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Monday, January 11, 2010
Bracketology 101's Field of 65 - Jan. 11
The teams that fell the most this week were Texas Tech, Washington, and Ohio State. The Red Raiders got blown out at Oklahoma State on Saturday and have played awful in each of their last three road games. The only notable win on their resume, Washington, is not very notable anymore, and looking big picture, Tech has lost ground in the crowded Big XII to both Baylor and Missouri. As a result, the Red Raiders dropped from the end of the 6 line to the Last Four In list this week. Ohio State, meanwhile, continues to struggle even with Evan Turner back (no pun intended) in the lineup. The Buckeyes lost at Minnesota on Saturday to fall to 1-3 in the Big Ten, and with games at Purdue and home against Wisconsin looming this week, there is a decent chance they fall to 1-5 and off the bubble altogether. For the time being, they slid from an 8 seed to the bottom of the 11 line.
The biggest tumble of the week and the biggest story of the week, though, involved Washington and the Pac-10. Washington's sweep at the hands of the Arizona schools and Oregon's inexplicable loss at home Sunday night to an Oregon State team that was coming off a 51-point loss to Seattle were simply devastating to the Pac-10. How devastating? Since the tournament expanded to 64 (and later to 65) teams, no power six league has received just one tournament bid, but that's exactly what the Pac-10 is getting in our bracket this week. Washington is the league's lone bid as an 11 seed, and the only reason that they're the representative (at 1-3 in conference) is the OOC win they have over Texas A&M and the talent edge we think they have over the other teams in conference.
As for the rest of the league, there is obviously still a long way to go until Selection Sunday, but the way the teams in the Pac-10 have beaten each other up so far, coupled with USC's postseason ban and the conference's awful OOC profile are all working against the Pac-1o getting multiple bids. The Pac-10 desperately needs one team (Washington? Cal?) to get its act together, string together some wins, and get at-large worthy - soon. If that doesn't happen, and if the not-so-great conference champ also wins the conference tourney, the Pac-10 could very well make history in a way it didn't exactly want to.
Elsewhere in the bracket, four teams are gone from last week's field: Oregon, California, Rhode Island, and VCU. They were replaced by Missouri (who picked up a huge win over Kansas State at home), Vanderbilt (who upset Florida at home), Notre Dame (who knocked off West Virginia), and Wichita State. The Shockers, who also have an OOC win over Texas Tech on their resume, won at Missouri State and at home against Creighton this week to cement themselves as the MVC's second-best team. With Northern Iowa looking like a very good at-large candidate, we like the Valley's chances to be a two-bid league come Selection Sunday, and for Wichita to be that second team.
Other movers in this week's bracket included Miami (who jumped up five lines as a result of their win over Wake Forest), Pittsburgh (who won at Cincinnati and went from a 9 to a 5), and BYU (who beat UNLV and UTEP and went from a 9 to a 6). New Mexico lost two games and dropped three lines to a 7, and Cincinnati lost twice and dropped from a 5 to a 9.
Bracket Breakdown
Last Four In
Ohio State, Wichita State, Texas Tech, Notre Dame
Last Four Out
Rhode Island, Oklahoma State, Northwestern, Virginia Tech
Next Four Out
Louisville, Illinois, Arizona State, Oregon
Conference Breakdown
Big East (8), ACC (7), Big XII (7), SEC (6), Big Ten (5), A-10 (3), MWC (3), MVC (2), WCC (2)
America East - Vermont
ACC - Duke, North Carolina, Clemson, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), Florida State
Atlantic Sun - Mercer
A-10 - Temple, Dayton, Richmond
Big East - Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Notre Dame
Big Sky - Northern Colorado
Big South - Coastal Carolina
Big Ten - Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State
Big XII - Texas, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Baylor, Missouri, Texas Tech
Big West - Pacific
Colonial - William & Mary
Conference USA - UAB
Horizon - Butler
Ivy - Cornell
MAAC - Siena
MAC - Akron
MEAC - Morgan State
MVC - Northern Iowa, Wichita State
MWC - BYU, New Mexico, UNLV
Northeast - Robert Morris
Ohio Valley - Murray State
Pac-10 - Washington
Patriot - Lafayette
SEC - Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Florida, Vanderbilt
Southern - Charleston
Southland - Texas-San Antonio
Summit - Oakland
Sun Belt - Western Kentucky
SWAC - Prairie View A&M
WAC - Louisiana Tech
WCC - Gonzaga, St. Mary's
The Seeds
The 1s
Texas, Kentucky, Kansas, Purdue
The 2s
Syracuse, Villanova, Duke, West Virginia
The 3s
Georgetown, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Tennessee
The 4s
Gonzaga, North Carolina, Kansas State, Temple
The 5s
Pittsburgh, Butler, Clemson, Wake Forest
The 6s
Texas A&M, BYU, Mississippi, Mississippi State
The 7s
Georgia Tech, Florida, New Mexico, Miami (FL)
The 8s
UAB, Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Florida State
The 9s
Connecticut, Cincinnati, UNLV, Vanderbilt
The 10s
William & Mary, Baylor, Missouri, Dayton
The 11s
St. Mary's, Richmond, Ohio State, Washington
The 12s
Wichita State, Texas Tech, Notre Dame, Cornell
The 13s
Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky, Siena, Charleston
The 14s
Northern Colorado, Akron, Oakland, Coastal Carolina
The 15s
Pacific, Murray State, Texas-San Antonio, Vermont
The 16s
Morgan State, Mercer, Lafayette, Robert Morris (Play-In Game), Prairie View A&M (Play-In Game)
The Bracket
(Bracket courtesy Matt Reeves)
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46 comments:
First time commentor, and Seminole fan here. Just wondering how you see the Noles resume' to date? I realize a they let one slip away by not beating Maryland on the road last night, but have already stolen one @GT. Overall what are your thoughts on the ACC?
I can hear Mike Kzyzewski complaining already if they actually put a 7 seed Florida so close to home against his 2 seed Duke. The NCAA will not put a 7 seed that close to home. Can you imagine how much Duke would complain if that happened? It would be very interesting.
You made the right call on putting Kentucky in SEC country. It made absolutely no sense to put them in Big 10 country Milwaukee.
i am interested in hearing your feelings about the Missouri Valley. What do Wichita State and Northern Iowa need to do to get at large births?
The bracketing principles only protect teams from home court disadvantages in the first round, and only for seeds one-through-five. After that all bets are off. If this protection was placed any further, it would make following all the other bracketing rules damn near impossible. Even Florida in Jax is a good example of this... they were placed there not for geographic reasons but purely because of the other bracketing rules. In other words, it was an accident Florida got placed in Jacksonville anyway.
Your comment that a 7-seed would not be placed close to home is completely false... in fact the bracketing principles encourage the committee to do this. Ohio State was an 8 in Dayton, OH last year. Davidson was a 10 in Raleigh, NC two years ago.
And like I mentioned on the last comment section, Coach K really doesn't have much to complain about when it comes to first weekend sites... this is the first year since 2003 there is not a cushy site in North Carolina that they might have well called the Duke/UNC sub-regional.
Last year, putting Ohio State in Dayton was not a big deal cause Louisville was also very close to home. Like I said before, I would be if Duke was subjected to Florida being so close to home, cause Duke typically gets good treatment from the NCAA.
*would be shocked if Duke is subjected to playing Florida in Florida cause Dukes coach seems to have a lot of power and control.
matt r, do you remember how much Kzyzewski complained in 2003 when Duke got shipped to Salt Lake City? The NCAA doesn't want to hear him whine again.
- Bracketology 101 said...
This year is shaping up a lot like the past 2 for the MVC, which isn't a good thing since they were a one bid league in each of those years. The MVC is sitting 9th in conference RPI currently which isn't as solid as in years when they have gotten multiple bids. Neither UNI or Wichita have lofty OOC resumes so each will need to get through the conference schedule with only a few losses (no more than 4) and pick up a win in their BracketBuster game. After that, one of the 2 needs win the conference tourney while the other avoids an early exit. As of right now, the conference is looking like there is a better than 50% chance of them getting 2 bids, but there is a lot of season left.
I just think you are giving Coach K too much credit. But maybe he did have something to do with always getting those North Carolina first weekend sites, coincidentally from 2004-2009!
Looking back at the 2003 bracket, it looks like he did have a legit beef. A 3-seed Duke going to Salt Lake while a 4-seed Louisville goes to Birmingham... that is pretty shady. The bracketing principles may have been different that year, but I doubt it.
- Bracketology 101 said...
