medical officer in FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Currently, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends fully or partially breastfed babies receive a daily supplement of 400 IU of vitamin D.
As the FDA explained in its warning, vitamin D promotes calcium absorption in the gut and plays a key role in the development of strong bones. Vitamin D supplements are recommended for some infants—especially those that are breastfed—because deficiency of this vitamin can lead to bone problems such as thinning, soft, and misshaped bones, as is seen with the condition known as rickets.
However, too much vitamin D can cause nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, excessive thirst, frequent urination, constipation, abdominal pain, muscle weakness, muscle and joint aches, confusion, and fatigue, as well as more serious consequences like kidney damage.
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- Use only the dropper that comes with the product—it is manufactured specifically for that product. Do not use a dropper from another product.
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Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown. In ''Remembering Whitney,'' the mother of the late Whitney Houston writes that from the start she had doubted whether Brown was right for her daughter. And she thinks that Whitney might not have ended up so ''deep'' into drugs had they not stayed together.
''Remembering Whitney'' came out Tuesday, two weeks short of the first anniversary of Houston's death at 48. She drowned in a hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills, Calif.; authorities said her death was complicated by cocaine use and heart disease.


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NEW YORK (AP) - There's a new vision for the planned performing arts center at the World Trade Center site - as a multidisciplinary space, not just a center for dance.
The center's director, Maggie Boepple, told The New York Times the facility would encompass theater, music and film, as well as dance. The last proposal had called for it to be called the International Dance Center, with the Joyce Theater as its primary tenant.
But the city says the adjustment was necessary to make the Frank Gehry-designed center a viable enterprise in Lower Manhattan.
The Joyce's executive director, Linda Shelton, said she was pleased the theater would still be a part of the planned arts center.
Boepple said it's looking for an artistic director for the center, projected to open in 2019.
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Coming Attraction: UT3D ProgramBy Mason Jones, University Communications | Published March 11, 2013
Coming soon to radio-television-film students: UT3D, the first-of-its-kind 3-D production curriculum in the country. Watch a video to learn more about the new program.
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Text by You You Xia, Visual Arts Center | Published Feb. 18, 2013
It's not every day that you see a two-story structure built inside a gallery. But this spring's artists-in-residence at the Visual Arts Center think big. Watch the video.
Goodenough, Bard Win National Medals of ScienceBy University Communications | Published Feb. 11, 2013
President Obama awarded medals to not one but TWO University of Texas at Austin scientists! The tower will be lit Feb. 12 in their honor. Learn more.
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What has 1604 pipes, 2000 leather pouches and more than 10,000 parts in all? The newly restored pipe organ in Jessen Auditorium. Watch a video about how it was refurbished.
Science Study Break Looks at AddictionBy Mason Jones | Published Nov. 29, 2012
In this installment of Science Study Break Dr. Carlton Erickson (Pharmacy–Addiction Science & Research Center) discusses the science of addiction, using scenes from "House MD," "Nurse Jackie," "E.R.," and other shows. About Science Study Break Pop culture and the academy collide as Science Study Break features researchers from The University of Texas at Austin discussing …
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Jimmy Wadman went from failing to teaching in Chemistry 301, a course transformed from massive lecture to interactive experience. Watch his story.
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As the rubber hits the road at Austin's Formula One racetrack this week, check out the contributions of Longhorns and read about technology behind really fast cars.
Skeletons in the Closet: Flesh Eating Beetles Pick the Bones CleanBy Jackson School of Geosciences | Published Oct. 29, 2012
You may see a few skeletons walking about once a year on Halloween night, but a colony of voracious flesh eating beetles at the University of Texas at Austin are busy every night turning roadkill into one of the spookiest collections on campus.
Film Shares Architect's Mission for African SchoolsPublished Oct. 17, 2012
Erinn McGurn, M. Arch. '98, worked with RTF filmmakers to tell a story about the importance of education in rural Zambia through the eyes of two sisters.
Scratchpad MemoryBy Mason Jones | Published Sept. 4, 2012
The brain has a function for short term memory, and professors at UT's Center for Learning and Memory are uncovering its structure.
Fly Over the Forty AcresBy University Communications | Published Aug. 20, 2012
Take an aerial view of the Forty Acres in this helicopter flyover of campus. Go to YouTube to share the video http://youtu.be/itO9IXiH4Nk. "The Eyes of Texas" is performed by the Longhorn Band.
