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CRESWELL, Ore. — So far in 2014, playing on home turf hasn't provided much of a benefit to the Oregon men's golf team.
That's something the Ducks hope to turn around by May 15, the next time they play in their home state, as hosts of an NCAA Regional.
Playing their second straight tournament in-state, the UO men struggled again with windy conditions and finished third Tuesday in the Duck Invitational, played at the par-72, 7,165-yard Emerald Valley Golf Course. Oregon's previous tournament was a ninth-place finish at Bandon Dunes two weeks earlier.
"When conditions have been tough, we haven't done that great," UO coach Casey Martin said. "That's our hurdle — it's just the character of battling through some of the adversity. We've kind of wilted at times, and today we did. But you keep grinding."
Oregon entered the day at 8-over 584, two strokes behind Oregon State after the tournament's two opening rounds Monday. The Beavers held serve with a 3-over 291 in the final round Tuesday, while Oregon was 12-over for the day, falling to 20-over for the event, two strokes behind second-place Minnesota.
The Ducks started well through the first six holes of the third round, keeping pace with Oregon State. Oregon's fall corresponded roughly to afternoon winds that picked up over the course of the round.
The two straight subpar performances followed a victory for the UO men on Feb. 23 at the Cowboy Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Springs, Calif. The Ducks look to rebound against strong fields at The Goodwin hosted by Stanford, Friday through Sunday, and the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif., on April 12-13.
"When things go well, we're pretty good, and then when things get tough, we don't handle it that great," Martin said. "We need to get better that way.
"We have time, and I've got a good crew. They're good kids and they work hard. But that's the challenge ahead of us."
The Ducks fielded a top five featuring three sophomores and a freshman this week, young players who figure to benefit from the experience of playing in tough conditions. Sophomore Sulman Raza finished at 2-over 218 to tie for sixth among individuals, with sophomore Brandon McIver another two strokes back.
Sophomore Zach Foushee carded a 6-over 222, freshman Thomas Lim finished at 8-over 224 and junior Jonathan Woo shot 17-over 233.
Like the team as a whole, Raza excelled in Palm Springs in late February, finishing second as an individual, but has struggled the last couple weeks.
"I was probably overthinking my shot a lot," said Raza, who went 70-73-75 for the tournament. "When the wind comes up, you just start trying to hit the perfect shot, and then you start guiding it. There's going to be adversity but sometimes we don't handle it that great, because it frustrates us when we think we hit a great shot and something else affects it."
Oregon's top finisher, freshman Brandon Baumgarten, played as an individual and finished tied for third at even-par 216. Baumgarten shot 73-72-71 over two days, and earned himself a spot in the top five at The Goodwin, Martin said.
"I feel like I did pretty good; it was tough, and I played well," Baumgarten said. "The other week at Bandon it was blowing, and I hit it well there. So I had a little extra confidence when the wind picked up here."


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The bars of Fullerton will be blaring out Toto and Wham! music tonight, February 27, as the city celebrates its second annual 1980s pub crawl. Sponsored by OC Weekly, the event will feature drink specials and live entertainment, as well as costume contests for the best 80s outfits.
Several bars and pubs in Downtown Fullerton (near the intersection of Commonwealth Ave. and Harbor Blvd.) will be participating in the celebration. So slap on your reddest nail polish and your skinniest ties and come celebrate the decade in which CDs replaced LPs, and Walkmen paved the way for iPods. Oh, and don't forget the mousse.


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With prospects of record fall crops, Kansas farmers are anxious to harvest. But they're having to work around the changing weather.Autumn Harvest May Break Record In Kansas
"In our business you've got to work around the weather and do what the weather allows you to do when the crops are ready," said Colwich farmer Alvin Neville.
Many area farmers are starting to harvest soybeans, one of the three big fall crops.
If crop forecasters are correct, Kansas farmers will have a lot to harvest this fall. Corn is forecast at 518.4 million bushels, soybeans at 140 million bushels and milo at 82 bushels per acre.
There are also high hopes for large crops across the nation. The U.S. corn crop is forecast to have the highest yield per acre and be the second largest crop.
Record crops will impact price and will likely be more than elevators can store.
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Recently Journalism.co.uk published two useful lists of recommended smartphone apps for journalists: 15 for Android devices, and 15 for the iPhone. Many are free; prices for non-free apps are listed in Euros.
Recommended Android apps include:
- Imagegeotag. Camera app that lets you tag images with location, date, time, compass data and more.
- Multimedia Slides Creator. Create quick audio slideshows.
- PCM Recorder. Records audio at a much higher quality than the standard Android voice recording app.
Recommended iPhone apps include:
- Byword. Text editor with easy Dropbox.com sync.
- Vyclone. Allows up to four phones to record footage of the same event.
- 1st Video. Full video editing suite for iPhone.
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The first way you can find out about an instructor is by word of mouth. You may know someone who has been certified and they can tell you about his/her experience with a particular instructor. This person will not have all the details about the class so it is still very important you go to meet the instructor prior to signing up for the class.
When you meet the instructor you can now start forming your own opinions about him/her. The instructor will explain every detail about the class, including the risks that are involved. During this initial conversation you will notice if the instructor has everything in order and is organized. Organization is a critical skill an instructor should possess.
Once you form your first impressions of the instructor you may now want to ask some questions. You can start by explaining what your interests are concerning scuba, and see if they match those of the instructor. You may be very interested in marine life so it would be nice to have an instructor with the same interest. You can ask the instructor about his/her experience, and how much local diving he/she has done. It is important that your instructor have local diving experience. If you would like to check the instructor's credentials you can check his/her c-card (certification card) or check with his/her agency.
Other things to consider when choosing an instructor is what else they can offer you. You may want to find out about clubs, discounts, equipment deals, free DAN insurance while in class, free magazine subscriptions, etc. Instructors and dive shops come up with a variety of ways to get students and new customers and you can benefit from them.
It may seem like a complicated way to choose an instructor but this is a person you may be spending a lot of time with. It is not just one class. You may choose to take multiple classes with them and they may lead local dives that you want to participate in. He/she may work in the shop and can help you with purchases. The important thing to remember is a good instructor is going to make your underwater time much more enjoyable.