Seminole fan,
Welcome aboard...the 'Noles are one of the most talked-about teams on this site, so you came to the right place. As far as FSU's resmue goes, it's a typical FSU resume to this point. They really have no OOC wins to speak of, but as you mentioned they've already picked up a nice ACC road win at Georgia Tech (which is looking even better after the Yellow Jackets' upset of Duke). Right now, we have them seeded as the seventh ACC team, and if they stay in that position all year, and manage to get to 9-7 in conference, they'll almost certainly get in. The Maryland loss stings a little because they missed out on a chance to go 2-0 in conference and they missed out on a winnable road game. Unfortunately, that's been their M.O. the last few years - they always seem to knock off one big team at home and seem to lose a couple of questionable road games. If they can just split their six remaining home games this year(which is very possible given what they have left), they'll be in good shape.
Overall, we think the ACC is a seven bid league. Duke, Carolina, Clemson, Wake Forest, and Georgia Tech look pretty solid as at-larges, leaving Florida State, Miami, Virginia Tech, and Maryland to fight it out for the final two bids. The ACC isn't as top heavy as it has been in recent years (Duke is the only real dominant team this year) but it still has good depth, and will be one of the top conferences bid-wise come Selection Sunday.
What do you guys expect to see out of the Big Ten the rest of the season and specifically what does Illinois have to do to get in?
- Bryan said...
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- Bracketology 101 said...
If the 10th-best bracketologist can charge $249 for a class, what do we get to charge? Maybe Lunardi can be our TA.
- Bracketology 101 said...
The Big Ten is shaping up to be at worst a five-bid league, and it could get six bids if Northwestern or Illinois ever get their act together. The Illini have a pretty decent OOC resume, but they need to beat some tourney-worthy teams in conference before they get back into the bracket. After their game against Penn State tomorrow, they play at Michigan State, home against Purdue. If they win one of those, there's a decent chance they could sneak back in the field.
It would make more sense to put Purdue in Syracuse and Kansas in Salt Lake City. You have them both going cross country when they could be closer to their area.
how do you folks see the A 10? Temple and Dayton are the class of the league, but how do you see Charlotte, Rhode Island, Xavier, and Richmond stacking up against other at large teams? Thank you and keep up the great work. I love you site.
How is Notre Dame in over Northwestern? Notre Dame hasn't done much besides a home win over WV. Northwestern beat Notre Dame and also have road wins over NC State and Michigan. Notre Dame has done nothing away from home.
- Bracketology 101 said...
Northwestern's head-to-head win over Notre Dame is nice, but it still doesn't make them more at-large worthy than the Irish. The Wildcats still have no wins over tournament teams, and it's a little late in the year to still have that tag on your resume. ND is not safely in by any means, and they do have some questionable losses, but they also are 3-1 in the Big East and have a win over one of the best teams in the country.
- Bracketology 101 said...
The A-10 is stronger than it's been in years. The league should get three bids, and there's an outside chance they get four. Temple is a legitimate top-five seed right now, and Dayton should like its at-large chances too. In our mind, Richmond is clearly the third best team in the league, ahead of Rhode Island, Xavier and Charlotte. The Spiders have the best OOC resume that no one talks about - they beat Mississippi State, Missouri, Florida, and Old Dominion - and because of that tough OOC slate, their RPI sits at a solid 24. Rhode Island barely missed being in our bracket this week, but they have shown that they can be a tournament caliber team. Xavier and Charlotte each have wins over tournament teams as well. The race is the A-10 is going to be one of the most fascinating in the country to watch, and we think it will end with Temple, Dayton, Richmond, and perhaps one other team hearing their names called on Selection Sunday.
I was stunned to see you have Notre Dame in the field. Who have they beaten outside of West Virginia? Don't let that 3-1 conference record fool you, 2 of those wins are against South Florida and Providence who are 2 of the worst teams in the Big East. Notre Dame played a very soft OOC schedule and lost by 14 to a team not in your field. How in the world can you justify putting the Irish in?
Ok, I just saw your Notre Dame reply above. According to your argument, Northwestern has not beaten a tournament team? You guys have Notre Dame listed as a tournament team and Northwestern beat them by 14.
That is a good point and something that might be considered if the order at the top (1-4 overall) stays that way.
- Bracketology 101 said...
Good point...can we rephrase that to say good tournament team? As for ND, the WVU win wasn't the only reason we put the Irish in the field. We also liked their chances to win at struggling Cincinnati on Saturday and then at home against Syracuse on Monday. That would get them to 5-1 in conference and get them in everyone's bracket next week. We're hoping we're a week ahead of everyone else.
What is up with the PAC 10 this year? Is there a chance that anyone could get an at large spot or is the PAC 10 a one bid league going to the winner of the conference tournament? I expected Cal would step up and become the favorite but it sure hasn't happened yet.
- Bracketology 101 said...
At the moment, it's very difficult to see any Pac-10 team getting an at-large. No one in the league (besides ineligible USC) has any sort of OOC resume, and everyone in the league has suffered a bad loss in conference play. That's the biggest problem that the Pac-10 right now: there is no way for teams to pick up quality wins, and thus no way for them to accumulate an at-large-quality resume. They'll need Washington or Cal (or some other team) to live up their potential, get on a nice run, build up a comfortable lead, and maybe get ranked. If that happens, the Pac-10 may be able to snag a second bid in one of our future brackets.
why is louisville in your next four out and charlotte not even listed? did you not watch the charlotte at louisville game?
- Bracketology 101 said...
Charlotte has lost 3 of 4 and their best win was over Louisville, they aren't even on our bubble right now. Louisville had won 6 of 7 and was included on the next four out line mainly because they had a chance to get in the bracket next week if they had a 2-0 week (Villanova and @Pitt). If it makes you feel better Charlotte is back ahead of Louisville on the bubble's bubble.
- Zachary said...
No Marquette? Two tough losses to NOVA and a heartbreaker vs the mountaineers. Teams need to watch out for the Golden Eagles
- Bracketology 101 said...
If tough losses counted for anything, Marquette would be a 1 seed. Unfortunately they don't, so the Golden Eagles have a ways to go before they get back in the bracket.
(By the way, nice win tonight, Zach. Now get to bed...you got a lot of Journalism work to do tomorrow.)
Why does Florida State get so much publicity on this site? They are just another bubble team and looked bad against North Carolina State. Why does FSU get more attention than other bubble teams?
Who has the better resume? Wichita State, Oklahoma State, or St. Marys? Sorry, but trying to get you to discuss other bubble teams, not just Florida State all the time!!
The Kansas campus is 100 miles closer to Salt Lake than Syracuse plus Purdue is much closer to Syracuse than SL so it makes sense to flip flop those 2. But it is likely a moot point as Villanova will probaly replace Purdue on the 1 line next week with Nova in the east and Kansas in the west.
It should be a great race all season long to see whether Kansas, Texas or Kentucky gets to go to St. Louis or Houston and which one gets shipped out west. Villanova, Purdue, Michigan State, or Duke will likely be the 1 seed in the east.
I did forget about Syracuse. They could put a monkey wrench in things if they earned a 1 seed cause the East regional is in their home dome. So the Orangemen would have to be shipped to another region and another team would be forced to travel way up to Syracuse. I bet those teams are hoping Syracuse does not earn a 1 seed.
Does Alabama have a chance to get in the bubble discussion? They played a very strong OOC schedule and all 4 losses are to good teams.(Cornell, Kansas State, Florida State, Purdue) They have wins over Baylor and Michigan which are more impressive than some teams OOC resume. If your going to put Notre Dame and their soft OOC slate in your bracket, then you better give teams who played strong OOC games some consideration as well.
Zachary, Marquette should benefit from getting to play Depaul and Providence twice but they still will need some big wins away from home. That home loss to NC State and blown lead to FSU may come back and bite them on selection Sunday. Even 1 win over Villanova could have given them a huge lift. But wins over Providence and Depaul will not improve the Marquette resume.
- Bracketology 101 said...
There are a couple of reasons that Florida State gets talked about so much on this site. The first is that we have a couple of die-hard FSU fans (led by longtime reader Bryan) that post comments about the 'Noles on a pretty regular basis. The second reason is that FSU is on the bubble pretty much every season, and bubble teams get discussed more than anyone else. The top teams get talked about occasionally, but most of the controversy and debate on this site surrounds the bubble teams.
- Bracketology 101 said...
Alabama's name did get brought up this week as we put together the bracket, but they were only discussed for a brief second. The Tide deserve a lot of credit for their OOC schedule but, as you mentioned, the only wins they were able to pick up from that schedule were Baylor and Michigan. Both are decent wins, but not great. Michigan is not a tourney-qualty team right now and Baylor is barely in, plus they took a little hit last night after losing at Colorado. We'll learn all we need to know about Alabama over their next four games. They host Vanderbilt tonight, and then play at Arkansas, home against Tennessee, and home against Mississippi State. If they can pick up a couple of wins over those tourney-level teams, we'll give them some serious at-large consideration.
