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Kyle Fuller scored 12 points and Dai-Jon Parker 11 as Vanderbilt held on down the stretch to defeat South Carolina 58-51 Saturday for its first Southeastern Conference victory of the season. The Commodores (7-9, 1-3) led 45-35 with 8:35 to go after a free throw by Shelby Moats. South Carolina (11-6, 1-3) used a 14-6 run over the next six minutes to get within a basket at 51-49, but the Gamecocks got no closer. Vanderbilt went 0-for-6 from the field in the last 6:27 but made seven foul shots down the stretch to keep in front. The Commodores' leading scorer coming in, Kedren Johnson, was held to three points, 12 fewer than his average, on 0-of-6 shooting. Brenton Williams had 16 points to lead South Carolina. Williams missed a 3-pointer with 1:41 left that would've given the Gamecocks a lead when they trailed 51-49. Rod Odom extended the Commodores' lead with a pair of foul shots moments later. Fuller made 1 of 2 from the line, as did Sheldon Jeter. Fuller added one more foul shot for a 56-49 lead with 36 seconds left. After Brian Richardson scored the Gamecocks' final points on breakaway dunk, Johnson and Fuller each made one more foul shot to put the game away. Vanderbilt avoided its first four-game SEC losing streak since the 2008-09 season. South Carolina tried to pack out the Colonial Life Arena as much for the football team as the basketball team. Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier and his staff entertained several high school prospects the team hopes to sign next month. Fans received posters commemorating what the school called the ''Best Football Team in Gamecock History.'' South Carolina went 11-2 this past season, wrapping things up with a 33-28 victory over Michigan in the Outback Bowl. Spurrier wore a bright red jacket at halftime as the fans stood and cheered. The head ball coach was flanked by several players, including star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. ''There are several future Gamecocks in the crowd tonight, and hopefully in the next few years we're going to have an SEC championship down here,'' he said. Basketball coach Frank Martin did his part to fill the stands, inviting students to join the ''Garnet Army'' and promising food and T-shirts for those who came out. The student section was packed, filled with people in garnet-themed camo tees. The Gamecocks could've used the football's team offensive success early on against Vanderbilt. After Williams' 3-pointer put them ahead 8-5 less than three minutes in, they went nearly 10 minutes without a basket. South Carolina was 3 of 23 in the final 17 minutes of the half and ended it shooting 17.2 percent (5 of 29). The Gamecocks' performance made Vanderbilt, which has been held to 33 points twice this season, appear an offensive juggernaut at 9 of 19 shooting (47.4 percent). Still, Vanderbilt couldn't break away. The Commodores are one of the youngest teams in Division I, ranking 319th out of 347 in terms of experience, and their youth showed at times. The Commodores committed 10 turnovers in the first 20 minutes. It was only after Fuller's driving layup and Jeter's basket in the last 90 seconds of the period that Vanderbilt built a 24-19 cushion.
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Get up early and exercise. �Not only will it set you up to eat healthy foods and drink water, you'll burn some extra calories to counteract the extra ones you are likely to ingest over the weekend.
Stick to your healthy eating food plan as best as you can. �Throw in some "splurges" here and there, but do not make each meal a major food fest. �For example, if you know you're going out to dinner, make a conscious effort to eat lots of vegetables and protein during the day to allow for some extra calories, carbs, and fat at dinner.
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Don't blow your calories on cocktails. �No, I'm not saying do not have a cocktail, so you can calm down. �What I am saying is that you shouldn't blow your calories on them, and that means staying away from the drinks with sugary syrups that can pack in hundreds of calories and extra sugar in a single cocktail, like margaritas, frozen daquiris, pina coladas, sangria, flavored martinis, gin and tonic, etc. �A better option is a glass wine, or a vodka seltzer with a fresh lime, or a "skinny margarita," (tequila, seltzer, fresh squeezed lime juice, and a tiny splash of fresh juice if you need a little sweetener) that are all in the 100-125 calorie range per drink, as opposed to 250+. �In addition to not wanting to add in lots of extra calories and sugar from cocktails, the alcohol with quickly turn off any "willpower" you may have around food, so you may all of a sudden be eating a large pizza and not even realizing what you're doing. �So now you're intaking LOTS of extra calories, and your most likely just going to go to sleep. Bottom line-choose lower calorie cocktails, and don't drink too much so that you lose control over your food choices.