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What does it mean to be a Republican? Is it different than say being a Democrat? Are there principles that make Republicans different than other political parties? Or, do Republicans make their decisions about political direction by looking into their heart of hearts as one said in a recent meeting and then deciding what is right to do? Are there a set of principles that make being a Republican, an understandable and definable thing? Are these principles, solid or are they pliable? How do you know for example, when a decision is made, that it was a Republican decision as opposed to say, a Democrat decision? Should we as Republicans be able to hold our elected officials accountable to a set of principles that we can agree are those principles which should guide government? Or, do we just delve into that "heart of hearts" and hope we make the best decision?
These are concepts that are being debated all over our country today, and the only hope we have here is to add to that debate possibly some ideas that might help clarify it for ourselves and maybe even others.
The Republican platform adopted in June of 2004 states in its preamble, "We believe government must practice fiscal responsibility; and that taxpayers shall allow the government only the money necessary to provide appropriate functions." It was pointed out that the word "appropriate", has a different meaning to different people. And since it means different things to different people, different elected officials may, by consulting their own "heart of hearts", legislate from their conscience. Is this acceptable? Or are there, universally accepted concepts that tell us what government is and what it is not? Should our elected officials work from these concepts rather than from that largely untrustworthy, "heart of hearts"?
It has been pointed out that people define the concepts of governmental responsibilities differently. It is because of this very problem that our founders decided our nation would be one that would be ruled by law. Therefore, they codified the universally accepted ideas of limited government. That codification became our Constitution. When they formed the Constitution, they of course used a philosophy that they had come to through their reading of history, and observations of the failings of previous governments in civilizations antecedent to them. It is instructive to remember that their philosophy is what produced the Constitution. That same philosophy resulted in the early state constitutions. It also under girded the decisions that were made by the legislatures of the federal and state governments for decades after. We would do well to remember that the decision to limit government was not arrived at lightly. Today we violate those concepts, willy-nilly under the impression that we are doing some good to some people. The simple fact is that the decision to limit government was a wise one, because men are not God. Therefore, most day to day decisions were left to individuals in contractual arrangements, in civil arrangements, and in financial arrangements.
When the person mentioned above described reaching into their "heart of hearts" to decide what was "appropriate", someone else noted that just below that statement about appropriate functions, the preamble described what appropriate was. Here's what it said. "We believe the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations, and that the best government is that which governs least." Now we have to define "critical"!
Let's go ahead and define a couple of words. "Appropriate"- especially suitable or compatible. Synonym- fitting. Let's define fitting- 1 a : to be suitable for or to : harmonize with b archaic : to be seemly or proper for <it fits us then to be as provident as fear may teach us -- Shakespeare>
2 a : to conform correctly to the shape or size of <it doesn't fit me anymore> b (1) : to insert or adjust until correctly in place <fit the mechanism into the box> (2) : to make or adjust to the right shape and size <fitting the jacket to the customer>
Just what are we trying to fit? Are we trying to fit our conscience? Or, are we trying to fit a government that is fiscally responsible and limited? It appears that the idea put forth is that appropriate functions are those that harmonize with the idea of a fiscally responsive and limited government.
When people of good conscience differ it is necessary to repair to a set of codified instructions that will prevent them from embarking on a path that will result in violating the principles of government laid down in that codification. Thomas Jefferson, after further noting that the Constitution had "fixed the limits" of political power, concluded, "In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." He advocated the idea that the fixed powers written out on paper were the limits of political aspirations. In the same way, we as Republicans have a document not so revered but valid for our forays into governmental action. We should either take our platform seriously or chuck it and move on. Either it has validity or it does not. For example, the first two sentences of item I of the platform state:
The Republican Party recognizes that the government is financed only from taxing its citizens. We believe the size and cost of government, as well as the national debt, must be reduced.
What does "reduced" mean. Does it mean "to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number" as Webster's says? Or does it mean that we work up a budget massively larger than last years, cut some of the increases and call it a reduction? It is clear since the platform was adopted in 2004 that the intention of the document was to encourage the government of 2005 to be smaller than the one of 2004. Where in the country has that happened?
We, in the United States, live under the rule of the largest civil government, measured in budgetary terms, in history. Federal spending alone in fiscal year 2006 was over $2.7 trillion, which means the federal government spent $7.4 billion a day or $5.1 million in every minute of the year. This is 815 times the level of federal spending in 1930. The Idaho budget general fund is way over 2 billion and has increased at an even greater rate than the total budget every year. From just over 1.3 billion in 1998 to 2.2 billion in 2005 is an increase of over 69%. Our county budget has gone from 5.3 million in 1983 to 42 million in 2007. The figures are published by the government so I am not making them up. Private sector salaries in Bonner County have increased about 100% since 1983 but the County budget has increased almost 700% while the population in the county grew 54% in the same time. The government grew thirteen times as much as the population! This does not seem to fit the definition of "reduced". Can we at least agree that a "reduction" has not happened and is not happening? What should we do in light of this? There has been little action holding elected Republicans to this responsibility at any level of government. How about demanding that the size of government as measured by dollars and cents be less than the previous year? That's what the platform says. So the county budget in 2008 should be say, 40 million (just two million down from 2007) the state budget should be 2.85 billion (down only 150 million!) and the federal horror should shrink to 2 trillion again. More "reductions" next year! We can't do it all at once. Suggest this to your legislators and listen to them howl! One of their favorite comments is some variation of "we will have to cut some important projects from funding…". Most of the projects in question are not government responsibilities at all in light of the Republican Platform statement in the preamble "We believe the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations and that the best government is that which governs least." And yet they trot out the caveat as though it answers the questions.
While this does not give a complete definition of a Republican it at least shows that very, very few legislators exist today that are Republicans in practice which is the only kind of Republican that matters.


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UCLA Head Football Coach Karl Dorrell addresses the media and UCLA All-Access reporter Jeff Siegel interviews key players Brigham Harwell, Chris Markey, Marcus Everett, Justin Hickman, Eric McNeal, Alterraun Verner, Bruce Davis, Reggie Carter, Chris Horton, Robert Chai, and Rodney Van, and defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker, in two video presentations following the Bruins' 13-9 victory over USC Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
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TSW Guides: Red Handed
In Besieged Farmlands – The Secret World
TSWGuides is pleased to provide this full walk through for the quest Red Handed. Red Handed was added in the 1.1, Carter Unleased, patch. The investigation mission continues the exploration into the past of Doctor Varias' father. Doctor Varias can be found in Besieged Farmlands. As is the case with all of our TSW Guides, we use spoiler text to cover up the solutions. Simply open the box for the step you are having problems with to receive the information needed to finish the step.