This is the best bracketology site in my opinion. Just one question on this week's field. How did Washington get in? They were uncompetitive in road games in Arizona last weekend. Neither Zona or ASU are very good teams but they sure beat up Washington. So how did those 2 poor performances earn Washington a spot in your bracket?
- Bracketology 101 said...
Washington got the auto bid out of the Pac-10. Washington had a poor showing in Arizona last week and are not that competitive for an at-large bid currently, but we feel they are the best overall team in the Pac-10 and have the best chance to win the conference tourney.
Hey guys and gals, Atlantic 10 fan here. What would you say is a target conference record the bubble teams in the A 10 need to shoot for?
I heard that there is a new confrence called the Great West. Will they get an automatic bid in the tourney?
- Bracketology 101 said...
The Great West will not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament until at least 2020. In order for a conference to send their champion to the NCAA tournament as an automatic bid, the conference has to have at least seven members who have passed their transitional process into Division I, seven schools that have been in Division I for a minimum of eight years, and six schools that have played in the same league for six years. The GWC will not meet the NCAA's requirements until 2020, as North Dakota and South Dakota begin their first Division I season this year.
Fortunately for the Great West, though, they won't be shut out of the post-season altogether. The CollegeInsider.com Post-season Tournament (CIT) has offered the GWC conference tournament champion a bid this season. Old Dominion won the innaugural 16-team CIT last season, beating Bradley in the final.
- Bracketology 101 said...
The easy answer to the A-10 question is 10 wins. A 10-6 record in the 6th or 7th rated conference should put the bubble team in question in good shape. The more complicated answer is 9-10 wins, depending on who those wins came against. A-10 bubble teams are probably going to need a win over Temple or Dayton on their resume to look very attractive (that's partly why URI's home loss to Temple was so damaging) since they are the class of the league. The A-10 is deeper 1-6 than it's been in years, but teams 7-14 are mediocre at best. Wins over those teams won't do much for a resume; wins over the Owls and Flyers will.
Looking at conference schedules, it's hard not to like Richmond's at-large chances of getting to 10 wins. The Spiders only have to play Temple and Dayton once, and both of those games are at home. Xavier, on the other hand, has a much more difficult schedule. The Musketeers play Dayton twice, Charlotte twice, and have a lone game at Temple. That's a schedule that gives them chances for wins, but one that could result in a lot of losses too. The hardest schedule byu far, though, belongs to Charlotte. The 49ers play seven of their next nine on the road, and finish up with games at Rhode Island and home against Richmond.
Uconn's bubble may have been burst tonight
- Bracketology 101 said...
Bubbles don't burst in January.
you guys deserve credit for actually seeding UConn in the right spot. If anything, they should be a 10-12 seed or out since they havent really beaten anyone good. Their best win is probaly at home against a very mediocre Notre Dame team.
What do you see in Washington. Their defense has been pretty poor this year. Why doesn't Herb Sendek and ASU ever get any respect from the media and you bracket experts. I think ASU and California are the 2 teams to beat in the PAC 10 and will get the 2 ncaa bids. If the PAC 10 gets a 3rd bid, it might be Washington. But you guys are wrong to have Washington as number 1 in the PAC 10. I bet you they won't win the regular season or tounrament title in the PAC 10. how much will you bet me?
B 101, I think Zack was referring to the current brackey, that UCOnn's bubble should have burst for now. but for some reason, the bracket guys love UConn.
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Brooklyn looking like a Binford tool girl wearing high heels while using power tools.
Clay who was thoroughly UNimpressed with the workbench. "I can't make real stuff with it!"
Lex just looking cute
Savannah happy with her music
Jax ready to hit the waves (it's actually a dry erase/magnet board)
Austin eating some beef jerky for breakfast
Here's the difference between your first child and your sixth. See my sister's first child, Dominick, sitting on my mom's lap. He's decked out to the nines for Christmas day - plaid shirt, red sweater vest, black cords and cute little black dress shoes. And then there's my sixth child. Yep, she's wearing an old bathing suit over a diaper for Christmas day.
And now you know the difference.
Instead of exchanging gifts, this year we just did a white elephant exchange among the adults. Here my brother-in-law, Sam holds up his white elephant. Literally. My mom sewed that up 2 days ago for the exchange. Everyone's a comedian in my family.
My sister and I always do socks for each other and Deb always comes up with THE MOST AWESOME stuff ever to put in my sock. This year, my favorite was a toss-up between this shirt (Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.) LOVE IT!!!
Penne Dawn! (from the creator of Fusilli Jerry) I LOVE IT! Now, there's not only Fusilli Jerry and Macaroni Midler, but Penne Dawn. PENne Dawn? Get it? Because I'm a writer! Deb's so clever! Let's get a closer look...
She comes complete with a copy of my best selling book Because I Said So! LOL! And check out the belt! OK, here's the story behind the belt...
About 12 or so years ago, my aunt gave my sister and me two old rings that she'd had. She told us that we could each have one. Deb and I couldn't decide who would get which ring and joked that we could each take a ring and then just switch off now and then. Thus began our tradition of giving these rings back and forth to one another.
For about 12 years, for every holiday, birthday, or special occasion, we've given these rings to each other. When my sister got married, I tied the rings to the ring bearer's pillow at the rehearsal. One year, we were out to dinner for my birthday and when I looked away, my sister slipped a ring into my drink. One Valentine's Day, I carefully opened the cellophane on a heart shaped box of candy, put the ring in the box among the chocolates, wrapped the cellophane back around the box, and gave it to her. We've hidden them in plastic Easter eggs. Last year, Deb took a monster pencil topper and attached a ring (like a crown) on its head and put it in my stocking. These rings have been passed back and forth in the most hilarious ways for years. I think this one takes the cake though. There's no way I can give it back to Deb unless I break Penne Dawn or give her back the whole pasta creation. I'm going to have to think about this one.
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Later in the week (at least I think it was later. My days are all kinda running together right now) I was cleaning the bathroom while talking on the phone to my friend, Jen. I heard Clay and Brooklyn giggling in the kitchen, but just thought there were playing. I was wrong. I emerged to find 4 empty bottles of bubbles, 2 empty tubes of Desitin, and 1 empty tube of Vaseline. They had tried to make an indoor slip-n-slide by pouring the bubbles on the floor and lubing themselves up with diaper cream, then sliding across the mess. Yeah, the fun never ends around here.
And because we spend such a large amount of time at the baseball fields, here's Austin. He's on the Diamondbacks this year.
And Savannah...
Then, on Wednesday, Clay graduated from preschool. On Thursday, he awoke bright and early and got ready for kindergarten. I had to explain to him that he won't start kindergarten until the fall. He is NOT happy about that and lets me know every day. The reason he wants to go to kindergarten so badly? According to him, it's because he'll get to do experiments every day in kindergarten.
Clay with his awesome teachers...
Then on Friday, as I was cooking up a storm for the girls' birthday party, Brooklyn and Clay walked in the house from where they were playing right outside the kitchen and Brooklyn said, "That bird scared me."
"A bird scared you?"
"Yeah, I thought he was going to fly into me!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide.
I had a combined birthday party for the girls yesterday. Lexi will be 8 on the first. She was being so goofy here! LOL!
And Savannah will be 13 tomorrow. Eek! I officially have 2 teenagers now!!!
Lexi's lip gloss cake...
Savannah's Hershey's kiss cake. I meant to save some white fondant for the paper strip, but forgot, so I cheated and used paper. I was going to make fondant foil too, but ran out of time and cheated on that as well. She liked it anyway. I mean, her motto is "Give me chocolate or give me death"! Actually, I'd still be trying to get ready for the party now if it weren't for all Savannah's help in the kitchen, and Joe's help cleaning the house too.


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As processors speed up and chips get cheaper, mobile phone signals get stronger and energy storage gets more efficient, new solutions for lifting developing countries out of poverty will arise. Through these digital advancements, emerging communities will get the hand up—not the hand out—that they're looking for.


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Monday, February 9, 2009
Where Are We Going, Mama?
As I walked Clay and Brooklyn into the preschool today, Brooklyn began drilling me with the same set of questions she asks me every single day.
"Mama, why is there salt on the road?"
"To melt the ice."
"The salt melts the ice?"
"Yes," I sigh. She's asked me this same question every day for the last 2 1/2 months.
"Mama, does Clay have to hold your hand?"
"Yes, he has to hold my hand in the parking lot."
"So a car doesn't hit him?"
"Yes, I don't want him to get hit." I've heard this question since September.
"Are we late, Mama?"
In all honestly, we usually are running late (shocking, I know). Today we were actually on time.
