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Senior Aaron Carr led UIC's second-half charge, tallying 16 points in the period, including four three-pointers. Carr, who finished with 21 points, was one of five Flames (9-2) to score in double figures.
Senior Martell Bailey tallied his second straight double-double with 11 points and 12 assists, committing just one turnover on the night. Seniors Cedrick Banks and Armond Williams each tallied 20 points for the Flames, while sophomore forward Elliott Poole posted a career-high 11 points.
Northwestern's (5-4) Jitim Young paced all scorers with 27 points, while teammate Vedran Vukusic chipped in 23.
UIC owned just a two-point lead, 43-41, at intermission as both teams shot better than 50% from the field in the first half. But the Flames blew the game open in the second period, outscoring the Wildcats 47-30 in the final 20 minutes of the contest while shooting a blistering 68% from the floor.
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Many of us can relate to having been heavily medicated at a young age because we weren't acting as society said we should. And soon enough, this sort of protocol follows us into our adulthood too. But what if you had this gut feeling that you weren't supposed to be medicated anymore? Yes, it may have helped back when you were younger but could it be putting a haze over your life's purpose now?
Not only did Lewis Victor live this experience, he also decided to do something about it. Owner and teacher at Lewis Victor Yoga, he is a Chicago-native who recently moved to Los Angeles where he will be teaching at Hot 8 Yoga Studio in Santa Monica, CA. But before he found some direction in life, he set out on a quest for mental clarity where he discovered yoga and its self-realization benefits.
"I was very heavily medicated as a teenager," Lewis said, recalling his life back in the day. And he remembers how lost he felt as he set out to claim his freedom and begin his own life. "When I graduated high school, I was very confused as to who I was and what I needed to be doing in my life." Realizing he felt lost, Victor remained open to discovering his life's purpose and was eventually introduced to a technique that would help him get to where he needed to be. He found the gateway to his journey during the summer of 2000. "I took my first yoga class at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago. After that class, I knew that yoga was exactly what I was looking for in order for me to put myself back together."
So Lewis began taking classes there and realized, "I was starting to finally feel like I had my feet on the ground and my head on my shoulders. My mind was becoming more clear and my body's awareness was increasing dramatically." After a short time, he was asked to take part in their teacher-training program so that he might help others realize the incredible focus that can be gained from the yoga practice. Victor began to understand the reasons why he had been feeling more clear and grounded. "Yoga is generally about being present in what you do," so Lewis makes sure his students are not just attending his classes for exercise, but are also gaining some insight into the practice too.
"What I teach in my classes is pretty fundamental," he explains, "the link to what you are physically doing next to what you are mentally thinking can be maintained through mindful control of your breath." And one of the most important unifiers Victor highlights about the practice of yoga. "By focusing on the breath, the student is establishing one-pointed attention, leaving no room for the mind to wander to unrelated things." Something that isn't so easy to do in our fast-paced society.
The reason that this is so important is, "through the breath, the student also supplies the energy needed to partake in the physical component of yoga." So Victor teaches that, "the deeper the inhale, the more energy will be taken in; and the more powerful the exhale, the more energy in the body." Breathing is important because it not only helps unite the mind and body, but the student can also "work on mastering whatever their primary intention for practicing yoga may be."
So, what brings Lewis the most gratification from his work in the yoga field? "Seeing the difference in a student from when they first walked into my class to 10 or so classes later. The improvement of the student leads me to believe that I am making a significant difference in their life as well."
Known to be open and honest, sharing his true beliefs with others, Lewis is by no means a shy man. "I might get a little heat for this," he begins, "but I try not to always find myself too terribly inspired by other people's teachings." He goes on to say that, "what I have to offer as a teacher comes from my own personal experience: What yoga has done for me, how I was able to learn it, and what I personally feel are the most important principals of the practice." And that is what you can expect when you attend a private session or one of his classes.
Yoga is a rather self-involved practice, but Lewis sees teaching others "as a way of giving back to the yoga community through personal experiences as a student." And he realizes that the self-realization techniques that yoga has shown him will help him to gain access to the things he wants most out of life. "No matter where my life goes and no matter in what capacity, yoga will always be a huge part of me and what I do. It makes me a stronger person; capable of mastering any path I choose to create for myself."
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I am not sure who has said it or where I read it or where I may have heard it but we will never really know the whole truth regarding the contract negotiations between the Superintendent and the School Committee.
It took me a while to read through the set of six School Committee Executive Session meetings (link here for the pdf copies of the six meetings) but I have come to the conclusion that the turning point in these negotiations was not what occurred in those meetings but what occurred during the January 6th discussion between School Committee representatives, Mayor Jim Milinazzo and City Solicitor Christine O'Connor, and School Superintendent Chris Augusta Scott and her attorney, Michael Gallagher, outside the meeting.
Jen Myers article in today's Sun recaps what occurred and her opening paragraph indicates why an initial offer was never made: "A three-year contract offer drafted by the School Committee in early November was never presented to Superintendent of Schools Chris Scott or her attorney, Michael Gallagher, because Scott did not agree to the format in which the committee wished to negotiate, according to executive-session minutes released yesterday." That decision took place at the December 20th meeting.
If you read the minutes up to January 6th, the School Committee was going back and forth on what they wanted to offer the Superintendent and the terms of the contract. But they were in the process of putting together some kind of a proposal (see 12.29.10 minutes): "a three year contract at $170,000 per year; zero, zero increase each year; the new performance evaluation; salary increase tied to the United Teachers of Lowell (UTL) for the third year of the contract; travel allowance of $300 per month; $3,600 per year
That evening the proposal for the three-year contract was rescinded; "the committee began discussing the pros and cons of a one year deal."
According to the 12.29.10 minutes:
It was discussed that if they do come back with a counter proposal, the Committee could go through the process of a formal vote. The Mayor indicated that no final decisions have been made. To be fair to everyone, members could still change their minds either way.
Mr.Conway stated that he, for one was in the middle aisle, and there was a possibility that someone could change their mind.
Mr. Conway moved: 'To authorize Mayor James L. Milinazzo and City Solicitor, Christine O'Connor to report to the Superintendent and her attorney that as of yet, there has not been a counter proposal that has gained the support of a majority of its members. APPROVED
Now back to the January 6th meeting:
Ms. Laraba stated that there has been a lot of conversation but no contract has been offered except the initial one.
Ms. Laraba moved: 'To offer Dr. Chris Scott a successor contract for two years with the same pay and benefits; seconded by Ms. Martin for discussion. On roll call Ms. Laraba had the only affirmative vote. All other members voted in the negative. One yea; six nays. DEFEATED
The Committee goes into recess and the Mayor and the Solicitor go out to meet with Superintendent Scott and her attorney. Once they returned the minutes reflect the following:
The pros and cons of a one year contract were discussed further.
The Mayor and the Solicitor also reported that there was a request that they meet with her Attorney on Monday.
Ms. Martin moved: 'To authorize the Mayor and the City Solicitor to meet with the Superintendent and her Attorney Michael Gallagher on Monday, January 10, 2011 to continue negotiations; seconded by Mr. Conway. On roll call Ms. Laraba had the only negative vote. All other members voted in the affirmative. Six yeas; one nay. APPROVED
We will never know what was said, heard and understood during the 1 ½ hour discussion between the four of them on January 16th. After that everything fell apart. So now we are searching for a new Superintendent and Dr. Scott is looking for a new place of employment.
What prompted Dr. Scott cancel the January 10th meeting and go to the newspaper a week later. I do not think we heard that decision full explained. And I do not believe in the conspiracy theory that a cabal inside the SC wanted her out to put in an insider; I do believe that there were members who were beginning to be dissatisfied with her performance; and I also believe that the SC's inability to come up with a consensus in a timely manner is problematic.
That is why, I was baffled that they voted down School Committeewoman Alison Laraba's motion to appoint an interim Superintendent. Last Monday the majority voted to begin the process of searching for a new Superintendent, with a target date of April 20th. It is going to be very difficult to do. Maybe it would have been better if the SC had slowed things down, appoint an interim and let emotions calm down a bit. We are going to go through this process and if we do not succeed, we then scramble to find an interim?
Right now the majority of the media (mainstream media and new media) is blaming everything on the School Committee members; some more than others. Dr. Scott does get good press and unfortunately some of the SC members never do. They will have to take their arguments directly to their constituents.
