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  1. When we were discussing pockets of vulnerability to disease, the comments about children being the victims of their parents' ignorance/stupidity/stubbornness. But what if the health official decides to defer to parents so as to deflect blame (transmission vs quarantine and miss learning opportunities)? Such is the case in Florida where state health official Joseph Ladapo sent a letter to parents at an elementary school in Broward county, Florida after measles was confirmed among the school population. The letter said that parents should watch for symptoms of measles — high fever, rash, red, watery eyes — but did not encourage vaccination. (quote from NBC News) Nationwide, measles cases are creeping up--35 thus far. The number may not seem like many, especially after watching the COVID pandemic case counts skyrocket, but officials are not being alarmist by urging vaccination with the MMR inoculation. (Various news accounts stated that the campus MMR rate was at or around 97% with 33 students unvaccinated out of ~1000.) After Ladapo's letter was sent out, health officials confirmed a seventh case in the area, a child under age 5. Therein lies the danger, very young children are often not fully protected and are the ones who suffer the most with this disease. Many parents are not going to be weighing the educational cost as much as the 'inconvenience' and 'financial' cost (admittedly for many families the financial cost is THE most pressing) and will easily ignore symptoms until an actual diagnosis. Hopefully, with the higher immunization rate (97%), the disease will peter out on campus; guess they'll find out.
  2. More results: Women 200m: Dejenea Oakley (2) 22.86. Oakley runs a personal best and earns 8 points for the Longhorns. 3000m: Eva Jess (17) 9:45.23 High Jump: Trinity Tomlinson (3) 1.80/5' 10 3/4. Tomlinson earns 6 points for the Longhorns. Winning jump was 1.90/6' 2 3/4 by Temitope Adishina of Texas Tech. 4X400: Texas (2) 3:30.08. The relay team earns 8 points for the Longhorns finishing behind Houston's meet record 3:29.42 With 135 points, the Texas Longhorns are the Women's Big Twelve Champions. Men Shot Put: Patrick Piperi (3) 19.19/62' 11 1/2; Michael Pinones (10) 17.47/77' 3 3/4"; Leo Neugeberger (15) 16.49/54' 1 1/4. Piperi scored 6 points for the Longhorns. Cam Jones of iowa State placed first with a winning toss of 19.60/64' 3 3/4" which was a personal best. High Jump: Daniel Lineberger (11) 2.06/6' 9" Winning jump was 2.26/7' 5" by Devin Loudermilk of Kansas 200m: John Rutledge (7) 20.94. Two points for the Longhorns from Rutledge place with Terrence Jones of Texas Tech winning with a time of 20.21 3000m: Isaac Alonzo (10) 8:06.63; Emmanuel Sgouros (11) 8:08.07; Haftu Knight DNF. Winner Alex Maier of OSU ran 7:55.45 a facility record. Maier ran for Flower Mound HS. 4X400: Texas (3) 3:04.98. The relay team earned 6 points finishing behind winner Texas Tech's 3:02.76. Kansas State placed second. FINAL TEAM SCORES WOMEN 1) TEXAS (135) 2) TEXAS TECH (104) 3) OSU (103.5) 4) BYU (71) 5) BAYLOR (44) MEN 1) TEXAS TECH (152) 2) OSU (92) 3) TEXAS (89) 4) KANSAS (81) 5) IOWA STATE (67.5)
  3. Men: 800m: Daniel Howells (2) 1:48.94 Howells runs from last place to take second and earn 8 points for the Longhorns, finishing behind Jason Gomez of Iowa State who ran a 1:48.36. Almost got 'im at the tape...
  4. More results: Women 400m: Dejanea Oakley (1) 51.75; Ziyah Holman (3) 52.22; Lauren Lewis (6) 52.76. Oakley and Lewis ran personal bests while Holman ran her fastest time of the season. The three scored 19 points for the Longhorns. 1000m: No Longhorn athletes in this final. Sivan Auerbach of OSU placed first in 2:46.85 800m: Olivia Howell (3) 2:03.86. With a personal best, Howell scores 6 points. First place winner was Kelly-Ann Beckford of Houston in 2:00.99, meet and facility records, and a personal best time and just a smidge away from going under 2:00. Men: 400m: Brian Herron (4) 45.82; Logan Popelka (6) 46.21. Popelka runs a personal best and they score 8 points total for the Longhorns. 1000m: Yusuf Bizimana (1) 2:22.40. Bizimana earns 10 points. Way to run!
