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GARETH DUNCAN reports on the KZN over-age saga that shocked the national schools rugby scene.
Last weekend, reports emerged that several KZN schoolboys were found to be older than the U18 and U19 age-group school and provincial teams they were selected for. One of the players was reported to be 22 years old.
These players presented fake birth certificates upon high school enrollment. However, KZN head of high school rugby Noel Ingle confirmed that one schoolboy was caught out when a particular school was compiling matric entries. A provincial investigation followed.
The KZN High Schools Rugby Association, with the support of the local schools, employed an immigration expert to carry out a verification process. This was to ensure that no players representing the province or their respective schools at any level were over age.
No names have officially been released, but keo.co.za's Schoolboy Derby has it on good authority that two of these schoolboys were Glenwood captain and wing Siyabonga Tom and DHS fullback Mbembe Payi. Both players hail from Port Elizabeth and were granted sport bursaries to attend the respective schools. They both played 1st XV rugby and are KZN U18 Craven Week representatives.
Tom also made the SA Schools team and started against France U18 in last year's Tri-Nations curtain-raiser in PE. He was then selected for the SA U18 Sevens side that competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man. However, he was dropped from the latter squad as he didn't possess an ID or passport to make the trip to Europe.
Tom and Payi have left their respective schools since being exposed and are reportedly 'missing'. They were also absent from the Glenwood-DHS clash in Durban last Saturday, which was televised on SuperSport.
Ingle, who couldn't confirm the names of the players or schools being investigated, said the matter was being dealt with accordingly.
'Schools that have over-age players have been informed,' Ingle told this site. 'Individual schools have dealt with these matters internally in good faith, and due process will take place.
'The schools that have been mentioned in the press are not the only schools that found over-age players in their teams. It would be injudicious of me to mention either the player's names or the names of the schools.
'We have completed a verification process,' he continued. 'The problem is not widespread, but nevertheless, one over-age player is a serious matter. The consequences of serious injury due to an over-age player are too horrendous to contemplate.'
Sharks Academy operations manager Roelof Kotze, who was the SA U18 Sevens squad's team manager during Commonwealth Youth Games, suggested that this is a national problem.
'If it happened in KZN, you better believe this is happening in other regions too,' said Kotze. 'Players, parents and even agents will do anything for the best opportunities to secure a professional rugby career.
'There are steps that can be put in place to help solve this matter, but this problem is so sensitive. Players will start accusing each other, and innocent players who are accused will complain. We need input from a national union to sort out this mess.'
Saru does not officially manage school matters, but these are monitored by the South Africa Schools Rugby Association (Sasra).
Sasra acting chairman Thys Bezuidenhout stated that these incidents were 'highly upsetting' and he was dumbfounded how these players escaped the national verification procedures.
'When a player is selected for the junior provincial weeks, they have to fill out a form with their birth certificates or ID copies attached,' said Bezuidenhout. 'These are then verified through Saru, who pass these on to home affairs to be checked. So how these players managed to get away with it in the first place is a big mystery.
'I last heard of an over-age incident during the U18 Craven Week five years ago, when two boys were caught out. Since then, we haven't had any issues.
'Hopefully we will be able to resolve this incident. The necessary action will be taken.'
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Senate passed a bill that would extend federal unemployment benefits for 2.8 million Americans:
"Today's action brings us one step closer to providing critical relief to 2.8. million Americans so they can put gas in their cars and buy clothes for their kids while they look for work, and now the House needs to step up and pass this bill," Klobuchar said. "This legislation provides a vital lifeline to hardworking families who are struggling to make ends meet, and that's good for our economy."
Earlier this year, Senator Klobuchar released a JEC report noting that since 2008, unemployment insurance has kept 11 million people out of poverty while boosting GDP. She has also held a hearing on long-term unemployment and is focused on strengthening workforce development and skills training programs, boosting STEM education, reinvigorating the manufacturing industry, and increasing exports.
Klobuchar was a co-sponsor of legislation to prevent federal unemployment benefits from expiring at the end of 2013.


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October 29, 2012
Vol. 28 , No. 04
The U.S.-Israel Relationship under Obama and Netanyahu and the Election's Impact on Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m. PARENTS DINING ROOM
Gil Hoffman is the chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post. He is responsible for covering the Israeli political arena, diplomatic issues and often travels with the prime minister.
Hoffman, who was raised in Chicago, graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University's School of Journalism and wrote for the Miami Herald and Arizona Republic before moving to Israel.
He has interviewed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime ministers Ehud Olmert, Ariel Sharon, Shimon Peres and Ehud Barak, as well as every major figure across the Israeli political spectrum. He is a regular analyst on CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeera.
Called "The most optimistic man in Israel" by Israel Television, Hoffman's writing and TV appearances provide a behind the scenes look at both the intrigue and humor in the Israeli political arena.
U.S. Political Dysfunction: Will the Elections Change It?