Red Handed: Step 1
"Diagnose and Treat the First patient."
Vancomycin – used to treat colitis (intestinal inflammation) after antibiotic treatments (this is an antibiotic)
Boric Acid – used as an antiseptic
Oxicodone – used to treat moderate to severe pain
Diazepam – relieves anxiety, muscle spasm and seizures, to control agitation and alcohol withdrawl
Thioridazine – used to treat schizophrenia and depression, in people who have ben treated with 2 other medicines which failed to help or who have experienced severe side effects
Fluoxetine – a treatment for post traumatic stress disorder
Chloroquine – steroid sparing agent for asthma
Gabapentin – for acute postoperative pain in adults or chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia
Phenazone – is an analgesic (painkiller) and antipyretic (reduces fever)
Paracetamol – pain reliever and fever reducer, common for headaches, cold and flu
Now, with that information, it's time to get yourself Red Handed and treat the patients! Enjoy your time as a battlefield orderly, no malpractice insurance required.
Treat Patient #1 - Patient #1 mild spasms in jaw muscles, breathing problems. suspicious that it is caused by filthy blood.
Treat Patient #2 - Patient #2 headache, nausea, fever, vomiting. Plasmodium falciparum in blood…
Treat Patient #3 - Patient #3 Fever, chills and severe shaking, confusion and dizziness. Small red dots on the skin, rapid breathing and heartbeat, reduced urination. Cleaned and bandaged a nasty wound on this one, but it may have become infected.
Examine Patient #4 Aggressive behavior, hallucinations, delusions, excessive production of saliva, fever, sweating and a sustained erection. This is rabies and at this point I can only make the patient comfortable.
Red Hand: Step 2
"Read the doctor's diary." "Find the clue encrypted in the diary."
Hint: The periodic number corresponds to a letter in the alphabet.
Red Handed: Step 3
Red Handed: Step 4
Red Handed is not the only quest involving Doctor Varias and his father. The senior Professor Varias was a researcher with the Red Hand (hence, Red Handed). Both of Doctor Varias's other quests involve the Red Hand. Additionally, two item quests in the zone and the dungeon the Facility also relate to the material from Red Handed.


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From NCI's PDQ on AML
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The risk factors for developing childhood AML, childhood CML, JMML, TMD, and MDS are similar.
Anything that increases your risk of getting a disease is called a risk factor. Having a risk factor does not mean that you will get cancer; not having risk factors doesnt mean that you will not get cancer. People who think they may be at risk should discuss this with their doctor. Possible risk factors for childhood AML, childhood CML, JMML, TMD, and MDS include the following:
* Having a brother or sister, especially a twin, with leukemia.
* Being Hispanic.
* Being exposed to cigarette smoke or alcohol before birth.
* Having a history of MDS (also called preleukemia) or aplastic anemia.
* Past treatment with chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
* Being exposed to ionizing radiation or chemicals such as benzene.
* Having certain genetic disorders, such as Down syndrome, Fanconi anemia, neurofibromatosis type 1, or Noonan syndrome.
There are genetic risks associated with the development of AML. There is a high concordance rate of AML in identical twins, which is believed to be in large part a result of shared circulation and the inability of one twin to reject leukemic cells from the other twin during fetal development.[1-3] There is an estimated twofold to fourfold risk of fraternal twins both developing leukemia up to about age 6 years, after which the risk is not significantly greater than that of the general population.[4,5] The development of AML has also been associated with a variety of predisposition syndromes that result from chromosomal imbalances or instabilities, defects in DNA repair, altered cytokine receptor or signal transduction pathway activation, as well as altered protein synthesis. (Refer to the following list of inherited and acquired genetic syndromes associated with myeloid malignancies.)
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TC TO JAMES CARLYLE ; 13 March 1842; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18420313-TC-JC-01; CL 14: 69
Templand, 13 March, 1842—
Dear Jamie,
I know not whether this will be able to reach you before Tuesday morning:1 but at all events it may serve to warn my Mother and Isabella, and so be worth a penny.— I do not know now whether we shall get direct down into Annandale, by the Gill &c, as originally proposed; whether we shall not be obliged to come up hither again, and so perhaps across by Lochmaben. At all events it will be better to make no appointment at Gill or elsewhere till you meet me on Tuesday.
I have heard from John; all is well at London: from my Wife (this morning for the second time); her health seems better, but her spirits are naturally altogether sunk, her whole heart disconsolate and desolate. She is able for travelling, she says; and will set off so soon as her Uncle returns,—perhaps about friday or so.
On Tuesday you need not hurry yourself inordinately,—tho' if you should miss this Letter, and come early in the morning, of course it will be no harm.
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The new film "Easy A" shatters the golden rule of teen comedies – don't evoke the Hughes unless you can come close to measuring up to the Hughes.
And "Easy A" is but a shadow of an imprint of a Xerox from those '80 John Hughes comedies.
That's hardly a sin, since most films can't compete with Ferris, Ducky and the gang. But "Easy A" relentlessly reminds us of the Hughes canon with shout outs and direct references.
Not smart, even though the movie shrewdly casts the next Lindsay Lohan in the title role.
Emma Stone is Olive, a pretty high schooler whose best friend (Alyson Michalka, "Hellcats") is obsessed with sex – like everyone else in their California 'hood.
When Olive fibs about a romantic conquest, her alleged first, the social media world starts spinning out of control. She's instantly branded "easy," which complicates her life and draws the ire of the school Christians led by Amanda Bynes.
Her new status has consequences. A picked on gay teen asks for Olive to lie about them having a relationship to take the heat off of him, and other students reach to to her to improve their dating cred.
It's all fodder for a timely teen comedy loosely based on "The Scarlet Letter," but "Easy A" tries too hard to make it so. The screenplay by Bert V. Royal can't be bothered to see the characters as flesh and blood types – they're all vehicles for either humor or crude stereotypes. Consider Olive's parents, played by Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci. They start out as noble parents whose kid is so good they don't have a clue how to punish her when she misbehaves.
Later, they're relegated to easy sexual jokes and show themselves to be completely unaware of their daughter's plight.