I am not sure if the "populist" movement led by the editor of the Sun and the President of the United Teachers of Lowell will result in challengers to the School Committee. I do not have the knowledge nor the tools to measure how much true displeasure there is with this school committee. I know that some people are baffled with the turn of events but angry enough to have a major change in the School Committee? I do not think so.
It would be great to have a number of people emerge as challengers not because they support Dr. Scott but because they believe that they have something to offer our school system. I really think that if a challenger comes on the scene and their sole purpose is to throw out the people who in their estimation did not support Dr. Scott, they will have a difficult time garnering popular support.
Three points:
1. Everyone on the School Committee should read Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher. It is required reading for MBA students in negotiation courses and, since so many folks think that they want government to behave like a business, negotiating skill is one place do I agree.
2. Every participant in a negotiation should walk into it with a "best alternative to a negotiated solution" in mind. I.e., if you cannot negotiate to an acceptable solution or your opposite will not negotiate, have a plan for what to do. I'm guessing Ms. Scott did and the School Committee did not.
3. When oh when will residents of Lowell, irrespective of where they send or sent their children, realize that the good reputation of a public school system is an a priori (that is a "prior to") requirement for strong, stable real estate values. Folks in Newton, Weston . . . (you name any high value town where many children are sent to private schools) are adamant in their support for public schools — which includes voting in able school committee members and insisting on able school management — because a slip in the reputation of their public schools is a sure drop in the value of their real estate. They care about preserving real estate value recognizing its significant their financial security and mobility.
Good tone in this piece, Mimi. Your words are measured and thoughtful. You seem to understand the implications. You are wise to take such a balanced, nonjudgmental approach.
I have been reading posts on this blog since abut 2007 and this is probably the fairest and thought-provoking post I have read. Big props up to "Mimi".
I do not respectfully believe that too much blame is being put on the committee. It was the committee's job to either offer Scott a contract, or tell her to pack her bags. They failed to do both. They never made a counter offer. They never told her that the majority didn't want her here anymore. JDayne is 100% in stating that this committee needs to attend Negotiating Skills 101. This is NOT the first time there has been "lagging" issues with this committee, either. They didn't seem to take this issue very seriously, and now our children and teachers are left with confusion, questions, anger, and an unpredictable future.
Scott was asking for too much money. But she was simply making her 1st offer. Of course you make the first offer higher than what you really expect. We can only assume she, like any rationally thinking person, was expecting a counter-offer. She waited. And waited. And months passed by, and was forced to make her own mind up.
So what are We The People to do? Im not interested in what any union or the Lowell Sun or any special interest group endorses or props up as a candidate. This goes for the Council as well. There is no question that the majority of this school committee have outlived any usefulness they once had. And I do mean that with all due respect. But elected members shouldn't be elected for life, and CHANGE is good!
I want candidates who will take a STAND. No more ducking and hiding from issues. No more voting "present" during important issues. No more double talk. I want candidates who will take the role seriously and responsible and someone who is not afraid to say what they really mean.
I don't recall when it changed, perhaps Dick Howe can chime in, but in the past the school committee let a professional negotiator handle talks like this.
Yes it is a little on the 'hands off' side but on the other hand contract negotiations can get very testy to say the least and it is sometimes better to have a professional that meet the outline described by jdayne as your point person in something like this, then give that person direction.
That is not to say the SC can't sit in on talks, just let a professional negotiator handle them. In the long run the results are much better.
Mimi, you seriously don't know what prompted Scott to walk away from negotiations and go to the paper? Maybe it was because there were never any negotiations in the first place and she realized she was gone anyway. Negotiations imply both sides are making offers and negotiating give and take. There was never a formal offer given. What was she supposed to do? Wait till the spring, or perhaps the end of her contract so she wouldn't have a job period?
Come on now Mimi. You're a smart, reasonable woman. If your employer treated your negotiations this way, what would you do? You've been around long enough to read the tea leaves. Even a newbie like Dr. Scott could see which way the wind was blowing.
Jdayne, thanks for the book suggestion.
jdayne- It looks more and more like the SC did know what they were doing, did understand the consequences, and did have a plan of what to do. Consider that they have rejected any notion of an interim appointment. Consider also that they have announced the goal of having a new Superintendent vetted and selected by April, and in-place by the end of Scott's term. All of this smacks of pre-planning. Is a crown prince or princess lingering in the wings just waiting to be tapped for succession? Scott is gone, that's not going to change. The big question now is what comes next? Is the fix in?
There is a problem with towns that have great public schools, is that it's impossible to live there unless you fall into 'The Two Income Trap" where Elizabeth Warren writes how the middle class go broke in the mean time to keep up high property values.
Remember mortgages are debt, and the majority of us can't pay upfront for a home.
Because mortgages and property taxes are fixed costs, and if just one spouse loses their job or reduces work load for a newborn, they never can afford to live in that town with good public schools. Why do we only have good public schools in a towns, where many people couldn't afford to have children and live there? Two incomes is fine, working moms fine, just if you have the benefit of two incomes in a household it's better not to mortgage it away into a home with the best zip code.
Elizabeth Warren is now creating a new agency under the Obama Administration to protect consumers and disclose credit terms upfront and clearly.
Careful Renee, you might be turning into a fiscal liberal.
Oh please. To people who see conspiracy everywhere: you are paranoid.
I just heard Connie Martin on the radio, and she took a very measured tone on hiring a new Super - she is realistic, and if they don't feel they get enough quality candidates, then at that point they will consider an interim.
Don't we have enough crazy crap going on in Lowell's politics to keep you people entertained without making shit up out of whole cloth? Good god.
If you actually LISTENED to what people say once in a while you can actually learn a great deal. To me, there is some possible culpability in the SC in not acting quicker, but the fact is, there were some questions that needed to be answered regarding Scott's administration - and mind you, I suspect that everyone involved would have rather worked with her to address those issues, like her not reporting to the SC when she was told to, rather than start all over again from scratch - but you don't just hand someone a 5-year $50K raise contract when there's some questions appearing about how you run things, you just don't.
Anyone think that maybe the manner in which Scott suddenly gave up on the process, when these questions came up, might say something about HER? Like, she didn't like the fact that she was being reigned in a bit on her rather insular administrative style? She's the employee of the SC, but in some ways, she wasn't acting like it. Now, there are good reasons sometimes to make unilateral decisions, as running things "by committee" can be cumbersome. So there's a balance to be struck there. But if you are asked for things and do not deliver, and if you are making decisions in a vacuum and your employer asks what's going on and you don't tell them…in the private sector, that can definitely affect your employment with that company. All the way from getting pulled into the bosses office to try to correct the situation, up to getting fired. No one would blink at a private employer doing this with a possibly wayward employee.
Someone please tell me how running the school system should be any different?
Attitude is important. We can be cynical, if we choose. We can wonder aloud, "Is the fix in?".
We can wonder aloud "Has a solution be determined?".
The SC is in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Why?
I know the UTL desires the SC to be as politically weak as possible, when they go to negotiate a contract. I think, in part, the "Scott Incident" is being flogged to harm the public's trust of the SC. I wonder "Is the fix in?"
I find the whole union support thing to be particularly disturbing. It just smacks of the Cox resignation, and the "I'm for Cox" campaign that came with it.
It's not just reminiscent even, it's downright parallel to that incident, and it wasn't a good thing then, either. Back then, too, vehement city union support bordered on mad crazy fanaticism for no apparent reason. Back then too, it was apparent that Cox wasn't going to keep his job regardless, but you could see that these supporters were looking to damage those Councilors as much as they possibly could on his way out.
I think Jack is on to something, the union has its own agenda which likely has a lot more to do with their position in negotiations. If they had managed to "save" Scott's job, they now have a Superintendent on the opposite side of the table in their debt. In the case of not saving her job (which is what happened), make the teachers mad enough at the SC, and it'll be easier to goad them into action that will strengthen the union's hand down the road and/or damage their reelection campaign. There's really no down side to pushing the union support here.
I still don't honestly see, however, the usefulness for Scott to burn her bridges here so spectacularly in the paper. That's the only piece of the puzzle I can't figure out a motive for, unless she really did think it would get the SC to give her a new contract. If I were an SC in another town, I sure as hell would think twice in hiring someone who appears to be volatile…
Is the support really "mad crazy fanaticism"? With the Cox incident we had mobilizations and street visibility. With this thing the only thing I know about is Mr. Georges agreement with the Sun on the issue, and I only know that from the Sun. Are the rank and file agitated here?