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1) Get adequate rest
Overtraining is a condition brought on by overexerting so make sure your body gets adequate rest. If you're strength training do not work out more than three times a week interspersed with cardio days in-between. Even then do not exceed the five day mark in a single week. Also make sure you get at least 7-8 hours of sleep every day. I have seen hardworking guys hit a dreaded plateau simply because they weren't getting enough sleep every night.
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If you find yourself plateauing or thoroughly bored of your existing routine, it's time to switch things up a bit by experimenting with different exercises or different variants of existing ones. In fact why don't you try out some of the circuit training routines we've discussed earlier (link to circuit training at gym and home)? It could help you bust through that plateau.
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My S40 has nearly 150K miles on it and with regular maintenance, tire rotations/balancing and oil changes, I have had very few issues. I constantly receive compliments on how elegant the car is. Many acquaintances believe it newer and more expensive than it is. I am lucky to have Volvo-specialized mechanic with integrity in town. While parts are expensive, I plan on having the car until it dies because it is such good quality. Purchasing this vehicle is like purchasing a high-quality leather handbag. It is expensive but if you care for it regularly, the investment will bring you satisfaction and contentment for many years. You will be proud to own even if it is not the newest.
Surround sound is great! Elegant interior is calming. Huge windows mean great visibility all around. Moonroof is fantastic. I am petite, so I love that I can raise height of driver seat and lower steering wheel!
Sunroof drainage was an issue for a little while until got it cleaned. Only mechanical issues I had were result of previous owner negligence. Once resolved those and got on regular maintenance schedule, no unexpected issues.
2006 Volvo S40 Sedan T5 4dr Sedan (2.5L 5cyl Turbo 6M)
I was driving an 06 black Volvo s40 2.4i. It had 138k miles and drove like brand new. I loved every second of it. However, one day there was a dog on the freeway in the fast lane. I swerved and couldn't gain control back. I went across five lanes of traffic where I then flipped, all while doing 70. The curtain airbag deployed and I was able to walk away with a small bruise. Needless to say, I went and bought another 06 blue Volvo s40 T5. And I could not be happier. Once a Volvo, always a Volvo. I have not had any issues with the new one. Usual maintenance and what not, gas mileage is at about 24-27 MPG, but not bad for a turbo.
After 1 year I had taken my car in to repair the electrical 5 times, they couldn't do it. At one point the driver door wouldn't open and I had to enter my car through the passenger side. Volvo ended up settling for a good sized pay out. Here is a list of other problems I had with car, none of which were covered by warranty as they occurred just after the 50k warranty was up:1) engine thermostat never worked2) due to above, car overheated, replaced radiator reservoir & new thermostat3) spark plugs replaced 4) door lock covers popped off 5) plastic peeling off control buttons6) major water leak when rains, floor thoroughly soaked7) radio shorted out8) Trunk stuck in closed position
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Fix the electrical problems in this car. Don't sell lemons! Recall the car and fix the drainage problem in the sunroof, this is an obvious design flaw, don't make us pay for it. My co-worker has the same car and has the same flooding problem in her car due to the sunroof drainage issues.
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Our Volvo saved our life/limbs! We were recently hit at full speed from a guy who ran a red light! our car absorbed all the impact. None of us were severely injured (thank God!). I miss my 'Velvet' already :-(. We always got tons of remarks on the styling and the interior. Very sturdy, high quality equipment inside and out. Looked great with 18" rims on it. I bought it fresh from the Swedish factory in 2005, and had ZERO mechanical problems in 5 yrs of driving, including driving 2 yrs on the autobahn! My car was totaled in the accident but I plan to get another. I am Volvo for life. :-)
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Better gas mileage for the size of vehicle otherwise this may be a 'flawless' car! The Swedes reign supreme in my book :-)
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What is the Expelled Challenge?
To engage Christian schools to get as many students, parents, and faculty from your school out to see Ben Steins new movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (opening in theaters April 2008).
* Here are some suggestions as to how to do that: Organize a school field trip and invite parents to attend as well.
* Offer extra credit to your students to go on their own time.
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This was a great movie!!! You combined backgrounds from both series nad added nice music. My five goes to you. But one suggestion, I didn't like the fact that Ryuwon despite being weaker than Goku. All I'm sayong is to make it likeable for everyone is to come up with an ending chooser thingy at the end and maybe to make it a true great add some mystery endings! Nice jod though and keep up the awesome work!
ryu won...THIS TIME!
Part 3 will be different. it's goku's revenge. it will have more characters, and maybe with alternate endings too.
Excellent flash!
Very well done, the flash was almost perfectly alligned with the music. You did a good job with this flash. Be proud!