It's hard to imagine Christians getting worse treatment than they get here. Bynes' character is ugly to the core, and her gaggle of self-righteous friends, dubbed Jesus Freaks, are equally foul. "Saved!" is practically a religious training film by comparison. Faith-based viewers take it on the chin elsewhere, from the guidance counselor (a wasted Lisa Kudrow) pressing condoms into Olive's hand to a pastor (Fred Armisen) leering at porn.
Stone remains on the cusp of stardom despite "Easy A," her husky voice and endearing screen presence undiminished here. Even she wears out her welcome mid-film, the precise time it becomes clear the film has nothing left to say.
"Easy A" evokes "The Breakfast Club," "Say Anything" and other iconic teen comedies, smirking at the notion it will one day stand tall next to them. The folks behind the film deserve a round of Saturday detention for daring to think such thoughts.
(Photo: Emma Stone shines as a troubled teen in "Easy A," a movie poking fun at high school culture. Screen Gems)
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They tell writers that for best results "write what you know", and there couldn't be a much better result than when Boris Fishman set out to write his first novel by blending his immense knowledge of Russian history with his own life's experience.
Fishman's novel A Replacement Life, which debuts tomorrow, features as its main character Slava Gelman, who emigrated with his parents and grandparents from Russia to Brooklyn, New York at the age of seven. (Fishman did the same at the age of nine). After college, Slava ends up working for a prestigious magazine in Manhattan. (After college Fishman worked at the New Yorker magazine for three years.) And when Fishman describes Slava's first day in an American school, the reader can simply feel without a doubt that he's been there and done that.
Slava walked into his first American classroom with an old man's part in his hair, a striped velour sweater…thirty pairs of American eyes assessed this new flotsam and resumed spitballs and notes. Slava could not distract himself from himself as easily.
However there is also much dissimilarity between Boris Fishman and Slava Gelman. Unlike Fishman, transplant Slava feels he cannot fully assimilate—not become a "real" American nor a successful writer— until he separates quite physically and emotionally from his family. He feels polluted by Brooklyn and the immigrants there who refuse to take any interest in American culture. After two years of trying to get his writing published, he finally comes to the conclusion that he needs to get everything Brooklyn represents out of his system, so he cuts his family off and escapes.
Our great realizations are slow dishes, but once they're ready they announce themselves as suddenly as an oven timer.
A year later, Slava's mother calls to tell him, "Your grandmother isn't."
Isn't. Verbiage was missing. In Russian, you didn't need the adjective to complete the sentence, but in English you did. In English, she could still be alive.
At first Slava doesn't understand, thinking that even though his beloved grandmother had been ill for years, nothing would happen to her while he was gone "until he authorized new developments." But gone she is, and when Slava returns to Brooklyn to attend her funeral services, his grandfather pulls him aside and shows him a letter which had just arrived in the mail.
The German government offers restitution to Holocaust survivors. Since little or no documentation exists for those who were held in concentration camps or ghettos, most of the claims are based on letters describing personal experiences during the war. Slava's grandfather did not qualify for restitution but his grandmother did. But now Grandmother "isn't", so her widower, who never really considered Slava's chosen profession to be quite valid ("It's not too late to become a businessman.") asks Slava to forge a letter on his behalf instead, saying "You're a writer, aren't you?" To which Slava replies, "NOW I'm a writer."
Slava initially refuses to commit the forgery. And he really doesn't know much about his grandmother's war experiences anyway as she'd never wanted to talk about the horrors she'd seen. When he'd once made up a ruse of an assignment in high school to get her to talk it, "her tongue moved but no words emerged" and he couldn't bring himself to force her. Instead he settled on the tale of how his grandparents met and fell in love, a story he wrote in a notebook and which became the only real story of his grandmother's youth that he had.
He traced and retraced its slender collection of details, his pocket notebook as overlarge for the few facts it contained as a widower's bed for it revised list of occupants.
But as he further ponders the idea, Slava begins to weave stories for himself about what his grandmother's experiences might have been like. In doing so, he brings the woman who helped raised him and to whom he was devoted back to life, at least in his own mind. Ultimately he decides to do what his grandfather asks, his desire to be loved and needed for his writing overpowering his desire to be more American than Russian.
However, Slava swears his grandfather to secrecy. His grandfather retorts "who would I tell?" But tell he does. Slava's grandfather is a wheeler-dealer from way back, and he cannot resist farming Slava out to friends who need help writing their own letters to apply for funds. Slava becomes the forger of South Brooklyn, setting into motion a chain of events leading to a hot pursuit by an investigator.
Although Fishman never forged any documents, the inspiration for the storyline came from his own life as well. His grandmother was a Holocaust survivor and became eligible for reparation in the 1990s (although payments began in the 1950s, Soviet Union survivors were ineligible for years because the feeling was the government would usurp any monies given). Although still quite young, he was given the papers to complete for her because he spoke the best English. It occurred to Fishman at that time that this was a system which could easily be swindled. In his home country, people had to finagle just to survive and learned not to trust an untrustworthy government. Fishman says he knew someone at some point would figure this out and "have a field day". And someone did. In 2010, this actually happened and the FBI exposed the fraud. But by then Fishman had already written the first draft of his novel.
There are many dichotomies to be found in this delightful book. "Good" versus "bad", "old" versus "new". Slava even has two romantic interests: Vera, whom he knew from the old country, and Adrianna, who works one cubicle over from him at the fictional "Century" magazine.
And though the subject matter is largely dark, when you least expect it there is also humor which comes up and bites you in a most pleasant way. One would not expect to laugh until tears ran when reading a book which at its core is about surviving the Holocaust, but I defy anyone to read Fishman's description of Slava trying to imitate his supervisor's way of dressing without doing exactly that.
A Replacement Life is a brilliant first novel by a talented writer and has already been receiving rave reviews. It will be available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and in Barnes and Noble stores.
If you want an excellent read this summer, look no further.
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She's drop-dead hilarious and wildly unique, that we know. But Cloris Leachman—Oscar winner and the most lauded actress in Emmy history, with eight prime-time statuettes—has plenty of surprises in her yet, from the uncanny flexibility she demonstrated on Dancing With the Stars to the swimsuit-clad body she displayed in a recent photo shoot for In Touch magazine. The star we've loved in everything from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Young Frankenstein to Malcolm in the Middle shares her insights on staying positive, staying flexible, and staying true to herself.
MORE: Tell us about a time when you made a life-altering decision.
