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Through the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society recognizes outstanding men and women (living and deceased) who have excelled in higher education, and who have encouraged others to contribute to the economic development and quality of life in Oklahoma. The Hall of Fame inducts individuals who have been employed by one or more of Oklahoma's institutions of higher education for ten years or more.
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-Herbert Politano joined Carroll Community College on Sept. 18, 2006 as coordinator of Facilities Management. In this position, Politano provides support of personnel, programs, materials, and facilities at the college.
Politano has 18 years of facility support experience from Covenant College in Georgia, where he most recently served as director of auxiliary services and independent operations. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and secondary education from Gordon College, Wenham, Mass.
Carroll Community College is located at 1601 Washington Rd. in Westminster, Md.

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Of a new year, I'm posting to let you guys know I'm still checking in regularly.
I already had a post with the green baby blanket, I'm throwing on some pics of the yellow/orange one and the tea pot cozy I knit up the other day.
Hope you all are getting to knit/crochet/tat your fiber loving hearts out.
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Good work on the tea cozy. I'm liking the yellow-orange-red blanket, too. Makes me want to do one....
I have new post with the complete pics of the blanket... Just though you might want to see what it ended up looking like.
Very nice work indeed, fellas. I saw both of the baby blankets and can say that the pictures barely do them justice. I really like the tea cozy but haven't seen it in person. I may have to figure it out or ask for pointers. Still, since I don't drink much hot tea anymore - just steeped iced tea - it may be a moot point. -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
Well, I started with a stockinette circle and increased tot he rib where the pot bowed out. I then knit until the spout in the 2x2 rib and threw in a mitten thumb style gusset and a gap where the handle should go by simply breaking from the round and knitting back and forth until it was time to rejoin and then close the top. Pretty simple. You know me, like to wing it but try to keep things simple and manageable.
Thanks, Q. It may be a great way to use up odds and ends. Plus, it may encourage me to start drinking hot tea again. -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.
Well, it is great seeing you whenever you can check in. Beautiful work, by the way! I did not see the afghan you made reference to, but I like what you are doing now. I love the colors in the yarn you are using.
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PNN-KM: Mainstream archaeologists / historians most often explain that cultural fascination with skulls has to do with a fascination with death, which led to the formation of rituals honoring the dead. What do you think is the connection between "skull consciousness" and death rituals, if any?
SHELLY: Yes, I definitely think there are connections to death rituals. If you look at many archeological sites around the globe, you often see stone carvings of skulls which were symbolic of people who perished in plagues, war and sacrifice. I think when images from that long ago are still present in modern times, they link us to the collective consciousness of our ancestors and definitely have a connection to why skulls currently speak to us at such a deep unconscious level.
PNN-KM: With your extensive background and expertise in crystals, what is it about the skull shape that makes these crystals more powerful energetically than differently shaped crystals?
SHELLY: The shape of any stone contributes to its healing potential. Crystals carved in geometrical patterns allow us to access the form of our own cells and other building blocks of the universe. Likewise, the shape of the skull speaks to the collective generations from times past and allows us to tune into the higher holographic form of ourselves. It is powerful!
PNN-KM: Regarding the discussion you had with the skull crystal, Clyde, how did you receive his responses? In other words, was there a distinctly different voice emanating from the crystal during your meditation with him or was it more like thoughts or even images? (Please don't take this as being facetious...I'm genuinely curious, mainly because I receive impressions from people and things...and have never, as far as I know, received anything on the spiritual level visually or audibly, except maybe through dreams).
SHELLY: When I say Clyde spoke, or any stone spoke to me (I say that a lot, actually) I am not referring to a 3D audible sound but a tangible voice from within. When I write I hear an inner voice, like some psychics receive visuals, which I do at times, in this case, I receive information auditorially, thus I describe it as speaking to me.
PNN-KM: Playing the advocate: Is it possible that the energy from this crystal instead unlocked information or knowledge already stored within you? Maybe having come from experiences during a past life?
SHELLY: Absolutely! All spiritual tools ever do is unlock the wisdom already within. I believe we all lived many past lives and we probably knew a lot of things, but in the Greek mindset, we choose to dip into the river of forgetfulness when we come here and in my opinion, spend our entire lifetimes trying to remember the fact we already know so much.
The other philosophy regarding the skulls is that there are actual light beings who project themselves through the skulls in order to assist humanity with various things. That is why so many who work with skulls report such strong personalities and the phenomenon of the skulls telling people what their name is. With Clyde, I think the latter is the case. I believe there is a being who is assisting people and using the skull form to communicate.
PNN-KM: In my perception, the arrival of Indigo Children should be expected, considering the predictions about the next cycle of spiritual evolution made by cultures such as the ancient Maya. They exemplify intuitively and spiritually what all of us are, but have been taught to deny. Would you elaborate on the connection between the crystal skulls / consciousness and their arrival in this world? And what does all this mean for the rest of us?
SHELLY: I completely agree with you about Indigos. Mankind is evolving so on one level, it makes sense kids born today are smarter, more gifted, than we are. Likewise, the new abilities they possess are much needed in this next stage of human evolvement. Lately both the Crystal Skulls and the Lemurian Seed Crystals (subject of my other book Lemurian Seeds: Hope for Humanity) are coming in big time to assist us with the energy shifts currently taking place on earth prior to 2012. Assuming as I said in the last question, special light beings are projecting themselves through the skulls, I believe they showed up at this time to assist humanity as our planetary frequencies continue to alter and change rapidly in preparation for the New Age.
PNN-KM: After reading your book, Beyond Reality, I'm very curious about what you feel to be the connection between the crystal skulls and multiple realities. If our reality is based on individual choice, which I truly believe it to be so, what roll or rolls are the crystal skulls playing with regards to our awareness of the alternate universes? If everything in our world exist because we chose it to be so, do you think then they are here and being found because we want them to be here or that because others set them here to remind us of the connection we have with everything? Or something else entirely different?
SHELLY: Wow, Kevin! This is an awesome question! I love it! This is kind of a chicken or egg question, isn't it?
In my lectures I talk about the old saying that God gave us everything we need....if this is true, then why do we continually discover new technologies, lifeforms, etc?
I believe this is a function of consciousness, meaning the people who are meant to find, notice and work with these tools will do so, and numbers of people destined, or whatever you call it, to work with crystal skulls happen to be increasing at this time. Why? Again, due to the times we live in. Skulls have been around for millennia, as said earlier, so the fact attention is being placed on it now is for some higher reason, readiness for something we do not entirely know about yet.