I take it back, I remember the protest at the meeting. Still, that kind of visibility might be an indication of only the leadership (and the people the leadership could get to show up to protest). Just wondering is all.
Indicative of a certain set, sure. Like the GLTHS "support" of the recent Super hiring there, there's likely a set of people who are so into supporting Scott they are willing to be vocal and show up to meetings. But there's a lot of teachers in the system and I am guessing that the vocal set might not be representative of the whole by a longshot…
If the SC came out publically and said they were not willing to renew her contract, then Dr. Scott could potentially have grounds to sue the city again right? If they take steps to ensure that she is the one to leave the table then that threat is removed. Seems smart to me.
I am pretty sure that was not intended, but yeah, it does seem to make it a little harder to sue your former employer when YOU quit first.
Not that I am willing to count out the possibility of a lawsuit - Scott and her lawyer (who by the way IS someone I know and respect) can't seem to stay out of the paper defending her. Which I can't see a reason for - there's every reason to stay quiet IMHO, as she must be looking for a new job now and the publicity can't be good for that (if you were an SC, would YOU want to hire someone who airs out her grievances this publicly??) - unless she were angling to either a) try and trip up the SC into making a mistake and then being ready to dive in with a lawsuit if they do or b) thinks she has enough for a lawsuit as is and is strengthening her case.
Personally, I think she's acting really weird. If I were in her shoes, I would have gone radar invisible after the initial crazy exploding publicity. *shrug*
I still say that the minute she moved out of the Bon Marche building, the SC should've formed a search committee.
A review of those minutes leaves a few questions.
Why, after agreeing to an initial counter-offer ($170K plus 0, 0, TBD and $3,600) on 11/10, did it take until 12/20 to take the next step?
Then on 12/20, 3 and 1/2 people had apparently changed their minds on that and tried to rescind the tentative offer - what went on in that 40 day hiatus to make these people change their minds?
And on 12/29, the 3 and 1/2 became 6 to rescind the tentative offer and it was rescinded.
My conclusion is either there was some not-yet disclosed problem with the Superintendent, or the School Committee is disfunctional.
Subsequent events only cemented the decision.
Radar Invisible? I don't think so.
How can she stay quiet? Highly charged, potentially defamatory words, and worrisome innuendo have been published in the blogosphere. That stuff is there forever. It can't be expunged, hidden or swept away. It certainly has the potential to create serious problems for her.
The SC, as elected public officials, continue to be safe, worthy, and deserving fodder for our speculative aggression. They put themselves in the public sphere willingly and knowingly. All they have at risk is the next election.
But, this lady, this Superintendent Scott, she made no such bargain with the public. She has her professional reputation at stake, and her future livelihood is now at risk. Don't you think both she and her attorney will do their utmost to protect that reputation, that future? I know I would.
Really? She's worried about BLOGS? Seriously? Not to mention, at least here, I haven't seen "defamatory" anything. I've listed some things that are PUBLIC record. What's been going on in the paper is WAY more likely to affect her future prospects than a blog. Good freaking lord, I WISH I had that kind of power. Right. What are you smoking and I can I have some?
The SC has basically had a crapload of stuff blow up in their faces, so no, they aren't "safe" or "inured" from anything. In fact, they are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
Scott is just as much a public figure, by the way, as the SC. And also, she is accountable to them - and through them, accountable to us, as her PUBLIC employers. Anyway, you're taking this *awfully* personally…what's YOUR stake in this exactly?
Actually I'm do consider myself a fiscal moderate, I understand why we need taxes. I think income/sales tax is just a fairer way to tax compared to property taxes. An individual can control what s/he earns or consumes, but an individual can't control the housing market.
Frankly - I think the School Committee should be required to read the book that jdayne mentioned before going any further. My personal opinion is that they contributed more to this mess than Scott did.
It was up to the SC to make a counter offer. They did not.
Scott is not going to start negotiating against herself so when the Mayor and Solicitor came to Scott and said the SC could not agree on a counter offer that told her, loud and clear, find another job.
The question now is why did the SC decide to get rid of Scott and do they have someone in mind who perhaps recently became available since the appointment of an interim superintendent was defeated. Begs the question!
"Scott is not going to start negotiating against herself "
I heard that on TV, this morning. It must be true.
In Lowell, the question is always begged. If the stars aligned and it was all unfolded, a small faction of miscreants would take delight in FUDing up the joint. It's how they get off.
I do not want to rehash why the school committee chose to end negotiations with Dr. Scott because I have small children in the public schools and it is a done deal that is too time consuming. What I want to know is how they will have parental involvement in the upcoming search, what they are looking for in a candidate that they did not find in Dr. Scott, and why with such a limited field in February they would ever consider holding this search? I am sure these questions will be asked at Monday night's subcommittee meeting.
re: I am not sure if the "populist" movement led by the editor of the Sun and the President of the United Teachers of Lowell will result in challengers to the School Committee
very well put
it won't
The Sun continues its assault on the School Comm. for not hiring the poor, underpaid "Doctor Scott."
Now the rest of us can go back to sleep.
re: "from the facts presented, the School Committee conspired [to] place the city's taxpayers in a legal bind."
Oh gimme a break. "Doctor Scott" is going to sue here ex-employer, the city, because she didn't get a raise (or whatever)?
You do realize she will be committing professional suicide by doing so, right? What city would ever hire someone who sued their last employer for such reasons?
Answer: No one.
She is smart enuf to have long ago "moved on" from Lowell.
Kinda sick of people (ie Scott's BFF the "editor" of the Sun) reading into the fact the SC couldn't find a consensus. If they can't find a consensus, duh, they can't find a consensus. That's DEMOCRACY - you need a majority to DO something. If enough people were questioning what if anything they wanted to offer Scott and what shape that would take, and you meet twice a month (which is a LOT) in extra executive sessions to try to work something out, and three sessions go by and you can't come to a conclusion (and there were less than two exec sessions a month as far as I remember), a month or lot more can go by with no resolution.
Nothing nefarious, no "message," just, goddamnit, NO CONSENSUS. What, was someone supposed to FORCE the rest of the committee to agree with them so they could move on something? What does "the editor" suggest? An SC member to blackmail the others?
Good freaking annoyingly overwrought LORD. You can so tell that's a Campy editorial - it's pretty incoherent and just simply bitches and moans.
someone on Disqus pointed out that the editorial itself violated the Stalinistic "niceness" rules on their comment website.
Decmocracy has broken out on Disqus!
better read them now before the censor does her work!
(don't worry, I saved them!)
LOL, nice.
But that commenter should watch out - quoting Campanini back to himself can get you in trouble. When Dick Howe did that, posted a whole series of quotes Campanini–er, I mean, "the Sun editorial page"–in order to point out that Campanini should not be acting all shocked when people complain that the Lowell Sun was biased against someone too much (I can't remember the specific subject but it was around the time of the MA-05 special election, so it might have pertained to that), Dick faced a little confrontation kerfuffle at a public event by said "professional" editor of the Sun. Of course, he was pretty dumb to do that, because seriously, not a good idea to mess with Dick Howe.
re: kerfuffle at a public event
so in addition to having strange political and legal views, and thin skin, he is a social bore as well….
Basically. I have other first hand stories that prove that out as well. LOL
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I would like to setup two Cisco ASA firewalls in a failover configuration. However, my ISP gives me a single address and ethernet port on their CPE device. I am assuming that I would then need to put some sort of network HUB (not a switch) between the CPE device, and the two ASA Firewalls. Is this correct? (that way, the standby could 'steal' the ip, and the CPE device would be none the wiser, and my tunnels and connections could just keep on humming)
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I vow that for the remainder of this season, I will enjoy my Sundays and not watch a Dolphins game live, unless there's another reason to do so.
I might listen to tidbits on the radio, or watch it if its on somewhere. If I'm home and feel like catching football, I'll watch other teams play on Sundays, and watch my (formerly beloved) Dolphins through the magic of Tivo sometime after its over.
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Nov. 22, 2012
UCLA Game Notes | Notre Dame Game Notes
Friday, Nov. 23
12:05 p.m. - No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 19/22 UCLA
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Four nationally-ranked teams will play at Pauley Pavilion on Friday and you can watch all the action for just $1, as the #19 UCLA women's basketball team hosts #5 Notre Dame at 12 p.m. and the #7 UCLA women's volleyball squad entertains #4 USC at 6 p.m.