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
In the continuing Athenaeum series of special pre-election programs, you are welcome to join us in a conversation between Ira Shapiro, former staff member to Democratic Senators and author of The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis (2012) and Mike Pettit, former Administrative Assistant/Chief of Staff to Senator Bob Dole.
Ambassador Ira Shapiro is an international trade lawyer who served as a staff member in the U.S. Senate and the Clinton White House. While in the Senate, Ambassador Shapiro served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Senate Committee on Official Conduct, Counsel to the Majority Leader, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Governmental Affairs Committee.
During the Clinton administration, Ambassador Shapiro served as General Counsel to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and helped complete the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Uruguay Round, the global trade agreement that created the World Trade Organization and established today's global trade rules. After his departure from government, Ambassador Shapiro played a key role in the successful negotiation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the first global health treaty done under the auspices of the World Health Organization.
Mike Pettit served as Administrative Assistant and Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Bob Dole from 1981-1987, and was responsible for legislative and policy initiatives in all subject areas, as well as including developing and drafting legislation, writing speeches, and assisting Senator Dole during debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Pettit played critically important roles in Senator Dole's two presidential campaigns, serving as a senior adviser to the candidate in 1987-1988 and, during the 1995-1996 campaign he assisted in preparation of policy papers, speeches, media strategies and debate preparation. Mr. Pettit established and supervised Senator Dole's Campaign Policy Group on Technology and Innovation and sought advice for the candidate from more than 50 academicians, engineers, lawyers, and public policy specialists in fields such as biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property, federal research and development and technology transfer policies.
Since leaving politics, Mr. Pettit has held senior executive positions in and founded a number of high-tech startups in fields ranging from industry trade groups, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications.
California's Choices: 2012 Ballot Initiatives
California has the nation's most extensive system of direct democracy, as citizens regularly exercise the power to determine important policy issues by direct popular vote. In this election, Californians will vote on eleven propositions. The proposals would, among other things, raise taxes, ban union and corporate payroll deductions for political contributions, reform the state budget process, abolish the death penalty, and end the state's three-strikes-and-you're out sentencing policy. Two of the state's leading political commentators, Bob Stern and Tony Quinn, will provide expert analysis of these consequential choices.
Bob Stern is the former President of the Center for Governmental Studies, a California think tank focused on political reform. Stern has been called "the godfather of modern political reform in California". He began drafting and analyzing political reform laws as a staff attorney for the California Legislature's Assembly Elections Committee; he then served as the Elections Counsel to the California Secretary of State's office. He has drafted numerous state initiatives, and was a principal drafter of the City of Los Angeles' Ethics and Public Campaign Financing laws in 1990. He is a graduate of Pomona College and Stanford Law.
Tony Quinn is co-editor of the California Target Book, a non-partisan almanac of California politics. Quinn is an authority on California political trends and demographics. He served three years as an assistant to the California Attorney General, is a former director of the Office of Economic Research in the Department of Commerce, and for five years served as a member of the California Fair Political Practices Commission. Dr. Quinn has written extensively on California politics and elections. He holds degrees from Georgetown University, University of Texas, and Claremont Graduate University.
The discussion with Bob Stern and Tony Quinn is sponsored by the Rose Institute for State and Local Government as part of the Athenaeum series focusing on the 2012 Election.
Lunch with a Leader
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Jay Flatley '74 P'03 was appointed president and C.E.O. of Illumina, Inc. in 1999, and he has taken the company from $1.3 million in sales in 2000 to more than $900 million in 2010. Illumina is a leading provider of integrated solutions that advance the understanding of genetics and health, including disease research and drug development.
Under Flatley's leadership, Illumina has been named multiple times to the Deloitte & Touche "Fast 50" and "Fast 500" lists, as well as to Forbes "25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies" (2007, 2009 and 2010) and the Fortune 100 "Fastest-Growing Companies" (2010) lists. In 2006, he oversaw the Company's expansion into the whole genome sequencing area with the acquisition of Solexa, and more recently, the expansion into diagnostics and consumer sequencing.
Previously, Flatley served as president and chief executive officer of Molecular Dynamics, later acquired by Amersham Pharmacia Biotech and now a part of GE Healthcare. As a co-founder and member of the board of directors for Molecular Dynamics, he led the company to its initial public offering in 1993. While there, he also helped Molecular Dynamics develop and launch more than 15 major instrumentation systems, including the first capillary-based DNA sequencer.
Flatley received a B.A. in economics from Claremont McKenna College and a B.S. and M.S. (summa cum laude) in industrial engineering from Stanford University. Currently, he is a trustee of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, which is a member of The Claremont Colleges.
This luncheon is co-sponsored by the President's Leaders Forum and the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance's Distinguished Speaker Series.