Does it have to do with many worlds? I believe yes, there are different simultaneous realities playing out now and in some the skulls may be more prevalent than in others. Interestingly, the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was chosen at this time over any number of other possible themes for that latest edition to the franchise. Why? Aside from the fact Spielberg is tuned in to something, it must be important. When Raiders of the Lost Arc was released, some including myself, believe that film spawned the huge wave of explorers and writers to turn their attention to the Arc of the Covenant. That film had a huge impact on reality for a lot of people for many years. The film is important because prior to that, Crystal Skulls were only being talked about by a few obscure researchers. Now it is in the collective consciousness, and I can only imagine it's for some higher purpose, as all things
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WHY ARE PEOPLE MEAN? DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY (page 1)
by Monica A. Frank, Ph.D.
"...most people are mean due to some flaw in themselves or distortion in their thinking. Usually, unless you have done something significant, it is not about you."
"Why are people so mean?" seems to be a plaintive cry across the internet. Although the issue may be more prevalent online due to the anonymity and accessibility, it is by no means limited to the online community. Yet, other people's "meanness" impacts us more than it really needs to. The more that people can recognize that the meanness they experience from others is either unintentional or is more about the mean person rather than about them, the less they personalize the meanness and the less impact it has on them.
What is Personalizing?
Fran focused on doing a good job at work and because she tended to not spend much time chatting with her co-workers she tended to accomplish a great deal. In fact, it was apparent to everyone that she was able to complete more tasks than her co-workers who spent a great deal of time on their phones, playing on the internet, and talking with one another. One day, one of her co-workers came out of the supervisor's office and verbally attacked Fran: "I just got in trouble and it's all your fault! You make everyone else look bad by being such a brown-noser." Fran, shocked and hurt, felt bad about herself because someone was angry with her.
Obviously, Fran hadn't done anything wrong. The problem in this situation was the co-worker who was directing her anger at Fran rather than taking responsibility for her own behavior. This misdirected self-protective behavior often occurs when someone has problems with insecurity which frequently leads to jealousy and blame.
However, even though Fran wasn't wrong, she still suffered the consequences of the co-worker's wrath. In fact, this is the purpose of such behavior, by blaming the problem on someone else and causing them to feel bad, the co-worker could feel better.
Personalization is interpreting someone's behavior as being about you or due to you and then feeling bad about yourself. If Fran could recognize that the co-worker's attack was due to the co-worker's personal problems and had nothing to do with her, she could more easily shrug it off and not suffer the consequences of it.
Why Are So Many People Mean?
I don't believe most people are mean people. However, under the right circumstances, most people can be mean. For example, about 50 years ago Milgram conducted his famous "obedience" studies which involved telling the subject that a person in the next room was attached to a machine that delivered electric shock (unknown to the subject, the device was not actually attached). The subject was to ask this person questions and to deliver a shock by flipping a switch on the machine in front of them. The device had a dial on it clearly labeled from mild to dangerous. The researcher told the subject to increase the amount of shock with each wrong answer.
Although most people deny that they would turn the dial to dangerous and shock someone when told to do so, Milgram found that nearly 70% of the subjects obeyed the researcher and increased the shock to the dangerous range even when they heard screaming, and finally silence, from the next room. This type of study is not allowed to be conducted today due to the potential psychological harm to the subject from knowing they could cause harm to another human being.
Most of you reading this are probably trying to rationalize right now why you would not be among that 70% or you are thinking that something must have been different about those people who were subjects in the study. However, the research and other similar research was conducted with different variations showing the same type of outcome.
I believe that this research shows what I stated earlier, that under the right circumstances most people can be mean. The circumstance in this research was the pressure to obey, the pressure to conform, the stress of the situation, and the fear of authority. These are only some of the circumstances that may contribute to people doing "mean" things even when they are not "mean" people.
Mean People Are Noticeable
Often there appears to be so many mean people in the world around us, because the behavior of mean people tends to be more noticeable. One reason for this is probably the way our brains are wired for survival. According to Rick Hanson, author of Buddha's Brain, we need to be especially observant of the negative things in our environment because those are the things that are most likely to harm us. As a result, those most likely to survive and pass their genes to the next generation were those who were particularly sensitive to danger in the environment.
Another reason mean people are more noticeable is that their behavior is often particularly offensive and hurtful. We are more likely to notice and dwell on the person who cut us off in traffic rather than the person who let us merge. The more malicious the behavior, the more likely we are to be distressed and to dwell on what occurred.
However, this supports my position that meanness isn't the norm. For instance, notice what stories make the news. The nature of news is that it is unusual or it has an extreme impact on people's lives. A good example is that the West Nile virus that had significantly fewer episodes and fatalities than the flu got much more media attention. Or a major airplane crash, because it is so rare, will get extensive coverage. And certainly, anything negative tends to generate more media focus than positive things. Therefore, since meanness gets our attention, I would propose that it is actually rarer than niceness but more noticeable.
Meanness is Rewarded
Unfortunately, another aspect of meanness that makes it more visible is that it is often rewarded. Sometimes the reward can be tangible such as a ruthless businessman being rewarded by making more money. However, it can also be rewarded with attention or escalation of conflict. It varies with each person what sort of reward is meaningful, although for meanness to continue there must be some sort of reward to the perpetrator. We will examine this further as we look at the different reasons for meanness.
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Why Are People Mean? Introduction--page 1
Unintentional vs. Malicious Meanness--page 2
Reason 1: Lack of Skills/Knowledge or Awareness--page 3
Reason 2: Miscommunication/Misunderstanding--page 4
Reason 3: Misdirected Intentions--page 5
Reason 4: Self-Protection--page 6
Reason 5: Reactive--page 7
Reason 6: Superiority--page 8
Reason 7: Mental Disturbance--page 9
Reason 8: Pleasure-Seeking--page 10
Why Are People Mean? Conclusion--page 11
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CRAZY-MAKERS: PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PEOPLE (page 1)
by Monica A. Frank, Ph.D.