Take a break from Black Friday shopping with UCLA's Blue Friday ticket deal. Visit the UCLA women's basketball ticket page or the UCLA women's volleyball ticket page and enter the promo code BLUEFRIDAY. You can also order with the same promo code over the phone at 310-UCLA-WIN or in person at the box office on the day of the game.
Just keep your ticket throughout the day and show it at the door to receive admission to both the 12 p.m. women's basketball game and the 6 p.m. women's volleyball match at Pauley Pavilion.
The UCLA Bruins face their second straight ranked team when they host No. 5 Notre Dame on Nov. 23, 2012, in Pauley Pavilion at 12:05 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks.
With its win at No. 11 Oklahoma last week, the Bruins vaulted into the national rankings in both polls this week, coming in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 Poll and at No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Bruins have now been ranked at least one week in both polls in each of the past four seasons.
This is the 14th meeting between the Bruins and the Fighting Irish. UCLA won the last meeting in epic fashion, posting an 86-83 win in double overtime at Notre Dame on Nov. 18, 2010. UCLA senior guard Darxia Morris scored five points in the second overtime and came up with a big steal in the final seconds to help No. 15 UCLA beat No. 12 Notre Dame. Forward Jasmine Dixon had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Bruins. Morris added 17 and Markel Walker 16 for UCLA. Skylar Diggins led Notre Dame with 22 points and Natalie Novosel added 19 in a contest which saw 12 ties and 18 lead changes in all.
The Notre Dame/UCLA game will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks. It is the first women's basketball telecast on the brand-new network. It is one of nine games the Bruins will be on the Pac-12 Networks and one of 12 television games overall (up from four television appearances last year).
UCLA Head Coach Cori Close is good friends with Notre Dame Associate Head Coach Carol Owens. In fact, Coach Close went to Notre Dame during the first and second rounds of the 2012 NCAA Tournament and spent three days with the Fighting Irish, attending ND practices an sitting in on staff meetings.
The Notre Dame game is the third of four straight games the Bruins will face a 2012 NCAA Tournament team. UCLA opened up the 2012-13 season with a home win over San Diego State and a road win at Oklahoma. After the Notre Dame contest, the Bruins host Princeton on Sunday, Nov. 25.
The Bruins will have two honorary coaches on the bench for the Notre Dame game. UCLA All-American (1968), Mike Warren, won two NCAA Championships (1967 and 1968) with the Bruins and was a three-year starting guard (1966-68) for legendary coach John R. Wooden. The other coach will be current UCLA Head Football Coach, Jim Mora, who has the Bruins ranked at No. 15 in the AP Top 25 Poll with a 9-2 overall record and a 6-2 mark to win the Pac-12 South title.
Thea Lemberger scored 18 points for UCLA to lead the Bruins to an 86-80 upset at No. 11 Oklahoma on Nov. 14 in Lloyd Noble Center. Senior Alyssia Brewer had a successful return to her home state (Tulsa, Okla.) with 15 points and 16 rebounds for UCLA.
Markel Walker added 16 points and Jasmine Dixon had 11 points for the Bruins. Atonye Nyingifa just missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds for UCLA, which dominated the Sooners on the boards, 56-34.
It marked UCLA's first win over a ranked team and first road win over a ranked team since the Bruins' epic 86-83 win in double overtime at Notre Dame on Nov. 18, 2010. UCLA's Darxia Morris scored five points in the second overtime and came up with a big steal in the final seconds to help No. 15 UCLA beat No. 12 Notre Dame. Forward Jasmine Dixon had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Bruins. Morris added 17 and Markel Walker 16 for UCLA.
In all, the Bruins will play seven different teams that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago and another seven squads that were selected for the NIT field. Additionally, UCLA could face another NCAA and a NIT squad in the St. John's Tournament field. The non-conference slate is one of the toughest in school history and rivals that of any school in 2012-13. The Bruins open the season with four straight NCAA Tournament teams, which started with the Aztecs in the season-opener. Then the Bruins went to Norman, Okla. for a road test at Oklahoma (Nov. 14), which lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year. The Bruins then return home to host Notre Dame on Nov. 23. The Fighting Irish lost to Baylor in the 2012 NCAA Championship game. Two days later, the Bruins are back on the hardwood hosting another NCAA Tournament team, Princeton (Nov. 25). After a non-conference game with a local foe, Loyola Marymount (Dec. 2), the Bruins will travel to Houston's Reliant Stadium with the men's team for a double-header against Texas. The Longhorns also made the NCAA Tournament last year. Then the Bruins travel to New York to compete in their only regular-season tournament (St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic), hosted by St. John's on Dec. 15-16, which lost in the NCAA Regional Semifinals. The Bruins open the tournament with Saint Mary's, which made the NIT in 2012. The Bruins conclude their nonconference slate by hosting a pair of NIT teams from last year in Cal State Northridge (Dec. 20) and St. Joseph's (Dec. 31). Sandwiched between those two games is a local trip to Pepperdine (Dec. 28), before starting Pac-12 Conference play.


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Cycling Through Life is a short pictorial journey to celebrate Robert Main's 90th birthday. Bert, to his family, has spent most of his life cycling both in the UK and abroad. The book follows his childhood from Peebles, in the Scottish borders to his eventual home in the Lanarkshire town of Forth where he worked for 50 years in the coal mining industry. It contains images of him, his grandparents, parents, brothers, sister, wife, children, grandchildren and friends.
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The Buzz, 12-6: Philistines at the temple
The unbearable lightness of Alastair Macaulay
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In a feeble attempt to counter his being called out by myself and others over his latest cat-calling masquerading as criticism, in which he snipped that New York City Ballet's Jenifer Ringer and Jared Angle, seen in "The Nutcracker," must be eating too many sugar-plums, Alastair Macaulay has now made it clearer than ever how unqualified he is to be a critic. How long is his shameless employer the New York Times going to continue embarrassing itself and denigrating the high arts of dance and criticism by setting loose this unqualified intellectual feather-weight on a major high art?
In a response to my and others' criticism published in Saturday's Times, Macaulay's attempt to justify his picking on performers for what he considers to be their excess pounds actually backfires, instead revealing his own lack of substance as a critic and total lack of understanding of what art is all about.
"Go to any gallery and you see how painters and sculptors for centuries have made fat an issue," Macaulay writes. "The nudes of Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Renoir show women with curves that are no longer part of any fashionable idea of beauty. Venus or Diana had a belly like that? I love most of them myself, but I have friends who object. Either way, all of us acknowledge that weight plays a part in our response." What you mean 'Us,' white man?
Not content to confine his philistine perspective to one art, Macaulay is now angling to become the Times's resident village idiot on the visual arts (which is not to insult the village idiot, who would be expected to be less judgmental). This statement has got to be the most idiotic I've read from the mouth of an alleged critic ever. It's almost hard to know which idiocy to start with.
The 'issue' for Renoir was not 'fat,' but how to use nature (chiefly light), matter(his painting tools), his own technical prowess and aesthetic perspective, and his human subjects to make a work of art. And a critic is not "all of us." His or her role is, chiefly, to evaluate the work of art -- how, and how well, the artist uses the tools of his trade to capture the subject, be it on a canvas or on a stage, and how effective the work is as art.
"Some... have argued that the body in ballet is 'irrelevant,' Macaulay goes on. "Sorry, but the opposite is true. If you want to make your appearance irrelevant to criticism, do not choose ballet as a career.... I am severe -- but ballet, as dancers know, is more so." No Alastair: If you can't tell the difference between appearance and art, do not choose criticism as a career. And the problem with you is not that you are too severe, but that you are so superficial. The only legitimate weight problem here is the featherweight quality of your pen and your intelligence.
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One of the perks of having a mastectomy—and, trust me, there aren't many—is that my plastic surgeon reconstructed my breast using my belly fat. All of it. Next thing I knew, my stomach was as taut as a supermodel's.
You have to understand, I'd always had a pooch, even at my slimmest, and after I gave birth to my daughter almost 11 years ago, my midsection never bounced back, even though I did approximately 476,892 crunches. I had resigned myself to a lifetime of loose shirts (bless you, designers of the Empire waist) and one-piece, ruched-front bathing suits. If I'd devoted the number of hours I spent obsessing about my middle to something useful, I might have actually cured cancer by now or at least resolved our country's trade imbalance with China.