A Jane Austen Education
Bill Deresiewicz is the author of A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter (2011). He is a contributing writer for The Nation and a contributing editor for The New Republic and The American Scholar, for which he writes the weekly All Points blog on culture and society.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Deresiewicz was an English professor at Yale from 1998-2008, where he taught courses in modern British fiction, the Great Books, Indian fiction, and writing. He is the author of Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets (2004) and of academic articles on George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and Joseph Conrad. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Deresiewicz was nominated for National Magazine Awards in 2008, 2009, and 2011 and the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing in 2010, 2011, and 2012. David Brooks gave one of his essays a "Sydney" award for magazine writing in 2010. His work, which has been translated into 14 languages, has been anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011, The Digital Divide: Writings For and Against Facebook, YouTube, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking (2011), and about 19 college readers.
His essays and reviews have also appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The London Review of Books. His current book project is Excellent Sheep: Thinking for Yourself, Inventing Your Life, and Other Things the Ivy League Won't Teach You, which will be published in 2014.
William Deresiewicz's visit to CMC is jointly sponsored by the Center for Writing and Public Discourse, the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, the CMC department of literature, the Kravis Leadership Institute, and the Athenaeum.
Reimagining Equality
Anita Hill became a national figure in 1991 during the confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Thomas's confirmation seemed assured until a report of a private interview of Hill by the FBI leaked out to the press. Hill was called to publicly testify and publicly recount how Thomas had made harassing sexual statements when he was her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Public interest in Hill's testimony prompted modern public awareness and open discussion of sexual harassment in the workplace. Shortly after the hearings, President George H. W. Bush dropped his opposition to a bill giving harassment victims the right to seek federal damage awards, back pay and reinstatement, and the law was passed by Congress. One year later, private companies had started training programs to deter sexual harassment.
As D.C. Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton remarked, before the Clarence Thomas hearings, "Sexual harassment was something women didn't even want to speak about." Norton notes that Hill's testimony contributed to the large number of women elected to Congress in 1992, saying "women clearly went to the polls with the notion in mind that you had to have more women in Congress."
Hill's first book Speaking Truth to Power (1998) dealt with her experience during these hearings. She accepted a position as a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at U.C. Berkeley in 1997, but soon joined the faculty of Brandeis University.
Over the years, Hill has provided commentary on gender and race issues. In 2005 Hill was selected as a Fletcher Foundation Fellow. She was awarded the Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award Ford Hall Forum in 2008.
Today, Professor Hill is Senior Advisor to the Provost and Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. In 2011, she also took a counsel position with the Civil Rights & Employment Practice group of the plaintiffs' law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll.
Her latest book, Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home (2011) focuses on the sub-prime lending crisis, the resulting "crisis of home" and exposes its deep roots in race and gender inequities, which continue to imperil every American's ability to achieve the American Dream.
Anita Hill's visit to CMC is jointly sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute, the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children, the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, the Center for Writing and Public Discourse, the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, and the Athenaeum.
2012 Elections and the Challenges Facing America Today
Jon Huntsman served as Ambassador to China from 2009 thru April, 2011 when he stepped down to run for the 2012 Republican nomination for President. Prior to serving as Ambassador to China, Huntsman was twice elected as Governor of Utah, including in 2008 with a record percent of the vote, including the majority in all 29 counties. As Governor, Huntsman governed with his eye toward maintaining Utah's unparalleled quality of life, continually increasing the state's economic competitiveness and maximizing funding to Utah's public education system.
Huntsman's public service career began as a White House staff assistant to President Ronald Reagan and has since included appointments as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. As a U.S. Trade Ambassador, Huntsman negotiated dozens of free trade agreements, trade and investment framework agreements and brokered other bi-lateral and multi-lateral trade agreements for the United States with China, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, India, Vietnam, West Africa, South Africa and other Asian and African nations. He played a critical role in launching global trade negotiations in Doha, Qatar in November of 2001, guiding the simultaneous accession of China and Taiwan into the World Trade Organization.
He is a founding director of the Pacific Council on International Policy and has served on various boards such as the Brookings Institute Asia Policy Board, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, the Asia Society in New York and the National Bureau of Asian Research.
During his tenure as Governor, Utah was repeatedly recognized by many prestigious organizations for its dynamism, business climate and quality of life. Perhaps most importantly, Utah was named by the Pew Center as the Best Managed State in America. Even in times of economic hardship, Recognized nationally for his leadership, Huntsman served as chairman of the Western Governors Association and on the Executive Committee of the National Governors Association. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has four honorary doctorate degrees.
Jon Huntsman is the fourteenth Pacesetters Fellow to visit Claremont McKenna College. The Pacesetters Fellowship Program is the culmination of the hard work and dedication of alumni from the College's first three graduating classes of 1948, 1949, and 1950 — the Pacesetters. This program attracts distinguished leaders in business, academia, and public affairs to Claremont McKenna College for one-on-one interactions with students.
Encyclopedic Museums in the Post-Colonial Present
As president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, James Cuno is responsible for overseeing the four branches of the Getty, museums, research, conservation and foundation, and managing the world's largest arts budget. Cuno previously held posts overseeing the Harvard Art Museums, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and the Art Institute in Chicago, among other institutions.