I'm sure you've dealt with individuals who have caused you to be so frustrated that afterwards you scratch your head asking "Am I crazy?" Most likely you just had an encounter with a passive-aggressive person. Such encounters may include sarcasm, shifting blame, saying one thing while meaning another to name a few. For instance, I used to know a co-worker who was very skilled at giving back-handed compliments such as "You look great! You must be doing something different" as well as sarcasm disguised as a compliment "Oh, I hear you've managed to pull off another miracle." The problem
with these kinds of comments is that if you try to confront them about the insult, you will be accused of not understanding, "I didn't mean it that way" or of misinterpreting, "You must have a problem to think that. I was just trying to compliment you. Sorry I didn't word it right to suit you." As a result, you end up looking like the bad guy, feeling frustrated, and asking yourself, "Am I crazy?" And the other person walks away blameless.
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Types of passive-aggressive behavior.--page 4
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Natalie Cole: My Son Might Be My Kidney Donor
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Natalie Cole is hopeful that a kidney transplant could put an end to the dialysis she undergoes three times a week.
"My son [Robert, 31] may be a possible [donor] match," she told Entertainment Tonight at the Grammy Salute to Jazz on Tuesday. "It's very sweet and kind of strange to have people offer something like that."
Cole, 58, who is nominated for three Grammys for her 2008 album Still Unforgettable, is virus negative after being diagnosed with hepatitis C almost a year ago. She has also struggled with kidney problems while undergoing treatment for the liver disease.
Natalie Cole Is Taking Her Treatment on Tour
Originally posted 10/29/2008 09:50AM
After enduring months of agonizing treatment for hepatitis C, Natalie Cole says, "It feels great to be back!"
"I feel sturdy and strong," the 58-year-old Grammy-winner told PEOPLE Tuesday at a CD signing for her new album, Still Unforgettable, in L.A.
And while the singer is virus negative, Cole is now battling kidney problems, and must undergo dialysis three times a week, three hours a day.
"The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning," she explained. "When they put me in the hospital, [my kidneys were] only about 8 percent [functioning]."
Natalie Cole Released from Hospital
Originally posted 10/03/2008 06:15AM
Ailing Natalie Cole – who suffers from Hepatitis C – is out of hospital and resting in bed at home, her spokeswoman told Entertainment Tonight on Thursday.
The 58-year-old singer cancelled her October tour dates and cleared her schedule after being hospitalized in New York in September.
"She is back at home and she seems to be doing pretty well," said a rep for the Grammy winner. "The Hepatitis C is pretty much under control."
The daughter of legendary singer Nat King Cole confirmed in July that she had been diagnosed with the liver disease, saying she probably contracted it from drug use more than 30 years ago.
According to the rep, Cole is considering resuming some of her touring schedule in November.
Natalie Cole Hospitalized
Originally posted 09/19/2008 04:20PM
Natalie Cole has suffered a setback in her treatment for hepatitis C and has been hospitalized in New York, PEOPLE has learned.
The side effects of Cole's grueling chemotherapy treatment for the liver disease, paired with a strenuous promotional schedule in support of her just-released new album Still Unforgettable, are what led to the Grammy winner's hospitalization, her reps tell PEOPLE exclusively.
Cole, 58, was diagnosed with the liver disease in April and has been free of the hepatitis C virus since starting treatment this summer.
Natalie Cole: 'My Life Crumbled Before My Eyes'
Originally posted 09/11/2008 11:40AM
After revealing in July that she has hepatitis C, Grammy winner Natalie Cole is opening up about the agonizing treatment she's getting for the liver disease.
"I give myself a weekly injection of chemotherapy in my thigh," Cole, 58, tells PEOPLE in its new issue. "When I started in May, I thought I was dying. I couldn't get out of bed for three weeks – literally. I was nauseous every day. I lost 15 pounds from not eating."
Doctors diagnosed the disease in April after a routine blood test. They say Cole likely contracted hepatitis C – which remained dormant in her body for 25 years – from sharing dirty needles when she was a heroin addict in the early '80s. "My life crumbled before my eyes," she tells PEOPLE.
Natalie Cole Diagnosed with Hepatitis C
Originally posted 07/16/2008 07:00AM
Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.
The Grammy-winning singer, 58, discovered she had the disease during a routine visit to the doctor, but is responding well to treatment.
"Natalie has had a terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative," Dr. Graham Woolf, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at U.C.L.A./Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said in a statement."This gives her an increased chance of cure."
Natalie Cole: Amy's Wins Send a 'Bad Message'
Originally posted 02/11/2008 05:35PM
Dr. Phil, move over. There's a new advocate for tough love on the circuit: Natalie Cole.
The multiple Grammy winner – her first win, in 1975, was for best new artist of the year – told PEOPLE at Sunday's Warner Music Group post-Grammy party that she took a dim view of Amy Winehouse's awards sweep at the Grammy ceremony earlier in the evening.
"I don't think she should have won. I think it sends a bad message to our young people who are trying to get into this business, the ones who are trying to do it right and really trying to keep themselves together," said Cole, 58. "We have to stop rewarding bad behavior."
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Federation and other big employer groups are helping carriers fight the new federal health insurance tax.
The employer groups are working with America's Health Insurance Plans and the National Association of Health Underwriters to run the Affordable Coverage Project.
The coalition is running an ad campaign to spread the message that the "Health Insurance Tax Hurts."
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Posted by Anonymous on 04/07/2005
I was invited to a dinner given by major pharmaceutical company..The subject was schizophenia and a new way of administering meds. The dinner was upstairs in the private room.There were 24 people seated around a magnificent table with opulent chairs...Dinner was superb from start to finish. The service was impeccable. Dinner was served family style. The pop overs were reminescent of years ago. Salads were superb. The jumbo shrimp were awesome..Hanger steak was a little too salty but otherwise delicious; tuna was perfect..the side dishes were also teriffic. Dessert was outstanding....A definite hit.
Posted by Bob on 03/31/2005
The food was on a par with other high end steak houses but the service was spotty and the room was noisy with not enough character. At this price point there are better choices.
Posted by Vicki on 02/17/2005
We ordered the roasted beet appetizer, shared the NY strip, onion rings, hen of the woods mushroom, gnocchi with parm. All were delicious. The complimentary pop overs are amazing. Really, one of the best breads I've ever had. I could have eaten the bread all night and been happy. The beet and goat cheese appetizer was yummy, a great pairing. The steak tasted great by itself - so juicy and tender. We barely used the sauce at all the steak was so good. The onion rings were fried and salted to perfection, mushrooms were a treat and my least favorite was the gnocchi, but probably because I was so full. They topped it off with complimentary cheesecake for the birthday boy and homemade cookies. We were even able to take home our unfinished bottle of wine. The one thing I didn't like about the service is that I don't know if there were any specials. I heard they serve steak tartare, but didn't see it on the menu and it wasn't offered. I wonder now if I should have asked.