CLORIS LEACHMAN: I decided not to smoke cigarettes at age six because I had this wretched picture in my mind of people in opium dens, and I thought that's what would happen to me if I smoked. I made a lot of major decisions when I was six. Some kid spit in my lunch at school – that's when I decided I would never get bitter.
Although you started in this business in your twenties, you didn't have the easiest journey; acclaim didn't come until you were in your mid-forties. How have you maintained a positive outlook, taking adversity and rejection with ease? What's your advice for people struggling in today's tough climate?
Start breathing. Whenever things go differently than expected, we stop breathing. If we think negatively, we react negatively to our own thoughts. And really, how many times do the things we most fear actually happen? Yes, there's a lot of bad stuff going on, but that's always the case. You can attract good things; you just have to know what you want. Somebody once said – and I think it's so true – "If you're clear about what you want, people tend to want to give it to you."
You've always been into healthy eating and taking care of yourself. What's your philosophy?
Draw a big O, and put a diagonal line through it. If it's bad for you, don't put it in that hole – your mouth, that is! [She laughs.]
What inspired you to create your own clothing line (www.clorisline.com)?
I hate going into someone's closet and thinking, "Oh, god. It's all so stale." I love our clothes because they're flattering, easy and sexy. They truly work for all ages and sizes, night and day, plus everything is under $50. They're just fun.
You've got some big movies coming out this year, starting this month with Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. What's next?
I'd love to sing. We were discussing what I would do after Dancing with the Stars and I said, "I'll be on American Idol." Then I learned you have to be under 28. So my son said, "We'll just get Gloria Allred and she'll sue them. For age discrimination." [She laughs. A lot.]
Here's a serious question: Who would win a Jell-O wrestling match – you or Betty White?
Oh, without question, I would.
Other than recently expressing disdain for Russell Crowe on Chelsea Lately, you rarely say anything negative about anyone. How do you avoid gossiping?
Oh, I love to gossip, and I love to hear gossip. But that's all it is. I never want to be cruel, but I'm always noticing people's oddities. As an actress, it's important to be aware of differences, because otherwise you'd play the same character all the time.
What are your thoughts on parenting?
I've never seen any reason to get mad at my children – they're human beings with feelings. We've always had fun as a family instead. Once, my mother was staying with us in our three-story house when the kids were young, and she called out to me, "Bryan is up on top of the roof – how do you want to reward him?" [She belly laughs. For a long time.]
What would be the most important thing President Obama could do for people your age?
Kiss me. Well, I'd settle for a hug.
You've been pressured to change your name and your face. Why didn't you?
When I was a little girl with so many freckles it was ridiculous, I looked in the mirror and said, "Who am I?" I remember seeing that I had a long neck, back and nose. So I thought, "I'm aristocratic." And definitely, in real life, of course, I was a princess – or at least somebody of royal birth. [She laughs.] Also about that time, I was crying and caught a glimpse of myself in the bedroom mirror. God, it was ugly. That's when I became aware that I could look different ways. I didn't even know that was called acting.
How is it that you can still lift your leg over your head at age 83?
Stretching. When I say stretching, though, it's about the least amount you can do in the world. But I can bend down and touch the floor with my entire hand. It's not so much that I'm lithe – it's that I have short legs.
To what do you attribute your substantial success?
I've had a remarkable, amazing experience – and that's not an accident. When I was a child in Iowa, I woke up every morning to sunshine, a light breeze and meadowlarks singing – heaven. My mother was an imaginative, accepting person. If I'd been criticized as a kid, I never would have arrived where I did. Once, in high school, I stayed out all night. When I got home, Mama said, "I thought you were smarter than that." My god, that meant that she thought I was really smart! That's the message I got, anyway.
Thanks for your time today, Cloris. Is there anything else you want to add?
About that wrestling match with Betty White—the reason I would win is because my legs are really strong. I think it's the stretching.


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Personnel: Emily Bell Spitz, Lenny Williams (piano).
Recording information: Ronald Regan Building And International Trade Center Am (2007-2008).
Capitol Steps, a group of former Capitol Hill staffers, are up to their usual hijinks with the hilarious musical parodies released in the midst of the 2008 primary campaign. "76 Unknowns" (based on "76 Trombones") lampoons the numerous presidential hopefuls whose campaigns quickly fell apart, while "Huckabee" is a hilarious sendup of "Let It Be," about the last G.O.P. presidential candidate to fight Senator John McCain for the nomination. President George W. Bush, known for his many vocal stumbles in public appearances, becomes Kermit the Frog in "The Brain-Mouth Connection," while "The Rain in Spain Lies Clearly on the Plain" is transformed into "McCain's Campaign," describing the unexpected rebound of the Senator's campaign, which was nearly out of money and thought to be on the verge of collapse in 2007. "Obama Meets Osama" (using the music of "Black and White") envisions a meeting between Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney is the target in "Help Me Fake It to the Right," former New York City mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is skewered with "Relying on Nine-Eleven," borrowing the music from "Stairway to Heaven." Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is the focus of "Hillary's Way," an amusing sendup of Frank Sinatra's hit "My Way." Circa 2008 current topics are also covered. "Buy, Buy American Pie" laments the lack of homemade (in other words, U.S.-raised ingredients) in food products. "Ten Pills and You're Fine" ridicules the outpouring of medicines for diseases and conditions that people had never heard of, set to Michel Legrand's "The Windmills of Your Mind" (with one line being "Cause Levitra and my Cialis keep my husband up all night"). The vocalists do a great job with their impressions (particularly of Bush and ex-President Bill Clinton). This terrific CD, like many earlier efforts by the Capitol Steps, ought to be required listening for history classes in the future. ~ Ken Dryden


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Conundrum, California 2010 $18
Think peaches and pears with a light floral bouquet. This white wine is made by the legendary winemakers at Caymus Vineyards. Caymus red wines often sell for more than $100. This is a blend of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Muscat Canelli and Sémillon. It works, try it.
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This is #58 on the Wine Spectator Top 100 list for 2011. Serve with grilled steaks or ribs. Malbec Trivia: Nicolas Catena, the founder's grandson, has a PhD in Economics and taught at UC Berkley before returning to the family business. His daughter, Laura, has degrees from Harvard and Stanford and was an emergency room physician before returning to the family vineyard to lead their research and development program.