  5. Updated Team Scores (top5) WOMEN 14 OF 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) Texas (107) 2) OSU (83) 3) Texas Tech (74) 4) BYU (37) 5) Baylor (35) MEN 12 OF 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) Texas Tech (112) 2) Texas (61) 3) Kansas (60) 4) OSU (58) 5) Houston (39.5)
  6. Bless his heart and what a nice way to end the heptathlon for freshman Brock Lewis. Heptathlon 1000m: Brock Lewis (1) 2:38.76 (887pts). Lewis places 8th overall in the Heptathlon with a personal best score of 5269 and scores a point for the Longhorns. Always a lot to contend with over two days, so I love to see the persistence. The overall winner was Grant Levesque of Houston with 6068 points.
  7. Women's Results update: Shot Put: Nina Ndubuisi (1) 18.07m/59' 3 1/2" ; Chrystal Herpin (2) 17.48m/57' 4 1/4"; Marilyn Nwora (3) 17.23m/56' 6 1/2"; Kiana Lowery (11) 15.17m/49' 9 1/4. For placing 1 thru 3, 24 points for the Longhorns. 600 yd: Akala Garrett (1) 1:19.04 Result not official, but that would be 10 more points for the Longhorn women. Men 600yd: Result not official, but Elijah Mosley (5) 1:08.57 Mosley scores 4 points for the Longhorns. Grant Lockwood of Kansas runs a personal best 1:07.79 to take first. Triple Jump: Kelsey Daniel (2) 16.45/53' 11 3/4"; Solomon Washington (11) 14.31/46' 11 1/2"; Jathan Belaire (12) 14.13/46' 4 1/4". Daniel scores 8 points and also has a personal best (as did Belaire). Winner Brandon Green Jr of OU jumped 16.46/54'
  8. Updated Team Scores WOMEN 10 OF 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) TEXAS (73) 2) TEXAS TECH (48) 3) OSU (44) 4) OU (35) 5) BAYLOR (33) MEN OF 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) Texas Tech (96) 2) Texas (48) 3) OSU (37) 4) Kansas (34) 5) Houston (29.5)
  9. OSU moved up to third in the men's team score by placing runners in first and third in the mile.
  10. With the Heptathlon events ongoing, some results from it as well as various other updates: Day Two WOMEN Shot Put (ongoing): currently Nina Ndubuisi, Chrystal Herpin, and Marilyn Nwora hold the top three spots. Kiana Lowery is eleventh and hopefully will have a good toss as top nine are through to finals. Herpin put a personal best out there with 17.48m/57' 4 1/4" so keep it up ladies! Triple Jump (ongoing): Ackelia Smith is currently in second behind Winny Bii of OSU. 60m Hurdles (final): Emelia Chatfield (1) 7.95; Akala Garrett (6) 8.27. With a personal best, Chatfield scores 10 points for the Longhorns while Garrett earns 3 points. 60m (final): Ackelia Smith (5) 7.29. Smith earns 4 points for the Longhorns and is pulling double duty since the TJ is still competing. Rosemary Chukwuma of Texas Tech placed first 7.23 and the Tech squad also placed second and third sweeping the top three spots. MEN Triple Jump (ongoing): Kelsey Daniel is currently in second place while Solomon Washington and Jathan Belaire are eleventh and twelfth respectively. 60m Hurdles (final): Kendrick Smallwood (5) 7.70; Kody Blackwood (8) 7.96. Smallwood and Blackwood earn 5 total points for the Longhorns. 60m (final): The Longhorns had no qualifiers for the final. First place went to Don'dre Swint of Texas Tech in 6.55 and Tech athletes went 2, 4, 5, and 6 (2nd place was a tie with a Houston athlete). Heptathlon: 60m Hurdles: Brock Lewis (7) 8.39 (886 pts) Pole Vault (ongoing): Brock Lewis is currently in fifth place. Overall, Lewis has moved up to tenth place in the Heptathlon standings. TEAM SCORES WOMEN 8 of 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) Texas (49) 2) Texas Tech (40) 3) OSU (33) 4) Baylor (32) 5) OU (30) Everyone else MEN 8 of 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) Texas Tech (95) 2) Texas (48) 3) Kansas (32) 4) Houston (29.5) 5) OU (25.5) Everyone else Edit to add: still quite a few events left. The Texas men have some key events where potential scoring opportunities exist. The shot put will feature Neugebauer and Piperi for example.