This is the kind of review that I want to read from everyone!
no more comments about goku losing please! I know that goku is really powerful and all, just don't badmouth the movie just because he lost. OK?
thanks again for your review and yes I AM proud with this flash!!
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I think your a bit stupid complaining about that goku should win... you can't have a solid oppinion of 1 of them. because you don't know ryu's (Stupid) Powerlevel. Well, Victor well done, make some more
Thanks! I want to make it perfectly clear that this is a FLASH MOVIE and this has nothing to do with the DBZ storyline nor goku's power level. he just got "out-comboed" by Ryu in this flash,that's all!
Well, this was really pretty awsome, but i cant believe you had Ryu win. Everyone know's that Goku would kick Ryu's ass..... with ease.
watch part 3 and stop complaining!
ryu can't win my friend goku can defeat ryu whit one punch ryu is just a fighter goku is a powerfull warrior and dont listend to the idiots that say this sux cuz it sprites this was good rlly good but looks like you got a bad day ti sumbmit ppl are not happy today you cant plz everyone so you should put a choice and a finish so forget what plp say i jsut said a fact i did not say fuck you or such i just prefer goku ao forget everything i said about beind goku crap....in conclusion very good animation and sprite works keep it up and youl be a perfectly great sprite animateur


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Bigfellas coming back to Portland to play a great evening at McMeniman's White Eagle Saloon along with locals (and Bigfellas friends) Jokers & Jacks. If you aren't aware of the Bigfellas silliness with songs such as "I Wish That I Were Gay", try this: www.bigfellas.net
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Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Danny DeVito. All three have been labeled as a âRenaissance Man.â
Eric S. Trautmann. Welcome to the club.
His email sig says it all: Writer/editor/artist/musician/weapons-grade smart-alec.â
And heâs going to need all of those tools to pull off his first major solo writing project in comics, DCâs upcoming six-issue miniseries, âJSA vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith,â because when you pit the Silver Ageâs original super team against a âreligulousâ terrorist organization, somethingâs gotta give.
Especially when Mr. Terrific and Power Girl are fighting the good fight.
A veteran story writer and developer of âgame worldsâ for Microsoft, Trautmann penned a âPerfect Darkâ comic series in 2007 after writing the franchiseâs âstory bibleâ and editing two âPerfect Dark,â novels, both written by Greg Rucka. He and Rucka hit it off and later co-wrote several issues of âCheckmate.â
CBR News checked in with Trautmann to see what tactics he used to line up his pieces in such a way where he is now helming a major summer miniseries for one of the Big Two. And now that those pieces are in play... whatâs the endgame for JSA and Kobra?
CBR News: First off congratulations on this being your first major solo gig in comics â and what a project to kick off your career!
Eric S. Trautmann: Thank you. It is a heck of a project, yes. And not a little intimidating, I must confess.
Was the series your idea, or did DC bring the project to you?
Yes and no.
At one point, Iâd been asked to take over the reins on âCheckmateâ after Greg Ruckaâs departure following the conclusion of the âCastlingâ arc in issue #25. The editor of the series at that point, Joan Hilty, had wanted us to take the book in a sort of âJanus Directiveâ direction, and Kobra was to be the main antagonist, building off of all the Kobra stuff Greg had so masterfully built, and upping the ante from âCastling.â
I spent a fair amount of time working that all up, but by the time we wrapped up #25, the die had been cast, and I ended up not getting the book. So, I filed that material away with a regretful sigh, and moved on to the next project.
After Joan moved over to Vertigo, Rachel Gluckstern sort of inherited the project, I guess, and following Ivan Brandonâs âFaces of Evil: Kobraâ one-shot, DC now had a reinvigorated Kobra to play with. Iâm not sure who thought of me for the book, but Rachel called me and asked me if I wanted a crack at a Kobra series, since Iâd done prep work on something similar for âCheckmate.â
It wasnât until a few draft proposals in that I found out that it was a JSA book, so that came as a tremendously pleasant surprise.
Are you a long-time fan of the Justice Society?
Iâm a long-time fan of many of the characters, and have enjoyed Geoff Johnsâ extended run on the series, of course. Iâve fallen so far behind in my comic reading over the last year or so, though, so a lot of my fondness for the characters comes from stuff I read a long time ago.
Tremendously difficult. To be frank, my personal preference is to handle much smaller groups of people. Iâd love to write a solo book, or a book with smaller teams. Somehow, Iâve ended up working on books that have these absolutely huge rosters. âFinal Crisis: Resistâ had dozens of characters, âCheckmate,â which, at one point, deputized every cape and mask in the DCU, and now the Justice Society?