A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Cuno is a prolific author and lecturer on museums and cultural policy. Recent works in this sphere include Whose Muse?: Art Museums and the Public Trust (2004), and Museums Matter: In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum (2011).
Cuno's work at the Getty places him at the center of the international controversy over who "owns" antiquities, which has featured a lively debate among museum officials, archaeologists, and leaders in "source countries" where ancient artifacts are found.
In his book Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage (2006), James Cuno argued that antiquities are the cultural property of humankind, not of the countries that lay exclusive claim to them. Now in his latest book, Whose Culture? The Promise of Museums and the Debate over Antiquities (2012), Cuno assembles preeminent museum directors, curators, and scholars to explain for themselves what's at stake in this struggle--and why the museums' critics couldn't be more wrong.
Election Night Commentary
This election has been called the most important election of our lifetimes. November 6th is election night. Based on simple logic, November 6th will be the most important night in your life.
Come to the Ath to experience the 2012 Election as only CMC can. November 6th will be a night to don your blues and reds, and enjoy a night of lofty political discourse characterized by respect, dignity, and bipartisanship. Just kidding… where are we, Pomona? If you're looking for a night of heckle-filled, biased, and partisan fun, join us at the Ath as we watch history unfold on the big screen.
Commentary from Professors Busch and Miller (and probably from your opinionated friends too) will accompany a live video stream displaying results from the Presidential election as well as congressional and other important races.
Election Night at the Ath is not a night to miss. This year's election night shenanigans will feature a feast of Americana and Patriotism. Chef Dave will be whipping up an All American menu, and some good old apple pie for everyone.
Andrew E. Busch is professor of government and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Claremont McKenna College. He has authored or co-authored ten books on American government and politics, including Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics (with James W. Ceaser and John J. Pitney) (2009) and The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of America's Founding Document (2007). Professor Busch received his B.A. from the University of Colorado and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Ken Miller is an associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. Professor Miller received his B.A.from Pomona College and his JD from Harvard Law School. He practiced law at Morrison & Forester, LLP before receiving his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He also authored a book entitled Direct Democracy and the Courts (2009). His other publications include "Constraining Populism: The Real Agenda of Initiative Reform" (2001), "The Davis Recall and the Courts" (2004) and The New Political Geography of California (2008). Miller has served recently as a regular commentator on the presidential election for BBC World Service Radio. He has also provided political commentary for NPR, CBC, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Lunch with a Leader: The Role of Asia in the Global Setting
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Il SaKong chaired, from 2009-2011, the Presidential Committee for the G20 Summit in the Office of the Korean President which consisted of concerned cabinet members and senior Presidential staff, among others.
A former President of the Korea International Trade Association, Dr. SaKong served in the Office of the President as Special Economic Adviser to the President from March 2008 to April 2009. He also chaired the Presidential Council on National Competitiveness from March 2008 to January 2009. The Council is considered to be the flagship of the Lee Myung-bak government.
Dr. SaKong previously served in the government of the Republic of Korea as Minister of Finance (1987-88), Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs (1983-87), Senior Counselor to the Minister of Economic Planning Board (1982) and Senior Economist of the Council on Economic & Scientific Affairs for the President (1979-80).
He is the founder and Chairman of the Institute for Global Economics (IGE), a private non-profit research institute established in 1993 in Seoul.
He has received various honors and prizes, including the Korean government's Order of Civil Service Merit "Blue Stripes" (1990), the Republic of China's Order of the Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon (1987), the Kingdom of Belgium's Order of the Crown (1986), the Korean government's Order of Civil Merit "Moran Medal" (1983), Korea University's Grand Prize for Distinguished Policy Makers (2002), the Outstanding Achievement Award for 2008, AMCHAM Korea (2009), and the Korean Association of Translators & Interpreters' Speaker of the Year (2009).
Dr. SaKong graduated from Seoul National University (1964) and received his MBA (1966) and Ph.D. (1969) from the University of California at Los Angeles.
The Poet Reads from His Work
August Kleinzahler doesn't like to call himself a poet. He says "most poets are shiftless, no-account fools." Yet Mr. Kleinzahler has been very successful avoiding this stereotype; his work has been described by The New York Times as "a modernist swirl of sex, surrealism, urban life and melancholy with a jazzy beat."
Kleinzahler was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1949, and raised in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After graduating from the University of Victoria, he wrote a music column for the San Diego Reader before starting his career as an author, essayist, and poet. He is the author of ten books of poetry, including: The Strange Hours Travelers Keep (2004), winner of the International Griffin Poetry Prize; Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems: 1975-1990 (2000); Green Sees Things in Waves (1999); and Red Sauce, Whiskey and Snow (1995). He is also the author of the meditative memoir Cutty, One Rock: Low Characters and Strange Places, Gently Explained (2004).
His reputation as a divisive, opinionated figure was confirmed in 2004 when he wrote a scathing response to Garrison Keillor's poetic taste on his NPR segment in Poetry Magazine. He critiqued Keillor for his persistent selection of only "anecdotal" and "wistful" poems.