"No, Sweetie. We're on time?"
Confused, she asked, "We're not late???"
As we walk down the hall to Clay's class, Brooklyn asks the same questions she repeats every day.
"Can I have water, Mama? Look a frog! Is that a bus? Look snowmen! Is that a bear?"
"Sure, I see the frog, yes, it's a bus, I see the snowmen, yes it's a bear." It's my running litany.
After doing the whole "I have to give Clay and kiss and a hug - no, not outside his class - INSIDE his class - AFTER he sits down" thing, we left to run some errands.
"Where are we going?" Brooklyn asks.
"We have to go to the bank and the grocery store," I tell her.
"We go to the bank?"
"And the grocery store?"
She pauses a minute and then asks again, "We go to the grocery store, Mama?"
"Oh. Where are we going?"
"The grocery store and the bank."
"We go to the bank and the store?"
"Still yes."
After getting in the car and telling me to turn up the radio until the windows are rattling, she asks me once again, "Where are we going, Mama? Are we going to the bank now? I like the bank. Are we going to the bank?"
Please tell me she's just a creature of habit and feels comfort in repeating the same sentences again and again and again...
On the bright side, Brooklyn's daily conversation is generously peppered with, "I love you, Mama!" Now, there's something I never grow tired of hearing or responding to.
Posted by Dawn at 10:08 PM
74 comments:
Enjoy it! I miss my baby girl soo much but she won't let me go to nursing school with her. :( Seems like yesterday that she was was a baby and now she's all grown up.
- February 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM
- Beth said...
It might be a sign of intelligence, you know? At least she has a group of questions, and they're all pertinent to the current activities. She could just say "what's that?" a lot. =)
- February 9, 2009 at 11:12 PM
- Feisty Irish Wench said...
Hahaha, I remember one time I told one of my boys during a litany of questions "shhh, mommy can't think if you keep asking questions, then I get frustrated and mean. we don't want a mean mommy right? we want a nice mommy. so shhh"
- February 9, 2009 at 11:17 PM
That was such a sweet way to end that story. I get beyond frustrated to hear repeat questions a thousand times a "minute" and usually lose patience. You have such a great ability to see the positive.
- February 9, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Dawn, you may be going through some tough personal times right now but just look at that picture and it must help! You look beautiful on the outside, so somewhere deep inside that hurt and conflict, beautiful things are still going on for you. You have a little angel right there on your lap and no matter what, she will love you for you and you will always love her for her....and for you. I wish you peace.
- February 9, 2009 at 11:54 PM
- Laura ~Peach~ said...
shes so cute!
- February 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM
The Little Lady is trying to learn the art of conversation. Isn't that wonderful?
- February 10, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- Miriam said...
Ah...signs her long term memory is developing! Unfortunately, it degenerates during the teen years...
- February 10, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- Dinner/Dishes/Drinking said...
I hear ya Dawn, my 5yr old is a constant chatter, his whole life we've asked him "Noah, do you ever stop talking?" But it's sure nice to get some "mom love" from the little ones isn't it? I've been getting alot of hugs from mine lately (maybe it's all the cakes, cookies and muffins I've been baking!?)
- February 10, 2009 at 12:24 AM
- LaNae said...
I think all moms know exactly how you feel. Although with my four year old I have very different feelings when he goes on and on and on. Have you ever heard about Selective Mutism? We have been dealing with it since July '08. You can read a couple of my posts about it if you are interested.
I never take for granted the sound of my child's voice now. And please don't think I am offended because of your post. I know I acted like that with my three older children. This is just something we are dealing with and it's good for others to know about this "silent" condition.
Thanks for always making me smile with your posts. I enjoy every one of them!
LaNae (www.sixcallsthatsall.blogspot.com)
- February 10, 2009 at 12:37 AM
- Diana said...
My son just turned 2 years old yesterday and is doing this. UGH! He does not talk yet, but he points to the same things over and over and over agian and just looks at us and waits til we explain what it is.
I had been hoping that it was just a stage and that he would outgrow it soon- after reading your post, I found out that it will last another couple of years! help!
- February 10, 2009 at 1:11 AM
- RefreshMom said...
DS1 didn't really do that so I set myself up with the habit of actually trying to respond appropriately to everything he asked me. DS2 has added the "why" component to everything. My mom says it's one of those mom-curse paybacks (you know the "I hope you get a kid just like you" curse). Apparently I was a "why"-er too. Of course that's how I learned so much and why I know everything now, right?
If you ever bring your family (at least Brooklyn) on one of your west coast trips, let's get our little ones together. They can either answer each other or drive one another nuts with the questions, but maybe we'd get a good chat in while they keep each other occupied!
- February 10, 2009 at 1:23 AM
- heather said...
Man, she sounds just like my son. You are right though, I just need to love it right now. I get so frustrated sometimes, thanks for the reminder to just take it all in.
- February 10, 2009 at 2:17 AM
- supermom said...
After the first dozen times of answering the same question over and over I change tactics. When they ask the question I reply with "you tell me?". Sometimes the answers they come up with are bang on and others they are way off. But it stops them from repeating their mantra over and over and my patience gets to last an extra 5 minutes.
- February 10, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- Rachel said...
My 3 1/2 year old has done this since she could talk. I hope it's a phase, but it's been over 2 years and still going on. Her thing is if you don't answer her the EXACT way you have before, she gets really, really upset. Like right now she won't go pee unless I tell her "Then you'd better run!!" when she says she needs to go. She'll stand there and scream until I say the very words "Then you'd better run!" Yesterday's constant question that I never could find her correct answer to (so she asked a thousand times, finally in tears) why we can't drive cars in houses. I still don't know why.
- February 10, 2009 at 6:31 AM
- homeschool mamma said...
We're you in my car this morning? I have a five year old that does the same thing. If he didn't tell ridiculously funny jokes I would lose my mind.
- February 10, 2009 at 6:41 AM
- scarlett said...
My 4yo does the exact same thing!
- February 10, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- Gail said...
I remember those days. How cute, she's practicing her conversation skills.
It's probably this time you and her have togehter, and she can speak. No competition with other siblings, just you and her.
You can start asking her to rememeber where you are going. She can remind you. Then ask her where are we going next. Kinda like Dora.....Bush, Bridge, Snowy Mountain.
Enjoy her while she's at this age !!
- February 10, 2009 at 7:05 AM
- Donna said...
Brooklyn and you......us and God....
- February 10, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- Martha said...
How cute. My daughter was and is still like that at almost 12... not repeating the same questions, but totaly constant talking. People used to ask when she started to talk, and I honestly thing she was talking coming out of the womb. I don't remeber a time when she could not talk. When we are out... sometimes I have to ask her to STOP so I can concentrate at something as simple as hitting the right buttons on the debit card machine or trying to figure out how to get somewhere in the car... then she gets highly offended. I never want to squelch her conversations with me, I hope she keeps talking and sharing each moment of her day through her teenage years... but yes at times it is exhausting! (I think I rambled too much too!)
- February 10, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- Keri Jackson said...
This is cracking me up! My 3 1/2 year old does the same thing. It drives me nuts. Or he says momma momma momma momma momma without stopping to give me a chance to see what he wants!
- February 10, 2009 at 7:33 AM
- Angie said...
In my real life I'm a graduate student studying psycholinguistics (translation: a big word that means the psychology of how we understand language). I'm actually taking a developmental psycholinguistics course this semester(translation: I'm a nerd). When kids are learning language they have to figure out how to put words together to make sentences. I know it seems like Brooklyn is saying the same thing 10 bajillion times, but each time she's actually phrasing it a little different. In a way she's practicing all the different ways you can say something.
- February 10, 2009 at 7:56 AM
That sounds amazingly like my 24 year old admin assistant whose conversational skills *gasp* have not graduated beyond age 2!
- February 10, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Brooklyn is so cute. (One of my son's friends has a little sister who was absolutely adorable when she was tiny. When people would comment on it he would say, "She's not as cute as she looks!")
My daughter sometimes chatters incessantly. We have come to the conclusion that she is just uncomfortable with silence. But someday we'll get even. When we're old we'll repeat the same stories over and over again and ask the same questions repeatedly. What goes around, comes around!
- February 10, 2009 at 8:36 AM
- BrainLint said...
Questions with definite answers are WAY better than the 'Why?" phase. Those conversations always ended with, appropriately, 'Because I said so.'
- February 10, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- Rachel said...
I have one that loves to ask repetitive questions. After I've answered it a couple of times I'll turn it around when she asks me and I'll ask her. She usually knows the answer too. :)
- February 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Kelly said...