For a while I reveled in my new pancake abs, but as the months wore on, I began to take them for granted and focus on my humongous rib cage. That's when I realized: My body-image issues were actually in my head.
There is that moment in every girl's life, usually around her 13th birthday, when she looks in the mirror and suddenly, rather than thinking, Will Mom notice that I didn't brush my teeth?, all she sees is the sum of her flaws, the things she dislikes about her hair, her skin, her body—the ways she doesn't fit our culture's narrow, punishing ideal of female beauty.
But I wondered, could there be another moment in which, as wiser, midlife women, we forgive ourselves those inevitable shortcomings because, well, life is just too danged short? Or maybe we finally recognize that those little imperfections make us, if not perfect, at least distinctive? Or we want to be more positive role models for our daughters? Or we reject the digitally (or surgically) enhanced beauty norms of Hollywood and high fashion? Perhaps we can't undo all the reflexive self-criticism, but maybe some lifelong struggles need not be lifelong.
So I began talking to women I know—women in their thirties, forties, fifties, sixties and beyond—about The Thing They Always Hated about their looks. Had they been able to achieve self-acceptance (as opposed to denial or resignation)? Could they celebrate the aspects of their appearance that contrasted, sometimes sharply, with the conventional definition of beauty?
At first I was disappointed. So many women, including me, still wrestled with issues that had plagued them in high school: cottage cheese thighs, floppy breasts, gap teeth, flat butts. Older women had expanded that list to include a barnyard of turkey necks, crow's-feet and bat wings. I admit, I was stunned, and not only because I'd thought I was alone in my neurotic feedback loop. Until I heard their answers, I'd considered each and every one of these women to be gorgeous, stylish and comfortable in her own skin.
What's more, I honestly thought the ones who were my age (52) looked better now than they did when we were younger—and not just because they'd ditched their unfortunate asymmetrical '80s hairdos. Sure, their skin had been dewier back then, but they'd also looked somehow . . . unformed. Time had made them more interesting, deeper, more fully themselves, like the difference between a high giggle and a rich belly laugh. Yet while I could readily see that transformation in those around me, I couldn't see it in myself.
Vivian Diller, a psychologist and author of Face It: How Women Really Feel As Their Looks Change and What to Do About It, I was on to something. Consciously or not, women who accept and enjoy their appearance at midlife have reframed that reflexive self-critical inner dialogue into something gentler, more compassionate. "You need to look at yourself in the mirror as you would look at a friend," Diller suggests. "Or as you would look at your daughter if she were 40 or 50. Women who feel good about themselves will look in the mirror and say, 'I'm doing pretty well for my age.' "
For Joan Semling Bostian, 50, that reframing began when she gave birth to her first child nearly 18 years ago. The owner of a fitness center in Fairfax, California, she'd long fought a tendency to put on weight. But after a grueling 20 hours of labor, "I felt such profound respect and tenderness and love for this body of mine that had done such great work," she says. "I thought, I will never say another mean thing about my body to myself or out loud. And I never have."
The desire to drop a few pounds is still there, Bostian says, and sometimes she works harder toward that goal than at other times, "but either way, I don't get any momentum from criticism." She's brought that philosophy into her gym as well: "I tell women, 'There's another way. You can be kind to yourself.' "
perfect beauty is perfect confidence; that fantasy drives women's perpetual dissatisfaction with their looks. But here's the thing: Among the women I spoke with, that self-assurance actually came when they stopped doing battle with their beauty demons. Michele Bender, 44, coauthor of Curly Girl: The Handbook, subjected her ringlets to decades of blowouts and chemical straighteners. "My whole life revolved around keeping my hair straight," she says. "I loved how smooth it looked, but the truth is, I always felt like not myself." When she hit 40, Bender decided to go natural. It took two years of ponytails and bad hair days for her to adjust, but now, she says, "I feel more like a grownup because I've accepted this part of me. I'm more confident as a mother because I'm teaching my kids something about being true to yourself. It has even encouraged me to try new things, like running a half-marathon."
Bender is quick to distinguish between cherishing her individuality and feeling indifferent to her appearance. "It's not as if I'm just accepting the hair I had in college," she says. "I take the time to make it look good. And honestly, if I'm at some event where everyone has their sleek hair, I do sometimes feel that maybe I'm a little crazy. But at least I'm not boring."
Like Bender, many of the women I spoke with described a liberation, a deeper sense of authenticity that came with accepting their supposed imperfections. That doesn't surprise Joan Chrisler, a professor of psychology at Connecticut College who studies body image among women over 50. "By that age, you've earned the right to be yourself," she says. "Who do you really have to impress? Single or married, the attitude tends to be, 'I am who I am; you can like me for myself or not like me.' "
That's the philosophy of Tamara White, 46, an artist in Berkeley, California, who as a younger woman was not so appreciative of her less-than-ample chest. These days she locates her sex appeal a solid foot above her sternum (yes, in her brain). "I could afford to buy a pair of boobs now if that's what I wanted to do," she says. "But I feel secure enough to say that if that's what a guy is looking for, then I'm not the right person for him. Because if someone is assessing you by the color of your hair or the size of your chest, then you're completely replaceable."
At the other end of the breast spectrum is Kari Adams, host of The Killer Confidence, a syndicated TV show out of Princeton, New Jersey. Adams has disliked her substantial curves since they emerged in junior high. "Having big boobs at a young age was awkward, and I learned to hate them," she says. Nor was she enamored of her rounded tummy, hips and tush. For decades she waged war against her size, dieting more or less continuously until, at age 41, she landed in treatment for an eating disorder. "I learned that all those things I believed about my body were lies," she says. "I finally gave up that striving and allowed my body to be what it wanted to be. And you know what? Nothing blew up." Two years later, she has sworn off shapewear. She appreciates her décolletage and the swoop of her rear in jeans. It was hard-won wisdom, she says, but "I dress proud now. I am proud. This is who I am. This is me."
broader, more flexible idea of beauty may be a gift, or it may be a survival imperative, but it's certainly healthier for women—body and soul—than the quest to look like an eternal Bratz doll. And I get it, I do. I agree with White that sexiness is about confidence, not cup size. Like Bender, I long ago tossed my flatiron. Yet while I've learned to love my curls, I can't say the same about my hair's natural color. In truth, I don't even know what that might be—I haven't glimpsed it since the Sun-In experiments of my midteens, and I have no intention of investigating. As with many women, gray hair is my Waterloo, the thing that I'm sure would marginalize me if I surrendered to it, rendering me invisible as a woman.
Or maybe I could be inspired instead by Emiko Omori, 73, a documentary filmmaker in San Francisco whose glossy hair went silver in her forties. And when it did, she remembered what had happened to a friend who went gray. "My friend told me how she was totally ignored by a waiter while having dinner with another woman," Omori recalls. "They each had a theory about why it had happened. 'You're just prettier than I am,' said my friend. The other woman responded, 'No, it's your gray hair.' So my friend dyed it. That weekend she went to a bagel shop, and the counter guy said, 'Let me get you some warm bagels right out of the oven.' Then he asked if she lived around there. She said she did—and that she'd been coming into the shop every Sunday for the past two years."
Hearing her friend's story brought Omori up short. "I thought, Shoot! I'm going to dye my hair, too!" she says. And she did—jet black. "But I didn't like the process; it stung my scalp. Keeping up the roots was awful. I never wanted to color it again." Instead, she went with her silvery hair and ended up embracing it. Rather than rendering her invisible, her hair has become her trademark. "People remember me because of it," she says.
In fairy tales, the aging adult woman—the witch, the wicked stepmother—is pathologically jealous of the heroine's youth, preferring to commit murder rather than endure graying hair or a withered complexion. The story, of course, never ends well for her. Today's midlife women are writing a new happily-ever-after: We prefer looking our best now (with or without a little pharmacological help) to chasing what once was. Maybe that's because we know our value as women is more than skin-deep. That was the conclusion of Lindsley Raines, 50. After her divorce eight years ago, she began to focus on what she calls "the road map on my forehead." She tried Botox but didn't like the needle sticks. She tried bangs, but they weren't her style. It would be overreaching to say she now loves her wrinkles, but her day-to-day experience as a clinical social worker in a New Jersey hospital has helped her put aging in perspective. "I'm surrounded by death and pediatric cancer and car accidents," she explains. "And also very sweet and wonderful things like someone dying in hospice care, surrounded by loved ones. A few wrinkles or scars are nothing."