Hands On and Horns Up: Research is Key to Academic SuccessBy Division of Student Affairs | Published Aug. 15, 2012
In this video, College of Liberal Arts student Maggie Gunn talks about research opportunities at UT.
Business, Higher Education, Civil Rights Groups Support University in Supreme Court CaseBy University Communications | Published Aug. 10, 2012
Amicus briefs have been filed with the United States Supreme Court in support of The University of Texas at Austin's holistic admissions process.
President Powers on Fisher Case BriefBy University Communications | Published Aug. 6, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas — August 6, 2012, the University of Texas at Austin filed its brief to the United States Supreme Court as respondent in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The plaintiff in the case claims that she was denied undergraduate admission to the university in 2008 because she is white. …
Z MachineBy Alex Wang and Daniel Oppenheimer, College of Natural Sciences | Published Aug. 5, 2012
For the past few years astronomer Don Winget has been using the Z Machine, the world's largest x-ray generator, to create white dwarf "star stuff" here on earth. When he put a photograph of the Z Machine up on the projector, in his Astronomy 301 course, it inspired fine arts student Leah Flippen to begin …
Mitigating Underwater NoiseBy Mason Jones | Published Aug. 5, 2012
Post-doctoral researcher Kevin Lee demonstrates a technique that reduces harmful affects on marine life from underwater noise created by industrial activities like oil drilling. Read more about this research.
From 'Technopolis' to 'Coopetition'By University Communications | Published July 22, 2012
John Sibley Butler director of the IC² Institute spoke on the Place-Based Innovation Plenary Panel at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative America Meeting in Chicago, June 7, 2012.
Old Drug Holds New PromiseBy University Communications | Published July 8, 2012
Exciting new findings in UT's neurobiology labs suggest that rapamycin, an FDA-approved immunosuppressant used to control organ rejection in transplant patients, may be an effective therapy for Alzheimer's, epilepsy, and even autism. Now a UT team led by Professor Kim Raab-Graham of the College of Natural Sciences' Center for Learning and Memory is searching for …
Roll the BonesBy University Communications | Published June 29, 2012
In this video from NPR's Science Friday, UT paleontologist Tim Rowe describes his non-invasive technique for looking inside the skulls of dinosaurs by creating hundreds of digital slices. Digital morphology uses high-resolution X-ray computed tomography to create spectacular imagery and animations of biological specimens. With this technology scientists at the university can see what a …
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The Last Picture Show -- The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Bogdanovich's wonderful account of life in a 1950s Texas town as the residents prepare for the closing of the local movie theater. First class ensemble with Oscars going to Johnson and Leachman!
Trailer for the 1971 classic The Last Picture Show.
Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) are best friends growing through the changes of high school. Raised in the small town of Anarene, TX, the two friends share good times, girlfriends and a love for a rundown movie house owned by a man called Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson). As their town is choked by movement into bigger cities, the boys watch their favorite movie theater close as they themselves close the book on their early lives.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities.
The social networking company is also threatening legal action against those who violate its long-standing policy against sharing passwords.
An Associated Press story this week documented cases of job applicants who are being asked, at the interview table, to reveal their Facebook passwords so their prospective employers can check their backgrounds.
In a post on Friday, Facebook's chief privacy of policy officer cautioned that if an employer discovers that a job applicant is a member of a protected group, the employer may open itself up to claims of discrimination if it doesn't hire that person.
"As a user, you shouldn't be forced to share your private information and communications just to get a job," wrote Erin Egan. "And as the friend of a user, you shouldn't have to worry that your private information or communications will be revealed to someone you don't know and didn't intend to share with just because that user is looking for a job."
Not sharing passwords is a basic tenet of online conduct. Aside from the privacy concerns, Facebook considers the practice a security risk.
Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said that the company doesn't think employers should be asking applicants for their passwords because "we don't think it's the right thing to do."
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NARRAGANSETT – If you've ever driven a car in Rhode Island then you probably know that many of the state's roads and bridges are in need of repair. Several state officials gathered in Galilee on Friday morning to tour the Great Island Bridge, one of many in the state that is in disrepair and in dyer need of updates. The tour comes from a report from the White House released last week detailing state-by-state road conditions as well as a recent shortfall in funding for the federal Highway Trust Fund.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN- On a beautiful summer day under the bright sun at Old Mountain Field, young girls hustled to field groundballs during the Ocean State Waves summer softball camp.