My son Seamus is just like that...he asks questions that I just answered. When I get tired of answering the same 5 questions over and over again, I turn the tables on him...'What do you think?' (not sarcastically, though) works well...it gets HIM to answer his own question! I then reassure him that he is correct, and voila!...on to another set of the same 5 questions!
- February 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Vivian M said...
Somehow, a hug or an "I love you Mom" makes us instantly forget everything else! Love that picture of the two of you!
- February 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Jennifer said...
We are finshing the reno to end all renos and my two year old follows her dad around and says "Hi daddy! What doing? Painting?" Then, like a goldfish, she completely forgets she's just said this and says it again. Over and over and over. It's hilarious.
Also, I love your blog. :)
- February 10, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Kristi said...
Sorry to say the questions like that for us started when my littlest was 3 and she is 6 now and still repeats questions several times a day. My favorite, is "do I have school today mommy?" for about the fifteenth millionth time, as we are getting dressed for school!
- February 10, 2009 at 9:24 AM
My 2 1/2 year old does the same thing and I seem to remember his older sister used to do it as well. It's drives me nuts. One thing I try to do is turn the question back on him after the first 2 or 3 times. For example, I'll ask back "Why/Where/What do you think?" He usually knows the answer and 'sometimes' it pauses the questions for a short time.
- February 10, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Good Morning,
I happened upon a "best mommy bloggers" contest in the Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine that comes home with the kids. I went ahead and nominated your blog because after the daily Scripture readings, you're my favorite daily read!
If you want to check out the contest, go to scholastic.com/parents/blogcontest.Nominations end sometime this week. If you make it to finalist, we can vote after Feb. 23, and the wining bloggers will be profiled in the June/July issue. I encourage your faithful readers to go and nominate Dawn! Extra PR for the book can't hurt, right?
Have a great day!
- February 10, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- MaBunny said...
HEHE, you two sure are cute together!Well, now she is a running commentary of questions... soon she should be getting into the Mynah bird stage and repeating everything YOU or anyone else says:))
- February 10, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- Kel said...
She's practicing conversation, actually-- she's trying out different tenses, noticing what effects words have, and enjoying having a back-and-forth. All kids do this to some extent, while they're learning to speak. No worries, she'll grow out of it and be more interesting to talk with once she masters English!
In case you can't tell, I'm a linguistics major, and I'm taking multiple classes in child language development at the moment :D
- February 10, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Cookie said...
"Still yes," sounds exactly like me talking to my kids!
- February 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Ha! My three year old does the same thing. "where are we going?" "The grocery store." "Then what?" After we go through the entire day of activities, we start over. AAAH! I usually make it through three rounds before I tell her I'm not going to answer those questions any more. Thanks for all the laughs.:)
- February 10, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- Elleah said...
That's a beautiful picture of you two!
- February 10, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Life is Sew Crazy! said...
OH gosh! I know exactly how you feel! My almost 3 year old has discovered the word "Why"
Why we do this?
Why are we going there?
What does it do that?
Because ____
I love her more than words can express but I do not love the why phase!
- February 10, 2009 at 10:41 AM
This may sound odd, but reading this post makes me envy you... my three year old has non-verbal autism, and I'd give anything to hear him chattering away and asking questions. But on the other hand, I also have an 8 year old and a 13 year old who are both EXTREMELY verbal and hear "shh, the roads are slippery and I can't concentrate on driving if you keep talking!" and the like quite often... too bad there isn't a way for me to take some of their language "skills" and transfer them to their little brother, balance it out some!
- February 10, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Dawn - The picture of you and Brooklyn is absolutely beautiful!... almost as beautiful as your neverending morning conversations!... You know better then I, but treasure these moments - they are gone too fast!
- February 10, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I know it drives you nuts BUT...keep her talking now and she will not stop!!! It will be wonderful when she gets older and you need her to be honest with you. She will tell you how she feels, what she needs, what scares her, and most importantly....what her boyfriends, think feel say,,want!!! Trust me I KNOW from experiance. You are a lucky mama!!
St Helens OR
- February 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Outnumbered2to1 said...
When I began to tune out my daughter when she would do this, she would just say, "Mom? Mom? Are you listening to me?" She still is my big talker.
- February 10, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Oh that phase is so exhausting. But, by your telling you haven't yet yelled "YES WE'RE TAKING CLAY TO SCHOOL AND EVERYONE IS ON SILENT UNTIL WE GET HOME!!!" I think you're doing fantastic. Cause i would never have yelled at my kids like that...ever...I've just heard it's done....
- February 10, 2009 at 12:51 PM
I believe all little ones go through this phase. It's a great one isn't it? Btw you and your daughter look gorgeous in that picuture! I'm loving it!
- February 10, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Adorable picture of the two of you.
- February 10, 2009 at 2:08 PM
- KAL071203 said...
oh how well I remember that phase, Collie also contiually add "What" and "Why" even though I know full well he heard the first 80 times I answered him...My Babe just turned one so we'll be heading into that phase again all to soon I'm sure! Good luck, also that pic of you and Brooklyn is adorable!
- February 10, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Trust me, you are NOT the only one with a toddler on "repeat mode". My 3.5 year old does the same thing!! By the end of the day my ears are ringing because it's finally quiet and I can think again. That is an adorable picture of you two, by the way. I love it.
- February 10, 2009 at 2:41 PM
My son did this all the time. He's 5 and still does it. Every time we pass a body of water on our way home, he asks if it's ice on it and makes a comment about ice skating on it. He also asks if the open part is water or ice. I say it's open water and the rest of the ice is not safe for skating. Every time we drive by.
- February 10, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Lisa said...
My son is also 3 and seems to be just as full of questions. It is annoying but then he will ask something funny or say something cute or just tell me he loves me and it negates all the repetitive "why's".
- February 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM
I enjoyed your post because my kids seem to always be broken records who are also competing for my attention in the car. I usually find myself getting frustrated. But after reading LaNae's comment about her son's selective mutism and Tara's comment about her non-verbal son, I actually found myself cherishing the noise in the car today. Thank you for helping me get the right perspective, Dawn, LaNae and Tara!
- February 10, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Peldyn said...
Love it! I just got to experience this again when we took our granddaughter who is two out for a day shopping on Sunday. I had forgotten how much I missed that toddler repartee. Of course it is easy when you can give them back to mommy (grin}, I don't have to deal with it on a day to day basis and get tired of it so it was a treat.
- February 10, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Kristen said...
Yes i have one like that too, and sometimes i just feel like ignoring it and then she comes up with the funniest question out of the blue! thanks for reminding us we aren't the only ones dealing with the unrelenting questions! you always make me laugh!
- February 10, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Rick said...
It's your fault - should have never taught her how to talk. I suppose you'll still end up teaching her how to drive.
- February 10, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Table for Seven said...
I didn't read the comments, and you've probably already been told this, but whenever I flip it around on them and ask them the same question in an "I'm really interested tone," they stop asking me. It's as if they are now the ones with the info and it gives them some sort of control. I don't get it, but it works. "I don't know why the salt is one the road Brooklyn. Why IS the salt on the road?"
I'm telling ya, it works every time.
- February 10, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- Sara said...
Aww, my baby (18mo old) doesn't talk in sentences yet, so I'm looking forward to more than one word at a time!
- February 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM
- anawinston said...
What a great photo. You look great!
- February 10, 2009 at 5:35 PM
- Keri Wyatt Kent said...
Great post, and Brooklyn is so cute. She's learning language, and that's how they do it (but you know that already!!) It shows you how smart she is. Something I did with my kids (and still do) when they ask questions is to answer it with a question. "Are we going to the grocery store?" "Yes, what kind of things do we buy at the grocery store?" She's trying to figure out the logistics of conversation.
Hope you are doing well, Dawn. How's the book doing?
- February 10, 2009 at 5:54 PM
LOVE that picture of you and Brooklyn!!!
Donna in PA :)
- February 10, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Michelle said...
Actually... you just made me feel a ton better. You have six kids and you want to know when this "phase" is going to end for your youngest. That means that someday this phase will end for Mister Man and Little Miss -- and apparently before they hit seven or so? Please?
I have heard that it's the intelligent kids who ask questions over and over again to ensure they comprehend it all and get it from all sides so they can then use the information again later. Then again, that may have been people just shining me on the make me feel better ;)
- February 10, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- Magda said...
What a cute pair!!!!
- February 11, 2009 at 5:27 AM
- Sara said...
But I'm thinking that when she starts screaming, "I hate you!!" and "You're the meanest Mom EVER!!!" you'll probably miss these little moments of her being so repetitive with her innocent questions.....
- February 11, 2009 at 7:30 AM
- The Bertone's said...
Yes, I have two girls that repeat a bazillion times a day! I to get tired of repeating the same question over and over again! UGH! I don't get tired of my 3 yr old who likes to tell me a hundred times a day that she loves me though! :)
- February 11, 2009 at 10:12 AM
- FreeSpirit said...