Compassion. Flexibility. Confidence. Perspective. Those were the hallmarks of women who had made peace with their body bugaboos. They had also rejected the idea—where did it come from, anyway?—that how women's bodies look is more important than how their bodies feel. For these women, strength and vitality trumped aesthetics. "Not long ago, women only lived until their fifties, and those changes of aging signaled the end," Diller says. "Now we have another 20 to 40 years of life left. So instead of the focus being on 'Uh-oh, I'd better hold on to youth,' it's becoming, 'What can I do to live those decades feeling strong and good about myself?' "
Growing up, Naomi Cahn, 56, a law professor in Washington, D.C., envied her mother and sister their long, elegant legs. Hers were short and stubby, with thighs she describes as large. "My grandfather would try to comfort me by claiming I had big bones," she recalls. "But that was like acknowledging, well, you have fat legs." Then, in her forties, she began biking the 15 miles round trip to work. As a result, she says, "my legs haven't actually gotten slimmer, but I've started to look at them differently. I have an enormous amount of respect for their ability to do what they do. They will never be long, thin and elegant, but they're really strong. I'm so happy they're part of my body."
a world that glamorizes the smooth browed, the straight haired, the blonde, the thin, the figure that is unattainable whether we are 16 or 20 or 60; a world in which youth is currency and without it a woman can feel bankrupt, asexual and potentially unemployable. Those are hard truths. Yet how does it serve women to cling to those fears, to let them define us? After all, where has that decades-long adversarial relationship with your cankles really gotten you?
Erik Erikson, who pioneered the theory that we develop psychologically throughout our lives (and who coined the term identity crisis), believed that as we hit midlife, we begin to think about our legacy. "Making a mark on society becomes more important than making a mark on yourself," explains Chrisler, "which is what you're doing when you're younger and trying to lose weight or getting a nose job. As life goes on, the balance shifts, and other things begin to outweigh youth and beauty: Your relationship with your children. Your grandchildren. The people you mentor. Your volunteer work. Philanthropy. Creativity."
Shirley Burgess remembers feeling a little traumatized when her first laugh lines began to show in her forties. Now 83, she believes her wrinkles tell "the story of my life, my sorrow and my happiness." "I'm vain," admits Burgess, who dresses smartly and puts on makeup each morning before heading to her full-time job selling women's clothing at a Massachusetts department store. "I still like to look good." But, she adds, it's her joy in her family—eight children, 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren—that makes her feel beautiful. "The body changes," she says, "but the spirit does not."
I know she's right. I know that what I find beautiful in other women is their charisma, their passion, their life force, not their poreless skin or slender midsection (well, OK, I still envy the slender midsection). It just might be time to apply those standards to myself, to disrupt my endless cataloging of faults, to stop dwelling on what I'm not—on what I will never be—and, finally, to revel in the genuine beauty of who I am.
Peggy Orenstein is the author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter. Her previous article for More was Call of the Wild: A Trip of a Lifetime.
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I posted about the Sony Ericsson C905 at CES yesterday, and have since had the opportunity to take some pics of other forthcoming phones in their lineup. I found the C510 Cybershot hanging out next to the C905.
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This past weekend I got third place at the IBJJF Las Vegas Spring Open! I won two matches, one in my division by points I believe it was 7 to 0 and one in the open by submission, bow and arrow from the back, and then lost my second match in both to the eventual champions Marcelo Mafra and Jackson Sousa! Wasn't able to get much video this time though which is a bummer :( Now it's on to the World's! Time to start dropping weight again!! Osssssss


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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was an innovative and controversial attempt to regulate the investigation of crime. Two decades on, it now operates in a very different context than in the mid-1980s. Whilst legal advice has become established as a basic right of those arrested and detained by the police, the police service has become increasingly professionalised but also increasingly driven by government objectives and targets. The Crown Prosecution Service, originally established to separate prosecution from investigation, is now becoming involved in the investigative process with the power to make charge decisions.Although the basic structure of PACE has survived, almost continual revision and amendment has resulted in a markedly different creature than that which was originally enacted. In 2007 the government embarked on a further review of PACE, promising to 're-focus the investigation and evidence gathering processes [to deliver] 21st century policing powers to meet the demands of 21st century crime'.This collection brings together some of the leading academic experts, police officers and defence lawyers who have a wealth of experience of researching and working with the PACE provisions. They examine the critical questions and issues surrounding PACE, providing unique and exciting insights into the demands and challenges of the regulation of policing.ContributorsDavid Dixon, Professor of Law, University of New South Wales - 'Authorise and Regulate: A Comparative Perspective on the Rise and Fall of a Regulatory Strategy'.Andrew Sanders, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Manchester. 'Can Coercive Powers be Effectively Controlled or Regulated?'.John Coppen, Police Federation spokesperson on police custody issues. 'PACE: A View From the Custody Suite'.John Long, Assistant Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset Constabulary 'Keeping PACE? Some Front Line Policing Perspectives'.Barbara Wilding, Chief Constable, South Wales Police. 'Tipping the Scales of Justice? A Review of the Impact of PACE on the Police, Due Process and the Search for the Truth 1984-2006'.Richard Young, Professor of Law and Policy Research, University of Bristol. 'Street Policing After PACE: The Drift to Summary Justice'.Ed Cape, Professor of Criminal Law and Practice, University of the West of England. 'PACE Then and Now: 21 Years of "Re-balancing"'.Anthony Edwards, Leading criminal defence solicitor. 'The Role of Defence Lawyers in a "Re-balanced" System'.John Jackson, Professor of Public Law, Queen's University, Belfast. 'Police and Prosecutors after PACE: The Road from Case Construction to Case Disposal'.
Richard Young is co-author of Criminal Justice (3rd edn, OUP, 2007), and has conducted research into various aspects of the criminal process, including legal aid decision-making, restorative justice and police complaints. Ed Cape is author of Defending Suspects at Police Stations (5th edn, LAG, 2006), and recent research includes an evaluation of the Public Defender Service in England and Wales, and effective criminal defence in Europe.
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"'Army Brats' are a very special breed and have close ties to each other. Nobody knows what it is like to have to move every three years all over the world never to grow roots. If you are lucky, you happen to see one of your classmates more than once at one of your Dad's assigned posts. But, you are told to make friends quickly, enjoy them while you are together and look forward to the new ones you will meet": Joyce E. M., Class of 1963, Fort Knox High School
Yes, April was Month of the Military Child (MOMC). And as a 1963 graduate of Fort Knox High School (FKHS), Ky., I am proud to be one of that prestigious group of people.
My father was a "lifer" in the Air Force. I had an interesting time of growing up because my mother fell in the bathtub when I was in the 2nd Grade. Over the years since then, I was forced to live with relatives whenever she was in the hospital. In those days, dad had to work and no one was available to take care of us kids (my sister and I) and there was no such thing as a nanny or any other type of caretaker to watch us kids. As a result, I had 16 school moves in 12 years. But by the time I was in the middle of my 10th Grade, we moved to Fort Knox, Ky, and I finally enrolled in my last school and graduated from FKHS.
All of my fellow classmates had somewhat similar circumstances and experiences. Some fathers were like mine and others were transferred overseas where their kids were lucky enough to attend schools in Europe. Very few spent their entire four years in high school at Fort Knox. And a few others transferred to other schools in their junior or senior year in high school.
But the one thing that connected us all together was FKHS. And we stayed connected. However, after our 25th Class Reunion, we realized that Fort Knox had changed too much for us, but we had not. We quickly came to the conclusion that reunions were more about people; not the places of our youth at Fort Knox, where we worked, played and went to school. After that, our reunions were held whenever one or more of our classmates decided to host one.
We also realized that most of us and our siblings had hung around with and dated kids from other classes. As a result, we added other classes to our reunions in addition to our Class of 1963, so we now call ourselves the "Fort Knox Classes of the 60s (1960-1969)". And we've had our reunions all over the country ever since.
At one of our reunions, a classmate summed it all up quite nicely by saying to the effect, reunions are about two things: renewing old friendships and meeting friends you didn't know you had. I found this to be true for me since I was in the band and didn't really hang around with many of my classmates. But I have since found new friends at at each of our reunions.
Things are not that simple in the 21st Century where multiple deployments are commonplace which means there is a new normal now for most military brats. Month of the Military Child reports that the number of moves a military family experiences now hasn't changed much: it's still about "every 2.9 years." That averages out to about four moves for most students from the 1st Grade through the 12th Grade and high school graduation.