Last Monday, groups of youth softball players practiced and learned different techniques to improve their skills,which helped them strive to become the next better players in the area.
CUMBERLAND—It was a long, frustrating road trip for South Kingstown Post 39's Junior Legion team as they traveled north on Friday night to Cumberland to take on the Upper Deck/Spinners Post 86/14.
Previously, on Wednesday night, both squads were scheduled to go head-to-head, until the game was postponed due to rain and was rescheduled two nights later at Tucker Field.
NARRAGANSETT—With International soccer and the World Cup coming to a close earlier in the month, soccer fans laced up their cleats to attend some summer camp soccer during Gareth Elliott's, "Goal 4 Rams Soccer Camp."
During the 45-minute lunch period, kids devoured food as fast as they possibly could, before putting a smile on their faces as they headed back out to the soccer field.
NARRAGANSETT – Brian Lemme and Kevin McEnery, two firefighters who were recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, were pinned and sworn in at the regular Narragansett Town Council meeting on Monday evening. The council also honored the retirement of Richard "Dickey" White, a former police officer who provided many years of service to the Narragansett Police Department.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - As summertime in Rhode Island nears the mid-way point, reports from local businesses and town employees show a promising outlook despite the lack of sun and warm weather thus far in 2014.
South Kingstown Town Beach is one of the local attractions that garnered increased attention this year, according to Teresa Murphy, director of leisure services in the town.
"We had a great year - the 2013-14 year that ended June 30," said Murphy on Monday. "We had $15,000 exceeding our revenue. We had budgeted $110,000 and we brought in $125,000."
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Elizabeth Czernicki was a South Kingstown resident first.
Now, she is the co-founder and treasurer of the Marine Semper Fi Fund, a certified public accountant, a business owner, a military wife and the mayor of Occaquan, Virginia, where she now lives.
From South Kingstown High School, Czernicki attended Colby College in Maine where she met her husband, Lt. Erik Quist, who served three tours of duty in the Middle East after 9/11. Since his deployment, he has risen to the rank of Major.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - A split decision by the South Kingstown Zoning Board to uphold a violation that zones a legal medical marijuana grow-site as an "agricultural manufacturing facility" will cost the lessee of the now-defunct Campus Cinema on Columbia Street up to $500 per day until the reported medical marijuana and growing equipment is removed from the site.
EAST PROVIDENCE – The Coastal Resources Management Council Ocean Special Area Management Plan Subcommittee met at the East Providence Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon to further discuss their contract with Deepwater Wind who has plans to build a 30-megawatt offshore wind farm off the coast of Block Island.
NARRAGANSETT – The controversy surrounding the proposed changes to a lot in Kentara Green, one of the four remaining Sherry Cottages, continued to grow during Tuesday evening's planning board meeting with a full house of local residents ready to express their firm opposition.


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Dr. Norman Neal is charged with 10 counts of illegal issuance of prescription medications.
A former Cleveland, Tenn., doctor pleaded guilty Monday to writing illegal prescriptions when he worked for a North Georgia weight management clinic.
Yet Norman Neal's attorney claims his client wasn't responsible for shelling out painkillers to a large client base across the state, but was writing the prescriptions for his own medical condition.
"Catoosa County was just convinced it was a pill mill, and that's just not what they had," said Robert Stultz, Neal's attorney.
In March 2011, federal and local investigators shut down Doctor's Health Center where Neal worked. During the search, police said, they found more than two dozen blank prescriptions, several inside Neal's car.
At the time, Neal was charged with 24 counts of signing blank prescriptions and five counts of illegally possessing controlled substances.
The clinic's owner said she never saw Neal illegally prescribing hydrocodone and Xanax to patients and didn't notice heavy traffic in the parking lot.
When Neal was indicted, he wasn't charged with all 29 counts of drug abuse.
In Catoosa County, Neal was indicted on four counts of unlawful possession of hydrocodone and four counts related to writing illegal prescriptions. Prosecutors also indicted him in Walker County on seven charges, including five counts of fraud in obtaining controlled substance.
Stultz said police didn't have proof Neal was writing illegal prescriptions to anyone but himself.
Lookout Mountain Assistant District Attorney Alan Norton didn't return calls seeking comment. No one at the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office was available for comment on the case.