DAWN! Please stop right now and take the time to read this very short article about why kids may repeat themselves! Maybe it will help cut down on any frustration in you AND in Brooklyn. It's an amazing insight! It may not apply to your situation at all if Brooklyn has perfect grammar, but it's worth reading!
- February 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM
You take such great photos! The two of you are so photogenic. Such a sweetie ( and now is the time when you are falling off your chair from gales of laughter...am I right?)
Thanks for sharing Dawn!
- February 11, 2009 at 10:40 AM
what?! you saw a bear?!
- February 11, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Jennifer said...
I love all of your stories, but the ones of Brooklyn are probably my favorite...my daughter is the same age and it sounds exactly like her!! I love the photo!
- February 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- gilroy gal said...
Ah yes, I do remember those days. I think the best defense is a good offense. Beat her to the punch and start asking HER questions! That might throw her off balance enough break the cycle!
Good luck!
- February 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- The Preschool Teacher said...
I try to remember after a LONG day of that with my preschoolers that when I'm doing home or with my daughter to not freak out on her. SILENCE! I want to bellow, but I listen and answer because I know, like you, that she just wants to connect and talk with me, but since she can't wax philosophical about Shakespeare. The store, life, "annoying" questions are what we have. Lol
- February 11, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Sue Bohlin said...
Free Spirit, BLESS YOU for providing that link! That blog contains a stunning insight that can reduce stress and frustration immediately!
I just did some research on child development in toddlers in preparation to speak to mommies and daddies at a local church. I was struck by the meaning of the incessant "why??" question: it signals that a child now recognizes cause and effect. That's pretty cool, since it's yet another thing that separates us from the animals! :-)
- February 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM
My kids do the repeat the question a million times gag too. But, I started asking them the same question back or asking them :Where did I say we were going?" Do you remember?" It helps. Really :)
- February 11, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- Shellie said...
Flashback to going camping. On the way one of my sons says,
"Where going?"
"To have fun." Repeat every 5 minutes for 3 hours!
It could be worse. Ever since the day after they turned 6, one of my twins has said every day, "We're still 6." Then he started adding, "When are we going to be 7?" 296 days down, and 69 to go...
Brooklyn is a cutie.
- February 11, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Sharon said...
When my kids were around that age they did that...drove me crazy. So after I told them where we were going. I would ask them immediatly where we were going. Then if they asked again later I would say "you tell me" It didn't always work, but sometime the would remember and then that would be the end of that....now it didn't stop the questions of how long til we get there, how long will we be there?
- February 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- Maridy Carpenter said...
My daughter, who is a couple months older than Brooklyn, does the same thing! I started telling her that I know she heard my answer and that she's beginning to annoy me so she needs to be quiet. It has worked,she stops asking the same thing over and over. But there was an unexpected drawback. I now hear her telling me that I heard her and that I'm annoying her. Kids! Whatcha gonna do with 'em?
- February 15, 2009 at 5:08 PM
My 3 1/2 year old does the same thing with Why after everything. "is the sun up mommy?" "yes" "why is the sun up mommy?" "because it's day time" "why is it day time mommy?" "because the sun is up?" "why is the sun up mommy?" "because it's day time" We get in these loops and eventually he gets the picture or I end it like a previous poster with "because I said so" or "that's just he way it is"... :)
- February 18, 2009 at 3:08 PM


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In the video, you can see some elaborate set pieces, monster animations and the crafting of Bayonetta's classic leather-looking hair outfit and moves. Different developers also discuss what they are trying to do with the game. "The scale of the game is completely different this time, so it feels like you are fighting the last boss from the beginning," one said.
The video concludes with a shot of Bayonetta's incredibly slender, but deadly legs struting across the screen with the tease "Do you want to touch me?" When the first in-game footage of the game is available, it is likely many fans of the original (who have a Wii U) will be shouting "Yes!"


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Brooke Severson, a Shawnee high school senior, has received the Gates Millennium Scholarship and will be attending Columbia in the fall.
Brooke Severson, a Shawnee high school senior, has received the Gates Millennium Scholarship and will be attending Columbia in the fall.
"We are very proud of her," said her uncle, Brad Hodgens.
The Gates Millennium Scholarship, which is a full ride to the university of her choice for the duration of her college career, isn't the only scholarship Brooke received. She also received the Valedictorian Scholarship from Oklahoma University, the Centennial Scholarship from the University of Rhode Island, the $1,000 scholarship from OBU for being an academic letter jacket recipient along with the Trustee Scholarship from OBU, and the President's Gold scholarship from Baylor University. Columbia is the school she decided on attending.
"When I received the notification that I would be receiving the Gates Scholarship I was shocked, flattered, excited, overwhelmed, and very, very happy," said Brooke.
Brooke is involved in the National Honor Society, Tri-Hi-Y, S.O.S., and the varsity cheerleading squad at Shawnee while also working part time after school.
"Working 20 hours a week does not necessarily affect my school work; I just had to improve my time management skills," she said.
Brooke said she had not put much thought into attending Columbia until she applied and was accepted. She said after learning how prestigious Columbia is and visiting the university, she made her decision.
"I am completely amazed by everything she's accomplished and I'm extremely proud of her," said her mother, Cara Hodges.
Brooke is planning on majoring in chemistry with a pre-med track in hopes of becoming a pharmacist. She plans on staying active in some clubs and organizations but is waiting until arriving at Columbia to decide which ones to join.
"While visiting Columbia, I fell in love with everything about it; the people, the campus, the administrative staff, and everything else imaginable," she said.
Brooke said she would not have been able to accomplish all of the things she has without the help of her family, especially her parents and grandparents.
"Brooke has always been quiet but determined and I am so proud of her," said her dad, Jon Severson.
Brenda Hodges and Jay Cohen are Brooke's grandparents who live in Rhode Island. Brenda said Brooke has visited them every year and they helped to expand her vision for her future by taking her on trips and showing her not only another part of the United States, but also the world by traveling to Europe.
"She set her goals high, stayed focused, and met them," she said.
Brenda said they offered her a different kind of education by expanding her vision and world by taking every opportunity available to teach her something new.
"Her grandpa Jay really expanded her mind by teaching her about math and the arts," she said.
As a former superintendent of Shawnee schools, Brenda said she accredits Shawnee for helping Brooke gain the knowledge she needed to earn all her accomplishments.
"We are so very proud of her," she said.
Brooke will walk across the stage on May 14 and accept her diploma and then start the next chapter in her life at Columbia in the fall.


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Greetings to my many fans. It is I, Whiskers, C.I.C, Cat in Charge coming to you from Heber Springs Humane Society Shelter and Re-Homing Center.
Greetings to my many fans. It is I, Whiskers, C.I.C, Cat in Charge coming to you from Heber Springs Humane Society Shelter and Re-Homing Center. I'm already hearing the staff talking about the holidays and I've seen some of our supporters coming in to the office to shop for Christmas surprises for their four-legged family members. I've already chosen a cat toy with floppy feathers so now I have to be sure Wade knows what I want. We have dog and cat toys, collars and leashes, comfy beds and sweaters for the coming cold weather. Don't forget your very important friends this season.
Wade is worrying about the overpopulation around here. Our shelter can only care for a limited number of dogs and cats and so many helpless animals desperately need our help. We have a waiting list for room at the shelter and we all worry about the fate of those we can't give safety and good care. We have some really loving dogs, spayed or neutered already, who have been sponsored by some of our kind friends. That means that they are available for adoption immediately in to a carefully screened home at no cost to their new human. Along that line why don't you consider sponsoring a dog in the name of a friend or family member at Christmas? Now that's a feel good gift!
I'm having fun helping staff watch over the little wire-haired Chihuahua who spends his days in the office. He wants to play every waking minute and never misses a thing that goes on around this busy place. Wade wants references and will screen carefully for this little guy but he will really light up your life. His office mate is Gia who weighs about 25 pounds but looks big and bigger next to my little friend. Gia is mostly white with tan, black and brown patches that she wears mid-length. She's a doll and I think my small friend has a crush on her. He doesn't know he's itty bitty, thinks he's big stuff.
Don't forget we have lots of kittens and puppies who would love to make your holidays even brighter. If you want a more mature presence in your life please consider our grown dogs and cats who have so much love to give.
From time to time I like to give you an update on one of my friends who left us for a forever home. Let me tell you about Chrissie's life today. Chrissie was found on the street two years ago, homeless, starving and very, very sick. She was about six months old and we'll never know how she ended up in such desperate circumstances. After weeks of antibiotics, tender care and all the food she could eat Chrissie blossomed in to a 13 pound beauty with shiny white fur and beautiful melting black eyes. Along came a retired couple who were lifelong animal lovers and who had an empty nest that needed filling.