MOMC also reports that there are 1.4 million active duty members. Indeed, there are more parents in the military than ever before in its history. Nearly half (47%) is a mom or dad. And Military Officers Association of America reports
that "1.9 million military children are 0-18; 1.1 million are school-aged (5-18) and come from all branches of service; and 75% of active duty military kids are under 12."
Our recommendation to these current military brats is this: keep in touch with your fellow classmates as we did because all of you have the same background. And all y'all have treasured memories that few "civilians" will ever have. And you will find it hard to forget your 25th Class Reunion and even perhaps your 50th, as we had just one year ago in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Bottom line? I couldn't agree more with Gordon K. (1963) when he said, "I can say that being a military child helped me in my life. I would not trade my life for another."
Other quotes from my fellow FKHS classmates:
"As a dependent of a soldier, you had to remember that your personal conduct on a military base could reflect on your father's career should you do something wrong or stupid. The responsibility of that situation developed responsible thinking on what I was about to do and what that action could have on my father's career. Think before you act": Ken C. (1961)
"My Mother and Father always were positive about moves, understanding when I was sad over leaving friends, but never let on that it bothered them. It was my Dad's job and his family was expected to follow orders just like him. It was a fantastic experience with lots of unique opportunities, but we missed growing up in one neighborhood with our friends and relatives": Joyce E. M. (1963)
"It was tough for us kids when you moved around so much but the experience was priceless": Tom W. (1963)
"Growing up in the Army was a great adventure. I lived and traveled in places others could only dream of. In contrast, growing up surrounded with family and life long friends was something I could only dream of": Linda R.H. (1961)
"Growing up in a military family and moving frequently, made me make friends fast, but lose them fast too. One day my "best friend" lived next door and the next day he had moved 5,000 miles away and I never saw him again. (somewhat similar to my military experience in boot camp and AIT). I loved the adventure of crossing the US by train and the Atlantic ocean by ship, but I dreaded having to "catch-up" in each new class room": Jerry D. (1965)
"Having to totally relocate every three years required the ability to meet new people and make new friends frequently. I feel comfortable today as an adult in meeting new people and developing new relationships. That helped as a professional my role as a Human Resources Manager": Ken C.(1961)


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New Indian restaurant makes a great first impression
By Allison Costa 05/14/2009
Curry Leaf
5253 Mission Oaks Blvd., Camarillo
Restaurants are about food, but they're also about the people who run them. The Curry Leaf, which has been open for three months now, is a unique Indian restaurant in Camarillo. It sits in an unassuming location in a shopping center and is run by the same family that owns Spice Avenue in Santa Barbara. The restaurant offers an extensive selection of delicious Indian food, but also the charm of its owner, Sandy Pujji. He is ever-present in the restaurant, greeting customers, serving food and interacting with little children as they dine with their parents.
The interior of the Curry Leaf is crisp, clean and simple. Tan walls with wood wainscoting, and white tablecloths topped with squares of brown butcher paper make it feel hip but not pretentious. The quiet yet vibrant Indian music, nice lighting, and the spotless rectangular, white dinner plates set in front of diners add to the quietly classy vibe.
As we dove into the menu, the number of tantalizing options was overwhelming. We started with an order of the curiously named chicken lollipops. The meat on these little chicken winglets is trimmed in such a way that the bone looks like a lollipop stick. They are arranged in a circle around a dish of bright red, spicy sauce, making for a dramatic presentation indicative of the good taste to come. They were delicious — crisply fried on the outside and tender on the inside.
Mulligatawny soup is one of my benchmark items — I always order it when going out for Indian, as a gauge of how good the restaurant's food really is. When I took my first bite at the Curry Leaf, all I could utter was, "Wow…." The tang of the lemon, the hint of sweetness of the apple, the smoothness of the lentils, and the kick from the curry, spices and cilantro made this the best mulligatawny I've ever had.
A variety of breads is offered, including naan and rhoti. The basil naan was crisp, but lacking in the buttery goodness usually associated with naan. The kulcha, bread stuffed with onion and cilantro, offered a nice contrast to the naan because it was thicker and denser, yet it was a bit heavy on the raw onion flavor.
The entrees are all served piping hot in the little copper pots that are unique to Indian restaurants. The malai kofta are vegetable dumplings, traditionally made of potatoes and small amounts of nuts, raisins and spices. They are deep fried and then served in a creamy and slightly sweet sauce, complete with small chunks of pineapple and onion. Flecked with color when cut into, they have a wonderful texture and the perfect consistency. The beef korma, one of the chef's specials, is served in a similar sauce. The cubes of beef are perfectly tender and soft, and infused with the flavors of coriander, turmeric and ginger.
The lamb saag, large chunks of tender boneless lamb in a thick, dark and spicy spinach sauce with onion and tomatoes, is another winner. The spiciness of this dish was the perfect complement to the sweetness of our other selections.
When it came time to order our drinks, Sandy recommended the India Special from the selection of Indian beers. This light, Indian microbrew was the perfect accompaniment to the hot and spicy foods we were lapping up. Rice is not included with the entrees, so we had to quickly order some when our entrees arrived. Not to worry, the waitress brought it quickly.
After dipping every last bit of bread into every sauce on the table, we were full, but still curious about dessert. We were offered the gulab jaman — milk balls described as "little Indian doughnuts in syrup." Yet we sadly declined because we had simply run out of room. Sensing our disappointment, Sandy sent us two anyway, just so we could experience this little delicacy. They are like hot, spongy doughnut holes, resting in a tiny bowl of syrup made from butter, sugar and cardamon.
Reminiscent of the sweet spiciness of a good cup of chai tea, they were the perfect ending to a wonderful meal. Though the Curry Leaf is small, it offers a big menu full of flavors. This is a great neighborhood restaurant with exceptional worldly food — the kind of place where, when you leave, you are pleasantly stuffed and feel as though you just made a new friend.
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Wonderful! So glad to hear about this. Never would have known otherwise, and believe me, I love to find out about a great undiscovered restaurant.
I was among the fortunate few to be able to land a table at The Curry Leaf during lunch in the first weeks they opened. If your timing is off, you won't be able to find a seat during the lunch hour rush.
I'm glad the Reporter reviewed this restaurant. I like it, too.
What a wonderful restaurant with great ambiance. The lollipops are delicious and the service outstanding. The best lunch in town.


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The Manhattan Christian College women's basketball team defeated two Top 10 NCCAA Div II teams this past weekend.
On Friday, the No. 5 Crusaders handed seventh-ranked Central Christian a 66-51 defeat. Guard Sarah Wenger had 15 points for Manhattan. Lindsey Anderson and Ashley Valentine added 14 and 12 points for MCC, respectively.
MCC defeated third-ranked Hillsdale Baptist 53-48 on Saturday in Oklahoma City. Brittany Shaklee had 12 points for Manhattan.
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text: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/962/story/142429.htmlLast week's symposium on medical isotopes was a triumph for its sponsors.Inviting the Rev. Jessie Jackson to speak at the event was especially fitting for an organization that deserves broader appeal.The potential to improve the quality of people's lives through this promising technology transcends politics. Bringing one of the nation's most famous liberals to one of the most conservative corners of the state was a great way for Citizens for Medical Isotopes to make the point. "Trying to figure out some way to cure diseases, to extend and expand our lives -- what a great moral mission," Jackson told about 200 people during dinner at the Three Rivers Convention Center."This truth's gonna rise. We're going to find a cure for cancer. We're going to find a cure for AIDS. And we're going to make this a more perfect union because we want to," Jackson added.Scientists participating in the symposium made the same case.Ruth Bryan, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, said research shows radioisotopes can kill HIV cells in mice.With about 33 million people worldwide infected with HIV/ AIDS, the potential for medical isotopes to relieve human suffering is awe inspiring.Already, medical isotopes support about 20 million clinical procedures annually in the United States. The technology has proved particularly effective in treating cancers.A lot of people are flummoxed by the federal government's willingness to rely on foreign sources for this valuable material.Because of the Department of Energy's misguided decision to close Hanford's Fast Flux Test Facility, most Mid-Columbians are acutely aware of the problem.The experimental reactor could be a major source of medical isotopes, except for an incomprehensible national policy.Speakers at the symposium took note of the vulnerability of the nation's medical isotope supply.Last year, the shutdown of a Canadian reactor created a temporary shortage of isotopes that delayed many medical procedures, said Celestia Higano, a professor of medicine and urology at the University of Washington.One good thing -- the Tri-Cities' connection to this healing technology will continue regardless of FFTF's fate.The success of last week's symposium proved the local grass-roots organization, Citizens for Medical Isotopes, has a calling beyond advocating for the reactor's restart.The economic potential also endures. Kennewick's Advanced Medical Isotope Corp. is well on its way to making Fluorine-18, which can be used to help diagnose cancerous tumors and heart problems through positron emission tomography, or PET, scans.Jackson and other participants in the symposium made it clear that we've barely scratched the surface.Those working to keep the Tri-Cities at the forefront ought to be commended. Editorials are the consensus of the Tri-City Herald editorial board.Editorial board members are Rufus Friday, publisher; Chris Sivula, editorial page editor; Ken Robertson, executive editor; Matt Taylor, contributing editor; Lori Lancaster, editorial writer; Shelly Norman, editorial writer and Jack Briggs, retired publisher


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This year, over 550,000 people entered the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana for the 20th Anniversary of the Essence Music Festival.