Neal suffers from restless leg syndrome, an impairing disorder, Stultz said, and that's why he was writing pain medication prescriptions to treat the condition.
At a sentencing hearing that hasn't been set, Neal will prove where the prescriptions were going, Stultz said. That's why he will ask a judge for probation instead of jail time, he said.
When Neal was arrested, both his Georgia and Tennessee medical licenses were suspended.
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If I think about all the men I've met, dated, dumped, or were dumped by, I really can't imagine that I would end up with one of them one day. I am pretty sure that if we were "meant" to be together, then things would have happened the first time we crossed paths. What if that's not the case, though?
I have heard a lot of couples say that they reconnected through Facebook, or found they were living in the same city, and things clicked instantly. Do you think that we meet people at certain times in our lives for a reason?
Is it possible that you have already met or dated the person you are supposed to marry? Do you believe that it's about timing? How much do you think our life experiences change us? Is it possible that a person can be right for you now, but was wrong for you years ago?
I could be a hopeless romantic here, but do you believe in destiny? Do you think that whatever happens in your love life is going to happen because of destiny?
August 24th, 2009
8:29 am
Good morning, It seems today is call out sick day…
As far as the questionS.. I believe you can reconnect with a person, Im not the same person you knew 4yrs ago. So unless there was a real reason for the split, cheating, abuse, bad in the sack, ABS, kidding on the last one.. I don't see why not.. As for being Destined for each other, I wouldn't go that far.. Anyway, Its going to be a long day,, so you guys have a good one…
August 24th, 2009
8:37 am
Good morning. About two years ago, I reconnected with a man I met in college. We were friends then, but I had a big crush on him that I never told him about because he had a girlfriend. So ten years later, we run into each other and right away we decide that this must be destiny. He said that he didn't want to waste any more time without each other. Needless to say, the more we got to know about each other, the more we knew that it wouldn't work long term. The short term was great, but the breakup was hard.
I say that to say that I believe that timing and compatibility is what determines if a relationship will be established. Once you have that, it's the three-legged stool of Love, Friendship and Intimacy that keeps a relationship going once established. Lose one of those legs and the relationship can topple. I don't believe in "The One", I believe that there are many people that we can be compatible with and love if they are placed in our path.
August 24th, 2009
8:49 am
Good Morning All,
Ohh Wisey your Cancer spirit is showing today. Here goes..
Do you think that we meet people at certain times in our lives for a reason?
Yes, I think all of our life experience serve to shape us and hopefully at some point provide guidance, if not understanding to someone else.
Is it possible that you have already met or dated the person you are supposed to marry?
YES…and alas I am not sure which moron it was. The same fellows pop in and out of my life..may not make a good marriage but the stories would make one helluva book. Timing is essential and I do believe because we change and grow as people that if the timing was not or the person was not right at 21, it doesn't mean that they will not be right at 41. You have changed and hopefully so have they. Who's to say it will not work right now?
I am not so much the hopeless romantic..but I do believe that everything in the universe is connected and that you can be connected to a person (or two). If a person(s) has touched your life so deeply(not just physically touched) then that leaves a connection that no matter the circumstances some how the universe finds away to keep you connected. <<<my deep thought for today.
August 24th, 2009
9:03 am
Of course you can reconnect with someone from your past as I'm a living testament to that. If I was posed this question at least two years ago I would have told you otherwise. However some people change, and when presented with a different set of circumstances it is possible to hit the reset button on an old relationship that had potential.
I've known my wife since I was in college, but certainly was not ready for anything serious back then so it didn't work out. Still she was on the periphial (sp). Ironically, when we did start to date seriously I had another friend who seemed to turn the corner and wanted to press the reset button on something that started years ago. It actually could have worked too, but I cast my lot with with the woman who became my wife. Ultimately it proved to me that some bridges are worth maintaining rather than burning and I'm notorious for buring bridges.
August 24th, 2009
9:06 am
Good Morning All!!!
Do you think that we meet people at certain times in our lives for a reason? Yes, I've met some great guys in my past but the timing wasn't right. I wasn't mature – they weren't ready, etc. There was one guy I reconnected with at my high school reunion – we didn't date in high school, were just real cool. We 'almost' hooked up but then we got in a spat about something really petty. By the time he called me again (my birthday) I was with the current love of my life. In the words of OG Blogger Ivy, "oh well to that…"
Is it possible that you have already met or dated the person you are supposed to marry? nope because I'm with him now
Do you believe that it's about timing? Yes
How much do you think our life experiences change us? I think our life experiences help to build our character and major experiences can really change us.