Today Chrissie is about two years old, healthy, happy and very much loved. She tips the scale at 15 pounds today and has the best of care and all the attention she could ever want. She sleeps with her humans every night and they never need an alarm to wake them; they have Chrissie to take care of that. Chrissie can't wait to go out to her big yard where she has made it her mission in life to eradicate every squirrel in sight. She just enjoys the chase but has yet to catch up with one. She loves her toys and has a large basket in the living room for her many toys. Chrissie serves as co-pilot in her car where she rides on the center console. She always goes on vacation with her humans and knows just how to behave in hotels. Life is wonderful today for Chrissie and she has given her humans all the love in her little body.
Now it's back to work. I see a human coming in the office and I need to steer them to their perfect match. Think about this:
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Mrs. Crotchety: "You seem like a nice doctor, and smart too. I've seen 2 different neurologists before, both times when I was in Local Hospital. They were both incompetent idiots."
Dr. Grumpy: "Thank you. I'll get those records to review, and Mary will help set up this test."
I walked back to my office, and logged into the hospital computer system. The patient had seen neurologists there in 2005 and 2007.
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As thousands gather in Washington over the next week to the mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, you may be moved to look for video of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech," which he delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial during that march.
It might surprise you that it is actually quite hard to find — because while many copies have been uploaded to Internet video sites, many have also been taken down.
Why, you ask? It's all about copyright.
Dustin Volz takes on the story in the latest issue of The National Journal. He explains:
"Months after the August 1963 March on Washington, King himself sued to prevent the unauthorized sale of his speech, purportedly in an effort to control proceeds and use them to support the civil-rights movement. In 1999, the King family sued CBS after the network produced a video documentary that 'used, without authorization, portions of ... King's 'I Have a Dream' speech.' A divided Appellate Court, in reversing a lower court ruling, held that the speech was not a "general publication," despite its huge audience and subsequent historic importance. The speech instead qualified as a "limited publication," the court said, because "distribution to the news media, as opposed to the general public, for the purpose of enabling the reporting of a contemporary newsworthy event, is only a limited publication.
"The ruling was narrow, and CBS and the King estate settled the case before the lower court could reconsider, leaving the copyright of the speech in a somewhat confusing legal situation. A CBS press release dated July 12, 2000, discusses the agreement that allowed the network to 'retain the right to use its footage of the speeches' from the march and license it to others in exchange for an undisclosed contribution to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
"In 2009, EMI Publishing cut a deal with the King estate to help ensure that the speech was 'accorded the same protection and same right for compensation as other copyrights.' EMI was sold in 2011 to a consortium headed by Sony. The King Center did not respond to requests for comment."
The bottom line is that online presence of the speech is likely to be problematic until 2038, when King's copyright expires. U.S. law states that an author keeps a copyright for life plus 70 years.
All of that said, an activist organization called Fight for the Future has taken it upon itself to provide ready access to the speech. On Internet Freedom Day, the organization uploaded video of the entire 17-minute speech, which, at the moment, is still available on YouTube.
Volz, by the way, will be on tonight's edition of All Things Considered to talk about his reporting. Click here for a NPR member station near you. We'll post audio of the interview a little later today.
Next week, the nation will mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and one of the most famous and important speeches in American history.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal.
CORNISH: That is, of course, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech lasted roughly 17 minutes and we would've liked to play more, a lot more. But that's where things get complicated. You see, the "I Have a Dream" speech is copyrighted. And as famous as it is, that copyright has long limited where you can find the speech, and just how much of it you can see and hear without paying for it. Dustin Volz has written about this for National Journal and he joins us now. Welcome to the program.
DUSTIN VOLZ: Thank you. Good to be here.
CORNISH: So who first took out the copyright for the speech and why?
VOLZ: The first person to file for copyright actually was Dr. King himself, purportedly to, you know, help raise money for the civil rights movement. Of course, unfortunately, Dr. King was assassinated five years later in 1968 and the copyright passed to his estate then.
CORNISH: So it passes to his estate and I understand that the King family, at one point, actually sues CBS because they were using parts of the speech without permission. And what happened?
VOLZ: So the King family had the copyrights and in the '90s, CBS was making a documentary and they wanted to use a substantial part of the speech as part of that documentary. And so the King estate sued, citing copyright. In 1999 an appellate court ruled that King's speech actually, as famous as it is, is a limited publication. That it was not disseminated to the public but actually disseminated to news companies that then rebroadcast it.
And so they said that the rights still belong to Dr. King and his estate because it was a limited publication, as they called it, not a general publication.
CORNISH: And that's a big deal here, right, this idea of general versus limited?
VOLZ: Yeah, that's what it really comes down to. So with general publications, they're public domain. You can use them for whatever you want. An intellectual property lawyer told me if King had actually not written down his speech, if he had just kind of talked extemporaneously, it would've been considered general. But because he wrote it down and because he then filed to protect his copyright on it, it became limited. And despite it being so famous today, it is not considered part of public domain.
CORNISH: And it gets more complicated, right, because then at one point in 2009, the King family actually cuts a deal with the music publisher EMI to protect the copyright. What happened with that deal and where does it stand now?
VOLZ: Right. So they inked a deal with EMI publishing. And EMI was actually later bought out by a consortium that included Sony. And that's kind of where it stands now. And because of that, it's extremely hard to find the video online because people are policing it. And if you do a Google search, like anything on the Internet, you dig hard enough, deep enough, you'll find it. But it's not supposed to be there and they have taken it down because of copyright.
CORNISH: We found a version of the speech in its entirety on YouTube. Now, did whoever put it there technically break the law?
VOLZ: Yes, as far as I understand. I mean, this is again a very confusing, murky legal area. But the copyright law says that the speech should not be available without the consent of the King estate. And so if the King estate did not give the license for someone to post it online, then it's violating copyright. The Internet advocacy group Fight For the Future actually posted the speech in its entirety to commemorate Martin Luther King Day this January.
And it was taken off of Vimeo because it violated their terms of service, which said you cannot post something that is against the law. They were able to post it on YouTube. And for whatever reason, months later, YouTube has not taken it down yet.
CORNISH: A lot of people may say, look you can buy the speech, right, for 13 bucks. You can buy - I think you found it on Amazon. I mean, you can pay for it. So why should people be able to get it for free?
VOLZ: Yeah, well, the lowest price I found was $13.41 on Amazon. But there are some freedom of speech advocates, some Internet rights advocates who say, you know, this is something that is so important, it was a crucial moment for the civil rights movement. It needs to be in public domain. And with the 50th anniversary coming up, people might turn to the Internet to view the entire speech and they might have trouble finding it.
CORNISH: Dustin Volz. He writes for National Journal. Thank you so much for coming in.
VOLZ: Thanks, I appreciate it. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Welcome to Indian Vegetarian Kitchen!
February 14, 2009
Pistachio kalakand for Valentine's day
Here comes a very simple dessert that can me made in under 15 minutes.
Paneer(crumbled or grated)-1 cup
Sweetened condensed milk-1/4-1/3 cup(depending on your sweet tooth)
Cardamom-1/4 tsp
Saffron-a few sprigs
Powdered Pistachio(unsalted)-2 tbsp
Ghee-1 tsp
In a pan, heat ghee. Add rest of the ingredients.
Mix and stir well on low flame until the mixture becomes dry and forms a dough(takes approximately 10 minutes). Let it cool.
Shape them anyway you like.
Note:As this sweet is made of paneer, I suggest you refrigerate it if you want to keep it beyond a day.