Kleinzahler's honors include a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lila Acheson-Reader's Digest Award for Poetry, an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Berlin Prize Fellowship, the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the post of poet laureate in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Kleinzahler is a Gould Center Visiting Fellow teaching a special seminar on modern poetry and thought entitled "Speed, Compression, Kablooey: Paris, New York, and the New Poetries."
You Let Some GIRL Beat You?
Ann Meyers Drysdale has always been a standout player. She became the first player to be part of the US national team while still in high school. She matriculated to UCLA, making her the first female athlete to receive a Division I scholarship and one of the first beneficiaries of Title IX. A four-time all-American, her No. 15 basketball jersey was one of the first four retired by UCLA. She was the 1978 Broderick Award Winner, recognizing the best collegiate player in the U.S.
She took the first ever US Women's Basketball Team to the Olympic Games in 1976 and helped them bring home a Silver Medal. In 1980 she became the only woman ever to sign a free-agent contract with an NBA franchise, participating in three-day tryouts with the Indiana Pacers. She became a color analyst for the Pacers, making her the first woman to do game analysis for the team.
Drysdale was the first player drafted by the Women's Professional Basketball League (WPBL) in 1978 to the New Jersey Gems. Playing for the Gems, she was the WPBL Co-MVP for the 1979–1980. She entered the inaugural Women Superstars competition in 1979, finishing fourth, but then went on to win the next three consecutive years: 1980, 1981, and 1982.
She has been inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She is one of only three United States citizens honored in the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2001, Meyers was honored as a Wooden All-Time All-American by the Wooden Award. In 2003, she was a NCAA Silver Anniversary Awards recipient.
She served as a sports analyst for ESPN, CBS, and NBC for 26 years and has been the women's basketball analyst at the Summer Olympics since the NBC's coverage of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Today Drysdale continues to break through barriers. She currently works with the Phoenix Suns as the only female vice president in the NBA, and as president of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, which has won two WNBA Championships since she took over four years ago. Her memoir, You Let Some GIRL Beat You? was published this year.
Ann Meyers Drysdale's campus visit is generously supported by CMS Athletics, the Kravis Leadership Institute, the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children, the Center for Human Rights Leadership, and the Athenaeum.
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"I'm just staying focused and trying to keep everybody together," Levester said. "We just need to keep the focus and get better each game."
Levester mentioned the word "focused" several times during an interview before practice Thursday as the Vikings prepared to head into the thick of conference play. However, it wasn't that long ago when she wasn't all that focused on basketball.
Given her success on the court, it perhaps is a surprise that this is only Levester's third year of playing basketball. She said she learned to play the sport in middle school but wasn't that interested in joining a team.
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"As a freshman another PE teacher had her in class and told me I needed to try to convince her to come and play because she had the size for it," White Oak fourth-year coach Carolyn Ashdown said.
"She decided not to come out her freshman year, but her parents' support was huge and they just started going to parents' meetings and wanted to know when tryouts were, and her dad contacted me multiple times about what they could do over the summer.
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As with any inexperienced player, Levester had to learn the basics after her size allowed her to make the varsity team as a sophomore. They didn't come easy, but she gradually learned some of the fundamentals she needed to contribute.
"My first impression of her was that I didn't know if she was tough enough and I didn't know if she really wanted it because she wouldn't call for the ball and she didn't really know what to do when she got the ball," Ashdown said.
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Levester's strongest overall game this season came Dec. 14 in a 39-38 win at Northside when she had 19 points and 17 rebounds. Another standout effort came Nov. 30 in a 37-33 victory over Richlands when she had 16 points and 16 boards. Levester also had 16 and 16 in a 38-31 loss to Havelock on Dec. 11.
"I thank God for everything that's happened in my life," Levester said.
Levester often scores inside by creating her own shot off post-up moves. Levester can muscle her way to the basket, which is evident in her improve scoring numbers. She averaged 9 points a game last year.
"It comes from knowing where I am on the court and where my teammates are," Levester said. "I have a drop step and I use my strength. I'm focused on getting a double-double every game."
Levester is also a rebounding machine. Not only does she often help the Vikings limit other teams to one shot per possession on the defensive glass, she can also score on offensive putbacks.
Last year she averaged 10.8 rebounds per game.
"That's just what I do," Levester said, "I get rebounds."
And sometimes she gets her own rebound.
"Lyric has gotten used to her drop step moves and inside fakes, but she also gets up there and gets her own rebound," Ashdown said. "She ends up getting five or six rebounds after missing her own shot. Her body work is really good."
And her voice can be really loud as well.
Although Levester is soft-spoken and comes across as shy and timid away from basketball, she has become a vocal player. Levester demands the ball and repeats play calls as the Vikings run their sets.
"I think it's like the calm before the storm," Ashdown said. "She is always very calm and that's kind of her vibe. She's calm and quiet, and it took a lot last year to get her to even call for the ball and talk.