Montes Alpha Chardonnay, Casablanca Valley (Chile), 2008, $18
This white wine makes you think of apple, pear, and fig and some fancy-pants expert said it has "piecrust notes." Who thinks up these phrases? Drink it chilled with a salad, fish, or chicken…or by itself.
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Oregon, 2010, $15
One wine magazine described this wine as, "Light and crisp, with pear and melon flavors." This would be great with seafood.
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The Hermit Crab, 2009, $15
Cute name with great summer flavors; passion fruit and pineapple aromas and flavors with apricot on the finish. Look for the red diagonal stripe across the label.
Castle Rock, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley 2010, $12
"A light, silky red." This is especially good with grilled salmon, risotto, and pasta. Serve slightly chilled.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - It has been an exciting start to the 2014 season in the professional ranks for former Bethune-Cookman baseball players, with five Wildcats seeing action across the nation.
Grabbing the most headlines for the professional Wildcats, former catcher Peter O'Brien has been tearing up pitchers with the long ball this season. O'Brien is making a name for himself, moving to Double-A Trenton Thunder after opening the season at the High-A Tampa Yankees. On the campaign, the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida native is touting a league-leading 15 home runs (10 at Tampa), in addition to seven doubles (nine at Tampa).
Playing first base and catcher for the Thunder, O'Brien was recently selected for the MLB Futures Game, the minor league All-Star game which pits American minor league players against a world team of foreign and Puerto Rican players.
Having played third and first, in addition to serving as catcher and designated hitter in the Yankees organization, writers at The New York Times have made numerous mentions to the third-year player as a possible long-term replacement for Alex Rodriguez. He was previously named an Arizona Fall League Rising Star (2013), MiLB.com Organization All-Star (2013) and South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star (2013).
The first MLB Draft pick under current B-CU head coach Jason Beverlin, right-handed pitcher Rayan Gonzalez has proven solid on the mound for the High-A Modesto Nuts of the California League. Through 31 games in 2014, Gonzalez is sporting a 4-3 record with a 3.47 ERA, striking out 37 batters in 36 innings pitched.
Now in his third year in the Rockies Organization, Gonzalez logged a 2.68 ERA and 2-3 record last season with the Asheville Tourists.
The latest pair of professional alumni, 2014 draftees John Sever and Montana Durapau, have opened their careers on a hot run early this summer in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. In four games closing for Rookie affiliate Bristol Pirates, Sever holds a 0.00 ERA with one save and a .167 opposing batting average. In five games for the Short Season-A Jamestown Jammers, Durapau has a 0-0 record and 1.88 ERA, earning starts in the past two outings.
The longest-tenured of Bethune-Cookman's active professionals, Hiram Burgos, is currently on the seven-day disabled list for the Nashville Sounds, Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, making his last appearance on April 22 versus the Omaha Storm Chasers. Last season, the fifth-year right-hander was called up mid-season and played in six games for the Brewers parent club, logging a 1-2 record in 29 innings pitched.
Through the Player Winter League this year, Burgos was named the PWL Pitcher of the Year and a Post-Season All-Star. In 2012, Burgos was named a Brewers Organization All-Star and was also the PWL Rookie of the Year in 2010.
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"Dateline NBC" can be seen each Friday (8/7 p.m.) & each Sunday (7/6 p.m.). On last Friday night's episode Jan. 17, 2014 it was called, "Deadly Deceit." In the overnight TV ratings it grabbed 6.98 million TV viewers overall. It reached 1.5 million TV viewers in the all important 18 to 49 adult demographic. Investigative reporter Andrea Canning narrated the episode.
Karl Karlsen brought Christina home to meet his family back in 1986. He had served in the Air Force & they soon got married. They had three kids named, Erin, Levi & Katy. Karl took a new job under Art who was Christina's father. They moved to California to be near her family. On New Years Day back in 1991, Karl was in the car garage when Christina got trapped in the bathroom when their house caught on fire.
Art broke the news to his family that Christina had died in that fire. Karl took his three kids and moved back home to New York four days after the fire. Christina's family were devastated that Karl just up and left the state. Art was angry too with Karl because he could've done something more to save Christina.
Karl went to work at a new job when he returned to New York. His family & friends chipped in to help raise the three kids. Karl then met a woman named Cindy Best & they married in 1993. They had a son together named Alex through "InVitro-Fertilization." Levi began to rebel against Karl & left home in 1992. He also dropped out of high school. There was another fire that same year in the barn which killed several of their prize Belgian horses.
Levi married a girl named Cassie in 2003. They had two kids, but were soon divorced. Levi got his G.E.D & took responsibility of his life & kids. By 2008, Karl discovered that a truck in their barn had fallen on Levi, crushing his chest & killing him. Karl looked like he fell apart, but came back from it easily. His brother Mike & Cindy separately suspected Karl of killing his own son Levi.
Cindy confided in her friends about Karl & they introduced her to a private investigator. She told the investigator that Karl went to see Levi in the barn before they went to a funeral that day. When they returned she heard country music coming from the barn. She claimed that Levi never listened to country music. The investigator decided that he wanted to meet Karl.
The investigator went under cover as a marketing executive to help promote Karl & Cindy's "duck bird" business. Karl it turns out had collected on Levi's life insurance policy worth $700,000. Some of the money was supposed to go to Levi's daughters who never received a penny. Karl also collected $10,000 on the insurance of his brand new damaged car. He then collected $115,000 on the death of those Belgian horses. Karl surprisingly had taken out life insurance policies on Levi's daughters too. Cindy packed up her son Alex & left Karl.
Cindy then began recording her conversations. - Did Karl confess to the murder of his son Levi? Did he kill his first wife Christina back in California? - You can watch the full episode of "Deadly Deceit" at the official website of "Dateline NBC."


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Are older adults doing the right exercises and eating the most nutrient-dense foods to prevent their muscles from weakening due to age? Or is the weakening due to loss of strength due to loss of muscle mass? Some suggest weight-bearing exercise or weight training from carrying the full grocery bags to exercising with weights, walking, or certain types of diets. So far, there's no agreement on how to measure muscle wasting.
Sarcopenia — the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength — may put up to 50 percent of seniors at greater risk for disability, yet there is no consensus within the medical community for how this condition should be measured. However, a new collection of articles appearing in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (volume 69, number 5) lays out an empirically derived set of criteria for diagnosing sarcopenia.