I think the next book I pitch is going to be Aquaman sitting in a cave. Alone.
Do you have a favorite JSA member? Why?
I have a few favorites. Power Girl is a tremendously fun character to write because sheâs basically as cranky as I am. And Iâve sort of made my bones by writing strong female characters: Joanna Dark, Sasha Bordeaux, and so on. Wildcat is delightfully old school, just cracking his knuckles and breaking the right heads, but also a dedicated teacher. And of course Mr. Terrific. Itâs a joy to be able to come back to Michael.
Michael was always very hard for me to wrap my head around when I was working on âCheckmate,â and I really never felt like I âgotâ him until âFinal Crisis: Resist.â Just in the nick of too late, I guess.
Thatâs probably my favorite part of âJSA vs. Kobra.â Writing Michael again, a very tired, very stressed out Michael.
Does he figure prominently in the new story you are telling?
Certainly. Michael is one of two point-of-view characters narrating the series, so heâs definitely front and center.
One of two? Who is the other?
The other P.O.V. character is Jason Burr, the villain of the piece.
Before, we get into Jason, maybe we should talk about Kobra.
Kobra has a long history with both JSA and Checkmate. Can you update readers who may not be familiar with Kobra and Checkmate what they need to know about these two organizations heading into the series?
Oh, my. Where to start?
Kobra began life back in 1976, I think, and was a Jack Kirby/Steve Sherman/Martin Pasko/Pablo Marcos series. It was unique to me at the time because it was a whole book about a bad guy.
The Kobra âcultâ is sort of an apocalypse cult, working to bring about the Kali Yuga â a period of utter destruction from which, they believe, a new paradise will grow.
Back in the seventies, the leader of the group was Jeffrey Burr, a mad genius, who, among other things, managed to build his own Lazarus Pit. It was revealed he had a twin brother, Jason, with whom he had an empathic link. Several shadowy intelligence agencies recruited Jason to track his brother with a failsafe plan in place that, should they not be able to stop Jeffrey, they could kill Jason and the empathic link would cause Jeffrey to die.
Through that series, Jeffrey eventually found a way to sever the link, and he killed Jason, whoâs stayed dead until Ivan Brandonâs âFaces of Evilâ tale.
Jason runs the organization now, which â through Greg Ruckaâs handling of Kobra in âCheckmateâ is a far cry from the of-its-period 1970sâ Kobra. The modern Kobra is a true terrorist organization â cellular structure, massively successful counterespionage efforts, and a cadre of âblood magiciansâ called The Bestowed, who can ferret out informers and traitors.
So, really, what readers need to know about Kobra moving into âJSA vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith" is that Jeffreyâs gone, Jasonâs running the show, and heâs a far more formidable opponent than his predecessor.
He has a slightly different set of priorities, and in many ways sees his brotherâs rule of Kobra as tainted, corrupt. Heâs spending a lot of time trimming deadwood within the organization, and is working towards a rather profound shift in gears.
Beyond that, weâre in spoiler territory. But unlike Jeffrey, Jason really does have a plan, and heâs playing the game ten moves ahead.
And that leads nicely into Checkmate.
Checkmate only figures very lightly in this series. All readers really need to know is that Michael holds a rank with Checkmate, and itâs an international, U.N.-sanctioned âmetahuman reaction force.â
Does this series tie into your run on âCheckmateâ with Greg Rucka? Or the current ongoing âJustice Society of Americaâ series that is currently changing hands from Geoff Johns to Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges?
Itâs a really tangential âtieâ into âCheckmate,â save for some general concepts. Thereâs more linear continuations of storylines left hanging after âFinal Crisis: Resistâ â notably the Code Zoo escapees and the fate of Sasha Bordeaux, Michael Holtâs current paramour.
My hope is that the series ties pretty seamlessly into the âJustice Society of Americaâ monthly; the whole storyline encompasses a period of time of only a week or so, maybe less, so it should nestle comfortably between arcs. Thatâs the intention, anyway.
Your partner in crime on this series is artist Don Kramer. Have you been enjoying his pages as theyâve been coming in?
Oh, absolutely.
Donâs been an absolute joy to work with. And with his familiarity with the JSA, heâs an invaluable resource to me. Heâs been very quick to spot areas where I might be hitting a wrong note, and thatâs been unbelievably helpful.
I should also add that Don is working with inker Michael Babinski, who is literally in the same room with him. The resulting pages have just been tremendous. Itâs clear Don and Michael are having a blast.