"Now this year I am hearing her repeat plays when somebody calls a play, and she calls for the ball and uses people's names."
Levester has established a particularly good working relationship with junior forward Emily McLain, another player who gives the Vikings good inside play.
"We talk all the time," Levester said. "We motivate each other and we tell each other what we do wrong."
But so far there hasn't seemed to be anything Levester has done wrong as she leads the Vikings, who are one victory away from surpassing last year's win total.
And Levester, who sports a 3.5 grade point average and has an avid interest in poetry, would like nothing more then to continue her success as White Oak tries to make the playoffs this season.
"I need to keep scoring my average in points every game and just the best I can," said Levester, whose favorite basketball player is Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks.
Ashdown has no doubt Levester will do just that.
"We definitely have to make sure she is still able to lead us in rebounds because for here to box out and get putbacks is huge," Ashdown said. "We also need her to continue to create her own shot."
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adjective se·cure \si-ˈkyu̇r\
: protected from danger or harm
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a archaic : unwisely free from fear or distrust : overconfidentb : easy in mind : confidentc : assured in opinion or expectation : having no doubt
a : free from dangerb : free from risk of lossc : affording safety <a secure hideaway>d : trustworthy, dependable <a secure foundation>
: assured 1 <a secure victory>
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Latin securus safe, secure, from se without + cura care — more at suicide
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: to put (something) in a place or position so that it will not move
: to make (something) certain
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a : to take (a person) into custody : hold fast : pinionb : to make fast <secure a door> <secure a bike to a tree>
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: to release (naval personnel) from work or duty
intransitive verb
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of a ship : to tie up : berth
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Contractors confronted with new type of waiting game due to sequestration
Monday - 7/29/2013, 5:36am EDT
Federal vendors are experiencing what many believe is the new normal when it comes to contracting.
Budget cuts and furloughs are gumming up the federal acquisition process.
Sequestration, furloughs and budget cuts are transforming the federal acquisition market into a waiting game. Leaving vendors to anticipate answers to questions such as: When will the award be made? When will the RFP be released? And why not sooner?
Mary Beth Romani, the chief strategy officer for Integrity Management Consulting, a small business providing acquisition and management consulting services, said the last nine months have provided companies with a feeling that is familiar to many mothers.
"When you are pregnant and you're at 36 weeks pregnant and you feel like the baby is never going to come, but you know intuitively the baby actually has to come. I feel like that is where we are right now," she said. "We have so much in award, and it feels like the government is never going to award most of these contracts. But when you step back and think analytically, you know they will be making these awards. I think it's just the fact it's an unprecedented time. There is so much pent up demand and the awards are obviously happening at a much different rate than in the past."
In one example of this delay and pent up demand, Romani said Integrity has been asked by a potential civilian agency customer to go back three times over the last year to sharpen their pencil to reduce their price. For many vendors, the new norm means the best and final offer is never the best or final one.
And it's not just contract awards. Integrity and others are waiting on agencies to release solicitations or requests for quotes on multiple award contracts.
Government in state of paralysis
In part 1 of Federal News Radio's special report, Private Side of Sequestration, vendors say they are seeing downward trends in the contracting market this year and have rising concerns in the out years about what this new normal means.
Integrity's experience is bared out by other federal vendors-both small and large.
A Federal News Radio online survey of almost 700 vendors found 57 percent of the respondents have been negatively impacted by sequestration by fewer contract opportunities. More than 55 percent of the respondents agreed with the statement: When it comes to making contract awards over the last six months, the government has been in a state of paralysis.
Analysis of federal spending from Govini, a government market research firm, also confirms what vendors are saying in the survey.
Govini found the number of awards is down by 32 percent and the amount of money awarded by agencies decreased by 31 percent from October 2012 to June 2013 when compared to the same period the year before.
"The contract data is pretty consistent with stories we've heard from government and contractors alike. There was approximately a 20 percent increase in quarter one spending versus the same period a year ago. We saw a surge of new activity as the sequester deadline drew near," said Geoff Celhar, vice president for research and analytics for Govini. "Some other trends follow what we saw during the stimulus. There was a higher volume of activity and that taxed the overall procurement environment. This was evident in our cycle time metric, which is measuring the elapsed time from advertisement of solicitation to award date. We are seeing the average cycle time up this year close to 300 percent so that's effectively pushing out some of that spend."
He added it's hard to say if the delays are only sequestration related, but scrutiny on procurements has increased.
Govini's data doesn't quite mesh with both the survey and the anecdotal evidence that says there are fewer contracts available. Celhar said the number of requests for proposals is up by 28 percent in fiscal 2013, as compared to fiscal 2012.
But 57 percent of the respondents to Federal News Radio's survey say they are seeing fewer contract opportunities, and 27 percent say the decrease is more than 30 percent.
RFPs in June dropped by half
Bob Lohfeld, president of Lohfeld Consulting, which helps vendors do business development and capture management, said the data his firm examined shows a huge decrease in full and open opportunities worth more than $50 million.