This is on it's way to the following events:
Just For You
My Favorite Things: Love-Heart shaped Foods - March 1st
Cook and create with luv for luv
Recipes for the rest of us-dessert started by Ramki of One Page Cookbooks
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WOw gorgeous, am speechless n starring to those absolutely sinful delish...ReplyDelete
Looks so beautiful. Happy Vday to you!ReplyDelete
- LakshmiFebruary 14, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Wow!! sooper Mahi.romba nanna iruku.amazing pic too.Happy V'day to u.ReplyDelete
thats a fantatstic idea to shape the kalakand into hearts..happy valentine day..ReplyDelete
very cute looking :)ReplyDelete
Happy Valentine's Day to you!
looks so beautiful soperfect for the eventReplyDelete
looking cute..Happy valentines day!!ReplyDelete
Looking fabulous Mahi, kalakara po..Enna solradhune therla..Parthunde iruken photova...Perfect for the event..Happy Vday to you..ReplyDelete
Cute kalakand hearts:)ReplyDelete
That is a cute sweet , Happy V Day Mahi!ReplyDelete
wow perfect sweet, heart shaped, for all sweethearts..wish you had shared this yesterday so i would hav tried this today for my sweetheart too..:)..ReplyDelete
Wow! looks cute and delicious!..Mahima..it really looks inviting!ReplyDelete
thanks a ton,..for sendin them over for the event,..they have come very well,..:-)ReplyDelete
hey mahimaa...tht looks cute...khowa kalakand is my fav sweetReplyDelete
Belated Vday wishes dear.......Dessert looks yummy and awesome presentation.ReplyDelete
simply superb...and nee mattum saptiya :(..they look very cute mahi...ReplyDelete
Kalakand looks lovely Mahimaa...Perfect for V day.ReplyDelete
I love kalakand...I'm sure your hubby was impressed with that creative presentation :)ReplyDelete
Mahimaa send some over for me pleaseeee:-) a wonderful reciep!! I can just imagine the taste of the pistachios!ReplyDelete
delicious kalakand mahima.. waiting for a bite now!!!ReplyDelete
Cute sweet Mahi, hope you had a fun V day...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Thats so cute and yummy..hope you had a blasting Valentine's day..ReplyDelete
Kalakand looks so good. Nice recipe. YUM! Lovely green color.ReplyDelete
Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!
Wow...such a delectable one....looks awesome Mahima. Wonderful Valentine treat. Happy Valentine's Day to u too. Adding paneer is a great idea. Ricotta cheese is a great alternative too. Try it next time :-)ReplyDelete
Beautiful presentation dear! Loved it...ReplyDelete
Cute kalakand, perfect for the day. Something sweet is awaiting in my blog mahi.ReplyDelete
Wow! It is looking so beautiful. Amazing.ReplyDelete
Its looks fabulous. I think you had a lovely celabration on valentine's day.ReplyDelete
These are so sweet Mahi.. I was on a long trip and just back.. Missed lots of urs. Mm yet to check dear. Pista Kalakand, lovely!! Belated Valentine Wishes!!:)ReplyDelete
Do pick ur award from my blog :)ReplyDelete
That sounds so rich & yummy...ReplyDelete
Beautfil and delicious can i have one of those delicious hearts.ReplyDelete
wow, look at this kalakand.. yummy.Hope u had a wonderful V'day:)ReplyDelete
wonderful, pretty looking kalakand for V'day.. drooling !!ReplyDelete
looks delicious..ReplyDelete
Wow gorgeous...quick and wonderful one:)ReplyDelete
Wow ur family must have enjoyed the v'day.ReplyDelete
Wow ur family must have enjoyed the v'day.ReplyDelete
Hi first time here ,dear.How did i missed out your blog this long..You have a wonderful collection of recipes..Heart shaped kalakand is so lovely..ReplyDelete
Hey then I checked out your date nut cake.Wonderful recipe..You deserve the prize.Congrats for that.
By the way,i blog at http://madhusfoodjournal.blogspot.com
Check out when free :)
cute and sweet little hearts.... oh i m falling here. wat a romantic recipe for the right day dear...ReplyDelete
Wow! sounds simple & interesting. Cute pictures. There is something waiting for u in my blog:)ReplyDelete
waitin for ur mail,..send them soon,..:-)ReplyDelete
Heart shaped kalakand looks gorgeous and I am sure must have tasted yummReplyDelete
Awesome Mahima..they look soo pretty.:)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sending in to RFRU..
wow, beautiful kalakand, that too in 15 mins? So tempting and yummy. Belated V'day to you!ReplyDelete
just the entry i was waiting for!, delicious and sooooo quick!ReplyDelete
hiii,..thanks for th entry...i always keep it mute,..whenever u visit my blog u will cee vol button on nautanki tv,..mute it,...thats wht i do,.and i didnt mind ya even i cant take the noise ,...:-),..tk cre,...ceeya soon,..ReplyDelete
Valentine day wishes to you as well. Very creative idea of adding pistas to the kalakand. Good one.ReplyDelete
This is one amusingly amazing entry for JFU event,and i am so happy to learn this way of making kalakand.ReplyDelete
Thnks for participating in the event :-)
Thanks for you comment Mahi.. yeah curd semiya can be had as a snack or even for dinner..u know when u feel like eating something without oil, quick, easy tiffin...kids love this..and u it taste good with any pickle..ReplyDelete
Mahimaa these are kalakands Look so gorgeous.....beautiful pic.ReplyDelete
looks beautiful .. Iam sure it would have melted yr hubby's heart ...ReplyDelete
thanks a lot friends for your awesome comments...do try and let me know how it turned out.ReplyDelete
That is cute mahimaa. And that aapam looks perfect.ReplyDelete
Kalakand looks yummy dear... I am planning to make it soon. I drool over your pics everytime I visit your blogReplyDelete
First time here. The Pistachio kalakand looks very yummy and delicious.ReplyDelete
i m too late to recover this wonderful and simple recipe as valentine's day is gone. yet i will try this recipe for my wife now. thanksReplyDelete
nice snaps... good recipie, will try it for next coming festival....ReplyDelete
Hi Mahimaa,ReplyDelete
This kalakand looks wonderful. I loved the way you presented it for the Valentine day. You have such a great collection of recipes here. I'll keep coming.


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Memphis, TN – Medicine Cabinet Makeover Class **Diamond Club Event**
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
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What do green smoothies and your medicine cabinet have in common?
Now that you have revolutionized your diet and "made-over" your pantry by stocking it with plant-based, whole foods, we want to teach you how to "make-over" your medicine cabinet by replacing the over-the-counter medicines and other drugs in your home with pure, plant-based medicine-- also known as essential oils.
Just as you have been taught and have enjoyed the simple, nutritious, and delicious green smoothie drink and introduction into the whole-foods lifestyle by Robyn Openshaw, we invite you to join with our Green Smoothie Girl health coaches to learn how you can take charge of your healthcare with these self-directed, medicinal oils that you can utilize everyday to improve your body's chemistry and natural defenses.
4:00 pm. "Make Over Your Medicine Cabinet" --taught by Green Smoothie Girl Senior Health Coach Megan Reeves
Join us for this free, how-to class and learn to be a healer in your own home because there is nothing better than medicine that is safe, natural, and effective-- (except maybe a green smoothie). :wink:
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**doTERRA IPC's: Our Medicine Cabinet Makeover classes are for those not yet introduced to the healing power of essential oils. Our classes are private events, despite ticketing on Eventbrite. They are hosted by a GSG coach who has expended significant time and expense. This coach is well trained and will teach her audience how to take their healthcare into their own hands. Additionally, she will show the audience many perks exclusively available to the GreenSmoothieGirl team – which include ticketing classes on the high-traffic GSG site, nationally advertised classes, and more. The Green Smoothie class taught by Robyn is free and everyone is invited, but please respect the coach's investment who is planning this class.
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On tonight's episode of Top Chef Masters:
For the Quickfire the chefs must cook a dish only using the microwave. Most of them go on and on about how they never use a microwave — blah, blah, blah, who cares. We know very well that they don't use them, at least not in their restaurants, but the point of Top Chef Masters is to pull them out of their comfort zone, and this challenge does exactly that. And no one had better make anythig sashimi or tartare related because that's cheating!
The chefs must cook for an edible science fair for the Elimination Challenge, not only serving what looks to be middle school students (you can never tell these days), but also educating them on science-y stuff through their dishes. I'm just hoping someone makes an exploding volcano out of mashed potatoes and red Kool-Aid.
And I am very happy to announce — drum roll, please — Ruth Reichl is back in her rightful place at the judges' table! Huzzah! Oh, and Padma shows up because she can't have another TC host showing her up.
Preview video highlights:
- In the first preview video, Naomi claims that she didn't have a microwave when she was growing up. It then cuts to a shot of her playing in the dirt with sticks looking like a feral child. Does Bravo want us to assume that a child brought up without a microwave is some sort of hippie-savage?
- A photo of Hugh's kids is shown during the Quickfire. Sadly, no unibrows (or at least they weren't visible).
- Mary Sue demos viscosity for her science fair project. I won't even type what some of that stuff looks like on her petri dish. What is she serving those children?!
Check out the preview videos below.
Update: Okay, even though all of the new previews are up on Bravo's site, there won't be a new episode tonight. This episode will be airing next week. Way to go letting us know ahead of time, Bravo…
Tune in to Bravo tonight at 10 pm EST/9 pm C, join our Twitter party during the show (Jeff: @JeffHouck, Katie: @culinarypirate), and listen to our podcast here tomorrow! (You can even download us on iTunes!) Check out our fellow Top Chef fanatics, Please Pack Your Knives And Go and All Top Chef, for the latest news (and some laughs).
Preview Videos:
Microwave Cooking
Getting All Science-y