Posted by SWF from UES on 01/03/2005
The sauces are what make the steaks here. My favorite was the warm blue cheese sauce, but I also liked their own traditional steak sauce. It's atmosphere is simple. the service is great. I feel like it's more of a co-ed steak house than others, meaning it's not just a room full of men... definitely would be back.
Posted by Anonymous on 12/28/2004
With all of the steak houses in NYC , BLT is certainly one to miss. Food was overpriced and the service was lacking. Stick the The Palm or Sparks if you are looking for a real steak.
Posted by LouisM on 11/10/2004
I went ro BLT last month. Although it was only for lunch, my expectations were high and my appetite big. I had the hangar steak and found it just ok. I ate at the bar, and the service was at the same level as the steak--until I got home when it dropped to less than good. I had asked that the leftover sauce be poured on the meat and boxed up for that night's dinner (while I watched the Yanks lose--sigh). To my disappointment, all I found was my left over steak--unsauced. Dry dinner. In the final analysis, BLT is ok, but, in my experience, not to the level of the competition.
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Feinstein on Dean Smith and Coach K
John Feinstein, best-selling author and long-time writer for the Washington Post, talked to The Chronicle today about the connection between Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith. Feinstein is a former sports editor of The Chronicle and saw first-hand the beginnings of the Krzyzewski-Smith rivalry. The abbreviated conversation is below:
In his last press conference, Coach K said that the competition between Duke and North Carolina was fiercer in the early days. Do you agree with that, and do any incidents stick out in your mind?
I would agree that it was always fierce but I think that it has changed, because when Mike was first at Duke, Dean and the Carolina program were clearly on a higher level than he and the Duke program were. I think it gave [Krzyzewski] a target. And people forget that in Mike's third year at Duke, N.C. State won the national championship. So Mike had Dean on his left and Valvano on his right and that made life very uncomfortable for him, but it also drove him.... He didn't want Valvano to be ahead of him, which he was at that time, and obviously Dean was out there as the big target, because of what he had accomplished.
Then there's the famous "double-standard" game in Cameron. Even though Mike would now say that he better understands what Dean was doing, it showed people that he wasn't intimidated by Dean. It showed his players that he wasn't intimidated by Dean. Of course, Dean didn't like that and the Carolina people didn't like that, but it was probably good for Krzyzewski and for his program. And then, six weeks later, Duke beat Carolina in the ACC Tournament—ironically enough, at the Greensboro Coliseum where they're going to play tonight. That was really the watershed moment in the Duke-Carolina rivalry or the Krzyzewski-Smith rivalry, because from that point on, they were on equal footing.... It went from there to the point that, in the '90s, Dean actually told me that Mike made him better. The line he used was, "He forced me to make the extra call when recruiting." So in the end, Dean and Mike made each other better, but in the beginning there was no question that Dean made Mike better.
So it seems that he used the success of Dean Smith as fuel. But do you think there was also any sort of inferiority complex in the beginning with Dean Smith? Do you think K was jealous of the attention Dean and Valvano got?
No, and I think one of Mike's great strengths was that he didn't worry about that. I think the thing he did really well in those early years was say, "If we get better, we'll get all the attention that we want." And I think it's fair to say that he was right about that.
I've told and retold the story about Denny's.... But it really was the watershed night of his career. And one of the things he said that night was to an assistant then who brought up the fact that Tom Sheehey still hadn't signed with Virginia. [The assistant] said, "He liked us. We might be able to get back involved with him." And Mike said, "We're not doing that. If we can't win with Dawkins, Bilas, Henderson and Amaker, who is coming in the next year, then we should get fired." I think he always believed he was a good coach, and once he got good players in, he was going to be successful.
Imagine going into a place like Duke, where Bill Foster had just gone to the Final Four in 1978, and you come in and no one can pronounce your name, and you go 38-47 your first three years while your two main rivals win back-to-back national championships. Kind of a tough way to start. But it didn't get to him. He didn't like losing, but he said, "As long as I do a good job of coaching, we'll get better." And they did.
It seems like one of the underreported things about the Coach K and Dean Smith connection is the troubles that both had in the beginnings of their careers. Dean Smith was hung in effigy and K had trouble too. Do you think they both benefited from that?
No question. Dean and Mike would be the first to tell you that. People who are great at anything learn from failure. And Mike and Dean both learned from failure. They got stronger and enjoyed success more from it.
Last year, Holy Cross fired their coach, Sean Kearney, after one year. Someone asked me about it, and I said, "If Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith had been judged on their first year, they would never had been Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith!"
What about the personal relationship between Dean Smith and Mike? It seems like they were friendly in the late '90s and today, but in the '80s they didn't seem that way.
I would never describe Mike and Dean as having been friends. First of all, it's almost impossible for guys in a situation that competitive to be friends, when they're still competing against each other. When Dean retired a lot of that animosity went away for obvious reasons, but they were very successful, competitive people recruiting against each constantly and playing against each other two or three times a year. When UNC had success, Krzyzewski had to hear about it constantly and when Duke had success, Dean had to hear about it, so there was a lot of tension between the two.
They're also just very different people. I've always said Dean's a lifelong liberal Democrat and Mike is much more conservative, and Dean is from the country and Mike is from the city. They went to entirely different colleges and learned basketball from entirely different people. But what they had in common was they both had great values as people. That was where the respect came in. So I would describe them as being respectful to each other rather than friends.
Do you think Coach K has turned into Dean Smith in any way?
Many ways. I kid him about it often. There was the famous 1993 game in Chapel Hill where Mike said to his assistant coaches, "If I ever start to act like Dean, get a gun and shoot me." And every once in a while, I'll call and leave him a message saying, "We're rounding up the guns."
I'm sure he loves that.
You can imagine what the call-back sounds like. But I think he became like him in a lot of ways because he came to understand what it was like to be Dean. When he came into the league, Dean was everybody's target. At the ACC Tournament every year, someone would hold up a banner that said "ABC: Anybody but Carolina." And eventually Duke supplanted Carolina as the most hated team in the league.... When Dean was successful for so long, everyone in the league thought Dean got all the calls. Double standard. Now, everyone in the league thinks Duke gets all the calls. Double standard. So Krzyzewski like Dean has to be protective of his players and programs and deal with all the outside stuff that comes with being the No. 1 guy. Dean would tell you now that it's much tougher in the times we live in than when he was on top. There's so much more tension. I think Mike has been able to deal with it because Dean was so intensely private. If Dean had gone through his life without ever once talking about himself, he'd be happy. Mike doesn't need to talk about himself, but he's willing to do it, because he knows it's part of his job. Dean knew it was, but he chafed at it. So there's no question that Mike had to become Dean, in a way.