Is it possible that a person can be right for you know, but was wrong for you years ago? I believe that can be possible. Someone that knew you years ago knows your past and as you've both matured the timing can make it right today.
I could be a hopeless romantic here, but do you believe in destiny? Do you think that whatever happens in your love life is going to happen because of destiny? I do believe in destiny. But sometimes we can mess it up. My fiance' and I were just talking yesterday about how we believe nothing happens by chance.
August 24th, 2009
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August 24th, 2009
9:17 am
Morning everyone,
I was hoping everyone had a fantastic weekend and I know someone most definitely did! I can't even answer the question yet, I'm so happy for Tazzee!!!
Congrats Tazzee!!!!
August 24th, 2009
9:19 am
Happy Happy Joy Joy..Lady Tazzee!!! Congrats!
August 24th, 2009
9:20 am
Rocking Finger Bling!!!!!!!!
Am I reading correctly?
August 24th, 2009
9:20 am
YAY TAZZEE!! Another blog wedding! Congratulations!!
August 24th, 2009
9:22 am
Thank you blog family!
Raqi – yes, you are reading correctly
August 24th, 2009
9:22 am
congrats tazz…when is the date…finger bling..thats funny…
Is it possible that a person can be right for you know, but was wrong for you years ago?
-yep and thats why i am not with wifey nomo…she dont love me nomo…lol…folks is straight funny…i watched revolutionary road and the movie called fling*..and both movies had the same general theme…right for me now..but long term no….i could feel both of those movies
August 24th, 2009
9:24 am
Wait did I miss a blog wedding? Oh wait that's right Ms. QC brother who's name escapes me right now got hitched.
August 24th, 2009
9:25 am
congrats Tazzee!!!!!!!!!!
August 24th, 2009
9:26 am
Just one day I would like the ajc to not eat a blog post. Just one.
August 24th, 2009
9:26 am
Tazzee I just went over to see and I saw. Congratulations miss lady. I knew it was going to happen soon from reading at your spot.
I am so happy for you. I wish you two all the best that God and this life and give.
August 24th, 2009
9:27 am
@kym…is that right ol darrell got hitched…wow….congrats
@tazzee..did you cry and scream thank you jesus..lol
August 24th, 2009
9:28 am
Happy monday.
I think that there is a good chance that you could have met the one but also you may have THOUGHT you met the one, but you are still getting to know yourself, especially in the college part of your life. You dont know exactly where you want to work or even what city you will live in.
Timing is a big part and sometimes its the right person at the wrong time.
I also think you are constantly growing so that person may or may not be what you are looking for later down the line.
Is it possible that you have already met or dated the person you are supposed to marry?
I think this may have been possible, but I am a notoriously progressive dater. I have coined that term over my dating life and always look at what went wrong/good and add up the total. If bad, cut my losses and move on. I rarely go back to an ex to give it another try.
August 24th, 2009
9:29 am
Rell – we haven't set a date yet. We are going to wait until we go through pre-marital counseling. Plus we still haven't decided if we are going to have a wedding or not.
Which reminds me, I need to call the church….
August 24th, 2009
9:32 am
Wait did I miss a blog wedding? Oh wait that's right Ms. QC brother who's name escapes me right now got hitched.
Kym – I remember the announcement that he got engaged but I don't remember any one that he actually got married. QC never confirmed from what I can remember.
August 24th, 2009
9:35 am
I really don't believe in the concept of "The One" because I believe there can be more than one person you connect with.
August 24th, 2009
9:35 am
I have heard a lot of couples say that they reconnected through Facebook, or found they were living in the same city, and things clicked instantly. Do you think that we meet people at certain times in our lives for a reason?
I guess I have to. My sister dated this guy in college. They were young and stupid, they both had significant others yet were always drawn to each other. Years later, they reconnected on MySpace and were both single. They took a trip together and the rest was history. They just celebrated a year of marriage and now have a baby girl due at the end of the year!!!
Another one of my friends connected with her HS crush on Facebook. They will be married in April.
I guess timing is everything. I try not to look backwards in my relationships, but I could be open to doing so for certain reasons.