Coming out of this series, do you know if DC has future plans for Kobra?7
Iâm honestly not sure, but my hope is that â at the end of the series â thereâs going to be no choice but to ânoticeâ Kobra as a major player in DCUâs pantheon of villainy.
And what about you, do you know your next project at DC?
Yes. But I canât say too much. Itâs an older character, more or less a solo book, but beyond that, itâs too premature to say. Sorry, man.
Are you working on any other projects right now, comics or otherwise?
Several. Hence my screaming night terrors when I think about my schedule.
Among other things, Iâm doing some videogame consulting work, which Iâm not really allowed to divulge much about, alas.
Oh, and Iâm launching a webcomic with Brandon Jerwa, David Messina, and Mirco Pierfederici â a horror/adventure tale that got its proof-of-concept in the second âPopgunâ anthology.
The webcomic is called âWide Awake,â and weâll have a six-page teaser available on Free Comic Book Day this Saturday.
Brandon and I are also hard at work on an original graphic novel for DC/Vertigo, but itâs a little too soon to talk much about that, too. Alas. But soon, I promise.
âJSA vs. Kobra: Engines of Faithâ #1, with a cover by Gene Ha, is scheduled for June 10.


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Because there could be another tornado today.
A tornado watch has been issued for New York City, Nassau County, all of New Jersey, Fairfield County in Connecticut, and parts of eastern Pennsylvania and the Hudson Valley until six o'clock tonight. This hardly means that a giant tornado is actually expected to touch down in all, or any, of those places, however. Unlike a "tornado warning," which we had two weeks ago right before this happened, a tornado watch just means that the "ingredients are there for a tornado to form," according to Tim Morrin of the National Weather Service. "Think of 'get ready, get set, go.' The 'get ready' part of it, that's the watch." Still, just to be safe, you might want to move your car away from that deceptively sturdy oak tree it's currently parked next to.
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DENVER -- Deron Williams is back in action, and the Utah Jazz are back in business.
Williams' return to the lineup helped the Jazz snap out of their funk with a 113-106 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night.
"He's the motor," Nuggets coach George Karl said, sighing.
"He's the engine," Denver point guard Chauncey Billups lamented.
In that case, Williams is humming like a Hemi V8.
The Jazz had lost eight of 10 and had been without Williams for the previous four games after he strained a tendon in his right wrist against San Antonio on Jan. 26.
Williams scored 26 points and dished out 12 assists in his return -- better than his season averages of 21.9 points and 9.4 assists that earned him his second straight All-Star pick this week.
"I thought it was good," Williams said. "The wrist is sore; it's going to be sore for a while. Every time I hit it, land on it, get fouled, it hurts. It's something I have to deal with it. I dealt with it last year for a month and a half."
He sure looked like he was pain-free.
"Having our captain back was huge," said Al Jefferson, who had 28 points and 10 boards and made a couple of key hook shots in the fourth quarter that had the Nuggets shaking their heads. "It was wonderful. His presence on the court makes things better for us. He did a good job getting everyone involved."
Among the beneficiaries of Williams' return were Raja Bell, who scored 20, and C.J. Miles with 13.
"It's not surprising," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said of Williams' electric return. "That's who he is. He's able to score for us, he defends, he does a little bit of everything. We're not as good without him; I think everybody knows that."
Carmelo Anthony led the Nuggets with 31 points, and Nene tied his career high with 28.
The game got chippy in the fourth quarter when J.R. Smith and Bell got tangled up underneath the Nuggets' basket and Smith then fouled Bell on the perimeter. Finally, Smith was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul on Bell with 6:45 left and the Jazz leading 94-89.
"It wasn't surprising at all," Bell said. "It was a matter of time. I was lucky enough that when Deron threw the ball to me I caught a glimpse of him coming so I was able to get off on two feet and I didn't put myself out there to get injured. I kind of knew something like that was coming."
There was lots of pushing from both teams but no punches were thrown after the flagrant foul.
"You could see it was intentional," Williams said. "No one wants to fight on the basketball court. You lose too much money doing that. You've got to have your teammate's back. I know J.R., I like J.R., but you can't push my teammate out there."
Smith bolted from the locker room before reporters were allowed in after the game.
After separating the teams, the officials reviewed the play. Anthony shot a technical foul shot for Denver, and Bell sank two for Utah to make it 96-90. The Jazz went ahead 98-90 on Jefferson's ensuing basket.
The Nuggets never recovered.