I think he's probably become more guarded now. One of the biggest similarities between the two, especially in press conferences, is that now he never says much, like Dean did. Didn't he have to be more open in the beginning of his career?
You're absolutely right. Krzyzewski knows that anything he says can be a story. Dean understood that too. One of the times I called him was when they played Butler eight or nine years ago. And Duke won the game and Mike said afterwards that was one of the teams they could play in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. I think Duke was 22-1 at that point, but he caught himself and said, "If we're lucky enough to make the Tournament." So I called him up the next day and said, "If we're lucky enough to make the Tournament? Thank you very much Coach Smith!" That was a classic Dean line! So yeah, I think he's become more careful and he's had to learn to say "No." Before he was Coach K in all capital letters, he never said "No" to anybody. And I think after the second national championship and after '95 after he got sick, he had to learn to do it.
Feinstein's newest non-fiction book, Moment of Glory: The Year Underdogs Ruled Golf, is in bookstores now. Krzyzewski goes for the record tonight at 7 p.m. in Greensboro.


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Chuck Landon: Frohnapfel deserves more reps this week
Blake Frohnapfel needs to get meaningful snaps at quarterback on Saturday.
And the key word is ... meaningful.
That wasn't quite possible during Marshall's opening-season win over Miami (Ohio), 52-14, simply because the Herd's offense got off to such a slow start.
It is worth noting, however, that Marshall's backup quarterback was warming up on the sidelines after the Herd failed to produce a first down during the first quarter.
But star quarterback Rakeem Cato got the offense rolling, so Frohnapfel settled for mop-up duty during the final two possessions of the game.
That shouldn't be the case this week.
Since Marshall's opponent is Gardner-Webb at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Edwards Stadium, it should be no problem getting Frohnapfel plenty of playing time against the Football Championship Subdivision program.
That's Division I-AA for the old-school fans in the audience.
And, yes, that says it all.
Mostly, it says Frohnapfel should be wearing a helmet instead of a ballcap for at least half of the game.
Is that because Marshall should be able to handle Gardner-Webb much easier than West Virginia University's struggling win over FCS member William & Mary last week?
But there's another reason.
Frohnapfel should get meaningful snaps against Gardner-Webb because he deserves them. The 6-foot-6, 225-pound redshirt sophomore earned playing time with his eye-opening performance in Marshall's 65-59 double overtime loss at East Carolina in the 2012 finale.
When Cato was sidelined midway through the third quarter with a leg injury, Frohnapfel responded by completing 12 of 15 passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed eight times for 62 yards, including a stunning 51-yard touchdown jaunt.
Ever since, Marshall coach Doc Holliday has commented repeatedly that the Herd needs to get the talented Frohnapfel into games and utilize his skill set.
Well, the future is now.
There's no better time to get Frohnapfel meaningful snaps than against Gardner-Webb on Saturday.
Right, Bill Legg?
"Blake is a good quarterback," said Marshall's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. "There's no question that Blake is a good quarterback.
"Would we do everything exactly the same as we do it with Cato? No, we wouldn't because they are two different types of guys. But Blake is a good quarterback."
Obviously, the Herd would emphasize its running game more with Frohnapfel at quarterback.
"We would have to fine-tune some things and fit some things that better suited him," said Legg. "But I have full trust that Blake would do a fantastic job if he was the guy on the field."
And he could be "the guy" for a lot of Football Bowl Subdivision programs in America.
"Yeah, I don't think there's a question," said Legg. "The kid is very intelligent. He's very tough both physically and mentally."
Let's take it a step further. I believe Frohnapfel is good enough to be the starting quarterback at the "other" FBS program in West Virginia as well as for such Conference USA members as Southern Miss, FIU, Tulane, FAU, Louisiana Tech and UTEP.
"There's no question about his ability," said Legg. "The kid is going to play here some day."
Some day soon, hopefully.
Like on Saturday.
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maple board garbage or descent
ok i have a maple bourd and it sucks so i wanna kno who likes and had sucsess with maple bourds
Well it's all about how you look at it. Maple use to be big in the skateboarding industry in the 90's but unfortunately tanked and they sold the name and now places like Target sell Maple decks at much lower quality standards. In a case like this, you get what you pay for. You can certainly learn the basics on there if you're a beginner, but i'd say if you're looking to progress further than the basics you should invest in a board from a local skateshop or online. Quality wise they're not much better than Wal-mart boards, but like I said if you're just learning it'll be a great tool to get down your basics without spending over $100-$150 on a professional complete. Hope this helped. :)
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all boards blanks and pro models are made of 7 ply Canadian Maple, so its a very good material and durable to skate with.
i look at it as a personal preference. some people could think blank maple boards are awesome and very durable and have lots of pop. others could think different. try out different brands and see what u like:)
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Adrienne Desjardine
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Department of World Cultures
Academic Positions
2005–present: Collections Technician, New World Archaeology, Department of World Cultures, ROM
2003–2005: Curatorial Assistant, Anthropology & New World Archaeology, Renaissance ROM, Haley Sharpe Design
2002–2003: Assistant Curator, Copperbelt Museum, Zambia, Commonwealth Association of Museums
2001: Internship, Museum Advisor, Union of Community Museums of Oaxaca, Mexico, Education
2002: Master's of Museum Studies, University of Toronto
1999: (Honours) Bachelor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Trent University
At the eastern edge of greater Toronto, the Rouge River winds through wetlands abundant with birdlife—herons and egrets, mallards and teals, wrens and bitterns, kingfishers and sandpipers—before finding Rouge Beach and Lake Ontario. In the 1920s, canals were dredged through the marsh to create a proposed "Venice of the North," a vision that dissolved in economic depression and war. Although the gondolas never arrived, the channels and the river mouth are plied by canoes, kayaks, and dragon boats. In earlier times, Paleolithic and Iroquoian peoples travelled these waters.
Adrienne Desjardine grew up on the Rouge River branch of the "Toronto Carrying Place" trail. Her childhood explorations in the Rouge Valley yielded discoveries of pre-Contact artifacts, mostly stone axe heads and arrowheads. Such finds gave her a sense of communion with the past and its people. She also encountered the ruins of more recent occupation of the area, including a stone hearth from one of the cottages swept away in the apocalyptic Hurricane Hazel of 1954, a tropical storm that hovered over Toronto with the power of a Category 1 hurricane.