August 24th, 2009
9:39 am
Kym — And my friend Lady Dark w/ Dimples got married last March. She announced her engagement on here.
August 24th, 2009
9:40 am
And Musing Lee and Swiss…
August 24th, 2009
9:40 am
@ARed one of my friends is dating an old flame she reconnected with on Facebook.
August 24th, 2009
9:42 am
And the blogger who got engaged at the Kindred concert.
August 24th, 2009
9:47 am
Three Words Daily – Now's the time.
August 24th, 2009
9:48 am
until we go through pre-marital counseling.
- yep…good look
August 24th, 2009
9:53 am
Yes, Taz – this weekend's leakage of the eyes is credited to you.
I've done some reconnecting and some disconnecting. It is the cycle of life.
August 24th, 2009
9:54 am
Morning All!
Congrats Tazzee!!! Wishing you all the best!
BRB – gotta get this kettle corn popped first
August 24th, 2009
9:55 am
Congratulations Tazzee!!! What great news!!! Peace and blessings to you both.
As for the question(s) at hand: Anything's possible. Timing really is everything. It happens for some people and as evidenced by the comments here, they can live happily ever after. However, the men that I dated in my past are out of my life for a reason. I can honestly say that no Facebook messages, MySpace pics, or random coffee house spottings will ever put me back together with any guy from my past. If anything, I'd probably run in the other direction, lol.
August 24th, 2009
9:56 am
I have often thought that I may end up with a woman I currently know. Not one that I have dated, but a woman who has been in my life for years. There are maybe 3 women who I could imagine myself settling down with, but they are all at least 600 miles away. I know if I moved to any of the 3 cities where they live or close to it that we would at least start down the road to marriage if some other guy did not beat me to it.
Those are just the 3 with whom I think there are mutual feelings, I think there are probably 3 more women who want me to settle down with them, but I have no interest in return…but that's another story.
August 24th, 2009
9:56 am
Wise Diva – I'll relay that kneecap message to him, LOL. My uncles want to have a talk with him…
Rell – I cried, quite a bit – but I didn't yell 'thank you Jesus!' LOL.
SexyCool – thanks for being so happy for me!
August 24th, 2009
9:58 am
Hi WD, Good Morning All,
"Do you think that we meet people at certain times in our lives for a reason?" ABSOLUTELY…I've just seen too much in my life to believe in "coincidence".
"Is it possible that you have already met or dated the person you are supposed to marry? Do you believe that it's about timing?" It is all in the timing. There have been a number of times I met someone at a time when she or I were involved…that in another place and time, could/would have fallen for. (One is happily married in Tupelo MS, but the one night we spent together all those years ago was magical…but she was involved and so was I).
"Is it possible that a person can be right for you now, but was wrong for you years ago?" Maybe, but most likely not. Wrong is wrong usually.
"I could be a hopeless romantic here, but do you believe in destiny? Do you think that whatever happens in your love life is going to happen because of destiny?" I believe in destiny, but the tough part is "what/who" is our destiny. Most of us don't realize it. My marriage was brought about by a drunken dumbazz (me) dialing a wrong number and starting a conversation. Destiny…I think so. It ended up causing two marriages and seven children (the guy with me that night ended up marrying her sister). Marriage sucked, but I love my children more than anything. Without that wrong number, they would not exist.
Destiny is not necessarily something you see at the time…it is something you see much later…that of all of the possible paths in this world, it wass the one you chose (or was chosen for you) that changed your life, and everyone you touched later.
August 24th, 2009
9:58 am
Good morning everyone!
CONGRATULATIONS, TAZ! Your happiness has been pouring through these pages for quite some time. Yay, for you!
@Kym, Darrell was his name!
Yes, people can change and the "reset" button can be pressed. However, since a lot of folk don't believe in backtracking, one may never know if they dated someone who might have become their husband. Moving forward, everything happens for a purpose and people are placed in your lives for a reason. Destiny, mestiny, it's all in your hands.
I have a friend who reconnected with a h.s. mate on Facebook. Both are now in their late 40's. They've been dating long distance and she's in love and he says he loves her too (from the emails I've read). However, she pours her heart out and wears all emotions on her sleeve. People change, some for the best some for the worse. His red flag to me is when he said "you always appeared so strong and levelheaded in school. Now, you don't seen to handle stress very well." One's perception changes as time goes by. Not prudent to live by the thoughts from yesteryear. Life has a way of beating up on some people. My exes will remain my exes!