Arron Afflalo's 3-point attempt to tie it at 107 rimmed out with a minute left, and Jefferson's three-point play at the other end made it 110-104 with 51 seconds remaining.
Williams scored 16 first-half points as the Jazz took a 50-47 lead into the locker room, then dished out seven assists in the third quarter.
"He seemed to be very early in the game very possessed to win this game," Karl said. "And we lost our defensive focus in the second half. It became an offensive game, and I'm not sure that's how we should try to beat this team."
The Nuggets kept it close from the foul line, where they sank 32 of 36 shots, compared to Utah's 17-of-18 performance at the stripe.
Even with Williams' return, the Jazz weren't at full strength. Forward Andrei Kirilenko's sprained left ankle prevented him from being matched up against Anthony, and center Mehmet Okur didn't make the trip because of a strained lower back.
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A set of vintage British Rail posters discovered under floorboards in a house have been sold at auction for £18,000.
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Men's Tennis
March 16, 2014
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The No. 68 University of San Diego men's tennis team (7-5, 3-0 WCC) lost 7-0 in a hard-fought battle to No. 2 Oklahoma (14-1) Sunday afternoon at the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center.
In a high intensity doubles contest, the Toreros were barely edged out by the Sooners. After No. 2 Oklahoma picked up the first win at the No. 1 spot, Sooners' Axel Alvarez Llamas and Guillermo Alcorta continued to use their momentum, narrowly pulling away from sophomores Uros Petronijevic and Romain Kalaydjian 8-5.
In singles play, the Toreros competed strong on all six courts. While the Sooners extended their lead with a win at the No. 2 and 4 spots, the remaining four matches proved to be extremely tight. Sooners' No 43 Andrew Harris defeated Kalaydjian 7-6(5), 6-3 to clinch the match, while Fitzgerald fell to Nick Papac 6-4, 6-4.
The last matches of the day would go to three sets: Sooners' No. 2 Axel Alvarez Llamas defeated No. 59 Spinosa 6-7(4), 6-2, 1-0(0) and Austin Siegel beat freshman Geoffrey Fosso 6-7(3), 6-3, 1-0(6).
The Toreros return to action as they co-host the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley Spring Classic tournament this Thursday, March 20th.
Final Results
San Diego 0, Oklahoma 7
Doubles Competition
1. #36 Dane Webb/Andrew Harris (OU) def. #31 Clarke Spinosa/Filip Vittek (USD) 8-4
2. Axel Alvarez Llamas/Guillermo Alcorta (OU) def. Romain Kalaydjian/Uros Petronijevic (USD) 8-5
3. Ciaran Fitzgerald/Andrew Raphaelson (USD) vs. Peerakit Siributwong/Nick Papac (OU) 6-6 DNF
Singles Competition
1. #2 Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) def. #59 Clarke Spinosa (USD) 6-7(4), 6-2, 1-0(0)
2. #5 Guillermo Alcorta (OU) def. Uros Petronijevic (USD) 6-0, 6-1
3. #43 Dane Webb (OU) def. Romain Kalaydjian (USD) 7-6(5), 6-3
4. #35 Andrew Harris (OU) def. Filip Vittek (USD) 6-1, 6-4
5. Nick Papac (OU) def. Ciaran Fitzgerald (USD) 6-4, 6-4
6. Austin Siegel (OU) def. Geoffrey Fosso (USD) 6-7(3), 6-3, 1-0(6)
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2); Singles (2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 6)
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In this, the first Obama Christmas, the nation finds itself tentative, apprehensive, uncharacteristically indecisive. Some say that a new era of frugality is upon us. They say this with an air of triumph, as if parsimony were a good thing, when in fact asking Americans to tighten their purse strings is like asking the French to lay off the bouillabaisse. True, there's been a lot of talk lately about America hitting the reset button and returning to its core values. But America's core values have never included being tight with a buck. We make stuff, we sell stuff and we buy stuff. We have never been cheap. It's just not in our nature. The last time anybody suggested playing it close to the vest was when Jimmy Carter gave his infamous malaise speech. The American people had a quick response to that: Next customer.