Desjardine's work allows her a continuum of contact with the region's past. "As a technician," she explains, "I research, maintain, and manage the Museum's New World Archaeology collections and facilitate internal and external access to them." Many of the 150,000 holdings are native artifacts found in the Greater Toronto Area. She notes that Toronto is still a rich source of material from indigenous settlements once situated along the many streams, creeks, and rivers that flowed through a forest landscape. "Because of those waterways," she remarks, "Toronto is a great location for backyard archaeology."
The Museum's collections of effigy pipes and birdstones are of special interest to her. "The artistic expression is idiosyncratic. The effigy pipes connect to transformative experience, a link to the spirit world." Deposits of carbonized tobacco still present in some of the pipes are the subject of archaeo-botanical studies. Birdstones are especially enigmatic. Most archaeologists agree that these abstract representations of birds, fashioned from banded, striated slate and usually grey, deep charcoal, or green, were used as atlatl weights attached to spears to counterbalance thrust. Perhaps the power of flight was invoked through these avian stylizations.
Desjardine maintains contact with past ROM curators, tapping into a reservoir of expertise. Curator Emeritus Peter Storck, author of the multiple-award-winning Journey to the Ice Age: Discovering an Ancient World (UBC Press/ROM Press), is prominent among them. Her work also touches on the prolific Maya excavations of former ROM archaeologist David Pendergast. Desjardine is currently working with collections from Altun Ha in Belize that will likely be included in the ROM blockbuster exhibition Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World, opening November 19, 2011.


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Looking for Crash Photos/Video of Dayna Marie Kepson-Schact
*This story just reran yesterday on 20/20 and is similar to the Nikki Catasouras accident, except this woman was 23 and married to a military man with two children. She apparently missed a turn on her way home from being out with friends. I do not know if liquor was involved. She was driving a red Jeep that went over a guard rail. The video was pulled from youtube and the guy who filmed it has an apology on there now. THE CORRECT LAST NAME IS KEMPSON! See Dayna and one shot of her Jeep here: ****** frameborder="0" width="480" height="360" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xfdr48"></******>
Dayna Kempson Schacht Video by topnews396
Another poster and I were discussing this case. Dayna was a blue eyed blonde from GA. I thought she was from PA*
A violent death crash happened to a 23-year-old Dayna Kempson Schacht on the 17th of July 2010. Exactly two months after the parents of Dayna Kempson Schacht have had double the pain that most parents go through when losing a child, especially when the Dayna Kempson Schacht horrible crash video was sent to them via cell phone.
Dayna Kempson Schacht was a beautiful mother of two who lost control of her car last July and hit a patch of trees, where she was killed instantly. A couple of months after she passed away, her parents received a video message on their cell phone, complete with footage of Dayna right after the crash. The worst part is that the video was taken by one of the first responders on the scene of the accident.
There are two voices accompanying the Dayna Kempson Schacht video in which one is instructing the other to flash some light on Dayna's face for clear viewing and then both voices go "Oh My God". Investigators at the Spalding County Sheriff's department have established that one of the Georgian firefighters who reached the scene of the Dayna Kempson Schacht horrible crash first must be responsible for taking the footage.
However, this particular Dayna Kempson Video is not on Youtube, and is not available online. But parents Jeff and Lucretia Kempson are speaking out after Georgia firefighters allegedly filmed their daughter's deadly wreck with a cell phone instead of pulling her lifeless body from her car.
Dayna Kempson Schacht horrible crash is truly a very sad story. And the video was shared between other firefighters and then eventually went viral is such a tragic ordeal. Those alleged firefighters are sworn to serve the community and their actions are nothing but thoughtless and heartless.
*You may see the before pictures of Dayna here*
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The parents tried to have it pulled, but Nikki Catasouras,(sp?), is still all over the place! I know one of us will find it! I have faith in all of you!
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Hospital march will highlight concerns
Last updated at 11:38, Thursday, 03 July 2014
A HOSPITAL services march in Whitehaven takes place on Sunday – in the week when Copeland's MP has called for a further £24million for the redevelopment.
By Gillian Ellison
A peaceful protest has been organised by Mirehouse mother Siobhan Gearing. It is expected that a few hundred people will be taking part.
Marchers are asked to meet at 1.15pm at the gazebo in Market Place.
They will go up one half of King Street then onto Lowther Street where they will make for Castle Park.
MP Jamie Reed, former West Cumberland Hospital consultant Mahesh Dhebar and Christine Wharrier, Hillcrest and Hensingham county councillor, will all be speaking. A road closure order has been granted while the march takes place.
The Facebook campaign group, headed by mum-of-two Mrs Gearing, was launched earlier this year and has gathered around 8,000 signatures on a petition.
Protesters want to ensure that all of the services currently at West Cumberland Hospital remain, and that nothing is transferred to Carlisle or Newcastle.
Mrs Gearing decided to organise a march as she said it was a positive way to show health bosses what the communities want and to hopefully make them listen.
The Copeland MP this week is calling for an extra £24million for the West Cumberland Hospital redevelopment.
Mr Reed, shadow health minister, has written to the NHS Trust Development Authority calling for more money to be made available.
He said: "It's clear that the hospital project needs more money. The Government has so far refused to engage with these issues, so I have asked the TDA to ensure that all resources necessary are made available – this could be as much as an additional £24m. On top of this, I am seeking talks with the TDA so that once the new hospital is completed, it provides the services that the community expects and deserves as laid out in the 'Closer to Home' consultation."
First published at 11:21, Thursday, 03 July 2014
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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I have just returned from the march, which was a strong expression of local public opinion attended by perhaps 300-400 people and on which everyone involved should be congratulated.The concern I expressed in a post I made yesterday did not materialise. Perhaps people have learned from the mistakes made a few years ago.
I will be attending the march to support my local hospital. I will listen with interest to consultant Mahesh Debar.I just hope that our MP and the HIllcrest county councillor can resist the temptation to indulge in the kind of awful party-political point-scoring rubbish he spouted at a previous hospital march.


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My experience with chemo was that it was unpleasant but not as bad as I had feared. In fact, none of this experience was as bad as that! I was able to lead a relatively normal life for the most part, especially in the third week after each chemo infusion, although I didn't have much energy.