August 24th, 2009
10:08 am
Taz – OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! ~LOL~
August 24th, 2009
10:09 am
@ Leggs re: "everything happens for a purpose and people are placed in your lives for a reason" …I believe this one probably more strongly than anything else I believe.
I know most on this blog are not country music fans, but the group Rascal Flatts has some of the best lyrics of any group out there. One song that I know WD is very familiar with is titled "God Bless the Broken Road (that led me straight to you)". Check it out sometime on line. Why did we choose the path we chose? Like I said, I do not believe in coincidence.
I absolutely believe what you wrote.
August 24th, 2009
10:11 am
Morning all…
Congrats, Tazzee! Okay, so spill it — how did he pop the question? The blog ladies are dying to know, and some of the dudes could use ideas.
On topic — I would like to believe in destiny; that everything happens for a reason & that there is some larger, cosmic plan to everything. It's a nice thought (well, so long as that cosmic plan isn't for me to become a man-wh@re, sucking dyck for crack, or something like that). But, my utter rejection of anything resembling an orchestrating higher power won't let me buy into it. I think there are always opportunities out there, and your life is all about what you make of them.
August 24th, 2009
10:16 am
I forgot about MusingLee and Swiss. Cool beans. @Randy T I am a fan of country music..some of my best pick me ups come from the likes of the Dixie Chicks, Kenny Chesney and Sugarland.
August 24th, 2009
10:20 am
@Swiss I believe in past lives and that if you feel a really deep connection to someone(not that whole one night in Bangkok stuff ) then its possible you were connected to them in another life.
August 24th, 2009
10:30 am
Good Morning all
**Mr Unknown** What you talkin about? Yes chile it is call in sick. I mean half of my small dept called out this morning. More work for me.
Congrats Tazzee…..(Singing "ANOTHER BITES THE DUST")
blog confetti falls from the air!
August 24th, 2009
10:32 am
@Randy ~ I love country music. A lot of their songs are heartfelt and have great messages. Their lyrics are profound. Love Rascal Flatts, Reba, Carrie Underwood(newcomer), Trace Atkins, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, etc. I love the title and will check it out.
@Swiss, you are going to have a beautiful day Saturday.
August 24th, 2009
10:37 am
Tazz I am so HAPPY FOR YOU! Now that is wonderful news!
August 24th, 2009
10:38 am
Good mornting gang!
And a big ole CONGRATULATIONS to our fellow blogette TAZZEE! Yeah, you gotta spill the beans on how he did it!
On topic – While I'm a romantic and I do believe in destiny, some stuff just is NOT meant to be. We want it too so bad cause the story sounds so good and all – "we met back up after 15 years and the love was still there, yada yada! It DOES work quite a bit – one of my sister's best friends from college met her husband at a Spelman/Morehouse reunion and the rest is history. For me, one of the worst relationships I've had was a "meet back up". I dated very briefly this guy I met at one of my cousin's 30th birthday party. We went on a few dates, but this other guy I still had feelings for was moving back to town. Fast forward 10 years at another cousin's wedding reception. I see the same guy and his sister is the one marrying my cousin. Well the attraction was still there and yes it felt like destiny. Plus this dude looked like a taller version of Tyson Beckford. We dated and it was pure H. He was a man ho with a capital H! I have never cussed someone out as bad as I did him. After him I took a year & a half hiatus from dating, until I met my current wonderful SO!
August 24th, 2009
10:40 am
Taz – OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! ~LOL~
That is the exact voicemail message I got from Cemeeli (without the LOL)
the proposal (with a little extra): http://lifeisministry.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-weekend_23.html
August 24th, 2009
10:41 am
I will not pull out the rewind and repeat button for my answer on this topic. I think timing is everything and I have stated this before.
Over the years there were a few special guys that I had a deep connection with, but the timing was not there. Probably if timing had been different we would have wrapped our arms around each other and made a vow of forever.
August 24th, 2009
10:45 am
All this love and destiny talk..it feels like Valentine's Day..Lets press the pod and see what love song spins first..After Tonight..Will Downing..we have a winner!
August 24th, 2009
10:48 am
Three Words:
Its going Down
Congrats Tazzee…he beat me to it.Lucky guy!