You can check out the study's abstract, "Sarcopenia: An Independent Predictor of Mortality in Community-Dwelling Older Korean Men," published online April 10, 2014 in the The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. These recommendations are a result of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Consortium Sarcopenia Project, which includes scientists and grantees from the National Institutes of Health, along with other partners in government, academia, and the private sector.
"Low muscle mass and weakness are common and potentially disabling in older adults, but in order to become recognized as a clinical condition, criteria for diagnosis should be based on clinically relevant thresholds and independently validated," state the authors in the lead article of the series, according to the April 15, 2014 news release, "Scholars propose new standards for gauging muscle decline in older adults."
Their findings suggest that evidence-based cutpoints of grip strength (the force applied by the hand to grip an object) and lean mass could be used in identifying sacropenia.
To arrive at the recommended criteria, the scientists working within the Sarcopenia Project pooled data from nine large studies of older people living in the community and analyzed it for grip strength, gait speed, body mass index (BMI), and appendicular lean mass (ALM), which is a measurement of muscle mass in the arms and legs. But did the study suggest what type of food and movements or lifestyle can slow down rapid muscle wasting as the years fly by?
The total sample included more than 26,000 participants. The average age of the men was about 75.2 years, and the average age of the women was 78.6 years. Women comprised 57 percent of the sample
Based on their analyses, the investigators recommend that weakness be defined as grip strength less than 57 pounds (26 kilograms) for men and 35 pounds (16 kilograms) or less in women, and low muscle mass defined as an ALM-to-BMI ratio of less than 0.789 for men and 0.512 for women. Both of these criteria were associated with increased risk of developing mobility impairment over three-years of follow-up.
The researchers also noted that the datasets included primarily healthy older people who lived within the community. The scientists explained that additional research is needed in more vulnerable older populations where disability rates are higher.
Adopting the term "skeletal muscle function deficit" to describe sarcopenia and other age-related muscle dysfunction
In the final article in the series, the authors propose adopting the term "skeletal muscle function deficit" as a new terminology to embrace the evolving conceptualization of sarcopenia and other age-related muscle dysfunction; they argue it has the potential to provide a framework for developing diagnostic categories that are useful for both clinical practice and research.
The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences is a peer-reviewed publication of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation's oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. The principal mission of the Society — and its 5,500+ members — is to advance the study of aging and disseminate information among scientists, decision makers, and the general public. GSA's structure also includes a policy institute, the National Academy on an Aging Society, and an educational branch, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.


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Life without a dishwasher is the worst. Every day you slave over a stack of plates, crusty with last night's dinner because somebody can't rinse a dish to save his life, only to be rewarded with dried out hands. If a dishwasher isn't in your budget, at the very least spring for this dermatologist-approved moisturizing therapy ($38). And maybe tell your husband that for every dish he fails to rinse, you're going to make him watch a cheesy chick flick.
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Open source Java
Open source development tools offer a more affordable and more customizable means to develop Java software. Although problems and costs can arise from lack of documentation and support, many enterprise developers make open source development a large part of their Java dev strategies. In this section on open source strategies, learn the capabilities of different tools, discover new open source Java tools, and get tips and advice on integrating and contributing to open source projects.
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The fans and supporters of actor-TV host Vhong Navarro are now celebrating because of Cedric Lee, Zimmer Raz and Deniece Millinette Cornejo's denied motion for stay. The three accused filed their motion for stay at the NBI detention cell and Camp Crame/ATCU to stop their possible transfer to a regular detention cell, but because of Judge Esperanza Cortez's resolution sent to the proper authorities this morning, August 5, 2014, Cedric, Zimmer and Deniece will be transferred to Taguig City jail very soon.
Said report was confirmed by Tony Calvento, avid supporter of actor Vhong Navarro. Using his official Facebook page, the very brave Filipino print and broadcast journalist posted the screen grab of the junked resolution. Aside from Tony Calvento, who decided to support Vhong Navarro despite the threats and intimidation that he received while he was performing his duty, ABS-CBN News also posted the junked resolution of the motion for stay filed by the three accused.
Based on the report, Judge Esperanza Cortez found no reason for the three of them to stay in the facilities of the NBI and Cramp Crame/ATCU. As you all know, Cedric and Zimmer are currently detained at the NBI detention cell while Deniece Cornejo is in the custody of the PNP in Camp Crame. The three of them are charged with serious illegal detention and grave coercion cases filed by actor-TV host Vhong Navarro due to their alleged participation in the mauling incident.
Based on Vhong Navarro's allegation, he was tortured and extorted by businessman Cedric Lee and his men at Deniece Cornejo's condominium unit in Taguig City. Meanwhile, if the three accused are scheduled to see their inmates in the city jail very soon, Ferdinand Guerrero, Jed Fernandez, JP Calma and Edgardo Sampana, their co-accused in the mauling incident, still remain at large and continue to hide despite the manhunt operation launched by the NBI and the PNP.


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Active Hardware have taken a look at the SS40G XPC barebones system from Shuttle.
The SS40G XPC is fundamentally a motherboard that is pre-installed in a case that comes complete with the necessary power-supply. Th board itself has quite a few features, including a 6-channel, 5.1-compatible CMI 8738 sound-card, an SiS315 graphics-card with S-Video-Out, a Realtek 8100B network controller, and an IEEE1394/"FireWire" controller.More information at Active Hardware.


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Barry Hinson celebrates win over Wichita State.
Feb. 5, 2013
By Tom Weber
CARBONDALE, Ill. - In a wild one at SIU Arena, Southern Illinois lost it, won it, lost it again, before dramatically winning it for good when Jalen Pendleton's floater in the lane with 2.0 seconds remaining was swatted away, yet counted thanks to a goaltending call.
In the end, the Salukis (9-14, 2-10) snapped a six-game losing streak, beating No. 22 Wichita State, 64-62, on Tuesday night for their first win over a ranked opponent since 2008. The Shockers (19-5, 8-4) left the raucous building reeling from their third-straight loss.
The night initially followed script, with Wichita jumping to a 29-12 lead with seven minutes to go in the first half. Then T.J. Lindsay came off the bench and caught fire for SIU, making four 3-pointers and pouring in 14 first-half points.
"If he doesn't get going in the first half, we're not in the ballgame," said SIU head coach Barry Hinson.