  11. Weather is really beautiful today. Have almost all the beds cleaned out; lettuces are going quite well, have beets and carrots underway, and tomatoes still indoors under lights. I've got Roma, cherry, and Early Girl varieties growing from seed and will purchase a small flat of Celebrity transplants with a group of friends. We go in together to get bulk pricing and then split up the cost. Works well for those of us that have gardens large and small and don't want to waste plants. Still haven't started the Swiss Chard or the beans etc. Am very unhappy with the squirrels digging right now. Ruined a beautiful larkspur that was almost to maturity.
  12. Thank you. The tweet/video clip from an account that retweets RW influencer Ian Miles Cheong (from Malaysia) w/o irony and total innocence. Who me?
  13. Updated results from the Big 12 Indoor Championships from last evening... But before that, TEAM SCORES. WOMEN 6 of 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) OSU 33 2) Texas 32 3) OU 30 4) Baylor 27 5) KState 22 6) Iowa State 21 7) BYU 16 7) Kansas 16 9) Cincinnati 11 9) Texas Tech 11 MEN 5 of 19 EVENTS SCORED 1) Texas Tech 36 2) Texas 35 3) Kansas 32 4) OSU 21 5) Iowa State 19 6) BYU 18 7) Houston 9.5 7) OU 9.5 9) Kansas State 6 10) TCU 5 Results WOMEN Long Jump: Ackelia Smith (1) 6.74m/22' 1 1/2", Aaliyah Foster (3) 6.34m/20' 9 3/4". Smith and Foster scored 10 and 6 points, respectively, for the Longhorns. 5000m: Eva Jess (7) 16:20.48. Winner, Taylor Roe of OSU, ran a meet and facility record 15:32.03. Jess scored 2 points for the Longhorns. DMR: Texas (11). First place won by West Virginia 11:18.08 MEN Long Jump: Leo Neugebauer (1) 7.92m/26'; Jathan Belaire (2) 7.67m/25' 2"; Solomon Washington (7) 7.47m/24' 6 1/4"; Kelsey Daniel (9) 7.43m/24' 4 1/2". Earning 10, 8, and 2 points for first, second, and seventh, Neuegebauer and Belaire also jumped personal best distances in their medal winning event. Daniel was just two inches and a little bit of sand shy of 8th place which would have earned him a point. Weight Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe (1) 22.79/74' 9 1/4". With a personal best throw, Nubbe earns 10 points for the Longhorns. Pole Vault: Connor Boenig (12) 5.08/16' 8". First place winner Clayton Simms of Kansas vaulted 5.68/18' 7 1/2. Simms has the fourth best vault in the nation this season with this PB. 5000m: Isaac Alonzo (9) 14:16.08; Haftu Knight (DNF); Ernest Cheruiyot of Texas Tech placed first with a facility record time of 13:42.08. He would need to drop ~forty seconds from this time to catch Northern Arizona's Nico Young's nation leading time (for perspective). DMR: Texas (4) 9:40.04. The DMR team earned 5 points for the Longhorns but it was going to be awfully tough to best OSU's performance. Setting meet and facility records with a time of 9:29.41, the most exciting part was that the second place BYU squad (9:29.98) was in the lead until the last leg when Ryan Schoppe put the pedal down to best the Cougars. (Schoppe is a graduate of La Porte HS, winning UIL State XC in 2019, runner up in '18. ) Day Two will begin late morning and conclude with the 4X400 Relays. Good luck to all the athletes participating.