This festival is one of the largest events celebrating African Americans in the US and each year hundreds of thousands of people descend upon the city to attend this "Party with a purpose."
Among the many big name vendors that show up at the festival each year such as McDonalds, Ford, Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart are very unique pop up stores in the popular French Quarters.
Among those pop up stores are some very unique opportunities for guests to address care problems and get their hands on very specific products from companies like Carol's Daughters, Shea Moisture and Cover Girl.
This year, these companies offered some very unique experiences for their customers and guest of the festival including very chic atmospheres, hard to find products and celebrity serenades during their shopping experience.
In addition, these pop-up stores offered experience professionals, including Carol's Daughter founder Lisa Price on hand to answer festival-goers questions about their individual hair care problems.
Festival-goer and long time Carol's Daughter customer Michele Allen visited the store and she says, "I am natural and loves Carol's daughter products and the store looked absolutely amazing!"
For several years Carol's Daughters offers a pop up store at the festival to greet customers from around the world! This year they included a special meet and greet with founder Lisa Price as well as TV reality star and singer Trina Braxton.
This year, the slightly more economical Shea Moisture product line decided to get in on the fun and celebration of African American hair that graces the festival each year!
This product line came in with a BOOM offering special events on each day of the festival including upbeat socials like "Cocktails with Curlfriends."
The festival boast on catering to African American professionals and it proved its commitment once again by including free mini make-up stations throughout the festival offering Cover Girl brand mini make-overs.
"I wanted to try some brighter colors to compliment what I was wearing and I loved them!
The girls [that applied her make-up] were so nice and we walked out with over 5 freebies including 2 mascaras, 2 colorlicious lip glosses and make-up remover!" says Essence Music Festival goer Mia-Liani Patterson who received one of the complementary make-overs at the festival that included mascara, eye shadow and Colorlicious gloss.
Sylvia Siler, who also received a make-over added, "It was wonderful! They took the time to discuss techniques and went over the samples they'd given us to try later!"
This year's Essence Festival was headlined by Prince and included performance by Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Charlie Wilson, Trey Songz, Tamar Braxton and more!
The Essence Festival is held every year in New Orleans, Louisiana (except for in 2006, when it was held in Houston, Texas after Hurricane Katrina) during the 4th of July weekend. In 2015, the festival will be held July 2-5th.


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Prince Spectrum CompPrince innovation continues with the Prince Spectrum Comp. Combining graphite, fiberglass, Kelvar, and ceramic fibers in the world's first white frame, the racquet quickly becomes a best seller in specialty stores worldwide.
Prince TPU-4000 FootwearDelivering on Prince's promise of 360˚ support for the total tennis athlete, Prince footwear innovation begins with the TPU-4000.


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2004-- Team co-captain ... Rowed in the varsity eight throughout the season, earning victories against UC Irvine (Mar. 20), Loyola Marymount (Mar. 27), and at the Stanford Invitational (Apr. 17) ... Squad captured third in the Cal Cup and captured the Miller Cup (Apr. 24) ... Rowed six seat in the V8 that competed in the Grand Finals of the Pac-10 Championships ... Part of the Pac-10 All Academic First team, and a CRCA Regional Scholar Athlete ... Rowed the two seat throughout the fall season, with strong performances in the Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct.23) and the Head of the Lake Competition (Nov.14) ... Recognized with the Bruin Boat Mover Award and the Bruin Scholar Award ... Awarded Director's Honor Roll every quarter throughout the year.
2003 -- Rowed in the first novice eight that enjoyed a successful spring campaign ... N8 squad went undefeated in dual meets, recording victories vs. Long Beach State (Mar. 15), Loyola Marymount (Mar. 29), UC Davis (Apr. 19), Sacramento State (Apr. 19), Minnesota, (Apr. 26), and USC (May 10) ... N8 squad also enjoyed success in regattas, winning at the Berg Cup (Mar. 22), placing third at the San Diego Crew Classic (Apr. 6), and earning a victory at the Miller Cup (Apr. 12) ... Rowed the two seat in UCLA's claim to the Pac-10 Novice Eight Championship (May 18) ... Also rowed the two seat in the varsity eight during the fall schedule ... Named to the Director's Honor every quarter throughout competition.
2002 -- Gained racing experience in the fall with the novice squad ... Named to the Director's Honor Roll for the Fall `02 quarter.
High School -- Four-year varsity letterwinner in soccer and two-year varsity letterwinner in volleyball at Johansen HS ... In volleyball, team captain two years (2000-01) ... Received All-league honorable mentions (Central California Conference) in 1999 and 2000 ... In soccer, goalkeeper four years with the varsity team ... Received first team All-league honors in 2001 ... Team captain her senior season ... Also selected as team's Best Defensive Player in 2001 ... Played premier soccer for the SJSFC Elite.
Personal -- Full name is Kristin Leigh Bixel ... Born November 27, 1982 in Turlock, CA ... Parents are Kevin Bixel and Tamie Dami ... Has two younger sisters, Erica and Kennedy, and a younger brother, Dominic ... Physiological Science major.


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Have you guys been working on your chain scarf? Were you stuck on how to finish it off?
Well, I have made a video showing you how to do the slip stitch. The slip stitch is a connecting stitch. It is typically used to connect items worked in rounds (think hats) as opposed to things worked in rows (think scarves).
Here is a video showing you how to connect each chain in your chain scarf.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Ayana is a crafty mama of two who loves everything crafty and is kinda obsessed with thrifting. She blogs over here and vlogs EVERYday over here.
Thanks so much Ayana for this wonderful series!


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It is almost impossible to rush a picnic in the park. Food is carefully prepared and packed, blankets smoothed out over grass, under trees, looking out over the parks. Your lunch is consumed slowly, in good company, and at the end you leave nothing behind - as if you were never there - so a future pic-nicker can enjoy their own experience.
The idea of slow enjoyment of food is the idea behind Pop-Up Picnics. With our lives becoming more and more busy with each passing year, it is difficult to forget the importance of what we eat. Between nutrition, preparation, planning, and downright enjoyment of food - there is a lot to think about. A picnic is the perfect way to go from thinking "I am hungry, I must eat now" to "What do I want to enjoy today?"
Coordinated by Healthy Realities, Grow Local Colorado, and Slow Food Denver; participants of Pop Up Picnics are asked to think creatively about preparing a picnic and how they would share it with everyone. Anyone can create a picnic event anywhere in the city - from neighborhood parks to benches in the middle of the city - on September 16th and 11:30 AM and are encouraged to shoot a small video to describe their experience. In the video, picnickers are asked to answer a few questions, including:
What are you eating?
Who is attending your picnic
Where are you having your picnic?
Why do you love Pop Up Picnic?
For more information on this event, visit the Pop-Up Picnic Facebook Page.
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Some Alaska broadcast companies combined Friday to take their concerns to the Federal Communications Commission in a bid to deny or put conditions on cable company General Communication Inc.'s (GCI's) purchase of three Alaska TV stations, including KATH in Juneau.
Denali Media Holdings, a subsidiary of GCI, offered last year to buy KTVA in Anchorage, Sitka's KSCT and KATH. Several other broadcasters see that as a means for GCI to quash competing programming and dominate large areas of the state.
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