"As we went back and looked at the data over the last two-and-a-half years, we saw a drop in RFP release from 2011 to 2012...a modest drop, maybe around 7 percent," he said. "But in the first six months of 2013, deal flow was off by 24 percent, which is a huge reduction in the number of deals coming to market."
Lohfeld said this drop was most pronounced in June, which is usually the beginning of the busy season for federal contractors.
"June this year was half of the deal flow that we had seen in the last two years. In 2011, we saw 62 or 63 RFPs come through that were greater than $50 million. The number dropped in 2012. It dropped to about 56. Here in June 30 of this year, only 30 deals have played through in the month of June," he said. "So deal flow was down 50 percent in that month, which was just dramatic for the market. You can see it for the contractors. They are projecting lower revenues that they had projected earlier, and some are projecting declining revenues all because without the deal flow in place, without the RFPs in place, you can't generate that revenue later on."
An example of this delay Lohfeld described is the Defense Information Systems Agency's RFP for cloud and data center storage.
Diana Gowen, senior vice president and general manager for public sector at CenturyLink, said industry expected the $400 million opportunity late last year, but it has been delayed and delayed again. Now, DISA expects to release the solicitation in early fiscal 2014.
It's not just RFPs that are delayed, but awards too.
"The amount of time from submittal to award has been very, very long. In fact it's been longer than I've ever seen since we've been in business, awards delays of six months," said Chris Romani, president of Integrity. "We have things sitting in source selection for over a year and we just keep getting asked 'is your pricing still valid? It's going to take us another 90 days or another period of time to evaluate you proposal.' I'd say that is the number one thing we are feeling."
Romani added Integrity has so many outstanding bids that if they win all of them, they would increase the size of their staff by 50 percent.
Agencies turning to contract extensions
Govini's data shows an increase of time from first advertisement to award of 289 percent, after dropping significantly the previous two years.
And Federal News Radio's survey found almost 68 percent of respondents have seen fewer contract awards in 2013 with almost an even split of respondents saying the decrease has been between 10 percent and 20 percent (29.3 percent of respondents), 21 percent and 30 percent (18.6) and more than 30 percent (25).
Paul Fernandes, president of STG, a mid-tiered IT services company, said the delays are causing agencies to turn to bridge or extensions of current contracts.
This result is good for incumbents, but bad for those who want to win new work.
Fernandes said there are several factors that are delaying awards, including the fear that bid protests and contracting officers are having a more difficult time to get through the award cycle.
"We are constantly being asked to sharpen our pencil. In a final proposal revision, they always come back and ask you to sharpen your pencil, and we are seeing that not just once, but sometimes two or three times during the process," he said. "I think some of that is because the government wants to make sure they are getting the best deal they can. And other times, I think the government doesn't have the funding they wish they had for some of the requirements they are putting out there for industry to bid. It's getting harder and harder to sharpen our pencils and at some point, we are all going to have to realize scope needs to change as well. You can't just continue to drive prices down without figuring out better ways to do things."
Over the past several years, agencies have used more multiple award or GSA schedule contracts. But even those are seeing reductions now.
Govini examined task orders from October 2012 to June 2013 and found a 53 percent decrease as compared to the same period in 2011-2012.
Additionally, the number of RFQs under Schedule 70 for IT products and services is down by three percent and awards are down by 32 percent.
Interestingly, though, RFQs under Schedule 71 for furniture are up by 11 percent, but total dollars are down by 48 percent.
Govini's Celhar said that shows agencies are using smaller contracts.
More competition for small deals
Harold Youra, the president of Alliance Solutions, another consultant who helps product vendors with business development and strategic planning, said his clients are seeing two big trends around multiple award contracts.
"They are going to set-asides, and large companies are trying to find smaller companies to front-end smaller size deals," he said. "So where a large company may not have gotten involved in a deal that would be $20 million or $10 million [in the past], we are starting to see them show up more and more."
Integrity's Romani said he is seeing something similar to what Youra describes — competition from companies who traditionally they don't compete with.
"We are seeing less on our predominate schedule MOBIS, and more and more coming to small business destinations, and more coming to 8(a) or service disabled veteran- owned small businesses," he said. "As I talk to other businesses in the marketplace, we've never seen companies doing this much capture and tracking for 18 months and then the RFP comes out 8(a) or on a different vehicle. We are seeing agencies use the schedules program a lot, but in smaller pieces."