Happily, many American shoppers will swing for the fences in the next month, convinced that the only way to defibrillate this economy is to start spending again. You can see that in some of the Christmas gifts they're buying. They're scooping up cameras, netbooks, flat-screen TVs, The Beatles: Rock Band. They're shelling out for jewelry, expensive footwear, Gucci bags. They're putting iPhones, accessories for iPhones, apps for iPhones, and Droids on their charge cards. And they're buying offbeat merchandise. Home Depot is hawking a set of reasonably priced, infrared personal saunas, including a two-seater that, as of Friday afternoon, was going for just $999. As an added come-on, the sauna even has an MP3 hookup, which just closes the deal for me. Unload a few hundred thousand of these babies and will this economy ever start percolating! Meanwhile, for $299.99, Wal-Mart will sell you the pint-sized, two-speed (2 and 4 mph) Ducati Monster Motorcycle Ride-On, which gets tykes started on the long and winding road toward purchasing their first Harley. The absolute best goodie might be the VuZix iWear AV310 Widescreen Video Glasses, complete with a built-in high-resolution display screen, that provide the wearer with a virtual Imax experience anywhere he goes ($229.00 on Buy.com.) These three items are the kinds of non-essential big-ticket Christmas gifts that made America great. Or rather, let us say that buying these kinds of Christmas gifts is what made America great.
In all likelihood, this is not going to be a Christmas for the ages. Unemployment is high, consumer confidence is low, and even though some retailers are now talking about a better holiday season than the surveys suggest, this could be wishful thinking. Tellingly, some Christmas gift guides seemed to have thrown in the towel early this year. In its annual list of the season's most exciting gift ideas, New York magazine included colored cellophane tape, reusable bags, and lip gloss. These are not exciting Christmas gift ideas. These would not be exciting Christmas gift ideas in Paraguay. A nation whose inhabitants would give each other inexpensive reusable bags for Christmas is clearly not expecting a V-shaped recovery.
Also less than encouraging is the section in the December issue of Martha Stewart Living where the doyenne of décor explains how to make inexpensive cardboard gift boxes that are indistinguishable from lumps of coal. For a well-heeled individual to behave this way at this juncture in our history sends the worst message since George H.W. Bush bought several pairs of socks at a J.C. Penney in the middle of a recession. You're really not helping to lift the mood of the country, Martha. You're really not.
Certain Christmas seasons are memorable because of the sudden emergence of a product everyone has to have. A feeding frenzy erupts for Beanie Babies, Tickle Me Elmo, the Cabbage Patch Kid doll, or the Wii. This is not one of those seasons. There are products that are hot, and products that people will be more than happy to have as gifts. There are products that thrill particular demographic groups—videogames, for example—but there are no Christmas gifts that an entire society is yakking about. Not even those great-looking denim leg warmers from Macy's. You can walk from the top to the bottom of most major department stores without seeing anything you haven't seen before. Lots of cute little phones with cute little apps. More netbooks, more cellphones, more pocket video cameras that allow ordinary people to film ordinary events, more TVs. More personalized T-shirts, golf balls, bedroom slippers. But no amazing new product that sets an entire nation's heart aflutter. It just isn't going to be that kind of Christmas.
I for one would like to believe that the president's stimulus plan is already working, and that this will be reflected not only in the volume of gifts sold, but in the types of gifts sold. For example, I can think of one shovel-ready industry that might already be helping to lift this economy out of the mire. Surveillance. After all, that's what the $99.99 Swann PenCam DVR Mini Video Camera is for; why else would it have a pinhole video camera hidden away in the tip of a ball-point pen? And the "prestige" edition of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the hot new Xbox 360 game from Activision, actually comes equipped with night vision goggles, another superb surveillance device. To their numbers can be added the Bushnell Image View 8X30 2.1MP LCD Digital Camera Binocular (Amazon: $138.99), which allows you to film whatever you happen to be watching at the time, be it bald eagles mating or a coup d'état aborning in your neighbor's basement. Even more exciting is the Behome24/.Com Do-It-Yourself Residential Security Kit ($789.89), which enables you to view live video on your iPhone, Blackberry or Palm Pilot whenever somebody breaks into your home. This means that even while you are traveling you can keep tabs—in real time!—on the conscienceless individuals who are stealing your property. Of course, you could do the same thing by watching the Senate hearings on C-Span.
Yuletide is not without its enigmas. If the One-for-All URC 8910 Universal Remote Control, listed as one of the top Christmas gifts for men by AskMen.com, can actually control up to eight different devices, how does that make it different from the 85 other universal remote controls in my house that can supposedly control all my electronic devices but never do? If the One-for-All URC 8910 Universal Remote Control can actually do what it says it does, it could be the most important technological development since the invention of the printing press. I'm not kidding.