  14. More qualifiers, results, etc. Will be the last update until tomorrow although events will continue until 8:00 PM CST. WOMEN Weight Throw: Kiana Lowery (7) 18.14/59' 6 1/4" Monique Hardy of KSU places first--21.11/69' 3 1/4". Lowery had the unfortunate meet where the fouls outnumbered the clean throws. Lowery scores 2 points towards Texas team score. Pole Vault: Kaeli Thompson (7) 4.20/13' 9 1/4". Alencia Lentz of Baylor places first--4.50/14' 9" (meet record). Thompson scores 2 points for the Longhorns. Mile (prelim): No Longhorn athletes competed in this event. Billah Jepkirui of OSU has the leading qualifying time of 4:40.95. 60m (prelim): Ackelia Smith qualifies. Kenondra Davis just misses out by placing 11th overall (8 advance, top in each heat plus next 4 fastest times). 600 yard (prelim): Ackala Garrett qualifies. Mackenize Brown (12) does not advance. 400m( prelim): Ziyah Holman, Lauren Lewis, and Dejanea Oakley all advance to the final. 1000m (prelim): Amity Ebarb just misses out qualifying by placing 9th, one spot away. 800m (prelim): Olivia Howell (5) qualifies. 200m (prelim): Dejanea Oakley advances with the leading time, Kenondra Davis does not advance. Women's events ongoing, still to come this evening are Long Jump (final), 5000m (final) and DMR (final) *Eva Jess (7) in the 5000m but result is not final. MEN 60m (prelim): Nolton Shelvin (10), Marcellus Moore (13), and John Rutledge (20) did not qualify for the finals. 600 yard (prelim): Elijah Mosley advances to the final, Chris Brinkley and Cole Lindhorst do not advance. *Lindhorst may have had something happen during the race, his official time was way off. 400m (prelim): Brian Herron and Logan Popelka advance to the finals. 1000m (prelim): Yusef Bizimana advances to the final, Christopher Riley does not. 800m (prelim): Daniel Howells qualifies for the final. 200m (prelim): John Rutledge advances to the final (in the final spot), Nolton Shelvin misses the finals by two places, and Marcellus Moore does not advance. Results are not official on this event. Men's events ongoing, still to come this evening are Long Jump (final), Weight Throw (final), Pole Vault (final), 5000m (final), and DMR (final). Currently leading the Long Jump is Leo Neugebauer, with Jathan Belaire in fourth, Solomon Washington in seventh, and Kelsey Daniel in tenth place. Jeremiah Nubbe is leading the weight throw. Overall Team Standings: WOMEN (4 of 19 events) 1,1) Oklahoma, OSU 25 3) Baylor 19 4) KSU 18 5) Texas 16 6) Kansas 13 MEN No events scored
  15. But why did the meme creator use someone who resembles Jimbo Fisher, cause the one thing Fisher doesn't have to do for the next seven years is take out a loan on a big old truck.
  16. Awesome! Kristine Blazevica blazed right into the lead winning the 800 meters, the final pentathlon event! Women's Pentathlon 800m: Kristine Blazevica (1) 2:13.89 (908 pts) Overall Pentathlon result: Kristine Blazevica (1) (4430 pts) scoring 10 points for the Longhorn Team Score.
  17. Blazevica is currently in second place overall with 3522 points in the pentathlon, seventeen points behind Angel Richmore of OU with just the 800m race to go. IIRC, Richmore used to run for SFA. Also: Women's 60m Hurdles (prelim): Emelia Chatfield (2) and Akala Garrett (5) both qualify for Saturday's final. Men's 60m Hurdles (prelim): Kendrick Smallwood (5) and Kody Blackwood (7) also qualify for Saturday's final, barring any unseen problems with the final result.
  18. I am sitting here with my tongue rolling over my teeth wondering exactly what MTG is going to do with the word, "disgorgement" in her hot twitter take.
  19. Blasphemer. It's Prefontaine, aka 'Pre." RIP to one of the greats.
  20. Running events have begun as have some field events while the pentathlon and heptathlon are ongoing. The women's long jump results are being finalized but it appears that Blazevica placed second in that event, with just the 800m remaining. Men's Heptathlon High Jump: Brock Lewis (12) 1.81m/5' 11 3/4" (636 pts). Phillip Frank of OSU placed first--1.99/6' 6 1/4" (794 pts) Lewis has 2697 (-616) points overall and at the conclusion of today's Heptathlon events is in twelfth place. Overall leader is Grant Levesque of Houston with 3313 points.
  21. Women's Pentathlon Shot Put: Kristine Blazevica (4) 12.91m/42' 4 1/4" (721 pts). Urte Bacianskaite of Kansas State placed first--15.42m/50' 7 1/4" (889 pts). Blazevica's point total is now 2623. The long jump is in progress so the overall standings are a bit messy right now. She will be in the top three most likely. **Right now she is 57 points behind Richmore of OU for the overall title.** Hook 'em!
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    It's also rather sad that the social media 'experts' are so blind to their perspective that they cannot conceive that a school might have a larger indigenous population (some of whom may be from several demographic categories). One of the teachers at my HS was elected chief after he retired from education. He was a good man.
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