Part 1: Contractors confronted with new type of waiting game due to sequestration
Part 2: Federal 4th quarter spending spree offers contractors hope for return to normalcy
Part 3: Sequestration plays second fiddle in aerospace industry to previous cuts
Part 4 Prime contractors show strong earnings despite sequestration
Part 5: Contractor hiring, morale take sequestration hit
Part 6 : Small contractors struggle from, rise to the challenge of sequestration
Part 7: Planning for the worst: Companies aim for sequestration-easing strategies
Part 8: Small firms feel first bite of DoD budget cuts as large contractors' stock soars
Part 9: Contractors adapting to post-sequestration environment
Part 10: Fed furloughs leave imprint on procurement process, contractors say
Survey: Contractors speak out about sequestration's impact
Data Analytics: Sequestration's impact on contractors by-the-numbers
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First seen at the Olympics in London in 2012, the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4 IS USM Extender 1.4x is a pro-oriented super-telephoto zoom with a built-in 1.4x tele-converter. Engaging this extender converts the zoom into a 280-560mm f/5.6 on a full frame camera, making this one of the most versatile lenses in the firm's line up. Read on to see how well this $11,800 zoom performs with- and- without the 1.4x converter engaged while mounted to the Canon EOS 5D Mk III.
Announced in early 2011, the Canon EF500mm f/4L IS II USM and EF600mm f/4L IS II USM are updates to two highly respected lenses aimed squarely at professional wildlife and sports photographers, or those who want the best image quality possible at these focal lengths. These Mark II versions aim to take everything that was good about their predecessors and turn them up to the max.
There are only a small proportion of photographers who can really justify buying a lens that costs the same as a small car, but if you really need a 400mm f2.8 lens then the chances are that you are going to get yourself one. To stick with the motoring analogy: Canon's EF 400mm f2.8L IS II USM is not at all like a small car, it is rather more like a Formula 1 Racing car.
With the vagaries of photographing wildlife, the flexibility of a telephoto zoom would appear to be an attractive solution. However, image quality is often a compromise at the maximum aperture and longest focal length, typically the most crucial settings. We've pulled some lens data from our database and put together a round up of popular zoom lenses over the years (and made some comparisons with high performance primes). Read on to find out which models have the best image quality.
Added by allcon | April 17, 2014
1dx 1ds mk2 results
Dear admin,
Could you test the canon super tele prime lenses on 1dx and 1ds mk2 bodies plz? the 1ds mk2 VS nikon D4 makes a better sharpness comparison, the 1dx vs D4 (D4s) gives a up to date comparison, both makes sense.
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Added by Sophie | April 30, 2014
Re: 1dx 1ds mk2 results
This is an interesting suggestion, and even if the 1dX is a bit old now we will try to add it in our database (it might take some time though!).
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Added by darrask | April 16, 2013
"a wide 400mm lens"
That's an oxymoron.


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Compton Rheumatologist Doctors for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Type of Physician: Rheumatologist
What is a Rheumatologist?
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners treat diseases of the joints, muscles, bones, and tendons. The rheumatologist diagnoses and treats arthritis, back pain, muscle strains, common athletic injuries, etc. The rheumatologist may work closely with other specialists such as orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists.
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My Choice is Bel Ami.
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Good morning!
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3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) X for Men (Clive Christian) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
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Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
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4. The Different Company - De Bachmakov
5. Dior - Homme Sport 2008
6. Montale - Aoud Legacy
7. Creed - Virgin Island Water
8. by Kilian - Straight to Heaven
9. Creed - Original Cologne
10. Clive Christian - 1872 for Men
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3. L'Ame Soeur--Divine
4. Violet Blonde--Tom Ford
5. Santal Blush--Tom Ford
Chanel Sycomore
Vetiver 'new' Eau de Toilette (from a sample from the Vegas boutique) and Soap by Guerlain
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Iceberg Twice Homme
TdH Parfum
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Slumberhouse Norne from a sample.
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Eden Prairie Oncologist Doctors for Ovarian Cancer
Type of Physician: Oncologist
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A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; the oncologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors. These subspecialists decide on and administer chemotherapy as well as consult with surgeons and radiotherapists on other treatment for cancer.
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Welcome To The 108th Masterpiece Monday!
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From a smile to a line drawing by Picasso, curves bring great beauty to our world. But how curvy is a curve?
Why (some) physicists want to modify Einstein's general theory of relativity.
In the game of Nim one player always has a winning strategy — it depends on an unusual way of adding numbers.
Asking good questions is an important part of doing maths. But what makes a good question?
Sometimes a piece of maths can be so neat and elegant, it makes you want to shout "eureka!" even if you haven't produced it yourself. One of our favourite examples is the art gallery problem.
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Welcome to our Vintage VW Bus auction section where you can find all the best VW buses for sale on eBay. Well of course not as nice as the fine buses we occasionally have for sale, but if you can't find a vintage bus you want on our VW Buses for Sale page then this is the next best place to look.
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Newborn Infant Hearing Screening Center - Westminster, CA
Westminster Pediatrician Doctors for Newborn Infant Hearing Screening
Type of Physician: Pediatrician
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A certification by the Board of Pediatrics; practitioners are concerned with the physical, emotional, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Pediatric care encompasses a wide range of health services, from preventive health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. The pediatrician understands the constantly changing status of his/her patients due to growth and development, and the consequent changing standards of "normal" for age.
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Newborn infant hearing screening programs are designed to identify hearing loss in infants shortly after birth. All states have implemented these screening protocols within hospitals an...
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