Electronic book readers are hot this year. But one niggling problem with the Kindle 2 and Barnes & Noble's Nook is that unless people creep up and peer over your shoulder, it's not obvious to them what you're reading. For years, I've noticed that people ostentatiously read books on public transportation in a deliberate attempt to edify others ("Outliers," "SuperFreakonomics," "The Black Swan"). But people also show off their reading material to annoy people. I have a friend who carries Glenn Beck's "Arguing with Idiots" everywhere he goes merely to enrage all the wistful types who still have Al Gore bumper stickers on their hybrids. He is not a nice man. And he'll never buy an ebook reader. It would spoil all the fun.
In any format, books like "Going Rogue" and "Arguing with Idiots" make controversial gifts. For obvious reasons, most gifts tend to non-partisan or bipartisan in nature. Christmas is the one time of year that Americans can set aside their differences and go out and buy gifts devoid of political content, like home brewing kits from Mr.Beer or those denim leg-warmers from Macy's or the Ex Voodoo knife set, consisting of five knives stored in the body of a stick man who is supposed to symbolize one's furloughed significant other ($69.95 from Amazon.com). Still, I sometimes wonder if there are not Christmas gifts aimed at specific political groups, to the exclusion of everyone else. For example, we know that Republicans buy pick-up trucks and guns and that Democrats buy Alice Sebold novels and Macs and Endangered Species erasers (The Smithsonian catalog, $12). Not to mention that inexpensive line of "Mad Men" haberdashery that allows you to dress like a Republican, but at Democrat prices. But what do Independents buy? Or do Independents simply buy pickup trucks and Mac books before Christmas and then exchange them for Priuses and PC's after Christmas when the tectonic plates in their psyche have undergone yet another sudden shift?
My favorite gift for such politically meandering types is the Presidential Slogan coffee mug sold at Target. The inexpensive cup features snappy images of various famous chief executives, along with the slogans that made them famous, and includes everyone from the tax-slashing Ronald Reagan to the the thinking man's liberal Adlai Stevenson. It has a photo of Bill Clinton but it also has a slogan associated with Herbert Hoover. It is the perfect gift for fence-straddling Americans who veer to the left today and to the right tomorrow, people who have no coherent political philosophy, people who will apparently decide the outcome of every major election for the next few years.
Dead center in the middle of the FAO Schwarz toy store on Fifth Avenue sits a little clubhouse that has been rented by the Myachi company. The Myachi company makes sand-filled, palm-sized bean bags. The starter kit costs $6.95; more complex kits with an instructional DVD run $17.99. One day last week, I stood and watched rapt for about 10 minutes as a man flipped the bags in the air, demonstrating to mesmerized little kids what miracles could be wrought as long as the bags never landed on one's palms. The man was identified as Maverick, though one of his youthful assistants confided his suspicion that this might not be his real name. Those bags were something. You could land them on your forehead. You could pop them up onto your shoulder. You could seemingly make them disappear. The fun literally never stopped. At first it unnerved me that the most famous toy store in the entire world was renting out prime retail space at Christmas so that a guy named Maverick could hawk glorified bean bags on the main floor of its flagship Fifth Avenue store. But then I got to thinking about it. The Myachi bag experience is rooted in illusion, mirage and sleight of hand. It is a product whose price tag bears no real relationship to its actual worth. I think Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid might be giving out quite a few Myachi bags this Christmas.
When all is said and done, I suspect that this will be a modest, belt-tightening Christmas, but not a nightmarish one. If I were making my own list of gifts I would like, it would start and stop with that infrared sauna with MP3 hookup. There's something about listening to Velvet Revolver or The Chieftains in an inexpensive sauna that really thrills me. I hope that others feel the same way and splurge on lots of big-ticket merchandise. Getting those cash registers ringing is almost a patriotic duty, for as our enemies have learned, to their anguish, again and again, a nation prepared to kill is no match for a nation prepared to shop.
—Joe Queenan is a freelance writer in Tarrytown, N.Y. His memoir, "Closing Time," was published in April.


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Two lasers, one red (with wavelength 633.0 ) and the other green (withwavelength 532.0 ), are mounted behind a0.150- slit. On the otherside of the slit is a white screen. When the red laser is turnedon, it creates a diffraction pattern on the screen.
a) The distance from the centerof the pattern to the location of the third diffraction minimum ofthe red laser is 4.05 . How far is the screen from the slit?
b) With both lasers turned on, the screen shows twooverlapping diffraction patterns. The central maxima of the twopatterns are at the same position. What is thedistance between the thirdminimum in the diffraction pattern of the red laser (from Part A)and the nearest minimum in the diffraction pattern of the greenlaser?