The results of the first infusion of chemo were quite painful in my belly. It wasn't unbearable by any means but nevertheless, painful. After only 4 weeks since surgery I thought that things must be still quite raw in there so I imagined that the medicine was hitting all those raw spots that had been biopsied or where organs had been removed. Those places where renegade cancer cells would find it easiest to hunker down. With that in mind, I welcomed the pain. It turned out that I had not been given Carboplatin but Cisplatin which is much stronger and has more side effects. I chose to see that as a blessing because to date I am well. Maybe it was a divine intervention that whacked me with the stronger medication in those first weeks ... for a reason. We will never know.
I listened to my meditation tapes. I went to Howard Batie for healing sessions and hypnosis to manage pain. I had many friends praying for me. I was deeply touched to learn that my son in law's sister's mosque in California was also holding me in their prayers. The Carepages was a great source of loving support. I highly recommend this wonderful free service. John had learned about it from his sister when she was having her cancer surgery in Toronto. Her daughter had set up a Carepage for her.
If you have to experience this surgery or chemo, you will need a caretaker. I did feel a loss of appetite and was tired. I still had pain from the surgery so I was in bed or on the couch most of the time for the first month or so. John was fantastic in his caring and consideration. I could not have managed without his loving care. He did laundry, helped me in and out of bed, got drinks for me, grocery shopped, cooked... although I wasn't up to eating much. Eating was kind of like those first few months of pregnancy when you feel hungry but then when you start to eat, the food in your mouth turns to sawdust! I had some Slimfast powder which worked well as a shake with milk in the blender. Charlotte gave me a huge bag of protein powder to add for extra protein. Sometimes I added a banana or some chocolate or ice cream, or yogurt. I also got cravings for soup made of veg, potatoes and ground beef so I pottered around cooking that when I was up to it.
The second and all subsequent infusions were the correct prescribed Carboplatin. It didn't really affect me much except that I was tired and had no appetite. I didn't have belly pain after the infection cleared up. In addition, to prevent me from getting too anemic, I had received a shot in the fat (plenty of that to stab) on my belly to boost red cells in my blood. The medicine is made from Chinese hamster ovaries. Go figure! You have to wonder what is wrong with American hamster ovaries? Maybe it is an animal rights thing? Anyway, I am very grateful to the Chinese Hamster Brigade for keeping me healthy. My white cell count was also low so I also had an injection of Neulasta. This was given to boost my immune system to prevent infection. But, lucky me....I had an allergic reaction that night so we were sent to the local emergency room by the UW Hospital doctor on call! My throat was swelling and I had a rash all over my body. A Benadryl injection in my butt took care of the problem but I wasn't able to have that drug again. Neulasta drug is very expensive but it wasn't until much later that I discovered that my medical insurance (Mega Life which was through National Association of the Self Employed) would not pay for it. Nor would they pay for the hamster ovaries shot. I suppose they figured that they would rather pay for me to have much more medical treatment should I get really weak or infected with some other malady? Or maybe they would have liked me to die so that they would not have to pay anything more? I ended up paying $6000 for one white cell booster and over $3000 for the hamster's donation, each month, out of pocket. Now, two years later, I just received a letter from Mega Life informing me that they are still fighting not to pay my bills. Naturally, we are not with Mega Life any more. In total, my out of pocket expenses were over $60,000. It is my understanding that Mega Life is under investigation with the State of Washington Attorney General Office for misrepresentation and other offenses. I have filed a complaint. My small Roth IRA that I had finally managed to start about 5 years before is all gone.
My hair started to fall out after the second infusion. I decided that I should get it shaved off as I didn't want to wake up with it on my pillow or have it falling out in clumps all over the house! A friend told me of his hairdresser who does this for people and fits them with a wig. I was fresh out of my second chemo so the Taxol flush was evident in my face. Having my hair shaved seemed like a tragic event. I was still trying to come to terms with the fact that I was in a life threatening situation and didn't know if I would survive this. My hair was shaved off reverently and quietly and then my head was tenderly and gently washed with much compassion. Having a bald head washed is a very strange feeling. Next I chose a wig out of a catalog and had measurements taken. It was about a week and a half before the wig arrived. Photos of this event in the albums to the left.
It was decided that next time, instead of the Neulasta, I could try the other drug of choice, Neupogen. The difference being that Neupogen is given, not as a single shot, but one every day for ten days. It was shipped to us, we kept it in the fridge and then John gave me the shot each day. Now I know how a diabetic must feel. The syringe was a tiny TB syringe, as was the needle but the medicine was keeping me as healthy as possible and I was not allergic to it. Whoopee! The side effects of this was pain in my leg bones that subsided after the series of shots was over, until the next round. And again, none of this was unbearable. I supposed that my bones were being stimulated to make new blood cells.
I was invited to participate in a Fred Hutchinson Research Center Study on the causes of Ovarian Cancer. A representative came to our home with pages and pages of questions about my life, eating habits, medical information, family history, weight history and everything else you could possibly think of. I think that I was told I would receive a copy of the findings when the study is complete. I'll keep you posted. I say think because I don't have a reliable memory since chemo. I joke about it as "Chemo Brain" when I forget mid sentence what I want to say, or cannot recall a name or word that I know so very well, but recently, I received an article from my sister in law which addresses the very real issue of damage to brain cells from chemo. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04brod.html?_r=1&ref=health
My worst side effects were fatigue that wore off gradually until it was time to go for the next bout of Chemo. Also, I started to go numb in the toes...sort of like they feel after sitting on a foot for too long. This wore off about nine months after chemo finished. I had awful problems with constipation, due to the steroids and pain killers. I could not sleep at night. I lay awake replaying all the related experiences over and over in my mind. I think I was in some sort of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Now, two years later, I have just had my second acupuncture with Christine Hansen at Watershed Wellness in Lacey WA. watershedwellness.org and am sleeping without drugs for the first time since surgery. It is wonderful! If I were to have a relapse, or had to have surgery for any other reason, I would definitely engage Christine and her acupuncture to help me through. I would have been a lot calmer and less fearful had I known the amazing helpful changes that acupuncture can bring about.