Meanwhile, the visitors parked their offense in neutral. In fact, it was a spectacular meltdown for the Shockers, who went more than 11 minutes without a field goal, committing eight turnovers and missing nine shots during a span that lasted the final six minutes of the first half and first five minutes of the second half.
"Everybody's been just blasting us because of our defense," Hinson said. "I kept telling you, if we could just make some shots where we get some energy, we play better defense."
SIU took its first lead of the game on an Anthony Beane jumper with 19:12 remaining and held a seemingly comfortable nine-point advantage, 57-48, with 5:45 to go.
Suddenly, Wichita State pulled out of its doldrums with a 12-1 run and had a 60-58 lead, plus possession of the ball with two minutes remaining.
That's when Pendleton stepped up, got a steal, made two free throws and a driving layup to knot the game, 62-62, with 48 seconds left.
The Shockers then committed a 35-second violation, handing the ball back to SIU with 11.1 seconds to go.
"We have two guys (on the court) with nine years of experience -- we have to get a shot," Marshall said.
Southern spread the floor, Pendleton drove into the paint and launched a floater that was swatted away by Wichita's Ehimen Orukpe with 2.0 seconds left. Goaltending was called, and Southern had its ninth victory of the season, surpassing last year's win total of eight.
Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall thought Pendleton should have been whistled for charging on the game-winning play. The burly guard crashed into defender Demetric Williams, who fell to the floor absent a whistle. It's likely Marshall disagreed with the goaltending call, as well.
"I thought it was a great call -- and the charge right before it," he said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "You back up, you back up, and they run over you, and you still can't get a call."
Pendleton was an unlikely hero for Southern. The rarely used true freshman was inserted into the game for defensive purposes with two minutes remaining. He wound up scoring Southern's final six points.
"I wanted to get Desmar (Jackson) the ball (on the final play), but I saw they were playing terrific defense on him," he said. "There wasn't much time left, and as I drove, (Williams) cut me off and fell, and that allowed me to get the shot off. We'll never know if it would have gone in."
Hinson said Pendleton's inexperience served to his advantage during the final, pressure-packed moments of the game.
"He probably doesn't know any better and that's probably to his benefit in that game," Hinson said. "Just go do what you do, son."
Hinson said the final possession was not drawn up for any specific player.
"In the last timeout, we just told our guys, attack the press, 11 seconds is a long time, get to the basket," he explained. "You don't have to shoot it, just make a good play. The worst thing that can happen is we go into overtime."
Hinson said he started the game with a bad feeling, because he intended to start all three of Southern's seniors, but forgot to put Lindsay into the lineup.
"I met with the seniors before the Illinois State game, and I was going to make rest of the season all about them -- I was going to start my three seniors the rest of the year," he said. "I forgot. It really bothered me."
Associate head coach Tom Hankins explained the error to Lindsay and reported back to Hinson that the senior guard said, "I just want to play, coach, however I can help the team."
It was a team victory in every sense for Southern. Jeff Early and Desmar Jackson each scored 11 points. Davante Drinkard came off the bench to play a career-high 29 minutes and scored four points. Kendal Brown-Surles made a couple of critical 3-pointers.
"The best feeling is walking off that floor and seeing our fans and seeing how excited they were, and walking in that locker room and seeing those kids jump around," Hinson said.


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With a bruised pride and rump, I return from the Alps.Vienna, Spring 2012
In a blink of an eye, February has come and gone. It's really quite astonishing just how fast the time goes by when you're abroad – so I can't stress it enough to try to enjoy every minute of it. One day you're just getting into Vienna, and the next you're here for two months it would seem! By now, classes have finally normalized into a pretty clear cut schedule – though my extracurricular activities are never quite routine as I find myself trying to fit in as many operas, concerts, and other little things into my schedule as I can. Then before I knew it, it was already time for the IES ski trip – which it felt like I'd just returned from the Berlin trip! Well, let me warn you now. While the ski trip is wonderfully organized and an all-around great experience, it's definitely not for everyone. Take, for example, me. I'd never been skiing before. Hell, I'd never even laid eyes on a pair of skis long enough o figure out how they functioned – but I'd been adventurous and decided there was no time like the present when I'd decided to sign up for the trip. While I can now say that I skied in the Austrian Alps, I am also asking myself the following questions on a daily basis in its aftermath: "Who decided it would be fun to strap on two pieces of wood to their feet before throwing themselves off the side of the mountain with metal sticks in their hands? Who thought that'd be a good idea?" As you can imagine, this was formulated after many, many instances of me rolling down the side of the mountain – getting more ground on my face than by the actual use of 'skis.' It imagine it looked quite similar to the giant snowball heap seen in many a Looney Tunes cartoon. Alas, you live and learn. While I'm happy I got to do it – I can also safely say that I do not possess the grace for winter sports. I'll happily sit in the lodge with a hot chocolate and read a book instead, thank you!
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Update: Is CIBC Signaling Heir Apparent?
By Carolyn King
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce may have been giving some concrete signals about its future succession plans Tuesday when it gave Richard Nesbitt, who heads several of its key operations, a new title: chief operating officer.
A CIBC spokesman said late Tuesday that talk of succession planning, based on today's announcement, is "premature."
The move doesn't change his responsibilities but does recognize "the leadership role Richard has been playing at CIBC over the past two years and the increased responsibilities he was given during that time," CIBC Chief Executive Gerry McCaughey said in a statement. "Richard is a key member of my management team and I look forward to continuing to work together with him to execute CIBC's strategy over the coming years," Mr. McCaughey said.
CIBC's move comes at a time when many of the top jobs are changing at Canada's big banks.
Last fall Bank of Nova Scotia promoted its international banking head, Brian Porter, to the post of president, making him heir apparent to CEO Rick Waugh. It said last month that Mr. Porter will indeed take on the CEO title later this year when Mr. Waugh retires.
Toronto-Dominion Bank, meanwhile, said in April that longtime CEO Ed Clark will retire in late 2014, with its U.S., head, Bharat Masrani, succeeding Mr. Clark in the CEO job. In the meantime, Mr. Masrani becomes TD's chief operating officer on July 1.
Mr. Nesbitt, 57 years old, heads up wholesale banking, technology, strategy, and international operations at CIBC. He joined the bank in 2008 after a stint as CEO of the parent company of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange.
(This item was updated with CIBC comment on succession planning.)