As a reward to myself, during chemo, I bought a couple of other wigs on the internet, making sure that the return policy was acceptable as a wig is a very personal thing, an extension of oneself, when one has no hair. My hair had been longish prior to surgery so I wanted a wig that gave the same look. I also thought it would be fun to try being blond for a change in a different wig. That wig turned out to be my favorite (by Eva Gabor). It was light and comfortable, washable and fun. I rang the changes often just like clothes, I wore whatever suited my mood but most often went bald as it was summer and hot. It was comforting and pleasant to have so many women in the shops or street give me a big smile of encouragement when I was out in my bald state. Wigs, for the most part, are itchy! Like wearing a hat regardless of the weather and indoor temperatures. But they sure are morale boosting!
The staff on the 7th floor at the UW hospital became known to us after several visits. One time, John had brought his guitar to practice on and to while away the hours that he patiently waited and sat with me through each of these sessions. One of the nurses, Thomas, also played the guitar and brought his own in on a couple of occasions to sing and play for us during his break time. He was really good! It was good times as far as it could be. We watched video movies from the library on 7th, or brought Netflix DVDs to play on our laptop. I couldn't concentrate in reading a book. I guess this was part of the trauma reaction but a movie was distracting to a certain extent.
My sister in law Francilla, in Toronto had told me that in the chemo unit where she had her infusions there was a bell that patients got to ring in celebration of their last bout of chemotherapy. John and I talked about how satisfying that would be and thought about donating one to the 7th floor. We shopped in Childhoods End gallery in Olympia and found some very oriental looking bells made of old oxygen cylinders (how appropriate) by a local artist Tom Torrens so we bought one and took it up with us to my next infusion appointment. The bell was well received and was installed near the nurses' station just in time for the end of my last chemo treatment so I got to be first to ring the bell. There is a picture in the photo gallery to the left of this page. The inscription under the bell reads: "To be rung in celebration at the completion of a healing journey." We have since heard that this bell ringing has become a tradition and has brought a lot of joy and determination to patients there. My sister in law in Toronto is now a 12 year survivor of pancreas cancer. Thanks for the idea Fran!
The port in my belly was removed immediately after chemo was complete. Dr Tamimi said that we would not need that again but the port in my jugular vein would be left in for a while, just in case. However, during my follow up CT scan, it was discovered that the tube had migrated down through my atrium (upper chamber of the heart), through the valve and into the ventricle. As I mentioned before, it is supposed to sit in the vein, just above the heart. I had experienced some episodes of strong irregular heartbeats and dizziness on several occasions but had put it down to anxiety. Assume nothing! It had been the tube pressing on the wall of my heart that had caused this. Dr Tamimi was very concerned and wanted it out of there immediately as it could have caused a heart attack or ruptured the wall of my heart. None other than Dr. Hickman, the person who invented the Hickman Port , was the Dr. who removed my ports at SCCA. What a sweetheart. We enjoyed him very much. I was extremely relieved to have that invasion out of my body! Not only had it been uncomfortable under the skin on my upper chest but because it was in my heart where it shouldn't be, also had the potential to kill me! All in all I consider myself to be extremely fortunate. I am a very lucky girl!
Of course, once chemo was complete, we had to have a party for people who had been so supportive by writing in frequently on the Carepage, phoning, sending cards, bringing gifts, helping with meals and such wonderful gestures. Several of my friends had also had cancer of various forms and survived so the party turned out to be a celebration for all.
I had CA-125 blood tests every month until three months ago when I was placed on a two month regimen. Dr. Tamimi told me that I am his lowest CA-125 scorer. I have had three CT scans since surgery. I have to be drugged up with several doses of Prednisone and Benadryl beforehand to prevent the anaphylactic shock that would result if no medications were given as I am deadly allergic to the iodine contrast that is used. Even then, I came out in hives the last time. My next scan would be in October 2008 I believe.
I feel well, and extremely fortunate to be alive. My deepest gratitude goes to all the people who assisted me along this journey. To Dr Wu who got me into an appointment with Dr. Tamimi before it was too late. To Ralph Munro who coached me how to get my husband home in time. To Senator Patty Murray's staff who 'just did it'. To the nurses on the 7th floor at the UW Hospital who provided comfort, consideration and kindness. To the student in Radiology who gave me the mantra. To my family for their ongoing loving support, especially Gabi and Charlotte. To Julie who was with me every moment of my surgery, to Sue who wrote on the Carepage almost daily with words of loving support. To Sherry Nickerson, my trustworthy employee and friend who ran my business while I was gone for almost a year and to Heidi and Holly, the GYN ONC coordinators at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance who patiently assist all the patients under their care. But most of all, to Dr. Tamimi for his dedication, expertise and skill, I will be forever grateful. To my husband John, Thank you.
I am not out of the woods yet. It hasn't been two years since chemo was finished and I haven't been given the all clear. However, I am hopeful and able to live a normal life at this point. I hope that my story has been enlightening, encouraging and educational. It is my intention to let you know that it is a scary experience but not unbearable. Listen to your body, get annual pelvic examinations with a reputable GYN, get a CA-125 blood test as a base marker for you. Do not ignore symptoms. Your life depends upon it.


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Protesters arrested, pepper sprayed at Westin Kierland
PHOENIX -- Community members and organizations protested Wednesday against groups of conservative lawmakers in Scottsdale with multiple people arrested and pepper sprayed.
Many protesters and police officers were at the protest around Noon on Wednesday.
One protester spoke about why he was joining in on the protest.
"I would just say that anyone out there who is against corporate greed, and who wants to see this "one percent" that you've been hearing about across this country to come out here in Scottsdale to see the corporations and the politicians coming together to draft these laws," Alex Soto said. "And not just laws, but overall policies that are making the rich get richer and not allow everybody else not be a part of the simple human right to just be who we are."
A total of six arrests have been made -- including one for assaulting an officer.
One person with the movement doesn't believe the use of pepper spray was needed.
"A member of the Tohono O'odham Indian Tribe who was pepper sprayed was denied medical treatment," Diane D'Angelo, a media volunteer with Occupy Phoenix, said. "There is no reason to be pepper spraying American citizens who are trying to exercise their first amendment right.
"I think it is pretty typical of what happens to people who don't have money, or access to power in this country at present. You get turned away, arrested or pepper sprayed. Of course it was excessive."
Various organizations ranging from labor to civil rights groups were there to protest against the American Legislative Exchange Council's States and Nation Summit.
The protesters accuse ALEC of being a massive nonprofit body that brings corporations and legislators together to draft ``model'' legislation like Arizona's SB 1070.
The ALEC Website says legislators from all 50 states are meeting over three days to discuss free-market solutions to create jobs, improve education and jump-start the American economy.
PHOTOS: Protesters at Westin Kierland in Phoenix
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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